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GENERAL NEWS

Making Lennomic History.

Never, perhaps, in all history," the Iren Age points ont *bara men made's greater effort to look into the future than the effort they are row making to de- termine what economic conditions

I will obtain when the great war

has ended."

Switzerland Preparing. Berne, February 2 The Federal Council has ordered the af all immediate inspection Swiss citizens who, although, ex- erpt from military service, are acquainted with the use of fire- arme, and are between the ages of 16 and 80." The order farther authorises citizens over 60 years of age to present themselves volantarily at the same time. All Swiss and foreigners domiciled in Switzerland who possess & rifie or carbine, are likewise enjoined to submit these weapons for inspection. Fially, all Swiss exempt from military service, who are attached to the auxiliars Bervices of the active army and belong to the classes 1883 to 1892, ill have to undergo a fresh medical examination-Reuter.

Well-known: Surveyor's

Death

A cable has been received is Kuala Lumpur accouncing the death at Torquay, after a short illaere, of Mr. H. J. Hemmy. late of Selangor. Mr. Hemmy joined the Sele: gor Surrey Department about 25 years ago, after being in New Guinea. After some years be left the service and be came a licensed surveyor, among other work doing the sub-division of Weld's Hill coffee estate into a residential suburb. Lster be look op read contracts, and in partnership with Mesars. Walsh and Mitchell, constructed the Ben- tang Road. About the same time be took up mining. His best mine was the Bakan Lode, which was ultimately worked by

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.

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ARE A

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FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE

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AND

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FOR

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FOR EACH INSERTION.

TO LET.

TO LENT

Three-roomed Flats in Humphreys Build- ings. Kowloon

Four-roomed fists in May Road. with every modern convenience. including English baths and kit chen ranges, hot water and water carriage - system. A few

TO LET.

"O LET— A splendid set of To

Office Rooms on the First floor of No. 10, Des Voeux Rosd Central (abore the Robinson Piano Co.) comprising three large and two small rooms with out houses and servants' quarters. dats The Premises are being thorough- specially designed to accommo-ly repaired and renovated. Cen-

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JUST RECEIVED

TENNIS

SHOES

FOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN.

date three bachelors at reasonable trally located in the vicinity of EVERY REQUISITE FOR TENNIS. rentals. Immediate possession. the banks, and shipping offices.

Four-roomed Houses in Gordon Rest moderate. Apply to Terrace and Salisbury Avenne. MOW FENG & CO. 10, Des Kowloon

Vœux Road Central. -

Two roomed-fists in Nathan Road, Kowloom. Apply to

TO LET "La Hacienda" E

No. 74 Mount Kellett Road. HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

Chater's Bungalow, No. 66 FINANCE CO. LTD..

Nathan Road. Kowloon. Alexandra Buildings Apply to CHATER and MODY,

5 Queen's Road Central

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. TO. LE-Offices at 2. Coa-

WILL TOBACCO COST

MORE?

Effect of New Prohibition of Imports.

North British & Mercantile Insurance Company.

in which are ressed the shares of THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO. LTD.

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS. "AS.

SURANCE COMPANY. (TOTAL FUNDS AT31.

DELEMRER 1914)

£99,970,367 1-Authoritized Capital-£6,000LE TO Subscribed Capital - 4,500,000

Paid-up Capital -Fire Funds ---

Sinking Accourt"

3,337

The effect of the prohibition of imports, which concern a large -Life and sanity Funds 17,5675 section of the nation, with the object of setting free tomasge for the carriage of "foodstuffs, fuel, for other essential supplies," was

generally discussed recently.

The following show the position of affairs in the traden and in-. dustries afected and how the, Government action is viewed

Tobacco.

No real danger of a deficiency

a syndicate. He had also large From 18 months to sero years' interests in diferent rabber pro-stock in the country, of which per- perties, which he helped to deve hars 80 per cent. is in the hands

Revenue Fire Branch -

_03_970367

2,331,536

naught Road.

Offices in King's Buildings. Offices in Des Voeux Road Central..

Houses in Clifton Gardens Conduit Road...

New Houses in Broadwood Terrace.

Houses at the Peak

No. 1 Moreton Terrace, Capse- way Fay

Godowns at Wanchai.

No. 1, 2 and 3 West End Terrace Canton-

Apply to

THE HONGKONG】LAND IN

VESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd

TOLET-For six months from

1st May, furnished four roomed house, Stonehouse, No. 57, Mount Kellet. For particulars. apply-Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming

WANTED. # WANTED A Nurse to look

after an infant on voyage

to England in return for passage and small bonus. Apply to

c/o Eongkong Telegraph.”

WANTED.-A traveling

Life and Aumeity

"OLET.—From 1st April 19.6. To

Amah, any nationality, for Branches

2,141,593 the premises at present o lady going to England about Marice Department 337,339 cupied by MESSRS DONNELLY March 24th. Also to assist in Other Receipts. - - - . - - 479,940 & WHYTE:-- For full particu care of baby. Apply at chce to

lars apply to:- MANAGER-R.B. c/o Hongkong Telegraph." HONGKONG HOTEL,

£5,359,223

The Accumciative Funds of the vari iona Branches are separately inre sted and by Act of Parliament, are aside

to meet the claims under the respective

Departments of the Company's business.

lop preparatory to flotation of the Imperial Tobacco Company. UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, Malay Mail

Receipts from Wine and Tobacco in China.

The Government has received a

Imports of antianfactured 10-

bacco have increased very con- siderably since the war began.

report from Mr. Niu Chuan shan, Last year they amounted to 205.- Eastern Extension Australasia

revende

of about

30,000,-

332,695 b., valued at £7,816,888,

be

Director-Genent of the Governabile in 1913 they were 162,385, ment Wine and Tobacco Monopol, valued at £6,709,082 ly, that he expects to collect a One manufacturer interviewed, 000 collars throughout the said that, where there were socka

not is band, it would country this year from these two necessary to put up the price sources and that he is going to

Another manufacturer, however, Establish special offices in the said it was inevitable ths: the various provinces immediately with a view to assisting the prices would go up, and perhape considerably. The manager of a central Goverment to secure this huge amount of money for large firm of retail tobacconists meeting administrative and other stated that the cost of tobacco is

likely to be doabled. expenses at this critical moment.

The statement that tonnage set The Peking, Nanking, Tientsin, free would be available for the Shanghai and other offices have carriage of essential supplies was "already been established by Mr. described by Mr. Author Phillies, Ain, who says that he will of Messrs. Godfrey Phillips and gradually extend them to other less important and frontier pro- Co, who regarded the Gorers- vinces. The Chinese authorities sent proposal as a "sledge hammer to crack an egg," a regard this new office as cext to the Salt Adminienation in im-simply foolish and ridiculous"

as applied to tobacco. portance financially, because it yields about $30,000,000 per year for Government uses.

The cabio ton space of the total importation of tob.ces in a year is about 160,000 tons," he Baid. and that is about one-

& China Telegraph Co.

Abyan, 13 Jubilee Street. Dickinson

Carv tho, Astor House. Fonqui, c/o Wingsang Limyeokshow Lhop Penghung-

chiang

Marcia Ecberto. Paul

Swaffeld Vandyk

Vivencio Alejandro BECK,

Superintendent Hongkong, 3rd March, 1916. Great Northern Telegraph

Company, Ltd. Ackland, Chartered Bank. Chowkamsang. Kungsheng- loong, 19 Connaught Road.

Focktaishun. Ngsoolim, Astor Hotel

A. B. SORENSEN, Act. Superintendent. Hongkong, 3rd March, 1916.

Building Material & Furnishing Woods.

Building work have generally

The Berlin Food Riots. describes food riots there zelith of the cubic space taken been discourazed by the Govern

A neutral just back from Berlin follow The demonstration was up by paper. I would make no preceded by s procession, chiefly difference to freights; it is aachment, and the labour shortage bas a small amount. It would also also don much to reduce building

→ of women and children, who form-

ed in the well-known working mess loss to the revenue of from in this country. The prohibition on the import of building materials class district of Mosbit. On Jan. 21,000,000 to £24,000,000 will not, therefore, cause very 12, in the morning, sa immense Jear.

much public inconvenience. The procession was formed in Moabit,

imports of furniture woods, hard- woods and veneer last Jear carrying blackboarde, with the!

is fairly certain that the amount affected by the probibition, which Cow not include hardwoods, will be considerably smaller that this

Paper Material. Prohibition will react in smal ler newspapers, fewer books, bread! Give us back our husband.!

Newspapers bave already discuss We want peace!" The procession reached Unter den Linden, passeded the question of size and the

inscriprions in white:-"We want ad general economy in stationery. amounted to 239,433 tones, but it

beneath the Brandenburg Gate,

abolition of "returns."

Fruit

It sufficient economy in paper stopped outside the Reichsts, can be obtained by restrictions in figure. and then made towards the Ithe size and in "reta," no It is believed that the fruit perial Palace. Some of the military patrols stood aside and general increase in the price of affected by the new regulations let the crowd pass. At one point, para the Daily News.

daily papera need be contempla will be apples, ranges," and two companiee of infantry were

With regard to tattonery there grapes. The probable exception ordered to fire, but refused. They is ample scope for economy on In the case of bananas is because - were withdrawn, and as they the part of everybody. One of they can be carried on deck.

Shipments of apples to the the chief offenders in the matter United Kingdom this week total Sxtravagance are the Government

over 28,000 barrels, about 2,000

ford Terrace, Kowloon Apply to:

TO LETA House in Kauts-

Co. Ltd.

Typewriting; Macuscript of every kind

WANTED. -

THE HONGKONG LAND IN-accurately and neatly typed at short notice by Englishman. VESTMENT & AGENCY

Terms 30 cents per folio. Com- mercial correspondence in Eng- ish for Chinese business Write gentlemen a speciality.

Despatch," Hongkong Tele- graph.

T°

"O LET-Offices. 5, Duddel

Street, now in occupation of Messrs. Bedecker & Co.

Apply to:-

THE HONGKONG LAND IN- VESTMENT & AGENCY

CO., LTD.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Oze 10 BHP. TO on restemplete with and compled direc Apply Property Office, JAR-of one 6 K.W. Contintons Cart DINE, MATHESON & Co. Ltd rent Shunt Wound Dynamo. volts with shunt ΤΟ

O LET-First Class shop in to 50/70

Chater Read, whole or part, regulator. ALSO Ore Switch- for Accumulators lane at rear. Apply Clarke & board

Dynamo, &c, complete with in- struments for 100 Amps. Forfur- ther particulars apply to Mesars. Linstead & Davis, Alexandra: Buildings.

LET-Office on 1st Floor, Homaty Ackroyd Oil Engine

retired, they unmasked two machine guns, which began firing on the crowd. A panic ensued, departments, who will send a and it was reported that the short communique on a double tons. From Valencia last week!

132,000 cases of oranges, 9,900

cascalies were 60 dead and 300 foolscap sheet of expensive paper, tons, were shipped, and this week wounded, mostly women. Three

or enclose with a printed notice, thousand fresh troops have been

a sheet of the same quality bear 120.000 cases. ment to reinforce the Berlin

arrison.

I

ing the words With compli

Very large quantities of grapes ments. A smaller slip with the are required for the wounded. The value of the fruit imported last

"

same înscription is in general use

.Co.

Morrison TO LET-No. S

Hill-Apply, Property Office. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

Hongkong 15th September, 1915

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ΤΟ ATTENTION GIVEN

THE

SHIPPING OF TOURISTS' BAGGAGE AND PURCHASES. TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES CASHED.

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la. Chater Road

FOR

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TRI

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Eyou here lost your appetite by business firms. Householders year was £11.424.761, including Largest

applee 3,343,62łowi, grapes,

one of the big variety of can set the home paper making 577,700cwt and oranges 6,004,- dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- industry by saving gs and 360cm Globi

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N. LAZARUS,

OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN.

WAR AND HEADACHES.

Have you noticed that your eyes are much more tired and that you have headaches since the war started? Everyone is reading two or three times as many papers as usual. Their additional reading causes eyestrain in eyes which had been previously capable of doing all the work they were asked to do. If your eyes were perfect, or you had correctly fitted glasses, you could read all day without tiring your eyes. We make no charge for testing your eyes, therefore if your eyes tire cell in and ask if you need glasses.

N. LAZARUS

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