THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD, IVEL.
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED.
Regular Salling to
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON
Via Suez or Panama Canals at Owners' Option.
LLOYD TRIESTINO.
TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILIS OF LADING FOR LEVANT, BLACK SEA & DANUBE PORTA
FIUME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo in niso accepted for this port en through Billa of Lading.
»
"FOR BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE
& COLOMBO. sailing on or about 13th June ...sailing on or about 18th June walling on er about 20th June.
5.6.
via SINGAPORE, ́INNSBRUCK ”..... "AQUILEIA"
PENANG
FOR
SHANGHAL
* NIPPON",
" CILICIA "
niting on or about 28th June, Passengen Luggage can be igrared at the Offon of the Agents.
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.
41
Regular Passenger and Cargo Service ta
SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS from CALCUTTA & COLOMEO, Through Bills of Lading issued from Hongkong.
For Freight or Passage on any of the abora Lines apply to:-
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,
Agents.
N. Y. K.
NIPPON YUSEN
KAISHA
SAILINGS FEOX KONGKONG STRINGI 20 ALFTILITICE.
SCOTTISH, LETTER, AT THE COAL WAR FRONT. SOUP KITCHENS FOR COLLIERS. [PROMO BWM CORRESPONDENT. }
The
OUR WAR HEROES. MORE THAN 800,000 IDENTIFIED GRAVER
~Of the graves in which the British Em- pire's heroes of the war lie on the vari- Qua battle-folds no fewer than 17,000 ave been definitely identified, located, and registered, aut of death casualties This state- Pproximating a million. ment was made by Sir Fabian Ware st War Grates Commission. He added that the last monthly meeting of the Emperial
tions would be eventually made to this it was anticipated that substantial addi- number, as registration in the United Kingdom and some other areas was still far from complete,
То
INDO CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION SHANGHAI via SWATOW., HOPSANGF3rd Jano,-Noon. YUENSANGEL 3rd Jane..3 pm.
Tros. Zab June, 10 am. Tues. 7th June, Wed
B
MANILA KORE BANGKOK via SWATOW
LEESANG SANDAKAN
HINSANG*** HAIPHONG Tin EÖIHOW.MA PAKGANGS SHANGHAI & TERITAU VIR SVATOW "TUNGSHING" ..Wod, STRAITE & VALUUTTA........ "KWAISANG "...Taura, 9th Jano, S p.m. TIENTSIN...
*****FOOKSANG.Bah 4th June. p.m.
In London, Sir Fabian 'mentioned that 420,000 new cards had been made during the financial year, correcting pro Flous information and embodying fresh information, and 70,000 new registrations had been notified to the next-of-kin. The SHANGHAI letters sent out in answer to inquities numbered 134,000
FRANCE AND BELGIUM.
Noon.
8th June. 9.m 8th June..
No
Dilight.
OHIPSHING"...Fr 10th Jane,
LINE-This Line alfords rogalar sailings to Caloutta. Paning and Singapore; returning from. Calo za stan is promsl við Straits and Hongkong to Japan, ocesalonally calling at Shanghai. All steamers bare ergallons pinger nocommolation, re Sitted with Electric Light and Fans and carry a fully-qualifled · Surgeon.
LINE:-Sailing approximately every five days between Canton and Shanghai sometimes calling at Srow Through tickets can be obtained and through Bill of Lading are issued to all Northern and Yangtza Ports via Shanghal
passenger accommodation, sailings from both ports avery Friday, LINE-Sailing approximately weekly for passengers and carg
calling! Bolhow when inducement offers.
A
steamer having
LINE:-One siling per ments between Hongkar and Bindakan by
up-to-date accommodation for passengers. Carge aken on through Bills of Lading for Kuadet, Jesselton Labuse, Tawac and Labad Data. LINE:-A regskr service is run from March to November between Hongkong and Tientsin, calling at Weihaiwei and Chefoo LINE-A weakly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok, vin Swatow, by four steamers fitted with up-to-date passenger accommodation.;
EDINBURGH, April 20th. The other day I received a letter from young officer of the Seaforths, at the top of which were the wards: At the From Somewhere in Scotland" ·This, heading was a little jest, but it was barbed with truth. At the present mo ment some of the principal coalfields
of Bootland are in military occupation; that last resource of law and order. assertion of the Labour Farty that the Government provoked disorder by taking these military precautions not only give some iden of the work of the CALOUTTA falso but absurd. The troops were not despatched to any colliery until the wild er type, of miners had broken out of bounds and started upon the suicidal Policy of ruining the mines by coding noment the soldiers appeared on the scout the rioting and looting stopped The Communists and Sinn Feiners, of course, were not at all pleased at this turn of affairs.
As to the work of construction, he MANILA | LINE:—A weekly service is maintained with Hantla by veitels with good With bayonets at the pitheads, they discovered that peaceful aid that there would be roughly 1,200 picketing, as it is politely called, could cemeteries in France and Belgium large HAIPHONG no longer be indulged in, nor hostile moor treatment, as well as a very large num
enough to require definite architectural BORNE make inroads on the engine-houses and overbear the volunteers and loyal worker of other cemeteries, communal como- men at the pumps. The left wing mesterles, and church-yards, where British therefore, had to change their tactics. 30, so that the total number of cemeterica
are buried in groups alle sa than 40 or TIENTJIN They could not use force; but they utter will be something like 3,600. ed threats both loud and deep against the safety men." The fact that the same threat was used in every mining locality in Scotland-to loot and then burn down the houses of the men work ing at the pumpa-suggests that this common policy of terrorism emanates from a single source, the
Red Bol. shevista or the "Green" Sinn Feiners.
A remarkable fact is that many, if not the majority, of the strikers are siready feeling the pinch of poverty. From the start of the war until now they have been in the receipt of high wages, but ther speat their money as quickly as they earned it, a sum of £2 per week was thought a moderate amount of pocket- money weekly. A few of the miners are, still able to spend in the old lavish fashion, and a few are happy in some thing laid past for a rainy day after the lapse of only three weeks' idle- ness, the great mass of the colliers already see wast staring them in the face This may seem an exaggeration; it is not so. It comes from the mouths of the Trade Unions oficials. Take a few illustrations The
Lanarkshire -Miners' Union have been forced to start. scheme of communal feeding, which to take the place
Of the 1,200 large cemeteries, 141 were now under contract or tender, three were completal, 17 were actually under con struction, and three more were practic ally completed. The designs for another 30 cemeteries were well forward, making 170 cemeteries in all, representing 150,000 graves out of the 500,000 in these coun tries.
The
In addition, another 150 small ceme- terios were being constructed by the Com contracts had already been placed for mission's own work department.. the large cross to be erected in all of them, and 20 of these crosses had already been put up.
:
During the past year, 120.000 headstones for France and Belgium had been under construction in the United Kingom, the contracts having been distributed all over the country to 71 different firms, while 10,000 had been despatched to France and Belgium, and were erected, or in course of erection. With regard to the horticul
ural work, 500 cemeteries had been planted with trees, bulbs, flowers, and grass, and another 1,000 had been tidied.
in Italy nino cemeteries had been com- pleted, and four of the remainder were were ten cemetries, 9,300
THE UNKNOWN (MISSING.-
works out at 28 per day are going to under contract, while 2,400 - headstones
of strike allowance.
SEATTLE & VICTORIA or VANCOUVER șia Manila, Krelung, show," said one of the Fred Lunarkshire
Shanghai & Japan ports
Cargo to Overland Potrita UB. la connection with Great Northern Northern Fisko and Chiosgs, Milwaukee & Et. Paul Railwoya, KATORI MARU KASHIMA MABU. (omitting Manila) JUWA MARU
29th July, at-17 KM. 23rd Augs at 11 am.
LONDON & ANTWERP vis Singapore, Penang. Colombo, Sue, shall be put in force at once. The son
PL
-FUSHIMI-KABU......
Fiday. Tuesday, Friday, Toonday,
17th June, at 11 am.
18th July, at 11 am,
Port Said and Marseilles.
ATSUTA MABU...
Friday,
-
SHIDZUOKA MARU{...
ALF
Friday,
KAGA MAKU. -...
YOKOHAMA HARUF
Friday Friday:
HAMBURG, MARSEILLES, LONDON &
LIVERPOOL & MABSEILLES vis Bues.
10th June, all am 24th Jane, at 11 am Anh Tuy và 11 B2. 2nd July, a ll'ami BOTTERDAM
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY via Manila, famboanga, Thursda
Island, Townsville & Bribane,
TANGO MARU
H
NIKKO MARU •
AKI MARU
NEW YORK VIA PANAMA.
TOBA MARU
BAKODATE HARU
Tuesday
Tuesday,
Toe ist,
-alai Jano, si 11 mar 19th July, 13 11 16.20. 18th Aug aflf m
Friday, 24th June.
End of July.
19th June.
10th June.
SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via CAPB,
AWA MARU
Sunday, BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Bingapore,
Friday TATSUNO MARU
CALOUTTA & BANGOON via Singapore & Penang.
HALACCA MABU
JAPAN PORTS-Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama.
140
17th Jane, sù {} am
Monday, 6th Jane.
Friday,
M
Saturday, Monday Monday, Tuesday,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
NIKKO MARU
TURUGA MARU
!. TOTOMI MABU ...
YOKOHAMA HARU
"RANGOON MABU
4th June, 6th Junio. 13th Jane, at 11 am 14th June.
For further informations apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Telephona Hor 291 & 203.
2B, YASUDA, Manager.
YAMASHITASEN KAISHA.
(THE YAMASHITA S.S. Co. LTD.)
REGULAR FREIGHT & PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN
KEELING HONGKONG & HAIPHONG
Sailing from Hongkong,
FOR HAIPHONG via Pakhol
* 88 “HGZUT MARU” ....
on or about 7th June
FOR KEELUNG via Swatow & Amoy.
88 TAIKWA MARU”.
Branch Offion
or about 7th Jizoo.
For further particulare, nless apply to
MAKOBAYASHI,
Top Floor, King Baki
Tal No. 140.4:
No. 87, Bonham Strand, West,
Tel No. 155.
Another
designed and out to tender, while in Galli Pali there were 35 cemetries, containing about 16,000 graves. The designs were prepared and were out to tender for all these. In this area thers were also 90,000 missing, with no known graves, and the method of commentorating these, was under consideraticu.
BANGKOK
CIAL OUTTA
LINE.
1.5. "KWAISANG" will be despatched on or about Thursday, 9th June, at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, PORT SWET- TENHAM, MADRAS and DUTCH EAST INDIES,
For Freight or Passage apply to-
TELEPKONA. No. 215.
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd,
GLEN
GENERAL MANAGERS.
AND
SHIRE
Joint Service of Steamers.
cials, that the miners of can put up a good fight on soup and bread. Surely an extraordinary con fession of astounding want of thrift and Farwight!
Then
the Stirlingshire Education Authority have had before them communications. frean moveral minors
unions demanding that the
Egypt there were nine cemeteries, clauses of the Education Act dealing with with 7.000 graves, all designed and ous feeding of necessitous school
to tender; in Palestine there were tight munication from the Cowie miners de cemeteries, with 9.000 graves, Your being clared that, unless the children were fed out to tender; while with regard to Meso- by the Education Authority a strike of Potamia, there were 37,000 casualties: there were 37,000 casualties: 11,000 graves the children would be called!
had been registered, and five cemeteries body of miners said: "We cannot fight bad bem designed. you through our children's stomachs In Holland there were four main ceme- The rejoinder might have been made: "You did not care much for the stomachstories. The necessary land had been ob- U.K.-STRAITS CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE. because their factories and workshops In Sweden there were 60 graves in scat of the children of other folk who are idletained in these, and the designs had been approved, “and were being carried out. have no coal?
The situation here reflected
tered localities, contracts having been Is certainly without precedent. We have an industry the Aegean there were 1,300 graves scat- placed for the erection of headstones. In which threatened to take the whole com- munity by the throat and hold it to tered throughout the islands, and rassom, and yet, after a few days with-scheme for the concentration out wagen, is itself reduced to the inel was under consideration. In East Africa there had been 4,000 burials, exclusive of soup kitchen relief...
of native carriera. One cemetery had PRESMASONRY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
tion.
of these
In the United Kingdom there wero 80,000 graves contained in between 9,000 and 10,000 different cemeteries, there being one to four graves in each ceme very in most cases. Twelve of these ceme tries, containing 2,400 graves, were either completed or under construction. Head- stones had also been erected in isolated cemetries,
The enormous growth of Scottish Free-been designed, and was under construc masonry within the past few your 'is refected in a series of functions which are being carried out this month in Spain and the Mediterranean in connec tion with Masonic bodies there which derive their Charters from the Scutiian Constitution. A deputation from the Supreme Royal Arch Chapter of Scotian is at present paying a visit to several Chapters, with Gibraltar as its headquar- tors A new Chapter is being conse erated at Tangier and a visitation and inspection are being made of the Scat charming wife, the Queen Mistress of the tim Chapter at Ferrol, the deputation Robes, will receive the homage of the returning from Carunna, towards the end guests at Holyrood Palace. The Duke, of the month. The deputation is head at the age of 29, is the largest private. ed by the Right Hon. the Earl of Cassilis, landowner in Europe, his Sutherland Firat Grand Frincipal. An opportunity estate alone covering over a million ia also being taken to constitute a Pro acres. During the war, he served in Tiscia Grand Chapter of the Royal Soveral capacities, including the com | order of Scotland at Gibraltar. This is mand of gunboat folillas in Egypt and the first time that either of these Mainio the Adriatic. The Duke's properties in- bodies has go out of Scotland for the cinde Ben Wyvis, but, sccording to tradi purpose of inspection and visitation. tion, his claim to the mountain lapses if The arrangements for their reception are ever, the snow disappears from its sum- in the hands of General Maclachlan, for mit. The story runs that several gene merly of the Cameron Highlander, arations ago this nearly happened, and well-known Boottish Freemason who is faithful retainers climbed to the summit at present stationed at Gibraltar. and spread out rugs to keep the sun
from the last patches of snow. |`PWRBONALIA. Ne down
OBITUARY,
Bir Alfred Tristram Lawrence, the new
Richard Alexander Oswald, of Auchen- Lord Chief Justice of England, was a habitué of Nairn Golf Links 30 year cruive, Ayrshire, a prominent Scottish ago. I recall him there in association sportetan, 80. In conjunction with Lord with Sir Tobort. Finlay (now Lord Rosebery, he was largely instrumental in Finlay), and believe it was friendship securing the restoration of the Auld with his colleague they were both then Brig o Ayr. A member of the Jockey" Jeaders at the Bar-that drew him to the Club, bis most notable, success on the Northern Links.
turf was the win of Scintillant in the Cesarewitch about a quarter of a century ago. For some time he was Master of the Eglinton Foxhounds.
A Watsonian Club has been formed in Glasgow, the old boys of the Big Bool turning out in large numbers. Its first President is Mr. Jack Paterson, a not William Strang, R.A., 62. He began able golfer and an all-round sport. I life se clerk in the office of shipbuilders don't know how many trophies ko bas on the Clyde, but while his duty was to won on the links, but he has dons, the cheek and copy invoices his pleasure was St. Andrew's Championship Course in 73, to sketch Dumbarton Castle out of the and the seventh hole at Musselburgh in office window It was said of him that one. As a long-distance runner Mr when he should have been concerning Paterson has a splendid, record. Ho held himself about 3-inch lead pipes he was the Scottish cross-country championship drawing squirrels Although it wÂN UN for three seasons was the Boottish half, an etcher that he gained fame, he was mile record holder 1900-1005; won the also distinguished as a portrait painter. Irish and Beottish Championships at half, Lady Annie Campbell Macleod Wilson, ase, and four miles, and was also the ten 'wife of Bir James Wilson, K.0.8.LA miles Scottish champion.
Sir William James Gardiner Baird, Bart, of Baughton Hall, Mid-Lothian, for many years Colonel of the Lothians and Border Yeomanry, 67,
The duties of the Lord High Commis sioner to this year's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland fall to the Duke of Batherland, who, with his John Catheart Wason, Coalition (Continued at foot of neat column) | Liberal M.P., for Orkney and Shetland.
Vered
6.8 "GLÉNAVY"
Vessel
88. "GLENOGLE”. SS. GLENGYLE"
OUTWARDS.
HOMEWARDS, Leaves Hongkong-
17th June
Die Hongkong
10th June.
Discharges
LONDON, ROTTERDAM & HA
2nd July Gasol, London & HULL
Movements are subject to change without notice. For freight or farther particulars please apply to -
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. The Glen Line, Ltd.,
Tel. No. 1 rb,/5 or 23 and 2826,
Cable Address
Kawakises, Kabe
Bentley's A.B.0, 5th Bi
and Scott's Codes
KAWASAKI
KISEN
AGENTS.
Telephons Bannemle 3344, 3933.
KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP CO}
CAPITAL PAID-UP
KAISHA
720,000,000
President: Mr. Y. Kawasaxe, Vice-President: Mr. K. MaravKATA. Managing Director: Mr. MASAYA Aün.
The Company has on hand a Targs Number of
NEW
CARGO STEAMERS
ALWAYS READY FOR
CHARTERS of all descriptions.
The following are comprised in the Company's Fleet com
Eleven steamers of 9,100 tons sach deadweight And under the Company's Management- Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight each
two steamers of about 6,400 tons deadweight back. (Bakaging to the Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd)
For Charter Rates and all other particulars apply to the
KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA
No. 8, BUND, Koza