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Another Band Night.
THURSDAY
DAY BY DAY.
OH, WHAT MEN DARE DO WHAT MEN MAY DO WHAT MEN DAILY NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY DO Bhakespeare
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The Weather. Lower level 8 s.m. Temp. 85; alight fog.
At the Peak 8 am. Tomp. 77 alight fog.
The Tramwaya Company people have certainly good reason to pat themselves on the back cver the continued success of the Band Night at North Point. Certain sections of the community still fail to patronise the weekly entertainment, but the loss is theirs and matters seem to go quite nicely in their absence, The crowds that journey to the bathing tesch every Wednesday night are a sufficient proof of Yesterday the Telegraph oft reiterated argument pablished 334 columns of solid that Hongkong would appre-reading matter. To-day there eiate opportunities for re will be 34 published. creation if these were properly provided. If people from the far wilds of Kowloon will travel all
our
the way to North Point for the
eske of hearing a military band,
how much more readily would. they and others turn out if a band played once or twice a week on the cricket ground or in the Bat anical Gardens, and as often at King's Tark? Bai these are among the good things of the fature, no doubt. There is one little point in connection with last night's performance of which we ought to
mention. It was purposed to
carry round the hat for amall
offerings on behalf of the Prince
of Wales' Fund." This bas 00-
The object of this paper is to publish correct information, serve to casionally been done before on
the truth and print the news without fear or favour..
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Band Night and quite an appre [ciablo sump, in ten cent pieces, has been collected. Last night the harvest doubtless would have been plenteons but the labourers were fow-in fact miesing; co I would have grudged a ten-cent piece, but there was nobody to carry the boxes round. It seems a pity that a chance of adding thrown away for the want of a few willing helpers. Will not some of our soldiers or sailors undertake the job next Wednes- day?
The Hongkong Telegraph materially to the Fand should be
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915.
THE CIVIL SERVICE IN THE CROWN COLONIES.
|Noises 'in' Kowloon,
to
From all we can gather, the
Count the Columns,
The Mails.
Siberian Mail. Closed per
AUGUST 12, 1918,
NOTES ON THE GRISIS.
THE WESTERN' THEATRE,
Germany and Russia.
THE KWANGTUNG FLOODS.
Mr. A. E, Wood's Report. The following has been received by Mr. S. B. O, Rows, Secretary for Chinese "Affairs, from Mr. A. E. Wood,
A YEAR AGO TO-DAY.
LEADINO EVENTS IN THE
GREAT WARIZE
Extracts from the war news con- tained in the **Hongkong Telegraph" of August 18,
1914.
The Germans have attacked Malhausen in force. A smaller French force retired brilliantly
Fighting la Alsace.
have been receiving lately, last that I left for Canton on Jaly In comparison with what we I have the honour to report night brought almost an em 26th to investigate the conditions barrassing wealth of wires nearly of Flood Relief, and returned to all of them conveying distiustly Hongkong on August 7ibi good news. The lengthy report Flood relief mesaures always a strong position, where they positions of Raceis and Germany cessively, Immediate Relief (kap from Petrograd shows the relative sasume 3 phases, which are, suc- more clearly than anything yet chan), Automa Barricades (t'sau received, and itamply confirmaths tan) and Winter Embankment belief, general everywhere except repsira (tang kei),
8.8. Sinking to-day at 3 p.m. English Mail. Oloses per e.s.ments during the past month or two
Malta"to-morrow at 5 p.m.
Up to the Minute-Share' Market News.
Closing prices:- Banks.-28.5.
Combined 153 sa. 57 b. Lados. Preferred
Deferred 98 a. Douglas's-$07), buyers. Hongkong. C. and M. S. S.
Ld.-201 buyers.
Co.
China Bugara.-$130, sellers.
atemmed the German altiot.
German 'Advance from Luxemburg Into Belgium. Laxemburg has now ranohed the A large Gaiman foros from
Belgien frontier. German petrole are reported as having been seen at Marche, Godians and Arlons Russians March on Austrian City. Rovna on Lemberg.
The Rutisna are moving from
in Germany, that Rumaia's move-
Bo far this yoor attention has been confined to Immediate Relief have betakened infinitely more of The Tung Wa Hospital has strategy than of failure. Even despatched over 3 million eatties the German press bas gone to of rice, and ite 3 centreast Canton, the paina.of nsively warning its Shin Hing, and Sam Shai, with
The Territorials. supportera that the evacuation of a branch under the latter up the The Government ha counter- Warsaw did Lot necessarily North River at Teing Yan, have manded the despatch of Territori mean that, the war had ended in done excellent work in conjuno ala to Ireland to replace the Germany's favour. The best of tion with the Canton. Helief Regular troops, Mr. Arquith has all news from this front is that Societies.
informed Mr. Redmond that Lord "nothing is heard of shortage of
Nearly half a million casties of Kitchener will do everything to munitions on these occasions. Tang Ws Hospital rice were equip and organise the Vo Another thing that seems pretty taken over by the Standard Oil lunteers. East is just as tired of the war as to their distribution. The Unit- It is stated that there are now clear is that the ecemy in the Co. who kindly undertook to see his brother in the West. The ed States Navy, the British eight thousand German prisoners question now is, how much longer American Tobacco Co. and the in Belgium..
#
German Prisoners.
Lazons. $44, sollers. Raubs-$4, sellers. Tronoha.-31/- sales. Shanghai Dooks.-58, buyers can the German Government Asiatic Petroleum Co. have also "Australian Navy, Hongkong Lands
$110, keep up the farce of seeking to peranade its subjects that there $45, sales, and is the remotest chance of victory
for them at all?
Bales.
Electrics,
sellerà. Ropes. $30, eales. Hongkong and K. W. and
Co. Ld. §78, sales.
The Dollar.
The rate of the dollar demand to-day is le 9 3/16d.
"
G.
on
To-day's Aniversary. To-day is the 67th anniversary
the famous engineer.
ed,
The Commonwealth Navy has. given generous assistance.
Supplies of rice have been been formally transferred to the given by the Tung Wa Hospital Admiralty till the ocnelusion of
to various missionary bodies who the war. have worked nobly for the relief The Sunken Submarine.
Mr. Churchill announces that. of sufferers....
H.M.8. Birmingham sank a Ger- man submarine on the 10th inet. German Steamers at Tsingtail
In company with Mr. Tung Yat Chan, who has been in charge of
*Advices have been received in
KWANGTUNG RELIEF
FUND.
Ta the West. From their concentrated movË against Russia it is obvious that the Germanë, like the Psalmist's) enemies, bave "digged a pit and the Shin Hing centre, I spent ten days up the West River and its are fallen into the midst of it tributaries investigating the con- the Colony that the following themselves." Russis has very diti na in the important districts German steamers have taken re- cleverly acted se decay, and ban of Ko Yin, Ko Hing and Hor fuge at Tringtau :-Prinz. Ettel drawn away from the Western Shan and especial ore was taken Fredrich, U. F. Laeisz, Marko- of the death of George Stephenson, front men who it is now clear to ase that the more ramo e places mennis, O J.D. Ahlers and Sene-
could ill be spared from the Ger- received due attention...
gambie. man lines in the Ypres region. The outstanding features of Last night's wire showed that, distress are the breaches in the $350 Ball Estreated. A Chicese charged by Kevenue despite asphyxiating ges and embankments and the ruined answer of the Chinese of Kowloon officer Wilden with being in anlaw- other adjuncts to cultured war houses. The loss of life up the the new Ordinance forbidding fal possession of 9 taels of opium, fare, the enemy had been repulsed West River, apart from the de We were onos guilty of the suggestion that if the Crown them to make too much is out in bail of $250, failed to everywhere in this theatre; and strassion of a village at the foot
Subscription List No, 24, Colonies were as careful in their choice of men for posts in their Civil over there has decided them to appear before Mr. Wood, this the message received this morn- of the ancient pagoda in the Service as is the Government of India, the general public of those make a little more. Residents morning, and the bail was eatresting more than confirma this. The Eastern Suburbs of Shiu Bing
The Tang Ws Earpital boge enemy seems to be flying hither City, has apparently not been to acknowledge with thanks the and thither, collecting scattered great. That village, however, is following donations to the Kwang- Colonies would be better served and would have fewer grounds for complain that, during the past week or two, the din made by the
troopa end, trying to make two said to have lost 2,000 persons tung Flood Relief Fand complaint than they usually have. Admission to the Indian Civil hawkers has become more mark-
Remanded. A remand for a week was men do the work of three- who had no time to escape from Service is so difficult a matter that not only the incapables but the ed than ever, and that there they granted at the Polios Court, this and meanwhile the British have the water rushing through the Pacific Rly. Co $2000.00.
Per Wa On Coy, from Canadian semi-incapables (often a much more dangerous class) are safely ex- rest not day nor night. Of course
T. T. from the Chinese Obam cluded. Admission to the Service of the Crown Colonies is in it is easy to say that residents morning, in a case in which a rosed the pres-Menin road and sudden breach.
pawnbroker and his wife, from have established themselves there.
In certain places a small per- ber of Commerce of Honolulu theory-a matter of passing the same examination ns that which should prosecule instead of com- Wanchai, were charged with In the Near East. centage of the rice crop was bar-1000.00, guarde the doors of the Indian Service; yet it would seem that, plaining to the Press, but there
Fresh Fish Guild 815.00. apon occasion, a man on enter the service of the Colonial Office would be times when an aggriev-ill-using a servant girl. Bail in Nowa from the Near East is rested in time, and I am told that
better still. In the Caucasus the up the North River come biokward Cantonese Chamber of Com who would not be looked at by the Government of India. In some ed householder might have to walk $100, was allowed. --
Smuseling GlÄ.
Turks have been fleeing in crops have astmally survived the meros of Wei Hai Wei (Max.) Crown Colonies there are Civil Service employees, holding not found a policeman to whom an Indian, by Mr. Lindsell, at in prisoners and & considerables total failure in the affected dis Per Sino-Siamese Preen Amoois-
half a mile or more before he
A fine of $50 was imposed on disorder before the Russiane, los flood. Last year the first crop was 8873.50 344,20.**** unimportant positions, who bave not gained these by competitive offender could be handed over the Police Court, this morning, number of supplies, while in the triots, Bat the damage to embank- tion of Bangkok 116.94.
Why cannot a few lakongs be for smuggling one and a half Gallipoli region there is what menta seem to be even worse than a given examination is any real test of bis practical" worth, or even/ers have got the new Ordinance gallons of gin into the Colony, can almost be termed a big British last year and forces our attention tion boxes No. 3 and 4 206.40.
to the 2nd, and 3rd, of the moa of his brain power; but an examination like the Indian Civil gaght by heart and are resolved faith The prosecution was conducted victory to report. Sir Ian
Hamilton's message 18 the most aures mentioned above, surely to be regarded as an exception, for it differs, on the one hand fully to obey it to the exclusive by Revenue Officer Wilden.
Theft of Wood.
enthusiastic that has been received
As a result of the combined from the pies degree at Oxford or Cambridge which no man can fail work of taking into custody all
For stealing Wood from the from him and shows that some efforts of relieving bodice, Imme to obtain if he bae kept bis nine terme and has any claim to even
and sundry who are responsible New French Hospital (the old thing more then a nominal diate Relief is Lów no longer the most modest abilities-and, on the other, from many of the non-
colton Mille) a Chiness was senset-back has been inflicted necessary. It gives place to the residential universities and civil service examinations which are
tenced to on mooth's hard labour on the Turks. They them second phase, the construction of largely, if not mainly, a question of “orum.” "In brief, the intellect-
and four bears stocks at the selves admit a British landing Automa Barricades, ually useless man cannot well get through the Indian Oivil, whereas A Popular Novelist.
Police Court this morning. The near the Gulf of Siros, and two These are temporary banke he can and sometimes does get through most other tests Thon
Rev. Pere Robert prosecuted. others in the Aazaec zone. How built in a curve across the mouth how is it that among
those even
Colonial officials Reuter annennoed this morning Special Police Reserve Record, much more of this will they of a breach and their object is to who have passed the Indian Civil, there are men to be the death of Mr. Richard Marab,
For five members of the esime stand? One sometimes wonders enable the second zice crop to be found whose abilities are sadly
out of proportion to a writer of stories that had gained family to be in the Special Police there will be any need to force planted. They are things to be the requirements of the
they hold ?very noticeable popularity Reserve must be something of the Dardanelles at all; if the done at once, and finished within It is but fair to say that the Colonial Governments con'nin some among the British public. He was record. We are informed that Tarks will not soon lose heart a month if the second drop is to men who have a splendid record, intellectually and practically; men one of a school which found that it this proud distinction belongs to altogether and surrender at die have a chance, p who would have been successful in almost any walk in life and who, had strook a very valuable vein, Mr. Q. M. Castro who, with his arction. Most of them must now La the district which I visited it may be said without faleomeness, are a credit and an honour to financially, in the type of novel four sons, completes the five, their service. But, besides these, there is also a certain number that was "all plot"; a class which that can hardly be regarded as particularly useful or particularly cherished no false pride where a
examination at all.
We are not among those who believe that a man's ability to pass
offico. which
told off-antil the Chinese.bawk-
for these street roises?
faithful discipleship Hof Wilkie
if
well qualified for the posts which they are holding-and that nuColling was concerned. It would/BAND NIGHT AT NORTH of bat earthly use it is to on- Barricades
ber is not entirely made up of men iccally engaged.
in
be idle to deny that there is, at
Obviously one of the fatal drawbacks to the prevailing system present, room for this class of
one
POINT.
Despite two slight showers
Per District Watchmen collec
Chan Ton Han Tong 100.00 15 subscribers of $5-each and 3 of $3 each 84.00
58 subscriberaal 81-sch 58.00. Per Diariot Watohmna collec tion tores No. 1 and 2 56.00,
1 subscriber of $13.50 and 2 of $10 each 33 50
laubsoribers of $2 each 22.00. 1 subscriberof $2.10;16 $120 and 3 of 50 cents each 4.80.
Already acknowledged
Total
ht
8430,825 40
$435,166.24
be regarding the position as one it was admitted that the need is Chun and myself in instalments of utter hopelessness, and they not now for relief doles but for of subcoin direct to many differ- must enrely scou ask themselves help in building these Austama entrembankmenta. This year shows that the balk of our work tinde a losing game, re
On August 6th at a general was not in min meeting of relief bolice in the breaches that we helped to mend As we have said before, it looks timated that at least 300,000 estimated that
Canton Headquarters it was have given again, as though General Cadoras is go will be needed under this head, eighty per cent of the work seventy to tasting to figure as one of the big men and Mr. Li Yau Ts'an, the has held good, which if it is borne
The Italians
is that unwritten. law bai decided that useless men eaunot be dis- author. Britain has changed out missed the service. If a man is proved to be "no good" of all knowledge during the past branch, sdother must ba found that will four decades, and the Board make room for him. It has been stated by more than one Schools have brought inla exist-fell shortly after dinner last of the war. The latest wire from capable director of Tung Wa out by fall reports, is antiafactory. were carried an ence a new and vast section of evening there was quite hon Udine represents him as bei Hospital relief measures in Still, a bank la not stronger than practical man that if a private business on the same lines se some of the Colonial Governments, the concern readers: people who mast and attendance at North Point, when as determined as ever not to Canton other
with bis its weakest section; many new would soon be in bankruptcy; and this there is no depying. A will have flotion, but at the same another of those excellent band be beguiled by Austrisa counter colleagues, underlook provi- bresches have occurred and there private business promotes the man who are likely to advance its time are unable to appreciate or nights arranged by the Hongkong attacks or by temptation of any atonally to help with $100,000, is nothing for it at present bat interest, and tells the reat that their services are not required. Why to see anything in the work of Tramway Company was the kind" into changing his plans for the remaining two-thirds to hemmer away at rep from outside on a good salary, having given definite proof that he thay rot be caterad for? Of course of the 74sh. Panjabis, had, in ad- position is well settled. The man relief societies. This has since funds left for thion is competent to do the work required of him, in likely to cattinge the question remaine; Have the dition to be as band under his who can calmly resist what must been confirmed by the Hongkong work, which again servos to do his best for the sake of keeping a good post; and it is "h writers who administer to their control, the pipere of the regiment be a really big templation to make Committee, Payment will mainly purpose in giving plenty
a dramatic rush, and can wait, be made in rice for the labourera ployment throughout the winter. beat" that the Empire requires of any of its servante. Existing palate many more years of fat who, though they disolate man to keep his post year after year until he is eligible that the day is coming within loon, rarely make an appearance of the criticism and impatience of served of continued relic and circumstances make it perfectly possible for en incompetent, idle or Dess before them? It seems to us often heard to perfection in Kow-wook after week, possibly in face and thus a doable and will be
were his friends, is something for a pension while better men are either out of employment or are the next fifty yours when writers in Hongkong.
The figures given in the sinok long way down the ladder because the posts to which they of the type ander discussion will the feature of the evening goes hero.
without earing for,
105. wire; show how ton have a right to sapire ere being held by useless or unworthy persons, and that their market has dissp=
Föskening the Ai
it necessary or desirable that this should ocntinue to be the case? Peared through the advancing commenced to play
band star The orowo
It only men who could prove their claim to education, business education of the general pal
nos in the particular branch for which they are Posibly there will always be so ne
and on the understanding that Lack of slight opening for them, for there with the keenest enjoy! would mean loss of their poste and
and
required onefgy or
its in the Crown Colonies would improva to such an poep. they would soon become unrecogn
to the old their
minded they
but, inst
BOD with Ch that will be for the
lent prog
necessary public work
tis early yet to talk about tha
inter Embankm
remembered
Since the
have
WOOD