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| ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION,

PUSIC BERCOL BATTALION. THE ADMIRALTT have given

official permission for raising o Battalion of 100 men, which will be strictly Hmited to Pabllo Bohol or University Men and who will BOTTO togelker ́as a Unit.

Training is now going forward; Applicante desiting to carol should apy at cros to

ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION,

6, 7 and 8, Old Bond Street, W.

-GOD SAVE TO KIN

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED

1857

No. 17,760. 魏十大百七千七萬一第 日一初月三年乙 HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14TH, 1915.

THE HOME MAILS.

TO ARRIVE.

Apr. 16th. Europe via Siberin, per s.8.

Lucnow......

Apr. 15th

Apr. 16th.

Apr. 15th

Apr. 17th

TO DEPART.

Europe vid Siberia, at 11 a.m., YOKOHAMA MANU.

Shanghai, North China and Japan via Moji, Victoria, B.C., Seattle and United Kingdom vid Canada, at 11 am, per e.s. YOKOHAMA Manu.

Europe vid Siberin, at 3 p.in, per 6.9. JaDCHOW,

Europe via Siberia, at 4 p.m., per as. KANCROW,

Apr. 20th.Europe via Siberin, at 8 p.m.,

per.. 8.8. Jokowi-

Apr. 23rd Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade- laide, Wonten Australia, India, Aden, Egypt and Europe, at 11 a.m., per S. MALTA,

May 1st. Saigon, Straits, Burmah, Cey lon, Adelaide, Western Austra lia, India, Adon, Egypt and Europe, at 11 am, per s ERROT SIMONA

WB-For further returns and for Mails to "and" from the Clona Ports, Manila, Siam, eto, see the Post Office Notise on the last page of this issue.

INTIMATIONS

REEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

PORTLAND CEMENT,

In Casks 375 lbs, net.

In Bags 250 lbs, net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

Godern Managers.

Hongkong, 9th December, 1914.

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MITSU

BISHI

WORKS.

DOCKYARD AND ENGINE

A.1, A.B.Q., WESTHAN UNION, ENGINEERING AND BENTLEY CODES Usav. Builders and Repairers of Ships, Engine and Boilers, and Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers of Contrafio Condensers, Stone's Manganese, Bronse Castings, Parson's Steam Turbines and Turbo-Alternators, &c., a

NAGASAKI

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: DOCK," NAGASAKI. GRAVING DOCKS AND PATENT BLIP.

Dock-No. - Dock No. &

610 feet

26

Length on Keel Blocks

Width of Entrance on bottom

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide...

·Registered as-a-Newspaper at the Honoral"

Post Office in the United Kingdom.

三拜禮 ̇號四十月四年四國華中

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

JUST PUBLISHED, THE EVOLUTION OF GERMANY, BY COMMANDER A. BUSMANN, RN., with Freface by Major-General F. H. Kelly, C.B. Prics 60 Cents.

+

Quick Rifle Training, Stone Life in a Crack Bogiment

¡FOR SUMMER WEAR, LUSTRES

Cream Colour $12.00 and 814.00 per piece of 20 yards. ALEO VARIOUS QUALITIES

KHAKI

DRILL.

ALFX. ROSS & Co.,

4, Les Voax Road, Central,

PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

HOTEL

AND

£90

HOTELS

War Problema, Dallear Browne

-80-

THEI

War and Religious Ideal, Drawbridge Kaiser, Krupp, and Kultur

,80

.30

HONGKONG

.80

.80

Advoracis Sinica, by Herbert A. Giles. Complete in Volume, with Illustrations

Paria Waite, Clarks`...

4.00

GRILL ROOM.

America's Arraignments of Germany ...

.80

$20.00

Door No. 3.

714.foot,

88 n

Stories of the Kaiser, Jarrold...

1.60

Kabir, Tagore

3.50

Modern Philosophers, Hoffding

The War Inevitablo, A'an H. Burgoyne ~450

4.00

Gentle Callured German, Booth

1.80

The Heptameron

1.20

The Decameron

The Writing on the Wail

.80

1.20

Medaru Motor Cycle...

The Conquering Jew, Fraser...

2.76

.80

Shipping World Year Book

8.00

16

No. 1. 7,000 tona. Nó 2. 12,000 tou

400 feet.

The Poultry Annnal...

6.00 Modern Hörse Management..

10.00

580 foot

66

gi

Popular Card Games, Ings ̈...

40

Card Reading, Murielts

.80

28

The Rise of the American People... 12.00 Structural Design of Warships ∙1.76

4.80

TELEFRONS ON EACH FLODE

16.50

HOTEL LAUSON MEETS ALL STEAMMISA,

Telophone: No.

* 350, Zest

27

4 24

M

PATENT SLIP-Capable of lifting vessels up to 1,000 tons gross, The Salvage Steamer "OUBA MARU," 716 fons and 18 knote. Two Floating Cranes of 60 and 30 tons each, besides 150 tons Giant Crine.

KOBE.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS :——" WADA DOCK,”. KOBE. FLOATING DOOKS.

Lifting Power....

Max. Length of Ship taken in Max. Breadth of Ship taken in Nex. Drait of Ship taken in

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The Salvage Steamer "ARIMA MARU," Pumping capacity per hear 8,000 tons. HIKOSHIMA (Near Shimonoseki),

1ZZEGRAPHIC ADDA DOCK," SHIMONOSEKI, GRAVING DOCK.

Length on Keel Blocks

*

Breadth at Entranse on bottom

Floating Crane capable of lifting 20 tons weight.

Depth of Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

··208 fart 0 fach,

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THE NAGASAKI, KOBE AND HIKOSHIMA DOCKYARDS are closely connected with each other, enabling them to co-operate in the prompt exsantion. of work and to suit the convenience of custome

Any Orders will be promptly attended to and Estimates ment on applicationi.

Kempe's Engineers Year Book

Keeper of the Door, Dell...

WISEMAN'S

FOR BREAD.

WISEMAN'S

FOR CAKES.

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WISEMAN'S

FOR CHOCOLATES,

ITBU BIGHI GOSHI KWAISHA THE KAILAN MINING

(MITSU BISHI 00.) OOAL DEPARTHENT

*****

SOLE PROPRIETORS or TAKASIMA, OCHI, MUTABE, YOSHINOTANI, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHINNEW AND KAMIYAMADA Collieries,

AGENTS FOR

SAKITO AND OYUBARI Coals. HEAD OFFICE-MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES-NAGASAKI, MOJI, KARATSU WAKAMATSU, OTARU, MURORAN, HAKODATE KOBE OBAKA. KURE, TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA TSURUGA SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HANKOW,

PEKING.

Osbis Address for above: "TWASAKI" Codes: A1, A,B,C. 6th Ed., Western Union.

AGENCIES (

CHINETANG-Hesars, GELING & Co. MANILA---Messia MacOMERAT & Co, BINGAPORES-Mesars, BORNEO CO, LTD, GLASGOW—Menten. A. R MOFARLANS & Co., LTD,

För Particulars, spply to→

K. KATO,

Masager,

BROWE,

ADMINISTRATION.

KAIPING COAL:

Now well-known throughout the Earl You Be STEAM RAISING, FORGING, STEEL MAKING. SHIPS' BUNKERS AND HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES.

KAIPING COKE:

Competen with the best quality English „Coku OF FOUNDRY, SMELTING AND HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. HIGHEST

GRADE

FIREBRICKS FIRECLAY.

STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.

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

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

· Hongkong, 1st October, 1914.

AGENTS.

SOUTH

No. 2 Pedder Biret, Hongkong MANCHURIA

Hangkong, 24th April, 1914,

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ZAK TRAMWAY COMPANY,

PRAK

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

1.00 am, to 8.00 a.m....Every 15 minutes. 8.00 to 10.00

10.00

18

15

11.30 to 12.45 p.m... 15

to 11.00

11.45p.m. to 1.15

LIG to 1.45

145

2.15

18.00

" to 2.15

44

to 6.00p

to 8.10

13

15

#4

10

H

NIGEN CARS.

39.50 p.m. and 9.00 p.m., 8.30 to 11,00 p.m.

Every Half-Hour.

100 p.m. to 1145 p.m.

Every Quarter Hour,

SUNDAYS,

7:45 am to 10.30 am. Every 15 minutes.

20.30*

to 11.00

11

10

12

£10

to 12.00 noon

15

И

13.00 noon to 1,00p.m....

1G0pm to 5.00

$.00

$$.00 7.00

P

to 6.00 ***

10

P

10

to 810 ...

to 7.00 NIGHT CARS a on Wook Days. SATURDAYS.

Exira Car at 18 Miduighi.. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at The Umpany's Oos, Alexandrs Buildings, Des Voeux Road Coviral.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers, -Hongkong 29th May, 1914“,

YOKOHAMA,

1467

BLUFF HOTEL.

No. 2, BLUFF.

HEALTHY LOCATION AND BEAUTIFUL VIEW.

BXOELLENT CUISINE AND HOME COMFORT.

MODERATE TERMS.

fais

DR

19

J. E. TAGGART,

Manager,

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION.

ELECTRIC LIFTS and LightiNG.

Tel, Address: "VICTORIA "

FRANK LA COOER,

Manager,

GRAND HOTEL.

Ben's BoAn Oguznału

A

FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL, most-Central Location within

BLACKLOCK & MACARTHUR, LTD. the vicinity of all the Principal Banks,

TRADE

CLYDESDALE PAINT AND OIL WORKS,

GLASGOW.

MANUFACTURERS OF

WHITE LEAD, PAINTS, COLOURS. VARNISHES. OIL REFINERS, ETC., ETC.

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

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PRICES AND PARZICULANS. FRON---

WM. STEWART & CO.. ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

SOLE REPRESENTATIVES.

133

RAILWAY.

SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE BETWEEN THE FAR EAST AND EUROPE, VIA DAIREN, TEMPORARY TIME TABLE

(Effective from February 18th, to April 30th, 1918).

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 First and Second Class Sleeping Cars, is operated between Dairer and Changchun in connection with the Trans Bibrian Express Trains and with Dairer-Shanghai Direct Mail Stramer Fervice by the 8.8, BAKAKI MARU” and "KOBE MABU (esch equipped with wireless telegraph) as follows;

NORTH BOUND.

Canine Märkẩm with the Trane Etiam Ex

Berwice in elesgrad

41135 .1.7.1460

A7304

Kob

Dis Class Futer

SOUTH BOUND.

* Dersezilag at Harbis

Ta zrodas

Hongkong, Id Deember, 1914.

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

MPORTERS of Tosk, Hardwoods, Oregon Pine and Japansee Osk in Logs and

Pianky.

Teak and Hardwood supplied Machine Sawn to any Dimanalons. Flooring-Bisen to Order,

Philippine Hardwood Wharf Files in lengths up to 60. Faek,

The attention of Architects, Civil Engineers and Contraelem is directed to the splaadid mage of Philippine Hardwoods sufiable for constructional purposes.

Tengisa

பட்

· TILA

A Tala) EX

·

Chargehen. **

Thunday

FILONY

I 14.14

Difers

15

Boer.

* Th

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■

$

Friom and Samples on application.

Telegrams-Bosewood.

Hongkong, 2nd May, 1914

Tompkons No. 1463,

P. O. Box No. 63)

*11*2001.

Russelma Train Time is 23 minutes faster than the SME, Time, The above farca de not include the Express Train Berth Fee.

To the daily train leaving Dairen at 8 PM. for Clangchun and that leaving Chaug- ohun at 11.20 AM. for Dairen a Compartment Car has been attached, on which First-Class Passengers can seenre sleeping accommodation en payment of Yen 2.

RAILWAY HOTELS.-YAMATO HOTEL (Tel, Add. "Yuzato"). Af Dairao, Port Aribar, Mukien, Changchun, and Hoshigaars (the finest -side resort In North Chins), all under the Company's management...

TICKET AGENCIES.-The Company': Railway and Steamer Tickets aro obiainable ki all the Agensise of the INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR & EXPERSS TRAINS Co.; Mr. Taos Cook & BON; REIBERTREAT 好细总 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIS; the NORDISE RESIDUELLT the NITTON YUSEN KALKA, Shanghai; from whom all information, time-ables, pictorial guide-books, oto., can be obtained Erce, or direct from the

BOITH MANCHURIA BAILWAY CO., DAIBEN.

Codes: A.B.C. 5th Ed., Al, and Lieber's,

Tok Add. "MANENĀSU,”:

FUSHUN COAL

THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE FAR EAST, Fresh stocks always on hand ei Dairon, Port Arthur, Newchwang, and Tientsin Depole: and also at Chedoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapors, and Fenang.

MINING DEPARTMENT,

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY 00., DAIBEN.

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THE YOKOHAMA DOCK

LIMITED.

folographio Address :”" DOCK," Yokohama.

151...

CO.,

Coden pane-A.8.0. 4th mud 5th Editions, Lisber's, Boctt's, Al, and Wakkle', DRY DOCK DEPARTMENT -Telephone Now. 876, 506, 691, 2050, -8470.

NO. 1 DOCK. Dooring Langia 615 fi.

NO. 2 DOCK. Docking Longah #75 t. Docking Length 51 h.

NO. 3 DOCK,

underfakuti. A lakgo mandzsinant of material Two powerful for boats, Bating deck to plants, oks. Manufacturers of engines, boilers, Tenders on short notice by lafter or natie, WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT ---

· Every doseription of repair work Pinaudingiau makes up stock --uts 15 sons, puedadatio, uniteio, hydrase | Fags, lighters, sunskrastional sessi work, wườ.

99 buildings, principally of brick and steel, containing privat bonid warehouses ind sagat sonsumption tax covered warehouse Floor seda 87.917 aqua-yards, or 14 sores. Every description of warehousing, Custom-heise brokerage wat in arcos under-

lakas. Estas modiorata,

Mooring: Basin, 690 fost by 180 fook by 25 feet don ), adjoining th docks and warehouses

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Noted for the best Food, Refreshments Accommodation and Cleanliness. Cuisine under European Supervision. A First-Class String Orchestra renders selections from 5.80 P.M to 11.20 FM

Special monthly terms for residents, and for Shipping people.

For farther partiontam apply!

Telephone 197.

MANAGER,

Telegraphic address: "Couroer."

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PEAK HOTEL.

1,400 Fear ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

FIRST-CLASS RESIDENTIAL and

TOURIST HOTEL

Unrivalled for Comfort, Health and Convenience, Telephones in Every Boom, prompt connection maintained by sir línies to Centrale

Fifteen. Mina es from Principal Landing Stage. Moderate 'Tariff and Excellent Cuisine, Boof Garden and Social Rooms, European Runser meets Bleamem.

P. O, PEUSTER, Manager.

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THE NEW MACAU HOTEL.

CREAT

THIS LARGE and BOOMY HOTEL THE

now OPENED

NEW MANAGEMENT. The place has been re- novated throughout and entirely refurnished, Situated on the Praia Grande facing the res,

2001 breese is anjoyed all the your round, LARGE AND COMFORTABLE DINING ROOM fing the son, Cuisine under experishcal supervision. Terms moderate,

For further particulars, apply to--

THE MANAGER,

Macau Tel. Ad-i. “Phonix,”. Muoin.

11 February, 1915.

VICTORIA HOTEL

ShAMEEN-CANTON.

Telegmphis Add.; Viorosa, BHAMBEN." SITUATED ON THE BETTER CONCESSION.,

Hotal electrically lighted, and under experienced European Supervision, GUIDES AND CHAIRS PROVIDED. Every Information and Special Attention given to Tourists,

REASONABLE RATES.

WM, FARMER, Prousiek

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