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THE CHINA MAIL.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

KILLED BY MOTOR CAR.

THE SHAUKIWAN ROAD "MAN SLAUGHTER CHARGE.

service in 1915, ou pension, but soon after the war broke out it became known that he was playing the part of a traitor in Germany and his name was accordingly struck off. the Pension List! It will be recalled that sometime ago he was employed

CHLEY JUSTICE REPRSMANDS. EUROPIAN | in Germany in preaching treason to

PENGERS the Irish prisoners, who robbed him.

A Shanghai motor car driver, named for his pains. More recently it was Ng P, was indicted before the Chief reported from Germany that he had Jüssicy Sir Wm.. Rees Davies K.C, or a been streated by the German autho-charge of "feloniously killing and slay. rities, but this was evidently a lie dising" Chinese on the Shaukiwan Road seminated in order to counteract any plead prisoner said the man was drunk Jon February 23rd last. When naked to nows that might have leaked out of when he knocked him down. Germany as, to the mad enterprise The Attorney General (the Hon. Mr. with which he was associated-an J. H. Kemp) prsecuted on behalf of the enterprise" which has ended for Crown.

decensed rushed into the car. He blew the horn many times and he did his best. He was sorry he did not stop when he knockd the deceased down. The Europeans told him to go

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The Chief Justice: I don't think that: counts against you. I shall tell the jury it was not your fault you did not stop,

The jury deliberated in private and on re-catering Court after 33 minutes absence announced that they found the prisoner not guilty by a majority of five

to two

A FOOLISH PRACTICAL JOKE,"

NINE MONTHS FOR CHINESE DOCT

The deferred sentence on Cheak Tak, doctor, scused of attempting to adminis Puise Judge, M. H. H. J. Gampertz ter poison to an Indian was read by the this morning. His Lordship said the Germany in the loss of an auxiliary The jury was empanelled as under :—

Jury had found prisoner guilty of attempt. cruiser with, in all probability. C. H. Summers Coren) J. Ing to administer poison, non with intent the lives of many soldiers, and J. A. 3. Gren, D. MeNeillie, and J. C.

Foires H. J. Veruey, J. M. Silvato cause bodily harm, but with intent to it has ended for Sir ROGER Finch

cute inconvenience acu aunoyance. The CASEMENT in his speedy capture

effect of that was that prisoner had The Attorney-General said the, ques intended a foolish practical joke, but still and the termination of his careeration for the jury was whether the driver he (his Erdship) must remember that. a traitor to the country and the was grossly negligent in drising his car. the drug the prisoner used was one of a Government whom he served, not because if so he was guilty of manslaugh- | dangerous kind and of which very small without distinction, for so many years. troublesse questions as to the position

ter. Very often in these enses there were quantities were sometimes fatal.

Prisoner was, sentenced to nine months

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* JUST ARRIVED

NEW

SPRING GOODS.

MILLINERY. BLOUSES,

<GOWNS, SWEATERS,

NECKWEAR.

CHILDREN'S HATS

and FROCKS.

12, Des Voeux Road,

{HONGKONG:-

THE DIARY.

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.

Kettleinedt Day-Hongkong Stock

Exchange. Neon.-Chias Fire Lasce. Co's. Hooting

General Memoranda,

FRIDAY, April 28-

pf his treasonable conduct since the and the speed of the vehicle, but in that war began that long, tesirlence in case they would find very little trouble tropical countries had affected hi.frompuestions of that kindi. On February The China Jail.mind, but if that is at all obvious twe Euripeans employed at the Taiko Dockyard left the Taikon Club, it must leave the world only the Quarry Pay, in a motor car at 7p more astonished that the German When nest the Yacht Club there was a walking along the centre of the HONGKONG, WEDNESDay, April 28, 1918. authorities should have reposed such mar

trust in him to embark on an

rad, going in the same direction as the enterprise which sane men must have

car. The driver blew his horn two or three times but deceased, did not get out

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.

SPORTING.

GOLF.

COMPETITION RÉSULT

The Competition for the Bogey Pool, played on 15th and 15th Aprit at Fan ling, resulted as follows:-

A. E. Adair E.Curpmnel

y down Only two cards were returne).

TONIAGAM

TENNIS.

FINAL OF HANDICAP SINGLES.

LATEST: EDITION,

STOP PRESS NEWS.

GRAVE DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND,

DUBLIN POST OFFICE FORCIBLY TAKEN.

Lostos. April 23.

In the House of Commons, Mr CF Maltby "ree. 3-8 who showed

Birrell, Secretary for Ireland, aï- quite good form, last night defented Dr. the Handicap Singles the games broken out in Ireland. Dublin Fost. Lindsay Woods (sersteht in the final of sounded that, grave disturbances hið

being 6-4, 6-1, and 6-5. Maleby excelled office had been forcibly taken. at the net and dealt mercilessly with any returns that lent themselves to smashing. Twelve lives ween, lost. His service was also good. Lindsay He added that the situation was Woods kept his opponent running all wall in hand. over the court and found him peable. in all departments

HOCKLY.

The following have been chosen to maresent the H.K. Vol Corps in a hockey match with the 74th Punjabis on the ground of the U.S.RP at Kowloon to-morrow.—

Fes. Brand Brayshay, Dyer Ball Evans, Jamieson Mitchell, Miskin Fieroy Redmond. Sim, and Marley Commence 30 o'clock sharp, Elay in

'WOMEN'S WAR WORK IN HONGKONG.

by Lady May 14,

The following letter has been received white,

04 Marlborough Mansions West Hampstenci, N.W. 23. March 1916 DEAR LADY MAY,-The box of 1701 garments from the women of Hongkong to thank

THE ATTEMPTED "INVASIONcognized to be the height of fally; of the way, and according to reached me on the 15th inst. and I write

OF IRELAND. *

the

„ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

ASSOCIATION.

At an Examination in Home Nursing,

THE LATEST AIR BAID ON ENGLAND.

LONDON. April 25. The War Office announces with gur to last night's air-raid on the Norfolk and Suffolk consts by four or five Zeppelins, that only two seriously attempted to penetrate inland.

Seventy bombs were impped. One man, was seriously injured. No further details of essizalties are

though when we reflect on the great evilence of the Europeans, the driver the lovely and the donors at all held recently at the Government Civil yet available.

satisfaction the German public derive then endeavoured to pass the man by from, say, a Zeppelen raid on England, going round to his right. The man or a Moeure exploit, the German walked on and just at, that moment ran General Staff might have reasoned knocked down and suffered very severe also to the side of the roud and was out that in a time of blank despair injuries from which he died next day, over the failure, at Verdun, it would The Attorney General added that he be worth some sucrifice to be able to was going to ask the jury tray that the announce that, a German "Army driver of a car at night along a narrow road, enclosed by walls on either side path. If he overtook (as that rond was) and having no foot plestiam

GERMANY-the General Staff, at all events--has never been under any delusion is to the "obstruction which Great Britain would offer to the accomplishment of her work dotainion" ambitions, and for many yeare before the outbreak of war the even though it were but invasion of England was deemed to handful of men-had succeeded in be one of the most dearly cherished landing in Ireland: The German schemes of the Gorman War Lords, public would probably imve had to and Naval writers auw tell us wäit some time before they were told frankly-what in a vague sort of way we have all understood that from 1906 onwards the idea governing the distribution of the British fleet was

walking in the middle of the road, he was bound, compelled, to make sure that the pedestrian knew of

which have soldiers and their families gone for our I am so sorry the box has been delayed in the docks (the work there is dread fully congested) and it is such a pity men) did not count. This week how that the fur waistcoats (the 2nd consign-

come in time be

ever we have a return of snow, and I have divided the waistes into + parcels, and sent them by post, to avoid

France. delay to large hospitals

of

Hospital by Dr. W. F. M. Koch, Honorary Examiner, the following Candidates, Members of the Staff at the Felilios Public School, were successial.

Miss I. G. Ablong

C. E. Clarke

=1

H. Gourdin

Shin Tak Hing

Lei Po-yuk

Mrs. McGregor, M.B, B. Ch, acted Honorary Lecturer to the Class, all

NEW HIPPING LINE TO

FAR EAST:

THE VERDUN REGION.

PARIS, April 25.

A contingution of today's com-. unique sayu

小

There has been inteuse artillery.

activity at Avgcnurs but the Germans wrre deleated in attempting to carry

or advance rosts.

There was a fairly ligely bombard

of the Meuse.

We dispersed a strong enemy ram coanaissance in Lorraine.

Á Gernan acroplane bombed Dunkirk, A woman was killed and

I feel sure they will give great plea- sure to some of our poor wounded men.

think I told you that I gave one the previous lot of waistocats to a gent, who has been terribly wounded in the Examination vate Collins in the Canadian Contin-Members of which were successful atment of our first and second lines cast the head He put it on with the fur outside the first day he was able to go. out dining, and was indignant because the end of the story-the speedy the approach of the car, and be the sister insisted that it should be annihilation of that army which would must slow down and stop if necessary to turned the other way. He protested

to make sure that the man knew the car coats with the flways wore their fur ( have been inevitable. For the Ireland was coming. If the driver attempted to

[ that smart, ladies.

outside. of to-day is vastly different from the keep on his speed or attempted to pass Little Bit Society also

The other garments labelled "Our Realising the advantages of gaining a twa man wounded. The damage dona the frustration of this particular Ireland of Sir ROGER CANEMENT'S them in the hope that the man would tion stockings--and I have already sent Scandinavian porta and China and Japan,

were very footing in the carrying trade between was insignificant, acceptable--six knee cape nd opera Teutonic ambition. The political imagination.

keep on a straight line or would jump to them all abroad except some which went the Norwegian Africa and Australia disaffection, which existed for 80

the other side of the road, and it hap-to Cromarty Defences Hospital. The Line (East Asiatic Service) have decided THE WEDDING PRESENT TO THE many years in Ireland, reaching its

Scotland. The clothes for children and snow has been so heavy and dense in acutest stage at the very moment of NEWS OF THE DAY. the outbreak of the war, must have been viewed by the German General;

"

pened that the man did the wrong thing and was killed by the car, the driver was guilty of manslaughter. That, saisi the Attorney General, was a' matter of

Thebe deaf or he might be drunk. Both might be inattentive naturally; he might parties had an equal right to the use of

to extend their regular service now in the balls are lovely. I shall enjoy dis-operation between Scandinavia and India tributing these to families whose fathers

are fighting, and have fought and died to Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, and

I know the dainty

Japan. This new line is operating in jerseys will give great delight

A Meeting of the Legislativa cornion sense. The nun in the mad for us and their goods and capsareenjunction with the Danish andSwedish (

Staff as affording the greatest possible Council is called for to-morrow. encouragement of their hopes and second readings of the four Bill but for the fact that the outbreak of troviced last week will be taken. the War found the British Fleet in a

in

¡the rear and the driver of a car-which was an element of changer to a pedestrian was bound to see that the pedestrian

General said the issue he had put to the

jury was not a new one and he procrederi to cite cases in support of his statement. made assumptions which they ought nos He remarker that moter car drivers

position to prevent the emergence of Japan papers annonce the clentha the German Fleet from its fortified of two old foreign residents-Mr. C. W.knew the car was coming. The Attorney harbours, the war would doubtless Dinoek, aged 79, of Kobe; and Mr have had a vastly different history so James Exdale, aged 67, of Yokohama. far as concerns the freedom of the shores of the United Kingdom from Memorial and Affilistek Hospitals begs The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice

an indication of the desperate plight of $100 to the funds of the Hospitals: invasion. It can only be regarded as to acknowledge with thanks a donation of the German General Staff that from the Dairy Farm Co. Ltd they should have given their sanction to such a mad escapade as the

We are asked to state that Mr.

130 p.m.-Auction of Household attempt just announced to "invade Severn requests the pleasure of the Furniture, Pianos etc. at Mesara Ireland under the guidance of a presence of the parents and friends of Hughes and Hough's, an

traitorous Irishman who is evidently pupils attending the Best School at the

SATURDAY, April 29-

Non-H.K. Jockey Club's Meeting. Jumble Sale in Union Church Hall. SUNDAY, Apt 30:-

3. a. Excursion to

"Taleban'."

MONDAY, May 1:

10:30

from 4 to 6.30 pm.

to make.

❤

Dr. D. V. M. Kock, Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, described the injuries of the "deceased and added that death was due to multiple injuries Interrogated by the Chief Justice, wit ess said deceased did not give him the impression that he had been drinking. The Chief Justin: In a case of Chinum of this chist you would expect

see him sober

to

Witness: They are generally sober. Dr. Kock went on tay that he made post mortem examination and there was no sign of liquor in the stomach. It

was possible decrowed might have had

a

A

REV. F. T. JOHNSON.

MR. JOHNSON'S ACKNOW-

LEDGEMENT.

The following letter received by Mrs.

I am now sending suminer clothes only East Asiatic Lines and their first steamer Bowley from Rev. Fr. Johnson will be to the East, and dispatched a bele forte se put on this run in the a... Artesis, of interest to those who subscribed to Mesopotnania today.

a vrasel of 9,500 tors, which left Nore wedding present:

Yours sincerely and very

gratefully, HORATIA K. EOE.

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE

LTD.

The report for presentation to the shareholders at the thirty-fifth ordinary meeting, on May, Srl, is a follows:-

The General Agents and Consulting Committee have pleasure in submitting a statement of the affairs of the Office made up to 31st December, 1915, in Sterling and Hongkong currency.

191 Account-After paying a 11th May, 1915, the amount standing interim dividend of $18 per share on to the credit of this account $795,294.24

Thia, it is resolved to deal with in the following manner

To pay a final dividend of

way for the East on the 16th. March.

The Norwegian, Africa & Australia -

Little Castertor Rectory.

Stamford Lincolnshire, 20th March, 1918.

under the joint ownership of the lend-ed safely a couple of days ago and as I Line is an amalgamated line of ateainers' DEAR MRS. BOWLEY.-The Salver arriv ing Norwegian Shipowners, Messrs. understand that you were largely re

sponsible for collecting the necesHETY Fearnley & Eger, Christiania, and Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tonsberg, which line has hitherto operited on the following

runs:-.

11

Scandinavia to South Africa

to Australia to Australia via Java to India and Burmah, Mestre Thoresen and Co. and their The Line's agents in.Hongkong ars

Fast Asintic Service is associated with the China and Japan Homeward Freight Conference.

THE "HONGKONG" BEDS INS

NETLEY, HOSPITAL,

funds, I write to express my deep gratitude to you and to all those associated with you in giving me this beautiful gift on the pecasion of my marriage. The Salver is perfectly lovely. Buth my wife and I are charmed with it, and the engraved signatures will serve to keep in my contributed towards it and the names of all who towards the extremely useful cheque 80 kindly for £11.13.8 which

Ik lev

Arrived

Our

actly touched by Hongkong min days previously. I have been

have taken this opportunity of wishing so many old friends

married life. As you well know, I was

wife and my

myself all happiness i in extremely happy in Hongkong and greatly enjoyed my work at the Cathe- drk and it is gratifying to learn that I Jam still remembered with Lindness Try the members of the Catherirul congreg tion. Please convey to all who contri- The Hongkong Branch of the Overbuted towards this presentation my grateful thanks and my best wishes. for seas Club have issued a balance sheet in their welfare. With kinil regards. 400,000,00

connection with the recent successful

Believe me, 293,919,90 effort to obtain funds for maintaining

Yours very sincerely, $795,224.24 Hongkong boda in Netley Hospital

31,304.34

as mad as he has been reputed to be. annual sports to be held at Tanderages, As the "Army of invasion was 19, The Peak, on Friday April 28th, brought over in an auxiliary cruiser, disguised as a neutral taerchantmas, It has been officially announced at Macao by we assume that it could not have Peking that Messrs Lee, Higginson's

$7 per share. 70,000.00 amounted to more than a thousand advance of $1,000,000 (gold) is not a

To add to Sterling Reserve Fund £3,000 bringing it am.Auction of Railway that the German War Lords should i of Chinese Government Treasury bonds met with the evident,

men at the most, but it is amazing loan but has been made against the salty little and the effect pamed off when he

up to £180,000........ Material, Saddlery, Furniture, etc.

To add to Underwriting at Godown 107, Praya East.

have sent even this small force upon on American markets, amounting to the Taikoo Dock who was a passenger To mid to

Evidence was also given by W. Brown:

Suspenso Account 230 pm-Auction of household such a mad adventure. At the beat we twenty or twenty-five million gold in the car.

Reinsurance Furniture, Sewing Machine, Grand can only regard it as, a singular tribute dollars, at 97, minus four per cent Lordship that when the collision took

Brown admitted to his Fund Piano, etc. at No. 8, Hart Avenue, to Sir BOGER CASEMENT'S gift of the commission China recives 93, to be place the driver momentarily stopped Kowloon.

"blarney" that he should have been redeemed in three years, the money within a few paces of where the man way 1915 Account. The amount standing TUTHDAY, May 2 & WEDNESDAYya --

lying. He (witness) told the driver to at credit of this Account is $2,640,782.55, 10 am-Anction of Conl Lighters, able to convert the German naval being for economical purposes,

Steam Launch, Steam Cutter, Stores, and military authorities to a belief in

go on and they went for about a distance out-of which the General Agents and of 500 yards and boarded a tram-car, Consulting Committee have declared an Witness told prisoner to go back and intern dividend of $18 per share. jook at the maIL

absorbing $180,000. The balance of

laat meeting Sir Robert Ho TUNG has The Chief Justice questioned Brown $2,160,782.50 will be carried forward,

been invited to a sent on the Consulting Consulting Committee. Since the

Committee..

"

The number of cases of small pox etc. at H. M. "Naval Yard, his own delusions. So far as we in the weekly return shows a decrease and Kowloon Depot.

know, SIR ROGER CASEMENT is not but the return covers only five days on

WEDNESDAY, May 3

Noon-Canton Insce. Co's. Moetings.

FRIDAY, May 5-

Noon-China Traders Insee

Extraordinary Meeting.

CHINA MAIL OVERLAND EDITION. America

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The statement is as follows:- To Rent of Theatre...

Dr.

11

Hire Chairs, Coolies, Flag Decorations, Police, Complimentary Bou- 'quets, et!!

Indos (del) Wharla

..

-F. T. JOHNSON...

100.00

CLOSING SHARE "QUOTATIONS.

Banks

$785 b-

129 0

.11

Advertising... HË

40,00 10.00

78,

Loss on Exchange

Docks .

*1234 b.

1.35

Cable to Headquarters 5th

Sugara

110 b.

<

"Cost

3/10

Cable

April, 1916 £101 @ex 2/0

of

Sugan

112

1,091.04

Cementa

9,00 88.

11.40

#7

18th April (8rd Bed), £69 @ex 9/1 1/8 Cost of Cable Balance in hand.... se

496.72

1140 150.19

$1,043.00

Cr

Cable to Headquarters,

240.00

RAUB OUTPUT.

..

-Henare Moxon and Taylor writes

We have received a cable from Bags- pors giving the Raub Output for four

weeks ended 25th inst. na under ——— 73.00 Bukit Koman, 828 oz. gold from 5,604 119.00 ioon "ora Bukit Malacza, 873 oz. gold

a man with the smallest following in this occasion instead of seven. The cases and commented severely on his behaviour. Ireland. He spent the best part of his totalled ten; nine ended fatally. All were "It seems to me said his Lordship, life in the British Consular Service in Chinese. There was also a fatal case "that you did not care whether this man Cola Africa and South America. He was of buborde plague, Chinese, a Chinese was alive or dead. I don't know what Mr. Chapman has resigned and the widely advertised a few years ago case of diphtheria and three cases of view the jury will take of your action: vacancy thus caused has heen filled owing to his being chosen to enteric fever affecting an Italian, a think it is most reprehensiale by the appointment of Mr. F. Maitland investigate the allegations of atro-Frenchman and a Chinese. The total with your ideas is would be a very unfor Hon. Mr. E. Shelli and Messrs. D. W. If there were many people in the world The Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.310, cities on the plantations of Putamayo umber of plague mees since the begi tunate thing. Leave the box D. Craddock, F. Maitland, H-F. White, C which at the time excited considering of the year is six, all fatal graceful

8. Gubbay and Sir Robert Ho Ting able public interest in England and

F. Grott, who was with Brown, retire, but being eligible, offer them By Money Taker ut Theatre...$16.00 His Consular career Left Section Machine Gun Co. was at the judge.

Berg-Major F. Alan Biden of the gave evidence and was reprimanded by

selves for reelection

By Sales by Anderson Piano Co. included service as Consal at Lorenco Grening, at the conclusion of the parade,

Auditors The accounts have been By Reserved Beata Bold by Mr. Lauritsen, of the Dragon Car av C., and A. P. Love, F.CA, who, audited by Mears E Percy Smith, Marques, Consul of the Portuguese presented with six blackwood chaits Cycle Co., and the employer of prisoner, boing cligible, offer themselves for

By

kets Bold by.

Membera... THE BEST WEEKLY NEWS Posscasions in West Africa, south of and an inscribed wilver shield by the gave evidenes this afternoon saying that re-election:

By Frogrammes (Prolit un)

Subscriptions Collected by FAPER FOR ALL INTERESTED the Gulf of Guinea, Consul in the members of the section on the prisoner had been with him about three

J Jr. J. J. Bryan...

W. Higby... AND CHINA Uaboon, and Consul to the Congo occasion of his maringo, on

JARDING MATHESON & Co., LD.", IN HONGKONG

months before the accident

3. Snuth General Agents. Free State Afterwards he became Saturday to Miss Marie Anderton that he (prisoner) did his work well and BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN.

Answering the prisoner witness saic"

W. J. Eldridge GENERALLY,

Cansal at Para, and his last appoint Compuy Officer, Capt. W strong, his conduct was good. ORDER IT BEFORE GOING net was as Consul-General, at made the presentation in a few well Another driver empl

Dare subject to disorders of the bowel, HOME; AND THUS KEEP IN CMC decoration in 1900, and services of Mr. Fidden on bohalf of the

Rio de Janeiro. He was given the chosen wards in which he gulpgued the witnessed prisoner

river LOSE TOUCH WITH THE

received the honour of knighthood in gps. Sya Major Viden thanked the year Frisoner: 1911. He retired from the Conmilar were accorded him and

mumbers for their gilts and roun

Prisoner, in

the summer months childron

and, should receive the most careful atte LUE As soon as way ostural low ennas the bowels is noticed Unimi bera n. Cholet Mod Diarrhost, Barady should

Vergette

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190.00

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$2.00

$26.00

17.00

4. PARENTS DUTY

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law will Gata hotele berlain's Fain Balnead saw that ares

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