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INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO, LTEX

WING to alterations and repairs. me the Power Station the Supply af Electricity will be SHUT OFF on SUNDAY, the 13th inst. from 7.50 4.Mr to 1 pim

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Hongking. Jan. 11, 1918

NOTICE.

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Dumbers are ENTIRELY CHANGED the new numbers being. 2570, '9571 and 2579. 1

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. Hongkong, Jaä. 10, 1918;

THE WEST POINT BUILDING! COMPANY, LIMITED..

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHISON & COMPANY; Limited, on TUESDAY, 29th Jannery, 1918, at 11.30 A for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement Accounts for the year ending 30 }} Deccaber, 1017.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED frum SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918 (both days inclusive). during which period no Transfer of 'Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary to the

HONGKONG LAND Investment &

AGENCY CO., LTD. » General Agents for the

WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY,

LIXITER

Hongkong. Jan. 11, 1918.

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED..

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NOTICE URE ORDINARY MEET

TOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that

ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Iompaily will be held at the fifices of MOBIN FARDING MATHESON & COMPANY. Limited, on TUESD

goth January 1918 4 11,43 AM for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1917.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from NATURDAY 18th to TUESDAY, 29th. January, 108 (bath days.. inclusive) during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED.

A. SHELTON HOOFKE,

Secretary to

The General Managera. Hongkong, Jan. 11, 1918

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST: MENT & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.

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ONngers who was rescued said that ENORMOUS AEROPLANE PLANT.

be heard the blowing of whistles and than suddenly an impact, the sound a

POOCHI SUNK IN COLLISION."

100 LIVES SAID TO BE LOST.

if an explosion had taken place below,

The new plant of the Curtiss Aeroplane and than the shouts of the panic-stricker and Motors Corporation at Buffalo,

It passengers secos, according to the reports, that the Hainfung rammed the U..A has been completed. Original: Foochi amidships. The explosion heard specifications called for the finishing of might have been due to the sen rushing the plant by November 15, the work wag. into the boilers or to the expansion of the compressed air. The infung was actually completed within one week of The N. C. D. News of Monday last travelling at about 11 knots and with the time sat in the first plans. This no the corrent, sỞ there was evidently little gives the following particulars of the chance to stop the vessel. The shock of plant has been built on a tract of ground tragedy on the Yangtze reported in the collision caused a panic immediately covering steaty two more. The new special cable to the China Mail. last Many of the passengers of the Foochi buildings, including auxiliaries, cover jamped on board the Hsinfang, while approximately 1,400,000 square," feet. Monday

jumped into the icy others, terrified, water. At the time of the collision most Beginning on January 1, the Curties of the passengers were, of courss,

$3,000,000 of aeroplanes and parts.

A disuter, almost unparalled in local maritime history, occurred on Saturday

this Company will be held at the morning at .05 o'clock when the str. Biz life boats were lowered from the many will be turning out more than

Offices of Meurs. JARDINE, MATHESON

COMPANY, LIMITED ON TUESDAY, 29thHainfung collided with the str. Poochi, the Poochi, while a number of hosts a month. Of this record" business, January, 1018, at Noor, for the purpose both of the Chins Marchants Steamship help in the rescue Bisa berold plants and $5,000,000 in the plante

from the Esindung were,

Beug work, and a

of receiving

ving the Report of the Directors Co., outude Woosung near Litung She together with the Statement of Accounts The Poochi asak, with resulting loss for the year ending 31st December, 1917.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the it is feared, of a hundred lives. So far as will be CLOSED from can be learned 37 are known to be dead SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th man otlar 45, and knowably be desde January, 1918, (outh days inclusive) during which period no Transfer of missing. Capt. Jones Mackie, Mr 4 Shares can be Registered.

Robert Ecox, second engineer, and Chief Officer Hetherington of the foreign the dead. The funeral of Mr. Knox the mast

By Order of the Board of Directors,....

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary. Hongkong, Jan. 11, 1918

THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION COMPANY,

FOT

staff of the ill-fated stainer are among the Cost Inspector, Capt. Working on the tiras Government..

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to $4,000,000 will be taken care of in the of Chinese fishing vessels, on their to the fishing grounds, aided in rescuing just completed. This total le amall the passengers. It is believed that some compared with the possibilits for the of the missing are aboard these fubing retais. Oaptain Hamblin sent word to Curtis Compay by the end of 1918. It las river police immediately to depich is officially estimated that the Company we will be-id a position by the close of the The Poochi with her stern Awash. year to turn out close to $90,000,00 help to the scene. remained afloat for an hour: According to of seroplane material month

ofist an saoual rate of $240,000,000. received at the o wireless

fennel of the vessel are orders contained in the till visible Variners have noti Aeroplano the Curtis as will take place at 4.30 pa to-day at the fed that the wrecked steamer lies in the should do business for the six Bubbling Well Cemetery Among the south side of the fairway in the South, mantha to and Jane 30 next of something Chinese who were drowned, or died Channel entrance to the Yangtze, two between 054,0:0,000 and $80,000,000 15 miles outside Southeast Roll Ensoy: Curtiss Company is understood to be from exposure ware 16 men, four women, Many men, women and children, he doing the major part of the seroplane three young girls and fire men of the had learned of the diswater were at the work for the United States Navy The

bosts will be turned det in dock Baturday evening, just afteran- Chiness staff of the Poochi.

dow

when the. Heinfang arrived with for the US Government; their SID large The saly member of the foreign staifiis sad cargo of dead people. The inti suoce already having been proved NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

of the Poochi to survive is Chief Engin dipation on their faces was pathetics the by England Lea yea Gres: Britain the ERVENTEENTH ORDINARY

crowd ought new of relativesand friends, ordered ally of these fling boats: trois MEETING & SHAREHOLDERS in eer Booth Mr. Enoz yas rescued by who had departed on the Funken vas), Curtiss at a cost of 337,500 sick, and last this Company will be held at the Offices one of the life boats, bat, died shortly rapt Hamblin's vessel alse brought 50 summer placed an additional arder with Mers, JARDINE, Macron & after art Second Officer Bungand the survivor to port, most of thein; this company for 100 more of the boats. COMPANY, LURTED, on TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918, at 1.15 FX for the third engineer, a Chinese, are beloved passengers. All yesterday until late: This fins neder for the Allier will be

Start hat night a crowl baunted the offices of completed by the early, part of 1918 / purples of receiving the Report of the to have been tros perintendent the Chips Merchants hoping to hear Directors together with the Biatement Captain Lunt, Marine Baperintendent some news of relatives or frent

-Accounts for

for the year ending 31st of the China Merchants Steamship Co. The bodies that were recovered were December Debe RGISTER of SEARPS of the asid verterday that it would be hard to taken to the Welsh Guilt on the saine Company will be GLOSED from tell just now the exact number of dead. ing Road Extannon Photographs of He stated that 27 bodies had been re- these will be placed d in the offices of the SATURDAY 1th to TUESIAT 20th covered but many more were missing.

company to identify the steamship January 1918 (both days relusive and that the dead would probably reach bodies Ansong the missing are hir Use daring which period no Transfer of 18. Captain Lant said the cones of the Ting-chao well-known E Bhares can be Registered

accident had not been ascertained, but resident, and his wife,

LIMITED...

Order of the Board of Director MOWBRAT E. NORTHCOTE

Breretory

Icngkong, Jan. 11, 1918,

that private inquiry and

investigation

Syears of age

would be held in few days.

* Aarthe Chinese are accustomed, to

their tickets from ticket brokers and 26 even after they get on beard the steamer, the ticket officer has no way of knowing, from the ticket sales,

Dum- be exact

TOCK EXCHANGE her on bot Foocsi-regularly

the Bhun

about,

Ens decided that. shall be the Settle approac Your 1918:

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but owing to the Chinese Now

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Fried

to the

he.cold the resci

The Man Who Gets There

over 60.

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