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NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND_GENERAL

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Scotsmen are reminded of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Mosting to- morrow at 5.30 p.m.

TOPICS OF THE WEEK.

[BY SCRUTATUM' No readjustment of the pay of the Service men has yet been announced, but it would be a mistake to assume that the matter, which has been so

European Premium Bonds. Every body #probably is aware of the system which applies to Fremium Bouds. You pur chase your hands, on which a small annual interest is paid, and you get the chance of your bond being drawn in the half yearly drawings, with a more or les

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1917.

THE MAGISTRACY.

ALLEGED FRAUD ON PEAK

A

TRAMWAY CO.

SUMMARY COURT.

A FARTNERSHIP TANGLE.

In the Summary Court this morning,. WARD CHAMIER GIVES EVIDENCE bofore, Mr. Justice Gomparts, the Sam

Wo Shing Rem glaimed from Ma Kwong Chinese ticket collector nad Kue and Wan Kwong, alias Wan Woon

urgently pressed from Hongkong has substantial bonus in the form of a prize. Lok was charged before Mr. Dyer Ball Nam, the sum of $95,22, being balance been pigeon-holed with all the sublime The money invested is not lost. In the this morning with receiving at keeping due for labour and materials supplied.

3r. E X FAlmada appeared for the An open-air concert will be held in disregard that some of the writers of most unlucky" event your bonite are a certain sum of money for and in the grounds of the Haiera May Institute letters to the papers have attributed to redesmeil eventually at their face value account of Peak Tramway Co. and plaintiff ärmi anet Air Bulmer Johnson OFto-morrow evening commencing at 9.1. the "tin goda at Whitehall. Some The Law Offers of the Government fraudulently embezzling same, am! also for the defendants.

| gave it as their opinion that this was ant with converting to his own use the sail Mr. l'Almaca stated that the two dennite Esply must come to the requests obnoxious method of gambling called som which had been entrusted to him partners of the plaintiff firm came to The only cases of communicable

that have gone home, and that it has a lottery," and in deference" to that as a servant of the Company.

him and instructed him to write to the henso reported in the Colony lagt

not come yet is simply another illustra option the advertisement contracts Defendant pleaded not guilty. defenciants for payment of the amount wiek were three of enteric fever, twotion that all the old traditions of the

were cancelledf-Buch cap,

Mr. Shenton appeared for the prose being sued for both partners stating proving fatal All were Chinese

Circumlocution Offee which thickens

ention and Mr. Leo. d'Almada defended, that they had not received the pinney. derided sixty years ago still persist.

The first partner in the plaintiff firms The Committee appear very modest The case for the prosecution was "Circumlocution" is soubtless the explanation of the delay. The War in their estimate of the probable Defendant bad sold a ticket over again stated from the witness box that bur ice bas to conmlt with the indis sale of tickets for the War "Loan and converted the money to his own had not Teen paid and denied all Adminsity is drawing. Is Singapore, notwithuse. It could not have been a mistake knowledge of a receipt signal by the Office. Then the also concernel in the general question standing that Penang and the Federated because his returns for that day ware recand partner, which was produced by

The secondl partner, from the witness - also also is the Foreign Office, for all Malay States have what they frankly quite correct and showal.neither deficit Mr. Johnson. the Consular Staff in China have the call their own War Loan Lotteries, the nor percise.

Sir Edward Chamier, Chief Fustice of box, admitted that be givo. the receipt Fame grievance as the Army and Navy committee reckon on a sale of 100,000 men, and all pay is disbursed, I believe tickets at $10 each. In Hongkong the the ligh Court at Patna, India, giving and that he had received payment. He through the one office in Hongkong.

ecmmittee reckon on a sale of only evidence" aid he landed at Hongkong denial that at a later date than that 10,000 at 25.—or, at least, a drawing to the 15th instant. On the 18th inst stated on the receipt, he went, in that amount is guaranteed, which is took a tram up to the Peak at company with the first partner, to Mr o'clock in the evening. He distinctly † d'Almada's office and instructed that a perhaps quite a different thing to remembered the time because he saw letter should be sent to defendant estimating that the drawing will not the conductor sitting on a bench smok-demanding payment or that he swore in ing, watching for the signal to depart. | front of Mr. d'Almacis that he had not He paid 30 cents to a ticket collector-received the money.

Mr. Johnson ther submitted to his and received. 30 cents ticket in

A theft of $2,000 in Singapore notes has been reported to the police by the chief officer of a Varje Some person or persons are stated to have entered the officer's office, between A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., and lock last night, the door being left open, and stolen the notes, which were intes of $1, $5, $10 denomination, The annual Al Fresco Fele in aid of the Funds of the Society of St Vincent de Paul will be held in the

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, HONGKONG.

To-day's Advertisements

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.

NNUAL AQUATIC SPORTS will be held at THURSDAY 271b, FRIDAY SAch and SATURDAY,9th September, commencing on the first two days at 4:30 PM. and on SATURDAY

ADMISSION-Members, 40 ets. Fach" day or $1.00 for 3'ilays.

members, $1.00 each day or 8100 Non

for 3 days.

Ladies 50 ets, ench day; Soldiers, Sailors and Children, 25 ct. rach day.

BAND in altendance on Saturday CHAMPIONSHIPS open to the Half mile, 440 yds., 220 yds, nyde..

The China

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Mail.compunt of the Roman Catholic

Hongkong, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1817.

"OUR DAY"

advertisement columns,

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

One can but faintly imagine the Cathedral on Sunday next. from 9pm; circumlocution involved in a consider to 11.30 p.m. under the patronage of B.E the Governor. Particulars will beation of a matter of this sort by publiche larger. found in the announcement in our offices where the gluts is so divided and

sub-divided that the simplest process, has to pass through a whole series of The Queen's College Annual Aquaticofficials. A round-table conference of Sports will be held at the V. R. C, on representatives of all branches of the Tur fact that when the Order of St. | Muurlay, October 1st, commencing at administration concerned would decide Jours of Jerusalem and the British pm. The Anpual Invitation Team in half an hour to remedy the grievance Red Cross Society made their. Os Rice for Schools in the Colony will be inmediately, but when such a matter as their the bit of the meeting and rumour this is dealt with by the traditional -Day" appeal last Jenr expenditure had been averaging has it that the present holders of the method of minutes from one official to £5,000 a day while now it is very Cup will have to hand it over to a new other and so on through a whole Mrs. W. G.. Idts will present series of officials in the same office, and

Colony Taong Plunge High Drive neu-ly, or even over £8,000 8 day

ard Runcing Bleuler.

Also Fadies-Giels and Boys' Races, Team Races and Water Polo,

Hongkong, Sept. 223, 1917.

AL FRESCO

FETE

AID OF THE FUNDS OF

2137

..team.

the prizes.

[“ Chinese Mail Service]

THE PROPOSED WARRANT FOR

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SUN YAT SEN.

PEKING, VIA SHA, Sept. 24. With regard to the High Procurator's proposal to prosecute the Kwangtung Military Governor, owing to the advice

of two Cabinet Ministers who advocate carefulness, the matter has now bees temporarily postponed.- THE PROPOSED PROVISIONAL

SENATE.

It is reported that mandate will

then by formal correspóndence.between one department and another, ench with its series of officials through whose hands the matter has to pass-such a process might defer a final decision till Doomsday. But in view of all that has been done to impress on the authorities be issued immediately, summoning a serious nature of the grievance, it is reply from the South West. and the public at home the extremely Provisional Seriate without awaiting surprising that something has not MARTIAL LAW AT CHANGSHA happened to interrupt this leisurely circumlocutory process and to bring

is in itself the strongest, appeal that to the community of

It seems that a number of persons can be made Fongkong, as well as to all others, to do not understand the clause in the strive to make "Our Day" this year Prospectus of the Drawing of War such a success that the total con-

Bonds for, "Ohr Day," reading "No tribution from the Colony shall show ticket baving draw a prize will be Society of St. Vincent de Paul an increase" at least proportionate explanation is that tickets are being eligible to draw any other prize The to the increase in the Society's soll in series--the first series heing expenditure. The magnificent work from A to Z. Each series contain a like which the British Red Cross organisa number of tickets. "Supposing that 3th Sept., 1917 from 0 .. to 11.30 .. tions have been doing for the past prize No. 3 is draw by series "34" about a prompt decision.

three years and more in the battlefields ticket. 151. "M" would go back into of Europe-Belgium France, Russia, the letter cylinder to do duty for all the Serbi Macedonia-as well as in rest of the "M" series, and 151"

to be held in the compound of the Roman Catholic Cathedral

on

SUNDAY,

Under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency Six PH. MAY.

Admission Ticket................................... $1.

K.C.M.G.

It has been suggested to me that

Government could help the men of the local garrison and that is by letting them

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return.. On his way down he paid Lordship that ha was entitled to 20, centa for a ticket He asked the judgment. "What the partners ilid man, why he charged only 20 cents amongst themselves had nothing to do whereas the other fellow with whom he with his client.

had gone up charged 30 cents. fle His Lordship said that if there bad could not understand the reply given been a conspiracy between the defend- and on the following day, the 19th ant and the second partner to defmud inst, he wrote a letter to the manager the first partner, further evidence should of Peak Tramway Co., regarding, the be taken and he could mot give judg

ment at that stage.

Mr. Johuson submitted that since bia receipt was acknowledged and the pay. had been admitted, that proved

matter and enclosed the two tickets he

Cross examined by Mr. d'Almada, received on the previous day. Sir Edward said he had taken the back ment sent of the car to get n view of the itself." barbour This was his first visit to Elis Lordship: Nothing proved Hongkong. Its received two tickets itself, except the Government Gazette

but was unable to identify them.

and one or two other thiuga (laigh- The next witness, Ah Long, a ticket ter). collector of the Company, giving Mr. d'Almada said that he woki'go evidence said it was the duty of ticket into the witness box and swear that the A telegram from Hunan to the collectors to make a return of the two partners came to his office and Government states that Changsha is tickets sold whenever they went off swore that the money had not been und martal law and the First duty. "The first ticket that was sold on paid.?... Battalion from the Eighth Division has 15th September was ticket No. 14039.

According to his book the 2nd class nesa box that he received a letter from entered the City from Yochow.

tickets sold on that day numbered Noy the plaintif firm asking for a settlement"

The defendant siated from the wit-

which is entitled to a Souvenir na its Mesopotamia, Palestine and East would go back in the number cylinder there is one little way in which the AN ISSUE OF DOMESTIC..BONDS-11039 to 14043. He was on duty on of their account. He replied by asking

presentation at the Souvenir Pavilion (n the evening of the Fête only)."

#st

Hongkong, Sept. 25, 1917.

THE CALENDAR.

in

The Ministry of Finance will issue the 14th, 15th and 18th instant and his for particulars. The reason he did not

Bonds, amounting to 24,000,000.

to do duty for all the other letter series, therefore conceivably come up again, and this combination M 151" epulao the night guards which are now done Sixth Year Fiscal Domestic six per cent.returns were quite correct in every state in his reply that he had paid the which case it would not win a prize because it had won already,

THE DOLLAR-DIRECTORY-OF- HONGKONG.

We Have been favoured with a specimen ropy of the new Hongkong Dollar Directory compiler by Mr. J. Flynn Anderson. It is certainly an ex- cellent production and the wonder is how it is possible to produce it at the price, The book is in ive sections. The first contains miscellaneous local information;

Africa-is well known to every one, Tea Cakes, and Refreshments will be and noestended argument is needed to served during the afternoon at night apport the claim which the beneficent

Tickets can be obtained from today Messrs.

GRACA & Co., No. 4 Windbam work of the Society has upon the and at the Roman Catholic Street

every individual. Cathedral Compound on Sunday, 30th generosity of September. from 9 am to 7 pm. and at We are so far from the scenes of the gate on the night of the Eate.

The various sts will be open for the great tragedy; we see so little inspection by the public from 2 to 5 of the borrors of the war,ąd get

30th September.

188 no such constant reminders of them as do the public at home in the daily sight of men maimed in battle, that some special effort like the "Our Day" campaign is needed to impress upon us a livelier sense of our duty and responsibility as individuals and AL community towards the the second gives information of the |organisation which is doing auch Government departments and Clubs: magnificent-work-in-the-alleviation Section 1 contains a list of firma,"

together with a list of local abips and war. We bave no very recent

their officers; Section IV is a "Who's Stock'atistics of "the work which

Who" which includes roughly the names is being done by the Red Cross of 3,500 persons; and the final section organisation, bus in England alone is a Home List, giving the private it maintains not fewer than 60,000 addresses of residents" beda in 1,500 hospitals, and in! The Directory appears to have been addition to that Red Cross trains, compiled with the greatest care and is roost complete local motor convoys and hospital base certainly the

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. 530p.m.-H. K. St. Andrew's Society's

Meeting

9.15 p.m.-Open Air Concert at Ifelena)

Hay Institue

General Memoranda.

TURDAY, Sept., 97-

Settlement Day: Bengkung

Exchange.

12.15 p.m.-Union Insurance Society's

Extra. General Meeting.

30 p.m.-Auction of Sundry Goods at Kowlcon Godowns.

6.30 pm. Kowloon Cricket Clubs

Annual General Meeting.

THURS, 97, FAL. 98 & EAT. 29 Sept.:-

V.R.C. Annual Aquatic Sports. SATURDAY, Sept. 29:-

"Michaelmas Day:

10.30 a.m.- Ariction

of "Drugs,

Chemicals, Hospital Sundries, etc: etc., at Mesura. Hughes and Hough's. a Noca Douglas. Stearnship

Meering.

BUNDAY, Sept. 30 p

men of the Defence Corps, and, pay-

ing them what these guards DOW actually cost to maintain The local

THE EXPORT OF SILVER Owing to the criticism by the foreign

men would readily sacrifice the "en joyment they now derive from these duties, and even willingly pay some-for the time being... thing for the privilege of making the Bacrifice.

banks at Shanghai the prohibition of the export of silver has been postponed

"

FLOODS, IN THE NORTH. The food at Tientsin has risen twelve feet and several godowns have been

detail. The signatures on the books were his.

·

His Worship remanded the case to

Monday next.

CHAUFFEUR CHARGED."

The Chauffeur of Dr. Strahan was charged before Mr. Dyer Ball, this morning with driving his car in Boyen. Road on the 12th instant. Defendant pleaded guilty and after hearing the evidence His Worship imposed a fine of

The attempt which is about to be flooded. made by the Government to suppress The flooding of the Yungting river the chit system is naturally much dis-is also threatening Loungwongchuan, 85. cussed. The Bill proposes to prohibit and probably the Tsing Railway will the sale, except for cash, of intoxicating be interrupted. liquors to be consumed on any licensed Premises, unless such is to a resident at

IMPORT DUTIES.

COAL

money and held a receipt was that he wished to give the plaintiffs as much trouble as possible.

Mr. d'Almada "Ob, you wished to give my clients's much trouble, and make them incur as much money as possible in this case?”.

Witness: It costs me money as well" -

Mr. Johnson hereupon explained to bis Lordship that this was the culmina ting action of a series of actions in which his client had been 'shot st" time, after time, and he naturally wanted to. "get a bit of his own back.”

His Lordship then gave judgment

A coal coalie was brought up before for defendant with costs. Mr. Wood this morning on the charge of reasonably suspected of being stolen.

His Lordship then said that he desired

of the sufferings cutailed by the including the principal Chinese firms a bona fide weal at an hotel or restaurant. with non-treaty relations to 20 per cent, unlawful possession "of 133 lbs. of cor. d'Almada to go into the witness

The Cabinet has decided to raise the an hotel, or is for liquor to be consumed import tariff on goods from countries The statement of "Objects and reasons" and also to levy's 60 per cent duty on attached to the Bill supplies no reasons goods not listed in the Customis tables. whatever for the measure. The chit

A FINANCIAL COUNCIL,"

ayatem which obtains throughout The Ministry of Finance, yesterday, the East has its advantages, and also held an ordinary Financial Council to its disadvantges, and 80 far 15 its disadvantages are

concerned the discuss preparations for the abolition of Bill which is to be introduced in the likin and to increase the duty, Logislative Council touches but the PROPOSED GOLD STANDARD.

Liang Kai Chiu, Minister of Finance, and the compiler is to be sincerelyll be awaited with a good deal of standard and will submit the proposal proposes adopting a nominal gold France, Belgium, Salonika, Egypt congratulated upon the saccen of his and as far afield as Mesopotamia. effort. Messrs. Kelly and Walch Ltd.

curiosity by the general public. The organisation has been described printed the book.

outer fringe of the whole question. A

are spread over the.. battlefielda, in Directory ever published in the Colony, statement of the reasons for this Bill],

the wonder of the world

Co's

for its completeness and efficiency.

We entertain no doubt that the

0 p.m. - Al Fresco Fête at the R. C.increased demands which the present.

Cathedral.

MONDAY, Oct. 1

4.31a.m.-Full Moon.

(retober Criminal Sessions commence. Opexing Day of Sale of Work at

Franen Convent, Causeway Bay, 19.15 am-Auction of Twe Hand Printing Presses, Wood Axes, Axe, Hurds, looking Utensils etc. at Mesara Hughes and Hough's. p.m.-Queen's College Aquatic Sports

at Y.RCA

3p.u-Sale of Crown Land at P.W.D. MCROAT, Oct. 3

General Holiday TUESDAY, Oct. 0 -

4.40 p.m.-Auction of Fostage Stamps

at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's

BRIDGE SCORERS

In Blocks of 60 SHEETS.

130 renta eng Four for One Dollar

The CHISA MAIL LTD.

Wyndham Street.

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"OUR DAY.”-

LADY MAY ROSE FUND. stage of the war makes upon the resumes of the organisation will Subscriptions already acknow prove to be an incentive to all who' appreciate the great work it does to ase that its infulaess and efficiency does not suffer from lack of adequats support.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Sir John Jordan touched at Yoko hams on the 18th int, intending to rejoin the str. Siberis at Kobi en route to Shanghai,

ledged. Meseca. Joacph Bros.. Mr. C. G. Alabaster

$930

100

50

$1,100

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.

Few people, Jancy, will disagree with the decision, of the "Our Day" Committee to run a raffle for War Bonde but our Gambling Ordinance eric

evidently

neels amendment. The definition of a lottery" must be altered. The present definition says the term

to the Cabinet for discussion

PRESIDENT AND CONFUCIUS.

Early yesterday morning the Pre Confucius, and made three bows. sident personally offered sacrifices to

THE LATE PRESIDENT.

box and prove that the partners Defendant pleaded not guilty saying instructed that's letter should be writ he had been engaged to carry the costen to the defendant, as he wished to for another Chinese. He did not attempt sad out which of the two partnera to run away when accosted by the should pay the coats. Indian constable.

After hearing further evidence, His Worship fined the defendant 83 or seven days' hard labour.

Mr. 'Almada than gave the evidence required and His Lordship decided that the second partner should pay the costs.

OPIUM FOR HIS GRAND UNCLE

It was stated that defendant was A Chinese carpenter was charged formerly employed in the Barracks as a before Mr. Wood this morning with sweeper but had been discharged. When the unlawful possession of 29,4 taels of an Indian lance-naik saw defendant by prepared opium other than Gorerament ordered the latter to clear out but de

fendant furned round and threw stones: opium.

at him.

Defendant state-i that he received letter from his grand uncle asking him to get some opfam His uncle was to the country. He had come from

Defendant pleaded guilty, saying be went to the barracks to beg for brend

a he was hungry.

Li Yuan Hung states that he is not willing to return to Peking; therefore Singapore where ho bad bought the Hu Worship imposed a fine of $5 includes any game, method or device the Government is acading Wong Tai opium. He had been searched by a with the alternative of seven days: whereby money or money's worth is disit and Chang Howk Kam to Tientsin revenue officerst Lee Kee wharf and the hard labour. tributed or allotted in any manner de-

pending upon or to be determined byty endeavour to persuade the ex- chance or lot ur the result of any race or Frasident to change nis decision. contest, whether the same is held,

drawn, exercised or managed within or without the Colony."

HR The Governer says the "Our pressed in the United States, and the

"Profitering" is to be sternly inp Approximate statement of traffic re Day" drawing for War Bonds differs Government are not hesitating to tackle ceipts for the week ending 22nd Sept from "that obnoxious method of gamb- the most powerful concerns. The United States: Stel Corporation are being

opium was found on his person.

His Worship imposed a fine of 22,000 with the alternative of nine months' bard labour.

ANOTHER HUNGRY MAN. Licut Quartermaster McConnell

of

Receipts

Aggregate ling called a lottery

It is not required to reduce their prices for

for week Receipts for a lottery in the sense in which the for Government purposes from £334 ton the 74th Punjabis charged a coolie with

term lottery.is used it is a drawing of will be asked to for the Whitfield Barracks; Kowicon.

agreement the Federal Trade trespassing on Military grounds

38 weeksPREN

+613,866 War Bonds'

350,200.

to £11% per ton. In the absence of a

This year

14,080

Lost Inéré

13,070

20 | pride."

110

$1,564

Tempore autantor e nos mulamay in Her

newsp

Another big Olydo" chiphuilding extension is reported to be under of one of the local consideration," at "present,

Mesere Harland and Walf will purchase the controlling interest in the shipbuild

Engineer-Commander W. N. Mac Doct donald, one of the victims of the

REEUMATISM”

AVE you ever tried Chembe

Pain Balm for rheumatism

Vanguard disaster, had completed nearly

a few years ago had occasion.

the autho naval service, a large The production of iron and steel in twenty two years

ies, tha quering yards of Barclay, Cosie and Cor, und - you are wanting timer ke the lon India is steadily advancing. It is now to argue portion of which was passed in the Far bot only able to supply all local demands,tion of what is a lottery 1 bat they did East Hip Brat ship was the Narcissus, but to provide certain amoune for not the share the Governors Bresent and he was at Hongkong in 1907,10,Australia and the Far East where there There bact beer appearing

printipal buyer is Japan. During the view and again 1913-14, when he was financial year 1918-10 the Indian Govern papers for some few yer certain adver-

mant Look 85 per cent of the total outputements advertising the tale appointed to the Triumph.

of the Tata Steel Works for monitions.

Inglis and Co. both on the Clyde. If disease cums on the larder these negotiations are esrried through det a bottle to-day, apply

cted par would make the frm the most im vigorous massage to the portant of its kind in the United King- and you will be sniprised and deligh already, possesses yards at at the relief obtained For sale by dom Belfast Southampton, Bootle, Goyan, Chews and Storekeep of Greenock, and Irvine

THE DISAPPEARING TRICK:

An unemployed Chinese was charged before Mr. Wood this morning with the larceny of ons brast coupling veload at

33. the property of the Star Ferry Co. Défendant pleaded guilty saying he had

no money to buy food, It was stated that defendant was Passenger ont Star Ferry Launch ysterday. Launch engineer was drying bose in the engine room

down into the engine room he saw the

Caught

came out deck:

lus pocket the "brass"

Chip sentes

hours stocks in lieu of the life day,