INSECTS.
How They Know Each Other.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1917.
HUMAN WAR RELICS,
Sir A Keogh Opans. Novel Exhibition'la London,
COMMERCIAL NEWS,
HONGKONG SHARE-
REPORT.
B-SELLERS; BA-SALES;
·B-BUYERS; N-NOMINAL.
-OFFICIAL PRICES.
BANKS.
H. K. & S. Banks 8.
+
REFINERIES.
··610-
$810
BANKS
BANK OF CANTON...
LIMITED.
OFFICE, HONGKONG
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Sacking Business Fransacted. t. 115
Lodor. After a few montba” Inzestive he could recognise the three castes of bees-queens, drónko, and worker-merely by
After War Trade. Smells replace sight and sound smelling them. To quote again :
The Zentralverband des Dints. "Old workers constantly giTE. to a great extent in a new world
chen Grosshandels(Central Union opened up for da by Dr. N. E of the obarsoteristic bee odor;
a put on my kept of the German Wholesale Trade) Meladoo in bis work on "Recogni and, when seised, they emit Some of the strangest? human | "obertmak *tion Among Inseals," lately pub soother distinnt odor which comes relics of the war are inclated to Lased a series of 20 cmxys, lisbed in Washington by the from the poison ejected through a private exhibition opened emphasising the importanos of Smithsonian Institution. The the sting. No difference between recently at the Royal College of the wholesale trade for the so- called transition period-the ebirf object of this novel treatise the odor of a guard and that of a Surgeons by Sir Alfred Keogh, is to show that the sense of smell fanner could be distinguished; the Director-General of Medioal period immediately following the MARINE INSURANCES. inibe lower animale, bot the odor from each closely Services. One of the moet 'nclusion of peace. The Erst Cantons particularly in the honey-bee, in resembles the hive odor, that remarkable 18 part of a number of the earias ia su say North Chinas
the odor to highly developed that we have ig
which comes heart, gravely wounded on the from the pen of Commercial Inions no more conception of it than the out of hire when the bive right hand side; yet the officer (Councillor Lastig, general man Yangtazes
FIRE INSURANCES. honey bee can bars of OUT OWD Cover is removed. A worker member of the Flying Corps) ager of the Akt Ges. Dankober
Eisenhandel. The writer describes China Fires wonderfully developed sense of carrying pollen
off, brought bia machine safely to the development of the German H. K. Fires... gives sight, Sayu Di, Heladoo:--
besides the bee oder, another odor, earth! "It has always been a matter which comes from the pollen. Almost at the beginning of the foreign trade, which, he says,
held scoond plaes
the Douglases of conjectare as to how the
The younger the workers the war, it appears, a heart was re-
He Steamboats various lower animals recognise less pronounced is bee oder ceived from which a surgeon bad time the war broke out sash other, and by what means emitted. To the human nose successfully removed a bullet quotes an alterance of the former Indos. (Def.) the sexes of any epecies die the odor emitted by nurse bees when the soldier was alive, and direotor of the Imperial Grain Indos (Pref.) tinguish one another. At first and war generators is much Ires no wound of entrance was found Bureau, Dr. Michaelis, who later Shells thought it might be claimed that pronounced than in the ndor at the time of operation or after became Chancellor, to the effect Ferries sight is the chief means by which from old workers. Workers just wards. Soon two similar examples that an imperial grain monopoly any soimal having eyes can emerged from the cells have a (now exhibited) of fragments of would have to be established after Sugars recognise other animals, but after faint smestieb odor, but lack the metal is the beart were received the war. It is possible that the Malabons a second thought we reall that obaracteristic bee odor, and it was then inferred that such Chancellor will now seek to eatabi the eyes in the lower animals are workers removed from the cells foreign bodies must first enter a
lish monopolies of other staple Kallans not as highly developed as they just before they begin outting large vein and be subsequently goods. For the other goods the Langkats are in the higher animale; and their way out emit a fainter swept to the bears in the circala-plan appears to be to regulate the Raubs we know that many of the lower sweetish odor,
tion, and many fragments of shell importation of raw materials by Tronohs "Old queens have a strong, since found in the heart prove tions. The sather is of the opin Oriental Cons.
means of industrial organiss- Urals animals live in dark places and that some of them are pertially sweetish odor, while the odor that this theory is correct, or totally blind. For example the from queens just emerged from In one exbib.tion case are ion that a sudden dissolution of eye of some beetles and spider their cells is much less pro sections of the Inngs of men who the economic organisatione form inhabiting
fonction aguaced. The queen odor is very suffered in the first cload of ed during the war might be very H. K. Wharves s little
our herafal to the ecotomic life of Kowloon Docks s. all, plessant and fe as "characteristic poisonous gas sent over AI
their Shai Docks and, despite this fact, these for queens as is the bee odor for linea by the enemy early in 19.5 the country, but that animals seem to distinguish one workers.
-at prea; in srother, specimens methods of operation should, another as easily do thoes with "The majority of old decoea of ivjared boses from men who overtheless, be modified in anch normal eyes living in light places have a faint odor, while almost hugut in the Napoleonic wars, a way as to permit ec-operation Centrals Relative to blicd or partially bliad every young drone has a stronger a few being from the field of the part of the wholesale trade. H. K. Hotels species, touch may be the chiel oder, This oder is slightly Waterloo and others belonging to If goods are to be imported by Land tavest means by which they recognissone different from that of young soldiers who fell with Sir Johns Government, or by the indus. H'phreys Est. another, bat daring the courtship workers and is less sweetish." Moore at Coranas. Shrapnel and tries, a necessity will soon arise Kloon Lands of cave spiders the writer observed By means of ingeniona experi- shell fragments caused exactly to pay large sums of money to Shai Lands that the males recognise the mente the anthor proves that the the same kind of injuries then as foreign countries. The wholesale West Points females of the asce species beer themselves can distinguish now, but it is necessary to come trade, however, can make use of Reclamations short distances and even before a much greater variety of smell, to the examples obtained from its own connections; to obtain the males tonoh the webs of the and that these play a most in the Sadanese campaign of 1898 credit so that payments will be Ewos f-males. Touch, therefore, as partant part in their lives. Not before recognising the results better regulated and more widely Kung Yiks not be the chief means of re only has eaob hive or colony its produced by missilee of high distributed. At the same time S'hai Cottons cognition for cave spiders, and owa oder, diferent from that of velocity-the shattering expans effort should naturally be Yangtszepoos perhaps not for any ofber animal any other hive, but the offspring sive, explosive effects of the made to export, as far as possible, Orientals
MISCELLANEOUS. Since we know de little about the of a common queen here an odor
goods of a bigh value, euch ne A collection of steel helmete potash and dyes, whereby credits Borneos sensee of bearing and taste in the peculiar to their family, and sach lower soimale, we may safely individual bee has an odor pecu serves to show exactly how lives may be obtained abroad. The China Light & P.b. eliminate them as the chief factors liar to it. He says:
are being saved caly by this problem would be greatly simpli Providents in recognition.
The hire odor of a queeniess form of protection. More im fed also by setting aside a large Dairy Farms b. "As the lower animala de re colony is perhaps considerably pressive still is the collection of amount of gold for the use of the Green Islands cognise one another without using different from the that of a colony modele and drawings showing importers, if that can be done H. K. Electrics the tactile organs, and as their which has a queen. The absence how the zew plastic surgery is without injury to the German H.K. Ice Co.,
Ropes
8. & sa: $29) sense of sight is not sufficiently of a queen odor in the hive odor conferring fresh possibilities of a economic system.
Steel Foundries n. developed to be the chief fector probably explaine why the awful existence uron men who
Trams, Low Level, sa. The dewe from both Australis Trams, Peak, old s. in recognition, we may assume workers in a quesolees colony are bave sustained terrible injuries
and New Zealand regarding Trams, Peak, new s that the most important factor is irritable and never work normal to the face. some chemical sense, perhaps ly. All the beeg-workers, queen Before be opened the exhibition pastoral conditions ia realy sil Laundries similar to our olfactory sense. Il and drones-in a colony carry Sir Alfred Keogh was made an (good. When the last mil left U. Waterboats b the olfactory organs are the obiel hira ador of that colony on their Bonorary Fellow of the Ryalla be bad already begun to Watsons means of recognition, they must badies ameny the baire. This College of Sargsone-the highest appear in New Zealand, although Wm. Powells canetantly receive stimuli in the odor serves as a sign or mark by honour the medical profession it was then only Joly, Extreme Morning Posts n form of odore, and there odors which all the occupsats of a hive our bestow. mnet be emitted by the animale know one another." themselves."
or
CAT68 POI"
اموركم
است
modern rifle ballet.
Australian Wool..
行銀業實法中
Capital (34 Paid, up) Francs 45,000,000 (1/3 of the Capital subscribed by the Government of the Chinese Republic.)
Chairman of the
Board of Directors Andre Berthelot General Manager
A. J. Pernotta.
HEAD OFFICE:
H
BANKS
ONGKONG & SHANGRAI
BANKING CORPULA-
TION,
Paid-up Capital
RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 21-
-$13,000,000 Silver$18,500,000
$15,004,644
$35 500 48
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.......$15,000.com
COURT OF DIRECTORS
Hon. Mr. 5. H. Dodwell-Chair!#2+,
Horo-Dapute Chatziala
HOA. M. AS F. C. Batch Bow
Коп
O.T. M. Kikiss. det - 0.5, Gabory. 209. E. V. D. PET, Ex. W. Pattends the
Compro.tk
CHEEKY MANAGEM
Hanging N. Bada, Be ww-MALCE
Shanghain. G.
Loudes Brakerepben, Kig
Westminer Hank, Limited.
CONNEY
Hongkong-Interest &llowed i
On Exrrent Access 24 the rate of 3 pai ceni për
sónum on the dally les
ON TILED DEPOSIT.
For 1 month 1j per cent, per KAJAM, For 6 months, 14 per cint, pA MAUM. o, s per cent, por kusum,
N. J. STABE
Chief Bags I
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK, THE Blues of the above Bank la conencies be HONGKONG AND SHANOKAI BARKING
CORPORATION,
Rsles may be obtained or applicaties INTEREST on deposits is allowed on the mis inem monthly balances it Byl par trai Day Leats, Depositor may transfer, at ibelt option, alongs of $100 or more in the Hongkong and Shatza Back to be placed of FIXED DEPOLEZ- 1 4 1.cent. par apRUM.
For the Hongkong and Bangbal Basking Corpor
N. J. STABB.
tak
b.
ga.
..$750
b. ax 78 $190
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
b. & ss 12:
SHIPPING.
A.
€310:
$80
For 3 Months 3% per annum.
For 6 Months 4% per annum.
#18
b.
11176 $28)
For 12 Months 41% per annum "LOOK POON SHANY
Chief ManageR
b.
$88
b.
$35
MINING
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE HINE.
$31-
t. 15
D.
$2,25
26/-
II.
30-
D.
281-
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C.
b. LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.
-$96 #124 t..72
$90
290
n.
$58.
n.
$5.75
n.
$30
b.
£70
2b.
11.
$791 $115
COTTON MILLS.
S.
t1723
's.
t. 15,87
5. Chater Road.
b.
t. 1153
$
t. 6,85
5.
t. 40
.b.
$61 $3,60
b.
$7,60
$25
81.
$7,6)
b.
$48
Π.
$150
74 Rue Saint Lazare, PARIS
BRANCHES: PEKING. ·SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN HONGKONG, and SAIGOS. BANKERS.
In FRANCE: Société Générale pour favoriserie Développement du Com- mercs et de l'Industrie en France. In LONDON: London County, & West-
minster Bank, Ltd
Ia NEW YORK : Bedmand & Co.
Is ITALY: Banca Commerciale Italians. Telegraphic Address: CHIBANKIND.
Interest slawed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange basiness transacted.
M. ROUET DE JOURNEL, Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH: Queen's Building.
Tel. No. 2352
Hongkong, 20th August, 1917.
PEA
NOTICES.
NOTICE
DEAK TRAMWAY CO LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
Chief Manager.
THE CHARTERED BANK O INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1353
PRAD OFFICE-LOXDON --
PAIETE CARREım.k1,800.00
RESERVE BEBENVE
PROPRIANTY OF
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Bask.
business transacted. CURRENT ACCUEDES opened a KES DEPOSITS received for 1 year 27 khorter peri mien which will be quoted on application
T. C. DOWNING
Hongkong, 11th April, 1911-
THE MERCANTILE BANK OJ, INDIA. LIMITED
Head Office 15, Gracechurc Street, London,
Authorised Capits!...... £1,500,00€. Subscribed
Pild Ur
Reserve Fund
"
BANKS R The Book of Eart
1,125,000
600,00€
The London Joint Stack Bajk, Limits
BRANCHES
Comtry
Calcutta
("elemb
Deiti
18 Mt.
Galla Hongkong
Howrah
Kandy
$10 $6.50
$31 cta. 90
STEAT 28
150 LIL SO
10.00
11.00 AM
- 12467.32
#2
$12
LAB.L
8:6 PAG
10 MTX.
b.
-
1.00 .
$6,50
£ 2.X.
10 Min
$29
180330
b.
CORRENTED TO NOON THURSDAY
DECEMBER 6, 1917,. BENJAMIN & POTTS, Share and General Brokers.
“Princes Building.
Tel. address: Broker.
EXCHANGE.
cord had not been very much in evidence. Also in Australia the "Worker bees returning to the
winter lambing was everywhere Dr. Mclados finda from biefhive from the field pass the
reported good, due no doubt is One of the New V.C.'s.
an abundance of fred and water. own experience that the hamen guarde unmolested; because thev
Lance-Sergt. Tom Fletcher Everything indicated a nore, though far less sensitive than carry the proper sign, although aynon, who has been awarded spring. It is not surprising tbst good the olfactory orgabe of insects, the hive odor that they carry the Victoris Groseries stive of me report too much rein, and can be trained to recognise a fainter than when they left the the little village of Bilecroft, if Australia especially could have number of characteristic odora bive, and it is also partially meek Camberland, where his mother had a more even distribution it Dertsioing to the bobey-bee.ad by the odore from the nectar Even at the beginning of his and pollen carried by the these keeps the village inn. He wee would be better. However, good
formerly a farm servant. Writing seasone seema to experimenta be was able to dis-bees.
eynchronize TIT- tinguish the "hive odor" (the Bees kept in the open air for to his mother he modestly said, with hard times in other respects, De smell of the bees in the bive, three days lose all the bive odor "I have been recommended for for the drain apon the resources collectively) the "hrood oder carried on their bodies, bat each great bonour, but I leave you to of Australasia has never been en m/s... (the smell of the larvae), the bea stil emits its individual guess what it is.'
honey odor," and, the wax odor. When a colony is divid
1
WEEK only
For ONE
SPECIAL SHOW
"
Demand
60 dis....
SELLING.
2/11/4
2/1136
2/1112
2/1156
2/114
Nom.
125
13514
Nom.
great since its d'acovery. TE Shanghai. Throughout Queensland aliens T/T Singapore Log W&8 very general, big TT Japan Properties like Isis Downe, IT india Portland, and Wellshot be- Demand, India... Nom.
ng busy ebearing, whilst a large T/T San Francis-70
co & New Yorkf amber of stations had cat out. Sheep are fetching big figures T/ Java potwithstanding a pronounced T/T Mark............ Nom.
T/T Franes labour shortage. Everything in Demand, Paris ...... 4074 in view of the fact that shesters dicated s late shearing, especially
BUYING.
1593⁄41⁄4
4.07
ed the hive odor in each balf Boon changer, to that by end of the third day the origiral colony possesses a hive odor o d #ferent from that of the other half of the colony that when the workers are removed from the two new colonies and are placed together in observation cases they fight one another aa though they were demanding still higher rates im/s. L/C 3-15 4 m/s. D/P... 3-78 had been separated all their lives of pay. A new scale had just 6 m/s. L/C 8-3%
come into operation, pastoraliste 30 d/s. Sydney &Į "Thera haa been
much
wagea the like of
3'-7% speculation concerning the ruling Paying
Melbourne ............Į spirit or power in the colony of which seemed imposible two 30 d/s. San Franc 71X
or three years ago. The net been.
isoo & New York/ The presspt writer is inclined to believe that a normal production of Australasia last 4 m/s. Marks ..... Nom, hive odor, serves such a purpose. 14. The aslea to the trade and
Beeson was the largest since 1913 mia. Francs ... 4.22.
6 mla. Franca 1.27 The bivs odor is a mesne of
the Government are reported at Demand, Germany. - bees from without, and the queen' odor, which is a part of it, re coly 1,674,136, which shows TT Bombay
Demand, Bombay... Noni. insures continuation of the social & very serious reduction compared TT Caloutta
with the previone year, when the Demand, Calcutta... Nom. As already stated, the workers 'know' their hive ports were returned at 2,129,915 Demand, Manila... 140 bales. This shows conclusively Demand, Singapore. 125 mates by the bive odor they carry that something like half a million On Haiphong This odor insures harmony and bales must have been carried over On Saigon united defence when an enemy to the current wool year, dus On Bangkok ............... 5938 attacks the colony. The queen oder constantly informs the to the want of shipping."
EVENING DRESSES preserving the social life of the 2,216,981 bales, but the exports Demand, New York. 70%
MAISON LILY
This Establishment 'will be open on Saturday afternoons" of the 8th, 15th and 22nd.
life witbis.
Seamen's Roll of Honour
A mercantile marine; Boll of
workers that their queen is pre- Bent. Even though she does not rale, her presence menne every- thing to the bees is perpetuating the clony "Thus by obeying the Honour io being prepared for the stimuli of the live odor and Dames of oficers and men who queen odor, and being guided by bars lost their lives through sustinet, a colony of heen perhana enemy solion or bave been taken could not want a beiter ruler.
•prisoners.
2.3.5.14 145 to SJ 7
X
MIGHT CARS.
and 9 ya 10
1180 ma avery kell hoes,,
13.00 PM to 11.15 P.M. every quarter of an beur, SUNDAYS:
MLX MAX. 2100 KM. 1800 Mecz to 1 F.3 to
∙JenJ A. M
11.00
100 Nom
100.. 6.00 330. 6.23 P.M.
1.002.M.
roll H
to Ms.
15 Sex
"HAMING
រ ៥ដ
· HIGHT CARB sa no Weak Daya
SATURDAYS:
Eers Car Mizig
SPECIAL CARN -
By Arrangement at the Company's Qlik
Alessodra Holdings,
De Vos Komi
-Season and porch tickets available for al Beri sot, klerady M33, running at the time staťač buske Company's Lizze tables, but not for special cars, can be obtassed an application at the Ocmpany's Offin:-No lesson ticket will be launað ɑzitri paymezz thuyeter has been made in Bank Notes or by Cheqne ̈œr Compradora, onlar repeating Back Nocon
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & CO. 3.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD.
(Capital Paid 'up...$1,250,009.)
Loma en Mariges of Econs Property, d theads received on getragen."_ “Aēvastaa zončena Merahmadies.
Leona zrada en ma Erovideus Bysets/1
ZBURGER, MEEJUTOR OF WILLA, APTORIST, AW, Undertahan and Bonefot.
Ze the Oldes of
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Manzzers.--
meme 1%
174% prem
Dram
MARTIN'S
PASSTEELE
Sovereign-
6.70 Nom: Gold Leaf, per oz... 44 21 Bar Silver, per oz. 47
SUBSIDI PADA PES,
DISCOUNT PER $100:- Chinese... 20 cts: pieces 74% da. Chinese... 10 Hongkong 20 cent.-C.
Post Loss (Maarsdys) ¦
Xarich!
Kote Bhart
Kuals Leapy.
Madras
Pasang
Rangoon
+banghal
Singapore
al HONGKONG BRANCH.
Every description of Banking and Exchange
i doslnens zzusacied.
Interesz allowed og Currenza cornets slaper Do per annum on Daily Baloces, and
Fine Depend
zater which may be nacertained on applicatis
C. CHAMPKIN,
Acting Manszel
INTERNATIONAL BANKINO
CORPORATION.
HEAD OFFICE :
15, Wall St, New York
LONDON OFFICE!
3. Bishoparate, EC.
CAPITAL & BURPLUS U.8. 14:500.001. UNDIVIDED PROFITS US. $1,248.0085A
1.8. $7,848,00
BOMBAY CALCUTTA
CANTON
CEBU
COLON KANKOW
BRANE-
LONDON MANTLA
FAN PEDRO
DE MOR'S
MEDELLIN SANTO DOMINEN
PANAMA
PIRING..
PUERTO
BONGKOXO PLATA. KOBE
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI -
SINGAPORE
TIENTSIN.
YOKOHAMA
Power Tre clore Nation with NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK the Bank is able to after a Services of the Baches of that institution in Chi Such America, and elsewžare, numīym
BAHIA, BUENOS AIRES, OHNOL., HA PAKA“ MONTEVIDEO, RIO DE JANEIRO SANTIAGO DE CUBA.SANTOS, BAC ||FAULO, PETEOGELD VALFARAN
i
Linde of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKIN BIN traksiezed. WOM
IRRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXE DEPOSITS received at' sates to be ascertained as #pplication,
GEORGE HOGG.
Hongkong, 26th September, 191
THE A YOKOHAMA SHECIE BANI
LIMTIED.
Eetablighed 1880
| Authorised Cápitál Yor, 48.000,006/
Paid-up Capital 36,000, Reserve Fundit » 2200,00
Head Office-YOKOHAMA
Branche
Autang Halen.
Bombay
Chalonia
Changchun
Dais Pentless
Backin
Honolulu
sos of sar irrsesiarky of sien kyúdam p
PARTINS.
APIOLSSTEEL
New York
Feldes
Hyojun (POR
ORDE
Tokyo
iprecess allowed on Current accounts. Tezcan received for fred periode at 'rates to Ea chilom
ISHEONYanager: Hongkong. 10th October, 197