WATSON'S E
OLD BROWN BRANDY
THE
PEG O'MY HEART
THE CHINA MAIL.
considerable quantities of guldin
bamboo tubes, aent by registered
BY THE WAY.
parcel post. A moratoriam. in China The Is Subscription List publish therefore must burt the Germans fed by the War Charities Committee perhaps more severely than any other afforded evidence of the sympathy people, though at the present time of the Chien population of the none of the Powers at war can afford Colony with the auffering entailed to contemplate a moratorium in by the war which cannot fail to be China for an indefinito period.
appreciate, and remembered with gratitude. That list was a Chinese list entirely. It contained the camos of over fire hundred subscribers and the subscriptions in it totalled over $30,000, and this represents no very large proportion of the total sum which the Chinese residents of the Calexy have contributed to the War Funds since the beginning of the war twenty-one Munchs ngn,"
NEWS OF THE DAY,
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The P. " . homewar) mutil steamer Khiva with the Hongkong Mail of the 7th April Inst, arrived at Marseilles on Thursday morning the 11th instant..
News
19:244
received by Mesure Doughs, Lapmikvand Co, to-day-of the death of Mr. Mackintosh, who was for shout 40 years an engineer in the Douglas Steamship Company: retired about 4 or 3 years ago and was resident at Partick, Secttard, when he
ALLEGED ENEMY TRADING.
CROWN APPEALS AGAINST MAGISTRATE'S DECISION.
STOTES FOR FUKIEŃ..
F
נו
MONDAY, MAY 15, *916.
SPORTING.
It was an offence against common law and if the Magistrate had approached the Casa with that spirit häj (the Magistrate) would have taken a more Barious view.
GOLF.
www.
The Chief Justice? He found there was no breach, so it did not matter
COMPETITIONS AT KOWLOON, what the Magistrate said. Ha' had already held that the Magistrato came to tons organised by the Golf section of
The results of the various Competi an erroneous decision and the only two the Kowloon C.C, as as follows things for them to do was either to send back the case or deal with it.
Captains' Cup: 1 K. MeLennan Mr. Orme remarked that the question
9 J. & Robinson
A. Bryson IK. McLennan 2G. H. May
2 A. G. Pilo and R. Abra
bam
1. K. McLennan
A. G. File
An appeal from the decision of the who dismissed a First Magistrate Mr. F.A. Hazeland, against Messrs Thorensen and Co, of rights and duties, if he might any selectie Cup: K. McLennan
summons brought Hongkong, on charge under the had been jumbled in the Magistrate Stein: Trading with the Enemy Regulations, minl. It was the duty of the Govern morning. The Chief Justica Sir Wen. was heard in the Appeal Court this ment to satisfy themselves that they Running Poolt. MeLennan Rees Davies, K.C. and Mr. H. H. J. ful truling.
were doing everything to avoid unlaw-Farewell Cap: 1 Capt. Liddell Gompertz Puisne. Jadge, were the
4K. McLennan Justicen
Their Lordships, through the Chief Pitcairn Cup K. HeLennan and D. J. Justice, sail they were quite prepared which MG. N. Orme of the Crown dents in that case, that what had been "Moonraker's.”
The appellants were the Crown, for to accept the view taken by the respon
McKenzie
Solicitor's Department, appeared; and done was done through ignorance. At the respondents were represented by the same time they thought they ought
Cup: Thers hi haven a good deal of AM Preston of Messrs Johnston,sent when exceptional legislation was
Mr. F. C. Jeukin (instructed by Mr. to point out that at a time like the pre-Ritchie Cup: iron and Wilsen speculation lately as to what profits Stokes and Master's Office). the Banks are Junking, owing to the
2 McKenzie and Knapton rise in exchange.
Mr. Orme said the appeal was under dominions it behoved everybody to take
being passed throughout the British RITCHIE CUP FINAL. a few days ago gde me wonder how September 19th 1915 the firm of as all that respondent company acted between D. J. Mackenzie and Krapton A little incident The original complaint was that on abided by. He said they had no doubt over 38 holes on the king's Park course section 98 of the Magistrates. Ordinance.. very possible care that the laws were by Capt. Ritchie was played yesterday The final for the Ritchie Cup put up much the Colonial Post Office is Thorensen and Co., traded with an entirely in ignorance of the law but and Bryson and D. C. Wilson. The athing fras the same cause.
I had my firm named Pasedag and Co, at the same time ignoranca was an ia latter pair received six strokea The He occasion to purchase a 5 postal Amoy,
over, and I found that the Post Ordinance 15 of 1914. That ordinance emphasise that laws were made with the Kenaie and Knapton led steadily the resident and carrying on business insufficient excuse. They were bound to game attracted a good deal of interest
continry to section Office, at the day's rate of oxchange, was amplified on Proclamations Mr. intention that they should be strictly reater part of the distance being three of impose a small penalty in order to fought from the commencement. Me- among Kowloon golfers and was keenly notted Ed. on the traduction--which Orme thought it was incumbent on him adhered to.
to state the special reasons which pretty good "queeze.
up at the first tarn and two up at the rendered it necessary for the Crown,
- Respondents were âned $25.
conclusion of the morning's play. In the When it is remembered that who were in that case the prosecuting
cond eighteen holes they maintained CONCERT AT ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE. Prooubly 90 per cent, of the postal of their Magistrates. The Crown felt party, to appeal from a judgment of one
lead of three and occasionally" four until approaching the thirty-second orders sold by the Colonial Post that that power which was given by the
when Bryson and Wilson brought Puch.-On May 8, at Shanghai to Mr. Stewart, shter of the Bev. A. Dill-afford to pay such exorbitant leave.
A farewell; concert to Miss K. LOffice, ure bought hy people who can special circumstancexane with special ordinance could only be exercised in
down the margin and the players stood at and Mrs. ELLs Punii, a-son,
all square. With three boles to go Stewart, who is associated with hien
and a stroke in hand for Bryson and Wilsent the match was con- Probably it was not necessary et Sr. Puni's College, tong pinee, on night well be taken into consider duty in connection with the matter, 500,000, says, the lab, and the amount easily won by Brysm and Wilson who it seerris a matter which for him to point out in the present a total tonnaga of Japanese vessels trading Knapton but the lead was lost on the
Prior to the outbreak of the war the fourth wALS WORK
tested with great engerness. The thirty- that they were under special peculiar
by McKenzie Saturday evening. Sover handred tion by the Government.
and to foreign countries did not excel subsequent gacen. students and friends were present to old grievance about which there has the internal administration of Hong was in the neighbourhood of 1,000,000 struke.
It is an which concerned not only. Hongkong or of specie earned abroad by these ships thus won the cup, they not requiring the The st hole was wish Miss" Stewart bon royage and always been a good deal of complaint, kort, but concerned Hongkong as a Since the outbreak of hostilities, however, game throughout against bravy oxids safe return to the Colony after a
Bryson played a magnificent" hut, so far as I know, the squeeze" involved in, a perilous and dangerous abroad has greatly increased, and at putting of Wilson was valuable help link in the large Empire which was the tonnage of Japanese ships trading while in the afternoon the phenomenal well-es med rest.
has wover been so high as it is war and which rendered it incumbent present is estimates at something like towards the success of the pair today.
upon them to have the same law and so 1,000,000 ton, including the vasel be able to fall in line with other parts of
The runners-up Cap is being presented chartered by foreigners and the Empire and not fail in pressing ass against persons who break that law, the as much as before the war.
the by the Kowloon Chib.. amount of mohey earned by them more than four tites pressed in England or in other parts of estimate of the amount of money earned CLOSE MATCH BETWEEN (U.S.RO.
as similar charges would be not possible to arrive at an accurate the Empire. It was important that by Japanes ressels trading in foreign their actions in such cases should be charteruge, but the following figures per countries in the shape of freight and
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General Memoranda.
WRDNEDAY, May 17:-
Noon-Meeting of Creditom of the
Tung Kee and Wing Kee Firm..
10.11 pb.-Full Moon
FRIDAY, May 19:-
BIRTH.
The
China
Mail.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, May 15, 1916.
CHINA'S MORATORIUM.
THAT China. Bas proclaimed "a
died.
11
24
squeezes
At an interval' in the programme Miss Stewart was made the recipient | These who remember Sir Matthew et Buswell presents from the School, Satan'ns Governce of Hongkong Old Boys, members of St. Paul's,
will be the lust fikely to prejudge Ahurch and others. These included unfavourably his part in the recent
gold bangle, gold wrist watch administration & Ireland.
aume
JAPAN'S CARRYING TRADE.
EARNINGS · BY JAPANESE SHIPS.
how
קט
Iz HONGKONG TENNIS LEAGUE.
AND H.K.C.C.
The Hongkong CC.. A. tenne bent tho
moratorium is a very interesting Plackwood table, a large tablet of the resignation of the Under Secretary consistent with the general law, other month may be regarded as approximate-nited Service Recreation Club at Kow-..
piece of intelligence. But what precisely does it mean? It means, we presume, for one thing, the temporary suspension of payments
divided
under
t
:
*
it has and the evidence.
correct.
Regular liners (300,000) ... Y1,500,000 Extra ships and tramp
steamers ((350,000 tons) 0,600,000 Ships chartered by for
eigers (150,000 tons). 3,370,000
Y11,470,000
loon on Saturday by a single game. The
Acores were:-
H. A. Nisbet and A. R. Phelips
beat Lieut-Col. Crisp and Lieut.. U. f. Hamilton
Best Rev Cooper-
Captain Hammond
Hunt"
and ****..... Em *
12
Crisp and Hamilton
Lieut Col Faichnie and. C. Thorne and M. AL Mans, irat to
Capt. Milner-Jones...
Lost to Cooper-Hunt and Ham-
wond Imst tu
to Faichnie A Jones
The above is the amount of specie which every month by the working of Japanese it is estimated is attracted to Japh
decline in freight and charterage ships, and as there are no fears of
sent Feir will not be less than F. W. Cary and I. N. Murphy lost. long as the war hats the import of specie from this source during the pre- more than that amount.
100,000,000, and possibly considerably
And Milner-
to Crisis and Hamilton
Bent Couper Hunt and Ham-
mond ***
calculations of the dads, and to us it Bent Faichrie and Milner-Jones -
It will be understood that this is the appears somewhat exaggerated. Jup Chronicle
SHIPS HOMEWARD BOUND YIL SUEL
Chinese chanicter "Si," composed ship followed as a matter of course grievance in endeavouring to administer of old Chinese, coins recently un
wias they would come to a serious earthed in the north of Kwangtung been the grave of many reputations, which it was desire to enforce in Provines, a large-roll of Chinese silk, but those who know Siz Mathew dealing with an enemy's trade. And upon thus of bis Chief. Treland nas legislation which differel from the legislation of the King and legislature. pictures, and also an illuminated Nathan will await the report of the when it came to the end of the war it of the Boxer indemnity and interest dress testifying to the students Commission of Inquiry with con- that sert, when dealing with matters of on loans. If that be the meaning of high appreciation of Miss Stewart sfidence that it will not find the trading with the enemy, to sec that would be incumbent on a tribunal of the moratorium, China will probably untiring efforts on their behalf. The Under Secretary greatly to blame. be hearing something from the Bishop of Victoria suppleraented the interested Powera on the subject.marks reminding those present It is rither starting to see, after
they did not let the rest of the Empire down in providing a loop hole through China's foreign indebtedness is that is had been very difficult to the war has been in progress a year Proclamations and the warning notice,
which the enemy could get in.
Counsel went on to deal with the four heads (a), Persaude Miss Stewart to take indemnity and was longs (the total wall-armed rest In reply. Miss recently been deemed expedient O'Sullivan, who was called for the
und uine months thut charges outstanding being in the Swart sail she had never been to amend at Order-in-Council, in Crown visited the respondent's firm Police Inspector neighbourhood of £112,000,000); (3)
so happy us in her work at St. order to
and was informed by Mr. Jensen railway loans amounting to overstantly thinking of them, and her one the Colony. But it needs inside these goods were consigned to order Paul's College. She would be con- the "public safety and defence of a letter. The Inspector asked why nore effectually secure of the him that his company wrote | £30,000,000; (c) general loans; and wish would be to return to them as knowledge (d) provincial and private loans, soon as
to discover in what were consigned to Pasedag and Co. no and Mr. Jensen said if the goods What these amount to is not shown
respect the Order extends the very abipping, company would accept them. wide powers which were vested in The goods were actually dispatcher on the Governors of Colonies at the the Daijiu Maru and consisted of five beginning of the wur
cases of petroleum stovca and it was alleged against the respondents that the
It is notified in the Government stoves were actually supplied to them Gasstte that all homeward bound ships and for the benefit of an enemy fire using the Suez route, which sail from The respondents were Norwegian and the Colony on or after the 1st June, are firm. The goods were shipped by a for Europe at the Office of the Superin they were the agents in Hongkong of required to produce their Manifest and the East Asiatic Shipping Co., a Danish copies of the Bills of Lading, of all cargo firm named Duff and Co., Gottenberg, tendent of Imports and Exports before Sweden, to the Fukien Drag Co.,, a the ship receives her pass, in time for Chinese Co. of Amoy, and the cases the Manifest and Bills of Lading to be and they were taken over by the separate manifest must be used for all were marked "F. D. and Co., Ltd,"checked against the export permits. A respondent firm as agents for the Fast such cargo exported from the Colony to Asiatic Co.
Europe, and the number of the export The Paine Judge asked if all the permit must, he entered against each
sent by the respondents stating facts were common ground and Crown item. Counsel.answered in the afirmative.
in any published statement available.
In addition to her foreign indebted-
ness, China has slao certain domestic
possible:
IDEALISM.
4
*
Very few people tre aware that Ttaly has à concession in China; us for the exact location of the site hence an inquiry which has reached
referred to in Whittaker's Almanac in the following paragraph:
In China, Italy obtained in 1902 ↑. concession of land fronting the Peiho ziver, with a total area of 20 square miles and a population of about 17,000 natives."
presumably likewise affected by the loans, and holders of these bonds are
moratorium. China's resort to the plea for a memorial of the war that The Spectator" puts forward u maralirium is dictated by financial I fear is never likely to get out of the stringency "-in other words by the
world of idealism into that of the disturbances in China which are
practicability... Entries close for Gymkhana on expense and at the
involving the country in
"We propose," it says, "that a wide! heavy May 27.
memorial road should be laid out in same time No Man's Land," the dead ground curtailing seriously the revenue of the between the two front lines, and should Peking Government as well as inter run from Nieuport to Basle, from the Yoon-Canton Iasco. Office Extra-fering sadly with the country's trade aca
ordinary Meetings 2.30 -Auction of Furniture, etc. uad commerce. Foreign bondholders monuments to the faller and to the concessions or advainistrative areas The reference is, of course, to to the Alps; a great road with Tientsin, where soren nations have are, of course, well secured under leeds of herois clone by this and that normal conditions in China, but individual company, regiment, brigale,
Great Britain, France, Russia, when the country is in a state of
division, and army senttered along itapan, Austria, Belgium and Italy. am-Excursion to Macao by ss.spension of trade and commerce new road would sweep, in gentle curves rect in saying that in the whole of
turmoil eatailing practically
and marked also with chronological and
The United States acquired a concer "Faishan".
geographical records of the war. The surrendered it. I believe I am cor son there at the same time, but and compelling the Government to between the grim ruins of the trench Tientsin the Italian population does 11.30 am-China-Borneo Co's Meet-resort to a moraferido, a very grave lines.
situation is created. There is one "No attempt should be made to I not exceed 80. aspect of the matter which-it the obliterate or keep in repair any of the Batente Powers themselves were not ditches and parapets. Let Nature do
4
at Mesars. Hughes and Hough's. SATURDAY, May 20
Noon Hongkong Electric, Co's.
Meeting.
SUNDAY, May 21
MUNDAY, May 22:---
ing.
Noun Peak Tramways Co's. Meeting
WEDNESDAY, May 24
Holiday Erapire Day.
FRIDAY, May 25 --
Queen Mary's Birthday (1867),
SATURDAY, May 27 :-)
of the Season.
3:45 pm. Second Gymkhana Meeting TUESDAY, May 30
Hongkong Stock Exchange Settlement
Day.
THE CHINA MAI TYPHOON
MAP and
GUIDE
one to locate the centre
of a Typhoon
UNTED ON CARDBOARD AND.
TAPED FOR HANGING
50 Cents.
Price
From the CHINA MAL Office
A
Mr. Orine went on to read a letter
A NEW REGULATION.
Dear Sir, I beg to hand you
Sume queer specimens of the King's enclosed bill of lading as well as English as it sometimes appears in the a copy of the original bill of lading regimental orders are available to an for five cases of petroleum stoves used public to-day. They have been marked "F. D. and Co., Ltd" ex the picked up by a travelling observer and above ahip (s.a Arabian) forwarded set down as evidence that the beat to your address per the s. Daijin fighting men are not necessarily the Maru leaving tomorrow,
Please best grammarians. An order that deliver the goods to order of the appeared recently in France will long original bill of Lading against transive in the memory of the chaplaina. mitting expenses amounting to 84.24 It ma
Fakien Drug Co.
as per bill attached. proved the goods were delivered to the Mr. Jenkin interjected that it was
their troubleTrain-conducting officers will inspect
The Chief Justice: What a terrible it twice or so ran Mr Jenkin: We actually got 20 cents. both sides of their trains and centries consideration those gentlemen got for
Jenkin stated the argument in the lower them"
A third directed the troops as follows: At the request of the Justices Mr. they are sure to barke and destroy Horses are not to be tied to trees, na
Mr. Orme: It might have meant new
of the Boxer indemnity and the heauty and diguity to the sacred over the signature of Dr. Tape, court mentioning that be Mr Jenking
"It is notified for information that the practice of officers' wives living with their husbands is subversive of discipline, and is to cease forthwith. Another one thas set officers reading
so heavily affected by a general her beneficial work hers, and let the in their predictions ns to the duration The majority of the prophets have so fue been very wide of the mark siderable satisfaction. The Chinese trench line would be to put it on some of them will doubtless bit to moratórium-would give them con- stained air. All we wordd do, to the of the war: but if they persevers winda and the rains renew the blood- Government pays into the German either aide with the poplars that make mark some day. Indians are great Bank at Paking sums totalling more in their ordered pomp. Blossoming professors of the occult sciences, and the main roads of Franed so magnificent than two million pounds sterling trees of all kinds might be set among possibly the following letter which life to Pasedag & Co.
year, in respect of the service the shell holes and craters, and in the appears in the Calcutta Englisliman German share of the Anglo-German, rond". Loans of 1888, 1898, 1908 aad
dhone Chatterjee, who tells us when submitted that the respondents did not Close to the ceashore, it is further and how the end is to come accord supply an enemy firm, as the goods were CLOSING SKARE QUOTATIONS, 1910, In addition, large sums Ere arch telling in sculpture and inscription rany cause the reader some amuse agents in all parts of the world and som suggested, should stand a great entrance ing to astronomical observations, due to Krupp's agents and other the message and meaning of the road. munt even if the information bred the Company to a conduit pipa” delivered to the Drug Co. Counsel mentioned that the East Asiatic Co. had German arms dealers, amounting in Along the road, to mark the sections, heavily discounted; the aggregate to several millions, and Belgian, arch, British arch, and act that the German offensive does not were not consigned to the agents,
held by the tree Allies, should be a
through which the goods passed. The beating, interest nt 6 per cent and French Arch, with here and there end A Virdun. The fiercest battle will Thorensen & Co.
Astrological observations point to the bill of lading was to order and the goods upwards, China has up to now been rogiments, The German gide of the Jup next All-previous engagements Mr. Jenkin, on behalf of the reapon- monuments dedicated to special be fought between 10th May and 37th
2.30.pm.
Banks
$735 b
Docks Cement Watson's Humphreya Unions Steamboats Wharts
108 b
8.80 b 7:10 b
8.85
77.00
~KOWLOON “A
50-49 DEFEAT UNIVERSITY. The Kowloon C.C.'s easily beat the University on the latter's ground an Saturday by 37 games Scorra
B. Evans and J. V. Braga beat: Redmond and K. Braychay... Beat
T. C. Yin and Ho Wing Kin
Bent
I
C.
Chunyet and E. Abraham beat Wong and Chan Wing Kin... Redmond and Bravaha
8 3
Beat Yin and Ho Wing Kin. Beat Wong and Chan Wing Kin 0- 5. E. Green Dr. Lindsay Woods
beat Redmond and Brayahay... 7 Beat Yin and Ho Wing King Beat Wong and Chan Wing Kin —
68-31
Y.M.CA. WELL BEATEN,
In the Second Division of the League the Y,M.CA. were badly defeated by the Kowloon B team Scores:-
A. O Brawn and R. Abraham beat
Browne and Pierry Pest
Thompson and Mellis
den 1
Jun 2
Beat Kempthorne and Fuller 7-4 W. Kay and Forster beat Browns
and Piercy
Beat Thompson and Mellis
Cooper and Wolff beat Browne and
Beat Kempthome and Pullen 7 4 Piercy
Best Thompson and Mellis Beat Kempthorne and Pullen... 9
THE LATE SHIPPING STRIKE-
known. In all probability there, Officers' Guild given in the AN. C. Daily. A statement by the China Count News last Monday said's records, the act number of shine tied up as a result According to the Guild's of the strike yesterday was 41 that are
many more that are interued". fu southern port s telegrams are cen there. The 41 ships known to be idle sored at Hongkong, and the Guild havs been nuable to get full" reports from are distributed as follows Shanghai 22, Hanków 14, Tientsin two, Amoy two, Newchwang one
-- A SURGICAL TRIUMPH, BULLET EXTRACTED FROM THE
HEART.
A London cable to the Apatealuus Press my Surgical circles in Britain, pay unstinted tributes to Major Boot Starving of Sydney, for successful operation performed at the Milll Military Hospital where he extracted✔ bullet from the heart of Private Holder. Kve two months with a bulles in hin heart, but he preferred to accept Major Scot Skirying offer of an operation, although warned that he had a hundred to one chance of surviving Holder, a
cheerfully to his comrades in the
He survived bow wing favourabl
faithfully fulfilling ber obligations un-road should be left there grim and will pale into insignificance before, the dents, mid the case was not quite one der the loan contracts, and the Germans oblivion which is heat for such actions and fan vi the Cormons, after which tion whe 25 conta: they had to take the X GOOD RULE FOR THE HOME The injured men was told that Le might
recorlles and devoted alone to that ture of the next fight. That would be of illegal trading The firm's renumera Intriguers have consequently been as their. The "Spectator final their energies and resources will be grain with the chaff Messrs. Pasadag
appelling, Aanguinary and terrible no
where the respondents had been gailty. abandantly provided with funds for suggestion in practical at least that their propaganda. :: It has been stated the traffic of the region traversed, to the Allies. 27th of June is the date cents a ton and the stoves did not weigh LAKE Hanule of your hom
used up, and they will be compelled to the rond should be a resi ·roach bearing rare for peal on termost favourable Cro- entitled to a remuneration TT KÕI that the Deutscho-Asintiske Bank in and attracting a stream of the world's when the War will practically be any Peking has regularly shipped to tourists, thus helping to develop those raid, although perfect peace will not be America
uce the war began greyously by the war.
towns which have suffered most restored till they end August ext.
OBSERVER
Mr. Orme dwelt on the wording of the
keep on hand bottle toni
lain's Colic Cholera Bemedy as a safeguard judgment and denied there were any and no bousehold is safe complainte. I always natural rights to trade with the emrayle by all Chetrista and Storkeeperan
out it For