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Hoazrong. Sept

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The China

Mail.

HONGKONG, THEDAT, Sept. 8, 1917.

THE ENEMY. AIR-RAIDS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

just raided England. Mr. Llovo Gronas told the deputation which waited upon him that he realised that there was a special case for delending Lordait, even in comparison with other towns, as it gave the enemy special satisfaction to be able

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

[Chinese Mail Service.]

CANTON AND THE CENTRAL. GOVERNMENT.

1

THE MAGISTRACY.

ALLEGED THEFT FROM AN AMAH

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917.

who attacked complainant. He tried to separate them, but was knocked down and he then ran away. He did not know if the complainant had a knife. He and the complainans did not

COMMERCIAL.

HONGKONG FREIGHT MARKET.

an amah employed at No. 3 Aimar in the Government service and haul year. When say the the

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Mesas Snowman & Co.'s Freight Cir An employed Chinese was accused go out deliberately to attack the defen-cular, which is dated 1st September, of stealing one rattan basket containing dants. He had kaown complainant for sayt —

We last reported on 19th ult, since FIXING, Sept. 5i

one pair gold mounted rattan bangles over ten years and they were good when our market has remained very quies and only a very small volume of A report emanating from official

basiness has been transacted. Time to bumb the capital city of their circles, states that Chaà Ping Kwas, the valued at $20, one gold ring valued at friends.

The first defendant giving evidence charger rates still keep their abnormally mist hated enemy; and the Goverd | Takwan of Canton, is in constant tela, and a 'quantity of, clothing and ment were acting on that assump graphic communication with the Contral sundry articles valued at $28: in all to said that he was a coxswain on Revenue high level and business has been trans- the total value of 253, the property of launch No. 1. He had been eight years acted during the interval on time basis.

46 over 306 tion but they must pat the Government.

we went to press, the safety of the soldiers at the front A telegram from Canton states that

Villas, Kowloon.

long record of good service. Ha had ate Saigen/Hongkong stood at just firss. If anyone said Ourselves Lak Wing Ting has resigned, the poat

Inspector. Kont applied for's remand, never been toned for alt aver a dollar per picul and this has since weakened, fixtures of two median first and our soldiers afterwards," of Assistant Generalissimo.

at 1.00 and 05 cents per picul Lang "Chai Kwong's request to be saying the police were not prepared to before. He had gone that evening to sized regular coasters having been he said pliny they had better

Ing. The coaster referred to in gar find another Government. "I am allowed to go to Peking has been to go on with the case, and wanted consult a doctor with regard to negotiated

tims in which to recover all the stolen his eyes which were giving him some the latter for first half September - refused.

trouble. When he returned from circular of 18th ult. fixed for rodno the last man in the world (be con.

B45,000 for second half THE PROVISIONAL SENATE.

the medicine shop he was ist on by a business has been fixed again in the tinned) to think lightly of the deaths.

September Jarling- Just provians to crowd, headed by the complainant... He of these poor people: but if you

had been blackmailed by complaint,gang to press the market is very quiet SHANGHAL, Sept. 3.

with very little demsjad, who threatened to stab him it he did wi take n the casualties that have

Exports of rice from Saigon from 16 It has again been definitely decide!

uot pay the money asked for. Com Janary to 24th July, 197, amount to curred from the beginning of the to convene a Provisional Senate, and a

LARCENY OF JACK FRUIT...

plainant's story of the alleged opium 881,933 tons sa compared with 817,907

sons for the same

d last your ' was from hostile aircraft, they are proclamation will be issued accordingly

Quotation for No, & White mand aftal not as great as the casualties suffered on receipt of a telegram from Li Hei

Before Mr. Dyer Ball this morning conspiracy was a pack of lies.

After hearing further avidenco His rice stands at 83.60 per picul f.oh. Sti-

the

Saigon/Java and Saigon Japan-We jack-froit.

property Mahomedan mosque at

30 Shelley Ants, and bound over the complainant have nothing to report

and the three remaining defendants intill in the nuirket and small tonnages Saigon Philippines:-Enquiries are

Street.

a personal boud of $100 of one surety

articles.

Mr. Dyer Ball granted the application and remanded the ease to Thursday next, the 13th inst

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MINO WAY al

br ar soldiers' in a small battle in San stating that he has secure Lux Chinese was charged with steal Worship discharged two of the defend-on for Augusto September impert

France.

town

in

...

Wing Ting concorrer.ce.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTER OF FINANCE,

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of

Defendant pleaded not guilty. Evidence given by the inmates of the each, to keep the peace for six months. mosque disclosed the fact that frequent larcenies of this fruit have taken place recently but they were unable One of the-

to effect

An arrest

fruit.

A magle conater-act. in France by the Germans on a small scale produces casualties greater than the whole of the casualties

SHANGHAI, Sept. 3. sustained by the civilian population, not merely in London, but in Liang Kai Chiu has told a newspaper every

Great Britalo representative that the Allies have during the three years of the war." agreed to lefer payment of the Borer That is doubtless truc, but while the indemnity.

He will appoint & committee to witnesses saw the defendast, ob the public must view these things in

discuss the question of the valuation jack-fruit tree plucking the their proper perspective and recoguise of goods with a view to revising the The tree was within the mosque's THE "practicable steps" which were that the Commander-in-Chief at the

customs tariff.

boundary. He went to the foot of the HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER taken some seven or eight weeks agort needs all the aeroplanes he

tree and saw three pieces of fruit lying, to improve, the defences of London can get, in order that the necessary

on the ground. He ordered the defend- against attack by enemy aeroplanes, crutiny may be made of every pard

ant to come down and he arrested him. have not succeeded in keeping the of ground over which an advance in

Defendant in his evidence said he enemy raiders from the British contemplated: the moral d it all |

only ran under the tree to take shelter from the rain. He had gone there to metropolis and it is probable that no is the need for more, and still more. steps that an ever be devised will aeroplanesa supply which will be

get some herbs for drug purposes.

Defendant had a previous conviction fully achieve that object. We adequate to meet the needs of the

for larceny, being confined for 6 weeks have only to think for a moment-t Commander-in-Chief at the front what is daily happening on the and the Commander-in-Chief at home, "battlefront.

Aeroplanes belonging who is responsible for the proper to one or other of the belligerents are defence of the "capital which it gives the enemy special antistaation to 86 constantly flying over lines where

boob. But even belare that

OF COMMERCE.

CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL. Beginners NEW CLASS for ANET CLA MONTA October, 1917, if sufficient support be

forthcoming

Application for enrolment enquiries regarding hours of School Fees, etc, should he made to the undersigned as early as possible. By Onler,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretary Hongkong, Sept. 6, 1917.

THE CALENDAR.

MEMO. FOR TO-DAY

ull" and Vaudeville.

He also added that he would devise means for the reform of the currency.

CHINA AND THE WAR.

SHANGHAL, Sept. 5. It is reported that the Government has telegraphed to the provinces sound ing their opinion regarding joining the belligerents.

THE DISTURBANCES IN BZECHUAN,

SHANGHAI, Sept. 5. The Government has made plaas to

the arrangements for: defence against desideratum may be fally, met, the settle the trouble in Szechuan and it is

aircraft may be assured to be as demand will continue, to be made complete as the wit of man can with ever-increasing insistence for deise. For example, British air reprisals upon Berlin and other squadrons are constantly bombing German towns, and, reluctant as a.15-Frawley Co. in Faid in Bruges, Zeebnigge, and the whole the Government may be to yield to German military organisation on the this demand, the Ministers will be Belgian const We can be quite more than human if they can remain sure that the Germans have done deaf to the appeals which arise in all they know to prevent this, yet growing volume every time the we hear nearly every week of success-capital is bombed and civilians- ful British operations in this region, men, women and children are killed and seldom is a British, machine lost, or waimed.

MIHO. FOR TO-MORROW. 5.30 p.m. Annual Meeting of the

Victoria Recreation Club.

General Memoranda.

SATURDAY, Sept. 8:-

10.45 am.-Anetion of Miscellaneous Stack at Men Hughes and Hough's.

-Night Fête at the V.R.C.

TODAY, Sept. 11

1.10 p.m. - Anction of Furniture, Pictures, Bath Sheets, Pianos, etc. at Makro. Kughow and Hough's SATURDAY, Sept. 1#:--

University Re-opens.

MNDAY, Sept. 17:-

Jewish year 3678 begins.

SATURDAY, Sept. 29

Yoon. - Douglas Steamship

Meeting.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Chien Hao will join hands. reportel that Chow Tau Kong and Lou

Foo Ling Jao bas telegraphed to the Central Government stating that he is in Wuchaug, conferring with Wong Jim Yuen, and will proceed to Hunan in few days, and will stay at Yochow.

A KWANGTUNG APPOINTMENT.

SHANGHAL, Sept. 5. The Cabinet has decided to appoint Tien Sung Pen, Financial Commissioner

of Kwangtung.

THE MAILS.

From the General Post Office "we have received the following-

The six. Empress of Japan, with the Canadian mail, is due to arrive here on Friday, the 7th inst., 7 a.m. the Club's gymnasiam tomorrow after-ail, is due to arrive here on Friday, ed of the Annual Meeting to be held in

The .. Chenen, with the Siberian

the 7th inst.

Members of the V.R.C. are remind

noon at half-past-five.

Exchange was up another half penny this morning, being 36, 18d did Exchange has risen 6d. in the last two

THE THEATRE ROYAL.

"SUNDAY:"

hard labour.

After further evidence His Worship imposeil a sentence of three months

hard labour.

RETURNING FROM BANISH- MET.

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SHIPPING PROFITS.

MR. BONAR LAW ACCUSED OF "TURNING KING'S EVIDENCE..

£250,000,000 PROFIT LAST YEAR. On behalf of the shipowners, Mr. Houston. in the House of Counions recently, on the third reading of the Finance Bill, entered & protest against the selection

one class of the community

could probably be placed at $1.47. per picul

Bangkok/Hongkong: The rate in this direction has if anything, shown a lightly weakening tendency during the last two days although a medium sized regular couster has accepted a very stiff rate for round trip business and further ast high as 70,000%, have been made. offerwchwang/Cantoret.

1:-Still renmins

with no business reportexi.

Coal-Demand still continues as per

our last advices. No local business is reported beyond the fixture of a resular counter Hongy/Pulo Brani at 812.30 per ton.

Sail Tonnage Loading or to Load:---NIL,

THE DIOCESE OF VICTORIA AND

NATIONAL SERVICE.

The Bishop contributes to "Church

Notes" the following further notes on the response of the Diocese to national

for special and punitive legislation.

Shipping freights, he saith, had hardly anything to do with the rise in the price _of_food. Most of the Irish tomage was ruz at Blue-hook rates and was requisi. tioned by the Government, anil, there- demands:--- fore, as a falt, it was the (invernment * As stated, last month a large propor- itself that was the profiteer. Everything tion of the clerge and missionary above the Bluebook rate which a ship workers of this Diocese ura now absent carried went to the Government, and.rendering national service in some formi. nist enlisted" with that, the Giosement When the Hongkong Commission was instructed some shippers to charge higher formed all the clergy and Church then- Irrights. The Chancellor of the Esche, tional workers of military age expressed quer's speech in Committee was host to the Bishop their willingness to go unfortunate, and would do an infinite wherever their services were most neerl amount of her. The ships its spoke of ed. In addition to those mentioner in were cramp straniers of a small kind not the August Church Votes as having left subject to Blue-book rates. After he and for national service the Rev. EW. L had his dividends for two years, and Martin, who often helped at the Cathedral, and the Rev. R Lankester, after the steamers had been requisitioned. of Yunnan, both C.M.S.- missionaries, he had nursed King's evidence. For two have taken commissions in a special years he had been in power, and would form of antional service. When the have remedied the infaunus iniquities. senior chaplain retorns, the Rev, H.G.H. he had found solvation and repent-Griffith will be released. Thus the staff of workers is being still further reduced, Mr. Bartley Denniss and the amount and those who remain will be fully era of the profits earned by writish shipping ployed in keeping on the chaplaincies last year was 42250,000,000; and, after and missionary work." - paying excess profits and income tax, the Average profit declared was îi për vent. Such figures could not be answered,

ANCHOR LINE'S £6,000 PROFIT.

In Mr. Wood's Court this morning Chinese coolie was, charged with returning from banishment before his banishraent period had expired. It happened that the defendant was a rested for the lareny of two baskets of coal yesterday, and the police on look ing up the records found that he had been banished from the Colony for 10 years on the 12th August inst year.

His Worship sentenced the defendant to two years' hard labour.

CHARGE OF HARBOURING

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ance somewhat inte.

and what is constantly happening on that small sector of the front is occurring almost daily on other sectors of the line; yet, whenever

A Chinese woman, described as a taid is made upon England there

widow, was charged before Mr. Dyer Ball this morning, with lawfully declared a dividend of 10 per cent. on the The Anchor Line, of Glasgow, have is an outery because the defences along the coast fail to prevent

receiving or harbouring a young ordinary shares, with a. bouus of 10 per them, or because, once the raiders

unmarried girl aged 15 years, without cent.. both free of tax. The profits amps-Gyin khana at Bappy Valley get inland, the defensive arrange

in charge of her the consent of her parents or those left totalled 2364,000 after meeting deprecia

tion, bnt the report does not disclose the ments are not such as to absolutely

The girls the daughter of a latter figure. There-s carried forward ensure the destruction of every ope

fisherman at Shaukiwan, and it was £140.000, an increase of nearly £40,000 Co's. of them. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE, when

atsted that two years ago the.mand a special reserve ik also formed for The reseived a deputation on the

became heavily indebted to another war taxation sa contingencies, Chinese and he left his daughter as a aubject after the last important month of

pledge. The girl appeared to have been enemy raid, in the

iltreated and she ran aWIÝ. July, declared that every reason-

search being instituted she able precaution had been taken Last night's telegram from the for the defence of London Manila Observatory reported a typhoon

vintually found in a matshed living

ran away again, this time with defendant against bombing attacks by air, and E. of Luzon, less than 300 miles distant,

with a man. Two days

Sunday" is the name of a girl, who worked in a tes shop where the he added that "whatever practicable almost stationary. "A further telegram, received this afternoon reports the steps can be taken along the lines of typhoon to be in about 127 Long. E brought up from her childhood in a girl lived. They were found on a township in the back of heyond" in launch bound for Nom Tou, where the Fion add rewed to the Editor, not necessarily improving the defence of London are and 18" Lat. Na moving N. for pablication but as evidence of good, being taken." We do not doubt

North America, by four rough and girl and she was going to look for her. The hall-yearly report of the ready but superb types of men.

mother. All matter for publication should be that in the two months which have

After evidence has been heard, "His written on one side of the paper only."'

since lapsed many new steps have Singapore Sporting Club shows that Mies. Eva Lang, in the title role, been taken; yet enemy raiders have during the six months $15,000 was gave a delightful representation of Worship remanded the case to Wednes come again, dropped their bombs and contributed to various charities. The what a girl in the circumstances would day the 12th instant, fixing ball at

balance at bank was $22,424. The be and she was ably supported by the $1,000... departed with a smaller percentage general receipts totalled $39,714 and other members of the Company who

THE

CHINA MAILA",

NOTICE.

Coum sulcations rel-leg to news should

be added to THE EMR.

Correspondente mast forwardi their names and address with any communica

faith,

www.

Lottare relating to business should be

sddressed to THE MANAGER.

Hate of anbscription to "Chins Mall” in

18m pro rata',

$35 per annum; per quarter and par men-

months. Not since 1991 has Exchange stood so high as it does today.

In spite of the inclement weather, the Frawley Company played to a good

"Sunday." house last night, when they presented

of los apparently than in the July raid stakes at the Spring meeting amounted played up to her in excellent style,

The China Mail is delivered fras to when out of 22 machines that came to $12,800. barbers in Hongkong and Kowloon,

Postage is Charged at the rate of fifty

ceois per month.

"Order for excon copies of the Qama

Mail should be wont as sour ansible

sto per copy.

over four were brought down; which,

將 the Premier told the depulation

by

which waited upon him, is not

particularly M- Halliday, who had to undertake two parts, rendered extreme-

A

WEB

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

ENTRIES FOR GYMKHANA, SEPTEMBER 16TH.

the

CHINESE REVENUE OFFICER DISAPPEARS.

The Entries for the Fourth Cym khana Meeting of the Season are as follows

Fire Fuses Hies: Tittlemoure,”

Social Sehetner, Yid, Anticipation, Billikin ng Bay, First Violin

Ariel), Bochapana. GYMKHANA STAKE:-Windsor Dablis, Australian Chief, Pingra Chief, King Dick, Town Mouse, Yid, Anticipation, Ploughedfield..

EVER-GROWING PRICES AT HOMEL

ALL-ROUND COST OF LIVING IS PEB, CENT. MORE THAN IN 1914.

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A official return shows that the increase from July 1914 to June 30, 1977, in the. cost of all items ordinarily entering into working class family expenditure is about 75 per cent, taking the same quan. tities of the various items at each dato and eliminating advances arising from increased taxation.

The actual increased percentages in Bowe of the more important articles of food are as follows:-

British beef, ribs

Chilled ribs.

-British danke

Chilled fank

British matton, legs.

British breast..

Frozen legs......

Frozen braast

Fieb

Bread and fosz Fugar (granuisted).

Chee B

Putatoes

14

158

698888282ZE

194

104

163

DEATH OF TOM CANNON.

The death is announced at Stock- Class HANDICAP Choice Dahlin; Tittle-

mouse, Pingwa Chief, King Dick, Town bridge of Mr Tom Cannon, ser, the Mouse. Yal. Hush Hush, Anticipation veteran trainer of horses and old-time Billikin, First Violin (Ariel) Ben jockey. He was 73 years of age. His Bist big win was on Iroline, in 1883, in Bolt, Whipper Id, Ploughedfield, Ker. the Manchester Cop, and 17 years later, DISTANCE HANDICAP-Tom Cohleigh, he won the same race on the mace is Honyober, Bing By, Social Schemer, grandson, Isonumyn 1881 Canton Tempe. Chieftain, Ben Bolt, Whipper won the Derby, and he rode as first jockey for Mr Abington Bald, at the princely

cely retaining fee of £16,000 a year

French Derby.

The draw of a Hale organized y dificult by reason of the fact that, A Chinese revenue officer who was Our Little Bit Society for a first of all he bed to represent the charged with the larceny of 50 tuels special wool fund reulted as folhacketty scion of an old English family of opium while in his capacity as a the supply is limited. Cash 10 ct.. Ordis bad achievement and compares very lows:Ticket No. 278, 1st prize; and later, the staid and highly respected China, tall is $12 per sunum: portage the Germans in France Ia the eG, Brd prize. The fond berefited. tosonations of these two directly opposed the Magistracy this afternoon when" AND A QUARTER MILE HANDICAP On four casion Cannon won the

Kate of tecriotion to the "Overland favourably with the achievements ofcket No. 127, 2nd prize; ticket No brother; and he carried out the imper/Public servant failed to appear at In, Green Elevator,

at nnrdmxt nlnopia tenuit

₫ Hornita onch. ・・・

Alterating, and additions to Advertise

his case was called.

characters to perfection. raid, in which it is estimated the extent of $197.00. present

His Worship (Mr. Dyer Ball) Alterations and additions 20 Advective that twenty machines took part,

Tonight the Frawleys present "Paid mouse-un Pazos. 3, 6, and 7 shantel

There is no longer any fear of a in Full" and Vandeville, which closes ordered the hail to be entreated and warrant should be be went to the on. No. 6, Wyndlam only one is reported to have been Bareos, pot later than-11 30 a.tu- ________ brought down—and even, that is not shortage of water in the Colony. The their season in Hongkong, and those directed that a

rainfall this year has been more than who have not yet paid visit to the issued for the man's arrest. munte on pages 1, 4, 5 and 6 should be a bad achievement when we compare five inches above the average, and the Frawleys should not miss this last tus not later than I p.nit with some German records. Just Water Return issued to-day shows that opportunity, I will be a long time Now Advertisements should be sent in

before Mr. LLOYD GEORGE celved

were before the Colony has the opportunity Before the tambien cata

inst there on the 1st Advertisements and Bubscriptions which the deputation to which we have 1,612 millions of galldus in storage of seeing as good a Company and we do

had as compared with 671 miliona on not think it will ever fee a better are not ordered to a fixed period will be alluded, 84 French machines - continued until counter anded.

In every It abould to remembered that the crossed the German liner and the the same date inst year, Germans managed to bring down reservoir there in a large increase, but curtain rises 650 pm, sharp, to

Telegraphie Addra Mau Hongkong. Dude: a.B.0, 5th Edition,

Taphone No. 27.

The Carga Man, Liated.

VISITING CARDS

China Mail

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only two. No doubt many of the Freach machines were riddled with bollets and rendered dait to go up again without being complete overhauled and made good and? doubt that the cato

of the German manes which have

*

in the new Tytam Tak

is now fast approaching

In this reservoir alone TREATMENT

£25 millions, as compared

the same date last

afer in store

ons of glans

millions.

the mos

It is especi

rboesan Chemists

THE ASSAULT CASE

Windsor Dahlia Choice Dahlia, Title mouse, Australian Chief, Pingwu Chief, King-Dick, Town Mouse, Yid, Anticipa- tion, First Violin (Ariel) Ben Bolt Whipper. Io. Ploughedfield, Rex.

RHODESIA'S FINE WAR RECORD.

A Manchuria contemporary esys the suspension of the exchange- servire în roubles by the Russian authorities, has. greatly inconvienenced holders of the Russian currency. In order to oblige

The case was resumed yesterday in a dispatch from the High Commis Szed deposit account in roubles with Rhodesia's fine part in the war is told its clients, the Changchun branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank has opened, si afternoon in which six Chinese were stoner for South Africa, published as a

London charged with multing one other

interest of 415 for over 6 months, Dazetted other supplement to the "L Chinese at Yaumati on the lith, Aug. It was a remarkable achievement in and 5. r year

the diregmstances

for Rhodesia, within t of the outbreak of war, to Mr Hughes, i manche anine

Inaugurating the Mr. Mattingly appeared for the have secured it borers, against invinge Canen in Well

and in addition Sion, and

tu have furnished two regiments of European infantry for that Australia

millions service in čistant folds." Including those

ho went to England independently to Sunvalley oiler their service by the middle of 1918 at the recer ner lead than 40 per cent of the adulmination water white population were on tive tam glold

BORIS art africorn for Aberty, and

basta

fence of the first defendant and Mir

KL appeared

ation,

story Hin