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EASTERN TRADE OPENINGS.
DAY BY DAY.
WHEN THE OFFICE SERKS THE MAN HE HAS A STRANDLE HOLD ON IT,
Yesterday's
health return
As a market for British goods China has for many yeaTS OC- cupied a position of extreme im-shows one fatal case each of
1894.
HONGKONG TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AGO.
Telegraph" files for week ending March 28, 1804)
portance, and the status of the plague, diphtheris aud spotted|(Compiled from the "Hongkong trade in this country when peace fever.. All the victims were is finally signed is exercising Chinese. many of the commercial intel- lects. We are on the threshold of a great industrial revolution in China The British have splen- did trade traditions in China and if due preparation is made, British at Belchers Battery, arranged for trade ought to` increase very to-morrow (Sunday) has been materially in the near future. { postponed.
In view of the fact that the British Government proposes
to accelerate demobilisation and
Onler for Artillery Company by Major JHW. Armstrong, V.D., state that the Gun Practice
THE DOLLAE,
March 17.-The rate of Dollar, on demand, to-day is la 11. 3/8,
A PRESENTATION.
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.
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K. K. LEUNG BEAT SERGT DRUMMOND.
A CHILIAN GIRL
HELD AS SECURITY.
has already removed a number of sports are being held at the Christian Endeavour Class pre-/Mr. E. H. Sharp, K. C., 0. B. E of last year. She was kept in
fail to tura ap.
+
A
she
Mr. M. K. Lo, for the defence,
the defendants, be would
In the case in which two Chinese women were charged The Sual in the Upen Billiard with kidnapping aud harbouring a Chilian girl, and which again Championship of the Colony was came up for hearing before Mr. played off last night, at the RE Lindsell this morning, Mr. Victoris Recreation Club, and aA. E. Wood, of the Secretariat very interesting watch, in two for Chinese Affairs, said that as the sessions, was witnessed by a small regards the charge of harbouring, but appreciative audiencs, which, it fell through on account of the in thesecond session, included His fact that the girl was brought to
by the Excellency the Officer Administer-Hongkong
second with the full ing the Government, the Hon. Mr. defendant. Queen's College fourth annual March 17-Last evening. the laud Severn, C. M. G., the Hon.consent of the girl's mother sometime about the seventh moon handsomely bound the Hon. Mr. Ho Fook and Mr. Hongkong for three months and College ground, Causeway Bay,sented restrictions On exports, it is evident that more or less complete on Monday, commencing at 11.30 photograph album to Mrs BonJustice Melbourne. Mr. J. H. then brought back to the mother. freedom will shortly be assured a.m. Mrs. Ralphs is to distribute fell, wife of the Rev. G.H. Bond Gardiner and Mr. J. Rodger On the second occasions when the
was acted as referees. The game took | girl in Hongkong. momento of many field, as a for overseas trade. It is, therefore, the prizes at 5.13 p.m.
pleasant evenings spent in "The alternating phases; at one time was sold to the second de- of the greatest importance that manufacturers, merchants and Malini, the master "magician, fanse." Mrs. Bondfield leaves Sergi. Drummong, looked like fendant by the first defendant. coming out as easy winner, then [As regards the $370 which was shippers in the United Kingdom is giving his final performance for England shortly.
Leung would go ahead, but, it said to have been paid for the should make every endeavour at the City Hall to-night. He not only to regain that portion of will submit a special programme, ADVERTISING IN THE "TELEGRO.st be admitted that the winner girl, there was no evidence to the export trade which had to be and no-one who has failed to see
March 20-That advertising in fully deserved his victory, put before the Court. suspended on account of the war, this wonderful mystifier should The Telegraph pays, we constant for Leung is the superior player, that, in fairness to but also to utilise our resources
ly have evidence, but it is not having a mach better idea of said to the utmost. If the nation is to
often that it results in the ex-playing for position than Dram- pay for the war, big production is
The cleverness of Fredous as posure of needy sneak thieves. mond, although the latter is a fine bring a few facts to the notice of necessary. A comparison of the values of the United Kingdom's an impersonator is generally On the 17th inst., the following all-round shot player and got where the first defendant brought
atfor export trade in 1913 and 1917 admitted by all who have seen "ad" appeared in the paper:- himself out of difficulties many the girl to the Colony, the inten
near times by brilliant "long jeuneys' shows a slight increase in the him at the Victoria Theatre. To-Les-Recently
silver and such-like difficult ahots. Bay, 2 All communications intended for publication should be address-latter year, the figures being, gether with his well balanced Quarry
akene-dhu handle. in 1915, £525,200,000 and in company of performers, including mounted
Leung opened the game and 1917, £527.100,000. But, as the Miss Tessie Turner, who last Finder will oblige by forgedalead rapidly, and was over unsuccessful attempt in this direc- Board of Trade recently pointed The rate of subscription to The Hongkong Telegraph" is out, this increase is solely due to night in her ragtime melodies returning to M. c/o The Hong- | 100 ahead at the 300. He then went tion, the first defendant went to a great advance in prices, and made herself very popular, he Rong Telegraph Office. And en off, and Drummond got going and the second difendant, and secured the girl's export tonnage showed a will appear for two more nights Sunday night the Skene-lhu in was only 45 behind at half time. a loan of $370 for
paid many visits to the table for girl. In
event of the great decline, from 92 million tons at the Victoria Theatre in his question was delivered, anany-Upon resuming, both players family, the security being the in 1913 to just over 44 million protein novelty "The Man in the mously at the residence of "H
single-igure breaks, then Drum-mother failing to redeem her tons in 1917. As this latter figure Clock."
mond went away with one of the when she came of age, the second A SCHOOL FOR KOWLOON. included war material exported
100s: splendidly compiled breaks defendant was to marry her to to our Allies, it is difficult to
At Tuesday's meeting of the estimate the actual decrease Samitary Board, Mr. F. B. L.
March The second meat-ever witnessed in the Colony, some person, as she thought fit. she would which occurred in the export of Bowley, pursuant to notice, willing of residents interested in the and only failed at an easy shot In the meantime
re orled. provide for the education of the This action on the part girl. ordinary
ask:"Does the Medical Officer ablishment of a grant-in-aid after had been period under review,
the of
second defendant, of Health consider it desirable in school, at Kowloon, was held at Drammond's break was remark-
submitted, WAS 12 the interests of the Public Health the Kowloon Hotel, yesterday able, for practically every shot Mr. Lo
was a diffical one, evening. The proceedings were
He played the nature of charity, and he of the Colony that the ages, hours of a semi-private usture, bat the little, or not at all, for position asked his Worship to discharge and conditions of the employ Chairman vouchsafed the informa- and
display A ment of women and children in factories, workshops and work places in the Colony should be regulated and controlled?”
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DEATH.
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articles during
A GOOD MOVE.
the
Great Britain has, therefore, considerable leeway to make up, MESNEY. At Singapore, of pneumonia. Walter Michael and in this way the Department Mesney, age 43, Captain S. S. Nam-ang Indo-China S.Nof Overseas Trade, which through Co., Ltd.
jits commercial secretaries, com-.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1919.
KOREA'S CLAIMS.
The
Voila!
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the Court. On the second occasion
tion was not to find work for her, as had been the case On but to
the
fret occasion, find for her a husband. After an
the
of her without a stain on ber
Mr. Lindsell accordingly dis- charged the defendants.
Et
tion that Messrs. D. Gillies, H. all-reunit shot-getting, the break character J. Holmes, G. Wilson, G. J. B. was remarkable. Drummond held Sayer, A. Gr. Aitken and H. S. the lead secured by this break up Cooke Hon. Sec.) had consented to 700. when Leung was 15 be- missioners and attaches is in That he took the paint to use to act as a provisional committee, hial. The latter player then went
slowly ahead and finally won the TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. touch with all parts of the British it on his cubicle was the story a
LAYGRAT VIL.
match by 47 points. Empire and other countries.
March 22-The first cargo WË
His Excellency congratulated places its services at the disposal painter told Mr. R. E Lindsell
he this morning, when was Langkat dil landed here the both players, at the close, and of manufacturers and others
charged with stealing a tin of teainship Tailer, un, the 16th
A Home paper writing before requiring information or repre-
complimented them upon the ex- the arrival of Field Marshal Haig sentation. The appointment of paint from the Standard Oil Co's.inst. fumal a ready sale at $1.5cellent fight they had put up. He in London says he is supposed Mr. Brett. as Commercial - installation at Laichibok.
a price which will also congrasslated the Hon. Sec. per case; telligence Officer for South painter, it appears, commissiude result, at in very distant
ation as his two predecessors, China, will be welcomed as another Chinese to carry
iste, in a large trale in this line. of the Clay, Mr. Mckinly, for his to be as shy of popular acclam- part, andals Mr. GarcinerandMr.
Lord French and Lord Kitchener, H token of the desire toit away. The latter was arreste! Th exporters of this vil fto Iger for their work as referees. and it will be interesting to see develop British trade
inat Samsuipo and information the Koninklyke Nederlandsche The Prizes won in the Tours-how he bears himself in face of this important area. Mr. Brett is elicited from him led to the arrest Maatschappij the Exploititate meat were as follow:-
it. His quite new in his job, but there is of the painter who was given four
immense popularity As Mr. Lloyd George puinted cat a few days ago, never has no reason why he should
van Petroleum bronnen in Neder-
Championship weeks imprisonment by Mrlandsche Indie are now turning
Cap. Mr. with the troops brought him the future of small nations looked more promising, and this.js make a great success. Apparent-
Leung.
many orations when he was especially true of those States which are in their infancy, or are 15. Mr. Brett's duties have rot Lindsell. The other man was out upwards of 40,000 cases a attempting to regain the self-determination and freedom which they been oatlined in detail. The discharged.
Runer-up-Sergeant Drum-taking his morning rides at the front, and repors says that have held in the past. We have examples of this in some of the scheme is in its embryonic state,
mond. smaller European States which during the last few months have, and it is hoped that sufficent in-
Semi-finalist: Messrs. Yean he relished these to the full. But they were from his own mea;. slowly but surely been arising from the ashes of their former great-terest will be taken in this new
vich and Parkes. ness. And there is every indication that their aspirations are about department, by the merchants
the public is another question, Highear Break: to be realised in full, for they have the great might of the victorious both at Home and in the Colony,
Drummond.
and this will be his fict experi Allies behind them. Two of the most outstanding examples are to justify its utility. The collat-
ence of a London crowd. Before Poland and Czecho-Slovabia. Not so many years ago the former ingofdata will be an onerous task
the war Haig was little known country was an independent nation with a proad though chequered and as the demand for information attracting notice. He overcame
outside the army and the War history, but ever since 1863, when it became Russian territory, the increases we daresay a staff will the difficulty by taking it to
Office; during the war be atadi. name of Poland has been erased from the map. Nevertheless the be created to aid Mr. Brett in the the boiler shop where he ham-
ously avoided the public eye- Foles bave never forgotten their former greatness, and now after efficient discharge of his Departmend it fat and eat it up into
when he visited London on Sifty years of supression, they have put forward their claims for ment's functions.
official business. Yet he is pro- re-nationalisation. The Allies have plighted themselves to lend
FILM ACTORS' SALARIES. bably more a man of the world
than either Lord Kitchener or· Lord French.
Poland assistance, and there is every reason to believe that it will
in a few years recover its proud position as one of the most import-
and all those races
t
not
say,
month, to meet the briak dewand for their product in Java and the A boiler waker employed at Straits Settlements, where it is the Taikoo Docks, alter stealing becoming very popular on account a length of copper piping, found of its brilliancy and cheapness, himself faced with the difficulty as compared with the well-known of taking it away without American brands of kerosene oil.
short lengths, convenient to the size of his pockets. As luck would have it, a watchman came in at the moment and promptly collared him. Mr. R. E. Lindsell
COMPANY REPORT.
CHINA-BORNEO CO., LTD.
GAZETTE ITEMS.
To Pay a Dividend of
Tile
Government
Gazette
ment:
Sergeant
Club Handicap: Mr. Guimames. Runner-up: Mr. Hyndman. Highest break: Mr. Guimaraes.
that
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ant States in Eastern Europe. The case of Czecho-Slovakia is SUMMER HOURS. somewhat different, but the same fact applies here, namely that the We notice from a Shanghai this morning sent him to gaol
There is a great deal of mis- establishment of this State is the result of the efforts at self paper that there is every prospect for four weeks and ordered him Company will recommend at the gard to the salaries paid to cinema The Directors of the above conception going round with re- determination of a people who for centuries have never known, of a great raany business firms
to be exposed in stocks.
To the individual soldier what independence meant. They, too, have put their claims before
in the Northern Settlement
yearly meeting of shareholders stars, Mary Pickford and Charlie the Allies, and the formation of a strong and united State is assured. adopting summer-time hours".
Chaplin being cases in point. abroad the mail is even more im- The map of Europe is about to undergo a colossal change during the period from April 1 to
the following distribution of pro-Some time ago, for instance, it portant than the rations, ad the who have been under the yoke of the September 30-that is to
fits for the past year:-
w29 widely advertised conqueror or oppressor are to be given the chance for which from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. instead of
Chaplin had received one million day's mail and the day's rations they have longed so much. If this fact is true in Europe. it is, from 9 a.m. to 5. p.m., as at pre-
$1.20 per share... $55,200.00 dollars for appearing in ten usually arrive together. When in perhaps a smaller degree, true of Asia. The Allies have sent. There is to be a two-hour notifies the following appoint To Pay a Bonus of 60
they reached a fact
company or pictures. The
French village given their promise that smaller nations throughout the world tifin interval-from noon to 2
that he had been offered one detachment in will obtain their independence. if they are in position o'clock. Certain firms employ-
cente per share 27,600.00 hundred thousand dollars apiece the other evening the mail turn- to govern themselves. It is a very
Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Messer, O.B.To Write Off Hong- important condition. ing.
for acting in and producing tened out to be a very meagre affair. an aggregate of five and the Great Powers will undoubtedly
photoplays. see to it being hundred foreigners, as well as E., to act as Custodian of Enemy
5,000.00 three-part
This The past, corporal volunteered kong Saw Milla fulfilled. For example there is no question of the great part of the Municipality, are to join in Property
means, of course, that be has to the explanation (probably on Africa being allowed to look after its own interests for, as yet, it is this scheme. The idea is an old
engage and pay the other actors, nobody's authority save his own) Mr. S. H. Dodwell to be an Un-To Write Of San- hopelessly incapable of doing so. Does the same fact apply to that one, but it is one which, if gen-official Member of the Legislative
5,000.00 provide the direction, scenarie that the, delivery was a poor one State in the Far East which is now demanding the right of erally carried into effect, would. Council.
To Write OF
and scenery, foot the bill for the
because the ordinary mail, self-government-Korea?. A few weeks ago, we discussed the we have not the slightest doubt,
shooting staff, develop the
in order to claims of a league of Koreans in Japan who were then demanding be to the banest of employer and be an Unofficial Member of the
Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B.E.; lo Sandakan Eng-
ineering Works 4,000.00 negatives and print the films for was held up
facilitate the passage of el- independence. The movement was then in its infancy, and it was employed alike.
that sum too early then to express any opinion on the subject. It was then known fact that in the hot season, Legislative Council.
The price per Chaplin Elm fades tioneering documents. One of practically a local movement, but it has since been gradually the morning is the best time for Mr. G. N. Orme to act as First
3,000.00 into insignificance when com-the disappointed ones became spreading till it is to-day a national demand, and must be con- work, while the releasing of em-Pulice Magistrate and Coroner.
pared with the million dollars indignantly unprintable at the ployees an hour earlier in the
7,500.00 spent by William Fox for his mere suggestion of the thing. great forthcoming picture, "The flaving cooled down a little, he afternoons will mean that
Queen of the Sea, or even the explained that he personally took they will have greater op.
1,000.00 five hundred thousand dollars
sidered as snch.
It is a well-
For some weeks recently much space has been given in the Eastern press to reports on the Korean situation, and there can be no doubt that the Koreans, without exception, are demanding back portunities for outdoor recreation from Japan their former status as an independent nation. The and thus be kept in a better state
COLONEL DANCES IS COURT. Lieut.-Colonel Dr. Toogood
dakan Saw Mills
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To Write Off Plant
Account
To Write Off Launch-
es & Lighters
To Write Of Timber
Concessions
..
to
Launches & Light ers Insurance Fund
vision for Coolies
latest news concerning that matter is contained in a telegram from of health. If there is justification appeared as a witness in the To Transfer Korea which reports riots throughout the whole peninsula, and in Shanghai for such a movement, Shoreditch County Court recent states that a manifesto has been published declaring the independ-there are even bigger reasons why ly and caused mach amusement ence of the former Korean Kingdom. The Japanese authorities are Hongkong should take the matter by giving an exhibition of toe To Transfer to Pro- making wholesale arrests, but it seems that they are unable to quell in hand, for bere the summer is a dancing as done by ballet girls. the riots, or stop the movement from spreading. It is a strange and much longer drawn out affair He was declaring that a boy's foot
& Contractors Debt critical situation, and it will be interesting to see how events turn out, than in the North. In view of was now in good working order,
A/C Is Korea justified in wishing to break away from Japan, and if so, is the manifest advantages of the and that he could stand on his To Transfer to Fund she in a position to take up the threads of government on her own idea, we feel sure that it would toes. On the floor of the court initiative? The Koreans owe much to Japan, who since the be to the interests of the
for Replacernents and Renewals Russo-Japanese War, have done much to develop the country and munity as a whole if the Chamber the doctor stood on the toes of one make it prosperous, but the Allies have promised self-determination of Commerce here set about foot and went round in the most To Carry Forward to smaller States, and there is no reason why the Koreans securing & change, of business approved ballet dancing, style, should not put forward thair claims. It is a ticklish question for hours somewhat on the lines of Judge Cluer upheld the conten the Peace Conference to decide, and the answer will be awaited the Shanghai experiment. tion of the doctor, with interest.
com-
very.
expended by him to produce his no interest in the election because latest fairy story" Alladin The (8) he didn't approve of its being 10,000.00 case with Mary Pickford is held at all at the present time similar to that of (b) no noification of his possess Charlie Chaplin and it is ing a vote had ever reached him; probable that neither of them had and (c) even if he had a yoke it any just idea to what they wouldn't be any use because his 2,500.00 were letting themselves in for constituency was making an when they sought release from anopposed return of a candidate their old contracts to produce whoni he detested. "And if their own pietures. Probably as they're going to hold up my 40,000.00 well paid as any film star is little letters from home for their bally 46,977.07 Francis Carpenter, who is fed,
next
clothed and educated by the Fox old circus, me for a Mills bomb people and whose parents receive and Nihilism at the $208,777.07 $25,000 gold clear for each picture, election!"