DISBANDING OF THE FORCES.
Demobilisation Plans After
Peace.
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PRINCE OF WALES IN A
CORNISH MINE.
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The Prince of Walse, con- tinuing his visit to the Duchy of Cornwall, spent a busy and in- tereating day recently inspecting the Duchy Wolfram mine at Kit Hill. The day was beautifully The Ministry
of Labour fine and the motor drive from
statement recently issued ́s ··
Princetown across Darimoor to on the problem of demobi
Tavistock, noteworthy a lisation. It pointed out that the ancient, abbey town and as the Reconstruction Committee has bir bplace of Big Francis Drake. presented to the War Cabinet and thence across the River cheme for sff-cting the discharge Temer into Cornwall, in which the and the resettlement in civil life of the members of the mine is situated lay through roenery of considerable variety Forces. It would be premature to mike public the details beauty. Enthusiastic w
omee were given at every village of this scheme t the prescot
ad wavaida collage. timebat & foll announcement
At Kit Hill, in addition to a will be made in due course. Irge gathering of country folk, may be stated, however, that the the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall responsibility for carrying our de- and the Myor of Flemouth were mobilisation will rest with the
persent to greet the Prince. Kit Admiralty and the War Of Bill forms part of Kingston far as the naval and the lar Down, or Hengsston, famous sa arrangements ara cono-raed, and the scene of the battle in which with the Ministry of Labour a Egbert defeated the Danes in regarda the resettlement of die 835. B fore the period of depres charged sailors and soldiers in sion in the Cornish tin-mining Vaivil lifes
The Larda Commissioners of try some years ago Kit Hil
the Admiralty and the Army Conpoil have accepted as the basis of their place for demobili sation the principle, that, when lasting pe.ca has been assured, man must be released from the forces in accordance with civil rather than paval or military re quiremente, lo order to help the
and
The
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1918
ANNOUNCEMENT.
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IN the absence of Madame LILY who is at present on her way to Paris where she will personally select new Modes and Confections for the next winter and following Summer Seasons, Mrs. Aris will have charge of
THE MAISON LILY.
As it is desirable that in the interim an effective clearance may be made of all present stock, whether new or old, instructions have been given to sell when requested.. DRESS MATERIALS
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by the yard. Corresponding concessions will be made in respect of the many other lines at present stocked at
ALEXANDRA
COMMERCIAL NEWS,
Hankow Trade.
BUILDINGS.
N.Y.K. European Freights.
EXCHANGE.
the whole surrounding. district was the scene of great activity and prosperity. present high price of tin and the great need of wolfram have agsin turned attention to there long neglected mineral resource. The Duchy operations now in progres were begun in 1918 in order to increase the supply of wolfram. silors and soldiers to get back The Prince, dressed in so over into civil life se quickly and as all sad a miner's bat, with easily as possible, the Ministry of candles stack in the front of it, Labour propose to use the malked through an underground chinery of the employment outting and, according to an old changes, which is the only custom among Cornish miners, national organis tion aficiently called upon to pay his footing. strong for the purpose, but in Garnish miners in former days, it order to assist the Alinistry and not so much at the present time, the exchanges to carry cat the believed it to be aalacky for a tark #bica will be imposed on newcomer to enter the winera
The Nippon Yasen Kajeba: them the Minister of Labor unless he abmitted to the care of Commerce cirealer for April 17 the freight rate of starch and T/T........
The Hankow British Chamber recently announced in Japan that proposes to invite the employers mony of having his boots states:-Basinses has continuer careals by extra assogisticne and trade unions to ipad by the
to Demand oldest miner, quiet, and there is no demand at Europe would be raised to 1,000s. 30 d/s. give him the fullest possible and paying half a crown as all to report. Cotton is weaker, Kobe and Yokohama exporters
60 dis.......... sesistance both centrally and footing money. The Prince found while cow hides and tallow are urgently opposed the proposal
4 m/s... locally.
both interest and amusement in also on the weak side, Wood oil bat nevertheless the steamship A central committee, to be observing the castom. He after is strong awing to restricted eup company decided to raise the known as the Libour Resettle warda chatted with miners' at piis. Piees goods and yarn: rates as follows, the figures being ment Committee, has been set their work and need a band-drill. There is but little change to re from the Japan Chronicle: consisting of representatives of After acquainting himself with port in the position at this market the employere and the trade all the operations the Prince had Prices have remained steady. unions in the principal industies lancheon at the mize baildings Demand has not been briek in equal numbers, together with and the opportunity was taken to and, but for a little business Tinned food...415 550 representatives of the departments present him with a, tin and done in Japanese sheetings Cereale concerned with demobilisation. fram model of Kit Hill stack, from stooks, no busineen has been Copper The Minister of Labour will be chairman of the committes, and he has appointed Lord Burnham to be vice-chairman. To this committee the Minister will look! for advice and information on all general questions of c'ing to Bettlement.....
In addition to the Labour Remettlement Committes, local! advisery committees have been set up in conccation with all the principal employment exobange, consisting of representatives of the employera sod trade unione!
There are a number of problems
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SELLING.
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13296 142
Nom
Nom.
T/T Shanghai......... Nom. T/T Singapore F/T India. r/T Japan
Demand, India TIT San Francis-1 co & New Yorkĺ
74 T/T JAY 1561 T/T Marks................... Nom. ...500 700 1,000 Demand, Paris
T/T France 4.23
4.2346 ...345 350 400
500 fi.
BUYING. 4 m/s. L/C......... 3.244 .378 580 1.010 4 m/s. D/P 3/256- ...608 900 1,000 6 m/s L/C......
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Now. 4.58.
landmark for many miles reported. Clearances have been Glaes Manufac 415 450 around. Several members of the fair. Cotton yarn has declined
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tenantry ware presented after about Tls. 10 per bale sod closed Oila
tures loncheon and before resuming weak, dealers anticipating a for- Sade .. hie survey of the mines the Prince] ther downward more. paid a short visit to the market
town of Cellington, which had
Bice Starch. Reporting the loca finance end c
Haskow Money Market;
...345 300 300
30 d/s. San Franc
isco &New York
800 850
4 m/s. Marka
4 m/s, France
The first increase will be for
been made gay with Bage and money market, the weekly oiroular Miscellaneour... 455 600 bunting, The Portreeve was of the Hankow British Chamber Bread S 415 623 presented and chatted with the of Commerce for April 17 saya Prince for some minutes. Before There was a fair amount of paper
market.
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114% prom. 1% prem 499-6 Sovereign........... 6.35 Nom
6 m/s France ... 433 the Royal car left, the assembled offering early in the week, but later the Tottori Marg, sailing, at the Demand, Germany. inhabitanta ang the National the rise in rater ceased the supply beginning of May, and the second T/T Bombay
Demand, New York 74% Anthem.
to fall off. There was but little increase for the next steamer, Demand, Bombay... Nom. The afternoon was spent at or no demand for T. T. Fr Tele which has not yet been fixed, and TT Calcutta in the principal local industries Gunnislake, where there the ore T. T. on Shanghai the Chinese other steamers following. I will Demand, Caloutta... Nom. in cqual numbers, to whom will rainst at Kit Hill is stamped and market has remained on the easy be seen that while the rates for all Demand, Manila be added for the purpose of! demobilisation a certain number passed through all the processes side at from 96.7 to 98.65 foreign other goods bays been raised, Demand, Singapore. 1323% of representatives of local bodies Accesary to prepare it for the banks baving sold at 9675 and that for zine has been lowered. On Haiphong........
An aerial ropaway for 96.7, and the demand is limited. This is attributed to the fact that: On Saigon particularly concerned with the
conveying the ore from Kit Hill with few bayers. Dollars have the present rate is too high to On Bangkok welfare of discharged soldiers. to Gunnislake, a distance of three romained firm, rising to 707 sllow business to be done with Gold Leaf, per o... 45
will be the longest ropeway in market on April 18, but rates seems doubtful to the Kobe pares, salve one basis of industry. The England. The Prince was greatly he eased to-day to 70.8 whether the increase of the SUBSIDIARY COINS. Minister is socording's very an interested in the ingenious math and 708 respectively. Native freights on cereals,
Molle, and ains that joint standing in
DISCOUNT PER $100: ods employed for separating the interest declined to fits per cent. starch by from 100 to 120 per "dustrial councils shall be eat ap metale from the waste of the after having been six per cent cent, will not interfere with the ong 5 cts sub. $3.00% dis for the organised industries 8 crashed ore and especially the Changaba exchange: Han. Tis export business. The rate on 8con sa poraible on the lines re-
electro-magnetio separators which 65 to Obangabs Tis, 1,000, commended by the Whitley finally separate the wolfram from Standard Overcoat Cloth. report, to which he would be pro- the tin. The enjoyment of the One of the leading Buddere. pared to refer immediately inspection was enhanced by the field cloth exporters informed me. number of probleme of this kind
fact that the dressing station is wrote the American coneal there which require careful considere situation on the picturesque banks on February 7, that he had tipa by workmen and employers of the Tamer. The Prince re received a large order from hi Bitting together. The functions turned to the Dachy Hotel, American customers for certain of these councils in regard to Princetown, his headquarters, at lines of overcoelinge at a most resettlement would be co-ordinat 4:0❜olsok.
which can only be satisfactorily: miles, is nearing completion and hayers" and 739 sellers Chinese London: On the other hand, it Bar Silver, per oz 4914
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satisfactory price, but that he ed by the central committee."
Yesterday the Prince attended could not fill it. He bad person The Government feel that the
morning service at Princetown ally been to the special menu problem can only be successfully Church, which was built in 1813 factarers in Scotland, and they desit with in close co-operation by French and American prisoners would give him no encourage with employera organisations of war. At luncheon he had the meat as to their ability to mesi and trade onions throughout the
This condition antry, and the plan which hae George, who drove to Princetown may be explaiced by
company of his brother, Prizes hia demande. been drawn up dad has been
from the Boyel Naval College, recent preea notice to the fat generally approved by the Wat Dartmonth, with Cadet J. P. L that the scheme for the production Cabinet has been devised with Raid, son of Sir James Rsid. The of standardised cloth for suitings that end in view. The Observer: Princes had not met for 18 is being extended to include over months. In the evening the coatings. It is said that arrange- Captain Ball's Sister Married. Prizes of Wales attended, mente have already been entered Miss Lom Bill, eister of the late service at Stok elimelano, where fato: between the Governmen) Captain Albert Bill, VO., and the Duchy homs (srm is situated, agents and Boottish manufacturere Cyrd Bill, R. F.:J., now a prisoner while Prince George and his for the production of 600 000 of wa', was married at Lenton companion, returned to "Dart yırde of each clotha. The weight Vobatch, Nottingham, to Lient, month. The Prince leaves 18 to be 24 oz. and the patterns Geo, Boffard Anderson, Leicester Prinostowa for London this will include thrre grays, three Regiment. The fiancee of Cap-morning- Before entraining at twille, and three herringbones. tain. Albert Ball and the fisocen Plymonth he will meet the Mayor Fattarna" already made indicate
maida.
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