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INTIMATIO IS

Ten Victor Records which should be in every home

[Silver Threads Among The Gold,

17312

Broken Melody

Juliet's Slumber

17886.

Venetian Love Song

36505 Fackeltauz

Finlandia-Tono Poem (Sibelusi

(Meyerticer)

*5502

(Blue Paradise

Miss Vixen

Fox Trot

64327-Ala, Love, but a day.

01130-I Hear You Calling Me

74437-Love's Nocturne

4337--Legende

B5401-La Campanella (Liszt)

89389-Abide With Me (Liddle)

...One Step

Song

Violin Pianoforte

Song

Cellu

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY MAY 24th, 1916.

Rozario Bourdon.

Concert Orchestra.

} Conway's Dand

Conway's Band

Evan Willianus.

McCormack Haulia Zimbalist. Parlerowski. Clara Butt,

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Hongkong, 10th March 1915.

JAPANESE COTTON SPINNING IN 1915.

BRITISH CONSULAR REPORT.

The following memorandum was pre pared by Mr. White (British Vier Consul at Onka) for the Board of Trade ----

ADVENTURES OF AN ALIEN!

ENEMY IN GERMANY. UNACCUSTOMED SILENCE OF THE STREETS.

BRITISH NEGLECT OF SCIENCE A PROFESSOR'S INDICTMENT. Professor HL. Armstrong, speaking at the Royal Institution recently at the conclusion of the second of two lectures on Organic chemistry in war, asked how it was that after being pioneers in The quantity of raw cotton imported scientific research and discovery we had into Japan again increased in 1015. The allowed ourselves to fall so behind and Customs returns show that for last year be so dependent upon others; Why was the imports amounted to 7,292,000 piculsit necessary now to urge that science and valued at Y217,318,000, as compared industry must be brought into conjunt with 6,201,000 cals, valued at 218 in These and many other such ques-less, I hastily wash and dress and go out

BY A RUSSIAN JOURNALIST. It was fairly advanced hour in the evening when I reached my hotel from the station. After the long railway journey to Berlin I feel tired; neverthe

into the streets,

076,000 in 1914. American cotton showed. I tions amat be pondered and walk up Fredrichstrasse, then along

proportionately large increase from so answered that we could do 1,370,000 to 1,015,000. piculs; for this the increased demand for medium and finer counts referred to later is responsible, Indian cotton rose from 4,143,000 to 4,807,000 puls

SPINNING

The state of the Chinese trade in one sense determines the welfare of the

future. Ae the Australian Prime Minis ter said on Monday last If Britain after war is not going to get what it wants from Germany, there must be or ganisation we must attack the problem systematically and scientifically. No attempt to do so was being made.

only

Leipzigstrasse right up to Leipziger Platz, and then through Wilhelinstrasse and other streets to Unter den Linden. I have noticed already the remarkable. scarcity of people and the untidiness, of the principal streets, and now I was struck with the small number of people between the ages of 20-40 whom one awets in civilian dress.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

CORP ORDERS BY IT. COL.A. OHAFMAN, V.D.

PARADES

1-Parades for Wednesday, 24th inst,

Parades for Thursday, 25th inst 5.30 p.m. Signalling Section A.. B," and Classes at Head- quarters.

5.30 pm. Recruits of all units ex

cept Right Section M.G. Co nh Headquarters under Sergt. Mar Fligby

5:30 pm. Mounted Section on Palo Ground under Staff Sergt. Talbot."

DETAIL

-On duty till 95th instant: H.K.V.. Next for duty 20th instant: Scouts

Company.

Orderly Officer 28th instant to Tut

June: Lient. Murphy.

AF CHURCH, Capt.

· Adjutant, E.K.V.O.

VOLUNTEER RESERVES.

ORDERS BY MAJOR WAKEMAN. ... .K.V.R..

PARADES.

Our failure (he continued) is traceable Japanese spinning industry, as, though mainly to Oxford and Cambridge and the the home demand is larger, it is steady public schools. We have placed so high enough to cause little anxiety, being a pronium on classical studies that most raised or depressed by temporary con of the ability of the country has been ditions, but expanding constantly. The either forced or attracted away from China market, on the contrary, is very science, and the nation has been kept in sensitive and has shown itself: libble to ignorasice of science by the literary almost of sct purpose, it would sudden fluctuations in Tecent years party, Time and again when thế,

As there has been no regular, retraso I counted four hunchbacks, one Japanese exscem.? port trade to China has apparently been ungrative outlet for science, few have dwarf and about a dozen paralysed and been led to take it up the few scientific lame people (not invalids, but deformed on the ove of striking development, a workers we have bad, finding little from birth). Naturally, there were crip- change in the situation has upset cal

ples and deformed in normal times, but calutions, In April, un, exports of regnition elsewhere. Almost the wits then they were lost in the general crowd yarn and piecegoods to China, seemed to

on the grey of miforms they stand out in booming. All expectations, however, way of taking rank has been through Mw how were falsified by the crisis which arose entry into the Royal Society. The Seglaring relief and ot between the Governments of Japan and Ciety, in consequence, has gradually berh

The absence of motor-buses and motor China Not till August did trade recover made the preserve of the purely academic cars and of carriages in general makes from the blow which had been deal it. worker, destitute of practical outlook the streets of Berlin unusually quiet and

At the same time, conditions in China and hopelessly individualistic; conse unpleasantly silent. favoured the local spinner, the abun-quently it has been reduced to impoenge dant crops of Chincer cotton and the at present it is unorganised and inchoate, fail in the price of silver. Chinese com without outlook, and in need of a strong petition in the coarser counts was necerit infusion of the practical and business ingly severe In mediunt and Ener element,

No sufficient use is being made of the counts, and in pivergoods, however, Japanese ricicliants pronted by the stop great resources the Royal Society com page of German goods and possibly also mands its great traditions have been by sonte falling off in imports of Man-cast to the winds. The men of most excinema shows and various cabarets are chester goods. The net result was that perience in the country have been allowed while exports front Japan of counts up to to remain unutilised the services of those 20 declined slightly in 1918 and counts who have been taken have too often been over 20 increased, the total export wasof Commons recently that 999 out of misapplied. Mr. Balfour told the House only slightly less than that for 1014. The every 1,000 suggestions brought before exact figures were as follows

1915

the Inventions Committee were useless nevertheless the time of distinguished Kin 138,532,000 scientific men is being wasted on such 26,229,000 committees and the country misled into supposing that it is receiving the help of

ELDERLY POLK AND CRIPPLES. Excluding the women and the grey military figuros, those. I met in the street on my first evening were almost All parades called for Wednestiny, 24th Foxclusively elderly people and aripiles. From the hotel to the corner of Friedrich-

Counts

Up to 20's. Over 20's -

1914 Ki 144,028,000) 20,363,000

103,291,000

I notice another innovation--the night watchmen have been substituted by women. There are women on the trans as conductors and drivera. Women and old men drive, the omnibuses--and, there are a good many women cabbies.

The Unter den Linden is silent and deserted, although the lights of the on. These, according to the new police regulations open at 9 p.m. instead of 11 o'clock as before, and close like all during halls and other places of amuse other places at Berlin at midnight. The ment where boisterous life went on all night and well into the morning are now closed, and in most cases they have been turned into military hospitals.

DESERTED CAFES.

instant, are cancelled:

APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE.

In future all applications for leave ex- creding a mouth in shtration must stale:

(a)

for is.

What the purpose of the leave naked (6)-Whether the crident of the rapidi-

car's employer has been obtained. VARMIION 1 (OLD ORGANISA COMPANY BASTION) (EP. HANDICAP Members of Co. A Section 1 (Ok

Organisation) will shoot for the above cup on Sunday, 28th instant, at Snap Shooting 200 yards, round, King's Park Range, at 10 ani, d

4-seconds exposure. Rapid Shooting-200 yards, 15 ronuds, 4 rounds in magazine, 1 in chambor, 10 in pouch; time allowed 75 seconds"

rifles..

for short rides, 50 secon

seconds for long Conditions will be notified on the range.

G. K. H. BRUTTON, Capt.

Adjutant, H.K.V.R.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE

EMPIRE DAY.

All Inspectors and Sergeants (except

those on Patrol duty) are required to report themselves to Staff Inspector McEwen at the Theatre Royal, ap 7.45 p.m White uniform, Caps and

Application for leave exceeding a periut LEAVE ENGEBDING ONE MONTH.

of one month in duration must be made in writing and niuet state:- ()-The purpose for which leave

Here are Famous Derlin

Covers. 00 184,761,600 science! While the casual Inventor has cafés patronised by foreigners-the Cafe Bauer and Cafe Victoria. Formerly be one had to wait about half an hour for tween 10 and 11 o'clock in the evening a place at a table Now in onch of them there are not more than ten visitors en- grossed in reading their papers.

been considered, no attempt has been country properly known in quarters made to make the requirements of the where efficient assistance might have been given. The waste that is taking place through faulty organisation of effort is colossal opportunities of future deve

Over 87 per cent, of the exports ir 1915 went to China and Kuantung and 12 per cent. to Hongkong

If, however, these figures are compared with those for 1913 it will be seen that the growth has been striking, the export "in that year amounting to 136,000,000 kin

The home demand was good and wondement are in no way taken into ac have been better but for the low price of Gent. Its not that science is unable to rice and raw silk in the first half of properly, the work being largely in the belp, it is simply not allowed to do so 1016. The high price of dyes which raised hands of the inexperienced. It is useless,

sales after a time Raw silk, however ment a BV and the pries of rice

The waitress looks, at

the cost of the finished goods also checked however be of plain of Governme scance, and reminds me that it is Haji alsó, science, when we, the body scientific, ere omelette and some dish

in

with the

I walk on and enter one of the large beer restaurants. Here the same gaping emptiness and instead of the usual had forgotten it was Tuesday and ordered waiters dressed in white waitresses. I some meat dish. T public ignorance meatless day. I

I am served with an unable to cope with our own affairs, For the first time make use of my potatoes. while

we remain unorganised in our own bread card Two little squares of 25 being as stated, while the spinning mill realized good pronte in service, implent to make ourselves felt. grammes each are torn off and I am 1915, the year could not be regarded as Science, it is to be feared, in this coun-handed a parchment bag bearing the in- one of the best, though spinners of Grey at the present time in lasing rather scription60 grammes brend, against counts were very successful, particularly trading caste, this is because it is delivery of bread card only. The bag as the demand for fine counts for knitted therefore voiceless in the councils of the copeek" rogue." This little roll, is just ineffective in the collective aspects and contains a little roll half the size of our goods was great, In August, 1914, the panic in the yarn market caused by the

a grey, raw and unpleasant in taste outbreak of war brought many dealers to

n the bread in the restaurant car; the. the verge of bankruptcy. Meanwhile the DISTURBANCE IN SHANTUNG, beer is the same, only it has gone un în output of yarn had increased consider-

price and is now do pfennig a tankard ably with the installation of new spindles,

instead of the former 30 pleunig. IT'S A BAD SIGN.

and during the whole of 1915 it was neces When you have that obstinate, linger the spindles being scaled during the first sary to curtail output, 20 per cent, of

An official dispatch received in Tokyo ing cough which will not be shaken off seven months and 10 per cent during states that time disturbance in Shantung There is no cough at any stage, whether the remainder of the year. The mills is quieting down The military tele old or young, but what needs attention.

agreed to resume normal working as from graph wires between Tsingtau and other A cough soon wrecks a strong constitu- February 1 last. The output of yarn at parts of Shantung have been cut, and the tion, soun makes one helpless, in fact the time of writing (January 31st) is sources of the Tsingtatt waterworks are cough is very dangerous ailment, e about 150,000 bales per month and it is cut off. Tsingtan is consequently suffer many hardly notice a cough. The war to cure chronic coughs, bronchitis, andtimated that full work will bring this ing from a shortage of water. ?!!

(780

up to 165,000 bales. Now, the home

cou

chest colds is to PREDAN sumption has gone from 85,000 to 95,000

ORIENTAL BALM

Rub it well into the chest and back. It penetrates immediately to the inflamed pirts. It stops the pain and drives cut

so,oco hales per month in 1915 in spite of hades per month experts averaged alot adverse conditions; taking this figure for 1010 there would remain a balance of

the inflammation. The cough, the hoarse 20,000 bales which, it is expected, should ness, the tightness across the chest go ie taken off by increased sales at home

nation

WATER FAMINE AT TSINGTAU

SHIPPING NOTES

COLLISION IN THE INLAND SEA A collision took place in the Kurushimi

800 ROOMS; JO QUESTA. By the time I leave the restaurant it 18 nearly midnight. The streets are quite empty the cafes and automatic, restau rants are beginning to close

Berlin, has left its old habit of night life, and goes to bed early. I direct my steps to the hotel

go into the lift, and again an innova- tion-instead of a lift hoy there is now a Hisse-fran (this is the new name for the hated English lift). On the table in my room there is a list of visitors stay. ing in the hoted. 1 count, and see that out of 500 rooms in the Central Hotel only 30 are occupied, and this luring the Christmas holidays, when Berlin is usual ty full of visitors, especially from the

away Shivering, feverish flushes, and and in China. That the outlouk is re-channel in the Inland Sea at night reprovinces dificult breathing all cease. Expectora

A

The

required.

Whether the consent of the app cant's employer has been obtained.

BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP

Billiard Championship, open to ali members of the Police Reserve, will shortly open. Competitors must send their names, together with an entrance fee of $1 to Captain Franks, ASP (R), Victoria Gaol, on or before May 31st.

following donations towards the ru

MOUNTED PATROLS ning and equipment expenses of detachment for the year ending June 1017 are gratefully acknowledged Sir Robert He Tung, 8130: Tong Lai Chuch, $120 Leung Kwai T, $120; Luk Poong Shin, $100, J. F. D. Mulder, 8100 She Po Sham, $60; Chan Pak Chin, 460: Dr, Jei Hawk, $60 Fong Fak Tio, 60: Li Yuk Tong, 200 Ng Hon Tsz, 60: Chum King Yue, 200: Chau Sui l'ak, 200; She Tat Tsoi, sco; Lam Shou Shan, $60 CS. Gubbay, 60: S. C. Ismail, 800; Choa Pa Sien, 200, San Pak Ming, 260; Chan Sin Ki, 800: Chow Shousan, 200Mok Cho Chien, 200; Mok Man Cheong, 420; and a Yiug Pui, 80,

F C JENKINS

D.SP. (R)

ADEAL IN RUBBER

I had left behind in Copenhagen my Russian goloskes as a precautionary meɛ- sure, and I had therefore to go to a shop and get some new ones (American) and pay 10 marks for them.ee

I was surprised at the high price asked, and to my query the lady shop assistant informed me that Germany is now suffer-

tion of mucous matter is stopped.garded as promising is shown by the fact cently between the NY steamer Tate A knock at the door wakes me in the ing an acute rubber famine, that the im-

ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION OF RAW COTTON

IN 1910 ER

to Kobe from Moji. The damage to the

requist

It cures every cass where a cure sunt tant least 300,000 spindles. In way from Kobe for Moji, and the Omi in civil clothes enters and introduces (British blockade), and that the stocks of that extensions at present planned yami-maru, 2,451 tone, which was on the morning. 1 open, a gentleman dressed port of rubber articles was stopped possible. It ofte cures when nothing Japan there are at present some 2:890,060 mars, 2,384 tons, which was proceeding himself as a representative of the Kri raw rubber had long ago been alse will. Can anybody afford to be spindles in all without it in the house all the time 7

minal Politie (the German Scotland 3ok at is. "4d. per bottle. H

Omi-maru is comparatively slight, but Yard). He asks for details of the objecting the last pairs of Agenia for Hongkong:-

that to the Tategami maru is serious of my visit to Berlin, and after I'aristy goloshes, and shall not be able to get any Messrs. A. B. WATSON & CO. LTD.

Two holds were damaged, the water pour him by producing documents and giving more Why, we cannot even get rubber 1578-17

ing in so rapidly that she had to be the necessary explanations he leaves, re suspenders in the whole of Berlin. You beached. Immediately on receipt of the minding me that I must personally come read that explained the shop assistant, news of the disaster a salvage boat was to register at the police station not later and pointed to a bill that was Hanging dispatched from the Inushima, Dock to

than 10 o'clock that morning. ronder assistance. No casualty was 808- tained by the passengers and crew of

My morning coffee is brought, and four over the pay-desk, and which one can, sea squares of 25 grammes each are cut off Austria The bill yead

in every large shop in either ship.

from my bread card, and I receive in ex-On account of shortage of rubber, change two sealed parcament bags. In benzine and labour, the firm cannot one of these was the miniature grey hard deliver goods to addresses of purchasers roll and in the other three rusks; a small I issue forth into the street life of pat of butter of the size and thickness Berlin

FORTHCOMING EVENTS.

Empire Day.

Monday, 29th May

TO-DAY

As to consumption of raw cotton in 1910, the Spinners Association has con- tracted with the shipowners concerned for the provision of space for 1,400,000 bales of Indian cotton at 17 rupees per ton net, but it is anticipated that space will here to be found for further 300,000 bales The consumption of American cotton was expected to increase, by about 20 per cent. to say, about 600.000 bales, but the remarkable rise in freight rates combined with the difficulty of Votair ing space may keep down imports of American corton with a corresponding. increase in Indian

11 am. Auction of Sundry Ship's Gene at

the TK.K-Godown syd afterwards at EXPORTS OF PIECRGOODS FROM JAPAN

Should-Purchase

FIRE AT OSAKA

DESTRUCTION OF NOTED TEMPLE:

of

s penny, a little honey, and the usual WHAT BERLIN DOES NOT SEE.

and

There is an apparent absence in the town of any wounded soldiers, both in

coffee with diluted milk is all which was formerly cafe complet, and was Mears, H. Scott & Co.'s Godown, by air. In the export of cotton piecegoods, the Tennoji Osaka, and most of the trea-

The well-known Kichishoji temple at famed for its abundance and quality. the street, cafes, restaurants, bier halles Geo, P. Lammert.

I make the journey to the police sta- and other public places. Nowhere that I effects of the war were favourable to sures were destroyed by fire on the 8th

tion There I am put the usual ques went did I come across any wounded Thanday, 1st J

Noon-"Star" Ferry Co., Ltd., Eighteenth made big profits in the sale of shirtings of the Forty-seven Ronins it containe

Japan and the mills are reported to have inst. The temple belonged to the Sodoons and undergo an examination, but soldiers or cripples I subsequents dis Sect and was celebrated for the image port is stamped, and I am informed that situated close to the fighting lines and on a greatly reduced scale. My pass covered that most of the hospitals are Ordinary Annual Meeting at the Offices and drills From May, 1915, the diminu of Mers Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

I must call personally at the police all convalescent soldiers are sent to the tion in stocks. in Shanghar created a de The loss is estimated at 1.70,000. mand for Japanese goods which increased

station every day at 10 am, and report heart of the country; the Berlin hospitals 24 hours in advance of my intended de- and other places of medical assistance steedily during the year. The mills, however, adopting the view that prices ordinary sheetings and drills have been

parture. This finished, I am free again for soldiers are carefully hidden and AV. 181TORS TO CANTON would go higher, showed no Buxiety to exportou in, good quantities in the past hve manutench

whole affair did not take then screened. For i instance, a considerable, push sales. This attitude appears but the export of shirtings and jeans in have been justified by results and prices 115 constituted at advance of some im every day life is at its highest, the city adapted as hospitals; the upper Hoors

Even

in the daytime, when the number of the rooms in the large hotels "FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON of shirtings and jeans were maintained portance. Besides grey shirtings, bleach is unrecognisable. There are, of course of the well known restaurant Kemp of which are generally empty, have been at a high level. In the case of the latter, ed and dyed goods were the subject of more people about than last evening, but insky, in the Leipzigerstrasse, have also Japanese goods had with orded in obtaining a footing prior to ginning of 1016 tag wills wore in the com- of the usual queer, dimoet opprensive, nothing about if the born Berlineret

saquiry. It is reported that at the be the absence of motors, taxis, buses, and been turned into a hospital, and so on the way, but, as a result of the altered fortable position of having sold their sonsation, especially in one who knew There in the same deserted and melau- noise and bustle of the but very many of know conditions, they assumed a position of output for six months ahead, and there soine importance. Jeans were also ex is a general impression that the position the Berlin of old. It was unheard of in choly air about the Restaurant Kemp- ported, though in small quantities, to thus gained in the cotton, Piecegoods Berlin that even in rainy weather one insky as about the whole of Berlin India, with which country a considerable markets of China and Ladis is one which should have to wear goloshes, but now But in spite of the war one can get at trade in shirtings was done Japanese will be held. Two other lines of export the slush and dirt in the streets and on any time at Kempinsky a fresh Russian mills therefore, had every renson to be satisfied with their trade in piecegoods, in 19153 vere imitation gankcons and one sidewalks, equalled that of a pro caviare, oysters and lobsters, and

(Continued on nezl Column.) ton flannel, both of which benefited by vincial Russian town.

must admit at quite moderate prices,

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(Continued on Rezi Column.)