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TUESDAY,

the 19th September, 1018,

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(Continued on page 8.)

THE DIARY.

MEMO. FOR TO-DAY. 0.13 p.m.-The Palisade, Kowloon,

1003

School

MEMOS --FOR TO-MORROW. 4.31 Full moon

m-Diocéan Girls Re-opens, 1.80 p.m.-Auction of Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, Blackwood, Erass Ware, etc., et Messrs. Hughes and Hough's. 1.80 p.m.--Opening of the Helena May

Institute.

General Memoranda

WDWWDAY, Sept. 13:-

1 am, Auction of Ladies Hats Flowers, Feathers etc. at Messers Hughes and Hough's.

6.30 p.m.- Conference of Church

Members in City Hall. Antries class for next Gymkhana. FAMDAY, Bopt, 15-

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furniture, Bodsteadis, Blackwood Ware etc. at Mere Hughes and Flough's. SATURDAY, Sept. 18-

BIRTHS.

the

MARLEY-On Sept. 9th, at

Government Civil Hospital, to Mr. and Mra. G. E. MARLEY, L daughter.

NOLAN, On the 11th ist, at "Rock View No. 153 Wanchai Road, Hongkong, to Mr. and Mr. S. G. NOLAN,, a son.

DEATH.

LYNCH-On September 4, at the Isola tion Hospital, Shanghai Peggy, heloved child et afr. and Mr LYNCH, aged 4 year

Hongkong, MONDAY, Sept. 11, 1918.

THE CHINA MAIL.

cribed exista under the very eyes of the Government responsible for the preservation of order and the adminis tration of the law The "political reonomists" who perpetrated the outrages pamed by the Commissioner way have balled from Macho ór Eongkong, bat it would not seem st all unlikely that they are indebted to the "political economistaTM

of the

TRAGIC DEATH OF A SHIP'S OFFICER.

SHOOTS HIMSELF WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY.

DEATH ENQUIRY.

attending the death of Adolph Chris- tianson, a second officer of the s.s

us who died of a shot wound on

FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS. (Wak Tes Fat Po's Sernice.) THE LOAN NEGOTIATIONS,

PERING Sept 10°, · The Loan from the Group Banks which is under negotiation is one of $80,000,000 for administrative purposes. the disbandment of troops and the The Salt surplus is offered as mœcurity.

SHANORAL, Sept. 10.

A Peking message states that the

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1916.

.The

HELENA MAY INSTITUTE NATIONAL MISSION OF REPER

FOR WOMEN.

OPENING TO-MORROW.

TANCE IND HOPE.

LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG.

The Helena May Institute for The following letter has been read iss Women, the generous gift of Mr.all the Anglican Churches in the Colony Ellis Kadoorie, is to be formally and so far as possible a copy bag boen opened to-morrow evening by H.Esent to all members of the Church of

England.

the Governor.

MY DEAR FRIENDS,

dolta for primary instruction in their enquiry into the circumstances redemption of currency notes. trado. So long as this organised and armed socialism" is allowed to operate it will not be possible to regard Kwangtung as a province August 20th fast while in police. Minister of Finance interviewed the and there are apparently rot a few England' is to make a special effort to

custody was held at the Magistracy Agent of the Yokohama Specie Bank as this aftemoon by Mr. F. A. Haze-representing the Quintuple Group and land, Coroner, and a jury composed exchanged viows with him regarding of Messrs. G. F. Samways. A. Course big loan, but there was no actual nego and J. D. Azedo.

tiation

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in which law and order reigns,

NEWS OF THE DAY.

"LOCAL AND GENERAL...

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Those who entertain any doubts as to the need for such a building I beg to inform you that during the in the Colony who do-need only to touch the conscience of the British approaching sutumn the Church of

get in touch with a lew of the Indies with Gocks will who for some years past baye in-

nation and bring it more into bermeny

terested themselves in social service Rev. RL. Norris, D.D., the Eishop of In Hongkong we are required to take our part in this

unique affort. The Right Deceased had been remanded on The Minister wanta

in the Colony to be applied with North Chins, has rindly promised to come and conduct a series of special a charge of uttering forged United $30,000,000, of which $20,000,000 doubtless be remembered by many mencing about November 30th. Other many convincing proofs. It will services in St. John's Cathedral, com Ja needed States Navy Bills for $300 (gold) and 230,000,000 for the redemption of

for disbanding troops, readers that before Mr. Kadoorie St. Peter's Churches But the National clargy vill preach at St. Andrew's and An Indian Sargeant attached to bail might be fixed. The police the Bank of Communications, and the had actually, started to collect funds

bo had been remanded in order that the notes of the Bank of China and came forward with his most generous. Mission is not a mission of the clergy to Gough Hill Station says he saw the asked for $5,000 and Mr. J. R. remaining 830,000,000 for administra for the building of an Institute for

offer, a small committee of ladies; the laity but of the whole Church to the tiger early yesterday morning on the wood, the Magistrate concerned, said tive purposes

nation

There is no doubt aur nation needs a Aberdeen-Stanley Road near Magazine Gap.

Women, so satisfied were they from their experience, of the great need of such a building. They had never

ously provided; but the very spaci dreamed of an Institute on such a scale as Mr. Kadoorie has so gener-

ousness of the premises is obviously

The Hashing, which arrived on Saturlag from. Bangkok, reporta passing through the typhoon, in the Elainan Strait, which recently eronaet the Chira Sen south of Hongkong,

be would consider the matter.

Dr. McFarlane, Medical Officer in PROPOSED ABOLITION OF LEKIN. charge of the Mortuary, giving, evidence this afternoon said he made

PEKING, Sept 11. post mortem examination on the To (Minister of Finance) proposed the At a meeting of the Cabinot Chan Kam body of deceased on August 21st.abolition of lekin. There was a bullet wound just above. San Po Ki (Minister of the Interior) The first batch of subscription the right ear.

the left ear and another in front of pointed out that lekin yielded a

The bullet had enter. grins, numbering 126 for the Shanghaied on the right side, and passed that before lekin could be abolished rovenue of £70,000,000 per annum, so Autumn Race Meeting arrived at through. Death was caused by the effective preparations should be made. Shanghai on Saturday Sept. 2 from the bullet wound penetrating the skull. North. Another batch of griffins is Detective-Sergt. Clark said at 8.00 experts.

by experienced Chinese and Foreign expected shortly.

p.m. on August 20th he went on

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Messra Moxon and Taylor are in receipt of a telegram from Shanghai conveying the information that the

quoted Tie. 1273 salės,

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board the 8.8. Tean; on instructions;

police launch, Sergt. Murphy being with deceased. They went in the

Witness examined

mease from God. The War with all its attendant suffering row, bereave ment and anxiety is the natural outcome of Europe's exclusion of Christian and commercial relationships. principles from its international, social,

higher

spirit it will lift our national character The Church of Christ believes, in spite entrusted with a message to the nation. of its past neglect and failure, that it is If this message is received in the right: to a greater spirituality of life and to s a factor likely to contribute very principle of conduct. And all is essential if the nation, when materially to the prosperity of the pence is declared, is to be worthy of the Institute.

heroic salt sacrifice on the part of our is to fulfil its magnificent misecz in the mant of our bravest and best, and if it world Yowhere is it more important standard of moral character and godly that British people should rise to a high

special effort.

in than in Hoogkang I therefore ask you to welcome and encourage this

The exterior of the building is by this time familiar to most residente. It is built on a site near the lower Reutor's Service is the China Man. those who have watched the erection station of the Peak Tramway, and

of the building and the transforma tor of the site cannot fail to have been impressed by the skill and ingenuity of the architects-Mesara. Denison, Ram & Gibba-who, bara certainly made the most of what had seemed to most people an unpro raising site. The interior design of

THE BUMATRA INSURRECTION.

THE HAGE Sept, 10,

The China Mail. Anglo-Java Estates, Ltd. have declared also with them.

A second interim dividend of Th 0.25 the deceased's cabin and by the side per share, and that the shares are now of a desk found a 24 chambered The Governor-General of the Dutch revolver. He broke it open and East Indies telegraphs that five brigades unloaded it. He asked deceased if of infantry left Jambi, Sumatra, on the The return of communicated de there was any more ammunition in 5th inat, for Moera Tambesi, where eases in the Colony for the past week the cabin and deceased answered: the rebels lost 50 killed and two Date the building is also admirably) shows 6 cases of enteric fever (3 intal);]" That was all there was, there was engagement on the 2nd inst.

soldiers were alightly wounded in the 3 of small pox (2 fatal) and 2 of paer some in the locker but the Chief peral fever (1 fatali All the cases Officer had the key of that." Witness THOUGH affairs at Canton cannot were Chinese and one of the small pez then replaced the revolver in the be said to be definitely settled yet, fenses was an imported case. something like normal conditions

holster and put it down on the desk may be said to have, been restored.

close to the place where he had

"ARMED SOCIALISM" IN KWANGTUNG,

to

to

Bangkoand and two more companies of infantry have gone to Mourn Roepit More troops have been sent

from Palembang.

On

Mission and particularly for the op

You are asked to pray daily for the painted messengers. The enclosed col- and public worship. lects may be useful in private, family,

member of the Anglican Church is a

Active cooperation is also expected. In this

Vant enterprise ne baptimal irresponsible spectator, into sympathetic counsel, and apathy Unfriendly into enthusiatic co-operation on the workers must therefore turn

criticum of

part of all Church people.

A conference of Charch members will be held at the

at the City Hall on Wednesday, September 13th, at 5.30 pm, when the are programme of the mission will be dis- attendance and many suggestions. cussed. It is hoped there will be a large

suited to the purposes in view.

small dining room and a large room the first for the main features a drawing room, a reading room, furnished for use as a tea room, but

The Portuguese community of By this time probably many bave Shanghai were invited to receive His found it. Then they carried on with Tambasi, who was reported murdered a lecture or concert hall. To this The Dutch Controler at Moeara which is easily adaptible for use as begun to count the cost of the recent his wife on Friday, the 3th instant, on certain papers were discovered, sup-

Excellency the Governor of Macao and the packing. During the packing at Surulangeon, is now reported safetes-mam members of the Institute disturbances. It might be possible the arrival of the tender from the posed to be forgeries. Deccased to calculate already the loss of Empress of Russia at the Customs fetty seemed to be upset about the dis-Indies reports local skirmishes favour-

LATER may invite their husbands or gentle. revenue which

The Governor of the Dutch Easton thends, for tegn treasury has suffered but the general Lusitano

the Kwangtung A reception was to be bald in the Clabcovery. Previous to that he felt able to the Dutch troops at Mocar library and a number of small loss to the trade of the province it is

The second floor consists of perhaps impossible even to estimate.

quite confident and said he would get Tebo, and satisfactory news from other out of the trouble he was in, places.. following upon a year in which the These prolonged political disturbancez

Deceased packed the remainder of province suffered enormous lasses from the unprecedented flooding of the West

Sir Charles Eliot, returned to the River must have reduced the trading Sir Chengtung and Lady Liang Cheng Colony yesterday by the "Persia Mara." powerof the province to such an extent returned by the same steamer. that it will probably be some time a yet before it fully recovers, especially

the growth rather than the suppres

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

My appeal is primarily to members of welcome the prayerful support of ull- the Church of England, but we shall Christian people.

I am, your faithful friend and

Bishop GH VICTORIA. Hongkong, August 25th, 1916.

rooms, for the use of small gather: DEATH OF THE REY. CHAU A HOK. ings such as Mothers' meetings, Bible Classes and other classes ar

his affects into a box and three bags WAR CHARITY CONCERT. Accieties. and then asked witness for pezmie- sion to change his clothes. Witness by the door. Deceased took off his then came out of the cabin and stood,

SUCCESSFUL EFFORT AT

trousers and then appeared to change the cuff links in his shirt. Witness

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KOWLOON.

We regret to report the death of the Rev Cháu A Hok, which took

The top floor consists of a number Place at his residence in Pottingur of simply furnished bedrooms for Street. Hongkong, on Friday last. resident and transient quosts, with Mr. Chen must have been one of the The Kowloon Cricket Club on the corridor..*

up-to-date bath rooms at the end of oldest men in the Colony, having Saturday gave on open-air concert on their ground in aid of the War Charities,very room is light and airy and during his teens he came into touch been born in 1826. Living in Canton From all points of view the venture was the whole building is admirably with Dr. Hobson of the London

but on the commenteran MIRRION IS adapted "for the objects in view Missionary Society, and in his ring Below the first floor level there is three years later he began to act us teenth year he was baptized, About small recreation ground which the preacher and teacher in that Mission,

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as the conditions now existing favour W W. Folworthy, who could only see the left side of the has passed fifth (direct from Malvern was horn in Shanghai in December, 1897, body Deceased stool in that poek sion of that brigandage and piracy College) in the Sandhurst and Woolness then heard a revolver shot. Be The front of the Club House, had been Girl Guides will use as their head tion for about two minutes and wit

success and the attendance was which have been prevailing, in the wich Army Txamination held in June looked into the cabin and deceased converted into a stage artistically considerably in excess of expectations.. Province for some time past. regard to piracy in the delta there than a thousand candidates for 425 through the head. The revolver and choice pot plants. The approaches stone nullah which runs between the 1852 his own mission generously I of this year, in which there were more fell down. He had shot himself adorned with a black and white setting quarters. By covering in the large in China by the Wesleyan Mission in is a curious comment in the Report vacancies.

which he had previously unloaded to the ground were outlined with paper Institute, and the tram line, a pic In the Wesleyan Church he con- 10:30 Auction of 4 Miscellaneous The Commissioner observes that the manager of Brunner, Mond and Co., Ld, the spent bullet here was a mark The concert was given under the distin-

Mr. E S. Little, jur, district cylinder inside." Witress also found presenting a really picturesque effect. provided.

was lying on the bunk with an empty lanterns bearing "patriotic colours, turesques terraced lawn has been tiued the rest of his days, being approved his transfer to that society. Stock at Messrs. Hughes and year 1915 was marked by an increase in Tientsin, is leaving for Home in the on the ceiling of the cabin where the guished patronage of HE Sir Henry the Colony shall become a meziber acter, he rendered valuable help for Hough's

of piracy in the delta commensurate near future to join the Offcers' Train bullet had struck and turned down Bay, Governor and Patron of the Club, of the Institute. The annual sub many years in the training of admitted to the ministry in 1877. It is desired that every woman in culture and strong Christian char

Being a man of considerable Chinese- City Hall SUNDAY, Sept. 17

of the Commissioner of Customs to which attention may be directed.

9.15 p.m.Boxing Tournament as the with the poverty and loss caused by ing Corps, on application to the War The Coroner told the ATOPPER ELE Major-General Ventris G.O.C

foods, and a study of the question, Office. Mr. Little, who is a married supposed forgeries were regard to and Commodore H. G. G. Sandemanscription has been fixed at $10 praachers at the Theological Institu

am-Excursion to Macao by as

Thishan". ODAY, Sept 18:-

his clothes og det

2.13 p.m. Organ Recital at St. John's/Bet so long as this organised and Shanghai. sport and was for a period of The Chief Officer of the sanumorous items were conspicuously there are ways and means of over-

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Revement Day Hongkong Stock

he' suya, “strengthens a theory that

men with two children, was educated at testimonials. sister organised and armed Lega School, Cambridge. On returning the locker was correct. Deceased Severn were also present The pro- where the payment of even this this work he retired in 1004, unco socialism than lavices

The ammunition in Lady May and the Hon. Mr. Claud about 20 cents a week and in cases tion at Tsang She, Canton, From exaction to the Far East he was prominent in had probably a mound concealed in gramms was long and varied, though arall subscription would be felt, Hongkong

which he has lived with his son in Cathedral

armed socialism" is not actioned eight years a popular member of “A” WENDAY, Sept, 20:

by law, we do not see how it can Company, S. V. C. At present he holds been on the ship about five months, marked effect # Marna" (Oliver) and an [oject is, of course, to be helpful to ences of the earlier European settlers The passing of M. Cheu serves to 3p.m.-Auction of Leasehold property

operty otherwise be regarded than as the rank of Lieutenant in the British On August 20th, the third officer an encore gave his old favourite, The the young women in the Colony, but the despite the atmosphere which R. F. Mitchell, said deceased had absent. Mr. AJ: England sang with coming the difficulty The main recall some of the strange expert- (Kennedy Town) at Messrs. Haghen lawless exaction." and Hough's,

The Commis Volunteer Company at Tientsin,

in China and the Chinese who helped sioner says: "Launches and sailing

chins to witnes and said something Yeoman's Wedding Sanderson's "My the Institute will be found to offer varied from acute distrust to miz SETVEDAY, Sept 23

craft receipts for the monthly tribute are mulcted alike, and

about jewellery Witness and the dear Soul was contributed by Mra, advantages to all women and must derous hatred Mr. Chau retamed third officer dearched decensed &F, of Laikoo, and well feceived. My live a growing claim upon their sup very clear memory until near the end, SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO POLICE drawers and therein found a letter recognised by all within the delta PONY KILLED AT WONG-NEL- isaued by any one gang is

RESERVE.

addressed to witness and which wit&E de Abney's contributions in port. The foundation idea of the and bis fund of anecdotes of those nesp had not seen. The lotter eluded two short sougs by Noel Johnson Institute is, of course, thub of a Girls of observing the growing apprecia

days was very large. He was fond The poor go free; destitution is

réterred "to fruit and apparently the entitled (a) The Rose and (b) Friendly Society Home, and waltou among the Chiess for Westerns relieved from central funds, the

SCHEONGL

fruit was delivered with the letter The River and the So He was gather that it will be run on much knowledge and invention, the deepen recipient becoming an active

to deceased who kept the letter fondly applauded and responded with the same lines. It will be open to most of all the development of the Or Trooper Ralph, of the Mounted De Findlayson" were forgeries.

Three other letters bearing the name Where my Caravan has rested women of all religious creeds, but Chinese Christian church. In passive member of the district gang; tachment HKP. (B) met with a seri

ing sympathy between the races, and Land short shrift is given to anyone ous accident while on patrol on the had the fatal round of ammunition, cause your heart is mine was a distinct which will be Eeld on the premisen note that return from all. Protestant

Asked if he knew where deceased Mr. Riddell's song "It not be the teaching in the Bible classes latter connection it is interesting who attempts private theft within pony shield at a passing trumcar and the sphere of the chief. It is con- was killed by impact with the cat secreted in the cabin and had body. She was vociferously encored and Attendance at the Bible Chase is not, number of communicant members Wong-nel-cheong Road, yesterday. His witness said deceased; no doubt, had success and heartily enjoyed by every.at stated times will be Protestant. Missions to China two years before tended that life and property are safer Trooper Ralph was thrown off and bad probably taken it from the captain's replied with another exquisite song of course, compulsory and there is as only six. Those ware days of within the district controlled by ly injured his head and face. He was room

Mr. Chan's baptism shows the lotal powerful band than in Canton, and at the time, to the Naval Hospital the engineer, A. Brock.

taken by Sergh, Scull, who was present After evidence of identification By

Two songs (a) To Mary" (b) "Its the also that the cold-bleeded piracies where his wounds wars drassed. He The Coroner, mming up, said Claud Severn who ferived such an ing cay, other creed from becoming periments in methods and hard

Dar wars contributed by the Hon. Mr. nothing to prevent a woran profess restricted missionary Fesidence, which have periodically occurred in afterwards proceeded home outside waters,cases such as the by Sorgt. Scull

The carcae os the pony was removed the part of the police, while it was a "Take a pair of Sparkling Eyes" Mr. participating in its many advantagesing figure

regarding a question of negligence on evation that he had to give another, a member of the Institute and freely lines of transition

foundation work, largely along the Tai On, Kwong-Chono-Wan Robert Á Lebaudy and others were perpetrated

question entirely for the jury it E. Muriel's interpretation of Pints An inspection of the premises only seemed to him that Sergt. Clark The Bedouin Love Song was a feature needs to be made to appreciate some by desperadoes hailing from Macko

acted with deligence in respect to of the programme. It was song with fine of the more obvious admotages-of and Hongkong, and are in no way

that matter. He examined the countenanced by the political econo-H You ever tried Chamberlain's the locket, und returned the revolver it was abcorded Mrs. Riddell and Mrs culty in believing that in

revolver, checked the amraunition xpression and well merited the encore the Institute, and we have no diff. VISITING CARDS mists who infest the delta. Averydd are wasting time, as the longer this to the holster. He had known Sergh. Hill also interesting comment to be sure, but Got a bottle today, apply it with and careful

disease runs on the harder it is cure Clark, for many years en zealous of the

in the second part time the Institute will com is there any other province in Chica, vigorous massage to the listed parts

The band of the generally recognised as wwwonder, where organised and at the radet ubtsined? For sale by al and yda will be surprised and delighted

mission of and necessary Inst armed socialism of the kind des Chemists and Storekeepers A

deceased

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