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HORNYCROFT

AND CO. LTD.

SHIPBUILDERS

AND

ENGINEERS

London, Southampron and„Basingstoke:

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 1STP,

PASSENGER AND CARGO VESSELS OF ALL TYPES UP TO 6,000 TONS

OCEAN GOING TEGS. MOTOR BOATS (SEA OR RIVES) UP TO 50 KNOTS.

TUBFINES AND RECİPKOCATING MACHINERY AND PROPELLFER

MARINE AND STATIONARY OIL ENGINES 8 TO 90 B.E.P. MOTOR VEHICLES 2 TO 6 TONS.

WATER-TUBE BOILERS.

POR QUOTATION, AFFET

ROBERT DOLLAR BUILDING. SHANGHAI.

MACKINTOSH'S

1913

ANNIVERSARY

SALE

1923

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of our business "and to enable the public to share in

we are, for success,

the whole of our

stock at reduced prices. 3 daye, offering

FUT

3 DAYS ONLY--JUNE 18th, 19th and 20th.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE BARGAINS!

AKETES CELLULAR

BATHING SUITS

All Sizes

Plain Rimeand Grey)

Usual $5.50, $9.50.

$3.00 each

B. V. D.

UNDER VESTE

All Sizes

$1.15 each

WHITE SHOES

Leather Sules

$7.50 per pair,

SHIRTS

23.Độ cách

SOCKS

of Wool, Cotton

NECKWEAR Heavy Knit Tien $2.00 each. Fonlant Silk Ties $100 and $2.00

COLLIRS

PALM BEACH

Odd Shapes Bad Sizes

Coat and Trousers

each.

83.00 per dozen.

$40.00.

and Bik $1.00 per pair

Special Values.

Replenish Your Wardrobe at a Great Saving of Money.

MACKINTOSH

& CO. LTD.

Men's Wear Specialists.

Alexandra Building-

Des Voeux Road.

WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

HAVE JUST RECEIVED

Splendid Selection

LADIES'

WHITE

CANVAS

SHOES

Direct

from Switzerland.

SMART, SHAPES AND

STYLES

Prices Moderate,

Call and Inspect.

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.,

20, Des Voux Road Centra),

(Incorporate in England).

HONGKONG.

A STARTLING EXPOSURE.

SECRET OF GERMANY'S. STRENGTH DURING THE WAR

The fallowing is taken from-dlas and Militvey Breasts --

ularly

months

CHILD LABOUR IN SHANGHAI,

PROHIBIT JARDINE MATHESON

ING IT AFTER SEPTEMBER.

A HETORM PACKED WITH DIFFICULTIES,

1923

THOSE SHIPPING PROFITS

ANOTHER SHIPPING FIRM'S COMMENT.

Messe Bower & Co. of Shanghai writing to the N. Dady Jewe, as follow sufferers with Messrs. Moller &

Co., Ltil, way :-

Those who have been watching the How long wohl the Great War have lasted had the overwhelming navel poser blem af child labur in Shanghai will! of the Allies been employed from the out- hear with interest that Mewen. Jaisline, The Chairman's speech at the meeting set to cut of Germany's sea-luc supplies? shatheson & Co. have decided to prohibit of the shareholders of the 7th instant is Most authorities" who have studied" this;

the employment of boys take 10 and giçki

one that should be read carefully by all question agree in fixing twelve aunties as the maximum duration of the war in th

under 12 years of age after September British and fled for future reference as circumstances. av maily, however, 14

The matter is one which has received food for thought. To those who took vo Hitherto it h

that supporti

much attention during recent years, as active part in the late Great War it will Graty trived to hold unt for bng a period much from the mill owners themselves show what it cost a British Company for by trason of the ingenuity "her "scien: |as from people outside who are interestal

bstitutes tists"

for developing essential commalities, and also, to some

sou in serial improvement, and it is tire which extem, because she was able to amass involves very practical diffienities. In the

As far as Moller & Co., are concerned large stocks of provisions and materials during the first few months of the struggle, arse place, there is every probability that we are of the opinion that, twithstand when the Allied blockade wa ntorinudy the parents will oppose the reforming the fact that they agreed, at the ro...! lax... Rus

the a simpler explanation of mystery is now forthcoming, namely, that they have donesin the past, considerations tho liernan war machine was kept going from 1914 to 1918 largely on supplies" sent from Great Britain:

121159 upon a

our

of parents are at work.

This is the grave charge perferred by Hear Admiral Consett in his book The Triumph of Unarmed Force," the appear ance of which has causel & sensation. Adm. Consett has bol his startling conclusions. not upon houry or second- hand evidenc, but testimony which case under his persua Naval Attaché in while serving us Scandinavia during the period of the war, Not content with furnishing placable enemy with food and drak, e sent him prodigal supplies of eal to keep his Navy, his railways, and his munition plants in operation; nils and fats for the glycering which he died in madu facturing high-explosives, copper, zine, nickel, and tin for conversion into munitions, and even ore of the very quality which he required to propare the hydrogen gas for Wo even went to inflating his appelins. the length of adulterating our own beer and rationing its consumption here in order that the German troops should not go thirsty.

Sea

war,"

BUSINESS AS USUAL.

being patristic to their King and

try,

stop nulligatur pasteedings and that law to clean the Powers that he passed a

KILIM Company & all the card/ings "ur Rees, they still have 2am against 100 Dritish Government for the varmings on from for puer their yoses Lake and simple trading paipUNUM.

letely an ather company buildings wqhe Commundeered in kaleng Briges the Government" and -at-

LILE CHINES L

urged by welfare workers being of smallest of the Hongking towerment, to importance in comparison with the gain in family income, affurdeal by the earnings of the children; und it has more than once been observed that the children any at least as well off in the mills as they would be if left to themselves who their in several mills attempts have been made to employ anh ¦ yuungsters of 14 or 13 years of age, but these have all failed owing to the im possibility of correctly ascertaining ages, various sphterfuges til simple prevarier tion being employed by pareata and their industrious offspring in order to defeat the good intentions of mill-managers Freed with this difficulty, the manage ment of one mill resorted to the expedit of passing yang cumployés under a men ring rul, but this rough nul ready plan was no guarantee that age would be con- sistent with height.

TIEN

hotel At Ch4+

company tution against the Government and the Lord High Chief Justice held that estimated damages as caned by the company were in order and gave judgmnat fe, fullt, Why wot for ships i

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The Steamship "EGREMONT CASTLE”

Fox NEW YORK......... NONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed and all Goods are bring lauled at their risk into the Gowns of the Hengkong and Kowloon Wharf and Gown Co., Ltd, at Kowloon, whence, and/or irun the wharve delivery may be obtained.

11.

All claims

must be

Optional Cargo will Le forwarded unleas notice to the contrary to given bofors th No claims will be admittel after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining nudelivered after the 18th inst,

against the water will be subject to rent presented to the Undersigned on or before All broken, shafed, and damaged Goods are be left in the Godewas, where they will be the 28th inst, or they will not be recognised.

examined on the 18th inst., at 10 am, by

No Fire Insurancs has been secte our Serverors, Mesars. GennALD & DOUGLAS. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Agunta. 941]

"GLEN" LINE, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM UNITED KINGDOM, PORT SAID SUEZ AND STRAITS.

THE Steamship THE

"GLENIFFER"

of cargo by her are hereby informed that all ring arrived from the above ports, Ceangaees goods are being landed at their risk into the fardons and/or aztra hasardous Godowas of and Kowloon W and Godown We have expersonal aimuine rei,in at Ompany, Limited, whence, and/or from the to that of Moter &to. Our teskel and warves, delivery may be obtained.

19th June, taken from us and our earnings taken by! the Government and the vase was out 1925, at Noor, will be anbiect to rent. time charter trading between Saigon and All broken, chafed and damaged packages a o Hongkong. The Government chalie she to be left in the Godowns, where they will be

Messrs. God

Goddard and Douglas, on 18th June, was put to a seful purpose, vz, bring.aamined in the presence of consignees by ing stuff 18 this song teiste 1923, at 10 am.

Claims

Chinese). Granted. The yament including thuse for cargo short deliverd must

S +

against the Stanser to presented on the s ecial form provided, and must alsa be submitted within 30 days of arrival, otherwise they will not be recognised No Fire Insurance will be dard by us soy case whatever.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

Agente.

[946 Hongkong, 1th June 1999.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

took the charter money and alwed us valy the Bine uk rate of 8 per ton This was not sufficient to pay tage bill Jawi insurance yet they (the Government) rouped in $36,000 per month for a con siderable period, which antol large sum, and we were handed back the siderably and was falling dely and has re-set on a market which had failu cons

en faiting ever since. The vessel banded back if we would ager to make no duim against the Hongkong Govern- meat. We, however, reserved the right to claim from the Imperial Government, on THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

"MALWA" which clain we are working for present. STEAM NAVIGATION CO'S STEAMER

in due curse.

like point out to Moler and Co. regarding Government control, that the Hongkong on itstructions | Government was acting

informed of this cially when in Hong from the Imperial Government. We were kong at the time our vessel was taken from us and placed under Government The Hongkong Govermanent t should be sued as agents for the Imperial Government.

Arrived HONGKONG on 151n Juss, 1993.

F20% ANTWE, RP LONDON, GIBRALTAR,

The subject is full of difficulties inher- Of course, British ships did not take

ent in the economic and edgential status cargoes of foodstuffs and raw materiais direct to Hamburg and Hremen. They went, instend, to the ports of Holland and of the Chinese, and Mosers, Jardines ex. periment will therefore be followed with Scandinavis, whence their cargons were tran shipped to Germany. By this device the speed interest. We understand that the British Navy's watch and ward in the Northumber of young workers who will i

was stultifier, and ar so-called blockade reduced to farce. Adml, Consett subject to the new rule will "be compara- sums up the position in laguage which is tively small, efforts having a'rrady been

These exces. if anything too restenineda sive supplies to Germany, he declares, made to weed out the very young, but a

were in all

in all policy than eigh, sufficient, munier will be affe, zet za make

•hul

withbeid, To have the experiment of value as a trial. sounded Germany's death-knell at an

CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S BECLATIONS. fur miserable! date Darly and inglorious trade prolonged th

The parents themselves will be in need Howeror much we may blush the

MARSEILLES. PORTSAID, ADEN, BOMBAY, COLOMBO & STRAITS. merchants and manufacturers who waxed of nutside advice and assistance, and her, fat on a commerce which they must have will be the opportunity for a committen, known to be supporting a resistance recently formed in connexion with this

1ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-named the main burden of guilt undoubtedly restedunch of welfare work. It will obvious

Foul are hereby informed that their goods. on the Goremment of the day.

are being landed and placed at taxa Risk in the From the moment when neutral States in ly be no useful reforta if the children are

We might state that we consulted legal Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown" touch with fermany began to mori from ; dismissed from the mill simply to this country ten, twenty, and thirty times will in the streets, without opportunity of opinion on this subject in bath Shangnai Dompany's Godowns at Kowloon, where ach the pre-war quantity of certain goals-and

Bent's action. We were forest that it and delivery as be obtained as the Goods are

landed. particularly those of which a beleaguered schooling or useful manual training, and as Hongkong regarding the Governingament will be sorted out Mark by Mark Optional Goods will be landed here unless Power would stand in Argent need meals will have to be devised for dealing was a very difficult problem for our legal

There yigers to give us an expression of instractions have been given to the contrary there cannot have been the faintest i

with this aspart of the matter. doubt 11419

the surplus

opinion on-they informing us where going. When that happened the duty recently issued from a Chinese over their knowledge no such prident hail of the Government was clear it suudment office an elaborate set of regulations been established before, and they could have instantly forbidden the export a ton of foul or anaterial to any neutral designed cover the problems, some of only advise us to consent to our ship if used for trading purposes to make our State which had already exceeded its them quite impossible of application labeilig vontrolled by the Government and pre-war gusta. But no such action was

present circumstances. One of these Pre-elain for profits should the Government taken. Kather than offer! Denmark, sided that the mill-owners should provide place the same to their credit, and as one Norway, fud Sweden, we allowed those educational facilities for illiterate, en legal counselor in Hongkong put

Might is right, and all is fly in lov countries to act as universal providers lores, child and adult, rather a cool pro- denna Germany, and bar-elves supplied a great

rest gusal considering that 9 per cent. of the art war for the (vernment" For our the stock in trade. It is true

part, having had the expectance, we dif- Lion employés are illiterate. 66719 indue 20

to ration that a teeblo attempt

for rousiderably with this legal lamia these States, but every agreement to this offect was treated by them as if it were

ary's opinion. In the Boer and, Egyptian commandeered and controlled non-existent, and the trade went merrily

Wars and Boxer trouble the British Oy on in undiminished volume. Unless Admi.

crument Consett's facts and statistics are liable to

British ships and they were anly used for correction, they prove beyond periven-

troops, stores and other Government Ber- ture that the war would have been curtail-

view, to which owners cheerfully agreed el by several years but for the culpable

for their country's cause, but we certainly sepineness of certain people in authority

draw the line at the Government trading and profiteering and placing to their own 'ne precerds of the same.

here.

CONTROL OF MONTE CARLO.

POSITION ASSUMED BY SIR BASIL

ZAHABOFF.

It is anticipated that the 5rst and most important task of social workers interest

in this sehen will be to interpret to the workers in a very clear way the need for this reform, and culist their coupera tion. Whether or not they will be easily persuaded that, for the time being the school is better than the workshop for their, children romulas to be seen. It is an argument they have ont appreciated in the past, and must mes be deftly put to persuade them now,~X1′′, Daily News.

COTTON TRADE WAGES. PEACE FOR. NINE MONTHS. Provision has been made for a continu. The French newspapers recently called 'ance of peace in the cotton trade for a and possibly eighten attention to the fact that as a result of further in,

the last general meeting of shareholders months. At the third of a series of con- of the Societe des Bains de Mer de Lerenes on wages heal in Manchester on Monaco the control of the institution! May 10 h between representatives of the known as Monte Carlo has passed into Operatives' Uniong and the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners Associations and the hands of Sir Basil Zabaroff,

and Manufacturers

над mached Cotton Spinners' Asociations, an agreement after two and a quarter hours, and the following terms are to he submitted to both sides for approval or otherwise:

ERCA

that to

The writer of this sympathizes with Moller & Co., especially being a Fellow sufferer himself fully equated w ins and outs of wint big taken place. Instead of the British authorities sie ing British trade they have assisted to put a very old shipping firm out of exist. be hoped that our Govern- It is leut at Home will yet refret. and do the right thing, compensate Moller & Co..' ourselves and otherg who have received such treatment. We would strongly ad vocate the assistance of the principal newspapers in Great Brituie to air this grievance while Moler. & Co., and we and thers take up the matter direct with the British authorities at Home.

HONGKONG NAVAL BASE

ITS COST.

In the House of Commons last month,

Goods net cleared within 8 days, including hours before arrival of the Steamer.

date of arrival will be subject to rent.

No Fire Lazurance will be efected by

must be left in the

in any case whatever.

Damaged packs on by the Consignees Godowns for and

the Company's surveyors, Messrs. ClouDARD & DOUGLAS at 10 a.m., on Mondays. Mud Thursdays.

All clains must be presented within ten days of the Steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognized,

No claims will be admitted after the goods. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. have left the Godown.

Agenzia,

(983

Hongkong, 16th June, 1923,

A LING & CO., 19, Queen's Road Central,

HONGLONG,

FURNITURE AND PHOTO

GOODS STORE.

Ala Etching, Sign-Board and Mirror Maker. Canton Marble in Various Shader Photographic Goods of Every Description

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