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NOTICES OF FIRMS

NOTICE,

MDay been appointed Secretary of the R. EDWARD DES VEUX has This

HONGKONG CLUB..

J. W. C. BONNAR,

Chairman. Hongkong, 19th January, 1915,

NOTICE.

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THE EAST INDIA SEA AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,

ส

MALAYA'S CURRENCY.

PLEA FOR A 2/8 DOLLAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 1915.

INTERVIEW WITH THE KAISER.

The Emperor looked at me queerly, but evidently satisfied with my answer. He turned to Count Wedel, saying

"He

The following interesting article has CONFESSIONS OF A GERMAN SPY ready will do. Have the despatchos

appeared in the Malay Mail:-

XYE HAVE taken over the Agency of the It would be interesting to hear uch the German Secret Service Ho tells his

now prepared to grant policies of Insurance at the most favourable rates.

THE CHINA COMMERCIAL CO.,

3, Duddoll Street,

Hongkong, 18th January, 1916.

NOTICE.

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NATIONAL ASSURANCE CO. OF

IRELAND

Now orged in

THE YORKSHIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

▼WE HAVE This Day taken over the

Agency of the above Compay, formerly held by Messrs. REUTER, BROCKETMANN & Co., and all commanications in regard to the Agency should now be addressed to us.

"ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co., 14, De Vin Road. Hongkong, 9th January, 1915;

WANTED

WANTED.

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Y Two Young Gentlemen, Board and

opinion exists.

At once the Count hurried noiselessly into an adjoining room. The Kaiser, making one of his characteristic sudden movements, flung himself back into the chair, and, looking steadily at me, added— Besides the official despatches you will memorise these commands for the Captain of the warship Panther. He handed me note, which I did not immediately look at, for he continued Outside of Count mission. No one is to know that you are Wedel, no one is to know anything of your carrying a verbal message from me to the stand " Captain of the warship Panther. Under-

"Yes, sir."

Mr. Leggatt's plea for half and quarter

" ́AN`*' UNDERGROUND" STORY. cent pieces reminds us that a certain

The case of Armgaard Karl Grarea is number of people still think that it would well known in this country, for it was, in be to the general advantage of Malaya the city of Glasgow he was arrested for if the Indian (and Ceylon) currency was adopted here in toto. This would mean, spying at Rosyth. In his book that has in the first instance, the raising of the just been published ("The Secrets of the dollar from 2/4d to 2/8d. Leaving German War Office."? London: T the rupec alone for the moment, the ques-Werner Laurie, Ltd., 8, Esser Street, tion arises whether a 2/- dollar or 2/8d. dollar would be really best for Malays. Strand), Dr. Graves gives some remark able revelations of the inner workings of Points in favour of the 2/ dollar from the day he entered the spy schoo! in had given me, and begun to memorise its story with remarkable frankness, right up

Then opened the note that the Emperor would appear to bez-la

Berlin to the time ho left the service in contents. Amazement must have shown (7.)-The weath of this country is disgust and joined the British Secret on my face.

mainly derived from produce, Service, which he left after a limited Have you memorised it?" therefore the greater number of dollars obtainable for that pro- may not be one of the noblest of profes ho at ones, struck a match and hold it experience Whilst the calling of a spy Yea, sir" Taking the noto from me, duce the better easy to calculate (i.)—A 2/- dollar is easy to calculate, it is within of over and one who under the paper until it was reduced to

with is sterling

at is well in with his Government certainly ashes. Then making a curt gesture of dis- (12.)-A2/ dollar could be made seos and hears astounding affairs. The missal, Wedel gave me a signal to retire, identical with the English 2/book is full of dramatic incidents, and and we backed toward the door. I was in piece, with 1/- to represent 50 one of the mest momentous of these is the possession of a secret known only to the cents, 6d.-25 cents,

3d-121 spy's interview with the Kaiser. Along Emperor himself, and which at that cants: to which might be added a with another man he was taken by Count moment the Cabinets of France and Eng new nickel coin to represent 1 Wedel into the presence of Willism. The land and the financiers of the world would following is Graves' description of the have given hundreds of thousands of interview any

pounds to possess

cent.

(.)-For all practical purposes this would mean adopting the British gold currency. Disadvantages of the 2/- dollar might

You will both be taken at half-past Out into the hall wo backed, always You will advance to the middle, wheel courtesy of turning our faces away from eleven to a certain room,' said the Count, being careful never to commit the dis Frightening off capital so much to your right, face the portière and stand the Emperor, and the last I saw of him Sneaded for the development of the at attention. You will answer all ques was that lonely figure seated at his desk, country. People at Home who-tions, but make no comments or queries tte grewith light playing over him, have invested out bere at 9/4d yourself. I need not enjoin you to total around and beyond him darkness, and his will suffer if they can ultimately silence. You understand?

face illuminated against that background, only expect 2/- when they want We bowed. Just then a gong boomed greyish, old. There he was, at his desk at their money back

somewhore below us. A last word from the midnight, in an underground chamber of (2)Increased cost of all goods im Count, Be ready! He left us. Be the Foreign Office, the Emperor of Ger- ported. The total value of such appearing almost immediately, he many, working in solitude, while most of imporis is very large, vide tho beckoned us to follow him. We noticed his subjects slept, tirelessly mapping out official import returns

that he seemed oven more grare than a policy the trend of which he dared dis- usual. Down a flight of stairs, clong a cuss with no man save Wedel and restibly great corridor we made our way, no one

his oldest son," spanking a word. At the end of the corridor we saw two sentries; then a big solid oak door guarded by an attendant CHINESE PREMIUM in the livery of the Royal Household. At

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Consultation Freetrend Hongkong, 21st September, 1914. [92

WAR MAPS

SMALL NATIONAL FLAGS

AND

To Mark the Progress of

For Sale at

THE WAR.

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in

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ists who largely finance Asiatic enterprise would demand more in order to remit to India the same number of rupees-profits ou labour and capital that they do

BONDS.

INTIMATIONS

LANE

CRAWFORD & Co.

NOW PROCEEDING

STOCKTAKING

SALE

FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY.

WE HAVE MADE LARGER REDUCTIONS THAN IS OUR USUAL CUSTOM FOR THIS SALE TO ENSURE A SPEEDY CLEARANCE,

LADIES' DEPT.

SPECIAL

REDUCTIONS

GENUINE BARGAINS

IN

GENTLEMEN'S

IN

HATS COSTUMES SKIRTS, COATS, GLOVES AND HOSIERY.

OVERCOATS, SHIRTS

UNDERWEAR, WAISTCOATS

BOOTS AND SHOES.

now. Heboo, although the Asiatics sign from the Count we halted; he NO OBJECTION TO THEIR SALE IN LANE, CRAWFORD &

mine-owner receive The door, was opened by an

for his tin, the capital required to officer of the Erste Garde du Corps and,

secure it would cost him more and his wages bill might be higher In the same way. the boneft of the lower dollar to the agriculturist might be less than it appears, owing to increased cost of Jabotir. (iv)—In any case it would be necessary to have a smaller dollar coin in order to avoid illegal coinage or melting down if the price of silver increased ?

The attraction of a 2/8d. dollar is that it could be utilised as the first step in the introduction of the Indian rupee cur- rency. It would not be necessary to alter the existing dollar coin, but the 60 cent pieces could be gradually called in and replaced by a rapee coin bearing the chop *50 cents on one side; and by the half rupee bearing a chop 25 cents." Nickel one cent coins could be introduced at the same time. The handling of the note issue would be simple. The 31 note would in the first instance bonur the addi- tional inscription Two Ruptes, the 85 note Ten Rupees and the 810 note Twenty Bupeces. Afterwards they would only bear these rupee inscriptions, The next stop would be the gradual with drawal of the dollar coin and, finally, the nominal and legal change to the rupee currency. Hundreds of millions of British subjects in Asia and Africa now use this currency and it might be of Imperial, commercial and economical advantage if the people of Malaya joined such a vast number of people using the

same coinage,

SHANGHAI..

and came to attention in the middle of remembering our instructions, we entered

The following correspondence is pub large room, facing an adjoining chamber: lished in the the portières to which were divided. The

Shanghai Municipal room in which we stood was brilliantly Gazette: lighted, but the other was dark, save for a green glow that came from a shaded reading lamp on a big writing desk. Sendon looked at the desk and gave a sort of gasp.

SHANGHAI, January 6th, 1915. Sts, We, the Pu Li Kung-ssu, have the honour to address you on the subject of the issue within the Foreign Bottlement of Shanghai of the Deposit Receipts or

Then I quite understood his motion. For seated behind that heavy, old-issued elsewhere in China fashioned desk, was Wilhelm II. Emperor of Germany,

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Chinese Bankers to whom the issue of the The Pu Li Kung-asu is a Syndicate of. We stood at a rigid attention, absolately Bonds in Shanghai has been entrusted. silent, for full five minutes. The dimly these Bonds are set out in the accompany: Simplicity, Compactness, Durability, Portability. Weight 16 lbs., in leather travelling cave 21 Iba it, solitary figure at the dark made no ing pamphlet, and it will be noted that The Regulations governing the issue of

gign but wont on writing. I am not a timid or a nervous man, the sort of work themonds are issued with the special

was doing seasons one pretty thorough-and are guaranteed by the Government | y, but this began to get on my nerves. Drawn up in front of the Emperor and therefore obtain repayment of their Those who subscribed for the bonds will waiting, waiting, Contact with the great money in full, and there will be no loss, ones of the earth, especially through secret but they may obtain substantial premium, service, can take sonte almighty queer the interest on the money subscribed being turna, and a short circuit is confoundedly devoted to the payment of such premium- unhealthy for the negative wire. The more I looked at that silent, lonely figure, well-known Contine principle so popular The principle adopted is similar to the War Lord of Europe, the more I began in Life Insurance in the U.8.A. On the to feel a great big longing for the African tontine principle the bonus accumulations voldt, a thousand miles north of Cape on all the policies go to those who are Town preferably. Suddenly the Emperor fortunate enough to survive the torm of made a move, and there came a sharp, the Policy, while those who fail to do so rather higher-pitched

Wedel higher pitched voice, saying gerite na honest from the bontises as rhod ring-get the amount of the policies paid but At onco Herr Senden was shown from by their policica. The prospect of The producer would suffer to some the room; obviously the mission, whatever obtaining such special bonuses in the extent by the higher rate of exchange, but it was, was not for saw event of survivorship has proved attrne- individually be is in a minority and even again, not for him. I never saw him tive in America, and the prospect of the bave always peeled ene, let who would not get the Etendend Models Fecause their requirements his suderings by coherent would be largely mitigated "I was bidden to step to within three bonus derived from the regards the rubber industry, the profits paces of the Emperor; the officer who bonds is expected to make these Bonda mostly go direct in sterling to the share-escorted Herr von Senden from the room attractive to the Chinese,

Foreign countries have also from holders at Home Provided there is no attempted to return, but was waved out. reduction in local salaries, the resident There were just the three of us: Count to time adopted the same principle in the planter, and the salaried mine manager Wedel, standing at the corner of the dosiest of time, Bonds, that the would gain by a lessenet cost of all the on the right, the Kaiser, and myself. I Conseil has always been adverse to any

Knowing as we

the Municipal imported articles they use, when on leave had seen the Emperor on many occasipas,thing in the form of a lottery we wish to and when sending money home to their but never so close before, He appeared to make it clear that these Eonds are not families. The Asiatic mine-owner might be lost in some doctment. He looked a lottery any more than Tontine Life ind that with the decreased cost of living well, but older than any of his portraits Policies are lotterica for there is no loss and apparently living is cheaper in Tanned, almost dark, his rather lean face to the subscribers, as they will all receive. rupoe using countries the cost of labour bore a striking likeness to Frederick the their money back, and have a Govern would

go down and he would pay less for Great: more so, than ever, for ho is getting ment guarantor to this effector his necessary capital. Taking the loss to grey. I realised that none of his portraits As the successful issue of these Bonds the producer at 121 per cent, the export do his eyes justice. Of a bluish-steel grey,is of great importance to China at the 5 per cont. and the general lessened cost look in them, it is hard to define. It struck that the Government of this country has duty might be reduced 5 per cent., labour they have an icy impersonal, weighing prescut moment, and in view of the fact of all commodities may reasonably be me in that moment that Lord Kitchener, specially authorised and guaranteed the expected to affect the producer to the Téafick Paslin, Cecil Rhodes, and Li Hung bonds, we venture to hope that the extent of another 24 per cent. As the Government will be saving 12 per cent.

Chang had exactly those samo eyes the Municipal Council will not prejudice the on its large remittances to the Crown the world,

eyes of men who feel it in them to master Agents for material and Biomese loan payments, it could afford to make this concession. A 5 per cent reduction in wagea would mean paying 473 cents a day instead of 50 ocnis. And these calcula tions do not take into account the lower. rate of interest which the mine owner would pay for capital.

If even then his profits were less, he might be helped by a reduction in the timber duty and lower railway freights. The great majority of the public who of course are not mine or estate-owners- would presumably benefit in the general all-round lessened cost of living. Even

Presently His Majesty, looked up, and in that same rather shrill voico asked:

*How long have you been in the ser- vice

Three years, sir..

"You know Morocco↑ "

Morocco! So that was it. France and Gormany quarrelling over the bone, at the point of war! I replied:

Yes, sir"

nese in the Settlement having the same privilege to deal with the bonds as those havo who reside outside the Settlement. Communications as well as the Govern

The Bank of China and the Bank of

mant Post and Telegraph Offices are agents to issue the Bonds and the Minis- try of Finance superintends the working of the Head Office.

success of the issue by objecting to Chi-

We therefore ask for an assurance that the Council will raise no objection to the issue" and sale of the Bonds within the "How long were you in Morocco con- Foreign Settlement at Shanghai. tinued the Emperor,

We are, etc.,

About twelve months, sir,"

if the actual labourer did not benefit I was nervous, so instead of thinking.

On this be seemed to hesitate Frankly, about Morocco, I noticed that the Kaiser wore the undres uniform of a Colonel

the Order Pour la Merite dangling from his coat button. As if making up his mind, to turned again en me those grey rs, he turned again en mo

jowing to a reduction of way he would be no worse off than he is now. Mr. PO Leggatt points out that the introduction of the Grenadier Guards, with the star of

of smaller token coins than at present in use would be to the advantage of the poor. A nickel rupee cent and possibly a nickel half cent would bring us down to a much smaller boken value than is in use at present.

The rupee currency is in foro in the following countries:--

Is the oldest and still immeasurably the best Advertising medium among the Native Community.

Established for over Fizzy YeaRS

Circulates largely throughout Southern China Indo-Chins ète.

Terms for Advertising (Tomislation fees) on w te obtained at the Ofice, 104, Don Vong Hood Gondral, Hongkong, 131, Fleet Street, Londiem or from the different Amate

or Doen fanti bramlated from or Low C

·Collognial Chinaan.

Indian Empire Ceylon

British East Africa Uganda

Mauritius

Boychelles

German East Africa

Population, ..315,000,000.

4,100,000 4,000,000

2,500,000

2,000,000

370,000 10,000,000

337 970,000

Malaya would add another couple of millions.

You know Kaid MacLoan?! Yes, sir.

C. PEARCE, Esq.,

THE PU LI KUNG-BU

Chairman, Municipal Council

Council Room, SHANGHAI, January 7th, 1918 GENTLEMEN,I am directed to acknowl: edge the receipt of your letter of 8th January, making explanations on the subject of the sale in the Forsigʼn Settle. ment of Chinese Government Premium "How did you get to know him!!! Bonds, which has been entrusted to you.

I happered to be of resistance to Sir by the Chinces Authorities Harry Kaid MacLean, who was at that

In reply I am directed to state that the time Commander-in-Chief and Man-of- Council is satisfied that the undertaking Affairs to the Sultan of Moracco.

in question lacks the essential features My answer seemed to please the of a lottery, and, after obtaining legal Emperor, for his eyes gleamed, ale of these Bonds in the Foreign Settle

opinion, has formed the view that the Any likelihood of his remembering your services t

Thedifated, then mid-

AGM

uk chunőt vouch for another man's memory, sire. Besides; I do not care to put the Ksid to the test,"

ment is not open to objection

I am, etc. Shikud (10

J. B A MACKINNON,

Acting Secretary. Messrs. Tas Pu Ls KUNG-EBC.

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