GILBEY'S SPEY-ROYAL
SCOTCH WHISKY.
Is Guaranteed to be made from Pure, Malted Barley in a Pot Still
10 YEARS OLD.
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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Telephone, No. 416.
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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE WINTER ** BISLEY"
(NAVAL, MILITARY AND POLICE TEAM AND CHAMPIONSHIP Snoor 17 Teams, 68 Competitors.
Stonecutters Range.
BOXING DAY, December 20th at 10 AM.
*
Launches will leave Blake Pier at 120, 1.15 LO, 9.30 am, 8:45 a.m. 12 noon and 2 p.m.
Mears. The ALEXANDIA CAFE will
supply Tiffin on the Range if ordered
en or before December 10th. Hongkong, Dec. 1, 1918.
HAMS.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 1918.
TEE NEW MINISTRY.
LATEST EDITION.
STOP P
NEWS.
-
THE
THE CHINA MAIL.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. Fl. Autting of the Reichstag has been unexpectedly convened for to-morrow.
THE MAGISTRACY.
- INACCURATE PERMIT.
A DODGE TO DEFRAUD SHIPPINGTM COMPANIES
- SANITARY AFFAIRS.
TROUBLE OYER IN OFFENSIVE
TRADE LICENSE.
The Sanitary Board this afternoon were occupied some time in discuss
came before the Board and the license was produced and the matter
that the building was opposite the application was refused on the ground
Chinese Public Dispensary.
The
TUESDAY DECEMBER.
THE CONSORTIUM AND THE AMERICAN LOAN.
(Wah Tai Yat Po's Service.)
"PIXING, Dec. II.
the Consertim has arrived at the With regard to the American Lean following decisions:
(1) As the American Loan contract for £3,000,000 has been signed, they will treat it as a short. period loan.
(3) That no further negotiations
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SPORTING.
GOL..
BÖGEY COMPETITION...
A Cup has kindly been presented for December 2ard, sith and 25th. Entrance Bogey Competition at Fanling on Tee each Round. Flayers may take out as many cards as they like during the three days. Proceeds to be given to
War Charities..
MIXED FOURSOME COMPETITION. " Two Cupa hare kindly been presented
will be entered into respecting for Mixed Foursome Competition o the further loan of £23,000,000, Boxing Day. 18 holes Modal Play under unless the Chinese Government Handicaps. Entrance Fos 85 por couple furnishes satisfactory proof that Players select their own opponcate Proceeds to be given to War Charities. the money will be used for in Entries close at Fanling December 20th, dustrial purposes only.
(3) That the Chinese Government must decide within the next two months if it is to take up the second big loan with the *Syndicato. “
10.10.
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RIFLE LEAGUE SHOOTING.
This morning at the Police Court at (Router's Service to the China Masks Chinese loather merchant was proceeded ing an application from the Nordish against on two summonses for wrongly Fjerfabrik. Ltd., for an offensive stating the amount of leather to be ax- trade license at Sham Shui Po. PEACE TERMS ?ported for which he had applied for a When the application was first made
permait.
the Secretary of the Board pointed IMPORTANT STATEMENT tandent of Imports and Exports, pro a license under a Crown lease. The Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Assistant Superin-out that the Arm must first produce TO REICHSTAG EXPECTED.ecuted.
Mr. Gardiner, for the defence, pleaded APPROVED BY VIENNA, SOFIA AND on the part of leather merchants to guilty and said that there was no desire CONSTANTINOPLE.
wilfully supply wrong information. The custom was to buy a large quantity of leather in splls and when they applied applicants then petitioned the of the weight.. In the first case he as the building was well outside the for permits they made rough estimates Colonial Secretary to the effect that knew there was a discrepancy of 30 limits in which offensive trades might It will be the most remarkable sitpieuls but in the other it was only three- not be carried on they felt certain the ting since the outbreak of the war and and-a-half picula. There would have license would be granted and on that. one of historical importance.
been no difficulty in obtaining a permit account bought the building. The and it simply amounted to a wrong aary was a small one and the godown following reply to the repeated protest points. All the H.K.V.R. team usod for the whole amount to be exported, potition pointed out that the dispensare the Peking Daily News, the Ministry Park Range on the 10th inst, and result of Finance on the 30th ulto, made theed in a win for the Reserves by 83 wus opposite a lima stone factory of the quadruple Group against the and would not harm the dispensary conclusion of the Ahern Industrial porture sights, while only those of the The Secretary had written a minute Loan in which he described interviews
RE. team marked with an asterisk used
with Mr. Jeffersen, the firm's man
them
The Secretary pointed out that if certain repairs were done there would hardly be any objection to the license by the Department' but he was unable to say what the Board would decide.
Members, including combatants, have been summoned telegraphically by Dealculation? Bethmann-Hollweg from Headquarters. Mr. Lloyd pointed out that the object of understating the weight was The Chancellor has received the Federal that the shipping Company accepted Ministers and invited the Neutral Minis-the weight given on the permit as that
ters to meet him
The Foreign Secretary has received the Party leaders and Party meetings were hold in the forenoon.
to Peace terms.
the
THs new British Ministry is indeed n remarkable combination, and a closer approach to a National and a
The Governments at Vienna, Sofia Business Government than we have and Constantinople have approved. [ever had. Mr. LLOYD Gzonen in forming such a Cabinet has achieved
the Chancellor's statement, a signal triumph, and it is gratifying
nature of which is at prescat un- to see that the list has been so known, but it is assumed to relate cordially welcomed by the organa of all Parties. The only discordant 1319 note of which the cables have acquainted us has been sounded, curiously enough, in The Times which has criticised the selection of Mr. BALFOUR for the Foreign Office and Mr.. WALTER LONG for the Colonial Office. The objection that "freshness and vigour are specially needed in both offices "is one with which there is doubtless much sympathy at Home.
VE HAVE just received a Consign- WE
ment of FINEST ENGLISH HANS (average weight 12 to 15 lbs.) in "Tins. There Hama are cooked by Patent process whereby they retain all their mtural favour and nourishment. No booo, no waste, the Hams being ready for Table. Frice. 70 cents per pound for such
H. STEPHENE & CO. 16/22, Queen's Road, Cantral. Hongkong, Dec. 12, 1918.
It may well be doubted whether Mr.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOUAL AND GENERAL.
Exchange opened this morning at 43-16d on demand and went LONG will be an improvement on Mr. up an eighth later in the day. BONAR LAW at the Colonial Office.
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Although he has previously served
The mail dispatched from
Lon-
the State at the Local Government don via Siberia for Hongkong on Board and, for a brief space of time, the 12th ult. was received per s. as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he has Cyclope today. as for the
THE DIARY.
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MEMOS, TOR TOMORROW,
10.30 a.m.--Auction of Miscellaneous Stores at Government Store, Bullock Land, Weichai.
3 p.m.--Auction of Sheer Legs, Engine, Steam Winch ste. at No.4 Whare, HK. K. W. & Co., Kowloon.
• General Memoranda.
THULIDAY, Dec. 14:-
Prince Albert's birthday (1895). 2.30 pm Auction of Irish Goods Shoots, Towels, Cushions etc.) at Mecars. Hughes and Hough's. 6.30 p.m.--Congregation at the Hong
kong University...
TDAY, Dec. 15
Noon. Extraordinary Meeting of the
Green Island Cement Co. Ltd."
Intries close for Ladies' Championship,
R. ELK. Golf Club.
AURDAY, Dec 10
wider field of Colonial administration been only thirty-eight casos in the Throughout the year there have and politics. Mr. BazFOUR, on the "other hand, is well qualified so far as
Colony of Hongkong of plague (soven experience goes, to undertake the imported) but all but one case proved highly responsible duties devolving
fstal
·
on which freight should be charged, and therefore those people gob on board more leather than was stated and ship pod a percentage frem.
Mr. Melbourne observed that that was matter for the Shipping Companies.. Mr. Lloyd agreed, adding that it was very important that the authorities should know exactly how much leather was being exported and to where it was going. There had been several warn ings issued.
Mr. Melbourne imposed a fine of $25
ager.
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The Chairman added that packing was not an offensive trade but his experience was that pressing in feather factories was just as offensive as any other of the work. The feathers got all over the place. He
en each of the two summonses, remark-pointed out that the Board was asked ing that the maxinium find was 85,000, to reconsider their decision at the last meeting and he moved the Board adhere to its decision to refuse the
This was agreed to.
HISSING WIRE SCREEN. Mesra Moxon and Taylor this morn-license. ing had another wire gauza screen stolen from their office and this time the thief was caught. The defendant was in the set of cutting out the screen when he was arrested and on being taken
to the station it was ascertained that he
"A NEW SANITARY INSPECTOR..
According to reliable information,
H. K. VALUSTIN RISIRVES V. ROTAL ENGINES.
This match was shot off at the King's
McLennan,. Tollan, Carpmael A Leach,
8988884588
· RESERVEJ,
200 300 600 TL. yds. yds.
31 33
31 33
32 53 29 019 29 30
24 28
37 37
Total
Lass deduction of)
The Padrganization Loan Contract of "W⚫ beg to acknowledge receipt of the interpellations of the Quadruple Group 1913 was signed between the Chinese A. Jenkins........... Government and, the Quintuple Group: Group, which has excluded German but we cannot regard present Quadruple Banki from the original Consortium, G. H. M. Bannerman... the same Quintuple Group. Therefore BW. Orey......... the preference of the administrative E W. Dawson ..... China free to contract a loan from loan has lost its affect. Consequently any member of the Consortium or from say other party. We desire to point the recent American Loan was conclud- out that sa stipulated in its agreement, ed on the understanding that the proceeds thereof should be employed for the specie payment and reserve of the Bank of China, and other industrial purposes. Therefore there is no ground for protest."
Being not satisifed with the above reply, the Quadruple Group on the 2nd inst, addressed the following, to the Chinese Government
"The Quadruple Group it similar in
The Board approved of the appoint-nature to the Quintuple Group. The ment of Mr. J. H. Sinimon as second by war circumstances, and it does not exclusion of German Banks was required class Sanitary Inspector.
Mr. Bowley ventured to think that
the candidate and any qualifications. the Board ought to know more about
The HSD said there was only one applicant and Mr. Simmons had
mean any permanent change to the Consortium. The axelusion of German
in the matter, and Bank was notified to the Chinese Gor ernment which, expressing its sympathy negotiate an administrative loan of commenced to $100,000,000 in the basis laid down in former Loan Agreements. This Con-
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4% for Aperture Sight*
Q. 8. M. Black Sgt. Coxon.. Q.M. S. Williams. L/C Allen,... Copl. Grimes. Lisut. Wahl Copl. Ramakill. Sgt. Offord......
Tots!
R. Es.
Not.
ཨ།་
*200 500 600 TEL. yds. yds, yds.
29 5730-85 28 30 28 84. 30 25 27.89, $6 97 21
23 64
: REUTER'S AGENCY.
THE LATEST LIST OF SHARK HOLDERS.
Magistrats "sentenced defendant to a had returned from banishment. The month's imprisonment for stealing the screen and to twelve month's for dizchasing the banianmeny order. The no qualificatismo-snoops-a-knowledge surtlum was engaged in making various the Daily Mail of November 7. Has have lost this year. is the third screen the complainants of Chinese. The Board could not preparations, when it was surprised to been aroused by the announcement tha
i:
BLASTING ROCKS ON TO ROADWAY,
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
11.
form the duties.
expect qualified sanitarians on the salaries they paid.
The Hon. Mr. W. Chatham said it was not a question of picking and choosing their men: it was a ques
Mr. JR Wood this morning took a and the Board could consider itself tion of taking what men they could serious view of a charge against a fortunate to get a man able to per Chinese stone blaster Tho was summoned on two counts for not pro- a covaring for his blasting operations. Mr. J. Witchell said that
Bay and, when near Tsat Tee Kai he was walking along towards Quarry Police Station he heard a couple of loud blasts and looked up and saw two huge
stones came down on to the tramlics and ment stones coming down the hill. He had to run to get out of the way. The |
upon a Secretary of State for Foreign An American contemporary reporta Affairs in these difficult timer, and we that Mrs. Calhoun, widow of William J. venture-to-think-there are few men to Calhoun, formerly-Minister to China, whora that appointraent could be leaving the United States for France to offered who would not acknowledge volunteer for Red Crow work. tho superior fitness of Mr. BALFOUR. Lord MILNER and Lord CURZON are Four hundred ailver dollars weigh-viding the only other men in the new ed down and drowned a Chinese cook Ministry who have any title to be Wai-sing into a sampan and missed yesterday. He was stepping from the considered in connection with that his footing. The body has not yet been responsible office; and both seem to be better placed in the War recovered
Connell.
The redaction" of the
LIME-KILNY AND A DISPENSARY.
Mr. F. D. L. Bowley asked:""
the nuisance caused by the lime-kilas taken by the Government to abate What steps, if any, are being
opposite the Public Dispensary at Samaipo?"
"Considerable public interest, remarks
learn that the Chinese Government, negotiations are in progress for the sale which made a definite promise before, of Router's Telegram Company, which, has now offered excuses with an object registered ja 1886, bas become known to to break its word. This Consortium people in a parts of the world by resecn still recognize that the American Loan of its service of foreign news telegrams. been already set forth in the previous isa political one, and our reasons have communications.".
BRITISH KORTH. BORNEO.
HOW THE WAR HAS AFFECTED LOCAL INDUSTRIES.
o
North Borneo Customs Department for 1915 Mr. M. M. Clark, the commission In his annual report on the British
writes:
replied that every effort as storage capacity than the beats of the The Head of the Sanitary Depart steamers now calling having less cold Ice sales decreased, the Singapore
membership of the Council to five report that the Government is consider
A Peking telegram mentions
commends itself as better calculated Fing the advisability of cancelling the bounced across into the sea. Just ateing made to clear away the lime-ND. L ́A small ica plant was started
to secure a more vigorous prosecution alleged crime of Liang Shih Ti (who of the war than the larger Council was Yuan Shib Kai's Secretary) and of Cricket--Volanteers v. Reserves at of Mr. ASQUITE's creation," and it inviting him to come to Peking to assist will be noticed that all the members the Government Mr.. Liang Shih Yi, of the Council, with the exception or we believe, is at present residing in Mr. BONAS LAW (who will also act Hongkong.
Kowloon.
SUNDAY, Dec. 17 —
-Excursion to Macao by "Taishan",
of
FAL 13, SAT, 18 & Mon, Dec. 18 -
9 p.m.-A. D. C. Performances
"Kismet in aid of "Star and
Garter" Fund.
TENEDAY, Dec. 20
Prince George's birthday (1903), 2.30 pm-Auction of Xmas Toys and Crackers at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's
4.30 p.m.-Matinee Performance of
*Kismet".
SATURDAY, Dec. 13-
11
♦ p.m. - Extra Performance
"Kismet*.
Bogey Competition at Fanling. Monday, Dec. 25
Public Holiday.
TVmDAY, Doc. LB:~~
Pablis Holiday.
as leader in the House of Commons),
ase left free to devote their whole
R. S. McKelvie, stationed at atau attention to the important business in the New Territorias, met with a serious of the War Council, which is to accident yesterday while riding his motor meet every week day. All the yele. He was on the Castle Peak Road other members of the Government He was thrown and sustained
and came into collision with a bridge. will concentrate their thoughts and
serious rupture in the lower abdomen energies, or their departmental Subsequently he was brought to Hong- duties. The whole plan on which the xong and sent to the Government Civil Government has been formed seems Hospital. His condition showed some businesslike and admirably calculated improvement this morning. to meet the needs of the times,
of telegram to-day mentions that a
10an Winter "Bisley" at Stone
cutters.
10 am--Mixed Foursome Competition
at Fanling?? WIDIEDAY; Dec 27 -
11am-Auction of Salved Cargo ex sa "Wisley at the To Kwa Wa Godówne and Kowloon Godewas,
remodelling of all the Entente Governments is in progress with view to "greater swiftness
and uniformity in the conduct
been
constantly
THE WATER SUPPLY.
that time the whistle had gone to kilns. relieve the men at the Sugar Roinery and in two or thros minutes there would have been fifty or sixty men across the same road.
='/
East Coast business. Aerated water
An exchange of land hadst Labad Datu which stopped all the arranged and the buildings business fell off. The factory opera would be removed early next year. tions were hampered by lack of water. The soap factory turned out a better article and better business ensued, 866 boxes being made as against 359 in 1914. The local demand was a record and 158 boxes were experted to the Philippine produced 992 pienis against 579 picula Islanda The local, sugar plantation
MARKET ILLUMINATION. Regarding the illuminants at mar The Magistrate observed that it was kets the Gas Co. had applied for a.very serious matter, blasting rooks on permission to supply gas to the stall to the public road, and imposed a dae holders at Yaumati vegetable and
of $100.
DISHONEST SERVANT.
and Japan Telephone Company was "A" Chinese employed by the China before Mr. Melbourne this morning on a charge of stealing fire porous cella The defendant had been in the employ
fruit marketa.
The E.S.D. had minuted that he did not think that anything but electric light should be permitted in and safe illuminat. any market, as it was the only clean
MAY ROAD CONVENIENCE.
in 1914, all of which was consumed locally. Coconut oil factories bad tho ame output as the year before. Locally from 205,300 pes. The salt factory paid made cigars dropped: to 55,200 pcs. excise duty on 1,640 picula of salt as againit 544 picals in 1914. Contractor complain of the price of imported build. A plan for a proposed water flushed Communication with Hongkong and ing material haring nearly doubled. convenience for men and women near Singanore was well maintained by of the Company for several years and May Road Tram Station was ap
the Straits Steamship Company and had been sent with some new cells to proved, the question of quarters Local shipping was reinforced by the the Indo-China 8. N. Company VASSIL replace the old ones at Taikoo Dock, being left to the Government to steamer Kinabalu for the Sabah Steam He did not bring back the old-celle a decide. he should have done and he was arrested sometime after with the cells in his
OTHER BUSINESS.-
Application for permission to erect
register, the capital of the company is According to the Somerset House
~£500,000-in-£10 shares The director
The Hon. Mark Francis Napier (68
shares), engin
The Hon. Edmind William Farzer (65 Mr. George Grinnell Milne (100 shares),
and
holders and their holdings, the names being copied exactly as they appear in Mr. Gerald Walton Williams (100 shares), The following are among the share
the latest regieter, dated June 14 last
Sharam.. Baron Herbert J. de Beuter 1,484 Baronics Helene de Z. de r
Ngaveet...
Mr. Heary Whorlos
Mr. Charles W. Steadman.. Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Lieut. Colonel Henry Walker Hon. Lucy E. Meade ... Marquis of Bristol
2,500
245
$30
P.
635
180
567
850
100
244
158
10%
Sir Robert W. B. Jardine Lond Bishop of Salisbury and
Mr. Gerald E. Winter Mr. Frederic Harrison Dentsche Bank (Berlin) Col. Alfred D. Miller Swiss Bankverein Sir John. G. Nairne and Mr. Ernest Harvey, Bank of England, Mr. Max Michaelis... Mr. Ezra Anzaruti and M. Jacques Ezra Anzarus at. Mr. Louis C. Di Canessin Mr. Engen Feistmaan. ........ Ec, Harry L. W. Lawson Mr. Cristobal de Martiole... 200 Mr. Marcas van Raalte 220 Tate, Limited
1,000 Mr. Badelph A. Wolf 186) Mr. Rudoli Lazarus ma*) 16′′ Mr. Bochfort, Maguire) :160.
Mears Friedrich A. and Hans
Konig
85 -100.
100%
30
ship Company, a new vessel built specially for local trade. The sot back
could not have been foressan whan this that trade has received has had an adverse effect on local business, but this vessel was laid down, and when normal Princess Eugeno Barat 19 tahes return she will no doubt be fully occupied. Taking into corsidersion the tradeof Sandakan as a whole and the con ditions existing during the year 'under review, it can only be called satisfactory, worse
of the war. Though we thare The amount of water in the storage possession Defendant stated that he siz water closets of the Asiatic type told of the reservoirs of the island on December 1st left the old cells at Taikoo Dock-for sand six urinals at Nos. 105 to 112, complete agreement of the Entente was 338.90 millions of gallons, a com- week because they were spares and he Connaught Food Central, and Nos Powers, it is inevitable that where ao pared with 664.96 trillions of gallons on was taking them back when arrested 207 to 225, Des Voeux Road Central, many have to be consulted thers is the corresponding date last year, while Mr. Duncan Tollan for the Company said Marine Lot No 22, Praya, Beclama a risk of dangerous delay in coming the consumption for the month of Nov. that defendant had no right to leave the
tion. Granted conditionally. to a decision on matters of vitexberaveraged 17.3 gallons per head per cells at the Dock at all. Defendant nine extra water closets at Alexandra since things might have been infinitely
Application for permission to erect
Buildings, Inland Lot No. 1725 sec tion Granted conditionally,
importance, and it can readily be day against 14.3 int he corresponding supposed that a remodelling of the month last year This difference is due Entente Governments on the bold to the fact that during the whole of lines adopted by Mr. LLOYD GEORGE November last year the water supply in should make for increased strength and efficiency in the conduct of the the rider main districts
given only
war. The news that Mr. LLOYD by street fountains, whereas this year Gxonar is temporarily laid up by the service to houses in this district
VISITING CARDS ch will be received with was not disconnected until November
universal regret and sincere. hopes for 13th.
PRINTTO-ÁT
his speedy recovery, so that the high!
Office
bis sagacity and,mbonaded energy
hopes which the Empire reposes in was 4 ft. below
may be peerly realised t
Kowloon gravition
"the same
was sentenced to 14 daya hard labour.
CLOSING SHARE QUOTATION.
Indos Def... Baubs Wharves
A
3.30.p.m. 139 buyers 27 buyers buyers
131
buyers
6.30 buyers
118 bayer
Docks. Shang
Hom Shangha
Commis
Application for permis or to erect ona water closet and to change the position of one water closet of the tough type at No. 1, Connaught Road Central, Mante Los No. 275- Adjourned
WHOOPING COUGH
BEN your child ha
cough; be carefu to cough loose-and-ef Application for an offensive trado Fiving Chamberlain's,
Licence at No. 12, Smithfield, Inland
may be retired. This
Lot No 1208 Granted liquify the tough muci
* Application for an offensive lado
A No. 188, Portland Street
esciau to expectorate
is zontains cu zisicatiá?
audatarines it in vrideti
"byall Cheetstyled
oping
keep the
Remedy
Sir Carl Meyer, Bart.. Dresdner Bdak.
Baron Edward von der Heydt
and Mr. Philip Rann
(200
Mr. Hann von Betzes, Viezza 576 Mr. Louis Esterman
Meara, Walter E. Barnett and Richard D. G. Do Cana), Mr. Alfred Weiss, Amsterdams Mr. Richard Lieben, Viering, Mr. Bamuak I Walkinson
Direction der Discnato Cealis
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