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General Memoranda.
Sarvenir, April 29 :—
MARRIAGE
EVERALL THOMAS-On April 19, 1916. at Shanghai, Henry day Everall to Catherine Thomas
The China
Hail.
Hexacon, Theksay, "Areil 27, 1916,
HONGKONG SHIPPING.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916.
also include all men-of-war arriving HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE CRIMINAL SESSIONS. cheque should he made out for each
and departing (which the Hongkong
returns do not), it will be seen that
Hongkong, in respect of its shipping
COUNCIL.
trade, even in these historic times, all was held this afternoon. enjoys a superiority over Singapore
Ameeting of the Legislative Coun
EL.E. the Cvernor, Sir F. HENRY really inuch greater than the statisticalMAY; KC.M.G., presided.
There enparison instituted above shows.... were also present:
H.E. Major-General F. VENTRIS; neral Officer Commanding. The Colonial Secretary, Hon. Mr. CLARE SEVERN.
The Attorney General, Hon. Mr.
NEWS OF THE DAY,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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Lily Zolan, wife of the British Minister at Peking is proceding Home
next month.
The P&O Homeward Mail. 98. Hoher with the Hongkong Mail of the 24th March last, arrived at Marseille, on Tuesday, the 25th instant.
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A Chinina was fined Tls, 5,000 | in the Mixed Gears at Shanghai fast week for selling smuggles opium As entravilution of the Municipal Age-bows
The Yakohanes Enited Club has dockled to take oves the Royal Hotel, in Main Street, as the temporary hope For the Clab, while the premises on the
Band are being reinike.
J. H. Kemp'
Thirret of Public Works, Ham. Mr. W. Chatham, C.MG.
The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, The Captain Supt. of Police. Hon.
Hon. Mr. F. X. HALLIFAX,
Mr. Mel. MasSER.
Hout Mr. We Yrs, C.M.G. Hon Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. Hon, Mr. E. SHELLIM. Hon. Mr. BLANDALS." Han, Me. Taxe, Cu Pas-
Hon Mr. P. H., Horror.
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CLERK IN EDUCATION DEPART- MENT CHARGED,
ADMITTED EMBEZZLEMENT
OF SALARIES.
school, with one exception. ***
The Chief Justice asked what anatama there were in other departments of the Government.
SPORTING.
HONGKONG TENNIS CHAMFION- SHIP.
Mr Jenkin said he did not know, but he trusted they were different to that.
GREEN DEFEATS THE CHAL LENGER IN FOUR, SETS. The Chief Justice said Mr Jenkin's statement went to show prisoner bad Before an exceedingly large am! Ppropriated 830 whorens he might have generally appreciative crowd on the embezzeled very much more
Mr. Jenkin said he would show the . E. Green, the holder of the Open Hongkong CC. ground last evening, amount was $157.
Prisoner had Championship singles, easily defeated Ng debts and he kept some of those monies, of this senson's competition. The gune fallen into arrears with his private se Kwotig, the challenger and finalist and in subsequent months he hoped, to replace the money, Prisoner was the Mr. G. N. Orme, Crown Prosecutor only son of an aged couple and his appeared on behalf of the Crown and father had been 20 years he was now Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mrhouses and Government Departments, his play to the left hand which was Ne retired cook in various private
A Clerk in the Bluestion: Office anned Tse Ping Un, was indicted at the Criminal Sessions this morning before the Chief Justice, Sir Wra. Rees Davies, on six charges of forgery and one of embezzlement.
Dawon and Harstón, defended.
The Crown Prosecutor' mentionexi that the forgery charges would be with
Shenten, of Messrs Descon, Looker, and out of his savings he had his son-the prisoner-educated at Queen's Colleges, St. Joseph's College and the Sairing pun School at a cost of exer $1,000 drawn.
roughly about $140 year. Out of the The Chief Justice entered a $50 which the defendant earned $30 Prague on the six counts.
was regularly pud to his parents conly sister, and Mr. Irving could for their keep, his koop, and the keep of
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On the charge of embezzlement Mr Jenkin said prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr Orme, dealing with material facts
opened carefully from each side and both were obviously nervous and not willing to take many chances. Steily play was the order and quite early Green developext Sae Kwang's only weak spat. In this department, heyever, he was quite
liable in the opening stages and the ball travellest from corner to orer with remarkable rupidity until forward drive just inside the right tacties were infinitely superior to his line found the Chinaman bösten. Green's
Mr. A. 6. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of said defendant was 'n Hith grade clerk ated a cheque for the payment of the champion's. It was the pace that broughs that that sum was their sole menus opponents but as long as his strength of sustenance. The parents har remderkuteri Ng Bae Kwong's wore as good as the Connells,
a sahury of $50 a month. His cities defaleations for $57.20, but the thee about his defeat, for Green's hard volley-
THE PSISHMENT OF INCENT
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moted the second ruling of a bill intituled an ordinance to provide for the Branishment of Incest.
were only in connection with the Bon. ATTORNEY-GENERAL and the properation of cheques and money paid by parents was accepted, 1992 påneed in the opposite corners, wort
preparation of pay sheets of the office was returned. In a previons que the the perfortuance of such duties as the out that prisoner has been in gol fordering the on feeble resistance. Counsel pleaded for leniency, pointing hira down, until he was only, capable of payment of smaller suns. There were the last two months three cheques in question and $60 „pf
tireen nude quite a good impression by we put at 12 yours instead of 13 different pupil, touchers. One of the that the Crown dal suppose the pirasy style. He did not force mattere
the
was payable to there
The Chief Justice, after ascertaining aking the first two gomes in somewhat. years is in the Aet at Flour, she eberta was made payable by Mr Irving for many, siid he was surry to see a unifaly and was content to have the Sa's being that under the Protesto Mr Ralphs speeter of Schools young man, one who had had the Chiuun on the run Sg. See Kwong, tour of Women and Geiris Ordinance The latter hauled the cheque to prisoner vantages of calucation, standing in the awakening to the talk developed a live-
The age
We leren that there were serious the age wust one your lower than the with instructious to cash it. The cheestlock on a serious charge of that kind. Ker game and gotepland the players
bencheek thir mucuing in the neigh bourhood of the railway beyond Sheki dong, and that the train service was temporarily suspended.
. W for the soldiers has been forwarded to the Victoria Barracks, SOME Comparative notes on Singa-ware asked by Captain Shearer, pore and Hongkong by "Hong appreciation of the nosenissional KSEL to convey to the donor the kong Visitor,"" Were recently icers and awen- pablished in the Straits Times, from which the render dérived the
By authority of the Republican
English age.
TRADENS
Hop
ware not passed on, or the 860-the The maximum, sentence was 14 years'
11-4
is lordship was sorry for the positioned his placing sluttempted to win back of prisoner's father and mother and he by a series of hard servics Kwong was hopal that after he had completell his always my the alert, and returned light- sentence he waard retrieve his chametering services with narrollos acumey and lend a honest life.
and clness. He was not in the least. months imprisonment, it Feing taken and tobbel gently in return, sometimes Prisoner was sentenced to seven terrorised by Tireen's increase activity into consideration that be hat already vetheying to the corners and keeping Green very busy. He drew Geen to the net
and then lobbe sucresa-
impression that Hongkong in met Goveruneuf," and as an exposure of an expelient to extend uel the prisoner strongly commented on the been two months in gaol
restrictions.
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amount of the three cheques-paid to imprisonment He would have here again level at 3-4. Ureen won Bill was emisidered chaoss by the refipients. Prisoner received the gll if his duty hart allowed him tofon Ng Sze Kwong's service, which was clause, read a third time and passedey and appropriated it to his own exempt prisoner from inprisniti, lat weak all through the gune and never
► WITH ENEMY BESTRICTIONSM. Halpha alus the money thus to example of the prisoner in order to The eighth gune was one of hart hitting The pupt teachers afterwards suas such that he she did muzke some caused the champion a moment's anxiety.
A pureel of Toks soft to by ved the secrand reading of a bill filmitted that he half taken the money,the, publie service and bad the hamlling get equal and needed. 'Green- ATTORNEY-GENERALther and prisoner was called in and he ensure that other people who were in in which Kwong exerted his full ability intituled an ordinance to provide for to refund the money, but the Govert they were able to avok imprisonment.
The relatives of the prisoner had offereof public nonics might it think that eased his hold the game bus misdirect the extension of the restrictionsment ordered the mere to be wet relating to trading with the enemy lack mal, these proceelings institute
gut or trying on business in them gl
The Chief Justice asked it Counsel to persons
trion, though not knew whether primer intended to make
fenemy terating, it is by reason dif
Mr. Or did not this there was any evidence. they nationality or enemy
Mr. Jenkin in an address on behalf of things is a long way behind Singa- the political intrigues at Peking, against The lan, member said the intendiately the view of the Government system in the Education Department. pore. There was one paragraph in the Republic of China," a pamphlet hastes was to prohibit trading wish that it was a seriousthing for Guveranent the urticle which specially impressed en pablished in English and Chinese fins and persons of enemy nationemployees to embezzle publie funds was us It was, in fact, healed "Angiving translations of the official crate alty in any neutral country. Those not right but all offences against impressive fenture," and it said telegrams used in panfacturing the
persons and frus would be in the the law were a serious matter, and it with thowing corrosive fire in brothelem going into the net, and Kwong, "of The Chinese, named Ng P, chargers, fireen's backbund retorns “bad nuvement in favite of a version to Gerty or Austria.
sone position as persons or firms in was right that they should be punished at Beleher's Street was yesterday after course, made the best of the opportunity. Cunasel submitted however, on the non sentenced to seven Frars hart. The initial set went to Kwong by fik the Miniarchie d forms of Government. The Coast SECRETARY Seconded, evidence for the prosecution that the labour by the Pitisne Judge, Mr H. H. J. which apparently from the applause was
The bill was considered, read a prisoner had been an unfortunate victin rompertz. thiri sime ani passed.
tempration-a temptation which
a very satisfactory condition of affairs, The jury found prisqueritzy wax midt possible only by reason by FACILITATING MARRIAGES.
a majority of, four to Threemd, Kwong fed off again in of the admittedly rotten system in the and were directed to consider the verliethmarkable style. Only occasionally did "Ele Hau. ATTORNEY GENERAL Department of the Government in more Ptle, second reading of the bill which he was employed. Be joined jury announced that they and placing for his simpler gaine of retaming again. On re-entering Court. the he substitute hot volleying and olever facilitating marriages between Br. the Government service in 1915 and verdict.of guilty by a majority of Kve the ball for his opponent to either drive
subjects resident in the Colony the payment of all the staff of all
since September 1913 the cheques for to two. ant British subjects resident in the Government Schools had go through. Daisel Kingder. He said the Bill his was introduced. In accordance, with salary" of ply 450 and yet he had to
bands, Prisoner received eructions to carry out the procebe to some extent-responsible every ture in the United Kingdom under month for sums of money amounting to the British Maruges Facilities Act $10,000,
WAR CHARITIES.
la siriking contrast with Hongkong At the moment, asst-impressive fentore which rests the attentions of the visitor is the "wast account of shipping in the Furlour of Singipor. The port enjoys. the generous patronage of many fleets př, douts. The digs of many rations are) displayed in the Irbour. The majestic liner and the modest coaster make this » txt of call and the amount of tauch pissing though the port most be A further sum of £200 (making £400 stupendous in these historic days as ace the beginning of the year) suhi cumpared with what comes to Hongkongbed by Beitish Residents in Canton has The northern port has been hit hard. It heen remitted to London this month as will take a few years to recover
indernoted:--
Now, if all the comparisons made in this article between the two ports have no more foundation in fact than this one, the anther of them can hardly be accepted as a reliable
guide. Happily, the correctness or falsity of the writer's observations. on
tested by official statistica. By the
CANTON BRITISH WAR CHARITIES.
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Dinlly amě won a valuable points which brought him the two next
beyond the prescribed area or into the het. Rallies were good and absorbed a vast amount of energy, and Green vrtily had more of this very necessary qility than the Chinaman. The four opening gumés of the second set fell to £100 British Rel Cap Society,
1915, which contemplated correlative] The Chief Justice asked if that wis
Kwong who received encouraging ap- At L Examination legislation in the Colonies. The in- 0.
in Hoplause from the crowd. Green had not £50. Soldiers and Sailors Family tention of the Bill, was that where
Nursing held recently at the Govern found his proper form. He was breathing Mr Orme, after consulting thement Civil Hospital by Dr. W. V. Association.
one of the parties to an intending Director of Education, il primer Koch, Honorary Examiner, the heavily and suffering from the beat, and 2 25. St. Dunstan's Home for Blindnariage lived in the Colony and the was guly responsible for a very small following pupils frm the Bullion showed anxiety at the condition of things E 25. Patriotic Leagle of Britons that notice given in the Colony or have a definite statement on that as ke Fung, Kwan Wai Hing, Delminda in double quick time and an improve
other party in the United Kingdom, portion of that sum
Public School WORL Mr. Jenkin wall he would like to isses Julia Ah Wee, Fok Kura pion. He made Kwong cover the Court
successful: Drastic play followed from the Chana-. the Cited Kingdom bould be a the shipping of the two parts can be CANTON BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.vall notice of the issue of a curti. would not like to say anything that was Lopes,. Poon San Han, Tang Honment of his placing gave him the advan-
ficate for the celebration of the raar cheques for all the staff phased through Ping, and. To Kwun Fong.
He reputul thử all the The sum of $1,264 has been suberi-riage, so that delay would not occur the prisoner's harvls: 813,000 $14,000
tage. It was at this pois: that Kwong courtesy of the Harbour Masterwe bed in Canton as undernoted, and aborg orta the United Kingdom.
The following used the Junior showed the first signs of fatigue when are able to give below the statistics Draft for £132.18/1, at exchange of was true that in Hongkong provision every month. He had been anying Baretto, Chung King Yük; Anizia and observing Kwong's attitude forcer It of chestes passed through his hands Examination: -Misses Mercedeshe twice put into the net. fecen rallies, of the shipping of Hongkong for 2/1.3/16 has been remitted to the bad been already made to avoid such that position for 20 mouths and during opes, Florence Lyon, and Aurea up the score by clever and forceful play 1915, for the parpuse of comparison Treasurer of the Fund in Loanion. delay, but the provisions of the that time there had passed through his Xavier
United Kingdom Act said that the hands in beques $290,000.
which completely bewildered the China- with the statistics of the two previous
All Members of the Class were provision should be made in that Me: Orme sa prisoner did aut cash successful in obtaining a Certificate
man. Green took the next six games Anction of Railway years. We are without the Singapore.
particular way, as otherwise. His the cheques. Material, Saddlery, Farniture, ete. returns for 1915, but we quote them
as Hon. Lecturer, Mrs. McGregor, M.B., B.Ch., acted ut Godown 107, Paya Enst.
for 1913 and 1914, and as we cannot. 2.30 p.m.--Auction of Household suppose the shipping of Singapore to
Furniture, Sewing Machine, Grand Diane, ete. at No. 5. Hart Avenue, .. Kowloon.
TUESDAY, May 2 & WEDNESDAY, 3 :---
10 Auction of Con Jighters, Steam Launch, Steam Cutter, Stores, nte, at H. M. Naval Yani, H.K. and Kowloon Depot.
Noon.-H.K. Jockey Clubs Mecting. Jundle Sale in Unich Church Hall. SUNDAY, April 30:
9am-Excursion to Macao, by 3.x.
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be greater to-day than in the year before the war, we feel justified in saying that the statistics we give below prove conclusively that there
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no justification whatever for representing that the amount of trade passing through the port of Singapore must be stupendous in these historic days as compared with what contes to Hongkong." The boot, in fact, is on the other foot. The war, as the figures we appen clearly show, has not had such an alarming effect on the shipping of Noon-China Traders Insce. Co's. Hongkong as to put it below
"Extraordinary Meeting.
Singapore in the list. Hongkong has
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Noon-Entra's close for Dog and Cat
Show on 13th inst Noon-Canton Insuse. Co's. Meetings TartsDAY, May -
245pm-Auction of Household Furni- ture at Craiganin East," No. 100, The Peak. FRIDAY, May 6
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in the past had the proad distinction of, being in point of tonnage the first shipping port in the world, and our impression is that it is highly probable that Hongkong still retains that position, or one very near it.
OVERLAND EDITION. The following figures speaks for
THE BEST WEEKLY NEWS.
PAPER FOR ALL INTERESTED
IN HONGKONG AND CHINA GENERALLY.
ORDER IT BEFORE GOING
HOME; AND THUS KEEP IN OLOSK TOUCH WITA THE
themselves
HONGKONG. Year No. of Ships Tomage 1013 490,226 37,742,082 1914577,430 36,760,037 1015 531,602 13,834,019
STRAITS.GETTLEMENTS.""
1013 64,029 29,587,03-1 10:4
28,080,033 When we add that the Straits slipping returns represent the shipping of five porta-Singapore, Penang, Malacca Obristmas Island and Labuan.
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Hans Treasurer, British War Charities
Majesty's Government would not be Mr. Jenkin said the system was that able to give enmtesponding privileges that man with all that money shoul! to persons travelling from. Hongkong called for by the payees and in the keep thisse cheques until they were! to the United Kingdom.
The Act
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and won the set, an achievement which was heartily applauded by the gather ing.
From this noment the gune "deteri" orated into one of a monotonous MUTTER- sion of points in favour of the Cham
Ewould only be applied to Hongkong ordinary course he might have some of
upon Hagkong passing legislation
those cheques two or three days.
I does not always need rhetoric to pion. String forearm work and clever in that form...
"It will surprise your Lordship to make a fine point," says V.VV. in The line play fran al directions worried know, went on Mr. Jenki, "that this Spheres. The simplicity ani directness man was not provided by this Depart of the following pursgnph have all the wong sadly. He nude & supreme
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded
ment with a safe. All he had was a common lucked dinner.” an
The Chief Justice is not think that affected the cave.
CLOSING SHARE QUOTATIONS.
8.30 .
and the bill was read a second time. COLONIAL REGISTRATION, Moving the second reading of a ill to provide for registration of car- tain persons, in the Colony, the Hon. the system; he was nut trying to defending on has just enlister!.
Mr. Tenkin said he was criticising the Attorney-General the object of the crime. He was speaking on the the bill was to enable the Police to system in the hope that it would have keep a record of non-Chinese adult some effect on his Lordship. He would residents in the Colony. As they had not be surprised to hear that the same sufficient information with regard to sort of thing had occurred to one of pris certain classes of non-Chinese adults,oner's predecessors; that there had been such as members of the Army, Navy trouble in the same department in regard
Douglases. and Volunteer forces, those persons to money which was hisappropriated and
Indon (def.) were excluded from the operation of the man had aineondled, and yet that
Sugars Wherla identical system had been followed. It
78 "KO, was part of the system that the prisoner
Docki
123 # should be paid choques which it was his
Langkate
Tis. 28 b. duty to cash, and out of the cash he had to make certain payments to people who Mayor Chelnokoff of Moscow, on would call for those chcques; the reault behalf of the Congress of the Russian THE YANGTSZE INSURANCE CO. of that system being that lie would have Urban Union, has sent the following to the mayor of Tokyo and other
the bill.
The CataNIAL SECRETARY Seconded and the bill was read a second time.
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CASE
SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.
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force of cloquence and more: Three effort to avert the coming rush of sons of Mr and Mrs Turner, of Addle Green's muccess and after getting level store, Surrey, Ive been killed in the at two all, took the land. fireen, con- war-one if the retreat from Mons, onfident now of his own success, rammest at Gallipoli and the third dying of wards in France. Their only remain home the required points and won the next three games and the set. In the fourth set Kwong was only able to scuro one gume and that was when Green had a comfortable lead of three, and the second and third of these were love games. Green had no difficulty "in securing the remaining games Kwong broke up in a manner that astonished everybody, but it was the pace he could. not stand and Green's forceful taction consumed all his energy; nevertheless he putupaplucky fight against big odds and st one period in the game-when he was euding by a set and four games to love- his chances of success began to serums. in his posession loose crab for Tryious mayors of leading cities in Japan We
refinite form. He lost to a stronger. purposes, and he had no proper place see the ever-growing increase of our player and the clever manner in which To keep it in therefore quite prse sympathy and friendship for Japan, our he returned from all points of the Court, perly he would have some of the money true ally in this unprecedented struggle was nothing short of marvellons. → which was the proceeds of the cashed for the triumph of truth and justice. The arrangements were in the hands
126 80. 111 b.
of Mr P.M. Hodgson and the precod will be devoted to the War Charities Ford
Mossrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., cheques. Mr Ralphs, Inspector of agents in Hongkong of the Yangtze below and with regard to that very School, gave evidence in the Court
THE FORTY YEAR TEST Irwinance Co., Ltd, have received system said the cheques were made ont to-day acable from Shanghai unto him and were brought to him to A to harvive for a period of forty-years. N: article must have exceptional merit endorse. It was a perfectly unneccssury Charberlain's Cough Remedy was Srab nouncing that judgment has been thing to do, said Mr. Ralphs, why added offered to the public in 1878. From a givan in favour of the Yangtze he had no instructions as to wint to do small beginning it has grown in favour arc Insurance Co with costs, in the with the cheques. The better system popularity until it has attained a world
with conts. appeal so the Supreme Court against would be, said Mr. Ralphs, to have the wider patio find, nothing or cold. Try Are month's cheques made out to that minn you will understand why it is a favorite tifa judgment of the Court below and given to him to cash. afises period of more than forty year to keer battin of Olzatabartin's Colic,
the uction recently brought against Mr.enkins commented that Mr. Ubamberlain's Cough Remedy not only the Company under the Trading with Ralphs opinion was that the bystem Fares aliat-lb cures. For any
Luemy Regu
Manali "soyuld be a diffèlent one and that one,
THE EUIT SEASON.
OWEL complaint is sure to be Erera, lest during the fruit essen Besare Cholers Lod Diarrhoes Remedy on hand. It may ve sble. For malo by at C
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