Sin Brandy
WATSON'S
OLD
BROWN BRANDY
25 YEARS IN WOOD.
THE CHINA MAIL.
coal and iron
THE MAGISTRACY.
The munder of an amah at Wanchai.
Mr. F. W. Goldring appeared for the
defendant.
THE TAI-O TRAGEDY.
TWO MORE INDIANS ON TRIAL.
MONDAY, AUGUST 12 1918.
CHINESE AFFAIRS, GOLD CURRENCY NOTES FOR CHINA
THE WAR SAYINGS.
TWENTIETH LIST OF THE LOCAL
MASSOCIATION,
[The "Chinese Mail Sarvice.]
MANDATE ISSUED..
Praise, Aug. 11.
the point in the development of the shipbuilding industry of the Colony at which steel smelting THE WANCHAI MURDER. works have become recognised
Luk Chi-wan charged, on remand need, and with
As the Magistraey, this afternoon,"
During last month a record amount deposits clone at hand awaiting this morning in Mr. Wolfe's Court with before Mr. J. R Wood two Indian Ser
geants B144 auf B152 were charged of War Loan was purchased by the exploitation, the enterprise is one|
with (1) that they at Tai O on July Hongkong in South China War: which cannot be allowed to drep
17th being mambers of the Hongkong Savings Association for its members, out of sight. We have not yet realised the possibilities of develop-
Inspector Sins said the melien Police Force unlawfully did neglect amounting in valdo to me less than
A mandate har boet issued by the ment which this Colony contains. Itamination bad been concluded by the their duty in that they failed to take 100 (Straits Currenec).
The amounts pair in were all invested Preslant directing the issuance of goki twa doctom as required by Mr immediate charge of Taf O station and comes as a surprise to most people Goldring. He asked that the case betala al persons fount thereon when in War Loan of the Malaya Trust attrrency notes of the clenominations o to know that over thirty-six tona further renamed to enable the doctors suspicious death bad occurreil, con 6 per cent. The Membership of the one five, fen, twenty, fifty and of wolfram, taken from the New who bat eramined the prisoner to be prosent in Court in order to give svideoer.
Mr. Wolfe remanded the case till Wednesday. “
| Territory, have recently bean shipped to the Home Government's agent. Sie PAUL Chater said he hoped, this was only the beginning of what would eventually develop intoa large business to the benefit of the Colany. We hope sa tod. The more the tendency to
1.
"ጉ
BAIL AT $40,000 EACH.
Two Chinese
were charged, on
Association had now reached 1,030.
trary to para 1 of page 4 of the
Full particulars and application forms Hongkong Police Regulations, (2) that they at the same time and place may be obtained from the Unign neglected to perform the duty of Insurance Society of Canton, the Hon constable, having neglected to use Treasurers and Secretaries. arma and equipment provided for them. at Tai O station, contrary to para 19 of Fage 92 of the Folies Eegulation...
B152 was further charged with foil-
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., can be developed, the more sentely being ins unis with pousession of 300
make Hongkong an industrial centre remand, before Mr. E. D. G. Wolfe foring to exert himaaliin lawful way to
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
Telephone No. 616.
To-day's Advertisements The China Mail.
PUBLIC AUCTION.,
HF Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
1
FRIDAY
the 1th August, 1918, at 10.30 h.m., at the Salea: Roome, No, & Das Facz Ron, Corner of Tea House Street,.
A QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.,
14
It moved to Sales Rooms för Convenience
.
of Sale
Ani..
SUNDRY GOODS
MOTOR BICYCLE,
HONGKOND, Monday, Aug. 12,1918.
THE FUTURE" OF THE COLONY
cre
will it preserve its pre-eminence in | this part of the world as a shipping
and distributing centre.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Sir Henry Blake, Gaverior of Hong- | kong 1886-1903, left £20,730.
Tient. . . Amies, formerly station- ed in Hongkong, has recently been invalided from Stesopotamia to Ladia.
Ong ease of plague and one of enteric fever both fatal-were the
THE Hon. Sir PAUL Chater, C.M.G., has been an optimist all his life regarding the future of Hongkong, and no
man has more, done more. than he to promote the Colony'sly cases of communicable disease
reported in the Colony on Saturday. temarkable progress and prosperity, Consequently any words which all
or
cinked
The Trade Returus of Hongkong for
On ROYAL ENFIELD Twin Cylinder from his lips relating to Inture the first half of the present year, developments in the Colony are compiled by the Statistical Braph of the listened to with special attention, for Importudied Exports Department, have we koow that when Sir Par just been issued by the Government "predicts there are usually solid Printers, Messrs. Noronha & Co
nd Che 43 E.P. WOLF MOTOR
BICYCLE.
TrCash.
it
HUGHES & HOUGE, Auctionetta,
Ringkouk, Ang, 12, 1918
PUBLIC AUCTION.
5613
VER." Undersigned, have received in There by Pubis Auction, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED)
SATURDAÝ,
the 17th August, 1918, at 10.30 am.
:
| reasons for the prediction. Speaking, In secordance with the recent as Chairman of the Hongkong and arrangedient with the Hongkong Uni- Whampoa Dock C. La., on Satur-versity, the Central Government is day at the launching of that, sending twenty students "from the standard ship in Hongkong. >ie normal schools to be trained at the PAC alluded to the fact that the University five of whom have been shipbuilding ranks of the Colony selected in Szechueu and the remainder are dependent for their building in Peking.. material upon inpertation trooi
The intenza eplemic is playing either Engländ
America, bat he
havoc, not only in Caletta, but generally predicted that the day is unt far all over India, Karachi and Rangoon Three Well marked TERRIER PUPS. distant when we shall be ablu our are now affected. The disease is of selves to manufacture all our require short"duration, but so epidemic in ments in this direction. A previous character that business everywhere is Chairman of the Company (Mr. affected. It lasts from two to five days ANTON) & year ago, at the launching at the longest. of a ship at the same Docks, com....) ented on the disability, under which
at their Sales Roonis, No &
Des Verte Road, Corner of
Tee House Street,—
T-Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGE, Auctioneert. Harigkong, Aug. 12. 1918.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
structions from Mr. Dos
A to sell by Public Auction,
02
SATURDAY,
661
Dr
THE Undersigned bave resin the shipbuilding yards of the Colony work by having to get their steel, aad also their ship plates and boiler plates out frera Ilome, and said his foresaw the possibility of having steel works in Hongkong soon, for, mid Mr. ANTON, "we have iron
the 17th August, 1918, at 2.30 p... at his premises, the Old Post Office Buiklings.
A LARGE ADATHINT OF
CHINESE PORCELAINS,
п
OLD PRINTS, SNUFF BOTTLES, İVORT CARVINGS, "&c.
Comprising:-
tacle of opina.
Mr. Hall, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the defendanta,
Inspector Wildis said the opium was valued at 16,650. The first defendant was the engineer of a launch and the secand defendant "the coxswain. Ha asked on a remand till Friday as "be desired to take out another summons against the owner of the launch,
Mr. Wolfe said that, according to the regalations, the bail was ten times the amount. He thought it best to fix it at $10,000 each.
Inspector Wildin asked for the full bail of $40,000 each."
Mr. Hall said there was no need to consider the question of bait as his clients were unable to fud that amount
much less a smaller amount.
be
His Worship said the bail lud to very large, and reminded the case till Friday, Bring bail at $40,000 each,
ILLICIT OPIUM
Four Chinese were charged for being
in unlawful possession of a quantity of opium.
Mr. Lewis appeared for the first three defendanta and Mr. Goldring for the fourth.
Sergeant Murphy said the men were arrested in Shangbai Street. One of the defendants aid he brought the opium for a friend.
The case was remanded, hail being fred at $1,000 for the first and second deferviants, $500 for the third and $50 for the fourth."
P
extinguish the fire st Tai O station.
Mr. King said he wished to withdraw the third charge against the second clefendant. He would prove to the Magistrate that at the time of the shooting of Sergeant Glen leaning both the defendants were lying on their beds in thair barruck-room, that the noise of the first shot woke them up and that they only bad to put their hangia to the arm-rick to get their carbines and ammunition that, they immediately bolted from the station without taking arms or making any attempt to ascertain where the abat hd come from or who had fired the shot and that they ran away; that the Chinese and Indian constables had filed from the station, and that, though they did not know it at the time, they be. came aware that Sergeant Glendenning had been shot.
and Mr. R. A. Belilios, barrister-at-law
Mr. King (acting D. S. P.) prosecuted |
and Mr. J. H. Cardiner, solicitor, defended
Sergeant Perkins, who was in charge
The following are the monthly lists since the Association was inaugurated:
1st List
od 3rd
# 39,100
· 10,280
62,075
910,305
128,680
82,125
„61,880 68.333 110,595
» 140:345-
19
4th
17.
5th
6th
ith
Sch
9th
10th 11th 12th 130h
40,715
49,525
80:875
14ch
43,680
15th
84,955
16th
72,890
17th
64,965
1th
108,000
10th
20th
90,430 147,450
Total amount re-
ceived to date...
$1,698,103.
The following amounts in other cur rencies have been received-
Straits Currenay $253,347.51. Sterling £7,036. 11s. 101d. Gold dollars 1,55§.24. Francs 5,540...
Tael's +34.
hundred dollars.
[Another telegram mentions in this to be the Director of the Currency connection that Mr. Liang Shih Yi is Bureau. The establishment of a China Trading Cogany is contemplated whoso object will be to promote foreign trade on a gold basis.
THE PEKING PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLES
PRKING, Aug 11
The Parliament is to be inaugurated tomorrow. The President and the Premier will attend the ceremony.
Great precautions are being taken, ia inuing tickets for admission owing to an attempt having been made to shoot one member of the Parliament outside the Chienmen. The shot missed.
TO FIGHT OF NOT TO FIGHT ?
Perisa, Aug. 11,
The On Fook Club held a meeting.on the 9th inst, which was attended by over 100 delegates änd mambers of the new Parliament.
Speeches ware made advocating continuance of the fighting. It was was supported stated that this policy
by 70,000 Fengtien troops, 50,000 Oa Mon troops and 30,000 Dew troops enlisted by Chu Shut Sang, and it was
THE STRAITS OUR DAY" WAR' claimed that these troops would suffico
LOAN LOTTERY.
fi
IJ
to settle the situation.
With regard to the Presidential
THE MILITARY SERVICE TRIBUNAL..
An "Oar Day" lottery.value $2,000,000 of No. 2 lunch, on 17th July, gave has been sanctioned by the Straits Govern-lection they decided on the election of evidence that at 1.40 am. while he was ment and will be run under the auspices Chu Sai Chong as President, reserving at Cha-wan, he heard a lunch blowing of "Our Day" Committee. A donation the vice-Presidener for the person who
blast. He went towards her and of 31 per cent of the total amount sub-achieves merit" in the war. found that it was the Tai O ferry launch scribed will be given in cash to the
ng. Indian Sergeant 152 came on f British Red Cross Fund board from the sang and reported to The balace after deducting expenses. witness that Sergeant Glendenning hat will be distributed io piss in Straits ben killed. Witness proceeded te Tai Settlement Government 54 per cent. O, which took about one hour. The War Loan Bonds. The Tickets are to be when he got out from the launch and MILLION DOLLAR WAR LOTTERY Chinese Sergeant interpreter met him $10 each." they went all to the Station together When he landed he saw three or four
It has been arranged to hold a war Co,; and Mr. C. E. Holines, marine, Indiana standing on the pier near the lottery of $1,000,000 for the FMSgineer of the Indo-China Stedm haat sharis at the eastern gate. He under the auspices of what is teredithevigation Co, on temporaşe shore armed two men. He did not make Federated Malay States War Funds
duty.
FOR MALAY STATES.
a complete circuit of the station. He Committees. It has been decided to
The Tribunal at this afternoon.
case of Messru C. F. Starkey and Exemption was granted in the
Pullen of the China Mining & Metal
JEWELLER'S SHOP. BURGLED.
did not see any more Indians at the set apart 3 per cent of the collection Teppmry exemption fill October THIEVES BIG HAUL
back of the gate.
The station was to war funds, and the first prize will be 19th was granted in the case of Mr.
20 per cent of the collection. There
1. 6. Norris, of Messes. Paula Duins A German naval prisoner of war
That we have a gang of thieves who burning very fiercely acar the eastern will be about 350 prizes in all, and po recently committed suicide in Japan by work on rather more scientific principle room. He saved Mra. Glendennings He prizo will be less than $600. The lottery & Co.. jumping down a well. The Japanese than is nsually adopted by the ordinary first saw smoke coming from the built will be opened as soon as the tickets are
No exemption was asked for in the authorities, it is reported, have taken Hongkong burglar is proved by aing. He went to the fadian room and received from the printers, and will ease of Mr. L. Jack in the firm of
Telose on March 13, 1917. The drawing.
Mr, steps to send the ashes to Germany. burglary at Mesare Falconer & Co.'s shop saw an Indian lying dead on a bed will take plage in the middle of April Messrs. Brossard & Mopin. Severe nostalgia and the apparent when the ging got away with something and then went to the charge room and next year in the Town Hal., Ipoh Jack had previously asked to bo remoteness of release are given. like $10,000 worth of jewellery on saw Sergeant Glendenning dead.
allowed to volunteer. Saturday morning between 6.30 am. probable reasons for the suicide.
and 7.15 a.m.
Ax
It is understood that the European ore very near here, with lots of gentleman whose generous gift of ten
Messrs. Falconer's abop is situated in Hotel Mansions, opposite the Post Office watchman employed by the Firm to
oal in Kwangtung and it only needs lakhs of peas for the education of and it is the custom for the night
certain amount of enterprise to European, Anglo-Indian and Indian
In reply to the Magistrate, witness said he could not swear whether be saw B144
Aariety of B-coloured and 3-coloured have these Steel Works established." | children was announced in the Calc leave at 6.30 o'clock in the morning, door. A man could get into the station Vase and Fates, Blue and White Vases What we may call the nucleus office is Mr. Newson, of Messre and Figures, ete, old Bronzes, including Incense Kurners of the Sung and Ming such an enterprise had been, in fact Jarding, Skinner and Company. It is reported that six lakhs are for European, Dynastics. Pekinese Cloisonne, Amber already created in the Colony by three lakha for Anglo-Indian and one Jadestone and Agate Vases and Orna ments, Penis, etc, Carved Bamboo Ware, Mr. A. G. GORDON, who had brought lakt" for Indian boys. Fakemono and Wall Hangings, Jade into existence the Hongkong Steel stone Charms, Ivory Carvings, etc, etc., and a large number of Old Snuff Bottles. Foundry Co., Ltd. The Company
PLAQUES, BLACKWOOD CURIO STANDS, Etc.
The new Union Jack 'clubrooms are
lost
intendent of Police,
CONSCRIPTION IN THE STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS.
MARIED MEN NOT TO BE SENT
ABROAD.
The cue of Mr. H. J. Nairn, <f Messrs. Butterfick & Swine, WOR reconsidered and exemption waS granted on the understanding that Ar. Nair continued to be ungagal in Government work.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
*་
witness said be could not get isto to Cross-examined by Mr. Belilios
the station without forcing the station Gazette Extraordinary recently:
The following was published as
His Excellency the Governor has been the Manager arriving at about 7.15 hy breaking the gate with a hatchet.
informed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that in view of express 1.TEL. Since it is broad daylight during! Magistrate-How can you provelit? instructions from the War Office, pass the intervening three-quarters-of-an
Mr. King said he could not prove it ports are not in future to be grantes to hour, and the thoroughfare is well he did not intend to bring Mrswives of recroits unless there are apecini
The telegrama quoted below werd Glendenning in Court Mrs. Glen-circumstances justifying the grant, apert frequented at that time the risk of a deaning
from the fact that the husband is proreceived by the American Consulate eye through seeding on military service.
General from the Manila Observatory The Union Jack Club at Shanghai burglary taking place during that period the neglect of the Indian sorgeant. In view of the above,
His Excellency a new home for the men of the British was not considered, and it must, there Nirdar Singh and Sergeant Major Pagat referred to remain in fores to call out Evidence was given by an Inspector does not intend, while the restrictions
10th Aug Cyclone or typhoon E. of Luzon Fine JADESTONE INLAID SCREENS, limited means, and realising the the presence of officers and men of the committed the robbery had made them dian constables as to their duties. The East, for active service outside the unknown. -
has been doing well within it Navy-was officially opened last week in fore, be concluded that the men who Singh as to the instruction given to In rarried men whose wivas are in the more than 100 miles distant, direction posibilities which offered to a British gunboats in part, Stewards ofselves thoroughly acquainted with the Sorgeant Major mentioned that in Decimen
11th Aug 11 Married men of military age who are The greater portion of the above enterprise of this character" on the Race Club and representatives of routing of the Company.
ember last Mr. Messer, Captain Superclassified in Class A are. nevertheless Cyclone or typhoon E of northern stock has recently arrived from the much bigger scale an effort was made the Navy League, Consular Body and North and includes pieces From the
When the Manager of Menza. staid and exome, inspected the men members of the Overseas Force of the Luzon less than 300 miles ex-distant Sung, Ming, Eanghi, Yangching, Kiento increase the capital to such an British Women's Work Association. Falconer & Co. arrived at about a daties in the case of piracies, murdera, Service Ordinance, 1918, and applications
traits Settlements under the Military moving E. N... or. N.
Tith Aug. 11 pm Jung and Towkwong Periods."
Grelone or typhoon & of Apart less extent as would enable the present situated in Bubbling Wall Road where quarter past seven on Saturday morning, etc., when the European Sergeant was made by or in respect of them for certifs. cates of exemption will be heard by the foundry and its operations to be three floors have been finely fitted up
he found that the padlock on the front away from the station
Witness said there were two. Indian Tribunals which are to be established than 300 miles distant moving N. N. W.
under the Ordinance.
13 Aug, 10.45 a.. greatly extended. The effort to by the Race Club which organised the door had been wrenched off, and upon Sergeants in every station and in some Commenting on this announcement, Cyclone or typhoon N. E. of Aparri raise the necessary amount of capital Union Jack Club and has assumed its entering the shop he discovered that the stations an Indian Sergeant was in acle the traite Times by Apparently moving W..N. W or N., W.. Auctioneers.
show window had been disturbed and charge. In the New Territories they are the Straits Iailed however, and the Hongkong Steel maintenance for the first two years.
Government lexisinted with-
Foundry Co., Ltd. thue continues
a number of gold watches and other especially instructed in their duties.put koowing its owers. Passports bave Cross-examined by Mr. Belilios, been refund to women seeking to get to do business on a limited but At, a recent conference of represent articles were missing Fortunately, it witness said the Territory stations were away for health reasons, but were to be given to wives in order to get rid of the
DROWNING FATALITIES. apparently profitable scale. Sir PAULatives of various leading warehousing is the practice of the firm to place all often inspected.
responsibility of providing separation Moog Tai Wa, an old fishermen at Taillowances for them. Government now CHATER declared on Saturday that panies in Yekchums, it was decided articles of any considerable value in a
At Chung Chow the death by drown- O, said ch the day on which Sargeant learns that it has no power to fise auch to raise the storage fee by 3 per cent strong room at night, otherwise the Glendenning was murdered he went to the pasaports; and, rather than spend a trifling is reported of a woman and a ebild. when once we can get China to.
It is stated in the connection that the robbers might have secured a large hul station at 10 o'clock to renew his license of its wealth un feparation allowances, They had gone out in a boat, which work there coal mines in Kwang- tung it will not be long before the storage fee collected by the Yokohama, of precious staues. Another fortunate At 10.30 he was standing near the it practically cancels half ita o caprised, in a squall. The mother was
drdinance. This is parsimonious patria- and PAPER, etablishment of large einelting works Breki Shoshin and Yokohama Dock incident was that the thieves, in thai verdade and on their in Petism with a vengeance is shore to be drowned in trying to says her child.
Company's Warehouses daring February haste, overlooked very valuable clothes come along with a carbing. He LOPING & PRINTING in Hongkong becomes an accomplished amounted to Y.20,000,000, during emerald, which is usually locked up Bred at the Sergeant. After hearing serreus caesires tufen elsewhere but that of the mother is missing.
I went inside the Sergeant's room and 49 public inaufaned. of men sent on The child's body has been recovered. fast. We think a stage has been March to Y.30,500,000, April Y.29,000, with the other stones in the strong the first shot he heard the second shot there is very little honour or self A little boy, while stooping over NDERTAKEN.
renelled in the affairs of China when C00, and May and June Y.28,000,000 room at night, but had, on this occasion, fred
respect in a Guvernment wireh in willing wharf in Reclamation street, Yaumatis to compel sacrifice by others but obirke fell over into the water and was making any itself. If it is not abirking, surely the time his
Full Particulars from Catalogue).
On view from Friday, the 10th inst. Teras-Cash.
**
:
HUGHES & HOLOH,
Hongkong Aug, 12, lala,
KODAKS
and FILMS, LATES
662
CO.,
the exploitation of the potential each. The warehousing companies are been left in its place in the front part The hearing was adjourned,
servion--none of the reasonable and
wealth of the mineral resources of Baid to be under the impression that in of the show-window. In the Morning Lost Colonel its intentions urns to announce drowned The body has bot" been
[300 by the Chinese themselves or by a be in use.
foreign er joint syndicate, cannot
A MAIL uch longer be delayed, and in the
like
;
Road Central. the neighbouring provinces, either the autumn all the warehouse space will Since Mesara Falconer and Company
carry very large stock, they are at Rapington suggests that the Govern present unable to state the exact ment of India, strengthened as much TEETHING CHILDREN, amount of the loss, but a rough necessary, should be given control of matter of capital for big smelting TEETHING children have more or estimate places the figure between the Eastern operations. He would OF THE works in Hongkong Sir PAUL i trolled by giving Chamberlain's Colic
less diarrhoea, which can be con $3,000 and $10,000
to see the Dominions representatives in evidently looking forward to sub and Diarthas Remedy- All'thas in On receiving notification of the rod India, since Australasia is deeply
ory, the police took all fas gruel interista stantial assistance being rendered-byenry is to give the prescribed dosa. after each operation of the bowels-more the great Jadustrial Bank which the that natural, and then castor oil to precautions, including the searching of in the East Imperial Government propcecs to cleanse the system. It is safe and sure, the passengers of
on the outgoing train Even the most severe and dangerous and steamers to Canton, but so far no erents for the assistance of our Home cases are quickly cured by it For sale 20 and Colonial Tende. Ve have reached by all. Okemia and Storekeepers arrests have been made
in the condu
are very glad that
the married men are relieved of a cruel recovered. anxiety. Since the war began four The master of a junk reports to the years a70, we bure steadily maintained Police, that while in Chinese waters his that married men could not reasonably be asked to serve until Reporous provision foki, while looking oves the junk, fel suitable to local conditions was made overboard and was drowned. for their dependents and during these
VELI NAA Government has remained from making the chutest after of help. It's parsimony has been a scandal we of operations Fam
have not forgotten baw thái Downlode were the first to vola
Isant home'së'steurige passengers, with Asiatic coalies. Enst, is A New York telegram, dated Jul Julest ceadais in conn states thift October cotton is quote, wariant was the vent 101.00 and December colton #244) Europeans we have
KEEP IT HANDY- MMEDIATE relief in
attacks of diarrfíces. Slie and Diserhos. Rompers siwkya belony.handy
should