WATSON'S
FORMAZONE.
(REGISTERED)
A Refreshing, Invigorating and Falatable drin particularly suited for Tennis, Shooting and Bathing Parties,
Pints $1.20 per dozen. Splits 70 Cts per dozen.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,
AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.
Telephone No. 436., «
WILLIAM
POWELL
TEL. 548
THE BEST. SHOES
FOR
CHILDREN
IN
HONGKONG
ARE
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OF. WHICH
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The China Mail.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, July 10, 1918.
CHINA'S TRADE RETURNS.
THE Returns of Trade for the first quarter of the present year have Just been published by the Maritime Customs of China, and having regard
THE CHINA MAIL
NEWS OF THE DAY.
·LOCAL AND GENERAL
Highlands and Lowlands Part Rubber Co., Ltd, have declared an interim dividend of 6% payable on the 31st July-
The old E. & A. steamer Empira has been sold to a Liverpool firm," and is about to proceed to Europe hom Tientsin with 1,500 Chinese labourers
F
THE LAW COURTS.
HO FAMILY. TROUBLES,
JUDGMENT IN PROBATE ACTION:
In Probate Juridiction this morning Mr. Justice Gompertz (Acting Chief Justice) delivered judgment in the action brought by Ho San Lam against Ho Cheung Shi, to set aside letters of ad ministration granted to her as guardian of Ho Stay Yan, the adopted son of Eo Wo Lam, deceased. The plaintiff was the nnule of the boy Ho Shau Yan and defendant was his step mother.
BRANDY TRIEF
MONDAY JULY 1001916.
THE MAGISTRACY
LATEST EDITION.
STOP PRESS
NEWS.
Three monthe barık labour and four hours exposure in the stocks was ther punahmens indicted on a Chinaman who stole a bottle of brandy from the Sun Company's stores. The man was stated to have been in the habit of Reuter's Service to the China Mail. entering the shop and asking the prices of various articles. On this oceaan he wanted to know the price of a bottle of Lien brand of brandy. When the assistant's book was turned he picked up
C. G. Alabaster (instructed by Messrs saw the man beckoning to two other The applicant was represented by Mr. andarnaath his coat. 4. detective, who bottle of the liquor and concealed it
Wilkinson and Grist) and Mr. Eldon men, Became suspicious and searched Potter and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed defendant, discovering the brandy by Messrs D'Almada and Mason and Mr. Leo D'Almada) represent
Wo learn that, owing to the recanted the defect very heavy rains, the north-east corner of the lawn at the Jewish Club, above
and Castle Road, has collapsed.
His Lordship dismissed the application with coats on the ground that the plaintiff had no status: The boy was
IMPUDENT ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD.
The occupier of a house in Wai In
STEADY PROGRESS OF BRITISH ARMY.
ENEMY COUNTER-ATTICAS BROKEN.
LONDON, July 10. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: Hostile artillery has been actere
CHINK
FAIRS
THE VICE-PRESIDENOTA
SHANOR, July 0. Peking reports that the probable candidates for the Vice Presidenc aro: Of the Northern party, Tunn Ki Sai, Chu Si Chong and Fung Ko Chang Of the Southern Party, Tean Chun Huen, Tang Eal, Yiu Eiang Kai Chius and Tang Shao Yi
THE
OVERNORSHIP.
PING July 8- Mandates have been issued changing the titles of Changkwan and Governor face of stubborn opposition in the Shiangchang (Provincial Superior).
We a again steadily progressed in to Tukwan (Commander of Army) and neighbourhood of Ovillers.
Castle steps, betwen Robinson Road che, proper person, to obtain lettern of Long Screen had the sense to question and there have been artillery duels
administration and if it were proved on Chinese who came and demanded pay. In several sectors. During their stay in Tokyo the Chief would take over the property it would. The man on being saked to show his the death of the boy that the plaintif ment for work just done by the Gas Co. Justice Sir William Rees Davies K. Chalp him fer he and no right and no credentials was unable to do so and was and Lady Rees Davies were entertained interest against the 90s in whose name given in charge. At the Magistracy he at luncheon by the British ambassador the estate, was now vested. The son was sentenced to a month a confinement and Lady Lily Greene at the Embassy.
being a minor had selected a guardiasin gok to represent him, "If the plaintiff had made an application to the Court. Major Monajes, formerly of to be appointed guardian of the Shanghai, bad, Feen promoted to the on the Court would possibly grant it as against the woman but no
COFFER STOLEN,
After breaking pane of glass with his hand a Chinese extracted eight lbs.
locomotive yard at Hung Hom. He was observed and arrested and this morning, sent to guol for six months with hard Labour.
They in the afternoon launched two furious counter-attacks on our new positions ur Trons Wood. in an endeavour to retrieve their last week's losses, but both attacks con
rank of Lieutenant-Coloriel, and hssuth application had been made," and of copper wire from shop in the Pletely broke under our gunfire. been awarded the DSO LA CoLantil he was the guarding he could not Menzies, who was previously in the be interestol in the property. Weihaiwei Regiment, was at one time Tutor to the sons of the late Yuan Shikal and was later Advisor to the Chapei Police in Shanghai.
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MONEY LENY ER'S CLAIM.
JUDGMENT IN FAVOUR OF AGENT.
"THE ́" ROBBER-TAL.'S
VENGEANCE ON NON PATER AT CANTON.
With a view to extorting money, burnt out a conservancy launch on May 29th, 1915. The spoils in the nature of valuables, money etc, removed before subsequently the rabbers dispersed the burning were remarkably small, and
two of the Pirates on ivice, the Information was received focally that Yaumati, and acting on advice, the
Judgment was delivered by the Pisce to the fact that, during the whole inst three Shanghai men are Secondary Court this money in the action The Shanghai Mercury mentions Judge, Mr. F. A. Hazeland, in the Sum- of that period, China was in the Lieutenants in the Highland Light at the Royal George Hotel, Kewicon, in which an Indian watchman employed: throes of another revolution the Infantry, which regiment has been sued H. Ruttonjes, proprietor of the pirates that infest the Cantor-River figures ATO specially instructive. The astonishing feature of these connection with a brilliant exploit at with the defendant
specialy mentioned in alegrams in Royal George Hotel, for the return of $300 alleged to have been deposited returns is that, notwithstanding the Vermelles where the enemy front was war in Europe and the fact that pierced. Their nazies are:-Mr. A. O tended on behalf of the defence that the At the previous hearing it was con- half the provinces of China were Beckett (Messrs. Butterfield and Swire). agent, acting for two known principals, defendant was merely a go-between, or in a state of serious political dis- Mr. 6. B. Miller (Shanghai Hongkow hearing loaned the 3300 with, i turbance, the Customs revenue for Wharf Company) and Me.. H S.alleged, plaintiff's consent.
Robertson Messrs. Wm.Little and Co.) the quarter actually shows an increase of nearly 900,000 taels, compared "A new hospital was opened at with the revenue for the correspond- Shanghai on Saturday July 1 for the ng quarter of last year. The war treatment of cholera. The premise in Europe, of course, bax had its at No. 80 Tientsin Read and are ing daat: (b) That the plaintiff, who sa EROES TO
effect on the foreign trade of China. thamaged by the Red Cross Society of In the year before the war the China The hospital will be a summer Maritime Customs revenue of Chinstone, open for four months only. At amounted to 44,000,000. In the inauguration ceremony there was 1914, the revenue dropped to Tie a good attendance and sums totalling 38,916,625, and list year it fell to about $2000 were donated by visitors Tla 36,747.706. One would expect Dr. Hans Thue will be in charge with a still farther decline this year, Dr. S. Patrick and Dr. B. Wong, because tonnage has not become assisting. appreciably more plentiful or freights any the leas, while the restrictions imposed by the Allies on certain lines of trade have increased as the months have passed Yet we see the revenue of China's Maritime Customs very substantially increased. Reviewing the foreign trade of China
WE HATE TRESE PERFECTION FOR THIS ÜLIMATË.
BRITISH MADE.
WILLIAM POWELL, LTD.
THE DIARY.
MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. 2.30 p.m. Auction of Forniture, Flackwood Ware, etc, at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's..
170 p.m.-Anction of Books, Bicycles nd a Typewriter at Messrs. Hughes
and Dough's.
General Memoranda.
WEDNESDAY, July 14-
SOLDIER DROWNED."
TRAGIC DISCOVERY AT SANDY
BEACH
for 1916, the Statiitical Secretary of Yesterday the body of Lance Corp. the Customs said in his Report that Perrin, agad 28 years, attached to the
THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN LINES.
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY,
PARIS, July 10.
A communiqué gaya.. There is nothing to report north of the Somme...
The French captured 300 prisoners at Binches.
There have been blent artillery duels, on both sides of the Merse,
There was a successful bombing
battering Geman works encounter east of Steenstrcto after
Lu Wing Ting (late Tutch of Kwangsi) has been appointed Tukwin of Kwangtung..
Chan Yi has been appointed Tukwan of Homan.
Lung Chai Kwong has been appointed Director General of Mines in Kwang tung and Kwangsi,
General Li Litwan has been called to Poing and has been given the Second Claas Deder of Marit with the runk of General
A Mandate appoints Chur Hing La Governor (Shangchang) of Kw and Hau Foy Kam Governor Kwangsi
THE PRESIDENT AND LIANG KAP
CHU.
PEKING, July 9. The President has telegraphed to
Liang Kat Chiu asking him to become
however,
Liepg. Kai Chiu,- declined the offer of appointment awing to ina being in mourning
The President is sending Fan Fuen Lim to Shanghai to persuade Ling Kai Chiu to accept the position.
detective arrested the men or auspicion. particularly at Floury, and Fumer his Chief Secretary Mr. W.B. Hindi was for the plaintif and This afternoon these two men ap Wood, likewise on the Belgian front Mr. C. F. Mason represented defendant.peared on an extradition requisition I find as a fact as follows: (A) That Watt presented the case for the were silenged.
His Lordship said On the otklance from the Canton Government. Inspectoret Dixmuide where German battorias
the plaintiff knew that the sum of $300 Police while defendants, who were was not, being deposited with the defenently dressed, were unrepresented. professional money leader, agreed that the property of the Wing Conservancy
The master of the junk Kung Op, this money should be lent to Mr. Gas contractor, gave evidence, stating bow kell; (c) that he plaintiff know that the pirates boarded his launch and how he over the plaintiff a 300 to Mr. Gaskell ceendant waazzerely an agent for handing (d) That the plaintiff applied to Mr. Gas kell both for the principal and also for the interest. He certainly was sent by was deposed to by Mr. Gaskell I am al Batisfied that defendant applied for the said principal and interest in bis capacity as a creditor of Mr Gaskell
the defendrat to do this. This latter fact
Mr. Find referred me at the conclusion of his argument to two statements of fact in this case. They were that the defendant had said "If I die my executor will have to pay and that Mr Gaskell had said "I owe the money to Ruttonjee.
in a small sampan. He saw the ship And the crew were fored to row away burning
The contractor, it was stated, bad formerly paid the robber-tax? but
remitted. The robbers, therefore, last year the amount had not been
attacked the launch
The czas was adjourned.
"GALLANT-POLICEMAN'S 'DEATH.
Wakeford,
ANOTHER RAID ON S.E. COAST OF ENGLAND.
CHINA'S "MATIONAL BANK-
PEXING, July 9 The Government is contemplating the reorganisation of the Bank of Chins Loxoos, July 10 As a Government Bank with exclusive An official announcement mys
powar to issue bank notes Shortly before raiduight enemy Hereafter the Bank of Comme aeroplanes visited the south-east tious or any other Bank coast. Apparently about five bombs such power and all notes were dropped, but no damage has
will be redeemed for cancellation. been reported up to the present.
Anti-aircraft guns engaged the raid ng machines..
FRENCH SENATE AND NATIONAL
DEFENCES
HOW CORPL. WAKEFORD" MET HIS END.
The statement of Mr Hind as to what the defendant and is not quite whose death at the Front we reported
Carpi Herbert G. correct. This is what the defendant a few weeks ago, being the first man it was quite plain that but for themy Ordnance Department, was re-receipt. I gave it to the plaintif with to fall among those who have ra
said: As soon as I got Mr. Gaakell's interference with commerce resulting which is the bay before. Telegraph would collect from Mr. Gaskell" Force was killed while endeavouring VOTE OF CONFIDENCE PASSED covered from the sea at Sandy Beach the idea that if I died my excento cruited from the Hongkong Police from the European war, the year Bayou the way from Hongkong to Hability by the defendant to the the 17th May. He was struck by a cannot regard this as an admission of to pick off a troublesome aniper on
plaintif. With respect to Mr piece of high explosive shell and died
would have been one of very brisk trade "notwithstanding the unrest caused by the Japanese demands early Prince John's birthday (1503). Noon-Auction of Pointer Pups at disturbances when the announcement in the year and the fears of possible Messrs. Hughes and Hough'k. Noon-Auction of a Collection of
was made that a change in the Butterflies and Moths at Mesars. form of Government was contem- Hughes and Buogh's,
plated." - Again this year, the Opening night of The Palisade," political upheaval would not seem to
Kowloop.
have had the effect on trade one would expect. A closer examination
TRUEADAT, July 13.
Aberdeen
The Senate has concluded
a
HUMAN OSTRICH
"SINGULAR CRAZE FOR METAL DIET
In the Lances Dr.-C. 3. van, Elou“ weninge. Gratidjik describ an"int
ing case of pla uzmainzalə articles of diet rare in certain förins" of“Inse
Anpatient, a wharf cabourer, in aged
ing of pains and frequens vomit
thirty two went into hospital complain
Perri had been missing from the Graskell's statement in the witness box: almost iminedistely, PARI, July 10. -
clothes he was wearing
tint. His body was very decotipos because I gave him an zeknowledgemen Alleburels and Boer, Rays, & debate on National Defence and I owe the money to Mr. Ruttonjee His two former comrades Rife ed and only recognisable from the ment this statement of the law is home paper, combino in endes passed a vote of confidence in the stomach was examined, and was found
not correct, as Mr. Gaskell owes the rouring to soften the blow to his Government by 261 votes to B. money to the plaintiff and not to relative Mrs. Smith, and in a latter the defendant. The plaintiff and Mr. written from the trenches record that Gaskell, know quite wod that the along with two other snipers Corpla defendant was mirely an agent and he Wakeford had been trying since day MOVEMENT TO EXCLUDE FORMIGN, intacks, screws and books would therefore not be liable.
Judgment was given for deferviant break to shoot one of the Gerran
HONGKONG, ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN WAR WORKERS,
9,18 pm Organ Recital at St. John's of the statistics, however, ahows above Association hold on 8th July
Cathedrals
FRIDAY, July 14 mm Gen
Godowis, Kennels Towi
SATURDAY, July 15
40 p.m. Third Gymkhans Meeting SUNDAY, July 16:4
49.-Full moon
At the Committee meeting of the with costs. that the increase of revenue for it was reported that during the past
smt: the following
snipers who had been continually troubling them in the front ling,AB about 8 o'clock & shell burst over
"YOKOHAMA "DOCKED_
SHAREHOLDERS
to contain 315. 11o. of metallic objects, varying in size from cold abisal, weight,
ing lica. ad in, long, dost to col lection of coins, bolta, hui
were also half a dozen small fint man made good recovery, and
hospital after die Pecks.
six months later he retur
ade compl appetite E
showed-so ope Lokon," this was
and a pless and proved to be
The pastus
ion with
object fit the uscating.
2.30 pm-Auction of Ship's Gear at the first quarter of the year does notonth its different departments have gth one fatal Chinese caso of diphtheria did the best for him, added the decided that the articles of the Company general meeting of shareholders of TEE and H. Skott & Cos entirely represent improved inde, for To Queen Mary Needlework was recorded. There were 13 cases write Bo did not murthur pour be revised hosting, the sharon Care
During the week ending on July the trench and a fragment of curing the Yokohams Deck Company was held strick him in the abdomen. We on 21st June when it was unanimously we notice that in the first quarter Guild:-75 hed jackets, 1 kimono, of entenc fever (affecting seven chap, he only lasted about five Japanese subjects, but that those friga last year the Chinese Government 31 thick pyjamas, 1 wool shirt, I wool Japanese, one Italian, one Indian, minutes. We two have lost in him received no revenue from the ports of panth, 1 costumes, pix. boots, 38 and the rest Chinese) and seven the best of pala. He was our corporation in the shareholders 1st by Septim
shareholders who have effected regist Kiaochow and Lungkow, which were socks, 7 pra. cuffs, 2 dressing dantha One Chinese died from paer and well be looked after us berth this year of their heirs van wh
gowns, 45 reversible bed jackets, 8 Excursion to. Macan by then in Japanese military occupation, men's suits, 3 nea coats, 3. men's peral fover am here were three always thought of others firat and wastinut to hold shares. It was sisa deskied. Pital, and be Fuccbedek it.
whereas this year a revenue of trousers, men's waist couts, 88 prs. And, two death (Chinese) from small We always shared our parcels and there shares in the names of Japanese aga MUNDAY, July 17-
Tls, 456,000 is credited to these two knee cups, 20 muffler, and 23 poz
liked by everyone my the company that the foreign phareholders must hold Noon.Tenders due at Naval Yard ports, so that the trade, improvement mets. These were packed and
for Bread, Biscuit and Rice
and had our meals together. It does after that Kent off on the 16th and 30th
It was of the late Archdeacon Wil-parted in such a way Plecos present at the moet
seem hard that the best pala should be There were no foreign F.W.D.
Chaplain of the House of Commons, that TUPADAY, July 18
9.30 p.m.-Auction of Ships Gear and
- Furniture at T. KK and H. skott
Co's Godowns, Kennedy Town
•Croes
The circumstances
Sthe
piece of woep
helther of win
removed fro
shsteholders
led the
CLOBINGMEHARM
with the
the Loyo new shipbuildit
3pm.Anetion of Crown Landay be said to be really represented To No. 27 General Hospital, Abbas berforce, in his official capacity 16 sccept our deepest sympathy in your
by an increase in revenue of less is Cardoz, mosquito nets, the following story in told A little bon great trouble.we know that it comes as Comperty than half-a-million tasks. Tientein, 20 doz. sheets, 8 white trousers taken by his father to see the House very el blow but they say Sudden are stated Changale, Hankow and Wuhu ara khaki auit, 4 wintcost, 48 kimono was particularly stracks: the ports which showed the greatest bed inckets, Co thin shirts 34 thick one the gentlemen beneath him all things in the hands of God He is
by the drew of death, sudden glory. We must leave be connect improvement We append the figures pre operation stockings, 25 caps, man who leads the Ilouse in
shirts, 6) doz boots, 10 pocket books, uThat said the father is the clergy. He works everything for the best
Who is that man, father bo saked. Four greas helper is the time of trouble Baisha,to build for the Southern ports, and call atteng eye balduges, 30 shirts, doz. the commencement tion to the fact that even Canton and pillow.utier 2 white coats, 60 night
Goodbye fry archeer upgEvery And what does every
cloud has several of the West River ports show shirts 1 Year 1 part is suits the child Does he pray for the we trade improvement
byjama pyjama feed jacket 1 bera
my hoy," was the reply. dressing gown and
He stands up, and he carde
round, the House and seen the mem Packed in two ones and sent away there on the comfortable benches, and has waloris
sithing Occurr on 18th and 30
then be prays for the counter
duty to many tai
BRIDGE SCORERS.
Blocks of 50 sneaker
Four for On Dollar
TOTAL ST COLLECTION QUARTER,
HK Th HK
123,140
107061
Ded from
the Theit barste
Captain of Corpt mpady Mr Smith also etto intimating what had
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