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THE DIARY.
* MIMO, FOX TO-DAY.
DEATH.
LITTLE---On July, 7th at the Red Cres
Hospital, Shanghai, ELLA DAVI SUN, wife of the Rev. Lacy luTTLE, Presbyterian Mission,” Kiangyin, aged 49 years.
THE CHINA MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
› LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Mr. Liang Shih Yi, who appears to have sought refuge in Hongkong, bas announced his wish to reside here permanently,
|
THE MAGISTRACY.
LOVE'S: LABOUR LOETI
NAVY
LEAGUE WAR MEMORIAL FUND.
·THE...”. STAR AND GARTER,
BUILDING FUNDS
SINTH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
Lady Chatar...
Carmichael...
W. L. Pattenden
Two boat women from Hung Hom appeared before the Hagistrate this. morning charge of disorderly conduct in the street yesterday For some time: past the two women had been keeping company with a man, s dock labourer, and yesterday one of the women saw the other talking to the man. An enquiry was set up and the The Hongkong Land Investment two women commenced to light. ARM Dyer and Agency Co., Ltd, announce an constable who came to the reste said, S. E. D. H. Hump interim dividend of 31 dollars per share the women were pulling at each other's Humphreys for the six months ending June 30th.bair and he had diffouly in seperating Baide, each...
them. It was not until this morning | Sin Tax Fan, D. Gaw, T. Neave, that they women learnt that the X. E. Graig, 0, each, Two Chinese school boys were individual for whom there was anch found dead on the foreshore at Makeen competition was a married man.
Kok, Hung Hom, yesterday. It
Defendants were fined $ with the is presumed they were drowned while bathing.
"
The collection of seven caser of Butterflies and Moths sold by auction at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's this morning fetched $1,005" The three pointer pups were not sold. .....
According to telegrams in the Tapunese papers the longshoremen's trike at San Francisco was renewed on June, 22nd and many Japanese -hips were suffering, The Nippon
Par left only partially, loaded.
A trenidir on The Climate of
The China Mail. Hongkong, prepared by Mfr.-T.: F-
Claxton, F.R.A.S., Director of the Royal Observatory, has been pub- lisbed as in appendix: to the Hong- HONGLONG, WEDNESDAY, July 12, 1918. kong Observations, in 1915 4
THE GERMAN, SUBMARINE.
4
review of the work will be published in to-morrow's Chino Mail.
alternative of five days' imprisonment. ALLEGED THEFT OF GOVERNMENT
The Magistrate this morning re manded until Friday & charge of theft of a too of coal brought against air launch men, three, of whom are in the employ of the Sanitary Department and the other three engaged on the launch with receiving the coal which is the Lai On." The latter was also charged,
property of the Sanitary Department.
Mr. Gardiner appears for the Sanitary Board men and Mr. Woo of Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton's office, represents the other
men.
ANTIMONY CONTRACT,
TWO CHINESE FIRMS IN LITIGATION.
Mr. E. J. Grist defending for the Tak Hing Mining Co. in the claim by the Po
Wal Co. for the return of 8213.31, said to have been over paid on a contract, put the manager of the defendant fr in the box, at the resumption of the hearing this morning.
The witness declared that he was at even to-day, and the price of antimony all times willing to full the contract, for which the contract was made was 86 less than the contract price. It was three weeks after the date of the con- asking for a refund of the money in tract that defendant received a letter
..proportion to the 1,600 catties of anti
mony non-delivered.
The Committee of the Hongkong Association of Women War Workers We can find much more to admire that a case will be packed on the desire to notify, working members in the use to which the Germans 20th inst. and they will be very glad are now putting their submarines to receive as much work as possible than in their former employment in not later than Tuesday, the 18th inst. sinking passenger liners crowded between the hours of 10 and noon at with non-combatants. Notwithstand the City Hall. ing that Admiral von Koesra, the President of the German Navy League, has been advocating a continuance of, the" "unscrupulous use of submarines, the responsible German 'anthorities have evidently been impressed by the attitude which the United States has taken up on Mr. B. C. Morton returned to the this aspect of the war and their Colony to-day by the Tenyo Maru direretion has Do doubt been to take over charge of the local influenced to some extent by the branch of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co. great sumber of German eubmarines
* SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Sir Jota Jordan, H.BM.'s Minister, to Peking, has gone to Pertaiho for his summer holidays.
น
10th
which the British and French Mr. Dickover, who has been in charge Navies have been able to tap of the American Consulate at Tairen in or destroy. At all events, it is the absence of Mr. A. A. Williamson, noteworthy that no passenger ships, has been appointed Vice-Consul at * 9.15 p.m.--Opening · night of "The and very few cargo-boats, have been Kobe.
Palisade" Kowloom.
sunk by German submarines" for
Mr. W. B. Cornaby, 2nd Lieut., many weeks past. The telegraphie Yorkshire Regiment (formerly of, reporta regarding the
German Messrs Jardine Matheson & Co.) has submarine Deutschland are some received a severe gunshot wound in the what conflicting. While a British left leg Mr. Cornaby is in hospital at Admiralty official describes the Boulogne: Deutschland as "merely an ordinary
MIMO, TOR TO-MORROW,,,
4.30 p.m.-Jecting of the General
Committee of the War Charities Fund.
Cathedral.
3.15 p.m.-Organ Recital at St. John's
General Memoranda.
FRIDAY, July 14
تے
Answering Mr. Dennys (who repre sented" the plaintiffs), defendant said there were about 20 or 30 sntimony dealers in the Colony. It was the custom, he agreed, when making those contracts, for buyers to pay down 60 per cent of the purchase price. ·
The hearing was again adjourned until to-morrOW.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS, IN
KWANGTUNG...
There is not much news from Canton:
today of further developments in the Military situation, except that the main emcampmeat of the Governor General's troops has been removed to Sun Kai which is stated to be strongly fortified. Men from a neighbouring village are being employed digging trenches for the better protection of the place.
The Yunnan Army, commanded by: General Li, is reported to have retired from Pakong, but the object of thin. retirement, it is suspected, is for the purpose of attacking the Governor
+Alisy: Margarna- Sloan, Z. Y. X. (Swatow), Wong Kam Fook, La Cheung Shi J. Dewar G. McK TEP Rettey
F. C. Coleman, JW. All Martin, W. Davison, D. Keith, J.-W. Patan, J. McCormack, J. R. Chapman A-Davidson, E. M. French, RH Cousins, J. Waldron, 810 each
EGS, 8. D. Setra, IW.W, Anon LC CJ.B. W Morgan, CL Howell Stone,
R. H. B.. Mitchell, D. W. H. Whitely W J. M. Ramsay, A. M. Parkes, D. Login Henderson, Brown, D. S. Cooper, W Taylor, H. H. Scott, & Gray, J. Weir, A. R. Kinross, Smyth, Atkinson, C. Crisp-
R. Diro Brow
J. Fieber, BE
Smith,
Poon W. Brown,
W. R. Oswald, G.
Grott, J.Simpson, J. Blake,
W. H. Prowse, Thos. L.
C Edgcumbe
Capt. Mackinn.......
W. Budge
J. Lennox R. H..
West
W. Fraser
100%
30
WEDNESDA
CHARITY ORGANIZATION
IN SHANGHAL
COMMITTEE REGION EN BLOC.
CHINESE GABLES.
(lah Trs: Fal Fo'a.
"Serviss.).
THE NATY CANGELA ITS INDEPENDENCE.
The committee of the Charity Organi mation in Shanghai recently resigned in consequence of the action of the Municipal Council in withholding the
* Pacup July 12. appropriation of The 15,000 asked for the work of the Year:/ This appropria
Admiral Li Ting Ton has telegraphed tion as turned down after special cancelling the independence of the committee had reported against is The and has dispatched thres cruisers th Municipal Gazetta says
Kyang
SHANGHAI CANTONESE AND LUNG CHAI TWONG"
The Council, Having formed its judg. Sui #oHorum auxi Hoschto ment upon the report of the special com mittes, questions whether the fanda, Ta 15,000 requested by the Organiza tion Committee are requisite for or dinary poor relief and has arrived at the view that the activities of the Organiza- tion Committee have extended in scope apparently beyond the subjects original ly held in view. The work of
of organiza
·PIRING, July 18. The Cantonese in Shanghai have
tion in preventing duplication and in again requested the President to mier operating an employment. burean, which
were the primary functions of the con- General Lung Chai Kwong to leave mittes asorigirally proposed to the rate- || Canton payers, are, however, in the Council's opmion, of obvious advantage, and should be continued if possible and an arrange- 910.00ment whereby smother society shall tem porarily continue the work is according ly under consideration."
In reply to the latter notifying the committee that their appropriation, had been refused, Mr. E. I. Ezra, one of the committee, wrote:
The present members of my com mittee, being convinced that the neces sary funds cannot be obtained by voluntary sabscriptions feel that the only course open to them is to tender their resignation to the Council They will, however, gladly give such informa tions they possess to any new com mittee which the Council may appoint
Mr. J. E. Mackinos, acting secretary of the council, replied
"I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of June 21 and in reply thereto to state that the Council regrets the differences of view which have become manifest as to the principal objects of the committee's institution, as to what fauds are essary to enable them to be carried out, and as the sourcò from which such funds should be abtained. Nevertheless, I am directed
each.
R. Gray, JE Hansen, McArthur, W. Weir, C.D.A.S., J. Foulds, E. B. Cubey, #5. R. W. Bristow
Scott
243.00
J
Collected by Messrs. Donnelly and Whyte
$25.00
10.00
10.00
to
10.00
10.00
10,00
5:00
5,00
Collected by 3r., FLE Rosser
Sun Co., Ltd...
EH. K
10.00 10.00
Choy Chong...
10.00
Lan Shau Man
-1.00
A. S. Kempthorne
-5,00
A. Weill
5.00
5.00
G.B. Harper
5,00
Lam Woo
·5.00
Tung Wah d Lương vàn
5.00
Thung Wai
5.00
AV. B. Hind
5.00
93.00
Collected by W&H
S. R. Aitkin
F. W. Erand
$20.00
Total as per fourth list
Total to date... Les Cost of Building one room and furnishing-£350 ut 2/1 3/14 (Remitted)... Balance towards endowment of
above....
י.
.9,000 Dollars more required.:
Corvey to the conunit:ee an assurance | those of its activities which the
THE PARCILMENTS
SHANGHAI, July 1L The members of Parliament are to hold a meeting in Shanghai preparatory to going to Peking..
LAND MEASUREMENT BUREAU ABOLISHED.
PILING, July 1
A mandate has been issued abolishing the Land Measurement Bureaux throughout the country
NOTES FROM JAPAN.
[FROM: A VISITOR)
Gotemba near Tokyo,
June 28.RE
Council recognizes to be within the state- HEAVY RAINS AND MUCH DAMAGE ments upon which the ratepayers The rainy season has been a little originally permitted the grant have slow in reaching Japan this year, but it been watched with profoundly on-came with great force several days ago preciative internat, and that the flooding many sections. The country sibility of their cessation is contemplated with regres
around Kobe and Kyoto have suffered Iam directed to convey to you an most. Many of the streets in Kyoto expression of the members earnest hope were flooded and some of the people had that the committee will withhold lts to flee for safety to other places. The resignation and endeavour to continue traffic has been so badly interfered with its original work of organizing the charitat Kobe that some of the steamers have abla churts of the several local societies had to postpone their time of sailing, and of operating an employment bureau,
with the added supervision of the Lasual The milroaris throughout the country ward or work ahelter. To enable this to lure suffered by washouts and over- be done the Council wonki not hesitate fows. The crops of young rice, am to authorize a proportionate increase in corn and other food producing grain the grant of T, 360) for the remainder have been damaged very much. of the year."
"Mr Ezra made it plath that the com-
JAPAN'S INTEREST IN CHINA,, mittee would accept no compromise, iy Everywhere I go I find that the 300 the following words and
leaders in Japan have much concern In reply. I have to iriform you that about the political outcome in China- 1,291.00 my commities are unanimously and real interest is manifested. I traveled 4,006.69 firmly of the opinion that as it is pre-everal days with the Japanese Consal
tically impossible to obtain suficient
6,290.80
3,3399
$2,964.
·E. AM. WILLIAMS. Hon. Secretary & Treasurer, Navy League-Hongkong Branch, Hangkang, 3rd July, 1976.
THE PALISADE.
LOGAL EASTERN SHIPPING COM. her welfare. I saw a man from Tokyo
PANTES AND TAXATION.
A Reuter's telegram a month ago gave the gist of the following statement in The Times
submarine with her fighting equip News has reached Shanghai that General's forces from a different dire The programme of mune for to-nights Settlements and Hongkong, are noting all she can in her efforts to do this
tion.
ment removed," a German newspaper Andrew J. Clark is in hospital as the tells its readers that she is one of a result of a bullet wound through his left number of submersible rango-boats hip. Although the nature of the wound 11a.m.Auction of American Faticy Which are being built in German is not considered serious, yet some time has been attributed to trickery and lack the Night"The Cinema Star," Shell such companies by special enactment past. This party wishes China well in o Chernes etc. at Messrs. Hughes and vards. Whichever statement is car. may elapse before he will be fit for farmers, have been sent to the fighting Out," and "Push and Go, besides other He further asserts that there is a reer efforts to solve" her: own problemis
rect does not greatly matter. The active service again..
Hough's
2.30 pm-Auction of Ship's Gear st matter of greatest interest is that
T. K. K. and H. Skott & Co Godowns, Kennedy Town. SATURDAY, July 16-
245 p.m.--Third Gymkhana Meeting, Bunday, July 16 p
Another item of Military. in the Opening Night of the Palisade formation is that as the defeat of the Cinema, Kowloon, will be selected from Governor-General's troops at Yuen Tam the following popular revues, Tonight's of scouting "twenty spies, dressed as zane, each of them being paid a sum of $30:2
THE FERNANDEZ FOO AND THE "WISLEY.”
support from private subscriptions, their as he was returning from Hongkong to wark under these conditions, without Tokyo He txpressed much interest funds to relieve cases not otherwise in Chin His four years at Hongkong provided for, is impossible and has increased his interest in the Chinese, sequently regret that their decision to and, especially in those who are wanting wil: ICP the organization must take to give China a stable bit moders
government. He showed great sympathy for China and concern about
the other day. He is quite familiar with the political movements of the nation. He assured me that China would receive greater sympathy in the near fature thair she had in the past from the Japanese. There have been two parties A shipping correspondent points out relation to Ching. The party that in Japan, with different sims in their that companies registered in the Crown wishes to give China more freedom to Colonies, such as Ceylon, the Straits work out her own problems-Japan help subject to excess pront taxation, which we believe to be the case, and he ad dominate this country's policy more in 11 growing in power and will likely vocates the application of the tax to the near future than in the immediate gistration office for British shipping in and establish a government that will well selected incidental music,
The Palisade is just one minute's the Chinese Treaty port of Shaughan give China liberty to develope along walk from the Kowloon ferry wharf and and that it is locally claimed the the lines of national growth and free the show cotamences at a quarter past istered there as in the Crown Colonies these nations of the Orient. It will same privileges apply to shipping dom. This bespeaks a better day for nine. Ar advertised in another column No doubt the question of applying the mean friendship and mutual helpfulness this open-air picture house gives use excess profit texation to companies which will mean the most for each ment without discomfort, Booking at registered in some of the Crew nation and the world. Moutfien
Colonies can be argued from both sides. On the one hand they enjoy all the News was received in the Colony FOREST EXPLOITATION IN = advantages which belong to vessels
-*-*-*-
JAPAN'S LITERNAL DEVELOPMENT. yesterday that the ** Fernandez Pon,
FORMOSA
Une a greatly impressed with the fying the British fag, and on the constant growth of the land in all that which went ashore on the Philippine coast about to miles from Manila, has gone H.M.Consul at Taman reports that entirely from lesal trading in the Fast ment. Several years have passed since otaur, their profits may be derived makes for prosperity and develop Is appears that she was lightened and in the haters engaging the attention petition front companies not subject to in Japan. Many mprovemente have to the bottom in fathoms of water. the exploitation of the extensive forests where they have to face severe comit was the writer's privilege to travel floated, but sunk almost immediately of the Coverment authorities for some such taxation taken places in the cities and throughout
which engaging The discharging of the cargo of the years past and
The correspondent further suggests the country. It is wonderful how thợ Wisley which took fire and was Tree-felling in the Mount Art forests that the Indo-China Steamship Company and is providing for so many people beached in Vuugro Bay shout a weeks has been rapidly proceeded with and in which removed its box office from and how these people are improving 1815 the first trial exports of Arisan tim London to the fast last year, may thus their conditions. The mountains and se understand progressing her to foreign countries took place. The be able to avoid the excess profit the valleys low lands high and fives factorily, and the vessel will soon be of amount of timber now produced at taxation. T her way to Hongkong for flocking. Arisan is about 3,000,000 en bie: ft. per
That is a matter for the and the sea are annum The most up-to-date methods Treasury and lawyers to decide, but we host sicilifal of timber extraction are employed and understand that the removal of the and make the mat
office was in no way whatever bonnected succeeding in York
the wood is sent down to the yard EASTERN PIONEER COMPANY.
Kagi in the shape of log with the levy of the new taxation The She is unng well the
The Kagi timber yard is situated on business of the company is in the Ear and showing the Among the passengers, who left with the question of feasibility as to-day by the Empress of Russia Company, Ltd, inform us that a conce
land adjoining the starting point of the East where it was considered the Board The directors of the Eastern Pioneer Arisan Baliva
be done out of so which runs for a dir of directors should be, and, further, the Aerial wire transporters havE not attempted before to erade ing to his home in America for the Foreign Offee, atating that the British been installed and the collecting power shareholders-win by the change are 8 pm Landern. Panule by Folice the blockade in this way. We summer; Mr. P. M. Hodgson Assist Minister in Foling has been instructed 10,800 to 11,400 cubic fe per working Britisk incometax. It will be reinem
of the man hinery, now in use is from relieved from the burden of paying imagine, however, that a submarine ant Crown Solicitor, and Mrs. their delay in acquieseing in terms upon exploration work has also been carried
to notify the Chinese Government that day of ten hour
bered that the advances in the merchant fleet especially such a Belgon, who are going on a trip which the company propose at ones car in other parts of the island feet us can be turned qut of German to Jupau; Mr, H. A Lummett and to proceed with the development of the result that two nens i forest yards at a time when they are fully Mrs. Lammert, who are taking their not to be regarded is i say senis affect other in Garso
mmes and industries of the Province is discovered, one in Taichu Prefer
the slopes of Mount Hasien, occupied in repairing the heary son to Aut for medical treating any of the rights acquined by the damage sustained by the Germanent und Mr Joho
tches défile River. Doid
what was evidently done by the Matheson & Co., Ltd., Hongkong, has Mr. CE Anton, of Messrs Jardine,
Germans for spectacular effect, is arrived in Shanghai to take charge here regarded by a British Admiralty it is understood, while Mr. J. Johnstone official as "nothing new." Ten British goes south. It is uncertain how long submarines built in Canada crossed Mr. Johnstone will remain in Hongkong, --Excursion to Macao by the Atlantic
but, we understand, not permanently. last sumuner. The
N. C. Daily News. London correspondent "of a New York paper, who wrote some six.
3.43 a.m.-Full moon. 7
** Tishan".
MONDAY, July 17
for Bread, Biskuit and Rice. * pAnction of Crown Land' at PW.D TUESDAY, July 18:
130p-Auction of Ship's Gear and Furniture T. K. K. and H. Skott & Co's. Godowns, Kennedy Town. SUNDAY, July 23
Noon-Tenders due at Naval Yard weeks ago that the feasibility of in the Far East for the American Trad. Mr. P. Fi. Blake, General Manager German submarine merchant festing Company, has been appointed was being discussed, made the Vice President of the company. Mr. statement that a British submarine James P. Morse, a former resident of had been out as long as forty Yokohama, has been its President since six days without inching port,its organization. Mr. Morse lived in moving all the time. Hence, Navalan more than thirty ysera, leaving men, he wrote, did not discount the the country twelve years ago to take Last day for Pensions to register feasibility of a submarine transatlantic active charge of the business in Naw
service, and speculation on the abject was concerned, not so much
before the CS.P.
FRIDAY, July 28 1
3pm.Auction of Trevorbyn (LB. L78) at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's P
FRIDAY, August 4
Reserves.
BRIDGE SCORERS.
Blocks of 60 sheets 30 cents cach
Four for Ons Dollar.
MALL LAD
VISITING CARDS
with the reasons why Germany had were Dr. J. W. Noble, who is return munication has hoen received from the tiles up the slopen of the company has a large number of Chinese
hibert, company under its original charter the neighbourhood of
continue to receive the support of Hi The breadde that the company will Majesty's Government in the matter
Fleet in the Battle of Jutland-Lloyd's Surveyor in Hongkong, who Loot help Germany's overseas com going to rip North
merce very much or cause the British
Navy any great amount of anxiety. CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISKY Once it known that such stips are
being employed by Germany we mW YOUR VER
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