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reposted through the Japanese or other post showing a steady tendency to increase whereas in 1912 it was only 3,000,000 tons.
office, with, of conce, repayment and the risk of time being to short to put through tnt neadless arrangement. The attention of the Postmaster-General in Hongkong has frequently been called to this anomaly, but of course in such a watter he is powerless against the apathy of the officials in London.
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the colliery owners to increase the output Strenuous efforts have been made by but only the opening of new fields can Bishi Company are steadily working at make any material difference. The Mitsu their new field in the Hokkaido and hope to produce coal in two years' time. When fully developed, if expectations realised, the Hokkaido collieries should.
have been sought, the requirements of the faster than the output. No new murkets existing trade taxing the resources of the firms engaged to the utmost. demands have been received from the Pacific Coast of America, due to the strike at the British Columbian calliarica. To San Francisco alone one Japanese firm has sent 30,000 toas since July, shipment being made from Karatsu, while large orders have also been received from a powerful influence on the Far Vancouver.
Eastern Trade. Until then, however, pressn: conditions the demand growing twice as fast as the supply-may be expected to continue.
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THE GAMBLING MANIA.
Practically no coal has been sent to ports west of Singapore from Japan. The Contemporary contains a compre Shipments of Fushun (South Manchurian) hensive article by Mr. J. M. Hogge, coal have been made to Colombo and collieries of Kyushu and Yamaguchiken The output of coal in the principal M.P.. on the gambling mavia, Mr. India. The competition of Australian. Hogge makes an interesting calculation and Indian coals at Singapore and in the during October last, amounted to 1,283,600 on the profits made at horse-racing.
Philippines has almost come to an end, tons, showing an increase of 49,000 tons on the figures for the previous month and the Japanese product practically con- "It is the sport of rich man, and rich men trolling those markets.
In the Chinese an increase of 100,722 tons on that for the only. No one else can afford it.
It is trade
Kaiping coal competes with corresponding month of last year. computed that there are from four to six Japanese but as the market absorbs all thousand horses in training in Great that can be supplied prices are Britain. The annual rest of each horse affected. is £200. The stake money run for is inside half-a-million, of which provide two-thirds. Roughly speaking therefore it costs an owner £ to win £1, And there is the whole secret. Those who cannot afford to do so must het, and iliately gain and loss is involved, the gate is open to all sorts of malpractices, which establishes such a code of ethics, as our examination of the Wootton-Sievier case has elicited."
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He concludes a plea for legislation far more stringent than is provided in Lord Newton's bill with the following striking estimate:-
not
Throughout the year prices have risen steadily and now rule for casual enquiries at from Y1.50 to 12 per ton more than last year's quotations. Annual contracts now being made show advances of from
A COMMON TONGUE.
Chip who seek after & strong and united Republic have turned their atten- tion to the problem of the differences in the spoken language. They desire that a common-tongue should be established
1 to 1.50. We learn that the leading to unite the country, break down this firms do not expect conditions to change social barrier, increase national prosperity. for at least six months to come. The eugender patriotism, reduce
unnecessary understanding, unusual rise in freight rates this autuau hardship, cause
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The Peking Daily News suggests that ...“ I ́la not realised how much waste is large number of steamers recently added perpetrated by the vice of betting and to the Japaness mercantile marine has a uniform Mandarin should be taught in gambling.
CURRENT There are, for example, only had an appreciate effect on the coal all schools, that its use in Parliament some fourteen days in the year, excluding market, but the principal increase in the officials should speak it. The question is should be insisted upon and that all ONGEONG WEEKLY Sundays when there is not a horse race domestic consumption is to to the large being widely discussed and the Ministry in the United Kingdom There is a number of aew industrial enterprises. It of Education has been instructed to equivalent of about 550 days racing in the is stated that sixty gas and electric light undertake the reform. To evolve ope year. There is the football season. And stations have canmenced operations spoken language out of so many dialects in addition to these there is betting within the last two years. Manufacturers with widely different pronunciation. pigeons, whippets, golf, cricket, howling are complaining of the high prices which would be a well-nigh impossible task: tc Continuously from wes to week they are now called upon to pay for fuel even the Mandarin language is sub- there are the pewspapers competitions. I have calcalated that at least £75,000,000 and there is no likelihood of a return to divided into northern, southern and annually changes hands on the turf alone. former conditions. To meet the require western. There is no need to go farther If everything is included, the amount on ments of this trade, dust coal has been than to point to the movement in the a-conservative estimate cannot be less imported from the Fushun and Kaiping south to form a separate republic of than $100,000,000,-:
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[133 Hongkong, 14th April, 1913. emphasize the effect of a comioon tongue, But the unification of Chios in this For 3 months, 2 per cent. per Annum. respect will take centuries, even if it be For 6 months, 9 per cent. per Annum. possible ever to achieve such a reform. For 12 months, 4 per cent. per Annum Meanwhile the newspapers are undoubt edly achieving something in the desired. direction, Y.-C. Daily News,
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