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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914.
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-On Earth."
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
ALL GOING WELL.
LIFE MIGHT BE MUCH EASIER AND BIMPLER THAN WE MAKE IT: THE WORLD MIGHT BE A HAPPIER PLACE THAN IT IS THERE 18 NO Enemy Pressed on Both Sides, NEED OF STRUGGLES, CONVUL SIONS, DESPAIRS, OF THE WRING- ING OF HANDS AND GNASHING OF TEETH. WE MISOREATE OUR OWN EVILS-Emerson
The Weather.
Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 85;
At the Peak 8 s.m. Temp.
The Malls.
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HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS Ado.
Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files for the week
ending Dec. 26, 1889.)
THE SEASON'S
CALENDARS.
The Distillers Company, Ltd., send us a very neat calendar advertising the famona King George IV. whisky.
The Standard Oil Company of New York have issued a thor- oughly well got up Chinese calendar. With their vast number of Chinese clients thin calendar will be very popular. The Stand-
send us half a dozen copies of
Latest reports from the seat of war show that the Allies in the west and the Russians in the east are making things rather uncom-
The Dollar," December 26. "The rate of fortable for the enemy, and the conclusion would appear to be the dollar on demand to-day inard Oil Company very graciously
3/2 53;justified that we have more than got the measure of the Germans,
Distinguished Arrival. The progress in the weet is, as w
December 19,The Intest this artistio production.
Nikko and Company, the well- have before pointed out, largely distinguished arrival in the dependent on the forward move Colony is not our worthy friend known Japanese and Ohinese art ment of the Russians in the Mrs. Giacometti Prodgere, who curio collectors, have sent us a
is theatre, since it
very pretty aalendar “ilustrated used to tickle our fancy greatly, with a most beautiful Japanese ber now fairly well establial el nearly twenty years ago, in her that the sim sought at is to righteous crusade against London scene. esert pressure on the enemy from
Siberian Mait. Closed per E..
Yiogohow to-day at 9a.m.
"Count the Columns.
As we lay back yesterday in an endeavour to picture Christmas as our youth knew it to listen to the soul-stirring strains of the organ, to see the heart-gladdening sleigh with its tinkling bella and prancing, steaming ponies, to heer the carol singers chanting the Adeste Fideles and to see the old village in its immaculate garment of snowwe suffered an un Christian awakening. Along Humphrey's Avenue, Kowloon, for about fifty yards, to the corner | fine. of Nathan Rosd, a P.W.D. road roller belohed out volumes of fine. smoke in a desperate attempt to accomplish in the one day when Peace on Earth reigned for most people, the arreara in work of a year of that distinguished depart
On Toursday the Telegraph ment. The smoke from the engine published 36.columns of solid added all that picturesque charm reading matter. To-day there to the season that the P.W.D.will be 43 published. would bave us have, and to them. we are indebted for revolutionis- ing the feeling at Christmastime nd ridding. us once for all of that quaint custom of having The Gazette publishes a copying forward inch by inch, and "Peace on Earth" etc.
of the Register of Chemists and their advance is in no sense famona donkey. The report that ance Company, Ltd., have sent us Draggists in this Colony. There theatrical: when a position is he will be appointed director of through their local agent, Mr. P.
it is. immediately two taken,
or three well-known local Tester, one of their useful cal Why?
The P. W. D. certainly has a are 18 names on the register. strengthened and consolidated, companies is quite without found endar
A Warning.
The calendar of the Queen (now most unhappy knack of annoying the public. Every body, of course,
It is notified that, at the expires that ground won is in no ation." is glad to know that a road which ation of three months, the Manila danger of being lost. has been disgracefally neglected Metropole Hotel, Limited, will, should at length take on a sem-unlese cause is shown to the con- Obristmas Day should have been and the Company will be dissoly chosen for carrying out the work, ed.. it beats the average man's intelli- gence to comprehend. If Govera
Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which J.Iresses with their names and requires them to forward communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of their bona fldes.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
The Dollar.
The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is le 9.3-163.
Register of Chemists:
The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will blance of good order, but why trary, be struck off the Register
be as follows:
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The Osaka Shoshen Kaish bave published a charming al-
both sides simultaneously. That cabman. Mr. E R. Belilios hai a young elephant specially ocn is probably why the Anglo French rigued to him the other day, by anac, the illustration being a forces are making no big drive. the steamship Moray, which will coloured picture of a Japanese
lady. But, all the same, they are creep now be placed on the Hongkong The Commercial Union Asaur- Maono route; he relieves the
A Belgium Stull.
Portugal Defies Great Britain. merged in Royal) Insurance Com Decembar 10" Lisbon tele-pany, Ltd., (agents, Messrs. E. D. grams state that the Government Sassoon and Co.) is one of par of Portugal supports its claim to ticular neatness and at the same
nature, Nyasaland, in despite of British time is of a very serviceable We have received a very nice menaces."
calendar from the Lancashire
The Kaiser Talks-Drivel, as
Usual.
December 21.—" The Emperor (now merged in the Royal) In-
One little fast contained in the latest communique, from Paris is refreshing, namely that the Bel- gians have once again shown that Despatches. The Gazette contains despatch-they are a factor still to be reck- ment officiala know, anything es from the secretary of State oned with. That is interesting about Christmas they ought to regarding the Government War in view of the comments which The daily isne is delivered free when the address is accessible to realise that most people spend Risks Insurance scheme, the ex. We made here on Thursday ra/of Garn ny, at a banquet at|surance Company, Ltd., for whom
to Belgium. It endeavour is to make Germany the local agents.ut
powerful and respected, and that A very pretty little calendar is messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered the time in their homes, and on change of British and Austregarding the German dreams of Frankfort, said that hie whole Messrs. E. D. Sastoon & Co. are their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by day like yesterday, when condi. Hungarian civilian subjects, and aging t
sions outside were far from invite the transmission of money and might, at first glance, appear he quite sees the value of the that sent out by Messrs. William that, with the Germans in control post an additional $1,80 per quarter is charged for postage.
of practically the whole of Bal-fruite of peace, which he will Powell, Limited, the illustration being of particularly artistic The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00 ing, the ordinary custom more letters to individuals abroad.
entitled Her than hold. And it will be readily Ellis Kadoorle School,
gium, and with the Belgian strive to preserve,"
[To the above, Mr. Fraser Smith merit and per quarter.
It is officially notified that the Government accommodated on imagiced that it does not add to
appende the following comment: Favourite Flower," one's comfort or peace of mind to above school, through the generoforeign soil, there need be no what first class twaddle! Is The premier calendar we have have a snorting steam-roller just sity of Mr. Ellie Kadcozie, will delay in the German annexation Germany not powerful now? Is received this season is undoubted- outside one's residence. If the be taken over by the Government of Belgium, if such a move entere the loudly-vaunted firat military ly that kindly sent us by the Head of the Department is not from the Lat of January, 1915. into the Kaiser's plans. Bat even matica in the world not respected? Westminster Tobacco Co., Ltd., prepared to take our word for The fees will be $30 per annum, in war a certain value attaches to The "fruits of peace" can only London. The frontispiece is a this, the next time he has a day being $5 a month in each of the phrases, and so long as a Belgian be maintained in the Fatherland charming picture showing the off he may try the experiment ten school months of the year:
Army, no matter how battered, outside his own residence."
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MAY.-Killed in action with the British Expeditionary Force (Europe) on October 12th, 1914, Walter J, May, late Victoria Gaol Staff. Deeply regrotted. He did his duty.
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914,
OFFICIAL NIGHTS.
Flood Rellef Donations.
Exempted.
...
hea its feet on Belgian soil, and by bayonets and cannon, and no-tower bridge, entitled "The Pool RW.A. The calendar is in three Kaiser,”] The Tang Wa Hospital bega to so long as the smallest fragment body knows that better than the of London, by A. Wilde Parsons, acknowledge with thanks the of the territory has escaped the That Post Office of Ours. pieces with four months' dates on following donations to the Flood clutobes of the conqueror, there December 23.-"Over the en- each, and there are interleaved Relief Fund:-Chinese Associa is a sentiment in the ontgide trance to the stamp department three charming reproductions of The Gazette publishes the fol- tion, New Zealand, £220($2,470.- world that there is a Belgium at the Post Office--not the de- beauty types. The production is lowing table showing the standard 17); Transvaal Chinees United sill in being. And, from the livery place!-is a gilt quotation a costly one and there is sure to time at which Official Night ends Club, and the Cantonese Club, latest reports, it is clear that the to the effect that to get good news be a domand for it. Every year and begins daring the month of $250 ($2,807.00); total, $5,277-Belgians are determined, with from Home is better than strong this well-known firm diatributos 7
the aid of the Allies, to see that waters after a hard night. So it calendars that may be equalled January, 1915-
the German dream of annexation would be, if the epistles could be but not beaten, and this year's is delivered within a week of their certainly up to their recognised The following societies have shall not materialise.. been exempted by the Governor- All Depends on the Russians arrival, The authorities are im standard.
from
registration Everything, of course, so far as in-Council
proving, though. They have got under the Societies Ordinance, the immediate outlook is concern 1911 Sport (Non-Chinese): ed, turns on the fighting now of maila is chalked up now. The "Roberts" Rifle Club of Hong-taking place in the east. There is chalker is a little wook in bie kong Trade Guilda and Societies no doubt about our ability to hold spelling at times, but that is his (Chinese): The Society for the the German armies where they misfortune more than his fault. Study of Photography. Social are in the west to do more than A Merry Christmas, Mr. Travera.
that, in fact. But whether or not. (Chinese): Hing Kee.
The Submarine. we may shortly see the in- Medical Board Appointment,..
December 24.-"The trials of His Excellency the Governor vaders in that theatre being flang the recently-invented enbmarine has been pleased to appoint, un decisively back is an issue that vessel at Toulon have proved der Section 10 of the Medical will be settled by the result of great success. She steers per Registration Ordinance 1884, the present operations in the east. fectly and passes easily beneath (Ordinance No. 1 of 1884), Lieut- If the Russian forces again drive ironolads." Avant-Colonel F. W. G. Gordon the Germans back and begin to
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RUGBY.
England Well Beaten by the Celts.
PANAMA CANAL RETURNS.
With public intereat the world over deaply absorbed in the great war, recent commercial, and shipping developments in neutral countries have naturally been forced somewhat into the background end have not claimed that degree of attention which they would have done had ordinary conditions prevailed. That is one of the chief reasons why go little notice has been paid to the opening of that wonderful waterway, tho Panama Canal, or to the facts which the first few months of its working have revealed. While, of course, it is the case that the disorganisation which the war has brought about in the shipping world has destroyed much of the value of the returns of traffic through the Canal, so far as they would serve to indicate any diversion from old routes, yet it is of interest to note a few facts which have developed from a two months' experience of actual working conditions. This we are able to do by analysing the returns recently made public in Washington, and circulated by most of the leading American papere.
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A Slack Tinie.
Hall, R.A.MO., Deputy Director press forward in Germany on the December 24.-The Courts were of Medical Services, South China long road to Berlin, it is a closed to-day and the Rialto was Command, to be a Member of the certainty that the snemy in the an Sodom and Gomorrha, 80 far Medical Board, vice Colonel J. eist will have to withdraw as briakness wsaconcerned. There M. Irwin, resigned, with effect towards the chain of fortresses is nothing to write about and we from the 23rd October, 1914. that guard the Rhineland. Ger- have to mention, en passant, that
Additional Codes.
man human nature may be a the office goat has breathed his
Hongkong Fire Insurance Com- pany--$385 per share, buyers, China Fire Insurance Company 888 per share, sellers. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock. Company-60 per cent. premium, sellers.
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company $41 per share, sellers.
Chins and Manila Steamship Company $100 per share, buyers,
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Hongkong Gas Company $135 per share, sellers.
Hongkong Hotel Company- $200 per share, sellers...
Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per cent. Debentures~$501.
Indo-China S.N. Company
It is notified, with reference to remarkable thing, but it is not last after bearing that German 12 per cent. dis., buyers.... the second paragraph of Govern likely to be merely restive ander vordict in Saturday's issue.'
Douglas Steamship Company--
ment Notification No. 407 of the the spectacle of realistic inva (One which went against our $64 per share, sellers.
26th October, 1914, that the use sion on one flank while the beat editor!) "We have therefore dig-
of the following additional codes part of the German arm is galli-tributed baunches of very pase-
China Sugar Refining Com-
sellers.
has been permitted on and after vanting in Belgium. And the able-looking venison among the pany, Ltd. $222 per share, the 14th December, 1914, under satisfactory part of the business following: The Blackguard Bri-buyers. the same conditions as before at the present is that the Russians gade's Refuge, Queen's Road; Luzon Sugar Refining Com mentioned Bentley's Complete appear onde mora to have got The Sanitary Board; The Society Pany, Limited-369 per share, Phrase Code, exolading Oil and under way and are to-day making for the Suppression of Steam Mining Supplements, Broomball'e things very hot for the Kaiser's Launches on Regatta Days; the Imperial Combination Code, ex-hordes.
Retions of His Majesty, the King olading Rabber Edition, Meyer's
of Siam; and The Warned-Off.” Atlantio Cotton Code 39th Edition.
Undergoing Alterations. ......... During her present any in
New C. P. R. Ship.
The launch on the Clyde, took
188.9
SHARE REPORT.
Looking into the tabulated figures, we see that nearly 600,000 tons of cargo passed through the.. waterway from the date of its opening in Auguet up to the middle of October, and it is shown that about balf of the canal's business was represented by the traffic between the east and west coasts of the United States, conducted Yesterday afternoon a Rugby in American bottoms. This purely American trade included manu match was arranged between factured goode of great variety, which were carried on forty-nine teams representing England" Hongkong the e.s. Hin Sang is place on November 20 of a new American ships. Next in volume and importance was the traffic against "Ireland and Scotland" undergoing extensive alterations twin-screw steamer, called the between the eastern coast of the United States and the representations, known as "The to her passenger accommodation. Metagame, for the Atlantic service The number of cabine is of the Canadian Pacifio Railway. America, including large Rest." quantities of nitrates from Chili and raw materials generally, from It was obvious from the com- being increased from two to five, She is 620 ft. long, 64 ft. broad, South America going northward, and manufactured goods mencement that the forwarde thus making room for six more 41 ft. deep, of 13,000 tons gross,
quotations which follow from Europe and America passing southward. Sixteen vessels opposing the English contingent first class passengers, ten in all. 18,000 tons displacement. She "The q engaged in this trade. The coal traffic between the middle Atlantis were particularly aggressive and The dining saloon is being con-will have accommodation for 520 are from the Hongkong Telegraph seaboard Statee and the Pacific coast of North and South America rather relentless in their attacke, siderably enlarged. Additional cabin passengers, and 1,200 third for Dec. 27, 1880.000 was very considerable aleo-over 34,000 tons of coal being carried Among the players in "The deck space is being provided by clada.
Defence of the Yangtsze. while it is interesting to note that eight vessels made the passage Rest eam who were conspicuous extending the boat deck forward
A Heaobo fa telegram to the with petroleum from the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico to during the game were Campbell for a distance of eleven fee. Shun Pao saysThe office of China and Japan.
and Ralston, and though From now onwards the Hin Sang One of the most interesting facts revealed in these returns is "England tried very hard to will discentinde going to Tawao. Coneral Chang Henn, the In that during the period mentioned, balf of the caual's business was break down the combination of and will load a full cargo as spector General of the Yangtze done in American bottoms Had the war not prevailed, the con- their opponents they had to Sandakan. She will, we nader-Region, has drafted measures for ditions would probably have been much different. But there is one submit to the decisive defeat of stand, run to schedule and will the defence of the seven provinces point which must not be lont sight of, the fall force of which is sixteen points to nil, made up of call regularly at Jesselton. The of the Yangtze region and has probably now realised in the States. It is that if Congress had not font tries and a drop goal; 9.9. Mau Sang will replace the seat a deputy with the draft repealed that section of the Panama Canal Aot exempting American Campbell was responsible for the Hin Sang on the Tawso ran thereof to Nanking for approval shipping from tolls, the canal, in its first two months working, would drop goal. have been deprived of 50 per cent, of its revenue.
Borneo Herald.
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Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 185 per cent, premium, esilere. Union Insurance Society of Canton$103 per share, buyers. China Traders' Insurance Com pany$63 per share, buyers
North China Insurance Tis. 350 per share, buyers. .
Canton Insurance Company, Ltd.$180 per share. fr
Yangtaze Insurance Association by General Feng Kwo-change-Thr 90 per share, tre
Hongkong Ice Company- $110 per share, buyers,
Hongkong Rope Manufactur ing Company, Ltd.—$100 per share, buyers. ^
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company. $97 per
share, bayers.
Hongkong Dairy Farm Co $14 per share, esilera.
A. 8. Watson and Co., Ltd.- $23 per share, sellers.
Hongkong High Level Tram- way Co., Ltd.-200 per cent. prem., sellers,
Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., Ltd-$25 per share, nominal,
Green Island Cement Co. (old issue).-848 per share, bayers
Green Island Cement Co. (new issue)-80 per share, buyers.
Hongkong Land Investment Co.,Ld. —-8103 per share, buyers, Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.-- $4 per share, buyeraseen van o
West Point Buildings Co. Ltd. -846 per share, buyaza.
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