NOTICES TO CONSIGNEEN
FROM EUROPE.
THE H.A.L. Steamship
TH
FIGHTING BY "WIRELESS.”
SOME OF THE STRIKING FEATURES OF THE GREAT FLEET. **
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 1909.
that in the event of war with & Northern Power | in maying that giro tanto it was a matter of regret the enemy would squander-his-ernisers on- that the persons to whom this information five strategia, centres of the world traite be foreigners, perhaps in sympathy with those commerce destroying Britain controls the would pass would in a certain number of cases Fol Dover, Straits of Gibraltar, Cape of with whom we were in hostile relations. He Good Hope, Straits of Malaces, wait this Bues did not attribute the highest importance to the {DY ABBOLD WHITH].
Canal. The danger of the sea-borne trade point, but he did not think it ought to be If De Hayter or Van Tromp revisited the of the British Empire is not therefore from treated as insignificant. The main point was "SPEZIA,"
seone of their triumphs the lustallation of hostile eruitors, which cannot keep the sex for that the ultimate reserve of the British Navy Captain Girstenbrau, having arrived, Con-
wireless on board the Indomaltables would want of coal, hat from improvised tramp must lie in the seafaring population of this signees of Cargo are hereby informed that their astound the gallant old Dutch son dngs of a goods are being landed and placed at their risk day whos ding-dong fighting was the rule from steamers armed with Maxims and very light country. Had the Admiralty vor really
gane suddenly a
appearing on British trade thought out that aspect of the question? In a in the bazamions and/or extra-hazardous Go start to falsh. In those days when manoeuvr
routes. Besides the Berwick and the Donegal, great straggle. not only the seamen serving downs of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf ing for position is more than half the game anchored at the Nore, England possesses six-in the Nary but perhaps the Royal Naval Ro. mid Godown Company Limited, whence when favourable or contrary gales exercise no. teen similar cruisers, which help to maintain serre would be exhausted. It was not poaalbla delivery may be obtained against Bills-of-influence on results, the part played by wireless the two-Power standard, not merely in tonnage to exaggerate the importance of having in
in the conduct and disposition of squadrons Lading countersigned by the Undersigned.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded antess and leota is of the highest possible importazce, in prenants, but in the solid and offoetive ultimato reserve plans to ment such a contiu- notice to the contrary be given before To-var
to treat the speeches of his noble friend on this subject as animportant. They were bound to koop a very careful watel on the question, and no doctrinaire istus as to what might be within the four corners of some free-trado doctrine would ever restrain him from advocating even the most drastic measures of restriction if they were necemary to maintain the seafaring tion at its present numbers, in order that when the struggle came our ships should be properly
anned in the free of the enemy.
The motion was than withdrawn.
All Claims Innst be presented within ten days way to the Admiral of the stronger ale lemonts of sea power-the mfety of our trade gency. For these reasons he was never inclined
of the steamer's arrival hore, after which date they cannot be recognised.
No Claims will admitted alter the Goods have left the Godowns, and all foods remaining
undelivered after the 20th just, will be subject
to rent
All broken, chiafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Glowns, where they will be examined on the 19th inst., at 3 r.m.
No Fire learance will be effected by us in
any case whatever.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
Hongkong Office.
[1072 Hongkong, 13th August, 1909.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES..
GLEN" LINE OF STEAMEES.
FROM ANTWERP, MIDDLESBRO', LONDON AND STRAITS.
HE Steamship
THE
" GLENSTRAE,"
having arrived from the above Forts, Consigness of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed AT THEIR RISK into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf und Godown Co., Limited, at Kowlion, where each consignment will be sorted ont mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
Good not cleared by the 23rd inst. will be subject to feat
No Piro Insuranen will be effuntex. Al
damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the
23rd Inst., at 11 A.M
No claims will be recognized if not prosoated within 14 days of the ship's arrival,
MCGREGOR BROS. & GOW, 11078 Hongkong, 16th August, 1909,
FROM EUROPE.
HE HAL, Steamship.
THE
C. FERD. LARISZ," Captain Wagner, having arrived, Consigness of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the hazardous and/or extra hazardons Godowns of the Hongkong and.Kowloon Wharf aud Godown Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained against Bills-of-Lading countersigned by the Undersignoë.
Optional Cargo will be carried on unless actice to the contrary be given before TO-DAY.
All Claims must be presented within ten days of the stammer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining nadelivered after the 25th inst. will bo subject to rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 24th inst, at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in --any cam whatever.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
Hongkong Offic
Hongkong, 18th August, 1909,
(1094
BS. “AUSTRALIEN," COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES. MARITIMES.
NOTICE.
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from the
him that hath shall be given. The wireless room of the Indomitable injuiced not only
to the public, but to the ship's company other than the staff told off for wireless duties.
When the ship is at soa dispatching and rowing wireler run to that must flows with riniet light and crackles continuously like a string of thorns on fire. Wireless has made great progress in the Navy during the last two Furs. The fresh yeang brains of the torpedo houtonauta huve grappled with the dificultios of interruption and of auferourable atmospheric Conditions.
The result is that to-day the enn talk to Malta or to any ship within a radius of a couple of thousand miles. The Admiral at son cannot talk back at the Admiralty as far as that, but he has complete control of communications throughout a cirols
with the diameter of 1,200 miles,
It is whispered that recent wireless dis- coveries have completely surmounted for naval purposes difficulties still encountered by the commercial companies. The effect of wire- less is to turn naval war into chess with the ocean for a board, Dreadnoughts for queens, Invincibles for oasties and bishops, and two old man in upper rooms at their respective Admir alties as players.
WHAT THE GIANT CRUISES DO.
The great speed of the Indomitables, confers the power of concentrating on the enemy's van, If he turns away it is a great strategical advan tago
to be able
to
turn the of the course
enemy he is trying
to take. The engine-room of the Indomitable is interesting from its small size, low temperature, cleanliness and absence of noise when the machinery is at work. By the system of electric fauer the temperature is little above that of the external air.
FOR PREVENTION
It la ari nduriktad fact that prevention is better than curs, and le no senso le it more trai then in rocked to bodily health. What may at ftret de boi a slight silment may, li affovend to yn unchackad, develop into a coal danger-only to be removed at the expanse of much sacrifice and suffering....... Ít is well therefore, to understand that, taken fa time. BEECHAM'S PILL5 will quickly go to the root of the trouble and provint cartons illness.
FOR
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BEECHAM'S PILLS.
Soli averywhere in boxes, price'9ła, 1/1) & $19.
rontas. The Donegal and the Beroick, and their sisters, after the first fortnight of war, should have dispatched every enemy's commeros destroyer to the bottom of the sex, and have secured tie transfer to the British flag of ovary enemy's marchant vessel on blue water. The Arrogant and Talbot class are smaller cruisons,
spoed of about 19 knots. The Scouts, with their three or four fannels and one mast painted grey, look Hike larga destroyers. They exist to destroy the destroyers, just as the destroyers exist to destroy torpado-bosts and torpedo-hosts exist to complete the vicious circle by destroying battleships which long to destroy each other. The torpedo beat destroyers, like the torpedo-
An announcement of unusual importance in boats, are painted black, because they are in- destroyer or torpedo-boat is the making of our issued to the shareholders of the London and tended for night_use. The command of the bauling workt is contained in circulars young officers, for winter torpedo work in the County and London and Westminster Banks, North Sea is about the most difficult and most intimating that provisional agreement has WARRANTS OF APPOINTMENT TO disagreeable job in the world. Fifty seven men been arrived at subject to the approval of are pent up in quarters which on shore would shareholders. for the amalgamation of the two
HIS MAJESTY THE KING contravene the Housing
Ash.
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1. The name of the amalgamated bank will H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, the discipline, though strict, is related me rogarlement are as follow :— smoking, uniform and drill. Submarines, like be the "London County and Westminster Bank
They are the Limited. wireless, are official secrets. - weapon of the stronger Power, and are the
2. The susberibed capital will be £14, terriers of the Fleet, intended to enter the 000,000, £3,500,000 paid up, in 700,000 shares enemy's pert and either forse him into the open of £20 each, £5 faid; of which each present holder of one £80 share, £20 paid, in the or sink him at anchor.
London and County Banking Company (Limited) will hold four shares, and each presoat. holder of one £100 euro, £21 paid, in the London and Westminster Bank (Limited) will hold 2 1-7 shares. This propor tios represents the present relative market values of the shares of the two banka. reserve of the amalgamated undertaking will amcant to about £4,250,000, and the combinel current and deposit account balances will exceed £70,000,000
ALIENS AND BRITISH SHIPPING..
One of the chief objects of the Invincible class is to give the Commander-in-Chief the power of finding out what the enemy is doing without losing a ship. Indomitables are 15 feet what whiskers are to a cat. The eyes of a fest are its large armoured cruisers, not the smal
LORD MUSE4Bar in the Hones of Lords last ones-that is why the policy of the Admiralty hitherto has been to build larger cruisers than month called attention to the number of aliens other nations. If an enemy's cruiser of second-serving in British ships, contonding that their ary value is scouting she is practically lost if presence, especially in the capacity of captain or sighted by an armoured cruiser, if the latter is officer, constituted a menace to the State. Ha stated that 37,694 aliens were employed in British well commandod,
vansein; or nearly 20 per sent in proportion to British seamen, and 473 alian captains and This was just 73 too many. The masters. Board of Trade, he understood, among other objections to taking any ation, in the matter, took up the attitude that the number of these aliens was small, and that they were of different nationalities, but he could act see what differenco that made. One alien master, the subject of a hostile Power, might do mealonlable damage. He showed that the number of British captains and officers serving in foreign role was infinitesimal. They were almost all to be found in American ships, but they conld not obtain a master's certificate without first of all becoming naturalized Other maritime nations confined these appointments to their own subjects. He also protested against the evasive way in which questions, and showed that many confidential the Government sometimes answered his
of British merchant ships. documents were entrusted to the alien captains might be caused to the country in a time of national emergency by entrusting this informs tion to aliens serving in cur mercantile matine. The EANL of GANARD said this question had mittees, and the Committee on the Supply and been tho subject of inquiry before many com- Training of Boy Beanien in 1907 in their report said: The employment of a large proportion of foreigners on vessels trading exalusirely abroad or opening an agreement at a foreig port cannot well be avoided. As an example we may give the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, who alone employ 1,190 foreigners on board their vessels trading on the West Coast of South America. Many vessels so employed in distant parts of the world only return to the United Kingdom at long intervals for overhaul and roffi.
Wers the fans to stop the thermometer would rise to 150deg. Ful. Were this catastrophe to happen the engineer officers, artificers and stokers could not endure longer periods of duty than half an hour at a time. op speed in the Indomitable in a difficult operation, and strains the stamins, and endurance of the whole of the engineering staff, although the oil fuel boilers are fed by turning a tập,
milable sre-Erst, the gannery power-more The three chief points to note in the Indo than twice au great as that of the pro Dreadnought battleships; secondly, the high speed that was only equalled by torpedo destroyers before the advent of the pressat and efloiost apparatus for the collection and Board of Admiralty; and thirdly, the mysterious
dospatch
of information from the air. The Invincible, Inflexible and Indomitable may be distinguished from the Dreadnoughts by the two tripod masts far apart, and the three fannels between them. The Lord Nelson and Agamemnon, now lying astern of the Temergere, are very powerful vessels carrying four 12-inch gans and ten 9.2, with five torpedo tubes and smaller guns. The funnels of the Lord Nelson look short because the quick-firing guns are mounted on high platforms. The target thus presented to the enemy is larger than in slips of the Dreadnought type,
markable for their armour protection, The The Lord Nelson and Agamemnon are re
belt, amidships is an inch tacker than the Dreadnought's thickest belt,
The
3. The boards of the two banks will be anal- gamated.
4. The joint managers of the Boudon and Westminster Bank will be asopisted with the head office manager and country manager of the London and County Banking Company joint managers.
The boards of the two banks strongly recom. mend the arrangement to their shareholders, and the union of these two eminent institutions will certainly produce an extremely powerful combination. Both of them were formed almost immediately after the discovery that the Bank of England'e note-issuing monopoly did not preclude the institution of joint stock banke of deposit in Loudon, the Westminster being Since the amalgamation of the London Joint established in 1834 and the County in 1836 Stock Bank with the York City and County, stock banks with a purely London business and this new amalgamation now brings it lato the line of banking development, by combining it with a company which was a pioneer in the worked from a metropolitan centre. work of covering England with branch offices
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Much mischief the Wostminster is the sole survivor of the joint SCOTCH WHISKY
Thare.
USE OF STIMULANTS.
A stimulant can do more than draw on the reserves it borrows for one hour what must be paid back the next hour. No matter how you argue the point, no horse owner will bellere that whips and spurs can be substituted for eats and hay! And so it is with men and women; no amount of stimulante can take the place of good food well digested. When appetite and fore we are led to the conclusion that a digestion break down and you feel weak, in British vessels must be regarded as a infineaza, as was the case with Mrs. Emms large proportion of the foreigners serving nervous, prostrated--perhaps after an attack of
constant element in the mercantile marine. Dimmock-you are not in a condition that can From the return of the samen employed in be cured by false or temporary stimulanta. British merchant vessels of April 4, 1906, it
What you need is
the Soigel's Syrup, appeared that of 201,408 men as emplored, remedy that cured her. It does not spar you 128,077 were British, 36,425 lascara, and 34,906 up and let you down afterwards, but it restores were foreigners. Of the latter, 10,100 were the lost power to your stomach, liver and drawn from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; kidneys, so that you can digest the food you eat, men-of-war are protected by thisk armour.fidence, that the chances of our friendly relations nourishment that Nature intended you to have. The belt forward is six inches thick, and that with those countries being disturbed were, to say That is the stimulant you want the stimulant aft four inches, ix indies of best Krupp steel the least, very remote. The British merchant that stays and strengthens yon:
service was a trade that fluctuated considerably Mrs. Dimmock is a young married woman, is equal to 18 inches of wrought iron,
The quick-firing guns are weapons which can with the prosperity and depression of the trade
19 GERMAN STEEL BETTER?
ONSIGNEES of Cargo from London er 8.8 "Charunte" from Bordeaux 58. "Verbeskonces" in connection with above Steamer are hereby informed that their with the exception of Tressure and
As wireless has its jealously guarded secrets, ables are being landed and stored at their so has armour plating. It is said that the risk into the bazardous and/or extra hazardous steal manufactured by Krupp for the Germs Godowns of the Hongkong-Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld, at Kowloon whenca de 247 is of a higher resisting strength than that
Jing.
may be obtained immediately after worked into British ships. Only the vitals of and he might say, without showing audus eon-manch or little, and get from it the substantial
Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignees before 10 P.M. TO-DAY, requesting it to be
landed here.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after WEDNESDAT, the 25th inst., at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges.
All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 25th inst, or they will not be recognized.
All damaged packages will be examineż en WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst, at 3 P.M. No Fire Insurance has been effected.
P. DE CHAMPMORIN,
Agout.
Hongkong. 17th August, 1909.
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The trained gunners of the Fleet do not
consist of individual ganiuses, though some men are infinitely better than others in laying the gen, bat in acting together like → polo team or a cricket elaren. thros of the finest seamen gunners in the Navy were placed in a turret of the Lord Nelion, and pitted against a turret's crow picked haphazard, but who had worked together for six months, the latter would win with sortainty.
"When this state of health had lasted for months and various treatments had failed to rellove me, I determined to try what Mother Seire's Byrup could do for me and was gratified beyond measure to find that my complaints were after all quite curable. By the time I had taken eight bottles of that medisine. I was as well as
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Tho training of a 6-inch gun crew is a triumph review of trade last January calculated that 1 serious operation, and before I had regained my be loaded and discharged with great rapility. of the world. Thus The Times in its annual at Leavesden Green, Watford Herts
long ago she wrote us:In 1902, after of sportsmanship, and when the thirteen mes
million tons of British shipping lay idle at the health, I was struck down by a violent attack of have learned to act together thu gau has been close of 1908. The returns frou 18 of the prin influenza. The result of that was utter legs of known to reach the target with a hundred-pal ports in the United Kingdom for the years appetite, great weakness, nervousness and In pound shell eleven times in a minute.
1907 and 1908 showed that the number of men en digestion." I hadalways a bad taste in my mouth add in those years fell from 427,918 to 414,771, in the mornings, my tongue was thickly coated, of the total employed foreigners formed and when to this was added a fooling of sickness, about one-tenth, while they bore nearly a half of which was more often the ease than not, my the decrease made necessary by the decrease of condition was really pitiable. In a little while If sixty-trade. With regard to the question of the I lost three stone in weight.
granting of certificates to foreignars, the actual number of certificates granted in 1905 was 4,322, of which 77 were granted to foreigners, In 1906 the figures were 4565 and 66, in-1907 4,630 and 71, and in 1908 4,830 and 76. Their NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
fordships would gather from these figures that Here is one weak point in our Navy. Under there was no great upward tandensy in that STEAMSHIP "AYMERIC”
a smart captain and gunuery lieutenant respect. As to the question of preventing alienever I had been in my life. And now, more than FROM TACOMA, SEATTLE, YOKOHAMA battleship reaches a high place in the competitive masters or officers of British merchant ships six years after, my health continues & cond
KOBE, MOJI AND MANILA.
list of battle practice. At the end of the two from obtaining confidential information from I could wish it to be." years' commission the men are dispersed, join British naval authorities in war time, the There are the plain facts. Mrs. Dimmock HE shave Steamer having arrived, Cox other ships, and begin gunnery all over again Board of Trade wrote to the admiralty asking needed strength and she found it, because of Cargo are roquested to now officer strange zosa cuntled, her to digest send in their Bill of Lading for countersign A war that broke out at the beginning of the Admiralty replied on July 15 last to the effect her food. Then that food nourished her in the ture and to take immisdiate delivery of their gunnery training season would find Great that care was taken, as far as possible, that such true natural way. Mother Seigel's Byrap is s Goods from alongside.
Britain with perhaps less than half a dozen information did not come into the possession of purely herbal medicine that exerts a tonic, eura. Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel ships proficient and lighly trained in guinery. alisu masters or officers. Looking to the large sive effect ou stomach, liver and bowels. Thus CHILDREN OF FAR CATHAY will be landed and stared at Consignees' riek Continuity of efficiency could be obtained by umber of aliens employed, it was, in the the poisons that arise from undigested food are and orpense.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by ns in maintaining the gumery unit, and subjecting it
opinion of the Admiralty, impossible to devise no longer formed or carried into the system and to caly miante and constant change in the per- any means which would absolutely guard against good health and strength surely follow. annel. The gaunery of the Fleet could be the danger of aliens taking advantage of their consideraly improved
proved by abandoning the prac tice of breaking up offelent guns crows at the opportunities to obtain information which might Mother Seigel's Strap is prepared also in
"Mother Beigel's he of value to the enemy. It may, however, Tablet form as
Syrup be taken as certain that naval officers will
Tablets." Price 2/9 [14-7 groat ears in any 'esmununication which exercise
any case whatever.
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