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THORNKORON

Jons I. THORSYCIUFT & Co., LIMITED,

SHIPBUILDERS AND EXCIX214,

LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BASINGSTOKE.

Shanghai Office: 65, Szechuen Road:

MARINE MOTORS AND MOTOR BOATS.

MOTOR LIGHTING AND PUMPING SETS. SHALLOW DRAFT, STEAMERS.

THORNYCROFT CIL FUEL SYSTEM.

Commercial, High-speed and Pleasure Craft.

THORNYCROFT WATER-TUBE

BOILERS,

THORNYCROFT MOTOR VEHICLES.

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Our Motor Engineer sad our Naval Architect, bosh Thornycrofa experts, now resident in Shanghai, will give attention to all inquiries.

Early deliveries can be made of 13-b.b. 30bhpy bhp, and 2.70-6Kp. Kerosene Marius Engines.

R. R. ROXBURGH,

Manager for China.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THE HONGKONG - DAILY PRESS,” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2717, 191S.

IN Manufactures the most Important Faith is Improvement, and in Dietetica

less, Science-always insists on these Maxima.

Groundhut or Peanut Oil can be med sigbatitate for Olive Oil, Butter

Lard, but when Slightly Dirty is injurious to bealth.

In China, by the Ordinary Methods Extraction, Dirt and Dust are mot

Anil New Methods Scrupulous Cleanliness is Amured.

Our Machinery during the Process Filter the Oil while our Factory is Free from Dust. Our Oil-in Ciler, Sweet and Fragrant, and Compares mic

other Olli used for Culinary purposes ::

there is no residua

TRADE MARKEVIN M

LEGISKATHEN URGENTLY

MAN BEFUSAL TO BLOCKADE RUSSIA.

The following the text of the German reply to the proposal that Germany should take part in the blockade of Soviet

A series of cases in the Shanghai Mixed Court has recently again brought the vexed

subject of trade marks much to the fore writes the Feking correspondent of the Times in the Trade Supplement. There is no trade mark law in China, inproved in words and in deade that it is German Government has always consequence of which foreign goods are widely copied and base imitations faisted the Chinese public, with disastrous un results to the fame of the marks or **chops.

firma di tinguish their goods.

tally conscious of the great danger of all peoples by the spread of Bol- threatening the culture and economic life shevisme German Government Las experienced

EASTERN EUROPE

MARKETS.

GOODS DESTAND.

In the present autumn season Creche

Slovakia will be in a position to expo the following quantities of sugart- 123,000 tons from Moravia and Bohemia and 30,000 tons from Slovakia. The French steamer Canters Latour has trived at Bordeaux with 1.883 tons of considerable Commanist

qit | Bohemian sugar, fîå Hamburg. movements in its own country, which it only sufferert, for reasons, which

has successfully overcome. It was thus in good harvest of all cereals, particn pear. Some degres of redress is possible position to learn by experience the larly of wheat, barley, and oats, is anti- because in the Mackay Treaty af1909 causes of origin and spread of Bol-ipated over 300,000 aapes having been there is a

is a clause which imposes on

by which British are the principal sufferers, in fact al

by e

the ap

China vist das In view of this

experi

AUCTIONS ***

PUBLIO ADĊTIONS,

BY APPOINTMENT. HUGHES AND HOUGH, ADUZIONÉEKS TO TER- COTIEKEĽNÝ AND

ADHINA

General Auctioneers,

Share, Coal and General. Froduce Brokers

the obligation to afford protection to British trade marks against infringe ment, imitation, or colourable imitation Germany by the Allied, and Associated Durpose of erecting saw mill, ia Blovakia' by Chinese subjecta

No, regalations, Powers do not appear to the German and exporting the timber produced however, as to the nature of the protec Government to correspond with the pur-Ga factories centring around Gab rion to be given were published

In the years 1918-16 proceedings were

pose aimed at. F- taken in some 30 cases in the Mixed Courts in the various treaty, ports, which injunctions were obtained against sellers of fraudulent imitations,

The Undersigned have received instruc-

(For Account of the Concerned), On TUESDAY. December 30th 1918, 401030,, at No. 17, Chatham Road, Kowloon,

THE SUNDSTY years experielled all the borrible effectslag for exports on a large scale. Th

The Germsa people during the last few long are working day and night prepar VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. of hunger blockade. knows under this blockade the first to suffer Vacuum Oil, & branch of the Standard

thersin contained, including: were the non-combatants women and Company, has made a contract with Blackwood Furniture, large Brass Bed- children, the old and the sick it also the Czecho Slovakian Government and chead (practically new) Fumed Teakwood Furniture Marble Clock, Electric Fittings, tained a monopoly for the whole of this dig, do Republic,

ence the German Government regarda it own. A French company with a capital against Balaberist Rusia proposed to arits duty to point out that the measures of 2,000,000. has been established for thations to sell by Public Auction,

NAR

anes and short terma of imprisows that the blockade produced favour.

being inflicted in some cases. ally the Chinese authorities

&

obatractive, but, on the whale, they showed | ground fosabe growth of Boltherian readiness to move. In 1916 the Board

in is to be feared that the pro- Tarafore pr Agriculture and Commeron, in conse

blodmade of

Will have quence of representations from the Batimilar affect

Coercive |mtagares tiab Legation, issued instructions to th

ky foreign countries provincial authorities to warn the people the interests of re-action, which is hated are always regarded in Russia sa serving fast the counterfeiting of foreign trade by all: Russian democratic elements even marks and wrappers for illicit profit was more

than Bolshevism. Thas one of the injurious to the reputation eign manufacturers concerned, and dis- the democratie elements from fighting

Tault of

the blockade would be to divert couraging industries,” but still

against Bolshevism. The anti-Bolsharist in the shape current has more deeply extended into

the

of the fur

to the went of native

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Fail Particulare · from- Catalogue), On view 28th inst. from #pa

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, December 23yd, Jala 2014 The Undersigned have served instrue

Finland is an easy buyer of oils, flour chemicala, millinery, perfumery, wines, most of these articles were exported by preserved food and coffee. Hitherto Germany Timber to the extens of 1,000,000 standards is ready for delivery Large quantities of tar are being offered. and paper at the rate of 200,000 tons p-a-obs to sell by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Concerned), On TUESDAY alan wareB are unobtainable

in December 30, 1919, commencing 2.30 r.M.

Road, Corner of Ice House Street, A LARGE QUANTITY OF VALUABLE GOLD, JEWELLERY AND

SILVER WARE

Compris gr

öf regulations ordering files if the workmen, than appears on Warsaw. Optical good have, increased, 4thgir Bales; Rooms. No & You

These

cases of violati Food doct however, bad a good

the

Patron Bot by

and this current can only be in-price by 1,500 per cent Colonial prò- of Russia, but by homie isola dure of every description is urgently re- helping the quired. France and Holland are export- life. Only by re-establishing inter- in immanse quantities, and England has restoration of Russia's ruined economising soft goods, clothing, and underlinen national communications, which are so sold 3,000,000 metres of unbleached mate indispensable for the peaceful reconstrucial to Poland. There is a unabated tion of Europe, can the hope-be enter demand for machinery. tained that Russia's political life will

and resulted tro in many Proclamations concluding in the ude "old" manner Lee "all- tremble, and oboy. One recited the case of cigarettes of inferior quality being packed in wrap pers of a well-known brand, and warned merchan's against mixing her eyes with pearls

be brought up to the standard of other There is no limit to the quantity of

European democraine

atti

in Brodales, Locke, Charms Tie lips Neck Chaine de do. a number of Gold Several 18-Kt Gold Watches, Chains Bangles,

Rings set with Diamonds and other Pre- cious Stones, Silver Toa Services Toilet Sets, Flower Holders Orosnan's, Lady's Bliver Chain Bags and Parses, do,

(Full Partioners from Catalogue) On view day of salo TERMS 2- Cast,

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

The Undersigned have received

Creared in-truc- 1-5.(For Account of the Concerned), * OF WADINESDAY,

ARTICLES COMMONLY ·İMİTATED. The articles commonly imitated are

nhemical pharmaceutical, and medical candies, cigarettes, and, particularly, The German Government would also products, machinery of every description, sopa, while there are cases relating to like to point out that, according to gen and colonial products that Rusia, can biscuits pink pills, aingiate, handkereral international principles, and especi-absorb Southern Russia requires linen chief, eta Of the three recent Shanghai lly according to the articles of the future and cotton goods thread, clothing, tes, cases, two dealt with soap and toilet League of Nations, the present circum-coffee, and sugar, paper, machinery, and crearo, and, in each, perpetual injunctions stances do not provide a justification for medical and surgical applicances, and were obtained and an order for delivery tithe proc above-mentioned reasons the the oils, potash,, kobacco, cattle, bristles, tions to sell by Public Auction,

abjorkade of Russian export leather alcobel, vise naph of the goods concerned for destruation.. For the The plaintiffs, however, had to pay their German Government maintains ita awn costs and got little satisfaction, for tude of non-intervention in the internal manganese, horsehair, and skins. while they have succeeded in putting affairs of Russia not only on principle, hital, and surgical articles is very great, The demand for medical, pharmaceu stop to the retail sale in Shanghai of bat because it believes that this polier and in order to facilitate the parchase of imitations of their

they cannot is also justified from & practical? point follow up imitacions distributed through of How. Besides the Participation of goods a special bank for the purpose has out the provinces and take similar action Germany in the blockade proposed by the been established, the "Bangne des Phar possibly hundreds of times over? That is Allied Associated Powers would maciens de Roumaine, with a capital of one of the gree

dihenities as regard scarce be of any importance from 5,000,000f, fully paid, and Arms-able and trade marks in China that the state of fine political and economic point of view, willing to supply goods are invited to indiciar

such that a trade mark lawse Russia is alreedy blockaded make their offers direct. - Burzania. Įis enacted would, in the cade, oven racle-chance of enforcement Powers, and of the land there will be sure of everything, a

beginning at any

the Allied and Associated bare of everything, and it is almost super- outside the Treaty Ports.

Dammon Rosso-German frontier after the Face Treaty comes into force.

The

the

before the the

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December 31st, 1919, commencing at, 18 Noon athein Sales Botine Noce, Der Vaux Boad, Corner of Ice House Street, One Pointım kg, 8 months old

AND One Fox Terrier Biteb, 3 months old.' Tess:-Cab.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

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at: 2.30 F *Des Voeux

Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Double hemstitched Sheets, Linen Damask

The Undersigned have received instrue The third Bhanghai case is of parti

Machinery and tubing, agricultural ions to sell by Fublic Auction, cular interest, for in it the origin of the The German Government is prepared to tractors, motors from 10 10 900 p,

(For Account of the Concerned, imitated article. was disclosed. Usually Participate in

all questions, of universal chemical and pharmaceutical articles Jaanary

TUESDAY, action is taken only against the vendor of

importance and to assist in any proscryed foods, hand and electic fire offending goods, owing hot then likely to achieve their purpose. But it petrol are all urgently required in Adela A few Lots of at their comman mesures agitst Bolshevism which are lifts and boista, clothing, furniture, and culty of getting at the mufacturer. this see, however, the

must guarded against!" "Our Method ahowa, a grostädvance. By the use of New Machinery :1⁄2 Mixed Court, reported the fact to the Powers est-only be successfully car bacco and opium, as well as minerale Table Clotha, Turkish) ace. Towels, Bath

when summoned to 'spose oiler Point out that co-operation between donis. Olive oil, soaps and skins, to-

fied out its besides the recognition of such as chrome, magnesia, zinc, silver Towels, Embroidered Bedspreads and Table Japanese fr

from which be obtained common interests, respect and loyal manganese, and iron pyrites are ready for Covers, the goods, and they wrote him a letter acknowledgment of their mutual rights is early export.

follows: The undersigned on March amured. It

cannot, bowever, be said that 13th: sold to Mesara Tung, Chang-tsi rve these conditions exist at present, in view: Turkey and Bulgaria will eventually and Suit Lase

One Wardrobe Trunk, two Bellow Valises cases of handkerchiefz, each case contain of the fact that, whilst the Allied and present opportunities for almost unlimitToPrisatie Binoculars. Briss Jardinieres ing 300 dozana, and marked Marimura Associated. Powers propose to Germany ed exploitation, but it would be premia and Vases, Tennis Sets and Fales, &c., de hereby asumes

company het she should participate in the block tare and unwise for the moment to cater Trading Co., Donsibility for ade of Russia, they are, actually applying into actual mines relations--l'imies. difficulties arising out of the disposal of the policy of blockade to the German,

Food Signed MORINURA TRADING costs and German ships.

the proceedingsites proved that the handkerchiefs in question were an inferior imitation of all known brand belonging to a British Erm, while the boxes in which they were tained were an "almost aráct replies of those need by the plaintiff The Judge specially commented on the fact that the LARGE STOCK IS NOW REPLETE initation was so close se to include the WITH THE MOST FABETONABLE & planting Regd. Trade Mark No. STYLISH FLOOR MATS MATTING 129172" thereby occlusively proving LI STRAW CARPETS,

Fraudulent intention. the defendant hoped to deflect liability from themselves to the Morimura,Trading Company; but

Prices are moderate so as, to indiscs béry tunisiegac

alysis is always given before Shipmets to foreign Countries.

NAH CHẤU OIL, FACTORY, Ofice--No. 27, Queen's Road Central, HONGKONG, Tel 1808

Factory--NdKwailin Street, SAMSHUPO Thi Sole Proprietorship of this concern belönigs entirely to & Camelo Citizen.

SANG MOW'S

Price cannot be reduced for a long time to come in anything where labor is the important factor, skilled wages are on the sere£as rather than otherwise #bsterial' plays but a small part in the making of various mettings. That is why we buy the

grassed available and take such care in the handling and curing of them. OUR elections are represented by a large stock of all kinds of mats made by expert makers and killed artists combine to give our customers the anish and

Zora od kocir own choosing for sách rooma hoy nuti,

Charming Sets on Exhibition at:-ek:

SANG MOW,

in this were disappointed, the Judge hole ing, them liable as an agentet for what is characterized as "

piracy judgment, went no further than granting ting te perpetual, injunction, and delivery for

in Japanese Consular

SILVER CRISIS.

PARIS AND LOCAL *- NOTES.

(All are new Goods). (Fall. Particular from Catalogue); Terms: Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH, PrAnezionodra

but so far as Japanese are concerned in China, as the British merchant in China.

The Undersigned have re dived instruc tions to sell by Public Auction, would have recourse against Japanese

To close the stable door after the hors (For Acconist of the Concerned), mitatars world be open to any Japanese to jump the case of the disappearance of silver January 6th 1000 commenting at 2.30 P.M., Courts. Under the other system it has fed is rather a late measure, but in

ON TUES in with a colourable or even an exact money' in France it is to be hoped that the Salesybooms No. 8, D. Yaus". imitation of British trade marks, register all metal currency has not escaped abroad, USATUL TROUSEHOLD BURNITURE ing them in his own name, whereafter

TAB SOr of on Fig Street,

and also in Ching, or in any other coun Position would be good at low in Japan, and that the greater part still remains

his

biect to extra-territoriality Until this country. In consequence of the and Great Britain come to sa present scare, no doubt by far the larger Agreement on the subject, British trade in portion is momentarily held back from China must: contifice to suffer severely circulation. Yet stringent measufer

Japanese imitations * As regards

against the exportation of the precious

İciet

GLASS PEASED WARE

A small Consignment of INDIAN CARPETS and RUGS,

Large Tapestry covered Chestar fald Botan ocasional Mides/Upload Baite, Terk wood Bedroom Furniture comprising -Bed Sideboards, Danda dum (fumed Tes steads, large and small Wardrobes Dressing skwood), Sideboards, Dinner Waggong Bay ation Din- 16%

Mervices,

plaintiffs thur secuted draft the has frequently, ambmitted metalfars both warranted and sell and: "Armchair yeme :) Folding Card and destruction section ofs 21 bozes; found, Powery interested, but then have noti

of proposed trademark law to the undoubtedly a certain proportion has only the while the remaining 1,479 dozens of hand with acceptance, for the reason that in een melted down

abroad, Fone kerchiefs are in use somewhere to the them has always been adopted the Japan railway officials and motor; bus

and more still,

ti, perhaps, "has Tradespeople, lice. discredit of their brand. The vendors Principle of priority of registration refuse paper money. Feople must have lose, only the 31 dozen, while the manu which can never accord with the interests the amount ready in silver or bronze for 'bus collectors, facturing.frm gets off, soot free. fof countries in which industry has long nickel. This state of things is a growing

been established.

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inconvenience in all monetary dealings. Cod Chairs Dinn

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Victrole, One Gam (Fall Particular from Catalogue)

HUGHES & HOUGH, 1

Cooker, One perennis Balls, & dec..

DAIRY FARM NEWB

UNSATISZACIDAY POSITION. --This animisfactory result is due to the

NO CHINEE PATENT LAW, absence of any arrangements between Nox is there any patent law in China, henceforward crime which will be Tomelt silver-mones into bar silver in

Plated Great Britain and Japan regarding trade although the necessity for its enactment, severely, repressed Moreover, nickel

Bending marks in ChinaTrade marks, legisla on account of the Chinesa skill and bronze money will be issued in consider Black Wood Fire Screens, En, Side

Berben Sunday Black tion in China would not give's Bish adaptability in engineering, is becoming able extra quantities to the value of Chairs, Cabinets Fiatures & Carpets new

wood Barn hr ground for action against a Japan increasingly spparent. The engineering £160,000, making the total of base coin and second-based) Crising, e ese firm selling inflations of British goods colleges are turning out elever engineers age in circulation £3,750,000 to China for under the peretion o of extra territoriality all foreigners are to their own country and worthy of pro- except with the authority of the

who are likely to evolve methods suitable mission on exchange

forbidde exempt from Chinese law Eetween tection elsewhere. The Chinese, are at the Minister, when going abroad to take more 17A, Queen's Road Central, HONGKONG.ch an drrangement, so that an Ameri

Japan and the United States there is point when they are liahle at any moment French or foreign, with each person. As

then

1,000 francs worth of paper money, Telephone No. 2007

to begin maanlacturing legislation for I have already mentioned, every traveller

machinery on who has registered his trade

their own account, and Japan con take action” în" a "Japanese [1568 Courular Court against Japanese infring

protection of foreign patents is leaving French territory must not take ing "American trade marks Tu Chins & Literary copyright is another thing currency.

obviously desirable in foreign interests away more than ten, francs in metal similar arrangement exists between urgently requiring protection in China Will the Chamber of Commerce of Japan and France Forming years

thi has been a

At present the Government gives protes Paris, in imitation of the provinces, issue a difficulty

Betil Japanese in China, the

tion only to books, specially prepared for little money notes of the value of 60 Fatty and

freely the use and education of the Chinese centimes, one franc, and two france? is imitating Britüh goods and the former

Valuable scientific Works, pubs question often asked. A certain num- baving" no means "of "redres except by fished in Europe at great cost are now ber of these notes already exist und obtaining an injunction against Chinese being reprinted word for word in China, might, it is said, be put immediately where they command a.confiderable gale, into circulation, but it in doubtful if can be obtained only at considerable at prices far below, there prevailing in there are many. The Chamber of Com expence it a Lew points. All attempts to the country of origin. This is an injus merce of Paris studied the question of come to terms with Japan on the subject tice to foreign publishers which cannot issuing notes early in the war. A certain have failed became the British ment have always stood, das for perem but greatly increase dis education spreads number were engraved, and now being

the demand. kind Son of the principle of priority of her of educational is well at medical and they are the delight of collectors while the Japanese refuse to regize ecientific works increases. Ir relation

was stopped in the beginning anything but priority, of registration

to of September, 1914, and the blocks which all of these three subjects, trade marks, served, to engrave the first prools wäre Under, the system proposed by the patents, and copyright, it is high time broken up. The matter has not been realiha- any long-established British trade mar that the Powers interested should make considered since then, and the issue of would hold the fold me only, in Japan combined representation to the Chinese these local notes does not seem to be fore

(Continued at foot of next colums.)-

Government,

New

ENGLISH BATHS vendors, relief which, s, has been shown,

Just Received

at Reduced Prices due to High Exchange

E WARREN & CO., LTD.

Vaux Boad, Central

seen

CHRISTMAS ORDERS

for HAMS, TURKEYS GEESE, SE DUCKS POULTRY

SAUSAGE MEAT

should be sentim as earlyas

TO AVOID DISASTOLL 122ZARZANDY