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S. MOUTRIE & Co.,

LIMITED,

SOLE AGENTS,

for the famous

WEBER & ALLISON

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BRITISH MAD THROUGHOUT.

NEW MODELS.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 1915

THE PEKING SYNDICATE.

THE FU CHUNG CORPORATION.-

At the unus general meeting of the Peking Eyndiento Ltd., held at London on December 8th, the chairman, Mr Thomas A, Barson after referring to the encouraging prospects of the company,

proceeded

| CHINA'S CUSTOMS REVENUE CONVERSATIONS AFTER THE

DECREASE LAST YEAR..

shows a decrease of Haikuar The 2,185,000, The Maritime Customs revenue for 1915

the total collection being in round numbers Haikunn Ts, 30742,000, which, at an average exchange of $17, equals £4,764,978, as compared with Haikun Tls. 38,907,000, which, at an averago uxchange of 2/8), equals £6,300,184 in 1914,

The following collections are from the pricipal ports:

Harbin, Haikuan Ths. 1,124,000, an increase of Hk. Tx. 84,000.

WAR.

JAPHET IN SEARCH OF A BERTH.

Employer: My dear man I quite ap preciate your position, but I have nothing. to offer you.

Japhet Oh, dear 1 I've been cold that everywhere since I'm back froin the

War,

Employer: I quite believe it. I have hundreds of young fellows coming here every week,

I must now revert to the Henan Concos. sion item which remains at £133 733. There is an addition to the description in the

Japhet: I thought that with a staff of accounts which rends as follows: Part

Dairen, Haikuan Tis. 1,740,000, an in four hundred you might be able la........ crease of HL Tis. 154,000,

Employer: But my staff is entirely of the rights under this Concession have Tientsin and Chinwang.no, Haikuan female now, and the women have proved been transferred to the Fu Chung CorporsTls. 4,730.000, & decrease of Hk. The efficient and satisfactory I can't in com tion in which the syndicate holds a half 201,000.

mon fairness discharge any of thom to interest, the remainder being represented.

make way for igen, by-the-con/finida ut Jaheisen!?!-

You may wonder why, as we have dis posed of certain interests to this Corpora bigs, The concession should still figuro in the balance sheet at the same valuation. You must remember that in the past the amount represented a proposition that was to a large extent unworkable, whereas now us shall share the benefit of the natural wenth of the whole of the concession. Therefore, is safe to consider the amount apportioned as being now more approxi mately its value than it was under the old conditio

Hankow Haikugu Tls, 3,807,000, increase of Hk, Tis 177,000.

an

Shanghai, Haikuan Tls. 11,410,000, decrease of Hk. Tis. 651.000.

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Swatow, Haikaan Tis, 1,200,000, decrease of Hk. Th. 187,000.

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Canton, Haikuan Tix. 2,308,000, decrease of Hk. Tls. 408,000.

Alt foreign obligations secured on the Customs have been fully met to December 31st, 1915.

THE DUTY OF IRELAND. MR. J. REDMOND MP ON THE NEED FOR BRINGING THE WAR TO A SPEEDY AND VICTORIOUS END.

Japhet Women were orly uppo ed to jake our places while we were at the Fronti

FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.

.....

Mr. A. W. Hayward; brother of the inte Sad Lieut. E. J. Hayward, Rayel Fusi- Hiers, who was killed a Suvla Bay on November 12th, arrived home safely on December 27th.

Mr Eric Norbury, of Shanghai, has Messrs. W. H. Huiland and G. But joined the Motur Transport Division. land, after about ten months' (raining in the Artists Rifles, O, T., have received 2nd Lieut nautin the 10th Durham Light | Lufantry, and Mr. G. Butland 2nd-Lieut-

eannt in York and Lancaster Regiment.. Mr. C. Butland was employed in the Va cum Oil Co., Hankow and Tientsin, Mr.

commissions. Mr W. II. Butland is now

H. Butland was with Messrs. Davis Brocks and went house to fish his career with the Indented Steel Bar Co., London, and enlisted from professiona

there,

Employer: Quito, But they've Copf. Lammert's son Edwa, who is at proved such excellent substitutes that the front with the London Scottish Regi- employers do not care to part with them,ment, mentions in several of his lettera Japhet It's joily hard, on us. I was how anxious, the Saxons are voi to be mis- bank clerk for ten years. Now the banks taken for Prussians, On one ocension they. are filled with women and the bankers put up a notice saying, "We are Saxone den't want to chango, I wont round the and you ore Anglo-Saxons, Don't shoot," City all the offices are filled with women and ou que ocasion when one of these men --same story. In aber despair I offered fired at a British soldier he was loudly re-. to be a tram conductor. The manager Aw

proved by his courades. A very good. me, said he was sorry, but they had only understanding consequently exists be Women conductors now and found themtween the troops, mare satisfactory than the men,

Mr. J. O. P. Bland, of Shanghai, is Employer: I'm sorry. By the by, are leaving for the front with the Red Cross. you tarried?

Information has reached Shanghai to the Japhet Married! How can I marry effect that Lieut. Percy Lambe's death, At a recruiting conference held in the in a country where there is no employment which took place on November 7th, was Town Hall, Waterford, on December 3rd, for men?

instantaneous and was due to an aerial at which the Lord Lieutenant was present Employer (brightening up); Not torpedo, which wrecked the trench he was Mr. Redmond, said that he came to married! You are a strong, healthy-look-in. pasist the work of the Viceroy because being young man. My dear fellow, seventy- believed it was the highest interest of five per cent. of my stuff are good-looking. Ireland to help to bring the war to a numarried girls. Many of them are earn- speedy and victorious end. At the begining quite enough to keep a husband com- Ring of the way Ireland was emerging fortably, Come and have a look round. from a long period of industrial stagna- tion and poverty. There seetoed a future

A YOUNG LADY ENTERS THE OFFICE,

Young Lady: Think you so much, Sir,

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & Syndiente's uncussion is extended ten of econunie and industrial ve fare loom for raising my eatery. Oh, I beg pardon,

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

-Bingle Fata by Night Steamer

Retára

功

(available also for return.

by day steamer}

Slagle Faro by Day Stamer Rotera

#

10+

HONGKONG TO CANTON. ↑

$6.00

10.00 4.00

8.00

CANTON TO HONGKONG.

TUESDAY, 11ru

JANUARY, 1916,

8.03 m. HONAM. 10.00 p.m. FATIHAN,

8.00 . HEUNGSHAN. +24.80.pm. KINSHAN,

WEDNESDAY, 12 JANUARY, 1916

8.03., HEUNGSHAN.

10.00 p.m.. KINŊHAN.

8.00 . HONAM.

4.33 pm. FATSHAN,

HONGKONG-MAÇÃO LINE.

8.8. SUI TAI, Tona 1,851,

8.8. TAISHAN, Tons 2,008. HONGKONG TO MACAO.

Week days at 8 am and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street - Wharf, Bandays at 9 am and 1 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,

MACAO TO HONGKONG,

Wook days of 7.30 am, and 2. p.m. Sundays' st 7.30 s.m, sud 3 p.m. EXCURSION TO MACAO. BUNDAY, 16TH JANUARY, 1916.

- The Company's Now Shamship -

"TAISHAN”

WHARF SÍ 8 am, and rebum -

Will depart from the Company's WING LOS DE MAR

From Macao at 3 pm, t

N.B. The Company will also run Steamer from Macso on Sunday at 7.30 s end from Hongkong at 1 p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.

FARES AS USUAL.

CANTON-MACAO LINE,

8.8. SUI ANA

Departures from Maoso so Canton un Monday, Wednesday and Friday, aš 9 pini, Departures from Canton to Macao on Taceday, Thursday and Enturday, at 4.30 p.m. JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT :CO., LTD.. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

8.8. SAINAM, 585 tons, and §,8, NANNING, 569 tons, Que of the above Steamet loivas Canton for Waobor every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at about 8 a.m., and the other leaves Washow for Chaton on thesame days at 8.30 am. Bound trips take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Company's direct Steamers LINTAN and SANUI. These vessels have superior Cabin assommodation and are lighted throughout by electricity, Electric Fea in each Cabla,

Booking Office open daily (Sanday excepted) s.m. to 5 p.m. Farther particulars may be obtained at the Office of them

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., LTD.,

Hotel Mansions (First Floor), opposite the Blake Pier.

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Sold everywhere in boxes, price 9id(36 pills) 1/1)d (56 μlils) & 2/9 (168 pills); -

ON SALE

•OUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG

BWEEKLY PRESS JANUARY to JUNE,

1815. With INDEK Price $7.50.

On Sale at the HONGKONG DAILY. PRESƏ" Ofacs...

Hongkong, "0 ́h August, 1918,

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Among the advantages of the new arrangement, arrived at with the support and sauction of beib the Central und Pro- vincial Governments, and the British Minister at Poking, we abolish at a stroke the cut-throat competition we have had to face for the past few years from the native producers; certain railway rates are reduced to an extent that will allow u to considerably extend our marketable arena most important factor-aud a de finite agreement that no permits to mino in the Province of Honan will be granted to any other persons or corporation during the 60 years' term of this agreement. The

years beyond the original date of expirn

up, and if this war were to tion. We also have the right to select and definitely it would mean throwing work an extra hva square miles of terri-Ireland for generations in every come tory adjoining our red and yellow per avenue of progress. In connection" mits. These are substantial benefits to set the way Ireland had made a tresty, and off against the rights transferred. So far Ireland, at any rate, had never broken a we have every reason to be satisfied with treaty. the arrangement Everything is working At the beginning of the war, Mr. Red smoothly, and although during the transimond continued, Lord Kitchener said to tion stage the results cannot be taken as a him. Can you guarantee 5.000 men criterion of the future, you will be pleased from Ireland If you can I will say, to hear that Mr. Henrick, our agent-Thank you. If you can guarantes me general, writes in one of his last letters 12,000 I will say I'm deeply obliged.*"* hame: The result of the first two It was not 5,000 or 12,000, but 100,000 months' working augurs well for the fu- that had be sent from Ireland. (Loud ture, and I am perfecily satisfield."

cheers.) What they were asking for was I may mention that the very last results to maintain that Irish Army at the frost to hand are even more favourable than and make good the wastage.. those I have just referred to, but as he was convinced that German power was In conclusion, Mr. Redmond said that said before these early results cannot be waning, and that the war taken us a basis. As you are aware, tho

would end negotiations which have resulted in the the same time they had got to make up sooner than most people expected, At deal with the Fu Chung Corporation have their minds to prepare for what was pos- been as delicate as they have been pro-sible and to provide reserve baitalions tracted. There are always difficulties in with a steady flow of recruits, dealing with a country the size of China where the Central Government cannet ba in such close touch with the Provincial Authorities as, for instance, the British Government is with the London County Council. N

The Syndicate in the past has had to foes a great deal of friction and opposi tion, which has had the effect of seriously obstructing the development of its re sources, the disposal of its output, and the extension of its energies. All this is now changed by the creation of the Fu Chung Corporation, analogous to the Kailan Ad- ministration of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., which has proved eminent ly successful, and we are now assured of the hearty co-operation of all the influen tial people who count in Chinese political and commeroist affairs, As 10 the past, Staker hare-been-made, sometimes costly ongs, and I am afraid that a proportion of the expenditure on exploitation, pruspecting and development may ulti- ately have to be written off if the coal properties are to show an adequate profit on the capital involved. But the trapsi- tion stage between the old policy and the w renders it impossible to mass an approximate valuation of present an I future prospects. When the Fu Chung Corportion is in proper working order we shall be able to do so. Our standing. with the Chinese Authorities is excellent, and we are thankful for the support we are receiving from the British Minister at Peking.

CANTONESE ANCESTOR THE TA HUANG TI

OF

WAR NEWS,

HOW THE RUSSIANS KIDNAP:

PED":

D" TWO GENERALS.

salted in the capture of the staff of the Details of the daring exploit which re- 2nd German Division near. Pinsk "have increased the admiring astonishment which the news has aroused.

thirteen miles into the German front. The Russian expedition: penetrated for Such piercing could be possible only in is impossible for the enemy's lines to be a region like the Piusk marshes, where it continuous.

The Russians used small paths through the swampa with which the enemy was probably unacquainted, and also crossed the Rivera Strumen and Stokhod, upon. which the enemy relied as barriers against an attack.

In the middle of the night, says the Daily Mail Petrograd correspondent, the Russians came on the village of Nere Here they knew the heads of the Divi- surrounded the house, they suddenly at sional Staff were living,ving quiety tacked and killed the sentries, but not before the alarm had been given to the

thought you were alone

troduce you to one of our heroes. Fought Employer: Don't go. Allow me to in-

right through the War. He can't get em payment owing to the preference for women workers, but he is a bachelor,

Young Lady: Really? (Smiling) De lighted to meet you. (Shakes Japhet warmly by the hand,

Employer (to Japhet): This is Miss Jones, one of my hand clerks, Her salary is six pounds a week and she has a nice little home and a middle aged mother who is not an invalid but an excellent working. housekeeper. Now, if you two young. people like the look of each other

Both: Oh we do!

dear fellow. Marry Miss Jones. You can Employer: Then that settles it, my

your wife is at business, and I'm sure help her mother in the housework while. you' be very happy.

(He marries Miss Jones, who allows him Japhet: Thank you, Bir

£1 8 week pocket-money, he iste her mother in the housework, and helps to rebuild broken race).

BATTLE SPIRIT OF THE FLYING CORPS.

CAPTURED GERMAN AIRMEN'S-

STORY,

British headquarters:

A Press correspondent writes from the

The capture or destruction of German for special mention in each instance, but airplanes is too common an event to call there were special circumstances about the bringing down of two on Monday last which, perhaps, justify the facts being pat ou record

The first machine which was driven to earth was a brand now type of Albatros, and I saw both it and its two occupants to-day. The two German airmen gave me spirited account of how they were at tacked both by our anti-aircraft guns and also by four British airplanes.

They of our guns-though the pilot professed to make light of the shoote that one shell barst so near him that his airplane was nearly capsized by it-bat they declared that our airmen manœuvred shower of hand grenades and a hedge of hot fire in upon them that gradually, hav Troops who rushed out were met by an all sides of them and poured such a baronets. The Russians poured into the ing only a carbine with which to raply, house, pulled out of bed the divisional they were forced down from 7,000ft. to commander, another general officer, and 300ft, and eventually were compelled to several members of the staff, and dragged land." them off.

abaff.

THE FOOD PROBLEM IN GERMANY.

po attachment for a fuselage.

The

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

CORES ORDERS BY LIEUT.-COL. A. CHAPMAN, V.D.,

HEBIGNATION

1-No. 1849 Sapper F. H. M. Goode is permitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, dated 8th January, 1916, MUSKETRY.

2.-Musketry,

Course,

Trained Men's Part 11. (Standard Test), will be car- ried out at King's Park Range as follows:

Saturday, 16th inst., 2.30 p.m.;i

Left Section M.G, Co.. Officer on duty at firing point: Capt.

Armstrong

Officer on duty in butts: Capt. Wolfe, Sunday, 18th inst., 9.30 ..

Centro Section M.G, Co. Officer on duty at firing point: Capt.

Wood,

Officer 01 duty in butts: Lieut.

Smith

worn.

Corp. Grimes, R.E., will attend, N.C.Os of the units bring will assist him Uniform (Drill order) to ha The Officer in charge of the -firing point is to check the ammuni tion both before and after ring each day.

·HARADES/

PROMOTION. S.-H.E. the Governor has been pleased to promote 2nd-Lieut. R. J. Stevenson, Engineer Company, to be faeutenant, with effect from 4th January, 1916.

4.Parades for Tuesday, 11th inst

7a.m. Members of Signalling Section and other Signallers na detailed in Signalling Section order, dated 9th December, 1915, Morse Rag practics: ut Headquarters. 5.15 p.m. No 1 and 3 Sub-sections Artillery Battery (as detailed in Corps Order No. 4, dated 30th De eenber, 1915), 10 pdr gun drill at Headquarters. Sergeant Bradley

will attend,

5,15 p.m. Right Section MG Co.,

Section drill and Musketry exercisca.. on Cricket Ground, bu 5.15 p.m. Left Section M.G. C, Baronet fighting at Headquarters. 6.15 pm. L.G. Section of No. 4-900- tion Scouts Co., Machine Gun in- struction at Headquarters Re- mainder of No. 4 Section, Bayonet fighting at Headquarters. 5.16 p.m. Recruits of all units, Squad

drill and rifle exercises at. Hend- quarters under Sergt. Major Highý. 5.16 p.m. Stretcher Bearer Section,

Instruction at Headquarters. Remainder, n

DETAIL. Gun Club Hill Kowloon.

On duty until morning of 16th baik, No. 2 Section Artillery Battery Tho following members of Sig. Section will angin, them to-night:-Ptes, Harle, HW Ramsay, Wilkinson, A. Jacobs, Pereirs, and Meadows. Officer on duty: Capt. W, M, Scatt P of W. Camp, Kowloon:

** On duty to-night: Centre Section M ̧¤ ̧

Company.

Officer on duty; Lieut. Wright."

On duty to-morrow night Civil Ber-

vice Company,

Officer on duty Capt. Churchill. Orderly Sergt. until morning of 15th

inst. Sergh Hegarty

GE, STEWART, Capt Adjutant, H. K. V. C.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

PARÁDKA,

For Turday to Friday, January 11th to 14th, as in orders of January 8th to 10th

The Albatrose, it must be stated, showed no signs of this terrific struggle. Every thing aboard her was as spick and span By Js the case with a now machine, and It is evident that one of the German the only scars she bore were two bullet The Chiang Chun and the Governor of Government's chief desires is to abacuse holes in the fuselage just behind the Kuangtung Province, in a joint memorial the critical discussions in the Reichstag which I got from our own men went to to the Throne, state that Yuan Chung about food supplics. The official memo

second. (the pilot's) sent. The version, too, huan (said to be the Ancestor of the randum on "econduic measures which show that the machine was not handled. President) was a "good" native of has begu presented to the Reichstag is with as much skill and daring as German Kuangtung and achieved considerable a sombre document. About ezra little is airmen have frequently displayed. military, merit in his time. For this and said. As to potatoes, this year's harvest Albatross came to ground very rapidly other good reasons, it is requested that is described as "particularly favourable, after fire had been opened on her, and this Cantonese progenitor of the Ta and is estimated at 54,000,000 tons for the neither of the occupants was touched. Huang T should be doified and assigned who's German-Empire

The observer's complaint, however, that seat In the Temple of Kuang

On the other hand, it is noted that he only had a carbine was an undeniable and Yueh Fei, the National War Heroes, there is a strong demand for potatoes as fact, and I saw for myself that there was To share the worship, etc. The memorial todder in view of the scarcity of a num has been referred to the Bureau of Cere ber of other fodder stuffs. The harvest

machine gun on the mony for consideration.

of fruit and vegetables wie favour

The second machine-which was an able." There is sufficient sugar for its Aviatik and fitted with a mitrailleuse real and natural use, the feeding of put up a more gallant fight,

It was human beings," and the public are told chased by seven of our machines, which that they will be allowed to consume Largs pursued it in the direction of Lille. The quantities of marmalade, honey, syrups, German machine managed to elude all and other substitutes for fat." Emour airplanes except ons, which hosded phasis is laid upon the fodder dificulty if off and drove it back towards our other which involves the meat supply-but con-airmen, who finally brought it down. The Bureau for the preparation of the military and political, situation.

fidence is expressed in an increase of The observer in this machine was badly fodder imports. 29 a result of the wounded in the thigh, and his pilot-an Grand Ceremony-has decided that

National that the

- Offizieraspirant--was "by 53 4 thro

In conclusion it is stated: Taking municative, The curious thing in his which goosist of the National Seal, the into coount all these factors, it may safely case was that having reached his own Imperial Register and the Precious be expected that the feeding of the Gerlines at Lille be did not come to earth, as Sword,"-should-be presented by the Tsan maa people, including the supply of foods apparently he could easily have done, Cheng Yuan to the To Huang Ti on the which are of animal origin, will remain It would be no compliment either to the day of his accession to the Throne. These preserved from a situation of real menace Royal Flying Corps or to the many Ger- thrie articles will hereaf r he made the Meanwhile, the fact cannot be disguised man airmen who have displayed great hereditary property of the Imperial that the foods which are here in question gallantry to suggest that each cheap House and they will also symbolise the--that is to say, not meat alone, but also captures are the rule, but the two inci. Throne. Their transfer to or possession milk, and, above all, butter and other dents taken, together show the moral ad- Tuesday, January 11th, at 6 p.m. by other perto or House will be fats--have during the last few months vantage which we have gained from our Thursday, January 18th, at 6 p.m. equivalent to a transfer of the Imperial beon the cause of the main difficulties in practice of giving or accepting battle on

F. C. JENKIN, Throne,

the food market,

all occasions.

D.S.P. (B.).

FRENCH LESSONS

d. MOUSSION,

15, MORRISON HILL ROAD.

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SYMBOLS OF MAJESTY.

THREE PRECIOUS NATIONAL TREASURES.

·|-

no means com-

MARTCOMBINED. PARADE,

All ranks will parade in uniform, caps and covers, rifles and ammunition, as the Central Police Station, et 2.45 p.m. sharp, on Saturday, January 18th."

-MUSKETEY-PART II. Surday, January 16th-All Inspectors and

Borgeanta.

Sunday, January 29rdos, 8 and 4 Pla

toans, No. 2 Company Uniform, caps and covers. Leave Blako Pier 9 a.m.

CANTERNA

Platoon Commanders will pay Canteen as

counts at this office on or before Janus ary: 15th

BAND FRACTIOR. V.