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S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

SCOTCH

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19гa, 1913.

co-partnership schemes where the workers details of trading, whether private, muni- TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

have a direct share in the management as in the profits and are represented among the directors. The duration of the schomes is shown to have varied from one year to

forty-one, the average duration being about eight years. More than a third of the total come to an end before the fourth year and more than half before the seventh year of the experiment. The causes operating to bring the experiments to a close are classified in the Report, and the conclusion is drawn that in 92 out of 155 cases the discontinu ance of profit-sharing was due to various circumstances, vone of which can well be attributed to the operation of the system. The number of cases in which profit-sharing was abandoned on the ground that the system had failed in producing the results hoped for is shown to be 68, or about two- fifths of the whole. A large number of failures seem to have occurred in the various For Case Fer attempts made to give the worker a share of 1 Dox. Bot. of the profits. Gas companios account for À—THORNE'3 BLEND... ...817.80 $1.50 33 out of the 188 oxisting schemes, but it would be probably unsafe, the Report states, 18.25 1.55 to deduce from their experience any general principles applicable to commercial unders The 133 19,50 1.65 takings of an ordinary character.

businessce now being worked on the profit- sharing principle employ 106,189, wirich represents but a very small percontage of the labour employed in the Kingdom, us may be gathered from the fact that in the 650 strikes which occurred in the first mine

WHISKY.

B.-WATSON'S GLENORCHY, Choice Mellow Blend C.-WATSON'S ABERLOUR

GLENLIVET (Peat Whisky) THORNER OLD VAT, No. 4, as supplied to the House of Commons E-WATSON'S VERY OLD

21.00 1.80

22.50 1.90

LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY "KILTY" LIQUEUR WHISKY,

Great Ago, Very Fine 38.00 3.25

OTHER WELL-KNOWN BRANDS SUPPLIED TO OEDER

cipal or national, which in the ordinary way be cannot appreciate, would tend to give a country immunity front trade disputes. While the statistics go to show that

increased attention has been paid to this

solution of the strike problem in Grent Britain in recent years, it is shown to be as yet a comparatively unimportant factor in the general situation, and the large propor- |tion of failures docs not serve to encourage any sudden extension of the system, sound though the principle undoubtedly is in theory. Mr. Asquith last year-aunounced his intention to introduce legislation on the Iabour unrest in the Parliamentary Session of 1913. No mention, however, was made of this in the Kixo's Speech, perhaps because it is a thorny subject which any Government would prefer to have alone until urgency is plainly demonstrated. In any event Legislation could only contemplate the solution of the strike trouble by increasing the conciliation powers now pos. sessed by the Board of Trade.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE BALKAN WAR.

THE ADVENTUROUS HAMIDIEH.". It is reported from Vienna that a Bri- tish naval officer in the Turkish service is responsible for the raid of the Hanti- dick in the Adriatic.

A messago from Alexandria reports that the Hamidich sailed northward.

POWERS AND PEACE, The Powers in their reply to the Allies agree to mediate They propose that tho froutier should end at Midia instead of Rodest and Midia, and they refuse to entertain tile idea of an indenuity. They state that the question of the Aegean Islands and Albania are in the hands of

the Powers.

A RUMOUR DENIED,

[IHROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE CHINA LOAN.

LONDON, March 18th. Replying in the House of Commons to Sir J. D. Rees, Mr. Acland said the Loan to China would be made on certain specific objects, not including assistance for Chi- nese fortes threatening Tibet.

THE STATUS OF TIBET.

LONDON, March 18th, In the House of Commons Sir J. D. Rees asked whether under the Treaty of Lhassa Tibet was Tree to enter into in dependent engagranonts with Mongolia, and whether the Imperial Government ro cognised any change in the status of Mongolia's relations with China.

(TRLOVOH ABUtrr's «gumox.)

ST. PATRICKS DAY CELEBRATIONS.

STRIKING WAITERS.

LONDON, March 18th. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated on Monday with the customary display of shamrocks, the presentation of Queen Alexandra's Shamrocks to the Irish Guards, and processions and bariquets in Ireland.

Mr. W. Redmond, at a banquet in the Hotel Cecil, announced the gift of $10,000 from America. Eo quoted the speech of Mr. Bryan at Now York that humanity owed a debt to Ireland for

ending hereditary rule in the British Enipice.

As the banget was beginning the

Mr. Acland, Under Secretary of State, A message from Athens states that replied that there was nothing in the the rumours of Græco-Servian and Greco Treaty to preclude Tibet from entering kitchen stafi, responding to the cry of

The steaner Cleveland left Hongkong Turkish ententes are semi-officially denied. yesterday for the South.

A Siberian all arrived yesterday without previous notification.

Lady May and the Misses May are leaving for Homo by the Namur this

morning.

A batch of Chinese were prosecuted.

THE SIEGE OF SKUTARL

into independent engagements providing the terms of Article IX. wero not in-

Bown d'shes," struck work, but the management promptly conceded them

Ten thousand Servians with 40 guns fringed. His answer to the second pare their terms, enabling the banquet to cou-

arrived at Skutari and combined with the Montenegrins in resuming the bombard-

ment on Saturday.

GREEK SUCCESSES.

A message from Athens reports that the

of the question was in the negative.

BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES.

LONDON, March 18th. Colonel Seely in a memorandum on the

tinue.

The Union of Restaurant and Hotel Workers bas recently organised sixteen successful strikes in London by similar

months of last year so fewer than 1,386,970 | before Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy Greeka defeated the Turks and occupier Army Estimates issued on Monday after tactics with the object of removing

employees were involved. Detailed abies ore given in the Report under notice show. ing the proportionate addition to wages by the profit-sharing bonus. The total number of participants in the various schemes rose from 11,816 in 1901 to 51,443 'in 1911, and

Our Celebrated E very old Liqueur Scotch Whisky is a tho avorage ratio of bonus varied from 4.5 blend of the best Pot Distilled per caut, in 1908 to 7.1 in 1906, the average Scotch Whiskies. It is of for the 10 years being 5.5. The schames show great age, very fine, and great diversity as regards the form of the mellow. Its superior quality bonus. In about three-fifths of the schemes has established its reputation it is paid in cash; in others it is partly as THE LEADING SCOTCH | paid in cash and the remainder paid to a provident fund. A more common type of WHISKY IN THE EAST.

the newer schemes (especially the gasworks schemes) is that in which the bonus is retained for investment in the business.

4. 5. WATSON & CO.. The Report gives a detailed account of

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

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yesterday for using trucks with defective brakes.

By the papsizing of a junk (which was afterwards righted) during e, squall near Tai O a three year old girl was drowned on Sunday,

We are asked by the German Pastor to mention that Rev. F. Ziegler's lecture on Yunnan will take place at 9 pim. instead of 8.30 this evening in the German Chapel,

Argyro Castro and enthusiastic demon-roon says that four aviation squadrons have been formed with 128 trained flyers. strations on the part of the inhabitanis,

It is reported from Athens that the The fifth and sixth squadrons will be raised in 1913-14 towards the total of eight Greeks occupied Klissura after a severe fight, losing 13 killed and 40 wounded. quadrons recommended for the expedi The Turkish casualties were heavy,

A POLITICAL TANGLE.

THE QUESTION OF MILITARY SERVICE.

LONDON, March 18th.

tionary force. He dwelt on is difficulty of obtaining an adequate supply of acroplanes and also skilled mechanics.

Referring to the Territorials, Colonel Seely states that they show a decrease of

grievances under the Shop Hours Act.

Shamrocks were sent down be wre hole to two Irish miners who have been entombed for five days in a Booded mains in Cumberland.

PREMIER AND TRADE UNIONISTS.

LONDON, March 18th.

Mr. Asquith, replying to a deputation from the Trade Union Congress, declined to commit the Government to tho prin-

The Kendal bye-election is a bewilder.97 officers and 10,659 men, solely due to

The latest development is the numbers joining in 1908 whose engage-ciple of nationalisation of mines and

An armed robbery was reported from Lycemun yesterday morning, three mening affair. with revolvers holding up the inmates of a stonegutter's house and making with clothing and other articles to the value of $40.

households), showing an increase of over 11,000 as compared with the previous

including Chinese) is given as 8,205. year. The number of foreign residents

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Aliated Hospitals bega to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitale :--

W. Powell & Co. Thoresen & Co. W. N.

$15

10

6.

The induction of the Rev. D. B.

that Colonel Weston, who has been hailed as fighting for the National Service, has repudiated a message from Lord Roberts, saying that his own scheme was much humbler than Lord Roberts' scheme and falls considerably short of the aspirations of the National Service League. The

Mr. Somervill, the Liberal candidate, in & fual appeal to the constituency: says "The country regards this election as turning on the vital question of com-" pulsory military service advocated by Colonel Weston.

THE CANADIAN NAVAL BILL

LONDON, March 18th.

ments have expired. There is evary in dication that recruiting would be well maintained.

THE TEA MARKET.

LONDON, March 18th. Discussing the prospects of the tea mar- ket, the Times says the conclusion is war- ranted that the popularity of tea as a beverage, the trade inquiry for it, and the ability of customers to pay for it are steadily growing in various directions. While India, Ceylon and Java are pro

and ducing and selling more China's sales have receded nearly £12,000,000 thịs season, and Japan's ex- ports are not expanding. The article conclades that in spite of a relapse since February the many producers in India and Ceylon may confidently be said to be hopeful, because their tea is almost every- where recognised as the best.

schemes of various types. These include A censue of the population of Yck the well-known system of participation in hama shows that at the end of last year profits in force with the firm of Messrs.it numbered 455,212 (representing 89,931 Levas, the soap manufacturers; a system in which the right to participate in profite

confusion is thus worse than ever. 22

is made contingent upon the employee's investing money, taking the form of a rate of interest on the deposits varying with the, profits of the business, such as has been introduced into the woollon manufacturing business of Messrs. For BROTHERS & Co., Wellington; and the system under which 2,789 employees of Sir W. G, ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH & Co., of Newcastle and Man- chester, beld $241,481 on deposit in the business of the Company in December last at an interest of 4 per cent, plus an average bonus of 2.6 per cent, the deposits being deductions. of not less than 1a. and not more than 1 of each man's weekly wage. Still another type of scheme is that in which the employees hold shares, while under the Limital Partnerships Act, 1907, a body of could perform and he hoped before longeuld not be ready for four years He employees can acquire an interest in a the people would see their way to provide business, but with no rights of interference if not a chorical worker at any rate a lay points out that trained workinen could not be obtained in Canada, and it would in the management Under one scheme of worker to assist the new chaplain in his this description the agreement provide that strenuous dual task.

be most difficult to know what plant to after paying salaries to the general partners,

lay down owing to the possible introduc official. depreciation, and interest on capital at 5 per

tion of internal combustion engines which He cent., the remaining profit shall go to form

might revolutionise construction. mentions the shipbuilding experiments of s profit-sharing fund, until la, in the pound

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DEATH.

MILNE. On March 14, at the Isolation Hospital, Shanghai, JURN MILNE, China Merchants Steam Navigation Co., aged 53 years. Hongkong Ormos::10s, Den Varz Roan C. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FL Bramer, B.C,

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 19TH, 1913.

Reynolds as chaplain took place at St. Peter's Church last night. The service was conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon Barnett and his Lordship Bishop Lander administered the caths and the charges

The correspondence between Mr. Churchill and Mr. Borden has been issued. Mr. Churchill sums up the matter by saying that it would be wholly unwise

At the close of his address Bishop Lander for Canada to attempt to build battle remarked that the work of the chaplain ships at present. The cost of the plan at St. Peter's was more than one man

THE PARSEE SUIT.-

alone would be £50,000,000. Canada

quiring great assistance

shall have been paid on wages, and after Gompertz in the action brought by B.. U. Japan and Spain, both countries still re- that a reserve fund. Another form of praft-sharing is that under which the em ployees may acquire a share in the capital by investing in shares, to be held by trustees on behalf of the workpeople, of a stated proportion of the bonuses payable under the scheme.

We have heard so much in recent years about profit-sharing and co-partnership as a eure for the labour unrest which is coa

With regard to the question atantly disturbing the industrial world that special interest attaches to a report recently generally of a share in the control of the issued by the Labour Department of the business as well as in the profits, the Report Board of Trade relating to Profit Sharing states that as a rale (but with apme in and Co-partnership in the United Kingdom portant exceptions) the shares owned by It deals with 133 schemes now known to be employees give them the ordinary voting in operation, these being the survivors of powers, and as time goes on end their 299 profit-sharing arrangements started in holdings increase their voting strength the United Kingdom up to the present year. should in due course be augmented. At Eighty-one schemes have been started since present the proportion of the total number 1900. The report adopts the definition of of votes belonging to the employees reaches profit-sharing formulated by the Interna- or exceeds & per cent. in only a few cases, tional Co-operative Congress of 1897 and is in nearly all cases a quite insigni- namely, that it involves an agreement ficant percentage. The employers are re- between an employer and his workpeople presented on the board of directors in nine under which the latest receive, in addition schemes. There exist, however, under a to their wages, a share, fixed beforehand, very large number of ashemes joint com= in the profts of the undertaking. Profit-mittees representing employers and employed sharing thus does not include cases where a with functions of a consultative nature. grant or bonus is made at the discretion of The public are left to draw their own the employer and not upon any prearranged deductions from the valuable information basia. Labour co-partnership is an exten- the Report affords on the schemes now in sion of profit-sharing, enabling the worker existence. It is obvious that a wide exten- to accumulate his share of profit in the sion of the co-partnership systent, whereby capital of the business, so that he gains the the workman, in addition to obtaining a rights and responsibilities of a shareholder financial interest above his weekly wago, A still further stage is found in some obtains an insight into the multifarious

Judgment was delivered yesterday in the Supreme Court by Mr. Justics Talati against M. P. Talati for the can- cellation and delivery of an agreement made between the two parties. It was alleged by the plaintiff that defendant and he entered into an agreement, whereby the defendant agreed to assign to the plaintiff 140 permits to import opium into China, for a period terminating in permits were withdrawn shortly after the 1016.. According to the plaintiff the signing of the agreement, and that the fact that aash withdrawal was possible was not inade known to the plaintiff.

The defence was that the plaintiff kept on with the agreement, taking his chance whether the withdrawal would be con- tinued or not."

more

AN AUSTRALIAN TRADE DISPUTE.

LONDON, March 18th

A message from Sydney states that 4,000 South Coast colliers have struck work, alleging victimisation of a union

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

LONDON, March 18th. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

railways, with regard to the value of

which he was not convinced.

THE MAGISTRACY.

Nine men charged by Inspector Gourlay with smoking opium in a house at Shau- kiwan were fined $5 each or in default fourteen days.

A fine of $10 was imposed upon a mar- ket stallkeeper for using defective scales.

Inspector Withers, who prosecuted, said

that defendant had three scales two of which wore faulty.

A. Chinese charged with causing an ob- struction in the street at West Point said that be rented the place. His Worship exclaimed, "What, the street?” DefenTM dant then explained that he rented a doorway. Mr. Hazeland imposed a fine of $3,

Detective Brown prosecuted a Chinese ** with the larceny of clothing from a house at Yaumati and mentioned that there

had been a series of larcenies in that locality. Defendent was committed to prison for one month and ordered to be exposed in the stocks for four hours.

Antonio Francisco dos Remedios, a clerk, in the employ of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., was charged before Mr. Melbourne with stealing press-copied ~~ business letters belonging to Henry Cruz on February 11th. A remand for a week was ordered, bail being allowed in the sum of $500.

Sentence of one month's imprisonment The Prince of Wales left for Germany and to be exposed in the stocks for four on Monday evening.

A RUBBER DEMONSTRATION.

LONDON, March 18th. A demonstration of curing raw rubber with vapour has been carried oun at Kuala Lumpur in the presence of the

States, the Director of Agriculture, and Britain. Chief, Secretary of the Federated Malay

two hours.

STORMS AT HOME,

LONDON, March 18th.

hours was passed upon a Chinese who was found guilty by Mr. Hazeland of stealing, & quantity of brass from the cableship Recorder.

discovered Defendant was lowering a bag containing the brass over Tho A pale has raged on the coasts of Great | the side of the ship into a sampan.

There is deep snow in many third officer expressed the conviction that the defendant was the "lamb" in the many planters. The process occupied places, and telephones and telegraphs ar0.

case, and that others were implicated. affected.

Fourteen men were charged with gambling at 55. Centre Street, two of the number being charged as keepers, Mr. Shenton, who appeared for the first twe defendants, said all the men pleader. guilty to gambling. The men were risha coolies and went into the house to keep out of the wet and commenced gambling. The charge of keeping was withdrawn against the first two, and a fine of 82 each was imposed on all.

THE SCOTT EXPEDITION.“

LONDON, March 18th, The Royal Geographical Society has His Lordship entered judgment in awarded Lady Scott the casket containing favour of defendant.

TROUBLE AT KEWKIANG,

BRITISH SAILORS LANDED.

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the medals presented to her husband, and also awarded the Patrons' medal to Scott's comrade, Dr. Wilson.

THE LIVINGSTONE CENTENARY,

LONDON, March 18th. Lord Curzon, presiding at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on the occasion of the David Livingstone Cen- tenary, eloquently eulogised the dead ex-

The sanitary conditions of the Russian te hongs are appalling, says a dispatch from Kewkiang, and on discovering some had cases of typhoid the Council decided to fumigate the hong, When Mr. Pritchard, the Chief of Police, and his staff tried to enter the building they were with eries of Kill the foreign grosted

and brieks, stones and chloride of lime were seized and thrown at them.

Sailors were lauded from H. M. S nollark, and they arrested the ring- leader and his accomplices, who were sentenced to two months' hard labour. The disturbance created great excitement described Livingstone as the pioneer of

the Cape to Cairo ideal, throughout the whole city.

plorer.

Mr. Harry Johnstone in a lecture

MAGISTRATES, AND HOME SECRETARY. ·

LONDON, March 18th.

The correspondence between the Rich mond Magistrates and Mr. McKenna hus been published. The former protested against the release from prison of Miss Lenton, the Buffragette, who afterwards disappeared. Mr. McKenna replied that it was his paramount duty to save life.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.

LONDON, March 18th. The international association football match between England and Wales, played at Bristol on Monday, resulted in a victory for the former by four goals to

three.

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NORTH-GERMAN LLOYD EARNINGS FOR 1912.

The annual report of the North-German Lloyd Company for WIt shows that the gross earnings in that year amounted to 51,750,000 marks (£9,587,000), being an increase of 10,259,000 marks (£2512,500) ng compared with the gross earnings of 1811

The directors recommend a dividend as the rate of 7 per cent.