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The Weather,
Two hundred and eight years ago to-day, a political step was THE MAN WHO BORROWS TAKES taken which was regarded by an THINGS EASIER THAN THE ONE
WHOLENDO." enormous number of persona sa a grave stror on the part of the Government—the ratifying of the Union of the parliaments of Eug land and Scotland. For more than a century the two crowOS had been united; for, when Queen Elizabeth died, justico was done to the memory of the murdered
fine,
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Count the Columns. Yesterday
the Telegraph Qaren of Senis, who had been the published 39 oglumas of solid righifal heiress to the crown of reading matter, To-day there England, by the placing of Mary's will be 47 published."
James VI of Scotland on the 900, throu3. Bat the period from
The Malls.
1803 to 1707 was "nevertheless Siberian Mail-Dae per 6.8. E. so awkward one, and tbe Simona to-day
1915.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS
YPRES AND THE DARDANELLES.
An Abortive Air Raid,
Tho Dardanelles and the farther details ooccerning the Ypres
18
1890
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files for the work endang May 1, 1890.)
The Dollar.
May, Toe rate of the dollar on demand to day is 3/31"
Germany In Africa.¿
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IMPORT MANIFESTS.
New Order In Council? The following is the regulation made by the Governor-in-Connoil ander Section 10 (d) of the Certificates of Origin Ordinance, 1915. (Ordinance No. 8 of 1915), Jon A, ril 29, published in to-day's
Government Gəzatte:-:7",
The import manifest required to be furnished to the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports battle are the questions of the
onder section 8 of the certificates moment; for the air raid at Ipe-
of Origin Ordinance, 1915, shall wich is as trifling and as farcical
April, 25-Sir James Fergus- after the arrival of the ship in the be farnished within four hours. the submarine campaign the week's score for which, by sured England that min's ex-that if the said manifest cannot son stated that Germany bas as-waters of the colony.Provided the way, ie four fiabing boats and pedition will in no way be allowed with all due diligence he farrish a single merchantman. That we
to interfere with British interests ed within the above mentioned obvious enough; but the Germans, tion of the Government afe time, owing to the office of the got badly battered at Ypres seems in Nyasaland, and that the ques- despite their novel views where guarding British interesta ia asil Superintendent of Imports and sticking to the lawe of warfare is Simone 10-day at 4 p.m. 18
Exports being closed, it shall be Siberian Mail.-Closes per 8.8.ven greater losses. One gets very concerned, must have endured
furnished forthwith upon the Kanchow to-day at 4 pm,
next opening of the said office.
LANGKAT OUTPUT. Menors. Wright and Hornby
position became impossible; Siberian Mail-Olosed per 8.3. Monteagle at 11 am. to day. French Mail.-Uloses per s.a. E
for while, nominally, the King of
England was the King of Sootland
the two countries differed much in customs, laws, and general outlook and interests- að iber had done when ruled by different sovereigns. Often it was sufficient for one parlisment to make a law, for the other im mediately to frame one in direct contradiction,
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-To-day's Anniversary,
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To day je the 208-6 anniversary of the Union of England and Scotland and the 65th birthday of H. R. H. the Dake of Connaught,
unsettled."
Swimming the Harbour. April, 25. Last evening, out tired of discussing the poisonous of the many swimmers who have gas part of the business; but, so far commenced to patronise the R as the Ypres battle is concerned, creation Club for the season, four,
April 1
it is the kernel of matters. As of the more venturesome agreed advies us that the Langkat output evidencing the cold-blooded thoroughness wherewith the Ger- the distance, owing to the irregu-follows
at least to cross the harbour. As for the current month is as mans made their plans, "Eyewite lar course they would have to neas" draws attention to the fact take, is at least a mile, through that the battle was postponed until
strong currents, long odds were a wind favourable to the progress oftared against them; but the feat ofthenexions gases arose. Over the
was successfully accomplished in ebarge that followed the releas- something under three-quartere ing of these gases, an element of of an hour, from the Bathhouse to harah humour obtrudes itself, in Taim-tes-toi per. The quartette
Many of the Soots and many of the English were quite content that this condition should con-
two parliaments were united Scots- men in particular spoke of the
The rate of the dollar on fapite of the gravity of the occas finished strongly, in the following| Union as though it were a national
ion. Think of the bold and war-order. O. Manning, Perkins, like Germans going into battle, Dickson and Michael, Looking back dis-
A larger calamity.
armed against their own weapons crowd will repeat the attempt on passionately on the event one.
with pada soaked in bi-carbon Monday evening, some intending feela ibat not only political but also commerical conditions made
ste of soda. And this is the people to also try the return trip
The Beggar Nuisance. the amalgamation imperative, and
that deemed itself ready for, and capable of, world dominion! Bat it is clear enough that from it,
April, 20-Deggars Scotland's prosperity
even science does not get all its becoming almost as numerous se dates.
own way in this world; the British mosquitoes here, and quite as Foreign Importers Meeting. have said;! we the folk north
A meeting of foreign importera reserve forces in front of 8 great a nuiemce. Nine of these piece goods will be held at the Jolien were not to be diemayed vagrants--the scum of Canton secretary's office, Chamber of by fames and fogs, and, in a flae were put in "rod" yesterday Commerce, on Monday at 4. p.m. bayonet charge, they more than and they were followed by reven
repaid the enemy's complimente. more this mcraing, who Active Proclamation.
The net result of the whole fight thither with the option of a fire. The proclamation placing the ie that our line lies somewhere dollar fae. For some weeks past forces of the Colony on Active about half a mile behind St. their numbers have been rapidly Service, bas been extended a fur-Jalien.
increasing, owing to the ten ther three months from May 3.
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1915.
THE HELP THAT CHINA. NEEDS.
of mapy
get the greatest store-their laws and their religion-were rigorous- Bo far as ly left alone. Perhaps low 18 concerned the concession was not an unmixed blessing."
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Daily average 268 06.
China Traders' Insurance Com-
pany-$70 per share, sellers.
North China Insurance —Tia, $55 per share, buyers.
Canton Insurance Company, Ltd. $125 per share.
Yangteze Insurance Association Tls. 96 per abare,
Hongkong Gas Company- $135 per share, sellers."
Hongkong Hotel Company $200 per share, bayers.
Indo-China S.N. Company Bongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per cent, Debentures-$501.
Jest and Earnest la the Bast.
Meanwhile the Torts have got here and the flourishing all that they bargained for, and southern capital; and it is The Drink Question Once Moro,
Mr. A Hughes will speak at the more. The introduction of comic probable that crestares of this Mr. Lloyd George he's now meeting of the Hongkong Chria artifice into warfare is older than class infinitely prefer our jail, introduced definite proposals into tian Union at Ying Wah College, the siege of Troy, and as old as where they are clean, well fed, the house of Commons concern- 67 Caine Road, on Monday next the Levitical books of the Bible, and comfortable, to wallowing in ing the drink question. To judge at 5.30 p.m.
Tao Greek. and Jewish the mire of their native city. from later wires these proposals
heroes of ancient days would However this may be, the police Lady's Claim. do not bid fair to be accepted unmurmuringly. Indeed
Mrs. Hickie is the plaintiff in The best hamour always has are doing good work, and reliev
have enjoyed the donkey ruse. in clearing them off the straits Irish were up in arms in a is claimed from Lowe, Bingham these
an action in which $440 very practical end to serve, and It will be remembered that last year a travelling committee moment, and began with the and Matthews, as the liquidators exactly what was required of
decrepit appointed by the Rockefeller Foundation visited China with a view suggestion that the new law, if of the estate of D. Balken.
beasts did foreigners of an intolerable
nuisance,” to enquiring into the health needs of the country and the possibility "passed, should not be made to
Paying a Dividend, them; hopelessly humbugged the of definitely establishing western ideas on the subject of medicine apply to their country at all. We
April 28-The Osthedral is snemy and incidentally provided at last able to pay a dividend. and surgery there. In a Telegraph interview the main objects of are prepared to bear that some of the committee were sketched out, and hints were given as to the the Scots members will follow pleased to appoint Mr. S. B. Bchievement of the thousand asses dollars sittings improved some- unlooked for entertainment for Last year the accounts were some H. E, the Governor has been the Allies forces. But the 886 out, but the demand for ten-pany-$360 per share, sellers. Hongkong Fire Insurance Com amount of information gleaned and the class of report that would suit. To double the sprit duty McElderry, passed oadet, to be is only a detsiliin comparison with whist, a good many being" sold $84 per share, sellera. be delivered at headquarters. That report has been issued, and a is to bit Ireland and Sadtland an officer of class III of the Civil the later movement of events abort," with the result that a
China Fire Insurance Company copy of it has come into our hands. We have said before that, anduly hard in cómparison with whatever may be the case elsewhere, in China the needs of the body England, where, as a rule, beer Service, with effect from January Throughout the whole of the balance of nearly $130 is in hand Company-62 per cent, premium, Hongkong and Whampoa Dook are indisputably more pressing than those of the soul or the mind; and not whisky is the drink of
18, 1915.
Mediterranean scene of action the now." and
who are people
inclined to remark "This is a hard saying" will the majority of the people. Fro-
A buyers. Allies Bro fcoring The Kallan Mioing. do well to cast an eye round them at their coolie neighboura.
marked The First Typhoon of the Season, Hongkong, Canton and Hacao That the Foundation is not opposed to existing missionary work justice, the sufferers thereby total cutpat of the Administra victory. A whole battalion of telegram received from Luzon to China and Manila Steamship
bably no one-even, to do them
eaccesses of the sort that pave We are informed that the the way to no very long-delayed Consul courteously forwards a share, bayers.
April 20.The Spanish Steamboat Company-$55) per may be seen from its recommendation that, as far as possible, ca- will raise much objection to the tion's mines for the Week ending Turke has been optured a day, which states that a depression Company $105 per share, operation between it and the missionary organisations should be quadrupling of the wine duties. 17th April amounted to 71,804.84 avis, entered into. But, before all things, its purpose is a material r ther If thie could (and we have no tous and the tales during the have established themselves right of Luzen." than a spiritual one. It is recommended that medical schools should doubt it can, with a little care,) period, to 567,816.47 tons.
the British exists in the Pacifio to the 8 E eollers. be opened in Canton, Changahs, Shanghai and Peking, and that be worked in such a manner as
across the Gallipoli peninsula, two model tuberenlosis hospitals should be erected on sites to be not to affect those who only drink
Allee Memorial Hospital.
A Pool of Quicksilver. chceen later. The suggested scheme also includes provision for wine under medical orders, it Alice Memorial and Afiliated
The Hon. Treasurer of the lians has been landed there.
and another contingent of Austra- April 30. A now Company scholarships, the establishment of laboratories, medical libraries, and would be a reasonable enough re- Hospitala boge to acknowledge
just missed being floated, this Australlen Recruiting. advisory committees, and the engaging and instructing of foreign gulation. The man who wante with thanks the following dons- there is yet another instance to new wing to the Hongkong Hotel, morning. Some coolies were ex- hospital staffs, etc. In addition, it is thought that, from time to champagne nowadays should not tion to the funds of the Hospitals: hand of the good result brought when they came on a pool of 25 per cent. dis., bayers.
Speaking of the Australians, cavating the foundations for the time, scientific experts should be brought to China t lecture and be "debarred-bat he should be Choy Bing $25. report. In a word, the whole programme is an excellent one and made to pay atiffy for it. beers testimony to the very close attention which the Committee
Leaving by the Monteagle,
about by the more generous sup quicksilver, about a yard below Douglas Steamship Company- *must have devoted to its work while here in the East.
Among those departing by the do not know what it is to enffer could be spread to the Rialto,
ply of war news. The Australians the surface. Before the alarm $82 per share, buyers. "Give and Take." It is strange that the medical side of missions should have been
.. Monteagle to-day are Mr. and from lack of enthusiam; indeed however, the deposit amounting pany, Ltd.- $2151 per share, China Sagar Refining Com Mra. E. Jones, Dr. and Mrs. there are times when we of the to somewhat about half-a-pint buyers. neglected till comparatively recent years. For long enough the people of civilized countries have been filled with the benevolent! Chancellor's proposals, whatever. Hickling, Ara, Stedman, Mrs. larly cold and phlegmatic, This It had presumably ran down from pany, Limited-187 per share,
To do the nation justice, the Saunders, the Rev. and Mrs. O. Old Country seem to them singu was bailed out by the discoverer. ides of persuading the natives of those that were uncivilised or they may be, will atleast be listen A. Forbes, Mr. and Miss Cup-applies also, of course to the New a broken vessel stored in the sellers parily civilised to change their religion; but it was only to those ed to seriously by the public, for ningham, Mr. Thomas of the Zealanders, who take the same godowns that need to stand on Hongkong Ice who have been on the spot and seen for themselves, that it seems everyone realises that a speedy and Canadian Pacific Railway Co. view of na. In Melbourne, now the site. " to have occurred that there is more work for the doctor than for the entire victory over the enemy is Mrs. Wenborne, and, Mr. E. P. that it is known to what extent The Prak Tramway, preacher. Daring the past quarter of a century, however, European the first thing to be considered, B. Lang.
$102 per share, sellers. and Americans have waked up considerably in this particular, ond, and a thing worth-any and every as we in Hongkong know, some of the ablest practitioners have given kind of sacrifice. Reuter men-
the Antipodeans are helping the May 1The Bowen Road ing Company, Ltd.-8115 per
Hongkong Rope Manufactur aps comfortable and assured income at Home to devote themselves tions that the division in con
Empire, wonderful recruiting is and Plantation Road Stations of share, buyere and sellors, to the physical necessities of the Chinese. That their battle against nection with the proposed Bill is
toking place." Much of that the Peak Tramway were opened ignorance and disease has not been an easy one we are all aware the fret since the war began.
recruiting would have occurred for passengers to-day. The and Godown Company.-882 por Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and the Rookefeller doctors, if they come, will not be coming to And we hope it will be
long ago had wider accounts of former station is particularly share, sellers. & aineours. The scheme for educating, native physicians and sur the last. The Empire cannot wounded in the encounter at El the war.
the doinge at the Front been convenient for Ladies' Tennis March 26-Several circulated in the early days of Club and Magazine Gap, geons is a well-advised one. The Chinese are notorious for throw afford to have equabbling going Kubri on Monday arrived bere ing obstacles in the way of a European doctor: Often he has to on at a time like this. Surely this afternoon, and also a few convert himself into more or less of a veterinary surgeon and regard those in whose bands lies the Turkish prisonere. Reater. his patients as animals, because they will not give him the in making of the laws will realies A message from the Cairo coZ- formation that it is hie business is to seek before diagnosing. To that just now there must be as respondent of the Times tays the wards the men of their own race they are necessarily more frank. much give and tako" as possible; hostile feree which appeared near Negri Sembilan Planters' Asso At the annual meeting of the Indeed, over this matter as over politics, the Chinese as a whole are that each side must be prepared El Kabri, opposite Suez town, is ciation, Mr. J. Davidson Mc- only willing to learn from Chinese. If the white man tells them to make concessions for the sake believed to have come with the Calloch was elected chairman, that incantations or ladiorously assless medicines will not carerash of the community. We fully be object of dropping explosives in sad Mr. A. J. Hearn, hon, ecoret- and such sickness, they laugh; if one of their own people should love that the majority of the the Canal, The attempt seems to ory. The meeting discussed tell them so, they will at least give him a serious heading. The Members of Parliament will act have been foiled by the vigilance Chiness immigration and resolved are from the Hongkong Telegraph extent to which their country is, even in these enlightened days, in on this principle, though one of our outposts,
The quotations which follow
the grip of some of the most horrible diseases known to science, 18 seems to detect a certain amount There is no reason, it is added, approach Government with a Hongkong and Shanghai Ban96., Ld. $93 per share, sellers.
that the P.A.H. be requested to for May lat, 1890. gueteed at but not known by the average person in Hongkong, let of the influence of the eternal alons in England and America. While these exist, China oan never teetotal faddist behind some of **** be a great country; and the foreigners who have realised this, and the propsala. are willing to do their mito towards helping the Chinese to help themselves, are worthy of all praise, respect and snoouragement,
The Suez Attack. Cairo,
Negri Sembilan Planters.
to suppose that any larger foross view to allowing Chinese Im- are in the vicinity of the Canal migration to proceed on normal defences.
line Straits Timer.
1890.
SHARE REPORT.
Luzon Sugar Refining · Com
Company
Hongkong Dairy Farm Co. Ltd. -$14 per share, sellers.
- A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd.— $21 per share, buyers.
Hongkong High Level Tram- way Co., Ltd. 10 per cent, prem..
Bollers.
Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., Ltd-$25 per share,
Green Island Cement Co. (old issus)-843 per share, nominal,
Green Island Cement Co. (now
83 i per share, nominal. Hongkong Land Investment
isane)
197 per cent. premium, sellers. Union Insurance Society of Canton-$100 per share, sellers.
Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.
$6
per share, nominal.
West Point Buildings Co., Ltd.
40 per share, buyers.
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