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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE A DOLLAR (-) per Share for account 1813 will be payable on THURSDAY, the 18th August, 1918. Shareholders are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Company's Othics St. George's Buildings, Hongkong. The TRANSFER BOOKS, of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 10th, August, 1818, to THURSDAY, the 18th August, 1918, beth days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hongkong, July 30, 1818

INTIMATIONS

WANTED.

FANTED TO RENT (from 198

our trood

Higher Levels or The Peak.

Apply to A. G.

Co "CHINA Man" Ofea Boogkong. Aug. 26, 1915.

ANTED.

TOO

TO RENT for six months from 1st IT October- HOUSE, with six or more

rooms, on dligher Levels or The Peak. Furnished or unfurnished latter

633 preferred.

THE CHINA-BORNEU COMPANY,

Norie

LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GEN ERAL MEETING of THE GUNA BORNIC COMPANY LIMITED will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Gisa, LivINGS TON AND COMPANY, St. George Buildins. Victoria, Hongkong, the Registered Office of the above-nami Company, an FRIDAY, the 13th day of September, 1918, at 11.20 o'clock in the forenoon when the subjoined Resolutions will be as Extraordinary Resolutions. proposed

(1) To consider, and if thought fit. approve the draft new Articles which will be submitted to the Meeting

Approval

And in the event of the

thereof with or without modifits- tion.

(2) To consider, and if thought fit, to puss an Extraordinary Resolution. to the effect: That the new Arti- cles already approved by this Meeting and for the purpose of iflentification thereof subscribed by the Chairman thereof, be undi the sarce are hereby approved, and that such Articles be and they are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company to the exclusion of and in substitution for all the existing Articles thereof.

Should the above Resolutions be passed by the required majority they will be submitted for confirmation na Special Resolutions to a Second Extra- ordinary Meeting which will be sub- sequently convened.

Address: MANAGER'S OFFICE,

P. O. Box No.88. Rongkong, Aug. 27, 1918,

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

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WING to Restrictions on the of wire pours from England the TRAM SERVICE will be REDUCED as from lat SEPTEMBER, 1918.

Now Time Tables can be obtained from the Ticket Collectors or as the

Company's Office, Alexandra Boilings.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

TOP Hongkong được đến 1913

ST. HILDA'S GIRLS' SCHOOL. CANTON,

East Parade Groutes. CCHOOL REOPENS (D.V.) Septem

ber 18th Entrance examinations

September 16th. Chinese Course, eleven years; Erghah Conne, thirteen years.

Boarders' Fers: Sixty to. One hundred and eight dollars per annum.

Principal: MISS RENDELACK,

MA, DE.

[640

A copy of the now Articles referred to THE CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

may be inspected by any Shareholder of

the said Company at the Company's Offers in Hongkong, or at the Omers of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and. Aluster, (the Company's Solicitors) at Prince's Building, Victoria, aforesaid, on any weekday between the hoars of 10 ani.

rid 4 p.m.

Duted this 27th play of Ångest, 1915.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.

Agent

HONGKONG BRANCH

67 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1915

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THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

1F

(NOW RECONSTRUCTED).

papers. The leading uniona, of Swiss manufacturers had to apply their whole indance not only to rejecting the Ger min demands, but also to removing the general confusion in public opinion On 6th May the French Government, systematically created through German propaganda.. Only one lubcess can be with the agreement of all its Allies, took recorded as consequence of this vebe an energetic step to counteract German meat coal controversy, namely, that Germany renounced the control of the extortion against Switzerland. France articles from overseas imported with offered Switzerland; sufficient coal for fate conduct of the German Nasy sie Almost every man who is beach Swiss industries, which might not Cette in France, and the exemption uf serving for a time in the Fout eventually get coal from Germany, taxation for her baying agents in As to the rest trenches has had his close shaves, when Germany prohibits the cas of Switzerland, &c.

German coal for manufacturing articles, of the treaty there are no objections But the following, to to me in which could be useful for the Entente. from the Allied point of view. wit PINGINEERS SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER-MAKERS, BRASS. and IRON rapid suggession within the last few he condition that Germany furnished articles and castle in exchange for over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can accommodate any craf France offered 80,000 tons of coal under zerland will give somo agricultural FOUNDERS, All work deze in this establishment is guaranteed. We hars lays, show bow fine is the line b75,000 tona monthly in exchange for the chemicals and potassium salta. The of 200 feet long.

Tora Office, 48, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, Rongkong. Telephone No. 459. tween life and death. Cuses are bydroélecine every used in Switzer quantities exported. He both sides are *Yar manufacturing electro-chemical fixed in the treaty, and are in a certain

"Shipyard": Shum-Soj-Po, Kowloon, Hongkong, [requent of wen who have hund their articles for Germany, without Germany just proportion. In the coal question it

Telephone No. 9 Cras f* (Estimates furnished an application. clothing shot through and their skia controlling it. In this way Switzerland is not the Allies interests which onder

WONG PING-WA; Manager hly the nor the interest of the blockade against receive 180,000 tons imonthly, the Germany would grazed "without any further injury average importa dur

during

the last eight

which will be affected, but

Hongkong, April 1, 1812.

A sergeant of artillery who helped to moral Council showed a remarkable the contrary, in view of the fact that

monthis.

Unfortunately, the Swiss chiefly the Swiss national interest. On cover the reixent of the Fifth Army diplomatic awkwardness. Instead of France will give her foal to Swiss facto of the Allies on the Soniae, had a bullet riglit using the French offer to force ries working on behalf

thdraw her demand as cheaper than Germany, it may perhaps laugh both breast pockets. Butj to the

of German mal, have the effect that Swiss factories the most extraordinary cuse to come the Swiss

used the 150f under ny notic west that told by Frouch offer

The German-Swiss ton

disappear an R.A.M.Q. captain.

force the German Government to treaty valid for nine months, was A battle-stained Tony walled make a slight reduction in its coal price. signed on 2nd May after the return of The 40,000 tons of German coal for Swiss negotiators from Paris, who into this captain's advanced dressing house warming will only cost 140f a ton; brought the agreement of the Allies to station during the third huttle of the rest will cost about 80 As to the this treaty.-Economist. Ypres with a slight wound on the use of the coal, it was agreed between.. forehead. A bullet lod truck hix the German and Swise Governments that steel helmet in front, just where the in view of the French offer any control

institution from the German side be crown begins to curve out into the comes superfluous. The German nege- brit from the side. It. travelled tiators consented cot to control the right round the inside of the helmet German coal when France exports at like a circus horse in a ring and issued least 68,000 tons monthly. This would mean that the French offer forma an Lagain at the hole of entry. The essential part of the treaty between

only injury to the man was caused enemy and a neutral. It is self-evident by the base of the bullet, scratching that the French Government bas declared his forehead as it was deflected on that France will never agree to her offer

forming part of a treaty with the eneiny leaving the helmet.

France declared, on the contrary, that under these conditions she will furnish the coal necessary for those industries working on behalf of the Allied Powers, Charity matchs of cricket have but no more. This reduced French offer dissipated ull notions of doubt as to is, of course, quite sufficient to prevent

CRICKET CROWDS.

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whether cricket still holds the in-a aceial catastrophe for. Swiss industry THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LD.

chiefly working for the

terest of the people. Saturdays therefore short-sighted elements in match between England and the Hwitzerland, are quite satisfied with Dominions at Lords brought at one this state of things. But the Swiss time fully 20,000 people into the industries working for the Allies use chiefly electric energy and need only ground and as many of then were paying good prices for grand-stand about 30,000 tons coal monthly at the

maximum. Through this swkward con accommodation there was demonstract with Germany Switzerland loses afmation enough of the drawing power 5,000 tons French coal for her home" of the gume. It was not Erest Dermany. The imports of coal from Ger

purposes, wh

which the will not get from show from the export point of view, a

many will be scarcely sufficient for the but that was due to lack of prac railways, the gas works and house beat- tice. The result to charity must ing and the electrochemical industry have been very great, and the vic-Ilke calcium carbide working for Ger

many:" The

second, unfortunate effect tory of the Dominions accorded well from the Rwiss point of view will be with, the good-will on all sides to that the Swiss authorities lose automatic. the men from overseas.

Ally the power of distributing imported foreign cool. The chief reason for this awkwardness of the Swiss Federal Gov- ernment was bout awitzerland. by: an nervousness The Pioneer Cairo correspon caused throughout dent writes that desertions, from the unscrupulous pro-German public pro- pagands, which began after the French Turkish forces confronting us in Pales made the

their offer. This pro-German tine are becoming more frequent than Press propaganda was intended to make ever. An indication of the general state the Swiss Government doubt the

sincerity of the French offer, The Ger

of affair behind the Turkish lines man-Bieg Press with few exceptions has afforded by a recent proclamation issued ne judgment of its own in foreign affairs. in Asia Minor by the Turkish aathori-In use quite innocently the ready made ties in which they promised deserters Leaders of Pess agencies controlled they would hotdan punished (if the German the case of the negotia

Hibás, SVIK 50udicial id£ärests were not, TAKVIH protected by most of the German 3 was

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