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FUE SALE.
NOTICE TO INTENDING PURCHASERS.
Hongkung, Mosday, Sept. 18, 1916.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BIO JEWELLERY THEFT.
MAN AND WOMAN ON TRIAL":"
AT THE SESSIONS.
CALLOUS. LOVER,
THE MAGISTRACY.
CHINESE BANK NOTE FORGERY CHARGE.
SUGGESTION THAT OFFICIAL ABSCONDED WITH 81,000,000,
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this
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918.
SPORTING.
SATURDAY'S 'BOXING.
a force battering on the noes and point and his head wobbled signi Heuptly, In the fifth round he had pceived such a drubbing that he wisely decided to give my Scott would have secured a K.O. och grwise.
OTHER CONTESTS. A
dispute the fact that we are essentially on the defensive, and must gather up all par forces to defend ourselves victoriously against a terrible attack.” "The position is grave," says the
LOCAL HOLDERS RETAIN Weser Zeitung; the enemy is every-
The Caine Road $4,94, jewellery
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES. where pressing us hard. Anzious
Pro. Thomas, of the 4th Shrop sighs go up to heaven about the well theft, was the first case to occupy the
Saturday's Boxing programme aires, defended his lightweight There was a startling development in proved a lengthy but nevertheless championship of the regiment against nigh incessant rain which seems to attention of the Chief Justice, Sir Wm. be in formal league with blockading Rees Davies KC, and a jury when the the bank note forgery casa
an interesting one, in which one Pto. Plant. The decision was never" eueray. Everywhere hindrances and Sessions opened this morning Thereafternoon during the resumed hearing.
Mr. T. H. King, Assistant Superisten-title-that of the lightweight. Chamach gave Plant an uneasy, time and in grave doubt. Thomas's extra hamperings, accumulating provoca-were two defendants, a man and a tions of the anxious question: How woman. The woman was charged with lent of Police, intimated that Li Sai pionship of the Colony-nearly went had not Thounus boen merciful Plant, Fan, of Wing On Street, and as well to the challenger. There are, in would have been knocked out, HAS is it all to end?" If this was the larceny na a servant and pleads guilty known broker had been arrested this fact, quite a large number of sporta. it was he was severely punished and feeling in Germany six weeks ago wa and the man charged with receiving
afternoon in Court on a warrant in men who think that the verdict curd.. the boards with his Imees can well imagine that the "events at pleaded not guilty."
should have been given to Seaman repeatedly. The referee interfered the front in the interval have only
connection with the same 29.
Isaacs over Supper Richards. The the second round and gave. Thomas
the verdict.. served to deepen the gloont.
Judges held a different opinion. Is The affair between Cotton (9st.) Altogether the Allies have cause to
is not so easy to define the finer and Beosty (sh, dibe.) was very be well satisfied with the situation
characteristics of the gume in the Cane. Cotton chased his opponent generally.
dress circle or in,the body of the hall from cornerato corner and inflicted heavy punishment. Beesty, despite Earlier in the afternoon the Manager as it is at the ringside. The Isduct the fact that he was put through the
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It was decided to adjourn the hear for three days to allow the Police time in which to decide whether they would proeced against both men or make an election...
all (foreman) 4. Davidson J. Carr, H The jurors wereMasts, D. Good Dryar, H. M. Spit, T. C. Nixon, and J.
Bernardo Mr. G. N. Orme. (of the Crown Solicitor's Office) prosecuted on behalf of the Crown Prisoners ware undefonded. fr. Orme said that from the evidency he would call the jury would really the chiaf......... offender and cross examined by Mr. Guy Haywood, the cleanest and best of Colonial his punishment well and was loudly would also have to decide if there was an who appears to defend the first contesta- Isaacs" did all the lend applauded. Cotton gave him po amount of coercion sufficient tomake the defendant. Witness declared, that he ing with the exception of power-quarter in attack and Beasty was... woman in the dock not fully responsible did not remember the Chief Directorful rushes by the soldier which always looking round for a way out.... Lady Ho Tung returned from North for the offence. The first prisoner, the of the Bureau of Finance absconding always Enished on the ropes. On The contest was stopped in the ninth China yesterday by the 33. "Hui-woman, was purchased at the age of show."
NEWS OF THE DAY.
·LOCAL AND GENERAL..
The Manila Observatory this afternoon reports n Cyclone' or typhoon F. of Balintang Channel, moving NW. For N.N.W.
Our readers are reminded of to-night's organ recital in aid of the Navy League War Fund at 9:15 pm
decide whether the man was not
of the Bank at Wuchow was recalled and Richard's bout will be classed among roped about twice every round, took
AN EXHIBITION:
nine years by the mistress at 29 Caine with oat million dollar of Kwangs his defensive game Richards was mound, Cotton being an easy winser
Kelly Tong (Hongkong) and Young splendidly covered, against winging Road and employed as amaidservant. notes about 1912. Witness added that lefts and stinging rights ond although Alfredo (Manila) opened the pro- At the age of 21 years she was able he had been in the bank since the First he received a big barnering on the gramms with a fearfully, one-sided to buy her freedom, but she continued to serve in the house is a servant. Year of the Chinese Republic and the back of the neck was unperturbed affair in which Alfredo howed to She had a brother who was employed Commissioner of Finance at that time Isaacs showed himself to have an great disadvantage. Tong piled on a coolie and there was no doubt was Vim Duen, and he did not abscond. excellent knowledge of the game and the agony to such an extent that the that she visited him from time to time
sore time, Thoreferee intervened in the third gave Richards o Mr. Haywood said he was in "a and she would also have the opports position to call the Acting Governor of argument went the whole, distance round and gave the honour to Teng. unity of being introduced to other per-wangsi to support what he had said. of 10 rounds, Richards being", ad- sons in the hotel. The male prisoner was The Aating-Governor was, in his (Mr. judged a winner on a very ra also in the employ of the Astor House Haywood's office on Saturday morning. margin of points. Isaacs could not Hotel, bus six months ago he want
The Bank Manager, was further hold Richard's powerful rushes and abroad, joining the steamer China aked by Mr. Haywood if his hard punching, and when he had We are advised that bo P. Manning across the Pacific. He stayed bank issued 10 cent notes. Witgese recovered to return a little of the
Co.'s 8.8. Ecuador arrived at months and then went to live in a Wuchow
in that employment for about three replied only at Kwei-long not at same stud be found Richards with
an excellent and impenettable guard fckobama yesterday from San Fran, cubicle at 61 Queen's Road Central. Mr. King said that was the case for On occasions Isaacs might just as the bottom of his heart" his deep ciecobia is her maiden trip fortress that she had a brother, in, the intended calling as a witness was a wall. The initial rounds Baw Isaaca ed man's best and he should be seef
The woman prisoner stated to her mia-the prosecution. The man he had well have been pounding at a stone
TENDERS for the purchase of the HULL and MACHINERY & STEEL TWIN SCREW RIVER HTEAMER built in -1004, recently | ++ damaged by fire, and now lying in Shanghai harbour as per advertisement in this paper on 9th, 11th and 12th inst HUST BE LODGED with Messrs. Gibb Livingston & Co., Shanghai, not later than MONDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1918.
Hongkong, Sept. 18, 2016.
(Continued on page $.)
THE DIARY
MEMO FOR TO-DAY,
Cathedral.
1044
GROWING, PESSIMISM IN
GERMANY,
803 six weeks ago the KAISER in a message to the leaders of the troops of his First Army expressed "from
appreciation and bis. Imperial gratitude for their "aplendid achieve-
in St. John Cathedral.
the company.
Colony, who wanted her attendance arrested
The only other item was an exhibi-
French mass attacks of July 30,"at the Shek Pek village, Lantos the mala prisoner at 61 Queen's Road, that Li Sai Fan gave defendant the thought, the seaman would tire long is also thinking seriously of giving
915 p.m.-Oru Recital at John's wish "God help you further" It is not very obvious what cause for deep thankfulness the Kaiser could find at the end of the Bret month of the Anglo French offensive and at this date the Kaiser must be an optimist indeed it he is able to discover in the situation` qaything corresponding
General Memoranda,
Se WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20 yar
3p.m.-Auction of Leasehold property (Kennels Town) at Mesurs. Hughes and Hough's.
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most extraordinary one, but I think he ought to be called. The defence was notes and that the latter was an innocent agent. We do not admit that the notes are forgeries,
Mr. Wood suggested that Li Sai Fan should be tried first.
This course was agreed to.
LOST SCREWS.
ment in warding off the Anglo- A woman aged 32 years, living the might sleep out. What actually hap pened was that she went and lived with They had accomplished, he said, with Island, attempted suicide by hang- Central and since that time they had German faithfulness" what he and ing yesterday. She has been taken ostensibly lived there as man and wife
Thestolen jewellery was last counted the country expected of them. And to the Government Civil Hospital. the KAMER concluded with the pious"
and sealed by the owner at Caine Pecreation Club in aid of the St. John and Counsel suggested that was the The Aquatic Sports at the Victoria Road, on August 3rd. On August 9th the female prisoner slept at Caine Road Ambulance Brigade Overseas been postponed, owing to unforeseen took place. A night or the 61 has night on which the theft of jewellery
circumstances, until October 14th daughter of the tenant of the flat at Entries will close on the 30th mat
Queen's Road Centmi had her curiosity aroused, and looking through a slit in saw the male prisoner holding a black the door into the prisoner's cubicle she box and trying to fcise the lid open with a chopper. She also saw him hold up bangles and rings. "Of this peculiar fheident she informed the police,
THE PRODIGALIKU AM from one of the coolle spartments in the Astor House Hotel and the key
Twelve months hard labour and four key ring in the hours' exposure in the stocks was the Allies are an equul torms with them the communicable disease reported was found on in the matter of munitions and men in the Colony last week were cases of defendant pocketfly sentence meted out by Mr. Hazeland to they are evidently inst losing that small por, 2 cases of enteric fever, one Caine out why reported missing from a returned banishee who had an order Mr. Orme went on to mention that made against him in 1915 operative for confidence in their invincibility which of bubonic plague and one, of puerperal
twenty years. He was identified at the male defendant at the Police Court Taim Isa Tsui. It was defendant's second has served them so well during the fever. All the small pox CASCE Tercelled a witness to prove an alibi and in
The one plague case brings the an examination by the Court admitted lapse of memory and he also bad three past two years. There has been very considerable advance since the total for the year to 33 cases, with 32 that he had approached the witnesses convictions for larceny.
deaths. Seven of the cases were for the Crown KAISER expressed his Imperial
imported. amtitude të his troops for "the splendid achievement in warding of
The Bishop of Victoria has gone visit of inspection to Yuntanfu to the high hopes and expectations where the Anglican Church has a Doctor entertained in Germany before that and a Clergyman working. He will Action of Wines and offensive began: No one will deny Also visit Pakhoi, and expects to be back Subsequently the box was, recovered Provisions à M. Geo. P. Laimer that the Germans have shown superb in the Colony early in October
THURSDAY, Sept. 21
N.
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LAWN BOWLS FINALL
TROPHY..
tion three mounds between Iron Bur lightweight champion of the Orient
Young Maher of Hongkong, the rateur lightweight champion of the. Colang Bic showed himself to bo Maher's it excellent condition. lever tactics brought out the colour- in the pins of condition and doing to advantage in the proposed contest because he was sick and she asked that Mr. Haywood The position is battle.in "tremendous fashion The with Sappor Richards Maher him- pace was furious, so fast that it was salf is willing to mast Richards and
before the tenth was reached. While Bux semu he was the aggressor roughout, he conserved bis energy and fought u well in the final round as he did in the first He avoided that strong TAKOO, BRAT KOWLOON AND WIN right from Richards with remarkable precision and repeatedly had the soldier guessing. He eluded terrible onslaughts by neat footwork and he
Great interest was evinced in the final Two voal coolies employed in coading quently retaliated with telling jobs of the Hongkong Bowls Longue un the ss. Haiyang yesterday were searched to the ribs, forcing Richards into the Saturday on the Police Club ground. for missing port-hole screws. The correr and putting on points. It was former team were eay winners but in "between." Taikoo, and “„Kowloon. The
missing: The coolies were found to Richards showed to advantage stated that Mr. W. Russell, one of Kow Chief Officer reported that 13 were only after the fifth round thress to the vanquished it should be have eight in their possession. Charged There was heavy toll of points loon's strongest players, was prevented with larceny, Mr. F. A. Hazeland sen-
from playing, to an to his tenced each to two months hard labour against him and he adopted, a dife had. The winner played for can
ferent lattitude to mpe out the fally and are now the permanent holders arrears Craftily slipping about the t
Cop ring and always on the top fope The players were presented with göll Richards lured his man with the, me at the close
A proportion of the sweep resulted in incline. behind him and then rushed g86 being subscribed to the Tobaccu in and pummelled the sailor's face Fund for Troops at the Front while and body. Swiftly he drew up and further 365 was contributed by M awaited another favourable opporta-Milroy's khaki bug. nity to repeat the dose. Before the eighth round, Richards had the bat ance of points. The final rounds were contested with great determina tion, Isaacs again taking the lead and giving a favourable impression The Chief Justice interposed, stating
and yet scoring only a few points that it was not customary to draw
Iça merchanta, two compradores against the rigid guard of the soldier. The schedule of the 1917 flower and attention to anything of that sort cooks and
The following are the weights and comprised Battering away in the sat und distances for the handicap races to 9 am-Excursion to Macao by as the British and French mass vegetable show under the auspices of
Mr. Orme proceeding said he was glad to have for once in a way before at 75 Queen's Road Central shoulder and fixed sevenit blows on next Saturday:
gambling school raided by the Police Richards swung out Lom the be run at the Gymkhana Meeting "Takban".
attacks." Something like 60.000 the Hongkong Horticultural Society this Court one of those miserable night. All the doors w
were bolted Germans have surrendered them-has been issued. A few new classes creatures who preyed upon the innocence but a Chinese detective on the roof the head and cheek of the seaman selves to the advancing armies since have been added, and at the end of the and affections of the other sex He aga pa in progresa through a who seemed to enjoy the game as that offensive began, and what it has schedule will be found the "standards suggental that the male prisouerched root door. He brought presstire to bear tuch as anybody. It was a hard taken advantage of the woman and war on the door until it broke and then the tussle carrying no fanciful play but a coat the Germans in killed and of excellence by had to incriminate berpeler war decided to open the other clean invigorating contest, Richards padded sumpseret be only roughly be judged. They have been adopted the sole perpetrator of the crime. Her door. The Falice took about fre won, assisted, by an exceedingly estimated. The figure can hardly be from the rules of the Royal Horticultural affections had been secured clandestinely minutes to get inside and traces of narrow dead. Isaacs seemed to ap- under a quarter of a million. German Society Mr, A. Nicol, of Quarry Bay, for the purpose of securing the gambling had been removed. All the prove the decision but intimated that
jewellery...
occupanta were arrested Eleven who he would like to meet: Richards Settlement Day: Hongkong Stock communiques, we are told, continue is the Hon. Secretary.
Evidence was then called. Frchange.
to publish the usual half truth
The female prisoner went into the dot appear this morning had their again, and the latter accepted.
bail of $10 estreated, four cooks" and
remainder were remanded.
sales rooms. FRIDAY, Septamluận và t
2.70 p.m. in Auction of Household Furniture ute. at Mesurs. Hughes and Hough's. SATURDAY, Sept. 23:--
Police
3.30 pm H.K. Lawn Bowls Leagan
Championship Match on Green, Happy Valley.
3.45 p.m.-Gyukiwana, Happy Valley.
SUNDAY, Sept. 24:
Eirthday of Confuciva.
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MONDAY, Sept. 25-
6.30 p.m.-Annual General Meeting of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society TUESDAY, Sept. 18 --
Noon. - Douglas " Stepms
Masting.
WIDNTHDAY, Sept. 97-
THURSDAY, Sept. 28
Jewish Year 5677 begins.
FRIDAY, Sept. 29
Michaelmas Day
Club Debenturesket.
Meeting.
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"Mark"
Corp. Scott, R.E., defending us?
championalnp against Seaman Higgs, nearly met with disaster in the open ing und Bigge was giving him 18lbs and getting to work early played to the Corporal's storaach and rendered him severely groggy In Sighting Higgs absorbed a great deal
designed to suggest a false estimato Between the 14th and 16th inst. box after the evidence for the preservanta were discharged and the" of the situation, but the intelligent money and jewellery valued at $642 secution had been completed. She a lock-fast box "at said the male prisoner had had German who reads that the Allies was stolen from
nothing to do with the jewellery, but. are in occupation of Bouchasrones, 21. Wellington Street. A theft of sho had done it all herself. The key
NEW T.KK. SHIP. SATURDAY, Sept. 20.
Poziéres, Guillemont, Cinchy, Flers, 500 and bank deposit draft for of the box belonged to the prisoner's 11a.m.-Final Drawing of Hongkong Martipuch and Courcellette, and are $1,200 on the Chartered Bank are brother and one night when the pri
LARGEST ON THE FACE IC an Indian watchman, soner was asleep the wook the key. 11.30-H, K. Steel Foundry Co'serious threatening Combles, can be reported by
under no delusion as to the extent of employed with Messrs. Wilks & Jack of the box of a ring, went down to
Mr. Asano, President of the Toyo the Astor House Hotel where the box the advance and its grave significance to have been stolen from the store was opened it, and placed the jewel. Aisens Kaisha, has announced that of strength and pushed around for the Germans. Even when the at 12, the Pmya East. The watchery which she had stolen in the box the first ship to be built this now in the hope that a rush and a well- last mail left a marked change na to whom the honey belonged and then went back and return the dockyard, capitalized at 5,000,000 placed punch would give him a tove was noticeable in the states that the thief came down the key to the ring without the male will be the San Francisco Maru knock-out verdict. If he thought 234ne which will be larger than any pasaen this then he underestimated the prisoner knowing German Press. The Norddeutsch chimney and broke open the horn a lengthy statement the male ser liner now running on the Pacific soldier who is well-known as a boxer Zeitung was speaking of the containing the money.
prisoner denied all Jaxowledge of the Having a length of 636 feet the new who only comes out of his shell st serious nature of the military edu
jewellery and alleged that the comteamer will be longer by feet than the fourth or fifth. Higgs won the plainant and her husband were con the Empress of Russia or the Em-first round; the gong saved Scott piring to do harm to him over a preas of Asia, tha two big sister liners from crumbling to the boards, for he of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Ser was banging limply on the ropes money-lending affair.
vices, Ltd.
when the goco sounded. With in-
THIS WEEK'S "OVERLAND
CHINA
ascata include
Chinese Affairs Leading Articles Commercial News Canton Industries Case in the Courts: Hongkong Local News Hongkong Men at the Fennt Opening of Holena May Instituta Moxonand Taylor's Share Quotations
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situation and of the necessity DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. of keeping demands to what could:
on the man" The verdict assumes
be realised by action. The Berliner FINAL DIVIDEND AND BONUS
The jury unanimously found the Tageblatt pointed out that ereh MAIL
It is stated also that her acco-cressed earnestness Higgs returned the
The General Managers of the Douglas prisoners guity great BERNHARDI had before the Steamship Company kave declared The Chief Justice said, in passing plation for passengers will surpass to the attack and at once became any of the trans-Pacifio liners, as she careless While he was waiting for war) warned Germanyagginst nonera. Final Dividend of 2% for the year
4 sentence of three years hard labour is planned to carry 300 saloon passen an opportunity to deliver o frantal tions in Europe. The Frankfurter ending 30th June, 1916 and & Bonus that you are a miserable wretab. Sen, besides 100 second glass and 800 attack the soldier shut out slight Zeitungsuggested that Germany of $8.00 per share to Shareholders. You got this woman to steal this pro steerage passengersning left and scored off the gose. might even be playing" Englund's and wil writs of 892,150.58 for perty for you and then you allowed Her speed will be 28 knots an Not once did he do this but many game by a renewal of submarine depreciation of steamers and pro her to come into Court to take upon the Pacific The ship is expected to seaman who in turn became groggy hour, making her the fastest liner on times causing much anxiety to the frightfulness, and quoted a learned parties of the Company and transfer herself entirely the guilt to do all
and abaky on his pins Scott's $78,000 to the Reserve Fund, subject she could to obtain your acquittal be completed in two years, engineer as saying it was an illusion to confirmation at the General Meeting Men of your clans are one of the
formidable left punch caused him to forget his guard and Scott was not suppose that a submarine fleet to be held on the 26th of September pests of society She has done all could be built so strong as to create
slow to take advantage of the open- she can for yon but I propose to deal
ings that came his way. Higgs had "what is required, a revolutionary,
you primarily and not with yes revolutionary change in the
The woman, he had no doubt, was e military situation.
prominent
Unstigated to commit the orme by Conservative member of the Reichsing:
the man.
She was a young woman wrote in one of the papers that
and to send her for a long term of trickles from:
imprisonment tright put her on the latter downward track. He proposed thore sources Bad keeps spreading amor
fors to ill preside at the Leang Kuk to
ausiestek with the Po sible. Court being used, he engaged ut an
etcy stay etc
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