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IG. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

AND SURVETOR.

-Public Auctions-

INTIMATIONS.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

THE COMMODORE and MEMBERS

of the above Club will be AT HOME to their friends at the CLUB HOUSE, North Point, on SATURDAY Mext 25th instua, from 3 to 6 13. on the occasion of the OPENING CRUISE and presentation of prizes by H. E the Governor SIR NESTUBBS KC.M.G)|

The ATTENDANCE of LADIES is specially requested.

F. SMYTH,

Commodere.

Hongkong. October 31, 1918,

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

THE OPENING CRUISE of the

The Club will take place on SATURDAY 5b instant at the Club House, North Point.

The attendance of Members and. friendais requested from 313 onwards..

"

R. E. MACDOUGALLA

Hož. Sesretary,

Hoogkong. October 20, 1919.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

are reminded of

the

MEMBERS BEYMEETING

called for en SATURDAY, the Ist November, at 12:30 PM, at the Offices of the JOCKEY CLUB, on the Greurd Floor of the Hongkong Club Annexa, Chater Road.

By Order,

G. W. GEGG.. Acting Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, October 18, 1919.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,

N

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

an EXTRAORDINARY GEN ERAL MEETING of A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, will be held at the SONGKONG HOTEL, on the 5th day

Meeting of the Company held on the 20th day of October, 1919, will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution.

That the new Articles already "approved by this Meeting, and for the purpose of identification sabe- cribed by the Chairman thereof, be "And the same are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company to the exclusion of and in substitution "for all the existing Articles **thereof."

Dated the 21st Day of Descher, 1919, Hongkong.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managert.:

NOTICE OF REMOVAL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

BRANCH DEFice of the LIVERPOOL AND LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, will on an after the 27th instant be transferred to St. George'e, Building, (Second floor), Cester Road, Hongkong.

Telephone No. 200-P. O. Box 451.

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RIGBY H. P. KEWLEY,

Acting Local Manager,

Bangkong, October 21, 1919.

BOXING.

of the Chaplain, DY permission BY

boxing, ball-punching, ko, will be taught by the well-known boxer, "KID" Marriott, at the SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE, 21, Praya East, Wanchai, twice a week, on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, from 5.45-7.15 P. Y Special lessons by arrangement. Will aby who wish to have lesenos please apply to The Manager Mr. P. W. BRISTOW. Terms by arrangement. Pro-payment requested.

*Telephone 2874.

NOTICE

R

LL PERSONS with the exception A of persons of Chinese race, wishing to leave the Colony, must have in their casion VALID PASSPORT. Passengers pot in possession of pass porta will not be allowed to leave the Colony.

All persons, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves ander the REGISTRATION 1916. at PERSONS. ORDINANCE Forms of Registration giving the parti -pulars required may be obtained at the

G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is Enta not яxcelin: $60

ED. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Palion, kogkong, Bapbember 23, 1913.

INTIMATIONS

METEOR GARAGE

Sole distributors of

MAXWELL CARS.

Automobiles for Hire

and for Sale

at reasonable Prices.

'Phone 2500.

60 Den Veeur Road:

Central.

JUST RECEIVED

from AUSTRALIA a large shipment UNSWEETENED of LACTOGEN,

CONDENSND MILK, STERILIZED NATURAL MILE. MALTED MÄLE and SWEETENED COCOA and MILK, sold at very reasonable prices owing to the present high rate of Exchango, especially for Retailers.

SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,

Se Agents for Bangkong and South Chi Nas. 17. & 48,. Connaught Road Central, Hongkong. Telephone No. 1239 & 23.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Received direct from the NORTHERN SCOTTISH

FISHERIES

"FILLET HADDOCK FINNAN HADDOCK

AND

KIPPERS. -

BEAUTIFY YOUR

HOME.

Flowers beautify and make .attractive the Home as noth- ing else can do.

FOR SALE

FLOWER

AND VEGETABLE SEEDS.

GRAÇA & Co., No. 10, Wyndham Streat, P. O. Box 620.

Hongkong.

JAPANESE MAKERS.

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

ΤΟ

THE CHINA MAIL..

"Embassy

Cigarettes

Embassy

VIRCINIA CIGARETTES

WDSHOWILLS

BRISTOL L

Finest Quality

The kind of quality that not only pleases the smoker but gratifies an ideal of the manufac-

turers to produce the finest of Virginia

Embassy

VIRGINIA CIOARE

Gigarettes.

Sold in tins of 50 725 Cigarettes also

packets of 10's

This Advertisecent is issued by British-American Tobacco Co., (China). Ltd.

CHINA'S TRADE.

SMANUMAI REMAINS

SEXPORT.

PRINVISALI

POSSIBLE TRADE BOOM.

work of Mainer,

Amerien and Japan can chim a Shanghai easily maintains its paramount position us China's print greater share in its imports and cr port than car the British pire. aipal seaport and distributing cen- ten years ago ranked only Houed by the Hongkong Government which ma go some way towards cheering up the sixth as regards gross foreign trade uncertainties regarding the origin and and ninth as regards net trade, zow destination of the merchandise passappears as second. ing through the Colony which have in the past made comparisons of the share taken by the various mutions in Utina's ure trade so difficult and often a misleading. “

VALUABLE PAINTING STOLEN.

H.M. Commercial Couze lot at Shanghai reports as follows (says the

The museum of Tours, in the arch. Board of Trade Journal):-

The outstanding feature is the pre-bishop's palace there, was ransacked The net value of Chian's divet | dominating predition that Japan, has by burglars. They stole a picture foreign trade fa 1918 war won for herself in the foreign trade by Delacroix valued at $4,000. 1,010,726.118. Haikwan taels, which for China, Ten years ago the total Delacroix (1798-1869), leader of the is un increase of 29,925,700 wels over Praluu of Japan's imports and exporterümantic movement, ranks on a the 1917 tosul, and again constitutes only exterial Great Britain's "total

record.

My 4,000,000 bars. Today Japan't trade with Chins equals that of the whole of the British Empire, includ ing Hongkong, and if ber share in Hongkong's trade could be correctly certained it woull undoubtedly be found to exceed the British Empire's total by a very considerable amount.

This result was not due, however, to any increase in the volume of China's foreign trade, but to the general advance in prices of almost all classes of foreign goode and native products, which more than com- pensated for the serious shrinkage in the quantities of merchandise hand- It is not considered, however, that led. The causes of this shrinkage Japan can maintain this predomin were the same as in 1917, viz., short once, which is largely due to the fact age of tonnage, high freights, general that she was hardly touched by the rise in prices, belligerent restrictions, trade disabilities and restrictions, im- and in China itself a continued state posed on all European countries and of civil war between North and South the United States of America owing and uncontrolled brigandige, in at to the war, and naturally took every parte of the country. It is perhaps, advantage of the opportunities thus worth repeating that if, under all offered of supplanting the latter in these advane circumstances, China's all branches of Diana's foreign trade, trade with foreign countries can hold But with a return to normal condi- its own, one may with confidence tions many of these accidental ad- predict great developmente, if not avantages will disappear and Japan's tradeboom," sa soon as portti European and American competitore, Great Britain in particular, should Converted into sterling, the grand have no difficulty in recovering the total for 1918 mmoudis to ground they have lost, and, given a £275,100,377, 2.11 increase of fair field and equal opportunities in £56,527,700 over the 1917 total, China, meeting successfully Japanese which is mainly due to the rise in competition boll! in the import and exchange, the 1917 figures having export trule. been converted at an average mate

ORDER conditions are restored.

OHERRY &100,

FEDDER STREET, Opposite. Hongkong Hotel, Tomphone No. 431:

Hongkong, March 20, 1916,

MUMEYA

Japanese Photographers. All kinds of Photographio Work done in latest styles also Passport Photos. Developing and Printing-for Amateurs & Speciality.

No. 81, Guson's Road Central. Tel. 254

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION N01- THERAPION NË,2. THERAPION N03

No. 1 for Bladder Osterth. - Mo, 1 for £1004 à Vin Diso60115 No. 3 for Okronin Washimong

· BOLD BY LEADING ENTISERTS, PRICE IN ENGLAND.SO. ELENCMad.Ch, Nevermerkki.M. WALDME. ZER TRADE WARKED WORD * IKERLEVAN SA DU RİZ. GUFT. STANDARTFEED TO OXNUINE FAGKÜT.

of 4.3 3-103. and the 1918 figures at Cs, 8 7 163.

DIRECTION OF TRADE.

BRITISH EXPORTS.

great colourist. As a child fè nax- rowly escaped death by burning, drowning, and choking; and once be tried to hang himself in imitation of a picture be had seen.

THE NEW R.A.F. TITLES.

The Air Ministry direct that the new titles for officers of the Reya! Air Force be brought into use forth- with. These titles, include, the

following, the corresponding rank in the Army being given in paren theses:Group Captain (Colonel), Wing Commander (Lieut.-Colone) Squadron Leader (Major), Flight- Lieutenant (Captain), Flying Officer (Lieutenant), Pilot Officer (2nd Lieutenat).

NOTICES TO CONSIGNERS

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM EUROPE AND STRAITS.

ment will be sorted out mark by mark

and delivery can be obtained as soon sús

Optional Goods will be married on unlmesi instructions are given to the contrary be tore Noor, To-PAT.

Imports from Great Britain show THE Company's Steamship, but a light decline in value owing

TAMBA MARU," For many years the Haiwan toel, to enhanced prices of all Brition having arrived from the above Porta, the unit of currency adopted for Cus goods, but there is a serious decline Consigneer of Cargo are hereby. Informed toms purpose in China, was taken in the import trade, from British that their Goods are being landed and as being, roughly, 2. Ed., or 8 teele India due to the falling off in the placed at their risk in, the BoxGXOXO to £1. This estimate must now be import of Indian yarn owing prin- KOWLOOR WHAT & GODOWY COMPANY'S revised and the toel considered a cipally to lack of tonnage. Ship-opowas at Kowloon, where mah.consign- the equivalent of at least 58. r4ments of Stasite producé show a con- tools to £1, as there a little likel-aiderable increase, and attention. I hood of silver dropping much below again drawn to the steady advance the Goods are innded. its present war level for some time in the export of Canadian goods to to come.

China. There was a marked shrinks trade with the United age in China's It may be of intertant to note that States of America due to Govern the British Empire, Japan, and the ment restrictions and high Feighte United States of America handled which is, however, not so noticeable between them in 1918 just over 90 where imports are concerned owing per cent. of China's foreign trade, to enhanced prices. the shares of the two stud The troubles in Russia and Siberia, being equal. The actual percentages posting in an almost complete were: British Empire 38.60, Japan consution of busime during the 88.60, United States of America second ball of 1915, are responsible 13,46. Hongkong is included in the for the serious decline in China's British Empire a share, and this is trade with Russia, and the meagre not quite fair to other countries, as returns of trade with the Scandina Hongkong is simply a port of stran, vian countries and Holland bear elo- shipment, and such countries, sequent textimony to the efficiency of French Indo-China, United States of the Britier blocks

Goods pot cleared by the 27th October, 119, will be subject to rent,

Godowns for ramination by the Con Damaged Packages must be left in tha

gooo's and the Oo's representatives an appoluted hour on TUESDAY and All aims must be pre- FRIDAY. wanted withlo ten days of the steamer's arrival hero, after which date they cannot be recognized. No claims will be admitted after the goods have infe the Godowiz.

· NIPPON ZUBEN KAISHA,

Agenta: Hongkong, October 30, 1919,

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919:

NOTICES.

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS,

Hotel Mansions

Agents 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.

THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. CO., LD.

READ OFFICE: Nos. 47 and 48, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong. Tel. No. 1239 år 2230..

TRADE MARK.

We have now a large stock of freak and superior Macaroti, Paste Stars, Egg-noodles, Vermicelli and all kinds of Soup stuffs, all produced from Flour of Best Quality, sold at very reasonable prices.

Large quantities have been exported to various important cities in the World.

Terma moderate, especially for Agencies. Orders executed promptly.

Inspection and Enquiries are cordially solicited.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD,

OPERATING-

THE HONGKONG HOTEL,

HOTEL MANSIONS,

THE REFULSE BAY HOTEL,

(To be opened 1st January, 1920.).

J. H. TAGGART, MANAGE

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Level

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of-

Mrs. BLAIR,

KING EDWARD HOTEL

CENTRAL LOCATION

LI ELECTRIC TRAMS Pass Extrance, Meotrio Lifts, Fans and Lighting A Entopean Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water Syai

throughout. Best of Food and Service.

Telephone 373. Telegraphia Address :—' VICTORIA."" ·

J. WITCHELL, Monage.

PALACE HOTEL

KOWLOON.

(Two minutes Imam. Star Ferry),

Recently renovated and reformished, alectric light and fan throughom and entirely anier new management Culine under the personal supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Booms Tarmi moderate. Spacial terms to families on application to

Telephone K. & Telegraphie Add. “PALACE”

J. B. OXBERRY, Proprietor.

CARLTON HOTEL.

`{2HM ONLY"AMERICAN HOTEL IN TAN KRONT.) ICK-HOUSE-STREE

Under American Management Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes" walk from the Banks and Central District 3 Bedrooms, Excellent Cuisine, scrupalously clean. Moderate Terms. Monthly and Family Rata on application to the Proprietress. Launcher most Passenger Bosts.

Talegraphic AUtréms "CARLTON,"

Maa. P. R. CAMERON.

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE

(OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT.)

Noted for:

THE BEST TIFFINS AND DINNERS. FILLET HADDOOKS.

ICES AND ICED DRINKS,

CAKES AND PASTRIES.

Dinner and-Picnic Parties catered for.

A European Café under European Supervision.

Tel. 909

BLUE BIRD

10: ORBAM PARLOUR

AND CONFECTIONERS,

TANG YUK DENTIS

the late SIKH FING, 12: D'AQUILLE. BILETE

TERME VERY MODERATE U

* Conaalbation "Iros.

Tel. 909.

CHOCOLATES Piala Swout Jamilia, Chomiales,

May's Bootle's and Bordde Chocolate C

Amariana cocolates FLSO per the

Imperial

ME

0000

por v

Citiranian Frenktask dones”.

FRENCH LESSONS

G. MOUSSION.

15, Morrison Hill Road