1918-12-18 — Page 9

LAST-NAPOLEONICA

DUKEDOM IN FRANCE,

NOW EXTINCT

Now that the death of Alexandre Berthier, Prince and Duke of agram, a captam of the French Aviation. Carpe, who has been miss ing over since the Aghting at the French front last June, has been judicially established, it may be well to call attention to the fact that his hoamirs here become extinct, while the name of this Napoleonic duke dom disappears from, the Grund Livre Great Ledger) of France on the pages of which it has figured for more than a hundred years, as en- lowed with an annuity from the national Treasury amounting to :$50.000 a year.

COMMERCIAL:

CHINISTER TRADE RETIYALS

all leat

Ender the auspices of the China Tas Chinese guilia co Adsociation a meeting of those interested foreign exporter,

Government costs! in the tes trade was held at Shanghai on December 10th, when Mr. B. Apicul on sal, lent ben esplet Macray presided over a fair-sized attend

"(4) Thas all those interested in, Chizin ance, supported by Messrs. Fat White, Ten be asked to join the Association, W. P. Lambe. . . Wilson and W. She of the. 5 per annum which will en

sitle them to vote at any meeting of King, committee.

members

** (8) That the commities (be fucreased

presentatives frem American, Central Asian, Russian, Chinese, and Indian

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INTIMATIONS

The Chairman, addressing the meeting. said Gentlemen,-In January, 1907, a few British tea merchants mot together five to ten by the salition of res in London and horum the China Tea dociation, electing a small cornmittee interesta.

The proposals, seqnded by Mr. Ed and stad from their number and suggesting" to Shanghai and Foochow to disuse the White, were carried maniriously and the 6.50 matter and also each appoint a committee.ollowing genturen elected to the some

This irns, carrival dut" at both parts au by means of funds raised in China with When the first Napoleon bestowed

the ten guilds and the titles of Duke and Frice of contributions from Wagrain, upen bis favourite and most later on from the Customs, a good deal famous Genera?. Alexandre de. Berot work was done in. Fodland towards tbter, scion of Versailles bouse that'

muttès :--ME, N, T. Saunders for America 317. W. E. Ulazef, Romla, and Mr. A. Majid, India. The question of appoint. ing representative of Central Asia and

„A vole of shanks to the chairman Bon chided the meeting

JAPAN COTTON "PROFITS.

bad been ennobled in 1768, he like-advertising and pushing Chins black tes wise dowered him with the annuity for a few yours with, I think I may say. of $30,000 a year, the annuity to be an increased lemand for the better drink." restricted. Fike the titles, to the heirsing kinds. Then unfortunately find of the General, in the male line dropped off and the Customs ceased their According to reports given out by the direct, in order of primogenitures annual paynient this about the time offdapan Cotton Company at a shareholders! | Neither the titles nor the annuity the 1011 Revolution so that in a short extend to the women of the house.

The late Tuke, who had inheri-while siter this date our energies were a colossal force from his mother, perforce greatly weakened and eventually

the former Bertha Rothschild of

unmanied. Heye cate to the end of our tether. Then

Frankfort, wi

9.500

11 p.

11.30 paši. and 11.65 p.m.

6:00 p.m. to 7.00pm. 7.00pm, bo 8:00pa

NIGHT CARD is an Wook Days. SATURDAYS EXTRA CARS.

1.50 p.m. and 11 midnight. Company made good pravit during the past meeting held on Nov. 2nd in Tokyo the

SPECIAL CARS by arranguinend að tibe

Dear Road Centralay fiscal year. The total profit amounts to Company's Office LANDRY FEILINGS, 4,000,000 Yen, which enables the Comedod and punch dekabr stafable for pay to declare a dividend of 80 per cent, all ears nos randy pfall ronning at the Extensive purchase of cotton is still going leated.in.she Company's thoai ba bằom, on by Japanese collectors in cotton pro but not for special cars, dus be, chestand, on application as the Company's Office. dreing districts in Central Chins.

No Son ticked will be futand rutii -paymens therefor has been made in Bank

•Nopen or by Oboʻyta or Compradors' order representing Hans: Bom d

BORNEO PARA COY."

feares two sisters, one of whom is the widow of the late Prince de la Tour d'Autergne-Laurogais (whore title is a Papul one), while, the other sister is the wife of Prince Jacques de Broglie. These two sisters, and an aunt, a sister of the late Duke father and widow of Count Guy de Turenne, are the only surviving descendants of the bero of the great French victory of Wagram, in the first decade of the last century.

They all have in their veins the of most of the consuming markets and for blood of the Bavaria sovereign house this pure all shortly ask you to acceptance of the suggestion of the of Wittelstruch, for the first Napo-elect new members representing America, leon secured for his favourite General Russia. Central Asia and Chira, "...

came on the great war and its restrictions and prohibitions as regards China sens Now that peace is on the eve, I trust. of being an accomplished fact, we have thought it would be a good cling to try and resuscitate the Association and at the The output of dry rubber from the same time strengther it bringing initial Borneo Fora Robbe company pro perty in the past financial year was other than only British members, and is 27,877 H. against an estimate of 200,000 fact making the Association internation (reduced to 21.300 b). The esti al, so that we may have representatives mate for the current year, is 206,000 lbs.

a royal bride, in the person of Duchess Maria of Bavaris, of that dugal brunch of the house to which the late Empress of Austria" belonged.

BRAINY CRIPPLES WANTED.

The reduction in output is sessioned by

Rabber Grovers Association in argard

to the limitation of outputs. The ver

Like all propositions of, th's kid money lage price obtained for the rubber actually is our Art essential nord we shall need weld was 15.11d per lb. and the all- good and sm to make our wack in das, exclusive of depreciation, deben- effective. Our prisent idea of raisingre interest and income tax, was In tuds, to which shall ask your agreed. per . The eum standing as the ment, is that all shippers should pay aug credit of pros and loss account, after five cand areous, per pical on their ship writing off £100 for depreciation, amounts meats, the teamen through the guilds, to £7 077, bat in view of the present. Üz- perhaps, Sve udarectis per picul on certainty of the rusher position, and their sales, and we propose to ask the taking into account the fact that the Chinese Government through the Custans | balance of, deseuture stork was to be Ser an allowance of one mare per piqredeemed on November 11, the director

A magazine with the avowed puro all test tem esported to foreign edu do not recommend a dividend, as hey pose of interesting the public in the reconstruction of disabled soldiers and sailors is edited is the office of Surgeon Generel Wiliam C. Gorgau Colonel Roosevels and Charles M Schwab were contributors to the August number. Both urged the necessity of viewing the matter from "the same stardpoint that a man's real worth is measured by his brains and not by his possession of a full complement of legs and arms. Mr Schwab makes the striking statement That it's the "duty of the business

tries. Should we fail-in this direction, consider that the company's financial re- and the Chinese foveram ut not fall in sources should be conserved by carrying with this proposat-l-mufraid' bur atheme foward the whole of this eum, unbject, will fall to the grand.

to directors fees and bonus to the staff Contributions to be paid into the C-in terms of agreements, T. 1. and Ruch fands to be at the dis. cretion of the committee for disburses

ent: the general ides beir to spend this money ou wvertising, etc., China tras in those directions (or countries) in which contributors are interested.

The chairman then proposed

(1) That this meeting approves of the

nen of America to take these men suggestion that funds be anised for the

at their intrinsic value; to employ them, not from a sense of duty, but. yose a trained man who has been right to think is a valuable set.

From the moment the disabled. American soldier goes out from,

der the influence of the anesthe ric he is, constantly reminded that his future is whatever he is willing to make it corps of ** cheer up men, themselves crippless of various kinds, has been organized ut the base Jospitals in France, on hospital trans- ports, and in the reconstruction wards in the United States. Through their efforts, example and precept the in jured inan is from the first stimulated to use is brains in his own behalf The education of his family and rela tives is an important fuckor. They must discard muudlin, pity for real helpfulness. They must make the soldier feel that his family, friends und community expect him to prove himself a real hero, by continuing to play a man's part in life, to matter how great his handicap.

1814

The Raub Gold Mines output for the

four weeks ended November 30, was m Bukit Roman: Stone crushed 6,070 tons, gold, obtained 018 ozs., average per tou 3,018 dets. Bakit Malacca Stove ernah- ed 2.954 tons, goll obtained 294 oze, average 1.99.dwis.

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