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NOTICE

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that in

Lecord.noo with Reculations, published unler Chovernment Notiucation No. 10s of 31st May, 1918, commencing frons 1st September, 1918, all PRIVATE CHAIRS have to be LICENSED at an Annual Licence fee of payable in advance.

Chair bearers have to be Licensed at a fae of 33 cents each yearly.

P. P. J. WODEHOUSE, Captain Superintendent of Police. Hongkong, 18th August, 1918,

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SHANGHAI

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..NOTICE,

THE DIVIDEND DECLARED for the Half Year ending Seth June, 1918 at the rate of TWO "POUNDS THREE SHILLINGS STERLING per Share, is Payable on and after MONDAY, the 19th. day of August, Current, no the Offices of the

Corporating, here Shareholders

requested to apply for Warrant

By Order of the Court of Directors

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Only one case of bubonic plague was CHINESE TELEGRAMS. reported in the Colony on Thursday..

The total output of the Kailan Mining ministration's mines for the week

and diabolical methods which the Ger mans have resorted to "during the war have raised the rest of the world in arma against them. Every additional example at * frightfulness,"-such as the deliberata torpedoing of hospital ships and bomb-ending 3rd, August amounted to 60,714

tons and the sales to 48,323. tons, ing of hospitals, intensifies the horror,

and al indignation of the Allies. "It would Between 8.30 be alivious, one would suppose, even to the most obtuse people in the world, that every new piece of barbarism is really

THE RAPID HEALER, fresh, nail in the coffin of German trade

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]

GOLD CURRENCY.

PERING, August 18th Gold currency is not to be inmediata- ix enforced.

morning, while Mr. Nasha Singh, JAPANESE TROOPS AT MANCHULI.

interpreter and clerk at the Magistracy,

Japan has issued a statement with re-

was absent from his home at Shankiwa, gard to military interventoin "at Mag- a thief or thieves broke open the door.and chali. Japanese troops are there alrendy.

after the war. The only possible explana-stole a quantity of clothing.

|tion of Germany's persistence is that, living in a world of unreality, the High Command imagines that it will achieve the impossible and secure a peace which ignores the past. This shows how little

AN INVESTMENT which, in COOLING. SOOTHING. the High Command understands the return for an outlay of £100 WF have been requested by the above refur ve years, will Company to announce that new thereafter return you an income shares will be issued, without payment, in the proportion of THREE new shares for every FIVE old shares.

Holder of "Bearer warrants_abould deposit their holdings with their Bankers, who will eadorns the warrants is "Ex rights and iu receipts which will enable holders to claim the new shares.

For HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 16th August, 1918.

WANTED.

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seething indignation which has accumu. Tatel in France, Grent Britain and

The investigations into the trade methods of the enemy have been carried out calmly and dispassionately, and they have laid bare manay practices which, do doubt. traders, and legislators will guard

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"Alled for Subscriptions towards the FOURTH YEAR DOMESTIC LOAN, Blank Forms of Receipt, were sent throughout the Country for the sake of convenienes. When payments for Bonds wers made the Receipts had to be Stamped in two places with the Bank Special Receipt Chop and the Signature of the Bank Agent also affixed to the Receipt. After the Sub acription was closed it was found that certain

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A RELIABLE REMEDY FOR ALL example from the Report mentioned above. It appears that in 1897 a British subject took out some valuable electrical patents. His relatives held most of the capital, the remainder being in the hands uf neutrals working the patents in Franer. The apme patents were worked

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."']

DEATH OF MR. JR M SMITH. FORMER CHIEF MAÑAGER OF...

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.

A cable was received by the Hongkong

Sin, I have the honour to request you and Shanghai Banking Corporation yes- to give publicity to the fact that, in terday announcing the death in England connection with the above Fund being on Tuesday of Mr. J. R. M. Smith, raised by the Superintendents and Inspee.formerly Chief Manager of the Bank. tors of the Police Reserve for the widew and infant son of the late Crown-Sergt. 1902 in söccession to Sir Thomas Jackson," Mr. Smith was appointed manager in Glendinning. lists have been for some time with the following:-Hongkong i

and retired in 1911, when his place was

Mr. Smith's retirement, at the meeting of

Club, Club Lusitano,, Chinese Club, Kow.aken by Mr. N. J. Stabb. Speaking of loon Bowling Green Club, Taikos Recrea tion Club, Civil Service Club, Kowloon shareholders in February, 1911, Mr. G. Cricket Club, Phoenix Club, and Row. Balloch, the Chairman of Directors.

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The successiva reports since Mr. Smith had taken over

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to have reached the total of about 84.300.

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Intending subscribers, to whom the The late Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett. who the English company passed, into the above lists are not available, nay lodge, also spoke at the meeting, identified their subscriptions' with Staff Inspector himself, with the Chairman's remarks, Police Reserve Headquarters saying that Mr. Smith had left hind him a reputation of which, he might well

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hands of the German company under the stress of the German competition. The mrat move by the Germans is worthy, of empiasis. They made a territorial agree- ment under which the British.company prohibited from selling outside

Girrat Britain, even in.. British | Colonies. Having accomplished that, the next move was directed against

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The Daily Press.

HOTGKONG. 17TH August, 1918

**PEACEFUL PENETRATION." SLOWLY but surely evidence has been accumulating which discloses the tricks employed by the Germans to capture British trade. So enoning and so un

scrupulous were those tricks that we

that there was another British firm doing An important business of a somewhat similar character. The German com- pany, having already obtained control

Argulli, Office, Prince's Buildings.

I have been informed that the Govern-be proud, and hid to the full justified ment will increw the Police Pension to the confidence reposed in him by the

Board and shareholders.

10 per annum, and pay certain passages

to Australia. I have the honour to be, air, your eledient servant,

TONNAGE

F. C. JENKIN.

DUES.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ** HONGKỤNG DAILY PRESS."}

SIR-More than once some of our

Open Laving Hongkong, Mr. Smith was invited to occupy a seat

on the Landon committee of the Corporation.

THE TYPHOON

force of the wind which was experienced." There has beri some diminution in the

of the British company and sterilised its correspondents have discussed the subject in the city on Thursday night and at

power of competition outside Great Britain, opened an attack on its British rivat, by using the output of the works in Great Britain for the purpose of un- derentting. In the end this other British company was obliged to enter into an agreement under which it relinquished its foreign business, but was allowed to held on in the Colonies. That was the sort of thing that was going on in Creat Britain, but very few people were aware of it. The revelation of such methods accotints for the change in views concern- ing Imperial trade that "has been feature of the last four years.

One of the ingenious methods deyised by the Germans for benefitting them- selves at the expense of Great Britain' related to the evasion of the Income-tax.. An agency or branch was established in London or Manchester, usually in the form of a small limited liability com- pany, to which goods made in Germany failed to realise at the time how we were were forwarded. These goods were pur- being duped and hoodwinked. The chased by the concern in England at latest disclosures on the subject are prices carefully arranged so that there contained in the report issued by the was practically nu profit after the pay Committee appointed advise the ment of the expenses of the agency. The Board of Trade on mattera arising under parent house, however, iade excellent the Trading with the Enemy Amendment profits out of the prices they charged. It is probable that this simple device bas been employed by some of our other trade rivals, but we may be sure that it will be rendered less easy to employ in

Act."

to

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the future.

fitful intervals all yesterday.

The

of raising the tonnage dues on steamers using this barbour. For many years past the tonnage dues were only 1 cent per tan, report of the Observatory for yesterday then, in order to defray the expenses of a sites that the pressure, has increased typhoon refuge, another cent was added. considerably in Hongkong, and alightly resulting in a good income. Now by rais, to moderately elsewhere; an anti-cyclone" ing the dues to 3 cents a ton until the f. moderate intensity is situated in th war is over further money could be pro. Pacific to the south of Japan. vided for war purposes, and "I am sure typhoon, after entering the coast, moved the Shipping Companies would cheerfully rapidly westwards and is now shown as agree to this increase for patriotic pura depression over. Tonking. » poses. I hope the Government will adopt. The forecast for the 24 hours ending at this suggestion.-Yours, etc.,

PATRIOTIC.·

THEY'RE READY TO ASSIST [With apologies to Messrs. Gilbert ani Sullivan.)

As soon the Hongkong Conscript must

obey his country's call, I've made a little list I've prepared a Of well-known fellow-cownsinet who've no

aptitude at all,

little list!!

But who are ready to assist are ready

to assist.

There's the missionary clerical who deals,

in marriage lines,

Who knows all the names of Judah's kings

and David's concubines: And the antiquated business man, who's

failed in every trade, Who's tried every kind of line in life.

except the line that paid,

Scientist-

And that curious anomaly, the Christian They're all ready to assist-they're ready

to assist."

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Then there's that universal paragon, the

Colony's cadet,

He's a perfect pluralist-I've put him on

the list

He can work out conic sections or the

calculus, you bet, And he's ready to

to assist-be's ready to assist

And the fapper who's just out of school,

and doesn't know a lot,

But

who can play the grand piano and can dance the turkey trot;

Who

younger people's brides

and little else besides;

And

The

noun to-day is:-"S. and S.E. winds, moderate; cloudy, occasional rain..

A plucky remene was elected in the Har- bour, yesterday morning. Ng Ping Lai, a motor-beat engineer, was on his way from east to west shortly after 5 o'clock when he noticed a sampan capsize almost opposite No. Police Station. Two of his men jumped into the water and rescued a little girl, and later took her treatment. to the Hospital, where she is under

A KIDNAPPING CASE.

BOY STILL MISSING.

At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester day, before Mr. J. R. Wood, a Chinese

was charged, on temand, with kidnap- ping a little boy from the custody of his parents at Yaumati

Inspector Watt deposed that prisoner was extradited from Hongkong to Macao, The mother of the boy informed the Magistrate that in April last she was living at Yaumati with her little son, who was seven years of age. On April 21st prisoner visited her house, and 'some time later she missed her child and was informed by a foki that prisoner had

know all the proper leads at Bridge, matter to the Yaumati Policë, but up to

that truly priceless nas, the Total Abolitionist

They'll all of them assist-they'll all of

them assist..

A story is told that some years ago a number of men connected with the electrical industry were gathered together in the loange of a large hotel in Mani

A free choice of titles for stock com." chester discussing the rival claims of panies allowed alien traders to conceal Hamburg and Berlin to be considered the their nationality, and "a very common practice of the companies in which Ger centre of German' trade, Finally, one man held the major financial interest In of the group, who had remained silent was to style themselves "British."

many instances, also, British nationality for a long time, was appealed to for his was adopted by aliens. We do not wish opinion. "Why worry about Hamburg to lay stress on this point at the moment,

but the sincerity of the German may be And the wives of all old residents and taken him out to tea. She' reported the or"Berlin?" he replied. This is the doubted who became a British subject centre of German trade." The story solely for trade purposes. The Committee comes back to one's memory as the facts did not inquire into the sources of finan. cial support which enabled the Germans about enemy trade emerge under the to establish and carry on such an exten- searchlight of the investigations of the sive trade in Great Britain, but it is noticeable that "in few of the numerous last four years. The puzzle which becases upon which the Committee advised comes increasingly difficult to solve is was, the business found to be unproff this Why did the big German traders able." The variety of trades in which is just below the mist-I've put him on

the list; Germans were engaged is remarkable so recklessly agree to the great gamble. They ranged from the huge organisation Though he doesn't know an invoice from

a telegraphic code electrical manufacturing works ear

Rekist fight in all the markets of the British London and in the Midlands, emplying Empire by their methods of "peaceful capital of over 22,000,000, and the perletzation ¡" Perbups, like the Jun- Badische Company, w, on sull Lailor. Kors, they refused to believe that the war was a gamble; they may have been persuaded that the result was a certainty If so, it illustrates the truth of the say ing that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. The insane

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Likewise the "Varsity professor, whose

palatial abode

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the present time she had neither ween nor heard of her son. Prisoner used to he a frequent visitor to her house. A few days after her son's disappearance she heard that prisoner was living at Macro and she paid bim a visit on June I cannot face 5th. He then told her:

of the war when they were winning the of the Siemens business, with its, 1ge Still he's ready to nasist-quite ready to to Hongkong wad, after great difficulty,

And the lawyer whose constituents are all

in prison cell,

straight to hell,

The parson whore parishioners are going The broker man whose clients have to beg

their daily bread,

And the doctor whose patients all are

quite, or nearly, dead-

of dyes worth £354,000, to a ing business making a profit of 150 year. When the war is cuded the Ger. mans who formerly lived in thefritish Empire will think longingly the good old times," for we may be ore that. the British nation will take dod care that the old " laissez-faire" poicy gives | Of was to proper organization.

It

really would surprise you if you'd only

read the list

those who're ready to assist—who are ready to assist.

you; I want $180 tổ ransom your son.” Witness told him she was unable to pro vide the money. However, she returned

to the prisoner, who took it and disap managed to secure the money and gave it peared completely. It was not till about three weeks age that he was traced by some people she had employed and was arrested.

It was stated in Court that the child' had not been recovered

the house.

Another witness said that he saw prisoner, taking the little boy away from Mr. Wood remanded the case" till Moo day.