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NOTICES.'į

THORNYCROFT AND KELVIN MARINE MOTORS.

DEMONSTRATIONS AND FULL PARTICULARS. ON APPLICATION TO

∙CODWELL & CO., LTD.

MACH SERY DEPARTMEN

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

Jew Scheme for Children's Early Endowment

小

Principal featums: Shall Premium, Liberal Surrender Valus,

No Medion) Examination, Return of Premis in the Event of Death, and Numerous Options at the Age of 25. WRITE FOR PAMPHLET AND FULL PARTIDULARS TO

"SOLE AGENTS

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agents.

GANDY

BELTING

4:0:)

THE EASTERN ASBESTOS CO.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918.

QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, HONG KONGA

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING

ESTABLISHED 1883. MANUFACTUREES OF

LTB.

PURE MANILA ROPE

8 STRAND

1 to 15".

CIRCUMFERENCE.

CABLE LAID

4 STRAND

5" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE.

3" to 10" CIRCUMFERENCE.

Oil Drillag Cables of any size up to 3.000 feet in length. Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application:

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,

CANTRELL

&

COCHRANE'S

BELFAST

DRY IMPERIAL"

GINGER ALE.

SOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK MACGREGOR & CO.

Central" Telephone No. 75.

15. Queen's Road,

HONGKONG JAPANESE

General Managers.

NOTICES.

NORTH BRITISH

AND

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,

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

AND

THE RAILWAY, PASSEN- GERS ASSURANCE CO., The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE st Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Agents.

Yorkshire

MASSACE ASSOCIATION.Insurance Co.,Ltd.

WE beg to notify the Publie that we, the undersigned, being proper and fully certificated Massuers have this day formed the above, Massage Association.

Mr. U. SUGA S

Mrs. A. SUGA

Mr. I. KOMDA

Mrs. S. HONDA

54 Queen's Road Central,

METALS

of all kinds, especially.for ship- building and engineering works. Largest and best assorted stock in the Colony.

SINGON & GO.,

(Established A. „D.”‡1880.y

Phone 515. HING LƯNG SY.

NEW FILMS

JUST ARRIVED;" PRICE MODERATE:

MEE CHEUNG

PHOTOGRAPHER

Los House Birot. Telephone 1513,

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM.

J. H. TAGGART,

THE

1,500

Manager.

PEAK HOTEL.

FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

15 MINUTES FROM LANDING STAGE.. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. BLAIR.

GRAND HOTEL.

Brus-Cam and ep.vo-dals Hocel, most central location within the vicinity of an thế” principal banka Xoved for the best Food, Refreshest, Accommodation and Cieczilawm Cuisine under European Expertion

track

tog Orchestre renders anlections from 6.30 to 11.30 va

Special monthly terms for residents and for shipping People.

- W. BARKER For further particulars app

Manager.

Telephone No. 19

Telegraphic Address

*

COMFORT."

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION. ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR

HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.

Telegraphic Address: "VICTORIA

Zal, $75.

JWITCHELL

Manager:

THE CARLTON HOTEL.

[THE ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL IN THE COLONY.;

ICE HOUSE STREET

Under; American Management

Moderate

Sice and quiet yet only a few minutes walk from the Banks and Central District 43 Bedrooms. Freallent Cuisine, Scrupulously Clean. Terms. Monthly ad Family Bates on application to the Proprietres.

MRS F. E. CAMERON. Telephone 812,

EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE. UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT

THE PREMIER HOTEL FINEST SITUATION. EXCELLENT CUISINE.

FINE

For the COMPLEXION

It beautifies and preserve

the compition, and may

be lecely used on delizzie and seesire skins which ordinary toilet soaps would irritate and coarsen.

TEL

1877

ESTABLISHED 1884.

The Badaraigned AGENTS for

the

above Company ATC prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

AGENTS,

GREEN ISLAND GEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED,

PORTLAND CEMENT.

| In Casks of 375 lbs. not. In Bags of 250 lbs net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

Gmoral Managers." Manakang, 16th August, 1816-

ARTHUR E. ODELL

(Late Grand Hotel, Southcliffe. England and Royal Palate Hotel, London, W.)

NOTICES.

YARDLEY'S OATMEAL

The purest and finest of Soaps, scientifically com- bined with an Oatmeal specially treated for the extraction of its bland. soothing. superfatting.

qualities.

SOAP

For the NURSERY.

A perfect Wurkery Soze. #other as it cleanses. 11s use caatics Baby to start file with a healthy and beautiful skis azt to main- in 13 beauty through

Youth to Aze.

PRICES Cts. 60 a Box of 3 Cakes.

COLONIAL DISPENSARY, QUEEN'S ROAD

DRAGON MOTOR

CENTRAL.

GAR GO.

MOTOR CAR'S FOR HIRE & SALE.

PROMPT SERVICE.

Sole Distributors for South China and Maçao for the OVERLAND, Hudson and CHANDLER "Motor Cars, and the HARLEY DAVIDSON Motor Cycles. KOWLOON BRANCH, 26. NATHAN ROAD, TEL. K. 228.

PROFRIETOR: C. LAURITSEN. Tel. 482.

FRENCH

LESSONS.

G. MOUSSION, 15. Morrison Hill Road.

CALL

AT THE HONGKONG

CIGAR STORE

CO, "LTD. AND ASK FOR

"EL PALACIO

AND

YOU will be convinced that Hongkong Is ΠΟΥ favoured

with the

best

of

brand

NOTICES.

MANILA CIGARS.

Scripps

27 HP. SCRIPPS MARINE MOTOR MODEL HB..

Pour cylinder zeepole motor

•Two-ont electric starter, Schedler kereste carburetor High senden magasto

Spiel and Sunce Speed vilung Paragon reverse.2017

Beer Boot; same ehd Only 3o with expoke? Flywheel all-erzciented,

Insmelled black and stray Complete minipruesit.

A two-cylinder 14 b.p. SCRIPPS Marine Motor powered a.35 ft. boat across the Atlantic in the summer of 1912,

ALEX ROSS & CO.

THE

4. Des Voeux Road Central.

Machinery Department Telephone 27.

GENERAL NEWS.

"Germans and Clean Lineo. Amsterdam, June, 25-There are people in Germany who put off a clean boiled shirt and a collar;" and sometimes two collars, asch- day, waile the Dewiasks Tageszeit. ung. "If they want to ruin their linen by overwashing, that is their affair," it continues, “but we my it in a waste of valuable starch, and it obeste others out of their jäst ebere, because laundries are everywhere apt to favour their 'best customers,”

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Population of the French Cities......

The Paris Matin reports that the population of Marsailles has increased from 600,000 to 947,- G00 between 1914 and 1918, of Lyona from 530,000° to 740,000, of Bordeaux from 281,678 to 325,- 000, of Toulouse from 150,000 10 210,000, and the smaller cities correspondingly. This increaĖD

is ascribed to new munitions enterprises, to infax of foreign workmen, and to arrival of re fugees from the war.

'

"

United States Flag Law. Chicago,Jaly, 19—E. E. Lewis, president of the American Flag Day Association, in a letter to President Wileon to day, pro- teste against the ose by Govern. ment efisiale of the American fag as a background in poster designs. In his latter Mr. Lowie declares that posters of the Food Administration are direct viola-" tions, not only the Illinois Flag law, bat of the laws of thirty- sight other States and four | Territories.

[British Soldiers Hoe Site of

Roman Camp.

London, July 2.Within the thick rock and earth walls of an outermost rampart of the ancient Roman Empire, British soldiers. sro daing daty to-day with hoes instead of with swords. The walls and trenches are virtually intact and on the ground of the circular camp, or fort, undisturbed since the Boman coogpstion, Tegetables are growing to help feed the armies of the Allies. The old fort is on a high wooded hill on the estate of Lord Clifford shouttwelve miles from Torquay, Devonshire."

· Thousands II' in ↑ Germany,

Amsterdam, Waly 13.-The illness from which thousands of persons in German industrial districts are suffering, and, which has been described as Spanish irfaepes, is really nd illness | due to the hunger and consequent exhaustion, the Telegraaf saye it has learned. In various industrial towns in Westphalia and the Rhine provinces, the newspaper reports, many deaths are occurring daily and the hospitals are full of patiente suffering with this malady. The Germsa potato ration, the news- paper.adde, has been reduced to between one and one-half and two kilograms weekly per person, and the new potato crop has not yet been distributed. In consequence of the situation brought about by anderncarishment and sickness, it ia etated, various branches of German industry are being coE- siderably hampered in their work.

Reaction in Philippines. There is no more important place in which Americs cat produce a model for the Far East. than the Philippines, according to Bishop William Burt, who has LONDON DIRECTORY.

just returned to Ameriös from s Any European, Non-Asiatic or four of the Orient is connection Indian desiring to leave the with the * ป

World Centenary Colony should apply in person celebration of the Methodist at the Central Police Station Episcopal Chorch. "I went between the hours of 9. am there with special interest, se I 1 pm, and 2 p.m. to 4 pam; daily.

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Applicants will be required to wanted to see what changes had produce Passports or identifica-taken place since the United tion papers.

States, was in possession of All persons with certain excep" things," asid Bithop, Bart. tions. who remain in the" The first lew daya I Colony for more than 7 days are was delighted and felt proad of required to Register themselves what the United States had done, under the REGISTRATION of and I said more than once, "What with the goods they ship and the Colonial PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916.a model this will be for the whole Forms of Registration giving the set to bave jaet this sample of *particulers required may be obtained at the G. P. O. and at what can be done'. After a ghile all Police Stations.

I began to realize that the re- The Penalty for non-com-actionary forces are coming back pliance is a fine not exceeding and I had concluded, manch to my regist, that the Pailingine Islands to-day represent s eble of arrest». ed development. It is fair to say that those who sty, enthosisafio: for the Filipinos". independence have begun to realize that it has gone a little too fast, and that

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Dealeza seeking Agencies can advertise

menta from £1.

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CAST IRON"

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THE LONDON DIRECTORY, 00, ATE.

Pj

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ÄND FITTINGS- FRANK SMITH : &, CO,

6 DES VEUX ROAD, CENTRAL

TEL. 2090. HONGKONG,

they were "not ready for such heary responsibilities.

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