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3 Death, frein influenza, of Mr. J. J.

Luirta.

30.

Three people injured na the result of u Janlalade in Batam Hond

NOVEMBER.

1. Acjourned thirty-seventh ordinary eting of the Indo-China S.N. Co. First of the series of Royal Hong kong

championship

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rices.

Yacht

Cub

Successful hazaar and micrtain-

ARMED

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY LET 1919.

AT

ROBBERY : YAUMAT).

"DESPERADOES FIRE ON THE POLICE

Great excitement prevailed at Yaumati, on Monday night, when armed robbers entered a bouse, and, while escaping, shot

at the Police.

It appears that at about 7 p.m. suverai ment by the Ministering Children's | rubbers, one of whom was armed with a Lengue.

Four shops in Queen's Road Central Broken into by Chinese thieves.

Mr. A. R. Lowe elected to the seat on the Licensing Board rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. E.

Shodhan

Performance of The Mystery by the local A.D.C. on senalf of the Our Day Fund.

revolver, entered a timber-dealer's housu

SPORT.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

TD-DAY'S MATCHES.

FIRST ROUND HONGKONG SHIELD.

$

WORLD PRICES.

AN ABUENDING SCALE SINCE WAR STARTED.

[World prices continue to advance." A compilation by the National City Bank of New York, showing the average import prices in the fiscal year 1918, of

large number of articles representing, production in every section of the world, shows prices even higher than those of 1917, which in turn exceeded those of 1016, 1015, and the fecal year 1914,

Royal Engineora . Staff and Depart

monte-Club. ground. Kick-off, 230 p.m. Referee, Mr. Louch South China Athletic St. Joseph's College (ro-play)-Club ground. Kick off, 4 p.m. Referee, Mr. Wright. Staff and Departments:-Gkany; Wain and Scoular; Strange, Knight and Shoriff;

Thene average import pries figures, of Kirby, Brown, Street, Ellarby and Birch.

Royal Engineers: --Heath; Bloomfield the great articles of commerce are 31 and Lawrence: Bmith, Charters and exceptionally accurate method of mensie- Connell; Brock, Millard, Jarvis, Town- ing broadly the advance in world price. The import price of each article brought into the country represents its selling) value in the country from which exported] to the United States. As the aggregato

CRICKET.

INDIAN R.C. 13 NAVY.

at 480, Reclamation Street. They de anded the complainant's valuables, but the latter managed to attract outside attention by blowing a Police whistle. The robbers, fearing arrest, immediately Crowded meeting at the City Hall, ran away, taking with them a gold-mount-gend and Pascall. convened by the Constitutional Reed rattan bangle, valued at $15, bolonging formi Aswcciation, demanded the exclusion of Germans after the war, to the complainant's little daughter. and asked the Government Lo *P- || Going along in the direction of Fyfe point a House Commission.

Barton Street, the rolbers were met by Mr. Leung. Sing, of the Kwong Yen firm, who fired at them, but without effect. Chinese con stable 380 also fired. One of the men was stopped by Constable 177 in Argyle Strect. 14. Armistice celebrations in Hongkong Upon the constable attempting to search

public holiday; special meeting of the Legislative Council; thanks him, the man fired several shots at him giving services at the local churches; point-blank. Fortunately, however, the enthusiastic meeting at the Hong-constable was not hurt. The robber then kong Clak; BNFLAM menting at the Theatre Royal

jumped into a nullah and escaped towards The Police, headed by Mr. Chinese puntes held up Taikoo Bunghom. Dockyard Company's Jaunch iT. H Kiog, A.S. P., visited the scene, and Wanchai Bay and earried away ornare making careful investigations. $17,000 in cash.

9. Formal opening cruise of the Royal

Hongkong Yacht Club.

15.

16.

Second of the Bries of the Rayal

Hongkong Yacht Clab championship CHINESE TAILOR AND LADY'S

events.

Mr. Wei Yak received the Swedish Order of Wasa, First Class, through.

DRESS

The following will represent the I.R.C.inportation of any given article repre- in the above match, to be played on the senta in most cases the product of several Navy ground, on Saturday afternoon:different, countries and covers large num- A. A. Rumjahn, A. el Areulli, S. Dere of importations through many porta Ismail, 8. A. Ismail, A. Andree, Bo the United States, and extending Partabrai, M. B. Saffad, Y. Abbas, E. Sadick, D. K. Kharas and C. K. Markar. Reserve: G. C. Earde.

CRAIGENGOWER v. CIYIL SERVICE,

through the entire year, the average annual import price based on these figures Thay be accepted as a reliable barometer of world prices in the article.

BAROMETER OF PRICES.

The average annual import prices" quoted by the bank in its discussion of The following will represent ("raigen- this question are obtained by taking the entire importation for the entire fiscal gower in their friendly all-day match year of the article in question, showing with the Civil Servion on the latter's tatni quantity and total value as reported to the Custom House, and by dividing the gruand to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m.-R.

quantity into stated value the avorage Basa (Capt.), F. 6. Thompson, L. Lam-import price per unit of quantity for the entire is obtained. If the average mert, D. M. Goodall, A. Goldenberg, T.

monthly import price is desired, it obtained by utilising the month's import figures by the same procces. A compari

on of these annual or monthly average import price figures with those of the proceding periods supplies an accurate barometer of average world prices in the article in question.

Mr. J. Ludin, Swedish vice ConsulLOTH PAWNED OWING TO LACK Ford, A. W. Grimmett, U. Omar, M. in Hongkong.

17. R. A. Lawson won the Royal Hong- kong Golf Club ebælpsonship, lasat- ing A. Ritchie by i up at th hole.

Thanksgiving services at the local SCTVIDOS fur the termination of hostilities. 18. Marriage of Lieut E J. Mitchell and

Miss Rose Dorothy Robertson. 19. hire at No. 1, Queen's Road Contral, two men jumped tovagli a window into the street, one killing himself and the other injuring bi self seriously.

$0.

Sergeant Harry Linfield murtiered by an Indian custable at the Naval depot, Kowloon.

OF MONEY,

At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. C. D. Melbourue, a Chinese tailor, of 15, Wellington Street, was charged with. illegally pawning a quantity of serge, belonging to Miss Bessie Rios, of the Telephone Exelrange.

Abbas, A. Arculli, and D. Rumjahın.

H.

IMPORTS INTO THE U.S.A.

FURTHER REMOVALS FROM THE LIST OF RESTRICTIONS,

The American

year

ап

11.

In nearly all of the important articles imported, 1918 average prica figures stand at the top of the ascending scale of prices.

from 1914. Take wool 15 has dating Consul-General

example, of which the imports are

dravo Mr Leo d'Alunda appeared for the received instructions from Washington to from more than a score of countries and defendant.

the effect that the following commodities representing grand division of the

world: of

cloth wool,

the Average It was stated that complainant gave the have been removed from the list of reimport price in 1918 was 51c. per lb.. serge, valued at $, to defendant to make stricted imports of the United States:- ins 360. per ih. in 1917. 28. per

in 1916, and 23.

Per lb.

in 1916. Combing dress for her. Defendant promised to

Agricultural implements; Art works; wool averaged in 1918, 61c. ΜΕΣ lb., against have the dress ready for New Year's Day, beads and ornaments; manufacture of 300, per lb. in 1917, 2. per lb in 1916 Inaugural meeting of the Hongkong but when complainant visited him on

and 25c. per 1b. in 1915. Carpet wool Poultry Asciution.

Marriage of Mr. B. P. Thursfeld veral occasions he failed to produce it. bone and horn; all acids; muriate of averaged in 1918 400 per lb. against 20e. and Miss Georgina Ritchie.

Defendant had pawned the cloth for amonia; fusel oil or amylic alcohol; in 1917, 2c. per lb. iu 1916, 17e per lh.

in 1935 and 1914. Over 250 naval men entertained on December 3rd, and had since tost the citrate of lime; all salts of soda exceps to dinner by a number of local bumi.

ticket. He wanted to redeem the cloth nitrate of suda and cyanide of soda;In copper, of which the imports were sumac, ground or unground; chicory drawn, from a dozen different countries, 21-Arrival of letters patent uncouncing and explained the circumstances to the

representing Europe, North and South that. Mr. J. I. Kemp had been appawn-broker, who advised him to report root, raw or roasted; clocks and watches America, Asia and Africa, the average pointed

King's Council, -Anaal Italian Convent bazaar the matter to the Police. Defendant did and parts thereof; cocus and chocolate, price of the importation of 1918 in the of pigs, ib. in 1810 and 13.40. etc., was 20,2e. per prepared DT this und was arrested.

manufactured; cyrolite; 16., against 19.46. opened by Madame Garibaldi. 26.---Interesting suggestions towards the Mr. d'Almada stated that the evidence dials; dice, draughts, chessman, billiard per lb. in 1915, being thus practically

solution of the over-crowding prob

doubled in the four-year period. lem ande at a meeting of the Hongproved conclusively that his client was bells, poker chips; electric lamps; manure silk, representing every silk-producing an honest man and had no illegal inten-salts; fish-hooks, rods and reels, and area of the world, averaged in 1918 $6.95 U.S. currency) per lb., against $4.67 per Seventeenth ordinary general meet-tion. He found he was short of money artificial bait; fleurspar; all fruits except ib. in 1917, 3.61 per l, in 1916 and 83.09 ing of the Chins Light and Power and pawned the cloth, which he subse

per lb in 1915. CA, Ltd. 29. Heather Pay rlebrations in Hongquently attempted to redeem,

228.

Less Men,

kong Sanitary Board.

kong procession of decorated motor. Mr. Melbourne bound defendant over in ents, faney fair on the Murray a bond of 200, and made an order on the Battery Parade ground.

DECEMBER.

pineapples and bananas; gelatine and manufactures thereof, including all from Europe; gold and silver manufactures, including jewellery; sulphur oil or olive

COPPER.

Row

Raw sugar averaged in 1918 4.8c. per 1b., against 4.36. per h in 1917, 3.7. per lb. in 1916, 3.8c. per lb. in 1916 aud every available tin-producing area of the 2e per lb. in 1914. Tin, drawn from

in the fiscal year 1918

pawn-broker to return the cloth on pay roots' grease; hay; hops; infusorial and world, averagst 40c. per th. in 1917.

3-Annual general meeting of the Royal ment of capital and interest.

Hongkong Golf Club.

7.--First of the series of four events for the Uraula prize in the Royal Hong- kong Yacht Club.

8.--Annual 17 Presco fête under the auspices of the St. Vincent de Paul

DAY OF THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER

54.6e. per

COTTON RIGDER

diatomóicys earth and tripoli; mantles 35.Sc. in 1916 and 38.4c. in 1915. Mackerel, of which tho importa of 1918 were for gas burner; meerschaum, erude or of

16,000,000 The, averaged 20.76 per lb in manufactured; musical instruments and 1918, against 10.08 per lb in 1914. Cheese, drawn from Canada, Mexico, the parts thereof; nickel; all expressed

Indian Islands, Argentina, Austra- vegetable oil; lemon oil; non-mineralis, French Africa and half-a-dozen Euro paints and varnishes; pencils and pencil against 30.Sc. in 1917, 93.Sc. in 1916 #pean countries. averaged in 1918 43.6c. per leads; pen-holders and pens; porfumery, and 17.3c. in 1914.

lb., cosmetics and toilet preparations; phono- graphs, gramophones, graphahones and parts thereof; plates, electro-type, stereo. type, lithographic and engraved; rennets; artificial silk and manufactures thereof; sonp, malt liquors; wines; other beverages, including all from Europe; candy and confectionery; tar and pitch

countries, aveported from a score of

Society

The Archbishop of Canterbury and 10. Police Reserve presentation to the York appointed last Sunday, December Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Messer on hig98th, to be observed throughout the whole relinquishing command of the post of Captain Superintendent of Police Church of England as a day for Memo

Retirement of the Hon. Mr. A. M.rial services for those who fell in the Thomson, Colonial Treasurer, after

Great War. al years service in the Colony;

Impressive services were special meeting of the Legislative held in Hongkong, but, truth to tell, the Council

to pay tribute to his long attendance of Hongkong people lett a record of good work.

Enjoyable dinner-dance ut the good deal to be desired, Peak Hotel 11. The P. & O. Duners arrived at rities, been appointed a Day of Thanks of wood; toys, umbrellas, parasols, sun-

Hongkong with 714 Serbian refugees, bound for Europe,

giving for the conclusion of hostilities shades and sticks for them; beans and D.. per yard. Pig iron shows for 1918 Extraordinary general meeting of and prayer for the permanent peace of the China Light and. Power Co the world. It is to be hoped it will be beans, lentils and peas either in their lentils; peas; all vegetables, except Ltd 13-Successful Police Reserve fancy better observed than last Sunday.

Armistico.

Next Sunday has, by the same autho-

dress ball in celebration of the In addition to special Services in all natural stato, or prepared or preserved

Dinner given at the Royal Naval the Churches at the usual hours, a united manufacture of hair of camel, goat and

Lo service of thanksgiving and prayer will alpoca; zinc.

Canteen by local business men about 30 military men.

be held in the Theatre Royal at 9 p.m. 14. Successful boxing tournament ar

ranged by the Hongkong Police The chair will be taken by Commodore Roservo in aid of the funds on bobal Gurner, R.N., and the speakera will be of the mother of the late Sergeant The Bishop of Victoria, Hongkong, and Linfield. -Lieut. Sykes of the R.G.A. and Mr. the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachio.

and Mr. McKay injured in a motor

accident, their car rolling over

precipics on the Taipe Road.

Д

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hill, of Wong

18-" At Home" on board the Tamar by Commodore and Mrs. Gurner.. Christmas Day service at the local churches. 20-Hongkong C. defeated "The Rest"

INDIAN LOYALTY.

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.

The approximate statement of traffic recuipts for the wook ending 28th December <a na follows:-

Beoct to

for

• work

..14 030 19,703 1,845

Aggregate reeipts

for 2 weeks

8717,022 006,798

30,934.

HONGKONG · DEFENCE CORPS.

PROIAL ORDER BY MAJOR K. A MÒRGAN,

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT,

Goat skins,

47.4c. par lb. in 1918, against 25.20. per lb in 1914. Cotton cloths, drawn from Great Britain, France. Switzerland, Netherlands and Japan. were much higher, the average price of the unbleached being in 1016 25.76. per yard, against 9.50, per yard in 1910, while the figures of the month of February, 1918, were still higher than those of the full year, averaging for that month 49c. por yard, against the nonual average of

an average of $119.12 per ton, against 1918 5.3c. part, against Manila hor $35.87 per ton in 1814; and bar iron in of $1.9%. per. Ib. in 1915.

homp averaged in 1919 8363 per ton, against 180 per ton in 1915; and fax in 1916 $1,087.71 por ton, against $290,57 in 1914.

In a few articles--very fow-prices are lower. The average import price of the coffee brought into the country in 1918, and representing all the coffee-producing sections of the world, was to. per against 11.1c. per lb. in 1914. Tobacco suitable for cigar-wrappers was $1.21' p lb. in 1918, against $1.28 per lb. in 1014; while potatos imported in Jans, 1919, averaged $1.0% per bushel, against $2.27 per bushol in June, 1917.

Por

All the above are, it should be remem bered, the wholesale prices of the articles in the country. from which exported to the United States.

A JAPANESE SUGGESTION FOR PEACE TERMS,

Nei Chong Road, robbed of 85,000 Replying to the toast of "Our Quests," worth of jewellery by their servants. at a luncheon given by the Lord Provost This Year 10-First amateur art exhibition held in of Ciluggow in honour of the Indian Law Your

the Colony opened at the City Hall journalists visiting Great Britain. Mah- 17-Successful inaugural meeting of the bab Alam, editor of the Pain Akiliar, Hongkong District Schools Athletic Lahore, spoke on behalf of 70,000,000 Sporta,

Indian Mohammedans. He was gind, he said, that along with their other country.

Mr. Kuroiwa Shuroku, editor of the men, they had done their best to

to vanquish

Torodan, Japan, says the peace berrun to bo the cortimen enemy. It was tinfortunnis

imposed upon Germany ought to le as fol- that the Hugs succeeded in duping the

Town: The Kaiser to be depsand and Turks to Bght against the Allies. Tho Mohanotans of India, though sorry and Corps invite all members of the Corps treatment of Napoleon; Gormany to he of Hongkong, after as exciting con grieved that their co-religionists had gone to Smoking Concert at the Theatre converted into a opublic on the model The officers of the Hongkong Dofence banishod to a remote island, following the tost, by four raRR.

Annual Civil Service Club Christine the enemy's camp

alandfast in Word mas Trac

their allegiance, and

Tradily

wont to fight Royal on Friday, the 10th January, 1918, of the United States; the Allied, losses,

material and moral, during the wer 20.-Memorial Servion at the local Christ their fellow Moslems. This thay at p.m., al which the prizes won at the bs computed at 1,000,000 million on, thi

the Kaiser tried to hood Corps Rifle Meeting will be rescited by sum to be repaid did, although Hongkong men who died on wink them by proclaiming himself & con-

His Excellency the Officer Administering fasulments of X:1,000,000,000 for a periost

Germany

in yearly activa Borvioa

vert to Mohammedanisin, nyc, oven a the Government. Undrem uniform. Buccesful Hongkong Delence Haji The speaker was convinced that the

1,000, ynnem .... Until this whole amount Corps Musketry Meeling; Lec.-Cpl. war hind welded closer the bonds batwosn

G. E. Brwaar, Capt., paid off the Allied delegates to control W. A. Goodman Won the open Bisley Christian Britai and Moliaemodian

Adjutant, IL.K.D..the fines of the Gorman opublie; and Germany a overson possosuiona sung to be vinpetition.

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