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GENERAL NEWS.

Prices Rising In States.

Washington, January 10.—The priose of wheat, meat and corn are Castantly rising. Whest set a new record of 81.41 per bushol yesterday.

Kunfa Lumpur Law Courts.

The Kuala Lumpur Law Courts are passing through a temporary Blacknees, legal men enjoying what is called the unofficial vacation.

Received by King George.

Amongst those who had the honour of being received by His Majesty on November; 27

Was

Rear Admiral· ··Keziburo Oguri (apon his appointment ae Japanese Naval Attache).

Old Chinese Custems ·Man's"

Estate.

The late Mr. Albert Lewis, aged

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915.

MOUTRIE'S PIANOS

are BACKED by

67, of 29, Warrington-crescent, S.

Maida-hill, W., formerly of the Chinese Imperial Kritime Cus toms Service, left personalty valued at £23,283.

1J

Vessels Carrying Bulk Oil.

The number of vessels intended to carry ail in bulk which bave been classed by Lloyd's curing the year under review is the largest yet recorded in any one year, namely:-72 vessela, of 402,033 tops, 5 of these vostela being over 10,000 groan toas essh;

National Relief Fund.

Amongst recently aunonac ed subscriptions to the National R. liot Fand are the following: Yokohama Local Committee N. R.F. (Let instalmin), £2,000; ***British Subjaota of All Raças and Classes and a fox Franch Sym- pathisers in Saigon, £517 2s.

Dabtors' Christmas Bood.

"I refuse to commit any debtor to spend Christmas in prison during these troublous times," remarked Judge Shortt at East Kent County Court at Ashford: Accordingly all the judgment summonses, numbering over fifty: wora suspended until next Jacuary.

GUARANTEE for

FIVE YEARS.

EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED.

INSPECTION INVITED,

Prepaid Advertisements

ONE CENT PER WORD

FOR EACH INSERTION"

TO LET. Tbuildings and Nathan Road, LET-Flats in Humphreys

Kowloon.

Six roomed house in Mindes Row, Kowloon.

Four roomed houses at Koy loon. Apply to.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

A FINANCE CO., LTD.

Alexandra Buildinga

TO LET-Queen's Building, The South-West portion of the first floor, including Treasury on Ground floor, lately in oc- cupation of the German Bank. Godown, No: 9. Le House Street.

Apply to:-

IL

THE HONGKONG LAND IN- VESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

TO LET.

TO LET Nice Flats" of

ROOMS, in Kowloon; suit- able for, Europeans, Airy, in good locality, Electric Light, Water, Bathroom, Kitchen. Moderate, rent, varying from $20 to $15.-- Telephone accommodation. Also furnished Rooms. Apply H Ruttonjes, Royal George Hotel.

O LET-European house, No. 156, Praya East.-Apply Pro- MATHESON & Co., Ltd.

To perty Office, JARDINE

LET-Furnished or un- furnished, with use of Tennis Court, Ground Floor of No. 2 Bay View, corner of Mody and Chatham Roads, Kowloon.- Apply to No. 1 BAY VIEW,

MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. Toes in Clifton TO LET.--No. 3 Lysemoon

GERMAN BANKS IN LONDON.

BETWEEN THE

TRENCHES.

How We Help to Financo German Trade.

A Night Adventurë.

吃

Gardens, Conduit Road,.

1 Hillside, 11 The Peak. Godowns, New Praya, Ken- nedy Town.

Godowns, at Wanobai Road. Apply to:- THE HONGKONG LAND" IN- VESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

TO LET.-No. 59 The Peak (5

Cameron Villas) BEACONSFIELD, Battery

Path.

Villas" Kowloon. Apply to: SPANISH DOMINICAN PROCURATION.

TO LET-No. 5, CONDUIT

ROAD-Repaired. Repaint- ed and thoroughly Renovated. Complete installation of Electric Lights, incluing Fittings, Can be occupied immediately.

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RICHMOND HOUSE, JI, Robinson RoadNow under repair, Can be renovated and repainted to suit tenant's tasta.. Garden and Tennis Court.

For further particulars apply.

No. 62 The Peak, (2 Cameron Des Voeux Road. Villas)-Furnished.

Hongkong, 12th January, 19/4.

No. 19 Belillos. Terrace. The following are extriots

"KIRKENDOA " furnished,

A correspondent writing to the from the letters of an oligor in No. 122 Plantation Road, Peak.to.-H. M. H. NEMAZEE, 10, Globe says":-It is surprising tharjen Indian regiment:- no one connected with finance bas Fet written to explain to the public the nature of the business"

Nov. 13.

"ROGATE" Austin Road. Kowloon. From lat February,

915.

ROOMS suitable for offices on the first flor of No. 3 Luddoll Street.

No. 7" MOUNTAIN VIEW" Apply to

LINSTEAD & DAVIS.

Ia Trenches.-Two nights ago which banking firms of German I. was out on the scout again. origin carry on in this country. The C.O. of the wanted to find They "fiassce" Germans in ut if the trenob I went to before every part of the world, and we now held at night or not enable them to compete with The little nullah (sort of deep Peak, British firme, in a manner which ditch) I went down last time to to my mind is moat prejudicial to get to their trench had chomy Biitish interests. I will endeavour sitting in it. So I had to crawl to explain how this works out out and down a planghed field Supposing a German firm in for about 500 yards. Not mach Singapore or Raugoon cr Rio de fan, especially as Janeiro wishes to

some of the business beyond the limits of its right kept on firing over me and people from our trenches to the own capital, it proceeds in the quite close at that, I got up all following manner:

right to about 20 yards from the TOLET-ABERGELD E, 136

extond its

TOLET-168, The Peak, "The Kennels." Apply to:- THE HONGKONG LAND IN- A

VESTMENT. & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

Plantation Road, Peak.

TO LET-Office 2nd Floor, No, 14 Pedder Streat; also‘Large Godown on Water Frent. Fast Point.-Apply Property Office,

JARDINE, MATHESON

& Co., Ltd.

TO LET A House in Knuts-

ford Terrace. Apply to: THE HONGKONG, LAND IN- VESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

FOR SALE.

Let us suppose it is a firma trench, which I found was hald, Furnished for about 8 month-from FOR SALE-Billiard Table (by situ ted in Rangoon and dealing and I heard rome one whisper-middle February. Five Roomed

Roberta) with :coring boards in rice. It will apply to, saying about 20 yards to my lef House; tennis court; seven rules, Cues. rests, cover, balls Yarmouth Herring. Trade's Loss. X. and C., a German banking what I thought was Pushtu. I minutes' easy walk from upper py amid, pool and billiard. Price

Owing to the war, Yerouth's firm in London, and ask for a listened to it for some time, Tram Station.

For particulars $750.—Apply Mesa Secretary, berring catch this season stands credit of, say,, £100,000. It and was almost sure it was apply to, A. S. SORENSEN, 7ith Punjabis Mass. Kow-loon. at 170,900,000, as compared with the standing of the applicants some of my man who hatt Thoresen & Co. 9 Ice House, 789,605,000 at this time last year, justifies it, X. and Co. will agree crawled out to look for me, as I a decline of more than £500,000 to grant it, on the following was on my own, and had been out

Street.

N

No pieklod herringe have been method and terms. The Ringon a long time. So I gave a low LET.-Small Bungalow nd.

Barier Road, Peak. Apply to

joining "GLENSHIEL,"

LINSTEAD & DAVIS

FOR SALE 20 Foot Teak Wood Boat fitted with. 10 H.P. Motor. Speed 6 to 7 knots. Apply X.Y.Z. c/o "Hongkong Tole-raph."

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NOW PROCEEDING. GREAT REDUCTIONS.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

A car that is seen on the streets and country. roads as often as the Ford must be right or its very presence would kill it. Isn't this positive proof that the Ford is right when it outnumbers: any other car-anywhere-three to one ? Over 550,000 abw'in use-have you yours ?

Ford 5 Seater Touring Car... Mex. $1,500 Ford 2

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sent to Northern Europe this firm draws on X. & Co. 10 bills Hist," and threw a bit of mud season, wherens last year at this for £10,000 each, payable at three without effect. Toen 1 crawled a time 525,781 barre's, worib maha X & Co. accept these little more to the left nearer to £788,070, bad been shipped."

bills, and, being a millionaire them, and found it was two Ger- firm, they discount their own a0- «Soldiers and Chinese in Sydney. ceptances at the lowest open and putting up a low barhed msan talking their own lingo, Melbourne, Dec. 22.-A num market rate with British Discount wire entanglement. So I crawled ber of oasen were heard in the Companies and Landon Clearing away and tome again; when an City Court to-day as & erquel to House Banks, and place the infernal sentry in the next trench the attack made by goldiers or proceeds to the credit, in their to my own saw me when I was Obinere premises in Little Bourke Street last night and on clients, charging them a commit the enemy, and blazed at me. own books, of their Rangoon nearly back, thought I must be Saturday night. Fines were sion of (usually) 10s, par £100. inflicted in each esno, Aritur

Fortunately a miss. I hastily fell When the said clients have on my face and cursed him for a Matthews, a member of the forces, purchased sufficient rice to make fool, but not before he had had a who was charged with having up a cargo, they cable to X. and second plug at me could I stop willally broken a window, bad Co. particulars of the amount him. It is quite exciting being beard that the residents of Little required, and this is remitted to eat on the loose between the lines Bourke Street had kicked a bugler some British bank in Rangoon, at night, though rather annoying. boy to death, and that was what who pay the amount in exchange if one's own line is doing mach excited the crowd,

for the bills of lading of the cargo. abooting, as apart from the bul Mr. Martin: I think you ares These bills of lading are sent to let coming over it prevents one young fool.

X. and Co., and are eventually hearing the enemy's snipers mov- Matthews: I am Bure of it handed to the buyer of the cargo ing. The men are now asking (Laughter.)

in Hamburg or Bremen against most of all for mufflers, so tell cseh payment, and thus the any one who asks what they would The Battle of Fatshan.

oro ation.ís completed. In the United Bervice

like best. Observe: Neither the Rangoon Magazine for December Com- firm nor the German banking mander E. Hamilton Currey, firm are ever money out of pocket. RN, revives the story of the it is our British Discount Com olan of bills to the extent, I battle of Fatahan Creek in the panies and our London Clearing believe, of about $150,000,000. second Obina war, which was House Banks who are financing If certain firms of Germen origin fought on June 1, 1857. It was a Germans and helping them to were called upon to meet their very eanguinary affair so far as compete against British Rangoon acceptances they

would the Chinese were concerned, but firms, who are trading on their bankrupt. So would many Ger- Permission to Wear. Foreign Hie Majesty's Royal licence and there were comparatively few own real and sound onpital. man tradera be all over the

Decorations.

authority to wear the Insiguin of 'casualties on the English side

Such a transaction between world,

The King has been pleased to the Foorth Class of the Order of considering the strength of the ordinary individuals is an illicit A great deal is said about give and grant unto Mr. Trader the Excellent Crop, which decora- THE FRANGO GERMAN WAR, position occupied by the enemy, one, being what is termed one of endeavouring to capture German ick Alexander Jamieson, Leotion has been conferred upon him by Major General Bir 114 by Kinston Parkes the number of his guns, and the « paper accommodation." The trade By bringing these power-motive and Works Superintend- by the President of the Repablic crowds of men at his disposal. It German firm is thus trading on fal firms of Germen origin to eat, Peking-Mukden Railway of Chine in recognition of vala- was in this action that Com- capital borrowed on the oheapest book as soon as convenient to Tongabau, His Majesty's Hoysiable services rendered by him. modore the Hon. Henry Keppel, possible terms. With an open British interests, and then making liceree and authority to wear the OB., so gallantly distinguished market discount rate of 23 to 3 such, banking methods illegal, Insignia of the Birth Class of the himself that he received a per per cent, and four quarterly.com you will have disposed of the Order of the Excellent Crop, sonal letter of thanks from missions of half of 1 per cent, to bulk of German overses trading, which decoration has been con- Admirci Bir Michael Seymour, be paid by them for the nocom It is evident that it is to the ferred upon him by the President Commander-in-Chief. Few officers, modation, their money costs them interest of certain firms establish of the Republic of China in re you have lost your appetite says Commander Currey, have 4 to 5 per cent. per annum, all ed in England that Germany cognition of valuable services one of the big variety of had a higher tribute paid to them; told.

shonla bo victorions. Some of rendered by him. The King bas dainty dishes at the ALEXAN few also have deserved it well At the present moment the their numbers are frank enough boon pleased to girs and grant DRA CAFE sure to tempt

Commodore Keppel for his Government are holding this to admit it.

anto Mr. John Patrick Donovan, you, part in the action of June 1, 1857,

bo

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BRASSEY'S NAVAL ANNUAL 1914

MENGRIES OF THE KAISER'S

COURT,

by Anne Topham.

THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN BALANGERMANY,':

by W. Harbutt Dawson

FRANCO-GERMAN WAR,

THE MONEY HUNT,

SLIY

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.........

SEEDS OF PINE,

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1.75

4.00

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DAILY TELEGRAPH WAR MAPAI: $140

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LETTS'S DIARIES 1915.