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Co 'CHINA Man' Offica Hongkong, Dec. 11, 1918.
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE Undersigned have received in Tractions to sell by Fablio Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
02
WEDNESDAY,
the 7th December, 1916, at 11am, at their To Kwa Wa Godown, Salvaged Cargo az. 8.5. "WISLEY," Comprising:-
About 400 drums of Caustic Soda. About 15 drums Napthalino" Finke About 60 casks of Carbonate of Ammonia.
About 10 cases of Oxide of Iron.
Twenty Braiding Machines, "for covering electric cables."
Three small Electric Motors.
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Eight machines and parts for cotton winding (these are suitable for tise in
knitting factories)."
One Marble Switchboard.
One Starting Regulator in cast iron
■
Nine direct current starting switches. Two Anmeters.
Fifteen cases of Spare parts for Over- land Cars (i-springs, axles, clutches, roller bearings, mudguards, wheels, *c, &c.)
"
And
A lot of spare gear wheels, and bear- ings for the same make of car.
BIRTH.
FRANKLAND. On December 3, at Shanghs, to Mr. and Mrs. G. Franklanda son. 1
MARRIAGES.
JOSELAND-MACDONALD: At the
THE CHINA MAIL.
thened the Allies' resolve to win. Within the past week the Parliamenta of each DAG of the "Allies have severally reademed the common resolve to exhaust every effort to win the war, and the stroggle is not likely to cease until that aim is achieved-until they have completely broken down Germany' audacions effort to enslave Europe and secured the future peace
of the whole Continent of Europe.
NEWS OF THE DAY,
LOUAL AND GENTRAL.
To-day the demand rate London is Rs. 4 1/18d..
"SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. C. McBain of Shanghai is passing. through on the P. & O. Noraza,
The Shanghai A.D.C in Christmas week are giving the pantomima Faas in Boo" in aid of the Allied Red Cros Fuade.
THE MAGISTRACY
WATER WASTER.
Sergt. Roylanes of the Police Reserve charged a Chinese at the Magistracy this morning with wasting water. "Defendant had a small bucket and when that was full he left the tap run full belt" said the ones. Defendant
... Among the passengers brought by } was fined $3 by Mr. Melbourne. the P&O. Novara, which arrived yesterday, was, Miss Ventris, daugh-
3
tor of H.E. the General Command- ing the Troops in China.
While at a house in Tample Street, Yaumati, on Saturday evening a ChineseTM complains that he was tobbed of $565
OPIUM CASES.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1818.
THE - NATIONAL MISSION.
CONCLUDING ADDRESS.
Bishop Norris of North China con cluded the National Mission of Ropen. tanca and Hope in Hongkong last night, when he addressed a mass meeting of men and women in the Theatre Royal Commodore Sandeman, RN, presided, and among those present ware H.E. the Governor and Misa May.
Commodore BANDIMAN said he pro ferred to regard the War as an oppor tunity for repentance and self-excrifice, and it was their duty in Hongkong to
':
CHINESE AFFAIRS
(Wah Tea Yet Po's Service.1.
A. FREE FIGHT IN CHINA'S PARLIAMENT.
PEKING, Dec. 10. The conference of both Houses off Parliament on the Constitution tónli place on the 8th inst.
There vara 638 members, repre senting both Houses, present. The special business before the Confed ence being a resolution to include the Provincial system in the Con stitution.
The voting was 427 já favour dånd 14 against. As there was not a two-thirde majority the resplution
is declared to be defeated.
The advocates of the proposal thereupon became desperate and fighting, ensued with the result that three members were injured.
Three oplum, casas came before the | Court this morning. A Chiness, who "When "Nurseryland," a bazar held | had in his possession five lbs, fire taois at Shanghai in aid of the Fund for Blind of dross was fined $50. A woman do all they could, physically and spiri- Soldiers and Sailors, closed its doors on arrested at Kowloon Railway station in inally, to bring the war to à successful Saturday December 2nd it was found possession of 31 tacle was £ned $1,500 conclusion. that, in round figures, $28,000, fiad been for three months" "without hard labour. Bishop Norris, in the course of an on taken. This is absolute profit as all ex- Another women also at the Station arest address based on the text "Come,
penses had been privately met and the when arrested
charge of let na reason together, saith the Lord," being in possession of six teals of the said when he came among them a week things sold were all presented.
drug stated that she went to the fago he said he believed that God was Captain John L. Jordan, Royal Army station to see her sister sway and using the war-war brought on by ms Medical Corps, who has been awarded while there she was asked by an old and not by God-to panish men for the Military Cross for conspicuous woman to look after a basket. When their sins'; to punish, it might be, the gallantry in action, is the son of the she was arrested, she looked for the other nations of the work, but, as for suit has been filed by the injured. A Japanese appeared at the Court Right Honourable Sir John N. Jordan, woman several times and could not sea as they (English people) were concerned, members against their this morning on a charge of sketching KCB, KOMG., His Majesty's her. She thought that if the Biagistrats to punish them for their sins. That the dafanees of the Colony. Inspector Flenipotentiary at Feking and head of would only let her go free she could view had not been shared by all of them, Sim for the Police asked that the charge a well-known County Down family, find the woman. His worship fined the as he had put it, and he wanted | might be withdrawn, and this was done
offender $300.
it that night that without any evidence or explanation.
The death is reported at her residence
through putting it in that way--which
PEKING, Déc. seemed to him the trua way he had Is connection with a proposal to offended the conscience of any one, and impeach the Promier, the President kept anyone from turning to God as summoned the Speakers in both asked their pardon...If they'liked to essential that the Cabinet should not
in money.
|
at Putney, on Oct. 30, of Mrs. Fittock,
widow of the late Mr. W. H. Fittook,
H.B.M.'s Consul at Ningpo. Mrx.
English Presbyterian Church, A sum of 8431.86 is reported to Wallasey, Cheshire, on the 7th have been stolen from a lock-fast drawer Nov. by Rev. Matthew Mair, Lieutat 119, Shanghai Street; Yaumati, on/Fittock, who was in her 84th.year, Was
ARTHUR NOEL JOSELAND, Nigeria
SHOP THIEF'S EVIDENCE.
A man was charged before Mr. Me
stealing a $10 bill and a gold ring valued
the fitics and sixties of last century.
to
Bay
THE PREMIER.
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Regt, son of the Rov. I. P. Jose- Sunday night. As the manager of the resident in Ningpo and Shanghai inbourne at the Court this morning with they themselves would have turned, he Houses and teling them that it i
and Mrs. Jam Blacdonald, Hong in any way, the Police regard the report Hart, then an sasistant in the British that the defendant was in a shop at was teaching them a lesson, well, it mediate in the matter. CAMERON, elder daughter of Mr.did not appear to have been broken into She was a contemporary of Sir Robert at $15. From the evidence it appears put it in another way and say that God be shaken, has asked them to.
land, Melbourne, to AGNES shop alapt near the drawer and the shop
kong. CREERY-BROWN-On October 31, 1916,
at Christ Church, Radlett, by the Rev. Arthur P. Du Cane, Vicar,
Andrew Creery, Captain, RG. only son of Leslie Creery, Lianál- urg, Shankill, Co. Dublin, to Agnes Lilian Lockhart, elder daughter of George Brown, H. M. Consul in China (retired), Tai Yuan, Radlett, Hertfordshire.
DEATHE.
doubtful
The manager of the Kwong Tai Hing sandalwood shop, 286 Des Veux Road, West, has complained to the Police that during the last three months an accountant who collected $7,899.37 on his behalf absconded on the 5th inst with the moner
FITTOCK.-Oct 30, at Putney, Matilda,
The excavation of the old bed of widow of W. H. Fittock, HM the Peiho has been completed, and the Consul, Ningpo, aged 84.
dam at Lishuchen has now been finished,
ZIMMERN. Nov. 2, at Oakhill-drive,ays the "P. & T. Times" The Baho
Surbiton, Adolf Zimmer, of I Reiss Bros. and Co., in his 75th
year.
One China Mail.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, Dec. 11, 1914
THE WAR.
Immediately following this sale the andermentioned cargo will be sold on the premises of the Hongkong and Kow-WE are at a stage of the war when
loon Wharf and Godown Coy, Ltd.,
108, boxse of Tin Plates, *100 cases of Black Plates
and Shoes.
H
the situation is undoubtedly exceed- ingly trying to the nerves of every
therefore gets the henefit of water of which it has been deprived for the past four years, to the volume of about 1,200 cubic feet per second. '.
The N.C: Daily News says that information has reached it from an authoritative source that three British officials on the southern or British section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, have recently been dismissed from their posta, two of which have been filled by persona of a strongly' German tinge.
| Consulate at Ningpo, in 1856.
የጉ
Yasmati with some other men, ope of came to very much the same thing: whom missed the articles complained of. They had a lesson to learn and God
Mr. N. §. Brown who for the last five The defendant had gone out and the in his mercy-not in his wrath-was years has been agent for Messrs. Butter-complainant went out and arrested him teaching it to them now. They wanted field and Swire at Hankow, has left that and took him to the station and found an England which should be the port for Hongkong on transfer. Mr. upon him, the bill and the ring. The mountain of the Lord's house"--not the Brown, a Hankow conteriporary says, defendant's version of the affair was that mountain of wealth or commerce. will be greatly missed in connection he was stopped in the street by three It might be God's will to take victory with the Municipal Council and other public connections, where his energy and sound common sense were highly valued. There was a large gathering at the steamer to see him off."
ジ
The death occurred at the Yokohama.
THE ARREST OF LEADING
MONARCHISTS.
PERING, Dec. 1. Replying to interpellations in Parliament, the Government declared - men. His eyes were covered and his away from them, it might be God's will that there was no general amnesty arms were held and the articles is to cast them down from the high of the advocates of a reversion to question were put into his pocket. He position that they had held among the
hard labour..
MISSING DRAFTS.
SPORTING.
FOOTBALL.
called his sister to say that she saw this nations of the world, to cast them right the monarchy and they had issued. done. Mr. Melboure stated that he did down to the very bottom. If that an order for the, arrest of eight oll not believe the complainant or his witwas God's will they could struggle the principal offenders and had up again with the vision in front of deprived them of their political them of a great nation called by God righta. for the service of the world, until onco more they had reached supremacy amongst the nations of the world. It Mr. Wood this afternoon remanded was their duty now to hold fast, to put nntil Thursday a Chinese who was in every ounce they had, and strain charged with attempting to cash a draft every nerve they could to win the war for 820 stolen outside the waters of the for the sake of God and their follow- Colony, Mr. Grist appeared to pro-men. They must try as they had never socute" and stated that several" drafta were stolen from a basket on board the tried before, in England and out of Tai Lee. They were being brought from England; there must be no more selfish.
to be Kongmoon to Hongkong in orderness, soli-indulgence or materialism.
cashed and during the The meeting concluded with a vote of penalty in their favour in the first half, trip the basket was out and the cheques thanks and three cheers for the Bishop taken out. He asked for bail in ca the initiative of the Chairman.“ substantial sum--$2000.
General Hospital on Saturday, Novem.es and sentenced him to three weeks ber 25, of Captain E Prior Bishop, .N.R, fer some years & resident of Yokohama, and well-known to shipping. circles in Far Eastern ports, as he was for many years in command of P. & D. boats running to Japan. The "Japan Gasetta" anys that Captain Bishop, who was 67 last December, had been in i health for some considerable, time, having suffered from a stroke. He is who is with Messrs. Jardine, Matheson survived by a son (Mr. Alan Bishop), & Co, of Kobe.
The value
A report in a London contemporary of the stolen cheques was $1,100 The
of the death in action of Second Lieut.Police knew the whole of the five firms Ronald G. Munroy Military Crcas, concerned with the drafts, and the
The smallpox epidemie shows po(formerly with Merars. Jardine, Mathe Police had requested that information
DO ANYTHING FROM COOK'S MATE TO UNDERTAKER.
-10 cases of Lacing Hooks for Bot nation concerned it. The greatest sign of abatement. Last week accordon & Co., Ltd) who died on September should be sent to them if any on HONGKONG POLICE IN FRANCE. The To Kwa Wan cargo will be on which most men at its beginning Medical Officer of Health (Dr. W15th, mentions that his commanding when about to cash one for $20 and war in the world's history-a waring to the official return made by the 19th from wounds received on Sept. tempted to cash one of those particular view from Monday the 25th inst, and
drafts. The defendant was caught inspecting orders for the cargo at the felt could not last a period of six Woodrain) there were 39 cares, of which officer writes:He was a very brave there was Whart & Godown Ce's premises may be months-has now been in pro- 39 terminated fatally. Ono British man. He was probably one of the best him regarding the other drafts.
grave auspicien against obtained from the undersigned.
Launch to convey intending purchasers greas for two years and a half, subject was among those affected, all bombing instructors in the Army; one e^ Mr. Faithful, who represented the the leave Blake Per on the morning of and the end is still not in sight, the others being Chinese. Two of the his reports was marked super-excellent defendant, pointed out that the amount was a very small one and thought Blood and treasure have been pro- cases were imported. During the same He was a very keen and enthusiastic the bail too large. Whatever suspicions digally spent by every nation engaged period there was one fatal case of soldier. He was in command of B Com-there might be, that was not to say in the struggle, in the effort to secure bubonic plagio, (Chinese), two cases of
defendant knew about the remiander 1317 the victory, and after two years and diphtheris one fatal (Chinese) and four
there was a logical sequence that the and he presumed the Police had search a balf the position in still one of stale-cases of enteric fever-ge British, ona
ed all his belongings. mate, so far as it can be viewed from Indian and two Chinese.
Mr. Wood thought $2,000 was reasonable figure, and fixed that amount.
the 17th at 1030's.m TERM) :—ÂS ntual
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, Dec. 11. 1016.
· [Continued on yoga Sujun
THE DIARY.
MEMO. FOR TO-MORROW. 3.45 pm-Sanitary Board Meating.
General Memoranda,
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13-
10.30 am.-Auction of Miscellaneous Stores at Government Store, Ballock Leze, Wanchai
3 p.m.-Auction of Sheer Legs, Engine, Steam Winch etc. at. No. 4 Wharf, H.K. K. W. & Co., Kowloon THURSDAY, Dec. 14.-..
Prince Albert's birthday (1895). 1.30 p.m. Auction of Irish Gloods Sheets Towels, Cushions etc.) at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's, medi 5.30 pm-Congregation at the Hong.
kong University. FRIDAY, DOC. 15
Noon-Extraordinary dosting of the
Green Island Cement Co. Ltd. Entries close for Ladies Championship
EELK Golf Club.. Barurday, Dec. 10 →
Cricket --Volunteers v. Reserves, át
Koutoon,
SUNDAY, Doc. 176-
9am Excursion to Macro by
Far 18, BAT. 18, Mox. 18 & Tui. 19
SADC Performances of Kismet * Paid off Star Kid Gurter " Fond. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20
any and led them so the attack with great dash, when he was hit.”
"A writer in the Shanghai Mercury the surface of things. No wonder
ays: I think that one of the earliest that doubts have arisen in every A robbery with violence is reported records in the Far East of a St. nation as to whether the respective from Wanchai. The complainant is a Andrew's dinner is that which dates governments have done all that Chinese of Canton Road, Yaumati, and back to the thirties of last century in they might have done, or whether he states that on Saturday while he was Canton. It was held at Jardine, they have an adequate comprehen-
on his way to worship at the Tung | Matheson's. A contemporary account sion and grasp of the situation. Wan temple, Causeway Bay, he was wet dwells on the excellence of the wines Expression has been given to these upon near the Jockey Club stables by and the tastiness of the reevers, or feelings in the changes which have five men who throw him to the ground eatables, as a southron might say, Wm. and robbed him of $3.00 is money, some Jardine, of the house, was there, and
of the Entente Powers changes in
recovered.
A HONGKONG BOY KILLED IN ACTION.
2ND-LIEUT. L. C. FAWKNER- (FORMERLY FOCKEN) ...
The casualty list contains the mima ul
Sergt. A. Pattison of the Hong
Edward Horse has written a letter bong Police who is with the King from. Franes to Mr. T. H. King, A.S.F., in which he states that it is about 12 months since the contingent left Hongkong but somehow it does not seem so long to him. He con- tinues:WaI mean
CLUB'S WIN ÖVER NAVY.
For. United Service League points on Saturday the Hongkong Volunteers only just managed to beat the Navy by the only goal scored. The Volunteers had s
Stalker being fouled, and Melavish put the ball över. The goal was the outcome and a corner kick by Robinson and e feeble clearance by Crocker who received the ball and was unable to prevent it
wriggling inside The Navy worked hard in the second half and gave the opposing defence a rigorous time but their efforts went unrewarded.
OTHER “MATORES.
Is the US. League the R.G.A. and R.E played a goalless draw. Several shots were directed at each goal brit all missed their mark. Eaunders and Townsend for the Artillery and Sappers.. respectively bath missed easy chances.”
To the second division the 88th Co- RG. A beat the Lusitano by 3. The winning goal was scored from a corner... Kowloon by the only goal scored, penalty-after a glaring miar when only three yards out..
The 87 Co. EG.A were besten by
GOLF
Edward Horse are not doing much just at present. We are looking for SEMI-FINAL FOR ⠀ ** MAITLAND a nice cosy corner where we can huild
a covering for our horses for the winter months. When we find that
CUPS.
The semi-finalists for the Maitland Cap are s
· Capt. and Mrs Milrier Jones v
Me Fearce and Mr. Stewart v.Mra Gedge and Mr Dodwell
been made in the Governments of our clothing and a quantity of food stuis opportunity was taken of the occasion to/2nd Lieutenant L. C. Fawkner, Royal Comer it will be "navvying for a Winslow and Mr Lindsell Fenemies as well as in the Governments which he was taking to the temple as make to him a personal presentation of Flying Carpe. (killed) Mr. Fawkner, week or two. I might say that we! who was 22 years of age, was a Hongkong are quite experienced at this BOLD every case inspired by a desire to see offering. Three arrests have been a silver service subscribed for a year or boy, son of the late Mr. Charles Focken, thing, in fact, we can do anything made and some of the stolen property two before. He had been home in the Superintendent Engineer, North Germ from cook's mate to an undertaker, the war carried on with even greater
interval. The loyal toasts on the Lloyd, at Hongkong, and for many years. vigour to a finish. No Power engaged
occasion were those of the King, the in the Beottish Oriental service running so you can guess we get soms training SALE OF THE ORIENTAL HOTEL. in the War probably knows better
CHORE than Germany does that her conquest
President of the United States, and between Hongkong and Bangkok. When in all sorts of odds and ends and they the Emperor of China. Mr. Wetmore war broke out Mr. Leslie Focken was all come in very useful I can assure
The Oriental Hotel in Kobe, one of the responded for the Americans, not the employed in the offices of the North you, Hutchins (of the Police) has
Enest hotel in the Far Fant, has been. German Lloyd at Melbourne, where Mm Mr. Wetmore of later Shanghai days, Rocken and her three young sons were been transferred to the Royal Engi- ecquired by the Toyo Kisen Kalabr in one way namely by a more rapid Owing to the heavy booking and but, I think, his uncle. There was a resident Mirel Focken, who belonged to beers for a while, en has Reynolds, according to statement made to the
of a large part of Rumania can only tend to accelerate the end of the war
KISHET."
exhaustion of his forces, and con- continued demand for seats, an extra band too, the band of the East India Australis, returned there to live amongst AR, Clarke, Dijebury and IVRalf ANDdvertiser by Mr. 1
currently by the lengthening and the performance of Kismet will be Co.'s ship, Lord Lowther." greater attenuation of bis lines of given on Saturday, 23rd December. defence. All the efforts which The booking for this performance Germany is putting forth in the opens at Moutrie's at. 9 s.m. to mobilisation of her resources can be morrow, Tuesday, 12th December. squalled if not surpassed by her All evening performances will com- adversaries. The programe afmence promptly at
P.
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CLOSING SHIRE QUOTATIONS.
3.30 p.m.
* No 12 Indos Defi
China Sugarmi Langkets
a tribated to Mr LLOYD GEORGE IS special trans will be run from the manifestly ench a programme as the Peak at 8:30 pm and 8.40 pan. circumstances of the times demand The public are requested to be in
1301 buyom bayers
buyers uyers
11:90 sellers
Docks
Bhanghai Docks Cementer
Specialrams for the 2eak and
Kowloon will run each evening, pert
THE
UGH MEDICINE
in on the part of each of the Enteute their seats in good time.
Powers. It is clear that if the Allies Prince George's birthday (1908). Fure to achieve their a
aim
within a 4.30 pime Aushion of Xmas Toys and reasonable period of time, they will 15
Crackers "at Mossra, Hughes and
theed kto orbåter exertions undi
ope of the directors of the com her own people upon the death of her are in the same troop and quite between 600,000 and 700,000 yen The pany The considoration is stated to bo husband) Young Focken enlisted in one
of the Australian Infantry battalions when contented. J. Hedge is with the Toyo Kison Keisha will continus to sland, but parite the Oriental Hotel as a voing war was declared, and served in Egypt Reserve at Longford,
A
and at Gallipoli with some distinction. I am expecting him out any time, He was nominated for service with the Speed is Royal Flying Corpe received his Com
King Georgo the
mission in due, purse, and got his Hospital, Dublin, with injury in his "wings" as a pilot, aming the name knees. He was thrown off his horse of Fawkner He had been serving of the several months ago and his kners front for veral months continuously, have never been right since, so I am
ception of a few days. leave, aired that we shall.
as the end of August, and had had zeny
tures while spotting here, for a long time There are many both hata heard from
his death, and
concern thing only a small portion of the building for branch offices The The Oriental Hotel has been advertised for sale for some time. It was be havd
been disposed of at aurtion ear month had it not been sold to the T-KE
going concern.
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