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Great Holiday Programme.
NY EUROPEAN, Non-Arato or Indiian leave the Colony, should
apply in person
He
required to prodnos tion papers.
identifie All persons with certain exceptions who ony for more than 7 days
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EEKLY FRE95, JÄRVART UNI UNE
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VEGETABLE AND BLOWER SEEDS.
CROP of 1917 having been just collected, orders
application.
TEUR MAY
JANUARY 3RD 1918
SERVICES ENTERTAIN.
MENT FUND.
The Rev. Cooper-Hunt C.F Treasurer of the above Fund, gretefully acknowledge the following subscriptions. and rubmits a statement of accounts for the period 18th December 19177 to Sist December, 1917
Donnelly & White
H. W. Lookers
Amerion,
RM Dyer
10.00 10:00 10.00 25.00
D. MooDonald
10.00
Er Telegraph
European Staff HT. Jackman G. E. Blewart,
20.00 $10,000
30.00
5.00
6.00
10.00
7.00
5.00
Ken
0.0 Harrison
Thorne
Mr Swaine. G Piercy
the
representing France and England-were incomi munication with the leaders of both comp batante, that they worked hard together for the cessation of hostilities and thus saved Chhau An from destruction, this matter they acted with the condur. renco of the Chhau An- Chamber of Com- merce. The Northemers expressed their willingness to depart on the following conditions---(1) An armistice of twenty- four hours, (2) twenty thousand dollars, (3) five hundred coolien for burden bearers, (4) the Southerners to keep the truco (5) General Mok to be allowed an go with the Northerners The Souther hers were not inclined to listen to these tezme. They demanded the surrender of
oll arms and the surrender of General Mox
They agreed, however, to submit
the proposals to their respective Com- mandera for final decision.
The South-
$3.00
For H. B. L Dowbiggin from
members of Hongkong Club § 300.00 Fer Miss Denison :
R. Sutherland Nov./Dec., * 10.00; 8. J. Chinchen, Nov/Dec.
D. K. Blair, Nov/Dec
H. Hancock
HE. Campbell
Grant-Smith
TRADE REVIEW
HONGKONG.
SILK
Messrs. Reins & Co. report No parti caler signs characterised the operfing of the year 1917. A moderate demand for Europe and America continued through out the first quarter, business being only temporarily stopped in, the third week
KORG MACISTRACY UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A
BUFFALO HORN.
A Chinese was charged with boing in holawiulipliset sivu, of a buffalo boạn, reasonably suspected to hav from a house, in Dey day night.
Defendantsuki he picked up the forn from the steander on which he was work-
Mr J. R. Wood fed defendant 85 with the alternative of seven #ays hard labour
of January by - Ching. New Year, and, at the beginning of the next month, by ing the entry of America into the present War, when all consuming centres worked cautionsly for some time in order to as certain whether this new adventure would have any material effect upon the various all marketa..
During the end of February and the following month a steady business was done, primarily for Amarica in coarse sizes and for Europe in fue and medium counts, prices marking a gradual firm- ness. The activity continued during the remainder of old Season values being well maintained:
At the end of April, supplies of old silk were totally exhausted, and numerous contracts in new silk had already been
A FRIEND IN NEED.
Two Chinese were charged with fight- ing in the public road on New Year's + Day.
**It was stated that one of the defend- auts paid a visit to the other for tho purpose of borrowing some money to pay off debts. The other defendant refused to give him the money and an altercatier ensued.
Both decedanta were ejected! from the shop where the dispute took place, and resumed their quarrel in the road. This resulted in their arrest.
Mr. Dyer Ball fined each defendant 93.
The campaign 1917/1818 began on the and bound them over to be of good 1st May At the beginning the demand behaviour:
fret three crops did not come up to anti-PUSSESSION OF HOUSEBREAKING
IMPLEMENTS. cipations,, and, in spite of the small de.
10.00
10.00
E. Davidson, Nov./Dec.
10,00
(D. K. Cobb, Nov./Dec.
A 6:00
00. Moro
A Ritchie
BG Herbert, Nov./Dec. * ~8,00 A E. Crapnell
6.00 $10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00
closed.
HA. Nisbet
$5.00
RE. Sedgwick
5.00
C.D.W_____
10,00
D. M. Roes
10,00
fell off, and prices were irregular. The
HW Bird
10,00
G. 3. Archbutt
10,00
A Forbe
5.00
JH. Brister
15.00
13.00
3.00
10.00 8:00
3.00
5,00
trade.
5.00
10.00
$5.00
Asiatic Petroleu
N.LWW.HB., CM. B., E. B., HFB FI JR. and C.B
J. R L.A.0.
Total
Balance in hand on 17th
Doo, 1917 M
28,00
2664.00
149,06
8613.06
JC Nixon L. N. Loofe FA. Wells P. S. Cassidy CH. Blason MM Mans
AM Williams.
| J. Bentley
ern General was in the neighbourhood of Swatow, whither the penee makers went. It is not quite clear what hap- pened, but the truce was broken. Fight- ing began on both sides," and the North, orners, realising their peribus position, made a, desperate effort by which they succeeded in pushing back the Southern acidicrs.
Then, seizing their opper tunity they eluded the vigilatice of the Southerners and evacuated the city, ing the night, carrying away with them most of the effects. On recovering, the Southerners renewed their assault on the city, only to find that the Northernere had already escaped. They pureund them in the direction of the Cantre. Northern border and cœulo in touch with their rearguarda, surrounding a com pany and severely mauling them. General Mok was said, to be in this com pany, but no one vema to know juny, thing definite as to his fate. The retreat was somewhat disorder and many of the soldiers are said to have molested the inhabitants. The successful leader AMY the Southern troops, General Shìm, has appointed his first officer, Col. Liu, the post in Swetow from which General
Mok⠀⠀⠀ has been ousted. The new Brigadier General at once set about put- ting his house in order. As soon as he entered Swatow he took immediate steps to see to the protection of foreigners in the port, and has already paid his respects to the various Consuls
Total Expenditure from 18th
Doc. 1917, to 31st Dec
Balance in hand
Monthly subscription. -Donation.
$748.20
$64,28
mand dealers wore thus able to main- A Chinese pleaded guilty to being tain values. Many flatures were forced found at night in Naina Bond Kow- to close through lack of cocoons, Adloop, without any lawful excuse and vanced homeward freights slightly checked having in his possession implements for
the purpose of house-breaking.
Amerion actively entered the market
It was stated that defendant was found during July/August, and prices rosn|by a detective in Nashan Road under rapidly. A simultaneous rise was wit- suspicious circumstances On being nessed in Yokohama
searched at the Police Station & pair of pliers was found concealed in his boots, and also a quantity of pick-leaky,
Throughout this period, a moderate business continued for Europe
Mad speculation in Yokohama, coupled with the existing activo demand in Canton, caused an enormous advance in valuce, until prices reached a level which was considered too dangerous, and further huying ceased automatically,
N
} Absence at demand towards the end of
August and during the following month an advancing exenatge during September wnca silver reached its maximum mark at bod caused our market to wesken considerably, a position from which it has not recovered up to date,
A previous conviction for le reeng being
provedy Mr. J. R. Wood sentenced des fendant to six months' hard labour and four hours stocki
THEFT OF A GOLD BANGLE.
A Chinese was charged with stealing a gold bangle from a goldsmith's shop in Queen's Road Central.
was found ocealed in his right shoc
Dəfərdant – su sfed that the bangle
It was stated that the defendant walked the last quarter or 1817 proved up into the shop Tuesday and began ROBBERIES NEAR THE were faced with heavy and expensive busy making some gold bangles. Defend
ovatiul--- Manufacturers in America conversing with the goldsmith, who was, CANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY who had anticipated a rushing ant loft a few minutes later, and it was stocks, lots of orders were cancelled, and.
A Correspondent writes:
Kindly business for the fall, found themselves discovered that a bangle was missing. ontirely overbought, as they could nos find The delendars warrested and the bangle allow me space in your esteemed journal the outlets looked for, this unhealthy again to draw the attention of the off situation still exists at the close, and no improvements can as yet be signalled cials at Canton to the daring robberies
from that centre which have been perpetrated in Chin Kai Market town and at the Tong tanha Railway Station, some 20 odd miles beyond the border of the New Territories, I am glad to say that my previons complaint, which appeared in your valu able columns on December 17th, was ca The Fabrics pith the warung racially closely allied
To Koon Magistrate and kakka pop the
personally and their politi leading about
against same. sympathies are much
The the robbers
The force will probably help the Cantonese soldiers & travelled by special night traina When the fighting at Swalow who an to Tong-tan-ha Hailway Station, and
I hear it reported that the Cantonese troops are not content with turning the Northern troops, out of Kwangtung pro- vince, and that they have already set out for the Jubkion province. As far as we chance of
can learn they have course followed how days later by tho
Success
cre
Now!
ent
soldiers
Stronghold,
During this period, a moderate demand might have dropped into his ghoe. Ho from Europe prevented prices free top-| had no idea it was there. pling down altogether,
The end of the year is marked by fur- ther restrictions in shipping facilities to Marseilles. This may influence prices on our market, should America, abstain from buying for any length of time. The appended figures speak for themselves
Highest prices or various grades during 1917.
its height and the probability was that thence marched to the robbers village. Extre the Bouthernors should win, a
Japane
which
they attacked at daybresk on the in the harbour in 21st instant Unfortun
nfortunately
to
ska
the robber Test the interests of sonichow gained advance information of and, I imagine those of the other what was about to happen and made ignars resident there. A company of good their escape
It is a great bluejackets came ashore and were posted that when the Magistrate discovered this great pity
of
|1-200 1,950 1.530 1.380 1.230
,260 2,15+ 1,100 1,010 24-15 2009801,010 1,100 1,010,000 30 200
Orps
5,000 10,000 1,000 1,000 7,000 1,000 3,000) 18,00K
EXPORT FIGURES.
May Dyer Ball sentenced defendant tur two months hard labour,
POLICE RESERVIST ARRESTS A PICKPOCKET
A. youthful Chinese waarge ith picking the pocket. of another Chinese in. Peltinger Street
A Police Reserve,consho effected: defendaut's arrest, said that while be was. walking along Pattinger troet he saw somplainant being followed by defendant; and another man. His suspicion being. aroused, he walked behind the tria..
at the Taiwan Bank. It is not supposed he did not take any further steps to track that they will remain for any length of them down or to effect the release 191700,000 4,000 12,000 7,500 12:00 2,500-48,000 Complainant stopped at a photographic time, We believe that General Liu has their twelve captives, but returned to sufficient forces at his command to krep his headquarters the samo day. I have order in the whole region now under his been informed that the rubbers are bid- command.
ing in the adjacent villages If the the various counties
& good Magistrate Were to
leave
a couple of deal of clan feude. We have never before hundred soldiers behind for a time = prob- known of the martial temper reech to ably they would be able to effect the 21- such a height In some villagea the rest of some of the robbers, and in that elders have the greatest difficulty in conway nstertain the whereabouts of the trolling the hot bloods among them, and persons kidnapped. The soldiers have it is to be hoped that Mr. Liu will take arrested a few of the robbers in another in hand immediately the pacification; of
it these disturbers" of the
will be able to
spiouous weakness in his predecessor & the informat
Afcon is thou so it is to be hoped that, a
peacu
administration was that he would not
Highway
I are being committed
or could not, take these matters up, 93 nearly every day. On the 23rd and 29th that his successor is left, with a host of of December robberies fook place în n thorny problems to ustalar
village near the Tong-tau-hs Railway Station animale were
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
ORDERS 181UED BY ME, F C JENKIN, D.8.P.
(RESERVE
MUSKETKY —— PART 1.a
The fring ordered for Sunday, Jan
13th when men detailed in Orders of December 28/99 will attend Nos. 3 and 4 Platoons will attend in mufti at Headquarters Club on the following dates
Monday, Jan. 7th-No. 3 Platoon Friday, Jan. 11th-No. 4 Platoon.**
PARADES CENTRAL 5.30 PM
solicited for Autumn or early Spring sowing
List will be mated free on Friday, Jan 46 All meruila, Monday, Jan. 7th-All oruit Tuesday, Jan. 6th-No Platoon
NO 2 Bection (at Water Police Station) Wednesday, Jan. 9th-No 3 Company
end Ambulance Platoon, under Sgt *** Major Boylance. ---- Thursday, Jan 10th-No1 Bection
By Order TER WTF Hauan, A.B.P. and Adjutang
Hongkong, 2nd January 1918
THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY
Co., Lt
PO Box 72,
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.
[WA]
To Europe
Year 1917
1918
Difference
To America
Year 1917.
1910
"
20,815, Balea 20,048
3,230 Bales 19.065
Difference... $785
Waste Sik
A good demand existed during the Toon both for Europe and America.
It is hoped that the Tanz
dung Koon Magistrate will try his almost to rid the district of these marauders withont delay, so that the peaceful inhabitanta may live in security and trade resume its normal course. Otherwise, during Chinees New Year the robbers, doubt will become more active
the no
CANTON LOCAL RED CROSS WORKERS.
The Canton Local Red Cross Workers dispatched a case containing the follow- ing hospital supplies to Bolomi Gordon
Dec
Hill RAM G. Cairo, on 1917–9 dy traps, 24 tias ting smoking mixtur 5 dos abdominal Also bandages, 58 T. bandage, 3 wash clotha 14 oz handkerei 12 triangular 18-surgical mask 1 eye-bandages, 31 bandages, 12 word code, 18 ward towels, pillow cases 12 ahmuds, 10 surgical caps, $5 pairs cocks, 3 pairs socks, 2 paira sur gical stockings, 1 pair mittens 24 shirts: 3 pairs pylatuss, 14 surgical costs, 14 bed rinkets, 10 mora, 1 suit of clothes 0
pairs of boot, and shock,
То Енгоре. Year 1917 17,200 Bales 1916... 4,473
Differencerans
2,823
Year 1017
196
3,383 Bates.
Difference. All
Jio Japan
Year 1917
€1,503 Bila-
To: Europe.
Year 1917
6,099
Dillerence.. 1600
Year 1917
3Difference!
601
16 Bates:
chop to gazó at the show cats, and、des, fendant and his accomplice took up a position on other side of him, Defend-. and bad just succeeded in extracting: a purse, containing $109 from complain.. But a pocket when witnesa ran up and; arrested him. The other man escaped,
Inspector Browne said that such carss were becoming a common occurrence, especially amongst Chinese youths, and he thought stringent penishment might prove a deterrent
Mr Dyer Ball sentooed defendant to three months hard labour and four hours stocks.
CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR
Two Japanese pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, the scoond defend- ent also pleading guilty to the unlawfuł possession of a dagger
Sergeant MoWalter stated that while he was going from No. 2 Police Station towards Fray East be heard the two defendants shouting. They were both drunk and creating a big disturbance. He ordered them to desist, but they paid no hende arrested and defendant and was taking him to the Police Station, when the other interfered and attempted a rescue. At the station, a dagger was found on the person of the second defend.
The Arst jiefendant stated that he hall bado fow drinks in celebration of the New Year. He did not intend to create a disturbance to clie
Thy second, defendant stated that, being ignorant of the laws of the Colony the carried the dagger about with him. This was plowed in Japan. He did not inter- fare wit
the arrest of the other defend- ant, but
followed him to the station. Wood fined both defendants for disorderly conduct, and