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GORRESPONDENCE.
FERILS OF A PATCHED.
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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG;
DAILY FRESS."
Sit-Whilst admiring the clarity of
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 18ɗa, 1917.
SCENE ON THE "MOLLIE.”
EUROPEAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT,
A night scene
on the steam launchi Mollie had its sequel at the Hongkong
Une case was sent to Queen Mary's Needlework Guild in London; one to the French Red Cross Headquarters, Paris; and three to Menapotumia,
SPORT HONGKONG TENNIS LEAGUE.
DIVISION BU
The Club de Recreio
Marques
and Yvanovitch beat: Whighs and Goodman Marques and Yvanovitch Marques and Yvanovitch beat
Black and Clark
[heat:
Pina and Yvanovitch beat Wright
Parry and Crocker and Goodman
and Clark Ping and Yvanovitch beat Black.
INTIMATIONS
LANE,
CRAWFORD & Co.
10
(RISABLISHES 1880).
CITY HALL WORK PARTY.
Mrs. E. M. Stabb informs
Fa that daring the past fortnight the City Hall Work Party packed-180 shirts, 180 pyjamas, 130 vests, 92 bed-jackets, 12 Magistracy on Saturday, then reversible bed-jackets, 20 shrouds, 48 Yard on Friday by a beat the Naval I generally in Mr. McGuigan's European named Alexander Dunn was invalide boots, 20 knitted caps, DO prs.
milk-covers 4 pra, slippers, 8 prs. Scores reasoning R letter, in your insite of June 18th, I can charged before Mr. Dyer Ball with socks. not help thinking that he has gone hope assaulting the Chinese collector on board lessly astray in ranging the ideals and the follie the previous evening. Defend the desires of our nobility with those of ant is second engineer on the 5.8 Prussian militarism and oppression. Has Larichow, be forgotten that our nobility is at theThe collector, whose head was heavily present tinte pouring out its life's blood, bandaged, and who also appeared in Court in the cause of democracy, at the battle wearing a blood hespattered coat, said front? That at the first call to arms in that about 11.30 the previous night, when
The badges sent out from Queen Mary's the cuise of democracy, our nobility leapt the Mollie was lying alongside Blake Needlework Guild have now arrived, and into the lists, whilst the Trades Unions Pier, the defendant and about ten other are distributed to all-workers who sent were still holding back? These things men came on board the launch, Witness in their names last Autumn. Any such should not be forgotten, and I cannot but was proceeding to collect the fares, and members of the City Hall Work Party think that when your correspondent is when he came to the defendant the latter who have not yet received a
badge ate reminded of them he will be the last to refused to pay. Witness pressed him for
asked to attend at the City Hall to- write one word that might tend to destroy the money, and then, after abusing them,morrow morning, when the badges will be the better feeling that is springing up
given out, the defendent produced a $10 note and as a result of the war, between patrician asked for change. Witness was about to and plebian, and likewise hetween hand him his 80 change when the de eruloyer and employs,
A consigament was received from the Italian Convent too late to be packed this week; it will appear in the next list
Macpherson, of Magazine Gap, will be Tho raffle for the picture by Mrs. drawn to-morrow morning at the City
I agree with your correspondent to the fendant assaulted him, and several other Hall, at I o'clock; the proceeds go to the
full that we ought not to want to crush the German Nation or German Trade (where this is legitimate trade). To do: so would be a moral wrong and lead to future wars, but I also think we should not lose sight of the fact that insomuch as un require, force of arms to protect nation against Prussian military atinek, un ako we need defensive machin- ery (Tariff Reform) to protect our indus- trips from German peaceful penetration. On merchants and some of our manu facturers now realize this, and it is our duty to give them our support.
Dir
men on the Taunch also struck him,
said he was quite sure that he
Replying to the defendant, the collector was the man who struck the first blow
borated the complainant's story, and A Chinese engineer of the Mollie corro
added that on one occasion the defendant waved a spanner over his head.
The Indian constable who arrested the defendant stated that he went quite quietly to the police station.
Defend ant was excited, and told him that the Chinese were always making trouble
Inspector Brown said that when the defendant
to the police I am quite aware that Tariff Reform
was brought station he was accompanied by several coull be used as an instrument of aggresoher Europeans, and theso stated that kid in exactly the same way that a powerful Army and Navy could be, but, the Chinese second engineer was waving wexpon of defence, each is indis a spanner around his head and that the
་།་
PLEBIS.
collector was swinging & lamp about.
Aeroplane Fund.
Pina and Yvanvitch beat Black Lopes Brothers beat Wright and
and Crocker
Goodman
Lopes Brothers beat Black and 10 I Lopes Brothers beat Ferry and
Clark
Crocker
Total
WHITE
(TELEPHORM - 1741).;
FROST"
SANITARY REFRIGERATORS
CONSTRUCTED OF HEAVY SHEET METAL.
8 WILL KEEP FOOD
84-18
SWEET WHOLESOME
AND
HEALTHFUL.
LAWN TENNIS
CIVIL SERVICE: ROYAL NAVAL
YARD
TENNIS LEAGUE, DIVISION IL This match, played on the C.S, ground, was won by the home team by 57 games
42. Seorea
This week the help of the Kongmoon Work Party will be missed, holiday trips
J. Deakin lost to Clark and Holway having dispersed the workers. It is hoped 5-6, lost to Crockell and Black 4-7, lost and come that they will spend a pleasant summer
to Goodman and Wright 45
winter's work.
back invigorated for the
have formed themselves into a Working The American, Ladies in the Colony Party with Mes. W. D. Kraft at their head, and have aflisted themselves with the City Hall Work Party. “We extend a hearty welcome to them fadds. Mr Stabb), "not only on account of the actual work they will turn out, which we know will be excellent, but also because we like to feel they are working alongside us all going forward together in our endeavour to send some help and comfort to the mer who are fighting."
had a nasty blow on the ye. The HONGKONG AEROPLANE FUND Europeans also stated that the collector
pensable and quite compatible with the ethics of International morality and Complainant, added the Inspector, had equity. Yours faithfully, Hongkong, June 16th.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGLONG
*-DAILY-PRESS.!!]
You suffer in auch times as these, We know we're very hard to please, But you can grant this boon with elas Spare us from McGuigan.
We hoped that he would take a rest, But Saturday-Oh what a jest- Two awful columns of his beat, Spare us from McGuigan.
With nervous dread the news we stan, Oh, save us from that awful man, The Censor: sure, 'ehould put his ban On letters from McGuigan,
G.D.
THE STAR FERRY CO. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.")
Sin-A short time ago there appeared in your journal a report (of proceedings
was very aucy.
In the course of his evidence, defend ant claimed that the case was one of mistaken identity. The collector's story of the details leading up to the assault were quite correct, but he was wron when he said that it was he defendant) who struck him on the eye. The blow was struck by another passenger who had had an altercation with the collector, This passenger refused to give up a $10 note patch complainult produced 89 change, and when this was handed to him, the complainant begun to argue the point and received a "clout in the
eye." This led to a free fight be tween the collector and the passenger concerned, and during the scuffs he (de fendant) received a “punch on the nose. He did not know who struck the blow,
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in cunnection with the Star Ferry Co.,but being of the opinion, after the blow "Ltd. which might be considered as a had been struck, that it was “ up to him bin to the public to prepare for possible rise in prices
I may be doing a slight injustice to the Company in saying that there seems to be no valid reason for such a contingency, hut, in the absence of full particulars vindicating such possible action, I cao only conclude that a rise in the fares would be a tyrannou proceeding.
Let us examine the conditions revelant to this Company, and compare them with the Portsmouth to Gosport Ferry: This latter provides an excellent service across
to level up matters," he took part in the arrived on fight. Just at this moment the Police the scene, and then the
collector necused him (defendant) of being the person who struck the first blow
Mr. Dyer Bal?--I suppose, really, it was a rather happy party which boarded the lagch last night fa
Defends tWell, your Worship, I dare say it was had been to the theatre. you know.
Mr. Dyer Ball about the span
Defendant-I know nothing about that
a stretch of water about the same breadth | ner: 1 as that from Hongkong to Kowloon, Before the war the Star Ferry Company I was too busy levelling matters up. were charging 15 cents and the Ports-
His Worship decided that it was a mouth Ferry only one halfpenny. (The case of mistaken identity, and discharged. farea were Dot raised when I left Eng the defendant
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,
BANISHEE
land in August, 1915, and, as far as I know, are still the same)Taking the rate of the dollar (for the sake of argu manat) as low as two shillings, 15 cents is equivalent to 5.6 pence; that is to BRY, a. Hongkong the fare is.75 times as dear Portsmouth just think of it. I part. calarly desire to point out that I aar making a me war comparison in order banishee to one year's hard labour on
Mr. Dyer Ball sentenced a Chinese
SUBSCRIPTION LIST NO. 10.
Ho Kom Toug
Urs. Jordan, Forsyth, Grone
and Aubrey
J. R. Michael & Lo JW. C. Bonnar
J. R. Wood and Dr. Smalley beat Clark and Holway 99, beat Crockell and Black 8-2, beat Goodman and Wright 8-3,
A Biden and Dr. Woodman beat Clark 74, lost to Goodman and Wright 5-6. and Holway-6-5, beat Crockell and Black
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REFRIGERATORS
This League match was played on the ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH NON-DESTRUCTIBLE MATERIAL.
16th inst. with the following result
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A return match was played on Satur 6.00 day on the Taikoo ground between a 2.00 Civil Service team akipped" by Mr. 3. Blake, and a Tuikoo team led by Mr. J Wotherspoon. The result was a win for the Civil Service by 10 points. Teams and scores
391.04
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to ascertain, if possible, what profits the a charge of returning to the Colony before Amount previously acknowledged 9,263,39 local Company desire. Can they show that expenses here are more than seven his term of banishment had expired
times as ligh as the Portsmouth Cou
pany's I doubt it
The real trouble lies in the fact that
OPIUM
local Ferry is virtually monopoly Revenue Inspector Wildin charged two The controlling interests in foreshore Chinese commission brokers with the property (who, have shares in the Ferry Company) would see to it that any pro unlawful possession of 995 toels posed competitor was
of pro was not able to acquire pared opium and 26 tuels of opium dross, * landing stage.
This is only one of the many questions which was found concealed in the boards with regard to which the attitude of the of the beds occupied by the two defend Hongkong public is strangely lethargic ants The boards had been hollowed out It is a disgrace to the Colony that there and the opium placed inside. is no public pier at Kowloon, which passengers who desire reasonable rates could use in conjunction with Blake Pier By its inaction the Government is en couraging monopoly.- am, sir, yours faithfully
FAIR PLAY.
Mr. J. D. Lloyd, of the Importe and Exports Office, appeared to prosecute, and the defendants, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, were represented by Mr. Leo d'Almada,
The case was adjourned until Wednes day.
Total
$10,805.33
Further suma samounting to 1800 have
bocu promised, but not collected, leaving the sum of 2000 required before the Fund
can be closed.
Cerberus into the editorial sanctum,
The politician rushed past the official
What do you mean?" he roared you did in last night's Glamor T
What do you mean by insulting me as
Didn't the story appear as you gave it Just a moment, replied the editor. to us, namely, that you had resigned as city treasurer t
It did. But you put it ander the head Fublic Improvements."
JAIKOO. Mr Gerrard
Grimshaw Weir
CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. Woolley.
Wotherspoon,
Skip... 17
Mace. Stanley. Blake,
Skip.
AMERICA'S FRIENDLY WARN-
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The following is the full text of the Note banded to Dr. Wa. Ting-fang, the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, by Dr. Paul S. Reinsoh, in person, expressing the desire of the American Govreniment to see the re establishment of a responsible and strong government in China:
Peking, 6th June, 1917. Excellency, In pursuance of the in structions of my Government, I have the honour to communicate to you, in its behalf, the following statement:-
The Government of the United States learns with most profound regret
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