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LOGAL "AND GENERAL
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR. `·
YESTERDAY'S SPECIAL SERVICES.
The fourth anniversary of the War
THE HEAVY RAINS.
FATAL LANDSLIDE AT MORRISON- HILL ROAD.. ́
Since last Monday a total rainfall of
THE MAGISTRACY.
MONDAY, AUGUST 5 1918.
THE WANGHAI MURDER."
Mr. Goldring this morning appeared in Mr. Wood's Court and mentioned the
on remand, with the murder of an smah in Wauolai, under circumstances already reported."
UNIVERSITY FOR AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.
News has been received in Kobeatarday was marked, by special over 22 inches has been registered in ease of Lak Chi, who stands charged, Force, and is in process of “being, sub-
of the death in France of Captain
Church Services in Hongkong George C. Tell, Clarse, M.C., of the Despite the very heavy rain there were Royal Air Force. It is stover three large congregations at all the places of years sitca this "Kobe boy" resigned
warship. a good position in Messrs. Samuel Samuel's office in Kobe to volunteer for
| military service.
**
Major C. P. Holcomb, United States Instrict Attorney, bas sailed for America ou leave. He will remain im the States about two months returning to Shanghai in the autumn, and he states that there is no official
comb's absence.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,
the Colony. Of this amount no less than 17 inches fell on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
concrete scheme has now beet drawn upand.examined by committee representing the Australian Imperial jected to further examination by all the commanding officers of the Australian divisions and brigades, which contains greater concreta
for men and help Mr. Goldring, who appeared for the officers of the Australian army than any prisoner, said that he was instructed to proposal ever put forward within limit in England, or probably even in dustry appear in the case of July 10th and it This is the institution on a scale he immediately wrote to the Colonia which will eventually become a very
important, of instructional Secretary's Ofies saking that his clieuf and lectures for members of the fores amounting to a rest opportunity for edu instituted on whatever scale possible estion a generous scale. This will be rep during the war. But after the war during the period which must elapse. before the whole force can be transport- ed to Australia, the whole Australian ally transformed into one great schoot force abroad will temporarily be practi or university. From the moment when the puroseful training for war censo
This deluge has resulted in a certain amount of damage being caused by In the morning, at St. John's Cathelandialips, of which about thirty, are dral, the Service was attended by reported, and a few small building His Excellency the Governor, and Lady collapses are reported. Way and His Excellancy, Major The most serious disaater reported is might be examined with a view to his General Ventris, General Officer Com one in Morrison Hill Road, where sanity being tested. He received no manding, and Mia Vantris.
about 10 o'clock, on. Sunday reply from the Colonial Secretary's A collection was taken in aid of the Church Army buts which realised morning to boulders, 000 estimated Office until Saturday last, when he was $741.28.
to weigh about fifty tone, became told that the case was under considera The Ret. HC. Copley Moyle, displaced from the hillside and erashed tion. He asked the magistrate to Chaplain of the Cathedral, preached the into the rear of a row of houses. Two expedite the matter. The point was sertion taking for his text Who
it
cluasem
business connected with his trip. Mr. E. B Rose will assume the Districtsoever shall seek to save his lifa shall people were injured and four bodies had that a private doctor kuaw the family and time is no longer employed in practi Attorney's duties during Major Hol-lose it, nud whosoever shall lose his Efe been recovered up to ten o'clock this history of his client and knew of various sing drill or the latest forms of attack. shall preserve it." The preacher, in an morning but it was feared that others disorders in the bead. He thought that the chief business of the force will siequent sermon, acught to show how the ware huried beneath the debry and he should also be allowed to be present training of its members. The whole automatically become the educating ind Divine paradox is trus of individuals the work of excavation was carried daring the examination, because his efforts of the force will then be concen and true of nations. Their thoughts
The houses concerned were occupied client may not then be suspicione. years ago, when the nation made her mainly by Chinese and Portuguese He asked His Worship to sist unity.
making all the use which can went back, he said, to those days, four
devised of this unparalled opport choice, and that choice was to lose her and are situated on the right of Morrison him is asking the CS.0. whether life for bouours saka and truth's. They Hill Road. At the back of the houses
schere is as follows:-There will. be taught to the whole force certains. did not enter on this War for gain
Japan papers reported some time ago the sale of the Club Concord at Kobe, to Mr. Kubarn Exizuoauke, the wellknown Copper King of Japan (not to speak of his various other sources of wealth). Official sanction of the sale has now been given. It is staterl that the Club has in its library a valuable collection of technical works on all sorts of abjects, and that as these books are how "almost unobtainable, there are plenty of would-be purchasers willing to pat up a good price. The members of the Club, however, do not wish to sell, bat intend to transier the library,
they intend to give permission or not. subjects which it a usefal from the point As to the murder he thought there of view of the Australian nation that all was no doubt that his client committed the history and geography of Australia, Australians should know, For example,
glory, or even for self-preservation is a hill about 200 feet in height and They laboured for peace.
it was from the side of this bill that The prancher then referred to the the rocks became lopsaned by the homicide. There might be other evidence and the opportunities to be found in toll taken of Great Britain's manhood heavy rains of the past week and were brought forward relevent to the issues every part of the continent; and simple during the past four years. They darect not regret them, nur speak of them, as eventually precipitated down the side in the case. He would ask for a remand the city! Also, in order to help those rules of sanitation, for the country and their lives had besa lost. Rather, of the bill and on to the houses. The of the case and for help in his represen-going on leave, lectures or paints of in- they might eary them their noble fate first warning received by the inmates was tation to the Government. and feel sure that they had fulfilled the highest aim of life, for they had rumbling noise to which little attention done their duty.
wa pac, but almost immediately At the close of the sermon a special afterwards the two boulders, accom
terest in Britain, the history of the court try in which they have been fighting, and Inspector Sims said he had no objee- similar subjects But by far the most.
extensive branch of the work will be to tion to the remand.
give all members of the force instruction Mr. Goldring mentioned that Dr. in those subjects which
they desire in especially in order to give every nian in
26, Des Voeux Road Central measured in terms of silver and together with a portrait of the Kaiser, forta of litany was said for the fallen,panied by large quantities of earth. Aubrey. was ready to conduct the order in equip them to enter into civil life"
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in reviewing the trade wrote "Thetapan Chronicle. war has shown very plainly that
At Kobe recently an English lady the foreign trade of China is no had a very narrow escape from an delicate exotle, prone to shrink and awful death at a level crossing over the witter unless constantly warmed by milway. According to an account the rays of prosperity, but a hardy given in the pen Chronicle Mra. G. H. and rapidly growing plant that needs bat little encouragement to expand, and is ready to adapt itself to the most unpromising circumstances. We have just received from the Chinese Maritime Customs Admin. istration the Returos of Trade for the first quarter of the present year,
A
SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI and we regret to see that they fail to support Mr. TATLON's cheerful optimism. At least they afford no promise of last year's record being maintained. The Customs reveane for the quarter," which affords ready index to the volume of the Representatives-country's trading operations, shows, Nagasaki, Karatsu, Wakamatsu. Moji in fact, a drop which is, most Kure, Kobe, Osaka, Tsuruga. Nagoya, disappointing at a time when the Yokohama, Tokyo Hakodate, Murema, Chinese
Government is eagerly Otarn, Vladivostock. Feking. Tientsin,
borrowing money from every possible Dairen. Tatmanfa, Hankow. Shanghal. Taipeh, Hongkong. Canton, Haiphong. Borce. The comparative atatistics Manila, Fingapore. Calcatta London show that the revenue is the first
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quarter of last year Tis |0,189,859, while the revende for the first quarter of the present year was only Tis. 7,601,086. This gives a decline of more than a million and a halt taels. It may be supposed by some of our readers that the almost complete cexation of the revenue from "opium. imports may perhaps account for this; but that would be an erroneous conclusion. The loss; of revenue from opium duty and opium likin amounted roughly to about Th. 260,900. The revenue [returns from this source show Tis
northwards across the Ikuta crossing. Whymark was proceeding, in a "rikisha
The gates were open sad no bell was ringing "Mrs. Whytoark was carrying Tarasol, nor the 'rikishs man bad his head down to negotiate this rather difficult place. Suddenly the 'rikisha. man was aware that a goods train from The 'rikisha bad too much way on to Sannomiya was almost on top of him.
stop in its cracks, so, with considerable presence of mind, he overturned the vehicle as he swung round, tipping the passenger put on to the track between the up and down lines. It was a drastic remedy, bat had it not been for this Mrs. Why mark would undoubtedly have lost ber life.. So near a thing was it that her parasol was caught by the train and carried some distance, before the broken fragmenta fell beside the track, Mrs. Why mark, who has only recently re- tion, lay helpless where she was thrown covered from a severe illness and opera while the train thundered by almost touching her as it went. As toon as it Mrs. Whymark was picked up and had passed a crowd gathered round and helped into the rikisha and went to Dr. Barker, who found that, she wis badly bruised and lacerated all down one side, and after treatment she was adot home." The whole business was, of course, a serious nervous shock, and quite prostrated the unfortunate lady."
PRESIDENT OF CHINA OUSTED.
DECISION OF TUCHUN'S CONFERENCE.
[The Chinese Mail" Service.]
Prsto, Aug. &
נו
A tergrum has been sent from
THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER 280,950 in the first quarter of lat Tientsin to President Fung Kuo
EVER ISSUED UNDER PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION.
The Chinese Mail
鍵字日報
THE LEADING ORINESE POLITICAL AND COMHÉRATAL JOURNAL.
the following came being mautioned:
"HONGKONG ROLL OF HONOUR.
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Alfred Charles Ernest Elborough. Kenneth Rowley Forde. Andrew Richard Stewart Miller.
Mears, Jurdina, Matheson & Co. John Edward Greason. Charles Clement Francis Cunningham. Ronald Muaro.
John Henry Bone."
i
Mesa Butterfield & Sirur. Arthur Francis Deane. Leonard Joseph Gull. Arthur Noel. Foreland: Frank Richardson. Frederick Henry Robinson.
Dockyard Police.
James Brewer. Henry Adair. fears. Deacon, Looker, Deacon & Harston,
Reginald Alexander Stokes.
Mesars, Shewan, Toues & Co. Alan Davidson Shewan,
Hongkong Police. Hertert George Wakeford. Peter Boyd Gardiner. Ernest Frederick Drury. Harold Wilson. John Delahunty, Edward Charles Silliss, Robert Edwarda. Artbar Allehurch. Ernest George Painting-
Hongkong md #hapon Dors Up. Lionel Oscar Collins. Arthur Hirst. Ernest Cruchsbanks.
W. J. May
Prison Farden,
.. "Medical Department. C. D. de Haney,
Moss. David Sassoon d· Co. Anthony Drummond Bailey.
Mess. Thos. Look it Sun. Ben Chapman.
La
Messy Leigh & range.
Francis Grissell
~ Meurs. Lane, Crawford &,50.
E. F. G. Orchard.
Union Insurance Society of Canton. Hugh Ivor Jones.
F. M.-Soares.
AH. Best.
W. H. Church.
é, F, W. Bowen Bowlands.
Noel Mitchell
Cecil McCutcheon.
Rennie Dean Lammert."
Ian Neil Carmichael
Alexander Lindsay Macdonald. Charles Nigel Gordon Walker. Henry E Victor.
large congregation, the Bay Are In the evening there was again deacon Barnett preaching a Special War Anniversary sormou, the collection also being in aid of the Church Army Huts. In bisaddress the Archdeacou pointed lost in the March offensive to the out that ore 50 of these Huta were
year and only Tis, 13,200 in the first Chang informing lum, that the con quarter of this your. The revenue furence of Tucknum heich at Tientsin from general import duty exclusive
las decided to relieve, him" of his of opium) shows roughly a decline
high office. of Tis, 300,000, while the export reversedutyshows adrop of nearly The 600,000. A decline is also shown in coast trade duty and in tonnage purations to be made for "hia relin-tomy, in France, and the essential dues. Of the 48 parts at which the quishinent of the Presidential Office. their restoration.
usefulness of these Huts called for
President Fang Kuo Chang has therefore given instructions for pre
erashed into the back portions of bous examination in conjunction with the the Australian force an opportunity to Nos. 14, 16, 18 and 20. The walls col-jail doctor and was only awaiting lapsed and most of those people who were permission from the Government" in the rear of the houses were buried Inspector Sims said that the papers beneath the debris,
had been sent by Mr. Wodehouse to H.E. the Governor.
The Police and the Regular and Volunteer members of the Fire
St. John Ambul Brigade and the ance Brigade were quickly on the scene and the work of rescue began, but this was considerably delayed by the fact of it being necessary to shore up the larger of the two "rocks before the debris could safely be removed. The first body recovered was that of an omah and late last night three more bodies were recovered.
House No. 16, occupied by Mr. Baker, of the China Sugar Refinery, suffered the most damage and it was feared that his wife (a Chinese lady) her amah and Mr. Baker's youngst jon and a niece were buried beneath the rock. Mr. Baker's eldest daughter fortunately managed to
escape.
ENJOYING AN UNCLE'S BIRTHDAY.
A Chinese was charged with sleeping on Saturday night on the Blake Pier.
at
become a worker at some skilled teade or calling rather than run the chance of entering the claas of unskilled workers on his return to Australis
MADJ and others of mechanics and electricity. require some knowledge is riculture. Others half-way through the arts, scientific, medical and engineering course before the war, will be given the dpportunity of continuing them. This tenching will be continued in the depots" in England, and also during the journey Australian eziversities and the traules on the transports. The cooperation of
unions
will some day be asked to consent
on a scheme of this sort, which is named
The Canadians have the University of
Inspector Kent said that the defen-to recognise the certificate" embarked dant had removed his shoes and his coat and bad bundled them into pillow and went to sleep on one of seats. An Indian constable who was on duty the time requested defendant to get but the latter assaulted him. soldier rescued the constable and was with difficulty that defendant was taken to the Police Station.
of Viny Ridge The subjects taught, of course, are far more universal that those at any university. ranging from elementary education to apgested that the scheme might form the.
advanced teacting Bus it has been sug
teachers and lecturers available. For A germ of a future university of Australia. Everything depends on getting the best this purpose the whole force is being searched. The British army is also Defendant said he, had a hazy Canadians have pointed out that the undertaking an educational scheme. The recollection of the incident. The onlyhole cost of the greater scheme does thing he remembered was that he went not exceed the cost of a week of war, and to, his uncle to wish him many happy value to the nation.
the results are likely to be of immense The bursting of a nullah in the returas of the day and feeling warm Ticinity of the Asiatic Petroleum Com-inside west to have a nap on a seat în pany's godowns st North Point the Blake Pier. threatened to
сацяе considerable damage. but a large gang of colies which were promptly set to work by the Public Works Department succeeded, we believe. in averting it.
A Chinese pleaded not guilty when THE BAILWAY INTERRUPTED. charged before, Mr. J. E. Wood this port Workers Federation on behalf of Two bad landslides are reported on morning with snatching & gold watch general cargo workers for an advance of the Kowloon Canton Railway.
and chain with pendants valued at $250. d. per hour over pre-war rate has been One
referred! tr the Committee on Produc The facts of the case are that attion for decision. The Port of London cecurred on the British section near about 4.30 yesterday "morning while Authority was invited to send represent-
:
His Worship fined him $5.
A SNATCHING CHARGE.
STANDARDISED WAR WAGE
LOBO DEVONPORT ENTERS AN EMPHATIC PROTEST.
A claim made by the Nation Trans-
Iderlined to do so.
Viscount Devonport; chairman of the
Tai Po Market, but passengers are of bat heing taken to the border by transferr West Point he was aaulted on the ing to other
trains beyond the steps of his house by defendant, who Authority, in a letter addressed to the alip The second landslip occurred after a struggle escaped The complainant reasons against being parties to a pro-
chairman of the committre, gives- between Pakut and Li Long on the then discovered that his watch and velure for which there is no jastification Chinese section, about 7 miles from chain were raising and raised an alarm whatsoever, and which has been forced
on
the border. The track is reported to but defendant could not be traced in
them by the Ministry of Labour.
The men, be writes, " have made no be undamaged and it is possible that Queen's Road West: A lukong who was the two Labour representatives. Mr. H. application to the Authority, nor have though traffic will be resumed to-morrow. on duty hearing Police whistles arrested Gosling and Mr. Devenay, who are The passengers who came down from defendant on suspicion and found the members of the Authority representing Canton by the afternoon train yesterday chain in his possession. The watch Labour, invited us to consider any
found, when near Tai Po, that they had was found in the street.. to leave the train and walk some diat
grievance affecting the wages of this class of their employees. The
His Worship sentenced defendant to of the Authority has always been to ance in a downpour of rain to join six months' hard labour. another train which brought them to Kowloon about 20 p.m.
HOUSE COLLAPSES AT WEST POINT.
„ONE MAN KILLED AND FIVE INJURED.
DUME BOY GIVES EVIDENCE.repeatedly taken
the
practice recive the men at any time to disenss all matters in relation to the conditions of their employment, and this has been advantage of by the men and their
heir representatives, and
Government A pathetic incident was witnessed course now adopted by
therefore, appears to us to be an this morning at the Magistracy when a ranted. To strain the Tar as the dumb lad stepped into the witness box Ministry of Labour, are doing in order to compel parties to arbitrato upon # and explained by means of signe to question where there has never beez Mr. J. F. Wood, the Magistrate, how conflict is to create in London the very another Chinese bad bound him by the aru professing to endeavour to abate"
conditions of unrest which the Ministry. hand and feet for a whole day,
Un four separaba occasions, in order to Defendant said that his mother had Authority have granted war bonuses nicet the enhanced. cost of living, the there are only six which showed any The Conference nominated Chu
a house in "Second Street, West Point, lost a pair of bangles and, suspecting amounting in all to 18s per week. The improvement on last year's returns. Sai Clong as President and the
partially collapsing, killing one man and the dumb lad, he dragged him into Federation would raise it to 32s. per week, demand from the Transport Workers These were Aigun, Chingwantao, present Premier (Tuun Ki Sui) as Catholic Cathedral,
Three services were held in the Roman wounding firm other people, four of his houre and bound him with a thick Wanhsien (a new port in the Yang: Vice-President," though there is Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Hospital and are reported to be in a
At B o'clock in the morning after the whom are in the Government Civil rope. taza region), Amoy, Lungshow and strong feeling that the latter sp-the Rester of the Cathedral delivered critical condition.
His Worship enquired whether there Mengisa At all the other places point:rent should be conferred on the o'clock Bishop Poszont also addressed a Macdonald, and members of the Fire wrist
in address in Portuguese and at 9
were any marks cu the lad's body and $19.48 per Aanam deligered in Hongkong the revenue was below last year's Generul who earns the greatest dis-large congregation. At 6 o'clock in the Brigade Police, and St. John Ambulance
The alarm was given by Inspector was told there were circles round his mark. Many things over which tinction in the military operations sung followed by the Besediction of the Brigade, most of whom had already days' rigorous ionment.
evening the Litany of the Saints was Blosed Sacrament
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Shortly after 5.30 yesterday, after noon, another fatal accident, took place,
and Lord Devonport says that until the Committee on the Cost of Living, has reported, the Authority declines to
give any countenance to auch demands."
to enable the Authority to pay the charges have been raised by so war bonuses already grated, the dock
The pretent: demand would probably The defendant was fined $10 or 21 bring them up to 100 per cent, beyond pre-war level. The Port would be crip- pled if the Authority was compelled to levy high charge je order to pay for the enonuous additional expenditure with trustees for the mercantile and shipping which they are threatened. And as
interests of the Port spd for stockholders. representing £30,000,0 of Port of Lon don stock, the authority protest agnipat the ргорова.
rendered, valuable assistance at the Morrison Hill Road disaster, promptly UNION CHURCH. The special morning service at Union number of coolies, began to clear away Congres
responded to the call and, assisted by a cal students is refused by the. U.
Exemption of theological and medi, Church was largely attended the Ray the debris. With the exception of Alex Baxter, MA, preaching an appro
minor injuries, however, it was found
but the unsettled state of China The Premier suggested to the itself is constantly militating against Conference the appointment of To the prosperity of the country, and Kwan to the post. thoughtful Chinese who are concerned The Conference, resolved to con-priate sermon,
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THE SIKH TEMPLE
TEETHING CHILDREN
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The
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o'clock, spécial prayers were offered for part was let out in tenements. It was after each operation of the bowels more and intestinal, pens galeser that attacks of diarrhiza Obamber sin's
than natural and, then cantor, ail Colic diarrhoea Remedy should paedy peace. During the ceremony a into the street, fearing the ground Even the roost severe damerou always be on hand. For sale by collection was taken in aid of wounded floor standing apparently undamaged. Chemist and torekeepers
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