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TELEGRAMS,

LAND REFORM.

THE DOMINANT ISSUE.

Router's

TELEGRAMS.

AMERICAN POLITICS. A LABOUR MINISTER.""

Rouler's [Service to the "Telegraph,"

London, July 18, 4.20 a.m. Received, 4 p.m. Reuter's Washington corres [Service to the "Telegraph."pondent states that the House

Representatives has passed a Bill London, July 18, 25 a.m.; creating the position uf Secretary Received, 1.24 p.m. of Labour, the holder of which is

to have a seat in the Cabinet

Mr. Hemmorde, M.P., speaking in London, said the taxation of land values was rapidly becoming the dominant issue in politics. Ho romarked that there was not a single Commoner, apart from land taxore, whose helped Mr Outhwaite to win Hanley. The gooner Young Liberalism swopt out the men who were unable to stand up for Liberalism in the constituencies the botter would it be for Liboraliem,

SIR PERCY GIRQUARD.

BIRCH FOR YOUTHFUL SNATCHER.

of

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY

COMPANY MEETING.

MR. ANDERSON'S

ADVICE

1912

hes bought a property in Queen's Road, olose to this place, which will be lot to the Company on the basis of 7 1/2 per cent outlay. Hongkong U. S. Consul on the

Proservation of Books. Gentlemen, this Company has paid 43 per cent, dividend during

in the air.

"For some time the bureau of

STOP

DO YOU WANT GOOD, CLEAN & WHOLESOME

BUTCHERS MEAIS

COME TO US We guarantee SATISFACTION. THE DAIRY FARM CO., LTD.

ACKERMAN

LAURANCE'S

DRY ROYAL

WHY BUY, EXPENSIVE WINES WHEN YOU CAN OB- TAIN THE SAME VALUE AT A CHEAPER PRICE?

GARNER OUELCH & CO.

H. Price and Co., Ltd. The fifth ordinary annual ineating of shareholders of H Price & Oo., Ltd, was held at the the first four years of its registra The serious damage done to Company's offices, 12 Queen' tion, and through unforeseen bir Road, to-day at 12 o'clock noon. cumstances no dividend osu bo books and publications of various Mr. Chan ni Ming was in the paid for the fifth year, a fact kinds by worms and other chair, and there were also present: which your Directors deeply de-insects found in most tropical -A. Rumjuhn, Managing Direo-plore, By special resolutions countries, has moved Consul tor: Lau Po Wing,irector, J. J. pissed on the 19th December General George E. Anderson, of Blake, Chann Alt Ying, M. A last year the name of our Com-Hongkong; to call attention of Razack, Chui Un Mon, E. Anny was changed from the 1st manufacturers and publishers for Williams and O. Bond, Secretary, January this year to Gande Price special binding for catalogues, eta, intended for use in tropical The Secretary having road the & Co., Id. notice convening the meeting, With theme remarks I propose countries. In some of these coun-

The Chairman said:-The re-

that the Directors' report and tries, he says, books bound with port and statement of necont statement of account for the year ordinary glue, come apart as a having been in your hands for 1912, as laid before you, be result of the excessive dampness London, July 18, 4.20 a.m.

But-" more of them offers the best possible value in sparkling Wines. Dry Royal is d Received, 4 p.,

some time, I propose to take them adopted and passed.

Mr. Blake, in secouling, said:are damaged by the ravages of celebrated brand and has been a popular favourite for over a Messrs. Armstrong nonces read. Your Directors regret. that Sir Percy Giroud, Inte very much that the working for Gentlemen, Considering the tone largely by cockroaches contury: A Special feature of Dry Royal is its inoderate price. Governor of East Africa, has ac- the past year. was so unsatis great obstacles which have been eating the sizing or glue stock in cepted a seat on the Directorate factory. In consequence of the in the way of business during the te fillor of the cloth or board of the Company."

troubles in China the British past year, 1 nm of opinion, and I binding. There are also other Vicel was absent from our her have no doubt then jority of the pests to be guarded against in

shareholdere will bear me out, that this line. bour during the Winter season and there was loss foreign shipwe are very fortunate that the ping; our Coast Ports business losses are not much more than printing of the government of the Philippines has been carrying on, Mr. Outhwaite, Liboral M.P.

was practically at a standstill. wlist has been placed before us on

with satisfactory results, experi When you for Hanley, in the course of u At the Police Court to-day two Addol to these depressions, two the balance sheet. speech, said he hoped the appoint-boys were charge before Mr. firms closed their shutters, the come to take into consideration ments in the use of special glue ment of a committed to investigate Molbourne, with snatching a hat result being that nuprecedented the Rovolutionary movement, the stock and sizing aid of various land reform would not dodge or from a man in the Empire sales of whiskies and wines hire absence of the ships of H. M.'s materials for book covoring. In

Theatro, last night, pastpone the 'true solution.

taken place in auction rooms, Navy, and, last but not least, the each book issued is insorted a Mr. Ollo Kong Sing defended Competition has been becoming keen competition which has been printed slip which asks the the second prisoner.

hurean the experience had The defence of the first defeu-more acute and in order to in our way, I think we should recipient to report to the dant was that he was given the rease our sales, we land to spend shake hands with ourselves and at by the second defentiunt, who more money in newspaper atender our sincero thanks not only with that particular sort of to the directora of the Company binding. Results are watched pasaod it through the window of

but also to the staff for the able and a record kept of the ad- the theatre saying that he had

manner in which they have looked vantages of each particular varisty found it under a scat Ho threw

after our interests during the of binding materials. At present the bat away as 4000

the publications of the bureau past twelve months.

The motion was onrried. live already boon close proposition, Mr. Chairman Your Directors, however, are

The Chairman proposed, and ploa-od to say that, so far, the trade this year, up to the end of Mr. Chan Ah Ying secondel, the June, has improved very much. re-election of Messrs. Lowe, Bing- Our local business has shown anlam and Matthews as auditore, at increnso of about $18,500 over the same period of last year. Many of our constituents have our appeal for responded to advertising allowances,

Since the beginning of this year, as you are already aware, we acquired the business of STEALING A MONEY, BOX.

FRENCH ANTI- MILITARISTS.

us he

vertisements.

Our branches in Japan and formos have not realised the hopes we had cherised, and steps are being taken to lose them.

I have

London, July 17, 3.45 am

Received, 8.10, p.m. At the suggestion of M. Briand, M. Fallieres has released Herve received it and some people The Canion and Kowloon branch. (much pleasure in seconding your are being issued in bindings ; and other imprisoned 'anti-milt- tarists, Horve, in response, pub-closed him.

lishes a lotter of coarse abuse of M. Poincare and M. Briand.

SIR E. P. C. GIROUARD. AN OUTSIDE POSITION.

London, July 17, 3.45 am. Received, 6.10 p.n. The Times "says that Colonel Sir Edouard P. C..Girottard, K.C.M.G., formerly Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East Africa Protectorato, has accepted

(2.2)

Mr. Kong Sing said he failed to know of any evidence that could bo urged against his client with the exception of what the first

defendant ind said.

Mr. Melbourne bell that thero was no evidenco against the second defondant and discharged him, whilst he ordered the first defendant to receive eight strokes

of the birch.

THEFT FROM AN ENGINEER.

Messrs. J. W. Gande & Co. of Shanghai, and we are glad to learn from our Managing Dirce that our Shanghai firm

remuneration to be heroafter fixed by the directors. The pro- position was carried.

The Chairman. That is all the business, gentlemen. I hope you will be luckior next year.

Chained to the Counter.

mado from approved inaterials, and the result is that these are

practically the only publications received in this part of the world that are not immediately injured by local posts.

Experience in other tropical countries is practically the same as that in South China, and the efforts of the government bureau at Manila, ought to be of more than passing value to publishers generally.

American exportors will increase the probable value of their trade catalogues to be used in tropical countries if they will give the matter of resisting Two Chinese, one a cook's us

dampnoss and insect pests special At the Criminal Sessions before attention."—"Cable-ñows Ameri- Į sistant ap the other a watch-tor marker froni Shaukisan, were had been doing an increase Mr. Justice Gompertz, So Chat charged bofore Mr. E. A. Irving business during the last fow and Lai Tak-tsoi wore charged to-day, on distinct counts. The months. In the months of May with attempting to steal an iron first defondant was charged with and June last, their turn-ovor enge containing $24 from a stosling, two gold chains, one was about 50 per cent, over the grocer's shop nt Mong-kok-tsui. valued $60 and one $800, and a corresponding period of last year, gold_ring containing a stone and when the business was privatoly pearly valued $20 at some time owned by Messrs. J. W. Gande during the past three months;& Co

with important position Messrs. Armstrong's. There is no question of friction either with the Colonial Office or the settlers,

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Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed

can

GARRISON ORDERS.

The Garrison Orders` notify by Mr. J. II. Kemp, Crown Solici-that leave of absence on privato or prosecuted on behalf of the affairs, to the United Kingdom. Crown: the prisoners were un-is granted to 2nd Lieut. A. U. dofouded.

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itocoived, 7.48 p.m. the articles being the property of | You will remember that on the Two doctors have resigned their an engineer at. Quarry Bay. He 19th December lasts; ocial resɔlu- appointments under the Welshpended guilty. The second tious were passed for the issue of National Memorial scheme. Nine defendant was charged with re- 10,000 new shares, 4,000 of which other appointons have each ro- evived a lotior from the British coiving the ring, knowing the were to be issued to Mostra, J. W. Modical Association suggesting same to have been stolen. Mr. Gando & Co., al that they should follow the ex- Outo Kong Sing defended the shares at $2 premium.

According to the 1,000 shares to be issued to Mr. A. E. Paine whose nome ample thus set, as it is essential second man, not to accept posts which will evidence of the police, the comMessrs. J. W. Cando & Co. were was also callord was excused from facilitate the working of the plainant reported his loss on for the value of their stock, furni-service. Insurance Act until the demands Tuesday night, and now all the uro, fixture, etc., to be taken over The first prisoner pleaded of the profession are met.

nissing property had been found. by us at par, but we have actually guilty, and the second not guilty. availing, is granted to Captain The complainant, in the issued to them 3,195 shares only, Mr. Patier expressed the hope A. J. Orchard; 8th Rajpats; and course of his evidence, said that as their stock, furniture, fixtures, that the jury would not be infu- combined leave to the United ho bought the ring at. Colombo, [ete., passed on to us wore worth encod in any way by the first Kingdom, for 8 months from 1st and he holiered it was worth the value of the shares issued to lefendant's plea of guilty; the August, 1912, is granted to Lieut. about £2.

them at par. 2.595 shares at $2 Crown would have to prove the U. N. Stoel, 25th Punjabis. premium have been also taken up, case against the second prisoner.

The following jars was en-KO.Y.LI, from 24th August, A PERFECT SCOTCH WHISKY pauollod-Messrs W. C. Hailey, 1912 to 24th May, 1913; pri

(MELLOW LIKE A LIQUEUR.) foreman. . A. Poel, W. B.vilege leave on private affairs, to

On account of ils: Exceptional Quality, D. & J. McQallam's Marshall, G. T. Lawson, E. D. the neighbouring countries, is par, and 0,000 Haskell, T. A. Muokintosh, and granted to Captain J. S. Cobbe," Perfection "was the Sole Whisky supplied at all Functions during

The C. Haeslop

R.A., 24th (Hazara) Mountain the visit of the King and Queen to Elinburgh, May, 1903. Battery, from 3rd August to 30th September, 1912; furlough to the United Kingdom, for one year; from 1st August, 1012, of date of

RUSSIA AND JAPAN. A VIRTUAL ALLIANCE

London, July 17, 3.45 a.m.

-labours:

MR. ASQUITH. DUBLIN'S WELCOME.

Mr. Hong Sing:-Nosuch thing,

DON'T FORGET.

Complainant said that the loaving, therefore, 4,210 shares About 0.45 p.m. on June 14 the The Yokohama Bribery Case. boy who stole the things used to unallotted. In view of there being man who had ploaded not guilty In connection with the Yoko- Roceived, G 10 p.m. The "Times", publishes a St.he in his employ; he did not no dividend for last year's along with four or five other men hama Waterworks scandal, a Petersburg message which states know the man charged with re-working, your Directors have went to the grocer's shop. in Pablic Procurator of the Yoko- that the unallotta Shanghai Street and attempted to hama District Court proceeded to that it is asserted in well-inform-ceiving. He miased to ring on decided edquarters that negotiations the 4th of July from his cash box shares be offered firet, to the steal the iron cage produced. Danka recently: and, with the as- between Tokio and St. Petersburg: The watchmaker said that the present shareholders, old and which contained some $24 insistance of two Judges of the for the conclusion of a virtual[other defendant represented the new, and the balance (if copper cents. The first prisoner Osaka Local Court, made a domi- alliance are practically completed. ring as his own. He bought it any) to the public. Out of the matched at the cage, drow a ciliary search at the residences Prince Katsura, who arrives on for $2; it was worth perhaps $32,695 shares issued at $12 per revolver and pointed it at of G. Kubota, proprietor of the July 21st, is coming. to put the

The men were unable Kubota Tron Works, and of Y. final touch to the ambassadors' his book because he bought the has taken 1,200 shares, and he to get away with the cage for the Mogi, one of his representatives,

He did not enter the purchase in stare, your Managing Director foki. ring for himself and not to sell," also took up 1,000 shares at $12 simple-reason-that it had boon who is charged-with-bribing offi

Mr. Irving discharge the per share of the 3,000 shares chained to the counter, a procaucials of the Yokohama Water- watchmaker with a caution, He issued last year at $2 promium. tion, which, counsel believel, was works. sentenced the first defendant to! This fact shows, goutlemen, the taken by the majority of Chinese six weeks' hard labour, and after confidence which he has in the who had similar boxes on their severely reprimanding the pawn Company, in which he is the counters. The thieves were pur- London, July 18, 4.20 u.m.'

brokers for not taking steps to largest sharoholder. You may sued and the first prisoner caught, Received 4 p.m.

ascertain where he chairs camo depond upon it that everything but the second was not arrested Mr. Asquith arrives in Dublin from when they accepted then, that lies in the power of your until later in the evening. to-night, and he will be wolormed ordered that the chains be restor-Directors to make this Con pany The charged against the first Royal, 9.16. by twenty bands and 2,000 torched to the rightful owner without a great success will be done with prisoner was amended, it being uny compensation, to the pawn-their best ability. But we are stated that he had a revolver. He brokers.

all human, and mistakes in the still pleaded guilty, opening of branches have boen In the result the jury discharged. LAW LIST, dearly paid for by us; the groat-the prisoner who had pleaded ost sufferer being your Managing not guilty, while the other was A FINE RECORD.

Director, who, as I have said, sentenced to one year's imprison- Supreme Court...

holds the bulk of our shares. | ment with hard labour, London July 18, 4.20 a.ın.

From louceforth we will endeav- Original Jurisdiction. Received, 4 p.m.

Perak Tin Exports: July 25-Full Court, ra Walour to confine our sphore of Sergeant Ommundsen, of

The following are the advance Cheong Kee v. Prussion National operation in Chian. Queen's Edinburgh, has with a

Our expenses are being re-figures (liable to correction) of the score of 103 become the winner Insurance Co. of Stettin. Motion

duced and will show

an export of tin from Preak for June, appreciable reduction from 1912 (exclusive of Upper Perak): next year, when a great re-Block in 7,338,04 pioules vuotion in our rental account in ore 26,160 pionls: duty

will take place, as your Chairman: $439,858,74

Looters.

BISLEY:

of the bronze medal at Bisley.

He has thus established a re- bord, having at one time or on other won all three modal

for security for costs. Appellate Jurisdiction.

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