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THE HOME MAILS.

TO ARRIVE.

May 14th-The American mail, por 8.8.

NERA.

TO DEPART.

May 18th-Europo ria Sheria, at 3 p.m.; per 4,5.. LANGCHOW?

May 19th-Straits, Ceplon, Marseilles and

DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS.

A... A.B.C., WESTERN UNION, ENGINEERING AND BENTLEY CODES USED.

Applied Electricity, 7 Vols.

ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION.

Powers SIDOL HATTAINGH,

HE ADMIRALTY have given cficial. partairzíon for raining -

Battalion of 1,460 men, which will be! strietly limited to Futjie Selcel or University and who wilt retro- together in a Unit.

-Uniring is ver por farid.

Arends cetiring to, cural should!

apply at ence la

ROYAL, NAVAL DIVISOGY,

6,7 and F, Gid Ford Street, W.

GOD SAVE THE KING

Hongkong Daily Press.

No. 17,785.

號五十八百七千七萬一第

日十三月三年乙

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ESTABLISHED 1857.

Registered as a Nowepaper at the Veneral Post Office in the United Kingdom

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 13гm, 1915. 四拜禮 號三十月五年四國華中

BISHI

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

FOR SCENER WEAR. LUSTRES

Cam Calcar $12.00

per pitze of 20 yaada. Also Vannas QUALITIKA

KHAKI

DRILL.

ALEX. ROSS & Co.,

• Tri Vaz Bend. Central,

198

PRIOS, $3 PER MONTH,

HOTELS

THE

HONGKONG

HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM,

J. H. TAGGART, Manager.

THE

CYCLOPEDIAS OF THE AMERICAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY Commerce, Accountancy and Business Administration, to Vola

$83.20

54.45

Automoblie Engineering, 4 Vols.

35.20

65.20

NAGASAKI.

Mechanical Engineering, 7 Vols.

31.45

TELEGRAPEIS ADDRESS:

DOCK “ NAGASAKÍ,

Dock No. L. Dock No. 2. 510 foot 350 feat

777

53

Dock No. 3. 714 foot,

88

19

Baker's Treatise ** Masonry Con-

struction

... $15.00 Kempe's Engineer's Year Book, 1915 12.00 Bicker's Design and Constenction of

Rosie

+

**

Spon's Workshop Receipts, Vols. The Motor Boat Manual ...

9.63

120

16]

***

Fu

16.50

KOBE.

Popular Handbook for Cement and

Consrete Users

7.50

KET's Practical Coal Mining. Howe's Building by a Builder Tracy's Plano Surroging- Jackson's Aid to Survey Practice

10.00

3,50

་་

0.00

10.00

Prelial's Treatise on Tunneling.

12.50

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

460 feet.33

56

12,000 tons.

Preece's Telegraphy, rovized

Pall's Modern Workshop Practice......

4.00

6.00

580 feet.

66

Chemistry of Petroleum .....

8.50

Gray's Practies! Design of Marine

Single ended

særd Drable-ended

22

26

Baker's Roads and Pavements...

Bollers.....

A

***

4.00

15.00

Dave's Paper and Ita Usas

TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.

3.50

Nigio's Field Manual for Bailroad

Bagintors

Knoop's Railway Economies

4,00

0.00

[14

368 feet 0 inch.

56

26

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KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION.

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING.

United Kingdom, at 3 p.m., per se. Mirasaki Manu.

My 14th-Europo vid. Siberia, et 1 p.m.,

per 8.8. SEATTLE MARC.

May 16th--Formosa vid. Keelung, Shang-

hai, North China, Japan, vid. Moji, Victoria, B.C., Seattle, and United Kingdom vid Canada, at 1 p.m., per 9.0. SEATTLE MARt.

May 15thSaigon, Straits. Burmah, Cey.

lon, Adelaide, Western Austra

May

lia, India, Aden, Egypt and Europe, at noon, por A NERA

15th-Europe vid Siberia, at 4 p.m.,

por 8.3. KANсNOW.

May 18th.-Europs vid Siberia, at 3 pr.,

per я.. LvcHOW,

May 18th.Formosa ria Keelung. Shang- hai, North China, Japan sid Moji, Victoria, B.C., Seattle and United Kingdom vid -Canada--at 3. p.m., per 8.8.

AWA MANU.

May 2-Straits, Ceylon, Port Said, Marseilles and United King- dom, at 10 am, KITANG MANG...

per 8.8.

May 21st-Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade laide, Wastes Australia, India, Adan, Egypt and Europe, at 11 a.m., per s.8. NOMIA.

N.B-For further returns and for Mails to and from the Coast Ports, Manila, Biam, etc., see the Post Office Notine on the last page of this issue.

INTIMATIONS

GRUEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks 375 lbs, nat..

In Bags 250 lbs, net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers.

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Hangkong, 9th December, 1914,

M

"ITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISHA.

(MITSU BISHI CO.)

COAL DEPARTMENT

Builders and Repairers of Ships, Engines and Boilers, and Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers of Contrafo Condensers, Stone's Manganese, Bronte Castings, Parson's Steam Turbines and Turbo-Alternatora. &c., c.

&

GRAVING DOCKS AND PATENT SLIP.

Length en Koel Blooks. Width of Entrance on bottom

Water on Blooks at Spring Tide

PATENT BLIP-Capable of lifting vessels np to 1,000 tons gross. The Salvage Steamer "OURA MARU" 716 tons and 12.knots. Two Floating Cranes of 60 and 30 tons each, besides 150 tons Giant Crane,

Lifting Powor

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:-" WADADOCK," KOBE. FLOATING DOCKS.

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

טב

The Salvage Steamer "ARIMA MARU," Pamping capacity per hour 3,000 tons.

HIKOSHIMA (Near Shimonoseki).

TELEGRAPHIC ANDERSS:–“ DOCK,”-SHIMONOSEKI. GRAVING DOCK.

Length on Keel Blocks...

Breadth of Entrance on bottom

Depth of Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

***

Floating Crane capable of lifting 20 tons weight.

*

THE NAGASAKI, KOBE AND HIROSHIMA DOCKYARDS

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

of work and to wait the convenience of customers

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

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THE KAILAN MINING

ADMINISTRATION.

KAIPING COAL:

Nowswell-known throughout the East for

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

KAIPING COKE:

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

GRADE

FIREBRICKS FIRECLAY.

STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASINA, OFFIO: QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, HONGKONG. TEL, ADD,: MAISHAN, HONGKONG,

OCHI, MUTABE, YOSHINOTANI,

NAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHINNEW

AND KAMIYAMADA Collieries.

TELEPHONE No. 1030

Civil Engineering, 8 Vols,

MAMPEI HOTEL,

JAPAN

KARUIZAWA.

3,270 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

JAPA

THE BEST SUMMER RESORT IN JAPAN.

Dry and Invigorating Air.

Guides for the Ascent of the Volcano Araus, Strictly First-Class Hotel in Karuizawa, 14 miles from the Railway Station. Special Terms offered for Prolonged Stay. Tennis Courts, Billiards, Library.

CABLE ADD. MAMPEI" Karuizawa, Phone No. 22; KARUIZAWA, K. SATO, Proprietor and Manager.

HOTEL LAUNCH MESTS ALL-STWĄMARK,

Telephone: No. 273.

Tel. Address:' "' Victoria."

FRANK L. COOKE,

Manager.

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GRAND HOTEL.

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A

FURUKAWA & CO.

(FURUKAWA GOMEI KWAISHA TOKIO.)

SILVER AND COPPER :

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF ASHIO AND OTHER NINE COPPER

MINES.

AND

GOLD

CEDRE'S BOAd Cynesal,

AND

FIRST-CLASS

UP-TO-DATE HOTEL, most Central Lotion within the vicinity of all the Principal Bania,

Noted for the best Food, Refreshment Accommodation and Cleanliness. Unitine under Europesa Bupervision. A Fims-Class String, Orokenirs renders selections from 6.30 ru to 11.30 F.25,

SILVER BULLION, COPPER INGOTS, TILES AND SHEETS, BARS, Shipping people.

BOTH OF COPPER AND BRASS,

CABLES AND WIRES:

Every Kind for Electrical Use.

COALS:

Bole Proprietors and Solo Agents for

544

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

AGENTS FOR

BAKITO AND OYUBARI Coala.

Hongkong, 1st Ostober, 1914,

AGENTS.

Special monthly terms for}{residents and for

For further particulars apply-i

Telephone 197,

MANAGER,

HEAD OFFICE-MARUNOUCHI,

TOKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES-NAGASAKI, MOJL KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, OTARU, MURORAN, HAKODATE,

SOUTH

ᏞᎳ

КОВЕ, OBAKA KURE, TOKYO MANCHURIA

TOKOHAMA, NAGOYA, TSURUGA,

BHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HANKOW,

PEKING.

Cable Address for above: "IWASAKI." Code A1, A.B.C. 5th Ed Western Union. AGENCIES:s

CHINKIANG-Meases GEARING & Co. MANILA-Messen, Macosdeat & Co, SENGAPORE-Messus, Boenzo Co., LTD. GLASGOW-Mesra. A. B HOFARLANE & Co., LTD.

Ter Partionlars, apply to

BROWN,

Κ. ΚΑΤΟ

Manager,

No. 2, Fedder Stroot, Hongkong.

(540

Hongkong, 24th April, 1914,

FAK TRAMWAY COMPANY,

РЕАК

-

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

1.00 mm, to 9.00 am....Every 15 minutos.

8.00

10.00

11.30

*

to 10.00

#+

to 11.00

11

to 12.45 p.m....

15 15

12.45pm to 1.15

to 1.45

to 2.15

to 5.00

1.16

1.40

»

15

1.00

to 8.10...

#

RAILWAY.

TRAVERSING THE NEWEST AND MOST INTERESTING COUNTRY OPENED TO THE TOURIST AND HOLIDAY-MAKER.

THE SHORTEST, QUICKEST. AND CHEAPEST ROUTE BETWEEN THE FAR EAST AND EUROPE 18 STILL VIA THE SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY.

Time-Table from May 1st, 1915, until Farther Notice. Owing to the War the THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVIOR has been femporarily upended, and a ONCE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAINERVICE, composed of excellently equipped. Living and First and Second Class Sleeping Cars,is operated between Dairen and Changchun in connection with the Trans-Sib-rian Express Trains and with Dairon-Seitou (Tsingtao) Shanghai Mail Stesmer Service by the 8.8. SAKAKIMARU and "KOBE MARU" (esch equipped with wireless telegraphy as follows:

}"

i

SOUTH BOUND.

with the BRETLES Servies from

Copeering at Her

SHAKANOO, MUTA, ARATE, NAKAZURU, SHIOGASHIRA, SENSUI

SHIMOVAMADA, SHINSHAKANOO, TAKADA, COLLIERIES.

HEAD OFFICE-MARUNOUCHI, TOKIO.

...BRANCH OFFICES:-OSAKA, MOJI.

AND OTAKAE

WAKAMATSU, HAKATA, SHANGHAI, HANKOW, DAIREN.

No. 20, DES VŒUX ROAD, CENTRAL.

TEL. No. 810.

Hongkong, 1st May, 1915,

(551

Telegraphic address: "CONFORT,**

PEAK HOTEL. 1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVE TEST CLASS RESIDENTIAL and TOURIST HOTEL Unrivalled for Comfort, Health and Convenience, Telophones in Every Room, prompt connection maintained

BLACKLOCK & MACARTHUR, LTD. iz lines to Central

TRADE

MARK

CLYDESDALE PAINT AND OIL WORKS,

GLASGOW,

Fifteen Minutes from Principal Landing Staga Moderate Tariff and Exexilant Cuisine, Roof Garden and Social Rooms Europosis Banner meets Steaksoza,

P. O, PEUSTER, Manager.

MANUFACTURERS OF

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

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

NORTH BOUND.

Converting at Harkin whh the Trass Siberian

Bervice to Petre

Car Dinner

# 10 f 20

Fax.

10

TUEL

X1239

·

TILES CRANESİYA

·· 11.30-

Ikursday

tria

for Clean Patr

11160

I 14.96 It w

Watan Train) Koto 10 Changhon-

"

AN DASA

*

+

EUT.

$7.1 9.00.

A.

Wed

Mas

TrL

AY

#41

PRICES AND PARTICULARS FROM...

WM STEWART & CO.. ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

SOLE REPRESENTATIVES.

133

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THE NEW MACAU HOTEL.

THIS LARGE and ROOMY HOTEL Dow OPENED under NEW noted throughout and entirely refurnished, MANAGEMENT. The plass has boon re Bitasted on the Praia Grande facing the son, cool breeze in anjoyed all the year round. LARGE AND COMFORTABLE DINING BOOM Lasing the ses Cuisine under experiensed supervision. Terms moderate,

For farther paráloulars, apply io—

THE MANAGEE,

Macsa

Tel. Add. Phoniz," Macau

Jet February, 1915,

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——-NIGHT-ÇARJ.

1.60 p.m. and 9.00 pm., 9.30 to 11.00 p.m.

Every Half-Hour

100 p.m. to 11.45 p.m.

Every Quarter-Houz

BUNDATE,

7.45 am to 10.30 am....Every 15 minutes. 10,30

12.00 noon to 1.00p.m....

to 11.00

Fa

10

11.30

to 18.00 noon

*

H

10

1.00pm to 5.00

15

$5,00

5,00

1.00

to 8.10

1 to 6.00 39 1 йto-7,00

15

10.

NIGHT CARS as on Week Days. SATURDAYS." Extra Car at 19 Midnight,

SPECIAL CARS by arrangement si the Company's Offee, Alexandra Buildings, Des Faux Boad Central,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers, Hongkong 29th May, 1914,

1467

Russian Train Time is 23 minnies faster than the 8.M.E. Time, The above fates do not include the Express Train Berth Fe

To the daily train-loving Dairen at 8PM. for Changchun and that teaving Chang- chun at 11.20 mt. for Dairen Compartment Car has been attached, on which First-Class Passengers can secare sleeping accommodation on payment of Yen 2

RAILWAY HOTELS.-YAMATO HOTEL (Tel., Add, "Yamato?). A Dairez, Port Arthar, Makden, Changohen, and Hoshigaara (the finest Bon-el'e cord in North China), all under the Company's management.

Masuri.

Hoarkong, 1el. Desember, 1914.

the

TICKET AGENCIES.-The Company's Railway and Besmer Tickets are obtainable at all the Ageuries of the INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAB & EXPRESS TRAINH Co.;

Coor & Bos; THOS.

the NORDISK RISHHURMAD; NIPPON YERRE KAISHA, Shanghai; from whom all information, lime-tables, pictorial guide-books, etc., can be obtained free, or direct from the

and

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO., DAIBEN. Codes: A.B.0, 5th Ed., Al, and Lieber's.

Tel. Add. "Kanttisu.”

FUSHUN

COAL

THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE FAR EAST. Fresh stocks Riways on hand at Dairen, Port Arthur, Nowchwang, and Tivatsia Depa and also af Antung, Cheloo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore, and Penang.

MINING DEPARTMENT,

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY 00., DAIREN

WM. STEWART & CO. TIMBER MERCHANTS, MEASURERS, AND TIMBER EXPERTS. 5, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. IMPORTERS of Tonk, Hardwoods, Oregon Fine and Japanese Oak in Logs and

Planke,

Teak and Hardwood supplied Machine Sawa to any Dimensions. Floorings-Bisos to Order,

Philippine Hardwood Wharf Piles in lengths up to 60 foot.

The atisation of Architects, Civil Engineers and Contractors is directed to the splaadid mage of Philippine Hardwoods mailable for constructional purposes.

Price and Bampleszon appliation –

46

Telegrams-BossTONË, Hongkong, And May, 1914)

Telephons Noji$88,}·

P.O. Box No. 689

(51

VICTORIA HOTEL

SLAMEEN-CANTON, Telegraphie Add.: "VICTORIA, SHAMBEN, BITUATED OF THE BRITISH CONCESSION.

Hotel electrically lighted, and under experienced European Supervision, GUIDES AND CHAIRS PROVIDED, Every Information and Special Attentias given to Touriska,

REASONABLE RATES,

WM. FARMER,

Proprieter

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