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THE HONGKONG TRI

NOTICES.

THE RED HAND

COMPOSITIONS LIMITED, LONDON.

Contractors to the Admiralty, India Office, War Office,

Crown Agents for the Colonies, &c.,

THE RED HAND BRAND."

Antifouling Compositions for Ships' Bottoms. Antisive Paints, Ready mixed, for all purposes.

Supplies available from,

HAMS

“

DODWELL & CO. LTD

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SOLE AGENTS.

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment:-

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

WRITE FOR PAMPHLET AND F.LL PARTICULARS TO

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agents.

Maltheid Reefing

SOLE AGENTS —

BRADLEY & CO., LTD. (MACHINERY DEPT.).

QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, HONGKONG,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO

ESTABLISHED 1883.

MANUFACTURERS OF..

LTD

PURE MANILA ROPE

8 STRAND

La to 15

CIRCUMFERENCE.

CABLE LAID

4

*" 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

STRAND

3" to 10 CIRCUMFERENCE,

Oil Driving Cables of any size up 1, 3,000 feet in length, Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application,

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

CASCADE &

General ManKETS.

ASTHMA

EVERY

HAM

GUARANTEED.

NOTIC

H WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAR

SILVER DISH

BRAND.

QUALITY

CANNOT BE SURPASSED.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

MAGANGAND

GRILL ROOM.

J. H. TAGGAET,

Manager.

PEAK HOTEL.

1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM PRINCIPAL LANDING STAGE. KEST-CLASS I VDENTIAL and TOURIST HOTEL, Derivalled for Comfort, Health and Chavenience Telephones in Every Room prompt connection mal-third by sis lines to Ormal. Modernia Tariff and Eumlear Culalia, Hoof Garden and Social Rooms, Burn Henter mosts Stakasara!

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P. O. PEUSTER, Manager.

GRAND HOTEL.

A class and up-to-date Hotel, most central location, withla che vicinity of all the principal Banks. Rowed for the best Food, Befract, Accommodation and Cleanliness. Cuialon under Xaropena Supervision,

-A brat-ela's string Grebastra renders salactions from 5:30 pm to 31,80p.m.

Special monthly terms for residents and for shipping people. For further particulars apply:- W.GALLAGHER.

Telephone No: 197.

KING

Tel. 373

Manager.

Telegraphic Address “COMFORT.”

EDWARD

HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION, ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR. HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS..

Telegraphie Address: “VichYORIA"

J. WITCHELL

MANAEST

ST. GEORGE'S HOUSE,

2 and 4, KENNEDY ROAD. Telephone 115. Private hotel, affording every Comfort. Large and airy rooms, Splendid View of Harbour, Excellent Cuisine under Personal Supervision of the Proprietress.

For Terms apply MRS. LOSSIUS, Proprietress.

STATION HOTEL,

KOWLOON.

First class and most up-to-date Residential and Tourist Hotel. Two minutes) from the Ferry. Moderate tariff and most excellent cuisine under entirely European managemoct Monthly and Family rates can be arranged on most reasonable

Apply THE MANAGERESS, Kowloon. Telegraphic Addrem: "TERMOTEL." Code Used: 4.B.C. 5th Ed.

CAN BE CURED, TA

RED CROSS THEN why be half eufocated, and sit up

BEERS.

BREWED & BOTTLED

by.

Vancouver Breweries Vancouver, B.C.

| BOLE AGENTS :"

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR

& Co.,

No, 15, QUEEN'S ROAD. Telephone No. 75.

NORTH BRITISH

AND

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,

in which are vested-the shares of THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

AND

THE RAILWAY PASSEN. GERS ASSURANCE CO, The Undersigned AGENTS for, the above Company are preparadi to ACCEPT RISES against FIRE at Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Agents.

Yorkshire Insurance Co.Ltd. ESTABLISHED 1884.

The Undersigned AGENTS 'for| the above Combany are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

“SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

AGENTE"

night coughing and gasping for breath when a SINGLE dose of

NOBBS' ASTHMA CURE

will give you certain, prompt relief and ensure a good night's rest? This, the only genuine cure for Asthma, discovered by Mr. NOBES, a qualifed Chemist, and eufferer for many ream, will, if taken when accesary, effect a radical curu of this erstwhile incurable malady,

Obtainable at Meram, A. S. WATSON | & Co. Ltd. and all Chemist and Patent

Medicine Vendurs,

Price: $2.50 per bottle.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 lbs. net.

In Bage of 250 lbs. net,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers. Hongkang, 16th August, 1916.

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

M

71. Ea BM FAX, a Clužnom gradonda vorved in Khoesaurs, box bons à teacher

• to Muropain offesale and mentsetts to the Colony for los yours,

SA 2016, good mediot of haining Europeana i lo pan Colbeni stamination, soë is poniomed. :

OF A CERTAM Ortiñosis as a Cainest

He hai tần a good knowledge of Mandarin

u Those who folent, Jazzing the Chinese Yanguage are recnastad nO-NETA, MAN OF *Hongkong Talagangka noma or Alive to 201 181, W Allington firesi, sesond flock.

MEE 'CHEUNG

FIRST CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER,'

ICE HOUSE STREET.

¡Developing, Printing & Enlarging| done with neatness and despatch.

|Pictures Colouredand Framed.

LEE KEE-

BUILDING CONTRACTAE. DEALER. ANITARY MOODS. MANUFACTURER'M FINORAJO BILER.

Hand-Ofioa:--11 Wall

Street.

PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON.

FIRST CLASS AND MOST UP-TO-DATE TOURIST HOTEL 1 Minutes from the Farry.

Well furnished seoms can be rblained with or without board. Special rates for Kamilies and mercantile marine ‹fficers.

Tele; hopa KS,

PRIVATE

F. E. HALL, Proprietor.

HARTING

AUSTIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

HOTEL.

VERY Comfort. Large and airy Rooms, suitable for Married Couples or single Ladies or Gentlemen. Excellent Cuisine under the Personal Supervision of the Proprietress.

MRS. B. O. MURPHY, Proprietress.

NEW MACAO HOTEL,

PRAYA CRANDË, MACAO.

The

The above Hotel was opened on Angus tal, spra, under new proprietorship and Management. Bow! NOW CUM, for Residents and Tourists, excellent accommodation. Large dining room facing the MOL It has been entirely renovated throughout and newly furnished, and is now up-to-date la every respect. Largs and wiry rooms, mecellent sanitary arrangements, Hot and Cold Bath, Elecuic aught and Pa Private and Public Bar and Billardı. Terms Moderate. For further information apply to

Telegraphic Addrem “Phonla

THE MANAGER.

ALEXANDRA CAFE.

Our Bread is made from the Best Quality Frour only and can be obtained, and orders taken At WHE'S DAIRY, 1, Faking Road, ON LEE Compradors, Haiphong Road, HUNG CHEONG Compradors, Balabong Road, IWONG FOOK, Compradors, Haiphong Road, XWONG YUEN NOW, Compradore, Italphong Road.

Ordars may be left with the above for any of our producia. We put an absolutely the Heat Ti and Dianer new Menu for Each Meal Price cos Dollar Each, or go licals for $10.00 good for any set, or a la Carte up to 75 ERDIA.

We Gusanias everything put up and sold by the Alesandra Calk to be of first Class Qualiry. Try er own make Pork Samages and Pork Pies Pure Java Coffee Housing and Ground Baily and put up la

J. Ting aS ÁU CABLE. We give you a gondid Cup of Lipino's Tex. caption.

fizerala and sofi drinki of every

Just give us a Trial and you wit is moen chan mathsfert.

R. J. HOWARD, Sole Proprietor.

Grand Hotel de l'Europe, Singapore.

UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT.

THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION. EXCELLENT CUISINE..

ARTHUR E, ODEL,

(Late Grand Hotel, Southelife, Bogland, and Hoyal Palace Hotel Loudon, W.E).

FRENCH

NOTICE.

LESSONS,

NOTICES.

ANNOUNCING THE

New Royal Model 10

THE New Royal's rapid-fire ac Tsion and tremendous advantage

of superior convenience — its all-day 'speed without tiring the operator--its new Adjustable Touch- make it eary for ANY stenographer to turn out MORE.

and RETTER letters in the same working day.

ALEX ROSS&CO.”:

BOLE AGENTS.

4, Des Tour Road Central”

Telephone No. 27.

THE PENTA MARINE MOTOR. RUNNÌNG ON PETROL. BENSOL, ALCOHOL OR PETROLEUM.

Bebergassed in

constructia - mad

workmanship.

Silent sunding. BEST loer-cycle Motor on the market for raming

OR PETROLEUM.

$6 B. H. P. PENTA Marine Motor with reverse gear and fitted with PENTA Universal Vaporiser.

THE HEXA MOTOR

Economical working. Accessibil- 'Ity to all "working parts. Swedish make.

for Stationery, Portable and Marine purposes. This Motor runs on Petroleum and equally advantageously on all kinds of crude & Tar Oit.

FOR PARTICULARS AND CATALOGUES, APPLY TO

THE AGENTS:

A. B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO., FIL IN CHINA, LTD.

Tel. No. 1877.

THE

York Buildings, Top Ficor. Telephone. 171..

Tel. No.

(877.

COLONIAL DISPENSARY

COLIN MACKENZIE & CO.

..

CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS

* QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAR, HOZGKONG

+

AT LAST.

The cosmy firms which manufacture Naive Strengthening Food are atlast to be woand up under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Now if you want a nerva eirongibening food you must buy it from an

English firm.

WE SELL SANAPHOS.

AN ENTIRELY BRITISH PRODUCT - prescribed by the highest medical authorities. An ideal summer tonic for reconstructing the worn parve fieros. We can recommand is Price $2.50 per bottle.

and

Music

Fun

NEW

RECORDS,

NEW

MUSIC AT

ROBINSON'S

JEYES FLUID

and other special->

· made · ́Messrs. Jeyes are stocked by us.

Jeyes" "Jeysal"& Lanocyllin" &c, take the 'place of the German: “Lysol” and other preparations, and are equally!efficient.

THE PHARMACY

VERY MODERAT.

GENERAL NEWS.

The Upper Yangtzen."-Improva»

Cement of Navigation,

Peking, Sib February -- According to the Chiness papers, the Government had approved the propoml to improve the water- wayn-in-the region of Ichaug,' Chungking and other parts of the Upper Yanguse in order tok facilitate navigation.

Traasters of Chlitèse Troops. Peking, 6th February.-The Government, some time ago, de- voided to transfer the 8th Division under General Li Chang tai, which is at present stationed at. Machang, to Shanghai, to replace the 4th Division, which transferred to Hangchow. Now, however, General Li Chang-tai, in View of the streng opposition to the entrance of Northern troops willingness to go to Shanghai. into Chekiang, bas signified him

The Biggest Exporter, From the United States in 1916 mannfentures were exported to a value greater than the value of manufactures exported from any other country in any gear, according to a compilation ferded by the National City Bank (Nom York), which showed that the year's total exceeded G♫ $3,600,- | 000,000, as against $2,012,000,- 000, the highest export record ever made by Great Britain, formerly the world's largest ex- porter of manufactures. Enp- land's record was made in 1913, the year immediately preceding the war. Prior to the war the United States held third rank. The Quadruple Bankers' Group.

Peking, February 5. The quad- |ruple group of bankera held a

meeting in London on January. 30. Nothing official concern- [ing the result bas been published up to the present, but according to the Shuritian Chimpao four resolations were adopted, namely: that the amount of the Loan shall be between fen and twenty million rounds; that the security shall be first the Salt

•100

Gabelle and secondly the Land- tax; that after the clusion of the Loan the Chinese Governmentsball employ foreign. eta in its Financial Administra. {sion; and, Komlly, that the Loan shall be floated in Japan and America. The paper adds that the American bankers will be admit- ted to the Group. In this conneo- tion, however, it seems probable that the latest developments in Europe and America will affect |any decisions resched by the

bankers.

Baron Hayashi, Tainsofa, February Baron Hayashi, the Japanese" Minister to Peking, arrived at Tipusfo on the evening of February 3 and 'was entbusise- tically received by the officialu and the people of China and |Japan at Tsinanfa. On the 4th he attended a very'dordial dinner given by General Chang Husi-tre, the Military Gováry. nor -of

Shantung. and exchanged views freely, and Général Chang'expréiced his deep thanks for the assistance given him, by the Japanens officials, who have been quite impartial'about the solution of the measures to deal with the people's armies in Shantung. Baron Hayashi also strended the banquet given by the Japanese Consul at Trizikafu în the same envaning and excberg- ed vary cordial greetings with. the leading Chinese and Japanese who attended.

son

- From Poverty to Wealth,

Mr. Thomas Goobrane, presid- eat of the Liberty National Bank of New York, who arrived there from St. Paul, virtually pannijous, sixteen years ago, became a pari ner in the firm of Masara. "J.P. Morgan and Co. on January 1 Honnonroht for promising young men," Mr. Henry P. Davi

“discovered" Mr. Cochran, 'and'. salsoled 'him ́ together with

Mr. Boward Prommer, now president of the Bhakers Trust Company, to aid him in a plan to reorganise the Astor Trust Company. Mr. Davison became chairman of the exepativa committes of the Astor Tr Company, and Mr. Coobran made vios-president. His rise

hotlle, Cochran,