We have just received a fresh consignment of
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THE HONGKONG
| The Gambling Question.
-NATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917.
DAY BY DAY.
"THE FANTASTICS."
Pians Opened Thl. Morning st
Montric's..
1892
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files for the week
coming season of "The The booking for the forth-
Fantastica " opened this morning Select To-morrow's Anniversary.
st Moutria'e, and, judging from Tomorrow in the third annithe brisk demand for seals, a big versary of the evacuation of audience will groet Mr. Frederic Antwerp.
Shipman's novelty' DOM PRZY when the cartiin risss at the Thestre Royal next Wednesday
Oot. 6-The rate of the dollar night As Monday is a gener-on demand to-day in 2/04." al holiday, arrangements bare
The Dollar.
dollar
ending Colober 13, 1892.) The Dollar.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Can one imagine blashing Not, ona imagines, even when the facsimile of hi cable to President Wilson is re- produced in Berlin. But his grandfather appears to have had | a more sensitive conscience, if his great Chacoellor is to be rolled upon. “Truth," said the man. of Blocd and Iron, was dearer to him shen aught else. In my diplomatic work also I alwaJS" endeavoured to speak the truth. been made for the box plane An Amusing Scéne......
but cirenmatances, sometime i Oct. 7-"A rather emasing compelled us both to deviate from Hongkong Hotel from 1 pensoccurred yesterday afternoon it a little in publis. But how antil 6 p.m. on that day. The at the Peak whilst the worldly hard that always was for the old fist for the main part of rooduses shattels and household Emperor. He always blushed on treasures of Mr. John Scott were ruch, occasions, sud (~I could masir, mirtb, and wholesome being sold by action. The not look at him, sad so quickly humour, bat, with that the notionest, Mr. G. P. Lammert, turned away.
· While we “have no desire to enter upon” the War. Lutery controversy, whick, we can very
• NONE" CAN: ESTIMATE THE well leare so our correspondente) POWER MANIFESTED IN VICTORY to fight out, it is Dot without MEASURED THE STRENGTH TO BE UNLESS THEY HAVE PERSONALLY interest at the moment to note OVERCOME-Huskio. that the Government as Home: recently naked Committee to consider the quee. tion of Premium Bonds, in the taking up of which investors would bare the chance of winning very comiderable prince. And we see by a Home paper to-hand The opening rate of the that Sir George Tosche has been on demand to-day expressing his opinions freely on 2 10.3/8d. The closing rate this means of raising war fonde, will be fonad on Page 1. Some of his observations are partically opportune at the moment. He takes up the point We are requested to state that Fantastios" entertainments con- which is often raised that when the Helenn May Bandaging Class there is unequal value fered will open on Thuzaday, the 11th for equal money, that isgembling, instant, at 10 r.m... Bat, he addr, whether he be a Bishop or a basman, liker « little thrill and the prospect of a prize, and a prize generally means morgnal
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917,
A NOTABLE UTTERANCE."
was just, commencing operatione Tenders are being invited for he is noted, Mr. Shipman has when the floor of the room forming a path from Findlay included· · in the Fantastics* enddenly collapsed sad the tarbarities of his armies, the By way of apologies for the iteme programmes
to suit would be parchasers were pre-Kaiser declares that the French every individual taste; · The cipitated into the unknown are "not like the French of 1870.** laughter-dispensers in the Company include Miss Billie eine below. As it was a com- He may well say thas at the end.
paratively short drag, nobody was of three years bitter war, whose Satin (The Sunshine Girl); and speculative element," he adde, No person shall import or export Mesur, Leonard Nelson and i killed, and only a few were bruishe expected to be engaged on/**
cannot be eliminated; it is any silver subsidiary coins of the
ed enn sbaken. Our old enemies a law of life..
Every Straits Settlementa,
Redhead Wilson. The intru the white ante I
as many weeks. But be falasly buy
mentalists and vocalists—all of
insinuates that they have declined mercbart who se ka to wisely and sell well is violating
whom bave had a wide esperies ce
in chivalry. The plsin fact is Kowloon Inland Lat No. 1351 of concert and stage work-re
A Misslag German, Ooh, 8.Oace again we have French never have been X malised that, according to Germany he exchange. All commerce has an offices on the 22nd inet. It com Hilda Felaten, Fern French, and love, only once more, sings that cilable mage foer. Strip them element of ascertainty. Is it prisen about 3800 square feet, Messrs. Bay Traynor and Bert poet, with evident reference to of the 20k, the tailor, and the therefore to be pat under the and the upset price is $2,700. ban of the rigid moralist ? "
Wiles; while the dancers are the monotonous repetition of hair-dresser, and you will find Rate Reminder. These are very pointed observa Is se polified for the informs and Mr. Fred Keeley, all of whom which Hongkong is so justly skinned Indian." Thus Bismarck, Mi s Ivy Aldous, Fern French, the patent double-shuffle for them nothing but the copper- tions, and they go to the very tion of owners and occupiera of scored heavily in Manila. root of the morality of seeking tenements that rates for the
celebrated. The latest exponent in 1874, to Maurice Jõksi. profite or prize; cenance kurth quarter of 101, including there will be a complete change vary mach-only one of
Mr. Shipman announces that of the art of cooling is nobody Company, when it cffers to insure the Special War Rate of 7%, are of programme every second night beloved Datachers friends, that he would blow up, not a man's lile, taken a gamble pasable in advance on or before at the Theatre Royal
When the Kaiser threatened Bat surely the taking out of October 31, 1917.
named Naadin. Bamour eye Windsor Castle, but our entire policy is not immoral, on the
he had $2,000 worth of debtorʼa ground that it amounts to active
Royal Family, ha possibly forgot. prison waiting to receive him. If participation in a gamble. No
that is all he owed, Hongkong latter attempt 18 months earlier. that he had fruitlewely made the these little niceties may very well
has the best of the bargain for a January 1915 the King and be gives the go by. Anyhow
Chamber of Commerce Report. it would be well worth the Qaces and other members of that is how we look upon the
money to get rid of the rest of matter.
The Fortnightly Price Carreat the Germans at $8.000 a time. for a brief holiday, at the con their family were at Sandringham and Market Report, pablished by On inquiry at the cffice of Meware, clasion of which they returned to the Hongkong General Chamber Naudin sad Co, we learn that he tation with hours of of Commerce, ander date of Octo- disappeared on the Sth. He had their departare a Zeppelin arrived Įber 5, contains the following:- been in business ander this style and dropped bombs on the Royal
Allen Edemics.
Mrs. Onle's Appointment. Bis Excellency the Governor has appointed Mre. Daisy An- nabels Murdooh Gale, MB, Ch.. B. B.Sc. (Glasgow), to act as Medical Officer of Health daring tbe a beeroe on leave of Dr. Wilfrid Willieza Pearse or until farther notice, with effect from Let October, 1917.
Street Gambling,
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One of the pozz'es of the war to as has been why the Imperial Government has permitted alien enemies to be at large, to the A Chinese was charged before Cotton Piese Goods and Fancy for about two years, and was pre-village, but by a happy mischance manifest danger of the State, Mr. J. B. Wood, at the Police Cotton
the vionaly about ten years clerk in a s' mile away from the King's daring the past three years. We Court this morning, with gam-interval there has bean's sense-German fira in Hongkong. He | residence. do not know how many of these bling in the street. His excuse tional slump in silver and ex: was not a subscriber to the crestures there are in the United was that he did not know the charge. On the other hand cotton Telegraph; that is what we lose Kingdon, but most certainly not laws of the Colony and he seemed has advanced and the lateat quots by car disfavour among the one of them ought to be allowed painfully earpriced that he had tion is 19.178. Home prices have Fatherlanders we hold none of his freedom. They should all been arreated when all bis com- gone up and are far above local his chite.
had a British Ambassador, să have been put behind iron bars panions had got clear away. Alas, Staples have hardened long ago.
his visa vis. For there ringa Ποπετετ, πο are fine of $2 was imposed.
slightly the Isat few days, but gratified at reading the pro-
Oct. 10,="A cricket match, in the mind the story of our Banknote Trick.
there is very little movement and nouncement by Six Erie Geddes A Chinese was charged before no sales, are reported from first Englander. Scotland and Ireland,, unbending Minister at the concerning their fature atilisst Mr. A Dyer Ball, at the Police hands. Prices of fancy goode on in which some of the Hongkong Court of Napoleon during a brief ion. Alien enemies, ke aaye, are Court this morning, with obtain this side show some improvement team took part was played at unestisfactory peace-a-
Shanghai on the 5th inst. England such as Germany now desires. In: not to be allowed to grow fat at ing money from two women by and clearances are batter. More perhaps than any other statesman, with the possible ex- the expense of men serving the mesna of the banknote trick. Cotton yarn Showes generally went in first, sal scored 221 for an angry conversation. Napoleon ception of the Prime Minister, General Smuts is in a position to country, and all, regardless of From ons woman he succeeded in improved tone, with satisfactory three wickel Jelkyon (of Hong said to the Ambassador, “I will WAS apon England." des! comprehensively with the war situation se it particularly effects age, will now be required to getting jewellery and mosey and clearances. The fall in exchange kong) 88 and W.H. Mone 79, not make
the Jnnings wae That, air, is your affair," "I the British Empire. The varicus points raised by this distinguish- undertake work of national im from the other he got $50 worth brought out baying orders from out-when ed. Imperis! soldier-statesman, in the speech delivered at the portancy, otherwise they will be of jewellery and over $30 in the country sad a fair quantity declared closed. The waited team will aunihilate England," thun- luncheon given in his boonar by the Presidente of the Chambers of inte: ned. That is so much to the money. His Worship sent him to has changed hands. Quotations were all disposed of for 105-dered the angry Emperor. "That, Commerce of the United Kingdom, are well worthy of perasal, for good, anyhow. Too long have fat prison for three months hard are nominally:-No. 104 at Dann (of Hongkong) 88, and air, is our affair," replied the he states the position with that directness and force with which we and li zy Germans been ejwing lab ur..
$150/170 No. 12 at $160/180. A.G.H. Carratbers 39-the En-ather with the most gracious bow. are now becoming acoustomed to identify as characteristic of the the benefits of life under the ¡Given Another Chance. No. 8190/205, No. 20s at $210.glish winning the match by 35
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By abolishing the grille" in public utterances of the great representative of our Scuth Afries, British fig while cur manhood Chinese pleaded guilty 240. Arrivals 7,800 bales. Balee rana. Dr. Loween was 'oo lame to possessions who, along with General Bothe, did more than any other has been shedding its blood and before Mr. A. Dyer Ball, at the 1,500 baler, Shipments 700 bales. take part in the game. Jeffkyns front of the Ladies' Gallery the of Scoto Irish | House of Commons will kill two man to keep those possessions intact as an integral part of the giving of its labour in the Police Ocurt this morning, with Unsold stock 11,500 bales. Bar- captured firs
wickets for 36 runs."
birds with ons stone. For it will British Empire.
interests of the Empire. Francetosling a valuable gold watch, gains 24,000 bales.
Raw Cotton-Basiness has
not only remove a disability from To refer point by point the General Smate' extremely intersat would never for a moment con-dismond ring and other articles
The Good Old Days.
which woman have long suffered, ing speech would cevapy more apses than we have at present at our sent to such easy treatment; of j-wellery, the property of the been trapssoted in Indian cotton
Oct. 11- The Peak Hotel is but it will also remove what in disporal, agreeable as the task would otherwise. he, for there is no neither would Germany dream sasis ant compradors of Messrs. at 336 and Chinese staple at 842 bound to secure as many of the surely the agliset grille in the point dealt with in his admirable survey that does not lend itself to of letting Britishers roam about Cooper and Company. Mr. per picul.. comment. With the speech as a whole we find ourselves, as doubt the Fatherland to their heart's D'Almada prosecated and asid Woollens Entire absence of visitors who swarm into Hong country. One has only to step kong daring the winter as it can scross the way to the Abbey to lean is the case with all looking at it from the Allies' point of view, content. Better jban interning that be wis requested by com-demand for woollens. in complete agreement. Now when the goal is loomingju sight," Germans is using thers to help plainant to ask his Worship to Canton silk-Mesars. Herbert held, and to be crowded with see its antithesis, for the grille in be warns as not to evices weariness, as unfortunately there are signs we in war work. That is now to deal leniently with the land. The Dent and Co., in their report dated residents and birds of pressge front of Queen Eleanor's tomb in this sesson, for, so will te osen by | wrought mon is the most beautiful. in some quarters of such an attitude being adopted." General Smate be done. And the decision has boy was only 16, and it seemed September 22, state-Stock:- reiterated the statement he recently made in an interview which he come none too soon,
as though he had got hold of 3,000 balos. Mark of Silk-Ex. our advertising columns, the proexample of each work in England. gave to the London correspondent of a Paris paper, to the Loi that Too Funny.
some bad companiona. Defendant change again advanced during prietare bave been able to reduce Bas the finest examples in the their charges to $50 per month world a:s the rejsu," which in "the Germans are already besten and that their ralers Coat Czernin's speech on the admitted he bad stolen the the past fortnight and is quoted the lowest price for any first Spanish churches form the en With the speaker, therefore, theta will be attitude of Austria Hungary to articles: His Worship recorded 3 per cent, over glosing quotations class hotel in the Colasy, in spite olosares of chapels, notably in the general agreement that, sach being the oase, it laye wards pesce is an amazing conviction, but discharged him of our last circular. Owing to a of the fact that the situation, the Capilla Boala Granada. on as the clear duty of relaxing no effort and of sparing atterance in more senses than with a serious warning. alight pressure to sell BONDO no ft to omntinue making good' towards resohing our one. Els talks a lot of rubbish
dealers have dropped prices management, the bed-room so
The war has been brought goal.". We may depend upon it that the lead which General mate about the position of the Daal Revenue Officer Wildin of Oor- great anxiety to realise therop as Artemus Ward pats is, "ekaid home to the small boy, for owing
News has been received by slightly but there era no signs of comodation, and the cuisine are, Dow gives with no underlain voice will bays a salutary effect upon Honarely being so sound that
to the scarcity of paper is has the numerically insignificant few who now seem disposed to be of it oan iford Bow to lay are poral Scott, B.E., the Heavy is reported to have gialded 5,000 by few and exid by nose."
Steamship Ri
been decided to prohibit the di- opinion that the time has coms for me to relax somewhat from the side and submit fatare conflicts Champion of the Colony, who baler. Dealers are now in the
Ook. 11" As this journal has garette oard. No longer, there- statement of our views on a peace settlement, sa originally and to arbitration. Then he goes on has arrived Home safe and sound, market for 6th orop cocoons the forcibly expressed by Mr. Asquith and which have bean reiterated by to suggest reciprocal indemnities Corporal Boott says that be has yield of which is estimated at consistently stated would be the fare will the request for fag his successor in the Premiership. General Smate did well to dwell on from the Entente Powers for the not done any boxing, with the 8,000 bales. The arazi reported one, the opposition on the Canton pictures be heard in the land. exception of an exhibition which ou the French Market ostly in River in the traffic between Hong The cigarette picture originsted the indisputable fact that the air is "bar more than a military devastation they have caused, he gave to his Officer Command-August owing to the loss of s.. kong and Danton will before long through the necessity for stiffan- war" and he showed his perspicedity by pointing out clearly that generously says that Austris can its decision will "more and more depend on political, rodnome renounos ita ideas of territorial ing and a gathering which in Mongers has been maintained and seams formidable dimensions, ing she packets in order that their peychological and other non-military factors.”
expansion provided the Allies oluded several professional boxers, for some counts full prices have We have the best authority for contents should not be so easily The war is no mere contest of superiority of armsor of military give up the terrain they have who had heard of Scott's reput been asked and paid, notably stating that the Obins Merchants broken. As first this was accom knowledge. It is, as has long since been recognised, much more a succeeded in occupying, and ation and were anxious to fix up $980 for 18/18 dre, Good No. 1, 5. N. Co., will shortly place their plished by the nas of a blank oor flot between the effete ideas of sulceracy dcoilely accepted by winds up with a declaration that sa engagement with him. When while 13/16 are, of game class well-known etesmers Kinng-teen piece of stiff axed, which was bureaucratic ridden Germany, with the vigorous, enlightened and this "moderate programme" oan. they saw him at work, however, only fetched 1980 per picul, and Kiang-fang on the Hongkong later utilised for general advertise Canton route, the one is a day menta, being followed by repr progressive democratic spiris taimating the free sad independens not hold good for ever. On top they seemed less keen. However, Waste B maias firm. peoples of the British Empire, the United States, France, Italy and of all this be wage that if we between Ssalt and Pie. Braddock, About 190,000, Qastations Bath these vessels, which Kerah merity of a match was eventually arranged Flour Market Report-Stook: bost and the other to run at night, ductions of photos of pop
is perhaps most encouraging of all, namely, that the enemy is being will be revised and compensation Uhampion, for a ten-road "go", American Cut off $3.50 per sank; the Yangtze, are admi Portugal. And General Boats does not fail to point out a foot that contient the way, the programmes Marines Middleweight. American Patent, $1.85 per back; ran for years most successfully on reise piptares are manufactured gradually besten in the test spon which he bas relied and continurs demands, .* The whole thing]
elybe porely military test for on every front, with is delightful pesce of hamsar, but through celoreseen circam-Japanese 2nd Patent $3.00 per ed for the requiremen exception of Rausis, which is still disorganised, the enemy is worthy of the Kaiser himself, stances the fixture fell through, Back; Jacaosse 3rd Patent $2.00 Canton pag
compelled as has been long, the case to adopt defensive Yes; the Austrian program However, there are prospects that per sack; Japanese Straight 13 00 the China Merd! Saction, with gradually diminishing hope of ever being able to do will be revised quite a lot. Count Scott will later mens some of the persak; Shanghai Flour$3.00 per shortly hete
We have dealt hare with but a few of the points
know
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In the certainty of our fast approaching
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