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NOTICES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 1918.

THE RED HAND

COMPO MITED,

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.

Suppies available from:

DODWELL & CO.LTD.

SOLE AGENTS.

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

Jew Scheme for Children's Early Endowment

IN

Principal features: Small Premium, Liberal Surrender Valus, No Medical Bramination, Bèturn of Premis in the Event of Death, and, Nimareas Options at the Age of 25. WEITE FOR FARPELET AND FULL PARTIDULARS TO

SOLE AGENTS--

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agents.

GANDY

BELTING

~:0:

THE EASTERN ASBESTOS CO.

QUEEN'S Building, CHATER ROAD, HONGKONG

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING G

- ESTABLISHED" 1883.

MANUFACTURERS OP

1]

PURE MANILA ROPE

STRAND

14 to 15."

CIRCUMFERISCE

CABLE LAID -4 STRAND

3" to 10" CIRCUMFERENCE,

3" to 15" OIRCUMFERENCE.

·03 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. General Manager.

NOTICES.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL-

AND

GRILL ROOM.

J. E. TAGGART,

THE

1,500

PEAK

Manager.

HOTEL

FEET ABOVE SEA

LEVEL. 15 MINUTES FROM LANDING STAGE:

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT. OF

'MRS. BLAIR.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

„CENTRAL LOCATION, ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, "TELEPHONE" ON BACH - FLOOR. - HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL” STEAMERS.

Telegraphic Addrean: “ VICTORIA

NA WAKTORTELL,

Kuzigen

Tel. #73.

THE CARLTON HOTEL.

THE ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL IN THE COLONY

ICE HOUSE STREET....

Under American Management.

Mcderate

Nice and quiet yet only a few miputra' walk from the Banks and Centrul District. 43 Fedroma, Fxcellent Cuisine, Scrupulously Clean. Tome. Monthly and Family Rate an application to the Proprietas.

MRS F. E CAMERON. Telephone812,

EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE.

UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT.

THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION, EXCELLENT CUISINE.

ARTHUR E. ODELL,

(Late Grand Actel, Southclife. England and Royal Palace Hotel, London, W.)

NOTICES.

CALL

THE HOICRONG CICAR STORE

CO, LTD. AND ASK FOR

"EL PALACIO"

ANDA! YOU will be convinced that Hongkong is

now favoured

with the best brand

of

NOTICES.

MANILA CIGARS.

NOTICES.

' REMY MARTIN

BRANDY"

CANTON

FRANCE

LIME JUICE CORDIAL. SIRDIR

SULE AGENTS:

CALDBECK

MACGREGOR

& CO.

No. 15, Queen's Road, Central.

Telephone No. 75.

NORTH BRITISH

AND

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO...

In which are vasted the shares of THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO. "LTD,

AND

ཀ

THE RAILWAY PASSEN- CERS ASSURANCE CO.

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

SHEWAN, TOMES-& CO. Agents.

1)

FINE

For the COUPLEXION.

It beautifies and preserves

the completion, sad may

be freely used "clical and sensitive slits which ordinary tolle! KOORS WORlE irrain and coarsen,

-***

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. Fursary 5022, 4 soothes as it cleanses. Its est cables Baby to start kie with healthy and. bemöld skin and to main – tain its beasty through Youth to Age.

* PRICES Cls. 60 a Box of 3 Cakes,

1977,

COLONIAL DISPENSARY 14. QUEEN'S ROAD

CENTRAL...

RÉMY MARTIN Brandy

CD FRANCE ..

ERITY MARTY

鼎

HONGKONG JAPANESE”

MASSACE ASSOCIATION,

Mr. U. SUGA

Mr. L. HONDA

¡Mrs. A. SUGA

Mr. S. HONDA

8 Onsen's Road Central.. Hongkong.

METALS

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

SINGON & CO.,

*** (Established;. JA. D. 1880) HING LUNG ST. : - Fhopa 513.

KODAK PHOTO GOODS CAMERAS & FILMS

JUST ARRIVED.

MEE CHEUNG

PHOTOGRAPHER

Ive House Birnet. – Telephone 1013,

Stare Dpponte Olly Hall

Yorkshire

InsuranceCo.,Ltd.

ESTABLISHED 1884.

| The Undersigned AGENTS for

the above Company prepared to ACCEPT RISKE Against FIRE st Current Rates, SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

AGENTS,

́GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLANE 'SEKENT.

In Caaks of 375 lbs. not. In Bags of 250 Ibi.. not,

SHEWAN

ค

MASKSER

Agents:

DRACON MOTOR CAR CO. THORESEN & CO.

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.

KOWLOOK BRANCH, 26. NATHAN ROAD, TEL, K.,226,

"

PROPRIETOR: C. LAURITSEN. Tel. 482.

FRENCH

LESSONS.

G. MOUSSION,

15. Morrison Hill Road.

E. HING & CO.

SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, SHIPCHANDLERS AND HARDWARE MERCHANTS

25, VING

PHONE NO. 1118.

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PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS

CORONA

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GENERALNEWS.

British Officers Escape.

The Nieuws Rotterdameche Gourant states that the General Commanding at Escover somOUS-

ose that 20 British officers have caped from Holzminden Camp. He offers a high reward for their re-osptare -According to the O nabruck Tageblatt, one of the. cfficers who has been caught revealed that the escs

resos pe was made by a subterranean pasage st which the prisoners had worked for nine months. All attempts to catch the fugitives have so far been unsuccessful.—Renter.

Hungarian Robber Cougts. Two Magyar noblemen, Count Lonie Norman, and his son, Count Reginald Norman, have been sentenced arch to one year's: * imprisonment for organising [brigandsge in the district în which they lived, saya a Zurich wrialses message. The evidence abowed that the two counts collected 50 gipsies, and kept" them in an enosmpment in the |park surrounding their ancestral castle. With these hirelings they raided farms, plundered, varned, and spread terror throughout the countryside for nearly six months.

Germany's Clothing Substitutes. Speaking recently at Dresden, Dr. Duetler Imperial Commission er far Civilian Olothing, said that before the end of the present wer Germsay would be able to cover | all requirements for men's cloth- ing and also linen with substitutes. The only thing which might be mising would be stuff für infants” linen clothing, but if the Allien hoped to force Germany to make pesce simply from need of cloth- ing they would be disappointed. A general voluntary collection of men's clothes will take place sbortly in order to find clothing |for poor soldiers when the time

comes for demobilisation.

Zaberalsm" In Austria"/"

A member of the Austrian Obamber of Peers and two mem- bers of the Austrian Chamber of of Depaties were in a first-class empartment of the train from Olmuels to Vienns when the guard requested them to leave it, in order to make room for a

neral of the Austrian army, Te members pointed out that there was a set vacant fwhich the general could coonpy. The guard replied that the general demand- ed a compartment for himself. The travellers refund to leave the compartment, whereupon siz soldiers with fred baronets entered and ejected the peer and the two deputies to make room for the general.

Concrete Ships.

Beports from reinforced con crete shipyarde - in England, |Scotland, and Ireland show that good progress is being made in the construction of 1,000 ton me5-" going barges for the Admiralty Department of Merchant Ship- building: Vessels of this olses are argently required, and the programmeofconstruction siready anthorized comprises barges and other vessels representing shout |200,000 tons of abipping, and a espital outlay estituated et nearly | £4,000,000,"spsrt from the cost of land and shipyard plant. The aving in steel is fully, 70,000 tons on what would have been required for steel ships of the same carry [ing ospacity. It is believed that a still larger saving will be effected in fatare.

German Prisoners Spreading Discontent.

The Essie Weekly Neur publishes the following extract from a letter which it has received i from the rector of a rural parish.

described ne a well knowh man"--" A subtle, în faunce being exercised.” amoog labouring clas by the prisoners working among These prisoners often pretend, fancy that

workin their