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THE THEATRICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR! A FEAST OF COMEDY AND DRAMA.

TRADE WAR IN CHINA.

A CONSIDERATION OF GERMAN

tracts.

METHODS.

CHINA AS A COTTON SUPPLIER

more economical to manufacture, what is

AN APPEAL TO BRITONSI OVERSEAS.

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OFFICES IN HOTEL MANSIONS. TO LET, from 1st October, 1918, Four- то Largo Connecting ROOMS on the- Third Floor of Hotel Mansons, facing Blake- Pier. At present occupied by the Com MERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY.

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At the present time the Lancashire cot- ton mills are very largely dependent upon A cospondent who has recently 16-America for their supplies, and there are turned from China has contributed to two factors tending to reduce the avail- Engineering a number of notes embody able quantity from there the limitation ing his impressions and opinions as to of the cotton belt the area within which The following appeal has been issued the course, which trade is likely to take cotton may be grown-und the increasing by the United Workers, London, with the there after the war, and particulary as manufacture of cotton fabrics in America to the means the Germans will adopt to itself. The United States of North approval of the Right Hon. A. Bonar maintain the position they have already Amein is ofe of the largest customers Law Secretary of State for the Colonies acquired. We make the following for cotton fabrics, and naturally and endorsed by Earl of Cromer, G.C.B.,

e kek It would be well for the British man cotton and import the manufactured Milner, G. C. B

required at home than to export the OM Earl Grey, GCB, Visecunt A Buildings. Cheap rental facturer to recognise that the Paris Trade Conference can do little to assist mise to give supply of

fabric,

India and Efypt both pro

Lord Sydenham him to capture or keep the open market as the years roll on, but a supply from tess of Jersey, Right Hon. Sir G Reid, cotton GCS., Lord Aldenham, Dowager Cour abroad; and if he wishes to retain the China should also be heartily welcome. A G.CM.G. Right Hon. Sir. G. Taubaun markets that are u der his sphere of in- large portion of Southern China is avail- Goldie. Rigin Hou. Will Creaks, M.P., fluence, he must exert himself, to the table for cotton growing, and although the Sir John Hewett, G.C.S.LR. M. mosty to copy German methods of busi- demands of the Chinese themaclyes are Kindersicy, Hon. R. H. Brand, C.M.C., Dess, and improve on them. From re necessarily very great, it is more than Sir Harry Wilson. K... G. and Evelyn porta coming from different camps where probable that by the introduction of Wrench German prisoners are interned, it ap-modern methods of cultivation, and of After two years of the War we see most pears that Germany is preparing herself handling the ention, there would be an early emerging a struggle of Economic to make an attempt to capture the whole increasing surplus available for Lanca Endurance. to be waged by the non-com- Chinese market; German prisoners are shirt. India, it will be remembered, intants; and that aide whose non-com- being taught the different dialects of the steadily increasing its competition with batants can finance it longest will win Chinese language. Germany is fully Lancashire, so that the greater the volume Upon the issue depends the liberty of our aware, that Japan daring the present war of cotton available for the world's re- Empire: Rus, atempted to ouse he tron her bold quirements, the lower will be the cat to The whole German nation is support- on this market; and it shows that her. It would be well worth the attention of is in forec, and the nation's resources Lancashire of her principal raw materialing its armies. The utmost frugality bast trade with China has been greatly the large firm, who are engaged in cut are being conserved in a remarkable way. to her advanings, when she, oven at a ton spanning, weaving, etc., to see whe-To the recent War Loan, which realised NO time when that trade is aif, retains mother supplies may not be available from 35 millions, there were 6,279,045 sub of military ago in China to maintain China in the future. her connection and keep the market open else in China, it will take time to obtain

Like everything seribors. Germany is not exhausted until she is again able to enter inte com a supply, and therefore the matter can raw material abroad, and lend her allies Britain, who must buy her food and petition, temp not be taken in hand too soon, As with more than a million pounds a day, has Before the German representative of engineering, it will need men who under- at last realized that every single citizen his firm in Chita attempts to do business stand the language, and who understand is called upon for his or her ruaximum there he makes & close study of the the requirements of the cotton mills, to efforts. Through her Cabinet Ministers Chinese character; he learns to under thoroughly survey the cotton-producing she has called upon the people for self- stand what the term face means to districts of China, to master the local denial, for the atmost conservation of the Chinese and he is only too ready to arrangements, the local method of trans resources, and

the loan of every recognise that squeeze Pidgin or port, to work out the costs of transport-spare penny

sharp, which comes under the name of ing the cotton to the shipping ports, and, And the people, now that they under- "graft in the U.S.A., has been inborn above all, to get into touch with the proetand this to be an economic struggle, are in the Chinese race through hundreds of ducers, merchants, etc. It would prob responding more and more. They are. generations. It would be incorrect to say ably be a very good plan for a representa awakening fast. The national conscience that the only method to secure business intivo of an engineering firm, producing is stirring. We intend to produce more machinery of all kinds used in the cotton to consume less, and to adjust our whole a business firm wishes to succeed and have trade, to go over the ground with a repre economic outlook to the War a fair chance of competing on all con machinery man would more thin probanco that every Briton overseas, man sentative of a large cotton firm; the Meanwhile, it is of the utmost import tracts, they must be prepared to recog ably be able to saggest large economies and woman, shall understand the posi nise where the graft is necessary by the aid of machinery and increased tion. Wo address all of British blood. To those closely conected with Chinese output that would give the surplus reWo address Canadians, Australians, matters it is common knowledge that Gerquired for export-Eastern Engineering, South Africans, Britons in the Crown mas merchants in China have secured

Colonies and Protectorates, Britons in sufficient contracts during the war to give

India and Burmah, Britons in the United them a good commercial standing imme

States, in Latin America, in China, diately, the war is over. These have most-

Britons wherever they may be on the ly been secured by graft und sharp prac tice

At the beginning of the war the Germans refrained from quoting on any large contract, but lately most of th largest contracts have fallen into German A total of 4,000 cases throughout the hands. When the specification for any Empire, increasing at the rate of 200 a large contract is now given out they in-day--that is the way Japan's cholera vite the head Chinese concerned to

agnificent, dinner--most Chinese deals are settled over food a point the Get mana have been quick to recognise con ving them that the war will be over in a few weeks, make them a handsome pre sent, and secure their poscianing to inserts cautionary measures, said the a clause in their quotation task the The grand total of victimes in Takin material is to be supplied at a certain time and its suburbs had reached 119 up to after te conclusion of the European War The British firin, not knowing what has transpired, quotes prices for the material to be supplied at the present time. The German in this way secures good face, she has been able to quote Jower-than-his competitors and has secured the goodwill of the Chinese old vials by a little cumshot present,

THE HOWITT PHILLIPS China is to use the graft method, but if

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CHOLERA IN JAPAN AND MANILA.

SERIOUS OUTBREAKS.

scourge was viewed by the Tokio News Agency yesterday, the 13th inst. More- over 3,600,000 yen has already been ap- Dropriated in waging war on the plague, although so far it has not been noticeably checked Still more money is needed

August 13th. There had been sixteen new cases since the last report was made.

But Japan is not the only sufferer A despatch to the Japanese Foreign Office, dated 13th inst. told of 123 cases in the last week at Manila, 68 resulting fatally. The total number of cases in the fifteen states of the Islands was 480 Three hundred and twenty thres of these were

which in no way comes out of his pocket exle from Cheion, in Chili,

as his price is higher than the after-war A price would begge China, says that a quarantine will be There is one method of securing busi-enforced on ull vessels coming from ness that is a credit to the German Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagasaki, films, and one that the British manufae Kobe Hiroshima and Moji-Jupan turing firms would do well to copy, work Advertiser.

ing it through a combine of manufer- turers. In the interior, where one would

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Airy Ofices overlooking Statue Square. TODOWN in Daddell Street, Light and

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face of the Earth; and we tell then OFFICES, 2nd Floor, St. George's Build-

this:-

(1) Time is on our side if our Empire can outlast Germany in money and resources; and it is beyond. dispute that we can outlast her if we choose.

(2) Our power so to do, depends en tirely upon the individual conserv ing his resources, and making the available for the war

(3) This he can only do by producing more, consuming less, and lending every penny he can either to his cwn Government's War Loans or to those of the British Government.

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*MUSKETRY.

B Company Platoon 6 will parade at Blake Pier, at 3:15, on Friday, 29th instant for firing Part 1 of the Annual Musketry Course at King's. Park Range. Dress Drill order. Members residing at Kowloon will paraule

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FICES on 1st Floor, No. 3, Queen's Rosd Central, at present in the occupation of The China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

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THE COMMODIOUS DWELLING HOUSE, with Officer, Servants' Quarter, ste, NO. 14, SHAMEEN, Carros, from 1st June, at present in the occupation of the Imperish Russian Consulate.

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OFFICES in King's Buildings, G. H. WAKEMAN, Major,"

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THREE ROOMED FLATS in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon,

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NEW GENERAL PARADE. NA 2 Platoon, Nos, 3 and 4 Companies and Ambulance Platcon will parade at Central Station at 6.30 pmOUR-ENOMED FLATB In May Kond Uniform, helinets and rifles..

HEADQUARTERS CLUB,

meeting of the General Committee will be held on Thursday, September 28th, at. 5.30 p.in.

CHURCH PARADE,

No. 3 Company will attend Church Parade on Bunday, October 1st. The Band will also attend. Fall in at Central Station at 4 pm. sharp. Members residing in Kowloon will fall in at the Ferry Pier, Kowloon, at 4.23 p.m. Uniform with helmets. This Section will attend Maxim Gun

MAXIM GUNNERS!! Drill on Friday, September 29th, at 5.30 pm, at Central, and on Tuesday and Friday in each week unless other- wise ordered by Crown Sergeant Ford.

imagine there would be no business, will out to these open markets who will be often be found a large building, the able to plan out auch undertakings and branch office of one of the combines of beat the Germans at their own game, Gorman manufacturers There is alwaysThere has been a great lack of enterprise to be found there a first-class engineer on the part of the British merchant in and one or two Chinese shroffs The China in the past, as the following will engineer, as a rule, is not a man who has show, which happened only a few months been trained in one branch of engineer- ago. A traveller was in certain town in ing, but who can talk steam, electricity Yannan Province, and the mandarin in- oil, pumps, etc, and who spends most of formed him that he was forming a com his time touring round the country in his pany to build a generating station to district. The usual conclusion arrived at light up the town, he was also in the by the British traveller who sees these market for some mining machinery. The places is that they are run at a dead loss.traveller asked a frm of Hongkong to The amazing parts toat they more thir, send up a representative to go into the A pay working expenses on the small orders matter. They replied that they would do received, the excessive percentage charged so on his depositing £100 as guarantee to compensating them for the smallness of cover the representative's expenses The the order: They will receive an order for traveller dropped the matter. a dozen packets of needles or the electric lighting plants supplie." with- Most of for an electric lighting plant with equal in recent years to Chine and they are civility, and have them sent up from their not a few-have come from or through Hongkong (1) or Shanghai office with German agents. A few weeks before the the utmost despatch. specifications were given out for the gen- The following is an instance where aerating plants for the Riverside power British firm benefited from the enterprise station, Shangh, the size, type, etc., of of one of the German engineers in the machines were known to the different branch office in Yunnan Province A'oer-agents in Shanghai. The German agents tain mine there bad a great deal of immediately cabled to their worka to trouble with their water supply, the Ger- build for stock machines to the unauthor- mun heard of it and spent some time ised Shanghai specifications. When examining the country round about. He these were issued the time allowed for de then went up to the mine owner and said, livery was so short that only the German You have water trouble at this mine firm who had the machines in stock were Yes. You will buy a new plant if able to guarantee delivery to time; they I can give you plenty of water I therefore secured the order. must get water soon or I will have to A favourite German method to secure close my mine." "I can get all the water work at at excessive proft, especially in you wat by pumping it from that lake the intrior, is to work the extra The In 20 li from here. Impossible! British quotation for a certain electric guarantee, How much?" The deal lighting plant was approximately was closed on the spot. This was just $2,500,000* Mex., the German price before the outbreak of hostilities, and the $2,000,000, Mex.; the Germans secured the German afterwards was unable to get de contract; the whole amount paid to them livery of the pumps, etc. The idea had with extras was approximately $3,800,000 been put into the Chinese head, and con- Mex. They had, through the good offices dive would not allow him to await for of some of the Chinese officials, boon th onclusion of the war; he therefore allowed to insert a clause that certain arrauged with the British Worthington things in regard to the lighting would pump people to supply the plant, which be extra, these had been included in the ran into thousands of pounds. There British quotation, Also the Chixese com- was also another pumping plant to be pany by the Germans contract were re supplied for the same province to pump quired to retain one of the firm's engi 48 lineers to be responsible for the plant for

The German supplies the, Idea and in so many years at a handsome sallary, the A Variety Concert will be given at The many instances, as he is the only Euro-engineer to be allowed to act as the Ger peau in the district, secures the contract man representative for the distrn. This without competition. It is for the British method of retaining a representative in syndicates now being formed to send men the district is be ng copied to a large

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REDUCTION TO THE HANKS.

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PUBLIO AUCTION.

DARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of the letting by Pablic Auction Sale, to- be held on MONDAY, the 2nd day of October, 1916, at 3 P., at the Offices of the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND 26 Kowloon, connection with reporting hembers of 75 years with the option of romeret

In the Colony of Hongkong, for a term

absent from parade without permis

For leaving the Colony without premis sion and for making an incorrect statement is to his absence from Special Patrol duty, a Sergeant, has been reduced to the ranks,

ABSENTEE REPORTS,

■ CROWN BENT to be fixed by the Sarveyor- sion, the following routine is required of HER MAJESTY THE KING, for one further by the A.S.P. (R)ESOME term of 75 years.

(a.) That Section-Commanders shall report the names in writing ()That their reports shall be for

warded by them to their Inspec- tor, together with any observa- tions they wish to make. (e) That the Tnspectors shall

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the reports to the ASP. (R), together with any recommenda tions they may desire to put on

record.

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