1918-10-25 — Page 2

INTIMATIONS

WANTED.

UROPEAN Requires Rooms on or

near Waterfront: Reply stating"

forms to No. 3017.

CHÓ “CHIA HAI" Onice, Hongkong. Det. 14, 1016.

MINISTERING CHILDREN'S

· LEAGUE

858

Nov. 2.-SATURDAY-Nor, 30.

BE ANNUAL BAZAAR ander the Auspices of the above League, will be held by kind permission in the grounds of Government House, on SATURDAY, November 2nd..

.THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE" INSURANCE CO., LTD.

M General Manager of the Local WR. B. W. TAPE has been appointed

INTIMATIONS

LADY MAY'S ROSE FUND

CA

THE CHINA MAIL.

Just Pure "Rich Mellow Virginia Tobacco

20000-

19004

18000

The Proceeda as formerly, will be devoted to Local Charities for Children, the Ottershaw Cou, Surrey, and Naval and Military Funds for Otobans.

Hongkong, Oct. 5, Tate.

17000-

813

16000-

15000

|14000-

Agency for Hongkong, Chaton and Macao of the above Company, as from the 1st October, 1918, in succession to Mr. LEFFERT Knox resigned.

Hongkong. Oct. 4, 1918.

113000

12000

887

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

11000-

10000

9000

3000

The

COMPANY, LIMITED..

THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ORDIN. ARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company, adjourned on 29th June Jast, will be held at the Offices of the Geranil Managers, Messrs. JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LTD., Des Treax Hond, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 1st November, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, the Accounts, and electing Directors srl Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 95th October to the 15th November,

both days inclusive....

7000-

5000

5000

Ty Order of the Bouril, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Lìd,

14000

Gentral Mauriers.

"Hongkong, Oct. 23, 1918.

881

13000

12300

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

11000

JUNKET

Onninot he excelled with tinned or

fresh stewed fruit

COULOMMIER, CHEESE.

COTTAGE CHEESE.

Nourishing and ideal food

DEVONSHIRE CREAM

Can always be bad.

We supply Janket Tablet on application.

88

Subscriptions received LAST YEAR

KING EDWARD HOTEL amounts received to date. It is hoped

“BALMORAL GASELI

The Castles"

Cigaretics

OUS CASTLES

"Three Castles

Cigarettes

THE CIGARETTE WITH THE PEDIGREE

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

PROVIDERS

This advertisement is issued by The British-American Tobacca Ce., Kid.

SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S BIG BUSINESS.

FRIDAY: OCTOBER 25, 1919.

INTIMATIONS

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions.

Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES,

L

KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manuf

High Class English Jewellery

BLUE

BIRD

CONFECTIONERS -&-CATERERS ICE CREAM

PARLOUR.

HOT and COED

DRINKS

DEALERS IN Gimbals and Orangu

Ameriosu, Chocolates.. Assorted; Penny-Caltos/?

Ahotersi

OLD PAT FICA UTI „„Queen's. Band" & Pollan Mene

10000 HORLICK'S

MALTED MILK

Pure full-cream milk, enriched with choice malted barley & beat, in powder form. Keeps indefinitely

THE FOOD DRINK

FOR ALL AGES.

A refreshing and sustaining beverage instantly ready by the addition of bot or cold water anly. No cooking. Nourishing and convenient.

Of all Chemiste and Stores.

HORLICK'S MALTED MILK CO., SLOUGH, BUCKS., ENG.

MACARONI, PASTE STARS,

EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI,

الدو

AND ALL KINDS OF SOUP STUFFS.

LL our Peates bear. the "Roostar" label and sto made from Floar of the Best Quality containing a large percentage of Gluten. Starch and Gluten and the principal components of Flour Clutem is easier to digest and contams more untriment than Starch.. Manufactured under the west sanitary conditions.

by Lady May previous to "OUR DAY" amounted to $13,881.80 and it is hoped THE ARMY'S UNIVERSAL paid do not yield more than fair profitperations, tramways, hospitals, asylums, that subscriptions this year will exceed.

on the sctual cost of production. Where etc., in addition to the requirements of 990,000 All subscriptions will be

difficulties in this connection arise, it is the Dominions, India and the Crown ucknowledged in the newspapers and

always, within his power to requisition Colonies, and a large portion of those of the thermometer altered to show the

mwilling from under D ORA. The the Allied Governments,

Large quantities have been exported to various important cities in the Work that residents in the ports of South

work of the costings investigators alone Similar arrangements are made with Terms moderate especially for Agencies. Orders executed promptly China, who will be unable to visit

has saved the State many millions of regard to leather, which is a more com- THE HING WAH PASTE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. Hongkong on "OUR DAY", will avail

pounds.

plicated article to handle than wool. It] LL FLETRIO TRIMS Fas Extrance, themselves of this opportunity to A Electric Lifta, Fans and Lighting subscribe to the Fund through this

Price, however, is not the only or, las bought from all over the world, and Head Office: No. 47 and 48, Connaught Road, Central, Hongkong: Telephons 1299.

Branch Factory: Wing Hing Strest, Causeway Bay, Hongkong Earopean Bathe and Sanitary Fittings, medion. All subscribers will receive a War Office by the Surveyor-General of deed, the chief difficulty. The Army is kept under Government control Principal Factory: No. 71, North Soochow Road, Shanghai, Chin; Telephone 338% Hot and Cold Water System throughout. special roer.

Best of Food and Servico.

Central Location

TELEPHONE: 373 TETRAPHIC Audesas:

• Yurozla,"

J. WITCH ELL, Manager.

VICTORIA CAFE, LTD.

244 Des Voeux Road Central

Telephone No. 2667.

We guarantee the quality of our hrend and Cakes,

We no the highest grade of materials in their Manufacture.

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NEW MUSIC.

ROSE ROOM

YEARNING

HINDUSTAN SAND DUNES ROSES OF LORRAINE ANTONIO, MY BOY

Sula siptions should be addressed LADY MAY'S ROSE FUND, Oovernment House,

Hongkong.

One of the largest businesses in the world just now ta that controlled at the

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Cable Address:**HINGWAIL"dos, PA

Supply. Its transactions are on a colon-locks to the surveyor-General of Supply Government needs are satisfied, when the and scale. Before the s no one could to produce the goods moeds, and, surplus is released for civil trade. The have contemplated the creation of such owing either to the special nature of the varieties of leather seem to run to hun-

gigantic organisation for centralised article or to the enormous quansition, dreds, and apart frona zumerous other DRAGON MOTOR CAR

[baying as now exists in the War Deo required, these have sometimes been far leather articles the army, boots turned (829 and makes purchases for the Army, and, beyond the existing capacity of the in-out sua to many millions of pairs a year Where this is the Manufacturers who maker boots from the incidentally, for numerous other services.dustry concerned.

Thinking of Blighty

It is difficult to convey an adeguato idea case, he employs experts to develop new leather supplied under arrangements of the extent and complexity of the sources of supply, to devise modifications made by the Surveyor General are allow Surveyor-General's activities. It would of pattedis, and, to take any other steps ed a fixed rate of proft, so that proficer..

ing is eliminated. Gloves, jackets, and take columns to give even a brief descrip.necessary to meet the demand.

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tion of the work carried on by his De Sometimes the requirements are so diery and harnesaro, regulated in the partment, but some conception of its boury that the only way to produce the same way, and the same, process applies growth and present mente may be gather goods, withcat such scrambling for raw to other similar raw materials. ̈ ̈ ed from the statement that a peace-time materials as would completely disorganise As an incident of the provision of the staff of just over 50 is now well over the market and indate prices to a wholly principal suppäss for the Army, the Sur 2,000, and, that the annual purchases £ctitious figure, is to control, either by veyor General is responsible for numerona (apart from the actual raw materiale, purchase or otherwise, tho, supply at workshops, bakeries, bute, eta Ee is such as wool, jute, etc.) are in the neigh such materials. In this way the Sar-was, for instance, who recommended this bourhood of £300,000,000.

vergor-General controls sech materials as purchase of the large site at Slough about The rated nature of the business, swool, leather...jute, fax, etc. (Cotton, which there were discussions in Falls nos less remarkable than its bulk. it may be noted, is not used for Army ment. Ever since he was appointed Broadly spending, the Surveyor-General purposes to the same predominating ex about 15 months hgor. Andrew Weir is responsible for the purchase of every tent, and is under the direlitidh of the has been reccommending the acquisition ing that is required for the Army save Board of Trade.) In cases where this of a large central site for repairing motor

munitions aeronautical stores. irechani. uprcial control is necessary, the: raw vehicles. Dozens of sites were Examined

cal transport, and certain articles of food material is issued to manufacturers under and by a process of exhaustion the effe now centralised in the Food. Ministry, arrangements made by the Surveyor near Slough was selected as being the Do you ever think of The different articles purchased are numa General's Department at a fixed price, most pecaonical and not suitable. Blighty and all the berelt in thousands, and range from an end its conversion into manafactured The belldings to be erected near Slough, suffering that this forms, barbed wire, tents, pots and pans, good is similarly arranged at a price will form the largest inctor repair shops bully bout, buildings, drugs, tools, soups, which provides cnly for enats nt conver in the world, and will be of the utmost war has brought? Itpunte, sement, boots, to such things as sion plus a reasonable profit. It is dift value for many years after the war. The you, do you will buy razors, sensors and buttons. A few cult to imagine the chaotic state in which thousands of big forries and motor-cars- figures may give an Indication of the the industries concerned would have and cycles used by the Army cannot be extent of the transactions. During the found themselves had these materials not dumped on the market as soon as war is Hongkong St. Andrew's Society

Fear, for instance, over-eight million been controlled; but it is safe to say that over. The control and distribution of sunki caps are bought, about 20 million, the additional expense to the State would these motor vehicles will form a very BOND TICKETS fannel shirts, about 50 million bandages, have amounted to very many millions important branch,of-demobilisations work, and a national repair shop and store houss 300 million 18. of bacon, 40 million bs. ct pounds. A

THE ANDERSON WAR

MUSIC CO., LTD.

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PATELL & CO.

ORIENTAL PRODUCE

EXPORTERS,

SILK MERCHANTS, (COMMISSION, AGENTS,

Agencies in

NEW YORK,

FRANCISCO, UBA

TÓN: NOBAT

31st December, 1918.

Tickets on sale at all Banks, Estate, Clubs and Stores.

ENORMOUS DÉMANDS ON INDUSTRY......

of tea, 100 million tins of condensed HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLIONS FOR WOOL will become an abeslute nécessity in the milk, while cigarettes run into thousand

As an illustration of the methods of interests of national economy. It may

take a year to build the works contem of millione. Ma

the department, take, for instance, wool-plated at Slough, but the economy when The wool clips of Great Britain. As this centre is in operation will recover It is obvions that the Surveyor. Gerstralis, New Zealand. East Indies and the expenditure many times over- must make enormous demands on sisewhere, including the wool from Ice try--how enormous can be realised only and, are bought by the department at a to a limited extent even by those in the

METALS particulae trades affected. Naturally this cost of probably over 1160,000,000

Berpergework cannot be carried on without bust. Year After securing the raw material,

The Surveyor-General ales deals with

the natrage of articles has in the Army.

pod has been damaged it Dowelved very article which has done it work

of all kinds, especially, for shipbnildlay perpérience, and the Surveyor. the Surveyor-General's next taak is to din; where, is no waste of empty cases, of,

and engineering works. Large and General bas on his stuff a large number tribute the world in priority to Gover bat gasorted plock a the Colony

of men thoroughly expert in their partfonent tatructors for Army supplies; then iron, parts of machinary, or of anything

SINGON & CO. port heater, to take the adried of

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PROFE 515.

CHOOSTERY BİN SİENCH) REMEDY/

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lar liner; while in is careful in all im come supplies for the manufacture of else. Millions of pounds are now being standard cloths, blankets, etc., for gen: saved by a system of efficient salvage.

representative

ntative members of the trades gral use, and finally the supplies for ordi, Salvage: work is not confined to the rails. (ary trade Trichs are head for the wool tary side, and, the Surveyor-General has for tine, purpose with which he deals, and for has the assistance of trade committees, over specified purses, for the purpose ofrecently established national salvage

which in many instances

sentatives of the trade unic He realises to the full relations of satisfac

Although be Spends such

lude repres

minintaining equilibrium, in the traie,

organisation, the work of which h ned great organisation is required numerous creasing, to greater and greater dimon experta, managers, advisers, and compions. The publie have not yet, appre cisted the extent of this saving campaigu, La surchase, manu

this pas

nor realised the extent to which they can

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