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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918.
THE TONNAGE QUESTION.
The Removal of Rabbish.
We have been asked by a well- known resident to atter s com-
DAY BY DAY.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS *
plaint with regard to the hour at IR STRENUOUS OCCUPATION, which the 'Sanitary Department AND IT OUGHT TO BE, FOR HAP dastearia go on their roands FINE DOES NOT LIKE TO FE PURSUED ANY MORE THAN YOU gathering up household garbage. WOULD YOURSELF This, he says, takes place during the early hours of the evening. from 5 o'clock onwards, at a time
when the streets in the native quarters of the city are probably more crowded than at any other part of the twenty-four hours,
WAR EXPERIENCES.
Interesting Lecture by Dr. Sherwood Eddy.
human life in-between a material). TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. and a spiritual interpretation of
the doivarne, whether might We quote the following from makse right and the strong are to the Buser Patrol, the extremely rale, or whether right makes right journal of the Royal might and the moral order in Sarees Regiment, a publication supreme. There is a material and which we do not remember to a spiritual side of life. On this have seen before, bat of which we There was a very large atten. side is the brate struggle for life; hope to see more in future ;**R dance at the Thestre Royal last on that, the straggle for the life is notified for information that anni-evening, when Dr. Sherwood of others; on the one hand, the under Army (Salvation) Council Eddy delivered a most interest-fight for the survival of the ft. construction plus 4 square roots iag lesture on "Experiences in 198t, and on the other, the fight to and 2 round trees cooos (no engst) make men fit to arrive. On the minus 2 decimal-0 over stroke
Tomorrow's Anniversary, Tomorrow is the second versary of Germany's declaration of war on Portugal.
The Dollar.
the War Zone."
His Excellenoy the Governor left hand is selfishnets and on the (costumes to be worn) under s More than that, he states that the The opening rate of the dollar presided, and in introducing the right servies. There is a dual (half príz›) recurring comms (is) man in charge of the cart is on demand to-day was 31. 011. usually in possession of a large rake, preanmsbly for the purpose
The Flower Show.
"His Fifth Offence.
Stolen Silk,"
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"The need for naskilled labour
lecturer stated that D:. Eddy bad ises in the world between pas one of these things vis, spent a considerable part of the sion and principle between wrong N. O. O. and men ("rcept past three years with the British and righ', between darkness and Privates and chaps with a stripe of levelling the load, but that in It has been decided to hold the forces in Fraro, Belgium, Egypt light, between mammon and God. or stripes, crowne, half dollars point of fact he utilises it for Flower Show at the Botanical and in England as a special Tala ult mate issue must be faced costs of arms, or waistcoats of picking over the rubbish and Gardens, on the 14th instant, secretary of the Y. M. O. A. His by individuala and by nations, lege) and whose Medical Catego valuable services had been re It is the challenge which confrente rise are below 04 unto the third throwing into a basket odds and instead of the City Ball. Some" Fight.
Birth pangs of new era. A new civilian occupation is oocoladed A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. ende, ob as old shoes, bite of
When a Chinese was charged cognised by the British military all men in this war. Wars are and fourth generation, whose
leaders. leather, ato., possibly for dis-
Dr. Eddy, in the course of his day dawned for the young men's in the following schedule, are to posal to his own advantage. These before Mr. Dyer Ball, this more-
leotare, said: The great battle Christian Association with the be discharged without portfolio. are frote which the sanitary ing, with assault, it was etated suthorities would do well to look by lospector Basi that defendant field rises in grim reality before present war: Nicely per cent of plesse. (I'm very much obliged, into. At the present moment, and another man had a quarrel, when there is so much disease which developed into a fight, in Far to the left stands the its former workers left to in the thank you)" Those with a gow about, it would be far wiser were which complainant was rendered terrible Yores salient, eo long coloara, bat a new army of over ladge of that peculiar wildfowl, away to the right are the blasted way mustered and trained within will realise how little exaggers- some oiber hour chosen for the unconscioos for gevers! bours swept by the tide of war, and thirty thousand men and women the Army. Council Instruction, carrying out of this very neces- He had had to be taken to hospital. wrode of " Plag Street." Right its hals for the service of the tion there is in this caricature.
before as rises tba historia ridge British soldiers. The Y. M. O. A. sary work, so that it may le done The case was remanded.
Before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the of Messines, won at such cost had saddenly to "think imperi-
daring the summer. We are ally", and to minister to a world in shipyards is of paramount im when the streets are lead con gested. It cannot help matters, either, for this garbage to be turn Police Court this morning, a standing now at the foot of the at war. In six months 500 cer-portance. Any man of average ed over in public thoroughfares. Obinese youth was charged with low ridgs where the British tere were occupied; at the end physique is capable of doing the trenches were so long held under of the first year there were work, was the statement made We trust that one or other of the the theft of a brass water tap and members of the Sanitary Board a padlock. Defendant forced an merciless fire. From here to 1,000, sod after two years of by Sir Herbert Morgan, of the
the top
cf the ridge the that war 1,500 saoh centers were National Service Department, will raise this question at the entrance into No. 4, Lyndhurst Terrace by breaking the lock with earliest possible moment.
a chisel. Four previous con- ground has been fought over, in fall swing. The area of oper recently. "Every man not eng viations were proved, and defend inch by inch and foot by stions includes the British Isles, aged on essential war workaboold Cruelty to Chickens.
sat wae sentenced to six months foot. It is blasted and blackened, Egypt, the Dardanelles, Malta, offer his services. Food quades The trees stand on the bare ridge, Mesopotamia, Est and Scath There are men building unneoa At the Mixed Court in Shang. hard labour and four hours' stocks,deep seamed by shot and shell. the Meditteranean porte, India, are due in part to lack of ships. hai there has just taken place a
A Chiness who was charged sti sad stark, oharred and leaf Africa, Canada, Australis, and eary houses who would be most Here are aged as packers, portare, servants, far flung battle line. COCHRAN.-At the Government Civil Hospital, on March test case in regard to cruelty to
dead. The ground," without,a
far from lift attendants, shop assistanta, 7th, to Mr. and Mrs. Cochran of Nava! Yard, a daughter.
chickens which should not be before Mr. Drer Ball, at the lese, like lonely sentinele of the out to the last limits of Britain's suitable for this work. Men eng without its interest to Hongkong Magistracy this morning, with people.
It appears that in the theft of a roll of eilk, pleaded blade of grass left, is torn and maltitudes of men stractions had been issued by the not gailty, Mr Woo appeared to tored as by earibquake and home, shut out from the society all of suitable physical strength, They had just oms out of the Captain Saperintendent of Police prosecute, and it transpired that alcano Trenches have been of all good women, weary and wet can be used."
blown into abarelees heaps of with marching and drilling, often to make arrests in cases where defendant went into the shop of debrie. Deep stall holes and lovely sad dejected in the cheer there was cruelty to chickens by the King Tai firm, ol 55, Bonbam mine craters mark the advance, less barrack roome, and tempted tresobee in Flanders sfter their carrying them by the wings. Strand,on the pretenue of wanting.
alwaye Icosed in wartime. Now, weather. They had got well atone or brick Expert evidence was alled on the to buy. He was seen to steal the Small villages are left without by the animal pessions which are alloted span spent in horribls qasetion, sad the Veterinary roll and chase was given, during
warm bat mesne to these men a view, when they were ordered almost
dast. to Surgeon, Dr. Pratt, said a chicken which the defendant attempted another, more formless heaps, can you measure just what a big sway, with comfortable billets in a bome, far away from home? back again to dig more trenches, 018 tbe very air ia so carried would be suffering the to thow the roll away. A pre-
The red"traingle at the entrance while the rain roared down in proved and
Corflict. Hanging
gleem across the whole camp and torrents. As the spades aplsahed Another year of war eince the last annual meetings of the whole time, as its whole weight vious conviction was Chamber of Commerce and the Exporters and Dealers Association would be thrown on the wings. The defendant wrse sentenced to three fail of
bali a dez'n bage fixed kite- haa brought no solution to the knotty problem of merchante secur· profer method would be to carry months' hard labour, and four several hundred feet high are stands for the three things the into the mad and flush a voice bellacos; each of these is a tar- soldier most needs. It stands, was heard resignedly mattering: ing adequate shipping tonnage. On the contrary, it has been the bird under the arm or in a bours' stocks. rendered more difficult by the fact that many vessels engaged in small basket. Dr. Cagno, soother
Professor E. Devenberg has is get for the attacking aeroplanes in the first place, se a pledge for "In six days God made heaven Far Eastern trade have been requisitioned by the Government, witres called, esid the carrying thereby reducing to a serious extent the number of bottom avail of chickans by the wings waed invitations for the 4th annual and the occupants must be ready, applying the physical need of and earth, and all that in them able. These were scarce snonzh before, but since several ships absolutely cruel, 6s isould pupils' pianoforte recital to be 8: a moment's notice, to leap into theee hungry, and freely temptis, and on the seventh pop coom have been removed altogether, the abortage bas become so acute as gauge certain fibres of the motor held in the St. Andrew's Hall, & perachute when they are shot ed men. The bat slas provides the Loyal North Lancashires and With many of the places which to cause much anxious thought on the part of merchants in Hong of the breast to break. Daring City Hall, on the 20.h of March down. High above these b-lloons for the soldier's intellectual and digged the whole--lot kong. It is extremely unfortunate that circumstances should have the hearing it was pointed oa 'at 5.15 p.m. A second concert score of British plaues are social needs. The piano and the again."
for games, library, and reading have been seking the House of necessitated these steps being taken to satisfy froperial requirements, that unfortunately there was no has also been arranged to take darling about or dashing over the phonograph, the billiard tables, A hard blow is being dealt to British trade in the Far East, bat law in China which covered the place in the same Hall on the 25th enemy's lines, scting as the eyes draughts and chess boards, tables more than thas, as was so aptly pointed out in a letter which the offence of druelty to animale, and at 5 15 p.m. in aid of the orphans of the huge guns hidden away room keep him busy; and the Commons to give them more seate Obamber of Commerce forwarded to the Government, our rivals in it was suggested that the Chinese of the Portuguese vintime who battle one thrills at the sound concerts, stimulating lectures, then they are entitled to one has trade have been provided with an opening, which they have not Government might do something perished in been slow to seize upon they have been given the opportunity to to help the Court in the matter, Catastrophe, the entire proceeds of mighty and unearthly forces moving pictures, educational little sympathy; but it must be a take their place in our markets, and, unless measures are taken to In the end, the defendant was of which will be for their benefit. Icoted, bat in the din we suddenly claseer, and debating societies resi sorrow for Batland to lose ita Tickets may be obtained at all realise that boys are dying all provide him with recreational and identity as a county constituency about ne. For behind us, marking mental employment. The far and be grouped with a neighbour- deeper moral sad spiritual needs ing division of Lincoln. It is the counteract this intrusion, the utmost difficulty will be experienced discharged
the slow advance up this ridge of the soldier are also met. As only English county in that poai- în expelling them, and taking our accustomed position when effairs the Aessor pointing out that the music stores,
of death, are the sheltered ceme are again normal.
teries of white crossea that tell the evening draws to a close, one tion, though Wales furnishes & the price that has already been as the secretary in his military parallel in Brecon and Radnor. paid. There are five thousand uniform stand up on the table; But in Sootland this grouping of hats are off and heads are bowed counties is almost the usual thing: oonded gravea in yonder acre alone. Great is the price, awful at the call for evening prayers, Midlothian and Peebles, Forth in ite solid weight of agony. This which are held here every night, and Kinross, Roxburgh and is no longer a war between two Set as try to grasp the colossal, Salkirk, Berwick and Haddington The following are the fixtures people, but between two princi- facts of the present war. Since there are about a desan of such the beginning of the oor flat shere couples, including that largest ples. It is not for this Barrow of the third round:
Pokie P. Wong v. E. Gumarees, strip of hard-won soil, bat bas been a daily attrition of more county division in the kingdom, foot of a world than 25,000 in killed, woanded or Inverness and Bass and Oromarty for (very A. G. Pile . Gr. J. Lord, that from henceforth must be Disoners ev-ry twenty-four hours. (which
free. The men who are fighting Tuis does act include those who Hebrides). on grounds of moral principle bra perished in the devastated would rather pay any price than nations. Not less than 6 000,000 Winner of A. J. Osmund and 19 at esse under the false sbadowmen are now in the military pri er, with more hope in their lives, added to the many troubles by which they are beeet. Das regard exista in nama must be paid to the tonnage required by them to sustain their this should be we do not know, A. B. Iven, R. G. A. and Wong Po These mea are fighting, and have undegone great coffering, kved. The orthodox Obristian Tolame of trade, otherwise the available cargo space at the disposal since there can be few places Hong, Wednesday, March 13. of British merebants will become too limited to permit of their where cruelty to animale is more holding their own in the markets they have bad for years. The common than in Hongkong. Hap- careful plans they have formulated to increses the volume of British pily, China's lawe do not apply POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.dastrial oppression, must go. Not treak of several times that nom now I seem to be familiar with
in this Colony, and, that being Concern that the tonnage question is still so scuta was voiced the case, we have a great op
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this amounted to a conviction;
Hongkong's Opportunity.
Charity Concert..
the Racecourse
BILLIARDS,
The Open Championship Ties.
Looked at squarely, the crux of the whole question is that our markets in the Far East, which, by dint of hard work, we have built up to their present state of productivity, are threatened with
This is a question which has considerable disorganisation. They are being faded with the inferior goods of car competitors, who, sided by better shipping been raised very many times in facilities than we possess, are working tremendous harm by weaning Hongkong, and we hope that much of our trade from as in this time of strees. When this matter eventually steps will be taken to of tonnage wse put to the Government, the reply received was that suppress the practice, which is the Imperial need was 80 urgent that other intereste must be subor the common method of carrying dinated to those of the Empire. The Imperial Government, we chickens here. In Shanghai, the know, is barrassed by the great dearth of bottoms, bat the fect must Society for the Prevention of Saturday, March 9. not be lost sight of that the Far Esetern trade is a matter of Imper Craslty to Asimala ia slaye isl concern and demands thorough consideration. Our trades on the alert and regularly R. GA., Monday, March 11. are bampered in many ways on sccount of various restrictions conducts prosecutions in the which they have to observe, and they cannot be expected to main Court, Here, however, for some day, March 12.
only. Why
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tain seteady business in face of this great difficulty which has been ¦isexplicable reason, the Social W. Bearne, v, winner of Szt. of militarism and materialiem, sons of Europe, some of whom many of whom I have taught and
trade here will thus have been of little avail.
Medical Certificates.
many of them know that they are both physical and mental. More will be familiar with the thought fighting for a new world. Not then 5,000,000 lie woanded to-day of one who loved you dying for oaly military oppression, but in ia the military hospitals, not to you. I would like to say that only German militarism, and her who have been patched up feeling that something innocent, Ordera ined to-day by Mr. F. Rien antocracy, and Torkish and sent back into the line to face something great, something that cnally mast be done away; bat death again. Nearly 6000 000, loved me, is dying, so is dying at the meeting of the Association of Exporters and Dealers of Hongportunity of setting an example 0. Jenkin. D. SP. (R.), etate
American materialism must to men bave been killed. Lese theo daily for me. Toat is the sort of kung, at their annual meeting, when it was also pointed out that, in this conure ion to the neigh
The Sorgeca Superintendent parged in the fiery furnace of this 5,500,000 were killed in the community we now STO COM- whilst buyere had been prepared to pay the freight prices demanded, bouring county. In regard to
I's purposes will reach twenty grestest ware of the last manity in which one man dies it had been in many osees impossible to ship owing to go space this specific type of orgelty, it isnts the following notice:-at.
In proposing a note of thanke being available. It is a matter for extreme regret that the Chairman would be a good thing it the Members of the Eastrve may be far beyond our ken, and though century sud a quarter, all com- for bis brother." had to take occasion to point out that the shortage had been greatly Hongkong Police followed the seen by one of the Surgeon man's sin alone has caused bined. Already the cost of the wat sggravated because certain arms had made endeavours to secure lead given by Shanghai and, by Saperintendente without delay the war, its issues are in the amounted to over $130,000,000 to Dr. Eddy, His Excellency said space for themselves by unfair methods. It is a pity the Association ordering arrests in all cases where between the bonra of 11 am, and banda of God. The whole war gold a day, more more than they had listened with admira- should have been called upon to deal with a situation of each a chickens are so carried, seriously 12 noon daily (Sundaye excepted). has aten a demonstration of the $100,000 every minute of the tion to his most eloquent lecture. they should adopt will effectually solve this new and quite un- nature, and it is to be hoped that the steps which it, is saggested tet about rooting out the practice. A member attending at any other result of leaving God out of Hip twelve hours that the sun shines His borning words had made dime must take his turn with the world. We speak of the menice upon me. The cost of less than them realise the splendid work ordinary patients consulting the of German militarism, but wast one month of the present war that the Y.M.O.A. is doing, and necessary problem. The proposal is that an equitable apportionment
is militariem bot armed and would equal that of the entire will contions to do in the near Surgeon Superintendente, of space should be provided by the appointment of a committee.
aggressive materialism, the deeper Frauoc-Prassian, War of 1870. fatere in France and elsewhere. No. 3 Company, etc. which would have the work of making a fair dietribation to all
Many friends in Shanghai will Chief Lospector J. M. Wong principle which lies bebind it? Another mouth would pay for the where this terrible war is being shippers. Thus the tonnage available by a certain vereel would be allocated to merchante desiring to ship code, on application Using be pleased to learn that Lient. resumes daly sa from this date. And what is materialism but whole Rasso-Japanese War; waged. They one and all realised made, in a just manner. Difficulties might arise, but none of them BA. Williams, Royal Eagineare, Acting Inspector Wei resumes organized selfishness? Mate twelve days would pay for the that now that the British Empire should be insurmountable. Such a good scheme would at any rate of the Electricity Department, command of No. 3 Company. risliem and selfishness are the Boer War, while the cost for and the Uailed Sus represent ensure like treatment all round. That euch s plau ahould bare S.M.O., has been awarded the Inspector Un resumes command dangere of our own land as well three days would dig the Panama ing the Anglo Bizon read-alood us.of Germany. We ask ourselves. Canal, Professor Gilbert Marray, shoulder to shoulder in this fight been necessary ie rather regrettable, but while certain merchants Military Cross for valuable ser of his Pistoon. resort to unfair methods to seize all the space for themselves, some vices rendered previous to his Headquarters Club Committee. What is the real issue of the wa17 of Oxford, writes thus of the they could confidently
At the moment it seems impossible for the being wounded last November Staff Inspector Arcalli bas boon What are they fighting for? Beicrifice of the men for na: As patiently look forward to tonnage problem to be altogether solved. The only practical method Lieut. William has now 18- elected as Chairmen, Inspector bind the great conflict between for me personally, there is one triumphant end.--(Applause), to see us through the present crisis is for all merchants to agres to covered from his wound and Tape sa Hon. Secretary, and Sergi sutoorsey and democracy Isy a thought that is always with me His Excellency called for three s fair distribution of whatever cargo space is available, and to hope expects shortly to resume active Accountant Balean Hon. yet deeper issue. In the last the thought that other men are obeers for the lecturer, which
analysis the foal question in dying for me, better men, young were heartily given. for better things in the fators than they are experiencing at present, anty
antidote is nece868ry,
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