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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919)

UNION INSURANCE `SOCIETY OF CANTON.

'CAPITAL TO BE STERLINGIZED

AND INCREASED..

IN A RUSSIAN PRISON.

THE CHINA MAIL.

EXPERT VIEWS FUTURE OF DYE TRADE.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The China Mail" regrets that to the Chinese and their desire for a a remark by Mr. Warren with regard Race Club was misreported.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS,

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PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

THE Undersigned have received in SrRENE COORT, to

structions from the RRSTRAR: sell by Public Austion 1

February 15, 1919, at 12 o'clock boon, SATURDAY,

as thotr Salen" Ecama, No. 8, Des Vieux Road, Corner of

Lee Howard StroOT

A Laxos QUANTITY OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER'S

SAMPLES.

Team Chaah.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers to the Severnimmt h Hangkang, February 15, 1919,

such sterling equivalent and the sphe fired at all, as after his death a final peace pact has been signed, Mr. Helena May Institute on Tuesday THE Undersigned have repaired fistyne-

next. A los vidend will be decferent out of the undistibute profits of the Company dete, the amount of the wall and payable in

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soldier was seen to remove his small autcmatic pistol from his pocket, and he had no other weapon on him.

It will be some years, moreover,

Mother's Union will be held at the The monthly meeting of the

the 18th at 5 p.m. and will be con- ducted by the Rev. A. T. Woodman Dowding of St. Andrews, Kowloon

Lieut-Colonel E. W. Comynt,

R.GA. in the early stages of the war of the Hongkong Sgapore Battalion, before he went on active service, has Guerre by the French President. been decorated with the Croix de

On Friday, August 30, the British Consul, with a naval officer, was ard. Mr. Edwin E Lane, Oriental rested in the street. It was expected Manager for the National Aniline that they would be liberated on the and Chemical Co. of New York has We are informed the the Director following day. Consequently many made the following statement regard of the Union Insurance Society of of the officials remained at the Eming his views of the dye trade in R.G.A., who served in Hongkong and Major C. L. Hekling. D.SO., Canton. Lid, have resolved to sub-bassy rather later than usual in hopes future. Mr. Lane is of opinion that the Straits with the Hongkong mit proposal to shareholers at an of welcoming Mr. Woodhouse back instead of Germany shipping out Singapore Artillery, just prior to the carly, stats for the purpose of con-At a little after five o'clock the whole dyes, her clothiers will have to buy war, has received the French Croix verting the existing silver capital of building was surrounded by sailors outside until such time as the great de Guerre. the supany into sterthy, and for and Red Guards, and the guns of chemical works can be reconverted increasing the capital so converted two destroyers were trained on to to works of peace from works of war. to the sun of 2,000,000 divide the front of the house, and machine

Lient-Colonel R. K. Harvey. As for the United States being 1/5th East Surrey Regt, now com into 200,000 shares of £10 ouch,..

guns mounted in the streets. With able to dump any great amount of manding at Garr. Battalion Man If the proposals are approved, ench out any sort of warning, or present dyes here that is utterly our of the chester Regt. has been mentioned " hareholder will receive five sharing any credentials, about twenty questions she cannot yet supply for services rendered in connection of the tourial value of £10 each in rough-looking men, rushed into the more than 20 per cent of the South with the war in India. exchange for each slver share held. Embassy, armed to the teeth and American trade and has had to ship Such 41 shares will he issued crebrandishing revolvers. They demand considerable quantities to France to Eited as paid, up in respect of the ed instar surrender, and searched relieve the shortage that exists not Portuguese lady who came back with Anna d'Almeida, the banished sterling equivalent of $100 (the for and confiscated everyone's papers, only there but throughout

mount paid up on the existing silver No one will ever know, probably, the Southern Europe, even Switzerland of Macao, did not find this helped her. alla letter said to be from the Governor shares) at the T.I. mate on the death, but presumably, finding him-demand after specializing on the to-day sent to jail for nine months.

true circumstances, of Capt. Cromia's being unable to cope, with the She had been warned before, and was the resolutions are confirmer and the conversa offected, and a call self surrounded by ruffians, be sold demands of that region all' during will simultaneously be made of the his life as dearly as possible, though the war. difference between the amount of it is an open question as to whether:

As to German competition after the of 44 so that the 619 shares may

Lane is not at all sanguine, pointing stami with the sum of £4 credited

out, however, that China will be the as paid up thereon. Such tall wil

fiercest battleground of the dye be payable on the day after the nest in the Chancellery we were marched making her needs, the Swiss industry. After everyone had been collected makers of the world, Britain is now Anal Teneral Meeting, which will be held towards the end of Muoff under escort to the police' head-I is growing. France is awake to her D.S.O., R.G.A., who was commander to examination; excitable little Jews ready has the largest aniline oil quarters, and there again subjected needs, while the United States al asked us all sorts of extraordinary works in the world. questions, from which we were able to gather that they had expected before the hatred of the German dies armel resistance, and to find Russian down sufficiently to enable him to -An additional 16,000 shares of £10 officers in, the Embassy for a secret sell other than the most necessary each out of the converted capital contence, and in order to support goods in the Allied countries, so that will also be issued and offered to this theory they arrested any Russian China will be about the only big shareholders in the proportion of officer or civilian who happened to field where racial sentiment is not one £10 share for each silver share pass anywhere in the vicinity of the against the use of German goods. held at the price of £25 payable on Embassy. We were then drafted application of which £ is to be on into a fair sized room with a window United States will figure inter Mr. Lane is confident that the capital account and £21 on premium looking out on the courtyard. This nationally as a maker account: such new shares to partici-room was already crowded with

of dyes Government aid in the matter pate in all dividends declared after prisoners of every description-beds has been promised this and similar. the next Annual General Meeting there were, but each was occupied by industries which have been so great. pro rata with the then existing issued

a factor in winning the war through shares. The time for acceptance of

their manufacture of munitions. The.. such offer will be limited to the day

country is now and will be an in- after the next Annual General Meet-

creasingly great factor in the mana loss account including the sum of The balance at credit of profit and ing of the Company.

facture of nitric acid from the air, $78.216.39 brought forward from and it is on nitric acid that the whole 31st December, 1917, amounted to dyestuff industry is based. The great $251,045.30, and after deducting the United States plant at Mussel Shoals interim dividend amounting to is only an instance of what America | $60,000 paid in September, 1918, plans in the line of chemical work." Germany's position as a monopolist which the Directors recommend ap the sum of $191,045.30 remains of the color trade is gone forever, as portioning as follows: she formerly could depend upon get To pay a final dividend of ting the raw materials, such as the! light oils, crude anthracene and

$3.00 per share, on 20,- other bases, from countries like

000 shares... the United States where organic especially dyestuff was in its infancy when the

that war broke out. Now that these materials are being used in the where they can be handled with grear sering regue charges such as were paid by Germany for their carriage to that country, the Ger- mans will have to look elsewhere for

supply of coal for bases.

The necessary meetings to authorise what is proposed will be held during the month of April next so that the conversion may be effected by the end

of that month.

Legislative sanction will be sought for the proposed conversion prior to its coming into effect."

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HOME-GOERS.

at least two men. After prolonged standing about, those of us who were fortunate enough to have brought overcoats or mackintoshes lay down on the ground with a log of wood for a pillow.

was:

of

East, Lieut.-Colonel E G. L. Thur: An officer well known in the Far low, D.S.O., Somerset Light Infantry. who was last in Tientsin with his

Office billet, General Staff Officer, and the Balkans taken up a War regiment, has, after service in France

1st grade.

.HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED.

$60,000.00

14,021,04 700.00

-'(FOR 1000UNT. OF EER CONCMERD),

**

SATURDAY February 15, 1919, av 10.30 a.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corzor of Tee House Street,- Three Double Brass Bedatends with mattresses (now). Terms ---Coah.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, Hongkong, February 13, 1913.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF SER CONCERNED),

on

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TUESDAY, February 18, 1919, at 10.30 am, so The Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co.'s Premises, Kowloon.. a large quantity Flat, round,

and square Iron Bars. Terms: Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, Feb. 13, 1919. -

BEWARE OF COLDS.

To write off Buildings.... 22,526-00HILDREN are much more likely to To write off Furnitures To write off Steam Launch

and Fixtures'........ To transfer to General.

Reserve...

carry fo

Many local residents have had their plans upset during the last twenty four hours. They are those an elderly man with grey curly countries which produce them and To carry forward to New

On the evening of the second day of our arrest, as it was Sunday, I sug. gested saying part of the Church Service, which was welcomed by all, the Russians standing round with evident appreciation. When I had finished I sent a message to the com- mandant asking permission to go upstairs to the rooms where the Consul and some of his assistants were confined and conduct a similar service. The only answer I received chemistry,

"This is not a time for praying, but shooting."

Our room was presided over by

who were contemplating going home hair, who was usually dressed in a pair within the next few weeks. They of trousers and a sháre open at the had booked their passages home on neck. He was very voluble, expound ships advertised to sail soon. These ed the daily routine, took orders for ships, well-known in the Colony, fish and cigarettes, and liked to be have now been taken by the Ad-called the Professor. He had been a miralty and are to be used in taking prisoner for some time for somej Other nations which are large back to the Fatherland the Germans offence in speculation, but seemed to users of coal for metallurgical, pur- from Shanghai, We are officially have acquired a considerable amount poses also are engaging in dyestuff assured that passages are being of latitude in his movements. manufacture and the probability now arranged for those who have had Whether genuinely friendly, towards is that Germany will never obtain their plans thus upset on other boats us, or whether it was a role he was anything like such a hold on the ao that little trouble will be caused playing, it was difficult to say, but market as she held before the war. by the change.

he seemed sorry to part with us Certain of her patents such as when we received orders to form up those for "artificial indigo will in the courtyard and were marched enable her to control the market in off to the Fortress of St. Peter and that and other chemicals, but patents St. Paul. It was a curious sensation run out and there is always the walking through the familiar streets chance that some cheaper and better under escort. Occasionally one-re-method will be invented. Therefore cognized a friend, with horror stricken Chinese merchants have little to fear about a half mile from the University face, on the pavement. "But it was from German dumping ner the other at West Point. The discovery, which a considerable shock to most of us; nations from her competition in was at about 11.30 o'clock, was maden arriving at our destination, to be dyestuffs at least.

EUROPEAN'S BODY FOUND.

The body of a European was found this morning, floating in the harbour

led past cells from which through

by the coxswain of one of Lane Craw-small traps in the doors there looked

ford's launches. The harbour officials

FOOTBALL.

2ad DIVISION, H.K. LEAGUE. To-morrow on the Club ground at 4 pm. 88th Co. R.G.A. v. 87th Co. R.G.A. Referee, Corp Townsend, R.E."

out at us half-starved prisoners; the

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were notified and the body was recorridors literally steamed with con- the report of a rifle, and one would -covered soon afterwards.

densation, and the stench was indes hear the next morning that so-and-so cribable.

in a neighbouring. cell" had been We expected to be lodged in a shot. room similar to the one we had left, After we had been there about a but we found ourselves drafted into week, we were aroused one morning cells similar to those we had passed, at 3 o'clock. We were ordered to herded together with Russians of every pack up our belongings and form.up description. These are intended for in the corridor. All sorts of specula- one man, and contain an iron bedstead tions were rife as to our destination.) bolted the floor and wall, a table The sanguine spoke of liberation, but similarly fixed, and a basin with a the word "Kronstadt" was whisper- cold water tap. Next to this each ed, and our hearts sank. Three barge- cell is fitted with a latrine. The cells loads bound for that goal had recently are 21 feet by 12, and, about 94 feet been sunk in the Gulf of Finland, and high. For the first week or ten days twenty seven bodies bound together In Calcutta recently, a patrol of our cell contained seventeen. We lay in twas and threes had been washed Customs Preventive officers made a along the floor and packed in as best up at Lachta. smart haul, of opium and arrested a we could. A young officer, lay ext However, after, forming up outside, Chinaman who gave his name as to me: he seldom spoke or rose from the Russians were told to proceed Ahow. It appears that about half aa recumbent position, and at nightfall and the British prisoners to return to .dozen Chinamen, carrying fresh would pick over the remainder of my cells. Thus we were for the rest of bazaar stuff, hailed a dinghee to carry evening meal, which at that time the time together, about ten in each them on board a Chinese steamer consisted of salted herrings, and compartment; but British only, no lying in the stream. An altercation fragments of dried bread and cheese. Russians. took place regarding the fare and The Dutch

OPIUM IN DUCKS' EGGS,

:

Was

contract the contagious diseases when they have colds. Why piax.cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and coasump Hon are diseases that are often contrastad when the child has a cold. That is why 50,000.00 all medical authorities my beware of colds. For the quick cure of colds you 42.300 06 will fad nothing better than Chamber- dependedagede, It can always be

$191,043.30 to take. For sale by All Chemists, and

Storekeepers.

TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENT.

WISEMAN, LTD.

To celebrate the opening of our new and spacious Dancing Room

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DINNER DANCES

will be held on

MONDAY, 17th February

and

FRIDAY, 21st February. ・・

DINNER DANCE

$1.00

$1.00

FULL STRING ORCHESTRA.

TEA DANCE

on Wednesday, 19th February. Tickets for Dance 50 centi,

THEATRE

Manager: I M GOODALL,

ROYAL"

GRAND VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT

In aid of the Ministering League Funds (VICTORIA BRANCE.)

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF

His Excellency Major-General Ventris, Sir William and Lady Rees Davies, Commodore and Mrs. Garner.

Embassy organized Life. then became more tolerable. Customs Officers who were on patrol parcels of food which were brought The arrival of food parcels twice a duty came along and noticed that a twice a week by her Excellency, Mrs: week proved a welcome excitement, basket of eggs which one of the men Ondenyll, herself; previous to that we and a few of us were told off each was carrying seemed to be too heavy had been dependent on thin fish soup time to assist in bringing them up forits ostensiblecontents. The officers which was not sufficiently warm to an rom the car. Even the examina His Excellency tha Oncer Administering the Government, then examined the basket and on ta- nihilate the living worms which weretion of cur various packages by the king up the eggs they found that each bred in the fish. A few old-stagers Nachaluick of the Guards egg was about 4 times its natural had acquired wooden spoons, but as waived, after a time, and we were weight. On questioning the China- newcomers we were unprovided with able to open them when received in men as to the cause, the man said luxuries and were glad to ladle out the cell. In this way books and that the eggs were about to be the nauseous mixture with the aid writing materials arrived, which hatched and that they were being of a borrowed sardine tin. Disturb make an enormous difference, but, taken on board for that purpose, as arces at night were at first very with the exception of occasional the steamer was leaving port. One disconcerting. In the early hours of admission to the corridor while the of the officers then broke one of the the morning, when weariness had doors were opened, we were kept in eggs and found its contents to be baffied the snoring of our companions, close confinement. At such times opium. The Chinaman was at once we would be roused by unlocking of the guards never quite overcame arrested, and all the eggs were ex doors or the names of other occu- their astonishment when the British amined and found to contain opium. pants being called out. Sometimes prisoners played leapfrog, and were, It subsequently transpired that the the guards would stop at a cell near on the whole: very indulgent to al eggs numbering 210, had been blown by, the bolt would be shot back and a good deal of noise, and the guards and by means of a small glass tube single prisoner led" forth. Then in provided from the Simonsky Regi liquid opium substituted, the holes about ten minutes the silence would ment, when their turn came to look being covered over with soft lime. be broken outside our window by after us, were always friendly.

Saturday, 22nd February, at 9.15 pm,

Prices: Dress Cirate and Oral Stalls, $3,00

Stails

"Pft and Gallery.

$2.00% $1.00

Booking at MOUTRIE'S.

NOTICES.

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of tempting richness in he syrup affording the touch goodness which crowns the fea

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