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CANTON NEWS:

(FROM OUR OWN CRESPORDENT

CANTON November 17th.

FINANCIAL DEFORMS,

Owing to the lack of funds the local Governors have recently consulted with Shum Chun-bsuan in order to devise a plan for obviating the difficulty. Shum suggested the reduction of the official stall at various places in the province, whilst Civil Governor Chu proposed to pay a part of all local official salaries in Government bonds, those who earn one hundred dollars or note a month to receive 40 per cent in Clovernment bonds and those who earn fifty dollars or less a month to receive 20 per cent, in bonds. This is an immediate remedy and has been put into force accordingly. Simultané ously, the staff at various yainens will be reviewed with ane

to their reduc

tion.

SHUM CHUN-HEUAN'S DEPARTURE,

WAR CHARITIES IN BRITISH MALAYA

·CONTRIBUTIONS UP TO LAST SEPTEMBER.

At the end of the war it is proposed to Idy before Parliament a Blue Book containing particulara respecting gifts peceived from His Majesty's Dominions and Culonies. Below is a list of the subscriptions collected up to September Test in British Melays for the various War Charities and War Funds compiled by Mr. H. Marriott, the nating Secretary to the High Commissioner in Singapore. It is proposed (says the Straits Times) to correct the list half yearly until the end of the war:- Malayan Air Squadron (Mr.

-8466,976,12- Alina Baker) Kedah Battleplane (Mr. G.

Hall) Prince of Wales War Relief, Singapore (Mr. J. Greig) Prince of Wales War Relief,

Penang

Prince of Wales War Relief,

Malacon" (Mr H

4 Courtenay)

General Shum bas departed for | Prince of Wales War Relief, EMS, (Mr. J. A. Robert- Peking, ri Shanghai, in response to the

son). repeated invitations of the Central Gov-Prince of Wales War Relief, Johore (Mr. G. Wayto ernment. He left here on the 23rd in-

Wood) stant, being escorted from the Military Yamen by over two hundred soldiers, Prince of Wales War Helief, Kola atan (Mercantile Bank) accompanied by a band. He was met at the Government pier by Tachun Tok, F.M.B. War Relief, F.M.S.

Hospital Mr.H.P.Clodd) Governor Chu, Tan Hok-bang (director F.M.A. War Relict, No. 2 of the River Conservancy Bureau), Yim

Scheme (Mr. H. P. Clodd)- Kar-chee (chief of the Financial Depart Malacca War Relief (Mr. H.

E. Lanktree) ment), Magistrates of the Nam-hol and

Planters' War Belief of Pun yur Districts, and some other high

Malaya (Mr. H. CE Zacharias). officials, the Japanese Consul, the Man-

Bolgian National Relief, ager of the Mitsui Bassan Kaisha, Ltd.,

Singapore (Mr. M B Olliver) the commercial and eductional Com

Belgian National Relief,- munities, etc.

Penang (Mrs. Mitchell).... Belgian National Telief, Jolinne (Mr. G. Wayte Wood)

On bis departure a great number of crackers were fired by various societies. Shum leaves by the cruiser Hoi Chen, specially sent to Canton in order to convey him to Peking by the Central Government.

Local Governors Lok and Chu, eto, also proceded to Whampoa, where the eruiser was moored, by motor boats in order to bid him firewell. At Whampoa a dinner was held, the invited guests in cluding Tuchun Lok, Governor Chu, Admiral Shai, the Japanese Consut, and representatives of different societies.

Shum will stop at Shanghai in order to attend the memorial service for the late General Wong-hing, and a few days later will proceed. direct to Peking. RESIGNATION OF LOK WING-TING,

Tho Peking Government has recently received two telegrams from General Lok. the Military Governor of Kwangtung tendering his resignation. He submitted the name of eight persons se suitable successors, including General Lee Lit- kwan, Commander Tan Homing, Chan Kwing-ming and Wa Hon-man. The two last are ex-Tatuhs of the province Gen eral Lok insists on resigning on tho ground that his bed health makes it im possible for him to discharge the duties of such an important post at the present time. His request, however, has not been granted yet by the Government. Fung Kwok-chang, vice-President, ad- dressed a telegram to the local Governors two days ago, urging them not to relinquish their presont posts but to unite in settling the political situation satis factorily.

GAMBLING

PLORIBITED DY THE PEKING

GOVERNMENT. ASU Owing to financial difficulties, this pro vince has been allowed to carry on gambling of all descriptions in order to obtain revenue. It is understood. how- ever, that gambling of all descriptions, with the exception of Yu Chung Yee Wai, Po Fai, and Shan Pui, has been strictly prohibited since the arrival of the new Governors Lok and Chu, t

Belgian National

Kelantan (Mr. Baxon)....

10,172,00

0,464.01*

83,000,00

AWAKE!

do-

SAIGON RICE MARKET,

The Compagnie de Commerce Navigation d'Extreme-Oriat, of Saigon, report under date 21st instant:-

The tendency of our market was week during the fortnight under review and prices were again decreasing.

SOME WAR FRUITS.

In the last thirty years before the war Germany's agricoltural workers increased by very nearly 2,000,000 while ours decreased by a quarter of a million. Ger many increased her textile workers by We have no important business to re- 900,000; our increased by only 55,000 port except the usual shipment, to Hong- She increased her metal workers-iron, kong and Singapore. About 15,000 tons. steel and engineering by more than have been sold to Java for the beginning (1,500,000 against our increase of ,000 of next year shipment...

She increased her miners by 1,000,000 The harvest of the new crop has started against our 500,000; her building workers in some provinces, and the yield is very on in practically every branch of in dustry,

by: 1,000,000 against our 500,000 and satisfactory data

The total amount of ries exported

from the 1st January up to the 14th

Germany increased her production of November is 1,087,335 iron, for instance, from 3,000,000 tons 1995,012 tons in 1915. year to very nearly 20,000,000, while we increased ours only from 8,000,000 tons a your to 9,000,000 tons.

On the eve of the war the Germans were making steel at the rate of 18,000,000 tons a year against our 8,000,000 tons.

In only fifteen years Germany, mitinly by virtue of her subsidised and bounty fed dumping policy, increased her exports of iron and steel products from less than 1.000,000 tons a year to

more than 6,000,000 tons; we increased ours only from 3,500.000 tons to 5,000,000 tona.

In spite of our superior shipping facili ties and our possession of vast Dominions and Dependencies, the Germans beat us in iron, steel,; il engineering exports. By almost every test that could be ap plied, the Germans vero beating, or had 178.00 already beaten, us

18,748.54

128.671.3it

18,139.59

191,697.01

27,060.83

9,036.47

55,394.34

39,966,53

37,493.18

· 6,085,71

Relief, H. C

-582.50

1,818.28

10,847:80

1,984.515

B00.40

4,875,62

5,868.81

Belgian National Relief, Kuala Lumpur (Mr. H. P. Clodd) King Albert's Civilian Hoa- pital (Mr. W. H. Mac Gregor) Belgian Soldiers' Vacation

(Mrs R. Manasseh) Belgian Orphans (Mrs, 0.

Petit) Belgian Childron's Day

(Mrs. R. Mariasseh) Serbian Belief (Mr. H. P.

Clodd) Imperial

Indian Relief, Penang (Mr. A. Singaram Pillai)

002.03

Imperial Indian Relief, Kuala Lumpur (Mr. Pat: "Zylwa) Imperial Indian

37,434.72

~,140.05

-23,781.42

Rolief, Kedah (Mr. D. Srinivasa gum)

Star and Garter, Singapore

Women (Mra, W. E. Hooper)

Star and Garter, Singapore Malay Ward (Mrs. JR. Innca)

Star and Garter, Singapore Kedah (Mr. G, A, Hall) French Red Cross (M. de

Courtois)

Red Cross for Wounded

(Mrs. Swindell) Joint Ambulance, British

Red Cross and Order of St. John (Messrs. J. H. Waring and T. W. Stubbs) British Red Cross (Mr. B.

P. Clodd) Blind Soldiers and Sailors, Singapore (Mrs. Wreford) Blind Soldiers and Sailors, Kuala Lumpur (Mr. M. C. English)... Soldiers and Sailors' Fami- lies Association (Mr. E. G. Finch) Soldiers and Sailors' Recrea

tion (Mr. R. Hill) Officers' Families

(Mrs. Garrett) hotQueen Mary's Needlework

Guild, Singapore Queen Mary's Needlework Guild, Penang (Mrs. L. P. Ebden)

Some time buck, the Provincial As- sembly also decided to put a stop to gambling, but the decision was carried into effect owing to the lack of funds in the province.

-

Queen Mary's Needlework Guild, Kuala Lumpur Mrs. H. O, Barnard) Prisoners of War (Mrs.

Gattey)

The President, however, issued & man. date on the 19th instant, prohibiting gambling of all descriptions in this pro- vince The local officials have received authoritative instructions to deal with the matter in question mmediately. DEPARTURE OF PROMINEST REFORMERS, DU

Chan Kwing-ming, Wong Chung Wei, War Clothing (Mrs. R. O. Labag - Kai-chin, and others vilo recently. Anderson) visited this city to take part in a Children of Empire (Mr. H. memorial service for til the fato' reform- W. Firmstone) ers and for Generals Wong-hing and Choi Who Will Help : (Straits Ao, held at the Eastern Garden & week

*Times) ago, have left either for Peking, or Overseas Club Tobacco (Mr. Shanghai.

DAVE, Gil) PROHIBITION OF GPIUM PLANTING. TH F.M.S Hospital Clothing

The local Governors have recently re ceived a telegram from the Peking GovEast Indies Station Naval

tion

3,786.43

2,21.30

19,474.43-

8.390.00

10,000.00

2.472:74

13,118.07

291.00

15,426.57

2,957.00

13,486.57

2,773.37

2,808.83

2,147,32

1,833.93

758.00

2,171.65

1,150.00

(Lady Brockman)

2,710.17 4,885.00

Fund (Mrs. J. F. Miles)..... Blue Cross, Penang (Mr. G.

Marshall)

1,406.00

2,204.40

948.43

crament relative to the opiem prohibi- The Magistrates in various dis- tricts are instructed to make stric Blue Cross, Kuala Lumpur amination that no "opium roots · are planted in any district. If any opium should be discovered growing, the Magistrate in charge of the district will be immediately dismissed and dealt with. and the man responsible for planting the opium seed will be put to death if found guilty.

STREET LIGHTING IN CANTON.

The public lights in this city are often. stolen by Laieves, and no arrest has bogr made whatever. Recently, some local gentry and merchante proposed to dis- continue private lighting unless the police afford them protection In this csak come streetz und lanes would remain in a state of darkness, and it is time the

· local authorities gave attention to this

atter.

(Mrs. A. S. Bailey) Lord Roberts Memorial (Mr.

H. P. Clodd)

..Total Deduct Government contri-

butions

Total Private subscrip

tions

And it is worth while remarking that much of Germany's progress was made at our expense and was due to our folly. We not only gave the Germans, as we gavo other nations, free market ford ordinary trading, but we also allowed them to cut into and undermine our in- dustries by subsidised dumping the worst form of commercial "blacklegging" the world has ever seen. We filled our shops with German "black-leg" goods while our own willing workers, lacking employment, emigrated or starved. We put German bounty-fed steel rails in our streets while our own unemployed steel workers hungered. Not satisfied with placing our industries at the mercy of the German syndicates, we exposed our Imperial statue to German desigris.

MENACED AT ALL POINTS.

tons against

We quote to-day. White rice No. 8: Sitted Japan quality, Hongkong $3.00 per pigul Loh Saigon. for November/ December shipment

HONGKONG RESERVES,

Rans BY MAJOR WAKEMAN, 0.0, 8.5.7.B. Wednesday, 20th Nor-The following

members of A Ca, will parade at Blake Pier, at 3.30 pm, for 'Dress: Drill order -- musketry, Licht-Sergeant. W. J. Crawford, Pies, AO Coppin, Berb, "HA Walker. A. Brock, J. Carr, T. W. Markny, J. McCorquatale, and G. Martin.

Thursday, 30th Nov. The following members of A" 05, will parade at Blake Pier, at 3.30 p.m., for mus ketry, Dress Drill order-Pte. A. C. Diss, W. II. Smith, N. E Kent,. A. Keigwin, and A. B. F. Raven.

G. K. H. BerTTON, Capt, Adjutant. H.K.V.R.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

BELIKE POINTS, CENTRAL DISTRICT.

The following is to be inserted in Stand-

ing Orders Books (page 6):— (.)-In the Contral Police District

We cat down our naval expenditare already the smallest in the world relativeThe ly to our commerce and Imperial respou sibilities--and thus encouraged the Ger inans to try to overtake us in sea-power. In at least one year, 1908, we only launch- ed 48,000 tons of new fighting ships against Germany's 87,000 tons. To a Little Army we were prepared to add a Little Navy, in spite of Germany's huge preparations, beth military and naval,

Second Shift patrolmen will relieve first Shift patrolmen at the Points. indicated on the notice appearing on the Board in the Side Room, Central Station.

RECORD OF CÁIÉS, RIC,

attention of all ranks is drawn to 8.0. 10. The reporting of Cases is necessary in order that every inem-. ber's Record of Service may be kept complete.

POLICE TESEEVE SCHOOL CLASARS

Class 1-All Inspectors and Sergeants of No. 1. Company, the Mounted Police and Maxim Gunnors,

Class 11-All Inspectors and Sergeants.

of No. 2 Company.

Class IIL-All Inspectors and Sergeants

of No. 3 Company.

Steeped in sport, intoxicated with frivolity, blinded with luxuries-mostly the fruits of the laboure of former gen- erations--and immersed in pettifogging party politics manufactured by a horde of place-hunting lawyers, we were allow ing ourselves to be beaten and blacklegged and blood sucked by the Huns, The Ger- máns could come to no other conclusion | Class I-Monday, December 4th; Tucs-

Class IV-All Inspectors and Borgeants

of No. 4 Company, and the Am ilance Platoon, bu

DATES..

day, December 12th; Monday, Decem- ber 18th¦ Wednesday, December 27th.

than that we were a antion of fools. They were justified in judging us, a demo- cratic people, by the politicians we elected | Class. 11-Wednesday, December 6th.

to govern n

While the Germans filched our trade and robbed our workers, blacklegged our manufacturers and tried to monopolise our glib- our supplies of materials,

discussed tongued lawyer politicians things that did not matter. The Govern ment appointed multitudes of bureaucrats to inspect and regulate us from cradle to grave, but made not the slightest effort to protect our trades and industries againt the most insidious forms of Ger- man competition. Our manufacturers were too stupid to organise to meet the highly co-operative trading methods of the Huns. Our workmen lost 100,000,000 separate working days in ten years, while the Germans were picking the plums of the world's business.

Within another ten years our position would have been almost hupeless.

Now, just in the nick of time, we have been brought back to something like our real senses though there is still some doubt about our politicians. The old British spirit has not been dead, it ap pears, but only sleeping, or dragged, Uur young men have rallied to the old flag splendidly, in spite of the muddles of the politicians.

Monday, December 11th; Tuesday, December 19th Friday, December 29th.

Class III.-Friday, December 8th; Wed- nesday, December 18th; Thursday, December 21st; Thursday, December 28th. Class IV Tuesday, December 5th, Thursday, December 14th; Friday, December 22nd; Wednesday, Decem ber 27th.

NO. 1 AND 2 BECTIONS OF NO, 1 COMPANY For the purpose only of carrying out

P.

ST.

By

Standing Order No. 87 (e) concern- ing leave from Parndes, Crown Ser- geanta Eustace and Wilks respective. ly are to be deemed Unit Comman- ders,

REPORTED FOR DUTY,

c. 551 Silva, on reporting for duty. resumes his former rank of Crown Sergeant as from this date.

(Sgd.) F. C. JENKIN, D.S.P (R). JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE..

HONGKONG AND CHINA DISTRICT,

BAIYINGYUN DIVISION,

arrangement with the Officer Com manding the Hongkong Volunteer Reserves, and with the sanction of H.E, the Offer Administering the Government, the Saiyingpun Divi- sion of the Brigade is attached to the Hongkong Volunteer Reserves for duty as required.

APPOINTMENT,

Subject to confirmation by tieneral J. C. Dr. Dalton, Chief Commissioner, William Brownlow Ashe Moores appointed Divisional Surgeon it charge of the Salyingpun Division.

(Sgd.). E. RALPOR (Officer in Charge of District). Hongkong, November 28th, 1910

Although we appeared long ago to have ceased to be a military race, although we had little practical experience of war, although we were not really seriously threatened with invasion and had been taught to rely upon our Navy, although this was practically a Continental war in which we could hardly expect our work- ing classes to feel a vital stake, although our Government of lawyers offered no more than ordinary peace-time soldiers' pay while awarding extraordinary wages to miners and others, and although the War Office was utterly unprepared to deal with recruiting on a large scale and did much to discourage jt, our young mer offered themselves by the million, And they came forward in the largest numbers when reports from the front were the blackest Magnificent is the only word that fits the spectacle. In spite of all the class legislation of recent years, all the Socialist and Syndicalist agitators,

The now Municipal Bank at Birming and all the false doctrines of the politi cians, we have shown a marvellous na hora will inaugurate its career with a tional unity and a wonderful fighting set of prizes on the system against which spirit when put to the supreme test of a some people are so anxious to guard our gigantic war conducted with all the public morals (says The Straits Times). mechanical and scientific devilry that a Every depositor is to have a chance of natipu of Genda could devise.

gaining certain prizes, ranging from A NEW BRITAIN,

£100 to ten guineas, which have been pro We have only to continue this new. vided by friends of the scheme, and the found paity after the war in order to drawing will take place three months. secure the great prize of the war a new after the war. Britain. We are going to work as a

| nation for the common good as we are

to

protect and organise our industries and

PREMIUM BOND SYSTEM INAUGURATED.

1,200.45 fighting as a nation. We are going wealth on an unprecedented scale; we are $1,645,548.37.

108,607.86

$1,535,040.31

show the world that we can work and Sog to best Germany in the world's produce and trade as well as we can fight. markets and take that share of the world'

SHE The women are going to help us in the trade to which we are entitled by virtus commercial campaign as they are helping of our resources, our skill, and our in the military campaign, Our trade unique shipping facilities, and we are anions are going to sdopt a more en thus going to provide ample employment lightened policy. Capital and labour are for all our workers, male and female. going to co-operate. Manufacturers and It is not going to be necessary for will- shippers

are going to organise. The ing worker, to migrate in the future. † Includes F.M.9. Government contri-State is going to protect and encourage We are taking a new lease of life. We industry. We are going to enter into are going to be a new nation, new Bri bution, $21,428.57.

preferential arrangemente with our Allies tainthe ntre of a prouder stronger. and Dominions; we are going to produce more closely knit Empire thanks to the madness of our greatest rivals, the Ger- (Continued at foot of next Column:)

mant -E, T. Goon in the Daily Mark

* Includes Straits Bettlements Govern-

mant contributions; $66,170.39. -

Returns to June, 1915. Nous later

received. Also about 23,350 în kind