1918-04-18 — Page 5

CRICKET

Hongkong Cricket League,

Terme, representing the R. E and the R. G. &. met at Happy Talley yesterday. The scores were sa follows:-

2.4.A. Janings.

Green, b Besker

Drummond, e & b Reakes

Dx, b. Cripwell

Cooper, b Gripwell ...

Athorne, o Wahl, b.Baker...

Sharman, b. Oripwell.

Manu, & Millard, b Cripwell Page, b Cripwell

Smith, & Oripwell-

Baines, b Bak

Gregory, not eat

Extras

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TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

Mongkong Chinese Firm Fined.

Bofors Mr. A. Dyer Ball, at the Police Court this morning, so | interesting osas under the Trad. ing with the Enemy Act, was heard, Messrs. Fook Lee and Com- pany, Chinese firm of merchants carrying on a metal basister, be ing the defendantë,

Mr. Leo. Longinotto, sesistant Crown Solicitor, appeared for the pronecation and the defendest firm was represented by Mr. O. A Hooper.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918,

VACUUM OIL COMPANY'S DAIRY FARM NEWS.

PROFITS.

Some Interesting Figures.

SAUSAGES.

SAUSAGES

A Variety to suít all tastes

Giving evidenon before the In- terstate Commission in Melbourne recently held in connection with the inquiry regarding the price of kerosene oil, Mr. E: C. Corn forth, managing director of the Vacasm Oil Company Pty., Ltd., said that the principal sharehold. OXFORD SAUSAGES. ing interest in his company was CAMBRIDGE the Vacuum Oil Company off Bookester, New York, which beld PORK In opening the case Mr. about 50 or 60 per cent, chiefly Longinosto said that the defend-in Amerion

BEEF ante bed not actually traded with The Chairmao: Is the com. the enemy, but he had a letter pany in Booberter opucerned with. which defendante had written to any other corporation in Amerios? 0. M. R w/80 enemy ärm in Samätra gisting › Mr." Coralarth: There is no 4 in iron. A reply was trofired och connection, to my know

from the firm to the fledge

Total...

Bowling.

C.Q.M.8 Baskes 9.2 17

8. 8. Chiswell.... 8 2 13

R.Elosinga.

38

tbst they were open to do business

that they could not do any Regarding the

c'mpany's

&c.,

&c

LIVER SAUSAGES. BOLOGNE, HEAD CHEESE, BLACK PUDDING. WHITE

&com

Corn and the FAIRALL

McGregor, b Baines...

O business at the present time pcs. Mr. Cornforth said that Lt. Wahl, a Achorne, b Baines 9 as they were unable to get * the average of percentages of Adame, è Sherman, b Baines' 18 landing cirtifiosta from the profita on paid-up capital for the Osborne, b Baines

4 British Consul. Messrs. Fook three yeare immediately prec'd-

Beakes, o Sharman, b Baines 45 Lee role expressing earprising the war was 45,25 per cent, 11that they could not get the and on capital used in the

Waller, and b D ..

Millard, b. 8sines

Gordon, rus cut

Pascall, not out

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cl

Heath, a Mano, b. Baines Cripwell, c Dix, b Oooper

Extran

Baines Athorne

Dix Mano Cooper

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Total

*

Bowling.

D

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104

O certificate. Hr. Longinotto went bas'nese 30.19 per cent, For the 1 on the asy that in fairness to the three years following the ca ...10 Fook Lee Company it coght to be

break of war the figures ware, Osaid that immediately they saw respectively 51 08 per cent, and 2 that the firm in Samstra was an 27 25 per cent. The percentage 14 enemy firm they dropped all com

of profits on the turnover for the

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munication:

For the defence Mr. Hooper said he bad only four things to say. The firet was that defeud-i 0. M. R. Wants were young in the business,

7 they having taken over Obasinse recently reecondly, there

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4 0 40

3

the

three pre-war years was 14 3 per cent, and of the three years of war 16 8 per cent.

Will you

The Chairman: explain the repeated applications for increased prices when the profits were as shown?

The Chairman: Have the over- bead charges increased since the war?

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1s nothing in the name of the Witnees: The endeavour to 110rm in Samatra to indicate that keep the basiness vormsl.

1 it was an enemy firm and eo pa: his clients on their guard; third- ly, they had erred through care leseresa, He did not think they ayer intended to trade with the Mesare. Scowman and Co's, did not to fact trade with the enemy at all, and, fourthly, they Freight Circular dated Hong- enemy. koog. 13th April, elates

FREIGHT MARKET.

alt, since then a certain amount

Mr. Dyer Ball inflicted a foe We last reported on the 30th of $100 and gave the defendants | a severe warning, stating that the of trip chartering business has maximum penalty for this cffence been put through, and the de- $5,000 and 12 months' mand for vessels on time charter imprisonment. He told them that remains strong and rates firm.

Saigor/Hongkong-81.60 per in the future and look up the they should be very very careful pical was the rate when we last statutory laws so hat they would reported, hat shortly afterwarde not make the same mistake again. it strengthened to $1.70 with the fixture of a medium sized coaster

"and thea again "farther

Witner: The actasi baudling expenses had gone up from the

on kerosene per cise and 17 58d.. second half of 1912 from 10.01d.

on benzine, to, in the second half of 1917, 21.17d. and 32 95d. Te- spectively.

+

Mr. Swinburne: We have not

had before us a company with such large profits to turnover sa curs. is your company a selling ompany for the company in New Fork?

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Witness: The company in New York bas branobes all over the

world.

The Chairman: Hea the parent company subsidiary companies

Withees: I cannot say,"

strengthened to $180 when RAEMAEKERS CARTOONS. ander one directorate?

another medium sized cosater

was fixed at this rate, improving

yet again by a farther two cents

M. Charles Vaille, lawyer and

with the fixture of another similar a former member of the Cantonal eized vessel.

. יו

Council of Genevs, arranged" Isät

It then weakened to $1,65, autama sa exhibition "of Mr. with the firing of a medium and Raemseker's drawings, which

wife

Stolen Building Material.

a smsil sized coaster. However. greatly impressed the popul-

Two Obiness were charged shortly afterwards our market stion 81 Geneva, especially before Mr. J. B. Wood, at the chowed renewed buoyancy and a the picture of a medium sized coaster wae fixed mother killed by a Zeppelin stealing a hag and a piece of wood and Police Court this morning, with at $1.75 and another mediam bomb. Although the exbibit from acme building works in sized coseter at 1.82 for 3 trips ion had already been shown Spring Garden Lane. His Wor- followed by the cloring of a in other neutral countries, the ship sent both men to prison for medium sized Coater for 3 round cenzor declared the drawings to even daye' hard labour each. fripa on a lump sum basie Hong. be "anti-neutral" and ordered kong $78,000,00

their seizure. H. Vaille wis The market then ebowed a prosecuted in February for con- decided weakening when two travening the Order of the Federal small sized constare were success-Council of July 2, 1918, concern- fully negotiated for 2 trips and 1ing outragee against foreign trip respectively at $1.40 peruatione, Sovereigns, or Govern- pical.

ments.

The raty then increased to At the trial M. Vaille explained $1.72 at which figure a mediam that he saw and bought the draw- sized outsider was fized for 8 ings at Grenoble.

& CO.

WILL PRESENT

ONE

TOMBOLA SPILL

to every purchaser of

$10.00 Cash

WORTH OF GOODS.

SPILLS.

2,000 prizes estimated to be worth

at least $20,000.

TOMBULAITIS.

Hia Ma ia a terrible fright in Thinks he's got Cerebro Mon

ingitis.

The symptome all show Bat the Doctors say "No"! He's a victim of Tombolaitie. Tommy bought a dollar Spill,

That's all you have to pay, And now he's hizing sentes of men To cart his gift away.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

WANTED.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received instructions to sell by Public Auction on THURSDAY, the 25th April,

1918,

commencing, at 2.30 p.m.

at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street,

A Large Quantity of Valu- able Household Furniture.

comprising:-

#3

Tapestry covered drawing room suite, easy chairs, teak

WANTED-Without board desks and bookcases, card table,

NICELY FURNISHED, engravings, brass incense burners ROOM with private bathroom, and figures, vases; carpets, rugs, Higher level preferred. Apply etc., etc. Box 1385 c/o Telegraph Tele- graph."

Teak extension dining table and chairs, teak sideboards, dinner waggon, ice chest, dinner and dessert services, glaseware, cutlery, electro-plated ware, etc.,

ST. GEORGE'S DAY FUND. etc

FOR THE -DEFENCE

trips and it remained at $1.72 The Obief of the Geneva Polica till the end of the period under stated that the German Conanl review, with no farther fixtures General at Geneva had complain. bat with enquiries ined to him about the exhibition, reported. the market at a slightly firmer which he then examined. He sub figure.

sequently received the thanks of Exports of Bios. From Baigon the Consul General, from 1st January to 4th March M. Benjamin Vallaton, the An attack of rheumatism doe amounted to 188,107 tone za eminent Bwiss author, who recent ot guard the patient against Į compared with 181,823 tons for ly visited Senlis, Esima, Noyor, abarquent attack. On the con the same period last year. Quots-eto, declared that Mr. Tary, a person who has bac tion for No. 2 White round sifted Rsemsekera bad only represented beumatiem is mare liable to be THE WITNESS rica stands at $3.50 per pical part of the real-truth, and that ttacked then one who has not. fo.b. for April/May shipment. the real truth was far worse.

Thin blood is a condition Saigar/Philippines. Nothing Other witnesses also gave evi-lways present in rheumatiem to report.

deucs of what they had seen in On the other hand rich, red blood Bangkok/Hongkong. This the devastated dietriots of France. esiste rheumatism. Build up th rste stood at $1.50/8140 for The Court found that Meblood and the rheumatic poison inside/ratside the bar leading Rasmaskers bad not intended to ill be driven out. respectively when we last advised, insult the Emperor William, bui Dr. Williams' Pink Pille begir bat offers were then made of to illustrate his conception of the it once to send parer, richer blood! $170/81.60, but with no fixtures Emperor as responsible for theo nourish and soothe every reported.

war and to express bis judgement|muscle, every ligament and in Coal-There is little or no of contemporary historical facts,|{ med joint covering. Oor sen change in our marksi ginos nor a thing which it was open to any book, "Building Up the Flood" i lest report, and tins only fixture one to do, sad in so doing had free on request. reported was a medium saad nei transgraved legilimate limita Dr. Williams-Pak Pilin arsi outsider Japa: Hongkong at Ten As for the Outrages Order, the old by all obemiete, or sent past. 15,50 per lon. A regarde local Federal Council could not be paid, 1 bottle for $1.50, 8 for #basince the market is dull and tsken se intending to serimilate $87, by the ano fixtures are reported.

the German Army with the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, * Sail Tonnage Loeding er to German people: The Court there- 16 Exechnen Road,

fore fully acquitted M, Vaille.

Shanghai

REPEAT

Fine double brass and brass mounted fron bedsteads, teak

WASHING

COATS

(Ready-to-v

Made of a strong colten Crash, are light in

extremely durable, wash and look well.

Inexpensively priced at $7.00

MACKINTOSH

CO., LTD

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS,

14, DES YEUX ROAD. -.

TELEPHONE' IR. 2.

Powell

TELEPHONE 348

Glyn's Hand made Hats

Old English make NEW STRAWS

'light in weight" and fitted with the famous BON-TON fitting. The acme of comfort.

SUN

HELMETS

in many smart styles, perfect fitting.

INSPECTION INVITED.

NEW COLUMBIA

DANCE RECORDS.

DEARIE SILVER HEELS ADMIRATION

1. THE GOOD FAIRY

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IT HAPPENED IN NORLAND WALTZ,

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A 5923

A-506 1

A 5927

AUKT PATSY -...

A 5065

VIRGINIA HOUSE WARMING TWO-STEP.

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16, DES VEUX RÓAD.-

TEL. 1322.

JUST ARRIVED.

A Fresh Consignment

of

BURGOYNE'S SPECIALLY

single and double wardrobes, SELECTED BURGUNDY RESERVE

dressing tables, washstands,

toilet crockery, etc., oto:

Also

A Quantity of Blackwood RECOMMENDED BY THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY.

ware comprising:-Curio cabinet,

lady's desk, tables; flower standa, stocla, etc., e'c.

And

PERFORMANCES, Side Car Tin first class condi-

THURSDAY, 25th Ipst, SATURDAY. 27th inst

AT 9.15PM, ORDINARY THEATER PRICES.

Broking at MOUTRIE'S from FRIDAY 19th inst. 9 AM

Boldiers and Sailors in uniform Half Price to Pit and Gallers.

"I"Indian" "Motor Cycle_with

tion)

Antopiano by Kasiner & [Co., Lt#

I Full.Size English "Billlard

| Table by Hennic Bros.

On view, from Wednesday the 24th instant,

Catalogue will be issued Terms: Cash on delivery;

GEO. P. LAMMERT, 'Auctioneer.

cts.

Burgundy Reserve per case!12

24.pls.

26.00

24.00

Claret Reserve

PRICE & CO., LTD.

SOLE AGENTS:

GANDE,

TEL. NO. 135.

Wine

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