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JENERAL NEWS.

Jermany's War Deaths.~

M. Hilaire Balloc estimates -thes have been two million war desha in Germany. This is *baad on the number of admitted

· wei widowe—one million.

† Miss Adela Parkhurst.

The Melbourne High Court has grinted an order to review the be of Miss Adela Pankhurst, ---

THE HONGKONG (TELESHAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917.

¡NOTICES.

VICTOR RECORDS

THE

RECORDS OF

Prepaid Advertisements.

-ONECENT PER WORD

FOR BACH INSERTION.

TO BE LET.

LESSONS.

APANESE LESSONS.- TO BE LET-First class A FURNISHED ROOMS,

Japanese desires" to give LESSONS to EUROPEANS, in suitable for Single Men, or in their homee if preferred.

Married Couples, with or without QUALITY.

#io was sentenced to nine OCTOBER SUPPLEMENT

months' imprisonment for taking, part in su illegal demonstration.

Sir A. Liberty's» Will.

Sir Arthar Lasenby Liberty, of Lee Maror, Bucke, founder and Chairman, of Liberty and Co., left property valued at £343,505. He made many bequests to em- ployees, and stated he had given ao legacies to bharity, as he cop-i sidered that during his life and at bis death the State would appropriate an undue proportion of his estate, which had been acquired by personal effort and thrift.

Peklar Newspaper Office Attacked.

Thirty soldiers smashed the office of the Peking Jihpao and "ita printing plant the other morn- ing when they failed to find the man who supplied the false news of the death of their chief, the Lien-General of Jebol. They maid they would ab of the reporter on the spot if they knew who he wat. The soldiers destroyed "everything they could find in be Jihpaoffice from 11 to 12 o'clock and the damage is estimated at $10,000.

£30,000,000 Needed for Roads.

The Road Board in their" annual report issued recently state that about 15,000 miles of roada in England and Wales stand in need, more or less argent, of reconstruction or strenthoning, in order to allow them to carry the growing motor traffic. To carry out this work £30,000,000 is needed over and above the normal expenditure of loos) | authorities on current and de- ferred maintenanor. In addition about £3,000,000 is required for road work in Scotland.

Singapore's Coła Shortage. The Bangkak Times say that Mt. A. Mr Pountney, Colonial Treasurer, Singapore, Mr F. Dent, Government Analyst, Singapore,

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24, QUEEN'S ROAD GENERAL.

CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.

weather. It is known that the Frevalt of the harvest scoording to two-thirds of the expert opinions of the Chambere of Agriculture is "below average," and according

A German Deserter's Letter, to one-third of the opinione

"average." It is significant that the official journals have been instructed to publish the reporte

and Mr F. Niblock of the Sings- The following is a translation pore Harbour Board, by kind of a letter, writen in German, of this minority,

the

permission of the Government of and sent to the Times for publica The greatest difficulties, bow- Sism, went to Bangkok for the tion. The author, by his own ever, are, experienced in purpose of examining the Siamese confession, is a German deserter. Mint, in connection with taking! He says:-

One may assert to day without steps to remedy the shortage ofj coin in Singapore. Od Oct. 17, being sccused of optimism thai

domain of traffic. The lack of inbour asperta itself in increasing degree in epite of the law relating

to civil service. The rolling stcok they were received by H. S. B: the political collapse of Germany is in the most defective condition: Prince Bitbiporn, Director General will begin only when the econ

making their enquiries.

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"Hongkong Telegraph."

HEATHER DAY

30th

HELP! Sch November

Proceeds for wounded Soldiers irrespective of Nationality in Scottish Hospitals.

of the Mint, and commenced omio collapse, is an socom-for the engines and the over- plished fact. All recent in burdening of these lead to a

* ” dications clearly point to eteady increase of completely There in a feeling growing in the fact that the economic crisis enserviceable material. So it City circles that steps, ehould be end the crisis in the traffic alias comes about that almost all the taken to deaden the gleam of the tion, viewed from the technical larger concerns are equipped for cross and bell on St. Paul's Catho standpoint, are approsebing the the production of war nececaaties, dral, It is pointed out that these catastrophia climax in Germany and there is now a deficiency in were re-gilded shortly before the Nothing is to be hoped from the works where isbourers of other war, and that when the sun is initiative of individuals, or of kinds can be employed. At the shining brightly they afford a certain classes of the people, in great electrical works of the city the case of a nation like the Ger of Dasseldorf, for example, there magnificent land-mark for enemy; airmen to indicate the where man, which is almost helpless is now working only one large aboats of the very centre of the without Government political dynamo, as the turbines of the City of London. It is stated that guardianship. The decisiva factor others are destroyed and there is. the shining cross can be seen in the progressive, irresistible rain ao possibility of repairing them, With all this gces the increase many miles away with the asked of economic life.

Large towns in Germany are in the difficulties in the provision eye. Fressure is to be brought to

visited in rapid succession of raw materials. The South- bear on the Dean and Chapter on

by devastating #pidemicsTM West German Union of the iron the subject.

Bobleewig, Mannheim. Cologne industries, which mainly com and it is not difficult to underprises the Lorraine and Shar It is with deep regret (saya the grand that for every epidemic the coalfielde, stated in its met N.G. Daily News) that we learn. of the death of Mr. Peter favourable preliminary conditions circular that in consequence of HoPherson at the Victoria Nar- are present in the existing under railscks sad attikes 160,000 sing Home on the 29th alt, natrition of the whole people. If tone of ore less were available after an illcees lasting over a one remembers that Berlin has for delivery during the last eight period of six weeks, Mr. Mc. been for two whole worthe with weeks than were contracted for. Pherson was at the time of his out potatoes because the new Many worke are obliged to THE HONGKONG CICAR STORE CO.,

Obituary.

Tatung. He first joined the ser- Ti00 of the Chins Steam Navigation Co., in 1885 and was for *chief

about 20

of saginder

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Trained valu Mamour. To'y experienos, Formerly of Tokyo Mary Kospital, WILL VISIT PATIENTS' RESIDENCES [F PREFERRED. No. 218 QELEN'S 204D, EAST.

a complete diraontinue night shifts in ca death 65 years of age and antil potato crop was recently holding the position of failure, that the condition of sequence of lack of material, chief enginser on the O. N. 8. the bread is so bad that it has while others are obliged to stop been mcemary to imene instruct works for some days in each ions as to the keeping and the week.

All there diffical'iés a are not destruction of bread, one our entimate correctly the difficulties momentary and passing pheno- The prospects of the harvest mens, but are the signs of a Blow are not favourable according to but irresistible collapse. Normall ...company's slesmer Chengabe, the confidential reports of the part of the rapidity with which then engaged on the Australian Chambers of Agriculture. In the the complete economic collapse of ran. After the Company gave up its Australian shipping trade best provinces the greater part Germany will come about depende ...look up a position on the Com- of the seed corn was destroyed by on the measures of the Entente in pany's boats in China coastal the hard winter. In the exomed preventing the import of raw

WAI KEE. #ilers. A man of very genial ingly, productive province of materials from neutral countries Posen the harvest has failed into Germany. In the intereste vidisposition, he was much esteem-

FLAG & SAILMAKER ad and highly respected by his owing to the persistent drought in of a genuine pesos and of the most confrares, and, to his widow and Jane; and in other parts the corn, speedy conclusion of the frightful No, 129, Des Vœux Road Central which in partial y reaped but not lose of human life the complete family resident in Sydney hearty zayapally, in fextended in their - Jal carried, has been abandoned solution of Germany must be

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Treasurers. Hongkong, 15th January, 1917

NOTICES,

CAST IRON

RAINWATER PIPES

AND FITTINGS. FRANK SMITH & CO.

6. DER VŒUX ROAD," CENTRAL,

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LONDON DIRECTORY.

(Published Annually}

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PROVINCIAL TRADE. NOTICES

Donlar Booking Agencies can advarting their trade cuilt for 61, or larguíadv

168 Déu Your Road Central, all Folice Statiòna, folds ments from £3. 2-blocks West of Deft. Martat The Penalty for non-comme

ocks West of Gent Market.

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