THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914.
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A Tiger or a Cat?
DAY BY DAY, "
1889.
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVETM
YBARS AGO.
First it was a tiger-a whop por at that, too. Any number of
WHICH WILL YOU DO: SMILE people said they had seon AND MAKEOTHERS HAPPY: ORIE sleep and awake, walking CRABBED, AND MAKE EVERYONE unhurriedly across paths and AROUND YOU MISERABLEY CAN Capitel from the "Ilonghong AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS YOU CAN
IF Telegraph" files for the Week emporing into brushwood, and PRODUCE IS INCALCULABLE,
Ending June 13, 1889.) 50 OD. There could be no doubt You SHOW A SMILING FACE AND that it was a tiger. Then it SPEAK PLEASANT WORDS: THERE IS NO JOY LIKE THAT WHICH became a obeetah, or something SPRINGS FROM KIND ACT, OR A PLEASANT DEED AND YOU MAY FEEL IT AT NIGHT WHEN YOU REST, AND AT MORNING WHEN VOD RISE...ND THROUGH ALL THEA longthy letter from a corres DAY WHEN ABOUT YOUR BUS1-pandout complaining of music. NESS-Marte d'Agnull.
A REFRESHING, INVIGORATING and PALATABLE drink like that. It was not so big is particularly suited for Tennis and Bathing Parties,
Pints $1 per doz. Splits 60 cis, per doz.
PYERIS:
Chemically, an exact reproduction of a well-known German spring, at half the price. Blends Perfectly with Spirits, especially Whisky, One try a Whisky Pyoris and you will ask for it again.
$0.50 por duz. Splits. Prices:-80.85 per doz, Pints,
STONE CINCER BEER.
The only fermented Stao Ginger Beer in the Far East. The roal charm of Stone Ginger Beer is the flavour produced by partial formentation; without this no Stout Ginger Bror can be said to be genuine. 1
a
iger, but a bruts to give you a start for all that if you mot it alone "of an evening or. evon luring the day. Now it is a cal; cat above the ordinary size, but certainly not to be mistaken for a tiger. There is one consolation;
The Telegraph' in Canton.
The Hongkong Telegraph is it oannot diminish much moro now on sale at, and will be in size and still romaiu & matter delivated to subscribers by, the of interest and excitement. But Dairy Farm Cetopany, Limited,
alger. Jappointed our agenta there. eat oven a sonii wiki cal—is a Shameen, Canton, who have been, re downcome from Perhaps, however, there is a
igor and a chcotah ni, a wild! yat, to say nothing of then seal- hnt were paid to have appeared or Dumbell Island. Hongkong wolls always been short ni mec-clear.
ments, and an open dir monerin At the Peak & am. Temp 76; would liven up -matters a bit sight fog.
Another Post Offlec Grumble.
Pro:--$0.85 për doz.
DRY GINGER ALE.
Ite "Bryarss" is a feature FRAGRANT, AROMATH, DRY, which has helped 15 give this, risk, the popularity it an
deserves
Prices 1.00 per doz. Pints. $0.60 per doz. Splits.
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PILLARS.
Cause of disoord Title a friend Now we trust is at an end.
BARS. 1.Thors are those who say that
there's no such word: Though to such perhaps it Sunday *Music.?»
might be referred. Jano 7-On this date appears-When is hot we must repair
And enjoy the open aic.
As is
others rav..-
playing in public houses on Sun-3-Sɔme oau't abide ber, whilst daye. To it tho Elitor apponde
(low mawkish of grandpa to the following coniment: Wo
weep on her grave. consider that our correspondent-We seo an Earl of Shaftes
bury in disguise makes out a good ease.
Protestant urgo the peoplo's well known, music hath charms
duke to rise. 5-His witless sister loses hor to soothe the savage breast, and sonl-inspiring & tills, the lugu-
life, it can hardly be donbted that the brious concertina, and the hair- aising whistle would prove a great attraction to solitary way- farers in Queen's Rond. Weston the evening of the Sabbath, Bit the police, it seems, oljet to musical "free and casios" in the west of Gough licensed "pubs
So ho poisons the prince who'd not take her to wilo.
[Ansior on Monday.]
A Pertinent Query.
SANITARY BOARD.
The orders of the day for the meeting of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday, are:-Letter from Government relative to the debris on the beaches of the Colony surrounding the area off Cow-60- Chow.
Report from the Select O my mittee appointed to consider the propored obanges in the Esti- mates for 1915 and discussion of those changes.
Report from the Governmont Analyst on the public water supplies for the month of May, 1914.
Limewashing return for the fortnight ending 26th May, 1014. Mortality return for the weeke ending 17th, 24th and 31st May, 1914.
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Mortality return from Macao for the weeks ending 24th and 31st May, 1014.
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Rat roturn for the weeks 'ead- ing 30th May and 6th June, 1914.
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June 11. After the lite o are lath to advocate any
gambling declared s penal offence Street, while allowing it ad lib. dastward of that famous Ind-storm several prominent persons, fegulativa restrictions where the mark, not even excepting the ge boar, called to speak to the principle of "caveat emptor' notorious coffee-shope (so-called) Surveyor General, but were told ander ordinary circumstances the Rue Kum-opp-my-liv. We threat he was too busy with seant would so appropriatoly apply, but o't know why this should: he, courtesy, Mr. Brown will par- the business of out y sop, bok we are sure, for inquir exchange is now surrounded by btwo certainly bold a very sung opinion that it ought noting if he is a little wooden god, so many abuses that there is no town, who pays for his licenso, invisible potentate, the Emperor thing effective is done, and that pas just as many rights na thef China.
quickly, to place this impetrat Rogues Alley."
branch of our commercial systein' propriatur of the aristocratio hotel
Juue 12. Some thousands of
snil on a sounder basis, we in Queen's. Road Central, and
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for any perind 1 than he month will be shorego as for neighbours-and a big que at that. Siborn Mail-Closna par t be. A publicin in blood-or any relation to that other other alternative. Unless Bois-
fali month.
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Margo. O copies sont by, the (lorina nuthorities have star in charge for pontago.
edo arrangements for their mail rgy put of the world is $1.00 bags to come by rail from Mukjufort 4 that this Langkat output
duo, so that, they arrivo in Slang for yesterday was 201 tone. "Workly, twont flow
on Friday and Monday mornings before breakfast. Tho mails via Dalny are not delivered antil well on into Saturday, and ́ Monday respectively, and the
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torial will be putinne) until omni opsomnio 1.
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1914.
WITHHOLDING INFORMATION:
Struck Off.
14 notified that the a dh'ion La Manchurian mnt Camp my, Limited,
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been truck off the Register of Department, and the noble army afternoon, for the purpose of con
permanent effects of which will he felt in Ilongkong for years to
" come.
1889.
SHARE REPORT,
Mehers, Wright and Hornbyenly more than the boss of shares and millions of dollars are have another Black Fri lay, the
the descript establishments reparted to have been minipulat erroneously sclept collo-houses.en he Sharo Market today Go aliead, "Old Publican," give We not quite sure who is the your tin, kottle of a piano a chanco boss Ananias of flogues Alloy next Sunday mid risk the con- there are so many candidates for
the honour.".
Volunteer Scheme. of yarnces. We are spoiling for a
Juno 13.-"A meeting of the of Justices, the one-eyed Police
Executive Council was held this Davetlo sinusement with the Bench
has
of official muddlórs generally.
sidering the scheme for raising a Company Directorships. corps of Rifle Volunteers. The June 8. The following are scheme is not yet made public, extracts from a leading article on but roughly, it is on the plan of this dude dealing with local Com the Shanghai Volunteers. pany Directorships-The general holy of Europeans are to b rale followed in selecting directors trained in the management o of the various limited liability Maxim gone, and about twenty enterprises lourishing (or decay-are to act as light horsemen, pro- ing) in our inidat would soon to viding their own ponies, but place lack of influence and with Government etabling. thoroughly established incorpo Amusement Syndicate, At the Police Conct, this morn-tency as the leading qualificatio e June 13. The civilisation ol. ing, Chineas chap with for these liberally paid sinecures China is daily becoming more snulting, and using abusive Bonnot be denied that on the and more un accomplished fact. hangunge to, a Chinese woman at bouls of many of our public The latest aid to it is the project Wanchai, was discharged by Mr. companies are mon who posses of a new Company-known to
neither character, influence, the public, probably, for the first-Tle. 100 per share, J. ll. Wood.
ability,
self-respect; time
yesterday-the special experionco-or, in fact, Amusement Syndicate. This is $100 per share, sellere. any of those attributes which one not an organisation for the dia-
sult is that whereas Germnu jerrespondents can get their re- plies off by the immo osCompanies in longkong. Succeedling mail, in most cases, Į the others have to wait for day. This, of cruren, is a big advanta What with the wand of pushshown by the British postal authorities if Shanghai and hore in Hong kong it is evidently time tha John Ball were waking up. That has been evident to the public fot quite a while paal, but the official ind movos much more slowly when it moves at all.
Training Nullahs. Tendara me lesbød r train
mullats south coast of Marine 29 and Inland Lot 1353 for forming lider's Stroot south of Maiius Lo! 220.
Iaw and Order.
Discharged.
Appointments.
"Danisit Consul,
The policeman is often spoken of as the preserver of law and order. But unfortunatoly the Kowloon bran Leppears to have
Dr. C.W. McKenny and Dr. un regart for either the oue or the other. Every day he allows Snally have been appointed young Chinese cyclists to infringe the law by padsagering to safely bolition inanes and of the pills. This is a mattor also under the the an 1.Deaths
Hogistration Ordinance. te which we have referred on any occasions, but still nothing is done. We would now direct attemin to this police digegard
His Excellency the Governor Notting could be many sumaging the the fact that Ministers. Die prervation of order. area pleased to recognise, ‚at Homo declin, tai gadis opsportunilă of questions to the House Regularly every night crowds of provisiously and pending the of Cominous, to' maky fall and helpful statein as, especially ou Chinese gather at the corner of receipt of instructions from His foreign affairs on which debite is not frequently possible. Too Nathan Rd and Humphrey'sjnty's Government, Mr. Adolf often their answers are es rassed as they possibly can be. An Avenue, yra about on the pan. Wilmin as Acting Dish Con- example of this is to hand in the lafest and from Home, Cortainments below the Europens its sul in Bangkong. questions were asked in the lim39 of Commons oo Persia, and Mr. and keep up a continual charter, Acland's answers goom to have bon designed to give the minimum ich to the annoyanes of lagu-n
The five Clausse, as a woman, of information. In ant one of them did he odd in the slightestlers. The irony of it is that degree to oxisting knowledge on Terstan questions. One example there is always an Indian con-bardal preet aer detention stable on duty at this point, ad connection with the Tai On -the most important-willserva.
so far from endeavouring to pray, were formlig remanded suppress the naiinco, he more until Monday at the Police Court, often than not joins in the job this morning. The hearing of the boring. If this is policeman's so will canum ng on Monday conception of duty, it is about afternoon. timo it underwont revision."
Mr. P. E MORRELL asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to say whether an underläking was given in st year to the Russian Government that the British representative in Porsia should apply, in exoperation with the reprosente- tive of Russia, for an option for a trans-Perainn railway when asked to do so; whether the particulars of this. undertaking had been published: whether any application' for such an option hail yot been made, and how the matter now stood.
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Mr. ACLAND: The undertaking to which the hon. member doubtless refors was given in October, 1912. No application has yet boen made for any options, the question is still under discussion between the two Govern."
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A Dispute Ended.
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Chinese
The quotations which follow a from the Hongkong Telegraph or Jono 12, 1880.
Flongkong and Shanghai Bank. -178 per cent, premium, sales and buyers.
Union Insuranos Society of Canton.--100 per share, sollers. Chius Traders' Lusurance Com pany,-$81 per share, bayers.
North China Insurance-Tie. 330 per share, buyers.
Canton Insurance "Company, Ltd.-$132) per share, sellers.
Yangtze Insuranca Association
Chiness Lasura.co Company-
Hongkong Fire Insurance Com- would regard a not merely desir."semination of Chinese amuse-pany-$385 per share, seliore. able but as an absolute necessity ment, but for the elevation of the
China Fire Lasurance Company
medical ollinors under the Caron-bafor entrusting such persons masses by making them acquaint $87 per share, sales and buyers. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock with the agemunt of large ed with European pleasures. The
erect a Company-87 per cent. premium, and important commercial un Company propose to
ertakinga and giving them carte switch-back railway, a merry-go-llers. blanch in dealing with other round, and BOMB ebooting- Hongkong, Canton and Macao people's money. Farming direc galleries, at Yaumati, a sort of Steamboat Company--$272 per torships has become a trade in perpetual fair, where the apathet-share, sellore.
China and Manila Steamship lougkong and a very lucrative ic coolie ona go and scoot dowa
per share, one indeed to quits a number an inclined plane at a rate that Company-$140 of pseudo philanthropists whore will make his queus resemble a sellors.
Hongkong Gas Company- names are on our list, and with lightning rod, and bis frugal whom we intend to have a day of moal of rice and water hasten to $135 per share, cullera, reckoning before long. There is come forth and see how the thing Hongkong Hotel Company ono jint stock concorn furishi worked. A crowd of Celestials $240 por share, buyers. ing in the colony which is directed on bobby-horses will certainly be by a number of individuale, not highly interesting. A few months one of whom can influence ton will see it all under way th cents' worth of business from one money is up, and everything year's ond, to the other, and whose promising." whole cureor of managorebip has been nothing but grosa bangling Jane 13.-In the lealing arsellors. and blunduring at the expense of ticle of this date appears the fol- the shareholders. Needless to lowing:-"The extraordinary may, L.-$118 por share, say that the majority, if not proceedings in the local Share siles and sellors, absolutely the whole, of these Market during the post woek Hongkong Ice Compiny- "It is notified that it is the in-j bbore"-that is their propor again bring to the front & danger127) per eliare, sellera.
Toi On Piracy:
Removal of Graves."
Share Gambling...
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Indo-China S.N. Company
por eut. dis. ex. div., buyers.
Douglas Steamship Company- 83 per share, cellers.
China Sagar Refining Com pany, Ltd. $200 per share,
Lazod Sugar Refining Com
tention of His Excellency the designation - have regularly to which we have previously had Hongkong Ropa Manufactur- Governor to make an order on drawn their liberal salaries, made occasion more that once to directing Company, Lul, $100 per
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The protracted dispute over December 12, 1914, directing the overy possible use of the confiden- public attention. It is beyond hire, sellors,
Land Sales.
the question of the Panama removal of all graves, on the site til information in their possession doubt that a very large proportion langkong and Kowloon Wharf Canal is his at length bount the south of the road lestling to gamble in the company's shares of the sensational share transac an GodowaCompany-$190 per Settled. And the torms of the to the Me Tau Kok Slaugher-that is, to play with "packedtions reported lately have either anaro, sellore.
against the shore- beed bogas arrangements fixed Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., settlement are of the happiest house and to the east of the Kow-handa"
and the publio up by unscrupulous traffickers, or $14 per share, bavers. Towards the end of last year wo road an extract from a Persian possible character the repeal of toon City Road. Such order will holders
A. S. Watson and Co, Ltd:- Blue-book which showed that the Government at llome was urging the clauso which aimed at secur- be made for a public purpose, and, instead of working out gambling of the most reckless and the Russian Government to apply, in combination with Britain, for ing exemption for American namely, to obtain red earth and seven yours on the tread-mill, are oriminal description; and further 160 per cent. premium, bayers.
it in true to improve the levels of the still holding their heads high it may be safely regarded as cer- an option to build the trans Persian railway. The survey of the coastwise shipping.
amorget the haut ton of the colony tain as anything can be that a proposed routes had by that time been completed. Mr. Acland says that this result was not reached district.
And this particular company is orushing collapse, which in many that no application bus been made, so that information is much without a very bitter dobate, but
by no means an exception to the respects cannot fail to bring with overdue and ought to have been furnished. How did it come that the majority favouring it was
it resalta disastrous to many the British Governm at was pressing, for an option on this line in substantial and showed that the
At the District Land Office, prevailing custom.
intereste in the A Novel 'Excuse,
colony, advance of the Russian Government, which was apparently banging statesmen of the nation have como Hongkong, on the 30th, inst.
June 11-A French sailor will be the inevitable out- back, and why was the Russian Government reluctant? Then, round to the only just and reason there will be sold Cheung Chan again, there has clearly been a change of front since the end of able view of America's Treaty Lat No. 725, comprising portion named Perrier was brought become of this epidemic of rash last year. Has the British Government seen that there is danger obligations. There can now be of site together with buildings of fore Mr. Pollock yesterday on a spocalation which has taken such in pushing forward this railway project? More important still, is no doubt that the clanes which old Police Station. The lot has charge of being about as full as he firm rootin our midst. this railway, if and when it does como, to be part of the original mught to give the United States an area of 5,015 equire feet and could hold, the previous night. His short enactment could easily be project of a railway to India, or has that idea boon abandoned? On special privileges was hastily the upset price is $2,000. At excuse had the charm of novelty, passed through the Legislative Co., Ltd.-133 per share, salos not one of these points is the slightest information given, though enceived, and the fact is at the P.W.D. Offices on the 22nd. He said his shoes were so tight Council making all time' trous and sellers.
Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. they are points on which the public should know more than a little, length realised. The reault inst Inland Lot No. 2,080, that he couldn't walk. His sotions in shares illegal, or, if As originally projected, the schem would have altered materially je a great triumph for President Mount Davis, having an area of Worship opined that the tightness thought desirable, theexamples of $7 per share, sellera. the whole defensive system of ludia, and on a matter of such Wilson, who is proving himself a about 10,200 square feet, will be was of another desoription and Canada and the Argentine Repub profound importance, a request for information should not be met shrewd and tactful statesman.
sold, the upset price being 3960. made it. $2,' with an answer so evasive sa that given above.
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Hongkong High Level Tram- way Co., Ltd.-Nominal,
Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., Ltd.-$20 per share, nominal.
Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per cont. Debentures.-$601.
Green Island Cement Co. (old issue).-$51 per share, bayers.
Green Laland Cement Co. (now issue).-$14 per share, buyers.
Hongkong Land Investment
West Point Building Co., Ltd.
lio might be followed, and share-851 per share, sollers,