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THERE IS NOTHING MORE

REFRESHING

IN YOUR BATH

WATSON'S

THAN

HOUSEHOLD

AMMONIA.

In bottles 75 cts. each

13

ONLY FROM

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., HÒNGKONG DISPENSARY, Telephone 616.

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve

the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

Cable Address : Telegraph, Hongkong.

Telephone: No. !

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

BIRTH.

DEATH.

CUNNINGHAM.-Killed in action on 19th August, Charles Clement Francis Cunningham, 2nd Lieut. 2nd and Sutherland Highlanders.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916.

THE CINEMATOGRAPH ånd THE CHILD.

"The Enemy in "Our Midst,

DAY BY DAY.

WITH OUR COURAGE WE KNOW -WHEN ́ONCE" WE 'COMPOUND NOT WHERE TO STOP.

The Weather. "At the Peak 8 sm. Temp. 77;

(1915, 80 fine:): Lower level 8 am. Temp. 82;

(1915, 85 fine.)

The Malls.

The story we published yester day of the wealthy German on gineer who was sent to guol for four months for, among other things, being in possession of military handbooks and entering a prohibited ares, provides the glaring instruce we have yet dull. seen of the utter stapidity of the authorities at Home so far as the dull. presence of alien onsmirs in our midst is concerned. Here was 3- young man who at the beginning Australian Mail-Oloeed per | of the - war was interned for two

St. Albans at 10 am. 10 days, but, "on the representation of influential friends in Scotland. European Mail(Via Negapa (he was released and 'the Home Office granted him exemption from internment." Apparently he made the most of his liberty, for it was stated in Court that be bad made the acquaintanos of ficers in a Flying School, even went up in an seroplane at

jschool next door to Government

property, and, what is more,

shared a room with an officer at

day.

..

tsm). - Arrived per 6.8. Kitano Mara to-day. French Mail-Closes per

Athos” at 4 p.m. on Monday,

The Dollar. The opening rats of the dollar on demand to-day was 2.1.7-16d.

To-morrow's Anniversary. Monday is the third anniversary of the dedication of the Palace of Peace.

Exempted.

The Savoy Hotel. Why in hes ren's name this young fellow of 21 years was ever allowed his [freedom, and, being allowed it,

was able to act as he did, is a Under the heading Social Clubs to matter only known to our easily (Nor-Chinese), the Holland Olub gulled cfficiale. No Government has been exempled from registra Deperiment with two penny-tion. worth of sense would ever dream of making it possible for these things to happen.

to

mination of sensible people in Europe and America to keep the new form of amusrmant well within bounds. The cinematograph is not a craze of the moment; here to-day and gone to morrow; it has be looked on as a permanent and an ever growing thing; a factor in twentieth century life which has to be reckoned with at every turn. It is a power in the land and, as such, might become civilisation's mazter instead of its servant unless proper control is exercised.

The Only Remedy.

Strack Off.

It is notified that the name of | the China and Manila Steamship

Co., Limited, has been etrock off the Hongkong Register.

and

Enemy Trading List.

Opium Possession.

Absolute Contraband,

1891

HONGKONG, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (Compiled from the *** Hongkong | Telegraph" files for the week ending August 26 1891)

The Dollar. August 26.—” The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 3/21."

The 6.5. Kweilla.

1891.

SHARB REPORT, The quotations which follow are from the Honghong Telegrap for August 26, 1891.-

MARITIME RIGHTS.

British Policy Outlined.

In connection with the withe

Hongkong and Shanghai Bant. -171 per cent, Ex All, buyers. drawal of the Declaration of Union Insurance Society of London; a Proclamation by the Janti-#95 per share, bayers. King orders that the following China Traders' Insurance Cow-provisions shall be observed 200 August 21 Mesara. Butter-pany➡$66] per share, buyers. **"*(*) The hostile destination Kweilin arrived here last night, 255 per share, sellem, field & Swiro's new steamer

North China Insurance—T's required for the condemnation of contraband artiolos shall be pre- after making the passage in 41 Canton Insurance Company ¡sumed to exist, until the contrary Co., of Greenock and is of 1,088 Yangtase Insurance Association signed to

is shown, if the goods are no days. She was built by Scott & ¦ Ltd.—$110 per share, buyers.

or. for an enemy authority, or an agent of the tons register, her sogizes as of -Tis: 70 per share, buyers, v fitted with all the latest improve pany $317 per share, buyers.

Hongkong Fire Insurance Com enemy State, or to or for a par the triple expansi^n type, and

son in territory belonging to or China Fire Insurance Company occupied by the enemy, or to or... melts ingluding the electric light,”

for a person who, during the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking -886 per share, buyers.

Bongkong and Whampoa Dock present hostilities, has forwarded

Corporation.

half-yearly meeting of share-mium, buyers.

August 22—“The ordinary Company-191 per cent, pre-contraband goods to an enemy

statement of accounts to the 30th sellern.

authority, or an agent of the holders in the above named Hongkong, Canton and Macao enemy State, or to or for a pers Corporation was held at the City Busamboat Company-$331 per son in territory belonging to or Hall at noon to-day, for the pur-share, sales and buyers.

occupied by the enemy, or if the poss of reckiving the report of the Chins and Manila Steamship goods are consigued

to order," Court of Directors together with a Company-$60 per share, or if the ship's papers do not show who is the real consignes of Jane, 1891. There were present:

Hongkong Gas Company-of the goods. Mesars. J. S. Moses (Chairman) $131 per share, sellers.

(b) The principle of continuous Hongkong Hotel Company- voyage or ultimate destination 8.0. Michaelsen (Deputy Chair- man) T. E. Davies, 0. J._Holli- | #65 per share, Layer,

whall be applicable both in osses day. H. Poppins, Hon. J. J. Kee- Hongkong Hotel Co.'s Six per [of contraband and of blockade. wick, Alex McConachie, L Pooncent. Debentures--$501.

(c) A neatral vessel carrying Becker, D. R. Sassoon, EL. Indo-Chins S. N. Company- contraband with papers indicat Woodin (Directors), F. de $30 per cent, dia, sellers. | ing a neutral destination, which, Bovis, Obief

Manager, Wotton, G. W. Batt, G. Stewart, $40 per share, cellere

Douglas Steamship Company-notwithstanding the destination shown on the papers, proceeds to J. E. David, G. M. Buin. F.

an enemy port, shall be liable to Henderson, E T. Ezekiel, S. A.

capture and condemnation if she is encountered before the end of her next vorage.

W.

China Sagar Refining Company Lki.-$176 per share, sellers.

Luzon Sugar Refining Company, Limited-63 per share, bayers, Hongkong fos Company➡

Hongkong Rope Manufactur ing Company, Ltd.-$113 p« share, buyere.

(d) à rensel carrying contra- band shall be liable to capture and condemnation if the contra- hand, reckoned either by value, weight, volume, or freight forms more than half the cargo,

It is farther ordered follows:

(1) Nothing herein shall be deemed to affect the Order in

Is it any wonder, with men of this type wandering about at will.) that the date of the Iste Earl The Gazette ontains an addi-Joseph. E. T. P. Faster, John COOPER-On August 25, at Peak Hospital, the wife of WAJ Kitchener's departure for Russia tional list of firms which are Grant, B. Lyall, W. T. Ramsey, Cooper, Public Works Department, of a daughter.

should have been known by the being wound up ander the Trad.. Wicking, H. T. S. Green, enemy long beforehand, that ing with the Enemy Amendment Hop. P. Byrie, H. W. Dick,$88 per share, buyers. 1916, warships are sank by mysterious Act, 1916.

V. A C. Hawkins, D. H Argyll explosions, and that the country

Mackintosh, R. M. Gray, S. L. Darby, H. A. de Carvalho, J. R. is jeopardised in's thousand and

At the Police, Coart ibis morn-Michael, E. O. Ray, J. Y. V. Ver-

Hongkong and Kowloon Whari one other ways? It is even more than possible that the Yorkshire ing, Chinese was charged, mon. E. George, G. W. Dickson, K. and Godown Company.--77 pe

before Mr. F. A. Hazaland, with MR. Rae, J. H. Or, G. 8. share, sales and sellers. munitions factory explosion is

Hongkong Dairy Farm Co. Ltd. due to the activities of these having in his possession eight Purves, W. Legge, J. Bell-Irving,

tasis of opium valued at $80. B. A. Gabbay, Dr. Wm. Hartigan,-$7 per share, sales. Jangerous aliens. After a cise Defendant admitted the clence G. 8. Coron, B. Layton De of the kind we have quoted, wa

A. &. Watson and Co., Ltd.-Council of the 11th March, 1915, Westley Layton, and B. Z. Just. $20 per share, ex. div., buyers. and was fined $800.

for restricting farther the oom- can only marvel that mass meet-

The Chairman said-I regret Hongkong High Level Tram- mares of the enemy or sny of His inga are not held throughout the | length, and breadth of the land A Royal Proclamation provides the result of the peat baliyear has way Co., Ltd.—365 per share Majesty's Proclamations declar.. ing articles to be contraband of that the following articles will be not been so favourable as on buyers. demanding the internment forth-treated as abecinte contraband in former occasione. Your managers, Hongkong Steam Laundry Co., war daring the present hostil- with of every alien enemy in the addition to those set out in pre-at. the commencement of the year, Ltd.--$25 per share, nominal.

ities. United Kingdom. But nobodyvious Proclamations Electric bad to contend with a heavy fall

(ii) Nothing herein shall affect appeare to worry about little It is satisfactory to read that the stronger the bold ohtsined on trifles of this kind, sad we should appliances adapted for use in war fa exchange. A continacus drop at Aberdeen, referred to in the the validity of anything done not be in the least surprised if their component parte; for the first few months har lest report, was completed and under the Orders in Council the public mind by the cinematograph, the greater is the detor-this gentleman who is now ander. Maphalt, bitumen, pitch, and tar;/adversely affected the exchange occupied early this year and the hereby withdrawn.

Rensitized photographic films, profite at many of our branches. health of the men has much (iii) Any cause or proceeding going a brief term of imprison-plates, and paper; felspar; gold-Still I am happy to say that the improved by the change of commenced in any Prise Court ment is let loose again in the beaters' skin; tale; bamboo. earnings have been sufficiently quarters".

before the making of this Order expiration of bis sentence to con-

To be Re-appropriated. large to counterbalance. the

Reporters Wanted. may, if the Court thinks jost, be tinne bis hobby of prying into our military stairs. What fcols of the piece of land known as losses, gentlemen, have been of a couple of really good reporters-provisions of the Orders hereby Notice is given that a portion depression in exchange. Dar August 25 We are in want of beard and decided under the we British are.

"West End Park" and delineated an exceptionally severe nature, a knowledge of short-hand deair-withdrawn as far sa they were în and shown on a plan marked They were ccossioned by the able but not a zins que non. And force at the date when each cause That that control is not yet quite what it should be is at once Sanitary Board Please Note.

"West End Park," signed by the collapse of several old established the salary, to suitable" roosters," or proceeding was commenced, illustrated by the fact that in Europe and in America—asy, even în

Director of Public Works and firms in Bombay, the Straits and colossal. No stonebroke share or would have been applicable in Japan and the Philippines and India-it is no ancommon thing to

We gave a hint to our good countersigned by the Governor, China. The loss in Bombay alone brokers need apply. An acquaint ach cause or proceeding if this find lade owning in a police court that they w.re stimulated to such friend the Sanitary Board not long and deposited in the Land Office amounted to £65,000 caused by anse with the habits and customs Order had not been made. and each crime by having seen it done in the pictures". It in sinde, ss to the unsavoury con- | under the provisions of the Re the filare of a Pareee firm of the billy goat and an exse prios The Maritime Rights Order in This Orier may be cited as satisfactory to learn from the Home prees that, at a meeting of the hood of North Point. We epoke, 1909, will be re-appropriated se and the lose

dition of affaire in the neighbour-creation Grounds Ordinance, who were reputed very wealthy, al preficiency in the noble art of Association of Head teachers recently, a very strong resolution was

WIR therefore "chacking on," will receive Council, 1916." carried in connection with the picture-house's influence on shild among other things, of the pre- from August 25, 1916,

quite unexpected. Tae Eastern special consideration.” morality. The resolution boldly states that "the recent alarming and of the splendid breeding valence of moiquities and flies.

New Latrine.

Binks have all more.or Less A Short-handed "Telegraph." growth of child crime cannot be dissociated from the growing pre- grounds cffered to both. We now ment proposes to erect a public Chins you have already heard of have still to hold over a number It is notified that the Govern-suffered by the same failure. Ia August 27. We regret to valence of unrestricted attendance of school children at cinema. shows;" and it proceede to sak the Government to fix an age limit been added to that part of west corner of the cattle depot at our old constituents. To meet more than ordinary interest to our bear that a new terror bustrongh-closet latrine at the north- the misfortunes of a number of of important items that are of for children in this connection, to exercire a stricter censorship over the Colony. Near the bathing Kennedy Town. If any owner or these losses and in order to pay raaders. It cannot be helped un- the filme shown to children, and to insist on proper standard of tents a piece of ground has been occupier of property in the imoar asnal dividend of 301, per fortunately; we are shorthanded sanitation and ventilation in all picture theatres. It is to be hoped set aside for some purpose or mediate vicinity of sach site share on the old shares, and the in our journalistis staff, the Office that such sensible suggestions will receive the fullest attention from other gardening probably and objects to such erection, auch equivalent am on the new, we goat is sick, and the Editor is up! on it the manure from the Cause objection must be sent in writing are obliged to withdraw $1,23)-to the neck in legal and other| Of course, as we have before urged in taking up this matter, while informed, being regularly and reach his office not later than the same time I would mention unblushing blackguardiam, which their report dated August 24, way Bay stables is, we are to the Colonial Secretary so as to 90126 from the reserve fund. At business, necessitated by the Meesre. S. D. Seins & Co., in the Government and the film makers and the theatre proprietore cAD andoubtedly do mach to raise the tone of the pictures shown, the were covered over at once with

religiously damped. If it Friday, September 15.

that your Directors have deemed prevents his sole sttention to his state:-Cotton--Market raled first duty lies, not with them at all, bat with the parents or guard..

A Fancy for Lifebelts, it best to face the losses at once regular duties and the topics of steady, Sales are reported of ians of the children. A theatre-proprietor is fully justified in would be done; but, from all we Mr. F. A. Eszalazd, at the Police everything in the shape of bad or gence for a day or two; after $31 per picul. Unsold stook is layer of earth, no harm A Chinese was charged before and have made a clean sweep of the day: We claim special indal about 150 packages at $30 to saying: "I don't ask children to come to my show. If the parents can learn, it is simply left there Court this morning, with stealing doubtful debt." choose to let them come, the responsibility is theirs." When the to fester, and to breed and feed about ten lifebalts from the s..

that, the "rag will transcend estimated at about 1,150 packages. cinematograph first came on the evene, it was looked upon mainly dies. North Point, it is true, is Kumsang. Inspector Gordon said

even ite best form of years ago," Reported closing quotations:- as something to emuse the children. But now, for years past, it has not a densely populated neigh-defendant and another man, who

Hongkong's Smells. 829 to $34 per pioul. become the recognised amusement of millions of adults who want bourhood though, from our past had got away, were found on shareholders of the above Com-sible for the disgusting stenches rise in prices at Bombay, and the August 24.-"A meeting of the August 27. Who is respon- Indian YaraOwing to the something more than pictures especially designed to please children experience of our Sanitary De- board the Kumsing and were seen pany was held at their offices, No. which perarde the janotions of subsequent firmness showed by For one set of pictures that would interest and benefit the child partment's wisdom, we doubt if to be actually putting the lifebelta 14 Praya Central at 3 p.m. this Queen's Road and Wyndham the importers here, prices show s and the adult equally, there are scores that can hardly be shown in that fact was much taken into ac-into a bag. Ore of the Chinese afternoon. There were present-Street? Does it emanate from the substantial rise of $3 to $4 por presence of a mixed house. Filme of the class of the "gazettea" count, over the aforesaid damp crew, who saw the theft taking Messis. E. L. Woodin (Chairman) Hon. Sammy Brown's cesspools, bale. Sales are reported of about and war pictures or industrial films, patare study pictures etc. ing; it would cause as no surprise place, made the arrest. The man Kelly, G. M. Bain, J. 8. Van or can it be that these repugnant 6,260 baloe, comprising 100 bales have everything to recommend them and can be seen with equal to learn that Pedder Street or had no right to be on the ship. A Buren, L. Posenecker, T. E. odours are given out by the loaf of No. 68, 4,350 bales of No. 10s, profit by children and grown-ups alike. The same may be said of Battery Path had been selected as remand was orderož. the ecreen versions of many recognised classica; e.g. Shakespeare's a enitable manure depot, Bat

Davies, HL Poppins, F. Foster, ing members of the Hongkong 1,250 bales of No. 124, 250 bales "The Tempest" and Tennyson'■"Ecoch Arden," both of which have even North Point may be called

J. J. Keswick, and D. Gillies, Clab? Of late we have noticed of No. 16s, and 800 bales of No. been exhibited in Hongkong in recent years. But here it is neces-an inhabited spot, and the people HONGKONG FOOD PRICES. observe that the nett profits for clerk, by the way, who possesses uncleared stock in computed at

(Secretary.)

one member of the exclusive (?) 20s, Unsold stock in estimated at sary to draw the line. Dindet's "Sappho" and the younger Damae who live there have certainly

The Chairman said-Yon will institution, an erstwhile shipping|about 40,000 bales. Sold but "Dame enz Camellias" are also classics, in that they are among the lawful ground of complaint when really big things that modern French literature has given us;

the authorities.

"

but

are thus thrown at them.

Enemy Trading.

we think that few wise parents would encourage growing boys and possibilities of disease-spreading girls to see them on the screen. The other two classes of pictures: the comic and the avowedly sensations), are again matiera concern- ing which it is the parents' duty to use some smount of discretion, To allow a child to see some of the modern sisp-etick "opmica "may be to contribute largerly towards atterly vulgarieing his tastes; to take him to see the traditional motor car tumbling over a cliff may be to injure his nervous system, while to allow him ait out thres of persons and bodies of persona, Farm Company, Limited, shall or four reels of sale-opening, forging and poisoning may be to set incorporated or unincorporated; be $2.60 per pint. him going on the road that leads to crime. It is, we repeat, prim- with whom trading is prohibited: The noto relating to subsidiary arily the parent's responsibility and not that of the theatre by the Trading with the Enemy coin in the proclamation of the proprietor. If parents will play the game by their own children, (Ciátutory List) Proclamation, 12th March, 1915, in repealed. - and if the law will step in to prevent the publication of really harm bave been further amended by The note relating to subsidiary fal flms, we shall soon hear the last-of the "evila” of the cinema, the variation and addition of the coin in the proclamation of the

14th May, 1915, is repealed,"

Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited.

INDIAN YARN AND

SUNDRIES.

Messrs. Setna and Company's

Report.

the half year fast closed amounts a voice of the calibre of a snipe about 10,000 bales. to the respectable sum of $235,- apparently in the midst of s Bandry Articles:We have

The following smendment of 820.48 and nearly approach the doubtful contemplation of suloids nothing fresh to report in the the Proclamations fixing the exceptional earnings of the pro-to the wondrous advent of a client market. In imports, mich are maximum retail prices of articles rious six months. The gross who would trant him with an reported in oloves at $30 to $35 of food is notified in the Glasette takings are the highest recorded order for the purchase of two (per pionl), gum alibanum at $12 The maximum retail price of suce the formation of the Com-Panjoms, or one half of an Impsis to #16 (par pioul), myra mbollame The liste previously published, fresh cream sold by the Dairy kway 30 Fears ago, Those share. If this i. dividual is really at $11 (per pleal), putchask st satisfactory results enable your the responsible party, we would $160 (per plon), And Besour Directors to maintain that divide (reverentially) dirsol the attention stoos at 180 to $200 (per paoil), and declared last February bosides of the ginger bread Rajah of the In exports, purobases are reported writing off a considerable sumi for Sanitary Board, who has disting in green beans at $405. depreciation, and to rednom the nished himself as an especial (par pioul), Omin at $15 (D loss and over-drafia from 8802-champion of the corruption and pisal), dry gings at 312] to dis 117 to 8581 467 The new rotten matter of Hongkong in perploal), and turmeric as 81841

galow for the European Stad genera), to this mysimaROS.

(per pipal)

certain names,