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THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAFIT TUESDAY, MAY
THE MOST DIFFICULT LANGUAGE
ENEMY PRINCES AND
DO
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THEIR TITLEST
Lords Deprive Them of British Honours.
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LATE COUNT ZEPPELIN, HONGKONG SHARE
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OFFICIAL PRICES.
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FIRE INSURANCES.
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$146 $925
SHIPPING.
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REFINERIES.
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$79
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Tronoh's Urals
Chinese Cottos:
Germany's Lost Opportunity. Some Varied Opinions. -The weekly cotton market re
In the death of Court Ferdinand port of Messrs. J 8pant & Co. Mr. P. Brady asked the quer
von Zeppelin Germany has last for April 19 states-The market tion in the Observer as to what A highly interesting debate one of its most picturesque and during the whole of the past week constituted the most difficult took place in the House of Lords Brilliant · figures. Ho bad was very eative and a fairly large language to acquire, that is pre- last month on the Bill to deprive ambition, courage, faith of the business is reported mostly in sumably for the average Britisher titles and, at the close of the broken and disappointed man.
enemy princes of their British highest order. He died lowes, grades for which there is for other European. Soms incline great demand at present, with the to Pashtu or Basque, bas most of proceedings, Lord Courtney of For • Mme
yers he was the H. K. & S. Banks 1. result that the prices have the replies that have been sent in Penrith, having withdrawn an idol, the hope ui Germany. A advanced sbeat Tis. I to Tle. 2 incline to Chinese or Japanese, day six monthe, the second read- Lords had been quick to grasp North Chinas
amendment that it be read this the end he was not. If the Wat
MARINE INSURANCES. per pirul from last week'e Amongst the answers are the
Cantons quotations., This is mostly following
ing was passed and the messure the power be gate to them it is Unions due to the paucity of arrivals
Mr. C. Willoughby-Meade: I was referred to a Salcet Com pessible he could have won the Vangiszes of Shanghai cotton and
suggest Japanese, for the fol
war for Germany, but they did is rumoured among the Chinese lowing ressons (1) The struc-
The Lord Chancellor, who not see the chance, and, possibly. China Fires merchants that owing to heavy tare of the sentence is most ored the ascond reading said he did not, either, until it was a Fires shipments to Japan there will be peculiar, Some parts of speech it proper that British titles and
the real question was this: Was too late. a scarcity of the low grades before are wanting; others have
It is an open secret now that}|--? The season is over and hence a European equivalent. (2) The dignities should be enjoyed here when the warstarted there was no Douglases scramble for such grades by the lavish use of bonorifics, "polite" by those who had sided with our such thing as an anti-aircraft gan Steamboats Chinese mills. Regarding the variants of verb and verbsl-ad-nemies? Persone who had been in Landin or, probably, in all dos (Def.)
general jective forms, particles and no
invested with the Order of the Gar-England. Had
Indos (Pref.) opinion in se bullish as ever, merative nouns; and variable had been deprived by the So- Zippeline gone to London then Ferries
Shells which opinion is also held by modes of address. (3) The car. Tereign of those diguities, bat in it could have operated without the leading cotton merchants tom of writing certain words in the case of peerages there mast interference.
If it destroyed in Americ, some of whom claim Chinese characters. These obarac-be an Act of Parliament to pat the War that we shall see much higher tera bave two names each-one
Office all the Sugars sa end to such titles, prices. In such circumstances Japanese, the other derived from
Lord Courtney of Penwith ed and there would have been a
recorda would have been destroy- Malabons a bear movement does not seem the Chinese sound. Each charac argued that this was not the time confusion that would have been Kailans very likely for some time to come, ter, with its two names and its to deal with such a question. The disastrous. it could have ruined Langkats and 68 Jero prices seem to show meaning, must be learnt by heart. princes, with whose case this bridges, factories, railroads and Raubs priable results even taking in Educated Japanese Enow, and legislation was intended to deal, spread havoc at the ports. Eng- to consideration the present high ree, 2,000 or 3,000 of these charac
had not, so far as he know, taken lard would have been helpless price of cotton, there is after all tere; so that a fair grounding in a national part in the life of again t it.
DOCKS, WHARVES, A good reason for the present written Chinese-itself & hard Germany since that country bed But the Germans were thinking GODOWNS, &C. activity in the cotton market. language-is advisable if one is
been at war with us, and there of other things. When they woke H. K. Wharves b Parchases of choice lots whenever
was no evidecco at all that they op London was preparing to de- Kowloon Docks- b. to know Japanese AL Available, seem most likely to educated person should. (4)
bad torne arms against us, fend itself. The Zeppelins came | Shai Docks~~______88. - result favourably in the long run. The learning of two native
The Marquis of Lansdowna re- and did some damage and kept
LANDS, HOTELS » Tne of the market, strong.
AND BUILDINGS. syllabaries, the katakans and the minded the House that there were coming until they bad raided hiregans, with their "cursiva" technical, as well as political, England 43 ines End killed to Centrals or freehand variants. Moet aspects of this subject, and he persons and injared 864, most of H. K. Hotels Japanese words are written in one thought the measure required a the sufferers being women and Land Invest. of these, but custom dictates that great deal more consideration children, and, meantime, the 'phreys Est. certain words should be written than it had yet received. The British had learned how to bring Shai Lands
K'loon Lands Ecope of the Bill was small. It the Zeppelins to earth and the West Points was meant to apply to three raiding bad to end. persons only to the Duke of It's odd but Count Zeppelin
the Albany;
grandson of got the ring fever in America. Ewos the average to Europe in normal (resident in China and provideducen Victoria; to the Duke He went there as
military Kung Yiks times. The total production in with native teachers) s full fire of Cumberland, the great-grand observer in the Civil War and was
S'hai Cottons South Chins for the year was
of George IIL; and with Carl Schurz'e trope, says
Yangtszepoos .n. large, being placed at 48,000 of any one dialet. My authority Holstein, also, a great grandson treasured possessions "was the Borneos
years to gain a working knowledge
to Prince Albert of Schleswig-an American paper. Ose of bis
MISCELLANEOUS. bales (of 112 lb.) as compared with for this last statement is the word of Queen Victoris, whose res military pass that bore Lincoln's China Light & P. b. 35.000 bales in 1915, and an of a medical missionary who has
1. of 44.000 bales for put in over twenty years of work pected parents lived in this signature. Near the end of the Providents the last 10 yeare. Figares in Chios. Kaffir would probably his life in the South African War. with a balloon at St. Paul. Es country, and whose brother lost war he heard of an experiment
Dairy Farms from commercial
Green Islands make a good second. place exports of raw silk during
It was aboard to say that those went there and made so secension H.K. Ice Co.,
H.K. Electrics Pte. A.-H. Bright, No. 7977, the year at 45 703 bales, of which RA.M.C. With the exception of princes could be regarded as trai- which wasn't a brilliant ancces. Ropes 26 848 balen went to Europe and Gaelic prcnunicistion the Earo-tore, because the fact that they Then it was that he began to Steel Foundries 19,055 bales to the United States,
become domiciled in an atody aeronautice. peen languages present до
Trams, Low Level sa; as compared with a total export of difficulties end of the Asiatic, enemy country disposed of soy In the Franco-Prussian war he Trams, Peak, old n. 40,404 bales in 1915, of which Chinese and Japanese present question of treachery. What else was the first German soldier to Trams, Peak, new n 13,553 west to En ope and 26,881 simple complexities of grammar, but what they had done? Any-close of the war he was a colonel U. Waterboats
could those princes have done enter French territory. At the Laundries... and the Indian languages. with
one of their lordabipe would have of cavalry. When he retired from to 28,177 bales, of which 14.473 the exception of Pashto, are done the as me if they had found the army in 1892 he was consider Wm. Powells
markably simple (Thibetan is were for Europe and 13,704 for included); but Samoyedan in the themselves in the same position, ed the greatest cavalryman in the Morning Posts the United States, sa compared Tandras is difficult as baving with 23,253 bales in 1915, of which 8,921 bales were for Europe and Practically no regular declensions 14,332 balea for the United
The and no regular verba. African States.
and Exports of pierced continents
Australasian have
Innguages oncoons for the year are placed at
called "agglutinative." These are 6,778 bales, of which 6,099 went undoubtedly the most dificult to Europe and 677 balea to the languages in the world; but even United States, as compared with shipments in 1915 of 3,573 to the Pushtu, thus leaving this EO, are more readily pronounced Europe and 400 bales to Americe, a total of 3,973 for that year.
latter probably the most difficult of the world's languages, Petroleum Fields of Shensi. According to
Mr. John Cameron Grant says: reports from
There is no question at all in the Shenai, several Japanese mer-
The U. S. Consul-Feneral Hongkong, in his zeport, states: The chief feature of the South China silk trade daring +1916 was the marked increase in in the ebipments to Earope s8° compared with 1915, though frecent exporta are merely about
avelsge
sources
bales went to the United States, «Shipments of waste silk amounted
the failure of the Standard Oil
in Chinese,
Mr. E Blake suggests Chinese: My reason for this is that, ou an average, it takes the missionaries
8:0
(Elear, hear.)
It was said that it would
German service.
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INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
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TIME TABLE.
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BATURDAYS;
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Tel address: Broker,
CORRECTED TO NOON TUESDAY deprive those princes of their His Life's Work,
MAY 1, 1913, It was after his retirement that BENJAMIN & POTTS, British peerages. He could not he took up aviation as his life's Share and General Brokers, by any off at of imagination con-work. In the long, painful procesa Princes Building. ceive of any of those illustrious of perfecting the dirigible he had dakes, and particularly at the their lordships' house and vote tones that the marvel is that he present time, desiring to come to appointments, so many misfor so many setbacks, so many dis
on some such question, as did not despair. He lost his whether women should be allowed fortune of $750,000 and then the to practise as solicitors.
money of those who traated in (Laughter.)
Germany and him. He became the joke of TIT
189 considered Demand not until 1907, when he made a 50 d/s. crazy. But he persisted. It was 30 d/s. public opinion out of doors. Is 3-hour trip. passing over five 4 m/s... was & trivial thing to deprive German States, that Germany weas T/T Shanghai...
The real abject of this legisla tion and he did not suggest that was improper was to antialy
it
in
at
Earl Carson admitted that the
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EXCHANGE.
SELLING.
T/T Japan ....
2/45€ 2/4 11/16
2/434
2/47%
2/4 15/16
Nom.
110
Nom.
Nomi, 5634
chants' have, arrived here from matter. Chinees is by far the most Yukobama endeavouring to in- difficult of all languages. The Gov- dace the people of the province ernments of the world admit it
them for the development of tic studies of diplomatic students. Orders. Be did not suppose Lord made a 900-mile flight, remaining T/T India. to start a joint enterprise with regulations concerning the lingui- these noblemen of their British orazy over him. The next year he T/T Singapore ***** 1011 petroleum fields. They said that To know Chinese you have to Midleton wore his Order of the in the air 37 hours. What did is
"unknow" yourself: you must Red Eagle in London, and it matter if later his ship was wreck- T/T San Francis-
Demand, India Company of New York to locate acquire the power of a different would be greatly amusing to that kind of "think": and the de-
He had conqasred the important petroleum wells was
noble Lord if the German Emir. He, next to the Kaiser, was T/T Java 1381
co & New York/ due to
the lack of know- mande not only upon the powers
peror wera solemnly to deprive Germany's greatest hero. ledge of the
topography of memory but upon the powere
He T/T Marks.......... Nom of the province and to the use of of sight and hearing and the die him of it. (Laughter.)
3.24 could get all the money be wanted T/T Franc drilling machinery unsuited to tinguishing of tones as well are Bill had little to do with the pro- His idea was to use the airship
Demand, Paris .................. now for Zeppelins.
3.2414 the localities. The people of simply tremendous. From the
BUYING. Chihli and Szechwan have pre- point of view of inventor and greas of the war, but the Govern for commercial purposes only. He
ment falt in daty bound to
4 m/s. LOOPAM KHE
2/5 7/16 sented a petition to the President mechanical engineer 1 have been introduce this measure in view of put one on to carrying mail and
4 m/s. D/P
2/5 9/16 requesting that the Mandates called upon to deal with the
passengera between distant sec issued by the late President Yuan language and hare been guided the explicit pledge given by the tions of Germany. The manner 30 d/s. Sydney &l
6 m/s. LC
-- 2/5 11/16 Shih-kai ordering the nationslias upon it by the greatest living Prime Minister in the House in which the
2/5 11/16 of Commons,
vesaola" held Melbourne tion of petroleum fields all over Bathorities on Chinese with the re
Load Backmaster said that He planned to
to schedule astonished the, world, 30 d/s. San Franc
58 the country
salt Chinese is the most difficult berfficially ze
asil across isco&New York when the late Government the Atlantic. pealed and that they be allowed to learn.
Nom. There was no 4 m/s. Mark to introduce Mr. O. H. Tenasck says at to raise funds to
such good reason why he couldn't. 4 m/s. France 3.36 operate petroleum welle. The Grease different times he has made some legislation it was beasuss they The War Lorde saw the military
3.41 Various languages, were advised that these princes possibilities in the Zeppelins and Demand, Germany. ment, it is anderstood, will decline study of to consider the petition of the among the more difficult to his were traitors, but the Hanse was the government gave, did to the Demand, New York. 56% people and will seek a new foreign mind being Torkish, Arabic, raitors within the law.
now informed that they were not building of Zeppelins for way.
T/T Bombay Demand, Bombay... Nom. firm for the development of Russian, and Chinese.. He ex-
When the war started Court TT Calcutta petroleum moines in Chins. It is presses the opinion that he later Order had been conferred on him winning the war with his dirige Demand, Manila. 113/ Lord Carzon said a German Zeppelin thought of nothing but Demand, Calcutta... Nom, reported that Mr. Hsiung Hsi-ling, is the hardest to acquire s krow-
in circumstanoes. in which he former Director General of the ledge of, literary or coloquial, could not refuse it, but he would ibles. He planned to lay waste Demand, Singapore. 1011⁄2 National Oil Administration, has for a European. The reason for
London Someone in be glad to be relieved of it,
Berlin On Haiphong naile prem. submitted & memorial to the Pre- this is that Chinese has, to our
blundered sad the Zeppelins did: Qu Saigon
234
prom. sident recommending that the minds, no grammar; has (this in naked to be relieved of his Ger- en til too late
Lord Midleton said he had not begin to go scross the North On Bangkok ........ 64.
Sovereign
8.30 Nom Chinese merchants should be common with other Oriental land
man Order. llowed to work on oil fields for guages) 's syntax unlike anything
The German War Office is grest Bar Silver, per ok. 37.15/16
Gold Leaf, per ožius 48,0 the time being.
in Europe: and, finally, has "DG
on detajl but slow in a lot of wayÉLANGENENA alphabet. This latter want makeu
In the war 48 Zeppelins have been destroyed. A Zeppelin poste great deal. The early mschinos cost near) ~ $1000000 mph. The fonly realra the Zaposting.
Chi did in the
scout duty.
decided..
it impossible to "learn to read," our worde spelt
F you here lost your appetite and thus atudy by oneself. All Yarthur, Chinaon has
one of the big variety or work must be done with a teacher pfonaxpiation beyond: dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-at one's albow, who must tell one of most Europeens, DEL CAVE 4 sure to tamipt, the sound sud meaning of the to contering one
I various ideographs which replace
6 m/s. Francs:
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