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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918.
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A somewhat interesting situat ion has arisen in South Chips in regard to the salt revenue of Kwangiang and Kwange. A HELPFULNESS TO OTHERS oarding to advices received from VARIABLY COME BACK TO US the "Intelligence Bureau" at Can-INTENSIFIED ton, the "Military Government' there has formally taken over the Salt Administration of the two Provinger, ordering the public to pay taxes through the Bank of China, as usual. It is added that the Military Government will fulfil all international obligations secured on the salt revenne, the organs of adminis.
17 HUNDRED OR A THOUSANDFOLD.
tration to remain the same. This step has been taken, we are told,
becange the Peking Government recently decided to band over the earplas revenue from this source to Lang Chai kwang. Whether A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. that is the case or not, we do not profees to know, but we imagine that others will have something
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DANGEROUS ROADS.
(To the Editor of the "Hongkong -Telegraph."1.
Bir,-Allow me to encroach on your columns for a space. I wish to drew the the attention of the authorities to the condition of the Dep Water Day road, while an
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY,
A story illustrative of the changes in methods of warfare comes from a soldier in FrancS who took a German officer prison- er. The soldier said to the officer: "Give up your award!" But the offeer shook his head and an- anered: "I have no sword to vitriol my give up. Bat won't spray, my oil-projector. or my gas-cylinder do as well?
•
"One crowded hour of glorican life," said Soott," is worth an age without a name". The equation
suld be stated more exactly, if not so poetically, by adding the thres obviously implied words to the left hand side of it, "One is equal to an age without a hoar of glorious life with a name rame" is what Soort meant. Well, I can tell you of one Mr. Wolfe as Magistrate,
gentleman Owing to the indisposition of crowded hour" of a Mr. Dyer Ball, Afr. E. D. O. Wolfe in the Royal Flying Corp Stonebreakers are arranged along New York takes us right back to
bat [
afraid it won't 4.00 presided in the email Court at
the side of the road facing the middle of the seventeenth be," with a cams." The Flying.
outwarda, Carry on their century, esys the New York the Magistrsey this morning.
Corps prefers to live its glorious good work daily, with the Evening Post. But why stop with life anonymously. However, it
result that the whole turning there women out? When won't offend him if we call him surface of the road is covered with William Penn was expelled from A Chinese boy, aged 15 years; X of the R.F.C.-it follows small sharp fints with razor Oxford, "banished," he was both wae charged before Mr. E D O
Theft from European.
received from Hia Britannic
** it
divad to
der repair. The top of the hill The announcement that all lascing into Aberdeen from Quaker teachers are to be driven Victoria is being resurfaced. from the school system of Greater
taz has been spraad, a liberal toleration. sprinkling of sand is placed ou the surface. This is quite legiti It is exciting to know that mate, although liable to cause Hampton Court reveals new links accidents, so if the brakes with Shakespeare. Bat, beyond
to say at the resolve of the San Wolle at the Magistracy this that X is sanal to anything.
edges, forming a veritable death whipped and beaten. Surely, we Lieat I was patrolling a Yat-sen cliqua to appropriate these funds. This is a matter morning, with the theft of $10 certain ares with his formation trap to vehicles with poeumatic shell cot lag behind our ancestors? tyres and coolies carrying loads, Let us not show woskuses in these from Mrs. Cooper, of 6, Lochiel ia which foreiga Powers sre
when they saw about 20 enemy with bare feet. This condition is etrenuous times. Then we must Terrace, Kowloon. After evidence what vitally concerned, and
scoata dae east of them. At a bad been given; the defendant which the Canton upstarts appear to
of 6 machines turned towards 68 when work cesses at 5 p.m., of these wicked people teach with overlook is that the only authority was ordered to receive six strokes height of 12,000 feet a formation not confined to working time only, not forget how many thousande
for that has a right to handle these with the birch.
them. dropping to 11,000 feet the road is left in the aforemen in the schools of Pennsylvania. tioned glorious condition. One Perhaps, if we set a fine example X came. monies is the Central Govern-
Quarantine Restrictions. attack and in the words of his cool with a brom would remedy here, they will be expelled in Penn's State as well, Our libraries The so-called Military ment.
this. The following telegram dated official report, "general melee Government at Canton is not
Proceeding on through Aber aught to be brought into line also. enaded." While engaging one deer, with luck you will reach the Let us banish from them Penn's recognised by the Powers, nor do the 9th March, 1918, has been we suppose that it is likely to be. Majesty'e Conant at Chefcombine, he saw two more enemy bill leading down into Deep Water own work, "The Great Oses of formations approaching, so he It therefore has no shadow of sarantine imposed on arrival hot up, and as their leader dived Bay. The surface of this is being, Liberty of Conscience," which is The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscriptions right to interoept revenue which from Hongkong on scecuat of attack be nipped round behind or has been, tarred. After the most vicions plea for complete
for any period less than one month will be charged as for sought to flow into the Peking
Sarely the Southern outbreak of cerebro-spinal men him snd opened fire at very close coffers. full month.
ingitis at that port. Came into
range. The hostile machine turn force 4th March," The daily isene is delivered free when the addressee is accessible to revolters are taking themselves a
e! over and went down steeply messenger. Pesk subscribers can have their copies delivered at trifls too serionely.
apparently under control," say Wedding. their residences without any extra charge. Oa 'copies sent by Food Prices.
X with resoLTE, One suspects It would appear, from a Pro- poat an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.
The marriage has taken placet at a German would have said are applied in an emergency sight of the places where be
OD thia surface, the only dressed and played and „drank," The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00 clamation in the Gusetts, that the at St. John's Cathedral, of Flag obviously out of control",
and right of fixing maximum food Captain F.C. Fisher, Royal Navy, the German Headquarters, mak- resistance to motion offered, there is nothing bringing us near- per quarter.
the er to the man himself. For that the Single Copies, Daily, ten cents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (for priese in Hongkong. is still and Ells, only daughter of the ling a good job of it, would have is relling friction;
preserved, for it is sacounced late Admiral B. W. Craigie, and
particles of sand under the tyre public archives must be investi. aded five more British seroplanes set se small rollers betwen tyre gated. Sir Bidoey Lee has point "Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed that a slight increase in the charge of Lady Tador, wife of H. E.,tits monthly list of imaginary surface and road surface. This ed out that there is golden grain for mattod is sathorised. Some Vice-admiral F. V. T. Tador. alsin. Bawever X prefers to few days ago we drew attention K.C.M.G. OB., Naval Com-under-estimate;
is not all. The sand used for for the gleaning. Bat the work "apparently the purpose, instead of being needs a staff of experts sad an mander-in-Chief, Chins Station. under control," he says. No stacked in piles at the side of the expenditure of £3,000 or £4,000 a doubt be would have made quite road during night time, is left year. With what avidity the men certain of it, but at this moment lving all over the road in heaps and the money would be provided bis guns jammed. He withdrew of different sizes. An early out if the search lay in some grass- for a moment to clear them.
come of this procedure will be a grown rain on the other side of When he was ready again, he bad scaident, with perhaps loss the world! looked up and found to his of life. Afterwarde an enquiry surprise that the "general meles" will be bald and it will be decided had broken off and his own not to do it agair. formation had disappeared. He
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918.
HONGKONG HOuse rents.
Naval Sports.
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to the "irregular raising of the price for the commodity, which is now partially conoaded. Many
At the Navy and Dockyard compradores, however, have been Sports Meeting being held on the charging a rate above that now permitted. It therefore behoves 6th April next, in the Naval Dickyard, a one mile fiat race householders to keep an
ere will be open to H. M. Forces and on their books" and not to hesilats to prosecute where the 100 yards fit race open to the Colony. Entries should be sent legal prices are exceeded. We are wondering, however, when to Mr. G. Lister, Hon. Secret berf is to resume ita normal prios, ary, by 21st inet; "There are no was alone! "Continued patrol at
for when it was raised at the time of the anthrax outbreak tte
entrance fees."
Billiards.
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above the six hostile ecoute,"
Tetarted to drive and zoom."
the sun.
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Yra traly.
A STITCH IN TIME BAVES NINE.
Hongkong, March 9, 1918.
poems,
the
The Vice-Provost of Elon led the thoughts of 's'fow people at Blough away from the war by repeating a number of schoolboy 11,000," he says casually. How
{"howlers” which had come under In the Billiards Championship, ever he was act to be lonely for
bis own observation, Several public was led to believe that the Pokie Po Wong and E. Guimaraes, 150g, for enddenly six hostile
newspaper correspondents grate- On many occasions of late we have dealt in this column with increase was only temporary, met at the V.B.C. on Saturday cuteappeared. "Fiodicg myeel:
CINEMA DANGERS.
fully seized the opportunity to the question of the increasing shortage of resideGoes for European Incidentally, we do not know night, the result being a win for
Sir,-The recent disaster at turn from tragedy to comedy and occupation, and we have yet bopea that this problem, the solution what greand this authorisation the latter by 400 to 314. The
the several lists of "bowlers" ebow baa sroused of which is long overdue, will eventually be forced upon the Gov. of higher prices for matton is match between Garner Lord and This would would probably have Happy Valley
a source of merriment ca aver. ernment for consideration and, if possible, action. There is, how based. It would seem to the on. G. Pils, to-night, will com frightened you and me a good ordinary minds to the dangers that the schoolroom is se faitfal
dasi, but it is quite an ordinary of fre in crowded en- ever, another side to this housing question which equally demande looker that all the compradores
boy, asked what attention, and that is the upward tendency of rentals. Earopean have to do is to put up the prices mence at 780 p.m. snd not at
one gathera, ie just the opposite something more disastrous muat he knew about a bead, wrote: "A residente are faced not only with a scarity of houses-especially of and that the authorities soon ice pm. All ladies are admitted business in the air. "Zoming," albeuren, but it appears that Thus one
to the matteafree.
to "diving," a combination of the coour before the super minda of bede is a very old man known as the smaller type-but even those that are available are let at what the line by conceding part of:
Double Murder Charged.. The Chinese who has bean two would seem to correspond to our local authorities srg awakened venerable bede, sometimee called Ads Bede." He certain- can only be described sa extortionate rer tala. No one who has their demand.. resided in the Colony for any length of time can be blind to the Personal Side of War. committed in the next Criminal she in and out of a boxer looking to each rieke,
for an opening. "On my first fact that rents have in recent years gone up by leaps and bounds, It is with no little pleasure that Sessione on a obarge of murdering
It is common knowledge to ly bed some knowledge of George until many Europeans find it absolutely impossible to take a house we notice that Sir Douglas Heig, the late Inarestor O'Sullivan and dive," says X, I attacked the those who frequent cinemsic Eliot's masterpiece. Another boy, leader (a redand yellow machine) graph thestrea that these questioned about the Homeric. unless they share it with another family. This is a condition of in his ficial communiques, has Sergeant Clarke in the Greeson but he turned underneath me and buildings
wrote: * Homer wee аге often OVET afsirs which ought not to be, yet there is practically no alternative re-commerced the practice, which Street fair, was charged before I zwmed up again. On my crowd, particularly in the por gather men of the same name. not written by Homer, but by left to the man ci moderata means here. Hongkong rents are a wig carrest a ebort time ago, of Mr. J. H. Wood, at the Pollos;
most patronized by byeword through the Far East, and we do not wonder at the fact. naming the various regimenta Court this morting, with the second dive I attacked a black Lions.
Od residenta in Hongkong cao recall the time when it was engaged in operations. The stilted murder of a Chinese at Yaumati, and light blue machine." It Europeans, Tickets are fold The working of the carg possible to get quite a good-sized houre, often with no leck of langasge of the majority of war The case was remanded until must have been a pretty eight in without any apparent regard to mind is clearly seen in the the seating ospecities of the sewer of a lad to the query as to garden space, at $60 or $70 a month; nowadays they count them- news which is passed out for the Monday next.
Back-and-light-blue "put its houses, and many patrore are what be knew about Marseilles: Eelves fortunate if they can find eccomodation at double those figures. public edification is about as 12,000 Lottery Tickets. With the growth of the Colony it is, of course, only ustural that uninspiring 69 it could possibly | Ae be was coming of a Canton pose down" and filed, X assisting accommodated on chsira piscedia "It is the place where pianos rents should rise, ba: there is small jatification for the extent to be made, and it is not altogether steamer, a Chinere was arrested from behind with both gone as the passage ways, making exit atop" What the instructor had which the advance has gone. In glancing over the Shanghai papers the faalt of the public at Hime with no less then 12.000 intery 50 yarde. Down went black-and matter of difficulty under ordineally informed his pupile about we have recently been eluck with the very low rentals which are re-if they have become was weary, tickets in his parcession. When light-blue in a straight rose dive ary circumstances and of im. Marseilles is too obvious to need explanation." Bat the palm goes vealed in the "To Let" advertisemente, se compared with the general when there is nothing but a charged before Mr. J. B. Wood, st to ita doom. "Meanwhile I had possibility in case of a 1asb.
If you will be good enough to to the Eon boy who, writing of standard obtaining in Hongkong. We will cite one or two instances, monotonous repetition of a few the Police Court this morning, it last height so that the other
five bostile scouts were above give publicity to this danger, poet Milton, said: "Milton For example, we, co advertised a four roomed residence, with two pbrases that might mean say was stated that the man bad. bathroome and servante quarters, which is cffered at The 40 thing from a paltry incident to previous conviction for a similar me, and started attacking. Went perhaps the cffioisl whom wo pay was a great pool who wrote
diwo very steeply, hoping to supervise such matters will per month, another six roomed residence in the best part of the a really heroic piece of work by a cffades and was ibenght to baan
The agent French Concession (trame passing the door) for Tls. 75; another small obscure compsay.
A foen! $500, or three to get away from them and condescend to take notice. furnished bocss of ex roome, with garage, stabling, large tennis complaint of Sir Ian Hamilton montba hard labour, imposed: sacceeded in gaining a little.
"An awkward moment, but it m Yokohama Specle Bank lawn and vegetable garden, half a minute from the trams, at Tla. that the Gallipoli campaign was 130, including taxes, water and telephone; yet another semi-turned, to filare largely The local five of the Pukshamshad ita compensations. For at detached four roomed house, mosquito-proofed throughout, bathroom through a childish interference Specie Bank is in receipt of a 4,000 feet he "aw the black-and- with modern sanitary conveniences, for Tle. 90, including telephone with the wording of his destelegram from the Head Offices light blue scout orteh in a fair and garage; and, to quole one more, a seven-roomed detached patokea seems to have borne frait, to the effect that at the ball sized field near a hedge." What residence, in good locality, with garage, stabling and tennie, at Tis. and there is a tremendous amount yearly meeting of shareholders, ever happened to him now, be 185. These are figares which may well make the Hongkong house of trath in his contention that if held at the head office of this had accounted for an equal num holder rub his eyes with amazed surprise. Certainly they are far the war were made more personal bank at Yokohams on the Tb bar of the enemy
And the outlook was poor, below the average which prevails bere. We are aware, of course, ita prosecution would automatical-instant, it was reapived to pay a that there is practically unlimited scope for building purposes in the ly become more, enthusiastio. dividend of 12 per sent. p.s. for The only path of ecospe took him Northern Settlement, whereas here, on the Hongkong side at any When soldiers, who bave faced the half-year ended the 31st right acree red-and-yellow, be more wonderful thought came to Swear not except to swEST rate, that is not the case. However, even at Kowloon, where there the campaign's hardships, see the December 1917, told to the risked it and red and yellow let him; "I thought about turning is still plenty of unoccupied land, the progressive rise in rentala bare anncuncement. that a raid Reserve Food Ten 1,000,000 wad him have it at close range, on to my emergency tank": How Perfidione Albion's tottering state. my patrol tank he must have cursed himself The seventh day was made for wa has kept pace with the upward movement on this side of the was made in the neighbourhood to carry forward the sum of Yen hit barbour.
of ac-and ao, there is generat- 2.720,000 to the next seccant, Coincident with the upward tendency of rents, the cost of lived: none that justifiable «A Youthful. Thief.
went down closely paraned by the must have leapt at remembering! Parents were made our force to
"At about Tool. in Hongkong has also decidedly risen during recent years, and as pride that would follow the an. Before Mr. J. L. Wood, at the red-30d-yellow maschine and an It was jost in time. salaries have not increased in lize therewith, the lot of the European nouncement that their regiment Police Court this morning, a other." Then follows a very 100 feet my engine picked up". You know our methods ride of ordinary means bere has become distinctly, worse. Indeed, the had carried out a certain piece of Chinese led was charged with human touch. "I remember And then- very ossually and man with a family finds it hard to meet expenses, let alone valuable work. The whole thing the theft of 850. I espeared deciding not to land in the field hurriedly, or if rather asks med Surely 'tis very good to kill; Eaving with a view to comfortably eettling down at Home, which for is payahological, and, seeing that that the defendant was employed where the black-and-light-blue about that blessed emergency To kill the English better still,
"After that I And you will find adultery Very tank, he ends op. many is a dream that will never be realised unless conditions it has become almost a matter of with complainant in a house and machine bad crashed.” materially alter for the better. At the moment the housing diffical-which set of forces will retain that when the defendant left the quick and uncontrollable most put my nose down and flow west Will terrify your enemy. ty is the biggest problem to be faced, and, as the Government is the determination to war the money was missed from com bis thoughts have been in that and succeeded in getting back To steal bas been our privilege
In this and every other age. to earth; one between Messines and Ypres". now providing quarters for most of its servants, whose salaries, be longest, there is a value of the plainant's box. Part of the money rush
A orowded bour indead-but Lying is useful-more or less--- it remembered, are derived from the public, it is surely, reasonsble atmost importance investing the was recovered from defendant, wonders just what made him
superstitions not the only hour by any means. And so we bribe the neutral prese. to expect that it should investigate this matter with a view to effect struggle with a personal pride and also a gold wrist watch which decide so. A ing much-needed relief for those on whom the growing cost of living instead of allowing it to continas he admitted buying with the feeling? a sudden wish not to see For each day in the Flying Corpe Coveting things is merely silly, besta so heavily. The present hardships ate andoubted. Cannot the uninteresting thing that stolen money. He was sentenced what he had done to black-sad-cffers just each sa hour to those Sizes we can take them-1 and
Willy. to three months' hard labour. light-blue? or just the protical' who look for it,-"&AM momething be done to bring about a general change for the better? Jofficialdom has made it,
of
Yours etc.
GROUSER Hongkong, March 11, 1918.
'Paradise Lost'; then his wife died and he wrots 'Paradise" Regained.'"
The following is from the Westminster. Gazetta, ander the title "The Kaiser 8peska " I and our good old God-we two Should be sufficient gods for you.
ebould Though images are wrong, you Bow down to Bindenbarge of
knowledge that the wreck below gave him lesa room for landing? -Anyhow down he went for the next field.
And then all at once snother, a wood.
bate,
and my engine stopped and I for forgetting, how, his heart Jast aa the other six days are,
down
Lille.