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Hongkong Nov. 11, 1914

THE DIARY..

MIMO. FOR TO-MORROW.

am-Excursion só Macso by us. "Heungshan".

General Memoranda

TURDAY, NOT. 14

1.20 p.m. - Anction of. Furniture, Blackwood, Carpète étci at "Mosara. Hughes and Hough's.

WREMENDAT, Nov. 154

Road, Kowloon. THURSDAY, Nov. 16 :——

MARRIAGE.

BARNARD-WALKER-On November

at Poking, Jors MORDAUNT BARNALD to DOROTHY HENRIETTE, youngest daughter of the late Captain Wilson Walker and of Mr. Walker, of Nagasaki.

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DBATH.

STMES-On September 30, 1916, killed

in action somewhere in France, HENRY STEs, Second Lieut. Lan cashire and Yorkshire Regt. (late with G. Grasrigge & Co.) of Shanghai:

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, NOV. 11, 1915.

MR ASQUITH ON THE WAR.

A CAREFUL porusal of the telegraphic 10.30 am.-Auction of Household summary of the speech Mr. AsquITH Furniture, Crockery and Glassware delivered at the Guildhall on Thurs- at No. 1, Ormsby Terrace, Graaville day night shows it to be a very restrained utterance, marked by an 1.30 p.m.--Auction of Furniture, Black-verwhelming sense of the immense wood, Cooking Store and Utensils gravity of the situation created by etc., at Mears. Hughes and Hough's. the War, yet still by a firmly rooted SATURDAY, Nov. 19:

confidence. I the ultimate victory of 11am-Auction of a Motor Bicycle at

the Allies, and the sucessful achieve- Mesars. Hughes and Hough's. pm-Annual Demonstration of the ment of the high aims which form HK. Sunday School Union in City the bond of their union. There was Hail Smoking Concert at V.R.C.

no prospect held out of an early Conclusion of the war; on the con- Birthday of Pope Benedict XV. (1551), Mr. AsQUITH did not disguise his conviction that the struggle will

BUNDAY, Nov. 19:

MONDAY, Nor. 20 sem

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THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY. ~

LOCAL" AND 'GENERAL.

LOSS OF HONGKONG MAILS.

"The Postmaster-General notifies us that all the mails from the Far East -

M.C.L. BAZAAR AND FETE.

-YESTERDAY'S CONCERT AP GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Tho Ministering Children's League

The next Criminal Sessions are for Europe which were despatched to-day makes its annual appeal for

fixed for November 20th.

가

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from Hongkong by the F. & 0..1.0,

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918.

THE MAGISTRACY.

DUMPING DISEKSED BODY.

HEAVY FINE FOR SERIOUS.

OFFENCE.

OPIUM. IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTE

200 FINE FOR ATTEMPTED EXPORT

Sardinia on the 6ab ultimo and trang, some deserving object and this year to adjudicata in two charges against of May, 1918, prohibiting the exporta

ferred to the same Company's a.s. Arabia at Colombo were lost in the sinking of the latter vessel in the Mediterranean.

British Malaya, through the exertions of Mr. C. Alma Baker, Perak, seconded by the local Press, ard many Chinese merchants has presented to the Royal Flying Corpa sixteen fighting and thirteen scouting ing aeroplanes, costing £35,000.

The total amount of the rainfall for the month of October, did not amount to one inch. According to the Observatory returns it was 0.780 of an inch. The records for the past 25 years show that the "maximum rainfall in the month of October is 23.993 inches, and the minimum 0.015 of an inch.

To-morrow, Nov., 12th, will be, observed as Harvest Festival Sun- day at Union Church, combined with Hospital Sunday. The money col- lections will be given, aa, usual, to the funds. of, the Alice Memorial Hospital, and the offerings of fruit and vegetables will be sent, as for several years past, to the Royal Naval and Military Hospitals in Hongkong,

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

These mails included the follow.

PARCELS. 20 baskets from Hongkong (16)

and the Agencies (3) to London,

ORDINARY MAIL.

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Charges of consigning Mr. J. E. Wood this morning at Japan 840lb of opium from the port of Glasgow, contrary to the proclamation in addition to local charities the woman of Hung Hom of failing to tion of opium, and of fakifying declara. and the poor orphane of Belgium with procuring a coolie to dump the goods to be exported were brought disabled and blind sailors and soldiers notify an infectious disease and also tond annexed to the specification of have been selected to optist the body. The coolie was charged before against George Duncan, of 8 Cavendish patronage of a benevolent Hongkong Mr. Hazeland with dumping the body. Road, Kilburn, London, at Glasgow public. The admirable work of the As outlined in the China Mail Sheriff Court. The indictment bore that Ministering_Children's League is so yesterday, the body of a female child the opium was anclosed in the case of well known as to require no con who had died of small pox was placed an organ and piano, and that fictitious names were used as those of the sanders mendation here. The ladies who in a sack and dumped by the coolie on arp associated with the League have piece of vacant land near the Branch of the goods, which were addrozied to

Canton, China been untiring in seal and ardour to Dispensary. The man was caught and persons in Kobe, Japan, and Fatahan, from information that he gave the ·Duncan pleaded not guilty, and was provide a very attractive Bazaar and vis

present a programme of amusement women was also arrested. The Dingen. defended by Mr J. W. Tumbail, writer Mr F. E. M'Kenos, Procurator Fiscal, which will Well repay the outlay.

[sary is, provided with a mortuary for

Proterant Booth receiving dead bodies but in the case of Apart from the bazaar two capital entertainments have been arranged house go in fear and dress of the place infectious disease the occupants of the and will include the re-appearance being cleansed by the Sanitary Board. of "The Swanks" who made such a The woman told Mr. Wood that the tremendous hit on " Our Day" both child was a female one and had died Scotland at the Fayre and the Public Gardens anrly in the evening. She went out

i.a. newspapers, samples, etc., and correspondence superscribed Suez :-->

7 bags from Manila, to Europe, 1 bag from Centon French Fost

Oce to Paris.”;

bag from Amoy French Fost

Office to Pads

8 bags from Hongkong to Paris. 1' bag from Macão to Lisbon.

special cansos

instructions, in June and July last he attached to the General Post Office, London, stated that, following special opened letters addressed to the accused and letters sent by accused to a mad in China

The letters ware handed over te detective to make copies

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1 bag from Hongkong to Brindisi The members of the Evayue are also} get's poolio to remove the body to the they were undated and bore ART

1 bag from Hongkong to Geneva I bag from Hongkong, to Amster

dam.

20 bags from Hongkong to London.

38 bags.

providing an attractive and delight- Dispensary and met the ful programme which is bound to defendant who promised to carry the other draw large and appreciative houses. the child for $9. She put it in a sack Last evening at Government House, because it could be more easily carried so. when the members are their extra What the other defendant actually did programine, a full house declared it with the child she did not know.

to be one of the prettiest and most Dr. Smalley, medical officer for Kow. artistic that had been arranged under loos, said the cause of death was small similar auspicca. Except for an por The woman declared she did Telegraphic advice has been reitem by H.E. Mr. Claud Seven, the not know what small pox was, ceived by the local office of the P. Officer Administering the Govern

Inspector Brown in answer to the

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and

of

resting in

of them. None of the letters addressed to China were signed, and in some cases

place unpack ano Cargo Smith, at Scotiana” origin. They contained instructions to

a piano, Detective George Sm Yard, spoke to copying the lottara

accused Aniece of the from China in 1014, and lived with her Aberdeen, said her unele came home parents for a brief time, Early this year he took shop in Aberdeen. June she saw a piano and an organ in the shop. Accused used to get letters sent addressed to Robertson, and others addressed in his own TAMC. Several cablegrams that came for him from the East were addressed Robert An Aberdeen house factor stated that for the temporary storage of furniture.” All be

he saw in the shop were a pingo, Su organ, and two cases for those intru- ments

Other evidence dealt chiefly with tho specifiation papers relating to the ship- eases in Glasgow, their removal

of the opium, the arrival of the the to docks, and the Customs officials dis

opium... covery of the

a Customs officer,

children are returning to the Cclony by that the Admiralty had advisament, the programme was sustained Magistrate, said he did not think it on." -

by the members, who showed marked at all likely that Chiness would put the shop premises were let to Duncan

the NY.K... Atsuta Maru

Mr. A. G. Coppin la returning to the Colony by the next Empress liner. He is now in Japan.

The M.C.L

Mr. and Mr W. R. Leask and&0. Company from the Directors

definitely that all passengers were ability and talent.

sbody in a sack except for the purpose saved from the Arabis and are pro-members of Kowloon opened the

of damping it. ceeding either to Malta or Port Said. programme with the patriotic part fining the woman $200-the maximum Mr. Wood convicted on both charges The telegram also states that all song The Union Jack of Old Eng-penalty for failing to notify the disease cfficers and crew were saved except land. Each carried a small Union and $50 for procuring the aid of the ing two engineers who were killed. Jack and at the close cleverly coolie...

execated a dance.

Miss Gwen The latter was fined $100 by Mr. Stedman gave a pleasing recitation Hazeland for dumping. in taking juvenile style entitled "A Child's Small-Hands. The text off-

We learn that there WAS one passenger from Hongkong an the Arabia-Mrs. Cooney, wife of Lieut. Cooney.

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IN THE SOMME PUSH.

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priate and dwelt on the steady work

We notice that the Rev. Foster THE SCENE OF DESOLATION. the piece was exceedingly appro Pegg was the Army Chuplain who assisted the rector of the parish at the burial of the crew of the Zep pelin burat in Essex.

Mr. H. W. Bird, Mr. C. D. Wilkinson and Mins Wilkinson, and Afr. and Mrs, who returned to the Colony by the A. E. Paine were among the residents

"Empress of Japan" to day..

sunk there was one passenger from On the Glengyis which was recently

Shanghai, a Master Hall, aged fourteen. He is the son of Mr. C. E. Hall, of the New Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, Ltd., and was proceeding home to complete his education. It is under

passengers from Singapore.

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PREMIER'S NEPHEW KILLED.

is from a letter writter by the son her best, if possible, for the cause

The following interesting extract of the child striving to do more than PATHETIC LAST LETTER OF LORD

GLENCONNER'S HEIR...

Lieutenant the Hor. Edward Wyndham Was Tennant, Grenadier Guards, aldest son

law to the Prime Minister has been

killed in action.

of Mr. A. H. Harris, Commissioner of the Flag she so gladly serves. of Customs at Kowloon, who is s

"Sailors Hornpipe " The gunner in a heavy battery He is danced by Miss June Looker in and heir of Lord Glenconner, brother-in under 20, has been at the front for realistic fashion and she was heartily Somme push, since it commenced were Masters William Hancock and some fourteen months and in the applauded. Her standard bearers.

David Locker who looked quite smart in their uniforms. Mise Alma Worin cester was such a distinct success in the recitation Philosophy that

He writes:

Frince, 26.9.16.

(Region of Martinpuich). We had another big show yes terday which went of very well, se you will and in the papers. The weather the applause which greeted it was which was very unkind to ne now prolonged and unstinted, and she lovely again. For three days and nights again delighted the audience by I hadn't a stitch of dry clothing of any reciting the quaintly pretty old kind and all my blankets were soaked

10.30 A.m. Anction of Household tax all our resources and our whole stood, also, that there were several through; we are getting to such moving English ballad. Where are you

Furniture, Crockery and Glassware at No. 1, Ormsby Terrace, Granville Road, Rowloco.

1.30 p.m.Auction of cargo salred ex.

and Hough's Godown.

THE CHINA MAIL'

NOTICE.

and raore than they have sacrificed; St. Clement, Norfolk, who wis killed of Elizabeth F. Thorne, of Terrington, until France is adequately secured against aggression, until the rights of

on patrol, Sept. 28, 1915, near Fricourt, France.

Commandestions relating to news should be addressed to THE EDITOR.

Correspondents must forward their all the small nations of Europe are names and addresses with any communies. tion addressed to the Editor, not necessarily based upon an unassailable founda

for publication bat sa evidence of good

Eufth

tion, and until the military domina-

All matter for publication should be vikten on one side of the paper only.

tion of Prussia is wholly and finally

destroyed." Though apparently Mr.

SECOND-LIEUTENANT GRISSELL

KILLED,

Lettom relating to business should be Thursday this resolve in these precise another Hongkong man at the front.

Asquita did not "repeat again on We regret to record the loss of addressed to TuS MANAGER,

Rate of subscription to "China Mall terms, every item of it will be found. The mail brings news of the death in $30 per annum 3 per quarter and per man-covered by the speech. When peace action on September 15th of Second

• "pro-rata". The Chins Mail is delivered free to come, he said, it must be aacha pence Lieutenant Frances Grissell, of the aubarbers in Hongkong and Kowloon,

warfare now that you have never time going to my pretty maid?**

to dig decent, dug-cute-simply one sheet The little tot showed surprising

of the writer, sod sires died of bia

Clara Frost;

was granted a commission at the begin Lieutenant Tennant, who was only 19, ning of the war and went to the front

August 10155,

mother a letter, reproduced in the Just before going into action he wrote Times" as follows:-

This is written in case anything happens to me, for should like you. to have just a little message from my own hard. Your love for me and my love for you have made my whole life one of the happiest there has ever been. This is a great day for me High heart, high speech, high deeds, 'maid honouring eyce. God bless you and give you peace. 4

The Hon. Christopher Gris Tennant,

in 1914.

R. C. Gillespie, a stated that, following

opened the boxes at Classictions, be

Harbour.

They contained the skatetons of a plano and an organ, the ordinary musical material having been removed to make space for 11 hermetically sealed tins. He afterwards opened the tins.

PROFITS IN THE "KASTA Inspector Hill, Costoms and Island Revenue Department, London, atated that he called at accused's house in

the case accused confessed that he had him, showed him the correspondence in Kilburn, London, and, after warning

had opium stored in London since 1914

the tins into the piano and organ. Ha He took opium to Aberdeen, purchased where he put the opium into tios and an old piano and organ, took a shop,

meant that the opium should go to an agent in China to be sold there. Opium, sell at from 16 to £10 per 15. in the East country for 188 6d por lb., and it would Duncan said, could be bought in this

Witness handed accused over to the

police and the present prosecution fol

No evidence for the defence was led. The Sheriff convicted on the second charge-namaly of falsifying the statutory declarations required for the ehipment of goods.

the opium would be automatically Mr Turnbull stated in mitigation that forfeited; and therefore accused has loat roughly $1,200. He also said the opium was purchased for exportation some time before the Prohibition Order was

nature of the offence at the present moment. There was not sufficient opium The Fiscal pointed out the seed.

in this country for the requirements of military hospitals for the alleviation

pain

A very considerably increased. supply from normal times was necessary, ZEPPELIN SOUVENIRS,

and this was the reason for the Probib Hou Order. He described sccused's. scheme as being on an extensive scale BROOCHES AND RINGS MADE OF and almoet successful.

AIRSHIP'S WIRE.

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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

stock of patience and resolve." But there

was no indication in that speech of any weakening of the Wisley at Mosara. Hughes resolve which the Prime Minister in a London paper in proud and loving slept lately in some very weird places won for her a host of admirers. A who was born in 1800, is now the heir to

An In Memoriam, notice is published of corrugated iron and a sandbag or two, esse before such a large audience with mother earth as a bed. In fact I've and her light and winsome mariner affirmed in his Guildhall" speeches memory of Second Lieutenant MarI haven't had my clothes off for thres ir 1914 and 2015 in identical terms: borough Thorne, 8th Battalion East weeks now and a bath would be the flower song and dance introduced the Larony. He became a midshipman "We shall never sheathe the sword, Surrey Regiment, and previously of 7th heaven of delight." As long as activa graceful movements and pretty cos. which we have not lightly drawn, the 8th Battalion 90th Winnipeg operations continue there is no chancs tames pointing to careful training until Belguim and I will add, Rifles, second son of the late Corne- leave, unless we are pulled out for and work on the part of the organ Serbia-recover in. fall measure alla Thorne, Shanghai, China, and rest which, as you know, they never seemsers. The dancers and their parte

to think we need, but I can promise you mas, however, thers ought to be hopes Golden Butterfly, Marjorie Aitken; aur job is to child's play!! By Christ were: "Sunshine, of it, and I'd give anything to go home Buttercup, Gladys Samsay, Daisy,

The Sheriff ssid the serioumess of the now even for a day. I do hope you have Bessie George; Violet, Mary Hyde; Among the money producers on Our thought fit to attach to it. The penalty offence was shown by the extremely good news of Jack; write and tell

heavy penalty which the L Logislature His cousin, wounded within 200 yards Rose, Maggie Ramsay,

Dayat Home were souvenirs of Zep. had been increased from £100 to £500, Lady May was presented with a

pelia 123, which was wrecked at Cuffley alternative of three months itaprisors

He imposed a fine of 2200 with the wounds). I believe I included a pair of bouquet of choice flowers as the and voluntary helpers were busily en-which to pay the monetary penalty.

A large number of convalescent soldiersment, and allowed accused one week i pyjamas in a list of things but please piece concluded. The Cradle aged in cutting up and fashioning in don't send them yet; I shall saver, have a chance to use them and every littla

·Song was delightfully quaint and various designs the vast quantity of wire thing takes up room. of the country road here Low! It's Marjorie Aitken, Nellie Mackie, of the wire was made into dainty Oh, if you could only realise the state doll and those who took part were: material available for souvenirs. Some pretty. Each of the singers carried taken from the Zeppelin. It is estimated that there were nearly 40 miles of marvellously awful. Where there were suco rolling downs of springy tit, vil Gladys Ramsay, Besaje George, brooches, prettily mounted, for which a Postags is Charged at the rate of fifty foundation the security of the weak, officer was a fellow of the Royal In there is now absolute desolation and Florrie Neave The entertaintment be cut into shore stripes and sold in as will build upon a sure and solid Coldstream Guards The deceased and trees and wooded raileys and ravines, Geraldine Smith, Connie Smith and the greater portion of the wire was to ingen surrounded by gue dona, erchards Mabel Spradbery, Irene Sprodbory, Anger rings were alas to be woven; bus aburge of a shilling was made. Small

Orders for axtra coples of the Otheliberities of Europe and 1 frestitute of British Architects and was death; not a living thing in nature, nos brought to a fitting conclusion sirpenny envelopes, stamped by the Red meeting of the General Committed Man' should be sunt as soon as possible a future for the world. It can readily Orange of Hongkong until about ad up by shell fire. The villages and by a tableau entitled The Allies

with the Erm of Messrs. Leigh and equaro yard of ground that isn's plaugh the sapply is limited. Cash 10 cta, Orödik 2 class per copy.

be understood that only such aims eighteen months ago, Esta of ubscription to the "Oraziand as these could serve to preserve the

Croes to guarantee the genuineness of will be had at Beadquarters Club is woods are no more, not one stone or represented as follows: Britan-

their contents. Cina Mall” $13 $1 per sonum extra. Eingle copios twenty unity of the Allies All the efforts Grissell rendered valuable help to Mr was a wood of big tall beach trees:

6.30 pm on Monday, November 18th It will be remembered that Mr.brick standing on another, and a fewnia," Dione May; France," Gwen per annum postags

All members are required to attend. broken tras stumpe b. high where once Stedman, Russia, June Looker; Alterations and additions to Advertise- | of the enemy to break up. the Sinclair with the aconery for more than Everywhere the stanchi of patifying Italy, Rita Hageland, Japan,..

BAND AND ORCHESTRA ments ou Page 3 8, 6, and 7 should bination by malicious representations one of the notable productions of the bodies is overbearing. But what is uit Joyce Holyoak, Serbis, Anne Memorisi and Affiliated Hospitals begs

The following order of July 6th Last Is be sent to the Office, Wo. E, Wyndham fret about one and then about the AD.C.

this for? We are absolutely siring the Dodwell, Portugal, Nina Haze to acknowledge with thanks the follow Alterations and additions to Advertise other Power have failed, and must Mr. Grissell was a member of the enemy out and he must breaks altogether land; Montenegro. Dorothy Holy ng donations to the funds of the

Hongkong Police Reserve in the early 609. Flesh and blood can't stand th

continuous stream of shelt which wo send on

Rumania. Temnica Butter, Hospitala :——- to one another must the Allies become and youngest son of the late Mr the French they too are marvelions in tiar with the rest of the Allies The deceased officer was the fourther, and every day his resistance gets field, Belgium, Alan Worcester Advorliegments and Schacriptions which ad the more certain are they Grissal of Redisham Hall, Becles, the atter and the old Hos cOMAS OVER

weaker and weaker. It's the same with Britannia occupied the centro post- altimately to achieve their aima..

Baffolk. He was born at Norbury Park, in warm whenever they got over Dorking, Surrey, and was educated at parapet. The enemies coussifies Post Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and at Harrow, bo enormous, for more than what he Whoo he went Home from Hongkong reports; lat w Inow for certain. The onlisted in the Artists Rifles, but obtained a commission three months afterwards in the Coldstream Guards?

ceris per month.

fire conta cach,..."

Breet not later than 11,80 a...

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continues the more strongly bound

seat us not later then, I p..

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are not ordered for Szed period will be continued until countermanded.·'

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Sun

WHY IT SELLS

grouped around her while in front kult Belgium with arms outstretch

ed in a pitous appeal for help. The tableau was well conce and splendidly staged and reflected the -ighest possible credit on those

responsible.

Thi excelent entertainment wAA Cough Remedy is one of the attractions for selling cough medicined noon's bazaar

it does ment ugh remed Cropposed boted that they

Bagain literally

part to the worthy obje the fate is betarproma

The Hon Treasurer of the Alic

M. Wang

Wong Ping Tee Tai Ming Tob

Hang Hing Sant Ko Po Shum

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Cheung Kung Hang Taz Loung Chins Congregational Church 18.25

Orders faced by Mr. F. C. Jenkin D.S.P. (R.).

ZEÁDQUARTERS CLUB:

and numbered 1234 Members of the Hand and Orphestra are not required to to be inserted in the Standing Orders

attend any kind of Patrols, Prille, and Muskalry unless exprimaly ordered by the D.S.P. (B.) They may however tolnn.. tarily perform any of these duties erept on a date fixed for a Practice of Portarm

WINTER UNITOEM"," Blue uniform will be worn on Patrak Duty as from this date,

ther

All ranks above the rank

at Headque

ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPENS

5.90 p

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