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THE HONGKONG DAILY, PRIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 10m, 126,
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MINDING OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
[BY MRS. ARIA.]
YARN MARKET REPORT.
Messrs 8. D. Sotan & Co.'s report, covering the fortnight from ward February- to 8th March, statos:.
Cotton-Market ruled steady, and sales are reported of about 650 packages at $97. Among most attractive schemes, over if to 829 per pical. Unsold stock is estimat they crystalliso to fulfil the warning ofed at about 360 bales. Closing quota-
tions-827 to $30 per picul, the great Scotch shepherd and " ging
Indise, Yara Since the issue of our aft a-gley," are those concerned with res last report, our Yarn market ruled steady, gulating the conduct of others.
Owng to the political crisis in the interier, With what certainty of righteousness we limited sales have been reported of about oan legislate for our friends and cur rela2,695.baks, comprising about 100 bales of tions, even for our enemies! How readily. No, 6s, 1,176 bales of No. 10, 750 bales we undertake the control of their actions of No. 12, 100 bales of No. 16s, and 500 in the paths of propriety; how conclu bales of No. 20%, as under:- sively certain we are of the supreme suc cess of our calculations in dealing with the other fellow's finance 1- With what infinita iedom we can arrange the best distribution of the £ s. d. of X, of Y, and
of 2-initials are popular these martial, merciful, and philanthropic modients.
"I not it absurd of Florence, to keep four servants?"
How unnecessary that May should
love a new fur coat
Why not have Violet taught to cook instead of to play the violin are just now the merest commonplaces of our amtely oritical existence, for anong un fashionable dogma lies One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. Not knowing we suspect and in vent, and always we are nobly prepared to teach some gospot of improvement.
The polite arts no longer include, if they ever did, the art of minding your own business. It is anyway fascinating to push your energies in the direction of others, while it can be realised gaily that the incorrect solution of the personal prob have uncomfortable results, while after all, the arranging of other people's affairs can but in eiro achieve in minor ill.
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It seems of gual importance that the counseller is not in any way expert. in the subject upon which he or she lectures. Ignorance is no drawback to the didactici of the determined guide, but experienes does not over teach, in spite of the Latin authority, for it is proverbial that, archi- tects' houses are uninhabitable, that doe tors do not live longer than laymen, and that o'ergymen's children incline frequent. ly towards the perfect way.
Nevertheless it may be remembered that only the progeny of the old maid invari ably triumphs, while the coonomics of the millionaire are apt to stand outside the radius of practical politics.
THE DICTATOES.
Most large families and social circles possess one self-appointed dictator of femining gender contend this advice habit is primarily fouinine who never hesitates to instruct, who is convinced that sho knows everything, adroits of no argu- ment with her judgment, even though tim, he turned her old ways to derision and again and again proved her premises and diets quite wrong.
Eren now she rules conspicuously. Ask any young subaltern how much home. counsel he has received on the collecting at or impedimenta as the result of following domestic suggestion based on ignorance of Government toi
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50 bales China No. 6s at $87 per bale, 50 bales David No. 6s $81 per bale, 200 bales Assur No. 10, 8100 per bale, 50 bales Crown No. 10s $100 per bale, 200 bales David No. 10s 8103 per bule, 100 bales Gold Mohour. No. 108 $105 per balo, 100 bales Greaves Cotton Mills No. 10s 293 to 99 per bale, 200 bales Indo-China No. 10s 8102 per bale, 25. bales New Great Eastern No. 10% 807 per hale, 100 boles Phoenix No. 105 $105 per hale, 100 bales Sun No. 10, 81033 per bale, 100 bales Sundry Chops No. 10s 897 to 8101 per bale, 100 bales Bombay Cotton No. 129 $103 per hale, 50 bales China No. 12s 8107 per bale, 50 bales Courla No. 12s $103 per bale, 50 hales Currimbhoy No. 12 8107 per bale, 100 bales Dawn No, 12s 8107 per bale, 100 bales Grenves Cotton Mills No. 12 8103 to 3104 per bale, 50 bales Moon No. 125 8107 per bale, 50 bales Pabaney No. 12s $106 pe bale £0 bale Bassoon No. 12s $100 per hale, 50 bales Sun No. 12, $100 per bale, 100 bales Sundry Chops No. 12s $100 to $106 per bale, 50 bates Naranje Ne, 18s $118 per hale, 50 bales Swan No. 18. $115 per bale, 100 bates China No, 20s $130 per bale, 100 bales David No, 20s 9134 per bale, 100 bales Gold Mohour No. 204 8135 per bate, 100 bules Indo-China No. 209 8130 per bale, and 100 bales Phoenix No. 20% $131 per bale.
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Unsold stock is estimated at about 42,000 bales, sold, but uncleared stock is computed at about 15.000 biles,
FOSTERING OF TRADE-
Considerable interest has been aroused by the statement that an important report from the Advisory Committee of the Board of Trade was in the Press and might be expected shortly.
It is anderstood that Government sub sidies for certain industries are advocated and protection by tariff also approved by overwhelming majorities,
The trades concerned, which, it will be noticed, are largely those represented at the British Industries Fair last spring, include:-
Paper making Printing
Stationery
Earthenware
Tablo glasa
Optical glass 'Glass bottles
Toys
Porcelain
Fancy leather Electrical apparatus Brushes. Cutlery
Building materials The committee has dealt with copyright, trade-marks, and patents, and mado im portant recommendations. They have de voted a section to the great need for scien tific training and research, and added In fact it has been stated that the report some illuminating information on tariffs.
constitutes an emphatic repudiation of al-
CAPTURED BY A SUBMARINE.
CAPT. WILSON'S STORY, Miss Muriel Wilson has received from bor brother, Captain Stanley Wilson, M.P, a letter which gives an account of his capture by an Austrian submarine in the Mediterranean on December 4th. He says:
SHOT FOR TREASON.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE GERMAN CRIME
Phere is no crime of which Germany has. not been guilty since the beginning of the war, and nothing possible can now come as a surprise, cables the Washington cor- At about 430 p.m. after a cup of tea I
and diabolict! brutality had just loin down in my cabin for a few respondent of the Morning Post, but for
cold-bledod minates when I heard a shot fred a loag ingenuity the following stands unparallel way off. I sprang out of my cabin to find- people rushing down saying that it sub-ed, the truth of which is vouched for by Of my informants, who have seen the docu- marine had fred across our bows.. course we stopped, and it took about 20ments in the ease. minutes for the submarine to come up to You can imagine what my feelings us, were. My first duty was to make my dis- patches secure, which I did and I am afraid it involved the Christmas presents of the Athane Ministry staff going into.
the sea.
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A year or so before the war a young Ger man cane to New York to improve his for- tunes, leaving at home the girl to whom he was engaged. He did well, and was looking forward to his marriage when, war was declared. He wrote to his finance that join the army. he felt it to be his duty
Several The submarine came alongside a fine She wrote telling him to wait.
The letters passed between them, the man con- boat, flying the Austrian colours. captain, with the list of passengers was stantly saying that he ought to serve his ordered on board. My heart was sinking country, and each letter from the girl be lower and lower. In a few minutes the coming more despondent. She told him submarine ordered, Colonel Napier, of the distress existing in Germany, of members of her own and her lover's owa Captain Wilson, and Dr. Finlay "to como on board. There was, of course, no hope family being killed, and of her fear that soon there would ho no med left of either for us, but Dr. Finlay was allowed to re-
▪་ turn as Red Cross. They allowed us to family. go back and get our luggage, though in the excitement of the moment I forgot When we got back to the submarine we
things I should have liked. were taken down to the cabin, where we were very well treated. We spent two days and nights on the submarine, and had an exciting time The officers gave up to us two berths, and we shared their food, They all spoke a certain amount of English
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ALLIES,
We had a fight with a patrol boat on the way up. The colonel and I sat in the cabin and beard the guns gring, not knowing what might happen. It was rather diffi- cult, under the circumstances, to hope for the success of the Allies' boat.
The first night we spent some hours under water, and the next night we were down for some 12 hours. In the afternoon. of the first day we were told by the officers that they had sighted a cruiser. We sub- merged, but through the periscope the. officers told us they saw it torpedoed by another submarina. This was on Decctober 5th. Next day we were hear our destina- tion, and at 8 o'clock we were allowed on destroyers. They were just in front of us deck. We found we were escorted by thres and we were close into the land when sud- denly, amidst a scene of wild excitement, the periscope of a submarine was seen and a torpedo going straight at the destroyers, It just missed them, and within a second they were all firing as hard as they could, but the submarine submerged very quickly. We were landed and interrogated, and then placed for two days in a fortress.
I could not help admiring the way our eaptain managed his subtrine in the face of grave danger. He was a man of very strong charactor; ready to fight any. thing that came in his way; and I am afraid he bag done much damage to our The officers were all very nice shipping to, and codeavoured to make us as confortable as possible, but nothing could make up for the loss of our liberty-
COMRADES IN MISFORTUNE
We found in the fortress two French suboring officers who had been captured a day before. Their boat rat. ashore in a fog. They landed on a small island and tried to defend their best from the Aus- trians: They prevented them from getting it, mnd the Austrians were obliged to killed and one or two wounded. destroy it, The French had two nie
They
It is noticeable that those who have darkly obscured their own horizons will offer most confidently to clear the clouds from others. The lagrant failure is loudest in course. No subject can escape her, the rich, the poor, the old, the young, The valuable addition to the the ill and the well should all hearken. island's defensive organisation (sava The offender will with equal cocksureness tary of Barbados), has been the erection frugality and expenditure. Contradiction Major J, A. Burdan, the Colonial Secrelay down laws for health and happines, most all the doctrines of the Manchester behaved with the greatest gallantry, and by members of the Volunteer Force of as the ruling spirit, very efficient wireless `station, which hay I am suffering from rheumatism and I placed the leny-in-permanent wireless
ar taking aspiria." contounication with Trinidad, and has, therefore, relieved it from the dangerous position of sole reliance on the submarine cable for reporting an attack or appealing
for assistango
Before the war a "wireless club "«riat-
ed in Barbados, the youthful members of which learnt and practised by talking to cach other on home-made installations erected or bamboo poles or palm trees. Amongst the members were certain volun-
tours.
"You should have salicylate," invari- ably follows.
is at once answered:
We are going to move to Kensington," "Hampstead is far more healthy," bring forth:
Dr. F. saya baby is teething, will
I am sure he is not; doctors know no thing about babies."
NO LIMITATION.
It is a remarkable fact that everyone dislikes and distrusts everyone else's doc tor, so that, the beloved sufferer is never On the outbreak of war these volunteers allowed the sole ministration of her offered to erect something for the service selected physician; fond relatives or there of the colony if a little financial help could
onlookers will insist that the invalid be given. Ten pounds was subacribed pri- should see somebody else," and long dis vately by the Governor and the members gertations on the virtues of varied some of the Legislative Council, and within five hodies succeed each other to the mental if days of the declaration of war an un-not physical disturbance of the poor brella" installation, espable of calling up patient. to 15 miles, was at work, oporated night and day by sa unpaid volunteer staff.
The story of the intertering parrot in "A werk later a 10 inch induction coil told over and over again to dinerent tunES, wag borrowed from the hospitals. increased the transmitting range to 40
It begins in the cradle when the parent of some prized infant is possessed of wany miles. At the beginning of Beptember a
intimates all bent upan gontribating coua- gift of part-worn material by a steamer
sol for its perfection. The young mother of the Booth Line increased the range to is seluon permitted an opinion of ner own, 60 miles. In the middle of September the but badgered to accept assistance in the utilisation of power from the Electric Sup-engaging of the nurse, in a decision fer ply Corporation, together with certain short-coating, and the moment when the home-mada improvements to the apparatus, perambulater is overdue. The choice of a increased it to 150 miles.
school is, of course, a subject for advice, and there follows afterwards, long after- wards:
"In the middle of October the loan (on deposit) of a lattice mast by the Electric Supply Corporation enabled the umbrella' I always told his mother spoilt installation to be converted into an invert. him. If she had only listened to me and ed L' aerial and increased the transmit not indulged big every whim ," and 60 ting range to about 220 miles. The island, and so on,
school,
were complimented by the Austrian com mander. They were capital fellows and wo greatly enjoyed their society.
It should be remembered that the Ad- visory Committee of the Board of Trade On December 8th-we left the fortress.in. comprises four representatives of the Board the early morning and went by train, of Trade, two from the Colonial Office, passing through Sarajevo and Budapest, and one each from the Foreign and India arriving at Vienna after travelling three Offices, representatives from Canada, Aus nights and three days. We were very tralin, South Africa and New Zealand, sorry to cave our new French friends the and, in addition, some of the most distin-evening before we arrived at Vienna, and gnished commercial names in the country, and it was from these men that the sub- committees were formed.
AMERICAN HUMOUR.
GERMANY'S "SYNTHETIC MONEY.”
Foreign Governments must now be aware that we are too proud to write-Brooklyn Eagle,
The trouble with the belligerente is that east side is unbeaten and knows-it- Bufalo Enquirer. V⠀
There will be no patched-up peace, says President Wilson, But there will be a lot of patched-up nations.-Charleston Jews and Courier
I think they were sorry to part with us. Our journey was not very uncomfortable. We were accompanied by one of the officers of the submarine which caught us; also wo had the honour of two gendarmes to look after us and see we did not escape,
We expected to go straight on from here with our officer, bat we were told at the. station that we were to be parted and that we were to stay in Vienna for & day or two. We dined with him at the station, and wished him good-bye. thanking him very sincerely for all his kindness. Alas we were then to find ourselves not so comfortable, we are now residing in the ordinary prison, in a room that has been allotted to officer prisoners of war. Fortunately we have it to ourselves, but we are not allowed the liberties we have had up to the present, not even newe papers, which we have been allowed all the The principal mistake Greece made, like time, and Colonet Napier translates Bulgium and Poland, seems to have been splendidly. in her selection of
In a postscript, dated December 15th, Kansas City Star
our permanent address after five nights in the prison in Germany, We are at Sal- serbad O. The place is full of Russian officers. Please write. It may interest you to hear that the same submarine that captured us sank our Colenso [a Wilson liner]. As I told the captain, it was adding insult to injury.—TimeF.
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Finally, she wrote begging him to 10t her journey to America in order that they might marry, and again she told him of relatives and friends killed, and implied bim to let her know his decision at once. Thus far the man read unsuspecting. Then he noticed a postscript in another hand,. which in effect
ron B follows: The writer of the above letter-the woman- has this day been shot for treason for per- sanding her lover not to enlist. The re- cipent is to accept this as official notice-.
her death.".
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.
CORES ORBERN BY LT.-COL, A. CHAPMAN, V.
LEAVE
1-Le-Cpl. W. H. Viveask is granted leave of absenes from March 31st, 1916, for the duration of the war.
ENGINEER COMPANY.
2.-The following extract from Orders by Chief Engineer, China Com- mand, is published for information:-- The undermentioned members of the Engineer Co., II.K.V.C., are raised to the "Proficient" rate of. En-- gineer pay, with effect from March: 3rd, 1016
ELECTRICIANS.
No. 1947-Sapper Scott, T.L. No, 1516-Sapper England, A.J.
PARADEA,
3--Parades for to-day,
5.15 pm, Nos. 3 aud 4 Sub-sections. Arty, Batty, (as detailed in Corps. --Order No. dated December 30th, 1918)-10 pdr. gun drill at Head- quarters Sergt. Bradley, R.G.A.,. will attend, Bight, Section M.G. Co
Defaulters drill at Headquarters, ander, Co. 8gt.-Major Witchell O.Cs of other Sections and Com panies should instruct their own de faulters to attend this parade, 5.30 p.m.-No. 3 Section Scouts Co. (all members)-M.G. instruction on Kennedy Road Range. Enginee Co-Squad drill and Musketry exercises on Kowloon Cricket Club Ground, under Sergt.-Major Higby. Remaindor, nil,
DETAIL.
4.-Next for duty-H.K.V.R ̧
G. E. STEWART, Capt.j
Adjutant, H.K.V.C
.HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
ROUTE MARCH,
Central Station, Friday, March 10th, at 5.15 p.m sharp. First shift Patrol- men for, this day, excepting Water Police Patrols, will not do Patrol duty, All but will attend this parade. Second shift Patrolmen will attendi this parado and also report for duty at 8.50 p.m.__
MOUNTED POLICE.
Trooper Roylance has been passed out, Trooper Soul will do Orderly Duty up to and including Baturday, March 18th, Further men are wanted for this detach
ment
Applicants, who should have some experience of riding, must com. municate with Mr. G. W Gegg.
PLATOON PARADES. N.B.-Platoon Number in brackets. Monday, March 13th-No. 1 Cb, (1) andi No, & Co. (4) also No. 2 Co. (1 and #). at St. Joseph's College, doda Tuesday, March 14th, No. 1 Co. (3 and 4).
also No. 2 Co. (3) at St. Joseph's Col lege,
a place on the map Captain Wilson adds:-Just arrived at Wednesday, March 15th.-No. 3 Co. (2%)
* It's easy to understand Mr. Roosevelt's clamour for a greater army and navy. He can't live always and dosen't want to leave us entirely unprotectedWashville South. ern Lumberman.
The synthetic rubber which Germany is now making is a boon. It is the synthe tio money her printing-presses are turning out that is going to prove the greatest
disappointment New York Morning Tele-
The Gerin ang are said to be surprised
already. The reason probably is that the Alies don't read the Geaman newspapers.
Chicago Herald,
was thus placed in touch with Trinidad If it were only for the guidance of the and with any British worship which might young and uninitiated that the advice happen to be within that radius. The Habit ruled, its trials could be endured,graph greatest credit is due to the keen young but it has no limitation, you caspor be ok that the Allies have not asked for perice volunteers who achieved this success at a enough to escapo its vexation, and no cost to the Colony of under £60.”
pecial inteligenca or personal triumph comes to the excuse of the general practice of preaching. It is difficult to forgive the Labour member who is so convinced that he could do his Grace's job better than the hereditary duke. However, we live in Radical times; Parliament, like poverty, makes strange
bedfellows
One of the most remarkable instances of the result of the suppression by the
business of others, & measure of pardon censorship of details concerning the Zep
must be coffeeded to the chances it offers pelin raids in the "London district comes
of recriminations in From Seitland via China In a letter Bone measure of perce and liberty for Why did I take your advice can received by last mail from a Scottish the subject might be attained f all self-assuage the feelings after a terrible avis missionary living in a remote town in constituted rulers could be encouraged to fortune, and I told you so, at least to Kiangsi the writer, referring to the let off steam as directors of correspondence the prophet, may carry balm to the wound Zeppelin raids. says: "We don't quite columns in the populer Press, whrro advice caused by his neglected addresses. Among know what is going on in London, I had gratis is the pleasant rule which reserves life's small ironies is the opportunity of letter from Scotland-which said Liver to the seeker the privilege of its disregard wetching those helpless in paddling their pool-street Eation was destroyed, Fleet Advice may be gives, like medicine, but own little canoes who are so certain they street closed and King George living in a need not be taken, and on thinking over could bring safely into harbour the battle tunnel under his palaca
this crime of assiduous attention to the ships of their neighbours Daily Mail
MERCANTILE ASSISTANTS VIBITING ENGLAND.
ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE EAST.
In connection with the representation of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce that Restriction the Aliens
(Amendment) Order in Great Britain was being operated so as to prevent the departure of newly- engaged and leave-expired mercantile as sistants leaving for India, the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Depart ment, has replied that reference was made to His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, who has replied that the practice at present in vogue is to allow men not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and on a temporary visit only to that country from Ladis, to return. This prac tice will not be affected by the Military Service Act.
and No. 2 Co. (4),
Thursday, March 16th. No, 1 Co. (1) and!
No. 3 Co: (1),/? Friday, March 17th-No a Co (3 and 4)...
MUSKETRY, BUNDAY, MARCH 12TH, Blake Pier 9 am sharp.-Al N.C.Os. Blake Pier 1 pm sharp-No. 1 and 2:
Platoona No. 1 Co. Range Officers-Inspector Lammert and
N.COs of Nes, 1 and 2 Platoons,
• No. 1 Co., will remain at the Booge for duty in the afternoon.
Members doing duty with Maxim Gunners. -and-Mounted Patrols-who-have-fired Ranges A to D will attend to fire Ranges E. and F. with their respectivo- Platoons,
F. C. JINKIN, D.S.P..(R.)
The Petit Journal says that four American airmen bave landed in. France to proceed to the front. Called upon to make. written declaration regarding the object of their journey to Europe, the Americans stated that they were going in order fo protest on behalf of the young men of America against the policy of weakness of their country.