TELEGRAMS.
[Beuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
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NEW SHIPPING REGULATION.
THE HONGKONG ĮTELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 3, 1917.
January 11, 11.05 p.m. A new Regulation under the Defence of the Realm Act relates to the chartering to sai from British Governments, with a view to closer oo-ordination among the Allies in the employment of tonnage.
Similar Regulations are being adopted in Franos and Italy, and the permission of the national authority of each country will henceforth be necessary before foreign touusge can be chartered.
Further Success in Mesopotamis.
Jesuary 11. 11.05 p.m. An official message from Mesopotamia saye:-We osptured on Wodnerday the majority of the trenches in the loop to the north- saal of Kut.
Two hundred corpses were found in one of the communication trenches, and many eleewhere.
ADMIRAL JELLICOE.
Tributes to Navy and Mercantile Marine.
January 12 350 m. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe has been given the Freedom of the City of London by the Fishmongers Company. In the couse of speech he dwelt on the difficulties of newal warfare, as torpedoïug was effective at ten thousand yards, beyond which visibility wa bad, especially in the North Sea. Sahmarines, combined with minte, prevented a close blockade, but nevertheless the Germans had only onos ventured far enough to fight.
He spoke of the world-wide activities of the Navy, which comprised four thousand vereels, and drew attention to the arduous work of the Home Cruiser Squadron, which examined weekly au average of eighty ships in all weathers,
He paid a tribute to the co-operation of the merchantile marine and said seven million men had been transported overseas, together with gane, munitions and stores, He remarked that 2,500 mercan- tile skippers had been employed,
The submarine menace was greater than ever, and most and will be dealt with. He appealed to the abipbuilding workers to be most energetic în replacing mercantile loc898.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on an Extra].
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
IN MACEDONIA.
January 11, 10.50 p.m. A French Macedonian communique states that an artillery duel, increasing over the whole front, particularly in the Struma regious of Makova sud "Monastir, has been effective.
Anglo-French noropåste bonaluiments were carried out un military establishmente anel enager.
LATEST GERMAN CASUALTY LIST.
January 11.
The casualties in the official German list for Dreem- ber (not necessarily incurred in December) falled be,201 including 15,140 killel,
GERMANY'S VIEW!
January 12, 1.00 a.m.
According to Homer's Amterdam correspuolent, a Berlin questage states that Note has been ded
to the neutrale representatives indicating Germany's view of the situation owing to the enemy reply to the peace propsbuis.
THE NEW BRITISH WAR LOAN.
Text of the Prospectus,
London, January 12, Iue of £3 per cent, war loun 1929-1947, in block or bouds. Laterest payable lat Jane and 1st December. First dividend as follową; payable int June, 1917, va
Înstaltuent Allotment fully-quod allotments. £1.8.3 per cent. .£0.11.19 per cent,
Price of laue I5 per cent. pagaizto an follows; -1, for fully-paid affotuents on applicataza 210 per cent; 2, fur instalment allotments on applastion 45 per cent, on Fri- day, 2nd March, Jul7; 216 per cut on Friday, 23rd March, 1917; 15 per cent, on Wednesday, 18th April, 1917; 220 per cent on Wednesday, 9th May, 1917; 420 per cent, on on Wednesday, 30th May, 1917; 420 per cept, total 1950. Isque of £4 per cent, war loan 1929-1942 ("income compounded in stock or bonus. Interest payable 15th April and 15th October. Fim dividend as follows; payable 15th April, 1917, on fully-paru allotment" C.12.8% (The first dividend on italient allotments will be the full half year's interest payable 15th October, 1917).
Pricu of insug £100 per cent payable as follows:-
1. For fully-paid pilotments on application £100 per cent, 2. Forinstainiunt allotments on application Lô porozut, on Fri- day, tad March, 1917; 215% on Friday, 23rd March, 1917; E on Wednesday, 18th Aprd, 1917; 220 per cent. og Wednesday, 4th May, 1917; £20 per cent on Wednesday, 30th May, 1917; 220 per cent, waal £100 per cent. The stocks aro investiments authorised by "the trustee set 1803" und trustees may invest thorein notwithstanding that the price may at the times of investment exceed the redemption value of £100 por ocat.
The governor and company of the bank of England are authorised to receive applications for the above loans which will take the form of stock or bonds to bearer at the option transferulle of subscribers. Stock may be inscribed as
in the stock transfer books or may be registered as transfer- ablo by deed.
Applications which may be for either loan must be for sums which are multiples of fifty pounds und may lo for either (1) "full-paid allotments" or (2) "instalment allot- ments".
They will be received at the bank of England loans office 5 and 6 Lombard Street, London, E. C., and may be forward- ed either direct or through the medium of any banker or slookbroker in the United Kingdom,
TELEGRAMS.
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THE NEW BRITISH WAR LOAN,
British Government Treasury Bills will be accepted under discount at 5 per cent. per annum and wax expenditure catliticales will be accepted under discount at di per coat. per annum, in butt cases as from the 16th February, 1917, in eu of coon in payment for "fully-paid allotments," provided that the entire proceeds of the bills and certinestea are so Applied.
If not previously redeemed the loans will be repaid at par as follows: 45 per cent, war loan,' 1929-1347, où the lat Juno, 1947.
£4 per ceat war loan 1929-1942, on the 15th Desober, 1912, but His Majesty's Government reserves ta itself the right to redeem the loans or either of them at par at any time on or after the undermentioned date, on giving three calendar month notice in the London Gazette.”
£5 per cent, war loan 1929-1947, at any une, on or after the 1st June, 1990,
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£1 per cent war loan 1099-1942, at any time, on or after the 15th October, 1929.
Both capital and interest will be a charge on the con 'solidated fund of the United Kingdom,
As soon as the necessary statutory authority has been obtained, arrangements will be made for the acceptance by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue of stock and bonds of these loans at their respective issue prices with dus allowance for any unpaid interest accrued thereon in satisfaction of amounts due on account of death duties provided such stock and bonds bare formed part of the state of the deceased for a period of not less than six months immediately preced- ing the date of death.
For the purpose of providing against deprecation in the market prices of the kann, the treasury undertakes to - Bet aside monthly a sum equal to one-eighth of 1 per cent of the amount of each loan to form a fund to be used for purchasing stocks of bonds of either loan for cancellation whenever the market price falls below the issue price. Whenever the unexpended balance of such fund reaches £10,000,000 the wontuly payments will for the time being be suspended, but they will be resumed as soon as the unex- ponied balance falls below £10,000,000.
Dividends on inscribed and registered stock äf the £5 per cent. war luau 1922-1947 will be paid without deduction of income tax, but the cute derived from such dividends will be assessable to income tax in the hands of the recipi ente at the rates of tax appropriate to their respective in-
comca.
Dividends on the 24 per cent loan will to exempt from Habdity to assessment to British income tax other than super-tax. For the purposes of super-tax and in compute ing Lotal income for the purposes of exemption, abatement," reduced rate of some tax on Earned or unearned income
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the income derived from such dividends will be treated as if the amount received represented the not income after deduction of income tax at the full normal rate. There will however be no title to repayment of income tax in rea- pect of such untaxed dividendri
Stock and bonds of these loans and the dividends pay- able from time to time in respect thereof will be oxempt from all British taxation prevent or future if it is shown in the manner directed by the treasury that they are in the beneficial ownership of a person who is neither domiclad nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Farther, the dividends payable from time to time in res- pect of stock and bonds of these loans will be exempt from British income tax present orfuture if it is shown in the manner directed by the treasury that the stock or bonds are in the beneficial ownership of a person who is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- land without regard to the question of domicile. Where bond belongs to a holder entiĝled to exemption under theso provisions the relative coupens will be paid without deduction for moome tax or other taxes if accompanied by a declaration of ownership in such form as may be required by the trea- sury.
The books of the loans will be kept at the bank of England and the bank of Ireland. Dividende un stock will be paid by warrant which will be sent by post. Dividends- on bonds will be paid by coup
Stock will be convertible into bonds to bearer at any time by means of transfer and bonds to bearer will be cx- changeable for stock without payment of any fen,
Powers of attorney for the transfer of inscribed stock and deeds for the transfer of registered stock will bo. free of stamp duty.
The prospectus is concluded in To-day's Telegrams.}
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Krizhi J
Liston R Lirose Mr & Mrs Lightner E M Lightner M Malder Mr G.
Mular W P Montgomery P Wool H
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ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.
Orders for Week Ending January 20,
ARM EVERY SHIP!
Set
to the Submarines.
of fear was - never yet worth a damn to a man or a nation; and this is the eleventh hour. It's the time to fight-not the time to the Mercantile Marise on talk of getting down upon ona's marrow-bones and praying. Let the women and the children pray whilst the strong men fight-and- Mr. A. G. Hales writes in Jaha humbug! We are in the biggest to the Devil with all this oant and fight in history; let us age it through like strong men, and The time has come for the trust to the clemency of Almighty aouiry to tell the Government it God to pardon us our shortcom German submarines or get out. gladly make one to pray when must either set about fighting the inge if we have to " go weet.” I'll
of it, "suggesting" things to the Germans! It is no use, in Parliament or out the war is over, even for the dead Asquith coterie; they must be
Orders issued to-day by Mr. E. Bul. Nov. 25:- Ralphe state;-
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Vaccination Duty.
Pablic vaccination daty will be carried out sa below:-
Y M.C.A. Division.Dails from 7 p.m. Sergeants, So Shiu-on and Ho Lerson for general super told, and told plainly, what is the TiBior. (Y.M.C.A. Bond Qarwill of the nation. Until they whole world than the British There is no better fighter in the Lerd. Privates, Pan Fox-aang, bave been whipped into action by mercantile sailor. It was from Teang Kon-800. (b) No. 1public opinion they have done to their ranks that our greatest Station, Man Mo Temple, single thing worth doing since Admirals in times past drew Cory, Wei K, Privates the outbreak of hostilities. Their those mighty warriors who whip- Che niu, Pao
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Wei, ctto is: "We lead by following". Pan Yoo-3ang (ct No. 2 Station, and they are content, and will ped the world. They are hardy, Hollywood Road West and Targ remain content, with this in- fight. Don't fool about the age tough, gallant and eager for a St Privates L Kwok-le, Au How glorious position as long as they limit with them; they're at their kirong, Cheng Yew, So Chi-on sit like fas men on a fence best when the silver is in their keang. (6) No 3 Station, Holland draw their salaries and ba hair; weeklings die young in that wood Road West (opposite Char allowed to pension off, at the rate service-or become missionaries. Choi Kee). Frivates Leung Wing of thousands per annum, their Set them at the submarines; arm ebo, Wong Fa, Wong You-ken dear legal brethren and otte (e) N. 4 Station, Pession highly placed parasites. They are Pura. L Corporal So Chang, patriots who will bleed this Privates Fung Tang, Chen Fu country as long se the country
vill stand bleeding. The count Victoria Division. —(^) Ns 16) is now face to face with this Ewo St., daily from 11 am to 2position: If the "Asquith storie p.m. Private Lo ̊ Cheung-ip. (b) remains in power another year, Blouse to House Vieite. Commen doing so they have done for over cing Monday, Jan. 15., Bridges two years past, we shall not be St, Private Oslin Mackoozie.
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And for God'a 83ke-our whimpering about the German boncar's eske-top this able to dictate terma to Germsay tactics! Stop writing "noter' Saisingpon Division. Huuse—we aball have to make peace on eatrals; it's oar job-let as up to-hours vieite. Members to atleed Germany's terms! It is time some and at it like men! They have as warned for duty, commencing one epoke plainly to the nation, asid that they would sink our Monday, January 15., Bridges Stand this is the truth-aspalat merobant vessels, and they have
able as it may be.
done and are doing it, and will It will not be long, at the Government issue lettera of mar
go on doing it. Then let our Victoria Division. Monday, present rate of ship-sinking, ereque for privateers, as we did. 5.15 p.m. Queen's College. First the British nation will be anable against other pirates, and offer big, Aid Lecture. Taiay, 5.15 p..to play its role of supplier-iz-tempting rewards-not niggard Qaeea's liego Quadrang'o, chief to the Allies, and at the same, bat cash prizes of splendid Company Drill Frits, 5,15 came time feed its own populace value-for every enemy submarine p.m. Queen's College. First Aid and keep its great armies in sank; and we will soon sweep the Lecture,
France, the Middle-Eset and seas of the peet. It is infamous Egypt it food, clothing and to send our merchantmen out, Ammunition. The Germans have unarmed, to be hunted down on unk an enormous quantity of our the high seas by these German POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. bipping, and are adding to the evolves. It is degrading ta losses day by day at an appalling ace our merchantmen sarrender- rale. And now they have a classing without a blow in self-defence; of submarine that can go into the they wouldn't so surrender if they far-away trade routes and play were armed. Do this, or els havoc with our grain and meat strike "Britannia Rales the sbipe of large toonage and they W.ves" out of English literature are going to do it. Nearly two-for, as things stand at this hour, sesra ago, in these columns, it is a mockery of the truth. Class IL-Mr. T. H. King, foretold this, and prophesied the A.8.P., reports the following present position of affairs, and result of his examination: have drawn attention to the hundreds of lives gone whilst our A colossal total of shipping and Passed with Credit:-Crown Ser-matter many times since, despite lawyers are looking up precedents geanis Ribeiro and Botelho, Ser-the gibes of journals which are beating upon the enbject, and Lesnis 526. Botelho, 554 Barretto, now trying to take credit for black bread is in the cffing! Soon 579 Bemed os, and 600 Remedios, was nings they never attered until it will be no bread-or next to Passed-Crown. Sergeants 587 quite recently. Rozario and 551 Silva, Sergeante
no bread-if you do not do 512 Rosario, 593 Osmand, 542
the thing I suggest. Come, women You the people-have got to of Britain, you will be the first to Britto, and 69 Brea
wake up and take your share of feel the pinch in all its bitterness, Monday, Jan. 15-Examine the burden. If you do not, you for in the home you will hear the tion of old Class III.
will yet eat of the bread of little children crying for bread. Tuesday, Jan. 16.-Class III humiliation-and it will be worse Now is the time to show what you (Laspector Graal).
than the black bread the Govern-Bre made of; get to work, gire Wednesday, Jan. 17-Class Iment has brought you to. You your man a bed on the floor until (Inspector Gerrard).
can do it, and do it in a ho takes an active part in the Friday, Jan. 19.-Olsen II (Ia-constitutional manner, without formation of those meetings in spector Gordor).
clashing with that solemn piece every electorate in this country; Class I inclades all Troopers of silliness, the of Mounted Pulice, and 8 P. C..the Realm Act-which was de prove it now; fight for your Defence of you tell us you are a power- to be detailed by Commanders of signed and enacted mainly for children's bread! Those enemies Sections I and 2. Also Crown the purpose of keeping in power of car country who want a preza- Sergeant Ford and Sergeant Soull. the lawyers who framed it and ture and inconclusive peace will
Class II includes 32 P.O.s. of passed it.
Police Schoof.
No. 2 Company.
say that this is an alarmist artiola Class III includes 32 P.Cs. of
it is not; and you will soon Haven bonee-to-house canvas-; koow it is not if you do not aci, No. 3 Company.
then call a great public meeting and act vigorously I
What are
Mounted Police,
The General Patrol ordered for Wednesday, January 17, is here by cancelled.
Orchestra Practice.
The orchestra practice ordered for Monday, January 15, in here- by cancelled.
Joined.
in arch constituency and demand the lukewarm members of the the presence of your Member of Government waiting for? Are they Parliament, and in good, plain, waiting for an insufficiency of old-fashioned English tell the tonnage in order to put in a plea M.P. that it is the will of the for the peace Germany is saking nation that war, rathless, bitter for a German peace? Are you and oncessing, be made on the going to remais damb until it is submarines-now, not six months achieved? The Germans have benoe, when bunger etares na ia done more than they threatened. the face in the British Isles; but to do in the past; they won't do now! Send the legislatora back less in the future and then what to St. Stephen's with orders to will be the good of the splendid enforce this view on the Asquith victories of our men on the Wes No. 2 Company, Section 7.—sleep-walkers or turn them out,teru front? How are you going P. C. 197 Tavares, transferred neck and crop. This will entail to feed the million-and-a-quarter from H.K.V.O.
a certain amount of work on every of soldiers in Egypt, and the man and woman in Great Britain; army in the middle East, whilst will yea shirk the work? If you they consolidate victorien? Hers co, you must pat up with the is a rallying ory for you: "Arm consequenass, and not whine every British ship that floate; met ab at the result.
the mercantile marine at 'em, whilst cur nery watches their A draft for £76 81. 5d. has I notice that the walle of Lon-navy-and-thres obsers for our. been. gratefully received as don are being placarded with a¦ privateurs ! "' donation to the Hongkong Associ- pialement alleged to have been ation of Women War Workers, mado by a British. Admiral ou being part of the proossde of an active cervica; be in slated to entertainment arranged by Mr. Lave said that the nation cannot Weippert and the Amoy residents, hope for victory until it becomes who also sent a osss containing more religions. I hold no brief 348 bandages and 21 pairs of against religion-it's a grand spoke for Queen Mary's Needle. thing in ite place-but eleventh work Guild.
hour conversion under the stress
War Charities.
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Scarcity of Officers.
The Imperis! Merchant Service Guild reports that the scarcity of men da officers at home is growing Breater and third officer GED NOW?
mmand £13 per month and can on choose their own ships,
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