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THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Gazelle publishes a further amend.
exportation of certain goods."
The silk despatched hence por "Shinyo Maru," on the 19th October was delivered in New York on the 14th inst.
The Kowloon Dock Junior Football Club, it is stated in the Chalte is exempt from registration under the Socistios Oil
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OPIUM RUNNING IN HONGKONG.
A SKILFUL. ORGANISATIONA
Steamship Company's
Information./
The constant smuggling of opium into Hongkong by all sorts of ingenious deviana, igilance of the revenge ofloors, who have faod in spite of the arduous, and constanti made many slevor seizures, has long been a source of troubla to the authorities and to the steamship companies concerned, parti- cularly the Ocona Steamship Company, whose Blue: Funnel" boats have been especially favoured by the opium struggles, The existance of a regular organi- sation working both in Hongkong ¡and Shanghai, and the existence also The total output of the Kailan Mining of information which may lead Administration's mines for the week onding binted so in an opium case at the the exposare of the gang and their methods November 6, amounted to 56,666 tons and Police Court this morning (reported elsa- the sales during the period to 54,400 tons, where) in which Mr A, M, Frostoms us Masers Johnston Stokes and Master The King has not been advised to
tached the proceedings on behalf of the
Mr Cossa Steamship Company.
DELOS er reisd his power of the disallowance. In instatement to the Court, said "I man regard to the firdinance to provide for the saked to say that the Company believe this ory nè estate daty payable in respect
is the work of an organisation which in the estatesfd ceased persons of the Codeing them an enormous amount of harm both here and in Shanghai, and we hope that the police will get at the bottom of the mattor. I am instructed to quer our he.p to the police, as we have certain informa in which may assist them,
Frost to-day's telegrams it will be seen that recent fighting in tha Balkans, particularly in Serbia, has been of a very strenuous and, in nonie instances, of a ferocious nature,ment to the Proclamation prohibiting the The Serbians still continue to oppose numericnt superiority, with a bravery and tenacity that must win for them world-wide admiration and renown. Monastir, despite various rumours to the contrary, they still hold, though there are indications that the Ser- bians' gallant defence of this city may yet prove unavailing. The Bulgarjuna” advance has been obtained at fearful expéuse of loss of life and booty | and at the Tabang Pass alone, where they were exactly ten times as strong as the Serbians, they lost no fewer than five thousand-a number Larger than which the Serbians were able to spare for the defence of the Pass. The Bulgarians have been! attempting to force a large body of Serbians to retire into Greece; their abject no doubt being to have the Serbians interned. Nothing of the kind, however, is likely to occur for Greece will hot dars to interfere Serbia's condition is too critical to almit of her allowing any large body of her forces to be interned, and Greeco kuows the power of the Allies to revenge any treachery on her part. She has been warned nod it is very unlikely that she will disregard the warning. Therefore even though the Serbians may be Ir wo have to withdraw from compelled to retreat into Greek ter- Gallipoli we shall do so with bou. ritory, such a step will be entirely to their advantage as their emergence our, with no loss of prestige and from such a position will at least with the consciousness that if we tend to upset the enemy's plans. have not achieved all that we hoped Though the news from the Balkans to achieve there, we have done is by no means as satisfactory es all that was possible. The British should wish, it is nevertheless of such a character as to indicate Are, as well-known, a thoroughly that the Serbians have still a LIQUEOR AND COFFEE practical nation, and the Impossible lot of splendid fighting material and,
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HONGKONG, SAWaday, Nov. 20, 1915.
THE DARDANELLES“
OPERATIONS.
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"Two"cases in the Bankruptcy Court to day were adjourned, namely Teen Ying un, application for recision of a receiving orler and the Too Shing Bank on behalf of which a motion had been fled for direction to trestees.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.
A KIND HEART AND BANKRUPT
STRANGE. OFTUM XIDISO PLACE.
A Chinese woman was charged before Mr Hazeland at the Palics Court this. morning with atempting to export four taels of prepared opium.
Inspector Kerr said the opium was in a tia tied round the woman's leg, bors it was found by the female searcher st Kowloon Railway statico. The value was $40.
Defendant was inèd $400 or two months' imprisonment.
A BRIZURE ON THE EA, GLaDOUB.“ Two Chinese ware charged in the Police Court this morning before Mr. Hazeland in connection with a seizure of opitim an and secondly with having in their possession the s.5. "Glaucas, fintly with importing 40 taels of prepared opiam and 19) 15 of
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1915.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE WAR.
HONGKONG'S INTERNED
PRISONERS,
THE LIQUIDATION OF
GERMAN FIRMS.
QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE BALKANS.
MONASTIR STILL IN THE HANDS OF
THE SERBIANS.
but lacking in business discretion," was the "You are man pussessing a kind beach comment the Chief Justice this morning in the Bankruptcy Court, when J. T. de Seura
ared for his sppeared
examination. Debtor primarily
arly applied for adjudication AB டி. bankrupt. The Acting. caiver, Mr. H. Nisbet, said that a meeting
Oficial Re of creditors was called but no creditors were present and be therefore applied that debtur ha adjudged bankrupt and that the Reventie-officer Wildin said the defen- FURTHER AWARDS TO BRITISH OFFICERS. Official Receiver be appointed arastaa. dant were peen yesterday evening bauling Utotal Receiver, at his public examinatice ship by Chinese revenus offers and also Flying to questions by the Acting the opium up from the after-well of the which followed, detter said that he was 80 by the European bos'un of the ship, who years of age and that he was a clerk was on the wharf at the time and who in receipt of a monthly wage of $150. had his attention drawn to what was Bo lived in Ast in Kowloon going on. The ship was from England for which he paid a ront of $25 for the North and it was apparantly math. He had a wife sad four children. Intended to land the Opinzi in Hongkung the total amout of his debta was about At this stage Mr A. M. Preston, of three years ago. At that time he had a intimated that he was watching the case on $1500. He first began to get into debt Mesars Johnston Stokes and Master, credit balages of 820 is the saving babalf of the Ocean Steamship Company, bank. He signed as guarantor to an Indian
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therefore does not appeal to them. I better still, are still embued with the money lender on a promissory note for 2201 weply to his Worship, Ravenne officer
That we leave to the assinine and swell-headed Germanna, led, or rather niste, by their all highest" Kaiser, who fatosis sets out to dominate the world," when, ana mutter of fact, he and his Government tailed famen- tably in governing even the few Colonies Germany had but” now. haven't got.
spirit and the determination to hold and strike as hard as possible until the Anglo-French troops can be present in such immbers as will put the issue of the confiet beyond the pile of doubt
40FIUM SMUGGLING.
EVIDENCE OF ORGANISED;
EFFORT.
ON. too extensive
Bad
Collins
theirs but they assisted to pull it up.
Mr Taylor said the value of the prepared opium was 8320 and that of the raw opium 81.200
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
HONGKONG'S INTERNED PRISONERS.
QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS..
Liquidation of German Firms.
anid the Goretament Analyst drawn in favour of a ma named Collins would be up shortly. He could tell at a who never paid back the loan Debter glance whether it was Government opium, wid that he received none of the money or not. and intorest and there was & about $100 the opium was not Government opfum. and that he was still paying off the capital
Mr H. Taylor, Government Analyst, said still owing Dingapore. Debtor said bad since learnt that
The defendante said the stuff was not that be also west guarantor to his father. -in-law for $100 and has guaranteed Mir
Lonos, Nov. 19. Xavior Mr F. J. Barretto, both of whom had ran away.
Hi Worship, convicting on the second In the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. B. E. Peto, who had called The Chief Justice: Why did d-you go charge, said it seemed rather sheard to attention to the presence of three hundred interned Germans ia Hongong and Fraurantes to all the people You are impose a fine of $15,000 (ten times the anggested their removal in view of their being a "danger to the peace," Mr.
not a millioniare are you ? ̈
total value of the opium). He Baed them Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that the Governor of Debtor snarered that the people for $5,400 sach or in default twelve months' Hongkong had replied to the representations of the Chamber of Commares whom he had gone guarantee were his hard labour. relations and that they had come to him
that such fears were not shared by the authorities After consulting the War and asked him lo sige, promising to
Office, Mr, Bonar Law.added, it was not proposed at present to take any back. But they had not done so,
action.
and
af bhat is no reason why you should go guarantee for all these people," remarked The Official Receiver: Your limolvency
Though it comes as no surprise th us. as to all who have observed the
The shipping companies are no doubt anxious that even more activo steps if trend of affairs with regard to the possible should be taken to find out who Dardanelles operationy, that it may are at the back of the extensive opium to Judge.
raouing. The snuggling is altogether ton even yet be considered by the British regular, and
methodical scale, to be the caual efforte to be the best course to discontinue of individuals, and it seems evident that it relations? farther effort there-at least mean with sufficient oombers and enterprise to is the work of a far-reaching, organisation, (while such a step, we readily to get stuff on board at English porte, to defy the efforts of the smart revenue admit, comes unpleasantly to us, for officers at Singaporn and Hongkong, and to we British, as already stated, are not Tas shipping companies she put to a debtor's insolvency wael das to his grest
it away
st Hongkong or Shanghai. given to wasting our resources over good deal of trouble, and expense in kicdoese in guaranteeing relations. He uppractical projects. The operations,rious ways. There in the trouble, and asked that the examination should be
expense involved in diligent effort to claed.
as Mr. Churchill explained in the prevent the opione being put on board at.
during the voyage, while very heavy Enes the bume, porta,
orts, and of the variou searches
as imposed as the ship themselves ab and the companies have had to meet a very Shanghai when apiam is found on board,
heavy bill on his account alone.
DEFRAUDING THE POST
OFFICE.
garanteed payments by, friends and at the Police Court to day for bringing is almost entirely due to your having
A Chiness was fined 815 by Mr Lindsell
undertaking to pay the Official Koceiver
Dabtor said that was so. Ho had given antwolva lotters into the Colony on the 235, month for the benefit of his creditors 6. Kong Moop, and next year, han his salary incresaed to 8125-month, he would pay $45
The Official Receiver absorved · that
The request was acceded to. ....
DEFENDANT DISCHARGED AND RE-ARRESTED.
Following a statement by his solicitor,
A STRANGER TO TRUTH.
Why do you waste time telling all
these Bes?" said Mr Lindaell today to a
Replying to a farther question regarding the delay in the liquidation of Germon arms at Hongkong, Mr. Bonar Law said the matter was under con. sideration by the Government with a view to eliminating German influenceint the Colony.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE BALKANS.
MONASTIR IN A GRAVE POSITION.
LONDON, Nov. 19,
Peuter's correspondent at Athens disposes of the Italian report that Chinesa who fically admitted, after many the Bulgarians have already extered Manastir though the position of witnessed ind.been called, the assault with the town is admittedly g*"*Q== which he was charged. "Why did you strike the man 7”.
Defendant said he did not strike him,
THE BULGARIANS' OBJECT,
The Magistrate told the man he was It appears the object of the Bulgarians is to reach the Albanian. good hard wearing and it was impossible tying and fined him 310, ordering him to border and cut off the northern from the southern armies and force the discharged by Mr Hazeland at the Police to say what the truth was Chinose was pay 83 compensation. Court this morning on the charge of obtain- ing $1,430 by means of a trick. He w
wholesale buyers in England, it smugglers, that both sides seemed to have done some
The organisation, apparently, has its at the English por's particularly at Li verpool, Swanses std London. the Blac Fannal line ports its agents on the boats during voyage, and others to get the staff Away at, Hongkong and Shanghai. There
from
con- The
of the
TION.
latter to enter. Greece.
HOW THE SERBIANS HELD LABUNA PASS.
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Italian despatches state that the Serbians evacuated Labana. Pass without loss of artillery or prisoners after holding it. sixteen days against 50,000 Bulgarians, whose losses exceeded the total number of the defenders, namely, 5,000.
Owing to a frontal attack the Serbians were unable to detach men
FEROCIOUS FIGHTING..
House of Commons a few days since, | were undertaken chiefly at the desire of the Russians and with a view to assisting them. As the whole world, knows, what has been done has been done well and in a manner that reflects the greatest credit upon all who have taken part in the attempt upon a place that has been made
A law against the export of ro azzesied as soon as he i bad left the Court AFRENCH WAR PROCLAMA. practically impregnable. In the opin Eaghad, but no la precincts as an absconding debtor in con circumstances the wisest enure wil prezenting the wholesale purchase of opium nection with the same sum,
m England by Chinese, The drog is
In the case" this morning, Mr J. E, boud, Settlement Day: Local Stock Exchange. undoubtedly be to withdraw and baght wholesale and smuggled
Gardiner prosecuted, Mr P. 8. Dizon It is notified that the Consul General for thus prevent further losses where despite the efforts of detec ives. It is evi-
natably at the three porrs mentioned, defending so little is likely to be gained.dent that many if rot all of the Chinese
Mr Dir o said the ease, for the defonce France has notied this Government that was that the money was lost and they the following Orders have been promul TUESDAY, NOY. 30-
úremca may be onecerned in running. The British officer coramanding our opise. Once on board, it is clover knew not, & Kalt merchant at Ngated by the Governor-General of Indo- to meet the enveloping force which had crossed the mountains single:
about the jawala, Expeditionary Fores recommends coed, the Chinese being perhaps the mesto, Chu Obor district, asid he know the Cilins in a Proclamation of the 59th 6la by a goat track, crossing torrents and deep gorge, this course and doubtless, it would troubled the wit of a revance of 7. The December 21st, 1922, with interest at 30/0
ing alous snce of smugglers that ever complainant who lost him 31,000 on October last:- imhedhitely be adopted were it not drag may be hidden in the engine room, pae month, for six months. A note was prohibiting the export and the re-export of 1. The Order of the 3rd September 19:5 that it is unthinkable that we should frame. In one caso a sort of recess was 100 at the end of six months, and in
cranks, in the pe ceiling or between the given for this mount. Witnem paid coml and coke.
2. The Order of the 18th September, The last phase of the fighting was ferocious. The Bulgars and withdraw abruptly front such an under-built with hatch bonds in one
Uctober last he accidentally "met com. Nooa-China Fire Insco, Cu's. Extra- taking after what has taken place about a good deal during the voyage,
bar hers. The opium is probably moved plain iangkong, and was asked to repay proceeding order must be made applicable rond from Kuprulu to Prilep, while the remnant Jf the Sorbians `· wero 1918, declaring that the provisions of the Serbians rearguards kught with knives of the mountain, enclosing the the rest. Ho told ordinary General Meeting.
since theuperations were entered upon. and even during the searches at the bad year, and had his that he had had a French onlogies and protectorates.
had not got the money to Notwithstanding the boss the French retreating towards Monestir. various ports, which, to be the ough, Such withdrawal, at least, cannot be must necessarily he sumarhad sw, Oferim the two following days he Government bas decided to authorize effected without the "very tallest a fairly large search-party. Often complainant caled at his house with naration if, destined for France, French I The export of the materiais, in investigation into the whole cir- the ship has been thoroughly cleaned ad another man, sed a further 800 was repaid. lonies, or allied countries.
washed out At Singapore, and yet It was anggested that a new note should quantities have been discovered after he, mode out as the interest socanted to destined for China or the Philippines, and 2 The expert of these same goods if
A correspondent of the Florina describes the heartrending scenes at Long, and stil more at Shanghai. The the Government forlly decide upon muggling of the drug off the ship aforde out with an arrangement that the interest conditions as the export of rice, that is to Gresk frontier The population were in terror lest the Bulgarian comi-
should be reduced by 8440, leaving on special request and with the reserve tadjis, already in the town, would massacre them. what course is to be adopted that the ly at the local Police Court, there was a
opportunity for further ingenuity. Recent 81.430 outstanding. Next day the two that exporters must produce counlar
men came again, making a disturbance, certificate." views of Lord Kitchener are to be case in which it was food at the back accusing him of swindling them and
place in
out the stipulated sidering the question, and none is board at Hongkong, the drug is confiscated, that the sum could be repail at any time. and as a rule no ownership can be assigned, more qualified to deal with It com-walla it may be doubted whether the They argued that that meant at any time they wanted it, while defendant mid t THE BEST WEEKLY NEWS prehensively. His decision will seal people who are arrested asupan people meant ab sur time he had honey so par, CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY
and others getting the drug from ship. There was no truth in the story about
THEN you have s brd cold you wao Among those mentioned in the Oracle us having been awarded the Distin organisation
By Me Gardinar-Bo feat me com. plaint five years ago in Swatow, where he relief, but affect prompt and permanent the landing, operations at the Fersian Gulf in August; Lient. Commander stayed over your curs, remedy that is pleasant to take David and Stocks for a prolonged submarine cruise in the Sea of Marmara, in
Mr. Gardiner.The complainant saya he remedy that contain nothing injurious,
Chamberlain's Pain Bales. It is just the
gallo, the football player and the has never been to Swato. He must be Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets at which much damage was inflicted on the enemy: Lieut. Commander A. G. all round sthlete know the value of so anfeliz
these requirements. If acts on natura's Seymour for exellent work throughout the operations in Mesopotamia and for Defendant de o alun
plan, relieves the lung Aids expectoration, sinking the Turkish patrol boat Nasiriyeli on July e karba se | thing for a rub" doworafter a hard game. We cannot possibly tell what the truth opens the secrations and restores the system Distinguished Service Crusses are awarded to Naral Lieutenants Heath and for world wide sale and rise, and can ways Curry for landing amininition on the right bank of the Euphrates co Jaly
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paid hím 890 and XP), O+ November Zud
TERROE-STRICKEN, SERBIAN CIVILIANS.
cumstances. All therefore will read other soareting azamization it Hong81,940, A note was accordingly made this export to take place under the name Monastir, the whole population of Old Serbia hurrying through to 'the'
-with-much satisfaction that before
OVERLAND EDITION. obtained. His Lordship is now coas comperiment of a junk. When found on asking, hum to pay the money at Jaced
AWARDS FOR BRITISH OFFICERS.
LONDON Nov. 19.
PAPER FOR ALL INTERESTED the matter and will be accepted un-to store-are high in the confidence of the famondrings which were never mantloped Zemedy that will not only give guised Service Order are Commander Viscount Kelburn for services during
IN HONGKONG AND CRINA questioningly by all who have the
GENERALLY...
A FAVORITE BUB DOWN.
trac welfare of our country and Empire at heart. Discretion, as the ORDER IT BEFORE GOING better part of valour, and if we have poet says, is indeed frequently the HOME AND THUS KEEP IN ta relinquish our task in the All soreness disappears like mazio and in One, sido's story seems as good be the to a healthy condition. This remody has Caldwell for services in Mesopolimia, L N. Millar for services at Adan, H. G.: CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE Dardanelles we shall do so with this
in mind.
FOLOXY.
sprains and swellings are cared in ions third others and it is allegether, tos rogue
loes time than by any other treated a convict,id defendant solicitor For sale by all Themlate and Blotekeeper.
Delegdant was discharge),
be depended upon. For sale by silChemists 24th at Singeisen: Boatswain Tierney for services during the landing at the and Floraksezam
Perman Gulf.