1918-07-01 — Page 10

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 1. 1918,

RECESS NO. 44.

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YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 9.), :

THE BRITISH LABOUR CONFERENCE.

London Inne 27.

The Labour. Oonference resolved by 1,704,000 15 951,009 to dissolve the political truce.

ENTERTAINMENTS.

VICTORIA

THEATRE.

Week Ending Monday, July 8th,

London, June 27. The Morning Post understandi that the Imperial War Confer- MONDAY ence in unlikely to take action on the suggestion that it should deal JULY, `ist with Irish Home Rale. It is believed at Westminister that the decision of the Labour Conference indicates freedom of action in the TUESDAY constituecoins rather than a new development in the Commons. It is unlikely that the Labour Ministers will resign from the Govern-

ment

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London, June 27. ·

THURSDAY At the British Labour Conference, H. Branting advocated an FRIDAY & International Scialist Conferenon. Ea believed that it was still SATURDAY possible to find Austro-German Socialists who were prepared to rapadiata, the system of domination for whoh Pimiem wie fighting.

SUNDAY & MONDAY.

“JUDEX?”

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Episodes

2 &

2.3

'A PAIR of BRACES,” etc.

THE SEVEN PEARLS "

Episode 7 & 8

"JUDEX?"

POST OFFICE.

Episodes

4 & 5

THURSDAY, 4th July.

M. Kransky, who was reoaired with chạering, and the ai aging of “For he's a jolly good fellow”, thin spoke.

London, June 27. The Labour Members of the Government met to-day to con sider their position in view of yesterday's resolation of the Labour Conference terminating the party trace, la view of Mr. Henderson's emphatic declaration that the Labour Executive would not desire Labour Members to leave the Góvernment,it'ís under-tood that the Labour Ministers have decided not to resign from the Government, one pair of Damascene Fangles and ore Japan via Kobe--5th July, 11 x..

at least for the present.

...

BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC FUTURE.

A'shipment has just arrived in the Colony Kahlmann's speech was a clear admission that the recent enemy

Manufactured

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Tum Advenumeriut i wned by Manifester Toben Co. Ltd

CEO. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR.,

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

MR.

[R. GEO. P. LAMMERT has received instructions to sell by Public Auction

ON

WEDNESDAY

the 3rd day of July, 1918, at 3 o'clock, in the afternoon

at his Sales Rooms, Cuždell Street,

Victoria, Hongkong. THE VALUABLE LEASE- . HOLD PROPERTY situate South of Victoria Road) near Mount Davis Hongkong and or unprising all that the right

Westminster

PUBLIC AUCTION.

"HE Undersigned has received TH

instructions from the Liquid- ator of Messre, Blackhead & Company, F. H. Hohake, F. J. Schwarzkopf, E H. Thiel and J. E. Danielson in pursuance of sn Order of the Hongkong 'Govern- ment to sell by Public Auction at 3 o'clock in the AFTERNOON

ON TUESDAY

the 13th day of August 1918. at bis Auction Rooma, in Duddell Street, THE VALUABLE LEASE- HOLD PROPERTY situate and being Shaukiwan Marine Lot No. 1 and known as. Blackbead's Soap Works.

IN ONE LOT.

to & Crown Leace of the piece cr The Property has an area of parcel of ground registered in the 95,800 square feet or thereabouts Land Office as RUŘAL BUILD- and consists of level ground with

ING LOT No. 135 together with a sea wall in good condition on the house erected thereon known the water front. On the property

Terin 75 years. Estimated area 4,90 square feet. Crown Rent $12 per annum.

as "THE BLARNEY STONE." stands a Soap Factory and buildings in connection therewith comprising two Godowns, one with coolie quarters Menazer's House, a Boiler and Machine house an Iron Shed,

For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to MESSES, DENNYS & BOWLEY

6 Des Voeux Road Central,

Hongkong, Vendor's Solicitors,

or to GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

"HE Undersigned has received

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instructions to sell by Public Auction on THURSDAY, the 4th July 1919, commencing at l ́am.

st No. 3 Godown of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. (Kowloos) (For account of the concerned) 5 SAXON MOTOR CARS.

(2 seaters 4 cylinders, latest model): all more or less damaged in transit.

On view from Wednesday the 3rd July 1918,

Terms: Cash on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer,

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and a Tank.

over,

B

residus of a term of 999 years The property is held for the

from August 189). The Crown' Rent is $440 per annum,

Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be had from:-

MESSRS. DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON. 1, Des Voeux Road Central, Solicitors for the Liquidator, or from MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT,

The Auctioneer. Hongkong, 10th June, 1918.

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No waiter what, your revp) story. organa may be enfering from—whether

ASTHMA, INFLUENZA, BABAL GATABRH; ar ORDINARY DOUGH. -you will find in. illa famous zapaĆE

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ASAHI BEER.

ASAHI BEER GRAND PRIZE

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SPECIALLY BREWED

"FOR EXPORT

JAPAN

TOKYO, JAP

LIMITED

WER BANK

BOGH ACTIONUTS Mitsui Bussan Kaisha,

Telephone 120 d 3.56,

Singapore's Mortality Statistics.

There were 331destbe in Singa. during the work ending Jane 8, giving a mortality rate per mille of 40 87. Convulsion claimed 48, malarial fever 58; dysentry

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Two deaths were due to plagas,

24; beri-beri 38; phthisis 40; and pneumonia and fever 19 esch,

ASTHMA and 264 Chinese died.

TUNSELLING

Found in the Public Hall of the G.P.O

lady's umbrella Owners should apply) foriatura cfcame to inquiry office G.P.O.

Shanghai and North Clics-4th July,

2 pm. FRIDAY, 5th June.

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SATURDAY, 6th June.

Central and South. America and Europe is Peattle-th Registration 9.45 a.m. Lettersz 10.30 ..

No uncficisi letter addressed to Japan vis Eote, Conais. United States, Abadan, Ahwaz or Mohammerah in the Fersian Gulf may exceed eight ounces in weight.

The importation by past into Jepan of Tents -6th July, 5pm. foreign rice, except such as may be imported by the Minister of Arriculture and Commerce and the persona designated by him, is prohibited.

rice imported into Taiwan (Formosa) and Karabuto (Japanese Fagbalien.)

1 bis prohibition is not applicable to

gusse Colonies in West Africa and to The Parcel Fort Service to the Porte- Spanish Offices in Morocco (except for Prisoners-of-War) is suspended.

London, Jace 28. At a luncheon of the London Obamber of Commerce, at the Cannon Street Hotel, the &natralian Premier, Mr Hughes, ssid that the Allies were facing the supreme crisia of the war, and the next few weeks were pregnant with tremendou possibilities. Gerzan mili tary men fully recognised that they mat either achieve a decisive victory now or contious & hopeless struggle against daily increasing odde. It would be foolish to underestimate the immediate danger bul, clearly, the enemy was becoming increasingly anxious." Baron Vou cffensives had been bat barren gains and that military succ388, if not impossible, was farther of than ever,and, unless victory was gained politically, Germany must prepare for a long war. The change of tone was due to the realisation of America's great effort. The Germans also knew that the Anglo-French armies were confidently swaiting the next onslaught, while the much waunted Anetrian offensive bad epent itself, and any day might see the Austrian armies in headlong rout and the civil population openly rebelling, Germany bad completely lost commsed of the air and the failure of sub- On and after May 1st 1918, Imperial marinism was increasingly obvious. Britain's command of the sea Postal Orders will be based in India at was more complete than ever. Referring to the economic eftastion,, the rate of 1/6 to the rupee. Mr. Haghes reculled that during his previous visit be arged the need of Empire crganisation and emphasised the folly of Britain reverting to fiecal and economic methods on which she bad fatuously relied so long. We long for peace, but waa Britain any better prepared for peace than she was prepared for war? But for the war. Germany would have destroyed our trade by peaceful penetration and reduced as and most of our Allisa to a state of economic vasselage. The war revealed that our industrial ¦

Until further notice parcels for dvil addromes in the provinces of Udine. Vicenza, Trevise, Padua, Venice and Belluno in Italy will not be accepted for transmission unless posted under, the British War Office Ferral&

The amount of the charge per parcel is dat 5 son per day after the saniration of the period stipulated.

Registered and Farce! Mails close 15 minutes earlier than the time gives below

unless otherwise stated.

From the lat May 1918 there will be

delivery only.

Sundays and Holidays noon.

Information has been received from

TUESDAY, 9th Juls. Swatow, Amoy and Focchow-9th July,

1 pm WEDNESDAY, 10th July, Stralt, Bangkok, Ceylon, Bombay, Adeo,

Egypt and Europeia Suaz 10th July," Begistration 9.45 am. Le tera 10.30 a.m. FRIDAY, 12th July. Philippias Islands—18th July 9 pm.

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TIDE TABLE,

From 1st July to 7th July.

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High Warm Hoogkoug Max Th

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Low Waber- Hoxglong

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■ afternoon.

JAPAN'S CABLE SERVICE,

Enormous Increase in Messages,

and commercial greatness was honeycombed by German infigence three General deliveries daily from the pa and control. Two things were necessary to enable us to hold our District Post Offices except on Sunday OWD. The first was the ability to defend ourselves against cor and Holidays when there will be cas enemies; and the second was the ability to produce wealth and de, The bours of delivery will be az velop the economic resources of labour, land, and capitel so as to eap fellow:-Week days 9 am. 1. p.m. and port anumerous and virile people.-(Applause). Any policy ignoring, 5pm. the intimate relationship between national safety and connomic wel- fare was doomed sooner or later to destroy the nation adopting it,: Hitherto, however, Britain had treated these two essentials sa separate entities. A country's economic safety and development the Director General of Posts and reeted upon an organisation covering every part of the national and Telegraph Tokio, that on and after let economic spherea. Germany's progress under such a policy had April 1918, the Post Office of Japan will onllect a demurrage charge from the been phenomenal. Germany was, to-day, preparing for peace 48 addressees of paresis on which Customs ebe did for war. Germany was the best organised nation. Britain's duties or inland taxes are imposed in An official announcementisened policy, except ne vally, wes a policy of laisse faire. Nevertheless, Office within 20 days from the date of by the Department of Communios. were superior to Germany in initiative and resource. the notice of their arrival to be sent totions eays that since the outbreak Was Britain organicad for peace? That was the

great, the addressees.

of the war there has been a steady question now, unlces Britain was to sink into a third rate

increase in the number of foreign telegrams sent from and received- nation after the war. He was glad to know that sicce he was lasti wealth of Australia of tex, niher than there something had been done to organies the industries and pre-

in Japan. According to Istest pare for pesce. He was not oriticising what had been done, for he

investigations, the total number know the difficulties, but not enough had been done. He emphasiset

for last year was 1,271 696, ebom.. the danger in which British commerce and industry will stand after obtained.

ing an increase of 23 per cent. the war, unless we are at less an well organised as other countries. j

over the preceding your. Οι Reconstruction after the war might be a mighty compler tack.

The Parcel Post Services to British East that number 445,169 represented

Japan, not withdrawn from the Post

The importation into the Common- that grown or produced in British Postes ions is prohibiad, galess the dosent in writing of the Commonwealth Minister for Trade and. Customs has been first

There would be the colossal demobilisation of many millions of men of the Expeditionary Forces), and to telegrame

Africa and Egypt (excent for members

that piece-good", haberdashery

not for sale, cannot be sent to those

and will be able to confiscation."

exchanged with

Compared with the preceding

and women, sad the dnemployment of labour and ospital would create: Abymiais Bagdad, Erithres, French China, 196 796 with the United a crisis shaking the cational fabric to ita foundations, unless there Somali Coast, Italien S-maliland. Portu- States. 113,418 with Indie, and guess East Africe, Zanzibar and Russia 109,843 with Great Britain. was effective organisation, Something had been done and more was have been suspended. being done in order to ensure efficiency of food and raw materials, bnt hitherto, no definite general policy, fi cal or economic, had been declared. Na national organisation had been established, and no machinery orested to deal with the many inevitable problema. This naght to be done without delay, (Cheere). It would be too Iste to do it after the war, when confusion would reign sapieme.

Mr. Hughes proceeded to castigate the oredalons section who still considered that a departate from the policy of the "Open Door" would end io nations! dieseter, despite the sinister objet lessons of the Brestlitovek and Romanian Treaties. He coptrasted the aickening folly of these doctrinaires, visionaries and agents of Germany, with the robust truth of the Germin, Emil Zimmermans. Zimmermann had showed that British ehort-sightness was respon sible for the rise of Germany and that the econemin position arising from British policy was responsible for the war. Zimmermann said "The secret of success lies, apart from organising and training of car working class, in the fact that England and other countries, which were great producers of raw materiala, bad granted as the open door and allowed us to draw upon their vast resources of rew materials. If this permission is withdrawn we shall be at one stroke swatow and Formosa via Keelung-2nd

July, 8 a.m. once more the Germany of 1880." British raw materials were the basis of German industry. Germany would never have risen to Amoy-2nd July, 9 2.53. commercial eminence without Anglo-Baron notion, wool and Chefoc and Tirafia-2nd July, 11 a copper. The so-called Britone, who favoured, the open door policy, Hothow and L'akhol-2nd July, 11 am were mostly the very men whose counsels brought Britsin and the Welhalwel, Chefo and Tientsin-2nd Empire to the brink of destruction in 1914 by their failure to recog-

Joly, li a.m. niss the German menses.—(Cheere).":

OUTWARD MAILS,

The Director General of Posts and yes, these figures show an in- Telegraphs, india, advises that: The crease of 30 percent. in American Parcel Post Service to the India Civil telegrams. 26 per cent. in Chinese, Postal Agencias at Abul Khasib. Amera, Engdad, Bore, Burrs City, Fao, Kat, and of 23 per cent, in Indian. Naseriyah. Quist Salch Suk-esh-Shayuth Japan's telegraphio relations are and 2 bair le esperanta in add most intimate with the United similar articles, except those intended States, Chins, and India, as hea for the personal use of the address and been the case in the past, followed offices or to Abadan, Ahwaz, or Mahm- by Canada and Hongkong. The merah by the latter post, and that such number of telegrame exchanged. articles if received wil not be delivered with South America in 1918 was only 3,498, but in 1917 the name ber iccreased to no less then 8,404, or sa încremes of 171 per cent. Last year's telegrama exobanzed with Central America and the Weat Indies nombored. 987 and with Egypt 5,287, showing an increase of 168 and 84; per cent. over the preceding year res pectively. From 22,000 to 37,000 telegrama are yearly exchanged each with the Straits Settlements, the Dutch East Indies, Australia, land the Philippines. The report conclades It is eatiefactory to note that there has been a grow ing iocresse in the number of telegrama exchanged with places in the Saath Staa."-Japan Chronicle,

TO-MORROW...

| Balgon--2nd July, 11 ays.

1pm. Sandakaz-2cd Jaly, 3 p.m..

After arging an incessant and most vigorous war against the Bator, Amy and Foodbow-2nd July, proifiate who, consciously and unconsciously, were the agents of Germany, Mr. Hughes concluded by saying that effective action by

5 p.tz

the Dominions must await the formation of a clear and definite Shanghal and North China-2nd July, economic policy by Britain, which should be declared without delay. Holbow & Haiphong-2nd July, 5 p.m.

́RAID ON÷PARIS.

London, June 27,

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A French official message states that everal groupe of enemy

Printed and Published for the Proprieur, by George William neroplanes attacked Paris at 11 o'nlock in the evening. They cast Onde Barnett st 11 los House Strast, is the City of Viiera One European, two Earseians with a most furiona barrags. A number of bombs were dropped.

Bong Koe The "All clear" was sounded at 12.55 « m2