Directory_and_Chronicle_1933 — Page 601

REUTER'S TELEGRAM CO., LTD.

E. E. Clark, agent

WEIHAIWEI-TSINGTAO (KIAOCHAU)

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S. K. Tsung, works manager

W. S. Sung,

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S. K. Wong,

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SIN JELLY-BELLY & Co., Naval Tailors-

Liukungtao

J. K. Chu, manager

司公易

新三

Sun sing mou yi kung sze

SUN SING TRADING Co., Importers and

Exporters of Linen, Flax, Silk, Em-

broideries, Laces, Hoses, Tea-pots, Hair-net, Pongee Silk, Shantung Products-7, The Bund; Cable Ad: Sunsing Weihaiwei

Weihaiwei Handiwork Co., mgrs.

and proprietors

H. F. Tsung, signs per pro.

S. L. Chi, sales manager

社工織編綉刺新威

Wei sing sze sui pien chih kung cho

WEIHAIWEI HANDIWORK Co., Manufac turers and Exporters of Embroi- deries, Laces, Hoses, Tea-pots, Sil- ver Wares, Hair-net, Pongee Silk, Shantung Products-91, North St., City, Weihaiwei; Cable Ad: Wei- sing

S. S. Handley, managing director S. C. Huang, general manager Y. C. Huang, sub.-manager S. M. Chang, export manager T. S. Chi, sales

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K. C. Tung,

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WEI-HAI-WEI IMPORT AND EXPORT Co.,

(successors Weihaiwei Wine Import Co.),

Wholesale Merchants-The Bund; Cable

Ad: Tailai

Y. J. Lee

F. C. Lee

Agencies

McEwan-Younger Ld. Gande, Price, Ld.

WEIHAIWEI LIGHTER Co.

Lavers & Clark, managers

WEIHAIWEI MISSION PRESS

A. Whitelaw, manager

勝永

Yung Sheung

YOUNG KING & Co., Army and Navy

Contractors, General Storekeepers The Bund; Teleph. 16

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C. Y. Wong

S. T. Lee

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W. C. Lin

Branch-Liu Kung Tao

W. K. Chi

YUEN CHONG & Co., Naval and Military Contractors-Liukungtao; Cable Ad:

Yuenchang

C. L. Chang, manager

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TSINGTAO (KIAOCHAU)

州膠 Kiáu-chari

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Tsingtao, situated at the entrance to Kiaochau Bay in Shantung, was occupied by a German squadron on November 14th, 1897, in consequence of the murder of two German missionaries, and Germany obtained from China a lease of the territory for the term of 99 years When the great war in Europe broke out in 1914, Japan, under the terms of her treaty of alliance with Great Britain, intervened because the peace of the Far East was menaced by the German occupation of Kiacchau, inasmuch as the Colony constituted a naval base for operations in the East against the shipping and territories of the countries with whom Germany was at war. Shortly after the out- break of the war Japan advised Germany to disarm all her armed vessels in Chinese and Japanese waters, and to hand Kiaochau over to Japan with a view to its eventual restoration to China. Germany returned no reply to this comminication. Consequently, on August 23rd, Japan declared war

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