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ships, but in the economy of pro- pulsion, materially influence the possibility of increasing profit while The reducing transport charges. fenture of the balance-sheet of | British shipping, as brought out by Lloyd's latest return, is the great morning. proportion of new tonnage added during this year, The total addition

H.M.S, Yarmouth arrived here this

The Daily Telegraph's", account off to steam tonnage was 1,495,00g the race for the Newbary Cup published tong, ot which 94

on page 3. per cent. was new tonnage (1,406,415 tons):| the purchase from foreign countries made up 40,742 tons, and from the Of mailing

Mr. Mackie, of the Supreme Court, killed a cobre two leat lung near Govern incut House on Sunday,

GERMICIDE, Colonies, 4:1,927 tons.

The concluding portion of the Ramee ships there were added new vessels of Sarawak's paperion Sarawak appears on

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yesterday.

tha. "Australien," which left this port The ergo of raw silk shipped un board

im March 24, was delivarod at Lyon on the

11,187 tons, while purchases from: foreign countries made up 4110 tons Against these additions there fall to be deducted the removals either in respect of misadventure or natural | 24th metant.. decay, sales to foreigners and the Colonies, and other deductions. Or steamers Jost, broken up, &c., there were, in 1913, 137, of 231,683 tons,

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Mr. W. Ia Garter, manager of the police that an anchor cable valued at $123 telephone company, has informed the

was stolen from the beach near the cable

We lowen on rulish'u aŭthyity that a

| and to the Colonies there, were trans-

ferred 20 vessels, of 13,268 tons. Inserious BTS occurred at the works of the

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1914,

S. S.

TAI ON PIRATED.

EUROPEAN OFFICERS SHOT.

VESSEL BURNT TO WATER'S - EDGE.

NEARLY

TWO HUNDRED CASUALTIES.

West River steaners which arrived in I The shrieks of the terrified passengers

early this morning brought news of end of the most daring and villainous, whose positions on deck quickly became piracies ever committed in the Cantor untenable, were, heartrending, and very

soon they were forsad to jump overboard. Delta.

Thick ooke of an unknown depth lay

The vessel upon which the outraga was emitted, the Tai On, now lies a mere hak, burnt so the water's edge, as Ki O, an island near Maeno, the pirates having set her on fire when they found their effets to take command of the beidgo

wers fruitions.

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SPORTING.

BILLIARDS.

NOLDIRAS' CLUB TOURNAMENT.

Tu_the_dinal games of their match with the Royal Engineers" (B) at the Sulitiken" Club laat night; the Hongkong Voluntours received a shock and had their previous fend not been in great they would probably bave made their exit from the competition. The Volunteers were regres nted by two their old stalwarts in Captain Jammert and Sergh Major Rodgers sad both were well beston, Rodgers by over 100. Much better form with the cue will be necessary if they are to beat the R.H. (A). team žit the semi-anal

of

The first game last night was bitcos Sergt. Major Lodgers and Sappar Applia

bare lead. Applín scored midly. (Having got past the Boar making 50 to his opponent's 90. He hold

thirty lead at the 150 mart, a d this he was reached. Playing finely till the end. increased to 75 when the second humiced

won saay by 108 point. Broska :

side of the loomed ship, 20. Tá 18, 19. II, II, 11. Rod-

and the only way of escape was dy jump- ing into the water and this both passengers, pirates and officere were forced to do.

The night was very dark,

NEW SHIPMENT BEACH April 12, as Ealing cluding other deductions, the total wali knowa firm of Mesora. alex. Pirie whos offees are in Des Yurus Road, is that there

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MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

lenge round.

gers, 25, 15.

16, 13, 15. This lett the Volunteer with a lead of 70 whon Captain Lammert, Hongkong Valus. Johnson, RE (BY

Phay final game. Tas close in the marly part, 30-49 in favour. favour being called. At 150 the sore of Johnson, and 103-85 in Lammert's were love! but Johnson passed the 200 mark with a fine break of 92 and following

toers, and Sapper Joh

for

rendered the work of rescue for and his 477 the 300 or 400 passengers who were standing by very difficult indeed. Capt. Somerville sent out three boats from the while there were sold to foreignhouse at Saiwna between January 1 an abused at the time only some 180: reter-

eử m Hangkung, the rest having perial- Shun Lee, and their crews were able to nations, 373 vessels, of 714,778 tons, | the 24th.inst nt..

ither by fire, drowning or the pirates' find and take to safely 120 per ons by the bullets.

glare of the burning ship.

in up with a 18 won

un the gaine by 47 points. Breaks, Johnson, 23, 16, 1, 13, The ill-fated vessel, owned by a Chi- The work of reseas went on from 11.311, 10, 10. Lammert, 15, 19, 11, 10 nose pony named the Kwong Ou, till 4 .m. when the breaking dawn showed Although the R. E. (8) won both genom were no other survivors, bandsomely, it was not sufficient to wia a stemmer of the usual riyor' type of 488 The Shan Los eft the some of the the match, the Volunteers securing it by

puinta. tons gross, She flies the British flag, tragedy at 6.30 am, and aired in port and thus carries chiefs officers of British at 8 o'clock. She was quickly b arded

Complete team scores - nationality. They are free is number, by police, who gave orders that she was to

H.K. Volunteers. Royal Engineers'(B). up. Weatherall, Chief Officer Evans.anchor in the harbour and that no paron Mr. Bullock,250 Sapper Musige.179 Mr. Barlow....250 Sapper Whiting. 197 and Chief Engine McCartney

was to love the ship till all the survivors Mr. Bishop, ...09 S pper Allon...258 had been examinel. Their inquiries on Mr. Sutherland...237 Sapper Hill, 250 boad completed, the whole of the 120 Mr. Hamilton, ...250 Lee. Cpl. Scott,.. 185 Mr. Hutchison,250 Supper Lewis,...218 rescued were taken in polico-Maj. Rodgers.142 Sapper Applin....250 Launches to the Water Police Station. Capt. Lammert,.,2003 Sapper Johnson, 250 where they remained under gard during the morning. Beveral who we wounded by rite fira or otherwise injured were sent the Government Civil Hospital for

This

steam tonnage removed is 375 vessels, and Sons, Ltd., paper makers, Aberdeen, of 007,001 tons, while of sailing-ships about 11th inst. Be far no partieslars of the removals total 324 vessels, off the damage done has been received. 79,755 tons. It would seen that

The output of the Clyde shipbuilding H.K.C.D. Tunnis Championship, cha23 per cent of steam tonnage and yards during the month of March totaled

41.3 per cent of sailling tonnage in 27400 toes spread over 13 vessels. cinded in these figures were rentovedesspares with 43,000 tons in "the perceed- on account of lows, breaking up, dis-].pag month.and #1,000 tons in the corres- ponding months of last year, and in the tallest Blarch total recorded since 1909. The output for the first quarter of the your yards are still active but now contracts are cery searco.

'General Memoranda.

THY HAHAY,Apríl 30......

Bendrerin Opera Cus. Return

Opening night.

8p.m. ld Alleyian Dinner. Friday, May B-

|shers a decrease of over 12,000 ton. The

Soene on the Bridge.

The Tai On has a weekly run between Horgkong and Kongsic which is up the West Biver. She left the wharf last night at about 7 pm. with a general cargo, 363 passengers and a crew of 10. She proceeded on her course and soout 10 pan. was nearing Ki O when Capt. Warbieral neurd & vermotion in th A numerous gathering, including tween decks and soner of the passengers. many ladies, assembled at the Hongkong who were no other than maoricus pir Cricket Club ground yesterday afternoonates of the West River, attempted to to watch the teanis tournament games, ink command A thy Whip, Cap

G. 2,000 Race al Newmarket, 4 --Association of Exporters and

Denters H.K. Meeting.. 13m--Annual Meeting of the Peakmantling, &c. But of the 755,026 Church in St. John's Cathed al Vestry.

tous of stent and sailing craft sold to foreign firms, a large proportion was intended for breaking up, so that it must not be assumed that the whole Veit of this tonnage transferred to foreign- 'flags will enter into competition with British shipping in the future. The sales to foreigners are the heaviest for a long time, being 108,445 tons has heavy chandershowers which came on Wintherall rushed from his cabin to the higher than the previous year, and past at the time ired for play compoled bridge and with his duck shot gun shot (24,341, sons-higher thna in 1911. The the postponement of the events. The down tuo pirates as they were clamber, Registrar-General's returns show that fiaturo included the final of the A, classing over the ship's brats, The Indian handicap between S. F. Green and T. H. and as cane responded to the attack 6.2 per cent. of the tonnage sold was King, a mixed doubles uni-final; and the and fired upon the pirates killing six. built before 1885, 172 per cent. beleciding game in the doubies handicap.

The Tai On was well protected against fore 190, 40.5 per cent, before 11195,

pirasy nutrage and the barbed wire pentanglements nsisted the captain to 65.2 per cent. before 1900, and over

(hold the bridge, 1818 per cent, before 1905. It is to

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HONGKONG, TURDAY, April 28, 1914

'tons.

year.

The members of the D.C.II. held whist drive in thor Mess in Murray Barracks last night. Twenty-two tables

were occupied, and a plussnet evening resulted. Q. M. Sergt. Elliott was the

| proportion of these old ́ships has gone

to the scrapheap. The countries who M. C. and presented the prizes to ladies have purchased most largely of our 1st. Mrs. Ponsford; 2nd, Mr. Wall: existing ships, which, of course, is in3rd, Mrs. Cousins; Hidden number, Mrs. addition to new tonnage ordered from Wishart: Booby prize, Mrs. Cheall. Gents, shipbuilders, are: Italy, 132.331 Driscoll: 3rd, Mr. Smith; Hidden number, st, Sergt. Tripp. D.C.L.I. 2nd Mr. tons: Japan, 126,053 tons: Germany, of Surt. Pilsbury, D.C.L.I.; Booby 77,612 tons; Norway, 71,643 tona: prize, . Sergt. Carter, D.C...I. Greece, 65,851-tons: Spain. 16,015 tons; and France, 41,892 tons,

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Ship Ablaze.

mild deck and it was sous apparent Suddenly smoke was observed from the the pirates and deliberately set fire to ship. They callected rags and wood and aturating them with il lit the bundle driving at the captain and fording bi under the bridge with the object of its submission: apparently they were

persons

treatment:

Torpedo-boat Gos, to the Seese

The Captain Superäistendess of Police, Mr. Mel. Messer and staff of defeatis left early this morning in a torpedo-bost for the ** Tai On ' and later Commander Pasil Taylor took 5 Berber lunch with the objec of towing in the wreck.

Chief Officer à Issing.

.1701

1708

Wigwam Tennis Cla....

The Wigwam Tennis Club's "AL Home * postponed from the 18th just will be held on Friday nex”, Tat Hay. A friendly match, wized doubles, against the Olympic Tennis Club will commence at 5 1.m.

FUNERAL OF: BERGI. TESTILL.

All svetions of the Hongkong constabu- fary and representatives from the Royal Noval Yard Police and the R.GA, st- tended the funeral ceremony

at the Das of the guard of the Tai O * Portuguese, rastand by the Shun Lee's Happy Valley yesterday afternoon, when boats, stated that he heliaved that all the holy of Lance-Sergt. John Robert the

European officer hid

Frank Testall was. interred in ita Isab perished. This surasiso was fortunately found on arthly resting place. The Amat arrival at Hungkoog to he fucorrect for cortege left the Government Ciel Ho Capt Weatherall and Chief Engineer

Metartney were boh picked up. What pitu, where the deceased died of heart became of Chief Officer Evan is not troubio the day previous, at 4.80 and bia It is feared that he maruder ware drenched in the sub- dignator known at present. was the one European victim of the sequent downpours. Sergeant Testali, an jen stated yesterday, joined the polios [from the Army in 1905 and was lastly

stationed at Shatin. He had 'sho served · in thời nhiều king district wher Chia To prevent pirates taking charge of Inspreker Goulay had chargo.. Some- the ship the giver steamers have recently time no ho suffered with his heart and had itted iron grilles. which when

The Bridge Protections.

He

ignorant of the fact that the fire would closed completely shut ott the britis cor-lition became so serious last week and engine room being aushed. When that das was reaved from the outpost the noise of the attack was heard the to hospital where he succombed. who showed in the vicinity were sped He car from Birmingham. grilles were closed, and any pirates wa 34 years of ago and a singlo man. through the apertures in the sheats of iron which protect the vital spots.

by drowning than in ihat red hot furnace.

take charge of the vessel. The farars A courtespotulent writing from In dan say " Nobody sees to know any-wl with great rapidity from stem to

stem and soon the ill-fated ship was thing definite shout The Telrarch, whe-

hurning in Shricks rent the air ther her is sound or lame, except that

wonach rung their hands in despair and every day in training reports are reads doen jumped overboard preferring death that he entered five furlongs of, wan General Sir C. J. Barnutt, K.C.B.. wheat for a spin along the road. Ho bas was chief British attaché to the Japanese sort of training.

berra fired in this forelegi, bears the lat-

anny during the csappaign of 190447° lo Manchuria, has been appointed colonel of the Royal Irish Rißen, of which he was a formier commanding ollicer.

** Several propki bucked Sunlock, I hear. Before Christmas he belonged to a man who was arrested by the police was ding him in after winning la stad race, on a charge of fraud. Lots

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Herola Work...

Three other steamers the Shun Lee, his On and Hei Sang were in the vicinity and were attracted by the Tai On's distress signals. All headed for the

An Equal Chance,

Those present during the interment xrers Assistant Superintendent of Polico, Mr. Super, Chief Inspector Gourlay. In- spectors Fenton and MacDonski, Capt. Jenking, Sorgt.-Major Ros, NGIA., "The piraton bed better chance than Revite Officer Watt, Mr. Glendenning, the passing-rs or crew was the dramat c statement of a police officer to China Sorgta. Townsend and Allan of the Royal Mail" representative. He added that the Naval Yard Police, and about 50 Police police were detaining all the rescued and serpants and constables. The Rev. C. there was no doubt a number of pirates Bone, of the Wesleyan Church con- were among them. Those who were not ducted dia servico and the last sad rites burning ship.

Citain C. Maxwell Lefy who is well

of charges about “getting money under eene but L was impossible to approach rescued from the water. perished un the Alling the grave we performed by known on the Chim Station, has been eten, were brought up and ho

too close as the night was dark. Each pointed a captain to Vice Admiral

Massena to guel. Tyler then bought him vessel sent off three boats to help in Pierce, comtanding the Est Indies

and a fortnight ago was offered. £1,000 for having those passengers who were inst

clasen, went mari buked, Trianon III. on (the day of the race!!**

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Preventive Measures.

The Hoi Sang, which also runs to West a.m, this morning the Shun Lee crew River ports, was being hastity fitted with did bercíc service and there was a cof the bridge and officers' cabine."

iron grilles this morning for the protection

THE BALANCE-SHEET OF BRITISH SHIPPING.

THE total number of vessels on the register of shipping of the United Kingdom is 20,968, and the aggregate gross tonnage of these is 19,617,324 This is 76 vessels and 433,147 tous greater than in the previous Squadron, and captain of the flaghip in, but wanted another £500. This going to their doom 'neath the dark But this inter fact conveys but Swiftsure, sister battleship of the Triumph was refused and the prospective pur-green waves. From 11 p.za. un 4 an indefinite idea of the changes at Hongkong. which have been eflected in the fleet. The addition to tonnage by no means

Mr. Charles D. Xicull, an officur in the For Sunkach, the Grand National win. IndoChina S. N. Co.'s Hest, son of Johnrer, Mr. T. Tyler last year gave £315. creates a record. The years 1907, Nicoll of Broughty Ferry, Scutlard, was The has been requently hunted 1906, and 1904 laving seen a greater married yesterday at St. John's Cathedral with the Qura pack," and it is an in- augmentation of the tonnage; but to Miss Edith Mariel Grimbley, a sister at teeing as that Sunloch has taken no the important fact is tint thero has the Peak Hopi's, and youngest daughter then fourteen first prizes at the been passed into the fleet, during the of Dr. R. H. Grimbley, of Newton Abbot, loose ring in the Midlands in the lant past year, a greater volume of new officiated, and Dr. Stedman gave away the

Söuch Devonshire. The Bishop of Victoria per class. up to tonnage than for any previous year; bride.

| so that, although the net addition to date the Heet is not much above the average during the past ten years, shapes there has been a greater substitution

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A Terrible Total

BIG FAILURE IN BERLIN.

'Huge Liabilities.

BERLIN, April 3 The failure was senounced this afternoon of the firm of Wolf, Wertheim (Limited), warehousemen, «and the liabilities are stated to amount to 18,000,000 marks (£900,000). The firm's financial position.

Later.

the deceased's comrades who acted in pal bearers,

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Floral tributes were sent by Inspectors Fenton, Morrison, B. O, Sulivan, M. 0. Slivno and 13. MacDonald Chief Inspector and Mrs. Gourlay, Mess No. 7 Police Station, Comrades at Yaumati, Polise ennustable comrades, Members of

tinual procession of filled boats to the 1 Sue Lee which had been driven inta 1 Tus afternoon we learnt that two the R.N.Y, Police, No. 5 Police Station, 13 feet of water. No less than 120 per- torpedo bouts left the Harbour for the Central Police Serieants "Mess, Water sons wore saved by this ship alone. The Tai On. Commander Basil Taylor board- Potier, No. 2 Pal Station, Vletaria Shiu On and Hoi Sang plodded co throgh the ight and the former rescued the Governor's launch Stanley withal, Water Pullco Sergeants, No. 4

and the latter eight.

"The First Intimation.

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which he will endeavour to tow back the Police launch, Palice, constables' central , A. R. Allan, Mr. and Mrs. Ken-. dnik, ('. M. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Groen, Maarl Mro. Ingham, and Mr. and Mrs. Culliford.

Dired Together:

The Hoi Sang was the first to arrivé

The tires European officers agreed to in port fis morning. She had hoisted thi police flag and fired rockets Ice assist. dive into the water together in the impe ance. Captain Weatherall. the comChief Engineer McCartney hung on to of being rescued. Capt. Weathernil and praders and eight Chinese were the first the ship and we rescued. Chic Offices batch of survivors to azive.

of new vessels for old. This means that the carrying power of the fleet is augmented in a greater proportion than the increase in tonnage, economy has been increased, and therefore the the torrible total of 193 with 151 dosthe bad boen a difficult ons for some time, and toamer Shun Lee, a boat plying betwcon dividend-earning capacity is greatly The City of Victoris provided most of thiet avoid a crisis stope were taken in

The number of cases of bubonic plague reported in the Colony last week reached

The

Evans it is stated received a wound in the leg just as he jumped. No tidinge

CHINA'S NEW RAILWAYS.”

-British "SnooÉSIDE.

PEKING, April 0. Whilst much satisfaction has been

A Rescuer's Story.

as to his whereabouts had been ascertain, created in British circles by the definite ed by the time we went to press and completion of the Nankin-Hunan railway Captain John Somersille of the river it is feared, that he is drowned......

[system, which I mentioned in my mul ange of March 2, says the "Daily Tele Gallant Work.

"'graph's "5 *pecial correspondent at Foxing, thus govering the south bank of

Hongkong and Kongmoon on the West morning a graphic account of the burning Tw Portugues named Did River, gave a China Mail expresective this

of the roase).

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the Yangtee with a British network, it Is generally fit that there should be no diminution ei prossure to socus that tie Frane Belgian Trans-China Railway hall here to the first alignment, debiuching.

superior. This is a point to which cases no fewer than 118 being notified from subject of criticism, during the coming February last which may possibly form the importance ought to be attached, the various arban districts. The victims included two Malays, five Japanese, two

proceedings,

Milva did noble work in forcing back tho observes "Engineering." In ten years Indians, and one British, the rest being are placed at 2,600,030 marks (2125,000), The arabe, including stock and furniture,

The Shun Lee loft Kongmoon yesterday pirates in their endeavour to command the net increase to the toonage of the 14, with 126 deaths.

Chiness. The total cases this year are but may possibly fall short of this sum.

for Hongkong and at 20.10 ighted the two ship. One was set to guard the fleet of the United Kingdom has been

The first meeting of credits will be Lintan, which conveyed the startling news grill the skipper giving him instructions The other cases of infectious disease held on Monday next, and soms lively that the Tki On was ashore. Capt. Sumer. to do his bost to firo on the outlaws. Hojas originally agreed, at Hai Chow, 200 3,750,470 tons, but 1,002,164 tons of notified were two of diphtheria, one of en

scenes are anticipated. Questions are ex- teric fever and ten of amall-pux. Three seiling ships have been removed, enteric patients (Chinese) and eight small pected to be asked concerning the employ-ville proceeded, and ten minutes later in believed to have accounted for seven miles north of Shanghai, and at o'l corte

ment of money while the steam tonnage has in the pox patente, British, died.

ney which the firm received in observed distress rockets sent up by the d eight, and atuck to his post until the at Hai-Mon-Ting, on the Yengle connection with the sale of stock in the stranded ship on his starboard bow. The ship was ablaze. But for his aid the estuary. If this can be accured Britial: decennial period increased by nearly 5 |

Leinigerstrasse and the Potsdamerstraase..

money is understood to bars been Tai On was then seen to be on the shore of briden would undoubtedly has been diplomacy can congratulate itéelf on ex- ruslund. Dias was, Jormer member of cent work, fer in the addition to the used to pay off indebtedness to the concem 5'10 island, and her distress signals were the Macao.

Britt Chine Corporation's Hunan known as the "Princes Trust," and some

on the ban " answered by blasts

pontructs, I interstand...thias" "Bewire, of the creditors, at is thought, will oppose

Framon havan, alust completed an agree its employment in this manner. Central Lea's whistle, The Chinos pilot took

Captain Owen Wheeler's book "The men adding another network from (of the - Shun Lss as close to the vessel

War Offer Past and Prosent, whol Fat to Cunton.. as the shallowing water' would' allow, a distates of about four cables lenghtsould hardly appear at a

Mesar, Methuen havo just published!" Finally, to round up this brisk dipto,

mura-appro mutis campaign, a firm option should be. two fathoms. This was at 10.50, and ten tory of the War Offic, and desir with the way from Bumals, namely, the Bhains separating the two books, and anchurad in printo thine. It is a comprehensive his denunded for the long-ptained Light rail minutes latre those on board the Shun Les very interesting historicul development Moulin Taugument, thus de were horrified to see tongues of fame of that institution, and the numerous finitaty puncatedog overland

untry from fraging from the stime end of the Tai On, great men who have been Intimately British Borrity... lota the which quickly becsine a roaring furaISON,

Deinted with

provines of rechumi.

raillion tons, to be cract by 1,851,034 JAPAN'S NATIONAL DEBT. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN tons. As a matter of fact, however,

there has passed into the fleet Japan's national debt, secording to PRICES.

11,185,076 tons of new steamers 2,545,080,600 yen at the end of March the Finance Departments amounted to alone, and it may be taken, therefore, Inat, of which 1,054,648,850 yen was the that more than half the fleet as at domestic loan while 1,400,436,845 yon was present constituted has been built loan amounting to 29,650 yen was fout a the foreign lown. During the same month a within the past ten years. This is a on the home market and 18.419,177 yen wa sredeemed on both home and forein gratifying result, because the great markets Of this redeamed debt 12,411,989 improvements, not only in the design seigu bonds.

yan was domestic bonds; and 195 yen

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