Arwen Brandy
WATSON'S
FINEST OLD
BROWN BRANDY
E
QUALITY.
25 YEARS IN WOOD.
THE CHINA MAIL
created but of a “loro of mapes "
a desire for material wealth and for place and power in the world. There have been attendant evils, no doubt, bal let us not overlook the incalcul gble amount of good which it has brught to millions on the tice of the globe Wa quote but on - testimonial to this the testimony pot at n prejudiced Englishman, but of Mr. W. EL TAFT, who in his time has been President of the United States of America and has had experience as Colonial Guvernor. A little more than two years ago in the course of a public speech he anid:
a
THE LAW COURTS.
CLAIM FOR A DEAD DOO
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY NEGLIGENT
CAR DRIVER
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., oppression, and when I think what the car No. 58 aleng Wong Net Cheong
WM.
WINE & SPIRIT. MERCHANTS.
POWELL
IND
PHONE. 348
"PETER PAN"
SHOES
FOR
CHILDREN
THE NAME
"PETER PAN
IS AM
ASSURANCE
OF
A PERFECT FIT AND
HARD WEAR.
12
WILLIAM POWELL, LTD.
HONGKONG.
TELEMIONA No. 616
J
Mr. Crew, of Messrs. Hastings & Hastings, appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. J. H. dartines represented defendants.
THE MAGISTRACY.
TRADE MARKS CASE
A case was mentioned in the Magistracy this morning in which Masars W. G. Humphreys and Co summoned the Hongkong Soap & Sada Co., a Chinese firm, for infringing their trade mark on a number of tablets of soap.
The cases were adjourned sine die. CHAIR COOLIES PROSECUTED.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916.
CLIMBING JAPAN'S SACRED MOUNTAIN.
[BY A FIITOR TO JAPAN] »
MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
-Income
no income, a number of these „laiter
The importance of the gold miring" industry has aroudily increased since the passage to 1902 of the Philippine Bill which put in effect a coco” (ofu)" mining laws, but the first year in which No one who has travelled along the the production resched any consequence coast between Yokohama and Kobe cau was 1907, when the value of the gold forget the beautiful mountain that extracted amounted to P187.647> The stands up close to the coast with such most rapid increase occurred between The Chief Justice, Sir Wm. Rees
magnificent form. This mountain is the years 1911 and 1912, when the Davies, K.C., this morning presided
unique among, the great poaks of the production of gold increased front over the Summary Court to consider
The same firm also summoned the from the coast line to a splendid heights past three years mining companies world as it rises almost perpendicular P310,106. to P1,140,000. During tha claim by Duncan Tollen, living at Yau Ho Brm under the same ordinance From the top, which stands 12,363 ft. declared their incomed as follows: 10. Wong Nai Cheong Road, for $50 in respect to lamp burners.
abore the sea, coa can see the ses in
Number damages against the Ford Gorogè
Mr. Grist represented plaintiffs sida aumber of directions. The rise from
of.com- Gros said an agreement had been arrived at asront is made with great difficulty. 1973
the level lands is so shrupt that the Year panies Income Co., Des Vaux Road Centmi, for the with each party of defendants "When I think of what England has death of a Japanese poodle which
7. pl,565,393.58 p318,400.76 done in India for the happines of those was killed by the defendants' servant
have soen some of the famous peaks 1914 12 2439,671.86. *883,994.66 in the Alpe and still man in the 1915 149,619620.70 761,444.50 people; how she found those many millions torn by internecius strife, on July 16th lost through the alleged
Rookies, but this mountain excels them all in its speedy rise and in ita, graceful listed, which includes companies forried Of the forty-two mining companies disrupted with cdnstant war, unable to continue agriculture or the arts of negligence of the driver of inoter
symmetry. peace, with inferior roads, tyranny and
The Japanese vicò-consul, 3ft. Kaku thousand ft. up the sides of Fufi and asphalt, stone, stc, iftaen were reported The vegetation extends about for the removal of fron, copper, oil **Government of Great Britian is now Roud.
summoned two chair coulies for from there to the top barren rocks and having gross incomes, eight sa having doing for then alien races, the debt the
misconduct at the Magistracy today. ows England ought
to be
shifting scoris groet one all along. As not comes, and the balance as having acknowledged in no grudging manner."
It appears that the complainant the top in ranched the rugged breaks in All this good bas" flowed from the
engaged the chair to take him from his the crater appear. The other day. I companies being reported as not active. The leading gold producing distriat stood on the summit and locked down is Aroroy on the Island of Masbate, roit of all evil-the pursuit, in the
foffice to his house kept them waiting into the crater some six hundred ftwhere there are three muccessful quart Erst place, of wealth; and the tribute
An application for an adjournment for sometime, and on leaving his house Nething could be seen except the snow mines, the Colorado, Syndicate, and which Mr. TAFT paid to British was made by Mr. Gardiner on the be paid them off and engaged another and piles of stone and beds of scoria. rule in India is more or less applicable grund that he could not proceed') shair. During the time the defendants to all the British Colonies or Pro- with the defence owing to the aharo waiting they thumped on the door tectorates of Affien as well. The sence in Kongmoon of the people inant understood that after he had and used abusive language, and vom- HONGKONG, TUESDAY, August 26, 1918. flag in most instances has followed who were riding in the car at the lift, the defendants again rattled the
the trade-a trade, you will, time. Mr. Gurdiner understood they door and struck his wife. prompted by a device for wealth or could not be back in Hongkong muth
The case was adjourned for evidence. love of money." We do not under a week.. wish to hold up the love of money' His Lordship observed that ing
THE DOCTOR'S CAR for andiluted admiration, but our cases where an adjournment was point is that the accumulation of required a great deal of trouble would The Bishop of Victoria on Sunday riches by individuals in this imperfect be saved it appications were made preached in St. John's Cathedral #world may be quite consistent within Chambers. sermon which viewed the war as a benevolence to the public at large, warping ngainst our national sins and both in the process of accumulation formed until 4:30 pcsterday after said De. Allan was in the car at the trouble. Few ever make the trig but Islanda is on the Cansuran property in
and in the Inter act of inevitable distribution, and that the elimination of "the love of money" involves the elimination of that spirit of enterprise and adventure which, if it has been attended by some evils, has undeniably wrought an overwhelming amount of
The China sail.
THE WORSHIP OF MATERIAL"
"WEALTH.
error. It was based on the text
The love of money is the root all evil.” His lordship strongly condemn ed the money standard of valuation which, he said, England was largely responsible for imposing upon modern civilisation "though now, perhaps, the headquarters of it is the land of the Almighty Dollar." We had not realised, he said, that this love of
w
Afr. Gardiner said he was not in-
noon.
aid Mr. Crow, and fixed for hearing The writ was issued on July 28,
had two weeks in which to get up
Mr. Gardiner The circumstances are entirely differnt.
His Lordship thought a change of solicitors was quite a separate thing and asked Mr. Crew he had received notion of the proposed adjournment, today.
ག .
"
WIK
the driver of a car belonging to the Connaught Road Garage
Mr. Wood this morning discharged
summoned for driving a car without proper light.
Mr. P. W. Goldring, who appeared
time and directly he saw the lighta were not working properly he ordered the car the garage a constable saw it back to the garage. Just before reaching
if
Mr. Wood asked Inspector Garrod he was willing to accept the state.
ent...
"
wise, but added it was hard lines on The Officer said he could not do other
have them "turned down" constables who brought such cases to
THE IMPERIAL AIRCRAFT FLOTILLA.
The Hon. Mr. E R. HALLIFAX Hon. Secretary, War Charities Committee writes:-
WHAT FUJI IS TO THE JAPANESEL
Keystone.
The second distries in point of pro- This is the acason for climbing Fuji daction is. Parscale in the Province of and one times of the day. Men, women, and there has been considerable development can see great crowds of Ambos Camarines. Herathe production is Japanere making the toilsome scent all at present limited to dredging, although children are making the climb. They in quartz mining and it is expected that are not making the trip to get a good there will be producing mines in 1917. view of the country. Some are doing it There are now eight dredges operating for this reason, bat far the larger | in the districh number believe that there is great The Benguet, district formerly, took Tire coming to thers as a cowarth the lead in point of gold production, but duty to climb this sacred mountain once the operating planta A new plant for their struggles. It is a religious in 1910 typhoons practically destroyed in life. They go to the summit and recently completed in that district, worship at a little shrine and return to however, is now adling heavily to the their homes, and ever afterwards feel gold production for 1915 that they will be the better for the onca. There are two kinds of fools in Japan (to the nativce say), one who has never climbed Fuji, and one who has
climbed it. twice.
WHY FOREIGNERS MAKE THE TRIF.
The only hydraulic plant in the
the province of Surigao.
Large areas of placer ground exist in Mountain, Nueva Ecija, Tayabas sail Bulacan provinces, in the land f Mindore, arid along the Agusan and Tebay rivers in Mindanao & can- siderable percentage has been tested aral payable stredging operations. is reported to be valuable enough for
THE LUMBER" INDUSTRY IN MANILA.
According to figures furnished by thet Bureau of Forestry and from records in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the
Year
Gross Value
1914
P9,800,000.00 9,500,000.00
1915
"Chargen P142,66061- 425,81 7:72
August 11th, so that Mr. Gardiner his case and apparently his clients
Not only are many Japanese to be seen as one ascends, but now and then did nothing during that time. Mr.
may have great dificulty in making the one can see foreigners. These foreigners good. What is needed is not a restric-Crew went on to refer his Lordship
climb, yet they do it, and even woman tion of the total wealth but a wider
and girls are seerstruggling to reach the distribution of it. We question whetoe case in which Mr. Justice Gom-.
aummit. The foreigners make the trip ther there is much love or admiration portz dismissed a case with costs and
to get the view, On a clear day one money was the root of all kinds of in England for the millionaire refused to grant an adjournment to
can see many miles in every direction. evil-rubber atrocities, opium traffic Few books have exercised a greater Mr. Davidson because his clients had
Evin on a cloudy day at certain tires the view begs all description From in China, gin traffic in Africa, lume influence upon English thought and changed the solicitors.
thousands of feet above the clouds the in England, extravagant and ostenta legislation in the past twenty years
traveller can look down on the variegat tious living, unpaid debts, gambling than those of JOHN RUSKIN OD
ed colours of cumulus clouds. The abados estimated gross value of forest producte of the evening sun give colour and removed from public forests during the and betting, mercenary marriages and Political Economy.. In one of his
beauty to the sea of clouds that no years 1914 and 1915 and the Gover consequent increasing numbers of books RUSKIN declares that no
letter received by His Excellency, The of effort to get a view of this kind.1% merciants tax on sales, were an I am forwarding to you a copy of artist can ever paint. It is worth daysment charges thereon, exclusive of the divorces, class strife and suicides. man can become excessively rich
Governor, from the Honorary Secretary Then again when the sunset or sun-follows: So far it must be admitted that except by the unjust taxation of
and Organiser of the Overseas Club... rise view is seen there is S.n The booklet referred to in this letter impression of nature's grandeur that this is a "true bill"; but there in other men's labour." But, as long
consists mainly of some correspondence leaves a feeling of awe and wondler": another side to the account. The the world endures there will ir. Crew said he believed his firm relative to the formation of The Such views are not to be had elsewhere Bishop rather suggested that the
exist men
who will be deaf to did, but he did not whimself. He Imperial Aircraft Flotilla, which has and are wall worth the effort that is
been founded by the Overseas Club, necessary to see them. moral state of England has been any such teaching, and we fear the pointed out that three of his wit-
list of the aeroplanes HOW AND WHEN TO MAKE THE CLIMB growing steadily worse, because the time which the Bishop foresees nesses were Europeans who had presented to the Flotilla. Aeroplanes
Christian men will be arranged to come there at some Nos 2 and 3 on the list
On the main trunk line from Tokyo Ievidence of the prevailing "lors of ashamed if they are very rich" is measure of inconvenience. It was And Aeroplano No. 4 hy the Partners traveler can come to Gotemba and from presented by Residents in Hongkong, to Kobe and other points. in Japan the money is so much the greater jet s'long way of, or would be if it too late for his firm to do anything in the Tai Yau Bank, Hongking. Two this point take a horse car to near the now than it was a century ago. But were left entirely to the influence yesterday "afternoon. Only a short/others aeroplanes on the list have been foot of Fuji. After leaving the horse car which have fallen victims to German The number of Japanese steamers. what historian who has studied the of the pulpit on the modern time ago Mr. Leo, D'Almada made has fire aeroplanes ous of a list of 68, eight station, which is less than a mile others as are supposed to have been given by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung, horses can be engaged to take ose to the submarine raids, together with such 8.15 p.m.-Memorial Service in St. history of the past century, and Casus; but it is quite possiblo. an application to Mr. Justice Haze-st the date on which this booklet was to the top men can be engaged to pull the first, victim, Farubuni Harm, was from the top, and from the eight station torpedoed by enemy submarines, since what.. man or woman who has that the tendercy of modern land on behalf of a plaintif for an prepared and published had been lived through the greater part of it, legislation to penalise excessive adjournment and Mr. Hazeland contributed by residents in the Colony or push the traveler on to the top; yet sunk last November up to Angust toth, can affirm that the moral state of the acquisitiveness will leave England allowed three weeks for the defen- horse car to the top and
I am directed by the War-Charities many of the people walk all the way tornadoed, totalled 8 with aggregate on which date the as. Tenmet Maric was the people is rot immeasurably fewer millionaires at the end of dant's appearance,
*This can be done by the strong registered in the Kwantung Lensed better now than it was a century ago, the century than she had at the His Lordship: There is some slight ward to the Overseas Club any need to fight too hard for air.
if their lungs are good and they do not Territory. The names of these victime despite the great increase in the beginning.
follow- distinction when a plaintiff applies the "Imperial Aircraft Flotilla The The time to make the climb is from the subscriptions specially earmarked for
first of July to the middle of September. Tasukuni.. the middle of Angust there can be now Kenkoku At other times it is too cold. Even at Tasaka... een near the top. Sometimes in Angust. Taietau
THE DIARY.
MEMOS. FOR TODAY,
Andrew's Church, Kowloon.
9.15 p.-The Palisade, Kowloon.
MENCS FOR TO-MORROW.
2.30 pm. -Auction of Household Furniture, Blackwood Tables, Piano, Sewing Machine, etc. etc. at Harbour Office' (top foor).
General Memoranda.
FRIDAY, September 1-
וי
fal achievement which that money
"when
A
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
·
prepared to secept and to
were
· down..
For
-för an adjournment and a defendant.object, however, being one outside the Mr. Gardiner said he suggested proper limits of Charity, no allocation week, adding, that he had no control nad be made to it from the General oven those people. He could not ends in their hands.
You have got to stay here say; because you are witnesses in a case." His Lordship: How much is the claim 1
Mr. Gardiner: Fifty dollars.
[ENCLOSURE.
JAPANESE SHIPPING LOSSES,
AY GERMAN SUBMARINES.
8.8.
there will be considerable snow fall. It Kohina is always cold after reaching the sixth Tem station: Some have great difficulty to Senju
Hokoku make the trip even under the most favourable conditions, yet daring the season by using cars and the help which can be had along the way most any ene can make the trip with safety.
Gotemba, August 16.
DEATH OF FRINCE BLUCHER.
Owners 6,118: Sazki & Co. 12,000 NYK
3,376 Mfr: Hashimoto 2001 Yamashita ex Co 30 Mari tại th 1360. Bakuyo . C. 4,310 Tatsuma & Con 4,723 Suzuki & Co.
It may be mentioned that the last- mentioned two steamers are still missing. the former while on her way to Europy aud the latter in the Mediterranean, and that general supposition prevails that. both were torpedoed by enemy sub- marinos, all the crew on board sharing their late:
The amount of loss which the in- surance companies, Japanese and foreign, with which the above eight vessels together with their cargoes were insured,
The Over-Seos Club,
His Excellency
London, 28th June, 1916.
Si Francis. May, E.C.MO., Hongkong. nish with it?" asked the Chief Justice, formation of the Imperial Aircraft
Why don't you pay for the dog and
E-I have great pleasure in forward ing to you a booklet concerning the Mr. Crew said he did not desire to Flis" which I hope you will find proceed with his ass today unless Mr. interesting. It contains a complete list evidence available at the moment that Government by our fallow subjects over BRITISH SYMPATHIES OF GREAT have had to suffer is estimated rough s Gardiner was prepared to use only the of all the aircraft presented to the British of the driver.
The memorial service in memory Tuesday, August 29th, the Chief Ultimately the case was fired for of the Rev. H.O. Spink, killed at the Justice observing that he would not front,, commences at 6.15 pm this grant a further adjournment. evening at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon.
10.30 am-Auction of Provisions at national wealth-perhaps even to a
Messrs. Hughes and Hough's 10.30 am.-Auction of Boots and large extent because of it? For the Shoes, Clase Ware etc, at Messrs. accumulation of riches is not so much Haghes and Hough's.
prompted by pure love of money as by the not unworthy desire to succeed in whatever enterprise a man may embark. The accumulation of money ia, but the measure of that date mentions that 20; more cases A Manila paper of last Thursday's success, and so far as there esista a of cholera were reported in Manila love of money it is really nothing during the preceding 24 hours." more than admiration of the succos
The Covernor General of the Philip Copper, Brisas and Iron Pipes; ete represent. The great war has shown. Ties (Mr. F, B. Harrison) inst week ex. 8.8. Chiyo Maru at Kowloon plainly enough that men who have and stayed in the ar 39 minuter.
made an ascent in a hydro-aeroplane, Godowns. 230 pm Auction of Householder enough to pass a lifetime in case and luxury have souls which Furniture, Piano, Table Linen, etc. at Mesara. Hughes and Hough's Boar high above the love of their SATURDAY, Sept. 2:-
money Hundreds, aye thousands, 10.30 01-Auction of Miscellaneous have gone forth to battle both op Goods Mesars Hughes and land and sea and made the supreme Hough'
sacrifice of life itself in defence of MOTDAY, Sept. 1
10.30 a.maction of Office Furni
national honour and the interests of turs, Fittings, Safes etc at Melchers Civilisation and Humanity. & Co's Offices, Queen's Buildings.
11 am-Anction of Electric Motor;
at
BRIDGE SCORERS
In Blocke of 60 SHEETS.
30 cents enchi,
Four for Cne Dollar,
Obtainable at
The CHINA-MAIL II.
Te-Bishop told his hearers that
Sir Robert Ho Teng has been]
scar since the outbreak of the war.
places, but in addition to these machines, to date, the Overseas Club has presented to the Government 71 aero
"to break Prussian militarism will be was conferred on Eir Robert in Octo/TWO PRISONERS DISCHARGED One of the Lostures of the war has of the line. Es sympathies were
ber, 1914...
ON LESS GRAVE COUNT.
WARRIOR'S DESCENDANT. AN at Y10,000,000, ali taldar
statt, who, according to the German acts during twenty months since the We may add, in passing that the Prince Gebhard Blücher von Wahl men wipeked or damaged by warlike whole number of the world's merchant- a large number of other gifts were directly papers, has died at the age of 80 on his outbreak of the European War in 1270 inspired by our propaganda although pre- estate at Krieblowitz, in Silesia, after a with gross tonnage of 2,585,382, includ sented through other sources fall from his horse, was well known in ing 743 British vessels of 1,600,000 tons,
Our aim in renting the Imperial England. For many years he rentedwhich figures are the heaviest Aircraft Flotilla was not only to enable the little island of Berm, three milea Manchurian Daily New
The Norwegian vaels come next our fellow.subjects overseas to take a from Guernsey, and built a fine house promoted to the Second Class of THE BESSIONS MURDER CHARGE hars in the Empire's defence, bot to in the centre of the 120 acres of which. "Ka Wo" (Excellent Grain) Order.
sffort them on opportunity of definitely it consisten
-NO CHOLERA AT MACÃO. The Thind Class of Ks Wo" Order
nasociating themselves with the Royal Field Marshal of Katzbach and Waterloo Mr. I de Sousa, Acting Consul for
The first Prince was the Prussian Flying Corpe..
fame, and Prince Gebhard was the third Portugal, writes to us B follows of no use unless we also banish Eng-
ligen, the enormous wastage of Bitcraft, strongly British, and it was due to the Health of Macao that there were no Ian advised by the Medical Officer of land's worship of material wealth."
and may we therefore, appeal to you war that he died on ferman soil cases of cholers on the 26th, 20th sal We are pleased to be able to state
The Attorney General, the Hon. Mr. definitely to associate your community In practice what does this really that the report that Dr Randall J. H Kemp, this morning entered with the Royal Flying Corps by the pre succeeds to the title was married in 27th instant Returns for yesterday
Conat Gebhard Blucher who now mean? Does it mean that we must Vickers of Wuchow, who early in the nulli prosequi in the eas of a charge of through us, named after the donors? and has since made his home in Londer cease to be what the world regards month stayed a Chung Chau, had attempted robbery against two Chinese In a letter, the Secretary of State for the Formerly be spent some years in Bouth
sortation of an eroplano, or aeroplanes 1907 to a niece of the 13th Lord Fetre, have not yet come to hand. as "progressive."? That we must contracted typhoid proves to be in at Tytam tuk The men, in com
w relinquish our great oversea trade, correct. Dr. Vickers left the Lospital pany with two others, were arraigned hope that the Imperial Aircraft Follie
Colonies, Mr. Bonar Law, arpresses-africa because it may be said of it that the yesterday and will be returning to at the Sessions on a charge of will amber 100 units: Will you help
love of money" is the main incen- Fatahan in the course of a few days myrdering a boat man. Two were to reach that total the Peridg tive to this trade? Must we frankly
Sir David Henderson, Commanding the sentenced to death by the Chief Flying Corps, has arranged that even if discourge in the young the virtue of
Ajun was attacked yesterday Justice, Bir Wm. Rech Da thrilt which is surely the seed of at Fung Bay while on a journey franjury
The the, original biplano presented should; sgres as to the other two destroyed, & now on will bear the same love of money"? We fear that at Kai Chung to Hongkong Two other and
gly discharged name, is that beat the Bishop's advice is of tos junks went alopende and four, men of the
your link" with ourgkl Servict will be a permanent one application
olvers.
on board
May I ask you kindly to choowledge ig $10 the
of the booklet. I sme our obedient derra
VISITING CARDS Utopian a character for
PHINTED AT China Mall Offen
in a progressive work-a-day work end c Our trade
Our Empire itself may be said to have
some clothing, the
thes
the Court this, morning
JOHN EVELYN WRENCH
an. Secreta
Russia's decision to extend her tail road system by 19,000 miles Increases very considerably her lead in funt respect If notified by Advertisement in over the remaining commercially undeve that owing to the loped countries of the world. At present Increase in the
of provisions
her total length of railway is just short of 88,000 miles. It is not much it works Minister of
2005 at one mile of railway to reduce inhabitant
rail-
000
only
,000 miles, of avery 70,000 of