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ANGLO-JAPANESE RELATIONS.

ANOTHER ALLIANCE.

FORESHADOWED.

The Pence of the Far East.

LONDON'S NEW LAKE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Village Vanishes to Slake (THE

City's Thirst.

Threo arches bonoath a white stongo bride on a secluded strotch of the Thamos, so closely Tokyo, July 10-The Yorozu associated with memories of considers that the recent Eliot Matthew Arnold, who was born Shidebara Interviews foreshadow at Laleham in 1822, formed tho beginnings of one of the greatest in Anglo-Japanese understanding engineering schemes of our times, for co-operation for the mainten Now after ten years' work, the ance of peace in the Far East, scheme has reached completion, similar to the former alliance. and its magnitude must have It considers Prince Chichibu's been apparent when London's unexpected reference to the fine new reservoir was opened on spirit animating the former all-June 13 by King Gaorge,

BANKS

BANK OF EAST ASIA

LIMITED.

''HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG) -

Authorised Capital - $10,000,000 Pold-up Capital - Reserve Fund-

DIRECTORS

5,000,000 1,000,000

Hon. Mr. Chow Shou Son-Chairman Fung Ping Shan Mok Ching Kong

Wong Yua Tong Huyuh Tail

Li Koon Chun

P.K. Kwok

Ng Ching Luk Pong Wai,Ting

Kau Yaa Po Chan Ching Shok Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted Loans granted on approved securities.

SAFE;DEPOSIT BOXES to let,'

KANG TONG PO

Chief Manager.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION.

ance helps to confirm the belief. The inletbeneath the now bridge Hongkong, 18th. February 1926. It, belleves Baron Shidehara ia marks the power of the Thames, withholding a pronouncement as for here is the beginning of the Japanese opinion is divided, but it intake channel which goes to the expects a reply to Sir Charles Bliot great pumping station, about shortly, either agreeing to the con- three-qutartors of a mile away, tinuance of a post-alliance policy allowing millions of gallons of or the renewing of the former water to pour into the largest special co-operation with Britain. artificially made reservoir in -Reuter.

the world.

In the making of this mighty hole strange things have hap poned.

JAPAN'S ATTITUDE.

A STRONG PROTEST TO PEKING.

(Owned by the National City Bank of New York).

Capital & Surplus .........U.S. $16,000,000

HEAD OFFICE:..

Wall Street, New York.. LONDON OFFICE: Bishopsgate, E.O:

The River Ash was in the way; it had to be removed, and, cloverly diverted, it now takes a Barcelona

new course.

Borahona

Batavia

Cottages which had weathered Bombay Calcutla storms for hundreds of years Calcu

Canton ware torn down, but their old anto carving is preserved.

Cobu Colon

Harbin

Hongkong

Kobo

BRANCHES :

Panama

Peking

Puerto Plats

Rangoon

Ban Francisco, Ont.-

San Francisco de Macoria

San Pedro de Macoria Banches

Santiago de los Caballerom

Santo Domingo

Shangha

Singapore

Souroabays

Shanghai, July 10.-The Eastern News Ausnoj, Peking, states that

What was once the village of Dairen the Japanese Minister has strongly protested to the Chinese Govern Littleton no longer exists; all Haukow ment regarding the Hankow, Kiu- that is left is the church; there is Harb kiang, Chinkiang, Chungking and no port office; no inn.

It may be a year before the La Vega Canton riots and reserving the right work is finished.

The concrete Madrid Manila to domand compensation

lining has yet to be completed, but already the sides are partly Credit, Bills of Exchange and Jablo lined and in places topped with Transfers bought and sold.

for

tdamage to Japanese lives and pro-

perty when fully investigated

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PLOT AGAINST JAPANESE THRONE.

KOREANS ALLEGED TO BE

IMPLICATED.

Tiontain

Tokio Yokohama Commercial and Travellers' Letters of

Ourront

a curly rim which is so designed accounts and Savings Bank accounts that on stormy days the turbulent opened and Fized Deposits in local and water will be thrown back into foreign currencies taken at rates that may be ascertained on application to the Bank. the reservoir as it beats against

We are also able to offer our Customers the edge.

the services of Branches of the Nationa City Bank of Now York in the principal countries of South America and in" the West Indies.

G. HOGG,

Manager, Queen's Road Contral, Hongkong.

WAR TIME COINCIDENCE. It is four miles round the rim. Euperintending work-in-progresH inspectors have often walked three times a day round the reservoir, whero, at times, more Tokyo, July 10. The morning than 2,000 men have been engaged papers refer guardly to a plot in the task of preparing London's against the throne last month, say-new source of water supply.

During the war work was ing the Supreme Court will shortly

THE BANK OF CANTON LTD. Head Office Hongkong.

try an offence under Article 73 of interruptod. Sleepers from the the Criminal Law. The Kolumin railway line which ran round the Authorised Capital....... alleges that four Koreans are im-excavations were recognised by Paid Up Capital.... plicated. Reuter.

some of the employees of the Silver Reserve Fund Metropolitan Water Board near Albert during the Great War. Its war service finished, the railway was returned to perform its original duty at Littleton.

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RUSSIA AND BRITAIN.

to

The pumping station is a place LARGE ORDERS FOR BRITISH of dramatic power, and, to the

PRODUCTS.

uninitiated, of dramatic mystery. The Lengines are steam driven. Lordon, July 10.-Accord The hungry furnaces will be fed the newpapers M. daily by 50 tons of coal. Rakovsky brought back from Mos-

Evory pint of water that so cow trade orders for British firms passes is automatically registered, amounting to $15,000,000 including so that at any moment the quan- £10,000,000 for factory equipment tity flowing into the reservoir and agricultural machinery.may be known to the officials, not only at Littletin, but in London. Reuter.

The Cantrifugal pumps giant of their kind; the pipes ANTI-SOVIET LOSES SEAT. through which they will deliver

OUSTED FOR OUTSPOKENESS,"

.£1,200,000 £1,081,875 $700,000

Foreign Exchange (Gonerat Banking business transacted.

Interest allowed on

CURRENT ACCOUNTS

of over $100.00

2% per annum on daily credit balantu

SAVINGS

4% per annum DEPOSITS

for 12 months 5% per annum

6

3

13

201

دفتر

+

on Demand 2% per annum

BRANCHES: Canton, Swatow, Shanghai. Hankow, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco.

LONDON BANKERS :-The Lloyd■ are Bank Ltd.

LOOK POONG SHAN, Obiof Monsger,

the water are 5ft, in diameter, while the area covered by the reservoir is 800 acres.

Recently men were testing the engines. On the day on which Tokyo, July 10-Court Aisuka the reservoir was to be formally Kabayama has been elected to the opened a certain quantity of

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LTD.

Established 1830.

Upper House and Count Michimasa water was to pass into the basin Capital (fully paid up)...... Y. 100,000,000 Soveshima has been unsented owing that once was hall village, half Reserve fund. Y. 80,600,000

HEADOFFICE :—YOKOHAMA, to his outspokeness on the. Far meadows, and those who watched

Branches and Agencies at Eastern situation against

Kuba Soorabaya London Rangonui Buenos Ayres Lyone' San Francisco Calcutta Los Angeles Seattle

Soviet.-Reuter.

COTTON RESEARCH.

the

the work know that at last thoir great task has reached its end.

Batavia

Bombay

HELIUM'S USEA.

ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL

STATION.

A new demand for helium is

Dairen

Alukden,

Onaya

1

Rin do Hin de Janeiro

Changchun Manila Shanghai

Nagasaki

Singapore Nagoya

Shimono ok likely to follow the discovery by (Dainy)

Nowchwang Bydney

Tiontain J. H. Hildebrand, of the Univer sity of California, that the sub- Hamburg New York Tokya

Puking Tsinante stitution of this rare gas for Haukow

Honolulu

Tringtau nitrogen in the air broathed Hurbin

Vladivostock London; July 10.

by workers under high Kai Yuen Saigon. The Empire Cotton Growing preSSUTO will prevent cuisson Interest allowed on Current Accounts."

Deposits received for fixed periode at Corporation is proceeding imme-disease. In the high air pressure diately to the establishment of a the blood and body tissues absorb rates to be obtained on application.

release of Research Station toitrogen, and on Central Trinidad with the object of pro-pressure this gas cecopes so slow- viding a scientific link between the ly that bubbles are formed in the growers and manufacturers to body often causing death. Hither- investigate the cotton plant in all to the only safeguard has boon] the phases of its growth-Reuter. confining the tunnel-diggers and

ROTORSHIPS.

A NEW VESSEL BEING BUILT.

Berlin, July 10.

others in an air-lock for a cortala time, the pressure being reduced, to normal very gradually. If tho' work could be surrounded with an

artificial atmosphere of helium

Mr. C. ARIMA, "Manager, Hongkong March 11th 1926.

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. (Established 1917.)

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1925.

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A new three thousand ton vessel pressure the small amount of Surplus fitted with Flettner motor is being heilum taken up would osoape six HEAD OFFICE :-SINGAPORE. bull at Bremen, to have a Rotor times as rapidly as nitrogen, all Branches, Agencies and Correspondeuls of twenty eight metres high, and formation of bubbles in the body in the principal cities of the world. seven metros diameter. The ori-boing avoided. Applied to sub Every description of Banking and ginal. Retorship Buckau had. marine operations, the Low Exchange business transacted. Rotor of 15% metres high and method should enable divora to

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