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700

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QD

SATURDAY,

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at No. 18, Knutsford Terrace,

Kowloon,

THE SUNDRY

:

VALUABLE. HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

therein contained:

Comprising:-Upholstered Chuir and

Chesterfield Sofa, Blackwood Cabidet. Bedroom Furniture,

Also:

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ILLUSIONS ABOUT MULTI- THE DECISIVE BATTLE.

MILLIONAIRES.

WHAT A DIVISION OF WEALTH

WOULD MEAN.

NEW ART AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

[BT EIKET-COLONEL BERINGTOS]

The German organization of this "end- Binating net of the yar dra me certainly not be underestimated," At lef sehelened far back to the Rhine and even. !

Hanover, "We may get out the remaining German trays fun the East,

INTIMATIONS

buth good and bad, in tips Western PHILIPS HALF WATT LAMPS

But every worth ined to us what The Right Hon. J. H. Robertson in his "Economics of Progress" in all.

have cale an American Army, whils round discussion of the subject sayı:—”

One of the comamasques my the tiers our War Cabinet began after March

littles later all those preparations which "There is always a certain element of

man Press recently described, the tiers had opened their eyes ïnd will bear their seonomie illusion about individual can practice since March 25 is a new, fexis in trained men. Therefore and wealth; and the llusion magnifies with German art of war, and aid stress upon perhaps or rather than hair, this the magnifying of shares of wealth is the fact that the novel organization of Germans may be sprayelled to Rusten terms of money. Moralists and econo-attacks, and the plotment of time. aim attack without the crushing local super- matters, and to engage in a general mists can agree that the chief advant cd at keeping Getmine loves at a ministerity which their limited oflrasives have age given by command of wealth is justum, while causing the Allies devere hitherto enabled them to employ. - command of art, beauty, culturel. M

dioval wealth figured largely as comosses, and compelling our Generalisimo. No doubt; alt hostile attacks wear mand of personal services, of troops of to scatter lilu rezerves. It is even claim battle in the past has this not been awaya defender's reservés. Of what retainers, gratifying the sense of power;ed by the German wireless that itis Army, true Gearralissing Foch's object la to and even medieval literature is full of of Mexaurre is completely dissipated in a few reserves as possible, thus homily on the impossibility of maximis- ing happiness by that or any other self-

and dispersed.. Tegarding use of wealth. Modern wealth

elbow.roon,

We must certainly admit that, German figures as command of amenity in superiority in numbers and the initiativo roundings-spacious houses beautiful surroundings within and with which derives from this superiority have out the Eouse, travel leisure. It is in been utilized in an inteligent minder part the spectacle of these that rouse

band the rest, and to continue d to them fresh forres join him, or as less dangerous sectors authorize him to denude such tors Genem! Petain feast saccessfully and filled up the gas in the end. Cieneral Foch did the and Sir Douglas" lag met the March's

and sustains proletarian discontent and have brought the enemy important star in the day ofensive, and though But in large part the discontent is also

roused and fed by the mere record of ecours. The veiled approach unreh the Germans then instal that his the large fortunes of modern capitalist of great masses for the purpose of leth to strip van Hutive within three the figures of the fortunes of the multi-taining a marked focal superiority and dare si distrust all German tunerves were disipated he still punt millionaires. The announcement that So-and-sotaa amassed fire million pounds or fifty million dollars acts op-a greater stress of indignation, probably beyond anything that can previously hare ter are than the families with incomes of five thousand

spectacle of thousands of been expected of it. The idea of a short pounds. And

Jet the multi-mill "extremely heavy bombardment fol lionaire is not at all proportionately loved by the rush of highly-trained a consumer of the output of

deep break-through has succeeded, estimates of pur reserves, since the late

Own

is mnch better for labour that he should storming troops for seret milles, eod. forty million dollars than that touring, as is scuretimes has led to the hundred men should one a hundred thousand dollars each. He cannot silencing or capture of Allied batteries coneume a tithe of what they would a large scale and the general break consume. His accumulation really re

presents a relative restriction of idle kwn of the local resistance, has cer- living; and his capital as pro'y deserved a tribute of admiration

ductive force may be as well and better

applied by him than by them. He cannot from us all. run forty horses or forty yachts. And the

chances are that he will devote to public

An essentially changing number.

are not all missed in oge place, and ute tractans, of which the enemy canint be continually subject to additions net sub-"{ wall or quickly intrud

At a hard far for us, at Earlest

of all for the treneralissim, who has

a tack of very great, tingsitede ungi coul stund in ander to do justies to hing plexity which we shouk a try to under

Where should have been wr 14, fur. example, so some Immaties advised, be

had in all his tents into on counterattack of the Austerlity del

But it is not particularly novel, and Hazals have to be played according to

purposes, such as university endowment,iffers from other limited offensives the cards in them, and we must wait what in their hands would be deo ed ather in degree than in kind. to the maintaining of four bundred families in

uxury

The

Alle presedents a Verdin, Arras, But even as divided among the four hundred, the more division of their com- Messines, Moranvillers, and Malmaisan” mand of wealth many times multiplied, were of the same treticu! genus" and in would do practically nothing for the proletariat. What it needs is hundreds matters of surprise we set a pruesheat of thousands of decent houses of mo- with Cambrai. The so-called new Cere derate size, not'a sharing of u few hund- red large houses. Let us say that there had urs of war, like most other things y ure a hundred families in the countd really rich

then, is simply an improvement on Country living luxury. Apart from the eating and well-known type, It is carried ont drinking and the clothes, the luxury, as with struge forgos trained to the hour such, cannot be divided, save in as. suy, the pictures might go into public Star picture-galleries. You cannot divide the fox-hunting, the motor cars, the travel though we should aim at enabling all to travel who desire it. The whole mate-

idle

until we know what the cards are before we presume to criticize the player of them. Morning Post."

AUSTRALIA'S FLEET RESERVE.

The Australian newspapers report that the formation in Australia n o feel for the achievement of a special purpose." Commonwealth Nary has been approved. reserve to the seagoing forces of the and therefore carries Burther, penetrates by the. Arting linister for the Savy more deeply, and has greater results. The reserve ought to be a very we

rial consumption, divided among the the veiled approneft murel is justly one, for it is to wash of men with

mass, would be a bagatella; and a basted to be the master-pions of division of the rich people's money.com

experianer of modern warfare." The the forer will consist of men who have wrveil

Careproof against Shocks and Vibration. Obtainable in different from the

the principal Electrical Contractors.

voltages

PHILIPS

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For Wholesale apply to HOLLAND-CHINA TRADING Co., ato 03 artigo Hongkong & Canton." Sole Age South Jainat

for

Quality.

With LEA & PERRINS' SAUCE,

a fra drips sprinkled over the neat, fish or cheese &c., are all that is required to impart the most dicious piquancy and flavour.

The QUALITY and concentration of its ingredients make a little of this sauce go a long way.

Lea Perrins

The Original and Gennine WORCESTERSHIRE...,

ment of wealth, without an increase in a hole business, is if not rully rather at least seven years in the Royal Fa DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.

"the actual things which constitute an Affied Gailure than a Gerda success or the Royal Australian Navy, and wi

material wealthy would tend

proportion-

sly to raise prices, though it might that we should either not have oberved either resize in Australia or are serving conceivably stimulate production for it, or, if we observed it, that we should eas vessels not trading outside the Freifie in coastal or Astralian registered over the time being, In Bas, there

the not have countered it more promptly 2

ía no solution for labour on lines of merely inoressing the abare without increasing the output. More

The Germans wonder how it befell

or Indian OFREN. Volunteers will Se culled for a period of five years an will be liable to be called upon for active service at any time by proclamation. At

and more clearly does it appear that that their great mass of troops collected Mill was in error in stipulating for im; for the assault on May 27. covering as the expiration of the first five years' en- proved distribution without incremes of production..

thesadida vast area of ground and finally gagement reservists may be enrolled for none the less, the spectacle of listed close under the Chemin-des- further periods of five years up to the "But, inequality in the sharing remains & con- stant source of labour's discontent: Thames, should have egenped "observation age of 4 years. Training in 'the reserve and if we are to escape disastrous was during the fire weather at the cut de fest will optise one month afloat In tage of power by labour strifes, the employing class must face the precept May. Obviously there must be explane five years engagement. Pay will consist ing the second and fourth year of th that if there is to be any reduction of tinus. These bave probally been chtains of a retainer of a month, payable in shares in the period of reconstruction it

should fall first and most in their shares d. but there is no particular reason why arrear, after training, and quarterly in rather than on those of labour. There

I

making for granted a certain should disclose them. The best prot, the last year of enrolment, and, in addi national ideal, ostensibly much develop that we had learnt or less was that tin, the pay and allowances (including ed during the war. Labour has been 40

deferred pay) of the corresponding rating

visibly essential to the war, both for Ju the latest German attack in the puramaent wed-going forces will he fighting and for munitioning the fight as very quickly met counter-attacked granted during periods of drill of when that it is inconceivabls that the aspect and even in places driven back. It gain- ever called up for duty.. The reserve will of things should be lost sight of.

The

profit-getting class has simply to re-ed no such successes as those of burch ouly be built up from volunteers who member that it bas hitherto had the and May, and its succes

apply for rarolment within, nne year on best of things and that for that very

was purely the expiration of their engagement in the that labours incal and not very pronounced.". As to permanent sed-going forces of the British reason it abould see to worse lot is not further worsened. Need the losses on the two sides, we are in or Australian Navies. we add the economic warning that, in

terms of the law of normal self-interest, the region of conjecture. Each side" such worsement would mean bad times thinks that the other suffered the heaviest for capital 1"

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The success of these, limited offensives and the very marked attempts of Ger

THE OATMEAL DODGE?

PARE TWINT

▲ Liverpool grocer tells the followin story-

יי

be

He was in his shop the other sy when a boy called in and asked. sold oatmeal.

How much 1

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the youth interrupted, I just over thirty years' experience. We own two Blipways and can accommodate any enf

appeared.

Do

and paid. "Do you sell oatmeal?"

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yooth antered

Capital Subscribed... Yer 30,000,000

quiet their people make it likely that wanted to know. Good-day And he

walked out. Capital Paid-up

they will be repeated. We took o 29,600,000

The grocer looked a little disappoint- Reserve Fund 19

course, chiefly to the main battle front,ed. but in a few pinutes a second youth but, apart from them and from Alsace

you sell ontnical?" he asked. "Yes, the grocer answered, and the sea front, there is the Rheiros

"Thank you, good-day, and be dis sector, which must be something of an appeared.

yesore to the Germans looking at it 490 and we cannot disregard it. We have "Yes," snapped the grocer. FORMUSA-AKO, GIKAN, Kaur, KARævet, [heard very little of the real situatioar at

Thank you, good-day?ry H KEELOTO. MARUNO, Pisan, Bury.heims and to eastward of it: General rushed After him.

This was too much for the grocer, whe But the youth showed TAICHU, TAINAN, Taxo, von Boehm has not here wen watarnished clean pair of heels, and the grocer rej CHLAUS: TAROT, TONYEN, CHINA-AMOT,

CLITO

laurels. To the east of Von Boelim stands turned breathless.

The chop FOOCHOW, HATZON, KULLANO, SHANGHAI,

von Einem's Army, which forms part of empty so was the till. Once again the SWATIW

oatmeal dodge had succeeded. the Crown Prince's Group; and has mak THERS HATASIL BONDAY, HONGKONG, yet been engageal. If the limited offen- LONDON SINGAPORE, SOERABATA, He has not exhausted its objects, the BRMABAND AND NEW YORK.

Bheins sector may be a good theatre far free exemplification of its merits. Therefore it inuat Le watched. The

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CONSTIPATED CHILDREN

WLS

Constipation la one of the must com- sudering from it cannot thrive. To keep mon ailments of childhood and the child.

and South-Western Bank, Parr's Bookcastern frontier of France "remains now The Funk has Correspor.cents in the us in 1914, the pivot upon which the Commercial contips of Russia. ManAllied Armies wheel back, and the Ger the little one well the bowels must be churis, Todo-Ching, India Philippine Islands, Java, Australia, America and mans may plan so upset this arrange, bent regular and the stomach sw.et ment, and may entertain the hope that To do this nothing can equalHaby's On Tablete the Cuzadian children's

Fricier, Misonette, N. B. says

in the old Mercantile Bank Buildings, of all kinds, specially for shipbuilding elsewhere allowed on Current Account, it will lead to a further dissipation of remedy Concerning them Mrs. Essi corner of Queen's Road Central and Ice and engineering works Targoat and Fixed Deposits, and Savings Deposits the Allied reserves and at some dis- House Streek

Also, in CANTON, HOUSE, No. 31, best assorted stock in the Colony, Shameen, British Concession

at rates which will be quoted of tarea from the main objectives. application.

baby suffered from constipation but YANAGIA

This constans repetition of d similar thanks to Baby's Own Tablets be le mindenre might prove highly successful perfectly well again. The Tablets are HONGKONG BEANOR!

sold by medicine dealers, or by mail at wire time no cbfect to the Germans, 80 cents the rial, rows The Dr. WIE. PROIN 373 3 Des Voeux Ros

or the gain of me of no value to us. llama Medicise Ca, 96 Szenen Bonda Neither statement would

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