THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JULY 21 1911
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DEATH
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Mr. El Khambatta, the oblest Passes red-fond of "H ́n ginn ge
Soul? A broath, no more.
Dollars ton worth of clothing and $17 in muney have been stolen from the Polo Club-House.
Dend Body Recovered The dead body of a well-dressed Chinmay, about 25 years of age was found in a street in Wanchai yostorday,
A Belated Report.
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Wife to Inusband (who is greep ing about, looking for his bottle of whisky)-What are yer looking for, Murphy?
Murphy Nothing...
Wifo (who suspects reason of his search)Suro, you will find it in the bottle where the whisky was.-M. A. P.
Voltaire's works, ia 70 volumes, will: portraits and plutos, after Moroau, were sold for £120 ro- contly at a sale of the late Mr. loborley Bell's library by Messrs, Kuight, Frank, and Rutloy..
REGISTRAR GENERAL'S annua report.
Some Interesting Facts.
for labour in the Malay Poninonla resulted in the formation of sevc- ral Inbour agencies, but labour still continues to be recruited in
SUPREME COURT.
· Adjourned. At the Supreme Court this morning beforo Mr. Justice Clon-
The Registrar General's annual the same way, and through the portz, Miss Marion Clains sued C. report, which was laid on the same Chinese agents, and emigra-S. Samm for the recovery of Mr. C. E. Beavis appeared for table at the last meeting of the lion doos, not appone to have been $43160, Legislative Council, contains stimulatod much. The number
the plaintiff and Mr. Holmios for of assisted emigrants passed in the dofowlant. some very interesting facts,
1000 was, 101,803; in 1910, 23,554, Protection of Women and Giris
Mr. Holmes asked his Lordship The number of individuals the number going to the Straits to fix a day two or three weeks Is Lordship: I hind bettor. detained under warrant was 2 Sttlements and Malay Peninsula henco or to adjourn it for a week. as compared with 280 in 1900, boing 18,177 in 1910 against vljown'it.
They were all sont direct to the Po 10,714 in 1909, to the Dutch
The manager of a Chinoso firmod during the 24 uurs ended at ng Kuk, and the action taken Indios 3,577 ng inst 9,923, and]
Theft at Naval Yard
...
In Man's Attire.
Usury
Tho enso came on, in which Ono ease of plague was report-
Bhagat Singh sưød Pung Fing U in Des Verux Rond informs the
in respect of them is shown in to Bornos 1,800 against 112.
for the sum of $165 duo under noon yosterday. Police that the lato manager stole
The thres pots that compete Tablo II. The number of women.
promissory notes. $600 and abscondod. The affair
The history of a woman who who o detention was found to be in any way with Hongkong as. Mr. Shon on appearing for this took place two months ago,quc vasfully masqueraded as a
uocessary and who were reports for emigrants are Swatow.lefondant said that the defendant father a benighted report, · man for some considerable time
leased after enquiry was 83 or 28 Pakhoi and H show, The num-und been in another case before is toll on page three. Sho, was Inspector Korrcharged aChion-only found out when she inet the per cent. The cases of 18 women bar of assists i emigrants who ar.is Lordship last weok. In lis $18 and had given promissory m before. Mr. J; It, Wood at the man, who gave her away at her were still under consideration at rived in Singapore during the the man had only receiv Policy Court this morning with wodding, some years before. the end of the year. Nino girls first clovon months of 1910 were, notes for $105. stoaling 9 lbs. of brass from the ---Motors' 'and``Motoring.
wore sent to the Eyre Diocontfrom Hongkong. 14,750; from Naval Yard. Sontenteo of twa. An interesting article où motor- months' hard labour and foting appears on pige 3, which Rofugo, an one to the Italian Swalow 1,003; from Hothow, large. hours' stocks was passed.
shows up one of the oans Convent. At the close of the year 5,246, making a total of 21,996: At that is the caso. We cannot
:
His Lordship: That is rather,
Mr. Shenton: It is rather largo,
lispute it because there are the promissory notes. The original mount was $18 and from timo to time as he was pressed he gave him fresh-promissory notes.
getting very cluse to the Monpy Tenders Ordinauro and
Dispensaries and Plague A Dishonest Servant Girl. adopted by the chauffour to the number still detained under
Hospitals. A broker of 31, Wellington make an addition to his income warrant in those institutions was
The dispens tries contime to be Street reports to the Police that aby means of illicit commission.14 and 2 respectively. Several servant girl in his employ stole | A Wife's Confession. anwyf om both the Refuge conducted on the stablished lines jowollory and money to the vaine A sad story of a woman's mari-and the Convent, but so did some ho then disponaries in Victoria Cottle and Yara lysker dial at the Gwernment Civil Bapital this morning of $67, and absconded. The girl al relations is revealed in the from the Po Leung Kuk, whore and the Harbour Dispaustry are
in only fifteen years of ago. No report of a divorce case that comes the precautions taken are almost man god by a Commities consistiese claims have to be got in. aged 7. Shanghai papers plenergy.
from Indian military circles. The excessive. The number of in- uspundont confessed to miscon-
The object of this, paper is to publish careret infarargian, ti serve the truth and print the nues without four or fitrovir.
Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.
Telephone: No. 1:
A.B.C., 5th edition.
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG; FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.
a bad start!
The Bernese Alps Milk Film '
net within a short time of her marriago-seo pago three.
The beautiful coloured film showing the milk industry in the Alps was well received in the The New Postage Stamps
The new postage stamps, which Victoria Theatre. The picture will be shown again to-night so liavo been eagerly expected, by that the public will have an op- philatelists, have proved them portunity of sering this excellemelvos a failure so far as artistic coloured film again. .
merit is concernel. A detailed riticism appeara on page three An assistant in the employ of and among the curious facts to be Menus., David Sassoon and Com- noticed, is that the guage of the pany, residing in Caine Road, re-perforations have boon altered. ports to the police that someone ontered his room and stolo u
The Thieving Nuisance
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American Divorces.
mates of the Eyre Diocesan Ring of the Registrar General as fugo at the close of the your w.s Chairman, the Hon. De, Ho Kai,
54.
Wo
is Lordship said then it people would come to him when the first Vice-Chairmm, and promissory note become due he seventeen other members, and the could give them rolief. Now
he could not,
GMG..
The total number of persons re ported missing, including roports from Chinn and Macao, was 395, Committee has opened a these, 7 were reported to have dispensary at Shaukiwan. The been found. The corresponding constitution nad genoral objects figures for 1900 wore 300 and 50 of the Association have to receive
For 108, 181 and 48.)
The timidity and docility of Chinese girls malo thom an easy
the concurrence and sanction of the Government, and are describty.
Mr. Shonton asked that on
The present state of whatshould be the premier socurity of the | „f Mothing from the rack to thend the one that will bo hondetails of the conspiracy) to Sin-Yaamati, lunghom and Kowloon $220.50 for residenca and chits,
world, musole, is at this time of prosperity most disappointing. In fact practically all government securities are in a condition that con only give rise to the most conte alarm. This year Mr. Lloyd teary e
jacket, on papers and aquantity told value of $22.
Prevalence of Robbery. lobbers are very previlent and Jaring in Kochow, in d 'the local
with the situation.
HE. the
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One of those is n eo.
The Postal Conference.
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The Pope's Prophecy.
OF INTEREST TO SHIPPERS.
An Australian Proclamatlon
me to the Chinese Protectorate the two Chinese Members of Coun
Mr. Moora: My cliont is afraid
Dofondant: Yos.
Mr. Moore; He is only a cus- tomer at the hotel.
The case was left to the parties settle.
DESPERADOES.
BARBAROUS ACTION OF
Chinese Gentleman Foully Done
to Death
order bo mudo for the payment by instalments after the first dobl, that the defendant was now pay- ing off, had been liquidatsd.
An order was made according- proy to procaressos. In one case od in a minuto dated the 20th A Question for Settlement.
D. D. Monrojco of the King Millionaire divorce casts have a respectable little girl of 15 was October, 1900, in 9202, 07,
Edward Hotel sued J. 1. Melonry for the recovery of the sum of ways' some startling feature,ken (it is needless to give the OS.0. The three disponarios an Don in New York has been dakan, and thence to Singapore,
Mr. Mooro appeared for the marked by the arrest of two Briand put into a brothel. She was City, are managed by `soparate
recognised on the voyage from miticos e'ected by the in plaintiff, and tho defondant ad- of court. isht Ariny ulicors for contempt adakan to Singapore, and word bitants, and in his work of guid-mitted the debt. He consente.! raspondent in the case. A full sent home to her father in Macaring and controlling them the to judgment last asked for a stay has not made that appeal to the small investor that it was experted Lanthorities are at a loss to deaccount appɔars on the third para report of the case was sent by | Registrar General is assisted by of execution for ton days. he would mako, and he has failed to take the opportunity of bringing eisols within the reach of the man in the street, who has only a few Canton Vicoroy has despatched A report of the Postal Conferat Singapore, but the girl wherit and the two Members of the that the defondant will leave the pounds put by. For the past decade this investment has gradually gone Colonel Cheung, Commander of ones is one of the features of the questionod adhered to some fab Sanitary Board. To enable the colony. He does not think this down in value, umil where alone time it was quite customary to find the Canton Recruits, with two re-thin page. The conference ricated story taught her by the Registrar Cloneral to keep in close is a case which should bond- giments of his men to Ko-chow to which deals with the workers' process, il donied all know wich with the Chinese in matters journed. The man is not a re- the price quoted in the nineties, in has sunk, fill during the past assist the hunting down of these side of the postal systems of the ledge of her father; he then went relating to sanitation, Street Com.sident in the colony
Ilis Lordship to the defen month the low level of about eighty-lins been reuchod. We are not desperadoes,
wold, is a strictly professional to Singapore himself, and on his mitteos have been appointed by Heavy Rainstorms going to say that this is the fault of any government thongh it would
gathering of men interested in the appearance, the girl admitted Government, ani are consulted dant: Can you give any security? Th› Tuotai for Yún-chow and earrings of mails.
ry rething, and returned with him in matters of importance and en- seem that in time of peace, when the national debt has been rednçad
Lim-chow has reported to the
to China. Isaw heren her returncouraged to ask advico. Attachon and as a consequence the supply" of consols has been lessened, the Canton Viceroy to the offect that
Pope Pius seems to have a pre- and was satisfied of the bona fide to ench dispensary in Victoria are price of the security would have gone, up. This hus not a severe entastrophe as the result dilection for the number nine of the case. The lo Leung Kuka licentiate of the Hongkong been the case and the situation that has thus been created is of a heavy rainstorm has occur Every office that he held prior to as temporarily received into its College of Medicino, a clerk with to calling forth a considerable amount of comment. That party red. A large number of houses occupying the papal throne, ha home several women sont back tea knowledge of English and capital has been mado put of the state of affairs is to hand paridy fields has been damag-held for nine years, and on his China by the local Bensvalent coolios with ambulances and dead- regrottal for we think that, to a great extent, it will obscuro theo. Many junks have been captaining the highest position in Societins in Siam and in French vans to remove patients and dead sized with heavy casualties. the Church of Rome ho prophesi Indo China. In Siam particularly bodies. Two lecturers are main- true isto in discussions on the subject audi-lead to no good end, Found with Dynamite. nd that he would hold the post the Sroiety appears to be very tained whose duty it is to preach Whether the reducing the precliasable unit of consols will have the A simpan woman was brought for nine years. An article on the active. The Italian Conreat against "dumping" of bodies in the streets, to point out the bene. kindly received 3 of the women
fits to be derived from the dis. "TELSGRAPE" CORRERPONDENT;} effect of making die invegurut niore popular, is still a matter foup on remand before Mr. J. I subject appears on page three.
who were hf weak intellect.
Canton, July 19.) time to prove, and our only concern hero is for a moment to reflect Wood at the Magistracy this
Some days ago, tho Brigadier morning charged with (1) being
Female and Child Emigration pantries, and to explain the ob ject of the sanitary laws; lund. upon the serious state of many institutions in the home country in possession of 50 lbs. of dynn-
A record is hot of the occup-bills are issued in profusion General of Shea Tack district through this hago falling off in value.
mite; (2) failing to produco u
tions off a la emigrants, whenever occasion demands, and sent for a local gentleman eas of 10,875 over 16 years of age. The fall of the Birkbeck Bank is been instrumental inpormit; (3) failing to have the
6.562 were going with the his photographs are taken of badio- quiring into the number of des found in the streets and are posted peraduos in his village. Accord- calling publie attention to the matter, and the various financial explosives marked "Dangorous" and (4) failing to carry a red ilg.
The following proclamation by hand or other relative, or to join up in the neighbourhood, and ingly the gentleman furnished newspapers have dealt with the subject of great length in their Soquel Two months hard lathe Commonwealth of Australi relatives; 3,127 gave their conquiries are made in each case the General with a list of namas will be of interest to those of our cup'ions rs Forvants. 535 from the Street Committee. There of those who had committed It cannot be said of course that the fall of this was bur.
armed robborios. Váfortunately in any way due to consols. We doubt it had any great proportion Searching for Arms. readers who are connected with seamstresses and 552 as pro-is a Distrist Plagne Hospital at- of its money in this stock, but if the statements of our contempo-
It is reported that the official the shipping tradot Australia:titutes.
tached to the West Point Dietose bad characters got wind of in charge of the Detecting and
"Whereas by the Customs Act A record has also boon kept ponary in Victoria, another in the affair, and broke into his raries are to be rolled on, the immediate cause for the suspension Arresting Department in Cantor 1901-1910.it is onnetod that all sines Fobrray of the occupations Kowloon City and a third at house the same evening. The was the fact that the bank had no reserve to make up for the has written to the Director of the goods the importation of which to which boys who were given on lunghom. A fourth hospital is man was hold down, and while deficioney caused by the general deprecation of securities, Lakin stations in Sui Tong, which way be prohibited by proclama- to be apprentices, were destine built at Wanchai. The number asking for mercy, the victim The Birkbeck Bank is not the only sinner in this respect for the is not for froin Kwong-Chow-Wanton are prohibited imports, and The principal headings were: of rats caught during the year in offered to pay then several thou- sume reproach has been levelled against the Post Office Savings In the letter the director is a that the power of prohibiting the Chandlers, 1.113, carpenters Victoria was 60,921, and in the sands of dollars, if his life wore Blank by ne loss a person than Mr. Bowles in the House of Commons, to have searchas instituted for importati in of goods shall autho-378, farmers, 193, nwkers, 6 Kowtoon Peninsula where rat spared. This was refused and In the course of some discussion on that subject, the hon. gentle arms and ammunition on Chiuesize prohibition subject to my tailors, 127, silversmiths, 108. catchers have been engaged by the victim again asked to bo nan pointed out that the money deposited in the Savings Bank jonks from Kwong-Chow-Waspecial condition or restriction goldsmiths, 64.
To all, 2,187 boys were enter Sanitary Department the number taking
the lispensaries and paid by the permitted to end his own life hy dose of opium. The was subsequently invested in consols, and he had yet to learn and those leaving Sui Tong for and that goods imported contrary ed as apprentices, but the list of
request was not granted and the was 21,257. they were bought at less than par. If that be the case, the Post the interior.
o any such condition or re- deficit of it least £20,- Ollice Savings Bank is fasod with a
A Youthful Belligerent. striction shall be probibited in-headings shew that they cannot
Anyone interested in the spread unfortunate man was carried 000,000. Of course this does not mean that the bank is at any Joseph Ezekiel Meyor, a raw,ports:
have been all appr n icos in the of a belief in European medicine the village where he was cut to time liable to go "Broke," for there is, bohind it, the complete gawky youth, was brought up be And whereas it is desirable usual meaning of the ward. among the Chinesa will be pleased pricees. guarantee of the whole nation and its resources, but it paints to fore Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magisto prohibit the importation into Chandlers" is a term which in to learn that the percentage of the fact that if the institution were a private concern, it would trary this morning on a charge the Commonwealth of goods emigration returns had almost return cases to new cases treat- have failed long ago. Thoro has been a drop in the value of the of assault upon a Chinese anal packed in bags or sacke whose botter bo entered as "unspec fed at the Victoria Dispensaries speritios hold by the Post Office of about twenty per cont. Such and assaulting a policeman last contents excer two hundred ed." 000 boys wont as students has risen froin 30 in 1908 to 37 ced the fact that a Chinen drop could not be faced with equanimity if the hink were other thun night. The woman had her headrul in weight, and which in The return has beon disconting in 1009 and finally to 57 in 1910, syndicate had been formed he e auntional institution, and though the strictures of Mr. Bowles were covered with bandages and regard to unshipment must need for tin t'ma, r the informa In Kowloon City the percentage to acquire the noce sary plant to, stigatised as "alarmist," they most certainly point to the fact tha showed signs of rough handling. esa y la carried on the backstion obtinol does not appear to remain about the sime, at Yan- embark in deep-son trawling. the business of the bank isaot being carried out on businesslines. To Defendant was fuel 86 for the of the parsons employed in hand- justify the trouble of compiling masi it is dropped, but there is The steaia trawler Golden Cross, meet the requirement of the depositors in the bank a roservo of cash insults and was boudover in the ling the ame
t every year.
a vey satisfactory increase at which had proved a failure in held to the extent £500,000, whilethe rest is held assecurities in govern- sum of 100 to keep the peace "Now therefore, T, William Assisted Emigration. Hunghem from 8 in 1008 to 15 Indian waters, was hired by die.. montbonds. Theidea of rush, may he regarded as phantastic but it ie for six months.
synticato with a view to pureline,.. Humble, Earl of Dudley, the The number of assistadeini-in 1910.
and operations commented. Tho within the realms of possibility. Then comes the question as të Prison Sentence Confirmed Governor-General aforesaid, not grants oxamined was. 24,980 as
promoters were sanguine of shệ. what the bank would do. His elour tirit the securities hold coul
Mr. H. K. Holmos, solicitor, ing with the advice of the Federal against 18;511 in 1909, Thoe
cos'nt the outset, Imtafter severür. not be put on the market in any great qurmity for the price w applied for a re-hearing before Executive Council, do heroby numbers include the labourers go stown more then it has done. It would be equally fadife to that Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morning prohibit from and after the lat going to British North Borneo. An intersting article appeare months' trial, it has been don
nother loan and the money could only be borrowed from the oil or in the caso in which slay of August, 1911, the im-who are technically not assisted on pago threo dealing with the strated beyond a doubt that th banking institutions at an excessive interest. The savings lonk
በዛ sentenced to two partation into the Commonwealth migrants though treated as such, governorship of the Federate catch is not suflicient to re would therefore he in a precarious condition, were it not for the mintha karl labour for the of goods packed in bags or sacks The number of those examined Malay States. Sir Arthur Young than pay current expensas, to say guarantee that the nation providos, and it is a clear indication that larceny of a purse containing whose contents exgood two hun who declare their unwillingness has bean in intioned for the post nothing about the chances of py- titia form of national trading must be considered as anything but a money from the person. The red pounds in weiglit, and which to go, is now insignificant. In and his name has been spoken ing a dividend; so the eynilicate. success. The pop arising of console may be an effective solution, sentence was confirmed. Mr. in regard to unshipment mast 1008 it was 81 por cont; in 1810;f with favour. Among other has decided to wind up its affai but we think, that the time has come when some serious attempt W. B. Hind, of Mesars. Brutton accessarily be carried on the 07. This year the native largu-pile-successors to the post the and the foldon Cross lung been should be made to do something to increase dhe, n', attland Hott; appeared for the pro nicks of the porso <mployed age of the emigrants is shown, not name of 11.E. Sir Frederick Lu- despatched to Repgoon tois same time, keep the price up.
otyper, secution
their place of origin. The demondigari la beon mentioned. la lunpling the name
pages.
The F. M› S«Governorship.
Steam Trawling Abandoned. Sone months ago wo announ-