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GENERAL NEWS.

Mount Asama In Eruption A Tokyo correspondent reports that Mt. Asame, the volcano, is again notive.

Madame Okabe.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919.

NO MORE ROTTEN SHIPS.

(Continued from Yesterday), This Unicu although inde pondent, will work ju closest harmony with unions having the

handed over to Lloyd's under- writers, and they will be advised to refuse to pay the insurances cannot bear witness, but out of on the vessel. The living officer mouths of the load such evidence same objects. Steps are being shatter the present system, and may come as will permanently Mme. Okabe, daughter of Baron taken to draw up and secure make it immaterial whether the Kato, the Japanese Ambassador, acliudules of pay and conditions Board of Trade be reformed or not. loft London recoatly for New of work fairer to the officers, and For if the underwriters do not York to join Mr. Okabe, who is at the same time conducive to the pay on rotten vessels, low vessels an Attache to the Japanese Em-safety of the travelling public. A which are rotten will go to ses. bassy at Washington.

special feature is to be munde to secure the inore adequate training Arranging with the Underwriters. Thoro should be little difficulty

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Chinese National Holidays. By order of President Yuan, the scheme of training will be on the part of the underwiters Setas, 8 Glanville Aranno Kogloop.

of boys to beunme officers, and as in arranging for an undertaking LOST, Jajce dog, black and and approved by the National drawn up by prectionl men, from that a defiate percentage of their Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1912, Assembly, the National. holdays of China in future are to be ronal battle for uconn travel safety of the inst men whose testimonies now on wo muy consider that the

saving should go to the familien | January 1st, the date of the has really bogun, since we have have been the means of anving new government in Nanking; the masters and mates combined Lloyd's thousands of pounds.wers to the a me path." Libial February, 12th, the abdication of and determined on things being It is difficult to see how word for any information or for the the Manohus, and October 10.faltered. The ideals of the union this scheme of enabling the dendurn of ha sama to H. O. H; White.

the first revolutionary success.nt Wuchang

Results of Queue-abolition.

pointed Governor

are many, and we are gratified to find a determination to endeavour to raise the level of the profession to something whore mon will be proud to be sea-captains and pa- rontu can anaugotosond their sons from public schools to the mer chant service. Surely it will be fitting for the morenntile marine of the country to be directed as to anita by as good material as can be found.

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to bear witness can fail to produce good results. It is obviously in The revolution in China has

although he be not a member of The interest of the officer, even had a pecular effect upon the silk

the Union, to draw up his certified trade The consumption of certain sorts of silk (especially suitable

report, since, if he he claimed by for that market) have declined, in

the sea, he will know that his consequence of the abolition of

of a livelihood, and his character family will have a greater chance the pig tail. The silk upper garments are no longer male

if the truth is known than if the a greater hope of being unstuinod, greasy and dirty by the tail, and thus can be worn longer; and,

shipowner draws bis insurance further, the silk ribbons used for The organisation and develop-

[and nothing is done. How con- tying up and ornamenting the meat of the forces of the Unionsiderable are the sume concerned pig-tail are on longer required, will take time, but those respon-we may judge from the fact that mom has a bath and dressing The Chinese also used to wear sible for its inception have defar the six months of this year the tached; Ane view of the bar- principally silk clothes, wherea vised a mothod of procedure estimated total of losses exceeded Apply to C.K." care now they are adopting oloth which can be set at once in mo- £5,000,000 (in the same period of

Hongkong Hotel., Hongkong. 9th Oct., 1912. (woollon or worsted) and the tion, and which sims straight at 1911 the amount was 50 per Western out of garmonts. Course the root of much of the ovil exist can less). There were 3,0010 LET. Houses in Austin silks such as Kashings and ing in morcantilo marins matters.

total and partial loBROS -

Arenus, Kowloon. Immediata Chincums are most affected, and Slipsure rotten because there is vessels under 500 tons grossesion Apply A. Baymond, cje prices have fallen considerably no adequate supervision, and bo registor boing excluded from the | Hongkong, 1st Oct., 1912." [712 As a rot-off to this, the sale of hats cause owners do not wish to spend sions were responsible for 938.OFFICES TO LET.First Class and caps is rapidly increasing in money unless they are forced. the Celestial Empire.

Rotton ships become more rotten strandings for 848, and weather central avoinmodation, light and British North Borneo's Now at an increasingly rapid rate, and lange for 034, No fewer than airy, on First, Second and Third Floor,

Governor.

the result in often thunt is 127 vessels, 48 British and 81 in new building being erected for Mossrs. It is understood that, Mr. J. Įmay be n far better thing foreign, aggregating 127,114 tons. WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW & CO., Scott Mason, who has been ap to the shipowner for a vossel were lost. Indeed, 32 ships, 20 LTD. Entrance from Des Voeux Road

lectrio Lift to all doors. Elentriai British and 12 foreign, wore lost; oven of North to be

Light throughoal. Borneo (temporarily) will arrive hands, than for it to be docked. posted "missing," carrying with

The plan can be soon and all partion- in Singapore on October 19th. There is always the insurance them to a nameless grave as many late obtained at the Offices of Messrs.

000 officers and men. The G. 8. Y. Lotus will go to money to be claimed.

PALMER & TURNER, Alexandra Singapore, and will convoy H. E things have gone on, ships live

Insurance.

Buildings, 8rd Finor. to Kelantan before bringing him been lost, have been posted lost carried insurance of over Over ten of the British versols

90th Sept. 1419- to Borneo. Mr. Scott Mason is overdue, as missing, an lost, and 50,000 onch. Can. we wonder MOUREENAOH, 31 The Peak expected to arrive in Sandakan tho merchant service so that the new soliemo of protecting bar. Apply Property Office, Jardine. on or about the lat November. hundreds and thousands of live-

Round the World by Motor: owing to a pernicious ayatem Lloyd's against rotten vessels Mst won & Co. Ltd. Mr. Peter R. Hawker, who whoroby rottenness is encouraged, passossea for them a more than ongkong, Brd Sep, 1912 [689 started from London a day or two and to lose a vessel which is not

theoretical valué ? We do not ago on a motor car trip round the sound and ought never to have hesitate to say that with the TO LET LARGE substantially buil, world, via Paris, Berlin, Moscow, been allowed to set sail is more Males' Union, and with the putting East Polat. Forfurter particulars apply

founding of the Masters' and Siberia, Northern China, Japan, profitable than for the vessel to and America, has met with trouble arrive bome. This is possible, into force the system of ensuring Property Office, Jardine, Matheson & at a very early stage of his this negligence in precaution that every ship shall leave its Co. Ltd. journey. After a long drive against disaster, owing to the record beltind it in incontrover. Hargkang. 18th Ang., 1912. through the rain, he spent five fact that those who know the tible form, a new era has begun TO LET on 2nd Floor No. 2. Ped- houre of his first day in custody, actual conditious on the particular for tho mercantile marine of this owing to some mistake on the vessels are unable to speak what country. We shall be surprised part of the police. He states he they know. The very complete if there will not be seen a very was arrested for stealing his own system of blacklisting officers sudden improvement in condi which the owners have built up

tions. Through the pocket is the Japanese at Taych. in order to save themselves aurest way to progress in this Hankow, October 4-The from the inconvenienco of care, and the saving of the pockets Japanese military ontinue to truth-telling officers has very of the underwriters will result in manifest the kernest interest in naturally led to ships going to thesaving of the lives of hundreds the Tayoh district, whence Japan sen unsound and unfit.

and possibly thousands of officers, gets large shipments of iron-ore! The New Scheme.

crow and passengers. Even the and cement. A recent visitor re: But now the officer in to be fear of such a system of evading poris that two Japanese cruisers articulate, through bis union, and the enforced dumbness of to-day and one gun-boat aro lying at individually. A scheme has been cannot fail to have a good effect Shibhuiyan, the port of Tayeh, arranged so that every vessel The officers have the whole and that, recently 300 Japanese leaving port in an unsound condi-question in their own hands, and blue jackets journeyed inland to tion, not really fit for sea, even we believe that by their action the mines, wearing side-arms. if preset by one of those gentle-this country will once more lead The Wuchang Plot. men employed by the Board of the world in matters mercantile, The "Bankow Daily News Trade, who as Civil servants and that everyone who goes down states that there exists really an follow custom, shall leave behind to the sea in ships shall be assured more cavalry at Wuching after it the ronsons for dienster should a "chance of life.” the futile plot on the 25th ult. diameter befallit. But we will It understands that there were outline the modus operandi. Tho only about 180 to 140 survivors, officers of each ship, before of which about a hundred were leaving port, will draw up in- perdoned and distributed into dividually certified reports of other goalingents while the rest the setual conditions obtaining ascaped and fed towards Kinkow. on board their vessel-the boats, All others, some 150 to 200, were the bollers, everything will be either shot or driven into the included, as well as the nature "The Philippines are not cost- lake, where they were drowned, of the Board of Trade inspec-ng this Governinent one cent," prefer Manila life to that of any Uinted Services Travel Club. sion, special regard being given said Henry Byard McCoy, insular city in this country, and yet I Lord Lvveden and the Hon. to glaring instances in which the Collector of Customs of the

know the delights that come to] Edmund Pery, brother of the pocket of the shipowner has over- Philippines. Few persons com-

the residents of the United Stater, Earl of Limerick, have left Liver come his milk of human kindness partively realize this proposition. It is the greatest, richest and pool by the Majestic for New towards those manning his ship. We might as well think of giving most wonderful possession that Work to meet some Americans These reports will be deposited, up New York, the Empire State, ever came to a nation on this who contemplate the cruise to the sealed, in the safe keeping of Pennsylvania, Texas or Colorado earth. "Washington Post. Far East under the auspices of trustees of the Union or in some as to think of giving up the A Crocodile's Digestive Power. the United Services Travel Club, independent hands, absolutely Philippines. The Philippine is 3, Upper Waburn-place, W. C. confidentially, with a letter giving lands today are the commercial the British Borneo Development Mr. W. W. Wells, Manager of The Earl and Countess of Hard instructions for the envelopes to key to the Orient in their re- Co. Ltd., shot on Merguan Estate wick, the Earl and Countess of be opened in certain circum-lation to the United States. on 29th September, a crocodil Egmont, and the Hon. Geoffrey stances. Even the officials of the There is absolutely no dan-15ft, Sin: long by 5ft, girth. It perm Fiennes, eldest son of Lord Saye Union will not necessarily know ger in our possession of the was discovered by his water. and Sele, are joining the oruire. the contents of the reports; the Philippines from a military point carrier in a pool at the back of Charge d'Affaires at Bangkok, officers have then every reason to of view, and there is a big his house, and was shot at a range.

Mr. Sheldon L. Crosby, Third feel free to give their real views advantage from a naval point. of about 15 yards taking some 21 || Secretary to the American Em- and the actual faote: The vessel "Fourteen, years ago, when we hours.to kill On opening it up bassy in London, who has recently sails and, we will say, is lost gained control of the Philippines," there was found inside 25 large been appointed First Secretary to or meets with accident involving continued MoCoy, this country stones, a python 13ft. long and a the American Legation in Slam, loss of life. The certified reports had not a dollar's worth of man's jacket. The natives say has been instructed to proceed at ars then handed over to the Union business with the islands. This that the stones represent the ance to Bangkok owing to the and opened. Should they con may not be a exact statement. It number of people the crododile death of the American Minister, tain facts to justify belief in is probably true that manufao has taken 1-other mailyesmid they On arrival he will act sa Charge the unseaworthiness of the vessel, tured goods, from the United represent the number of råvare

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(881 Hongkong, 22nd Mar, 1919. Philippines will buy from the United States more than $20,- 000,000 worth of goods. And yet IN TENNIS, DAY, TUNIC and the Philippines are not costing us

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