COMMERCIAL.
·Indian Tea for Export.
Calcutis, Ang. 4-The follow- ing is the quṛntity of ten entered for export to the United Kingdom
SEND MUNITIONS.
A Call from the Battlefield.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916.
A week ago, almost without
CASEMENT'S MISSION.
Prombie to Irish- Rebels.
The following document was
Enniscorthy ****
for the second half of July, 1916: exception, each wounded man's found on an Irish rebel at -Calonsts, black, 10.713,682 lbs;tory was of the frat great day of Chittagong, black, 2,185,094 lb. the advance. Then it came to The quantity entered during the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Shanghal Cotton Dividend.
and so on.
to &
even,
nature of wounds received as
Foreign Office.
|
TRADE UNIONS AND WAR HONGKONG SHARE
PROBLEMS.
The Rise In Food÷Prices,
the on
BANKS.
BANK OF CANTON
LIMITED A
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA
TION. 1
1875300,000
HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG. | Paid-up Capital ....
RESERVE FUNDS:
REPORT
8.-SELLERS; BA-BALES;
·BUYERS; &-NOMINAL.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted.
Sterling
CURRENT ACCOUNTS Open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Re- ceived.
OFFICIAL PRICES
Yangtszes
Kailans
BANKS.
£3.
b.
До
INTEREST ON FIXED
DEPOSITS:
al
£1,500,000 at 21-
$15,000,000 Silver...$18,000,000
$33.000,008
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors...$35,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
W. L. Pairendan Bag -ChatrouE,
F. H: Dodwell, Heg.-Deperya bairman G.T. W. Rah L
Gubbar, Mag.
Boe, Mr. F.K, Keyout.
Hen, Mr. D, Landala.
1. A. Elane-Man
10. Mr. 2. Sball.
For 3 Months 3% per annum
O,
For 6 Months 4% per annum
For 12 Months 44% per annum
$136
#221
LOOK POON SHAN,
Chief Manages -
I
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
b. & sa. $1284
• REFINERIES.
PEAK TRAMWAY JO
LIMITED
b.
$45 109/-
b. & sa. $8714
8,
$110
$36
MINING
801-
1.26
n.
$2.50
IL
30/-
n
841-
1.ON A D 1.06 A: 10 16.00 AM to stage 1 11:45 PM to SUX PM, a
LE P.
11.
The Conferezos of the General German and Ireland. Federation of Trade UnionS. WES
Berlin, Nov. 20, 1914. concluded at Leeda last month. Banks
$755 Tha well-known Irish National- On the invitation of the Foreign
MARINE INSURANCES. -- corresponding period of last year of day came complete change of arrived in Berlin from the United Allied countries afterwards left on And with the change ist, Sir Roger Casement, who has Office the delegates from the
Cantons
$100 was:-Calcatta, black, 15 391,591
North Chinas
t, 155 $920 The; Chittagong, 4,271,115 Ibiory and outlook; and The total from the 1st April to large extent, change in the States, has been -received at the │a visit to the Flest, the naval sud Unions
other shipysads, and munition
DL 8X 75 $262) the 31st July, 1916, in Calcatta,the fighting programed
Sir Roger Casement pointed out works in "different parts of the
FIRE INSURANCES. and black 40,243,557 lbs; Chittagon. obaracter
that statements were being pub-country. altered. We
China Fires
$154 b. black, 15.404,639 lbs. Total had reached the Boche trenches the authority of the British Gov- |lished in Ireland apparently with
Me. J. O'Grady, in his presi-H. K. Fires b.
$985 55,648,096 lbs. The total from and fortified villages; we came to
SHIPPING. the lat April to the Slut July, "infightin," to wood fighting, to that German victory would inflict agement Committee had been Douglases
ernment behind them, to the effect dential address, said that the Man- 1915, was 46,981,737 lbs.
hot, panting struggles in trench
engaged in considering questions Steamboats and Past street and house great loss upon the Irish people, of food prices, pensions, and Indos (Def.)
whose homes, aburches, priests escapades, and running fights and lands would be at the mercy
allowances, and demobilisation|Indos (Pref.) across the torn and ravaged open. of an invading army actuated only
As to demobiliss-Shells after the war. The directors of the Shanghai
Here is the latest bulletin, so Colton Manufacturing Co., Ltd., to say..
The last wounded by motives of pillage and contion, the Management Committes Ferrics Moare, Mitani Bawan Kains, soldier interviewed handed in Redmond on his recruiting tour
guest. Escent utterances of Mr. had arged the Government to
consider the matter" and make Sugars Ld., agents, at a meeting held at his message in writing, as it
When Inter Malabons Shanghai on September & decided might have been that of su in Ireland and many pronounce preparatiora.
committes found to recommend to the ensuing ambassador or prima donna, ments of the British Prem in that the Government did not
respond, they took the thing up Langkats eighth annual general meeting, landing at New York, and inured Ireland to the above effect have the payment of a 12 per cent by long usage to the glare of news. / been widely circulated, Sir Roger in a practical manner by appeal Raubs dividend, Tim. 6 per share. The
ing to the President of the Board Tronohs audited sccounts of the company's Paper publicity. His face was pointed out, and have caused
among of Trade by deputation, at the Urals mostly masked in bandages; but natural apprehension trading year ended June 30 show this was due only to fleeb wounds. attitude towards Ireland in the freightage and food prices. Mr.
Irishmen AR to the Gorman
same time raised the question of a bet balsace at credit of profit What knocked him out was a leg event of a German victory in the Runciman-perbaps one of the H. K. Wharves ss. & 6. 8851
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C. : and low account of
Twoand; and that, one gathered, 346,487.56 including the amount would not trouble him for many prevent war.
ablest men we had ever had as Pros Kowloon Docks b.. Sir Roger sought a convincing ident of the Board of Trade (bear, S'hai Docks brought forward from previous weeka. Under the face bandages statement of German intentions hear-showed them how it was H'kew Wharves n. account. This credit, it is one saw a calm smile spread towards Ireland that might reas impossible to take action in certain commended will be disposed of
slowly,
sure his countrymen all over the -no follows:-
AND BUILDINGS, Tic. "I never was a speaker, you world, and particularly in Ireland respects pointing out that the
know; bat F're written a good and America, in view of theme markets of the world were being Centrals Dividend, Tis. 6 per
"rigged," not by Governments, H. K. Hotels abare
...240,000.00 | many thousand words, as a re- Carry to depreciation.. 43,335 86 porter, I oculdn't write in the disquieting statements emanating| but by financial gangs operating Land Invest.
from responsible British quarters in nearly all the countries. Oa H'phreys Est. train on the other side; too jerky. In reply to this inquiry the Act the question of freightage the K'ioon Lands But here's a little message I've
ing Secretary of State at the written on the ship."
With that he was off to the Foreign Office, by order of the deputation were not satisfied. No Shai Lands
as to the enormous profts made waiting north-bound train. And Imperial Chancellor, has made the satisfactory explanation was giren West Points Japanese Bentwood Chairs.
here is his commendably brief following official declaration
by shipowners. He thought the Ewos The Gaiman Government re Government made the mistake Kung Yiks According to Japanese papere, message. (Doubtless he is pro the Shibuya Bentwood Chair fessionally appreciative of the padistes the evil intentione that all Governments, in this S'hai Cottons
tributed to it in the statements Factory in Tokyo bas received an pressure on space")
refered to by Sir Roger Case country have made of never Yangtszepoos order from Americs through the The have helped to
inside Borneos experience Department of Agriculture and make history this week; and I ment, and takes this opportunity taking into their confidence.
to give a categoric assurance that Commerce of 100,000 bentwood was luckier that most of them, the German Government desires the trade-anion movement. They China Light & P. b. chairs. The factory has accepted because I was sent forward with only the welfare of the Irish had consulted business men of Providents the order and decided to build a message the night before the people their country and their academic mind, Civil servante, Dairy Farms ap additional factory at the advance, and stayed forward. So
instilations. The Imperial Gov. Toynbee Hall trained men, but Green Islands cost of Y50,000. The manufac- I was in the taking of Conial-ernment formally declares that never the practical minded work H. K. Electrics ture of bentwood chairs is maison; then in the retaking under no circumstances would man who through his fitness had H. K. Ice Co.,
$33 Ropes one of the foreign industries in by the Boche; then all through Germany invade Ireland with
|been given positions by`hia co-
Trams, Low Level b, x2d. $7,80 which Japan hes suroceded. The the see-saw afterwards; and it
workers. Mr. O'Grady went on Trams, Peak, old b.
$9,60 industry was started about fifteen was only when we'd got it back to ite conquest or the over-
to 87
that the management Trams, Peak.new b. cents.80 throw of any native institutions
committee were as much as over Laundries years ago and has since been mak- on Monday night that I was hit,
$31 ing steady progress. The order I do not think our chaps could in that country.
$17,00 "Should the fortune of this opposed to militarism and con- U. Waterboats from Americs above reported is have done much better if they'd no doubt the result of the war, been at the game for 20 years. 1 great war, that was pot of Ger- oription, hat there was no such Watsons
Compulsion and Morning Posts b which has stopped the import of don't see how they could. Ther many's seeking, ever bring in its thing in this country as military Wm. Powells
course. German troops to the conscription. chairs from Austria. There are fought hard, they fought all the shores of Ireland, they would land onscription must not beconfused.
CORRECTED TO NOOR WEDZESDAY many foreign articles which Japan time; and there never was a case there, not as an army of invaders The compulsion now in force was is now exporting to the countries of a single man hanging back for to pillage and destroy, but as the The terms of enlistment were for BENJAMIN & POTTS.
not in any sense 'conscription.
SEPTEMBER 13, 1016, from whence they were originally a single minato. Couldn't do foraes of a Government that is the period of the war, and when Share and General Brokers, imported to Japan. Among these more. Our worst is not better inspired by goodwill towards a may be mentioned lawn tennis then the Boohe best; and, it may country and a people for whom rackets, which are exported into be our best is no better than his
Cermany desires only National America in large quantities. Of best. But what I'm certain is that course, Japan rackets are inferior our average is infinitely finer than Prosperity and National Free trade unions and take their place
dom."
Repairs and renowala
reserve account 50,000.00 To new account
13,151,70
in quality to forsiga artioles bis average; and on equal terms bat their che passa is evidently we can beat him all the time, and considered as a recommendation, go on beating him for ever. and they are easily replaced by
Chinese Cotton.
f
:
a
men of
would come back again to the
the conflict was over the mer
the industrial life of the in country. The conscript could not do that. The Government must be made to recognise that after the war their first consideration should
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS
400. Evanı u Man,
LIL PUM DENKI
BIT DURI
30%
NIGHT CARE
10 ENE
W
10
15 Ma
** M
H-
+2
sa Mi
$1.00 1 ovary hill boun
.. to xr+45 9.3%
sky quarter of an hour.
ELDO
SUNDAYS
10 10go alal. Ermee sy Min.
1.00 to
12,00 63. "
**
$130
t. 74
t. 841
LANDS, HOTELS
2:10 4. 1,00
kovga alt. ba
11. to
Min.
16.00 Koor IN 1:00 Z
IN
11.
$99
ng, carg
Los P.36.
to Mr.
11.
$115
M
My
窭。
$100
b. & sa. $6.75
П.
$38
1.
n.
t. 911
$88
COTTON MILLS.
t. 150 sa. t. 14,38 & 144
t, 100 t. 51
100 1.36 to 127.3.
+
NIGHT CARS sa on Work Degs
SATURDAYS
Exts Car al te midnight.
SPECIAL CARS
By Arrangement at the Company's, Qtica. Aldeandro Baldings, Des VoyFood,
"Season and punch tickets, available for all cars cat siready full, running as the zime stated la zhe Company's time tables, but not for special care. Can be obtained on application at the Compasse
No Season ticket will be land naill payment that for has been made in Bank Nolia or by Chaque Compradore order representing Bank Socm.“
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & CO.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE
11.
b.
MISCELLANEOUS.
b.
$8
$1.75
b.
$9
CO., LTD.
BB
$41
b.
$3,70
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)
b.
$53
IL
$ 160
31.
63.
b.
$632
E.
$6,90 $29
Princes Building
Tel. address: Broker.
EXCHANGE.
SELLING.
BUYING.
Melbourne
Loans on Mortgage of House Property &c. Goods received on Storage.
Advances made on Marcbandha,
Loans made on the Provident System. (Kases and Particulary on suplicationă.
The Office of TRUSTEL EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, B Undertaken, and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.. General Managers,
MITSUBISHI COSHI KWAISHA.
(MITSUBISHI CO.) COAL DEPARTMENT,
SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASIMA, QONI, MUTANE: KISH- IDAKE, YOSHIKOTARI, KUJG, NAMA- ZUTA, SAYO, KAMADA, SHIKGEW, KAMIYAMADA, BINAI and OTUBARI
Collieries.
Agent for SAKITO GOAL...
HEAD OFFICE:- MARUNOUGHL 10KYO,
2/1/ 2/1 13/16
2/16
2/2
2/2 1/16
70
мол
2/29/16 2/2 11/15 2/2 13/16 «2/2 13/16
524 ...Nom
All I want to say to the people make your mind easy. What
TIT..... Dow ones as soon as they are at home is this :—You can never you've got to do is to make very be the people who had made the
Demand Word out.
eat your dinner, or smoke a pipe, sare there's none of it chacked greatest accrifos in the campaign. 30 dis. or read a newspaper, or go the away. It's good stuff, you know. (Hear, bear.) It must not be for 60 dis. pictures," but what, while you Don't let it be chucked away. gotten that the nation could only │· 4 m/■... Mesars, J. Spaut & Co.'s weekly are getting through with it, some "Everybody will know what I have waged war with the approval T/T Shanghai................. cotton market report, dated Sept scores of your own countrymen mean, won't they? It boils down of the working classes. (Hear T/T Singapore ember 7, states:- Although are knocked out by Bɔche ballets to munitions of war-that's all;|hear.)
T/T Japan ...naxanı
100 there have been from time to time and shells. There's not the munitions of war. You can't sead
T/T India *****....... 1594
160 Resolutions urging the Govern- Demand, India...... half-hearted attempts to infase a alightest need for you to be as too much-be sure you send degree of activity into the sitna depressed about this. Go ahead as enough. You can measure the ment to fix standard prices for T/T San Francis-1
51 co & New York). tion, the market daring the past with the dinner, and the pipe, and blood we've got to pay before it's necessaries of life and to take foll week has been dull within a range the pictares, and the rest of it; over, by the guns, and shells, responsibility for the payment of Java 12356 of a couple of mace, and as much as ever you like. We're and cartridges you sent out. The all pensions and allowances were T/T Marks Nom.
T/T Francs............ 3.00 14 the daily
fluctuations quite not giving away a drop of your more you send, the less we'll have passed. A further resolation was Demand, Paris ......3.01 insignificant, The annual countrymen's blood; not this to pay. Bend pleaty. My adopted instracting the Menage- ment Committee to prepare s speculative business for new year. It's all being sold, on a countrymen, and countrywomen, season cotton by local dealers good business basis; and felching send plenty! Don't you mind as precise atatement of the pre-war 4 male. LIC. has been somewhat
revived an excellent price, think you; We're all right. You are all very industrial conditions, wages, and 4 m/s. D/P this season and some 40,000 to better price it may be then if ever kind to us when we come back standard of living, and to call 6 m/s. L. 50,000 pioals of different grades fetched before in all the history of We've all heard all about it, I upon the affiliated societies to co- 30 dis Sydney & are reported to have changed the Empire. So don't grieve after say, never mind us. Drop every operate with the executive in 30 da. San Franc hands, comprising mostly of us. Oar High Commands know other mortal thing; bat soad an order that the tabulation of all the
inco& NewYorkf Shanghai cotion of which there in what they're doing, and Master plenty of munitions. You can rules and regulations (statutory mia. Marks an oversold condition of some Boobs's doom is set; and he trust us to do the rest.”
or otherwise) allowed to Inpse 20,000 piouls. Mills generally knows it, and we all know it. An officer with an eye for the daring the war period may be are buying for their present ree We're doing our bit, all right. mysterious noted two strange in effectively recorded with a view quirements only, and are awaiting Are you ?
oidents in the Great Push. Just to their speedy restoration at the further developments in the yarn "I'm pretty sure you are; by before the offensive four dogs close of hostilities. aitastion, which has thus far not the way our heavies have been came out of the German lines and responded to the conditions ruling talking in the last fortnight. crossed over to our lines. The in the other parts of the world. | Keep it up. We've got a hundred Germans whistled and shouted, Present prices of oattan, however, miles front out there; and, as far but the deserters held steadily on, are extremely low comparas I can make out, we're pressing Our men, of course, hailed it as The Japanese Crown Prince. ed with prices raling for Indian Master Bache pretty hard over snomen. The other incident was and other grades of cotton, and every yard of it. It's the only still more curious. In this war... Baron Hatano, Minister of the so soon as the market revives way to end the war; and so for moonrged zone there is a road Japanese Imperial Household, from the lethargy it is thrown in the time it will take, I reckon called Crucifixionavenus: When announose that the ceremony in at present, we feel sure that that's largely in your hands now, our men reached this road, they connection with the formal pro- prices will adjust themselves to a Our part of the machinery is all found every tree destroyed by the clamation of the Crown Prince, proper level. Meanwhile the right; and I don't think you'll bombardment, and the road had as Hair-Apparent will take place orop news from America is worth find any failure there.
been flanked by trees on both on November-3 text. The Crown watching carefully as the final ":"For God's sake, don't you tail sides, Bat the farge eracifix still Prines, Hirohito, eldest son of the "out-ture of that crop will ulti- as. There's a lot of blood to be stood there, and when it was Emperor, was born on April 29, mately determine the course of sold; and so long as it's well examined closely it was impos. 1931... A fow, daya agɑ he was prices all over the world. Tous sold, on the right terms (as it hasleible to find a single trace of gasetted Captain of the Imperial if the market: quiet to steady, Lean in the laat week), you can phrspusi fire.”
Guards.
4 m/s. Franos ......3.12 14 6 m/s. France.....3.17 14 Demand, Germany.. Demand, New York. 51 T/T Bombay unu Demand, Bombay... 161 TIT Calcutta.
Demand, Calcutta... "160 Demand, Manila 10114 Demand, Singapore. 91
On Haiphong........................ 134%, prem. On Saigon EARNSDOOS 344% prem. On Bangkok
....... 71 94 Hovereign Gold Leaf, per ox... 53.30 Bar Silver, per ot.... 32,5/16:
9,20 Nom
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Kastanimwer, Lizited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowed :
On Current Acemats at the rate of 1 per cent. FAT
sanum on the daily balanca
ON FIXED DEPOSITS,
For 3 months, Rå par oest per kazom, For 6 month, 21 per cent. per aBLOM, For se months, 4. pat oant, per aORRIA. N. J. STABB.
Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANE
THE Wine of the above Bank la conézeted by the HONGKONG AYU SEANGUAL BANKING
ORPORATION," Rules may be obtained on applications INTEREST on deposita ià allowed on the mđac four monthly balances at 8jå per cent, yer anzum
Depositors may transfer, at their option, belanos of $100 or more to the Honghong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FLXD DEPOSIT 4 pu cant per schium,
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpor
N. J. STABB.
Chief Manager,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF
· INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter usa
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON, Paid-up Capital ...................£1,80%ADE Reserve Fund adopt opt som 2-Bossc Reserve
p. of Zʼroprívtor,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General. Baakies
business transacted. CURRENT ACCOUETS opened and. FEERE DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter perioda, si, rates which will be quoted on application,
T. C. DOWNING,
Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912”-
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Head Office 15, Gracechurch
Street, London,
Authorised Capital ......£1,500,00 Subscribed
Paid Up
Reserve Fund
争
Th
RANKERB
1,125,00
562,500
550.000
The Bank of England, The London Jointátock Bank, Limited BRANCHES **
Bombay
Calcatta
Colombo
Deihl
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Hongkong
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Madra
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HONGKONG BRANCH.
Every description of Banking and Exchange | business transacted.
interest allowed as Current Asscante at a per cans per sosum on Daily Balances, and on Fiset Deytis at rates which may be asceftained on application.
C. CHAMPKIN,
Acting Manager,
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION,
HEAD OFFICE:
6o, Wall St., New York.
LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgate, E.C.
CAPITAL PAID UP *...$3,250 000 RESERVE F UNDS...
U.S. GOLD
BOMBAY
$3,628,000
...#6.878,000
BRANCHES KLA
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CALCUTTA KOBE CANTON CEBU,
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M. F. MARERALL,
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For Particulare, apply 'to-
K. KATO,
Manager,
No. 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong.
MARTIN'S
STEEL
APIOL BILLS
3. Umask Hamady der villawadulaptalan
Chinese...20 cta pieces1134% die; THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Hongkong20 ota. pieces 11% prem, for: Bread, Cakes, Copitetsope Chinme...10
-11% dia. Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled
Hongkong 10
applicados...
Hongkong, Jet June, 1916.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE,
LIMITED.
Eatablished 1880, Authorised Capital Ten 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 30.000.000 Reserve Fund
20,800,000
Head Office.—YOKOHAMA.
Branche
Bombay
and
Agencies
Newchung New York O
Laconic Allowed no Curatus Agrosada,
EISHT ONU. Managm 134%prem, and meals with Wines & Liqueri, Hongkong, 11th Bert.1f 16..