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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1914.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,goon to me that the Hon.

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ESTABLISHED - 1841.

ÆRATED

WATER

MANUFACTURERS.

FORMAZONE.

Mr. Pollock keeps pegging away at the matter of the Government's providing facilities for surf bath- ing. He addressed a batch of ques- tions at Thursday's meeting of the Legislative Council in reference to the bathing-place at North Point, and though he did not! succeed in getting all be naked

A REFRESHING, INVIGORATING and PALATABLE drink for, he was able to scoure the particularly suited for Tennis and Bathing Parties

Pints $1 per doz. Splits 60 cts, per doz,"

PYERIS.

Chemically, an exact reproduction of a well-known German spring, at half the price. Blends Perfectly with Spirits, especially Whisky. Once try a Whisky Pyoris and you will ask for it again. Prices:-80.85 por doz, Pints. $0.50 por doz. 'Splits.

STONE GINGER BEER.

The only fermented Stone Ginger Beef in the Far East. The real charm of Stone Ginger Boer is the favour produced by partial formentation; without this no Stone Ginger Boor can be said to be

genuine.

Price-$0.85 pol doź.

DAY BY DAY.

TRUE POLITENESS IS PERFECT EASE AND FREEDOM.

ITSIMPLY CONSISTS IN TREATING OTHERS JUST AS YOU LOVE TO BE TREATED YOURSELF.Chesterfipid.

The Weather.

Lower level 8 a.m. Temp 84; sunshine.

:

At the Penk 8 n.m. Temp 76; promise of something. There is now to be provided at this spot a sunshino. bumboo pier with steps, with two

am.

The Malls.

life buoys attached to it, but the French Mail.--Due por es. At

lantique to-morrow a 5'8.m. matter of improving the sea-bed and removing rocks and other Siberian Mail.Closes per 8.8. obstacles to bathing is to stand Yingchow-to-day at 5 p.m. over for further enquiry. As we Siberian Mail. Closes per 6.

Atlantique to-morrow at say, something has boon gained, at any tale. But, after all, why should not the authorities comply with all the requests made? They

Count the Columus. have already set aside a sum of $2,000 for the provision of bath-

Yesterday the Telegraph ing facilities, and still have a balance of $1,000 on hand. They published 32 columns of solid have established a bathing place reading matter. To-day there at the western end of the city, will be 30 published. and, to carry out their whole promise, they might woll co- operate with the Tramway Co. By the a.s. Liangohow there by clearing the bench at North arrived from Shanghai to-day Paint of all obstructions. Only, Surgeon Longblin, R.N., and five The rates of Subscription to the " Hongkong Telegraph" will to preserve the original idea, they naval details.

should go further and erect be as follows:-

there a shed for the use of those who desire free bathing. The P. W. D. Again,

We have remarked before, as often as twice or three times, that the P. W. D. is not notable for being long-headed. Its chief

DRY CINCER ALE. FRAGRANT, AROMATIC, DRY. Its "Dryness "is a feature which has helped to give this drink the popularity it so well Prices -31.00 por doz. Pints. $0.60. per doz, Splits,

NOTICE TO, SUBSCRIBERS.

deserves

Daily iseao-$30 por sunuin.. Weekly issue-$13 Gund.

per

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Naval Detalls.

General Holiday.

1889.

HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

Compiled from this ". Hongkong Telegraph" files for the Wesk Ending June 27, 1889.)-

to-day.".

I

DISTRICT WATCHMEN

A Year's Activities Outlined.

The District Watchmon Com- mittes met on 17 cocasiona last year, the average attendance of members being 11.

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EMIGRATION.

Increases Recorded Last

Year.

DIFFICULTIES REGARDING

WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Features of the Coolle Labour Traffic.

We take the following interest- ing extracts from the report of the Secretary for Chinese, Affairs for last year :-

Among the subjects of more "Trust the Lord." - than ordinary interest that were June 21, An Americanised discussed were the regulation of Chionman who keeps a store in Chinese theatres, the probibition Queer's Road Central has the, of the circulation of foreign notes | following significant placard and silver, and menus for the effective registration of

Emigration of Women and Children (Free). hung in a prominent position in more his shopTrust the Lord-all Chinese householders

The number of women and Tho advice of the Committee, other persons cash."

"A Village Hampilen." on all the subjects on which they children passengere examined and "A week or so ago, Acting have been consulted during the allowed to proceed was 26,080 Sergeant Malvar went with a year, has been accepted and women 18,501, girls 2,000, and number of congtables to a village followed, with uniformly success boys under sixteen 7,570) as compared with 23,248 in 1912. in British Kowloon to search for ful results.

The balance to the credit of The increase in nambers affected opium. The tenant of one of the house searched objected, and got the District Watchmen's Fund to some degres all the ports to a big crowd together to resist. at the end of the year was $13.670) which emigrants uanally proceed: Stones were flying about in all as compared with $9,776 on but the largest proportion of the directions and the poor police, January 1st, the income exceed increased number went to the after being struck several times, ing the expenditure by nearly Straits Settlements and Federated had to soare the crowd into $0,000. The income, however, Malay States, the figures being dispersing by presenting their includes a donation of $5,000 by 23,318 as compared with 20,328 revolvers The village Hampden Mr. Ho Kom-tong towards the coat in 1912.

The record of the occupationa got four months for his share of erecting District Watchmen's

Quarters on the Kowloon side, of female emigrants (women an extension of the work of the and girls) shows that out of a A Cheeky Youth. "The hauteur of the average Committee which has been in total of 18,510, 9,582 were going It is notified that His Excellency

with their husbands or other some time. the Governor-in-Council has, young Chinman when he gets u contemplation for

long silk blouse on is a study. The saving on the expenditure relatives, or to juin relatives under Section 7 of the Holidays Nothing less than the earth, with eide of somo $4,000 was 5,577 gave their occupations as Ordinance, 1012, appointed Wed-

In ring fence round it, will satisfy effected largely with s vier to maid-Fervants, 681 na seamstresses this and 485 as prostitutes. (Ta 1912 him, and, for # red haired further expenditure in nesday, July 1, 1914, to be ub-

barbariau to try to take direction: the public spirited the figures were 4,439, 575 and 505.) The remainder included 2. served as a Ge orn! Holiday. Che resilences without say uztża charge. On copies sent by business seems to bo to do things Kailan Mining Administration, precedonos of him is another denation of Mr. Ho Kom-tong

The total output of the Kailan in a wrong, way and then to do.

Sixty-three or 24 per cent. of thom all over again. In this it is Mining Administration's mines name for suicide. Yesterday one has now made it possible to carry schoolmistresses and 20 nuns. entirely successful. It must have for the week ending June 13, of these geutry- Wyndham out the work, as soon as arrange-

children passenger emigrants earned the grateful thanks of amounted to 63,177.31 tone and Street student had a quarrel to niente can he completed for the the total number of women and thousands of ocolies in its time; the sales during the period, to settle with one of the boys' in the acquisition of a suitable house...

Victoria Hotel, and went down The strength of the force at were detained for. enquiries, as with a friend. They stood in the end of the year was 95 against 40 out of 23,248-'17 per but perhaps that is its mission, 40,419.20 tons. Wecomplimented the department,

The Chinese, who na been the passage talking loudly and (against 99 on January 1st) out cent. in 1912. Of these 53 were not long ago,on having tar-sprayed

They During the year 8 of the 124 woro restored to relatives, 1 The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be delivered

to subscribers by, the Dairy Farmi. Company, Ltd., Shameen, certain roade and thereby greatly before the court on three former yearning for blood, and a clerk of an approved strength of 100. allowed to proesed after enquiry,

improved them, but it cannot be occasions charged with the theft told them to be quiet.

under consideration, at the end of of a gold watch, chain and pen-didn't, and Mr. Barclay, the vacancies caused by death, remarried, while 5 cases were still Canton, who have been appointed Our agents the re.

and signation and dismisenl along congratulated upon having tar

the year. dant and who endeavoured to manager, payable in Advance.

aprayed a strip of a road not very

quit, The filled up by further enlistments,

There were 7 applications for long ago which it is now forced establish an alibi, this morning told

the recovery of women who had to dig up.

This is Salisbury appeared before Mr. Wood and student asked him superciliously An attempt is being made to Road, Kowloou, which is now was sentenced to three months who in thunder he was, and was enlist a small proportion of men

otherwise cheeky, so, the first from natives of districts other emigrated, and of the 8 persons hard labour. under process of widening and

thing he knew, he was going than Canton itself. The experi-reported missing two returned improvement since the line of

Tapector Gordon charged a downstairs on his ear. He summent is not without its difioulties, and were restored to their hus- railway has been removed.

Chinese coolie this morning at moned Mr. Barclay and the gase but it is hoped will still be bands, 3 refused to return, and 3 stolen a dried fish from a bale the Police Court with having was heard today and dismissed." successful.

Kowloon Land Investment. The number of convictions

Company.

secured by members of the force June 24-Theory is still they

1912 and 273 in 1911.

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"HONGKONG TelegrapH."

The Bonghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1914.

THE NEW CHINESE WOMAN.

A Mere Trifle..

It seems to us that an open ered department would have looked ahead and anticipated the

Gold Watch Stolen.

Bound Over!

during the working of cargo for the Horgkong and Kowloon

tabalated

statement

came

them to

"Garrotters,

into

eix

wore

could not be traced. 48 womenand children, either sent back by the Authorities in Singapore, Penang and Bangkok on suspicion, or

wore given assistance in proceed- ing to their homes,

fact that work would be necessary Wharf and Godown Company.come." The Kowloon Land In Wes 226,as compared with 415 in rolarning of their own free will, on the rod when the direction of

The man, who pleaded guilty vestment and Building Com- {the Tine

The year's work with women was changed and and said that it was only a small pany, Limited, was duly re-

would that it

therefore

OD gistered

Thursday last.

and children generally presented have postponed the tar-sprasing told by the magistrats that it was formed for the purpceo of de- quantity that he had stolen, was

This company. hae been

a number of new and difficult The Secretary for Chinese Affairs in his report for 1913, part of of that strip until the general his duty to protect the interests

problems, owing principally to Chinese Iosarance Company-the distrese in North China and which we published on Thursday, makes soma remarks on the repair came along. But perhaps

Kowloon, with 3 capital of $160 per share, sellers.

the unrest in Canton. In addition subject of the native thaatre which our Chinese readers would do we expect too much of the P. W. of his employers and was bound veloping certain proportion at

$300,000 divided D. After all it may never have over in the sum of $100 to come

Hongkong Fire Insurance Com-to the extra facilities the condi- well to think over. Some of the plays which the theatre proprietors heard that the new station was to up for judgment if called upon.

thousand shares of fifty dollars pany-$380 per share, sales. tions offered for trafficking Reservoir, Contents, would fain present are, saya Mr. Ilallifax, "as a rule very poor stuff, bs built; or it may have forgot.

each. The Hon." Mr. P.. Ryria, China Fire Insurance Company in prostitutes (conditions of The Government Gazette con Mr. A. Comes and Mr. Ho Tung-S86 per share, buyers. and often dopand for their entire point on iallammatory politics, or ten. It is so easy to let s tride thing a

which there is reason to think Hongkong and Whampoa Dock fall advantage was taken: al- immorality;" and he goes on to point out that the "new" Chinese like that slip from the memory showing details of the contents of are the directors, and the man- woman is very determined in her desire to witness such choice where a department is harassed the Colony's reservoirs arranged agement will be in the hands of Company-85 per cent premium, though the prosecutions in the

in finding work, that shall not according to the rain year 1913- the Hongkong Land Investment sellers.

Colony under the Women and performances.,

look too ridiculous, for an army14--the twelve months ended Co."

Hongkong, Canton and Macao Girle Protection Ordinance, No. Steamboat Company-6270 per 4 of 1897, rose only from 62 to 64 April this year. This gives a This new women has become very much a feature of Hongkong of ocolies.

share, sellers.

with 29 convictione against 25 in and the Treaty Ports during the last year or two in fact it is not Trouble in the North.

Poor China! Yet another revolt grand total of 1,735.20 million

China and Manila Steamship 1012, 13 prosecutions, were inati- long since wo hoard of suffragist meetings among the Shanghai

Company-$140 per share,tuted and 11 convictions secured inches. The estimated population Chinese; and presently we may expect to find her in all but the most of troops; this time in the far gallons, on a rainfall of 80.000 A bideoue picture is for the whole year was 255,469,

sailers.

by, this Office, se compared with. remote parts of China. For her existence a variety of causes is

8 and 5 in 1912), the closing of the Canton brothels resulted in a supply). Pumping was carried tacked him, knocked him down, apondent's wire; the slaughter or day 18.4 gallons (including trade humanity, when three men at

stream of undesirable prostitutes. into the Colony, who had to be sent back as they arrived: and the Northern diatress was respon- sible for an increased number of parobased children, sold it would seem in the hope of improving. their lot, brought through Hong- Com-kong. Some few of these children share, were detained and released on bond or on adoptions bat in the

North.

June 27-"The Praya seoms

for garrotters. Last night at to be a happy hunting ground

broker was walking along there, about nine o'clock, a Chinese

responsible. In Hongkong, or in foreign countries where Chinons outlined, by our Shanghai corro-and the consumption per head per meditating on the uncertainty of $135 per share, sellers.

the average woman at Home,

on for 215 days.—-~-----

LANGKAT DAILY OUTPUT.

362 tong 359

and atole six dollars from his purse. Then they ran away, two being caught immediately after wards. These were taken before Mr. Pollook to-day and remanded. Peak Tramway Under Repair.

"The repairs to the Penk Tramway are expected to be finished by about the middle of the month pretty quick work. For nearly five hundred feet the rails

Hongkong Gas Company

$240 per share, buyers.

Hongkong Hotel Company

Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per cent. Debenturce,—$501.

Indo-China S.N. Company 4 per cent. prem bayers.

Douglas Steamship Company $83 per share, sellers.

China Sugar Refining pany, Ltd.-$202 per salon and sellers.

Luzon Sugar Refining

sales and sellers.

Com-

had been carried away, the entire pany, Ltd.-$123 per share, track being swept down for about Hongkong Ice Company-- a third of that distance. It has $125 per share, sellers. 339

respon domiciled for a considerable length of time, her develop ravishing of the women the inot ment has been exceedingly clow, for the conservatism of her race! bade her, for a long while, refuse to copy the customs, or even hankering and subsequent barning of after the freedom, of the sange women by whom she was surrounded. the towa-a repetition, in fact, of Very gradually, however, force of oxample had its effect, and at last the horrore of the Revolution and she has brought beresif to don European costume, to mix freely of last year's trouble in Kwang- among men on terme more or less of equality, after the manner of tung and Yunnan and on the the western woman, and often to have very decided opinions of her Yangteze. When will the Chinese own. Whereas in Hongkong-ho change has come about by soldier learn that looting is not such slow degrees, no great harm need be anticipated, for, barring the beginning and end of military

Messrs. Wright and Hornby a few surviving special instincts, such woinen have become de-enterprise? From as far back

ав General Gordon's time advise us that the Langkat daily nationalised and are to all intents Europeans, no more and no losa likely to bring harm to themselves or those belonging to them than people have constantly been tell-output since June 1 is as fol-

ing us that, trained and led

lows:- good officers, the Chinese would

Let June... mako fine soldiers. Is it not 2nd With the other class of new woman, however, the change has almost time that we saw a little 3rd come so rapidly-inside three years, in fact as to threaten a grave of this fine soldiering? Up to 20 danger. The woman who, three years ago, was almost a prisoner the present it would appear that, 5th in mind and body in Canton, inding herself suddenly in a position if we eliminate the looting, the 8th wherein she can throw off traditional restraints, is all too liable to throw away one restraint too many. Of course it would be absurd ravishing, and the burning, and 7th the slaughter of defenceless peoplo 8th to deny that a certain sort of freedom, for Chinese women is very from the Chinese warfare of the 9th desirable. Why should she not be at liberty to go out walking or visiting or to church or the theatre with a man friend, just as hor past three years, we do not leave 10th

very much in the way of actual 11th,,, British or Portuguese sister does? Why should she not be free to fighting. Seemingly, while the read and think for herself and to bear a rational share of interest in officers are being grown the 13th the things that are going on outside the walls of her father's or

country is going to the deuce. 14th husband's house? For the gradually emancipated Chinese woman "all these things are legitimate enough, and, in many cases, are already happening, with the consent of the woman's family. Unluckily, however, thess privileges, thrust-as one might say t a minute's notice on the Canton woman who has settled in this Colony since the Revelation, are rather like a hundred pounds tenders for being put into the hands of an English boy of fourteen; the risk of The purchase of No. 2 Polica 20th folly, abuse, extravagance and disaster is too great to make the Launch. experiment a safe one. Such women, unprepared by any proper Installation of electric lights in 22nd onltivation or civilisation, as Europeans understand the terms, are the Subordinate Officers' Quarters; 29rd all too likely to misuse their freedom by allowing themselves to Mount Parish, Wanohai, gravitate towards what is morally harmful the above-mentioned Supply of Electric Incandescent 25th plays to wit; for which reason the Hongkong Government is Lamps during 1915. assuredly to be congratulated on its efforts to put out of their way as many of the occasions of evil as possible,

325

380

352

21

311

207

322

317

292

|12th

291

1

327

288

16th

279

TENDERS.

10th

250

17th

283

The Government is inviting

18th

19th,

229 251 231

21st

251

241

283

-259 246

24th

260K Erection of a summer hoves in Blake Garden, Hongkong.

Total, to date 7,514

been found that the land which slid was not the face of the hill, but a large high artificial bank above it."

1889

SHARE REPORT.

Hongkong Hope Manufactur ing Company, Ltd.-$160 share, sellers,

per.

Hongkong and Koploon Whari and GodownCompany.$180 per share, sellers.

Hongkong Dairy Farm Co- $14 per share, buyers.

A. 8. Watson and Co., Ltd 150 per cent. premium, sellers. The quotations which follow Hongkong High Level Tram- are from the Hongkong Telegraph way Co., Ltd.-Nominal, for Jane 27, 1889.

Hongkong Steam Laundry, Co., Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Ltd $25 per share, nominal. -184 per cent. premium, sollers, Green Island Cement Co, (old Union Insurance Society of issue)-850 per share, buyers, Canton, $100 per share, sellers. Green Island Dement Co. (new China Traders Insurance Com-issue)14 por share, buyer pany,880 per share, buyers.

North China InsuranceTls. 330 per share, buyers.

Canton Insurance Company, Lid. $1321 per share, sellers.

Tangtaze Insurance Association Tls. 100 per share.

Hongkong Land Investment Co., Ltd.-$133 per share, sales and buyers.

Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. 38 per share, collore,

West Point Baildings Co., Ltd. $50 per share, sellers.

majority of the cases as it proved impossible to return them to their homes, and as they were probably in any event better of in the new conditions, no action was taken, Male Emigration (Assisted.) Male emigration during 1913 presented to unzenal features: The total number of emigrants presented for examination was 22,084 as compared with 21,458 in 1912, The number of these examined who refused to proceed was 595, or only 258 per cent, se compared with 3.28 per cent, în 1912. The total number rejected in Hongkong or on arrival in Singapore as anfit for labour was 798 (13 at this end and 35 by the Frotector of Chinese, Sing apore), -All of these were re- patriated through the Tang Wa Hospital at the expense of the Hongkong Boarding Houses which reornited them.

There was again little demand for Uhinese labour in Britick North Borneo, only 668 sesisted passengers being passed for Bor

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