1916-11-30 — Page 9

Hongkong Telegraph 港電新報士蔑新聞 All

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30,

GENERAL JOFFRE.

TRIBUTE TO NAVAL HEROES ®

LATIN PRESCRIPTIONS!

'The Man who Belleves,

Mr. Barton Blake'writes, in the New York Outlook :---

At Bourges, a loopy Freeoh providoial capital well to the south of Paris, a captain of the French General Staff reported at the local headquarters.

This happenst two years ago

ists in August, 1914.

The captain from the General

fast.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

-An American Professor||

Winding-up. Enemy Firms. Objects to Them.

London, Oct. 19-In the House Physicians, no matter how of Commons to-day. Bir H. learned, do not write directions to Dalziel drew attention to the delay New Feature of Trafalgar Day their plambers or their grocers in that had taken place in winding

Celebrations.

HONGKONG SHARE REPORT.

88ELLERS; SA.-SALES; - B.-BUYERS; N.-NOMINAL.

Banks

OFFICIAL PRICES.

BANKS.

Latin. Why should they think it up enemy firms in this country. necessary to give instructions to He said that not a single one of their druggists in that language? these concerns had yet been wOUD There are many good reasons we up to completion, although. 333 It was more than Trafalgar are assured by members of the winding up orders bad y Bren Day, more than Nelson Day. The medical profession but few, as issued. These businesses were MARINE INSURANCES. } great, anniversary · became on lost, think that the practice is for the most part being carried on Cantons

October 21 the Navy Memorial nothing bata relic of medievalism in the German interest, and it North Chinas Day, commemorating not only and insist on writing their was the enemy who would make Unions the great deeds of the heroes of prescriptions in the vernacular, the most out of it in the end. If Yangtzes the distant past but of those also in the Journal of the American there were still any debts left over FIRE INSURANCES. who in our time are inspired by Medical Association Professor these debts could be sold at once, China Fires the "Nelson Touch"; and the Bernard Fantas, of the University and the liquidation Snished. H. K. Fires colama in Trafalgar-square was of linais College of Medicine, What was wanted was that some-

Suf fell in with a group of officers at Burges who were ignorant of the exsot qourse of rents to the worth of them. Their sols somos of information was the war shrine apon which tribatae states that the chief reasons for one should be specially appointed Douglases

Hcial communiques; and in

to the men who gave their lives retaining the Laún prescription, to the duty of seeing that these Steamboats hose days things were happening at Jutland, at Coronel, and in and then, proceeds to demolish firme should be wound up without Indos (Del.) | many lesser battles were laid, them. A committes of the Council any more delay. In Germany there Indos (Pref.) The captain from head gastiere gloomily acquainted his comrades Crowde Alled the square during of the Ameriosu Medical Associs was not one British arm which had Shells with the sitastion as he saw it, daylight on Saturday and yester tion, he tells us, still considers not been wound up abortly after Ferries In dark colours be painted a day, and the pressure was so great Latin desirable for the names of the war. If it were true that those picture of the battle of Charleroi, that a barrier had to be put up ingredients, not so necerasty for who were carrying out the Sugars 51 France invaded, of the lack round the base of the column and she directions to the droggit, and liquidations were being paid by Malabons of heavy artillery and of reserve queue formed, so that people positively objectionable for the the bear it would socount for the manitions, of the Republic in fall might have an opportunity of directions to the patient, who procrastination. It was a national Kallons retreat, of Paris menseed.. Con-examining innumerable presumably not a Latinist,

Arguments in favour of ternation grow as the captain wreaths and offerings which made

wholly Latin precoription the plinth a bed of flowers. went on. Hope faded. Till-

"What about the great General It is impossible even to indicate marised by Dr. Fantes

followe Readquarters?" asked one of the Riebeartened officers at Bourges. "At the end of their rope." Another silence, then-

And what does the chief say?" some one inquired.

the

scandal that wash German cor- Langkats the carshould be allowed to captare Raubs are the trade which had to be Tronohs

as abandoned by British firme, the Urais

| members of which bad been com

There

ין

1916.

BANKS.

BANK OF CANTON

LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and. FIXED DEPOSITS Re- ceived.

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum

For 6 Months 4% per annum DFor 12 Months 4% per annum

LOOK POON SHAN,

Chief Manager.

NOTICE

NOTICE.

PEAK TRAMWAY JO

LIMITED

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

NIGHT CARS

-bəyə mənt and s kali arja 1, ka

$1.00 FIM) vvary hali kaan

11.00 3.3 to 45 9.

every quarter of us how

SUNDAYS

"BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHA BANKING CORPORA

TION, Paid-up Capital .........$15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

£1,500,000 at 2/-

$13,000,000 Silver 818,000,000

$93,000,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors...$15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS.

E. Anten, Es

W., Pattanden Esq,÷Charman,

5. 17. Dodwell, Kag.-Deputy i alema

2. T. M. "Edkins, Ksq.

15: Gablay, B

Hon. Mr. P. II Holyoak

1. A. Plummer, a

Itos, Mr. Ebellino,

"CULE? MARADER

Hong, J, Bad, Baq,

MANAGER Shanghafend. G. Braphen, Esq, Londoa Dankar-London County and

Westminster, klated,

Rongkong-interest Allowed i

On Current Accounts at the rate of i per CREE

ainum on the daily balance,

ON ILLED DEPOSITS,

For I months, 3 per cent. per malam. For 6 months, Få per cent, per kikutan For is month, a' per cant per ERAUM, N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BAN

TRE Business of the above Bank is conducted b the MCNGKONGA D:

ORPORATIONAL BANKING Rules may be obtained on application INTEREST sa deposits in wilowed on the st Imum monthly balances at té per cent, per aan

Depositors may transfer, at their option, balance of $100 or mers to the Hongkong nad Shanghaf Baak to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT 1 4. cant per acum.

For the Hongkong and Bhanghai Banking Corporn

N. J. STABB.

$780

$400

t. 162 $950 n. ex 738955

$181. $387

SHIPPING.

$122

#211

$189

$46

-102/- $38

REFINERIES.

$199 $37

MINING

*36;-

- 128

1.00 Aval, za

ko. Keway is M10,

$2,75

100 Lo 10100 600. ULOC AM (O, LEON AM›

10 M

15 M.

80/-

11.30 kl. 1

18:461, B.M+ $0

32/9

XES PNG ta

2-15 201

RIS -

3.00

15 MIN

The

$84

$128

t. 87

LANDS, HOTELS

100

zorga ki 10

E MINI

*6.

8101

15 11

$T15

10 М

6.00 10

3.00 FİN

$101

it Mim

10314

$6,90

$35

t. 91

$85

COTTON MILLS.

160

II.

t, 113

t. 6

$84

$1,75

$26

CO., LTD.

$11

$53

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)

$160

$341

8994

Loans Mortgage of House Property &c. Goods recaired an Storaga.

Paid Up

Advances made na Merchandise,

-$10

Lowas made on the Provident Brizni. (Rates and Particulars on application

b.'

$33

$17,00

$6,80

II.

$6,80

$29

n. I. d.

tithe of them. Many were "to", The Latin names of drugspelled to go to the war.

DOCKS, WHARVES, the glorious memory of the capare more definite, conside, and were to-day no less, than three H. K. Wharves b.

GODOWNS, &C. tain, officers and men" of the capital ships that have been sùnk

unchangeable.

German banka still doing bus Kowloon Docks b. in the war, and the heroes of the be compounded all over the oir-something were done all the Ger-

"2. A Latin prescription caniness in Londor, and unless S'hal Docks smaller craft. were not forgotten.ilised world.

man influence would be resumed "Joffre ?" asked the captain Alto

AND BUILDINGS. Beveral purely personal "3. Latin prescriptions are after of the General Staff. Opening coringa figured among the used internationally in medical Mr. McKinnon Wood, replying H. K. Hotels.

the war

over. Centrals and shutting his eyes, raising bis wreaths, such sa that "In affect- rme toward heaven in a gestare ionate and ever loving memory

for the Treasury, said that no new Land Invest. "4. It guards the patient business was being undertaken H'phreys Est. gainst knowledge that might by the German banks and only Kloon Lands be prejudicial: in the Battle of Jatland, May 31, the physician's intentios; (b) allowed. Where liabilities wore West Points (a) A8

to winding-up operations were being S'hai Lands 1916, on H.M.8. Cheater, aged 174.

f total abandonment, the captain of car darling 'Ray) Bugler R. W. poke in a frightened voice, as Thorp, who was killed in action

te were attering words of mad-

Joffre? That man still be lovea that we'll win! "

That was two years" ago. The xact date of the conversation

August 28, 1914.

To-day some of the American orrespondente in Paris are whis aring among themselves that offre is a fallen idol; that almost

uffered when the Government

literature.

from his sorrowing parents and securing the prescribed drug jects, auch debts, when collected, Ewos

to . greater BLSE in found to be due to British sab-

aisters."

without a prescription, with were paid over to the creditors, Kung Yiks flowers at the foot of the mono-other detriment.

Hundreds of people dropped possible formation of habit or bat when the liabilities were das Shai Cottons to the enemy, the money, when Yangtszepoos ment sa they passed in tribute to

the memory of a hero, famous of To encourage the use of English, trustee, as well as any surplus Borneos

5. Better form is preserved. received, went to the public MISCELLANEOUS. obscure.

for common names, which often assete. It was not wonderful China Light & P.b. One of the most striking lea-tre indefinite; less paine would seeing the ramifications of such Providents Poincare's great popularity the Australian naval enige, sad the results would be probably taken a couple of years to carry Green Islands faces of the great display was be required in mastering the art, businesses that it should have Dairy Farms ored from Paris to Bordeaux made with red and blue blow-greater laxity in prescribing and out the winding-up, but the work H. K. Electrics efore the Battle of the Marne, the ship Australia. There were substances."

soms, and the stars in white, from leas familiarity with the ofBoisl in question was of more nae to HK. Ice Co. the cult of Joffre has gradually other devices from the Doming

British creditors than to anyone Steel Foundries b.

Ropes These objections Dr. Fantus ele, aded till now it is but the ions, notably maple leaf trophies disposes of by pointing out that for the Board of Trade, pointed Trams, Peak, old b.

Mr. Pretzman, replying

Trams, Low Levej a hadow of an enthusiaac.

from Canada, and a beautiful English official drug-names are out that the policy laid on the Trams; Peak, new b. Perhaps. It is true that I have wreath encased in a block of ice, just su definite and concise as the Department by Parliament is not Laundries

which had come all the way from Latin, and no more changeable; the confiscation of enemy pro- U. Waterboats n. Now Zealand.

that the ability to have a prescrip-party, but the getting rid of Watsons Occupying a prominent position refilled abroad without enemy control by enemy firm Wm. Powells be bookstalls that line the left tion was a buge laurel wreath medical supervision is far from It did not really matter whether Morning Posts b. ank of the Seine. Yes, perhaps tied with the French, colcars, with desirable, as the various national the winding up of these com offre's popularity is not so in the message "Respect and homage pharmacopoeias do not corre panies were actually completed nee as it was six months ago. to the memory of the gallant spond; that Latin drug-names so long as the nesets were sold. bat, tro, is possible.

But France does not forget that) Bailors of France who fell fighting are not international; that scoreoy In most of these cases, when the offre, the iron man of the Catalan at Trafalgar on October 21, 1895, is rarely, if ever, essential in war was over, it would simply Pothills of the Pyrenees, the man

compatriots of our comrades-in-medical practice, and is very mean that all that would be left arms to-day." phlegm and

bas регаетотади,

poor policy; and, finally, that would be a few poor debts. Pay

ben the Generalissimo's engraved ortrait, neatly framed in black. Creil for two francs at one of

een what with lose justification service was held at St. Kartin-in cated Latin prescription leaves on actual work done, and nothing On Saturday morning a special the torching of the compliment to the liquidators was paid itchener was called in the early the-Fielde, which was attended little time for getting into could be fairer, the hoar basin ays of the great war whose issue

5 has not lived to see farc-by the Lord Mayor and many of students' minds the really imper-merely being the standard. The adgwed.

the metropolitan Mayors, se welliant things about the art of calculation was made

Jeffreorganiser of victory!

Jeffre, who believed victory

as coming; even on August 26, 70 years since..

Joffre, the general, who for two ecke led an army in retreat, and maintained the morale of that my that it farned its defeat into

a victory he bad believed inmay

irit!

r-fields.

CORRECTED TO NOOR THURSDAY BENJAMIN & POTTS, Share and General Brokers,

Princes Building.

**NOVEMBER 30, IDIE,

Tel, address: Broker.

EXCHANGE.

SELLING.

as by the diplomatic representa-prescribing which have nothing to the length of time TT ives of the Allies. The Bishop to do with the language used. in which the work cught to be Demand of London preached."

Besides all this, there are, he done. Out of 330 winding up 30 dis..

A largely attended demonstra says, some substantial reasons for csses the assets had been paid in 60 d/s. ............... tion was held on Tower Hill dur.Jusing English. These he gives as 165 cases, and all that was left 4 m/s.

we follows:**** ing the afterncon, and

French

2/3 13/16 2/3.7%

2/4

2/4 1/16

were some small items that did T/T Shanghai.........Nom.

10712

171 14

T/T San Francis-Į

BUYING.

55 13298

-2/4/11/16

addressed by the Rev. A. W.

1. The Roman numerals, not matter. When this process / Singapore ...... 93 14 rough, vicar of Brompton, and especially I and L, are apt to be was done we had got rid of the Tff Japan..... Mr. P.J. Harmon. A telegrem was mistaken for each other....

IT indist onemy interest, and the controllers Demand, India...... 171 4 sent from the meeting to Sir iracle of strategy and of the John Jellicce, assuring him that pharmasoist are generally written proosas in its entirety as quickly "2. ULotus directions to the had been urged to complete the

co & New York/ France is still grateful to Jeffre,wers behind him, and expressing soriptions.

the heart and spirit of the Empire in English, even in Latin pre-as possible. We must maintain T/T Java...... at she scoopta him to-day as a absolute confidence in the Navy.

the principle that we ought not T/T Marks ....Nom. starala historical fact~· faot |

3. New dings are continually to confiscate private property in T/T Francs........... 3.21 Nelson's tomb at St. Paul's being introduced, the coining of this country where such a stop Demand, Paris...... 3.21 12 more to be marvelled at or to Cathedral was decorated with a the Latin names for which is an did not serve the purpose of texcited about than the swift- chaplet of bay leaves by Lady embarrassment to the prescriber. Parliament to get rid of enemy as of the Rhone or the snow on Fremantle, wife of the veteran

Alps

4. Latin prescription-writing trade. In the year 1912 them. L/O 2/4.9/16 Admiral.. Tourists marvel at the river

absolutely stifles originality in ordinary winding-up orders of 4 m/s. D/P enery, at the mountain peske; In a street pageant at South- prescribing.

British basinssses was only 151, 30 d/s Sydney &

6 m/s. L/0... 2/4 13/16 t so the men and women who ampton

and British "5. After all, the whole, pro- and a large namber of these

Melbourne

2/4 13/16 rk in the vineyards by the sailors marched in front of our pcaition of writing prescriptions were still incomplete. In the case 30 d/s. San Franc-1 forside and in the mountain Shouts of "Vive la France!" and fledge of Latin, of which most of had vested them in the Public 4mfa. Marks ...Nom.

depicting. Nelson and Jellicoe.in Latin is a pretence at a know-of sevenly arms the Government isco& New York)

564

We foreigners marvel at the "Vive l'Entente Cordiale!" were un possess no little that we would Trustee for the purpose of selling: 4 m/s. France... os of France's army, at the raised as the procession proceeded be unwilling to havo our ability the businesses to British par 6 m/s. Francs....... 3.39 fence of Verdan daring more through the principal thorough lested by one who is a recognised chasers. There had been no delay Demand, New York: 55 16

Demand, Germany..... basix months (a war in itself ares.

suthority in that language. that was avoidable, as it must be

6. When one thinks of the remembered that the properties Demand, Bombay... 17134

TIT Bombay.................. crowded medical curriculum and had to be sold, and it was most TT Calcutta......... the comparatively small number important that a fair sum should Demand, Calcutta... 1714 of hours set aside for pharmaco-be obtained, and not a mere knock Demand, Manila". 1983 and therapeutice, it seems sont price. If we did not take Demand, Singapore. 98. pity to waste sny of it on the care to do this; we would be On Haiphong 33% prom. acquiring of an antiquated form left with far less assets for, bar. On Saigon...*.**.

S4% prem of expression." The portrait of Joffre may be Professor Fantus bids as note, We should be the last country to Gold Leaf, per oz... 52.67 gaining at the end of the war. On Bangkok 66:14 When you look at Fance, af bought on the Quai Moleqanis in conclusion, that the real reason praction confiscation of enemy Bar Silver, per oz. 35.14

Sovereign

8.55 Nom. French army, which is the for less than forty cels hat for prescription-writing in Latin properly since we were the coun- ach nation, you see Joffre, as there are many portraits of Joffre is historic. It originated when try which owned the largest ind of presiding spirit. When in France, and no one, after all, Latin was the chief medium for amount of property of any foreign peo Joffre thus, you realise has need of his portrait.

SUBSIDIARY COINS. exchango of scientific thought. nation in the world.

• longer and more conlly wár

in that of 1870), at the devoted

vice of French womanhood, at

heroism of an entire people to all human tests.

but which were always as French But France accepts these frota sa, or rather mere French than,

facts; abe takes no great those things. dit to herself.

...3.33

110

DISCOUNT PER $100:

simple strength the sternal It is only men who have passed Those days, of course, are past. our and power of resistence or men who have not yat arrived He asks: "Is it not time to relieve else that would be much more Chinese...20 cts pieces 311% dis. oh neverexpressed themselves whose protraits we have need of our medical students of this ass-useful to them and to their Chinese...10. he French boalavard theatre And Joffre, like France,

be French novel for export, alernal

lewa burden that is put on them

to the detriment of something

patients?

34% dis Hongkong 20 cts. pieces 11%prem Hongkong10.

12%pre

1030 alm. Evust-19 Min, „15,00 843,

"19.00 Noon 10 1:00 a

NIGHT CARS as of Work Day

SATURDAYS

Exter Car alan máknigha. :SPECIAL CARS

By Airaagusan at the Company's Ollas, Alanataira Puildings

Dr For Rond

"Son and punch tickets available for all cars

set already fall, running at the time stated in the Company's time tables, but not for special care, Can be obtained on appBextlog at the Company's Of No Beson ticket will be fasted until payment the for has been made in Bank Notes or by Cheque o Compradora order engrasanilog Bank Natas

JOHN D. HUMFEREYI & CO.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE

The Often of

TRUSTER, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Daderisken and Exocated,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Cẹ. General Managera.

MITSUBISHI COSHI

KWAISHA. (MITSUBISHI CO.) COAL DEPARTMENT,

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASIMA, OCHI, "MUTABE," KISH. IDAKK, YOSHINGTANI, HOJO, NAMA- ZUTA, BAYO, KANADA, SHINNEW, „KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI and GYUDAR

Collleries.

Agent for SAKITO COAL.

HEAD OFFICE MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES -NAGASAKI MOJI,KABATSU, WAKAMATSU, UTARU. MURORAN, HAKODATE KOBE, OSAKA, KURE, TOKYO, YOKO HAMA,NAGOYA, TSURUGA, VLADI- VOSTOCK, HANKOW, PEKING, LON DON, NEW YORK, SHANGHAL,

HONGLONG HAIPRONG and

CANTON.

Chief Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF

-INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA

lucorpersied by Royal Charter 1937.

HEAD OFFICES-LONDON,

Paid-up Capitali

Basurve 71cd.ro 1,800,0 Reserva Idability of Proprietors£1,000,000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banklet

business tremented. CURRENT ACCOUNTA opined and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter perioda, at rates which will be gusted on application.

T. C. DOWNING,

Manager Hongkong. 11th April, 1912,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. Head Office 15, Gracechurch Street, London, ·

Authorised Japital 4....£1,500,000 Bubscribed

Reserve Fund

BANKERS:

The Bank of England

BRANCHES —

1,125,001

562,500 $50,000

The Landen Jolar stock Eaak, Limited.

Bombay

Colombo

Dalbi

Galle

Hongkong

Have

Kasdy

Pert Louis (barition}

Karachi

Kota Bharu Kuala LspA

Kadras

Pestig

2 banghai..'

Eingapors

HONGKONG BRANCH,

Every description of Banklog, and Exchansa busines transacted,

Interest allowed on Current Accounis aty per DEDI (per annum ya Dally Balances, mad ́on Fland Deposit

at rates which may be ascertained on applicaties.

C. CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manager,

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE:

53. Wail St., New York,

LONDON OFFICE:

36, Bishopsgate, E CAPITAL PAID UP.....$3,250.000 RESERVE BUNDS: $3,931,000

U.S. GOLD **** $7,181,000

BOMBAY

BRANCHES —

HONGKONG PEKING,

CALCUTTA " KOBE

CANTON

CEBU

LOLON HANKOW

SAN FRANCISCO LONDON SHANGHAI, MANILA BINGAPORE S

MEDELLIN TIENTSIN

PANAMA YOKOHAKA

Cable Address IWASAKI," Codes: AI, &.B.C. 5th Ed., West-Through its close afillation with The Nationa

Chy

y Bank of New York, the Banic is able to offer tha ern Union, and Bentley's. Services of the Branches of thas ŝastitution ir:Cube

and South America, Namely —–—–

AGENCIES:-

SAO

All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received as rated to be aceruined on

'. J. MARSHALL,

Manager.

application.

BAHIA, BUENOS AIKES,HATANA. MONTEVIDEO. RIO DE JANEIRO CHINKIANG-M00678. GEAR-SANTIAGO DE CUBA, FANTOS,

PAUL'S, VALPARAISO, ING & Co., MANILA-Messrs. MACONDRAY & Co., SINGA- PORE Messrs. BORNEO Co. LTD, GLASGOW-Messrs. A. R. BROWN, MOFARLANE & CO. LTD

For Particulars, apply to K. KATO

Manager. Hongkong No. 2, Pedder Street,

MARTIN'S

PAPIOL 8STEEL

A Fresh Ramada

PILLS

jathskop ta

➡ sign of any ixrsesintily of the Tratam a beely down may be administered. Thresho --- tate Chamy twovuutena, Lien,benos haltanos. ·

pneus skla, 431 COMPUTERA BASmall thos

thion had ik Worlds my both • frew Bina- MARTIN, Chemist, Houthampton, Eng

MARTIN'S

SAPIOL & STEEL KELEPILAS

Cannot be Besten. if Equalled

THE ALEXANDRA CAFEȚ

for Bread, Cakes, Contectionery and meals with Wines & Liquers.

Hongkong, 26th September, 1916.

THE YOKOBAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund wizy

30,000,000 20,800,000

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Nugak!

·Newcowang". New York Giak

Peking

Rysis Un

Artber)

Braschm end Antang Helen Bombay

-Changebun

Daless

Jengtis

Harala

Stanko

San Frant sca

Housłałe

Rydacy

Liao-Yang

London

Lyon

tog Transla

Tokyo

Tslogtam

Shanghal,

- 7'sinaida

Interest Allowed on Carrans ACCOR1 ~ Deposits received “for daad" period si zatią, 12 | J obtained on application.

1916-11-30 — Page 9

Comments

Private Research Note