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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15 1912
THE PRICE OF SILVER. bear a larger burden in order to It in stated that there is an in-
keep up the prices.
heront weakness in this rise of
Notices
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE,
T+
Wixx DATS.. 7.00a.m. to 8.00 a.m. Every 15 min. .8.00 a.mi. to 10:00 am. - „, 10 min. 10 min. 10.00a.m. to, 11.00a.m. 11.80 .m. to 18.45 p.w.n
10 min. 10 min. 12.45 p.m. t 1.15 p.. 1.16 p.m. t 1.45 pm. 1.45 p.m. t7 2.16 p.m. 2.15 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. 5.00 pm. to 8.10 p.m.
NIGHT CARS. 8.46 p.m. and 9.p.m., 9.45 p.m, tó 11.20 p.m. every 15 minuto
SUNDAYS.
11
F
10 min.
"
10 min.
"
10 mig.
*
10 mix.
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The Revolution, silver, for if the present price DEAK TRAMWAYS 00. THE TAIWAN An Interesting Article.
While the revolution at first should be maintained the silver The following is from the threatened to shattor all their mines that closed some time ago "N. O. Daily News" of Feb. 10: hopes of getting out of a bad owing to the fall in silver valuos It is only a week before the deal, it proved a boon to them in would open up again and thus tho end. There was, a suiden defeat the object of the specu China Now Year, and thero can
turn in the tide, and overything lators. The jan contention worth But holding as consideration, bono-more-earnest wish for the
that has happened since October- New Year than that it may be has proved favourable to them. they do more than £1,000,000 marked by the conclusion of some The revolution in China dis-worth of silver, according to the arrangement between Poking and Nanking that will load to the organized the money market, and lowest computation, it will not bo a slight increase in price lad impossible for them to manipulato amelioration of trade conditions. China to sell. But conditions values in such a manner as to
Every China Now Your is mark
scon, became so acute in the make the openings of now mines od by financial stringency, country that Chiau felt it necesa risky business proposition. whellier there are funds in the place or not, owing to the babitry to cover again, as also to of the Chinese to settle accounts, much more than she sold.
A cortain amount of Continenta). But this year there are other demand came to the fore at the factors as potent as the settling close of the year to keep up to create an extraodinary state of values, which surely was not ox- stringoncy' in the money market.
pected.
The proprietor of the "Hong: What, however, makes to posi- tion extraordinary in every sense of the term is the unusually large is the change in India. While kong Tolograph" has decided to quantity of silver in the market,the Government of India was continue during February 17.00 p.m. to 8.10 p.m. ja spito of which the stringency jubilating at the enormous rate offer of two prizon for the best is keenly felt. The local native at which gold (sovereigns) were photographs submitted to the banks and the Chinese dealers being absorbed in the country editor by amatour photographers invo been for some time past in and week after week big consign-uring the month:
ments of gold were boing sout to tho, queer position of receiving money for the produce sold with-india-there was a
Hit the most romarkable ovant
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS.
A CHANCE FOR EVERY
AMATEUR.
sudden It has been decided to widen
the beginning of the present year although the silver rekerve had been steadily diminishing in the closing months of 1911..
7.80 a..
8.00 am to 10.80 m. every 15 min, 10.80a.m. to 11.00 ..m.. 11.45.m. to 12.00 moon
10 min.
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18 min.
12.00 noon to 1.00 pm.
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1.00 p.m. to 5.00 pm.
6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. 6.00p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
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CONDI- Ingkong, 18th Jan, 1912: TIONS of the letting by. Publis
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at 3 r., at the Offices of the Publie
felt better to remove all restric-Works Department, by Order of His
tion and to
Excolenoy the Governor, of Ono Lot of CROWN LAND at May Road in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of
Crown Reat to be fixed by the Sur 76 year, with this option of renewal at a
out paying out, for while there ange, and sovereigns began to the scope of the competition. To have been some exports there has low back to the treasury in in-restrict it largely to active life in practically been no import trade creasing quantities. It is true
the Colony excludes many ama- at all. But political conditions that a good amount of the gold have rudely alikon the confidence was left for hoarding purposes, tours, who are not yet experien- essential to trade, and thus in the demand for rupees was ced in this class of work. As the spite of the fact that there is more aneling enormous. The turn whole purpose of the competition PARTICULARS and silvor in the market than there the tide was not decisive until is to stimulate interest in photo-Auction Enie, to be hold on WEDNES has ever been at this time of the your, the money market is passing through stronulins times.
The advance in silver and the
From January 1 instead of sil consequont improvement in er
Give Everyone a Chance. change, although not unexpect-ver currency reserves increasing ad, has come at a very inoppor. remaining stationary, as has Pictures of activo life, then, tuno time. It has proved to be boen the caso in the past, the de- pictures of still life, picturos vegar of His Majesty the King, for avoritable revolution, for thore cronso was markod and alarmning, recont or pictures taken months one further form of 76 years. has been an unprecedented and Between January 4 and 11 there extraordinary, advance in both was a decrease of 2.11 crores in go, pictures of life or scones in PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. silver and the rates since the silver cirrenoy reserves, and Hongkong or pictures taken in the beginning of the Now Year. since then the diminution has any part of China, picturos takon Any doubts about values drop boen, rapid. The intermittent at Home-any picturo, gonoral or bon buying of China, which had been local, may be sent along if it ping aguia hays dispelled, for oven should silver seller for nearly the whole of drop, it would only bo for a tast year, combined with the possesses interest at all. With
rapid fall of the reserves, encour- the competition of while.
now
The Corner..
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BO com-
aged speculators to come into the prehensive a charaator there is a market again, so that their power chanco for any amateur photo-
dictato terms, so soon as out-
May Road
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Boundary Measurement.
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!feel fest feel
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Upset Prics.
12 || 164 16,5001103,200
do buying commences; might grapher in Hongkong to win one Hongkong, 19th Feb., 1912. 53 assured.
of the prizes. The rules of com- petition appeared in tho issues of Fob. 1 and 2.
But
Ever since the corner by speculators was attempted in 1910 the silver position lins boen extraordinary, ulikough until
It looked two weeks ago as if silent struggle the Government of Indin. would rocoutly tho between the Government of Indibo. able to postpone buying to and the cornerers has helped to much date as when it could buy keep the market steady, without without being disated to undue depreciation in values the ratio of the decrease of the Depending on the neods of reserves has been ominous, and it the Government of India for
is fhoight not improbable thni coinage principally, as alsalia will be forced by circum upon the needs of the white metal in China in any schemo of reform attempted in the Empire the speculators bought as inel silver as they could lay thei hands on, hoping to sell at price which they might dictate.
ances to come into the market very soon. There is now not the least shadow of doubt that the wivercign as a medium of circula- ion in Ludia has failed, and the rupes will have its own again.
Prospects.
But as fuck, or ill-Juck, would
Although no buying of an im- have it neither of their expecta- tions comb true. Until the cloportance has as yot occurrel, and ing months of last year the silver the speculators have been on the reserves in the Ladis treasury market until recently as buyers, wero stationary, and during the the confident expect ition that the earlier months oven, showed an Jovernment of India and China incrense. A low departure was will have to come in to the markat. made by the Government of India, the earliest opportunity has that of importing gold coins, and been the main cause of the steady.
for a time these coins displaco
rise of the past few weeks, In
Photographic Competition
I
Coupon.
Feb. 15, 1912. agree to ontor the photographic compotition on the express understand- ing that the editor's le- cision shall be final, and that he may, at his discro- tion, use the print sont herewith either in tho "Hongkong Telegraph or the Weekly Telograph." Name........... Address.......
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PENDERS are invited for he aup
silvor, and it was thought in some case, it is extremely impro-TEN ply al FLOUR for H, M„Nušni
bable that anything untoward can
HONGKONG, or
quarters hat additional silver coinage would be altogether unne.now happen to frustrate the ex-Service. Fins of tender an all neces ossary. The amount of sovereigns pectations of the silver cornerora,sary part anar can bbisid on application t the VICTUALLING Even supposing for exemplo, as STORE OFFICER, H. M. NAVAL imported into India during the past year is unprecedented in it it is reported in some quartors, DEPOT, ROWLOON. Teadus are history, and it led to the falso im that the Government of India to ho sent to COMMODOR*, L. M. pression that India was wealthier loes not intend buying until next DOCKYARD, than it really is.
utumn, it only means that the plecat in the Tender 3x at his Offo, The hopes of the speculators poculator will have a longer by 10 a.ro, on the 25th in t.
Hongkong, 14 Feb, 1912 with regard to affairs in China have reign over the market then other- beon oqually disillusioned. A wise, Till now it was a question ono time last year, when Sheng of the Clovernment not buying at was in his glory and completed all, and the position of the specula- the signing of two big loan tiro group was insecure. But within the space of two months, possibly the Government may it was thought that silver would come to the conclusion that it is be bought by China in large tiest to be early in the fold and quantities, and that Blie would not to wait till their coin reservo thus raliovo the stock in the hands is fully depleted.
of The possibility peaco of the speculators. But such a hops was continually deforred, in Chini, together with the until the revolution finally pui stringency
of the money
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an end to the accomplishment of markot, has played rather an un-787ft. by 88f1. by 8411. ́8 the loins altogether.
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