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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, June 11, 1914.
CHINA'S TRADE AND
COMMERCE
FREQUENT changes in the personnel of a Government-and, especially of such a Government as that of China
CHOW
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE COURTS,
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1916.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE ATTACK ON THE CANTON EXPRESS.
CANTON NOTES.
ENUSUAL. MAGISTERIÁL ADVICE.
{ From Our Own Correspondent. }
LOCAL AND GENERAL
A Chinese, who was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour by Mr. G. N. Orme the following more detailed informa- Our Canton correspondenty supplies
CANTOS, June 16.
A CLEARANCE MALE. An annual Clearance Sale
A long list of articles declared to this morning, for illegal possession of Sation regarding the attack by a jung De contraband of war is published in the dozen Shervadiser iron belts from Mr. Charment Gazette for general in-Mr. D. Macdonald's buikling yard at in from Canton on the 10th inst-worth seeing. Since the opening of the of desperados on the 8.204.m. expes Sincero's large emporium is a sight
sale about a fortnight ago, many thou
formation.
An acountant has reportel to the police that $2,000, belonging to his master, has been stolen from a tahle on which it was temporarily placed in No 44 Connaught Rond Central,
His Excelluney the Rovernor has been pleased to recegrise, provisionally and pending the receipt of instructions. from His Majesty's Government," Mr. S. Takahashi na Coushil-Getorn! for Japan in Hongkong
Capt W. Armstrong, Officer Com- manding the Left Section Machine Gun Co. H.S.V.C, will on Tuesday, at a full patule, be presented with the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers Decoration
(V. Dy by H.E the Governor...
T
Hung Hom tok the Magistrate that ha bought the bolte from a coolie in the street whom he could idendly.
anton
Mr. Orme advised the defendant on his release from jail to find his man and then administer a "good hiding" to him
"Defendant was originally charged with stealing and receiving, but as the eva denco was insufficient the charge of unlawful possession was substituted.
"The "scene about ten miles from Canton. It
of the outhige was sands of people, gaily dressed Chinese
SPORTING.
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF, CLUE....
Following is the, result of the sealed Handicap Competition played at Deep Water Bay during the Whitsuntide.
Mrs. H. Humphreys and Mr. weekend-
Bevington
D
Miss Gordon and Mr. Mitchell 95 1679 Mes Mokenny and Mr. Gale 08-2079 Mrs. Harvey and Mr. Jackson 07-1879 Gordon and Man Cumming Hancock
09-13-88 Mrs. Moxon and Mr. Leith... 07-1087.
and Mr. Bevington
97-10-87 23. Entries
GYMKHANA TRAINING TIMES.
was soon realised by the passenger women and children predominating, have that the derailment of the train was been thranging into the store from mer not an accident, as at arst surmised, ning till evening making purchases of all Mrs. H. Hancock and Mr. for within a very few minutes of the sorts, from a packet of pine säd
courrence, six slots were heard fired needies to a curt load of things, Credits Morrison
is due to the management for the from the side of the read, and im
excellent order that has prevailed- mediately from behind a hill rock and throughout among such huge crowds. clumps of trees there rushed forwar of people of story sort, and comlition, sɔme 200 or more desperate chupa The various articles displayed in the ters all armed with guns and revol different departments were most very and dressed in a grey unifora. ingeniously and artiasically formed into Those pirates at once, boarded all the shapes of flowers, dragons butterflies, cars and with raised revolvers com- birds and bosta ke, adorned with tiny 160 menced plundering everything, they coloured electric holbs. The display was 100 found. They forced open every bit greatly admired by foreign and Chinese
sof huggage and took all valuables, visitors alike:
money, jewellery, and clothing.
NAVY LEAGUE WAR MEMORIAL. FUND.
'SECOND LAST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
+4
J. Owen Hughes. J. D. Douglas Moxon and Taylor ... W. Hannibal WJ Pringle.
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Vicdan
W. James
J. M. MeHutches
C. H. Blason
J. Morrisa...
It is notified in today's F. 1. Danky that His Excellency the Governor in S. Greenhill...
T. J. Fisher
| Council under Sections of the Holidays. A. Burton
Ordinance, 1919 (Ordinance No. 5 of
1919), has appointed Saturday, the day of July, 1918, to be observed as Creneral Holiday.
Wi
A. Mr. Wilkie
HJ. Naira
1st
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen, to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong:-P. M. Hodgson, L. Po Kwai, E. J. Noronha, Robert Sutherland, Tong Yat Chun, and G. K. Nuttall, F. P. Edon L. Patter
Saleman Valjee.
(7
Four shipments of Philippite silver
Juhn Lennox Anymous W. F
Wolley
Dawson
S. H. Dutton
7. R. Chasxels. CC. Hickling... RW.
McIntyre... W. M. Reeves RJ. Rawlinson
Total as per rst lise
20
30
20
10
10
JAPANESE TOURISTS,
Baron Shimazu and a party of 40 Tourists arrived here this morning by thess. "Kinshan." They were received by some of the leading Japanca chants and escorted to the Victoria Hotel where chairs were obtained and
Amongst the victims waa'a Farsee gentleman of Canton with his wife and son, accompanied by an amah. At the point of u revolver this lady was forced to deliver up all the 19 jewellery and money she carried on her person, and she was so terrified 10est the robbers should brutally snatch the party proceeded into the city 10 her diamond earrings off that she sight-seeing. They will be entertained, 10 herself hastily undid them and I hear, by the Chinese Chamber of
banded them over. Whilst so
doing Commerce to a lunch in one of the one of her bracelets dropped on the fashionable restaurants and will return door unperceived by the brigand, but afterwards to Hongkong.
10
3
...$1,305.
Total to date...
EA. 3. WILLIAMS, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer Navy League "Hongkong, Branch.. Hongkong, 17th June, 1916.
GERMAN OFFICER'S FALSE PASSPORT.
her atnah, who saw this, throw a handkerchiet over it, and thus saved
"J
A FALSE RUMOUR.
this pieco of jewellery. Her hus band, however, although despoiled off 630all the money he had in his pockets, 085 was lucky enough to retain a roll of bank-notes which he had wrapped up in his trunk. He was also fortunute We are informed by the Colonial in, being able, on the approach of the Secretary's Office that the nanode that thieves, to conceal under the cushions) of the seat in his compartment his gold watch and chain. Had he been detected in this act by any of the pirates his life probably would not have been spared.
BOUGHT AT SHANGHAI FOR $2,250.
:
A Shanghai paper states that warrant has been issued by the American authorities for the arrest of s Woman giving the name of Maxine the passport of a Customs officer and Johnson on the charge that she stole sold it to a German naval officer for offer apparently was enabled to reach $2,250. By means of this passport, the Germany. American, who has been arrested on a
A Miss Johnson,
the Military Governor of Canton had been shot is absolutely false and that there is no foundation for the rumour.
We see that
high police oftleiki in
quoted in a Canton paper as saying that a doctor has beep attending the yamen
àx. ill.
Another victim was a Canadian Sister of Charity, who was taking visiting of Shek-lung about $200 with her to a Leper Asylum in the base one of His Fzualeney's daughters
which wus collected in Cafton, for the relief of the poor inmates of that institution. She was also compelled at the peril of her lite to give up all
he buil
THE PACIFIC TRADE.
N.Y.K. DEFIES SHIPPING CONFERENCE.
gers were two Chinese. One of them, who had & epasiderable eam of money. Among the more fortunate passen.
before the appearance of the pirates, in his box, carried it away with him, up a hill on the side of the road and austin
Hrasnand Dareci, out very early. Ludere
The times taken this morning wern -
stood did the mile, ; last 12 Maxos, boy, 1 mile, 12, 1.19. 151;
Just 1 32
MIDDLEKER CREE, boy, I mile, 40, 1.16.4,
1.51. last 34.8. SOCIAL SCHEMEL, boy, I mile, 45.3, 1:25,
2:02, 2:36; last 4 Mama, Paher 1 mile, 42, 1.20.7,
1.55, 3.7.0 lat 102.3. Marcanos. Sedgwick, Yi, 42, 121, 2.00, FORTER, Knoll, 1 mile, 13, 121, 1.00.
2.37. 9.10.2: loss 892.
2.34.3: last 34.3.
ra
CHARLANDS, Barton, † mile, 33, 1.07.2;
last 13004
CHINA COASTER, hoy, 4 mile, 40. 1.15,,
1.50.4 Inat, 33.4
Jac. Knoll, 1 mile, 38, 1.124, 1,502, 2-74.2; lant -1.
#
ELECTRICAT, boy,1 mile, 49, 1.25,
2.01: last 38.
DUNKEID. boy. A mile, 44. 1.23.. 1:37.2;
Int
2.48¦ Inn# { 3ok j
FLOGOHFIELD, boy, 1 mile, 45, 1.92.2.14,1
The course was very heavy.
JAPAN'S TARIFF POLICT.
FREE-TRADE OR PROTECTION?
The Orika Asahi has an article ins which it discusses. Japan's tarif policy Out of the total amount of imports to Japan aggregating Yoo0,000,000, says the Oaks journal something like ¥300,000,000 is on the duty-free list, and of the remaining 100,000,000 the im ports that are taxed for the purpose of protection represent, about. half that amount, or one-fourth of the total im- ports. People are apt to argue that the industrial development of Japan ia duo to the protective policy followed by the Government, but the deal thinks it is doubtful whether this is really
40.
by the Niphou Yusen Kaisha for the assist the growth of Protection, and it is Particulars of the new plan formulated the Free trade principle, and tends to War is at all times liable to threateir
of an outgoing: service not surprising that the pract great between the Far East and New York war showa this
(who, by the way, is a lover and now lies securely deposited in warrant in counection, with the matter hit himself somewhere there and via the Pananie Canal; in addition to degree. The Free-trademarked
principles of
to
do not make for good steady work, Of the changes in the personnel or Mr. E. Hammond, the American the Peking Governnient. which have missionary who was killed in the railway followed upon the death of the late smash just outside Canton, brought President, the resignation of Me about hy robbers, livert at Causeway Chow The CH, the Minister of Bay, Hongkong He leaves behind Agriculture and Commerce. is him a wife and two children. Deceased distinctly one Lu he regretted, succumbed to serious injuries in the fur not only had he shown a correct chest. The funeral took place to-day. appreciation of the need for a proper organisation of the trade and com- merce of the country, but he had pesos, each shipment consisting of one made a good beginning with his plans million pesos, hava heen shipped from to give effect to his policies. Some the Philippines to the Government of month ago the American Commercial British India, says the Manila, Cableners, Attaché at Peking relerred to Mr. and the purchase price has been paid Cantonese), as a statesman who was the vaults of the Chase National Bank has been charged with the larceny of only returned hours afterwards when the homeward service by the same route Great Britain have suffered auch injury doing far more for the commerce of New York, to the credit of the had full seresa to Mr. Kalleberg's rooms, other who had about $1,000 in notes able for publication now that the actual heal. It is not at all improbable
the passport. She declared that she the pirates had all gone away. and industry of China thao meet of Philippine Islands. Other shipments of and that unknown to Mr. Kalleberg she round his belt, was knocked down by opening of the proposed service has been thinks the that Great Bri-
The now inegularly maintained, are avail-by the war as will be
very difficult his countrymen probably realised the coins will be marie as rapidly as sold the passport to L. German for a heavy trunk which fell on his head. Six of the company's newest steamers Free-trade policy in favour of Fro One of the things to his credit is the transportation becomes available.
sunounced The Japan $4,250. The armngements were made He was on the ground, insensible, the Tsushima, the Wakass, the Toyooks, tection for financial reasons. If the Mail says:- tain may be obliged to abandon her institution of a Bureau for collecting
by another fernan whom she knew, blood flowing profusely from his the Tokiwa the Toyuhan, and the docs, there is no doubt that, the protec statistical data from the arious
but she refused to divulge his name. Today the Chinese streets of Kalleberg did not receive a cent of the rescue-party on arrival found that he called by the company the class principle, but solute Free-trade can
She ended by declaring that. Mr. dead, left him inmolested.
wound. The robbers, taking him for Toba, are to be operated on the proposed tive tendencies in other countries will provinces in China regarding their
Except the Wakuse all these bec Aine.. -Excursion to Macao by idea in view of assisting the com-China. In honour of the pes President,
industries and commerce, with the fuse display of the national fing of know the passport was soll until she the money in his belt had not been knots an hour. Accordingly, more than hardly be maintained by a single country
Hongkong have been gay with a pro- purchase money and that he did not
ships are cargo boats of 7,000 tons each, become more marked than ever. That Free trade is more in keeping with the was not dead but unconscious, and steamers, and capable of
of international trade admits mercial and industrial divelopment HE Li Yuen Hung. The day has fagents of the Allied nations, it was dis Evidently this bold attack was aWakass is alightly smaller than the rest on show a
told him about it..
running 15
10 of no It is stated that through the secret
75,000 tons of cargo can be carried when while all other countries have recourse of the country as a whole. ·His
the whole fleet is in full operation. The to Protection: For this reason, if the governing motive was to benefit
Heen generally observed by the Chinese covered that the passport had heen carefully planned affair, and the gang of the new fleet, but she will be replaced wards Protection after the conclusion of
countries Chian by extending the country's Colony wire wordingly closed. We Wore egian Contoul, which caused him to terastically for at s given signal (a wil callet Congkong path Shungen, tire Play a mo
a holiday and the, bools of the misused and British officials here sub well-organized one. The mansuck by another of the T class steamers after
tendency 2.30 p.m.- Auction of Furniture, foreign trade. With this object he do not know whether this observange start an invexigation.
mitted information to Mr. Jorgen Eitzen, ing and plundering were done sys-On the outgoing trips the steamers
lags steamers after peace, Japan's tariff policy will also be Blackwool, Fianos etc., nt Musers. ought to organise the leading is general throughout China i so
in the same direction. Whatever pro Hughes and Hough's..
whrill whistle) by their leader, all Moi (or Yagasaki rancisco, Paramus, industrial purposes duty-free, and to be obliged to industries of China-ten and silk, the recree which sailed for 27 days of 200 EGGS A YEAR FROM S HENS, hill and disappeared
as an extra port. On the homeward decaruped and marched away, like Yokohama Kau Daring the tes impuse unly hight, duties in respert
Robe, Yokkaichi necessary to admit all raw
adopt in future, however WEDNESDAY, June 21::-
it will be: materials for 2.30 pm. Auction of Fasehold for example. Be engaged a foreign mourning for the late President woohi
disciplined soldiers, hurriedly up the Furniture at No. 9, Knutsford, cotton-growing expert to help in the seem to have been "more honoured in
season all of them will call at Shimidzu subaidiary materials and initially Terrace, Kowloun.
development of the cotton industry, the brunch than the observance thërect.”
POULTRY EXHIBITION ON BOOP Canton, Dr. Swan with sore of his touched at, and in addition San Finn- Immediately on the news reaching voyager also the maine ports will be
manufactured articles-upkan Chronicle. forestry experts to promote afforesta-
OF A LONDON:STORE..
assistants and a company of 100 cisco, where coal will be taken in tion, and a commercial expert to
Scene of the disaster and proceeded steamer, the Tsushima, is to leave thist Boldiers left by a special train to the
For the present the liners are to sail BELGIAN NUNS DROWNED IN THE asalat in organising the commercial.
once in four weeks from Kobs. The fit to attend to the injuries of the portondane 17, followed by the Toycoica wounded and dying.
which is scheduled to leave Kobe in the middle of July. The third ship, the SWEPT FROM FONTES BY CURRENT August, the other three ships being Wakasu, will leave in the early part of
IN CHICO RIVER,
order
THE DIARY.
HEMO. FOR TO-MORROW,
"Tuiskan",
General Memoranda. TUESDAY, June 20:-
THURSDAY, June 29-
H.M. the King's Coronation Day.
FRIDAY, June 23:
* Prince of Wales' Birthday (1804).
SATURDAY, Jun 24
Midsummer Day,
MONDAY, June 26:-
work of his Ministry. It is sincerely
to be hoped that Mr. Chow's successor, whoever he may be, will be.
3 pa-Sale of Crown Land at Public a man imbued with the same pro-
Works Depamment.
WADERSDAY, Juge 28 :—
Entries close for (iymkhan
July 8th.
Hongkong Suck Exchange Settlement
Day.
4 pm-Election of a Justice of the
Peace for the Licensing Buurd.
SATURDAY, July 8-
gressive ideas and that he will carry
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at
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LIES BY WIRELESS.
་་་་་་ BERLIN SLANDERS FOR KERNSTORFF TO SPREAD,
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touched.
On the breezy muf of Selfridge's Stores several fine hens held a reception recent ly. They were there to tempt people with gardens and backyards to purchase
The Canadian Sinter above men sort of their fellows and get ahead with toned rendere invaluable services
one voyage.
the increased production of foodsunds in in bandaging and dressing the wounds scheduled to sail in similar this country!
LEGATION NEWS.
merchant
PHILIPPINES.
to-
Lady Cowdray, in opening the exhibi- had received a terrible shock and was between the East and New York and convent of Tagudin were anacosting of the sufferers, although she herself Rates are lowered by the Nipp Mothers M. Vincent Martha Sette on work that has been so well begun.
an, even more vigorously, the goud the following
The Press Bureau last month isquod mere ogga in England. It was a disund the passengers of the ill-fated are indeed roach below. 100 per ton, to report received at constabulary head. tion, emphasised the need of producing much unnerved. The rescue party intermediate posts. The figures quoted drowned in the Chico river by head Yusen Kaisha to stimulate the trade and M. Adeltrud Helens, of the Belgian Foreign counsellors have been con-been addressed to the German Embassy posible for the ordinary householder, by
The following wireless message has so import so many chickens. It was noor.
grace, she said, that they should have train arrived in Carton this after while the New Conference of Shipping quarter, on Saturday the 10th ist, front stantly insisting that without organih and French, violating Geneva-Heg, keeping air bens of a good strain in the nation on brand lines China can hope. exclusively effecting transport of Berbe back garden, to get 900 eggs par year,
Athens reports Bri-
Its recently raised its quotations to the senior inspector of La Union.
per ton, which is too high for 730 June un horseback to The two mothers left Tagudin it for but little advancement in hou hospital ships in order to avoid torpe ani to provide half the food required for
ytas pay without by submarine. foreign trade beyond what she will
Quite natumlly, there mspect their schools in the barian of inconvenience. receive through the foreign merchantsalty states that This is an absolute vegetable and table scraps, which would y
The Secretary of the British Adair. the domestic poultry run out of the
fors, Japanese shippers, who have bean Ambalayat, Tagudim. On their way The Peking facts of the 7th instant Conference not only in respect of the The night previous it had been minity. with the attitude of the hey had to cross the Chico river. in China. The, work done by the
fabrication,"
otherwise be wasted. -
rates but also of the supply of space hard which had slightly raised the river. Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture
Two companies of the French Toneve ended to consign their cargo with the place where they had to brows kinese batalion, stationed
at Tientsin, e Conference
the sides woinen wasction of the National Poultry train yesterday to reinforce the French Trashnims,
teamers sending all
and the current vegy Society and a lady who had worked Legation Guard The French Legation new line has for instance, secured
which will sail Best on the Awift
What actually happened is not know. under the Board of Agriculture was there has ordered. Its nationals into the Lega enough cargo already at the domestic Some school children coming along
tion-Quarter-The American Legation porta the
for being parcel of sugar bank and their horses grazing, and gavo mhus Berce rivelry is
345 pm-Third Gymkhans of the Season at Race Course, Happy Valley
THE
CHINA TYPHOON
MATIder Mr. Chow T20 CHI shows
MAP and
GUIDE Enables one to locate the centre
of
The exhibition wan' ssranged by the arrived in the Capital by the evealing them have to ship to the N.ER. The the botton the river are rather steep
A
Cablenowe NARAVN
appreciation of that fact and of the latent possibilities MP, JULIAN
The chief officer of the Dublin Fire ing, and how a big supply of eggs cold to retain rooms in the Legation. Orarten 1st Manile the alayın." ARNOLD has made the calculation Brigade estimates the total loss in the be obtained from an initial expenditure as the accommodation at the Legation. Thur fierce
to explain the mysterion of poultry, keep his limited trash to advising ita nationals | cuïracially foreign consignment found the mothers veila on the river- that the export trade of Japan is teu and fancy goods destroyed in the stores of something under The bens on may prove insuflimenthe British and the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Con- mothers were found nearby at & o'clock
city at about £2,000,000, the jewellery times as great per capita as is that of alone being valued at £7,000.
The bodies of the two unfortunata between view were sent by well-known parts, ather Legations have adopted the motto: fermice lines. No matter which side on the afternoon of Jane 8 Manila and the her houses were perfect models Legation was busily engaged in sand-petition, which is anally conducive to "Business usual. The Austrian
altimately wins the bettlo the cop of cleanliness and compactress. The bagging the northern entrance to the the lowering of rates, must be of advan exhibition was to be open daily for about Legation Quarter, yesterday afternoon tage to shippers who even otherwise are month, and people interested were but in consequence of the widespread expected to derivs much advantage out comed free of ormega,
comment c occasioned, the sandbags were altimately removed a
The same paper of the 8th
to the pateless rudio funnecessary; har
China and yet China has far more than ten times the wealth of Japan in natural resources. It is a reproach to the Chinese nation that her foreign trade should not exceed that of the midget state of Switzerland
MOUNTED OF CARDEDARD ANLa reproach which it should be the
FOR HANGING,
Price 50 Cents.
constent aim of a progressive Govern ment to remove. Mr. Chow Tzu Cui
CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM
TOUCH of rheumatism,
Chamberlain's Pain Palm drives of newralgia, whatever thei pain At once and cares. When a bottle did it in quickly, First applies
de the pain of burns and
has marked out the paths of progress, promptly relieval, and it is to be hoped that his quickly heale successor will broaden and extend it is after such trans
reduced
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN.
of the present achame of the NY.K. because their cargo bound for New York will Finch destination in 45 days se used against 90 days or more when sent over
land from the Pacific
to head, the
NEATLES MILK PROFITS.
earned by the Nestle Condensed EMIR