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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 21ST, 1015.

RUBBER COMPANY

DIVIDENDS.

2,500 FIRMS DUSY.

THE NEEDS OF OUR ARMY. WAR AND ILLEGITIMACY.

OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS

IN ONE BOROUGH 2,000 CASES, INCREASED 20 FOLD.

Mr. Ronald McNeill, M. F., has address od the following letter to the London

A social problem of the most pressing urgency confronts the nation. It may not yet be generally known, but a good many people are aware of the fact, that all over the country in districts where large masses of troops have been quartered, al great number of unmarried girls will become mothers within a few weeks from the present time. I have information to be exceptional, where there are more of one county borough, which is said not

than two thousand young women and girls in this condition. The total number of illegitimate children shortly to bà horn is very many thousands, not a few of the prospective mothers being little more than children themselves.

LINGGI PLANTATIONS:-Final dividend on the Ordinary shares of 45 per cent. (actual), less tax, in respect of the year 1914, making a total distribution of 75

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Morning Part:—~ per cent. for the year. Warranty posted on May 20. A year ago the divspeaking in the debate on the output of munitions last month, lifted the curtain dond was 25 per cent, making 70 per cent. on some of the secrets of the war. With for the year 1913,

the authority of Lord Kitchener be made AYER KUNING (B.M.S.) RUBBER COMPANY, the following new datements: -The profit made during 1914 amount-

The Committes of Imperial Defence has ed to $4,834 (against £1,521). The sum always proceded upon the assumption brought forward was £1,739, and after that the Expeditionary Force would be. writing off the preliminary expenses six divisions. After eight months of war £1,424, there romains £5,149. The dir there are more than six times as many ectors recommend allocating to the re-men out there fully equipped and duction of the expenditure on the main supplied with adequate ammunition, an tenance and development of the property every man who has fallen has been the sum of £5,000, feaving a balance to be replaced. carried forward of £148."

HIGANDS AND LOWLANDS PARA RUBBER, COMPANY. The profits for 1914 were £75,495 (against £70.076), making with the sum brought forward £64.745. The directors roommend a final dividend of 12 per cent, (less tax) (making a total dividend of $4 per cent,, Icas tax, for the

INSPECTION OF OUR NEW MODELS year 1914): against. 25 per cent. £3,000 is

SOLICITED.

EXCLUSIVE AGENTS:

MOUTRIE'S.

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PRINTING & BINDING

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION EXECUTED AT THE OFFICES

OF THE

"HONGKONG DAILY PRESS," WHICH ARE REPLETE WITH ALL THE LATEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE APPLIANCES FOR THE PROMPT PRODUCTIEN OF

HIGH-CLASS WORK.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES.

PRICE LISTS.

CIRCULARS. -

BALL AND CONCERT PROGRAMMES.

INVITATION CARDS.

VISITING CARDS.

IND

put to reserva (bringing the general re- serve up to £55,000), leaving to be carried forward £11,195.–

UNITED SUMATRA RUBBER ESTATES, LTD, At the Sixth Annual Ordinary General | Meeting Mr. Philip Eustaco Hervey, the Chairman, stated that the issued capital remained the same namely, £110,000, of which £100,000 ranked for dividend now, the remaining £10,000 taking no share in

In the fortnight's battle around Neuve Chapelle almost as much ammunition was spent by our artillery as during the whole of the Boer War

Orders which have been placed involve the employment of from 2,500 to 3,003 feras in the production of munitions.

Taking the figure 20 as representing our output of artillery ammunition September, the output in the succeeding months was:

October

November

December

January February March

90

00

150

1803

256 388

The production of high-explosives has been placed on a footing which relieves the profits until the end of the current us of all anxiety and enable us also large season 1915. The dividend recommend-

ed arose out of the crops of 470,417lb. rubly to supply our Allies. |ber and 2,953 piculs copre-from-coconuts; and though their rubber had shared the

A GREAT TROBLEZI.

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Now, Sir, these facts open up prospect which, unhappy under any circumstances, will be nothing short of disastrous unless men of authority in Church and State resolve without delay

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BRITISH PILSENER

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SOLE AGENTS :

CALDBECK,

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NOTICE

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NY EUROPEAN desiring to leave the

all the wisdom, courage and boldness they can command. It is just such a problem as the British public is prone to hide sway, and to say and think as little about truth would be moral cowardice of the as possible. But to ignore or conceal the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. deepest dye To allow events to take their own course, without recognising an imperative public duty, towards the The Chancellor of the Exchequer deelt young unmarried mothers and their off- on the new importasice given to high sprin- would be a national crime. It is fortunes of the market and abowed a re-

explosive shells ne against shrapnel by not, as if we were merely faced with the duced price of 2a 1-90, per lb-or 11d. From ti sa-new conditions spring the exampled scale, and in an neuter form the general adoption of siege methods. problem of illegitimacy on an in- per lb. below the average in their pre vious report for 18 months and in addi problem of producing munitions not only than ever before. All the circumstances are unprecedented. Sacred as are human tion they had had for part of the year to on a much larger scale than ever before.

but of a different kind.

life and character at all times, the provide war risk insurance and to pay The Government realized the need at present wastage of the most vigorous of higher rates of freight, they maintained nearly the same dividend as that for the the beginning of October, and a Com- our manhood sets a stamp of exceptional pravions period namely, 201 per cent,mittee of the Cabinst war appointed to value on the approaching increment of

consider how it should be met. On the population. No effort should be spared) Colony should apply in writing for por, (Cheers.) That

to secure that these children come into against 22 per cent. they were able to do so depended partly advice of the large armament firme it was

the world under healthy conditions and mon to do so to the PROVOST MARSHAL on the increasing crops, but particularly decided to extend the system of sub-

are reared so as to be a credit, both Head Quarters Offices, at least 48 hours before on the reduced cost of production, which contracting, the larger and more expert. morally and physically to the country: the intended hour of departure, giring name

that the

nationality, age, sex, height, complexion and work and exercising supervision over the mothers, both for the children's for the previous grason, and stood at 1%.

occupation of the applicant, and stating the 13d. per lb., including just over 1d per it was discovered that contractors were degradation which too often follows leave, Applicants should apply in person for less experienced. In Deceniber, however, their own, should be saved from the of the train by which the applicant wishes to H. for depredation. Ha fully expected that the all-in dost for 1915 would fall to ukly to be leke in fulfilling their orders single lapse, from virtues We must their passes to the Provost MARSHAL at Head Is. per lb., even allowing for the higher

resolutely cast aside established theories, Quarters Office between the homes to ad charges alluded to. (Cheers.) The

prejudices, and formulas about getting directors also recommended that £6,000

a premium on, immorality" In the, and 8 P.. to 4 PM, daily.

Hongkong 28th January, 1915, middle of a national life and death struggle, even the most censorious-and especially those pious personages, who exhort to forgive the bestiality of our enemies may surely look upon the frailty of our own men and women with an eye of sympathy and forgiveness undarkened by blame Very many of the men, whose children are about to be born have already amply redeemed their fault by giving their lives for their A MARSHALLOTTatses are regnerted in LiL Persons applying to the PROVOST country and for us; and it will never future to apply between the hours of 9 AM to be possible to bring home responsibility

P., and to & 1.x, daily, for their error to any who may ultimately survive the battlefeld. But let it be

Hongkong, 16th February, 1915. frankly acknowledged that the women are no more blameworthy than the men. The strictest justice, then, demands for the women complete and whole-hearted At this great and memorable period of forgiveness, sympathy, and assistanc our history let the horrible hypocrisy that idolised Nelson and left the women to starve whom he committed with his dying breath to the nation's keeping.

was not less than 4d. per lb, below that enced firms re'aining the more delicate and it is not less imperatre and sme of the steamer or other vessel or the hear

be added to resorve

ANGLO-MALAY RUBBER,

owing to lack of labour. Efforts nude through the Labour Exchanges to trans- fer men to armament works did not meet with much success. Accordingly, in March, the Defence of the Realm Bill was introduced to enable the Government to take over engineering works. "It was the second best course.'

The report of the Anglo-Malay Rubber Company, Limited, states that the crop harvested for the year amounted to 1,384,362 lbs., against an estimats of SHANGHAI OLUBS AND 1,400,000 lbs and a yield in 2013 of 1,346,008 lbs. The crop was obtained from an average acreage of approximately

COMMERCIAL STATIONERY 12 eres, The average gross price

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS, ACCURACY AND DESPATCH UNDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN SUPERVISION, AT REASONABLE

PRICES.

BOOK-BINDING

IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.-

MACHINE-RULING, GOLD-LETTERING, MABBLING, Ero. EXECUTED ON THE PREMISES AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. LAW WORK A SPECIALITY.

»LEDGERS AND ACCOUNT BOOKS.

realized was 25, 3.30d, pengib.: London equivalent. The act of profuction, fre on board at Port Swettenham, including provision for bonus to stuff, loss on ox- change and insurance was 10.45d, per lb., against a corresponding figure in 1913 of

GERMAN MEMBERS.

IMPORTANT DECISIONS

REACHED..

NO. GERMANS WANTED.

"The SV. Daily News of the 15th inst. has the following

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OFFSPRING OF HEROES.

18 0.380. The all-in cost (London) Britons in Shanghai, respecting the For months after the war began, including war risk insurance of 0.27d per 16, amounts to ls. 0.076. per lb., against international character of the Settlement 11⁄2, 13.10d. - për Ab.. în 1913.. During the and jealous of its reputation for good year-138-acres were planted with rubber fellowship, endeavoured, as far in Including £29,809 appropriated from the them lay, to prevent the war affecting accounts now submitted, the amount of their social relations: with Germans. It capital expenditure written off out of was felt that, whatever Germany as a profits to date, totals £158,848, or £35.68.. nation might be doing, individual Ger- What is to be done? Thousands of per cultivated acre. The company's pro mans resident in China should not in young girls are nearing the ordeal of pertice stand in the hooks at £150,000, or their private capacity be associated with, womanhood, racked with shame and with £33 155, 2d. per cultivated nere, no allow or share the blame of, the acts of their terror of the cruel censure of the world ance being made for the uncultivated Government. Gradually these acts be they live in. Many are already tempted land. The net profit for the year came more and more, monstrous. Rute to criminal means of escape from the amounts to £76,930 to which must be after rule of what is recognized as fair · consequences of unchasity; some may be added the amount carried forward from in a straight fight, rule after rule of tempted later even to the capital offence, 1013, £8,604, making £85,435 Deducting ordinary human dency was broken. from this the capital expenditure written

Germans who have lived and prospered Still Britons clung to the belief that as follows:-October, 1914, & per cent. (les here, who have learnt something of income tax), £9,000, January, 1915, 0 per cent (less income tax), 30,000, there British regard for honests and fairplay remains a balance of £41,542. Out of this disapproved of the barbarities which their countrymen, driven to desperation income tax reserve account £5,000, and by russian whips, were committing they recommend the payment of a final Then came the sinking of the Lusitant what about the children, who will form dividend of 20 per cent. (less income tax), and immediately after it the amazing making 32 per cent. for the year. (less income tax), £30,000, leaving to be carried forward £0,542. The crop of rubber to be harvested is estimated at 1,430,000 lbs.

AT PRICES WHICH COMPARE FAVOURABLY WITH THOSE OF ANY off, £22,992, and interim dividends paid

OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE FAR EAST,

ESTIMATES FURNISHED.

10A, DES VŒUX ROAD, HONGKONG, the directors propose to transfer to

ORDER AT ONCE.

THE

DIRECTORY

AND

CHRONICLE

FOR CHINA, JAPAN, ETC. FOR THE YEAR

1915.

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TO

EVERY

BUSINESS MAN,

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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE

and

LOCAL

BOOKSELLERS,

1,850 PAGES PRICE $10.

The alterations this year are unusually heary

oring to shanges incidental to the War.

Hongkong, 16th March, 1915.

ON SALF.

DOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG

WEEKLY PEESE, JULT to DECEMBEL,

1914. With INDEX. Price $7,50

On Bale at the “ Hongkong Daizy Penis', Ofice.

Hongkong, 22nd January, 1915.

NEW CARTRIDGES.

popular English

Bin all Bores and Sizes,

-Manufacturers

SMOKELESS POWDERĵand CHILLED. SAOT. From No. 10 to 8880. a€ 35, $7 and

and AIR GUNS in Varlety,

Inspection Invited.

$7,5 per 100 SPORTING REQUISITES

WY. SCHMIDT & Co.

Hongkong, 4th February, 1015.

1500

A LING & CO., ́19; Queen's RoAD CENTELL.

FURNITURE AND PHOTO GOODS

STORE,

Photographic Goods of Every Description

Sir Btookt

Doreloping, Printing and Enlarging. Canton Marbles in Various Shades.

TELEPHONE 1219,

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EPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT.

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NOTICE

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FRENCH LESSONS

G. MOUSSION,

18, Honksson HILL BOAD,

YOKOHAMA.

BLUFF HOTEL.

No. 2, BLUFF,

HEALTHY LOCATION AND BEAUTIFUL VIEW.

For the vast majority there is, at all

art proper attendance either of mid EXCELLENT CUISINE AND HOME events, the prospect of child-bearing in unprepared conditions, almost certainly wife or doctor, and, as regards locus, with a choice between their own anrrow crowded homo, among angry, outraged, and censorious relations and neighbours,

and flight they know not whither, And

A certain amount of charitable amateur

COMFORT. MODERATE TERMS.

an appreciable proportion of the next ASAHI nows that the German Emperor had, in generation of Englishmen ? Are they, th honnur of the event, granted a half holoffspring of the heroes of the Marae, of day to all schools under his rule. That Ypres, of Neuve Chapelle, to carry fact, combined with comments in the through life the stigma of sham for Garman Fress, secited to show that it was irregular birth? Are they, who on BRITISH CHAMBER OF

no longer possible to maintain the old eugenic principles should be the most distinction between Germans military virile of our race, to bo handicapped from COMMERCE FOR SHANGHAI,

and civilian, and when it became known the start by impoverishment both of constitution and of moral The completion of arrangements for the over what is one of the blackest crimes character through the ignorance, pre-

that Germans in Shanghai were rejoicing physical formation of a British Chamber of Com-in history, it was felt that the effort to judice, and injustice of their earliest merce for Shanghai has been followed by

environment? a number of firms signifying their will retain the distinction must be given up. inguess to become members. The YC Action has, accordingly, been taken at effort is being made to met the needs of Daily News understands that the list of thy taco Club, the. Shanghai Club and the case, by ladies who have become aware such firms up to the 15th inst. was as follows A

the Country Club, all of which are preof the facts. These ladies propose to start dominently British, the last being an entirely British institution. There is a well recognized rule that a Club's affairs are privats and not meant for discussion or comment in newspapers. The circum Chartered Bank of India, Australia sanees, however, are allogether exception

and Chinn

al, and we are authorized to state exactly what has transpired. At the Tacs Club it has been decided that the Secretary shall send the following it to all onem- bers of German nationality: -

Barlow & Co.

Bradley & Co., Ltd.

· Brand Bros. & Co.

Burkill, A. B., & Sons. Butterfold &

wire, Ltd.-

Dent, Alfred, & Co. Mg

Dodwell & Co. Ltd Ezra, Edward, & Ca

m

Gibb, Livingston & Caja Haworth, Richard & Co. Ltd.;

CG Hewett & Co. Holliday, Cecil & Co, Ltd.

In view of the deep feeling of resent mant caused by reeent events. I am instructed by the Stewards of this Club Hongkong and Shanghai Banking nok you not to make use of the Grand

pres

Jardine, Matheson & Cqy Ltd.

Stand, premises or compound of the Club until further notice."

At the Shanghai Club y atrday at noon the Committee passed the following

resolution:

"That a letter le sent to each indivi- dual meraber of German nationality atat ing that his presenes is objectionable to Peninsular & Oriental Steam Naviga the large majority of the members and asking him to refrain from entering the Club premises, '': ''

Corporation,

Tibert & Co., Ltd.

Hongkong. 4th February, 1815.

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Lavers & Clark.

Liddell Bros. & Co., Ltd

ON BALE

Little, William & Co.

Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.

TONGKONG HANSARD REPORTE

Maitland & Co. Ltd.

MEETINGS of COUNCIL for

the

Norbury, Natzio & Co., Ltd.

£14

tion Company.

Probst, Hanbury & Co., Ltd.

Reisi Ross, Alex & Co.

PRICE

$5.

Sassoon, David

Co., Ltd.

Sassoon, E, D&Co., Ltd.

FAILY PERA Özic. Hongkong, 26th February, 191K

Scott, Harding & Co. Shewan, Tomes & Co.

LEGISLATIVE Session 1914,

REVISED MY THE MEMBRES,

schools for mothers' where the girls may learn how to care for their own health and that of their babies and may also be helped to preserve their self-respec.. This is the right spirit, and a move in the right direction. But it must fall far shor of the requirements What is wanted is for the religious leaders of the nation, in the first place, to come forward with an honest and courageous pre- nouncement that under existing circum stances mothers of our soldiers children are to be treated with no scern or dia honour, and that the infants themselves should receive a loyal and unashamed welcome. In the second place, the Gov- ernment should at once pass legislation. drastically reforming even if only as a temporary measure the laws of bastardy. is to be made for the fatherless children, It also has to be considered how provision whose girl-mothers have no separation allow, no separate home for their own

and no means of support.

THE DAI NIPPON BREWERY

SAHI

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BEER.

BEER

EXPONT

COMPAS

& CO. TOKIO JAPAN.

If nothing is done, thousands of them will fall upon the rates. Better that they should be OBTAINABLE - EVERYWHERE, boldly adopted as the honourable children. of the State than that they should sling

SOLE AGENTS;

At the Country Club yesterday evening the following resolution was passed through life as the children of share and the parish, The precise method by That a letter be sent to each indivi- which the object in view can best the ac dual member of German nationality complished may tax the wisdom of States asking him not to make use of the Club ming hit the immediate urgency of the during the present war.".

problem is not open to question.

MITSE BUSSAN KAISHA.

HONGKONG.

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