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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 1011.

DODWELL & COMPANY, LD.

STHAMSHIP SERVICES,

Regular Selling to

NEW YORK &/OR BOSTON

„via Bies or Panama Canala ab Owners' Option.

6.5. "EGREM ONT CASTLE!”

LLOYD

sailing about End of March.

TRIESTINO

For BRINDISI VENICE & TRIESTE Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for LEVANT, BLACK BRA & DANUBE

PORTA

FIUME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo is also accepted for this port on through B/Lading 8.8. "HUNGARIA" '. salling on or about 8th March.

EA TRIESTE”

H

Foz SHANGHAI

M

afling on or about 13th March.

Passengers' Laggage can be insured at the Office of the Agents:

NANYO

1.

YUSEN KAISHA, Ltd.

(SOUTH SRA MAIL 8.8. 00.)

Regular Bervices between

JAPAN, HONGKONG & JAVA.

FOR JAVA,

B.S. *SAMARANG MABU" BE BORNEO MARU”

sailing on or about 19th March, miling or on about 24th Marsh.

FOR JAPAN

5.A. "BIOJUN MARU”

OCEAN

NATAL

sailing on or about 6th March..

TRANSPORT

(TAIYO KATUN KAISHA)

Steamabip Servios frans-Facito. Also to Australia, Europe, etc. LINE

OF

Co.,

非

Ltd.

STEAMERS.

TAKING Cargo œ through Bill of Lading for SOUTH AFRICAN PORTI with transhipmen så CALOUTTA,

in conjunction `with the.

INDO ORINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD.

AND APOAK LINER

För Freight or Farage on any of the above Idnes apply to:--

DODWELL & 00. LTD.

Agente

N. Y. K.

NIPPON YUSEN

KAISHA

RAILINGS FROM MONGKONG SUBJECI, PTO ALTERATION.

EMPIRE CURRENCY. SUGGESTED REVALUATION OF

-- THE - POUND STERLING

In a paper on the Stabilization of Imperial Exchanges,"

11 read before the Institute of Bankers, at the School of Oriental Studies, recently, Mr. J. F. Dark- ing proposed an Imperial partnership in currency and credit with an Empire Bank as a central institution, and are valuation of the pound sterling.

:

WEATHER REPORT.

February 24th. ab 1211-Pressure has decreased slightly at Vladivostock and Hongkong, and has increased slightly at Walhalwei and Shanghai It is nearly stationary as other reporting stations.

The anti-cyclone has passed into the Pacific Another is forming over China.

The monsoon will freshen along the south- coast of China and over the N. Chias

Hongkong -rainfall--for-the-24-hours ending at loam, to-day, 0.00 inch. Tatál since January 11, 1.13 inches against an average of 2,83 inches,

FORECAST." Light E. winds freshening

Mr Darling aid that while the recti fication of our foreign exchanges must prove exceedingly difficult, the exchanges within the Empire could be adjusted. Under the system he proposed, the pound The forecast for the 24 hours ending at sterling would be the pound of the Bri- noon today is as follows: tish Empire. The sovereign would be

DISTRICT given the legal value of 258., and it would be equivalent to four Canadian dollars. Canada having joined the Imperial part Hongkong to Gap Rock from NE later; nership on this basis," her foreign trade would become part of the Empire's trade and her exchange with the United States would become the Empire's exchange with the United States. An Empire Bank, or preferably an augmented Bank of Eng land, would put the partnership into operation, issuing unpaid notes as the basis of the different currency issues of the Empire, acting as a clearing house for the banks, and a bank of discount.

Ene to cloudy. JNE winds, Formosa Channel

fresh to strong. South coast of Chins between The same sa

Hongkong and Lamooks

No 1. Bouthcoast of China, betweenƒThe same as

No L Hongkong and Hainan.1

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INDO-CHINA

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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED.

SAILINGS ŞUBJECT TO ALTERATION

BroEL PT. SWETHAM, P'ANÚ & CALTA "FOOKBANG" Fri MANILA

BANGKOK via SWATOM SHANGHAI & THINGRAU “HAIPHONG vs HOLHOW • ..*

SHANGHAI via Swarow......

BHANGHAI via Swarow

HAIPHONG ̄ris HQIHOW KORE

25th Feb, Noon YUENSANG" "Trl, 28th Feb 3, "KWONGENGEat 24th Feb, D'light

BANGSANG Eat, 16th Feb D'light TEOPAOTM Sat, 98th Feb, 9 an "KWONGSANG "Sun, 27th Feb, D'light. CHOYSANG" Tum 1st Mar, Diigo LOXSANGWed, and Mar, 9am LAISANG......Tues., 8th Mar., D'Uzb£:

CALOUTTA LINER This Line afforda regalar sailinge to Calcutta, Penang and

Singapore; returning from Calenten steamers proceed via Ukrai and Hongrong to Japan, oocasionally calling at Shanghal. All steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, are fitted with Electric Light and Fan and carry a fully-qualified

SHANGHAI LINE:

MAFILA

HAIPHONG

approximately every five days between Canion and Shanghai, sometimes calling si Swatow. Through tickets oan be obtained and through Bill of Lading are inued, to all Northern and Yangtese Fort ria Shanghal LINE ---A weekly servios in maintained with Manila by vessela with good i from both ports every Fridays, LINE:-Ballings approximately

Passenger sooommmort el tot passengers-and-cargo.

calling at Hofhow when inrincement offers.

The Empire, Mr. Darling pointed out, OXINA COAST METEOROLOGICAE BORNED LINE-One walling per month between Honglong and Bandakan ty

lends itself to great economies in the use

of currency and credit, because the harvesting of crops, which normally is an important cause of increased demands for currency, is going on nearly continu- ously in some part or other of it, so that slackness in one part is set off by activity elsewhero, no difference in ex change having to be considered.

Are we to wait, Mr. Darling concluded, on the probably unattainable-the getting back to old gold parity, or are we to sim at stability within the Empire although on a lower level Even were

Station,

REGISTER.

FERRUADY 14TH, 1921.

Wild

it in our power to return to the old Vladivostock.8 4.20,04 13

gold basia is it desirable, in view of Nemuro

of the difficulty in getting wages Hakodate reduced correspondingly по

18 to Tokio

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Fland

Bomama

allow production to go on at the conse quently lower level of prices? The Im Nagasaki perial partnership on the basis of four. Kagoshima...

Oriims Canadian dollars to the £1, which would Naha iraise tha mint price of gold to £4 178. 4d.- per standard ounce, thus increasing the likelihood of gold being received by the 8 30.24 28 Bank of England through the exchanges," would pave the way for the new parity of fes 31 to the £1 with our Allies on the Continent, and with America it would new parity of $4, to which we have not yet attained.

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BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

LORD DERBY'S DECLARATION.

Hankow Ichang... Kinking. Changsha Shanghai ..... Gatzlaff.

30.37 30.18 Sharp Peak... 7. 29.8 Ansoy

Swatow Taiboku..

Ticht....... Tainan....... Hoshan

The Earl of Derby was the principal guest Fescadores ** at a luncheon given by the Manchester Cantona Chamber of Commerce. Responding to the toast of his health, he said he had come

home again after two and a half years as in

Book

SEATTLE & VICTORIA or VANCOUVER via Manila, Shanghai of heavy work abroad because he felt Wachow

& Japan ports

“Ostga to Orseland Points US in sannection with Great Northern Northern Pacie

and Chicago, Milwaukos &'Bk. Paul Ballways

FUSHIMI MABU (omitting Manlis) ..

TOYAMA MARU....

KASHIMA MABU (omitting Manila)

SUWA MARU

Dod

Wednesday, 9th Man, at 11 am. Friday,

11th Mar. at 11 am Wednesday, 20th Apr., “að 11 am

Friday, 6th May," at 11 am.

that his duties Iny at home, and that Hathaw he could still do some good by bringing Pakhol

Phulido England and Franca closer and closer

Tourace together. If the peace of the world were again threatened be would definitely say Capes.Jamm that the two countries could not stand Apri one without the other. There were those Dagupan who said the time was not ripe for our alliance with France. He was not going Tacloban

Legapi to argue or to advocate it as the best Iloilo

Manila

LONDON & ANTWEBP via Singapore, Penang. Colombo, Sues thing, but he believed it. In his humble Surigao

Port Said and Marseilles.

KLEIST

Friday,

MISHIMA MARU

Friday,

SADO MARU

Friday,

KITANO MARU...

Friday,

HAMBURG, AMSTERDAM, LONDON &

Thursday, MITO MABU LIVERPOOL & MARSEILLES vis Bues.

TAMBA MARU

MELBOURNE & SYDNEY “vis

11th Mar '11 — 18th Mar, at 11 am. let Apr. at 11 ao. 15th Apr., my 11 Ka'.

BOTTERDAM . 44th March.

19th March.

opinion, if there had been in 1914 an Gusm alliance with France instead of merely Labuan an understanding the war would not have. taken place. (Loud cheers.) He had always believed, and always should, that if Germany had known we intended to go in on the side of France she would not have made so aggressive a war, and, at any rate, the war would have been postponed.

He could honestly say at the present time that there was no difference between

Weather.

a steamer Baving up-to-date accommodation for passengery, Cargo taken on through Bill of Lading for Kusdal, Jesralion. Labean, Tawao and Lahad Dat

TIENTSIN LINE:-A regular service is ran from March to November berwarn

Hongkong and Tiantain, calling at Welbalwel and Chatbo,

CALCUTTA

LINE:

as "FOOKSANG" will be despatched on or about Friday, Feb. 25th, Noon, for SINGAPORE, PORT SWET: TENHAM, PENANG and CALCUTTA:

Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, and

·DUTCH EAST INDIES,

For Freight or Passage apply te---

'6 1.30.14] 54 | 94 SQ,051 | B8 30.15 48 140 30.1448

TRIKOS No, zil

29.86 72 29.03

42029.82

629.70 78 80

1. BAROMETER,„ reduod to 32 degre Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in inches tenths and hundredths.

2. TEMPERATUEN, in the shade, is degree Fahrenheit.

humidity of air saturated with moisture being 8. HUMID, in percentage of sturation, the

100..

A Duegnion of Wai, to two points.

5. FORCE OF WD, according to Beaufort

Saturday, Manila, Zamboanga, Thursday Great Britain and France that could not be perfectly overcome granted two Island, Townsville & Brisbane.

things-patience and goodwill." (Cheers.) } Though their language and their customs Beale. differed, both nations had an inborn love 6. STATE OF WHATama, b blue sky, a detached of peace that would overwhelm any other cloud, à drizzling rain, i fog, g gloomy, h hall, feeling. There was an impression in some | 1 lightning, o overcast, p packing shower, 4 quarters that France was militarist equal, rain, snow, f thunder, w visibility, nation, but be indignantly denied it. The dew wet,

TANGO MARU

NIKKO MAKU

AKI HARU

NEW YORK via Buez.

·AKTTA MABU

***

58th Mar., at 11 am. 19th Apr., at 11 am. 17th May, abili am

Friday. Tuesday, Tuesday,

Tuesday,

12nd March.

4th March.

Saturday, 28th Fab. at Noon. Thursday, 17th March.

3rd March.

SOUTH AMERICAN PORTE via CAPE,

KANAGAWA MARU (sailing from Singapore) Friday, BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Bingapore.

CALCUTTA & BANGOON ̈via Bingapore & Penang.

T

Thursday, JAPAN PORTS-Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama.

DELAGOA MARU

BOMBAY MARD

TOYOOKA MABU

NIKKO-MARŲ.

BADO MABU

YEBOSHI MARU

MURORAN MARU

KITANO MAHU ...

Wednesday, 16l Mur Đi In

SHANGHAL, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

...Friday,

Saturday, Bunday Thursday,

35th Feb, a EX E 28th February 27th February.

3rd Mar. at 11 am

For further information apply - NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

Telephone Nos. 272 & 232,

8. YASUDA, Manager.

LOS ANGELES PACIFIC NAVIGATION COMPANY

TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT SERVICE Oporating the following U.8. (Bhipping Boxed whoszors,

HONGKONG

20

LOS 'ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA:

Dún ro ́Axzryw

88. WEST HIKA" | 1st April ---

Dus zo. Batt 3rd April

French had no wish whatever for aggre 7. RA, in inches, & tenths and hundrode. sive action. How long would they give

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

HONGKONG TIME SKINALS.

an English Government that went in form. aggressive action. Would they give it forty-eight hours. (A Voice: Twenty four.) Well, he would not give an aggres- sive French Government twelve hours. (Cheers.) The French, however, were not going to take any risks. They required nothing more than the Treaty, but they would accept nothing less than the Treaty.

(Cheers.) The German army could not be put at the bottom of Scapa Flow, as the German navy had been (Cheers.)

The Time Ball on Kowlom Signal Hil dropped daily at 10 am and 4 pim., roept on Saturdays when it is dropped at 10 am and 1 p.m., and on Bundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10 B.m, only

The Ball is hoisted half mang, 24 the gath pinuie and full maai as the 67th minute. Should the ball fail to drop at the corre time it will be lowered at 5 minutes, pras the hour and the ordinary rousine repeated at the following hour, if possible,

vortically on the Observatory wireldas man From 8.56.0 to 9.0.0 p.m. the lamps are extinguished momentarily at the even seconds, errept at the 2nd, 28th, Both, Bind, and 54th of each minute.

The hours refer to Hongkong Bandard Time (8 houry Kágh of Gromwich);

On one point there was a misunder standing between the two nations based on premises which were absolutely untrue, French was a little afraid of the attitude of England on the reparation question. She bad tears that the cry, "Make the Should the Time Ball be out of order the Hun pay was nothing but an election above routine will be carried out with the cry. He ventured to hope that, in that fag "Z" on the Storm Bignal masks nssembly of Manchester business men Time Bigoals are also given as nighi there was no difference on this point. | by means of three white lamps mounted Germany could pay a great deal more than she would like them to think she could. (Cheers.) They should make Germany pay and enforce everything which could be enforred under the terms of the Treaty. He wanted France to know that the businessmen of Manchester had no misgiving on this, subject of ex- torting from Germany not the full amount because nothing could repay the damage Germany had done but the fullest between the two nations should be plain- amount we could get to alleviate the woes ly written down.. No attempt, should be of the nations who suffered during the made to settle each little difference an terrible war. TEEN tit, arose, but a genuine attempt should be Continuing, Lord Derby said there were made to put all things right and to bring sections of the Press in both countries about a general settlement. He would who were not helping to faster good feel suggest an Ambasadors Conference, at ing, and that was one way in which the which we could deal with the various ronte two nations could be separated. He urged questions arising out of the fulfilment of the Press not to attack individuals, but the Treaty. He cherished the hope of to deal fairly and justly with any policy an alliance between the two countries, which appeared to them contrary to believing such a policy to be the greatest general interests. All points of difference if not the only security for the peace of

(Continued at foot of neat column.)

the world in the future. (Cheera.)

Through Hills of Lading toʻall'UB, and Canadian Overland Pokite no Transkfoment

Balpalde commachion with the Balilaks, Banta Feland Bouaberna. Faolia Balronds.

Hongkong Offer:-Prison Bedding, Chase Head Office-Los Angeles, CalE- Branch Office;-Aoba, ikangkal".

"(Maula, Blaca porn,"

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Tudung Tel. No. 1009.

CÉVAS-IL-RICHARDBON-

Klerasani. Agecik för Houth Chun

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.,

GLEN

GENERAL MANAGERS" -

AND

SHIRE

Joint Service of Steamers.

U.K.-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.

Vessal..."

B.S. GLENAPP":

8.8 CARNARVONSHIRE

AS "PEMBROKESHIRE”

Voterl

M/V. " GLENTARA 68. "GLENARIFFE

OUTWARDS.

Das Hongkong

25th Feb.

10th Mar,

Pith Mar

Discharge

HOMEWARDS, Lanyas Hongkong

Gatos, Lospor & ROTTERDAM.

about 17th Feb.

... 11th Mar.

Do

· Moresoeste ara uubject to change without

For freight or further particulám plense apply to:--

Do.

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. The Glen Line, Ltd.,

Tel No 1 wab. 5 er 23. and 3896.

Cable Address

Kawakisen, Kobe, Bentley's A.B.C. 5th Ed.

and Boott's Codem

KAWASAKI KISEN

AGENTS.

Telephone: Baaamly

8864, 8935,

(KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP CO.)

CAPITAL PAID-UP

KAISHA

720,000,000

President Mr. T. KAWASAKI Vios-President: Mr. K. MatsuKATA, Managing Directors Mr. Masaza Axı

The Company has on-hand a Largs Number of NEW CARGO STEAMERS

ALWAYS READY. FOR CHARTERS of_all_descriptions.

The following are comprised in the Company's Fiend jean

Kloven steamers of 9,100 tone esch deadweight.

And under the Company's managemench you Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight osch. Two steamers of about 8,400 tona deadweight exch.

Balonging to the Hawasaki Dockyard Co, Ltd.).

For Chorier: Bales and all other portioulart epply to the

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHAL

No. 8, Bux, Kozz,