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FOOD PRICES IN HONGKONG.
(La Food by Pratlamation dates March 1815, 1916.)
SCHEDULE OF-MAXIMUM RIPALL PRICES.
Flower :-
()---First Grado,
per bag of 500, mer Der IE.
(k)--Second Grado.
par-bag-of-20/ba
Per 16
(c)Third Grado.__________
per bag of 50ba, per lb.
(6.)-Sweetened Condensed Milk,
Parts,
Hang Yam Almonda
AVFg Kem Ɛban Ping Ke-Apples,
Califorina
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Heung, Talu-Bananas
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18
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28
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9-Tinned Milk:-
per, lib, tin
0.85
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par l'b. tin
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B-Bugar:
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SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG
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curative results. No home
Should Be Without
sham. They exercion = Enteficial effect wpon the Ever, atomach, kidways rad bowel. They give speedy relief, and, in time, they remove, most of the silmanta connected with these important organs. Attacks of blizousoves, constipation, flat jones, headache, dyspepsia and other dis orders of the digestive systara ate speedily diapeded by
BEECHAM'S PILLS.
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No. 2 4.--Frozen Meat:
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The Dairy Farm prices of frozen food and other stores as printed in the
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5.-Market Produce
Ctz.
HOTGEER MEAT. RASA Me Long PkYuk-Beef, izloimib. 19
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Ham Ngau Yok-Corned Beef Shin Ngan Tok-Ecuat Eecf. » Ngau New-Breast of Best
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16
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20
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Tong Tok-Fee! for soup Ngsu Tok Pa- Beef Bicak...... Ngeu Loo-Feef Steak, Sirloin k 30 84 Ngau Yok Ch'ong-Baneages
set 10 Ngau No-Bullock's Brains #4 Ngou Le-Hallock's Tongue,
fresh, each 50 #9 Him Ngau le corned
Nga Ten-Eulleck's Head..... Fren Fam
Heart... lb. 14
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20
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undressed
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24
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Bai Yuong Trof Water Crease, 12 Lien Ngau-Lilf Boot more. ม 0 Tal Bhd Tape 0 Cooking Salt, Scents per Ib. The prices of provisions imported from countries other than Chins (excepting these above enumerated) may not be raised more than 15% above the retell prices prevailing in the Colony on the 25th July, 1914.
WAR NEWS.
GETTING BUSTY.
GERMANY'S-LÒLE "NAVY:
A recent telegram from Kiel to Basle stated that the Gorman Dreadnoughts were being overhauled and re-manne Owing to their long rest, the boilers were The ships will showing sigr of rust. undergo sea trials and gun trials for week. Since the outbreak of the war the crews have been distributed, and many have been killed or wounded in the land fighting The biggest guns have been sent to Belgium, to meet the British naval attack It is freely stated that the Kaiser intends to order a fair fight in the North Sea.
THE BRITISH OBJECTIVE.
CHINESE BCONOMIC"
PRODUCTS.
A BOOK BY SIR ALEXANDER HOSIE.
The latest Bulletin of the Imperial Instituts contains a review of a work by Sir Alexander Hosie, M.A., LL.D., F.R.G.S., entitled "On the Trail of the Omium Poppy." The work, which is in two volumes, each of about 300 pages, is published by George Philip & Son, of London and Liverpool, at 25/-net-The reviewer describes the work as
A straightforward and minutely detail- od narrative of journeys made during 1910 and 1911 by the author (the well-known late British Consul General at Tientsin) in the chief opium-producing provinces of China. The prime purpose of Sir A. Hosie's mission was to investigate the those extent of poppy cultivation in
provinces. Tha military correspondent of Truth north-western and western expresses the opinion that Sir John which had hitherto been the chief centres French intends fighting his way through of its production. By an Imperial decreo to Lille. General Pulteney, with of September 20th, 1906, the restriction army corps, is new at l'Epinetle, within of the cultivation of the poppy through- six miles of the centre of Lille,
out China was ordered, and the term of ten years fixed for the completo prohibi- The results of Sir A. tion of its use. Hosie's investigation as to how far in three and a half years the Chinese authorities had actually put their repres sive work into force was made public in
If this movement continues, the Lewe paper points out, a series of pitched battice may be expected, in which the Germans will be fighting at a strategical disadvantage, for if they are defeated they will lose their line of retreat along the River Lys,
Aviators are seeking to prevent rein- forcements arriving from Ghent, where the bulk of the German reserves collected.
C'
Parliamentary papers, though they are briefly summarised again in the present volumes. The principal object of this book, however, is to point out the physi- cal characteristics and economie oondi- tions of those provinces-Shansi, Shensi, Kansu, Szechuan, Yunnan, and Kueichou through which the author travelled under Chinese official auspices, in litter resembling a large sedan chair, but carried by mules instead of men, and consistently, we gather, uncomfortable.
Sir A. Hosie is an extremely careful
As mentioned by Mr. Erie Chapman, manager of the Madura Company, the shortage of freightage was mainly due to the Imperial Government commandeer- ing so many vesels, while the following facts had also to be taken into considera tion: the sinking of a certain amount of tonnage, the strangulation of the enemy's shipping, the large quantity of wheat int the Argentine which was waiting to be shipped to home ports, and finally, the general large demand for freightage existing all over the world:
January February
March
1913. 1914. JOLS. 253 -278---101 260 208 186 301 288 160*
823 -82-1 537
Up to 20th morning.
WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD
MEDIÄVAL ARMOUR ON A MODERN BATTLEFIELD.
"When it comes to real dare-devil bravery, our friende the French second to none," declared Mr. William Blackford, lutely a peaceful citizen of London, now a modest hero, convalescing in Paris from a couple of scratches," ag cost him the loss of a limb. To an Even he styles two or three wounds that nearly
a 360 gun.
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tha
I happened to be with the French ng Standard correspondent he said: just got mixed up with them after having lost my own company in a trench that was about 300 yards distant from a Ger- man tronch. Behind that Gernian-trench- there was a town. I could not tell you GERMAN INTRIGUE IN PERSIA.
the name, as I never knew it. In that tow there was a museum, and in that The Press Bureau reports that decit
museum there were two complete suits of montary evidence has reached the Govern
armour such as the knights used to wear ment proving that German Consular facilitate the
in the days when they did not dream of to officials intrigued
Waяsm(145,
From what I understood, these arn Turkish invasion of Persia. the Consul at Shiraz, who was recently
who fought against at Cairo and Constantinoplo, is in observer. Nothing in his tedious transit our clothes belonged to two great local Possession of thousands of violent inflam-seems to have escaped his curious eye, orlebrities matory pamphlets in English, Urde, which neither heat or cold nor make-Boches a few hundred years ago; but Hindustani, Punjabi, and Sikh, calling shift accommodation-at villainous inus the Germans respect no living or dead
with its attendant insect miseries bould man, and they hit upon a clever trick.
"One night they brought out the two on the Indian army to kill its offere
Correspondence between the German dim. He sees a lump of coal at one place
They rigged Legation and the Consul at Bushire. at in a yard, and promptly finds out whence suits of armour and placed them about 75 the head of the Persian Gulf, shows that the local supply is obtained and exactly yards from their trench. a large consignment of ammunition and what it costs; at another place he notes arms reached Bushire secretly, and was the small factories turning the bamboo distributed through the country by foreste into paper. His observation is, Swedish officers of the gendarmerie, for where necessary, backed up by draft the Persian Sheik, Raisoli, who was his comprehensive knowledge of and then, every man in our trench tool. desirous of attacking Bushire. Legation promised to combine Raisoli'a attack with a German movement, already secretly arranged and which was design ed to win over all, Persia
RIOTS AT STAMBOUL.
The
In a message from Costanza (Rou manis) received a month ago Mr. W. H. Donohue, the London Daily Chronicle war correspondent, states:-There has been frequent rioting at Stamboul. The shops at Galata and Pera (suburbs of Constantinople) have been closed and
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up the figures in a way that it looked Gorman officers giving orders to their from a distanco ne if these were two men. When the down arrived, the French sentries opened fire upon the two figures, a pop at them, including yours truly:
"ALLIONS! ALLONS!
Chinese economic products generally. A meeting with a crop of the fibre-yielding.. plant Abutilon Avicennae in full bloom
It was sole time before the French- draws from him a most informing little dissertation
Chinese fibre-plants man discovered the joke, and then they generally the sight of a Cattalpa tree just turned palo with anger. Allons reminds him of the use made of its wood | Allons! they began to shout, but the by the Chinese in furniture. If at first Germans had their machine-guns well as in truth raro'y happens he is trained on the space between the trenches,
and the angriest man had to en Mc 1500. puzzled, the mystery does not long re-
The whole day long, these two steal main ons. For a time ho could not under-
some of then just tried with helploss stand why each house in a certain hamlet plated dummies teaser the Fench, until had usually a patch of Boehmeria nivea,
laughter. Its maddening, I tell you. or China grass, attached to it. But the fury, and the ermans roared with next halt a little further on supplied to right came, and two of the scheme and straw sandals, which are usitelly worn by started out of the trench. Of course they risked their lives, but it was worth it. wayfarers, and the fibre of China grass is used as cord for weaving and binding the Can't let the Germans have the best of
a joke, straw together."
Note,-In consideration of the loes sustained the owners have fled. Sõlekete are guard the answer. All its houses had on sale Frenchaien concocted a
by discount on subsidiary coinage, payment for all articles of food not exceeding $2 in Talae (excepting the articles enumerated in Clause 5) shall if made in subsidiary coin be subject to an additional charge 15%.
WEATHER REPORT.
of
On the 15th s 11.05 m.-The depresion
ing Pera against looting. The coal sup- ply is barely adequate for Turkey's naval reeds. The wealthy residents are taking refuge at Therapia, on the Bosphorus, and at Bcutari. The Goeben is lying stripped and disabled at Gulesmed, and
To make a long story short, it took the Luo daredevils the better part of the night to reach the smith-made clothes. Our hearts best like triple hammers, and. not one of us closed his eyes.
"Morning dawned, and then we sav the steek-clad figures move towards the as fast as they could, for the two French German trenches, and they were firing men had taken ther rifles with thoina
Amongst, crops special attention was paid by Sir A. Hosie to the Chinese it is impossible to tow her to the dock variety of lucerno (Medicago sativa), yard at Golden Horn, owing to her which he considers might be introduced The German commander de with great advantage into Great Britain draught clares that he will blow her up if the and the Dominions, inasmuch as it grows Dardanelles are forced by the Allies. Two well up to an altitude of 4,000 ft. fears Turkish regiments, commanded by Ger- neither drought nor delugas, and once has passed into the Facile and-the-suti-cyclonewan officers, mutinied, and the leaders son seems to require no farther atten- were executed, while the rank and filetion It yields at least thres crops a
is reported to have excellent fattening they began to shoot, but rifle b els vers no more harroful to the armour than Tokio. Pressure has increased quickly over tari. Truly, the seeds of the anti-Gør-
qualities." The author procured o quan-
Well, the tity of the seed of this lucerne, which was peas would be.
Germans became Japan and given way to varying degree over man revolution the fructifying. lb. 35
distributed by the Board of Agriculture engrossed in the performance that thos in Great Britain, Canada, and South forgot to watch us, and we just naturally Africn. The results have been satis-followed the lead of the two knights and factory, especially in South Africa, started, an attack that cleaned cut the Describing the fierce conflict at Nenvo whence a requisition for half a ton of German treach
"In the midst of our advance we sEW, Chapelle, which was taken by the British,seed was sent to China in 1912.
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Nurk Deer
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has advanced eastward to the neighbourhood of of the mutineers were imprisoned at Bcu-year, is eagerly devoured by cattle, and The Germans were stunned at first, then
the remainder of the area.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 boan erðing at
10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noem to-day is as follows
FORBOAST
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VIVID PICTURE FROM NEUVE CHAPELLE.
So
a British officer states that 350 gans were On the Trail of the Opium Puppy, one of the knights tumble down. We ran engaged firing as fast as they possibly which is fortunately well indexed, is, up to him, thinking he was hit, but the could at the German trenches, which briefly, nothing less than a considerable string of language this chevalier, as they socmed afire auder an unbroken line of contribution towards an encyclopædia of call then in France, lot out was net of Entanglements were Chinese economic products. Its modest the kind a wounded man would be likely bursting shells.
were title covers a wealth of observation, of to use. You see, he was swearing at the blown beyond the trenches, which reduced to a pulp of earth.
Boards, wire, and equipment were all intermingled with the German dead in the foremost trenches, only 150 yards from the British, who stood petrified E. and S.E. winds, moderate; fair to while waiting the order to charge. cloudy.
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The 6th Gordon Highlanders lost their colonel and 12 officers killed or wounded during the fighting at Neuve Chapelle.
Lord Claud-Hamilton.- M.P., states that the Grenadier Guards lost their co- lonel and 16 officers. Only 300 men out. of 1,100 returned froin the battle, unhurt The Camerouians, he adds, seem to have been wiped out.
One thousand wounded Indians have arrived at Brighton.
SOUTH AFRICA REBELS' PENALTIES.
A month ago in the House of Assem- bly at Cape Town, General Smuts gave the following figures respecting the re bellion:-
Loyalists killed Loyalists wour ded
Rebels killed or wounded about. Surrendered before the amines-
ty expired Surendered after the mines-
131
272 600
2,051
5,792
5,792
industry, and of knowledge.
SHIPPING FREIGHTS.
FEWER VESSELS AT COLOMBO THAN LAST YEAR.
A comparison of the shipping at the port of Colombo for the first quarter of This year with the corresponding periods of the past two years is a clear index to the freightage difficulty which this island is now experiencing, says the Times of Ceylon of March 27. The table publish- ed below shows the number of vessels. which entered the port during January, February, and March of this year as well as of the corresponding months of the past two years. The figures for this month are up to yesterday morning. The comparison, it must be noted, is not a very fair one, for included in the figures for the three months of this year are a number of vessels which did not carry Frieght. Vessels of this description have Leen included the figures of previous years, ton, but in the past they have not ben, so numerous as since war broke out. Taking the figures as a whole they re- present only a small portion of freight- carriers.
LOSS CE'ENENY SHIPPING.
contraption, which was so made that if the one wearing it stumbled down he. could never rise without being litted up..
I'll bet tickets for the next Drury- lanc pastomime that the gentleman for whom the clothes were made never saw! such a hot action as took place in the German, trench..
Where was I wounded? It was a few. days later, and I had no chance even to get some fun before I was hit. But it's all in the day's work. I'll get even as soon as I get back, and I tell you it won't be long."
INDIA'S LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
The Government of India has published as a supplement to the last Gazette & bulky volume of papers relating to the Meat Excise Administration in India. of the papers traverse old ground; but, brought together in their presont form, they make up a convenient volume for those who make the drink in India a study. The outstanding fuct is the great verease in the Government's revenue It ipercaxod. from drink and drugs. from 602 lakhs of rupees in 1901-1902 to 1,129 lakhs in 1911-1919. That is to say, it nearly doubled within a period of ten years. The anticipated net increnIO, moreover, for 1913-1914 is as much as 37 lakhy. This is sorry testimony Re to Captured in the field The Government, he said, proposed to The causes which have led up to this conditions. There is one thing, however, disqualify the be's who surrendered shortage have on various occasions been to le remarked, says a Madras journal, revenue is not due solely to inercised before the anesty for five years from referred to The strangulation of Germainely, the fact that the increase in bearing arms or serving on public bodies, man shipping has been responsible for
sales of drink, but also to enhancement. A suggation had been made to wipe the the loss of an average of about 25 vessels slate clean regarding the e. The Govern a month working on the figures for the of excise dutis. One of the means that ment would raise o objcation to this. first six months of 1913, in which period the Government appropriately adopts with a view to putting down drink is an the number of German vesels which call-
enhancement of taxation on drink; but The Government Further proposed a ten years' disqualification for those who sur-ed here was 149, the largest among people are so determined to drink that foreign nations. The loss of about 5 they will have their drink whatever its rendered or were captured after the am
priez, so the Government's revenue must nesty, while those who had been put in vesels a month. The Austr'an entrance
increase even without any necessary prison would remain there until the end tonnage figures for the first half of 1913 of the war in German South-West Afri were 93 vessels, the second largest among increase in consumption. Figures, how ca. The foregoing, said the Minister, foreign nations. The shipping of Eng-ever, show that the increased consurap- related to the rank and file. The rebel ud's Allies has necesarily teen some-tion is great in every part of India and lenders and men of influence would be what curtailed, and British vessels have the conditions are undoubtedly alarming.
-Ceylon Observer. had other calls upon them. tried by special ̈courts"
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