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THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918.

SHIPPING NEWS.

SHIPPING NEWS.

WATCHING A PLANT

GROW,

When the T. K. K. Hedion

lastitute.

experimanis,

pt: Steamer For some time past there have Remarkable Exhibition at Bose The Maru wan ertering Yokohams-been--scarcely any transactions barbour on Febrga. 10 be for the sale and purchase of collided the NYK. Tofukasteemere. is now reported,

•Maru and was seriously damag- however, that the Kasakabe rd. The Tofuku Harts also sof.

fered some damage.

Japan Sellor Shipping: Space

Shipowners of Japan qave filed their reports with the Departinent of Communicatione concerning the part they are playing in she sale of space taske United States in exchange for steel shapes. The smount of space to be sold in ssid to be, 296 200 ton.

ivomníù sicure Cargo for the East.

ibars being HONGKONG SHARE

REPORT.

8-BELDEES; SA.—BALES B-BUYERS; N-NOMINAL

OFFICIAL PRICES.

„BANKS.

bi

b

SE.

$615

$380

FIRE INSURANCES, A China Fires b.

$133 +H. K. Fires

$330

1.

SHIPPING.

52.

$773

b

Malabons

-883-

32.

11.

REFINERIES.

b.

$80

b.

$291

MINING

b.

40%-

b. & sa, t. 14

32.

b.

32/-

Ka.

Oriental Cons.

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C.

201- 27/-

$891 $131 1.941

BANKS

BANK OF CANTON,

LIMITED

For 12 Months 41% per annu

For

For

180 $300. b. ex 73. $310

: 318 $ 180

1996

HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Canizal Banking Business Fransacted..

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum.

For 6 Months 4% per annum.

LOOK POON SHAN;

Chief Manager,

BANKS

HONGKONG & BRANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA

TION

Paid-up Capital....... $1o 000,00 RESERVE FUNDS

Sterling

£1,500,000 $121

**** $15,000,000

Bilver#19,500,000

Reserve Liability

Proprietors

$4500 000:

1.835,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Fon. Mr. P. H. Falvast Chabern G. T. XL. FAR, Esq.-Deguty of shrugs. 7. C. Busche, b: L.Y. D. Par. 184, a H. Dotel, E. * 1 Bartender. Inge 12,^, Gubbay, 20 as Eos Mr, E. Selim No, MD. Landals

ONLEY MAKASTI Hougho-H. J. Babb, huo.

MAXAMIN

Bbangkakia G. Brepben, Ess London Maker London Coway we Westninger Bank, bolted

Hongkong-arms? Alloweda

On Osmani AccOLSED NE The rata of 2′per czarîjmu aaaam on the daily balanc

ON FIXED DEPORTIA.

months, 24 percutL, þar AMBA, months, Bj për cunt, par zasjen.

- UL. 19. 2012ab5, 4-pwe cant per annu: N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

DE CHINE.

行銀菜實法中

Capital (14 Paid up)...France £5,000,000 (1/3 of the Capital subscribed by the Government of the Chinese Republic)

Chairman of the Board of Dirsotors

Andre Barthelot,

A. J. Pagnatte.

HEAD OFFICE:

74 Ras Saint Lajare, PARIS BRANCHES:

PEKING. SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN HONGKONG, and BAIGON.

**BANKERS.

{In" FRANCE: Société Générale pour favoriser le Développement du Com- merce et de l'Industrie en FraZON, In LONDON: London County & Waat-

minster Bank, Ltd.-

In NEW YORK: Bedmond & Co. In ITALY: Banca Commerciale Italiana. Telegraphic Address : CHIBANKIND.

Interest allowed on Current Accounta and Fixed Deppelta. Terma on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

H. RQUET DE JOURNEL, Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH: Queen's Building.

Tel. No. 2332

5. Chater. Road. Hongkong, 20th August, 1917.

NOTICES.

NOTICE

PEAK TRAMWAY CO.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

5.00 LK EYEST 16 MIN.

1780A.M.

1.1.2.

THE Business of the above Lunk, la canêncraie "be the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING

C CORPORATION, Rale may be oètained on applicatioot! INTEREST on deposits is allowedchalina man imum monthly balances at Jsi per cane pie davom

Depestions may trafer, at their cycles, balancar of $10 or more to the Roogkong and Shangh Bank to be placed on JAD BERKER cent. per an

For the Hongkong und Shangkalkmakchi e Cupon- Kiom

N.J. STABB,

Chief Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND. CHINA

becomparainBoyal Charity 15

•HRED OFFICE >

PAID JP CAPITALS, main RESERVE FUND RESERVE LIABIDEZ OF

PROPRIETORS

IDON,

POREIGN EXCHANGE and Guiéra) -200) betizers tramaciad. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opined - and XPIRA DEPOSITS FICarved for I year or shorter pecials. extes which will be quoted on applicatkini

T. C. DOWNING, S

Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912

THE MERCANTILE BÀNT-OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurch

Street, London.

Authorised Capital ...............

Subscribed "

Paid Up Reserve Fund

BANKERS:

The Bark of England, The London Tolat Stock Bank, Laž sk BRANCHEST Comber

Kanchi

Kou Ebers

thousand men..........smployed in research. Rapenály many experi«! ments have been underteken-on. the effect of electricity am growth;

Lavo results -- obtained been mostly contradictory For real advance in #griculture |we must firat-diɛcover the laws.of Lest growth. Ordinary experiments on Kabashisi Kaisha has sold the Sir J. O. Bee delivered recent growth are of little aloe, becanes H. K. & S. Banks sa. Nichiyo mara. 5.628 tous, built ly at the Bose Institute, Calenita, they take weeks for detesting MARINE INSURANCES. in 1900, to the Kuhara firm for the second of the series of die changes of growth, rhigh might|

Cantons X3,750,000. She is to be delivered courses on revelations of plant have been brought about by North Chinas in March or April.

life. This time the audience had changes in the environment. The Unions - New Company, « the opportunity of witnessing the goly gratisfactory method is to Yangtszés William Denny and Bros. Ltd., working of Dr. Bose's newly per devise an apparatus which would has been registered in Edinburgh fected Crescograph which is make the plant itself record the a private company, with a undoubtedly one of the marvels rate of its growth, and the capital of £500,000 in 260,000 in visual demonstration of changes induced by food or treat- preferenog bares and 250,000 movements which are far beyond im at in the course of lees than a ordinary shares of 31 esoh, to the highest powers of the micros minute, during which short time Douglases take over the basiness of W. cope. The invisible internal it is possible to maintain external Steamboats Indos (Def.) Denny and Bros. 'shipbuilders, workings of life are thus for the conditions constsal.

Indos (Pref.) More than 130,000 tone of out and, Donry and Co. engineers, the first time revealed to man, All the difficulties pongscied

Shells bound Far Eastern curge mared both of Dambarton

The lecturer first described the with the devising of apparaing Ferries from Seattle and Tacome-in-

infinite variations in life reso‘ions have been completely removed by Dockyard Reopened. imanly steamships during Jago. After remaining idle for many in plants. The same external the lecturer a enccessful invention. ary. I be firgi, ten daya of years, the Nortbäset Dockyard is stimulus apparently produces one of his new magnetic creeongraph Sugars February eleven more vessels to be re-opened, it having been effect in one plant, and precisely in which practically unlimited cleared from the two ports, taking taken over by Steward's Granoli- the opposite in another. Some msguification is obtained wilbont more than 90,000 tone of cargo.thic, Ltd. In the early part of lestes move towards light, othere the difficulties arising from the Kailans

the 19th century large vessels are repelled by: it. The root unavoidable friction of bearings. Langkats NY K'S New Field were constructed and launched at benda towards the centre of the Hagnetic forces are so exactly Rauba Of late the Nippon Yeaen Northfleet, including many for earth, the shoot rises above bilanced that a disturbanos in Tronohs Kaisha has been paying increased the Royal Navy and the East away from it. Namerous other the balance caused by the slight Urals attention to the question of India Company.

"' tropie” movements are caused est movement such as that of by extending its operations abroad,

by electricity, growth is magnified ten, millions : :. contact, The Uraga Dock Strike. The management has been ask

On Sunday (24-h alt.) the by moisture and by invisible of times. The application of this ing arrangements for the NYK

management of the Urags Dock-radiationa. These effecte appear new principle will be of great H, K. Wharves 83. restols on the New York line to yard Company and ite workers, 50 extremely diverse

and importance in investigations in Kowloon Docks b.

* | S'hai Docks 当您。 touch at an island in the Gulf of who had struck work, demanding capricious that some of the lead physics. A Mexico. It is reported that the increase of 30 per cent, in their ing physiologists were forced to

·Sir J. C. Boas next demonstrat- LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS. arrangements bave Dow, been

wages, came to terms. The work come to the conclusion that there ad some marvellous ? results sompleted and the proposal will era agree to resume work from was no law guiding such move obtained with his apparatus. A Centrals be shortly carried into effet.

yesterday on condition that their mente, bot that the plant decider seeding which on socount of the H. K. Hotels wages be increased to a suitable for itself what should be the effect winter season appeared stationary Land Invest. Seattle Shipbuilding,

extent. It is reported that before of external conditions on il

jotted down by taps on a moving H'phreys Est. In launching three chips on the agreement was reached, one Most of these tropio move plate, the rate of its growth. The Kloon Lands

S'hai Lands February 20, the gigantio Seattle of the foremen, offended at certain, ments are bought about by application of a chemical instantly West Points shipbuilding industry established remarks tasks by the Directors, changes induced in growth by the reated this growth, but an s record for the first nineteen act off his little finger in their action of different forces. Ballantidote timely applied not only days of January that eclipsea by presence to show, it is asid, big growth is so excessively slow that removed the torpor bat en- Ewos sa even 6,800 deadweight tonn sincerity in endeavouring to light changes induced in it are baaced the growth at the same industry's entire record bring the management and work. impossible of detection. The normona rate.

The life of Kung Yiks

S'hai Cottons 52. for the year 1916, having lance era to terme.

proverbially slow paced snail the plant became, pliant at

Orientals ed five ocean-going cargo ships

mores two thousand times faster the will of the experimenter, and Yangtszepoos aggregating 33,400 deadweight

than the growing point of soothing appeared more marvell- MISCELLANEOUS tona in cargo capacity since his

The Governor of Iebikewa piant. Bencs to rienalise growth as than the realisation that man irat of the year. Io all of 1916 prefecture has stepended the and its changes apparatus had to has the power to pierca the veil

China Light & P.ss. Sestile launched four ocean-going business of the Hokuro Kisen be invented which would that shrouds the mystery that had

Providents vessels with a deadweight capacity Kaisha which was maintaining a magnify growth something like hitherto bad him.

Dairy Farms. The lecturer explained how the Green Islands of 29,600 tons. The Seattle Concoastwise service along Noto with a million times. If auch a thing straction and Dry Dock Company the port of Nanao as the centre. were possible the pace of the effect of a given agenta chemical H. K. Electrica b. launched the 7,500 ton steel It was alleged that the suspension ensil would be quickened to the solution or an electrio corrent H. K. Ice Co.......... b. steamship Satherland at 9 o'olcok

was primarily attributable to a speed of a rifle ballet. The is profoundly modifed by the Ropes in the morning. At 930 the project by osrtain other pereons difficulties in connection with the dose, s given intensity pro- Steel Foundries ̈n. Skinner & Eddy plant launched to establieb another steamehip-devising and construction of during on effect, and a Trams Low Level sa. the 8,800 ton steel steamship company. The H kaya Kisen apparatus with this extraordinary different intensity giving rise Trams, Peak, old s. West Arrow. At the same time, Kaishe asked the Japan Ship. power sppeared at first ar to en effect diametrically Trams, Peak, news.

Laundries- the Foget Sound Bridge and owners' Assocation to intervene, impossibility.

opposite. This is the reason of the

U.Waterboats Dredging Company launched the The Association accordingly held The jewels for the fittings, of inexplicable &nomalies which

Watsons 2,500-ton* suxiliary-powered a meeting of the management on apparatus could not be found fat have befied many investigations. Wa. Powells b. wooden schooner Ypres, construct the 27th alt. when it was decided enough. He had to discard or Numerous sro, the forces which Morning Posts:

to accertain the real facts of the dinary jewele for diamonds, such set on growth, some helping, case before taking any notion in bearings. being only made in others retarding, the effects being the matter. For the purpose Mr. Germany. But the outbreak of farther modified by the strength Ishikawa, Secretary of the As the war put an end to this possible and duration of application. sociation, bas left Kobe for source of supply. He had thro Theas factors that determine Share and General Brokers, Lahikawa prefecture.

Princes Bullding. to return to resources available growth are each to be studied in in India.

detail, and the laws of each to be

Tel, address: Broker.

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ed for the Washington Shipping Corporation. The Sutherland and the West Arrow are commandeer

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Ferro-Concrete Ships. Discussing the possibilities of

Suspension of Steamship...

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COTTON MILLS.

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concret for ships, Mr. A. T. Wall, a result of negotiatione. The invention of a method for discovered. There can be no real naval architect for Mesara, Cam-which were concluded recently (s immediate record of growth and advance in scientific agriculture mell, Laird & Co., observes that Liverpool: representative is of its varistions ander various con until this is dons, the first ferro-concrete ship has foially informed) between the ditione is 018 of immense not yet been tried at ses to any British and French steamship practical importance. Experi extent, to predict what the future lines interested in the North menta *gigantic soals. of these vessels will be. This Atlantic trade a conferebãe will are in progress, and all over mech, however, can be sail. be formed to govern the passenger the world for this purpose. A Ferro-conorste ships will always business of the lines and matters Rothamstead this work has been Mr. Robert-Bruce of the Hong-/ 31-2/5 be considerably heavier than related to it. It will be known going on for more than half a kong and Shanghai Banking TIT Shanghai......... Nom. Bioel ones, but they can be bails as the Atlantic Conference, and century. The great department Corporation in Jaya, arrived in T/T Singapore..... 130% as cheaper rate per ton of will take the place of that existing of Agriculture in Waebington Tokohama on the let inst, to join TT Japan deadweight carried Whether before the war, in which the lead spends millions & year on such the staff of the Yokohams office. T/T India

Istter

willing German lines participated. the

condition continue to the same extent after These will now be excluded. The the war seems doubtful. At pre-Conference will work in connɛo- sent, the prices for labour and tion with those of a similar nature material rule high. After the already in existence in Liverpool, war, even assuming that labar Italy, and America, and which rates do not materially alter, deal with various sections of the there will be almost certainly North Atlantic trade, and its reduction in the price of steel secretary, who has already been This will affect both kinds of appointed, will for the present

raft, but the steel veseal to a conduct business in Paris. greater extent, eince it has more The Iron and Shipping Question steel. Yet even with a substantia!It is anderstood that the Japan- drop in the price of steel it should ese Government, through the be possible to produce the con-Japanese Embassy at Wash crete ship at a somewhat less rate ington, has already presented the per ton deadweight than the steel terms of Japanese shipuilders on The greater weight of the the iron and shipping question to cozerele ship will always be a the United States Government, draw back to it, more especially but the Japanese authorities have where: draughts of water are not yet received any reply. Ac limited and with weesrls running oording so the Mainichi, certain ander their own steam, where the of the Japanese companies con reduced coal consumption of the oerned now realise that the steel vessel would soon make up American authorities may not for its slightly increased cost. In accept any such condition as that barges which are being towed for which stipulates that Japan will only a small part of their life, cffers veesein only cut of those and at's low speed, concrete con newly built with American votion might be economically materials to be supplied. Our sound. As before the war Japanees contemporary says thei preotically all ships were con accordingly the Mitsui Basaan, structed of steel, so it appears te Oenka Shosen, and the Omka be more than likely that she sauce Insertis non considering H. RUTTONJEE & SON. OUR

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