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ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION,

PUBLIC SCHOëL BATTALION,

THE ADMIRALTY bare given

oficini permission for raining n

Battalion of 1,000 men, which will baj strictly limited to Public School or University Men and who will serve together on a Unit.

Training is new.going forward.

Applicante desiring to enrol shoul?

apply at once to st

HOTAL NATAL DIVISION;

.6, 7 and 8, Old Hond Street, Wi

GOD SAVE THE KING,

Hongkong Daily Press.

OJABLISHED 19.5 Za

Beglstored as a Nemupaper al the General

Port Offee in the United Kingdom.

FORD CARS

$1,500 purebazes the Intest model 5 Fenter Ford Tearing Car and includes driving lessons.

Call, or Phone 27. ALEX ROSS & Co. 4, Les Veux, Reid,

Sole Agents.

TO DEPART.

Mar, 18th.Europe via Siberia, at 3 p.m.,

per ... ANVI.

-Mar-20th-Saigon, Straits, Burmah-Coy Jon, Adelaido, Western Austra

lia, India, Aden, Egypt and Europe, at 11a.m., per ATLANTIQUE.

Mar. 20th-Shanghai, North China, Japan

vić Moji, Victoria, B.C., and Seattle, and United Kingdom

BISHI

DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, John Wisdon's Cricketers Almanack for

A.1, A.B.C., WESTERN UNION, ENGINELEING AND BENTLEY CODER USED.

Builders and Repairers of Bhips, Engines and Hollam, and Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers of Contrato Condensers, Stone's Manganese, Bronus Castings, Pamon's Steam Turbines aut Turbo-Alternators, Sc. &c.

1913

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar

Wilde

The Fests at War, Hurd,..

PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.,

HOTELS

THE

HONGKONG

HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM.

No. 17,739..

號入卅百七千七萬一第

日三初门,年卯乙 HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 18π, 1915.

四岸 號八十月三年四國華中

THE HOME MAILS.

TO ARRIVE,

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

Mar 18th. The English Mail (via Siberia),

per ss. At Manu

MISU

THE NIGHTSIDE OF JAPAN, by

T. FUJIMOTO, 40 Illustrations... $6.00

At the Sign of the Sword, Wm. Le Quer 80 Kaltar Cartoons, Willa. Dyson

1.60

1.20 War and

Lombard Street, Hartley

Wiers

2.75

80 Practical Warfare, Chapters on Armics

and Navio in Action,

2.75

80

80

Admiral Jellece, Arthur Applin

80

Home Cookery in War Time, Olducador 2,00

Nalle Auction, Lewin

16]

2.76

26 49

The Anglo-German Problems, C. Seroles What I Found Out, by an English

Governess i

1.20

Text Book of Boring, Driscoll

200

2.50

Effect of War on Stock Exchange

Transactions, Schwabo

2.75

.80

KOBE.

Max. Length of Ship taken in Max. Breadth of Ship taken in Max. Draft of Ship taken in

No. 1. 7,000 tons. No. 2. 12,000 tons.

460 feet.

580 feet. 56

66

20

80.

The Lighter Side of School Life, Isn

Hay

་

40 Forbes' Russian Grammar.

4.CO.

4.80

10.00

80 Sothorn's Verbal Notes and Sketches

for Marine Engineers, 8th Edition 9.50

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vid Canada, at 1 p.m., per 5.3.

Omeino MiTV.

Mar, 20h.-Europe v Siberia, at 1 p.m.,

per R. CHICAGO MARU.

Mar. 20th.-Europe vit Siberia, at 4.p.m., per 6.8. LIANGCHOW.

ani Moji vid Moji, Victorin, B.C., Sentela and United Kingdom vid Canada, at 11 am, per s.s.. ARI MARU,

Mar. 23rd.Shanghai, North China

Mar. 23rd.-Europa vid Siberia, at 11 am..

pors.s. ART MARUHA

Mar 25th Straits, Caylon, Marseilles and London, a 11 a.m., per Swa MARU.

Mar, 23th-Shanghai, North China, Japan, via Nagasaki, Honolulu, United. States, South America, and Canada vid San Francisco, and United Kingdom vid Canada, át 11a.m., por S. CHIYO MARE.

Mar. 25th-Europe via Siberia, at 11 a.m.,

per e.s. Civo MARU,',

Mar. 28th-Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Adelaide, Western Australia, India, Ados, Egypt and Europe, at 11a.m., por 0.8. NUBIA.

N.B. For further returns.and for Mails to and from the Coast Ports, Maulla, Siam, etc,, see the Post Olos Notice on the last page of this issue.

NA GIAS AKI. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS — DOCK,” NAGASAKI, GRAVING DOOKS AND PATENT BLIP.

Length on Keol Blocks Width of Entrance on bottom

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide ...

Dock No. 1. Dock No. 2. Docx No. 3. *$10' foot**** 350 feet 714 foot.

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PATENT SLIP-Capable of lifting vessels up to 1,000 tons grosi. The Salvage Steamor "OURA MARU," 716 tons and 19 knots. Two Floating Cranes of 60 and 30 tons each, besides 150 tons Giant Craze,

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS WADADOCK," KOBE. FLOATING DOCKS,

Lifting Power 14

The Salvage Steamer ARIMA MARU," Pamping capacity por bour 3,000 tons.

CHIKOSHIMA (Near Shimonoseki). TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS" DOCK,” SHIMONOSEKI. GRAVING DOCK.

Length on Keel Blocks

Breadth at Entrates on bottom

Depth of Water on Blocks at Spring Tide:

Floating Craze capable of lifting 20 tone weight,

168 feet 9 inch,

60.

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THE NAGASAKI, KOBE AND HIKOSHIMA DOCKYARDS

are closely connected with each other, enabling them to co-operate in the prompt execution

of work and to unit the convenience of customers.

Germany and England, Prof. Cramb Thou Art the Man, Daily Express

War Book ...

The Times Book of the Navy

Jessie Pope's War Poems...

The New Army in Training, R. Kipling The Song of the Guns, Kaufman ...

Wilson's The Early Diagnosis of Heart

Failure, &o.

BLACKLOCK & MACARTHUR, LTD.

TRADE.

197

Any Orders will be promptly attended to and Estimates sent on application.

-MARK

CLYDESDALE PAINT AND OIL WORKS,

GLASGOW.

·MANUFACTURERS OF

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY THE KAILAN MINING WHITE LEAD. PAINTS. COLOURS, VARNISHES.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Caska 375 lbs. net..

In Bags 250 lbsï nét,

ADMINISTRATION.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co, KAIPING COAL:

General Managem

Kingkong, 9th December, 1914,

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(ITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISITA.

ME

(MITSU BISHI CO.)

COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKAŞIMA,

OGHI, MUTABE, YOSHINOTANI,---

NAMAZUTA, SÁYO, SHINNEW AND KAMIYAMADA Collieries. AGENTS POE BAKITO 22D OYUBARI Coala,

HEAD OFFICE: MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO,

BRANCH OFFICES:-NAGASAKI, KOJI KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, OTAKU, MURORAN, HAKODATE KOBE OBAKA. KURE, TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA TOURUGA,

Now well-known throughout the East for

STEAM RAISING, FORGING, STEEL MAKING, SHIPS' BUNKERS AND HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES.

KAIPING COKE;

Competes with the best quality English Cokes or FOUNDRY, SMELTING AND HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. HIGHEST

FIREBRICKS

FIRECLAY.

STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.

GRADE

ÖFFICE: QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, HONGKONG, TEL. ADD. MAISHAN, HONGKONG, TELEPHONE No. 1030.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Hongkong, let October, 1914.

AGENTS.

$44

SOUTH

RAILWAY.

BANGHAL, HONGKONG, HANKOW, MANCHURIA

PEKING.

Cable Address for above: "IWASAKI.” Cader: A1, A.D.C. 5th Ed., Western Union.

AGENCIES

CHINKIANG-Mosare, Gräning & Co. MANILA-Mera. MADONDEAT & Co... SINGAPORE --Messrs. BORNEO Co., LTD., GLASGOW-Messrs. A. R BROWN,

MOFARLANE & Co., LTD.

For Particulars, apply to...

K. KATO,

Manager,

No. 2, Fedder. Strest, Hongkong.

Mangkong, 24th April, 1914.

191

DEAK TRAMWAY COMPANY.

PEAK

'LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

1.00 am, to 8.00 pm...Every 15 minutes.

8.00

-19.00

11.30

do 10.00

가

to 11.00.

to 12.45 p.m....

7.15

27

12,45 pm to 1.15

1.18 to 1:45. **"

2145 to 2.15

115

to 5.000

5.00

40 8.10

GT NIGHT CARS,

35 10

+6,60 p.m, and 9,00 p.m., 0.30 to 11.00 p.m.

Every Hall-Hour

100 p.m. to 11.46 pm.

Every Quarter-Hour,

SUNDAYS.

7.48 am to 10.30 am... Every 15 minutes.

11.30

10.30

to 11.00

to 12.00 noon

1200 noon to 100p.m...

1.G3pm to 6.00

5.00 to 6,00

to 7:00

17.00 to 8.10;

NIGHT CARA

D

15

12

15

10

CARB as on Week Days.

SATURDAYE.

Extra Car at 12 Midnight.

SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Des Voax Bond Contral

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hongkong 29th May, 1914,

495

SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE BETWEEN THE FAR EAST

AND EUROPE, VIA DAIKEN. TEMPORARY TIME TABLE

(Effective from February 18th, to April 30th, 1015).

Owing to the War the THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE has been temporary suspended, and ONE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of excellently equipped Dining and Firat and Second. Class Sleeping Cars, is operated between Dairen and Changohan in connection with the Trans-Siberian Express Trains and with Deiren-Shanghai Direct Mail Stamer Fervice by the 8.8" SAKAKI MARU” and "KOBS MARU” (sach equipped with wireless telegraph) as follows:

NORTH HOUND

ww

„Connecting at Bell with the Traxi.Siberian Ex- presa Bervice in Ferrograd

KORN

SOUTH BOUND.

Coppeating Barkin with the Trans-beriza Ex- preastcrrigatround'ingrad.

Thaness

at Can Firs

1st Clave ver

40

(...). For

AR

<x

18 Y

KCES Tra!:) £v. 5.45 –

a

nesday

Y

IMP

Wakdan 14

20

I. Kon

Asi Forensis

Rustina Train Timo o 28 mfuntes faster than the S.M.I. Time. The above fares do not include the Expres Train Berth Fee.⠀⠀⠀⠀

HIT:

To the daily train leaving Dairen at 6 PM for Changchan and that leaving Chang ehun at 11.20-4, for Dairen a Compartment Car has been attached, on which First-Class Passengers can secure sleeping accommodation on payment of Yen 2.7

RAILWAY HOTELS, YAMATO HOTEL (Tel. Add. "Tamato"). At Dairs, Port Arihar, Mukden, Changchun, and Honbigaurs (the finest ges-alde retort in North China), all under the Company's management,

TICKET AGENCIES.—The Company's Railway and Steamer Tickets are obtainable at all the Agencies of the INTERNATIONAL ÖLEEFING CAR & EXPRESS TRAINS CO.: Mazern, THOS. Cook & Box: EniabueraU DHE HAMBURG-AMERICA LAINTS: the NORDISK RESEBUREAU and the NIPTOR TUSEN KATSITÄ, Shanghai, from whom all information, time-tables, pictorial galds-books, ele, can be obtained fros, or direct from the

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO., DAIREN, Code A.B.C. 5th Ed., Al, and Lieber's.

Tel," Adi.: "Kazeersy.”

FUSHUN

COAL

THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE FAR EAST. Fresh stocks always on hand at Dairen, Port Arthur, Nowohwang, and Timtain Depots, and also at Chefoo, Bhangkat, Kengkong, Singapore, and Penang.

MINING DEPARTMENT,

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO., DAIREN,

OIL REFINERS. ETC., ETC.

CONTRACTORS TO HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, COLONIAL AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, ETC.

PRICES AND PARTICULATS FROM-

WM. STEWART & CO.. ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Hongkong, 1st December, 1914

SOLE REPRESENTATIVES.

WM. STEWART & CO. TIMBER MERCHANTS, MEASURERS, AND TIMBER EXPERTS, 5, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

MPORTERS of Teak, Hardwoods, Oregon Fine and Japanese Cak in Logs and

Planka.

Toak and Hardwood supplied Machine Sawn to any Dimena'ons. Flooring-Bises to Order,

Philippine Hardwood Wharf Files in length up to 60 foot.

The attention of Architects, Civil Engineers and Contractors is directed to the splendid rangs of Philippine Hardwoods wailable for constructional purpose.

Prisse and Samples on application.

Telegrame Rosewood,

Hongkong, 2nd May, 1914

Telephone No. 1683,

P.O. Box No. 639

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THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO.,

LIMITED.

Telegraphia Address :-" DOCK,” Yokohama,

Coden zied—A.B.C. 4th and 6th Editions, Liaber's, Bootf's, Al, and Watkin's, DRY DOCK DEPARTMENT:-Telephone Nox. 376, 306, 691, 2050, 8470,

I DOCK

NO.

Dooling Long Bett. NO. 2 DOCK.

Docking Length 481

NO. 3 DOOK.

Every description of repair work under

undertaken. A large assortment of material taolisting tail shafts are kept in stook. Two powerful tow boats, floating derrick to lift 45 tous, paeumatio, electric, hydraulic plaats, etc. Manufacturers of engines, boilers, tuge, lighter, constructional steel work, etc. Tenders on chori natles by letter or cable.

WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT-

99 buildings, prinsipally of brick and steel, containing private bouded warehouses and sugar consumption tax covered warehouses, Floor aros 67.817 square yards, or 14 sores. Every description of warehousing, Custom-hease brokerage and insurereo ander- Enkan. Bates moderate,

Mooring Basin, 600 feet by 180 feet by 25 foot dsen, adjoining the tonks and warehouses,

OREGON PINE

1112

BORNEO HARDWOOD

IN SAWN PLANKS. LOGS AND FLOORINGS.

THE CHINA

IMPORT AND EXPORT LUMBER CO., LTD.

Hongkong, 27th June, 1814

134

JJ. H. TAGGART,

Manager.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION.

ELECTRIC LIFTA AND LIGHTING.

TELIPBONS ON EACH FLOOR.

HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.

Telephone: No. 371.

Tel. Address: *VICTORIA.!!

FRANK L. COOKE,

Manager.

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GRAND HOTEL.

QUEM BOAD CENTRAL,

FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL, most Central Location within the vicinity of all the Principal Banks,

Noted for the list Ford, Reficelmett Accommodation and Cleanliness, Cuisine ende European Supervision. A First-Class String Orchestra renders selcations from 5,30 PM to 11.30 PM.

Special monthly terms for residents and for Shipping people.

For further particulars applyi

MANAGER,

Telephone 197.

Telegraphis address: "COMFORT."

PEAK HOTEL.

1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

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FIRST-CLASS RESIDENTIAL and TOURIST HOTEL. Unrivalled for Comfort, Health and Convenience, Telophones in Evory Room, prompt connection, maintained by six lines to Central

Fifteen Minnes from Principal Landing Staga. Moderate Tariff and Excellent Cuisine, Roof Garden and Social Rooms, European kunnar meets Steamers,

P. O. PEUSTER, Maunger.

THE NEW MACAU HOTEL.

DOW

HIS LARGE and ROOMY HOTEL OPENED under NEW MANAGEMENT. The phase has been re- novated throughout and entirely refural hed. Situated on the Praia Grande facing the sea, a pool breeze is enjoyed all the year round. LARGE AND COMFORTABLE DINING BOOM facing the sea Caisins under experienced supervision, Terme moderate.

For tarihier particulars, apply tom

Tan MANAGER,

Macsa

Tel Add "Phonix." Macan.

1st February, 1915.

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VICTORIA HOTEL

SAMEEN-CANTON.

Telegraphic Add.: "VICTORIA, SHAMEEN.” SITUATED OF THE BRITISH CONCLSSION.

Hotel electrically lighted, and under experienced European Supervision, GUIDES AND CHAIRS PROVIDED. Every Information and Special Attention

Igiven to Tourists.

REASONABLE RATES,

WM. FARMER, Froprietor