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Addressing the men as the nutsal, Lt..
SPORTING.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
In the third round of the Hongkong [000 Men's "Ik abier, `Abrahams' and Viveash (owe 5,6) defented Hall and Whit
marsh (age 13), 63, 8/1, and thus go into
ŠA SIKH PRIEST CHARGED
WITH THEFT.
encounter the uncertainties that ever, PRINCESS MARY'S XMAS uttende ringrown, crop, bat he has very great hazards to negotiate, ante- cessfully. The boll-Weevil is sprend- jing very rupiilly and with lisaatious results. That pest claim a large percentage, of the profite, and no Satisfactory remedy has yet been 1024 Xmas gils to the members of the
the semi fual. Twom te games have, yet found. Already two-fifths of the Hongkong Volunteers Corps, who were
serving with, the fores at Amad, took to be played before the third round fe entire area ure seriously affected. In place at laudquarters last night. There
completed. the, southern districts, that have was a targu parede, oftoura and inets and suffered longest from its ravages; many the gilts wars distributed by Lt. Colonel. fertile apots have been denuded and Chupinan, V... Dificer Commanding are left derelict. In the Central Colonel Chapman said his duty was States the long staple crap bas sul vary pleasant one. It was very gratify.
A Fikh privat was charged at the Police fered severely, and it is not improbable in to know that they who were serving Coues this afternoon, before Mr. Wood, that in a few years the famous "Sen their King and country in this distant with the theft of a watch and chain, valued cutpost of the Empire had not been for. at 80, from Chinese at Cheung Chow- Island crop will have disappeared. cotton, and he was sure they all approdefendant was on a visit with some friends Mr Garditer defended. It appeared, ibab But if the boil-wperil were to discated very highly the kindly thought and asked the complainant, whom be appear to-morrow, the evil arising that prompted the sending of the boxon know, if he could stay there for the night. to Hongkong. He believed that the The articles weit afterwards alleged to from the lack of sufficient and cheap cartridge cas enclosed in the box was in have bara found in his possession. labour remains. Cotton is essentially each instance recovered from the battle.
The case was resnanded. "black man's crop," and since the fields of Europe and they all hoped that abolition of slavery the "nigger" has the bullet which originally completed the proved a most unsatisfactory farm hand He will neither work trenu The officers on parade were Major
A Chinese, who concealed revolvers by ously in the busy season of harvest, D. Madonnie, Major Wakeman, Surgeon. tying them round his ankles was cue of ather times Major G. D. B. Bluck. Captain Securt at the polios-cours to-day with being in two defondants charged by Inspector Sims Even on his own holding, ambition djur. Captain A. F. "Churchill, presion of two Coit revolvers, 499 rounds Captain W. Murray Scott, Captaïn G. G. ¦ of ammunition, and parts fol ́an automatis will not stir him to exertion. He is, Captain W. Armstrong, Caps. W. pistol :> incorrigibly indolent, improvident, and Russell, Lieutenants Danby, Kennett, inefficient. What effect the Allies Murphy. MeKenny Rees, & Smith, and
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decision to make cotton contraband will have on.bim must remaia for time to tell, but that it will prove beneficial to the interests of the Allies HomesONG, WARNEMEN, Sgt. 13. 1915, is the opinion of those best qualised
to judge.
The
COTTON AND THE CONTRA-
BAND QUESTION.
NEWS OF THE DAY...
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A.
Sargeant Major Anderson, RE, re parts the thelt for H block of eleven braas
bulbe, valuedas $31. -
cartridge ass found a billet in one al
the Buns
Wright.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL...
the Tenyo Blunto-day for a holiday Mr. M. S. Sassoon was a passenger by
in Jagas.
Several well known local residents (as shown in the list on the back page) left tho Colony to day by the ..Tenyo Mara."
The Hop. Mr. Claud Severn, Colonial Secretary, who has been spending a brief holiday in Japan, returned to the Colony yesterday.
1
Dr. C. M. Hennley, after sin absence of seven months, has returned to Hongiorg from South Africa, where he has been on a
LEGALITY OF MONET-LEND.
ING ASSOCIATIONS.
Oxe of the burning questions of the hour at home recently was
Two German officers of high standing the action of the Government in! refusing to regard to cotton as un-Old Castle, Heath.
have escaped from the prison camp at the traband. The policy was generally condemned, but the loudest com- | 2500,000,000 has paid the Goran visit to his father.
A bill asking for a new credit of plaints came front those who, having Federal Council. but a shallow knowledge of the cotton trade as a whole, allowed their judg. ment to be warped by the immediate issues of the great controversy. Pro-
In the Summary Court this morning, fessor. Todd, an cuinent authority,
before Mr Justice Gompertz, Awan Taan, The body of the Chinese womuna amab, No. 3 Lan Kwai Fong, sued (who has - suddled the growth and drowned nose Cboung Chow Wan on Sep- Yeung Yee Roo, with various aliases. · 104 Das Vox Road Central, for the sum of supple of cutton in many parts of the temher Hich has been recovered.
$230, being smonat due frour the defendant (world, recently disement une in
respect of a Money Loan Association of which
defendant was said to be the head. braach, that of the production of the
Mr Goldring aid that the case referred raw materia', with thoroughness and
to the position of Money Loan Associations, and that Me F. X. D'Almada, who was discrimination. Following the author,
defending, had intimated his intention of we learn that the world's supply of
relying on the following defence, the Ble The principal Bavarina art societies gality of the mocistion under section 2 of cotton may be put at 2ti nillion bales
hare appoiled to the public to sacrifice the Companies ordiosoes 63, 1911, on the of 500 lb. Since the United States animportant metsi monuments to yield more than twenty inambuse. In point of
grond that the Bay
Asociation
stion consisted of produce about 60 per cent. of metal, which the army greatly needs. • this total Irora an estimated area.)
The Blue Funnels.Teiresian," of 700,000 square miles, we inay suppose that the total area devoted which was sunk in the Suez Canal xome
time back, arrived in barbour yesterday and is now in Taikio Dock undergoing
Two Chinese boatwomen were toed 25 and $10, respectively, at the Marine Court this morning for moving in the harbour dating prohibited hours.
The Forwaarts" states that a number of Berlin Rocialists have been arrested on
to cotton cultivation probably exceeds 1 million square miles. The quiprepairs. quennial increase in consumption is put at 20 per cent. This implies that some 250,000 sq. miles, an area about suspicion of high trauma ir publishing equal to twice that of the Unitel pamphlet enversly citicising the attitude Kingdom, has to be added to the [ of loading Secialists, total every five years. This incrense
I
boru
fact there were twenty-eight members.
Mr. F. X. D'Almeda mid his client was not the bad of the Association and his client asserted that she had made certain paymouts. . Mís. D'Almada contended that the Association was formed for the purpone of sn by individual mombare.
Mr Goldring interposed, saying that Mr. Justice Bazeland in 1910 held that a
noney Loan Aviation was
not an Association for the purpose of gain, which ¦ decision had never been gvor-zuled.
Mr. D'Almada said he did not think his
Lordship was hound to follow the decision and cited caves not mentioned in Mr. Hazeland's judgment.
His Lordship anted the cares cited on
ANKLE REVOLVERS.
Inspector Sim mid the 'ruvclyers were
found a rapped to the first man's hips.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1815.-
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE PROGRESS OF
THE WAR.
RUMANIAN AND GERMAN- AUSTRIAN RELATION3
CRITICAL.
THE NUMBERS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
* WOULD STAGGER THE PEOPLE."
Mr. 7. Maran (defending) Where MR. LLOYD GEORGE AN “OUT
would your Worship carry a rovolpez↑ It is usual, to carry a revolver mund the waist..
Inspector Sim, Yor, but not strapped AND OUT CONSCRIPTIONIST."
to the legs below tho knew. --
"Me Mason.-Wall, it is usual.
"
A Chinoso detective said he mw the frat |-- Street Wharf alone. He had a trunk defendant coming on to the Wing Lok
and beaktat with him. He seneched him and found the two revolvers produced fastened rout his legs near the ankles.
Evidence was given that the ammunition was found in a bag carried by the cond defendant. A number of packing belonging to
to the two men were also found on the wharf.
Mr. Mason said that the first defendant pleaded guilty and acknowledged that all the arms belonged to him.
The first defendant was fond $300 and the second $10..
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
PATROLS.
Thursday, September 16th. 5.50 p.m.-Sergant Suffiad and seven P. C. from Iadisa Co.
8.50 p.m.-P. Ca. Hooper (3) Sloat (3). Gibson (6) Bowen Rowlands (6), Wright (2) sud Bunje (8)
THE NUMBER OF BRITISH SOLDIERS NEEDED
FOR NEXT YEAR.
LORD KITCHENER'S ESTIMATE.
(Router's Service to the China Mail, V".
THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS + BEDED
·FÖR NEXT YEAR,
LORD KITCHENERS ESTIMATE.
Lowoos, Sept. 1.
Lord Kitchoner has just submitted to the Cabinet an estimates of ther number of soldiers it will be necessary for us to maintain on the Continent next.
that the voluntary system will yield-all the merr needed.
Baday pt mber 17th. 5.5) p.-P. C. Tells (3) Henderson. It is greatly in excess of our present force but there is no reason to denbe
(3) A. J. Abloog (3) F. F. Ablong (b); Kim (8) Gaskell (8) Inspector Taylor and P. C. W. Hobbs will visit
8.50 p.m.-One N; C. Officer and seven P. Ca to her detailed by Acting.Inspector J. 31. Wong.
KOWLOON KENKRVIŠTS. The Portuguese, Chinese and Inlig
Companies Bust immediately farsish the DS. P. with the total number
THE NUMBERS ENLISTED IN GREAT BRITAIN.
nadanter.
YOULD · STAGGER THE PEOPLE"
Toxos, Sept. TE
Companies resident ia Kowloos. Arrange give the nambers fenlisted since the commencement of the war, they would of Sergeants and Constables in their Mr. Lewis Harcourt, speaking at Rawtenstall, said that if he were free to monta will be made for these to report for stagger the people of this country and hor Allies but still more men were duty ap the Water Police Station.. MARTIST CARBINES NO. 82, 235, 255, 30, wanted, as the determination of the people to achieve the final victory was
439 D 476. The member of the Portagacid of Indian companies to whom the above Carlines bare heen red are requested to return saate to the Store Sargeant at the Central Police Station and draw others in place thereof. The parbers will be found on a small circular brass piste Tet into the butt
JOLNIR.
Chan Kan Chin.
Tuang Tam Trot, Kwok Hog Tan and
Also Lom Tez La Fung Shin Thor. Ambalace Corps.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE AN "OUT AND QU” V
CONSCRIPTIONIST.”
Tastos, Sept. 14
Mf. Lloyd Georga's protuce, published on the era of the ma-188em- gling of Parliament, has caused a grent sensation and much specula- tion and is regarded in some quarters as really a public appeal to the Government, since the latter alons will be able to know when to take
The Boter ludemnity for the mouthhuth sides and, having heard the evidence Chung Chi Ps and Wony Shu Far to the the necessity steps and make vital decisions." In any case, Mr..
is likely to advance rather by of July, amounting to $1,500,100, aa been for the plan and the defendant, geometrical, than an arithmetical,paid by Chins to the foreign Fowers with anounced that he would reserve his deci
part of the aurpins of the sais revenne for the month of July.
9 p.m.-Y.RO. Second Night Fate.progression, not only because cotton Half proceeds in aid of Cigarettes and is being put daily to new use, but
mainly because with increased wealth Among the latest recruits to the Iron cores the demand for more and Crues brigade of Germany is Herr butter clothing. The consumption at Heineken, managing director of the Now cutton in recent years has been limited deutsche-lord. So says a German repist only by the supply, aad the future published at Shangimi,
General Diemoranda.
FRIDAY, Sept. 17:-
Meeting."
SATURDAY, Sept. 15
11am-Kuction of Ladies' and tient's
Shoes, Pajamas etc.
#
I as-Auction of a Motor Cycle
in
Meera. Hughes and Hough's.
pla-Pulido" "Deserve Chocert Botanical Gardens,
possibilities of increase in demand The Dutch, "newspip » -"Handel fan" ne practically immeasurable. With my that the Swine and G rman Govern
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sion
ASTERN CHASE AND A BIG FINE.
$1,300 Finex xt Marine Court.
Fines totaling $1,300 were inflicted by Commander Teck hat the Marina Ceart this morning on twenty-six Chinese, mar tars of junks and boatmen, including ora woman, who were charged by Enigeant Sutton with making fast to the ..
Yochow whilst she was poder way in the harbour yesterday...
PARADES.
Lloyd George, whose views were mainly ovident, is now hailed as an
tout and out conscriptionist.?*-
...
Friday, September 17th." Recruits of Indian Company, rife exer The opponents of conscription"nintain that he drew the picture cies under Chief Inspector at 5,30 paso.darker than the facts justify in order to make a deeper impression.
ENDIDIEM.
P. Ca White and Williams will draw Lloyd George's conversion to compulsion has come since he became Minis
The Daily Chronicle furus, upon indisputable authority, that Mr.
uniform from Noordin
(Bel) F. C. Jeskin,
D. S. P. (HeaTTO),
·GERMAN AGENT CAPTURED
The Yochow" was stening to the coal The Smartness of British Naval chorage at Wanchi when she was sur
Men. mauled by over a sears of junks, which insisted on going alongside and making fast
The Pioneer's Cain correspondent
ter of Munitions und is bused not alone on, inilitáry pensons, "but chiefly upon industrial reasons. Though there has been a gratifying increase in the output of shells since the Ministry of Munitions was formed, the rase of production is still below that demanded by the Ministry Acceleration is impossible without a relaxation of all restrictive in bour regulations: Mr. Lloyd George wants tempulsory military service för industrial purposes.
THE DISCIPLINARY CONTROL OF LABOUR.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-
ROUMANIA'S RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA
AND GERMANY,
a flim ́nished 'purchasing power, duements hers concluded an agreement for the war, there may be a temporary the creation of Swiss impart trust on the Nov.-Douglas Sreamship Company check on the demand, with lowered lines of the Dutch Overseny Trust.
prices, hat this condition must soun
An allicial report shows that the against the master's direct orders, making writes One of our cruisers sighted a pass, nud we should ask ourselves American exports of spalter for the ten the marigation, as the suit, shaolotely dan farge Turkish sailing semel proceeding in marked disiatour by Trade Caiguists at a' conference at the Ministry of Suggestions for the disciplinary control of labour were received with what are the polities of extension mouth ended April 30 we a
about grenos, kad altacst, caming a collision wish Las easterly direction, The rekel was:
"over a Japanese Reamer. Sergeant Sattoo, ordered to atop sad party was sont on Munitions yesterday of employers, trade unionists, and representatives of nereage, or if increasing the yield 223,000,000, compared with 3,540,000lb. after a long and difficult chase, succeeded board to search is and examine the papers of the War Office and the Admiralty. from the existing sources Professor during the corresponding period of the in arresting all the defendants. The offices entrust d with the task-found Commander Beckwith, in passing an everything was appareatly in order bat Todd's book helps us to estimate the previous year?
tence, and "This dangerous practice has there was a passenger who claimed he was got to stop in this harbour at once. In an American chases that make for or against na
citizen, The American An Amsterdam telegram quotes the future I will imprisbe for this offence, as passcogar aud crew were taken to Alexan increased supply, shows us what North-German Gazette" as stating that fining does not seems-deterrent." dria. The aspicions of the naval folk proved efforts are being made by scientific the aleged peace wvertures to Russin are months imprisonment with hard labour..
Defendants were each ined 850 or two to be fully justified, for the American pas- senger turned out to1 ba... none other than treatment to improve the emp, and an invention. The time to make proposals
the German political agent, Baron Otto wint; success has attended these will only come when the enemy acknowledge A retum of shipping gasing, through von Gampenburg, for whom the Egyptist
failuro.
Authorities have been anxiously searching efforts.
the Suez Cam in White paper for the past eight path Recently, The Times publishes a telegram from Soht stating that the relations verseis in ballast of anat tonnian of layrous branch of the Imperial Ottoman shows that of 3.314 merchant restels and there arrived in Caire the manager of the of Roumania with Austria and Germany are in a critical state. Germany 12,307,216.which traversed the Ostial Ines Bank. He is Swiss and has been in a Note recently deaded permission for the passage of Austro Ger year, 2,372 ships of a net tonange of of exutiating for the exchange of to supply benzing, and other requisites to the fulus of £8,000,000.
entrusted by Djemal Pasba with the man troops through Boumania, and also, un undertaking by Roumani 5,516,439 tons were. British, being 71 per allied subjects at prosent interned by cant, of the number, and, 13.7 per cent of the Tarkish authorities aguinas, ac equal the tonnage 209, or & per cent, the Allies Bo far he has not usua gamber of Turkish prisoners taken by 1 required for purely agricultural Me John Rodmand, M.P., replying to Germani vessels, the losenge of which was coded, but it is confidently anticipated purperes, promising a larger, or at Bishop Dwyer, said he woud not be per cent of the whole white Bollard, some stisfactory arrangement will bo
France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, or token in the Gallipoli Poninsale and a
runched. A further inch of prisoners. jestifled in asking the Government to entorped
For the Egypt
Mornay, Sept. 50:-
11.
Luction of a Fusching Machine Oil Enion, Pulleys, etc, ut Mesar
Hughes and Hough'
Ami-Drawing of Debentures Hongkong Club..
Tauramar, Bopt.-23-
6.28 p.Fall Moon.
To begin with Amerien, the largest The Daily Chronicle" states that the producer of cotton, the prospects of Kentish hop crop will be one of the lightest bringing a greatly enlarged area under on sooned. 1 is keresirally estionstoo" that cultivation are slight. Doubtless there it will be about half the average crop. The are millions of acres available, but shortage is due to cold and wot wrather
and the prevalence of sphie. with increasing population, more land
(Havos Service)
LONDON, Sagt. 14.
PARIS, Sept. 18. French stock now standa at 68.25. Today we repulsad lively attacks on the Dethune Arres road; also Pograd-We begin to assume the offensive in Tacobstadt region
least a more certain revenue. Taxjoto peace negotiations when the Germany; Sweden, Denmark, and Italy come è sintio side of the Straits arrived in Fin Lorraipenam
Gunnar, opt, EU:
¿Queen 'of Norway's birthday (Prfactan
Maud Charlottey 1289.
at 12 cents per pound Since under
tonnage
the yield at 200 lb. per acre, Professoressors did not show soy dimpeition te bined frushed a total of 20 per cent of this week and as sent to the prisoners Todd calculates that it a farmer is to repair the wrongs inflicted on Belgium and the vessels and 16.8 per cent of the of war camp outside Cairo A pleasing In the region of Iniciaty lokes we retrooted In Skidel region we cap- little incident took place in connection tured & machine guns, taking 100 prisoners. Wo innihilated an anomy's get any profit he must sell his cotton the other allie
with the arrival of the last batch. Ons of battery of artillery at Solve, talang 400 prisoners and 4 machine guns. the oficeres was know to have brought in outer regions we repulsed the Austrians, driving them back in inta "our lines at fraba Topo's" wounded Erffish officer, and in facognition of this Kromer lirection, inflicting very heavy, lasson on the enemy takin bucare act he found on arrival st Ostro | 200, primers. In Tarnopol region, we assumed the offensive, alation, by order of Geuural Maxwall, that very heavy losses or the Austro-Gomidas, taking 4,200 finaqpors, and he was to be allowed to amosan tomonin
motor me joatead of having the cover
miles: 61-loop like the rest of th
normal conditions fairly high price A Capstown meresge says that recruits. for American Middling in Laverpool and money are pouring in, and many olcars who participated in the South-west
REMEMBER THE NAME. TUESDAY, Sept,
HAMEERLAIN 3 Lio, Choles Element Day: HK. Stock Exchange is about 7d the margin is drawn very formant campaign are enlisting a privates,
“Diarrhoea Remedy Jr the Jant fine. But bonne hé can touch this Thema-kal oscilement has stirred up the medicine for daithnes argide the amwer has not only to coloured populations and probably they wamps of pains in the sterauch
I be recruited to formés transport, corpus
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