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HONOKONG LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE.
THE Deciding Match of the Season
for "The Furfection Cop " presented by Messrs. D. and J MCCALLUME, of. Edinburgh will be played between TAIKOO and KOWLOON on the Police Green, Happy Valley, on SATURDAY, 16th instant at 3.30 pm. sharp.
The Cup and trophies will be present ed at the conclusion of the game by Mr. C. BOND.
Members of other clubs and their lady friends are cordially invited.
BL. FROST. Honoury Secretstry. Hongkong, Sept. 13, 1915.
1030
ORGAN RECITAL ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
ON
MONDAY, NEXT at 9.15 p.m.,
Violinist: Mias Vera Crees..
Vocalist: Mr. J, Dewar.
Navy League War Fund.
(Continued, on page 3.).
THE DIARY...
The China Mail.
TILE CHINA MAIL. -
two weeks what it now taken several months, to get from Europe Tor America. That would mean, we bre told,. "America first" in the Far Fast. "But this is a dream of the fac distant future. The time is yet a very long way off before Manila crin hope. to compete with Hongkong Sa distributing centre of the trade of Chius.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wak Ter Yat Po's Service.)
SALT REYENUE SURPLUS.
PERINO, Sept. 12. The sum of $4,000,000, represent- ing surplus revenue from the Salt Administration, was handed to the Government yesterday,
THE DISMISSAL OF CANTONESE OFFICIALS.
PEKING, Sept. 13. The Ministries of Agriculture, Communications and the Interior have dismissed a large number of
Cantonesc.
The Parsia-vier on tar trip acrosK the Pacific from San Francisco is stated to have brought gold coin and
If the administrative services are silver bar worth,3,308,000 yen
run in the interests of party representing one of the largest treasure cargoes ever brought to the Pits it means danger for the whole
Far East: There were 574 silver bars, i estimated to be worth 1,137,000 yen.. The gold coins, packed in forty-three cases are valued at 2,150,000 yen. The treasure was consigued to the Yokohama Specie Bank, the International Banking Corporation and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Yoko, HONGXUNG. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 1916. hamn, Kobe, Shanghai and Hongkong. A San Francisco telegram states that the New Pacific Mail Co.'s steamer Ecuador, which left San Francisco for the Orient on August 27th, also carried apecis to the amount of $1,000,000.
Ir
EASTERN ENTREPOTS OF TRADE
publicity campaigns" alone could convert a port into a great entrepot of trade, the port of Manila by this time should have far out stripped every other port in the East, for since the Philippines came under the control of the United States-and especially in the last ten years or so it has hardly been possible to take up an American Snding in it some article emphasising to trade without
what are considered to be the great trade possibilities of the port of Manila, as a centre of distribution not only for the thousand islands comprising the archipelago, bat for
paper, devoted
a
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MURDERERS EXECUTÉD.,
it
At 5.20 this rooming the two Chinese sentenced to death at the fast Sessions for under it. Ty-turn- tuk were ex-cuted,
to be
of China, a
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SHANGHAI, Sept. 12.- Mr. Tong Shee Years Shanghai for Peking, by the sea route, on the 14th inst
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He makes it a condition of his acceptance of the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs that he shall have full authority in the selection of Ministers to icreign countries.
THE WAR CHARITIES.
MB: DENMAN FULLER'S RECITALS.
As will be seen term our advertise ments the next Organ Recital will
THE MAGISTRACY.
WATERED, MILK.
CHINESE SHOPKEEPER FINED "230"
A BAD CASE.
WEDNESDA?” SEPTEMBER 18, 1918.
IGNORANT MERCHANTS.
Thros Chinese merchants living at
Sanning, across the border, wers
| charged before Mr. J. B. Wood at the
SPORTING.
BOXING.
Magistracy this morning with attemp. Corpl. Scott and Seaman Hicks ting to export various merchandise, are both in hard training and in good scap Jayes fuid, milk ste without condition for the Boxing Tournament Another milk prosecution was inventia permit. The articles were found on on Saturday and the bout will not gated by M J. R. Wood at the Magis the Lee Kee wharf yesterday afternoon doubt be interesting. In the cand racy this morning. The defendant about to be taken on board a bunch of this event being called no-con- Mak Ying, 100, Queen's Rail Wast, bound for Sanning. When questioned test the purse will be given to the, was charged with selling milk not up to by a constable, each man said he did war Charities Fund. the required standard.
Iron Bux, lightweight champion of "the Orient, will give a thres-round exhibition par with young Maher, amateur lightweight champion of Chal Colony:
weru
not, know the law, Tha. value of the Mr W. D. Tratman Head of the goods in their possession was $263.. Sanitary Department, prosecuted. Mr. Agasiz, for the defence.
Defendant said the milk was bought emphasized that defendants and put on the ice.
ignorant of the law," RR Wood, a Sanitary Inspector
Mr. Wood imposed fines of $25, $30 said on August 25th he want to and 850 respectively, but made no defendant's premises 100 Quean's Road order as to the goods, which were
-ABUSIVE CHAIR: COOLIE
SWEARS AT LADY: PASSINGER.
"Programmes will be sold at 10/ cents each and the amount will be
East in company with än interprater accordingly barded back to the handed to the War Fund. Witness did not speak Chinese himself. defendants He was making an inspection of licensed premises that afternoon.
On the defendant's premiss he found about twelve dnsealed bottles of milk. They were in the ice chest, along with plucked chicken. On seeing the milk he told his interpreter to ask the man in the shop-whom he could not identiy as defendant if the milk
ROYAL HONGKONG: GOLF CLUB.
CAPTAIN'S CUP, SEPTEMBER, 1919. Mr. J. R. Wood this morning warned. C. Bond (winner) and discharged a chair coclia who had
was for sale. The man answered "yea," and he charged 30 cerits for three bottles.
Witness bought the milk and told the man in the shop that the milk would be sent to the Government Analyst. 2
Defendant said bis foki was in the shop at the time.
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been summoned for using disgusting and shutive language towards Mrs Hynes, wife of Mr. Thomas Hynes of the Post Office."
She
Mr. Hynes said his wife had gone to the Government Civil Hospital with sick child. On leaving the institution she went into Hospital-road. wanted to hire a chair, but they were's long way off and she gave a woman ten cents to get a ghair. The chair-men The Sanitary Inspector said to the refused to come, but after a boy had
asked them they came. foki that he was going to mix the contents of each bottle and divide they came up the defendant used a Althy expression and repeated it soveral the lot into three parts. He poured the contents back into the three bottles, and times on the way to the Post Office,
The defondant denied the allegations, with a flövernment · seal. replaced the corks and sealed them The foki
Auswering Mr. Wood, Mr. Bynes appeared contented and was allowed said his wife was quite unable to attentl
'As soon a
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Lindsay Woods
Bulmer Johnson
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LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE The following will play, for Kowloom against Taikoo in the deciding match of -the Langue on Saturday next-
Mesars J. Allan, D. S. Cooper, 8, Gray, D. Keith & Kinross, C. Atkinson, L Guy G. R. Edwards, D. Gorp A. Milroy, G. Haxton, D. Harvey.
THE TREATMENT OF LEPROSY,
ENCOURAGING RESULTS:
An inquest was held this afternoon take plaes in St. John's Cathedral choice of the three,bortlus. The the Court, and prove the dia and he forr. E C. Cort of Chengmal writes"
ip the Lana Neu- following morning witness took one of agreed that the case should he From the time of Moses until now
by Mr. Hazelanit, Coroner.
Evidence, was given by Mr. Pierre the execution, and Dr. McKenny. pont. Chief Wander, who witnessed who stated death was instantaneous. The jury returned a verdict, in accordance
evidence.
with the
on Monday next, at 9.13 p.m., when
Analyst.
leprosy has been regarded with leathing and fear by people of all races. This is OPIUM CASESA BALS Joubtless due to the terrible disfigure ments and deformities produced by the
or six months' imprisonment upon a
Mr. Hazeland imposed a fine of $1,500 disease and its hopelessness of cure. As a prominent merchant in Chiengmiai szich Chinese found in Connaught Road appeared Ball kit pen khon ao" they
me the other day, when leprosy bu Central with 16 taèls of prepared opium are no longer regarded as persons. > A woman found near the Hongkong translate literally, or in other words Club to be in possession of Gibs. ofre considered as practically dear And ay opium waa fined 8600.
defendligte non appearance on a charge be negligible. Aa, in all such disinses,
possessing 5 mace of opiumu.
the collection will be in aid of the the bottles to Mr. E R. Dorey, the withdrawn. for the Star & Carter Hospital. I Navy League "War Memorial Fund
de His Worship informed the response to several requests Lem ferdant that the Analyst's report med's "Storin Fantasia" will again showed that the milk had not enough medical be included amongst the orgur, solids. It ought to bave contained 8
pieces. Miss Vers Crees will be the parts, while it had only instead yiolinist and will play Schumann's of 3 per cent. but there was per cent. Dreaming whilst Mr. Dowar, and that the milk was 35, fer cent who has not "sung in Hongkong be- water,
Defendant said the milk was bought The 6.s. Witry, the stearner white" forn, will sing", Sullivan's famous
from the Man Hing in Wellington Street and be difact know if it was good or had. His feki was a newcomer and did not know if milk was bad or gooch He had arrived from the country and did not know much. The Man Hing told
of
while there have been from time to finie authenticated cases of spontaneous cures
A bail of 850 was estreäter owing to of the disease these wera en rare sa to
the trade of China. In a publication WORK AT THE KOWLOON DOCKS. called "The Nation's Business," which we have just received there is an article on "Uncle Sam's Far Eastern Warehouse which begins by
was solved at "Vungro Bay, has com," The Lost Chord." The two solo- mencedsto discharge her cargo insists will be heard in Dorothy lamenting that American trade with China has relatively declined during
Messrs. Hughes & Hough's godown, Faster's charming but little know the last ten years, in the face of offer which she will be repaired at song Ere we have tired of life's
JOHNY GILPIX PULLED UT, an increasing friendship and the Kowloon Docks We understand short day arranged by Sr. Donnian
Lance Sergeant Murphy charged a mutuality between China and the the damage to the vessel is consider Fuller for voice, violin, and organ, the feki that if the milk was but they Chinew before Mr. Hazeland this morn. United States "The writer says:able buntil the cargo is discharged which should prove a most attractive would be responsibic. The milk was ing with galloping a horso to the com "In examining trade statistics of t will not be possible to ascertain number.
the
This will be the final not opened before it was put on the demon danger at Yaumati Defendant Orient it has been too easy the full xtent of the damage. recital of the present series..
chest and was brought to the shop by was fincel S to draw the conclusion that our Apother big job the local Dock Co. In addition to the above, Mr. Denthe Man Hing 2.30, pun. Ausion of Household inability to reap a fair share of the has in hand is the converting of the uno Fuller will give a Piano Recital
His Worship Is the Man Fling Furniture Bedsteads Blackwood Chinese trade is due to the nearness. August Belmont (5,000 tons
at the Peak Club. of popular place.
dairy known L music on Thursday, October 6th, ut Ware etc. at Hesus. Hughes and of other nations to the Asiatic gross from a general cargo steamer.15. p.m., at which the vocalist will Mr. Tratman: I should not to like Hough's.
marketa. The American merchant to an oil carrier This vessel is be Mrs. W. H. Bell, with Mr. Nor to say, " has seen how Great Britain controlled peculiarly adapted to this change as ran Peterkin as accompanist. The Defendant interrogated by the going on concerning Mesopotamia in omi administration, a scheme of inter
General Memoranda.
FRIDAY, Sept. 15:--
Saturday, Sept. 16
9am.-St. Stephen's College Re-openg
it:
MESOPOTAMIA.
The Government of India throughout the heated discussions that five beer
Parliament and the English Press have
Pioneer.
inumcrable remedies, drugs incantations have been tried, sometimes with apparently temporary success. OE. all these, the most prominug has been an aromatie vegetable oil which has been extensively used in India for many years and called Chaulmoog oil This was administered by mouth and, while improvement. undoubtedly resulted in some wise, the longth of time that the oil could be taken was very limited, as the patient soon developed such an aversion to its taste that it was impossible for him to take it," Dr. Heisar and his associates working on the large leper problem in the Philig-=- pines began to experiment with this oil.. but realizing early the impossibility of
the trade of Bouthern China from its her machinery is fitted aft, which is proceeds from the sale of tickets Magistrate, amid the corks in the come in for a great deal of wholly unde. I muscular or subeutaneous injection was." 10.30.-Auction of thannel, tweer base at Hongkong: he has watched usual in oil steamers She was ($8.00 obtainable through menters) bottles were not scaled. He denied served enticism, says the Meyer, had xen cared of all, manifestation of“:
and alpaca Suit Lengths Mess 13ughes and Hough's
10.30 am-Anction of a Miscellaneous Swek at Messrs. Hughes and
*Hough's.
the Japanese trader load his goods at Osaka and Kobe and within six days' time unload then again on a
on a whiart on the Chinese coast and he has decided that nearness to market
recently purchased by the Roys! Dutch Petroleum Company
will go to the British Prisoners of War Find and from the sale of pro grammes to the Blue Cross Fund. Whampoa Dock Co. are expecting deserving and it is hoped liberal We understand that the Hongkong The hove funds are all most the arrival of another cargo steamer support will be extended to each
9.13 pan.—Boxing Tournaments diets one of the inal factors that is (about 5,500 tons) also for conver
City Hall
SUNDAY, Sept. 17 :----
9 in--Excursion to Macao by .
Taishan".
MoNDay, Sept. 18 --
causing America a share of the trade
sion into an oil-carrying vessel:
LÍMITED.
that be put waren in the milk,
The manager of the Man Hing dairy
were not scaled. He could pot account & Wellington Street, said the bottles
water, was found.
in China to dwindle." But the writer While hore-ate will be under the HONGKONG STEEL FOUNDRY Coals tested by the Inspector and no of the article is of the opinion that supervision of the Asiatic Petroleuma the Philippine Islands, if properly Company. established as a trade buse"" could be
The Report for presentation to the Shareholders at the Sith Ordinary
915 pm-Organ Recital at St. John's made to command a commercialPAN'S NEW DRZADNOUCHTGeneral Mecting is as follows
Cathedral. WEDNESDAY, Sept, 20-
3pm-Auction of Leasehold propert
(Kennedy Town) at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's.
SATURDAY, Sept. 23-
Iss p.m.-Gymkhana, Happy Valley. TUESDAY, Sept. 26 -
Noon-Douglas Steamship Co's
Meeting,
WEDNESDAY, Bept. 27-
a "fres commercial zone" at Manila."
After allowing for In terest, Auditor's fees and Bad Debts and waiting off Depreciation on Company's Plantje Machinery, Launches and Stores There is a nett available.
34,480.30
4,586.82
27,874.48
finally worked out and after's few CASCA For example, because Sir William who had fruined his War Badgets with the dipenae and bad remained free from out any provision for the direct war relapes for two years or more, their crities jumped to the conclusion that the wing were published contribution from India that so many results and the forman of the Chauf of us would
ld have welcomed, the Home moogra of mixture, that they were
for 30 per cent water. He also sokl Funce Department of the Government
of India had been deliberately starving. This was the first ray of light that fror in Wanchai which was military operations. There is, as Mrhal penetrated the darkness of dosptic Chumberlain was able to show, not the in which these unfortnaste lepers lived, slightest justification for such an infer and it encouraged us to begin the treat ence. And if there have been regrettablement in the Chiengmai Leper Asylamm happenings in regard to Mesopotamia Our problem here sa more complicatel the war
of the Government of India is very far from being wholly than in the Philippines where segrega black. Everything asked for that was fion of lepers is compulsory, for bere possible was given from India, the patient's coming to and remaining The Government of India has managed in the asylum are voluntary. Samit to achieve more than it has been asked
FORGED BANK-NOTES.
IMPORTANT; PAPERS, SAID
BE LOST
TO
A Sanitary Inspector said he took samples of milk from the other shop the same day and they were all right He did not keep com influence over the Far East, which that
The eneral Managers have now to
The Magistrate said it was pretty would be felt from Calcutta to Tokyo News Agency reports: tag Botges the shareholders & Statement clear that defendant watered the mile Peking" What the position of decided that the battleship fee, which in Account and Balance Sheet for the and imposed a fine of $50. Hongkong has meant to Britich trade Dockyard at Kobe, will be launch out
under construction at the...Kawamki car ending 31st May, 1916.
gross profit for the Bia, China, he says, could be made to November 22. She is a sister ship of the is of 26,000 tons battleships and apply to this port of Manila, the ore displacement, with a speed of 22 knots.
Laskadebit balance step necessary to place American The main
• brought forward armament consists of twelve there 1-inch guns, while the
are trade intérests on a proper footing in
four
from previous year machine guns and 32 guns of various the Orient being the establishment calibres including six-inch guns. by the United States Government of origin, but improvements have been The design is completely of JapanCH! effected to the armour and other details Settlement Day: Hongkong Stock Then with godowas alongside the the European war and also the latest in accordance with lessors obtained from Exchange.
piers, a commercial coaling base, and improvements have been made as to the SATURDAY, Sept. 30
suitable shipping facilities, American consumption of water in the boilers, the storing of drinking water and the load- essels could spend ten days in ing of fuel from experience obtained by Manila, (instead of at Hongkong) the Imperial Japanese Navy while in
the South Seas and Hongkong would become a port of call for two days, as are Shanghai aus Kube and Yokohama Mr. ILAROLD PITT, President of the Manila Merchants Association, is quoted as looking forward to s time when the Philippines shall be developed to a point when they will be consuming upwards of three hundred millions's-year of American products, which would mean that American manufacturers will be warranted. in maintaining permanent stocks in Manila, Trou which to supply this trade
Incidentally it is Buzzested VISITING CARDS that the stocks would be available
11.30 -HK Steel Foundry Co's.
Meetin
BRIDGE SCORERS
In Blocks of 60 SHEETS/
30 cents, buck.
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AVE YOU" sver trick
Pain Balin for thept You are. Wieting side,
to serve the trade of Ching and other disease runs on the Far Eastern countries, so that the Got a bottl Chicess merchant would be able to vigorous:1
FOAT Manila ia from one to
Chemists and Storekeeper.
record
to do Thus. Mr Chamberlain, and the test to begin on a campaign details he supplied, let us hope, impress of education, describing the favour el his audience. We have no desire to able results already obtained but anticipate the findings of the Hamilton emphasizing the painful nature of the Commission, but two
baine
te the public. One is that Anjections, the length of time neces
emerge from a study of the facts
[of
Indu
sary before any real improvement:
to quote Mr. Chamberlain again could he expected, perhaps a year of Honth infinitely less resources (than the band misting on the futility of
Government) h
beginning the treatment unlear the improvise
and organise for an effort larger than patient had the courage, and the end Insta ahurbekirão and different from any upon which they Furance to persevere had ever expected to enter the other an urgent demand. for the treatment is that lack of transport, combined with began to appear and believing a too ambitions undertaking, was largely paychologiest moment had arrived, responsible for the troubles that ensuer
The Kwangsi bank note forgery case again occupied the attention of Mr. in blasopotamia. The transport diffeally began the treatment. This was JE Wood this afternoon.rigace made by Mr Chamberlain, has not been me bad the courage to undertake the even now, according to a statement just nine, ronths ago. At fint only giro. 6,325.86 was given by Defectiva Sergt. Marphy entirely overcome, but it is something to injections After a few injections these
to the effect that he searched No. 7 And George in the debate on the 20th July: The aches and pains which had
have the assurance giyen" by Mr. Lloyd patients began to report impraven 9 Bird Street, where the defendant that light, railway to supplement, the constantly present heretofore, lived, and found a genuine Kwangn service of river craft has been put in to disappear, their appetites bank-note for one dollar. That was in hand,
and they gained in strength locked drawer in the dressing tablos
encouraged, the number of patients The result of the year's working is He also found a number of visiting.. very great improvement on that of t previous years and will we trust; be cards coundered as highly atisfactory to shareholders.
balance of
8-19,518,62 which it is recommended be carried forward to new. Profit and Loss
account."
Mr. Haywood, defending asked the #troubles Omeer at ho found any other papers and
Oficer was peable to state where these received an, afirmativo reply.« The
papers, werd now. The house was
Farnest but prosy Street Corner
want land reformu...
What
perundertreatment has micrease Your friends can get considerable weekly, until... at the present Enjoyment out of trouble if it's your tinio there are 128 men, women and children who are receiving the weekly Per injections. Of these two are practically cured as all manifestations of the discuss bave diappeared. One of these is a boy of 76 and the other a young women of 19 Last week" the boy, Ai-Ma, an- nounced that he was going to discontinues the treatment as he was already cured. but was persuaded to continus for of a relapte,Two or three nimosteking go, thi
Bored
Owing to the smallness of our work env ing capital it is not proposed, to pay xdab dividend, but now that the Company le able to show much good results it is hoped that fresh capital may be forth handed back to the custody of a woman coming so that we may have suffident after the Polipy had finished with at
Mr. Haywoo said the papers were funds in band for the payments of dividends in fubarak k
important and hill now been stolen or lost He sold if the Police read the TREATMENT FOR DYSEN
ANDITORS
During the absence of Mr. Brown the accounts have been and this by Bir. E43 Chapman, Mr. care Brown is recommende
Hongkong, 12 Sept
election
paperadie
Detec
and they were
CHAMBERLAINTSH AUDiarrhoer Hemady dose of castor oil will inter most-atubborn cases of case for especially good for lum ing was children." For sale
Storekeeper.
The
resent.