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LOWER FREIGHTS IN HONGKONG.

DAY BY DAY.

The latest War Charities sub- DAWN OF BRIGHTER DAYS.scription list shows a total of

rates.

Pat

$75,169,12, which brings the amount to date up to $1,423,587.- 37. We are compelled through pressure on our space to hold over the complete list until to morrow.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAN JANUARY 22, 1919.

WITHIN THE LAW."

AN "ALL WOOL" PLAY,

The outstanding feature of "Within the Law" was the splendid acting of Miss Gertrude Godart and Mr. Charles Howitt Their parts of Mary Turner (a sales-woman) and Joe Garson (a forger) respectively, demanded a high standard of acting and

expression, for dramatic was on them that the succesS or failure of the piece depended. That the play was most successful no one can deny,

it

and the two leading characters introduced an immense amount of

PROSPECT OF CHEAPER COMMODITIES.

Last night's performance at the Theatre Royal was an ample "Hongkong Telegraph Special] The Hongkong mind has not

proof, if such were required, that the theatre-going public the world yet succeeded in focussing the peace situation in its relation to

over can place reliance on the cheaper living. The picture is

February the 1st and 3rd hay-judgment of the London critic. necessarily blurred, but this is ing been declared public holidays."Within the Law" was the play what everybody knew would the Harbour Office will be entire given by the Howitt-Phillips have to be the case in the days, I closed except the Clearance Company and in the minds of following the cessation of host-Office and the Junk Office, not a few of the large audience ilities. Consequently no one is which will be open from 10 am last night there must have been a to noon and 11 s.m. to noon on distinct appreciation of the clever "really worrying. The question

now is: are foreign goods' to:

the 3rd respectively.

work of the author, Mr. Bayard become, cheaper in the near

The members of the Sergeants

Vellier. future? Everything necessarily depends on the freight question. Mess, Lyemun, held a concert on It is the last-named contingency Monday evening. The concert that makes it so difficult for one should have taken place on Dec so form anything like clear-careuber 31, but owing to unfore views regarding the future. seen circumstances it had to be In November, after the sign postponed. A most enjoyable ature of the Armistice was evening was spent by all. In announced, there were different the early part of the evening a predictions with

billiard tournament was held, regard

followed by refreshments ably freights. One was that nothing will bring down the high freight catered for by Master Gunner Another was in view of Oxford and made possible by the the millions of soldiers who will very kind assistance of the S.E.F., have to be demobilised, it will to which fund a special vote of strain the shipping resources to thanks was passed. Songs and the utmost Pretty nearly all recitations formed the next part the prophets had misgivings of the programme, the partic regarding any immediate pro ipants being numerous and a spect of increased "space.” It is very enjoyable evening conclud- not often that different sets of ed by the singing of the National predictions, apparently covering every possible aspect of the

Selling cakes and that with-play. question turn out to be wrong. But this is precisely what has out a licence. The second is happened. How much peace strange, but the first is more so will affect prices is a problem as they were not Chinese cakes. with which we will leave hoaryIt is significant of the change economists to wrestle. We have that is sweeping over the Chinese, not the time nor the patience nor Mr. Rudyard Kipling was cer- the exuberant knowledge of sibly wrong when he wrote: **East is East and West is West different factors to hazard an opinion, and at the risk of not be and never the twain shall meet." ing cried a false prophet all false East has met West on the common prophets should be aloned) we soil of cakes! It was a hawker pass along this problem to any professional man at it, too. one who Lures to burn the mail-adjust arrived and forgotten night oil and to do the work with to take out a licence, but neverthe less he had. his old-licences to an ice-bag on the head. ...

Bat to return to our mutions. prove that he was out of the Most people detest discussing ordinary commercial topics. There is an ingramed balief in some that upon the mercy of Mr. J. R."Within the Law the sensa-

Anthem.

of rut

power into their parts. Rarely,

we think, has Miss Gertrude Godart been better suited or played with greater zest, vivacity and womanly feeling than as the heroine in last night's play.

An

"All wool and a yard wide" we recollect is the highest praise an American critic can bestow on a

"Within the Law" is excellent

it play and

fulsome may deserve such tribute. It was well worth seeing. Look for surprises. If you are master of all the arts of crime, though you have an inspiration in mysteries of melodrams, still if you be honest you will confess, after seeing the piece, that you did not know what was coming or

how it would come. On thê way

there was plenty of alarums and excursions of straighforward melodrama. An innocent girl sentenced to serve three years in prison for theft from an emporium where she was employed which crime she did not commit, crooks unlicensed of marvellous ingenuity whose watchword is to ply their trade tional use of a Maxim Silencer through the world where all these phenomena abound-the author takes you at a pace suficiently: brisk. When the play began to move after Mary Turner's return

hawkers. For throwing himself

three dollars.

Commerce is the tainted lady in Wood, he was told he could Edmund Spenser'e

Fairie purchase his freedom with only Queene," while others who are not versed in finance consider it as nectar for the gods. We are going to simplify the Scicace, as America. The Japanese were a far 38 it applies to the present bit independent, but noir that tendency of the freight market, "space" is plentiful and rates in the hope that it may be a nectar coming down and British steam- for our readers.

ers are being restored to their Since the conclusion of the regular raus, the shipping com Armistice, freight rates generally panies will have to be satisfied have come down with a run, and will smaller profits, for which further drops are expected when they will have to go out in the more steamers are released by street to get. The sight of a the British Governinout. At the shipping manager, smoking a time of the Armistice freight big cheroot with thousands of rates to London for general cargo applicants begging a "Ettle " was 500 shillings per 40 cubic space is over. The Peninsular feet. By December went down and Oriental Steamship Company to 300 shillings and this month are already advertising sailings, they dropped to 150 shillings. and it is common knowledge that The decleusion in the rates this other regular lines will be operat- Amonth is attributed mainly to ing very shortly. There is an three British Hues coming into almost certain prospect, we are the "open" again. The closing | told, that Conference freight days of December saw the rates will soon come into force realisation of the rumours current again. that a large steamship company

frota prison, it began to go at & pace and by a road that was

mighty engrossing.

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Innocent persons are sent to the plot prison at times, and portrays how an innocent sales- woman who had to work nine hours a day for $6 a week at Chi- cago in an emporium had her free- dom wrested from her and instead was given a prison number. She starts life afresh as a crook with accomplices who are careful not to break the law. Mary Turner's ambition is to get level with with this object in view marries the emporium his son. The onlooker then goes through many episodes in the life of these crooks, culminating in a false charge of murder preferred against the owner's 800 for having killed a "skunk" or, as the Commissioner of Police would put it, a "stool pigeon. This is the revenge of the gods. Joe The rate for Marseilles in Garson (Charles Howitt) comes was berthing steamers for Jar-October was 1,300 shillings per on the the scene, confesses the HOWITT-PHILLIPS seilles and Loudon at far lower 40 cubic feet, but as rates than could be obtained from as the Armistice was signed it manager's son. Japanese lines, who, in con- begaa declining steadily, until to sequence of the Government con- day it stands at 300 shillings. trol of British tonnage, hitherto

As regards the United States had practically a monopoly of America freight rates have consequence of this competition, been steadily dropping, ever

soon crime and saves the emporium

Miss Gertindo Godart played the part of the saleswoman with great emotion and managed her alternations of remorse, anguish, and desperate resolution with life

**

and colour. Later on as a woman

applause.

To-night there will be a humper

freight rates have been declining since the United States Govern- criminal within the law" she rapidly.

ment imposed restrictions, was splendid. Mr. Howitt'spart The suddenness with which about August, on the imports fitted him to a "t" while Miss hostilities came to an end has not of

rice, which commodity Doris Phillips was entrusted with given buyers an opportunity to ad- had before then been go the delightful comedy part of just their ideas as to the new con- ing into the United States in Aggie Lynch and relieved the ditions, and the prevailing general enormous quantities. For in- tension. The minor parts were uncertainty has been magnified stance, just shortly before the not of very great significance, but by the general reactions in freight rate for rice was imposed every one of them was well done. War Risk Insurance and freight the freight rate for rice was gold There was great excitement and rates so that business is practic- $60 per every ton of 2,000 lbs. ally at a standstill. The position It went down to gold $50 house to see the "Glad Eye." is not expected to change until a about October, at which figure it uniform freight rate again comes stood at the time of the Armistice. into force as from a buyer's point In December, it declined to gold, of view, there appears to be $30, and now "space" can be everything to gain and nothing had for $20.gold. We look for to lose by waiting..

even lower rates when more. During the war the Japanese steamers are released and put on shipping lines reaped all the the run again. benefits when the other Allied stesmers had to do Government work

POLICE SHOOT ROBBER.

Three Chinese men attacked an smah, on Bonhamn Road, this morning, and stole $20 from her. Taking advantage of Australia during the war was not The alarm was given and the One of the men

that, they raised the rates to as high as possible. In spite of the high rates all the space, Anapped up on account of breat dezasad for all

commodities by

of

Allied countries,

the especially

men ran away.

The rise in freight rates to so phenomenal as compared with the other rates, At about the the beginning of 1018 the rate escaped towards West Point, a for general cargo was 80 for 40 second was arrested, after hav- cabic feet. I went up to $423 is not expected to live; the third ing bee shot by the police, and about the middle of the year was also and has remained so ever since.

was also arrested and now in custody

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Hongkong, January 22, 1919.

R. H. K. YACHT CLUB.

CHAMPIONSHIP RACES,"

The fifth of the series of Club Championship events was sailed off on Saturday last and resulted as follows:

HANDICAP CLASS.

Course:-Lyemun Beacon (P), Cast Rock Buoy (P), Channel Rock (S). Distance 8 Miles.

Yacht,

l'eap c

Course.

Finishing

Time.

Corrected

Time,

MS. HMS. HIS

Dione owes1.25 5.30.03 5.31.28 Rolla 43 5.27.00 5.27.43 Jessica Roc, 1.25 DNS.

6.23 6.11.18 6.01.55 Diana Colleen 6.23 D.NS.

"

13

Dorothea,, 540-5,55:53 5.50.13

Pts. Pts. for Race. to date.

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Position. (1) Rolla (2) Dione (3) Dorothea... (4) Diana

Jessica

Colleen ...

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! 29

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SUMMARY COURT.

LANDLORD AND TENANT.

In the Summary Court, this WISEMAN'S.

Mr. Justice

morning, before Gompertz, Chee Bang Po, admin- istrator of the estate of Chee Yang San, deceased, claimed from J.M. Gutierrez the sum of $397.50. being amount due for work

No. 1, Mosque Street.

DINNER DANCE

ON

Kowloon Dock (P). Distance 5.2 done and labour supplied at FRIDAY, January 24th

Yacht

no du 1 D

Course,

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Finishing

Time.

TO-NIGHT

WEDNESDAY, 22ND JAN..

Miles.

The Glad Eye."

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Bonita

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1

13

11

The race for the Heyward Hays

Booking at MOUTRIE'S.

WINCARNIS

Mr. F, X. D'Almada, for the

plaintiff, said his client carried on business as a contractor and, was engaged to do certain work. at No. 1 Losque Street, and dur

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D, M. GOODALL, Menager.

'M. S. EMS, H.M.Sing the progress of that work, Ser, 5.25.38 0.25.38 the defendant, who is the occupier 6.10.21 6.10.21 of the premises, requested the 5:31.50 6.51.50 plaintiff to repair the ceilings 521.18 5.21.19 and to do other work to the extent for the defendant, witness stated Points Points of $397.50 and this work was that such work as repairing for Race to Date, independent of the contract ceilings, if they required it, 9 made by the recutors, should be done by the landlord

When defendant was requested to and not by the tenant. Colour

he washing rooms and such work was pay for the extra work declined, stating

that the usually done by the tenant. executors should pay.

After further evidence

as to

and Cael Classes will have to be Mr. A. Denison, surveyor, gave the work done and itanapare had Te-ailed at a later date, as the evidence as to superintending been heard; his Lordship gave This class the work. In reply to Mr. Lewis, judgment for plaintiffs for $167--

50,

Fechts hashing

exceeded the time.