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WAR BREVITIES.
On August 24, there were 30,000 alien. nemies interned in the United King- dom.
According to the Cologne Gazette iron crosses have been given to 344,749 persons Binee the ontbreak of war.
-An official note shows that 1.121 journal ists from Britain and the overseas domi nions any arving with the colours.
An offer of five Jakhs of rupees for aeroplanes for the British service by the Gackwar of Baroda has been accepted by
the Viceroy.
An official report shows that the exports Trom America of spelter during the ton -months onding April amounted to. over
229,000,000 lbs,
Belgian soldiers to the number of about 200 a day are being given free passes to England for a few days visit to their families who are among the refugees
there.
The German authorities threaten to take stern measures in Germany if the dress makers do not adopt fashions that re- quire less material than the most recent
niodes.
CANTON NOTES.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1915.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] -
CANTON, September 29nd.
A PILOT'S ERROR OF
JUDGMENT.
ALLEGED" "DIVERSION OF
Ma
ELECTRIC CURRENT.
The Hongkong Electric Company UNCAS-ST. ALBANS COLLISION.
Ltd., brought another charge before the LOAN FOR REPAIRING DYEES.
DECISION OF THE COURT OF INQUIRY, Magistrate yesterday, of theft of elec Mr. Cheung Kai Yee, Tootai for Yuet
The President of the Court which satiric curvest. The defondant was Hai, has returned from a tour of inspec
named Won Kwai, trading as Kwai" tion up the North, East and West Rivers to consider the circumstances surround- to view the damage done to the various ing the collision between the oil stearer Kwing, electric fitters and contractors, and pheos by the recent floods. Yesterday neat and the St. Albans in the Harbour, it appeared that the defendant had causad he had a meeting with special commis of Hongkong delivered the Court's deeis an jzstallation to be interfered with so that stoners Ling rad Lá. Director Tam, of the sion at the Marine Court yesterday, the meter did not registor the current con- Flood Relief Bureau, and numerous other The Court was composed of Commander ned in the building. A meter reader officials, and, after careful discussion, Beckwith, R.N. (Harbourmaster), Prosi- visited the premises, and found a fan decided to recommend Government to dent, Commander F. J. Gibson (H.3.8.running. He inspected the meter, and negotiate for a loan to carry out the neces-Tumer), Captain Mooney (Laisang), Cap-found that it was not registering. Bairy repairs to the dykes. As soon as tain Grierson (Taiyuan), and Captain! Mr. V. Sorlig (Superlatendent of the this project is completed, he considors Lindberg (Fatshan). that a new field tax should be imposed, The decision was read as follows:- the proceeds to be applied towards the We find that the str. Uneas, official repayment of this loan. This scheme has No. 13258, of which Edward Crump met with general approval, and instrue-(official No. of certificate 07861) was tions are reperied to have been issued master, left Imichikok, at 4.30 p.m. Company now had an entirely different
to the various local authorities to adopt
a similar method.
Special Commissioners Ling and Li also accompanied Tastai Cheung on his tour, but had to return to Canton after visiting Tung Chung und Lo Lung (East River), being unable to proceed further on account the shallowness of the
A French court-martial has sentenced the racing millionaire Mentone: to transporta tion for Efe for selling dive oil to a Cologne firm engaged for the manufacture of nitro- | river, glycerine.
-The Daily Telegraph states that in' de ference to representation that putties are unsuited for use in trenches in the winter the War Office has decided to substitute Jorg hoots.
The National War Output Committee is arranging to bring to England, for the production of munitions, South African and Acstralian Loilermakers, willwrights, Stters and engineers,
Grobker, a grandson of President Kruger at a supporter of General Hertzog in the Union Parliament, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined £500 on a charge of treason..
An Balian destroyer sighted a large whale near Leghorn and signalled to it. taking is for a suberarise. As the whalo did not reply it was thought to be hostile and the destroyer opened fire, cutting it to picces.
**THE
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Electric Company's mains) stated that owing to the alteration in the installation the current would not and could not regis, Witness said, in answer to Mr. Crew | ter (representing the defendant) that the
INTIMATIONS
LANE
CRAWFORD & Co.
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT.
NOW SHOWING
NEW
system whereby the whole of the electricity DESIGNS consumed in a building was registered, no. matter why esumed it.
3. Crew-So the last person likely to defrauded is the Electric Company:-- That is go.
31 Crew-- cogumend the system. - Mr. Preston (for the Electric Company) said his friend was making a point that under the new system the Company cou not be defrauded, but this case occurred under the old system.
Mr. Crew said he did not dispute tha the installation had been affected.
the 18th Sept. with Mr. Going, pilot, on board, and that all went well until about 750 yards from the str, St. Albons, which ship was lying at her buoy loading. At this moment the speed of the st. incuse would be some knots, and her helm was ported slightly so as to avoid two junks passing from starboard to port. across her bow. The time would be about LONG YER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 512 poin. The speed at the ship was In the endorsemout given by the Board reduced as necessary. The pilot then of Education to an application for regis-gave an order to starboard the helm so tration made by the Canton "Kung Yee as to get the ship away from the St. College of Medicine, the Board ange that Allems, but finding the ship did not it cannot see its way to grant its regis amawer the holm; he at one gave the arder tration on the ground that the standard to put the helm hard aport, then hard of education obtaining amongst the astarboard. The ship would then be students, as demonstrated by the results about 200 yards from the St. Albans, of the matriculation examinations, is far going at 4 knots. The engines were then below the requirements laid down by the stopped, but the ship was swinging Board, and also that the placing of boy towards the St Albans. The pilot then and girl students of the age of 16 or ordered full speed astern, but the master, 17 or over in the same class is also seeing that a collision was unavoidable, undesirable. The Board. however, will ordered the engines to be put full ahead keep the application on register and, to minimise the force of the blow, and should the College be able to comply with a collision occurred at 5.16 p.m. the Board's requirements at some future time, registration will be duly granted.
THE TRANSPORT OF FISH BY RAIL A syndicate, under the name of the
**It is the opinion of the Court that the belm was never put hard a starboard, owing to the conflicting orders given by the pilot, and we are of opinion that
We
mentioned that the defendant was engaged in a contract to effect certain repairs and alterations on the premises concerned. The man who went to carry out the work had bad n comparatively short experience, and he had only been used to the new system. Therefore he saw no reason why he should not make the alterations, and he thought It he had done nothing that was wrong.
The pro was a mere error of judgment, secution had fint inde' any allegation The against the tenant of the premises, tenant was the manager of the Kowloon Dairy Farm, and be wag's uian who han a certain amount to lose if he were brought
leapt since the beginning of the war from Tung Shun Co., has hem formed for when the pilot saw the ship swinging to to Cuart on a criminal charge: The conse
According Lo the Nours Wiener Tageblatt the German Public Debt hus £1.100,000,000 to €1,910,000,000, while thas of Austria has gone from £16,000,000 to
£1,010,000,000.
The harvest prospects at Home have much improved. The shortage of labour has been miniinised by the services of soldiers, old men, and school children, while holiday-makers from the towns are also assisting.
transporting fish from Sheklung to Hong kong by rail, and it is stated that both the British, and Chinese Sections are agreeable to providing "artificial pools" for this purpose on the cars.
OVER-INSURANCE,
The Chief of Police, in view of the great number of fires that have taken
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starboard with a strong eastorly wind on the port bow of the str. Eneus he should have put the beim hard aport and his engines full speed astern and come round under the stern of the St. Alas, which he had plenty of room to do. ;
"We therefore hold the pilot to be guilty of an error of judgment, and to The French Government has prohibited place in the city, has suspected incen-blame for the collision, but, taking into the exportation of all wines. It is under-dirisan in the majority of cases, as there consideration his previous good record as stood that it wishes to keep all the cheap is a tendency to over-insure properties, a pilot at this port, we consider wines for the troops, and that it will probably perurit the exportation of the
so that in the event of insolvency they that a severe reprimand meets the more expensive Forts.
could set fire to their shop and apply to case, and we strongly recommend him in. this insurance company of full compensa-future to use the Central Fairway, which tion, which would actually give them a is specially set apart for the passage of proft. It is only on some such theory merchant ships. We hold the master that the numerous fires of late can be to be exonerated from all blame, and wo necounted for. The Chief of Police bns consider that his action at a time when a Canou Vrancken, Cardinal Mercier', given instructions to his subordinates collision was isoon secretary, has been arrested and imprison with a view to putting a stop to the
The German authorities pretend to practice.
A neutral traveller who recently return ed from a tour through Germany, reports that there is a severe slump in the German textile industry. He says that clothing factories have been stopped owing to the want of Australian and New Zealand wool,
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have discovered in Belgium the existence
of an extensive plat, of which Canon Vrancken is alleged to be the chief THE
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LIQUOR REVENUE OF
HONGKONG.
instigator,
Yorkshire tradors last month were off· The report of the superintendent of cially notified that unless they remove ther wool from the London locks immediately imports and exports for the year 1914 the Government will do the work regard: | states. less of cost. There are about 80,000 bales at the docks, and this is causing a conges tion of traffic.
to be inevitable in
queer was that they had only the defend- ant to prosenlu, j'
His Worship and that according to the evidence there was more than a comercial intimacy between the defendant and the user. He might have been doing this to assist his friend.
Mr. Crew-In that case the user shoul
have born charged with conspiracy.
The case was adjourned in order that the premises might be inspected,
DEFENDANT IN TWO ACTIONS.
Before Mr. Justice Hazeland at the Summary Court yesterday Masst, A. S Watson & Cipany, Ltd., brought activ going full speed ahead was good seaman-against J. M. Xavier to recover the sup ship, and minimised the effect of the of $25.50, value of goods sold and delivered. Mr. M. J. D. Stephens appeared on blow."
behalf of the Corpany, and the defendant appeared in person.
Mr. H. J. Gedge, who represented the agents of the St. Allan, raised the question of costs of the enquiry.
The President said he could not ask the pilot to pay the costs in this case, as he was not properly in a position to pay. The revue collected from liquor The costs would have to be paid by the duties and licensed warehouses for 1914 Government. WAS $656,005.80 49 compared with $729,340.60 in 1913. The decrease is Mr. John Still, secretary of the Ceylon almost entirely due to the general situa Planters' Association, who holds a com-tion attendant on the war, as is shown mission in the eth East Yorkshire Regi-by a comparison of the revenue for tho ment has been wounded, and is a prisoner respective half-years, given below:- in Gallipoli. He carried to safety a wounded Colonel, injecting morphia into him, although himself wounded.
It is officially announced that the main portion of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force will be organised s infantry brigades with smaller units to auxiliary services attached. tingent will be an Imperial unit with the same status as the British regulars.
1913.
1914.
1st. half-your. Duties, Europcar
Liquors.8121,440.64 6114,316.23 Duties,
Chineso
Licensed Fees
Warchouse
Liquors ............................................ 225,845,26 223,118.16
7,000.00 6,750,00
54.00
34.00
Warehouse The con- Licensed
Overtine Fee
France is now making a fresh effort ai munition-making comparable to England'a Scores of new munition factories have been started, and tens of thousands of workmen have been placed at the manufacturers' dis. posal. It is officially stated that even now the French Army is equipped to reply to any blow and to take a strong offensive, while every day increases the Franco- British output of munitions.
The only hope of saving the life of a private soldier, the son of a Scottish doctor, in hospital at Northampton, was the performance of a trepanning opera- tion! Sir Victor Horsley was wired to ht 11 p.m. and in the early hours of
2nd halfyour.
European abies,
Liquors
Chinese Duties,
Liquors Licensed Warehouse
Feen Licens Warehouse Overtime Fee ........
Total
HONGKONG OPIUM.
BUYING UP ALL UNSOLD STOCK. The fortnightly report of Messrs S. D. Seina & Co. contains the following in- formation with reference to the wholesale purchase of Hongkong opium :--
Defendant consented to judgment, and asked for order for payment at the rate of $5 per month.
Mr. Stephens said he hardly knew
Ho believed the what to say to that. defendant also figured as defendant in another action mentioned in the list, which: was apparently brought by a money. lender judging by the name, and the claim in that case was for $10. He did not know anything about that claim but he had to take notice of it, If he went and
borrowed money why didn't he pay his
debt?
Mr. Stephens Of the defendant, y
His lordship Of whom do you desire "In our last report we had intimated about a company being formed in Canto ask that questions ton for the purchase of the whole of the $354,348.89 344,218.30 unsold stock Bow lying in Hongkong, and were waiting for the sanction from the We have now heard Bombay Combine.
20.83
inrd.
His lordship Probably he would answer "Because I was hard up!"
do."
$133,019,95 $107,715.45 that the answer being favourable from
Mr. Stephens contended that if a man 241,899.98 204.988.05 Bombay, the Chinese company has under- could get a loan like that and not pay taken to take over the whole of the Hong-his debis there must be something wrong I think if a man goes out- kong Stock of Opium at prices $9,300 for with him. 80.00 34.00 Petna Opium, $8,950 for Benares Opium | side and gets loans and goes to the prin
and $9.300 for Malwa Opium, the afore cipal tradesman and incurs a debt that $374,991.71 8312,737.50
said bring all arranged at the Hongkong he does not pay, it looks to me that he is $729,340.60 $650,055.80 Opium Combine meeting yesterday after carrying on in a way that he should not
noon, and the agreement between the Chinese company and the opium importer the following morning he reached North-whom a Press representative had an in-
A wounded Australian soldier with still remains to be signed.” ampton, performed the operation suc-terview recently prophesied that the fall
According to figures given in the report cessfully, and was back in London for of Constantinople before the end of the amount of unsold stuck of Bengal breakfast. He refused to accept a fer
October was as certain us it is that might opium in the Colony is 57 chests of Patna New, 369 chests of Patus Old, 103 A remarkable record of family service at follows day. "The Turks,
have besa Whacked so completely during chests of Benares New, and his chests of the front was created by the departure from Ashford, Kent, for active service of recent attacks that I shall not be in the Benares Old; in all about 644 cheata. old least astonished if they throw up the The amount o fsold but uncleared stock Goulding Private Patrick Goulding.
amounts to about 108 chests. already has his father and ten brothers sponge at any moment. From time to
time we have picked up messages which stocks of Malwa Opium are estimated at serving and his arival in France will com-
show that the Turks have lost heart, and about 4183 chests, and sold but uncleared plete the dozen male adults of the family their secession from the Central Powers stock is put at about 21 chests. In all, on active service, a record which it will be is only a matter of a very short time. therefore, about 1,0623 chests of opium, hard to beat, Goulding's father is an all Do you want a good bet! Take any odds which represent unsold stock standing in service man and rejoined his regiment you can get about the fall of Constan- the Colony, have to be purchased by the from the reserve on the outbreak of war. tinople before, the end of October," Canton company referred to.
His lordship --Your people gave him credit. Perhaps others would not, and he had to borrow money.
Mr. Stephens-It is a very small sum and it has been owing for some time.
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In answer to his lordship defendant said he was in receipt of $100 as salary, and practically a third of that went in rent: WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Hix mother was dependent on him.
His lordship-33 for rent! It seems to be too much.
Defendant said he could not get another house.
The case was adjourned to Chambers to-day.
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