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WANTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
HOW A CHINESE WAS RELIEVED OF 870.
·Bone Chinese are surely far too honest, of absurdly ignorant of the ways of
rogués.
A Chinese tailor, living at An Wo Lane
revolutionary soldiers.. The tailor!
araouil and was
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2x1, 1916.
THE HANKOW TEA TRADE, CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY,
THE LARGEST AND MOST PROFITABLE FOR MANY
YEARS PAST.
Mr. Francis A. Carl, Commissioner of Customs, inakes the following observa tions on the tea trade of Hankow:
The tea trade of 1015 has been the
PROGRESS DURING 1015.
Besides,
INTIMATIONS
LANE,
CRAWFORD &Co.
ร
SOLE AGENTS FOR
ATHLETIC EVERY REQUIREMENT
GOLFERS.
GOODS.
FOR
75 CEST BCEIVED A SPLENDID SELECTION OF GOLF CLUBS.
From GOLF
ARCH COLONELS
(FLOATING AND HEAVY). $1.50 Each.
BALLS FROM
75 Cevre ExcH.
NEW BLACK & WHITES $1.25 Each,
MIDGET DIMPLES $1.50 Each.
JUGGLING WITH TROOPS. THE MEN LEFT TO GERMÁNY. I am indebted to. Mr. A. G. Cox, engi Clonel Feyler, the very able military ncer-in-chief of the Canton-Hankow correspondent of the furoat de Geneve, Railway, for the following remarkere devotes most interesting article to the progress made during the year 1915, says warnings of travellers from Germany. Mr. Francis A. Carl, Commissioner of who bring with them stories of Germa Customs, in his report on the Trade of barracks swarming with troops. After Hankow in 1013: The purchase of all pointing out the general tendency to has reported to the police that about largest and most profitable one for many during the year. Owing to high foods and returns to depots. At Verdun, for and required for the line from Wuchang overestimate the numbers of any crowd to Changsha --220 railes--was completed
of people, he begins with the wounded 11.30 a.m., on Monday another Chinese
who have recovered from their wounds years past, and the Chinese tea merchants and exceptionally heavy rainfall, there came to him and said that the Chief
simply coined money with every chop vary for progress was Justice desired to see him as there, wis
were onerous delays in earthwork, but the German losses are estimated SPALDING'S hudley," The total teu shipments of alteringhout the year, Up to the end of Those highly wounded in the first two
maintained
AL 1200 per month, and the battle has a complaint against him that he had kindla amounted to 1,190,000 preul, valued the Veng 3.824,845 enhie fong of arth
been raging about four months now. beca waking uniforms for the Chinese at 95.277,000 tuels, againat 908,000 piculs, work in cutting and embankment were be estimated at 30 per cent. of the total, ...s will now be recovered: They can became frightened and went with the Ted, at 18,090,000 taels, in the previ per cent, of the total uniount to be done.
completed, this quantity representing 01 so here alone we have 120,000 men ready anas; who took him to the waiting rent year, a gain of 131,000 picula nad The monthly output in earthwork has in of the 1916 class was admitted to be WE HAVE JUST
for the front again. Then the balanco 10,287,000 tagls. Thus latter figures show creased at a very satisfactory rate from 200,000 about a fortnight ago, at the Supreme Court, on the first floor., the brisk demand and the large increase month to month. Quite good progress German subjects resident abroad are After he had waited for some time the in the cost of ten. Black tea increased was maintained in the building of bridge continually being called up. All these 56,000 picule; brick ten, 63,000 piculs; tea abutments and culverts; all masonry and total more than half a million. Further, man returned and told the tailor that he tablet, 12,000 piculs; and tea log, ten concrete work over the first 30 miles has the young recruits of the 1917 class are mist pay 870 us bail. The tailor paid, dust, and tea stalk, 30,000 picula. Green been completed, and between 10 and 60 the
now being called in, and they must nam tou decreased 45,000 piculs, and unfired per cent. completed on the remainder of ber also-half then told he
indebted to Mr. Wo. Theodor, of Messrs.
million, which brings the and coarse leaf ten 15,000 pieuls. I am the line. The war in Europe has given grand total to more than a million imme- Theodor & Rawlins, for the following re-det for, bridgework, the whole (with ca- reckoned at a total of four million men rise to delay in delivery of the first indiately. Colonel Feyler then proceeds to marks cerning the ten season of 1815. ception of two 60-foot spans lost on the they are not all at the front, even if the
demonstrate that when 201 The Hankow tea season of 1915 will long.. fiomed) have liech received, and the The tailor went away, became remembered as the most sensational steelwork is being erected on the first suspicious, and then found that he hand in the history of the trade
units are to which they belong. A halta- hion on a var footing numbers 1,000 rifles, been the vietine of fraud.
The main district from Wichang. The cost of steel feature was the price of the commanbridgework under contracts let in the lat- maintain the full effective of a force en- 50 in each company. Now, in order to ordinary grades, which realised prices ter part of the your shows great inerruse gaged in a battle of long duration, there following arn the statistica compared been seriously delayed, owing to the the effectives on a defensive front. For SPALDING “GOLD MEDAL" CLUBS. equal to the good drinkable kinds. The over former prices. Track-laying has is nothing to prevent the redaction of with sensin 1014-15:
settlement of an embankment in swappy example, 600 baltalians occupy the east- ground near the oth mile; the settlement or front, in front of the Russians, who has been slow, and the process of making are esteemed a negligible up and ensolidating the bank a tedious is, perhaps, decided to reduce the cont
It quantity panies of these battalions to 200 strong R. FORGAN'S CELEBRATED CLUBS. for the ine being. Here then are freed 120,000 soldices, another month's Josses THE COOLIE RIOT AT round Verdun. 3s for Verdun itself,
HONGKONG,
suppose the 35 divisions of the German army attacking it represent 800,000 wen, AN OUTBREAK AT SINGAPORE,
Take away 20e rifles from each battallion and between 70,000 and 80,000 men are at alarming conduct of the coolies who were this it is easy to understand the busy As we indicated in our notice of the the disposal of the depots at home, From passengers on board the steamer Fan appearance of the home depots and the and riotous spirit had been displayed strian divisions in Poland and Galicia schoten last Friday night, a disorderstruction units.
But the front is pre- the coolies all through the voyage from have been treated in this manner to the judiced thereby. Suppose, the 40 Aus itself strongly at Singapore, as may be profit of the 18 divisions attacking in the Deli. This seems have, manifested the coolies' arrival at that port. At thu tips to be seen in the Tyrolese barracks, judged from the Penang Press reports of
Trentino. There will be plenty of fino but the Galician front has been pierced. by the Russians.
could go away and that he would be warned in the course of time when the Chief Justice would be really to bear the
Udskr
The man who benefited to the extent of $50 lua not been seen siner; and there
is much doubt Whether he will be n again.
TWO SUPPOSED MURDERS. AT HONGKONG AND HUNGROM.
Two discoveries of bodies have been "reported to the Hongkong, police under circumstaners which point to
n brutal murder in each ense.
stab wound in the abdonien, was found yesterday in a house at Hunghom. seems that the deceased lur! lived in the - house where he was found, and that some person, unknown, inflicted the wound which caused death.
ANTERVALS.
1014. 1915. half- half- charts chests.
First erop Hankow the 405,201 430,830 First crop Kiukiang tea... 180,075 163,801 Second crop Hankow.tea..147,000 248,337 Third erop Hankow tra... 21,526 Breond crop Kiukiang tea 8,077
€3,391 Third crap Kiukiang tea”-
45,468 909
Totul
Russia
.751,782 059798
One
Facos, from which they were eventually thus they were on heard the steamer transhipped
The Fed arrived at Singapore early
Army is
THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR
PATENT, COLONELS $125 Each.
GLORY DIMPLES
"
DRIVEES AND ERASSIES, $5.50 EACH
MADE AT ST. ANDREW,
From $4 EACHIN
TAYLOR'S AUTOGRAPH
ALL MODELS,
THE CINCH" $1.00 Boch.
THE “BOR"
75 Cente Esob.
IKONS, 84.75 Exce
CLUBS.
BUCE $3.50 Each.
LADIES AND LEFT-HANDED CLUBS.
STOCKED IN ALL MODELS. CADDY BAGS, TEES, GOLF GLOVES, BALL CLEANERS, 'CLOCK GOLF, GOLF PAINT, CAPTIVE GOLF. REPAIRS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION UNDERTAKEN.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO
WEST RIVER STEAMERS.
Discussing the possibility of a speedy JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MADAI
STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LED.
The body of a Chinese male, aged about The best teas of the season were the Kee 53, of the conlie class, was found lying, which were sold from 23 to 78 taels, in some bushes at the corner of the Stan Keemuns, but the fino teas which werely
was a heavy buyer of the best ley and Tyam Roads yesterday. There shipped to the United Kingdom met with Were numerous wounds on the body,
a pour reception and were disposed of which had evidently been inflicted by in a few eases were cost prices realised at great sacrifices to the importer; only some sharp instrument. The police are This was principally caused by the sud of the opinion that the old coolie was den rise in duty from 8d. to 1s. per lb, murdered and the body thrown into the bear on the public by the British Govern- and also economic pressure brought to bushes where it was subsequently disment, which prevented high prices like covered.
29. 6d. per lb (duty paid) being paid 800 Chinese cookie passengers on board,
on the 22nd ult, from Deli, with some THE CRISIS OF THE GREAT Another police report states that the while good Ceylon and Indian tous could bound Judy of a Chinese male, aged 32, with ingehow erop was lacking in flavour, morning row ocentred between these VICTORY OF THE BRITISH FLEET!
for China (says the inany be obtained at 1s: 8d. (duty paid). The Gazı He).
WAR AT HAND. At about 11'elock in the and the deterioration which has been coolies and some Singapore cargo ceolies. noticed of late years continued most who were on board the steamer working favoured district should be so neglected tied up to the funnels of a wind-chute, end of markedly. It seems a pity that this once cargo. Three of the Singaporeans we by the Chinese: One notices every year and despite the
the war, the andelshlad that the Chinese take less trouble to cut ship's officers, their homeward boutal
protests of the writes:
Lord Kitchener, who is said to have ivate this grade of tea. Of Hankow teas compatriots refused to let them go. predicted in the beginning that the war No arrests have yet been tande in either first crop was quickly taken up by Rus picked up by sampans or twakows, mind and believed the end would come the Ganfas were especially good, and the number of the Singapore cargo would last three years, declared shortly coolies jumped overboard and were before his death that ho had changed his bian buyers Prices were a full 25 per When the police arrived order was soon cent, higher than the preceding year, and restored, and no further trouble occurred despite its sally, remains still a Lesieged sooner. And now that the German fleet, up to Tis. De was paid The Chinese tea- men say their chance and squeezed the Chinn bound, about mid-day on the 23rd.it will not be capable of any considerable up to the time of the ship leaving port, test, with a decrease in strength, so that foreign buyers to their hearts delight. The Facob, however, returned to port effort for some months to come, the end In many instances the big Oaufa chops next forenoon, consequent upon some of the war seems really to have, come a realised as much as I'ls. 10,000 profits to defects having been found in her boilers.little nearer. numenal prices, a bigger second crop than of the ship, until such time as the Deliary, it might have proceeded to Riga, in the Chinese. In consequence of the phe The police were again placed in charge had any success at all, if only tempor
If the German feet had ever was thrown on the market; but the coolies could be transhipped to another order to attack there the most vulnerable eagerness on the part of foreign buyers steaner to continue their voyage. There parts of the eastern front and it might prices were more normal, much to the drowning, only a broken head or two. had by then considerably decreased, and were no serious mishaps, and no cases of have sent out a number of light cruisers have every chagrin of the Chinese, who nevertheless
to destroy British merchant ships and reason to Eu exceptionally
the ships carrying supplies to Britain. These plans have been frustrated.. pleased with the result of the whole sen
The demand for Russin way ebor- The Russian Government com mandeered a big quantity of tea shipped aid Vladivostock for the army.
ado the country generally very short and many repeat orders were sent out, 60,000.00 which greatly prolonged the season and caused high prices to be maintained for 20,000.00 all sorts and conditions of tea. The con- 9,900,00 sumption of tea in Russia has increased
ease.
COMPANY REPORT
HONGKONG JIOTEL CO., LTD. The report of the board of directors to be presented for the half-year ended 20th Jmie, 1916, states:-
The profit on working account andunt ed to $102,228.11 $68,039.24 for the corresponding period as compared with of 1915, being an increase of $33,568,87.
The profit and loss account, including the sum of 2,806.70 brought forward from 31st December, 1913, shows a credit balance of 8137,077.05, which the directors recommend should be apportioned follows:--
To pay a dividend of $3-per-
share on 20,000 shares
To transfer to repairs and re
newals account
To write off steam launch To carry forward to new ́ae-
count
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This
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
ASSOCIATION.
The crisis of the great war is at hand. More and more the Entente Powers form a great whole, working together like the men of a first-class football team. When During the fortnight ending 23rd June Ivaly was hard-pressed, the Russians 1916, 20 Hospitals in England were attacked the Austrians and inflicted seri- plied with requisites and comforts us loss upon them, compelling them to (30,555 articles in all) from St. John raw upon their other armies and thus Headquarters Warehouse, 56, St. John'sdelaying, probably frustrating, the Aus Square, E.C.
frian attempts to reach the Venetian supplied with requisites and couforts the French at Verden holds German divi- Eleven hospitals abroad (Havre) were: plain. And the splendid endurance of out of all proportion, owing to the Gov-(30,585 articles in all). D4,777,05ernment's prohibition of alcohol. First
sions at that point, which are needed to crop common teas opened about 60 perceived durlug the fortnight,51
Gamme Anicies Total
prevent an invasion of Hungary. The #137,677.00 cent, higher than the preceding year and
C3,500 Set out during the fortnight....
for victory of the British fleet, which stood M
her ground and thus was able to continue rose to over 100 per cent. Tis. 35 was Received to date, 238 16. paid for Shantanis when medium Kee-
485,102 1,192421 1,69,5 the siege of the German fleet and the Sent out to date, 290 19 muns were selling at the same price. Stock at šamanase.....
blockade, seems to us the most important This is the feature which stood out in the
factor in the war.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD. The approximate statement of trafic receipts for the week ending 29th July is season. as follows:-
This Year-Res
Last Year Increase
Receipts
Aggregate for receipts wook. for 30 weeks. $17,152 $120, 135 324,854 95,281
... 11,938 5,234
OUR BLINDED SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS FEXD..
dom.
-
374,900
109,155
At the close of the season "one can say that there are only about 8,000 half-chests in all left, and these are very A RECORD FIRST AID CLASS. common and quite undesirable tear. The outlook for the coming season is favour
Viscountess Falkland, who is a Lady of able as far as Russia is concerned, but Grace of the Order of St. John, has res very unfavourable for the United King-cently organised some remarkably success
The difficulty in securing tonnage, ful: First-Aid Classes in London. On the prohibitive freight rates, the rise single day and at the same hour of fully 20 per cent. (to inte, March) in fewer than 168 women have assembled to exchange, besides the probability of a receive instruction, probably a further sixpenny duty in Great Britain, figure for such classes, 1914, all point towards a very difficult making s. 6d. per lb., against ad, in season for the home market."
SHIPPING:
record
GERMANY'S COMING WINTER OF DISCONTENT.
which the Allies can reasonably look for
Professor Pollar thinks that the utmost ward to is that the final defeat of Ger many will come some time next year, after a winter of discontent such as Ger- many has never known, and after a naval battle which even the enemy will not be able to claim as a victory.
The Class referred to has just completed war As Russia, he said, had benefitted
Lady Falkland is, like Lady May. Com mandant of a Voluntary Aid Detachment, College, London, on the progress of tho Professor Pollard spoke at University its course, and another Class was adver by the Austrian mistake of sending tised as commencing when the latest mails troops, to meet the Italians, one hoped [left]
that the Allies would be able to benefit by the Germans mistake in sending so large a proportion of their forees to Verdun,
The fact that Russia had completely
BIRTHS IN WAR-TIME,
The mysterious wisdom of Nature, who
HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.
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(available sinó for return * by day skomar) Bingle Fare by Day Blesmer Return.
HONGKONG TO CANTON.
$5.00
11.00 $100
CANTON TO HONGKONG.
WEDNESDAY, 2ND AUGUST, 1916.
8 am, MWUNGBRAN. 10 più. FAINEAN.
8 sm. HONAM.
6 pm. "KINBRAN,
THURSDAY, SED AUGUST, 1916.
8am. HONAM. 10 pm. KINSHAN.
& .m. HEUNGSHAN,
P.. FATEHAN.
HONGKONG-MAÇÃO LINE.
8.8. TAISHAN, Teis 2006,
8.8. BUI TAL, Tons 1,651. HONGKONG TO MACAO. Week days si 8 am, sad 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Rbout Wheel, Sundare si 2 am and 1 p.m. from the Company's Fing Lok Street Wharf,
MACAO TO HONGKONG
Boek days at 7.50 p.m. and 2 pan. Bundays at 7,80 u,n, and 2 pm. EXCURSION TO MACAO. SUNDAY, 6TH AUGUST, 1916.
The Company's New Bisinship
“TAISHAN *
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NBThe Company will also run a Blenmer frem none on Eunday at 7:30 par and from Hongkong it I p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Strock Wharfy
FARES AS USUAL.
MACAO-CANTON LINE.
DA. JUI AN,
Deputies from Hano to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 pm JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MAOAS
Departures from Canton to Huono on Tuesday, Thunday and Saturday, at his game.
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BB, BAINAM, 688 tons, and 8.8, NANNING, 569 tons. Ons of the abor, Blowmer leaves Canton for Wushow every Monday, Wednesday nad Friday! at about 8 man, and the other leaves Washow for Canton on the same dayn as8.30 umă Konad trips take about 5 days. Passengers on return to Hongkong or vice verse by fil Company's direct Biomers AENEAN and BANUI Thats rentals have ezperios Batis
commodation and are lighted throughout by electricity, Ellestris Fan in mock Chain Booking Ofise open daily (Bunday excepted) 9 am, to 5 pass Barther particulars may be obtained at the Ozion of the--
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT
Urbel Mansions (Fires Floor), opposite the Bisko Plexi
Mr. Donnan Faller has received the following letter from the President of The National Justitute for the Bling;-
DEAR SIR-I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 1st May. The total tonnage entered and cleared enclosing draft for £23-12-10 in aid of during the year amounted to 0,177,427 our Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund, sons, against 8.500.262 tons during. 1914, bring half the proceeds of an Oratorio a decrease of 72.955, tons. The steamer. Selection perfornianes given at St. John's tonnage was 5,355,347 tons, and sailing Cathedral on Good Friday, I enclose an vessels (chartered junks, lighters, and makes good what man has destroyed, is broken the Austrian line to a depth of official acknowledgment herewith, with lorebas) 1,122,050 tons. The tonnage of being shown here remarkablly in the 40 miles showed that line, in spite of s any very warat, thanks for this generous the year is divided among the various birth statistics (says The Times Paris months' fortification was not unbreak contrihation.
Your letter of February 28th enclos-lags in the following ratio: British, correspondent). It has been said that able. That was another warning against ing draft for 23 11 11 (proceeds from American, 1.20. The remaining 1.18 per increases rapidly in was time. Paris probable that the Russian offensive would 39.50 Chinese 31.80; Japanese, 26.10; the proportion of male births to female dogma in the art of war It seemed Recital) was dily received, and
of pigrammes at your Piano cant. is divided between the Danish statistics give remarkable support to this be directed mainly toward Austrie, with
Datch, German, Norwegian, and Russian official acknowledgment mailed to you
argument. In peace time in France considerable prospects of success. on April 5th with grateful thanks. I gs. Before August, 1914, the home rate about as many boys are born as girls.
You must not Now that the flower of the French youth end the war aspect the offensive to yellow and furred; you need: was 233, per won; after the outbreak of is giving its life for the country male Pollard. The utmost we could hope for With reiterated thanks, and assurances
added Professor the war and the withdrawal of all Gerbirths, for the first time since the few was that the offensive which he believed of my sincere appreciation of your valumas ships, rates rose to 60s, and 80 years fellowing 1870, greatly outnumber would affect all the area of war-would able help
per tou, and at present stand at 121s per female births. For example, on one ton, River freights also advanced about single day last month ⠀⠀in.-
have the effect of practically knocking. Paris nut Austria, practically settling the 25 per cent. over the rates prevailing the maternity hospital, out of twenty-three Balkan difficulties, and driving the Ger the little sugar-coated laxatives, which year before.
babies born in one ward twenty-one were mans a considerable.
and out of seventeen in an adjoin territory which the way back from the cure Constipation, "liverishness," Bili-
trust this has safely reached you.
Yours very truly, (Sa.) E. ATTHC PEARSON. (President and Hon. Treasurer.)
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ing ward sixteen were boys. This is the highest proportion of males recorded. Statistics show, in general; that this year
now held:
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