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structions to sell by Public Auction,
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THE CHINA MAIL,
among belligerent nations, and the [export, except in the ease ofressumoni seed (which is largely used in the manufacture of margarine), showed considerable increase. In the case of sessamun seed, which showed a decline of 1 million pisals, it is stated that lack of freight was the determining factor in this decrease
THE SUPREME COURT.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
A FARTNERSHIP ISSUE
In the Supreme Court, this morning before Sir William Rose Davis, E., Chief Justice, application was made
Firm..
Mr. C. G. Alabater, OBE, instructed by Mr. W. B Hind of Mor G. Hall Brutton, appeared on behalf of the plaintif, and Mr. FC Jenkin, CBE, instructed by Mr. D. J. Lewis of Mesars. Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared on behalf of the defendant.
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Mr. Jenkin: I put it to you that the photographic plate has been tampered withe..
Witness: That is not so,
After a discussion as regards the
Sriginal document and the question of
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
THE MAGISTRACY,
SNATCHING A PURSE.
A MURDEROUS ASSAULT,
A Chinese was charged this after- noon before Mr. B. D. C. Wolfe * Chine was charged befors Afr.with murderously assaulting another additions his Lordship remarked that. R... Wood with shatching a pure the stearnshin Ling Shui, on th Chinese, named La Yi Yi,or hourl they were right in the middle of forgery from another Chinese in Coeluune August. again.
which be contended was the original Mr. Jenkin theh prodused a document document of the resolutions.
Mr. Alabaster- said he was entitled
Street.
Lam If deposed that some A witness stated, that whilst comtime after 10 p.m. on the 10th plainant was changing some money the ship to the bow to go to his her. August he came from the stern of
to have a translation since he though: as a money-changer's shop, defen On the way to the bow, he has to there were dumerous additions to it dunt extracted the purse from his pass through the cabin of the quarter made after it was signed.
paket. Complainant inunedintely master, and as he passed through the seized, defendant, who droppeck; the passage defendant cans up sed ulted hit The defendant was purse on the ground
not on daty. He was in the Un and came out and stabbed plan ght in the breast and Bagh with it
ir spike.
Mr. Jonkin:The additions are pos aamerou, It is you who have taken something from your photograph. ease was adjourned until to-morrow.
After hearing further evidence, the
CHINA'S FINANCIAL DEALS.
', '
STRANGE AFFAIRS,»»
«
Defendant assgited that he was Heized after the push had been drop "ped on the floor by eraphimant. He he heard a coinmotion and cut was not as bad as he feigned to the
Dr. McKenny complainant. of curiosity he went to the scene. [in Court. Cantinping, he sand cau He was surprised when he was plaisant was natted into the Government Civil Hospital on, the Sergunt Pits stated that defer-comfition. There was a skull cer 10ult in a rather collapsed dant had a previous conviction ated would in the left side of the gaines bin for stealing a bad cheat over the Beat. Below thi received ten strokes with the birch wound there were two abrasions on
The Magistrate sentenced defen
the chest. There was a lacerated waun on right thigh. Me prisment and four hours stocks. possible for the wound to have been
Fused by the pik Init Witne I would have thought that the wound in the chest would have been testised By stnall knife rather inn, by a spike.
ecutioning. sid. anther quartermaster cutie up at the time and held bhu and allered the defextant to stab hiu. C'ân- plahunt did not know why deton dant assaulted him.
The case was adjourned till 0-
ANOTHER THEATRE
PROSECUTION.
In the matter of Imports the Report by Li Man Sai and the Wo Loong comments on the enterprise shown Firm for decision of the Court by the Japanese who are taking full to whether one Chant Man was a advantage of the opportunily afforded partner in the Kwong Cheung Hing by the war not only to develop their piece.goodi trade, für "China is now being flooded by artiole of Japanese manufacture, such electrical materials, chemicals, lamps, hoisery, toilet preparations," mirrors, glaware, enamelled ware, &c., which up, longer. encoanter any competition Mr. Alabaster said this matter cance from the European market", TEe before His Lordship for trial of an
PEKING, Aug. 29. history which is being made in these issue as to whether the defendant was a
It is reported that the Taibei Kumei, a Japaneis company, yestonlay signed daya contalne many striking lessons partner in the Kwong Cheung Hing a loan of 35,000,000 Yen with the by which China could profit if ale frm when the debt, which is the subject Ministry of War at the price of 95, at had the statesmen who could take matter of this action, was proved. The Chinese Treasury gold bondie; in other ant to four months" rigorous in- should get all right now. It was saven per coat, repayable in three-year ension by the hand, Among these the Arst defendant,
Kwang Cheng Hing firm, which respects also the terms are similar to the HYSD.--Ons Seraber 3, at Shanghai,lessous fow are more patent than the in 1913 and was promoted by 1918. It is believed that the Govern born Arma Loan contract of 20th January, to Mr. and Mr. F. M. HYN, 200-disabilities under which China suffers man named Hui Chak Wa, who would mant intends to use the proceeds, a part THE Undersigned have received in JONES-On September 4, at Shanghai, in the matter of her mining industry be called as a witness. He promoted for military expenses-
of which has already been paid over, to Mr And Mrs. HERBERT J. S. and transport facilities. We cannot the firm amongst bis friends with a Another Government enterprise
suppose that China will always re-capital of $23,000 and to this sum the teaching farther in scope than any Theatre was sommoned before Mr. The nager of the Kaur Fong main indifferent to these glaring is defendant contributed $2,000. This hitherto attempted, is under way, the
money was paid by the defendant to regulations of which were published in J. R. Wool for failing to provide the abilities: but if nothing is done Hui Chok Wait a Club of which they consists of the formation of a trading his theatre on September 4th.
the Official Gazette on 29th August. Is requisite number of fire buckers at MERCEDES, the heloved wife of to remove these disabilities now, were both members Thè defendant company to be known a Chung Hua when the strongest inducements for fake that his name should be put Mao Y Kung Sau. The Company gets
Mr. P. C. Jenkin, D.S. (R.)., action exist, we almost despair of down in the partnership agreement virtual monopoly in the handling of prosecuted. any thing being "done" for another as "Tong ""zame and the name he all the imports and exports requiring a
Defendant admitted the offence. Government permit. These include generation.
chose was Chan U Cho Tong Chan U milway materials, iron, rice, ammuni- He expressed his regret, and stated Cho Tong was the same outside the tier, hips and anything which the that the reason why there were not door of the defendant's residence in Government may desire to prohibit the requisite number of buckets was NEWS OF THE DAY. Canton also Chan U Cho Tong from pot or bibiting the Bustic of incuse several which were fenk-
in the bama which the telephone direc-silver and copper, which was at first had been.
are also issued probibiting the export of tory has for the defendant. In 1916 believed to be due to large exports from repairs
ent to the tinker to Hei Chek Wa, who had hitherto been Manchuria to Japan, but the formation the managing partner of the firm, of this Company places a new constre to the Theatre Regulations, de Mr. Jenkin stated that newarding desired to retire and a meeting of the tion upon probibition." The Manila Observatory this after-partners was held at a restaurant, and
This ambitious enterprise is arousing ferbent, was expected to provide 58 Mr. Bowley stated that his chapt noon reports & typhoon N. E. of Luzon the defendant was present at the sidering that, apart from inged true a public performance. He was also steps were about to be taken to com
considerable discussion, experts 300-three-gallon buckets of water during was let to street fawkers. When was the owner of the house, whil its Japanese moving N. N. E. or N. E.
meeting It was then agreed that Hai nature, tba scheme managing partner should be taken by Ku with the Company puts it entirely out tion for 1,000 persons. On Septent objected and refused to quit Chi red Chek Wa should retire and his place as rights, while the foreign connection entitled to have seating becominoda.ply, with, the notice, the tenants Ping Nam, a man, said Counsel, whom whole funds and Japanese, the Chinese her th, when he visited the Theatreuse in a narrow lane and wis con- his friend would remember as swearing receiving only forty per cent. of the he found it quite full. He inspected state like most "housese Ti
of court. It is generally stated that the
mises. It was an ordinary Chine
FOR LECOGUT OF THE CONGZANEDIA
+2
TUESDAY,
the 17th September, 1918, at 3 p.m.. at the Sales Rooms, No. H
Des Tax Road, Corner of
Ice Hoss Street,
One PIANO by Hopkinson, London-
made for the climate. One PIANO by John Murdoch-made
for the climate.
One PIANO by Broadwood & Sons. Two Portable 34 H.P. "Caille” MOTORS.
TrCash.
HUGHES & BOUGE, Auctioneers, Hongkong, Sept. 10, 1918.
and FILMS,
and PAPER,
740
KODAKS
PLATES
DEVELOPING & PRINTING
UNDERTAKEN.
A. TACK & CO., 26, Des Voeux Road Central.
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THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER
"EVER ISSUED UNDER
AM PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION.
JONES, 01.
DEATH.
Noopt-Ou September 5, at Shanghs.
J. Noor, aged 32 years.
The Clima
Jail,
HONGKONG, Tumdar, Sept. 10, 1918.
THE PROSPERITY OF SHANGHAL
LOCAL AND GENERAL
لوم
THE Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai, commenting in his Aunual Report on the "comparatively neg The Hon. Mr. Chatham and Birs, ligible extent to which the hardships Chatbam left to-day for the north and and suffering, the general disorganisa-will his sissent, from the Colony about tion of normal trade, and the shortage six weeks, of the necessaries of life--universal elsewhere-continue to affect the com
roanity of Shanghai, both Chinese and
دها
H. E. The Governor and Lady May,
are about to leave for Canada owing, Foreign," wrote: "On the contrary, we regret to learn, to the illness of it may well be that in no other town Mies Dione Mas, their youngest
of similar size and importance in the daughter. world; with the exception of those
A
Complainant
Morrow,
41-
A BUILDING SUMMONS, Mr. P. B. 1. Bowles appienced t behalf of a Chinese who was so- mount for not erecting a proper win- "dow in the front portion of 24, Chung
ing Authority, San Tare, as ordered by the Build-
an affidavit in the opium case and who thares. One article states that only the premises and found, instead of role front portion was open with has now abaconded. Two, resolutions Chinese can be shareholders, but the were passed at that meeting and they scheme, which is thinly veiled.
well known Nishihara originated the
were reduced, to writing and signed by the partners. In order that each person present might have a duplicate
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of the original document, it photographed and, so far as Cotinga) Shanghai papers report that a knew, every partner had a'copy. During
in Japan; can be seen the evidence Chinese Company is being floated to the time that Bui Chik Wa was
CHINESE EASTERN - RAILWAY,
ELS. CONTROL SUGGESTED.
the requisite 58, only 18 fire buckets. the exception of a piece of bricica thus showing a deficit of 40 bucket work, which was formerly na counter. The Building Aunty There were ten buckets opposite the suggested that there should be à dj- stage. After considerable search is dow. in front instead of Bhutters management produced four more covering the space between the bicles which had holes in them, counter up to the ceiling. The flour und, therefore, could not contain way by shutters. During the day
wily wis also closed in the ordinary of commercial prosperity that so construct and work & tramway to managing partner, he paid to the Minister at Washington, bas telegraphed
PARING, 'Sept. 3. water. The mugement further time the shutters were removed. forcibly strikes the observant stranger Footang. The capital, $10,000,000, is defendant the profits on his chars in the a anggestion to the Government that Mr. somewhere outside in the streets and,ed as a shop but had lately bean Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese secured another six buckets from The house was divided into bunk.
The buikling us originally constructs. in Shanghai; and this in spite of the acated to have been already secured. firm. These payments ware entered in Stevens the china Easter Fall wafter a considerable wait, prodneed converted into aliouse for domesti
control Railway signed for his dividend, but that book, region.
"obviously, used for domestic purpose, Dr. Stevens now has 230 expert when Ku Ping Nam sbsconded.
with other books, disappeared railway engineers and, with the vast and were not fire buckets in any amount of railway material Geners see of the term. It was a serious witness hox and gave evidence as to have not been put together, and upwards dant should be heavily punished. CZECHS RECOGNIZED BY AMERICA.
Ici Chek Wa then went into the faludes Bfty Baldwin engines which offences He did not ask that deten Borvath acquired before the war, which
the partnership and the photograph. being put in as evidence until the Mr. Jenkin objected to the photograph original was produced.
The Chinese Mailery considerable flimination in ship. The main line will run from Tang Ka a dividend book in which each partner caring of the Chinese Lanterns in thay woven zaore buckets, which had beri pipes.
字日
THE LEADIES CHINESE POLITICAL AND
COMMERCIAL JOURNAL.
ping, the Increasing difficulty of Doo to Chuan Sha obtaining foreign foodstuffs, raw The native population of the Inter materials and machinery, and the national Settlement (Shungbai) jia pronounced and uniform advance in calculated at 645,000, an increase of the local cost of living. To account about 20,000 during the past two years, for this, the Commissioner any two the foreign population being about circumstances' are prominent; firstly 19,750, of whom, about 14.000 are the phenomenally high price of silver Japanese-From the Amual Report of that ruled throughout the year, and, the Commissioner of Customs. secondly, the fact that China still resnaine an available source of supply for certain raw materials-essential $19.00 par Annum d'altered in Hongkong elements it success in military opera
Publiaxed Erzay Morsino.
· COXYLON'TEM"Most ReliabLE TELEGRAPHIO NEWS FROM NORTH CHINA.
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All. The Lazear·INTELLIGETCH FROM THI Varioth PORTS. IN ORIFA AND Japan.
$19.00 to all Coast Porta.
Na, 6, WEALmeron Sinker, HosoLONO,
THE CHINA MAIL.
NOTICE
AMERICAN RED CROSS
SUPPLIES FROM HONGKONG
FOR SIBERIA.!
Mr. Sarab Gassler, Head of the
་
ut 400 miles of American steel mails and
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.
The case was remaded.
YOUR NEW ALLY.
announcement made by the U.S. Secre tary of State on the 3rd inst.
The following the text of the
of the Allies without interfering with several previous cuses of the kind other stocks in proportion, he will be That was not his function.. but i» able to meet the military requirements wished to state that there were the ordinary traffic-Reuter"=""
Before the Court and the defendant should have regarded their in the taken up arms against the GETDIAN The Czecho-Eloral people Having flight of warning
nad Austro-Hungarian Empires and Defendant informed dire Magistrate having placed organized armies in the that he had four hydrants erected in fields which are waging war, agnost the theatre: "
those Empires under officers of own nationality and in acordati the rules and practices of tions, and the Ozecho Slovi
independent pas po prosecution of their in In the present war, confided suprama, political authority to the Slovak National, Coupeil the gy
receipts for the week ending 7th Sept. The approximate statement of trate
Witness further stated that a line op the original document to the effect that defendant was not acting on biệ own behalf appeared to be in the same bandwriting as the remainder of the document. He dir net notice that line is as follows: At the time of signing the document
tintil be
the Cross-examined by Mr. Jenkis, witness This year photograph that he noticed the line-
id the the shop manager, Fung Yak
wrote out the document.
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It
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tions-which must be supplied to the Allied nations at all costs. The gran value of the trade of the trade Women's Work Party of the Hongkong of the port during 1917 was H.K. Chapter of the American, Red Cross, Tla 580,232,838, an advance of nine reports that the following supplies have million taels over the corresponding been shipped by the Ching to total of 1916. Foreign imporis werd Shanghai for transhipment to Šiberia co 1 million tatls.in excess of those of
076 pillow slips, 1,380 handkerchiefs, 1016, while there was a fulling off in drawers, 130 undershirts, 1 pair spiral 216 property bags, 105 para under the value of "Chinese exports and socks, 3 pairs socks! 3 paíra bed socks, Correspondants must forward their topxports of some five willjon tacks, mops, 474 surgical, pillows, 918 rolled marden and addresses with any communica cansed by the sortage of shipping handages, 325 abdominal Bandages, 240 tion.addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for publication but as evidence of good and accentuated by the high-tailed Bandagen, 160 "many-tailed Salth
exchange. The Commissiouer points bandages, 395 triangular bandages, 285 All matter for publication should, be
side of the paper only. written ar gae :
out as regards shipping that "T" bandages, 1 sfghan, 84 suita pajamas,
Prom Lettere relating to business should be tonnage, inwards and outwards, show-36 bed shirts, 15 bed Jackets, 9 wash cloths, taped birts and bandaged
Cammonimations relating to news should
bo addressed to THE EDIron.
addressed to THE MAXANTE,
Rata" of ambeḍription to China Mall" is 836 per sanam ; per quarter and per men-
*pro rata.
The China Mall is delivered free to ambertbens-in Hongkong and Kowloon,
By Postage in Charged at the rate of fifty
mente por month..
ed a decline of over a million to foot accks, from the figures of 1016, and he therefore points out that any increase shown in values in the returns is due
to the enhanced coat of commodities and not to bulk of cargo carrie Orders for astes copies of the CHINA The decrease in tonnage affected
MALL should be sent as soon as possible as
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN
HONGKONG.
the Kapply is limited. Cash 10 sta, Credit vessels of all fags, except the during the week, euried the
*40 ota, per copy.
Esta of schwcription in the""Overland Union Mall 1-812 per annum apo tags
panese, the tonnage of which remains about "countant at just over five
The Return of the number of cases
communicable diseases notified as oscarring in the Colony of Hongkong inst. shows; Babonic Plague .
81 per arramas Siegle espies twenty million tons. British tonnage showed Diphtheria,
Alterations, and addisqus to Advertis- the heaviest decline-just over a Enteric Fever, meate un Pages 23, and 7 shogismillion tons. If China femains an
Puerperal Fever, te sent to the Office, No 5, Wyndham
Cerebro Spinal Fever, available source of supply for certain Sarast, not later than 11-30 s
Alterations and additions to advertise raw materials which are essential Mental ou page and be elements of success ja military eater pant un mot khan I p.m.
Yaw Advertisements should be sent in prises, the Report does not show that before 2 pg.2
AdFortiments and Subscriptions which that the trude demands have been
sen nat ordared foșa åred-period
Postin fed until Countermandad.
Die Cole vraphly Addzion “MAI' Ho
Cođa 12 B.C, Bila Médition.
be
Cras. Death
100
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His Lordabip hers upon had witness confronted with the shop manager. Witness reaffirmed his statement.
Me. Jenkin: I put it to you that Fung Yuk Nan did not write a word of that document, but that it was written by
the defendant.
aud'see..
Receipts
Aggregam Receipts for 36 weeks.
for week.
Last year Lacrosse Decrease
13,598 24432
*
1,148
493,371 486,757 7,014
JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE.
Teams in the Hongkong Junior Tannis Following is the final standing of Leagus:-
O. E C. (0) M. B. F Indian Schools St. Stephen's Chinese Y. M.O.A Kowloon (C) Queen's
Won
H. M. Dockyard 9.
·R.G.A
Civil Service
Bost
Witness: Get him to write something
Witnere stated that he had been In business for about eighteen years and
this was the first time he had ever seen a document photographed He did not suggest the document being photographed. He only asked for a copy BL B. E resulted in a win for the M Alabaster interposing, said he CRO (C), who are therefore winners intended to call the photographer, of the Junior League for 1918.
Mr. JenkinYes! we are looking forward to having the photographet- (Laughter.)
The tin between OR 0. (C) and
take place on Saturday, the 21st Sept.
The match winners the Rest will
at
HARD COURT LEAGUE,
Mr. Wood ordered defendants to provide the necessary buckets and fined him. $25,
AN UNLICENSED MILK? - VENDOR ✨ernment of the United States p
that jengnizes
state of
of belligerency exists between the Czecho-Slovsky thus. organized and the German and Austro- Hungarian Empires. It almor recognizes the Catcho Slovak National 'ourcil da a de facto belligerent Governmost clothed with the proper authority to direct the military and
political affairs of the
A Chinese, was charged with being an unlicensed milk vendor......
Mr. Wood remanded the case, fix ing ball at 820, and ordered the bottles of milk found in defendant's
Analyst
possession to be went to the Publie Czucho-Slovaks of the United States
AN OPIUM CASE.
The Government
farther declares that it is prepared to enter formally into relations with the de facto Government, thus recognized for the purpose of prosecuting the war A Chinese was charged with at- against the common enemy, the Empires serupting to report three taels of of Germany and Austria-Hungary.-
Reuter opium
Defendunt, who is a cook on board one of the Canton testners, was arrested on the Praya.
Mr. Wood fired defendant $400,
DEMANDING MORE THAN
LEGAL FARE
A rickshaw.coolie was charged with
Sent, out by Mias Lens Ashwell'ź, Concerts at the Front organisation to Egypt, in Beptember 1916, a party has been entertaining the troops ever since, and is now
in Palestine.
It
has now been found possible t make arrangements for the resumption of leave parties from Palonta ayn Mr. Macpherson, while from Egypt and are granted leave as opportunity occurs. Mesopotamia a certain number of troops
in connection with the Anggal At demanding more than the legal fare Witness denied that the meeting
Home of the Chinese Recreation Club from European lad, the son of
their grounde
Mire West of Kowloon, held as the restaurant at which the
It was stated that defendants resolution was passed wax beld for League for the Autamon has born pro Ferry Wharf at Kowloon to convey The formation of Hard Court rickshaw was engaged on the "Star" the purpose of
getting rid of him posed by the Committee of the the ad to Humphrey's Buiklinge because to had overdrawn his account, Hongkong Junior Tennis League. All usually taking five minutes. Defen *I*, who dared say that he could not repay and will be governed by the rules of the legal fare, deunded 10 cents.IS romely has no sup
matches will be played on hard courts
dant en tonderer 5 cents, which bis overdrawings! He was interested the Jenior League
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA. RE. you embjest to attacks of diar a few days, rest in bed if possible, be thos Reep absolutely quiet for extraordinarily heavy. Antimony, ain's Collo and Diarrbis Remedy This careful of your diet and take Chainber owblics, goat skins and seesaman medicine has cured en of chroni diarrhoea that physicians have Ciled on. are mentioned as articles'more or lard it sill enrera Tele
Themlats and Scorelan park,
Wine
in half a dozen concerns to the extent of All Clube dositing to fain this Over $100,000
Bigga kerja cada anak requested to notify the
Secretary, Hongkong Junior-2
Tennis September 93ed meeting will be c/o Chinese Y. M. C. & before
Pavilion on Tuesday, the 24th, at 3.1 held at the Hongkong Uricket Olub pm. to completo arrangements.
Mr. Jenkin said he asked that ques there was a clause to the effect that tice because at the foot of the resolution
other partners should future be allowed to overdraw,
Witness said that was boply to ato
No special had
be sued to divi
Wollo fined defendant $10;
TAVE you over tied Chitinberlain's
RHEUMATISM
CHAMBERLAIN BROUGH
REMEDYA
cure for colds, croup and
always be dinded per 1 hus been sfavorite Foung childrer for myst Chamberlain's Conch
got you trusting time, an the longer
Pain Bain for theumatism: to take t thir disse runs on this harder it is to Lurs. Get a bottle day,nuply: £z"wifts
It not only carestenlis prevents their reuniting in ure
Chamberling Cough Hai
a rigorous, maaange to the ficted weten omista ac of her nere
Fat the relief:
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