1918-08-01 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Rice Merchants Dropped. The Chinees Press reports that the Civil Governor of Kiangen has dropped heavily upon the rice-merchants" for their selfish views" in venturing to ask leara to export a certain quantity of | "the people's staple food," other wise rice, Bat in point of fact is there not something of a plethora of rice in Kiangtu just now?

Passport Round-Up. The Mixed Court yesterday morning. was crowded with Gзr- mans listening to the passport case, says the North China Daily News of July 27. The presence! of 30 or 40 of them was too good a chanos to be missed and, the Folice examined them all for their permits to be in the Settlement before they left the precincts of the-Court. About eight ware found to hare "left their card's at home."

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Unrest in Shanghai. Under the surface there is still Esid to be fealing of unreet in the Hongkew district due to race jealousies eays the North Ching Daily News. Not only have the Chinese been chalking up noticse to boycott Japanese shops, but it is reported that the Japanese here stuck up notices on their Own account, and one of the Japanese papera yesterday unsd.

isedly mentioned that the Chinese were preparing to attack Japanese shops. Special-can- sablon were again on duty in Hongkow last night,

Potatoes Served with Music. "Why is the restaurant pro- pistor not obliged to observe the xed price for new potatoes?” Major Belcher, Director of Veget able Supplies, was asked at a meeting of retailers recently. "When you pay a shilling for a potato at the Ritz or the Carlton," be replied, "you are "not paying for the potato itself bat for the flowers on the table or the band if the vestibule. You never could Ex a price for a cooked potato. The difficulties of grading a potato by the flowers on the table, the number of writers or the sisa of the orchestra, would be extra. ordinary and amazing."

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Cleared Out.

Optum Smuggling in Kobe. When Wu Ja went the other evening to a Chinese hotel in Moto-maabi to receive his well- earned reward for buying opíam Conscientions objectors who is Java and landing it in Japan, have been detained at Kaateford he was told there was no reward for 12 months and whose conduct likely to coms to him, as the staff | "Prepared Milk." "Prepared milk" was the cab bse been good are to be releared bad been confi-cated, says the ject of an action in the Lambath provided that they find employ Japan Chronicle

Wo rightly I wrongly enspected he was). County Court récently, The man-ment. A firm has offered employ sger of the West of England ment to all the men now being being blaffed, and a suggestion Dairies Company, Vaazhall, saing cleared out. Another large batch to that effect led to an opibreak of

• Beckenham firm for 68 gallona has left for Dartmoor, and within hostilities in which Wu and five! of "prepared milk," said that the a few days all the "conchies others were rather badly burt, milk was ordered during the will have been sent away. There Tas shortage in December 1818. The is great rejoicing in the neigh-strentino prepared milk, he added, should bourhood.

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eceptical regarding the alleged gallon. One of the defendsats said of £5 5. The chairmon (Mr. confiscation of the 200 lb. of Bettesworth Pizgatt) told him to that he did not know this was prepared milk. He sent it cat to go to a panel doctor, who would opium which Wa kindly brought s Dutch steamer, for a thorough customers, and quantities were not charge bim sa mach as that ap from Java in the stakehold of returned. Verdict was given for "though I bare beard of panel search has been made of the doctore charging £22," he Chinese hotel where the trouble defendants.

added. "It is not right that so took place, with what result is hanghai Chinese and Japanese.

Daring the past two or three opportunity should be taken of

not yet made ka ɔwä days chalked wernings bare raising fees becsuse of a men't sppeared on the telephone, electric liability to military service." light, and tram poles in various

A fatal accident which occurred; parts of Hongkew, short crisp Chinese

Don't recently on the South Onset to sentence?, patronise Japanese Shape "Boy Lieut.-Col. Douglas Byde Thomp oott the Japaners," "The Japanese son, B. A. F. attached to the Air are controlling our country," or Ministry in London, was investi words to that effect. In a few gated by a Kentish Coroner. On instances hand-written posterettes fight be

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Isuded at sr have been found stuck on waile, aerodrome to remedy some slight There seems to be organisation engine trouble. On resuming behind the work, the chalk marks his journey be had risen about appearing systematically in the 50 feet, and in making a flick Cargo will be discharged into mentioned ports, consignees lie at Consignee's risk. early morning. Police are in-turn did not have manoeuvring Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where of cargo are hereby notifi-Carge will be ready for delivery

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