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Hosures, TheraBay, Sept. 2. 1915,

THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OF "BRITISH COLUMBIA:

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS CE THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hongkong Police Reserve are. now be ng employed na strost daty.

The .. Van Spilbergen, the latest of the. JOJ.L duck, completed her first voyaga to Hongkong yesterday.

Entrusted by the Chief Oficer of the m.n. Tiằngus with ₫190 with, which to buy provisions, the ship's chief stewart has Aisappeared.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA SOLDIER'S FINANCIAL

CLUB.

ENTRIES FOR MEETING

ON LILA.

Individual, TEXT PROUING.:-Mosars, C. C. Boyd, TC, Degull, O. H. Blason, Me G F II: Bruttoor C. Chapman, and Liu, AVE. Forbes, F.N..

GYARRING STAKES :—Mascotte, Tinker, 1.C rung Sasun Chief Barnds Chist, Ping

Luman Chief..

ing, Sunlight, Kukri, Castellan, Aldwych,

DIFFICULTIES.

EFFECT OF THE ARMY ACT:

An Indian soldier of the Hongkong>- Bingapore Battalion was aneď this morning. in the Supreme Court, Summary Juziklio. tion, by another Tedian, for the recovery of

150 money lent.

Me Gardiner represented the plaintiff, Mr Sheeton apposting for defendant.

· D, fondant, 18. wat Klieged, had borrowed the mangy sh intervals. He borrowed first Trna

QUARTER MIZE FLAT RACE,100 and than $200, saying he wanted the HapicaMamootte, Alverstoke, Tinker. money in order to enable h's bother, who Soldier, Saxon Chiel. Baroda Chinf, ideal was watchman on the r., Fatahan, to go Dahlia, Duke Dahlia, Ping Ping, Lucky to Anuaris. The 3200 was unb and in ex- Gana Kakri, Castallen, Besttock, Lorenzo, change the defendant handed the plaintif The pubila is repinded that applica

POLO FONY BUTARY.-Tipperary. But three raftnotesonthe Hoogkang nd Shang tions for shares of Malaguit Extension tergup Ban Mohr, Gwalior Chist, Bornmen bal Bank, one for 200 rapa s and two for 100 Placer C5, shou be sent to the Inter-Chiol, Dunrobia II. 8 Kid, Scottish upon onch. In February this year'the unfional Thanking Corpeention to-morrow,

Chief, Winks.

defendant borzowed a further - $150 and LADIES NOMINATIN HALF MILE Disbanded in exchange two more similar drafta, TINCE HANDICAP-ing, Tipperary, one for 150 rupees and the other for 100 The total output of the Kailan Min Battercup. Alverstoke, Redshank, Thurles rupees. Defendant represented that they

THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1915,

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

THE RUSSIAN VICTORY IN

GALICIA.

ing Administration's mines for the week sp, Kigawin, Stelp face Starh, Lucky were all in order. Plaintif left the Colony AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVA

ending August 21 amounted to 30.056, Semeid, Serington, Disrobin five India in March and en

tons and the sales during the period to 32,970 for

Mime. Beltshenko, wife of the Russian Consulat Canton, was blessed with a fac | large boy at the Claneral Hospital, · Yuke-

Flaku.

OSE AND A QUARTER MAIL RACK HANDICAR--Mascotte, Tinker, Lorenze, Son Chief, Baroda Chiet, Data Dahlia Fing Ping, Sunlight, Eskri, Castellan, Roman Chiel.

prvarpting these documents at the Hougkong and Shanghai Bapk at Calcutta he was informed that they ware irregular. Plaintif retumed from Ind I saw dafendant at the Kowloon Elway station and explained the position to him whereupon the defendant mid he would get the matter pat right and get frosh drafts. That want on for some time until platatif beeste impatient and

ing chose dreumenta to. bizanperinn efticar. The defendient and a

called арси Puspects in the shipbuilding trade in H. B. VAR Teen, in egineer, un-laintif at his house and after a consider-

abla

iament of t

f talk Hongkong are very encouraging. Several

got the documents they got new ships are on order and we understand that new docking and launching facilities are in progress at the Kowloon Ducks.

hams, on Sunday morning, says the JapaÐ Í FLL-TARATING CHA'R COOLIng. ¡thrastened to expriam defendant, by show- -

Gazette of August 14.

Among the passengers who left by the "China" yesterday were Mes, W, A. Millar. Mrs. F. P. Hongh, Mr. Justies Hezeland, Mrs. F. A. and Mins Millar. Mr. B. F. Kilbey and Mr.T. H. Riley.

·

Leung Mio, master, and Choung Miu, mistress, of the licensed beats 2196 Vand 9 V, were fined $10 and 25, respectively, WHEN considerinz in a ensual way about the harbour during prohibited hours.

At the Marine Court to day for woring

and at distance the mineral re- Sources of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, the general classifien tion adopted places the golf ontput in the first rank, the less "precious metal" following directly afterward: | Conception. coal and iron, if there be any "vail-į able, coming last in the list. Thiro

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SEVERELY CHECKED.

INCESSANT RAIN OF SHELLS ON THE

GERMAN WESTERN FRONT.

'FAMOUS FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED.

employed, was charged at the Felice Cuart en promtior to replace them by good ones PREPARING FOR THE WINTER CAMPAIGN. this morning with damaging a public chair The good documents were never banded and ill-treating the enlies. It was sontedores. And a number of interviews took that, after defendant had badly damaged admitted bis lability has fuling ju his pro

with a view to witlement, defundand piase the enir th cuties followed him fromises to pay. Chine Road to Queen's Road, where he was action was commenced.

On May 26th last the taken into custody when he refused to Mr. Shenton objected to the case. pros compansate the coolies.

Defendant did not appear, a d his ball of that any soldier of His Majesties Forces Icoeding, quoting the Army act to the effach #10 was estreated, 85 haing ordered to be

was sotitled to the protection of the Army paid as compensation to the coolics.

Act and before any legal proceedings could ba takan, fur an"amount above £30, an afidavit swearing to the amount of the writ kad to be fled and an extract of that adadavit had to be endorsed on the wri otherwise all proceedings were void Since the Army Act, continued Mr. Shenton had been adopted in Hongkong, be believod arey Volantear was entitled to the same

HONGKONG YOLUNTEER

RESERYES.

We have been asked to state that Major Wakeman Commanded H.K.Y.R. protection Mondag nest being the Anniversary f the Cormation at the Toly Father, there will be Te Deuns and Benediction at * am, ar the Cathedral of the Tramaculate

We have been asked to announce that

PARADES.

A, B and C Companies with the ex coption of Section 1 of C Co. will parada on the Cricket Ground at 3.13 p.m. on Friday the 3rd September and will proceed mishing. Section 1 of C Co. will at Kowloon Docks at 6.15 p.m. ander

parade

Gardiner submitted that the point could be overcome by his Lordship Lý the Application of the Summary Jurisdiction Onlizanco.. The amount of the claim was avar £30. There had been heaps of cases againg: Military persons in this Colony and as far as he know, sflidavits had never been

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

THE RUSSIAN VICTORY IN GALICIA

AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE SEVERELY CHECKED.

LONDON, Sept. 1.

Last night's Petrograd communique, coupled with yesterday's ad missions from Berlin 'showing the Austro-Gorman offensive in Galicia to have been severely checked, and romarking on the situation in other parts of the front, testifies to the potency of the Bassian counter-strokes. The Russian communiqug comes on the heels of a boastful Germun. semi-oficial statement announcing that the fleeing Bassians were about

by special ferry to Kowloon for skir Lordship said he would not discuss to be divided into three sections, cut off from one another by German the Italian Convent Schools xropen on The C. H. Bon, special orders whether the law was applicable. The action | wedges.

is an excuse for the adoption of Monday, úth inst, at 9 a.m. "In addition such a classification on the part of to the asual curriculum, there will be a outsiders, inasmuch as the mining special Course of Chinese, the class being anthorities of the particular dominion in the afternoon. under review, who take to heart its interest, and who, being on the spot, are better able than outsiders to appreciate the situation, themselves adopt the classification we allude to. This obtains in the Bulletin No. 1, 1015, on the mineral production of British Columbia, in which figured are given for 1913 and 1914, a copy of which has just reached us. The value of the gold outpat in 1913 amounted to 6,137,490 dois, and in 1014 to estimated totut or 5,628,126 dols: this is stated first, then come in the following onder-the totals for 1911 being estimated :-

A display of Fireworks will be given at the Belle View Hotel on Saturday and Sunday next from 9 to 11 p.m. Afive minutes. tram service will 'run betwERN | Causeway Bay and the Bella View before

and after the display each night.

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TEE. DIARY.

Lend... Copper Zinc foal and coke... Building materiala,

Lic.

...

MIMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

Blackwood

Hughes kad Hough".

Чавник

1813.

...Pretending to be electric light fitters, two men, no armed with a revolver, entered Lung On Street yesterday after noon and threatened a Chinese married woman who resides there with two sinall

girls, aged six and enves. The men bolted, however, when the woman shout doct, nothing being stolen.

Tobacco Co., who left for the Frons with Mr. Coleman, of the British American

the loal coatingent and. joined the 1914.

Middlesex Regiment, has been both gassed dole.

dola.

and wounded. He will take up, a tom-1 1.908,600 1,768,64 mission in a month or so, Mr. Coleman, 2,175,832 1,84,866 who is in his 1st year, is the son of Mr. 7.094,489 1,845,910

324,421

Colemin, of Green Island, and was 209,288 9,197,400 7,809,164 member of the Volunteer Corps....

be issued to him. Dress as in order No. 64 ot-30th August. ficers and Section Commanders will carry field glasses and

nota books.

Eight signallers with rid = will atten 1 ander Senior Signalling N. O. U. HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

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PARADES.

For Thursday and Friday, Septera ber 2nd and 3rd.. as already published in Oiders.

FATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH ST.

No patrol duties will be performed on these dates, pending the settling of a system of patrol work by the Reserve to come lato force on Monday, September 6th.

PARACES.

was dismissed with costs.

Mr. Gardiner asked for abarty to bring a fresh action.

Bis Lordship said he did not know if he had the power to do that

It was understood that application wou'd he made in Chambers.

THE HO FAMILY... ESTATE DISPUTE.

Mi. Sharpe, R.C., this morning con- binned his bailing of the satinn in the Supreme Court in connection withe a dispute in the Ho family estare; •

The plaintiff, Ho San Sam alias Ho Sgok Lan, a Park Road, Victoria, made All ranks will parade under the D.S P.

an application to the effect that letters of at the Central Police Station at 6 p.m..on administration of the estate of Ha Wo Lami Friday, September 3rd. Parade in mufti,alia Wa Wan Ping. deceased, granted to with rifles..

Ho Cheng Shi. 16 Queen Victoria Street, be called in, rarcked and declared null and voic

colour.

(Syd) F. C. JaxxiN,

D. 8. P. (Reserve).

DEARER CLOTHES.

Plaintiff claimed to be the lawful and

A comparison of the statements who shows that captures of prisoners possibly rise from mere thousands to undress of thousands with the capture of u birge Russian array, but the skill of the Russian. con- manders in maintaining their armies intact, in avoiding risks, and in availing themselves of every opportunity to desil stashing blows, seema as consummate as ever.

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A UNIQUE BOMBARDMENT.

GERMAN FRONT RECEIVES AN INCESSANT RAIN OF SHELL.”

Loxnox, Sept. 1.

Yesterday was the fourth day, says a Paris telegram, of an incessant rain of shells on the German front in the, West, a min which swopt like a tornado of fire day and night. The trenches, shelters, cantonments and depots were plastered with shells. The bombardment was unique in its duration and intensity. The Geimans, covering in the trenches, have not attempted for days pust to show theinsolvos,

NAILING THE GERMAN LIE TO THE COUNTER.

LONDON, Sept. 1.

Sir Edward Groy's latest exposure of Berlin's methods is considered natural brother and one of the next of kin as finally railing the German lie to the counter. The paper congrats- of Ho Wo Lam. deceased, and neked that Ates Sir Edward on his skilin aviance of the German trap, and say the lette s of administration, granted to the

defendant on 22nd January, 1913, as that he has once more proved that the Germán object was not to secure guardian of Ho Shan Yau, alleged to be an the pesse of Europe but to give Germany a free hand, adopted son and next of kin of the deceased

le called in on the ground that defendant

had no interest in the estate of the de-PREPARING FOR THE WINTER CAMPAIGN. coased; he had no right to be elected guar-

LONDON, Sept. 1.

to administer the estate of the deceased :

dant or Ho Shau Yss to administer the

Inkl richness of the gold-bearing gown to be working at some ptizate honso they were this time last year, and, the f there was no property in Hongko g. The

Speech

:

FAMOUS FRENCH AVIATOR KILLEDD

LONDON, September 1. Pegoud, the aviator, has been killed on the French front.

OLTTON AB CONTRABAND.

ARRANGEMENTS WITH NORWAY,

Everybody will soon have to pay a big called.

After further couch evidence was despite its declaration as contraband.

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grico or be content with greys and

In the proceedings of the case this browns, which may fit autumn but are afternoon Mr. Justice Gompertz said he not quite the thing" in town in sum believed that Chinose costa were sarcer, and the chance of the male amortwell to mention that Mr. Ho Cha Lam The assortment of patterns, is copied in the Chinese Press from the English Press and he thought it would be sels looking shabbier, then anal during would be in no danger of being arrested on

but coung to Conct

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LoNDor, September 1..

RUSSIANS BRING DOWN A ZEPPELIN.

(Hards Service:)

French stock tow stands at 68,50.

PARIS, Aug. 30,

... 3,398,100 3,000,000

Clothing of all kinds is steadily rising The property, 1, Tang Tak Lane and in price... Scarcity of dye is stated to Indian of Ho Shan Yan; he was not entitled From these figures it will be seen 24. Cochrana Street, with a right of way the cause of this perplexing problem for such letters of administration ware granted that the value of the output of con over certain parts of Tang Tak Lane wis

Renter's Paris correspondent says that M. Millerand, the Minister for War, the start. Winter with last year's wool-irregularly as no proof had been made of has returned from visit to the front, where be consulted the generals in and coke in the Province far exceed knocked down on Tuesday to a Chiness a shirts will be hard to bear; bus at any conditions entitling either the defen-reference to the measures to be laken in view of a winter campaign. ed that of gold, and the extraction of merchant at 85,800. The term is. for 999 the manent shirtings with spots, stripes deceased's estate. coal and manufacture of coke prob-Crown lease ciated May 1st 1850 and the Hat manufacturers have taken a decided Alabaster, instructed by M Beavis of Jeaza from. October 6th 1849, crented by a er fines are growing weareer and idearer.

Sharpe, K.C.. with whom was Mr. ably gave work to a larger number annual Crown rent is $14.70. The area of stand. They are declining to guarantee Means Wilkinson and Grist's office, appost- 2.30 p.m.-Aucting of a Repeating of than the extraction of gold.the property 1361 a feet.

lusters or abades of dye'or the depth ofed for plaintiff and defendant was represent- The gold output probably forms a Fewling Piece at Mrs. Hughes and maximum which is limited either by have promised £20 reward anybody whors go rusty in half the usual time. Sock

Some solt hate may thereforsed by bir. Patter and Mr. Jenkin, instruct- The German authorities at Brussels fade quickly, and black felts and bowl D'Amads and Mason.

od by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, of Messra the labour available, by the extent will inform them who the owner of ay yarn prices are now twice as much as

There were two doctrines involved said Honghe.

Mr. Sharpe, referring to the point that sterious wireless telegraph station which in strutor by both conditions comis Brussels. For nine months the Germans nut," with the stripes shove his ankles must be deemed pars personality and the doctrine of conversion under which there 2.50 p..—Auctrud of Teakwool and bined. The table also shows Hit the Bave searched in vain for the apporosus, will have to pay more for his display. further doctrine under which it had boen

which is known to have revealed to people

A Christiania message anys that delegates of the Norwegian cotton-spinners value of the copper worked in the in Brussels, war town which the But suitings are the real difficulty of the hold that the locality of that property have been sent to Landon. Furniture at

province also exceeded the value of were anxious should be kept from them

inonuent. Blue Herges are scarce and must be deemed to be in the locality of the The Daily Telegraph says that arrangements which have been made point gold during both years under con- and German checks on the French front.

such as the battle off the Faik and Islands tour, the supply of indigo is restricted. Head Office at Canton.

to the conclusion of an agreement for the importation of cotton into Norway sideration. In regard to coal, "the Bulletin states that a much larger

OUR NEXT ALLIES. quantity than the estimated total for 1914, 2,172,530 tons, could have been French View of Mr. Asquith's produced had there been a demand for it. The right classification, theres fore, would seem in this particular Sociale in regard to Mr. aquith's reference

Gustavo "Harve, titing to La Guerre the part two or three months is great. case to be that which would place in Parliament that loses might be required for Allies which had not yet participated goal first on the list, followed by copin the war, remarks that while we ought per, then by gold. With reference to ther miuerla, the Bulletin adds that vinio prospecting for, and develop

Baron Von Bissing, the half-brother of ment of Bridies of iron bind been

may await the future with conf. the German Military Governor of Bel. carried out recently, but no iron ore dance, and meanwhile many sa'ely discount giture, les, beca interned." had been used or shipped. A small who allow themselves to be unnecessarily ided British subject and has been in Eng the mousewhat gloomy forhudings of those Baron Von Bissing, who is a natural quantity of crude placer platinum had depressed by the Bosign retreat. been recovered, estimated at less than

{'I had expected,” says M. Herve, that land for many years, has been regarded 1000 dols, in value; this was obtain the Bulgarians would be the first Balkanit gr suspicionby many people ed from prospecting workings now begin to wonder now whether after all the have heen made to induce the Govern- uation to mlbere to the good cauer, but for sama Lima and various efforts 3.32 p. - Furth Gmina Merting being carried on, and the results were Rumanians will be wise enough to movement to intern bir That theso sus

"considered encouraging. It is very

firat." satisfactory to note that molybdenite

pinions have been to some extent shared- has been discovered in British Colvens-

by the authorities has been shown by the bin, in what seem to be commercial

replies given to questions in the Floss quantities, the deposit appearing to LTAVE y ever tried Charberlain Commons When bombarded with CHRONIC DIARRHOES bu of considerable size. Seeing the Pain Halm for rheumatism? If not questions from the Opposition benches in RE you abject to attacks of diarrhical very great engerners with which this you are wasting time, e this locger this the days before the Costition GovernA Respabiclutely quiet for a few days, disease runs on the harder it la to mure, ment was set up Mr. Tennant und some rest lo bod if possible, be careful of your améral wins sought after during the Get a bottle today, apply it with a vigorom ionty in satisfying his quejouer, diet and take chambarlsin'w Colic, Cholera aver for a moment delaged paying her creditors. (Cheers.) He pre greater part of last year, the province was to the aflio od parts and you will and indeed in conrincing the Houes that had coed cises of chronic diarios that tion of an important loan in foreign markets, Buskia had the pontest and Diarrhoea Hamady. This medicine dioted that besides an Internal Loan there was a prolability of the flota- venue from it working and ein Storekeepers

alebo able to derive an important be suprised and delighted at the reller was absolutely sure in his own phracians have failed paint it will reserve of gold, in the world, and held the greatest enver in gall for paper

that Baron man Bjesing was an innocent, you Suhailending: British robject.

General Memoranda.

Movn

.:Bapt. 5

· Lesbout Day in U.S.

STOKAT, Sept. 11:-

at Unce Course, Happy Valloy

Sept 1

Noon - Dougla

3 Mayting.

centration

not to expect Romanis to enter on our side

mediately, in view of the fact that her BARON VON BISSING INTERNED. harvest has still to be completed, it is fo ussume that her intervention will come

at no distant date.

We

RHEUMATISM.

obtained. For solo-of-all-chemists and

..

Mr. Po ter, dubing har. Ho San Lazz, Alise Bo Ngok

The Minister Plenipotentiary of Switzerland at Paris. offered to the Lou, be plaintiff, mentioned to his reship that if French Government the best thanks of the Swiss Government on the occasuum plaintiff or his brothers were appointed of the return of the French aviator Gilbert to Switzerland. administratore, they would he in the Petrograd-We retired West, in the direction of Friederichttedt. A very peculiar position of accounting to themselves the affairs of the intent which are struggle occurred on the right bank of Xilia river, We moved our they (the defence). had always considered troops south of Wladimir.Volynsky very undesirable.

A Rassian aeroplane brought dose a Zeppelin near Vludava.

In reply to question plaintiff and that

in March this year the head of the family propread to cancel the old adoption-in- favor of another son to be sopted.

Mr. Potter observed that it was the Best he had heard of it

the solicitor were aware of it that he had not Mr. Sharpe said he, Ifr. Alabaster, and

Case proceeding, thought it desirable to mention it.

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d. For me by all Chemists and Slee

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

RUSSIA'S ENORMOUS FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

LexDos, Sept. 1

A tolegnum from Petrograd says that a financial statement submittal to the Dumia emphasises the great war obligations of the Government, which had already borrowed £600,000,000. The Finance Minister Buil thist the Government would perhaps in the future horrow a larger Bum, but would continue the war to a victorious and not fearing the enormous expense. Loud cheers throughout the Houso.) Tussie was seiently ndustrious and rich to oneuro the payment of her debta. Russin Jud

incile except pertups Great Britain