CORRESPONDENCE.
The opinions expressed by our correspondents are not necess- arily those of the "Hongkong Telegraph "
To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.
CRICKET.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1914.
Hongkong Defeat Cralgengower,
Happy Valley on Saturday, the This matoh was played at Club winning easily. The detailed acres are as follow:
H. K. C. C."
T. E. Peares, o Basa, b
Davierwalla
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HONGKONG TRADE.
Markets Quiet During
Past Fortnight.
and Market Report, published by The Fightly Pea Current the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce gives the following particulara :-
Owing to
GOVERNMENT
APPOINTMENTS.
The Government Gazette ab- nounces the following:-
FAR EASTERN NAVAL SQUADRONS.
Excellency the Governor has an It is hereby notified that Elis pleased to appoias Mr. Samuel Burnside Loyd McElderry to be
Magistrate, under the pro. Name visions of Section 7 of the
Alacrity Magistrates Ordinance, 1890,
Atlas the approach of Obina New Year(Ordinancs No. 3 of 1890), with Bramble tho, market remains quiet with effect from the 22nd Novemt 31,
no sales reported.
1013. His Excellency the Gover Cotion Yarn: The market has aur has further been pleated Cadmas
considerable activity to rathorise Mr. McElderry, 10 during the fortnight under re under the provisions of zotion 58 Clio
New Territories view and values hava improved of tho
Ordinance," 32 to the extent of $5.00 to $1.00eulation
Cotton Piece Goods, 38 Fancy Cotton Goods
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IKE
A. C. Elborough, o Noria b "THE IDOL'S EYE
Tayler A. A. Claxton, b Tayler Sir,-1 have no wish to be R. Kennedy, e Viveash, b
Pestonji drawn into a stupid newspapers. 8. Moore, & Pestonji altercation with Lieutenant Crosse R. N. Andoreau, o Tayler, b and bis fair supporter or to give
Peatonji their fortherming perfo mance C. C. Clarke, b Hanek...
A. L. Gacs, not.out...
unnecessary and gratuitous ucb. K. Brownrigg, b Pestonji vertic?ment in your colums. G. E. Aubrey b flanetik.. They are connected with the play P. II. Cobb, cand b Hancock and therefore can only be expect
Extras, ed to have bias in its favour. Probably nothing short of a firel night riot would convince them that my "rashy' views are shared by large members of the more respectable and enlightoned public. .I fear that no
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CRAIGENGOWER.
good purpose would be served F. K. Tan, Elborough, b by my viewing & rebeareal. I
*Aubray....."
should not be shocked, Irvance IE. L. Braga, c. Kennedy, b. am not a worshipper of idold and Anderson
11
Re. 1010,
Fame Flora
Kinsha Verlin Minotaur*
HIS BRTANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS ON THE CHINA STATION.
For bale. Deliveries, whichi (Ordinanca No. 34 of 1910), to Hampshire, 11 have been rather poor; are hold a Small Dabis Count in the 12 expected in improve after Chi New Territories at the following U were Now Year. Quotations places-Tau Wan, Tai 0, 8 are:-No. 10, at $104/131, No. Tung Chung, Cheung Chau and Monmouth 0 12. at $110/132. No 16. at Young Shu Wen, with effect from
$123/141. No. 20. $120/153, the same date. Arrival 12,500 biles. Sales 18,000 178 bale. Shipments 500 bales. Bar- ghina 52,000 bales. Unsold atook 32,000 bales,
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am not gifted with the imagin-R. Basa, c Cobb, b Pearce... ation to put myself in the place W. H. Viveqali, c und b Cobb tof ore. There are authorities, G. A. Hancock, ran out
however, who are pail to do this, R. Pestonji, c Aubrey, b and now that I have drawn atten- tion to the matter. I feel con- fident that they may be relied in to do this duty.
sensible am
of the fact that there
TO plays with their scenes even in churches and
drala." Their propriety depends,
Pearce
H. H. Tayler, b Pearce L A. Itose, not out...
H
G. E. Lace, e Brownrigg, b
Pearco...
J. D. Noria, b Anderson
Wellens: Market still dead and there is some talk of shipping hack goods to Bradford in order to reduce the practically unsale- able stocks bere.
Raw Cottone: No change. Melale: Steel Ba a have been
4 reported done at 116/-. Sales are
Moorhen Newcastle
Robin Rosario
Class Despatch-bont Admiralty tug Gunbont Ganboot
www
West River
Canton
Tons Guns 1.H.P. 1,700 12 2,000
Commander
Reported at
Comdr, A. Cochrane
Hongkong
Master W. Weet
Hongkong
Britomart
British sloop
710 2 710" 2 1,070 6,
000
Lt.-Com. B.E. Frichard
Yangtozo
900 Lt.-Com. W. H. Darwell
Hongkong
1,400
Oomdr. H. Williams
Shanghai
Cherub
Water tank and tug- British sloop
390
300 Maatar II. Smith ·
Hongkong
Torpedo-bout destroyer
1,070 300
6
1,400. Comdr. Mackenzie, D.S.O.
Penang
6
5,700 Lt.-Com. Wilkinson
Hongkong
2nd class cruiser
4,350 10
let class cruiser
7,000 Capt.0. F. Corbett M.V.O.
Weihaiwei
10,850 10 20,500
Capt. M. R. Bill
Welbaiwei
River ganbost Surveying ship
810 4. 1,200
Lt.-Com. H. Marryatt
Yungteze
1,040
Capt. F. O. O. Puedo
Labnan
lat class cruiser 1st class cruiser
14,000
27,000 Capt. E. B. Kiddle
Weihaiwei
0,800
22,000
Capt. B.H.F. Barttelot,
Weihaiwei
River gunboat
180 2
800
Lt.-Com. Alan Dixon
Hongkong
2nd class cruiser
4,800 12
22,000
Capt. Frederick A, Powlett Shanghai
Nightingale Otter
River gunboat
85
2
240
Lt.-Comir. M. Murray.
Yangtaze
Torpedo-boat
385
8
6,300
Ribble
Torpedo-tost destroyer
'590
-
River gunboat
85
2
Depot ship for Submarines .980
River gunbost
85
2
River gunboat
85
2
Torpedo boat destroyer
350
Receiving ship
4,650
River gunboat
180 2
Gunboat
710 2
Torpedo-bost destroyer
500
Weihaiwei
Torpedo-boat destroyer,355
6
6,300 Lt.-Com, K. D. Adair-Hall
Weihaiwei
Welland
Torpedo-boat destroyer
590
7,500 Com, Seymour
Weihaiwei
Whiting Widgeon
Torpedo-host destroyer 360 6
5,900 Lt. Com. R. Neville
Weikeiwei
Gunboat
195 2
2,25/2,28 per bag|
Woodcock
Gunboat
Woodlark
Gunboat
150 2 150
800 Lt-Comdr. J. C. Borrett 500 Lt.-Com. M. B. Blackwood 500 Lt.-Comir. Lloyd
Yangtze
Yanglace
Yangta40
2.22/2.26 per bag
0.36,
Lt.-Com. McGill wie
Hongkong
0.37,
Lt.-Com. J. Gaimes-
Hongkung
0, 38,
Hongkong
T.B. 035,
Lt.-Com. Handley
West River
T.B. 036,
Lt.-Com. Stileman
Hongkong
T.B. 037,
Lt.-Com. Nicol,
Hongkong
T.B. 038,
L.-Com. H. W. Soymoar, Hongkong
8,000 Capt. Ilauta
Shanghai
Australion Market: Remains Sandpiper unchanged:
Snipe
Local Market: Business Taku very quiet on norant of the ap- Tamar proach of China New Year. A l'enl zivala have, toen heavy and Thistle stocke how stand at 635,000 Usk sacke.
0 reparted of 300 to 400 tons of sq. Quotations:
flat round bars. Prices remain'
3 much the same locally, and there Patents ...M $2.55/2,80 per bag O is little enquiry belly for iron, Cut Offs
24 lead or tin. The market is quiet.Straight...
Petroleum Products: Deliver-Baconds
2 isa are normal with a steady
01:
5
laid cathe-
B. Davierwalla, b Anderson
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of course, on their treatment and
Total
112
also on the place where they are)
produced. Wagner's great Bay-
reuth masterpiece, for instance,
Christiane demand reverent treat-
ment, the quest of the Holy grail
deals with a matter for which Chinese Rereation Club v. Civil
Service.
Played at Causeway Bay on Ober- some
An even botter example, perhaps, Saturday and resulted in a hand. wia for the C. R. C- Scores:-
as being exclusively religious, is:
the passion play at Ammergat. No one could pós sibly be shocked by either of these truly elevating performances.
CIVIL SERVICE.
But faney if Wagner had Foster b Ho Wing Kin designated Parsifal a Blunt." Brown h Yew Man Chang I am glad to say I have never A. E Wead o Mok Hling b come across the word before, but¦ Yew Man Chung um informed that it is borrowed: Daweɔn bo Wing Kin from the language of the gutter and Mackay o Ho Wing Kin b means a music-hall performance. Yow Man Chung Could anything be more valgar? Sara e Ho Wing Kia b Un
How Fan
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As for the Chinees Amateur Tacchi o Wei Wing Lok bo Dramatic Society, whose approval
Wing Kin
Lieutenant Crosse's play 18 Bill b Ho Wing Kin said to have received, I can only Ling not out suppose that their views cor- Linibie b'Ho Wing Kin respond in the Chinese commun
ity to those of the amateur play- actor in our own. Let us hope at any rate that their neticus of reasoning rise superior to dubbing their opponents "narrow-mind- ed" sad fanatics.". Finob argument appeara to me 'quite unworthy.-Youre etc.
'FAIR PLAY"
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market and no change in prices.
Sugar: Little doing. No change
in quotations,
Salt: etre: Stock, 2,000 bags. Market quiet with reported asles bago.
Flour: American Market: Both the Wheat and Flour markets e ntinue firm and no sales are reported.
CHINESE RECREATION
CLUB.
Yew Man Chung 'c Tecoli b : 5 Brawn
25
20
18
Ng See Kwong o Maokay b
Brann.....
..
llo Wing Kin'unk out Ng Sae Yuen e Brawa b Hill Wei Wing Lok not out
Chau Yat Kwong, Un Hew
I
Fan, Ho Wing Ching,
Ho Wing Yuen, Wong Po Kie, Mok Bing did
bat
Extras...
1.15/2.18 per bag
Opium.-Bengal. Transactions
took place of fairly good volume and values have buзn advanced 跛 follows: Patna, New $6,576.00, Old $6,450.00, V. Old $8,400.00. Benares, Now $8,350.CJ. Old $8,225.00, V.
Virago
w
Lt.-Com. R. W. Wilkinson Hongkong
7,500 Lt.-Com. E.J.G. Mackinnon Weihsiwei
240 Lt.-Comdr. Nash
We River
1,400 Lt.-Comdr. N.E. Archdale
240 Lt.-Com. I. S. Hutton 240 Lt.-Com. Maurice Leslie Yangtaze 8,000 Gunner W. H. Ryder Hongkong. Com. R. II. Anstruther O.M.G Hongkong 800 Lt.-O. Hon. Guy Stopford .Yangtaza 900 Lt.-O. HEN. Cotrell Dormer Yangtsze 7,500 Lt.-Comdr. Maxwell
Lt.-Com. Pope
• Flagship of Admiral Jerram, K.Ü.B., C.V.O., C.M.G. Commander-in-Chief. Kaiser Franz
Joseph I Armoured cruiser 4,000" 45
FOREIGN MEN-OF-WAR ON THE CHINA AND JAPAN STATION.
Armoured cruiser Armoured oruiser Gunboat
River gunboat
Gunboat
Gunboat
d $6,125.00, Maiwa. Dealers have entered into further pur chases on a good scale and ad vances in price, have been established. New to 4 yearį, $5,800.00, 5-6 year, $5,850.00, Oldest $5,900.03. of:uk on; January were? Patna Dapbaix ** 1,204 cheats, Bзnare, 545 ohusts; Kleier Malwa 2,607) chests, and Persian Jacdes and Turkish 629 chests. Total Argus importations during the past fort. Vigilante 26 night have b en 2023 chests, made Peiho
up of 75 chests of Paina, 31 of Dondard de Lagree, Guntont 32 Benares, 214 of Malwa and 83 of 63 Petrian and T-kiab, There L
2 have been used and exported 28 during the intval 77 ohcate of Patna, 16 of Bonares, 253 of Malwa and 38 of Persian and Tarkish, leaving stceks on hand, January 15,1,202 Patza, 560 Es notes 1,969 Malwa and 674 Persian 5 Turkish. The stocks of uncerti.. fed Bengal opium remain un- changed at 181 chests Patna and 181 35 cheats Benares.
French.
10,014 30 20,000 Capt. Vergos
9,700 12 19,000 Capt. Gourts
1,000 Lieut. Vandier
570 Lieut. Dordet
**Flagship of Rear-Admiral Colloch de Kerillis, Commander-in-Chief, the French Chias Suation
Shanghai
Hongkong
845 10
Saigon
180 6.
Canton
123 7 130
500 Lieut. de Jorvillier
Canton
Lieut. Collin
Tongka
Lieut. Dapay Dutemps Tohong-kin
Sabmarine
Lieut. Boluix
Saigon
rotea.
Submarino
Baigon
•
Armoured gunboat
1,798 10
1,700
Lieut. Guillaume-Louis Saigon
Destroyer
350 7.
303 Lieut. Aurillac
Saigon
Destroyer
Capt, de Frigate Ronisen Hongkong
Destroyer
130 7
300 Comdr. do Marquessac
Saigon
Destroyer
307 8.
300
Saigon
Surveying-ahip
1,025 · 10 9,000 Com. Voisin
Saigon
#ronde"
i'lberville Pistolet
•Mousquet. danche
!
• Fle-ship of Commodore Boudicaut, Commanding the local defence Indo.China,
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Total
Total
125
Bowling.
0. M. R. W.
B.wling
Coal. Expected anivals are 46,700 tons from Japan, 3,000 from Bongay, 7,100 from Dairen mden and 2,300 from Teingian, all of
Cruiser
neisenau
Armoured cruiser
Ling..
7
0 360
which have ten cold. The
s
Gunboat
Gunboat
10
aff
5
2 21.2
0.13 0
0 14 0
0. M. R. W.E Ho Wing Kin..9.5/6 1 44 5 Mackay Yew Man Chung
1 43 3 Brawn
Ng Sze Kwang 3
0 21 0Font ir
0 13 1
Hongkong, December 18, 1914. Un How Fan..4
Dawcon
290032
1 50 1actual arrivale bave totaled 74; Inguar 025 800 tons, 49,200 tons from Japan Leipzig
and the remainder from North Lucha China. Small sales are reported Yuruburg
Otter with coal offering,
Cruiser
German,
3,600 22 13,500 Capt. v. Muller
11,000 38 28,000. Captain Bruninghaus
13
90012 1,300 900 12 1,300 3,250 24 11,000 900 10 1,350 3,400 22. 13,200
Comdr. v. Gobren
Comdr. Lüring Capt. Haun Comdr. Thierichen Capt. Morsberger "Capt. Lieut. Firle
Capt. Rosing
Teingtau
Teingtau
Canton
Shanghai
Tsingtau
Gunboat
Hankow
Oruiser
Tsingtan
Scharnhorst
3..90
Faku
Tiger Tsingtau Vaterland
River gunboat Flagship Torpedo-boat Torpedo-boat Gunboat River gunboat River gunboat
Tangtsze
11,600 36 26,000 400 8 6,500 280 4 6,000 900 10 1,350 223 4 1,300
Tsingtau
Capt. Lt. Brunner
Teingtau
Obit. z. 8. v. Maubonge
Tu
Comdr. Booker
Teing tau
Capt.Lt. v. Moller
Canton
223 4 500
Oblt, z. 8. Dressler
Yangtse
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ANNUAL
SALE.
SALE GOODS.
25% to 50%
2ND
TIES.
ALL
BOOTS.
SOCKS.
SHOES.
SHIRTS.
COLLARS,
HATS. CAPS.
UNDERWEAR.
ΤΟ
REDUCTIONS.
TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING NOVELTIES.
FROM JAN., 17TH TO JAN 31ST.
"CALL AND BE CONVINCED.
J. T. SHAW,
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
Alamaator Macao Pattia
A-2
A-4
A-6
1-7
Albany
Barry
Cruisor
Gunboat
Gunboat
Portuguese,
1,757
700
Macao
Capt. Annibal de 8. Dias: Hongkong Capt. Martins Capt. Luiz A, de Magalhaes Correa Maca
UNITED STATES VESSELS ATTAHED TO ASITAIC STATION.
Submarine
Bainbridge Torpedo-boat des.
Callao
Chauncey
Protected cruiser
Torpedo boat des.
Gunboat
Cincinnati
Protected cruiesr
¡Dale "
Gunboat
Ensign G. Bradford
Cavite
Ensign W. H. Pastley: Ensign JL. L. Rakel Dafter Ensign C. M: Yates
3,430 10
420 7
420
7 243 8
250 Ensign W. L. Heiberg
Cruising
Cavite
Canton
7,500 Commander M. L. Bristol 8,000 Lieut. R. A. Spruance:
8,000 Lieut. O. 2. Köller
Torpedo-boat destroyer 420 7 8,000 Ensign Woodson
.1
8,183 11 10,000. Com. J. V. Chose. Torpedo-boat destroyer: 420 78,000 Ensign F. T. Berry Torpedo-boat destroyer 420 7" 8,000 Ensign F. Cogswell
Gunbost Station ship
Monadnock Monitor
Monterey Monitor
600 Lt. Com. V. S. Gannon. 1,088 Com. G. R. Marvell 1,100 Lisut. V. R. Lowe, 3,000 Cöm. W. O. Cole
5,277 - Com. WÃO, Cole
Ensign P. J. Peyton 1,600 Lieut. 8. W. Wallace. Com, C., W. Colon er
· Cavite.
Cruising Cavita
"
Shanghai Shanghai Onvite Olongapo
Cavite
Canton
Cavite
Decatur
Eleano
Helenn
Mohican
620 1,392 8
1,900 0
4,084
3,990 8 40
Pampanga Gunboat
243 8
Piscataqua Sea going-tug Pompey
854
Repair ship
3,085