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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 18TH, 1913.
The third meeting of the Hongkong TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
Gymkhana Club will be held at Happy Valley this afternoon. The programme includes seven events, the first of which, the Gymkhana Stakes, begins au 3.16.
Au inquest was held by the Coroner
as thia act of generosity to the Golf Club probably is, we do not think anyone will be inclined to cavil at the vote. It was mon. tioned that the Clob has spent, or is engaged in spending, $70.000 on improvements in the locality, and also that thus revenue derived by the railway from the use of the Mr. F. A. Hazeland) yesterday into the Golf Course at Fauling is estimated at
circuinstances attending the death of p $10,000 per annum. The Government,
Cheung, who was in Victoria Gaol await- therefore, feels that some encouragementing his trial on a charge of kidnapping, should be given in the circumstances, and After hearing the evidence of Dr. Me- wo think most mea, whether they are
Konoy, who said the man was suffering from typhoid fever and chronic opium addicted to Golf or not, will endorse the CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS AND Government's action, Golf Iras become an poisoning when admitted to the Hospital,
PERFUMERS,
exceedingly popular pastime in the Colong the jury (Messrs. H. H. dog. Remedios, 41000g residents of both sexes, and there is foreman, G. A. Vierich, and Ernest Fere little doubt that when the lulies" Foster) returned a verdict of death from 'course is provided, the railway revenue will natural causes, WATSON'S
show a considerable improvement over the PURE CARBOLIC SOAPS. | already astonishing figure. Moreover, the Highly recommended by the money which the Golf Club have expended Medical Profession
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His EXCELLENCY
THE GOVERNOR,
For the BATH and TOILET
in three strengths; Strong Medical, Medium and Toilet.
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in laying out their eighteen-hole course on the 38 acres of waste land they have leased from the Government, and in the building of the commodious club-house, tends to the enhancement of the value of the surrounding land, sothat we imagine it is a matter of some importance to the Club to be able to obtain the land earmarked for a ladies' course while land values remmin at their present figure in the locality. Since the acquisition of the golf course at Fauling the district has certainly begun to show many indications of development not necessarily because it has become a centra of attraction for golfers, though this fact may not have been without influence upon the minds of others who have been attracted by the possibilities the district offers, whether for residential ENGLISH purposes or for agricultural development. LAVENDER WATER. Fauling would seem to be an admirable An exquisite Perfume. Put locality for an Economic Garden. So far up in Elegant Bottles, makes the New Territories have not proved so a delightful adjunct to the advantageous to Hongkong from the point was
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of view of agricultural development as generally hoped at the time they were taken over. Practically all efforts to get the Chinese former to take to new ideas or ANY adopt modern methods have signally failed.
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By the T.K.K. str. Shingo Murn, which leaves at noon to-day, Mr. A. Hamsay, who
for the past eight years has been senior reporter and sub-editor of the Hongkong Daily Press, leaves for Shang hai, reufe to Peking, where he is undertaking the editorship of a new daily newspaper which conurences publi- cation next month. Among the many friends Mr. Ramsay has made during his residence in the Colony sincerely regret his departure or
than bis ardently wish him success journalistic confréres, who have presented him with tokens of their esteem and
regard.
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THE LATE PRINCE ARISUGAWA.
A CURIOUS CUSTOM.
TOKYO, July 10th. The remains of Prince Arisugawa arrived at the Capital this evening.
A great number of dignitaries were present at the station.
Prince Arisugawa's death was-net officially announced, the body being received as living.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX.]
AVAR IN THE BALKANS.
ROUMANIA. DECLARES WAR ON BULGARIA.
The Times correspondent at Sofia suys that the King of Roumania has declared war on Bulgaria, and has re-called the
Minister-at-Sofia.
According to a Vienna message, the Roumanian troups crossed the Bulgarian frontier on Thursday afternoon.
SUPREME
COURT..
Friday, July 11th.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. Berone His HONOUR MR. JUSTICE KEMP (PUISNE JUDGE).
MUTUAL DISCOVERY.
A case was called on in which. Mr. R. C. Faithfull appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Otto Rong Sing represented the defendant.
Mr. Kong Sing asked for en 'adjourn- ^ment, and for¬discovery. -
sinilo
Mr. Faithfull agreed, and a passed over the faces of those, in Court when he remarked, "We'll discover each other between this and then.”
LA MISUNDERSTANDING.
An action in which the Chung Yarn firm are saing To Po Sha to recover $433.65 was mentioned.
Mr. Faithfull, who represented the defendant, asked for a week's adjourn- ment.
BULGARIA AND PEACE TERMS, It is understood that Bulgaria has made certain enquiries in St. Petersburg (We may recall the fact that when the regarding the terms of peace, but nothing effect has been received father of the late Prince died in Formosa to the same
hia at the time of the Japan-China war,
The probabilities,
His Lordship-That was the case last death was not officially announced until the officially in London,
A late: Paris telegram states that time, and the defendant was not here. body had reached Tokyo, the capital of the however, point in that direction.
Mr. Faithfull-I have not got the news. Russian inter Empire. When the body was landed front the warship which conveyed it to Japan, it was announced that the Prince had arrived Bulgaria's appeal for
sary documents with me to-day.
I a at Hiroshima, as though. ho were still alive.]vention is officially confirmed. It is
told that since the last adjournment the understood that Russia will readily defendant has seen the plaintiff, and gave accept the office of peacemaker, provided him to understand that he need not there is no more inggling and that appear here to-day, as he (the defendant)
more conciliatory would pay up before to-day.
His Lordship adjourned the cash for a attitude towards the claims of Servia and
week, but reserved the costs of ile nd- Greece.
journent.
DEATH OF COUNT HAYASHI.
TOKYO, July 10th, Count Hayashi died at 3 o'clock Bulgaria adopts a this afternoon in the presence of Countess Hayashi and sou.
The road to Sofia is practically open.
The Japan Chronicle gives the following, and it is expected that an armistice will account of the accident which led to the be concluded immediately. Count's death: On the 1st June Count Hayashi, formerly Japanese Ambassador iz BULGARIA'S ALLEGED VICTORIES. London, fell from a jinrikisha in front of The claims of Bulgaria to important
When the neident happened, he was in the victories are wholly incompatible with his villa at Hayana, and injured his thigh. nes of leaving Hayama for Tokyo to enter the Servian and Greek accounts, which the Juntrudo Hospital, as he was suffering
A Manila paper says:- Scandalized, outraged, dismayed and infuriated,
the medical inspection appalled by ordinance, professional bailarinas of Camus, Manila have walked out compelling the owners of the salones de baile to close their establishments.”
after describing the eontemporary,
at once called to Hayama from Tokyo and strike," says:The passing out of in diabetes and neuralgin, Dr. Sat was the European public are disposed existence of the Manila dance halls is the took the Count under his rare.
Ax. how credit,
CREEK VICTORIES." result of a purification campaign waged ever, he could not be treated satisfactorily.
Latest reports represent that the Greeks by the focal health and city authorities where he was, the doctor took the Count to extending over a number of years. It was carried in a special ear, on June 8th. The are in possession of Struznitza, and that long since recognized that these places best surgical skill was used, but the setting defiles at Bulgariaus are in full vetrent constituted a source of moral contamina-f Coupé Hayashi's broken thigh proved very
Petritch, abandoning numerous extraordinary nature. The trouble was
the Juntendo, Tokyo. the patient being
OTHER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE M. DEME in bis valuable and extremely tion to young Filipinos, and efforts at difficult, owing to the fracture being of an upon
TO GET IN ENGLAND. (Recent Testimonial.)
interesting Report on the New Territories published last year mentioned that fruit growing has not bitherto been successful or remunerative, but he was undoubtedly cor- reet whom he said that the fruit trees-of 4. S. WATSON & CO..which there are many kinds in the New
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Territories have suffered in nearly all cases from want of attention, and that no serious attempt seems to bare been made by the natives (except in one or two isolated instances) to cultivate fruit with a view to supplying the Hongkong market. The agricultural possibilities
regulation or suppression received the compleated by the rupture of an artery, earnest support of the Filipino Press. which caused great weakness from loss of Several measures, including the raising ofood, and suppuration setting in it became necessary to amputate, as the only the licence of the dance halls and an chance of saving the patient's life. The ordinance restricting their operations to Count's permission having been obtained, Sundays and holidays, were tried, without Dr. Sato performed the operation on fune
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success.
The medical inspection ordin ance proved the death blow".
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION.
Dividend of £2 per share. Add to the Silver Reserve Fund. $250,000 Write off Bank Premises.....$250,000 $20 lacs. And carry forward about......
in the Now Territories may not be We are officially authorized to state that vast, but we believe them to be much subject to audit, the Directors of the greater than is generally believed, and the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpora- establishment of an Economic Garden tion will recommend at the forthcoming under Gavernment supervision we regard
niceting as a crying need. When we ses what the Japanese have already accomplished in Korea, and what the Americans in tho Philippines bave done, by means of model farms and gardens, seedling stations, and training schools of one kind or another, not to mention the provision of rural banking facilities, we are persuaded that these methods could be followed, on a small scale, with very great benefit to the New Territories.
THE SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.
THE GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN.
HONGKONG
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] EMPIRE-DAY SHOOTING CUP
RESULTS.
HONGKONG TROOPS AMONG THE PRIZE-WINNERS
$,704
LONDON, July 11th. The following are the final prize-winners in the Bisley Empire-Day Cup (the maximum score being 4,200);- Royal Marine Artillery (Ports-
mouth) 2nd Hampshires (Mauritius) 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Muttra) 103th Hazara Pioneers (Quetta) 29th Punjabis (Chaman)) 2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas (Dharma-
sala)
26th Punjabis (Hongkong) 2nd Norfolks (Belgaum) -84th Punjabis (Rawalpindi)
We are asked to remind the public Royal Marine Infantry (Gosport). of the Al Fresco" concert which takes H.M.S. Pembroke (Chatham) place to-morrow (Sunday), at 9 p.m., on 2nd North Staffordshires' (Rawal-
piad). the compound of the Roman Catholie Cathedral, in celebration of the Centenary 10th Royal Hussars (Potchef-
A tender of Tls 13,000 for the erection of the German school in Hankow was accepted at a meeting of the Schulverein | Anniv: rsary held at the Consulate on June 30th.
Mr. B. L. Frost is undertaking the duties of Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Lawn Bowls League in succession to Mr. Alex. Ramsay, who leaves for Peking to-day.
Interim dividends for the past half year are announced by the Hongkong Laud Investment Co., Ltd. ($3 per share), and the West Point Building Co., Ltd. ($2 per share).
HONGKONG, JULY 2TH, 1913.
The vote of $11,000 passed by the Legis lative Council on Thursday mainly with the object of assisting the Golf Club to provide a Ladies' Nine-Hole Golf Course at Fanling. in close proximity to the existing eighteen. hole course, is prohábly without precedent in the annals of the Colony. According to the statement made to the Finance Cour. mittee the Secretary of State has approved of the lease of certain Crown lands consist ng chiefly of low hills near the Fauling- Autau Road, to the Golf Club for a ladies' course, but as it is necessary to acquire an intervening block of laudat present, we presume, in the occupation of Chinese farmers and as the financial position of the Club does not admit of their purchasing it at the present time, the Government, with the concurrence of the Legislative Counci, has decided to resine the whole of this land itself, at a cost of $11,000, leasing to
The M.M. Company are withdrawing the Club the portion needed for the ladies" course, at 43 per cent. on the capital another strainer from the Atlantic and
mitting her on the Eastern run-Ehis-is- expended, until such time as the Club may be in a position to acquire it on its-the-which is now on the way out. own account. The amount of land involved The vessel is of 6,020 tuns gruss, and was.
It is announced that the N.D.L. S.H. Borneo will in future call regularly at the ports of Jesselton and Kudat on her way down to Bandakan as well as on her way back to Hongkong.
The latest addition to the Peak Hotel well-fitted hairdressing saloon" for. is a the convenience not only of the guesta of the hotel, but of Peak residents generally-ladies as well as gentlemen.
built in 1894.
in all is 57 acres, of which 42 acres will be leased to the Club, and it is contemplated Another big fire is reported in the Manila papers, the damages being put at to utilise the remainder as an Economic
P400,000. Buildings on both sides of the Garden, by which we presume is menutu garden under the aegis of the Botanical and Gandara were burnt out. A fire wall of Forestry Department, where experiments, reinforced concrete is considered to have may be made in the cultivation of crops saved hundreds of thousands of pesos with a view to the improvement of agricul worth of property between it and the ture in the New Territories, Unprecedented Esculta.
Ozanam
stroom)
of Frederick (founder of the Scriety) and the Golden 69th Punjabis (Malakind) Jubilee of the establishment of this 4th King's Royal Nifles (Gharial)..
Beth Sikhs (Lucknow) Society at Hongkong.
The following is the programme :mi
PART 1. 1-Overture... William Tell"... Bussini.
THE BANH.
MR. ENGLAND).
Gaula,
2 Opening Address. .....
MRA. 3, P. HÀ Barva (vice-president). 3 Song. The Curfew 4.SongKashimiri Song" Amy Fhuden. 5.---Violin Suló .............. "Vision" Drdla,
Pelizzier.
Squire,
MIN. MAITLAND.
MI. VONZOEZ,
MISE CASTKO,
4. Song..." Garden of Roses"
7- Song ... The Watchman
MR... WHITE. 8.Piano Solo ...2nd Mazurka”..... Godard. MI88, OSMEND..
THE BAND.
Kuns.
The Greeks occupied Ravalla, which the Bulgarians evacuated after a bombard- ment by the Greek fleet.
· TURKISH TROOPS MOVE INTO
OCCUPATION.
Turkey hus determined to occupy forth- with the whole of the territory southward of the Enos-Midia line.
Troops are already moving, horses and transport being requisitioned wholesale.
GREAT BATTLE AROUND KUSTENDIL.
A great battle is in progress around Kustendil, extending along a line of 40
miles.
Wounded soldiers relate that the recent 3.100 battles were indescribably terrible. The 3,016 task of extricating the wounded from 2,000, the tangled heaps of dead men and 2,939
horses, rocks, and debris diffenlt
2,831
2,827
2,808 2,781
was most
GREEKS AND SERVIANS JOIN.
HANDS NEAR ISHTIP.
Despatches from Belgrade and Athens 741 indicate that the Greeks and Servians
2,737
2,708
2,691
THE MAGISTRACY,
For stabbing a compatriot in Queen's Road West, a Chinese was sentenced to a month's hard labour by Mr. Anzeland. A Chinese was charged with stealing tea, rice and fish to the value of $15, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland yesterday.
The stolen property belonged to the N.D.L... Yorck, and defendant was It & discharged fireman on the vessel.
as stated that he offered a bribo to the was sentenced to a month's hard labour, and four hours in the stocks on the charge of larceny, and another month for offering- a bribe, in default of paying a fine of $25,
Chinese constable who arrested hits. Ho
A well-dressed Chinese appeared before- Mr. C. D. Melbourne to answer a charge of stealing three gold rings, and of ob- taining $50 by false pretendes. The theft was carried out in a most barefaced manner. It appeared that the man went to the French Mission, at 44, Caine Road, and told a priest that he desired to become a Christian. He afterwards men- tioned to the priest that he was in great need of a loan of $50 and the amount was handed to him. After appropriating the "convert" went on rings, the promising his way rejoicing. He was arrested, aind was yesterday sentenced to six months in Victoria Gaol,.
A Chinese was charged before Mr. Hazeland with beating drains and tom- toms during prohibited hours at No. 32, It appeared that this Robinson Road. had been going on at the house for over four months and gave great annoyance to European residents in the vicinity. Yesterday morning, at about two o'clock, Mr. A. R. Cavalier, one of the masters of Queen's College, who lives opposite, went with P.C. Swan into the house, and Defendant requested them to be quiet.
defed the constable, and said he did not
have joined hands near Ishtip, the former,
care about the law, as he would be fined after severe fighting in the passes of only a small sum. He further intimated Mount Bellessi, threatening the rear of that he thought it would be roing on all- night, as it was Chinese custom, and had 2634 the Bulgarian Army Corps, whose front
to be done. Defendant told the Magis- was engaged by the Servians.
trate that it was a mourning ceremony, 2,612 2,020
An unconfirmed report says that two not a "joyful" ceremony. He did not A special prize of $25 for the best score divisions under General Ivanoff, the want to create a breach of the law, but by the mounted brigades was won by the vietor of Adrianople, have surrendered the custom had to be observed. He was 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Muttra), and after their retreat had been cut off by the fined $825, or a month's imprisonment in a like prize for the dismounted competi-Greeks and Servians.
ters, who were not Regulars, was won by the Witwatersrand Rifles (Johannesburg).
FAILURE OF NAVAL RECRUITING IN CANADA
OTTAWA, July 10th. The British contingent of the crew of His Majesty's Canadian ships Abe and
9. --Selection “Count of Luxemburg" Lehen. | Hainbow ars, returning Home, as they found it impossible to recruit crews to cruising strength in Canada.
1
PART II.
Maritua THE DAND.
Wallace.
Selection
2-Song." Ave Maria
(Cavalleria Rusticana)
Mascagni.
SERS. LAMB: ...Love, cankl I only tell
3.--Song
Det
R. CAWSZY.
LAWN TENNIS
THE DAVIS CUP,
LONDON: July 11th.
;
default.
HONORIFICS IN JAPANESE COURT.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOTANIC GARDENS.
**THE HONOVHABLE PRISONER.”4 The following persons presented seeds
The vernacular papers report that the anil plants fast rear-Superintendent, Courts of Law in Chaka have made a now Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta ;
departure, which some of them consider Superintendent, Botanic Garden, Sibpur; epoch-making. It has been a long-estab- Government Botanic Gardens, Saharan lished custom that a person who appeared United States Department of before the Court, whether as a plaintiff, pur;. Agriculture; Botanic Gardens, Durban appellant, respondent, or witness, had and Messrs. M. H. Logan, F. Franceschi, to be called by bis plain name only, that R. T. Baker, H. Green, Choung I, A. Milroy, W. R. Price, E. D. Merrill, Jos. is, without any honorific such as
san, or dang, With the change in the Cleeses, H. Humphreys, A. E. Rowrie, principal staff in the Courts, as a result J. Bartou, F. Soares, L. Gibbs, Captain Hodgias, Dr. Voreizsoh and Miss Wallace of the administrativa retrenchment, this Mr. O. Sakai presented a Korean stork time-honoured official custom is to be abolished. The warders and Court and Mr. T. Hunter a Chinese stork.
attendants will call anyone who appears Mr. V. B. de Souza and Mr. J. Ross hereafter before the Court by his name, presented Chinese pheasants.
with the polite suffix sen.
THE KOWLOON RAILWAY.
Whatever system is adopted the equality in the eyes of the law" must be preserved, and with this in view the The Davis Cup semi-finals resulted as The Bevenue derived from local trate custo-of-using the plain name fou
last year was $110,824, through and joint court has much to recommend it stctional $118,572 and Fanling Branch soon as the use of honorifics is begun the Powell (Canada) beat Barman (Bel- 36,959, the excess of income over expendi. Court is on its way to the condition of gium), 3-1. ".
Luppel. .....Nelson follows:-
Parry-
Fischer.
4. bongThe Windmill
MH, ENGLAND. "Flow Gently Deva". MEESUS. CAWSJA AND WHITE. Connie Song
Schwengers (Canada) beat Watson 7-Selection...Girl in the Taxi". Gilbert. (Belgium), 3-0.
HR. M...ILAS,
THE BAND.
GOD SAVE THE KING..
By kind permission of Major Robinson and Officers, the Band of the 25th Punjabis will play during the evening.
Az
ture being $34,209..
Gilbert's socialistic state, with its "Lord Passengers booked by British
High Bishop orthodox, the Lord High Section to Station in China, ... 122,390 Coachman on his box, the Lord. High
Passengers booked by Chinese
Prisoner in the stocks," and so on. Still, Section to Stations on the
134,583 if the use of honorifics is any consolation British Section, Williams (America) beat Kreuzer (Ger-
to the honourable man who is just Passengers travelling on the many), 3-1.
British Section, Main Line, 300,337 going to honourably disappear for an
an the
honourable term 'in an honourable prison, McLoughlin (America) beat Froitzbeim Passengers travelling
British
it will not hurt the retrenchment schemes Section (Fanling (Germany), 3-9
Branch),
42,940 to give it to him.-Jepun Chronicle.