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FREIGHT MARKET. Messrs. Snowman & Co., of Hong kong in their freight circular dated September 16th, state-
Since the issue of our last circular under date of 2nd inst the chartering market has livened somewhat and a few time-fixtures have been negotiated- This is undoubtedly due to the better trend of affairs, and news received with
regard to the recent trouble in Kwang tun, which has for some time now been the priminy cause of the recent stagna Fon in this market. The following are the fixtures reported:-
Chinest & Lungee fixed for 6 months months continuation of present fixture, $22,000 p.m. a ma
Norwegian ss. Childur fixed for 2 years, November delivery, $32,000 pm. Chiness. Kuuping fixed for year continuation of present Axture, $30,000 p.m.
Chinese 9.8. Chejoo fixed for 1 year continuation of present fixture, 810,200 pm.
October delivery, £25,000 p.m.
Chinese 8.8. A tangpny fixed for 1 year. contindopion of present fixture, P..
In the North business continues firm, owners being, if anything, short of
WHAT BRUSILOFF HAS DONE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE A BISHOP AND THE STAGE,
TWO MONTHS OF THE RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE.
THE OUTLOOK.
[FROM STANLEY WASHBURN.]
Russian Headquarters, SW Front, August 4th.
STOLEN
ANOMALIES OF LARCENY LAW. ·
PROTECT TALENT AGAINST PRETTY FACES.
The report has been “tigned of the Joint The Bishop of Northampton, preaching. Select Committee of the House of Lord at the Actors Mass of the Cathole Stager and the House of Commons on the CarGuild at the Corpus Christi, Maidens. ceny Bill, which is a consolidation of the lane, said that when one considered this statute law of larceny triable by indirtecial difficulties of the theatrion), pro- ment and also codifies the common law of
fession, the wonder was not that so many
larceny. In the opinion of the Committell, but that so many were examples of existing law of England and Ireland and. tee the Bill, as sumended, represents the holy and devout fiving. should be allowed to proceed a
Exactly two months have elapsed since the beginning of what must be considered the most remarkable Allied movement since the beginning of the war. Thes operations, extending over a wide front come within the Committee's terms of The amendment of the law does not much of which in the most difficult reference, but they suggest a number of terreur imaginable, viewed broadly, haveamondments for the removal of certain continued practically without intermis sion for more than 60 days, which is any offensive except that of the Ger- greater perind of penseless fighting than
mnus against Vardau, which is not a proper analogy. Even the German drive in Galicia Inst year backed by an in- tricate system of railways and limitless troops and munitions was obliged to ease off active operations after retaking Lamberg in June until the prepare 1 blow
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We seo in our own-day," he added. how it is almost impossible to present. ecst, while quis fortunes are made by great drama except at an almost ruinous the inanities, the vulagrities and im moralities of the low picture-house.
drama to the theatrical profession itself. They must look for the form of tho
managers for their assistance in modern They ought to be able to look to the grent. draina.
anomalies which the work of consolida-. tion has brought into view. The most nection with the archaic common law dis important of these proposals is in con-
tinction (preserved in Clause 1 (3) of the draft Bill) between animals fit for food and animals unfit for food, and the exeep pot that which the depraved part of the It is up to then to offer, the public tions in the case of hawks, falcons, bees public craves for, but that which the and the eggs of swans. The ancient rule public ought to crave for. It is up to of law it is pointed out, presents many them to foster genuins talert and tro anomalies a lark is, but a cunary tect it against the unfair competition of
of being stolen ut cominon law the
British ss. lauroto fixed for Tour again fell on the Cholim-Lublin: line not. capave not being deemed fit f Pretty faces and loose morals:"
toanage
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nearly three weeks Inter; while nearly two months elapsed between the termina tion of the East Prussian campaign in the spring of 1915 and the opening of the enemy's Galician campaign in May The Russians have already been going forward on the south-western front for the taking of trophies still continue, first more than 6 days, and the battles and in one sector, then in another,
RESULTS REVIEWED.
man food, and the question whether the eggs of a wild bird are capable of being law) on whether or not the bird by which stolen depends (according to the common they were laid was fit for the food of vian. These anomalies might be swept away and the law simplified by making the question depend in all casses on whether it is the whether a thing is capable of being stolen
property of some person or another, des cordingly the Committee suggest that for Clause (3) the following should be sub stituted:
Everything which has value and is the property of any person, and if adhering to the realty then after severanes there frou, shall be capable of being stolen: Provided that-() save as hereinafter expressly provided with respect to fix tures, growing things, and ore from mines, anything attached to or forming part of the realty shall not be capable of boing stolen by the person who sovers the same from the realty nless after sever and (4) the garcase of a creature wild by ance he has abandoned possession thereof;
while living shall not be capable of being nature and not reduced into possession stolen by the person who kills such crea ture, unless after killing it he has abandoned possession of the carcase --- *
SAIGON/HONGKONG. The rate in this direction, after remaining fat for at least a week or more," after sur lust re-. mort, soddenly revived on the 12th inst..
It seems proper at this time, to si indications coming to the market at what this achievement up to date 35 cents, which were quickly followed a represents Most important of all, it Jay or so later by 28 and 10 cents per has definitely resulted in taking away picul for more or less prompt shipment the initiative from the Germans and This is undoubtedly a reflection caused Austriansen all fronts, and utterly by news received from Canton to the destroying whatever programme they effect that General Lung lad handed had planned for this summer. It has Over this seals of office; but, although a caused the diversion towards Enasia of fixture of a small outsider at 40 cents troops frgin the Italian and French was arranged, owners are now inclined fronts, insing the foundation for op- to stand out for more than this figure portunities elsewhere, it has brought No further fixtures are reported, but about great defents of the Austrians, shortage of tonnage may possibly bring and it has convinced the Germans that about, for the time being, at any rate, their boasted superiority has finally a slight advance, although it is anti vanished. They are now obliged to fight epated that very little business will be approximately on equal terms with the arranged until the late Military Go Russians, their single remaining assets ernor actually taken his departure and being their superiority in guns, muni the new official definitely assumes office tions and railway facilitice, all of whichTimes.
Exports of rice from Saigon from 1st will have evaporated within another six January to 22nd August, amount to months, excepting only the last, which 675,247 tats, as compared with 576,279 must always be considered. tons for the same period last year. Quotation for No. 2 white roun 1 sifted rice stands at $4.40 per pical f.oh.. Saigon for September/October shipment. BANGKOK/HONGKONG: The rate of 70/60 cents per picul for inside outside the bar loading respectively reported last week has in the meantime, remain
HONGKONG. VOLUNTEERS.
CORFS ORDERS BY LT-COL A. CHAPMAN, V.D. JOINED
1. K. M. Felterly, having joined is allotted Corps No. 2094 and posted. to No. 1 Section Arty. Batty Per D. G. Stoven having joined is allotted Corps No. 2095 and posted to-Scouts Company
Pie C. Hodgson having joined is allotted Corps. No. 2020 and posted to Seonts Company,
TRANSFER..
No. 1570 Pte. C. Rodriguo is trans ferred from Right Section M. G. Co. to Hongkong Police Reserve from 15th September, 1910.
JUSKETRY.
Reference Corps Order No. 3 of 15th iust, trained men only will fre. Part. on Saturday, 3rd inst, at 230 pm. All recruits who have not already completed Part I this ...year fire on Sunday, 24th inst, at 9 a.m., and O.C. Cos. will detail n Bufficient number of N.C.Os, to supervise the recruits of thei? "re- spective. units. Range Officer:→→ Lieut. Kennett. Musketry cards an be obtained on.
application at Headquarters.
A. F. CHURCHILL, Capt.
Adjutant, H, KA.C.
HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE.
ABSENTEES FROM PARADES
cd steady. The trip at Bangkok which, generals, 7,067 officers,”TM 330.000 high command, and the capacity of that The svatern of permitting Absenters from
Parades to subsequently tender.na explanation of their absence is hereby cancelle. Men reported as absent without permission will be at once awarded Defaulter's drill De felters drills will be held or Senedig afternoon only.
The recapitulation of the Russian cap. Alexsieff withdrew with consummate skill, tures makes it possible to form some and he did the same at Vilna in the late estimate of what these past two months autumn, utterly checking the advance of have done for the Allied cause. At the strongest army the world has ever seen. time when the Germans and Austrians His only assels were his own clever brain and especially of officers, the Russians in obtaining the higher command he has are haginning to feel a seareity of men, and the character of his people. Since their advance, which at certain points ap reorganized and prepared the Army for proximates 55 miles, lave taken three the present offensive operation. Lastly, his regime gave to Russia Brusiloff in a It is anticipated, will be a very good one, and 504 guns, including over 50 is expected to start coming down shortly, guns, 1.900 machine-guns, and miscellane commander speaks for itself! This with good news from Cantor, aus war booty ten great to enumerate, At During the entire movement General should tend to firm rates slightly
conservative estimate this represents, Alexeieff has managed the operations on SIOON/PHILIPPINES.Three fixtures including killed, casualties, missing, and the whole front, now here, now there, of medium-sized vessels have been made three-quarters of a million of the enemy's enemy, to the utmost possible extent; losses from other canere; anproximately with quch skill that he has prevented the in this direction in the meantime, one organized effectives with the enemy still from shifting his reserves as he did last at 43 cents, for two trips, and two struggling frantically on all fronts to year, General Brusiloff, commanding in This Order will operate as from Sept 45 cents per picul. Other Philippine bring the Russian advances to a halt the south, has similarly kept the enemy owned vessels, taken up some time ago, even if but temporarily, th
doing the same locally for nearly two are still running on owners' account. It is impossible for me to state the Rus-months. It becomes perfectly clear that but it is reported that there is still asian losses, except to say that from the the Germans are incapable under present All stendy demand and further tonnage strictly military point of view they can conditions of formulating new plans required.
have no effect whatever on the Russian suddenly. Their two hurriedly planned cause I believe I am not exaggerating offensives to check the Russian advance. when I say that the Russians could bear bave failed utterly, and it is only now, double this summer's losses for five con-after two months, that they have been secutive years without apprehension of able to shift enough troops and redis- blow as Brusiloff's would undoubtedly the Russian advance in the direction "of running short of men, while another such tribute their men sufficiently to slow down utterly finish Austria and further reduce Kovel. Such delays as they have been seems to have shrunk to a point where the strength of their position, to super Germany's visible supply, which already able to impose have been due entirely to future sustained offensives will be ditiority in the number and calibre of their cult, if not impossible.
SAIGON/JAVA-We have nothing to add to remarks in our last report beyond that there is still a call for tonnage but charterers ideas of rate do not for the time being, coincide with owners
Mareumann —Nothing has yet been done in this direction, A
COAL There has been light activity in chartering for putouts but at Hong kong stocks still remain good with little demand.
guns, and especially to the network of
FIXTURES REPORTED. Hongay/Canfon
Canfon AUSTRIA FAILING, BUT GERMANY STRONG. Which enables them to concen-
irate suddenly at threatened points, option Swatow (two trips) at 84.75 pertinually on this front I have reached two
After being acarly two months en KOVEL AND LEMBERG ton, Port Conhet/Rwatow. 35.23 per conclusions regarding the energy The The heavy rains of raid-July together ton. Kiratzu/Iloilo Yen 6.50 per ton first is that, with one oro aveeping with the flooding of the Stokhod swamps, Miike/Batavia at alt per ton, Moi movement, an optimist may fairly hope have give the enemy opportunities to Hongkong 85 (abt.) and Hongay/Amoy that Austria will be forced to collapse $5.50 per tong made
the second is that the Germans are not SALOON/HONGKONG. At moment ¿E
lose. Kovel. Brest-Liteway she may even all Poland, there may well remain year of bitter fighting. It is true the Germans have lost some of their arrog anee, and their confidence in themselves is somewhat reduced, but they are still
going to press a fixture is reported of 1⁄2 small regular coaster at 45 cents and Ir-thor: fonnaro is required at this rate.
SAIL TONNAGE LOADING GE TO LOAD,
mál,
THE PANAMA CANAL,
POSSIBLE WASTE OF OVER. £100,000,000.
The F'muncial Times of Montreal states that it has received private information from London to the effect that engineer
We are informed, says this journal, *that American emissaries have been in Great British for the last two months endeavouring to obtain the British en known us the Nicaragua route gineering data on the alternative plan It will be remembered that a strong body of engineers fought the Panama project in favour of Nicaragua. Now it is claimed the Panama Canal is doomed, £100,000,000 expenditure of Baduc
after. Che
18th.
DISCIPLINE AND ROUTINE, LEĆTURE.
ranks, including Patrolmen, will attend at the Victoria Theatre at i 5.40 p.m. punctually on Thursday, Sept.. 1st. Uniform, with helmets deans, but without rifles.
First Shift Patrolmen will proceed to their. Stations at the conclusion of lecture which will be delivered on this ouension. Second Shift Patrol- men will report for duty as usual. themselves.. Medical exempts only may absent
Men will wrort to their Section, etc., Commanders outside the Theatre
All Hell Bunks to be handed to the Sergt. Major ut. 5.43 p.m. All In- _____apectors will report to the A.S.P
(Reserve),
COMPANY PARADES, 5.45 PM...
and Ambulance Platoon
create, glint is probably the strongest Monday, Sept. 18th-No. 4 Company natural position they have ever had on world andoubted herwise the Russians Wednesday, Sept. 20th. No. 2 Öóm Warsaw, and have taken Kore pany,
before this. It is useless to speculate on Thursday, Sept. 21st-Parade of No, ¿ the future, except to state that the world Company is cancelled. must not expect even the superb Russian Friday, Sept. 22nd. --Nos, 3 and 4 Com- infantry to overrun in a few days a position which has been strengthened ten-
pučica.
JOINED.
a long way from collapse at any rate, fold by the untimely rains. A Pe 705 E. D. Haskell.
from any military point of view-and if such a collapse-is-coming-from-internal political causes, it is impossible to ex press any opinion upon that here.g
During the early part of this campaign their greatest cause for anxiety was the food situation withis Germany, but with this year's crop harvested this problem will be dissipated, and will probably not
RECORDS.
D.E.P's office and placed in charge. of all Records.
There are important changes to Je cord in the past few days in the posi tion of the armies facing the Stokin and Pe 505 Baskell is attached to the Vladimir Volhynsk other than tactical readjustments of the line here and there, digging in, and throwing buck German counter-attacks, which are now raging in
of the tempittently at different fire, the
MOUNTED POLICE.
Recruit-Troopers Maher, Hyndman and Edwards, and all recent applicants, will report at Stables in pluih clothes on Thursday, Sept. 19th, at
5.30 p.m..
F. C. JENKIN D.8.P. (Reserve),
IMPORTANT FACT FOUND ABOUT
WIRELESS LEAKS
Lug circles ju Great Britain are convinced again be an important consideration be
The armies more to the south are pains- that the Panama Canal is doomed "An fore next spring. It must be remembered takingly digesting their tasks. Now that aduaission of this by the United States that the Germans, even if forced this year the enemy has had an opportunity to Government, it, is declared, cannot be to retire from Galicia and Poland, will readjust his organization to meet the con- delayed many months, par slready hays harvested all the crops, and ditions it as rather unwise to expect such if they retire they will undoubtedly take spectacular movements as characterized with them all the meat supplies likewise the last two months. There still remain It seems logical to believe then that the the lines of work parating the army war must be ended on the battichelds hy of Sakharoff from Lemberg the present advances, until the enemy is exhausted strong, and the historic Krasne-Bust- unremitting efforts and slow but steady one, which is reported to be extremely and no longer able to fill up with men. Kamionka line, which, from last year's
An important discovery has been made The Russian and the Western advances experience of the Galician movements, is have shown clearly that the Germans can even strenger. The extraordinary skill at Barriefield and by it, it is believed. be digested step by step, but they cannot and finesse which has characterized the the secret of how Germans have been able- be awept aside, as has been the case with movements on the south-western front to get the contents of messages sent from
should gradually eat. 1947 there defences, Allies Headquarters suring victory, and that which will most though it would be unwise to anticipate has been found. Working at his intu- utterly discourage the Germans, is for udden sweep as the Austro-German ment at Barriefield recently Bergt. Hydes preparations to he made to continue the command is taking its destiny largely heard a message which he knew could not war for two more years, if necessary | perhaps on account of Rumaninen hold be sent from any wireless station within Lemberg and Kovel, and is making his receiving limits. It was in the forse- ALEXEIEFF'S GEKIT WORK, every effort within its capacity to save code. He came to the conclusion that it From the point of view of generalship these two important points
must be from the buzzer that waa working both the higher and the subordinate com- In the meantime General Lechitsky is in another feat ninety feet away. The mands of the enemy have been completely moving slowly and sanely in the south electricity, which was passing over the outclassed since the beginning of the All the Generals here indicate that the buzzer wire, was being absorbed, sad be- move. The role in this past year of Russians are learning the lessons of the came active over the wireless apparatus. General Alexeieff must not be forgotten Galician and Carpathian campaign, as This uz undoubtedly what, the Grimans When in comunaod of the Warsaw Army England and France learned their lessons have long known, and used in many cases in 1915 Ee was in a position which the in the West, and are not counting on a to gain advantage against the Alles, Gernus - considered would result in the few striking corpy to reduce an enemy An order to advance would become known destruction of the army and an made whose persistence, Antelligence, and caps- to them instantly, as well as many other pendent peace with Russia. From this city to fight stubbornly to the last ditch things they should not know,” Great im- It dinkes many a woman happy to be position with tends" hand Ceneral are not in the least minimized in Russia, portante, is attached to the discovery in sorry for somebody eke,
Continued in Nest Column, Time ASUS
official-eireles rom
****The trouble is in the eleven-mile-long Culebra Cut, and it has been demon strated that, after the so-called landslide, the dreadging operations actually took out more earth than was displaced by the landslide. In other words, the trouble is not due to the landslides themselves but to the fact that Culebra Cat is gigantic bog, and the more dreadging there is done the more there is to door
The canal has been closed for seven months. It should have beva reopened in February. It is now estimated that it will not be opened until the autumn
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