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THE DIARY.
MEMC. FOR TO-DAY
8.30 p.in.-Police Reserve "Sports
Night" at Victoria Theatre. '?
MENOS FOR TO-MORROW. 2.30 p.m.-Meeting in CouncilChamber D: War Charities General Committee. 8.15 pin-Organ Recital at St. John's
Cathedral
General Memoranda.
FRIDAY, June 18
6.42 a.m.-Full moon.
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Furniture, etc.
at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's. SUNDAY, June 18:-
9 Excursion to Macao by as
Tsiahan".
THURDAY, June 29-
H.M. the King's Coronation Day. FRIDAY, June 2
• Prince of Wales' Birthday (1994).
Midsommer Day.
SATURDAY, June 24-
Wednesday, June 28:-
Entries close for Gymkhana
July 8th
on
Hongkong Stock Exchange Settlement
· · 'Daye"). SATURDAY, July 8:
3.45 p.m.--Third Gymkhana of the Sensor at Race Course, Happy Valley,
BIRTH.
Owes Hans-On the 13th inst., at Thurcraft," Talbot Hill, Bourne month, to Mr. and Mrs. OWEN
HUGHES, & Son.
THE CHINA MAIL.
We think it may be said, indeed,
"I": PURCHASED WOMIN.
COURT.
that these investment ran into much more than one million sterling. INTERESTING CLAIM IN SUPREME The YMCA, Fund of $140,000, which it is hoped may be
The hearing was musinued this added to the Colony's invest- ments in War stock till the morning before the Acting Chief Justice end of the war, will in fact be but which a Chinese lady named Cheung a very small fraction indeed of the Sh claimed *1,190 from Au Shui Tin, total contribution of "silver bulleta"
a. detectiva sergeant, being the amount of money alleged to be due under two made by the Colony. We have
promissony notes. heard many people speak of the Governor's figures on this point a a gratifying revelation, but there was really nothing in that statement which has not all along been public property. The GOVERNOR rather under-stated than exaggerated the extent of the financial support given by this Colony to the various war funds, but when we compare the financial burden which the income tax law imposer upon incomes; at home, where donations ure, wads to various war funds just us they are here, a doubt at certainly arise
Mr C. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. G. Baywood of Messrs Holmes and Haywood, was for plaintiff, and Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr. P. W Goldring, defended.
The particulars of claim showed thas the defendant purchased the plaintif for $400 in Jancary 1912. Soon after this plaintiff alloged that defendant borrowed money from her to the extent. mentioned and that he gave two pro- missory notes for the amounts.
Mr. Alabaster said. First of all is was contended for the defence that there was no consideration for the notes; secondly, defendant mich that if there were any consideration itwas an im moral consideration; and, thirdly, that
1 to whether British residents the whole thing had been squared up.
in this Colony are really bearing up and settled. It was admitted that
It
¡a corresponding burden.
is only fair to say that many of the largest contributors to the Y.M.C.A. Fund have been among the most generous contributors to the war charities, and are large investors in War stock, so that they cannot be accused of wanting in appreciation of their patriotic responsibilities, but
the notes were signed, but it was alleged that they were merely given to the plaintiff in the way of presents; not for any valid consideration.
Mr Potter and the parties came
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1818.
HONGKONG ASSOCIATION Y.M.CA. BUILDING FUND.
OF WOMEN WAR WORKERS.
As the Committee meeting of the above held on June Thh, it was reported by Mrs. Gompertz that during May there. yare made by the City Hall working members-
-30 Pyparass
63 Day shirts.
59 Night shirte
92 Reversible Bed-jackets,
1 Pyjama Bod-jackes. 70 Kimono Bed-jackets,
1 Dressing gow
23. Invalid boctu
140 Meovers.
The following additional subscriptions to the TALQA. Building Fund. arn Announced
The Asintie Petroleum CC Mesars Gilman & Co Mr. A. Findlay Smith
Linster & Davis
Thorne.. R.D. F. Beith ER Dovey
Reid
G. M. Shaw Mrs. M. A Ramsay Mr. L N. Leeds _____
15
F. Aucoto
Berwick
R. Sutherland
J. Hutchings Dr. W. B. A Moora.
and F
M Mr.J. Rodgersiar
A Bakeri
EV Mite
Rev. H. O. T. Bur Mr. J. W. Cloyn
Rev. H.-R. Wells
6 Hot water bottle covers. These are being suitably divided between No. 2 General Hospital, Abbad aia, Egypt and Queen Mary Needlework Quild, 2 Cavendish Square, London, WA Hughes the cotton and thinner guments going to Egypt, and the thicker things to England.
month she enceived:-
Mrs. Greaves, reported that during the
15 pair socks.....
11 pair operation socka,
28 Hospital reps.
10 Mufflers.
70 pair knee caps.
3 pair cuffa.
2
4 pair mittens.
9 Helmets.
sent with the thicker garmente to Queen Mary's Needlework Guild A consign- included in this list ment from Mrs. MacGregor, Foochow is
These are being packed this week and
Mr. Carmichael reported having sent, by the P. & Q. 5:s. Nankin," on May
The China Mail.the decision to invest the YMCA promissory note. The next large sum R.AM.C., or O.C., Stationary Hospital.
Fund in Exchequer Bonds until the termination of the war puta a very somewhat HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, Fape 14, 1916. satisfactory end to a
regrettable controversy.
HONGKONG'S SUPPORT OF.
WAR FUNDS.
It will be generally acknowledged, 1 we think, that the decision to invest
in Exchequer Bonds till the end of of the war the money contributed towards the YMCA building fund goes a long way towards meeting the objections which have been raised to the initiation of such a Fund at the present time, and doubtless ensures
the success of the effort. There are in the Colony, it is true, many who are entirely opposed to the scheme because they believe that
Y.M.O.A. club is not likely to appeal to a sufficiently large number of young men as to make the club self-supporting. Those who take that
NEWS OF THE DAY.
the
together in January, 1912, and for years afterwards they lived together various addresson The plaintiff's case was that almost immediately she began to lend the defendant large sums of money. The first sum supposed to have been lent was $1,500 in February, 1912, for which, he gathered, there was no 19th, addressed so Major, MacMunn, was in September, 1913, this being Port Said, Egypt:-700 mosquito neta $2,000. He (Mr. Potter) hoped to (making a total of 4,300 sept of 'sinca, satisfy his Lordship that the plaintiff January 1st, 1918). not only did not lend the money, but
As already published in the rapers, she' never possessed such sums. If she did according to her own story she was Bandage making Department of charging no less than 24 per cent. per Association, represented by weekly work- aanum-82 per every $100 every month.ing-parties at the Irish Club, Garden In addition to those suis, there were two Road; the Peak Club; and the Cited other amounts of 8900 and 81,000, Service Recreation Club, Kowloon, Has judgment for which had been obtained sent off by P. & O. a.a... Nanking'" in the Summary Court. The whole addressed to Col. Gordon Hall, Abbosis, of the sums said to have beer lent, with over 9,000 articles, comprising rolled the interest, would amount to between bandage, many-tailed and knitted band- 36,000 and $7,000. They admitted ages, operation stockings, knitted caps, giving the promissory notes, but they and butter.muslin shirts for the trenches. never received any consideration for them. His client bad, hardly a cent i the world and had never received any of The Manila Observatory reports & He had one asset, however, and that
the money which was now being claimed typhoon in about 113 degrees Long. Ewas a rich anele. The rich uncle in and 19 degrees Lat N. almost stationary. this case was undoubtedly rich, for he was Mr. Au Tak, of whom his lordship had probably heard, and it was that uncle, he contended, whom the plaintif was trying to reach
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Memorial Service at the St. John's Cathedral commences at 6.30 this evening
To-night is the Hongkong Police (Reserve) Sports Night at the Victoria Theatre. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the programme commences at 8.30 p.m.
-Exchange on London was down a farthing this morning from yesterday's
clusion the plaintiff was a rich woman His Lordship said he came to the con- and that she had made money in America He did not think defendiant had any property and the woman was under the impression he was a wealthy man and that he would have a big share for the plainti
sheets, pillow-cases and thin pyjamas are On Tuesday mornings, at the City Hall,
asked for gifts of old razors and strope, now being given out, and the public are packs of playing cards, magazines, and old white flannel trousers for making into chele-belts...
box of these articles in about two weeks, It is hoped to, be able to send off a
Egypt, where the accommodation is being No. 7 General Hospital, Abbassia, in answer to an append from the matto
heavily taxed in order to take in wounded. from Mesopotamia,
view would not contribute town?. quotations. Sovereigns are up ten cents in the Au Tak Co. Judgment would be HONGKONG BEDS IN A RED CROSS
and Bar Silver is quoted at 15% n.p., as compared with yesterday's 17%
Happy Valley Golf Course will be
course will remain open. An announce went will be found in our advertisement
the building scheme at any time, war or no war, so that the appeal would not affect their own personal contributions to the various war re-opened from Saturday next. The funds, to the smallest extent; while big course at Fan Ling will be closed those who are supporting the scheme from Mouday 19th, but the relief will have the satisfaction of feeling now that they are at the same time adding to the financial aid they have already given for the prosecution of the war. We think H. E. The GOVERNOR rendered a service in the course of his speech by his defence of the Colony from the reproach that, by giving support to this appeal, it will
columns.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Harrision, the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, left for Manila today by the Tango Marn,
Mr. J. M. Forbes, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson Co's Swatow, arrived today by the flu
representative at
Dr. W. M. V. Koch, Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, left by the Empresa ofisia for a short trip in North China."
be exhibiting an indifference to Mr. D. V. Steavenson, of Meters Imperial necessities. That charge Deacon, Looker, Deacon and Hurston, has seemed to us unjust, for we left to-day on a trip to the Solomon doubt if there is any other place of Islands." its size and wealth in the Empire which has more generously coo- tributed to the financial needs of the War AB HIS EXCELLENCY Hong. pointed out, not only is the Colony paying a military contribution which this year amounts to $2,800,000, but the tales are also
chargeable with a further $300,000 in respect of the maintenance of war prisoners, consors, and our Volunteer and Police Reserve Force. We were further reminded by His Excellency that the community since the beginning of the war has contributed £31,000 to the Prince of Wales Fand; the War Relief Fund at the present moment stands at about £10,000, and we can funds to which the Colony Das contributed, including the Overseas Club Fund
THE CHINA MAII recall many Hoteller TYPHOON
SHELL" FINAL DIVIDEND.
Meara Moxo and Taylor write us to sayo are informed that the "Shell Transport and Trading Co." have declared a final dividend of 5- free of income tax (making 7/- for the year)This stock is quoted in London at 106/3 buyers.
Much excitement has besz, causes
ENDORSEE'S (CLAIM.
CHINESE FIRMS IN SUMMARY COURT.
HOSPITAL.
The following letter has been received by the local Secretary of the Over-Sess Club from Sir Robert A Hudson, Chairman of Finance Committee, the British Red Cross Society-
Mr. Justice Hazeland in the Summary We have received through Lady des Court this morning heard two claima as Toeux of the Over-Seas Club a contrib endorsee by Shi Kwai Fong, trader, of tion value £156 to our funds and have 142 Quben's Road West, against the Si, sent our official receipt in respect thereof
We are applying $1017.20, zad 8563.20, being amounts maintenanes of siz beds for six months dus og principal and interest due or at our Saidieh Red Cross Hospital, Giza, promissory notes made and given by and I am to-day instructing our Com Seung Shuet of the Ko family on August missioner in the Near East to reserve 14th 1913.
these six beds and to place a i
tablet over The claim for $50 principal and each b bed saying they are maintained by interest due was taken first as a teat Club. I trust this will meet the desire the Hongkong Branch o of the Over Seas case Mr. C F Mason, of Messrs of plaintiff and M. R. C. Faithful appear.mittee to ask that you will courez te D'Almada and Mason, respresenting the your Members and yourself
I am desired by the Finance Com ing for the defendant.
your Members the warm and grateful and the Order of St. John for the thanks of the British Red Cross Society
work for the kick und wounded, generous help we thus receive in our
Hop Co. contractors, 33 Amoy Street, of to Lady des Voeux this money to the
-
Mr. Mason said that as his client was sueing as endorsee and as such the folder in due course, the onus of proof with the way the note was given those bexis and if I am succesful I will was on defendant unless he could
1 will endeavour in a few weeks to how there was something wrong obtain for you a photograph of one of Mr. Hazeland held that plaintiff must forward it to Lady des Voeux for prove the note
Plaintiff gave syidence stating that he bought the bill from Leung Shuat with whom he lived.
Later in the day His Lordship order. ed the case to be adjourned in order thust pleadings might be filed.
KING'S BIRTHDAY (RED CROSS
BEDS) FUNDAMEN
KING GEDEGE'S GRATEFUL
"ACCEPTANCE.
They following telegram, was received by Count U Bentinck from the King's Private Secretary s
-London, June. B The King gratefully acouple, generous
for the gift of aeroplanes to the Rimiehen by the recipe of two price gift of nxty Red Cross Beds from Britis's
Mr. Gaunt aid to be a diamond
transmission to you,"
·GYMKHANA THAINING TIMES.
J. Tacchi... J. H. Barringtou P. Page Anonymous
Querry Bay List,
Mr. E. R. Cubey
W. H. Prowse
219
T. L. Scott
J. Simpeon ...
W. Kar
D. M. Mackay
PW. Ramsay Brown J. B. Spiers... J. Weir...
McNeille AF McIntosh F. Anderson " I Gray... W. Mchay... "Bell...
"W. J. Clark..
Wallace...
,, A. W. Millar
J I J Wells...
ม
J. Millar
G. Grott
"J. Stewart A
21
G. Gerrard
W. Weir
A. Aitchison
H. Summers......... 3.Stalker SCPA "J.D. Pulley...
J. Bird
"W. Banting A. Davidson
·E Sutton
J. J. Harrington
Already acknowledged
$1,000
500
THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
· BUSINESS REPORT FOR FIST
DA HALF-YEAR.
The semi-annual general meeting of 1250 | shareholders of the Nippon Tusen Kaualın 150 was held at the fail Cad., buikling, 100 Tokyo, on May 30th to receive the report 60" and "accounts for the six months ended 30Blarch 31st last. The following is the 50 business report for the term
·60
the
During the period under review Company employed 73 of its own 2 steamers aggregating over 428,000 tons in addition to one specially commissioned vessel of over 3,700 tons, and some fifteen chartered vessels. The passengers carried 20 numbered over 103,000 and the goods 25 transported amounted to over 2,570,000 23 tons, the distance covered being over 20 2,083,000 nautical miles.
COASTING SERVICES,
Generally speaking the coasting ser Tu vice did not show the usual activity.. 10 The price of rice remained low and ship- 10ments from various parta of Japan were 10 scarce. The shipment of special pro- ducts from Formoss was heavy, and this, coupled with the shortage of other: steamers, resultert in big trade for the The passengers increased on
20
10
TO
10
10
Almenn line and on part of the "
Hokkaido service, but,
other In
dire
tions there was a considerable falling off in numbers.
FARKASTIAN - SERVICE.
On this service there was considerable
10activity, as a result of the continuation
10 of the war and the concentration of the
10:
vessels of other shipping companies in
10
other directions. In North and South China there was activity both on the butgoing and rebo
return tripa On the
Kereurt seprice bustnices was alusrish on the
outgoing voyagean, bat brisk on the return voyages. On the Vladivostok service there was much cargo on the out- guing voyages, quantities of war neces- saries being shipped from Japan, and abundant curgo transhipped from Europe, the United States and India. On the return voyages the shipments were also active. On the Tsingtao service there' are signs of activity and of development 3in the future. Passengers on the hang- hai-Kobe-Osaka line increased consider ably, but in other directions there was a decline. During the term under review, seven special voyages were made on the Shanghai fine to meet the growing de- mand, three special voyages on the Tak. service, nine on the. Dairen line, one on the Korean line, and nine on the Vladi Tontok line.
01,685.
$94,47
NAVY LEAGUE WAR MEMORIAL FUND.
· FIRST, LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Porey Smith Seth & Fleming...8100 Cirstead & Davis
R. Shewan
Donnelly & Whyte
Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G.
Hon Mr. H. E. Pollock, B.C.
HE. E. H. Sandeman(Canton):
to
in
EUROPEAN SERVICE.
On the outward voyages shipments from Japan continued to increase. Oring the fact that various foreign shipping companies have in some cases suspended business, the Company's liners were found insufficient to meet the growing demand for space at home and abroad. In addition to our regular liners, eleven chartered vessels were placed on the ronte for the exclusive use of exporters.
Japan.
The regular lipers, on their outwardsoyages, shipped large quantities of goods at Shanghai and intermediate ports westward. On the return voyages shipments from England - were very large All the especially chartered vessels, on the return vurages, called at American ports, and at New York received consignments for the East On accent of the land- slide at the Panama Canal, some of the chartered vessels were obliged to take the Cape route on the return voyager. First-class passengers showed an in- crease, but there was a decrease in Recond class and steerage passengers. On December 21st last year the regular: liner Yasaka mara was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Mediterranean. In view of the danger in that direction all the vessels of the Company from January took the Cape route. The num ber of liners was increased, by two, and numbered thirteen in alli
Lowe, Bingham & Matthes N. F. Stabb
-100 100
100
200
60
50
50
25
25
25
J. B. Lancaster
25
Bushes & Bough
G..F. D.
20-
15.
Japan
of
the
10
10.
5.
E. A. M. W. W. E. Clarke Ho Fook
D. N. Loafe
•W. A
Gerty Anonymnces
F. Bevington
($935)
E. AM. WILLIAMS, Hon. Secretary & Treasurer, Navy League Hongkong Branch Hongkong, 14th June, 1976.
AWYERS' HARVEST.
£40,000 EARNED IN LITIGATION:
LASTING 86 DAYS
AMERICAN SERVICE.
On the outward voyages shipments were very considerable both from China : and
Th temporary suspension Panama route has resulted in in- creating ahipments on the America service. During the term one or two- foreign shipping compels sutside the started busi-
mess on the Pacific Japanese subsidised companies increased considerably, but the Company's liners carried fall cargoes both on the outward and return voyages. There was, bow- ever, a decrease in cargo carried between. and Hongkong. The number of first and Japan and Shanghai and between Japan
second-class passengers increased, but the steerage passengers decreased.
AUETZALLAN MERVICE Shipments from Japan on these lines continued "umprecedentedly brisk." "Im addition to the regular liners, two char tered vessels were placed on the service to cope with the trade. On the retu shipments were also very large: Ship ments at Intermediata porta increased on
previous termi the return voyages, but the contrary, was steerage passengers were less than in th the case on the entward voyages:The
BOMBAK RERVICE
for 60 days, was conchided the other day, a case which has occupied the courts an las us the evidence is concerned before Mr Justice Eve in the Chancery Division. The discute concerns. twe Settlements and India showed a con- Shipments from Japan to the Straits large Rhodesian gold mining companies siderable inces, with the result that and invalves about half a million in gold the Company placed sin chartered vessels extracted from the Phonix Mine, and
to be one of the richest in the world on the rente. On the return voyage The plaintiffs, the Amalgarnated Pro-large, and the Company since January shipments of cotton were unusually The following times are of the training perties of Rhodesia (1913),Ltd., claim by has employed two specially chartered gallops parformed by some of the ponies virute of an agreement of 1919 that vessels on the being prepared for the net Gymkhana they are entitled to a half share of all month
return voyager me meeting on July 8th
the gold the defendants, the Globe and CALAUTTA SERVICE Phonix Mining Co. Ltd. bare obtained Owing to the growing trade between STANDALS DAELLA, her mile, 97, 111; from the reef under claims known as
1.49.32.16.0 last 102mak 20bn Ball which they handed over to Japan and India, two chartered vasscla BOCIAL SCIEXE boy mile
the defendants when the 82114,
the agreement was were placed on the service in addition to 1.40 last 30
the regular liner On the return voy- signed Pared prominant P
engmeers consigned to European Russia, yin Vlaa- have traced the reef from the surface stole, increased, and to meet this situa Marento, Sedgwick, 1 mile 12, 120, to the bowels of the earth, and upwards on one specially chartered vessel was
2.56.252.81.3 last + 352-
of 50,000 questions have been asked and employed. The cabin passengers also answered. Half a dozen eminent showed a cunderable increase ELECTRICLIONT, Beth mile, 97, 1.15, Chancery Inwyses have between them
106SER ASD ADDITIONS. Last 1:38.
earned over £40,000 in fees, and alto. The loes of the leaks maru and the getar it is said, the case has bust 21,000 Fakat Paint was a serious blow to thes a day. One counsel was briefed at £1,000 Company The sum of Y2,575,000 for and received refresher of 100 a day which the Tanka-mart was insured, adjourned. until May 6, when counsel was the term ender review milemmarise the evidence in spee
which were expected to lost at least
MAXONT, Fiber, mile, 40, 1.14 Intevalence, about a dozen mining-wk Beren Gbgments were also briak. Goods
Epoll me, 48, 124, 2.04.
chant, and Mr. Gaston, chief oficer of people and others in Japan in celebration MATAPELE, Fisher, 15 mile, - 99, 1.10; The further bearing of the case was wan tóceived by Cas Cómpany during
and fraui there were carried her
MAP and
GUIDE
Army. To the latter fund alone the Colony has contributed the cost of four aeroplanes a total £8,000. In addition to all
of his birtliday
8. Glèn liner. * The two, reached Berlia
(Signed) - STAMFORDDEN,
to
within walking distance of the fontier.
notified the Authorities at Buhleber by CHAM
bis one to locate the centre this the community has invested When they arrived in Holland they duly
very largely in War Loan and post-card. They are now in England. Exchequer Bonds Over £80,000, the
ol & Typhoon
MOUNT
UN CARDBOARD AND
ING,
GOVELNGE says, bes beon invested by comparatively amal
and. Ex
DEPENDABLE
PAIN BALAL
Seth and AXTON
41, 136, 1488; byt KIND JACK, Knoll, ale, 43, 123, 1:52
isher mila, 44, 127, 56.2.
the Takata mare, collision with
gith a foreign vessel off Nay- foundland o
on Febr
1st, thủ Cára pany compensation, through-
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