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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 191,

THE FINEST LONDON GIN

DISTILLED BY

*Talking to Daddy,”!

DAY BY DAY.

In connection with the death of Captain Scott, a correspondent of A weak nature is injured by a Homo paper ers that a strange prosperity: a finer, by adversity; incident, whic' occurred the the nest, by neither. begining of last year, is recalled

Sir Robert Burnett & Co. by friends of the family. Peter,

OLD TOM GIN

DRY GIN.

UNEQUALLED IN QUALITY ·

A. S. WATSON &

CO.,

LTD.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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The Mails,

of

the oaptain's little son, came Canadian and Amor en Muils. in one morning, after playing Arrived per s.8 Empresa in the garden, and informed India last evening his mother that he bad been talking to daddy." The English Mail-Despatched per positiveness of the child's asser-

8.8. Delia at I p.m. to-day. tion somewhat alarmed Mrs. Scott Siberina Mail-Closes per at the time.. It may be remark- Chinhun at 5 p.m. to-day. ed that the inuident occurred closs to the time at which Cap-

English Mail,

tain Scott is now known to have died. Children say strange and unexpected things at times which startle us and make us wonder whether, after all, they are not gifted with something like second eight.

6.6.

February was delivered in London The English Mail of the 15th

on March 14.

HONGKONG TWENTY-coted were $6,836.58. At the

FIVE YEARS AGO.

(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" filea for the Week

·Ending March 15, 1888.)

Messrs. Kuhn's Sale.

COMPANY MEETING.

Ing Company Limited,

annual examination, out of 48 failed satisfy the inspector. The pupils oxamined, only one had The Hongkong Rope Manufactur- grant earned was $813.34 an inerease of 48 per cent on that of the previous year.

This morning at 11.30, the twenty-ninth Ordinary General that if our weekly retrospect wore [It has been suggested to us

A Good SuggesMon Meeting of the Hongkong Rope Commenting on some boatmen Manufacturing Company Limited mide to deal with matters that being fined for a trifling offence, was held at the offices of the happened in the Colony as re- "Telegraph", leaderette of Managers, Mesars, Shewan Tomes. ostly as the year 1888, it would March 12 observes: If the Mr. O, A. Tomes presided, others era, many of whom have been in much attention to the filthy Mr. H. P. White, Mr. D. W. Orad be of greater interest to our read-Police authorities paid half as present being Dr. J. W. Noble, longkong five and twenty years condition of Queen's Roaddook (Consulting Committee), but few of whom date back as far the east end of it to the sicken-Messrs. D. K. Mose, J, A. Young, will therefore sppear in future garbage and the generally Hancock and C. Klinck. as thirty years ago. This column ing and offensive displays of R. Henderson (Secretary) II. R.B., under the above head,]

unwholesome and disgusting The Secretary read the notice. appearance of that part of our main convening the meeting. 1888, advertises the selling off of Hongkong would quickly become,

The Telegraph of March 8, thoroughfare and roadway. The Chairman said :— has resumed duty as Officiating Mosere. Kahn and Co.'s entire in that particular part, a place men, I will take the report and Unless you disapprove, gentle- Clergyman to the Roman Catholic acck " Troops in the Command.

owing to the closing where a white man could walk or statement of accounts as having of their Hongkong store.

ride without feeling ashamed of been read. The balance of work- Bya coincidence WO are many of his countrymen in their ing account and balance of profit The latest oxample of "judicial The Governor-in-Council has advertising a similar sale by miserable efforts at running a and loss are almost identically innocence "1

is a query from the directed that the existing valus Messrs. Kuhn and Komor "owing city" Bench at Chertsey what is a tion of the Colony shall ba adopt to the retirement from business saveloy?" Counsel engaged ined as the valuation for the year

of Mr. Kuhn. the caso ventured the suggestion commencing 1st July, 1913. that it was "a sort of pork pie," which is as fine a howler se we have seen for quite a time Even a licence holder, who ad-

The Saveldy.

Officiating Clergyman. The Reverend Fr. Augustine

Valuation.

Bandmand Opera Co. to hear that the Bandmann Oper Our readers will be interested Company, with all the latest

"The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph " wil mitted to selling them, over Home successsa, will open in Hon. Mr.J. Bell Irving was whole-function is described as an for these bart debts but they may

be as follows:

Daily isane $30 per annum.. Weekly issue-$13 per annum.

The rates per quarter and per m sem, proportional. Subscriptions for any period less than ne month will be charged as for a full month.

:

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his counter, had to be content with describing it as a kind of eausage with a brown skin.”

Hongkong on the 27th inst.

Vice Admiral Jerram,

the same as last year. Several Bravo!: Quite good! ! items of bad debta on Chinese.

Kowloon Flower Show: Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf

accounts aggregating $3,381 30 In splendid weather the Kow-running back for three years and Godown Company loon Horticultural Exhibition have been written off in working

Limited. ordinary annual meeting of the toushires was in attendance and debtors being considered good. On the same date the first 13. The band of the Northamp under the head of sundry Society opened its show on March account, all other outstandings above company was held. The gave a good programme; and the The late Compradore was liable Chairman, and those prout in unqualified success. eluded auch well-known names

now be looked upon as irrecover- saveloy knows nothing of one of there arrived yesterday Vici Hon. Mr. A. P. McEwen, H. The man who does not know the By the a.s. Empress of India as the Hon. Mr. C. P. Chator, the Hongkong Rope Manufacturing able. Chinese sales at present

Company, Ltd.

are guaranteed by the new Com- the cheaper luxuries of the poorer Admiral Jerram, the now Com Hoppius, F. Dodwell, B. Layton, this concern was held on the same Stocks at factory and on consiga- The fourth general meeting of pradore under effective security. The daily issue is delivered free when the addross is accessible to classes in England. It is sold at|mander-in-Chief of this Station.H. N. Mody, and P. Jordan. The date. The Secretary (Mr. R.ment se stated in the account are messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered at a penny and is a savoury sausage, a is accompanied by Mr. Chairman observed that the ro- Shewau) having road the report, smaller than usual as we refrain their residences without any extra charge. On copies sont by alwaye ready to be eaten. But Jercam

ult of the first year's working Mr. W. N. Forbes, the Chairman, ed from buying any more hemp post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. what is a saveloy? It should The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00 bread or meal as a filling, and a hedy Road, is to be sold by ano for old projudices and customs $25,000, six months previously, sational jump in hemp prices oo- could not be looked upon as un-regretted that the balance wasstill in the latter part of the year than contain finely minced pork and Inland Lot 1948, above Kentisfactory. A new undertaking of on the wrong side, but said that was necessary on account of the Single Copies, Daily, ten cents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (for variety of chopped herbs and tion is the P.W.D. Offices on the had to be overcome. Already theto $16,65.81. He quite hoped ourred beginning in June and that sort required time to develop the amount had been redaced from high values prevailing. A sen spicos. Well cooked and well 31st inst. It is 8,800 square feel Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered, for a fixed dried, the saveloy is then delicious in extent, the annual ront is $60 general support, and most of the Company would be able to pay a the rise ranging from 20 to 80 Company was receiving very that, in the following year, the lasting to the end of the year, But we have a fear that some and tho un price $2,200. times the saveloy contains things

big linea, including the German dividend. that would be better disposed of

Bishop Taylor Smith, Mail, were making use of their

per cent and this level haa Bishop Taylor Smith, Chap-warves. Two wharves at Kow- in another way and only the Isin-General of the Forces, has loon had been longthened to Papers" touch about some of the market has relapsed about 10 per Journalistic Amenities. been almost maintained to maker knows what it really is.

There is a sort of "Pickwick the present-time. To-day the returned to England, after a four accommodate the largest steamers old "Telegraph'a remarks on cent. from the high water mark. months' tour of the British gar-float, and a third would soon be its neighboure. How will this do? This heavy advance in raw ma- risons in the Far East Singa- ready. The reclamation at West

"The goody-goody "Ohina terial embarrassed the business

:

per quarter.

cash only).

period will be continued until countermanded."

(Payable In Advance.)..

By Order,

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

BIRTHS.

RITTER: Born to the wife of 0. H. Ritter, 4 Observatory Villa Kowloon, a son, Friday, March 14th, 1915. Shanghal papers please copy.

PETT-On March 0, 1912, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Stanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Montague Polt, a daughter,

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1913,

REFORMING THE UNIONISTS.

Land Sale.

"

pore, Hongkong, Tientsin, and Point was progressing and, with Mail" which, the other day, to a considerable extent as it was Poking.

the new godowns, would not cust with characteristic unctuousness, aot practically possible to secure Next Criminal Sessions. Dore than $200,000. It is notified in the Gazette

China's Last Warning. matters in talking to China Gver Sir John Jordan has not minced

the loan question. The Chinese Government has made very clever

Mr. Douglas Jones proposed deprecated criticism of a concert at ouce rope prices commensurate attempts to cross the scent with for general information that His that the Company's accounts at the City Hall because said with the increase of hemp values, innumerable red herrings but, Honour the Chief Justice has should be presented every six concert was given for a charitable or have we even yet been able like most of the knowing people directed that the next Criminal months instead of annually, and purpose, publishes a quarter of a in all markets to obtain what we in this world, its members have Sessions shall be held on Tuos- the Chairman promised that the (supposed to be criticism) refer- We have to protect our trade as column of ungrammatical slush should call satisfactory rates. ended by finding themselves in a day, the 25th day of March, 1913, matter should be discussed by ring to the somi-private organ best we can, and we find our worse plight than would have at 10a.m., instead of on Tuesday, the Board. befallen them bad they played a the 18th day of March, 1913.

Where are the Police? recital given at St. John's, Ca. competitors in the East slow atraight and candid game. The

This ever-green question is

thedral. The inconsistency of the in enhancing British Minister has now made it

H. M. S. Royal Arthur.

prices, and asked in a special article of

China Mail would be amusing they were content to continue for The Home papers state that a movement is on foot to reform the Powers are not to be trilled China Station with relief orews notoriety," says the writer, "from laughable if they were notgrossly high prices are of course prejudi-

remarkably clear to them that which is now en route to the Roads are acquiring quite a

The craiser Royal Arthur, March 8. "Kennedy and Bowen if it were not contemptible; the some time at the old rates. The the Conservative Party, the promoters thereof proposing to re-with and that they refuse to aboard isdue to arrive at Singapore he daring acts of robbery and

criticisms (?) of the rag would be position has improved now but invigorate the Unionist elements in the people of Britain and to have dust restore to the nation ita lost solf-confidonco." The scheme will be

thrown in their onlarch 25 and at Hongkong on assault which are perpetrated

ignorant."

cial to an enlargement of demand warmly welcomed by the great majority of Britishers, many of year to the young Republic April 1. She will leave Hongkong along their sinuous windings.

Then follows a quotation, on as consumers have recourse to Liberalism-that of Gladstone, the Duke of Argyle, and Sir William "mong the nations, it will have leave on 25th, and drop anchorlaxed to pay for police, we are stuff, and there is only one brain about 10 per cent, more rope than whom have looked longingly for it for some years past. The old mans to maintain a foothold on 18th, reach Singapore on 23rd,

which the "Telegraph's com- abes per fibres and wire rope when ment is Harcourt is admittedly dead, and at times we are tempted to foar Polite phracing and artful dodg-

Manila becomes too expensive. So long as we are heavily to make up its mind quickly as Devonport on June 4.

"The genius who wrote this The Company sold and consigned the same fate for the sound Toryism of Lord Salisbury's days.ing will not pay the butcher and Since: Lord Salisbury died, the Conservative party has given us the baker; will not clear China

rigorously entitled to the safety snoodle who could have written in the previous year, and as local Clubs Exempted. scholars, financiers, players to the gallery, and an ecossional of her liabilities. Perhaps she has Club and the Chek Lam Olab a large body of police and we pay the angels or the missionaries consider the results satisfactory

It is notified that the Crescent own persons

of our public roads and of our such trash, has missed his oppor-sales and orders from near by ports politician; but never a leader. For Mr. Joseph Chamberlain we not learned yot that a bankrupt have been exempted by the dearly for them; still, the few

tunity. Heought to have joined increased by 14 per cent. we may have nothing but respect and keen admiration; but it is a well country is a ruined country. She Governor-in-Council from regisroads that constitute the out- established fast that his leadership was never fully accepted by the would be well advised to take ration under the Societies Or-skirts of the city, where alone. old-fashioned Tories, nor would it have been even had he been Sir John Jordan's warning while dinarice, 1911, and the names of ve breaths an air free from the people" took off the gloves to it. about the same number as last year, under the circumstances. Of oil Wretchedly bad form; but drilling cables we have only made made Premier. Mr. Balfour, again, was too idealist, too sottolarly, there is yet time. too subtle for the man in the street to understand readily; and,

the said clubs have been added effluvia of fever or small-pox, then-a-days. In this respect, at but as one of the reasons given for with John Bull, half-understanding is almost half-distrust. Of the

to the List of Exempted Societies, oro infected by thieves and assas any rate, Hongkong journalism the jump in hemp is the very leaders to-day-Mr. Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson-it can

Chinese)" and "Social (Chinese)" pedestrians, and who, after as- under the headings Sport (Non-ins who do not scruple to assault has decidedly improved.

large business done in oil cordage only be said that, whatever may be their power to guide and control

The Dollar.

by the European and American where general politics are concerned, they have not shone when

respectively.

aulting and despoiling them of called upon to handle special issues.

The dollar is quoted for that factories is would appear that their valuables, in every oase

date at 3/01.

Manila cables for oil boring are manage to escape unhurt, anpur

being appreciated and there sued and undetected.

MERCANTILE BANK

would seem no reason why we should not get our share of tho business in time,

Shortage of Mercantile Marine

Officers...

An article in our Log. Book columu

yesterday demands serious thought, both by shipping

New Appointment.

Samuel Burnside Boy 1 ME1derry has been pleased to appoint Mr. His Excellency the Governor

to act as Deputy Registrar and

We have

long ago or

OF INDIA. Dividend and Appropriations. Mr. F. O. Macdonald, manager

We have received a letter from Mr Moss to put some questions to the Company. I will read these questions and give the

Question,

shown under "Cash in thes balance sheet instead of under

Sundry Creditors".

Is this item in the nature of an over draft ?

Answer.

The proposed reforms will have come none too soon, for we companies and by parents. Ship take it that they form an intentional and well deliberated effort to ownors say that there are not

Hongkong Chamber of Com- rid the country of a new-fangled Conservatism which tends to be enough officera "to go round Accountant, Supreme Court, in merce was hold on March 9, the

Chamber of Commerce. the worst kind of Radioaliem in disguise. To put the matter officers say that the mercantile addition to his other duties dur-lon. Mr. P. Ryrie acting as The annual meeting of the. plainly, there has been far too much bawling in the market. marine does not make it worth a ing the absence on leave of Mr. Chairman. The report dealt prin- of the Hongkong Branch of the answers, place among the Conservative Party, since Lord Salisbury's death. parent's while to send his boy to John William Lee Jones or until cipally with the Opium Bill of Mercantile Bank of India, Lirait- Tariff Reform was an unfortunate ory to start; not necessarily from sea. Surely some adjustment is further notice, with effect from 1987; the Status and Privileges ed, advises us that he has to-day (1) Why is the item $417.14 the point of view of the welfare of the Empire, but so far as that of possible. The fact that certain 28th February, 1913. the Party was concerned as any movement must be on which men, lines. here in the East have re- otherwise of the same way of thinking, are not in entire agreement: cently offered greatly improved Imperialism, too, as a watchword, has been liable to too much mis-conditions to their officers is, to Surprise, despatch vessel, to pay Oriental steamship companies, the Shareholders of this Bank the For the China Station. granted to subsidised foreiga mail received a telegram from his construction, in that it has occasionally given the Little Englanders some extent, an argument in off at Chatham on Feb. 26. She regulations for boatmen s licences, Directora will recommend a divi- Orders have been given for the Pacific Mail and Occidental and forthcoming General Meeting of steamers, the movements of the Head Office stating that at the an opportunity to confuse it with land-grabbing and with playing favour of the contention that will be renamed the Alacrity and the offer of the Japanese Clovern into the hands of a shady order of capitalists. Following on these these have heen insufficiently sent to China to take the placement to coin silver yen for this half year on "A" & "B" ahares (1) The item $417.14 representa two criescams that of No Home Rule-sound enough in itself, yot one paid hitherto. As with every of the present Alaority, which is Colony, theregistration of imports free of Income Tax. (making with which, through bungling, led to puerilities and absurdities which other branch of commercial or to be desposed of when the new and exports, the charges made by the interim dividend, 8 per cont will be quoted against its two or three chief upholders for years to public life, a good man needs Alaurity arrives. A Portsmouth the Chinese Meritime Customs for for the year). They have also made nd of 44 per cent, for the past

removel of red-tape restrictions. and demands, liberal pay; and not not only liboral

crew is to commission the latter the storage of opium, and the the following appropriations, but the pay, vessel, which was toleave for proposed lighton Gap Rook.

Chinaas soon after Feb. 27. as convenient. SOME LIGHT PRO- POSITIONS.

come.

Special Telegram,/ A special telegram of March 10 announces that the Emperor WIL lium of Germany died at 8.30 am. the previous day.

Diocesan School Prize Distribution,

viz

....

£50,000 to Reserve, making

it £415,000. £3,000 to Officers Penson Fund. $30,100 carried forward to

next account.

10 per cent Bonus to Staff.

If the reformers will be content to shelve all such little matters us these, we foresee nothing but success and triumph attending their enterprise. And we believe that they will shelve them, for they confessedly make the main feature of their programme the restora tion of the self confidence which the country has lost; and this can only be accomplished by rejecting side issues and returning whole-

Marriage Arranged.. A marriage has been arranged, heartedly to the honest, uncompromising, bulldog Toryism of our

and will take place in the sum Recently, under the above head-mar, batween Captain R. D grandfathers' days; the Toryism that started with the promisses ing, wo pointed out the desira- Urmsby, Royal Murine Light In that the British were the greatest nation under the san and that bility of better lighting arrange-fantry, son of Mr. R; D. Orsmby, that greatate required deeds, and not words, for its maintenenco.ments on the Peak Tramway late Director of Public Works School were distributed on March Cheap Jingom (using the word in a bad song) that shouts "ulo note that a new and most power- kong, and Dorothy, only daugh Mr. G. Piercy, the headmaster, has been plessed to appoint Mr. Britannia, yet buttons up its pockets when asked to buy warships, ful light has been, provided on tor of Mr. F. H. Urinlinton, said that the school year began Edward Alexander Irving, Direc stations, and we are now glad to and Surveyor-General, Hong 10 by H. E. General Cameron. His Excellency the Governor and hides bemne draper's counter in order to dodge military service, has been a good deal too much a feature of the new Con- the lower station. We congratu- CMC., lato Surveyor-General, with a total of 56 pupils tor of Education, to be Chairman servatism; a feature which the Empire can well dispense with Welate the Company on this Intest Ceylon, and granddaughter of 41 of whom, werd boarders. The of the Board of Examiners in the want something better than that, and we are hopeful now of consideration for the comfort end the late Sir Jeba Grial n.05, 4 h total number on the roll was 1 place of the Honourable Mr. Felting

convenience of its patrons, Bing'e Own

hoye and 9 girls," "The from colle Edwin Richard Halltex resigned,

The prizes at the Diocesan

Board of Examiners,

(2)

(2)

an overdraft on the General Managers and should have come under the heading of

Sundry creditors".

Question,

Has the rope on Consign- ment viz ($183,849.63) been valued at the estimated selling rate or the first cost rate, and in either ease, is it easily and readily saleable at the above figure of $183,840.63. To whom is it consigned; and sgainst what security has it

The rope on consignment his been consignon ?

Answer,dolen

not been valued at either tha estimated selling rate or at the

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