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various unfruitful attempts at stan ilardisation made in various Frenetr industries, and expremes the hepo that the value of standardisation may soon be fully realised by maur of his countrymen, in whose mind, so tar, it is in a latent state. But it in necessary first to secure that the significance and importance of the idón expressed by the word "tan dard" be grasped by them.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
A Wanchai pawnbroker and his wife were remanded for a week on bail of 8100 each at the Magistracy to-day un a charge af ill-using a servant girl.
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À Chinesa was sentenced to one month's hard labour to day for stealing wood from the new French Hospital, the Rer. Father Robart prosecuting.
the
imprisonment by Mr Lindsel? at 31gistry ihis morning for smuggling 1 Gallons of gin into the Colony, Ravanus afticar Wilden pro ecuted.
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THE CHINESE WILL CASE.
FULL COURT'S, DECISIÓN
THE USE OF THE TITLE "DOCTOR"
Wong Hia, of 14 China Road, was oðarged on remand before. Mr. Wood ani the Magistracy today with using the citi of doctor before his name, implying that' he had medio qualifications
Saumaurer, Chist Jastien af. H. B. 1L The decision of Sir Haviland, de
The Crown Solicitor appo red for the Suprone Court of China, Sir William Boa promcution, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin Davies, Chief Justice of the Supromatructed by: Mr. L. D'Alinada "a. Castro
for the defence. Court of Hoogkong, and fr, Justice Haze Mr. P. M. Hilgen, Crown Solicitor, Lead, Puisne Judge, sitting as the Fullwid the defendant haul had on Juus 18 Courd in regsed to the appeal to vary the plate outside his residence with Dr Woog Chief Justices judgment in the Ho Tee Him" afterwards qualified by the words [Chun will card, was read co-day by Sir Chinese Media Practitioner."
The William Rees Davies
•Chinura inscription states that ho, mid "plasters, pulls and powder"
Those were all the foots. The attitude of the Crown had albalong been friendly, defend- kot having been asked to resurs the term "doctor" as it was unfair to the other medical men and he was not entitled to we ir,
Ho The Chan, the appellant, sought to have the words according to Chinese law and autom" inserted after the words in the judgment "next of kin,"
Mr. Sharp, K., and Ms. Patter were for the appallant and the numerous respondents were represented respectively by Mr. H. E Pollock, K, C., Mr. Alabaster and Mr. Jenkin.
to the value of £250,000 and the question The catate comprised leasehold property in dispute was whathar the estată of Hol Tsan San, the testator being a domiciled Chinoso, should be divided according to English statute or Chinese law and custom.
The decision of the Appeal Coors wense nu follows
Mr Jentin said that defendant w certain qualidcations but was rot
disance, registeret medical practitioner ander she
Mr. Hodgson said he had proved the absence of qualißestion by proving that ho was not registered.
Mr Jenkin dissated, and his Worship agreed.
Defendant, in the box, said in 1813 be pasal an examination in the Heangshan Hospital and was placed on the medical register of Kwangtung Province.
Keferring to one of defendant's diplomas,
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1915.
TELEGRAPH.
THE WAR.
ENORMOUS OUTPUT OF BRITISH SHILLS,
THE ITALIANS STILL FORGING AHEAD.
THE BRITISH MAKING EEADWAY
IN BELGIUM.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
Me Jenkin said "The only thing be a HAS THE GREAT ALLIED OFFENSIVE BEGUN ?
good job he did not go to the Bar." not to do is to exact heavy fees. It is a
Loxboy, Aug. 11. 2 p.. The British attack at Honge appears, to have been a surprise, judg
The President of the Courb obrerred that Ho Tunan left property as to part of which An Indian was fined 850 or is weak Crown lessebolds in Hongkong. The there was intcatacy and that part consisted relationship of the parties to the auit wore with the turrator domiciled Chinese. The rights of widona, daughters, and adopted Continuing, defendant, said that after children a well as that of the eldest son practising medicine in China for ten years. uffered under the English and Chinese he went to San Francisco and in 1922 aw and the appeal was to determine the received from the Chinese Legation ating from the reports reaching the Titel frontier of hurried German law to be applied to the division of tha: Washington two cartificates recognising oop movements to Passchendaele and Zumchoke. The Gormans aro part of Ho Taum's estate as to which there him as a doctor and a member of the regarding every British attack as a possible beginning of the great Allică considered himself bound by the judg. received further rertidesta from the was an intestacy. The Chief Justice had Chinese Medical Faculty
la 1909 hu foffousive. meat of the Full Court in Lau Lung Shiv. Chiness. Consul Genem) at San Francisco Po Sun to hold that the Statuta of die aaying he had practised Medicine in America tribations
the distribution of a and had affected many remarkable cures by applied to An employes of the Government opium that sho Statute of distributions applied was from the same source in 1914. In all these Chinese antate, and it was material to note herbs! and other treatment, and another farm was charged at the Magistracy this | not argued but the direction what turned to Hongkong last year. He practis/but it is apparent that the British have cred the pres-lenin rond,
given he was spoken of aus Doctor."
Bail of 850) was entreated at the Magistracy this morning in the case of a Chinese who failed to appear to Rovenue officer Wilden's charge of being in possos sion of nine tasis of opium drous,"
completa: an
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of course.
of uso
the d
He re-
word doctor. cross-examination defendant said he
believed in barbs. His methods were purely Chinese and ho had used them for 10 years.
defendant described him all as
herbal
Beuter's correspondent, at Headquarters says that the British attack opened at four o'clock in the noming in close, overcast weather. It was preceded by heavy artillery preparition, the French co-operating.
The Germans replied by shelling the mins at Ypres with 17-inch gur Exnet reports as to the situation have so far not yet been received,
ENORMOUS BRITISH OUTPUT OF SHELLS. 12,000 SKILLED WORKERS RECALLED FROM THE TRENCHES.
LONDON, August II.
morning bofors Mr. Wood with stealing apparently as a matter o HONGKONG, THURSDAY, August 12, 1915. usacity of oplam therefrom," Mr. Kong showed that the practise of the Court wased medicine according to the Chinese where they have established themselves. -
Sing defended. Defendant said he had Colony and it would appear in the case
treat the statute as applicable to the method. He believed he was entitled to
The fighting continues. picked the opium up from the floor and put law of the Chinese law of inheritance could
Chinese estates. The
states. The quetion whether the it on a shelf. Inspecter Wait gave evidence be the law of the Colony was never debated THE STANDARDISATION OF
of finding the spiuni in defendants jacket and his Lordshipconsidered it untrammelled Mr Jenkin said he should submit Mr. Taylor, of the opium farm, said the by the judgments in Lan'scase. Dealing with defendant had not in fact used a title which MANUFACTURES. precesses of boiling and coating were the ordinance repealing Section at the was calculated to make people believe that Statute of distributions which accepted its he was qualified to practise medicine ty far as this man's work was aplication in so far as it may be denied modern scientific methods; and secondly "The absence from the French corned Worship remanded the case to affect the customs and usages of the that if he had used it, he had not used it the output of shells was fifty times greater in July than last September. It Mr Eloyd George, interviewed by a correspondent of "La Tempo," said language of the lairable British į on Saturday naming.
to Monday to inspect the process at 8.30 Chinese people touching the distribution of wilfully and falssly. On the first point would be a hundred times greater this August and thence onward would in-
the persons! estate of Chinese persons word standard' is much to be
azing intestate, his Lordship sal that specialist and Chinese medical practices surprisingly Twelve thousand skilled workers had been recalled from Chief Justice Pigots, dealing with the tioner, both terma qualifying the word, the trenches. regretted," SOYS M. Henry Le
ordinance, did ro hold, as far as he under diretor if any magic attached to the latter. Chatelier in a recent issue of, Laj
stood him, that the exception in the man who was qualited in modern THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE ITALIANS ordinance related only to movables Hoscientific methods would ner Nature. He expresses the opinion
never was "herbal could find no reason in the deciren of Mr. specialist," torm unrecognised by the Mt F. R. Vals, who returned to the movables. Why the Statute was applied Practitioner were particularly spt bo- But the French Academy, besides
Justice Gumpertz limiting the section to Faculty. The words "Chins Medical regularly indexing the words and ex-by the P. M. S. S. Ch.8, s. "Kares."
Colony for a short time recently, left again it was, as little difficult to say but its use they were the words. used in scope was limited and he was my concern. Ordinance in Hongkong to denote a person pressions which have entered into;
ed to enquire whether the 1 mirstien paż not qualified in modern Westers methods. the language of the entry, might
citad showed that leaseholds were subject upon the exception by Mr. Justice Gompertz
Bix Worship reserved his decision. Wan justified! also hairs in the introduction of new words to answer the novel require-
to the customs and therefore ine'uded the words personal estala. It seemed to ments of modern civilsation. In thei
of countruction to say the: the words "par- him that it would be contrary to the canons
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
I
M., S. S. Coss. Kores" were Sir Among the passengers who left by the
Paul Chater, C.M.G., and Lady Custer.
The Ciril Governor of Kwan-time, Li
The se
particular case dealt with, it may be Kwok Kwong, arrived in Hongkong yester-sonal estate had two different maringe clained that where the English-day from Caaton en route to Peking. It is in what might be called one enactment
A
the appeal mu t be allowed and bix Loed custum varying, it ship thought that all parties should have The result was that
their crate our of the
stake...
AND AUSTRIANS.
LONDON, August 11.
Austrian counter-attacks or temptation of any kind to change his plans. A telegum from line states that Genend Cadorna will not allow
He will not resume a decided offensive until he is well-settled in the coliquered positions.
The Austrians, whose losses in wounded alone are reported to be 85,000, are needing fresh troops, but do not wish, hurther to weaken the armies on the Serbian and Russian fronts. They have removed three-
my corps from Pola to the Isono front.
speaking countries ase the sole won understood that Governor Li intends to exception. He thought that Mr Justice of gentimportance to the luke, but now cannot do sb'as Doberdo is under fire..
even
relinquish his appointment.
8.E. THE GOVERNOR HONOUR
Sir Willan Roes Davies said that the
community who constituted A
One of the greatest sufferings of the Austrians on the Carso is that was to any the appli statute and the
owing to lack of water, which they wel to take chiefly from the Dobante Comperts came to a wrong decision and ona which he would not have arrived at
Splinters of rocky on the Caso struck by the Italian artillery bad the matter been fully argued. They had a majority of our inhabitants and it caused many victims among the Austriar's. Dae under the statute which had bean rECUR Fin the Colony two systems of
had apparently haver received the con- distribution, sideration of the Coarta
A pouk ten or eleven thousand, feet higi, overed by eternal snow. until the recent case of Lau Leong, Shi Li Po Shun, has been, occupied by the Alpinists as the result of an audacious nised by the Courts and the other the Chi- when the subject received only sent utenvre; the occupation of which prevents the Austrians attacking nesc law of inheritance or succession which,. according to the evidence, was and always position, it was only a absidasiy the Italians advancing along the Burgstall chain towards Besten with At a meeting of the Senate of the Uni had been ulserved by Chinese residents.by 3ir, Fetter, who was Counsel in that the object of reaching the railway to Linz,
point in the case and they bad University's highest academic honour was people like the Chinese were in the leat ne to the inapplicability of the English d been informed versity of Dublic, held on June 30, the It was not to be believed that a conservative conferred upon Bis Excellency Sir Francis likely to shundon their ancient system in a Statuta to Chinese custom hos bief case also, that no argument was adduced Heary May, Governor of Hongkong, in the Colony where they were in en enormous Justice, Sir Francis Pigkat however, following terms by the Public Orator:-- majority and whi h was on soil which was held as a fact (inbrulis) that the r
ED BY HIS ALMA MATER.
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which wont be says, pplies pelir merit. renders eminently worthyff who was the President of the following certain English authorities, he East..
agreed uniformity in certain industrial products, manufactured systematic.dly
so as to ensure invariability in certain
dimensions, chemical composition,
&c. The point dealt with is not one
or
ut the precise word for expressing it and Modern Literature, with Ruched themselves properly but wars not
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THE ZEPPELIN RALD.
LONDON, Aug. 11.
SUB-LIEUT LORD.
LONDON, August 11.
UNITED STATES REPLY TO
GERMANY'S NOTE,
LONDON, Aug. 11.
"standard," the French have several dozen words at their disposal, a few of which are quoted by M. Le Chatelier. This wealth of qualificatives, he adds, hus, it cannot be denied, the advan- tage of preventing monotonous re- petitions, but nevertheless it is more an apparent than a real wealth; it approximates closely to an actual penury, for none of the words he quotes calls to mind the exacter of an illustrious family, the Houo alle bad examined the adidavits, particularly property in the case of intestacy and, an Amsterdam telegram. Fire were sighted on the previous morning going I commend to go an illustrious mam-once a part of the Chinese Empire Hotegi gisarned the devolution of immorable Four Zeppelins passed Ameland from the West towards Germany says Sir Francia Bonry May, one whom his significance of the word "standard," distinguished ancestry, no less than his own
these of Mr. Born and of Mr. Lin
the held that the leaseholds being immovable, Court of the Province in receive to-day the honour of our purple in order to ascertain the Chinees Law and of distributiens and this view was concur- His father, as we all know, devoted himself custom. Shortly stated in was clear that red by Mr. Justia Gomportz The same
Kanatuag
shey must loscend according to the statute with such success to the study of literature Chind was a polygamous country, that the point was raised before bie Lardship in man he was elected a Fel or of his erl other at Cambridge that while gaite young fat wife had precedence but that the Chambers in thoea, pr ceedings
Wiven were wiren and of their properties, such as shape, ge, and in later years, raised, by his merely concubines; that the children of object of obtaining a decision of the machine when, on ladding in the dark, he ran too far into a cornfield. Toe
not originating summons avowedly with the
It appears that Sub-Lient, Lord a flying fast single-ssator scout be crowned a brilliant series of distinctions adopted into the family were in the labeurs at the Bar to the highest tisnities all were legitimate; that the children poesi Court uporilt. Certain anthorities machine overturned and Lord was thrown out breaking both lege. He died by aleration to the Bonch as Lord Chief position at children of iod, t the same were cited in support of the appellants of internal injuries. 6 p.m.-Rev. Kobert E. Brown's Lecture having a literary bearing only there the son from his youth up determined to and this system was common: that males referred to his Lordship sorusidered hip-
Justice of Ireland. Norma we decbt that adoped out of it lost their right to inherit
thnes contention but in
in view of the decision of the Full Court in the cale is also to be reckoned the fact that keep his father's eminent example ever inherit & to the exclu fun of females who self bound by it and without indicating his tle accurate perception of a state of great success the first foundations of his of the family that wives principal and Hence the appeal.
before his eyes; for, sitar laying with also on their marriage ceased to be members cpinion, he disallowed the spplication. things is obscured through the lack in these halls to the study of Oreck
scholarship at Harrow, he applied bimself secondary were entitled as widows to roaintenance Rs. long we they be
It was gloss, obre ved bis Lordship, that at the cemind of the Island to the British This is a very grent diadvantage, prizes. Further evon in those ently days, Such buing the law which governed Chinese were concerned, of the laws and It is uncierstood that while refirming that the Pruse American Trenty har
that be easily carried off the
entitled tes
A Washington message says that the America reply to the last German Crowd express reservatisin was made ou ary share in the succession. Lehalf of the Sovereigs as is the Note, regarding the sinking of the William P. Frye has heen dispatched. mud also a source of weakness for hasterling qualities of heart and the charm Chinese succession it only seemed to him retous of Chins whilst extending to been violated, the Note Agrees to accept payment under the conditions laid the French industry, seeing that of his manner so undeared him to all that impossible to sacertain under it ola-roy who British subjeca La foraigners security and down in the German Note, but stipulates that no Treaty rights shall be the standardisation of products more popular both with senior and condi-tributions; but what was more import ometive of British law, this recosuining
it would have been hard to find soyone might tako onder the Statute protection according to the principles and waived by acceptance of the compensation. is gradually becoming more and temporation (o leaving college He was at, it seemed impossible to hold that the dual prospective systemf law in the elected by competitive examination to anatatuts could without appresion he made more an absolute necessity in preimportant poet in our Volonial service, applicable to people subject to such
Colony law which permitted polygamy sence of the grailually fuerising com-distant island of Hongk ug, in the govern. indicated the practise in the Colony ap adopted son plexity of the exigencies of modern mans of which he has from the first taken peared to be to apply Chires law to the variance with the English law relating
and wild about 20 years go for the law of inheritance. From what he had used the right of the base of such carriages and gave an equal status to no file. An Engineering Standards com
www.clem yao much ab promirent part. It is well known that devolution of the personality of mittee has been established in Lon-errible nechrunk of plague, that he of the non Chinose and unless that war a ability of the State of Distribution t he was decurated lor his services during and the Statute of distributions to that kin, as to demonstrate the utter inspplic
of the Chines marriage Roctemian and don, the object of which is to workertently elected a urecher of the ru's it was clear that there would have to Chinesa succession, Apast altogether from Exhibition Tannis Match at Kowloon fur the unification of British mann-in that cap city such remarkable industry: bla that the legal system of either should the cantsruction and app ination of English Legislatire touncil, and that he displayed, be legislation as it was snuifestly imp certain obvious principles which governed Cricket Club.
factures, and thus to facilitate chosen to take the place of the Governor conclusirt that the practise was in con- Caturel demonstrated the impossibility of Aviator corps, while frying in an aeroplane in the Varges, had a fall, as the
ability, and emnes thing he was ive times apply to the other. But he cano to the bow the diversity of the views expressed by
Losnos, August 11.3 competition with German industry, while he was absent.But I hare said formity with law for seasons which
The well-known French boxer, Carpenter, who is attached to the French When it is a question of purchasing ugh. Was ever brilliant carese more he proceeded to mention. Har bajosts ping the Knglish law to the Chinese result of which he broke an ankle and split bone over his eye-brow
worthily crowned than bis, when me had always inherent in bar the right
fumily, aystem and to do so would, in his product in regular ase, preference lee year he appointed full to change the law indeed the use only violate the race of 2.30 p.m.--Auction of Farniture, Types everywhere is always given to has lately been appointed Charicellus of the the only quest on remaining was properly arer ride the Chinese family law Governor of the Cology torarer, he proclamation was careful to sangunctions be, and alluded to, but would ins- the Sovereign contained in the Prodama-
ON THE WESTERN FRONT. stafidard product, that is to say, a Curency existed in the island, and whether this was done by the Supreme which in its tential objecta, the carrying prodact which is invariably identical how grunt in his zeal for the cause id liters that the Statute of distributions would not sacentral worship, was all importet in above by his mitining isteses therein Count Ordinates. It was perfectly cleart of the family sucesion and the which he balda mutes lo do our sister in the could not have been made the law of the agreed with the remarks of the learded Argonne-and Lorraine. All German stacks were easily repulsed. Auren learning, and this high position apply to a Chinese family and therefors it view of the Chinese Elis Inalchip. xiously supplied. When, says the Fat by the clonet jandis of affection. Chinese The common law of Chins was Justice Gomperts. He coulò sen no justi-
A telegram from Paris states that fighting continued at Souchez, eminent French scientist frons liam Sach, then as you see, in
Colony unless its operatium wasconfined to President regarding the decision of Dir the deration we-quote, the importance of: stan of the public servicop, and it his many exception to the application of the ct prea that ** persopai tato in the Urdin- ment of asphyxiating shells. This paleo, was “defonted by the French Tan Gemmas violently bomburied Bois-le-Fretro and then attacked, with with be hours in all departments secured to the Chinese inhabitants as it fication for placing such a limitation on the but were immediately stopped by curtains of fre lard and facture is realised, and il detien do not permit his to be prescurec gnised Chinese law and custom to be ance had no reference to Imitavables, The artillery
yoff had existed prior to the tension. The world personal, estate and he could not The enemy made a fresh attack at night, supported by s bombard- when a consumer is sure of finding thy to volcombaur ok friend is all the ion in the Colony for ther's was only one enco in 1843. the preservation of the law an
in person with us here- to-das it will soon, we hope, be our good fortune once more still the law governing the Chinese succes suggestion that as Imseholds had no ex in the market a number of definite and price anf those high distinctions whereby Chinese law and there cuald be no local to Chinese customs could hsya, na rela lón invariable types, the direct result is we honoured to less then be, there the double advantage of a guaranteed, commend to su with confidenes Bir Calling on you to of quality on the part of the manu- bestow on him to-day, though absent; our facturer, coupled with a decrease in The entry in the lia CON
ecruas highest academic honour.
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Einperor of Austris's Birthday (1830)
FRIDAY, August 20-
Prosidoet Poincaré's Birthday (1807)
WEDNESDAY, August 25
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Friar, August 27
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price due both to greater uniformity HONORIS CAUSA.
IN AB ENTIA GINENS
KEEP IT HANDZ, in the processes of manufacture, and Doctor in Utrogo Jure-Honorabilis
TMMEDIATE relief is necessary in a Icerenss in the quantities Ordinis Banctorum Bichadis should always be on hand, For sale
Franciscus Henricas Hay (Eques CommenColic Cholers and Disrzhos
tacks of diaryhoes Chamberlai stocked M. Le Chatelier refers to Georgi
Chemist And Aborsingcarag
Dext
THE BATTLESHIP. "BARBAROSSA"
LONDON, August 11. News has been received in Atheme that most of the crew of the Turkish: of battleship Barbarosus were drowned.
to leaseholds was, he thought, fallacious.
It was preserved was the custom relat
ing to the succession to personal ostaze and that, fücluded leaseholds. The appeal
ACCIDENT TO. CARPENTIER.
GERMAN ATTACKS REZULSED
LOSDON, August 10,"
ANOTHER QUIET! DAY:
LONDON, August 11.
The Paris Avening comunique says:--The day has been quiet, anizt
must be allowed and he desired to express from some artillery actions, the Court's indebtedness to Counsel on all sides for the resistance in the solutions of bit fateresting question,
Mr. Justice Hazeland said he bad bad.
and he concurred Allowed
TRAITOR MARITZ- JERESTED.
The notoriour rebel loader Mari, says & Peatoris, telegram, with amal
followers, has been afrastek in Angolby the Portuguesk
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