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HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE
TT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the SEPTEMBER SETTLEMENT will take place on the 27th inst. instead of tao 28th inst. As previously advertised.
By Order of the Committee, EDWARD M. RAIMOND,
Becretary.
Hongkong, Sept. 6, 1916
TO LET.
[1004
H from 1st October.
OUSE, No. 4.Seymour. Terrace
Apply to-
·P. M. N. DA SILVA,
6. Des Voeux Road.
Hongkang, Sept. 6, 1916.
(Continued on page 8.)
THE DIARY.
MEMO. FOR TO-DAY 8.15 p.m.-The Palisade, Kowloon.
MEXOS. FOK TO-MORRÓW.
DRATH
LANSERT.--On och inst, at Victoris Fiew, Kowloon, from beart failure, DOROTHY, wife of JouN LAMBERT, Lloyd's Surreyor.
The China Mail.
THE CHINA MAIL-
grief for reasons not yet explained to the shareholders in any printed report. The Bureau of Solence ut the Philippinos was doubtless well aware of this experiment, because
on the advice
THE MAGISTRACY.
A REAL BAD CHARACTER
it happens that it was made largely real bed character, a
Described by Inspector Gerrard as a Chinese was and ""ander" the direction of a former Director of the on an application for committal." Defon. remanded by Mr. Hazeland this morning. Bureau. If, therefore, the Burendant was arrested at am. yesterday in still convinced of the possibility of when at the back of Cox's Path where- developing in this part of the world it is supposed he was contemplating a an enterprise of this nature of great burglary. He was found to have been economic value." It would be interest- banished on two occainas, the last time ing to know exactly why the Tonkin for life in Juns last. He had also been. enterprise failed.
to prison for two years on a charge of manslaughter.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Manila Observatory morning reported the Typhoon to in about 115 Long, E and 20 Lat moving W
The. Hongkong Stock Exchange notifies that the September Settlement will take place on the 37th inst instead of the 28th.
THE EYE OF THE LAW,
After stealing a pair of pants from A clothes line at Yaumati, a Chinese rushed to the back of the Temple and proceeded to dry them before a fire, at the same time keeping an anxious look out for the police. He overlooked the "plain clothes" man who took him by the shoulder and escorted him to the Police Station He was charged with stealing and at the Magistracy this morning Mr. Hazelsad sent him to gael for six weeks.
BOY TRICKSTER,
The typhoon has changed its course aad is south of the Colony, going west. Its pace is given a 12 miles per hour. An errand boy was ordered to receive Hongkong will probably only feel their strokes with the rattan for obtaining effects, in occasional gales and atorma,
by means of a trick one small pot of opium valued at 39 cents. The boy Sapper Richards of the RE's has was employed by a cigarette stall-boider FṬONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, Sept. & 1916 agreed to box Iron Bax of Manila on et Rung Hom who sent him to buy two October 7th at the Theatre Royal pots of opium from a shopkeeper. The The latter will then look around for boy obtained two pota and when the stituted an empty pot for a full one shopkeeper's back was turned he sub-
NEW EASTERN INDUSTRIES. Sapper Miles, if the latter is willing
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
CIFah Tar Yat Po's Service.)
LOAN NEGOTIATIONS.
PERINO, Sept. 5. Negotiations for the big loan will begin on the 6th inst.
lead 230 million dollars.
The Quintuple Group is willing to
advance of $60,000,000..
The Minister of Finance wants,
THE PRESIDENT AND CANTON.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1816-
THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO.
RECEPTION AT THE CLUB
LUSITANO..
AMONG THE WOUNDED.
METINGEE CORPS HORK" ON BATTLEFIELD.
“SOKYES ON FIRST DAYS OF THE OFFENSIVE,
Last night about 7 o'clock the Club Lusitano was the scene of a large gathering of the Portuguese community in order to bid farewellhome us follows:-
A member of the RAM.C. Writes.
te B.B. Governor Mala and Madarite Jaly 10. At fast I am able to sit Maia, who left for Lisbon this fore-down for awhile, and write a socot annoon by the Empress of Russia vii of our experiences of the last fortnight. America: The Club. was pretsily that I hope I shall never see again as I've seen some sights the last law, daye decorated with bunting and palms long as I live. and the national colours of the Allies It was a week last Friday that wa adorned the walls of Camoes Hall were all marched up to a place which has since become famous all over, the His Excellency and" Machame Maia work. We were fully Etted up with
Ppsigo, Sept. 5.
tonese members of Farliament to-day to discuss Cantonese affairs.",
THE CABINET.
PERING, Sept. 5. The Tsan Yu Yuan has confirmed the appointment of Cabinet Ministers by the following votes:-
"Our bonbardiment started in real: earnest on the Saturday morning, and the infantry, charged shortly afterwards. We, stretcher-bearers, followed themup immediately.
IN GERMAN TRENCHES
The President receives the Can-ere received by the Committee of shrapnel helmets, two fully efficient gas the Club and the acting Portuguese helmets, smoke-goggles, and all first al Consul. Mr. E. Souza. escorted
amorgenor appliances. Madumà Maia, while Guvernor Main escorted. Madame Souza to the Camoes. Hall, accompanied by the President and Committee of the Club. The Orchestm of the Phil "Wo aplit up into squads of three to harmonica was in attendance.
each stretcher and went right down into The gathering was more of a fami-hour firing trenches, then through a gap, liar than official one. Eloquent and and for the first time, I was in, the German first line trenches. Our in- enthusiastic speeches were delivered fantry were forging ahead and badl by Mr. Souza, Mr. Silva Netto, and taken their third line by this. There Mr. F. Scares, and the Governors an incessant tornado of shrapnel and bigh explosives all the time anci responded with deep emotion and heaps of British and German dead an gratitude.
wounded lying half buried in this frond- line trench.
Tuon Chi-Juf (Premier) 188 Tang Shao Yi..... Ghan Kam Ta
181
174
Fan Yuan Lim
184
Chang Yiu Tseng
170
Sun Hung Ti
158
180
Ching Pi Kwong
Refreshments were served to all present and the proceedings termin-
Mr. Tang Shao Yi will first declare his foreign policy, and if it should beated after 8.30 p.m. acceptable to the Government, he will assume office; if not, he will not tuks office:
¿
SAVE
CHINESE CUSTOMS REVENUES."
AN INTERESTING STATEMENT.
The Peking Doily News in publishing and then said to the shopkeeper but the following statement prefered to have that pot "over there," was received from The shopkeeper raised no objection and authority
a high official took back what be afterwards discovered was an empty pot. He chased the boy and caught him and handed him over
Dr. Victor G. Heiser has recom ended the Governor General of the Philippine Islands to invite Dr. W Leonard Brannon, BS, FRCS, of Serban, Federated Malay. States, to the Government," for the purpose of come to the islands at the expense of to the Pulice.
continuing his studies into the rinder pest.
A
Ксед
1k
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QUEEN MARY'S NEEDLEWORK GUILD.
BADGES FOR REGULAR
1: WORKERS.
ACCIDENT ON THE SIBERIAN
·RAILWAY.
SHANGHAI RESIDENT'S
EXPERIENCE.
Capt. H. G. Myhre. Deputy Coast Inspector st Shanghai, returned
to
"Well, we simply took the frat bad case we saw and rushed our man back - to the Aid Post, then returned again and again, and so on, day and night until early on the Tuesday morning, when we were absolutely, played out, and the bulk of the wounded had been got in
Oh, but some of the doctors have been heres during this busy time, sticking to their job, dressing in a dug out. for 72 hours at an end.
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RED CROSS SPARIÐ.. «
The recent controversy concerning Shanghai last Wednesday from a holiday and often out in the open sa the trenches
the form of Government, resulting in undoubtedly caused some disorganisa the secession of certain provinces, has
of
in Europe. He travelled outwards by the exciting experience in a railway accident Trata-Siberian railway, and had a rathee
rest of Irkutsk.
Capt. Myhre was a passenger by the Wagon Lits express train from Petrograd to Vladivostock, and the accident occur,
"My squad of three was very lucky. We were all the time in a perfect sea of bursting shrappel and machine-gun fire, had been pounded level. J. E. got be sent beck, but the other chap anil bit of shrapnel in his ankle and had to
myself got off scot free, except thải, on the last night, we were both more or less afering from shell shock..
I think the Germans must avoil.
INVESTORS in the Tontin Pulp and Paper Company which the Directors are seeking authority to liquidate almost before the concern had begun to get into working order should be interested in a Report in Philippine
tion of the Government finances, but, Fibres for Paper Pulp which has just
berond the natural effect is has had been issued by the Bureau of Science®
on the trade from which the Maritime at Mania. The Report first dwelle
Customs revenues are derived, it has upon the great advance in cost in
not in any way affected the arrangement red at 2.50 am on the 21st July, as shooting at the Red Cross, da we-hal A large black monkey, the property
for the service of the Foreign Loans small station about 18 hours distant from remarkably few casualties out in No the raw materials of the paper-pulp cf Chief Detective Inspector Murison,
And even the effect on trade has not Irkutsk. The train wis composed of Man's Land, whilst I saw the infantry. industry, and remarks that there is which. generally reams loose in that
been so serious as might have been three passeiger coaches carrying Bus. dropping on every side. During all no prospect of a change on the officer's quarters, betrayed
expected, owing to the vastness of the sins, a luggage van immediately behind four days' work only two of our boys area involved and. the inborn tendency the engine, with the Wagon Lits car, in
were killed. A sitaation until the end of the war, interest in the Court proceedings this Lady May as President of the Queen Chinese to trade. ip any and perhaps for a considerable morning, appeared at the window, and Mary's Needlework Guild in the Colony, circumstances.
"Well, Luever dreamed I should see which Capt. Myhre travelled, at the rear war at such close quarter. I thought 11a.p-Auction of Watches, Jewellery time afterward. The demand in jumped into the Court room. He has been informed by the Hon the Native Customs revenues at certain where there were two sets of linent, and Gorman out here, but I have seen The Maritime Customs rerences and he accident happened at a small junction once that I was never going to see 1 etcl at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's. 2.30 p.m.-Auction of old Chinese the United States in a growing attempted to make himself agreeable Secretary (Hou Lady Lawley) that it ports have been placed by the Chinese for some reason or other the express was thousands lying in heaps and bad, to
At the Old Post Office Building in order to minintain a stationary was presiding in the Court at the time, badges should be issued to all those control is exercised at the ports by his 20 and 25 railes on tour, and half way Vases, Porcelain, Embroideries, etc one, and the Report states that to the usher when Mr. J. R. Wood, who is Her Majesty The Queen's desire that Government in the control of the switched on the outside, or curved, we walk on their corpses. Spiked helmets
Inspector-General of Customs, and this tion. The speed at the time was between were lying about by the cartloed. Queen's Road
price of paper the output of the raw
became aware of the intrusion and who are working regularly for the representatives and subordinates-the round the carve three of the middle material would have to be increased summarily ordered the removal pf the Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. With Commissioners of Customs-who, under conches became dezsics and very soon our stretchers. One German, was alr I brought two Germans down on visiter. Detective Sergt. Cockee came each badge a certificate will be issued, standing instructions, remit their reafterwards overturned. Fortunately the officer with leg shattered. I had boust from 331-to 50 per cent. At the
to the rescue and took away the beast and the names of the workers will be a collections to the Inspector engine, coal tender, luggage van and the him up and got him some brandy, and present time, it says, occasional offer
General's foreign bank accounts et registered at the Headquarters, Friary Shanghai, from which they are dis- Wagon-Lits coach kept to the rails, then we fetched him down on the Mon- Court, St. James's Palace. Lady tributed among the banks named in though when the other coaches overturn day. He was so pleased I could speakc an International Agreement as Custo-ed "all the passengers, including Capt. All the wounded Germans sxe jolly Lawley's letter adds: "It is left to the diaz Banks, and constitute a fund-to-be-lybre, received a very unpleasant shock glad to be out of the fighting, and hope discretion of each Committee to decide drawn ce for payment at the proper All lights went out immediately, and the the war will soon be over. I went luto the qualification necessary to entitle periods of loan interest and sinking passengers in the Wagon-Lits car jumped one or two of their dag-outs, which their workers to receive a badge and find instalments. The revennes are quickly, out of their beds to investigate are much superior to outs, lar deeper, also to defins what they consider excluded from the funds placed under what had happened. They found that with electric light and iron bearis constitutes regular work".
the control of provincial treasuries, and three coaches had been overturned, but top and bottom. to send as soon as possible a complets been scrupulously respected by those injuries. The reason for there being zo and only once had need of the smoke- Working parties are therefore request sanction of International agreement, bassoteral passengers had sustained light had no occasion to use our gas helmets, the present arrangement, which has the that there had been no lose of life though I was greatly relieved that wo
General Memoranda.
FDAY, September 8-
30p.m.--Auction of Householdings of chemical pulp are accepted
Furniture Planos, Porcelain etc. * Mesars" Hughes and Hough's SUNDAY, Sept. 10,
8 am.-Excursion to Macsoby
"Taishan".
MONDAY, Sept. 11:~
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
at prices quoted 200 per cent higher than the market price prior to the war. In the last few months the im Mr. and Mrs. Chan Kai Ming were ss.portation of pulp to the United States passenger by the s.a. Fushima Maru,
has decreased enormously, the plants which left for the Nort are rushed to their limits, and the prices demanded for various classes! of pulp have scared high and remain
18.30 Auction of Office Furni- tura, Fittings, Safes etc. at Melchers
& Co's. Offices, Queen's Buildings. TumĐÂY, Sept. 19
431am-Fall moon.
2.30 p.m. — Auction of Furniture, Blackwood Ware, Pianos, etc, at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13:-
Entries close for next Gymkhana WEDNESDAY, Sept, 20:-
3 p.m.-Auction of Leasehold property (Keppedy, Town) at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's SATURDAY, Sept. 23 -
3.45 pm Gymkhana, Happy Valley,
TODAY, Sept. 26-
Noon Douglas Steamship Co
Mertili
THE CHINA MAIL TYPHOON
MAP and
GUIDE
one to locate the centre
yphoon
sted of Cardboard ANE TAPED FOR HANGING,
high price of raw material, strike con- ditions at the mills, and advancing. prices and wages, it has seemed to the Bureau of Science that the time is at hand to emphasize the fact that
"
The marriage is announced to take
piace shortly of Mr. William Thomas Elson, mercantile assistant, of Eden
Miss Nellie Mary Vanstone,
ed
in the Philippine Islands there is an DEATH OF MRS. JOHN LAMBERT. mitten at Home) will be made for the
1%
GRATEFUL ENEMIER
German and was very grateful.
firm. In view of the shortage and Court, Cameron Road, Kowloon, and list of their regular workers to Lady provinces which recently declared their loss of life in explained by the fact that goggles when the Germans used weep-
May when the necessary, number of independence of the Central Govern- when the couches in question becoming this badges will be sent for. A nominal in collecting the proper duties and in re-
ment. No difficulty has been experienced derailed the speed was reduced to airest We were back on Wednesday for a minimum: also to the fact that they station now. We are passing through short rest, and are running a dressing charge of 50 cents each (36-the equival-mitting them to the Inspector General'ı ent of the philling arranged by the accounts, and the Customs administra: overturned on the carr der side of the and dressing hundreds of wounded war Queen Mary Needlework Guild Com
tion has everywhere received the trains we me protection and assistance of the local The engine of the train suffered mach
"I think that is enough about authorities.
damage, and the Wagon Lift car was for one letter, but, you see, it il badges
It only remains to add that the taken on to Vladivostock by the next vary life. Your Inst Maritins Customs collection is con express which arrived 24 hours later. welcome. siderably more than sufficient, on a Capt. Myhre is none the worse for his July 11-Jnit received another conservative estimate of foreign ex experience. He travelled outwards with parcel. It is worth its weight in gold. change, to meet all Foreign Loan three gentlemen who are joining the Great Hot weather now obligations secured on it, exclusive of Northern Telegraph. Company there. RECEIVING THE WOUNDED the 1901 Indemnity, for the service of
"Shanghai Mercury" which a substantial balance is available,
IN ENGLAND: and that revenue for the current year is Soming in well.
unlimited supply of material fit for
the Bureau of Science has been in-
A NEW PACIFIC MAL LINER."
"
manufacture of strong white paper Ms. Lambert, wife of Mr. John Lam- We regret to record the death of pulp. Such materials are cana boja, abace or Manila hemp, cogon grass,
bert, Lloyd's Surveyor, Hongkong
About two or three weeks ago Mrs. and rice, straw. For several years Lambert had a "alight sunstroke while vestigating the suitability of bamboo, 2 Victoria View, Kowloon. It was not paper reports
sitting on the verandah of her residence, A San Francisco telegram to a Japaness cogon grass, abaca and various palm considered serious at the time, and
The 8.8. "Equador, the first of the fibers for paper. The data collected, we only yesterday morning that. Mrs the revived Pacific Mail Steamship Com A DRAMATIC INCIDENT IN THE
steamers, to be sent to the Far East by the Report says, show that with Lambert took a turn for the worse. A pouy, left San Francisco with foll
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WEEK'S SAVINGA.?!
During the week ended Julya, 1,618,550
HOUSE OF LORDS.
There was
ALIENS AT LARGE.
NATURALISED GERMANS WITH BONS FIGHTING AGAINST US.
A correspondent writes as follows of the work of the RA.M.C. at Southamp
ton
Midnight was close at hand, and au end was in sight, though by no means come, to the long day of unremitting- toil for the RAMC staff. The perroir ing bearera had no more than another
due regard to fool conditions, wecond doctor was called is to consultation passenger and cargo lists and with Ainer an industry of great economic and though all possible was done, Mrs. can gold coins
to the amount There was dramatic incident in the. value can be developed. Careful Tambert passed quietly, away, owing to 81,000,000 aboard on the 27th Angust for House of Lords recently when the Lord In the House of Lords recently. Lord 30 or 40 stretchers to carry ashore; but surveys of some of the available
the Far East. The U.S. battleahip Chancellor called on Lord Haldane to St. Davids asked whether the Govern they handled each one as delicately, bamboo fields have made. Suficient so this morning.
a weak heart, at twenty minutes past Oregon" etorted her to the outside of open & debate on the training of the ment bad come to any decision as to the with the same gentle consideration for data with regard to the In their sudden bereavement Mr.
the harbour of San Francisco.
the nation, and the necessity of prepar-internment of Germans (whether natura-their precious freight, as they had shown cost of the
the future: To the lised or not) who had one or more sous when fresh, after a very short night's ing for material, John Lambert and his sups and daughters
surprise of the considerable body noble Lord said that when when he last rest, at 9 o'clock that morning g
serving with
with the the quantity of bamboo available, will have the sympathy of their many
Gerinan armies. The of pears present, the Duke of mised the subject the Marquis of Lans-But of course they would be very and the cost of manufacture of the friends. Mrs. Lambert war's fairly old
Buccleuch at once rose from sent downs said it was incredible to suppose gentle and considerate; naturally, they pulp are at hand, showing that the resident here, having bean nineteen
immediately facing that of Lord that such persons as were indicated in would take every possible care-in bamboo soda-pulp industry can be years in the Colony.
Speaking rapidly and under the stress loose. Well, incredible or not, there lads and to me att long since, when Haldane and began to question him. the question were allowed to walk about handling our dear wounded heroes," developed for a possible export trade,
war savings.certificates were sold in the of deep feeling the Drake suggested were such cases, and he was prepared to was telling her of the fine work of the United Kingdom, bringing the total up that Lord. Baldsite, should explain bis give them to the noble marquis, serous R.AM.C. men. Yes yes; but rather in direct competition with chemical
to 5,830,132During the same week wood pulp at present quotations.
Post Office Exchequer Bonda (£5, 10 past conduct in misleading. Great the Boor of the and £50) of the value of £700,000 were Britain upon, the German danger and alions wore liable to be interned under amatour lady or gentleman, with the Lord Newton replet the naturalised object to the "of course. Eat the These are the views of the experts
insued, the total on July 8 being Garmany upon British policy, of the Philippine Bureau of Science
£20,000,000.
the Defence of the Renim Act and and their report is published at
Lord Haldane, obriously annoyed by naturally if they had gons fighting carrying stast heart in the world, bry the question and paler than usus), against us such a fut would
stretcher cases with hardly moved to the table and replied that kely to tell in their favour. But the pause from 9 still midnight, in stoffe July weather, and they will and that nobody more than he desired that all sympathies of father and
and son might in the facts should be brought out not only cases be entirely different. He their good will, and even their strong only with regard to what was done who was. internod who had a son in the after the first three or four hours,
for instance, of the case of a man tuuscles, will fail them pretty badly before the war, but with regard to the British Navy, and who had served with Scientific training patiently
anyone who had a son an officer in the esprit de corps har He great credit He was unable to think of culcated discipline, and
The funeral will pass the monument at half past five this afternoon.
A New York paper sys-Roger
a time when the fallure of a costly Casement before his death became a experiment in Tonkin in being is rateresting to recall that Casement
Roman Catholic. In this connection it ✅ CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDY
Price 56 Cents, advertised. That enterprise, in which
Bomething like three quarters of million dollars were invented by
From the Cama Mail Office.
wrote to Me Foultney Bigelow, August
not be
Certian army except Prince Christien,
residenta in Hongkong", "aud÷Indn peace loving people in Europe by it has been a varite ith the motherfions and untruths, and claimed, that (and he was not aware whether he wasPerfecting of this ine
China, was started prior to the war, and though unexpected di were encountered in the
very
gone to this
•atago, at And then, on on the hearts AT
of Protestant blood in Elit veins Bo will remedy has no superior as beurt preparations that were made. 10, 1914, the Almighty has a drup be on the side of Germany, the most for wilds, croup and whooping asserted that there had been an
extraordinary stream of misrepresen of young children for almost forty years
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can the sooner these things were but to the Aaya combatant or not. But surely on it on the landin REMEMBER THE NÁMF to take redescriti
ways be depended upon and is pleasant test the better. Lond St. David said he should not of all that we
the noble lord did not
uthampton to-day
It not only aired colds and
Although this remarkable incident dreant of auggesting such a thing The the HAMBERL Diarrhoes
prevents their resulting in
but was began and ended in three minutes, case he had in mind was quite a different aft make
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
ita pression of the known med but es
sentery, no gpium or other narcotic and
Lord danos reply. colic, erampo, or pazus in the stomach. Bren en confo
child
Ecard in silence, and he peased quickly broke out the enterprise came to - You may need it some time. For mile by - adalt «F
sists and shdek without all Chemists and Blorekt
VISITING CARDS of the enterprise, it eventually
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