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pronuncement upon the matter desirable. Nothing can be clearer or more authoritative than the speech of General Sir WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Chiat of the General Staff, which
we reproduced in Thursday's Chine Mail reinforced
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
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The man who has been able to satisfy his daily craving for news of the world by perusal of newspaper contents
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917.
THE MAGISTRACY.
LARCENY FROM TAIKOO DOCKYARD.
A Chinese coolis. charged with the
THE OPIUM DISPUTE.
CIVIL PROCEEDINGS ADJOURNED.
ware ready to sell their vota to
suyone who would, make`s bid for them. He told me it was до common thing for a man willing to come a member of Parliament to form a syndicate for the purpoess of
In the Supreme Cours this morningʻ the election campaign and divide the theft of a brass electric light guard from before the Full Court, an application profts, when these materialise. A as it has been by the Government bills true; gratia aud for nothing member of Parliament in China is paid before Mr. Wood this morning.
something theat days it I believe, about $5,000'a year. Two of Hodgkong as well as at Home the representatives of Kwangtung, be
The defemlan, who pleaded not been going on for some time before Mr. But on a balance perhaps the community told me, were formerly medicine sellers guilty to the charge, explained to the Justice Gompertz, against Le blysana does not suffer much. One man, foron steamboats plying between flongkong!
magistrate that he had merely picked and Ma Chi Leung
The Attorney General, The Elon, Mr. inatance told me that he had ofter and Canton. These things throw a few up the guard in order to examine it'
Bill which we have briefly outlined in this article.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tomorrow is the birthelay of
misses
| bought "newspapers on the strength of lines on the contents bille and had been unable to discover the news indicated by the lines--be
not, ol course, referring to the China Mus?, That is not the only grievance against
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sidelights on the political situation.
The public has been deeply interested the information published by an
the Taikoo Dockyard, "was brought was made for an adjournment for one month of the Civil action which has
G. T. Bard, head watchman of H. Kemp, and Mr F. C. Jenkin ap- the Taikoo Eselyan however, peared on Babalf of the Crown, and Mr. stated that the defendant was Alabaster sud Mr. Eldon Fotter were with the stolen guard in his possession. arrested whilst leaving the dockyard for the defendanta.
Evidence was them heard and His
Briefly, the circumstances. of the case are a follows:-In 1912
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George V. King and Emperor. Hwapper contents bills. I remember esteemed contemporary this morning Worship sentenced the defendant to Company was formed by certain Chinese,
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., Majesty will be 52 years oht.
"WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
-To-day's Advertisements
CANTON KOWLOON RAILWAY.
THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTI
FIED that on and from TUESDAY, June 5th several important alterations will be made in the Time Table.
HONGKONG:
TELEPHONE No. 616.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, Jane 2 1917.
NEW TIMING OF EXPRESS TRAINS, THE EMPIRES NEED OF MEN
Down
Live CANTON
Up
Leave KowLOON
A.M.
P.M.
8.05 112.10
P.M.
3.31)
+Saturdays and Sundays only. Important alterations have also been nude in the heal tmin service.
For further particulardee time tables Watch may be but on application at ill Offices
Stations and at the Kowloor and Canton.
By,Order,
WEN TEH CHANG, Managing Director,
A modico announcing alterations in the Kowloon-Canton Railway time i ruble will be found in our "To-day's
Advertisement ” column.
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A Chinese nurse at the Nethersole Hospital has reported to the Folice that between six o'clock hast night and 5 o'clock this morning, $65" in money, and jewellery to the value of $346, were stolen from her room.
The rollection as the "opening Recital giren by Mr. Denman Faller FRCO LRAM on the New Organ ac nion Church amounted to 8337.96. This amount has been handed over to the Treasurer of the War Charities to he transmitted to the Seottish Women's Hospital Fund.
FURTHER EVIDENCE-IN MURDER CASE.
many years ago hearing Mark Twain that a Russian official delegate has been
one month's hard labor, and four merchants for the purpose of dealing in spark in London. He had arrived the accreta splendid reception by the hours' stocks in lien of the last day. opium. This Company in 1914, went previous ding it Liverpool, and he said local Russian community who "cheered
into liquidation and after the winding the stirring speech that as he stepped gaily down the to the echo"
up proceedings had been completed the' the Ocial Receiver, who had been Bangway from the ship, his attention which he delivered. After all those was arrested by a newspaper placard Press Censorship Regulations do add a
appointed liquidator, brought a Civil which turned him white and caused bisittle so the joys of life in Hongkong.
action against Le Hysim and Ms Chi ̧ portly frame to shake like an aspec
Leung, two of the Directors of the lent. It rend
In Mr. Wood's Gout this morning opium or their value, which cheats Company, to recover 100 cheats of further evidence was heard in the case, the other Directors of the Company in which a jose paper" maker named alleged had been misappropriated by Wong Tsui Leung "pleaded not guilty the defendants, and it was for AD
MARK TWAIN. ARRIVES
ASCOT CUP · MISSING. "Scarab me!" said Mark to the Chief Constable but his honest beaming face
THE SITUATION IN NORTH CHINA.
ON PEKING.
(Wah Tes Fat Po's Service.)
PERING, June 1.
The President bus went long cir- sulur telegrams to the Proviness
urging the, maintenance of the Republic.
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www.y
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a stay
was itself a suficient vindication of the REPORTS OF TROOPS CONVERGING to the charge of murdering one Taoi aljournment of those preceedings the charge..
Pak San, late manager of a salt 'shop, present application was made. whom the defendant was alleged to have subsequent action has been brought stabbed to death, on May 22, at No the Criminal Court by the Crown 95 Reclamation Street, Yaumati. against Le Hysam and Ma Chi Leung Inspector, Gerrard, of the Yaumati which we bave reported during the Police Station, deposed that whilst on week. In connection with this action, patrol duty, on May 3rd, at about the Attorney General, a few days ago, 845 pm., he was surroned to No. 05 made an application for Reclamation Street. He arrived on the of the Civil, proceedings pending a premises at about 9.50 p.. and found decision in the EL
Criminal Action. Dr. Smalley,
Sergeant Wills, Before bearing the application for the Sergeant Tulloch, the defendant and adjournment, His Lordship, Sir William several Chinese already on the scene Fees Davies .C informed Counsel for handel the witness the knife with to hear suy further arguments on the of the murder. Sergeant Tulloch the defendants that he did not desire which the murder had been committed question of a stay of the Civil proceed- There were fresh blood stains on the blare and on the handle. The deceased, who was recumbent or an opium bed,
!comer.. Whilst he WILA mortally wounded, he appeared to be conscious, for the witness heard him ask for opium. There was 'consider able blood on the bed and blood
It is amprising that nobody has 7.20 712.25 4.10 fr there are still any men in the
corrected the misapprehension under Colony in whose minds there remains
which Mr. Dowley laboured when he doubt whether the Empire needs
made his suggestion that a tax of five cents a ten should be levied on merchant vessels more men, they should not only read Generul pir WILLIAM ROBERSTON's
enpering the harbour, "Mr. Dawley The joint commissioners to inspect wrote: "Some years ago, I believe, a
The Vice-President his sent speech on the subject reproduced in poppy cultivation in Kinng have similar tax (though then of 2 cents per telegram to General Chang sun Thursday's China Mail, but they arrived in Shanghai. They are Mton) was levier for the purpose of the leader of the revolt) and one to should read also the discussing which stark, Tuller, British Consul at Ningpraising funds for the boilding of the President, urging both to plice took place in the House of Commons ant British Commisioner, and Messrs. breakwater or typhoon refage which has the interests of the fation above at the end or March on the Govern-Yuan at Tsan appointed by the long ago been completed No objec-every other consideration.* ment's Bill making medically-rejected Central Government, and Mr. Yutions were then made to that tar being
Reports from all quarter state mea liable to re-examination at
Shou-chang, representing the province, levied for such special purpose, and that the troops of the Tuchuns are now be closing in on Peking from all dires- intervals of six months, and officers
fortions, but Peking" and the vicinity lay on his back, with his hands would be neither right nor just to grant- and men discharged from naval or military service through disablement or ill-health liable to re-examination twelve months after discharge. Mr. BONAR LAW explained that the recruits who had been obtained since the beginning of the year had
Chinese Section.
Canton Kowloon Railway,
By Order,
H. P. WINSLOW,
Manager,
British Section, Kowloon Canton Railway
1560
Hongkong, June 2, 1917.
FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
• OF HONGKONG.
KING'S BIRTHDAY.
By Order,
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure. Mr. Stanley Hurlson Dodwell to be an Unoticial Member of the Legislative Council during the absence on leave of the Honourable Mr. Percy Hobson ook or until further notice, with
effect from this date:
Fire broke out at 12:25 o'clok this
NOTICE is hereby givos that all FIRE fallen below the estimate by no
INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public fewer than 100,000 Rustbess on MONDAY, the 4th June,
men. "The 1917.
falling off al troops for the morning on the third door of No. 2 Army," he said, "might mean all the Blacksmith's Lane, Causeway Bay, o difference between a decisive and acupied by servants of Mr. Tsoi Po Stin 1946 triuitless victory." The main ground compradore of the China Sugar Refinery
for the increasing stringincy was, of
The fire brigade.responde
A. R. LOWE,
Becretary. Hongkong, June 2, 1917.
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none, I feel sure, would made to its being levied. a purpose far more important." remains as quiet as usual.. My own impression is that the tax referred to by Mr. Dowlay is still being pay, and will need to be paid for three MESSAGE TO JAPAN. BY PRESIDENT or four years more before the revenue expected from it is obtained. light dues amount, I believe, to 21 cents a ton. 13 cents being imposed as a contribution to the cost of the Mongkektani typhoon shelter.
The
WILSON...
as he did not intend to grant that varinn authorities and stated that it application is Lorriship quoted from
a stay in those proceedings.
With regard to the application for the adjournment, defendants Coause}
asked for, on the ground that they had objected to the month's adjournment
President Wilson bay sent the follow. stains beacattered the walls. The already consented to a previous adjourn 195 cabled greetings to the America-witness asked the deceased three ment for three weeks and that period Japan Society of Tokyo:
questions, ie, "What is your name?" would expire next Wednesday and also Do you think you are going to die" if the month's adjournment were granted,
"Viscount Kaneko, Tokyo: It is with a deep sense of gratification and How did this happen?" The they wanted to know how they stood, that I received the greetings of the witness repented these questions a America-Japan Society and the assurance number of times, but the deceased made there to be a still further adjournment of good will of so many representative
at the expiry of that month. Was
Facilities for bathing being new somewhat restricted, the Royal Hong-Japanese and resident, Americans to reply. Mr. King, Asst. D.S.P., who asked for, Also they desired to know, bekong Yacht Club have hit upon assure you that such support is a notable later arrived on the scene, also questioned if the month'sadjournment were granted! sibility which has devolved upon as inunable to speak. Dr. Smalley then criminal setion Were they to be
MARINE INSURANCE ASSOUTATION | coured, the submarine menace, which fames were suon extinguished. The the happy idea of allowing residents factor in discharging the great respon- the deceased, but the dying man was what was to happen with regard to the fire, which was confined, to the third to join the Club se Bathing Members joining with the Allied forces in comhad the deceased taken to Kwong Wa worried and harrassed in Mr. Wood's one of the fear of the building, was caused by the for the Bathing Season. The Committee batting the aggression of Germany Hospital and the defendant was taken Court on questions of bail and one thing
OF HONGKONG. 1 KING'S THDAY.
hax made food production moat pressing needs, and the needs ATDTICE is hereby given that all of the Army had temporarily to give N MARINE INSURANCE OFFICES way to this. In a long war it was
will be CLOSED for the Transaction of inevitable, Mr. BONAR LAW said, that Public Buripes on MONDAY, the 4th June, 1917..
the standards should be altered and By Order.
changed. Men who in the early daya were rejected would now be
A. R. LOWE,
Secretary.
Hongkong, June 2, 1917.
THE CALENDAR.
overturning of a kerosene lamp. The damage has not yet been estimated..
HONGKONG 'AEROPLANE FUND.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST No. T.
have arranged to build a pier for WOODROW WILSON." bathing purposes. This new departure
is one which will be greatly appreciated by many who are not yachtsmen, and as "through trams run from the Post Oce every quarter of an hour after 5p... the bathing facilities at the Yacht Club during the coming months are likely to attract a goodly number of people every evening.
RISE IN RICE IN JAPAN.
EXCHANGES STOP TRADING.
to the Yaumati Police Station. Whilst at the police station, the den another Counsel ware of tho fendant admitted having killed the pinion that the Crown should give an decessed and informed the witness that Wood's Court should not go on. The undertaking that the proceedings in Mr. although he would not make a sworn two cases could not go on together. If
The Onaka Rice Exchange suspended statement regarding the circumstances that were allowed the accused would be
of the murder, if witness wished, he would 1 taken. A considerable number of H.E. Sir Francis Heary May, "
MEMO. FOR TOMORROW. H. И the King's birthday (1665).
MEMO. FOR 'MONDAY. General Holiday.
General Memoranda,
TUESDAY, June 30
9.07 p.m.--Full Moon. WEDNESDAY, June e:-
2.30p.m. - Auction of Furniture, Blackwood Ware, Pictures etc. etc. at Messra. Hughes and Hough's. I p.m.-action of Encyclopedia Britanics at Mers Hughes and Bough's. TEUZDAY, June 7-
2.30 p.m. -Auction of Sheets, Towels, Bram Ware, etc., at Messrs. Hoghen and Hough's
2.30 pm-Autlion pƐ Ladies' 'Sük
Hospt Mesars. Hughes and Hough's, SATURDAY, June
13am. Auction of Drew Materials, Plunkets, Perfamery etc. at Her "Hughes and Hough's
.K.C.M.G.
men were improperly rejected in the w. Kutz
men
not
for the
Kowloon Docks per 1. W. J.
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rawford- R, M. Lyer. Nent.
D. Ga
T. Neave. W. ¡avidson D. S. Cooper J. Logan, M. Hall,. P. E. F.
Stone, E. .. Hosie, T. Mar» · tu, C. 1. Whiteley, Neilson, C. R. Crispio.
rush, and many evaded service by Erie, Vida and Doris iraud. The casualties so far this Hon.">P. R. II. Sharp,"K.C ̧ ̧..." year had been lower than the estimate, but in the fighting in pro- spect the casualties would be terrible, and the strength of the fighting| force must be maintained. A strong protest was voiced in the House of Commons against calling up who had been invalided out, of the army, and there were complainte that the Government had exhausted other sources supply of men. For instance, Mr. Boora considered "that those young Englishmen who through residence. abroad were shirking their obligation should.. deprived of "their.. rights of British citizenship." Another member mentioned that there were at least 30,000 friendly alions of military age in Great Britain, and he rightly added that it was a scandal that they should be walking about in the country while British men were obliged to shut up their businesses and join the Army. As we know from inform- atina since cabled, the Government
be
E. Watson. $10.00 each... 3. G. Garraway, A. R. Kinrom. J. Parkes, J. Puncheon, D. Reith, W. J. Rattey, J. G. Ozbrio, W. Tuplip, J. W. Allan, J. McIntosh, G. Hen- demon, IL. HI. B. Mitchell, CL. Elowell, T. C. 0. Weir, W. W. Johnston, F Q. Coleman, W. F. Ford, Jr., "W. F. Ford, R. J. Dixon, W. Taylor, A. Bolton, W. 0. Lambert, J. M. Smyth, D. Steel, W. Brown, W. Rob- son, K. R. Macaskill, W. Nicholls, S. Gray, J. G. Thick, E. H. Scott, T.-M.'- Itemedion, W. A. Morgan, $5.00 each.... A. W. Blair, W. Hadley, $3.00
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$100,00 500.00 100.00
25,00
W. Peters, A. Graham, A
Tukes, J. Spadbery, E.
VISITING CARDS endeavouring to make such Evans, 82.00 each
PRINTED "AT
China Mall Office.
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN
URING the summer months mothers
arrangements as will eliminate this scandal, and also to rope in "the young men of English, Scotch and Welsh nationality who went to Ireland and were still there," and also the British subjects of military age in Allied countries The Military Commission which recently
Dushould watch for any unnatural eat in Hongkong, being themselves
Amount previously acknow
Ledged
The Fanling Golf Course is constantly being made more attractive to the eye, 50,60 and as the years roll on it will become one 30.00 of the most picturesque spots to be found anywhere in the Colony. I learn from the Report of the Botanical and Forestry 40.00 Department that nearly 7,000 broad: leaved trees were planted in the bills
20.00
20.00
20.00
90,00
105.00
trading on the 24th ult. in order to curb the runaway tendencies in prices, which that morning went over Yen 20.00 breaking all previous "records. The Kobe Rice Exchange has also stopped trading.
tell him all about it. Upon being asked ending money in Mr. Wood's Court to carry on the deceased, in the and likewise spending money in the Supreme Court. It would be monstrous. presence of the Chinese interpeter of the Yaumati Police Station, then The Attorney General said that, of explained to the witness that prior to course, it did appear as if the two cases May 1st whilst walking in Shanghai should not go on at the same time, but FAR EASTERN MAN'S HEROISM Street, Yaunati, he met Chinese he would like it understood that the broker named Chu Char, when he in- Crows intended to proceed with the formed Chu Char that he (the de criminal action at the earliest possible considerable financial reverses. Chu Char fendant), kad recently experienced moment.
The London correspondent of the NC Daily Neina, writes:-
The funds sent here by Shanghai for the benefit of wounded Far Eastern men some 2300 has been distributed and wall
Mr. Potter said that he thought that
are proving very useful and already advised him to speculate in opium and the Crown should not so emphatically
in the vicinity of the Golf Course last } distributed, since there can be no betta affered to sell him two balls of raw state that it intended to proceed with
year, besides nearly 6,000 flowering
trees and skrabe.
It is satisfactory to learn that the Kowloon Railway report for last year showed an excess of earnings over ex- penditure amounting, to $69,524 d increase of $23,020 when compared
Eastern
representative than Mr. H. C. Wilcox, of opium for three hundred dollars. On the criminal action against his clients. the China Association. Send is for the
how-May 1st the defendant met Chu Chat The result of the civil case for all they ever, some more Chinese papers wounded and convalescent Far
the on the first floor of No. 95 Reclamation knew might possibly make it necessary 100n in this country. He is grateful for street in order to purchase the two balla what he is having, but he can do with of opium. The deceased and several that the Crown should bring a criminal some more. I might add a case of quiet beroism I recently, noted in
setion against the other side. The
Eastern man. He war, badly wounded other Chinese were also present.
away by a shall, which also injured the "with a view to selling it." When Justice, Sir William Rees Davies, K.C., a year ago, his lower jaw was blown deceased asked for a sample of the opium, After further argument, the Chief upper part of bis body and leg. He has giver a sample of the opiam the deceased said that he would like to discuss the with the previous year. I noticed that a year in hospital with operation left the room. The defendant im-matter of the two cases proceeding at
after operation, so much so that chloro-
a local contemporary described this $69,524 as "profit." The official report
do not make that error. As a matter
form now has but little effect on him, modistely suspected the deceased and the same time in Chambers. In the him that they were proared to operate Cha Char had replied: Yes, he the adjournment of the Civil action for Accordingly when the doctors warned mid to Chu Char, Is be all right?" meantime he granted the application fer on him once more to build up his jaw
of fact, against this surples of revenue buse by removing a floating rib and is quits all right,” over working expenses we have to put they told hire he would, be under taking a piece of bone out of his strin
The defendant, who had the three a sum of $198,718 which represented anesthetics for a long time and that the hundred dollars with him, then offered additions to the capital expenditure last nighing through to tone the to buy the opium, Chur Char agreed less he is it to give the
year. The Colony can only begin to think of proft on the railway when 5.00 interest charges on Capital Expenditure (now amounting to nearly $14,800,000)
10,00
have been dedacted
one month
profession sorse experience in carrying to the sale, but told the defendant out a difficult operation and thereby that it was not necesary for him went to the deceased's salt shop, at No. benefiting them possibly in time to come
in similarly treating, other wounded to pay for the oplam right away. 185 Reclamation Street, Yaumati, and men. This is heroism of a quiet quality The defendant then took the two asked the decensed to make but it deserves mention.
balls of opium and started to leave the recompence for wrong done him. After building. On the stairway, between the defendant had gone to the deceased the first and ground floor, however, he number of times with his request, the $1,158.00
The greater number of boys born in Talking to a Chinese friend about the war-time, writes a correspondent is was seized by five revenue officers and deceased finally became angry and 6,049.00 political situation a day or two ago vidence inasmuch as we may hope that officers demanded five hundred dollars to or to see him. Therefore on the arely a tardy intervention of Pro- taken into custody. The revenue refused to either speak to the defendant I learnt s few things about Parliament this war will not be reging yeare release ans, but when he informed them evening of May 22nd, the defendant
hence “The Toss of: men and the dia- ary, elections in Chins that were new to proportion of sexes sappens now and that he only had three hundred dollars, entered No. 05. me. He told me that there were mem-has nothing whatever to do with the after some parleying, they accepted the and
present birth of babies. ff "Providence"
SAFE, SURE ALWAYS CURES
him frees
bors of Parliament who cannot even rad managed the boys 20 or 30 (or wo money. They then confiscated the two floor und the deceased read or write. How did they manage to muit probably now say 45) years ago, balls of opium? not suffer from cramp, eolic or coeners of the child's bowels. When convinced that so long as the war berlam's Colicy Cholera and Diarrhoea
get elected? Bribery, bribery was the intervention would have be
useful calf it is
really
ly true that boys ar
atter destitute, given prompt attention at this time
pain in the stomach when Chem the answer, "But the Franchise, and now abounding, we must look for a exUES AV erions trouble may be avoided. Chemists the need of man is imperative Remedy goes to the right spot and gives
Chins to the that fould prove inte berlain's Colic, Cholem aml Diarrhoes
immediate relief You can afford
speare's "Bring forth man may be a teenage da riktura, ally be without it you are, aubiect meiT attacks of this land. Fort
Chemista and Stor
Recperly can always be depended upon. And increasingly ap
kle- by all Chemists and Store recommended that a clear
h
ation Street
tho?