1919-01-04 — Page 8

3

Ford

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY JANUARY

1919.

$1,250 (Local Currenty) complete with Electric Lights and Electric Horn. ALEX ROSS-4-60.

Sale Agents for the' Canadisa Ford,

ECONOMY.

The Ford is essentially a strong, light cr, being built of Vanadiand steel, the lightest and strongest steel made. Weight is the most expensive" thing in a motor car. Every additional pound Increases the demand on the motor, makes necessary mate gasoline

•mað ofl,' and results in greater wear"

oil tyres.

HANGING UNDER A SEAPLANE.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

WHITE ELEPHANTS.

"VANITY FAIR.

A PITEOUS MISCHANCE.

AN AMAZING RESCUE,

THRILLING RESCUES FROM THE RIGGING.

This has nothing to do with

ATTRACTION. The season of "Vanity Fair" which Edgar Warwick is in-

$

IMPORTS INTO KOBE. There was

remarkable increase in imports into Kobe last year compared with "1917- the figures for comparison being

WAR EFFECTS ON SOCIAL NEXT WEEK'S

BONDS.

She may

"Sea-sickness, deplored Blogg. "gets a worse hold of me the

A fight, à fall into the ses, and gallant rescue are the elements

Americans in the Adriatic,

TO-DAY'S SHARE QUOTATIONS.

& SELLI89; 81-SALES; B-BUYEF9; N.-NOMINAL.

OFFICIAL PRICES. BANKS.

ท

An American squadron engaged in an air fight over Pols, M. K. & S. Banks b. 675 mat 725 Ensign Ludlow, having put one MARINE INSURANCES. Austrian Albatross out of action, Cantons was attacked by two others. His North Chifas

$405 E. 117 right magneto was shot off, his

Unions

$940 propelier was struck and partly

Yangiszer... splintered, and his engine-crarik

Far Easterns

t. 26 bricant. case was lit, letting out all the FIRE INSURANCES.

.

b.

0.

b.

$158 $910

SHIPPING.

China Fires His motor then caught fire in H. K. Fires the air, but Ensign Ludlow was an aviator of more than common Douglases resource. He at once cut off, sud Steamboats began... a. deliberate nose spin, Indos (Pref.) which had the effect of puting indos (Def.) out the flames, just in time Sheils before the gas tank had been Feries reached or the wings had caught landed on the water five miles Malabous fire. He straightened out and sugars

S.

$3

b.

40

# 156.

ise-

Д.

taken up to December 10th.the women who in a day sprang augurating and which will co- older I grow. As a young man i ofa story of sir and ses that ranks

on Saturday, January the 1018 figures are nearly feapt into their life-work. For is expected to

establish new well the next. Nowadays the Y731,000,000 The largest them emancipation care sa records here

The new form of headache and the nasty giddy. single item of increase is raw quickly that they hardly realised performance will be eagerly feeling stay with me." cotton, which has expanded from it; they just took it in their anticipated by all those who

"But " Iexclaimed, Y190,000,000 to $294,000,000 stride. But the middle class, appreciate something a little out coxswain of the lifeboat you go and the next is iron, which has middle-aged conventional woman of the ordinary in the way of out in the worst of weather increased from 188,000,000 to has been emancipated too. So light eatertainment and hos For had I not heard how, as the Y124,000,000. In spite of the ent- niny other things

have ears und eyes like to be tickled fruits of four prolonged encoun- ting off of foreign supplies there happened to her that I doubt by something high palatable.ters with mountainous surf and were substantial increases in the fif she quite realises her "Vanity Fair

a north-east gale, Blogg and his is without doubt veteran crew rescued 16 men import of paper and cotton luck. She may carry parcels the most attractive vistation that from one steamer and 11 from tissues, but there was a decrease wrapped in newspaper now, but has come this way.

another the latter a strangely- A well-meaning versifier a little divided wreck whose two halves, in the import of raw wool. uieir weight may outfan any Among exports there were pride sa the matter.

while back sat down in cold aground among the breakers very striking alterations, and fledh, her own windows, but her blood and perpetrated the several hundred yards apart, there has been a decline in value insecurity of tenure on the following. Of Leslie Holmes, were there before us as we of 147,000,000. Considering the window-ledge prevents her from the well-known comedian, he talked? continual rise in prices the actual whooping with joy as she does it said "A fellow of infaits jest, decline must have been very der neighbours don't matter any who twinkles and mocks with great. Copper and zinc are the loger to her, but that is as broad such zest that you'd two chief teins in which the as it is long, for she doesn't believe he's lois inore decline has been felt. In cotton matter to her neighbours now. sleeve, and the lot up his sleeve's yarns and tissues there were But if she just stands still for still the best." Over Sydney substantial increases, and someone moment, and thinks of the Mannering he became almost increase in quantity also.

ttle things that used to count, maudling, thusly:"The little she will admit that anyhow she stars st brink of night pear in at MANCHESTER WAREHOUSES. free from her gossimar bonds. bum by candlelight. He hates, The annual meeting of "the

Take calling. Thunk of the of course, to seem unkind, but shareholders of the Port of Manuisance calling used to be to all blushes and pulls down the chester Warehouses, Ltd. was Joncerned except the stauouer blind for Most expensive, sure; a dividend of 6 per cent. on the who supplied 200"gent.'s visiting says he, 'the "little peeping stars 27 men of those two vesselse to within hailing distance of Lud-. K. Wharves b

wards from plate and 100 lady's preference shares, und 25. anto. "Uneol your own and two of per share

the 01

ordinary ms if she's cut, two of his if she's shares, was declared. The ac-

," was the "tuward claat of Counts show €11,863 be carried forward very well-brought up bride as she made her waury round. Before

the sides and slashing the wings, Marshall Stevens, the CHAE round

+3

held at Manchester recently, when

Mr.

balance of

been

bayan

AL

dever

up his

"faac's different," said Blogg. I never sea sick when I'm doing anything, if it's only setting crab pots. But if I haven't got when we might be standing by something to occupy me, same as our nets, I get sea-sick mostly every time."

"

REFINERIES.

MINING

* 21

Li

421 1-

11

331-

from Fola Then I happened to remark that

Quartermaster Charles H. Hakailas amid the long spells of lifeboat man came to the rescue. in the Langkats work, intervals for food and drink hail of the fight the immediately Raubs must be imperative.

simulated a disaster of his 'muolis Bat Blogg shook his head. own. He plunged on Urais plained. Take that day we got end of it manoeuvered his plane "There's never the time," he ex- immediate nose dive, and at the

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C.

we

EL

can be." There are two Georges were at it for close on 12 hours, in the company-George Tuch except a couple of the older men

low. The latter at once opened Kowloon Docks b, ener, the comedian, and George I left ashore for one trip cut of the camera slot in the bottom of S'hai Docks Graystone the busso. They are the four. The rest of us were too the boat to fill it with water, at N Enginderings n treated en masse, as it were, by busy to have anything, or want the same time kicking holes in LANDS, HOTELS

AND BUILDING 3. the genial poet Listen to him anything, or even think about it." she "Comeup from your hilltops, your

You carry provisions on the Then he cast himself adrift, and Centráls Home, dales and your gorges.

lifeboat?" 314 laugh and be glad with these late, But that's for men

"Yes-rum, biscuits and choco-his companion's plane.

swant through the choppy sea to. K. Hotels

Land invest. wild, woolly Georges." They're

There he hung on to the tail of 'phreys Est K'loon Lands the machine, while Hamman per West Pointa mildish, these two; but nobody

formed the first duty of the knows what they get up to and do (as, of course you'll suppose) should a neatish phimp widow

owned aviator. He fired a lundred of so rounds of amani. Ewos once tickle their was."

tion into Ludlow's machine, till Kung Yiks the question of its remaining Lau Kung Mows-15.

Orientals afloat was beyond all doubt.

'hai Cottons D. The carrying capacity of the Yangtszepoos chaser maciune is not such as To

chairinan, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, cou-surrounded by cakes and teacups gratulated the shareholders that

and flanked by copies of th they had now attained the main

posts in white cavers, for any object of the company, which was to provide storage safes and ware-fra fortnight to a month, wale other women called and houses in Trafford Park commen eft two of his. Compare ner surate with the requirements of j

with the young woman who takes the general merchandise traffic of

a week-end off to get married in, the lanchester Ship Canal and

to surt his leave, "and as often as that the Port of Manchester is

not doesn't "rag to go off to the

DON'T APOLOGISE.

now adequately provided and country" with her man.. equipped with so necessary au adjunct to its success.

Take shabby furniture. We aaye risen abore worrying about

NEW SIBERIAN STŘDICATE.

to

#

IS

flash

+1

Boyd

rescue,

haustion?

Do you often get cases of ex-

one I think most about was the "Yes," replied Blogg, "but the only survivor of the ss. Havfru, Nothing but her mast -was left above water. and this man had been hang- lug on the rigging for 36 hours. He must have had a

of Christiania.

03

"

:.

- RADIUM.

$ LUO t 14

Д.

LL,

108 $ 30 $ 102

B. $74'sa, 1,70.

b.

1, 2

• €55 - $72

COTTON MILLS,

b.

Dv

185 sitt

#071

#8+

MISCELLANEOUS.

....

D.

D.

4124 565 $8.10. ****

b.

$.35

$200.

$7.

b.

22

CHURCH SERVICES.

· St. John's Cathedral, Hong kong- 2nd Sunday +fter Christmas, 5th Januar 19:9 Holy Com- «munion (3.50 am. Matius £11 a.m.) Bases Testal. Venite Starley. Paalma; 98-(Baltin- hill, 9th evening); 124, (B-et- Loren. 27th morning) and 149 (Turle. 8th evening). Te Deum; Cateley in F. Jubilate Battis- hl (19th evening). Hymne: 166 and 295- God Save the King N.B-Paalm. 93, virões 17 25-6~~~ and in unison. Psalm 124. verses 1, 2, and 7-in unison Psalm 119, versesi, 2, 5-and- G. P. in uzi-on. Hymn 166,. verses, 3 and 5 in unison: Hymn 29. verses and 4 in. 1 nison Holy Communion (12 nein) Ev nsɔng, “(6 pm.); Hesponses: Festal Palms: 4 (Pymar, 9 h evening), 146 (Humphreys, 3 #t evening). Magnificat: Wesley (18th evening); Nuno Dimitti; Wesley. Hymns: 167, 165, 28, N.B-Psalm. 48,- v,RES 1..6, 9, 10 and 13 in uniso Psalm 146, verses 1; 4, 7, 8 and L'in unison. dymn 16% reis08 13 and 6 in unison Hyma 165, verses 1, 3 and 6 in unison. Hymn 28, verse in unison.

pion Church, Kennedy" Road,— Sunday Services January 9th, Day of Special thanksgiving and Prayer. Morning Service 2:11. Hymas÷:18, 186;-22; 480. Anthem: Seek ye the Lord Communion at 12 Evening Service at 6, Hymos: 416, 482, 48,296. Preacher: Rev. J. Kirk Maoonachie,

i

St. Peter's Church, West Point.➡

Sunday 5th January, 1919. ̈ 82. Holy Communion,llam. Morning Prayer and Sermon.

Peak Church: Holy Communion

at 8.15 a.m.

"The Gospel Hall-Nó. 10 and 12 Pedder Street), Westly Services:-Sunday," Breaking of Bread, 11 am. Gospel teat +ing, 8pm. Tuesday, Exposition of Scripture, & p.m. Thursday, Bible Class, 8 p.m. Friday, Bible Class for Ladies,15.30pm. Saturday, Prayer Meeting. 8

Wesleyan Methodist Church, 3 Wanchál, — bunday Morning Service 10.15 am Sunday 667vening Service-6 p.m.

Soldiers" :sad: Sallors 21 Hems. Arsenal Street,Sunday Fren- ing Gospel Services 3 pm... St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road,Mass and Sermon st 10 am followed, by the Bene 'diction of the Blessed SacIR- -

3.3)

#{2}

$5,85

10

19.

mens.

Roman Roman Catholic Cathedral, Gion

caly,-Low Masses at 6, 7, and 9.30 am. High Msse at 6 s.

5.30 pm. Benediction" of the Blessed Bacrament.

First Church of Christ Scientist,

leconnell Road Sunday^j" tiiamWednostkƒ«.5130 pin,

The versifiers's style is neces- sarily cramped when dealing when the male ser, but when treating of the opposite one he spreads his wings and soars wonderful constitution. But his permit of the transport of passen-

Eileen oftily above.

hands and feet were as extractd-gers, especially when it is riddled Green Islands - b. promoted the following stanza inary sight, being swollen to twice with shot holes. All that could Borneos

Her legs are A syndicate called the Easternorus in our carpets and dining-

rounded the proper size. Strangely Anough, be done was to get Ensign China Light & P.s. afd demure, ber

•Providents smiles ne managed zu climb down the Ludlow to hang on, lying that Industrial Corporation (Kyokuto room chairs destituts of leather. Kogyo Dan) has been organised if we happened to allude tothem, but when her rattling steps help."

a misanthrope

Dairy Farms. Would

cure ropes to the lifeboat without any under the engine. Thus

altered the balance of the plane Macao Electrics

H. K. Electrica as the result of the investigations we would just say casually that for the purpose of systematically wounded soldiers at tea-parties bolts right up the spout with rare?"

out, your prudence Rescues from the rigging are that when Hamman attempted to Ropes supplying goods to the Siberiaus.uad literally worn the old things heart throbs you can scarce en- November. It's dimoult to judge

rise he sinashed the bow of his Trams, Low Level 5. Yes, but one happened last boat on the choppy sea.**- out, and the equally casual reply dare."

Trams, Peak, old” bi- ANOTHER U. S. CONSULATE. would probably be that it was

Thelma Lawn, to the distance of a vessel showing was successful, Ludlow, under- Laundries

The second attempt, however, Frams, Peak, new b cts. .70". "A Consulate for the United only the surface of the leather Harken to the bird" From

rouses him to giddy heights. flares at night; so the lightshipneath the engine, introduced a Steel Foundries D States of America is be that was off, and that nobody waist to chin, from chin to toe which made us miss the wreck telegraphed wrong bearings established either in Moji or thinks about carpets,

new problem of dynamics into U. Waterbomis să she's dimpled everywhere sud on our first trip. When we went the manoeuvring of a plane so

Watsons Shimonoseki, the opening of the

And of course, take clothes. so whene'er you go do please again, and took five men off the

Wm. Powells ba new office depending on the daters. Penuell says that no wo-behave! This is a very proper rigging, they had been there indand waters of her home port much so that on landing in the

Wiseman's- 6. of arrival of the newly appointed

man would have to be taught by soow ;" Consul, sir. Walter H. Sholes, Ibsen or anybody else how having unburdened himself of had been a sixth man helding on, pilots fell out, but were promptly Hongkong; January 4, 1819.

It would seen that, hours. Inside the funnel there the machine turned over. Both from Washington.

live were she willing to live it in the above he felt the need to plo- but he gave up five minutes picked up by a motor-boat. KIRIN FOESTS AND GOLD MINES, shabby clothes."

Mrs. Pennell giarise slightly, for grouping the saddest thing I've ever heard before we got there. That's about 3 wise woman. Really the Dorothy "May, Shirley Cooke, ofthat he couldn't hold on just The gold mines and forests in absolute cessation of bothering Madge Griffith and Vers Pain the provinces of Kiriu and

a bit longer."

Lecturing on "Radium and its cENERAL EARTHQUAKE AT KOPE. about clothes, has been a great together he Heiungkiang have begun to

rattled off ja "During your 24 years of Usea" at the British Scientific attract attention, and the Chinese lift. I don't know what dress-approved Tom Hood style the lifeboat work," Government also attaches im-dealings with one for so long, brought to book for making eyes occasion waen your nerve has said that good supplies came indicated an earthquake recently I remarked, Products Exhibition King's The seismometer of the Kobe skers think; I haven't had any following: Dorothy May was there must have been some College, recently, Dr. S. Russ Meteorological Observators portance to the natural resources but I know that to be allowed at Sturley Cooke. Madge Griffith been severely tried 2: of this places.

and encouraged to wear old crushed Fem black and blue-s "Yes," replied Blogg, and a

from Cornwall, and as thought which lasted for 45 seconds. LEATHER SUBSTITUTE. clothes has been a great boon to Vera Painful thing to do!"

quiver came into his voice, we should not have to go far. Ther vibration, was 70121 A method whereby sale leather many women, for in their secret The plans for Vanity Fair

They had one up in London at abroad for our radium in the millimetre, and, the centre of the The Jewish community st can be hardened so that it attains est heart of hearts most middle-are now in view at Moutries and the Mansion House. I could feel future. He showed some re-disturbance is believed to have Vladivostok, has presented. Sis to two or three times its natural aged women do look upon new as the season is to be limited to face, and sitting next to me was ing its luminous effects, which kilometres from Kobe but no Commissioner in Siberia, with the sweat running down my markable experiments illustrat been at the distance of Charles Eliot, British (High strength has been invented by a clothes and all that they imply a few nights only, early applica- my friend Bill, what was in the provided an infallibe test for definite direction has been given, an illuminated address on the Norwegian engineer, accordingása uuisance.

tion for reservations is recom- same trouble. If it hadn't been diamonds and gave us luminous except that the vibration ranged occasion of the first anniversary to the Weekly Bulletin of the Then the amount of money and mended in order to avoid for one thing, I think the pair of watches, compasses, gun-sights, trout north-west to south-east of the proclamation by the Canadian Department of Trade time that are saved just by not disappointment.

as would have dropped, Look, and charts. He and Commerce. The hardening having to bay luxuries that

emphasised. The shock was therefore purely British Government of the free Bill, I whispered, we ain't as may be done in several degrees, before the war people were apt to each man guest who his dinner bad as him, any way! It was on the value of such accessories local

dour of Palestine to the Jewish until the leather becomes as hard regard as essentials, wonder partner is to be if the host's ine of the foreign ministers as had to aeroplanes, and showed medium-lita -road-hisp

THE INTELLIGENCE" OF THE people. as wood. It is claimed that if the day will ever coure again ory cannot be trusted sufficient got, to inake a speech, and the

COLOURED RECRUIT, after sufficient hardening for when we won't be able to have ly? Will low-cut gowns ever be papers in his hand were all shak- which could easily be referred to common boots and shoes the friends to dine unless there is imperative again at dinner or at to give Bill and me new heart; ant, he went on to say, were the tended to take out the full limit. It is believed that the Japanese,

ing and trembling. That seemed in darkness. Still more import-

A coloured recruit said he in- leather still retains its elasticity. a silly little dish of salted almonds the play, when the rate lies by we managed to stand up before medical uses of radium in its of Government insurance, who are prisoners of war in Ger- It is also said to offer better in resistance to moisture and heat peaceful days shall we have to either, in the false wind of the the other, and take our medals. scientific ases radium opened up fellow soldier that he would be 10. On arrival in London they front of everybody ? In bus and tube, and, worse than the Duke of Connaught, one after effect on living matter. In its $10,000. Un being told by many, were released on December after this treatment. The value go to the florist's ourselves to siges of the tube? of the new process lies in its make sure that the roses we buy elephants are over; values have Sir James Cautlie is recovering atomic, particularly by its start trenches, the recruit replied: The souliers (if any) and seamen

I think not. The days of white

new avenues of research. It had foolish to pay ou so much when will be examined at the Japanese making leathers, otherwise only will, agree with our candle changed, and when regular life from an illness which has laud hug property of continually "Hul reckon I knows wist will ba court-martialled in revolutionised ideas on matters he was likely to be slot m the Consulate and then seat home, suitable for inner soles, perfectly sliades ? Will satisfactory as sole leather. The bename-cards

round the comes to us again it will be for him aside for some weeks, says changing into totally different I's doin, You-ell don't s'pose accordance with the Japanes engineer is patenting his inven- dinner table again, and a us middle-aged women to see to the L, and C. Express. In the substances, shooting out helium, Uncle Sam is gwine to put a War Prisoner Trial: Regulat tion, and leather treated by this method will shortly be placed on lobby, with doubled-up hits of ghastly monotony of calls and former trouble and required the changed again into Badium traiches, do you?"

it that we do not drift into the summer an accident revived and giving any emanation which $10,000 man in the first-line stipulated during the Ra880- preposterous little tray in the the market in Norway.

isteboard on it, instructing afternoon, clothes again,

Japanese War, and Radium B.

there ever

"

31

removal of his left eye.

PRESENTATION TO SIN CHARLES, ELIOL

JAPANESE, WAR PRISONERS.