MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918
SHIPPING
P. & O. S. N. CO.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE
UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
TO
MARSEILLES AND LONDON,
TAKING PASSENGzrs and Cargo TO
STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, FOYFT, 20.
Even more
to.
Colombo
Leare Hongkong Nood
Connecting Mail Stammer from
Colombo,
Dao Marseil 1917,
Dus London 1017.
When Passagers change Steamers at COLOMBO Accommodation in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved
Hongkong as the time of Booking.
On the Australing. Route Tickets Interchangeable with Orient line.
SAILINGS DIRECT TO!
SHANGHAI MOJI, KOBE AND
5. 8.
YOKOHAMA.
Leave Hongkong About
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INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
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Transhipment).
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,
WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR....
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MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMLO
AND PORT SAID.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10th, 1918.
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luppen in consequence. · Besides, the LWO old Indies ought to have looked before | crossing the road." And after all, we have
The reader who laughs as Mr. Barry hospitals to deal with such ensem Pain's eccentrioluce is maually glad that
existency
Saturday-Much depressed. Every.
he describes only rare characters schody agalust me. Whatever happens I'm. to be made the scapegat. And it's all for instance, us the young man who is for a griding slip of the memory, anch here made to describe a week of this as every man is subject. to. I had taken my olu pistel out into the garden, “in vase Sunday-ion thirty miles of tree rail- our neighbour's cut came along. Saing [my sister there, I pointed the pistol at way travel to-day. It's quite simple her, sad said I would shoot bur, I can. when you know it. You book to a station, ay konestly that it was not till after. I'd and get into a train that doesn't stop till pulled the trigger that I remembered tho fifteen miles beyond it. Then complain thing was fonded. It was just playful. bitterly that one of their porters put sots on my part. It broke bone in her arm, and of course. I regret it, but there
the
inty the wrong train. If you teil the tale right the chances are that they will send you back to your destination for nothing. There was a motive in the carriage: So I Wait till the train steps.** whipped out my knife and struck out the first letter in "train." Very laughable -wonder why nobody has thought of it before. Pleasant snooze on the way back with my mouldy old fees up cushions. Smith would have objected to that, but then lie-objects to everything. Regular killjoy I call him. Personally, 1 consult my comfort. Another humorous idea occurred to me at the station. There was a poster representing a beautifal lady. so I gave that lady a pair of maatsches with my indelible pencil Takes a bit of pluck, too, as you might get caught at it.
has been as much to do shans it as i hud killed her, and done it on purpose.
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45. “COLOMBIA In my view folks tako far too much fuss SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL) about these por ailments. They should thlok about the soldiers in the trenchej,
At the first symptoms FREEZUELA.
8.8. "BQUADOR" Base AA I do. However little one may of eye strain you shople be to blame frie en accident of the kind. one still feels sorry that is happened, consult u8---Wat lan and you might have thought some eyes scientifically and st sympathy would have been shown me.
glasses to individual re. Noue. Not a word. What wona people- want is more intelligence and a better quirements heart, I'm very dismatistled about it.
Otherwise, of course, it does show that thers is not much amiss with my shooting:
TIN AND RUBBER MINKETS.
Concluding an article on tin and rubber Monday. I've often thought one the Singapore “Free Press " says - might have a bit of a lark with one of
None the less it appears from home those fre-alarm fakements in the street.expert reports that there is little likeli- I got my channe to-day, and I took it. hood of the metal prica materially break. Yes. I had beta properly. And what ing and sine quarters are a little nervous made it more amusing was that the still higher prices. I these anti-
engines had hardly left the atation bef recipations are correct there is still a con- & perfectly genuine call came in. What widerable margin of speculation in the local market and indications are for a A lot of Hilly insex they must have general continuance of the rise. Tho looked!
itcation has, however, womething more of interest than its effect on this market only. inamuch as it will to our mind do
Tuesday - Began my propaganda Against the food restrictions at the office today. Why should we take any other of a lot of jabber by the old women in the newspapers? I don't observe any restrictions, and L,don't see why anybody alse should. My strength has to be kept up. Suppose I have an extra pound or so of mugur in the week, is a trifle like that going to make any difference to the war? In a way it's a protest agaiter our Goremment for not capturing all the submarines. That's the course they ought to take. Besides, our milkman considers the war will be over in a fort night, and as his brother is an actual corporal in the AS,C. he probably know what he's talking about. All Smith could say was that there ought to be a muzzling order for imbeciles. He may go to far one of these days and get something that he won't like.
It is
good deal of good in getting the public to look rather more seriously into rubber values In the future, aven allowing for cessation of war disturbances, we do not assume that, apart from periodis upsets,"" the rubber price is going to buintain the. high average of previous years against economic laws that a thing which can be fairly easily produced and is in no way under monopoly sicuki pay dividends of hits. or a hundred or more per cent, even-reckoning the "discount"; which has to be allowed over the years when the capital in idle. There are indications that Brazil is materially improving her methods, and Burma is on in for very extensive cultivation with Coremment assistance in alignation ot land. These are merely two instances he factors whide will affect production and price in future. Taking a broad view. unprincipled blackguard had pasado decline in rubber valve over the Wednesday.-Discovered to-duy that
therefore, we look to see a gradual, i
of a French penny en pa in change can't think what our police are doing for coming year. If that confusion be such a thing to be possible. However, I correct then the price of many rubber shares, as dividend producers, before the got my own back. I used it on an automatic weighing machine, and showed recent steady fall, was not sound, and the a couple of friends who were with me the present depression will be of considerable valte in allowing holders or purchasers to make a truer estimate. These remarks,
le dodge by which we could all get weighed with the same penny. But the machine must have been out of order. My weight cannot possibly have increased Ifke that. These machines ought to be properly inspected. Think of starting a campaign against fraud.ra
course, do not apply to those holdings purchased at original par or below, bet inasmuch as share dealing is not con cerned much as role with par quota- tions, it is hardly, gecessary to consider
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Thursday-Smith was holding forth: today about the absolute Decessity for economy even in matches. So presently to put the laugh against him, I. waked him to lend me a match, and contrived to But light to the whole lat. Ee actually struck me. How was he to have known that it was not a purs accident? How ever, I don't take that kind of thing lying down, and I told him straight out that I had Anished with him. Later I rung up Mrs. Smith and said I was sorry to inform her that her husband had been
At the Royal Institute of Public arrested for embezzlement. Instead of screaming, as expected, she asked for myHealth, Lard d'Abernon, Chairman of name and address. So I hung up the the Central Control Board, read a paper receiver, Not a successful day on the whole.
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A tradesman's cart was
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took me to give him something to wake of women who had replaced him up. In about two seconds he was military age withdrawn from industry, half way down the street, and people try or who had adopted industrial life for ing to stop him, and to end of a set-art. one reason or another. Makes me laugh, now when I think of Tae number of women now in indus Naturally I take to sort of trial life and in non-sheltered occupations responsibility for the accident that came to men was estimated to exceed happened afterwards. To start with, any by nearly 1 millone, the number to man who leaves a horse and cart employed before the war, and this unattended in the struct acts, in my opinion, very improperly, and should be beld to account for anything that may
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