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TO. 7, Peak Road containing Six
rooms and servanta quarters. Hooghong, April 9, 1917,
NOTICE.
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No is hercogis in athorised to
HAWTYN COBB
MOXON & TAYLOR Hongkong. April 9, 1917.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, April 9, 1917.
THE WAR.
meaning of the German retreat enter into Share Contracts on our behalf. from France is not yet fully revealed, but the telegrams of the past few 1633 days seem to throw considerable
light on the subject. While it is! quite apparent that the main deter- mining cause of the enemy's retreat
NOTICE
beroby give notice that I have from I
to-day's date severed my toonectina with MA FUNG SHU, and that he has no authority sign my collect accounts due in respect of my name or to busincas.
Dated, Hongkong, 31st March, 1917.
"J. CAER CLARK, Architect and Surveyor.
1635)
NOTICE,
THE Interest and Responsibility of
ME SOLOMON SASSOON BEN JAMIN in our Firm in Hongkong ceased ou the 31st day of March, 1917,
ME PATRICK CUMMING HUTTON POTTS and MR. HERBERT RICHARD BUDD HANCOCK have this day been
Admitted PARTNERS in our Firm in Hongkong.
BENJAMIN & POTTS, Hongkong, April 2, 1017.
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POBIJO AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received in- THE
stractions to sell by Public Auction, {POR ACCOUNT OF TAX CÖNCERNED),
OD
THURSDAY,
the 6th April, 1917, at
11 m., at their Sales Hoorns, No. 8,” Des Voeux Road, Corner
of Ice House. Streat-
SUNDRY
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
Turms: Cash.
&c.
two
THE
CHINA MAIL.
we may well suppose that Turkey A PORK-STALL PARTNERSHIP
is equally desirous of getting out of the war. The War God of the Gar mans will need to work miracles in the next two months if we are not
to ace the collapse of the Quadruple Alliance, and with is the collapse of Germany.
NEWS OF THE DAY,
LOCAL AND GENERA♪.
Shanghai Waterworks Co. Ltd have paid a final dividend of 29/- per share making 48/- for the year 1916.
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The Chinese Government has grant od $5,000 towards the Far Eastern Olympiad, which takes place next month at Tokyo.
TANGLE.
In the Summary Court this man- ing, before Sir William Bees Davies, K.D., Chiet Justice, Cheong Op. Chung Sau, Cheung Chun Yat and Cheng Yev Kwan chimed $1,000 damages, and for dissolution of part nership from Tang Teo und Bo Fook.
Mr. F. Davidson appared for the plaintiffs and Mr. W. B. Hind for the defendants,
Inppening the case, Mr. Davidson said that the facts were, shortly, that in 1913 the parties entered into partnership in a pork-stal in the Centmi Market. The capital was Se and the phintifs, contributed $100 each and advance, $100 to Ho Fook who had no money for his share in the busiftess. The defendant Tang Tse had been paviqusty" in businessju park-stall in the market und was the owner of the partner. lip Stall and held the lense thereof, and in respect of this his
THE MAGISTRACY.
SAUSAGE SKINS. FILLED WITH OPIUM
A Chinese who strived, bars ou
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1917.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wala Tor Yat Po's Service.)
CHINA AND GERMANY.
Saturday from Macso was charged BIG PAYMENT TO GERMANY bafore. Mr. Wood this morning with
WITHHELD. attempting to import 23 taala of opiums.
PERINO, April 4. The Ministry of Finance has with
Revenue Inspector J. C.. Wildin stated that the defendant was stopped
HONGKONG, POLICE:" "RESERVE.
THE GOVERNOR'S CUP SHOOT.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7Tα, 1917.
The following is the complete list Competitor:-"
ROYAL NAVY-Chief Petty Officer Cree
Patty Officer Edmonds
"
Petty Offiese Lasch
Leading Signalman Botley Leading Seaman Kitson
Corp. Coxen Corp. Grines Corpl. Ramstill
whilst leaving the steamer Taishan held the payment to Germany of the BoraL ENGINEERQ.M. Sergt. Black and two soulage skins containing 25 sum of $1,700,000 row deposited in round bis lega. taels of epium were discovered tied the Sala Industry Bank
The defendant who pleaded guilty to the charge was represented by Mr. Leo D'Almads who stated that his client was merely employed to smuggle the contraband drug
His Worship imposed a fine of $2,000 or in default of payment, sentenced the defendant to six months' hard labour.
THE AMAH AND GOLD LEAF.
VICE-MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESIGNS.
PEKING, April 1.
Lau Shih Fun, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, left for Tientsin, and from thers. be sent to the President his resignation, which has been accepted.
-
Ko Erh Hin will be appointed as his successor.
The new occupant of the poet was
The Amah who last Saturday was re maided on a charge of attempting to Six cases of small-pox were notided
export a quantity of gold leaf valued at some sears ago appointed to represent in the Colony last week, and seven cases share of the partnership was entered 100 was again arraigned before" Mr. the Chinese Governmunt in the negoti
Wood this morning.
of enteric fever." All the smallpox ease (Chinese) proved fatal.
trets.on their behalf.
Tho China Mail Steamship Company's China arrived at Yokohama on 30th, ulto, and is dus in Hongkong on Monday morning, "April 9th.
tions for the delimitation E the boundaries of Maces.) that M. Hutchison, Superintendent of THE VACANCY IN THE CABINET.
His Worship informed the defenllant] Imports and Exports, had granted her Celoay. The Magistrate imposesti a fine permit to take the gold leaf out of the
PERING, April 1. Leung Chi Chuo has been nomi- nated for the position of Foreign Minister in succussion to Wu Ting Fang, but his appointment depends upon whether his policy of war with Germany meets with the approval of Parliament or not.
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in the partnership books and he appeared in the books as owning $100 in the capital of the partner Mesurs, Moxon & Taylor adver- tise that they have authorised Mfirst two years, but in the third your ship. They did very well during the P. H. Cobh to negotiate sare con-
they found they were making a loss,of two dollars. and cheh partner took his capital out of the business by amngement; the four plaintiffs getting back their own capital and, in addition, the capital advanced for Ho Feok. At the end of last Chinese eat they compounded with the creditors and. Tang Tso in order to arrange for the partnership to be reconstructed, leaving out Ho Foos with whom they were dissatisfied since he had con-
instant. siderably overdrawn his account in
According to Sergeant. Cockle, whilst on duty aboard the sa the first partnership, and returned Hai Hong at 4.30 o'clock yester their partnership books, of which they day afternoon the captain of the each had one, to Tang Tso in order steamer complained to him that the that the necessary alterations could defendant, who had just been paid of be made. This was on February 6th. refused to leave the ship. The sergeant Canton, has had an audience with
A widow residing at No. 110
Patrons of Clarke's Cireus will be interested to learn that the new tent arrives to-day. The Show continues to draw good houses" and the program me is constantly being varied by new turns more facinating than ever.
was recognition of his inability to Second Street, unsuccessfully, at bined assault upon the positions they Government Civil Hospital. resist the British and French comtempt to commit suicide by cutting her throat She was removed to the had been preparing for more than yeare to defend, there is unquestionably associated with the retreat some strategic plan for striking a blow elsewhere. It is extremely likely that the object in view was to strike at Russia while the Russian Armies and the Russing people were involved in the turmoil of the Herolu. tion. Rerlin probably knew full well some months ago, perhaps better than Busaia's Allies, how affairs in Russia
mat
entered No. 4 Chico. Terrace, at Six men armed with knives 6.50 am, xesterday. They over powered and gagged the inmates,
jewellery and clothing to the total
value of $688.
A SHIP'S OFFICER FINED.
In Mr. Melbourne's Court this morning, Detectine Sergeant George Cockle charged Owen Philliba, formerly Chief Officer of the a.. Hai Hong, with behaving in a noisy and disorderly manner whilst drunk in Connaught Road Central at 1.30 p.m. on the 1st sending a Special Commissioner to
he was
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
PEXING, April 1.
The new Russian Government is
[China.
LUK WING TING AND THE EX-EMPEROR.
PEKING, April 1. Luk Wing Ting, the Tuchun of
$6,000
RG A-Captain Taylor
Lo Sergt. Major Heath 1.8. Broarton Sergt. Merrifield R.M.L.I-Sergeant House
Sergeant Watering Pte. Kelly K.S.L.I.-Sergeant Small 74TH PUNJABI Subadar Bhaghat Sing
Jemadar Fateh Motxi Jemadar Biragi Ram Havildar Nand Singh Naik Naranjan Singh L/Naik Karem Dad
Sepoy Sherifald
Sepoy Parzottam " Bandmaster Christians ··
19TH INFANTRY.-Subadar Niaz Ahnung.
Aban
Havildar Mir Aulad Ali Havildar Nabi Bakhah Naik Fanjdar
L/Naik Imammudin Khan" Sepoy Dilwar Ali Khan Sepoy Nurudin Khan. *- Drummer Raluja Khan HK.V.C-Sergeant Bradbury
Sergeant Manuk Sergeant Futherland Sergeant Waitalaw Cocpl. Heath H.K.V.R-Lient Therahi
Reg.
eg. Sergt. Major Bood Q.3 Dawson.
S. Mackay Sergeant Bannerman Sergeant Woolley Corpl. Car Forgl. Lyon
Rtc
A
Carpmael
Jenkins Pte. Goodman Pte. W. Anderson Pte. D.
HоSUKONG POLICE-Inspector Grant
Sergeant Pitt Sergeant R. Marks Sergeant Grimmitt Sergeant Perkios P. C. Cave
P.C. 32 Mahomed
HorarONG POLICE-(R) Asistant Sup
VICTORIA
Franks.
Chief Inspector Sirdar Khan:
GAGL-Warder Gest
Chief Inspector Lammert Trooper Relph Trooper Hodge"
Docxy Mr Brick
Mr Drew Mr Elson Mr A. G. Pile Mr F. W. Wright Mr Sears
The following Cups have been pro-
sented
Ieney, Sir F. H. May, K.Q.M.G...
2 Cup for runner-up, by the Hon. Mr Claud Severn, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary
1. Cup for 3rd, best shot, by the Hon.
EH Sharp, K.
Mr.
1..Cup
for 4th, best shot by Dr. Jor- dan, Surgeon Supt of Police (1)
On the following day Tang Tso re-approached the defendant, explained the ex-Emperor Sun Tung and pro-H.M. fused to allow the plaintiffs to take that he was a Polie Sergeant and presented to him twelve articles repre-
February 15th Tang To put on the tearing of the card. It appeared the pars in the business and said they deed his card, whereupon the defend-senting" products of Canton, and had no further interesi.
ant attempted to pull it out of the On the advertisement in the Chinese new defendant had brought a "boy" from the but owing to the receipt of u tele- The Governor's Cup by Hu Panel
sergeant's hands, his efforts resulting in
Luk Wing Ting originally decided to stay in Peking about a fortnight, papers to the offect that the plain Astor House aboard the reased to carry were shaping for grave wounded a woman and stole money. tifs had no further interéss in the his luggage sahore, but after an alter. Aram from Tam Ho, Ming, the Mili- | business and on February 17 the cation with the sergeant be ordered the tary Governor ad interim, saying that plaintifs issued a reply and denied"boy" to leave his baggage aboard, he intends to proceed on a cruise to the statement contained in the first declaring that if the Police arrested Lung Chai Kwong now resides), bis advertisement, Mr. Davidson said him, they would also have to arrange suspicions have been aroused and he Hoihow (where the late Tuchun; that he did not imagine that the for the removal of bis luggage.as decided to return immediately.
Cockle, then had the put Lahore. and took
defendant then demanded to be taken defendant into custody, The
to the Police Station in a rickshaw, bit offered no resistance after his arrest.
Sergeant Cockle further stated that at the time of his altercation with defendant, and the latter's subsequent arrest, the defendant was undoubtedly under the influence of liquor.
internal trouble in the vast dominion over which the Tear held away, aad can well imagine that the Ger-
It is announced in another War Lords never for one coltann that the interest and respon moment believed it possible that the sibility of Ir. S. S. Benjarain in Revolution would be so swiftly won the Hongkong firm of Benjamin & partnership would be denied but the Sargeant and that, long before they were Potts ceased on 31st" ult., und that issue would be on the matter of a baggage
able to make their new dispositions Messrs. P. C. Potts and H. R. B. in the vast theatre of the war, Hancock have been admitted part Germany world be" confronted per
ship books which was done without Lote made at the end of the partner- the the plaintiffs' knowledge or consent.
His Lordship: Who is responsible for the notes?
Mr. Davidson: I presume they were written by the defendant Tang
FURNITURE
by a Russia anited as it has perhaps 204.
never been united before in ita (Beared to Sales Rooms for Conveniones determination
Mr. Frederic Villiers, the well- to drive ont the know Artist-Correspondent of the Illus of Sala.).
invader and to crush and destroy tratal London News is making a brief To. HUGHES & HOUGH,
for, ever the dragon of Prussian atay in Hongkong, and has kindly His Lordship: Is that in the case Militarism Auctioneers.
aa being a
constant consented to give an illustrated war of each of the books?—Yes, your Hongkong, April 2, 1917. "1637 menace to European penes
All talk at the Fenk Club next Thursday Lordship, and it was done after the the news that comes from Russis evening. We draw the attention of return of the books for the purpose (Continued on Page 8.)
points very convincingly to the /our readers to the advertisement on of having thern altered. The ques-days' hard labour." conclusion that in the New Kusaia Page 5.
THE CALENDAR.
MEMO. FOR TO-DAY.
9.18 pm--Performance by Clarke's
Cirque at Kowloon
MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.
9.30 pm-Auction of Household Furniture sta: at Clovelly No. 1
Peak Road
Paul Dufault's Concert at City Hall
General Memoranda. WHENESDAY, April 40–
2.30 p.m.-Auction of one set of Bag
Pipes at Mesars. Hughes and Hough's Tu#nmar, April 3 1---.
Maundy Thursday,
FDAY, April 6-
Good Friday-General Holiday. «BATUEDAT, "April 7:
*General Holiday.
Germany will encounter
E
a much
stronger foe than the Old Russia
tion is whether, at the end of inst Chinese year an account was started between the parties.
Mr. Hind said that the defence
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, but, after hearing the case, dollars with the alternative of seven His Worship imposed a line of five
A CHARGE OF LARCENY.
Before Mr. Melbourne this morning
Chinese pleaded guilty to the charge
That fact is evidently now PETITION FOR A VESTING ORDER. Would be that the partnership was
in fact dissolved at the end of last of stealing gold watch, chain and fob,
clearly recognised in Germany as
it is elsewhere; and so we see that
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THE SHANGHAI OPIUM STOCKS.
PEKINO, April 1...
The Government has decided to stop the purchase of the opium stocks in Shanghai..
2
OPIUM SHOPS IN SHANGHAI CLOSED.
SHANGHAI, April 1.
8. Cup for oth, best shot by Mr. T. F
Hough, Assistant Supt. of Police (R).
Firing will commence at 10.30 sharp His Excellency the Goremor will be present.
The wearing of uniform, except range officials, is optional.
All Competitors, range officials, and all officers of H. M. Forces on the range, are invited to Tin. The latter will bo kind enough to give sa estimate of their numbers:
MOTION.
Owing to the number of entries, and the desirability of concluding in one day, Competitors are warned that the Grouping at 100 yards is cancelled.
range.
The opium shops in the Interna-Firing will commence at the 500 yards Settlement were finally closed last tional Settlements and the French
night, and no more opium is to be sold.
THE * ELIJAH.”
A selection of about twenty numbers
FORTHCOMING BOXING CONTEST
The Hongkong Police Reserve hope to hold another, Boxing Con test on or about April 21st în aid of Lord Lonsdale's British Sportsmen'a Motor Ambulance Fund
Corporal Scott, R.E., and Sapper
Seaman Simes, R.N.
will box
In the Summary Court this morning. Chinese year and that the alters. a leather pocket book, a metal mate from Mendelssohn's popular cratorio Richards, R.E., wish to defend their the Gorman Press has been inspired before Sir Wm. Roca Davies, Chief tions in, the books were made by one box; total 8340 in value, and $30 in Eijali",will be given in St. John's titles respectively of Heavyweight to Batter the New Russia and to Justice, the Hon, H. E. Pollock, K.C.; or other of the plaintiffs before the American bank notes, from Edward Cathedral on Friday evening next at and Lightweight Champions of the hist at the conclusion of a separate instructed by Messrs Lo, petitioned for books were returned to the defen-Steiniger, an officer on the S. 9.18. pm by a peace. At the same time it is full a vesting order on behalf of Chan Pik dant.
balanced chorus of 114 voices. It is
large and will Colony.
interesting to note that the anyone ab 9 stone 6.. "Elijah" was written for and first performed at the Birmingham Festival lenges should be addressed to Staff Acceptances and further chal- of 1845. The selection to be sang on Inspector Wildin, Police Reserve: Friday comprises most of the popular Headquarters' Club, Prince's Build- nambers out of the work and includes inga, Ice House Street.
of significatics" that the natocrats of Taun in respect to a deed of trust made
Germany, conscious that there is in favour of his concubine Kwok Li DUFAULT CONCERT TO-MORROW. Ying. The petition was supported by
in Germany itself a strong current an adidavit made by the petitioner
Paul Dufault, the French-Canadian
Ecuador, and was sentenced to three months' hard Labour.,
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
3.30 p.30- 800 buyers
18 sales.
Bankr Steamboats Indos Def....
12 buyers China Sugars
1744 sales Malabon Sugars ....... 20 buyers Hongkong Wharves80 buyers Hongkong Docks.....121 buyers Humphreys Cements
8.30 buyers 840 boyers 8.40 8 sales Tramways...
7.35 bayars Shanghal Docks Tis 90 buyers
GLOOMY GERMAN QUILOOK.
"Orest in the Lord", "Lord God of Abraham", "If with all your hearts" Hear ye Israel", and the very fine concerted items For He shall give his sagels charge", "Come everyone that thirsteth"Lift thine eyes, and "Holy, holy, holy"
H.K.C.G TOURNAMENT.
The matches in the Hongkong Chokes Club Tennis Tournament played on Saturday resulted as follows:-
At the conclusion the very finesOTERRIONAL PAIRS. "Epilogue" from Sir Edward Elgar'a
making the Hohenzollera dynasty by Mr. Lo, a member of the firm of the at the Theatre Royal to-morrow night. of political thought which is steadily setting out the facts and also an affidavit tenor, opens his-brief Hongkong seseo less secure, are showing a disposition petitioner's solicitors proving the identi-That the music-lovers of the community to conciliate the proletariat; byty of the parties concerned Mrare interested in the first appearance offering franchise concessions. What Pollock said that the concubine, Kwok here of the famous singer is evidenced the outcome of the present political Li Ying, had left the petitioners house by the rapidity with which seats for his unrest in Germany may be it is not and every effort had been made to find concerte were reserved at the opening possible to foresee. When we her, but without success. His Lordship of the Pocking at Moutries' on Saturday. observe the attitude the Socialists said that it appeared very much as if Mr. Dufault comes here after having are revealing now in the Reichstag to Kwok Li Ying and afterwards Australia and New Zealand, which,
the petitioner had assigned the property completed an eight month's tour we can easily believe in the repented of his act. "I very much despite the war, was marked by packed
B. and F. Hancock Lost O. H. Ritter possibility
an attempted doubt" said His Lordship, whether at houses and tremendous enthusiasm.
"Bonner of St George" will be sung and R. Buchan, &, 6–2, " Revolution, though no coup d'etat of home the plea of an sheence of only The tour opened in Dunedin, New
and it inclusion, has a special JM. Sosters and H. J. Verney benk the kind is likely to be as swiftly three months would be suficient ground Zealand last April,fifty con
significance in view of the fact that the 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
B. M. Henderson and E. Handley Fegg, successful in Germany as it has been for such an application. There has certs being given in the Dominion article in students newspaper Cross and Prisoners of War Funds 4/6) boat L Winkler and J. Jontleer
entire collection, without any deductions A German officer, in a pessimistic war whatever, will be given to the Red ia Russia. But an outbreak of
been a tendency lately for petitiona for The Otago Times of Dunedin thus des states The time for happy nights revolution in Germany would be the vesting ortiers to increase."
bribes the scene, at Mr. Dufault' and folly bear parties is over, and the last year, although probably not free. 15/1), ( every hope that Mr. Pollock said that it was very sixth concert in that city: Every towards a future fail, of doubt and the collection only amounted to inst Capb), Milner Jones and PW. Cary Korre death-blow
Pierrote waltz has been succeeded by the less than 1,000 people were present, the German
7 still entertain
common amongst Chinese to purchase item was followed by an extranrdinary a of Extries close for Gymkhans on April offering, succ resistance to the
property in other poople's names, as
adatbarst of applause, raing and swelling attacks of her
they did not like it known that they forth into a full bodied rear that we foes. And not wars the owners, Had it been possible sustained until the ringer was compelled, St. Joseph's Collielu Sports at Race only is Germ
confronted with the | to and Kwok Li Ying, bo had no doubt iter having rainly bowed his know Course, Happy Valley
internal trouble, but the the world ve signed the property
ledgmente several times, to lift up his Alliance to the her or if she had refugee
Yuce in yet another of his soul-satisfying havs, applied, to
uff will be assisted by Miss Bindley, afgift
Open Rifle Championship Meeting. 9.49p.m--Full moon.
BURDAY, April
Faster Day
King of the Belgians boen (1876), MONDAY, April 9
Easter Monday-General Holiday, 17KOURDAY, April 11
Batukday, April 14-4
Urokbanz, Clab's Meeting at
SATURDAY, April 27
Course, Happy Va
possibility
&clidari
Australian
gloom
MEN'S DOUBLED
8. E. Green and B. Abis for
Band H. Hancock (owe 801 beak
26219h over 6500, of this amount nearly 400 1/6), 6-3, 6-0,
was contributed by between 70 and 80
Music's VA PARENTS DUTY,
people, so that the individual contribu(res. 5/6) Les
Hickling (rea OCR boy salways getting scratched tons on the part of the bulk of those or cut or bruised Because these present were very small indeed. In vie
G F Maltby wounds have bealed all right is no sign of the excellence of the objects for which
synawill: Get a bottle of this performance is got up and the (rec. 2/0 Chambers Pain Balm and see that smount of work entailed on the part of every injury is cared for inmediately! You can get nothing better mid blood at this rest the collection will meet those helping f bed to be hoped poison is toodangeredas disesa
much more gone Tupport tisas
by All Chemists and Store