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HOTELS.

THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic, Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG."

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; KALEE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL. Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI,”

HOTELS,

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Dea Wagons Lits, Peking,

KOWLOON HOTEL

THE PREMIER HOTEL IN KOWLOON. First Class Billiard Room and Saloon Bar, Electric Lift and Telephone to each Floor.

is. K.608 & K.609. Cable address: KOWLOTEL, Hongkong,

Under the Fersonal Supervision and Management of FRANK L. COOKE Propetator.

KING

EDWARD HOTEL.

OENTRAL LOCATION.

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING,

TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOB.

HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS

Central 375.

Telegraphio. Address "VICTORIA "

THE EUROPE HOTEL.

SINGAPORE.

Terms: A la carte or Inclusive.

Telephone in every room. After-dinner dancing overy Tuesday,

Thursday and Saturday: GRILL ROOM

Telegrams Europe Singapore"

Telephone 2740.

Tel. Address: "Clenenly," Hongkong.

ARTHUR E. ODELL,

Managing Director.

Telephone GLENEALY HOTEL.

C. 980. 3 & 4, Glenealy. New Private Hotel opening beginning of April, 1928. A first class Residential and Tourist Hotel. Splendidly situated within easy walking distance to all business centres. Large airy rooms. Hot and Cold water. Excellent Cuisine under the personal supervision of the Proprietress, Monthly and family rates at moderate terms.

For further particulars apply to:

MRS. FREDERICKS, Rogate, Kowloon, Telephone K. 551, until April 1st

QUINCIN

-THE RAPID CURE FOR

'COLD. IN THE HEAD" INFLUENZA, CATARRH. An occasional dose "Nips in the bud" the incipient.Cold.

Prepured only by

THE PHARMACY ·

Asiatic Buildings

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26 Queen's Rond Central. TEL. No. 345,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES

SERVICES CONTRACTUEL} DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

5. S. "PAUL LECAT." Consignees of Cargo from Marseilles

In connection with above Steamer are hereby informed

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

ODEAN STEAM SHIP C),

LIMITED.

AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION.CO., LTD.

Consignees per Company's Steamer

"DIOMED "

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY

MARCH 23, 1926.

BIBLE SOCIETY:

HONGKONG AUXILIARY'S

SATISFACTORY REPORT.

Despite the anti-Christian move-

COST OF LIVING.

SUGGESTED HONGKONG INDEX FIGURE.

In the last annual report of the

ment, the Hongkong Auxiliary of Hongkong General Chamber of the British and Forelyn Bible Commerce, it was mentioned that Society, in its annual report, re the Chamber approached the cords a very encouraging increase Government on the subject of In the sale of publications for 1925, compiling an Index figure of the The report says, in part:

Throughout the twelve months' cost of living in Hongkong, stat-

18 K 15 jewels period dire. Spradbery, as Man- ing that such a figure would un-

$40.00

Guarantee: 10 years

BUY your WATCH

from a

WATCH MAKER

We have our own Watch Factory in Switzerland (Chaux-de-Fonds)

WE OFFER YOU TO: DAY 'Reliable, Watches AT WHOLESALE PRICE Direct from the Factory

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The GUARANTEE we give with each, watch, means that the watch bought from us in Hong- kong, will be repaired free of charge by any our Branches: HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, TIEN-

TSIN, PEKING, HAN- KOW, THE FACTORY AND THE PARIS OFFICE, during the time stated on the Guarantee- paper, for any defect of fabrication.

J. ULLMANN & CO.

THE RITZ

CATERERS

Meal at all hours from 8 a.m. to 12.00 midnight Now serving Special $1.00 Tiffius

Morning, and Afternoon Teas, Good Assortment of Fancy Cakes

Wedding and Christening Cakes

to order.

ONLY THE BEST FOOD AND WINES SERVED.

NOWELL B. WHITE,

Proprietor.

Telephone C. 2336

N. Y. K. LINE "

(NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.)

TRAITS

From EUROPE and

The Steamship

"KITANO MARU,"

ageress, was in charge of the doubtedly be of considerable Bible, Book and Tract Joint Depot, value, both to the Government in Lower Wyndham Street. At and the commercial community. Frequant intervals, during the sum- In the report for 1925; just Issued, mer and autumn, the Rev. H. O, T., it is stated that the Chamber had Burkwall the sub-agent of the not the machinery for collecting Society, whose headquarters are the necessary statistics, but aug- in Canton, visited the Depot and geated that the Government might aided in its administration. This find it possible to undertake the Auxiliary is further indebted to work, by collaboration between Mr. Burkwall for his advocacy of the various departments, and so the Bociety's claims in the Colony, make the figures on this subject, where he sojourned until the way which already appear in the off- was open to return to Canton' cial Trade Returns, more com-

Early in the year the Managing Committee of the Joint Depot was prehensive.

The Government, in a reply reorganzied. It now consists of three non-Chinese and two Chinese dated January 28th, 1925, stated members. The design is to extend that it was not considered possi facilities for rendering the best ble to obtain figures than those Chinese Christian publications already published in the Trade accessible to an over enlarging Returns, but suggested that it constituency and by this means to might be of interest to compile deepen the interest of Chinese statistics derived, not from the local Churches in Bible and Truet Government, but from the experi work. It is intended that monthly ence of European assistants in leaflets shall advertise the publica business concerns.

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tions kept, in stock. The Sub The committee replied that in agent of the Bible Society is, "ex their opinion considerable diffi officio, a member of the Depot, culty would be found in compil- Committee.

The total sales, for 1925, of the ing statistics of the cost of living |from this source, and that the in- Bible Society's publications,

formation so obtained would pro- were Auxiliary through this

bably not be cf sufficiently wide 116,078, summarized thus:

From the Depot: 1,884 Bibles; range, to be a safe guide to the 1,681 cost of living. There the matter, Testaments; 2484 New

Portions or single books of, rests at present.

Scripture.

By the Sub-agent: 307 Bibles;

376 New Testaments.

By Colporteurs: 109,816 Por- tions.'

These were more than 6,000 in) excess of the sales of 1924,

Testaments.

SINGAPORE BASE.

(Continued from Page 1).

England to Singapore. It must, of The Scriptures thus distributed course, be borne in mind that the include 448 English Bibles; 165 dock would have to be brought English New Testaments, and 138 English-Chinese (bilingual) New round the Cape, but one of the ren- sons for selecting a floating dock in Preference to a graving dock was Chinese Publications, Among the Chinese publications that the former could be moved ir supplied from the Depot were, time of war, so that if it could not Bibles, Testaments and Portions be moved from Home with safety in Cantagese to the number of its mobility in wartime would ap- 2,791, in the Mandarin vernacular pear to be a doubtful factor. 107 Bibles and 227 New Testa- The, dock will be considerably menta; in Hakka 100 Bibles and wider and deeper than the King's 469 New Testaments. To there]

figures for Chinese publications Dock at Singapore, and in fact should be added 1,035 Bibles and will be the largest naval structure Testaments in Weali, the literary of its kind in the world. It will have a lifting capacity of 50,000, language of China.

German, Russian and Norwegian tons, and will contain quarters for Scriptures figure in the sales the crew and fully-equipped work- lists which also has an entry of shops. Some doubt has been ex- 4 Braille Bibles for the use of the pressed locally as to whether the blind..

As compared with 1924, there cost of maintenance would not be was an increase in Depot sules, a very considerable after a number fact in part accounted for by the of years, but Mr. Staples told us removal of the Basel Mission that the cost of a floating dock is business department from Canton less than half that of a graving to Hongkong. Country stations dock, and the cost of upkeep is of this Mission are now served only one to one and a half per cent.

via Swatow. per annum of the cost of construc-| from Hongkong There is reason for the opinion tion. There are over à

dozen that a further advance In Depot floating docks in use in tropical sales will take place when normal

waters, and one structure at Trini- conditions in South China Aredad has already had 14 years' good restored.

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Particulars of coiportage, service behind it, so that the Singa- furnished by the Sub-agent, show pore structure should have a long that a staff of seventeen men and useful career before it once have been engaged in this effort it is safely moored in the straits within the Hongkong section of of Johore. If the Admiralty policy the Sub-agency. Six of these changed, and the dock is towed have worked in Hongkeng itself out here after all, its safe arrival and the Leased Territories. Since June last these men have not in the roads will be a sight worth travelled beyond the boundaries of going a long way to see, but negoti- ations with the Harbour Board are this British Dependency.

Sales by colporteurs, in face of still proceeding, and what will be We the difficulties they had to meet, the outcome no one knows. through the general strike in July know, however, that hitherto the and August, depression in busi-authorities at Whitehall have been that their goods with the exoep are hereby notified that the cargo

China and will be "discharged into Holt's having arrived from the above ness; the constant fighting on the obdurate in their Insistence upon

and tion of Oplum, Treasure

the the policy of assembling the dock Valuables are being landed and Wharf Kowloon, where it will lie porte, Consignees of Cargo are coast-line of

at Singapore stored at their risks into the at Consignoo's risk and subject to bereby informed that their Goods upheaval in Hainan, are."-dia-] Godowns of the Hongkong Kou.terms and conditions of storage are being landed and paced at tinctly encouraging.

There are openings in the foon Wharf and Godown Co., L at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon whence delivery may be ready for delivery from Go- Kowloon Wharf and Godown Colony for colportage extension

Company's Godowne at Kowloon, who can represent on

and a present need ls for a man occasions be obtained immediately after down on and after 20th March. landing.

Goods not cleared by the 29th students and in Chinese Church Mar. 1916, will be subject to ront. assemblies.. packages must be Damage

Optional Cargo will be forwars. Optional cargo will be landed, when e delivery may b. obtained. this branch of service among

unless notice has been given prior

to steamer's arrival."

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Artistic finishes in Bronze, Antique Copper, and Oxydized Silver.

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BRITISH BOXER INDEMNITY.

COMMISSION COMING TO

HONGKONG.

Formal meetings of the British are

Hongkong.

Itinerary. In these cities, various Institutions of learning will be inspected, but the main purpose of the trip about the country is to give the Commission, as a whole, an opportunity to find out focal conditions and to learn what pub- lie opinion is in various parts of In the Bogey Pool Competition Boxer Indemnity Commise the country, The Commission apparently desires to have first In this connection it should be played at Fanling from 13th to being held daily at the Commis hand information as to how All broken, chafed, and damag-

a number of 15th instant, Mr. T. Ramsay (all

parts of China prefer to have the ed goods are to be loft in the left in the Godowne for examina- recorded that

sion's headquarters at the Kalee British share of the Boxer In- Godowns, where they will be ex- tion by the Consignee's and the Chinese Bibles presented by aj Bills of lading will be counter

any lady realding in England were square) won, any Tuesdays and Co.'s representatives amined on signed by the Undersigned Fridays between the hours of Tuesdays and Fridays, at 230 distributed among employees of the recipients at the Wembley Exhibition in 1924.

ed on unless intimation is receiv

ed from the Consignees before

9 a.m. To-day, requesting it to be landed here.

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Goods remaining unclaimed af el 10.45 a.m. and noon within the p. m. within the free storage local firms. The donor had met Ferguson (one down), Hotel Shanghai, under the chair-demnity spent.

Monday, the 2nd. instant 1986 at free storage period. Noon will be subject to rent anc

period.

lading charges,

me on or before the Thursday, the 25th inst. or they will not be recognised.

All claims must be presente+ No claims will be admitted All elsims must be sent in taftor the Goods have left the within ten days of the steamer's steamer's Godown, and all Goods arrival here, after which date No claims will be admitted: remaining undelivered after the they cannot be recognized.". 26th Mar., will be subject to rent. after the goods have left the

All Claims against the samer Godowns.

No fró insuranes has been be examined on Monday, the must be presented to the undersig- 22nd instant 1926 at 10 a.m. byed on or before the 9th April

or they will not be recognised." Mesars Goddard & Douglas.

All damaged packages will

No fire Insurance has basi ffected.

C. R..MIOLLIS,

Acting Agent.

Flangkong 16th, March, 1928,

No Fire Insurance will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents. 20th March, 1926.

Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK FERGY FRANKLIN, at 11, Ice House Street, In the City of Victoria, Hongkong,

affected.

NIPPON YUBEN KAISHA, Hongkong, 22nd March, 1926.

MRS. SEKAI

MASSSAGE

21. Na U4438. End, floor 2. Duddell Street, Hongkong

RUBBER RETURNS.

LATEST DIVIDENDS.

Other scores were Mesers, A.

reign editors will be given by the McLaren (one down) and W. Lmanship of Lord Willingdon. The A reception to Chinese and 10- Commission will not be able to an- Commission next week at which Dunbar (two down).

nounce its determinations for aomie all the members will be" present, At noon, the following vessels time, as it is at present devoting It is important to note in this con-

naction that although the full were expected to be in wireless.

tion of the applications and pro- bors, a majority are in Chian at- to-day

Macassar Mara, Helenus, Shan posals from public bodies, organiza- the present time and that of the tung, Protesflaus, Talthybius, tions, etc.

al members

three Messrs. Carroll Bros. are in re-Mayebashi Maru, Tacoma, Sure Before making its report, the chinese who

and equal auth ceipt of advices from Singapore Van Overstraten, Kitano Maru, Commission will visit various that the following dividends have West Carmona, Helios, Empress

of Russia, Fushimi Maru, Trier, parts of China. Although it has been declared:"V.

Jorame,-A final of 16%, making Ixion, Honolulu Maru, Kaljo Maru, not yet been definitely decided tish

fit is probable that the Commission 40% for the year 1925 and an in- Hatching, President Madison, Tal which cities are to be visited first, whic

ping, Kumsang, Anhul, Keilva, tetim of 10% for 1928.

mak Tlabost, Kutsang, Devanha, Kay will go to Hongkong (and Canton Tapabs finel of 20%, mak

ing, Hand, Hellas, Tjisalak, Tene before the end of the month, and Ing 40% for the year 1928.

ifa, Zoan, Kwongchow Bengal that later cities in North and Cen

tral China will be included in the United Malaccan-Second

mogla 16% to date, Maru tarim of 8%, maideg 1

communication with Hongkongitself principally to an examina Commission consists of 11 mem