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NOTICES

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS.

THE

BEST

AND

DURABLE

IN

BOK MARKET

THE

CHEAPEST

·THE HONGKONG TE

BECAUSE

LASTS

THE

LONCEST

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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919.

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-MOTOR CAR AGENCIES.

CALL

AT

NOTICES.

THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE

CO., LTD.

AND ASK FOR

"EL PALACIO "

AND"

YOU will be convinced that Hongkong is now favoured

with the

best brand

of

INSPECTION INVITED.

SOLE AGENTS ----

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

MACHINERY DEPARTMENT,

GANDY

BELTING

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THE EASTERN ASBESTOS CO.

QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, HONGKONG

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment:-

Principal features: Small Premium, Liberal Surrender Value. No Medical Examination, Return of Premium in the Event of Death, and Numerous Options at the 'Age of 25. WHITE FOR PAMPHLET AND FULL PARTICULARS TO

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agenta.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING

ESTABLISHED 1883. MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE MANILA ROPE

STRAND

14 to 15"

CIRCUMFACINOR.

CABLE LAID

4 STRAND

3" to 10 GROOT/RROR

5" to 15"

CIRCUMFERENCE

Oil Drilling Cables of any sins up to 3,000 foef in length." Prices, Samples and fall particulars will be forwarded on application.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO. General Managan.

POMMERY & GRENO.

Champagne,

JOHN WALKER & SONS.

Scotch Whisky,

BOORD & SON.

London Gin,

Sole Agents, for China.

CALDBECK MACGREGOR & CO

Tel. No. 25:15 Queen's Rd.

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HONGKONG JAPANESE MASSAGE ASSOCIATION.

Mr. U. BUGA

IPL A. UGA IP. L. HONDA Irs. S. ONDA

8 Queen's Road Central,

;

Kengkong.

METALS

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

SINGON & CO.,

(Established. A. D. 1880.) HING LUÑO ST, Phone 515.

MEE CHEUNG ICE HOUSE STREET.

FOR

EXPERT PHOTOGRAPHY DEVELOPING, PRINTING, HILARGING A SPECIALITY.

_STORE OPPOSITE CITY HALL..

BGE-TRADE HARKED WORD

GOVE SEMIP AFFIXED TO GENUINE PLEKKIS

NORTH BRITISH

AND

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,

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

AND

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO.

The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company are 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. net In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers. Hongkong, 16th August, 1916.

MASSAGE HALL

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* 28, FLOWER STREET. MR. T. TAKAYE, MES. MORITA. CERTIFICATED MASSEURS. LAXMITE IKKITED bam O KOMA * Das.

LONDON DIRECTORY.

(Published Annually) |

mshies traders throughout the World to imagemnuniendo dirers with English

MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS, in, such class of goods, Besides being a xamplate commercial guida wo Landon andİ Sabjerba, i porthalat Sheets of

EXPORT NZEGHANTS

with the goods they ship, had the Clokechi, and Poreign Markets they shyplytini

PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES

of leading Manufacturers, Merchaube, ato.. in the principal Provincial Towar And In. turtzial Dentive of the United Kingdom --

BRITISH CARS:

The A-C Three-Seater, Britain's Leading Light Car. A wonderful Hill Climber. Forty miles to the gallon. The FORD Universal Car. Made in Camda. Fitted with Two or Fire Seater bodies. The ARROL JOHNSTON, as illustrated above. The famous Scotch Car. One of Britain's Best. AMERICAN CARS:

"Own a Dort-You will like it." Grey Body and White Wire Wheels.

The DORT Five Seater. A small Car with quality in every part. The HUPMOBILE, The comfort Car built for Hill Climbing. The CHALMERS, A delightful seven-passenger Touring Car, with the Chalmers Famous Six-

Cylinder Motor.

ROSS & CO.,

ALEX. ROSS

4, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,

STAMP COLLECTING.

Telephone 2487.

GENERAL NEWS.

COST OF LIVING IN AMERICA The National Industrial Con

necessitating the initial outlay, which is practically the whole HOW IT HELPS THE EMPIRE. in any case. Then the kindly cost of production-is obligatory

Once the Few people can help the Empire collector steps in. financially by spending money plates are made, it is little ference Board estimates the t on their favourite hobby. Yet more expensive to print 100,000 the following increases in the that is the happy position of copies than half a dozen, and cost of living to wage-earners in philatelists who collect the Geor-certainly no more to print 55 the United States have occurre d gian issues.

stamps than stamps of the since July, 1914: Food, 83 per We really help to a far

denomination of a greater

farthing.cent shelter, 20 per cent. ; extent then by investing in War Therefore if philatelists are clothing 90 per cent.; fuel and Lean! Purchasers of the latter prepared to pay £5 because that light, 55 per cent.; sandries, 55 want their money back with, face value is impressed on a per cent. interest; we give our money, we piece of gummed paper, and then want nothing but our beloved not demand the £5 worth of "mint unused" in return.

postal facilities to which they are entitled, so much the better from the Government's point of

CHINESE DELEGATE'S FRENCH, The Peace Conference

has

brought many little personal Of late years the collection of

surprises, and not the least of them current uncsed Colonials has in-

was the facility with which some creased a hundredfold. Late view!

of the foreign plenipotentiaries Victorians and Edwardians, It is interesting to note that spoke French. But it remained relatively neglected in their own many Central and South Ameri- for Chinese to receive day, appreciated so immensely in can States once enjoyed a revenue the laurel 15 the" value after becoming obsolete that of this kind, but all with one master of the French tongue greatest collectors determined not to be accord, like the Gadarence swine, among these various envoys from caught napping again, and most through greed and short sighted-foreign countries, and the Chinese dealers have now found it worth ness, subsequently while to institute new issue aer-away. First by absurd multi-hsiang, Foreign Minister of the threw it was none other than La Cheng- vices to customers of all new plication of issues and Peking Government and head of stamps of the Empire as they varieties, afterwards by deli- the Chinese delegation there. berate demonetising of issues When I asked Captain Mantaux,, The resultaat gain to the reas they became obsolete and official peace conference inter-

come, out,

MANILA CIGARS

KODAKS

& FILMS Developing & Printing Undertaken.

A. TACK & CO.,

26, Des Voeux Road Central

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000)

Loans on Monage of House Property, âm Goods ortred on storag Advation trade on Merchandis Loans made on the Prov dens Bytes,

TRUSTÉK, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, AMWORKET, de Enferzalno sad. Exacted. Casa Particulars on appliation)

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

DRACON MOTOR CAR CO.

MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE A SALE.

PROMPT SERVICE.

Sole Distributors for South China and Macao for the OVERLAND, HUDSON and CHANDLER Motor Cars, and the HARLEY DAVIDSON Motor Cycles.

KOWLOON BRANCH, 26, NATHAN ROAD. TEL, L. 275.

PROPRIETOR: C. LAURITSEN.

Tel. 482.

venues of the Dominions, Colonies, selling off remainders at paste-preter, who, outside of the THE ALEXANDRA CAFE

the

and Dependencies has been enpaper prices, Saey disgusted all French delegates, was ormous, and it is no exaggeration philatelista, and their output is greatest master of French, says a to say that the profit on stamps not now touched except used on correspondent, he unhesitatingly is the biggest credit item on many entire envelopes. The British replied: "Lu Cheng-hsiang.

of their balance sheets. Local Empire happily is not run on How did he account for it? He residents in the capitals act as such lines; if you buy a £1 stamp did not. It was not explainable. agents for stamp firms, and many for £1 that stamp cannot and It was amazing even to Captain provisional issues have been never will be purchasable for less Mantaux, who declared, that Mr. The practically bought up entire by at say future time. the trade. In fact, of "high

La's pronunciation of French Exactly the same considera- was the best he had even known values" of places like the Solomon tions as above apply though the any one other than an educated and Cayman Islands, not more fact seems to elude many philate Frenchman to possess. than one in a bandred is ased lista-to the current stamps of postally or for revenue purposes.our Allies-Belgian," It is obvious, therefore, how Italian, and the like, great is the

unearned incre purchase of these issues con ment" of the Post Offices contributes directly to their national cerned. An issue of stamps-funds,

PHIL

W

WHICH

RACE EQUALITY.

French,

A report in circulation in Every Tokyo, in well informed circles,

says that even before Japan; made a move in the matter of the insertion of a clause in the League of Nations' covenant dealing with racial equality, America took the initiative, and it was President

OBTAINABLE Wilson, not Baron Makino, who

כן

introduced £ motion at the Versailles Conference, demanding the abolition of laws and regula

SNOW IN UNITS sayen, meist

crimination. President Wilson, being an idealist, was strongly favour of what Japan was

OF 25 AND 32 C.P.xpected to request, and, before

FONSUME ONLY ABOUT HALF THE AMOUNT OF FLECTRIC CURRENT. USED BY METALLIO FILAMENT LAMPS, OF EQUA'. ÇANDEZ POWER

OKRITISH ABGESCA-RURTHER IN UNITSWETO 3000 UP.

?

the Japanese delegation made anything public, he drafted a sented it to the conference. The clause by his own hand and pre

SE

RENOWNED THROUGHOUT THE EAST

Alexandra Cafe (next door to Hongkong Hotel) for Tiffin and Dinner. Our famous filleted Haddock as a light Summer Snack is unsurpassed. Choice-Ginger Cake speciality, try it.

FOOK LEE & CO.,

-"

Established 1871.

IRON & STEEL PRODUCTS, HOUSE & SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING - MATERIALS.

HEAD OFFICE: Nos. 21, 2 & 4 Hiler Street, Phone 114.

BRANCH OFFICE, Terk Building, Chater Bead,-

Phone 1950

PRICES SENT ON APPLICATION.

PENNT POSTAGE.

the British Empire itself. They To the Fremier, President of add, however, that there clause was not adopted owing the Board of Trade, and Fostrong grounds for urging the chaty to opposition on the parasejer-General the Council of with our Allie

introduction of · pen

1of the Busted representatives the London Chamber of Com-It is also urged that

en, why lie ychiced underable trade to EMIT A BRILLIANT WHITE LIGUEOFI NEQUALLED Weth the fact in mint, heilakpd merce have addressed a request freedom of cable

tar anch trade bending: Larger advartaSTRENGTHORAC

Iments from 23 10 612.

&gy of the directory will be sent by posti

For wholesale apply to:

a receipt of portal onder for 61:11 HOLLAND

THE LONDON SINESTENT, 00, LTV

5. Abchurch Lane, London, EC.

O CHINA TRADING CO.

Honstong & Canton Sols Agents for South China.

Government seems to be deter- for the immediate return to the as in pre-war mined to asume a strong attitude postal and telegraphic conditions be restered, with in regard to the rice question, of pre-war days. They place the use of cable codes should it be on the order of the restoration of the penny postage tered telegraphi day in the coming session of the in the forefront of their demands, well as the resur peace conference.

rticularly in its application to ed and weekend