WATSONS
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THE PREMIER SCOTCH
THE FAR EAST
FOR 25 YEARS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
is about 160,000,000,000 --marks. THE MAGISTRACY. The interest on this alone, at 5 per cent, is 8,000,000,000 marka, or more EVADING THE STAMP DUTY." than the entire estimated revenue
For bringing » «veral pnstamped of Germany for 1918, including war letters into the Colony from Kongmoon taxes How Germany will pay of Chinese was fined $20 by Mr. J. R. this debt, meet her ordinary expen-Wood with the alternative of one ditures, and at the same time mouth's imprisonment in default of liquidate her indemnity obligations payment. offers, as our American contemporary
OF, a pretty problem in finance.
POPULARITY MAINTAINED BY ITS EXCELLENT "QUALITY: NOT BY EXPENSIVE WORLD-WIDE
ADVERTISING.
Every belligerent nation will find it enough to meet the obligations arising out of the direct cost of the war The Balletin of the Federal Reserve Board at Washington has recently reported the direct cost of the war for all belligerent nations to last May 1 as having been about 3185,000,000,000 and it estimates A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., the cost to the end of September at about $900,000,000,000. These calculations were compiled by the Board from various sources, and while their accuracy is not vouched for, the Board believes the figures. to be substantially correct. Purely military and naval purposes, it is estimated cost. the belligerenta
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG.
Telephone No. 616.
To-day's Advertisements The China Hfail.
LOST.
TTALF GROWN SIAMESE CAT H
(Male) white body with brown
tips.
Lost from Kellett Crest, No. 56, The Penk, on the 27th instant.
REWARD will be given to Finder if returned to the above Residence...
H. F. CAMPBELL.
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Hongkong, Nov. 28, 1816, -
HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY. LIMITED:
HONG KONG, THURSDAY, Nov. 28, 1918. $132,000,000,000 to May 1, last.
GERMANY'S WAR BURDEN
ONE had almost begun to doubt whether the declarations of independ 07ence of several of the German States)
which have been announced were really genuine expressions of dis- satisfaction with the dominance of Prussia, or were really part of some deep-laid scheme intended to embar- rass the victors in the obtaining from Germany that repara- tica which in principle they have 969 agreed to make. That the sum total when the bill is presented at the FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION | Peace Conference will be staggering
WINO to Alterations and Repairs at the Power Station the SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY will be SHUT OFF un SUNDAY, the 1st December, froin 7 A. to 1 M
7
.. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO
Hongkong. Nov. 28, 1918,
Agents,
OF HONGKONG,
HEATHER DAY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business at 1 PM. TO-MOR ROW (FRIDAY), 29th November 1818. By Order,
4. R LOWE, Burstory. Hongkong, Nov. 28, 1918,
all FIRDINSURANCE OFFICES
"
war in
THEFT OF ELECTRIC BULBS.
THE SUMMARY COURT.
URSDAY NOVEMB
COMPANY MEETING.
LIMITED..
written off out of, profile $2,847.70 for Bad Debts but we hope some of
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO this will be recovered from the Cus todian of Allen Enemy, Property
very little as the figures speak for rès fo our current Businews. I need sy
themselves and you uny ex well able to judge of the prospects of Kowloon The present
The seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the above Company was held at the officer of the Company this morning at 11.30.
mawsing ng
Are,
CLAIM FOR WAGES.
In the Summary Court, this morning, hafors Sir William Rees Daries, E.C. Chief Justion, Li Hon Fanzinimed, from Leung Kon Sam the sum of $110 being $70 balance of two months wages and #40 for one month's wages in lieu of Mr. B. G. Sheran presided and price of cool not to mention other notice.
there were present the Hon. things hear you can understand a It will be remembered that the case Paul Chater, C.M.G. (Consulting heart handicap on our profits but Before Mr. J. B, Wood at the Police was adjourned for hearing by the Chief Committee), and Mesars. M. S Court this morning a Chinese was Justice, the plaintiff being the Fuiane Northcote, Lo Cheung Ip, Tong charged on remand wish the theft of 12 Judge's Chinese teacher, with whaus Ini Chucu, R. Henderson and T electric bulbs, the property of a Chinese Ha Worship the Puisse Judge had
Leeman (Secretary).
that the Report and Accounts. bes discussed the claim privately, and there electrical store in Queen's Road.
The CHAIRMAN aid: Gentlemen adopted. Defendant pleaded not guilty and fore decided not to hear the case.
Alour annual meeting last year when The Hon. Sir PACE CHATER second was defended by Mr. Shenton.qt.)
Mr. R. O. Faithful represented the we had before you our accounts Eed, and the motion was carried. It appeared that defendant was plaintiff sud Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs.referred to the difficulties we had to employed on a jank which was augaged Hastings and Hastings, represented the contend with and thuring the past and Mr. R. HENDERSON seconded the Mr. M. S. Noarncorn proposed by the shop to take delivery of a cargo defendant N
year these difficulties have not been re-election to the Consulting Con of electrical goods from a steamer. Dur
Mr. Faithful said the whole sened, rather the contrary. In mittee of the Hon. Sir Paul Chater,
there is a change in our favour in we hope it will not be long before this respect. I now beg to propose
spite of this our business has con CM.G. und Ir. H. P. White, and tinued to grow and the round now the notion was carried.
ing the trip one of the caser was broken scomed" to be whether there was a open and electric bulbs ware stolen.contract to employ or not. "There was His Worship found defendant guilty a verbal contract but nothing in writing and sentenced him to three months and he could satisfy His Lordship that Ind, before you shes a nett pris MR. G. SHEWAN proposed and hardabour, a ta
there was a verbal contract. The of $88,447.51 which, as we are as Mr. Lo Casuso I seconded the re facts were that the plaintiff and able to pay a dividend for trant of election as auditors for the ensuing friend went to the defendant who funds, we propose to dispose of by year of Mr. F. Maithand and Mr. was carrying on business as a coal writing of " merchant under the style of the Asiatic American Trading Company, at
A MURDEROUS ASSAULT:
This afternoon before Mr. E DIC Wolf a Chinese was charged on remand Chiness at West Point,
Even the countries which have no with cutting and wounding another place called No. 2, Back Lane. Plaintiff) "reparation", to make are saddled with a very beavy burden for many years. The debt that Germany bas
lacurred must prove an, exceedingly heavy barden for generations to come."
¿
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Mr. Bay Conley, who has been in charge of the plain clothes squad of the Luneta Police Station, Manila, has been appointed Police and Sanitary Inspector of the Foreign Settlement.st Amoy...
The departure of the independence
to America has been postponed owing to the visit to Europe which the Presi dent of the United States is making at the request of the leaders of the Allied Governments.
can easily be conjectured. Bavaria has given proof by the amazing delegation from the Philippine Islands disclosures which she has just made of Germany's responsibility for the origin of the war that she is sincere enough in her hostility to Prus sianism, but this hostility comes too late in the day to avert the conse- quences of the war. As the West 970minster Gazette has been pointing ont, the fact that the German MARINE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION Federation has been disintegrated cannot be allowed to alter the main fact of the situation, namely that Gerronny as a whole must AJUTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that.
all MARINE INSURANCE be held responsible for the consÓ OFFICES will be CLOSID for the
OF HONUKONG.
HEATHER DAY.
Inspector Macdonald prosecuted and
danc
Complainant's case was that on the evening of the 14th instant he was passing along the street in front of
a
From valge of Lines $30,000.00 From value of Build-.
A. R. Lowe, at a remuneration of $100 each, and the motion was carried.
inge and Machinery 39,441.34
Mr. MS. NORTHCOTE" Mid We explained to you at our last Gentlemen. before the meeting menting the necessity for inereusingeleses, I have much pleasure in pro- our plant and requiring a new Site posing the donation of an additional for the Factory for which of course, $1,000 to war charities. more capital would be required and
held that he was engaged to buy coals. for export to Canton. There was another Mr. E. J. Griss appeared for the defen-man present. Plaintif was engaged at salary of $40 per month and the defendant handed him a card, which was to be used for business purposes. Plaintiff bad great dificulty in getting bave probably wondered why bis salary and only received two amounts nothing further has been dote in tea house when defendant came up behind him and deals him two blows of 85 each, which defendant now said regard to new capital. The fact is on his left forearm, the second of which was a loan. Defendant said that another that the new Turbines, etc., we pre man was expected to join the firm and dered have not been delivered, and | nearly severed the bone. Complainant
cried out, "Save Life" and defendant in a sum of $3,500. If he did. under present conditions, it is in-
defendant said he could pay everybody possibls to say when we shall
geo was chased and subsequently arrested otherwise he would be bankrupt. The
Dr. Io of the Government Civil Hos-plaintif was Mr. Justice Gompertz'scent Ippy termination of bestil pital made an examinatica of the army Chinese teachers and stated that the result of the injury inflicted complainant would not any more have the free use of his arm.
that he was attacked by complainant On the other hand, the defendant alleged
and others with choppers and he was obliged to retaliate in defence.
Cross-examined by Mr. Grist com plaingat said he did not know defendant nor the cause of the assault.
them. But no doubt with the re
Mr. Lo CHEUNG IP seconded and
the motion was carried,
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
Orders issued by Mt. F. C. dankin, C.B.E.
The following extes duties will be Heather Day and St. Andrew's Fair.
His Lordship:-That has nothing to ties the restrictions on mufactur-provided:- do with me..
ing and shipment will be at least,
· Mr. Davidson argued that the de-modified it not done away with. In
abroker in the usual way. fendant firm did not employ plajatif, the meantime we have done sonne, they merely dal business with him as thing, we have come to an end to
The case is proceeding,
| SHIPPING · DISASTER AT GUAM.
DEATHS FROM STARVATION PRIVATION AND, DROWNING.
Mr. Griat-Did not; you tell the A telegram to the Wa Te Fat Police that the defendant and you had SHIP SET ABLAZE BY LIGHTNING, Po states that in, an audience with the President of China on Tuesday the
a quarrell Noten vanda Kommende Portuguese Minister suggested the three other men, accing the defendant Is it not a fact that you and two or opening of the negotiations for the in the street, rushed at him with delimitation of the boundaries of choppers No; it is not a fact Macro after peace had been concluded The case was remanded until next in Europa
Tuesday morning
Transaction of Publie Business atquences of the war, and the German Kneedier at Manila from Siberia last 1PM. TOMORROW (FRIDAY), 29th States, whatever their form, must pay the bill" Statisticians are now
November, 1918.
By Order, LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS
Azorularies. Bongkong, Nov. 28, 1918.
HEATHER DAY..
GRAND AUCTION SALE.
DON'T MISS IT.
down to the end of August as
follows:-
A cablegram was received by Dr. week, atating that no women welfare workers will be needed for the relief
THE PHILIPPINES BUDGET.
"UNDREAMED OF FIGURES."
our negotiations with the Govera meat for a new Site and I think the arrangement we have male may be considered satisfactory on the whole Briefly it is this. We have obtain ed a Marine Lot between the Cement Works and the Kowloon Dock in exchange for our old. Site and we receive in addition an allowance of
$40,000.00 to cover the value of our
The steamer Dumart, bound from old buildings, and the cost of filling San Francisco for the Philippines within and making the new Site. The a cargo of naval stores including areas of the two places exchanged gasoline and dynamite was struck by are about the same but we shall haver lightning and destroyed on Oct. 16th Marine Lot, the advantages of after leaving Guam. The story of the which are obvious in exchange, for disaster is briefly told in the following on Inland Lot and we may remove talegraphic report from the Governor any temporary buildings on the old
Bureau at Manilo
Factory. We think that the Govern wires from Llorente dated November matter and we trust you will feel be "Lieutenant Constabulary Nagtalonment have met uy fairly in this
14 and received November 20, så fal-
publishing their computations of work among the Siberian refugees. The Badget submitted to the Philip./of Samar, to the Chief of the Executive site that we can utilise for the new what "the bill will be, and the This does not excluds the nurses for pine Legislature last week, carried what 971 estimates are prodigious. An Amer-Red Cross work who are greatly needed are described as "andreamed of figures
ican statistician has estimated the says a Manila contemporary.
The total appropriation for the year la destruction of property by Germany
PZ7,390.749 against F51,633,923 for lower KAL The valuable leasehold property last year and P44,452,724 for 1917, and Nos. 37 and 38, known as "Smith's providing liharally for all branches of Villa," The Posk, formerly occupied service, the statement shows an estimat by a well-known German resident, was ed net balance of P12,424,927, which the knocked down at Mesars. Hughes and Governor General described as" com- Hougha" duction-room this afternoon to fortable indeed in connast with the Mr. J. A. Tummer, the present tenant, annual deficits which, not many years for $43,000. The property, was offered ago confronted the Government at subject to a zeserved pries of 835,000. budget-making times.
Canton, says the “Canton Times,""
N AUCTION of the following Valuable Articles will take place TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), November 29th, 1918 Commencing at 13 o'clock Noon Sharp
AT THE CRICKET PAVILION.
1 Diamond and Platinum Brooch,
8 Magnificent Pictures;
1. Old Sheffield Plated Dish, "Heather Jock" Scottish Doll, Cushions. Cat and Kitiers (black,, warranted fast colour), Life Saving Naress, Tes Cone, Copies, etc., cte, etc.
The public
attend with full cordially invited to
parsea A very fire
epportunity to help our wounded and sick boya
Mr. George
Lammerthonorary. Auctioneer, will take the hammer.*
Os the Cricket Ground at Noon there will be given a PUNCH AND JUDY” Show, by our sininent showman to smaee, the kiddies.
The Show will be repeated for "the benefit of the larger children, at the Hongkong Club just before tilini By Order, HEATHER DAY Committee..
(Continued on page 8.)
8 700,000,000
ajemni
$1,000,000,000
789,000,000
275,000,00
878,000,001 #9,055,500,000
200,000.00
$3,000,000
Agricultural Ruildings, Tools, Raw Mater FRANCR:Buildings and Industrial Machinery y Property and Bridges
Railway
Stack, etc..
Total
Agricultural Buildings, Tools, Raw Mater
BELLUM :—Buildings and Industrial Machinery
iale, Live Stocks
Railway Property aud Bridges
Total...
RUSSIA :—Total: 7---- quide BALKAN STATES--Total........................................... ---Total..........................
UNITED STATES
GRAND TOTAL .......................$ 4,853,000,000 -
LIEUT. COMPERTZ SAFE,
FUISNE JUDGE'S GOOD NEWS
Kokished that we have done the best Saturday evening, November 9, we could in your interests. Now in fourteen men, among whom were two regard to new Capital we have de after twenty-four days on water in open cided with your approval to delay Filipinos landed at San Jose, Llorente, boat, last ten days without food, five no longer. As explained to you lust days without water Their steamer year you will receive one $5 share Dumarasailed from San Francisco September 15 with a cargo of gasoline in the new company for every share dynamite and other naval stores, left (whether $1 or $5) in the old, that Guam October 16 with crew of 46 mats, in the present company. This will nad one passenger. Twenty miles from make 100,000 shares at 35-$500,000 Guam, about 5.30 p.m. lightning struck
the ship disabling the wireless and end we propose to issue further. setting fire to the gasoline, Three 100,000 shares at $5, white for share, boatloads of men pulled away, As.
(a) Traffic duty with Procession on 29th inst One Inspector and ten men from Mounted Police One Inspector, one Sergeant and 8 Con-
tables from No. Platoon.
(4)Fair duty on 29th inst. One
•
Inspector, one Sergeant, and to Constables as follows.
250-No. 1 Platoon. 530---No. 2. Company 8.30 No. Company.
(Fair" duty on 30th inst. One Inspector, one Sergeant and 10 Constables as follows
<
2.3
No. 1 Pintoon.. 6.30-No. % Company 8.30 No. 2 Platoon.
(d) Fair duty on 90th and 3 th inst. Two Sergeants and 8 men. from Ambulance at 3 pm.&pr and pim
(e) Uniform will be as follows:
Sergeants and Constables-Helmets with spikes, and belta for the Pro- cession duty and the first shift of duties (5), (c) (Caps with covers for all other dutica Ins pectors-sama"es" above, but no swords or belts.
No. 3 Company Search Supervisors drawn from this Company will take over the Search duties of No. 1 Platoon on Friday, November 9th...
Bervico Board
all ranks are required to fill in one of the
Forms, already issied to Unit Com mazders, in connection with the Service Board, November, 1918 Members, other than Staff, failing to comply with this requirement will be called upon to attend this Office for the purpose
Cr Sergeant Tang Wai Nam takes charge during the absence on Icave of Sergeant Drummer Wong
Boglers and Drummers.
The parades ordered for Friday, Novem
ter 29th, is cancelled. Hongkong, November 28th, 1916.
LOCAL SPORT.
BILLIARDS.
PALACE HOTEL HANDICAP.
is a very bad place for landlords if the present administration of justice is allowed to continue. Sonie mouths
became of the other boats is animowe refusal of them. Meetings will be explosion followed shortly after. What giving present shareholders the first
ago, Dr. T. M. Leung let house
Could not beat way back to Guam held in a few days to propose and The many friends of Mr. Justice because of adverse currents and winds. st 31, Chao Yam Street to a tenant Gompertz will be pleased to learn Ecat in question started with 32 confirm the necessary. Resolutions who apparently appeared a decent fellow. He was, however, later that His Lordelup received a tele-men; 16. died on the way from exposure which are now being drafted by the caught by the police as an opium gran this morning at 10 epek, starvation, two drowned in making Company's Solicitors. As we do
Boding, smoker. When found guilty and the stating that his son, Second Lieut. The telegram then gives a list of the not have to pay off our debentures tenant could not pay his fino, tha H. C. T. Gompertz, of the Roy describes swhat was done by the local the moment money to pay for pull. There will be no pay on Friday or
survivors and those who were last, and till 1922 we really only require at authorities to relieve the necessition of
tenants,
in the suryayare, and to searching down and transferring our pre- far the mining boste The sent Factory and rebuilding it on the only pasenger ca the boat, your Site. The cost of this should Ensign Holmes, United States Navy,
who boarded the ship at Guam to come come well within $100,000 60 we to Mauila, that he might go home to propose that $1 per share shall be the United States. Among others who
anthorities decided to forecloss the Air Force, who was reported inise house, anlese the landlord would paying on November 10, arrived the fine. As it appears, a landlord has England on November 28, un to be responsible for the conduct of his wounded and well
We regret to record the death of
HOUSING IN MESOPOTAMIA. Mrs. MeMarray, wife of Mr. David
lost their lives in this life bost zes the Psyable on application but at present dato for Maurray, Superintending Engineer of
chief engineer, the second chief engineer, cannot give the The Military Governor of Baars and chief steward, two Filipinos hath th tobably soine [979 |There is nothing in this estimate for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., offering a prize of Rs. 150 for the best firemen and both from Cavite and 10
each of the following damage done by air raids in dress | kbd., which occurred at Bombay, on paper on
others. subjects:
The coastguard cutter Pollo ha latar Britain, and there also remains to November 26th, after an operation.
(8) The type of residential house best been wat to Samar to pick up the 14 be added the destruction caused Mr. and Mr. McMurmy were married suited for Europeans in the lowlande of survivors and to bring them to Manila dential for care and for transportations: the since the end of August in tin Hongkong in the latter part of 1916 Mesopotamis; (b) the type of
house best suited for Arabs in the United States, cable theatres of war. This will represent and resided at 160, The Peak, until lowlands having regard to their special While away on this errand the Polisle a very considerable addition to the sot six months ago when they left for sustoms. The competition is open to 3 will search the whole of the eastern
Mr. McMurray being sent to and the papers must Wubmitted to the
coast of the Islande for the men from toil. Then we, have to take lúto
to take charge of the Com
the crew of the Dumuru who sew still Faccount the
of ships and'
missing Some men left the wreck on Government another
ligrafts, and somelid boats. Only one boat that in which the captain of the sin known?jobave
boats have driftër
BARGAINS.
40% DISCOUNT.
FOR LADIES DANCING SHOES A. TACK & CO.
Germ
Tequi Muter
rember
hen the
outia
In the above Handicap last night Mr. Mortra (owes 100) defeated Me. A Simpson (o was 20) by 8:0 to 226
Tonight My E. White meets Mr. Si cooker at 6 pm, and Mr. E. Gamarias moete Mr. A. Goldenberg at 9 pm
Saturday, but on Sunday at 2 pm. Mr.-
Hart (owes 250) ments Mr. W. L WOLSER (Owen 130) at 9 p.m.
MAMMANFOOTBALL.
HONGKONG LEAGUE.
The names of players picked to represent the Hongkong Football Chib; lin their gama with these fanchester | Begt, on Saturday at 4 pan. on the Clab Ground", areas tollows :-RR-Wood, FW. Black," McQúbi ton, J. Stuart F. Dan our A Clark, D. Blocholn
wish and Os Lonningk
COUGH