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NKW ADVERTISEMENTS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

ELECTION.

TO THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THE COLONY OF

GENTLEMEN,

HONGKONG.

It is my intention to stand for the Paeaney on the Legislative Council to represent the Justices of the Pence during the two months' absence of the Hon. Mr. H. E, Pollock, K.. "

Mr. Andrew Forbes has proposed and Mr. Evan Ormiston has seconded my nomination..

If an elected. I will do the best I can in the interests of the Colony-the Commercial Community of which I have been associated with for the past twenty years.

Ihave the honour to be," Gentlemen,

Your obedient servant,

A, R LOWE.

Hongkong. August 10th, 1918. [9924

WHAMPOA

DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG AND

NOTICE.

IS HEREBY GIVEN that an INTERIM DIVIDEND of $2.50 per

Share will be paid on the 7th October next to all Shareholders on the Register of Shareholders as at 30th September, 1918.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

R. M. DYER

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 19th August, 1918.

R.

(2332

ETC. GOVERNMENT BILLS,

SPECIE Carroni

TENDERS

for

of 8600,000 current

La

SHANGHAI, up to and for the in Shanghai, will be received by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, mali 11.30 AM. on the 21st August, 1918.

Benderer

The smonat, accepted is to be placed by the to the credit of an acount with the EONGKONG AND SHANGEL HANKING CORPORATION, Shanghai, so as to be available on the 22nd August, 1918.

Persona tandəring to state

The amount of Dollars current in Shang- had por £100 for Telegraphic Transfer on the

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marine ("the_windpipe of the Allied

enornious impetus as soon as the war is CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

over and it will be much better organised. Great changes will take place on the Pacific, which will carry ..mers in

Armies. Cut that," he said, "and the forces of the Alliance would cease to breathe." Our enemies drove that fact home to us by their great gambla on sub-size

was The claim, however," equally true of our Empire in the days of peace; and will remain so as long as the Empire exists.

ninrinism.

IN T

[FROM OUR OWN "CORRESPONDENT.]

SIR CHARLES ELIOT'S NEW

APPOINTMENT.

Paxise, August 15th... Sir Charles Eliot has been appointed British High Commissioner in Siberia with diplomatic rank. Monday.

He departs on

[Sir Charles Eliot, before becoming the

and numbers ** "equalTM to la Altastic at no very distant date. Flongkong will, of course, benefit im. mensely, for nothing but utter lethargy can prevent it from remaining the great The war on shipping has not achieved distributing centre of South, China, the enemy's object, but it has sadly Despite the fact that both Japan and THE RAPID HEALER.crippled the ocean trade of the world, America are more favourably situated, tirext Britain has suffered the heaviest geographically, than Great Britain for lasses," for the enemy naturally singled the Pacific trade, the Red Ensign may be out our mercantile marine from the com.trusted to maintain its ascendancy, for mencement of hostilities in the hopo of the war has demonstrated that the old as Petrograd from 1588.92; and at Constantinople from 1803-98; Charge 21 the mercantile bringing about our downfall. He realis-spirit still animates

Affairs in Morocco from 1892-93, in Bulgaria ed, perhaps more clearly than we did, marine,

in 1895; and 13 Servia in 1897; Secretary COOLING. SOOTHING, that our merchant ships meant to

HEALING ANTISEPTIC

OINTMENT.

À RELIABLE REMEDY FOR

ALL

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co, LD.

NOTICE.

EUROPEAN, Non-Aristic oz ointia desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the CENTRAL POLIOR STATION between the hours of 9 A.M. to 1 7.M.

ad 8 r. to 4 PM. dally.

Applicants will be required to prodwon Passports or identification papers.

All persons with certain exceptions who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days arp required to Begister themselves under sbe REGISTRATION OF ORDINANCE 1918.

ERUPTIONS AND IRRITATIONS

OF THE SKIN.

USEFUL FOR ECZEMA, "STINGS OF

INSECTS AND ALL KINDS OF

INFLAMMATION,

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Principal or Hongkong University, spent

some sixteen years in the Diplomatic Ser rice. He was Third Secretary to the Em

Sir Paul and Lady Chater and Sir to the British Embassy at Washington in Havilland de Sausmarez have left the 1808: British High Commissioner is SamDU in 1899; and H.M's. Commissioner and Colony for the North.

Commander-in-Chief for the British Ease Africa Protectorate, Agent And Consul General at Zanzibar from 1900 to 1904]

[RY COURTESY OF THE "CHUNG NGOR SAN PO"]

The only case of communicable disease reported in the Colony on Saturday was one of enteric fever.

A. Consular report refers to the inces- sant theft of elephants in Siam, and Punch informs us that natives with bulgy pockets are being carefully-searched;

NEWS FROM PEKING.

PEKING, August 19th. The foreign banks have protested lo

us, and he risked everything in the fort to destroy them. Greas as was the desice of the Cirmans to become ocean carriers, they never approached in fonnage the British marcantile marine, which carried at least one half the sea- borne trade of the world." What the relative tonnage of the different nations will be in the days of peace is, of course. impossible to foretell. In 1813 over two million tons gross were built, but the enpacity of our yards is much greater now than then. The two Dext

His Honour the Commissioner of Wei. the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs nost important shipbuilding riations

hai-wei has appointed Fleet Surgeon J. against the Gold Standard Foan from to-day are the United States and Japan.. Muir, M.B., R.N., to be a Medical The mercantile marine of the latter theer of Health for the Island of 'Liu- country is, of course. very inuch in evid

kung: ence in the Far East, but it is not so [extensive" ns. some people imagine." It does „not exceed three million tons. Like the steel industry of Japan it a great deal to the assistance of the State. It is said that this year the chief shipbuilding yards of Japan, forty-

Owes

Sold in tins 75 cts. & $1.25. right in number, will turn out about one hundred merchant ships, of a tonnage aggregating mop- than three-quarters of a million. If they suecived, it will be a big increase over the quarter of a million tons constructed in 1916, and competent erities doubt whether more than half-a- million tons will be completed. · · A new Subsidies Act of 1910 gave bounties up to 20 yen per ton of gross mensurament

PERSONS A. S. WATSON &

Forms Registration giving the parti amlare required may be obtained at the The Penalty for non-compliance is a fino 0xding 850

Lords Commissioners uf H.M. Treasury..P.O. and at all Folice Stations. London.

The tenders to be in dupliests, and in sealed covers, addressed to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT and endorsed TENDERS FOR GOVERN- MENT BILLS, Eta"

The right to accept or reject any or all of the tenders reserved.

Copics of Forms of Tender can be had on arpations tendering for (Bill) are hereby notified that, having regard to the provisions of The Acts 29 George III, Cap. 45 and $1, George III, Cap. 62, the acceptance of any sach Tender

is subject to the express condition that no

Member of the British House of Commons ahall be admitted to any share or park in or to any benefit to arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bill)."

"The provisions in question do not apply to Contracts matered info by any incorporated Company in ite corporated capacity and made for the general bensfit of the Company."

Any further information can be obtained by personal application the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, A P.D.

F. J. THURSBY-PELHAM, Lt Col

Trmanry Chest Cour, A.P.D. His Majorly's Trury Office,

Hongkong, 20th August, 1818.

WANTED AT THE PEAK

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preferred.

Mas, R. BUTHERLAND,

129, The Peak.

WANTED.

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DAIRY FARM NEWS

JUNKET! Cannot be excelled with tinned

or fresh stewed fruit.

COULOMMIER CHEESE!

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HONGKONG.

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THE BANK OF CHINA:

NOTICE.

RIGINALLY when the BANK OF

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

リ

TEL. It.

BIRTH. MANNING. At the Peak Hospital, on 19th inst, to Mr. and Mrs. WARNER MANNING, A Son.

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in respect to ships of more than 1.000 tons, with an additional bounty of five yeni per indicated horse-power upon the

Colonel E. J. Cooper, C.B., M.V.D., D.S.O., who has just gone or retired pay under the age rules, was with the batta lion of the Fusilters which took part in the Tibet Expedition, 1903-04.

The engagement is announced of Lord Marshaw, only son and heir of Lort Romney, to Miss Marie Keppel, elder | daughter of Sir Colin Keppel, and grand- daughter of the late Admiral Sir Henry' Keppel.

A marriage has been arranged, between Cient. Hubert Thomas Booker. R.E., late of "Mejillones, Chile, younger son of Eustace Booker, of Chicago, and Winifred

Mary, elder daughter of E. Guy Hillier, CMG of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Peking.

Japan.

Chihli militarists have demanded that the Central Government shall discuss peace terms.

Lung Chai-kwong has offered $100,000 to his troops to maintain King thow..

CANTON NEWS.

CUNG NGƯ

(BY, COURTESY OF THE

SWATOW REPORTS.

inst.

BAN PD."]

CANTON, August 19th

Commander Chan Kwing-ming has re- ported that the Canton forces in Fukien secupied the Lung Ngam city on the 14th

Tai Pu, which was captured by.... Canton furers, is now being attacked by“ Fakie troops. 4 Canton leader, Tsu Lin-sing, has been killed in action. Fighting continues.

MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

A body of troops has been sent protect the Parliament. Several military officers have been sent to Kwangsi to

1 propelling machinery. The idea was to

At the age of oor the death has cocurre encourage larger and faster ships, but at Bath of Col. t. W. Carrington, recently, owing to the alitoral profits.3.L.I., who served at the Battle of obtain recruits to replace these goldiers earned, payment of subsidies has been Balaclava and the siege and fall of who were killed in action. suspended. One Japanese shipping Sebastopol. He was subsequently in theRaWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED... company, it may be mentioned,, mude, n

China fighting 1858-60, and was present profit of over sixty per cent. of its

jut the storming of Canton, the attack on capital of more than three million pounds the forts at the Peihe, and the storminganui traffic is suspended.

MARRIAGE. REMEDIOS RIBEIRO. At the Church of the Sacred Heart, Yokohama, by the Rev. Father Es Pettier, on July 15th, 1018, MELCHIADES E. DOS REMEDIOS, DI No. 3, Barchet Road, Shanghai, to Miss MARIA LOURDES VIEIRA RIO second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. V. Ribeiro, of No. 903, Bluff, Yokohama. No Cards

JOHN years

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

sterling, after setting aside another'

ind capture of North Taku, fort, where) twelve per cent. for insurance, repairs, he was severely wounded, and depreciation. It is certain, how- ever, that, despite cheap labour, the difficulties of obtaining raw material, the shortage of plant, and other factors Lang. end ̧ A. 0

will cause ships built in Japan under normal conditions to be more expensive, ton for ton, than those built in Great Britain.

DEATH. LYBAUGHT. At the French Convent Hos August 17th pital, Hongkong, on

12 JOSEPH LYSAUORT, aged

[232 Mr. J. J. Lysaght and family beg to. tender their heartfelt thanks to their friends and relatives for the sympathy shown them in their recent bereavement. [2390

HONGKONU UPRIOR: 10a, Dye Vaux Road, C. LONDON UTTICE: 181, FL Brazrt, É.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, Wт¤ August, 1:18

R.

Several parts of the Canton Kowloon Railway have been damaged by the floods,

"

The Canton-Samshui Railway traffic is also suspended. Trains are only able to reach. Fatshan, as call the stations beyond -

ne Hoodet.

LUNG'S LEADERS.

Messrs, C. G. Alabaster, H. W. Bird, B. L. Bowley, F. C. Tenkin, A. 6. Lowe F men tioned as likely candidates for the

It is reported that: Li Kar-pan, Lung's vacancy that will occur in the repre- Chief Commander, is at present in sentation of the "Justice of the Fence Macno.

- the Legislative Council during the two

Several other leaders have been sent months' absence of the Hon. Mr. H. E into the interior. Pollock, K.C. It is understood, however, that nothing final has been decided yet

"MATSHED DESTROYED.

We all of us appreciate the paramount importance of shipbuilding and ship ping during this struggle, but are we equally alive to the necessity for main

Mr. J. G. D. Campbell has been selected SMALL FIRES IN THE CITY. as the prospective. Unjonist candidate at | taining our maritime supremacy when,

the next election of the Kingston Divi- the war is ended? All the schemes for ion of Surrey. Mr. Campbell will be the development of the latent resources remembered as a resident in Siam for of the Hongkong Club Gardens, at. The mataled occupied by the gardener

of our Empire in the days of reconstruc-

some three years, and is the author of North Foint was burnt to the ground tion are dependent upon this. "HappilySiam in the Twentieth Century." Hoyesterday evening. The Fire Brigade there is no need for pessimism; we still is a cousin of the late Mr. J. D. Camp was. telephoned for, and the fire was possess all the essential elements of bell, C.M.G., who was London Becretary quickly got under. The damage caused With all due respect and of the Chinese Maritime Customs for was insignificant. The cause of the fire admiration for other nations, we can claim that our shipowners, engineers, daval architects and workmen have had greater experience of ship construction than those of any other country. When peace is restored we shall be in a better position relatively than in 1914 so far as the supplies of material are concerned The output of steel, for example, will be

success.

thany years up to the time of his death.

is not known,

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

..

Colonel, and Temporary Brigadier-Gen- eral Skipton H. Climo, C.B., D.So,

A great alarm was raised at "Holland Indian Army, who has just been promoted major general, took part in the China Street, West Point, early yesterday War, 1000, including the advance to the morning, when the news spread that a relief of Peking, the actions at Feitsang fire was in progress in one of the godowns and Yangstun and other affairs (me there. The Fire Brigade and the Police tioned in despatches, medal with clasp turned up in time to see six barrets

THE BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE AFTER THE WAR THAT "shipping in the lifeblood of the Colony "is as trae to-day as it was when the words were used by one of the

I accordance with Begulations, published towards the FOURTH YEAR DOMESTIC ago.

IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that in CHINAAL for Subscriptions Governors of the Colony many years. Small wonder then that all who ander Government Notincation No. 102 of LOAN, Blank Forms of Receipt were sent live here are intensely interested in 31st May, 1918, commencing from lat throughout the Country for the sake of

convenience. When payments for Bonds everything which relates to the British larger. Great Britain has been convert shared in the Tibet Expedition, 1003-4 almost burnt out near the roadside. The Soptember, 1918, all PRIVATE CHAIRS have to be LICENSED at an Annual

ed, by the insolent challenge of the Ger (medal with clasp), and operations services of the Brigade were not needed. Licence fee of $2, payable in advance.

mans, into a

gient workshop with against the Mohmands, In the present Chair bearers have to be Licensed at s fen of 30 cents each yearly...

shipyards and engineering works magni-war he has been mentioned several times

P. P. J. WODEHOUSE,

Captain Superintendent of Police, Hongkong, 18th August, 1818.

19:392

SHELL TRANSPORT AND TRADING

CO., LTD..

W

E have been requested by the above Company to announce that new shares will be issued, without payment, in the proportion of THREE now shares for every FIVE old shares.

Holders of Bearer warrants should deposit their holdings with their Bankers, who will endorse the warrants as "Ex righta" and issue receipts which will ensule holders

to claim the new shares.

For HoxazoxG. AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

N. J. STARE,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 16th Augurt, 1818.

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were made the Receipts had to be Stamped

in two places with the Bank Special Receipt mercantile marine. Even those of us Chop and the Signature of the Eank Agent who are not directly connected with also affixed to the Receipt. After the bub scription was closed it was found that certain shipping realise our dependence upon it Blank Receipts marked "Vine" () which for the things which make life worth ficently equipped. And behind all thes in despatches in connection with cam INTERVENTION IN SIBERIA. had been given to the BANK OF CHINA, living. We understand what the people material improvements is the new-born Kongmoon Agency, had not been returned, the Agent explaining that they had been of the Empire and the Allied Nationsdesire of the people of the Empire to do LOST in Local Disturbances. We considered owe to the British Navy and Mercantile something for that Empire which will that as these Receipta Boro no Signature Marine for their work since August, nor Chop they were no proof of payment

always be a guarantee of freedom. Once they realise that our shipbuilding and has been discovered that these Blank Forms agree about the various phases of the shipping trades will need close attention have been sent to Faking, particulars of Great War," in the final analysis all of after the war they will agree to almost

the Head money filled in and presented to Office of the Bank in application for them will admit that of the material. any plans which the State may devine for

forces which shattered the grandiose assisting them, Bonds.

We have already notifed Marchants that ambitions of the Germans, and, in the The demand for ocean steamers, 18

Becaipts bad been LOST owing to Local Disturbances and we pow again end, gave victory to the Allies, the likely to exceed the supply: The lesson pablish the facts in the Press for the most important was the maritime supre taught us is that stepe must be taken to Information and as a warning to

mincy of the British. In a recent speech develop the natural resources of the Mr. LLOYD GEORGE, in one of his arrest tropics and other parts of the world ing phrases, called the British mercantile scientifically.. Commerce will receive an

and therefore we did not concern ourselves 1914. However much historians may dis.

.it with them. Becently, after several years,

these

Pablic...

BANK OF CHINA Canton. 12th August, 1918.

the

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TYPHOON WARNING The following telegram bas been received by the American Consulate- General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory :--

12 noon, August 18th. Cyclone or typhoon" E. of Northern Luzon, more than 200 miles distant, direction unknown.

August 19th, 1 p.m. Cyclone or typhoon N.E. of Luzon, moving N. or N.N.E. ⠀⠀

In the House of Commons on June 20th Mr. Outhwaite asked the Foreign Sec- retary whether Japanese intervention in. Siberia had been sought by any persons in Russia who could claim to represent the public sentiment of that country.

Mr. Balfour replied that intervention in Biberia by the Allies, including, of course, Japan, had been sought by many persons in Russia, all of them claiming, in varying measure, that they represent. the public sentiments of that country. L was, perhaps, unnecessary to add that “ those who recommended the opposite course made the same claim...