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INTIMATIONS

THI HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1917

MOUTRIE'S

PIANOS

TU

HIRE

FROM

$10

Per MONTH.

TUNING AND REGULAR ATTENTION

INCLUSIVE.

SUMMER

WEIGHT

2-1

HALF HOSE

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Made of Cotton, Lisle or Silk and Lisle in a variety of colours,

We strongly recommend these Socks for wear, style, comfort and fit.

MACKINTOSH

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16. DES VŒŒUX ROAD.

OUR

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IT STANDS TO REASON

that the best proof of the excellence of any medical preparation is to com tioned popularity, Beecham's Pills have been before the public for upwards el half a century, and it is acknowledged that they are, now, in greater demand than ever. Their enormous sales are still on the increase. No Vitgediclas could achieve such a remarkable success unless it had proved

ituell to be of very real worth and practical valoc.

Beecham's Pills

have justified public conflence. In thousands of homes, to-day, expe His proved the beneficent results obtained from the use of these pilla by cases af bíløgues, pleurejal Elvez, impaired digestion and a disordered condition of the bowels. It is a male and prudent thing should you feel out-of-sorts a

• Steely upon the curative properties of this cellent preparation. You will speedily find that Beetham's Fille

WILL DO YOU GOOD.

Sold everywhere in bozen, price 24d (38 pilis) I/Ild (56 pills) & 2/9 (168 pilla).

~FOR HALE!

DAGS OF USED ASIATIC POSTAGE

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STAMPSI

400 Stamps for 30.50 2000 Stamps for $2.00

1500

1000

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0.80 2300

1.00 4000

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NY SUBOPEAN, Non-Asfalls of Indian desizing to leave the Colony should apply in Parsons he Oneesia. Foron Brion between the hours of ma

of 9 AM to 1 FOLË KIA E TR GRACA & CO., 142m hip an

Bougkong

ON BALF. BWEHALY PRESS JUCT Decenas

ROUND VOLUMES of the HOFOKONG

1918

AWith Inner, Erica 37-50...

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"périáin, szõeptions, who are regated to

Register themselves under Iry BEGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDIN required may be obtained at the chollolan Forms of Bogisition giving the paellanda

The Familly Bic non-samplianos in a fue not

On Sale at the Hometowe, DAILY PRE-2000ding $51,

HONGKONG'S STORM SIGNALS

A NEW CODE:

TRADE OF HONGKONG.

THE UNBEST IN CHINA,

The Gazette contains a notification to The following statistics have been taken the effect that new local and non-local from the fortnightly price current and storm signals codes will be introduced | market-report of the Hongkong General at Hongkong on July 1st, in place of Chamber of Commerce, the old Local Code and the China Cosét. Code

The principal change in the Local Code is that the new signals will show the

OPI VER

• ~ The balance of stocks on June 14th was 200 chests of Patna, 101 chests of Bonaire 130 of Malwa and 6 of Persian Turkish, Ther were po exportations during the interval. In uncertified Bengal opium the

A GERMAN TRIBUTE TO

BRITAIN.

RECOGNITION OF HER POWER

TOO LATE.

naj\tor/articles... of ·43

'nighty-coloured

OUR WAR MUSEUM. MORE ADDITIONS.

[BY TWELLS BREX

The Government having sunerimaut e- National War Museum, Mr. Luella Bres will from time to time" sugreat additions to it

direction from which the gule is expectance of stocks on June 14th was 54 | nature, representing the dimeracies o L of Painters in Kosy Colours) depicts the

whereas the old signals showed the posi- tion of the typhoon. The lattor will be indicated, as heretofore, by the non-local signals. The new Local Code is given. below:

DAY SIGNALS,

chests of Patna and 161 chests of Benares Six chests of Patna and 23 of Benares were boiled Government monopely.

"My Spiritual Home is

GALLERY OF RELIUS AND CURIOS.

preserved specimen, sayed from a

1-8ilk hut, as worn, in 1914. Finely allotment-holder's scarecrow in Putney, 1917

The Kheinisch-JEcutfuläche Zeitung,- journal owned and controlled by the lead ing armament firms of Western Germany,

GALLENT OF WAXWORKS AND HOPERS, has always been an uncompromisingly

1-Staged group, of famous, wat PIO- Chauvinist newspaper. We have been phots (period 1914-18) Scenery in back ground (specially executed by Mfr. therto accustomed to look to the jouilarious Bellow, president of the Society entente Countries, and spicy or line Psoff-Przemys (pronounced March

banks Gorizia Commutippesy to read in its columns: Egypt in revost, England wat parinng things have we

Bouneed Cholmondeley)

Steam rollers and otheeffects by Mr. "Algaan, armis pouring into In Heath Robinson. The river. in the foru EXPORTS.

troubles in Central India, troubles in

ground is, the Pactolus The Feather market is bare, but mode-outh Africa, roupies in every part of

2 When will my boy came back ? " rately active, and no marked changed the British Dominions. 7- has taken pinca. There is a small busi. and now comes this same journal with Figure of Britannia Ainging at the Meaning. Signal, Symbol,

a series of articles dealing with the pinet after Colonel Winston Churchill's ness passing in Cargo Ginger, but no

British Empire, and paying us compli3 Architectural models. Wittenbarg

departure for the wars." 1-Red cone. A typhoon exists which business in Galangal Cassia Oil istment. In these articles

may possibly cause irruer trade, but there is no business thanbellor is taken seriously to task for Black Hole of Mainz. A lecture is the Imperial Camp, the Rubleben horse boxes, and the gale at Hongkong with Star Aniseed Oil is a somewhat weak his advice to look at the map. The map given on these exhibits on Thursdays at

market, but there is a small business pass may show some things favourable to Ger in 24 hours.**N -Black cone-Gale expected from the ing. There is nothing doing in Gall, uany, but it shows other things as well, entitled

North (N.W. to N.E),

Nuts, and the Bristles trade is quiet when

Germany. make an exceedingly, gloomy 2-Black cone

IMPORTS,

impression. The

grent Essen paper con- inverted. Gale expected from the The fortnight has closed on a Cottonning of the war was so foolishly and tinues :--" Engiand," which at the begin- South (S.E. to HW) Yarn market which can only he described dangerously underestimated (by uo one 4-Black drum.-Gale expected from the as frantically excited. Prices have admore anderestimated than by the heint East (NE to B.B.) vanced quite 810 per bule but are more sch-Westfalishche Zeitung) has, during this 5-Black ball-Gale expected from the erratic. The reasons for the advance are struggle, attained military and political

West (NW. 16 S.W.).

twofold, the great advance in Cotton and strength which has almost reduced to 5~Double cone. --Gale expected to the fear of further restrictions on ship silence those prattlers who ruled public ping. Quotations are:-No. 10s at $135 opinion in the summer of 1914. Lagland, 7.-Black cross-Wind of typhoon force to 3164, No. 12s at 8145 to 8164, No. 188 tue falling Carthage, the and without expected (any direct 162 to 8150, No. 20s al: $170 to 8208, conscription, has shown herself ne a tion)

Arrivals 4,800 bales, Salts 5,000 baies, nation which still rules the world, and Shipments mal, Unsold stock 5,000 miles, to drive back which in ora:r that we may

3.Microscope with slide

containing. Bargains: 18,000 bales. The political an live, still requires all our strength. conscience of a conscientious objetor. rest in China has put a stop to prac

DAN PRINCE BULOW'S MISTAKE,

4-Uniform, cap, and baton of one of tically all business in Woollens. There

We are gratified at this testimony to the interpreters engaged, by an unknown. is still no market for Raw Cattons. As our abiding strength by so pronounced patriot to explain to the public the appeal to Metals, there has been a period of

an enemy as the Krupp organ, and read and meaning of the hoardings in Tra- quietness since last report. Tinplates templation of the terrible battles sin

on with growing pleasure-In con falgar-square. An have advanced very considerably and Lurope, and in the cager examination of locally are qunted round about 10. ur European war map, we hoy for Steel Plates are very firm. A further gotten the map of the world, and it is substantial rise in advised from Americanagh time that we looked at tra Incal prices are lower than of equival. While Ingiend in our immediate ent. Lead has fluctuated at $20 to 221. neighbourhood retains on the defensive, There seems to be little enquiry for forshe is yet strong enough in other parts of ward business. There is a nominal busi- the world to develop a remarkable offen- report in Petroleum Products. There last 40 years ness in Yellow Metal, but no change to sive, a simple, result of the policy of the are no quotations for Coals. The Sugar market is dull in spite of further redue

crcase.ne

Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bombs, fired at intervals of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repented at the Harbour Office

The signals will be lowered when it is considered that all danger is over,

The Day Signals, will be displayed at the masthead of the storm signal mast on Blackliced Hill, the Harbour Ofoe, H.M.S. Tuhur, Green Island signal mast, the flagstaff on the premises of the Hong kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company at Kowloon, the flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Oil Company at. Laichikok, and the flagstaff near the Field Officer's Quarters at Lyemun.

NIGHT SIGNALS. (Lamps) 1.-White-white-white.

2-White-green-green.

3-Green-white-white.

4.-Green-green-white,

5.-White-white-green..

6-Green-green-green. 7-Red-red-red-

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tions of Java Whites.

The stock of flour totals about 200,000 Hacks. Quotations; American Patent, $4.03 per anck; American Cut off, 83.70 per sack; American Straight, per sack, Japanese 2nd Patent, $3.20 per sack; Japanese 3rd Patent 33:15 per sack; Japanese Straight, 83.30 per sack; Shanghai Straight, $3.20 per sack.

BIG REAL ESTATE TRANSAC TION IN SHANGHAL BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE'S PURCHASE.

The article then goes on

the British Imperial history, and in course of the review Prince Bulow is severely handled for not having recogniz ed

at the time of the Jameson raid how serious the fall of the Bour Republics The writer says He neither tried at would be for German colonial hopes the proper time to organize a combina

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used in the game called The Blockade,

2-Curious set of pieces and properties a leisure-hour anusement of officials of the Foreign Office during the tedium of the Great War:--(4) A treaty, (b) ruh tape; (c) a noose slip, Ad, ku dummy figures representing rights."

und

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5.Interesting photograph of facial expressions, inside the bars of the lion- house at the Zoo at 4 pm, on Grat day of summer time.

6.-Portraits of John Smith, O.M. (Order of Merit), tourist agents hook- keeper, who successfully proved before a Royal Commission that he was the only employé in, Great Britain, who had not asked for a war bases of ans

7.Remarkable instances BNBL depresing in the lower

orders of creation. Specimens (preserved unshrunk in spirits) of half-sized oysters and stewed prunes as served in London restaurants in, 1917,

8Humorous litarature of the Great Stamina of Britain movement, a War period.. Pamphlet circulated by the fighting organisation of economical on to prevent their fall, nor did he patriots (quite unconnected with teetotal interfere when England overthrow thein and prohibitionist cranks), who dis- by force. Prince Bulow did not recognize covered that every glass of whisky con- that this destruction of the Boer. Repub-tained,, and thus robbed the country, of lies would bring us bitter fruit One hat seven potatoes, ten ounces of beef, four only, to ask oneself the question: What quarters of wheat, and five thousand trend would this world war have taken || balórica had there still been-independent Boar States which with about 80,000 men could have helped out German troops in Bouth- West and East Africa? "'

MEAN AND BRUTAL.

The Night Signals will be displayed. at sunset, on the tower of the Railway. Station, on H.M.B. Tamar, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff. They will have the same signification as the day signals Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by explosive bombs as above, in the event of French Bund and the Avenue Edouard the goal of African Empire and an All with such bestial thoroughness. As

the information conveyed by this signal

being first published at night,

· BLTTLEMENTADY' WARNINO.

When local signals are displayed in the Harbour & Cone will be exhibited at the following stations: Gap Rock Waglan, Stanley, verdeen, Sau Ki Wan, Sai Kung, Sho Tàu Kok und Tai Po to notify the fact to nativo craft and passing mean vessels.

BOUTH AFRICA FOR GERMANY.

It is announced that the Banque Indus and sustained action whereby England of late as to whisk induces the Germans to The writer then traces the determined There has been an interesting discuss (DTE trielle de Chine has purchased the entire throughout the years has marched towardsay waste the country which they evacuate corner property at the junction of the VII in Shanghai. This property, now and the proceeds to point out the great impede the advance of the enemy, auth Red ronte across the African continent, soldiers, they very naturally try to occupied by the Bank and several other importance to Germany of South West most naturally and properly from their concerns, comprises more than four moirs Africa. We must not only," he says, point of view they destroy railways, blast. Bank to erect an imposing office and we must push our territory up to the trees and let them fall right across the of ground. It is the intention of the demand South-West Africa again, but raters in the roads, and cut down he apartment building upon the site. The orce independent Boer States. All the said for destroying villages, and so mak

roadways. Again, a good deal may be construction will not be started before colonizing strength of Germany in Africa 1010 owing to the fact that leases held by comes from the South-West Protectorate, ing it impossible for our troops to find other firma occupying the premises do not and all plans in Central Africa cannon What we find it so very difficult to unders shelter, for that also impedes our advance. run out until that time. This promises to compensate us for lost South-West Africa be one of the finest business corners in the city, the new McBair Building and suffered.”

a loss which has now in grent part been stand is what they imagine they have secured by disinterring coffins and burn- several other fine structures being situat The writer condemns the idea of a great ing, or in some other way gelling: rid

central African colony for Germany of the bodies they contain. It gives a.. because it would lie between two vast families concerned or to the locality in good deal of pain, no doubt, to the sections of British possessions, and the

YOKOHAMA SILK WAREHOUSES OPENED.

ed at this point. The new bank building, Further details can always be given however, will be much larger than any to ocean vessels, on demand, by signal of its neighbours, and will be of the most

demand, by alen from lighthouses

The object of the code is to give at least modern type. It will have a number of

suitable sites for large firms." 24 hours warning of a gale (Force 8 by- Beaufort Seale. or 40-45 m.p.b.; mean velocity by Dines Anemometer) and also warnings of expected changes in the direction and force of the wind Owing, however, to the uncertain movements of typhoons and to insufficient telegraphic observations, it will occasionally happen that signals 2 to 5 may be displayed without a gale occurring at Hongkong, or even Gay Rock, but the reverse is not likely to happen, except in the case of typhoons forming in the vicinity and travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or of a located typhoon inercasing its rate of progression abnormally.

Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning. to "Stand By" and watch for the test signal, Mamadas

viow

British spirit of revenge would always general, but such acts of barbarism seems

of work so that eventually Britain would somewhat barren from the point swallow up that possession. The only of war-winning We dismiss the idea hope of Germany lies in having a hold that the Germans are collecting lead and in Southern Africa, for South Africa other metals from the graven, for the must be German or nothing German will amount of metal secured in this way by remain. It is only by freeing the Boer troops beating a hasty retreat is infinite States and by ruilitary and geographical simal when compared with Germany connection with them that we can create needs in the matter of lead and copper. an independent source of strength in

In regard to the destruction of churches Africa from which might and kultur will curious story is told. We hear of two ******* thousand pious Bavarian Roman Catholica and there is no part of the Teutonic

How

BRITAIN RESISTLESS,

Simultaneously with the decision twe years ago for the establishment of a Habutai Conditioning House in Yoko hama, since opened to business, it was proposed to build special warehouses for Another article of the series deals with population which is more deeply religious export silk fabrics and cognate goods the enormous empire which is ours round than the Bavarian-filling a great church, These warehouses war opened to business the Indian Ocean, and the writer re listening devoutly to the Mass and gain- on June 8th, The Silk Warehousing cognizing how widely the English languing apparently great edification, and then Company stands close to the Kanagawa age is spoken there sees it rapidly becom-returning some four or five hours after Ken Habatsi Conditioning House. The ing the language of the world,

the service and deliberately blowing the Yokohama Bilk Refining Company is still short, we must admit that England in church to smithereens! Again--and this under construction close to the Ware- houses, and is expected to be completed than she has ever done before if at the minute breaking up with hammers end this war is taking greater leaps forward 18 analogous to the work of destroying the churches, and to the elaborate and In the new non-Local Code the approxi- in the autumn. The Silk Warehousing last hour an iron fist, does not intervene. the butt ends of rifles of the pitiably mate velocity of the storm centre will be Company has twenty-four rooms for The British plan is one of such splendour, shown, in addition to its direction of housing silks besides a few rooms for pursued with such perseverance, and scanty and simple household gear in some motion, and the position of the centre other purposes, Banks are now ready carried out with such keenness that no poor man's house-we hear of some his- will be given in degrets of latitude and to discount certified papers for goods Power in the world has ever before pro the Middle Ages being blown to atoms. toric rain or some architectural glory of longitude. The time at which the worn-stored in the rooms, and the operation duced any effort like it. Indeed, we envy How can these things assist the Germans ing was issued will also be shown.

of the Company will no doubt conduce England those statesmen who are capable to win the war to Take, again, tho to the prosperity of Japan's silk trade of handling anything to great incredibly mean and brutal destruction The forthcoming completion of the Silk No Power, the writer goes on to say of orchard trees. The late of peace or Refinery will further facilitate this line will be able to resist the British with the of business, k

exception of Germany. It is our task war cannot be in the least affected by these. On us the English weight specially outrages. They are merely stabs of in Those who know anything Pressen and it is for us to see thus unbear poor men JAPANESE TRADERS AND FRITISH unbeatable ses power,

able land power will not be added to

Beside England;" IMPERIAL PREFERENCE he says, after predicting further expan-

SHIPPING NEWS...

NY.K. DECLARES A BIG DIVIDEND

At the thirty-second general meeting of

of peasant life know, the devotion that surrounds some Ane Apple, plus, or pear the shareholders of the Nippon Yusen

tree. Even the Greeks, who fought Kaisha, in Tokio, the Tresident Baron BY SAME salon, there is no place in the sun or on savagely enough in their internal wars, Hempei Kondo, said that, believing the A conference of representatives of the earth. To Germans it is obvious that Also, sa a correspondent: reminds us, the

by mutual consent spared the olives present to be the most opportune moment Chambers to Commerce of Tokyo, Osaka, outside this vast African-Indian-Austra for allotting the huge profit the Company Kyoto, Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe was lian Tropire there is no lend or future Jews, ruthless though they were in war, had amassed in the post, the Directors held recently at Tokyo and elected for our race America is claimed, the spared the trees-Spectator. 14 had decided to recommend a dividend for Compartir en vertet with ugaans England will give us no rest of Asia is ruled by Chinese, and the half-year at the rate of 70 per cent the Foreign Office regarding British

Jazz Tarifi question. Another rights, as we were born too late, v SHIPBUILDING BY JAPANESE. The representatives of the various note that victory for England will mean Finally, the article ends on the pathetic Chambers allege that the Government of that she will have such strength that even According to the directors of the Osaka Great Britain is violating the Allied Germany will not be able to deal with Shosen Kaicha and the Toyo Kisen spirit of economie cooperation, which her. Kalsha Bfteen vessels, aggregating 110,000 assumed concrete shape in the resolutionis tons are now under construction at the of the Paris Convention by proposing to Kawasaki Shipbuilding ward, Lon all Colonies preferentini tarif Mitsubishi Dockyard, Nagasaki, and the enforce between the United Kingdom and

to the order of the O.§.K., while five cargo-boats of 3,000 tons each are being constructed at the Asano Shipbuilding Yard for the T.K.K.

injurious to export trades of other Allies. They have, therefore, decided to press the Government to call the attention of London to this state of affaira

to Chicago which I think I shall soaps.

Minister **I have just received a call

Parishoner, “I thought you had re- ecived one to Milwaukee?

Minister: The Chicago call is a trifle er louder."

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

VEN COMMAND,

The Command of the Police Reserve will be temporarily taken over by the "A.§,P. (R.) as Acting Deputy Super. intendent Unit Commanders will communicate with

the Acting D.8.P (R.) either direct, or through this free.

1883 F C JENKIN

D.S.P. (R.

16th June, 1917,