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MENTHOLATUM

MENTHOLATU

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SHIPPING.

NEW HAGUE RULES

IMPORTANT ARTICLES

the BEST

REMEDY

FOR COLD IN THE ABAD WÁBR APPLIED. IN TAB NOSTRILS.

OBTAINABLE FROM

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Gradually, and as these rules are getting better understood by the business community, they are farling favour in comm reial, shipp ng and insurance circles. The rules have been very clearly drawn up, and in this connection, it should be stated that

the chairman of the Maritime Law Committee of the International Law

Association, under whose auspices the rules were drafted. is the President of our Admiralty Court.

CHEMISTS.

when the goods have been loaded to receive a "shipped" bill of lading-

CONSULAR CHANGES.

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Peking, December 31.-The follow- ing consular changes have been an- nounced by the British Legation

THE CHINA MAIL.

ODDS AND ENDS.;

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

Mr. B. G. Toure, C.M.Q., H. M. | Fate of Famous (look, Consul at Amoy, leaves for home about the middle of January, being relieved by Mr. A. E. Eastes, returned

The clock at the Royal Exchange,

from home.

Mr. J. T. Pratt, C.M.G.. H. M. Consul returning from home leave, proceede to Nanking early in February, Mr. E. G. Jamieson, who has been in charge of H.M. Consulate at Nanking, pro- coeds to Changsha to relieve Mr. L. Giles who is shortly going home on leave.

GENERAL ITEMS.

Seagulls have returned to London and are being fed by spectators from The Thames Embankment,

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For the first time in the history of in the City, after being 80 years in commercial aviation a motor car was use, is almost worn out, and whether | transported by sir from Paris to it is to be supplanted by a new one or London. "patched up" will be decided at

the meeting of the Corporation When the stocks of ekybine opi- of London. A novel point in forms are exhausted, the French regard to the choice of a new Army will be clothed in khaki uni- timepiece is that it has to be approved forms. by the Astronomer Royal. The mechanism which now produces the "I make up my mind about the 21 melodies played by the clock is not matter first, but I always ask my to be removed, but will be converted husband's advice on it,” said a woman with the new works, so that "Tomat Marylebone County Court. Bowling" or "Oh, dear! What can the matter be "will still follow bard

Mr. A. G. N. Ogden and Mr. H. J. Macdonald transferred from Peking to H. M. Consulate General at Shanghai as Vice-Consuls.

Mosars. A. L. Scott and E. C. Mic-apon the chimes. ville remain in Peking on completion of their studentship and will be em- ployed in the Chancery in the British Legation.

Any clause, covenant or agreement in a contract of carrage relieving the carrier of the ship from liability for loss or damage to or in connection |

Mr. S. L. Burdett recently return with goods arising from negligence, fault or failure in the duties and from Weihaiwei, is about, on com obligations provided in this article. or lessening such liability otherwise than as provided in these rules shall be mull and void and of no effect.”

Respecting the rights and munities, these are defined in Article

4 as follows

"Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be liable for loss or damage arising or resulting from phaworth-

pletion of his studentship, to proceed to Harbin as Vice-Consul, relieving Mr. J. C. Hill, who shortly goes home

on leave.

Mr. W. C. Cunsels has left Peking for Hankow, where he will join the

staff of H. M. Consulate General as Vice-Consul.

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Daring a ocal-stealing case Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, it was stated that there are clubs which pay the fines of coal stealers who are caught.

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According to a Bill to be introduced by the Government into the Spanish Parliament shortly, medical certifi cates of bealth must be, produce

Angioneurotie dema, a form of localised, quickly Vanishing awelling of the skin, is the name of the rarë discars from which a 19-years old fitter's mate has died at Walsall, Staffordshire. Lile his mother, he ferent parts of the body, and one before marriage. had been subject to awellings in dif- developing in the throat quickly The doctor t the inquest

that the con- suffocated him dition was hereditary. Medical men I might go through life without any experience of it. The effect of the disease was awful. The tongue and the mouth in a few minutes swelled

said

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R..ching Constantinople Hust, the French airman Deullin me the first complete flight in the new service between Paris and Con- #tantinople, 1,420 miles.

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ins unless caused by way of due¦ Liverpool Chamber of Commerce that

There were 91 persons killed and The most important articles of diligence on the part of the carrier to the Association adopts the Hague

for treath the patient forced his United Kingdom during 1920, an these rules are No. 3, which deals make the ship seaworthy and to secure Rules respecting the conditions of like a bladder, and in struggling 25,933 injured on railways in the with responsibilities and liabilities, that the ship is properly manned, carriage by sea, and that the Associa-Angers down his throat to admit air, increase of 59 deaths and 1,960 per

tion recommends all members of the to the lungs. Life he said, might be ons injured compared with the and No. 4 which deals with the rights equipped and expplied.

Neither the carrier nor the ship Chambers of Commerce to insist that saved by tracheotomy, or making on previous year. Article 3 provides shalt be responsible for loss or damage in respect of all transactions originat opening in the windpipe, but as the and immunities. that:--

The carrier shall be bound before arising or resulting from neglect of ing after January 1st, 1922, the bills awelling was liable to develop, with and at the beginning of the voyage to Bervants in the management of the of Ind ng must embody the Hague out warning it would be necessary by air from London to Lausanne,

exercise due diligence to:

(a) Make the ship seaworthy. (b) Properly man, equip and supply the shin.

(c Make the bolds, refrigerating and cool chambers, and all other parts are carried, of the ship in which goods fit and safe for their reception, carri age and preservation.

The carrier shall be bound to provide for the proper and careful handling, loading, stowage, carriage, custody, care and unloading of the goods married.

After receiving the goods into his charge, the carrier shall, on the de-

ship; act of God, war, etc.; quaran tine strike riote, inherent defec. in goods, insufficiency of marks, etc. Any deviation in saving or attempting to save life or property at sea. or any deviation authorised by the contract of carriage shall not be deemed to be an infringement of breach of these rules or of the contract of carriage, and the carrier shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting there

from.

Rules of 1921.

GENERAL NOTES.

for anyone having the in hospital to be safe.

"Getting On "

disease to live

Once a person has achieved fame The overdne Japanese sailing vessel, Kaisei Mara" No. 9 arrived safely

we get a fixed mental picture which She is very difficult to modify. We think at her destination on Dev. 23. left Singapure for Belawan Deli, on of Marcoui as the slim young thinker who evolved wireless, yet he is now November 27.

It is very hard to realise that the

An Aneta wire from Weltevreden "Neither the carrier nor the ship runs as follows:-The Royal Packet shall be responsible in any event for Compay is reducing the wages of its loss or damage to or in connection personnel by 10 per cent. from the an amount beyond beginning of February. The Union with goods i

in other and some action on its part may be equivalent of that sum currency, unless the nature and faine uxpected. of such goods have been declared by

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forties." Thousands of middle-

Miss Ellen Terry is 73. celebrities are "getting ou.

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It is now possible to book through Switzerland, at the office of the Grand Express in the Kingsway, W. C., and do the entire journey with only one halt, at Paris.

When Thomas Lennox was senten- ced at Glasgow to two months' imprisonment for bigamy, it was stated that the second woman be "' married" discovered afterwards

that he was her sister's husband.

mand of the shipper, issue a bill of £100 per package or unit, or the of Captains and Mates is protesting Mail Year Book" for 1922 (just had been a Freemason for 73 years,

luding showing, amongst other things. (a) The leading marke necessary for identification of the goods.

(b) The number of packages or pieces or the quantity or weight.

the shipper betore the goods" are The world's speed record for soy shipped and have been inserted in liner since the beginning of the war

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To ventilate the Severn railway

pont era of flying are verging on "the aged playgoers cannot realise that

On his 100th birthday, Mr. Frank In the James, of Penkridge, Staffs, received 1,000 biographies in the new Daily a letter from the King expressing astonishment that he (Mr. James) published), many ages are given which come almost as a shock to the render a record in the membership of the

oraft. whose memories go back a decade or two. Stage veterane among the 1.000 include Mme. Bernhardt (76), Sir John (e) The apparent order and condi. the bill of lading. By agreement was achieved by the "Aquitania" dur-Hare (77), and Sir Squire Bancroft tannel, which is 43 miles long, the between the carrier, master or agent ing the last portion of her eastbound (80). Music has Sir Charles Santley, Great Western Railway Company of the carrier, and the shipper, voyage from New York. A speed of who is 88, and Sir Walter Parratt, 80, have ordered a fan, 27ft. in diameter another maximum amount than 26.66 knots was attained or over Mr. Thomas Hardy is 81, Mr. Frederic and 9ft. in width, capable of supply- agent of the carrier, shall be bound tu mentioned in this paragraph may be thirty land miles per hour. Rightera Harrison 90, and Mr. Richard White-ing 800,000 cubic feet of air per issue a bill of lading showing descrip- fixed, provided that such maximum months ago the "Aquitani'

ing 81. Many will be equally sur- minata. tion, marks number, quantity or

prised when they are reminded that weight which he ha rentable ground shall not be less than the figures above converted from coal to oil.

made. The declaration by the shipper

we have an Ambasador at the Court for suspecting do mal an turately re-

of St. James' who is only 32 (his present the goods actually received. to the nature and value of any

The shipper shall be deemed to hav:

Excellency Mr. Wellington Koo, who guaranteed to the carrier the a curacy

tion of the goods

Provided that no carrier, master or

of the description, marks, number, quantity and weight as furnished by bim, and the shipper shall indemnify

goods declared shall be prima facie evidence, but shall not be binding or

conclusive on the carrier.

"Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be responsible in any avent lor

WAR

Notice is given that the Mole End Light, Northern Entrance to Cheloo Inner Harbour, is now exhibited from

a red iron trestle structure situated on the Mole, 160 feet from its eastern end. From the Light-beacon, Tower

represente China). Charlie's "Consin

In the coures of My Trip Home,'

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11,' 1922.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

BUTTER.

FURTHER REDICTION IN PRICES.

DAISY

$1.10 per lb.

DAIRY MAID -

1,00

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The two best known and the best table Butters on the market,

SOLE AGENTS:

THE DAIRY FARM, ICK & COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

CARS WITH A REPUTATION

"ROLLS-ROYCE"

"CADILLAC"

STUDEBAKER WHITE TRUCKE "

NEVER WASH.

SBOW ROOMS,

HUMOURS OF A HOLIDAY IN

TIBET.*

From a fresh chapter in the holiday adventures in Tibet of Mr. F. W.

Close to her island home, Belle-lle Thomas, Reader in Tibetan in London

University, it appears that on Mer, in the Bay of Biscay, Mme.

Sarah Bernhardt has bought from the

the

PEDDER STREET,

Telephone No. 32.

Tea with butter, Yak ateak.

Wheaten cakes, Sheep broth.

Toumpa or meat dumpling. Cheese.

Radisken.

Chartreuse,

Near Gyantso Mr. Thomas, visited a nunnery in a little oranny in the bill surrounded by trees. "Tibetan girls enter the nunneries when quite young. Their reason for doing so are not an like those prevailing in Europe-love affairs, family quarrels, or personal habit when travelling to take with «Tibet realises that she cannot vocation. They dress in yellow robes,

Boon

French Government for £24 a little romance and mystery in which the rocky islet where she intends to make country is wrapped will her burial place. It has long been her disappear.

and expenses arising or resulting with goods if the nature or value there- distant 5 cables. The characteristics Chaplin tells the story of how a Lon-personal attention to the planning of told a reporter "and Tibetans are sign that the wearer has renounced the carrier against all loss, damages loss or damage to or in connection Hill Lighthouse bears S 6° 20′ in the London Evening News, C..arlie her a coffin, and she intends to give remain aloof for ever," Mr. Thomas a colour regarded by Buddhists as a

whipper.

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"A very unpleasant trait in the

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character of Tibetan nuns and monke

don policeman" chose a cousin" for her tomb.

anxions for their country to be opened all earthly pleasures. Boys enter from inaccuracies in such particulars of has been wilfully mis-stated by the of the light remain unchanged.

him when be first arrived. "Police- Unless written notice of a claim for

up. A telephone wire to the secret monasteries when about 9 or 10, and Goods of an inflammable or ex- The Glen Line Company's

men on all sides. I am pushed and Dr. Joge Almeida, the President of city of Lhassa from Gyantse is about their sale ambition at that age is to loss or damage and the general nature

of a dangerous motorship "Glenapp," which has been lifted and almost dumped into a of such claim be given in writing to plosive Lature or

My hat is thrown in the Portuguese Repablio, and the to be arranged, and perhaps it will be learn by heart as many pages of the carrier or his agent at the port of nature, unless the nature and character disposed of to the Elder Dempster limousine.

bae been entirely behind

Ministry have granted a life pension followed later by a complate wireless Buddhist philosophy as possible. m5. There are threa

o £35 a month each to the widows installation.

How many pages do you know? discharge before the removal of the thereot have been declared in writing. Company, goods, such removal shall be prima may at any time before delivery be converted and has now entered the policemen on each side of the car,

of Senhor Granjo (the Prime Minister) English teachers for Tibetan I asked one boy: Quite proudly be facin evidence of the delivery by the destroyed or rendered innocuous by West African passenger service." he standing on the running board. carrier of the goods as described in the carrier without compensation to is the first Diesel engined passenger regain myself, straighten my clothes, Admiral Machado Santos, Commander schools are also spoken of with ap said, I know 150 pages.

cool off a bit, and look round. There Maia, Captain Frestas Silva, and, proval by the lamas (high prieste) in the bill of lading, and in any event the shipper, and the auippar of such vessel to go into commission,

Colonel Vasconcellos, who were different parts of the country, and which she has just is a perfect a ranger in the limousine the carrier and the ship shall be dis-goods shall be liable for all damages distinction

mon for travellere to hear Tibetan wash. They say it is unhealthy to charged from all liability in respect of and expenses directly or indirectly snatched from the British India Cu.'s with me. I seem to take him for desassin ted during the recent revolu- few years hence it will not be uncom is shyness of water. They will not granted for the moment. He is also

toddlers chattering in English on the wash and the very poor believe that loss or damage unless euit is brought arising out of or resulting from such as "Domala."

cat up and bleeding. Evidently he within twelve months after the shipment:

if they ever washed themselves they "A carrier shall be at liberty to The Canadian Pacific sh ps have is somebody. He must be on the During excavations for a new post road to Ehassa."

During his stay in Tibet Mr. Thomas would wash happiness away, Many delivery of the goods.

After the goods are loaded, the bill surrender in whole or in part all or had a new official attached to them schedule to do something. He looks office near the site of the old castle

new post created, that b wildered and confused. "Well, and Greyfriars Monastery at Coventry, lived principally on tinned foods Tibetans have mor washed in their of lading shall, if the shipper so any of his rights and inuaunities un- and a

officials, what are you doing-who are you?" several fragments of pottery have which be had brought from India. He lives. demande, be shipped" bill of der this article, provided such surren- of staff captain. Such

rare gave a tin of milk as a present to the "received der shall be embodied in the bill of whose duties are to give specia! I splatter. "No one in particular,' been unearthed, including a lading, provided that no

oaie and attention to the passengers, he answers. "I have beca pusbed in example of's 12th or 13th century governor of Phari, one of his many for shipment" bill of lading or other lading issued to the shipper."

supply them with advice and inform bere against my will. I think it was drinking vessel in the shape of a boar. hosts, and the next day he was invited da ument of title shall have been pr+-

the ation, and generally act as host for the second time you cried for your Soveral pieces of carved stone-work to dinner, which, enriously anoagh, viona y issued in respect of the goods. In exchange for, and upon surrender

the steamship company on board, cousins One of the policemen picked. found appear to date fom the 14th Mr. Thomas said, ended with a well have been appointed to all the large me, but I don't believe there is any century, when the church of Grey known brand of French liqueur. The of received for shipment" bli of lading, the shipper shall be entitled,

steamers of the line.

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It is already known that at the next hall-yearly meeting u Association of the Chambers of Com merce of the United Kingdom a reao lution will be moved on behalf of the

relationship."

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Friars was built.

FATHER."

menu was:

The 8th, ordinary general meet ng of shareholders of the Hongkong Central Estate Ltd., takes place at the offices of Mesara Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd, on Thursday, January

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FIESĀLO – 15 THIS DR.

DRTEN? WELL THIS WMA, JIGGB/ COME OVER AS QUICK, AD

YOU CAN-

UP

IRAN ALL THE WAY

GOODNESS.

MY!MY SYOUR PULSE IS VERY SLOW-

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YOU HAVE A.. FEVER-YOUR HEART IS WEAK

AND YOUR LUNGS "ARE CONGESTED:

YOU MUST GET.

TO BED:

SAY! I SENT FOR YOU TO COME OVER TO SEE MY WIFE. WHO IS ILLAN YOURE

TRYING TO MAKE AN INVALID

OUT OF ME!

1921 MY INTERS