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THE BRIDE AND A DEBATE.
COMMONS-PRESENT÷-TO-MISS-
ISABEL LAW.
Miss Isabel Law, daughter of the Leader of the House, who was mer- The head of the Press and Intel-ried on June 3 to Major-General Sir ligence section of the German General | Frederick, Sykes, Controller of Civil Staff, Lieut-Col Nicolai, was an Aviation, was paid a high honour by enigmatic personage who knew many
secrets. Some of them are divulged in the book he has just published.
He has been bitterly criticised in his own country for his failure to defect the concentration of a large
THE CHINA MAIL,
CHAIR COOLIE FINED.
MORE THAN LEGAL FARK
DIMANDED.
A chair coolie, was this morning charged before Magistrate Smith with demanding more than the legal fare, and with using bad language
towards Miss Alarakia.
The defendant said that the com plainant made him wait for a con siderable time outside a shop, and then paid him 10 cents. When he
AMMUNITION SEIZED.
HIDDEN IN TOE OF BOOT.
**CATSPA" FINED $30.
A Chinese was this morning charged before Magistrate Hutchison with the lawful possession of 75 rounds o revolver Ammunition.
the defence, pleaded not guilty.
Mr. F. E. Nash, who appeared for
Evidence was given by Sergeant
WORLD FINANCE.
BASIS UNSOUND.
BRITISH STATESMAN'S VIEWS.
It is many years since Sir Robert Peel asked. "What is a pound?" but up to the present no one has been able to give satisfactory answer to Iche question, writes Loed Buckmaster. x-Lord Chancellor of England. It
asked for 15 cents the complainant Griffin to the effect that he was onsed to be regarded in England handed him over to a police man. He duty on the O.S.K. wharf at 11,30 measure of value fixed by reference did not use bad language.
a.m. yesterday, searching passen o a gold standard which was assumed Miss Alarakia denied that shegers' atrage when he came upon theo be as litte liable to change as the made the defendant wait outside the defendant in the custody of a Chinese Mutability of human affairs would shop. She engaged his chair-after constable. He searched the delen-Pranit, in leaving the shop, and rode to her dant's luggage and in a ratten bag be From time to time violent alterca- home. The journey did not take found a pair of shoes in the the end ions used to rage as to whether, in more than seven minutes. Arrived at of the left loot of which were the act, it was immutable, and proposals ber destination, she tendered the three packets of ammunition produced.dere put forward to establish another defendant 10 cents, but he refused The defendant said that the ammuni- standard in the form of silver. These to accept it and demanded 15 cents. tion belonged to his master, a inar controversies have become as out of When she refused to give him more, hamed Yam Kai Mee, who was al are as the theological pontroversies the defendant used very filthy ready on board the s.s. "Katjo Marui "the middle ages. language.
which was about to sail for Swatow
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $5 or ten days.
BOY HAWKERS FINED.
QUARREL IN COURT.
MAGISTRATE SMILES.
Three boys were this morning charged before: Magistrate Smith
having a debate in the House ad-
with hawking without licences. journed while a presentation was, Two of them told the Magistrate made to her a new parliamentary that they were orphans and had to precedent.
shift for themselves They did not ! The presentation to Miss Isabel have money to purchase licences.
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MARINE HYGIE<*—AND SANITATION IXPOUNDED
Witness went on board and made en- quiries but could not find the deler piece of paper which can, within large A pound to-day is represented by a dant's master. There was no such imits, be multiphed as the necessity name as Yam Kai Mee on the passen-of-the government suggests, and the gers list.
The report of Sir S. W. Royse & By Mr. Nash: The ship sailed changes almost from week wo week.
variation in is purchasing power Co. Ltd, dated Manchester, June 25, Witness admited that he de
says:-Chemicals-Following on the Dr. Gilbert E. Brooke, Port Health At the present moment the paper Whitsuntide holidays, the month Officer, Singapore, has produced not search on the ship for more than urrency in the United Kingdom re-opened with only a quiet demand for several most useful books on tropical
Addressing his Worship. Mr. Nast 300,000), and the gold standard in sequently been some recovery and a sanitation of ships and ports.
presents £350,000,000 ($1,750,- most articles, but there has sub medicine and matters relating to the said that if he was "not satisfied the relation to it is about 10.4 per cent. fair volume of business has recently the defendant was a servant, he could Whatever may have been the incon-Been put through both for home and A Manual for Ships' Surgeons and "Marine Hygiene and Sanitation: produce witnesses to prove it. The stancy of gold, it was fidelity itself export Prices on the whole remain Port Health Officers" (London, Bail- defendant's master, Yam Kai Mee was compared with the inconstancy of steady. There has been little business liere, Tindall and Cox) he deals most authorities and was sent to Swaron an official appointed by the Canton,
in Salphate of Copper and price is fully and completely with all that on official business. The shoes were in the media-of exchange is solely Copper. The Board of Trade returna protection of ports against the No one suggests that the alteration easier in sympathy with the fall in concerns sanitation on ships and the given to the defendant at Canton at responsible for the inflation in prices, she considerable decline in the introduction of disease by visiting the last moment to pack up, and the real source of social and economic five months, viz., 15,459 tons as com-of such a book, for the average quantities exported during the last vessels. There is very great need
paper.
In
French army on the eve of the Marne, Law was made on the terrace of the! When asked what he had to say he had already tied up his master's troubles, of which it is not easy 1pared with 26,675 tons, during the ship's surgeon is not an old hand at Paris, which caused the loss of House I was a charming function, the third lad said that he too bad tag, the defendant put the shoes see the end. Wages, and prices race
the first battle of the Marne. Over free from formality and marked by that fallure be here passes hastily genuine good feeling towards the with the words:
Leader of the House and his daugh-
been
father or mother,
One of his comrades thereupon his own bag.
round and round in a ring.
corresponding period of 1919. to whom all the "tricks of the trade" turned on him indignantly and said: The Magistrate said that he was
Green Copperas has Borrowing by the government art- good As to the occurrences on theter. Nearly every member of the "Why do you He to the tai yen? prepared to believe that the defendant Scially produces credit, and to satisfy and
in are familiar. Very often he is a demand both for home youngster, not infrequently he is a French left which influenced the Cabinet attended, and many M.P. You bare a mother.”
was a servant, but that did not ab-redit more paper must be put in cir-of Soda is easier with increased the wear and tear.of an inland prac export Account. Acetate man who is seeking restoration from result of the hatue of the Marne it brought their wives.
"You mind your own business," solve him from guilt. He was the culation. was impossible to ascertain anything, Miss Law received a silver tray came the retort.
person found in the possession of the he value of those already there, and Acetic Acid is very firm. Acetates men stand in need urgently in need Every added note decreases offerings from abroad, although tice by a long sea voyage.": All such owing to the circuitous route by and coffee service, with an illuminat The boys were about to fight when ammunition. which information had to travel. ed album çantairing an address. they were called to order by the in- Mr. Nash expiained that the police these simply increases the demands slowly and with the fail in the the peculiar duties they have to per the multiplication of means of pur-of Lead bave been moving only of a book that will explain to them Perhaps because of this failure Every member of the Cabinet con- terpreter.
were unable to trace the defendant's upon a limited stock of commodities. metal, Nitrate of Lead has but a form. However able a man may be he will not have it that the Germantributed a photograph and signed The Magistrate smilingly passed master on board the ship as he was the consequence is plain, maintenance limited sale. Carbonate of Potash as physician or surgeon he is capable Staff lost its hope of success after the his name beneath it, and the altum sentence of $2 fire each, or five travelling at the time under an alias of High artificial values and discon- continues in quier demand and price of costly blunders where in charge
days' hard labour.
of Yam Hang Yin. Counsel said it rent on the part of the people, who remains steady. Montreal Potashes of the bealth of a ship. Dr. Brooke was not usual to convict the catspasmagine that by an increase in nominal have been in better supply and have humorously atates his own early of the culprit.
income they have made an easier met with a ready sale. White Fow experience: "Armed with a DP.H place for themselves in the world.
dered Arsenic is again dearer and babbling over with ideas
battle. It is none the less true that Molike bust in upon William II with the grin words, "Your Majesty, we háre lost the war."
WHERE FUN SPIES WERE.
also contained the signatures of 610 members who had subscribed to the presentation. The King and Queen have signified their desire to sign the alhum as well as the members.
. Colonel Nicolai devotes most of his ST Donald Maclean presided as space to peevish complaints of the chairman of the committee, of which efficiency of the British propaganda Mr. Alfred T. Davies was secretary. in 1918, and the superlative intel and organiser, There was a largel ligence service of the Allies. He field, but the undoubted favourite says that the first attitude of the won." Sir Donald Maclean remarked. German Staff to our propaganda was amid cheers, in opening the proceed one of lordly contempt. The Gerings. mans would never stoop to this. But there is an ingenuous confession of the Pecksniffan kind:
"It was not moral considerations that prevented us from carrying out
GRACEFUL SPEECH.
Mr. Speaker Lowther made the presentation in a graceful speech,
LATEST SHIPPING NEW
ARRIVALS.
The ss." Pilsna."Capt. B. Bednazz, 4,648 tons, arrived this morning st 7am. from Shanghai with 35 bags of mail.
DEPARTURES.
*
The s.5. "Arsuta Maru," Capt. T. using playfully many phrases of Sekine, 4,960.49 tons, arrived this parliamentary procedure, He said morning at 7am. from Shanghai. an equally successful propaganda he was glad to catch the chaiman's against the enemy's front, but very eye, and to be on the right instead real practical dificulties. We had of the left of the chair Members no point of attack upon the enemy's cheered when Mr. Lowther declared armies on which our propagandaj that on this occasion he expressed
the unanimous opinion of the whole The could work."
25. "Hwabwu," Captain House a thing which was not often Weidemann, sailed for Port Said via ohtained even under the persuasive Colombo at 4 p.m. to-day. eloqnence of Mr. Honar Liw.
efect, he says, became disas trous when "the enemy's propaganda - extended from the front to the pople;
at home; it began to affect the spirit Me.. Loyd George, rather pale of our troops."
For all their great spy-system. Colonel Nilai asserts that, when the war began, the German Staff had no organised service of intelli-
The as. "Haimun," Capt. Page, after his illness and.ng travelling sailed for Haiphong at 1 p.m. to-day of the previous day, sp Le eloquently with 100 tons of general cargo.
of the occasion as a remarkable
tribute to the House of Commons.
these occasions.-
The 9.9. "Kungpina" Captain)
The Magistrate said that according to the Section under which the defen- dant was charged, the person found in possession of the contraband was responsible.
Mr. Nash asked in view of the cir- cumstances of the case, for a nominel fire.
$30 or three weeks, and ordered the The Magistrate imposed a fine of
confiscation of the ammunition.
ANOTHER CONVICTION. A Chinese man and a woman were this moving charged before Mags trac Smith with the lawful posses sion of two revolvers and 400 rounds of ammunition..
firm.
The mischief is world-wide, as the little is offering for near delivery food analysis, septic tanks, housing ollowing figures show: If 100 be Yellow Prussiates of Potash and problems, and so forth, at the begin aken as the measure of currency of Soda have been quieter and there has ning of my career I went affoat only the United States by 173, in the Acid is moving freely for both home por patient hidden in a ventilator all kinds in 1913, it is now measured been some pressure of sales at to find myself at sea'! Within a slightly lower figures Tartaricvery short time I had missed a small. United Kingdom by 244, in France and export account and price is and a case of cholera secreted in the by 365, and in Switzerland by 230. of wholesale prices a 1913, these supply. Makers of Bichromates have my legs over alley-way combings; Agin, taking 100 as the standard Cream of Tartar is still in short of plague for measles; nearly broken Citric Acid is unchanged. chain locker; I had mistaken a case tood at the end of 1919 at 206 in the advanced their prices; resale parcels and had killed the Captain's dog dur United States, at 257 in the United are very scarce and realize considering a disinfection. Kingdom, at 330 in France, and 250 able premiums. Oxalic Acid is easier apology for launching the book." It This is my in Switzerland. affect retail prices so that it is only by heavy demand continues for Borax surgeon uniform is liable to do as
Oken conditions with arrivals of foreign suppites. The is ample. Every new hand in ship's.. comparison with wholesale figures that and Boracic Acid and makers are much and the relation between price and paper unable to cope with same.
Sometimes Phos- perfectly innocent oversight may dence of the figures is starting. can just be shown and the correspon-phate of Soda is dearer in the absence cost, the owners of E
of supplies. Lump Salammeniac has thousands
ship of pounds by way
OVER-CAPITALIZED.
TROTC.
The man said that the women en- gaged him to carry the contraband or board a ship. He did not know that the parcel she gave him contained world is on an unsound basis. Each but demand has slackened somewhat board, symptoms not very clearly de The whole Enancial position of the been advanced further £5 per ton of demurrage A person dies on revolvers, and ammunition, or he country is carrying a debt for the dis Muriate of Ammonia continues in fined. The Port Health Officer dare would not have undertaken the job. charge of which no adequate means good request for export. There has not take any risks he is not there to defendant): Witness admitted that no international credits simply aggravate Bleaching Powder
By M. J. M. Hall (for the woman have been suggested and vast cross been a good enquiry" for both protect the shipowner but to safe one was accompanying him at the instead of ending the position...
and Caustic guard the health of the port. So the Soda. Soda Crystals and Ammonia ship is under suspicion and is ordered time of his arrest.
Alkali axc "I doubt whether there is an As Shepherd, sailed for Shanghai at 4fied that the male defendant knew
also in steady de Into quarantine until all doubt is re The Magistrate said he was satis
mand. Tar Products generally are moved. If that ship's surgeon had gence against Britain." Here he for-sembly in the world where they p.. today with 1,300 tons of what the parcel cormined. He found over-capitalized company and by some very firm. Pitch maintains its strong person who died, the question was it European countries are like an without change, the markets being taken a smear of the blood of the gets that this was because the British would suspend political controversy general cargo. authorities seized and imprisoned or for half an hour to join in a function
that there was not sufficient evidence means or another the capital must be tone and business has been done for or was it not a case of infectious expelled a large number of German like this," he added.
The ss "Doylestown," Captain had given him the parcel. He there never be on a sound basis.
to prove that the woman defendant reduced or the trading accounts will next season at increased values. disease could have been answered apies, previously planted in this coun
Mr. Asquith is always equal to Baver, sailed for Shanghai at 4 p.m.fore discharged her and convicted the tonal debt exactly propor- Carbolic Acid is scarce and all avail- Brooke tells us that this very simple Creosote continues in good demand conclusively in a few minutes with "try. That was why the German in
to-day.
If every person held the fraction of with prices well maintained. Crude the aid of a microscope, but Dr. telligence system collapsed. It could
male defendant. He would impose i never be replaced: Years passed Mr Boner Law," he remarked with The s.s."'Yuetshang." Capt. Lai-fine of $250 or one month.
tioned to the amount of his own able quantities are readily taken up precaution in the interests of the ship before traitors showed themselves in a smile. He has said more im hovetsky, sailed for Swatow at 10
The contraband was confiscated.
weahh, the cancellation of the debt at good prices. There is little doing is very seldom taken. The surgeon the enemy's can.p. Before the first polite things about me; but I am am. to-day with 200 tons of general
so held would do no one an injury.in Crystal Carbolic but bigh prices is inexperienced and does not think was found the hostile intelligence, glad to efface, at any rate to suspend, cargo.. service bad condemned well over 30 that particular chapter of memory,
Receipts from the government on the are being paid for Liquid. Solvest of it one hand and taxes paid by the sub-Naphtha if anything is better, there Germans."
ject on the other ought, in that case are in good demand with consequent and the reviewer finds himself rather Gf necessity a book like Marine being more enquiry. Naphthalenes Hygiene is almost entirely technical, to cancel themselves, credit could then increase in values. Benzoles and at a dead end when he comes up be reduced to same proportions, and Toluoles are steady and prices are against page after page af port the dropsical conditions of currency well maintained. A moderate busi- regulations scientific descriptions of the opening of the war he states bachelor, followed with a finely today and will sail for Saigon at 9the Union Insurance Society of Can-ed there will be no peace and no real which for shipment, vary according Brooke has the advantage of being The body of Mr. Robert Brand, of be effectively tapped; and until this mess is being done in Sulphate of ships pests, instructions how to deal that in Germany 135 cases of
or some equivalent scheme be adopt-Ammonia at new season's prices, with them and the like. Bot Dr. espionage were tried in the civil expressed tribute to Mr. Bonar Lawa.m., to-morrow.
ton Ltd, who was drowned in the courts; of these 80 were French, 41 and the bride and bridegroom. He
stood in solitary glory 29 one who The 5.5. "Chusan" British, cleared not been recovered, says the Japan
harbour at Yokohama July 24, has prosperity in the world. these figures are not included the ad never crossed swords with Mr.i to-day and will sall for Bangkok,,via | Advertiser of July 27, though constant
TRAITORS IN THE CAMP.
"I have sa d impolite thing about i
and recall only the years of anxious:
time when I found him a most valued
Mr. Balfour, referred to by the
He gives some curious statistics colleague and friend."
CLEARANCEL. “
about espionage. Between 1907 and chairman as our most distinguished The s.s. "Prosper," Norw, cleared
Russian, and Z1 British..
In
Bonar Law, for even the Speaker Swatow at noon to-morrow. military offenders tried by military courts. Their number was also high could not claims that. and showed a steady increase.
Finally, the members wanted to
THE LATE MR. BRAND.
BODY NOT YET FOUND:
searching has been going on since the accident occured. Mr. Brand's PICTURES BY WIRELESS. The s.. "Brandenburg." Chinese, family at Shanghai has been inform A printed 'Catalogue of German/bear the bride and bridegroom. and cleared to-day and will sail for ed of the accident by Mr. E. W. and Austrian Documents which in they did. Miss Law, charmingly at Vladivostock via Nagasaki at 7 am, Maitland,head of the insurance office 1907-1910 were delivered to the case, expressed her thanks in quite to-morrow,
at Yokohama with which Mr. Brand (Russian) Intelligence Department at adequate phrases. So did the bride-
was connected. Warsaw, was captured in the war. groom
Swimmers who were in the water on Saturday state that although the
It contained 120 strictly confidential
German papers and plans."
German untrustworthiness was the worst cases the
death penalty morrow.
SENATOR MARCONI'S VIEWS.
Lo destination.
a literary artist. We have seen books Sundries. American Pearl Starch of a similar kind which were a mere is dearer and only limited quantities jumble of undigested facts thrown are offering for forward shipment, together anyhow without even the the demand for spot delivery is only supreme essential of an index. At moderate, but stocks are firmly held. the risk of being supposed to flatter Good business has been done in him we say that Dr. Brooke Japanese Farina, due to some extent has made an amazingly perfect and to reports of prohibition of exports readable book. Everything in the The s.. "Wingsang," British,
from Holland. Dextrine is in good nature of fact seems to be given but eleared to-day and will sail for
“Very interesting and very import request at higher prices.. Barytes is it is all so admirably arranged, so Hongay and Singapore at 9 am, to-water was calm from a boatman's ant," were the words with which Sena-in better supply but prices are well skilfully linked together and ea clearly
who was with Mr. Brand point of view, it was rather choppy or Marconi described the discovery of steadily falling and has been selling layman can read the book with maintained. Turpentine has been and lucidly explained. that even a for swimming. Mr. L. E. N. Ryan, how to transcot pictures by wireless, only for spot delivery. There is a pleasure, and gather from it an in the time of
af made by Mr. Th. Andersen, the young steady demand for Imported Green finite variety of instruction about the accident, said Danish watchmaker. that Mr. Brand
Oil Soap, and shipments are coming ships and their crews, and their several "I have not followed the experi- forward regularly. The price of Castor passengers, and their pests and dai yards from the boat when men's, but I know it can be done," said Oil has been further reduced for gers, and how to get the best results seen last, not at the boat's side. Mr. Senator Marconi. "Pictures were delivery prompt to December... Ryan had called to him Immediately sent over telegraph wires several years, before he began to help Mr. Stewart ago, and what can be done by wire. In the first three years of war the
the third member of the swimming can be done by wireless. It will be Germans were again pre-eminent
party, into the boat and Mr. Ryan of great interest to watch the progress in untrustworthiness. The number
had said he was all right. Mr. Mait- made. The two chief uses to which of spies condemned was 273.." Of little later admits that the employ- these 189 were Germans of whom 65 ment of masses of tanks was a com-youth aged 13, was removed to the
The dead body of a Chinese land rated Brand as
a moderate the discovery can be put are the quick says that information, had been we are quite sure that Dr. Brooke has were Alsatians, 4 Austrians, 10 plete surprise; and it is notorious that public mortuary yesterday.
swimmer.
transmission of photographs for news that the Dollar Line steamer preparing so complete and so admira- received there to the effect { rendered a very great service by French, 9: Russians, 4 Belgians, 2 the Germans never expected our lad was drowned while bathing in a
paper and police purposes." British, 1 Italian, 20 Dutch, 16 Swiss, great attack which opened on August fish por d'in Sanpul village, Aotao.
Senator Marconi is busy on propers for San Francisco, stranded near Dal chain in the cabin of every ship's "West, Harts," which had left Kobe bie a mamal. It should be on a 10 Luxemburgers, 3 Danes, and 8, 1918, and resulted in the greatest*****
A Chinese girl aged 19 years, tons for another voyage of wireless monjwa, about ten miles from Hiko surgeon, and if he is a new chum living in On Lan Street, was on research in his yacht the " Elettre.". A Chinese male was on Saturday, Saturday admitted to the Govern Fresh".wireless
shima, and was in a precarious con- he should read every word of it, and apparatus - 100 dition. The "West Harts, was reif he is an old hand be will thank
the
bands of foreign espionage: Of the was inflicted, on 8 Alsatians. 2 The "Choysang." British, cleared above 135 persons tried 107 were Germans, 5 Swiss, 3. Luxemburgers, Germans, and of these 32 Alsatians 2 Russians, and I Frenchman. In 40-day and will sail for Shanghai via Against these there were only 11 cases life-imprisonment was
Swatów at 6 a.m., to-morroW. Rassians, 5 French, 4 British, 3 Aus sentence affecting 2 Germans, 1 trians, 2 Dutch, and 1 each of Ameri- Russian, and 1 Englishman." can, Swiss, and Luxemburg nation- zlity."
It would be interesting to know what has become of this Englishman. One case of enteric fever is Colonel Nicolai claims that despite recorded in to-day's return of notifi- all his difficulties the German Comable disease. mand was never surprised, but a •
3 Swedes. In 21 of the single victory of the war in the West
struct WALL
Four New Launches are under con- WALLA
The
was
everywhere by the quickest and simplest means. The index is full and clear. As far as we know, there. is, no other book that sets out the duties of the ship's surgeon and
A Moji despatch to the Mainichi the Port Health Officer so fully, and
He complain that Garmau traitors | removed to the Government Civil ment Civil Hospital, suffering from technical for the general public. to floated the following morning Some heaven for a weighty authority to got off much too fightly, and tells us Hospital suffering from injuries to oplum poisoning. It is bellered, to understand," said Senator Marcom damage was caused to her bottom, back his own judgment when he that there were rumours about certain his feet caused through being ron be a case of attempted suicide. The laughingly is being put in. The but the ship's seaworthiness is not wants things done as law and science high German nobles "which were over by hand truck No. 414. The patient is progressing favourably yacht will first go to San Sebastian, affected. She proceeded to Kobe, and common sense say they ought to not, however, borne out by facts? driver of the truck has abecónded. and is expected to recover,
Gibrainer, and Naples,
where the wal undergo repairs. be