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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915.

AND BE YOUR

OWN JUDCE

A.S. WATSON & CO., LD.,

Hong Kong

AND China.

Office Sanitation.

A letter which we published yesterday, signed "Prc-Benlts," bos much ic it to commend is to the notice of the heads of Euro; esn firms in this Colong. While not neces arily agreeing with our cor respondent that it is desirable, save in extreme cases, to drag cur Banitary Board into the question,| we certainly would like to see a lit tle more osre exercised-in the in-

DAY BY DAY.

NOTES ON THE CRISIS.

BE WISE WITH SPEED: A FOOL AT FORTY IS A FOOL IN- |DEED.-—Young,

The Weather.

Lower level 8 s.m. Temp. 80; ennobias.

At the Foak 8 am, Temp. 74; sunshine,

The Malls.

Siberian Mail. Das per

Yingobow to-day.

Novara to-morrow.

per

round the European trading English Mail.-Dus quarter may see that certain offices and banks are made the Siberian Mail. Due por sleeping or reating or gaming or gossiping haunt for a considerable

Obenan to-morrow.

Siberian Mail-Olcsзd per LB. Villa de la Ciutat to-day at 4 pm.

THE FRENCH OFFENSIVE.

Balkan Affairs on the Move.

Bince yesterday afternoon there has been no dearth of cables, but up till now there is next to no thing that may be termed official

s to the Bulgarian situstion. We are told that the various Ministers

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A YEAR AGO TO-DAY. }S. D. SETNA & COMPANY'S

REPORT.

LEADING BVPNTS IN THE GREAT WAR.

Extracts from the war news con- tamed" in the "Hongkong Telegraph" of October 8,

1914.

Mesere. Setna and Company in their Fortnightly Report (From |Beptember 23 to October 0 1915)

state;

Opium:-The negotiations be tween the Opium Combine of Hongkong and the Opium Sup. pression Commissioner Mr. Tosi Nai Haung of the Provinces of The Bombardment of Antwerp. Kwangtung Kiangeni, and The German Commander went Kisogen, have been concluded

terest of the general health-where ¡the condition of some of the basi-

ness offices in concerned. Anyone American Hail-Due por 8.8. Per have asked for their passports, an officer with the white fig to and the agreement was signed but as to the why and the how who takes an after-dinner stroll Bia to-day.

of Bofin's rejection of Patrograd's Antwerp at 7.30 o'clock and an- by both the partieson the 1st inst. demands, we know as little an would commenos at 9:30. There- Chests at prices 9150 (per nounced that the bombardment for the sale and purchase of 1,200 we do about the real, state of popular feeling in Bulgaria, for the Datok frontier at no.

upon many facitivas left Antwerp Uhest) for Patna Opium, $8950 (per cheat) for Benares Opium A frank statement of affaire Belgian Government Transferred. and $9300 (per pical) for Halwa from the Press Barsau would

The Belgian Government has Opium, The agreement stipulates not come amiss jost BOW: been transferred to O-tend.

that the purchased stock to be If we are to rely on unofficial | · German Warships Sunk. Siberian Mail-Oloses per matter, "it is reported" that the

oleared within eighteen months The German araiser Cormoran from the date of signature and a Luchow to-morrow at 5 p.m. Bulgarians have sent the Bervisun and two ganhosts have been sank sum of $500,000 to be deposited

a ultimatum on the subject of in Kiaushan Bay.

an bargain money for the bona» Macedonis sad, further, that large

fides of the contract. The half numbers of Austro-German troops Applications in regard to fifteen of the said sum was paid on the have been withdrawn from the millions, six months' Treasury same date, and the remaining Eastern front and are proceeding Bille, totalled thirty and a half half to be made good at the ond to join the offensive on the Danube millione, at sa average rate of of the current month.

number of Chinese of the coolie class. Wo all know that it is

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advisable to have someone or other about the premises night, but when that someone or other goon out into the highways and the byways to collect as many frionda as may| |be, and entertain them inside na office which, the following day, is going to be occupied by Europe ans, we are rather surprised that the owners do not protest. We might add that a fair amount of

be done in these European premises, for it is nothing to gee, ag Оде passea such places, coolie jackets and pants hanging on desks, chairs or fans to dry. There is quite enough disease in this Colony already, without Europeane'going oat of their way to excourage the spread of it.

the object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to the neighbours' washing seems to

the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.

falephone: No. 1

Western Union A.B.C., 5th edition. Office address: 11, Ice House St.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915.

HONGKONG AND MUNITIONS.

Tampering with the Licensing

Law.

Share Market News-Opening Official Quotations, Rubbera :-

Anglo Java Estates Ltd.-Tls.

11 buyer. Linggi's. - 14/9 bayers 15

Bello:8. Nordanale 18 buyers 19/e

Fellers.

6

Ayer Paona (Straita).- $4.80

buyers 500 sellers. Balgownies (Straita). -83.15

buyers 3.20 sellore. Changkat Sedang (traita) 84.90 buyers 5.05 sellers. Kempas (Straits).

buyers 3.55 x div.

buyers 1.45 sellers.

Malakoffa (Strait>).

www

$3.40

buyera 3 50 sellers. Sandycrofts (Straits), -$5.25

buyere 5 50 sellers,

The Dollar, The rate of

the dollar on demand to-day in 18.0 15/104.

To-morrow's Anniversary To-morrow is the 16th Boat We congratulate the police who were instrumental in discovering vereary of President Kroger's that the enterprising restaurant-altimatum to Great Britain. keeper who claimed "Licence 138 A." had no right to it. Mr. G. P. Lammers will sell by Bappily there is less and less of anction, at his sale roome, to-mor this kind of thing going on row at li a.m., a large quantity in the Colony, but there is of wives and spirits.

Clothing and Money Stolen.

The Greeks,

Our Treasury.

3.15-32 per cent.

Bombardment of Antwerp Imminent.

Bengal Opium:-Clearance Dil. Unsold stook and uncleared stock

The Military Government has unchanged..

LOCAL

More Prizes of War.

against Serbia. We are also told that Roumania is making borried preparations for war and is for tifying the southern frontier town of Chargevo; so apparently she informed the Burgomaster that a Malwa Opiam :-Clearanos' 4 is taking no chances. One would bombardment of Antwerp in ohra's. Unsold stook 4354 cheats

uncleared stook nil. give a good deal to know what imminent and people wishing to Cotton-Sales are reported of the Germans have promised fee from the town are requested Bulgaria. This dragging in of to leave. The Governor says that about 500 packages at $31 to 33 the old Macedonia equabble at the bombardment will not (per picul). Unsold stock is esti $3.30, such a time is the sort of feeble influence the town's resistance, mated at about 2200 packages, Malaka Piadas (Straits) $1.35 Ferdinand is entering on a rocky sxtreme limits.

humbug that tires one. King which will be pushed to the Closing quotations, at 30 to 33

(per picul.)

Iodiao Yara :-Owing_to_the path, and he has no one but him. "Heathen Japan." self to thank for his fature tron- Sir Oland Macdonald (former strong attitude of the Bombay bles.

Brisiah Ambasador to Tokyo) in market, and a firmer tone from a letter to the Times refers to the the interior, the Chiness dealern The Greeks are as busy as ever recent protest of German theolo- came forward and made purchase in seeking to pat off the evil day. giana regarding the inclusion at an advance of $2 to $5 per The number of changer in the in the war of "heathen Japan" Bale on last quotations; sales Ministry during the past few under the pretext of the Alliance. during the past fortnight are:-

In all about 7800 bales com. monthe involves quite sa amount of arithmetical calculation, bat

prising of about 50 bales of No. King Constantine and his German

68.-50 bales of No. 8-4000 balos

Consort seem to be happy

This morning so more prizes of No. 10-900 bales of 126-400 bales of No, 10% and 2200 balas encugh over it. If, however, of war were brought into Hong of No. 20s. Unsold stock is es the despatches istely received kong Harbour. They are the timated at about 30000 balen. from Athens are to be relied on, Tannelule and shes., Rio Pasig. Sold but uncleared stock is com the Greek people themselves The former of those is quite a are keenly anxious to join the big boat, dhe is a-steel screw pated at about 21000 bales.

Japanese garo.:-Sales are Allies-an why should they nos steamer of 5.341 tons, with the among other things, the heredit-418 feet; breadth, 54 feet; depth, 120 to 138 per bale.

Sundry Articles :-We have inary enemies of Geece? Mean. 20.1 feet. She was built in 1898

while how is Germany, or how is by Messrs. Wigbam, iichardson nothing fresh to report. In Tarkey, going to interpret the and Co., of Newcastle, for the Importe sales are reported of permitting of troops 10 PARS Deutsche Dampfabits Ges. Hansa, Apricots at #32 (per, picul), through Salonica?

We hope and her port of registry is Bremsa Bhesable at $8 (per Pical), B'dolliam at $13 (per pical), Greece will soon see the necessity of waking up. There is auch a thing as being too cactions; cantion produced until it becomes) despicable shillyaballying in- variably brings contempt on nation or an individual, and not infrequently disaster as well. We sball look forward with interest reading the deliberations of

Auction Sale.

Shopkeeper's Loss.

Shareholdere of the Dairy Farm

Promotion for Local Police

Officer.

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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

To-morrow Night's Concert.

Part I.

BRITISH RED CROSS: SOCIETY

A letter which we published yesterday on the subject of how still quite enough to make Hongkong can increase its effective help to the cause of the Allies it worth a policeman's while to A ahopkeeper of 81, Reclam js worth not a little careful consideration on the part of our readers.make occasional kind esquiries tion Street, reports that soms be, since the Allies are fighting, following dimensions:-Length reported of about 1200 balsa at The writer takes an his text a recent statement made by some into a man's claim to s license, person stole from bis shop cloth- artillery officere in the Sghting line, to the effect that every ten The law-breaker often succeeds ing valued $9.50 and $1.80 abella applied to the Allie, above the normal rate, will be instra, through sheer impudence and money. mental in saving the life of one soldier; and be applies the moral assumption of innocence in dodg- to this Colony in a decidedly practical manner. It will be seening revenue, trade mark andother

A report has been made to the that he has been at some paina to make calculations which dina acts. This is particularly police by a shopkeeper of 237, show that it is quite possible for Hongkong, off its own bat so to the case with the "childlike and Queen's Road Central, that come

Cloves at 834 (per pioni), speak, to save a very considerable number of lives every month. bland" Chinese.

They trade person has stolen from bis shop,

Myrambollama at $3-1/2 (per Mr. Smith suggests that the plant ascessary for making one quarter upon chances. The chances, in two boxes of tes valued $100 and

picul), Kismies at $24 (per of the complete piece of ammunition, in sufficient quantities to this case, were very heavy against $150.

pical), Gam Olibanum at $10 to guarantee the saving of annewhere about three and thirty lives anyone's troubling to enquire Heavy Sessions Expected.

16 (per picul) and Mask ́at 8250 every day, could quite well be manufactured and set up here; and whether the roatantan:-keeper The Poiane Judge in fixing

(per catty), In Exports purobas that the cost of it, exclusive of the ground and temporary buildings was licensed or not, since he bold-cases for hearing this morning

are reported of Cosmin at $10-1/4 needed, would work out at some bandred and fifty thousand dollars. ly placed his letter and number remarked that the next criminal

to 10 1/2 (per pioul), China Roots at $9 (per pisal), Green and on bis abop-board, Unluckily for 881308 were very heavy and was thousands of lives of Britishere and their allies; then it becomes so kind is the signal for more careful daye.

The eam is not a small one-until it is put in the scale against each offenders, each case of this expected to last not less than three

White Beans at $51/4 to 54 M. Zaimia' Cabinet.

(per pical) Garlic at 40 (per Allies Pursus tho Offensive, trifling that one is encouraged to feel that it would not be difficult enquiries, and we shall now look Company Meeting.

The followingisthe Programme pical) Sugar Candy at $1 (per to raise. Monetarily unakong has done mach towards meeting the forward within the next few

Eat and West the Allies of a Promenade Concert to be pical) and Galangal at $8 (per side difficulties contingent on the great war, bat it has not yet come weeks either to the speedy ratire Co. Ld., are reminded that the offensive continues, and, in both given in The Public Gardens pioul). to the end of its purse or of its benevolence. Should it be asked for ment from business of some of nineteenth ordinary yearly mors-Case, with material loss to the Under the distinguished patron- thie sum of $150,000 we feel sare that it would once more squeez) our local licensees or elas is their ing will be held in the Company's my; and yet again one won age of H.E. The Governor, Bir its pockets and produce at any rate the greater part of the money. appearance before a magistrate.

town office, 2 Altert Road, to the drain in men and morale, tomorrow night at 9 o'clock.

ders how long the latter can stand Francis, H. May, K.O.M.G., to Of course it is easy to say that fiftoen firms, contributing tes

morrow, at 12 30 p.m. thousand dollars each would settle the business in half an hour;

say nothing of supplies. For and one knows that there are British firme here financially strong

long enough Germany's success 1.-March..."Action Front", enough to disburse a considerably larger sum than a thousand The Words of a Public Man.

Local people who were ne- has been a purely negative one- Home. pounds. But that has far too often been Hongkong's method of

quainted with Lance Sergeant dependent on the fact that the 2-Overture... “Willi ¤ Tell”| performing works of benevolence or of duty, and is not only absurd-

Roddick of the Hongkong Police, Allies had not sufficient ammoni- Rossini.

"Raminiscences ly unfair to the big firms but is also robbing many private indivi-

at one time, will be pleased to hear tion to warrant their taking 3,--Selection - duals, of various nationalities, of an opportunity to contribute their which appeared in our issue of Superintendent of the Nigerian a success is not worthy the name, 4-Tenor Rolo.......Selected,

With reference to the paragrepb that he now holde the position of other than the defensive. Such of Verdi"......Godfray. mite. It would be far more reasonable to ask fifty thousand people yesterday under the heading "Dr. Pulics.

And of course di appears or Mr. F. X. Botelho, ELK.P.R aay a teath of the total population-each to contribute thres Lyttelton," one feels indeed sorry

begins to disappear the moment 5-Selection...The Gondoliera" dollars; or, better still, two dollars, the balance being met (as we are for the Headmaster of Eton that aure it very readily would be) by the business bouses.

A telegram has been received the other side remedies its de- Sullivan, he should now be suffering the from London advising that the ficiencies. A France and a Bri-6-Alpias Echo..." Bizilietta' mortification of knowing that War Ofica reporte Mr. E. H. taia supplied as they are now with But Mr. Smith's scheme does not end with the mere finding of a some unwise words uttered by Moss as missing, Mr. Moss, who the necessary war material is 7-Selection...... "The Passing

Blon, sum of money wherewith tomake or purchase plant. Cash for working him many months ago are still went home on leave from the very different France or Britain exponere and material would be wanted every week, overy day, for being handed round in Berlin Malacca Office of the Hongkong from that which Germany was as long as the work was in operation. And men would be needed. and read with gusto by our e- and Shanghai Bsok, held a com, facing some months ago. Ger- Nine hundred and sixty Chinese of the labouring classes would be emier. But why are public men mission in the Gloucesters. required, in the first place: people whom it would not be fair to ask so careless of what they say, when to work without pay; and next, some four hundred inspectors, who they must be well aware that their would certainly be willing to give their services for so great an utterances will "get into the object. In addition, a few experts would be needed, whom, again. papers?" 01 содтве еvеn the it would be necessary to pay. every man in the Colony who can shrewdest and most watchful of afford to give his time without asking for payment would come men may sometimes Buffer forward, we should have, between Europeans, Eurasians and Asiatics, through incorrect or wilfully false more than ten times the four hundred voluntary inspectors required, reporting: since war broke out, Berlin and the Reported Turco- or about the capture of Parie, sad no man would need to be asked to work too long or too often. even the Pope and Earl Kitchen- Bulgarian Agreement. The daily working expenses-material, Obinase and expert labour, er have not "been allowed to get wear and tear, o'd-could be met without great difficulty if each off soos-free; but what of the Barlin papers have been com- man whose business or health prevented his taking an activa ebare number of cases wherein there pelled to confess that the report in the work would pledge bimself to contribute a small-a very was no misreporting to blame? of the signing of a Tarco Cologne Gazette estimate that trifling weekly sum inefcad; and if the women of the Colony would The British preas, with all ite Bulgarian agreement was prema-4,000 iron crosses of the first-clans will be do likewise. None of these suggestions stray into the realm of faults, is more exset than any tare. They console themselves have been bestowed since the Obristian. impossibilition, Hongkong could, without seriously inconveniencing other, and it is but rarely that with the expectation that it will outbreak of the war. Only 87 The socompaniet is P. O, George. The Censorship tu Germany....... itself, do such work as would be instrumental in saving a thousand bad mistaken as to what such be signed in a few days, has add have been given to soldiers Grimble H. K. P. R. and the

Amsterdam, August 28.-At lives a month! That is the point which we have ever to keep before and such a man has eaid are that in the meantime the Entonte Forty-seven have been given to decorations and illeminations are yesterday's session of the German would it not still be out duty, if humanly possible, to make our cannot-and does not-blame the sible to argo the Balgarian.. x. And even if the inconvenience were great-arionaly great allowed to occur. Dr. Lyttelton Powers are doing everything pos German (zinces, 222 to Generals, in charge of Bergt. F. A. V. Reichstag the question of the

six to Ministers, and about 3,000 Ribeiro, H. K. P. R. solves responsible for da asefal a work? Hongkong has footed a good papers, and one can only hope Government to postpone the received 98 iron crosses, the Peak if necessary after the speech, and the Reichstag subse censorship was discussed. The to cicere, The Gorgos navy many bills: Prince of Wales' Fund, Tobacco Food, etc., and has that the present annoyance to signature until the unequivocal

There will be a late tram to President then delivered his final provided seroplanes and motor ambulances. But Hongkong has not which he has been put will be a reply of Serbia to the collective awarded mostly to Admirals, felt the pinch of war. Why, then, should it not bestir itself in the lesson to other public speakers. Note of the Entente has arrived. High Commanders, and princes.

quently adjantned until Novem-- bor 30.

munitions line?.

Reported Missing,

PREMATURE.

Amsterdam; August 27,—

my was the dangerous dog and the Allies were the men who Lappens to have no stick with him. Now that the stick has been forthcoming, we hear noth.

ing further about movements

which will astonish the world,”

Calais, London and Yaamati.

Iron Crosses Wholesale, Ameterdam, August 27.-The

Bhow"...... Fincke. 8.-Yoprano Solo.......Selected, Mrs. Villiers Smyth, Part 3. 1-Valse" Gypsy Life"

Lilian Raymond. 2.-Selection..."Merrio England"

German.

3-Basa Colo...Selected. Mr. A.

J. England. 4-Characteristic..." The Mill in

Wilson.

And St. John's Ambulance Fund

from the following for this Food:- Subscriptions amounting to $4201.44" have been received

Mr. W.D. Kraft, Mr. E.M. French,

H. E. Sir Henry May, K.O.K.G...

Mr. N. J. Stabb, Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Mr. Ellie Kedoorie. Mr. "A Parni Bympathiser, "Hongkong |Leung Yen Po, Mr. D. Jaffe,

T. K. Dealy, Meagre David 848- Civil Service Cricket Club, Mr.

Oon and Co. Ltd., A.H.H; Anonymous, A.S.G. Mr. G. L. Platt, Mrs. Platt, Hongkong and Diok and Francis Bowley, Hia Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Honour Sir W. Reen Davies, Sarplua-Women of Hongkong

Motor Ambulance Fund. A.W.

N. J. STABB. tho Black Forest"

Hon. Treasurer: 5-Selection....." Reminiscenses Hongkong, October 7th, 1915.

of Weber"......Godfrey. The Fund closes on 21at Oslo- 6.-Two Step." A restless ber and contributions of any

night" ......Johnson.

smonota will be welcome. The Band of the 74th Panjabis under Bandmaster

concert,

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