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INTIMATIONS

CURRIMBITOV & CO., LTD.

DURING my Absence from the

Colony Mr JOOSUB HASSUM

INTIMATIONS

LADY MAY'S

in charge of this Office.. ROSE FUND

A. FL. AVASTA, Vanager

Hongkong. Out. 13, 1918,

8:0

AMERICAN RED CROSS ANNUAL MEETING.

THONGKONG CHAPTER of the THE ANNUAL MEETING of the

AMERICAN RED CROSS will be held ** the Honkong Botai, at 5 PM, on WEDNESDAY, October 23rd..

Hongkong, Ost. 18, 1918.

GYMKHANA ÇLÜB SWEEP..

20000-

19000-

$

THE CHINA MAIL

Just Pure Rich Mellow Virginia Tobacco

18000-

At this Mecting Bye-Laws will bo adopted and a new Executive Committed

will be elected..

17008

B. E HUDGE

Secretary.

16000-

$48

15000-

(14000

"OUR DAY. DERBY"

TO BE RUN ON HTя OCTOBER

13000-

25% of the Total Amount will be given without deduction for expenses, to the "OUR DAY RED

12000

CROES FUND" and the Remainder

will, be given as follows:-

11000-

70% to the Winnert

20% to the Second.

10% to the Third.

10000

9000

8000-

The

.papers of 24th October.

7000-

844

6000

LEAGUE

5000

Nov. 2ND, SATURDAY-Nov. 20.

14000

18E ANNUAL BAZAAR under the i

Auspices of the above League, will

$3000

¡2000

1000

813.

The Drawing will take place at the

Hesexoxa. Jockey Club Rooxy. (Chater Road at 5.30 pan.. on WEDNESDAY,

October..

Subscribers are invited

23rd

to be present...

The names of the drawers of ponies and particulars of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be published in the morning

Hongkong, Oct. 18, 1918. m

MINISTERING CHILDREN'S

Castles Cigarette

CARNARVON (CASTL

FAMOUS CASTLES

"Three Castles"

Cigarettes

THE CIGARETTE WITH THE PEDIGREE

If you smoke a pipe of course you smoke "CAPSTAN NAVY CUT“

This advertisment is immed by The British-American Tobacco Ce Lul

TESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1918.

INTIMATIONS

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions.

Agnata for "ADMIRALTY CHARTS

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery!

WE HAVE RECEIVED NEW STOCKS OF

ROSE COLD CREAM

VANISHING

COLD CREAM ·

Ideal Toilet Requisitos

Price 60 ots. per pot.

LIQUID TAR SOAP

A Fragrant Preparation for Toilet uae and for Shampooing, Price $1.00 per bottle..

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

32, Queen's Road Centrale-

KAIPING

1AD

- FOR ALL

HOUSEHOLD

COAL

PURPOSER

COKE

INDUSTRIAL

FOUNDRY AND SMELTING...

FIREBRICK. .AND. FIREOLAY

FOR ALL INFORMATION APPLY TO DODWELL ‚Å “CO., LTD, QUEEN'S

BUILDINGS, HONGKONG, OR."

KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.

TIENTSIK, NORTH OMINA

'Phone £98.

be held by kind permission in the grounds of Government House, on SATURDAY, November

The Proceeds as formerly, will be devoted to Local Charities for Children, the "Ottershaw' Cots, Surrey, and Faral and Military Funds for Orphang.

"Hongkong, Oct. 8, 1918-

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

JUNKET

Cannot be excelled with tinned or fresh stewed fruit

COULOMMIER CÜLESE.

COTTAGE CHEISE. Nourishing sad ideal food." DEVONSHIRE CREAM

Can always be bad....... We supply. Junkest Tablet on application.

68.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Central Location

LL ELECTRIO TRAMA PASS Entrance. A Electric Lifte, Fank and Lighting European Bathe and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System, throuyhont. Bast of Food and Servicë,

TekaPHONE 373 TELEGRAPH ADURIM:

*"'VICTORIA.'

J. WITCHELL, Manager.

NEW MUSIC.

ROSE ROOM YEARNING HINDUSTAN

SAND DUNES

ROSES OF LORRAINE ANTONIO, MY BOY

THE

Subscriptions received LAST YEAR by Lady May provious to "QUR DAY" amounted to $13,861.00 and is is hoped that subscriptions this year will exceed $30,000. All subscriptions will be acknowledged in the newspapers and the thermometer altered to show the amounts received to date. It is hoped that residents in the parts of Scath China, who will be unable to visit Hongkong on "OUR DAY”, will avail themselves of this opportunity to subscribe to the Fund through this medium. "All'ubscribers will receive a special resu.“

LADY MAY'S RS2 FOND, Government House,

Hongkong.

RUBBER INDUSTRY'S

"FUTURE.

A. PLEA FOR GOVERNMENT

CONTROLS

IA the Times Trade Supplement (August) there is a very interesting and

peak), tho selling price must logically fall to the approximate level of the cost of production, say, 1s. in all.

Il matters ds, in the future come to such a puss as will bring the market alee of an acre of rabber to £30, the opportunity will then have arisen for powerful clique, backed up probably by the large and well-organized American British, and French rublar tyre and goods manufactorers to buy up by purchases af shares complete and demiciliary control the great bulk of

It would then bo A

SHELL TRANSPORT.

There would appear to be three out- standing features of the meeting of the shareholders of the ShailTransport Com- Pay. The first is the remarkable proz perity of the company, which enables it to declare good dividends and a hand- some bonus in the forms of fully paid

slistes, out of its reserves; secondly, the

to

Subscriptions should be addressed important article by Mr. J.. S. "Rennie plantation companies.imple step for chairman, Sir Marcus Samuel, was able] on the future of the plantation rubber auch controlling trust or corporation so to state, with a pardonable pride and industry. Mr. Rennie's view is that to regulate outputs that the price of pleasure, that the total of the War Loan there should be a Government consus of rubber to anyone outside the clique and other Government securities held by Fall plantations with the object of facili-would be restored to such figure as the the Shell group was about 20 millions (823 tiling control, so that this important trust desired, whilst manufacturers in sterling; and finally, that the Govern Dritish industry shall at be subject to the fold would obtain their raw rubber ment had made an exceedingly good aver production leading to a lamp in fo this way enormous economic advant shares of the Royal Dutch Petroleum st the cost of production of is: per lb perchase when it commandered the prices and the possibility of it being ages would accrue to the country or Company from holders in this country. alienated into other than British hands. State whose manufacturer secured He advised the British Government Having set out the source whence cams

hold those shares, whatever the intan tion was when they were purchased. It the capital funds to build up the in

had become a partner in this group. dustry, Mr. Rennie says there remains

and has a larger financial stake in the the question of consumption -

Royal Dutch Company than in the In view of the varied use of rubber also note that the Far East will continuo

Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Wo for war purposes, a shortage of this one of the great sources of supply of cil material might have been fatal to Ger in the world. This is foreshadowed by many. The complete solution" of the the result of the deep boring on the rubber problem, writes the Norddeutsche island of Tarakan on the East Coast of

lle gemens Zeitung, is, therefore, very Borneo, much to the credit of the German rubber industry, which devoted itself to the production of (1) regenerated rubber,

this

Thinking of Blighty. should the fovernment sen fit for any

domiciliary control of the industry by means of such a trust. They would be in a position to underself all manufae turera outsida.

Ş SÜRSTITUTES" IN INDUSTRY,

recessities

the regeneration of old rubber to a ser

*

May

All American" doctors under 65 aro

chemists and technologists to develop medical service.

and berole tyres, boses for pumplar degree, and to-day motor-'orry

corpe for

My estimate is that in 1930, it peace has ensued, unless some restriction on the supply of raw materials to our enemies is enforced, present enemy and neutral countries would consume 85,000, and the United Kingdom and Allies 325,000 tons. That is to say, they would obtain nearly 15 per cent of the crop at the same price per Ib. as brought and (8) synthetic of the war have lod subject to enrolment in "s have by foresight and patience

its present position, reason to refuse to take any action in" Do you ever think of the matter, then to those interested in and

Germany is stenching its Ottoman Blighty and all the the industry who wish tosecure a stable, water out of the trenches or för plumb-1 Ally to enitivato "Sesams" and "Olives,"

profitable, and logically just future ing the depths of the sos, cable casings, Auffering that this there will be no other course open than submarine linin the array or for order to provide the Rhinelanders with

and, many other amalgamation of interests, with things important for war has brought? Ir view to the inception of one central civil use are made of worked up old and Jou do you will buy authoritative control for output and waste rabber. of which there is an

selling pric, and to stablizing this abundance in Germany. valuable Empire industry.

But, of course, thero have also been Hongkong St. Andrew's Society.

failures.

Not every, rauber factors DISASTROUSERSULTS FÒRYSKEN. possesson the necessary experience for If some definite strong action be not turning out cseful artisler, and the nativo Asiatic residents, plactation praised for its achievements, even before companies. and the powerful well-con- the war in the manufacters of syc. trolled Americanand Britishrubber goods thatic rub'er. When synthetic rabber manufacturers are allowed to continue obtainableat the same price as rataral ad-lib, it is not difficult to be, German economie life will planting ad toresee disastrous resolts to the industry, become independent of foreign supplies

easily be

that of

ANDERSON WAR BOND TICKETS kon on behalf of the industry, and Elb

Elberfelder Farbwerks was specially

MUSIC CO., LTD.

Tx 1328

31st December, 1918. Tickets on Bale at all Banks, Hotels, Clubs and StOTER.

PATELL & CO. METALS

ORIENTAL PRODUCE

EXPORTERS

SILK MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS.

"Ageneler in. NEW YORK

SAN FRANCISCO, USA).

Branches —,

CANTON,

REANGHAT

YOKOHAMART

-BOMBAY.

EAD OFFICE: Kino's Baitziraa,

HONGKONA

of all kinds, especially for shipbuilding înd; engineering « works. Largest and best assorted stock in the Colony.konta

SINGON & CO.

(ESTARIJERED A.D. 1850),

HING LUNG S2.

PHONE 51',

SAVARESSES

SANTAL CAPSULES

and the plimate result ma

may that in, any ten years' time, we may find ourselves with a planted area of 1,200,000 seres, which at 335 lb por sere per an num would givă a total crop of 700,000 tone, and if the effective consumption at that time in less than this quantity. by so much as a hair-breadth (1) 10

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DIPHTHERIA--HOW IT MAY BE AVOIDED, AJAL IPHTHERIA 1.6isually contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child's system for the reception and development of t the diphtheria germs. Where there are cases of diphtheria in the "noighbourhood children thakive colds should be kept at home and off the street until recov ered. Give Chem Chamberlain's. Cough kemody and, they will not have to remain at home loat. It also cleaps oot the culture beds, which form in a child's throst when it has a cold, and minimiter the rise of contrasting infections dia swaende For sale by all: ChemErtacand

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

Only 1 Carga" bet you stop

it while it is ONLY a cough.

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD-LIVER OIL COMPOUND

The finest reparation raddo for combatibe severe coughs. CURES only a

Price $125

not as a Ruskinian compound, but la

margarine and "oil. Sesame seeds are

sail to make an excellent 'edibis fat, which can also be pressed out of the husks now thrown to the Terkini cattle.

Appropriate, always.

With certain dishes, such as Game, LEA & PERRINS' SAUCE is always appropriate. It is the recognised sauce for such use.

In fact, for everything with which a sauce can be used, LEA & PERRINS' is invariably the BEST It has a refinement of flavour

that suits the most" delicate dishes and appeals to the most exacting palātes.

Lea Perrins

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