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LEADING EVENES IN THE GREAT WAR-
The Weather. At the Peak 8 am. Temp: 59;| VEICHEL.
Lower level 8 a.m. Tamp. 66; overcast.
The Malls.
ing the typhooT BORBON far more useful if, as in Shanghai, they indicated the dirsation i which the depression is travelling. Where was a time when only black symbols, indicating a typhoon, within 300 miles of the Colony, mers hoisted; now the red signals, beepeaking a disturbance bevand 300 miles, are also used. Both these sets of signals tell the Siberian Hail-Closes to-morrow position of the typhoon in relation to the geography of
DET ER Ánbui the Colany, but they fail French MailCloses to-morrow to give the direction of the per ss. Athos. motion. Commenting on this Canadian Mail Closed to-day fact, the Harbour Master of Canton, in his annual report just issued, says —This appears to be a great defect, but it is pro- bably due to the lack of sufficient observing stations in the vicinity of the Colony. The existence of other stations would no doubt be beneficial in this respect, but we should imagine that even under present circumstances the local Observatary officials know quite
A. S. WATSON & CO. LTD., well, the direction in which a
HONGKONG.
anuary 10,
-1915
On the 5th, Inst alfil tea house in Canton
However rough our road tq
Russians More on Hungary. victory may soon to be at times,
The Rumisse in Bukhorina Fatahan, after there is always the consolation have advanced 80 miles in a week union, closed there mats defeat and rain ie not have reached a mountain chain astion. When the that Germany's own road to altiid continuous fighting and protest against the whit lees easy or pleasant. Just
now she is suffering from a bad separating Bakhorina and Banbrought to the atte hammering from the Russians, capturing a thousand pri- Governor, he at who, socording to her Kaiser's Boners and much booty. American and Canadian Maila crippled or driven to the utter
per sa. Árakas II a.m.
proclamations, are all dead of
Closes to-morrow per sa. Ta- coms Maru
The Dollar.
demand to-day is 1114
The rate of the dollar
on tä
To-morrow's Anniversary, To-morrow is the 16th anniver- xry of the seisme af Fotgeiter's Drift by Lard Dundonald.
particular typhoon is travelling. The advices periodically re- caired from Manila, and cons to teously distributed by the Amer the can consulate General, invariably
Correspondents are requested to observe rule which requires them to forward their names and addresses with give this information, and we can rommunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily publication, but as an évidence of their bona fides,
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Prire Distribution.
distribute the prize at Queen's His Excellency the Governor is College at nocu on the 31st inst.
TIE
A Ban on Absinthe.
ssge to the Chie structing hve to houses that it in his they open their doors with their usual busine them that he would matter of terätion. it reduced as OČI. KE
Last Wednesday a young
most parts of the earth. With her A decree has been issued by uraal blundering eagerness to the French Government probibit crowd all her eggs into One ing definitely the selling of basket, she sought, not long since, absinthe all over France.
oppose
absolutely irresistible hire
(ths | All Laws of War Violated. Russians, and she fortified that A report has been parlished by line on a scale more vast than is special committee which "has any perhaps ever heard of before.mutablished in an answerable But, so far from being impressed manner the fact that the Germans about twenty years of age by all this display of mailed-have violated in France all the een standing on the wharf fistedness, Rasis has merely laws of war, by plandering ng impatiently for the House langbed at the whole thing and violating, burning down and fay bost. As soon as the host taken Tsartorysk. Onother fronts has now quietly stepped in and sassinating.
arrived be lesped quickly on bowed Australia Again: Splendid
bat, unfortunately, mised his marters have shaped no better
footing and was precip tated into Recruiting
the water. There was plenty of for Germany and her allies, for
correspondent at the Italians, French and British Melbourne states that, splendid help at hand and it would have are making their inficence more steady recruiting is going on in all been a matter of smell moment, than ever unpleasantly falt.
parts.
for the bosten to have zausted. Christian Charity; Negotiations him to safety, but not a hand whe for Exchange of Prisoners. outstretched to him. He could not Negotiations are proceeding swim and in a brief time he wenk between the belligerents to appoint down to rise no more. When delegates to discuss with the naked why they did not try to Vatican, an exchange of prisoners, help him, the bahmen said they With all this kind of thing in Great Freach Success in Alsace. had seen the water spirt clasp for the week ending December Prese, sad with her credit Our offensive continued in the in its sus and they knew that as 25, 1915 amounted to 63.115 tons though Germany would be more where we achieved important re
practically gone, it locks as regions of Thann and Akkirch, mortal was able to sexist him thems sad the sales during the period, than ever forced to confine beraalta. We recaptured trench
Cow Runs Amoic
Voyage Reports. for see no reason why a scheme could
The sa Bongbee, from Sing not be devised whereby it could
spore, reporta strong wind and be conveyed to the public by our high seas, and the as. Chusaz, local signals. It will be many from Bangkok, reports strong N. months before the next typhoon E monsoon from Varrells. time this point might well bé | Ziren consideration.
The rates of Subscription to the "Bangkong Telegraph" will season is with as; in the mean- be-se follow “
Daily ince-$36 per anitum.
Weekly lame-$15 per annumm
Too Enterprising
Kallan Output.
The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's miner
The sten per quarter and per mensen, proportions. Sabecriptions for any period less than one month will be charged as for a
Chinese methods of agriculture tall month. The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible to are known to be distinctly primi-
essenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered attire. The implements used, as to 53,867 tons. their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by even a walk through certain parta of the New Territories will show, post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weakly isene to any part of the world is $100 trille out-of-date, while when it comes to manuring,
esh only).
Single Copica, Daily, tan cents Weekly, twenty-five cents (for Adve isements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed
period will be continued until countermanded.
(Payable in Advance.)
The "Hongkong-Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be delivered to subscribers by, the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd., Shameen, Canton, who have been appointed our agents there.
Alleged Intimidation. Three Chinese were charged before Mr. Hazeland, this mora- batter. There would seem to be in connection with the carpentry the least said on that point, the ing on remard, with intimidation
A remand some Chinese, however, who are trade at Taumsti. prepared to experiment on new was ordered for a week. lines, for we have just read of a locality where the natives took
to using alphate of ammonis as
The Outlook.
..
Renter's
"fighting" to the stining up of and a hill 425 metres away sedition in Allied territory to and proceeded to win ground A few days ago s cow created neutral countries, and to following carried Barnhaupt-le-Hent, and ing to and fro along the Band creating new troubles- for the to the east of Steinbau. We considerable confusion by runne
making it quite clear to her that The enemy's artillery uneaccess utterly crazy and paid no silen- out the rest of her silly sickery advanced in the direction of near the office of the Cized of till the Allies have succeeded in Pont d'Aspach and Kahlberg-Police. The animal seemed to be she is only increasing the amount fully attempted to reach our tion to anything in her way. The of her ultimate punishment. Har batteries, but gave up in order to polics were afraid to shoot bee Remanded Again.
pledges to America are, like those exlusively bombard Taaan hos because there were so many bys The case in which two men
of Austria, the laughing-stock pital which had been evacuated. stander. At last the cow chargest
CEAGUE Turkish Transports Sank and a manure for vegetables. Their stand charged with the larceny of Farope and of an
madly down a tile street and -Battleship bit. zeal and enterprise took them fa abipe ice chest, valued $150, majority of the people of the
A large Turkish transport has her without endangering the there the police were able to shoot rather out of their Cepths, though, was again before Mr. Hazeland United States. In fact she has and, by a process of reasoning all this morning. A further remand become the recognised world's lar, been sunk by a mine at the en-lives of people near at hand. their own, they came to the can- until Wednesday was ordered.
sad no sound-minded person now trace of the Bosphorus, and an- attaches the least importance to other which was convoyed by the Telephone Offices to be Removed Deck Passengers. LAWFORD-On December 29, 1915. at Peking, the wife of clasion that the stronger the dose, L. H. Lawford, of a son
the better would be the result. In During the week-end large num
her word To & Country socruiser Madjidieh was sank bet- FANU January 5, 1916. at No. 55 Avenue Du bail, Shang-point of fact, the result was decid- bera of Chinese deck passengers Germany this would not mean The Bussian cruiser Mercaris and phone Administration has asked naturally void of honour za ween Sinope and Trebîzsade. The Superintendent of the Tele- edly disastrana A number of cows have arrived in the Colony. The and water buffaloes died from . Hong bee brought in 966 from much; the really hardened liar or a destroyer attacked the Med-permission to remove from the TAMPLIN-On January 2, 1916, at Amoy, Lewes Henry eating the potato tops or leaves Singapore, the Haitan 165" from thief never minds having his jidich which succeeded in escap-old city to the site of the old
while in a number of towns and Amoy and Swatow and the Tong offences cast in his tooth bating although hit.
Police College in Nam Kwan, om hong 100 from Saigon.**
whatabout this little matter of loss resulted from the same cause.
the Long. The state of this bande of financial credit? Germany's one hope, since she threw of the
ing is now being investigated and.. it is thought the transfer will take place in a few week.
By Order.
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH."*
BIRTHS.
hai, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Faro, a son
Tamplin, aged 39 years.
DEATHS.
MORRISON-On January 4, 1916, at Shanghai, James Hutchi-villages deathsamong the Chinese ron Morrison aged 67 years.
ALLAN-On January 4, 1916, at No. 8 Thorne Road, Shanghai, John Allan late of Glasgow and Hongkong aged 58 years.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1916.
A BACKWARD INDUSTRY,
If mining in Chins had only been developed to the extent which it might well have been, the country would to-day be playing
Seizure of Lottery Tickets. P. C. Stimson saw two Chinese
The upsho: was the issue of an sitting near a locked door on the mask and showed herself to Ear- official Froclamation warning second floor of 24, Queen Street ope as she is, has been that she
farmers from using the ammonia,
FREEMASONRY.
tion.
or, if they must use it, informing January 8, and, becoming might continue to do business them of the correct strength as suspicious, the door was broken with America the caly market Star of South Chias" Installa- which it should be employed. Macao and 638 Canton Lottery answer to that hope lies in the open. Inside were discovered 930 of any real value left to her. Täs There is humour in the incident, tickets. The case was 30jured present value of the Mark in New bat it is of a decidedly grim or until Wednesday. der. A little knowledge in s dangerous thing-in China a elsewhere.
a very prominent part in the supply of those minerals for which there Lord Barnham-
is at the moment a very great demand. Unfortunately, however,
towards the riches gathered from the bowels of the earth.
"At Home".
York
The New BIIL
Confiscated
The story is going round the town that Mr. Li Pok-chin, owner af
undertaking establishment in Tai Lok
on
had
A very pleasant avming was Alleged Harbour Thieves,
epent by the masonic fraterzity received a severe lesson in Two men were charged by
or the Shameen on Saturday, prudence. It seem Sergt. Wills, before Mr. Hazeland,
when Bro. Samuel Bell Smith was gathered in his shop this morning, with the theft of and seven pieces of iron sheeting and
The new Bill dealing with com-
installed as Master of the Lodge als of opiam, not for sal
merely as a collection. The he **Star of Southern China,” it has to be put on record that in this industrial sphere, as in many at the age of 81 years, removes were being landed from a small
The death of Lord Barnham, three bars of pig iron, which pulsion, a draft of which we yab others, China continues to occupy s back seat and will do so, appar- one of the pillars of British bost at Taumati Bay at 7 o'clock used by its opponents of being Hotel where they wers entertained imprudent bust of
lished yesterday, can hardly be
After the ceremony, the bread hidden safely awes thren adjourned to the Victoria the walls of a par ently, for very many years yet. Hare and there a few mines are journalism. The deceased Baron yesterday morning. Mr. Otto King outrageously one-sided. Moreover in mind the wealth of mineral deposits with which the chantry paper work. His father, J. M. and a remand was granted. working, but the number is absolutely infinitesimal when we bear had spent his whole life in news Sing appeared for the deferice yet once again an additions) / to dinner by the new Wot. Mbe fold a friend
ter. Various toasts were honoured, the sathorities, who sent
This friend at once sbounds. "And not only is there richness; there is astounding Levy, was one of the founders
chance is given to the unenlisted to save their face and their cour by several of the
and musical selections were given variety as well. But the world waïts and continues to wait for the of the cheap Press, and he himself The Directors and officials of y'a As the Bill stands a:hile others delivered speeches found the collect
brethren, day when Chins shall contribute her dus and proportionate share tock a prominent part in the Sincere Co., Ltd, will be "At Fresent, it would see that in happy vein. There was a good the proprietor, and to march the pre
the agitation for the repeal of the Home" to their friends on the many shirkers sa choose Glancing through the latest issued Customs reports paper duties. Lard Burnhams Roof Garden of their new em can dodge ita provisions by plead-umber of visitors, including of an illegal use
his shop, 01 the trade of South China, WO were at pains to a great organiser, not only in the porium on notice the observations in connection with mining enterprises: matter of new-gathering, but January, from 2 to 5 pm. Selec Charles Kingsley pats into the Smith, Frank Graham, J. W to be 220
Tuesday, the 11thing conscientions objections. Now Worbipiul Bros. Dea, Percy facit tercaled, however, do not greatly encourage also in the special branches of tions will be given by the whole month of one of Britain's heroes Graham, C. G. Lafrents, P. B. said to be $20,000 one in particularly strong hopes for improvement in the future. journalism. He realized In the reports from almost every locality there are references to such matters as art, music, establishment will be opened for the words: I never knew cheon, EW Hamilton, W. L. discussion of the place
that band of the 14th Panjabis. The of old time-Sir Richard Gren White, D. K. Bair, J. McHu! There has been
Holyoak, J. J. Bryan, Hedley mining operations of one kind cr another, but in few instances do literature and the drama business on the 12th instant.
a man prate of his conscience Leack and several others of lesser new and much-bers the enterprises appear to have reached more than the experimental should be dealt with by: stage. Concentration and organisation seem to be lacking experts in these walks of life, and
except when he was contemplat- Concessions are often changing hands, the mines are worked spas. that is why the Daily Telegraph modically, there is very little actual production, and, even where the has always been famous for its ore is successfully mined, scarcely any of it is exported. It is not sound criticisms on these sab- enrprising, therefore, to read that in many of the cases the efforts to jecta A keen, "Live" and develop the miners! products generally end in failure. It is well-enterprising proprietor, he never known that the mining projects of China are almost exclusively in had say sympathy with yellow Mesure. Wright and Hornby to have been attered and it is the hands of the Chinese themselves, and it is undoubtedly this fact journalism. His life was spent advise us that the Langkat osta fairly ale assumption that which lies at the base of a good deel of the mismanagement in preserving the best traditions put for the current month is as those young men short, of which is so evident. Official obstruction ang ** squeeze ** are big of the British Press. factors also, of course, besides which we have to remember the ex- tremely poor means of transport which exist and which call loadly for improvement
The
The whole industry, in fact, is in a terribly chaotion state, anil that is why foreign capital in so slow in forthcoming Capital, perseverance and skill are, the prime requisites of the moment, and thede, we venture to assert, will never be met until greater encour agement is given to foreign financiers and engineers than in at pre- sent the case. Not only would the result of auch co-operation con- tribute materially to the sum total of the world's happiness, but Chins herself would find the mining industry a gold mine, in more sanges than ons, from which she omid draw, undreamt of *The benefits rasped would be leating as well as mutusi.
Defected
America.
The Great Northern Co, Ltd.
tani, un the
LANGKAT OUTPUT.
follows:
January
Total to 9h 23
Tons 142 337
135
127
135
198
139
College of
ing something unusually mean degree, together representing of Aeronautica and vile. If that's not the actual practically all the Hongking The other day. expression, it's good enough, Lodges, the total master con-12 30 We cannot see that human nature stituting a record for this lodge. wen has altered much since the time About 44 Blethren sat down to when these words are supposed
inner
course, of the Quakers who may discover that their consciences for bid their taking part in this sze suffering from the which is best cured by a
or a coat of tar end fost and by we shall havs in the dock pleading CONAZIENDES Would not a
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The officers for the year
abipful Master Wor. Bro. 8 Bell Emith; Immediate Part Mas- ter, War. Era Guy Thorne, Seatt
Tarde Bro. C. Reid Ja Warden, Bro. C. EL WA Chaplain, "Bro. -Harton