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IN YOUR BATH
THAN
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ONLY FROM
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To-day's Advertisements The China Mail
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE
THE NEXT TERM will commence od
SATURDAY, 18th Sept, at 9 AM. There will be an Entrance Exaraination on FRIDAY, 15th Sept., at 9. a, M.
Ray, W. H. HEWITT, MA, B.D.--
“Warden.“ Hongkong, Sept. 12, 1916.
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SHORTHAND CLASSES.
AVENING "CLASSES for young Ladies in Pitman's Shorthand will be held at ST. MARY'S SCHOOL (Italian Convent Branch), Kowloon, commencing
TUESDAY next-
For further particulars apply to the HEADMISTRESS. Hongkong, Sept. 18. 1916. [1000
(Continued on page 8.),
THE DIARY.
MEMO, FOR TODAY:
9.15 p.m.-The Palisade, Kowloon.
KENOS FOR TO-MORROW.
:11 am-£uction of Ladies. Hats,
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, Sept. 18, 1918.
THE PANAMA CANAL
THE CHINA MAIL
BANKRUPTCY COURT;
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Hir Honour
LOCAL "AND GENERAL.
The port of Dairen, we are informed by the Colonial Secretary, has declared quarantine against Canton and the China Coast Porta
Ladies should be interested in the auction of hats, Bowers, feathers etc. to be held to-morrow at Messrs Hughes and Hough's sales rooms, com- mencing at 11 o'clock.
About noon to-day a Chinese boy was knocked down and run over by a heavily-laden truck in Des Voeux Road Central. He was badly injured and had to be removed to hospital, where he lios in a critical condition.
Wm Reca
OCCASIONAL NOTES.
Davies, K.C. Chiet Justice, presided
We have been remarkably free over the Bankruptcy Court this from typhoon scores this year, but marting
there is still time. The most
ones even as late as November
of
bad
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 1816
CANTON DISTRICT IN 1915. company is now entirely under
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND
LINDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
commercial managemen
The construction of the Canton Band was completed towards the close of the year, and it affords greater facilities," ka the public, whather in jharichas, bearing burdens, or journeying look
A noteworthy ovent was the opening.
Bo A. M. COSTA-The Official memorable typhoon in the Colony The following extract from the Receiver (Mr. Carpmael asked for history occurred in the month Report of the Commissioner of in Desstobor of the Canton Local onier directing payments by September, and we have had Customs at Canton for 1815 contains Industrial Bassar situated on the Bunda many items of information which will is the first of its kind ever seen in monthly instalments to be deducted | frem debtor's salary, Petition was
have an interest for many of our Canton. In the face of the advenÉ readers!
conditions of the year and the general filed in June 1917 and debtor was adjudged bankrapt in August. He It is not a long jump from construction. The stations Maps and but it is stated to have good prospects for The Yueb-Han Railway is still under stagnation of business, It has bad experfs encod's very profitable commencement, was now discharged subjuch to repay typhoons to wireless telegraphy, for Shinchow 190.08 and 100.29 miles
* prosperona, tuture. ing 50 per cent. of his debba. Debtor the need of more wireless com respectively from Wangsha terminus, had consented but had only paid one munication with neighbouring points, has carried about 4,850 passengers dally, I wore opened to trade in June: The line in order that the fullest information paying on
instalment of $20.
Kia Honour made the order and said that unless instalments were paid the money would be got by other
manni.
an average fares amounting & CASE AGAINST A MILKSELLER. of the movements of a typhoon might so #1,430. The average number of tons be obtained, has been voiced many of goods carried by the line is 280 per
A CORRECTION. time and aft since the typhoon of day, and the freight thereon is #1,115. 1906 came upon the Colony practitation, the line suffered a good deal from to publish the following
Shortly after the opening of the Shiuchow The Hon. Colonial Secretary saks, s cally without warning A wireless the flood, as most of the earthworks were We learn from Manila papers that Re the Arvo TA -The Oficial station on the Pratos Reef was con- washed away. From the 10th to the 21st
In the issue of the Hongbang Daily during the month of July there was a Receiver applied for an a
sidered to be very necessary, and July water from the river overflowed the
Press of to-day's date (13th. September). adjudication total of 74 cases of cholers in the city order. At the last sitting of the representations were made accord rack to such serions extent that the under the heading "Random Raffections of Manila and during August this Court he applied for a regision of a claim sovereignty over this reef which comparative order at a cost of $110,000 Jottings by the Way" referênces are ingly to the Chinese Government whe whole tine was forced to mep running and in the Hongkong Telegraph of the It took s month to restore the line to 11th September under the heading had risen to 6 cases. Of these 41 receiving order but $1,600 had since recovered in the hospital during July been paid. Debtor had now abscond-
a Japanose phosphate syndicate once From the. 17th to 31st sections, at the made to a case recently tried at the and 129 during August....
ed and had made no statement as to
practically annexed. After the end of the Kwangning portion of the Americans seem to be leaving the bis afairs. The assets would pay a Chinese Government had custed the line, only surveys have so far been done. Magistracy in which an Indian milkseller It is learned that after the completion was charged under the Sale of Food and dividend of 1 per cent. so that he Japanese from the reef, it apparently of the tunnel at Kaslintaan in the 18th Drugs Ordinance 1896 with an offence civil service in the Philippines in ever could not prove an abuse of the pro-appeared to them that an excellent section, construction of the line will connected with the sale of milk. It growing members. We notice that during
way of manifesting to the wide probably have to be discontinued, owing is stated in the newspapers referred the mouth of August last there ware 70 cess of the Court. separations of Americana from the
to the strattening of the Company to that when dismissing the case the Anances. Philippine civil service. Of this num
Magistrate remarked that a purchaser The Canton-Samahui branch of the should specify when buying milk, what
t
The order was granted and on world their sovereignty over the application by Mr. Agassiz, who Pratas reef, would be to erect and
ber 64 resigned or were retired, four represented the petitioning creditor, maintain-the-wireless station that theyush-Han Railway has collected $2,3-10 kind of milk it was that he wantod, or were dropped from the service for overfor his costa was referred to the British Minister and the Hongkong daily, of which passenger contribute ords to that effect. This report giyer
RT. HON. H.H. ASQUITH; K.G.
SIXTY-FOUR YEARS OLD
TO-DAY.
Registrar.
Government had been worrying them about The apparatus was accord Re the Yix Hoso CHEONG:-The ingly ordered and in due course, Ocial Receiver applied for adjudica. reached Hongkong A year or two tion as bankrupt. Debtors failed later I was told it was still in the through a fall in the price of yarn in godowns and Pratas Beef is still which they dealt in the late months without, a wireless installation. of 1014 There were assets just capable of distribution."
Order made.
Re the LECNO Hrve receivi
We notice a telegram in the Manila staying their leave of absence and one papers to the effect that another died. One was separated from the "alide" occurred in the Panama service for cause. Cadal on the 1st inst, and that on the 7th inst. the Canal was still blocked though it was expected to be re-opened to traffic the following day. A paragraph has recently been going the rounds of the Canadian papers suggesting that the PanaMA, The Right Hon. Herbert Henry Canal is doomed, and this paragraph Asquith, F.C. (1892), Prime Minister has been reproduced in most of the and First Lent of the Treasury, P. order was made. The sum of $1,500 papers in the Far East. The fact that East Fife), K.C., B.A., Lord Rector had been paid since the last Court the Canal bas been closed something of Glasgow University (1905), Rector Mr. Agassiz was for the petitioning like seven months this year owing to of Aberdeen University, Elder Bro creditor. alides must be admitted to lend.counther Trinity House, was born at tenance to the suggestion. The Ameri-Motley, Yorkshire, on 12th Septem- can public, however, has not come to ber, 1832. believe yet in anything of the kind, Over one hundred million pounds sterling have been expended in the construction of this Canal and the experience of the present year will need to be repeated many times over before the Canal will be looked upon
He was educated at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford; and became a barrister at angin's Tan in 1876 and Q.C. in 1800; Secretary of Stute for Home of the Exchequer 1905-15. In April Department 1892-95, and Chancellor
Flowers, Feathers etc. at Measure by the American public as doomed, 1908. he, succeeded the late Sir H.
Hughes and Hough'a 5.30 p.m.- Conference of Church
Members to City Hall. Entries close for next Gymkhana,
General Memoranda.
Famy, opt. 15:--
The paragraph
the subject
Minister.
Prime
I am reminded of this by a report translated from a Peking native peper to the effect that "the British Wireless Company proposes to estab lia wireless connections between England and China, and the British Minister at Peking has written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs request
Wan
$3,200 and freight $50. An amount in the neighbourhood of $15,000 was wrong impression of what occurred. expended on account of repairs to the line The summons was dismissed on the ground that it had been improperly caused by the Hood,
The total number of passengers carried served. Any subsequent remarks by the by the Canton.Kowloon Railway during Magistrate were made in the course of the 12 months Ender review ̈*1,904,344," and "the "number" "of tons of
goods (including parcels) was 45,742,7;
Total receipts for the
year $ 704,116.86. Total axpenditure, iz-
cluding intereab» paid” for loop servicoj dur. ing the year
Deficit
M
1,837,665.25
$1,083,218.80
year. The proposed connection with the No extension was undertaken during the
Yoob Han Railway by a line running to
conversation with the Assistant Modi-. cal Officer of Health as to the desirability of issuing a new summops and referred only to the particular circumstances in which the original summons had been issued
PROVINCIAL REVENUEA IN CHINA.
KWANGTUNG THE LEADING LEADING PROVINCE
PEKINO, Sept. 1
Be the WING CHING CHEONGing the despatch of a delegate to the northward of Canton city is still pader Returns made by the Financial Com
Interim, receiving, order granted as the Official Receiver said he wanted time to investigate the assets.
THE MAGISTRACY.
FIREMAN WITH OPIUM.
Inspector D. J. McKenzie of the Revenue Department yesterday arrested on board the Blue Firmnel steamer
discuss this question with the said Company I wonder whether this relates to the old subject of wireless on Pratas Reett
negotiation. There is 2-foot grogs light missioners in different provinces to the callway, 5 miles in length, connecting Ministory of Finance show that the the Lokong group of villages with Nam-annual revenue of the different provinces long station, 17 miles from Canton. A is as follows similar line, to run from Tsengshing to
(1). In each of the first class provinces Sintsun «tation, is about to commence such as Fengtien, Shantung, Kiangau, operations. Beth these and the Canton Chekiang, Kwangtung and Szechuan tho Kowloon lines will be of great mutant annual revenue exceeds ten million
dollars It has interested many residents benefit. The very heavy loss sustained
(2) In each of the second class by the railway during the year was due provinces such as Chibli, Honan, Shkasi, to know that Mr. L. G. Bird (of to (1) the heen competition with river Kingai, Human and others, the annual Mesars. Palmer and Turner) is now steamers, (2) the disastrous flood in July-revenue roaches the figure of five million
Colonel commanding & battalion and (3) the enhanced cost of railway douches the figure of five m at the front and doing - excellent
material owing to the war. From June (3) In each of the the third class work.
1915, two more through express trains provinces, the annual revenue is below. While a Captain of the ware Inaugurated, one departing from five million dollars
which has been going the rqands of Campbell Bannerman the papers originally appeared in a Montreal paper which said that
The Right Hon. gentleman entered engineering circles in Great Britain
Farliament in 1886 and reunquished Zeriasis the No. 1 froman for being were convinced that the Canal was
ufus practice when appointed-Home in possession of 85 lbs of opium. The doomed for the reason that it secreturn to 1892. One of his most officer told Mr. Hazeland that defendant Hongkong Reserves be was gener: either end at noon. The two additional Among the first class provinces,,
notable successes during his Parlin was just going ashore and, when asked -
ally acknowledged to be an trains have afforded great convenience to Kwangtung ranks first. It collects has been demonstrated that, after mentary career was the forcing about the opium denied that it belongedocer. It is a coincidence worth have steadily increased.
exceptionallyTM"kean "and" efficient the public and the receipts therefrom some fifteen million dollars a year, the so-called landslide, in the eleven-through both Houses, despite the to him but later on admitted it
Kiangsu comes next with a yearly mile-long Culebra Cat, dredging most strenuous opposition, the 23 p.-Auction of Household operations actually took out more Parliament Bil of 1911, abolishing months imprisonment.
Defendant was fined $5,000 or
The Canton Electric Supply Company receipt of some 12.or 13 million dollars year: the monthly, receipts are reported has made remarkable progress during the Farniture, Bednads, Blackwood earth that was displaced by the land-the veto of the House of Lords. In Ware etc. at Mesurs. Hughes, and side. In other words, the trouble May 1915 he formed the present
to amount to $60,000, and new customers Hough's
is not duo to the landslides them Coalition Government, retaining the selves, but to the fact that Culebra Premiership.
RamURDAY, Sept. 18-
10.30 Auction of a Miscellaneous Cut is a gigantic bog, and the more Block at Mesars. Hughes and dredging there is done the more there Hough's..
is to do. General GOETHALS, the ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. 9.18 pa-Boxing Tournament at the builder of the Caual, who when the
City Hall,
SUNDAY, Sept. 17-
A FRANK ADMISSION.
six noting that two architects, known to the Colony have risen to the rank of Colonel in the Army Mr. L. G. Bir whom everybody knows, and Mr. Hubback,, of the Federated
went up there to snatch bangles and was told to come along and help were two bizne nimissions given ing when charged with by two Chinese in the dock this morn shatching money
at Yaumatis Inspector Gerrard said
Malay States, whose association with Hongkong is that he designed the howloon railway station.
BRITISH BORNEO EXPLORATION:
THE SURRENDER OF THR CONCESSION.....
the
exotinually presenting themselves.
a practical impossibility by scarcity of This incredas of business called for additional plant; birt this, was rendered freight paen and the rising price of The directors th6-11d electrical material, all of which is Exploration Company states that the manufactured outside of China. This negotiations with the British North Inability to extend the works naturally the concession, which have been Borneo Company for the cancellation great slide occurred at the beginning RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT, the first defendant was caught by
Umited the increase in earnings abeyance for some time, were recently of the year postponed his inter-
We have seen the hillside at West
The Canton Cement Works produced opened and have now been brought am-Excursion to Maceo by sa tion to resiga the Governorship
to conclusion′′ An Inspector Fincher hiding in some bushes Point being scarred, so continually boat 143,000 casks of cement during the been ent
agreement has entered
between the into be of the Panama Canal zone, in
Nest month special efforts will be at Yaumati
year, of which several thousand can companies whereby for building purposes since the
Exploration order that be might finish the job made in Hongkong, in common with A money changer stated that the fret University was erected that the the remainda de divided between consideration of
were exported to foreign countries and Company aurrenders ita concession in 3.16 p. Organ Recital at St. John's properly," now believes that
of the payment the rest of the Empire, to aid the defendant snatched $75. in notes and public has come to regard any new Hongkong and (neal demands the shares of £1 aach of that compaty, rank Chartered Company of 7,079 fully paid Cathedral
danger of further serious slides is funds which support thir Bed Cross tried to hang them over to the second sent on the hill as another site for turnout in 1915, is said to hang hereeding for dividend from 1st Januar 1918- minimised." It is not a very confident work in the war We are informed
Fa building connected with the
10 percent over that the previous The formalities in connection with the statement, bát presumably it means that under the auspices of the St. Gerrard, that the second man was that one of the biggest scars in that schedule. Since Jatie the cement works keeping the Exploration Company alive- It was a piece of luck, said Inspector University Few people are aware hours have been added to the daily hate there is no longer any object in
the year Recently one and shelf working transfer of the concession are now bun - that after the work which has
proceeded with The Board, suggental oha Arabulance Engade an Enter caught He was walking along recently becu done it is reasonable to winment will be given at the Victoria street in Yaumati after search had believe that the Canal is protected Theatre, by kind permission of the been made for him in West Point. He from such another serious interruption Manageraens, ou October 12th. The ran ansy and was
#Maishan".
MONDAY, Sept. 18-
EDSDAY, Bept, 301-
3 p.m.--Auction of Leasehold property (Kennedy Town) at Messra. Hughes and Hough's. Waturday, Sept. 23---
3.45 p.m.-Gymkhans, Happy Valley
Tomoar, Sept. 20
Ton. Douglas Steamship Ca's
„Meeting....
Mobilaisat
BRIDGE SCORERS
Bloska of GO SHEETS,
| 30"tents each
Fair for Ons Dollars
Stock
The Gurk MAIL LIT
6Wyndham St
the
...
defendant.VAL
the
vicinity represents an important has undertaking under reservoir and
ht. The first
ilter Pods are being
by the
of steps should be taken to put it into
liquidation and the above 8,000 voluntary
mentioned shares Fdistributed in the Remdation in due course, Ench distribu-s tion would give the shareholders, one Erish Worth Bornes share for: ezery
have manufactured a new decorated tile, of which more pleces are made per menst
the Canton. Brick Factory, žm oyed equalling if not surpassing the collapse of numerous Boungs and Loops x Exploration Ordinary shared
nstructed there a profitable your consegnent upon the
in July; and demand, Has dizensions of the Albany filter beds.during the
understand this service reservou The price bar consequently bent lotved
ogely in will be fed either from the Pokfulam up frees $85 per 10,000 to $165 per Inspector Gerrard They are a bad reservoir or am or both. The 10,000) ∙lot
refurus show that the great progress af Tytam ready
Tauma
as the one which has blocked trathe Entertainment will consist of song defendant identified the second. for more than half the present year. etc., by our leading local artistes, Mr. Hazeland. I wondering ift We can only leave it to time to show selections by the Police Reserve should put them in the ato whether that belief
ustified. Orchestra, by courtesy of Mr. Jenkin was always shaky plane but extra
(D.B.F.R.) and selected Pictures shaky now. and the proceeds will be added to those collected on Our Day (October 19th) in aid of the Joint There is now news from Canton Fund of the British Bed Cross that Governor General Lung Chal Society and the Order of St. John Kwong has handed over the seals Full details will be published lat [of his office
the Civil
Governor, in accordance with instruc tions received from the Government at Peking, but has stated that he will
bo unable to leave Canton for fortnight The New Tuchun, Ting, still remains at Shma seems doubtful whether be Canton Lung has activ
other
AQUATIC SPORTS: Aquatl Spo organised for the Mer
of the Ambulance Briga
At the Victoria Recreation kind rermission
mong the ovents will Race for a Bhiold
Ella Kadoorie, Life étition ( allenge.
beipg
The Magistrate, sentenced each de fendant to six months bard labour and four hours' exposure in the stocks
A DISHONEST Mr. Hazeland sente no sealstant cook
hard labour
LOSING
there were?
ANT
stored in the
Road
Hun View twox months: stocks (the prop
the Cok
to have heard the Inst of
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alwaysɛboen
THE C
GOODS:
The Canton Paper Factory haz done a fairly good busines during the year but
besides supplying the government departout to ments, it sells only a small stock for sale
ni Flocal consumption: Owing to the limited the bull of gallons capacity of the plant, the factory had been German hands, kad
Zevalable to make
that leading Gradubrackurors
inter
inj dny, district of
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