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THIS WEEK

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ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY.

"SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919,

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEM ENT. WEEKLY SHARE REPORT.

Messrs. W. Logan & Co, reported

DRAMATIC CRITICISM,

FRAWLEY CÓMPANY OPENS SEASON

Mr. Wood in effect and ho muss con fine his energies to opium cares. Why We have a real respect for

At the Magistracy yesterday, be Mr. Wood. He has humour, shrewdl

fore Mr. R. E. Lindeell, Fung Wing ness."and is generally an'ideal cadi,

Since our last report of the 28th so that we hesitate to suggest there

At 7.30 p.m. last night two robbers Fak, the sole partner of the SuiYesterday as follows:

Here we have to deal with a case ult. cur Market has been quiet, the is any Red Tape in his make-up, visited No. 18 Whitfield street and Yick Rice Firm, at No. 290, Das Perhaps there is a sound reason why persuaded the inmates to open rux Road West, charged Fung Pak volture of business transacted being of genuinely good artists in a some the cobbler should stick to his lust. the stair trapdoor by saying

what unsatisfactory play." Last night Lum, his employees, on three counts:

on a small scale. The Shanghai 2 they brought. parcel and perhaps somebody will inform us that

the husband) That on July 8, 1918, he em Market shows considerable activity, at the Theatre Royal Frawley's coin-" of it. Suppose this avenue Officer from Ab Yung, had seen his man.approaching some of one of the women living in the bexzled the sunr of $2,000 belonging prices of all Canton shares having pany played an American comedy "in four acts enlļed **. Bought place of business with a loaded re-house. Rushing to the sitting room

Banks-Hongkong'onid Shanghai and Puld For It epens" in the of o millionaire volver in his hund. Suppose, while where six women were gathered, to the firm: (3) Thas in this conses and a further rise is anticipated drenia we are at it, that he had seen him they held them up by threatening meet on be made a false oney in the Banks are quiet with sellers at $7724 reception 100m

baghelor's apartments. Robert Staf- corkieting an armed robbery. Sup with a dagger, and stole from one of cash book purporting to show that and buyers at $705.

Marine Insurances-North Chinas | for soli-inada' man, desires to. pose he Full run him in. Would the the women a bangle and a gold ring, co the same date this sum had been

Cantons at fanarty a very alttmetive telephone mugistrate have told him to ignore From a box which they compelled paid to a foreign firm at Ice House are, wanted at $124. everything hat vanute ? We her to open, the miscreants stole Street, ami (3) That he between $100. Unions have been done at girl, and as she will now send the are now sellers at propriaties, he invites her and her consider this rather impietat. Note, jewellery and money to the value of June 9, 1918, and. July 7, 1018. $1,025180 nud

sister and ber sister's betrothal, to fraudulently converted to his own $1,030. fully, the attitude of the Police. $410. They then decamped...

Fire Insurances-Ching Fires have dine, with him. Mr. William. D. The fact that the robbers knew benefit 49.128 picule of rice valued In effect they said: Very good. Sir. May we prosecute in place, and the name of the husband of the at $80,000, the property of the Sibuye $15 and Hongkong, Firea Howard as Jimmy & lley," u. ship- |ping clerk at a week, is quite all Shipping-Indos have come to Fight. He has a big idea of his own” call him as a witness? Mr. Wood, woman and that they chose an hour Lick Firm.

when all the male persons of the house wecording to our reporter, said no.

¡3-16d.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

at $830.

+1

have kept a careful watch on the complainant and Mr. P. W, Goldring business at $158 am more shares suurtness, if he coulf only get a

The T.K.K. Persia Alaru's sailing sleeping has been postponed four days. She No.

will not leave till May 5.

was

.י

were out, indicated that they mustr. M. K. To appenced for the

ure wanted at about that 'figure.start, and he wants his sweetheart's represented the defendant. house, before they put their

In opening the case, Mr. Lo said, Douglases are in demand at 5914 sister (Miss Molly Mathna Nir. plan of robbing the house in the firm in question was ar old with equivallens rates for forward ginia Blaine ") to accept the rich

man as a husband, so that he can. execution

established one and had one of the shares.

in the Refineries-China Sugars after have that chance. Virgini's sister. Imost extensive businessES Frem another quarter another

Colony. Everyone thought it was heavy purchases at $12/125 ccies Fanny Ass Florence Chap- The dollar seems to be fixed for probbery was reported. At about 1 the time being. It is still 38: 1a.m. this morning, a Chinese woman doing well, but suddenly the truck weak with seller at $119. Mala-man, who is the female counterpart A bots are enquired for $28 ex. divi-of Jimmy, and very smart and 'cute whose trade depended chiefly on her

while came and bankruptcy ensued. charms,

surprised

in all her scenes The sisters, We cubicle at regards the first two charges, Counsel dent of Ps. 8. im. her

Docks and WharvesHongkong learn, bave hardly ever been separ Road said that the manager of the foreign" 139. Hollywood

su refined, leaves on April 5. The Tenyo Marui by these robbers who had gained to whom the money was shown Docks are a little easier, shares beingatel. Flow comes it, then, that

access to the premises by forcing then the booke to have been paid, would wanted at $1584. Nowloon Wharfs. Viigin a should be bar of the door. They bound and 5ve evidence which would prove to Very little business line, tuken place and Funny "so very stugily Amur

Their physica differences gagged the giri and finally made his Worship that no such money had in the Stock, sales being reported at rican? away with her two bangles the value been paid. Counsel had no direct: $118-117 and close now with sellers are quite explainable, but no two sisters could live together constantly evidence of the receipt of the money at $118. by the defendant, but he would try Shanghai Docks-Shanghai Dooks and be so different in culture. They of which was $20.

to satisfy his Worship that the de- have improved to a buying quotation could not talk so differently. Un

[conscious nimiery, to which we mo fendant was in the fullest sense of Tls. 130 est dividend of The. 5. nanager of the Sui Yick Finn, taking! Miscellaneous.-Cernents have de-all tiable, would prevent it. "Oku.

No one wouhl passing through Hongkong on his HONGKONG CHAMBER OF complete charge and control of all shared a dividend of 80 cents per the rich man's Japanese servant,

busins in connection with the firm. whare and have declined to a selling on in this scene. In a large firm such as the com- rate of $8.80. Hongkong Electrics guess him to be a Japanese by bis

Waterboats make-up, plainant's which employed a large are wanted at $76.

WE- The next act finds us in Virginia's number of employees the entries in $123. Hongkong Trans $8.

Dairy Farme $28. boudoir. The mariage bas taken the hooks could be nude by many sons 86.1.

$8.35. China plage) and it is two, yours later. persons, but in this case the entries Chiun Previdents relating to the items in question were Borneos $123, Chini Lights $5, in the headwriting of the defemlant

A round of the shipping ofices Ltd to day produced nothing in the way of news, except that one of them was having its annual white-washing.

ELEGANT EVENING.

GOWNS.

The "China Mail" is now on

a Rownia, Herzegovina, and part sale at, and will be delivered of Montenegro us hinterlands. On that const are fine barbours, whereas

and

agents,

Lt-Col. John Warden. D.S.O., ist

way to Vladivostok, to join the British Mission there. He is a Canadian, who fought in France-and with the Baku expedition.

A Chinese quarry-master was this morning fired $100 and given the option of imprisonment for two months, for having in his possession 75 sticks of gelatine and 60 detona- tors without a permit...

Before the routine of the Police Courts had begun this morning, a commotion was caused by a Chinese coolie suddenly dropping to the floor and swooning away. He was restored rather unsympathetically.

A pantry boy employed on the 6.5. Monteagle was arrested for being in possession of arms and 375 rounds of ammunition. He was fined $300 by Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Magis- tracy this morning and given the option of three months hard labour.

conversation overheard.

No arrests have been made yet.

COMMERCE

The fortnightly market report issued yesterday looks more like old times. The front page has a brave list of arrivals and departures, show ing that our port is getting back into its old stride.

The Canton silk circular says →→→ For Lyons our market has re- mained in much the same state as when our last report was issued. For America a better tone was noticeable resulting in the settlercent of about 300 bales which is not much but it, shows an improvement on last settle ment for that country as reported by At the close we hear that some enquiries have been received here.. from American Buyers....

US.

It is reported that some enquiries have been received here and the prices are far lower than what Dealers will accept-

Rates have been greatly reduced Instant, this may help business and and have been in force since the 1st cause a revival of demand which has

months.

himself.

Jinny and Farcy have mazeed

(thanks to Robert giving Jimmy a job at bigger wages than he is worth) Robert and they have a baby. MISdrinks, Virginis, bis babyless wife,

Evidence was then called, and the naging partner of the foreign firm HONGKONG CHURCH

loathes him when he comes home in question said his firm had done Ort

SIONARY ASSOCIATION,

jquiffy, will not kiss him, and rouses business with the Sui Yick.

the bully in him. Women are like that. No sense. July 8, 1918, he did not receive!

(Except in Hong- At the annital committee meeting kong, where they are used to it.) $2,008 or any other surn from the Su Yiek. As far as his firm was concerned, the entry, in the books of the Church Missionary Association After all, Robert is only effusively. relating to the payment of $2,008 held on Thursday evening, the affectionate, and a sensible woman to his fira as commission was false. Bishop of Victoria presiding, the could have managed him quite easily. Fung Wing Yuk, the complainant, annual statement of accounts was Virginia, "a splendid actress at the gain the defendant was adopted into presented by the Hor. Treasurer sob stuff, takes no pains to hide his family, when he was two years of Major Walmsley, and an account of her disgust, and provokes him so that uga. At the age of 17, he wens to the work of the Asociation was he reminds her she is his legal wife Kongoon where he worked in a rice given by the Hon. Secretary, the bought and paid for, in fact. A cuddish speech, and in vino shop for five years. Returning in Rev. W. T.-Featherstone. 1914 to Hongkong, he was given Below will be found a stoveritas makes it worse, for the full authority to handle the firm's the Church Missionary Association self has been at pains previously to charge of the Su Yick Firm with granits for the year 1018-19 made by author (and Mr. Frank Wilcox bine own initiative. Ee drew no salary, of the Church of England in Hong gentlenias."Virginia" talks a lot he and his family being maintained kong to assist approved missionary about the difference between legal at the complainant's expense. The work in the D'ocess of Victoris and moral rights. Marring "lines"

fdo-not-make a marriage monil, etc." GRANTS, 1918-1910. delendant was, however, allowed a (Hongkong and South Chine), carte blanche to draw ang sum he

Victoria Home & Orphan- wanted for his own use without the

$ 50 age. Kowloon necessity of consulting the complain

Eyre Refuge, Kowloon City 50 ant. With regard to the entries in the wages book, he did not know who Boys' School, Kowloon City Evangelistio Work, Hong-

kong made them, bus they could have bear nude by any of the employees

by, Messrs. W. G. Humphreys ( opposite, on the east cost of Italy, Fraser Smith was all right. Wish been very scarce for the last .2/honeys and to buy and sell on his which is an association of members show Robert a very perfect

Co. Shameen.Canton, the ure hucking ––Gorizia und Istria we had his bike in Hongkang now who have been appointed our used to belong to italy, before Aus" Nonsense. Hongkong put him in tria stole them. So did Dalmatin, ja, and it would dots darnedest which has the splendid harbour of now to squelch are really outspoken Italy wants then back writer dealing with the affairs of the But the contries named above, Coleny." Which of these two men lying between, the Adriatic sen und was right?.. Southern Hungary and Serbia, have joined together as one nation, called Jugoslavia, and they say that if Italy

tributes.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

RUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.'

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, March 8, 1919.

Cattars

Although the play last night turned on the evil of men taking too

HONGKONG DEFENCE

Vernacular Day Schools,

Hongkong Educational Work, Canton

100

200

50 400

Pastorate Fund, Cunton.... Women's Work, Canton... Theologica) Hostel, Cunton. 150 Girls' Sebool, Paklo...... Pastorate Fund, Pahoi General Work, Liemehow.. General Work, Nanning.... 300 General Work, Yunnan 150

150

100

30

150 765

To Printing Chinese Prayer

Books

Quotations with laying down cost at 4 m/s Doc: Ex: St. 3/4 Frs. 434

The prices current (export) do not and at 6 m/s. Lic. G. $798. show any remarkable movement-

Of cotton, very little new business is mentioned. The most recent quotation was 18.55d. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Dutton sin

Cotton yarn called for this comment? zerely thank all friends for the kind

A steady business passed in chops sympathy shown in their bereuves | gets all she wants, they will merely much to drink, at each of the three suitable, for the Yunnan markets, the who were under the sole direction of] ment and for the hautiful for have changed one master for another, intervals the usual crowd of men bulk of which was sold to arrive for the defendant. At the beginning of They admit that Gorizia and Istria, tore off to the nearby drinking March shipments from India. At the Fifth Moou, last year, his firm | with the harbour of Foin, should go places. Just shows, doesn't it, the the close, the demand has subsided got into financial difficulties which buck to Italy, because the population uselessness of preaching. One mar and prices are very weak. Spot eventually resulted in the firm's is still distinctively Italian, and they ried man reports that he had rather cargo is fetching a higher price than bankruptor. The creditors came to him, but he referred them to the The China Mail. believe in the Wilsonian doctrine of a hard tine of it. His wife kept for cargo to arrive.

defendant as the maruger of the self-determination. But as the Bal-calling his attention, with her elbow Quotations are:- untings are Slavs, they deny Italy's to the points made by the heroine: No. 10s. at $195/228. No. 129. atirin. The firm's books were taken claim to that coast. Unfortunately,

$204/225. No. 16s. at $248.258. No. to the Official Receiver, and his son, 20s. at $246.270. Arrivals 2,650 Fung Pan Kwong was appointed. bales Sales: 3,000 bales.. Shipments. trustee. When the firm spushed, 650 bales. Unsold stock 3,000 bales, the employees went over to another rice firm, the Tec Fung, of which Bargians 15,000 bales..

Prices of metals locally have fur-the defendant was a partneri

Examined by Mr Goldring, the ther receded, and there is an entire

To Vernacular Day Schools, absence of business. Dealers are complainant said he bad-three sons New Grunts this year are more concerned-with disposing of who were not connected with the

Hongkonggris their present stocks and commit business in any way. His second ments than with negotiating for fur-on, who died childless, adopted the Quotations from defendant who was the son of a Alteration in time for Gün Practice ther business.

friend. No balance sheets or any accounts whatever had been sub- may be others, hence these notes.decompose, and this new nution, at Pakshawan on Monday, March America show more steadiness.

parade

mitted to him by the defendunt. As On Thursday the China Mail pub among others, arise from the ushes. 10. Hongkong members.

he was very old and incapable of Jished telegruine to the effect that What with Frazee stiffening her deat Blake Pier at 6.10 p.m. Quarry

taking charge of the business, he we the Jugo-Slave; in presenting their munas against Germany, Japan's Bay members parade at Quarry Bay cluizas to the Paris Conference, olairus conflicting with the Colonies at 6.30 pm. under Capt. W. Murray:

quite content to let the defendant. demanded the whole of Istria, with and how Italy standing out for her pound af flesh,' the poor League

take control of the business, even Trieste, Fiume, and the Dulinatian

be somewhat

though he was left in ignorance of its state. As regards the amounts Jelands. As an illustration of the cd Nutions must

le meelt drew from time to time) way the public is at the mercy of anemic. If only there were pink

($300 to $400 a inonth) they were as Reuter (and warning of the ad- pills for pale ideals, how gladly would visability of reserving judgment), wewe subscribe for a boy,

unlimited as the defendant's, and he id not take the trouble to find out the exect sums. He had lived

JUGOSLAVIA, AND ITALY,

to make it hard for us to take sides, one of those accursed secret treaties has turned up.. It appears that in 101 Greut. Britain, France, and Russia promised Italy that if she caine into the war on the side of the "a lies, and they won, she should have ord

the eastern coast of the Adriatic. This was a case of promising as booty

Conversation yesterday revealed the fact that of four men talking. two didn't know what is meant by a part of an eneany's property. It the expression Jugo-Slaw." There was not foreseen that Austria would

REVENUE OFFICERS AND POLICEMEN.

Scott.

CORPS,

for Artillery Company by Major

3. H. W. Amstrong, V.D.;

Hongkong, March 8, 1919.

G. B. Sewing, Captain, Adjutant, H.K. Defence Corps

HONGKONG POLICE

RESERVE..

ORDERS ISSUED BY MR. FW.

FRANKS, D.S.P.R.

COMMENDATIONS..

JUGO-SLAV CABINET.

M. Goubo Mir Davido

U

50

It all very true; but she has far too big a notion of the value of ber self-respect. Without knowing it, she is as vain and concited' iu her way as "Jimmy" is in his. She seems to have taken to bears tho advice of Pericles to Aspasia,.“ Dợ, what your heart tells you; yes, Ás- pasia do all it tells you. Remember. how august it is. It contains the temple, not only of love, but of emi-" Whereas, really, the science." heurt of a woman always adrises her to do just what she wants to do This applies also to 99.05 per cent. of men. In the naine of conscience, much wilfulness is gratified, You see what's coming? In the third act (next morning) when Robert is head. bebey and repentant, and apologises → very handsomely, she gives him an ultimatum. Either he must, pro- mise never to touch dritik again, art. the will leave him. He is like many other men: he will not be bullied in that way. (Haro we made it clear that all this time Miss Mahim is act- ing very, very well, saying her, lines Travesse. with beautiful enunciation, expres

$ 20sion, and every realistic trick of foice control and gesture?). Playing up 100 to her splendidly, 31r.: Wilcox advises ber to think it over, to be reasonable. An admirable bit of pleading, mark- ed by a me artistic restraint. Poor. fool As if women could be reason- ei with in such case. She is just as pig-bended as he is. She goes. Thus in the last act (in the dining room of Gilley's flat) we find Mr. Howard and Miss Chapman back 'n

To Books Printing. Grants increased this year

are:

To Eyre Refuge"

To Evangelistic Work.

Hongkong

To Theological

Centon bas

$2,025

$50 50

Hostel,

75 50

"To General Work, Sanning

To General Work, Yunnan 100 Grants decreased this year.

Bre

Decrease,

Boys" Sebool, Kowloon City $ 20 Pastorate Fund Canton

Pastorate Fund, Pukhor...

60

50

As in past years grants have, as poverty, with "Virginia" re lodger.

the Sui Yick premises for the laat far as possible, been made to every They supply the comedy, while Mr. Wilcox and bilss Malim supply the

39 years and was fairly expert in

Decresses are made to stimulate drama. Very good comedy it je. the rice business. Last year there centre of work. was a great res in the price of rice self-support in the Chinese Church, Jiany, who hea to-day lost ever his vitch N with consequent heavier gambling and, increases and new grants are $18 a week job; Intely phones M. Velizar Voulovitch. by, the firms concerned. Even made to encourage new work.

HONGKONG BILLIARD

The Serbian Press Bureau states that the Ministry of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes has now been formed as follows:- Premier

M. Stoyan Protitch. Vice Premier. Dr.Anton Korochetz, Justice MMarko Frifkovitch, ay mention that that message came

Foreign Af from Italian Sources, via Fark, and

fairs. Dr. Anto Trumbitch. through Lowlon. The sggestion is

Commerce & that it was either false of garbled,

Industry M. Stoyan Ribaratz. PublicInstruc and probably both. The message

tion went on to say that the Jugo-Slavs

Robert that Virginia has asked for were mobilizing (an Italian, report, Yesterday the China Mail managed

Railways

him. The husband comes, of course, promulgated with an ulterior motive) to squeeze a complete and pregnant and this in turn was contradicted by editorial article into one headline.

Works

and she, believing he has given in, flies to bus arms. I'muy-gists 4he Jugo-Sla delegatos in Paris, A Did we get it right? A Revenue

his job back. The minor part of counter charge, was made, that the Othcer appeared before, a magistrate

General Order No. 11-The follow- Interior Svesozar Tribice Italians wero landing troops on the in the capacity of complainant c

French maid was sufficiently well Dr. Komello Nincics.

done by Miss Antonetto Lloyd. Dalmatian cost, and entrenching at prosecutor in a case that had nothing ing members of the Police Reserve Mavitch

We should very much Fke to see Fiume. The last is quite as bedev to do with revenues He was, in are commended by the Captain Sup Finance

effect, noting as a policeman. While erintendent of Police for good Posts and ba

Telegraphs, Dr. Edo Loucinitch. able as the other...

Last night at the V. R. C. Sergt. Mr. Wilcox and Miss -Malim play in Now for the Jugo-Slave. If you looking out for opium smugglers, he work done in connection with the

Drummond, beat Mr. W. R. Neigh better class piece dealing with look at a map of Italy you will seesaw a suspicious character carrying searching of passengers under the War and

chitca.

bour, 400 to 229. It was an interest human, passions. We feel mire they that the Adriatic Sea marches with property for which he thought he provisions of the Piracy Prevention Marine General Michailo Ras-

ing game. The winner scored heavily would rise to a high level of dramatic Italy's east count and is roughly of should be made to give account In Ordinance

by accuracy in losing hazards; art. equal ures. The southern end of stead of Baying. No blong y

without, making very large breaks, Perhaps some of their other parim Albania. bends in towards the heel pidjin, he arrested the man and

A LIFE SAVER

he scored, as they say, consistently will be more worthy of their undoubt of the Italian book, and makes brought him before Mr. J. B. Wood,

Trafo to way that Chamberlain's In the first half Mr. Neighbour shapeded talenta. In any case, whatever

safe almost an inland sex of it. At the We have not direct evidence of it, top or porta, on the Italian side, but we infer from all the facts that

playgoers need not fear disappoint Venice Opposite, to the eastward this Revenue Over is a reader of

Teste dividing a press called the China Mail, and a man with con General Order No. 12-Musketry fairs M. Vitomir Koretch. Ilie and Diarrhoea Remedy has very well, but fell away. The highest piese this company put on during

medy in existence. It is known all over Gorizia and Istria, the coastline siderible public spit He knew Sergeant 722 Arcalli is commended Forests and Bevel the lives of more people and to break was 34, by the winner. The the regaining nights of their stays which ends në Flume. Back of these that, the Police are short-handed, and by the Captain Superintendent of Mines Dr. Mahmed Spaso,lieved more suffering than any other re lose made a 25 two provinces, inland is Slovenia in this case was willing to do hle bit.: Police for special services at the Minister, in charge of preparatory the civilizal world for its peoly cares if there is no game to night, but on ment. The acting all round, is too fication of the laws, M. Albert intestinal pain. For sale by all Guimaraes, play their tie. It will be that we have to speak kindly, of

a hard fight. Dalmatia is ʼn narvo strip, mostly.So far, it seems to us he acted quite Armoury and with the Musketry work for the constitution and unt cramps in the stomach, disreboot and Monday Messrs. Parkes and E. good. We often get out here shows

But Mr. J. Wood Department.

March 8, 1919. islands, which runs along the cast laudably

ern shore of the Adriatic, with Croathought otherwise, and snubbed him.

Inspector Butterfield. Sergeant Beatty, 20

Sergeant 70 Yoen Kwok-yan.

Sergeant 23 Chio Ching-po Pc. 644 Allen, bylibe Pe88 Choa Hing-ki.

M. Milan Kapeteno though practically out of the busi PARAQUAvitch. W

ness, he still took an interest in the developments of the rice market. It was the Nam Wo firm that made a petition in the Supreme Court for the firm's bankruptcy. It took him three months to arrive at a tion with his creditors,

The case was adjourned until the

Agriculture. Dr. Ivo Petrichitch. Worship Dr. Tougomir Alзoupo Food and Re

construction M, Malige Jovanovitch Political Af-

Cramere.

19th.

Chemists and Store capers

CHAMPIONSHIP.

This and we must se