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Mohammedan... Generosity and
Loyalty,
We had a word or two to say yesterday about Mohammedan loyalty with special reference to
DAY BY DAY.
DEFER NOT TILL TO MORROW TO BE WISE,
"TO-MORROW'S SUN FÖR 'THEE'
Count the Columns,
The Malls.
Siberian Mail. Dos per a..
Chenan to-day at 5 p.m.
the Malays. In to-day's wires we! MAY NEVER RISE.—Congreve. have another illustration of the fidelity of the präfeerors of this |
Yesterday the Telegraph Faith to the British Government]
published 34+ colamas of solid as well of their abundant charity; reading matter. To-day there for we read that the committee of will be 454 published. the Islamic Society is raising funds for the endowment of the widows and orphans of Mo hammedans killed in the war.
Liangohow to-day. The implied compliment to their Australian Mail.-Closed per se Emperor which these Indian Obangaba to-day at 10 a.m. Mohammedana are paying is Siberian Mail-Closes per e.s. immense, and forms yet one more answer to the Germans who so frantically tried to work up a "Holy War." The trick was clever enough, but the presohera had, unfortunately for Germany's prospects of auccess therein, the wrong men to deal with. The warm-hearted gener- osity of the East is, by the way one of the many lessons which the rest of the world night well copy. When it comes to loyal readiness to open the parte for the relief of another's distress Jour Oriental is hard to beat.
The Trade Mark Case.
Up to the Minute-Share Market News.
Closing prices:
Indo-China $108, buyers. Luzona.- $36, buyers.. Tronohs.- 32/6, Bules. China Tires-$148) Ewo's. Tle. 168, buyers. Douglas's.-$54), buyers. China and Manilas
40 cents buyers x the return of $4.50 per share. Hongkong and W'pos D. Co.
Ld. $68, buyers.. Langkate.-Tls, 41, bayers.
The Dollar.
$5,
The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 1s 9.3/8d.
of
NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
ITALY AND AUSTRIA,
The Submarlaes' Energies,
11
To-day's Analversaries, To-day is the anniversary
the battles of Gettysburg the Germans were allowed to (1863) and Sedowa (1886.) build submarines at such a rate; Oyster Beds to be Sold: and that our own navy did not
build more?
An Austrian Admission. Since the Austrians have been
1890.
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE.
YEARS AGO...
(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files for the wek ending July, 3 1890.)
The Dollar, July 3. The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 3/18
18.9 0.
SHARB REPORT.
The quotations which follow are from the Hongkong Telegraph for July 3rd, 1890.
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 201 per cent. premium, sellers. Union Insurance Society of Canton-888 per share, sollars.
Chins Traders' Insurance Com- pany-$70 per share, buyers,
North China Insurance –Tla, 340 per share, sellers.
L
huge koivee, the two leaders Hongkong, Canton and Macso having over fifty rounda of am Steamboat Company $371 man tion in their roxohos when yer share, bayers. searched at the Police Station. China and Manila Steamship. What these men had been doing, Company $103 per share, or were about to do, no one kros bayera.
in pour passer le temps. will be held at the Police Station,
}}
cent. Debentured $501,
Indo-China S.N. Company 254 per cent. dia, sollers.
Douglsa Steamship Company- $54 per share, sellors.
China Sugar Refining Com pany, Ltd.-$177 per share, sellers.
Last week we were able to to at that the submarine danger had been to trifling of late that it was hardly worth taking into con sideration at all; but, during the Armed Raftians, last few days, the enemy has been Jage 26.—"Bix heavily built waking up for lost time. The ratosis were captured yesterday score in yesterday's wires was an about noon by constables Green, Canton Insuranos Company, unpleasantly heavy one, and Sinclair and Scott-jast as they Ltd.-$125 per share, sellers.
foor to-day we have
more were entering the envirops of Yangiare Insurance Association British steamers Bod Hanghom, British Kowlorn.-Tls. 84 per share sellers, Italian barque to add to the They tried to evade the cons Hongkong Fire Insurance Com roll. That the game must stop tables, and when the latter closed |pany-8352) per share, bayern, Booner or later, if only from lack with them a severe struggle an- China Fire Insurance Company of torpedose, is an understood sued resulting in their capture-885 per share, buyers. (thing; but what about the mean- and the escape of two others who Hongkong and Whampoa Dook while? It is not comforting to are now wanted." They were Company-56 per cent. premium. have to reflect that the Germans, all armed with revolvers and buyers. a race new to the sea, ore able to outwit our own ships of war. One knows that the submarine is the most difficult type of craft to lay by the heels, and also that it would take a far larger navy than the fleets of the world combined exactly. They may have deasa Hongkong Gas Company. The soap trade-mark oase which
to police the seas to that extent big "job" in Chinese territory $135 per share, sellers, we reported yesterday, and which
that all submarine danger could or were returning after "rans-Hongkong Hotel Company terminated tɔ-day in a fine of fifty
be regarded as out of the quesing" something past our Chicese $150 per share, sellers, dollars and costs, is but one more
tion. Bat whose fault was it that barriere. At all events the whole Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per exemple of the disregard among
crowd were compelled to make scertain class of Chinese for the
their bow before Mr. Robinson in rules of the game. In Hongkong
the Police Court this morning, and Singapore some amount of It is hereby notified that a Sale
when Hia Worship fined them check can, fortunately be kept on of Crown Land by Public Auction
$100 each, with the alternative the ratsa of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will the wily gentry who set to Au Tan, at noon, on Thursday, in tow with the Germans it is
of six months' hard labour thrown be a follows:T
Bell rubbishing imitations of} recognised brands of wares. But July 8, 1915. The lot is told for horses' work to get them to tell
Hongkong Jockey“ Club.. what about China proper? All the term of twenty-one years the truth an interesting illas- June 27. At a meeting of over China, bogus soaps, biscuits, from July 1,1915, as an oyster-tration of the ancie.t saying that the Hongkong Jockey Club
bed Lot. beer, cigarettes, spirits etc. are
evil communications corrupt good held at the Hongkong Hotel this manners. Over their Istest brush aftercoon for the purpose of de- | being sold ; in some cases 'under
It has been resolved by the with the Italians (for everything aiding about the number of Sub- a label which is an ingenious bat not absolutely correct copy of the Legislative Council that the per- seems a "brush" nowadays inscription Griffims required for the original trade mark; in others contage on the valuation of tone- comparison with the sterner work next season, nothing was decided wherein a bare-faced, identicalmente payable sa rates in the that has been going on on the except with regard to the cost of traneoript of the mark is forged. ed as follows, with effect from trians do, however, admit that the that the Secretary should write ander-mentioned places be alter-Yser and in Galicia) the Aus the "mokes," It was a rauged The same applies to Chinese July, 1st 1915-Sham Shui Po "l'alians reached the first tren to the Shanghai Horse Bazaar ark regard, or rather contempt, for copyright as concerns books. Fak Tean Heung from 101 per saying that their enemy Ecored a see their way to reducing the from 9 per cent to 10 per cent; ches, "an ingenious way of ing the proprietors if they could Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed Text books of all kinds are bɔng\cent tɔ 12) per cent.
reprinted in the Treaty Ports and
very decided win. Higher up, cost of griffins this season. Mr. elsewhere and thousande opon
on the Carnio frontier, Austria is Cohen suggested that ce it was H. E. the Governor has been giving still further proof of the quite impossible to procure any.. thousands of these frauda are sold, pleased to appoint Mr. Ernest debasing effect of her respectable thing but the most despicable each sale, being a deliberate rob Vincent Carpmael to be an official alliance by the use of asphyxiat-backs under the present system, bing of the holder
justice of the peace for the Colony ing bombs. In the Isonzo re- it would be as well to send to the copyright. 010 the first things that the Im G. B. Crisp, R.A. M.O., Director of rendered a difficult one by the them through to Hongkong. No of Hongkong and Lieut.-Colonel gion, the road to Trieste is Tientsin, buy a mob, and send perial Government will need to Medical Services, Chins Com-original nature of the ground and, thing was agreed to upon this ita hands moderatsly free, is the mand, to be a member of the latterly, by bad weather; and points, however, and the meeting, drafting of some commercial FW.G. Gordon-Hall, R.AM.C., fighting may be likened to that members only, dispersed at 5 Sanitary Board, vice Lieut. Col. apparently the nature of the which was attented by twelve treaty more binding than ans-with effect from the 2nd July, going on in Gallipoli at the slaw o'clock. thing that at present existe, by 1915. which Chins will be obliged to conform to civilised laws in this respect. The need for restriction is more pressing every day where patents and copyrights are con- cerned, for every day the demand for western goods thoughout China grows greater.
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HONGKONG. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915.
THE GIANT ATTACKED BY THE MANNIKIN.
of
of
attend to, as soon as it finds
A Sorry Aftermath.
Under the above head we published yesterday a statement of Sir James Crichton Browne's to the effect that our lanasio as Jums at Home are going to reap a gruesome barvest from the war. "The aromous Dumbor
Ratlog Resolution.
Appointments.
Ordinances Allowed.
A WILD BEAST, United States Opinion of the
days:-
German Nation.
Luzon Sugar Refining Com pany, Limited-187 per share, buyers, N
Hongkong Ice Company- $95 per share, sellers.
Hongkong Rope Manufactur ing Company, Ltd.-$110 per ahare, sellers. and Godown Company-885 per Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf
share, sellers,
$10 per share, sellers. Hongkong Dairy Farm Co. Ltd.
A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd.- $21 per share, buyers.
way Co., Ltd.-par buyers.
Hongkong High Level Tram Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., Ltd.-$25 per share, nominal, ine)-828 per share, sellers.
Green Island Cement Oo, (old Green Island Cement Co. (now issue)-83 per share, nominal. Co., Ld.-$89 per share, sellers... Hongkong Land Investment
Hongkong Electric Light Co., Ltd.-85) per share, sellers.
West Point Buildings Co, Ltd. -335 per share, sellers, f
Obituary. progress whereof our local bar- room battle experts are again be
June 27. We regret to hear coming impatient, we nolice, of the death of Mr. Dora'd Oar issue of Thuraday contaided some account of a scurrilous
H. M. the ing has not been Germans la India... Spencer, for many years in Her attack on Earl Kitchener by two London newspapera; matter which it is certainly no pleasure to us to publish but which, nevertheless,
disallowance with respect to the is not a fresh newspaper and China, and latterly specially re- to be kept from the daylight, and advised to exercise bie power of We sincerely hope that there Majesty's Consular service in should not be hidden. For some reason, shout which we feal no
by Mesars. Jardine, as it was quite feasible to roof the following Ordinancea:Ordin- Parliament scare in the making, tained curiosity, these two periodicals: the Daily Mail and the Times, hava
reservair over he was ready to ance No 4 of 1916.-An Ordin- over the affairs of Germany in Matheson and Co,”. elected to lay the blame for the army's shortage of shells at the door
anca to provide for the incorpora- Indis. Mr. Austen Obamberlain's The Old Pepper Dodge. of Earl Kitchener and, net content with that, to accuse him of being
anggest method of doing so. tion of the Trustees of Inland remark, in the House laat week June 27.-"It's all very well He had intended to recommend it incompetent. In a cass like this one must either feel violently
Lot No. 31 and the buildings that the Raj was kooping a far to "throw dust in people's eyes," before. Mr. Francie suggested angry or else laugh. The Harmsworthian press is poted more for ite lamentable want of a sense of the ridiculous than for anything
thereon known at Zeiland Ball: tighter hold over alien enemies sometimes. Bat whea for dust that the scheme should be for- else. If it had humcur even as a grain of mustard seed; it would
Ordinance to provide for certifi- nasty slap in the eye for some of they generally get pretty well accordingly moved that the scheme Ordinance No. 8 of 1915. An than the Home Government, was a the Chinese substitate pepper maily moved, and Dr. Cantlis surely see that it is difficult, even for its most loyal and ardent
cates of origin in respect of goods the cavillers; and it possessed the "fixed" when brought before our be recommended to the Govern patrons, to regard seriously the criticism of a great soldier by any
calie, who ment. This was agreed to." one onskilled in military scienco. "It has never been pretended"
be imported from certain places doar friends at Home had acted chucked a handful of papper in wares and morchandise sought to added beauty of truth. If our magistrates, as a says the oracular Dasiy Mail, "that Lord Kitchener is a soldier in the
Revolver Cartridges. and to provide for the furnishing towards the aliens as India, Singa- the eyes of au inoffensive hawker of oranial injuries, especially of import manifests. aanee that Sir John French is a soldier... Nothing in Lord
Jane 30-A surly-looking pero and Elongkong have done, yesterday afternoon for the purcoolie who was about to drop. Kitohener's experience suggests that he has the qualifications in the trenches, will undoubtedly
it is just possible that the Bulwark pose of robbing him of a couple across from Yaumati & couple of required for conducting a European campaign in the field, and we lead to mush mental impairment;
might be sat tc-lay. We are of dollare, found when "up" be- days ago, was requested by a can only hope that no such misfortune will befall this nation as and the large number of cases of that he should be permitted to interfere with the actual strategy shock to the nerves and over-
not denying that there is the ther fore Mr. Wodel ouse this morning. constable to exhibit the contents of this gigantic war,"
side of the question and that it is The scoundrel tried to exanse bis of a bandle which he was “swag- strain will, again, bring much It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest. Suppose every word of neurasthenia and other disor
possible, even for a Colonial or action by stating that he banght ging," with the result that a large The New York Tribune, in an an Indian Government, to err on the pepper for croting purposes, quantity of female clothing and our back-parlour strategist's "indictment" were true, what sort of ders." To all this has to bo reading is this for Germans and pro-Germans to glost over ? For added the fact that the nervons editorial article dated May 11, groun isofsentiment. Where a man and was violently assaulted by three boxes of revolver cartridges. readers in England there was no such great harm, for few people constitution of many thousands of Let to German mistake the his best to become naturalised home.
has been caturalised or has done the complainant as he was going were found therein. He was This was rather too brought before Mr. Robinson at take the Daily Mail-and, nowadays, the Times—seriously. The women and children at Home will
" thia for Daily Mail may be described as written by the ignorant for the be temporarily and in all too temper of the American people; the authorities can do nothing
eix calender and in explain ng the truth, the igcorant, and any harm done by its diatribe on a man whose sand. many cases permanently effect. lot no terman high or low mie- but it is right that ever, the jailed hom bie Worship, who the Police Court this morning. whole trath, and nothing but the wiches it is not worthy to wrap up is more than wiped away by the ed by strain, anticipation of dan understand the new vision which German, Austrian or Turkish m t'is with hard labour."
truth" said that the entire con- Globe's retaria. That the statements are cot only untrue bat spite- ger etc. Hundreds of thousands has come to our citizens in the subject al old be regarded with Sanitary Board,
June 27. The weekly meet tents, bullets and all, belonged to fol is amply proved by the Globe's presentment of the case and by of persons all over the Empire days which they have stood beside more than distrast, for the alter-
their mordered fellow citizens; "its quotation from the Harmsworthian press itself, in which Earl have friends or relatives, at "the
native is too risky. The policy ofing of the Hoard, was held this his sister! Unfortunately for him Whither we now join in the trust, looked very well in certain afternoon President-Majr; a young woman was placed on Kitchener is represented as one who crushed tho hordes of Ba Front, concerning whom they may Afriosa Attila" (a truly Harmsworthian phrase!) and who bear bad news it any moment; war, whether we now draw the colonies that could be mentioned General Gordon, Dr. Ayres the stand" who solemnly swore, possesses all the qualities that are necessary for a general many more are in terror of aero-word henceforth and until the until it was discovered that Colonial Surgeon), Hoa. N. J. "allo close belong my gun ball commanding an army in the field."
plane raids and so forth so that destruction of those who to-day wireless, or other, information Mitchell-Innes (Acting Register no savoy, Hesult: $10 or six We have said that we are not catious to know what can have all told, if the nerve of the prople dominate Garmeny, the American was being sent to the enemy, General), Hon. Ho Kai, mostha hard labour" inspired the attack. Neither are we: If we wished to speculate on at Home were zormal it would be people will look upon the none Uahappily Germany's sons have Mesers. Osbert Chadwick, Wong Two-thirds of a Cent per Ton the point, we might suggest that the Daily Mail and its friends aro more than a miracle. This fact who are fighting the Germen as shown us all too well how much Shing, N.J.Ede, JD. Humphreys, angry at Earl Kitchener's tabooing the war correspondente. No again should stir up our young for their success. Many millions them.
allies. They will hope and pray confidence it is safe to repoes in J. J. Franois, Dr. Cantlie, and notification appears in Caturday's Mr. H. McCallam (scorelary). Dr: Odette, on the strength of an newspaper, can agree with such a policy entirely, but we would man and inspire them with long will regret that no American sul-
Castlie moved "That attention order made by the Adnimistrator submit that it was just anch papers as those under discussion that ing to pay ont the bruter whodiers are in those lines doing
be given to the condition of the in Council under the provisions probably led to the probibition. The big daily papera at Home are respon-ible. could have done little bat good bad they sent men to the Front.
Taitam water-works service re of section 34 of the Merohant servoir." He said in support of Shipping Consolidation Ordinance But if one correspondent is admitted another cannot well be ex
bis, motion that the reservoir was of 1879, to the effect that stea oladed. Had it not been for the line taken by the War Office, who knows but that this anonymous military critic who has disposed of
the receptacle for branchée, mora plying only between Boog Earl Kitchener in a few jaunty paragraphs might himself have been
vegetable and animal matter kong and Canton or M sent to represent the profound organ in which his ramarke have
frogs, frog.spawn, etc. He wanted enter the waters of the appeared ? The gain to the Empire and to the world's comprehension
it covered over, to prevent this night, shall pay of the situation would, of course, have been incalculable. It is always more or lese mournful to see the pigmy exhausting his paltry forces on the grown man. We will hope that the Daily Mail spoke in its haste and is now penitent. Not that Earl Kitchener will care one way or the other, but one dislikes to see even the Daily Mail saying thing that can be turned to account by the enemy
.
Bathing on, Stonecutters.
Amerios'a part in the battle to defend civilisation.
**Let ncns mistake the fact. A wild beast in loura in the world,
HARBOUR OFFENCES.
June 30- A Government
Before Commander 0.W. Back a creature combining the ferocity with RNA at the Marine Court It is notified, that civilians are of the animal with the fast of the this morning, O.Mathias, Assistant
-thirds of a permitted. between the hours of degenerate human. The straggle Jank Inspector, Harbour Départ
It would spoil the view, but deat, perton. The off who 4 pm and 7pm., to bathe from is not a struggle of nations: ment, charged Chan Tak Shing,
ART & BORwutlenka between mistress of a passenger boat with improve the water.EU ARO edita the Gazelle launches and boats off Stoneout-
Dr. Cantlie's ter's Island, between, the Natios oivilisation and barbarism. A unlawinlly refusing to show him Boards, provided they only, land German victory would mean the or licence, when required to do invitation, gave his opinion. He gene in bathing dress and do not leave destruction of all we hold best in on the 2nd liast. Defendant said that it was generally accept wit
Our national life the beach.
was fined $5.
Chadwick.
Bilinow-a-daya
water oug
this
rutting himself to any Berious inconvenienc