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Gaily attired in poplin, wearing

A SERGEANT'S SUICIDE.

DEFICIENCY DISCOVERED IN MESS ACCOUNTS.

THE SITUATION AT CANTON.

PROGRESS" TOWARDS PRACE.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1918

CONCERT AT GOVERN-

MENT HOUSE.

The concert given by the Hum- phrey Bishop Co., with the assistance

BIG OPIUM SEIZURE »AT SHANGĦAL":

A-MILLION TIELS' WORTH"

Mr. Hazeland, as Coroner, and a

The latest news from Canton con- jury composed of Owon Elias Owen,inues to be of a charactor promising ment House last night was an

of Mr. Denman Fuller, at Govern- CHINESE M.F., ARRESTED. Duarto Diniz Ozorio and Busto

unqualided success. It is not too!

Pestonji, this afteroon conducted settlement without further blood an enquiry into the death of Sergeant; shed. It is even reported that much to say that the concert on the Wah Toe Fat Po, annŝances thas o A telegram fom Shanghai to the Edward Frost, R.G.A., who was pllowing upon the receipt of definite whole reached a bighor level of big opium seizure has been made ar found dead with a bullet wound in information that Luk Wing Ting, excellence than any previously given the result of a mid on a boarding his head, his rifle lying beside him, the дет Governor-General, haa by the Company in Hongkong. All house in Hupeh Road.

a vivid coloured tis, dainty socks, and shoes with Cuban heels and carrying a brand-new Gladstone bag, young Chinese was stopped on the Canton whari yesterday "on sus picion. He got into such a hopes. les muddle with the interrogatories

he saw"Frust in the canteen earlier directed the military officials to pre demand on several occasions we said to be involved. Three of them Brown Brand that he was detained. In a very in the evening when he said he would pare for evacuation while the civil inisistible-Miss Sybl Kcymer, the and General Yip have been arrested Seven members of Parlament are short time he was identified by assist in making up the stocks officials and such military officials as accomplished violinist Miss Nors and bail was refused. friend, with whom he had been stop- ping, as having left the house sud. Witness went to look for the waiter, will remain were instructed to pro-Moon, the soprano, fr. Humphrey deply and along with him had leaving deceased in the canteen.

Hepare to welcome the new Governor Bishop, bass, and Mr. Stanley Vil- was absent about four minutes" and on his arrival. There is a "comic ven, tenor, each having to add to disappeared $120 and a promissory

on returning saw the decensed had opera" touch about all this, but it their contributions to the evening's note:

at Stonecutters Island on July 91st returned to Kwai Lam, in Kwangsi the singers were in good voice, and

Sergeant Major Heath of the Province, and is coming down to though the programme announced million taels was seized.

Opium to the value of about a deceased's Company, the 87th, said Canton, Governor-General

Lung that there would be no encores, the

The China Mail.

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A CONSTABLE

enjoyment.

Mr. Denman Fuller admirably played the piano accompaniments to It appears that General Lak Lazia Keymer's violin solos, as well Ching, who is in command of the the acccrapaniments to some of the tops at Fatahan sent a representa-principal vocal items, notably to the General Lung Chai Kwong at Cantón, Miss Nom Moon, and Mr. Humphrey tive to discuss affairs with Governor Jewel Song from Faust, sung by particularly concerning the coming Bishop's rendering of the Prologue of Luk Wing Ting to Canton, and of Pagliacci."

They had just arrived at Shanghai by the steamer Athog..

WHAT CHINA `NEEDS.

J

DR. WU TING PANO'S ADTICE.

Dr Wu Ting Fang, the veteran states men, was interviewed last week by representative of the (Shanghai)

The note and $70 were recovered one. As witness was going towards is intended as a serious report, and the sergeants mass bo was met by we quote it for what it may be from the ungrateful youth who was charged with larceny this morning accident bad occurred in ** C * Bar- an N.C.0, who told him that an

worth. and received a wholesome sentence

rack. of four months' hard labour.

Witness went there and found; deceased lying on the floor with a rifle across his boxly with the muzzle pointing toward his Lead. He was

said he took over the accounts and Answering the Coroner Witness it was to search pusssagers leaving or found there was a deficiency which comed General Luk's representative artistic dances by Mallo Suzanne every day and I told them all the sand.

it is reported that General Lung wal The programine included THE CHINESE LABOUR entering by the Canton steamers would have been discovered that and favourably received his request Vemes, some very effective recita-

| charged at the Magistracy this morning with larceny, accepting a briba, and

night. misconduct.

"HONGKONG, FRIDAY, "August, 11, 1016.

A. Chiness gonstable whose business

MARKET.

"

A remand was ordered, bail being fixed at $100. ??

Mr. Kong Sing defends

dred.

A Gunner of the same regiment said he heard the deceased go to the gun room and shortly after he heard the report of a title from the bath house. He immediately went there

and saw deceased lying in a pool

of

blood. He was shot through the

head.

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China Press

great many meetings and receptions for "Recently," said he there have been

the parliamentariana who cante Shanghai on their way to Peking. I two spoke before, these meetings nearly

thing

to atop hostilities. It is understood tions by Mr. Harry Busson, that the representative had also been cherming duct "Down in the Forest" commissioned to go to General Li (Landon Ronald), by Miss Moon and Lich war.

Mr. Vilven (who gave as an encore the famous lovers' duab in Il Truva A Shanghai telegram to the Wahtori); two quartettes and

at Shiu Chow ou

similar mission.

Tse-Fat. Po states that Luk Wing shanses by the whole company. Ting talegraphed on the 9th inst.

two

I

to

I told them that what Chins needs

now is a union, of all factions, parties

told these men that they were going and societies for the good of the nation. to Peking where the eyes of all their countrymen would be on them and spoke of my hopes concerning the work they would accomplish. Not only were they being watched by the Chines but by every nation of theearth. Iimpres ed on them the importance of their meet them. I couldn't tell them too often ing and the opportunity that was before

them to let their party affairs wait until their country had a strong and stable that the most important thing was for

government...

At the conclusion of the concert that he would proceed to Canton in HE. the Govenor proposed a vote Capt. Taylor, in command of the a few days, as the Government at of thanks to Mr. Humphrey Biskop Company, said deceased was in Peking feared that Lung Chai charge of the canteen during July. Kwong would not be willing to hand

and the members of his company, The practice, was to pay to the ever affairs to Tam Hu Ming, who the very enjoyable concert they had counter-acting and checking coach other-

as well as to Mr. Denman Fuller for officer, for deposis in the safe. had been suggested as a Deputy the day's takings, and on several Tuchun pending Luk's arrival. given, and he mentioned that it But this is not the time for their forma

We observe that a "grievous shortage of Chinese labour" is said

Detective Inspector Watt said that to exist in the Malay States. Al the story of the prosecutor was that meeting of the Rubber Planters the hukong was asked to accept Association in Negri Sembilan $20 to allow a certain passenger SPECIALITIES.recently it was asserted that at the to pasa and that he accepted the money moment the demand for Chinese The man who passed through was labour is in excess of the supply and, afterwards found to be carrying opium as a consequence, the coolie is inrgely pills. The money was found on the dictating to the estates the pay be

lukong. shall receive, and is, indeed, inclined to go further and attempt to set the Standard of work to be done and the task to be completed for a day's pay, The causes of this shortage are said to be: (1) the immense increase in

in less than he had received. graphed to a friend in Shanghai that ILLEGAL EXPORTATION OF COAL. The deficiency would have been he has stopped fighting and will ge the productive area during the past twelve months; (2) the big develop-

apparent when the stock was made jabroad for the benefit of his up that evening. The Officer Com-health," ment programme consequent largely

manding had received a letter from on the leap in price of rubber; and

the deceased's wife at North Shields (3) the lamentable restrictions on Mr. Hazeland's Court this asking for some money to be put on Chiness immigration during a long morning the Societe Anonyme de to her allowance, which was 17/6 a MATERIALS GUARANTEED and critical period." To remedy this Navigation Chinois de Cochin Chine,week. That, she stated, was not scarcity a scheme was put before the r presented by So Yin Ting was charged Association under which the manager

with exporting 500 tons of coal without ough to live upon and bring up a

delicate child, considering the are to hold a meeting to-day to. a permit from the Superintendent of

COTTON, LINEN OR SILK

COATS

THE DIARY,

MEMO. FOR TO-DAY.

8.15 pm.-The Palisade Kowloon.

MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

FRENCH FIRM FINED $2,000.

+

occasions deceased must have paid

tics Fund.

NO TIME FOR PARTIES. "Political parties are all very well for

tion

and

Activities. General Li Lieh Kwan has tele- would have the result of adding a

You know of course that a great MANY societies and parties have been sum of about $500 to the War Chari-organized. They all wrote to me and asked me to join. I did. I joined them all Now I am a member of about every Mr. Humphrey Bishop gracefully party in China. So when one of these acknowledged the compliment.. parties had a meeting I would get up before it and say: "I have a right to talk Handsome bouquets were handed to you because far one of your mem

bers

Then, Dr. Wa says, ho would presch another sermon on the ancesty of putting aside party demands for the good of the Republic. To impress on them his views he used a metaphor,

conclusion..

LIEZ BUILDING' A HOUBY.

of every estate in Negri Sembilan Imports and Exports on June 27th, and high price of everything. She had devise means for the relief of the the leading idea of the scheme being ing a house. First you put in the founde

the

Another Shanghai talegrum des- patched yesterday, states that Chu to the lady members of the Com. Hin Lan, the newly-appointed Civil pany and the singing of the National Governor of Canton, was leaving that Anthera brought the concert to a day for Canton...

The Cantonese residing in Peking

The ballroom, in which the concert was held, was tastefully decorated,

baskets of flowers and ferns sus- pended from the ceiling, the principal flowers used boing pink and white botus Hes. The grounds were prettily illuminated by coloured lanterns and coloured electric lights studding the big trees, and the scene was much admired during the interval between the two parts of the programme.

written to her husband until she was situation in Canton." excuses to the effect that her allow- tired. He had made all sorts of:

ance would be stopped: that he had to pay it all back; that he only

had not heard from him since.

She

trould be asked to lend his individual also with not furnishing to the same assistance and use his evory effort to a complete statement of the goods obtain his company's sanction to the shipped within 48 hours of increase in the Chinese coolie departure of the ship. population of the districts involved, The defendan: admitted both offences.received 3/8 a week, and that he had until the supply of labour is in excess Mr. G. N. Orme, Assistant Crown to buy a lot of things when he came of the demand. A scheme was Solicitor, prosecuting, said that the abroad. She believed him and when outlined fixing a minimam "rate" of steamer red, chartered by the ske again wrote for money he replied defendant firm, left for Saigon catenaibly staring that he would end some a importation for each estate with air ballast, but actually having on board week later, as he had been saving up. Noon-Hongkong Hotel Co's half of failure to recruit, a forfeit of $100 coal in her own bunkers. A telegram was practically starving at the time, penalty clause, imposing, in the event a cargo of 500 tons of coal outside the That was three months ago and aho yarly Meeting. Night Fête at the V.R.C.

per head for deficiencies by an estate was received from the British Consul at and she asked the Officer Command at the end of each year; the money Saigon to the effect that coal was to be paid into a recruiting fund to be being discharged into the Company's administered by a special committee godowns. Enquiry was made on the for the purpose of recruiting Chinese return of the ship and the Captain labour, to be supplied to the estates prodacod his leg showing that one day 10.30a.m.-Auction of Stock in Trade at the actual cost of recruitment in

out from Hongkong ho himself found of C, J. Gaupp & Co. at Alexandra order of application.

the presence of 100 tons of coil which Building.

A resolu-

"You will think I have ceased to love was not mentioned on the papers or think of you at all, me not writing to

Defendant said in regard to the second you before, or more often than I do. charge that the coal was being shipped am beginning to think ama beast to Saigon for the firm's own use and he instead of a husband to you, dear; but was of opinion that coal counted as

I will try and mend my ways."

After promising to send money deceased had written::

General Memoranda.

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SAT. AND MON, Aug. 19 & 14-

BUNDAY, August 19:—

9 am-Excursion to Macao, by ar

Taishan".

8 pm-Full moon.

TUESDAY, August 15-

· 2.30 pm. --- Auction of Furniture, Binyeles, Typewriters, etc., at hicers Hughes and Hough's

THIS WEEK'S "OVERLAND

CHINA

MAIL"

Contents include:---

Correspondence Leading Articles Commercial News Cases in the Courte Anniversary of the War

Hongkong Local Nows. Opening of Police Renorve Club.. Moxonand Taylor's Share Quotations

and " THE FIGHT FOR CANTON

(Detailed Account)...

etcy mcg" etc?

Price $17 per annum including postage

36, con cash por single copy.

VISITING CARDS

RIENTED AT Chinz Mall Office.

tion was passed by the Associa tion approving the scheme thus outlined and appointing a committee to consider the details. The assertion that auy quality of Chinese labour ballast. is obtainable is, we should think, o

The Aistant Urown Solicitor observ.

ing to try and get some money for ber as, with the winter coming on, starvation stared them in the face, his wife in fond terms in which he Deceased had written a letter to thanked her for the parcel she had sent. He wrote:

BHANGHAI AS A TRADE CENTRE.

WAR CHARITIES.

"I told these parliamentariana" he continued, that it was just like build- tions, then you put up the frame-work and the walls, and last of all you put on the roof. Parties are the roof-that is the last part of the work. And they are necessary too, but this is not the time for them. You wouldn't build a house by patting the roof up first and building downward to the foundation.

comes But the time for their formation "Parties are all right when their tine

just system of govemment When the will not be until China has a strong and

Baked and is in smooth running order form of

government is carefully estab then it will be time for the formation of parties and the election by these parties- of the president and officials to adminis ter the government.”

M.. F. S. Unwin, Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai, in his report on the trade of the port in 1915 makes the following general observations - ever-increasing disorganisation of com

Notwithstanding the continued and

generally, Shanghai is able to look back meres caused by the European war and got a little political unrest in China on 1915 nsa year of marked local prce

There was another class of Parliament

of the trade shown in the tables that cretary War Charities Committee, in operation of the United States govern- members that Dr. Wu took good care to perity. Though the aggregate volume. The Hon Mr. E R. Halifax, Hon. Se ardent Republicans who have seen the advisa They were the young and follow this report is smaller than that of forms us that a further consignment of ment and want & closely similar system conceded that business has been good Roberts Field Glass Fund in London. Fet Chins was like's baby that was just quently somewhat leas, it is generally cela Post to the Manager of the Lady some recent years and the revenue conseglasses was forwarded yesterday by Par for China

I told them" said Dr. Wu that a all round and that returns to traders A list of the names of those who have have been exceptionally satisfactory, par- contributed them is attached. ticularly in the case of exports.. Owing party, no doubt, to the restrictions lars in all ever so lar, beda, received Ten telescopes and thirty two binoc imposed on the import trade by the was and an abnormally low silver exchange

· and forwarded. during the early part of the year, but largely to demend created by the war itself, the value of the Chincas produce shipped abroad exceeds that of the formigu goods imported for the first time and the balance in favour of exports in a half-contury of the port's history, would have been considerably heavier

HOCTONG'S SECOND CONSIGNMENT.

Binoculara. Tina A

1 pair from Mr. W. L. Fattender Gilmaa and Co.

1 pair from Rev. D. Sutherland, E. P.

Telescopes Mission, Swabne, Chins

1 pair from Rev. F. Jeaking, Canton...

DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES.

exaggeration. When the war broke ed that ships leaving with coal-in that it would break my heart if you had I will not fall you this time, darling, oat in Europe so many coolies were way and not entered on the papers to go to work and leave our darling baby

from De C. BL Heanley, Mount shipped back to China from Singapore would be able to dispose of the coal in ing the money that should be yours tonnage to carry all the cargo offering from Mr. W. J. Tutcher, Hongkong

with someone else, while I was spend had there been a sufficient supply of Davis, Pokialam Road. and the Straits that at Amoy and any way they desired to enemies or foolishly. It makes one so miser As it was the value of Chinese produca Ciril Bervice. Swatow-two of the principal emigra the Government. It was not suggested so. I do not know what I shall be like by was over 20 million taals higher than in otherwise without the knowledge of able out here I am very near mad now exceeded all previous years returns and shipped abroad from Shanghai in 1916 tion centresa serious problem was that that was the intention of the the time I have done three years out 1910 and 1913 till now the record created, but, according to the Amoy defendant firm.

here. I would not have mizded being at years. Customs report "through the prompt

home for my brother's wedding, but The continued influx into the Settle Mr. Hazcland took a serious view of then these little things cannot be helped ments of wealthy Chinese and their and energetic action of the local the case and imposed a fine of $1,000 as we have all got to do our little bit families, the steady rise in the value Hongkong helpers has been received officials, the Chinese Chamber of on each of the two charges, or 's year's for king and country, and mipe is out of opium stocks, and the remarkable by the last Mail: Commerce and some of the wealthy gol in default.

in this ungodly placa

.......appreciation of the shares of rubber gentry this unwonted influx of

The jury returned a verdict of companies at the close of the year "Suicide while of unsound mind contributed to the development of

Shanghai, ample evidence of, which is to DEA MADAM-It gives me much plea- be seen in the extraordinary activity of

paupers was soon dealt with, and all

destitute coolies returned to their

native places Inland." How they

We have been asked to remind managed to live afterwards is a story our readers of the Aquatic Night which is left to the imagination. No Fete (postponed from last Saturday) doubt, numbers of them may be to be held in tho V.B.C. bath to-mor found now in the ranks of the rebel row, commencing at 9 p.m. soldiery which is said to have been recruited largely from-robber bands. One of the great problems in the settlement of the deplorable

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intoars itself is a man doe

a baby carry does No more abould they expect at once to put that of the United State. The American into force a system of government like nation is like the grown man

ADVICE TO LEADERS. Among the audiences addressed by the and Dr Sun Yat-sen. Dr Wu did not doctor were such inert as Tong Shao-yi hesitate to make reference to them in his talks. At one of the meetings he sait to Tong Saso-vis magne

If you had remained as premier under Yuan Shih-kai the Second Revolution

would never have occurred and the loss that followed would never have co

of lives and the destruction of property

down upon China. Yuan Shih-Kai was a strong mana, but be had never been out of ChinaTherefore he could known nothing of the operation und beefits of aRepublic goverment. He was versed only in the old system of Chinese officialdom. HD W

We knew he was a strong man

advisers he would makes good president we thought with Tong Shao-ys, and other Tong Shao-yi was the one man who had the

Yuan ready to advise Cotraga Shih-Kai Other men about him were flatterers who were there, for their own gain. The premier alone causid and did❤

give him wise council. But Tong Shao- 7 loft after about 100 days is premier and after that Yuan was free to go along under the old system again."

chair.

the building trade, the largely increasedure to send you my official receipt for demand for electric, power, and the the draft for £50 contained in your latter growing returns of the tramway and of the 1th June to baud to-day. I pote Dr. Wu also told Dr Han Yat-sen that railway companies. More and more with much interest that the amount he never should have left the presidential Shanghai tends to become a magnet for represents the proceeds of Bafe and dona the wealth of the populous provinces itficus daring Lent by ladies of Hongkong, 1201 bex div. serves a market, manufacturing centre, and I shall be glad if you will Kindly 40 tax dive and shipping port. Unfortunately, the convey an expression of my thanks to attraction of the Settlements for the all who have shared in the gift. Wes- 36

respectable and well-to-do Chinese time dificulties have greatly addoll to 134&

resident and trader in shared by Icaso burdens, and the problem of providtions Mr desirable classés. Armed robberies

nitial Police repo

troubles with which the province TEETHING children have more or ARE YOU GOING ON A JOURNEY! gone unpunished, owing to the inmates

have been frequent and too often have ing food for our large family in p

one or therefore, most of Kwangtung has been rated less diarrhoea, which can be con

the help you have forwardedWin HAMBERLAINS Colie

of the house, being too cowed to for the past six months, controlled by giving Chamberlain's Cofe

Cholen and Dianthoes Beroody, All in your hand luggage Diarthoes Bemedy

Nera and the alarm till too late A cerns the future disposition of this that is necessary is to givethe prescribed foutny. Change of

pack going rabble solliery, and doubtless more then natural and then caste oil to

dose after ouch operation of the bowels temperature all and to

diet Irenewal of the comigration business cleanse the system. It a safe and sure trop and this medici

Even the most avere and dange would tend materially to solve the sees a quickly cared by Tor "alificult

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duate of

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RESIGNATION OF MR. GRUGE 19MKY.

Bruce Isniny huna rasizmi, k

director of the Internatioria

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committag The the compa