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SHATOKOK MURDER.
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AT
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
The hearing of the case in which a Chinese man and his mother are charged with the murder of a woman at Tim Shui Hang, a village near Shatokok, on the frontier, was resumed before. Mr. Justice Gompertz and a special jury,
An old woman who lived near the house.
YACHTING,
ROYAL HONGKONG TACHT CLUB.
TAB HONGKONG DAILY PRESA. TUKSDAY, DECEMBER 77w, 1916,
The results of the third of the series of Club Championship Races are as follows:
HANDICAP CLASA,
Course:-Lycomun Beacon (P), Cust Hook Booy (P), and Lyeomun Beacon (P). Distance, 10.1 miles
Yacht, Handicap Finishing Corrected
on Course, Time. Time.
M. S. H.M.S. H.M.S.
*
AN APPEAL FOR XMAS COM FORTS FOR THE TROOPJ,
[“ Freely ye have received, fredly give.")
X'mas cheer for our soldiers I
CHUN TI A SEA STORY.
JOY FRED . PALMER.]
"
The Annabel Mary was wheezing and rattling her loose-jointed way to perdi- tion across the China Scas. She was a steam scrapheap, described by her owner in moments of mental exaltation as a Shall we give with a grudging hand ship. The ship was cheap, her crew To the men who are fighting our battles was cheap, the officers were cheap, every- ⠀⠀⠀Way off in that blood-stained land?
thing on board was cheap, because the Tis for us they are facing kell-terrors,
Owner was a grasping curmudgeon who would nover part with a penny under Undaunted their courage and faithless than 180lb pressure, which was double what the boilers would take to
occupied by the murdered woman said she Dione Scratch less 50 6:00 17 5 01 07 Our freedom, our homes they're defending, part with their steam. The engines were
heard three shots in the night, and re mained awake. An hour afterwards the heard the wailing and crying of the roln tives of the woman.
Ronn La Linda Colleen Kathleen
Dorotheu Ayesha
A police interpreter said that he visited | Buccancer the house with Mr. Burlingham,
Position *The first prisoner, said that six or seven roh 1Kathleen bers had entered the house, and had 2-Dione: gagged and tied him up to prevent him-na
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interfering. The first prisonor alleged thas about $400 in 20-cent pieces and a considerable amount of jewellery had been stolen. The second defondant said she was afraid to leave her room, and she was therefore not molested.
Sergeant Cooper deposed that where he arrested the first prisoner he found in his possession gold snake ring. When the female prisoner was under arrest she attempted to pass two purses to another woman. Witness had turned his back to
0.50 2.31
8.44
0.44
.10.06
5 04:23 08:33 D.N.F.0 00:00 5.10.468 04.02 5:07 49 5 01 05 D.N.8.0.00.00 D.N.80 00 00 13.09 D.N.8, 0.00 on
Pts
Pts. for race
10.06
to date,
10
22
-31
5
10
La Linda
Dorothea
Q
Ayesha
0
Buccaneer
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ONE DESIGN CLASS,
* Aye! fighting, if needs be, to death.
X'mas cheer for our soldiers.!'
Let us give with our hearta aflame, As we honour the brave souls and fourless, Who have made for our Empire her
Our kith and our kin, and our comrades,
Our glory their courage to share- To show them we know how to succour, While they have to do and to dare,
X'mas cheer for our heroes!
Let us show that we understand, As over the wide waste of occan
Course: Mark Boat Quarry Bay (P), Cust Rock Buoy (8), and Channel Rocks, (P). Distance, 7 miles
We stretch forth a bold, helping hand; Yacht Handicap Finishing Corrected Let us give, with a prayer for their safety,
on Course, Time, Time, A cheer for the deeds that will live
H.M.S. HMSA thought for our boys who have fallen;
They gave, and God helping-we'll
give!
Bonita Aika Daphne Halcyon
1.—Ailsa 2-Bonita 3.-Daphne
Scratch D.N.F.
M. S. Scratch .....Scratch
4.40 34 4:20 05
Scratch B
4:42 17.
Pis.
Pts.
for race.
5
to date
11
5
19:
go into the house when the Indian police. Position man in charge of the woman called him back, and witness saw that he held one hand of each woman close together, The Sergeant inter said that the polies were not allowed to go about at night in the New Territory in patrols numbering less than three.
Mr. Eldon Potter (for the defence)- Why is that?
Witness-An order was made by the D.O. to that effect. If you met some of those things killed at Fanling (meaning
the tiger) you would be cautious. it was on account of robbers.
Halcyon
C.G.
THE SHIPPING SCHEME.
cheap, all the rest was
of it was nasty cheap, and most It was not long before trouble broke out. The quality of the food started it.. Some denied this, saying that as the cause trouble, and, in any case, the food had no quality at all it could not quantity was too small for it to cause much trouble, But trouble there was, and one day the chief discovered the third engineer dropping cvaldust into the graphite used on the bearings. Later ho found that he had plugged up the outflow of the slide-valve Jubriestor with a bit of cotton waste
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The chief took the third on one side and asked him not to, stating that he should be obliged to reprimand him if he per sisted in that sort of thing, as is was hardly the kind of behaviour he expected. Of course, the chief did not put it exactly like that, as a matter of fact, the cther engineers thought the third had stood up to a cyclone and had not scored a bul, for most of his face whe blue, and he could only use one eye with any effect
The third engineer was a mixture of
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himself an American, though what the United State, lind done to deserve it no one rightly knew
The night after his little discussion with the American the chief was sitting
Developments of the Government's ship-in his cabir trying to convince himself ping plans are occurring rapidly, but ther is a strong consensus of opinion that the
HAYWARD HAVE AND GAEZ OLABRES, Course-Mark Boot Quarry Bay (P) Cust Rock Buoy (5), and Channel Rocksavements generally are not yet along the (P).. Distance, 7 miles. Yacht Handicap Finishing Correcte
on Course Time Time.
HM.S. HMS Lysbeth...Beratch less 704 51.68 4 63 08 White Rose ...Scratch 4 51 21 4 51 21 Scratch 4 45 51 4 45 51 495 D.NASA. 1354 52 16 4:51 41: 35 4 51 05 4 50 30
Pts
Pts. for race to date,
14/
Alice Also Owl
Toinetto Thecla
When all the evidence had been called, his lordship remarked that as there was
Position no evidence against the female prisoner Alice he suggested that they should find her 2.Theoin
3.-White Rose not guilty forthwith.
4.Toinette 4-Poinette
The jury at once found the woman not guilty,
and she Wes accordingly discharged.
Mr. Potter made a somewhat striking
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address to the jury on behalf of the
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prisoner. He at fire expressed surprise
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right lines, First, after further con sideration and discussion, the Board of Trade has withdrawn the proposed new clause for insertion in bills of lading, the menacing nature of which we pointed out. The withdrawal is welcomed, and matters are now where they were before shipowners were asked to insert it. Secondly the Board of Trade announces that the Ad- miralty have arranged that vessels loading, or starting to load, whent in North America for the United Kingdom not Inter than December 15th shall be exempt from requisition en arrival in a United Kingdom port and shall be free to star, on another voyage, which need not be North Atlantic voyage, after discharge of their cargoes. The effect of this decision should certainly be to attract tonnage to
the trade, since owners will be able to rely
by figures that he had enough con in the port of call. He heard a gentle knock, bunkers to make Che Kiang, the first and growled. Come in
The door opened slightly, and through the crack there sidled in one of the Chinese engine-room artificers,
Hello, Chun Ti, what do you want?"! asked the chief.
kelly bad chop!" replied, the China- minn. Him makes swear stretch you, belong go fighter downside.”
The gist of this was that when the chief should next go down into the stokenold the third would kill him,
he thanked Chun Ti, give him a dollar, The chief hated to disappoint people; and patted him on the back. This was not his first voyage in the East, and he knew that the secret of getting good work out of the Orientals was to call them mon and treat them as such, then they will behave like men. It is those who treat natives like dogs or dirt who grumble at their laziness and
Art- liability.
that a special jury should have been FOR THE ALLIED FORCES AT THE rates some cargo vessels will be left to proved a little. Ac saw his friend "No.
called upon to try such a case. It should have been tried by the ordinary tribunal, and a jury ought not really to be there at all. The scene of the foul murder, he subsequently remarked-a woman hacked
pieces--had been so freely reconstruct ed, and the blood stained, bed-board and niosquito net had been so conspicuously brought to their attention that the place fairly rocked with blood. So much so, that he was afraid that they as a Jury, would conjure up the shadow of the murdered woman and would seek to avenge her death. In this case there was something to object to in the manner in which the polies detained witnesses at the Central Police Station. They had been kept there for months, and had been questioned from time to time. Why did they question
witncas asked Coun- BEL
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88,589,39
The following is the Subscription to date : Total acknowledged to the 27th Since received: H.A.N., $10;
November, 1916
W.A. D., 85; Mr, F. J. Bucke Per Hongkong Tramway Co-
(Whampoa), 815
Collected in Boxes on Tram Cars from 15th Nov. to 30th Nov,
Per South China Morning Post:
Mr. C. J Pirie,$5; "Non- Emoker, 85. Per Engineers Institute: Mr. A. Davidson, 81: Mr. H. Smythe, 86; Mr. J. Ormiston, 91 Mr. J. N. McDougall, $1; No. 44, 81; The Controversy 81. List No. 4L-II.P.W., $10;
Anon, $10; W.H., 85 List No. 4M-Mr. P. K. Kwok, 85; Mr. Chan Sui Ki, 85; Mr. Chan Cheuk Fan, $5; Mr. Chuf U Tin, $10; Mr. Chul Chan Sam, đã; Mr Chui Chung Haw, Bồ Mr. Chai Wan, 82; E.P.W., $10; J.W.B., $2; ‹Ã..., M ; Mrz- Kwok Sui Lan 310; Mr Tung Ping San, $10.
Amount expended to 27th November.... Consignment despatch- ed on 30th November: 300,000 Cigarettes
Bilance in hand
28.075.41
312.24
30.00
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HEYBLOM,
IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANT.
3. QUEEN'S BUILDING.
Montiberg, will you kindly avoid SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF 30 DUTCH AND SEVERAL wasting your time and concentrate your superabundans energies on carning the lavish salary paid you by your generous if misguided employer,
on their vessels so employed continuing to the stokehold to see whether any of the Early next morning the chief went înto earn undisturbed the enormous freights obtainable there. It means that, at presado derinus steam leaks could be sim earn 100 per cent. more than liners which can. The chief saw through the dodge: 3" very busy doing nothing with an oil have already been requisitioned by the he was to remonstrate, the third would List Government to bring grain from North reply, the chief would probably hit cut, America for the fighting forces. It also then the hair would fly. As previously means that the burden of supplying the noted, the chief was never the man to Government's own tonnage requirements disappoint a fellow-creatare; he walked will fall presumably, to an increasing over and observed extent, on the liners engaged in regular services elsewhere. Thirdly, it is proposed to probibit by Order in Coungil, the carriage of all cargo between ports in foreign countries and to give a licensing committee full power to grant such excep- 25.70 tions as circumstances may require
The proposal is that a representative of the Government shall be chairman of this committee, and that the other members shall be two shipowners cominated by the Chamber of Shipping and the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association. Fourthis, it is proposed to set up another committe to deal with the requisitioning of tonnage for the carriage of foodstuffs to the United Kingdom, powers for which will be taken by Order in Council. Mr. H. J Whitley M.P., Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means of the House
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J. W. CRADDOCK,
(Chairman).
Hongkong, 4th December, 1915,
A ONEISTMAS APPEAL.
of Commons, has been arged to act as chair man of this committee, and it is proposed that the other members should be those shipowners who are at present assisting the Transport Department of the Admira ty" namely, Mr. T. Royden, Mr. R. D Holt, MP and Mr. B. Glover.
THE NEED FOR AN EXPERT BOARD.
"Please do not interfere with me, sir, answered Montiberg.
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INSPECTION OF SAMPLES CORDIALLY INVITED.
That is more a paraphrase of the con- versation than a verbatim report. As a matter of fact, it took somewhore about through with it, and it may be readily twenty minutes for them to worry understood that neither of them forget to PHONE: 1687. mention any details that had the remotest bearing upon the subject under discus
sion.
The chief kept his temper and invited the man to come up on deck and be put under arrest Montiberg came off his high horse and apologised. The chief the stone was where he made a mis take. He took a couple of steps and then the way. That was where ho made a mis- heard a scuffle. He swung round swiftly and through the murk saw what had happened. Montiberg had seized a big shifting spanner, intending to smash in his hond, but Chun Ti, had saved the chief's life by throwing himself in the way.
Out of the way, you yellow pig!" roared the half-breed, at the same time striking the Chinaman & heavy blow.
Hongkong, 4th December, 1915.
The Morning Post Athens correspond.
ent states that plans for a naval arsenal ASAHI direction of Sir Edward Raban on the re at Elensis has been drawn up under the commendation of the British naval com- mission Greece sent to London, the final approved plans in the Spring, but someers Purloined the papers en route by pre arrangement and sent them to Germany. Persons in the Greek ministry of marino are implicated, but steps have not hes taken to punish them.
NINE WOMEN OUT OF TEN.
It was to get that witness to say Bomething which had not been said before, and, with Chinese witnesses, if they were kept long enough, the answer wanted would be eventually forthcoming. Coun sol, at another portion of his address, in dealing with suggested motives, reminded the jury that it was a most abhorreat
One great objection taken by owners to thing to Chinese to murder a relative,
these decisions, which are made known to and the persons in the house, where the
them by different officials, is that as a xurder was committed, had all agreed
attempt to deal with the shipping problem
Chun Ti dropped on his knees before 88,417.05 they are patchy. Even the prospect of Montiberg and gripped him with both that the murdered woman should be in
serving on new committees fails to hands. His grip was a Chinese strangle- charge of the family affairs. There never
arouse enthusiasm, What they feel is hold, and he began to squeeze, It was
It is an unfortunate fact that nine was, he contended, a case brought for
wanted is not the establishment of more not one of those things that are done în
women out of every ten are victims of “advisory committees," but a real respon- polite fighting, and even among the Bloodlessness in one form or another. ward on such utterly flimay evidence,
sible and central board of management for Chinese themselves is regarded as a foul. The girl in her teens, the wife and and with more instances of negative sug
shipping, composed of a chairman and permissible only as a last resource, but mother, the matron of middle age-all know its miseries. To be anaemic means gestion that in the present one. If they
deputy chairman whose business records Chun Ti remembered that the chief Yes accepted the Crown evidence then the Since the publication of the last List the would create complete confidence in the kind to him and his people, and he was being pallid, with dark marks under the donations received have enabled the des minds of both business men and the general out to save the chief at all costa de eyes. You are breathless after any slight prisoner must be discharged and they patch to the Front of a consignment of public, together with several chartering Several stokers and others had gathered exertion. You feel worn out, and could not reject that evidence.
100,000 cigarettes. The balance-in-hand managers whose duties now take them round, and they stood aghast, para ysed depressed all day. You turn against The jury were absent for five minutes would have permitted a somewhat larger daily to the shipping exchanges and keer, by the frightful yells of pain from the food and cannot digest what little you only, and on their return gave limit it at that time in the hope that far plicated mechanism. Only by such an let go, but he did not hear. He pulled get up you feel exhausted and unfi for supply, but it was considered better to them familiar with every detail of a come third as the Chinaran increased the do eat. At night, if you do sleep, you pressure, The chief called to Chun Ti to are not refreshed, and when it is time to unonimons verdict of "not guilty" and ther subscriptions would be forthcoming expert board, owners feel, can the shipping him, without avail. Montiberg fell to the day's duties Neglected Anaemia prisoner was discharged.
and so allow of a really substantial offer problem be dealt with as a whole ant ing being sent for Christmas. It may be further costly mistakes be avoided. The the ground insensible from the awful leads to Consumption.
agony. But still Chun Ti held on. Act promptly; make good the fault in needless to mention that the Committee are mercantile marine is one of the fices The chief locked round for something your blood by taking Dr. Williams' ink anxious to make the Christmas gift of possessions of the country, and the risk with which to prise the man's hands Pills. These Pills purify bad blood; "smokes" as large as possible and so shew of auteurish tampering with it is depro-apart, and while his back was turned they strengthen weak blood and they that the community of Hongkong and cated by owners in the strongest possible one of the stokers picked up the make new blood. You will soon tell they at the Front A telegram will be des South China are not forgetting the Boysway Times.
spanner which Montiberg had dropped are doing you good by your improved and beat in the Chinaman's skull. appetite and the absence of attacks of patched about the 15th instant ordering
Chun Ti groaned and fell forward Indigestion. You will he better for your as many cigarettes as Funds will allow
on his prisoner, dead. Even then it food; you will be brighter and more was a matter of minutes before they could active. Your womanly charm will be manage to get his hands away. Williams Pink Pills you will regala inenessed, and as you continue with Dr. The Shantung Railway has been restor ed to efficient working by the Japanese
Montiberg was not dead: he lingered, proper strength and enjoy life as fully military authorities. The takings of the suffering intensely, for about two day as every woman should do leaving a profit of about Y30.000 after no further trouble on that journey. Such line are now abou: Y 900,000 a month, before he went cut. But the chief had
all expenses have been paid. reported that the military authorities strained by fear, for when a man has so It is as may have thought of mutiny were re- have sent in eximates to the Finance esined the affection of the Chinese amone dealers everywhere and by Dr. Wil
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by Department for works which will fuere the crew that one of the poor benighted Hams Medicine Co., 90 Szechuen Road, the useinlness and efficiency of the line heathen will give his life to save him, the Shanghai, 1 bottle for $1.50, 6 bottles 88, beyond the point reached by the German
men of other tinta ars well advised to post free management.
treat him with civility,ho
SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD PRIVATE.
Among the privates in the 4th Essex Regiment is 1. Suashal, of Romford, who 13 over seventy years of age,
An old colour-sergeant of the regiment, It is hoped that advantage will be taken
he was sorely distressed for months that of this opportunity to beat all previous
records.
he could not do his bit like the young ones, and ultimately his application for enlistment was accepted. He is engaged in clorice? work and his wife The ministers, and council boards of Private Snashall his wito cele all Protestant churches in Prussia have brated their golden wedding on June 24 heen ordered to deliver to the municipal last. He was a member of the old-Volun- and local authorities all objects in teers for twenty-nine years; was one of nickel and copper. This order applies the guard of honour at the wedding of equally to old church bells and clock King Edward and Queen Alexandru, de well as to articles of artistic or anti-
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