1918-01-10 — Page 2

NOTICES.

EXPANDED METAL

FLOOR.

ROOF,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918.

·POR PLASTER-MORK AND RE-INFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION-

AS

FOR

USED IN

NUMEROUS

IMPORTANT

WORKS

IN

FOUNDATION,-

WALL.

ETC.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM.

J. H. TAGGART,

Manager.

PEAK HOTEL

1400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM PRINCIPAL LANDING STAGE: FIRST CLASS RESIDENTIAL and TOURIST HOTEL Unstrated for 'Comfort, Hektit “ahd Convenience. Telephones in Every Room: prompt connection maintained by sixthise to Central. Moderate Tarif and Excelent Cuisine, Roof Garden and Grcial Rooms, Baropean Runner ments KlammeO),

P. OPEUSTER.

NOTICES.

GREAT BRITAIN and AMERICA. STOCK LIST, PAMPHLETS, AND

PRICES ON APPLICATION. Quotations description of Machinery or Engineering Fians on application le

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Machinery: Dept.

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment

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

WRITE FOR PAMPHLET AND FULL PARTCOMLARS TO

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agentä.

Maltheid Reefing

SOLE AGENTS.-

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

QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, HONGKONG,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING:

ESTABLISHED 1883. MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE MANILA ROPE

6 STRAND

14 to 15"

CIRCUMFERENOL |

CABLE LAID

5" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

4 STRAND 3" to 10" CIRCUMFERENCE.

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

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

BRANDY.

THREE DIAMOND.

COURVOISIER'S.

SOLE AGENTS :

CALDBECK MACGREGOR

& CO.

15, Queen's Road Central,

Telephone No. 75.

ASTHMA

7

CAN BE CURED.

"HER nay ba bull roosted and khi op Til night oongking and gasping for

breath when a SINGLE dass of

·NOBBS' ASTHMA CURE

will give you certain, prompt felial and apeanéza ŋgood žighting read ↑ - This, the only ganglys cure for Latina, discovered, BYWERDENS,* qualided Chemith, and auferet for many years, will, if taken when sposary effect a radical curs (off Phận entwhile

malady,

́Obtainable. – Mesars, &. 3, WATSON |& Co. Ltd. and all Chemist ázd Patent":

Medicine Vendori

Price: $2.50 per bottle.

SINGON & CO.

Katablished 4.D. 1220, TRON, STKEL, SIETAL wad HARD- WARE MERCHANTIM, Wholesale and Estall Ironmangers, Pig Iron and Foundry Osky Imperiors: Gasazal Mora- korpus and thighhatian You. 3, and

TSANG FOOK.

WER WRndkai Zoad:Telephone any

· PIANOS A ORGANS REPAIRED, TUN EBA SEBULATED, DASES HE-POLISH {KE:WORKA FINISH ZURNANTHEI SOWEST ="#KARIES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORKMANSHIP, IN- TIRAYSS #1YUN.ON/PROUEST, HUNG

General Manager.

NORTH BRITISH

AND

MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO.,

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

AND

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

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Agents.

Yorkshire

Insurance Co.,Ltd.

ESTABLISHED 1884.

The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company - BIG prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

AGENTS,

Photos of Volunteer Camp

for sale now.

MEE CHEUNG PHOTOGRAPHER.

Ice House Street.

Telephone/1013.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED,

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 575 lbs. nat, "In Bagy" of 250 lba, zet.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. 7. Geïntal 'Manages. Hongkong, 16th August, 1916.

GRAND HOTEL.

á brat-clam and up-to-dale Hotel, most central location within the vicinity of all the principal Bazila. Noted fox the best Food, Befreshments, Accountɔodation and Ciranline

Cuisine under European Superricon

A frst-clam string Orchestra renders sclections from 4.30 p.M, to 13.30 FM"

Special monthly terms for residents and for Shipping People. For further particulars apply' — W. BARKER,

Manager. Telephone No. 197. Telegraphic Address

VAFIADIS'TM

EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES.

Imperial Bouquet per

100

$5.30

Crown Prince"

.100

4.65

"COMFORT.”

50

2,35

10

.50

Extra Fine (Grand Format)

50

2.35

Nectar

50

2.35

Yildiz

25

1.10.

Club Size

.10

..40

Non Plus Ultra

100

3.60

-50

1.85

.20

75

Superfine

100

2.40

-50-

-1:20-

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION,

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS. Tel. 973.

Telegraphic Address: "VICTORIA "

"NEW MACAO

J. WITCHELL

Manager.

HOTEL,

PRAYA GRANDE, MACAO.

•The sbore Hotel was opened on August 1st, 1914 under new Proprietarship and Management The Hotel now offers, for Residents and Tourists, excellent sccomodation Large dining room facing the Sea. It has been entirely zenovazed throughout and newly furnished, and is now upindala In every rompect. Large and airy rooms, excellent sanitary "arrangemente. Hot and Cold Baths Electric Light and Far Private and Publie Bar and Billarda. Tera Moderate. For further information apply to

THE MANAGER.

זי

·Telegraphic- Address * Phoenix.

Grand Hotel de l' Europe, Singapore.

UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT..

THE PREMIER HOTEL FINEST SITUATION. EXCELLENT CUISINE.

HINDS

ARTHUR E ODELL,

(Late Grand Hotel, Southolige, England,' and Royal Palace Hotel, London, WI) -

NOTICES.

HONEY AND

*LMOND

CREAM

Is particularly recommended for,

ROUGH, HARD OR IRRITATED SKIN, CHAPPED

FACE, LIPS AND HANDS,

SUNBURN, WINDBURN, COLD SORES. CHILBLAINS, BURNS, SCALDS, FLESH WOUNDS, CHAFING, MOSQUITO AND OTHER INSECT BITES.

and all the various

CONDITIONS OF THE SKIN OF LIKE CHARACTER

THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY,

TEL. NO.

1877.

QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

BOLE AGENTS- AGE

THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE GO., LD,

PRICES

$3,25

1 gal

53. $15.00

$100.00

'HOTEL' MANSIONS,

THE BEST OF ALL

JEYES FLUID

35

ALEX. ROSS & To, (Sole Agents.}

4,

DES TŒUX ROAD, CENTRAL,

HONGKONG

་་

SPRICES

1 gal. $3.25

GENERAL NEWS-

COL3000,000 Tons Less.

Mr. Wardis, for the Board of Trade, stated in the House of Commons that the output of coal

in aine mentberf last year was about 187,750,000 tone, or 5,000,- |000 tons less than in the com responding period of 1916.-

Lady's Stolen Jewels.

A verdick for the defendants wan returned inthe King's Bench Division in the ́dase in which Mrs. Edith Coombes, a Sidoup Indy, sought to recover damages from the proprietors of the Deane Hotel, Oxford-atreet, London, for the loak of jewellery of the Getailed value of £500, which the plaintif alleged wär stolen from her bed- room during ber stay at the botal.

Pensioners Earalogs

The habit of mediest hoards of questioning applicants "for påns nons as to the amount of their earnings in condemned by the Army Cousoil as “contrary to | present policy." The physion: dis-

ablement of soldiers about tabe- {invalided or of pensioners who are being examined for reassete. ment is to be assessed quite independently of what they may

CATE. DA

No Winter Racing

-- It was announced recently that, in reply to the deputation appoint- ad-by-the-National-Hant-Com-" mittee, the President of the Board of Trade had intimated that he was unable to grant facilities for winter racing. He had given the matter the fallest consider- ation, and feared he could not agree to meetings being held under National Bart Bales The deputation, which consisted of three Swards of the National Hant Committee, was received by Sir Albert Stanley,utusta p

The Luck of Litigation. The end came recently in the House of Lords to a diepats be tween two lemp companies, which ̈ has been before the Courts for four years: la October, 1913, the 5815.carem-Robertson Lamp Works, Ltd., commenced sotion against 10 100,0 Popes Electric Lamp Co, Ltd., alleging infringements of an invention of improvements relat- jing to the manufacture of in- candescent electric lamps. It was then decided that the de- fendants bad not infringed the patent. The Osram Jo, sprosled Ho the Court of Appeal, who up-- held the decision of the Chart balon. The House of Lords by ★ majority of one allowed the Oarem Co.'s appeal.

AUSTRALIAN

PRINCE

BRAND.

SECOND

TEL. NO.

1877.

THE

PRIN

BEST

RAND

NONE

DRACON MOTOR CAR CO. OBTAINABLE.

t

MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE & SALE. PROMPT SERVICE.

Sole Distributors for South China and Macao for the OVERLAND, HUDSON and CHANDLER Motor Cars, and the HARLEY DAVIDSON Motor Cycles.

KOWLOON BRANGH. 26. 'MATHAN ROAD, TEL. PROPRIETOR: C.“ LAURITSEN.

K. 225.

Tel. 482.

E. HING & CO.

SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, SHIFCHANDLERS AND HARDWARE MERCHANTS.

"PHONE NO. 1116.

25, WING WOO ST.

CENTRAL

MOTOR CARS

FOR SALE OR HIRE

ORDERS BOOKED IN ADVANGE "APPLY:

TEL No. 1063

EXILE CARAGE

HAMS.

TO

OBTAINABLE AT ALL THE LEADING COMPRADORES.

FRENCH

t.

LESSONS,

C. MOUSSION,

15. Morrison Hill Road,

SPECIAL OFFER

Flat bottom Tunnel Stern Motor Boat. 16 feet long, with

wah.p.

*

Caillie" Marine Motor. Suitable for Shallow Waters

$385

A great bargain! in gran

ALEX ROSS

MACHINERY DEPT.

CO.

DES VŒDX CENTRAL ROAD:

Phone 27

The Mongolian Plague: "!- Since the appearance of the plague out-break at Baratai, Sai- | yuan, was reported, the Ministry of the Interior haa wired to Tartar General Tani, seking-him ||to report on the matter, and to organise a commission to prevent an extension „of: the outbreak. The Ministry bas slao requested the Ministry of-- Communiostična to orden the medios) öfferen-af the Peking-Saiyaan: Railway t Pao Ton and Fang Chang to make investigations; andį to devin means to prevent the outbreak from spreading to other places. It is also planning to send out medical experts to establish quarantino #tations BO that the outbreak may be localised sa much se possible.--Peking Daily News, S

*_Millionaire Officer's Will.

In the Chancery Division Mr. Justics Younger was seked to decide an interesting point eris- {ing-under the will of the late Lieutenant A. P. Wernher, and concerning a fond of £1,000,000, bequeathed by the late Sir Jalias Charles Wernher. By bis will Bir Julius left the income of the fund ito bis sou; the Iste Lieut. Alexan- der Pigott Wernher, on his attain ing 30 years of age, and gura him a general power of appoint Iment over the fund: Lient. Warn-. her, who was in the Welsh¤rúszás, was only 19 years of age when he was killed in sotion on Bept. 16, 1916. His will was admitted to probate, and the question now was whether the power given by the Wills" Act to ad¬l'infant soldier on actual military, neTVÍOS | tô make a valid will ext ded to

she exercise of a geners appointment2 I sppointment, the the residue of this! |Ogden Lawrando led that it wa

Act that to figh