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Messrs. Vernon & Smyth, in their weekly share report tated the 10th August, 1017, state
1.00
FOR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.
HOW IS THE EMPIRE BEST SERVED?
A LONDON VIEW. print below extracts from letters
1917
BRITISH SOCIALISTS PEACE TERMS MAJORITY STATEMENT AT STOCKHOLM..
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.
CORPS ORDERS BY, CAPTAINS, H
ARMSTRONG, „V.D.
1.---STRENGTH. Private G. Blair joined the Corps on 3rd August, 1917, 19 allotted Corps No. 2102, and posted to Scouts Company.
2.LEAVE
Study our lust report of 3rd August,
Mr. Julius West, representing the "we have had a steadily advancing rate for Storfing Exchange, which, naturally,
Fabian Society, gecompanied by Mr. A has had an adverse influenc our local share market, more particularly recently received by & Struits firm from Thompson, editor of the Clarion, con the Investment stocks, which, mostly the office of their London representatives. ferred recently with the Dutch-Scandina No. 1952 Pte. E. W. L. Martin is granted leave for the duration of the war, show a decline in values. The markot for They give a fairly goood idea of the vian Committee at Stockholm. Mr. West from 2nd August, 1917, speculative stocks has been very quiet, but f steady with only a small business pass ing. Shanghai, ranrket has been quieter, with but slight variations in price.
Singapore market for Rubber, sharge, "bat again" been firm, with further ad- vances to record in many of the favourite
stocks.
The following are our today's wind
quotations for Rubber shares :--
Alor Gajahe
...8 4.40 Ayer Panns
11.25 Glenealys
2.50 Keduhs
4.50 8.20
Kempas. Malaka Pindne Malakoffs
New Serendahs Sandycrofts in
3.00 4.70 4.00 vigo 4·80 Tapahs...
***** 23,00 Plantation Rubber in London
is quoted.
.2%, Gd.
Bar Silver is quoted $2 1-16. Sterling T.T. is 2/81. Singapore T.T. is 115 Shanghai TT is nominal at about 15 and the Bank's buying rate for 3 days bills is nominal at about 66).
BANKA.The continued rise in Sterling Exchange has had a bad influence on this market and sales have been made down to 8850, at which pries, mon shares are offering.
MARINE INSURANCES. Market has been weak in sympathy with Sterling. Cantone have been done at 8323 and buyers now offer only $320. Unions have receded to e selling rate of 8825, Yangtzes are wanted in the North at $105 with ex- change 79. North Chinas have a nominal quotation of $140.
FIRE INSURANCES.No sales are report. ed, China Fires are nominal at $140. and Hongkong Fires at $305,
SHIPPING. Nothing has been done and quotations are quite unchanged, with Douglasen at: 285, Indo-China Deferred
* St. $101, Steamboats at $18, Ferries at 229, all nominal.
Ors.--No business is reported. Shells are wanted at 120/-, but business is difficult natil the new que allotments srrive here, when we may see a more active market. Langkats ore wanted for the North at Tls. 15. Ural Cariens are unaltered at 39/- nominal.
REFINERIES Market is stagnant and nothing has been done, China Sugars remain at $98 nominal and Malabons at $20 buyers.
opinion held in London on the F. M. S. man-power question. In his first letter
the writer says i--
**
No
weeks leave, from 12.9.17.
1947 Spr. T. L. Scott is granted
weeks' leave, from 23.8.17.
1700 Pte. W, F. A. Knapton is granted 6 months' extension of leave, from 31.7.17) -
No. 200 Spr. J. H. Donnithorne in granted 1 months' leave, from 12.8.17.
communicated a preliminary statement of No. 1418 Corpl. 1. S. Cassidy, is granted the British Majority party's position. 6 weeks' leave from 10.9.1.
This favours the full reconstitution of No. 2042 Pic. A. Hughes is granted 1
month's sick leave, from 10.8.37. "I think that those men who are left an independent Belgium, the evacuation in the Malay States ought to realise that of the occupied parts of Northern France, No. 1535 Spr. J. A. Buates is granted 6 they can render much more effective an indentification by the invader for all service to the Empire by sticking to their the damage done during the course of the jobs than by coming Home and joining war, the constitution of a reunited, inde- the Army. The number of Europeana pindent Poland, and the establishment of No. left there appears to me to be the mini- perfect equality for all nationalities in mm with which it is possible to carry Austria Hungary, whose democratization on, and, if even a small proportion of will be one of the principal conditions of
n. lasting peace;: them now leave, it will very likely mean a very considerable damage to the rubber
The British Socialise ward Labour plantation industry. I do not think that parties attach great importance to the These men quite appreciate that the suct ressful proscention, of the war depends question of fixing this responsibility for fully as much on the maintenance of the the outbreak of the war at the organizu various industries of the Empire, which, tion of a supreme mithority over all The following is the result of the Classi- in
fication Practives in their turn, enable the war to be nations now. for the prevention of any war. The Fabian Society bas
Course of Musketry for the year carried on owing to the raw materials future
1017-8:- chey provide and to the revenue which elaborated plan for attaining these Finally, the Socialist ind becomes available for taxation and for objects. contributions to war expenditure, The Labour partics of Great Britain declare number of men who might be added to against any economic war after the ces- the Army by farther volunteers from the salon of military hostilities.--7'imex. Malay States would, in view of the magnitude of the forces engaged, be no more than a drop in the ocean, and would inve absolutely no effect on the result, whereas their loss to the planting indus- try would be a most serious matter from ORDERS BY MAJOR WAKKMAN; 4.0, H.R.V. 8.
very point of view. **
In a subsequent letter he writes:---
HONGKONG RESERVES.
DETAIL.
11th August,, Sunday. H.K.V.R. Orderly Officer-Lieut. B. Branch. Next for duty---H. K.V.C..
PARADES FOR THE WEEK ENDING 18TH AUGUST.
Monday, 13th instant-
·
No. 2018 Pte. J. H. Scott is granted 14
days leave, from 10.8.17. 3.ANNUAL GENEMAL MUSENTRY COURSE
the Annual
CENTRE SECTION. MG. CO.
Number exercised
lat Class shots
2nd Class shots
3rd Class shots
The following are the averages:
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Practice No. 13
13.2
14
16.6
16
8.0
18
14.5
17
10,9
13
1
10
}
18
0,5
Co.
Company average
81.6
LEFT SECTION 3.0. 00, AND CIVIL SERVICE CO.
Number exercíend
21
1st Class shots
12
2nd Class shots
9
The following are the averages !----
Practice No. 13 (H.P.8. 20)
10
11
30)
20.2
15
20)
10.9
45)
20.4
17 (
13
20)
125.
18 (
20)
10.5
39 (
15)
6.7
97.2
1 cannot help sharing in the general On duly from the morning of Sunday, 10 the morning of feeling which is gaining ground here
10th August B (London) the the further recruiting of ep for the Army from the F.M.B. is likely to do far more harm than good to the national ease. Many men from India, Ceylon and the FM. S have ft important work to join the Army. In quite a considerable number of cases suchen are to be found to-day in various non-combatant branches of the Army, occupying positions of a more of less clerical nature, doing work which, in many cases, could be equally well por formed by women, and it appear to us that the few additional men who can ba secured by further recruiting efforts amongst the European personnel of infinitesimal estafes can produce. an effect on the military strength of the Army at the prescut stage, while the damage likely to result to a most import- ant industry is very grave."--Malay Man.
Mes Kailans are wanted at 346 | ETON IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS Raubs have improved to a buying rate of $2.80. Tronabs are nominal at 25/0,
Mr. B. P. W. Smyth, of Boscombe, who died recently in his ninety-seventh year, and who claimed to be the oldest Etonian, has left some very interesting remaini scences of his schooldays from 1828 to 1830, which are published in the Eton College Shanghai (hronicl
DOCKS, WHARVES AND GODOWNS.Mur ket has not been quite so active as last week's. A few sales of Hongkong and Whampos Docks have been made at $117. Kowloon Wharves have improved to 278 cash, at which a fair business was put through, also at 878 for November, Mar- ket closes qui at 76 cash. Doeks are unchanged at 878 buyers.
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.-Hotels are in request at the slightly improved price of $99, West Points could be placed at $60 and Humphreys at 861. Lands are nominal at $91. Centrals are on offer at
895.
K
My recollection of Eton,
he says, it is of being here as a small boy of tight, my brother James having pre- seded nic. We were nice young genticmen in those days, always fighting: 1 never had a rim to my hat and always a black eye. We small boys would fag at cricket for a whole afternoon and have the bat, ball, and stamps thrown at our beads
afterwards.
would
COTTON MILLS-Market has been less nctive and fewer sales reported. Shang hai Cottons are wanted at Tis. 134 and
Swimming was taught in a rough-and- Vight Th. 162Ewede na nominal Tls, 1021 and Yangtzepoos at Tlready way. A bigger boy would say:
Can you swin 7. Do being told No,
Then it's jolly well reply: time you learned, and you were chucked into the Thames and left to scramble out as best you could, choking and half- drowned. We never changed our clothes afterwards and would sit for hours in our half-dried garments. It was certainly in those days the survival of the fittest
MISCELLANEOUs-Sales of Cements have been made at $7.35 and there are probable further buyers at the rate. Trams have varied between $6.35 and $6.40. Rones have come to business at 2271 and China Providents at $7.50. Electrics are wanted Bt. $84. Watsone are to be had at a The Hongkong Steel Foundry Co. has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, for the year. Sales have been made at $10 and they clown with byvan stathe ente Other quotations are nominal at prices quoted in the list.
MEMO,Next Settlement day 29th August..
THE COUNCIL OF INDIA,
THREE INDIAN MEMBERS. -
funeral, and the hawkers in Windsor sell. I can just rem mber George IVAS ing pamphlets entitled Life and Times- of George V The occasion was moro like a far day than a funeral, and when one thinks of the life that monurch led it is hardly to be wondered at.
Recruits on the Cricket Ground, ze .16 p.m. under Instructor Sergt. Oxberry, Dress; Drill Order. Machine Gun Section at Wellington Dress: Barracks, at 5.15 p.m. Clean Fatigue. Mounted Section at Polo Ground, at
5.30 p.m. Dress: Drill Order. Tuesday, 14th instant:
Aand "B ·C'os.. Recruits, Machine Gun Section, Mounted Section and Signallers on the road outside the Orderly Room, at 5.15 p.. Taikoo Section on the Pole Ground, at 3.30 p.m. Kowloon Dock Section at Kowloon Docks, at 5.15 p.m. for Tests of Elementary Training Musketry. Dress Drill Order, except Kowloon Dook Sec Lion, which may parade in plain clothes. Officers and N.C.Os. will continue conducting the tests laid down in paras. 207-290 Chap. IV. Musketry Regulations, Part I. 1909 (Reprint 1914). Copies of the paras. referred to may be obtained on ap- plication at the Orderly Room, Every man, including exempted metahers, must attend this parade. Co. Sergt.-Majors will send to the Adjutant on 15th August a list of all absentees, noting thereon those. absent from the Colony or an sick leave.
Wednesday, 15th instant-Vil Thursday, 16th instant:
Recruits on the Cricket Ground, t 6.15 p., under Instructor Sergt. Oxberry. Dress: Drill Ordes. Signalling, Section: "A" and:“ B"
will parade at Happy Val ley for Blation Work Fall in at Monument, 5.30 pm, and "C" Class at Volunteer Headquarters, at 5.30 p.m. Dress: Clean Fatigue. Mounted Section at Polo Ground, at 5,30 p.m. Dress: Drill Order. Friday
17th instant :~~~
1.
and B Cos, Recruits, Machine Gun Section, Mounted Section and Signallers on the road: outside the Orderly Room, at 5.15 pim. Taiko Section on the Palo Ground, at 5.30pm. Kowloon Dock Section at Kowloon Docks, at 5.15 p.m. for Texts of Elementary Train- ing Muskotry. Dress: Drill Order. except Kowloon Dock Section which may parade in plain clothes. bera, must attend this parade Every man, including exempted mem-
STRENGTH,
H.M. King Willian, who succeeded hin, Föld Billy IV.,' he was popularly nalled, was quite a different man. I cun see him now walking down Windsor High- street, dressed in a blue cost with brass buttons, rough beaver bat, white trousers, Mr. Austin Chamberlain M.P., has and top boots, just like any old farmer. Saturday, 18th instant: Vi appointed Sir Prabhashankar Dalpatram Ho was on friendly terms with everybody. Pattani, K.C.I.E., to be a Member of the and would stop to have a chat with old Council of India in saccession to Raja Bannister, the butcher, and other trades Pte. C. P. Templeton baving joined is allotted Corps No. 661 and posted to Daljit Singh, C.S.I., who has resigned Den, and has been known to ask them up 4 Platoon No. 3, Bection 10. his appointment on his acceptance of the to dinner at the Castlean invitation Pie post of Chief Minister in Kashmir that had to be explained by an querry
luter. Mr. Chamberlain has also appointed
"He used to make the Life Guards Mr. Bhupendra Nath Basu Additional Member of the Legislative Council of the lives a burden to them when acting as Governor-General, to be a Member of the escort, galloping all the way down from Council of India.
London to Windsor, only changing horses The appointment of Sahibzada Aftab once at Hounslow. The officers and men used to complain terribly of the bucket- Ahmed Khan in succession to Bir A. Aing they and their horses gosty under Baig, K.C.LE., C.RI, has previously, been: announced There will therefore, now be three Indian Members of the Council of India instead of two as bere tofore,
About the latter his Majesty stood very little, and once when asked which horses he would run at Ascot said: Send the whole fleet; some of them must
WID."
mon
The step announbed above constitutes. Directly we Eton boys caught sight of e notable advanbe in the reforms initiated the Royal carriage we used to set off by Lord Marley for more closely associat running and get hold of the old King's ing Indians in the work of administrative hand, shouting: Send down and get na control and direction. Nearly 10 years a whole holiday, your Majesty, and he
Get away have passed since he made the first two would call out:
you boys, get escort
Mind you don't appointments of Indians to the Secretary away, and to the of State's Council, Lord Crewe, bis run over those boys. Sometimes we had successor, in a Bill rejected (on other-In my day a lot of drinking went on
holiday. grounds) by the House of Lords shortly Mat before the outbreak of war, was pre-among the elder boys, and it was a con- thing for some of them to run up a pared to make the appointment of two bill of £30 or £40 at the Christopher at Indians a statutory obligation. Mr Eton, leaving their unfortunate relations Chamberlain hax now increased to pay for it. number to three, and as the statutory Tempora mutantur, and certainly as minimum membership is 10 this may be far as Public Schools were concerned re enid to raise the Indian element, to form was badly needed, though I think, nearly one-third of the ordinary working on the other hand, the boys to-day are too strength of the Council. This was the much coddled and looked after, and have proportion asked for by a deputation from not the stamina of my contemporaries, India on India Council reform, which "On leaving Eton in 1836 I received a included one of the new Members Mr. cornetey in the 13th Light Dragoons, now
the 13th HussarK. Bhupendra Nath Bami
A E. Cherry having joined is allot ted Corps No. 662 and posted to Co. B," Platoon No. 1, Section 10.“
(8d.) C. CHAMPKIN, Capt., Adjutant, HK.V.R. Hongkong, 10th August, 1917. HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
BAND PRACTICES AT § P.M.
Tuesday, August 14th Thursday, August 10th Wednesday, August 22nd, and Tuesday, August 28th.
The Band will play at North Point vn Saturday, the 1st September prox, st 9 p.m.
ORCHESTRA PRACTICES AT 6 P.M.
CORPS.
Company average
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4. PARADES
Monday, 13th instant:
6.10 p.m. Centro Section MA. Co., drill at Kowloon Dock, Hongkong residents procced by launch from Statue Wharf, at 1.30 p.in, 5.30 p.m. Artillery Battery at Bel-
chers Battery,
5.30 p.m. Right Section M.G. Co and Scouts, Company at Headquartors under uni Commanders. Tests of Elementary Training.
5.30 pm. Mounted Section at Fockey
Club Stables.
5.30 p.m. Recruits of all unita pa Murray Parade Ground under Corps trimes, Edgcumbe and Edmonds, and Lee.-Corpl. Muado. Tuesday, 14th instant!
7.10 am. Scouts Company M.G.
Detachment at Headquarters, 7.30 am. Belchers 8" Seotion a Bel-
chers Battery,
6.30 p.m. Artillery Battery (Range Takers only) at Belchors Battery. 5.30 p.m. Stretcher Bourer Section at
Headquarters.
5.46 p.m. Signalling Section: “A*
and B closses at Happy Valley.. Wednesday, 15th instant:-
5.15 p.m. Right Section M.G, Co. and Beouts Company (including M. Gun Detachment) at Murray Pier and proceed by launch to Kowloon. Tests of Elementary Training (S.T.. Nos. 1 and 3).
Thursday, 16th instant:-
7.10a.m. Beouts Company†M.C,
Detachment at Headquarters. 7.30 p.m. Belchers & Section Layers'
class only) at. Belchers Battery. 6.30 p.m. Artillery Battery (Layern and Betters only) at Belchers Bat- tory.
4
3.30 p.m. Mounted Section at Jockey
Club Stables.
Friday, 17th instant-
7.30 am. Belchers 6 Section (Range Takers class and Gun Number as Detailed only) nt. Belchers Battery. 30 p.m. Artillery Battery (Gun Numbers other than specialists) at Belchers Battery.
5.30 p.m. Right Section M.G. Co. at Headquarters under unit Com- mander. Teste of Elementary Training
5.30 p.m. Recruits of all units on Murray Parade Ground under Corpla. Grimes, Edgcumbe and Edmonds and Lce. Corp. Meads. 5.30 p.m. Signalling Section: "B"
class at R. A. Theatro, ale N Saturday, 18th instant-
7:10 .m. Scouts Company (men de
tailed by Sergt. Major Ramany) t Headquarters, Musketry instruc tion.
4.30 p.m. Special Parade at Hend- quarters for members of the Corps (Infantry) unable to attend drills ordered on 18th, 15th, and 17th in- stant. One N.C.O. from each unit sending men will attend,
6. DETAIL
Monday, August 13th Monday, August with, and Monday, August 27th. SED ANNIVERSARY OF THE MACAO VOLUNTZER The attention of members is called to an
Invitation on the Notice Board in On duty 21st inat:Ecouts Co. the Hall of the Police Reserve Head-On duty 2nd inst: Scouts Co, quarters Club to nitend certain On duty 23rd festivities at Macao on the 25th Company In connection with the above there will and Civil Service Co.
August, instant,
* On duty 24th inst. Left See. M.G. Co.
be a meeting of Unit Commanders On duty 25th inst. Ceutre Section M.G.
Headquarters Club on Monday next, the 13th instant, at 5.45 p.m. Orderly Officer from 19th to 26th inst. - Uniform optionalis
Lieut. Danby
On duty 10th inst.: Left Section M.G,
Co. and Civil Service Co
Company. ||On duty 20th inst. · Centro Section M. 0.
Bgd.) T. F. Hough A. S. P. (R.). Hongkong, August 10th, 1917.
Company
Right Section M.
GN STEWART, Capt.,
Adjutant H.K.V. Corps, Hongkong, 10th August, 1917.