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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

EXTRA

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1916.

TELEGRAMS.

HONGKONG TRADE.

(Reator's Service to The "Telegraph.")

BRITISH SEAPLANES ACTIVE.

December 15, 7.55 p.m.

The Admiralty announces that seaplanes, on December 14 : heavily bombed the Kaisli-Barges Bridge, to the south of

Adrianopis, doing extensive damage.

A TWENTY-FOUR HOURS' ULTIMATUM.

December 14, 5.50 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Athens states that a twenty-four bour's ultimatum was handed in at three o'clock on December 14. It demande. the withdrawal of the entire fores from Thessaly, the transfer of a specified proportion of the force to Peloponesas, with arms and ammauition.

Demands for reparation in connection with the events of December 1 and 2 will follow.

COLONEL'S MAGNIFICENT HEROISM,

December 15, 8.00 p.m...

The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Lient, Col. Beraard Freyberg, of the West Surrey Kegt, who, by his brilliant leadership and atter contempt for danger, carried enemy front trenches, rallied and re-formed his men, and successfully attacked a second objective, taking many prisoners. He again rallied his men, and held a very advanced position, unsupported and under heavy fire, for the remainder of the day sad all night. When he was re-inforced in the morning he organised and personally led an attack on a strongly fortified village, which he captured, taking five hundred pris

He was four times wounded, but refaeed to leave the line till he had issued final instractions and had enabled the most ad T20ed objective-on which the line was eventually to be formed to be bold.

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Annual General Meeting.

Features of the Past Fortnight.

The Fortnightly Prie" carroat and Market Report issued by the Chamber of Commeros ander date of D. camber 15 contains the following:-

DAY BY DAY.

Opilers' Serviço,

Golfers are reminda), that special service for them will hold, at the Cathedral to-morros at 8.30, when the address will delivered, by the Hør, 12 W. Martia

Pickpocket.

Colton piece goods and fancy A Chinese was charged-befi re, cotton goods. Since we last Mr. G. D. Melbourne, at the wrote cotton has declined to 11. Police Court this morning, with 63d bat home prices for cloth do stealing a silver watch from the not appear to be affected by the pocket of another Chisees who was otherwise engaged in helping drop is the price of the row material. A moderate baringssn old man ipro rickuba. has been effected in staples st im Nothing was knows about the proved rates. No new transactions mec. His Worship sent him to are reported in fancy goods but prison for two days sad ordered prices on this side have improved. that he should receive ten strokes

of the birch.

Cotton Yarn. The market generally has ruled quiet and the Alleged Embezzlement. demind has boog small, dus to

be sharp decline in Amèrican A Chinese was charged; bufoca cotton and the rise in exchange Mr. U.D, Melbourne,mishe Folies. Quotations are:-- No. 10 at Court, this morning, with amica, 110/132. No. 12 at $120/131. slemant of $793.fcơm hãm an inter No. 16s at #137/152 No. 20a at a stall holder in the markak.. da, $140/173 Arrivals 10,500 bales. W. E L. Shenton app for Sales 2,000 bales. Shipments 700, the grossoption, Delerini› balos. Unsold stock 12,000 bales. he had lost the money in the road Bargains 18,000 balos.

but it was stated tank he, hal demand for tingistes, which have ling. The case was adjəqtand; for Metals,Apart from a good actually lost is at Macro, garahe. touched $16.60 par baz, business & week. continues dall. Lead has frmed

A Thin Story,

up, but low sales are reported. * Nails are extremely quiet. There A woman has reparted to the sro still large quantities to be Police how she was tricked by a NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. ANOTHER DUMPING CASE. cleared. Quotations from London particularly thin story.

A min and America are firm, advances, came up to her while she was having to be reported in most walking in the street and waid lines.

that he had borrowed $100 from Flour Market Report.-Ameri- her grandson and wanted to pay can Market: No savices and no it back to her, so that she could slow to For Eset. Australia: hand it over. He asked her to Market strong. Beliava export follow him and took "her isto a prohibited except to England, stairway in Bridge Street where etc. Locally: Dead market, he asked her for her gold hair Little demand. Singapore has press es her gradeon maptad a been relieving this market of copy of it. She gave it to the Kans some of the old stock. Quots who has not been seen sipas: tions :-American Patent, $4; American Out off, $3.40; Ameri-

Body Thrown into a Gutter.

At the annual general meeting

Yet another case of dumping a of the shareholders of the Nip lead body of a Cainess obviously pon Yusen Kaisha, at which suffering from small-pox, was be after some discussion a dividend fore Mr. U. D. Melbourne, at the at the rate of 28 per cent. was Police Coure this maraing, when approved, Baron Kondo, the pre- * Chinese was charged with mident of the big Japanese steam-dumping the dead body of bis ship company, delivered 17 year-old son. speech on the prospects of the fospector Kent enid that death He attributed bad obviously taken place from the large profits of the company small-pox.

shipping trade.

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oan Straight, $3.35; Shanghai POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. Flour, $3-$3.05.

Coal-Prices hare advanced

to the increase in freight ratee; Defendant said that when he caused by the shortage of bottoms and his son were together on the due to the war, and expressed the an. Kut Lee there was still since our last report, but there opinion that boom "condition flicker of life in the boy. When would last until the next meeting, hy got seu ire, he died on the bat pointed out that the great increase in the price of coal" and

wharf.

„An Infina constable said he

are no sales to record.

Orders isaged to day by Ma. i. Sugar.-Local market very C. Jenkin, D. &. P. (Ram) dull, demand for browns being stale

mainly for export to the North.

Csaton Silk.-Messra, Herbert Dent and Co., report under date

Cases in Court.

older becassities would cut into the defendant put the body the profits for the mezi term. The to the gutter and then walk away. meeting was held at the limperii | Inspector Keat said he did not of November 18, as follows:- Blaff, Losgestors Wildim, Clacka

opened with a slightly higher ex-condnot of a case in Court, Mem change and gradually advanced bara may-always-And at-least one antil the 10th instant when of these officers at the Imports and weaker tendency was shown and Exports officer at 9 am, any morn rates gradually declined about ing, or may telephone (No. 50). 2 per copt. remaining steady at the close. As exchange

Lotel, fokyo, on November 29. believe defendant's story about Stock: 4,000 bales. Market and Tanigan jars, prepared le Au whate the trade may be the boy coming from the boss,The fortnight under review sasist sny Police Reserviss, in the prosperous ad over during next for no steamer arrived so iste se your, said the president, but midnight, and no captain would must be borne in mind when con-bring person so obriously sidering the position of shipping suffering from the disease. companice Lust owing to be Defendant said that he had abnormal advance in wages and received a verbal message that fuel the ranuing exponses of the his son was going to arrive and companies will greatly increase, he (defend.us) came down from and in consequsuce minim ze the Au Tau, (Chinese Territory) to income of the times generally. In meet him.

feli desiors promptly raised prices for their stocks

the care of the Nippon YasEA His Worship considered it in about the same ratio. Holders, Kaisha for instance, Y. 4,500,000 serious case und inflicted a fine of more will have to be paid fur coa

$200. during the next half year.

The tonnage of the world's mercantile marine is un

be different shipping lines be decline at present, continued the carried out, snips with a combined speaker. According to latest in-

tonaege of 400,000 tons will be vestigations the total tonnage of lost very snortly,

however, were compelled by the doarness of money to be somewhat say saliers. Baying was con- inued daily on a small sosie for France, French buyers being most prominent Settlements for America have been about se large sa dur- ing the previous "fortnight. Advious from Lyons state that the [

Police School.

Monday, Dec 18, Olage. I (Chial Inspector Kerr).

Tuesday, Dec. 19-Olem II (Inspector Gordon).

Thursday, Dec. 21,--Cise In (Inspector Gerrard).

Friday, Dec. 22.-Ols (Lospector P. O'Sullivan).

Service Board. · Tharaday, Dec. 21.No. 2

2 Platoonsand Water Polios,

Friday, Dec. 22.-Nog. 1 and

Wadgonday, Dec. 21, No. 3 Company, Buglers and Dram- mors,

Thursday, Dec. 28. No: Company Ambulance Platoon, Mounted Polion, Marija Gunnara and Motor Patrole,

the world's mercantile marine is Thas the world's mercantile export of silk to Switserland Company, Band and Orchestra, esimated as 45,247,724 ton marine is recovering is strength been prohibited and this perhaps agamat 45,403,899 tone 4 year at a rapid rate and ones the war sooounts for the smaller setife. ago. Thas the gross decline in the is brought to an end all the ships menta for that market. Prices show figure for the past. twelve months held up will re-appear on the Bese

a gain of $30 to $40 per pical on comes up to 158,165 tone. Further,

to resume their trade, but in Extra Exirs A, star chops, and laking into 8000uot the enemy ternationat almmerce will not other sorta in proportion during shiga bold up, the tounge of ships expend at sach pace. There the fortnight, 22/28 dra. is maob held back from trade is climated fore, it is open 10 question enquired for ana relatively higher at 42 per cent. of the whole for whether the present prosperity of in price, Waste-Isdall. Boarcity nage of the mercantile matiue of the shipping trade can be main of labour in England hampara the world registered previuos to tained long after the close of the spinners and export to the Uon

Linsnt is also difficult. TheAmer. However, this loss in sko mer-

Baron Kondo emphasized the ican Market still continues open cantile fest is being rapidly made fact that the best brains must pre- but buyers are holding off some good. According to the latest re-pare sgainst this after-war change what for the moment. pors to hand, observed the baron, in trade wad the success or older. Great Britain has drawn up a plan wise of the measure thus devised to build 6,000,000 tons of ship is the pivot on which the foctane ping, while Italy will build ships of the line suras. The P. & 0. aggregating 1,600,000 tons. Evon 8.N. Company, for example, is Germany will constrast new shiga pushing on with its plans for to-day by the as. Nankin mera

Among the passengers who left | Section.

the war.

War.

Departed.

faspection of Arms.

No. 1 Company and Mazim empis) will retorn their Eifies to Gunners (including medical ex-

the Armoury between 5.15 and 5.45 pm, a follow-

Tuesday, Don, 19.-No. 1 and 2 Sections and Maxim Gunner,

Friday, Dec. 22.-Now. ^3 and '

Esch mán must, sttach to "hi"

with a combined tonnage of 650, after-the-war, but the stepe being Sir Charles Elios, K.O.M.G., and Ride a tab "boaring "his", NEIDE, 000 tons, Hers, if the plans of taken are kept secret.

Dr. Wa Lien-teh.

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