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NOTICE
THE CHINA MAIL.
gigaotic struggle in Europe will have the desired rearlo of making the prospect of another war among sivilisad Powers extremely remote
THE MAGISTRACE.
A DEAL IN LAND.
and thus relieve the nations of the CHARGE OF FRAUDULENT CONVERSION. world of the necessity for maintain-
ing a burdensome competition in
armamenta
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
י
Before Mr. Wood, application was made by Mr. Otto Korg Sing, for a
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wah Tum Yat Po's Service.)
GABINET CHANGES IMMINENT.
Przno, Jan. 11.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917.
WEST RIVER BOAT SUNK
*LICORNE " BETTLES DOWN NEAR
DOSING.
SPORTING.
CRICKET.
CIVIL SERVICH O.C. V. THE UNIVERSITY,
The following will tre present the University in the above match to-morrow
3 pm on the former's ground A. Rumjahn (Capt), R. Ponsonby Redmond, J. D. Wright, D. Dixon, &. de Scusa, Chow Yat Cheong, W. Gitting, W. Ball.
The West River ateamer Licorns' haa sunk near the Second Bar, above Do Changes are impending in the Sing. She is lying on her side, with the reduction of bail in a case, in which an/Cabinet. The Premier will remain funnel, mast and port side of the deck Fane, E. Brayshay, G. E. Marior, F. Indian named Ka Rim Dia is charged but the Finance, Interior and Com-visible above the water. The Hong with the fraudulent conversion of two munications Ministries will have new kong-Wuchow steamers are now anchor $115 of $500 and $1,750. The shiats.
ing at this point; instead of proceeding application was for the reduction of buil
to Wuchow, because of the shallowness from: $3,500 to $500.-
of the river. It appears that about day- On E.K.C.C. ground to-morrow at 215 light on Sunday morning the. Licorne p
Mr. Kong Sing explained that s waresat had been issued for the arrest of the defendant and be had surrendered
THE CHUCHÓW CONFERENCE.
Cabinet.
PEKING, Jan. 11. An advertisement published in himself at Yaumati. The sums of money chow of high-provincial-oficials has
The second conference at Chu another column today announces that mentioned in the charge he admitted despatched a the well-known firm of Gilman and Carere received by the defendant from Government relating to the Parke telegram to the has been converted into a private the complainant, and a receipt was ment and advocating changes in the Company with limited liability.
given for them. The payments con It is stated that Mesars. Suzuki cerned the sale of several lots of land and Co's new steamer Yone fara, which were sold by the Ho Max Tin 7:000 tona gross, has been sold to syndicate, for whom the defendant was Danish arm for Yen 3,750,000, her ferred to him and he had assigned them really acting the lots had been trans construction price being Yen 1,000,000 to the complainant. The lots were She left Robe recently for Europe..
Dever assigned to Ka Rim Dia. Ho denied that he had an equitable interest admitted the receipt of the money but
PERING, Jan. 11. Is is reported that the contriot other side, a lady named Lai Taz, for for the big American Loan will be in the property. It was alleged by the
The returns of the Chinese Govern ment railways for 1916 show an increase amounting to over $10,000,000, in
NOTICE is hereby given that the exoxoxa, FRIDAY, January 1, 1917cluding The Pelding-Hankow Rail
business heretofore carried on th
Hongkong, Foochow, and elsewhere. under the style of GHMAN & CO. has
been converted into a private Company AMERICAN NAVAL PROBLEMS. Railway $2,400,000 and the Peking
with limited liability and will hence forth, and as from the 1st January, 19)7, be carried on aa before, and at the same places under the style of GILMAN & Co.
LU.
*re!
Ma. W. L. FATTENDEN, a Director" of GILMAN & Co., LP, will continue in the mu ingement of the business in Hongkong with the assistance of the Dated this 11th day of January, 1917.
staff of this late firm.
THE latest American; newspapers show that the question of a larger Navy is a subject which is engaging
way $4,600,000, the Peking-Mukden | Railway $2,300,000, the Tientsin-Pukow
Suiyan Railway $400,000, as coin pared with the figures for 1915.
The Promier has urged the Vice President to suppress the conference
respect the national law. and advise the Provincial officials to
THE NEW AMERICAN LOAN.
his client had not acted as clearly as he whom Mr Davidson was acting, that signed about the middle of next.
month. might have done, and that defendant had an equitable right
Mr. Davidson stated that defendant had not come forward as an honest man would have done to defend himself.
THE CHANCHIATUN DISPUTE.
The Siamese warship Maha Chak He had been unable to get any the dispute with Japan regarding the
PEKING, Jan. 11. The Cabinet yesterday considered kri, 3,000 tons, the largest of the Siamess ficat, which had been at archorsurance that the properties concerned
to
the syndicato. It had beeh to to decision. apossible to get any admission
at the port of Kobe since Angust that in the charge had not been hypothecated incident at Chanchiptun, but came to be converted into a royal yacht, has Kobe for Osaka to be put, on public been offered for sale. The vessel clearoc exhibition for the inspection of intand- ing buyers. The O. S. K. is mid to be likely to buy the ship.
from the syndicate. That led him to Assume that there was
SUBVENTIONS FOR JAPANESE
All contracts entered into by the firm of GILMAN & Co. will be carried out by GIMAX & CO. LD. to which Company all debts due to the firm of CILMAN & Co. extraordinary amount of public
payable, and hy which all debts due from that will be mid.
Erm
interest just now. The lessons of the Europeta war are in themselves, perhaps, sufficient to account for this, but we note that there are American Naval Officers who do not hesitate to
suspicious state of affairs, and that publicly declare that the United
was why he proposed to go on with the States in her warship construction
charge. It looked to him (Mr. Davidson) roust keep pace with Japan and
The Post Office notifies as that the if the defendant had used the money the Naval Powers of Europe. For mail dispatched from London for Hong. Paid by the complainant, and perhaps example, Rear-Admiral CHARLES J.kong via Siberia, vụ
other people as well, to finance himself ing the 16th
as contractor for the syndicate." November, is reported by the 'Loadou BADGER, giving evidence before the Post Office to have been either captured
Bail was reduced, to $500.
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FUBLIC AUCTION.
Tutus to sell by Fablic Auction, HE Undersigned have received in
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCLUNID),
ام
ON
FRIDAY,·
the 19th January, 1917, commencing a12.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,
·Dus Voer Road, Corner of Ico House Street,
A QUANTITY OT
VALUABLE TEAKWOOD
FURNITURE,
#7
Any
A
SHIPPERS.
of
ECC "A" v. H.E.C.C
و نامی
On K.0.0. ground to-morrow at 2.15
p.m.
な
was gradually settling down, unknowa E.O.C.-J. D. Robinson, B. D. Evans,
all sleep (!), when the men on another Stapleton, E. J. Edwards, K. HeLennan to those on board, who must have been. Y. Braga W. T. Elson. Lt. Gmy,
F. W. Wood, O. Brawn, W. Kay, W
alarm by abanting to the Licorne's crew steamer, at anchor close by, gave the K.C.C. B. v. Starp and Dept. that their boss was sinking fast. Ther had just time to pick up a few posses- K.C.C. (B) D. J. Mackenzie, H. 8 sions and escape, before the ship want Rousse, CA 1. Stapleton, E. Overy; A. B down. The Licorne is quite an old boat. F. Raven, F. Travers, W. L. Wesser, J. At last the steamer companies have H. Moad, L J. Blackburn, J. M. Jack actually started work on dredging this and A. S. Schulz. nuisance, the second þar, and it is hoped that in a few days the boats will de abla to go right up as usual. The delay etc' at the bar, with the cost of lighterage, dollars a month. is costing one of the companies 1,000
BISHOP OF LONDON IN TWO ROOMS.
OFFER TO SURRENDER HTS
RESIDENCES
HIS £1,000 A YEAR FOR CHARITY,
"I have lived for six months in two
rooms at Fulham Palace declared the Bishop of Landon recently and he added that he was prepared to live where, how, fand" on what scale the diocese should.
decide
He as
presiding at the autumn session of the London Diocesan Confer- ence, held in the Church House, West- minstar, and he was referring to what be described as the misrepresentations which had been made in regard to his income.
CARGO WAR RIŠKE,
NEW STATE PROVISION FOR GOODS IN PORT TRANSIT.
With the approval of the Board of Trade the War Risks Advisory Com mittee have agreed to the following more comprehensive clause being sub- stituted for the "lastitate "Craft Clause No. 6, hitherto included in the Govern- ment policy:--
It is agreed to extent the protaction of this policy, including riska of aircraft, to goods whilst in craft dur ing the of course of transit within the
of the port of load-
ing or discharge, the risks on Arriving for transhipment on a further voyage not Lereby insured to cease on their discharge into transhipping craft or on delivery ca the quay, as the case may be
or vice-veran
House Naval Committee last month or sunk. The Mail consisted of three NESE AND SEARCHLIGHTS. the position Japan has attained in themes's-square) and Fulham Palace being again put into o declared that Japan is building ships bags containing ordinary correspondence of greater gun power that any ship and ninety registered articles! under construction for the American further information received concerning Navy The Admiral said the United it will be published in the Mail notice. States fleet should be on a 23-knot speed basis, with dreadnoughts of 40,000 tons displacement, equipped
Now the position is that so loan as the goods insured under the Government, War Risks (Cargo) Policy are in water The proposal that a special banking
ship, or ice with use or depot and concern be established to give financial
"I am quite willing," he said, "that them. If they be landed
policy will cover support to the shipping interests after the Finance Board of the diocese shall transit, then the warring such the war was discussed at a meet take over the income of the bishopric, Folicy will cease to cover them whilst (Cargo) of the
the that they shall arrange for the to have a Economic
they are on the held at the moiety, and that I shall live in some insured under and they will Department of Communications at Tokio
& Government Aircraft small house taken by the Finance Board, Policy, come under the protection of recently. No definite decision was which board shall, however, keep Lon-that policy, reverting to the protection reached. The proposal was made by the don House (the Bishop's residence-in of the War, Rinks (Cargo) Policy du authorities with the view of maintaining st.
Church purposes.
The clause. set out above is held to A Chinese was charged before Mr.
shipping world.
Fulham Melbourne with attempting to exporting, which was attended by Admini House has been used for the purpose of required on certificates of insurance."
Falace, said the Bishop, has apply to current as well as to future Baron Sakatani presided at the meet-been used as a retreas, whilst Loudon insurance, and no endorsement will be five lbs. of calerain carbide from Hong- Dr. Tanaka, Mr Yugawa Vice-Minister
Baron Arichi, Mr Matsukata Dr. Ogate would never, however, consent to
National Mission. kong to the interior.
of Communications, Mr Wakamiya, dire Revenue officer Clarke said that the tor of the Bureau of Shipping Affairs,
and several others. export of carbide was absolutely pro- hibited except with a military stores exportation permit
As follows: Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs, and
with twelve 16-inch guns. The HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK. Sotas. Two Card Tables, Bedroom Furni ture, Double Brass-mounted Bedstead, General Board of the Navy, be said, Teakwood Twin Bedsteads Sideboards, felt that the United States should not Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining only keep abreast, but if' possible in Tables and Chairs, Tus and Occasional advance of the navies of all other Tables, etc., etc, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stove, nations of the world. The Board had
Dinner
Services,
Defendant said he had only been in the Colony a week, having come from.
the law.
The Revenue Officer added that a
SCHOOL AND FAMILY WORRIES.
J.
He
the suggested arrangement if Fulham Palace were to cease to be in the hands
LONDON.
of the Church, or to be secularised after GERMAN RIYALS IN THE CITY OF 1,300 years. That would have to be an absolute part of the bargain. It would also have to be s the £1,000 a year of the bargain that year which I give to charit able objects, and which
have promised up, because otherwise 7
those to
hom
and
Before the City Tribunal recently a
British Columbia, and he did not know CHARGE AGAINST A WELL-KNOWN should be disappoing wordtter to close down the bulk of his busines
"
HEADMASTER.
the matter
ager
and
in the firm of Thomas Briggs Sons, agents for French and Italian goods, claimed exemption for a mAN- buyer, and said that if he had
15. list of
go to German.
German
I have given my personal
The other side of the Although it will have to be considered At the London Sessions on December is that the Bishop of London
bc. would must somehow,
Applicant handed in a placed in a position that he do boasted searchlights for the purpose Rev. William Herman Flecker, D.C.L, the important men of England. We petition with his furt. The list included firms which were ho said, in direct com of searching for robbers. He supposed was charged with stealing and receiving shall have to consider whether that ens the name of Mr Schumacher, of Alders-
Cutlery, Toilet Bet, &c., Bath Room recommended the construction of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking large number of the villages in China, belcro. Sir Robert Wallace, xe, the can have personal touch as now with all |
+
four dreadnoughts, two battle cruisers, four scouts, twenty destroyers, nire
Utensils, Large Roll-top Desk and Writing Tables, etc., Sundry Electro Plated Ware.
FINAL DIVIDEND FOR 1916.
We are officially authorised to state that, subject to audit, the Directors of
Corporation will recommend at the forthcoming meeting:~~
A Anal dividend for the year anding Piano by Challen & Sons, London, ia
fleet submarines, eighteen coast 31st December 1916 of £2.3/- per share good vendition, Electric Reading Lamps submarines and the other auxilary and a bonus of ten shillings per share, (New), Sundry Blackwood and Teakwood craft, and Rear-Admiral BADGER subject to deduction of Income Tax Screens, Pictures, Engravings Carpets said it was of the utmost importance Add to the Silver Reserve and Rugs, Clocks &c.,
that these be completed as soon as Gent's Bicycle (new). Tennis Poles possible. It is one thing to get the Brass Finger Bowls, and a few lots abips, and another to get the men Turkish and Bath Towels, de.
to man them, and the necessary bases to accommodate a big navy. As it is, the evidence of high Naral Officials given before the Naval CONGESTION OF CABLE TRAFFIC. Committee shows that more men are
Alio
and Netting, o, &c.
(Full Particulars from Catalogue.} TERMS: Cash
HUGHES & HOUGE.
Hongkong, Jan. 12, 1927. »
Auctioneers
THE DIARY.
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KEMOS TOR TOMORROW. Baiyingpan School Price Giving.
i
10.30 a 0.-Anction of Household Furniture at Messrs Hughes, and Hough's.
11 am.Ellis Kadoorie School's Prize
Giving,
+3
2.10 p.m. Cricket-H.K. C.C., Kow-
leon où H.K. C.C. ground
General Mentoranda.
Monday, Jan. 15:
Fund....
$500,000 Write off Bank Premises 750,000 Provision for depreciation of
Securities..... And carry forward about ...8314 lace. 600,000
.
that the cardide was wanted for this purpose.
2
A fine of $10 was imposed, and the carbide was ordered to be confiscated.
SMALL-POX
A Chinese was fined $25 by Mr. Melbourne for failing to notify a case of small-pox.
other articles, the pro-
'perty of the Army and Navy Co-operative be done by living sey, in ,66vum books and
M- Lort
who prosecuted,
Society Headmaster
said that the
of Dean Close Memorial School, Chel tenham, and a justice of the peace for Gloucester. On the afternoon of
ber 23 he was watched for Nove
Hampstead." (Laughter)
villa at
EASTER EGG HEROES.
gate-street, whose name has been given publicity lately, and applicant stated that this gentleman was one of his "keenest competitors," and was "still there as large as life.
In the suggestion of the tribunal tho list was left with the court to take any action they liked on it, and three month exemption was granted with right to
at the Army and Nary Stores by LIGHT ON MYSTERY STATUES OF renew the application.
Idlian Emerson, an inquiry officer, who
saw him take away several books and him out of the atores and told him that an attaché case. Miss Emerson followed
FACIFIC ISLAND.
$
Router wires that there is an ex three-weeks-old small-pox marks all over H Aldia, West 40"Rev. W Bouth American cost
urgently needed to man the ships the ceptional block on the cable lines and United States already possesses, and that poritive orders have been issued in it was stated that every effort to London to curtail news messages to an obtain them under the volunteer absolute minimum.
systems had so far failed. One of the members of the Naval Committee
stated that the Navy needed from ANOTHER SURPLUS FROM SALT. twelve to fifteen thousand men at
IN 1916.
once, and suggested the offering of a 52 MILLIONS HANDED TO CHINA bonus of from 850 to $100 each for enlistment; but the ides evidently
his face.
A. BLACK EYE
to
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
TOLICK. SCHÖGI
Light on the mystery of the mammoth be had not paid for the articles. When stone statues on Easter Island has been Dr. Woodman, Medical Officer of he said he could r
Laken to the superintendent of the stores obtained by Mrs Scoresby Boutledge. Shaukiwan owned by the defendant, At first he refused to give any untie and ences during a visit Health, said he went into a shop at to him and offered to pay for the goods, graphical Society recently har experi-
i not get anyone to attend She described before the Royal
and found a man sitting there with card
that interesting address, but bearing
eventually be produced island, which lies 2,000 miles from the
The following rew Clames are and said that he Originally it appears that the images, ordered had arrived in
via Russia which are surmounted with
Class I (inspector Gerrard) Composed fortnight before. On being taken to the or hats, were set it the earth to the of whole of Mounter Police and of eight
large crowns police station, he took out a case of height of the elbow, but in bygono days men to be detailed from Nos. 1 and 2 notes, saying to a police-aergeant, "Can't they were lang dows-in tribal wars, Sections by Section Commanders, Crowz you take this and let me go? It's such Mrs Routledge suggests, scouting the Sergeant Ford and Sergeant Seull will a disgrace."
Iden of an earthquake. The figures once Miss Emerson and Mr Coleman, super were ranged every few yards alemust detailed from No. 2 Company (8 per
also attend. Two Chinesa appeared, before Mr. intendent of the Stores, gave evidence. road for a distance of six miles
Gordon)-3 P. C Wood in connection with a free fight The former, in cross-examination, denied have produced an imposing e
Section) in a shop. One of the men had an eye attention of an attendant.
that the defendant tried to attract the It is difficult to resist the conclusion, Mrs. Routledge says, that the statues which was much blackened. It was Mr C. F. Gill, c., for the defendant, were those of Bird-men. The whole life stated that the man with the dis. submitted that there was no felonious of the island once turned on whic coloured eye went into a shop in which result of the defendant's mental prostra of the first egg of a certain nigratory
intent. What bact happened was the the fortunate man to obtain
possession the other defendant was an assistant through troubles connected with bird. The finder wad acclaimed, as a and claimed that he was always given his school. The defendant was the son victor, and lived for a rear on the
very brilliant scholastic career. time he was in a state of strict taboo
During five months of the In 1888, at the age of 20, be was Mrs Routledge discovered the quarries.
WELS
"Class' It (ITORE
Class III (Inspector Grant)-32. P. Ca detailed from No. 3 Company.
Members will attend at Headquarters, Club at 5.30 pm. in uniform s follows
Class Wednesday, January 17th. Class II-Friday, January 10th Class II Tuesday, January 18th Crown Sergeants and Sergeants of No. 3 Examination-The old Class IIT
The Administration of the Salt Gabella finds so welcome from the General on the 4th inst, authorized the release Board of the Navy. Rear Admiral to the Government of 86,800,000 surplus credit in the ebop. This was denied had
of a Nonconfortaist minister and had mountain 3 pm-Aaction of Bites for Booths BADGEB, & member of that Bob half millions released in the middle of credit. An argument ensued, and this School, which he had now carried on for 160 partially finished statnea, one in prging ASP. and Inspector Gerrard on. funds, this together with the two and a by the other man, who refused to give elected as headmaster of Dean Close where the figures were made, and found) Company) will be examined by, Mr TH told the Committee that he considered December being a record monthly re-ed to blows. As Indian constable years with extraordinary success.css of removal when it was abandoned EKEZUT, COURSE PART I no scheme except compulsory service cen likely to give the number of trained
and Matsheds at Happy Valley..
630 p.m.-Lecture by Mr. Denman
Fuller in the Helens May Institute:
Wannesday, Jan. '17 -
Diocesan School Prize Cliving.
wory Proatation
Monday, January 15ta el 5.30 p.m.
All members of No, I and 3 Platoon the Mounted Police and Maxim Gunnst are warned to fire on Sunday next,.
NO. 1 COMPAX7.
The total salt revenne in 1816 was found both men engaged in a stand-up when questioned were
The foolish statements which he made and later broke in two.
the result of men which ultimately would be $71,000,000, of which twenty-five millions fight, both their noses ware bleeding NEZVOND. required. Will it come to that in the have been devoted to the payment of and one of them bad his eye badly Formerly he bad 19 resident masters: ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPELLED AND Jaunary 14th.
largely due to about by the United States! While this Comfifty-two millions have been paid ever to imposed.
obligations secured on the Gabella and blackened. A fine of $5 cach was ho now had only five. He came
Lan- Ting",mittee was sitting at Washington the Government.
NoonPresentation of Prizes by Lady
May at Pelilios Public School MÄITEDAT, Jan. 20:
Noon-Auction of R. C. "Kung
at Mears. Hughes and Hough's.
BWIDAY, JAC 23----
Chinese New Year. General Holiday. THURSDAY, Jan 25:-
Burns Night ZIDAY, Jan. 20
last month the New York papers were giving prominence to some addresses by Naval experts on the aubject of the nation's helplessnesN because of inadequate Naval bases, the substance of it being that with a combined coast-line of more than eight thousand miles, the Naval stations on the East all lie within a air-line distance of five-hundred miles. 11.30 am-West Point Building Co The United States at the present
Meeting 45am-EK, Central Estate Ltd's time is in the mood to remedy all Meeting
1.30 ptact of stools and Subscriber to St. John's Cathedral SATURDAY, Jun 27
Entries close for Hongkong Race
Morting
Mordaz, Jesi. 29
yoon Ek Land Investment and these deficienci but it incerely
Agency Co's, Meeting.
"Douglasce
Steambosta Indos Det Chras Bugars Malabons. WHATTEN,
Chin
65 pin HL Land Feoamation
CUs Meeting
to be hoped
erient which is reached at the end of the
QUOTATIONS:
ALLEGED ASSAULT
don against the advice of his doctor,
The defendant RTO evidence in support of counsel's statement, and
of
SPOKEN.
BAND FLORICK
All ranks except Recruits will parade under the O. Company at Central mentioned that, in addition to his school Dropping the aspirate in the com" Station at 5.30 pm. on Friday, January worries, he had been troubled about Bisitation wh has the support of three 19th two sons
One had died in Switzerland Suthorities on English pronunciation— consumption, and a second son had the late Dr Sweet, Professor Rippmans M&
Monday, January 15th, and Thursday been invalided bathe from Mesopotamia does not follow in initial
and Mr D. Jones This b
This *b, by the way, January 18th, at 6 pm Without hearing further evidence, the
except jury stopped the case, and acquitted the in the spelling
What those defendant. The ardhet, og ved Rounce it really says "hwick with applause
&c. In omitting the aspirate we are merely carrying on a process long estanlished
Tako,
the, words andridge: All were originally pro doenced with an initial “ which; bes Low: entirely disappeared
Berache Solis, described pianist at the Hongkong Hotel, was charged with assaulting a man named T. Dillers, of 7 Salisbury Avenue Kowloon. Mr. Leo D'Almada
applied for a tomand. He said that there wa b&salem another, defendant a man named Ja 132 nominal Dalgiro, who had gone to Manila. It 128 buyer was alleged that the latter was the
3.30 p.m. $115 buyers
37 Chuyers
b. & sule
man who really
thes charge
the
in the
cook “employed abz
pino Gibbon
CUBE THAT COUGH
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for sta5" #in
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now
have consumption or that you are going write the initial" Go have it but does mean that your at one time probouceed 16:184 are throsioned and it just an example, deverbed ton
the sale side and tap Chikmag
Hemody before it to the
by al Chemists and pe
ORCHESTRA FEACTICE All members of the Orchestra will attend Practice at the Club Lusitano at 6pm. on Monday, January 1ch.
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