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HRMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26ra, 1916
MOUTRIE PIANOS
VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOL.
ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.
prize distribution in conneo. The sanual tion with the Victoris British School took place yesterday when the prizes were dis tributed by H.E. the Governor, who was
May, Mr. E. A. Irving (Director of Edu cation) and Mr. E. Rouse (Inspector of
SUEZ CANAL TO BE AVOIDED. FREIGHT MARKET
DECISION OF DUTCH SHIPPING Messrs. Snowman & Co., of Hongkong,.
COMPANIES
in their freight circular datod 22nd January, state:
Since imue of Inst circulus, dated 8th
LANDSLIDE NEAR NAGASAKI.
the
track in the vicinity of Isahaya, Naga
A landslide occurred near the railway saki-ken, on Tuesday afternoon, says the
authorities quickly cleared away the the assistance of villagers the railway Nayasaki-tress of the 14th instant, With fallen earth and ascertained that
earth, but railway experts say they must landslide they saw Emoke isaac from the Villagers declare that previons to the have been mistaken as there is no evidence of volcanic activity. The experts attri- passing trains. bute the fall to rocks being loosened by
Bepresent the highest degree of perfection in artistic constructionccompanied by Lady May and the Missas ning on January 1st. The renson assigned of the season this is quite exceptional and railway was not imperiled.
and are backed by a
GUARANTEE
for
FIVE YEARS.
Ectools).
to have had little effect upon the market The closing of the Northern ports seems
The Nederland and Rotterdamscho to forward the mails to the Dutch East inst., a fairly lucrative chartering business Lloyd Steamship Companies have decided Indies provisionally via the Cape, begin has once more come to pass both tripwise and on time-charter. Considering the time Freight steamers of both companies will prompt tonnage, and rates, frm as they are is thelumcertainty of costing arrangements is solely attributable to the scarcity of continue to use the Suez Canal route as far already, will no doubt show a sharp advance ne pastible AAR WA DA VARNUAL REPORT:
London coal contracteze says The Times falls dud on the Brd pros,
immediately after Chinese New Year, which The annual report, which was rend by-do not quite appreciate the official reason Mr. L. Torster, the headmaster, "stated, given for the decision to divert the Dutch inter aira:
Diners from the Suez to the Cape route The school has been open 104 times in-namely the increasing uncertainty of the course of the year. The highest en being able to obtain the necessary coole at rolment has been 86, while the average the appointed stations They say that attendance has been 65.ANK though prices are high, there is plenty of Drawing from an object has resinead the conl to be had at Port Said and the Medi- former copying exercise, as it is felt this terranean stations. The price next month gives greater scope for intelligence, while at Port Said will be 85c. or 95c. per ton, as the shading and colouring of the drawing compared with 25s. or 6. before the war, but owing to the withdrawal for Govern Tonic Sol-fa singing has been tried success. ment purposes of many yasse's which used fully and has been found to give better re the Suez route in normal t'mes and the ab- sulta than the former imitative exercise. once of German traffic, the reserves are Geography has been taught un mare Iagical now very large. Further, the Dutch liners lines; the mere memorising of names are accustomed to bunker at Sabang with places and products giving way to the Sumatra and Indian costs, and only to methods and principles suggested by Her quire to take comparatively small amounts ortsan. A slight attempt to vivify the at Port Said or the Mediterranean ports, history has been made in the middle school In any case, the saving en coals by using where the children have been encouraged the Cape route (bankers are comparatively to assume the characters of the story or choip at Natal), would not go for to meat incident under consideration,
the cost of maintaining the liners at mas
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for an additional 12 or 14 days,
The withdraw of the Dutch liners from the route will mean a considerable fal ing off in the Suez Canal receipts. In 1914 vessels < Dutch nationality he'd third place, both as regards numbers and tonnage. Great Brit in was first with 3,078 vessels of 2,910 278 tons Germany came scond with 481 vesse's of 2,118.946 tons, and Helland came next with 347 vessels of 1.389,390 tons
medically examined the school four times
There is an inclination to think that the in the course of the year, and reported on decision may not be unconnected with the the health of the children. He h ́s unde German submaring attacks in the Mediter recommendations chiefly with regard to renean, Neutral steamers have been at teeth, in the last term of the school year tacked as well as British, and it is thought 12 pupils lost a total of 210 school days that the directors may prefer not to expe through fever, and in consequenes, their their passengers and property to mis work and at. d'os suffered, takes on the part of Geraien and Aus The whole school was examined at trian submarines. The slaughter of non- Midummer and at Christmas, while combatants in the Ancon was & reminder monthly tests have been instituted to check of what is still to be expected from these the periodis progress of the punits and pests. devetos a kerner ateres in work, Mr. Ralph's leport on the midsummer ex ming tou might be summed up in the word "poor" Classes I and II are now examired by the Hongkong University. This Unversity Examination takes the place of the school examination and is there. It appeals to the papil were entered. A, D. Silng at the fore compulsory Under this scheme four matriculation examination and passed. Ho has the honour of being the first candi date from this cohoot to matriculate in. Hongkong University, and, in fact, the first student to pass any matriculation from this school. Harry Young sat the Een or local crimination, taking the same papers rs Sins, and passed. Mabel Musso and J. Goard sat for the junior local examination end also passed. Of the gible candidates for the Lugard Scholar ship R. C. Cegg proved himself the best, and the prize, therefore, goes to him. Ta the school examination the following are the resulte
No, Exd. No, Fass, Upper school Girls... 122 Upper school Boys22
most critical taste.
Товлосо
THAT ONE
LIK BS AT THE START
ON LIKING.
AND KEEPS
Hongkong, 24th Jannäry, 1910.
G.
NOTICE
B.
NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asistio or Indian
A desiring to leave the Colony should apply In writing for permission to do so to the Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at last 48 hours before the intoaded hour of departure, giving name, nationality, age, sex, height and occupation of the applicant, and stating the Dame of the steamer or other Temel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 AM to 1 P.M. and 2 PM to 4P.M. dally.
Hongkong, 10th July, 1915
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ASAHI
DAI NIPPON BREWERY
BEER
CO. TOKIO
JAPAN
26 1
THE NATIONAL LOAN OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1914), $10,000,000 AND SUPPLEMENTARY ISSUE OF $8,000,000,
THE NATIONAL LOAN OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1915),
$24,000,000.
[100
12
Middle school 20 Lawer school!... 10
15
11
SHIPPING NOTES.
RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET
BUYS PRIZE SHIP.
North so far, and rates remain firm SAIGON/HONGKOxo-Business from Saigon to this part has again been transacted on a small scale, at 37/38 vents-against 35 cents not compare favourably with those paid in a fortnight age rates which, however, do other directions. A somewhat sluggish local nice market in answerable for the stagnation in this branch, but with the season further advancing and grain in Saigon arriving in larger quantities, chartering on a much larger scale is expected shortly for loading immediately after the holidays,
ing up it will, however, be next to impos In the event of any strong demand spring- sible to meet it owing to tho abnormal scarcity of tonnage, and rates are sure to
our considerably.
Quatation stands for January/February shipment at 81.02 per picul to.b." Saigon.
BAIGON/PHILIPPINES:-The rutes offered by charterers were no tempting enough for local owners and demand was filled by Phi lippine owned vessels at 38/40 cents (Pesos) for prompt loading.
SAIGON/JAVA-Lagi
after tonbage. for second half February loading, with the proviso that the export-prohibitionis raised before the 10th February next, seem not to have led to any actual chartering so far,
COR
BANGKOK/HONGKONG! -- AS anticipated, there has been a better demand lately and the rato has in consequence risen from: 50/43 cents to 60 cents per picul. Rates in this direction will undoubtedly also siderably stiffen with the season advancing.
DALNY, CANTONA couple of ixtures are reported on basis of Inst rate 50 cents per piculfur usual part cargo,
Coal freights from Japan remain firm at last quotation, and
FIXTURES REPORTED: Moji/Hongkong Ten 3.25, Wakamatsu Hongkong Yen 3.257 3.30, Haiphong/Hongkong option Canton 84.60/5.00, Hongay/Hongkong parts carga Swatow, P. T. and Hongay to Canton 85.10 per ton.
SAIL TONNAGE IN PORT-Noze.
INDIA-Bombay has improved to 81/3, charterers. and Madras and Calcutta are anxious
Schlesien, 0,000 tons d.w. built in 100
The North German Lloyd's str. which was captured in the early part of the war, was bought at auction in Jan:
NORTH PACIFIC-Although merchants are unry last by the Maritime S. Limited, still open for touange and are quoting 137/6. for £3,000, which at that time was conto 140), there has been no business reported sidered to be a very high price for the been asked for from San Francisco to E. K. during the week Sail tonnage has also wessel, restricted as he was to certain trades, owing to the peculiarity of her at 107 to 110/- for a barley cargo with arrangements. She has just been sold to d, guaranteed. In addition to the grain the Russian Volunteer Fleet Association orders, as above mentioned, there are en- for over £100,000, says the Nagasaki Trees quiries on the market for lumber for South The Russian Volunteer Fleet Association Africe, Adraka and C.E., but owing to The papers of the Christmas Examination which was recently reported sold for being done,
has also bought the steamship Farley, the scarcity of tonnage there is no business show that general progress has been made, £85,000, though one or two subjects call for com-
TIME CHARTER,Rates for this descrip ment. I mathematies generally there is
tion of chartering are increasing owing found a lack of initiative and self-reliance
to the difficulty in securing suitable ton in tackling problems that are not stereo-
Class VIII-Chas. McArthur (general requisitions are beginning to be felt on the nago, and also the fact that the Government typed This mental inertia moy be partir progress), George Bond (class prize), Neil market. For one Far Eastern round with due to climata and partly to the unpracti- Drummond (general progress), delivery and redelivery U. K.: 23/- has again cal life of the pupil. Unlike the child at
Addressing those present after the dis- been paid for a large steamer, and this tons of Luying, or seeing things bought remarked that home he performs one of the actual opera tribution ceromony, 18 EXCELLENCY figuro is again offering, while 22/ can be the jast time he easily obtained for 19 months Time Charter and paid for. He rarely deals with the was thore he congratulated the par- Transatlantic trading, but possibly over this besed on a currency with which he has no children. He thought he said that secured. Regarding future business, it is real weights and measures; his books are enta on the excellent display of the will have to be paid before tonnage is practical acquaintance; and the theory of they were all a clean and good-looking lot. difficult to quote rates with any amount of the local currency does not correspond with (Laughter.) Well, he had again to con-accuracy na business is only possible when its practice,
gratulate the parents, and from what he suitable boat is offered on the market, which saw the looks of the children had, if any in likely to suit charterers' special require better in khaki than they did in their civi to pay any figure, within reason, owners thing, improved. The boys looked muchments, when they are pretty well compelled
an elothes. And when he saw the girls like to ask.
in khaki he fell in love with them
together. (Laughter.) The children had received from London dated 10th December, Messrs Snowman & Co.'s Intest advices just been singing a very nice song about 1916, are as follows: --- Drake, and this seemed to have impressed. We conûrni our last week's freight re- them so much that all of them forgot to clap. port. Rates have since fusther increased, (Laughter.) He would like them to rebut business is becoming almost impossible pire-builders to whom they owed a very tonnage, and there are no prospects of any member that Drake was one of those Em to effect owing to the increasing searity of great deal, and if it had not been for him, relief in sight. perhaps, we should not have been attacked
The officials of the vocal observatory state that no disturbance has been record ed ou the seismograph and there is no reason to believe that any seismic or volcanic disturbance has taken place. near Ibinuo dake, a hill which was de The place where the landslide occurred clared to be the place of origin of the numerous seismic shocks experienced in that part of the prefecture last year.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.
ONEERS BY LIBUT.-COL. 4. CHAPHAN, Vale
is
JOINED. 1.The undermentioned have joined the Corps, are allotted Corps numbers and are posted as follows:-
No 106s Supper W. H. Whitley to
Engineer Company.
No. 1969 Gunner A. N. Bootes to No.
2 Section Artillery Battery...
LEATE
-Sapper J. E. Anderson is granted leave of absence from 24th January, 1910, to 29th February, 1016,
Lance Corpi C. Edgcumbe is granted leave of absence from 30th January, 1916, to 9th February, 1918. Pte, A. Britton is granted leave of absence from 1st February, 1910, to 21st February, 1910,
Pte. E. W. L. Martin is grantell leave of absence from 1st February, 1916, to 21st February, 1916.
Supper A. Coelho is granted leave of Absence from 30th January, 1916, to 8th February, 1916.
MUSESTRY. Musketry, Trained Men's Course, Part II (Standard Test) will be carried out at King's Park Range as follows:-
Saturday, 20th inst., 2.30 p.m., Scouts
Company.
Officer on duty at firing pots,
Capt. Stewart.
Officer on duty in butts: Lieut
Preston.
Sunday, 30th inst,, 9.50 a.m., Scouts
Company,
Officer on duty at firing point:
Lieut. Murphy,
Officer on duty in butts: Lieut. Rees, Corp. Grimes, R.E., will attend. N.CO. of the Scouts Co. will assist him. Uniform dril order) to be worn. The Officer in charge of the ring point will check the armunition both before. and after firing each day.
Obly. N.C.Os. And men who have fired Part Trained Men's Course, this season may fire Part II
KARMY ZARADEN,
4-Parades for to-day, 28th inst.
7.00 a.m. Members of Signalling Section and other Signallers, as detailed in Signalling Section Order dated 8th December, 1915-Semaphore practice af Headquarters
5.15 p. Recruits of Engineer Co.
Musketry and Hide exercises at Talkoo Dockyard under Sergt. Everest.
6.10 p.m. Recruits of Engineer Co. 6.15 p.m. Civil Service Co.-Drill at
Headquarters.
5.15 p.m. Signalling Section Squad
drill at Headquarters,
6.30 p.m. No. 2 Section Scouts Co (all monbers)-Machine-gun instruction at Headquarters, Remainder, nil.
TASUNA DETAIL.
5.Ou duty tonight: Civil Service Co.
On duty to-morrow: No, 1 Section
Arty Batty
Next for duty H.K.V.R. Orderly Officer Liout. Weall.
G. E. STRWAST, Osp
Adjutant, H.KV.O. NOTICE.
The following will represent the H.K.V.C.
UNITED SERVICES HOCKEY LEAGUE.
against the 4th K.S.LI. in a league match to-day at 4.30 p.m. on the Happy Valley Hockey Ground-Lance Corpis. Edmonds and Viveash Ptes. Bare, Redmond, Balmer, Johnson, Miskin, Brayshay, Evans, Sim, Dyar Ball, and Brand
The results of the French Examination QUESCRIBERS to the above TWO LOANS Britisher is not endowed with the gift of teod to confirm one's opinion that the
Instalments for the month of January, each has probably much to do with the spread are hereby notified that the Interest speaking divers tongues-a defect which amounting Dollars One Hundred and of his own. The spelling in the middle Twenty Thousand (8120,000) 9240,000 in all school is weak. Strict attention, however, -have been duly received by the Undersigned is Low bo ng paid to these subjects, and it and brought to Loan Service Account.
is hoped that future examinations will re FA
AGLEN, Inspector General of Customs,
veal an improvement and Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of playing field in daily use for football. We With regard to athletics we have our National Loans. Inspectorate General of Customs,
bave played 7 matches and won 3. Four Poking, 14th January 1918,
boys, A. D. Silas, H. Young, J. Gourd and J. Lyon, were entered for the Queen's Col now, because he and the other rovers gave been paid, but it is dificult to tell how EASTERN TRADE-Still higher rates have VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB lege team race, but were defeated, though us so much territory that it excited the much the markets will pay, as there is no
they swam very well indeed. The Cadet envy of our neighbours, and, as he had tonnage to test same with. BOXING
Corps numbers 16, and is under the com- always predicted, the day had come when. mand of Lieut. C Smith, who holds we had to light for our own. Well, he for: December, cannot secure tonnage, but parades in the playing field once a week.hoped that the younger generation would we have closed an old unclassed Japanese FAR EAST-Beans, although offering 110/- The whole corps was under canvas for ten take note of it and remember that they steamer from Shanghai to Marseilles at a days in January, and did some very useful might some day have to renew that fight lump-sum equivalent of 122/6 less commis work in spite of the bad weather. The They could not own a big Empiro without sions. Although, as before mentioned, there upper girls now form part of a corps of exciting envy and inviting attack 1 was are a good number of steamers heading out struction once a week under Miss Day. Girl Scouts and parade for drill and in one of these, proceeded the Governor, to Vladivostock from the States, owing to Parades for to-day, 26th instant, at 5.15 who for many years advocated some form the fear of requisitioning, time-chartered school, which caters fully for the character and I used to be called a fool for my pains; the mujority of them to proceed to Austra Such are the various activities of the of National Service I told people that, owners of these steamers have arranged for intelect, and health of the child, but and now I am called pro-German. In to load grain under the Government at those efforts may be thwarted unless there (Laughter.) It is rather amusing." He B/-.
UBJECT to sufficient entries being received an AMATEUR BOXING COMPETITION open to Hongkong will be held in the Gymnasium of the V.R.C. 03 FRIDAY, February 25th.
3 two minute rounds and if undecided an extra round of one minute.
(b) In 3 weights: 118 lbs, 132 lbs, and 146
Tbs.
(c) Competitors weigh in at V.R.C. on
night of February 24th.
Entries stating weight to be addressed to DEAKIN E care of V.RC, before February 15th. No Entrance-Fce.
No Competition if less than 18 entries. The Committes reserve the right to refuse **Hongkong, 22nd January, 1910
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HAVE YOU A RHEUMATIC FRIEND?
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVES.
ORDERN ST MAJOR WALKMAN, 0.0, E.E.V.M.
PARABEN..
Recruits on the Cricket Ground, Dress:
Co, on the Cricket Ground. Dress: Drill order
Drill order, arg
"D" Co. at Volunteer Headquarters.
Dress Drill order.
is a hearty co-operation between the ferring to the report of the school year, parent, pupil and teacher-the three faethe Governor said that from what he wreport from here, other markets being much Signalling Section at Volunteer Headquar
PHILIPPINES There are no fixtures to tors in education. The aim of the school the headmaster was rather hard when he more tempting to Owners faults and defeats will not be looked upon is to fit the pupil for spheres where his used the word "poor," He was of opinion
indulgently as at home. It is for this rea on that blame looms more conspicuous obedience is required to rules and regula iy in school that praise and that a ready tions.
PRIZES LIST.
that the work of the school could be sum advise charterers being unable to pay JAVA. There are still no. fixtures to med up in the word satisfactory Ho equivalent rates to those conceded by ripe urged the parents to co-operate with the charterers, connection nothing was more important 120/- has now been paid from Burmah te school in a medical direction, and in this Rc This market je stal Armer and than the care of the teeth, Too great cam Tell him about LITTLE'S ORIENTAL
The prize list was as follow:
could not be given to the teeth of the child. Lisbon and/or Leixoes for February, and BALM, a moderu emancipator from the
ten. He spoke from experience. He co-
Kohsichang is prepared to even pay more Girls, Class II-Mabel Musso (junior gratulated the school upon its successes in
than this. Saigon has ako increased their aches and palms of the human body. No focal) Flarri, Hamilton (general progress), the matriculation examinations, and co-rata to 115/- without securing tonnage. mere relief, but permanent freedom from Chrissie Angus (elocution) the tortures and deformities of rhen-
cluded by remarking that the Government Boys, Claus 1-A. D. Silas (matricula-were taking in hand big drainage matism. The eure has been achieved not tion). H. Young (senior local); Class II scheme in the Sookumpo valley, as a re- ance, not a few times, but thousands of J. Goard (junior local), Class III R, Osult of which that school would greatly bene times. Effectual in the most hopeless Gegg (Lugerd Scholarship); Class IV. fit. They hoped to be able to lay out a LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM, Jas, Lyon (history); Class IV-Wm, Law very fine purk, like Happy Valley, which Just rub it in. It stops the pain. prize), H. Young (gereral in work and recreative purposes, (Applause.)
son (general progress), F. Young (class would be at the disposal of the school for Stops it quickly. A little more sad athletics). permanent cure is effected Puss on the MITSU BUSSAN KAISHA rheumatism or other bodily dostures.
word of hope to all who suffer from
Bold at is 4d. per bottle.
OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.
SOLE. AGENTS:
KONGEUNG
cases.
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Ageute for Hongkong, Messrs. 8. WATSON & Co., In
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(general progress), Dick Middleton (general inst.). Rose Tol. Class VI-Wilfred Bullock (class prize)
Class VII Nancy McNeillie fclass prize), Winnie Lawson (reading), Mahal Blackman (general int.).
Little Dot Goard then presented the proceedings closed with a recital of Lady May with a beautiful bouquet, and nortion of "A Midsummer Night's Dreams by some of the students in costume,
Hearty rheers were also given for the King and His Excellenty
UNITED STATES EXPORTERS AND THE FAR EAST
Orderly Officer from the morning of the 28th
tora. Uniform to be worn,
DAY DETAIL,
to the morning of February 4th: Lieut. C. H. Blason.
G. K. H. BEUTTON, Cap.
Adjutant, H.KVR NOTICE LATÉRA Before the parade of "B" Co, on Friday, 28th inst, it is proposed to have the Company photographed at 4.45 p.m. It is particularly requested that all mem bars will attend at that time.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO.
York exporters have been appointed man-is as follows
Measts. Keegan & Rosencrantz, New receipts for the week ending 2118 January The approximate statement of trafle
agera in the Far East of Messrs. Gaston, English manufactures as well as American Williams & Wigmore, and will handle in all the Far Eastern markets. They pro & Wigmore in all the important trading poo open branches for Gaston, Williama,
centres of China.
This year Increase. Last year
Decres
Receipts
for week.
Aggregate
· receiptar
for 3 weeks