PARLANE, William (HONGKONG). M.I.M.K., Manager, Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd.; b. 1845, at Glasgow, Scotland. Served apprenticeship as Mechanical Engineer at Dalmouach and with Messrs Denny and Co., Dumbarton; in 1867 and 1868 was chief Engineer in the Argentine Navy, and as a spectator was several times under fire in Paraguay in the war between the allied Brazilian and Argentine forces against the Paraguayans; in 1869 came to-China round the Cape of Good Hope as Chief Engineer of one of Jardine, Matheson &Co.'s steamers; has been Manager of the Hongkong Ice Co. from 1884. Address: East Point, Hongkong.