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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SA

APRIL 12. 1919

NOTICES

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS.

THE

BEST

AND

RENGT

DURABLE.

IN

MARKET

THE CHEAPEST

BECAUSE

IT

LASTS

THE

LONGEST

ALTY ROSS

EX

MOTOR CAR' AGENCIES.

CALL

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

*

——):0.(

INSPECTION INVITED,

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

MACHINERY DEPARTMENT.

APEXIOR

THE MOST RATIONAL REMEDY FOR BOILER TROUBLES.

AGENTS:-

SOLE

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.. WRITE FOR PAMPHLET AND FULL PARTICULARS TO

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agenta:

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING

ESTABLISHED 1883. MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE MANILA ROPE

3

STRAND

14 to 15"

CABLE LAID

5" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

4 STRAND

3" to 10" CIRCUMPERENCE.

Ol Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 fest in length,

Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded application

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

LIQUEUR

GRAND

MARNIER!

CORDON

ROUGE & JAUNE

CALDBECK" MACGREGOR & CO.

15, Queen's Road. Central Telephone No. 75.

HONGKONG JAPANESE MASSAGE ASSOCIATION.

Mr. U. SUOA

KP.L HONDA

Krs. A SUGA Mrs. S. HONDA

8 Queen's Road Central,

Hengkong.

METALS

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

General Managers.

NORTH BRITISH

AND

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,

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

to

AND

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO.

The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company are prepared. ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates, SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Agents.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Chaks of 375 lbs. nat.

In Bage of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN. TOMES & CO.

General Manageru. Hongkong, 16th August, 1916.

MASSAGE HALL

23. FLOWER STREET.

MR. T. TAKAYE, MRS. MORITA.

CERTIFICATED MASSEURS.

PATENTS TREATED IN TRx3 OWN Howza 1 DISTED.

SINGON & CO., LONDON DIRECTORY.

(Established &. D. 1880)

MING LUNG ST.

Phone $15

MEE CHEUNG ICE HOUSE STREET.

FOR

EXPERT PHOTOGRAPHY DEVELOPING, PRINTING. ENLARGING A SPECIALITY. STORE OPPOSITÉ CITY HAÏL

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.

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(Published Annually)

nables traders throughout the World to sammanic te diver with English

MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS

jin each class of goods. Besides being » complate commercial guide to London, sad Suburbs, it contains lists of

EXPORT MERCHANTS · with the goods they ship, and the Colon's |and Foreign Markets they supply: slao

PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES

at leading Manufacturer, Merchants, stc., in the principal Provincial Towns, and Ta.) Tustrial Centres of the United Kingdom." Eurines Caria of Merchants and Déalen, kesking

BRITISH AGÉNCIES

owa now be printed, under ́esch trade is which they are interested at a cost of £1) Zer much trade heading. Larger adverthe-| [menta from G350 512, 2

A copy of the directory will be sent by post [* 'recklýt of postál ózder for ti 10 0.

THE LONDON DIRECTORY, DOLTS

1. Abchurch Lane, London, E.C.

W

BRITISH CARS:

The A-C Three-Seater, Britain's Leading Light Car. A wonderful Hill Climber. Forty miles to the gallum. The FORD Universal Car. Hade in Canada. Fitted with Two or Five-Sester bodies. The ABROL JOHNSTON, an illustrated above. The famous Scotch Car. One of Britain's Best. AMERICAN CARS:

The DOET Fire Seater. A small Car with quality in every part. The HUPMOBILE, The comfort Car built for Hill Climbing. The CHALMERS, A delightful even-passenger Touring Car,

Cylinder Motor.

Own a Dort-You will like it.” Grey Body and White Wire Wheels. with the Chalmers Famous Six.

ALEX. ROSS & CO.,

4, DES VŒUX ROAD CENTRAL, Telephone 2487.

APEXIOR

Stope and Prevents Corrosive Pittings

and the Adhesion of Hard Scale.

BOILER

YOU LAUGH AT ROUERS

CAN

BASIS 981 CARBON,

WITH.

#USING

NOT A BOILER

FLUID

No Heat Retardation. No Zime Plates needed in Boilers treated with this compound!! The only known Efficicat Preventative of Cor- rosion in Marine Steam Turbines.

An use by the--"

BRITISH, U.S.A., FRENCH, ITLIÄN, JAPNËSE, ARGENTINE AND CHILIAN NAVIES.

Also-

Cunard, Orient, Allan, C.P.R., Johnston, Atlantic Transport, Union Castle, Elder Dempster, Common-wealth and Dominion, Anglo- American Oil Co., Hadson Bay Co, Pacide Steam bavigation Lampor & Holt, Knight, Leyland, Brocklebank, John Cockerill, Line. Nippon Yasen Kaisha, and practically all important Steum- ship Companies.

Agents for Hongkong & South China

FRANCE NEEDS MORE" LOCOMOTIVES.

BIG SHORTAGE.

Paris, January 23.—France, as

a result of the war, finds itself

short of 3,000 locomotives and

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.)

Loam on Marienes of Roose Property, du Goods reostred the Sioenen..

Advazoum coude ona Matrimon Logan made on the Prov. deax Byabana

THUBTES, EXECUTOR OF WELLA, Albankony, du Dude,taken and Exausted. (Bammi kod Partienlari notí Application

To the Office of“

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

100,000 cars, while the trace- THE ALEXANDRA CAFE.

portation material that is still nominally on the active list isi badly out of repair. The shortage of rolling stock has become very acute lately, for the number of locomotives and cars ont of com- mission for various defects has increased since July last by 10 The and 30 per cent, respectively.

To meet the growing difficulties in the matter of repairs, the state munition factories at Lyons, and Roanne have, since the armistice, been turned with all speed into railway repair shops.

The French Government has long hesitated to place orders in the United States, where alone new rolling stock could be procured, for fear of depressing the French rate of exchange an- daly; but the country's needs became so pressing, that orders have now been given, it is understood, for purchasing 800 locomotivesand 32,000 cars, while 27,000 American cars that were to have been shipped to France for the use of the American Ex- peditionary Forces have also been acquired.

Perhaps the biggest task before

RENOWNED THROUGHOUT THE EAST”

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

FOOK LEE & CO.,

Established 1871.

IRON & STEEL PRODUCTS, HOUSE & SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING MATER ALS.

HEAD OFFICE: Nov. 24. 2 & 4 Hüller Street, Phone 1174.

BRANCH OFFICE: Tork Building, Chater Road, Phone,950.

PRICES SENT ON APPLICATION.

the French transportation experts IDEAL INDUSTRIAL HOME.

is the restoration of the destroyed railway tracks in the invaded part of France. An army of

THE EASTERN ASBESTOS COMPANY, 75,000 workers will be engaged

QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, HONGEOVO,

on this

work great

for months. It includes the recon- struction of fourteen tunnels and 16,000 bridges, for which 50,000 tons of metal are required..

CHILDREN WHO PLAY

AT SCHOOL.

The Daily News. Leads cor- respondent writes:--

Here is a glimpse of their life. At meals they are not supervised by members of the staff. Each table is presided over by a senior girl, who serves the dishes, pours out tea, and inculcates good

manners.

In summer the school sessions are held on the playing fields The ideal industrial school has and meals are taken there too. of main and branch lines have been discovered by the. Home The best children's books. sre

In addition, hundreds of miles

OBTAINABLE been temporarily "borrowed" Office, as recorded in the report of sent out from Leeds Public

PHILIPS NOW IN UNITS

WAT

for military purposes from else Mrs. L. H. Russell, its inspector. Library. Most of the actual where, and must now be relaid. "I have no hesitation in saying," preparation of meals, both for no the children and the staff, is The departments affected have she writes, "that there is been divided into sections, for better or more progressive in-done in class. each of which a "chief reorgan-

dustrial school, whether for A number of older girls work iser has been appointed. Each of girls or boys, in the all day in the garden, but in them has been required to give an country."

addition gardening,is is made an

OF 25 AND 32 C.P. undertaking that he will have It is an unorthodox achieve-important feature of school work,

WHICH CONSUME ONLY ABOUT HALF THE AMOUNT OF FLECTRIC CURRENT. USED BY METALLIC FILAMENT LAMPS OF EQUAL TANDLE POWER.

FURTHER IN UNITS UP TO 3000-C.P.

bis section in proper working ment of the Leeds Education with the result that good crops of order sa regards transportation in Committee, and at the time when vegetables have been secured. the course of the present year. Jean Webster was writing the Bright children not old enough An appropiation of 120,000,000 story of "Jady," the inmate of for domestic training spend their francs has been made by the the John Grier Orphan Asylum, afternoon in school working at Government to enable the railway and the triumph of Sallie anything they please on a sort of companies to parehase rolling McBride in. making that Montessori system.

EMIT A BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT OF UNEQUALLED stock for urgent public needs. asylum areally happy home, Miss On half holidays, the girls are STRENGTH.

For wholesale apply to:

HOLLAND CHINA TRADING CO.

Hongkong & Canton -- Sole Agents for South CHÉE.

*

The Minister of Public Works A. Smith was living out the story free to go for rambles in the has declared that, in his view, the in Yorkshire. I found to-day a country, but absconding is restoration of France's northern crowd of 100 merry little maids practically unknown, and it is and eastern railway systems magnificently free and happy noteworthy that during seven should be made a first charge. There was nothing to show that years only two girls have got into upon the war indemnity to be they were children who had so serious trouble, and of these one paid by the enemy C

many tragedies to forget

recovered herself.