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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1915.

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THE MOTOR AMBULANCE,

THIRD LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, We have received from Lady Maya third list of subscribers to the Fund for

TRADE OF HONGKONG.

GREATER ACTIVITY IN IMPORTS, The following statistics have been taken from the fortnightly prica current and

AGENT

INTIMATIONS

GERMAN HOW A

WAS CAPTURED.

the gift of a motor ambulance to the War market report of the Hongkong General writea:-One of our cruisers sighted a

Office from the women of Hongkong. The list is as follows:

Mrs. M. Akbar, Mrs. Athol Andersin, Mrs. Webb Anderson (Fatshon), Mrs. W. Armstrong, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Arnott, Mrs. Aubroy, Me, Ancott

Mrs. Barnett, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Basto, Ma. Beckwith, Mrs. Beddoe, Mrs. H. W. Bird, Mrs. Bolton, Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Cai- vert, Mrs. E. J. Chapman, Mrs, Christian. Mre, Chinyat, Mrs. Crawford:

Chamber of Commerce:-

OPIUM,

Stocks on September ath were 465 of Patna, 244 of Benares, 493) Malwa, and 174 Persian and Turkish. Exports during the interval to Shanghai were 2 Paina, 03 Malwa and 49 Persian and Turkish In uncertified Bengal opium the balance of stocks on September 8th were 188 Path and 88 Benares. There ja still an absenyé of fresh business in the Beugal market, Collected by Mrs. Cooke, King Edward and values are altered. In the Mala Hotel-Anonymous, Mrs. Resi, Mrs. F... Cooke, Miss J. F. Cooke, Miss Cookson, Market no fresh business has been recorded

and values show no change. Geo, Miss Lention, Mrs. Robson, Mrs. Rani- sey. Mrs. Sylvester, Mrs. Tourtellot, E. T.. F. E. T

EXPORTS.

The Feather market is quiet, and there is very little doing in Ginger, cases being Collected by Mrs. A. G. Coppin:

unchanged. There is no business doing Allegheny, 6, S. Archbutt, F. Bovington, Mrs. Dick Bridger, Mrs. W. E, Clarke, Mrs. in Golangal, and but small business pass Star Aniseed Oil is Coppin, Jo Coppin, Mrs. F. 3. Crawford, ing in Cassin Oil.

weak with no demand. There has been J. S. b. H, W. D.. Fairlie and Alison,

new crop of Star Aniseed, but nothing is Mrs. W. A. Hannibal, Lo Shui Hoj, H

doing,

Human Hair is quoted at price Mr. Hurley, Miss Jennings, Kicker, Mr.

As to Yun- MeHutcheon Mrs. K. S. Morrison (2nt per picul fob. Hongkong. donation), . M. C, Pemberton, Phyllis, Ma Tin, the report simply says nothing S. Soon, Mrs, Stephens, Mrs. G. doing," and the same description is applied 10 Quicksilver, Saigon Cassio and Gal Stewart, Mix Marjory Stewart, B. MS, Nuts, Nothing is being offered for B. S. and P. P., F. S., Miss Wilkin. Kath.

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The Pioneer's Cairo correspondent large Turkish sailing vessel proceeding in an casterly direction. The vessel was ordered to stop and a party was sont on board to search it and examine the papers. The officer entrusted with the task found everything was apparently in order, but there was a passenger who claimed he was The American pas- an American citizen,

enger and crew were taken to Alexandria. The suspicions of the naval folk proved to be fully justified, for the American p senger turned out to be one other than the German political agent, Baron Otto authorities have been anxiously searching von Gumpenburg, for whom the Egyptian for the past eight months. Recently, there arrived in Cairo the manager of the Bog- rout branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, Ho is a Swiss and has been entrusted by Djemal Pasha with the task of negotiating for the exchange of allied subjects at pre- sent interned by the Turkish authorities against an equal number of Turkish pri

So far he has soners taken by the Allies. not succeeded, but it is curlidently anti- cipated some satisfactory arrangement wil

A further batch of prisoners MACGREGOR&C. be reached. taken in the Callipoli Peninsula and our the Asiatic side of the Straits arrived in Egypt this week, and was sent to the prisoners of war camp outside Cairo. A pleasing little incident took place in connection WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

One of with the arrival of the last batch. the officers was known to have brought into our lines at Gaba Tepe a wounded British officer, and in recognition of this humane by order of General Maxwell, that he was to be allowed to proceed to camp by motor

BIRDS AND GAS.

mented on the fact that the birds do not

The Cotton Yarn market ruled active dur. Miss Davidson, Mrs. Dodwel, Miss Auning the greater part of the fortnight an1 prices have advanced 82 to 83 all round, Mrs. F. Fisher, Mrs. M. Forsyth, A At the close the demand has somewhat subnet he found on arrival at Cairo station, Friend," A M. F.

sided; but the tune, following the Bombay Mrs, A. Gibou, Mrs. Gil, Mr. M. Gra-market, seems steady, Quotations are:- ham, Miss A, Graham, Miss M. Graham, No. 10s at 883 to $105. No. 12 at $88:0

No. 16s at 898 to 8120. No. 209 car instead of having to cover nine miles Mrs. George Grimble, Misses Vida and Doris $104.-

$98 to $133. Arrivals 12,000 bales. Sales on foot like the rest of his companions. 12,000 bales. Shipments 1,000. Ungold stock i Mr. H., Miss Aileen Hastings, Mrs.

24,000 bales. Bargains 26,000 bales. The Hancock, Miss Marybud Hancock, Mrs Woollens market is out of line with Home

Rosaleen O'Hara, Mrs. O'Hara, Miss Harrington, Mrs, G, Henderson, Mrs. H prices. A few clearing up sales have been ton, Mrs, C. A. Booper, Mrs. H. Hun made, but no forward business of import. ange is doing. There is no business in Raw Cottons, no quotations and no stocka. As to Metals, business since Inst report has heen dull.

Wire Nails are firmer locally but little has been booked. Bars have been fixed in small lots n equivalent of about 230/- c... II K. Tinplates have also been sold at equivalent of about 20/ to 28/8 per box. There have been so sales of Yellow Meta). The stocks of Pepper, Camphor and Window Glass are ni7. Nó Mrs. Keanout, Mrs. C. H. W. Kew, Miss sales of Coal of any importance are re-

corded. Kew, Mrs. A. Kinross,

The Sugar market is strong, Browns being dealt with at advanced rates. The American Flour market is slightly weaker, but milla vary as to their ideas considerably. There is very little move- ment in the local market. Stocks about 300,000. Quotations: Patents (Green Gril), 84.10 per sack; Cut off, 93.05; Straight, $3.05.

Collected by Mr. Họ Wing:Mrs,

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Mrs. Ho .11, Ho Wing, Mrs. Kwong, Mrs. Ho Shai Kit, Mrs. He Shui Wa, Mrs. Lo Cheung Ip.

Mrs. S. E. Ismail,

Mr Jack, Miss Jacobs, Miss June Looker, Mrs. Erans-Jones, Mrs. Milner Jones,

Miss H Lawrence, Mrs. George H. Leavel, Madame Leiria, Mrs, Liddell, Mrs. J. Logan, Miss A. Logan, Mrs, 31. Lossius. Mrs. J. Martin, Mrs. McNeill, Miss Me- Neill, Miss Jessie McNel, Mrs. Meadows, Mrs. More, Mrs. K. S. Morrison, Mrs Copley Moyło.

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B.N., Mrs. T. Neave, Mrs. N. J. Noron- hairs, Oliveerona.. Vgarch, ziging Mr. Pierpoint, Mrs. Piesse, Mrs., Pirë, Miss Pitta, Mrs. Pollock, Mrs. Pope, -***

Collected by A. E. Paine Esq. :---Hai | Ching, Roza de L ́ ́ Gutierres, MEN. Harman, Mrs. H. O. Hayner, Mrs. Jein Kee, Mrs. Leung, Mrs. Liu, Mrs. J. Me Millau, Mrs. McNider, Miss Gladys Me. Nider, Mary Anne. Mrs, Mooney, T. 5. P., Mrs. Thompson (for Jackie and Charlie), Mes. Wimble, B. M. W.

M, H, Q., Mrs. F. Y. Quark (Canton), Mrs. J. Bamany, Mrs. F. Ratty, Mrs. 99 Robertson, Mrs. Itobson, Miss A. Robson, Madame Romano, Mrs. Russell, Miss Cathle Russell, Mrs. G. J. B. Sayer, Miss Sayer, Mrs. A. H. Skelton, Mrs. E. Findlay Smith, Mrs. J. M. Sinith, Mrs. A. M. 1. Soares, Mrs, M. A. A. de Souza, Mrs. M. R. Souza, Mrs. Allan Stephenson."

Collected by Miss Square:-Auut Apne,, Vera Belilios, Eddie, A Friend, Mrs. E. A. Hewett, Mrs. C. D. Lambert, Mrs, A. C. Little, Lizzie, Mrs. MacArthur, R. M., D. O., M. S., F. T.

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HONGKONG.

2281

(Formosa).

POPAGA KOT

WINGED WARNINGS. Many soldiers at the front have com- desert the region of the fighting lize, de spite the noise of the firing. But it is stranger still that the birds have ranged themselves on the side of the Allies against one of the most inhuman methods of Ger. man warfare, A soldier on short leave from the trenches tells how the winged friends of the Allies warn them of the com- ing of the clouds of poison-gas when the Germans attempt their mode of attack at night-time,

In daylight the approach of the deadly It is visible tc cloud is easily detected. the eyes of the watchers in our tranches, and there is time to take precautions

against its effects.

But in the darkness

of the night the coming of the gas is un seen, Then it is that the birds come to the help of our soldiers. Long before tho smell of this a great clamouring of fumes to his dataster? it the birds awakened from their wight perches. The birds fly away beyond reach of the tfumes, but in the meantime the British

ulilier is prepared.

The prize of 500 Francs for the Inst proposal for arriving terms of peace, which is offered by Ewiss newspaper, has drawn from its readers a number of original suggestions.

Some of the competitors offer to devote the prize, should they win it, to the Hed Cross

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

VATHOLS.

September 19th-5.50 p.m. -One N.C. Off. cer and seven P.Cs. Chinese Company, Inspector Taylor will visit." 8,50 p.m. One X. C. Officer and sovon

PC. Portuguese Company. Sergeant Major will visit.

One suggestion is that all members of reigning German houses should be put into the front line trenches, accompanied by all the Deputies of the Prussian Diet, the directors of Krupps and the members of the Pan-Gormani Association. To the trenches an the other side should be p members of the Action Francaise,September 14th-5,50 p.m. Inspector Camelote de Rai, and the editors of French nationalist papers. The origi antor of this suggestion says that the first volley fired after all these gentle. men had been placed in position would insure a speedy and satisfactory peace. A French speaking Swiss woman pro- poses that Swiss wives and mothers band themselves together under the Federal

Wilden, P.Cs. Potter, Butterfeld, Arnold (3), Eustaco (3), Wiks (5), Hobbs (5), Goodwin (8), and Ram- Ray (9).

8.50 p.m. Crown-Sergeant Sirdar Khan and seven P.Cs, to be detailed by him. Inspector Watt will visit,

A PARADER.

JOINED

fing and call to their side women from A published in Order of September 10th all the beligerent countries.

11th. The whole army is then to march along the front from the Vosges to Arras and interview Chan Pak Fai. Lu Cho Hang. 7. P. Tong, the generals of the three great armies,

Láng Tuk Shui and Wong Lai Chuen. demanding the restoration of husbands Also Dr. G. H. Thomas and Pun Tam Tang

to Ambulance Corps.

and sons serving in the ranks.

No fewer than forty-five competitors who appear to be advocates of peace to the knife favor the formation of an army of neutrals which shall force the combat ants to listen dio reason.

F. C. JESEN,

D.S.P. (Reserve).

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

Miss K. H. Warren (Formosa), Mrs. J. E: Watson, Mrs. J. }). Watt, Mrs. A. Weill, Mrs. West, Mrs. S. West, Mrs. Whiteley, Mrs. Woodley Collected by Mrs. Grimshaw, Quarry Bay: Mrs. Young, Margaret Russell, Mrs. Polly, Mrs. C. H. Murphy, Mrs. W. Lyle Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Johnson, A. B. C., Mrs. J. Reid, Mrs. L. Soutar, "Wanko," A. Weir, Margaret Reid, Mrs. Hardwicke, Mrs. Boulter, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. McNeillie, Mrs. To overcome the diffidence of the Morrison, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Middleton, belligerent to make the first proposal, it00RTS ORDERS BY LIEUT.-COLA, GHAFMAN, V.D. Mrs. W. G. Eldridge, Mrs. McIntosh, is sugested by bue competitor that each and C. Prowse, Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. Bate-belligerent should submit its proposada man. Mrs. Sloan, Mrs. J. Fergusson, Mr. in a sealed cavolope When all have J. G. Muir, Mrs, Burz, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. submitted their proposals the envelopes D. C. Lyle, Mrs, J. C. Hansen, Mrs. Goard, will be opened simultaneously.

similar To prevent the outbreak of s Mrs. E. D. Cabey.

war in the future one competitor recom mends the general and total prohibition of sports, the use of alcohol, gambling, and all other excitements tending to encourage a bellicose state of mind.

rs,

Collected by Mrs. A. G. Warren: -Mrs Hate Stapleton, Mrs. Hazeland, Miss land, Mrs. A. Franklin, Mrs. Tuxford, Mrs. Piorsey, Mrs. Braga, Mrs. Kenelm Dighy Mrs. Raven, Mrs. Middleton Smith,

Total................. $1,275.00 Already acknowledged ..... 1,999,50

3,268.50

Arthur Warren.

NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.

NEARLY £5,500,000 COLLECTED IN A YEAR.

Another competitors recommend that governments should send all their sub- jea's abroad at public expense in order that they may broaden their minds by travel among foreign people.

CICELY RUBBER ESTATES NEARLY 1,000 PER CENT PAID IN DIVIDENDS.

The Chairman of the Cicely Rubber. Estates, Ltd., in his speech at the annual meeting of shareholders in London, said :--- To-day I find that, after ten years' work-

The Prince of Wales, as treasurer of the National Relief Fund, issued his appeal to the nation on August 6th. 1914..

In twelve months from that date coing, we have distributed to the preference tribution, to which interest is now added, were received to a total of £6,431,671. CF this sum, however. £2,395,000 had been allocated to the 19th ult. for distribution for relief. leaving a balance in the fund of £3,036,671.

Two directors of the Hamburg-America Line, Herren Sibers and Stahr, have been convicted of embezzling 750,000 marios.

KING'S PARK RANGE.

The Range is allotted to members of the Corps and Reserves in the em- ploy of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., on Sunday, 19th just... from 9 am to 1 p.m.

PARADES.

2. Parades for today:

5.30 p.m. Recruits of Engineer Com- pany: Musketry and Rifle exercises at Taikoo Dockyard, under Sergt. Bullock. Remainder, nil.

DETAIZ. 3-Gun Club Hill, Kowloon:-

On duty 18th to 20th instant: Right

Section M.G. Co.

Officer on duty: Lieut. Kennett. Detention Camp, Kowloon

On duty today: Scouts Company, Officer on duty: Lieut. Murphy. On duly 14th inst.: Scouts Company Officer on duty: Capt. Hutchison. Orderly Officer 13th to 20th nstant:

Lieut. Wright, but sadl Orderly Sergeant 13th to 20th instant:

Corpl. Hamilton,

E. A. STEWART, Capt.;

Adjutant, H.K.V.C.

shareholders 255 per cent, That is only. 45 per cent, short of 100 per cent, average continuous dividend from the inception of the company. It is rather unfortunate

Major L M. Backmill, R.F.A., first that we have not been able to distribute that extra 45 per cent, to-day, as it would cousin of the Hon. Mr. J. A. S. Buckmill, have made up 1,000 per cent, in dividends Chief Justice, Straits Settlements and for in ten years, but no doubt we shall be able merly Attorney-General of Hongkong, was to distribute that amount soon, Recent mortally wounded on May 16th 1915, and reports from the estate continue to be very died at Bethune on May 18th. He was the satisfactory, Mr. Maude, in one of his last son of Lieut-Colonel Bucknil, late R.E., letters, says that he hopes next year to and grandson of Fir John Buckmill, F.R.B., who started the Devon Volunteers in 1852. produce rubber at 6d. per lb. fo.b.

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