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RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
If the Hon. Mr. Holyoak had adhered
to his original intention and moved at the
TAR HUNOKONG DAILY PRÉES, TUESDAY JANUARY 1īru, 1916.
VINDICTIVE ASSAULT ON CHINESE YOUTH.
LAUNCH
Isst meeting of the Legislative Council his TIMELY APPEARANCE OF POLICE resolution in favour of transferring the prisoner; of war from this Colony to some more suitable place of internment the Official members could have been placed- in 'n dilemma. They would have been obliged either to adopt the unusual course.
At the Magistracy yesterday three Chinese hontmen were chargeil with cam- Chinese miting a serious assault on a youth, at Causeway Bay.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE VETERANS' CLUB,
MOSQUITO NET FUND.
FIRST GUBSCRIPTION LIST
the list, which is published below wil be seen that upwards of 8000 have been received on the first week for the provi the Near as for our troops in Sin of mosquito-nets
Lady May Sir Paul Chator, Mr. T. IT Grayfield, Mr. H. F. Carmichael, Mrs.
Carmichats, and Mr. A. W., Snow man 150 cache
Mr. J. B. Theisen, and
Mr Skelton, Mrs. W. M. Hanphrers Italven only and Hon. Mr
TINATIONS
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CRAWFORD &Co.
Mt. P. FOR
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGXoxo DAILY PRESS."] Sin-I have been asked by Barones: d'Anechan, one of the Vice-Patroncses of the above Club, to bring its financial needs to the notice of the public in Hongkong. The circular appeal for funds The story for the proscention was that now being made states. It is felt thit of agreeing with az un-official motion of the company and other boys were play-the moment bag now arrived when it is Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Anstruther, Mr to follow precedent at the risk of finding. their views over-ruled a few days later.ng football en field at Causeway Bay essential to establish the Club on and Mrs. A. E Crapnell, Me, Robert Chapman, Mr. Robert Chapman, and Mr. the motion will fall to when the ball was accidentally kicked into permanent basis in new and larger pr. P. C. Poit, $20 each, As it is, of couIRE,
Mra, Hedgins, Mrs, W. G. Humphreys ide ground; just as these to whom it rethe harbour, Complainant asked the first mises for the use, comfort recreation and
Mr. Duncan Cark, Mrs. Dunbar, ferred have obligingly furnished another defendany to pick the ball out for him, assistance of those who have fought MJ. Grist, and Mr. Robert Shewin argument in support of it by showing and offered him 20 cents for the service. bravely for the Empire on their re-entry $10 each, their desire for a change of air,
A man of sabre temperament and simple tasies, I rarely road The Government Gazcile, and when I chanced to glanco over a recent enpy the other day I received quite a shock. For months the newspapers have been anring us that the German mecessitile marine has been swept off the sous, and that Gemanny's Colonies have been wrested from her one by one, whils the Postmaster General never tires of tell ing us that the Postal Services se Germany and Austria have been stupended. Yet if one is to believe the Cheernment Gazelle-and it is published by authority not one of these statzen's is true, Rates of postage are given by German manships to German. Colonics and even to Germany itself, “When doctors disagree who shall decide!!!
from the Army and Navy Guzette of the 13th February 1915, fully sets cut the objects and necessities of the Club:--
HIGH CLASS CIGARS AT MODERATE PRICES.
DUTCH 、CIGARS.
BRAMA" in Boxes 25 at $2.50 per box.
Theso Cigars are made entirely of the finest Havana Tobaccos and Mr. are a most exquisite smoke.
Mrs Milry, Captain Bouchier Ralph, Mrs. Arthur Chapman, Mrs. J. Chapman, Mr. W. A Dewley, Mrs. McCubbin, Madam Flint, Mrs. Arthur, Mr. S Marshal Mr. Kremner, Mr. JH. Brister, Mr. W. Logan, and Mr. F. Smyth 53 cich
The old man refused, and the boy then into civil life." The following estracy H. Bell, Mr. D. McMurray, Mrs. jumper on to the former's sampan with the intention, apparently, of recovering the ball himself The old man and his two sous set upon him, and he was seriously wounded shout the head by a heavy picco of bamboo. A police patrol launch met the sampan as it was being raved out of the breakwater, and the constable on board (P.c. Aitken), observing that something
was wrong. bearded the boat, and found
complainant lying on the bottom of the heat, his clothing covered with blood.
Mrs Marshall 1-9031
CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO
FUND
FOR THE ALLIED. FORCES AT THE FRONT
The fullowing is the Subscription List
date- Total acknowledged to 13 l. Droom-
ber, 015
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$0.233.11
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The very best of Mexican Cigars.
" MAZEPPA" in Boxes 50 at $2.75 per Box.
We bog to draw the special attention of Smokers to this Cigar."
· HERMANAS ? in Boxes 50 at $2.75 per box.
A very good and inexpensive Cigar.
'LA CASA”" in Boxes 100 at $4.00 per box.
Excelling in rich flavour and faultless burning.
'GLORIAS' ** in Boxes 30 at $3.00 per box.
Silky leaf, delicious aroma, mild flavour.
LA GRANDIOZA ” in Boxes 25 at $2.50 per box. Are distinguished by a superb deliency, the result of blending the finest Tobacco leaf.
The Veterans' Club does three things: is supplies accommodation for ex-Service men, it helps then to obtain employment, and it assists men to rejoin the Colours on cut out, and are now being made by the Upwards of a thousand net, have been the cutbreak of a war such as that in members of the Ladies Bandage-making** which this country is now engaged tiens to the Fund will be gratefuly Land Sewing Class. Any further contribu it provides instructory for the men of our received by Mrs Carinichal care of new armies. There can be no doubt that Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke, 3, Quecu's when this war is over the Club will re-
Building.
quire very greatly to enlarge its sphere The tale told, with various discrepancies, of usefulness, to open its doors more by the defence was that a brother of the widely to provide a common meeting complainant had, nasaulted the first de place, while the Club will be asked to fendant for giving evidence against h'm infind employment on final return to civil the Supreme Court, and that complainant life for a very large nutther of Army men, himself had ako struck him. The commany of whom will 1 bo wounded, incapaci plainant met with his wounds when he tated and homeless. To grapple with ali fell into the water, The old man said he the increased work which will be then must have been struck by stones that were coming in the Club wants to be more being thrown at those on the boat, but his generally known and its objects beitr wife alleged that he met with his injuries appreciated by the general public;
wants establishing on a more permanent by falling between two boats,"
His worship said he proposed to convict,basis; it needs, above all, the raising of and Inspector Gordon said he was of opinion that the ohl man intended to row complainant out of the Harbour and dump the body. He was for a long time of Ending a human target. A few daysa polico informer, and was well-known to ago I noticed with a thrill of joy a Govern the police, who had had zanny complaints ment official, whoso oyes were full of brick-about him." dust, blinking savagely at the workmen The old man was fined $25, or in de who were the cause of his discomfort, fault 14 days' imprisonment. Now, I thought, something will be done to put an end to this dangerous nuisance instead of waiting for some member of the general public to be buried under avalanche of débris,
Many Peak residents must have had their tempers ruffled when passing the building at the top of Battery Path which is being demolished. With sublime regard for pavers-by, only ram, hackle guards have been placed around the build ing, so that brick-dust ills one's eyes and the bricks which evor and anon come hurt ling through the air have a better chanco
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ATTEMPTEDGANG ROBBERIES
* AT HUNGHOM:
Two attempted gang robberies occurred
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liberal endowment fund. Burely the nation cannot better show its recognitică of all that the Army has done for it in the past, and is doing for it in the pre sent, than hy sccing to it that the Veterans' Club shall be worthy of the men who will again seck its shelter whet the war is over"?
The Club is under the patronage of the Duke of Bedford, Lord Charles Beres- ford, Sir Edmund Fremantle, Sir Alfred Turner and many other well-known ladies and gentlemen.
Annual subscriptions (which may be of any amount) and donations however small in the week-end at Hunghom, both hap--will be gladly accepted. They may be Despite the activities of some of the pily, being frustrated through timely sent direct to the Secretary, 47, Bedford Special Constables, Chinese youths with aburnis. In one case a number of men Row, or to me. cycles seem still to be oblivious of the were sitting in a restaurant and suddenly I shall be very glad to furnish any fact that certain open spices in the city jumped at the keeper and his wife, soir further particulare I am able of the pur- were not laid out for the benefit of tricking them by the throat. A man outside pose and organization of the Club, which cyclists and record-breakers. They dash heard the cries saw what has happening, has received many letters from soldiers about and cut their capers with equal dis- and blew a police whistle. The would-be at the from testifying to its value and regard for other people's limbs and their robbers became frightened and decamped hoping for its success. I am, Yours own necks, and when a mishap occurs they In the other casa four men entered truly, seom to look upon it as an excellent jokea house, two fokis apparently letting
M. J. LOOFER. always, of course, providing that they suffer no discomfort from is themselves, It is good, of course, to see young China indulging in health-giving pursuits at a distance.
thom in. One of the occupants blew a police whistle, and these robbers also ran away, the two fokis going away with them,
COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY.
Hongkong, January 10th, 1816
KEY TO-GERMANY'S SECRET CODE.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA TRIAL INCIDENT.
subigitted to the Court,
A Mohant dinn Folice Fe19;ve
from Clotrison of Hong Collicled by Tea Jolly Jack Tara
Keng
A Fitilo Ray of Surahine.
ILFEJ.
GA.MIN.JU
Par Mr. O D. Gander From Members of the Kowloon Cus- toms
Per Mr. A. J. Tarrant Collected
at Smoking Concert at the Phoenix Club
Per Miss Equato-A Friend *** Par Hongkong Telegraph-Sym- pathisers, $11; Mus. P. Hag- gard $2; collected by Pinchor Meriin, 12.40 Whizbang. 83; Mr. J. H. Wcollacott, $8; Trom Ddy 82. Pef South China Morning Port--
Mrs. R. Pithio
Jubiles Signal Station .....
Mr. F. J. Becke (Whaupon)
Fer Hongkong Tramway Co.—Col- Tected in Boses on Tram-cars, from 18.hto 31st December-
Expended to 18th Dec, 89,200.65 Loss on Subsidiary Coins
Dalance in hand
6.19
KING EDWARD VII.” in Boxes 25 at $4 per box.
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25.00
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89,296,17
8431.97
J. W. GRADDOCK;.
Chairman. Hongkong, Janubry 8th, 1010.
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principal London theatres and music- halls on December 4th on behalf of the funds for supplying Christmas puddings to the men at the front, which was in- authority and co-operation of the War alituted by the Daily News with the Office. The fund on that date amounted to over £21,000
Collections were made in many of the ASAHI BEER
They had reached the sixth green when
The water return up to January 1st twilight was creating an eerie atmosphere
The trial of the Hamburg-Amerika Lino Yunnan's recent declaration of inde- among the hills of Fanling. With zealous shows that in the City and Hill district
charges of conspiracy to pendence was signed amongst others. by care one of the two players was preparing water works the storage, in millions and directors on
deceive the Government of the UnitedLi Keng-yuan, a native of Yunnan and for his next stroke when suddenly he decimals of gallons, at Tytem was 329.80,
titates by filing the clearance papers crone of Huang Hsing's right-hand món. removed his eyes from the ball and against 404.64 in the corresponding period vessels employed to provision German He was a member of the House of Repre rivetted them with an expression of terror
of last year At Tytam Intermediate the cruisers at sea developed a significant dissentatives and took an important part storage was 207.88 against 194.02; at Pak-pute on December 1st, owing to to de- in the so-called second revolution in 1913, on a small bush just beyond. Not a word Julam 40.10 against 47.78; at. Wongnei- text of the agreement between the Ger Huang Hsing in the pressat attempt is mand of the prosecuting counsel that the Thus the complicity of Sun Yat-sen and was spoken so rigid is the etiquette ofchung 1282 against. 14.44; and at Tytam man Government and the defendants be rebellion is clearly established. the game and the statuesque pose was Low Level 54.00, against nil, giving o
alleged that during his recent visit to Herr Buena, the chief defendant, had Japan Tsai Ao-made agreements with preserved for some moments. Then the
total of 644.70 against 800.88 millions, The admitted that the original agreement, Tang Yang-teng, late Inspector-General rigid one relaxed, shouted something un consumption, in the same district, with an Drag out, had been handed over to the the Hankow-Canton Trunk Line, Cheng concluded a year and a half before war of the Yangtze, and Director-General of intelligible, and bolled in the direction estimated population of 263,119, was Embassy at Washington for safe keeping. Chiung min, late Tutuh of Kuang ung, of the Club House, Thither he was quickly followed by his bewildered oppon-
121.88 million gallons, against 153.81 last together with the text of orders he had and Li Lich-chun, late Tutuh of Klang, received on July 31st, 1914, instructing who raised the standard of revolt in 1913. year with a population of 259,519. The him to live up to the agreement, says It is alleged that all four are implicated ent. When at length breath was regained consumption per head per day was 14.9 Neuter's New York correspondent. Herr in the present cutbreak
KINDS OF RHEUMATISM, the player who had started the stampede
Buenz protested that the production of According to & Tokio paper Tan Jen explained that his hurried flight was due against 19.1 gallons. There was a constant these documents would be of intense feng, a revolutionary hero and the author In popular language the word rheumat to the fact that the bush at which he had supply in all districts during December. value to the spics" of the Allies, who, of the cent revolutionary uprising atism is a term which covers a multitude been gazing contained a tiger, and that,
he alleged, were in Court, inasmuch as Shanghai, has left. Tokio on his way to of is, of which pain is the chief though reluctant to abandon the prospect
The storage at Kowloon gravitation re-
would disclose to them the key to the Shanghai accompanied by his followers,
symptom, of establishing a record for the round, he servoir on the same date was 304.80, German Government's secret orde,” Tan went to Tokio with several com had so fancy for playing the role of the against 350.76 last year. The consumption
The Judge overruled the demand of the patriots are the recent Shanghai affair young lady of Niger For the informa with an estimated population of 97,400 was
prosecution for the production of the code and stayed there for some tune, mean tron of those who may feel a little scepti
while negotiating with Dr. Sun Yat-sen messages.NE
Her Buenz testified that, notwith- and other revolutionary leaders about the cal about this story I may add that tigers 33.16 million gallons, against 33.19 milion have been seen by golfers at Fanling, and, gallons last year, on an estimated popula-standing the severing of the German cable, measures be pursued hereafter by the even though one's outlook on things in
the Hamburg-Amerika Company was in revolutionists, general may undergo a subtle change tion of 95,600 The consumption per head constant, cable communication with Ger during the New Year festivities, the per day was 10.9 gallong against 11.2 gal-many and received cables stating where and bow to meet German warships. He incident related possesses all the elements lons. The Government analyst's reports had spent altogether £500,000 in trying to of solid truth,
show that the water is of excellent quality.attain his object. iterr Buenz added that Captain Boy-Ed, the Germany Naval Attaché, was in and out of his clics fre quently. Captain Boy-Ed did not take part in Herr Buenz'a activities, but a knew what was going on,
The recent rising in Yunnan may not be serious, but it proves, a wag points cut, that China is not yunnanimously in favour of a monarchy.
POLICY OF PORTUGUESE CABINET.
it
Articular rheumatism, inflammatory. rheumatism, and rheumatic fan are at names for the same disease, Muscular
rheumatism affects the muscles and goes not spread from one spot to another l'he inflammatory rheumatism. Lumbago is a form of muscular rheumatism
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DAI NIPPON BREWERY
GEER
CO. TOKIO
JAPAN
It is not reported that, after deliberate Some people have rheumatism every conferences among the leaders. Tan and winter, especially those people who in his followers deparked for Nagasaki on herit a rheumatic tendency. They will their way to South China, where they continue to have recurring racks until will start car active movement shortly the blood is built up to a strength suff Interviewed by a representative of the cient to overcome the rheumatic poison. Japan Daily Mail prior to his departure, External applications and drugs that Tan declared, in high spirits, that Chan simply relieve the pain are usel053 Chun-huen, who had been in Hongkong, the other hand, Dr. Williams Pink Pills bas already entered Yunnen end is acbni'd up the blood and really correct the tively working for the cause of the revolu- trouble. tionaries. Other leaders are coming over With poisong in the blood there is to Kuangsi and Yuuren from various continual combat between the health directions. The de tiny of China will forces and the discus. When the rhy by settled rert sco
he declared, matid poisons prevail, the blood gets thin Instructions have been issued from the rapidly. When the blood is wada rich and red by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the the troops at the Peiyuan, or north park, poison, are destroyed and expeed.n
Begin a coarse of Dr. Williams Pink OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERF. service, and arrived at the point where o Hupeh, the flupeh troops to Hunan, it was necessary to determine whether an and the Hunan troops Yunnan Pills for Pale Peop without delay. Airman could land salely by parachute According to Chinae pars the Gov-Your dealer sell them, but be erreful to from
Buch a height.
Some and bag to ernment proposes to despatch Li Ching ask for Dr. Williams. do it," he said. “There is only one, formerly Viceroy of Yunnan and You can also obtain them from the Dr. person I care to ask; I will make the Kueichow, and General Ting Wat of the Williams Medicine Co., 96, Szachuen attempt myself. It took the Colone Headquarters Staff and formerly Provin-Band, Shanghai,, $1.50 per bottle, or 6 fifteen minutes to make the descent, but he cial Commander in Chief in Yunnan, to bottes for 68, post Fres, solved his problem satisfactorily,
the disaffected area.
My boy's grandmother must have more lives than the domestic cat," writes a cor- In presenting the new Cabinet to Par-
Colonel Maitland, of the Royal-Naval respondent. Though she has been dying liament on December 2nd-says The Ai Service jumped with a parachute on at least half-a-dozen previous occasions Times correspondent at Lisbon Dr. last month from an aeroplane which was to my knowledge my boy came to me the Affonso Costa, the Prime Minister, said 10,000 foot in the air. He landed safey. other day and asked for a few days leave that they would put national intercats The officer had been experimenting with Generalissimo Headquarters transferring
because this remarkable old lady was before all party considerations, and that projected developments of the trial again shout to makee die.' What could with regard to Portugal's international I say?" Whatever you said, my friend, position they would uphold the attitude would make no difference, That grand- previously defned, mother will always be prepared to repeat the performance when required for the Fenefit of her devoted grandson. It's a way, that they have in China.
RODERICK RANDOM.
The reference in yesterday's jaue to the Civil Service Hockey team should have read the Volunteer Corps test,
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