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Tournament at Theatre Royal
MEMOS. FÜR TO-MORROW.
Y.M.GA', Annual Concert. 4.30 p.m.-Rugby Match, H.K: FC. United Services, on Club's ground. 8 m.-H.K. Foctball Cubs Anne
Dinner.
"General -Memoranda..
SUSTAT, March 22:---!
J.-Hxcursion to Nasse. MONDAY, March 23-
6.30 p.m.-Meeting of Sentholders and Saberihers of St. John's Cathedral in City Hall
TUESDAY, March 54.2---
11 a.t. Drawing of Debentures at
Engkeng Club,
Wrockaday, March 28 ;----
Hongkong Valun cor
Reserves WORD-
tion and message. It owes its exist ence to. Professor Kimuna, and was used with telling effect during the war with Russia. It is said that Admiral Togu was able to receive warning of the approach of the Baltic Fleet, and be in readiness to meet it when it came in sight, with the result,
NEWS OF THE DAY
·LOCAL AND GENERALA
delivered
the rmh March.
The tourist liner Cleveland reached Bombay on February 25 with 315- German and American touriste.
ARMED ROBBERS
CAPTURED
ATHUSTRATED RAID.
SPORTING
ORICKET.
:.
ADMISSION OF
SOLICITOR.
Siting in Origia I Jariellacion this
| morning before the commensum the Civil Criminal Beations, the Chief Jus
The story of a frustrated attempt by věty – fouré desperadoes from Canton to commit Service Crisket Club, in. x Isague match | William Ravan D vien) admitimë të peso
An armed robbery at the home of a Want with the Bind and Departments ab Happy in the courts of the Colony a mi Point resident, a Chinese brokor, was told. Valley to-máryne afternoon --Masz, J. and prostor Mr. Fra dic Hors at the Criminal Sesions this morning, kisokay (Capt.) W, H. Edmunds, who moratly Recived from Fos whom shren mes pleaded not guilty to the Ling, A. B. Wood, G. & Higginbotham, the omor of Mfa. Kwens and Needh sharge. The prisoners were Fung Yes, Lan En W, Dawson, A. Foster, AU. Brown, Tak and Chang Lal, and the case was C. J. Troski, W. Bradbury and W. Hin heard before the Chief Justice and the following jury Hears 3. F. Watson, (foreman) J. M. P. Tararco, A. J. 8, da Silva, M. A. dos Remedios, P. A. Cordeirio, H. L. Jorge and A. W. Heron." ›
The Attorney General (Hon, J. A, 8, Bucknell) intructed by the resistant Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodgson) prosecuted,
A China coolley Who was bading coal into the Maho Maru, fell into the hold and was killed.
a
In the case of two Chine, returned from banishment. Mr Wood imposed *ntence of one year's imprissament, four hours stocks and 14 strokes with the birch.
prisonere being undefended.
THEO ON GURGA
- These beams, mèot to marrow at 3 p.m. on the C. C. a. gmund. The Craigangower team will de
LA. Ram, G. & Hanorek, H. L. Fram, H. Tayor W. H. Vismah, J.V. Fraga, R. A. Carvalho, R. Pestonji, G. A. La
F.
E. Tabs and R. Bom.
The Attorney-General, addressing the KOWLOON CAT NAVY C. C We are glad to lose thaf Mr. Haz~[jury, said this case told a story which wa
The undermentioned have been selected land, who is at present in the Government afortunately only two common in this to play for the GC to-morrow st Civil Hospital adering from lumago, is Colony The prisoners appeared to be Kowloon against Navy C. C. commencing ankurg antisfactory progress towarda re-long to the claw of undmirał los who look-
TP.B (Capt), H. Med. upon Hongkong as a happy kunting Stalker, W. KTAR. F. Rario, E
Evans, K. B. Kaouki1, W. grand for crime. They come down,from W. Elmor, D. C. Forsyth, and F. 3. de Canton by the night stramer on January Romer
and on the way made up their minds to
Convery.
The total output of the hailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending Strike kaioanted
ted t. 88,9523) bons and
that in: well, kuvan, so that it homies dting the period, to 50,381 Cummit, na szmed 'rubbery immeiliataly |
claimed that hi the greatest sea-fight of modern times. Japan owed her victory in a large measure to the per- fection of her wireless telegraphy. To meet the convenience of shipping there are now seven wireless stations in Japan. The stations are so select- ed that they cover not only Japan proper, but one is in Fortroes, and another in Dairen, in Manchuria. The wireless system has been argely applied in Japanese merchant ships, nearly all the Japanese trans-Pacific liners being now fully equipped with wireless telegraphic apparatus, and many of the better class of consting steamers as well.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
可
The eden ner Sunda, 4,074 tons gross,
vre in onjunction with the Army built in 1805 by Mars, Caird unt Co., and Navy.
Greenock, and owned by the P. and D. Company, has been wild to Japanese for delivery in Kobe after bør arrival thero
"HURSDAY, March 28:-
Stoerbe kers' Settling Day. SATURDAY, March 28:-
8pm-Oxed and Cambridge Dinner
st Hongkong Botel. MONDAY, March 30:-
1.China Sugar Refining Co's
Meeting,
11.15 am- Lagun Sugar Refining Cos.
Meeting. Noon. K. & Whampox Dock Co's.
Mau ing.
TEENDAY, March 31
Noon.-H K. Rope Co's. Meeting.
The Chias Mali.
HONGKONG, PRiday, March 20, 1914.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN JAPAŃ.
Is almost every department of Western science and its applications
about April 24. The price is stated to be
about £15.000.
+
Floading guilty to shniges of mult and robbery two Chinese, Ho Man Wa and Li Yat, were sentenced at the Criminal Sessions to five years' hard labour. Two prisoners, charged with returning from banishment have been referred back to the
mangistrale to be dealt with sämm«rily,
The Hid.E stemmer Saxonia was re-
An uffer of V, 2,001 has been made for the wreck of the steamer Canterbury which struck a rock and foundered off Kartan while Leuit from Vladivostuk with a car of boans in February 1913.
Lawn" Tanada)
πανακότα HONGKONG CC TOURNAMENT.
The application for Mira Baker's admin sion waï made by the Automay-Creomtal (Hon Mr. J. At S.. Buskuill) who mention od that Mr. Baker was articled with the | registrar of the Courty Chart at Wolvers hampton and after serving with a firm of solicitors in Bedford Row, London, practised in Wolverhampton on him weer ecount. He asked exemption from the four months' notion if the application required by ordinanon and read a `latter from the Hongkong Law Society offering no objection,
His Lordship granted the axemption and
that his career in Honghung would be a-
in admitting Mr. Baker exureed the hope
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERTE.
The acties sent out to members the Reserves ra Hation Cup Compalition should read Sunday, Tad insti, bok" Saturday.
LOCAL STEAMERS COLLIDE.
they arriv d. They did not let wenty four hours pass before they carried, nut ********thair futéntion. --Arming themselves with
knite they adopted an old ruse. They went Goox, progress has been made during the to the house of a respectable man at 234.wook in the Hongkong Cricket Club'e wa Third Strost, and knocked at his door the courts having been occupi desch even- tennis tournament, good proportion of when he baked what the men wanted Ing. The fos weather has attracted large one of them said
man in Canton gatherings of spectators, the number of visitors last evening being, particularly had sent him with a note. The brokes large. Six matches are arranged for this
While ducking directly behind” the^, then opened the door and the prisoners evening. The fall rven te to date are
atesman Zaüm at pier 3 præterday (Monday “ rushed in and seized him, one catching him appended: by the throst and trying to throttle him.
16th inst.) muoreing, the sistership Rulii The men had counted without their host First round: A. E. Tomes best. A. Raumeel the Zafiro m (ie atorn, denting wh appeared
to be * man courage and
Sutherland 6-3 6-4; 6-0, 5. E. Green | one or tin if the steel piston. The damage to the Zaroi în no way sminus. The throw of hippled with the robbers, beat A.E. W. Salt 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.
sailant and shouted, and
Second round; J B. Pemuan beat Capt. apparantly becoming frightened they zen White G, at 8-0. M-jor Palmer away. The broker gays chase and caught beat L. N. Muiphy 2,629. AR. ue of the robbers and two others were Tomez beat Capt R. J. Clarke 6-4, 8. %,
aght by lukengs. There seemed to have|d=1. been a furth who escaped. In the
$140, each pris ner was found 1 wife of
and they made statements when charged which made him surprised that
The tril of a Chinese on a charge of committing a murder at Kowloon City nine years ago apens st the Supreme Court on Monday morning, this being the last case in the March Criminal Sessions calendar.
A Chinese merchant, carrying on bosi as at No. 62 Por Vieux Road reports the low of one large bale of eatin alued at 8100, à quantity of satin phong transported from the Hongkong by conlies.
Yesterday worst was arrested in Connaught Rowl with the children in her Ésstody-two girls and a boy. The parents of the children had looked for the in vain. The ride child appeared to have been drugged. The police are making anquities.
Five more piga have been killed at Pokfulam Dairy Farm. The outrage is the fourth during the past few weeks and in believed to be the work of a diaraissed servant. The Police were on the justch, but were unable to catch the miscreants, the field being a large one, you
Tokiu wire.cf the 5th it, since: Fivu representatives of the papers have presented a petition to the Emperor impeaching Mr. Hora, Minister of the Interior.
The petition bare sixty-two
TESOUTCO.
they pleaded not guilty.
Evidence was given by the broker, and by three luzonge who chased the robbers and arrested them.
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES, 19
BTXULES HANDIcar, a. charm
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First round: Dr. Aubrey (r) bea R. J. Clarke, (ox 1/6) 6-1, 8
Monteith (recs.2/6 bent Lieut. J. O. Beattie (cr) 69,6-1, J. B. Tanman (owa 4/8 heat A.R. Linton rawan 3/6) 7-6, 9-7,
Second round 4. H. Tomes (owes 15) A statement made by one of the best L. Murphy (owe 3/6), 63, 63, prisoners was real. The prisoner stated S.-B. Green (owes 18/3) beat Major Crisp that he and three othe s arranged, on the † (omen 3,0) 7--5, 4–6, 6–3, A. H. Crook boat to commit on armed robbery, and that (recs 16) beat J. Bouch (nor) 8—8, 6–2, “ *hen they
arrived they went to Third Street, to carry out their plan. The other made somewhat similar statements, anhoping that a man dressed in European style give them knives and gags. They made confessions of a similar nature before the magistrate.
Prisoners, who
made no defence, "wers found guilty and sentenced to are years' imprisonment, and to receive · twelva strokes of the est.
Before the Chief Justice and the saare jury Ho Ming and Pun Cheang wars wire charged on two counts with commit tingan amalt with intent to rob upon two rent at Victoria an January 11. Thy Chinese and with beating and wounding.
BINGLES HANDICAP. 4, CLASS,
Rubi scaped unharmed as she hit the
her at amer with her a lil low,
The secilent occurred the Rübi was, ducking at the completion of her trip Ergin Hongkong. One of the stern, linas hocaiu entangled in the propellor and Captain Miller decided it was befter to give Captain McMurray'a abip a jolt than rèverse, the engines and run the chance of Bopping one of the propeller blades or the shaft., Seafaring men who watched the incident commended Captain Miller för.bin judgment.-Manila Cahlenews" Anteri
CAT,"
First round: J. R Wood fowes 2/5) beat Abraham (owes 15/3) 6.6-1, 6-3. G. de Bome (rean 15) beat J. A. THE WATER WORKS OF ROME 1800
Clarke Loughlin (recs 3/8) 6-0 6-3, 0. C. (owes 26) beat P. R.. M. Collins (owes 36), 846-2, M. M. Mass (recen 2/6) beat P. 8. Wiltshire (owes 3/6)
5.".
Second round: ". G. Bagnall (owes 3/0) beat J. W. Franka (owe 4/6) 6–3, 6–* Capt. B. D. Mathews (Sor) beat F. Beving ton (owes 15) 6-3, 6-4. 8. 8. Moore (owes 4/8) best A. E. W. Salt (owes 4/6) 8—4, 6-4. :
YEARS AGO.
Engineering has some interesting.de- tuils of the water works of: Römer: 1800 years ago." The supply was derived from the stupishatra that surrounds Rome, vither fra mountain streams like the: Anio,, the many springe, or the Bu DOUBLES HANDICAPTEN . Stewart (owe 15 1) bent.A.. E. W. Salt and miles from Rome, and without the sid
merous lakes that no norwpy the craterst First round: H. E. Phelipe and R. D. of men nétivo velemoes. F G. E. Martwy (roc 3/6,) 5—80-0 4.N.
leaded not genlicitus (Mr. J. E. Kemp) Joseland and J. B. Penman, (owe 30) beat / of iron pipes, this water had to be brought ported to be still ashore outside of Tsingtau sigistares and a significant. change in who cared statements that her W. B. Ford and C.O, Clarke (owe 1/6), | by nqueducts.
on March 5 though all her cargo had been discharged. The locks have penetrated seven fest into her forehold and it will be necessary to blast there before she can be moved. She'llestro eller off the shore, exposed to the North and North-cast.
•
Sir Lawrence Game, for thirteen years clerk to the Loudon County Council, har resigned, and at the meeting on February 10 the Counch coupled; the resignatima with regret. In his letter to the chairman of the Council, Sir Laurence
conditions is to be noted, the delegation being permitted to hand the document personally to the Keeper of the Sëniz.
HOME BOXING.
Jack Johnson in a Fight
(From the Timis.")
The Crowit
ted, and it was quita alone
Across the Campagna stretches a
·B-4, 6-3,
ridge, thiab overy competent from the
und Cul Dyer and Major engineer, ancient or medem, would Broond were concerne in the assault with intant. to rob, and he did not think the jury Falmer (we 3:0) best H. G. Bagnall and would be troubled with the second count. P. 3. Wiltshire (es 3,8) w L. Nilims ar the best possible line of cou. QJ January 11 no 6,3)
two pri
incrs
want to a
to a house at & Tang Hing Murphy and H. C. Sandford (roa 58struction, and along this route several Laná, segond foor Sud ander the pretence est M. M. Ma and A: I. Sutherland of the nine aqueducts described by Frot
(rea 16) 43, 6-8 6.0. Dr. G. E. tinus pursued appeximately parallel of asking if a mun from
Aubray nud 4. R. Tautos (owe 3-6) best paths, and in some enses identical, fort district lived there, tried to get Capt R. Clarke and J. O. Beattie (owe on converging to the serminus they were. in. The woman of the house, evidently 1/6) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
realising their intention, went verandat sud called out sustch
Our of the man fellowed her and
ertain
to
har back, cutting her on the band with a knife. Two Tien
PROYEKSIONAL PAIRS.
who would be ed another witness/ H. G. Bagdall, w.e.
nephew of the
First roun: W. H. Ford and C. C. Clarks best Capt. Hart raday Smith and
Faars, Feb. 21. -
Second mand; Capt. B. 8. Mortieth A fight which attracted some attention woman, but the alarms had been raised, sad PR. M. Collins best M. M. Mass and Mirkin, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. E. A. took place last night in the Bus du Fau, police whistles were blown, and the rubberst, and B. H. Phelips boss R. O. But bourg Montmartre. Jack Johnson, the ran away, The two prisoners were seen pugilist, believing that his wife had been by private watchmen to run out of the shison and 3. R. Wood, & 3.6-0.
house to another house.
The watchmen Mir. 1. 1. Sendy's was fined $25 by insulted by an American who was pass-followed,
on the t
tap floor one found the
its precursors for forty-one years, states fint he has served the Council and
The Peking Gazette states that Japan
CARPENTIER V. JZANXETER.
A Batch has been arranged between Georges Carpentier and Joo Jeannette, to take place in Paris on March 21. Such
a
plled on top of each other. Mr, Clemens Horschel, an hydraulic engineer, ha traced each one of these with scrupulous
[ence, measted the head of water at the source, marked the amount and accuracy
the leveling, followed the tunnels by which the water was carried under. ground, sa well as the "ent-and-corer.". work and the aqueduct properly- called. Ho bas lentified the point of Nosoroga LEŃCUE TABLE.
entrance into the city where the water.
·was delivered into masonry reservoirs ot P. W. U. L. F. 63.1.1537 delivery-tala, whense it was carried by 43.0 17 66 lead pipes to various places of water con- 52.03 10 4 sumption. There does not seem to have 6142-1013 been any house to hours distribution.
Croal.
A.
HONGKONG SCHOOLS ITHLETIC
the Japanese have shows that they the Ipoh magistrale for driving his motor ins in the street, stricks hits with his fast, prisoner sitting down with knife are not only able to take full ad- car rushly on January 28, on the occis fist. The man ran into a retaurant, and freshly stained with blood, Iry
his side.
N Crob. vantage of them, but also to adapt sign when Mr. J. Macintosh, of Tranch, there took refuge in the kitchen.
other The man jumped from the first
house and was caught by another R. E SERVIETTES & TABLECLOTHS and improve them to suit the circum-off and was killed. The magistrato
D.C.LL The couple mora, finally separated" be A revolver was lalt.by. 200 stances of Japan (says a writer ink he thought that section 270 of the fore any wrious darange, was done.
wen in the house in which the attempt was R. G. A... Penal Code applied to langer to passers
made. At the police station the first pri H.K.F.C. "Engineering" to hand) Wirelessgers as well as to people on the road.
oner pointed ton shoe which had been H.ME. Tamar telegraphy very soon attracted their
left in the house and skid it was his, and the other, seeing a cap which was also left behind, claimed it as his own. They also attention, und ns early as 1886 Dr.
le pressing two concessions for a railway an experienced fighter as Joannette will made incriminating statement. Shida, a distinguished graduate of the crues Fukicu, Kisugi and Flunan to the bo welcomed as providing a good test of The Jury found the prisoners guilty Imperial College of Engineering, Canto-Hankow Railway, and for official the French champion's value as a voter and they were sentenced to five years Tokyo, set up an apparatus of his recognition of the Sino-Japanese Industrial that a boxing match was fought at Won
A Boater integram from Parle states imprison.cent and ordered twelve strokes
of the cat own construction on the banks of the Development Corporation which Sumida River, Tokyo, but his at-rigated by Dr. Sun Yat-o, withderland on the 21st ulté, botwan Joc
Jeauutto and "All Langford. At the OFFICIAL RECEIVER ARRIVES. special and far reaching railway, mining beginning of the veth round Langford, tempts to send messages across the
and industrial rights throughout China, in trying to land a heavy blow, slipped Mr. Ernest V. Carpmisel, who was re- water by means of electric waves
and fell heavily to the floor, and so he cantly appointed Official Receiver of the were not wholly successful. After The Chim Navigation einer Shengaid hot ring shio tipa, walled-an Supeme Courty arrived in the Colony this European scientists began to publishing, which left Hongkong for Shanghai nette was declared thin winter,
wpek' and has just taken up his new duties. Mr. Carponaal haa bees for nine yours in Wei-hai wei, und when he was transferred last May war dua to go on lesve, Bir holi day expired this week and be travelled out Siberia In the interim Mr. AWS
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via Bwstow, uzrived with her machinery. demaged on March 6, being conveyed up from Swatow by the Kalgan, Shortly before making Swatow harbour the air- culating pump broke down and tho vowel Pat O'Koels and Hay Boore mus at Nagaoke and Dr. Mizuno, of the Fes until temporary repairs could be filio, in a 20-round couters for the Middle engineering department of the Im-made to enable her to reach har mon- Weight Championship of the British
ings. Sho made Shanghai tridor bee own and the Loulain belt in their díviale perial University, commenced an ex-
riçem and repairs were promptly carried. The result was a victory for O'Kes haustive series of experiments with out by the Now Enginooming Works, the points. RODIS YEY
y encouraging results. In venet geing to her berta so the Bund to 1897 Dr. Aanno, of the electrical weak MAANANTA
the results of their investigations and experiments, the Japanese electricians tarned again to the subject, and this time with considerable success. ·DT· was compelled to anchor in Bugse, Lost the National Sporting Clus on the 23rd koot, the Begistrar has filled both a
de official of the Kore.. THE EDWARD DISPENSARY,ection of the Department of Com
munications, Tokyo, set up a wireless ported by the Nagamki the report that teleg
aratum on the old forts
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Chemisis and Druggiata
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Linia Mr Carpmael's nam poss rendered vacant last yese by the appoint ment of HAGA Fistohar to the
SPORTS.
Thow manust sports will be held on Monday, April 27th, under the patronage
of His Excellency, Sir Henry May.
The programme is as follows
Long Jump (S.C.)
100 Yards Flat Baca (1,0) 100 Yards Flat Race (B.D.), 120-Yards Flat Bace (Handica
for boys under 10 you of age 440 Yards Tent Race Handio
for Chinese boys under, of age
High Jump (JO)?
800 Teds Flat Baco (8.0.)
1 mile micycle Baca for boys under 19 Half-mile Flab “Baco Cup) for bounda
The people. used only such wateK KE-WIN carried to their homes in jars or the heads. of slaves and other carriers. The work. man made the lead pipe with a soldier of lead for the seamless drawn pipe),war- not known then"; but that the Romans koose how to make a joint, în attérbed by the pressure these pipes withstood under a considerable head of water. The Roman mechanic reached proficiency Prices many directions; he knew the value of
pointed-up mortar," he was an ade puddling with ashes" and technical work, for which w jug) an Miraid he han credit,cowing to the want critical examination of his
50 Yurdu Flo Open to sl
100 Yards. Flat Bor
,220 Yards
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