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VIN BRUT, OR VERY DRY, VINTAGE 1906, THE WINE OF THE CONNOISSEUR.
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WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
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DAY BY DAY
The Weather. Lower level 8 s.m. Temp. 80'; heavy rain.
At the Peak &am. Temp. 76; heavy rain.
Count the Columns,
AUGUST 28, 1015.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
THE GERMAN SUBMARINES.
Odds and Ends. If the value of telegrama is to be gauged by means of a two-loot rule, then Henter has done as well this morning. Those un- reasonable folk, however, who want definite facts may feel that there is more paff-paste than Equare meal about the overnight wires. It is true that we have four double.columna of "Esrlier
18 9:02
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files for the week
ending August, 25, 1890.)
The Dollar. August 28.-The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 3/8" "What Is the Kaiser's Little Game 2"
al
1890.
SHARE REPORT.
The quotations which follow are from the Hongkong Telegraph for August 28th 1800, 190
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- New Issue $200 per share, sellers
We read with interest in this morning's wires that Sir Alfred Mond, hitherto Chairman of
AND OFTENTIMES, EXCUSING OF Directors of the leading Liberal!
A FAULT-T paper, the Westminster Gazette, DOTH MAKE THE FAULT THE has resigned that position. Home WORSE BY THE EXCUSE-King papere, we notice, connect his resignation, at any rate by sug- gestion, with the fact that he has become a convert to the National Service movement. His cou version should have occasioned
Union Insuranos Society of no surprise for, though he
Canton-102 per share, barers. aite in Parliament as a Rad-
China Tradera' Insurance Com ical, he is a man of intense breadth of view and one who, as
Yesterday the Telegraph Telegrams" to offer to our read- August 28.The Emperor of pany-$71 per share, buyers.
North China Insurance -Tlä. an employer of labour on a very published 34 columns of soliders, but the statement of actasl Germany has expressed his in vast goale, abould be able to see reading matter. To-day there progress, minus Daily Mailese tention of "decorating the Brit- 340 per share, sellers.
trimminge, would comfortably ish Premier with the order of the
Canton Insurance Company, both sides of the industrial dia will be 46 published.
boil down to a couple of hundred Black Esgle. He was also, with Ltd.$111 per share, buyers. patés question. As parliamenta.
words. Of course one is sorry to unexampled liberality, intimated Yangrass Insuranos Association rian, barrister, newspaper owner
per
share buyer know that one of the Botha-that he will present Lord SalisTls. 70 childs baebeen" wounded, bory with his august portrait, Hongkong Fire Insurance Com but one feels just as sorry in the We trust his Lordship will fally pany-8355 per share, sellers.. case of Bill Brown, prirate, appreciate this condescension on China Fire fasuratos Company lats of Whitechapel, whose name the part of the chief of the Hoben--800 per share, hayem. is not mentioned. Nor do we zollerna. But what is the Kai- wish to question the very real ser's little game?" value of the amplification of the Suvla ay news, though some of the veile of smoke and the heart quaking roars of the shells might bave been jadicionaly pruned away.
The Malls.
managing director of Brun-English Mail-Dae per s.o. Sar.
ner Mond and Co. Ltd., he has packed a good deal of experience into his forty-seven years of life and it would be strange if such .man could bring himself to op pose so practical and necessary measure an National Service. Austin Harrison.
dinia to-day
Siberian Mail. Das per s.e.
Chenan to-morrow. American Mail.-Due pers.s. Aki
Maru to-morrow.
a
Australian Mail.- Closed to-day
per s.8. Aldanham at 3 pm. Siberian Mall-Closes to-day per
The wire aleg mentions that Sir Alfred Mond bas disposed of
Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which his shares in the English Review
addresses with
requires them to forward their names' and' sommunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides.
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to Mr. Austin Harrison, who se for somewhat remarkable article on the Dardanellee we reprinted Thursday. The Daily
on
| Mail some short, while ago spoka of him as a "coming" man, bat
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1915.
matter.
6.8. Sardinia at 4 p.m.
Up to the Minute-Share Market News.
Closing prices →→
$300,
Canton Insurances.
bayers. Donglas's. - $68, buyers.
(Combined $146 s.
00 E Deferred
55.80. Preferred
Indo Obinas.
Hongkong C. and M. S.. $22,
sellers.
Hongkong and K. W. and G.
Oo. Ld-8751, buyers.
Shangbai Costons in S'hai
Tle, 103, buyers. Chins Borneos.11, sellers Electrica."— $42, buyers. W. Powells'-$61, males. Green Islands.$8.20, buyers,
Union Waterbosta.
sellers. "
'Actual News.
Ia point of the real stuff all we have is that Buaris is said to be getting over her munition diffi. oalies, that the Germans claim the occupation of Brest Litovsk, that Austro-German troops are massing on the Danube with
ן.
[It would appear that even twenty-five years ago William was wont to have a little game ću hand.]
The German Flag.
August 23. A correspondent inquires if Sir Höbert Hart ax- shorised the German gentleman who is at the head of the Chinese Customs at Whampoa to fly his national flag, instead of the re- gulation yellow dragon? We give it up...
[Quits interesting in view of recent happenings on Shameen]
So Dashed Select.
Hongkong and Whampos Dock Company-72 per cent, premium," sales and layers.
Hongkong, Canton and Maco Steamboat. Company
#36) per share, bayers."
China and Manila Steamship: Company-811 per share, buyer. Hongkong Gas Company $135 per share. sellers."
Hongkong Hotel Company $180 per share, sellers,
Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per cont. Debenturca-8501.
Indo-China 8.N. Company 35 per cent. dis, sellers.
Douglas Stearnship Company $55 per share, sellers
eye to Servis, that Ger- many is again trying to
China Sagar Refining Com bluff Bulgaria, that the Itali- August 23, The Hon. O ans have made another useful bert Chadwick, O.M.G., the Man pany, Ltd.-$182 per share, little captors, that the Fronch of D.ainpipes and Fade, ie going ex. div., sales and bayera, k have accomplished some more home. He promised to do so, at Luzon Sugar Refining Com and America both ir tend to be the Hongkong Club on Thursday ex. div., sellers. successful air raids, that Germany" a "b.nquet given to him in pany, Limited-8117 per share,
very anxious to kiss and be night. We regret that we were Hongkong Ice: friends, and the (as many of us unable to record all the eloquense $100 per share, sellers.
$18, long ago assumed) Admiralty of the Hon. Mr. A. P. MacEwen, Hongkong Rope
Shanghai Docks $824, buyers: Kung Yike-Tis. 16), buyers.
The Dollar.
The rate of the dollar demand to-day is i̟s 9 7/16d.
on
To-day's Anniversary. To-day in the 33rd anniversary
the Battle of Kassassin.
Remanded.
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company.-$70 per share, bayers.
Hongkong Dairy Farm Co. Ltd. $10 per share, sellers.
A. 8. Watson and Co., Ltd #24 per share, sales and buyer. Hongkong High Level Tram way Co., Ltd. 105 per share buyers.
at Home, among those who are qualified to express an opinion, is that he has very much arrived already. Seeing that be at one time condescended to de theatre notices for the Daily Mail, that periodios ought rather to have boosted" than patronised him. Mr. Harrison is an old Harrow boy who completed his education at various Continental universi tina. He was intended for the diplomatic service but journalism
has been keeping its own counsel or the Hon. Aoting Governor, or ing Company, Ltd-$118 por had the greater attraction for him
on the subject of the number of of the scientific gent. who share, buyers. and he joined the staff of the
enemy submarines sunk. This cupied the place of honour, but Times-transferring later to tha
latter is a decision which will the fact is the whole thing was Morning Post-as a special, cor-
certainly be applauded. The so dashed select that only one respondent in various parts of Reuter Europe. He was also
common sense of the msn in the lowly representative of the Press street must have told him all could be admitted." special correspondent of some
along that the comparatively tri-
The Drains Man." years, daring part of which time
August 25.- Obadwick, 0. be noted as Renter's manager in
fing sinkings of merobant vessele was a sufficient indication that M. G., having taken fight to an Berlin. Of late years he haa]
our navy was very much awake, other and a better portion of this settled down to more serious of
and that, considering the large wicked world, Cooper, the literary work at Home. Among
flost of submarines"with" draine man as the Bish Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., other things he has edited the
which Germany began, far sarcastically styled this mischief- Ltd. $25 per share, nominal English Review for the last foar At the Police Court, this morn-
mere must have been sunk than making official, has been placed Green Island Cement Co. (old or five years, and, by his coning, a Chinese was remanded on the civilian world had any in charge of the Water and issne)-831 per share, buyers. tributions to other reviews, a charge of stealing packing cases
Drainage Department as Resident Green Island Cement Co. (new magazines and newspapers, as from Wellington Barracks. It notion of. The Arabic,
Engineer, and he bangs out of issue).-$3 per share, nominal, well as by his "Pan-Germanic was stated that boxes had been
The Washington Government cially at Beaconsfield Arcade. THOSE MINERS.
Doctrine" and "Eogland and missed for some time.
Hongkong Land Investment does not approve of Mr. Roosevelt's If Mr. Cooper: desires to Jo., Ld-$94 per share, sellers. Germany" has shown that he is
Hongkong Electrio Light Co., Register.
heat to Gaub him. Of course the in the Hongkong drainage Lad. 38 per share, sellers. When one reads in the wires from Home that the South Wales one of the men who have a real Auditor's Name Removed from plain speaking and is doing its have some practical experience
With reference to. Government wisdom of violent pro-war system, how it is done and how West Point Buildings Co., Ltd. minera are still dissatisfied, one feels that there must surely be some live grip of the things that thing wrong with the owners themselves; that only the very gravest
Notification No. 122 of 1914, it is sporches in the United States it isn't, he had better, favour us-32 per share, sellers. offences on the part of the masters could persuade loyal British Father and Soa.
Mr. Austin Harrison labours notified the name of Carl Frischen particularly by as influential a with a call at an early date. workmen to threaten a strike at a time when their cessation from under the disadvantage of being who is a German subject has been man as the ex-President-is at Chadwick didn't come. He was work would affect the progress not only of our great ally Franos, the son of a great man. Because removed from the list of authoriz-least debateable, albeit outsiders either afraid, o, after the general
naturally feel that it is high time lickspittling he was treated to by annoal meeting of shareholders but of our own war ships. What can the masters be thinking about,
After.21 Year's Service. that somebody went out of his way the local swelldom, thought him is to be held on the 8th Septem ene feels impelled to ask, to set their men by the ears at go oritical people know that Frederio Harried auditors.
son is his father they unconsciously a time, by acting graspingly and overbearingly to such's fatal extent look to see him doing big things employed at the Navel Yard for some useful truths.
A. Obinere, said to have been to tell the American Government self too near the angels to give ber, and that Mr. Bibby must When the any consideration to the "fever-finish his first crushing in time that the miners, honest fellows, can no longer square it with their
The pre- consciences to go to work for them? The more one argues the ca that very account,
sent Lord Tennyson has bad the 21 years, was sentenced to Seven first outburstof Transpacifio wrath dealing drains of Pedder's Hill." to let the results be known in In those days the office of the Brisbins on the 8th September. question out with oneself the more hopelessly puzzled one becomes. same drawback to contend with daya hard labour at the Police at the Arabis affair came, there What can the Government he doing to allow the mastere to give throughout his public career. Court, this morning, for stealing were people who thought that Per-Telegraph was on Pedder's Hill The Australian directors have sident: Wilson and his colleagues The Hongkong and Whampoa engaged, and are senting at offenco to their men at such a moment? What can be the nature of
Casee are few and far between five pieces of carvas.
The Emperor of Japan's would, for the sake of the dignity Company, Limited. the offence, that it han driven the miners to utter do momentous a wherein a clover son has catsteip-
occe, a party of experienced Birthday.
of their country, decline to ask August-25-"The ordinary Miners to add to the strength of The Japanese Conanl-General for any more explanations from half-yearly meeting of the share the European staff, so na to per- Of course there is just a bare possibility that there may be faulla ped or even equalled a clover father,
bat as Frederic Harrison has the at Hongkong informa us that he Garmany. Bat now the old bolders of the above Company mit of the quicker development on the side of the workers. We have known such a thing happen start of his son by some two and will not held his reception on ecquetry between them and Dr. was held this afternoon. Mr. W. of the mine. before. There have been times when strikere, having found that forty years it is not too late for the August, 31 on the occasion of von Bethmann Hollweg seems to U. Forbes presided, and the Hon. Our Legislative Council. they could bully an extra penny an hour out of their employers latter to reach the eminence which M. the Emperor of Japan's be beginning again, sad they are Mr. J. J. Keswick, Mesare. J. E. August 28. The approaching went a step farther and sought to bully two pence. Indeed we could the older ma occupies quote sufficient instances of this to fill a column wherein the masters in modern literature. Charles birthday, as his official birthday imploring him (as they implored Davies, E. L. Woodin, H. Bop election of an anofficial member of
was fixed on October 31,
him in the case of the Lusitania) pius, L. Poesnecker, 8. E. Mich- the Legislative Council, sice Mr. proved, in the long rau, to be the persecuted and not the persecutor. Darwin, Damas the younger "Clever" Trick that Falled. It is possible that this may be the case as regards the Welsh and Benjamin Disraeli were all of
to say that Germany did not do netron, F. Dodwell (director) A. P. MacEwen, who will leave A Chinese, employed by the what they know perfectly well Messrs. FT. P. Foster, H. Oraw for England within the next few for them. Even in times of prosperity and peace there are usually men, and all succeeded in rising four months imprisonment for affair. miners. If it be fo, it isdifficult to imagine a punishment too strong them soas of recognised great San Company, was sentenced to she did do. However, it is their ford, J. E. C. da Reza, G. Murray days, has aroused but little ex- Bain, J. C. dos Remedios, and.D.citement in the Colony. The ro enough ugly features about a strike to warrant the Government's above their fathers' level; and embezzlement of $2 at the Police East and West..
Gillies (general manager) wore tiring legislator represents the calling out an armed force to quell it, out of hand. Then what of there seeme no reason why Mr. Court, this morning. He obtain. The Kaiser, having a few present. The Chairman eaid: interests of the Hongkong General time of war when the success of the Allies depends in great the Harrison should not have equaled $2 by passing a false pass to a minutes to spare from his miracle Your Directors trust it may be Chamber of Commerce, and his eure on the supply of the very commodity which the workers are lack
parchaser, patting the money into working, preaching and praying, considered antisfactory, and that successor will be elected by the refusing to produce?
hie pocket. On being searched has sent another telegram this it may be possible to maintain three or four dozen specially far- Aa usual the fault, at bottom, is the Government's. It was
$70 was found in his possession. time to his Troops on the Western the dividend now declared, as oured citizens who constitute easily possible, when war broke out, to make atriking or agitating
British Goods on Austrian Ships. front, congratulating them on they cannot recommend a higher that generally harmless associa a criminal offence immediately, and to act accordingly. If Govern
It is notfied for information that bolding fast and enabling the one until the Company is out of tion. Governor Bowen's biggest ment can fr a rate of prices for shopkeepers to observe, it can fix a
the Italian Government has Eastern force to penetrate debt. It may interest you to bid for local popularity was in rate of wages for matters and men to abide by. We are not going
We are informed that the announced that applications by deeply into Russia." That man learn that your Directors tried a introducing into Hongkong elec to defend the shopkeeper at Home or the compradore in Hongkong who slily tacks on twopence a pound or ten cents a catty to bie aquatic foto announced to take British subjects interested in would rather tell a lie than the short time ago to negotiate a loan tions the thin end of the wedge
place at the V.R. C. to night, has goods on board Austrian ships in truth any time. than the workman who been postponed indefinitely. wares; but surely he is no worse
Two former at a low rats of interest, on ao of popular suffrage; but as that takes advantage of the scarcity of labour.
Italian ports whether European telegrams of his announced the count of the New Docks, with the shallow mountebank carafally Nor, for that
or Overson should be made to the foal and absolute crippledom of Lords of Admiralty but this conflued the franchise to the matter, is he half as bad as the owner or contractor who
Minister of Marine and supported Bussia (liers should have a good application has been refused. You members of the Chamber of Com olaps on the wholesale price because Government is going to foot
and now a third will, however, be pleased to hear merco and Bench of Jaslices re- the bill. Having fixed a rate of wage, making it an offerce The Mutlay of Convicts at Kirin. by documentary evidence of memory)
According to a telegram from ownership, worker to demand more or an employer to pay less, Kirin 210 convicts, 70 warders
of the speake ì
.capture of that we expect shortly to be able apoctively, the so-called public places within a few miles of War to pay off $100,000 of the loan boon he so effusively bestowed on the Government's path would have been smooth enough. Late in the day it sought to remedy all this by nationalising labour. Well and and prison officials and 20 police. People who want a good laugh saw, or of the Baltic as the case made with the Hongkong Lind an officially down-trodden com- grod; but if labour is nationalised, why are these men talking of men and soldiers were killed should pay a visit to the Victoria may be, as penetrating deeply Investment Company, reducing munity was not generally appre striking? why are no agitators being shot or cat-o-nine-tailed during the fighting which follow- Theatre while Wiffles Mascot into a country whose breadth, in it to $400,000. The prospects biased, and quite failed to realise Why are the gramblers out of geol? Is the National Register only ed the mutiny in the prison there. Umbrella" is being shown. This Earope alone is somewhere about for the current half year have the enthusiasm His Excellency so We notice that the Renter wire of yesterday deal. Of the prisoners who were re-is a three-part film, brimful of fifteen hundred miles. The began favourably, the Docks be fondly anticipated. Governor ing with the threatened strike ends by saying that the owners have captured 120 were summarily follity from end to end, showing" penetration," then, is about as ing fairly well employed, and the Bowen's reform was very much decided to pay increased wages under the original Government terme shot as being responsible for the the world-famona comedian attrae as the suggestion that the net results for the month of July like feeding a hungry populaca without delay. If these are Government terms why were they not outbreak. The bodies of the dead bis funniest. The new Victoris enemy on the West is holding are highly satisfactory. paid long ago? And now that the owner are agreeing to the sum remain unburied, and with the programme has also two splendid his own end up. He is not do Progress at Raub,
August 26"The Brisbine stipulated, will the Government undertake that the men shall not be ruined buildings, present a most set of wet plotures, another set ing anything of the sort, and ell threatening a new strike by this time next week in default of a terrible scene. Order is said to of Sherlock Holmes plotures, and the Imperial bleating in the directors of the Baub Mining some excellent minor comics. T. world will not help matters. Company have wired that the
threat?
for a
a name after all P
farther inorsaBe?
?
THE VRC FETE POST- PONED.
have been quite restored."
Victoria: Theatre..
with an empty spoon, and its effect was pretty well the same me might be expected from that in- teresting proceeding.
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