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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA'S NEW ENTERPRISE.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has decided te open a regular steamship service ti Pannma. The company has hitherto been zending round some of its ships, on the European line to Panama on their home voyage; but it has now been decided that regular service should be opened,
THEGERMANWOMAN'S SHARE]
IN THE WAR.
A SOURCE OF STRENGTH.
entrances to the arsenal a group young working girls wero standing, laughing and chatting with some soldiers. Soveral pieces of heavy artillery came ont the courtyard of the arsenal, and limbered down the street; then mssed with a load of small shells in their vicker protecting cases.
▲ Neutral Obarver describes in "The Times" the Inimene lush, which German One of the girls stopped munching her women ore fulfilling in the war, not only piece of black bread, and exclaimed, in the economical management of their pointing to the shells," There go ours," homes, but
in providing equipment and Another girl protested that she was mis-
taken. munitions for the Army.
Then two or three shouted with "One of the chief sources of German delight, "Yes, yes; there ours, the re strength and the most significant moral ours." force in Germany to-day are the women. The outbreak of the
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My companion turned to me:-"You present ware that is tha spirit of our people. You The company has concluded from its ex periences in the service that the line will found them unorganized, unaccustomed to will understand that the gunner who fires not mean a less if some of the ships public duties, and devoid of any political those shells realizes that they have been HOUSE on PEAK, For two or threa
education or aspirations, such as have made by his womenfolk at homo, perhaps months. the European line, as practised at present een manifested by women in other coun-by his sweetheart, that they are doing are sent round to Panama across trics. In a land where organization and their share, so he will not fail to do his." Atlantic, and that it would be very difficult- for the company to open a new line in the the need of tho State turctically trans We are truly & nation at war" he
any individual interest, the yast hdded after a moment. future-after.. other companies. hdvojority of Geraan women had remained he truth of this last statement must established themselves on the service. A adherents of the favoured individanlist
Kinde..
be emphasized. No nation ling up to tho Kirche ing up this conclusion, the Nippon maxim," Küche,
present waited its people more closely, Yusen Kaisha hay decided to open a regu(Kitchen, Childen, Church).
with more determined zeal and enthu The German woman's first thought was Siksm The share of the rest unted FROM 1st September vort, desirable EIX
her! in the conflict cannot be over-estimated
and EIGHT ROOMED Realdences in for her own immediate family,
When the war and lends added importance to a scene Broadwood, and Wang-Nei-Chong Roads, the kitchen, her children. broke out she preceded at once to follow I witnessed in Berlin on the day when the latter commanding a Fino View of the Race. this tradition, to stood her farder in 80 Imperial Chancellor was to make a Coniza
For terms and particulas, apply to-- speech in
Near the building. THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- für as she was able, and soo to it that her
MENT & AGENOT Co., Læo. own household at least should not feel the other of the Reichstag on the Italian a crowd of some 300 persons, chiefs
Hongkong, 16th July, 1915.
1787 pinch of the war. This purchase of food
"We wand peace," to an enormous increase in prices andor Cabinet Minister arrived he was
greeted with ories: supplies on a large scale led immediately women, had assembled, and as each Deputy scarcity of many commodities.
lar service.
TUNING AND REGULAR ATTENTION rice will be established. Besides the
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The ships which are to be employed in the service are Tsushima, Toyooka, Te kata, Toyohushi, Takayama, and Boyan all of which have a tonnage of 7,500. The Tognolo Maru, which was due at Londen on July th, will be the first ship to serve on the line; and a monthly regular or above six ships, the negaun, Tatti, Takushima, and Wekesa, of 6,000 ton type will be sent round on the line when their cargoes at London leave them room in their hoids, And the latter three pay gone back to London and return home through Suez Canal.
I was informed that this condition of We want our men again, We are affairs, as much as any one factor, forced tired of cold food," etc. When the motor the Government to take immediate step said to belong to Prince Bülow, the
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The new line is really taking the reverse course to what might perhaps be the most _natural one with Yokohama as the static
point. The natural course, is it start on Yokohama, eross the Pacific and pass through the Panzina Canal; but the N.Y.K, ling atarts from Lundos, creses the Atlantic and passes through Pandina Canal. The latter course, at least in the present condition of the world's shipping, and also from the point of view of obtaining cargoek.
By this time the police had lain classe, of foodstuffs but to instruc there were loud hisses as the crowd surged German women in their new duties, no forward. as individuals but as members of the arrived in force and wade several arrests: Instruction then most of the manifestants quietly do organized State at war. began in the kitchen, The preserving of parted. In must be acknowledged that fruits, the tinning of vegetables, the the women were of the out-of work type. scientific preparation of food-so-to secun and had perhaps, private reasons for the greatest nutritive valuey and similar venting their displeasure. Yet when the matters were taught simultaneously time comes and women of Germany may Communal demand peace they will compel attention.. 150 cities in the empire kitchens were opened in many towns for this work, and the women soon adaptel themselves to the new requirements. The the appeal, and it would be to exagger Lion to say that the prescut relatio abundance of food in Germany is ine great measure due to their efforts.
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WOMEN LEARNING THEIR PART
To-duy German women would appear to be bearing their full share in the war, liv merely as thors, sisters, wives of the mea fighting for their safety and honour, M. Hayashi, directing manager of the but rather is an organized body pollic ompany, speaking of the new servies, which has specific duties and responsibili Tokushima, Wakasa, Takaoka and Tikat charge of the wounded, provided all kinds ties. The way in which they have bakn have already been going round to Panama of necessities and gifts for the troops in from London principally because of lack the field, and have in many insta
management affairs cargoes, but also that experienges hay assumed
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German woman'a Mann" (husband) promising than the Yokohams-Panama
ins in the past filled the orbit of hor fine. In the Yokohama Panama line there life to a far greater extent than in other are no ports of call; and the United States countries, and that he was suddenly torn does not allow foreign ships to engage in from her side at the very outbreak of the coastwise trade of the country, and car-
war, and nu idea of the common good,” golen cannot be obtained oven at await the needs of State," substituted for him," These are the disadvantages which must the upheaval in the life of the German be faced in the line.
women will be realized.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
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INSPECTION OF ARMS, Members of No. 4 Section Scouts will re- turn their rifles and bayonets to Headquarters on Friday, 6th inst., wefore 10 and arters
Katurday morning, 7th instant. spection. They will be ready for re-issue on
PARADES.
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5.30 pm. Recruits of Engineer Co. (except Quarry Bay Section), Centre Section M. G. Co, and Scouts Co. who have not been passed out. Squad Drill and Rile exercises at Hend- quarters undor B. M. Higby. mainder, nil
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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE,
Another instance of the expansion of the
In Germany compulsory service has Japan Mail Steamship Company is its taken nearly all the men of an ams- for military duty The service to India The company has baring age hitherto been losing 400,000 yen in the ser- authorities have requisitioned hoses, vice owing to the strenuous competition of cows, motor vehicles, and every ingin- British and German lines. The outbreakable article for the needs of the Army. of the war, however, has given the com- The burden that has fallen on the women Everyshere pany a golden opportunity, and at present of the country is stupendous, yet it is the company is almost monopolising the borne with quiet fortitude. service. The chipany's regular ships we have been thrust into positions of cannot cope with the increasing volume of great responsibility. I heard of a krge cargoes; so that two extra ships have laterns work which had been transfomed for the making of munitions; the deid- ly been added both to the Calcutta and the
ing voice in the policy of the company Bombay lines,
now rests with a woman, who nettely The Australian service is also very manages the concern. Such examples prosperous, 50 prosperous that the could be multiplied. In all parts of the GUARD (CRNTRAL POLICE STATION) 9.45 P.M.
add
working in the had to company
extra country I saw women ships, Tientsin and Potom, to the fields doing a man's work with the added
In a mall British .... service. Orders for daily gools handicap of insuficient help. and Christmas articles are paring in town near Berlin I saw 20 young women Portuguesa. from the Commonwealth; the shipping digging a drainage ditch. Not passant Chinese. service is hardly able to meet the demann, women, bus girls neatly dressed in white, Indian ...... with the result that the rates of freight.clean bloes, who had volunteered to. do the work, since no men were available. age have gone up. The rates of charter.
The conductors in the tramcars of many British ing ships are also high; 300,000 yen a year German cities are now women; dressed Chinese
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packing of cartridges are women. They Statistics of births and deaths in Vienna form, lo per cent. of the handa
making of hirness, since last October, bear, out the popular occupied in the belief that more boys than girls are born saddles, bridles, and other leather goods SMOKELESS POWDER and CHILLET
in time of war. Part of the figures deal used for military purposes; 50 per cent. BBOT. From No. 10 to 8880, at 36, #7 wing with mothers of the poorest classes, of the makers of tents, sheltera, haver 17.50 per 100, BPORTING REQUISITES fugitives from Galicia and Bukovina, sasks, and other equipments 22 per cent. show that of 550 children born 314 were of the workers in pharmaceutical în and AIKIGUNS in Variety, Van Don E
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