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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

EXTRA

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915,

SINGAPORE'S" DEVELOP VOLUNTEER RESERVES. MEINSELF UND GOTI IN PORTUGUESE

MENT.

Land and House Property Report for 1914.

Ia thoir report for 1914 Messrs. Por ell and Co., suctingars and valuers, of Singapore, stale :---

The land and house property market during the past year, particularly since the early part of August, he not been a good one for all those who have been forced to sell.

With

Ordera issued to-day by Major Wakeman, Commanding H.K.V. R, stato:

1914-

[Bringing A. M. R. Gordon's Well-known Lines up to Date.]

Parades. No. 1, 2 & 3 Com- panies will parade on the cricket Asyears roll on va adronger grows, ground on Friday Jan. 8th, at Vegares nicht dam farull our foes,

5 15 p.m. Drill Order. N.0.0. Ve gif dem all der bleeding nose, will parade on the Cricket ground

Meinself-and Gott.

SENTENCED.

Incorrigible Youth Gets Threa Months".

charged with the larceny of a ing. Authony Gutierrez was At the Police Court, this morn-

packet of Westminster cigarettes Kelly and Walsh.

GERMANY UNDER WAR CONDITIONS.

News Notes Compiled from Latest Available German

Conflagration Now Subdued.

There were no festivities to THE DRUMELTAN FIRE. mark the opening of the new Uo- iversity of Frankfort. The reator, Professor Wachsmuth, delivered an address in the large hall of the building, and congratulatory messages were read; The Law faculty of the University of Zur-

Berlin Charite, recently spoke of pointed time. Provision has been iah expressed its gratification' at of the clinic for psychiatry at the ible to open its doors at the sp. the fact that, in the midst of war, Professor Bonhoeffer, director the now University found it pas the peculiar psychic disturbance made to fill temporarily the combatants. Numerous poreons are in the field.

Newspapers.

measure. The

precautionary Brigade are standing by as a The fire on board the sailing ship Drumaltan has been put out, though reliefs from the Fire conflagration, which took place

in the later stages along the siderable magnitude and a large In the course of fighting the fire, amount of damage has been done.

Taikoo Dook wall, several of the effects of the fumes firemen suffered badly from the

on Tuesday, Jan. 12th at5.15 p.m. Van Servis,fy at Austris's droat from the premises of. Mesars in the wake of war among non-places of all the instructora who between decks, was of some con

No. 1, 2 and 3 Companies will Field Day-OaSunday, Jan. 10 parade on the Oricket ground at 8 a.m. Dress Marching Order. Water bottles to be filled and food carried in the baversack. Mem- fallin at the Kowloon Ferry wharf bers residing in Kowloon will ut 8.50a.m. under Lieut. Laadale. embere residing at Taipo should arrange to join at Fanling. signallers detailed for daty as auch will not carry rifles. Coats for the return journey may be taken and lefrat Fanling Station. Conts should be clearly labelled.

a few excaptions, the priosa realised "have not been Batisfactory. It is true, however, that only a small number of attractive properties have been placed on the market since the war began. Bome sellers, either as trustees, administrators, or mortgagees, have considered it advisable to wait until the pai- tion of Singapore, financially, N. C. Os, class of Iastraction. shows an improvement. ThatAttendance will be optional in may take

immediate-futura for the following:-Sergt. place after the Chinese New W. J. Katty & J. Johnson and Year in February next, or as Lo-Cpl. W. M. Humphries.

soon as there is a prospect of the

war being, branght to a speedy

finieb. It is quite probable that

when hostilities have, ceased Singapore will see a marked im

daken main seat in Austria's

boot,

Und says,

your coat,

..

Vot

Bag in, ve'll hold Meinself-nnd Gott.

dough der Russian Bar Und round: mein Bolish frontiere

should growl,

Ve dwiedt his tail outil he howl,

browl,

Und let dem talk of der "endendt" It was nicht vorth ein verdom'd

Meinsolf-und Gott.

condt,

Ve'll biff der lode, me and mein

friendt,

Meinself-and Gott.

For if La Fraces she cook her hat; Den on der bisce on vich she sat Vo'll shrmank her good und hart,

like dat!

Meinself-und Gotf,

that the slarm was received by The official police report states the Fire Department at 6.45 yea terday morning, the fire being discovered by the second officer, W.Sparr, at 4.45 a.m.

were enjoined to preservo, the

atrioteat silence concernia; the

Defendant pleaded guilty. see apies at every street corner, Inspector Terrett informed the while others imagine that every Court that in 1910 the defendant rapidly passing automobile har has decided to sak the Oommand The Berlin Municipal Council was brought up with a number of bours hostile gold. Dr. Bonhoeffer ing General of the city, von into European houses on the chosis" does not characterise for potatoes, as they have been Portuguese boya for breaking says the old term of war pay-Kessel, to fix a maximum price discharged by Mr. Hallifax on mental disease caused by war hundredweight on October 8, to higher levels, bai be was these cases. There is no distinct mounting from 2.75 marks per account of his youth. Since then excitement, but slumbering ten-3.50 on October 13. Similar as matter in his possession. he had served a term of three dencies are awakened or intensi- tion has been taken in Bremen,

Defendant said he was a typist oious cases is necessary at the months' imprisonment for larceny. fed by it. As it is impossible to Frankfait, Hanover, Giesson, and He had not the details of the treat insanity in the field, the Dessau.

greatest care in excluding suspi- A writer in the Welt am Mon- about two months. He admitted no circumstances ought patients cellor, which he says, are inspired at the American candy store for time of mobilisation. And under tag protests against the public attacks on the Imperial Chan- having been in prison for three who have apparently recovered

J. T. Mead, of Messrs. Kelly The Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger calls The writer remarks: "Herr von Proceedings in the court-roum, months for attempted burglary. to be sent to the front again, by "a certain influential group. and Walsh, aaid they had had attention to the confusion caused marok and does not profess to in the Berliner Tageblalt, extracta quite a lot of this kind of by the indiscriminate use of the he. In war times he is pushed from the Ostasiatische Lloyd, of

Bethmann-Hollweg is no Bis-

Prof. Rudolf Encken publishes, thing. The defendant had been term "Masurian Lakes." After into the background even more Shanghai, showing the sympathy coming into the shop quite the victory of Gen, von Hinden than was the first Chancellor. We of the Chinese for the German oaught him. When he was icon Lakes and swamps. regularly and asking stupid quea borg at Tannenberg it was gon-shus hear little from him. But tions. Le had heen watching erally stated that the Russians he had hardly appeared on the tion to the letter of a Chiness him, and yesterday Mr. May had been driven into the Masurian scene in Belgium when he became scholar, who has spent many years He calls particular atten ed of having been doing it for a achieved his second victory, much ed deep-seated enmity towards Lloyd I am confident that you von long time he replied, "I have not further east, there was consider him. It is very apparent that in are fighting for the true cause of the target of attacks which show in Europe, and who writes to the "aken much." "Witness was perable surprise at his again speak. fectly cattain the defend it had ing of the battle at the Marian looked upon as a quill-driver whom he heaps the strongest

certain circles the Chancellor is

humanity and culture,” Russians, Lakes." An authority explains who would deprive the men the matter thus: "Tae entire of the sword of the rows.depithets, the Uhinese scholar Frenchmen, a id Englishmen, en southern half of East Prussia is of their bloody sacrifices, it hopes to sec dotted with lakes. The name of this were ao, those who compass

"suppressed.” Maaurian Lakes' is applied only the fall of the Chancellor would baden, which was erected sa 8 The beautiful cuspel at Wies to that group of rather extensive lakes which, surrounded by that the persons behind these Elizabeth of Nassau, originally a surely be right. Bat one knows mausoleum for the Dashees woods, stretch from Johannie- burg to Angerbarg. The lakes stucks belong to a class to whom Russian Grand Duchess, and power is everything, but who to be considered in connection have no proper conception of the chased by the Russian Govern which a few years ago was pur- The following will represent with the battle of Tannenberg are limits of power. Indeed, it may the Hongkong Cricket Club smaller and different in char be said of some of the members 10 the woods where the chapel against the Hongkong Civil Ser-acter, and are Saturday, 9th January; play will Accordingly, says the Lokal and are proud of the fact. Bathing to a hostile state. The German ment, together with the cemetery vants on the Club ground, on among the Masurian Lakes" of that group that they have more stands, has been seized by the

not included.

commence at 2 pm, sharp:-

arrogance than common-sense,

German Government as belong- Major Bowen, D. E. Donnelly, called the battle at the Eastmann-Hollweg is not of their papers say that, as a protection

Anzeiger, the first battle might be AL. Grace, R. Kennedy, P. S. Prussian Lakes," while the second kind, but he has sometimes been against possible depredation on

Ve dinks i Franco gounts on

John Ball

provement in the demand for land VOLUNTEER ORDERS. (Up to his neck mit der Bome

state.:-

Bule)

Ve dinks, ach she vos

great fool,

Meinself-and Gott

Lient.Ool. A.. Chapman, V.D.For Nationals and Ulederites

Corps Orders issued to-day by

Brepares to haf some dreadful Ve zees dem ran der gans all

fights,

nights,

Weekly Reports,-0. Os. are rominded that the weekly slate must be aunt to the Orderly Room not later than 5 p.m. to-day,

and house property, especially in regard to well-situated shop- house business premises. Eur- opean residential properties have attracted little attention, and it may be some time before an im- provement in this direction seta in, Owners of this class of property, who are aader no im- mediate necessity to sell, will continue to hold for fair prices. It would not be unreasonable to Basume that a good time is ooming for the majority of owners, for Singapore has to continue going ahead and eventually become the most important abipping on commercial centre in this part of the world, with the prospect of being made the best market for rubber, tin, and other numeroas period of the War :-R. A. Stokes

Temporary

Commissions.

Meinself-and Gott.

Vell, Bridala baf soms ehips I

know,

Sergt. Len Fletcher Chapman, H.K.V.C., has been granted a Com-But I vill gatoh dem, bending so, mission a temporary 2nd Lieu- Ve'll to der bottoms make dem go, tenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, with The following members of the Und so I shoudta aloud for var,

effrot frim

Meinself-und Gott. 2. 1.15. H.K.V.O., have been accepted for Sende uldimadums to der Czar, temporary Commissions in the Ve says, "John Ball, aday vere New Service Battalions, for the

20 you are,"

Muinself-and Gott.

been doing it for a long time, t A sentence of three month imprisonment was passed.

HONGKONG CRICKET

CLUB.

When he

valuable products of adjacent and R. W. D. Barney. Sergeant I says to Belgium. Now be goodt. Leigh Bennett, M. M. Masa, E. Jis properly designated as "the too lenient towards them, and it the part of some Russian, the countries whose steady develop-A. Märdoch, H.K.V.C., has been | Gif me your railways and your R., Mitchell, S. S. Moore, Major battle at the Masurian Lakes," may be assumed that at a time of chapel and its very valuable con-

Und ve'll gif France der shock

foodt,

#dat's rudie,"

Meinself-und Gott.

pain,

ment should bring a further large granted a temporary Commission and profitable business to Siuga-as Lieutenant in the New Service pore. Improvements to reads, brid-Battalions, dated 1. 1. 15. ges, canals, streets, and in varions other directione, are being carried 8th instant, nil.

Parades. Parades for Friday, on by the Public Works Depart Detail, Orderly Officer, 2nd I sends ein leedle nodte to Spain; ment and the Municipality and a Lieat. Canningham. great deal of pzoellent work has Sergeant, Oorpl. Shenton. To

Orderly To help me ahmack at France bsen accomplished in this way furnish guard to night, No. 1 If not ve'll make her skvira mit during the year. The buge task Section Artillery and Loft Section

again, of laying the pipes for the future M. G. On. to-morrow, Centre sewerage system of the town is being pashed on with by the Municipality; the cost of this on- dertaking will run into millions of dollars, but it will be money well spent and will help to make Singapore one of the purest and healthiest towns in the Esat, With reference" to

Section M, G. Co.

How Britain Strove for Peace.”

Under this title there has been

Meinself-und Gott..

Und Idaly I adira ub too, Demands of Denmark, Vot you

da ?."

WOO,

Mit mailed fist Holland's help ve Meinself und Golt. longs for oder worlds to smash,

P. Thursfield. Robertson, B. H. Tayler, and R,

Severn, G. It. Siyer. F. J. do The following will represent the Civil Servante:RE. 0. Bird, O. P. Martyn, Hon, Mr. O. Rome, F. A. Biden, C. Sito, E. B. Reed, E. Sutton, R. O. Witchell,

A. B. Rouse..

Insufficient Evidence,

The German Union Against the Abuse of Spiritadas Liquors protested recently against a tole: gram from the military head quarters of the Crown Prince to

forbearance towards the 'irrecon war be will show even greater tentaare guarded by twosentinels. attacks on the Imperial Chancellor Ethical Society of that city, is Dr. Enok Marck, professor of oilables. know very well. And the journal- This the authors of the

history

University of iets know that his fall cannot

Munich, in a lecture before the quoted in the Frankfurter Zeitung as saying: "Every great

well sa the

the Deutsches Armeeblast, contain be brought about now; but they state developed from the ald ing a request that rum and arrack think they are strong enough to be furnished to the troups by exercise pressure on him." The Europe of the year 1500, and voluntary contributions, In Berliner Tageblat, in commenting po. seesing en individuality of its answer to this protest the pre- sident of the Union has been this letter, says that it, strives for self-preservation ing, Mr. Haz land discharged the his views on the question of tem

At the Police Court, this morn- Prince has by no means changed relations of the Empire, and, great regulator, as wel

officially informed that the Crown with a view, firstly, to the foreign

thoroughly agrees with the writer, and expansion. This is a sign of health War has ever been the bery at Youmati. He said the asked for were not intended for as in other things, claim for them- six mon charged with armed rob

perance, and that the liquors in their attacks on the Chancellor, onts, who would free Germany

secondly, because the extremials great destroyer.

Our oppon evidence was insuficient to cou-refreshment and stimulation," selves rights that are denied to taken. This spirit of the people's viet aponta qualit

from militarism, are greatly mis- but as medicine against dysentery, others. colde, etc.

army has now, in the year 1014, Dr. Georg Helm, the leader of

spread irresistibly and permeates The commander of the Tenth the blood of all of us. The Gar der gos, L Und Ireland's guns are durn'dishes a statement pointing out bach, and his son, a lieutenant, mind has thereby not grown less,

gainst me

that the German Government were both wounded in the battles but has rather attained new vigour

properties written by Sir Edward Cook a For Europe I'meinsell can drash, Vor John Ball's ships dey sveep the Bavarian Peasant Union, pub Reserva Corps, Gen. Count Kirch- man striving for things of th

for tale, privately, we

take this opportunity of drawing ioined at the price of two-pence,

my most interesting pamphlet, which Mit our von handt ve vill dem

the attention of capitalists to an and a copy of which has been

baglı,

Meinself-and Gott,

estate of over 500 acres in Jing courteously handed as by the On mein danghill I orowe and Blitzender's varm times like made a serious mistake in not in France. The latter lost an within the last decade. The right

apore for which we have baan Hon. Mr. E. A. Howett, of the P. Instructed to obtain a pu

mysatrudts

sad O. Company. In plain Und pracdices some sabre-oudts, chaser. This property is situated language, it tells the story of Und says, "My vord, ve are der on the Changi Road, about 10 Anglo-German negotiations from miles from town. It is plasted to 1898 to 1914, the facts being

Meinself-und Gost.

Dar enemies ver mosdt onkind, Seems ve vos nodt kvite of von

mind,

a large extent with cocouts, and gleaned from authoritative

are also trees which are now being taping sidelights on German policy.

many rubber sources, and throw many interest Budt ven der var bagina I find ped. There is an extensive front- age on the Changi Road, with a baxatifal sea frontage at Ayer Gomara where good gen-bathing can be oblained. There are many

Meinself-and Gott.

Hat kept me back vor more'n a Vor leedle Belgium, mit his cheek,

Mit additudo that'a far from meek, Meinself" Vora's Gott ? "

veek,

Nein. dings dond't "durn oudt es

I hoped,

ba

Vor me-night. Gott.

I am gompletely flabbergass To hear Freneb marching drough

Elanga Mein splendid droops mon down

like grasa Mengh

Ah me, Mein Gott!

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

TO LET

fixing, at the outbreak of the arm. Four generations of Kirch kind of war is always great aud

maximum prices for all, baobs have been decorated with sublime. cereale. Now, he says, it is too the Iron Cross, the first member late." An army of dealera and of the family having been Capt. buyers is everywhere at work, and von Kirchbach, of York's Corps, never had anything to do with in 1814, and fell in battle. His among them are persons who who got the cross at Montmirail, gricultural products. It is not the son was the famous peasants who make the prices, the of the Fifth Army Corps during Commander

jadicione distribution of the orop Bothraer, as well as an "semistaut prices are thrown at them, bide the Franco-German war, who was chasing eachother with great rapi wounded at Weissenburg."

"The remedial measures now recommended by Dr. Helm are chener Zeitung, Count Karl von The editor-in-chief of the daun-

Like moving bictures on der

by the Government, and anper vision of the flour mills. These

editor and the publisher of the Last night der horrors I baf seen, the production of far, and the publication of military secrets have at present no standard for Paper were recently tried on the One thus the quality of the bread 18 They were found

Olarge of violating the law

Und Vilbelmina, homely ▼row, So humble once, but hear her dity."

now:

"Loan off my fence, you Ger

man cow.!”,

To ME Mein Gott!

excellent balliing sites on the Singapore, a run of ton miles oo. colate, and if out up into live toupies little time and the cost in tex sore blooks there should be a becoming quite moderate. It is ready and profitable sale for these probable that in a few years much amongst our well-to-do Chinese of the land in the country districts residents who are showing a dis of Singapore will be taken up position to acquire land in desir- the purpose above mentioned. Und much me fears, mein Pard Beholdt var ondt on Saint uncertain. Dr. Helm also recomCount Bothmer was cente

for

abla country districts for weekToerefore the obauco now offered and residential purposes. In those is a good one for an enterprising days of the rapidly increas capitalist who would do wall to Ing number of foet and give the estate referred to his

motorcarscio prompt attention

Juxor

rious

ber'e sloped

Somehow der Union's come

noraped

Of me and Gott,

screen,

Helene,

moods that a consue of the cattle Weinself by Gat

stock through at the Empire be days imprisonment,

& fine of 150 marke o taken

as there may be too much JAIMCDONALD." cattle for the amount of availa

othera 6808 able fodder

marke.or

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