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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 1919.
MOUTRIE'S
PIANOS
ΤΟ
HIRE
FROM
$10
Per MONTH:
TUINNG AND REGULAR ATTENTION.
Made
INCLUSIVE.
SCHEDULE OF CURRENT RETAIL Cocuanuts- Yeh Tee
MARKET PRODUCE IN HONGKONG.
"Chestnuts, A'hinese-Fog Lut... b.
Carmubola÷ Young Tue
le
PRICES.
August 5th, 1910 ·
DETCHER.ALENT,
Lemons, China-Ning Moong .... Lemons, America Kam Sun
Ning Moong Lichees Dried--Lai Chi, Smail
each le
11.
{'t.
Pod Sirlair
Mei Lung Pa
Bee Prince 'up
15. I:*
He. Corne: Ham Nguu Yuk.. Beer House, Shiy....
Beef Breast
Nu Lam
Be Soup Teag luke. Reef Steak Ngao Yuk Pa... bor Strak Sarkin Ngau Lai...... Best Sausages--gau baung. Hall's Brain Ngao No.
Nenu La........
stolley
Lichees Fresh
Times (Saigon) Sai Kung Ning.
Mdong
Mango. Manila Lai Syng Mung . 18 Alangostins -San Chuf Tse ......iloz. 16 Dringes (Canton)-San Shing
Tha Ching... Oranges Sweet
28 | Pours (American)
20
Calves Head and Feet Ngau-chai
tan kark,
per set $1,10 Mutton Chop Yeung Poi Kwat... ib. Mutte Leg-Yeung Pel... Mutton Shoulder-Yeung Shau... Murton Saddle-Yeung On Yuk... Pigs (hitlings--the Chong
..each
Pine apples, Eat quality"-Poor Ti
Paw Law
Pur-apples, gud quality--Chung-
| HONGKONG'SNEWTERRITORY
A TRIP BEYOND "KOWLOON
„A“ overexpanding writes to the Art Barly Meyer as followe
THE COLOUR BIOTS. REASONS FOR REPATRIATION. Ja ter to- T Times Sir Ralpin "Williams, who was recently in Hongking,
May 1, Who have governed and served We hindian Colonies for a long pertod years and who have for years adminis
Byen in Hongking it is highly probable), ayk that comparatively few people know much 13, of the "tract of land tying taland from Konkun, which has been taken mer by The British Government unier as agreed the Government of the grout Becau- analand Protectorate in Africa, be per mirted to say: a word as to "the present roline-rings which are likely to have a
lisastrous result!
*
www. IGLIN :1. a plac
Kam Sac
Short Day
per set Pollock's Tonguefresh - Ngau Lá each Bullock's Tongue corned-Bum
10
30
Pears (Canton), Cooking- Sa Lav Penouts Fa Sang
Persimmons Large Hung, Chie........
Bullock's How Sgan Thu....
Batles's Heart 3gnu Sum
1.
cach
Balleck's Hap. Salt- Ngan Kin..
Bullock's Feet Ngau Kark
each
tung Paw Law IC Plantain Tai Chen.......
Bullock's Kidneys-Ngau Yiu
Bullock's Tail Sqau Mei........
Rother's Liver gau Kop Bullock's Tripe (adressed) - Ngau
To
10 Plus-Swatow, Fang Lai 20 Pumelo, Siam-Chim Lo Yau 15 Pumelo, Shanghai Lo Kwat d
Walnut--Hop Tuo
..each
1.
Walnuts, Green-Saux Hop. Tuo... Water Melon, (Am) Kour San
Sai Kwa
each Water Melon, (China Sai Kwa".. Ib. Crapes Sung Po Tai Tec
27
VEGETABLES.
Ct.
1
Dgs Brains Chy Know.
per set
Pigs Pret b Kark
H.
13
Pigs Fry Che Clap
15
Pigs Head Chu Tau
18
Pigs Heart Chu Sum
..each
10
Beans (French). S'bui-Sheung
ha Pin Tau
Artichokes, Shanghai Sheung
hoi Ah Chi Chênk ...........ench Beans(French), Macao - Ob Moon
Pio Tu...
1b.
Figs Kidneys-Chu Yiu
Beans Sprout Ah hoi
Pgs Liver Chu Kure
30
SPECIAL
13
Park, Chop Chu Pai Kwat Pork. Cornet-Ham Chu Yuk
Beans Long-Tau Ko...
Bees Roos-Hung Choi Tan
Pork, Leg Chu Pei
Purk, LoinChu lau Tun.... Pork, Fat or Lard-Chu Yau
Bitter Squash --ru Kwa Brinjals,
Green-Ching Yuan
Showpe Head" and Feet--Yeung
per set
tu
1
A
D
OUR
#
ENGLISH MADE
[22-3
TENNIS SHOES
of flaest quality double white canvas or Buckskla uppers with best grade Inch red rubber soles. Every pair guaranteed
$9.50.$13.00.814.00 per pair. Cheaper grades from 6.50 per pair
ม
MACKINTOSH
& CO., LTD.,
Men's Wear Specialists,
18, DES VEUX ROAD.
Telephone 29.
1
HAPPY HIT
Teo Kark
Sherps Heart Yeung Sum...ench Sheeps hideg-brung Yiu
Sheeps Enver Young Con... Sucking Pigs, Order--Chu.
Chai
Surt, Beef Sang Ngau Yau
Surt, Mutton Sang Yeung Yau. Yeal Ngan Chai lok
Veal.
Sausages Ngau. Clu Chening, No!
Larel Chi Y........
JULETRY.
Chickens Kai Chi ...
Capons, large, small-Sin Kat...... Ducks Ap
*
Ci
Exgs, Hen (cooking). Kai Tan,per dez. Eggs, Hon-Kai tn (fresh) Fowls, Canton-Kai
Fowl, Hainan-Hoi Num Kui
Game Wild,
Yen Ngoi
Mark Beer-Wong Keng Hare, Shanghai-Tu hai
Partridge Che Khour
Pleasant Shan Kai...
11 jb.
2
Kwa Brinjals, Red Hung Ker Cabbage, Chinese, CONTA Kai
Choy.
Cabbage Red Hung Yea Choy... Cabbage, Shanghai Yeh Chey
11
Cane bouts, banrh Nan Shin.
auliflower, barge size - Tai Peh
...each Cauliflower,"median size beting
Yeh tho Fa... Cauliflower, salt size-Shi Yeh
Fo
Carrot Kam Shon
Coony, Chinese-Tong Kan Choi, Celery
Kan English--Yeutig
Choi
39 Chillies Dried-Gon Lat Chiu
38 Chillies Red-Hung Far Chip 24 Chillies Grech Ching Lat Chiu.... 20. Curry Stuff, English Kar Leo
Chu Liu 40Cucumbers Ching Kwa ...... -Garlic Que Tau
Beuch
b.
21 Ginger, young-Sun Tze Keung.....
Ginger, old-Lo Keung...
ORDERLINESS MURAT #F A13.
We left Rowan by the morning train en cute for Sheungshui, the last station in British territory of the Canton Row Railway. The first thing that attrasted the attention of one who has for some years beeh neeustomed to lines un garder Clitiese management was the order
pianger in which everything was pars rodott,
and
want with the Chinese, authorities for the purpose of affording, a better means O petection and deklice of the island 12 eutony; and ploubtless To mang in Shang-
has the existence of the strip of hinter Tons an undeniable fact that, to aldet Land is altgether unknown... Vet to the voy white man and woman who has lived who have time and opportunity to pay a te among coloured races, intimate visit to what is known as the New Terrisation between black or coloured me tury, there is before them real objeda and a hite women is a thing of borror. And Ist in the gradual consorting of yet, this coeling in ab sense springs from peve, of country, at one time wild udared between the "rices. Every one ba pencetal, as abiding has probably, many faithful friends among the coloured peojale, whom we bete ar our kindliest reinembrance. Ie does at either, E think, arise from feelings t seral superiority. The cause is far her. It is an instinctive certainty that sexual relations between women coloured men revolt our very nature. But tairiese o enfour demands that we shoul realize the position to day. Large num hers of black and coloured, men have been There was no setting mot of quoties on gathered together in the Mother Country. the platform, no rush of excited passen-Fling are here without their women, unl sers on a sild scramble for seats, no game le is not wonderful that their passive- Chinese soldiers travelling without should run high arter a long period of tickets and yet appropriating the best stinenre. These men now find white compartments
win f n certain temperament en The carriages were kept clean and in euraging, their attentions, and allowing and purus about the whole of times as wives. What blame to th and there was an atmus themselves to be taken as paramours, s phere of
On board the train coloured men if they take advantage of the arrangements, ng found ourselves in the company of a: And what blame, too, to those white few scure of British soldiers off on a day's pienie, and the pleasure of travelling with who seeing these conditions and these men, many of them well-educated athing them, resort to violence
And and highly cultured: can only The
viulepee begetting violence, these de fully s appreciated By anyone who has had the plurable scenes occur." The breaches of the misfortabe to go on a
pepci are un Res, but in truth a real and pany of a batch of ney in the com
troops with Bar-reaching trouble “is being created. Swelled heads, and uncultivated intellects. To-day, without possibility of doubt, On was also struck by the apparent every coloured newspaper in the West crainers and docility with which the nities, on the west coast of Africa, and in native travellers kept the rules and rejerty land were colour predominates, is gulations, showing that with proper and sething with journalistic indignation at patient guidance even the Chinese publicat they din to be the ill-treatment of en be made to realize that rules are not their bathren who have come over to aid -- laid down merely for the purpose of being to the war, to the lasting evil of nur Broken
guud relations. We cannot forcibly re patriate British subjects of good charac After a 90-mile journey by rail over ater, but we can provide that every black track in the construction of which, judgor coloured unit is forthwith sent back t... ing by the number of tunnels and diep town country, and we can take "me eattings, great engineering difficulties steps as will prevent the employment had been overene, we arrived at Sheung an unusually large number of ten hui station. Here we found a motor colour in our great shipping centres bus which plies between this place and the surrounding vifinges, and soon to crowd, consisting, mainly of Chinese, had
red aboard the clambered
vehicle.
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24
10
20
THE WISDOM OF ROAD BUILDING,
aad
J
werd
ciation with coloured and black races.
The evil should be ended,
REVENUES OF
GOVERNMENT.
OMSK
de giving these opinions, I know that rity of British white men and women whe am expressing the views of the vast maj
10. soon skimming along a wide well made have passed much of their lives in ave
riad. The highways in this part are cer tainly a tribute to British rule." parently the British follow the example;
Ap of the Romans, and when they take ever a new piece of country ony of the first
they do is to take in hand the con things struction of good main reals, and certain. ly the authorities have nut been slow to act in this eas
What a change from a tew years ago when this only means of communication were narrow tracks alonžside paddy fields, 10 and when the only means of conveyance
were the chair or wheelbarrow. Now- days motor buses, thotar
wagons and mishas traverse these new roads, which are constantly being paired and in proved.
Shang-bai
«pair nach
Horse Radish, S'hai Lik Kan
Indian Curn Suk Mui.....
ench
Lettuce Young Sang Chui
-par
etch
30
"Water Chesnuts-Ma Tai
Water Mandarin Kwai Lun Ma
Thi Mushrooms, Fresh Sang Cho Kuo,.. 24 Mask Meton, Amer. Kam-war
A.
5+
# .dozen
....ench ib.
Pigeons, Canton-Pak Kap
Pigrons. Hoihow-Hai How Pak
Kup
Quail--Um Chwo
Rice Birds-Wo Fa Cheuk Snipe-Sa Choy
די
Honk Kua Okroes...
each 22 Onions, Rompuy Young Chong
Tau
CIGARETTES Turkeys, Cock Phir Kni Kung ibo
Turkeys, Hea-Phor Kai Na...... Wild Decks, Slai chang-hoi..
Sur Ap Talui Ap Chai
The Real Burley_Cigarette Wild Ducks, Cantin-Sung-Shing
IT'S TOASTED.
J
Sui Ap
Barbel Ka Yu
Eau-kin Yu
FISH.
Paiton Fieth Water Fish-Roi
Sin Yu
Carp---Li Yu Catch Chik Yu
An entirely New principle in Codfish-on Ya
Crabs Hai
Cattle Fish--Mink Y:
-
50 Onious Green Sang Cheng
Onions. Shanghai
Chong Tau
Shang-hoi
Papaw, 1st quality-Ta Mare
Sau Kun
Papaw, and quality Chung Man
SA Kua
Parsley Kun h
Ib. 28 Green Peas-Ching Tan
Pointor, Sweet--Far Shu
ZA
Jb. 1.90
Potatoe, Shanghai
Shang-hoi.
20
Shy Tsai
Potatoe Japah Put Poon Shu
15
Tsai .......
Fotator, American-Pa Ki Shu
Тка
IH
Potaboe, Foochow
"Fook-chow
Cigarette Manufacture.
Lab Sa Mang Y
Shu Tsai
45
the Wong Mei Lun
13
Pumpkin-Tong Kwa
3
Fog Fish-Tit Tu Su
JC
Radish Hung Lo Pak Tuni
Es, Congor-Hoi Man
SOLE AGENTS
Eris, Fresh water-Tam Siu Yu...
Sage-Tse So
20
Fels, Yellow-Wong Sin
CO., LTD..
THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE
THE
Hotel Mansions...
Frous Tien Kai
Garoupa Bek Pan
Gndzeon-Pak Kup Yu...... Herrings Tso Pak- Halibut-Cheung Kwan Kup Labrus-Wong Falu. Louch Wu Yu
Lolsters-Lung Ha.
Mackeral---Chi Yu
وا
14 Rhubarb (Fresh), Tai Wing
46
Shallot-Gon Chong Tau
Spinach-Yin Choi
Tomatoes-Fan Ker
17 TarosWa Tau
Turnips, Punti (Long) Lo Pak... Turnips, English-Yeung Lo Pak
30 Vegetable Marrow-Chit Kwa.... Vegetable Marrow (Am)-Kam- ean Chit KwE ............
32
30
of Water Cress-Bai Yeung Choit Water Lily root- Lin Ngau
22 Yams Ta Shu
Sanitary Department,
ezse,
A STRIKING INCREASE.
The following telegram from Omsk, dated July 30th, concerning the financial position of the Omsk Government and barking institutio is in Sibering has been received by the Russian Legation at Peking-
The taxation receipts of the Ok After pleasant rngy we alighted Government Treasury during the first six near British police station, overlookeths of the present year have reached ing the branch of the Canton delta which average monthly sum of Ris. 140,000,00 separates
British from Chinese
us compared with Rs. 50,000,000 during territory and which was somewhat of the nature of the second half of last year. a fortress, for it was built on the sh
The total income of the Omsk Govern-
ait of a hill communding view of the ment during the second half of 1915 was aurrounding country and had around it Rs. 300,000,000. The income has thos barbed wire tence and contained a small nearly trebled during the first half of garrison of Indian and Chinese soldier- 1015. police in the ebarge of British sergeant,
The fizures concerning banking institu tions are still more striking. On January 1st last cash in private banks in, Siberia
UNKNOWN BUILDERS OF EMPIRE' The main work of this garrison is to guard against any raids by bad charac totalled Rs. 1,000,000 compared with ters from across the river and occasional Rs. 4.102,000,000 on July 1st Inst. The ly to round up Chinese pirates.
balance of interest bearing current a Sometimes
mea grand hunt for the latter runts in the branches of the State Back 3 takes place in conjunction with the Chinas Bis, 130,000,000 on January 1st com.
ese authorities.
pared with Ris. 435,000,000 on July 1st,
4
Like much of the work done by the while on July 1st, 1819, they totalled only guardians on the outposts of our Empire, N's. 3,000,000. The same balancos In little is heard of the exploits of the men private banks totalled Rs. 328,000,000 on
10 in these boundary police stations. Thes January lat and Rs. 414,000,000 on July
Tel. 151.
Monk Fish-Mang Yu
€87
Mullet-Chai Ya
yster-Sang Hoo
20
12
Parrotfish-Ko Kang Yu
The above prices are the average prices. 16 current.
Perch-Tan Log
20
Pik-Fa Paw Poog
Pinice Pan Yu
18:
August 8th, 1919.
Pomfret, black-Hak Chong
#2
Pomfret, white-Pak Chong
36.
Prawns Ming Ha..
AN
Ray Pai Pa Sa
ANTON BULLION RETURNS
10
Retk Fish Sek Kau Kung
16
Roach-Chun Ya...
12
Salmon-a You Y
CORONET
TO-NIGHT
o':
TO-NIGHT
at 515 & 9.15 p.m.
'THE ADOPTED SON
(in 6 parts).
THE PEST.
at 7.15 p.m.
BULL'S EYE”
"THE
Episodes 8, 9 & 10.
Booking for 9.15 p.m. at ROBINSON'S
LES
Shark Sa Yu
....
Skate Po Yu Shrimps-En Snapper-Lap Ya Sol-Tat Sa Yu Tench-Wan Yo
Turbut Che How t
Turtles, small, freshter-Kork
In
White Bail--Ngau Yu Chai
FRUITS.
Almonds-Hung Yas....
Apples (California)-Kam Ban
Ping Kho Apples (Chefoo)-To Chan Ping
Apple Small-Hoi Tong
Ho on.
year after
Per their allotted faith-1st. Deposits in the State Savings Bank
of
Janky, o building up the prestige
January
Ist Cur
Amounted to "Rls. nation, 278,000,000 and while the great British
public knows 386,000,000.
on July at to Ri. nothing of their ceaseless watch, and the reports of exploits which would delight gold were delivered to the Omsk Govern 17.200 pounds (English tray weight) of the heart of the novelist looking for
BRIGANDS OUTSIDE"
plut, are buried away an pigeon-holes atent Treasury last year and 7,200 pounds, official hearquarters."
were added up to July 1st last, being mainly local production. The first six Picking up our motor again we journey pounds of platinum,
months of this year also yielded 1,200 ed on stili keeping near the Loundary river, voning, finally to another police were imported into Siberia during the Goods to the value of Rs. 464.000,00 post guarding the Irantier, Here again first six months of 1919. compared with *DA noticeable vixilance, pos
ceaseless Rs. 537.000.000 for the whole of last year « on behalf of the exports have already nearly doubled.
the saine
loreigners in two miles away, but
mainly
for the sake of the Chinese farmora
Ris. 983,000,000 worth of 20 and 450
and traders in the immediate neighbour roubles Kerensky notes have been with hood, people who otherwise would be a drawn from circulation. The withdrawal The Chinese 'Maritime Customs at Canous Chinese officials, but who now are able money substitutes is also being activel
the mercy of
I brigands, pirates and гардей from circulation of different local paper
32 ton reports that during the second quar
B ter of the year silver bars and sycee imity. 23ported from Hongkong to Canton was our car on its
23
22
further
to go about their work in peace and secur- pursued. These measures will greatly im
Leaving the police house
we caught prove the currency situation from return
a foarket town MATE agd Were driven back to we took train and day in
of fruitful
I valleys
379,346 HL. Tla. against 16,640 Hk. Tl. Sheungshui, toon, after spending
in 1918; and silver coin. 187,134 Hk. Ta were anon in
20 against 655,082 Hk. Tis. in 1018: silver pleasant
. lb.
40
3C
Apples. Custard-Fan Lai Chi .....cach Bananas, fragrant, Canton
San Shing Heung Chiu... b. Bananas (brides), Macao-San
Heung Chiu
༤.༨༦ ༦
& land
JAPANESE GLASS,
22 coins imported from Nanning 3,233 Hk where law and justice are administered
Tls; silver bars and sycet imported from without fear or favour and where get, as uewhat anxious about the effect of the Japanese glass manufacturers have been 70 Shanghai, 214,400
Tis against fur as 4448,226 FL. Tls. in 1918; silver coins im to retain their own customs.
as possible, the Chinese are allowed possible import of glass from Anterica ported from Shanghai." 1,331 Hk. Th
und Belgium upon the prices of their As one gazed on these fertile valleys, manufactures, but are now much relieved against 5,000 H Tis in 1818; silver coins intersected by good roads, where life and to know that it will be some time before imported from Wuchow, 10,000 Hk. Tia. property are made us safe as possible, foreign imports really threaten, then... Silver bars and aycee exported from he felt proud of Britain's role as pro They are, therefore, gradually assuming a Canton. during the second quarter of the tctor und guide in the lands she takes firm attitude (says the Japan Chronicle) year to Hongkong and Macao was 28.607 Under her charge. Hk Tls against 18,350 Hk. The in 1918; villages with the stricken towns of unscharges about Y.27.30 for glass [of under Contrast these peaceful, prosperous
The Asahi Glass Company, for instance, silver coins exported from Cantón to Hongkong and Macao, 277,066 Ek Tha happy Hunan, overrun by civil war, sheets to the case] which is 1.3 to 1.5 against 142,560 Hk. Tls. in 1918; silver brigandage and robbery, and let those who higher than import prices. The market bars and aycee exported from Canton to abrick about China's sovereign rights look is expected to show a further increase as Shanghai, 8,000 silver coins exported to it that the rights of her people are bet-manufacturers are rather optimistic from Canton to Shanghai, 22.000 H. Tister guarded in future than they bave been to prospects of competition between the against 14,754 Hk. Ths, în 1018. -
in the past,
Japanese and imported goods,
.