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THORNYCROFT

JOHN I THORNeonor & Co., IMITED,

AND ENGIFTIN,

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ONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BASINGSTO

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Commercial, High-speed and Pleasure Craft.

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Our Motor Engineer and of Naval Architect, both" · "Thornycroft experts, now resident in Shanghai, will give attention to all inquires.

Early deliveries can be made, of 15-bhp, 20bhp, 45ờbh.p, and 70-bh.p. Kerosene Marine Engines.

„RK ROXBURGH,

Manager for China

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

MOTOR DEPARTMENT.

Distributors for

COLE DODGE & OLDSMOBILE Cars,

FEDERAL Trucks-FISK Tires,

HARLEY-DAVIDSON

Motorcycles. ARROW, BRENNAN, JACOBSEN, MELTZ RED WING, ROBERTS & VENN- SEVERIN Marine engines.

We. stock Spare Parts also carry a complète Ine of Auto-Accessories and Motorboat Fittings.

Motor Car Storage and

Repairs of all descriptions under Huñopšan supervision.

Re-painting a speciality...

Inquires and Inspection Invited.

Call at our Motor Garage

No. 7, Rassell St...

Phone 659:

New Stock

of

THE HONGKONG DAILY

ENGLISH BATHS

Just Received

at Reduced Prices

; :

due to High Exchange

C. E. WARREN & CO.. LTD.

Na 30-31, Des Voeux Road, ̈Centrál

from

NOBLES

ENGLAND

Direct from the Factory to your Ho

Home

Buy all your Dress Requirements and Household Goods from the great British Mail-order House. You will be delighted with the quality and workmanship of the goods, the up-to-date and attractive styles, and the low prices, You can be smartly dressed and yet be coonomical if you purchase all you need from Noble's. The New 68 page Catalogue.

Fost Free from the "Hong Kong Daily Prem," Hong Kong (this saves you the time taken in writing to Englandin the first place). Schlipay for thly beautifully us trated catalogue you will find it full of interest and value. It shows you how you can buy all, Wendly Apparel for me, women, and children, and your Household Requirements at factory prices, thus saving money on avatý purchase,

Some of the articles inûstrátéð:

Tallor Made Costumes

Leslie Frocks and Cont Frocks

Skins-and Underskirts Bloccer, Misery

Conis, Sport Corin

Undment?

Exby Linen

School Coats Hans Cape, Footwear

Ready-to-Wear Sal

Made to Marae Suits Overcoate, Waterpronës Bedding; Lidens

· Clipan, Cartil Napery, Cutle

PATTERNS. John Nohis, Fan, will gladly and Empleadied aplocion eg:41. pástermuję Foss, Hawn ; eta application in Manchester, REMITTANCES) should wherever possible he went by Money Order by 'Bank Draft; payable at

sight on London or Manchester,”--

JOHN NOBLE LTD Manchester, England

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"THUBADAY, 'DBOSNUDE İSİM, 1918

HONGKONG

HOTEL

NEW ERA OF "AGRICULTURE

PRIME MINISTER FORESHADOWS THE GOVERNMENT 8: POLICY.

In redemption of a pledge given to agricultural members of the Hours of GREAT SUCCESS OF THE CLEVER Commons, the Prime Minister on October

ENTERTAIERES

Misty in Chaton Hall,' Westminster, "dut-] "ALLAMEN AND DORIB WOODS lined the policy of the Government with

WHO WILL APPEAR reference to agriculture before a large, representative, and, as Mr. Lloyd George truly said, a unique gathering of every EA section of the industry; from landlord to inim labourer,

The audience, over which Lord Les of Farabam presided, was drawn from wil parts of the country, the meeting having been organised by the Board of Agsical ture Judging by the demonstration at the conclusion of Mr. Lloyd George's speech--which took an hour and ten minute in delivering the whole audience. was well satisfied with the polley of the Government.

Mr. Lloyd George had an early oppor tunity of testing the attitude of the meet- ing. Having told his listeners what Ger- many and Lenmark had been able to do in increasing the fertility of the soil, he ventured on the comment that it showed

DANSANTS

TO-DAY

(Thursday), December 18th.

Entrance to Dance Room 82. Hotel Residents $1.r

what could be done by a real partnership DAIRY between the Stats and an industry where the State helps without meddlierome-

Desa,

The phrase was instantly seized,

apon By the audience, and

J. EL: TAGGAET

·Manager.

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FARM NEWS

chicera were raised. Having emphaned OHRISTMAS ORDERS

the vital need of raising agriculture to the position, which it ought to occupy na the greatest of our industries, the Prime Minister set forth the main

of his Pestled policy giving security to for agriculture, which includ

the farmer ever a period of years for in- creased cost of production, and security of tenure. He appealed to labourers not to seek to drive too bard a bargain owing to labour shortage. The main points of his speech were:-

pe we will begin a new era in the redations of the State with the greatest and most important of the country's industries,

Neglect of this essential industry brought- this land to the very verge of a great disaster:

I Germany had neglected her agriculture as we did ours, she would have collapied within a year.

You cannot take any more chances of the kind again..

for

HAMS, TURKEYS, GEESE,

DUCKS, POULTRY, SAUSAGE MEAT,

ke, key&c. &c.

should be sent in as early as possible

TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

S. K. TSAN & CO. ́HÔNGRONG "A"SWATOW.

We must not put in the way of ady pos-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IZ

sible future enemy the temptation that it cap starve, ua.

It is computed that you could raise in this country £160,000,000 worth of food coma- modities now brought from abroad.

If you increase agricultural production you will render as great is service to the coun- try as any trade or industry can render. For

The Corn Production Act increased pro- duction, enabled the farmer to pay higher wages at reduced bours, helped the Britch sovereign, stimulated the employment of labour-aaring machinery, and all without the lone

of a penny to the State. There has never been a more success? statutory experiment,

Joe

We must go forward; how is it to bo doże? You must have settled policy.

The first condition is surity to the cul tivator.

There must be some forin of guarantee. There must be guarantees by the State, the Findlord, the farmer, and the Iabouret."

The guarantee of the State ́úmst: häve reference to the increased coet of production and cover a sufficient period of years.

Confidence is the best fertiliser of the soil.

Swatow Drawn Thread Work, Canton Embroidery, Grass Gloth Filet, Cluny, Point Grochet Lace

'and Silk

nas été., etc. ROAD CASTELL HONGKONA

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Landlords, at any rate, have not been a Everything for the Motorist

profiteering class. They have responded, to

Their

appeal.

**bardena lite enormously incrassed,

and, therefore, I am afraid land sales are not

A temporary phenomenon....

There are two cases where the FarmLETS

needs special protection.

It is proposed that he should be secured in his tenancy unless the land is sold for public purposes or he is a bad cultivator.

When notice to quit is given in "arder to raise rent, the tenaney shall not be affected, but the new rent shall be fixed either by agreement or else by an arbitrator.

The guarantee of the farmer is that ho will do his best to increase production. There is no room for the slackar.

labourer has been guaranteed a minimum wage, and his hours have been. shortened.

I appeal to the labourer to help in cul firation to the utmost, of his power.

palle will make a mistake if he drives too- hard

a bargain.

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1.1kmk him not to insist up conditions. which will make national production impos rible.

Co-operation is the word for capital and

is all industrien.

Increased capital expenditore i is necessary. Credit facilities are required.

Also transport facilities and co-operation on the part of farmers,

Scientião Sta alá, such as Government demonstration. ems, distribution of good sires, and the promotion of intensive cultiva, tion is of first-rate importañóc, th

I should like to see strong, bold "repr taken to lure the population back to the and be new

More costages are wanted, with land at- Fached.

You must make the villages attra

EX-SOLDIER TN OHAINS VIBITS THE PREMIER,

Aman wearing the Royal Artillery Badge presented himself at 10 Downing, street a few weeks ago and handed it petition to the Prize Minister. Fes. tooged about his neck, round bis wriste, and on his ankles, he wore rusty chains, similar to those used for trace horses.

It is understood thist his petition had reference to the condition of discharged soldiers, and alleged that the promises held out to serving men during the war had not been fulfilled now that they had Freturned to civil life, and that, in conse quence, some of this were in distro His lotter was well written and his behaviour left nothing to be desired. The chains were apparently intended to symbolism a condition of servitude, against which be and other ex-soldiers protested borav

An undertaking was given to submit bis petition to the proper quarter, and he withdrew, "

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HONGKONG.

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