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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915.

SUPERIOR QUALITY AND REAL MERIT RECEIVES

DESERVED RECOGNITION

THE

GRAND PRIZE

HAS BEEN AWARDED TO

RAINIER

BY THE

BEER

Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915.

Beer

Grand

Rainier Beer is the ONLY honoured by receiving The Prize, the Highest Award Possible.

SOLE AGENTS:

Another Chair Complaint..

DAY BY DAY.

NOTES ON THE CRISIS. A YEAR AGO TO-DAY:

WHO BUILDS A CHURCH TOGOD, AND NOT TO FAME

WILL NEVER MARK THE MARBLE WITH HIS NAME-Pop.

We have never quite under. stood why, if the coolies in charge of chairs and rickshae in this Colony bold a licenos from the Government, greater care is not taken to ste that an adequate number of these licencan is There available at all times. are many points of the city of Victorio where chairs are Ад and yet absolate necessity, where these are rarely to be seen, rain.

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The Weather. Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 79; rain.

At the Peak & am. Temp. 72

The Malls,

tiqne to-morrow,

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GREECE AND ROUMANIA.

An interesting Bundle of Wires.

The cable people have been kept busy over the week-end and

in so very irksome or uninterest- ing manner either. Now iarnes

An instance that will at once French Mail.-Dae pere.e. Atlan-have arisen in connection with cccur to our readers is the corner of Des Voeux Road West, by 8. Peter's Church. Many people have occasion to visit the University from time to time, but, unless

process, there aro, more often

there is some big fanction in

In the centre of the city there is

LEADING EVENTS IN

GREAT WAR.

JOTTINGS BY THE WAY.

'only Regulations state that plain language" telegram, will ba THẸmitted by the now wireless

station at Singapore. Even some of those it would be inadvisable conto nooopt, if the moral welfare of the clerks is to be considered.

Extracts from the war news

tained in the Hongkong Telegraph" of October 18,

1914.

Germans Occupy Ostend.

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A contemporary observes that something or other has "complete" ly monopolished public attention."

It is oficially announced from We don't particularly care what Greece, Roumania and the Dard- Berlin that the 3ermans cocupied sort of polish it is, but we do know that the public attention of Hong- ..anelles; or, if they cannot striat Ostend on Thursday.

Little more gloss, ly be oslled new, they are at least Austro-Germans take Offensive kong stands badly in need of a in the East, —so satisfactory a resuscitation of

There have been elight engagO- the old as to have come upon us

ments along the East Prussia force. rather startling

Australian Mail-Olovel per Empire te-day at 10 am. K. and Canadian Mail.- Clozes per B., Sado Maru to-morrow at 11 a.m.

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p.m.

Share Market News-Openlag

Official Quotations. Canton Iasorance?. -- $425,

sellers.

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"The scavenging of Shaukiwan front; the Austro Germans took has been taken over by the San- middle of the Vistula and in Surely Shaukiwan doesn't expect Galicia.

as to offer our congratulations. Austrians Defeated in Desperats

"Under Special Expenditure" the amount provided for the re- moval of ceilings has been reduced from $10,000 to $4,000. This sum is considered auffoient." It

Battic.

than not, so obairs forthcoming. Siberian Mail.-Closes par 8.8. In the Lorda the plain que the offensive on Thursday on the jitary Dapartment." What then?

Liangshow to-morrow at 3 tion has been asked, in

many words: Are our in the Dardanelles accomplishing anything of practical use? Out of Parliament this has been asked

The Servisne and Montene often enough during the past six months. Three montbesgo, Mr. I grins, on Wednesday, completely defeated the Austriane in a des J. Maxse, of National Review and perate battle at Glassinatz plateau "Germany on the Brain" fame, which dominates the fortification is considered a something sight wrote: "Tac enterprias is univers. of dsrajevo,

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., Road bave Been obliged to walk

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

HONGKONG,

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to their stands, with the result that

the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Gay-Cumming and Mrs. Golding, thank their numerous friends for their letters of sympathy and floral tributes in their bereavement.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915.

THE GERMANS AND SHAMEEN.

Those of us who chance to be of a curious turn of mind may feel disposed to enquire why fourteen months of war have been allowed

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the same difficulty in wet weather, during "chow time" and after midnight. On many occasiona peopleliving in Robinson or Caine the whole or part of the distance on a theatre night. The men who have the night-guard at Kowloon make the same kind of complaint. A wet morning is quite sufficient to scare the coolies away from men who have been on volunteer duty all night, and have a heavy| day's work before them, must needs fag to the upper levels or to the Peak Station, as the caɛa may be. One does not expect to Bee coolies in large numbers at hour when there ia comparatively little for them to do, but one does expect that the police will insist that the standa aball never be entirely deserted. Chinese Land Tax Reform

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Ohinas.

$960,

Union Insurancee,

Bellers Chin Fires-$162, sellers.

Combd. $159, nom. Indo

94, a. Deferred Preferred 67 b. Shell Transporta-88 sellers. Star Ferries-$39, Pales. China Sugara-8131, nom. Luzone. - $38, sellers. Tronohs. 28. sellers. Wharves.-$801, buyera. Docke. - $99, buyers.

Tis. Shanghai Docks. —

boyera. Kang Yik. — Tl. 15

buyers.

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61,

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Shanghai Cottons, Tie. 93,

sellere.

Obina Lights.-$4.85, buyers. Providente.-$9.90, sellers. Cemente. $10), zom. Ropes. $34, sellers. Electrics-$45 buyers. Trame.-$5.00 sellers. Langkits. Tls. 30 buyers.

The Dollar.

The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 1/9 15-16.

To-morrow's Anniversary To-morrow is the 102ad anni versary of the Battle of Leipsic.

53000 Fine.

At the Police Court, this morn-

la Possession of Oplum.

more than sufficient by those who ally recognised as having been British Casualties at Antwerp, have been put to the incon launched at the wrong time, in the The casualties in the Royal venience of having their coilings wrong way, by the wrong man. Naval Division at Antwerp is-pulled about their ears to little or It was typical amateur strategy, clude Battalion Commander Capno purpose. worthy of the Defence Committee, tain Maxwell, late Grenadier

whose main work has been to Guards and Sub-Lieutenant "Is the torpedoing of the Arabio abstract the creation of a General Ridge, Volunteer Reserve killed. Germany's answer to our third Steff." Of course Mr. Maxee is Thirty-six officera were interned Lasitania Note?" saks the New Freseman, and Lord Milner no ex in Holland including Commodore York Literary Digest. Well; on preseman, but their all-round willred Henderson who was the whole! But why will people experience (together with the facts commanding the first brigade. waste good time by making ques that both are in touch with ex-All are Volunteer Reserve Officers, tions about the obvious?" ceptionally good sources of in-with the exception of two Indian

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format on and that both have Army Offers, a Commander of "There are many signs of a repeatedly been proved to have the Navy, five Naval Lieutenants, subsidence of the hate propaganda been in the right, long after the a Captain of Marines, Major the in Germany." Has she too got a newspapers had done abusing Hon. W. Trefanie, Major Bryce, Dr. Lyttelton, then? them as mere scaremongers,) may of the Coldstream Guards and be said to warrant them in Major Fletcher of the Scots: speaking a little more authorita- Goerde. tively than the average civilian, Canada's Military Expenditure.

The Bank of Englund will ad- Yet, when all is said, the general feeling will probably be that ance the money required this Lorde Lansdowne and Crewe were year for Canada's military ex in the right in protesting against penditure. Later, a permanent a discussion of the Gallipoli sffair War Loan will be floated. at the present moment. After all, Earl Kitchener knows his business better than others can teach it! him.

Fears for Remainder of the

Hawke's Officers.

Lieutenant Commander Rose mar, Gunners Dennis and Eviti and Boatswain Austin have been Greece and Roumania.

It is As most of our readers must saved from the Hawke. have anticipated, a contradic feared that the remainder of the tion of a German paper's Officers are lost.

wild statement 19

to the Russia Compelled to Lay Mines.

FOOTBALL.

We note that, according to "Who's Who," Mr. Houston Ohsmberlain at one time intended enter the British army. Was that altogether flattering to the army?

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Thanks to Reuter one of our contemporaries is at last justified! in seeing a point in "salient."

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At the Cambridge Local ex- aminations held in July last," aye last Monday's Telegraph, 1920 boys and 1,793 girls pres ed." Poor little beggars. Where

"There is nothing to report"-- to the educated comp. this adorna a contemporary's compos- week, though a pal of his who ing room has been talking about "titelation." We're not quits clear as to whether the first part of the word should have been "tight" or whether the second is the pidgin form of "'rations.'

We stated on Saturday that the indefatigable Dr. Morrison has memorialised the Peking Go- varnment to the effect that, "if the Land Tax were re-adjusted ander the control of a foreign adviser, the revenue from that

would certainly

be Bootca

the Central For tripled." Government's own sake we hope that it will condescend to give ear to the Dootor. It is on such pointa sa this that Chica bas most stood in need of the services of foreign advisers, for taxation is an art whiob she has never ing, a woman was fined $3,000 understood, and which many of for being in unlawful possession her officiale-so long as there is of $300 worth of opium.

A Chinese found on hoard the withdrawal of the diplomatio Owing to the presence of Ger-is the Society for Prevention of squeeze to be made by following in the old paths-never intend to to go by before a question is asked in the House of Commons on understand. In normal times, .. On Lee with $40 worth of representatives of the Allies from men submarines at the entrance Oruelty to Children?. This is point that is of very great importance, not only in the little Colony as China might know from what opium in his possession, by the Athens was not long in putting in to the Gulf of Finland and the literally out Heroding Hero 1. of Hongkong, but to the interests of the Allies in the Far East in obtains in England and France, watchman, was fined $400 or an appearance. The quotations danger of torpedose along the in default three months' hard published from the Morning Post Russian coast, the Russian Gov- is possible to arrange general. Not until now has the Imperial Government been publicly it requested to state whether or not Germans have a right to reside on the taxing, whether of land or of labour, at the Police Court, this and the Times strike us as a very erament has been compelled to

morning.

great deal too premature. This is mine the sea from the Gulf of territory leseed to Great Britain within a neutral country. Nor can it anything else, in such a manner

Romanded.

n't the season for oriticising either Riga to the Aland Islands. Four Chinese boatmen and a Grecce or Roumania. As regards be said that Lord Robert Cecii's reply is much eatisfection to us out that no injustice is done and that here. Speaking on tebalf of the Government, he says cartly that the Government gains the maxi-woman were remanded, at the the latter, however, we may takait

Ая China still retains sovereignty over Shameen, and that therefore any mam of value therefrom. interference with the interesting individuals who have elected to things stand at present, the Police Court this morning, one that "neutrality" will be accepted take up their quarters there would be an infringement of that cove-gathering of tribute in certain charge of being in unlawfal literally and not in the sense in parts of China is merely an ion of seven Mauser pistols which our Bulgarian friends under- reignty-anless they break the conditions of their lease.

excuse for a few individuale' and 5,740 rounds of ammunition. stood the term. The Premier, M.

"Cardinal_Gibbons ases Wil- ed bulin $500 and the remainder and helped his country through Of course, however strongly que may feel that a more satisfao-benefiting themselves, while the The mater of the bost was allow Bratianu, is one who has watobed

son" figures as a useful heading tory answer could have been found, one is bound to take of one's country's exchequer inleft to fare

in $50.

too many storms, and through too hat to the intenso love of fair play implied in the Government's un best it can.

Throwing Ashes in the Harbour. much persesation from all

At Happy Valley on Saturday in the New York Evening Post. quar- answer; and, though it will be thrown away on the Germans, who The Death of Miss Cavell.

Before Commander Wtars, to be the man to plunge her the Hongkong Football Club held a cat may look at a king we The exsaction of a British ourse Beckwith It. N., at the Marine needlessly into war-particularly its second practice matob but, shouldn't do the same by a pre- ete na reason why a oardinal will laugh at as for neglecting to use the right of might-they being physically unable to understand a man'a or a nation's obeying the by the Germans in Belgium may Court this morning Lance Ser on the Austrian side.

we pointed out last week, very aident. little enthusiasm was shown by dictates of bonour-we shall lose nothing, but shall rather gain, in be taken as another of the thous-

Kwok Yasa-shui, assistant cook

"Powers of Sait Officiale," What begen se an interesting those announced to play,se only a the eyes of the neutral nations. Yet, as Private Mnivanay observed and signs that our enemy knows Reant William Thompson charged in an inspired moment, "Glory's a poor compensation for the belly himself beaten. No nation that ache;" in other words, prand as we are of our ralers' insistence ga regarded itself as having even the of the eteam launch You Hing, feature of newspaper talk is bandful of men turned out and

with unlawfully throwing ashes developing into a more than the full sides announced could the Peking Daily News. Any of the laws of the game, we cannot help feeling that there are times mildest chance of victory would into the Harbour from the said serious situation for the Gernot be formed; in foot teams of Lot's wife's relations among them? when fairness to the enemy may mesa unfairness to them of our dare to challenge public opinion vessel on the 17th intt. Defendant mane. We refer to the sinking even a side took the field Mom. for marine magistrates. own household. Does Lord Robert Cecil, or does the Imperial by such a dastardly outrage. The

of cargo vessels in the Baltic esptained by Stewart and Pennell. Government se a whole, realise the awkwardness of the present murdered lady had made for

S.me big baule are being made Stewart's team secured the verdict When in doubt, abuse the defend- situation as fully as the Government of Hongkong, the consular herself a great reputation se a

in every case of ships whose car over Pennell's by two goals to and his attorney, bodies and the merchants of Allied countries who are trading in Bures and a philanthropist and, if

goes it was to the enemy's vital one. Tod and Ralston were respon-

a canse, of Bank South China are bound to do? We in the Far Esat know, at firet the conduct of French and British

interest to save. We wonder what sible for the winning teams" score hand, what the average person at Home only learns by hearsay. nurses and surgeone se a whole

Police Reserve Orders issued Germany thinks of the difference and Pennell for that of the losing ruptcy," says a Kobe paper's There was merit in the heading. That's a new one on We know, for instance, that Canton is a distributing contre for be any criterion, had probably! malicious lies, calculated to injure our prestige in this part of the done as much to help the enemy'a to-day by Mr. F. O. Jenkin, D.S.P. between our submarining methods eide.

and her own. Probably those at goal scored by Ralston, and if he "," as a friend of ours would

instrumental world; we know that the Germans akulking there never tire of wounded as our own. There is (Reserve) state:-

the bend of affairs are laughing at can produce this play in matches; but we've known fear of looking for opportunities to injure us in the eyes of the Chinese; grave cause to fear that the Ger'

us for soft-hearted foule, while he should be an acquisition to the bankruptcy

Causing the rats." -- we know that British women, within sight of their own bouses, mans will not stop at this one aut

the populato at large is being lab sad should figure in every have been insulted and even jostled by the clowns who represent of brutality as they grow more

to'd the reverse of all that did team. Chasselend Rodger show- "the great German nation" in the Settlement; and we know that desperate, and thus there is addi-

obtain," and is being thrilled and ed talent and will, no doubt, be these gentry celebrated the sinking of the Lusitania with a drunken tional reason why Britain should

3 shocked by weird stories of batch beard of in the future in conneo- bout, daring which the "Hyme of Hate" and other amiable and exert her very last ounce of

ery end brutality on the part of tion with local football, Echol rly dittios were chanted-on Shameen!

strength to hasten the enemy's

the British devils. final subdual. Surely the ment And can nothing be done to alter all this, or is Lord Ribert at Home who have still not

was fined $2

POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.

Parades 5.30 p.m.

October 19-Whole of No. Company.

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In the Baltic.

Hongkong Club again falls to get full sides,

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LANGKAT OUTPUT.

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Messrs. Wright and Hornby advise us that the Langkat output Next week we shall see what for the current month is an the Club is made of when it follows:- In Serbia. Twenty-five thousand Austro-meets the Royal Engineers on

Cecil'e reply to be taken as final? Ia not the Home Government donned khaki cannot read of this of steady rain felling.at 5.00 p. Germena killed and another sixty the Club ground. The Engine-

October 20-Whole of No. Company,

Oc'ober 22 -Whole of No. Company.

These Parades are to be con- sidered as cancelled in the event

Patrols (Central). October 19, 20, 21 and 22, No. thenrand wounded can scarcely ere have been a tough contingent| 3 Company.

be termed an overwhelming for a number of years out here, Patrols (Water Police). victory for the invaders of Serbia. and there is no doubt that on October 19 and 20, as already It looks as though the Serbs told Saturday they will put fally to ordered.

no more than the truth when they the test the powers of the Hong- October 21.

apoke of their long respite during kong Club. The Engineers drow 5.50 p.m., Banjo (S) Henderson the spring and summer as having with the Navy on Saturday last, (S) Gaskell (P).

enabled them to put their hono afier a strenuous game, zaither 850 p.m., D'Aquino (8) Hyud- thoroughly in order. The Allies team being able to register more maa (8) Inspector D'Almada (F). left Salonica on Saturday, and then one goal, but all the way

October 22.

therefore the much-needed re-through good football wa` ex^ 5.60 p.m. Vieira (8) Yvanovich inforcements will soon be forth-perienced and the men were as

e.ming. France and Britain know, fit se fiddles.

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infloential enough to be able to persuade the Chinese to nee their new piece of blackguardiam with- authority in the matter? If these raffans were turned off Shameen out being prompted to enlist in a body, would the Peking Government care ten cent? For straightway. desperato diseases, desperate remedies. These Shameen Germans

ABSENT JUROR FINED. are the brethran of men who poison wells, blow up ships and practise other abominations that would only occur to people of their race. Il

This morning at the Criminal we were at war with France, Italy, America, Spain, Sweden or what Sesione, in Mr. Justice. Gow not, the matter would be different; these countries would be fighting perta a Court, Mr. H. Beth failed cleanly and there would be no reason why a state quarrel should answer bis nace when called develop into a personal one. With the Germans it is different; they to serve on the jury. are not to be trusted, and our Government at Homa has no right to

He was sent for and on arrival tell'os that it is powerless to move in the matter till it is certain explained that he had "clean for that every possible effort thereto has been made. It is for lawyers, gotten all about it." He was also (8) Alves (P). and not for laymen, to decide as to how much water the Govern-detained at his residence and did 8.50 pm, Min Tat Cheng (E), as well as any country how to A similar score was obtained in ment's present contention will bold; nevertheless we would humbly not get to business until late in Tana Shuing Cheung (3) George make forced marches, and we the match betweenthe RG.A. and ak: If Obins is the landlord of a house of which Great Britain is the morning so that the notice on Le (F).

doss it necessarily follow that Great Britain, who, in a mɔ- his deak could act remind him in ft. Patrola (Eastern). kadzies,

ment of weakness," took in" a German lodger, cannot turn that time. Todger out without doing an injustice to the lessor ? - Information on the abject from some of our readers would be welcomed IRA

A line of 310 was imposed,

October 19 and 20-as already ordered.

have no right to suppose that the Shropshires, whilst the Artil- their troops of to-day are leasable lary inter-company match between for that kind of thing than their the 87th and the 83rd, reunited

in a draw, mings a Loɔre.. grandfathers were.

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