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CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING.

INCREASED OUTPUT AND SALES. The third annual meeting of the Chinezo Engineering and Mining Company, Ltd., was hold on December 17th at Winchester House, London, E., Mr. W.F. Turner presiding.

TAR HONGKONG DAILY PREFF. TUESDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 1916.

THE ENGLAND OF 1917. PREVISION OF THE DEAN OF

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, At the consecration of Dr. Herbert Louis Wild, Archdeacon of Nottingham, as Biebop of Newcastle-on-Tyce, in York: Minster Dr. Lage, Dean of St. Paul's, preached the sermon, taking as his text the words **This word yet once more signifieth the re- moving of those things that are shaken, things which are not shaken may remain,' (Hebrews xi. 27.)

WILHELM THE PLOTTER

PLANNING FOR THE END OF

IMPERIAL AUSTRIA,

18 IT WAR OF PEACE?

BY AN ENGLISHMAN.]

If we thought only of the frivolous: topics which seem to engrose our legia's tors, it would be difficult to understand that we were engaged in the greatest of all wars.

M. Joan Finot published in his monthly magazine, Lo Revue, a very striking article on Austrian affairs, written by a prominent Austrian writer, belonging to one of the oldest Bohemian familica, That which is essentially trivial still

The Chairman said: A year ago we told as of things that have been made, that tho Charles do Lovetzow. The article gives a secus to hold their minds, and the daň-

SHIPTING IN PORT

Yasen Kaisha.

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 24th at 10.50 am, --Pressure has ARIAKE MAHU, Japanese str. 1,942, N.

Nomura, 18th January-Miike 8to increased In al districts. The anti-eyelon has January, Coal-Mitsui Bussan Kaapala strengthened. It is now central ore, the

Tower Yangise Valley on Ma

Doprensions Ile to the east of Tokio and 10 AWA MARU, Japanese str., 3,000, Kojira

Madiu 16th January Shanghai the north-east of Hokkaido.. 13th January, General, Nippon The depression over Mindanao appears to bo CHANGEHA British str.. 1,463, F. Calling up.

Gambrill, 18th January-Melbourne, Hongkong rainfall for the 24 bones anding st

Butterfield 10 mm tođaý, 000. fách . 10th December, General. & Swire:

The forecast for the 24 houm ending at moon 19th January-Shanghai 18th Jaau-

General Chinese ary, CHIYO MARU, Japanese str.,

E. 8,411, Beat, 14th January-San Francisco 18th December, Kaisha, CHOFU MARU, Japanese str., 933, 8. Orii,

Dzerkiez

graphie account of the internal conditionsgerous example which they net wil if it} CHIYUES, Chinese str.. 1,177, W. Boday in un follows. 2. of Austris to-day but it contains also not checked, be followed only too been at war for more than a year, it is detaily of that rumoured family pact eagerly by the spine. Though we have which the long-sighted and rapacious Eu- still accessary to remind ourselves that peror Wilhelm had secretly conclude we have but one object in view to beat with the murdered Archduke, Francis the Germans; that to accomplish this great Ferdinand, who, but for the tragedy of Berajove, would have succeeded to the work two things only are necessary-men Austrian throne. W

you that the sales for the current year the one which is dealt with in the report

Speaking of things that would remain, and accounts before you, showed a satishe said that the Church must leave behind ftobory increase over those for the corres not only its past errors, but also its past ponding period of the preceding year. The triumphs. Theirs must be the forward view. increase for the whole year amounted to He was not one of those who made light of 281,000 tons, and there was a substantial their deep and dangerous cleavages or increase in the divisible not profit of the did he see any likelihood of these diver Failan Mining Administration. There

gences being less strongly felt than they

Francis Ferdinand had bound himself was, however, a fall in the average rate of

were now. On the contrary, the more earnest exchange from about 1s. 10hd, to 18. 7. people were about their religion-and we by a solemn promise to his uncle, the aged por dollar, which has had the result of were going to be in deadly earnest about Emperor, to exclude the children of his Hightly reducing our proportion of the our religion, as about everything else the morganatic marriage with the Duchesse Bet profit in China,

more severe would be the strain upon that do Hohenberg from any official role.

Knowing this, the Emperor Wikin marvellously dexterons Elizabethan settle-

cat which fixed the constitution and char-made the following compact with the heir. On the death of Francis noter of the Church of England when it apparent separated from Rome That Bottlement was Joseph the Archduke should, according to wonderfully successful, but it would re-custom, adopt the title of Emperor of Aus quire all the statesmanship of their rulers tria, King of Hungary, of Bohemin, etc. to avert disruption in the twentieth cen-He should be invested with supreme con- tury. Surely profound as their differences were, there was a point, if they dug deep enough, at which they disappeared. Could they not at least te lo make that deepen ing of personal religion which they hoped was the coming bond of anion for all Churchmen?

The balance carried, to the balance sheet is £150,007, as compared with £155,659 a your age. The net profit is therefore £3,400 larger than the year before. This ia ex- plained mainly by the fact that, while our proportion of the profit in China is some what smaller, wo hayo na prevision to make this year la respect of preliminary expenses, inasmuch as the balance of that account-namely, £11,014-was written off last year. The balance brought forward from July 1st; 1914, was £52,208. Adding the prost I have just mentioned makes a total of £211,335. We paid an interim dividend of 5 per cent. on May 15 last, which required £50,000. Income-tax to June 20th, 1916, amounts to £12,176 Deducting these, there remains a disposable balance of E149.169. Out of this we propose to de- dare a further dividend of 5 per cent, free of income tax, making a total of 10 per cont, for the year, which will leave £99,158 to he carried forward to next year. We fold you at the last general meeting that the board had felt it their duty to vote a sum of one thousand guinens to the Prince of Wales National Relief Fund. £250 to the British Red Cross Fund, and £200 to the Belgian Relief Puad. making £1,500 in all. In addition to this, our Brussels office has made a monthly contribution to

Secours Comité Central de

e d'Alimentation i Brussels, which for the "I might year amounted to £370 19s. 7d. Ray that we subscribed for £50.000 of the War Loan which was issued in July last.

the

and munitions,

Voluntary

The battxield, indeed, is no place for discussion. The time has gone by for illustrating a theory of politics or for making displays of what once seemed to be effective rhetoric. We can no longer argue with the sad Hadical who dis- covered some time since that we are not fighting in defence of our country as such, but in defence of those ideals of free- do which make our country dear to us, that in other words the surrender of the voluntary principle would be far worse than any material defeat stitutional rights and privileges, and Such talk as this is fit for the debating

are confronted by a should become the sole arbiter of all society; it is blasphemous folly when we

governing of family the Hapsburg family. But, this done, foe, Cunscription, the Volukilful yielding to his people's wish" and "in System, National Service all these consideration of the new position created are the men counters of garrulity. We by the existence of a German Empire," he must have the men we want, and we must The attempt seemed more than hopeful, agreed to reverse the settlements made by have them soon, and if they come not by Austria (1804-1800), which were based pee. It will be a poor comfort, even to the because we were now learning a stern lesson his ancestor, Francis I of Germany and one path, then they must come by anether. of the value of discipline and the danger cisely on the negation of that empire and most zealous pedant, to save a doubtful to code to the Emperor of Germany the principle and logo the soul of England. of private and sectional wilfulness. war was & struggle between discipline and liberty, and if liberty could not learn dis-so-called German provinces of Austria. cipline then liberty musti perish in Church and State, We were visibly going to pieces when storms broke out upon us. All that would have to be changed. The new spiri- tuul schism must be driven out somehow, and he earnestly hoped that loyal Church men would help the Bishops to combat it in their own Church,

This

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There is another party in the State which believes that if only the news is properly doctored if the truth is plea sandy spiced with falsehood, all will be well We must present ourselves to the world not as we are but as we would be, re are told, and not only shall we strike fear into the heart of Germany, but we shall have the neutrals playing joyously about our feet. It sounds a pleasant fairy story, and its so easily told. It is, however, not without its disadvantages. certain to reach our enemies, and the risk, The soporine gas of illusion is not quite as we know, is very great that the lightest puff of wind may blow it back in our own faces and send us all fast aaleep. The plain statement of a defeat will bree our nerves like a gust of east wind. The idle tale of a victory, which was no victory, will weaken our arms in the very presence of the for.

UPPER AND LOWER AUSTRIA, This at first sight looks to be a huge sacrifice. In reality it was none. The operation was to be conducted in this way, The Kaiser, being under no obligation to respect Francis Joseph's sentiments as to the morganatic issue of his heir, under took to appoint one of the Hohenberg boys Speaking of the prospect when the men to the command of the new fiefs of his Em. an came back from the front, he asked whe-pire, with the sovereign rights of ther we supposed they would come back archduke in the two Austrian provinces, unchanged, whether we supposed that the and the titles of Duke of Syria, etc.

These German provinces ceded, the Im manhood of the country was going in the future to devote all its leisure to knocking perial title of the sovereign became a

void, and balle about, to botting on horse-racing and meaningless football matches, and reading of police Ferdinand was to resign it, adopting in nows. He did not know what they wished its stead some other to be decided on later Owing to the absence of communication wa

to do, but it would be something much This compact paved the way to the throne have not received any accounts from our

We manlior and more worthy than that. Our for the Duchesso de Hohenberg, and her

And as we would exnet the truth about Brussels office since May 31st last.

women had proved their right to a larger eldest son became the natural heir and told you at the general meeting last year. what the position then was; in consequence place in almost every sphere of national successor of his father. In no other way ourselves, so we must see to it that we There are those who patiently of the German occupation, a Commissioner life. Could we suppose that women's news. could these song become anything but had been appointed by the German Govers papers would be devoted almost entirely to counts or dukes of no importance, and me but deceived about the state of Ger- rate the strength and to distort the pro- ment at each of the banks in Brussels, and the art of adorning the person. The Eng the new kingdom, shorn of these German collect such facts as help them to under-

land of 1917 would be seething with new provinces, became more homogeneous, transactions were confined in our case to

Thus the Kaiser saw his dominions xspect of our enemies. This is a system making payments to the familie, or repre ideas and interests, and glowing with new sentative in Belgium of our Belgian am- and high seriousness. What a grand optended in the near future without draw of winning the war beloved by those poli- ployes at the mines in China, otherwise the pertunity all this made for the Church anding the sword, from Hamburg to Trieste, ticians who pretend to believe that things the appointed rulers of the Church. They from Kiel to Pola, from the North Sea will come right in time if we do but leave Hia dream was then alone, who see no national disgrace company could not draw upon the amounts

in the silly phrase of muddling standing to its credit with its hankers,would witness, he hoped, such a moral and to the Mediterranean.

With the new heir, as the Kaiser knew, through." ____ This position continued until the month spiritual uplifting of the British people as destroyed by the murder of the archduke. of August last. We have received informa had never been known before. They might

terranean retreated a thousand miles from tion that eo August 6th our Brussels office possibly witness an outflow of creative there was nothing to be done. The Medi was sequestrated by the German Govern genius in art, literature, and science now ment and a Commissioner was appointed; that the foundations of the great deep had German territory, and the whole plan fresh foundation. The only way to make the amounts standing to the credit of the been opened and the clogging influence of would have to be built up again on some Burg of sncoeeding to Francis Joseph was company with its bankore were taken custom and material effort released.

the Caisse de Con-

to involve the veteran Emperor in a war, possession of and sent

and this William II. hastened to do. signation, Berlin. The requisite steps have been taken to register the company's claim in the Foreign Claims Department of the Foreign Office. There the matter will ro main until the conclusion of the war.

WORK AT THE VINES.

"WHISKERS RAMPANT Wilhelmshaven, the North Sea bass of the High Canal Fleet, has boldly disre. garded the protesta of the Royal Academy. of Art at Berlin and other Prussian con noisseurs, and duly dedicated its mond- mental statue, The Faithful Watch," as an enduring memoria! of the German Navy's conservative and home-loving habits.

The statue is described as "reproducing the features of Grand Admiral Vo Tirpitz," and its outstanding characteris lic are whiskers rampant.

MR. FORD OF THE ARK,

BRITISH NEWSPAPERS REFUSE

many.

NO HELP IN FLATTERING FABLES The Germans are starving, we hear on against the pressure of our Fleet; there are bread rots in Berlin; the armies of every side, they cannot long hold out

the Central Powers are already compelled to husband their ammunition; they are bankrupt in hope and pocket. It looks very pretty upon paper, doesn't it! We

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Formoes Unannel

22nd January-Bintin 18th January, Wood Order. DEVAWONDBE, British str., 1,017,

W.

Shearer 23rd January-Saigon 18th- Rice and Meal-Order. HAICHING, British str., 1,207, WC. Pass

more, 3rd January-Foochow 20th January, General-Douglas Lapraik &Co. HALYARD, Norwegian str. 1,660, V. Beck,

SouthCast of Chiun batwosa / The same - ar Hongkong sad Lamsoka. ( No. 1:

Hongkong and Hainan.. No. L Bouth court of Chins between (The_memo

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METEOROLOGICAL

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SITE JANUARY AM.

31st January-Bangkok 11th January, Rico-Java China-Japan-Lijn.jso January-Hoibow 19th January, Gen. HARLAN, French atr. 207 Julicy, Sist

eral-Order. 23rd January-Singapore 18th Janu HONORHENG, British str., 3,085, J. Magón,

aty, General.—Order. January-Weihaiwej 17th January Genera. Butterfield & Swire. HICHO, British str. 1,311, Shane, 23rd

2nd January-Calcutta 7th January, JAPAN, British str., 3,800, C. P. Seddon,

General Order, JanuaryBangkok 8th January Rice-- KASCHOW, British str., 1,282, Lowis, at

Bottorfeld & Swire KWANGLEE, Chinese str., 432, J. Mac- Arthur, 22nd Jaunery-Shanghai 19th January, General.-Order, 3rd January-Freemantle 11th De KWIKANA, British str., 2,120, J. Rodger, go hima...

cember Sandal Wood-Order. January-Saigon 16th January General LABETES, British str., 1,340, A. Jenkins, 21st

----Chinese

MEXICO MARU, Japanese str., 3,559, T. Yamaguchi, 15th January Manila 19th January, General-Osaka She Ben Kaisha. Gilroy, 21st January-Moji 18th Jan- NAMBANG, British str. 2,801, HE uary, General-Jardine, Matheson & Oo, 17th January-Wakamatsu 12th Jan Navis, Norwegian str., 1,474, Solberg,

wary, Coal-Thoresen & Co. SHAOHSINO, British str., 1,207, Hobbs, 21st

January-Swatow 20th January, Batterield & Sire.

January-Manila 18th January. Gen. eral Butterfield & Swire. TAMING, British 1,350, Pennefather, 21st

TAIBHUN, Chinese str. 1,219, Westerland, 17th January-Shanghai 18th Janu ary, General-Order. 21st January-Singapore 12th January, Kerosine OilAsiatic Petroleum Co.. TELENA, British str., 3,124, J. T. Lackray,

TJPANAS, Dutch str., 2,444, A. de Lange. 21st January-Hongay 10th January, Coni-Java China Japan Lijn. Wono British str., 1,228, Wake, 18th 17th January, January-watow, Ballast Butterfield & Swire.

MARU, Japanese str., 2,658 YO100

Kaoyama, 12th January-Hongay th January, Coal-Dodwell & Co.

all like a method of business which is all ITALIAN CENSOR SENT TO PRISON profit and no expense. And the tales of Germany's approaching inanition are as

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martial, consisting of three generals aui these sanguine prophets of a victory three colonels, to two years and eix on the level of the son in faches. tenthe, sa d HIS ADVERTISEMENTS. As regards the working of the past year,

cheaply bought are the worst enemies. months' imprisonment and a ne, for hav-ndredths. 1 cannot do better than quote a passage

that a country can encounter at a time of from the general manager's report. He

unsigned articles, intended for publica Recent home papers are full of references war. They are litt better than the ing by private letters, and signed and says: It was intended at the begining

to the speech in which the now untorious genious critics, who would sap our exertion, by steaiatically spread false reports of the financial year to work all the mines:

DIRKOPION OF WIND, to two point at full bore every possible day through

Henry Ford said that he would like to thegies with a sun and think that they can of the Italian war operations, for dispar-numidity of his saturated with moisture being Bil, a-tin-can to the Allies Financial Comunis uncover the secret of the future by the aging the Army, and for seeking to un-

FORCE OF WED, Mocording to Bonafort Biais. out the year to satisfy existing demands,

sion (to the United States) and chase it gentle application of a little simple termine public confidence.

BATH OF WRATHER, b blue sky, o defsabið The accused was a notorious pro-Ger and to make provision for a very large

back to Europe." Mr. Ford is the head of arithmetic,

As I have said, two things are neces anticipated increase in sales compared with

man, and until two months ago the mili-cload, à dracing main, I fog, a gloomy, à huil;), a great motor-car producing company

z mín, amor, È thunder, 'w visibility, w dów (wet), the previous year, In August, however, the

power at the mines for all purposes, Speak-which dnes a large business in England sary to win the war-men and munitions tary critic of the Giolittian pro-German lightning, a oveart, pparing shower, a wych

All the flattering fables in the world wil Stamps, of Turin The letters were, fu war in Europe broke out, and, in view of

Butt ha anish antha ani kugiraliji the uncertainty of the future, and more ing on the general question of the consump- His grossly offensive speech was at oner

not help us. A year's fighting has taught

newspaper, and Senator Frassati, the especially, of the effect the war might have tion of cual in China, the general manager taken up there, The executive of the on the Aministration's sales of coal, and states in an interesting paragraph that Fruiterers Association of Liverpool (thean that Germany resource grows with fact, addressed to various editors of this

pinch, if, indeed, she were craving for the general financial situation, all possible Generally speaking, the consumption of members of which are large users of Ford her difficulties. If she were feeling the owner of the newspaper, and a defamer if expenditure, both capital and revenue, was coal, more specially by the native indus cars) decided not to purchase vehir za ur

the story going round the world-she Signer Giolitti and Germany. A grotesque cut down to the lowest possible minimum tries, shows a continuing tendency to in-accessories of any description made by the food-and remember it was she who set England and a supporter à france of Zunini was a military censor at the front. at all places. The sales of coal for the crease year by year, and coal as a commer. Ford Company. Then the newspapers, fol- would find a way to mitigate her suffer-feature of the case lies in the fact that year amounted to 2.692,332 tons as against cial fuel is now being used in the far off lowing the lead of the Daily Mail, began to ings and would assuredly know how to His plain duty okiged him not to pass reports of such a nature, but he chose 2,411,039 tous in the preceding year. The inland districts in much greater quantities refuse Ford Company advertisements and curb the hungry rioters with average daily production of the mines has than hitherto. This has been helped to no there is now quite a long list of paperaband:

from which such advertising is excluded. Whatever is the truth our duty is instead to develop them into articles glori gone up from 7,315 tons in 1913-14 to 9,165 small extent by the increasing export of

country. tons in 1014-15, the daily output on several various products from North China to Representatives of the Ford Company do pain. We must turn a deaf ear to the fying Germany and calumniating his own Coming at a moment when the Giolit occasions in the latter year reaching a European markets. Native boats lader not seem to have handled the situation with tales of bemused neutrals and recognise

The publicity agent the pain truth that if our victory is tiang seemed to have nourished some lu fgure well over 10,000 tous. Development with expert cargo, after discharging much judgment. work at the minos proceeded netively, and at ses ports, take back coal inland wrote to bine paper which had made injuries be worth the winning, it must be won by sions of stacking in the dark the patri

cheap rates of freight, as to the nature of Ford's connection with our own strength and not by the infirmi at the end of the finoncini year the coal in sight at all the mines is given nt. 16.430.000 and so distribution of coal becomes the company stating that he would give the ties of Germany. We know our advant tie sentiment of the nation, this revelation tons, an increase during the year of nearly general all along the many waterways, information when he was supplied with the ages. We have the silent Fleet, which of the treasonable character of their 2,000,000 tons. In addition to this pros. There are no signs whatever of the former names of the proprietors, of the paper, may some day be permitted to put forth and gives a formidable blow to their pecting work has shown that at the Tang-native fuel being reverted to, the native their nationalities, and a brief outline all its fores despite the interested sea-cause and their cace powerful and autho Chin Chwang mine there is enthething like consumption of coal has come to stay, and of their private occupations, political stiveness of centrals; we have a growing ritative newspaper. 15,000,000 tons of coal available. The oh will probably continue to increase." Con views and religious beliefs." That was just Army in which we all take a legitimate Britain is in no mood just pride. And it is upon theer that we must ject of the prospecting operations there cluding his report the general manager stupid.

upon the shifting sand of imag ned dis- Laving been attained they have now been says: It is dificult indeed to make any now to tride with insulting enemies. A establish the tower of our confidence, not discontinued. As regards the working for forecast for the present financial year. I reply given here was much mera sensible, the current year the sales as is stated in have every hope that our sales may be kept viz., that the Ford cars are manufactured tress and of a hungry Germany..

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more armies, that our financial strength confessed that, we could not raise any was weakened to never before, that our trade and shipping were going back every day. Now that would be good houring the report, so far as the year has gone, have up to the same figure as last year; in fact, in Canada, that many employees of the

If at times it has been Germany's de indeed, if only we were sure that the been maintained. The general manager at the time of writing there are signs of company were fighting on the side of the writes that: It is not easy to make any this figure being slightly increased. Pro- Allier, and that the board of the company liberate policy to represent her case as German who invented it all had not been accurate forecast of the amount of coal to its will be dependent very largely in the bitterly resent the action of the founder, worse than it is, we have aimed always persuaded by some crafty motive to set be produced during the present financial rates for chartering tonnage for overseas who, of course. has now only a part inter at putting too brave a face upon mfort forth. And the quesound moral of it year, but it may be safe to assume under markets, but with increased prices in cer- est therein. The fact is that Henry Ford tune. But in diplomacy, as in war, it is that we are tried not by what we say The present polition) cendition, that is will tain ports. I trust that the figures of the has made a consummate fool of himself by is the gun, that speak with the loudest but by what we do, and that the only not exceed that of the past year, and that past year will not be reduced to any ap- his grossly offensive speech and the sub-voice, and we shall find a little profit in duty of the House of Commons is to in- the cast of production will be about the procinhle extent, if at all." Considering sequent mission to Europe which has proved hiding the truth from cur foes, even if crease and increase again the two essen- That we are rich sacugh to bear the same. The mines will be in a position, to the excellent results which have been ch such ludicrous fiasco What we like is we can hide it, as from our fricade. The tials of warfare men and munitions cope with a demand of over three and a tained during the past year, which in the lemper of our countrymen. They are war will not be ended by Germany'e view

of England any more than it will ended strain of the war we hope and believe. half million tons per annum, after the included eleven months of the war period, not taking insults lying down. crease of power has been effected, work we think that the prospect which is held A curious commentary upon the attitude by England's view of Germany. Nothing Yet Mr. McKenna d'd the country a di which requires urgently carrying out even out to us of being able to achieve approxie taken up by Mr. Heary Ford in his peace written in our Press or theirs will bring service when be boosted to an American at the present Egure of production We mately similar results in the year now cur efforts was shown when the whole of the us an inch nearer to peace or delay the journalist of our financial supremacy. Tas, have to face a large capital expenditure in rent, should be regarded as entirely satis employes of the Ford Motor Works at Traf coming of victory by an hour. When we The time has gone by when an ass laden ahis respect during the present financial year. factory. I now nove That the dire ford Park, Manchester, attested in a body read in the German newspapers that with gold was the best taker of cities and Wol. but after completion of the additional re tors' report and accounts at Jane 20th, and thus, while Mr. Ford set ont on his proud England is upon her knees, that to rely upon our money-bags too heavily quiremen's the wines will all be in an abro 1915, be and they are hereby received and peace mission, his English workmen set out she is divided against herself and apo is but another means of lulling ourselves Thurs. 27 116 6 3 m 7162 6 Intely safe position as regard the ever in adopted, and that a final dividend be deto igat the Germans, The met, headed the verge of revolution, we rejcies exord to slog with false hopes. We are rich, inventing falsehood to ken their own pons of war that we need. The Germans creasing trouble of water. The orders claret of 5 per cent, making 10 per cent. by a brass band, left the works at noon and ingly for we know that our enemies are no doubt, and can purchase all the wea for the power plant, to which reference was for the year, free of income-tax, payable marched in procession to the city, where flagging spirits. A man doesn't hi will seem rich to themselves so long as Batur.

on December 21st, 1915.

they were attested under Lord Derbys upon his fingers-unless they are old they have a printing press left to make tion, scherne in Group B, and many offered to

And if we may judge from what is said banknotes with. And let us not forget 8. Mr. Edmund Davis seconded the

join the Regular Army at once. Through abroad of our distress, the Germans are that better than wealth, better even than which was carried unanimously."

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