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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JUNE 23 1919

HONGKONG PARSI COMMUNITY. MALICE IN BUNDERLAND AND

ROYAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTE,

Sir H, M. Mody is in receipt of a letter from the Colonial Secretary acknowledging receipt of a telegram from the members of the Parsi community of Hongkong, forwarded on the toth May by the Officer Administering the Governmen', conveying a message of sympathy on the occasion of the death of His late Majesty King Edward VIL.

The letter states that the telegram had been laid before Their Majestica by Lord Crewe who 'was commanded to request His Excellency to express to Sir Hormu-Jen and the members of the Parsi community of Hongkong ko thanks of the Queen Mother for their kind mes- sages of sympathy with herself and the Royal Family and also the thanks of His Majesty the King for their assurance of devotion to His parson.

CHINESİ 71HRATRE,

"Look, seel" That was what my friend. Wokes remarked, I looked. Bayoud a mul titude of patty-faced Chinamén there arose a huge mal-aud,bambus gudowa... Theo was the thesite..!-

My first impression was what a splendid "hangar" it would make for the Alberi Halif the Albert Hall were only a flying machine,

We pushed through the shoals of yellow. faced Celestials, circled toad the godown, and entered the stage-door. that took us into tha dressing-room. There was but one, but that large enough for the Grenadier Guards to MARK JVC Ì0%, a sbell rau the whole length of the room, and over tils were one or two small mirrors, Before these the members of the company..were touching up with greats paint, the company, of course, being all men, But for the life of me I could have sworn that the women were the real thing, sa marvellous was the make-up.

Wokes took me through, this room to the other side, pulled aside a custalo, and ushered me on to the stage.

This is what I saw. On either side two wida

GALLERIES

sloped up gantly' from the platform for the whole length of the building. Between these the centre of the theatre fros stage to entrance was packed with halt of China, all standing, The other half was sitting in the galleries. I tried to count the heads, but after getting to the second million g..va it up. That swaying mass in the centre had been standing for four hours with the thermometer at about 550 degrees out. side and 400 degrees in

..

THE STAGE

was just an open platform, similar to an ordio ary conceit platform, with" nothing in the way of scenery bayond a coloured daub of a rag hanging at the back. If a Chioiman cannot act without the aid of scenery his is only fit in sing bym in the mission ball. The actors made their entrance from curtained opertures on either side of the plátaim.

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The orchestra sat in a row against the cur tain at the back, making a little Hades all on their owe, The instruments were Chiasse. That is the only way I can describe them. When the fate-player stopped for a breath- and in that awful atmosphere he might be cx- cused for taking a breath once la six hours— the nearest 'actor' on the stage simply stopped over and besged him on the side of the bead, the Eastern cus to continue playing.

I took a seat at ibe side of the ago, the only European in an audience of five millions-or was it ten?and yet not a single soul wat' volgar enough to stara al ms. Not even King Edward himself would have been disturbed. Near me on the stage was a Chibaman whore garments must have belonged to a stoker in the Ark. He squatted at a cauldron making chow for the orchestra. :^^

What the play was about I have not the re motest idea, and as a Chinese

PLAY NEVER-ENDS,

and I am getting on in life, I had not the time `to stay and find out. I think it must hava been

a comedy, for whenever the loading man spoke the whole dve millions simply shrieked.

As 1 havo statod, the building was made of matting and bamboo, and it struck me that if somó ginius kad put'n lighted match to it to see what would happen, those who came in by the early door would have been able to give the curious ona a pretty vivid picture of the result, Above the stage there was a lear in the mailing of the 100f, and the sun's rays ware just coming dowà molten hot through it on to the scalp of the dots player. Vader auch circumstances an English artist would have famed,swelled, or droppad deźd from apoplexy. Our Chiame friend did none of these things.. He simply hoisted a gamp over his shoulder and went en playing...

Down in the area the atmosphere most have baen appalling, and yet the colles wore so densely packed that it was quite impossible to raise a hand to brush off the offending fig that had settled on the coolia's nose to complete its tolles. If your Bems ware down when you came in, they stayed there. If by any supor homan sfert you raised one, that arm never went down again.

Thera wis on

THROUGH THE MAGNI

FYING GLASS

The Change was grinning on the Buad,

Grinning away the gloom.

It did its very best to lako

The market free from doom- And this was odd, Lecause it was' The middle of the brom.

The Soup was grinning ealkily."

Because she thought the Change Had get no business to be there

While she was on the rango- 'It's very euda indeed,' she said, '

'After such rumours strange!' "The Shares were wet as wet could be,

The Pockets dry as dry.

You could not see a Sklo, becaune

The Sales were all my oyd;" No Buyers hovered round the Club-

There was no one to buy. The Vendor and the sharabroker

Were strolling close along: Thay wapt like anything to see

Young fellows going wrong: *If there were only cleared away,'

They said, 'chings would be strong. *If waves men with seven lakba

'Curied for half a year," Do you suppose the Vendor.said,.

'That they would get them clear? 'I doubt it," said the Sharebroker,

"And shed a bittar tear, -

10 Public, come and feed with us!!

The Vendor did beseech.

*A plemist meal, e pleasant deal,

*To keep us off the beach: Wo candi all come in ground floor,

*But here's a chance for sach?

The Older Public looked at him,

Bover a word they said:

The Older Public winked thoir eye,

And shook their heavy head- Meaning to say they did nor choose

By Kanucks to be blad.

Bai for Young Public hurried up,

All tager for a splash:

Their hats were new; their clothes were

Kat,

Thair waistcoat's vary flash And this was odd because, you know,

They hadn't any cash.

Four other Fublic followed them,

And yet another four;

And thick and fast, they came at last, And more, and more, and more- All looking through the flowing bowl,

To get in on things sure, «

The Vendor and the Sharebroker

Went on a month or so, And then they fixed upon a rale

Conveniently low;

And all the little Public stood

And walled in a row.

'The tins bar come, the Vendor said,

Tout of many things: 'Oltin-and Tea-and Cocoanuis- 'Of Coffee Trees-and Klinge- 'And why the Kerosene must col

"Be mentioned to the wings."

Buí wait a bit', the Public-cried.

• Before we have our chat; Though some of us are out of debt,

•Wenoot of us are fat l1 'Don't vony 1' said the Sharebroker.

They thanked him much for that.

'A book of cheques; the Vendor said,

Is what wo chiefs need: 'Credit and Compradores besidas

*Are very good indeed Now, if you're ready, Public dear,

"We'cao bogin to feed,'

'But not on us!' the Public cried,"

Tuning a little blue.

*After such kladness that would be

A savvy thing to do'

* The night la fine, the Vendor said,

To bathe in the Whangpool'

'It was so kind of you to come!

*And you are very' chic!' The Shubicker said nothing bui

'Let's have another.. bic, 'I wish' you would not brag so much

You make me feel quite sick.

'It seems a shame, the Vendor said,

To make each ovo a lamb,

'After we've got them in so far,

And filled them up ba chem{' The Shurebroker said nothing but

*I do not care a-!

I weep for you; the Vendor said,

1 deeply sympathize.,

With sobi and tears he'd shorted out

The shares he'd said would rise, Holding bis last prospectus blas

Before bin streaming eyes.

O Fable, said the Sharébroker, "You've had your bit of fun!' 'Shall wa ba sattling up just now ! -

But answer there came.mone— And this wat scarcely odd, becauso

They'd skloned them, every one.

-Shanghai Times,

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Jubo 23rd, 3.00 p

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To-day's Advertisement.

*SHIRE LINE OF STEAMERS, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM EUROPE.

THE Company's Steamship..... AS FOARDIGANSHIRE,"

having arrived from the above Forty, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.'s hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowas at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the goads are: landed.

Are

Goods not cleared by the goth instant, at 6 P.M., will be subject to rent..

No Firm Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever,

's

All damaged packages must be left in Godown, where they will be examined at 9.30 M. on 10th Instant. No claims will be admitted after' Goods have left the Godown Dor will they be recognized if prosented' alter ro days of vessel's arrival here.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Ltd.,

Agemata. Hongkong, 23rd Juna, 1910.

COTION INDUSTRY IN CHINA,

THE SHANGHAI MILLS.

To-day's

Advertisements.

HONGKONG ICE COMPANY.

N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS. willybe held at the Offices of the General Managers at Nost, on MONDAY, 4th July, to consider the proposed extension of plant and promises.AMA

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD, General Managers Hongkong. 23rd June, zora.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA:

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM EUROPE, COLOMBO

AND STRAITS. Company's Steamship

AMA" KAGA MARU," having arrived from the above ports, Con- signees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kow 1000, where each consignment will be sor ad out mark by mark and delivery can be obtainad as soon as the Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be carried on unlat Neos, to-day, Instructions are given to the contrary before

Goods not cleared by the myth fuso, will [455ba sabject to rant.

to a recently published letter, we leats from the Weekly Consular and Trade Reports of the United States, Mr. Franke G. Carpenter described the cotton industry in Chisa, the character of piece goods made in the Shanghai mifis, and the wages paid operatives, a large proportion of whom are women and children. Mr. Carpenter writes:

"Shanghai is preparing to manufacture for the new Chios. It is putting up factories and foundries, and starting all sorts of now indus- tries. It has silk Bilatures which are producing balos of raw silk for our American weavers, modem flour mill equipped with Mil waukee machinery, and a cigarette factory owned by the American tobacco trust which employs more than 1,000 hands. It has night great cotton mills with several hundred thous and spindles and some which have Sapos or 99,000 spindles in a single establishment. In thase mills over 3000 Chlosso men, women, and childres are employed, and they are spin- ning and weaving cottan quite as well as in any of our American factories. The most of them are managed by Chinese foremen, and they INCH KENNETIK.,

give some idea of how the Calestials expact lo The Inch Kenneth Rubbar Estates. Comake their own cloth in the future. Limiled, announce as interim dividend of 51. per share..

Dla Ranta

United Serdang,'

United Singapores

Uolled Langkats

... —

.....135/- ..............$2

Volted Sumatras......../

Para Rubber

9/10 per Ib.

CANTON DAY BY DAY,

11. E. CHEUNG PAT SZL

(From Our Own Correspondent }.

Canton, sist Jups.

H. E. Cheung Pat Sts will shortly proceed 10 the Straits Settlements on a commercial mission. H. E. Cheung called on all the provincial officiala is the city yesterday to take 'his leave,

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CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY,

I went through the establishment of the Soy Chen Ootton Spinning Company, as the Huangpu River, the branch of the Yangtze which givan Shanglial access to the sea. The buildings cover several acres. They are of gray brick shadowed by huga smokestacks, wi

CHILD LABOUR AND WAGES. · Over 1,cóɔ men, women, and chlidren are employed. I want through room after room filled with girls who were wanying and spin- sing, and saw 200 children tending the mi chines. Some of them were little tots not bigker than my waist. The children ware pulling baskets filled with bobbins about The period of three years during which the rooms, The large ones ware tending the construction materials, imported by the Canton spinning machines. Their wages were about Hankow Railway Company, were to be ex four of our cents per day, and the pay of the empted by the Imperial Government from all older bands ranged from that to twenty cents. duties, expired in the 3rd moon of the current Chinese year. In consequence of the un-The manager told me that they had many necessary troubles arising between the directors whole familiar employed in his factory, father, of the Company and the shareholders, the mother and children all working there being work on the construction of the Railway has no liw against child laḥ sure, beca considerably delayed, though not

stopped alingether. From the present, out This factory works day and night, and thers look of affers, it is practically impossible are quite as many children employed in the to estimate when the Carton Hankow Rail-night shift as in the daytime. One thousand way will be completed. Large quantities hande ara Lixays busy all the year through. of railway materials have, of course, still to be

purchased and imparted forthe Company's use, its chief product is colton yarn for the 10 the Railway Company agaió petitioned the domestic weavers, This is made up into Imperial Government, through the Viceroy, re-bundles, which are then packed into, bales of questing a renewal of the privilege of exemp. 400 pounds each and shipped all over the tion from duties on materiale imported by the country. The yarn is woven into cloth on Company. The Company has received a favour able reply from the Ministry of Posts and Communications at Peking to the affect that, as s special privilege the exemption accorded to the Canton-Hanton Railway will be extended for a period of another two years.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

band loams, sad.it supplies a large part of the clothing of the common people. I am told there are something like goocoo spindles now working upon such yarn at Shanghel, and also ja largo number at Ningpo and Soochaw, There At about three o'clock yesterday afternoon is one big mill at Hangchow, one at CratoD, whoc atrais, arriving at Fatshan from Canton and some at Hongkong, Wucbang, and Han- was about to stop at the railway station, kaw. The labour is abundant and stiu people native passenger who was in too great a hurry easily learn to handle the modern machleory, to detcond from the car, fell a distance of several leat and vastained injuries all over the ...... The Chinstçare ràpidly Introducing thebetter body. The unfortunate man was rendered class of machines, and their mills are already unconscious and bad to be immediately remor about as well equipped as our own. A great ed to hospital for surgical treatment

CHEAP RICK' BALE.'

part of their machinery is imported from Eag 22nd June.

land, and only certain specialties come from the The distribution of cheap rice at the four United States. In ons factory I found an different matcheds in this city as a relief American electric-light plant with 6,000 slectric measure in aid of the poorer classes of people lamps burning, and in another there were mo- commenced on the 18b instant. The sheds dern fire machines, and the employer had a fire open early in the moralog and close at 5 p.driil every wack. ln narly every place the cach day. Hondreds of people have igraded these sheds every day to buy cheap rice, the wages were as low or lower than those I have rate being so cents for two catties and two faul quoted, the highest like thirty cents per day, weight of grain. The work is vary satisfac while a good avaraga wage was eight or ten torily conducted under the direction of the cents. I found giris at work in all of the fac members of the charitable fartitutions. The tollas, and I know of nope which does not proceeds realised from the disposal of the rice employ children. daring the first two days were as follows:

* VAST CONSUMPTION OF COTTON CLOTH. 1st day: Exteen Shed, $3,455, Wester Que cotton factories should send their agents Shed, $1,6141 Wongtha Sbed, 5760, Hosam here to study the market. These peuple érasa Shad, 51,173.

ia cotton instead of silk, and most of the cloth' Shad, $1,730; Wongtha Shed, S5101 Honam home. With the new civilisation wages will and day: Eastern Shed, $4,060; Western asad is span and sealed by band and woven at Shed, $639

PUTTY FACED''HEATHEN ́ ̧*% THE injustice of the law in operation at Hong. samewhat tallar than the cools behind. The kopg and Sitgapore by which the owner and shorter hid app wendly appealed in vain in the captain of a vessel la which opium is smuggled long as our to lower h's head, and now are heavily flood, although the warsel had been ́resorted to oiharaketics. It was impossible to

rise and the Chinese will wear more cotion than VILLAGE ROBBERY, raise his fiste to fight, so be" quisly animad the searched a thoroughly as circumstances per

|ever before, 'At present it is safe to say that A week ago some eighty rabbas attacked bere are at least 400,000,000 of them who dangling pigtail of h's onamy and began mited, is tellingly exposed lo's leading article the village of Sau Tal, in Fang Chan district, dreas in such goods all the year round. winding and winding it around his wrist, in "The Leading Light". The law in declared and raunched half a dozen houses. The rob. They wear only oon or two thin gar- When the tension on the tall one's scalp be to be noomalies and fundamentally unjust and

bera carried away with them seven persons, ments in the enmmer, but in water came too intense, the offending head ducked

its immediate amendment is demanded. We

men and 4 women, in addition to a quantity of they bava several suits well wadded to keep booty valued at several thousand dollars. On tumselves war, and in the northern pro down and so cleared the short one's field of A NEWSPAPER in Holland tries to be up to officinis without loss of time despatched a au- grows colder. Even at one sult of twenty yards receipt of laforciation reporting the case, the vinces they put on sait after suli as the wollbar At this point I was falut with the heat and tions up to the first quarter of 1910. This recover the kidnapped persons, ch

sk date in rubber fi,aring by bringing the calcule bor of "braves" 10 capture the brigands and iseach person per year the amount of cotton used 'ck of the edene of the orches'ra's chow, so estimate gives the amount sunk in rubber H. B. Viceroy Yuan was yesterday in recolpe sion. It would carpet a pathway sixty lost wide is so great that at least 8,009,000,000 yards ain KPMG FLOODS IN HUMAN, quietly raiired.NE

required." Tklı amount is beyond comprakan- 3,000 mill on guilders. The companies include

of cotton goods to siber countries is loss than companias fated and stablished at about

from New York to Chicago, Our total shipment Dutch, Britt, French and German raptures

$13,000,000 far, and all we and to Aals But the concerns working to Brasil and the

to calad would hardly patch the pass of the solla for less than $2,000,000. That which roas Coorg Free State are not taken lato modernt,

Chastain Pen slone mase their clocks,

***Ten, kalögu skyshall nevar, forget the par

arrafance of the Chinese actor, the patience of Als andlance-Monro Andeksos, le Pall Mo

porting the occurrence of disastrous fonds is of a telegram from the province of Donate the Shang Tak diatric and at the same time the people of Canton to rollare the maloniunate barnestly soliciting pecuniary and dance, from

No Fire Insurance has been 'effected. Damaged. packages must be left in the Godowns for examloation by the Consignee's and the Co.'s representatives at an appointed hour. All claims, must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hero," "after which date they cannot be recognised. No claims will be admitted after the goods have Ieft the Godowns,

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hengkong, add June, rg1o.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE

THE Steamship

TH

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"CATHERINE AFCAR,”- having arrived, from the above Ports, Con signes of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.

will be landed at once, at Consignees risk and Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel experse.,

Cargo remaining on board alter 4 P.M. of the agth inst, will be subject to rent,

Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE and PENANG are requested to take IM- from alongside, such Cargo Impeding the dis-

·MEDIATE DELIVERY of their Goods chargs of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consigneas' risk and expense.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the andersigned.

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LIMITED,

Agents. Hanokono. 23rd June, 2019.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co. Steamer

DELTA

Consignees of Cargo by the abcro-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their rith in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Grodown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where duch consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as th Goods

are landed, fo

Intimations.

CHEESE

MILD CANADIAN STILTON

.60 cents per

THE

DAIRY FARM

LIMITED.

The "ASAHÏ" Brewery is situated naar the SUITA SPRINGS.".

These Calabruind waters are used in the manufacture of

Parky guaranteed

Nota Price Li

" ASAHI"

8" SAPPORO"

Betr

par casa 4 do quad-

V $12.00

* per case § dar, pék, $13.50***

To be obtained at all Retailers,

NOTICE.

R. LI HON FAN, « Okļues» gradante,"

Mred in literature, has been esscher

to European officials and merchante in this Colony for over tan yaara,

He has a good method of trafning Euro is possessed of a first rate certificate as a peans to pass in the Chiness examination," and Galasso teacher. He has also a good know- ledge of Mandarin.

language are requested to write care of Those who intend learning the Chinees Hongkong Telegraph office or direct to 37, Hollywood,Read, and Boot.

Hongkong, jed January, 1910,

HƯNG ON & CO., -SHOW ROOM AND STORE the Premises formerly occupied A CHEE &,00,

174, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

GENERAL UPHOLSTERERS AND FURNITURE

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS,

ROOKERY, Outlery, Electro and, Silver Plated, Glass and Iron Wares of nit descriptions, always on hand, for Sale or on hire at moderate rates,

Hongkook in Juun, 1910---

This vessel brings on Cargo – MetroL TH

From London, &o, ex vs. Maldavia,

parti From Persian Gulf, ar B1, SN, and B.

& P. S. N. Co.'s Steamers, Optional Goods will be landed here miess Instructions are given to the contrary within 6 hour

Goode not cleared by the 28th lust at 4PM. will be subject to rent,

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any cua whatever, olvasta

Damaged Packages must be Jat in the Godowns for examination by the Consignup's and the Company's representatives appolated hour.

NOTICE TO SU

than one month will be charyad ́as (months)

The daily

"address: la scosselbleit

#On copias sent by post an

́is charred for pon The postage on the wee

of the world le yo cents per quRRIS

S

o

twenty

days of the steamer's arrival here, after which All claims must be presented within tan date they cannot be recognised someon

No cialna will be admitted after' have left the Godowns,

EA. HEWETT,

Superintendant.

Itongkong, 2nd June, igro,

the goods

BRANDY

(PAY There will subscribers as heretofore

By Order,

THE MANAGER, Hongkong Telegraph Go,

THAT CAN

BE RELIED ON.

Martell's Brandy has a World-wide reputation to maintain, and the enor-

mous consumption of this Brandy in Hospitals, Hotels, Clubs, eto, proves that it is maintaining its reputation as no other Brandy can do.

H. PRICE AND CO., LTD.

SOLE AGENTS.

Queen's Road Central

HONGKONGA

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