SINGAPORE DURI
1917
BRITISH AND JAPANES SHIPPING
The
mier Division Table.
The Enal standing of teams in the Hongkong Judice Tan -Longue-in sa follows ---
a. B. Q. (0)
M. B. KA
Indian Soboola
St. Stephen's
6
3
Chinese · Y. H, O. 1. 4
$
Kowloon (U)
Queen's
4 3
H. L. Dockyard
7
B.G.A
7
8
Civil Service
Municipal Administration
Insulficient Water Buckets.
U-Boat
The massger of the Kwa Yus Tong Theatre, was summoned
Information resahin
Derd
The Administration Report of befors Mr. B. Wood, this through neutral sources (akor
out.
A
and their
ard to China trade, Oxrespondent
2 the Singapore Municipality for morning, for failing to bars the that the anschveness
1917, signed by Mr. J. Polglase required number of water bookste and submarine operations andarin (Deputy President) states that the filled with water on the stage as taken by the Allied Mavies is among the U-bost craws whose tuilly made things so hot
of enthusisam true path, and von Hintsa evan rateable value of the town at the is specided in his licence. Mr. being brought home daily to the morale has steadily declined and himself that he had to trans and of the year was $10,795,288, F. O: Jenkin, C. B. E., appeared German naval authorities. ha oured considerable anxiety his peculiar talents to fiel against 310,132,784 for 1918 for the prosecntion. -
*Not a week passocording in German high naval circles, nesree home, whence he has increase $682,479. Increases in Defendant expressed his regret to a Scandinavian correspondent Not only has the submarine emerged from the comparative will tell you that British C. Daily News, and the pessimo The tie between O.RO. (0) and total value were very socresson for his not having the return to their bulan inile others but the patrol service, has had surity of diplomatic represby the time the war is over the
rental noticeable at the chance and said that the but what submarines fail to parvice suffered to a greater extent,
busin is going to the M.B.K. resulted in a win for the mises and were due principally to requisite OBC. (0) who are therefore the necessity for
number of water practically stagger: home, badly heavy losses. For obvious reasons Christianis to the limelight of page will own the country. winners of the Junior League for socommodation for produce which of them ware leaking and had sive repairs • in the dockyardo fissus details of loemen of their is recorded, of him that during with these people, my ides being
obtaining
backsts was that a great number damaged, and necessitating exten- the German Admiralty does not the German Forsign Office. It
The writer proesada ****.* 1918.
could not be shipped owing to been sent to have repairs, carried and the emergency repair depots craft, as has been the custom of the early part of last your when that as the market had to be I could never ass" eye to eye The match Winners v. The dificulty in obtaining cargo space. Best will take place on Saturday The number of premises lat under
Mr. Jenkin atsted that the order that the U-boat force may
which have had to be set up in the Kalento Navice,
China was reviewing har åttitude the 21st September in connection lease, however, would point to theatre was entitled to accom- be kept up to strength. The service are by no means rare. Ac- conversation with the Chinees Power in a position to supply it, Deserters from the U-boat towards Germany, Hintse, in a supplied and Japan was the only with the Annual At Home" of steadiness in the matter of high modate the Chinese Recreation Olab stente. The valuation of saw mills on the night in question proved a severe sirain upon the Norway a few weeks ago, the matters by dilating upon the rain period she would have to 1,000 people and damage to U-boats alone has cording to one sailor who reached Prime Minister, sought to clinch it saturally followed that for a their grounds,
and factories also shows consider: the theatre" wid Hard Court League, able increase. According to the scordanos with the licence the establishments, and it has been calving a large U-boat which had man scientists in their efforts to
fall resources of the German aval Germans recently succeeded in invincible inventiveness of Gee: take the place of other tradera The formation of a Hard Court Singapore Free Press.
theatre should have 58 three necessary to draft into the ship. been rank in the Heligoland obtain the chemicals necessary and rather than blame har for and carriers who were fully League for the Autumn has been The efforts of the Rent Restrict gallons water buckets filled with yards a large amount of civilian Bight after an
occupied in carrying on the war, proposed by the Committee of ion Board notwithstanding rents water during the performances. Isboar, and to take from among with British Tessel.
encounter for the manufacture of munitions. the Hongkong Junior Tennis of small residential properities on the evening of the 4th inst. 18 the prisoners of war any man who U-boat when brought to the auralazed
The The admiral triumphantly de ahould be glad that one of our
grasping the opportunity, Leagus. All matches will be continued to increase. The Board buckets filled with water instead has any knowledge of shipyard face was found to have been extracting glyourins from the
that they were played on hard courts and will be has, however, been the means of of 58 were found in the theatre, work. From the Beigisu shipyards badly damaged abatt the conning corpses of dead soldiers. From
Sven Allies helped us to CarZý oz. governed by the rules of the discovering instances of landlords thus showing a Junior Langue.
Now if the pessimists will deficiency and engineering works men have tower, the plates having been the moment the horrified Premier of this port for the quarter ended All Olabe desiring to join this one case the owner was proesonted were found in the airols and eight others have been set to work of causing water to rush in and sink journal, had no more are for June 30th, just issued by the
making false returns of rent, In of 40 buckets. Ten of them been transferred to Germany,
glance at the Shipping Statintion dented and forced from the rivets, in the words of a North China League" are requested to notify and fined $250. the Hon. Secretary, Hongkong cases are andar examination." stage under a pit. After con- Bruges, and Zeebrugge in con crew were drowned without the in Peking his sctivities included, am sure and a great deal of com Other others were found in front of the the repair bases at Ossend, harasscrapidly. Apparently the Garmany. During his regime Maritime Cnatome, they would I Junior Tennis League, Cars of Daring the year 288-new housse siderable search they produced sequence of the strain on the slightest possible chance of amongst other things, an end-fort, for they would see there that Chinese Y.M.G.A. before Septem (excluding bute) were added to four bookets with holes in the submarine service. This strain escape. In some instances the eavourto organise the German the number and tonnage of ship- ber 23rd. A meeting will be the Basement list and 127 houses bottom, six similar buckets were has been particularly sonte since crew were found standing bolt military espionage service across ping entered at this port amount- held at the Hongkong Cricket were struck off, the net gain in brought in from the door and the beginning of February of this spright, having been suffocated the Russo Chinese border and is of which Japan heads the list with Club Pavilion on Tuesday the assessement being about $160,- lastly seven empty buckets were year, and has been increasingly by the pressure of air. The vessel Japan. That he did much to
ed to 4,602 ships of 3,569,834 tons 24th at 5.15 p.m. to complete 000.
produced which had been used for felt in consequence of the grow was made watertight and towed hinder Allied interests in the Far 903 shipe of 1,318,432 tons, arrangements.
The total revenue (including domestic purposes. Mr. Jankin ing U-boat losses and of the into Emden, where the bodies East is certain. Chinese states Improvement Bate $220116) oncluded that although he did demande on other engineering were received and interred, WAB $4,132, 655 and the not ask for a maximum fine yet establishments for the building
men, however, could not be fooled more ships, 1015, hat slightly expenditure (including Improve- he regarded the case as serions of tanks; sto, for the Western
up to the top of his bent. They 457 tons.
less tonnage, amounting to 1,200, ment. Rate
$227,852)
had every reason to mistrust $4,189,836. Eliminating
His Worship: Is it a first According to the correspondent,
GERMANY AND CHINA and help, sad had experienced clear field and everything in her German professions of friendship the best Japan can do with a "These figures are apparently Improvement - Rate, the offence! Yes," but obviously in one month slane a large num revenne proper showed an in-the numeróna recent
cases ber of submarines were reported for a timilar offence should to have failed to return to their crease over the previous year of The Hongkong correspondent 451,689, and on the estimates have been a warning. of Asahi sends his paper 8440,853, whilst in expenditures
The defendant stated that than air vessels returned so badly bases, while at one port no fewer account of alleged "outrages com mitted by the Philippine author there was a saving of $481,020 were four fire hydrants in the damaged that they had to be
consequent largely upon failure ities against Japanese, says the
immediately dry docked and Japan Chronicle. It is alleged
to obtain supplies owing to the that two Japanese women named war." The 1 per cent, Education Morita Chisa and Sakai Trakiyo Rate, collected and paid to Gov-
ernment, realised $103,698.. at Zamboang
JAPANESE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
* Some Sensational Stories.
who
arrived
EL
waa the
by the N. Y. K. Tamba-mara, contributore, reached $774,539, The Provident Fand, with 406. which sailed from Yokohama invested in Municipal Loans and on June 6th laat, were taken to the military hospital there, where 5.5. War Loan they were subjected to a physical
Association
one.
theatre.
$25.
" .
there
We understand that representa-
Front,
statea that the
A Surprise for Foreign Residents,
with
while Britain comes next with
"mailed fist." The occupation have leat a million tons to Am- something of the policy of the
favour, whereas British shippers of Taingtao and the surrounding arios to transport troops, are country was accompanied by
by brutalities by the German keeping the home trade supplied soldiery which will live long in and are doing all their own war Chinese memory. In vain, there work and the bulk of that of our ouage in and out of this port only free shipping Power, bat not only equale that of the world's exceeds that of all the rest of the world combined. So sheer up,
arrest
JAPAN.
Challange.
It will be remembered that in
"His Worship imposed a fine af practically refitted, work which eign Minister in Germany would fore, was the bet spread by Ton Allies. Yet in spite of this our The appointment of a new For took so much time as to cause not ordinarily come up for die Hints to seduce China from the congestion in that particular cassion in these columns, but path of honour. That country, area. The cxrespondent also when that Minister happens to be oriental though it may be, HEARD IN CAMERA,
condition Admiral von Hintzs the case is bosat
civilisation which physically and mentally, in different, eye the London and its main precepts is vastly This siternoon at the Police which the crews return has Ghind Express. We imagine superior to that of Germany, all you pesimists, and picture for The cost of the water supply cass came up in which a Euro-strain of having to remain under China when they learn of this Chins'e
Court, before Mr. J. B. Wood, the Cansed considerable anxiety. The that many foreign residents in We rejoice, therefore, that selves what will happen when examination in full view of other was realed to be 36,33 canta pean and a Chinese were charged water for very extended periods appointment will sub their eyes it clear to the world that come sailing back."
the war is over and our shipi kulera have made ревода. The local Japanese per 1,000 gallons, and the De- with committing a serious offence, and being hanted by aircraft, with astonishment, and wonder there is no soil there in which asked the partment showed profit of His Worship, on entering the torpedo boat destroyers, motor how, like the fy in the amber, he rassis "Kultur" can take root. Japanese Consul si Manils to take 128,894, whilst electricity re- Court, requested the reporters boste, trawlers, and proper action regarding this Sarzed & earplus of $90,982 present to refrain from reporting suxiliary craft, particularly dur-less, his appointment to such sa German menace has not been
other managed to get there. None the Unfortunately, however, the ANGRY AVIATORS ÎN alleged offence against decency.
(nearly treble the 1918 figare) the case., and gss $90,221 (almost 50 per
Mr. Leo d'Almada Castro, experienced in April and May, has many reflections bearing upon Hintses have not yet been deport Blood-Stained Acceptation
ing the fine weather which was important position brings to mind entirely eliminated, since the There have recently been fre
agents of the Teknis von quent outrages against Japanese, cent up.)
who appeared for one of the had a marked effect upon the Germany's relations proceeds the Aszhi correspondent. Babber syred rikishes con defendante, informed His Worship personnel, and has necessitated China. We may recall that od or interned. These people, When an assistant of Mr. Sazaki, sinued to incrasse in numbers, that the case had already been increased periods of rest for both he was appointed in July, there is reason to believe, are still the only Japanese physician si
and in July 9,297 were in ass, mentioned in the morning papet by the correspondent is to some ex-/kerr von Haxthausen sa German propaganda, the object" of which Haly Japaneae: cívilisnavistors -
officers and men. This assertion 1914, to moceed the late conducting a vigorous enemy waT clothes at about 11 p.m. on July of coolies the number fell in tions were made to have the osas ent borne out by the report, which Minister to Chins. At that time is to damage the Allice, and is raised a storm of protest against Tabao, went out in Japanese though owing to the non-arrival 25th, he was challenged by three 898 privats rikishes. The second
October to 8,883. There were heard in camerES, policemen, who found him daly class and old pattern double
appeared in the issue of the von Hintse was holding the poet particular creat Britain, in the the proposal of Mr. Patterson, an Munchener Neueste Nachrichten of German Minister in Mexico, oyee of the Chinese. The only American aviator, lo fly between wearing trousers in accordance
for May 29th, of a lecture but the outbreak of war made it effective method of checking this Tokyo and Osaka to carry main, with the regulations recently The coolies engaged in the rikisha rikishas continued to decrease.
Typhoon Warnings,
by Commander Bose, whose difficult for him to travel to the campaign in the
The reason of this outburst wIE promulgated, "which make it
name as a German submarine Chinees capital; His peregrins and necessary for any Japanese to
The following telegram was commander is well known Thia tions in the circumstances were, propagandista rrade exceeded 20,000.
deportation of the explained as due to a feeling that wear trousers when going out în The condition of many gharries received by the American Con- office told an audience at Manich to say the least, peculiar, and the Chinese Governant has not sted to modertake the antez- Japaneno sirinan should first" be This, so far, kimono. In spite of this carefni was very defective," dua insulate General, Hongkong, from that the moral effect of the British probably no foreign representative seen its way to do. Notwithstand priss, and that it observance of the Law the great messure to the difficulty in the Manila Observatory at 1.45 wasser bomben" (water bombs abroad in recent times has found ing, it may be affirmed that the advisable to allow a foreigner part of the Japaness, the three obtaining or the high cost of today Oploone or typhoon or depth charges) was great, it so difficult to reach his post, grandiose scheroes, both politically prer fortified sones. Filipine policemen, it is alleged, fittings. The condition of the of Lason, moving N.N.E. particularly on an inexperienced It is amusing to recall his adven and commercial, which the Ger- knocked him spout with such
A few days ago the Jiji qnoted tramuara wan most unsatisfacor N.E.
crew in consequence of the area. He was compelled to mans had prepared to malise in Mr. Kushibiki, who arranged for violence that some people passing ory": they carried 12,689,270
bellish din of their explosion," follow an extremely roundabout China have largely been brought the wait of the American Svisior by tried to intervene, but the passengers during the year--
This is the first German admis route, and to remain for weeks se to nanght, and it is to be hoped to this country, as saying that if Australian Premier in Hot policemen are said to have about 12,080 down on 1916.
sion of the fact that inexperi. a time at neutral ports, threatened them with revolvers.
Water. Dogs registered numbered
that her statesmen, After
with anced crews are employed on reaching su American port he of the Allies, will see to it host an hour, which is aeonsary for the help any Japanese could fy at 20 miles The Japanese was ultimately pat 4,981 and 8,946 were destroyed. Considerable irritation is being German submarines, but it lende eventually got under stress and sent to prison, (over 10 a day.)
aroused in England by the blat added significance to the state. Thence he could not
to Honolulu, seither during the war nor after the proposed fight between. Takyo The Fire Brigade received 42 or of Mr. Hughes, Premier afment made by another U-boat tinue his journey for some penetration, shall be allowed to would be lent him so that conit German so-called pesosful and aka the pecary Meropjans and Mr. Suzuki, his employer, calls; 27 being to genuine cases, the Australian Commonwealth, commander that a great many of time, as the only ships which spread throughout the country, he could undertake the flight in has now filed a complaint with the Court. A similar insident Loss by fire within Municipal who, having failed in everything the German submarins losses travelled from Honalnia to Obins to Chins's own hart and the place of the American Docurred the previous night, and limits was estimated at $93,015, of importanes that he has under- were due to the fact that many of called st Japanese ports on route, injury of those nations of the man. This offer pas this case is also waiting for or only half the loss in 1916. taken, is now lecturing the people the crews are not properly trained, Not until Norwegian steamer world who wish to trade with her excited the indignati decision by the legal authorities. The Bambarard fire in April of the United Kingdom on their some going to sea within six undertook, to carry him direct to in fair and legitimate manner.
The Asahi correspondent adds: accounted for $50,000 of the loss, shortcomings. The Marshester weeks of entering the service. As China was the stranded diplomas Ten lives were lost at the Guardian of June 29th das this commander put it, to send able to proceed a further stage the South Philippines Trengganuset are in Jane in oribes the speech of Mr. men to sea after such a short towards his destination. Hecventa prisoners of yesterday are to-day made policeman upon discharge
great messure due to badly of Commerce as "two solid day conditions, is like taking 1915. There could be no two Hughes to the London Chamber period of training to face present ally arrived in Peking in January, from prison. These policeman The fire alarm system worked columns of stupid, vulgar abuse, farood plant out of a hothouse and opinions, we think, that if
arranged staircases and exits. being of the lowest alsas, many an innocent person is maltreated, satisfactorily.
La
Japanese residents give tips of Il oc X2 to policemen in order to
avoid trouble, and thus try to keep
them at a respectabl distance.
This has finds the policemen the
General Knox Entertained:
to Japan.
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Unscrupulous Practices by Japanese Traders.
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narafled by anything evan faintly putting it in a north-east wind, would have been better for Chins resembling an idea, an argument, While every every precaution if he had never resohed there at come under his notice of unsorg- As reosat instances that have or, we were about to say, a positive (saya the correspondens) is taken all Dating the two years he palous practices by Japanese suggestion. But that would be to prevent the crews of the U-noted me Germany's representative exporters the Japanace Consala to do Mr. Hughes an injustice, boste, from talking about their in the Chinese capital he did little General st Singspare reportato He says, "Thers must be a policy experience under water, stories but indulge in underground intrie the Japanese Fareiga Ofice that more audacious, however, and it the British forces in Siberia, and alarge of this policy. Mr. and bombe dropped by Allied craft nie in China and preventing that sent by an Qasks kadar to a Chi General Knox, Commander of declared, and, soms man, have of the effect of the depth charges gus with a view of fomenting trou- & quantity of paper.bates,
· is "auapooted" that "the outrage staff were the guests of honour at Hinghee, no special gift of divine leak out from time to time, and country joining the Allies. He ese methanat Bingapore, which committed upon the Japanese dinner in Tokyo recently given stion is needed to discover it man have openly admitted that pursued the same policy that should weigh 20 los prored medical axisiant was due to this under auspices of General Tanaka, makes this positive suggestion, the losses of U-boats and embe characterized his stay in Mexico, be only 8 lbs. He tursber sudacity.” It is added that the Deputy Chief of the General Bome man should be appointed marine mine laying graft are where he devoted himself to ask hosiery incidensa have caused much Yamada, Vice-Minister of War. dictator of English sonnamis life, very great and intresting. I stirring up opposition to British Indian szaitement among the Japanees General Tanska made kapsech of and if Mez Haghes is not that is also admitted that the der and American interests. To this realdents in the Philippines, de welcome, and General «Knox man who in the world pan the be? fence of their ships by the day the effects of his work can be have been wall they might, if the facts are responded. There were about 601 The enggestion ha sa'slated, but the story appears to | Army officers prement, béuides the te
Joast this British Mercantile Marina has traced in Maxino's foreig person on improved so cons lobe" would late that an attack
be rather too sensational för nu | Military sad Naval Ašinobes ofitis
hirts boggt
enn sviatoza, and Mr. Asso,
*was not
Kawabe-gun, Hyogo hae, wristen to the,ways scoo the challange.The Jiji his letter is stamped : below his signature ==the
of blood in such being regarded in the sincerest proof
Good
air
arther
faith:
unvarnished tale,
Allied Embassies and. Legations, mak