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(To the Editor of the “China. Blai,")

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1912-

nowe Shipping Company on the China Coast and under the Chinese flag, which wedge in this direction and that as soon

ween to me to be the thin edge of th fn partly Chinese Governmans Con

sa Chinesa British subfests out here cern"-up to about a year or so ago employed mostly British Captains, Off Certificates, the Europeans" days are. commençe getting British-Board. of Trader cery and Engineers in their stemmer-numbered on the coast I may mention

addressed to the Secretary of the Imperial Thers is a Nautical School near Shang operate the argent line of steamers cuf This following communication has bean / now a large porcentage of the deck off that as soon as it was proposed to build

curs are Norwegians-bus that is not all.

a University in Hongkong, the firm which Merchant Service. Guild, with a special hai where Chinese Cadows are banght

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China and the Far East generally. The Secretary.

The Imperial Merchant Servicno Guild. Dear Sir,--It is really a pity to see

they would make an enormous grant of money to assist in founding à Univer sity" in Hongkong if it were not to get

Yours faithfully.

CHINA COASTER,““

Nome rotum.

(Signed)

guess thub it should be disseminated Mr T. Logs, son of Mr J. Logan of songst the British certificates Captains navigation and seamanship on exactly the hero under the British dag, mando very some lines as any Nautical School, which founding the above mentioned "Hang large donation towards the expense of Kowlung. Dock, is reported to have been and Officers throughout the Fampire. The arrested along with a Mr Bortbot, by the neraber from whom this communication prepares candidates h England för the hong University," and it is not likely thuậ

Mercantile Marine Bourd of Chapai police (Shanghai). in connection anates, is at present serving on the Examinations, t

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their steamers, to give them practical was attempted to transport chilled five consule, one being British and the

experience in seamanship and sævigation; beef as well as frozen mutton. With Chiness to foreigners outside the settle-

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THE SHAMEEN MURDER.

Sepoy's Trial Contlaxed.

young others come out her from the

the Chinese "Will a young man

Old Country and most of them retum Hom" again as soon as they possibly out here in the face of all this with the can, after they find that they have to All of the aforementioned steamship retu cold intention of never, being Master Kerve bout Sve or six years as Second Mate before they become First Mate, and

moving in China, it appears to me, who ten years or more is First Mate Before they became Master, al as things are

has been oùs here for thirteen years, that if is almost impossible for a man ever to become faster at all who joins any Shipping Company on the China Coast now or in the future. I think that any

of

A FARMER ROBBED.

Fiva Men Charged.

panics that are disappeared or are dis

In the Send Court no the Crimine appearing, from the Cost of Chips were well-known Lines.** of British Sensiona this morning before the Putere stenders. Not one new lin

Judge, Mr Justice Gompertz, dve ̈'ñïèn-- steamers under the British ng has been Chan Sion, Pan Sang, Wong N Chan started out here since I have been in Sang and Chan Man-were indicted for Chinese steamers which run under the house of farmer in the New Territory Chine, exceptiong about threu very old commitzing a robbery with violence' xt" the British flag between Hongkong and Saison October 9. The second prisoner, Pus

young man, who is starting in his profesion, and these three ohi vessels could Sang. appeared to be very sad w sion should really know the truth, of the carly be called" alse,"at they accomodated with a meat in the dock, conditions surrounding the life of a Meright change their deg kay day.

All pleaded not guilty. cantile Marine Officer out here as regards Ars under the British flag the proportion Of all the remaining steamer, which

promotion in his profession: The best way that I am able to show the abbre

is very small which would be compelled is to outline my knowledge of the way quiroments as regards the number of to comply with the Bound of Tradę, re- shipping, under the British flag, has de- certificatal Captains and Difcers which

practical uniformity of temperature was requisite, and this demand had” only been met by the ingenuity of the engineer. With vapour-compression: machines the holds were cooled with BIRTH. NICOLL-On the 18th inst., at the brine, the grids being uniformly dis- Maternity Hospital, to Mr and Mrs D. G.tributed overhead and along those NICOLL, a daughter.

side walls, from which conduction of heat was to be feared. Since the grids exposed a very large surface, the p..--Reel Practice Dance at City Hall. temperature of the brine could be kept only a little below that of the hold, a condition which made for the murder of Ali Shafs, a subadar in of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and most of song which are British. When I first!

In the year 1976 all the larger steamers sailing regularly out of the port of Hony uniformity of temperature. Never

the smaller ones were corranded and fairly rapid-in many cases a man was came out to the Far East, promotion was theless, Mr Milton pointed out, even

lex than four years from the time of

MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

General Memoranda.

THURSDAY, Yovember 21:-

4 p.m.--Fire Brigade Inspection in front with holds thus cooled the final

of City Hall. SATURDAY, November 23:-

Davies, K.C., sitting in Criminal Sessionsclined in the Far East, and more particu-bes would be compelled to carry, and

Before the Chief Justice. Mr. Rees this morning, the trial was continued of thus sepoy Ibrahim, who is charged with

his regiment, the 136th Baluchistan In funtry, at the Shameen, Canton.

The Attorney-General, Hon. Mr. J. A.

larly in China, since I first came out here in the year 1999.

oficered

**Britishers," since this the

these are only the few British steamers

Japanese have stendur proceeded to disjoining until the time he was Muster, bast

he said the secund, maa seemed not to de When his Lordship entered the Cour

well.

Mr Alshaster asked if hía Lordship' would order him to be sent nok for tria

at the next Sessions.

His Lordship: I think that will be the best way. What is the matter with him/

Mr Alabaster said he recently underwent be in pain on operation, süd be esrtainly appeared to

Hie Lordship: He does not appear to ba fit to conduct his own defence. Perhaps

cooling of the cargo was effected by S. Buckrill. K.C., instructed by the Pense with the service of foreigners, and this stopped suddenly just after the the police will see that he is taken back 2.30 p.m.--Sale of Crown Land at Lang ( the air, which, reduced in temperature Crown Solicitor, Mr. J. H. Kemp, pro- commanded and officered by Japanese Russo-Japanese War, and since the to the goal in a humane manner, in a

Ofice.

SUNDAY, November 24 :--

9'a.m.-Excursion to Macao.

MONDAY, November 25:-

sented; and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. B. A. Hurding, defended.

A native officer giving evidence this morning said thet lu was sitting outside the cump at the Shameen when he heard the Subadar Ali Shafa say to some sol. diers What are you doing there? You are gambling. There were four acpass indhuding the prisoner, and one of them swered that they were only playing gambling. seated them, and ordered gards. The subador, suspecting them of

by the brine-pipes. warmed itself again by contact with the cargo, in which Field Day at Fan Ling for Volunteers, contact it picked up moisture, It

Reserves and Scouta.

was, therefore, of extreme importance that variations in temperature should be reduced to a minimum. The agents which tended to destroy or lanage a ment cargo were, Mr Milton said. forments, hacteria, and moulds, and the activity of all three was them to the lines after he had taken some

9 p.m.-Concert at the Seamen's Insti

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w nearly all Japanese steamers are

Japan for the Japanese only natural and you cannot blame them.

arore.

rese Revolution (aforementioned) it is I was master myself in about It appears to me that since the Pevolu. three and a half years from the date of tion in China, China's policy in shipping my joining one of the Steamship Con- as well as other matters is "China for when I started again after the Rao ponies which is now defunct," but the Chinese "following the example of Japanese War, I found that quick proman. the Japanese, and how can you blame tion was a thing of the past out here, them? There will be no more room for I am not master now, and never will be. the foreigners in shipping out here in and there are scores more like me on the few years-the annue as in Japan at pre-Ceast of China who never will be mas seus.

too old to go home and start in a large ser, but must stay out here as they are

on the China Coast since 1899-in that? Hero fellows my experience of shipping

your a British steamship Company with

compsas.

The anamolous position on board very great percentage of the British steamers on the China Coast is therefore

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chair.

The prisoner was accordingly removed from the dock.

A. B. Follock (foreman), H. E. Seriren, J. T. de Bouza, J. K. Forkes, D. H. Silas, The following jury w sworn: Messi's

H. Rapp, sad John Granb.

Mr C. G. Alabaster, instructed by Mr

P. M. Hodgson, Assistant Crown Solicitor, prosecuted; prisoners were undstended.

Mr Alabaster said the robbery with which the prisoners were charged was cont mitted at 3.30 p.m. on October 9 as the house of a farmer near Kowlong. The evidence against the prisoners was thab

redaced at low temperatures. A money from the prisoner. Later he heard about thirteen steamers trading mostly HONGKONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915. curious point mentioned by Mr Miltonite sentry call aus Who is that with: between Singapore and Bangkok, wild out gun" and then heard a shot. The to a foreign fag: shortly after this in was that the flesh of animal slaugh- | minds; called out "Guard, turn out, 1900 another British Steamship Compan that the Master is not the oldest manNo. I was identified by one witnes

and all ron into the camp. A witness of thirteen steamers, trading mostly be way suspicious he went out and saw teen Hongkong, Singapore and Bangkok, prisoner with another sepoy and with sold out to a foreign flag. Another Bri assistance conveyed prisoner to the guard-tish Steamship Company sailing out of

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tered in a state of fatigue or ex- citement is particularly prone to deteriorate by the action of fermente..

COLD STORAGE AT SEA.

I his interesting Presidentini nd dress to the Cold Storage and fee Association, Mr J. T. Milton: had i recently some interesting remarks,ou the up-to-date plant now necessity for the process. The first plant of tor Shanghai. this type was, however, he said, tue;

to a scientiat. Mr J. J. Coleman, who required a machine for facilitating |

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Au anlysis of the racing at Shanghai recently will be found on page 2...

FOOT,

"in years" on board the stemmer.

possibly merely because of his height, and The above mentioned younger ship. masters are those who joined the Como bause on the day after the robbery panies they are in, a few years before the gave to his sweetheart a ring" and Hongkang, and trading to some of Russo-Japazione War, which still eng bangles which had been stolen in the When the Court resumed after the tif Southern Ports of China, also Singapors, the Officers chance of ever being master robbery: No. 3 was identified by two fin adjournment, his Lordship, addressing Saigon and Bangkok--which had live for waiting for young and middle-no witnesses; No 4 was identified by three the Attorney-General, said a cruzplaint teamers about this time-contenevil dead men's shoes is out of the question. but two of them made a false identi had been made to him that during the selling their steamers one by one ad especially when nearly all the shipping fication, picking out a Chinese policeman as H.M.S. "Cadmus "ailed yesterday adjournment one of the witnesses for the wont out of existence about six years ago

firms are steadily dwindling as rugrils well sa prisoner: the fifth man was caught prosecution was, seen tulking to a jury- Aarther British Sprumship Company, the number of their ships under the Dri- practically red-handed, and just before man. It was a very irregular proceeding, which sailed out of Hongkong and had tish flag. I remember reading in one of he was arrested throw away a stolen cont, and he was quite sure was done in ignes. about five steamers, gradually dwindled the local newspapers when so, of time

ace. In Enginul in a murder trial the down to two, and about three years ago heads of one of the only two leitition aiz men entered his house, rubbed Complainant said on the night in ques- jury were kept locked up during the whole transferred their last two steuners to a (large). Shipping Finns ramdining on the the fractionation of Scotch shale oil A man was fine! 816 81 for being inntil the ease was over. Fortunately for Officers at the same time. Another Bri-effect that during his visit out here belery shat him in a room.

case and were never allowed to separate foreign Bag, discharging the Captains wil coast of China said in words to theper into his eyes, told him not to make a noise, and after robbing him of his jewel This he succeeded in devising and ( unlawful • punsorsion of opium at the the jury, in this Colony, they bud no tish Costing Sternship Coanpany, which had not seen one old man in the Rect of successfully operating in 1875. Two Magistracy, to-day.

This witness and others who were called such law, but they relied upon the jury had about six steuners running up the seamers which they operated-this flestere. cross-examined by prisoners who put years later, a demand arose for a minchine capable of refrigerating ships'

by Japanese competition, that they gradu.one time the plots which were steadyers two and three and the man who was il coust from Hongkong when I first came is numerically less than about four years some very pertinent questions. out to China have been pressed so hard ago, and no sign of their increasing.àt Sergeant Brown said he arrested prison- cargoes, and the assistance of Mr Coleman was sought by those respon-

ally commenced selling their steamers employees of the two principal British at no exting-house at Shanghai Street.. and are now struggling along with only Shipping Companies running their steam-The same day he found a jacket produced two or three. Then to conus to Shanghai, era un sis hundred miles on the Yangles in a house in Reclamation Street. In the there is one British Company that had River to Hankow were Europeans, now pocket ware a watch and other jewellery about eight steamers under the British one of them employs only Chinese, and

which was later identified by complainsot, fag, some of them on the Yangise Hiver the other one part Chin and purt Later in the day he arrested another of the and some of them, on the coast, all are Europesas. This latter Shipping Comprisoners in the same strost. now under a foreigu dag. The two larger pany in the future is only going to tuko British Steamship Companies which now on Chinese apprentice pilots, so in a few

large audience, was given at the Seamen's

A naccessful concert, which drew Institute last night.

sible for the project. The details of of a bundle of bark, a inani was fined $5 or For being in the unlawful possessive the plant were worked out in cm-14 days at the Magistracy to-day." junction with Mr Bell, the result

being the Bell-Coleman cold-air A nun, charged at the Magistracy machine, which proved highly success them along Second Street by the wings, was t-day with cruelty to ducks by carrying ful, though experience soon showed fined 25 or 14 days.

the necessity of some slight modifica-.

tions in the original plans. Me Considerable apprehension has been Milton, for instance," stated that the fult na to the stormer Lord Curzon, which left Seattle for Hongkong about 42 days ed by water injection, but it was go and has not been heard of kinez,.

air after compression was at first cool.

found that unless the water was pure |

The Oaks Showen Kaisha's steamer

SHOES. the air became tainted, and unfit to Canada Maru" encountered very botvy

Wm. Howell, Id.

BIJOU

not to talk to anybody who had any. should never confer with anybody. He thing to do with the case--in fact they

was quite sure the jury would bear this in mind during this case. hardly say this was quite news to him.

The Attorney-General said he need

His Lordship observed that he wes quite sure it was done in ignorance.

The Attorney-General said he knew nothing about it, at all.

INDIAN WATCHMAN

MURDERED.

Tragio Affair at Hunghom.

years they will have all Chinese Pilots

TRAINING THE PERFECT WOMAN.

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To become the world's most purfers.

years and two months old. by her fathers woman physically is the latore mapped out for Margaret Terry Hudson Gmat, two Richard Graas, director of track athletic

remain in the Cost of China have each of them a loss number of vessels than 8 well. "Caina for the Chinese an they had about four years ago, and there it is only natural, it has got to come! it are persistent rumours in connection with not only in shipping but in nearly all branches of European life out here, the one of them at least that some are junior positions which were filled a few steamers are going to be sold, and no likelihood of their ever being replaced, years ago by Europeans are now being A daring murder, the object of which was

the aforementioned lessening of the num led by young (Junamen, who dress ja on Sunday night or Monday morning at being replaced. I know, and have known There young rich you may bu ceriain in apparently cobbery, was committed either, ber of steamers in the fleet is caused foreign diother wear no queue and have

mostly, by steamers being sold and not a thorough good English education be passed into the refrigerated holds.sen during her voyage across the Pacific Hunghom, when an Indian watchman om many men in the crustal steamers intend to be promoted in the future to the Another difficulty arose in connection from Theous and found it necessary to ployed at the ensintering workshops of China who after boing Master hud to higher positions of trust. with the piston packingu, since the take rafage at Hushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. Measta D. Macdonald and C was found gradually go back to First Mete or Second

of the University of Minnesota. Ever. EVERYTHING FOR

She is due bera on Decorfiber 6th. arrangement, successful with air

What appears the most significant fuet. since she was three weeks old (states the in a terribly mutilated state. He was Mate and then reign as there was no and which seems to point out to me mere Now York Herald) the hay has been EVENING WEAR. which was not coaled below freezing-

evidently attacked with a blow upon the hope of their owners replacing the stoomer than anything which, I have mentioned point, proved unsatisfactory when Mr Haseload torenty-five men were charged hatshet. The body was found near the Company and find that things are just as officers almost impossible chance of ever. Sabematic exercise ander caretny At the Magistracy this morning before bed, and was afterwasda cub about with a which they bad sold, only to join another torototory with regard to the British, deck training for the place she in exposted to lower temperatures were attained, by Inspector Dymond with using the pre-door of the office, and a mimber of things bad theris na regards protation, it is not being mastar who starts som or in the supervision of her father: who himself was and ice deposited as a consequence on mise No. 1 Sai Yuen Lane for the purpuss were frond missing from the premises, the owners fault if they have not got the future qu the China Coast is that a large formerly a frick star at Yale and who has the cylinder walls. Much of the of opium sunking. The first defendant Up to the morning the police had no clue whips. How is it all cutsol7.or rather University is being started in Hongkong meds." many Minnesota athletes, is an practical success of tnis machine was, the divan, the second was discharged, and robbers. The place where the man was of view of the young mercantile marine laura anything which can: 57-learned in | 19 the food she establint

was remanded, on a charge of keeping the as to the whareabouts of the robber or I should say, to look at it from the point where I understand that the Chiuso en much a part of liftis Margaret's daily life Mr-Milton claimed, to be attributed the remainder were fined $2 or seven days. killed is in close proximity to the Gun officer, how le is that his chances of over the Old Country." All the younger The little girl, who has just begna to the ability, of the engineers who

Club Bill barracks and the camp of the being master cut here are so very small? Chinese can now go to English Schools talk, delights in her exercism. The more succeeded in operating it

At the time of the Russo-Japaness War, and it is absolutely pertain that this common of there is clude a wand drill to Tuniskilling Fuelliors," An attempt was made between Fatur on ship- board, where the facilities for the th Canton-Kowloon railway line sta place

tha Japanese steamers were in use as Eritish University in Hongkong will strengthen and develop her chest muscles ing night and Sunday morning to wrack

transports eto, this gave the foreign be attended by Chinese Navigation and exercises da horiental har, dusting of repair of even trifling defects of called Chi Pi, about twelve miles from

nations from all over the world a chance engineering, sro, sure to be part of the case held in the hand of her father, tm. mechanise are small. In deciding Canton. With explosives the wreckers today, Hamburi-America Line passed wanted to sell, the scammers are out here be nothing to stop Chinese British Sub swinging twist and forth while holding to From an exchange at 6.30 am, to get rid of a lot of steamers which they curriculuin than there appears to ing which she can bang for forty-dre sabonds, between sulphurous-acid, ammonia Fiel to destroy a bridge, but failing in through the port from West to East now, searly all under the Japanese flag, 20tain Hongkong from studying tiavi bez lathore sugor, and rechining on the flies and carbonic-acid-gas machines, Mr this thus dug away a considerable portion showing no signal numbers, but some under the Chinese the Nor-saline and sconeship at the* Henig

of the embankment and pulled up some of

Is our contemporary quite sure this we wegians also warned out on the past kong University also engineering, and a rising without touching her hands to

the Boor, the Japanese steamers were let loose on Examinations for fastums, Muter and the exorcisen have already hid wonder. The Conet again, and, most of their linus Engineers at Hongkongia kata be ful resulta. Some of the: aro subsidised by the Japanse Govern-European Masters, Mates and Engineers Margaret differs is m other two CROUP.

maan wonder the British stemmers pes their Brand of Trade Exambitions are these **- kvar TUIS discuss in so dangerous; and, as can't compete as formerly, oven most at Hongkong, now, sud when there ars fecily format, sures up to 1024 lb. per sq. in., and after a delay of about two hours. Thora mother of young children should be pre- stoomers much ebeaper than British could of Trade certificates to man the British dearly 24h. Her bites insc

rapid in its development that every of the Norwegians who can run theironough China British subjects with Board meutemout had only proved successful because of or many European passengers on bound,pared for it in ery risky to wait until not stand the competition and have had steamers on the rodes of Chin, chuge

including a detachment of the Shameen the attack of croup appears and then send the high quality of the materials used Defence Corp. The outrage & upped for piedicine mud let the child suffer until to go home again and the care taken in the design of to have been the work of a band of rosa obiad Chamberlain Cough From what way you can so that there and thus make a large saving in, thà details. The sulphurous-acid machine, as an act of revenge for the arzunt of one best known to Laff in any case. For sale British flug on the China Court than thora Remedy is pemptam effect stand hasnever are far and away leas, steamers under the on the other hand, a efficient but of their number recently,

by all Cientista nad Storksepakoju

(FLOWER STREET),

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THE FAMOUя Comedy-Drama

THE VILLAGE POSTMISTRESS THE VILLAGE POSTMISTRESS!

(Tougth 3,000 feet).",

A MOTOR BOAT TRIF

Marine Motoring, with

Milton remarked that a compromiso the rails, Fortunately the driver of the pot the German feet in diaging Ed about this time. When the war was over then inssing the British Board of Trader

had to be effected between efficiency felnek express train from Canton noticed

Local Yachtzuen era invited to learn and compactness. The CO, machines possessed this latter virtue in a high degree, bat involved the use of pres

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