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OHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL.

THE YARN MARKET.

A Sensational Rise Recorded.

Meira Pulirkwalls and Kotwall, in their yarn report dated Novem- ber 2, state:=

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1916.55

CHURCH NOTES,

The following exkrsots are from Church Notes for November—

In consequence of a suggestion made at the meeting in the City

ontinued from Paga 4.): and it might be possible to sr- range for certain members of the public services who were now

Hall that a service should be held studying Chinese to attend there

The improvement advieed in one Sunday at Fanling, the also. In securing Mr. Pearce our foregoing report issued on the Secretary of the Mission Council the first Director, the school bad 19th alt,, bas become more pro- communicated with the Golf Club dono axtremely well. On behalf

ncanced during the fortnight and authorities who said that they | of the Government he wished the although the anaal prios question would prfer a short service in school the best possible`sucorBS,

bas impeded the progress of bus-the Cathedral. It has been ar Archibald Rose in the insee in several instances, the ranged therefore to have such a course of a lengthy speech said market has been invested with a service at 8.30 a.m., concluding that that was the third Chinese

considerable rigour, a sensational | at 9u.m., on the first and third sabool be had seen opened re-rise of close upon ten dollars being Sundays in the month. The first cently. They had a school opened chronicled. This tremendous ad- service of this kind was held on at Shanghai and when he was passing throngb Hankow the other Tape, rapid though it is, appears October 22, and there was a fair

justified by a combination of attendance.

day they were opening one there, ballink factore, more prominent and now he found that this Colony

The Peak Sanday School is to among them being (i) = was starting a school also. He farther smart rise in ositon which be opened in the Peak School an felt very keen about the schools has crossed the region of 11d. Sunday, November 5, at 430 because he had spent deal of and (ii) the position of stocks P., and will be held on the first, bis career in China in living and which bave run down to a strik-third and fifth Sundaye in the travelling in the interior and it had come home to him very shrinkage of prospective supplies day there will be a children's ingly low and (ii) a considerable month under the charge of the

Misses May. On the second San strongly that the fellows up

Owing to prohibitive rates de country who could talk Chinesemanded for Japanese sorts, Bom. arvios conducted by B-v. J.)

were in a very different position bay 20% have been keenly sought from those who could not. It

for and a certain reputed chop is made the whole difference because reported to have commanded the

adrace of $20 on the last fortnight.

Clearances, although not so briak as during the foregoing interval, have been encouraging enough.

Total sales during the fortnight [8,800 bales.

1

Arrivals-The extrs sir. Ran

Church and on the fourth Sunday Kirk Moonnobis in the Pook

there will be a children's service Clergy at the same hour, 4 30 p.m.

It is with great regret that wa record the death on October 29 of Ah Tee, the No. I coolie of the Cathedral. For the last three

months he has been ill and unable to work. For 25 years he has occupied his position

to the satisfaction of all under whom be devoted to his work and took the has served. He was thoroughly greatest interest in the Cathedral. The Bishop made a sympathetic reference to his death on Banday morning, October 28 when the congregation were asked to stand in silence for a few moments in token of their rspect for the departed.

The Hon. Mr. D. Landals bas

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resigned his membership of the Velour Hats.

if they could not speak Chinese fabulous price of $170, which is conducted by the Cathedral they had to carry on their work. through the medium of one inter- preter and he had"always felt rather sorry for such men. It meant that they had to get the whole of their views and inform ation from one man and if that

The smart rise in prices that man was bisted in any way it has eveninated during the short tended to biss them. If they space of a fortnight, has naturally could get among Chinese mer- chants and others and get their and the caution exercised by given a panes to farther business, opinions it made the whole differ-dealers is only commendable. ence to their judgment. There Rates, however, are fully maintain was another point almost equallyd, and any serious set-back to important and that was that a the present values appears far knowledge of Chinese made their frem likely. lives ɔ much more satisfactory. A great many of them were sent out to lead rather lonely lives: Sold and unsold stock: in -—ikoy were as Consule—and were sert to places up country where godowns 31,000 balor. there were few foreigners, posei- bly not more than one or two They were practically alone with out snybody to talk to but if they know Chiness at all they would find a good many people willing to meet them on equal termos When they started the school at Shanghai there were plenty of pomimists who said the idea was Abeurd and that the students would soon get tired. But after aiz mouths their school was going very strongly. (Applaus) Some men bad fallen cat certainly bot they bad been driven ou! for slackers were not tolerated at all. The students realized that they were not popila but studente and the general spirit of the school was extraordinarily keen, One enthusiast told him that he had been dreaming in Chinese and although that was a pecularily

subtle sort of pleasure he didn' seem to mind. (Laughter). Be thought the keenness was mainly ¡das to the fact that Chinese in Those Chamber of Commerce schools. was taught in such an interesting why.

When

goon Marn from Bombay has brought in 800 bales for Hong- kong and CO balea for Shanghai Shipments from Bangkong to Shanghai and colat porta nii.

Church

approaching departure from the Body owing to his Colony. Mr. Blodart Kennedy has also gone away. The two Vacancies have been filled by the Shanghai-Advises about 6,000 election of Mr. & H. Compton bales as fortnightly sales, the and Mr. E. V. D. Parr. market closing quiet but firm.

Japanese Yarn.-A tremendons | SERI rise co the Osaka Bourse has seat prices here to the kiss. and few sellers have been in evidence, notwithstanding so ad- vance of as much as $15 per laĵo. Sales incalde:-100 bales 3 Horso No. 10 st $153 to $160; 900 bales Yellow Joss No. 20 at $156 to $184; 500, balea Nagaraki No. 20 at $169 to $172; 10 bales Sets No. 20 at $190.

and

Raw Cotton,Bengal Chinese, no tal a. Stock, Bengal 200 balea, and 100 bales Chinese. Qsciution: Bengsi at $28 to $32. Chinesa at $32 to $38 per pical..

LANGKAT OUTPUT.

is as follow:-

ke learned Chinese for Merara, Benjamin and Potte almost two years he was sitting advise us that the Langkat output ́opposite s Ühineee teacher who was making moet dreadful noises, which he returned with compli ments, Bethought it më far from interesting and he really hated it Speaking on the qaration cf} disects be gathered that they were going to learn Cantonets and he really thought it was better that they should. The story

Nov.

1

HO

Totsi to 2nd inst.

Daily average

Tone 103 102

205

102.50

was perhaps the mort

de-

of the difficulty of dialects in finite thing they had done in try. China had been enormously ring to shake themselves_up aggerated prabably by people not inclined to learn at all, bot if they during the last two years. The had a knowledge of one it was very fact that they were willing to give no certain amount of not really difficult to pick up the others. He was glad to see such time besides their work and

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(Applause.)

already could, the Tušpans took The Chairman thanked the

a great interest in the matters, speakers and assured them that and even arranged for them to get in a little work during the the useful hints they had given day by having Chinese tesobera on

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Lar although a sub-commities of of Lie noter, he had omitted to LITTLE'S ORIENTAL, KALMAKA the Chamber was appointed to

Many of there oured wigs told by thair

OTICE IS HERELY GIVEN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all MARINE INBUR ran the show the scholars theme refer to Big Charles Eliot, hot

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* OFFIONS WIL CLOSED för "ANOROFFICES will be CLOSED. biction of Publio? Bask- for the Transaction cor, Pabile, MONDAY, the 6th Business on MONDAY, the th

wolves had appointed a Committee Committee had had the sympat||matorture=po de arteci podras ampe a with the Director witting #2betic advice of Sir Charles Eliot misery. Theyyand"use shoe både

bad

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posible. Then they hoong, (LAITTLE'S, TON

and was largely

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Bohool and they were very isnob tion ibair, pal krom Sơn, the “beholden to him. The Committee went down, shule z pinta. also desire to record their shanka je nove at Ba, 1 per hostes to the University Authoritian for

„the lose of dials.

instant.

By Order,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Acting Beer kongled November, 1916,

Finstant

7. By Order

E, A. M. WILLIAMS,, Acting Secretary.

3rd Horamba 1916:

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