SHARE MARKET
QUOTATIONS.
Up to the Minute,
N: Chinas: b. T. 130. Unions, Yangianos,ox 73 2
China Fires, K.K. Fires
Douglasse
Indos (Fref)
Shells
Bagers,
LaxOOL
Wharves.
Docks (Old). Dooks-(New)
C. Borneos. Cementa
Watsons.
. $980.
$240.
h. $163. b. $410.
■ $126. b. $491. b.
*978.
8. $14.
b. $351.
b. $78.
$91. $90.
b. $10.35
b. $107.
b. $6.85.
HINTS TO MANU- FACTURERS.
HUN BLASPHELY.
Ersantlar Divine Wisdam.”
THE HONGKONG
Translations of passages taken from the sermons of leading Ger- man presobers are contributed to the Methodist Times by the Rav. W. Bargess, of Rome, general superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist Minions in Italy.
BACK FROM GERMANY.
What It Feels Llica.
"Wake up! The commandant wants you!" I was a prisoner of war in Germany, and the order fall unbeeded.
**Anfzteben 1* At the
achieved
tree.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1916-
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station platform
white" ngu" "honda ng
Holland at last! That befor
We
homeward bound I-
back to Bagland. We were
KIPLING AND THE SUBMARINES.
护
**No, we can't "limn't don“.
water, dry him; and give him cooktails, and send him to Dan- nington Hall.
13-MONROWS RACKS.
THINGS IN GERMANY.
By z Prisoner from Ruklebec.
Food has, at all times, been suficient in quantity, and the quality has been poor. At cne- time esah man zeceived a loaf of
For the "Odf day "în conne with the Bacon, which takes plnos [to-morrtar) there will be sight cross. Those will be just the
“I have recently returned home mine as those last year, exoupt after pasting through a terrible that the fourth rase on the card at the hands of the Haus will be for Subscription Grites contributor to John Ball. sad not open, as it was last year. In two instances the distance to be run has been altered,
The first row startast1:30p.m. The list of races is as follows *Hay and ComTM Stakes. The Lucky Stakes. The "All Out" Stakes. The Tytam Handicap. The Hongkong Handicap. The "Also Ran”. Stakes. The "Loiterum" Staksa. The "Finale" Stakes,
SANITARY BOARD.
read" (made of sawdust, Soys [has now been reduced to one fifth loaf per day!) Those who have money could at one time buy things at the canteen, and a liks privilege fell to those getting the 5 marks. a week rest
however grant. That,
all changed now, and the day before I left the Camp, an inquiry at the canteen showed that ther only had salt, pepper, somd sweets, and a few appies for sale. It is, as usual, the middle-class man and the poor professionsă A meeting of the Sanitary Boardman af Rubleben who suffer most. was held this afternoon which the President of the Sanit- bedsteads, chairs, mattresses and over The rich have money and can buy
#sunt some new German appella- tion. From the cartiags windowu ons could see men in that hateful Fritz and His Lost Oppor grey unïorm sungguring into fes and disporting themselves like ourosar richard
Mr. Rudyard Kipling has had State in the war sone? Dama glimpse into the railed life" of nurses boarded the train at Ro-bmarine, and tells of it in the sound of thosenthal They brought on ten, Daily Telegraph.
Here is a conversation aboard : odions syllables I awoke. The cakes, and fruita. Then cigars,
cigarettes, and more tes.
***Oh, if Frits only fought slean, Pastor Boebel, preaching at day before I had Laipsing, referred to the German a term of solitary confinement appreciated the Dutch. Theire this wouldn't he half a bad show.
were the first friendly voices, we
Bet Frits can't fight clean." guna beating down the children (swarded me for failing to salusevad heard sixes our caplus by
**And we can't do what be of Satan, and to German sub-German corporal. And now the3 | the Germans, quite a year 1800', one said.
does even if we ware allowed marines as **instruments
to probably wanted to imprison më As Flushing we" bosrded the execute the Divine vengeance," again or tie me up to a to send to the bottom of the sea / Nevertheless I sang "Tipperary" | Dutch bost which was to eas We have to fish Frits out of the thousands of the non-elect. "Thers as I spashed in the horse trough ought," he said, "to be no pity which did daty for a bath, hard
For the past 12 months I had for the English, French, and by the stable where I had my repeatedly heard the phrase in Rassisas, nor, indeed, for any bed of straw. Hurriedly dressing.
***And what does Frits do?" I nation that has sold itself to the I made my way to the Comman my dreams. Now it was real.
asked. dant's office.
The bright moon roes Devil.TM
"You haf ten
glit
Pastor Reinhold Seeberg, a pro-
minates to get ready," he said tering over the receding Datch." He sputters and clicks and grafity. *You now go
shore sa we sarned our faces West bows. He has all the correct back to fessor of theology in Berlin
motions, you know; but, of course, ward. A hundred ex prisoners England." University, said that in killing
"I'm going home," I told all of war homeward bound! The when he's your prisoner you can's their enemies, berning their
and sundry in the camp. We've thought was exquisite. All were tell him what he really is.
**And do you suppose Frits How Britain may keep German bouses, and invading their terri-beard that story before," they silent All happy; and all were
formed a work of charity. Gard. But the truth of my,stata. į Sucking Dutch aigars. Then ona nderstanda say of it?' I weak ary Department, Mr. D. W. Trst- so on. The sailors baratheir par tories, the Germans simply per- many loved other nations, and ment was forced on them when I of our number sang an old song,
a presided. Thee also present continuing, and get parcels from when she punished them it was then crowded round me each with / Ik was too eventful a moment in fint chanos of making his name. Mr.Ng Hon-tez, Dr. W. W. Pearse small tradesman, et hoe genus
gave my spare shirts away. They trembling and out of sane.
were Lient. Col. Crisp, Mr. F. B. Unions and racions.sympathisers Valuable sävice to manufactur- for their good.
I Bowley, Mr. Chan Kai-ming, but the artist, journalist, clerk, ees as to how to retain after the
Pastor Frits Philippi, of Barlin, best. Good-byes were said, sud sympathy, so we all joined in the ane te to it all away for (Medical Officers fealth) and Mr. one, are in bad case.
a message for those they loved our lives to be wasted in imperfect war their place in the marketa of said that as the Almighty allowed Let them know at home
the sake of showin' off as a foul W. Bowen Bowlands Cecretary), chorus just a little huskily. the world which they have spHis Son to be crucified, that the bharriedly whispered. "Tell them
Most of us were cripples; some
It is feared that, as the war Gottstrafer."" ared from the Germans is given scheme of redemption might be everything. "Two sentries march-were going to die. But these
An application for permission progressos and becomes grimmer, to erect a trough closet at 16, Des our prisoners will be still wor in a Foreign Oce consular accomplished, so Germany was ed me out of the camp, and the appeared the happiest of all
Von Road Central was received. off, and perhaps even that devil report. is stated that if British destined to crucify humanity in way to the station seemed and-They only longed now and then A SHORTAGE OF QUININE. It was unounced by the Presi- von Prihoff's advice may be fol manufacturers wish to keep the cured.
order that its salvation might be less. There I met three crippled for the power to more sud in
dent that the application had lowed. Meantime, they are form Canadians lying pala and em
suite of dying for gains never
been withdrawFIL places they have been able to
ing's stock where possible, and It is really because we are acisted on stretchers. We're done their duty, and that they shared, the thought of having
An application was considered those who can manage, it should conquer, they must adopt German
From all Quarters come reports for an offensive trade Goence at send their poor prisoners a couple business methods which were the pare
have been going home,” I said. They looked chosen by the Almighty as sadly at their shattered limbe, but would see once more the sweet, old that the consumption of quinine No 38, Belchers Street, Inland of parcels every wock, with batter secret of German success in
toiled hopefully. The train BOOK
familiar home things, was as a is on the increase, while the oat-Lot No. 953.
or lard, cheese, condensed milk, foreign trade, TİK." ———
(1) They must send commercial slay with the award the safel rumbled in, and to my mind. caress that straightway reached pat has been considerably car
The President proposed that it tinned mest or fish, and some their hearts.
tailed Stocks in the London be granted.
biscuits of the Osborne or anch travellers abroad, in order to see nations. The duty of German the wheels reiterated TORTS
Joy was everywhers. Many market are at least a million their clients on the spot and find soldiers is to strike without mercy going home! You're going
Mr. Ng Hon-ter seconded, and type.? Of bread, currant or tinned Boziled unconsciously.
The ounces less than they were at the this was agreed to. out exactly what kind of goods They mast kill, burn, and destroy, home!" Room was made for us thought of what the morrow outbreak of the war.
white are the best, A writer in are wanted instead of trying to /and any half measures would be in a fourth class carriage, and as would bring made our hearts leap the Pharmaceutical. Era (New)
Trade after the War.
(2) They must comespond in the language of the country with which they are dealing, have estalogues printed în that langu- age, and when quoting prices, make use of the currency, weights, and measures of the country.
trade.
that REC
His instrumenta.
THE PEERAGE. AND
THE WAR,
Some interesting Figures.
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they
An
had died in the meanwhile.
On.
Bat
No. Or be wouldn't have tusitanised. This war was bie
DAY BY DAY,
Tennis Tournament.
Entries for the H.K.C.C: lawn
Mailboat's Arrival, The P.&O. Homeward mail
arrived in London on Wednesday morning, the 23rd instant
Wounded a Second Time.
The Girl Gurkles.
B. A. T. Dividend.
|
I am often asked, "Do they really get the parcels? Most certainly, good old Uncle Sam han his eye on them. What may arise as the war goes on, of course no one can tall—so get through all you can in resSOU.
The Stop the War Rioting.
wicked. Let it, then, be a war the train left the platform a num-! impose their products upon them,
without pity.
Satan himself ber of Germans who had gathered high. With a last look at the York) tells us that no foreign- as, unfortunately, they appear to be too much in the habit of doing who has come into the world in there at the sight of our khaki horizon, beyond which lay the manufactured quinine is coming the form of a Great Power (Eag-aatforms shook their fists at the night. At dawn we were up
land of our desires, we retired for into this country and that German traders had an intimate
MERA Wizsturary But we only laughed at this
entering knowledge of their clients' habits land), must be crushed."
helpless exhibition of rage. Then
and about.. The wipples stamp into po new contracts. The fa- and needs, and did their best to
the sentries said fiercely, Munded along the decks, looking for ture fu quinine is problematical satisfy them.
Balion," at which we laughed all the world like bold, bad This drug, the only specific for tennis tournament close at 5 patie In view of the conflicting stories the more.
Que cheerful pirates.
with malarial diseases known to me-to-morrow.
regarding rioting in Germany, I Aschen came next in the itiner-crutch under either am entered dicine, is obtained from various
may say that I myself heard firing ary, where a number of RAM.C.into the spirit of thing and sang plants of the genus cinchons. I
from Berlin, and was told by s I men and wounded in an improvizad į abouta number of men on a dead formerly all came from the Ando3, | steamer Arabia, with the Hong" the limbassy that the women man who had been out 10 hospital waited to pass on medinal man's chest--Yo! ho! ho! and a but Java is now the chief source-kung mail of January 14 last, board for the final test. This bottle of run"! He then fiercely To quote and condense:
shops and screaming. We want WEIG storming the baken' demanded why the was the saddest part of ell.
**The reasons for the shortage Tally (3) Bat the most important
officer of the Irish Rifles (Captian laid about him with his oratch time are not hard to discover. The Roger" was not a flying" and of this product at this particular
no war! Give us bread for our factor, and the one which the Germans understood so well, is
George) was assured that he was It was all very beautiful, and we shipments of cinchona-bark from
dying children!" Similar scenes the necessity to study the cus
We hear with regret that Cap-have been witnessed in Frankfurt, eligible for exchange. But on the eve of departure, he was taken lived in a world of our own. I sat Jars have materially diminished, tain Neville Grimble, nephew of Cologne, Hamburg, Chemnits, toma tariff of the country to which
sway, and we never saw this on the deck. The throb of the en-while the casting off of the out-Mr. Georga Grimble of Hongkong, Dreaded, and other German towns. the exporter is shipping as well
officer again. A party of 30 were gines had me in its grip, and the put of the large German factories, has again been wounded while ('As to the length of the war, I am as the freight market. The In commenting on the recruit-treated likewise. Same could promises of the future lapped my which formerly produced some serving with his regiment in the reluctant to express a definite knowledge which the German ing campaigns in England, the barely use their limbs and others are as the waves lapped the 7,000,000 aces of quinine an- neighbourhood of Kat.
opinion. I things remain as they traders acquired in these matters | Paris Figoro contrast, the evident had lost an eye, yet they were all vessel's sides. The salt sea air nually, as also an increased con-
ré, Germany⠀⠀ will shaggle sabled them to quote prices de- reluctance of the British pro- returned to lievared at their clients' waze-letariat to do its full share in the camps.. Thaiza must have been á.
ficked my nostrila as I thought sumption in quinin in con- their respectiva of the brightly smiling faces sequence of a shortage of synthetic with the Girl Guide movement, neatral should favour the Hun, We are informed, in connection through till next winter. I, how- ever, Boumania or some other houses, or at least their nearest fighting with the patriotism shown heartbreaking journey.
The waiting us.
I thought, too, of antipyretics, are examples of the that a company thereof was got sesport, whereas the British mer by the British aristocracy. The treatment of the wounded at the lovers' meetings at the jour influences which have been operat together by one of the Let then it may easily lasts forther chant or manufacturer as a rale, Figaro proceeds to discuss the Aachen was the best ever shown's end. Bat one could not ing and have contributed to the Guides and that Miss Day, when year or more. But should say only quotes fo.b. United King Sgures given in Debrett's edition them since their capture, Host halp wondering how many faithe present advance.
other Power dom, thus leaving his client to do of the British Peerage for 1916, of the Germans in the hospital
she arrived in the Colony, WEI
come in with While most of the bark asked to socept the captaincy, looked for about Fans next. The a number of intricate calculations and says:
us, then a collapse might be This knowledge of tarifs and
could speak English fluently, and The night before I had tossed is sold through Amsterdam, the which she did; and further, that At the outset of the war, had lived in England before the wakefully on my bed, that page- barks from India, Ceylon, and there has been 20 appeal for most hopefal sign for peace, how- freights has been scientifically
ant ever before me, Now I sat America reach the consumer finansial help.
ever, is the attitude of the Gez- learned by German commercial without being driven to it by any war.
man. people. We want no more tavellers or by their clerks, and propaganda, the aristocracy of At the hour of leaving Aachen on deck, convinced that life is through London. Soms idea of the indeed a great privilege. But consumption may be gathered
lying telegrams!” they storying, the initial heavy expense has been the United Kingdom rushed off I and cartsîn other R.A.M.C.men towards the end of the voyage a from the statistics of importa for
and are proceeding to lengths smply rewarded by increased to the battle field. The new num- were given a document to sign, in
grim shadow was cast over us all the last fiscal year, the amount of ber of Debrest shows twelve order, the Germans said, to sasure at the stories of Han strocities, quinin sulfate and all alkaloids American Tobacco Company de discipline and obedience to The directors of the British which considering the innate If British manufacturers and pages filled with the names of them that we had no
more than 800 members of the plaint to make against their ad-fuge in fight. You don't know being 1,823,732 ounces, valued final dividend of 1 per cent similar disturbances would be in com-related by Belgians seeking rs.and salts derived from the bark onded to pay on 18th January 3 —are far more eloquent than any authority of the German citizen zeerchants with seriously to co nobility who lost their lives in ministration during our captivity. what it is," they said, to be at $452,348. For the same period (free of British income-tax) on pete with their German rivala, action England may be proud Failing our signatures we were to exiled in your own homes 7 Try as there were imported 3,944,549 the ordinary shares, making, with France, Italy, or England. At they must adopt all these
be detained for the purpose of methods, otherwise, after the of her noblemen." wir, in spite of all the animosity Further details are given by detailing complainta. We sd-we would, it was impossible to pounds of cinchons and other the interim dividanda already any moment the sleeping forse which may exist for years arainst the London Daily Mail, which opted the sensible view, and forget, or even forgive. The boat barks from which quinin may be paid, 223 per cent, for the year may awaken and crush the thrice-
ghded in, caressing a quayside extracted, valued at $561,1060. ended 30th September last, as signed. The cars then arrived all things German, the termans goes into the figures with more which were to convey us to the alive with all the sights and The world's production of quinin against 243 per cent for the pre- will gradually regain their trade precision and tells us that--
sounds and smells which meant is probably not etation. On leaving the hospital so much to as. We heard erice 17,000,000 ounces, of which that the net-profits amounted to position throughout the world,
What Do the Germans ceding year. The report states "Ten per cent. of the British the Germans appeared quite
Think P officers who have died in the war friendly and proffered their hands of command in only one dear Germany is the largest manu- £1,850.059, against $2,177,022, often asked. The offices clas This is another question I am were in the pages of Debrett's which we pretended not to Then, Tilbury-London-Homs.
language our native tongue. facturer."
which, however, included £211, are convinced that they will Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, Once in the ambalance train,
About two years ago, we are 262 profit on sale of certain ultimately win, or, failing that, and Companionage, and in the there were many deep sighs of
told, the European manufacturers jesne for 1916, just published; relief for none actually knew,
agreed to buy from the growers the War-Boll of Honour of the until then, whether we were to
specified quantity of quinin year- dead comprises 800 names.
be exchanged or returned to the
Price of Rubber.
ly, but since the outbreak of the Mesars. Wright and Hornby
war they have been unable to live Maurice of Battenberg; 6 peers. Dutch frontier was punctuated by Singapore to the effect that stimpossibility of transmitting Knight Companion. Brut 2,241, Kendall, and would welcome pace
The journey before crossing the are in receipt of a telegram from up to their bargain on account of many circumstances, such as the 16 baronets, 6 knights, and 7 burried glimpses of horrors that yesterday's saction, rubber was members of Parliament; 164 trod upon one soother's heels in down $15 per piral, the market samples and bark, she prohibition pondent's wire of Monday, "it companions of the orders of ghastly procession wracked closing steadier.
of exportation of quinin from has been decided that all enemy chivalry, 95 sons of peers, 32 homes, totally destroyed villages, Death of Mr. E. M. Almberg.
Germany, the impossibility of ms in Singapore, ate to be of baronets, and 84 sons of and battle scarred fields. In- We regret to hear of the desta obtaining the required chemi-
knights. completely liquidated."
Turther information is to the Two successive hairs to the best monument to Han cruelty. place in Yokohama, whither the except for immediate uso.
cidentally Belgium supplies the of Mr. E. M. Almberg, of the cals in some countries," and the earldom of Loudoun fell, and the Bound and about Antwerp deceased had gone on business
Swediab Trading Co., which took impossibility of selling quinin affect that instructions are being death of Lord Worsley affected saw great stretches of barbed for his firm, on February 22. Mr Quicksilver Prices ized to the official liquidators who are now carrying out the succession to three separate peer-wire entanglements. partial liquidation which has been the earldom of Yarborough forests had been cut down Almberg as a widely-testailed Bays a recent American Nazitan Mi$
a force for some time past. The and the baronies of Fauconberg to make way for this farm of man of quite numaal ability, an paper: Quicksilver has advance, ¿landa, "buïdings, trade marks and Conyers. Saccession has defence, the short stumps of the thematian and a very skilful $150:10 $160 a fask a week or Brd January
socomplished linguist and maled to $200 afsak compazed with been unduly precipitated or the trees
Fer 23. Amazone from Europe being plainly visible, mal descent changed in over Original names of Belgian towns, engineer, and his death is re- 10 days ago and $115 a month Hare Mirs Elle J Oldcock Mr KW 1200 instances by the casualties have been done away will. Ger-
arded by his firm as a severe ago. Prior to the was the price L'Estranga Me GE VAM Mz
Ramuck Kad Mr man-Inames taking their,
was $35 a flask.
Manchester MFH L-Tendler Baker
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ENEMY FIRMS IN SINGAPORE.
As stated in our own corres
goodwill and other permanent ets of the enemy firms will be sold, but not the private detates of individual partners..
the
"In it appear one member of campe
Boyal Family - Prince
of the war.”
7
Entire
(Times)-
far
from
shares.
25th Feb
-B&S
ARRIVED.
scoured military systems to powder..
exhaust the Allies, whilst GE many will be merely a "white elephant--an empty eggshell:from which nothing will be got. The soldiers and the people are absolutely sick of the whole thing,
hanghai, klst Zala Chez Germany has been put back 19
years whilst, as a soldier, sai to me, ** Our once good name will now stink for centuries”
PASSENGERS ARRIVED,
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Hoi Kan
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISMENT
NOTICE
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT, All Entries for the above. Tournament close "to-morrow, SATURDAY, 36tkinst., xt 6 pame
PALL HODGSON,
Hon. Secretary.