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S. MOUTRIE & Co.,
LIMITED,
SOLE AGENTS
for the famous
WEBER & ALLISON
PIANOS
BRITISH-MADE THROUGHOUT.
NEW MODELS
JUST RECEIVED.
INSPECTION INVITED.
YER HON KONG DAILY PRISE THURSDAY, JANUARY 13гm, 1916-
(29-2
HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO
WEST
ST RIVER STEAMERS. JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
HONGKONG-CANTON › LINE. Single Fara by Night Steamer Rstura
(available also for return
by day steamer)
Single Fare by Day Stesmer Retorn
2
+
HONGKONG TO CANTON. 4
THURSDAY, 13
8,00. HONAM,
10.00. p.m; FATSHAN,
$6,00
10.00 4.00
8.00
CANTON TO HONGKONG.
JANUARY, 1916
8.00 HEUNGSHAN.
4.30 p.m. KINSHAN,
FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY, 1916,
8.0)... HBUNGSHAN.
10:00 p.m. KINSHAN.
8.00. FIONAM,
- 4:30. p.m. FATSHAN,
HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.
8.8. SUI TAL, Tona 1,651.
18.8. TAISHAN, Tome 2,006. HONGKONG TO MACAO.IN Wook days at 8.a.m. and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lak Street Wharf. öundays at 9 am, and 1 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Strost Wharf.
MACIO TO HONGKONG.
Wook days at 7.30 am, and 2 p.m. Sandaya, në 7,90. 4.m. and 3. p.m.
EXCURSION TO MACAO. SUNDAY, 16TH JANUARY, 1916.
The Company's New Steamship
* TAISHAN"
Will depart from the Company's Wise Los STREEK WEARY af 9 am, and return. from Macao at 3 pan.
***N.B.--The Company will also run a Steamer from Macao on Sunday it 7,80 a.m.. and from Hongkong at 1 p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,
FARES AS USUAL
CANTON-MACAO LINE.
8.8. NUT ANY
Departures from Masao so Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1.9 p.m.. Departures from Cauton to Macao on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 14 490 p.m. JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT (CO., LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.
· 8.8. SAINAM, 588 tone, and 8.8. NANNING, 569 tour, One of the bore Biesters leaves Canton for Wushow every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at about 8 m., and the other leaves Washow for Canton on the same days af8.30am. Round trips take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Company's direct Steamers LINTAN and SANUL. These vessel hare enperior Čabin socommodation and are lighted throughout by electricity. Electric Fan in esch Cabin.
Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Farther partionları may be obtained si the Office of them
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd.,
Hotel Mansions (First Floor), opposite the Blake Pier,
BEFORE LEAVING FOR
ON A HOLIDAY
ORDER THE
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SHIPPING NOTES.
THE ATER, TAWAH RUBBER
CO.
WAR NEWE.
GREAT SWIM BY A NEW. ZEALANDER.
ONE MAN MISLEADS MANY TURKS,
FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.
Mr. E. H. Spence, manager of the Yokohama office of the Vacuum Oil Co., is resigning his position, and leaving short- ly for England to join the ariny, having been recommended for a commission.
MA A N Harcourt, late of Ledbury Estate, F.M.S., is now 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps (Horse Tram
N.Y.K RATES TO EE RAISED. The authorities of the Department of
THE INCREASE OF CAPITAL. Communications are said to favour the
At a meeting of the Ayo, Tawah Rubber application of the Nippon Yusen Reis Company, held at the rooms of the Shang- to raise the passenger fares and freight rates on the European service the bay General Chamber of Commerce the co- Cape It is understood--says the solutions passed at the extraordinary ment. Daily Vers--that the authorities wi 1 giving of December 17th were confirmed Of all the British divisions in Gallipoli permission for a twenty five per otat, iz- Mr. J.HTM dile (Chairman), said—none, with the exception of tan 29th, has Grease.
Gentlemen Before putting the resu-se more varied work and fighting than tichs to the veing. I should like to men the Royal Naval Division.. SINKING OF THE GLENGYLE tion that the day before yesterday we The girafer part of the division was Mr. C. M. Norrie formerly Chief En
recived a telegram from the manager who sent up to the head of the Gulf of Saros-gineer on the Gopeng pipe line has, it ja Advice has been received that all the nerved as the estate from home a few days to carry out demonstrations at Bulan and stated, obtained a commission in the Royal passengers from the Girngyle have been age,
on the Thracian side of the gulf... Here | EngineoTS. fanded at Malta Only two Europeane The con cui cf this telegram lins sur one of the finest deeds of gallantry record- were drowned, when the vessel tank, vis, prised us a good deal. ir. Harrop asks cd during the campaign was performed the second officer and the second showard.
that it should be read to you, end nahe by Commander Freiburg, a New Zealand- A NEW RIVER CARGO STEAMER
is of ezuese, a prominent and a large shareer serving with the division. holder, whose opinion is entitled to weight, It had been decided to send a bon The China Import and Export Lumber Propose to comply with his request ashore at Bulair to light flares on the Co, Ltd, have acquired" a new twin-though, for the reasons which I wilt give beach and make the Turks think that sere river cargo-boat-the Tacangtah, you, the board's views do art coincide with landing was to be attempted. The com
mander swam ashore alone in the dark which has been specially built for the his,que Company's river trade.
to light the flares because boat crew The new vessel has been built to the Company's order by
make sure of his ground be crept au to would be running very great risk. To the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, and is especially constructed for
the men talking and then returned to the the Turkish trenches until he on hear the transportation of timber
beach and lit a fare,
HAMBURG-AMERIKA CONSPIRACY,
DIRECTORS FOUND GUILTY.
A verdict of guilty was pronounced on December and against Dr. Karl Buenz, director of the Hamburg-Amerika Le, and three of his employs on a charge of conspiring to deceive the United States Government by filing false clearance papers for vessels chartered to supply German warships at sea.
Do not favour increased capitul; we can obtain five hundred scres for $2,000 plant same our revenue or debentures proposed capital unnecessary detrimental shareholders interests. No labour avail able extensive planting. Suggest met ing be postponed until my views received. by letter. Please read this out meeting Wire result, mesting, Harrop."
?
The Turks took alarm, rifle fire was opened, and the New Zealander, knowing that the water was safer than the shore, swam dawn the coast half a mile,
UP FROM ZUMMERZET.”
FIGHTING FAMILIES.
set, has the following members of her Mra S. H. Winter, of Taunton, Somer- family on military service
danelles, son,
General E. Winter, QM.G.. Dar-
of Supplies, 4.5.C., Bermida, son,
Colonel W. R. Winter, Director-General-
tor-General of Medical Services Allaha Colonel A, E. Winter. R.AM.C., Direc bad, India, son,
Captain H. G. Winter RA. M.C., pri-
Wo could not, without more sufficient went ashore and lit a second flaren soner of wer for vine months, grandson
reasons than those he gives, comply with his request that this meeting should be postponed, but what we did was to tele graph him to inquire who he meant by the wards No labour available,"
By this time the hills were alive with the enemy, and Commander Freiburg took to the water again and swan off to meet a destroyer which was to pick him up. He had to swim about for an hour before she The reply we received to that telegram found him. was as follows" Contract labour felling Later on the division did brilliant work clearing obtainable; anticipate delay obat several points of the Allied line taining Javizese, present force totally inadequate Harrop
·THE SONG OF THE TRENCH,
Lieutenant H. Winter, A.E.C., Dardan- olles, grandson,
Foreta, grandson.
Lieutenant W. V. Winter, Canadian Captain, Gibson, R.A.M.C.,
wound-
ed grandson-in-law.
Captain A. H. Hutchison, R.E, gassed,
grandson-in-law,
Another sun the late Major F..J.
did
good work as a recruiting officer.
Mrs Eliza Welch, East Baghorough, near Taunton, has nine song in the Army.
By Capt. Bucknall who is now the and Navy. trenches.
nstench Remember, you've got to stick to your
trench-
Yes, stick like glue to your trench. You dig while it's dark, and you work
while its's light,
And then there's the "listening post" at
night.
Though you're soaked to the skin and chilled
to the bone,
This telegram, as you see, confirms the The defondents are liable to imprison views of the directors. We are quite ment for two years and a fiue of £2,000,
aware that there may be delay in recruit- The evidence adduced at the trial ofing the 300 Javanese, but Tamils and the Hamburg Amerika directors which Chinese are quite capable (and in fast began ou November 22nd, showed that more so than uninitiated Javarese) of per This is the song of the blooming Trench large sum of money-some £400,000 it was forming the necessary work connected with It's sung by us, and it's sung by the admited-had been disbursed for the pur the falling, baming, clearing and planting It's probably sung by the Gorman Hubs,· ·
French pose of chartering steamers to proceed up and weeding of the new area until it But it isn't all beer and sitties and buns.
to new with supplies to German warships ou the comes into bearing It's a song of water, and mud, and shime, high seas. In some cases zhips were chur- tered week before the war broke out. The land Mr. Harrop in his first telegram tells Though the putrid "bully" may kick up Now in rogard to the cost of the new And keeping your eyes skinned all the time. money and passed through the house of us nothing we did not already know. In Speyer & Co. in New York. One witness, regard to the cost of plauting up coming unmed Kuelenkampf, testified that he had out of revenue, we of course considered received £150,000 of this money, and that that scheme carefully before we decided Captain Boy-Ed stated that the money that a sobense providing far more capital was for him and under Captain Boy-Ed's was the wiser course. Our reason for ust directions he sent various sums to several buying and planting up out of revenue places
is of course obvious and one which is un. answerable in the anse of a dividend pay ing company which is increasing its capital, viz. that the owners of old shares would be justified in complaining that they were sacrificing their dividends for the ultimate benefit of future shareholders. As between debentures and increased capital, what attracted us was the prospect of being in the favourable position of issu The United States Government ring the new shires at a substanial premium frained from taking action against the which will, as you know, bring into the Attaché on grounds of policy. The course company's treasury a sum of not less then of the trial, however, proved that he was Ts, 30,000. Retively engaged in the work of the Ham- burg-Amerika officials and presumably the conviction of these led to the step now taken by the Administration. It may be assumed, too, that the revelations as the forging of passports closely involved Captain Boy-Ed, and presumably the United States authorities have found re l'ef from a delicate situation in being able to nak for his recall on the ground of the minor charges of complicity with the nets of the convicted Hamburg-Amerika direc- tars,
During the trial efforts were made to keep Captain Boy-Ed's name our of it, and much usa was minde of a semi-official communication from Washington to the effect that Captain Boy-Ed's complicity is Eupervising and running supplies to Ger- man cruisers at the beginning of the war did not necessarily bring him within reach of the criminal law
These are the views of the board, and we feel that there is nothing in Mr. Harrop's telegrams which has caused us to alter our considered opinion, nur huve any of the directors received any private. adverse criticism of the scheme from any shareholder erpt Mr. Harrop nor was there any voice raised at the meeting of December 17th in opposition, For these reasons the Board recommends that the resolutions now before you be confirmed.
I may Add that we have recently received a letter from Mr. Martin the Assistant Manager, saying that he has been prospecting for new land on the eastern boundary of the estate and has found excellent high land covored mostly with attap. trees and secondary growth, big jungle being rather scarce,
The resolutions, to confirm which the meeting was convened, there being no ques tions asked, were then passed
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT.
Though your hands are like lee and your
feet like store; Though your watch is long and your rest And you pray like hell for the next relief;
is brief, Though the wind may howl and the rain Remember you've got to stick to your
may drench,
trench
Yes,
stick like muit to your trench.
Perhaps a bullet may find its mark, And then there's a funeral after dark; And you say, as you lay him beneath the
A
sman's son has gone to his God."
Behind the trench, in the open ground, There's a little cross and a little mound- And if at your heart-strings you feel a Remember, he
wrench, N
died for his blooming
trench Yes, died like a man for his. trènch. There's a rush and a dash, and they're at
your wire,
And you open the hell of a rapid fro; The Maxims rattle, the rides flash, And the bombs explode with a sickening
erish.
You give them lend, and you give them
steel,
You're done your job there was never a Til at last they waver, and turn, and reel.
blench-
You've given them hell, and you've saved
your trench
Captain von Papen's offence is that he was engaged in a conspiracy to disorganize American factories suspected of making munitions for the Allies. Evidence of his Activities was obtained in the dispatches earried by Mr. James F. J. Archibald, pro-German American war correspondent, who was detained at Falmouth last August while on his way to Germany. A letter addressed to his wife and containing the expression those idiotic Yankees maile his presence in the Eastern States uncora fortable for him and he proceeded via Sam Francisco to Mexico, The disclosures of | Lieutenant Fay, who had been arrested in tonnection with the German plot to blow
A case of unusual interest was conclud up ships and munitions, implicated both ed in Shanghai last week after a two days Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, hearing, in which 8. H. Abbass and O. Captain Boy-Ed's services to his country fore Sir Havilland de Saumarez and a Abbass, father and son, were charged be were recognized last May, when jury, at H, M. Supreme Court, with an
You'd your bayonet dean and your bolt
worked true. received the Second Class of the Iron offence under the Defence of the Realm For your comrade's ride had jammed and Cross-The Times,
Act Apart from the fact that the two stuck,
HOME roads
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PROSECUTION AT SHANGHAI
By God you're stuck to your trench
The daylight breaks on the rain-soaked
plain
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HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.
CORTS ONDER BY LIEUT. COL. A. CHAPILAN, V.D..
LEAVE,
1.---Cospl. C. W. Jeffries is granted leave of absence froin 15th February, 1916, to 31st December, 1916. A Corp. A. A, Bolton is granted, leave of absence from 12th January, 1916, to 31st January; 1916, and Sapper W. O. Lambert is granted leave of absence from 12th January, 1918, to 31st January, 1916
PARADES. 2.Parades for to-day (Thursday),
7:00 am and 5.30 p. Members of Signalling Section and other Signaliers, a detailed in Signalling Section arder dated 8th December, 1916-Morse Ing and Murse lamp practice nt Headquar
3.16 p. M. G. Section of: No. 2 See-
tion: Schuts Co-Machine-gun instrue tion at Hendquarters Remainder of No. 7. Section Bayonet fighting at Headquarters,
6.10.
pm. Recruits of all units Squad drill and rifle exercises at Headquarters, under Sergt. Major Highy, Remainder, ait,
DETALL.
3. Gun Club Hill, Kowloon,
On duty until morning of 15th inst
No. 2 Section Arty, Batty, Officer on uuty: Capt. W. M. Scott P. of W. Camp, Kowloon,
Da duty to-night. No. 1 Srebion Acty Batty, and Left Section M. G. Co, Officer on duty Lieut, Roes. On duty to-morrow Right Section
M. G. Co.
Officer on
duty Inout. Bennett, Orderly Sergeant until morning of luth
JustSergt. Hegarty.
G. E. SZEWIET, Capt.
Adjutant, H.K.V.C.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.“
MEDICAL EXEMPTION FROM DUTY,
General Order No. 9 states. "Dr. G. P. Jordan has been appointed Surgeon Superintendent to the Police Reserve; his office is at Alexandra Buildings, and his office hours are 2 to 5 except Saturdays and Sundays. and from Monday, January 17th, the following regulations will be enforced Any member of any rank wishing for
(For some it will never break again), And you thank your God, as you're stand. On
ing to,"
prisoners were well known in the Settle And he's lying there with his brains in the
muck. ment, considerable interest was aroused
.
medical exemption from duty will be required to produce the certificate of the Surgeon Superintendent Forms must be obtained from and bear the signature of the Company Commander
Any member of any rank already exempt
under any medical certificate must im mediately obtain a fresh certificate from the Surgeon Superintendent; all current certificates will be regarded as cancelled after Wednesday, January 10th:
6,30
p.m.
FARADEA,
CAPTAIN GRENFELL'S WILL, by reason of the case being heard behind So love your gun-as you haven't a wench-
clused doors both in the preliminary And she'll save your life in the blooming BEQUEST OF MEDALS AND V.C. TO stages, before Mr. G. W. King in the trench
Police Court, and also in the higher REGIMENT.
Word Court.
Yes, save your fe in the trench. The Clarion Captain F. O. Grenfell, 9th Lancers, came before a jury the hearing wou'd be It was anticipated that when the case one of the first time V.Cs of the war, who in public, but these hopes were dispelled was killed in Francs on May 24th fast, by an application which was made by COUNTESS FORBIDS HUNTING, Thursday, January 13th.-No. 3 Company has left a will of £40,569. The wil the Crown Advocate, Mr. H. P. Wilkin "I give to my regiment, to whom the be taken in camera as provided for by the son before the Judge, that the case should honour of my gaining the V.C. was en Act under which the charge was laid. tirely due thanks to the splendid disci- Mr. F. Ellis, the defending solicitor, pline and traditions which exist in this raised no objection and the Judge assent magnificent regiment all my medals, in-ed to this course being followed, cluding the V.""
The defendants pleaded not guilty, The jury found the elder prisoner guilty of an offence under the Defence of the Realm Act and the younger man guilty of aiding and abetting.
It will be remembered that Captain Grenfell won his V.C. in Bagium on August 24th, 1914, when, although wound- ed, he rode sut with a few men and saved two guns of the R. F.A.
After directing that his pony
Pearl
Sentenced was postponed.
·SAIGON RICE MARKET.
of Price, which was ridden by his twin brother, Captain: Rivy Grenfell, through the retreat from Mons, be ob tained from the Government after the The Compagnie de Commerce et de war, and that personal mementoes be Navigation d'Extreme-Orient, of Baigon, given to old friends and servants, Cup-report, as follows:-- tain Grenell leaves the residue of his pro Market. Our market is quiet and with perty to his brother Arthur Morton Girer-out transactions on account of the scarcity. fell, his wife, his children, and his sister, of tonnage. Dolores Grenfell
A WAR-TIME DECISION.
Friday, January 14th, No, 4 Company and
recruits of all Companies, Saturday, January 15th.-Corpa Parade of all ranks except medical exempts, Cen- trol Police Station, 2.45 sharp.
UNIFORM.
all Parades, until further Orders, uni- form, caps and covers will be worn, and rifes and ammunition carried.
Sunday, January 2rd Nos, 3 and 4
Platoon, No. 2 Company,
BAND' “ÄND" ORGILATRA....
bidden hunting on her Castle Howard Rosalind Countess of Carlisle has for- estate in Yorkshire. Her decision was On of Lord Middleton's bounds as follows: madé, known in a letter to the huntsmeni
As I learn that, notwithstanding the MUSKETRY PARE T conditions brought about by the war, it Sunday, January 18th. All Inspectors and has been decided that foxhunting in the Sergeants leave Blake Pier, 9.00 8,10. Malton district is not to be discontinued, Uniform, my I write to say that, much as I regret dis- turbing the sporting arrangements of my neighbours, no facilities for hunting can be given on the Castle Howard estate at Friday 13th-Bend Practice at 6. p.m. present, and I beg to inform you that the Thursday, 14th-Orchestra Praction at 6
I foxes will not be preserved and that the p.m. coverts are not to be drawn.
Whatever may be said for foxhunting in years of plenty it is a luxurious amusement for which there can be little justification in times of great national stress and anxiety. There is now a com- polling duty laid upes us all to pus an
“I am told” writes Oliver Gyvrne in end to unnecessary expenditure and to the Sunday Chronicle, that at the recent use every mean, to safeguard and to in secret meeting of the Danish Parliament Cresas the food production of the country the significant fact was disclosed that the The injury to the poultry industry Danish Army has now laid in a stock of
Members of the Band and Orchestrá pre re- minded that absenco. without lære from any-Practice-is-a-default
The prospects for the new crop are very He expresses regret that his financial position does not permit of any bequest encouraging; the paddy seems likely to be to the children of his uncle, Lord Gren badant and the quality satisfactory. fell. “I should like to express my deep The total amount of rics exported from gratitude for his kindness to me during the 1st January up to the 28th December, my lifetime, ever since the day when he 1915 is 1,075,887 tone against 1,293,364 decided I should go into the Army at his fous in 1814 expense. I have endeavoured to base my We quote to-day White rice No. 2 Bifted due to the preserving of foxes it always poison masks, Knoying the German-par- carcer on his example, Ho has since the Japan quality Hongkong 4:13 por pical ill plorable, but pageyil is greatly intensifiality for waging war with gas it is pretty death of my father, dene
afe.b. Saigon, for February/March ship-fied when food prices are high and when plain who the enemy is that the Danes father could do for me,"
waste 18 a national danger.
fear."!
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