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A CHINESE WILL. IN DISPUTE AT THE SUPREME COURT.
declared null and void un the groun 's that the defendant hari un interest in the estate of the said deceased, and also that he had no right to be elected guardian of Ho Shau Yan, and that defendant was not entitled
TRADING WITH CHINA.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2`ra, 1915.
U. S. CONSUL-GENERAL'S ADVICE.
salesmen on
THE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
THE SWATOW WATERWORKS.
The Far Eastern Review contains a description of the new Waterworks at Swatow with everal photographic views.
With the growth of trade, Swatow situated as it is at the junction of the Kit-yang River and the southernmost arm of the Han River, with good water com- munication with the interior and connee- tion with the important business centre
seaports of China. With its growth the developed into one of the most important of Chowchowfa by railway--gradually
need rapidly arose, for a more modern and convenient, water supply than that furnished by the old-style bucket system. and early in the nineties many of the more progressive people in the city began to discuss the advisability of having a modern supply installed. This movement tok definite shape ultimately,
water
The Munile Cableness says:- The following extract is from aree it
The neathly statements of the hurenu oft sag report by the United States Consul- General at Canton -
customs as to the exports and imports of this The administration of a Chinese state
Commercial compitition line been very port for the month of July, 115, as compared to the corresponding month last year, has Certain European just been issued. was in dispute at the Supreme Court kom in this district.
exporters appear to be far more con-.
The following statement regarding the yesterday In the matter of Ho Waversant with commercial conditions than chtige of the denomination of the aruounts
The former have their Lam, alias Wo Was Ping, deceased, Ho| Americans are.
the ground, giving reports from United States to Philippine Sau Lam, plaintiff, of 21, Park Road, claim own establishments here; they have their of the various money values quoted in the "Attention is invited to the fact that, ed to be the usturn) and lawful brother personal supervision to business transcurrency will be of interest:
tions, and they are constantly seeking and next of kin of the deceased and that as
orders and doing everything possible to beginning with the present issur, values in statements of the foreign conumere increase their trade. Americans, on the of the Philippine Islands, as well as those in auch be is entitled to letters of administra
hand, endeavour, ju
all other statistical statements and reports to Cases,
CAPRY ON tion of the estate which were granted to other.
trade through issued by this bureau in the future, will be Bers by the dist ri Ho Cheng Shi, Queen Victatis, Street, the consular
in Philippine erenes, instead of United uf trade isatalogues,
Is Suites encrency as heretistore,”
In 1892, 1989 and 1905 Messrs. Leigh defendant, on January 22nd, as guardian ting
th the list of imports, cotton isnal manu- of Ho Shan Yan, alleged to be the adoptedssential that American agents should de
on the spot-men who have a vital intr-factures thereof rank highest and they also & Orange, Civil Engineers of Hongkong. show in increase over 1914 of over a million were consulted and reported on various sou and sue of the next of kia of the said in the increase of American trade-in deceased. Plaintiff asked that the letters ardor to find out the determining factors pes, the former being P251 this year schemes for a water supply, and in. 1000 the scheme as now carried out was evolved in the Chinese field. They must em while inst year they were only 11487,092 in contnet with the consuties, take orders The seront greatest article imported is and sanctioned. Thanks to the efforts of prominent une of administration i called in, revoked ană
from hiss, find out the line of goods be rice, this gu's importations from other Mr. Ko Shing-Chi, a
210W has his webemur, Swalew wants, the trade-marks he likes, theds lands to the Philippines being £1,345,597, chout, and his friends wins had faith in af packing and thousand and on while thee of t914 were bat £41320.
Tron and steel and the mugiufactures throughout, thanolysis of which com- things of which the American rehire at present appears to have an imperfect thereof were las this year than last, the pare very favourably with any other comprehension."
total for the former 2704,761, while for the water supply,
I was decided to take the water Trám So inerent in American import daude latter dy were Cia,
A suitabl to administer the state of the deceased, gudut anything like a porusunul nature-con Trital imports for July, 1915, however, the. Han River at Ambow,
be attained legs until these as Amerien are worhat greater than those of 19iver of grand was purchroed-wide that such letters of administrasie west firms her act as representatives. An The forter is 29,677ant, while the latter river bank and staff quarters Grected at
ones and the work proe eded with. granted irregularly, as no pinif had been incident illustrating his fact cenrred was at 11130
an i1 Ameriena engineer nade o“ any conditions entitling the defend-rectly,
The result was that he aut or flo Shan Yan to administer the succeeded in getting an order from the | Kwangchow (Canton), telephone mini estate of the sail deccasert.
stration for delephone material amount ing to about $60,000. He would certainly nut have perived the order had it not rep for his personal presentation of the A great deal has been writte ind said
Capra took a big drop in July, 1915, under meetly couperning the present oppur tunity for Americans in the Far Eastern the sune month of the pious year. The followed figure for 1915 is only 4,41,850 kilos led trades.
calculeted To at P. 688, while in the same months of thus for ur accomplish the desired result. American 1914 the amount exported was 9,903,681 kilos, exporters tinue to seaid out trade valued at F. 1,973,728.
Toluen exports were almost the sage for a great many trade catalogars. value of the catalogars may be shown by dropped below the 14 mounts this year.
The total exports for July, 1915, were To the defne that siper the writer has been { p. 13, 100,723, as compared to 1. 19,796,724 for | mains and now practically the whole town
in charge of this consulate-general there have not been half a dozen inquiries from July of 1914.
Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C., and Mr. C, Alabaster (instructed by Ms. Cirist) were for plaintiff, and Mr. Eldon Potire, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed be Mr. F. X d'Almada ami Me, Haywood, of Mr. End
d'Almada's flies) were los de Fenelauts,
visited Canten.
(15.
but
the methods
In th
The largest item on the sport list for The water from the river pages Lata July; sugar, this article having been a steel intake over placed well cut into sent one ameant of 61259,91 kilos. the steam, and from it through a 15 inch valued at 14,584,594. The value of the sugar diam te pipe in the intake well "from" exports for the same month in it was which the low-lift pumps discharge, it Parag Heup to the amount of 1,145,272 into four-set:ling banks. The water th
It the kilos was sent out from the islands in July, gravitates into the filter beds.
passes into the service riservoir, can 1915, values at P32176 month in ur only 11,91740 kilos were ex
nected to which is a service, tank. clean water is pumped from the servic ported, valuvil at 13,685, fun, ap
tank by the high lift pumps through th miles of 12 inch pipe to a steel wate tower at Swatow. From the water towe distributing mains are laid throughout the town to hydratis from which, in th priginal shenie, it was decided to suply completion of the works, however, indvis dual hos have in connected to the
is so supplied.
Mr. Sharp, outlining the case, said that the defence bat laced upon them the burden of proof of all the affidavits, inquiries, and to furnish this office with both months, while cigars and cigarettes but, the town by buckets as before. Sines the
shares in the business.
ment,
action
by Ure
Tho
with
"COME ON, MACDUFF."
GERMAN.
The water required for the fire hydrants
mains
The level of the highest knowń foul- was taken before designing the work wud allowance was made to keep the eupe of the reservoir 2. fect inches above this: aeverthelesss on September 8th, 1911. when the bulk of the walls of the settling tanks and alters were hoished, and before the filling was completed, a flood
the highest kan bl, burst the servic tank below the inboke works, and com pletely submerged them. The work stuol this
no damag severe test well, and resulted Leyond the less of some fals work and shattering and the washing ant
part of the filling.
of
The settling tanks, filters, and reservoir were partly excavated below the original ground and carried up to 12 feet above The banks were built up with sanel taken from the river and the clay puddly were built. front the nehal sile on which the tanks.
The facts were Tamiliar to his or ship and were very simple. family of Han there was originally five
meu desiring to consult them. They are The islares did their principal export and brothers. The family end and did so tr
not printed, in the first place, in Chine empat lasiness for July, 1915, with the is far in excess of the quantity ne ded May in Sui Lam Village, meat. Canton,
The seconded by them, mely. 20 gallons per where there was the family homeandals, fand are therefore, unintelligible to the United States, the total figures for both with for domestic purposes in each district
that country being P12,357,488. ordinary Chinese, merchant, Our man- the ancestral tablets. Early in the eighties facturers should have establishments here, largest business was done with Chins with head of population. In the event of a Japan is text with off and unfiltered water pumped into thes th: No. 2 brother founded a theatrical bus and should go into the interior, following 2,1,455. Next comps the Faited Kingdom large fire, the supply of water can be cat the example of the Standard Oil Con- Willowed by French East Indies nss with which his lordship had had to
pany, the British-American Tobacco Com-
Hongkong with dent previously, and sometime subsequently pary, and the Singer Sewing Machine with PL408,798, and
These commercial organis-P1,301,318, a theatre was also opravil at Hongkong, the Company.
tions are doing an increasing business
Frankly, not mach, can b Wal Kee. The No. 4 hrother was placed
very year,
a permane in charge of the Hongkong theatre and Nadine toward building up
trade here unless there a American Auriony producers or bouses fucked by fooked-after-the business in Canten. Þý 1890 No. 2 died, and befor, his deathsnufacturers of goods shipped to this THE SLOTS BAYUSET DEEL WITH red which reet 6 inches abovs promised that his brothers should have market. The representation of American.
busines be foreign firms is not particu In the flowing larly antisfactory and if enduring results"
A story of a duel with a German was i told by able.
a private in the Royal Scots year a faasily agreement was drawn ap ̧ in are looked for such methods are inadvis
Cerinin
travellers have conmrcial relation to these shares. This agreement was alsi, inter alia, a partnership agres visited the Fur East and have never cuma Fusiliers, says the Morning Post.
They stop ordinarily at F Thank Heaven," he began, "I'm back to Canton Hongkong, and their reason for doing so from the hottest corner of Hell. Talk
The fact is, Hong adventure! Well, I reckon any lad that's At this point his lordship remarked that seems inexplicable. he had previously had to deal with an kong is a distinctly jubbing centre, while been at the front since Christmas has hart the consumir is in South China, The enough to lust him for an ordinary life Family Mas
actual consumption in Hongkong is pruc
It happened during a bayonet charge. The relation (», tim estuur, and if extinsel tically wil as compared with the market time. My last encounter is worth telling thought that the prints to be riserves all along the South China coast Scatties were ordered to take the first and and particularly in the Province of in the present case W likely to Kwangtung and other provinces under second lines of German trenches near brief the opinions he had expressed in the the jurisdiction of this office. Last sum Givenchy. We heard the Germans having previous action he would ask his learned two very prominent representatives, a bit of a sing-song, and we thought it connected with the American Manfae was time to change the tune a wee hit. Friend Mr. Justics Compertz in take the furers' Association, arrived in Hongkong, Ther, was the usual curtain-raiser by our to investigate trade conditions in South artillery, and when the command came we ୯ '.
China. They did not visit Chilton, where all went fed. We were out for hood and most of the imports into Hongkong fid we got it. In an instant we were over the ly And their way. It is not believed that parapet, and then the steel began to rip, the possibilities for the introduction of Į new lines can be learned hy merely visit-
We sprang upon the Gerinars like « The Chief Justice--And supposing 1 haveing Hongkong and confining investigar- to judge this case, I should have to be tions to that place. Experience indicates pack of wild beasts, but instead of being that the best way for persons who come astonished the beggars-shouted Come on ut from the United States to look into Macduff, and Now then, sancy Scottie.' governed by the decision of the majority.
South China is. in jolly good English. Wo gave them Mac- Mr. Potter explained that he did not rade possibilities in
first, to visit Canton and go up the West duff, plenty of it, and they won't call us think that the present enss, affected the River, as well as to Swatow and Amay. funny names any more. I get my eye on if possible, to see how goods are retailed:& big fat German, and we had a real doel, previous one in any way.
then retary to Hongkong and, if really Somehow I could not get my bayonet through necessary, look into the matter of securing and the more I touched him the more Le Subsequently the Chief Justice and consej adjourned to Chambers to discuss presentation-provided that is not to grinned at me. We sparred with the steel be had in the Canion, Swatow, and Amoy for half an hour and neither would give in. It's no good, Scottie, said he, why don't the point.
you chuck it?" I'm damned if I will," said I. and we kept on slashing until the bayonets dropped from our hands. Th we had a go with the fists, and we fairly walloped each other among the corpses an overy side. He got me down, but at the finish I got the better of him. I grabbed my bayonet again, but I could not kill him. for he was a bit of a sport. Make the your prisoner Scottie,' said he-and I did."
3. Sharp said that no doubt points would arise in the prosent case in which his lordship gave an opinion before.
It was subsequently decided that the action should be heard before the Puisny Judge.
THE ROLL OF SOLICITORS.
HONOURS WON BY A HONGKONG CANDIDATE.
At a recent examination for hours at candidates for admission to the roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Eng.
Darts.
PRESIDENT'S GENEROSITY, [ONE THIRD OF HIS INCOME FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
The President receives $300,000 as his early saiary, but for this year he has already spent one third of it in charitable purposes. He has contributed $20,000 to the Kwangtune Famine Relief Fund. $10,000 to the Kiangsi Fund, $5,000 to the Kwangsi Fund, $50,000 to the fund for the establishment of primary schools and. has apeat 30.000 for the purchase of the
RECORD NATIONAL DEBT
land, the examining committee recom- national bonds: In addition, he has mended for honorary distinction Mr. Mamude numerous small contributions from Kam Lo, who can first in order of merit time to time.-Peking Daily News. in Class I. The Council of the Law Society awarded to 31r. La the Daniel Reardon Prize of books value about £22, and the Clement's Inn Prize, value about £9, Mr. Kam Lo is the son of Mr. Lo Cheung-hm. Chairman of the Directory of the Tung Wa Hospital. He served under articles of clerkship to Mr. R. 5. Garost, f Mears Darby, Cumberland & Co., of London, and has returned to Hengkorg with the intention of practising as soliciter in the Colony. Fifty-three candi- dates entered for the examination in which Mr. Lo won his distinctions.
RAUB COLD MINE.
The following are the results of erush ing operations at Raub for the four weeks ending 14th instant:→→
A White Paper issued last month puts the British Vaticaal Debt at the end of March this year as £1,161,951,709.
£ 859,036,745 689,089,046
638,919.931
HOMERIC CONTEST.
A WAR STORY.
Technical details of the installation' re given in the article and staten at exclusiv ef Engineers' fees to have been of cost which shows the total expenditure, $826,#30-
The works were carried out from the designs and under the supervision of and Architects, Hongkong. The contraes Messrs. Leigh & Orange, Civil Enginers)
wer Mosers. lors for the who work Macdonald & Co., of Hongkong.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORFS.
ORDERS BY LIEUT-COL. &. CHAPMAN, V.D.......
JOINED.
The undermentioned, having joined the Corps, arcailotted Corps numbers and posted as follows:
No. 1898 Supper J. Ferguson to Engineer
Company.
No. 809 Private G. N. Cropley to Signal-
ling Section.
PARADES.
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full marching order with 150 rounds of amranrition, The second suit of Khaki uniform is, to be brought to this parade also.
Recruits of Right Section M. CUM :- Squad Drill and Rifle exercises at Hi-
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AND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS.
Members of the Corps are rentimisel that N.COs. below the rank of Sergeant ntal inen when walking out in uniform must wear waistbelts and carry cats. wear sidearms in addition..
DETAIL. Gun Club Hill, Kowloon :-
Next for duty-H. K. V. R. Detention Camp, Kowloon --- Next for duty-H, K. V. R.
G. E STEWART, Captain.
Adjutant, H.K.. Corps.
NOTICE
A pathetic little story of the war is told in a letter from an army doctor well-known in Calcutta. A detachment of the Leices ters was ordered to rush the German trenches situated at a distance of thre hundred yards from the British alignments. The detachment started across the open
MT. AUSTIN MES'S SOCIETY-- The Mt. ground which separated it from the
Austin Men's Society will hold a devotionul enemy's wire entanglements. It was, how- ever, met by the withering fire of the
meeting in the Recreation Hall, Mt. Austin Barracks, on Wednesday next at 7:45 pm This is the first time that the figure has aschine-guns with which the German
There will be a special speaker and the nieet turned the thousand millions. Previous parapets are now studded at short inter- vals. In the charge all but one man fell, figures were:-
and he reached a Black Maria shell-holing ill be open to all. almost immediately under the German parapet. There for five days and nights he congated himself, his only means of susten ance being the muddy water caught in the bottom of his round pit. Each time ho raised his head above the ground level the German snipers took aim at him. At last night came when there was be moon- light, and he was able to make his way back unobserved by the Germans to the British trenches. When in a weak voin he told the story in hospital and came to the point where all the other members of his platoon or section had been killed or wounded, he said apologetically: weren't no good my going on any further by myself, were it!!"
1540
1800
1900
1910
1914
1915
702.463,625 708,151,110 1,161,951,702
CO. TRAMWAY HONGKONG
Approximate statement of traffic receipts for the week ending 21st August:-
Receipts Aggregate
for
receipts werk,
for 31 weeks 8370,296 390,043
BUKIT KOMAN Stone Crushed 5,958 tons. 628 ozs. Gold obtained Avge per ton 2.812 dwts. This year BUKIT MALACCA Stone crushed 4,520 tons. Last year Gold obtained 454 ozs. Increase... Avge per ton 2.009 dwts." Decrease
$19,207 10,120
2,087
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HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE. ORDERS BY MAJOR WAKEMAN, O.C.H.K.V.B. PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP GUARD AND CUS CLUB HILL PICQUET. The H.K.V.R. will relieve the H.K.V.C. on Wednesday, the 25th inst.
DETAI
At Prisoners of Way Camp. At Gun Club IKM.
Sect: Secs. Aug.
3 & 4 of A Co. Wed, 25th-1 & 2 of A Co.
3&4 of Thur, 26th 1 & 2 of B Co. Fri, 27th-- 1 of C Co. Sat, 28th- 34 4 of A Co. Suny 20th 3 & 4 of B Co.- Mon, 30th-2,3&4 of C Co.
المنيا.
2, 3 & 46fC Ch 1 & 2 of A Co. 1 & 2 of B Co.
1 of C Co G. K. H. BRUTTON, Capt.,
Adjutant, H.K.V C.
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of Engineering Iron and Wood Work.
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conditions for painting ships with most efficient renits. 100-Tos ELECTRIC CRANE ON QUAY-ELECTRIC OVERHEAD CRANES
throughout the Shops ranging to 100 Tour.
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