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FRIDAY, January 8:-)
THE CHINA MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
new construction. Then one mies- sures the relative need for navn? construction in Germany and Britain In the light of the comparative extent of sea coast, size of merchant fizet
Iuberesting accounts of the University: and volume of over-see trade of the Buat Race Trial wed in the first week
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HONGKONG C.C. THE NATION
TRAINING NOTES.
Kawan hiltacitly cold, så Happy Valley shi, morning ethe,
This morning His Honour the Puisas the Triangular loquo match aminah the 3 congenial, roys of the sun, da zkoume The following will represent the Club is ing 49, mit height and clear, Axl the two countries, the fact that Germany of this month, will be found on page 5. Judga (Bir. Justice Gompertz) presided Royal Navy on Saturday, Jannary Son above the hills behind. Wo
( over the Summary Court, when the list ifthe Club Ground, play
expenditure on new watships was --
to commence stage so very welcome. The stored-
*within £865,000 of our expenditure | Sergeant. James Townsend, o, the cases for the ensuing week was considered, 1p.mcek (Captain),CH fot∙1008-9 Justifies the sharp advanes Naval Yard Police, has had stolen from his hand whers'poseikia actioze were, sub down) Buckingham, G. Q. Clarke, A. A. Claxton: ADD TROK poors: probably partly amounted for trial. His Lordship, however, Apparel P. R. Cobb, IX, Dunnally, F. Kennedy for by the danos. at the Healkong Club to hare & full programing of work then, M. Bt. Man, 8. S. Moore, T. B. Pearce overnight arid partly by the mud. Sir and the incidence of the holidays seems to and R. 8. Andemus or 4. L. Gac
Henry May was one of the spectators hava dislocated the ordinary tanour of the
and apparenly tack, a kom Court routine.
the doings of the ponics. A lot of short
In a caso in which Mr. Haywod' ap peared for the plaintiff his Lordship was naked in Az a day.
His LordshipYou can have Friday next; the day after Now You.
Mr. Haywod-That woo's sait me, my Lord.
Another case, was then mentioned in which Mr. Intou represented the deden dant, and the parties wanted a day.
His Lordship-How would Friday next
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Football Noteik
Since the last notes were penned the things have prauated regular run of matches; military training and the X'mas holidays. While the number of matches played up, for they are not, lacking in quality. First the Nary v. Army mstah on Boring Day used a crowd to line the ropes and all the stands this is seldom seen Honkong. As our readers know, the may won 5-2 but the winning goals were only notched after the Navy: had lost Frost, Mr. Dix-n-I'd rather not.
their brilliant winger, owing to an injury, In a third case for which Friday was Another important match was the U. §. suggested for the hearing, Mr. Ines ro League game between the R. E. and asked that that day would suit bin, hot RG.A on Imas Ere. The Sappers gave again the salicitor on the other aide found the R.G.A. their first defeat of the mess the it inconveniant, and his Lordship remark Hortop being the only player of the ad, Perhaps it Bad batter go over twenty two able to find the net. This Mr. A. Raymond, manager of Moser know nobody likes a case to come on on result still leaves the fanners at the head J. David and Co. in Hongkon", has the day after New Year's day.” R. of the langue table, but it is only a nomim. ined Mears E. D. Saracos and leaves on In the next case called on, Mr. Maxon load ar the R. E. and D.CLL have way 3 for Indin. Mr. Raymen baked that the statement of defence should the same number of peints and matches ben twenty years with the frin, fourtee filed within two day, as it was overdue. played desimal 6gmes in goal average
which he has spent in Hongkong
in the British expenditure. From this quarters s hind bag warch about $43 --- time forward there was a rapid rim: Aloon resident has informed the in Germany's vote until, 1010:11, in pics that his cycle, valued at $100, was 1909-10 our expenditure was only one stolen ge-terdy from the lorry bicycle million sterling greater than Gerbed many's. In the following year,
Some interesting accounts of Homs 1010 11, it became about 34 million and played by the Home Champions sterling greater, and this excess has and Profonsiguals will be found on pages continued, the German" expenditure 2,3 and 4. 10 on new ships having slightly decreased
A burglary was committed at 13, Queen since 1911-12 For the current year Victoria Stresh the house of a Chiara our expenditure on new construction adorant last, night and a quantity of 5 million sterling more France clothing and some jewellery stolan. The only commenced in 1910 to increase thief got away, her expenditure, and since that time The re brigade antwered a summers the increase has been from £4,977.682 boa fire at 11, Lok Bing Street laat to £8,899,034 Russia also began in vening and on their azival found that 1010-11 to increase her naval vote, calmney had a slight, but had been and one of the most remarkable anguished by the householder before
any damage was done. - features of the diagram is the advance made by Hassia since that time. For the current year her expenditure is next to that of Britain, exceeding Germany's by £834,000. Indeed, the available building resources of Russin are overstrained, and it is said that the Admiralty is unable to spend the Foto granted it by the Duma. The extraordinary increase in the Russian expenditure is due to the fact timta
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General Meeting. 6.30 p.migan Recital at St. John's
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Friday, January 91-4
Hongkong Volunteers go into Camp.
Thuisday, January 15:-
Concert at Seamen's Institue.
FRIDAY, January 16-
9pm. Engineers' Ball at City Hall. Baturday, January 17
Entries close for Hongkong Raco FRIDAY, JABOу 23-
Volunteer Ball. MONDAY, January 26 1—
Chino e New Year Day.
The Chian Mal
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Banister and Mrs. Banister arr vod from Singapore to-day by the “Kitano Mart.”
Mr. and Mrs. Goldring, Mr. and Mrs colony to day by the r..Haiyang." Krafo and Mia Hodging suturned to the
Mr. Haywood, agreed to have it on the dla within that time, remarking that he had not bad time to file it surffer cwing to the ǎolidays.
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deciding the order of the first three testow, with the "Tamar team inng guishing at the bottom.
In a similar way the Pics bel the table.
Friday was at last taken by Mr. Gardiner who appeared for the plaintiff in a e so in which he remarked that two black gentle men ware the defendants, and they appear cropper,"
the in person. Mr. Mason then asked that another case in which he was instructed should be taken second on Friday. It had boon dragging on a long time and his clients wanted to get is over.
for well-known reasons" and Russia has, rightly or otherwise, decided that all the ships should be built within the country. There is suggestion that a still further increase should be made A m triage has been arranged, and will by the beginning of a ten years' pra- take place early in April at Rusla Lumpur, gramme, involving an expenditure of
·F.M.S., batwest Charles-Wysdkan.” Mr. Gardiner I think it will take some £100,000,000 for the construction of younger 201 of the late Frederick A. Brad-time,
In J.P, of Bramshaw, Lyndhurst,
fallops were done, some of which were timed as follows
Mr. Hough's Rod Giord, half-mile, 36,
1.00
Sir Pank Chater's bay, Derby milo, 342, 1.09.2
Sir Paul Chator's ch. Darby,
1.07.
Derby, half-mile, 82.3, 1.65.
Sir Paul Chaber's ch. Derby and groy
97, 1.33.9, 1.474.
Jardino's wh.. Darby, three-quarters,
Jardine's gray Derby and hay Derby half-mile, JL5, 209.-
Mr. Stebb's Derby, three-quarters,
1.40; last half 1.05.8; last quarter, 82.
Mr. Landao's Derby, three-quarters, 1.47.1; last half, 38.2, 109.***
Mr. Britton's 1.200 chest, three-quic tors, 38, 1.13.3, 1.55.3.
Jadina's T.200, half-male, 85, 1.00.3. Jardines white 200, half mile, 35,
1,06.5...
Jardine's sheet 1.200, ballmile, 84.8, 1.08.8.
of the Sad Div., C. Lesgao. having ta Sir Paul Chadke's dark gray - 1.200, samo record the 88th Co. R.G.A ex-half-colle, 32.8, 1.05. cept that their goal ecome is slightly
aperior. The Police have at last come hail-mile, 04.3, 1.05.3.
Sir Paul Chater's T-200 gray and akow, the Tony Ben, giving them be é dia de grad. With the R. E. Res. 1. Mr. Jupp's wh. suti, half-mádó, 14.1, making creditable draw with the 8th 1.08. Coy, b
R.G.A, the loading teams bere bert able to make further headway. The three soccersive wins, and points are not Tamar Res, are coming along nicely w likely to be easily garneral from the milons. The only change in the longkang Losgus amar from bottom place to the third tables since last published is the rise of the position, the Club now being the wooden
Mr. Humphrey's subi, half-mile, 05, 1.08.
Mr. Nemazco's anb, half-nile, 1.74.
The various league tables up to date are} CHINA COAST MARINE OFFICERS,
eight Dreadnoughts and the other Hente, and Green Mary Byun, elder Mr. Mason did not think it would take spoonist. units required to make up a fighting daughter of the late Arther Charles Fles long, and after conferring sotto woes with
And Mrs. Stoe, of Syaganda, Othim, Maid Mr. Gardiner the latter gentleman re-appended. squadron. In this fact there is pro-stone. Mr. and the Misses Sles laste -marked, bably sufficient reason for hesitancy Penang in the middle of February,
CHARGE OF FRATRICIDE.
Bene Ramorce in the Book.
Before Mr. Wood so the Police Court
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In the Quarterly Report" to hand The Mopantilo Marina Service Asso RG.A
P. W. D.. L. F. Aciation" is the following:
90131 4 Royal Engineem 301524 D.C.LI.
My friend wants to know the defence. 1ST DIVISION, He will hour it soon enough.
The hearing was fixed second on Friday. "Mr. Dennys asked for judgment in case in which the terms of sotila
Mr. Crew said that terms of settlement} ment bad not been complied with..
were arrived at in the case, and he thought the money would be paid, but he had not been able to get hold of his clients.
on the part of Gerroany to reduce the Navy programme already agreed upon by the Reichstag. Ity and Austria Hungary are undoubtedly important factors in the situation, but figures for Ituly's new construction for the this afternoon, Kan Choi, alias Kan Ping Ghai, was charged with the wilful mur. past two years are not available,der of his brother, Kan Hop, on the according to the British Goverment Juhiles Rood on June 15, return. The Italian expenditure has The Assistant Crown Solicitor, Mr.
Mr. Denny--I don't think my friend in greatly increased, probably at as P. 31. Hodgson, prosecuted, and Mr. Gany longer instructed. great, if not a greater, rate than the Hall Brution, of Messrs. Brusts and Judgment was entered for Mr. Denny's Esti, dedended. Inspector Dymond was Austro-Hungarian expenditure. For
client. new construction the expenditure of
in charge of the case for the polica.
the latter has doubled since 1910, murder, and discharged by the Magistrate Prisoner was arrested soon after the being, for 1913, £3,285,477, while in as their was nos then suficient svidence 1912 it wax £5,105,000, and in 1911 £3,123,000. The average for the three yours was thus 3.8 million ster To-MORROW being New Year's Dayling, whereas in 1908 8 it was under
| HONGKOND, WEDnesday, Dec. 31, 1913.
NOTE
him, but he was subsequently into the possession of the palico. Tv-arrested no further information 'come
Opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Hodgson said the prisoner was one
FINEL and a general holiday, there will be 1 million sterling. We are thus fast of three brothers who were in partner.
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NAVAL EXPENDITURE OF THE POWERS.
moving towards a competition in naval expenditure in the Mediter ranean as well as in the North Sea.
ip in a business of removing bones of dandy Bay, to another place in the crepes from Tai Ham Wax mortusky,
Colony, Kaa Choi, Kan Hop and Kau
A China correspondent of the 3901 8.3 writes the Becretary of the Association H.38. Tamar 300 19-0
A follows: A deputation of Masters 2ND DIVISION, UNITED SERVICES Lance; nd Officers of the China Navigation Con- Goals,pany recently waited upon they locat P.. W.. D. L. F. A Hongkong Police 10712-38.9 15 Managers, and laid before them a peti 88th Day., EL G.4.10 719 237 15° tion asking for increases of pay, à prangos 37th Co. R.G.49 892 10 12 18 home and out after the completou Tamar Rex 9.5 13 16 10 L
3rd Co., R.6.4.9 4.3 2 15 13 11 certain terms of service, and for bospital · D.O.L.Í. B. 8 1 1 2 18:030 Another case was called on in which Mr. R.E. Reserves 833.12 16 8penses and pay while sink. At the
asked that it should go over for a weak." Long Sing appeared for the plaintif, and Babmarines...93 15 13 29me time represtalone were made to D.O.LL Band 82-74 15 168 the London Office by the Secretary of Staff and Dept... 91,1 7-8 25: 3 the Chung Cost Officers' Guild, who Mr. Dennys-I understood it had been D..LI. Berler 9.01 0.9 320 10 ateities attention to the prnéral" dis- settled.
content prevailing in the Compsey and Mr. Kong Sing-I am very glad if it han
to other grievances, beep.
MARINE'S TRAGIC DEATH
Fell Over a Cliff.
KONGKONG LEAGUE, DIV. L.
·D.O. LL
No acknowledgment was made of the $400
thuild's letter, but shortly after .R.G.A...
0.4302 H.M.S. Tamer ...... 10 0:1 0:2 olas was used by the Company so- Boyal Engineers...? 0 1 1 1 4-1 nousing incrasses of pay to Chief and Hanging Club 40 10 8 1 Becond Offers, and later another ar BONUKONG LEAGUE, DIV. A sular stated that hospital expenses would Moslem B.G. 480 1-10 3 8 be paid and salary up to a period of twɑ 88th Coy, R.G... 2 2009 0
William Cox, a private.. Marines st University F.O.2002 07th in-hospital, after, which the Com-
1007090 Fang would resorve the right to discon
tinue sho-salsy..
The increases, of pay granted trought the pay up to the fam Becond Officer Ficht
Tennis Champions' te invade. the Orient
In the face of these facts, why Mr. Dn. Trisoner was charged with the mustached to H.M.S. Minotat at with B.O.C.. Churchill's ́proposed naval holidayder of his brother in Hop on June 15
Stonecat Island should not have met with a cordial and was the eldest, of the three fatal accident, a
brothern this decoured being the second yesterday, response in as extraordinary as it is rather. In this business of theirs the He was picked up in as anconscious significant.
three brothers used a junk for the pur-state at the foot of a cliff and taken to the pose of the removal of the bones. In the Naval Hospital, and before his death, s sarly morning of June. 36-laat the, pri- conscious interval, he told the hospital
The Fictoria Colonist of the 14th altíma until maximum soner and his brother Kan Hoy and aathorities that he went after dark for i
"A | Obiad Offers: First your says:
California lawn tennis stars having made and mal moreme of £
In these days, despite the fact that never before was there a time when the horrors of war on land or on sea were more heartily or more universally detested or more loudly denounced, it is not without special interest and significance to note the expenditure of the various Powers on new war. ships and armaments. In the course of an able article on the subject home paper had recently some valu-C able information to impart upon
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Snow fell for two days almost with ut intermission at Tientsin recently,
The silk shipped from Hongkong by R.M.S. Empress of Asia on December reached New York on December 27th.
BILLYRIK BERAsh increase
another man. cimployed by then, named | walk along a clïï top on the island indokt's clean swoop of important. Amarg to a mandanten of 13 Ho Pak Sar went to the mortuary, { wistaking the path accidentally fell over an titles are planning an invasion, off granted to Mastors,
arriving there roughly at about 8 o'clock
the morning. They removed s cer- palice by the Deputy Surgeon General.
These facts were communicated to the
trín number of bones to the junk, which, was lying at Tat Has Wan, for dispatch
another part of the columy, and the
4think having sailed away they started ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE
The death occurred of Ticabein the 14th Inst. of Private Charien Fox,
Company, 15th U.S. Infantry.
walk to Hongkong, leaving at about ours that the murder took place, a cold
10.30 .. by the Jubilee Road IS blooded and-premeditated murder se ko would how, ut the hands of the prisoner. He would use before his Worshly Ho Far
Jauzer Ban who was an avowinced, of the
which the following comments are Administration's mines for the week ending The total output of the Kailan Mining
based. The facts referred to the past December 20 amounted to 12.828.63 tona, decade and a diagram showed that inwal the sales during the period to 55.864.91 the first three years of that period practically all the Powers decreased
Power
tone.
Mr Brutton inquired whether this und turned King's evide previously charged: miki
was brought up
According to a Berlin correspondent their expenditure on munitions of carlos suggestion is being made in Den- naval warfare except Japan, which mark that the United States, lu retard for was disch embarked on a programine of new Greenland, should give the land, of Min
demo, in the Philippines to Danmark.“ construction in order to strengthen who would then transfer the island, to its fleet after the war with Rosi
Germany lo zeturn for Bolileswig, whic Of the Continental X wer, Germany was formerly Dunish.
was the first to abo
crease in expend
Their for
THE EDWARD DISPENSARY £1,000,000
Beggar's Quaint Notice.
Aquaintly worded notice was exhibited
Kawai, the Phillipines, Japan and Chip 200 to 15 per
William M. Johnston, bilder of the e Longwood and New York Blaba title treaties from together with the Pacific Coast champion ship, will bailith bis puriner in the gresi doubles, Elis Foitrell, from San Franci
**Thess
mado
tians vera mada
an November 92ed for Manila, by way of wzy Honolulu, for three months campaign the Orient. They go on the invitation of
a beggar arrested by the police outside the Manila Lawn Tennis Amcntion, but quite rec the Kowloon Star Ferry Atation yesterday will pl
plays Honglulu on the way and take was written on calico in Chinese and in the Tokyo, Hongkong and Shanghai English (1) the latter version reading a tournament before returning
To all whom it may consentera ags and brought beck
Carlton H Gardner, of Neelock?
follows
18 livad
British born
pabillowery the highest honours attainable in the Bahar he relisquiatied
titles by dubsulta
Rugby.
tered Back's XV sulfárad
the bands of the London County tminster: Bark on 29th all the wing 21 points to 5.
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