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THE CHINA MAHI
THE MAGISTRACY,
TRESPASS AT A FORE"
MILITARY AUTHORITY (ASKN FOR FULL
A PENALTY
a
versely continue to regard the result of the action as a British victory. The British attained their object; the Germans failed to attain theim. To the words of Admiral Lord ChauLES BERESFORD, the British objectivo was to sink the Germun Flest or Capt. Cassell, DAAQMG, of the competit to return to its Headquarters Staff, pressed for the fall penalty of the law, on instructions from In the absence of Zeppelins HLE the General Officer Commanding for scouting purposes, the British when a Frenchman, and a Dutchman Navy was obliged to send out appeared on remant this morning on
charge of trespassing at Belcher's Fort. heavy cruisers as outside scouts, The Military Authorities regarded in because light cruisers would have very serious light a treapaan by anybody been drives in without procuring the of alien nationality on the approaches needed information. Vice Admiral to a furt, at the present time. There were certain circumstances in that cale SI DAVID BEATTY, in pursuance of which he was not at liberty to disclose. this object isckled a vastly superior force, hoping to delay it until Admiral JELLICOE'S · battle, fleet arrived-to destroy the Germans, Vice-Adminl BEATTY achieved a brilliant succes, because on the arrival of Admiral JELLICOE the Germans fed." British naval supremacy has not been destroyed, and has not even been
weakened. If the British Admiralty's information is confirmed that the German leses were heavier
Mr. Wood: Then you ought not to mention it,
Capt. Cassel said he was instructed to say what he ha
The magistrates Have you reason to think there has been a trespass of this kind before?
that
Capt. Cassel said he had no doubt of Lieut. Jones again gave evidence stating that the fofencanta paused a ice board and that they had to cross gutter from the main road. It was's dark night.
a
The China Mail.than the British, not merely relatively little path fed to the town and they
to the strength of the fleets but absolutely, it follows that the margin of British naval superiority was actually increased as a result of the -firlit
HANTIKONG, THURSDAY, July 8, 1916
THE NAVAL BATTLE.
THE Admiralty in a statement issued on June 4th with regard, to the great: sea fight off the coast of Jutland
id:"Until. the Commander-in- Chief has had time to consult the officera engaged and write a full lespatch, any attempt to give a detailed history of the naval engage ment which began on the afternoon of May 31 and ended in the morning
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL"
A Typhoon in about 110 degrees Long and 19 degrase Lat. N., moving WNW is reported by the Manila Observatory to-day. That is about the centre of the island of Hainan, moving up the Tongking
Gulf to Pakhoi.
Defendants said they thought tha
That was the reason why they were wanted to get to the Sailors Home.
there. They did not know there was a
know there was fort there.. defendants knew where they were and The magistrate found that the
that they went there without authority. He sentenced defendants to six months' imprisonment each.
A PICE-POCKET'S REQUEST:
Charged with picking pockets, & Chinese Asked. Mr. G. N."Ormie to issue a banishment order and, if be ratuumed to imprison him for life.
Mr. Orme did not think the request a sound one and told defendant that he would have to do six months in gaol that period he would bare his time wel. occupied.
before he could be banished and during
BEBE FUNNEL LINER ASHORE
We regret to learn that the Blue Funnel liner Ping Suey is “aghorp somewhere, near Capetown and that her position is regarded as sericus.
She was outward Bound to the
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1918.
SCOTCH WAR CHARITIES.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF PROCEEDS OF ST. ANDREW'S DAY CONCERT.
The allowing letters have been received by the Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong St. Andrew Scciety
East, having lela Liverpool on June from the several War Charities in 191. Some of the Ping Suey's earge is scotland to which the proceeds of being taken off, by passing teamers. Concert given on at t. Andrew
The Ping Suey is a steamer of 6.458 tops built for the China atual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd., in 1899.
CANTON HUMOURS. IN
The air is still full of rumours of s possible conflict at Canton between the forces under General Li Lieh Chun, and those under General Lung, Chai Kwong One of our Chinese contemporaries goes the length of solemnly making the following announcement:
Tutih Lung Chai Kwong has fixed the battle line on the band at Canton It begins at the Pak Chai hospital and rune east. No battle w will be fought on the west of the line." - skirmishes in the vicinity of the It is said that there are frequent
city and that wounded men are being brought to Canton for treatment daily,
OUR TRADE · FUTURE.
GREAT INCREASE OP : GERMAN EXPORTS... TO THE EAST,
The London Evening News of June
and contains the following.
Day wers cond
City Chambers, Edinburgh, 8th Mag, 401d.
MD S
KILLED
OF $600
NDED OUT
In a remarkable passage Mr. Churchill in the Hour of Commons on May $1. revealed the fate of the premier theision in Scotlan
**In the bottle of Lock with other
divisions, it played a very notable part,
he saxl four of the 9500 with whom
BALACLAVA OUTDONK
went into that engagement, 6,000 were killed or wounded. Some battalions loat three-quarters of their strength and rea-ly all succeeded in (Cheers. The caned some of the achieving the task which was set them
most important positions, and these On my return from a visit to the ware only lost at a later stage when. Front, I have your valued favour ofthey were handed over to other troops. the 3rd April enclosing a choque for One battalion of this division £100, being part of the proceeds of battalion of Cameron Highlander Concert held on St. Andrew's Day last, wont into action about 850 strong, with by the St. Andrew's Society, in ald at 30 officers. The colonel and an ar Sedthiah. War Charities in this. Distrianutant and I mery alone" survived. I have to ask you to convey to the and took and bell the objective whichr members of your St. Andrew a Soniety, they were set to taka (Cheers) to those who took part in the Concert, thanks of the citizens of Edinburgh, for shattered in the first day's battle, and to accept jounelf, the warmest The remnant of these trooper this most handsome gift towards our were collected, and 1,200 ont of the Relier Funds.
original 4,000 were asked two cifra You will be glad to learn that other afterwards to make another attack St. Andrew Societies in all parts of the They went over the parapet and renewed the attack with the utmost world, bare taken similar action, and clare and spirit. Talk about the charge War Relief Funds have greatly profited at Balaclava and the charge of the by the patriotism of those who have gone Fusiliers at Albuers Those events. forth from Scotland.
pale before these deeds, which have Days will pass, before this terrible warnew divisions raised in the British I hope that not many St. Andrew's been done, in the present day by these how closed, but I feel sure that as long Islands. (Cheers.) as it lants, Scotsmen all over the world will do their utmost to alleviate to sufferings of those who have been victimes of its ravages.
Yours faithfully,
ROPERTIscues. Lord. Provost,
·¦ ̧ "City: Chambers. Glasgow 8th May, 1916.
their achievements other than a very. "Needless to say, no account of
jejune, account has been published, and that was many months after wards. The friends of thess heroes only know if their glory and of the heavy fighting in which they were engaged through private lettare. Four Battalions of this primary division of Scotland have boon diabanded and merged with other battalion, who are also abort, and their places have beun taken by a South African brigade. These battalions, which had covered themselves with glory, which had only just been created with auch immense effort and labour, aro awept away, and
The fallowing letter from s City Dean Su business man, who in peace-time and in On my return from France this morn war-time travels every year throughing I find your exceedingly kind letter of The evidence showed that defendant India, Buras, Ceylon, Siam, Straits 3rd April with accompanying Back Draft picked the pocket of a man who was Settlements, and China, emphasises the for £100 being part of the proceeds of a making a bargain at a stall Defendant urgent need for the settlement of a well- tried to conceal the purse in his girdle defined policy in the trade war before Concert Reid on 30th November last in the office and men scattered and dis Hongkong in aid of Scottish War Chari persed to the winds, whatever their but it fell to the ground. A district peace comes about watchman, who was an eye-witness of
M- Kelman, the
the writer, contributed
buted ties. I have as you request divided this interests and regimental ties were." somo useful
eful information The Evening the incident, arrested him.
News before he went on his trip of 1915-nerous donation equally between the Defendant stated that he had come is, and the statements he now makes, as Princess Louis Scottish Hospital for! from Sam Chan and was returning that a result of that visit, are of pecular Limbless Sailors and Soldiers and the GYMKHANA TRAINING NOTES AND afternoon.
interest and importanc
Glasgow Branch of the Soldiers and Mr. Orme saked him how much He is concerned in selling in the Sailors Help Society-being two of the Mr. Tang Shao Yi has been again / money he had and be answered 16 countries he visits all. Finds of soft most deserving Institutions here on behalf
51,623 .
cents.
די
ENEMY TRADING....
ATTEMPT TO DO BUSINESS. WITH
GERMAN FIRM. This morning at the Magistracy Wa
hours of June I would evidently be premature." More than five weeks have elapsed since the action, and
The tetal output of Kailan Mining there is still-no-nawa that Admiral Administration's mines for the Week JELLICE has been able to give a ending. 24th June, amounted to 48,669 detailed history of the fight. The tons, and the sales during the period, to explanation of the delay, of course, that for the purpose of writing this report something more is needed requested by the President to accept The Magistrate: Sixteen cents! Bat by the Commander-in-Chief than post in the Cabinet, but Mr. Tang I forgot you had the purse, and were epnsultation with the officers engaged, for it has been made clear President that he believes he can
persists in his refusal, telling the probably relying on its contents.
that British officers were not in a
serve his country better as a private position to give precise information citizen than as an offcial. cf the damage done to the enemy's | fleet, any more than the officera of. The occupier of 61: Chung Uk the German Navy were able, from Toun, a village in the Tai Po district, their own observations, to say exactly was ancking opium with a friend at what damage the British Fleet suffer-10 pm, on the 3rd fast, when three ed. That information, however, has men rushed in through the open door. been fully and freely given to the One carried a revolver and two held Germans in the British Admiralty come choppers. The smokers were cat on muniques; but the German authorities, the shoulders with the choppers and have been at great pains to minimise lime was thrown into their faces. The their losses, and to keep an inquisitive robbers then looted the house stealing public trom learning by private in- $20 in ten cent pieces and a brace of quiry and investigation. The Britishi opium pipes. Admiralty statement of June 4th said: "The British losses have already been fully stated. There is nothing to add to or subtract from the latest account published by the Admiralty. The enemy losses are less easy to determine. That the 9. &.m.--Excursion to Macao by sa accounts, they have given to the
"Teinhan","
world are false is certain, and we MONDAY, July 10:
cannot yet be sure of the exact truth. But from such evidence as has come
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
30 p.m.-Auction of Fornicare, etc.
at Mesira Hughes and Hough's. 3.30 pm. Auction of Egyptian Cigarettes at Mesars. Hughes and Hough's
General Memoranda. SATURDAT, July 8-
3.45 p.m.-Third Gymkhana of the Season at Race Course, Happy Valley. 0p.m.-Smoking Concert at the
Phrenix Club.
“Suxnay, July Da
3 p.m.-Auction of Crown Land us
PW.D. #Tursday, July 1 -
2:30 pm-Auction of Furniture, Blackwood Ware, etc., at Messrs Hughes and Hough's RDNESDAY, July 32- Prince John's birthday. (1905). Opening night of The Palisado."
Kowloon. SONDAY, July 192
5.42 -Full moon.
BRIDGE SCORERS.
*Blocks of to shiecta
30 conta each,
Four for One Dollar.
able at
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Chan Ching of the Mutual Trading Co., Pest Office Buildings, was fined $500 attempting to do business with the or three months imprisonment for German firm of Ahlers & Co., Shanghai PROSECUTION BY CHINA LIGHT &
POWERS CO..
to
TIMES.
Nearly all the ponins being trained for - the Gymkhana, to be held next Saturday
alternoon were given their winding up gallops either yesterday or this morning.
goods, brass work, tabes, boots and shoes of British manufacture ANA
of the brave men who return maimed an In a covering letter he says that broker viter fighting for King and Country British trade is suffering very badly abroad Will you allow me to express to during the war, as our prices are so high that the countries overseas cannot pay you and through you to the Committee There is very little choose, beawean the prices, and are getting goods from of the Hougzong St. Andrew's Society my Standard Dahlia and King Jack, anď neutral countries particularly from cordial thanks for the handsome and either it appears has as good a chance
all of which, with the exception practical way in which they are assisting the other of winning the Staken of America, are cheap labour countries.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE. EVENIJO NEW, then in the Home-colntry who see The Dablis did the better time of the
auffering by this dreadful war. It is ewe this morning the male in 2.144;
With reference to the lending articlo extremely gratifying not only to myself, last $1.404 at 1.05.2 last 31.2;" in last Tuesday evening's issue on The hut to the citizens of Glasgow to know while King Their took 1.11.4 for three- Next Great War' may I say that agree with all your remarks and with Mr. that Sentimen and Scotsummen in other gunsters (341, 241, 31.2, but he seemed trade, but, us you say, we never get any the Homeland at such a time as this and liked it than Standard Dahlia. It must Hughes various speeches in regard to countries are not forgetful of those in to go more smoothly and more we, if he Torrader, and if we begin when war is to feel that your sympathies are with us not be forgotten that these two sha
over we are too late once more
in eli that we ans doing just,ziów, j
With kind regards and renewed thank Iazy.
Yours, very truly,
THOMAS DUNLOP, Lord Provost.
-2, St. Andrew Square,
Edinburgh, 3rd May, 1910.
The Comunistee of the Scottish Women'
class ponies, while the others are good, or indifferent subs,
The others that are looking well-and moving well are Ploughedfield, Maschbox. Matabele and. Dunkeld:
The times taken, were
mile, 818,
EETVEDNESDAY MORNING, AND STANDARD DAMLI, Seth, 11:02: last 1 30.20
PETER DOODT, Barton 1 mile, 1.10.
143272.18.2; last 35
PLOTGEHIELD Seth. 13 42. 1.20, 1.57.4;
2.11.3, 1.00; last † 15,2
ngay last
"I have travelled for years oversens on behalf of British firma, and as a busi- nest man who sees effect' at the other side while folk at home can only give The enso was continued before Mr. cause, have written to various trade J. R. Wood this afternoon of a summons papers, etc, over a period of fifteen yeLIN by the Chimm Light and Power Co., Ltd., on the subject of tariffs, organisation, against a Portuguese named Xavier etc
It seems, however,
that it needed à living at 7, Punjabis Buildings, world-wide war to even awake a glim Kowloon, of making an addition to the mering of the need for complete Company's electric installation without our for poter, for creation of giving due notice to the Company,,... Ministry of Commerce, the appointment
A meter reader in the Company's of commercial attaches in all Consulates Dzia S.
and our
our own Colonies and Depen and Lady May and draghters returned to house through the back-door of the ous to mention here, which any overseas Hospitals desire ne to send the HousANTOSY; boy, 1mile, 43, 1.25,4, -203,2, the Colony today from Japan."
next house as defendant's back merchants, shippers, or travelers will kong St. Andrew's Society Quir vary. The Most Rev. Jeremiah J. Harty to the next house and be saw some sary.
door was locked. There was a meter tell you are vitally and urgently neces- grateful thanks for the kind donation of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila, wires coming from the main wire
£25.00 which has been sent for the "An M.P. naked Mr. Asquith the other beneft of their funds. The Committee. has been appointed Bishop of Omaha. He also saw the defendant hurrying day if he was aware of vast was labour is indead very glad of this help, sed down the stairs. He said to witness: manufactured stocks lying in Germany cannot express too warmly their appre Mr. and Mra. David Wood and Dr. "No meter, next door Defendant ready to damp into the markets of
replied he would be glad of some pris The Fion. Treasurer, Mrs. Laurie, Red again.
How does the Premier expect them. House, Greenock, to whom I am for. to be obtained under present conditionswarding the Draft, will sond you a formal ***As a business nian in touch with receipt. In the meantime, please c neutral Fower business men, also with this as an assurance of its safe arrival men ín. Shanghai and in the Dutch
·
TEGESDAY MORNING. Stranrx, boy and SOCIAL SCHEMER
Sadzwisk ! muile, 87, 1.12, 1.45.2; Just $4.2 FORESTEC, Knoll, mile, 68.3, 1.10.2,
Marcusor, Bedgwick, and Omowes, bay,
mile, 10, 1-2, 1.14.3; last + 825- BLUTEES, Eartos, † milo, 34, LOT; Last
to one knowledge the Admiralty and Mrs. H. F. Carmichael were among pulled the wires away and went upstairs world after the war, to which Mr. Asquith ciption fee Iths: last 31 at Wal entertains no doubt that the German the passengers who returned from Japan losses are heavier than the British, today by the Empress of Russia.
Defendant, from the bex, said be knew.nething about it, nor could he explain why there was wax on his mannes
The wife of the defendant said she knew nothing of the charge
Answering Mr. Shenton, she said ber yeara husband had dobe no work for two
A
AMERICAN TRADE BALANCE"
PILES UP.
*
East Ixties where German firms are here
MATAGELE, Fisher, ndio 35 108.8
Hong
STANDARD DAHLIA, Seth
1018 1417, 2.14.4 last
still active, I can tell him that it is so For this sum you could name and further, that German exports to kong St. Andrew's Society Bed for India and the Far East have quad-
are not
L44 last 2.
·rupled in the last nius morithe in all months in any of our Hospitals, Do So KINIK JACr Kool, mila, 3 lines where constituents of those good think our Committee world as for
contraban of
this? If when war finishes Germany re
We would be very glad to hear fmre mains intact and we have not already you regarding the matter, " put our new tridő Fam loving long odds on the GermaJES policy in force, then reaching the old trade figures withi two
With the Committee's renewed thanks,
Yours faithfully MARGTW HARVEY CLARK, p.p. Muriel Grand Wilson.
Deepdale Cake Band,
Wimbledon Common
265, 4thy 1916.
not merely relatively to the strength Vice-Gov. and Mrs. H. S. Martin of the two fleets, but absolutely."and Miss S. Martin, Hon. Judge J. Binca that statement was issued, the Abreu, Judge F. A. Ingersol, and Mr. German Naval authorities haved Mrs. A., H. Love were passengers admitted the loss of two big ships from Manila by the Empress of Mi Shentou: Then who pays the which were not mentioned in Russia.
gas billt!
Witness He has a cell-off "auntie previons German spoontbements,
It is explained in a Peking paper Mr. Minson, Yor defendant, said his
who supports usé p and Press messages emanating from Germany have mentioned the loss of that Mr. Beilby Alston is coming out client was very i pad could not work. others. Though the fall tale of the to Peking from the British Foreign Mr. Wood convicted the defendant German loss has probably not yet Office, not as a successor to Sir John and imposed a fire of 325
The Evening News has already rendered boen revealed, the German people Jordan, as reported in the Japanese
the country good service, and if you will must realise by this time that it Press, but to net as Counsellor to the
the finest effort you have ever made in order to get all the manu was a gross exaggeration and Legation ip place of M Roald Mne,
facturers, shippers and merchants of this delusion to describe the result of leay, who is returning to England.
country" "to" pat" the greatest possible. that action as a grand victory" for
pressure on the Government tagadl The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic together all the business men of the FEAR SIL, the German Fleet, "over a greatly
Commerce at Washington on May 25th country, especially the overens mer issued reports showing that the balance chants, shippers and travellers, so na to superior English battle fleet. But
of trods for the tea montar of the car to be applied just previous to peace being Society to send such very handsom
get our programome cut and dried ready members of the Hongkong St. tode year 1916 to 1918-up to May 1st was declares, you will have rendered the prescat (250) for cur Comfort's good care that this delusion shall,
82.717,000,000 in favoal of the United most valuable service to the Empire Please scoops my warmest thanks to you be dispelled very quickly, thought
Stutes For the period between the date that has ever been known all (rou wore so kind in, hielprag us, to .ndt
returned froin roy their delay in following my t
of the outbreak of the war in Zarope and have only just return must be raising some The following telegram received by May I the favourable finde balanss of esters journey in a busy many and last yese!), and
over military age, yet if I could only ser MAP and
the Governor from the Secretary of his country amounted doubts on the subject by this time state for the Colonies in acknowledge
000 a few of these things brought about it
would be one more way of doing a bit which would benefit those who have done GUIDE in the minds of the intelligent ment of the undertaking by the Delony
theirs of the front w
A KELMA 9310, Mallow-street, Old-street
The CHISA MAIL LE Wyndham St.
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THE CHINA MAIL the German authorities are taking
TYPHOON
one to locate the centre
of a Typhonic,
OARDEOARD AND
PED FOR HANGING?
Price 50 Cents
the
"HONGKONG" AND THE R.F.C.
HOSPITAL.
ARMY COUNCIL'S GRATEFUL' THANKS.
“Derusan who perceives that the bo provide $10,000 a year for the dura- "grand victory" has failed to break tion of the War towards the support of the Royal Flying Corps Horpital,
the blockade and that the Brite Bryanston Square, London, is published Fing of ships, continues to isolate for general information Germany as inexorably 'ne everyor has the fact that the BHE
mont grave
Your teleream, 16th June. Army Council desire uzpressions ful thanks for that Charities.
WHITE STAR LINE'S PROFIT.
Mr. Pretyin
sary Secretarg
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Is is so very good of you and sil the
Believe me,
Connance, MS MALCOLME Maisons London, Scottin
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