THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,
ESTABLISHED 1841.
ÆRATED WATER
MANUFACTURERS.
FORMAZONE.
A Postal Brain Wave.
We have to remark the fo that the Post Office, if it is not |exactly mending its waya, is at least changing its little triana, This is intended, perhaps, to add a refreshing variety and spice to existence. On June 17 we stated quite frankly, in this column, that We were heartily tired of
DAY BY DAY..
ALLEGED WRONGFUL DISMISSAL
WE JUST SHAKE HANDS—AT
MEETING
WITH MANY THAT COME NIGH; WE NOD THE HEAD IN GREETING.
TO MANY THAT GO BY-
BUT WELCOME THROUGH THE
GATEWAY
OUR FEW OLD FRIENDS AND TRUE
FORMER EMPLOYEE SEEKS
TO RECOVER DAMAGES.""
A Notice in a Newspaper.
· MR. C. A. HOOPER.
MESSRS. JOHNSON, STOKES 'AND MASTER'S NEW PARTNER.
A Fine Record as a Scholar and Sportsman.
This morning in the Summary We mentioned a fortnight ago
CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING.
COMPETITION AT NORTH POINT LAST NIGHT,
An Unfancled" Shot Wias
Mr. H. J, May's Cup.
One of the most substantial and
A REFRESHING, INVIGORATING and PALATABLE drink/handling other people's letrare, THEN HEARTS LEAP UP, AND Court, before Mr.Justice Hazeland hat Mr. C. A. Hooper had been well conducted sporting clubs in
particularly suited for Tennis and Bathing Parties.
Pinta 81 per doz. Splita 60 ota. per doz.
PYERIS.
Chemically an exact reproduction of a well-known Gorman spring, at half the price. Blands Porfectly with Spirits, espoolally Whisky. Onco try a Whisky Faeris and you will ask for it again,
Prices:-$0.85 per duz, Pints. $0.50
per Józ. Splite.
STONE GINGER BEER.
The only fermented Stone Gingor Beor in the Far East. The real charm of Stone Ginger Boer is the flavour produced by partial fermentation; without this no Stone Ginger Bear can be said to be genuine,
Price-$0.85 per doz.
DRY GINGER · ALE. FRAGRANT, AROMATIC, NRY. Its "Dryness" is a feature which has helped to give this drink the popularity it so well
deserves.
Prices: $1.00 per doz, Pints. $0.60 per doz. Splits,
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS,
No: more
STRAIGHTWAY
THERE'S OPEN HOUSE FOR YOU, THERES OPEN HOUSE FOR YOU!
OLD FRIENDS,
Mansoy.
The Weather. Lower level 8 a.m. Temp 84; sunabioe.
At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp 77; sunshine
and that, if it happened again, we should have to speak straight out. That note appeared. to bave served ita purpose; its meaning soemed 80 ual. ly to have penetrated the iron. plated official mind. strayed letters have found their way into our box, and we felt that we had done a good work. To make a Hongkong official end his ways would indeed be
triumph But we were too English Mail-Arrived per s.s. optimistic. The Post Cico, it} \ Assaye to-day. acems, haa only rosted for a little Canadian Mail.Closed per s.. until it could evolv some new Awa Moru to-day at 3 p.m.
scheme. Now it has found it. It now delivers our correspondence to other people who have done nothing to deserve this affliction. Only this morning it sent" balf a dozen papers, addressed to this office, to a private resident. Really, it might do better than merely vary an old trick.
Cannot
Che rats of Subaqription to the "Hongkong Tolegraph" will it devise something quite new?
be as follows:-
Daily issao-$30 per andum. . Weekly issue per annurg
The rates per quarter and per mens, proportions. Subscriptions
for any period long than no month will bo charged as for fuli monti.
The daily issue is delivered free who the address is accessible to essenger, Peak subscribère can bave their copies delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by post an additional $1.80 per quartor is charged for postage. Tue postage on the weekly to any part of the world in $1.00
per quarter.
And cannot it give this office a long rest and try another for a obange? Of course, if it does not mind the doubttal advertisement ait securos in those frequent notes, we do not, even though we are getting tired of writing them. Englishwomen and Dress.
It may not be amiss to draw our readers'. nstention to a re-
The Malls:-
..
German Mail:The German Mail of May 27 was delivered in London on June 26..
Count the Columns.
Yesterday the
Telegraph published 33 columns of solid reading matter.
To-day there will be 34 published.
The Langkat Output. »
Messrs. Wright and Hornby inform us that the Langkat output for yesterday was,263 tons..
Details Arrive,
Twenty three details of the 25th Punjabis arrived from Bombay by the Assige to-day.
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and a jury, J. M. Xavier, 25,admitted by the Acting Chief the Colony is the Victoris Clay Mosque Street, sued G. Martini of Justice as a solicitor in this Pigeon Shooting Club, North Queen's Road Central, to recover Colony. It will be seen from our Point, and there last evening a damages for wrongful dismissal advertisement of yesterday that the good crowd assembled to witness and libel.
new solicitor has entered the well-the shoot for the beautiful silver Mr. O. A. S. Russ, of Mears, Kaown local firm of Messrs. cup presented by Mr. H. J.May, one Goldring and Russ, appeared for Johnson, Stokes and Master. the plaintiff, and Mr. R. O. Faith-
of the best clay pigeon shots in Mr. Hooper has come to the Colony. There were several fall for the defence.
The jury was composed as behind him, notonly professional- the principal event on the card Hongkong with a fine record shoots for smaller trophies, but follows:-Messrs. W. L. Patten ly but as a scholar and a sports was the event for the big cup. Ren, A, Shelton Hooper and E. man. He is an old Clifton boy Despite the fact that yesterday Ram.
and won a Trinity College, Cam-was a holiday and many people Mr. Ruse read the statement of bridge scholarship, in 1889, were away in the country, there claim, which alleged that the ultimately getting a First Classi were no less than eight competi plaintiff was engaged by the cal Tripos. In the Law finals tors for the star event. The guns defendant who wrongfully, it is he obtained Second Class were: Mesars. Strafford, Sorby, alleged, terminated his employ- Lonoure and was admitted a Munton, Branoh (President of the ment on May 5, 1914: On May 9, solicitor in 1894. the defendant is alleged to have
Clab), Lee, Oban, Mow Fung and For twelve years he was Li. The handicap was the best published the following notice in managing clerk to Mesra. Gedge, out of twenty-five birde (using the Tsan Wan Yut Po."
This is to notify all that this Kirby and Millest of Westmin. but one barrel) at sixteen yarda ster, whom he left to join the rice. Chan commenced with a firm has heretofore employed a famous firm of Lewis and Lewis. couple of misses, but succeeded Portuguese named Xavier to look
The sporting element in the in annexing a couple with sa after the exportation of goods, and Colony will be interested to know intervening blank. Strafford fol that he is dismissed from to-day that Mr. Hoopar played cricket lowod with a ocuple of birds, but Those who are dealing with this for Clifton in 1888 and for beard the call of two whites before firm in exportation of goods must Trinity, Cambridge, in 1891; and he brought down his third. future make satisfactory Rugby football, successively, for Sorby only managed a denes in. agreement with the compradore Clifton, Trinity, Cambridge Uni- his first five, whereas Manton department of the firm, which
scored thrice, twice in succession
in
will be taken as actual proof. To versity and all England.
the event of the Portugeuse oblain-
and once after a couple of misses.........
4
prile
" of
ng samples of goods or ordering told him there was no need for Lee opened with a any goods outside under firms him to examine the goods. Cyphers, but brought down the name, it shall have nothing to do Plaintiff, however, did his duty two subsequent disca; Mow Fang Chicago Maru's Cargo,
with the firm,"
sad examined the cargo. On acored twice, missing his first, The statement of olim con-returning to' the office the third and last. Li opened well, The Chicago Maru arrived from tinued that the defendant intend-manager was out. The Chinese missed the second, but brought Philippines with a cargo ofed that not only the customers of clerks would not allow plaintiff to down the remaining three. The The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be deliveredance on the Shinyo Marn ro. 12,200 tons, c. nsisting of flour, the firm, 'but also the public, go into his office, and the 'com.second time Chan showed in-
Single Copies, Daily, toa cents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (for
cash only).
Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed
bariod will be continued until-counter mandé.
Canton, who have been appointed Our agents there.
(Payable in Advance,
By Order,
"HONOKONO TELEGRAPH.”
print from an American paper headed." English Gown Winner' which appeared in our last night's the Extra. It will be seen that, at a
:
and general
come provement, as did Manton with best-dressed women, and that Lady May's "At Homes,"" plaintiff had been guilty of grave back at 2.30 p.m. and see Mr. four. Lee secured the possible, this prize was carried off by an Lady May will be "At Home" at misconduct and dishonesty as Bena. He did so and Mr. Bena Maw Fang three and Li a dence. Neither Strafford nor Sorby could English lady. Lacidentally it my Mountain Lodge on the following employee of the defendant of such told him he wae dismissed and a bo observed that the victorious Tursdays: July 28, August 11a nata e as to make it lawful for compradore's order was has.ded find form, whereas Munton lady's gown is described as got and 25, and September 8, at the defendant to dismiss him him. Mr. Bena asked him to improved at his third visit. Chan was lawfully give a receipt in full satisfac away another four and Mow The object of this mayin is to publish correct information, to serve the truth having the slightest suggestion 430 p.m. There will be tennie, therefrom, and
of a slit," while among the other
dismissed without notice by the tion." He would not do so, ung equalled the performance. and print the news without fear or favour,
competitors ordinary-and ex-
Explosive Matter. defendant on that account, that whereupon Mr. Bens took then the penultimate round Chan Thres Uhinese from Yaumati he was a dishonest and untrath-order away.
only annexed a dence to Mow traordinary-alit skirts were in evidence."
were fined in the aggregate ful person, that he would and was Without wishing.
Plaintiff, in the box, bore aut fange three, and two in the last $250, at the Police Court, this likely to attempt to obtain, oredit his advocate's statement, and said round to Mow Fung's four. Chan, morning, for being in unlawful or goods by fraud from the the first trouble arose when the however, managed to scrape possession of explosive maiter at oustomers of the defendant, that N.Y.K. made a mistake in a through on his handicap. Mr. Yaumati.
he had embezzled or stolen freight charge. They charged Brauch brought down only 11 property of the defendant and £50 where the sum should have birde. Scores:- employee as any master would or of this to Mr. Bens, the latter lost that the plaintiff was not such an been £100 odd. When he spoke should employ.
his temper and told the plaintiff
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914.
THE OIL SHARE PURCHASE.
to discuss skirts, whether allt or unslit, we would like to rema k that this is not the first time th it the old silly statement about Englishwomen's not knowing). how to dress has been disproved. Of course thero may have boon, at
some time or other, resecnable
foundation for this libel, but of
Unionists and Nationalists:
Not a Benson.
a
Street has reported that some one A photographer from Arsenal stole from a box in his house watch and chain with a sovereign altached, valued at $13 and $10
money.
at £25,
A, Haul of Pills,
The Coat on the Wall,
Street, Yaumati, has reported that A Chinese residing at Portland whilet on a visit to a friend living at 60. Hollywood Road, he had stolen from his pocket, whilst his coat was hanging on the wall, a parse containing $447,
employment
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1. Disobedience of orders in not attending defendant's offico
it
Shot. Hop. Total. Chan... 13.12 25 Strafford... 10 Barby..... 11. Manton... 11.
15
Locu Mow Fung 16 0.0. Li... 12 Branch ... 11
10 20
718 20 Sor. 15
7.
›23. 7 19 18
5
At the conclusion the President presented the cup to Mr. Chan, pleasure to present it to him. stating that it gave him much They did not expect Mr. Chan was going to scoure the cup, said had they would have to look out the President amidst laughter, he did not get the cup next time,
and
"ap
In the statement of defence it not to mention a-word to the late years we rather fanes that
was denied that the plaintiff's N.Y.K., saying he had nothing to the world is a little tired of hear
wrongfully do with it at all. The mistake ing that Englishwoman are ill-
determined, and urged that the had never been pointed out to The Hon. Mr. Hewett, of the defendant was justified in die the N..E.. elad, don't know how to walk, P. and O., has reported to the missing him from his service for have big feet and hands, and are police that some person stole the following reasons:-
On the occasion of the Chinese never well gloved or well shud. from the Syria or the Wharf and
dinner he certainly had some From what little we know about Godown Company's wharf, &
drink, as did the others. Apparently there has been some criticism of the decision of the it we are inclined to think that package containing pills valued at 9 o'clocks on the morning of was possible to go through a Mr. Rusa-Would you think there are some few hundreds of Admiralty, to purchase £2,200,000 worth of shares in the Anglo- Englishwomen who, in point of
May 5, 1014, but instead by Chinese dinner without having Indian Oil Company, At any rate, Reuter cabled on Tuesday personal appearance, breeding,
driak ?- No. the effect that Sir Edward Grey had strongly defended the purchase and elegance of dress, can give the
insobriety during business hours, mission nor had he done anything attending there at 1.30 p.m.
2. For having been guilty of
He never charged secret com- of the shares in the House of Coinmone. He stated that we had not ladies of other nationalities a got a single right which was not existing before the Anglo-Russian fairly long start.
3. For inflating prices of goode which justified his dismissal. Convention, and he regretted that we could not get a supply from
parobased by defendant from in orcas examination, plaintif at least not from the same Customers by charging them a said he was teaching before he handicap (laughter our Dominions. That is the wholu parut. So long as the Dominions
commission and for receiving look up service with the defen- planes). such commission from Serious as the situation in Ire-
sach dant. Prior to that he was em cannot supply the Navy with tuis necessary fual eo long it will be
land threatend to become at any
customers,"
ployed by Mr. Goldring. He left imperative to obtain a supply elsewhere.
moment, it is hard to refrain from
"The defendant admitted that of his own accord.
Mr. It is necessary for Britain to guard against a scarcity of the laughing at the performances of Mixed Bathing In Public Baths. of, but denied that be noted to you you were dismissed ?--I |
he inserted the notice complained
Faithfull put it fuel, and not less against the oil trusts vornering the supplies officers. To-day a wire comoa
the various volunteers and their The Limbeth and Camberwell maliciously in so doing the frat
was not dismissed, at a time when they are most needed, even though there is oil in along informing us that General Borough Councils have dooided to
Mr. Russ: Is Mr. Goldring
BY ANDREW CARNEGIE. plenty Ever since the value of oil as a naval fael became apparent Richardeon is isrning an order increase the facilities for mixed intimation be had of the alleged going to be called?
Mr. FaithfullI will call him YaluableAdvice forManufacturers, the prices have steadily been raised until now they are nearly permitting the Uolonist stalwarts bathing in the public swimming insobriety was on May 21 when
bathe. More than half the it was alleged that the plaintiff necessary.. double, what they were before. If oil becomes the chief fuel of the We had thought that
to carry rifls in the street.
Only metrop litan boronghe possessing was drunk at a Chinese dinner in His Lordship-I don't think First: No sharp bargains- navy, as seems quite possible, the trusts would not be slow to take Parliament mould, graat such public bathe have adopted the November last.
you can call him.
much more. not advantage of the fact and to make the Governments using oil pay a privilege
Iess than Witness: have a testimonial promised. Outlining the story for the this. Trely practice, and a summary of very heavily for its use.
Second: If In these circumstances, Mr. Churchill the Radical Government is in a information obtained from 10 of plaintiff, Mr. Rass said his client from Mr. Goldring.
Mr. Faithfall-1 put it to you always give the other party the the London councils which was engaged at the beginning of
disputes arise seems to have acted wisely and with daring foresight. He was pretty pickle now.. When Sir
A8
Mr. Rose said that
if
MY FOUR RULES.
aided, of course, by the faut that the Anglo-Feraian oil company Edward Carson first started to set baths for mixed or family bathing an export clerk. He had charge to the office under the influence resort to law, compromise.
provide open days at their public November by the defendant, as that on several occaions you came benefit of the doubt. Avoid
'pre-
France Annexes Islands.
already existed, thanks to the business acumen of an Englishman men playing at soldiers in Ulster shows that the facilities are much of the export basiness, he sigte of drink ?—No, who, some thirteen years ago, obtained from the Persian Government any other Ministry than the
Third: Sabject all contracts a concession for exclusive rights to work patroleum deposits sent one would have put down appreciated and have in the letters and conducted business, His Lordship:You were to more rigid tests than pure ne over the larger part of Peram for a period of sixty years. A company such foolery with a very decided majority of ones led to greatly it being arranged that he should never drunk?
receive a 10 per cent, bonus on Mr, Faithfull:We don't say producing the best is a sore requires. Reputation for was then formed and into that company, now going concata, the hand, Now, having allowed inorensed receipts. British Government in to put ita £2,200,000. In retta it has het Orangemen to arm themselves,
the business of the export he was drank, but under the foundation upon which to build. call upon the supplies of the company
without by your leave or with Colonial Office to day announced fortably until April 8, on which took drink in the daytime which ble contractors need extension
Paris, Jane 3. The French department. He wont along com influence of drink. You never
Fourth: Should honest, capa your leave, the Government the sanexation by France of the date the Nippon Yasen Kaisha made you sleep in the office? of payments from accident or It is a pity, of course, that British money has to be spent supporters in Ireland from doing Parifio. The group, consisting of consequence of which the N.Y.K.
naturally cannot prevent its own Wallis Islande, in the Southern made a mistake in freight, in No in a foreign country for such a purpose, but that is unavoidable. the same; and so the last state of about forty square miles of ter- lost £50. Plaintif wanted to pat that he had charged a broker, them friends.
unusual stringency, be lenient, The fact that the Government is made independent of the truste the country bids fair to be worse ritory, with 4.500 inhabitants, has the matter right but the manager Sam Kai-shin, secret commission
Mr. Faithfull put it to witness generous and help if it is making. quite outweighs any such drawback. If oil cannot be got inside than the first. Verily the Radi- the Empire, it is better to get it outside than not to get it at cals have paid a high price for bean French protectorate since said it would be advisable if the this was denied by the plaintiff. perience in business, both in the all. We do not supposo, again, that the decision of the Admiralty the Nationalist vote in the House. 187. It lies northeast of Fiji matter were not mentioned. On Mr. Faithfull suggest that making and in the spending of will result in Colonials giving up the search for oil in British ter-We should imagine that they Noumen, New Caledonia, on May was due from the same firm to purchase the goods at a certain of history, the Little Iron Mester, The cruiser Kersaint returned to May 4 other onsignment in order to induce your employer one of the colossal fortunes ritory. It may notexist, but, if it does, it is certain to be found have long ago wished that Home 30, from a voyage to the islands of shippers by the NY.K. price, you agreed with the man as Andrew Carnegie has been and the British Government is sure to make the utmost of any Rule had been at the bottom of On board was the son of the king On May 5 he went to the go- that there should be a commission termed, has put on paper for substantial find that is made. Meantime, Britain stands to loss the son before they were weak of the Wallia Islands, who had down to examine the oargo, where added to the contract price? System, what he believes to be nothing and to gain a deal by the purchase of these shares and enough to promise it their sup come to Noumea to thank the he met a man named Ghenzi an That is not possible. Porsia also should gain in respect of the fact that the development port. Meanwhile we think we French resident for the accept-Italian who had some sapirations His Lordship You did not facturers must observe in hand- of the oil company may lead to the development of other industrios hear Mr. Redmond quietly ance by France of the sovereignty to the plaintiff'a job. Ghezsi do it ?—I did not do it,
the four cardinal rules mana- and so should set Perais an industrial example from which she may chuckling.
ling their affairs,
over his father'e kingdom,
After sixty years, active ex-