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tions of "a noble Germanists DOW abandoned We want better assur- suc of that then are yet forth coming from Germany. It is, of course, grievously disappointing to

BALSAM OF ANISEED the Chunealior to know that the

Gives immediate relief in all

cases of

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Price: 50 cents and $1.00 per. Bottle,

PREPARED ONLY BY

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Today's Advertisements

HOYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB. THROUGH the Courtesy of the

Stewards of the Jockey Club Members can claim their Golf Clubs, TOMORROW (FRIDAY) afternoon in the Jockey Clab Rooma or the Race Course kindly lent for the purpose

The Bags and Clube will be transferred

during the morning and will be ready

for Members after 9 PM.

JOHN BENTLEY,

Hon. Secretary.

Songkrang, Feb. 29, 1918.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

199

THE THIRTY-FOURTE OBDIN ARF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the score Cour St. George's

pany will be held

SATURDAY, the 9th March, 1918, at 1 Lao s'dlock in the forenoon, for the purpose of recelymg & Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1917, and electing a Consult- ing Committee and Auditors.

The China Mail.

Honsxoro, Taurapar, Feb. 28, 1918,

GERMAN BID FOR PEACE. INTEREST in both Europe and America is doubtless largely centered on the latest bid for peace--on Germany's "terms-made by the Im-]. perial Chancellor of Germany.

enemies of Germany, who embraca two-thirds of the whole world, do not recognise that Germany's is "the voice of reason and humanity", bat the Chancellor may be sure that they never will until it' la in con- sonance with the war aims of the Allies which are intended to secure that the world shall not be made again to suffer the horram of such a devur tating war as Germany in 3D14 forced upon it in defence of its freedom and Eberty.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The results of the Preliminary Oxford Local Examination, held in Hongkong last September, have just arrived. We learn that all the pupils who were entered from the Bolilise Publis School (of which Mrs. Tutcher Headmistress) have passed.

is

All reports of the calamity at the Racecourse, which have appeared in the

THE

GREAT TRAGEDY.

LATEST DETAILS

THE OFFICIAL REPORT. The Official Report by the Folice is as follows:-

Between 355 and 3.p.m. on the 26th instant as the fifth ruce was about to start, the south-western portion of the matshed booths near the gate of the Race Course swayed and fell down

About three or four minutes after-

wards the castern portion of the nutele booths also collapsed.

At the same time 'a "fire broke out in the kitchen departments of the booths.

Police, military and civilians ren dent every unistando in the scue of the people,

Forty-one persons were removed to: the Government, Civil Hoepila eleven to the Tung Wah Hospital and several to the Royal Naval Hospital with the consent of Surgeon Dreoper

Bent..

So Sze Hin, male, 22, of 8, Dee LEGISLATIVE AND

Your Road West.

Ma Kan Shi, female, 80, of 21,

Jervois Street Loung Hung To, male, 18, of 29,

Kennedy Road. Zenjiro Fukuda, Japanese malo, 26, of the Mitsui Busson Combi

Kaisha.

wong Cham, mals, 30, of 181, Fraya Est Lau Pun Shi, female, 46, of 223,

Wing Lok Street.

Ip Mo. Tuan, female, 33, of 28,

Staunton Street.

So Chau Ho, female, 31; of 9, Tui

Yuen Street.

Mak Chun-Shan, male, 59, of 104,

Connaught Road Central- Torn Hamet, Mahomedan male, 16, - of-98, Morrison Hill Road. Ng Kwok Man, male, 25, of Cros

Street.

Leung U Chap; male, 21, of S, Des

Vous Road Weat Cheung Sai Kee, male, 18 months,

of 118, Wanchai Road.

Tu Morita, Japanese female, 28,

of Kowloon.

ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY, &c.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1918,

EXECUTIVE COUNCILS.

A SPECIAL, MEETING.

A special meeting of the Executive and Legislative Councile was bald at 2.50 p.m. this afternoon, all members of the Legislative Council and the Lion Sir Paul Chater, CMG, and the Hon. MEH. Sharpe, K.C., of the Executive

Council, being present.

THE CONDOLENCE OF THE COUNCILS.

THE ASSASSINATION OF ADMIRAL CHING.

GENERALISSIMON REPROBATION [OF THE`ACT.

The Intelligence Bureau of Canton communicates the following under date of February 27hb

Admiral: Ching Pi-kwang, Minlater": of the Chinese. Navy, was assasin- ated at 8.45 o'clock; on the evening of February 28, on the Bund, Canton, while landing from a sarapan from

Hi RXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR his headquarters at the Hai-chu. way instantaneous, tis said-This meeting has been called Death

tion

in order to pass the following resolusassin escaping.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Generulissimo The Executive and Legislative the Military Government; Mr. Wa Council of Hongkong desire to

record their heartfelt sympathy with Ching-lien, Speaker of the National the relatives and friends of all theen Assembly: Dr. Wa Ting-fang, Mini who.perished, or suffered injury, in ftor for Foreign Affaire; and General the catastrophe occasioned by the Blu Fing-haien, Military Governor of sollapse and burning of the masheds

at the Happy Valley on the 26th Kwangtung, have issued a joint, a

nouncement of the death of the instant salar

His EXCALLENCY said;-1 suggest Admiral Admiral Lin To-yik, Com that we can best testify our assent mander-in-Chief of the First Squa- dron, will have the charge of, the by standing in alenes.

The Members of Councils then rose Navy pending further action. and stood in silence for a short while. Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen and all HIS EXCELLENCY 'maid :—I' "desire Constitutionalists deplore and con also, with your permission, to domn this cruel and unmanly setion take this oportunity of moving a by the enemy to law and order, but resolution of condolence with the reaffirm their belief that ne ender. widow and family of the late able peace will over coms to China Sir Henry Blake. His services are of unless the militariste and others and so recent clate that I do not think it made to respect and observe that necessary for me to refer to them ao Constitution of the Republic as the

ut particularly, I would like to any that

Seizing upon a remark made by Mr China Mail, will be republished in our of the Bunk Line, Mr. Harvey, Mr. on the pdies to which they belonged his name will always be held in grateful supreme law of the land. The death

HUNCIMAN recently in the House of Commons to the effect that "the Breatest contribution to pence would be an opportunity for representatives

Weekly Edition-the Overland China fatwhich will be issued, as usual, on Saturday morning. Orders may be booked in advance at the China Mai Office.

Buildings, Chater Road, Victoria or of belligerent opinion to exchange In the Summary Court this morn-

views," the Chancellor, speakingjing an action to recover $1,000 a the Reichstag, declared if that remark damages for wroughful dismiss! was meant that peace would be brought brought by W. Bick against the rearer i belligerent representatives Robinson Piano Co. The case, which be TRANSFER BOOKS of the met in conclave to discuss individual is defended, was part heard And Company will be ULOSED from TUESDAY, the 5th March, 1918, until questions he agreed, especially as adjourned. SATURDAY, the 9th March, 1618, both daye inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers. Hongkong, Feb. 28, 1918.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

188

THE Undersigned have received instras-

tions to sell by Public Auction, (POM LOCOUNT OF THA CUNGARN),

SATURDAY,

the 2nd March, 1918, at 10.30 am.. at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Toe House Street- About 135 paira LADIES' BOOTS

and SHOES -

And Several Cases HEATHER DEW

SCOTCH WHISKY.

Term:- usual

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, Feb. 28, 1918.

THE CALENDAR.

MEMO. FOR TO-DAY, 4.16.-Harroston's Circus "opens

Causeway Bay

188

at

regards Belgium It

It must have cost the Chancellor something to declars in the Reichstag that Ger- many does not contemplaze retaining Belgiam. If the Chancellor's word may be tracted, this is the nearest approach we have yet had to a repudiation of the policy proclaimed in the Bissing testament, and the

Under the arresting title of "Canada, the War, and the World's goodwill," an address, to which the public are invited, will be given af the Helens. May Institute, to-morrow, Fri- day, afternoon, at 5.30, by Dr. J. A Macdonald LL.D. The public should not miss this opportunity of hearing so trenchant and gifted a speaker.

public speeches of Admiral TraPITZ The meeting of American residents The Chancellor qualifies his statement", and others interested in the formation however, by the cryptic sentence of a chapter of the American Red Cross "but we must be safeguarded from which had been arranged for eleven the danger of a country with which o'clock Thursday morning, February we desire to live in peace and friend-28th at the Hongkong Hotel, has been ship after the war becoming the postponed until sleven o'clock- Friday morning, March 1st on account of the object of a jumping-off ground of inability of Mr. F. N. Doubleday, ei enemy machinations" When the New York, to be present at the time German Government explains exactly first appointed. what this phrase imparts the world will be the better uble to appreciate With reference to the distribution

of the bags and clubs belonging to its value. Before the war inter-

Members of the Golf Cluby which were national treaties to which the various |

recovered from the Happy Valley Club Powers solemnly pledged their House before they were destroyed by adherence were accepted as security fire, the bags and clube had to bo for the objects defined in them, but removed hurriedly and as a consequenes when the war broke out the German some of the clubs fell out of the proper Chancellor of the day unblushingly bags and wars in some cases réplaced declared that Germany regarded indiscriminately, Members are therefore. such treaties บริ "scrape of requested to kindly exercise very care in claiming their property. A notifica that she acted paper,"

tion on the subject appears in our upón the maxim necessity knows advertisement eciamus. As regards no law." There was no real necessity the Clubs sent from Fauling on for a German invasion of Belgium: Tuesday afternoon by cart, these bave 2.30 pm Auction of Teakwood and the inspiring motive was plunder been returned to the Fauling Clab

MEMO. FOR TO-MORROW. 2.12.15. p.m.-Hongkong Hotel Ca' ball-yearly meeting of shareholders.

GENERAL MEMORANDI.

TURDAY, March 51---

Blackwood Furniture &c.,at Messrs. Hughes & Hough's

FRIDAY, March 8 10

11am--Extraordinary General Meet

ing of the Kowloon Lad & Building

FRIDAY, March 19 —

Good Friday.

BONDAT, March 31:---

Easter Sunday.

and

paro and simple. Germany invaded House.

Belgium to acquire control of her AMERICAN WOMEN'S WAR WORK important coal and iron resource

and to acquire an extended coastline

in order to dominat

Bugland.

Now that the plans have pot suceeded as well as those who

AT CANTON.

In connection with the casualties

We are informed that there is no host aid was rendered by Mrs. Stabb, foundation for a report in o con em Mrs. Dyer and several other ladies porury that articles of jewellery were unknown. Dr. McKenny was pre-removed from the corpses. In the instances where jewellery and other articles fell of the corpses as they were being laid out for identification, these articles were picked up and laid

to further assist identification:

Such articles as were picked up without a trace of their ownership, we understand will be put into glass cases and made available for inspec tion by relatives and friends of missing persons with a view to identification.

In connection with the rescue work Lieutenant Ritchie, of the United States Army, Mr. Loughlin, manager Aduras, the manager of the Royal Naval Canteen; the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank staff and a number of military men gave every assist

ance.

Deaths numbered $70. Removed to hospital 52 .34 Reported missing Further enquiries are being made..

OFFICIAL LIST OF IDENTIFIED VICTIMS:

The following is the full list us recorded by the Police of the victims who have been identified:-

Peter Herbert Gandall, American subject (Honolulu), äge 20, clerk in the employ of the Gas Co... Wong Wai To, male, 38, of 82,

Jervois Street.

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THE JAPANESE ORGANISATION AT THE SCÈNE,

Another report published in a cont temporary which has even much the effort of the puin relates to Japanesa Benevolent Societ to give

momory by the Chiness community for

of Admiral Ching will not affect the

the close co-operation he established attitude of the South-West for goal between the Government, the European government and a free country. His community and the Chinese community, sacrifice and the devotion of his noble

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The Hon Mr.LAU CHU PAK life for a noble cause will but hasten all friends of liberty to the realiza- seconded, the

tion of a Constitution and a tree and in the representative assembly Republic of China.

The Members of the, Councils then again rosa and stood in silence for short while.

The Members of the Executive Council then left.

THE INQUIRY INTO THE COLLAPSE.

The Hon ATTORNEY GENERAL moved. aid sa their injured nationa. Is the first reading of a Bill intituled

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COMPANY · MEETING.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

was stated that while the find was Ordinance to amend the Coroner's meeting of shareholders of the above-

at its height a Japanese flag was hoisted near the scene and a met ing held which was eventually die persed by the authorities! This is Yau Cheong Hoi, anale, 84, of 70 mischievous interpretation of what

Stanley Street. j spra

Chan Sap, female, 23. Leung Mui, female, 12. Asan Fak Lam, male, 25,

Astor House.

175,

Wa Sau, male, 28, of 104, Con-

naught Road Centrál.

A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT.

Abolition Ordinance 1888.

The twenty-first ordinary anmrs!

Company was held at the Officeu of the Company to-day at 11.80 a.m.

Mr. R. G. Shewan presided and there were present Mesers. S. H. Dodwell and H. P. White (Consult

Committee), Mr., H. F. Campbell (Secretary) and Mesará. A. O: Lam R. Hancock, C. Klinck, G. H. May; J. M. Gordon, M. A. Figueiredo, R. Henderson, J. Toppin, W. Adamsgo, A. P. Samy, T. Leeman and R. A. Fergusson.

The CHAIRMAN said: Gentlemen, The Report and Accounts for 1917

The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he had to apologise for the fact that the Bill had only just reached the members, owing to the fact of the urgency of the occurred. Ou one of the stands there matter occasioned by, of course, the sad was a tonsiderable number of Japan catastrophe which happened last Tues ese, and when the disaster occurred day which has rendered it necessary of the flag was taken from the matshed to a certain extent to alter the Orili. and planted as is customary with Lance relating to Coroner's Inquiries, Leung Yee Kat, female, 20, of the Japanese even in Japan-ce and Under the existing law such juries must

Queen's Road-Easte

indication of a rendez vous, or head-be drawn from the Common Jurors List Wong Yung, male, 11, of 210, quarters of the Japanese relict com- Is was desirable that in the coming

Queen's Road East.

mittee. We are unable to learn that inquiry the Megistrate should b Kana Kiyama, Japanese feprale, the benevolent object of this gather-assisted by a strong a jury as possible

27, of 12, Frayg East.

ing of Japanese helpers was interfered and it was proposed to give him power, have been in your hands for some Leung Ying Leung, male, 23, ofwith by the authorities.

on occasion to requisition a special vinys and from them you will have jary for the purpose of indemnifying seen that our gross earnings amount 29; Kennedy Road.

It was clearly desirable that theed to $186,291 and our net earnings enquiry should be commenced as early to $124,649. This is a net improve

ment of $15,000 over last year's A regrettable incident occurred TR HON COLONIAL SECRETARY figures after paying the $2,500 dona- yesterday in connection with the reconded and the Bill passed its first tion for War Charities voted at last. death of Mr. Albert Ab Wee, the reading

eding HON ATTORNEY GENERAL Sear's weeding and after providing late proprietor of the Kowloon Dairy, { moved the second reading of the Bill change on the value of our His relatives had identified the body

THE HON. MIL. P. H. HOCYOA raid sterling investment in British War ——I take it that this amendment to the Loan. We are thus able to pay and arrangements had been made for Ordinance will not, in any sense, ¦ our usual dividend of seven per cent, Christian burial at 8 pm. yesterday, prevent the fullest inquiry into the and put $35,000 to the Reservo At the appointed time there was a dronumstances which have led to this Fund which I think you will agree large gathering of relatives and unfortunate tatastrophe! Otherwise I with me is a satisfactory result of friends at the Monument and the Rev. Copley Moyle was present at the Cemetery to conduct the service. Wong Chan Wa, male, 13, of 46, It transpired, however, that owing to Connaught Road Central. some unfortunate mistake the identi- Albert Ahwee, 64, alias Chan Palfication number had been lost, with Wai, of the, Kowloon Dairy, the result that the body had been Yuen Lai King, female, 4, of 8,buried with others at Mount Caroline.

Ab Tai, female, 40, of 228,

· Lob Street. * ·

Wing

Taui Leung Shun, male, 8, of 11,

Chancery Lane.

}

Kwok So, male, 38, of 60, Queen's

Road East..

Cheng Sik Hung, make, of 12

Jubilee Street.

Cheng Sik Fai, male, 18, of 12,

Jubilee Street.

Yeung Ab Pe, male, 5 of 912.

Queen's Road Bost."

Chan Mimale, 25, of 6, Bhip

Street.

The following Bed Croes supplies. Baiwan Bos have been shipped by the American women of Canton to Colonel Gordon Hall, R.A.M.C,

framed them had hoped, the German quarters, Caired Cross Head-

THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER Chancellor is trying to make the

·EVER ISSUED UNDER

PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION. **

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KALADONG CHINI. POLITICAL AND

CoMMAEGIAL JOURNAL

Fritures Brary Monica.

CATLATEN VEL How ExLLAKUK TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM

NORTH CHINA,

VABLOWN PORN IN CRITA AND JAPAN

10 per Annum desswed, in hongkon

$17.00 salt Coast Pork

Egypt dozen faces' pillowcases, 6 dozen, surgical necessity of retiring from Belgium a cape, 8 dozen juz covers, 7 dozen virtue. In the early days of the war handkerchiefs, 61 draw sheets, 27 the Germans could talk of Belgiam flannel bed jackets, 14 pairs flannel in no other terms but as German pyjamas, 12 pairs cotton pyjamas, territory for the future. Even 800 4-inch swabs, 12 brusk and comb MAXIMILIEN HAKSEN, now one of bags, 86 fannel shirts, 45 surgical seups, 4 fannel T. bandages, 2 knitted the most prominent advocates of scrubbing cloths, 35 pairs woollen "peace without annozations,” wrote socks, 12 pairs knitted surgical stock- in Uctober 1914 in regard to Belgium ings, 18 cotton shirts, Sá smy sovers, in the following terms noble 48 handkerchiefs, 84 bowels, 12 swabs 8112 100 small swabe, 151 Germaniam must here conquer now triangular swabe, 12 cotton many- provinces.

"Antwerp bottailed bandages, 68 cotton flannel opposed to, bot in conjunction many-tailed bandages, ¥ pillow cases

and 9 jug sovers, with Hamburg and Bremon; Lidge ulorguide of the munition, works of Hesse and Burlin⠀⠀ Cockerill- allied with Krupp, Belgian iron, coal and tissues under ope manageme From Calais to Antwer Stimbur and

the ling

·DON'T COUGH.

is absurd to allow a cough te bring. and rape your vitality whou Chaziberlain's Cough Remedy, will adre you. You don't know where a persistent oough will land you. You can't allo

allow your throat and Inngs to become it is much – mmple thingi chemist's shop and get hamberlain's Cough Remed

Li Shi Tan, malo, 6, of 11. New

Street

Ng Kam Chan, female, 16, of 31

Sau Wa Fong2009 Leung Im Ho, female, 25, of 51,

Staunton Street

6.

shall move for full power to s commission of enquiry.

THE Hos COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was then passed through the remaining stages.

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the year's work. Money was not in HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR great demand during 1917, and we said: The object of this legislation is were not able to put out so much co to facilitate the daquiry that will Ihopo, loan da In previous years, but us misfy the entire community

regards our godown business the favourable prospects with which we began the year were well maintained and our earnings from this depart ment were very satisfactory. In the accounts the principal items are very much the same as before, but you CHURCH SERVICES.

will notice that the: £1,000 invested THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP. There was a service at the Road

43 per cent. British War Leon since converted inte- par center loan. Catholic Cathedral last night when

The following are the fixtures for the 1929/47 now stands at F/- exchange

catastrophe attended

were saved from the second roud of the Open Billiard and the investment in Green Island many who

with the Championship of the Colony held under Cement Co.'s shares at $7.50 e friends to offer thanks to God for the auspices of the Victoria Recreation Instead of $10 last year, a zatia of the salvation of their lives.

copitat of $2.00 per share having bere made on these shares. With zégozd to prospects for the present year. I can only say that we haveS begun well and that I ses no rensom to anticipate any falling offi revenue,

Waste informed by Bishop Poz Ho Chun Fung, male, 25, of the zoni that on Monday next, the th

Canfor Bank,

March, at 9 am, a solemn Requiem Mak Chiu Chung, sople, 29, of 104, Mass will be sung in t

the Catholic Queen's Road Central

Cathedral for the repose of the souls of

U PK U male, of 50. Des those who so dismally lost their res

Voeux Rood Central.

in the sad mistrophe at the Happy Kwok Hun Kei, female, 23, of 6. Valley All Catholics are earnestly

Old Bailey,

extorted to maist at this service, nat Edward Vincent Fereins, Fort only in order to scour the souls of guese, 17, clerk in the Meran the desemet bot also as an expression kie Bark.

sowards, their rolatives 17 Awan Chun Kwok, male 12 of their bereavem 4281, Hollywood Road,

Mak Wing Chan, male, 70, 61 104,

Connaught Road Centen

Kwa, male, 68, ob188 Wanahai

um, male, 20 of 20

10 of 27, Jervon

DOT RISHI FEUMONIA.

cold

the foreru

J. 6. Jeanings, Pokie P., Wong,

Thursday, 285. February. Tsang Fo Mist, E. Guimaraes, Fri-

day, 1st. Marchi

C. W. Hart AG. File, Saturday,

2nd Marche

Sgt. S. H Barker, B., v. Gr. J. R

The Crux proposed, and Mr.

* Lord, 16,A, Monday, 4th. March. H. P. WHITE Seconded, the sdopkom.

P. Ivanovich, «W. H. Neighbour, of the Report and Accounts, and the

Tuesday, Sta. March.

motion was carried.

CBotting, B. Gay, Wednesday, Mr. H. HANCOCs proposed

6th March |

MC Kincseconded; Winner of DR

Ellarby, election to the Consuling BAMO Osmund matchet Messrs. HD Whit

Bearne, Thurs well and U tel On, and

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day, 7th Karol

Sgt AHI #GA, T., Wong TO, ET

Hong, Triday 8th March

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