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SKYTRATIONS

S. MOUTRIE & Co.,

LIMITED,

SOLE AGENTS.

for the famous

WEBER & ALLISON

PIANOS

BRITISH-MADE THROUGHOUT.

NEW MODELS

JUST RECEIVED.

INSPECTION NYITED.

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THR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 1916

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & WEST RIVER STEAMERS. JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Bingle Fara by Night Steamer Eetara, to available also for retara

by day steamerj Bingle Fare by Day Steamer Beturn

HONGKONG TO CANTON, I

$6.00

10.00

· 4,00 8.00

CANTON TO HONGKONG.

THURSDAY, 6 JANUARY, 1916.

8.00 am, HEUNGSHAN, 4.30 p.m. KINSHAN.

800,, HONAM, 10.00 p.m. FATSHAN.

FRIDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 1916,

8.90a.m. HEUNGSHAN 10.00 p.m. KINSHAN.

6.00a.m. ONAM, 4.30 p.m. FATSHAN.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

8.8. SUI TAI, Fonu 1,651.

8.8. TAISHAN, Tons 2,006, HONGKONG TO MACAO.

Week daya at 8 am, and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Streek Wharf, dendage så 9 mm, and 1 pm, from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,

MACAO TO HONGKONG,

West days at 7.30 am, and 2. p.m. Bundays at 7.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. EXCURSION TO MACAO

SUNDAY, 9TH JANUARY, 1916.

The Company's New Steamship

“TAISHAN"

Will depart from the Company's WING LOK BYREET Whany at 8 am,, and rotura from Macao at 3 pm

N.B. The Company will also ran a Btesmor from Msoso on Sunday at 7.30 a.m., sad from Hongkong it I p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.

FARES AS USUAL,

CANTON-MACAO LINE. 8.8. 3UI ANA

Departures from Masao to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9p.m. Departures from Canton to Masso on Tuesday, Thursday and Esturday, at 4.80 p.m JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG,

G. CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

8.S. BAINAM, 588 tons, and 8.8. NANNING, 569 tons.

One of the above Steamers leares Canton for Wachow every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at about 8 s.., and the other leaves Wrohow for Canton on the same days at 8.30 am, Bound trips iske about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Company's direct Steamers LINTAN and SANUL. These vessels have superior Cabin socommodation and are lighted throughout by electricity. Electric Fan in sach Cabin.

Booking Oflce open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Further particulars may be obtained at the Offos of them

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., LTD.,

Hotel Mansions (First Floor), opposite the Blake Pier.

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FAR EASTERN MEN AND

THE WAR.

CAFT J, 0, K. hồuUGLAS, Mr. A. G. Mossop, of Shanghai has received a telegram from Lieut-Com- mander Dougins, who is in command of

SECOND TO KRUPF'S.

GREAT SCOTTISH FACTORY MAKING 77 KINDS OF SHELLS,

HOUSES TO LET

TO LET.

TWO HOUSES in "STONEHENGE,

No. 5. Robinson Road. Newly done-up: and remodelled.

Each Hours centaine downstair Two, Good

Bathroom,“

Outhouses and Grase Tennis Court. Shortly available for socupation, Apply 10mm N

DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 22nd Dooomber, 1816." [111

TO LET.

FFICES in Queen's Building.

Apply

JAPAN'S WAR AID.

Baron Ishii, the Japanese Toreign Minister, conversing with a specis] Corres" pondent of the Petit Parisien at Tokyo, asserted that Japan has furnished" large. a torpedo-boat-destroyer, to the effect that In whatever else other nations may rival quasities of arms and munitions to Russia, Capt. J. O. 6. Douglas 10th Battalion or surpass us, none can touch us in ship Two Japanese arsenals, he said, are work- Booms and upstairs Three Bedrooms, each with Yorkshire Regiment, died of wounds in building and marine engineering, says aing continuously, turning out immenso. Flanders or December 18th,

Capt Douglas, who has for long been associated writer in the Star. The present survey quantities of war stores, Russin," said with Shanghai, was the son of Admiral of munition work lies quite apart from this the Minister," has no need of men, for Sir Archibald Dougins, G.O.V.O. KC.B. He was called to the Bar e fald of activity, and nothing will be said only one-third of the men mobilised have Gray's Inn on June 27th, 1800, anil in about it. But though it is relegated to a Japan will have largely centributed to arm been armed By the end of the month 1001 he was appointed Registrar for H.Mbackground of silence, it must not be for completely the remaining wo-thirds," Up Supreme Court for China and Korea, and also Chief Clerk and neted ne Assistant gotten in forming any estimate of our

to the present Japan has not considerad Judge of the Court from April 3rd, 1901, industrial contribution to the war. The the adviability of sending an army to until July 22nd, 1905. After resigning

existence of the marine element in the back-Europe, but should the necessity arise sho the position of Registrar im 1007, he be ground greatly enhances the significance would immediately despatch a very strong gan practice as a barrister. In August of the other work that is being carried on expeditionary army in order not to run of last year, when the war broke out, in these districts, which are preeminently any risk of a reverse. Mr. Douglas was most anxious to get to famous for the production of ships and are the front to fight for his country, but had excessively busy with them now, difficulty in obtaining a recommendation for a commission owing to defective eye sight At this time he had been for several months in command of the Shang hai Legion of Frontiersmen, and when operations began in the siege of Tsingtao he went up to Weihaiwel for the purpose of gaining experience, and though never in the actual line of fire, was able to gain considerable knowledge of active service operations. He accompanied the Shanghai Volunteer Contingent which left for Home on the Suwa Maru, on October 16th. On arrival in England he was appointed Captain in the 10th Bat talion Yorkshire Regiment, & regiment whose composition included many Shang hai men who had travelled with him and Capt. Hilton Johnson on the Sun Mar

A Copenhagen correspondent states that a message from Berlin to the Berlingske. Tidende says that great consignments of heavy Japanese guns are arriving daily at Odessa. Berlin concludes therefrom that the Russians are co-operating in the Bal- kans, and will soon he ready to start.

The great armament works in these dis- triots are doing broadly, the same sort of work in the same sort of way as those at Sheffield, though each is different and has its own distinctive work. Like the others, they have been working at extreme pros sure since the beginning of the war, and have enlarged their plant increased their staff, and extended their operations. One of them is larger than any of the indivi- DORFA ORBEDS BY LLEUR-COL. A, CHAPMAN, V.D. dung Shoffieki works, and is, indeed, the largest single establishment that we possess in this country, predaj

In size it is second only to Krupp's at Essen, and not a bad second. The firm is at present directly employing about 60,000 persons, and the great bulk of them, including 6,000 women, are in these hugo

works.

taking guns and shells of all patterns and They are engaged mainly in sizes. Some ideas of the varied require

We learn, states the Central China Post, the two of the China Inland Mis sion, Messrs. J A Andrew and H. G. Bateman, have resigned from the Missionment of modern warfare may be gained and are already on the way home to join from the fact that this firm is at present the army. The former is the son of Mr. turning out 77 different varieties of shells. Geo, Andrew, of Lanchow,"

Bo the manager of the shell department, who is a great expert, informed me,

The latest list of the men who have gone to the front from the Malay States con- tains 847 names. Of these about 60 have lost their lives in action,

MACHINERY MARKET IN

CHINA.

METHODS OF SECURING CONTRACTS,

WOMEN PREVERRED.

Nothing, by the way, is more noticeable in going through those war factories, than the enthusiasm and devotion of the work- shop managers, They are wrapped up in their work and intensely keen about, the results. They all firmly believe that they are doing better than anyone else and it would break their hearts to be beaten in the race. All managers and foremen in these war workshops prefer women to men, not because they are cheaper for they are not in the sense usually meant, and it would make no difference to the manager if they were-but because. they do their best to help and put no arti- ficial obstacles in the way of the highest resulte.

The following particulars regarding methods of securing electrical and other machinery contracts in Crins have been furuished by Mr. T. M. Aineough, the

The most noticeable feature of the arma- Special Commissioner appointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into the establishments normally engaged in pro ment works-by which I mean the great ditions and prospects of British trade inducing weapon in both of the districts

China:

with which I am now dealing, is the en- ployment of women, In one they have been employed to some extent for years, but the number has now been greatly in- creased; as I mentioned above, there are some 3,000 of them. In the other they are a new departure, like the military ammunition on which they are engaged, and though the number in small the case is very interesting.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS,

JOINED

1-Sapper W. 1. Noble joined the Corps on January 1st, 1910, allotted Corps

No. 1958 and posted to Engineer Company.

SE THE HONGKONG LAND IN VESI

MENT & AGENCY U., LTD. Hongkong, 8th December, 1915, 1106

TO LET.

́OS. 11 and 13,. GAGE STREET, from NOS

1st January, 1918 Apply to

J. VINCENT BRAGA,

Toyo Kisen Kaisha,

₤100 Hongkong, 16th November, 1915,

N

FIELD OPERATIONS. --Field operations will be carried out; by the undermentioned units on the dates named-January 18th, Sepuls Company. January 23rd, Artillery | 66 Battery and Civil Service Company.

AMUSESTRY. 3.Members of No. 1 Section, Artillery Battery, who did not fire 'Trained Men's Course, Part II (Standard Test), on Decombor 18th, 1915, must do so on Saturday, 8th inst., at 2.30 p.m. Only men, who have fired Part I. this season may fire Part. II.

KAAN PARADEN 4.Parades for to-day,

7.00 am, and 5.30 p.m.--Members of Signalling Section and other Signal lors, as detailed in Signalling Section order dated 8th December, 1915— Morso flag and Morse lamp practice at Headquarters.

5.15 p.m-Recruits of all units-Squad drill and Rife exercises at Hend-

TO LET.

TO8, 9 and 10, MOUNTAIN VIEW,

Apply to

M. J. D. STEPHENS Hongkong, 12th November, 1815.

TO LET.

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THE KENNELS," 168, Magasine Gap. THE

Thoroughly renovated and repaired.” Apply

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD,

· Hongkong, 10th November, 1915, [95]

TO LET.

DAVENSHILL EAST, Park Road,

8 Roms, 3 Bath Rooms,, Servants' Quarters, &o. Vacant lat November.

Apply....

DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON, Hongkong, 19th October, 1915,

TO LET.

[00

LENSHIEL” No. 141, Plantation

quarters, noder Sergt. Major Highy. Goad, Peak, from 1st November, 1915.

Remainder, mil.

DETAIL. 5-Gun Club Hill, Kowloon.

On duty until morning of 8th inst.:

H.K.V.R.

P. of W. Camp, Kowloon.

On duty until morning of 8th inst.:

H.K.V.B.

GE. SWART, Copt

· Apply -

LINSTEAD & DAVIS. -Hongkong, 18th October, 1918, .

Adjutant, B.E.VIA

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE

·STÜKKOTH.

The Corps now mumbers 478 of all ranks,

mande up as follows:-Staff, 12; Na 1) Company 129; No. 2 Company, 146: Nos, 8 and 4 Componies, 191.

BU MUSKETRY.

Saturday, January 8th-Volley Firing for men of Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Companies who have passed Part 1. Nos. 3 and 4 Com- panies will leave Blake Pier et 1,80. work in two shifts. They are making high

p.. and No. 2 at 3 p.m. explosive shells and they turn out many thousands a week. This is no flesh-in-the-Sunday, January 9th-Part II. for all In- pen outburst of energy. On the contrary they have gradually worked up to it since March, when they started, Of course, they vary in expertness, but the accelern- tion of particular operations up to three and four times the rate at first attained is common

The manager, who is justly proud of his khak; fominine troops, and knows exactly what every girl is doing, showed no one who had increased from 30

at 9 a.m...

HOUSE

TO LET.

*89

· ត Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.

AP HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

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MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 24th October, 1815,

TO LET.

OFF Floor, Orlooking Harbour,

FFICES in ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING,

immediate possession.

Apply to--

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914. 133

TO LET.

spectors and Sergeants, leave Blake Fier OFFICES at 2, Connaught Road. Sunday, January 16th-Nos, 3 and 4 Pla- toons of No. 2 Company are warned that this date is provisionally alloted to them for Part II. :

TARADES, 5.30 P.M. Uniforms, caps with cocoza, rifles and

ammunition.

Monday, January 10th.--No. 2 Company,

There would appear to be two clearly defined systems by which the large con tracts in China, both Governbient and private, for the supply of plant and machinery can be secured. The first sys tem is that of appointing one of the large mercantile houses having branches. at all the important centres as gesera! agents on a fixed agreement for a term of years, and is the system employed by almost all the large German manufactur- TROUSANDS OF SHELLS A WEEK, ers of arms and munitions, industrial They have a factory to themselves, not a machinery, and electrical machinery, and now building, but a converted one and supplies. Its principal advantage is that by no means conspicuous for convenience; the manufacturer enjoys all the benefits but the amount of work they do is astonish- accruing from the connections of an old-ing, Here are 320 girls, with only eight established firm already to hand, office skilled men to look after them, and they in all the principal Treaty Ports, and valuable Chinese connections, in return for a fixed percentage of rebate on his prices to cover agency commission and expenses. In addition it would be advis able to send, suy four or five qualified engineers trained in the home works, pre ferably with some knowledge of Chinese, who would be attached to the principal centres in Chinn, use the offices and staff of the agents, and visit all provincial capitals, arsenals, mints, and other places where the demand for machinery warrants their attention. Unfortunately,

tile firms possessing a widespread organi- The automatic inerense of output thus sation embracing branches in all the prin achieved by practice alone has no import cial Trenty Porte,

The other system is to conduct the busi-ant bearing on the product of newly- nees direct with the Chineso; and open organised resources, if it is allowed to offices at four or five of the main centres, operate freely, as it is with women. with qualified engineers attached, who saw a girl doing a particular operation on are competent not only to draw up specia lathe which had been previously worked hoations and gustations on the spot, but by a skilled man; she was turning 150 per with the help of a good shift, against his 30. The champion of the Chinese staff lengthy negotiations with factory is a girl who is machining the cop. Chinese officials and native purchasers. por bande on shella, her "record" is 1,014 It is a well-known, fact in China that in a 10-hour shift, or, say, 101 per hour. there is very little money to be mado in | And each sholl has to be lifted into

posi- laying down large electrical installations tion and lifted out again. The weight It in that country. Most of the profit is raised in an hour can be easily calentated. derived from the supplies and accessories, These are Scottish gir'a talvel and consequently German and Americas firms always endeavour, to stipulate in shall be purchased through the firm supplying the original installation,

United Kingdom makers have, as a rale, employed agents in one or two of the ports, but have not carried on 4 campaign all over China as large Ger man firms have done. The German firms have always worked with an eye to the future, and in cases where a plant was invaluable as advertisement to Chinese, and others, they were prepared to quote at a loss to secure the contract. -Eastern Englatering..

to carry on

BEFORE LEAVING FOR HOME the contract that renewale and supplies

C

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ORDER THE

HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS

TO BE SENT TO YOU, AND SO

KEEP IN TOUCH

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ALL THE NEWS OF THE WEEK FULLY RECORDED, INCLUDING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE LOCAL MARKETS.

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GIRL'S £5 A WEEK! They earn good money. The minimum

is 15s. Bd. & week, but one who cannot earn more 2 of no use. Most of them earn a great dead more; the average earnings in-one shop are 35s-in-Another 48. Some earn up to 24; the champion men- tioned above has earned £5. But it is not the money only. Their hearts are in it,

The West of Scotland area, which closed

all

Companies, Wednesday, January 121h,-No. 1 Com-

pany.

Thursday, January 13th.-No. 8 Company. Friday, January 14th.--No, 4 Company and

all Recruita, ⠀

ANNUAL DINNED,

Company Inspectors are warned to send to

this page on or before January 15th, and no January 8th, the probablo num- ber of men who will attend from each Platoon.**.

REVERSIONS, PROMOTIONS, ETC.

is with regret that the reversion is per

mitted of Inspector Blow Fung to the rank of Poea that

OFFICES in King's Buildings. OFFICES in Des Voeux Road Central HOUSES In CLIFTON GARDENS, Conduit Read,

NEW HOUSES in Broadwood Terrace. HOUSES at the Peak.

Na 1. MORETON TERRACE, Canserby BODOWNS, at Wanchai

Nos. 1, 2 and 3, WEST END TERRACE CANTON. Apply.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 4th November, 1915. 32

TO, LET.

TWO ROOMED-FLATS in Nathan Road,

Kowloon, THREE-ROOMED FLATS in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon,

FOUR-ROOMED FLATS in May Road,

with every modern convenience, including Water and Water Carriage System. A few English Baths and Klicken Ranges, Hot. Flats specially designed to accommodate thres bachelors at reasonable rentals. Immediate possession.

The Hon. C.S.P. has sanctioned the promo tion of Crown Sergeant Wai Wing Sam to the rank of Inspector, and his up-Terrass and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon, pointment to take command of No. 3 Company.

FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon

D HOUSE!

D. 8. P. (Reserve).

our tour, formed a fitting climax. The other work. There is one more item plan of organisation is somewhat different and the boldest conception of all. It is 2 from that adopted in other areas. It has factory on a larger scale than any yet pro- been entrusted to the head of one of thejected. It covers 200 acres, leading engineering firms in the district,

"EPECIAL RAILWAY, LINE.

Apply to➡

HUMPHREYS USTATE & FINANCE

Coy, TAD Alexandre Buildings, Hongkong, 20th December, 1915.

GL

NOTICE

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NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indida

and this gentleman represents the Minis A spanial milway track is being laid A desiring to leave the Colony should apply try of Munitions as organising engineer. from the main 'ne, and the factory will in writing for permission to do so to the Captain With the support and co-operation of have a station of its own for conveying SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at heart FIRE ON THE 8.B.LOONGWO." other large firms, he has developed a vast the employees, who will be principally 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, scheme for the production of shell for guns girls, to and fro, Material will be brought giving name, nationality, age, sex, height and An outbreak of fire caused very consi- of large calibre The scheme includes by rail right into the centre of the uras cecupation of the applicant, and stating the derable damage to the cargo of the three national projectile factories," two and distributed by trolley lines of which name of the steamer or other vestal or the hoar Loungwo, at Shanghui, on December 20th, factories working on ordinary contracts, there will be 11 miles. The building will of the train by which the applicant wishes to and-nine-on-waisted contracts which be warmed by 22 miles of hosting pipes, leave Applicants should apply in person for The vessel, which belongs to the Indy means that the plant is supplied by and mile and a half of drainage has their pattes at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION China Bioan Navigation Co Ltd, was Government, and that half of any saving already been laid down. The erection of between the hours of 9AM. to 1 P.M. and just upon the point of starting, when the fire was discovered. It had been due to

on the contract prize goes to the Treasury. this vast and entirely new establishment 2 P.m. to 4 P.M. leave earlier but, fortunately had been take forging, some machinery, and some has been the progress that it will be ready Some of these 14 establishments under-was only begun six weeks ago, but so rapid

[77 delayed by the police effecting an arrest both have been given unmes for occupation next month. The secret of in connection with an allegation of opium smuggling. Otherwise the

that hive become famous in the this lightening speed is perhaps the best FRENCH LESSONS might have been more serious, as there war, such és Albert, Liege, Marne,thing of all. The contractor, who is at the were many passenger, on board.

Anzae, Mons, etc. All this is now work head of his business in Scotland, is doing

consequences

It is thought that the cause of the fire undertaken by commercial Brus which the work for nothing; and the men, inspired was spontaneous combustion. It broke have never unde munitions before, and is by his lead, are playing an equally patrio- out among some baleg of dried orange independent of the large armamers firm of the part. Thog ure putting their backs peel, oranges for preserving, paper and the district, which is building two "antion into the job, and, as he puts it, are work- two or three bales of piec, goods.

_al_projectile_factories "2 in addition to its ing at a piece-rain pace on time wages,

Hongkong, Josz 1915,

G. MOUSSION,

15, MORRISON HILL ROAD,

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