THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
KAISER'S MOCK PROMISE.
THE FOOL'S DIARY.
Japanese Cotton Protection.
Shanghai Land Investment
Company Ltd.
& credit balance of Tie. 416.859.01
as compared with Tis. 424,072 51
Urose
Workers Dana to Death by
German Guards.
Barry Pala's Humour,”
his existence:--
hamorous
at
CARTOONISTUNDER FIRE.
Some Grim Tranch Pictures,
Mr. Will Dyson, one of our very few caricaturists who have front about a year ago to record Bored in the war, went out to the for posterity Australia's deeds in the war. He and the advantage
MARCH 14, 1918.
HONGKONG SHARE REPORT
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Hongkong, 20th August, 1917.
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T. U. DOWNING,
Hongkong, 11th April, 1913
THE MERCANTILE BANK OJ INDIA, LIMITED.
Kowloon Docks » sa. b. LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS,
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It is generally believed that the The reader who laughs at Mr Mips is to be started shortly. At present the prepsstion for the deportations of Belgian sivilians Barry Pain's eccentricities is erection of new buildings, the in- have cessed since latch 1917, usually glad that he describes stallation of motorg: #ios are being when, the Kaiser, in answer to the only rare characters, such, for and the danger of living in the K. & S. Banks 5. proceeded with. According to the proteste of same Belgian notabili instance se the young man who is geologist's estimate, the aggre ties, declared that "orders had
fighting (he has bear wounded), Cantons gate mineral wealth is put at be given to stop the deportation here made to describle a week of lost touch with the satire MARINE INSURANCES.
and all his works show the life of North Chinas of unoccupied men to Germany." about 100,000,000 tone, with 15, the last words. The Sanday. Got thirty miles of the trenches, and under
the Unions 4000,000, tona, at Sampaoshan, $80,000,000 tons at Yahuangshan, commandera of the varions armies free railway travel to-day. It's treeches, and immediat ly behind Yangtzes
FIRE INSURANCES, and some 25,000,000 tone at on the western front interpreted quite simple when you know it, the lines.
He draws his tall Austrailian China Fires b. Tishshan. The ors produced at the Emperor's premire in their You book to s station, and get
wes. The men into a train that doesn't stop till warriors in their sportem sulike H.K, Fires Sigpsosban-contains 60 per cent, own German of iron; the percentage for the were no longer sent to Germany, fifteen miles beyond it. Then uniform in the middle of their basthey were still sent to Northern complain bitterly that one of misery and glory. Exhaustion after rest being about 50 per cent.
France. The only chaoge which their porters put you into the supreme physical and mental Douglases took place was a chaoge of wrong train. If you tell the tale strain was never more terribly
Indos (Del.) The Japanese Cotton Spinners' destination; the treatment of right the chances are that they shown than in his "Dead Beat:
indos (Pref.) Association is taking steps to Belgian civilians under the new will read you back to your destina The Tannele, Hill" where the Shells protect the interests of Japanese regime is no Letter than ander tion for nothing. There was a soldier has collapsed in bis Ferries
notica in the carrige. "Wait fill Go'ton spinners in China from the old one.
to even oata org corner, too being hurt by the probab'e plan The deporters from Flanders, the train stops." So I whipped relieve himself of the pack. of appraisement by the interna among whom are a certain num
ont my kaile and struck out the Two coloured men ("Fletch Sugars tional conference now being held ber of women, are sent to work Brat letter in "train." Very and Don") are eeen hagging here over China's request to either in villages of the coart, se laughable wonder why nobody along the trench side to Ingares revine her import tarif The far as Westende or in the region bau thought of it before. Plea Corner from Lageicourt; an angry Kailans proposal made by the British of Ronlera and Courtrai, near the Bant socze on the way back with ranner seat cat of his turn to representatives, of adding 10 Ypres salient, says the Daily my maddy old feet up on the Brigade Head quarters at W-- Smith would have stares indignselly at you as he casbians. p-r coal, to the average value of Chronicle." Those of Hainant ga shree years before the present to the region of Le Quesnoy, near objected to that, but then he rans; two soldiers are seen in the
Oriental Cons. war is regarded by Japanese Cambrai, and are compelled to objects to everything. Regalar face of a sheli barat, one falling flat,
DOCKS, WHARVES, cotton apiopera as serious. They cat down tree in the Forest of kill-jay I call him. Personally, I the other, a fataliet, staggering,
GODOWNS, &C. eny that they have been silent Marmsl. Those of the Larem-consult my comfort. Another bat facing the horror-If it hits
idea occurred to me it hits me"; the everyday life H. K. Wharves b. over this question so far because bourg province are encamped in
the station. There of the force passes before you. they believed the increase to be various villages of the Meuse and ma 5 per pent. of the average of the of the French Ardennes, opposite beautiful lady, so I gave that bographs the artist has sought to
W33 a poster representing a In some drawings and al. S'hai Docks three years prior to the Verdua. It is impossible to outbreak of the present war, determine even approximately lady a psir of moustaches
express the memories of the bat the plan if adopted will their namber, owing mainly to with my indelible pencil. Takes Australians as they come again to Centrals increase the actual barden, the great proportion of workers a bit of pluck, too, as you might the old pitches on the Simms, H. K. Hotels from 60 per cent. to 100 per cent. who have to be scat bick get caught at it,
now silent and safe and wrinkled Land Invest. In their opinion it is abfair that ill or dying; bas dhe dip safely Monday. I've often thought with old scare, the special H'phreys Est. K'loon Lands sa uniform rate of tariff should say that many thousands of one might have a bit of a lark"rendizzone of death" to so S'hai Lands be imposed on all grades of yarns workers are constantly kept boay with one of those fire alarm fake many of their comrades. He has West Points. and cloth, and representatives of in each of there zones, free mente-in-the-streetz I got my done this difficult thing well and the Japanese Cotton Spinners' drafts being reised to compensate chance to-day, and I took it. Yes, sincerely. He has told us what Association are going to Tokyo for casualties. These are not only I had them properly. And what the Australians loat as well as to present the case of Japaness provoked by illness, ill-treatment, made it more amusing was that what they won. spinners and to regaset that their or starvation. There are many the engines had hardly lef: the intereste in China be better cases on record of people being station before a perfectly genuine protected.
wounded or killed by the French, call came in. What a lot of silly War Alms by Acroplane. ^ British, and Belgian gans. ape they must have looked 1. A Lobby correspondent states Most of the particulare at band Tuesday.-Began my pre- that Mr. Lloyd George'e recens
Borneos The 29th sanaal general meet-e me from the Kanse region, paganda against the food restric speech on our wer sima has pow China Light & P.b. ing of the Shanghai Land Investere the Kronprinz is in com-tions at the cffice to-day. Why teen translated into German, and Providents ment Co., Li, is to be held on mand of the Fourth German should we take any notice of a will be distributed in Germany Dairy Farms March 14 at 3 30 p.m. Extracia Army. It has been left to the lot of jabber by the old women by seroplanes, as is to be done from the directors' report follow:-
son to break the father's promise in the newspapers? I don't with Freeideat Wilson's pron. Working Account for 1917 shows
When parcels are sent to the deobeerve any restrictions, and I ouncement. Other methods will portes containing soap, biscuits, don't see why anybody else should.also be tried to get it publicity in or chocolate, they are opened by My strength has to be kept up. enemy territories. for 1916.
are their guards, who take away the Suppose I have an extra pound increased Tia. 51,415.84; out food and make a point of eating or so of sogar in the week, goinge for
insurance, it in the presence of their victime. is a trifle like that going to
also герайта,
in On the slightest pretext the men make any difference to the delivering staff at the back-door creased Tis. 9.312.67, leaving spare etrack or tied to a post for war? In a way it's a protest out of right. The old horse in increase in not rents of Tls, the whole day, or deprived of against cur Government for not the shafte looked about ball. 42.102.07. The dabit balance of food. The barracks are never capturing all the aubmarines. asleep, and the whim took me to interest secount is increased by cleaned, so that the palliasses are That's the coures they ought to give him something to wake him Tls, 43,687.80. Benerve food crawling with vermin, there is no take. Besides, dar milkman up. In about two seconds he was remains at Tis. 1,523,045.72. accommodation for washing, and considers the war will be over in half way down the street, and Reserve fand for equalization of the doctor visits the camp only fortnight, and as his brother is people trying to stop him, and BENJAMIN & POTTS, dividends is less by the amount every ten days,
BD.actual corporel in the A80. no end of a set-out. Makes me Share-and-Ceneral Brokers.
Princes Building. of Tis. 50,000 sathorised for with.
Instances of ill-treatment and he probably knows what he's laugh now when I think of it drawal to make up the final & per German bullying are too nomer- talking about. All Smith could Naturally I take no sort of res cent. dividend for the previous one to be recorded here. The say was that there there ought to ponsibility for the apoident that year. It is proposed to withdraw names of the victims are known, be a muzzling order for imbeciles, happened afterwards. To start a further sum of Tia. 50,000 this but cannot, for obvious reasons, He may go too far one of there with, any man who leaves a year, which will leave a balance be published here. There is the days and gat something that he horse and cart unattended in the of Tls. 250,000 to the credit esse of M, in the camp of won't like.
street sots, in my opinion, very of this sccount. Improvements Villers, who for not obeying Wednesday.-Discovered to improperly, and should be held TIT STARTSUENOS Bnd renewals account after
unprincipled to account for anything that may 30 3/8............." promptly enough was struck on day that Some being credited -with- Tle. the head so violently that he blackguard had passed cf a happen in consequence, Besides, 60 d/............. 3-4 43,606 (being interest on an became mad; of E, in the French penny on me in change. the two old ladies ought to have m/s. 37-26 developed land) voted last year
camp of Demblay, who, for laugh. I can't think what our police are looked before crossing the road. T/T Shanghai.. and debited with Tla. 18,051.88 ing at a joke whispered by one of doing for such a thing to be And after all, we have hospitals TT Singapore, cost of renewald carried out dar his comrades, was thrown to the possible. However, I got my own to deal with such cases ing the year, standa si a total of ground and orried unconscious back. I used it on an entomatio Saturday. Much depressed. T/T India Tia. 255,818 70. It is proposed to to the hospital, which he never weighing machine, sud showed a Everybody against me What Demand, India...... aradit this sccount with Tis. 33, left; of another man, in the camp couple of friende who were with ever happens I'm to be made T/T San Francis 855 being interest on andeveloped of Fontaine, who was picked up me the littls dodge by which we the scapegoat.
And it's all co & New York lind for 1917. Profit and loss unconscious by his comrades and could all get weighed with the for triflingelip of the Java 1614
T/T Marks Nom. - account shows a balacce of Tla carried to the guard room, where same penny. Bat the machine memory, suck as every
man TT Francs *** *** 200 413 241,767 69, which -it
I had taken Demand, Paris. 4.131⁄2 ishe received each treatment that he must have been out of order. My is subject to
BUYING. proposed to sugment by Tla died the next day; O, in the weight cannot possibly have in my old pietol out into the garden, from equalisation of camp of Bomsgne, who, feeling cressed like that. These machines in osee car neighbour'e ost came
4 m/s. L/C........... 3/156 dividend reserve and appropriate gravely ill, begged the foldwebel ought to be properly inspected, along. Seeing my sister there, I
4 m/s. DIP..... 3/134 ав fllows-To pay a final Lo exempt him from work, and Think of starting a campaign pointed the pistol at her, and said 6 m/s. LC 3/2
I would abcot her. I can sa7 30 ds. Sydney & dividend of 8 per cent, making was kicked and knocked about against frand. 11 per cent.. (for the year) Tha
Thursday-Smith was holding honestly that it was not till after Melbourne....... eo that he had to be carried, to 234,000.00; transfer to improve- Lospital, and was never heard of forth to day about the absolute I'd pulled the trigger that I re 30 d/a. Ban Franc- ments and renewals 035ant Lis, again; and twenty more ex- necessity for economy even in membered the thing was loaded. isco &New Yorkĺ 23,855.00; carry forward to new amples, each one more revolting matches. So presently, to pat It was just playfalaces on my part. 4 m/s. Marks Now. account Tis 24,112.69 Capital than the other.
the laugh against him, I asked It broke a bone in her arm, and 4 m/s. Francs Ancient —The total book costa |
A Demblay and Danvillers the him to lend me a match, and con- of esurse I regret it, but there 6 m/s. France 4:33 of estates is Tis. 9,338,205.54 as food had become so sosnt that trived to set light to the whole has been so much to do about Demand, Germany
Demand, New York. Nom. compared with Tis. 9,050,692.79 some of the prisoners were glad if lot. He actually struck me. How it A if I had killed her, for 1916.
they could catch a rat and eat it. was he to have koown that it was and doua it on purpose. In Bombay ******** "Demand, Bombay...
Kom, Their guards, as a pastime, called not a pure accident? However, I my view folks make for 100 T/T Calcutta them from far, offering them some don't take that kind of thing much fuss about these minor Demand, Calcutts... Nom.
They should think Demand, Manila of their own food. If they ran to-lying down, and I told him ailments. The death has occurred of Krewards them, they were mercilessly straight out that I had finished about the soldiers in the trenches, Demand, Singapore, 1309%. Catherine Jabuetone, of Hendekioked by their tomentɔre. with him. Later I rang up Mrs. same as I do. However little one On Haiphong......... worth *Wood, Birmingham,
Smith and said I was sorry to may be to blame for an nocident! On Baigon daughter of Mr. J. H. Bill, the
inform her that her husband had of the kind, one still feels sorry On Bangkok celebrated engineer of Rochester, An immate of Shoreditch been arrsated for embezzlement that it happened, and you might Sovereign ........ who constructed the famous Workhouse, Edward Johnstone; Instead of screaming; as expected, have thought "some gympathy Gold Leaf, per oz. 46.40
Bar Silver, pero bridge there, and was a friend of age 82, who has died from "aouile she asked for my name and would have been phown me.
SUBSIDIARY COINS. Dickens. A Miss Hall the marrid decay," was described by the address. So I bang up the None. Not a word. West some gence Mr. Joseph Muse, the tenor, and medical officer at the inquest a reciver. Not a successful day people went is more inte d his death married his friend, a cantankerous, amusing old man on the whole
Land a better heart, I'm very dis- Mr. G. E. Johnstone, a leading of pugilistic mica. It was the Friday Very funny thing suit find about it. Birmingham jeweller. When old man's custom to have rows happened this morning. Otherwise, of course girl Kra. Johnstons of en went with the doctors," and to chal-fidcaman' cart was standing show that there is not much With Dickens on journeys. lenke fallow inmates combat. sgaizht the kerb. The driver was with my shooting.
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