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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914,
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Short Weight.
The Chinese compradore is a wily person. Recently one or two cases of over-charging have been dealt with in the Courts,
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS:
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.
and by degrees he is beginning TAL BUT THEMSELVES.-Young.
ALL MEN THINK ALL MEN MOR THE "GENERAL ADVANCE ?" ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, to realise that he must observa the tariff set out by official pro clamation. He has another way of getting back on the public, however, for we have heard it remarked that just now be
The Weather.
Tho. Malls.
Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 77; ie inglised to level up matrein. tera by giving short weight.
At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp. 69; Bitherto the consumer has refog and rain. posed full trust in the seller so far as weight is concerned, hat housewives will be well advised at present to see that they are getting full value for their money. Siberian Mail-Closed to-day at The shortage is generally on coal and meat, BO we are told. Seeing that in nine cases out of ton Chinese scales are used by the compradores, it is not an easy matter to defect cases of the kind. mentioned, but, the matter "is
S. WATSON & Co., Ltd. worth looking into, anyhow,
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·Count the Columns,
The Outlook for the Coming
Reflections on the Belgian. Government's Transfer.
NO INTERPRETER.
Fina Discharged with a Caution.
with that"
Mr. Davies said he would be would give an undertaking not satisfied, providing the defendant
to repeat the threats,
there again.
The Magistrate discharged the man and told him not to come
The case of the Finn, named W. Monoka, who has been before the Court on two separate 00- casions on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner at the Seamen'a Institute, was again Of late there has been a Inl! The annual general meeting of was reported to Mr. J. B. Wood mentioned this morning, when it along the whole front in France, held last evening at the lab interpreter could not be secured. the Kowloon Cricket Club was that the services of a Finnish The Allies have been content to pavilion, when Dr. Forsyth pre- His Worship remarked that the rest on their oars, so to speak, sided ever large attendance, man bad been in custody since and to wait for the enemy to come! along. He has made numerous Hon. Secretary, and Mr. C. W. Mr. Davies would be antisfied snpported by Mr. A, O. Bawn, October 11, and asked whether failed, and, in the failure, ground desperate sitempts, but all have Jeffries, Hon. Trosaurer. has had to be given at very many
Committee's Report. points. The policy of the Allies has therefore found ample jasti- submitted by the committee:
The following was the report fication in results. Doubtless it! was also partially dictated by fit of last season ($1,700.43), the Finance. After the record pro- circumstances, but now the time amount shown this year, viz. seems to have arrived when other $224.57 will appear extremely and more aggressive tactics can small, but a critical examination be tried. So we have it elatod of the accompanying accounts presented for tennis and we in one of yesterday's late tele- will quickly show that this differ heartily thank the donors. grama that the offensivo has been resumed on the Left. Coincident once is largely due to increased
Obituary.Your Committee with this announcement is the penditure, and diminished bar feel that this report should pro- fact that ground has been gained to utilise the earnings of the Club | the late Mr. W. Curwen. As all profit. Your Committee decided perly contain some, reference to right, and that "real progress bas during the teson to effect sub members are aware, he was been made in various parts of the tatil repairs to the pavilion, suddenly taken from us early in to improve the ground as much August by suastroke, while upon battlefield." Thus all is going as possible and effect some military service, and we now well in the main seat of war. Is improvements in the accommoda- mourn an active sportsman, whose tion was made a couple of days considerable increase, but the of our members, was Hon. this the beginning of the tion. As a consequence many genial personality will be sadly "general advance" of which men-headinge of expenditure show missed. He was one of the oldest sgo? If so, the time should not Committee feel that in authorie-Treasurer in the Club's early be far distant when the enemy is ing the expenses as shown they days, and had served for many driven from French soil once and have acted in the best interests years on the Committee. Our for all The Germans are evid of the members. the defence of their homes, their song by the 8.8. Oriental on the worthy foe in the Argonne region. $500 has been spent on structural in their great loda
The cargo shipped from Hongently finding the Frenchmen a Pavilion. A sum exceeding Mrs. Carwen sad her two children heartfelt sympathy is extended to
The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is 81.00 wears another aspect. Women raw silk for London and 51 bales moved in thia area for use against and the building is in good con- the adoption of the report and children and themselves, the case 10th inst. included 106 bales of Siego trains are now being and other repaire dating the year The Chairman, in proposing
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CHEMISTS by appointment to H.E. The Governor.
Some Non-combatants.
From a Home paper we learn that quite a number of the clergy and the women-folk are anxious
Correspondents, are requested to observe the rule which requires them to forward their names and addresses with to be enrolled as fighters. One communications addressed to the Editor, not accessarily for publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides.
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of the latter writes: "If Lord Kitchener would only ask for a regiment of women to learn musketry that they might fight. for England, he would get an army corps." We, think "Lord Kitchener will get an army corps
Yesterday the Telegraph pub lished 37 columns of solid reading matter. To-day there will be 37 published.
The Dollar,
The rate of the dollar on in the Centre and, on the demand to-day is 1s. 9.3-16d.
Shanghai Visitors.
in any case; nevertheless the lady's hai, are staying at the Hongkong Mr. and Mrg-Middleton, Shang. Buggestion has Bees in it. Hotel. Naturally there are a thousand arguments against sending women,
to the Front; in fact the matter is not worth discuss
ing; but when it comes to
Oriental's Cargo.
or musket for each defence, and
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have won wen's honest reverence
far so doing, but that is a come-
Washing in the Nullah,
what different thing from their The police have recently "re
The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be delivered endure a camp-life that is 8.aore of the Peak trams of men wash meatstubborn resistance." When Extraordinary General Meeting meter was wrong or had not been wanting to go to war." and to coived complaints from the usarman official communique which present pavilion and the Comsuffered to a large extent last to subscribers by, the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd., Shameen trial to many a strong men. By ing in the nullah near the tram all means let them have rifle way. As a result, the police drill where possible, but let secured the arreat of one man, them gave their fighting energies who appeared at the Police Court, against the day-may it be far this morning, and was fined one distant when they are absolute dollar.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914.
THE DEEP BAY PIRACY.
י
Grand Hotel Special Dinner.
The Church Militant.
One may say the same of the
tisement on Page 5 of this issue, As will be seen from an adver- Taking the British clergy, Angli- there will be a special dinner and can and Catholic, as a whole, entertainment at the Grand Hotel, they are an athletic set of men; in aid of the Prince of Wales' "ecorte" in the beat sense of the Fund, on Saturday the 17th inst. word, who would pick up a As this is for a good cause it military training quite as quickly hoped that full patronage will be ea any other section of the com-extended to it. munity; more quickly, perhaps, than most. Quite a large number of them are men who know the meaning of hard physical training and who have
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Working Parties.
The Belglan Transfer.
the fortifications, and how fine adition at the date of this report. accounts, said that one thing fight the French troops are put. It seemed advisable to consider which struck him was the item ting up is demonstrated by the the advisability of erecting a new for water. It was usual to blame stalement contained in the Ger-brick structure to replace the the Government, and as he had says, that they are offering the Germans make an admission These proposals were not approv. correctly rend, he sympathised mittes submitted proposals to an year, and had been told that his like that, we may be sure they ed, however, and the feeling of the with them. They had spent & are fading the opposing force a hard nut to crack.
meeting indicating that an exten- great deal on the ground, relaying sion of the present building would the turf eto, and also on im meet requirements, plans for ex-provements to the pavilion. The tension have been obtained from cricket teams had held up their the architect responsible for its ends well daring the year. They The Belgian Government has original construction: These plans got through the League with two war began. The first transfer was notice board for some time now, so well as was expected. With made its third move since the have been exhibited on the Club teams which did well, though not from Brussels to Antwerp, then, but your Committee have no regard to the Tennis section, he less than a week ago, a move was deemed it advicable to proceed would like to see two equal teams. made to Ostend, and now it is to further with the matter. They run this year. Orc quet edemed be accommodated at Havre, in would point out that retrenchment to have come to stay, bat France. The German advance in some headings of expenditure he did not know whether in Belgium is, of course, responei will become imperative if any the members would improve so ble for these charges, but it does building operations are put in that they could play inter- not follow that broause Ostend hand. is vacated by Belgium's gov
clab matches with Hongkong. ernmental officials the famous ceived a great deal of attention etic reference to the death of Mr. Ground-The ground has re. In conclusion be made a sympath into the hands of the enemy. The turf has been lifted and the submittee and retiring, officers for watering-place is likely to fall during the year. Much of the Curwen sad thanked the com- distinguished themselves the City of Bristol and the Hit-French Government is no longer soil reinforced with black earth.the work they had done during cricket or football or boxing: The
not stand in jeopardy, nor is it two gardeners for some months located in Paris, but Paria doos Your Committee have employed the year. of them to "count" in foreign
likely to if the Allies continue the on this and other work and they the report and accounts were question is, are there sufficient
Mr. A. O. Brawn feconded, and service? Would they not do better to keep their posts in their
excellent progress which they hope that a considerable and adopted. own parishes, and remain ready.
have been making during the permanent improvement in the Much has been said in the papers of late, about a determined at need to
past few weeks. The cfficial rea- ground has been eff joted.
Election of Officers. effort on the part both of the British and also of the Chinese cfficials defence corps? The Front is not captain coil
The following cfficers were aon given for the transfer is to La connection with Lady Moy's ensure liberty of action." That moderately well last season. A President, Dr. Forsyth Vice to put down piracy in this neighbourhood. Two or three months necessarily always the place for scheme for making garments for may be read in several ways, but, second division of the League was President, Mr. Goldsmith; Cap-
Cricket: Our teams dil hat elected, for the present year: ago the Chinese Vice-minister for Naval affairs came down from the strong man. Somsons must the troops and their families, we put whatever interpretation on it formed and our junior team was tsin, Dr. Forsyth; Vice Captain, Peking, consulted with the Governor-General of Canton, and spent remain behind to busy ap the are requested to state that the we will, we may rest contert that enabled to get a full list of League Mr. Sutton; Hon: Secretary, Mr. some weeks up and down the river; and then, we believo, returned spirits of the stay-at-homes. to Peking to report. What measures the Central. Government The Space Given to War News,
Peak Club will be open every it is part of the preservation of fixtures. The mobilisation of L. P. Blackburn, Hon. Treasurer, Tuesday morning from 10 to 12 "the main strategio situation," Volunteers has caused dis- Mr. O. W. Jeffries; Committee, decided to take we do not yet know; but it is cerisin that, for s brief breathing space, we heard no more of piracies. Even as having the Home papers sent out Ladies can either work at the evacuation of Antwerp before such at present it has not been found Atkinson, Harvey, B. Baker, Readors who are in the habit of for anyone wishing to get work. which also accounted for the organisation in many things and Messrs. Richardson, Nielson, recently as a week ago, the Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain to them will have looked in vain, Club or take the work home, a step beosme an absolute possible to arrange a cricket pro- Satton, Wolf, and Wesser, remarked, in a Telegraph interview, that depredations of this sort during the past few weeks, for any Anyone, whether members of the necessity. Latus bide our time gramme for the coming season. The Children's Sports. had fallen off,
news in them apart from what Clab or not, may attend. But now there comes the report of a piratical attack, no farther directly or indirectly concerns the
and see how that situation This will be done se soon as away than Deep Bay, in which two men feat their lives; the junk war. The matter has been ex-
develops.
Mr. P. R. Wolff, as one of the found practicable and in the trustees for the children's day, was robbed of money and goode to the cont of twelve hundred ceedingly well put by one of the
mantime members are reminded reported that there was a balance dollars, while two of the junk's crew were taken away as prisoners. American papera-the· Public
that the nets are ready for prac-in the bands of himself and So for the police have not a vast amount of evidence to proceed on. Ledger just to hand. "It must ing before Mr. C. D. Melbourne A Chinese appeared this morn-
tice each evening, vede an A tallyman's story is that a boat containing ten men came alongside he confessed," says our contem-on a charge of stealing a
Measre. Pope and Petrie of $170 Though the incident itself Tennis. The tournament was odd. It was possible that the The jank, the men being armed with revolvers and rifles. As they porary," that newspapers some the property of the Tramway reading, we do not think the heartiest thanks of the Club must altogether, and Mr. Petrie aug- pick, makes somewhat unpleasant again very successful and the fanction would have to slide refused to leave, the junk fokia opened fire, which was speedily times misjudge the importance of Company. It was also proved aeturned. Eventually the marauders succeeded in boarding the news, but that charge cannot be that the prisoner had been banish commandos is of any great management thereof. A second given to the Prince of Wales rebellion" of one of the Cape be given Mr. Blackburn for his gested that the money should be junk. The tallyman contrived to swim away into safety, and, on his made against their treatment of ed from Singapore and Hongkong seriousness. The Germans have tournament of two events is still Funds return some two hours later, he found the strangere gone and two the war. of the junkmen dead.
Every editor has For the theft he was sent to prison doubtless been making some very unfinished for the same reason Mr. Richardson proposed that An episode like this is, of course, a small matter when compared the most momentous conflicts in ing from banishment he was Colonel and his men, who have mobilisation. The Club won the usual. They could do without toys apparently perceived that one of for fourteen days, and for return tempting cllfers to the disloyal as detailed above, viz, Volunteer the children's sports be held as with the Tai On piracies; nevertheless it helps to establish the fact all bistory is in progress, and centenced to six monthe impri- been persuaded into the belief Tennis League Shield for the perhaps, but to keep up the old one would like to see it. The arms question is, naturally, at the weeks will be studied for
over-run third time without losing a match tradition they could give a tea bottom of all such happenings. As long as the Chinese can provide centuries to come.
South Africa, themselves with rifles and revolvers, such outrages will not cease to an accident in the neighbourhood
ine they will soon be disillusion in the competition.
Mr. Railton agreed and offered be an ever present monace; for, as we have pointed out before, the in comparison with the slaughter
ed, for though the British troops Children's Sports-This event to give 25 or 50 lbs of tea if Chinese, once he is in possession of a deadly weapon, loses his of thousands in Belgium? The The Reverend Mother Superior aro no longer available, the Cape was natural timidity completely and becomes at times a very dangerous war is so stupendous that any one of the French Convent wishes to has a strong Defence Force created successfully. The balance in the The Chairman pointed out that
again carried through required. character. That the British police are not slow to discover a big of a dezen events every day would remind the public that the sale of under the Act of 1912, which led handa of the Trustees is hardship had already been osusea percentage of the importers of these weapons is proved by the large in ordinary times be of importance work will be oponed by Lady to a substantial reduction in the $175 24 number of summcnses for the possession of arms and ammunition enough to justify the use of almost May on Monday the 19th inst. at British garrison. What the feel-
in Hongkong by reason of the war, Croquet Three competitions and people who would be likely reported during the course of any giren month. Looked at from as much spice as is given to the 1020a.m. at the Convent, next ing of South Africa as a whole is were the other point of view, however, and taking into consideration the whole war story. Our contam to the Seamen's Institute. A few on the matter may be gauged from the tennis tournament and great not be able to how
playod simultaneously with to subscribe in other times would number of armed robberies on sea or on land that have taken place, porary might even have added ladies have kindly offered their the observation contained in the interest was taken in the game It was consequently proposed let pa say, within the last year, it is evident enough that many that just now nothing is happen: services for the sale of the articles, telegram which saya" the incident by many members of the Club. by Mr. Wolf and seconded hundreds of the importers go undetected at least for a while; ; and ing that is not war news, except as no lettos of invitation are has caused the atmost indignation Results will be found upon Mr. Ronse that to sports should here, surely, is where greater assistance from the Canton authorities an occasional death or accident, being sent out this year, the throughout South Africa. There another page. The thanks of the be held and that the mo should be forthcoming. The British Government has been trying and that these latter are getting friends, both ladies and gentle disaffection spreading No more Mr. R. Baker, who leaned his set Wales Fund as a donation
Reverend Mother Superior asksalt ja no unezsiness feline to the Committes are especially due to hand be given to the For long enough to do its fair share towards uprooting this evil what they would never get at any when will the Government of China do something practical and other time an amount of epsos me to consider this intime comment ja needed after a state of croquet hoops, eto, o Jasting?
proportionate to their importance.
the children of Hongko Prizes. Many prizes have been Kowloon This was agreed
Theft by a Banishee...
The African Incident.
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that navigation, even within touch of Hongkong,, is not as safe as that the events of these crowded sonment and four hours stooks. that they at wes imag-and our second team also did well and have some races,
What ia
Sale of Work
tion as 80 invitation, 2
ment of that kind