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TRANS-ATLANTIC TELE-

PHONY,

THE POETIC WU PEI FU.

VERSES TO A FAITHFUL GUARD.

A GREAT TRIUMPH."

LIKE TALKING TO NEXT ROOM

AND TO MADAME WU.

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WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT.

(THROUGH NUIER'S AGENCY.]

Lóspos, January 7th. "The London New York wireless telephone service was, formally in augumted to-day,

The first message to be heard in New York, were the chimes of St. Paul's striking a-quarter-tu-two, sent through a special telephone fixed in the south tower of St. Pauls After this, Sir George Murray (Secretary of the General Post Office) conversed with the President of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Co., and the service was then opened for public

Progress Most Satisfactory."

LATER.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

JANVART STU,,M17.

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Do., London...115 num.

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Though wars rage: though Gen- erals turn traitor and foea press P. & O. forward, the poetic spirit of Mar-East A bank shai Wu Pei' Fu shines on, 10- Cantou Insurance dimmed, says Chung Mei.

China. UnderentDER Two poems were recently writtea

North Utana low, by the defeated Warlord, one to honour a guard who gave his life to defend his chief, the other to extoll the brave heart of his wife, who never leaves his side.

The verse to the soldiers is trans

lated as follows:-

The cold wind from the west

blows my old battle gr

ment.

num."

19

num.

.29€ boy..

inom.

3040 buy

$1.45 nom

17% 145

•AIR 245 DU

Union insurance Yangtze Insurance...les. 345 2018. Usina Fire Insurance .....

$200 buy Hong Kong Fue in...

$615 buy. Dougor

Steam comin

buy.

1825 21., 25.

Hong Kong Tuga lugu-Chania (Freža)

Do (wet). Shell T

$1.10

BOSEL

$32

buy,

.99% bay.

atar bustiv... Waterbonis. Chin Sugar Malabon Sugar... Kadian Mining Ad Bengu

Langkate (combised).

Do.. (single) Shai. Exploratiuus Shany hous Baube Tronoh Mines Ural Carpians HK & K. Wearts. K, & W. Docks Hongkews

buy.

$13 buy.

$38 nom.

$1.4) nom. 35/-Dom. T. 25 nam. Ta, 12 nom.

„Tu+4 nom. 13.5 núm. Si nam

buy. .8/nom

To look upon the blood stain on.

the cloak brings sorrow to any heart. My only, pussessions now are my

doyal heart and brave soul. These will be with me forever, despite the ice and snow of the firesen: situation This verse, says this native news A Post Office official said that the agency, Hlustrates the deep deva- public wireless telephone service tion of Marshal Wu to a guard who rom London to New York had pro- lost his life in the battle at Ting gressed nost satisfactory. Ten enlls Sau Ching, Blood from the wound were nude in the first 1 hours, and of the dying man stained the gar- be exported the service to continuement of the chief, who attempted to Now Engineemaga till eleven o'clock in the evening, alleviate the suffering of the soldier. Shanghai Locks.Th, 113 nom. when the normal service would be Marsha Wa has ever permitted.K. & S. Hetes. 18) 32).. opened. To-morrow calls will be the blood stain to be removed from Hong Kong Lasus4 buy, át sa. takes between 10 and six o'clock, his garment, pointing to it always Hong Kong Realtys......$o nem.

H.K. as the life blood of a faithful an Humphreys Estates....$14; el.

Territoria..... sel The atmospheric conditions were most troublesome at about sunset

Prince's Building.... Rural Lands

who died that he might live. and the engineers would not put a To his wife, who because of the calter through unless they can gar-reverse of her husband's fortunes. antee a clear line

insists on wearing an old cotton garment which cannot proper protect her from the cold, Marshal Wa writes:-

Clearly Heard on Both Sides.

Rrony, January 7th.

The conversation between Sir Evelyn Murray, Secretary of the 14ienetal Post Office in London, and My Walter fifford President of The American Telephone, and "Tele graph Company, in New York, which inaugurated the Anglo American wireless telephine service. is stated officially to have been heard clearly on both sides and to have been on the whole fairly satis Factory. London subscribers to the servier who subsequently Kad a con- versation with New York ge fürther than this and report complete satis- faction.

London A

newspaper Director who conversed with a New York newspapier proprietar fos ight minutes, declares that not Buer had either to ask the other to renat anything. It was like spreking to a London suburb, only

nch clearer."

Strengthening Ties.

"

Mr. Walter Gifford and Sir Evelyn Murray both dwelt in their conversation 01. the important ffects which the service would have io facilitating business and pro- woring social intercourse between the United Great Britain and States and in generally strengthen- ing the ties between the two coun tries Mr. Gifford remarked that through, the spoken word, aided by the personality of the voler the people of New York and the people Af London will become neighbours in a real sense although "separated by thousands of miles." Sir Evelyn, Murray reengnised that difficulties still had to be overcome before the fam-Atlantic service could attain the standard of regularity and re-

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he was convinced there was no bet- ter means of solving these difheul- ties than by putting the service to the crucial test of daily use.

Mayoral Greetings. Greetings were exchanged by the new service between the Mayor of New York and the Lord Mayor of London. The Mayor of New York expressed his conviction that the world of commerce would be given added impetus by this new channel of communication between the world's two greatest commercial inurts.

i

The Lord Mayor of London said that the City of London, in its, long history, has been associated with many great events, but none more wonderful than this in which Lhrough the means of modern science; the two cities are brought within the sound of each others' voite. For many years past the nied for closer communications has been insisted upon as a means of developing the essential brotherhood of the English speaking races, and nas, as if by abgic, we have been brought through the instrumentality of the telephone, into that real touch that we all of us desire so much.

(GRITESTI WIRELESS SERVICE]

The Inauguration.

RUGBY, January 8th.

(

The thief has not been slain The people have not been saved Old people will go on together. Fighting the cold and stary

tion.

Daily we wear the horse-skin

and the skin' of the buil What does it matter

+

Only a good and bright soul can

hring real peace."

BANK NOTE RETURNS.

THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IN

CIRCELATION.

The returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hong Kong daring the month ended December 1st, 1996, as certified by the Man agers of the respective banks are -

Specie in Average

Reserve. Amount

Basks. Chartered

• Bank of

India, Aus-

tralia and

China ...........: 8l5.612,00 $5,500,000* Hong Kong

Shanghai

Banking

Corporation of,542,258 35,700,0001 Mercantile

i

Bank of

India, Ltd. 17:20,581

Total

580.000$

.... $69.195,731 $42,000.00

In addition Sterling Securities: deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,234,100. In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at £1,109,097.

In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agent's valued 16 £130,000.

• Securities Lodged. The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of

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5-13 sol.

Tie. 170 nom. 7.6 now.

$89 nom..

1

Dom. Cottons Ta. P.10 nom.

.................T. 1 num. Orientais Shanghai Cotton ()u. 54 nom. (us)...... Tis. 27 nom..

Do.' China Bose B.K. Tramwayn. Peak Trama (old)

Do.

flow

Singapore-Tractions.

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Canton ices

Cements (combined).

Do (old)

Voi

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$15 bay..

13--sol

$15 sel. $5 om.

..$10 wel.

$ nom.

Do (new). ... now. ..Șle gel.

China Light (comb.).

Do. (uka) .... $10 sel... Do. (W).

China Providents Constructions............. Dairy Farms................ Der A Wings. Hong Kong Betrics.. acac lectrice.....

K. Ropes (d)`

Do.. (Daw).... Lane Crawione..... Blackintosha..

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$ bay. ..şibi nom.

.36 nom

$57, buy.. 333 no.

şiv sei.

કરણ

.33 kom,

$13) nom. interes

34; vel. ..$20 nom. United Asbestos .......... Watson (old)

$13 nom. Wm. Powall,

$61.num. Telephones,

......$34. 3.40 ma. Luy-bayers; gel-eller; -sides

QUEEN'S

ELEANOR BOARDMAN

in

THE WAY OF A GIRL.

WORLD

LON CHANEY

in

Ꮋ Ꭼ Ꭲ

THE AGE OF HEARTS."

STAR

GOLDEN DREAMS.

FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY. Rhineland without proper guar-

ITALY AND GERMANY.

M. BRIAND'S STATEMENT.

When the estimates of the French Ministery of Foreign Affairs came up for discussion, before the Cham ber not long before Christmas, 3 Briand the Foreign Minister took the opportunity for a spuch deal ing, amount other things, with the relations of France with Italy and Germany.

antees for France's security.

M. Briand declared that it was no small thing for Germany to have voluntarily signed Д treaty re- cognising the frontiers of France, and to have renounced the use-of- force for the settlement of possible conflicts with her neighbours.

The occupation, he said, did not exist for the purpose of annoying Germany, but as a security for a certain purpose. If however, both parties to a treaty were agreeable, it was possible to humanise "its stipulations and similarly there might be an alleviation of the oc- cupation. What was essential was the existence of good will on both sides, so that the two peoples might say: At last they are talking to each other. The Foreign Minister

emphasised his furious desire

Eo

avoid further catastrophes, for, if there were another war, there would Le neither victor nor vanquished, but there would be disaster for the whole of Europe. He did not, how- ever, sock any kind of peace," but a guaranteed peace, a preliminary to which must be a settlement of the

France's Concesssions."

This brought M. Briand to the question of the military control of fermany, for which he said the League of Nations should be substi- tured. Denying that there had

bankruptcy

of the

M. Briand. speaking of Italy as a neighbouring country which we love," expressed his views about Franco-Italian relations tactfully, but quite firmly. Events had taken place which had been the conse quence of ill-humour, and although it was painful to find that this ill. humour was always directed against France, the latter had treated the matter coolly and calmly. Although events had not assumed a tragic aspect, there were things which problem of security. was necessary to eay. However emprehensible, M. Briand con- tinued, certain excited, demonstra- tions might be, there came IL moment when they must stop. Con sulates, Legations, and Embassies, for instance, were places which It was customary to respect. There OFFICE - BOY TO MILLION. had been "unpleasant manifesta-been any

tions," but the result of the re-policy of rapprochement, the For presentations of the French Amiga Minister said that the very Sir Edmund Vestes and Lord bassador in Rome satisition had fact that there was a contract be-

Wreen France and Germany con Vessey, of the Blue Star Line, both been received and good relations stituted great progress, and he was of whom spent their early days in resumed. He, for his part, Liverpool, are living examples of Briand proceeded, had neglected no the rogance of business.

opportunity of proving bis friendly They came to Liverpool at the age feelings towards Italy and her of 12 penniless, and starting in the humble role of office boys, they devoted themselves to work with such purpose that to-day they are among the great figures in the British shipping world, and are the heads of a concern with a capital of £25,000,000.

AIRE.

ONE WEDDING-10,000 CUTTINGS.

More than 10,000 articles describ. India. Luuited, against their notes ing the wedding of Prince Leopold in circulation, is published for general information under Section and Princess Astrid have been co! of the. Mercantile Bank Note Issuelected by an othcial Press cutting Ordinance, 101: (Ordinance No. 6gency and are to be presented in hook farm to the newly-married of 1911):-

Latest couple as a gift. Security Amount. market

price. Treasury Bonds repay- able @ 100 in 1930...

£190,000 1014-102)

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

An Advertising Kessage.

LONDON, January 7th. Business ruen who have used the London-New York telephone express! are very pleased with the practical advantages that can thus be de

rived.

Banks and a leading insurance company were among the earliest

users.

The Post Office announced late yesterday evening that reception deteriorated after sunset on AC-

The wireless telephone conver- ccount of bad atmospherics, and

Izations between London and New

it was impossible to complete book- York continued for many hoursed colla.

yesterday, when the service was in Messrs. John Wanamakers have

contracted for an outlay of £38,

augurated, all who spoke express ing themselves delighted with the in an eleven minuta conversation clarity of communication.

from New York to London, a house Newspapers exchanged news, and message chicly of an advertising considerable business was transact-character.

:.

ed. London found it "no more (LEUTEL'S AMERICAN,, SERVICE]

difficult to speak to New York than"

to the next room.

New Youx, January 7th.

The Times Bays: "A great The newspapers hail the trane triumph, the fruit of "much re- ocean telephony an amazing search, and almost infinite resource- success in spite of occasional fulness, has been achieved, and a atmospheric disturbances. process has been initiated which will henceforward take its place in the regular apparatus of life.

But

the invention is still young, though there in very belief in the ability of its engineers to improve, enlarge and perfect it."

(Continued on next Column)..

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Heard at Joburg." JOHANNESBURO, January 7th, It is claimed that the London New York conversations were dis- tinctly beard by a wireless amateur of Joburg.

Governinent.

Rapprochement Essential,

M.

sure that he and Herr Stresemann

would find that they were

agreement.

Dear

As to the criticisms that in his speech at Geneva he had recognised "a certain grandeur and a certain The Foreign Minister then passed nobility in the enemy of yesterday. If it was n to the question of Germany, and, . Briand said: maintaining that lasting peace error, I am proud of having made without, a Franco-German rappro-it. He was convinced that the chement was impossible, denied substitution of the League Com- that the efforts in this direction had mitteu of Investigation for the failed. There had been, on the con- Inter-Allied Military Control Com-

progress to mission trary, considerable

in Germany, far from wards an improvement in the re- diminishing the security of France, lations between the two countries. would reinforce it. He was much Considerably applauded by the applauded by the Left, but the feel- Left, M. Briand's statement about ing of the light was expressed by Germany was coldly received by the M. Bertrand de Mun, who declared Right. It is, however, worth not that it was intolerable that in every ing that in the course of the debate debate upon the best way of assur- various speakers of the Left were ing peace M. Briand should repre- very firm, in insisting that there sent his opponents as the enemies of could be no evacuation of the peace.

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