THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
FRENCH PROGRESS IN THE BALKANS.
(Havas Telegram).
February 12.
A Salorica message says:-We have cecupied Macedonian territory on's depth tf ten kilometres beyond the Yardar, to, preventa Geman attack coming from Monastir by the right plain of the Vardar.
THE SILVER MARKET.
1 HEFT OF ELECTRIC BULBS
Causes of the Downward Swing. Two Hundred Stolen from
Empress of Asia.
The rise in the price of silver
SECOND EXTRA
HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1916
LOCAL SPORT.
FOOTBALL
H KEC KR.E.-
the teams***
“Kowłosa *** F. Satton, & Leigh Bennett,
b Pearce
saning taking place, the Club ran out winners by the only four goals scared.
Sargeant Bowles was the referee. | H. E. Wright, b Pamros
J. McGregor, Gace,
b Tayler
18 J. V. Braga, Sab, b Tayler 33 J. P. Robinson, a Tayler,
b Syme Thom pros
15 E. McLennan, & Taylor 0 S. E. Green, a Batler, b Syme
Thompson.
Exxtras
Total
www
Pearce,
Civil Service v. University,
HONGKONG TRAD 3."
DAY BY DAY.
A. Fortnight's Activities Reviewed.
Photographs
A Fong has sent me three admir able photographs of the recent Police Reserve Inspection by Ha Excellency the Governor.
To Japad.
The Fortnightly Prics Current and Market Report, issued by the Hongkong General Chamber of
Mr. E. & Playfair leaves for 14 Commerce under date of February Japan by the Tenyo Mara to 1611, at
MOITUS on business connected
It
Cotton piece goods. Oh the Liverpool and Lancas I market re-opened on Monday after ad Globe Insurance Co.
the New Year holidays with quite
Returning. Mre, and Miss Alabaster,
Σ
a considerable enquiry and sales of 13 white shirtings and grey shirtings
137
- A Sil Hawker.
R-GL.A. v. Shropshireș.
Playing in the United Services League on Satrrizg these testos effected a draw. The game was played on the navy ground, and The mcat interesting game the Artillery men were the first played at Happy Valley on Saint-be really dangerous. As the J. B. Mead, a Muriel, b Tayler day was that between the Club result of a good effort by Draper P. R. Wolf, b Tayler... and the Royal Engineers in the they took the lead early on. The AW. E. Usvidson, not cat... United Services League. The game proceded at a good pace J. W. Golden,
b Tayler game was played on the Cab throughout. "Time" had nearly ground and was witnessed by s been reached and it seemed as if good crowd. The following were the Artillery men were bound to
(10 lbw and 84 lbs) are reported and Mrs. Hickling and Mr. and win, when a mistake on the part
at asinfactory and advancing Mr. F. Austin are announced, to The Clab-Bodgers; Bailton of the goalie let their opponents
rates. Although prices on this he returning by the Katori Mäeo, through, the equaliser being These teams met at Happy Val-side have markedly improved, it which leaves London next month. scored in the last few seconds. Mr. Ley on Saturday, the game resul-is atill, in most cases, impossible F. W. Wright, was the roletno. ting in a draw largely in favour to connect simultaneous basiceOn. of the Civil Service, whose hats In good qualities of white * 88th RŒA. v. Confucians. men proved far too good for the shirtings especially we are still
Varsity bowlers. Soares →
anything from fifty cents to a Playing in the Second Division BOWLING ANALYSIS.
dollar below Manchester parities, 0. of the Hongkong League the 88th.
M. B. W notwithstanding bayers have im- 10 0 49 Company B.G.A. scored a victory Pearce
proved their limits to the same overthe Confucians by three goals Syme Thompson 10 0 27
extent during the last week or two to coe. The game, which was Tayler....
Fancy Catton Goods-Sasil played on the Club ground, was
New Year transactions are report ed. The uncertainty regarding freight, the difficalities regarding shades and finishes render in porters chary of entering into forward contract, with buyers on 11this side and most of the axlen have been, we believe, effected from stock (Ls. spat cargo).
during 1915, says the Wall Street A Chinese was charged before and McCubbin; Vivessh, Stewart Journal, has attracted a good Mr.J.R. Wood, at the Police Court and Chassels; MeNicholl, Robin
Walker, McTavish and deal of attention to this com this morning, with stealing two son, modity, especially as it involves electric bulb lamps from the Siker.
Rayal Engineers: —Rodgers; factors growing out of the war Naval Dockyard yesterday.
A Police Lance-sergeant said Coxon and Scott; Bremman, which my, it is thought, have a| ignificant influrace upon the he saw defendant coming out of Smith and Richards; Townsend, the dockyard end also saw him White, Haltop, Wilkinson and searched, when the lamps were Pearce, discovered. The lampe had been
Play opened in brisk and in stolen from the Empress of Asia. teresting fashion with the Club Defendant said he had only the fimt to prees. The Engineers' been working on the ship about a defence, however, were playing one in which the Confacians did T. E. Pearce, & Brags, b week. He came from the country, a sound game and tough they not do themselves much credit,
status of the metal.
The lowest price silver reached in the London market after the European war turted, was 221 panes on November 14, 1914 The market very soon moved up to higher level. but for the greater part of the current year the price remained steady around 25 pence. It was only within the last few months that the price underwent
legs pronounced advance, reaching 271 pence on November 27, lea This indicated an advance of aboni 5 pence, or 10 centr, a Ounce, in a little crer taev months.
·
1915
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in
and he had found the bulbs on the rabbish heap..
95 1.48 *Hongkong "B.".
McLennan.....
McGregor
were hard pressed at times they the soldiers monopolising prac. E. Mariel, e Godden, b managed to keep their citadel | tically all the game. The diaplay intact. Robinson for the Club put was, nevertheless, an interesting P. R. Leigh Bernett, e Wolf,
It was staled that about 200 of these lamps had been stolen f in a shot the Emprise of Asia.
Defendant was sent to prizon
for three months hard labour sad as ordered to be placed in the stocks for far boar
that looked all like one. Mr. W. V. Pennell was the seiring but Rodgers handled referee. well
The Club forwarda con-
tinued to press, and their general display was one of the best seen this reason. A corner was forced bat Stalker with the kick had the bad luck to pat bebind. Walter, whose display was the subjes of
much favourable comment,
shot
The high and I for silver 60 pence. One of the first in Lordon and New York this year cortant nations to take the step ad really, hard lines when and in 1914 are shown below; about this time was Germany,
of his hit after she had been paid the bagh hard
the cross bar. It was not long, London New Yor indemnity by France, following 27 2734, 555-he Fratro-Prussian war. This however, before he had compensa-
2231 742.
tion in the shape of a goal. After |- was in 1873. London New York The United States intiated steps a combined forward morsment, High April 28 271, 591a to demonetisa silver in the same in which Chassels and Robinson
High November Low July 23
1914-
1
Diocesan School v St. Joseph's.
St. Joseph's bad little difficulty in accounting for Diocesan School who have yet to obtain a single point in the League. The Colle ge team played a sound game throughout and eventually ran out winners by three grals to nil The guals were scored by Omer. E. Hyndman and Goldsborough.
CRICKET.
Low November 14 221. 471 year, specifying gold as the unit figured prominently, Walker wAS From the circumstances which of value and relegating silver to enabled to get through, and with have operated to bring about this the rank of a subsidiary issue, only the Goalie to beat, he made Hongkong "A" v. Kowloon "B" enhancement in the value of silver The discontinuance of the free to mistake. This reverse seemed there would seem to be no reason coinage of silver by the Indian to inspire the Engineers to greater
2
9
59
93
b Wright
Col. Horgen, b McLennan
4
b
20
E. E. Tayler, stpd. Sutton,
Braga
R. Kennedy, b Meleman A. Gace, b Baga. Batler, Bragade Syme Thompon, c Woff, b
McLennan
A. Whitmarah, not out
Extras
Total BOWLING ANALYSIS.
0. LE Braga..
103 0
52 McGregor 6 0 51 Wright
2 0 7 McLennan 5 0 16
Civil Service.
***
R. O. Hutchison, Lb.w. An-
derson
Cotton Yarn-Busincer 0013- tinues on a very moderate seals as the closing prices of last mail not- withstanding the fact that they are below replacing east. Quota tion are No. 108 : $99/106. No. 12 at $95/108. No. 16.at $96. hs. No cha 2100/13. An rivals 3,500 bales Sales 4,000 128 balee. Shipments nil. Unsold stock 48,000 bsles. Bargains W. 12.000 bales.
3
1
53
A Chinees was charged beform Mr. J. E. Wood at the Police Court this morning with hawking
sail without a licence. A fiss of $4, or seven dave, wasin fisted.
The Colony's Health. Last week there were eight cases of small pez, Exar of dipar theriz and three of enteric forme notified in the Colony. The fatal OCENITENCER-Wera seven, three and
An respectively.
a
Chinese save one of diphtheria, in which instance the sufferer was
Britisher:
Forthcoming Marriages. The following marriagos will shortly take place —Mr. Charlem Miller, Zetland House, Queen's Road Central, to Him Flora Victoria Daning, 2 Hamphreys Avenue, Kowloon Me Albert Bruce Paddicombe, Shameen. Canton, to Miss Lydia Anguana. Arnot, en routs from England.
A Chinese and Amerter Gstr
Colts
A too zerlous desire to effect wale of gold buttons worked in the
design of American gold come,
led to the appearance, before Mr. Wood, at the Magistracy-this morning, of a Chinese who WHE charged with being in unlawfal possession of the articles. The case, was remmended.
The Open Door. "A women was going to open
*
to look for any significant or per-minta in 1893, and the repeal of efforts and they then took up the kong ground on Saturday, when R. Ponsorby, b Ho Wing Kin 54 oipated. Tinplates are weaker the door to let me in,” mid a Chin
These teama maten the Hong-
manent change in its future. the Sherman act in this country been for a good save os the part by an accident to Mr. P. Hancock attack for a time, and had it not nessed. The match was marred some excellent batting was wit
although it may reach a higher during the same year, were very level on the present movement aliezt factors in the downward of Badgers they would certainly and Mr. C. A. Ecoper, which is
bave scored. Not to be denied, In other words, the causes for the swing of the metal. recent advance in all probability Not until the
the Engineers again attacked in reported elsewhere. Scores:-
Hongkong A.TM will be removed after the war, and below 30 pence per
vigorous manner and maintaning EJR. Mitchell, cand bBaplay 18 the pressure, they were giving A.B. Rawortb. Lb.w, b Rapley when the balf time whistle was R. Anderson, e Raples, b rounded.
price fell
QUECS
silver will again come under can it be asid that silver i the Club defence an anxious time A Brand, Farmer.b Rapley 28
influences.
Mackenzie
Exxtra
R. C. Witchell, b Marley
R. Southerton not out
E.
W. Hamilton, not cut
17
Extras
17
P.
Total (for 3 wickets) 193 T. Lauble RE.O. Bird, EW. Dawson, W. Hill, C. Sara, and B. w Bearne, did not bat
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
0.
39
3
Brayabay
4
29
Witness.
Woollens-No movement of, ing to high prioca, Many goods 1such as Spanish stripes and cer 4tain blankets are quite unobtain
able from British source
Metals.-The market generally has not opened es briskly as anti-
locally, speculators being anxious before Mr. J.R. Wood, on the to secure their profits. Galvanised Police Court this morning, when wire has firmed up considerably charged with audibly selling bir Bars are quoted from 10 cents to wares. His Worship remanded. 12 cents per lb. Lead is a defendant until to-morrow to give Irm: 32.00 to 35.00 & pizal him an opportunity to bring York are firm; whilst the rate of Quotations from London and New
- Larceny of Ginseng. freight from New York to Hong- Two Chinese are charged kong continue in the neighbour before Mr. J. B. Wood, at the RW.bood of £10 a ton, no let-up in Police Court this morning, with 81 31 0
prices can be expected.
stealing two pieces of ginseng 2 53 1
Canton SilkMara. Herbert valued at $30. Apparently the 3 45 I
Dent and Co.'s Canton silk circn= | men entered a shop and asked for 1 22 0
lar dated January 15 states some ginseng. Whist the shop- 5925: "1"
Market Silk-Doring the first keeper was turning round to weak of the New Year there was reach the sexies, each of them a good deal of enquiry from both took a piece. The case the American and Lyons markets remanded. and prices slowly advanced shout
Mrs. Wong Son you. $40 per picul from the opening On the occasion of the liner a rates of the year. The last few last departure from San Francisco, days of the fortnight under re- the Chins Mail Steamship Com 4 view show less animation owing pany'48.5. China had among her to the higher rates asked and the passengers an interesting person.. derness of freight and War Biskage in Mr. Wong Sun-yus, sister
Ho Winr-Kn 12 G. E. Marley 12 Ng Sse krong 3 Anderson
University. Profesor Wright, eButchison,
b Witchell... Eo Wing-kin, c Hatchison, b
Bird
Total (for 5 wickets)127 P.Jacke, N.J. Austin, B. Han and CA Hooper did not bat Innings declared closed.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
0. MBWA. de Souza, b Bird... 10 0- 37 3
G. E Marley, b Hamilton
6 0 30 0
the influences that have resulted reached anything like a Der- in its steady downward sweet manent level. Fom about 1896 during the last thirty years the price has been factasting
It was in the second half whas 8. B. Waller, cand b Weaser. There is probably no other com-within an aggregate range of modity so sensitive to transient about 10 pence; ba: for the most the Club forwards exerted their M. M. Maas, not out
part daring that period the price superiority and it can be truthful D. E. Dostelly, not out Generally speaking, the adveraged around 25 pence, antilly said that they had matters vance in the price over the past the decline took & more pro- pratically all their own way. year may be attributed to twoim bounced torn last year. The Almost immediately after the re Fortant demanda. One has been fluctuations along the level main-samption they went down the the demand by the European tained within the past twenty field in promising style, and cock
thanks to good work by "McTavish governments, particularly Eng years have been mainly due to land, for coinage purposes ineid the operations of the Indian who was forced to centre when ent to payment of the enlarged government, one of the principal close in, Walker put the ball into armies in the field. The other. buyers, in the parcbass of the anepen gcal Play went along in Rapley... the demand for silver within the metal from time to time, for laternting stages and though the Overy
cur coinage purposes, to meet the Engineers did, on occasions, got Wesser belligerent. nations for
well within shooting range of their Mackenzie... remcy to take the place of gold seasonal demanda. which has been drawn into the Thus it will be seen that the opponents' goal they were wall central banke of issue for reserve most European war has done for held by the Club defence. It was J. Stalker, run out purposes. It will be reen that ilver is to restore its position to during one of these attacke that A. O. Brawn, o Anderson b these are purely temporary cause. something like the level which it McCubbin bandled just outside Brand
the penalty area, but the result AB. F. Baven, o Sab. b It was only in the latter part of followed for a long period pre-
Donnelly the current year that the India vicus. As a matter of fact, silver ant kick availed the soldiers noth- government started to bay on any was actually quoted higher in ing. Once more taking up the EW. T. Elam, b Brand
the Clab were 8.J. Mackenzie,Lb.z.b Austin 34 Large scale. Thea it was lourd 1012 and again in 1913 than it *ggressive that the stock of silver in London bas so far reached since the war. briously in scoring mood, and A. Rapley, b Austina. was inadequate to meet the de-Mare has been made of the recent it fell to the lot of Walker to re- W. La Wenstr, not out mand, in addition to the require-advance, therefore, than would gister his third goal, for receivW.B. Farmer, Haas, b Austin 5
ing nice paar, he headed J. Brotherton, not out ments above referred to. In a appear to be justified.
the ball right through the very short time the price advanc-Ia short, there are not only no ed over 2 pelos per ounce. It grounds for believing that silver Goalie's bands. There was one
Kowloon “B” ·
Extras:
K. Brayshay, o Hamilton, b
Bird
Wei Wing-lok, c Bearne,
Hamilton
21
5
0 28 1
2 1 3
1
38
3
A. H. Ramjзhn, c Hill, b Bird Ng Tze Kwong, Witchell, b
Bird
U. G. Anderson, not out
15
E. Anderson, b Hamilton
0
Wei Wing-hon, not out
Extras
10
14
43
69
0. M. R.. W.
1
0. M. R. WA 73400- 48 2 -40 2 26
Total (for 9 wickets) BOWLING ANALYSIS
-Bezishment Sentence Ignored,
That the had the unenviable
8 rates. There has been a demand of Mr. Catherine Clemens Gould, from Lyons for 13/13, 17/15 sad | wife of a son of the well-known 318/22, but stocks are small and financier, Mr. Jay Gould. She promise to be absorbed long be was sccompanied by her husband fare the New Simson silka_coms and Mise Ah Yung-low, and was 3 on the market. There is a better proceeding to China to join ber supply of silk generally shipped sister in lasching the Montessori to Americs, Waste-No busie systems. news reported.
Sagar-Market shows slight advance in prices, as is usual after record of being barabed for the China New Year.
from both Hongkong and Sing 12 3 33 5
Patroleum Products --Market | pora, did not prevent a” Chinese 7.3:10 1 717-3 strong, advanced 60 cts, per unit from retaining to this Colema
on 7the
Knil it was due to a strong fancy Flour market raport.-Market |to x jacket at $36, Queen's Rong unchanged and exceptionally that be odos more ran foul of -415 quiet. Up country dealers have polico, who were respo not settled down to business "yet. bis appearance before Patent $3.70;ent off $2.90; at the Police Court straight $2.88; seconds $2.84. Defendant, wit
dock adi jacket, sho life tau
Witchell .. may be said the pronounced rise is destined to revert to any pe it would result in the Engineers H. Overy and 8. O. Else did
episode that looked as though Total (for 7 wickets)109 Hamilton. that occurred last November was manently higher level; but, on
not bat. merely due to a combination of the contrary, after the war the reducing the lead and that was circumstances, especially as the metal will go na low, if not lower, when a hard shot by a forward BOWLING ANALYSIS
HOCKEY. price since declined to 22.d.than it was before. Such a view struck the cross bar and the bell and is now quote i at 28d. grows out of the belief that the dropped straight down in the Anderson
United Services League Table. The movement in the price of economic recuperation of the mouth of the goal. Rodgers just Brand
Grosle silver over the past forty-five world after the war will be faster got to it but could not clear suri Donnelly
PWDL FA Fts years furnishes a graphic ilustra than was at first supposed; and ciently to put the goal out of Austin ....
Volunteera 55.0022 8.10 tion of bow this commolity has as gold has come to be recognized danger and a regular scrimmage Kowloon A. Hongkong “B.
Playing at home on Saturday, 885 Co.R.GA50115 48 depreciated" ander the general as the standard mesurement of look place very elite in. It was tendency on the part of the all wealth, there will be no lucky for the Ciah that the ball the Kowloon team just ached Navy 6:40 2 23 11 8 nations to demonetize silver. change in the monetary standard was put behind. Before the as-victory from their opponents by 87th CoRGA52 8.3 8 144 The movement may be said to with the greater productivity that piration of the game Walker nine runs. Some good batting 83CORG.A.5 113 8 12 3 as ecstables before Mr. Hassland have started in the early, 706, must, en de whad peace once added a fourth goal from a nice was witnessed on both sides Shropshires 4112 8 9 2 when silvar _ was quoted at abous, mora pravzile..
paas by Stalker, and with no mes Spore
50.06 2 24 020
New Coasta blės.
Three Chinese were sworn in the Police Court this after-