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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1919.

DR. BARNARDO'S. HOMES.

A HONGKONG BED.

An appeal is being made during Lent this year for Funds toandow a bed to be called "The Hongkong Bed" in memory of the Barnardo boys who died in the war. Old Barnardo boys to the number of 10,353 took part in the war of whom 6,213 ware in the Overseas contingents.

The latest development of the Homes is the Boys Garden City in Essex-wbare 646 boys are already in residence being

NOTICES.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Butchers Meats

BEEF MUTTON · LAMB.

RABBITS

trained for working on the lani SAUSAGES BRAWN

---and it has recantly been enlarg ed by the gift of an adjoining property of 10 acres and ณ large house called the Roding House Estate of the value of £3,250 which has been presented to the Homes "In memory of a son killed in Action." This splendit gift greatly added to the value of the Garden City, and

it is earnestly hoped that the beds

in this new honse will each be endowed in memory of those who

PURITY

HARES

PRESSED BEEF.

EXCELLENCE.

bare laid down their lives in the GERIN, DREVARD & CO.

War.

£500 invested in 5% National War Loan will endow a bed and at the mme time help the National Fands. Donations towards "A Hongkong Bad" will be gratefully acknowledged by the Honorary Treasurer, Mrs. H. F. Pollock,

BUSINESS IN HONGKONG.ja modest guess rather than a 128, The Peak.

UNPRECEDENTED DULLNESS.

STAGNATION AND LIFE-

LESS MARKETS.

["Hongkong Telegraph Special.

positive opinion.

No one can expect us, to turn a short comer from war conditions to peace conditions without a

SHAMEEN NOTES.

halt. We cannot expect to im-|(From Our Own Correspondent.)

mediately change from . war basis to a peace basis without some business reaction and dis-

Shaween, March 4.

The Liqudator of the "German turbance. Level-headed businessBank in Cantou is suing the men in Hongkong believe that after a short period of unsettle Germans for loes of deficits. ment Hongkong may look forward discovered while closing the to an era of marked prosperity.books of the Bauk. The first

St. George's Buildings. Tel, 114.

And at Canton.

Analine Dyes & olours.

SINGON &

CO.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

TERAIHATS

The Best Hat for all out door Sports wear,

NEW STOCKS JUST RECEIVED.

MACKINTOSH

& CO. LTD.

Men's Wear Specialists.

16, Des Vœux Road.

Telephone 29.

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In glaucing over the events of

How long it will last is at hearing of the case took place IRON & STEEL PRODUCTS the period after the signing of the present beyond one's horizon on Saturday last, at noon, in Armistice, the question arises: The merchants in Hongkong look Canton. The Germans have How has the financial and econo- to drops in prices as well as in admitted the debt to the late It is not likely that German Bank and the question mje world of Hongkong been freights.

freights will go down very much is to be settled as at how the debt affected? "Since the Armistice,

lower than they are now. In this

is to be recovered. The Germans! business in the Colony has slack-

we speak with case

special ened steadily. It grew worse and reference to the freight rates from were allowed to take certain worse until today it is in some Hongkong to the Pacific Coast properties away with them from directions decidedly dull. Decem. Ports. Merchants and shippers the Shameen to the Berlin mission ber was bad, but January was have refrained from buying exon Fong Treen, Fati, opposite quieter and February quieter atill; cept for immediate needs. In fact the Shameen; also some effects to-day trade in some lines in a merchant has made the remark were taken to Tung Shan beyond in Hongkorg is almost at a stand- that at no time during the war the east gate of the city of Canton. still. Where orders had been had he experienced such absolute It is reported that these properties placed before the Armistice these stagnation in business as he is have now been sold and cash re had to be taken delivery of when experiencing now. The present ceived in many instances, and it they were shipped. Most merch-conditions that prevail in

remains to be seen what the Chin- ants now prefer to adopt the Hongkong prevail in Shang- Asquithian policy of "wait and hai.. and, from mail

andese Authorities in Canton will

see."

THEATRE

HONGKONG.

A. D. C.

ROYAL

IS TEC MUSICAL PLAY

·PINKIE & THE FAIRIES"

" They do not know how cable intimations, at Home and decide as to the amount of cash things will pan out.

in America.

This is a period of transition. At the end of 1918, peace arrived with a suddenness nor anticipated,

to be carried away at the time of

Thegeneralconsensus ofopinion deporting these Germans, on the

is that a busy time is ahead of us that is as soon as things have

10th inst. A further hearing takes place at noon to day, which

even when it was talked about as resumed normal conditions. Com will be watched with interest. a possibility two years ago. Only modities are slowly going down

ment.

тапи

The results of the third round

two wars of the past century can in prices. Since the Armistice of the Canton Club Spring compare with this war in duration, was signed, the Chinese metal in scope of military operations or dealers in Hongkong had the Billiard Handicap are as follows: ja the strein on economic enormous orders they previously-B. Christiansen scr.) beat resources. One of them, theplaced with American

W. A. Shem (scr.) by 250 to twenty-year Napoleonic con-facturers cancelled. The orders 187; P. Stivjfbergen (scr.) beat flict, Was followed by an were placed through import G. E. Tumbard (plus 25) by 250 extremely violent decline of houses in the Colony. It was a to 994; A. Linbird (scr.) best prices, by a long paralysis of lucky thing that, in many cases, H. C. Shrubsole (scr.) by 250 to industrial and financial activity, they succeeded in getting the 155; W. Farmer (minus 75) beat and by nearly ten years of hard orders cancelled. Otherwise the C. A. Peel (minus 125) by 250 to times. The other, the American metal market would have been Civil War, ended with many seriously dislocated when the 137; G. C. Kitching (minus 175) predictions of similar re-adjust-cargoes arrived. As it is, there is beat J. Jeppeson (plus 25) by There was, in fact, a at present a large stock in Hong-250 to 205; J. Band (minus 50) considerable period of hesitation, kong. This is explained by the beat C. Johansen (scr.) by 250 though without any panicky fact that the demand from places to 237; M. Drevard (plus 40.) reaction, and this was followed like Java, Singapore, and Bombay beat P. Landry by 250 to 244; by a new

forward movement has ceased. During the last J. H. Bowker had a walk-over. under whose impulse one of the two years or so the Straits Settle- greatest periods of American ments, Java and Bombay had industrial expansion occurred. ordered large supplies of metals People who predict a repetition from the Colony. Business in in Europe of the experience of a metals is practically at a stand- century ago point to the pro-still. Dealers evince no interest

The Management of the Fraw- digious exhaustion of man-power in new business and until they are ley Company regrets to announce and accumulated capital in the able to find buyers for their that owing to alteration in boat past four years, to the derange stocks, there is little likelihood sailings, they are obliged to car- ment of the finances of European of fresh enquiry. They are tail their season to six perform Governments and to the fact not likely to operate to ances.

THE FRAWLEY CO."

that the artifical stimulus of any extent for some months, The "House of Glass is can- industry. "by the war orders judging from the present enquiry.celled and seats booked for this which have been withdrawn, Of late there has been a revival performance may be returned or had been greater this time than in the piece-goods business, but exchanged."Twin Beds " will in any previous war, so that the most of the transactions have be staged on Wednesday 12th reaction to the peace-time de-been for spot cargo and very few and "Fair and Warmer mands of an exhausted world orders have been placed for for-Thursday, 13th last. may be even more violent than, ward deliveries, because buyers that of 1815.

are expecting a drop in prices.

What is to be the economic Although cotton goods seem to be character of 1919 in China? "It reviving somewhat, this is not

A CLEAR AND ROSY SKIN

es

on

is not possible to forecast the reflected in the market for wool is the result largely of daily economic future without know lens. The exceptionally warm regularity, to ensure which many ing with more certainty what winter we are having has enabled women find the occasional use will be the economic factors. natives to do without warm of Pinkettes all that is necessary. There is a temporany condition | clothing. The whole trade is if depression arising from the in natural hesitation to accumulate very disappointing. Offers made stocks of goods, either in factory, by Bradford recently, showing warehouse

poor .4

Way

and

PINKETTES

or stores, on reductions in price and ability to are laxative perfection, curing, the eve of an anticipated fall supply lines that have lately been sick headaches, billous attacks, in prices. Ordinary business unobtainable, have met with no unpleasant breath, spots and will go on for sometime from hand response in the Colony.

blemishes Tiny But thorough,

to mouth. At the present time. With regard to cotton yarn, the as gentle as nature. Of chemists, there are too many unknown heavy drop in exchange, coupled or post free for 60 cents the vial | quantities in the equation to with light stocks, has caused from The Dr. Williams Medicine enable one to do more than express dealers again to enter the market. Co., 96 Szechner Road, Shanghai,

FOR GROWN UPS AND CHILDRES

by W. Graham Robertson.

Music by Frederick Norton.

WITH FULL ORCHESTRA, CHORUS AND BALLE:

•

OVER 60 PERFORMERS

GALA PERFORMANCE, FRIDAY, Marchist, At. 1.13 p.n.

The gross takings of which will be allocated to the

HONGKONG WAR HEMORIAL FUND

Privers Circle

MALINIMALTNIK

MALINI MALIN

2+ and Gallery

.00 & 31.00

Third

Monday

H

Fourth

H

Fith

*

Second Performance Saturday March Zed, at 9.15 p.m.

Tuendar Wednesday.. Calidren kalf price to Matiner.

Prices:

24ch

►

-

2515, Mazien

-$3,45 & $2.

BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S

on Friday next, 28th inst, at 9

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