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NOTICE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 94, 1916.

EXPANDED METAL

› FOR PLASTER WORK AND REIKFORGED CONCRETE, CONSTECTION

USED

IN

NUMEROUS

IMPORTANT

WORKS

IN

FOR

FLOOR.

ROOF,

FOUNDATION.

WALL

·ETC.

GREAT BRAITIN and AMERICA. STOCK LIST, PAMPHLETS, AED, PRICES DE APPLICATION. Quetioen for description of Machioncy or Engineering Plantion application-co

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Machinery Dept.

DREGON PINE LUMBER.

LARGE STOCK OF ALL SIZES ON HÅND.

UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.

CONTRACTORS TO HIS MAJESTY'S HAVE.

HOTELS

THE HONGKONG

AND S

HOTEL

GRILLROOM,

I ETAGGART,

PEAK HOTEL.

1400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM PRINCIPAL LANDING STAGE. FIRST-CLARK KESINNOKKAL and "TOCKIN HOVEL 'Tarivalled for Comfort, Hanlch and Canvangmics. Telephone in Key Find prompt, councing maintained by dis hom in Central.

Koderate Dand and Mackinac Corning, Rand Garden and Mecin, Rooms, Surapeka, Karkeer

P. O. PEUSTER, Manager.

GRAND HOTEL.

A ferocians, and up-to-date Hotal, most central locaties, within the vicinity of all the principal. Banka. Necati for the best food, Strekuenta, Accommodation and Camelianes. Čualac names Europaka

A fasciam string Orchestra rendars selection from 830 pun, to 12.30 pos

Special monthly terms for residents and for shipping people.

For further particulars apply-

Telephone No. 197.

MANAGER.

Telegraphic Address "COMFORT.”

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION,

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING. TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.

HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.

Telegrphic Address:“VICTORIA.”

1. WITCHMELY

Tel. 323

DODWELL & CO. LTD,

Telephone No. 41.

General Manager s

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment:—

Principal features: Small Premium, Liberal Surrender Valne, No Medical Examination, Return of Premia in the Event of Death, and Numerous Options at the Age of 25.

Write for Pamphlet and Fall Particulars to

~

NOTICE.

DODWELL & CO. LT ""Agants.

ASTHMA

ASAHI BEER. CAN Be Cured.

DAI NIPPON BREWERY CO.,

ASARABEER

TOKIO, JAPAN.-

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE

SOLE AGENTS MITSUI BUSSÄN KAISHA. Hongkong, June 11th, 1913.

DRINK ALLSOPP'S

BRITISH PILSENER

BEER.

SOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR

& Co.

WINE & SPIRIT

MERCHANTS.

15 Queens' Road Central,

MAN LOONG.

FIRST-CLASS PRESERVES, GINGER

AND SOY MANUFACTURERS- Factory at Yaumati

OFFICE:No. 36, Des Vaux Road, W. Telephone No. 177 & L. E

|

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Obtainable at Messrs. A st WATSON & Co, Ltd. and all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors.

GREEN

Price $2.50 per bottle.

ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Casks of 375 lbs. net. In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers. Hongkong, 16th August, 1910

EUROPEAN AGENCY,

WHOLESALE

Indents promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all British and Continental goods, including➡

CARLTON. HOTEL

Manager

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS – CARLTON “

TELEPHORE Ko. 312 Carivaled Position in centre of Town with “plendid Tew of the Gurchen, Kastly Renovated ass Refurnish. Felf-commined Saites of Apartments with Priser Bath Room iztached. All modern Comford VADER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OF

O. E.KOWEN, Proprietor.

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL.

1. Board and Lodging from $0.00 per moorland upwards. Best Actencies. Free at Jan Cuisine. Private Dining Room for Special Dinsere

Caterers for special villa and dinner parties at the Hosch, Clubs, or Residences

F. CHOPARD,

Manager.

THE PALACE HOTEL,

CORTER OF HANKOW AND HAIPHONG ROADS, KOWLOOK. THIS HOTEL HAS BEEN RENOVATED AND IS ENTIRELY UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.

PRIVATE AND RESIDENTIAL LOUNGE WITH

SALOON BILLIARD BAR.

PUBLIC BILLIARD BAB WIFE FIRST GLASS TABLE. ONLY FIRST CLASS WINES AND SPIRITS STOCKED.

Proprietor

F. E HALL

BELLE VIEW

Shankiwan Road. Telephone No. 907.

Manager,

Meals a la Carte, BOWLING ALLEY HOW OPEN.

W. GALLAGHER,

CENTRAL CHAMBERS.

(PRIVATE HOTEL RESIDENTIAL ONLY Opposite ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL These Rooms have been thoroughly renovated and newly fur- nished throughout. They are specially recommended to- Mercan- tile Officers, Tourists, Travellers and Local Residents, being most Centrally Situated, and also special Terms can be arranged with the Alexandra Cafe for full or partial Board Single Rooms $2.00 per Day or 40,00 per Month with attendance, Hot and Cold Water, Electric light, No Extras. Inspersion cordially invited. Fall particulars may be obtained either on the premises or at the

Telephone 909.

ALEXANDRA CAFE

Board and Residence from $3.50 per day $85.00 per month.

"

NEW MACAO

HOTEL,

PRAYA, GRANDE, MACAO.

Tize above Hotel was opeżeć on Augać 192, 2014,, under new proprietorship and Management. The Hotel now offers, for Residents and Trerins, excellent sccommodation, large diamg room facing the sea has been entirely renovated throghout and newly faraishrods and is now wp-to-date in every respect Private and Price Bar and Biliarda Tre Moderate. For further information apply to Large and airy 1800s, exzellent waitary areangements, Her and Cold Baths, Eseme light and Fans,

Telegraphic Address “ Phormia.”

THE MANAGER.

Books and Stationery, Grand Hotel de l'Europe, Singapore.

Boots, Shoes and Leather.

Chemicals and

Sundries.

Druggists

China, Earthenware and Glass-

ware.

Cycles, Motor Cars and Ac- cessories.

Drapery, Millinery and Piecé Goods.

Fancy Goods and Perfumery. Hardware. Machinery and Metals.

Jewellery, Plate and Watches Photographic & Optical Goods Provisions and Oilmen's Stores

etc., etc.. Commission 2% to 5%- Trade Discounts allowed. Special Quotations on Demand. Sample Cases from 210 upwards. Consignments of Produce bold on Account.

WILLIAM WILSON & SONS

(Parablished 2814)

25, ABCHURCH, LURE, LONDOR EC,

WE are the leading Manufacturers in Cable Address: “Annuaire" London.

this class of Goods.". Our Trait &

Gingers are all fresh, and of the first pick. Our Syrup is prepared · from the best quality of Sugas. We give our special ttention to be business and sanitary arangaroanta,

BO

SINGON & CO.

Established 4. D. 1880. FRON, STEEL, METAL and HARD- WÄRE MERCHANTS. Whol más and Retail Troumongers, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store- kaspers and Shipchanders. Nos. 35 and $7. Hing Loong Strait, (land Street, wen of Catztral Market) TelephoneX's. $15

MARTIN'S

XPIOL & STEEL SETEPILLS

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MARTIN'S

SPIOL&H

BEST, SITUATED HOTEL IN TOWN

EVERY ROOM HAS A BATH-ROOM; DRESSING ROOM ATTACHED.

Most up to date SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS.

Under English Management..

Ú

H. R. WARING,

ACTING MANAGER.

NOTICES.

YOU WANT A MOTOR CAR?

ALL RICHT:

*PHONE *1036

THE EXILE GARAGE.

33-35

DES VOEUX ROAD,

|Where. You will get - Expert Service and 'every) Satisfacation.

LI JIM KEE,

9. Bonham Strand,

EXPERT WATCH; & CLOCK REPAIRERS. THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SHIPS CLOCKS, MARBLE & OFFICE CLOCKS BY C. J. GAUPP.

Large assorted Stocks of Gold and Silver Watches and Clocks.

WATCH AND CLOCK WORKS AND PARTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

WARD OFF THE COUGH

GRUICKSHANK'S COUCH BALSAM

It soothes the inflamed lungs and branchial tabes, cure

cough and gires strength against future attacks.

$1.00 per bottle.

PREPARED ONLY BY THE

VICTORIA

DISPENSARY

32. Queen's Road Cantral. Hongkong.

THE

WHITE ANTS.

Clean Clencing Advocatst.

FMS. under the

the Central Park

JUNGNER ELECTRIC ACCUMULATOR.

Trom and Nickel

Strong, solid and compact. Electrodes with caustic potash in strong iron box. Minimum use of materials. May be charged a thousand times without lowering its efficiency; may be charged and discharged în minimum, time and to its full extent without injury. May' be kept unloaded for any length of time and is ab- solutely safe from self-discharging when left ever s longer time loaded and out of use. Salt water. has no injurious effect on the accumulator. An ideal accumulator for any kind of lighting or ignition device.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ACCUMULATORS AND CELLS

HAS JUST ARRIVED.

SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA:—

tion at Ipoh, on Febentry 6th,

Hey Richarda midis was singularly unfortunate that th Termites should have come to be white commonly knownzian

Nothing could be Farther from the truth then the_ides to which this name garo origin, that while, mis and. tros ante differ only, or chiefly, in colour. In the first place they would know, if they had eTEC opened a nest of Tammes carbon- stius, that Termites were not necessarily wbita. And in the seccad plade; no two fausbes of insectscliffer more radically in structure thar dammites and the

trus an ta

الاب

The family Termitidae consist» ed of soft insects which did not undergo metamorphosis in dero- lopment, each species consisting | of winged und -wingless-individ- mals. The wings, of which there were two pairs, lying flat on the abdomen,"were developeći outsida the body. The wings were. membranous, with few cross veins, and near the base there was a line of wosknees slong which the wings were shed, when the stumps remained se short horny fisps on the back. There were 10 shdominal segments, and the body terminated by a pair of short ans cerci

The sociśl, developinant of the

A. B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO., LTD. Termite commanity was of a very

Telephone No. 171_YORK BUILDING (TOP FLOOR)

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. ESTABLISHED 1883

MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE MANILA ROPE

8 STRAND

14 to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

CABLE LAID

4 STRAND

5 to 15

3 to 10 CIRCUMFERENCE CIRCUMFERENCE

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length. Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application

SHEWAN TOMES & CO........ General Managers.

KELLY & WALSH, LIMITED.

NEW BOOKS

THE QUEEN'S GIFT BOOK ROBERTS' BILLIARDS FOR AMA-

TEURS by "Vivid”

THE ETHICS OF CONFUCIUS FRINGES OF THE FLEET by Bad-

yard Kanking

WHO'S WHO 1915

high osiler. The labour of the nest was carried en by one or two classes of individuals, which were merlees. These were the workers. There was a sixless caste whose function appeared to be defence, namely the soldiers. But he was suspicious that the soldiers, when not needed for defence, employed their time bullying the civilians. There were, typically, threa esates of mature individuilla. In some species there were two kinda of workers, or two types of soldiers, thus increasing the number of castes to Eve. The differences between the indivi», dasla of different-castas, weDE SO great that it was difficult to believe that they were all brothers' and sistem. The true ruyalties of a Termite nest were usually restricted to a single pair. There were to be found, however, at certain times of the year, vast nambers of princes and princeOSES, sered individuals, that is, which issued from the nest and after short fight might find suitable places to establish new colonies. These were the only winged insecta in the Termite colony. They were. the insects which ̈ sometimes 1. 16.58 | Bwarmed about lampe, and which 13.50 abed their wings on the dinner

13:00

30

THE WAY THEY HAVE HI THE

ARMY by Thomas OʻTocla

20

LITTLE HOUSE IN WAR-TIME

by A. and E. Castle 450 | THEHONOURABLE MR. TAWNISH-

4.00

by Jeffery Farnol

2.75

10

· MAY, KYRON'S CAKE BOOK-750

RECIPES

2.00

Macalister

1.20

PETROGRAD: PAST AND PRE-

WITH BOTHA IN THE FIELD by

Moore Ritchie

2.00

245

FIELD GURNERY by Liew D.

THE THIRTEEN DAYS, JULY 23— LUG,4, 1914 by W. Archer". NATIONALISMAND WAR IN THE

HEAR EAST by a Diplomazist 10:30

SENT by W. 3. Stavani THE TROPICs by C. E. Enock AN IRISH WOMAN IN CHINA byt | table.

Hra de Busch Daly

Sin·13.00 YE BERLYN TAPESTRIE--gắc-

tured by John Hasall

RESO DURESCO

The

COLOURWASH which lasts ten times longer.

STOCKS FROM

ALEX ROSS & CO.

MACHINERY DEPT.

SOLE-AGENTS FOR "DURESCO " THE DURABLE.

ALEXANDRA CAFE.

Our Bead is made from the Best Quality Four only and est be obtained and orders make AN WEES DAIRY; Peking Rowe, ON LEE Godore Haighong Road, SUSE CREO

There was no evidence to show #that T. gestroi did not attack

healthy trees on a rubber plants- tion on which there was still dead wood available for food, On the contrary, they sometimes would. | seem to have a craving for living trees of Heves while there WES 10 shortage of dead wood. T. gestroî would attack rubber of all ages, | from newly planted stumps to old: trees, and he had seen blocks on. peaty acil practically wiped out at 18 months

Compradors, Haiphong Rand, KWONG 200K, Compradors, Haiphong Road, KWONG YUEN NOW, Comprasmes, Hephong Road, LIM L2%, Compedors, Macron,

20 Ördets stay, be left with the aboum for say oƐour products,

It was frequently said that T. gestroi could not penetrate live: bark, so could not attacks healthy" tree. This he emphatically stated was not true. He had seen quite clear and undoubted cases of heavy T. gestroí stracka auo- ceeding in getting through sound bark on the trank.”

"Now, Be T-geatroi gets through healthy bark on the stem, there is - s great likelihood of entrance be- ing effected similarly through healthy baik.on the roots. This is - not nearly so easy a matter. to prove, and much argument has centred on it. I doubt if there is" such a thing as a tree with za unblemished root system, The death of a branch of the root, when no longer fulfilling its pure

We put on abeckedly the Best Time pose in the economy of a plant, and Dimmers new site for Each Med. Frace one Balle Racks, ne yo meals for Ead.co good for say is as natural as the dying cấź of W& GOMENICAR OFCRYONE par un mod sold by the Aleciades Cafe' to be of fiest Class Quality. "Tee branches of the stem whose leaveu our own make Fork Sananças and Paco Piss Pan Jara Cofios Rosstać and Ground. Daily and put up la.

mesh, or a la Carte up se 15 CREEK,

3. The Time at 75 cents. We give you a Splendid Cap of Lipton's Tee Minerals and soft drinks of aryars no longer able to get light, - descriptide

Jan give me a Trial-and you wil be more than Setiabad-

R. J. HOWARD, Sole Proprietor.

FRENCH LESSONS

OʻMOUSSION

15, Morrison Hill Road

so that every tool system will have dead or dying parts which might be attacked by Termites. Is will, therefore, long remain an Open question whether or not gestrói "prefera su injzzed root upon which to comm