1918-10-02 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Must Leave Gold Behind. Washington, July 30.-Oders, salisted men, and civilians st tached to the army are prohibited „în a War Department order issued to day, from taking gold with them when leaving for foreign service. Attention was called to the fact that this is a violation of the embargo against gold exporta and the suggestion was made that the man obtain “servios checks" -or iravellers ahsoks and letters of credit before leaving the United Sales...

Future of Pacific Islands. The fact that Mr. Aughes, Mr. Massey, and Sir Joseph Ward are repeatedly insisting that no pesce will be acceptable to Australasia: unless it includes the retention of Germany's Pacific possessinna ja taken to indicate that the British view of that policy needs stim- alating by an overwhelming public opinion. Itie vital to Aus- tralasia's future that the Pacific Telands should be under the British fisg or under a group of friendly Powere. Any other policy will give rise to profound disappoint

ment.

Norway's (Diminishing Shipplog. According to the latest statistica covering the first six months of the current year, there has been a decrease in the Norwegian mercantile faat of 68 ships, roughly 98,000 tons, of which 93,000 were steam toonage. Some 75. ships, of about 120,000 tone, were sunk by U-boats, 71,500 tone being sunk in the first gaur ter."New construction in Norway. daring the six months' period has added to the fleet 27 vessele, of about 19,500 tons. New oon- struotion abroad, bas added six vessele, totalling 28,000 tone, including the Stavangerfjord, a' new liner of the Norwegian- American Line, of 12,762 tons.

U. S. Self-Denial.

Mr. Hoover, United States Food Controller, in s letter to President Wilson reviewing the work of the Food' Administration, declares that food valued at approximately 1,400 million dollars was rest to Allied cuantries from the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30. Mr. Hoover estimates that ten million baebels of wheat are now in port destined for Earope. The letter also refers to the fact that while "our surplus was more than exhausted" when the Allien argently requested 76,000,000 farther basbele of wheat early this year, eighty-five) .. million have since been shipped or are en ronte. The shipments therefore represent the savings from the American breed, eapply. Holy Land's New Stamps. The Holy Land has become a stamp-issuing country, according to Kent B. Stiles in Boye Life. For use by pereoas employing the mail system which the British, represented by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, bas

established, a franking label of special design has been put forth. The lettere E. E.F. appsar at the top and at the bottom; the words

one prautrè” are at the left in English, and at the right in Arabic; in the centre appear the worda "postage paid," once in each language; and the figure 1 is in each corner, either in Eng- lish or Arabic. The stamp bas appeared in ultra-marine and in dark blue, sad has been ear- charged with s new value, 5 millieme, which is half of one piastra. To three varieties already have appeared, and we may expect others.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

NOTICES

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NOTICES.

*

THE BOWLS MATCH.

HE Do away with the Difficult Part of Office Work

BT ENLISTING THE

ADDING, LISTING AND

CALCULATING MACHINE

¿

GERRY.-Sheer robbery, that's what I ca' it. I was lyin' three"

afore that yin cam up.

Russy.-Aye, an' what's mair, that makes twenty-wan and you

pay for the War Bond Ticket.

GERBY.—A Weel: We'll just hae a measure for't: RUSSY.-But there's nae measure în't.

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Gerry,

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deserve it.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY

WAR BOND DRAWING

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31st December, 1918.

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GENERAL NEWS..

Mothercraft. Training Mr. W. E. Massey, Prime. Minister of New Zealand, opened recently at 29. Trebovir-road; Earl's Court, a Mothercraft Train- ing Centre on New Zealand lines. He said that 15 years ago bis Government established a Pablic Health Department, Unofficially connected with that department į Two cases of preamovic plague

Plague la Suffolk.

deaths occurred from this cause: I was then supposed to be con- veyed by rita coming frem sbroad.

În a Great British Industry. The difficulty with the English-

Was & voluntary organisation for have occurred at Erwarten, in the textile market, a London reviewer motherhood training and infant Samford rural district. The per-writes, "is not so much prices, 68 Welfare. Through its genoy sou attacked were two women the great dimination in the thousande of infant lives had been living in a pair of semi-detached Baved, and the death-rate per 1,000 cottages The first died on Jane appl- tosh of yarn and of cloth. There seems no prospects until

of children under 12 months was 13 and the the second on Jane mask more cotton can be brought now only 48, 88 compared with 19; the letter sppears to have scross the Atlantic and more of | 100 in Great Britain and the contracted the disease sa a result the abhinery of Lancashire can Daited States, and from 75 to 125 of nursing her neighbour. The be put in motion. This question in Australia, Canada, and South origin of the infection hae roof idle machinery is indeed a Africe

The New Zealand been traced. No further case considerable source of anxiety. organization was enbeidised by have occurred, and there is no Very little has been does in the the Government to the extent of suspicious case among any men way of renewals for four years, for every pound, aubsoribed. in his Majesty's Forces. The last sad it is quite likely that's good hoped to see Siata recognition recorded oses of plague in Suffolk proportion of the machinery will

in this coun PAS Shotly in October

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not be fa to start w gain even when the cotton is available..

DALTON

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NOTICE.

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED,

SHAREHOLDERS are remind-

ed, of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held on TUESDAY the th day of October 1918, at 12 o,clock NOON at the offices of Mesare. Jardine, Matheson & Company Limited No 6 Pedder Street Hongkong for the purpose Enf“ considering and if thought fit

UNION TRADING CO.,confirming as a Special Resolu

General Agents, Queen's Building. Hongkong, October 2nd, 1918.

THE HONGKONG & SOUTE

CHINA WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.

PPLICATION forms fo

A Membership of the abort

Association may be, obtained from all the Banks or from the undersigned.

tion the Resolution set out underneath which was pasted at the Extraordinary General. Meeting of the Company held on the 19th day of September, 1918.

That the regulations cont tained in the printed document submitted to the... meeting and for the purroco. "of identification subscriber "by the Chairman thereof be and the same are hereby approved vand that such regulations be and they are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company in substitution for and to the "exclusion of all the existing

Articles thereof." Dated the 20th day of Septem

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THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.,ber: 1918,

Honorary

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