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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1918.

BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO.

Telegraphic Address—" BROSSARD " Telephone-2566.

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CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS and SURVEYORS,

King's Building, HONGKONG.

Codes, A.B.C., 5th, A.Z. Francais, Bentley's, Omnibus and Private.

Agencies:-SAIGON, SINGAPORE, HAIPHONG, PEKIN-& TIENTSIN.

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REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS:

Road and Railway Bridges, Bunds,' Wharves, Weirs, Retaining Walls, Dams, Industrial Buildings, Towers, Tanks, Godowas, Frameworks, Cul- verts, Vaults, Floors, Roofs, Piles hollow and, full. all lengths and sizes, Soles and Foundation plat forms, Chimneys, Poles for support- ing Telegraph and Telephone lines and carrying Electric Light ang Power.

COMMISSION; IMPORT & EXPORT:

Industrial materials for railways, factories, mines, iron, steel, pipes, angle. bars. steel joists, irog

sheets. motors and Fichet's fire-

proof astes

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REINFORCED CONCRETE IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF AND OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE SHOCK..

MARINE CONSTRUCTION: Lighters (river and ses) up to 1,000 tops. Hulks, Ferry Boats in steel, wood and reinforced concrete. Sea going ships in reinforced con- crete, and wood. Steamers and Sailing vessels up to any tonnage..

IRON WORK:

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

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORKS: Private and Public Buildings. Fac teries, Godowns Tunnels

Found- ations in bad ground, by pressed air, Walls, Drains, Sawers. Churches Hotels and Hospitals.

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BANKS

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HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG,

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and

General Banking

Transscted.

BANKS

HONGKONG & BANGET

BANKING CORPORA

TION, Paid-up Capital ........$35,000 001 RESERVE FUNDS.

Sterling

£1,500,000 at 2/-

-$15,000,000 Siltme.$19,500,000

$24 306,000

Business Reserve" Liability of

Proprietors..... $15,000,004- COURT OF DIRECTORS Hoe: Holyoad Carmen 2.2. Ma Trikina, Big-Deputy Chalergan

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ENTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum

For 6 Months 4% per annum.

For 12 Months 4% per annum.

LOOK POON SHAN,

Chief Manater.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE

DE CHINE.

Franer 45,000,00, Subscribed Capital Paid up

*22,500,000, (35 of the Capital, Le. Frar os 15,000,000 imberfbed by the Government of the Chinese Republic)

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Chairman of the Board of Directors André Berthelot. General Manager A. J. Pernotts.

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NOTICES.

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Chief Mazari

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANI

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

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PROFEZIORS

$1,000,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Ger Bankin business transactać. CORREST ACCOUNTS opened and Fo DAPTS received for 1 year or mortar periods

in which will be cared as applicators

T. C. DOWNING,

Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912, ..

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechura Street, "London. Authorised Capital. Subscribed.

Faid Up

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BANKERS

The Bark of England.

1,123,00€

The Leadon Jolat Stack Back, Link

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-RAILWAY, FERRY. BOAT-SINGAPORE, JOHORE.

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 he required. Address as above or to their agents Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd., 14. Des Voeux Road, Central.

Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.

KAISER AND THE WAR, and we'll soon be able to pat

Some Remarks by the Crown all over.

Prince...

olé.

The whole eitaation appeared Perhaps the quality exhibited to the Crown Pricee very much by him that impressed me moser in the light of a joke. “I've just

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Shipping Trade of Gambia Colony.

of

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IT Marks TIT France Deind, Paris

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them in the war. There's no danger of our running short of men, but, really, I wish it were. This war is a lot of damned nonsense, you know!”

After the War. Another remark be made which

The colony or Gambia has re- iodioated bow sadly he miscon

Problems of oʻmnercial, evin following are farther troed the epoch making signifi. Cety issued its official year trade extracts from "The Kaiser a cance of the great war in which report for 1917, in which it is were studied at first-hand by T/T Shanghai

shown that 200,271, toca a large rary of Colonial, British TITS napore.. Knew Him for Fourtown Years," the whole world was involved was British and foreiza shipping and Allied journalists who / Japan...... by Mr. Arthur N. Davis, the quite characteristic. Emperor William'e

"With so many men at the entered the colony, of whichntly inspected the Handler American

Peze "Works 147,240 tona shipping were front," he said," "the men

The inspection dentist:-

મ Benish. The townsge of vessels included a fight over London in I first saw the Crown Prince home ought to be having a cleared as 198,253 tons, of several of the new big. Handley profession lly in the epring of time with the women, eh, what?

The recent Ladoo to Cain 1905, a few months before his Do you see many good looking which 143 648 tone were British Page bombing machines. marriage. He was then 23 yest girls in Berlin now?

fizht and other long distaner Reopening Derbyshire Lead

Mines

jarbete were instanced by Mr There is talk in Derbyshire Handley Page at a luncheon a do that first visit was bis ex come from the Western front, that we, of not three, Derbyshire proof that commercial aviation CEBSITE DEIVODSDEE. He tremb he told me. My men are op to lead wine, which have hitherto and serually arrived. There was he raid, a great inture for com led all over. It was plair their koees in water and mad.been closed owing to the compe to see he was dreadfully afraid We've been having lots of fortition of Spanish and Austrian mercial aviation, if it wen of pain, and be evidently reslia pumping the water out of our lead, are to be re opened owing properly organised and ran, and ed that I had potior hir trenches into the French tren to the enormous demand for lead be quoted figures to prove the 4 m/s. Marks..... Nom.

for munitione, and for brytes, assenger carring of rates slight 4 m/s Frares condition. "I suppose the Crown ches

excess of first-class mis. Frares Prince and the future ruler of "Well, I suppose the French epar, and zino ore. Fainre deyin Germany ought to be brave.at all pump it right back again, don't velopments will be watched with railway fares, culd. pradae Demand. Germany

interest, probably as much in profs of about 93 per cent. 01 Desad, New York 7736 times," he remarked, "but I just they ?" hate to bare to go to a dentisi !." "You're quite right," quite Liverpool sa in the district car capital. To produce this they T/T Bombay......

The Crown Prince and I dio tight. That's exactly what they cerned, for it is recalled that it is would always have to fly with Demcnd, Bombay... Nom

TIT Calcutta not get along very well at that do. Really it's a great lark!". how many year ago that a former full load.

la. binding etill closer together Demand, Calcutta... Nom. time. Apart from the fact that Prince Joachim the Kaiser's Liverpool minerial

Demand, Manila" 156 he was such, a physical coward your geat ron, and one of the last the late Mr, George G. Blackwell, the Empire bytt blishing Demand, Singapore. 1384

*** 1 prem, work on "him satisfactcrily, heminded me very much of hcf the metallurgical world, was its component parts, the seropline On Saigon 1 % prem seemed to have no ides of the eldest brother, the Crown Prince the pioneer in opening one dicaaed was destined to play a great part On Bangkok 4716

Thie Prince was the only Derbyshire lead mines. Upon his All they lacked for to the Govern Sovereign...... 6.05 Nom. meaning of an appointment.

WAS the provision of Gold leaf per oz...... 44 80 member cf the Royal Family to death his son, Mr. Harold A. ment get rear enough to the thin line Blackwell, continued the acti- Imperial air stations. If the reat Bar Silver, per oz ... to get shot. The injury, which vities, which activities have been were left to private enterprise he When the Crown Prince called he received while at the Eastern by no means confined to the lead was confident the serial mercantile to see me again I was earpriced froot, was only a slight fish industry, bat have been, indeed, would be bailt up as firmly a to find a considerable change in wound of the thigh.

of the greatest possible advantage the mercantile marine.

Lord Montaga of Besalien, his general appearance. Although, I told him on one occasion that to at least three of the moat of aparee, he was ten years older, the people were complaining of important of the Allied warring who presided, recalled that it was he had aged more than I'would the food shortage. "They have.

jast ten years this month since Canton Wilbur Wright and his brother bara expected. There were lines food enough," he answered. "The

came and did their first flight is on bis 1800 which made him look best thing they do is to complain.I older then his 33 years,

Europe There had been DO Don't they complain in Americs?"The man who brought this other form of development in I noticed that the Crown Prince The fact is they have too much catastrophe on the world, Davis, human history which had shown semed to be vitally interested in test, anyway. They don't know should be strung up by the neck.such remarkable results in that his personal appearance and in what they want." ... other trivial things which one would thought he might very well have ignored in those serious times. He was still se fond of jewellery, apparently, as he had

Jewellery and Clothes."

to sco

"I Will Show Them."

countries.

merckant

And that man is not as the time as flying.

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B'kong 50 cts sub

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Wife who Won't Get Up." the Bosworth magistrates recently A summons was granted by

laburer's wife, who was said to against an Aston-on-the-Hill farma have lain in bed for three years.

world seems to think! The Ter Then the engines were of 24 and to have refused to get up. of Bugsis and the King of Eng- b.-P. Te-day they were sa mach The clerk to the rural council, I had several opportunities/fand, when they were at the as 750 b.p.; and, the carrying) who made the application, said the Kaiser while he wedding of my daughter-goeste capacity had intressed from be wanted a summons for the Ever been, twɑ ɔnew rings which at ” the various Gient at my own hours, mind you about 9 stones to 3 tone. Ten abatement of s’zuisance and the

Army Headquarters. In the and my blood relative-based thousand feet was then the closing of the house. be wore affording him much spring of 1916 I received my hospitality, and batched this higbeat Right; to-day we weze satisfaction. He showed me

long-distance telephone message

plot against me.. They were doing 26,000. And while 40 wrist watch sitached to elastic-linked bracelet, from the Grest Army Headquar- Arious of my power, but they miles an hour was then the of ters, then located in the palace of will now learn what that power highest speed, to day we were sp- which becered to be Prince Plees, at Plans, to the Confonad them, I will show protch ng 160 miles. Our originis!

hem! The idea that blood is Army in France started with 26}

planen, the buge number today When my work for the more. And in the same breath almost he could not give Long flights was over, and his valet, where made this other semark, to and from Americe, for instance find-assisted

fevidently oblivious to the incon would be posible. and. zbused, the Ki

sistency of it;-

hoped to fly to

Targ, proud, and seked me what affect that the Kaiser wanted me thicker than water is a faroe I

I thought of it, yIt was more of

the order of the wrist watches

worn by ladies than of the military style which is favoured by Army men

The Allies think we will ran short of manŐDOWET.

On one ocosmon but we're got 2000089 Touthe growing up.

to go there.

fas & moment or two, then,

gised at England will never be able must, howar nothing, he burst onto raise an einorent army

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