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(Germany's Man-Power
TRING.
DAY BY DAY.
The figures pablished to-day regarding the Allise" cuptures IT IS NOT ENOUGH" TO TAKE from July 15 to September 30, WHAT COME-GO AFTER SOME- |will give some iden of the mag- nituds of the recent victories in Frince and Belgiam. They
Monday's" Anniversary. Monday is the fourth snsiver
V. R. C. SPORIS:
The Second Day's Events.
The second day's events of the Victoria Recreation Club's have taken 8,518 officers, 248,484 ary of the evacuation of Antwerp. anonal aquatic sports which took place yesterday drew a larger man. 3,669 ganr, over 23,000,
orowd of spectatora, than on the machine guns and several ban- The opening rate of the dollar first day, and among those dred trench mortars. About half on demand to-day was 3a. present was H. E. the Officer of the captures were made in 6. 11/16
| S-ptember alone. '. What we osn- not understand is bere Gar
The "Dollar
Harbour Swim.
1893
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE.
YEARS AGO.
(Compiled from
Hongkong
Telegraph" files for the week
ending October 13, '1893.)
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The Dollar, October 5-The rate of the
Too Much Veneer.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
It is anderstood that ordere have been received by Colonel Wildar, commanding the 15th USI, from Headquarters at Manila, to the effect that officer and men of this command will alcoholic drinkauf any kind. This not be permitted to partake of
order will go into foros ak anos, and is based on the Act of Con- gress, passed in 1917,
Administering the Government (the Hon. Mr. Oland Severn," The annual Asiboar Swim C.G.) The results were as dollar on demand to-day is 2/6).
follows:-
According to the Swedish press, many'e seemingly endless supply entre closing on the 9th instand second in each heat to swim October 6-It is reported in which, as is claimed, possesses all
takes place on the 11th inst,
Four Lengths Handicap. Firat
à Malmo dentist has invented a þof men and guna comes from. As
cew local arm theio, "Alhromin," The Colony's Health. the straggle goes on this becomes
in final.-First Heat.1, J Java During yesterday there were giewart; 2, B. Tatam. Time 1 lacqering has been invented in without, its defects. A number that a new process of the advantages of "Norokain" one of the increasingly mysterious notified one fatal case of enteric min 8 2/5 secs. Second Hest, that country and that a Mr. of Swedish dentists have used it problems of the war. An Am. and one non fatal Oase" of
A. V. Barton; 2, A. Marcal. Ginsburg has displayed great and found it,ideal for jaw opera- ericsà gentleman has suggested diphtheris, both being Chinese. Times, I'min. 12 seca.
Boxiety to secure the rights of ticas. This preparation has also The Gazette contains schedules The Lengths Handicap, open the invention with view to been used for surgical purposes allotments for Wongneichong to boys ander 14 years of age starting a factory in Hongkong. and found satisfactory, and in the Recreation Ground, Queen's Re-1. Rust. Pereira; 2, A. Cairo. A lacquer factory in Hongkong case of animals has proved mors We here far too much veneer effective and much safer than creation Ground and King's Park Time 31, seos, Recreation Ground.
Long Plouge-1, M. A. B. slready.
ooosine. Soors, 50 ft. 3 in.; 2, A. V. Barrcs, 49 feet.
of
Recreation Ground' Allotments.
The Peak Church.
that Germany falsifed her 'po- polation statistics for twenty yeare preceding the war, but we suggest that, the explanation is to be found in the Hindenburg "Mess Lovy" law of November; The Sonday evening services which 1916, which deorees--"Every at the Peak Charch are now dis
with male Garmar, from the "comple- continued. The Ecly Communion, tion of his 17th to the ocmplation Service at 8 15 s.m. on Sanday of his 60th year, a in so far as bemornings is being continued for All communications intended for publication should be addressed has not been cammoned to service the present.
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som ausications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for
pad.ication, but as an evidence of their bona fides
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Business correspondence should be sent to the Manager.
full month.
The Servant Problem,
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Two Lengths Handicap, Army
October 7.-The following is a "I don't want to do anything · and Navy-1, Sergt. White R.E.; 2, Sergt. Smith; 3. Sergt. Mody, reply to a correspondent advocat wrong," said an elderly Shrop Tiv-8 32-3/5 secs.
ing the registration of servants:shire woman who called upon sa Two Lengthe Handicap, Ladies.
➡We have granted "A Safferer" official of the Ministry of Food, 1. Mies B. V. Jennings; 2, Misa space to ventilate his alleged "bat when I die I should like my The Rev. and Mrs. JK. Ma- L. Baynes; 3, Kiss B. Blise. Time him to be "barking up the wrong out. She then confided that she grievance although believing funeral to be properly carried The rates of Subscription to the Hoogkosz Telegraph" willing the period of the war". conachie are expected to return 51 3/5 secs.
Lengths Handicap. tree." The "Servanta' Bureau bed, in sicok, her coffin and be as follows:-Daily issue-$36 per annum. Weekly issue-Again, writing early in 1917, Mr. to the Oclony to-day from Kaling. Two
Gerard, the former Ameriosa Mr. Msoonachie will resume (Final)-1, Ribeiro; 2, Medica. business has been tried here but shroud, two bottles of whisky and $13 per annum.
proved a dismal failure owing, in three tins of salmon. This cheer The rates per quarter and per men-em, proportional. Subscription Ambassador to Germany estimat preaching at the Union Church on Time 33 2/5 sess.
for any period less than one month will be charged as for available fighting men Allowing and evening services, also J. Stewart, W. Hall. A. J.-V. those who ran it. We have lived told that she was "on the right ed that Germany had 9000,000 Sunday, conducting the morning To Lengthe Team Race.-1, part, perhaps, to the elupidity of fal soul was quite pleased when The daily isene is delivered free when the aridreesse is accessible to for "attrition" of 3,000,000 dur communicu service, at poog. Ribeiro, FL Silva, F. H. I. ds in Chins a fair term but have side" so long se she did not add
Motor Boats aad Launches. Silva and P. A. Teanovitch, never had any trouble with to her stock. messenger. Pesk subscribere can have their orpies delivered at ing the intervening period, we roosider the 6,000,000__ is pro-| their residences without any extra charge. U copies cent by bably the smoont of Germans tions relating to motor boats and competiting testig were,
An amendment of the, regulɛ] Time:~3 min 50 sess.
are invariably Other Bervants--they
what their meaters make them.-** post an additional $1.80. asrier is charged for possage,
launches resde: No person shall Logan's team and B. Tatam. H. E. Telegraph.
While walking down Piccadilly The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.co that we have still to best.
gamble on any launch or motor team.
a day or so ago cariority prompt per quarter.
boat used as a ferry. The master
Civil Service System Denounced, ed me (sayn a writer in London of any launch or motor boat used)
October 10.-A leading artiole Daily Express) to count the nam se. ferry eball rot permit any
dealing with "Collapsed Comber of men wearing top hate. gambling on such launob or
Between Hyde Park Corner and iBioDA" By :-Theoretically,
A motor boat.
of course, there may be no resson Regent street I met only one. why the present Government, mariband for some years has fashion which was becoming trained ostensibly to govern,
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918.
A CRY OF DESPAIR."
The news from Balgerie bac come as a thunder-clap to "Ger. many and a terrible panic is growing stronger every day. What
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A Correct Altitude..
HONGKONG TRADE.
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The Urfficial members of the Legislative Council did the right thing or Thursday when they
Food and Drugs. eatered their protest against the
The Government analyst made vets of some $150,000 odd in- carred
through
the following examinations of Chamber of Commerce Report. should not be able to deal with a apparently been killed stone dead Government intervention in the big opium ample under the Food sad ase which recently engaged the Drage Ordinance for the quarter ettention of the Supreme Court ended September 30-Milk, 324 for very many weeks. The action ive, port wine, gin, sherry and and Market Report, publisbad by considered at Home. Bat ss was still de regusar in the
Enp.
whisky, two of sach. Eleven of the milk samples sad one of ice were found to be adulterated.
Armed Robbery Case. Th the 3888
simple question-all Hongkong by the war. City men and stcok- political questione are simple brokers had been discarding the compared with what have to be "topper" for rowe time before the war, but at this time of the year matter of fact the present Govern
West End up to 1914, ment has never "eibibited the faintest symptom of a tendency to
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ever amount of blaster is sammoted up to meet the coession it ja Government never for's moment Administering the Government / E8 pârste beading. Stocks here positions; and the system should order that the reputation of the..
snded into aneh heavy corta, Alhas.appointed provisionally and are very small and preolically no be so reframed as to give some olies volqatarily took up a
been struck..
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The fortnightly Price Carrent
was first commenced by the
the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, etalerzem. Official Receiver with funds plied by a abarabolder in the
Cotton piece goods sad fancy Company concerned, but, due to
cotton goods. During the inter- tackle any problem ca a practical in which three val moderate sales have been beeias Not that the members of the Department Pas de Calais, The Cri de Paris says that in the protracted beture, of the
Ohiness were charged yesterday effected from proceedings, these funde ran out
fret bands at the Government are to blame where there is a large Chinese and thus it was that the Govern afternoon with being concerned enhanced rates. Needless to say they are but men young, Der.workers colony, a lady complain- ment stepped in and assumed in an armed robbery at Wanchai, all there transactions were for hape, in some cases even little ed that she was robbed of 450 responsibility for the future costs. Mr. Wolle discharged the first rot oirgo sad the prices realised more than boya; but still, they francss Investigations oset and
and third defendants and, cop- |issues involved which made it.
We fully realize that there wereidering the charge against the are very far below replacing cost, are not to blame for that. Some
of them are born fools, and picion on the Chinese quartered Woollens.--Bradford prices so. desirable that the issue should be second defendant a serious one much out of reach for this market, they cannot help that either. in the vicinity. It was, however; fought out, especially in view of indicted the maximum penalty of and so many qualities unobtain. The blame should fall on the as possible to find the thief able that it is hardly worth while system by which such incapable despite all efforts of the officer the criminal side of the case, and twelve months' hard labour,
can qoite believed that the
Acting Appolatment. His Excellency the "Officer reporting on woollens ander men are put into responsible amanding the Chiness.
Chinees should not suffer the anticipated that it would be quite clear to all in Germany that the military and political policy!!
movement is reported.
pusraptes of selection by merit. have utterly failed. We think the popular phrase "op against it"
collection among The present aneatisfactory plan which reached 505 france and themselves the same, the step taken cox subject to His Majete pleasure, is the one that most tersely hits rff the feeling of the Germsne st
Mr. Thomas Laff Perkins to be a Cotton yarn,mà trifling basi- stitated a rather unfortunate
is that when a man by BDY the present time. The people are growling with discontent, sad precedezt which we trust wills Hember of the Executive and me was transacted at steady method manages to get through presented that sum to the lady, everything seems to have gone wrong. In a few months Germany be followed in the fatuie. Bat Legislative Councils, daring the prices. Latterly values have a set examination, he thereby has lost a quarter of a million men in the recent Allied drives in the main point is that this big abience on lelliam Chatham, exchange. Clearances continue to be disposed of somewhere. Heretofore the American cen-
of the Ronour. firmed up owing to the decline in enters the Oivil Services, and bea France and Belgium, the hardships and want of food at home are fuencial obligation, involving CMG., with effect from the 10th to be very slack. Qotations are: Oses on the list, be never will sure, when encountering objection- becoming unbearable, and, to crown all, her allies are deserting her such a large sum of public money, September, 1918 or becoming paralysed. The recent riot in Harlin when a crowd of should have been incurred with
No. 10 at $228/200. No. 12 be migeed for he will alwaye able matter in correspondence, Berlinera cheered the Bulgarien Embassy and pltimately smashed out the semotion of the Conacil,
Stolen Clothing. at $238/260. No. 16 at 8252/ be there, until he dies; and even have made their deletions with some public statues should be enough in itself to show that the That was the reason why the Police Court this morning, before Arrivals Bil. Sales 500 bales, and orphans fund or other. whatever might be written on the A Chinese was charged at the 260. No. 20 at $253/275. then his name is on some widows' soids thus not interfering with situation is dangerously critical. And row comes the news that all the Uneficials refaced to support: Mr. J. R. Wood, with stealing a Shipments nil. Unsold stock Competitive examination is a Germany is panic stricken as it has never been since the beginning the vote, sad. in the circum-beekst containing several articles 6,500 bales. Bargains 8,000 bales. frand long ago exposed; but the deletion being done with scise- other side of the sheet: Now, of the war & slump has occurred in all war industry stock sad stafces, they undoubtedly took of clothing. Inspector Sim pro- Es Colton. Market remsins Fossildom cherishes it still. Thus
however, the procedure is changed, the Berlin Bourse is tottering, so terrible is the blow that has the correct course by registering secated and said that the com- practically unaltered on the lower say dunderheaded nineompoop is ora, objectional portions being lift- plainant saw the defendant carry-level laat reported. Obiters des crammed through, and then ed out bodily. This is a and blow attempting to form itself into a Coalition Government which they The Police.
ing the basket away. Defendant criptione are fetching $50/53 per wanders out here to cultivate the to those wily ones who have been think might quiet the people. The press je etill incredulous_that
pleaded guilty and was sentenced pical. No business transpired in art of knowing nothing and for hoodwinking the Censor by weil- the Balgara bave entirely deserted the Central Powers, and are
to three months' bard labour and Indian grade,
The ing something glaring by impos- pioning their lost hoped on the reinforcements which they have Force of the Colony has been
The extent to which tha Polios four hours' stocka.
Canton Silk, Messre. Herbert getting everything else.
prooemion of incompetents are sible, knowing is would be delat burriedly dispatched to 8:6. Bat all are agreed about the deadly'
A Paward.Raincoat, Dent and Co. report under date but so many living menaments of ed, while on the revered side was serion news of the situation, and one, a Junker organ, openly seaerte reduced through the war may be
▲ Chinese was charged at the of September 7 sa follows the stupidity inherent in the information for the enemy. Car- that a Dictatorship is the only means of earing the country. One siped from the observation made Police Chart this morning, before Stock-2,600/3,000 bales. Msz.system.Natural Selection"in respondents using the American thing is certain, a terrible upheaval, is imminent-politically and by H. E the Officer Administering Mr. J. B. Wood, with illegally ket Silk. Notwithstanding the Colonial Office means the maile are advised to write an one socially. Can we wonder then at the despairing wail of the Government at the Council pawning a raincoat. Inspector the firmness of the market here Selection of the round sort of wood side of the paper only.
Kaiser, when. he sees his invinicible armies slowly meating on Thursday to the fet Brown prosecuted and said that and higher prices demanded by page for quare holee; and instead bat- arely being driven back, and
that no fewer than sixty-nine the Ban Co., identified the rain- the dealera there has been a fairly of the survival of the fittest," the Lia people, tarter stricken and ripe for rebellion? Gather round me for the members had joined His Majesty's ovat se their property. This cost good business done for Lyons Downing Strges doctrine is the defence of the Fatherland". Will this ory be saswered now with fordes, of whom nine had been was stolan some time ago. Bergt daring the last fortnight and some survival of the thickert," at ang the same readiness and patriotic fervour as hitherto, or will his sub killed. This is a serious inroad Ingham
ordinary Bettlements of short reels for rate in the matter of skalle. jects torn on him and his like, as the Bulgars have done, and so the to make on each a relatively small course of his duties went America. Floods have enbaided Austrians will probably do?
body as the European section of to the Kee Sing Pawnshop but not soon enough to avoid the However the appeal has had a certain effect, for the reports the Hongkong Police, and, despite and found the raincost. This damage done to the 5.b crop from the Western Frost state that the Germans are fighting with a rearrangemente which have been was redeemed by the San Ca, which some reports confirm to be LADY MAY'S ROSE FUND. Samuel Slater, an American mil- bravery and tenacity which proves that they know they are with made, it has meant throwing a under the Hon. O. BP's orders about what we reported in our their backs against the wall. It is donbifal, however, if the appeal deal more work on the members The defendant said that his last circular. News of the 6-h will have the same effect on the people at home, but nevertheless we still in the Colony. That work, master told him to pawn the cost crop is also not encouraging, and would atter a warning against over optimism. As we said before however, is willingly done and is so he did. Iospector Browns it is reported that it will also be the Germene are patting up a brave and sullen fight in France, and done wall, too. Of late, the Police asid that the defendant's mister, smallet. Exchange bas further we probably have a long and arduous task in front of us. Even if have been engaged with fruitfal who was a tailor, anid that the advanced and rates, as quoted by the downfall of Tarkey, speedily follows, the hardest part of the results in routing out many bad coat was given him by the us below are joominal. Waste is Already acknowledged $1,283 Allice military lack would still remain. Let as cot lose sight of characters among certain classes obiel Officer of the Esnames for grist but strong.
Hon Mr. H. W. Bird the fact that Germany, as over four years of wat have taught na, ia of Chinese, the results of their alterations, Sergt. Ingham mid Flour Market Report Seck: Mere Joseph Broshera rong and resourceful fighter, sed this new development is per efforts beit a most gratifying. All that the s'esman was dus on About 200,000 marks. Quote H. E. Major General bape only a presing passe. In all praibility the knoaledge that 100 seldom do they get full credit, Tossday, and asked His Worship lions: Shanghai Flour 2nd Ventria they are indeed struggling for their very existence will give the for what they do in circumstances to remand the case so that the $305 per rack Australian No Miss Ventris German armies a new and greater impetus, and will weld its people of difficulty and, oftentimes, dan chief officer might appear to give 1, $3.60; Australian No. 2 $3.50 M E N, Leste more firmly together. Whatever many enene, however, is if only Ber. The occasion is opportune evidence, His Worship remand per asck. with confidence and great hope that we can look forward to the to give the Forces deserved pat od the case till Monday morning
on the back.
at 10 am.
The Government also is entirely at a loss, bat is feverishly
their protest in this manner.
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Metsis-Nothing doing. Bugar —Market steady.
A sensational trial is taking place at Kaoline, where a dress maker's mannequin of Dalch origin and a young Frenchman asmad Bigoays are focused of having conosaled and ill used.
lionsire, and of attempting to take possession of ble fortune, Three years ago the American took the girl ons motor tour, and during the trip Biscaye, the chaal- fear, and the young wamsa, fell is love with each other, 100.00 alleged by threats of 100.00 compaled the
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