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INTIMATIONS

NEW SHIPMENT

OF

VICTOR VICTROLAS

AND

VICTOR RECORDS

S.S.

RECEIVED BY THE

"GEORGIAN,

INCLUDING

THE LATEST

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SUCCESSES.

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.

Esugkong, Ah July, 1916.

EXCLUSIVE AGENTS.

THEATRE

ROYAL.

FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY, COMMENCING JULY 14TH, MAURICE E. BANDMAN PRESENTA

THE

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 8ra. 1910.

NEW BANDMAN OPERA & COMEDY CO.

-FRIDAY, JULY 14TH :--- The Work's Record Breaker,

POTASH AND PERLMUTTER.” The Great Gaiety Success

SATURDAY, JULY 15TB:--

"TO NIGHT'S THE NIGHT.”

MONDAY, Jour 17

:

TUESDAY, JULY 18TH---

Cyril Mande's Great Masterpiece,

"GRUMPY."/

From the Shaftesbury Theatre, THE CINEMA STAR.”

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19TH James Welch's Greatest Success,

"OH! 1 SAY."

THURSDAY, JULY 20TH The New and Revised Version,

AT HOME."

“A COUNTRY GIRL. From the Royalty Theatre, FRIDAY, JUL 21ST.

“THE MAN WHO STAYED.

GRAND VABIETY ENTERTAINMENT. MONDAY, JUY BIEN- The Evergreen Record Breaker,

SATURDAY, JULY 2ND --

"THE BELLE

Hongkong 4th July, 1916,

OF

NEW YORK.

SUEZ CANAL CO.

REPORT FOR 1915.

In view of the announcement nade a few days ago in our cable columns that the Suez Canal dues would be increased by 30 centimes a ton ns from November next, the following report of the Suez

THE THRESHOLD OF RUSSIA.

VOLUNTEER RESERVES

WAR CONDITIONS IN THE CAPITAL

FÖRDETS BY MAJOR WAKEMAN, 0.0, H. K, V. I.

DETAIL.

[ KT ITRCEVAL GIBSON.]"

PETROGRAD.

Six months ago, when I was here last, Canal Company for 1915, which was the wir in the west of Russin was still adopted at the annual general meeting

of the shareholders last month, possesses distant from the capital. Warsaw was more than usual interest-

The prospects, as foreseen at the Instintact; Vilin was still the headquarters general meeting, were tot modified by of Bussky's rearguard. What of horror The subsequent course of events. It was and disorder the war had drought among inevitable that the prolongation of the the civilian population was far from war should bring about a marked con here; the throng upon the Nevsky Pro traction of the commercial traffic of the spect had not seen the women kneeling ennal.

The diminution of the world's in the snow at Warsaw, begging of the tonnage, the increased number of requisi-passers by "The grea, dining-room of the ships, which in the case of Eng Hotel de France reflected nothing of the and alone represented nearly half of the misery of the Jews who straggled the mercantile fleet, the limitation of it length of the long and awful Polish from Europe to the Far East, roads, who died in ditches or ate grass together with an exceptional demand for like beasts; the opera was open, and there freighinge to and from American ports was drink to be had by those who knew all can causes combined orally their way about. Now it is otherwise. exercised a' profound effect on the com- Hindenburg's great drive, with artillery pany's revenue. In spite of the regular banked twenty batteries deep so that each income which was provided by the trans square yard of earth had its bursting port of troops, material, and provisions, shell, has altered the geography of the decrease in the revenue from the Russia Warsaw and Vilna have gone transit of ships amounted to nearly 24 the way of Brussels and Antwerp, and There are thirteen million refugees adrift per cent.

in Russia. From Kiev in Nijni Nov- gorod their dis ress afflicts the country. Petrograd, what was a great city of two million people, is now a great city by a million of added population that must, for the larger part, be fed by the contri- butions of the charitable: there is some- thing in the Russian conception of the situation-something altogether too Russian and subtle for a foreigner to comprehend--which forbids their being set to work for their firing %

own

Ithe year 1915 had been reduced to its resources, it would have been noosery to piake a further reduction Bar in passing the the dividend. accounts for 1914 the shareholders had wisely agreed to carry forward a large amount, and it was therefore possible for the directors to propose the maintenance of the same dividend as before and to carry forward again the sum of about 11,500,0001. On the other hand stud in order to protect the revenue and is far as possible avoid a further decrease, it had been decided to raise the transit dnes by 50 centimes per ton, but this measure

did not come into force until April of the present your. If in spite of this increase, the recripts did not improve, the dues will be again increased by the sare' amount.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

The total resipts for the year 1915 regebed the sum of £8,226,099f 870, show ing, as compared with the receipts for 1914, a decrease of M,893,138£ 67c. The decrease in the revenue from transit dues amounted to 28,702,0561 81e, but there was

compensation

the extent 1,866,821f 14c due to time users the receipts from other sources. There was, for example, an increase in the profits from interest and the revenue from the supply of water.

to

of

The total expenses of the year, com: prising, as in the case of the years 1013 and H14, the crediting of 3,000,000 to the account for depreciation of material, amounted to 32,029,9051 360 They show a decrease of 910,706 "ate, is compared with the expenses of 1914, which had already been redifeed, by 1.10,90f in comparison with those of 1019. The

BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S. PRICE: $3.50, $3, $2 AND $1 effort at economy which has been

AMUSEMENT WITHOUT DISCOM

SEE

PALISADE

OUT OF DOOR-PICTURES

LOCATION NEAR FOST OFFICE, KOWLOON.

WILL OPEN

ON

WEDNESDAY

July 12th.

PARTICULARS LATER

Hongkong 7th July, 1916.

BEER!

P

SALFORO-

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DE TAINABLE EVERYWHERE

SÖLE AGENTE:

MITSU BUSSAN KAISHA

HONGKONG,

Ton HOUSE STREET. TEL. 230-155

1870

870

JUST LANDED:

SUPPLY OF

CALDBECK,

MACGREGOR&Co.

SOLE AGENTS,

15, Queen's ROAD CENTRAL.

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The few thousand of them who had a little money salted away, professional men, men with businesses and savings in

cash and so forth, are those who clutter the hotels, and have raised the prices of rooms and apartments to three or four times the normal rates. There were rooms I had in. Petrograd at the com- mencement of the war which cost me 200. roubles a month-say £20; when, upon my arrival a few days ago, I inquired for them again. I was told that the were vacant for the moment and could be had for 700 roubles a monilianti an offer of 000 was refused. The others, those of the refugees who have got away with their skins and nothing more, wretched men, women and children whose ingre existence the war has undermined: and made precarious, live like birds, fed. at freding stations "twice a day by the charities organised to that end..

Among

EUROPEAN Y.M.C.A, BUILDING TUND.

Total subscriptions received. On duty fill the morning of Bunday, 9th Revived from two guarantors

inst A Co... Orderly officer-Lieut. Sutherland.

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On duty from the morning of Sunday, 9th inst to the morning of Sunday, 18th inst.-H.K.V.C. Next for duty, "B" Co. Orderly officer-Licht. Thomas PARADES FOR THE WEEK-ANDING 15TH INST. Monday, 10th inst,

Recruits on the Cricket Ground under drill instructor. Sergt. Oxberry, at 3.15 p.m. Dress Drill order. N.C.Os Class of instruction on the Cricket Ground at 5.15 p.in. Dress: Clean fatigue. Officers will attend Tuesday, 11th inst,

A and B Companies Kowloon had Taikoo Sections, Machine-gun Section, and Mounted Section on the Pole Ground at 5.30 p.m. Remainder including Signalling Ste-

tion on the rand outside the law Courts at 5.15 pm. Dress: Drill order. Wednesday, 12th inst. :-- --

$102,178

37,892

$10,000

Purchased 5 per cent: British Ex- chequer Bonds, payable Octo ber, 1919, 14,500 at 2/1-

139,200

800

Balance in hand

Any further subscriptions from firms. or others will be applied to the reimburse ment of the guarantors./

N. J. STABB,

H. Treasurer.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

CORPS "ORDERS HY LT.-COL. A. CHAPMAN, Y.D.

JOINED:

1-Spr. W. Smith living joined on 3rd. inst. is allotted Corps No. 2014 and posted to Engineer Company. :-

RESIGNKIN

Recruits on the Cricket Ground under drill instructor Sergt. Oxberry at 5.15 p.m. Dress Drill order. N.COs. Class of instruction on the

Cricket Ground at 5.15 p.m. Dress: Clean fatigue. Officers will attend.

3 Thursday, 13th inst

Recruits on the Cricket Ground ander dril! instructor Bergt. Oxberry at 6.15 p.m. Dress Drill order. Machine-gun Section at Wellington

Barracks under lustructor Sergt.. Bowles at 5.15 p.m. Dress: Clean fatigue

Mounted Section on the Polo Ground

at 5.30 1.m. under instructor staff Q.M. Sergt. Talbot. Dress: Drill order.. Friday, 14th inst.

Signalling Section. The following will parade at May Road Tramway. Station at 9 p.m. under instructor Serge E. V. Mitchelmore for lamp practice-Pres. Carter, Cossart, Goldsmith, Melbourne, Plummer, and Rolfe. A

The following will parade under Le.-

Cpl Hill at Kowloon Dock at p.n.: Privates Graham, Higgin- batham and Martin Dress: Cloan fatigue. Saturday, 15th inst :-uil Signalling Section.

In addition to those members of the Signalling Section who obtained. first-class Morse Bag signalling certificates, n, published in orders of 30th June, Pte. I. E. Goldsmith bas been granted a first-class certi

ficate...

The following, in addition to the names published in orders of 30th Jane. have passed the required examina tion in platoon drill before the Inspecing Officer--Sergt. W. H Woalley : Le-Cpl. J. Johnstone, **H. B. Dowbiggin, J. W. Harris, and G. R. Edwards.

REVERSION.

No. 1775 Pte. T. Orton is permitted to resign with effect from 4th July, 1916.

LEAVE

No. 1994 Spr. W. G. Lawson is granted a wecks' leave with effect Irom 1st July, 1916.

No. 1837 Le Cpl. D. M. Mackay is. granted 1 month's leave from 4th. July, 1918.

No. 1750 Spr. F. Garcia is granted I

month's leave from 6th July, 1016. No. 1495 Ptc. J. Stalker is granted

2 months leave from 10th July, 1010.

No. 1034 Pte. J. S. Rodrigues is: granted 2 months' leave from oth July, 1016.

No. 1865 Plc. K. Brayshay is granted 2 months leave from 5th July, 1016.

No. 1980 Pte. F. M. I. Holman is granted 2 months love from th July, 1916

TRANSFER, No. 1704 Pte. D. A. Macleod is trans. ferred from Stretcher Bearer Sec tion to Centre Section M. G. Co.. with effect from 4th July, 1916.

DEFAULTERS,

Tie andermentioned defaulters will parade in marching order at 5:30 pant Headquarters: No. 1751 Pe F. A. Reis and No. 1873 Pte.. P. Tangap.22

ENGINEER COMPANY. 6.The undermentioned members are raised to the "Proficient rate of Engineer Pay, with effect from the dates stated

ELECTRICIANS.

No. 1881 Spr. Blythe 15.6.16 No. 1968 Spl Whitley16.6.16

15.6.16. No. 1081 Spr. Owens

No. 1746 Spr. I. Wallace...28.6.10.

REVERSION.

Cpl. F. A. Fisher reverts to the ranks No. 1830 Le-Cpl. P. A. Reis is per

at his own, request

STRENGTH,

H. Palmer having joined is allotted Corps No. 608 and posted to Co. "B. Platoon VII, Section 9.

There is one such station near the great railway depot which serves the Baltic Province railways. Here is a shrine to St. George of Russia, a very splendid. affair, before which there are never less than half a hundred lighted candles. Ladies in the large white coifs of Russian Red Cross sisters, are busy, washing effentiously exercised in the greater babies, ferving food, giving out clothing ber of jums of expenditure would have great and gracious work. given much more notable results if they those who come for food are always a Le had not been eaunterbalanced by the indozen or so of Ionely folk, men or women, ereased price of all materials used in the who wait when the distribution is over, unkeep and working of the canal, to go upon the platforms and see the especially far. The average price of arrival of the trains. They are people Pte

who have been separated, in the crush which was 381 per tow in 1913, conl, rose in 1915, to more than 70%. High as and stress of flight from the threatened that price is, it is far from representing areas of the war, from their families, Pte.

wives who have lost their husbands and half of what is now being paid, and

children, bewildered

were this must weigh very heavily on the husbands and fathers, whom war has

men who penses of the current year

The excess of receipts over expenditure, divorced and made childless. There are including the sunount brought forward children, too, orphans for all that anyone can tell, adrift upon a world that has from 1914, amounts to 78,021,3761 89, It is proposed to fix the amount of gone blood-mad These wait, taking their profits for distribution at 61,567,887f food when it is given to them, sleeping on the floor, patient and docile as only 33, and to carry forward to the current. year the remaining surplus of 11,453, 489f Russians, who have yet the Orient alive in their veins, can be patient, watching *56. This distribution represents a dividend of 109 9e per share, and this the incoming of the trains with indomit much that our diamonds are costing us. dividend, with the addition of 25f able hope that from sotan reeking third-more."

THE OLD GUARD OF CONSERVATION/ interest, gives & gross revenue of 134fity like a tomb there may descend to the is organised for war in precisely the class carriage foul with festering human-

Be and a net revenue of 12.

TRANEEF AND NAVIGATION

The gestural maritime mevement of 1913 was represented by the passing through the canal of 3,708 ships, of altogether 16,266,155 tons net. This in comparison with 1914 is a decrease of 1,004 ships and 4.143.340 tons ( 1.35 per cent.), and in comparison with 1913, the last normal year, a decrease of 1,377 ships and 4,767,720 tons (5, 93.80 per cent.). In the traffe of 1913 the German, Austrian, and Turkish flags contributed 1,017

daylight the faces for which they watch

S. M, Mayes having joined is allotted Corps No. 600 and posted to the Signalling Seation.

G. KH. BUTTON, Capt., Adjutant, I.K.V.R.

counter to explain to him..!! You see,”?, the jeweller was saying, reasonably, the war has put the railway freights up so

The truth of the matter is, that Russia

sarne. degree, as England. In both coun- PRICES AND LAILWAY FREIGHTS, dries the hope is tenacious that the exist And sometimes they come. Any of theing arrangement of life and the social ladies can tell you of such incidents-of order may avail to win the war, despite the quavering vell of incredulous recog

the enemy's miracles of national organi- nition and joy that thrills the crowd

sation and solidarity. In neither coun like an alarm of the spectacle of a man, try do those in charge of national, crazy with gladness, tearing his way destinies desire to see new elements surge through the thronged strangers, of the into power to supersede them in both, strained white face, tragie with fear and the existing order is on its trial. Mr.. hope that meets him, and relaxes in Goremykin, President of the Council of tears of utter relief at the Conservatisin that hopes to bent Germany Empire here, is the figure-head of the ships and 4,330,765 tons (21.16 per cent.). A million refugees, ranging from without calling upon the younger and. Their complete disappearance thus re-nillionaires to penniless peasants, make more Liberal factors of the nation. Long presents almost the whole of the decrease a difference to any community. Une before this article appears in print, ho noticed in 1915. But if the commercial effect in Petrograd lins been to help to will have won or lost his Waterloo; the traffe is isolated and the special move make the rouble a coin of no fixed value. great Trogressive bloc of the Duma is ment created by the war is separated, it Other things have aided; the great excess bargaining for his polítical head on a is perceived that the changes were far of imports over exports, the disorganicharger at this moment. For him, and more marked than appears from a comsation of railroads, und so forth, have the school of thought which he represents, parison of the total tonnage. Govern played their pet and the result helps the old Russia of tradition, with its ment ships and chartered vessels whose to make the city still farther unrecognisendearing faults and disturbing virtues, rights are regulated by the Governments able. Some commodities that are rearce figured in the traffic of 1913 to the extent have increased in rost by three to four Itussia of the autocracy and the military is the one thing to save at all costs- of only 105 passages and 301,145 tons; in 1915 they furnished 743 passages scarce have hardly increased at all. The the background of his life has been a hundred per cent others, equally oligarchy. He is an old man; for him, representing 3,379,597. tous. Taking the roable, that was once worth about land to which the Duma and its connota commercial traffe alone the decline in hundred cigarettes or a cabide of an tion of a growing and aspiring demo comparison with 1913 was to less than hour, or a lunch of two courses, or extra eracy is a novelty and an offence Behind 7,846,181 Fors, or 39.18 per cent. It is special consideration when presented as a hira, splendid and absurd, is that in- to be remembered, however, that the in douceur to the door-keeper of a Ministry, domitable Old Ghiard of Conservatism crease in the amount of tonnage chartered now varies in value two or three times a that has not yet perceived that the Rus by the Governments is to a certain extent day. That is at the banks, when one sin they aclore is already a thing of the Although 116,812 military passengers changes foreign money; but, whet is past, that, the autocrat himself has given a license to democracy, that the Tsar to passed through the canal the year under shops. A rumour strikes root among the whom their out of date loyalty is conso report shows a net decrease of 72,000 traders that there is a block of traffic on crated is himself the man to when the passengers in comparison with 1914, the Archangel line, and at once values enlightened Liberalism of the country There was a redaction of nearly one-half jump like fleas values that were already looks for countenance and opportunity. in the number of civilian passengers. exorbitant. Sugar that costs in the morn It was his order that suppressed the The passenger traffic was also affected by ing 8d. per pound, fetches 1x 3d before vodka monopoly and ordained that it the suppression of the pilgrimage to evening; wood for fuel, with a forest at should cease for ever; it is he that stands Mecca, which furnished 22,000 passengers the doors of the city that stretches thence at the head of younger Russia in the to the Behring Straits, see-saws between field; and it is the Tear, the symbol, as five roubles and fifteen &"sazhen. And all kings are symbols, of the Russian for a sample of fixed rates of coumnon-

only a displacement of traffic.

in 1913

place articles, the things which ordinarily people, who will lead and govern thos forces that are arrayed for the overthrow DEAD MAN SUED.

cost nothing to speak of, the penholder of Goremykin and all that he is dying for writing this article, na ordinary a in the last ditch for When case was called on at the piece of timber as ever came out of a

And then, perhaps,

shall wo see a rail- Supremo four! yesterday a man ap-tree, costs 39 kopecka say, one aliing. road man at the head of the railroads, peated and said that the man whose

and a business man in the. Ministry of the Interior. We might see the tracks name had been called was dead.

to Archangel doubled by refugee labour- The Puisne Judge-You cannot recover

there is enough available to do the work from a dead man, Mr. Gardiner

in a couple of months. We might see And the solicitor who was present sug-

Russia tidied up and put in order for gested (Rotto vone) that Mr. Gardiner

or two in Petrograd. DAA should proceed by foreign attachment

victory. We might even see a new hotel against the corps:

Daily Chronicle.

The shopkeeper has a shibboleth of ex planation, to which he is as faithful as a lover. He explained my penholder by the excuse that railway freights had risen. A Russiau conie paper recently had a cartoon- man complaining of the price of a diamond dog collar, with the plausible jeweller leaning across the (Continued on next Column.)

mited to revert to the ranks nt his own request."

PAKADĖS.

8-Monday, 10th inst. !--

7:00 am. Signalling Section Class on Cricket Ground. Tuesday, 11th inst

5.10 p.m. Centre Section M. G. C

M. G practice, Kogloon Dock, Hongkong residents proceed by lamuch from Statue Pier at 4.30. pem.

5.30 p.m. Left Section 3. G. Co., Civil Service Co. and Right Sec tion M. G. Co. at Headquarters. 3.30 p.m. Recruits of all onits at Headquarters under Cpl. Grimes. 5.30 p.m. Recruits Bearer Section at

Headquarters.

Section en

5.30p.m. Mounted

Polo Ground under S.S. Talbot,

Suetion A, B.

Signalling

and

classes 0.Cs. inspection at Headquarters Dress, Marching. order with ammunition: Wednesday, 15th inst

7.00 a.. Signalling Section ("

einss on Cricket Ground. 5.30 p.m. Scouts Co. on Cricket.

Ground.

Thursday, 19h inst.:---

5.10 p.m. Recruits of all mits. (except Right Section M. G. Co.). at Headquarters under Corp. Grimes, A

5.30 pm. Mounted Section on Polo

Ground ander S.S. Talbot.S

and,

5:30

Signalling Section “B” classes at Headquar-

ters. 8.10 p.m. Signalling bection A

clden Gun Club Hill Command Signalling practice (should this. be anceled class will parade with B'!" and "C" classes as above)) Friday, 14th inst.

5.30 pm. Defaulters drill at Hend

quarters.

5.30 pm: Recruits Right Section 1,

G. Co. at Headquarters 5.30 pm Artillery Battery 10′ pr..... B.L. gun drill at Gun Club Hil Sergt. Bradley will attend. Hong- kong Residents fall in Star Ferry. Wharf, Hongkong, at 6p.m. Saturday, 15th inst.

2.30 p.m. Scouts Co. Recruits Mus- ketry King's Park Range. Corp).. Grimes will attend. Sunday, 16th inst.

0.006 m. Scouts Co. Recruits Mus --- ketry, King's Park Range. Corp!..

Grimes will attend.:

duty oth inst-Ceutre Section M

G. CO.

On duty 10th inst. Civil Service Co.. On duty 11th inst-No. 1 Section.

Artillery Battery.

On duty 12th instLeft Bection M.

On duty 13th inet-Right Section 1.

G. Col

On duty 14th inst. No. 2 Section.

Artillery Battery.

Un duty 15th inet-Scouts Co.

End-Liout. Hegarty,

Orderly Oficer 9th to 15th inst. A... CHURCHur. Capt., Adjutust. HKV.C.