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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Dentist

Harry Fong, Dondet.

iet door, No. 74. Queen's Rod Central. Tol, Central No. 1255,

Ruginners & Shipbuilders

8. Bailey & Co., Ltd.

Englooor and Shipbuilder

Kowloon Bay

New Work and Repairs

Oall Fing "L'

Importers & Exporters

Kwang Jan & Co., t8, Queen

Rond

|

Central, Ho Chi Chang (Manager) Ewong King Him (Asst.) Töl. Can. 8189.

Land & Estate Agents

Pun Vioờ Tho, Land & Estate - Konta

Tel. Central 811-1887.

35, Queen's Road Contral."

Modistes

Madame Flint

Photographers

Meo Cheung, P·otographer

21, Ice House Streck

Beaconsfield Arcade Branch, Developing & Plating undacakes.

Printers

"The Onia Mall," General Prins Publishers and Bookbinders.

6. Wytan Street. Tal. C.23.

Ship Chandlers

I. Bing ở Us..

16 Wing Woo Street. Tal Contra

Metal Merchants & Ship Chandlers, Managing Dircota - Kr. H. B. Chin.

Crepe Zub. sule Cuavas Shoes $ 7

"

Buckskin, Sit

11. Queen's Road Cer. 1. Can. 598. Repairing & Soling a Specialty

fatost Parisian model).

Optician

The Hongtong Optical Co. Phons 2934,

69, Queen's Road Central.

WONG SIU WOON 21 Pottinger St.

RELINQUISHING BUSINESS

MADAME LILY

TENYO MARU.”.

JAPANESE LINER IMPROVED.

DEFTER SECOND CLASS.

While on her last voyage to the Orient, the Toyo Kise Kaishu steamer Tenyo Miru received cons siderable improvements

her becond class accommodation whilst in dry dock at Naguzi.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE

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REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES

The children's Dursery ou "D" deck, formerly used for first class passengers, has been transformed into an auxiliary second class saloon. Across the hull the former auxiliary saloon has been altered to second clasa Smoking Room, with smull bus completa bar. Bath theso rooms are equipped with comfort- jable easy chairs, sofas, electrie faus, etc. in fact nothing has been jured in making them us modern. and comfortable as possible. The aft end of "B" deck promenade has LONDON SERVICE. class passengers, and fills a much

been served for use of second

felt want, providing as it does a saiah deck for sports, games, Phone 1474 dances, and a sunny morning's premiade, fully comparable with the het two-eliss' teumers.

Similar improvements are planned for the Shinyo Marn, sister ship of the Tenyo Marg, thus bringing Biese popular trans-Pacific steamers into line with the world wide de- mand for improved second class. Die principally to the general de- pression since the War there, has For an increasing tendency of the travelling public to seek plain and substantial comfort, instead of formality and luxury, with a saving of upwards of per cent. passage money. It is to those, to whom travelling was formerly an expensive luxury, that the generi of improvement and popularity second class travel on the Allante well as the Pacific, makes an especial appeal, as a convenient and economical necessity.

Last Week of Sale

2

this

High

Ladies should not lose opportunity of buying Class Goods at Bargain Prices. As everything must be cleared regardless of cost, no reason- able offer refused.

Madame Lily is retiring from business owing to ill health.

Tel. C. 2336.

9.8

In line with the improvement in public rooms and promenades, it is anticipated there will be general improvement in service, accommoda- tion und food.

EXCHANGE. "

Hongkong 18th August, 1997,

Tel. C. 2336.

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That's a remarkably strong sauce you have, Mrs. Tabasco, said the visitor, as he wiped a tear from his eye.

"Yes," was the reply. "We always have a bottle on the table, although we don't use it our. selves."

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POST

Agente,

OFFICE NOTICE.

Radio Tratic with Canton in suspended antil further notice. Interpart Radio Telegrao s aro subjout to delay of 9 hours. The Radio Cffice will be closed from 8 pm 138 mm, until further notice. Mensager in code must bave’name of code used included in text. REGISTERED nad PAROEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes parilor than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where.mails are advertised to close at or before 9 am. registered and pañcol malls are closed si 5 pm. on the previous day.

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BUNDAY, AUGUST

MONDAY, AUGUST

full. Many disastrous earthquakes have occurred when the sun and moon have been thus placed.

But some time ago such was not the case. The moon was just past its first quarter, and both it and the sun almost at their The terrible earthquake in maximum distance from the barometer in California recently California occurred in a region of earth; so that the pull of each on

Modern investigation into the the earth included in the well, the earth was almost at a mini-cause of earthquakes tends to defined Pacific coast branch of the mum, and the two bodies counter-show that sub-terrestrial move great earthquake belt that circles acting each other. And very ments from 50 to 200 miles the globe north of the equator, similar conditions prevailed dur-beneath the surface are always from Japan, across Asia and the ing the great earthquake in in progress, and that these move Mediterranean to the West California which devastated Sap ments are the original cause of Indies and Central America, Francisco in April, 1906. the surface disturbances. They where it sends off branches north The fact that earthquakes are often propagated for great along the Pacific coast through much more frequent in winter distances before they affect the Stra California and south towards than in summer has induced the unstable outer crust in the earth fus Chile.

theory that in the earthquake zone quake zone, and bring about an In this zone practically all big an increase in atmospheric pros-earthquake. Whether the tida earthquakes occur, and mainly insure may act as the "last straw pall of the sun and moon and the the vicinity of coastal mountain and bring about a seismic dia sercased atmospheric pressure all ranges. Beneath the surface in turbance. All over the world the winter are secondary causes is these regions the earth is un barometer stands at a higher still in doubt; but if so, they can stable, and numerous geological average level in winter than in only be effective when the sub- "anlts exist, any exceptional summer, and for every rise of terranean strains have practically. movement of which may pre-one-tenth of an inch there is an reached the brea cipitate dislocations of the adjoin added pressure on the earth of

ing stratay, and bring about an some 10,000 tons per sq. mile. sel earthquake

It has been suggested that such South America earthquakes are

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Our own Topical

STRIKE FACTS.

OUT OF SIGHT-OUT OF MIND.

SHANGHAI PAPER'S COMMENT.

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ment might not say to Peking something like this: "These people, are rebels against you and enemies to us. They have done and are continuing to do us all the harm they can, though we have done no harm to them. They absolutely defy your authority and as you are just now Hongkong is congratulating not very well situated to inflict itself, and indeed it is to be the retribution for us that they congratulated, on having broken deserve, we therefore propose to the back of the strike. Though do it ourselves. You understand, ; the latter continues officially, its (of course, that this in no sense ani, effectiveness is plainly no more, act of war. It is merely defend- observes the "North China Daily ing ourselves in the only way News." The volunteers have possible from lawless assault, and been demobilised; public services doing for you what no doubt you. appear to have all the labour they would do yourself if circum need; and even the coastal ship stances permitted. We shall, ping companies are able to therefore,' blockade, the Canton advertise something like regular river and adjacent coasts until sailings. Best of all, for this is your outlaws and renegades come something solid to set against the to their sense."

Is there any tide of anti-British feeling, a diplomatic reason why this course tangible answer to the flood of should not be taken? In présent. gross calumny poured on the circumstances we British, have been the actions of There is no physical reason, be- the loyal Chinese of the Colony, cause the existing fleet in the Far no small or unimportant band we East would be sufficient. It. are told, and the resolutions they would give practical effect to the recently passed, congratulating oft-repeated assurance that the-- the Governor on his energetic first consideration in London is to action, denouncing Bolshevism ensure adequate protection for and declaring themselves wholly British life and property; and it would be doing something practi- against the strike.

cal at last for the small and valiant British outposts who at bresent appear wholly overlooked.

gee

none,

OUTPORT TROUBLES. But while Hongkong thus successfully copes with the enemy, while Shanghai rubs along some-,

An old miner, on being left. how, while Hankow and Tientsin, some money and a car, was out fortunate in having enlightened for his first drive. Chinese rulers in their districts,

The driver, on turning into a

have either suffered no interrup-side street, held out his hand as a tion of, or have practically re-signal. The miner stopped him.

"You pay attention to that covered, the normal course of

he said,

CORRESPONDENCE.

SHARES INQUIRY.

things, what about the smaller wheel, young man," porta? Under what conditionsTll tell you when the rain comes are they struggling to exist? on." Without resources of their own to fight the strike, is anything being done to fight it for them by their better equipped neighbours? In the Micawber policy of "waiting" for something to turn up," to which most of our official repre- sentatives and Governments (To the Editor of the China Mail). appear to have resigned them- selves, what of the enormous loss

Dear Sir,With reference to the and daily discomfort that the appointment of the Committee to. smaller ports are enduring.? Is consider the stock and share trans- it not a case with them of "out of petions, I beg to point out that sight, out of mind?:?

BLOCKADE CANTONI

These conditions, physically hard for the men who bear up against them ao gally, are as hard morally to be endured by Britons anywhere. Nor does there appear any valid reason why they need be acquiesce in unresented; the problem in South China peculiares generis.

although the Stock Exchange has two representatives, on the Com- mitter the Sharebrokers Association is unrepresented und, as a possible recommendation, may be some form of amalgamation of the two ex- changes, it is important that the herebroker Association should be represented;

I would slao point out that neither le Chinese Bankers, who finance Whatever the carrying of most. shares in the

happens at 1 ameen, Swatow, Colony, nor the clonts of the

Amoy W

Govern admits

forth is brokers are represented as all. endent Bed In the opinion, of many people which who hav, spoken to me on the above

ace to any other subject the Commission abould be. lina, which “ will not - strengthened by the inclusion of the slightest share, resentatives of the above classes,

rnal or Inter-

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