35. A DAY FOR ARMY PAY,
Demand by 150 Trade Unions.
**
GOLF.
Influence of Links on Class of Game.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917.
to ran along the ground for any great distance, and the shot played with any appreciable amount of spin imparted to it
COMMERCIAL NEWS,
would of a surety give up the Canadian Embargo on Wheat. ghost upon meeting the first |
Advices from Seattle report! obstacle in its path.
that the Canadian Government There is little deabt but that Today there are more app-wheat to the United States. The has prohibited the export of the peculiarities of particular rotch shots played on the running Grain Contrul Board of Canada links are prone to have a strong method than there ever were in bearing upon the class of game times of old. One remarkable be fixed the price of wheat at that its devotees are inclined to thing in connection with this 12.40 per bushel. -- develop, ears, an American ex-stroke is that the absolute begin change. Although it may not ser appears to find little difficulty
Mexican Import Tariff,
HONGKONG SHARE REPORT.
6-SELLERS; SA-BALES:" B.-BUYERS; N.-NOMINAL.
OFFICIAL PRICES. BANKS.
$575
H..K. & S. Banks B
MARINE INSURANCES. Cantons Unions North Chinas
An unusual course was taken by the General Federation af Trade Unions in inviting members cf Parliament to attend a confer ence of its affiliated associations on August 1 at the House of Commons to consider the question of soldiers' and sailors' pay. In the accompanying circular refer- spos is made to the "extraord naturally follow thet a player in playing it. Be aay be wrong The Official Gazette contains isary departure from normal who, baila from a certain course in his judgment of distance and a dispatch from the Japanese Yangtszes methods, but, it is added, "the will of necessity produce a stamp inaccurate in hie wense of di- Charge d'Affaires in Mexico excnes is to be found in the of game which bears a certain rection, but the problem of which reports a temporary change China Fires abnormal conditions, and the resemblance to that of his fellow making the bali run iraly over in the Mexican import tariff, H. Fires
that particular amall obstractions presents no operative from August 15th last anione' appreciation of the fact golfers from that the welfare of the service centre, still there are similarities terrore to him. It is only when to the end of December next, in men is a matter for all."
soldiers." :-
Silk Imports Inta France.
$920 t, 110 $790 1. ex 73 $19)
R.
B
FIRE INSURANCES.
BANKS.
BANK OF CANTON,
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Fransacted,
INTEREST ON FIXED,
.DEPOSITS:
$131
$300
SHIPPING.
Steamboats
IL.
D.
881
For 3 Months J% per annum, For 6 Months 4% per annum.
$17
Indos (Def.) Indos (Pref.) Shells Ferries
269
For 1 Months 41% per annum
95
10$/6
$29
LOOK POON SHAN;
Chief Manager.
REFINERIES.
..n.
$92
$29
MINING
b.
40/-
£14
$2,60
Malabons
Kailans Langkats Raubs
Tronohs Urals
Oriental Cons. b...
H. K. Wharves n.
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C. Kowloon Docks., n. Shai Docks
to be found in the manner in he has once learned to impart regard to certain cotton textiles Douglases With the circular is the follow which they all play certain underepin to s ball that he and yarn. ing "proposal to improve the individual strokes, and, moreover, realises the difficulty of playing the position. of sailors and in their partiality for the playing a shot which is better when
of strokes in a certain defined bronght off without it.
▲ Japanese «olicial diepatch "The Government has paid for way.
Not long since a player was receive by the Foreign Office the material things it required for As an instance, the course at obesi red turning in the head of from Paris on the 21et alt., says Sugars the war, it has expended its St. Andrew invariably leaves his clab deliberately, with the that under rate of the 14th Ensacial assistance and credit to strong imprint upon the game of avowed intention of correcting a instant the French Government banks and private concerns, and those who originally learned the tendency to sky his drives, and issued an announcement firing the it would act illogically if it radiments thereon. Every golfer the only consequence of his quantity of raw silk to be import- besitated to meet the demand for who has hailed from St. Andrews novel remedy was that he now ed from China, Japso, and British payment for that human element is, more or lese, a master of the skied his drives of the top edge India at 4,000,000 kilo. without which States cannot exist tunning approach, and one of the face instead of off the or wars be made. Surely if the occasionally finde comparatively centre, with even worse con
Sulphate of Ammonia. human element voluntarily places indifferent players running the sequences than before. Luckily
Even when the market for ball up to the hole over bill and it is not generally a matter of soy sulphate of ammonia went over itself at the service of the State, ale with a degree of ease and difficulty for a player to tell when the Yen 300 level some time ago, it is the day of any Government
is in every the clubhead is not meeting the prices were regarded se extra to pay for this at least as fairly as accuracy which it pays for its ocal and its oorn." way worthy of the leading ex-ball properly. The very feel of ordinarily high. Quotations have So wrote the management components of the game. To meuy the stroke ought to warn him, and since been steadily on the up- mittee of the General Federation players, this shot-which has to a little more carefulness in grip grade, bat actual basiness has now
LANDS, HOTELS of Trade Unions in September commence its career with a slight and swing should put the matter been concluded at Yea 415 per
AND BUILDINGS. 1914. Since then the committee loft, and then upon landing career right.
ton for delivery in September and H. K. Hotels
Centrals has consistently pressed for finen- ver undulating ground as if there
On the other hand, it may be October, the price showing an Land Invest. cial consideration for the sailors were no such things as hills and due to no mere twisting of the advenes of no less than Yen 20 H'phreys Est. - and soldiers whose devotion has hollows to impede its progress clubhead, but to some error in the from the preceding day. Quata K'ioon Lands. raved Britain from invasion and appears an extremely difficult one swing itself. If the lower edge tione for long forward contracts Shai Lands
to play, as they find that for some of the club plays whack on the are also quite high. Yen 370 West Points disintegration.
All things that the esilor and reason or other the ball has ground behind the ball the most being quoted for delivery in Reclamations Foldier need have increased habit of refusing to run up, the likely explanation is that the January, February, and March, ecormosely in price, and where hills in the correct sad orthodox player is standing too close up to Yep 350 in April, May, and Jane, Ewos COTTON MILLS. British battalions are brigaded manner, and in place of proceed his ball. Cariously enough, this and Yen 330 for delivery in the
longside Colonial troope, the ing on ite journey with emooth-error is often found to be seccm-latter half of next year. Britisher can only look at com.ness and dispatch will persist in panied by a tendency toward modities and carze the parsimony catching all the possible obstrac palling; but a little consideration which gives him one-sixth of the tions which happen to be in the makes this scarcely so hard to pay the Australian and New Way. Zlander receives...
3... per day.
(2) That the Gorerement pro- vides and pays from July 1, 1917, sil allotments to wives and other
10
n.
B
b.
25/6
321-
287-
$23 $112 1.76
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE
DE CHINE.
行銀業實法中
Capital (1⁄2 Paid, up) ...France 45,000,000 (1/3 of the Capital subscribed by the Government of the Chinese Republic)
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Board of Directors Andre Berthelot, General Manager A. 3. Pernotte, HEAD OFFICE:
74 Rue Saint Lazare, PAMIS BRANCHES: PEKING. SHANGHAL TIENTSIN HONGKONG, and SAIGON.
BANKERS,
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M. ROUET DE JOURNEL, Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH: Queen's Building.
Tel. No. 2352
3. Chater Bond. Hongkong, 20th August, 1917."
NOTICES.
31.
$30
$94
$88
$6
11.
$38
5.
t: 75
b..
$78
$115
Kung Yiks
£.
t, 160
b.
t, 14
S'bai Cottons. Yangtszepoos b. Orientals
J
t. 125
t. 5
.A..
4.36
MISCELLANEOUS.
11.
$61 $4,60
п.
$714
Да
$23
B.
$7
D.
$48
$149
Πα
#26)
$10
$5,90
.89
cts. 90
1.30 M.
b.
$80 & 50
JOCK AM.
D.
$13
1
n.
36
$6,50
$30 20
KED YM.
$29
1.00 2.3
NIGHT CAME,
CORRECTED TO NOON TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 11, 1917,
10 rx
Laundries
*
Princes Building.
Tel. address: Broker.
EXCHANGE..
SELLING.
3/24
3/272
Increasing Spindles in Japan. The spiuning mule of Japa For their failure they will, continue along its original line, war planned to increase the pum-China Light & P.n.
understand. The clubbesd cannot have since the outbreak of the Borneos The hardships of the millions without hesitation, blame the because the player is standing 19, ber of their spindles by overs Providents who have made allotments to combination of the lie of the cloes to the ball that the clubhead willion, but owing to the di- Dairy Farms Wives of parents can be better ground and ill-fortune, But the to do so would require to pass ficulties in the import facilities Green Islands imtgined than described, and expert St. Andrews player will into the ground. Since it cannot from Great Britain, the plane H.K. Electrics many of these men have left tell them that the failure was due do thie, it is forced to pass out have as yet not been realised to H. K. Ice Co., aituations in which the remuners to neither the peculiarities of the ward a little, and it is this stroke any marked extent. Many of the Ropes tion left considerable margin ground nor teill-luck, but simply which is the occasion of the palled companies have turned their eyes Steel Foundries b. for comforts and even laxaries, to the fact that the ball was not ball.
to the machine world of the Trams, Low Level n. Six-pence per day is a scandalone strook in a manner cssential for
If the player endeavours to United States, but in a time when Trams, Peak, new n.
Trams, Peak, old s. eam to offer; and even this pit the playing of such a stroke, for correct this by drawing himself the price of steel is at such a level, tarde is subject to deductions. It it is invariably fatal to play the up, or by drawing bie bands in the price of spindles is quoted at U. Waterboats is not decent for those who stay shot in the manner in which so toward his body just before the so high a figure that the companies Watsons at.heme to talk of patriotism many approach shots have to be club reaches the ball, he will have withdrawn their idea of Wm. Powells
played that is, by imparting securedly and himself slicing as obtaining machines there. It was Morning Posts 4. while this scandal continues.
The Management Committee of pin
the ball. And well.
In fact, the minor errore a bright idea, eye the Japan the General Federation of Trade it mus! be acknowledged which are wont to accompany the Times,
that the majority of golfers grest error of taking ground are machines from China for a large BENJAMIN & POTTS,
to buy second-hand Unions therefor demande :-
(1) That the minimum pet do attempt to play the ebot in endless in their variety. Andrew part of the spindles owned by tie allowance of any British soldier this manner, mainly for the Kirkeldy is reported to have ex-textile mile in China have to lie Share and General Brokers. se from July 1, 1917, shall be reason that they know no other, pressed his contempt for what he idle, an account of the high price and it is tras that a ball played calla" polka" gollers-the kind and the shortage of raw materiale, with spin is more apt to be in that play first off the heel, and After investigation, however, it flaenced by the inequalities in the then off the ice. There are quite was found that the spindles were ground than the ball played few players in this class, who too old and it did not pay to par without spin.
sin simply through carelessness; chase them, instead of waiting Old-time Scotch golfers will and then they wonder why only until facilities for import should T/T The daty of securing these im provements in the soldier's posi- tell you that the correct way to a low of their drives travel sy reidro. The Spinning Aueccia Demand 3/26 sion reste upon the whole com pity this running shot is with distance. munity, bat Parliement is the what they term the rising club, determining authority and be bich, it is preenmed, meane cause of this the Management its upward journey by the Committee of the federation has time it meets the ball."
"Japan's Insurance Holdings. determined to ask every member to the modern way of thinking peculiarly difficali of the House of Commons and this is a the House of Lorde for bis method of striking the ball with The Department of Agriculture (dhesion to this programme any degree of accuracy, as there and Commerce (Tokyo) reports of paral and military reform. The ia strong inclination to raise that in July the insurance com committee will sleo invite me the head at the time of striking, panies of Japan beld 3.617,955 bera of both Houses of Parliament and this action will inevitably policies, amounting to T.5,413,-
254.20:- to a conference to be held in result in a half-topped or topped London st an early date.
shot. On the other hand, how- In the meantime, the committee ever, the fact of half-topping the trasts that those who have borne ball will, so doubt, have mach none of the hardships of active the same cot as if it was struck! Ancident service will not allow their sense absolutely correctly; in trath, Fire... of justice to be warped by ex-more than one instructor on the Freight aggerated estimates of coat or game has been known to sɗvice Other unworthy suggestions of demor-his pupil to half-top the shot-
piece of advies which would alisation.
The circalar is iented and certainly appear to err on the signed by order and on behalf of dangerous side, as there is so the 150 trade unions affiliated to very little margin for the General Federation.
deperdente.
But
error
Life... Conscription
Policies.
>
Yen.
316,402 14,762 242,117 3,213,370.10
tion's statistics show the number 30 dis. of spindles in operation 60 ₫/A................... 3/256 in Japan at the end of Jane se 4 m/s...
3/23/4 2,941 930, an increase of only T/T Shanghai.... Nom. 66,296 as compared with the T/T Singapore. 18534 end of 1916.
T/T Japan
14814 T/T India
Nom. Nom. Demand, India T/T San Francis-176
co & New York/ T/T Java
Shanghai Coa! Market. Me are. Wheelock & Co., io
18134
their Coal Market Report, dated Shanghai, August 30, atale: T/T Marks....... Nom. Japan Coal:-On account of the T/T Francs...... 44134 Total extraordinary rise in exchange Demand, Paris ........... 443
• អនុងបទចំ our local market has been rather
BUYING. .....945,815 1,221,369.26 gaiet daring the last two weeks. 4 m/s. LIC............ 3/314 50,815 88 Native deslere are beginning to 4 m/s. D/P 3/39% 50815.88 talk about contracts for next 6 m/s. LIC
3/37 61,603833,485.28 winter's supplies but seeing the 30 dis, Sydney &
6,850 18.566.12 anprecedented heights exchange Melbourne......!
3,33% 39,400
19,351.98 has reach-d-and apparently the 30 da. Ban Franc- 774 Total. .3.617,955 5,411,954,20 trand is still opward—ibay are
isco New Yorkf unwilling to commit themselven
4 m/s. Marks Nom. and hesitate to come terms, at the
4 m/s. France ...... £5632 British Spfaring Operations
time the market in Demand, Germany. ***
6 m/s. Franca...... 4.614 Pama Restricted.
is Japan
.rising day, by Demand, New York. 76% day in fact best lamp ocal T/T Bombay .......
Marine
On Saigon
-
between the half-topped shot and the badly toppad ɑne.
A Japanese official dispatch is com quoted at Yon 20-per ton Demand, Bombay... Nom. Among the present generation from London to the Foreign Cffice and the tendency is still upward; T/T Calcutta....... Soldier's Political Rights. of golfere, one bat seldom comes says that the Cotton Control the rates for steamers on time Demand, Calcutta... Nom," A non-commissioned officer or across player who manipulatee Board, scoording to authoritation obatier are also still on the in-Demand, Manila 152. private is at liberty, said Mr. this rauning approach in the by the Board of Trade, has issued creuse, latest reports from Japan Demand, Singapore. 1354 Macpherson, Under Secretary for me nest, socurate manner that an announcement restricting the giving Ter 30 to 31 per D. W On Haiphong. 54% prem. War, in the House recently, to the old school of golfer was wont working of spindles and machines ton per month as the average rate | On Bangkok ...............
5% prem oner bimerli as candidate for to. This may be due to the fact at the spinning mills in Great for Japan coating trade. Foshan Sovereign 6.30 Nom
that the present day resilient ball Britain to 60 per cent of the full Coal: No change. Kaiping Gold Leaf, per oz... 97.10.
484 Parliament if inclined to do so. The extent to which a soldier makes the playing of the shot capacity for three months from Coal-Very little change has Bar Bilver, per o..... 4914 could join an association was comparatively simple affair. In September 3, means of taken place, sicce que last report. governed by the King's Regula. the days of the bard resisting ball, meeting the situation arising out Deliveries have been well up to SUBSIDIARY COINS tion. Replying to a question by the playing of the running of the scarcity of raw cotton. in the avarage and sterke consider. Mr. Ponsonby, the Under Secret-porosch was a much more stock. Any mills wishing to ably reduced. Prices remain firm aryld he had never denied difficult and complex affair operate over the restriction, how and the prospects for fariber that the giving of a vote to the
as ever, will be permitted to do so, business in sympathy with the Chinese...20 cts, pieces 202 Ler carried the right of as it was something of feet abject to payment of stated freight market indicate higher Chinese...10
to indoes the guitapercha ball impoate.
pizoos in the near fatare.
tban ∙it
ja," nowadays,
DISCOUNT PER" - $100 : -
%di. Zdb Hongkong 20 eta pieces 154% par Hongkong 10
112
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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA
TION,
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-
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Manage Hongkong 11th April. 111.
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LAGS LM. 20 11.30 3,10 IL.. 10
11,00 K 13.
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11.00 1.2. every half hour. 11.00 P.M. SO 13.43 7. M. wvery quarter of an hour. BUNDAYS:
10.30
·Tambay
Calorca
clomb
Delhi Galle
Hongkong
Kracht
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10 MIN.
Madre
Penang
Rangoon
10 MIN.
Howsab
tkanghal
I
Kandy
Singapor
Port Louis (Mauritani
to bits
10 MIN.
110G LN.
10 14
1160 Soon
16 KIN
100.1.30
10 MIN.
6.30 7.36
16 Mrs.
HE WIN.
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6.00 .36.
LSO F..
4.007.
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