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The China Mail.
HONGKONG, WEDN/2DAY, Feb. 12, 1919.
OUR FUTURE ARMIY.
The London Times" had a very
WILLINGLY.
Ltd
was considered and agreed by the French General Staff and our own, after careful calculation," that "a comparatively email but very highly trained and organized Expeditionary Army" from Britain would be suf- ticient, and surely events have proved these calculations not so far amiss?
da te utmost in a ted time
THE CHINA MAIL.
The National Service League, did not have this in view. Had we adopted Then in the compulsory service a' Campbell-Baunerian and Asqu'th period we should have been much worse prepu"sil and might have lost the war.
Evidently the whole business was less simple than the admirers of dei Lord Roberts realized. Meanwhile, as Lord Haldane says, before we talk again about preparation, we had better try to get some idea of what we are to be prepared for. The ead is more impo, tant than the means,
PAN-PACIFIC UNION
Once in
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Fo-day's dollar is 39 23-16d.
worth
The Yokohama Specie Bank opened a branch at Batavia today. Mr. Shogo Kusakari is in charge.
The China Mail Steamship Co., is in receipt of a telegram from the San Francisco Office advising that the S.S.Nanking" arrived at that port on Sunday, February 9.
A Chinese who attempted to ex port 14 taels of Government opium was fined $100 with the option of jail for six weeks." He was arrested one the "Kinshan" the opium Being concealed in his socks.
N
A Chinese was fined $25 by Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning. He at On Lee." The rifle tempted to import à rifle into the colony by the
o while this institution manages to get into print outside its own home town of Honolulu.was taken apart and distributed Bocently a Noth China, paper gave among his luggage.
The Naval Quadrille Club held a successful dance in the Naval Theatre last night, a fine programme of dances being gone through. Petty Oncer Woodley was the M.C., Mrs. Tirmas being at the piano
it free adversing' for its conference. of Chamber of Commerce, proposed to be hell next year. 1 is always going to do something big and real next year. In many ways it sees to bare a perpetual option on next The Hongkong Tramway's traffic year. Autori'ng to its propagandaeceipts for the week were $16,386. or $1.324 more than for the same -issued from its little, fed by a
wek of last year. For the six weeks, ore-nian staff at really pred glows the aggregate. was $87,280. or $11, energy-the Pan-Pacifle Unier is 110 more than for the same period
of last year. further the interests Continen to
י
Peking.
The Emperor of Japan has con- ferred upon. Lord French and Sir Douglas Haig, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulowing. Various Japanese orders have also been conferred upon the Chiefs of Staffs and British Army
CIGARETTE AND. TOBACC
FUND
The following is the subscription list to date:
Acknowledged to Decem
ber 7th, 1918 ............. $81,140.33 Since received Mr.F.G.Becke, Whampoa,
December subscription. Hon. Treas. Hongkong
War Charities Fund... Interest to 31st December "M.S.S." January sub-
scription. Collected by Mrs. T. Arthur;
18
H.P.W.
The Oil Kings A.E.G.
G.A.P., P.P., F.C.J., F.G. H.F.C., P.D.S., at $10... H.B.L.D., H.C.S., J.V.R., NS.M. C.B.B.,. 'H.H., S.G.N., A.S., C.H.P.H., G.SA, ER.T., S.H.D., R.S., CW.B., F.C.H EF.A., A.FF.A.G.G., 1.M.G., GES, FAW.. S.W., H.M.W., RT. J.McH., NS.B., at 85....... P.H.H. W.S., Wallaby II., G.M.S., RK., F.B., at $3.00 n R.PT ASL HRN.,
AM., T,C.D., JM.. JG, CFM., WJM., NJ.A., H.M. FF.C., DR, J.P.B., M.B., O.B., F.S., H.W.PW.R.M., C.B.B., F.M., J.H.R., F.S.T., E.G.S., F.WJ., W.N., J.W.T., EMF., A.D.G., C.H.D., H.J.N., C.H.B., T.R.C., RAW, at $2.00
EL.S., TCN HFC,
G.ML., EM, at $1.00..
Expended to 7th Decem
ber, 1918... Since expended-
50,000 Cigarettes Lo
Pacião ations. It is to maintain A meeting of Members of the "bureaus of information and edilen-Customs Service is being held on tion" in that Jirtle Honolulu offee, Saturday, in the Customs Library, Honam, to discuss conditions of to help Pucite peoples better to and receive suggestions for understand each other, and to spread the improvement of same, to be des- the friendly spirit of inter-racial co-patched to the Inspector General at operation. There are dozens of other things it to le fall of which the energetic promoter Will tell you about for hours if you aching; but, the sad fact rerra'ns thoresens all it docs do is to ad the corint excitement of that "histle island of Cabis, and incidentally to provale oneCommanders. mar with a job. It is a job he lovest
Booking is now open at Moutrie's We can say that for him. It ie the for the Ministering League Grand job of ad ng everybody dle what Variety Concert on Saturday the they ought to do to succeed. The 22nd frist. The work of the league Australians, New Zealandes, Chiis so well known that it scarcely needs commenting on, save that it is nese, Japanese, Filipinos, and other hoped the public will heartily support Pacificists somehow maddie' along the concert. The programme which 100 000, Cigarettes sent to the Troops without troubling it much. As for will appear later, is one that is bound
at the Front. to appeal. Hongkong, which has a nodding acquaintance with the Pacific, we suppose it never before so much as heard of the Pan-Pacific Union."
BILLIARD 3.
4
POKIE P. WONG v; R.S.M. TATTON.
A detective on duty at Canton Road had his suspicions aroused by the sight of 2 man's jacket bulging. On a search, a roll of cloth worth $20 was brought to light. This on investigation, was discovered to be stolen from a case on the steamer "Novara." Jail for four months and stocks was the penalty.
*
55,000
Middlesex Regt. at Vladi vostock. Cigarettes to Soldiers and "Sailors in
Hongkong.
20,000 Cigarette to Me- sopotamia Ex- peditionary Force.
20.00
18.00 4:04
5.00 List No
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, -1919. --
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
ARMED ROBBERY.
ONE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
The 103rd Report of the Court of Directors for presentation at the
The hearing of the case in which a. Dad nary Yearly Genomi Meeting of; Shareholder to be held at the City Chinese was charged with complicity Hall, Hongkong, on satulay, Feb. in the robbery perpetrated by a gang
of armed, miscreants on the Com
2, 1019, at roon, states:
1
To the Proprietors of the Hong-pradore's office of Messrs. Gibb. Kong & Shanghai Banking Corpont. Livingston & Co., came to a conclu- sion before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the tion.
Goutlemen, The Directors have Magistracy yesterday afternoon. The now to submit to you a General prisoner was committed for trial at Statement of the affairs of the Bank, the next Criminal Sessions. and Balance Sheet for the your end- ing December 31, 1919. The net profits for that period, including 50.00 $239,288.19, balance hesught for
wan hom last account, ilter paying 30.00 all charges, deducting interest puid and due, and making provision for 60.00 bail and doubtful necounm and cou
31.00
∙130.00
18.00
OXFORD PRELIMINARY.
The following have gained cer
tingencies, amount to 80,820/420.02.tificates in the Oxford preliminary
The Directors, recommend the Examinatiori -—-—--
St. Joseph's CollegeA. A. Gil, transfer of $1,200,000 from the Profit and Los. Account to credit A. E. Tavares, H. A. Silva, CC the Silver Reserva Fund, which Fund Tong, (3rd class Honours) I. E will then stand, at $21,000,000. Norenha. C. Roza, S. H. Garrod, A. They also recommend writing of D'Azevedo, A. Gomez, A. G. Abbas, Bank Premises Account the sum of M. Umeto, A. Wahr, A. A. Botelho, T.. C. Leung, K. Y. Yung, K. L- Chau, $750,000.
After making these transfem, deY, Y. Tang, K, W. Lau, M. Ono, and ducting the Interim Dividend of CL Yang.
Diocesan Boys' SchoolD. ·· V. £2 36. per share, paid on August 12 lust, viz.
3/84 Lopes, K. C. Yeung, M K. Li, H. K. £258,000 $1,577,559.82, and Remuneration to Kwok-(2nd Class Honours) K. Directors, there remains for appro Tyson, E. V. Reed, A. B. Hanson, priation $3,062,941.30, out of which K. Kwok, L. & Chau, C. H. lar the Directors recommend the pay.BL Kang, R. G. Reed H. J. Prata, tent of a Final Dividend of Two W. Zimmern, C. F. Wong, Y. L. Chiu, Pourds and Fixe Shillings Sterling C. C. Im. P. L. Kwok, K. Lo, and J.L. per Share, viz. £270,000, an A Howell. Bonus of One Found Ten Shilling Skerling per Share, viz. £180.000 68.00 amounting in all to 450,000 which at 9/11, he rate of the day, will 5.00 absorb $2,888,220.82
Accomm.
The Balance 39.279,011.48 to be 392.00 carried to New Proit and Loss
$31,579.97
$30,487.68
Balance in hand 307.77
W. A. DOWLEY,
Macao English College: Y. Chung. C. Y. Yu, T. W. Tai, H. S. Tsang. (3rd Class Honours) S. H. Tam, and H. W. Pau.
St. Stephen's College: W. B. Ma. K. C. Chao, P. C. Lee, K. C. Lau, and S. S. Cheung.
Belilios Public School: B. Chen- alloy. H. N. Chau, K. S. Cheung, K. Branches Anda Agencies.AC. Hung, K. Chun Hung, K. F.Hung Branch Office of the Bank has been W. F. Kwan, C. N. Tsang, A. Silva, opened at Vladivostock.
L. Vas, E. Chenalloy and C. Wong.
13
St. Paul's, Causeway Bay:-D. M. Windebink, P. G. See Chin, N. H. Hazeland and M. E. Lourerico...
Directors Mr. J. A. Plummer has been elected Chairman for the year 1910, and M. E. V. D. Parr Deputy Chairman, Mr. F. C. But- cher having resigned his seat leiving the Colony, Mr. J. A. Plan-
Loans and Credits, 151,700,213.50 mer was invited to fill the vacille Receivable..... 151,814,717.28
Liabilities of Con. stituento for ac- ceptances, per con- tra
This appointment requires confirma- tion at this meeting. The Hon. Mr. P. E. Holyoak, Mr. C. S. Gubbay And
. E. V. D. Purr retire in tion, but being eligible for re- election, offer themselves accord. ingly.
Auditors. The Accounts have 784.52
been audited by Mr F. Maitland 31,272.20 and Mr. E A. M. Williams, who
oner themselves for re-election.
ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABIL TIES, HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, 81ST DECEMBER, 1010.
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer. Hongkong, 11th February, 1919.
For refusing his fare and daing THE RUSSIAN MUSICIANS. bad language a ricsha coole was fined $7 by Mr. J. R. Wood this morning. He was hired by Mr. J. Mukerjee to take him from his house, No. 24, Nathan Road, to the Star Ferry Wharf, and was tendered 5 cents for that distance. He refused to accept the money, throwing it on the ground and swearing. Mr. Mukerjee gave him in charge.
Hongkong does not speed the parting guest," when it likes him. Like Bill Turpin and the Bishop, it prewails on him to stop. So with Professor Sklarevski and Mr. Sykora, those brilliant Russian musicians. They are to give another afternoon concert tomorrow (Thursday) at 5-30, at Professor Danenberg's music studio, No. 1, the Albany, above the Public Gardens. Moutries are selling tickets for it at $2 and $1. ween five and six days behind hand.
There were about 250 people These telegrams are at the 6s a yesterday Pokie P. Wong, 400; Tatton, 265.
at Prof. Danenberg's, Those at the seven who greatly enjoyed the playing of To-night Sergt. W. Pitt, HK.word rate.
These players met at the V.R,C. Last night, and as expected, the Chinese was too good for the Sergeant Major. Pokie Wong reached his first 100 with a lead of 59, and carrying on with more prolific play finally won by 135 points. The best breaks were: Pokie F. Wong, 31 (2 flukes), 21, 20 and 18. 17 was Tatton's best break. Scores:
A London paper says: There are fully thirty thousand telegrams awaiting despatch to Australia. The ordinary commercial service is bet
Police meets K.K. Leung Popular penny rate for Press telegrams fire the Russian artists. Refreshments worse. They take about a fortnight were served in the interval: The opinion is that the champion is one of this pair, the Police Sergeant to get through. The American following programme was given. perhaps Pitt is not, as so often service has been very bad too. There Grieg Sonata, A minor, op. 36 for
piano and violoncello. stated, the present champion of the is very little chance for private work,
Allegro agitato. Colony, as Gunner J. Lord, 83rd Co. some of the Governments having R.G.A deprived him of this title in occupied the greater part of the the final of the Tournament at the facilities. Ever since the U-boat war V.RC. last year, As Gunner Lord began cables have had to be neglect. has returned to England, the winner ed owing to the danger of sending look after the of the tournament now in progress, out repair ships
Andante molto tranquillo. Allegro.
$15,000.000.00
LLIBILITIES. Paid-up Capital....... Sterling Reserve Fund, £1,500,000
at ex. 2......... 16,000,000,00
Silver Reserve Fund 19,500,000.00 Marine
Insurance
Account Notte in Circulation: (Authorised Issue against Securities Land Coin deposited
with
the Grown Agents for the Colonies and their Trustees) $15,000,-.- 000; and Additional Lesue authorised by Hongkong Ordi. nances against Coin Indged with the Hongkong Govern
250,000.00
ment, $10,805,644 25,805,644.00 Current Accounts 230,089,837,04 Fixed Deposits 105,080,004.07 Bills Payable; (In-
cluding Call Loans and Short Sight Drawings on London Office), $5,125,470.89; and Drifts on London Bankers, $574,888.00 5,700,815.08 Acceptances on AC- count of Constitus
exts
By 1911, according to Lord Hat THE COLONY CHAMPIONSHIP. done, the strength of out effective artillery had been greatly increased under Sir Douglas Haig, until the General Staff of that time was satis- fied that the measures to meet the definite contemplated end were "The With regard to enough. Times' suggestion that if we had had a million, &c., Lord Huldané wants to know how it could have plausible article just before Christ been done." If the attempt to raise FRS advocating universal military million then bad failed, not only service." It bibed that, the Paris would the fipor of the House of Conference was not likely to result Commons have been stresin with the, ic anything to make this unneces-. sary. It deplored the electioneering wreckage of another Army scheme, pledges to abolish conscription, de but the failure would have been the elaring that we could not tell what occasion of danger. It takes might or might not be necessary, a long time to raise and prepare an It said it supported Lord Roberts' proposals. And it said that if we army. In peace time it is harder had only had a million men under to get officers than in war time. arms at the outbreak of war, how Between 1906 and 1914 it was, on
A. Sklareyski and B. Sykora, tifferent things might have been. purely military grounds," out of the To all of which Lord Haldane whe
Gluck-Melodie, B minor. moved to reply, and did rather question to risk it, and the General ingeniously, He says that respon Staff had a advised. They were becomes the champion as the holder lines. The result was that cable Haydn: Menset, D major. will be unable to defend his title. after cable became unworkable, but Mozart: Dance, D Major. ible persons insist that before any afroid Germany might pounce on us.
ships have now gone out and are
Gretchaninov -Pastorale. Attempt is made to organize an Army while making the change. As to THE GARRIS 'N TOURNAMENT. grappling with the recalcitrant lines.
B. Sykora. the scientific purpose for which it Lord Roberts' plan, that was direct is required shall be ascertained and ed merely to home defence, which | MANCHESTERS v. 88th CO. R.G.A.
The Soviet organ, the Isvestia, Debussy-Arabesque, E minor. according to a farbin paper, tells a Wagner-Liszt Death of Isolde. exactly defined. He instances the was adequately provided for in The Manchesters, favourites for story of an attempted coup d'etat by Liszt: Campanella. plons of 1006, and points out that another way, Moreover, Lord this competition, made a capital start French and British officers, by which if we had been going to war alone Roberts's scheme did not even pro- in this semi-final at the Soldiers' Club the People's Commissaries were to be with Germany, the Committee of fees to provide the Expeditionary last night, winning all three games seized last August or September, and played." Colonel Harvey and Gunner transported to Archangel-all except Imperial Defence couidered those Army for the Continent which they Curtis were the first pair, both play Lenin, who, because of his dangerous place, adequate; but if France also regarded as the only adequate instruing carefully and slowly, the Colonel persuasive powers, was to be shot A great number, of Dutch work- were attacked, we would be less well ment for the immediately possible winning by a good margin, 70. The Isvestia conjectures that the men who were discharged by Krupps off, owing to the danger of the enemy strategical requirement. That scheme Sergt.-Major Keenan won the next object was to force Russia into war are reported to have been reengaged cash
game, being too good for Sergt.with Germany again. The Harbin and to have returned to Krupp's. It capturing the Channel ports and would, besides this, in all probability Haskings who gave his opponent paper conjectures that the publication is stated they are now busy con. thence barcosing our control of the have affected seriously the recruit too
openings needlessly. of the story is to many
compromise the.structing railway material, especially the best, Allies in the eyes of the world. But trucks, and in preparing for an exten Channer. At first sight it would ing for the actual Expeditionary The last game was
a very even contest ensuing between since there has been, if we may sive commercial campaign to be seem that two to one were better Force and for our great oversea gaz Sergts. Hall and Davis. The former belleve the newsagencies, such initiated after peace is signed. than one to one, as Nelson used to ricons for India and our Dependen won by the narrow margin of 16 a unanimous declaration that think. So it was in Nelson's case:cies. For these had to be mised 'for The match will be resumed to-night, Bolshevism must be extirpated by
The American Consul General But in this, as Lord Haldane points long and, therefore, voluntary ser. the Manchesters holding a lead of every possible means, why (asks the has received instructions from Japan Chronicle) should the story be Washington to the effect that the out, a paradox remains, A better vica" Field-Alomhal Lord Nichol 145 points. Scores
deemed compromising at this stage National Association of Hosiery and nalogy would be that a man alone son believed that the difficulties in Lt. Col. Harvey....
200 of affairs?
Underwear Manufacturers of the as a better chance against a foot the way of compulsion (in peace C. S. M. Keenan
United States are to hold an exposi pad than if sccompanied by a female tirne) were insuperable." He Sgt. Hall:
tion, display and sale of hosiery, underwear and goods, in Philadelphia companion. The French channel would personally have been in favour
early in June of the current year. parts were our female enharrues of compulsory service had it been inent. France had a large army, practicable. All along the War Gunr. Curtis
These manufacturers are preparing to sell direct to importers without but not large enough to mind the Office foresaw that its real job would Sgt. Haskings,
intermediaries and foreign merchants whole of her eastern-Frontier ngust to defend the northern frontier of
interested are invited to attend this exposition the still urger Gecinin "anny. It Frunge, and that it would have lo
Davis
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200
600
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ienced after taking Chamberlain's 130 Tablets and the healthy condition of 141 body and mind to which they costribute, 184 makes doo feel that living is worth while. For sale by all Chemists, and Store kcepe
455
A Sklarevski.
Profit and Loss Ac-
count
Liability on Bills of Exchange re-dis- counted, £5,475,240 Ús. 101. of," which $1,868,545 0. 2d. have since run of
LAGETS. (including
-$15,500,000 Coin lodged with the Hongkong Govern ment against au thorised and/or ex
1,824,501.00
6,212,841.80
$181,004,087.29
2,518,588.61.
ce note circula tion).......... $77,418,150.85 Bullion in Hand and in Transit 1...... British Government, Indian, Colonial and other securi ties
Sterling
Reserve Fund Investments, viz. ::$1,676,017 7. Bd. per cent. War Loan" 1029/47 at 95=£1,500,000, at ex 2 Bill
Discoun
21,918,125.80
Bank Premises
1,824,504.00 6,633,767.60
5431,964,067.20
GENERAL PROFIT AND Loss AccouST" HONGEONG & SHANGHAI
Τα
BANKING CORPORATION, 91ST DECEMBER, 1318.
Interim dend: Paid
DEBIT.
Divi-
170
12th August, 1918, £2 39. per Share: on 120,000 Share= £208,000 at 3/84
To Remuneration to
Directors ............ To Final Dividend:
256. per Share on Shares- "120,000.
£270,000 at 3/4-. $1,000,937.89; and Bonus of £1 108. per Share on 120,000 Shares £180,000 at
$1,577,579.62
80,000.00
3/4 $1,078,291.99 2,883,220.8Z To Transfer to Silver Reserve Fund.......
To Transfer to Bank Fremises Account......
To Balance forward" to next year .................'
CREDIT.
By Balance of Un-
divided Profits, 8156
L
1,500,000.00,
750,000.00€
3,279,811.48
$9,320,420,92
December, 1017: $3,223,238.18 By Amount of Neb Profite for the Year ending 81st Decem- ber, 1918, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts and cons tingencies, deduct ing all Expenses and Interest paid and due
6,507.182.7€
5-9,820,420.0%A
STEALING BESERYE FUND.
To Balance,
£1,500,000, at der ein
2- (invested in 5 per centi War
Loan 1929/1947) $15,000,000.00
Br Balance 81s5 December, 1917, £1,500,000 at ox.
21
$15,000,000.00
$15,000,000.00
$15,000,000.00,
SILVER RESERVE FUND.
To Bulunce
By Balance Bleb
$21,000,000.00
$21,000,000.000
December, 1917. $19,500,000.00€
By Transfer from
Profit and Loss
Account
1,500,000.00
$21,000,000.00.