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LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE

CIGARS AND CHEROOTS

made from selected and perfectly matured

leaves of tobacco.

in

MANILA

Cigars and Cheroots of all sizes

obtained from all local stores.

SOLE AGENT:

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TABAQUERIA FILIPINA.

15, Wyndham Street,

HONGKONG.

IMPORTANT

NOTICE.

Manufactures the most. Important Poins is Improvement, and in Dietetics Cleanliness. Science always insists on these Maxims.

Groundnut or Peanut Oil can be used as a substitute for Olive Oil, Butter or Lal, but when Slightly Dirty is injurious to health.

In China, by the Ordinary Methods of Extraction, Dirt and Dusb are not guarded against: "Our Method shows a great advance. By the use of New Machinery and New Methods Surupulous Cleanliness is Assured.

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Our Machinery during the Process Filters the Oil while our Factory is Free from Our Oil is Clour, Sweat and Fragrant; and Compares most favourably with Oils used for Culinary purposes; there is no residue. Prices are moderate so as to induce new business.

Analysis is always given before Shipment to Foreign Countries.

NAM CHAU OIL FACTORY, Office:-No. 28, Connaught Road West, HONGKONG. » Factory:-No. 26, Kwei Lin Street, SAMSHUIPO. This Sole Proprietorship of this concern belonga entirely to a Chinese Citizen,

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In No. 3 Tios 50 cents per tio, ASPARAGUS, large tins 95 cents, small 50 cents *BROAD BEANS,

per tin 30

30 centa" per tin 30 centa per tin 30 cents-

MACEDOINE VEGETABLES per. tin

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1919.

THE RACE TO THE SWIFT.

O POWER THE NEW HOPE OF BRITISH INDUSTRY,

LEY SYDNEY H. NORTH-]. .....

An industrial crisis has been brought about by the increase of 6, a tea in the price of coal. The situation created by abnormally high prices and uncertain supplies is one of the inevitable heritages, of the war. Industry is looking for a way out, and muy find it in the substitu- tion of oil for coal.

The rapil sweep of Jellicoe's battle- ships down the North Sea to aid Beatty is his onslaught in the battle of Jutland was made possible only by using oil as the driving power behind the leviathans of defence. Speed was the essence of war operations on sea and on land, and for quick clean, economical service oil is the fuel pre-eminent. This was gene rally known before the war, but the war

has emphasised the facts in unmistakable terms Oil has been the driving power

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THE VOICE OF COMMON SENSE.

ALLIANCE,"

The Executive Council of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Enion has passed

e following resolution:-

in nearly every unit of the British Navy A DENUNCIATION OF THE TRIPLE during these momentous four and a half years, from the battleship down to the diminutive but einble launch. The tank, that terrifying engine of destruction, was driven by od; the tun was draen back and his power shattered by means of oil" If any evidence were required to estab. lish the power and quility of oil the war has furnished it.

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That as a protes against thy policy adopted by pertain leaders of the Triple Alliance for the intinuation of Parlia ment. this Executive Council of the National Sailors and Firemen's Union of Grat Britain and Ireland refuses to exercise its right of taking part in the proposed conference and asserts that the members of the union will not Be Lond by any of the resolutions of the confe

ende.

It has done more than this, for the ald septicism as to the reliability of oil supplies has revived its quietus." The ilfelds of the world responded in a wonderful way to the urgent and unpre I will be recalled that the Tiniple cedented demands. made on. them Alaner, having failed to infer the Mexico, Persia, Egypt, and California, Paglianirutary Committee of the Trades among others, have proved what hage for Congress to call a special congress stores of oil they possess, while there existun" the question of a strike to enforce other vast tracts of country throughout certain political deands, devided to con the world as yet untouched. There need vene a cimlerenci of its constituent bodies he little fear of the exhaustion of supply, in London to come to a division on diret The village has, only just dawnach," and action.” at a time when commerce calls for speed. economy and efficiency as the three.cardi.men's Union state that, as part of the

Bal principles

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Tay Conncil of the Sailors' und Fire-

Alliance, they never understand that the influence of the Alliance was to be used in political directions. Feeling that they would be outnumbered at the conference proposed to be held by the Alliance. and that they could not recommen of the en men to take the drastic action suggested

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le the coming years the race will go to the swift and to the eficient. To compete successfully, in the markets of the world our transport services, inland and oversen, juust be speeded up, must run far more economically. Our in- silar prejudices have wedded us to coal, the lenders of the Alliance, the execu the most theconomica? at the most is decided that the most effective pro inefficient fuel. except wood by peat, that test they could make would be to abstain nature has prodigally provided as with frongattending the day fereure, Nature, however, is not to be blamed for BLACK DAY YOUR LABOLTİ. this. Is there any other mineral in the| world drawn from its native earth, and Mr. David Gilmour, of the Scottish used or misused, in its natural, state, Miners Froeration, addressing a meeting as is cral! It is the repository of vald Tower bill. Shuid a revolutionary up- able products, which we, in our unscienaval sich s was osuggested by the tifie inethogs, allow to go to waste. For Triple Allianer meant the mination of tunately, it is found in that form in

the whole entry and starvation within which, to use it at all for power produs Fortnight. I stood for the sensible tion, it cannon be so fingrantly wasted.

bey of litnining better conditions for Our of our trading authorities on the workers by agreement; Eve now there Subject asserts that 1,300 tons of oil will as room for improvement in wages, and until the cost of fiying was lowered carry a vessel for more rapidly and for a far greater distance than will 5.500 tons

to the werking man's capacity for pay- of text. In a motur ship a ton of oitent, there would be unrea

The people who had preached" Pera:

will be as much work as from four thy negotiation were now preaching in five tons of coal, and this is the power strial war without negotiation, and if we need and must have d's, the driving our world-wide trade was to be killed farve for our negosies of commerëe.

PRACTICAL INSTANCES. J.

One of the latest pustor ships, a vessel

it would mean a black day for tabour esprétilly in London. It would be a marter and selfish pulley that would

ef 10,000 tons dencweight enpacity, colorcup the selling price of coal run from London to Australia and mor wo think the poor of London could not get than halfway back without replenishing the rare to keep the bone fires burning Berbil stores. The San Eduardo, an oil

in winter. A basis bad been made for tanker of 9,000 tons deadweight capacity, Pruger conditions. All elusses desired, to made the Voyage to Mexico and back perauin reconstruction, and it was in eight lays quicker than when running is present duty at any rate to help a under coal. The French torpedo-boat

movement that was going to save their Bouvet was able to rescue the crew of which were fout by foot bringing us prae country from revolutionary elements H.M.S Triumph in the Dardanelles etically into the position of Russia. Re enuse she was run on ci fuef, which gave volation meant blowland 50 years of her a far higher turn, of speed than if; unsettlement. she had been burning epal:

Mr. Gilmour complained that

the

If we are successfully to combat inimiiners, railwaymen and transport work mical conditions at home, due to the era had not been chosalted with referenc attitude of inbour; if we are to speed to the conference and demanded that up the transport of goods and materials every worker should have ballet vote. from this country to foreign markets. nay, if we are to avert the disaster of our ships running at a loss of not at all,

DEPARTMENT.

of must be adopted as the power pro NEW HEAD OF OVERŠEAS TRADE ducer. America, with its enormous in- dustrial potentialities, is very much alive to the striking advantages of oil, and is energetically auting,, on this fact. No fewer than 200 motor ships are in course of construction in that country; Italy and Norway and other countries deing likewise on a smaller scale.

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Colonel Sir Hamar Greenwood, M.P., who succeeds Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland at the head of the Overseas Trado De partment, is a courageous man. He wil fight the wild beasts of Ephesus, and These nations are recognising that sea go the way of Sir

either subdue the permanent officials or transport must be carried out with great way about him, and having a fine diges Arthur He has a er expedition; that speed is the dominat tion, a merry twinkle in his eye, and a ing inetor in the new trade conditions Canadian accent, he may succeed in doing of the world. What saved the country the impossible and develop the British

war m save us our great peace consular service as it should be. offensive. If we can rid ourselves of araar bas our best wishes. He needs dificulting by the adoption of oil power,

them it must be done.

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There is no physical reason why we which they can call between England and tional supply, about twenty oil depots at should not resort to oil as the driving Japan. From Japan to England, vid the power in all our overseas traffic; there Pacific and Panama, there are aa masy exisis now no engiheering, difficulty to more oil depots, each and all thoroughly bar the way, We can reduce expendi equipped and supplied with fuel oil to ture; we can increase the bulk of our replenish the tanks of any number of cargoes; we can deliver our goods with yessels that need it. greater rapidity, not only by attaining greater actual speed, but by cutting out subject enough. has been said to prove Briefly as I have traversed this vital the many hours uselessly wasted on coal that the future success of our averzens ing by substituting oil for coal.

trade depends largely on the speeding For the next few years we are likely up of our transport and of our decision to have a considerable amount of trouble to eat out those systema and materials with coal supplies and prices. This will which make for waste and inefficiency. no doubt drive our shipping companies By clinging to the coal-fired furnace we towards a much wider adoption of oil are perpetuating these follies, risking the for power production. Having filled loss of trade, and playing into the banda thei: oil tanks before leaving this coun- of our rivals, and oup.zivals will be more try, ships have, if they require an addi- numerous and more energetic than before

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