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INTIMATIONS

NOTICE.

THE BUSINESS hitherto carried, on

THE Betconsfield Arcad

dealing in Sporting Arms and Ammunition under the style ne flrm

INTIMATIONS

F

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

WALIAM SCHMIDT&tember 6th.

TURST DAY of TERM, FRIDAY

COMPANY will in future be curried on by the undersigned ander the style or

Candidates for Admission abould

fire Danie of "THE HONGKONG Attend at 9 AM. on THURSDAY, Sept. SPORTING ARMS AND AMMUNT-5th

TION STORE

HENRIETTA BRANCH, Proprietor, Hongkong, Sept. 2, 1918.

113.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.'

N.INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE. DOLLAR (8) per Share for nccount 1018 will be payable on, THURSDAY, the 15th August, 1913. Shareholders are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Company's Delice St. George's Buildings, Hungkung:

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from. SATURDAY, the 10th August, 1918, to THURSDAY, the 15th August, 1015, 5th days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

General anaye Hongkong, July 30, 1918

THE CHINA BORNEO COMPANY,,

LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

NEXTRAORDINARY GEN

TRAL MEETING of The Cusa PARN COMPANY, LIMITza, will be, belci of the Offers of Messrs. Gim. LIVINGST des asp Conrady, St. Georges Baililing, Victoria, Hongkong, the Registernt

de of the aboveinamel Company, Gen TRIMAX, the th day of September. 1018, 11.00) oblock in the forenooms hwa the subjoined Resolations will be Extraordinary Resolutions,

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

And in the event of the approval

thereof with or wishent, modifiim tion.

To consider, and if thought år, to pas sa Extraordinary Resolution

the get-Thus the new Arti les already approval. Fe this Meeting and for the purpose of lentification thereof rhod

by the Chairman therent, be and the same are hereby approved. and that snch Articles be and they are hurt by adopted as thas Arthles of the Company to the exclusion. of snel in substitutkun for all the. existing Articles thereof

Shumid the above Resolutions (łu: and by the require majority they "sasi be submitted for emiration Sozial Resolutions to a Second Extra- ordinary Meeting which will be sub- seuently convened

A copy of the new Articles referred to may be inspected by any Shareholder of the said Company at the, Cômjany's | Ody in Hongkong, or at the Okees of Mess's. Johnson, Stokes and Muster, El Company's Solicitors) at Prine's Building, Victoria, aforesaid, on any "weekday" betwien te hoars of 19 a.m.

24 p.m.

Dated this 27th day of August, 1918,

GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO.,

"algriste

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

JUNKET

Cenäot be excelled with tinned or fresh stewed Fruit

COULOMMIER, CHEESE.

COTTAGE CHEESE. Nourishing and ideal food

DEVONSHIRE CREAM

Can always be húð.

We supply Junket Tables on application,

Prospectus and Information may be obtained from

THE TEADMASTER. Bongkang. Sept. 9, 1918.

ST. HILDA'S GIRLS' SCHOOL,

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CANTON,

716

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ber 18th. Entrance examinations ICHOOL RE OPENS (DV.) Septem September 18th. Chinesa Course, eleven years English Course, thirteen years.

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Principal: MISS BENDELACK,

JA, DE

1810

THE DIOCESAN BOYS SCHOOL..

NEXT TERM begiusion MONDAY. September 9th. Parents and. New Sekulars can see the Headmaster of september 7th front! V.M.—] (M,

By. W, 1. FEATHERSTONE M.A., (UNON)

Houluntater. Hongkong, Sept. 3, 1918.

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COMPANY

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE CIGARETTE

OF DISTINCTION

ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CON NOISSEUR TO STAND ALONE FOR PURITY AND CHARM OF FLAVOUR

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Sold by

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PACKETS CAPSTAR

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| Cigarettes]

TINS

OF 50's

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are now sold.

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in the following Packings:-

Packets of 10,

Packets of 20,

Air-tight tins of 50, also

MAGNUMS in Air-tight tins of 50.

This advertisment is issued by British-American Tobaven Bɔ, TAL.

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WEDNESDAYT. SEPTEMBER 4, 1918

INTIMATIONS

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Central Location,

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LIMITED

Sozz ADENTRO MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Feltro 200 & 155

NOVEL WAR DEVICES.

- SOME REJECTED INVENTIONS.

AN OFFENSIVE LAWS-HOWER.

The objections to this ides are two-

as a small gun discharged in mid-air One correspondent sed quite a number and expelling a soaller inner shell, the of original methods of repelling stacks object being to obtain an increased range, which has been supposed by some faclading large calliper-shaped devices to be the principle of the long-reage which could be closed on anyone intrud" quo with which the Gerouns have The Inventions Departmento the

ing between the legs; a series of nets bombarded Paris to that the article Ministry of Munitions received almost spread in front of or lines which could Sys- every day ideas of the most nove kind.be drawn so as to enmesh the Germans, fold. First, it appears from elementary All are carefully considered. Some are and a machine of the ture of a lawn-dynamical considerations that the energy useful, but almost nine-tenth are wholly mower as large as Tank to make mince-of the relay propellant charge would be impracticable. In an article on themext of them.

shared between the outer and inner subject, published in the warrent num- The purpose of the article in the masses, so that unless the inner abell shells in the inverse ratio of their bee of the Ministry of Munitions Journal is to win off inventors of were unduly small, a very large proper Journal," it is said that the following this sort, and frequently they are genially sion of the

charge would extraordinary suggestions for dealing argued with.

he wasted, a shell in with hostile mitcraft have been re.

Night does

net point directly along One gentleman had a powder, the its {ceivral!--

trajectory, but makes an uncertain composition of which he declined to angle with it, especially near the highest The clouds are to be frozen artificially disclose, which on being mixed with point, where the inner shell would be earl guns mounted on them; heavy 5 least, so he said. Another proposed has wook be impossible Generally speak- water turned it into motor spirit. At discharged, so that accuracy of aim was the grease skimmed off soup Varing it may be said that ious constituents which have been pro-which seriously reduces the bursting 77 schere posed on account of their cheapnees charge of a shell post offer some very would no doubt be more or less efficient, remarkable advantages before it can be the fact that if they once came into use buttheenthiastic. promoters overlooked

considered promising. to any extent the advantages would dis appear, as the price would at once soar upwards.

ara

TO DRURY THE MOON.

In this process of argument some in teresting scientific information is given, as for instance

Many f the inventors are absolutely impervious to

Argument or explanation, and are always dissatisfied with the treatment they receire. In thin respect they contrast unfavourably with a for- eigner who submitted an engine which would not work, and who wound up the wo correspondence with flacks and the "completely admission that he eured" of his idea.

WHE

to be suspended from captive balloons; the moon is to be covered with a big black balloon; aeroplanes are to be armed with scissors or seytbes, Flake Hadicea's chariot, or to trail bombs behind them on a long card; heat rays are to be projected for the purpose of setting Zeppeline on fire; electric waves to paralyse the magnetos. One of the most popular sergestions of all is to attach a searchlight to an anti-aircraft gun, get the light on the object, and shoot along the beam; but, unfortunate ed in connection with coloured search- Buggestions are also frequently receiv. ly, the path of a shell is quite different lights. But colour cannot be impartesi from that of a ray of light." Most to a beam, as by passing it through a elaborate "decay" schemes are some rulour screen, withou, reducing its

intrinsic brilliancy. Colour is, in

in fact times worker cut for the confusion of beained by a process of substraction.

from the total light. At great distances AVE you ever tried Chamberlain's caa shat factories with chimneys and all the brilliancy posible is required for Hymer thematisert hooters complete. To prevent the effectiveness, so that coloured beams are polished lines of a railway showing at of no value for general purposes. Flame, you are wasting time as the longer are lsurps for searchlights give coloured this disease tuns on the harder it is to night, the last carriage of the last train, light, generally slightly yellow, but this cure. Get a bottle to-day, apply it with according to another correspondent, was source of light is too large for the efficient vigorous massage to the afflicted parts. Camouflage thent by dribbling black optical projection of a parallel beam, at the relief obtained. For sale by all nad you will be surprised and delighted and a pirallel beam, or one nearly Chemists and Storekeepers. as it went along,

approaching parallelismi esser either proposals verty

tial in order to reach the great distances involved. The most remarks able proposition of allin connection with

A Electric Lifts, Fans Lighting THE CHINESE OPTICAL GO, the cray, ecaprising in at least one

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TELEPHONE 373

GULNORAYBIO Audrey

J. WITCHELL, Manager.

TICTORIA CAFE, LTD.

24 Des Voeux Road Central,

Telephone No. 2907.

We guarantee the quality of our Bread and Cakes...

to use the highest grade of materials in their Manufacture.

(3 7

PLANTING FAKRO SEEDTAPE

is very simple matter; Make u shallow trench, Iny the tape in it,

.HONGKONG BRANCH

67 QUEEN'S ROAD CESTRAL.

OPTICIAN

The only OPTICAL HOUSE in Far Elet “Awarded an Efficiency Diploma

12t

Panama-Pacie

International Exposition.

SCIENTIFIC EVY EXAMINATION

All sorts of

* you walk along; wet the tapes Frunes Lenses, and Protection glasses.

ahoroughly, myer lightly. That

is all there is to it, except: athoring the larutona vegetable hulaume flowers a short Aive after.

GRADA & CO.,

DEALERS IN #Flower and Vegetable Beefs, Postage Stampa, &c.

1% 5019. Wyadhitm 6truet,'

HONGKONG,

METALS

of all kinds, especially for shipbuilding sad engineering works. Largent" and Sest sorted, stock in the Colony.

ing

A balloon carrying magnéts hung og strings to attract the rifles out of men's brande.

A shell biontsia flens er other verminarlights is perhaps that of a black

inoculated with disense.

A shell with a pan inside it to steer it!

ut the The

cement over soldiers so as to petrify them. The sending of snakes into enemy

trenches by progmatic propulsion.

he throwing of re-wire cables carry. ing a high voltage arziong advancing Lilies of infantry by meus of rocketa.-

should be attacked in ore case

Germany

by making a tubo" all the way, and

another by employing trained cor snorents to fly to Essen will pick out "the mortar from Krupp's chimneys.

HOT WEATHER

HEADACHES.

A frequent esuso of summor headaches. is torvid liver. To stimulate the liver, dispol Copstipation, sick beadaches, biliousness, use

PINKETTES

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HING LUNG ST.

gently as nature, if chemista, or post free, 60 cents the vïùl, fínu Dr. Willisena"" Medicine Cous Szechuan Road, Shung

whatever that may mean, for obscuring the moon!

Another favourite subject with; inver- tors is the relay shell a shell' acting.

LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND

"Under Weight," a condition of ill-health, shows your assim

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ACETLYENE CUTTING AND WELDING FOR SHIP AND BOILER REPAIR, Modera up-to-date plant operated by our own specially trained

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NAME OF DOCK OR SLIP ON KEE BREADTH - ORDINARY

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