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NOTES & COMMENTS.

THE SHIPPING AWARD.

ONLY GIVE US BUCHESS AND QTURE IT IS THAT QUA IDEKLA

"Propellor," in his letter to on Saturday, alleging that noi of the owners are refusing! abide by the terms of the recal shipping award, raises a most We regret the marn that Mr. W. Important matter. It will be re- J. Morrison, anh-secuelant called that when the dispute bad of the Charm Bank, is lying reached a moat critical stage, the fill in hospits with pranmonia. shipowners and the two Gaikls

CURRENT COIN.

to the cloud that qvochanga'the markets to-day.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY:

[BY "MERCATOR"} {

I do not know whether the

Prinos Albert's remarks gì the [onquiry that set in during the Hongkong is now in the throes past week for rice for the Royal Academy askun of a financial crisis. The serious | Phillipine Islands can be regarded regard to the need for dhe vuTİYA) drop in Exchange during the silver lining. Laat week of the village sign, or emblem, wook has aggravated the troublesome 20,000 tons of rice waca sald lettered and considerably dis A number of firms are rumoured from here to the Philippines, and played--a welcome guide to the a fow thousand tona to the visitor in a strange land-are to be on the sve of "going under." One firm has already suspended Straits Settlements. Lat us hope worthy of all attention. They payment, and is said to be going that this enquiry will assume become -sigaleant when one into liquidation Another firm of larger proportions this week and remembers that only a couple importers and exporters, doing the rice that is lying in the bands of months ago Sir Cecil as well a trade in minerals, ate of the rice merchants will be sold Haremur: Smith, the chair-

"in the soup" while another at a loss, of course, firm that is reported to have the week a good deal of rice was too was able to announce that During man of thờ Cirio Are Aronia mada a good mim out of the pot up. to suction that showed his Majesty the King had express- Government in rice is in the signs of deterioration, and a gooded himself as much interested in Tha Catholic Men's Clubduldrams. An old established deal more are going to come this very matter. Attention wase [patience during the lengthy period Garden Road, in to be formally house, is also said to have been under the hammer goon.

which elapsed between the time opened on Wednesday, the 11th dy hit. Than when the arbitration commenced inst, at 9 pm. A musical pro-another European firm that is and the terms of the decision gramme is being arranged; were made known. They ful

On Saturday there filled their part of the bargain by

concerned agreed to submit the Mr. W. AWebb, the Assistant question to independent arbitra- Manager Messrs. Whiteaway: tion and to abide by the decision Laklaw and Pa., Lai, has return

the arbitrators appointeded from Thau, where he wont of These arbitrators were approved for a bellas S by all the parties, and in favour

of the men it must be said that? they exercised a large measure of

there is

keeping the ships running, and notified seven cases of plague, | precarious. A number of Portu- the week, is almost a record, and the best manner possible. A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD, in the sad did not e and of which flares

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Phone 1&

MARRIAGE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT..

Mrs. G. W. Gegg and family thank the many kind friends who who sent Coral tokens and expressions of sympathy in their recen:

bereavement.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1920.

15th

an

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•

silver

then called to the decorativa signposts about - Sandringham. Without doubt, there is crying reported to have suffered very The dramatic drop of sixpence need to-day for information for heavy losses in Exchange, and in in the price of bar silver in one the traveller in lonely places, and ware wolfram, and its existence is day, which was witnessed during it should be conveyed to him, in

were fatal. gusse firms have suffered very it is only exceeded by the move- metal on anywhere near their demands There were also one case each heavy losses in rice, and it is meat of the white

The teacher had 'boan talking we have not heard that any off of small-pox and diphtharis, the likely that they will soon go the March 5th last, when the cash

being fatal All were way of all flesh. It is difficult to price of bar silver fell 6d. to the children on the Friday tham have otherwise than loyal-latter

forecast what the future bolds This justiñed the misgiving that afternoon on the subject of moral ly accepted it. It so happens Chinese.

for those firms that are in finan-I expressed in my last notes courage. During the ananing that one of the provisions of the

strikes 33ỡ that the week-end she forgot the subject, arbitrators' decision Was that The Pharies Grand Variety cial straits. Money is abominably It

a.ro from ti ht at present, and an amelior-United States

running but is was benught to mind an postponed the new rates of pay were to be Performance, made retrospective to December Thursday last, is to take place ation in the position is not likely the margin a bit too fine in the Monday morning by a boy, who, last In tha interim to-night in the Theatre Royal at until the rice and tin stocked in matter of purchasing the silver timidly approaching her, remark- KREBS WAGER-On June 12th.," at St. Andrew's Church,

that they had sold during the war ed," Please Miss, I had some of Kowloon, by the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, Henri Krebs, of Messrs. Gerin, some of the men affected have 9.15 p.m. sharp. Those attend the Colony are disposed of.

to the world and which they have that you warn talking about" on to buy under the Fitman Ack, 1|Saturday morning" For Brevard and Co., Hongkong, third son of the late Mr. Adolphe left their ships. It is these men, ing are respectfully requested to

A very disquieting fact is that Krebs and Mrs. Krebe, of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, for some of them, who are now be in their seats by the time the

bave already stated that the moment she was puzzled, then a quarter of the rice stocks in the United States Mints had been she asked, “What was that?" Bertha Dorleska Wager, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Wager, being met with a refusal on the performance commences.

godowns have gone bad, having given instructions by the Senate Moral courage, Miss." *In- of Seattle. Washington. At Home, 32, Nathan Road, Kowloon, part of their previous employers

to observe the award, one of the On Friday morning. So. 3 formed weavils, and are thus not

bar to buy after July 1st.

when it deed! How was that?" "Well, latters arguments being that the Carnarvon Road, Kowloos. of for export.

Estimating the drops to s dollar an ounce. Miss, I washed the doorsteps for « claim. Other cupied by Miss E. Jackson, was rica stocks to be worth roughly The exact instruction to the my mother, and all the other lads former have no of the owners, however, have broken into by a burglar and a ten million dollars, it would mean Director of the U. S. Mint was stood round and laughed at me." paid the demands in full without sum of $37 in Hongkong notes that nearly three million dollars that he should purchase at "Good," said the teacher, "that any demur. Our hope is that the together with a £100, note were have been practically thrown the figure of dollar "of was really fine of you that was Shipowners' Association will stolen from a drawer in the away. A good portion of the rice an ounce silver produced and just the sort of thing:1 meant,” make it clear to all the employers | bedroom. The theft was not that has gone bad in the godowns refined in the United States of Yes, Miss," the lad went on, affected that they have to fall discovered antil later in the is not fit for human consumption, America. America had sold to and when I'd done I took the into line.

morning. The circumstance of while small fraction could be China and India no less than dirty water and threw it all over

-door to the sold at a great sacrifice. The three hundred million ounces of them!" verandah led to the theory Banks will be very badly hit is silver. THE DANGER.

that the thaft was carried out by this respect for as much as eighty The line of condort followed an outsider. The incident was to eighty-five per cent. of the by those where who are sported to the Kowloon Police, value had been advanced on the In this connection it is interests Įstantino's partisans, appear to bo HONGKONG'S RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT.seeking to avoid their obligations but without any result so far. we rice. The biggest sufferers are ing to point out that the Director extending in a very suggestive

is likely to place the whole understand.

undoubtedly the Chinese banks, of the United States Mint in one fashion. Only a few months ago and 1

quite body of employers in a false light,

certain of bis recent reports of last year's Tino's finances were in such a and, as our correspondent re- A charge of assault was to-day that the prosperity that was writ estimates of the world's produ-parious condition that an agent If there is one problem more than another which is continually marks, it will hardly be any brought by an Indian watchman on their balance sheets will pot tion of silver placed it at 197,394,- of bis was credibly reported to looming larger and larger as regards the commercial developmen Tencouragement to the men to against Chinese. The alleged be seen this time. If anything, 900 ounces, of which only 67,810.-bave been in Lohdon trying to of this Colony, it is the lamentable shortage of accommodation, not submit future dispates to arbitra assault took place at the this should prove as a lesson in 100 fine ounces were obtained raise money on his crown; to-day only in offices but of land on which to build. Scarcely a day goestion. Shipping strikes are about Cosmopolitan Docks, where the sound banking to our Chinese from

mines in the United his propaganda is practically by without some reminder cropping up, proving that development is

All that silver bad world-wide, for it has now spreal that brings out the been sold and being seriously restricted by lack of room. In the city itself we do the last thing tha: Hongkong Chinese is said to have taken up bankers. It is only a financial States.

great from America to China and Japan. - wants to experience. Such move- & stone and hit the watchman crisis not see how matters are going to be remedied unless our Governments, if they become at all with it. The Chinese said that soundness of a bank's manage deal of last year's production. The assassination of Venizelos is ment is prepared to ruske very big concessions in the building general, can do no end of harm it was "very small" stone that ment The great shock that The output of the United States being praached without Cam- regulations with regard to the maximum height of buildings-to this Colony. The wen, when he used to hurt the constable has beer given to credit and of America laat year was less ouflage of any sort by the Con- concessions which we think ought to be freely granted having they consented to arbitration, no with, whereat it was proved that trade by the ctises in Japan and than that of the previous year, stantinist sheats in the United regard to the fact that commercial prosperity is the very thing on doubt had that point in mind. it was a very big brick" that he the United States has thrown something like 68 million ounces. States, one of which, received in which the Colony depends. The cry for offices and larger premises They wanted more wages, but used, and that the will to use it everything into disarray in owing to the inactivity of the Bouverie-street by the last mail, has reached a pitch so acute that it should be one of the Gover-thes were anxious not to injure was not wanting, as evidenced by the Colony, and this state large copper mines, whence als pleased also to offer up a pious ment's first duties to essay a remedy. The release of the Old Post

affairs the Colony by persisting in the force with which he brought of

Jikely to large proportion of the silver is prayer for the overthrow of this Office building is one good step, but it should be supplemented by reasonable demands. In the it down on the bead of the un-contions for sometime.

The derived. This year, it will be bastard edifice called Euzland." many more such. The vacant space next the Post Office, and several future. other disputes may arise. lucky watchman. A fine of $10 crisis can only be overcome by recalled. that the United States It says something for the Greek other sites should be built upon and if the present owners will natand it is essential that any such was imposed on the delinquent. banks taking swift measures to Treasury contracted with the Premier's tolerance that nearly a

nore, then the Government should secure powers to force their

U. S. Banks should be given

support credit and uphold trade.three impartial

operat-dozen papers advocating much bands.

in China to log adjudication. Shipowners. there- Uuder the title of Joan the

sell the same kind of ideas are suffer- Those who expect to see the resumption of military land in the fore, who do not play the game" Woman." a pictorial dramatisa-

Looking back over the past five twenty million silver dollars oned to appear daily in Athens City effected soon had better disillusion themselves. So far as the are worthy of nothing but coution of the life of Joan of Arc is public has been given to understand, representations have gone Home demnation, because by so acting now being screened to capacity have not been brought to a head $1.35 per fine ounce, delivers in

months, one wonders that things commission, with minimon of itself. on this matter, but we all know what happens at the Colonial Office they are harmfully prejudicing houses at the Coronet. In a before this.

There has been China. A good portion of this the in response to requests of this nature. They become pigeon-boled the future.

Napoleon's father, at the age of masterly portrayal of the

Chinese have not succeeded in indiscriminate gambling io and hung up and he would be an over-sanguine prophet who would

character of the historic maid. Geraldine Farrar, the famous produce of all kinds, and also in absorbing owing to the non-45, died of cancer of the stomach. Exchange, and if the present movement of produce since the Ninety-nine years ago ibis year abows

past three months. It must be re- the fallen Emperor himself died trouble. that merchants the Colony are going through membered that the United States of the same disease at St. Helena. will serve

eliminate dollar is coined at an equivalent It was said at the time that Na- of about 129 cents the Ene ounce, paleon bad died because of the from our milst the Dew

dare hazard any immediate response. In addition to this there is

with

operatic star.

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The activities of ex-King Con-

the question of expense to consider and some little indication of CHINESE PEACE PROBLEM. what the resumption by the civil authorities would cost, apart from)

It would seen that the Milit her talents are not confined providing other quarters, may be gained from the report of the Land

the operatic stage. but Officer for 1919 which has just been issued. In this document weary Government in Canton is to

being treated

distinct that

of abe

capable find the following: A portion of Pinewood Battery having an

coolDess by the Peking interpreting all the minute detail area of 11.560 square feet was transferred to the Colonial Govern-

ja 90 favourable for exile himself in 1817 practically folly accused the English Government ment by the War Department for the purpose of extending Lugard authorities. In reply to the Canton of expression required in an em- concerns that have been establish and now the the price of bar unsuitable climate. Indeed, the

the otional actress of the screen. Ialed in the Colony with small silver Road for which a sum of $1.311 was credited to the War Department representations regarding

mske stipulation that of the day of trying to murder in the Colonial Military Lands account. Two portions of Kowloon status of the peace delegates, the the production she conforms to capital and which have been ex-purchasing, it is crass East Battery containing 65.371 square feet and 38,900 square feet State Department professes ignor the general idea of the personality Pecting that lack would help to

chased by the Director of the U.S. for his captivity. Yet during the Mint is to be that obtained from five years of Bonaparte's life on respectively were also transferred to the Colonial Government by ance as to the negotiations which of Joan. The scope of its treat-them, it will be a matter of con- the silver that is to be pur-him by their choice of the place the War Department in consideration of credits in the same account Shanghai recently and states the designation of super-produc

are said to have taken place in ment places the production within gratulation.

the United States mines. I have the island only one of the fifty of 832.229.85 and $13,612 respectively. The Colonial Goverment

Joan the Woman" will

At the moment. however, the already shown how difficult it persons who formed his suite died also took over two portions being the remainder of Kowloon Eas: that the proposed change in the tion.

of consumption with Battery Heserve and credited the War Department with the same chief delegate from the South is continue to be shown for the point which bankers and all con- would be nay, impossible for an Italian who had brought the

nected with the money market the American Government to get seeds The acquisition matter which does not concern next two nights. of $132,040.4% and $122,412,50 in the said account.

from Europe. Napoleon the North. The Canton request

should bear in mind is that the silver that it needs to re-par-him

refused to apply of these areas became necessary owing to development in the

Lately the Chinese teahouses nothing should be done that chase at one dollar per fine ounce steadily vicinity of the Hongkong and Whampoa Docks." That is extremely that's new Northern delegate be illuminating because it shows that the Colonial Government will appointed is politely turned down. of the Wanchai district have would cause any big concern in the quivalent of the silver dollars the medical advice given him. have to pay for every foot of land that it takes from the military Coincident with these intima-suffered from a peculiar sort of Hongkong to close its doors. old under the Pittman AC Probably the knowledge of his for civil purposes. If one thinks of the huge area of land covered by ions there comes a complaint nuisance caused by the assiduous for this is certain to have slowly the United States is family history and rechtlers most baneful effect on losing ita grip on the world's of his own symptoms made him

the military establishments along Queen's Road East and the from Northern military officials bestowal of patronage by a native a

that the commander of the gentleman. This man had made the Colony's trade, as likely silver market, and England realise the naelsssness of medi-

of

too silver dollars.

days from the

Our

properties contiguous thereto, an idea will be obtained of the almost Southern troops is obstructing it a custom of dividing his time to create a panic, and thus do in- and others are replenishing their cine or exercise. As he himself fabulous cost of the suggested undertaking. We realise that this change will have to come ons day if Hongkong is to develop as it peace by seizing cities in Hunan.and patronage between the differ- calculable harm. I know that stocks of the white metal. India said two or three weeks before should on this side of the harbour, but we are not over-optimistic as we wonder where it will all ent houses, but what was an objec- the local Banks do not at present is the only possible absorber of his death,The vomitings which such allvir now. Last year the United succeed one another without in- end. If any good can be actionable proceeding to the keepers contemplate taking any to the length of time that will bare o elapse before any actual work complished by the reconvening of was the fact that he never paid drastic action, although, in the States of America exported to terruption seem to show that of can be commenced.

10,745,000 silver all my organs the stomach is A great deal has been said about the development of Kowloon, the Shanghai Conference. then for what he had drank or eaten. case of the weaklings the banks Hongkong

and Lo Shanghai the most diseased. I am inclined we hope it will speedily assemble For this reason they had on bave tried to put the screw on the dollars. but however much the Peninsula may stand to benefit by railway whilst talk of compromise is in countless occasions taken him to defaulters. It is a fact that the 33,022,228. India absorbed last to believe it is attacked with tha and wharfaze extension there can be no question that the City of the air. It is high time, this the Police Station, but had stopped present state of affairs is due year from America 109,181,000 disorder that killed my father Victoria will remain for many years the centre of the Colony, breach between North and South, short

the physicians prophesied it him.in prosecuting

Jarge measure to B

would be bereditary in Kowloon can relieve matters but it is doubtful if it will ever usurper, rather, between Northern and Doubtless encouraged, he had much credit having been given to Hongkong's position of priority. And at present there seems no Southera factions, were bridged. continued in his good old ways, mushroom ärms tbat have

family." The post-mortem carried desire to work in that direction. For the actual handling of cargo China cannot go on for ever and there came a time when the come into existence during the There have been very beary out on his own instructions proved we believe tha: Kowloon is going to develop and develop rapidly divided against herself. If the keepers of the teashops had past four or five years. arrivals of metals during the his supposition to be correot. but as the real commercial centre, housing offices and shops, the worst possible disaster is to be politely to

request him to The Chinese banks and many past. ten present City will long remain. The present desire is not for avoided; some Government, no bestow his patronage elsewhere. Lof the small foreign banks have Fnited States and the United change but for an extension, and all the thought possible should be

Isvish with their Kingdom into the Colony, It brought to bear on this matter by the Government. West of Fedder atter by what faction it is con- On Saturday last, he went to been vary Street there are few really suitable premises and the aim should be trolled, must be formed capable of a certain lesbouse in the dis-funds to these new firms of in-will be some considerable time goods unex-cuted with the ez- to replace the present Chiness class of buildings with better and exercising central powers and trict, and after haivng drunk porters and, exporters that had before all this is consumed locally, case that labour trorbiss preclude general supervision over all the some tea offered a Chinese very little capital behind them. Japanese merchants are keen their being shipped at presut. more modern structures suitable for foreign offices. If one looks at Provinces. If a conference can a cent in payment. This proved) The outstanding feature of the sellers of all kinds of steel and The biggest margin of profile a the Praya west of the Post Office one gets a good illustration of what is meant. Bart of the Post Office there is a ɓne front of big strange that, its delegates will too much for the temper of the business in past years has been metal products in our market, not on the high-priced produs's have served their country well proprietor, who ordered bim out the overwhelming supply of and at prices much below what but the cheap ones, and, besides commodious premises, but west of it there are old houses, the upper

of the shop, at which he offered floating bank credits given to others would accept for their this, such shipments that had floors of which are used as dwellings. This should not be, in these

Our staff, Cader the circumstances, come during the past two weeks to take on the whole lot of fokis these small institutions. days when space and more space is the prime consideration. But

in poequal combat. Creating statistics of failures in the course the metal merchants are feeling nessitate large outlay, and lament these facts though we may, it is in the other direction that NEW DANISH PRIME MINISTER. much disturbance outside the of the next month or so will the pinch badly. A disquieting when the monex market is sa we must look for development; to the military land to be resumed

of recent shipments tight. There has been an-all Copenhagen; May 3. The door of the teahouse, he was at certainly show a big increase, feature and the proper utilisation of the reclaimed foreshore at Wanchai if the resumption of military properties be a costly proceeding there King has entrusted M. Niels length arrested by a detective, unless something occurs that from abroad is that the manu round slump in prices since I

Meergaard, the Liberal leader, and when charged before Mr. will bring in better times for facturers are executing high last wrote, in many will be the satisfaction of knowing that, utilised for business, the with the task of forming Hutchison today was fined $10, merchants. At the moment there priced orders, and keeping much as twenty per cent, over

Cabinet.

reens to be no silver Hoing the Igw-priced metal and steel the previous rules.

Jand will be of far more value to the Crown than it ever could be

■s it is.

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or two weeks

instances, as