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Submarino: C. Se leaves Hongkops. The death is announced of Mr. Fonvillars, to-day to rejoin the flotilla as Mire Bay....
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normal height. The depth to which toned down to whiteish colour. the eye cun pehetrato varies, of course, Clothing to the value of $30 and
A-Puking niesusge states that a rumour is current there, that the Naval Depart mont is about to effect a loan of £800,000 with an English firm.
Un Sunday harvest thanksgiving ser, vices are to be held at St. Andrew's Church, Kewloon. In the morning the Bishop of Victoria is to preach.
at 6 pm on the 1st inst, one of the for some posts was recorded, much ex- sharpest carthquakea experienced in Kobe citement being aroused for a fer minutes
A small boy was charged before Mr F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy this morning, with stealing eight pieces of clothing from No. 42 Des Your Road, and a sentence of 49 hours' detention and sight strokes of the birch was imposed.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1911.
THE ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT - CASE:
Motion for Judgment.
before Mr Justice Gompertz, legal arga At the Supreme Court this morning ment was heard on a motion for judgmont
in the case in which' Lai Chi Chin sand
ŞANITARY BOARD.
Mr M. D. &. Wolfy prasided over' ¿ meeting of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday afternoon when there were present Hous
Colonel Bedford, Dr G. L. Fitzwilliams, Brewin, CALG., Hon. Mr.E. A. Hewett, Mr W. Chathan, C.M.G., Han, Mr A. W.
M L Chu Pak, Mr Ng Hou Taz Dr.
Rovingde
INYECTIOUS COarska,
A life of Sir George Newnes by Miss H. Friederichs will be published in October by Masers. Hodder and Stoughton.
Tang Wang Shi to recover 870,000, Clark, Medical Officer of Health, De J. W The San Francisco Call says: The damages for wrongful arrest and false im Hartley, Assistant Medical Officer of engagement is annoureed of Misa Gartrade prissamart, on the 20th February, 1908. Hualth, and the secretary, Mr W: Bowen Macfarlane, of Honolulu, and Captain W- Hon. Mr H. E,, Pollock, F.C., instruct W. Greene, Comniander of the Chiyo-art od by, Mr G. E. Hall Brutton and "Mr Kitial Line. The bride-to-be hay mabyant Was represented by Mr. Eldon and Commodore of the Toya Kisen Hind was for the plaintiff, and doland-
friends in this city, where the is staying Polter, Instructed by 3r PW. Goldring. with her mother. Mrs. Everett Mason
Hon. Mr Pollock said he submit tod to the Court that the crucial point for the Court to consider was whether the process in which the sires and imprisonment took place had been set aside and secondly on what ground was it et asido 1
Grimes. The wedding will be colobrated at the Crimes' home late in the autumn.
Mr J. B. J. Gibbs, Manager of the China and Japan Trading Company at Yokobaina, was recently cut riding what he was thrown heavily on the left arm, some of the wrist ligaments being torn, occasioning excruciat ing pain. Medical assistance was gum- mono and the patient removed to is residence, but he insisted on getting up too soon, with the realt that he has retarded recovery. It is mid that it will be a long time before he can use the wrist
again.
"INTERPORT SHOOTING.
Hongkong's New Determination.
President relative to the baril of infectious
In connection with the minute by the..
corpses the Fresidunt stated that, soma little confusion had arisen when the cemeteries were taken over by the Sanitary Board from the P. W. D. in 1907 and the tenders had been split up. Tenders lund not been called for last year and he pro- posed that tenders for the coining and burial of infectious corpses be called for.
Mr Lau Cau Pak seconded and the mo̟-- -- tion was carried.. "
His Lordship-There would be a third
question the affect of setting it aside.
-Hon. Mr Follock continued that the ...
BEDDING IN THE MARKETS,
important thing was the question whether With reference to the proposed now the judgment and execution had been at market byolax relating to begging the Hon. Mr. Howatt minated-If the people ideas against good faith.
are so arrested can the police 'magistrate punish?
After herring further argument as to the question of trespass his Lordship reserved, his decision,
TERRIBLE FLOODS IN-
SWATOW DISTRICT.
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Mr. Lau Chu Pak-How long has this. bagging been going on?
Hon. Mr. A. Brewh-This in the first I have heard of these beggars
The President stated that the proposed byelaw had on submitted to the law
with the state of the "wentber on American gold dullae buttons to the value the water, but in ordinary cirenin-835, have been stofan from No 476
Queen's Bond Weat staneca the operations of a submarine force could be watched and recorded. But while there is every reason to believe that an acroplare support will in future be necessary to the Flect, the fact has to be faced that | naval avintors have not yet developed Batua naval aeroplane which can rise from a battleship and alight on it, or rise from the sea and alight on it The Admiralty has made use of ordinary land acroplanes, as they might be called, în putting its men out to instruction, so that they have simply become familiarised with the method of flight. But the point which has yet to engage full atten- tion is that such officers should be instrumental in perfecting the sen aeroplane that is really needful to our defence. Aviators are generally agreed that as soon as designers are encouraged to turn their attention to tha provision of suitable landing carriages and floating apparatus for By the end of October, according to an aolincement of the London General maritime purposes, machines of Onmiibus Company, avery horse bus will special maritime type, will be easily have disappeared from the streets of Lon constructed. The resistance of the sea-don. The vehicles will be broken up for surface is ucarly equal to that of the rap iron and firewood and the horses be ground, so that dangers of breakages will have to be obviated if the sea is adopted as the point of departure and-arrival for such machines. It is hoped, however, that the battleship will be the main point of departure and arrival for a sea-acroplane.
The difficulty in the construction of
H.M.S. Kont arrived at 9 a.m. this years, the secretarit.I work has been handed a speciully maritime type of machine," morning. The following cfficera have taken over to the Secretary of the Naval Dockhepovolent Chinese both in Canton sad in thought again, he would surely remember
Hongkong, to rise to the demands of the that ho had seen them. says the Standard, "is that designers sage, in ber-Her. Father Watson, yard Rife Club,
Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Fleet;
Hon Mr Brewin-It is not my business cannot yet hit the medium-between Captain Soepp, R.31.1L,Range Cicer hydroplane which will just fly and an Captain Harrison, R.M.LLI., Flest Wire aeroplane which will just float.lass Telegraphy Oficer. CURTISS in America achieved some
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Variety Entertainment at Mount Austin.
'SexDay, September 17 :---
Harvest Thanksgiving Services at St.
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MONDAY, September 18-
Sp.m. Auction of Crown Land at Public
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FRIDAY, September 20
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SATURDAY, September 23:--
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Commenting on the law passed in Vienaa making it illegal for a farried man to take an aerial light without the comment of his wife and children the Straits Echo Bays: Wo want one here, making it illegal for papa to take a drink
baby has agreed,"
sold.
Evidently the heavy rains of a fortnight officers of the Crow. The reason for With the object of widening the Geld of ago, of which we had a sample, and Shang-introducing the byelaw was that under selection, an Interport Shooting Committee hat more than its share, have mada terrible Ordinance I of 1815 beggars could be has been formed to carry out the arrange harce throughout the district of Cheung punished for being in the streets, but there ments for this year's interport ride match, Chau, which lies behind Sawtow. From war no provision against begging in tho with Shanghai, Singapore, and Penang.ative reports we gather that more than a markets. As the result of a recent case, in The Committee is composed of one repre- thouannd persons were drowned. The em which a beggar, who had been charged with. sentative from each of the following Corps bankments were destroyed in many places, begging in the Central Market, where he and Clubs, with Lt. Colonel Chapman, and thus the waters, burst forth unrestrain: had been for a long time, was discharged" Commandant of the Volunteer Corps, as odly all over the country, Blooding out the by the magistrate who found he had no Chairman 1st Batt. K.0.7.L.L, people in the villages. H.K. Volunteer Corps,. Volunteer
power to deal with the case, it was deemed Rite, in common with most places in the necessary to introduce this byclaw. As Resorysa, Army Ordinance Rife Clubs south of China, was abnormally dear, before, regards how long the practice had been Rifle Club. The respective representatives Lammert, Mr E. Haarl, Mr C. E. Tucker, and are reaching the headquarters of all to him, said he had seen it since be Are:-Liout. . H. Staveley, Captain Gappeals are coming from conby quarters, who had experience of the markets previou ed tenfold. The most piteous reports and in charge of the markets and Mt. Gibson,
G. H. M. Bannerman and Mr R. benevolent societies in Canton, whose know anything about the markets. Stewart, In: tha abèorce of Captain M. S. heads hava gathored together to discover Women, and children were the worst Northcato, H.EV.C., who has carried out some way of assisting those who are infenders.
He was surprised tani the local arrangements during the past 15') such dire straits.
that was the first time the Registrar It has been decided to appeal to the General had heard of it though if he
An attempt was 'made on Aagust 25 to Taikoo Rifle Club, and Nayal Dockyard) and now; of course, the situation is madden-going on, he had seen it since he had boen
the Mitsui Bishi Company who have under refloat the stranded Empress of China by taken the salvage on the "no cure, o system. Two large pontoons were placed alongside and the vessel pumped out but the attempt proved unsuccessful:
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Aimeeting of the committee was held on occnsion and sand forth some ansietanco at
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respondence in the Presa about it.
The Frosident-I have.po evidence- to show that it was reported to the Itagistrar General's Office but I think the records will show that it has been.
the IIth inst, at the Volunteer Head-once, or it will be too late to save many to see them. Has thas matter been re- quarters when it was decided that the of the people who are on the verge of star-ported before? I have not seen any car selection practices and the match should vation. take place at King's Park Range, Kowloon, The official of the district has also sent The petition which is being prepared as usual, but, until the, alterations to this in an appeal to the Viceroy, and requested success in experiments with an old-by the otheers and engineers serving in the range hre complete (about the end of that small loan be negotiated first of all school biplane, ficted with light metal steamers of the China Marigation Company September) the preliminary practices could to meet the most pressing cases, and that
asking for some amelioration of the cou-be fired at the Taikoo and Tai Hang this loan be twenty thousand dollars. The Mr Lair Chu Pak--The byelaw is neces- pontoons under the lower mainplane, ditions obtaining adot has, says Leading Ranges, commencing or Saturday 18th inst. Viceroy himself has sent out an appest to sary but I would suggest the word managing to descond and rise with Light, already received 285 signatures and
All residents, whether service or civilino, the several societies whose work it is teipitering" should be omitted as I think facility, and the Fubre machine, on for its consideration.
will shortly be forwarded to the company who possess a fair amount of skill sent the needy, and urged them to do it would give rise to trouble in the case of with a .303 rifo are invited to attend everything possible to assist those who are Chinese" farmers from the country who which the floats were designed to
the practices and compete for a place in in danger of starvation. It sure however, wander from stall to stall just to see wha give support to it during the flight,
The Bombay Government has decided the required team-of-ten-Prospective that these societies are nlady_up and the market is liko HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, Exr. 13, 1911, showed the possibilities of this type, amended lay will come into force in June, Taikoo or Dockyard Rife Clube, and who to help those who need help. For exam retained as such people would not be con
to legislate on the subject of racing. The competitors who are not members of the doing, and that they are taking measures The President favoured the word being" But the future seems to lie with a 1812, when bookmakers will be abolished, desire to attend the preliminary practices, ple, they have sent forward several momsidered as loitering. They did not want' machine which can be carried on days each, respective by, on the Bombay either of these Clubs at least 24 hours in it will be to assist those who have been business there and no one would be arrest- and totaliators only licensed, for lifteen are requested to notify the Secretary of bers of the Red Cross Society, whose work to interfero, with people who had legitimate Battleship and which can take to the and Poona Racecourses. Three rupess will advance in order that sufficient targets and hurt in struggling with the waters, and toed unless they failed to leave when asked sea when operations necessitate it, be axed as the minimum stako. markors may be provided, Mid-week supply them with medicines and other to do so: Potty-larconies wore on the rather than with a hydro-aeroplane
practices enn also be arranged at a day's things that they shied most in need of A romarkable victory for the pro notice Competitors using these private It Beoms that this your has been a
increase.
expense of markers employed each day.
The secres made doring the preliminary terrible foods in the centre of China are practices will not count for selection pur called forth hugs generosity, both from that the word "initering" be omitted." poses, but the facilities above-mentioned with the new targets before the shoots at destruction has been much greater the will enable competitors to become familiar foreignars" and Chinese alike, for the Kinga Park commence. Further notices anything known htely. Now we hear.of. will be given when the King's Park Range the trouble in Ewangtung, and though is ready.
The selection of the is in the hands
NAVAL AEROPLANES:-:
ueroplanes, a striking ipstance. of Poper.has already been hibition workers in the United States is ranges will be required to share the small specially calamitous one for China. The
witnessed as a result of the recent 10 ferendum in the State of Texas. It is has voted "dry" by a majority of at leat declared by Dallas papers that the State 50,000. Tazze will thus form the largest liquor prohibition territory in the world.
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We have already commented on the successes which have been achieved by naval officers in the piloting of
demonstrated that it is easy to rise which was afforded by the recent big flying race promoted by the und alight from a battleship's deck. which is still needful is Daily Mail. In the handling of The "ran airships the personal factor plays an attained by the battleship steaming important part, and as the control into the wind, so that with a ten- of these machines is apparently more allied to the control of a boat than anything else it seems only natural tlint a saikin should do best in this now field of navigation. It also appears likely that a sailor, who is accustomed to find his way with very slight indications, and to steer by compass,
would have less difficulty in of the development of aviation along from America that s Chinese student doing so in the air than most types of
convened by the Straits Settlements As- sociation to consider a resolution Protest ing against the proposal that the control of
knot wind, plus a 20-knot speed on the On the 6th inst. there gathered in the vessel, the aeroplane gets practically Victoria Theatre, Singapore, record enough incidence on the air to rise at
gathering of all classes of the conimunity, once. Alighting is managed in the same way; if flight is ended against sufficient strength of wind, no 'run' remains on the machine."n
In considering the possibilities
the area is much smaller than that of the
of a small Committes composed of Captain contre of China, still it must be bad enough, G. Lammert, Mesars C. Tucker and R. if a thousand lives wore mcrificed of those amraunition, which should be of the Stewart
Competitors must provide their owa who were trying to get out of danger.! present Servies pattern, the new pointed
The LBY T. K. K. steamer, the Shinyo bullet being excludod this year.
Hon. Mr Hewett seconded.
Mr Lau Chu, Pak moved an amendment)
Mr Ng Hou Tez secunded.
The amendmont was lost and the motion
carried.
To connection with the King's visit to Ireland the Daily Mirror, by arrangement with the L. and N..W, Railway, leid-down. engriring plants in two of the company's atcamera running between Kingstown and Holyhead, so that the photographs could The general conditions under which the Mara, was thrown open to the public at be developed, printed, and engraved aficat.. Municipal" Affairs should be taken out of the hands of the intepayers." The remuntek shall be fred on any date between
match is fired are as follows(1) The Kobe on the 25th ult, and though there Copics of the Daily Mirror (priated in solution was passed unsrimopsly."
vas rather a high ses running e largo num. Mubchester) were on sale in Ireland af the 15th day of October and the 15th of ber of people availed themselves of the in- breakfast time, containing photographs of November (both dates inclusive); (2) Each
(4) Rifles, British Servica pattern of .303 of the city. They were received by Mr Stationery Offen, Delahay Street, West Nows has been received in Shanghai tam shall shoot on its own range; (3) vitations issued. Amongst the guests were events happening the day before.
Tonma
consist of ten men a side
almost all the promincatoficials and citizens - A fire broke out recently in H.M
ENGLISH & AMERICAN landsmen, and in the big race to which these lines one almost dreads to named T. Y. Fong of Shanghai, studying calibro, to include the now short ride. A Nakaslılma and Captain H8. Smith, who minster, supposed to be due to the,
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contemplate whint the naval battle of at the University of Wisconsin, has come pattern backsight as allowed by N. R. A we have referred this seems to have
the fature will resolve itself into. All mitted suicide by taking poison. He made Regulations, 1911, may be used. This is in command of this anguificent liner, focussing of the sun's rays by glass in the includes aperture sights; (5) Ranges, 200, been the case. These facts, coupled
a previous attempt on his life whilD; 500 and 600 yards; (6) Number of sim and other officials of Company. An oxcol root. Fire engines and some бre escapes
scene with a detach." with the ample proof which has been the same, it is obviously the boundon studying at the University of Illinois. The oven at each distance: (7) Sighting shots, luth bold collation was spread and the ment of the Salvage
ment of the Salvage Corps, and in a very cause of the rash act is said to have been One at each distance compulsory (not Baad of the fourth Regiment (Otaka Garri short time the outbreak was subdued provided that the aeroplane has now duty of our naval authorities to keep
his failure in some of his examinations.
count); (6) Position, prone us all-dia, son) played an excellent selection of pieces without any very serious damingo having MODERATE PRICES. reached a stage in its evolution when abreast of times either in this or any
boon done. tances (0) Trigger, minimum pall-ct daring the afternoot. 6 lbs; (10) Sighte, black and/or white it will have to be seriously reckoned other aspect of fighting efficiency to a piece of land on which an Australina may Lot be shaded in asy way nor say the A quarrel arbes at Shatin with regard paint only shall be nerd. 'Sights. with as fighting force, even if Though for the time being most Chinese had built a house, and in con extraneus to the rifle (11) Dimensions of back sight be supported by nay means only for stunting duty, make it certain attention will have to be given to land suponco four men appeared buloso Mr
targets,200 yardabulls-eyo 5" dis that the time is drawing near when the experiments in aviation, it is the Wood, at the Magistracy this isner, 12 dia; magpie, 31 din
outer, morning, charged with multing the remainder of target 4ft. x4ft. DOU yerda→→
· 18′′ : ation by our naval authorities will be long before we get a practical is stated, complainant was somewhat of target, Oft. diameter. Figure targets, Bit yards-18" ; 30"; 46"; reminder have to be thoroughly investigated machine, that can manouvre from attended in hospital. The four defendantes brown figure placed centrally, to be out several bruised and had to be medically lower inlf-green, upper half grey, with Indeed, from the fact that a number.
a water surface Then will dawn a wore bound over to keep the peace, VICTORIA THEATRE.-of-British-naval-lieutenants-are-at
present being instructed in aviation new era in naval warfare. ONAL by the offical permission of the la
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of the winning team, Negotiations for lowering the froight well known in the Far Eastera trade, is It will be noticed that in addition to the
D.C,L. Gins are unrivalled. on wheat and flour are at present going on been acquired by a Norwegian, syndicate introduction of Figure target this year at that the main British air battalion
other slapping companies whoes stanmers to be in the neighbourhood of £14,000, may ultimately be attached not to ply on the Pacifte, and the Japan Gaselle. Ebo was built and engined of Belfast in our Army but to our Fleet. As has The Joji reports that the American shipping 1800, with dimensions: 400-0-ft, by 45-2ặt been pointed out in the London concerns are rather reluctant to have the by 23:1-it Her-registered owaste worn bours a pair of heels in the shoot FOR LOCAL.CONSUMPTION, DUTY EXTRA.
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that the freight rates on wheat and foar,iva Olamberlain's Colio, Cholers and stronger term this year. tinental annars, and this wility while a tw, so and
Noulications na to practices at the. docs not diminish when the scene lowered to $2 and 224 respectively--In certain to affect a que and when reduced (Taikoo Ranga should be addressed to Me ofnction becomes maritime Nippon Yuson Kaisha approached the remedy For sale by cf Chemiste and Rango to Mr Stowart, Hon. Secretary accordance with them applications the with walar and grootoned is pleasant to Basford, Secretary Teikon illo Clab, take,--No physician cat proscribe a better-Qarry Bay, and for practizerat Tak: Hung PATHES ANIMATED GAZETTE AVBnos recent experiments in the other shipping companies on the subject. Blorokoopera
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