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GENERAL NEWS.

·Japanese Aviation. Last week Japanese army officers made successful flights with Tokugawa aeroplanes. These machines were made în Japan, with the exception of the motors which were purchased in France.

COST OF LIVING "IN

WHONGKONG.

Statement by U,S. Consul General,

The continued high rate of exchange and the great uncertain- ly as to the future of silver aro;| states the American Vice-Consul-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1913.

Prepaid Advertisements

ONE CENT PER WORD

FOR EACH INSERTION.

TO LET.

No. 21, SHELLY STREET,

TO LET.

TO LET fumbed from end of March, house on Peak, two bed- rooms, two sitting rooms, large verandah, taunis ground,39 Peak. Hoogkom. Zint Feb., 1918.

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To let or for sale, GLENSHIELT LET LARGE oqbetantially built Godowa, sitanted on water front, Barker Road, No. 124, Peak, 6 rooms East Point. Forfurther particular apply from 1st March, 1918,

Property Office, Jardins, Matheson & Co, Ladi

No. 1190, The PEAK, furnished, from middle of April until end of Octo- ber, 1918, Four Bedrooms, Tensis Court and Garden,

Youthful "Marconi.” General A. E. Carleton, Hong- FROM 1st February, MEIRION, Ernest Rudge, a youth attan-kong, having serious effects on No. 10, Peak, furnished or unfur ding the Battersea Polytechnic, the economic situation in Hong-nished. 6 Rooms, has invented a protable wireless kong, more particularly in con- The PEAK, from 1st March, 1918,

No. 6, DES VŒUX VILLAS, 58, telegraphic apparatus, by means neation with the cost of living. of which he has already received A careful analysis of the painted and colourwashed.

Premises will be thoroughly repaired; misssagos from North Africa, Tou-ordinary household expenses lon, and the Eiffel Tower, Paris. show that the cost of living is Servant Famine in Budapest. 30 per cent. greater than in The dearth of servants in Bu-Shanghai, and in 1000 it was only dapest has caused the city cour-16 per cent., demonstrating that sil to appropriate €30,000 for the the conditions in the Colony are construction of three municipal abnormal. Practically all the homes for servants, in connection necessities are still at the same with which a municipal employ-price as when the exchange was a mont bureau will be maintained. great deal lower, notwithstanding Japan Intorport Football, the fact that the present rate is The twenty-fifth interport ass distinctly in favour of the impor-52, Peak, 6 rooms. ciation football match played inter, but China is now very much Yokohama on March 1, between overloaded with imports, con Yokohama and Kobe elevens, sequently the natural readjust ended in a victory for the home ment of conditions is not easy to team by four goals to one. Toko- bring about, hama have now twelve games to their credit and Kobe seven, the remaining six being drawn,

Foreigners in' Chlas,

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*CRAIG RYRIE, No. 4, the Peak and croquet lawns. to-let; fine. situation; 8 rooms; tennisFFICES TO LET-Ist "Eloor 20 D Vol Bond. Central No. 8, DES VŒDX VILLAS, No.|| Apply to French Store," Ground Bior,

Hakong 6th March, 1913. - : No, 106, Peak, ‘OLAVADEL' 5′ moms, fully furnished with Tennis Court, for about 18 months from 1st May,

FOR BALE-HARTING

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Housing Problem is Serious,

LYEEMUN," Barker Road No. The increase in house rent has also become a serious questionished to 80th November 1913. 6 rooms 186, Peak to let farnished or unfur- The Government has ascertain corresponding offset in the con- and, unfortunately, there is no ed that the number of foreigners struction of new houses, and it is residing in Obina including om- quite common for people to give ployes in the Costomy had other

up their homes and enter board Government offices if 153,522, et ing houses. The great influx of whom 78,406 are Japanese and Chinese during and alter the revo 51,121 Russian subjects. The tution has caused house property Ministry of Foreign Intercourse to goup, and districts once ent.rely baa pat this cabane of foreigners occupied by Europeans are now on record for reference.

Chinese quarters. It seems Destruction of Oplum. evident that the Chinese, who The Opium Conference, i have greatly swelled the popula coming more and more to enjoy having joined it through Wool- mediately before adjournment; tion in the past year two, have the greater luxuries of the Wes- wich in October, 1882. He was lengthy appeal to the Young brought considerable money into sequence the demand for all esta 1900, and lieutenant-colonel in come to stay, for they have ern civilisation, and in con- promoted captain in 1891, major Men's Christian Association and all missionary bodies and nows-

she Colony, investing heavily in sentials has greatly increased April, 1911, and has had a varied papers to institute a subscription property, &u. There are several without a corresponding increase experience of native nerv.ca. Is list with a view to raising fands housing schemes, such as the in the supply. This fact is most w his first service in the Zhob in all countries with which to Kowloon Garden City proposi- noticeable in Hongkong, and Valley Expedition of 1800. purchase at cost price, and there- tion and the plan to erect a num-other circumstances, such as the after to burn, as large a portion ber of homes in Wongneichong; influx of many Chinese from Can. aa possible of the opium Blocks both of these are somewhat proton and the greater independence at the treaty ports.

blematical, although the present of the working classes have creat

xtraordinary demand for sites ed artificial conditions which are should encourage promoters. Lots likely to become permanent. editab'e in every way for building From 1890 to 1912 the rise in proposes are bringing big prices, the price of food, clothing, and and thoughout the south of Italy and only the other day a plot, of house rent amounted to 55 per Naval constituency at the next during the past few days. Snow and brought over twice the cent, on an average, and for some

amount of the upset price of the articles even as high as 100 to Election, in the hope that he may

The Forum Under Snow,

Rome, February 20--Follow ing a sharp fall in temperature, it has snowed heavily in Sicily

A Lower Deck M.P. We are disclosing no secret when we state that strong, lepre sentations have been made to Mr Lionel Texley, the versatile and popular Naval writer for the lampante Telegraph, to allow himself to be nominated for

some

fell in Rome all this morning Government, Ia Kowloon there has 300 per cent." as compared with fucceed with the help of the Lowei covering the ground to a depta been in the past year a great dos! | 1906, and to over 1,000 per cont: Deck, whose, cause le soubly |

* of building, chiefly on the apart

of some few inches.. A number of foreign visitors have gone the Forum and to the Colosseum to seo the unwonted spectacle of the picturesque rains covered with snow.

800.

ment-house style: but tho de 10 emo casos as compared with mands are too great to reduce the rentals at all, and, in fact, there is no apparent hope that the ruling rates of even two years ago can possibly obtain again.""

Apparently the solution to this bousing problem strongly urged by many people is to organise a building society, the membership

SERVICE MATTERS.

Appointed to the Defence. Lieutenant W. T. Jones, who has been appoited to the cruiser Défence, China Squardron, has been in the service eight years, being conficed to those who wish and was utterly serving in the to build or own their own homes. Home Fleet.

ative he would be. This does not advocates and whose represent imply any lack of gratitude to the present members of the Naval ports, who lose no opportunity For Keeping Disorderly House.

of supporting the mou's reas At the United States Court for

onable demande; but it is on China at Shanghai last Monday,

sidered that it would be a distinët bafore the Hon. Rufus . Thayer,

advantage to be represented by Judge, Misa Label Satbern plead

one of them olves, a man who ed guilty to a charge of keeping

has served onlie Lower Deck, s disorderly house at No. 21

and has personal knowledge and Tachimen, Hankow, contrary to

experience of all that makes for the Penal Code of Alaska, section This appeare a reasonable plan, - Posted to Tientsin.'

or mars contentment. As Ports No. 127. His Honour said that as there is plenty of land both on Captain A. G. J. Wilson, Som mouth will be the only Naval as this was the scoused's first the island of Hongkong and in erset Light Infantry, attached to port returning three members time she had appeared before the Kowloon, and the Europeans the 1st Battalion at Borden, has under the promised scheme of Court, she would be fined Gold might well co operate, and per- been posted on absorption to the redistribution, there is strong 8100 and costs of Court. hape could obtain Government 2nd Battalion at Tientsin, North probability that Mr. Yoxley or American Gifts to Canton. assistance. To make the situa- China, where he will join at an some other selected candidate Mrs. Kennedy of New York tion worse, there is no apparent early date.

from the Lower Deck will be nominated. City by a gift of G. $25,000 has compensation for the prevailing Colonel Brownlow R.0.A. provided funds for an Administ-high rate of exchange and the in- Lieutenant-Colonel · O. rative Building for Canton Chris- creasing high cast of living. Brownlow, Royal Garrison Artil- tain College, which will be erected The big hongs are confronted lory, the new commandant of that at once. A gift of $3,500 from with the demande for increased arm of the service in the Straits at be Beaten, it Equaled, For Bread, Mrs, Shauller is to be devoted to salaries of employees, and it Settlements, has served in the Cakes, Confectionery, meal, with Wines the equipment of the new Admin- seems evident that the, problem Boyal Artillery for over 30 years, & Liquers, istrative building, which building must be faced sooner or later, as will greatly facilitate classroom there is no appareat likelihood of work in Martin Hall by removing any beneficial change. The Go- the offices of the Executive, vernment, oivil servants have Bursar, Architect and Comman-asked for an augmentation of 50 dant, as well as the Bookstore into per cent, to their salaries, and: the Governor has promised to régular quarters.

From Actor to Priest. consider the requeat, and report Baltimore, February 10.The same to the Secretary of State for mystery surrounding the sudden the Colonies. disappearance from the stage of Michael Byrne of the Byrne brothers of 8 Bells" fame has urging the Government to import The Harvest Moon, been cleared. He has been in labour. Whereas a short time eclusion at St. Francis's Academy since coolies were employed at

The Labour Problem. Some of the newspapers are

in Loretta, Fe, for the past four 0.20 gold per day now many are

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