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LOCAL AND GENERAL",
A Peking telegram, states that's *squeeze" cao in the Ministry of Flocation à under investigation.
General Lung Chai Kwong in
PREMIER SCOTCH OF reported to be about to leave Ilainan
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HR Steamship
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having arrived from the, above ports,
HONGKONG.
DEATHS.
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SHALPLAN-On September 11. at Shang
Bai. Ernest WAJAN SHARPLES, aged 47 years.
The China Mail.
Hongkong, Tresnay, Sept. 18, 1917.
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AN EXCHANGE QUESTION.
The rise in Exchange raises interesting question. In connectiu with the liquidation of German We see that at Home
accounts.
with his troops, for a destination which ja not stated.
Four cases of enteric fever and two of diphtheria were the only cases of communicable discasa reported in the| Colony last week.
UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG.
AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND
CASH PRIZES..
The Senate has approved of, the following Awards on the results of the Matriculation Examination holl in July
1917--
King Edward VII Scholarships,
Lim Keng Sim Penang Free School. Cheah Kong Seng
Presklené's Scholarship.
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Amoy
THE MAGISTRACY.
A COUNTRY BUMPKIN.
A Chinese was charged in the Police Court this morning with muggling letters into the Colony and for trying to bribe a Chiness.comstable he had
arrested hita.
The" defendant stated that a coolie asked him to give some money to the akong, but he had none and barrowed 90 conta. from his cousin to give to the lakang, who refused]
Trai Pag He Westminster College, Inspector Keat told His Worship (Mr Dyer Ball) that Mr. Ross, tho Canton Beveragent Scholarships,
Postmaster General, had written him a
Wong Kwok In Queen's College,
chit saying he did not wish to charge the defendant, as he was an inoffensive Hongkong. Shin Lok Sing Queen's College,
Country bumpkin, and thought the man Hongkong might be dismissed. Toi Teng Ming St Stephen's
College, Hongkongview and discharged the defendant with Pash Prizes of $ten much,
Lim Keng Sim Penang Free School. Cheah Keng Seng Foo Feat Kheng Liu Wa Po
The 440 yarıs· Swimming Chan-" pionship, at the recentTM Shanghai | " | Rowing Club's annual gala, was won by Mr. R. W, McCabe în 5m. 45 2/6 nec«,
Th
postponement of Boxer in dennity payments for. Are years will relieve China of an annual Inancial burden of nearly thirteen million tåels.
The Chairman of the Chinese War" Commission is reportal to have strongly recommended the appointment of Mr. Agier as one of the representatives of China on the Joint Committee which is to revise the price of imports with a view to the collection of an effective 5
The railway administrations in North China have been instracted from next month to accept notes of the Bank of China and the Bank of Communica tions in payment of dinies on tolero and wine. They will also be accepted in payment of stamp duties.
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There was a small crowd at the Police Compound this morning looking at a dead snake measuring about 10 feet long lying outside the Charge Room, The snake was shot by an India in Aberdeen yesterday. It is intended to staff it and place the specimen to the City Hall Müsenm.
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Diocesan School,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1917.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
AND THE WAR.
MILITARY SERVICE BILL.
JAPANESE AND OTHER IHIPPING
IN THE PACIFIC.
CHANDES CAUSED BY THE WAR..
Writing with reference to the recent Conference at Tokio, between represent- atives" of the principal Japanese-ship- At a meeting of the Legislative Council | ping sumpanies, as to the question of of the Straits Settlements on the 7th viding more cargo space for handling
tanna-Pacifie the inst. the Attorney tieneral moved the first Lloyd's Register of Shipcios ter ipping says:m reading of the Military Service Bill. Its
Althoug
a large number of stommers" object, he said, was to indues those men have been newly placed on the Pacife who were fit for military service and cargo space always exceeds the supply. since the war began, the demand. for whose work in the Colony was not of owing to thu rapid progress of trul national importance, to join the fighting relations Fetween North American conntries andJapan. There are now forces of the Empire. ·
54 stouters gregating 371,000 tons "God knows that every man is engaged the trans-Facile service, wanted, and wanted badly, and under whereas there were only 48 steami these circumstances it is the duty of aggreating 351,000 tons in July. every Colony to see that every par: 19 Just prior to the outbreak of she war in Europe. These figures whose beployment in the Colony is not constitute an increase of eight in essential should be assisted and en-number and 20,000 in tonnage. Among 4 steamers on the trans-Paciffe run ward to Europe and take his place side nage of 18,181 belonged to the Nippon by side with those who are endeassuring Yasen Kabushiki Raisha), dlo (314725 to throw back the b barbaric and atrocious Hun. (Applause.)
1974,
The magistrato agreed with this couraged, and if not, coorved, to go-fer-in Jaty: 1954 aix, with an aggregato con-
a caution.
GROSS CRUELTY.
A Chinese, an office coolie of Mr.
In
tis the Osaka Shosan Kahushiki Kabushiki Kaishs: three (31,7-7
Ver (13,463 tons) to the Taver
attempting to carry out their daty,
proceeded along the via media. tons) to the Canadian Pacifle Decan the BOL
encouraged, but it did rvices Ltd. 1 (66,681, tons) to ther
To to the Canshis
Company Ltd.:
It assisted,
and not coeres. It tended to wake it easier Pacific Mail than at the present time for an employee one (20,718 F. C. Jenkin, was charged before Me.he could be spared to offer his services Pacifie
to the Great Northern
three (1928 tons) Hongkong Dyer Ball this morning with gross to the Army Council for the
Fancel Line: four (3),150 The Attorney Ge the War. Phoon Seck For Raffles Institution, cruelty to a bird.
General protons) to the Hamburg-America Line; and ceeded to outline the provisions of the nine (42.134 tons) to the Singapore.
Royal Mail Mr. F. C. Jenkin, prosecuting, said he Bill. He emphasised that even when Steam Packet found the bird in the verandah of his the Tribunal certiflex that a nut was a
Company. Among steamers at present empired office, suspended free from the groundmanho ought to tonder his er vefer on the trans-Pacific line, four totallin by means of a string tied to one of its his services or not. He was not compel Kahushiki Kaisha flag Junning betwee
was still up to the mat bimself
14,189 tons are under the Nippon Fuses led or coerced in any way. He might Hongkong and Victoria still
who were placed respectively 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th in ortler of merit cu the Matriculation list. (The third place was phtainer by the late Mr. Cheah Teik Hong of the Penang Free School).
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legs.
The defendant admitted that the bird
only this morring and intended to let CHINESE TROOPS FOR EUROPE.it go, but was busy and forgot all about
The Central Government at Reking
_tax
use of fuse to tender his services for the while three.
if it was possible for that C
Kown
WE conscience.
The
fine-
and Seattle,
Seattle Three vessels of Extra
aggregata tons are om the ran between Yokohams and
was his, saving that he had caught it man to unach action with his pure Come, (TA 12,697 tong, are on speaker also emphasised that Shuttle. The Usaka Shusen Kabashiki certified man who wished to offer his Kaisha has one vessel of 3652 tons on services had nothing to fear from his the Yakobama-San Francisco
Line employers in the way of legal action for
six of 42,153 tons on the Tanna breach of agreement, a clase being Hongkong fine; and seven of 30,146 inserted for the
We express purpose mi prie tons on its t with his clause
that
line. The Tox Kisen. JAPA thero, a man may
has six vessels (80,319 Lons) ort tara a deaf car to any threats of legal tits. San Francisco-Hooices has line. The
it.
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7
a case of gross cruelty and imposed
Elis Worship remarked that that was fins of 310 with the alternative of 10, days gaol.
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TEIFT OF A CLOCK"
ben consulting the Provincial Authorities regarding the despatch of a Military force to Europë. Four térn provinces have replied, favour-" ing the suggestion and a Peking telegram today! states Fring Minister intends sending to
A Chinesa hoy aged 15 who was Europe one Division_fus_the_troops charged with the larceny of a clock valued to be selected from the fourteen at $15 from Mr. D. S. Gabhay's residence proyingus favouring the glespatch of resterday, was sentenced by Mr. Dyer
thut the
troops, but the men are to volunteer Ball to ten strokes of the cane. for war service and not bé cornpolled to go.
PRIZE COURT PROCEEDINGS AT
BANGKOK..
SOCIAL AND: PERSONAL.
Sir John Jordan, British Minister to
my
extra
proceedings which are made to him by Canadian Pacific Ocean his employer. He can snap his fingers four (49,819 tons) on its British Colum at him and can say I am going to serve bia-Hongkong line. The Pacific Mail
I refuse in the fature country.
acurteauwship Company
has three
three vessels Serve you, A man of mammer.." |(16,80. 4tons) on its San Francisco-Hong- (Laughter.)
kong line. The Blue Funnel Line had pared to go, the Colony was prepare to which were recently commandeered In addition to that, if a man was pre-four (3,471 tons) on the Pacific run, her fighting from: he desired to vessels (18.071 tons). The China Mail and him wherever he wanted to go, The
The Jan China Japan Line has gute, be it Europe. elsewhere. He felt certain that every borly work come ir under the Bill. The
The provisions wen not many, and they were certainly mild they were not imatic.. Indeed, some of them were
were wanting in legal sanction, s entirely up cho conscience of the
If the individuals
depelinvidun
Steamship Company has one ship (4,060 tong) on its San Francis Hongkong run. The ava-Pacise, Lijn has eight ships (4,000 tons) on its newly-ened Batavia-San Francisco Line vii Japan
the Public Trustee has been offering
A Chinese, aged 64, tried to British creditors 13. 4d. in the £1 commit suicide yesterday by jumping consignees of eargh by her are notified in settlement of claims against, Ger- overboard from a lauren proceeding to that all goods are being landed at their man firms on the ground that the Hongkong from Nam Tau. He was risk into the hazardous and or exit Mark had depreciated 33 per cent rescued by one of the launch's crew whe hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf, and Godown Coin exchange value. The grievance jumped in and held him up till help
whence and/or from the Wharves
arrived. The would-be suicide is now. is aggravated by the fact that British in the Government Civil Hospital. may be obtained. September. debtors to German firms have to delids not cleared
by 24th 1417, will be subject to rent
bruken,
chafed and damaged pay up in full, and are not allowed The American military officer who Aspen Art to be left in the Godowns,!
to plead the depreciated Mark. As was charged at Nagasaki with photo-Size Court proceedings have been Goddard & Douglas on the 22nd Septem- the Drapers Remond says, it may graphing within a fortification zone has at Bangkok in regard to the ber, 1917 at 10 am. Claims against
ainst the steamer must be well be asked in whose interest the been fined $39. The defence was thas seizure of the enemy steamers Sam-
writing within ten days Public Trustee is acting, and for The offence tras made known to the The Nurnt officers in charge of the absent from the Colony, will be return the officer was ignorant of the lawen, Trautenfels und | Pitsanluke. Mr. S. E. Greon, who has been of steamer, otherwise they will not be recogniserl.
whose benefit the balance of 6s 8 d.
gendarmerie by a local photographer who parties that seized the Pitmantakring shortly and will be glad to receive
STEAMERS DAMAGED WHEN China, who has been on an extend Bat it was hoped that there would be no Fren Press writes.
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preval
after
SEIZED.
leave of absence, is reported to have left Londond for China. He is expected
in Peking in the middle of October, says the "Peking Gazette."
did not respand us is was expectext f
JAYA SHIPBUILDING SCHEME. nd hoped that they would respond then Mowe other Bill would have to be introduced which would contain A correspondent of the Singapor terms which were not quite s
so mild, necessity for such Bill. It was folly Last week a brief report was male of expected that everybody in the Colony a movement for the construction of why was certified by the Tribunal, who ocean-going vessels at the Naval Yards would give them an impartial hearing. in Java, and Lam now, able to give your would offer his services, and if every such man did that the object of the Billa fuller report on the subject. Owing would be achieved and there would to the intense scarcity of shippingupice,
first time. (Applause.) no necessity for introducing another as the almost certain likelihood of the Bill. He
that the Bill bé rendu morer!
same conditions prevailing at the end of the war, the idea was formed a little H. E. the General Officer Command time lack of building ships here, and
No Fire Insurance will be effected by in the £ is being held. It sarcastically had been asked to develop plates. Six and the Trautenfel gure evidence any communications, eten from the seconded, and the Bill was teadsin thus helping herself. Thanks to
the undersigned in any case ybatever.
Accata.
2117
Rongkong Sept. 18, 1917.
[PUBLIC AUCTION
THE Undersigned have received ia- structions to sell by Public Auction, (YCB ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
110
TUESDAY
the 9th October, 1917, commeheing at 445 pm, at their Sales Flooms, No. 8,
Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Hec House Street, ?.
"A LARGE CossigNMENT OF
VALUABEE POSTAGE STAMPS, "including many nue varieties". Catalogues will he issued.
On view from Monday the 8th October. Terms;-Cash.
to the owner:
that us.
afterwards. In the case. of the
Many old Eastern residents will Tentenfeis the damage was slight regret to hear of the death in England On the Pitaaniate the engines were of Captain E. W. Haswell, who was for badly damaged and one of the cylin many years in the service of the Nippou ders was cracked. A fire broke out usen Kaisha. He retired in 1907,
Bad has passed away at the age of 14. in the engine room, but this was. extinguished by the boarding party
News has been received that Mr. without much difficulty.
“Jack” Macgregor, manager of Meaara, Judgment was reserved in each Caldbeck, Macgregor and Co. in London, who has been in the Royal Naval Air Service, Anti-Air-Craft, since October 1914, has been transferred to the R.G.A. Cadet School at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and hopes to be appointed to a battery in shout three months time.
THE AMAKUSA MARUTI
TO BE DOCKED IN HONGKONG,
Hills of Lading will be countersigned by adds: "It has been suggested plates and'n koriak camera were seized.
JAVA-CHINA-JÄPAN LIJN,
that if the Public Trustee had Two of the plates were confiscated, the sels, Germans were seen to go after Saturday 22nd instant..
they came alongside the workers of Our Little Bit Society" waited longer, according to his others and the camera being returned below and explosions occurred soon method of payment, the debt, due to the British might have been
The following paragraph appears entirely extinguished by the further in the papers of the Straits Settles depreciation of the Mark. In that mente:We are authorized to state event, presumably, all the German that the Government have during the assets realised would then have been past few months informed certain held in trust for the Huns until the perseins who expressed desire to war is over "Just so. And what organise lotteries, the prizewia which is the application of this to the local would take the form of War Loun liquidations in view of the abnormal Bonds, that they would not prosecutecuse.. increase in the exchange value of Organizers, li fiture he suc the dollar which the war has brought promise will be giveta" about? Take, for example, the case.
Dr. J. B. Fearn in communicating of the sale ol the German
to the "N.C. Daily News "some verses, Bank premises, and suppose at the written at the front on the subject of The Onka Shose Kaisha advise use end of the war when accounts are the Chinese coolie says:" I have heard that they are in receipt of a telegram settled that the dollar is standing from several sources as to the good work from Amoy saying that their 8.8. about where it is
The these coolies are doing, but this is the Amakusa fart, which went ashore st $330,000 which the premises fetched first time I have found an expression on Amos during the last typhoon that at anetion equal, at the present paper. I was set upon for the R.A.M.C.visited that port, (as stated in the China exchange,
and so am serving the cooles in that Mail at the time) was refloated yesterday £63,453 which
capacity. Major Gray, formerly of the and is due to active here on Thursday bigger
Legation at Peking, is our, O. C. and next. She will be dry-docked at the sum, we believe, than the premises under his officient management we have Taikoo Dockyard; and not till after 8pm.-Folice Reserve Band Night in cost their former owners to build. a splendid plant bere at Chinese hend. inspection can the extend of damage he
the Public Gardens. 10,45 8.2-Auction of White Goods. It is obvious that if we pay in quarters where the coolies are looked ascertained.
Dress Materials, etc. at Hexars, our own'currency our enemies would after most carefully. In fact they are "Hughes and Hough's
be making money by the liquidation well looked after from the day they are 11.30 am-Auction of Brass Ware Why the Public Trustee at home enrolled right away through their con
Satsuma Yases, Tea Sets, etc. at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's.. should be offering British creditom It is a great testimony to the 132 40. in the £ in settlement of thorough methods always pursued by Entries close for V.R.C. Annual claims against German firms because carried out so satisfactorily during this Britain that this undertaking has been Aquatic Sports.
the mark has depreciated 33 per cent, antal war." p.15 pan-Open Air Concert st Helena while British debtors to German.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Rocgkong, Sept. 18. 1817:
THE CALENDAR.
"General Memoranda.
SATURDAY, Sept. 22-
Moyoiy, Sept. 242-
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28:--
May Institute...
THURSDAY, Sept. 27 ---
2118
Settlement Dey: Hongkong Stock
Exchange.
230p.m.-Auction" of Sundry Goods
at Kowloon Godowns.
TAUR, 27, FET. 28 & EAT. 29 Sept V.R.C. Annual Aquatic Sporta."
SATURDAY, Sept. 29
Michaelmas Day!
now.
24
e'd,
a very much
GENERAL TOWNSHEND. TURKS REFUSAL TO EXCHANGE KUTS DEFENDER.
RÚSSIA'S REPORTED PURCHASE
.OF SILVER
first time.
THE JAPANESE MISSION TO
AMERICA,
SPEECH AT SAN FRANCISCO BY
the initiative of Mr. Landberg, this ides took a more definite form, resulting in a meeting being convened amongst the lealing firms who decirled that Instead, of waiting to bring into being their own shipbuilding yards as at first suggested, they should avail themselves of the mesus already available. Since the only yard in the Island is that belong ing to the Naval authorities bere, Mesars, Landberg and Loudon carve over at the beginning of last month and held a conference with Mr. Ten Bosch, the Head of the Naval Department, anıl Mr. Leegstrs, Inspector of Shipbuilding. Viscount Ishii, bead of the Japanes resulting in the enlisting of the full Mission to Washington, responding to a sympathy of the Department, the latter toast at a banquet given in honour of gentleman undertaking the drawing up himself
and his colleagues at San of the necessary plans and drawings. Francisco, mades stirring address depart The full support of the Government have beretofere characterized his utter through the Bear Admiral, who is also from the formal ezp pressions which Forest Department has been promised ances since his departure from Tokie.
Te mess from
VICOUNT ISHIL
he
e
which we bring to the in full sympathy with the idea. A recent people of
people of Government Gazette publishes the. Зарап
pan," he said, " is that your purpose is establishment of the "N. V. Mij voor our purpose, your road to victory is our het bouwen en exploiteer van schopen road. and your goal l'is our
Four goal..
(Society for the constructionand exploita Americs and Japan will march, work tion of ships) with a capital of 2 million and fight together as comrades. uutil the
end is reached a victory in won. Then guilders, the shares of which will be when our common enemy is vanquished issued for public subscription from October 1 to 15 next, payment to be and the world in made safe for free men,
ths
RUSSIA REPORTED BUYING
we should live in soch understanding fully completed on October 30. The SILVER HERE
no word or deed of either may be present intention is to build two vessels, brought up to create a suspicion, so that each with a carrying capacity of 3,000 the venomons gosip, the hired alanderer telegram stating that the New York Buences of which we have both been engines. It is hoped to complete those Referring to the recent elites and the simster intriguer, of the intona, fitted with 3,000 horsepower correspondent to the Times states victims in the past, can do nothing in the two vesels and bring them into service
Fature, so that the influens
influences of
of these within a year, after which further vessels that there
37 unconfirmed enemies of the peace will result in will be undertaken. Some little time report that Russia has houight exept £1,000,000 sterling of silver in China, Amerits closer together for our mutual undertaking the construction of woode the "N. C. Daily News" myeon and for our common welfare ships, but it is now definitely stated
The first common daty
of Japan There seems to be more than a little and Ameries at this time is to guard the that this has had to be abandoned, dne foundation for the foregoing report, Pacific, to make sure that there shall be to difficulties in obtaining the necessary safe continuanceof intercourse between Although the entire 21,000,000 worth the shores of Asia and the shorch of of silver has probably not been bought America. We must see that the hips
yours...
Imaterialien
The
in China. As mentioned in the of these ferocious pirates whose crimes The total ontruit of the Kailer financial colum of this paper on on the high scar can never be palliated Mining Administration's wines for the A propon by the British Government September 8, 874 bars and Tla. 140,000 ball and no shelter in the waters of our week ending 1st September amounted for the exchange of General Townshend, aycee were shipped from Shanghai to seas to 66,383 tons, and the sales daring the the defender of Kut, has been made to Vladivostok that week; and it is
may count on us to do our period to 48,067 tons. Turkey and has been refused.
reported than a further shipment of art, as we must count upon Mr. Hope, making this statement in another 10 lakhs is to be made soon to Let us forget the molehills of mis
conduct r of the band engaged; the House of Commons, in reply to the same Russian port. Shipments of understanding that have
to trace the seaside Paby Show kasi question, acid the Army-Council did not silver have recently been made from aggerated into moontains of trouble and been requested to discourse appropriate
and
He found it diffent, hot rose „mmende ate convides it advisable again to approach America to Vladivostok direct, perhapelet us work for good relations on the the occasion, And, atter the chaimsa
for the Turkish Government in the matter, enough us make up the amount. After Pacific Let us see with a clear vision has laid stress upon the duty of
the pitfalls that
have
ve been dug by s General Townshend, so far as the military all, £1,000,000, of silver is not authe
hood and the need of an increased: cunning authorities were awara, Constantinople.
has made larger purchilsen:
firms are not allowed to pay 18s. id in discharge of what they owe is beyond our comprehension. We are not "surprised to see a desire
Approximate statement of traffe re- expressed for the, reutilation of the csipts for the week ending 15th Sep question in the House of Commons,
Recaipta Recei
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.
for week
In Hongkong the subject has a
:13,816.
16,625.
2,707
541,231
double interest in view of the This year 10.30 am Auction of Drugs, enhanced value of the dollar. We Last
Chemicals, Hospital Sandries, eta, have not heard that
British their
etc., at Mossrs. Hughes and Hough's creditor here have find Yoon Douglas Steamship Co'selaima iced in consequence
Meeting,
of the decline in the value of the terkand care confident..., fant there will be great nobile opter Fit at the ute kettlement of
NOXY, Sept. 30-
Fotoju,and of Societ
Holiday
Sessións contra:
out caemies.
the abnorme, riad in exchni
was still ut unusually large deal-Shanghai, alone enemy in our mutual paiizite, the band boyst forthwitha webction
RHEUMATISM.
FOR DYSENTERY
you ever tried Chamberlain's
Balz
not
When victory is wont, let us help in uplifting the new will rise fair
strong and from the war ashe
of the
from Haydn's reation
A quotati ayor James Holph Jr., electrified the Bavarian offerr
Mayor the Mission
and the Questa interestrig
great banquet by the words of out and
sddries of welcome, his speech establish, recaer
ing
the cordiality of the function from
the
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA
ubject to attacks of diar Beep absolutly quiet for best in bed if possible, be year distant take Chamber12
era ando Riachoen Remedy chis has cute osses of clinoi diarrhoes", that: physiciana thaver
thy