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HONGKONG, TUESDAy, July 4, 1926.

ENEMY HOPELESSLY OUT.

GUNNED."

ONE of the most welcome bits of information in the war telegrams to

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* junk laden with 40 tons of coal became water-legged near the Harbour O as on Friday night and wank.

THE MAGISTRACY.

"AN" OPIUM" "CASE,

A woman, who was questioned by a Chinese constable regarding the contents of her basket in New Street

TUESDAY JULY 45 1916.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB,

TRAINING, · TIMES AND HANDICAR

HANDI WEIGHTS.

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

(Wu T Fat Par Service.

SHIPPING ITEMS.

The Japanese Government han esika mated its shipbuilding subsidies for the nock fiscal year at -Y4,000,000 for about

Bear, THE SITUATION IN KWANGTUNG. 190,000 tons of shipping.

As next Saturday draws gaaral interest in the Gymkhana to be

[ yesterday said she did not know what held that afternoon will increase. Already STX DIFFERENT · GOVERNMENTS,"

was inside and that she was merely three likelie" Standard Dahlia, King there has been some wagering on the carrying it for a friend. The contauts Jack and stabale, for the big event,

PERINO, July 3, consisted of 18 De of Indian raw the Gymkhana Stakes. These threa Chu Kan, representing Kang Yu Wei A number of prisoners, who were opium. The woman, at the Magistracy ponies will probably be ridden by Mr.(the well-known Reformer) has arrived placed under arrest by Feng Kuo-changthis morning sobbingly protested that H Seth, Mr. Knoll, and Mr. Frio Mollet in Peking and has had an interview with at Nanking as political suspects, have she did not know the basket contained respectively..

been released.

opium:

A sentence of three months hard A telegram from the Manilt labour without the option of a fine was Observatory to-day gives warning of inflated.

a depression over the northern part of the China. Sed,

"The Efth list of subscriptions to the War Charities Fund amounts to $22,125,07 bringing up the total to $126,151.00.

EXTORTING COPPER CASE.

CHINESE FIRM CONVICTED BY

MAGISTRATE 17

"

The times done this morning may the President. He handed to the All show improvement, but most of the President a letter from Kang Ya Way performance looks best on paper: 35, 84, Governments in Kwangtung, and he last quartera were low. King Jack's in which he said that there ara

| 35, 31.4-2.15.4.

asked that the Government should devise a means of unifying them,

The times taken, were :- SOCIAL SCIMER, boy, 15, and Bnia WGOD, bog, mile. 43, 120, 1.55, -2.00, 0.08.1; Iset 384

ELECTRICLIGHT, hoy. 4 mile, 40. 1.17.5,

1.58.3135.4.

*STANDARD DASzia mile, 25, 1.08, 141,

Investigatione by the Japansee Depart ment of Communications show this at the end of Ap:it there were 2,380 übeamers owned by Japanese, with an “aggreąpi

onnage of 1,618,803.

The Toro Kisen Kaisha, 15 is reported, has signed contract for the sale of its tank steamer Soyd Mart (4,718 tou gross) for £260,000; delivery to taką plnosti in England in a few weeks. The com- pany is also reported te contemplate salling the Buyo Maru" st & reasöne able price, the money realized hom the sales of the two vessela to be devoted to the building of new freight steamers,

SHANGHAL July 3, The Cantonese guild has received a reply from President Li Yuan Hung An Eastern Merchant, writing in Governor-General Lung Chai Kwongar, of course, doing well, auch it in ander to their communication regarding Fairplay saysAll our docks here

this afternoon, epavicted the Wai Eue Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magistrsey Shing firm of a charge of attempting to export cooper cash to the weight of MIDDLESIX Caly, Adara, 1-mile, 38, been referred to the Cabinet for fair sized steamer for the Holt line, the

43 tons.

The Fourth of July celebrations at Crown Solicitor, and Mr. G. K. Hall Mr. P M. Hodgson the Assistant Shanghai to-day. were expected, serord-Bratton for the defence, had a con- ing to an American contemporary, to ference with the Magistrate in chambers "surpass anything of the kind that the

lasting an hour. American community ever staged"

On re-entering Court the Assistant Crown Solicitor asked for a conviction on the cridence and the confiscation of the cash. He said he did not ask for a heavy penalty.

The Magistrate convicted the firm, imposed a fine of $10, and ordered the cash to be confiscated."

In our advertisement columns will be found a notice inserted by the Captain Superintendent of Police ealing on all persons not exempted,.. to register at the office of the C. S. P."Į. The penalty for failing is "a fine cot exceeding $50."

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TROUBLE IN THE HOME. (

A Portuguese woman named Almaria, living at Bridges Street, told a "story of tenement life at the Magistracy this We print on another page of this morning, when the appeared to summon Chinese woman of the same house for

OUR WASHING day is the report that in the fighting issue the names of the naval ofhices icet an assault.

FABRICS

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THE PRODUCTS OF THE

MOST RELIABLE

MANUFACTURERS.

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BRITISH MADE...

INSPECTION INVITED,

LADIES COTTON

DRESS-DEPARTMENT.

playing on the toor and defendant

Complainant said her children were) pushed a bamboo pole through the Hoor

and endeavoured to hit the children When complainant went to investigate she was struck on the head with the pole,

Defendant's version was that the complainant had instructed her children to her foor to pour water down (langhter) either story and dismissed

Mr. Wood said he did not believe.

summóns.

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A REVOLUTIONARY JACKET. The hearing was continued this morning of a case against a Chinese charged with being in possession of a revolver and several rounds of ammoni

tion.

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2.14.4; last † 503.4.

1.14, 1.52, 3.27.1 last 85.1. BICFFEE, Bartermile, 38, 1.09, 1.4.1

last 65.1.

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FORESTER, Knoll, and CHIYA COUTER, Fisher, '1' mile, 369, 111, 1:48, 9.11.3: 168 85,9. Miremox, Sedgwick, 1 mile, 40, 1.15,

1.49, 2,21; Jana 1:35. . MATABLE. Fisher, I mils, 26.4, 1.12,3,

1.47.4, 2.20.2; last † 32.3. Kesa Jick, Kaoli, 1 mile 95, 1.00, 1.44,

2.13.4. last 31.4. Galloped yesterday.........

HANDICAP WEIGHTS.

MILE HANDICAP.

Ploughed Field Cilgwyn Flectric Ligh

Antony Birdwood Sunshine Bhuffler .. Dirham Chiel

157 lbs.-

It states that their communication has stood that Talkoo are about to build a

consideration

GENERAL LUNG CHAL KWONG- CALLED TO PEKING.

PEEING, July 3, General Lung Chai Kwong, Governor General of Kwangtung, has been ordered to proceed to Paking. He will be given another appointment.

Either Wong Ju. Cheong or Dai Chum will succeed him at Cantong”.

THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

SHANGHAI, July 2

The members of Parliament here have Beut circular telegrams to all the Provincas advising that all members of Parliament should arrive in Peking before July 31 and begin the session as soon as a quorum is present.

LIANO SHIH YIL

materials being sent out from home. She is to be about 400 feet long by 59: fort beam, the biggest Hongkong built steamer by far up to the present. It is curious to note that quite a number of the Chinese junks, carrying, say, 50-100- lens, are now fitted with internal combustion engines, which, of course, put them ahead

their competitors.

A recent issue of the monthly supple ment of the ** Japan Weekly Chronialə " contains some remarkable examples cf the profits sad dividende of Japanese steamship companies!"

Of the two principal compares the accounts of the Nippon Fusen Kaisha for the six months ended September 30, show a transfer to depreciation, and reserves of

six months; and a dividend and bonus

2,808; et profit of £531,500, 38 compared with $28.900 in the previous equivalent to 15 per cent. per annuck The Toyo Kisen Kaishe paid a dividend equal to 13 per cent, per annum, aller melding allowance for depreciation, and adding £100,000 to its reserves. Of smaller firms, the Meije Marine Transport. Company, established in 1011, with '# The Chief Censor has handed to the capital of £30,000, made a profit for the President personally a document im-six months of £64,864, chiefly resulting panching Liang Shih Yi (Secretary and from the sale of two steminers, and for thaă Confidential Adviser of the late Pre period past a dividend At the rate of 220-

per cent. per annum; while the percent- dont) and recommending his immediate age of dividend, also chiefly due to the

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SHANGRA July 3.

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The Folice, through Detective Sergt. Wills, said the defendant was found walking in the street with a basket which was locked. Inside was found the revolver and ammunitica nad viso was produced and examined by the the revolutionary jacket. The jacket Magistrate. The pockets were obvious Sunshine ly intended to carry clips of cartridges. Revolutionary Society in Kwangtung. and on the inside was a cbop of a Mr. Word fined defendant $1,000 or six months' imprisonment.

on the British front "the enemy wns in the action off Jutland, as well as the throughout hopelessly out-gunned" names of the oficers who perished on It is the first time since the war HMS. Hampshire a week Inter. The began, now nearly two years ago, that lists contain the names of several officers it has been possible for the statement who have, served on the China Station "to be made that the weak point of and who will doubtless be remembered the enemy's resistance was his by many readers. heavy artillery, Hitherto his artillery

No cases of small por were notified superiority had been, apart from

to the Medical Officer of Health during numerical strength, his strongest last week, but there were ton cases of point, and so far as the offensive has enteric fever, four of which ended fatally, yet developed it has afforded gratify The persons affected were two British, ing proot of the success which one Portuguese,, and the rest Chinese. has attended the strenuous efforts Two fatal Chinese cases of diphtheria, which have been made since the one fatal case of bubonic plague (Chinese) battles of Lods and Champagne to and two

cases of puerperal fever, put the allied armies on something (Chinese) one of which terminated like an equal footing in this respect fatally, were recorded during the same We were told in a telegram yesterday period. that whereas a month's artillery preparation was necessary before the

The

great war in Europe, says the infantry attack at Loos could be Singapore Free Press, is a blessing in launched, a week's artillery prepara-disguise to the local pineapple preserv. tion sufficed in the present case, thus ng industry in Singapore. Apart proving how greatly the efficiency of from the fact that the crop is an the artillery has been increased in the abnormal one and the demand for the meantime. Probably the expenditure troops at the front has been very large, of ammunition in the week which some canners have received big orders preceded the present advance was for shipment to Aden, Alexandria, Cario, General Memoranda.

For being in possession of 270 round's quite as large, and very likely larger Suez, and other ports of Egypt. These in of ammunition, a Chinese was to-day PERIMENT, July 6-

than the staggering expenditure of

addition to other orders received by fined $100 or a month's imprisonment. Princess Victoria's birthday 1868. shells during the whole month preced them for execution through commission" CHINESE MAGIC.

(Sister of H. 3. the King.).

ing the infantry rush at Looz fa the agents.

Sometime during May a Chinese was matter of big guns and. ammauition

approached by a friend-apparently a schemer-to invest some money in a the demand from the Army must be

business. They journayed together to far from met yet, because it is not

house and the Chinese advanced more than six weeks ago that Mr on 21st June in Christ Church, Yoko saved for the purpose of starting the 220 silver dollars which he had LLOYD GEORGE was making a bama, where Miss Dorothy May Camp business." He was persuaded by the passionate appeal to the munition, bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William other man to put the money into & jar workers not for one moment to Wallace Campbell, became the bride of become two, but there was a condition where he was assured each dollar would think of interrupting the work by Mr. Otis Manchester Poole, son of Mr. that he must go away and leave the jar taking the Whitaun holiday. To and Mrs. Otis A. Poole. Both the bride for an hour and a half. When he those unacquainted with the habits and the bridegroom have lived all their returned the money and the maker of of the workers in British industrial lives, with the exception of periods spent Jute och be aw the business? man the business proposal had gone. On centres, it probably seemed that the away for education or travel, in Yoko and gave him in charge for larceny, indeed for the Minister; of Munitions their home there

statements of hath parties decided to discharge the defendant.

THE DIARY.

Faway, July 7:

217 3.al-Auction of Furniture, etc.

at Mesars. Hughes and "Hough's. 200 p.m. - Auction of Egyptian Cigarettes at Messrs. Hughes and. Hough's.

SATURDAY, July, a :---

3.45 pm-Third Gymkhana "of the Sesson at Race Course, Happy Valley. SUNDAY, July 9-

am--Excursion to Muso by ss,

Taishan".

MONDAY, July 10

1 p.-Auction of Crown Land

P. W. D.

BRIDGE SCORERS.

Blocks of 50-sheets.

30 cents each,

Four for One Dollar.

at

The CIUNA MAIL LTD

5, Wyndham, St.

Twa young people who were born in Yokobaran, members, of two of the ports most prominent families, were married

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AMMUNITION SEIZED.

DISTANCE HANDICAP, Electric Light

· Cilgwyn Birdwood

Suzabine

George

Ekelp Enow flake

Maybey

Tinker Beatbook. Redshanks

OPIUM HAULS.

TWO DEFENDANTS WITH PHANTOM FRIENDS.

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of the Uchids Steamship Company, ws, notwithstanding "a mod-

question, the President consulted come allowance for reserve and deprecia several high officials as to whether it herr made for the six months at the mater tion, even larger a distribution having would be advisable to comply with the of 600 per cent. per subum.

There is no doubt that the Japanes

recommended the immediate arrest of steamship companies owe their pregent

THE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

pamperity to a considerable extent to tho absence from Eastern" waters.- under-

military requirements, of a large proper tion of the British tonnage usesily PEKING, July engaged, and to the total disappearaato of steamers under the German flag. The The "Provincial Independence resulting scarcity of tonnage has had the Queston" will be settled within the double effect of raising freights and ef next fortnight and the troops will then leaving the Japanese owners to enjoy, np to the limit at their steamers capacity, an together innsual proportion of the trade. To what extent permanent loss, if any will have been suffered by the Britian shipowners-in consequence of this dis- placement remains to be seen.

THE GIVING OF CHARACTERS,”

A libel actior, unsuccessful before the jury, brought by a cook against her former mistress for statements made in

It may be remarked that such Prilish liner companies as have been enabled to a written "character" to a prospective maintain a measure of regularity in their employer, raises again the question services have not prospered unduly from What are the employer's rights and the temporary inflation of freighte, for duties when giving a "character" to sit in time of depressed freights-the departing servant ?

The legal answer is simple. No one is higher rates and the support of shippers regularity of their sailings clains for them bound to give a character to his servant (especially shippers of the more valuable when asked for it. But if any character is

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position must have been desperate hama. They will continue to make. The Magistrate, after hearing the containing opium dross to the extent of Slander." Steevens, Libel and way of increasing rates than fe necesiny

to be so keenly bent on saving

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The remains of the lito Father C

holiday. In reality it was not a Audreoletti, who died on Sunday at the

question of a single day, but rather Hospital of the Italian Sisters, Wanchai,

given it must be such as the master cargoes), in time like the present, when A Chinese preventive officer having honestly believes to be true. The free steamers reap rich harvest, ther at West Point, yesterday stopped him an occasium is conveniently summarised trade connections, do little more in the auspicion of a man riding in a ricksha whole duty of the former master on such liners, in view of the stability of their and found he was carrying a paper parcel by Dr. Blake Odgers

to meet the enhanced cost of rabips 16 tools. The officer escorted the man he knows either for or against the after the war of British shipping interests To atate fully and honestly all that upkeep, fuel, sus), stores. The condition to the Imports and Exports building and on a search "being made, he was servant and any communication made in the East is, in any case a matter found to have in a specially constructed in performance of this duty is clearly which deserves, and will doubtless receive, girlfe, 51 tacle of prepared opium valued privileged for the sake of the common early and clove consideration by those ab 3010.

convenience of society, even though it concerned; should turn out that the former master was mistaker in some of his statements."

LINGGI PLANTATIONS.",

There died in Paris.recently, after a of three or four daye, or a week in were carried to St. Francis Church at long and painful illness, Dr. George When charged before Mr. J. R. Wood many cases. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE 5:45 pm. yesterday. The choir was Horton Tilden. Dr. Tilden graduated dans said he was carrying the opium for at the Magistracy this morning, defen when appealing to the munition formed by the Catholic Clergy from Harvard College in the man who walked away when he was workers to forbear taking a holiday and the Sensinarists, and after class of 1872, and took the arrested Defendant wid he was at Whitsuntide, said the Easter the Absolution and the singing of the highest honours at the Harvard fireman and that he had come to Hong holidays had a deplorable effect upon

In Paradisun" the coffin was taken to Medical School, and practised in Boston, kong on the Fading in th

Mr. Wood sent defendant to gaol for the output. The catpat of aramani- the Cemetery at Happy Valley for He subsequently resided for some years nine months for being in possession of tion daring that fortnight went down intermont. His Lordship Bishop in Japan, where be learned to make the prepared opium and imposed a fine of exactly one half. Mr. Lovn Gsonar Pozzon acted as chief mourner, and famous Japanese sword blades, and an isonment, for beer bare acutis

imprisonment, for possession of dross," further told his audience: It is not also performed the last rites. Among uired a knowledge of Japanese folk-lore merely a question of ammunition, but those present at the funeral were the and poetry. Dr. Tilden was skilful as of guns. They are clamouring for clergy of the Italian French, and Japanese wrestler and becaize proficient big guns. The effect of the Easter Spaash Missions, the Brothers and the art of jiu-jitsu. His cheats back EXECUTED FEZON'S INSURANCE. tu cont, Is. 0.878, per 10 crop pro-new him overboard, and, o

and deltoid muscles

OFFICER'S “DARING.

BORNING CHINESE THROWN INTO THE BEA AND 'HAVED,

The report of the Linggi Fisntations silver medal of the Society for the Pr

For particularly daring action the for 1914 states that to provide funds for section of Life from Fire has beau upkeep and development and for the presented to Lietit. E. P. Campbell, R.F. purchase of Pitchizawa Estate £15,000, while in Mudrce Bay team anach nominal capital was issued during the hospital vassel took Are The Chinese Tror Rubber Harvested was 1,518,579 driver being ablaze, Lent Campbell, Tbs. Coat per lb., fo.b., 10.164.

surrounded by the names, picked him up seeds, 28, 750d. per 1b. Estimated out him, kept him enost till the fire The pas the year amounted to £125,709, to which

THE CHINA MAIL holiday has been that those guns will pupils of St. Joseph's College, the with the scent clairste lugemation et AN ECHO OF THE CEYLON RIOTS. put for 1912 1,180,000 1 Erote for out and they were gub in bonu

be at least one week later in their Sisters and pupils of the two Convents, Japanese tatooing in the colours of TYPHOON

delivery. That might be a critical the pupils of St Lewis' Lodustrial Harvard Crimson, pink, blue, origen de schod he Cey District Court of ward, 218,179, making £144,918. Pay- week. In addition to that we should School, representatives from the various and green

An of Ceylon in found has to be added the balance camed for MAP and bohort of hundreds of machine religious Societies, and a very large

His unique collection of Colombo by D. D. Pedris, administrator meut of a final doldend of 60 per cent. guns, and machine-guns are life and number of European and Chimese Japanese sword blades of tite biteenth of the estate of his son, against the on 1,150,000 ordinary shores, asking a GUIDE denth to those poor fellows in the stoica opascal Custom-l as it is believed, form the object of a 24,000 alleged to be due to the estate aration due to directori, 4500, 346ving century and of other Japanese weapons, Manusacturers Life Insurance Company total distribution for the year of 110 per of Colombo for the recovery of E. cent is recommended. Special remune trenches. The position only needed was said at the Catholic Cathodil, at Emables one to locate the centre stating, of course, to make the 7.30 am today for the repose of the gay to the Boston Museum of of the deceased on a contract and to be carried forward 218,477

of a Typhoon.

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Price 50 Cents.

From the CHIKA ME Office.

abandonment of the holiday assured, soul of the deceased.

and it must now give to all

engaged

upon the making of munitions of war

4. CALOUTTE'S GENEROSITY

In Grest Britain a teal acuse of triumph to know that the offensive har been begun under conditions which it has been possible to report of the for the first time that hroughout the fight has been

out gunned.

and

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