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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY. SMALL-POX NOTIFICATIONS.
A fine of 5 was imposed upon a Chinese by Mr. Melbourne for failing to notify a case of small-pox.
Dr. Woodman (Medical Officer of Health) said he went into a shop at Bhaukiwas, owned by the defendunt, and found a man sitting inside with three-weeks-old small-pox marks all over bis face.
eye badly blackened. ---
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 1917
HONGKONG WAR CHARITIES.
A YEAR'S RECORD.
was.
A meeting of the General Committee of the Hongkong War Charities held yesterday, in the Council Chamber. H.E. the Governor presided over a large- gathering.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
HONGKONG RACES. PROSPECTS OF GOOD DERBY.
Though it is somewhat early to cont
Committee, acknowledging their first donation of £508, and intimating that a permanent imcription referring to Hongkong's generosity had been placed on the wall of the lobby of the hospital. They had sent another £1,000 to thement on the material for the Hongkong fund.
OFFICERS' YIMILIES FUND.
The Officers' Families Fund was the next fund they supported. It was doing a very useful and valuable work, and they had sent a further donation £1,000, making £2,000 for the year.
DREADNOUGHT HOSPITAL..
Di
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The Hon. Mr. E. H. Saar, “K.C.,
To the Dreadbought Hospital Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Greenwich they had given £500. It was reported on behalf of that body the cele a very old institution and took in men, brations of Red Cross Day. The total not only from the Navy, but also from tho Mercantilo Marine-men who were receipts from the efforts of that day doing good work, dangerous work, in amounted to something over $41,000.cine-sweeping and mine-laying. It was Atkinson were making inquiries and they This enabled the Executive Committee, in need of funds. Messrs, Stewart and after paying all expenses, which were had sent £500 in the meantime, comparatively trifling, to send Home & sum of £5,000, Mr. Sharp then pro creded to detail the principal amounts allocated by the Executive Committee over a period of practically a year.
DELGIAN RELIEF.
most
race week, which takes place next month
- for there has yet been no "clocking " -the indications are that the Derby will
be one of the best races for many a day. There are more Dorby "griffins', than ever this year, and many of the other ponies have big performances to their credit. Derby griffins are being put through their paces by several new owners, and, up-to-date, prospective Derby runners are owned by Sir Paul Chater, Mr. Ellis Kadoorie," Mr. Henry Humphreys, Mr. A. M. Soares, Messrs Logan & Busto Mr. Ezra. Capt. Cassell, Mr. Harold Seth aid Dr. Jordan. Of course, no times have yet been taken, the ponies merely doing a canter each morning.
The subs are also a much better class than usual, and many likely animals have already been put through their paces. The entries close on the 27th inst., and until then nothing serious will be attempted in the way of training-though much is expected from Mr. Soares' stable now that Sir Paul Chater has lost onarchism, a pony valued at close on
It was a very dangerous practice. CREDIT AND A BLACK EYE.
Two Chinese appeared before Mr. Wend in connection with a free light in a shop, and one of the men had an It was eye which was of leaden hue.
dis-
With regard to Belgian Relief, the stated that the man with the
Executive Committee had sent £500 to coloured eye went into shop in
that object to be allocated at the discre tion of Messrs. Stewart and Atkinson to which the other defendant was an assixt-
auch organisations as they thought best ant, and claimed that he was always
suited for the relief work in Belgiam LADIES' WORKING PARTIES.
There were other elarities to which they given credit in the shop. This was
The cost monthly for materials used had contributed smaller amounts, such denied by the other man, who refused to by the Ladies Working Parties in thots the Surgical Requisites Society. They had sent £1,000 to Messrs. Stewart give credit.
An argument ensued, and Colony was something over $3,000. The and Atkinson to distribute as they this led eventually to blows. An Indian
cost was steadily increasing, and what thought
suitable among the constable found both men engaged in a
lesser charities. it would reach none of them knew. They
At the beginning of the year they had stand-up fight, both their hoses were had been very much helped by the Ship a balance free of $9,000, or about bleeding, and one of them had had hisping Companies, which had shipped the £2,500, including the balance that might be considered available in London out of the £5,000 remitted, The Hongkong | 81,000. balance was largely due to the series of very excellent theatrical performances by the Chinese community, which resulted in a surplus of 820,000, which the promoters had generously given to the War Chari- ties general fund. The donors had at first intended to apply it to providing fighting aeroplanes, but, after considera tion, they came to the very wise conclu sion that, as the Government provided these, a better we for the money would be found in the Charities. He concluded by stating that after paying the expenses of the Ladies' Working Parties they would have less than $15,000 in hand, They were, therefon, very much in need of funds, and it was right to say that the monthly subriptions did not at pre- sent amoint to as much as the monthly expenses of the Ladies' Working Parties, He did not think it was necessary to say more on that point. He had to report that the Hon. Mr. C. E. Auton bad joined. the Committee in place of Mr. Landale, and Dr. Marriott was taking Dr. Harr ton's place.
A fine of $ó such was imposed, and both Beened very satisfied with the result of
their bout
AN ALLEGED ASSAULT.
work the ladies had done either absolute ly free or at very much reduced rates, Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, for instance, had shipped a large quantity of the work free of charge. The various letters of acknowledgment from Home A remand was granted in case in and from the front, which had been which Bernabe Solis, described as a published from time to time in the local pianist at the Hongkong Hotel, was newspapers, showed how necessary the charged with assaulting a man named T. articles made by the ladies were, and Dilera, of 7, Salisbury Avenue, Kow-how much they were oppreciated. Joon.
Mr. Lec d'Almada, who applied for the remand, said that there was another defendant, a man named J. Dalgaro, who had gone to Manila. It was alleged that the latter was the man who really struck the blow on which the charge was based. The affair took place in the Fili- pino Club at Kowloon on the 4th inst. and the complainant was a cook em- played at the Club.
"STAR AND GARTER" FUND. They would remember that Hongkong undertook the provision and equipment of a ward in the new Star and Garter Hostel. They then undertook to provide £2,000, but that was found to be insuff. cient. Another £250 were required, and This they were sending that amount. ward was called the "Hongkong Ward," and they had-if they wished to exercise them-rights in that ward, such as giving
H.E. the Governor said-The details given by the Chairman of the Executive
The case will be heard on Monday | preference, in its use, to anyone in-Committee constitule striking evidence of
next.
SEARCHLIGHTS IN CHINA,
,
Chinese appeared before" Mr. Melbourne charged with attempting to export five lbs. of calbrain carbide from
Hongkong to Taiping, by the Wuchow
'steamer,
Reventie Officer Clarke said that the export of carbide was absolutely pro hibited, except under a military stores exportation permit. Defendant could not have got that.
Defendant said he had only been in the Colony a week, having come from "British Colombia, and he did not know the laws. He was taking the carbide up- country for his own purpose,
capacited who came from Hongkong,
ROYAL FLYING CORPS HOSPITAL.
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HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.
Messrs. Vernon & Smyth, in their weekly share report dated the 12th January, 1917, states:---
Since the date of our last report, viz., sth inst., our local market has been very until dull, and is likely to remain so after China New Year, but at the close there is a little more enquiry for shares at low rates, Investment stocks remain very dead and Shanghai market appears to be at a standstill. The Rubber market according to our latest report from Singapore remains firm. The following our to day's wired prices from Singapore:---
dre
Alor Gajahs
Glenealys
Kempas
$ 3.80
2.40
Kedahs
4.10
8.10
Malaka Piadas
2.30
Malakoff
4.75
4.30
4.90
22.00
New Serendahs
Sandycrofts Tapahs
Plantation Rubber in London is
quoted 2% 114d.
Sterling T.T. is quoted 2/4. The last quotation received for Bar Silver is 36, Shanghai TT and the Bank's buying rate for 3 d/s bills are both nominal, Singapore T.T. is 99.
BANKS--A few shares have been placed at $700, and more are wanted at the rate. MARINE INSURANCES-Unions have been the medium of business at $009, and now close with further buyers. Cantons are inquired for at $377, with no business to report. North Chinas and Yangtses for the present remain neglected, and close at last week's quotations
$37.
the generosity of the community in sub- scribing to War Charities, but I wish to refer to some faults in the organisation The next object on the list of those through which we raise aubscriptions. Monthly subscriptions are obviously the supported was the Royal Flying Corps most desirable seure of revenue, for they Hospital: This hospital was doing enable subscribers to know just where they are, and give the committee & steady splendid work, and last year they pro working baaja Chinese prefer other mised to contribute £10,000 a year to this methods, and do well with them, but if hospital for two purposes, (1) to main-the Europeans here would make monthly subscriptions in accordance with their tain a Hongkong ward in the existing means, however small, our total income bospital, and (2) to assist a proposed would be very materially increased. At extension, which the London Committee present the monthly subscriptions over age rather under 82,500, and are short intended to proceed with at once. A of even the local working party expendi ward in the Hospital was named the ture, which is well over $3,000 a month. The Revenue Officer said that, a large had supported it ever since while Messrs. cannot
"Hongkong Ward" at once, and they The monthly alriptions, etc., should reach a very much larger sure. Is be exputed that proper number of the villages in China, now
FIRE INSURANCES.-China Fires and 'bocated searchlights for the purpose o₤ Stewart and Atkinson had been appoint-monthly subscription system can
fea Hongkong Fires are unchanged, with searching for robbers. He supposed thated as their representatives on the Lon-established if people live in
nominal quotations of $155 and $375 re- of constant spasmodic extra calls on the carbide was wanted for this purpose. don Committee of the hospital. Delays their purse, and such sulls would spectively.
Aine of 810 was imposed, and the
SHIPPING. Sales of Douglass have had occurred in connection with the necessarily have to be reduced to a mini-been made at 8115), but now close with carbide was ordered to be confiscated.
mum. They cannot be ruled out entirely. extension, owing to the difficulty of find- CHARGE OF FRAUDULENT
ing suitable premises, and it was thought For instance, the "Our Day" effort looks buyere offering $116, there also being a CONVERSION.
that, as time was passing and nothing like becoming an annual affair, and there good demand for forward shares at cor- have been placed at the reduced rate of Application was made to Mr. Wood Tery definite being done, it would be must be other small exceptions also. But responding rates. Indo-China Deferred wise to communicate with their repre- if the community shows any desire to
8132, with buyers for March settlement by Mr. Otto Rong Sing, for a reduction sentatives on the Committee to the effect take up the monthly subscription system
at 8138. The Preferred close on offer at of bail in a case in which an Indian that unless the extension was established it will be the duty of the Commities to
$43. Steamboats are in demand at $20 named Ka Kim Din is charged with the in a reasonable time-say, two months- use its endeavours to see that they are fraudulent conversion of two sume of it would be better to divert the original protected, as far as may be, from other cash, with no shares on offer at the 9500 and $1,750. The application was sum of £2,000 to some other suitablo calls. There wens no reason why the figure. Star Ferries can be obtained at for the reduction of bail from $2,500 to object. That was cabled to the Com-monthy subscription system should not
OILE-This market remains neglected. *$500,
mittee and, as suitable premises could be extended to the mercantile firms, and,
Shells have a nominal quotation of 108/-, Mr. Hong Sing explained that a war-
not be found for the extension, a diver-indeed, it appears that there is every
as also Ural Caspians of 32/9. Langkats sion of the fund was made to the support reason why it should be so extended. It rant had been issued for the arrest of
ere inquired for by Shanghai at Tls. 22. of the original hospital, and they were might well take the form of a proportion the defendlaut, and that he had surfender
RETINERIES-China Sugars have im- now paying £200 a month to that object. of what they would be prepared to give proved and been placed at $125, and now ed himself at Yaumati. The sums of
as donations, and of what there is reason arquey mentioned in the charge he ad-
elpse in deraand with buyers at $128, mitted were received by the defendant The next charity they had supported to believe they are only waiting an with no business to report. There is, how from the complainant, and a receipt was
was the fund,, for sending parcels of opportunity to give. No better oppor-ever, a good inquiry for forward de given for them. The payments concerned food to our prisoners-of-war in Germany.tunity is likely to occur. We now want livery. Malabons are wanted at $37. the sale of several lots of land which were They had left it to Mesure, Stewart and an assured monthly income on a more
MINING-Nothing has been done and sold by the Ho Mun Tin syndicate, for Atkicson to decide the particular stable, and, therefore, probably larger prices are all nominal, viz., Kailans 35/*, whom the defendant was really acting, organisations through which these parcels basis, which would make it unnecessary. Ranbe $2.400, and Tronche 316. and for whom he was contractor; the would be sent, with a view to avoiding to make any further special appeals for icts had been transferred to him and the danger, which they knew had arisen. some time. We now know the charitable he had assigned them to the complainant. of sending too many parcels to popular organisations which command the sym- The lots were never assigned to Ka Ram regiments and overlooking the less pathy of everybody: to these we have There WES a society in already absorbed and desire to subscribe Din. He admitted the receipt of the popular. money, but denied that he had an equit existence, with a British Minister at its more largely. We prefer fixed monthly able interest in the property. It was head, which was superintending the subscriptions, but if there are any who alleged by the other side, a lady named transmission of these parcels to British do not wish to bind themselves to such prisoners in a very expeditious manner they need not promise a definite amount, Lai Tsz, for whom Mr. Davidson was
Ninety-nine per cent, of these parcels We shall be glad to receive monthly what acting, that his clicat had not acted as
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS- Hong- clearly as he might have done, and that arrived at their destination and in very they can spare, so long as they can sparekoar Lands are wanted at $95, without
good condition. defendant had an equitable right.
His Excellency-I may say I am in it. I need hardly add that fixed monthly leading to business. Central Estates and Mr. Davidson remarked that defendant
receipt of a communication to the effect subscribers can alter or withdraw their Hongkong Hotels are unchanged with that now the whole of the prisoners of subscriptions at any time. There is one sellers at 3101 and 8115 respectively. war funds are under the control and other peint which I referred to on the Humphreys Estates are inquired for at direction of one organisation.
day that I frst established this Com-
West Points are on offer at the Mr. Sharp-That was not definitely mittee, and that is that none of us should reduced rate of $81, and Kowloon Lands known. Continuing, he said they had allow our charity to interfere with our have sellers at $35.
to the Imperial lately allocated £1,000 to this object, financial assistance
COTTON MILLS. This market is un- making a total of £1,500 at the end of Government by way of investments in the changed, with the exception of Shanghai various forms of War Loans and Wat Cottons, which are inquired for at the Savings Certificates, which are offered to reduced rate of Tis. 110. Evos are quot us. These funds have been advertised' by ed Tls, 145 ex div., Kung Yiks T13. 14,
and Yangtazepocs Tls: 5b, all nominal
MISCELLANEOUS.-Cements are elightly easier and have been placed at 811.70, China Lights are wanted at 841. Pro- vidents at $8.90. Tramwaye at 27. Wat son's at 86, and Powell's at . Water- boats have been placed at $15) and $36, The following have a nominal quotation, China Borneos 881, Dairy Farms $231, Electrics $53, Ropes $84, Peak Trams $10, and Laundries
th, 1917.
had not come forward as an honest man
would have done to defend himself, He had been unable to get any assurance that the proportion concerned in the charge had not been hypothecated to the syndi cate. It had been impossible to get any admission at all from the syndicate. That Ted him to assume that there was the year. suspicious state of affairs, and that was why he proposed to go on with the charge.
PRISONERS-OF-WAR FUND.
BLINDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. The next object they had assisted was It locked to him (Mr. Davidson) as if the fund for the soldiers and eailors the Government weekly for some months the defendant used the money paid by blinded in the war. There was a general past, and the response has been large. I the complainant, and perhaps other organisation covering the various efforts, believe; how much one cannot tell without people as well, to finance himself as con-
but the Executive Committee thought reference to the banks. But what I want insetor for the syndicate.
the best of the organisations for the pur- to emphasise is that both of these forma Subsequently, a certificate was pre-
pose was the St. Dunstan's Hospital, assist the Imperial Government; because dused on behalf of the syndicate showing founded by Sir Arthur Pearson, who by our subscriptions to the various chari that they had no notice of any charge himself was blind, and the work ties we relieve a great deal of the against the lots of land concerned, and therefore sympathetically carried on. Government' inancial responsibilities, that they were the property of the The blinded men were taught trades and both forms of assistance should have defendant...
by which they could make their own the full support of the community. Defendant was then released without ring. He read a very appreciative
There being no other business the meet- bail, and the charge was suspended. letter from Sir Arthur Pearson to the ing closed.
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