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WAR CHARITIES.

Subscription List No. 18 (Part 2.)

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General

ENGLAND'S SUGAR

DEARTH.

Stocks Never So Low.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917."

CORRESPONDENCE.

[The 'opinions expressed by GAITER- pondente are not necessarily those of the " Hongkong Telegraph."}

PRICE OF BEER.

To the Editor of the Hong S Telegraph."]

$24,665.48

There is no jaetification for the 274.50 sudden wave of optimism which,

seems to be sweeping the House of Commons on the food question, writes the Londen Times. The whether or not the Food Com

Sir,Can you inform me position remains intensely serious, as may be judged from the conmittee are charged with the duty dition of our sugar supplies. It of fixing maximum prices for the can be stated with authority that not, I think it only fair to other rale of intoxicating liquors If our stocks of sugar have never business people that it should. been so low.

EL, B. L. Dowbiggin

25

G. K. Nuttal

100

War Anniversary con-

-tributions from the

Sikh Community.

561

Taikoo Club..

100 117

G

Tadpole Ah Chee

11

J. Bentley

25

A. Sympathiser

50

***

A. & Lowe

10

Staff A.S. Wateon &

50

St G. P Office

(Monthly Sab.)

Usion Trading "Oo.,

..500

250

C. (Monthly Sab.)

B. E. Sir F. H. May

(Monthly Sab.)

O. Thorne (Monthly

Suh.)

His ancar Sir W. Bee Daviest Month-

40.35

·

50

Jy Sab.)

20

Stof Lane Crawford &

Co (Monthly Sab.)"

150

5

Wong Sia Woon

Hon. Mr. Claad

SUTAD (Monthly Sab.)

Britishers (Monthly

Sub.)

MAM.

(Monthly

Bab.)

J. Elliott (Monthly

*

60

*

100

Sab.)

7.60

8. Baker (Monthly

Sab.)

Κοπίους

British

School (Monthly Sab.)

8. G. Newall

(Monthly Bab.)

Ojager Singh (Month-

Iy Sub.)

Mese (Monthly Sub.)

`'D W. Traiman

(Monthly Sab.)

T. Sutherland (Monthly Sab.) ... L. A. Langley (Mon-

thly Sab.)

406

J. O. Wildin (Month

ly Sab.)

++

Ladies Working Party

of the Union

7.50

32.07

The public bare grown so- customed to a scarcity of sugar, but greater economy than ever must be exercised in the next few

The point at jesus in this :-I beer at one of the leading hotels can, obtain a pint of "Primo'

in the Colony for 35 cents. Iest at a certain Earopean restaurant

werke. Captain Bathurst said in the Colony and am charged 45 recently that the dearth at the present time ie abnormal, and it enta for the same drink. I fail

is very difficult for the Commie to see why the restaurant-keeper

etould charge sion to supply all the wholesalers

ma over 28 with their usual quots.

As the per cent, more then a first- distribution system now in opora- [allowed to go on his way rejoic alsas hotel charges me and be tion is based on an allowance, ing, while others are dragged roughly, of balf a pound a head of the population a week, it is over the cosle for raising their obvious that say, farther reduc-

prices a few cents only on certain tion must mean inconvenience.

food products.

Bir Hadworth Menx asked

Yours, etc... B. B. Captain Bathurst if he would Hongkong, 15th September, 1917. consider suggesting to the male [The Food Committee is sup- population of the country that posed to fix the prices of articles they should give op "the effem-of food. We presume that beer inste habit of taking sagar in does not come within its purview. tea. The daily consumption of —Ed. H. X. T.]

sugar arising through our national

babit of sweetening tea and coffee

دایم

Confidence in a Stable

Government.

A Pacific Part, August 4.—The, American Mission to Russia,

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Stocked and sold by all Wine

& Spirit Merchants. Hotels and Clubs."

H, RUTTONJEE✨

& SON. Wice and Spirit Merchants,

maat be enormous in the aggreU.S. MISSION TO RUSSIA, gate. Some attention has been called to the use of sugar in the brewing of beer, but the brewers' |** waste” of anger must be email compared with the quantity used in giring a sweet flavour to other drinks. People who, because of 40 medical advise or, for other res

sous, have accustomed themselves to drinking tea and coffee without suger often say that these bever headed by Mr. Ehn Root, ager are mure enjoyable an-tended bere late last night. No *sweetened.

official statement on the work of It the coarcity is to become the Mission in Raeais or on the more acute, the use of sugar for report that the Mission will make the manufacture of chocolate and after its retara to Washington sweets will have to be farther was made public. Mr. Root, acting, considered. Many people, know-as spokesman, declared that he ing how difficult it is to get had nothing to way beyond the sagar for cooking purposes, still fact that the party had been wonder at the lavish displays of hospitably received in every sagar | sweetmeats. in the Russian city visited. shop windows of confectioners.

A serious revolt among the From the Bassian revolution The more expensive kinds of will be evolved a stable Govern convicts detained in the prisone chocolates have now been with ment, according to Mr. James of Thai Nguyen (Tonkio) broke drawn from sale, but the show Duncan, vice-president of the out on Aagast 30 at 10.30 p.m.

10

9

30

5

5"

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Church (Monthly

Sab.)

50

Chief Inspector Kerr

(Monthly Sab.)

5

Inspector Gordon

(Monthly Sub.)....

3

Bergt. Willia (Month.

of attractive sweets

ly Sab.)

3

W. Izard

Pedersen

(Monthly Sab.)

Vald Bjerre (Monthly

Sab.)

H. Owen Carstensen

(Monthly Sab.) T.King (MonthlySab.) Pentreath & Co.

(Monthly Sab.)

C. B. Brooks(Monthly

Sab.)

G.

Warren

***

400

(Monthly Sab.) L. N. L. (Monthly

Bab.) Balance" of "the pro- ceeds of the British War Film Exhibi- tion held in Swatow nader the suspices of the British Chamber of Com- and the 18N08

Patriotic League of

Britons

F. O. Butcher M. E.

Oversess

**

His Honour Mr. H. B. Gomperts (Monthly Bab.)

MA

E. Davidson (Monthlý

Sab.)

E. L. Agassis (Mouth-

ly Bab.)

100

Hon. Mr E E. Sharp

0.

(Monthly Sab.)

G. Alabaster

(Monthly Sub.)

Staff Dadwell and Co.

(Monthly Sub.)

P.. P. J. Wodehouse Amount collected at

the At Home Hoog-

Kong Chinese Ro

areation Club, 8th September

10

10

10

100

A A A 8 3 8 8

25

Cost

ing from 28. 6d. to de, a pound in

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SERIOUS RIOTS IN TONKIN.

French Officials Murdered by Convicts.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

BLAGDANASIANK

DURHAM

DUPLEX

DOMINO

SAFETY RAZOR

$2.75

American Federation of Labour. With the criminal co-operation of Its establishment ie retarded, he few native soldiers, the convicts rather disconcerting. In some declared, by the radical so-called murdered the Chief Gasrdian, Kr. cased even the dearer varieties reformers, who have relarued to Loe, and his wife, and also Mr. 10 are still exhibited in show-cases Russia

from America. The Noel, the Inspector of the Native in the shops, although they success of the revelation. Mr. Militis. The rebele then took cannot be sold. At one Woel Dancan attributed to the work possession of the Telegraph Office Prices complete in Case end establishment where attente men of Bussis, by whom the pro- and of several other buildings, in was called to trage of pagenda of freedom was brat car which they orgenised a power- imported chocolates, the price of ried to the peasant class at the ful resistance. The arrival of a re with 6 Blades. which was 6s, a pound, the shop time of the original Dams in 1905. inforcemente composed of French saaistant explained that the stock

Mr. Charles Edward Bassell troops made abort work of the was being kept for sale when the said the task of new Rassia was rebels. The repression was quick present restrictions are removed. greatly handicapped by German sad thorough. The various build- influences and the ceaseless inge in which the convicts and a few native guards were entrench. activity of the German pro

ed were shelled and the native pagandists.

*Most of the trouble, however, town is practically destroyed. has been caused by Russians naigralised as Americans, who bare returned to Russia sincs the outbreak of the revolation," he ssid, and added that Russians from the United States spread the report throughout the country that America had entered the war from eardid reasons,

50

118.11

50

5

A. W. Smith (Month-

Star and Garter.

ly sab.)...

Monthly Subscriptions

Officers' Familles Fund.

H. B. L. Dowbiggin

(Monthly subscrip- tion)."

Hon. Mr. H. E. Pol-

lock (Monthly sub- scription)

Monthly Subscriptions.

50

25

"25

Blind Soldiers & Sailors. Ladies' Bridge Book

Patell & Co. (Monthly

Subscription)

20

A.W.... Boyal

20

20

30

2 2 2 2 28

5.

50

Navy

30

50

888 24 5 95

5

MI

aud

167

45

Dockyard, Hontbly Babeorip

tiona

Ladies' Bridge Book

Red Cross,

Staff General Post Office (Monthly Sabacription)

441

Mrs. F. C. Batcher...

Pipe Fund;

F. G. Becka (Monthly

Bubeoription)

17

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These propagandists," continued, "who aetend to have an intimate knowledge of Amer- ican conditions · and ·American motivea, inform · their native

countrymen that the Government

of the United States i mora oppressive than the old regime at Petrograd."

Up to September 8, 54 corpses of rebels had been counted, and 50 Annsaitse had surrendered to the French Authorities The French Colcais troops suffered causities, six being killed and seven wounded, while the native troops fighting at their alde bad only 4 dead and 10 wounded.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

TO BE LET.

He declared that the extremista TO BE LET-ONE LARGE of the Socialist party were de- FRONT RO0M also Small-

manding the immediate institu- Room attached if required. With tion of a Socialist Commonwealth, board. Good Verandah. Tennis regardless of the menace of Ger and phone. Moderate. Apply militarism, but that Box 1323 c/o Hongkong Tele- 50 most of the Socialista graph."

(19.75 mon

10

were coming to anderatand that the world must be made safe

for democracy before there can

Royal Flying Corps Hospital, be any sound progress toward O BE LET In

K. L. O.

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Station Blake Pier

Already acknowled-

god

401

3,37

Total

and Star Ferry Pier

Monthly Subscriptions 2,182.50 Prisoners of War.

A

St. John's Cathedral Offertory. on 5th Augant Boma members of Hongkong Cink. (Monthly mak)

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Baíce locality in Kowloon, a few. social betterment, Declaring minutes from the ferry, & TWO that the Socialist party in Americs ROOMED FLAT with kitchen $31,19450 is in the hands of Gurman props and servants quarters, Vacant gandists, Mr. Russell made his on the 1st of October. Apply to 601,720.23 Brat answer to his expulsion from Y. c/o Hongkong Telegraph."

that party. ... $532,464,79 "The

constitution of Amounts remitted &c. 478,087,88 Socialist party in the United Balance in band $54.426.91 States provides that no-one could

be expelled without e hearing he smerted, so I consider that I K.-J. STABB,

have never been expelled, bat Hon. Treasurer: have no intortas în an organi

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