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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1918.

BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO.

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Telephone-2566:

CIVIL ENGINEERS,

King

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BANKS

BANK OF CANTON,

LIMITED.

Omnibus and Private,

KAD OFFICE, HONGKONG

Agencies:-SAIGON, SINGAPORE, PEKIN and TIENTSIN.

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COMMISSION, IMPORT & EXPORT

Industrial materials for railways, "factories, mines, iron, steel, pipes,

angle bars, steel joists. iron' sheets, motors and Fichet's fire- proof safes.

REINFORCED CONCRETE IS ABSOLUTELY

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MARINE CONSTRUCTION: Lighters (river and sea) up to 1,000 tons. Hulks, Ferry Boats in steel and reinforced concrete."

Sea going ships in reinforced con... crete, Steamers and Sailing vessels np to any tonnage.

IRON WORK:

Frame work, machine tools, boilers. .and industrial installations.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORKS:

Private and Public Buildings, Fac- tories, Godowns Tunnels, Found- ations in bad ground, by com- pressed air. Walls, Drains. Sewers, Churches, Hotels and Hospitals.

M. M. Brossard, Mopin and Co., shall be pleased to study all technical and industrial questions and are prepared to supply specifications and plans on every kind of metallic or reinforced concrete construction which may be required. Address as above or to their agents Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd., 14, Des Voeux Road, Central.

Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

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di-tribution of the available supply of natural indigo, decided to parchave practically the entire available stocks, and allow it to be gradually sold to the con

ESCAPE FROM THE ·

AUSTRIANS.

amore si ressonable price. The Italian Motor Drivers' Adventures. amount purchased ores 267 tone. at agrosa cost of $381,000. Out of

New Oif Enterprise. Mesare, Sosaki & Co., of Kobe, have recently been piping attention to oil. enterprissa in Behigo and Akita. It is now his His Majesty's Governmesi

Scheme to Control Rice Trade.

It is understooì that a scheme has been prepared in England för the control of the rice trade. Hisberto the millers in Borms have tendered for the gair

Standardised Softings. Reporting on January 28, the American Consul at Haddersfield ears: Numerous inquiries for

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up the engine with a hammer. Toes, me armed with the ham- Imer and the other with a bill hook they began to creep acros the fields towards the Piave,

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EXCHANGE.

SELLING.

2 3/13/2

3/196

3/11

3/198

3/134-

Nam.

4.29

BUYING.

754

...... Now.

433 4.43

........ 1%

To the wet grase they lay till C/T night-fall, and after darkmanaged Demand... to pass the front line trenches and 30 dia. Courage and good lack have wire until they rasched the tiver 50 dị............................... reported that the firm has bought were able to accede to a requea brought safe back to the Italian bank. There they found sentries

T/T Shanghai................. Nom. the oil fields worked by the from the French Government linee twa motor lorry drivers who posted at a distance of every fifty T/T Singapore

13376 Bonden Kamiai, of Kits Kam-to sell them 100 tons, and the were captured by the Austriana. Yards, but each in s trenohabove F/T Japan .......... 1431 bara-gun, Echizo, and those remainder has been gradually near Udine during the retreat which only his head was visible IT India .......... Nom. Gwned by the Namboka Pet disposed of to the trade, both for from the Isors. Like other It seemed hopeless for the Demand, Indis rolent Kamisi, of Akits, and are home consumption and for export. pisoners, they were set to work Italians to get arose without T/T San Francis- slready carrying on operations. In the result the sccounts show for their captors, and being sp being seen, and they lay a co & New Yorkf The Kobe firm is making arrange prfi (without allowing for inte párently quiet fellows who long while in despair until sa T/T Javascicacio.... 160 ments to secure more oilfielde. rest on the purchase price) of accepted their fate philosophical- Italian searchlight began to play T/T Marks.......... Nom. and it is expected that it will £3,56. The otject" of Hir. they were employed to on the Austrian bank. Balying FT Erapes...

42336 Majesty'e Government in making drive eventually establish a petro rom

a postal lorry which on this friendly glare to da sale the Demand, Paris company with a capital of sbou: this purchase was achieved, as at carried the mails from the base eyes of the sentries, the two men

all times during the last three up towards the Austrian font crawled on hands and knees to them/s. L/C 3214- ¥3,000,000

years the trade have been able to line. On these jurcare they water's edge and wading into the 4 m/s. DIP...

3256 obtain applice of natural indige were always under the escort of stream gained the Italian shore.

6 m/s. L

3/238 30 d/s. Sydney & 3/276 fair market price,

an Austrian soldier, but they did Danger was still all around

Melbourne.us their work eatisfactorily enough them, however, and they had to 30 d. Ben Franc- to gain a certain amount of con approach the Italian lices with as

decce from their guarde.

isco & New York) mach csation as they had used 4 m/s. Marka One day early in January they in leaving the Austrian.

4 m/s. Franca ments of the Wheat Ocmmit ion.

amples and for further ware driving towards the Piave. On being challenged they could 6 m/s. Francs Under the new scherne th or information have resebed the Tuey saw sa Italien observation not give the password, and fate Demand, Germany. ernment will fix the price to he Baddersfield Consulate from the balloon beyond the river, and they might yet hava furned against Demand, New York. 7436 paid by the millers for the paddy United States sicce the publica began to talk over pra-ibilities of them if one of the escaped prison. T/T Bombay

the coba ked rice, add the

Nom price at which it will take the of its report of November 9 escape. Al length they fired upon had not had the idea of break. Demand, Bombay....

on men's ejer dard suite. Mochis plan. finished article from the illere interest has been taken here also

ing into broad Milanesa dialect. T/T Calcutta........ The next time they arrived at Alter long parley they were Demand, Manila... 148

Demand, Calcutta... Nom. leaving a margin betzen theer in ste practical application and the village near the Five where admitted, with precautions, and Demand, Singapore. 13314 two prices to enable the miller working of the Government they used to deliver the mails the taken ander escort to the head-On Haiphong

14% prem to cover their costs and esin

scheme. The manufacture of Italian driver announced that the quarters of the battalion.

On Saigon profit.

pram. It is understood that the standard cloth is making rapid engine of the lorry needed some Their ecoount of conditions is On Bangkok 195€ ander the scheme the native cal progress and new developments attention, and asked if he could the Austrian lines is a long one. Sovereign.

6.35 Nom. tivatora will be susured of a very az in prospect. The first goods ake it to a malor transport depot Food supplies, they say, are Gold Leaf, per oz... 43 satisfactory price for their pro to be produced were in 24 pat few bandred yards from the scanty. The Italian prisoners, Bar Silver, per oz... 47 duce. At pre-ent the old crop ito na of a cheviot charseter made village on the side away from who are obliged to work for the SUBSIDIARY COINS. still being dealt in, but the new from corte wocle. The good the front. Permission was Austrisa Army, have a ration of arop, which is late, ia zuw begin. ning to come forward, and it it most suitable for that branch given, but as the distance was only one email lcsfa dey betwees

of the trade that considers dur40 short the Austrian ecl/ier who five, with 31 of maize £'kong 5 cts sub. 83.00% dia. know to be one of the larges ahlity of more consequence then soted as escort did not go with god a cup of suggerless coffee smartness; they are not designed them. No sooner were they oat Despite short commons, the spirit for the wear of those who feel af sight than they turned round of the Austrian soldiers i Canton 20 amount to 2,850,000 tons of part awkward, unless appearing in and same back through the kept up by the fanciful ly abelled rice. Only a portico mething "nobby. It is ex village at fall speed. No one tales which are

circulated among of this rice will be required for peated that before long 12 addi-was expecting to see them so them .19. to the the United Kingdom conemptional patterne will be made for 800, and there was nothing to hamsted oondition of Italy, which tion, and the millera are to be the mangfacture of Saxony wools attract attention in one lorry is spoken of almost with pity se

Many friends in the Far Ext empowered to dispose of the while the production of worsted: more less passing alone the streat a conniry in virtaal dieediation will bear with pleasure that Brig remainder under licencë.

ander the scheme is to be con. The result was that they got by under the control, both political General O. D. Brace is shortly Natural Indigo. sidered soon. The latter will annoticed and beaded at once fat and military, of England. The due for Holland, if he is not The Board of Trade Journal commend higher priots than the Piave. They had several miles escaped men destribe, too, the stready there. He had latterly for January 31 reports that the those established for the pret go, sad it occurred to them that shameless pillage of Udine, of been moved from Crefeld to a brokere employed to handle the sent output. It is report suspicion would be less likely to which they were eye-witnesses prison camp where it is clear, natural indigo purchases of Bi-ed that 20,000 oro FATd be aroused if they had an Austrian and they maintain that already although his letters cannot speak Lijesty's Government, hsva in-of this standard cloth have been soldier or two on board. Oveziak tourists have been allowed to visit plainly, conditions were far more formed the Board of Trede that ordered, and if the plan to uring a couple, of Austrians, they the explored town and go abou severaN C. Daily News, the entire stock has been disposer Sixony is perfected it will mean cordingly asked them if they in the Tyrolean costume favoured of, and that payment has been re another million yards, As now wanted a lift, explaining that, by Germans on holiday, jospect crived for the same. At the out pisoned, provision: is made for they had been told to take ing its monumentzy Baedeker in break of wowing to the 750,000 to 1000,000 nits ready the lorry to a village belos hand. inevitable charge ofynthetic for delivery from June to Angait the front lives.

The men indigos volt, men felt thas ext. Fam informed that these, tccepted readily and acted da there might be a danger of the goods will not be in the hands cnconcious" erect until the To Promote Friendship, supply of the natural indigo gett of the bespoke tailors at all. The Italians told them they were near A party representing the Chio ing into the hands of a very emal manufacturers will sell them their destination. Having got ese Fres of Peking will shortly group and therefore His Majesty's direct to the wholesale clothiere, rid of them passengers, the two make a trip to Japan, to promote Government, in order to anenre, to be distributors among the Italians took the lorry, into a friendship betwein the two con as far as possible, az equitable makers of ready-made clothing.deserted farmyard and emsahed tries.

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ever grown. It is estimated that

the total exportable surplus wil

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DISCOUNT PER $100:

10

50

par.

1.50% dis 714% dis..

Brig.-General Bruce.

Japangse Army Commanders'

Conference

a conferesen of the volumand. of the gurione army divisions wse to open in Tokşa yesterday, |(Apfil 9).smcording to the Japan Advertiser. On the first day of be conference the commandere were to be received in audience by His Majesty the Emperor and entertained to dinner in the Im- perial Palace,

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INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

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For 3.Months 3% per annum, For 6 Months 47 per annum.

For 12 Months 4}% per annum LOOK POON SHAN,

Chief Manager.

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Subscribed Capital... France 45,000,100. Paid up

22,3/0,000. (14 of the Capts, Le. Frares 15,000,000 subscribed by the Government ofte Chinese Bepublic)

Chairman of the

Board of Directors André Berthelot. General Manager A. J..Pernotta.

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NOTICE."

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145

12.34

630.3.

LP 10.

L.M.

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