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· GENERAL NEWS.

Italy and the Food Supply. Dealing with the question of food supplies in Italy, the Correia | Economico estimsisa the require ments, of foreign. wheat, during the year at 250,000,000 quintale. | It will be necomary to impor 1,500,000. qualintals of angar, which, like wheat, will ring in price owing to the high freights. The yearly consumption of mest in now double the home, supply. The paper urges the Government to enact measures to "ompel people to coneume lers of these foodelaffe.

Sir Hedworth Meux Appeals,

Admiral of the Fleet Sir. Hedworth Meux, M. P., appealed to the Hertford appeal tribunal recently on behalf of a second

an on. his stud farm at Enfield, where he has 31 mures, 14 of which are in foal. He said he had only four meu left, including mes of 80 and 50 years of age. The tribunal granted exemption until February 1, the chairman stating that in these times of difficulty about men the stud should not be so large.

The New Delhi.

London Nov., 10-The Coort Ui:cular announces that Mr. Edwin Lutyens was received in audience by the King

on

Sa orday evening. Mr. Luigene is a member of the Committee appointed to advise the Govern- ment of India regarding the re- planning of Delhi as the seat of the eupreme Government of fodia, and he is leaving shortly for India on business connected with the Committee's proposals. The cost of the new capital buildings, now in course of construction, ie extimated at £2,800,000

Mr. Lloyd lleorge then and now.

London Nov 10.-Lord North- bourse, of Bottechanger, near Deal, announced at the time of the Badget proposals of Mr. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he would roast a fat ballook on his estate in celebration of Mr. Lloyd George's going out of office when that erent should occur. He has now «<lecided instead to present the bullock to a war charity auction to be held at Canterbury "on November 15. fo intimating this' to the committee. Lord North- board 33:-"I think now a better use could so ircely be found than to offer it for the causes you have taken in hand in special recognition of the patriotic eer- vices of the Minister for War."

Germany's New Divisions. London, Nov. 14-A Paris wireless message states :—It is officially sanounoad that the Ger- man Grown Prince has left Ver dun and is commanding in Alasos. Thanks to Germany's policy of reducing the number of infantry in each division, she has not <drawn on her ́ reserves to create new formatióne to act against Ramanis, bot has made up the ABCBBELTY divisions, from the in- fantry at other front. Neverthe- less, youths of the 1919 class have been found among the prisoners ....—a etriking testimony to the way first Verdun and then the Somme fighting have drained Germany of her manhood.

Hyphenated Missionaries and India.

German missionaries are no longer allowed to sow the seed of Kultur in India, but apparently the field is still open to German- Americans, remarks Truth. My attention has been drawn to a -report in an . Ohio newspaper of the approaching departure for Bombay of a party of mis- sionaries of the Charch of the --Brethren, whatever that may bo. Nearly all of them era --Americans with Tentonin names. It dow not follow that they have any political or spiritual affinity with the Fatherland, but all the esme one cannot help wondering whether the continual influx of foreign mistionaries into Indis is helpfal to the British Raj. The question demands consideration, especially in rion of facts that have come to light in the past year or two regarding that fects of alien teaching on the native mind.

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IF you here lost your appetite

Cont of the ble variety dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- DELLAXE in mamta templ

THE HONGYONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1016.

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NOTE THE ADDRESS. 24, QUEEN'S ROADCENTRAL,

ROSENSTOCK'S 1917 DIRECTORY

and

Commercial Gazetteer of China and Manila ·

will

contaic

complete Directory of Firms and Personnel, the principal Chinese Firms, Government and Municipal Omcials, Con- kulates, Public, and Private Schools, Missions and Members, Clubi and other Associations and an alphabetical list of Foreign Realdents

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together wich

s Trade Directory of the Principal Centres, Commercial Gazet- leer of China and an Abridged History and Geners! Trade Report of China and a Description and Trade Report of each- City,

Information of all Firms, Clubs, Associations, ete, published

cralia.

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CHRONOMETERS, CHRONOGRAPHS, REPEATERS. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF HIGH GRADE WATCHES, CLOCKS & INSTRUMENTS CLEANED & REPAIRED

AN ENGLISH WATCHMAKER, ALL WORK DONE ON THE PREMISES.

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To

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TOLET. From 1st November

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TO BE LET.-Offices at 9, Con-

naught Road, C.

Offices in King's & York Buildings,

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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One 10h B.H.P. Hornsby Ackroyd Oil Engine complete with and coupled direc" || of one 6 K.W. Continuous Curt rent Shunt Wound Dynamo to 50/70 volts with ahunt Houses in Broadwood & Mere-regulator. ALSO One Switch- ton Terraces,

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Hongkong 15th September, 1915.

NOTICES.

THE

THE GOVERNMENT OF

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE OFFICE OF THE DIRETOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SEAL

MANILA P. I:

NOTICE OF SALE OF MOTOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT. *EALED bids plainly marked "Bids for purchase of P. I. Motor Transportation Eq ripment," will be received at the Office of the undersigned and at the Office of the American Consul General at Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore, until December 30, 1916, for the purchase, subject to prior sale, of the following units of motor trane- portation equipment owned by the Government of the Philippine Islands, to wit:-

No.

Articles (Yorkshire

Patent)

Toit Cost Manufacturer's Price

-rated capacity."

delivered

jat Manila in 1913.

Total Cost Price delivered at Manila

6

Steam Wagons

3 ten

3

Trailer

1

Steam Wagon

1 Trailer

2 ton 3 toa 2 ton 3 ten

1 Steam

Location (Where may be inspected)

|P7,773.87| P46,843.22] Mantis, P.T. 1,135.90 3,407,88 Manila, P. J. 7,773.87 7,773.87 Į Iloilo, P. I. 1,135.96 1,135.26|loilo, P.1. 7,773.87 7,773.87 | 'Baguio, P. I. The above motor, transportation equipment was manufactured by the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. (The Yorkshire Com- mercial Motor Co.), Leeds, England, under what is known as the "Yorkshire Patents," and was purchased new from, the manu facturer by the Government of the Philippine Islands in 1913.

All of the equipment is in good serviceable condition and the six steam wagons and three trailer wagons in Manila have had but little use in the past 18 months and have recently been repaired and

BACON,verhauled in the Government Machine shops and are in first cless

SPECIALLY

CURED

HE

FOR

FINESTA

TROPICAL

MARKETS

TO BE FOUND ON THE BEST TABLES.

condition.

The equipment is not constructed so as to conform to the re- quirements of the motor vehicle Law of the Philippine Islands and a condition of the sale will be, that said equipment will not be used

upon the public highways of the Philippine islanda.

Bids will be received for the purchase of all or any part of the above described equipment. The terms of the sale will be cash upon delivery at Manila. All bids must be accompanied by a draft or certified check payable to the Treaurer of the Philippine Islands," for 10% of the amount of any bid as a guarantee that de-. livery of said equipment will be received at Manila, and pay ent made therefor, within sitty days after néfice is received of the acceptance of any bid.

..

To facilitate the dispatch of notice of acceptance or rejection of Jany bid, all bidders residing outside of the Philippine Islands should give the name and address of a representative in the Philippine Isiruds to whom notice may be given.

All certified checks or draft of unsuccessful bidders will be returned with notios of the rejection of their bid,

The right is reserved to sell privately at any time, all or any part of the above equipment, or to reject any or all bids received, or to accept auch bid or bids as in the opinion of the undersigned are. most advantageous to the Government of the Philippine Islands,

Proposal forms may by had upon request to the Offices above named

· E. J. WESTERHOUSE ¿Director of Pubito:Workspa

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