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THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 1917.

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defence of England against air rails

which yet remain to be solved In the fields of fair fight on land and

CHANG HSUN ENTERS

PEKING.

NEW TYPHOON SIGNALS.

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BEFITTING AN IMPERIAL CONQUEROR.

THE MAGISTRACY.

OPIUM CONCEALED IN BEDS.

In Mr. Wood's Cours this morning, It is notified in the "Gazette "over A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY the case was heard in which Revenu❤

on the sex Germany is a beaten WITH POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE the signature of Mk. T. F. Claxton, enedig, and though her capacity for: mischief in the air and under the sea remains for the time being) eunsiderable. Germany is merely piling up the bill of costs which she will have to pay when she is at

THE PREMIER SCOTCH OFgth compelled to acknowledge

THE FAR EAST FOR 25 YEARS.

POPULARITY MAINTAINED BY ITS EXCELLENT -QUALITY: NOT BY EXPENSIVE WORLD-WIDE

ADVERTISING.

her defeat.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Exchange was an eighth up this

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., morning-1. T. 134 and Demand

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

To-day's Advertisements

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG "AND SINGAPORE. THE Steamship

HONGKONG.

TELEPHONE No. $16.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, June 18, 1917.

THE AIR RAID.

2/5-9:16.

:

(Wah Pa Vat Pole Service.)

PERING, June 15..

:

Director of the Royal Observatory, that new Local and Nou-Local Storm Signal

A. European named Alexander Penn, Coles will be introduced at Hongkong Second Engineor of the sa. Luchow, na Ist inly, 1917, in place of the old appeared before Mr. A. Dyor Ball this Local Cody, and the China Coast Code. morning to answer the charge of having The principal change in the Local assaulted the Chinese ticket collector of Code is that the new signals will show the steam lanuch Jolie at about 11.10 the direction from which the gale is o'clock last night, on board the launch. He arrived by special trait was met showed the position of the typhoon

expected, whereas the out signals whilst the boat was leaving Blake Pier. by the highest oficials ami was driven The latter will be indicated, as horeto throught the streets, which were guard-fora, by the Non-Locaf Signals, The ed by all the armed forces in Peking new Local Code is given below :— his own troops alternating with those of the Cavernment.

incl Chang sun entered Peking befitting an imperial eauqueror, Yesterday afternoon with all the pomp

He will reside in the former Vice- Fresidential Palsyre.

Li King Hi and other members of the Provisional Government were due to arrive last night.

THE DISSOLUTION MANDATE.

Prior to the death of Mr. William |Honry Stone, who was for 40 years the

SHANGA, Tne 13. Alviser to the Japanese Department The mandate dissolving Parliament of Communications, His Majesty the was originally drafted by Fong Kai Emperor of Japan was pleased to who worded it to read the "re-oloction". confer upon him the First Order of of Parliamant and not dissolution, but Merip with the Grand Cordon of the General Chang Hsun was cot satisfied Rising Sun.

with this, wharerpon it was re-drafted and the text was increased by two.

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DAY SIGNALS.

1-Red rane, point upward, will mean a typhoon exists which may possibly cause a gale at Hongkong within 24 hours.

Inspector Wildin charged two Chines commissjon brokers with the unlawful possession of 991 tools of preparedy opium and 26 tales of opium dross," found concealed between the boards of two herts respectively occupied by the two defendants, in their cubicle at No.

Ng Fook Lans

MJ. D. Lloyd, of the Imports and Exports Office, appeared to prosecute,

the defendants who pleaded not guilty to the charge, were represented by Mr. Leg Almada

Aftar evidence was heard, the ense

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The complainant, who entered the witness box with bead swathed in band ages quit his jacket covered with blood stains, deposed that at about 11,30 o'elock last night, whilst the steam launch Mollis lay alongside of Blake was adjourned until next Wednesday... Fier, the defendant and about ten others

A RANTSHEE CASE. passengers, boarder the launch. When the complainant asked for his fare,

Mr. Dyer Ball this morning suntaseed the defendant refused to pay him The Black cone point upward-Gale complainant then prouettes to collect a Chinese banishes to one year's band expected, from the North (NW fares from the other passengers. After labour on the charge of returning to the be had collected all the other Colony before his term of banishment 3---Black cone point downward-Gale passengers' fares he again asked the bad expired.

expected from the South (S.E to defendant to pay his fare. After

NEX

SW.): 4-Black drum-Gald expected from

the East (N.E to S,E): --Black ball--Gale expected from

the West (N,W. to S. W.)! ---Two black cones, top one point down, bottomone point up-Gale expected to increase. 7-Black cruss-Wind of typhoon

force expected (any direction).

three explosive bombe, fired at intervals Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by

abusing the complainant, the defendant produced a ten-dollar note and asked for change. When the complainant produced nine dollars change, he was assaulted by the defendant and several other passengers on the launch, **

In cross-examining the complainant, the defendant asked: Are you quite) sure I am the man who first struck you?

HONGKONG AEROPLANE FUND.

SUBSCRIPTION LIST No. 10.

the Kom Teag

Dr. Jordan, Forwyth, Grone &

Aubrey

R. Michael & Co

It is notified in the Gate that thirds. under Regulation 2 of the Regulations | Kong Chia-chung brought the two relating to Launches and Moter, Boats drafts to Tientsin, cae of which was the carle by the Governor-in-Council mandata above referred to and the her are notified that all thods are being Mr. BONAR LA recently stated in of al launches and motor boats are which the President tendered his on the 5th day of April, the owners other was a draft of the mandate' in Larkled at their risk into the Imarious the House of Commons that the required before obtaining Reences, to resignation. Upon seeing them, Chang of 10 neconds at the Water Police Molli was then called and his story of D. V. Struven. ..................zelle

"JAPAN,"

haring arrived, Consignets of Cargo hy

and or exten hazardous Clowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Clown Co. Ltd. whard from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Goods not cleared bỷ 23rd instant; will be subject to rent

All broken, child danged pads ages are to be left in the where they will be examined by Mosses,

Gourd and Douglas of instant,

* In.

Claims aednst the Steuer must be

after arrival of Steamer, otherwise they

will not be rangnized, i

No Fire Insurance will be effected by the undersigned in any case whatever

Hilis of Lading will be countersigned by

DAVID SASSOON & Co., Læn.

dgmt. Hongkong, June 18, 1977.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1500

Governrent had carefully considered have their launches or motor boats the question ut reprisals, and thought surveyed by a Government Marine reprisals in certain circumstances are Surveyor, Surveys by the owners'

private Surveyor cannot be recognised. inevitable. That being so there

can be

Haun said that they were not according Station and repeated at the Harbour to his idea, and they did not require Office. bis going to Peking.

He stated tha: if the President was not in little difference of opinion about the

ernest he could only return to Un the night of the 1st inst. Chuchow and leave the situation to recent bombing of London by the whale, about 180 feet in length, swam take care of itself. enemy coming within the category into Dairen Bay, tearing through a

Complainant: Yes; quite sure. The Chinese Second Engineer of the

J. W. C. Bonair

While in picture given by Mr.

Bryan.

K.BD...

the assault corroborated the evidence given by the complainant. This witness. Anonymous,

F.R.D., & OF.L... $20 such added that he had seen the defendant

A. D. Macdonald, M.S., HAL., waving a spanner over his own head.

doing on deck, since you are the second - Defendant asked: What were you

engineer and your place is below in the LW. & V.M.M., $1 deb engine room?

The signal will be lowered when it is considered that all danger is over. the masthead of the storm signal mast The Day Signals will be displayed at

on Blackhead Hill, the Harbour Office, Kong Chiu Chang then returned to HMS. Tamar, Green Island signal mast, the remarks of Chang Hsun, whereupon Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and

Witness: I was awaiting orders.. "With the engines going astern?". the President altered his plans and

odowi Company at Kowloon, the enquired the defendant, and then quick- his action.

1

The mammal is supposed to have been ciegraphed to the provinces explainindagstaff on the premises of the Standardy added, "Who was in charge of the

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$300,0

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100.00

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30.00

$0.00

50.00

8.0.. (C., M.; L.L.. EIL.M., G.F. & AE, $5 Teach M.FS. & C.R., $3 each

50.00 6.00

2.00

Per Mr. J. H, Oxberry

1. H. Ozberry, M. 'Picknell, J.C. Smith, T. Johnstone,

40.00

Tapti. A. D. cobh,

20.00

Collected by Mr. A, F. Arcalli ș---

K.Punaney

$3,00

15.00

30,00

25,00

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20,00

15,00

15.00

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12. Mairegor & F. Lapse}, Sa 'each'

8. C. Ismail

presented in writing within 10 days of circumstances which make reprisals fishing nesad" nudèr water of the Peking and reported to the President the Hagstaff or the premises of thei

inevitable Over fifty porsaus were promontory at the east of Jijiko (East killed and four hindre injured, and Bird) at the east of Piret wharves. not a single soldier among then

after a shoal of sardines. This is the Whether the German raidera embarkeil

first whale that has ever got into the or the adventure with any clearly Dairen Bay, says our Diren contem. defined purpose of doing military pomy damage, or eimply to destroy any thing and murder anybody-man, woman or child, we do not yet know, but the enemy airmen bave had sufficient experience to know that, compelled as they are for their own safety to By at enormous attitudes over a city like London, where no thing has been left undone to afford protection from such raida,. ic is practically impossible for the raider

O Company at Lai-chi-kok, and the engine room during your absence": SPLIT IN THE NORTHERN PARTY. dagstaff near the Field Offeer's Quarters

"The assistant Areman," answered the witness at Lyemun. PRING, June 15.

The Defendant: "It is ridiculous NIGHT SIGNALS, (Lampi) Chang Haun snil Li Kinghi are

White, White, White.

your

Worship, to think Captain making arrangements to form a new

Beckwith would give a certificate to an Cabinet.

2-White, green, greon."

engineer who would be absent from the 3.--Green, white, white.

engine room whilst his boat was leaving. Fel Areaili

THE Undersigned have received in

structions to sell by Public Auction, (POR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCIXED),

ON

SATURDAY,

the 23rd June, 1917, at 10.30 "a.m.

at their Sales Rooms,. No. 8, 1.

Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, MISCELLANEOUS STOCK,

Comprising

Al

A variety of Dress Materials incluciasto. be sure of hitting any special Run and White Serge, Alpaca. (Bine, Black and White "ricts. Holland White object which he has set out to Linen, Drill, dr., Counterpanes, destroy, and one is therefore driven Blankets, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Toilet to the concluson that in making thenat Soap, Perfumery,

raids on the capital of the British

20.

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پر ہونے

HUGHES & HOUGH,

1888

CITY HALL WORK PARTY.

"

It appears that the Northern party

During the past kortnight the City has split up into many factions and

Hall Work Party packed:

180 Shirts, 180 Pyjamas,

130 Vesta,

Berl-juckets.

12 Reversible bed-jackets, 20 Shrouds,

45 Milk-covers,

-1

qrs. Slippers,

18. Brs. Invalids boots,

Knitted cups,

90 prs, Socks“

*

|

judging from the siturtion, old officials will be selected as Cabinet Ministers.

SIANFU OCCUPIED.

PEKING, June 13.

A telegram has been received in

4. Green, green, white. 5.White, white, green.

6. Green, green, green 7-Red, red, red.

The Night Signal will be displayed, at sunset, on the tower of the Railway

Station, on H.M.S. Tamar, and on the

signals.

Peking from the Shensi Law Protection bare the same signification as the day Harbour Office fagata. They will Army, under the leadership of the northern Shenai Defence Commissioner, that Jing Soong-sing has attacked and occupied Sianfu.

Chan Shu-fan boa fled, and Li Kung yuan has again been made Governors

Auother report states that Li Kung! yuan has been killed.

¿M.P.'S SALARIES.

One caso teas sent to Queen Mary's Empire, the directors of these forays | Needlework Guild in London, one tell Sun Hats, Pussain Hats, Lady's Silk are utterly indifferent as to whether the French Red Cross Headquarters. Hough, ita, "ke.

they murder women and children Puris, and three to Mesopotamia. Tarzan---Cash.

or destroy, arsenals or docks. The consignment was received from Parliamentary Secretary for War the Italian Convent, too late to be the raid or London is packed this week. It will appear in

SHANGHAI, June, 15. regarded as a reprisal for the con-

Kong Chiu-chung har informed the tinuous and effective raids by the

The badges sent out, from Queen members of both Houses of Parliament British in the region of Zeebrugge, Mary Needlework Guild have now that he will give them their salaries for the German, submarine, base.

arrived, and are being distributed to for June and July.

- Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 16, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned bave received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, ́(POK ACCOUNT OF THE DUNCERRED);

מנו..

SATURDAY, the 23rd June, 1917,

at 13 Nam, at their Sales Booms, No.

Des Voor Rond, Corner of

Ice House Street,

A CÓNSWSMENT OF MANGANESE, PUTTY"

(will bu muld' in small lots to suit intending purchasers).

Termna :--Cast

BUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, Bangkang, June 16, 1917.

THE CALENDAR.

MEMO FOR TO-MORROW. Bunker Hill Day, US A.

General Memoranda.

TomDay, June 10 --

9.09 p.New Moon.

FRIDAY, June 22-

aaye

The

the next list.

all workers who sent their names in Inst Anturun. Will any members of |

idea is typically German, and, o doubt, the directors of these raids the City Hall Work Party, who did (Renter' Service to the Choir Mail.) ara counting, very largely on the this, and who have not yet received a 8, great reluctance manifested by the budge, please cofne to the City Hall JAPAN AND THE AMERICAN NOTE

British people to deviate froas the next Tuesday morning, when they high principles of humanity in the will be given out conduct of the war to the extent.

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TO CHINA.

explosive bombs as above, in the event Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by

of the information conveyed by this signal being first published at night

a pier, with the engines going astern.

I, therefore, do not think the witness either heard the altercation or saw the fight.

After evidence had been given by the

Indian police constable who arrested the give his account of the assault. defendant, the latter was called upon to

**

The defendant stated that it was a

he and several other passengers boarded case of mistaken identity. He explain- ed that at about 11.30o'clock last night,

A. F. Arculli ..........

N. Mohamedally R. A. Curreem Mohamed' Ali

O el Azcull...... Noordi..

A. el Arculli, A. K. el Arculli, Arculli; D. el Azcalli,

Ji, V. Curreem. Cassan Ahmed, Abdoolally Erahim. & Co. Kayamally & Co., AL HI.. Er Elias, 31. Mahomed & S. A. Bux, $10 * ench

**** 110.00 "A. Curreem, A P. Sufiad, M. Akbar, F. Mohamed, Sheriff Bros. Sirdar Khen, Mobi. deen & Co., Abbas Khan, S. R. Ismail, Nurhan, G. M. Hakin & Mohamed Din, $5 each. 'Sadar Din & Feroz All; $2

rách

Karium Buklish, G. Feebhoy,

· Sin, Abdullah... Jalaf Din. Allah Ditta Nanigh & Abdools Khan, # each.

7.00

Amount previously acknow..

Jedged

$1,089.00

9,268.39

Total

$10,805.30

the steam launch Mollie The defendant's story was correct regarding the details SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS,

leading up to the assault, but it was not When local signals are displayed in the defendant, but ascther passenger, the Harbour, a Cone will be exhibited with whom the complainant had engaged at the following stations:-Gap Rock, in an altercation regarding the payment Waglan, Stapley, Aberdeen, Saa Ki of a fare and the changing of a tan- Wan, Sai Kung, Sha Tao Kok, Tai Po dollar note, The other passenger had to notify the fact to native-craft and refused to give up his ten dollar note Ping coean vesela, on demand, by until the complainant gave him nine signal from lighthouses..

dollars change, and when the complain- The object of the code is to give at hat began to argue the point," he least 24 hours' warning of a gale (Force received a "clout in the eye": mean velocity by Dines Anemometer) passenger and the complainant and Further sums amounting to 5000 are 8 by Beaufort Seale, or 4045 mph., A fight then ensued between the

ad also warnings of expected changes in during the scuffle, the defendant, who been promised but not collected, leaving the direction and force of the wind. had been sitting opposite the belligerent the sum of $800 required before the Fund Owing, however, to the uncertain more passenger, received a panch on then be closed. ments of typhoons and, to insufficient nosc." The defendant did not know Thus ruffle for the picture, by Mrs. "Mr. Lansing announces that any telegraphic observations, it will occasion which bi the two combatants had struck of entering into competition with Macpherson, of Magazine Gap, will irritation in the Japanese Press ororally happen that signals 2 to 5 may be him, but considering it "up to him! the way of reprisals be drawn next Tuesday morning at the American. Note to Chins must be displayed witbont n gale occurring at to level up matters," be became It is, of course, just as feasible for the City Hall at 1 o'clock. The be due entirely to the publication of a Hongkong, or even Gap Rock, but the at participant in the engagement. It the Allies to drop bomba on cities proceeds go to the Aeroplane Fund. bogus Note. The correct text since reverse is not likely to happen, except was then the Police arrived on the scene in Germany and to slaughter and This week we lose the help of the published his removed any suspicions. in the case of typhoons forming in the and the complainant subsequently mafm non-combatant men, women and. Kongmoon Work Party-holiday trips.

The State Department. explains that vicinity and travelling rapidly towards accused the defendant of being the children as it has been possible for lave dispersed the workers. W the Americus: Note was inspired simply Hongkong, or of a located typhoon passenger who first struck him. the Germans to do this in England wish them a pleasant summer, and by a desire to aid the rival Chinese increasing its rate of progression His Worship (to the defendant):

suppose it was a rather happy party that Obviously it is only a question as to that they may come bank invigorated factions to come together.

boarded the steam laurch Inst night 1.

Defendant; Well, your Worship, dare say, it was

His Worship How about spanner

them in

whether Britain and France are to and"

be forced to desceed to the same level

al savagery as Germany and retaliate

un German cities regardless of an

"ready for the winter's 'work

The American ladies in the Colony have formed themselves into a Work-

WARKINUTON, June. 7.

AMERICA AND, CHINA.

LONDON, June 15.1

abnormally.

Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning to "Stand By and watch for the next signal

s

"In the new "Non-Local Code the

ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS PROTESTS.

Cardinal Lucon, Archbishop of Rheims, has issued the following protest against the Germans allegations, that the rathe draf and church towers of the city wer used na military observation poste

* Painfully affected by the istest at- tacks on the cathedral sad several of the churches of my episcopal city, under" the pretext of military decenalty, F berd by declare that I learn from an anith thepachable source, and that I confirms on my own authority, that neither the cathet

not tacir, towers and belfries, have, bilmi used for a chilitary purpose.

ing Party, with Mrs. W. D. Krait In the House of immons Lord at their bed, and have afbliated Robert Cecil stated that he understood approximat velocity of the storm military necessity. Germany would themselves with the City Hall Work that the United States had recently centre will be shown, in addition to its Defendant: I know nothing of thedral nor any of the churches of Rheimar have only herself to blame if that Party. We extend a hearty, welcome recent dissensions in China, and hoping the centre will be given in degreas of

addressed a Note to China deploring the direction of motion, and the position of spanner should happen. It is a matter for to them-nos only on account of the that tranquility would forthwith be

His Worship: Du you see the great regret that the whole of the actual work they will turn out, which established. The United States had latitude and longitude. The time at the Chinese (Second Engineer on deck. raiders succeeded in escaping after we know will be excellent, but also not yet communicated with Great which the warning was jasued will also their murderous foray, Mr MAC because we like to feel they are work PRERSON told the House of Commone ing alongside us all going, forward

2.30 pm-Auction of Furniture,

Blackwood, Ware, etc. at Mass

Hinghen and Hough's

SATURDAY, June 23 :-

Prince of Wales' Birthday (1894);":"

Dragon. Boat Festival.

Anniversary of the King's Coronation that the raiders crossed the Chan together in our endeavour to send nel in twelve minutes, but some help and comfort to the men unless they had machines capable of who are fighting.

(Signed)

HETHELOM, STABB.

Sunday, June 24*---

Hiirinmer Day.

THUMDAY, June 28 ----

Hongkong

da

WIDERIDAY, June 27 )—

Entries close for third Gymkhana,

Bestement Day

KONDAT

Domin

travelling more than a hundred and twenty miles an hour, it must, Baye taken them half an hour to reach the Channel from London. So that the ralders must have been flying over England altogether, about an hour and the fact that this was posible

one being tor

there are prohi

KAISERÍN'S JEWELS,

Among the. have been sold in marnif.cend diamond

our large nisi amali

diamondani,

الحلوة

Britain

be shown

The total output of the Kailan.

Mining Administration's mines for the week ending 2nd June, 1917. amounted to 69,992 tous and the Sales during the period, to 63,597 tons,"

GREAT BRITAIN'S TAIKUTE TO

WASHINGTON.

Standing at the tomb of George Washington on April 29, Mr Balfour paid homage to the immortal menorr of the Bolditz, statéaman, patriot, who would colic or have rejoiced to see the country of which when Chambe wa by birth a citizen and the co

hich the genitis called

SAFE SUREZ ALWAYS CUREA

not caffer from cra “pain in the

Remedy goes

during the fight f

Defendant No, I was too busy looking after myself:

-Ha Worship discharged the defendant,

ALLEGED LARCENY FROM

STEAMER

GERMAN ANTE.“ TANK " GUN.

Tua correspondent of tha the British, Iront relates that

nany guns captured by the Britis at the Point du Jour pon Luisać, of Arros, is a special:

Agamat the tanks,

windle to the sale on Đánh H And of?boat

Iartela Second

this

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