(COMMERCIAL NEWS, ^
Enemy Traders lo Japan. The Japanese Minister of Agriopliure, and Commerce we nounced in the Oficial Gamette a dosen commercial firms of enemy nagonality in Tokio, Yokohama,
POLITICAL SUSPECTS IN AUSTRIA.
2,000 Deaths in laternment Camp.
A alight, inkling of the way Kobe, Nagasaki, and Shidzooks things were managed ander the to be placed under special old regime in Austria can be
In Flour.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917.
| ESSEN RAIDER'S STORY,
German Factories' Night.
Activity."
Of the 84 seroplanes which took
French Headquarters Jaly part in the French reprisal air surveillance 'by the Governors obtained from the astounding re-raid on the night of July 6-7 only concerned.
velations made by a Osech two failed to return to their base. Russian Government Monopoly National Socialist speaker in the Of the four which had Essen da
It is reported that the Russian Austrian Reicharath recently.
their objective ore managed to Provisional Government,, which
The Vienna Arbeiteraeitung complete the whole journey, but bas recently placed all supplies ya that the worst instances were the other three all and a mout of coal under Government control, rack out of the report by the useful share in the general object
Bsichersth Correspondence of the raid, the bombardment of; is now hastily making investig. Barean, bat what has been left is railway stations, munition fe ations with a view to instituting certainly more then bad enough, tories, and gon-emplacements in a system by which the Gavera The speaker, Striberny, protested and rannd Treves, Oahlents, and ment will monopolise the selling
against the snapension of civil Ludwigshafen, and the success of of four..
rights, which wasexe cised against the expedition should serva se s Australian Embargo on Luxuries.
political suspects, and suspected According to the Mainichi, K
grave warning to the enemy that Jispatch has been received to the citizens generally, on the basis the French cen at any moment effect that the Australian Govern- even of a mere anonymous de conduct similar raide into Get
nunciation. He mentioned a long many and on a much larger scale Beat on Augget 10th in-ned a proclamation concerning the pro- |
list of osses in which women, if they are driven to regard them. hibition of the import of luxuries. girle, and old men had been led
as of military necessity. The articles prohibited except way in chains, often fastened under licence include beer and together in groups, and sent off The superior enterprise of the other kinde of alcoholic bever-in dirty cattle trucks. One batch French airmen is undoubted. ages," perfamery, biscuits and of 43 of these so-called "interned" Daring the recent fighting on the pereous war slaughtered in the Aisne 1,698 fights took place over other kinds of confectionery, eggs, articles of wearing apparel made street hy a Honved detachment, the German lines and only 312
The speaker then went on to over the French. of far, precious stones, both
Sergeant Gallois, the hero of genuine and imitation, bicycles, describe the conditions prevailing elo. Allarticles in transit, however, in the internment camp at Talerb the Essen expedition, who has will be permitted. The probibi of, near Grats. Several of the been recommended for the Milit- tion bis no important bearing aspects were thrashed and tor ary Cross, is a marked exception upon exports from Japan except tured on their arrival there, and to the general rule that young iregard in beer. The dispatch spent the first three days in men made the most effective sir
the open, horded together in men in time of wer, sa be was adde that at the samy time Australian authorities sanocneed small field. Men, women, and born in 1879. Before the war be a partial revision of the Cortome girls slept where they could. On was a hardware merobat R Tarif, but this is not expected to the fourth day they were taken Menetsanur-Cher, and on mobili have any serious effect on Japan's to some sheds, where they xation se a Territorial in s Dra export trade to Australia.
bad
to sleep on the bare goon regiment, being regarded earth. Then when their clothes es too old for sotive service, he The American Export Embargo.
had to be disinfected they simply was put in charge of a hospital The other day a Reater message reported that the US. Board of had to strip there and then and for sick horses, from which post Export Contr 1 had recommended wait naked, often more than an at his earnest request be wee to the Government that ontton bour, for the return of their garfinally allowed to join the air yern, engar, and orlain kinde mente. In December, 1914, the service and qualify as a pilot. of timber be included in the number had risen to 5,000, and The following is his own account list of goods the export of already several epidemics were of his journey on the night of which requiree special per-raging among them. Yet it was July 8- mission from the U. S. Govern- pot until February, 1915, that the He left his squadron bise soon ment. Soon afterwards private healthy were separated from the after 9 p.m., having volunteered Lieutenant information was received in Osaka sick, and it is reckoned that 1,200 to fly to Esser. to the effect that the American died from epidemics alone, whilst Ardisson and Adjutant Paillard, authorities bad included sager in more than 2,000 have been baried two of the three other airmen who the prohibited list, but thie report in the adjoining graveyard. had the same destination, partly has not yet been confirmed. Seventy witnesses were brought owing to fog and partly because Lstest advices received in another up to testify to the truth of these their "oil supply gave out, only private quarter in Oaks state statemente, and a eceio of great got as for a Coblentz and Troves. that it is not clear what the excitement followed these revela-Sergeant Galicis was more for Government will do with regard tione. But the climux as not toaste. Flying first up the valley to the three articles mentioned, I reached until a German National of the Mosselle paet Metz and But the authorities are consider named Necieufel attempted to Treves he track the Rhine, ing goode tu be further pro One cannot be expected to dest Coblentz.
dismiss these reproaches with-chining clear in the moonlight, hibited. The embargo, it is
At both these added, is expected to be extended bats-these matters with the local towns he saw as he passed shortly.-Japan Chronicle.
authorities while the enemy is a furious bei bardment of other
Angaur Phosphatë,
at our gates." This was follow members of the squadron by On the 17th alt. the Naval ed by a shout from the Right German anti-aircraft batteries, Department invited tenders for "People get hanged for that," and was himself subjected to very purchase of 4.000 tour of phos sad another German National heavy fire on crossing the enemy phate from Angaur Island, to be osmed Heine then called out lines at the comparatively low delivered in September next at Far too few of them have been altitude of under 4,000ft, the Kobe. The bighest bidder, was| banged."
| average height at which he travel- Mr. Shima Teijiro, an Osaka This brought down the Hoare, led till be neared the end of his trader, who contracted to buy the and the next few minutes passed journey. Before reaching Metz, whole lot at 173.01 per too, which in a terrific aproar, in which the where he was followed by search- sbowe an advance of no less than Poles could be heard shouting lights, and during the early parti Y40 over the figure on the last "Execationer ! "
When.com.
of bis ran he was bothered by. occasion. What is noteworthy is parative quiet was restored once fog, but managed to sleer the fact that a merchant who is more, the Proeident called Heine straight course by the compars not in the fertiliser trade has to order for his remark, and the and moon, and reached each point socceeded in buying the Govern- pon-German elements passed of his flight exsotly at scheduleă ment phosphate, because a few severe vote of consure upon him. mouthe ■go, the fertiliser
companies made an agreement
to caust
Lo be sold it
thereta.
&t
time, completing the whole dis tance to Essen and back, about 450 miles, in seven hours, a fine. record of scientific flying.
From Coblentz he turned north.
whereby they would endeavour Killed While Night Flying
Lient. Elliott, Hoyal Flying only to one of themselves and Corps, who was killed in York-ward up the valley of the Rhine, not to those who are anteide the hire while night flying, wae
and from there onward his way baried fertiliser manufsețaring industry.
North Finchley
was brilliantly lit up for him by His mother lives at the blazing fires of hundreds of Lule oprement was unanimously Cemetery, made with a view to avoiding an Hampstead Garden Suburb, and monition works and f.ctories. undas advance in price in the he leaves a widow and one child. Apart from the actual damage to common • înterests of the com-
fen my works which probably re- panice subscribing
salted from bis bombardment of There has recently been reported, of circumstances distribution Essen, that is the most valuable however, a disagreement among market has been created where result of his flight-the establish them, and Mr. Shima, has now all the overseas customers con ment of the fact that an enormous succeeded in bidding for draw their supplies from the amount of night work is being phosphate a higher price than any immediate sources. Although in carried on by the Germans in the of them. It is expected that a big this way some products will after production of war material. From advance in the price of artificial the war be available to the Bonn onwards there is, he said, a fertiliners will be inevitable.-Netherlands in a reduced degree, reguler blaze of electricity, which Japan Chronicle.
it may be expected that Datoh inoressed in intensity as he. Dutch-Indian Trade. importers will seek compensation travelled farther north
past The report of the Rotterdam for this set-back in the extension Cologne and Dusseldorf, till, Chamber of Commaren for 1916 of other
relations. when he approached Essen, be Bays, in respect of Netherlands Tobacco, Peruvian bark and saw what looked like brilliantly India, that the wholesale trade various articles, for the distri illuminated clife stretching for and the Indian agricoltora! |bution of which a good deal of miles on each side of the town. industry prospered in the e-r export, knowledge is required, Above Essen he rose to B under consideretion, despite the will probably be exclusively height of 6,000ft to avoid the traffic difficulties. The latter placed on the Dutch market, anti-aircraft defences of the town,' have compelled Tadis to lower Imports into India also point to and began siraling round looking the ties with the Mother Country. shifting of business. Germany, for the districia where the lights which process has not a little Austria and Belgiam bavo die of workshops were densest on been accelerated by the improved appeared from the market, and which to drep his bomba. All communication with the ess the rest of Europe cannot supple the time he
dwest gosɛta of North America, ment the deficit thus created. Be oe bombardment, as he had
was exposed; to Viadi took and the direct line America and Japan have eagerlyjb on at each town that he passed. between Denmark and Indis. In availed theme Ives of this opport-Then, when he had selected hi- India itself andre the premure unity
ground, stili sireling round in the
"
the mama way, he let drop hin 10 - bombe, on after the other, at intervals of 10 seconds, though be was unable to make sure"^nf their effect owing to the glare from the factory chimneye.
At the start of the Eight he had naluckily lost his motor gogglee, so that by the time be resobed homs, folowing the ssms ron's as on the outward journey, and once again constantly fired at en rule, he was almost blinded. and was not certain whether he bad get book into France, when he suddenly ought sight of
igual which told him (that be had reached the aerodrome.frem which he had made him-etart. In landing he had an accident with bis machine, through not being able to see clearly, but he was himself unhurt, and yesterday looked none the worse for his alventures,
Although he could not, as I have explained, zecertain the ex• • tent of the damage caused by his bmbi, there can be no doubt, judging from the extreme care and deliberation with which he appears to have: carried out bis" work, that he must bare seriously crippled several of the workshops ia the chief centre of the enemy'a war industry. And three years ago he was a hardware merchant, without a thought of war in his head.
Charge Against Belgiaa Chef,
Charles Winard, thirty-five, a Belgian chef, living at Rsyleigh Road, Shepherd's Bush, was com mitted for trial at the West London Police Court charged possessing implements, for ibe manufacture of counterfeit ecig,
with'
The touch of the Remington. Visible models is a revelation to all operators, even to those who are most familiar with the light touch of former Remingtons.
These latest Remington models are triumphs of light touch and perfect act- ion unrivaled in this res- pect among writing mach- ines..
The superiority of the 10 and II Remingtons in touch and in speed is a matter of simple demonstration. Strike the keys of one of these Remingtons, note the light, staccato touch. Compare it with the touch. of another machine.
Release the carriage and run it up and down the scale. Do the same with any other machine, Note the differ- ence. Note the light running Remington carriage. Note in everything the supe- riority" of the Remington..
The exquisite design and workmanship of these Visi- ble Remingtons tell the story.
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MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons North Chinas Unions
Th
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12.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE. and «General. Backing Business
Transacted.
Yangtzes
1. n. ex 73 $19.9.
$133
$300.
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For 6 Months 4% per annum.
The
$17
力。
€89
indos (Pref.) Shells Ferries
For 12 Months 41% per annum
J].
-$95
108/6
W 2.
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LOOK POON SHAN;
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SHIPPING.
Douglases Steamboats Indos (Del.)
Sugars Malabons
Kailans Langkats Raubs Tronohs Urals
H. K. Hotels.
COTTON MILLS.
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25/6
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DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C. H. K. Wharves n. Kowloon Docks n S'hai Docks II.
-281-
$74 $1133 't. 76
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS. Centrals
Д
#90 $941
Land Invest. ·
-$88
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b.
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K'loon Lands Shai Lands West Points
$33
bi
: 1.76
b.
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Reclamations 1.
$113
#
Ewos
+. 160
Kung Yiks
141
(Shai Cottons
b.
t. 123
Queen's Building,
Yangtszepoos
B.
£5.95
Orientals
.b.
1, 36
Borneos
A-
China Light & P..
$4.50
Providents
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2.
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EL.
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B.
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2:
$261
Steel Foundries b.
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19
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cts, 90
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120
14
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3/194
60 4/B.............
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3/2
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145
4/6......
Nom Demand, India ...... Nom. T/T. San Francis-1
7432 co, & New Yorkf
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3/212
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30 ds. Sydney &
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!
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75
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Hongkong, 20th August, 1917.
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BANKS
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Paid-up Capital
RESERVE FUNDS:
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-- $15,000,000
Silver $18,500,000
$$$$ 300,888
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ON FILEU DEPOLITS,
For Smooth, Je per cell, per ANNENİ
potha, i per tant, par URBA
For
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