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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
NEW VOTE OF CREDIT.
Mr. Bonar Law on the War Situation.
London, March 7.
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大拜禮 號九月三英港香 55
RACECOURSE DISASTER.
Resumption of Enquiry this Morning.
COMPANY REPORT.
Hongkong Ice Compasy, Ltd,
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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THE RUMANIAN PEACE.
Allies Not to Recogalas Treaty,
THE WESTERN FRONT,
Some German Claims,
London, March 7.
The enquiry into the sad „atas- trophs which occurred. at the Racecourse Happy Valley, on February 20, was continued at
The annual report of the abova ompany stater:---
Including-415 925 47 brought
forward from 1916, and after
Wood, acting as Coroner. The $200 per share on 20th August, following jarymen were also pre-1917, the balance at credit of profit sent:-HessTS.
AH. Barlow and loss account is $87,932.60, (foremas), J. H. Wallace, and which it is proposed should be
Pay final dividend of appropriated sa follows:-
W. 0. Jiok.
Mr. H. J. Gedge appeared for the Jockey Cláb and the relative
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20.98.
HONGKONG'S MONET.
SITUATION.
The Allies all recognise that Ramanis has no option but to Speaking in the House of Commons, in introducing Voto of Credit for $400,000,000, Mr. Bonar Law said that this was the acquiesce in Germany's penal and humiliating terme. Her downfall largest siznis vota ever introduced. He was glad to say that the was finally precipitated by the Petrograd Balaheviks.. The Allies will the Police Court this morning, ded nating $13,000 paid as an is unchanged.
not French Press is specially carry as to the end of the financial year. The average daily warpympathetic, pointing out that Rumania store to the last to that Capenditure from the beginning of the financial year to Februssy her obligations to the Allies, and expresses the hope that her was $6,557,000. After etating that he would mesnwhile treat the servitude will not last. money lent to Bussis as recoverable, be said that the excess of expenditure over the Badget estimaite was £154,000,000. The inareses was mainly due to the Army, including the expansion of operations in Mesopotamia and Palestine, involving a great deal of railway construction and provision for river traffic. The expansion A German wireless cfficial message states:-We took 117 pri- of the sviation programme tad also cost a good many additional sonera north-west of Dizmude. French artillery Aring is more. K. Lo was present for a num millions. The increase of expenditure on the Navy we about violent at many points. We brought down zineteen aeroplanes $13,000,000, whilst the subsidy for the 91. lost ocet #17.000,000. yesterday. The loans to the Allies on March 9 amounted to £1,284,000,000 and the loans to the Dominions £108,000,000, representing increases of £437,000,000 and £33,000,000 respectively. It was estimated that the National Debt at the end 1918 would not exceed 559,00,000,000 af which $1,800,000,000 would be loans to the Allies and Dominiona,
London, March 7.
PARCELS FOR HONGKONG 'LOST.
London, March 4,
The Postmaster General announces the loss, through enemy sation, of parcels received at the Post Office in London between January 29 and February 12, inclusive, for China, Datch-East Ladies, Hongkong, North Borneo, Sirawak, Siam and the Straits
Settlements.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
London, March 7.
The "Echo de Paris" says the French Government will refuse the enemy safe conduct for the French Military Mis- sion to Ramania, which will probably go to Bassia to carry out its new mission.
Petrograd, March 7. The Bolshevik news agency denies that the Germans have captured Kieff, which is in the hands of the Soviets.
A CANDID GERMAN ADMISSION. .
Amsterdam, March 7. Professor Delbruck, interviewed by the "Feues Wiener Journal," after characterising Bethmann Hollweg's communi- cation, cabled on March 2, as the greatest diplomatie clum- siness, made a remarkable admission regarding the origin of the war. "It was not hard to show that the British really did not desire war. The British Government also took pretty considerable, if not the utmost trouble to avoid
SPANISH CRISIS AVERTED,
Madrid, March 7,
of the late Mr. Albert Ahwee; Mr.
ber of Chinese who lost relatives in the disaster; Mr. "F. B. L Bowley represented the con- tractor, Tes Hok, who built the matsheda; Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared for the owners of Stande 7 and 8 and siso for the families of the late Mr. L. Xavier and the late Mr. J. Osario and the bay. band of the late Mrs. Bassck; Hr.
D.. V. Stevenson appeared for the lessees of the Unity Stand. There were also present Hr. G. H. Wakeman, Crown Solicitor: the Hon. Mr. C. McI. Meeser. O. B. P. ; Mr. A. E. Wright and Mr. F. Sutton, of the P. W. D.
$9.00 per share... $58,500,00 Place to Provision for Contingencies Act. To carry forward to
new aboount
Effects of High Exchange. There has been an immense 15,000.00 reduction in remittance of Chinese. |in_foreign_countries to relatives 14,432 60 and dependents in their homeland
and for investment here, as a'ro«« ult of the high price of silver, On this "antjent Financial Amerion® or November 29, 1917, said :---
$87,932.60
Consulting Committee. Sir Paal Chater and Bey, Pore Robert cffer themselves for re-
election.
Auditors-The socounts have been sadited by Hessrs. A. R. Lowe, F. O. A., and E. A. M. Willame, A. S. A. A., who offer themselves for re-election.
BANK RETURNS.
Kwok Han, continuing his evidence, said booth No. 11 w bailt by Chan Soi-nam and waU two storeys bigh. It was used for spectators. There was no amount cooking going on in that stand.circulation and of specie in
The returns of the average
of bank
Banks.
Chartered Bank of
India, Australia
Shanghai Bank-
Marcantile Bank
motee
Average Amigrant
*
Specia La
Reserve
30
Ing Corporation $13,862,607, 17,000,000 of India, Limited,$ 1,180,159. 550,000+
“These remittances in normal.
years run about G. $40,000,000 into the Hongkong field from the United States, Canada, and Bonth America, with immense amounts also into the Swatow and Amor districts from Chinese in the Straits Settlementa and the Zui Indies. Because of the great lom Į by exchange all these remittancOS (are being reduced to a minimum, and in every way and everywhere Chinese and others are slow to
turn their gold into silver at such
"Another feature of the general
rates.
which has resulted from the pro- hibition of exports of the metal from various warring nations and particularly from the United | Sistse and Japan, Currant ex-
and China, 8,181,595. £5,000,000* { change-bureau rater in Hongkong Hongrong and
to-day are $5 in American paper for $4 American gold coin--a premiam of 25 per cent, for metal - over its equivalent in a monetary mediam equally current at par în the United States, or over correus ponding bank exobange.
In several booths he had seen reeerre in Hongkong, during monetary situation in Hongkong" ordinary Ohinese stoves. In No. the month ended 28th February and South China is the extra 10 there was one large Ohinees 1918, as certified by the managers dinary szobange valas of gold, chatty used for boiling tea. When of the respective Banks are:- be was making his inspection he did not see any-iron stores. No. 12 stand was built for Wayloong, (Hongkong and Shanghai Bank) and was two storeys high. Cook- ing was carried on there. He saw water being boiled on a amilar obatty in the basement in s board floor. No 13 was built for Kwong Kee, and had two storeys. Cooking was carried on here. No. 14 wsa bailt for Ho Check-wai. This bad two and a half storeys. There was a basement, but it was not very high. Cooring was done
Burglary and Riotans Living, "A Proclamation by H. E. the chatties were used.
here on the first floor. Chinese
Eight Korean priests charged No. 15, Governor prescribes the following occupied by Japanese, bad s
with armed barglary have just maximum priose :-
been convicted by the Local Court basement and was one and a balf pole, so that it would not move at Pyongyang, says the Japan toreys high. There were the or slip. All the upright poles of Chronicls. Two leaders of the came cooking arrangements in No. 15, 17, 18 and 19 were gang were sentenced to twelve existence here. No. 16 (a model inserted in the ground but not years penal servitude and their of which was produced in Court) those of No. 15, these poles resting six followers to ten years. It is was built for the You Sun. Ah on boards. Those sheds from 1 stated that they met one day in
A Cabinet crisis has been averted by the Cabinet un- animously approving the proposed military reforms..
WOMAN SUFFRAGE,
the Govern
HONGKONG FOOD PRICES.
Matton Chop..... Matton Log Matton Shoulder Matton Saddle-
Ots.
lb.
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Total ..........$33,224,704, 22,350,000 Sterling Securities deposited with the Orown Agente valued at $150,000.
† Securities with the Crown „Agenta £110,000.
|FRIAR TUCKS IN KOREA.
Reviewing the military situation, Mr. Bonar Law remarked that the withdrawal of Rassis had deeply affected all the subsidiary war theatres except the German Colonies. The Germans had been driven out of their last Colony sometime ago and a force of about two thousand, including two hundred Germans, were wandering in Portuguesa Esat Africa. The net result of the war hitherto had been the disappearance of the whole Colonial Empire of Germany, Referring to Ramanis, be said that action in Rumania had always depended upon complete cooperation with Russia, whose collapse pai Eomania in a tragic position. He expressed the deepest Sympathy of the House for the Ramanian people and soldiers, (Cheers). Regarding Mesopotamis and Palestine, he stated that it was hardly possible for us to carry through indecisive operations by means of troops transferred by sea. When we had sufficient tonnage to move troope we had insufficient numbers of trained troops, and now the tonnage position made it impossible to move very large forces in that way. No competent soldier or civilian ever thought that Britain could stand out of the events in the Esst, and st the same time no competant soldier, over doubted that it was essential that the Western Front should have sufficient men to care whatever result was obtained in that theatre. It would be a great mistake to suppose that the value of the Palestine expedition wae parely political and moral. The British Empire's interesta were not confined to Earope. Referring to car position in India, he emphasised its importance, not only on the question of moral advantage and prestige bat the strength and possibilities therefrom. Until the British Empire was abeclately defeated, obviously we could not abandon Egypt. Lord Kitchener's estimats of the number of troops necessary to save Egypt from invasion was far larger than the total which had been operating in Mesopotamia and Palestine. The position of our troops at Balonica | wes unsatisfactory, owing to events in Russia. The Government, never expected these troops to be purely on the defensive, for there was good reason to suppose that they would play another part, but events in Bassia had made that impossible. He paid a tribute to the moral of the troops at Salonics and the ability of their command-
Three Strong Organisations er. The Government recognised that the position there might
In Germany. become dangerous because the Central Powers might be able to send
Amsterdam, January 6-The a force which it would be difficult, perhaps impossible, for us to adequately meet. Bot the man-power of Germany was not inexhane question of woman sufrage is tible and the Germans oculd not do everything simultaneously, and beginning to agitate Germany, from all the information which the Government had it believed that notwithstanding such an expedition would be costly for the Central Powers, who ment's forcible insistence that
65 Man might been alios. He made to 8 had poles in the ground. October last at a monastery in must pay for every yard that they drove back the Allies. He this and kindred questione magi Sheep's Head and Feet set emphasised that but for the Salonics expedition Constantine would not be made the subject of agita-Sheep's Heart
Sheep's Kidneys
09 the model prod need. This was No. 1 to 3 had no floor Pyong-won District in South still be on the Throne of Greece and the whole of Graece would tion until after the war."
the bigbest of all the booths, boards. For theatrical matahede Pyongen Province for a confer Three formidable national Sheep's Liver
having three complete storeys. the elate of the ground have been over-run by Germans who would have been able to con-
Any person who sells any
ence. Instead of talking about trol the Balkans from all qasrters, greatly increasing their strength, organisations are now openly
The Coroder What was the depended on how far the poles religinus faire, reports the
complete from the would be put in. They were Seoul Press, they agreed to form Greek harbours pond fere of the opinion that it would have been behalf of woman eoffrage the than the prices prescribed, is ground?-Thirty fest to the eaves. generally inserted deeper. They party for the purpose of enrish-
would have been at the dispceal of enemy sub-campaigning in Germany on article of food at a higher price height, almost impossible to maintain our communications with the East. woman's department of the Social deemed guilty of an offense and
He had no instractions as to did not insert poles more deeplying themselves by means of barg That sufficiently justified the present seemingly waste of energy in Demcoratic Party, the German-hall on conviction be liable to show many people would occupy for a high building than for Mary. On November 12th they
Sne not exceeding 60 undoubted advantage that Germany had gained in regard to Russia. frage, and the German Women' imprisonment for s term not how many there were. He went a strong horisontal pole would few nights after, providing them
round the matabeds but he could be used. If a building were very selves with pistols and other It was abeard to ecaume that Germany would be able to exploit Society. These organisations hav axoseding three months. Bosnia. We were informed that there would possibly be barely jast jasned a united manifesto,
Dot any how many there were, as tall and erected on hard ground, weapons, attempted to break into. enfficient food procurable in Russia in 1918 to feed the population, which is regarded as the opening "Bat doring the war the so many kept going in and shen the poles were inserted the house of a wesliby Korean He believed that the ruthless way in which Germany was tram gun in a determined campsigo cooperation of the women in ont. The booth was built to deeper.
public life has ancetentatiously accommodate a large number of Mr. Bowley said he did not to this attempt they failed, be
farmer in a village near Wija. pling on a prostrate fos would create interes bostility throughout In this manifesto they say: Bassis. During the last few months the enemy had' "Up to the present Germany grown from year to year, anfil to people. No extra precautions know if when the Coroner and cause the house was too well least thirty Divisions, representing 300,000 stande in the lowest rank of day the number of women eng were taken in building No. 16 the jury visited the site to inspect guarded. They met again at Wija sroops, to the Western Front. The mejmity were moved despite nations as regarde women's righ'e ged in various callings in Ger- except that long poles were used it they had noticed that there were shout the middle of December the German pledge given at Brestlitovsk. Nevertheless, he In most civuised lands women meny exceeds the number of man. in the centre, inside. Two of the marks where the poles had been and on the evening of the 19th believed that at present we were alightly superior in men and gans. have already been given a large The work they are doing includes poles were spliced. A long inserted. The witness pointed of that month succeeded in enter The Lermane might bring more from Russia, but they would be share in public faire. German spheres of male activity; with sleeper ran through the shad, them out to him when he went ing the honse of their intended very inferior. Possibly the Austrians would come West, but we women have been granted nothing out them it would no longer be on the ground, to which the down.
victim. The same night they know that on the whole Allied front, extending from the Channel except within the most insigni- possible to support the economic atrate outside the building were Mr. Wright said that he had broke into two other houses in fiosat limits. In New Zealand fe of the people. Women have fastened. On the Golf Club ride not noticed them, but if the the neighbourhood. They took "to the Adriatic, the number of men would remain in our favour,"
Australis, and most Americar lose their full share in the work there was one strut, and on the Coroner cared he would go down from their victima Y560 in carb, Sates, and even brfore the war of the community. Does not this Racecourse eide two struts. The either to-day or to-morrow and besides some valuable, articles, in Finland and Norway, they had "erformance of daty involve lashings on the strat would not look over the place again.
and fid to Aninng where they been given political rights; to the right to abare in the building alip. Supposing they did slip, Mr. Bowley said he mentioned & rictons life for a few days. day England, Sweden, Russia up and extension of the social the whole body of the shed it so that if the Coroner and jury. They were arrested by the polios. and many other countries give order?
would: move. There were two wished they could go again and
at Antung“-- them a fall or limited frap-
The women protest against strats on the Baccacarse side see for themselves. chies. The war has brough.jthis lack of political rights, in because the people generally Mr. Bowley said there was an- a full victory to the women virtue both of their work for the entered the shed from that aide. | other matter which be wished to of England, Canada, Russia, are community and of their worth a People running down the stair-mention, and that was that he Denmark, and large concession.hus beings. They demand case, if something occurred, would thought it would be more satis- are within sight in France plitical quality, with men. They have no effect on the shed. It factory if the Coroner engaged a Holland, and Bungary.
iemand the direct, igual, sad the Jaebinge moved the shed stenographer. The er quiry would Ia the demand for the moret frauchtes for all legislative | wrald not fall,” Nos. 17, 18 and last for some time, and he was of democretix stion of German publir nodies, full equality in the 19 were built for Luen Ab. Co k opinion that much time would be life, our legielstora do not seem communes and in legal representing went on there. When his saved.
moved at
WORKSHOP EXPLOSION IN LONDON,
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London, March 7, The Press Bureau states that an explosion occurred at a small Government workshop in South London on March 5. Four people were killed and one was injured. The shop was destroyed.
ITALIAN FHIPPING RETURNS.
London, March 7. « The Italian shipping returns for the week ended March 2 show that 334 veela arrived in Italian porte and there were 285 departates. No vessels were suck. One vessel was unsuccemfally attacked..
ENEMY FIRM WOUND UP,
London, March 6.
The Chancery Division has ordared the winding up of Mohr Brothers and Co., Ltd, Barms and Siam, under the Trading with the Loewy Act.
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to admit even the existence of tion of their interests. Tais first firm constracted matabeds, poles The Coroner replied "that per- women the question is limited int pronouncement on women's were usually pui in the ground, sopsily he would prefer his own to the extension of the share of iemands will be followed by They generally put them in from noter, citizens of the mala sex in admin-thers sotil the victory of our hall a ipot to a foot. This was "The enquiry whe adjourned.. istrative and legislative affairs, - - osane in word”
done to give more strength to the until Monday, Hughes
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DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY. Harmaton's Circus. Ciamway Bav-4.00 p.m. su4.9.15 p.m. Vistoris Theatre-2, 15 p.m. Bijou Theatre),10 pers New Hongkong Cinematćj 9.15 p.10.
TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre 19.15 pa Bijou Theatre=9.15 *=; Homelons
How