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OTICE."

TT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that in connection with the LAYING OF NEW WATER MAINS, an and after THURSDAY, the 17th instant, and antil further notice, that portion of Garden Rout extending along.the_south alde of "The Albany," from Town How to Teak Road, will be CLOSED

wheeled traffic."

W. CHATHAM,' Director of Public Work-

Public Works Department Hongkong, Jan. 15, 1918.

NOTICE.

Hvrstom in this Office our tolephone AVING adopted a sub-exchange

numbers are ENTIRELY CHANGED. the new numbers being 2670, 2571 and 2576.

MITSUI BUSSÄN KAISHA, LTD. Hongkong, Jac. 13, 1918-

NOTIC

09

MEETING of the ST. GEORGES SOCIETY will be held on

MONDAY, 18th January, at 3.30p.m. In the Board Roqun of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHON & Co. (kindly leat for the

¿ BUSINESS. (1) To pass the accounts for 1917. (3) To Arrange for the celebration of

St. George's Day 101

(3) To clet & Committee and Offers

for 1918.

Hongkong, Jan. 14, 1918

THE WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

N the THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Commny will be held at the

res of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, Limited, on TUESDAY, 29th January, 2018, at 11.89 A. for the of receiving the Report of the

Fogether with B. Statement.

rebunts for December

the year ending" atst

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY. 29th January, 1918 (both days inclusive) during which period no Tmaster 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,

LIMITED.

Boagkong, Jail. 11, 1918.

33

the FOURTH ORDINARY MEET-

By Order of the Board of Directors

of

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED...

THE CHINA MAIL.

The Criterion of Quality"

EMBASSY

No 77

Virginia Cigarette

THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD.

SUBMARINE WAR PROPHECY.

DANGER TO GERMANY OF RUTHLESSNESS.

(From the Times Correspondent.) Some highly interesting and strictly confidential German documenta relating to abmarine warfare have just beer submitted for, my examination.

Herr Helfench says that the panILGE indicated is the only one in the Memo- randum in which an attempt at proof is made thata submarine war, ruthlessly carried out, would force England to her kaces in the course of half a year. In all the other parts, the memorandam, be so far as I can itself,

By

restricte

INSTRUCTIONS TO PEACE NEGOTIATORS.

"IF THE RUSSIANS KISS YOU

The Petrograd newspaper Dyrlo see, to showing that a submarine War Naroda recently publishes what it

financially, and would economically, militarly,

severely injure England, alleges to be the instructions of the without attempting to set a definite German General Staff to the German time-limit to the damage with which reprisentatives intrusted with conduct- England must submit to point out, he ing the tract negotiations on the Russian says, that the proof given above is not Frint. The instructions as thus giren conclusive. It rests on three unprovable

is hardly necessary

that

must

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL· ESTATE LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ING- of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company

will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE MATHESON & COMPANY, In February, 1916, Herr von Bethmann hypotheses: -(1) A definitely provay weight on the lact that the men who Limited, on TUESDAY, 29th January Hollweg received from the German effect of the mbmaring war on the whole cagga in the parley must be of a serious" 1916, it 11,18 AM, for the purest of Admiralty/Staff a work entitled "English economics derelopment of England as it temperament, capable of controlling receiving the Report of the wgether with the Statement of Accounts Ecotony and Submarine Warfare." It appears from imports, freight rates, and their farial muscles in the most ridical-

by on ritpation. prices; (2) tripling of this effect by a

submarite war; (3) was marked Private-must not be awa for the year ending 31st December, 1917.

If the Russian negotiators should The REGISTER

the of "SHARES.of

uffice to break England's Company will be- CLOSED frota Published." Copies were issued in an will

should issue a order for his own IT! Bay's in SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th abridged form and distributed as a resistance is six months. Herr Helferich demand that the German Emperor

bis opisien auch January, 1818 (both days inclusive) Memorandum of the Admiralty Staff, certain judgment, of and that the German, people should together with observations by Herr rathless submarine war cancel be derived organize a social revolution, the German during which period no Transfer Sharts can be Registered.

Helferich, made by the Chancellor's from the statistical material put together presentatives, according to the in- inetractions, and the reply of the author in the Admiralty Staff Memorandum.structions, ist es arately

The

materials and considerations collect of the Memorandum, but without Herred in the Memo

plot considerations will certainly receive Memorandum necom plasing instructions,

tions, according to thé Seiferichs Snal answes thereto. from sovet patsen of view, including The

What are the reactions newspaper's version, continue _— _. I recently read the German Admiralty ollowing submarine warfare on

It may happen that at the first Staffs shridged Memorandum predicting Germany and her Allies; especially reting the Russian delegata ill that England would be obliged to ca-the probabis that t 34clude peace within six months after the enters the war against and in the mist be beginning of a ruthless submarine war. I always possible event that Holand. Krylenko

Denmark, and other neutrals join against I have now read Herr Helfferich's cor- THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST fidential reply, and the reply to Herrds in sach proceeding whether by "or by closing their direct like Helfrich Herr Belferich criticizes front war ke action

concludes CANTOS the Admiralty statements and expressen from myself that even a complementary the view that the conclusions there are testing from these points of view will They should also have at their

tongue's

and the following Ivorite afford no confident prediction JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that not justified.

The Russian phrases Universal democratie THIRTIETH ORDINARY

without and In his report, which is dated February danger remains that the resetion of a MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in 28, 1916, Herr Helferich considers the new submarine, war on Germany will be contributions annexations

|| this Company: will be held at the argumenta based on British foreign trade, more fatal for us than the strongest

The negotiaton were told that they ceivable Offices of Messrs. JARDINE MATHESON & ses fights, and prices, and refers to a

injury of England. According

portions and compote, the number of COMPANY, LIMITED ON TUESDAY, 9th messge in the memorandum, which to gay pormal view the danger is so need not trouble to note the Rudian

be accepted it

RUDL, as this will be h

festtended to by anging the Report of the Directors illustration, without claim to its the economic.

designated."

Minister was present the Begotiators rent to conduer, themselves as if they

A SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to... The General Managers.

Gongkong, Jau. 11, 1918

MENT & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.

The

the

the

the United States attempt prepared

the

the negotiators. They thit and Ensign

Commander-in-Obie with open arms they must in tors press him to their hearts, and say repeat-

avarian comrader

The Father- this unacifice of the me

concertintora.

con

spch

1018, at Noon, for the purpose some merely for the purpose of grave that it should and military etsi officers, especially together with the Statement of Accounts adoption as a firm basis, a tripling of situstion leaves us no other choices So

21st for to entering Deber, 1917. the previous year's effect of a subirarine far as the financial domain comes into Long Trotsky, the Bolshevik Furniga

and which attaches to it the con- consideration I believe I can Company will *ATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th to the "certain assumption that a a reply to Herr Helfferich's

new submarine," Lor which the war tone long lemaradum was issued conteer. 1197 or sains other wide cháp will be placed at disposal without saying the soundness of his conclusions. restriction, will Lead, at the Intest, in

The

war

were

be "CLOSED from I elision that this idea of a tripling leads & compulsory situation » Sod in the presence of Binsraj" |

January, 1918, (both days inclusive); during which period an Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors, A SHELTON HOOPER,

A Secretary,

-Hongkong, Jak. 11:1918.

THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION COMPANY,

LIMITED E

Mestra

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SEVENTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in Wis Company will be held at the Offices JARDINE, MATHESON & LIMITED ON TUESDAY, 29th 1918 at 12:18 17 for the the Report of the together with the Statement

for the year ending

Jannar

at

the course of half a year, to the rest of compelling. England to peace by way of the suppression of her, les trafic.

The Man Who Gets There

Is the man who has blood-*- real rich tel. blood-and -of-it la fus body. WATERBURY'S FABOLIZED OIL ND

AUSTRALIA'S HONOUR ROLL

NETT CASUALTIES, 123,0803

MILBOVISL, Dec. 1.

The following is a summary of the casualties to members of the AL-Pup to November 30th

quation reported, grom garen Deceased 19,043 missing, prisoners of war, 2,664 gunded

nick, 63,335, caety not Casualties reported. nett figures

missida, ceased, 28,005

of war, $,333 wounded

Bet

instructions

Workk & social revolutionary newspaper of Pe trograd, although indicatfags pombility that its humorist was attemping to poke for both at the Bolshevik negotiatora end those on the German side, are interthe Les not outót harmony in their gener trends with printed inductions previomaly

sian newspap German instructions pro

Duelo Naroda (the People or the

ting alon

vide

Ve soft tors, filled

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