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TRADE OF HONGKONG.

QUIET MARKET

The following statistics have been taken from the fortnightly price current and market report of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerco:—

SOPIUM)

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, MONDAY, JUNE 5г¤, 1916.

GERMAN GOODS IN SOUTH THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE. NINE MONTHS FROM MANILA

AFRICA

AN IMPORTANT BRITISH MOVEMENT.

Recently a society was formed

an

TREMENDOUS PREPARATIONS. OFFICIAL TO THE ITALIAN EMBASSY, TOKYO.]

Rome, May 23rd. Preparation for the Austrian offensive in the Trenting was prepared by doubling building new depots, and augmenting the railway tracks, opening new roads, from 18 to 38 the Divisions of picked

TO NEW YORK

REMARKABLE VOYAGE OF AN

AUXILIARY SCHOONER

West, a four-maated schooner, with auxi- After a nine month voyage the 4.3.

liary gasolene engines arrived in New York on March 15th from Manila, Philip-

various important towns. South Stucks on Juno lat were 305 chests of Africa, notably Johannesburg, Durban, Patne. 204 of Benares, 274) of Malwa, and Port Elizabeth, under, the title of and 78 Persian and Turkish, Three the British Patriotic Trerend troops of the first line;ë: All this tremend Ma chases of Persian and this exported during the interval. In uncer alliance, briefly stated, is to enlisting our most advanced positions between tiked Bengal opinm tho of stocks on June 1st was 126 chests of made goods, to dissuade others from doing to penetrate our principal lines were un balanes members pledged not to buy German Roverto and Astico Renewed attempts Patna and 50 of Benares, Nine chests, and to extend their influence to induce successful. All the other attacks were of Patna opiam and 20 chests of Benares traders to support this movement, thore prepulsed, while we inflicted were boiled by Government monopoly.

EXPORTS.

by encouraging trade within the Empire enormous, losses on the enemy,

The Feather market is very dull, and there is nothing doing in Ginger Thero is no market for Galeugal. The quota tions for Cassia Oil are firmer but there i no business doing. A small business has been done in Star Aniseed Oil, but there is nothing doing in Star Aniseed The Yunnan Tin market is again very dull, and business in Saigon Cassia and Gall Nuts shows no change. Bristles are again a poor market.

movement spread until to-day its mem

a policy of demand and supply. The bera number several thousands, in all, parts of the Union.

ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

MAINIORI JAPAN CHRONICLE **

SERVICE

NEW YORK, May 23rd

The Austrian arouncement of the cap-

A most important step, has recently heen taken in conjunction with the British Citizens Movements by inaugu rating a lecturing tour, which will in clude some forty or fifty lowns through- out the Union, the object being to hold ture of Lavarone Plateau with 23,000 public meetings, to explain the aims and prisoners has aroused the keenest in aspirations of the alliance, to invits terest. Military observers here describe membership and at the same time to ob- the success as of the utmost strategical be laid before the House of Assembly, a object is the cutting of the Venetian rail- tain signatures to a monster petition, to importance. It is stated that its ultimate legislation be enacted to give effect to the to cut off the large number of Italiane the desires of the petitioners operating round the Tyrol, Carinthia, meeting held lately 7,000 signatures were Dispatches from Rome indicate are

The tour opened in Durban, and at and Gorizia. obtained in support of the anti-German alisation of the danger The Italian petition. The be adopted in each town visited, thus in Gerueral Cadorna despite the advant method will armies display an unimpaired confidence bringing home to the individual the age gained by the Austrian artillery. possibility as well as the necessity of Probably 500,000 Austrians are fighting helping this great cause on this, front. In the Allied capitals it

the Franco-British front are taken in the Tyrol and the German offensive on is believed that the Austrian offensive in

order to prevent the Allies beginning forthcoming shortly the dwe which, it has been hinted, is

same

SUCCESS DEPENDS ON CONSUMER

this nature depends on the consumer, who The success of a patriotic inovement of is the chief factor, and ultimate arbiter, if he cannot persuade the merchant to in trade. The manufacturer is helpless viously will not indent for goods which take his products, The merchant ub- he cannot sell to the retailer, and it is equally clear the retailer will not stock articles for which there no demand from the consumer,

Islands Captain 1. V. Chapman, scipper of the West, said that his ship out of her course by adverse winds, which was driven more than ten thousand miles

three instances reached the fury of typhoons. For this reason the voyage, which should have been completed in less than three months, took more than three- quarters of a year.

Loaded with Bataan mahogany, the schooner left Manila on May 20th, 1915, hound for New York and consigned to H. W Peabody & Co. of No. 17, State Street. She is the first ship of Philip pine register to come to the United thereby inenrred a challenge as to the States. She flew the American flag and right to mil the sens in this dual capasity a question which the United States Customs authorities will take to Washing- ton for a decision. N

she had aboard, besides the captain end When the schooner sailed, from Manila

mine months, and Ira, not quite two years hie wife and little sons, Charles, aged old, nine Filipino sailors, two Japanese, second mate two Germans and an American mate and

Charlie was a babe in arias when wo

started on our voyage," said Captain Chapman, but the youngster learned to Bay, you'd be astonished to see him walk walk during the Julle in the storms; and,

brother are so used to the lurching of the now when he gets ashore T He and his ship that they can walk steadily on deck, bat ashore they miss the roll of the water and seem to think there's something the natter with the earth They go stagger ing about as if the earth was all a rel in a drunken fit.

Ample supplies of Cotton Yarn from Bombay, and the still uneasy political its next session, strongly urging that roads and then a thrust on to the Adria BABY IN ARMS ON BOARD situation have made dealers exercise ca- tion; sales therefore have been on a very moderate scale. Prices have improved somewhat to compensate in some measure for the fall in exchange. Quotations are No.10s, at 888 to $102, No. 12, at 290 to 8104; No. 16s, at sus to $122. No. 208, at 200 to $136. Arrivals 17,000 bales Sales 2,000 Lales, Shipments 1,500 Unsold stock 50,000 bales Bargains 15,000 bules. Business in Woollens is at a complete standstill. Clearances have fallen to zero and no, movements are taking place. Further large arrivals of Wire Nails and Tinplates have depressed a drooping Metal market. These lines stand at considerably lower than present c.i.f. equivalents. Until there is some indication of a settlement of the political situation there can be little bope of any new enquiry, Lead has dropped consider nbly and speculators have been badly. eaught. There also appears to have been a great amount of speculation in Tin- plates, by sundry dealers not in the metal trado This unfortunate state of affairs has in some degree heen set off by purs chases for Japan and Singapore. A large quantity has been taken off the market for these destinations. Prices paid being as low as 13-23 and 13.50 per box. The home price is 38 ci. Prices from home are very firm, and it is doubtful whether better than October, November delivery can be obtained. The Yellow

Metal trade is nominal. change to report in Patrolruni Products. There is no Small sales of Cont, are reported, but all the quotations given are only nominal The Sugar market has improved.

There is no fresh feature to report in the Flour market, and no transactions Local stocks are being maintained and prices have further ceased to attract busi ness. Quotations-American Patent, $45 American Cut off, 34,40 American Straight 93.35, Shanghai Flour, 3 to $3.05.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS.

The following table shows the Standard: Time at which Chel Night ends and begins during the month of June, 1976: -

Date

Ends Begins. Jane 5th, 5.20 am.

6th, 20

7.16 p.m.

7.17

39

7.18

7th, 5.20

7:10

8th, 6.27

0th 5.27 10th, 5.27

7.17

11th, 5.97

7:17 7.17

19th, 8.27

7.17

12th 5.28

18

14th, 5.28

7.18

15th 6.58

7.18

10th, 6.28

17th, 6.28

7:18 -7.18

19th, 5.29 19th, 5.29 201, 5.29

7.19

21st, 5.29

7.19 7.19 7.10

22nd, 5.20

7.19

23rd, 5.30

7.20

24th, 5.30-

7.20

25th; 5.30

20th, 5.30

27th, 5.31

25th, B.31

20th, 5.31 30th, 5331

7.21

It is when the war comes to an end be felt. Now it is a time of preparation that the full vigour of the movement must of sane and careful planning. To be content merely with boycotting German goods while, the war lasts and then to go back to the old methods because peace has come would be to hurt our own people and to do no harm to Germany,

The motto according to Britons in South Africa must be Buy, if the shopkeeper has no British-made

"Never again. goods of the type, what you want from bis German stock, but never buy German

country can be produced. The Germans goods if the same articles made in this have got into South Africa hundreds of posts of pounds worth of goods upon which there is a relatively higher, profit than there is on British made been received that equally good, and, in guors, but overwhelming evidence has

Empire can be sold at the same price. some cases, better, goods made within the

UNDER WATER BOMBS

USED BY ITALIANS.

GERMAN STRATEGY,

LONDON, May 2inu.

decisive battle on the Western front, and The Austro-Germana intend to fight & the struggles with France and Italy are throwing their whole energies into The Germans have withdrawn the larger part of their troops in the Balkans and Albania, and have at the same time dis patched troops to Volhynia, in the south western part of Russin, in order to assist the Austrians in their operations to retire in the Tyrol, while the Germans agains the Italiansevation have obtained only a few trenches in the The Austrians compelled the Italians Verdun theatre. The onenty in directing evidently in order to prevent the British troops effectively nasisting the French a great bombardment at the British Front,

WHY ITALIANS RETIRED.

OPINION IN ALLIED CAPITALS

NEW YORK, May 24th.

The opinion prevails in London, Paris, and Petrograd that the Italians are giving up their first-line positions because they do not wish to face the risk of heavy

captura by the Austrians of numerous While some concern is expressed at the howitzers, it is pointed out that the Italians have fallen back upon stronger positions, where the Austrian drive was

The naval critic of the Corriere delle Sera publishes interesting information concerning a new method employed by Italian destroyers in dealing with enemy submarines off the Albanian coast. A re-eventually checked. cent official communiqué reports that two Austrian submarines which attempted to torpedo a small flotilla of Italian de stroyers were in turn attacked by "special bombs w

The critic explains that these special bombs are a new invention of a very formidable character, a kind of mine which is thrown into the water after the submarine has submerged. The Italian. destroyers, he says, located the spot where the submarine submerged, and then launched a considerable number of these boubs or mines, which exploded. with terrific force' many fathoms below. the surface. HS

INTIMATIONS

LANE

CRAWFORD &Co.

SUMMER

FURNISHING

FABRICS.

JUST TO HAND

CASEMENT CLOTHS

WITH COLOURED BORDERS.

INEXPENSIVE. DAINTY. EFFECTIVE.

PLAIN

CASEMENT

CLOTHS

IN A VARIETY OF SHADES.

FULL RANGE OF BORDERS TO MATCH.

CRETONNES

SUN

LINENS

AND TAFETAS.

ALL ABOVE MATERIALS ARE

FAST AND TUB FAST.

PATTERNS ON APPLICATION.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

us. A burricane is merely a gentle Things went along fairly well until

seem to be trying to tear the ocean from zephyr compared to a typhoon. The winds July 1st when the first typhoon struck

its foundations Between July 11th and 23rd we had three of them. The ship was full of water. Some of our sails were gone, and the chains with which the fumber was lashed to the deck had snap- ped, but, fortunately, we were able to

we reached Honolulu, we kept the pumps going day and night. At Honolulu the had subsided, Until August 8th, when repair the damage even before the storm

ship was repaired and received a gen HONGKONG, sumed the voyage eral overhauling and on August 26th re-

The storm was still raging, and for many days we ran in the face of adverse winds. Then suddenly there came a calm. It was a dead fat calm. For thirty-seven days not a gust of air stir- red From Secorp Island toward the west coast of Mexico we used the auxi- liary power. Think of it! Thirty-seven days to make 300 miles

FOOD IS SPOILED-

When we were 700 miles away from Punta Arenas another storm arose and the water swept through the ship, spoil

soon subsided and the ocean supplied all vidence, however, was kind. The storm ing all our food except some rice. Pro

the food we needed. The water just warmed with green turtles. At first we lowered small boats to harpoon the In the meantime, the Austrians an- didn't need any such heroic means of exp

turtles, but we soon discovered that they nounce they have made a further advance ture They were asleep and didn't wake on both sides of the Sugana Valleyup even when they were hauled into the

A message from Rome says that Balboat garian troops are fighting with the Aus- November 24th we arrived at Punta trians on this front, some Bulgars having Arenas, remaining there a month for re been taken prisoner.

pairs. December 24th we got to Balboa and passed through the Panama Canal.. Ours was the last ship to pass through the canal before the great slide closed ib for navigation At Colon the ship. again went into dry dock for another complete overhauling After reloading we went on our way again on February 18tli, and almost immediately ran into ago we struck the cold zone and our poor rough weather again. And three days Filipinos nearly froze to death. The only deathlike torpor was to keep them oiled "way I could keep them from going into up with gin of the twenty cent a quart kind which I had laid in at Colon for just such an emergency

A BANGKOK STORM.

AFTER THE GRAND MANOEUVRES.,

An unpleasant occurrence in Bangkok

"It is just possible that the submarines may have escaped, but it is far more probis related in the following communica able that they now lie, twisted pieces of wreckage, at the bottom of the seɛ.”

GERMAN JOY BELLS.

tion from the Ministry of War to the Bangkok Press-

LIEUTENANT'S CAPTURE. *

Tave

ANOTHER GERMAN LIE.

On 7th of March, while the troops returning from the Grand Manoeuvres NO WITTENBURGS IN JAPAN many has assured the Norwegian Govern Nei Terminus, of the Eouthern Railway. They wanted to be regarded as passen- The Norsk Stoefartstid states that Ger- were waiting for the train at Bangkok ped at Aanila at fret refused to work. "The two Germans whom we had ship- PARADISE AT AONOGAHARA

ment that the Norwegian ship Silius was two privates, who were unwell, sought gers, out between my mate, Carson, who not torpedoed by a German submarine some shade under the house of R. A. weighs 240 pounds, and me they were From what is reported in the Japanese sank outside Havre on March 8th Nor Government service ed at Balboa, the other quit at Colon.

The Silius, it will be remembered, was Lewin, an English engineer in Siamese finally persuaded to work. One desert- papers it would appear that the lot of way, however, is not satisfied with Ger The Bid gentleman ordered his Gernian prisoners in Japan is vastly bet man assurances, and after making fur Chinese boy to oject the soldiers; then, er than that of the Allies prisoners in ther investigations will make fresh getting impatient, came to carry out the Germaus of whose treatment so many representations to Germany. There is, of order himself in a speedier manner, by ghastly accounts have been received. The course, no doubt that the Silius was tor administering free kicks upon the unfor German camp at Aonogahara, near pedord. She was deliberately sunk with Itunate soldiers.pital with a disabled arm, has received Himeji is described as a sort of paradiseout warning while lying at anchor. When the Ministry of War heard of the Military Cross for an extraordinary where life is passed pleasantly and in

A young lieutenant of 20, now in hoe perfect peace. To begin with, the Gor-

(Ex.)

this affair, they found that such conduct exploit He was with a Colonial infantry man prisoners there are allowed an out-

on the part of R. A. Lewin was a moral regiment in the attack in Champagne ing twice a week Monday and Wednes-

insult to the King'a soldiers and to the and was told off for the third dey and they indulge either in football or bathing in the placid stream of Takino.

Siamese Army as a whole, so they at But the company he was with was sur- Some enterprising prisoners formed á

once made a strong protest to the Minis rounded. The colonel and the captain try of Communications. Now the latter were killed, and the young lieutenant re- yndicate, purchased a couple of billiard REQUISITIONED FOR MUNITIONS. Ministry have decided to dispense, with ceived a ballet through his side, and fell tables and commenced business, charg- ing a fee of 5 sen per game, The enter-

the services of R. A. Lewin, for the reason in the trench, where Germans came to that such conduct is quite inadmissible pick him up. He was taken to the Ger- The Kirchlichen Verordnungsblatt pub for persons serving His Majesty our man ambulance, where already were many prise has proved such a huge success that lishes a memorandum from the ConsistatyKing

German wounded. But at this moment the two tables have been found insufficient at Kiel which states that the firm of Otto to satisfy the increasing custom, so the Leyh, of Berlin, sent circular letter to tunity to inform foreigners that this and the wounded could be moved neither syndicate is going to get two more tables.

The Ministry of War take this oppor the French artillery lengthened the range, the German clergy offering to purchase The artiran members of the German all the church bells in Germany and for Ministry have every now and then towards the French lines nor backwards colony are carrying on different sorts ward them to the of work as their taste dictates, while those Germans who are fond of horticulture burg immediately prohibited Legh from wards foreigners, and while the Ministry with German doctors, remained in the at Brandén conduct on the part of our soldiers to wounded, partly French, partly German have been growing a large variety of circularising the clergy for this purpose, are always striving to teach good man. The lieutenant knew some German An flowers, obtaining supplies of seeds from and issued another circular letter to the ners and enforce strict discipline amongst after consulting the wounded, the Frencht rench, without food and unable to move. Tokyo or even from Germany. The camp clergy warning them ot to deal with the troops, they cannot be very successful captain began negotiating with the Ger-

private beautiful The Germans, however, are It thus grans that the military favours can be treated with less regard, Respect were given a letter in French, and made. direct to the if certain foreigner continue to man doctors. Eventually two of the latter

look down upon as as non-equals, who not satisfied with mere flowers, so they the wholesale dismantling of church bells ful and good manners must be mutual built a summer house in the garden. The for ammunition

the French lines with a prisoners have frequent jollifications in The Schleswig newspapers commenting you cannot expect our soldiers

You will always reap what y the garden as an unlimited supply of

prisoners whom he had persuaded to give Read

ing of sent a platoon and brought back the ké and beer and provisions can he had

remem wounded,

1, the lieutenant and fifty two from the canteen.

themselves up to the French, instead of trying to get back to their own lines.

The

general rhyming Re recoved complaints about unbecoming behind the German. For four days

but to

garden is now full of flowers and very Army hand MPE

purposes

on this extraordinary step, ask what is her every foreigner's face and distin guish those who treat us nicely from those who do not.

to become of the usual joy-bells for future German victories.

CANTON, MACAO &

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

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

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE

Single Fare by Night Steamer VERA, 200 Return

(available also for retura

by day slamar) Bingle Fare by Day Bleamar Returau

HONGKONG TO CANTON. 1

$6.00

$21.00

5,00

9.00

CANTON TO HONGKONG.

MONDAY, 5TH JUNE, 1916.

8. HEUNGSHAN. 10 p.m. FATSHAN.

-Ə-★M÷HONAM--- 10pm. KINDHAN.

́8 mm, HONAM,

5 pm. KINSHAN,

TUESDAY 6TH JUNE, 1916, ⠀⠀

́8 am, HEUNGSHAN,

6 pm FATSHAN.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

8-8, TAISHAN, Toni 1,000,-~*~ |___ 8.8, SUI TAL, Tone 1,651,

HONGKONG TO MACAO.-

Week days at 8 am, and 9 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whante Sundays 19 9 4,m and 1 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,

MACAO TO HONGKONG

Week days at 7.30 ■■* * and 1 p.m. Bandayı at 7.30 am, and 3 p.) EXCURSION TO MACAO, SUNDAY, HE JUNE, 1016.

The Company's New Steamship

"TAISHAN

Will depart from the Company's Wing Lox BizEE WHARI SI 9 AM, ARĪ Idaru from Mseso at 3 p.m.

NB-The Company will also run a Blamer from Macsa on Sunday at 7,30 sa And from Hongkong at 1 p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Birel Whack,

FARES AS USUAL

MACAO-CANTON LINE

8.8 SUT AN.We tr

Departures from Maeso to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 pan.) Departures from Canton to Macao on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4.80 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.

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8.8. SAINAM, 689 tom, and 8.8, NANNING, 169 Oss of the above Bienez leaves Carton for Washow every Monday, Wednesday and Bound Trips male About 5 days Passenger can return to Hongkong or vice www by the Friday, at about 8 am, and the other leaves Wschow for Canton on the same dayu në 8.30 s,w, Company direct Bloomers LINTAN, and BANUL." The Towels have superse Cabin

Booking Omes open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 am to 5 p wcommodation and are lighted throughout by sisetricity. Electrio Fan in sock Cabing

Farther particulars may be obtained at the Omee of the

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT O., Era,

Hotel Mansions (Fint Floor opponite the Hlake Flor

SANATOGEN CO. (CHINA).

HEAD OFFICE 1, THE BUND, SHANGHAI

theshe French commandersmed by the CONSUL GENERAT SHANGHALA

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DEG to announce that their, preparations BANATOGEN, FORMAMINT, ete, are made exclusively at the PENZANCE (Cornwall, ENGLAND) and TONDON WORKS of the SANATOGEN CO, LONDON, E

Their Company is exclusively BRITISH and is included in the WHITE LIST They have appointed Messrs. HOW FUNG & Co. to act as their Agents for Hongkong and South China, who will maintain stocks and supply their to act as their Sole Wholesale Goods at Prices which can be obtained on application to their Office No 10. Das YOUX ROAD CENTRATE

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