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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1918
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THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S CABLES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
CORRESPONDEN CH
PETITION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Bouter's Service to the China draft.) DEATH OF SIR CLEMENTI SMITH-
Losos, Feb. 8, 4 The death is announced of the (To the Bitar of the "Curva "MAIL") (Router's Service to the China Main Rt. Hon. Sir Cecil Clementi Smith,
G.C.M.G.
DEFENCE AGAINST AIRCRAFT.
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818-British Residents, who wish to [Sir Civil Clemanti Smith was well-sign the abora Pacițino, are requested to known in the Far East. Educated at si kindly do so promptly, as the fists will be Lospos, Feb. 7.
Paul's school art Corpus Christi College withdrawn on Friday next. Adoniral Sir Perry Scolt a the|degree, ha was elected in 1962 by coin- Cambridge, whore he took bis 3.
Yours faithfally,
H. E. POLLOCK. end of the week relinquishen competitive examination" one of the first
Prince's Buildings, 8th Feb, 1916. mand of the aircraft defences of student interpreters to be appointed, to London which will henceforth be in Hongkong e served in various public charge of the Home Army.
THE MAGISTRACY.
THE "PERSIA“: ATROCITY,
NARRATIVE OF A SURVIVOR.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The D. & K., Heijun Mari; 9,4015 d.w. be, has been sold to Afr. Sugimuta for 1,300,000,
a 3,00ton tour of the laheze and type A Japanito vontemporary mentions that pow under construction at the Emek row! Works to the order of Mesers, Tatsuma &
BALSAMIC
COUGH LINCTUS
Co., Dairan, has been contracted to be the most valuable of its kind, in cases of Cough, Aathina, Bronchitis, Shortnem chartered an or
completion in the rate of Tou 80,000 per month.
Breathing ar Difficulty of Expectoration; and while in removes the accumulatio phelpm, from its Tonis and Astringent virtuss it prevents its formation, and adlaye irritation of the membranes of the thrust and chee, rendering the delicato prita lesa.
sceptible of future irritation and disenso,
The lid so soothing infuerco which this poparation has, claares it among
The number of Japanese vessels to be constructed by the end of 191946 verions Japanasa shipbuilding yards is pus at 101 440,000 of which 17 vensale of 73,645 tona with aggregate gross tonnage of about, belong to steamship companies having their Lead or branch icon at Daizan.
TEN TERATURE SCENE. passenger of the ill fated ship the flowing The Straits Times das received from dotally of the submarining of the P. and O. liner Persia :-
The Fatsia was sunk by a torpedo at about 2pm on December 30 of the land ol Crato
I had just Anished lunch and was sitting in the saloon when without any warning there was a tremendous explosion somewhere about the middle of the ship. Some one called cus it is a torpedo" and we all rushed to our rations on deck. I heard warning whistle from the bridas and as far as I know the whole thing was so sudden that acou a given. When we go on deck the sea was black with oral dust and already. there pers bodies agab the wreckage Shanghai bas gone to sing pero to com- Air. William Kata of Reta and Co. floating about evidently used by the the Government there in 1884-8. Ha.
explosion. The ship immediately began to late transfer of the American traight- was appointed Lieutenant-Governor and While going aboard the s.a. Honam, stinky, faur boats worn semehow or other Hanametal to the firm of Madrigal and Co., Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, bus two midnight on the Ath inst., two Chinese fell into the water and was considerably set the Mail Company for £35,000.
astaly lowered, a fifth was cut down and
of Manila, Mr. Kas recently sold this rears later went back in the Straits revenue officers stopped a Chinens carrying damaged. The boat I was ailutted to was Chines Fress, he is to be congratulated has been sunk. The seron "elicer Sonenta as Governor and Commander bundle. Suddenly the man bolted carry no lauhed, and as a faid to jump having made handsome proâ The As he paid only £17,000 for it, says tha in Chief and his record schoquently is ing his bundia. The revocus men,
the sea I was taken down with the Banametal, it will be recalled, was seized given as follows :—HIM, High Comenis. | watchman and two Filipinos, chased bisip,' which, as far if I can judge, unz in by the British just after the war broke out missioner and Consul General for Barnen around the ship and caught him but not and Sarawak, 1889, British Commissioner before he bad thrown away the bandle. under the F.D. to settle certain instine examination the bundle was found to claim at Maxils, and received the "thanks gontain seven and a half pounds of mor- of H.M. Government, 1978; as as for phize, representing 190.000 doses and
ortives la Rone, and was promoted trom the etice of Colonial Treasurer bare to that of Colonial Secretary of the Straits STEAMER BALGOWNIE SUNK: Settienghts in 1878, and administered
Losnos, Feb. 7. The British Steamer Balgownic
was drowned.
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AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN FRENCH AND BULGARS.
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SALONIKA, Feb. 7. The first encounter between the
MORPHINE SEIZED.
valued at 2819, 2
theNiere case, 1881; revived the Volunteer Corps in Singapors under the opposing forces since the retreat of the style of phe Singapore Volunteer Artil
Inspector Wildin of the Ravenue Depart Allica occurred between the Frenchery, and is Hon. Col. of the Coppement said the defendant would claim that and Bulgarian cavalry patrole on the Master of the Dereurs Company, 107 he was the wrong man and he (the officer) Doiran front, half a mils south of the pas of the Royal Commissioner for the applied for a temand to produce evidence. froatiar. The French had two movisory Connittee. Imperial Instituts, at 88,000 which was not forthcoming.
Paris Exhibition: 1000: Member of the
The remand was granted bail being Exod wounded, while the Bulgarian los961902; Member of Tarif Commission. are not know. The French patrols 1964 end of the British Deligation to sre most active in feeling the eneung'a the International Opium Commissieu. "strength.
Shanghai. 1009 (repared the thauks of
A GREEN CALL TO THE COLOURS.
ATHENS, Feb. 7. King Constantine has issued a decree calling to the Colours those of the classes of the years 1892 n, 1914, who are abroad, with the exception of those residing in Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Ramanais,
AUSTRIANS REPULSED BY
SERBIANS.
1.M. Government; Che! British Die
get to the International Opina Confer
CHILD'S CAP SVATCHED. "
afterscomah anah carrying a child on her Walking along Queen's Road yesterday
into
came to the surface I got hold of a bit of only returned to Katz and Co, afise a some ten minutes or perhaps laam. When I
od, then lahut my eyes. I do not knar legii contest.
and brought to Hongkong. The ship was how long I was in the water we need to have boon half concious and do pulled into boat. I remember the awfalk tookahars has risen fraai 1). not remember anything dle rly until I w Freight en iron by stammer fra Nw sight of seeing number of bodies of men pertonta. As the result of this ris and women, also children and infants, all the transport of iron on the overland dead thating passed the bort. I think all milways to American Pacide ports has who were alive were picked up by the four rapidly is erased. resta. Tizens, in order that we should all Yokohama steamer freight on iron bas
The San Francisco and then we drifted. (The fifth bost which per ton and the San Francisco Vindin keep together, men tied one to the other risen, in consequence, by G. 81 12.11.835 was cut down was floating keel upwards to rate so G.83 The rate on kerosens l which were holding on one Europeao pamon between New York and Yokohama, which gar and 16 of the natire crew; this boat was quoted at 10 cents in the ammar, of drifted away and was not evidently sean by 1914, has risen to C.$1.50.. the other besta. Next morning, only eight of the crew remained and
miserable night as wa, of course, waro still they together with the Europain were eventually picked up and taken Malta)
Next morning after cold
to
ere at The Hague, 1011 freeivai berek nolizəd a man watch the child's cap, fin cur not clother, we could see smoke nightly regulaT NOTvíco, via Cape of Good tenta
of IIM, Government); Hon. Sherived an alarm and a detective who Fellow Corpus Christi College, Cain
"was dear gavo chase and caught the man bridge, 1912)
who was brought before Mr Won-I this morning.
THE GREAT FIRE AT OTTAWA..
OTTAWA, Feb. 7.
and
Mediterranean. In order to work, a fort The Nippan Yusen Kaisha has decided to pises the Australian liner chi aru oa the European service as successor to the Fasaka Maru, recently torpedoed in the
Hope, the Company has transferred, in addition to the above, the Iyo Mare ( the Bombay lise) and the nga Maru the Calentta lise) to the same service. The number of the Company's steamers to 14. The yo is scheduled to have Yokohama on February 25th and the Kag on May 5th. The Company's Mar on the American line will become a sub-
Defendant said the child's has fail on the thircopti esible a steamer and bove three rousels will raise the total
gread: he did not take it off the child's hexd...
The complainant called another words
red in the usual Chinese woman's dress. After she bad taken the cath she intimated she was Japazese and knew a little Chinezo." She corroborated the core
Though the police hold the theory that the recent fire was an accident, the public are convinced that Ger rnans burn the Parliament heil-plainant's sty inge, and has given a lip to PARIS, Feb 7. The Serbians have repulsed the rising. Every military and police Austrians at Durazzo.
precaution is being taken against furthertrages.
THE ENGLISH LOAF:
EFFECT OF WHEAT EXPORT MONOPOLY IN INDIA.
LONDON, Feb. 7.
Messages of sympathy have been received from Mr. Asquith Lord Kitchener, the Dominions and the Allick.
CHINESE TELEGRAM.
(With Taz Yat Pa's Service.)
CANTON'S MILITARY #GOYERNOR AND THE PRINCEDOM.
PIKING, Feb. 7, A mandate bas been issued disallow.
In connection with the announce- ment of the indefinite extension of the Raj's monopoly of the export of wheat, a correspondeat of the Times remarka that unquestionably the monopoly bas bega, a considerable factor in the cost. of the English lost, Fadis last Summering Lung" Chai Kwong, the Military was able to supply a quantity of wheat Govorcer of Canton, to decline the equivalent to fully four weeks' COD. sumption of the United Kingdom. This must have greatly mitigated the serious- ness of the rise im prices which occurred in last March and April.
THE GERMAN ACTIVITY ON
BRITISH-FRONT-
rank of Prince
HONGKONG'S POLICEMEN
SOLDIERS.
Interesting details are received periodi eally about the movements of several of
the Dyngaong Police who have gone home to join up with the British forces. The last ENFAT DESERTERS APPRECIABLY mail brought the news that Lance-Sorgt, Clark and 1.C. Clark, both whom are
INCREASING,
well-known in local football circles, have
ansted as pritates in the Scots Guards,
Another one to join the same regiment: P.C. Knight, formerly of the Revenue Department and the following jutarest. ing paragraph referring to him and his brother is taken from The Northampton Independent gen
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Defendant was ordered to undergo three months hard bour and four hours' exposure in the atheka,
BROKER CHARGED WITH RECEIVING.
in the far distanco, and as it was evident we Trere,
woll out
of the track of passing stamers, it was decided to detach one of the boats containing only 17 to go ahead this they did just before dark. The boat was seen by an Enlish trawler whost pace picked them up and then went in search of the others which it found and picked up at about in the areaing after we had been
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32 hours in the bota. The officers and crew stituse ship for the Hitachi Maru. did everything in their power for the unc of the destroyse to which they were trans fort of the raged as also the offcars, sic.. farred ab Alexandria, after which the P. and O. took charge of them
Lut
02
E (ropean
"According to the Manchurian Daily News (Japanese) the shipping centre of the Oriant baxalifled from Hongkong to Roby, Our contemporary say:-
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Coa ator
A the
2 wera saved, of the 1st class passengers some 30 infants and children only
Jupan, who has added to her Shipping faw were saved and toly Indy, Register quite a feat of vessels construct the reason for this is believed to be thad last year at the home yards, will acquire fact that during the morning some of the more new real having aggregate groas passengers had been playing tennis (7) And onpage cf about 180,000 built in the stree rots had boon put up round the deck so of the current year, All this ship-nilding that when the ship unk they were caught boom is the result of the unprecedented like fah and carried down with it
prosperity of the shipping traite com İm Fug Ying, a broker of 30 Squxreno panic and that the women who waseign
Another passenger told me there was quent upon the prevent Mar
chango har Street, was charged before bir Hazeland much is the majority behaved splendidly, charter market of Japan since the latter this morning with receiving 39 rails of they were as far as he could observe stand part of Ins: year. Anyous wishing to sation cloth and 27 role of poplin, valued it was very evident to all there would be used to seak one at Hongkong, through ing in their places on deck, and although charter a suitable foreign vessel hitherto at $1,073, well knowing the goode to bareng time to clear all the boste there was no shipping brokers there. Of late, thoro bern stolen.
sound,
are indications pointing to a gradual shift- As to the bleding, which was the following ing of the shipping centre of the Orient via Malts was nous depra sing. During the eign chartsreta hare first to go through bont, the passage for Marseilles to Fort Said from Hongkong to Eche Intending for day every and walon high tennien, Wa bad preliminary procedure at Kobe for the should do in case of scciden vary to have much streng bened Japan's com bon drill every day and wore told what we charter of a foreign real, nut to speak of
* Japanese vessel. This tendancy seam had to keep life belta kao 7. evening the depression was augmented. là the No lihts being allowed un deck and hoth
mercial claims in the Orient. music and dining saloons had only one light at the only wace of tavily sanded visible. Below all port holes were shut and that they only renderad the darkness the glass beavily painted over with black paint
Tho circumstances were that a coolis
who had since absconded was entrusted with three delivery orders on Holt's godown for the delivery of three canes of pioce-gcode. Be took delivery of the goods but failed to, deliver to the Tip Yik and Sang Long shope. On the following day. January 26, the police arched the premises at 17 Sqaxin Street and recovered 68 rolls of the stelen grode. About & rolls were atül missing. Evidence would be called to prove that defendant reated the premises in which the goods were found as from three days previous on this skip much is the maj rity. to the Police raid.
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Mr G. K. Hall Brutton defended. Me K. 8. Morrison, of Messra Bradley & he signed the delivery orders. -Courgare ovidence-of-identification and said-
three Chinese occupiers of 17 Square The prosecution also called evidence by
Strest to prora that defendant rented the
destroyer, women and children were also From Malta we were acorted by
FEWER MEDICAL STUDENTS.
POSITION IN LONDON HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS.
i
fukio, is reported in Japanese papers to Regnault, the French Ambassador to have asked the Communications Depart cargo-boss of 4, 5,000 bore class to the ment, Tokyo, to charter tan Japanes French Government. Strictly speaking available at present, sayyy Japanese or a single Japanese tramp steamer in lefo
contemporary.
are only 7 JepaceD
tramp steamers of 5,000 tons class, viz, the Bankoks (inder foreign charter). tho Kanto (under the T. K. K. charter), the Teikoku (under foreign charter) the Shinkoku (under the OS. E. sharter), the Hima (chartered by a foreigner), ali being registered at Dairen, the Shinyo (under the T. K. K. charter), and the Jimmy (under the M. B. K. chs ter).
which have been taken up on time charter Those of 4,000 tots class number altogether 24, including 11 Dairen steamers, all of
not one on trip charter, either, by such circumstances, it is thought next to Japanose or foreign merchanta Under impossible to spare ressels for some time
premises. Fach of the three wittosson had of the great medical schools are quite The medical students and the Deans charge regarding the same goods. been discharged in connection with satisfied with Lord Derby's scheme of aud
The case for the defence was that defen-recruiting as it affects them. A little dant paver rented the premises and had lice court case seems to have suggested never previously soon the goods.
The hearing was adjourned,
THE FINANCIAL REGULI
that the taking away of the junior mem. Pers of the staff must have crippled the heppitals Inquiries at several hospitals
to come. The only recourse left open is to have our sub chartered.
Nippon Yu-en Kaisha has decided to let the We see is reported, however, that the
The
LONDON, Feb. 7. Reuter's correspondent at Head quarters discredits the idea that increased activity by the enomy in the northern British sector progesan offensive. These operations, be states, are purely local and limited in character, and are not heralded by any particular artillery preparation, neither are they
in London revealed no complaints. 1,8 Eumans Muru, 6.087 tan grows, pressed with determination. The big. The way in which Northampton's son: MR. DENMAN FULLER'S CONCERT authorities could manage somehow to do pert, ou charter to the French Government. Students were being taken away, but the recently relieved of service as naval tram. geet affair was opposite Loos, on-
Mercse the seas have rallied round we January 28th, when a battalion made other Country during this the greatest
what was needed. The ordinary course alt and three cargo-boats belonging to the Mitsui BUREA Kaisha has followed a sudden attempt to rush a position. crisis in her history has been remarkable.
of a medical student is fre peura. The Company's Shipping Department will be They were met by a fierco rifle and From the furthermost end of the earth)
first three years are usually devoted placed at the di pool of the same Govern- machine-gun fire, and cannot have lost her sons have returned, and are now Mr. W. . Pattendan, the Hon. Tres. minor science work and the last two toment. Through the goodwill of Me K. less than 200, Aa to the affair on the fighting ide by side with their brothers aurer, informs that the Concert gives serious medical and surgical students. In Oaki, a Japanese shipowner of influence. Ypres and Pilken road, the enecay were from the Mother Country.
by Mr. Denman Fuller on January 31st the fast-year of the first three it is the cargo-bost, Chiyo far, 9,160 ton apparently under the impression that From China and Africe have come the the City Hall for the purpose of halp posible that a boy may be quite useful, wed by himssif, wül also be char we had withdrawn from a stretch of two solliers, cous of 31r. Charles Knighting the funds for providing the materials as a member of the R.A.M.C, or in the
Eared to the same Government. trenches, otherwise it is hard to account of the Wilderness. Walgrave,
of Mrs. Phelips Bandage-Making Class, cavy service. for the launching of an infantry attack younger of the two, Ele. Austin Knight, resulted in the magnificent donation el One of the secretaries of the British at noon-day, which was not prepared was working in De Beers, diamond mines 658.70, after all expenses have been Medical Council explained that this by artillery or gas. A possible explanat Kimberley when war broke out. With deducted, for which Mrs. Phelipa is most climax was not so violent as might be ation of the greater activity is the need it came the Dutch rebellion, and be im. grateful. for making a more than purely defensive nodiately joined the 2nd Kimberley
expected. The aurabers of eye who had The sum of $101 for Programmes coli reglutered su medical students was cer reply to the constant hararaing which Regiment, and acetated in its suppression, as the Concert goes to the funds fortainly smaller then before e medical is adversely affecting the enemy's mural. The flow of enemy desorters is appre-est Africa, and accompanied them
He then joined Bothe's force for German Blind Soldiers and Sailom.
ichools are very short of men, but the ciably increasing.
Mra Phelips would also tako this hospitals are not altogether short of help. during their trying marches, returning opportunity of thanking the following for Whenever R.A.M.C. man comes back implant some months later. Forty. their kind help received during January: from the front for few days holiday be eight hours after he reached Kimberley, Mr. M. F . Stephere
gives a little help in bis old hospital however, ha decided to strike yet another
medical school. Ti is good for him, a blow for his native country, so joined the
It is exceedingly good for his patients South African contingent which is prob-
So the medical schools of London go on ably by this time on ila way to one of
They have no complaint to make against Lord Derby's deaise that the younger men should anlist, and they know full well that those who snow in the Army
FRICTION BETWEEN BULGARS AND TEUTONS:
The
BULGARS OPPOSED TO AN ATTACK the fronts. He wens to South Africa
Thero
ON SALONIKA.
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three-and half years ago, and prior to that worked for four years for Mr. Rus sell. butcher, of Creston, and is well known in that district.
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Mr. Evan Ormistor
Mrs. Durbar
100
From Indian Ladies per Lady
Jay
GO.
Me. W. H. Smith
20
Miss Annie Miller
20
10
10
10
Mrs. W. 1. Humphreys
10
Mrs. Danby
5
Miss Chettle
Mrs Chathaza
Mrs. Pollock Mr. Palen
or the Naty will not lose much of their clinical education.
DON'T COUGH;
BALORIKA, Fab, 7.- considúrable friction His elder brother William wont to between the Teutons and the Bulgarn Chínis six years ago, and joined the Hong over the question of an attack on kong Police Force. The Fears later he Salonika. The Bulgarians are opposed was prompted to the detective depart to this, as they realise that they would ment, and was afterwards given a post have the lion's share and therefore in the ravenue office. He returned home
TT is beard to allow cough to hang on heavy losses, which would compromise in June for a holiday, and then offered
and sap roue vitality phan Chamber. the Suigarian military strength when services. After some delay he YEN the slightest tickling or hoarseness threat and langa to become diseased when Lain's Cough Remedy will care you. You don't know where a 'peralatout, cough wil compared with her neighbours;- Thai
land you. You can't afford to allow your Bulgarians also disfavour the Zoppella coved perralssion to tour from his in the throat sy be the forerunger it is such simple thing to stop into
chief in Hongkong, on condition that heladangerous illnas, Stop it at once with chemist's shop and get a bottle of Chamber relds or baloniks, owing to the imoturn to his post after the war, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. mediate and terrible French reprisals.
For lg lain's Couth Remedy For als by all Ihs is now a private in the Scoin Guards, by all Chemists and Storuka pers
Chemists and Starkempata
TICKLING IN THE THROAT.
To-day's Advertisements
THE KOWLOON LAND AND.. BUILDING COMPANY LIMITED.
T NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the CUMPANTS OFFICES, VICTORIA BUILD1108 for the purposs of receiving the REPORT PRIDAY, 12th February, 1916, at Nor of the DIRECTORS together with 8bato mant of ACCOUNTS for the year ending 31st December, 1915.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY 11th to FRIDAY: 18th February, 1916 (both days inclusive), during which period. ao TRANSTER & SHARES on be registered
By Order of the Board of Directors.
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