1918-09-21 — Page 5

HONGKONG

SOUND BRABING.

By Lieut. K.-N. Colvíle,

HONGKONG TRADE.

Chamber of Commerce Report.

The fortnightly Price Corrent and Market Report, published by the Hongkong General Chambar of Commerce, dated the 20th

hat, state,

The hess of a summez's morn ing, swathed the valley. The woods, for all their splinters, the grassy slopes, for all their gashes, basked peacefully in the soft golden light. Not a round. waS

Cotton piece goods and fancy to be haard, and you would never cotton goode There has been a have supposed, had you suddenly fair amount of stquiry during come to consciousness in that spot, the interval and sales of small lota that it was the very centre of a bare resulted from first bands for gigantic battle field, and that at quick clearance at improved rates. any moment a few canoes of high exobeater prices bare again explosive, arersing themselves advanced. Cotton.-The latest within a steel casing, might blow quotation is 25 73d.

you and all your Arendian day. Catton Yarn: - A limited

dreams into a better world.

TO STOP ADVERTISING

IS TO SHOW

THE WHITE FLAG

Advertising is Ammunition and the Big Cun is the DOLLAR DIRECTORY.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

basinues was transacted in the Yet such was the truth, and the lower counts, values of which occasional rat-tat-lat of a machine raled steady. Prices of higher THE gun, or the brisk barking of a cocata have been easier. Towards tragch mortar battery recalled it, the close market in quiet. Quote Bat for the most part all was tions are-No. 10 at $225/260: quiet. An habitue of battlefields No. 12 st #235/255. No. 164 soon gets into the way of ignoring at $245/255, No. 20a at $245/265. these spasmodic outborste, just as Arrivals 600 boles. Sales 1,500 bales, Shipmenty Nil. Umeold

a man cesses from mere repetition stock 7,000 bales. Bargains of it to hear a clock ticking,"or even in s cathedral city, the 10,000 bales, ohiming of bella,

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Raw Cotton. A slightly easier Sach an & habitue was Lienten-tane has prevailed. Chinese ant Peter Mavis, who lay prone grades are quoted at $51/58. per. in the long grass just in front of Pical Indian qualities are quite

'STAR"

FIRE EXTINGUISHER

THE

SIMPLEST

s hedge on the western side of nominal at the prices. The Jas CHEAPEST

this happy valley and watched for anything that might be doing over to the esit. Now and then'

Woollena-Nothing of import arcs doing.

Metale.Busines is stegnent. be reinforced his keen sight with No.enquiry for new basiness, and the use of prismatic glsasse, but very little erg being moyed: he saw noibing, for there was into consumption. nothing nothing that counted- to be seen.

Behind him ran a bedge and here and there in the bedge rege sabetantis) tries. Pater y between two tries. One except for a few splintered and briken branches wie in pretty good condition, and now in fall leaf. The other was only s iquat and aproniless etump.

Floor Market Report, Stock: About 200,000 sacks. Quctations:

Shanghai Floor 2ad. 23.10 per enck; Australian No. 1, 83 84 per sack; Australian Nɔ. 2. $350 per ack

Sagar-Market steady.

A Business Visit.

After a protracted tour, of

FREEZE

AND

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NOW ON THE

MARKET

STOCKED BY

SOLE AGENTS.

Both of them, if you looked at inspection through India, AusARNHOLD BROS, & CO., LTD, them closely, presented abnormal tralia, South Africa, and the festores. The first was provided, Straits, Mr. W. A. Higinbotham, op. its western side with a Superintendent... of Foreign roughly mada ladder, eet Agencies of the Sun Life of close against the stem and Canada, in paying as and the little plank platform disposed Company's local agency another among its middle branches. The visit. Mr., Higinbotham's many wecond had a largieh bofe low frienda in the Colony will be gled down on ita esstern fans. This to learn of his presence in our now partially concealed by a piece midst. He reports excellent pro of fist-netting and the end of agree wherever be hse been, telescope protraded,

including the South Chins

Closer inspection still would Divisions. have revealed that there was a small chamber dog gat amid its roots; that the telescape was

mounted on a prisot, set on a of his watch and noted the circular pl market off into time between the discharge across freotions of degrees; that beside the valley and the barst bebind it hung a large map, sad that on him. This, with an approximate. the map was an arc, centred upon allowance for the time the sourd the spot where the tree stood. At took in each case to reach him, a.telescope near by eat a sergrant, Rave him roughly the time of A employed like bis superior out-fight and bence the range. ride, in keeping an eye on the minute later C.B. waa seking for Han.: On the floor behind him.sat this very information a gound e gonner, nursing a field tele bearing and the time of flight. It phone. It was very peaceful but a given. very boring.

"A second gou now seamed to Suddenly the crash of a field. join the first od "Auchon wee gun came to them from across the getting a merry time. In a few Talley, and elmost simultaneously minales C.B buzzed through a abell whirred over bænd and again..

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burst not so very far behind, "They want to know if you can Peter and his sergeant immediate-ses to observe on E. 32. sck, can) ly began to sit up and take notice.traf, Sir." reported Gardiner.

"One of those guns in Serpent Peter looked at his map and Wood I should pay from the than at the panorams again, mund,” shouted" Peter. "Bea

“No, we can't,” · ha ̈ called any flash, sergeant?"

down, "it's bidden by Serpent "Sounded to me farther to the Wood." Gardiner passed the -left, sir,” replied sergeant Wood-answer on and then repotted.

ward, with bis eye to the telescope, "Two-c-nine heavy's taking

"bot I didn't see no flasb."

it on, sir."

MONDAY NIGHT

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FRESH MILK

is both Food and Drink.

Children must have it--adults should have it

FRESH CREAM

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comfortable and durable

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ALL LENGTHS IN STOCK, 30 TO 46 INCHES.

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MONDAY

NIGHT

Mrs. VERNON CASTLE

IN

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a story of the great outdoors.

The only recent production that we can compare with it was "Runaway Romany" and that was without the magnetic personality of Mrs. Castle,

JAPANESE BARRISTERS

ARRESTED,

Alleged Blackmail.

POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.

Orders insted, by Mr. J W: Franks, A. 8. P. (R), etste ;—

Command

The Capraia Superintendent of Police ha enpointed Mr. J. W

Fraaks, A.SP. (B), to take.com- and of the Police Esserve ring the absence on leave of the serve or until further orders, Deputy Superintendent of Police with effect from the 2 let instant:

Commendation, t

"Keep your eyes open,” said Hardly had he spoken when Peter. "I'm going up the tree, there came two load cracks from Two Tokyo barristers says the You can't bear well enough to behind them, and two shells, Japan Chronicle "are alleged to take a sound bearing with this much more fieres-sounding than be concerned in birckmail of the bank behind you." He wriggled the German 77's passed over- Fado Savings Bank, Miyamoto through the hedge, and proceeded brad. Peter watched Serpent cho, Shihs, Tokyo, to the tune of "to climb the ladder, while the Wood keenly but an'w nothing. A nome Y120,000, and have been

selephone orderly went and est in minute later a second pair of arrested by the Metropolitan Inspector Batterfield is com the ditch just at the back of the shella went Boross and Peter saw, Police. Mr. Makino, President of mended by His Excellency the bedge, where he could keep in just above the tree tops two little the Bank. Mr. Kimura, Director Governor for his prompt sction tonch with both his superiors. puffs of smoke. They were firing Mr. Sato, formerly msusger of on the 28th August, 1918, is

Another shell came over and shrapnel that time.

the Nagoya bisach, and several rescuing a Begular Chinese Con Peter abonted, "They're shelling Be got down from his tree and other persons connected with the stable and a Chinese lenstic from Auchon, see anything sergeant?" went in.o the observation Bank have been summoned to the the Harbour.

**No, sir,” said the sergeant, spoel, "Where does two-o-nine Tokyo Ohiko Ssibanaho and little sadly.

observe from?" he asked the examined by Procurators,în, con» "Report that then, to O,B. sergeant," their shrapnel was too nection with the affair. Gardiner. 77 millimetre field-gan high that round. Did you see abelling Auchon."

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*77 millimetre field-gan shell- "Yes, sir, but I think they're ing Auchon," repasted the all right. They use an O.Pain telephonet and proscaded to front of Pium villas and shay'it eaney” the information to face se much as we can." Counter Battery Headquarters. Bare enough no more bursts Meanwhile Peter was doleg LWG were seen, but before” another thinge. He produced his compass half desen rounds had been fired, and loosted so accurately sa he the German guns bad stopped could the direction from which firing. Their gaurere had gone The atack of the discharge BD to cover. Presently pesos reigned peared to come. Then he looked once more in the happy valley.

The Health Return. The only one of communicable disease “notified westerday. "fatal nocarzense of enteric'

the violin being

Police School, 1918. Mr. T. King, ABF reports the following as having ** Passed with Credit"

TO CURE HEADACHES.

Constipation and Headaches go band in hand. Remove the danse with a little dore of

PINKETTES

and then your bilions besdache, will disappear. "liverishness," ill smelling breath

Of sil chemists, or post free, 60 Medicine Ca, 98 Szichnen Road, centa the phial, from Dr. Williama

Shanghai,

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

WANTED.

* Or. Berat: 565 Best.

P.O, 745, J. A. Guterres. The Porn Lint? In ponted wo the Notme Bwidyƒ¢§is 0834,

The following to be tied Jöföño "pás, 19 of the 11:0 The Japanese' Consul The King's Exquater em Book The salate with the left powering Mr. Eiteka Sasaki to band is abolished. All slate at sa Consal General for Japan are to be made with the right paper offices

ENGLISH LADY, opesting

--- several, languages. perienced TSWEDEDOT work

secretarial and DESIR› ́S

stenography.

POBE as Secretary or in

in Hongkong he received Hir hand only. (0.8.P. Mema 403 Apply to Literary c/o Hong Majesty's mignature.

Adhezi 14th September, 1918, X

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