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tions of "a noble Germanists DOW abandoned We want better assur- suc of that then are yet forth coming from Germany. It is, of course, grievously disappointing to
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Today's Advertisements
HOYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB. THROUGH the Courtesy of the
Stewards of the Jockey Club Members can claim their Golf Clubs, TOMORROW (FRIDAY) afternoon in the Jockey Clab Rooma or the Race Course kindly lent for the purpose
The Bags and Clube will be transferred
during the morning and will be ready
for Members after 9 PM.
JOHN BENTLEY,
Hon. Secretary.
Songkrang, Feb. 29, 1918.
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
199
THE THIRTY-FOURTE OBDIN ARF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the score Cour St. George's
pany will be held
SATURDAY, the 9th March, 1918, at 1 Lao s'dlock in the forenoon, for the purpose of recelymg & Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1917, and electing a Consult- ing Committee and Auditors.
The China Mail.
Honsxoro, Taurapar, Feb. 28, 1918,
GERMAN BID FOR PEACE. INTEREST in both Europe and America is doubtless largely centered on the latest bid for peace--on Germany's "terms-made by the Im-]. perial Chancellor of Germany.
enemies of Germany, who embraca two-thirds of the whole world, do not recognise that Germany's is "the voice of reason and humanity", bat the Chancellor may be sure that they never will until it' la in con- sonance with the war aims of the Allies which are intended to secure that the world shall not be made again to suffer the horram of such a devur tating war as Germany in 3D14 forced upon it in defence of its freedom and Eberty.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The results of the Preliminary Oxford Local Examination, held in Hongkong last September, have just arrived. We learn that all the pupils who were entered from the Bolilise Publis School (of which Mrs. Tutcher Headmistress) have passed.
is
All reports of the calamity at the Racecourse, which have appeared in the
THE
GREAT TRAGEDY.
LATEST DETAILS
THE OFFICIAL REPORT. The Official Report by the Folice is as follows:-
Between 355 and 3.p.m. on the 26th instant as the fifth ruce was about to start, the south-western portion of the matshed booths near the gate of the Race Course swayed and fell down
About three or four minutes after-
wards the castern portion of the nutele booths also collapsed.
At the same time 'a "fire broke out in the kitchen departments of the booths.
Police, military and civilians ren dent every unistando in the scue of the people,
Forty-one persons were removed to: the Government, Civil Hoepila eleven to the Tung Wah Hospital and several to the Royal Naval Hospital with the consent of Surgeon Dreoper
Bent..
So Sze Hin, male, 22, of 8, Dee LEGISLATIVE AND
Your Road West.
Ma Kan Shi, female, 80, of 21,
Jervois Street Loung Hung To, male, 18, of 29,
Kennedy Road. Zenjiro Fukuda, Japanese malo, 26, of the Mitsui Busson Combi
Kaisha.
wong Cham, mals, 30, of 181, Fraya Est Lau Pun Shi, female, 46, of 223,
Wing Lok Street.
Ip Mo. Tuan, female, 33, of 28,
Staunton Street.
So Chau Ho, female, 31; of 9, Tui
Yuen Street.
Mak Chun-Shan, male, 59, of 104,
Connaught Road Central- Torn Hamet, Mahomedan male, 16, - of-98, Morrison Hill Road. Ng Kwok Man, male, 25, of Cros
Street.
Leung U Chap; male, 21, of S, Des
Vous Road Weat Cheung Sai Kee, male, 18 months,
of 118, Wanchai Road.
Tu Morita, Japanese female, 28,
of Kowloon.
ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY, &c.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1918,
EXECUTIVE COUNCILS.
A SPECIAL, MEETING.
A special meeting of the Executive and Legislative Councile was bald at 2.50 p.m. this afternoon, all members of the Legislative Council and the Lion Sir Paul Chater, CMG, and the Hon. MEH. Sharpe, K.C., of the Executive
Council, being present.
THE CONDOLENCE OF THE COUNCILS.
THE ASSASSINATION OF ADMIRAL CHING.
GENERALISSIMON REPROBATION [OF THE`ACT.
The Intelligence Bureau of Canton communicates the following under date of February 27hb
Admiral: Ching Pi-kwang, Minlater": of the Chinese. Navy, was assasin- ated at 8.45 o'clock; on the evening of February 28, on the Bund, Canton, while landing from a sarapan from
Hi RXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR his headquarters at the Hai-chu. way instantaneous, tis said-This meeting has been called Death
tion
in order to pass the following resolusassin escaping.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Generulissimo The Executive and Legislative the Military Government; Mr. Wa Council of Hongkong desire to
record their heartfelt sympathy with Ching-lien, Speaker of the National the relatives and friends of all theen Assembly: Dr. Wa Ting-fang, Mini who.perished, or suffered injury, in ftor for Foreign Affaire; and General the catastrophe occasioned by the Blu Fing-haien, Military Governor of sollapse and burning of the masheds
at the Happy Valley on the 26th Kwangtung, have issued a joint, a
nouncement of the death of the instant salar
His EXCALLENCY said;-1 suggest Admiral Admiral Lin To-yik, Com that we can best testify our assent mander-in-Chief of the First Squa- dron, will have the charge of, the by standing in alenes.
The Members of Councils then rose Navy pending further action. and stood in silence for a short while. Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen and all HIS EXCELLENCY 'maid :—I' "desire Constitutionalists deplore and con also, with your permission, to domn this cruel and unmanly setion take this oportunity of moving a by the enemy to law and order, but resolution of condolence with the reaffirm their belief that ne ender. widow and family of the late able peace will over coms to China Sir Henry Blake. His services are of unless the militariste and others and so recent clate that I do not think it made to respect and observe that necessary for me to refer to them ao Constitution of the Republic as the
ut particularly, I would like to any that
Seizing upon a remark made by Mr China Mail, will be republished in our of the Bunk Line, Mr. Harvey, Mr. on the pdies to which they belonged his name will always be held in grateful supreme law of the land. The death
HUNCIMAN recently in the House of Commons to the effect that "the Breatest contribution to pence would be an opportunity for representatives
Weekly Edition-the Overland China fatwhich will be issued, as usual, on Saturday morning. Orders may be booked in advance at the China Mai Office.
Buildings, Chater Road, Victoria or of belligerent opinion to exchange In the Summary Court this morn-
views," the Chancellor, speakingjing an action to recover $1,000 a the Reichstag, declared if that remark damages for wroughful dismiss! was meant that peace would be brought brought by W. Bick against the rearer i belligerent representatives Robinson Piano Co. The case, which be TRANSFER BOOKS of the met in conclave to discuss individual is defended, was part heard And Company will be ULOSED from TUESDAY, the 5th March, 1918, until questions he agreed, especially as adjourned. SATURDAY, the 9th March, 1618, both daye inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Managers. Hongkong, Feb. 28, 1918.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
188
THE Undersigned have received instras-
tions to sell by Public Auction, (POM LOCOUNT OF THA CUNGARN),
SATURDAY,
the 2nd March, 1918, at 10.30 am.. at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Toe House Street- About 135 paira LADIES' BOOTS
and SHOES -
And Several Cases HEATHER DEW
SCOTCH WHISKY.
Term:- usual
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
Hongkong, Feb. 28, 1918.
THE CALENDAR.
MEMO. FOR TO-DAY, 4.16.-Harroston's Circus "opens
Causeway Bay
188
at
regards Belgium It
It must have cost the Chancellor something to declars in the Reichstag that Ger- many does not contemplaze retaining Belgiam. If the Chancellor's word may be tracted, this is the nearest approach we have yet had to a repudiation of the policy proclaimed in the Bissing testament, and the
Under the arresting title of "Canada, the War, and the World's goodwill," an address, to which the public are invited, will be given af the Helens. May Institute, to-morrow, Fri- day, afternoon, at 5.30, by Dr. J. A Macdonald LL.D. The public should not miss this opportunity of hearing so trenchant and gifted a speaker.
public speeches of Admiral TraPITZ The meeting of American residents The Chancellor qualifies his statement", and others interested in the formation however, by the cryptic sentence of a chapter of the American Red Cross "but we must be safeguarded from which had been arranged for eleven the danger of a country with which o'clock Thursday morning, February we desire to live in peace and friend-28th at the Hongkong Hotel, has been ship after the war becoming the postponed until sleven o'clock- Friday morning, March 1st on account of the object of a jumping-off ground of inability of Mr. F. N. Doubleday, ei enemy machinations" When the New York, to be present at the time German Government explains exactly first appointed. what this phrase imparts the world will be the better uble to appreciate With reference to the distribution
of the bags and clubs belonging to its value. Before the war inter-
Members of the Golf Cluby which were national treaties to which the various |
recovered from the Happy Valley Club Powers solemnly pledged their House before they were destroyed by adherence were accepted as security fire, the bags and clube had to bo for the objects defined in them, but removed hurriedly and as a consequenes when the war broke out the German some of the clubs fell out of the proper Chancellor of the day unblushingly bags and wars in some cases réplaced declared that Germany regarded indiscriminately, Members are therefore. such treaties บริ "scrape of requested to kindly exercise very care in claiming their property. A notifica that she acted paper,"
tion on the subject appears in our upón the maxim necessity knows advertisement eciamus. As regards no law." There was no real necessity the Clubs sent from Fauling on for a German invasion of Belgium: Tuesday afternoon by cart, these bave 2.30 pm Auction of Teakwood and the inspiring motive was plunder been returned to the Fauling Clab
MEMO. FOR TO-MORROW. 2.12.15. p.m.-Hongkong Hotel Ca' ball-yearly meeting of shareholders.
GENERAL MEMORANDI.
TURDAY, March 51---
Blackwood Furniture &c.,at Messrs. Hughes & Hough's
FRIDAY, March 8 10
11am--Extraordinary General Meet
ing of the Kowloon Lad & Building
FRIDAY, March 19 —
Good Friday.
BONDAT, March 31:---
Easter Sunday.
and
paro and simple. Germany invaded House.
Belgium to acquire control of her AMERICAN WOMEN'S WAR WORK important coal and iron resource
and to acquire an extended coastline
in order to dominat
Bugland.
Now that the plans have pot suceeded as well as those who
AT CANTON.
In connection with the casualties
We are informed that there is no host aid was rendered by Mrs. Stabb, foundation for a report in o con em Mrs. Dyer and several other ladies porury that articles of jewellery were unknown. Dr. McKenny was pre-removed from the corpses. In the instances where jewellery and other articles fell of the corpses as they were being laid out for identification, these articles were picked up and laid
to further assist identification:
Such articles as were picked up without a trace of their ownership, we understand will be put into glass cases and made available for inspec tion by relatives and friends of missing persons with a view to identification.
In connection with the rescue work Lieutenant Ritchie, of the United States Army, Mr. Loughlin, manager Aduras, the manager of the Royal Naval Canteen; the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank staff and a number of military men gave every assist
ance.
Deaths numbered $70. Removed to hospital 52 .34 Reported missing Further enquiries are being made..
OFFICIAL LIST OF IDENTIFIED VICTIMS:
The following is the full list us recorded by the Police of the victims who have been identified:-
Peter Herbert Gandall, American subject (Honolulu), äge 20, clerk in the employ of the Gas Co... Wong Wai To, male, 38, of 82,
Jervois Street.
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THE JAPANESE ORGANISATION AT THE SCÈNE,
Another report published in a cont temporary which has even much the effort of the puin relates to Japanesa Benevolent Societ to give
momory by the Chiness community for
of Admiral Ching will not affect the
the close co-operation he established attitude of the South-West for goal between the Government, the European government and a free country. His community and the Chinese community, sacrifice and the devotion of his noble
་་
་
The Hon Mr.LAU CHU PAK life for a noble cause will but hasten all friends of liberty to the realiza- seconded, the
tion of a Constitution and a tree and in the representative assembly Republic of China.
The Members of the, Councils then again rosa and stood in silence for short while.
The Members of the Executive Council then left.
THE INQUIRY INTO THE COLLAPSE.
The Hon ATTORNEY GENERAL moved. aid sa their injured nationa. Is the first reading of a Bill intituled
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COMPANY · MEETING.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
was stated that while the find was Ordinance to amend the Coroner's meeting of shareholders of the above-
at its height a Japanese flag was hoisted near the scene and a met ing held which was eventually die persed by the authorities! This is Yau Cheong Hoi, anale, 84, of 70 mischievous interpretation of what
Stanley Street. j spra
Chan Sap, female, 23. Leung Mui, female, 12. Asan Fak Lam, male, 25,
Astor House.
175,
Wa Sau, male, 28, of 104, Con-
naught Road Centrál.
A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT.
Abolition Ordinance 1888.
The twenty-first ordinary anmrs!
Company was held at the Officeu of the Company to-day at 11.80 a.m.
Mr. R. G. Shewan presided and there were present Mesers. S. H. Dodwell and H. P. White (Consult
Committee), Mr., H. F. Campbell (Secretary) and Mesará. A. O: Lam R. Hancock, C. Klinck, G. H. May; J. M. Gordon, M. A. Figueiredo, R. Henderson, J. Toppin, W. Adamsgo, A. P. Samy, T. Leeman and R. A. Fergusson.
The CHAIRMAN said: Gentlemen, The Report and Accounts for 1917
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he had to apologise for the fact that the Bill had only just reached the members, owing to the fact of the urgency of the occurred. Ou one of the stands there matter occasioned by, of course, the sad was a tonsiderable number of Japan catastrophe which happened last Tues ese, and when the disaster occurred day which has rendered it necessary of the flag was taken from the matshed to a certain extent to alter the Orili. and planted as is customary with Lance relating to Coroner's Inquiries, Leung Yee Kat, female, 20, of the Japanese even in Japan-ce and Under the existing law such juries must
Queen's Road-Easte
indication of a rendez vous, or head-be drawn from the Common Jurors List Wong Yung, male, 11, of 210, quarters of the Japanese relict com- Is was desirable that in the coming
Queen's Road East.
mittee. We are unable to learn that inquiry the Megistrate should b Kana Kiyama, Japanese feprale, the benevolent object of this gather-assisted by a strong a jury as possible
27, of 12, Frayg East.
ing of Japanese helpers was interfered and it was proposed to give him power, have been in your hands for some Leung Ying Leung, male, 23, ofwith by the authorities.
on occasion to requisition a special vinys and from them you will have jary for the purpose of indemnifying seen that our gross earnings amount 29; Kennedy Road.
It was clearly desirable that theed to $186,291 and our net earnings enquiry should be commenced as early to $124,649. This is a net improve
ment of $15,000 over last year's A regrettable incident occurred TR HON COLONIAL SECRETARY figures after paying the $2,500 dona- yesterday in connection with the reconded and the Bill passed its first tion for War Charities voted at last. death of Mr. Albert Ab Wee, the reading
eding HON ATTORNEY GENERAL Sear's weeding and after providing late proprietor of the Kowloon Dairy, { moved the second reading of the Bill change on the value of our His relatives had identified the body
THE HON. MIL. P. H. HOCYOA raid sterling investment in British War ——I take it that this amendment to the Loan. We are thus able to pay and arrangements had been made for Ordinance will not, in any sense, ¦ our usual dividend of seven per cent, Christian burial at 8 pm. yesterday, prevent the fullest inquiry into the and put $35,000 to the Reservo At the appointed time there was a dronumstances which have led to this Fund which I think you will agree large gathering of relatives and unfortunate tatastrophe! Otherwise I with me is a satisfactory result of friends at the Monument and the Rev. Copley Moyle was present at the Cemetery to conduct the service. Wong Chan Wa, male, 13, of 46, It transpired, however, that owing to Connaught Road Central. some unfortunate mistake the identi- Albert Ahwee, 64, alias Chan Palfication number had been lost, with Wai, of the, Kowloon Dairy, the result that the body had been Yuen Lai King, female, 4, of 8,buried with others at Mount Caroline.
Ab Tai, female, 40, of 228,
· Lob Street. * ·
Wing
Taui Leung Shun, male, 8, of 11,
Chancery Lane.
}
Kwok So, male, 38, of 60, Queen's
Road East..
Cheng Sik Hung, make, of 12
Jubilee Street.
Cheng Sik Fai, male, 18, of 12,
Jubilee Street.
Yeung Ab Pe, male, 5 of 912.
Queen's Road Bost."
Chan Mimale, 25, of 6, Bhip
Street.
The following Bed Croes supplies. Baiwan Bos have been shipped by the American women of Canton to Colonel Gordon Hall, R.A.M.C,
framed them had hoped, the German quarters, Caired Cross Head-
THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER Chancellor is trying to make the
·EVER ISSUED UNDER
PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION. **
The Chinese Mail
華字日報
KALADONG CHINI. POLITICAL AND
CoMMAEGIAL JOURNAL
Fritures Brary Monica.
CATLATEN VEL How ExLLAKUK TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM
NORTH CHINA,
VABLOWN PORN IN CRITA AND JAPAN
10 per Annum desswed, in hongkon
$17.00 salt Coast Pork
Egypt dozen faces' pillowcases, 6 dozen, surgical necessity of retiring from Belgium a cape, 8 dozen juz covers, 7 dozen virtue. In the early days of the war handkerchiefs, 61 draw sheets, 27 the Germans could talk of Belgiam flannel bed jackets, 14 pairs flannel in no other terms but as German pyjamas, 12 pairs cotton pyjamas, territory for the future. Even 800 4-inch swabs, 12 brusk and comb MAXIMILIEN HAKSEN, now one of bags, 86 fannel shirts, 45 surgical seups, 4 fannel T. bandages, 2 knitted the most prominent advocates of scrubbing cloths, 35 pairs woollen "peace without annozations,” wrote socks, 12 pairs knitted surgical stock- in Uctober 1914 in regard to Belgium ings, 18 cotton shirts, Sá smy sovers, in the following terms noble 48 handkerchiefs, 84 bowels, 12 swabs 8112 100 small swabe, 151 Germaniam must here conquer now triangular swabe, 12 cotton many- provinces.
"Antwerp bottailed bandages, 68 cotton flannel opposed to, bot in conjunction many-tailed bandages, ¥ pillow cases
and 9 jug sovers, with Hamburg and Bremon; Lidge ulorguide of the munition, works of Hesse and Burlin⠀⠀ Cockerill- allied with Krupp, Belgian iron, coal and tissues under ope manageme From Calais to Antwer Stimbur and
the ling
·DON'T COUGH.
is absurd to allow a cough te bring. and rape your vitality whou Chaziberlain's Cough Remedy, will adre you. You don't know where a persistent oough will land you. You can't allo
allow your throat and Inngs to become it is much – mmple thingi chemist's shop and get hamberlain's Cough Remed
Li Shi Tan, malo, 6, of 11. New
Street
Ng Kam Chan, female, 16, of 31
Sau Wa Fong2009 Leung Im Ho, female, 25, of 51,
Staunton Street
6.
shall move for full power to s commission of enquiry.
THE Hos COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was then passed through the remaining stages.
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the year's work. Money was not in HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR great demand during 1917, and we said: The object of this legislation is were not able to put out so much co to facilitate the daquiry that will Ihopo, loan da In previous years, but us misfy the entire community
regards our godown business the favourable prospects with which we began the year were well maintained and our earnings from this depart ment were very satisfactory. In the accounts the principal items are very much the same as before, but you CHURCH SERVICES.
will notice that the: £1,000 invested THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP. There was a service at the Road
43 per cent. British War Leon since converted inte- par center loan. Catholic Cathedral last night when
The following are the fixtures for the 1929/47 now stands at F/- exchange
catastrophe attended
were saved from the second roud of the Open Billiard and the investment in Green Island many who
with the Championship of the Colony held under Cement Co.'s shares at $7.50 e friends to offer thanks to God for the auspices of the Victoria Recreation Instead of $10 last year, a zatia of the salvation of their lives.
copitat of $2.00 per share having bere made on these shares. With zégozd to prospects for the present year. I can only say that we haveS begun well and that I ses no rensom to anticipate any falling offi revenue,
Waste informed by Bishop Poz Ho Chun Fung, male, 25, of the zoni that on Monday next, the th
Canfor Bank,
March, at 9 am, a solemn Requiem Mak Chiu Chung, sople, 29, of 104, Mass will be sung in t
the Catholic Queen's Road Central
Cathedral for the repose of the souls of
U PK U male, of 50. Des those who so dismally lost their res
Voeux Rood Central.
in the sad mistrophe at the Happy Kwok Hun Kei, female, 23, of 6. Valley All Catholics are earnestly
Old Bailey,
extorted to maist at this service, nat Edward Vincent Fereins, Fort only in order to scour the souls of guese, 17, clerk in the Meran the desemet bot also as an expression kie Bark.
sowards, their rolatives 17 Awan Chun Kwok, male 12 of their bereavem 4281, Hollywood Road,
Mak Wing Chan, male, 70, 61 104,
Connaught Road Centen
Kwa, male, 68, ob188 Wanahai
um, male, 20 of 20
10 of 27, Jervon
DOT RISHI FEUMONIA.
cold
the foreru
J. 6. Jeanings, Pokie P., Wong,
Thursday, 285. February. Tsang Fo Mist, E. Guimaraes, Fri-
day, 1st. Marchi
C. W. Hart AG. File, Saturday,
2nd Marche
Sgt. S. H Barker, B., v. Gr. J. R
The Crux proposed, and Mr.
* Lord, 16,A, Monday, 4th. March. H. P. WHITE Seconded, the sdopkom.
P. Ivanovich, «W. H. Neighbour, of the Report and Accounts, and the
Tuesday, Sta. March.
motion was carried.
CBotting, B. Gay, Wednesday, Mr. H. HANCOCs proposed
6th March |
MC Kincseconded; Winner of DR
Ellarby, election to the Consuling BAMO Osmund matchet Messrs. HD Whit
Bearne, Thurs well and U tel On, and
(27/2/18)
day, 7th Karol
Sgt AHI #GA, T., Wong TO, ET
Hong, Triday 8th March
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