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THE CHINA MAIL.

MAGISTRACY."

(MR. ORME'S COURT: )

GAMBLING CASES.

TWO ARMED ROBBERIES IN ONE NIGHT.

GROCERS VICTIMISED.

Two armed robberies occurred last in an hour of each other. The first night in the Samshiupo district with robbery took place at 9 pm. when two Chinese, armed with a revolver,

2 Бтосегу

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1914.

QUEEN MARY'S NEEDLE-

WORK GUILD. A

HONGKONG BRANCH

TENNIS.

H.K.C.G. TOURNIMENTS.

"

and

the Daylight Saving question the Chamber bad been looking for work. The explanation given is quite rea sonable. Shanghai baving adopted this device (which is merely purpose less out here) it was up to the Cham- ber to submit the question. Must we follow suit? This was done, and

This morning four Chinese were

Such progresor has been made with it was decided that we needn't. So fined $3 each for street gambling.

Report of works doce in fare: the various tournament that it only far so good. Now it seems the meme

Fines of $3 each were also inflicted

CITY HALL WORK PARTY (under needs a few fine days to complete Mrs. Stabby: -20 bers of the Chamber are being accused on two Chinese for gambling in

jas, 10 shuts, 3 kimono bed-Hunding Singles **B

vesti,

them a Mr. C. B. Brown bas pou St of being laggards, Conservatives, and Salyingpun. The second defendant

jackets, puits of ladies' knickers, arceptions the clots are stick-in-the-muds, and especially of offered the excuse that he was being less start than the Shanghai hearkening to a preacher when and the other a dagger entered dow bore overalls, 23 ready for the final match. The out-

store, and mes. This, of course, is merely silly arrested.

bables rests. 24 milk covers, 236 standing fixtures are appended: after threatening the inmates of the handkerchiefs and 90 pairs of pants. It will be a bad day for Hongkong if-

A SHREWD RUSE

OPEN FOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP, CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE (under place decamped with $17. The ever it acquires the notion that Six Chinese were charged with Shanghai leads are always good ones, smoking oplum in a diyan in 56 immediately set enquiries afoot, and 12 mutes, I sweater, 79 Hauki. S. Jennings.

Police were

Find-NE. Kent and F. A. Ra duly informed and Miss Loureiro-10 pairs of socks, mond v. Captain H. E. May and The muddy fats of Shanghai breed a Wanchai Road conducted by another scoured the place through, but with handkerchiefs, 210 jug covers, 6 peculiar and obscure form of reuritis, Chinese who was also charged in out success. The second robbery mosquito iets, nope, the knitted of which the, symptoms are an abnor conjunction with the offence. Imally hysterical population, frenzied

Sergeant Cockle informed the when six marauders entered a rolled bandages and 1,410 sponge occurred in Kramer Street at 10 5m. scrubbes, 8 ere bandages, 1,524 finance and frequent suicide, and a Magistrate that on Wednesday even- grocery shop, armed with revolvers. singularly childish newspaper Press. ing he entered the house, in question and a, da ger. After threatening It is only necessary to remark that by virtue of a warrant and arrested to shoot the inmates they stole $130 Hanston)-192 rolled band-epings" as the Shanghai experiment has only defendant. A search of the first just started, it cannot be said to have been succesfully tried. We do not, of course, expect that it will turn out to their serious hurt, since either way it makes little difference. It was this fact, that there was nothing to be gained by it, and some risk of confusion and inconvenience attach- ing to it, that made our Chamber very sensibly turn it down.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

China Mail to-morrow."

Today's dollar stands fast at 3s 3 15.164.

accused brought to light two marked and made good their escape. ten cent pieces which he had prev viously given to another Chinese to buy opium with, so as to secure evidence against defendants. First defendant fined £50% or 6 weeks' rigorous imprisonment. The others $4 each.

SNATCHING.

HONGKONG'S STOLEN PARCELS.

PARTICULARS OF THE ROBBERY.

1:

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. Final.-Y. E. Kent. T. Miskina

RANDICAP DOLELES. Semi-Fincl.-F. A. Redmond and Pras Con Wons PARTY (under Morsey. . E. Fent and J. S.. ages, 30 dysentery pada, 12 preu. G. B. Crisp and Captain H. E. Mus

The winners play Lieut.-Commer morja jackets; 8 gauze many-talled bandages and 8 flannelette stamp bandage.

The following letters: have been received by the Union Church Work Party:

Dear Mrs, Hickling,

After as this long time of silence and delay, I trust it may be some

Enquiries having been made for Trougpense to you and your busy particles of the mail robbery at company of loving workers to learn kohe a China Mail man interviewed on Sister Duncan's letter how hap- Mr. S. B. C. Ross, the Postmaster pily the long expected hox arrived (eneral. this ming. From the after at, just in time for the wrong) infomation afronted it appears that Christmas Its long wait at Van the nail rom ou benal the trubia over enable it to fill a gap in the Mar was broken into on March 19. Christinus entertainment of The whip was then about to sul for hospital nur Amiens fil of the men u hig Nagasaki.

who had helped to win the last bettles of the war. The enclosed

ay in the final, i

0

MIXED HANDICAP DOUBLES: " Semi-Finals.-F. A. Redzond and Mrs. Maitland v. C. Thorne and Mrs. Dreaper: A. D. Humphreye and Mre. Armstrong v. A. Morts and Mrs. Black.

HANDICAP SINGLES

Mrs. Maitland play C. Thome and Final.-A. Morse v. L. Forsber This evening F. A. Redmond and

Mrs Dreaper.

HARD COURT LEAGUE.

Participants at al frescs "speech. making are liable to be robbed. A Chinese found this out to his cost when whilst listening to a medicine hawker in Central Street. he was relieved of seventeen cents from his There will be no issue of the jacket pocket. Happily the culprit was arrested before he could take to his heels, and was by Mr. Orte con signed to three weeks' imprisonment.

CHINESE V.M.C.A. V. DOCKYARD, ACCUSED OF ROBBING A PATIENT. From the report of the 0.8.K. the

This match was played in the A ward boy of the Small-pox the nail room and was astonished ise what a burten is lifter from the yard's first pair, Crocker and lat second officer, had cecasion to eater letter does not make you quite real Dockyard yesterday. The heck- Hospital in Kennedy Town, was There is "something good" on remanded for a week on an applicato in that seven bugs of parcels for generous beart of one of our very thews, won all their games. at the Victoria Theatre.

tion from Inspector Macdonald, on a Manila, and five for Hongkong were bravest and best matrons who played Chiness won all the remainder, win- a charge of stealing three sovereigns sealed and open. Police and de-a gallant part in the great retreat ning the natul by gunes. from an Indian patient in the Hostives were at once summoned. All of lust Spring and it was a happy Scores: the money after being undressed by subjected to strict exarization durents to that hospital to share your beat Ng and Lak. 6: beat 0. ? pital. Complainant it appeare missed the crew, in fact all on board, were olunce that led a few Chiese pati Crocker and Matthews Dockyard) the accused and notified the Police ing the voyage from Kobe to Nagn gifts and tell the secret of the S. Rumjahn, &; beat Lin and Lo, who effected the arrest shortly after. ski. Apparently this was fruitless puzzles. annual athletic

Bail was fixed at $100.

chough the report does not say so.

Parry and Pie (Dockyard) lost to The key of the iron door of the mail

O. and S. Rumjaha, 1-8; fost to room was found Invokan but this

Ng and "Tok, 5-8; low to Liu and throw no light on the identity of the

Lo

There were five cases of cerebro. spinal fever yesterday, two of them

fatal.

The twelfth meeting of the Lusitano Club is being held on the Racecourse on Easter Monday.

Off

(MR. LINDSELL'S COURT.)

THEFT.

thieves.

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I like to feel that all sich boati ful and loving gifts as yours have same specini pert of their own to fill, and I would like you all to under. Mr. W. D. Kraft of the Standard

stard that to my inind your box's

Perkin and Wingfield (Dockyard) Company, Hongkong-branch,

Among the miesing articles are six long journey could not have had a returned to the Colony by the Pacificing a gold ring, silver watch chain The Japanese Shipping Company hand could have gulder it so exactly. and Lok, 6.

A Chinese was charged with steal-gold watches from Seattle.

lost to Lin and Lo, 2-9; lost to D. mors fitting ending, and no buman and S. Famijahe, 2-0: lost to Ng Mail steamer Ecuador,

and appendages from a cook, in No. (0.8.K.) reports as regards the In these lys of solemn thankful- 2 Peak Road. Complainant missed Hongkong mail: "Five sacks of parnes, any have ind a new revela.games; Dockyard, 39 punes.

Result:Chinese Y.M.C.A,80 the articles at 8.30 last night and ous post from Seattle. suspecting defendant took him to the tolerably confused and missed six our ands."

One suck tid of the "Divinits that shapes stations A Chinese detective was gold watches." etc. assigned to search defendant's quar- broken in contents and some missal whose hearts and hands had

Four sacks: Most heartily do I thank you and} Six weeks: ters where, the spoils were found.

share in these wonderful, comforting Christmas boxes that have done so much to bring ease and cheer to the brave lads who dared so much for us,

With every kind wish,

The T..K. K. S.'S Korea Man arrived at Yokabarca on the 15th instant, and will sail again for San Francisco on the 27th instant.

In connection with the Good Friday and Easter Services at St. maddy intellects have supposed) call special attention to the children's John's Cathedral, we are desired to when their treatment of aliens JATHAN-On April 11,

does not seera Shang-

to square with service on Easter Day. hai, to Mr. and Mrs. E. S. their famous Declaration that "all Nathan, a son.

TRUTH, JUSTICE, 'PRELIO SERVICE,"

The final of the H. K. C. C. open men are created equal." No. They championship Tennis Singles be are treating the Japanese immigrant,tween N. E. Kent and T, Mishima for instance, as society treats its did not take place yesterday. The criminals, because from their point

The China Mail of view, measured by their standard round was unfit for play.

af life, the Japanese immigrants are Economic Criminals, offenders against will be closed on Friday, April 18. The Import and Export Office the economic standard which they it will be cpen for all purposes till have established as one of their noon on Saturday, Sunday and Mon- HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1999. means towards the attainment of day. Licensed warehouses will be

happiness." If cheap, aljen labour, closed entirely on these dates. content with less comfort, be by them admitted freely to compete

· AMERICA, JAPAN, AND "EQUALITY.".

kmark

life, liberty, and the pursuit of

CONTRACTORS FINED.

SHANGHAI TIME.

one

The Shipping Company say they

sustained, are eager to clear the incident and indemnify the amount of damages

Faithfully yours, (Signer) T. L. BEVERIDGE,

D.A.RO.

12 Casualty Clearing Station, B. E. Force,

20,1.19.

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VOLLEY BALL

CANTON T. HONGKONG."

A very interesting game of Velký Bah was played on the Chinese Y.31.C.A. ground, Happy Valky yesterday afterpon

The game is a novelty. It is played on a tennis court with a six-h. foot net dividing the teams. These are, composed of twelve men enck, formed up, in three rows of four I am enclosing this letter in onement. The game is easily followedą The game provided much excide to Lt. Col. Beveridge and asking in being a variety of Badminton

"SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL. gotten about it.

PRESENTATION OF CUP AND MEDALS

fined $150 each for neglecting to Two Chinese contractors were take precautions in conducting Mr. Rows when asked for particu- blasting operations on the Tsat Tre hay of the losses explained that this. Mai Government Stone Quarry, on is posible in the case of American March 5th. It appeared that a work-mails. man employed in the quarry was always sends a list, giving names knocked down at 5 pm. whilst re- and addresses on parcels, contents The London Post Office

turning home, by a fragment of stone, and vahre. The American" Post leg had to be amputated. and got a compound fracture of the Office sends the bare announcement My Dear Frients, right leg, as a result of which the of so many parcels, numbers so and

so. Nothing else.

The Postmaster General has re- him, he will be good enough to No rackets are used. The bulls. eived thres complaints froin local address it for me, as unfortunately Luther sphere about the" size of a residents up to the present. has lost a gold ring and another I. Jest this address in China.

One in March when we lost everything, football is kept in the air with " Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Donald are Shanghai change of time, because it plaints and has

Obvious confusion must attend the sweater. He is expecting other com- with themselves, they must lose their paying & short visit to the Colony is not general, as the following ex-walting them.

About Sept. 1017, you very kindly prevent the bull from touching the hands. The idea of the game is to life and liberty and happiness. The China Mail some years ago. Since

Mr. Donald was the Editor of the cerpt shows:

a large

jacket

sent a very brge came of goods to ground, me, through Lt. Col. Beveridge, and whose side of the court in touches The amendment to the League of recognition and admission that in the

If it fall, the team an To comply with the wish expressed Nations "covenant" proposed by the eyes of God and in the esteem of all then he has been engaged in similar by the

1 am afraid both he and I almost the ground, bees a point. 21 pointe Chamber of Commerce, Japanese affords a text for an analysis decent men the Japanese were born work at Peking and Shanghai.

despaired of seeing it, after such a constitutes and after being authorized by the

long time, although we hadn't for which wine wwo sets put of three

↓ ** Bete!* of the nonsense taiked about human equal" with Americans 'does not.

The sider Consulate of France, the exterior equality by those, who believe inquire that they should surrender -A complainant at the Magistracyclock of the Semaphore Station, work

wins. it and by those who don't. As usual, their economic standard to a flood of yesterday was liberally bespattered ing under the control of Sicawei

We are now at Busigny, a plice This match which was playeď they are at cross-purposes, which strangers with a lower. It only with blood. He was a young China- Observatory

where one cannot get anything, and yarterday, was for the purpose of will requires that they should never inter man who

be put fact permits the paradox that the tere with the Japanese right to life, ance of his brother who had some April 13,

went to the assist hour fast on and after Sunday,

I had almost given up hope of being choosing a team to represent China: Japanese in this matter were at once liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, trouble with a countryman in the notice, Other, time signals (ball, What is sure to be an interesting the day before Christmas, this huge time. China will compete in this sula to give eich patient some little at the Far Eastern Olympiad Games 1919, until further ; wrong and right.

thing on Christmas morning, when in Manila. This will be the third No one supposes that all men are once did under the nauseous pretence

which (it has to be confessed) they Eastern Theatre. Defendant turned Customs gun, electric of equal size, or of equal beauty, o

on "him and the spitoon which wireless calls) will not be altered, der. The teams will be St. Joseph's my Red Cross store.

lamps, match has been arranged for Satur case was brought to the entrance of branch of sport, and, judging from the of equal moral and intellectual ad-of carrying civilization, in effect, defendant threw struck the aggrieved as

the logical result of sincere adherence Chinaman on the head. The success international regulations and recent Hongkong League, and the Staff and unpruled; everything in perfect con elves. Having won in two previous

they are working under College, winners of the 2nd Div.

forin exhibited yesterday, they pro- The people who used

We are not long in getting if mine, to give a good account of them- gravely to point this out in reply to

those self-evident truths of ful shot cost the thrower $5. conventions concerning the seamen Departments, runners-up Jefferson's beautiful document would Socialist propaganda--and this

and scientific institutes. They give me competition. Although the on the waya*

in thedition although it-Ind. been so long focusions, they are entitled to keep included editorial writers and others be that every nation would stay

the mean time for the 120th Meri teams are both second leaguers they who should have known better were in its own land and mind its own

dian E.G., which is standard or zone will put up a better exhibition than making up the packages, and in talseterthy's game resulted in s

All that evening we

the trophy if they are successful thing business. The only real "

were busy white

Some first league teens have done way, every patient got something in win for the Canton, XII by 217 It takes about a column of the St. Joseph's won the Jeagues fairly the morning, N. C. Daily News to tell what time it easily but not at the expense of the They were all so delighted and so is when it is noon, by various signals. Staff and Departments who extract interested, when they were told they Then we read that civil time will be el tlike points out of four from the had eine all the way from China, legal time for licences, etc., that rail- Collegians, The Collège are not at Everything was pilized, shirts, way time will remain as before; that fall strength for this match' but the rocks, windkereiefs. The socks tidetables will ignore the change, and Staff have their best eleven. so on. Let's hope they like it

were isobutifully knitted. At Following the match the cup and the tinse we let three Chinese pati- All patrols, except Search Super PITY POSTAL WORKERS.St. Joseph's College, and the mix the puzzles, and showed how to Lindsel yetery when" n

winners methis will be presented to ents and they were very keer hout The case was resumed before Mr. its expression is equality of opper commit her to different conduct with vising Squad and Mounted patrois,

Staff tunity for all individuals in any one regard to the aboriginal Formosans will be discontinued until further

ners-up medals to the Stiff and De. do them. It really was most kindergeant of the R.A:M.G. Was sum. society. In forture men may be and to the Koreans, to say nothing of orders, on and from the 18th instant

The G.P.O tas its trials and. The presentation will be made by things, and I do think if you had Sergeant Major of the Royal En

partments, unequal, but in wealth of natural the Chinese. Among the nations there

of you to make it sent all these roped for acting the wife of a is none righteous, no, not one; but auested to attend Head Quarters China Mail man was waiting to President of the league, or by some they were, you would have felt,

Company Commanders are retroublesThis morning while a rights they are all on a level.

Major Husnmond. 18th Infantry, seen how very much appreciated gineers who is on service in Italy. No man, however rich, well-born, this same covenant of the League of Office on Tuesday the 22nd at 5.30 sec. the PM.G. a local gentleman was ́or highly educated, has more right Nations is in some sort a promise of p.m. Uniform optional:

Complainant allege that lefen- rating one of the staff, because his one cominated by lam

your work hud not been in vain, dant entered ber quarters and as- to live than another. As life em repentance. President Wilson is their

correspondence was being delivered

There will be a small charge for I thank you very much, both for the salted her, braces the functions of Giving the Father Confessor. He gives them

This the defendant to where was addressed It admission to seade, the receipt from articles and for the kind thought and denied shuling he went there becuase consumption of food and other things all (his own country included) absolu-

appears that he has rented a box at which will go to league fanide which love, which prompted you to remem-ls bottle of stout had been

we rather low..due to the majority her those so far away. b in the early morning.

vancement.

to

contradicting a statement that was man's burden", of course, is a case never made.

The egalite postulated in the glorious of commercial samples, and a bag in French revolution, the "all men are

which to carry home the money, created equal" of the equally All else is hurabug. glorious American Declaration, and Japan, on the other hand, cannot the equality that is preached by the This principle of national or racial twit America with inconsistency. ultra-democrats of the day, means something which, as Thomas Jeffer. equality which she wished to have son declared, is a self-evident truth, explicitly embodied in the covenant The object and purpose and goal of of the League of Nations would

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

time.

Orders issued by Mr. S. W. Franks, D.5.P.R.

PATROLS.

ASP.R. and Adjutant Mr. T. F.

11

8-21, 21-12.

CASE DISMISSED.

́individual life, and the right to con- start fair from now on, in obedience absence from the 26th inst. to 31st thousands of letters and parcels the been valutarily diverted to Ward work is not yet shed, but we are mainly af o: personal character, Mr. necessary to the preservation of the tion, and the idea is that all should Hough has been granted leave of the G.P.O. and luring the sorting of the usual sources of supplying. The fighting is over now but the "After a lot of cross-examination,

December, 1910.-

tinue that on and into the life of the to the Jeffersonian doctrine. Well. race, the implications are plain, Let it be so, and the world will be a Society, which consists of individuals better place for it. But it means cadeavouring to live, and facilitating

that wherever a people happens to be EUROPEAN GAMBLERS. that endeavour by an intermutual Put at the moment, there it should contract, naturally acquires the right stay put. No more invasions, peace- to deny the acknowledged right of ful or otherwise...

the individual to jts criminals. To be

...

•Your Twry, einakely, (Signed) A DOSCAN

Sister-in-Charge).

TAKE CARE OF TOURSELF.

TE you want a clear head and zon 1 digestion you must not let your bowels being clogged with poisonous waste SERVES THE WHOLE FAMILY food, an abundance of water and plenty from the body, as is always the Cazy when you become constipated Proper

local staff are expected to remember that his letters are riot to go where Charities during the past four all so thankful there are no more Lindsel disposed of the case by dis addressed but to apoy they are not so. From the League funds the woundet coming. It is all sad sing it. addressed to Malikig enquiries we medals are paid for and other ex- With renewed thanks to all kind found that this is a common demand pensos fiet, so it is hoped there will thoughts to end one who helped to There are many residents who have be good attenriance.

All the case Pleading for "some Chinese letters addressed say to their office The following are the selected consistent it must act inconsistently. OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE counsel said: There is a great deal And some of them are not too polite Souza W. Ogley, Xavier: 'S.

gamblers at Shanghal on April 11, but want them sent to their residence. tearoa:

Some want things Boac vice versa. St. Joseph's College E. o Americans are endeavouring to

of, gambling in Shanghai, rot only Ave under an excellent social contract, It has been represented to us that among Chinese but also among about it either.

Sephe, §. Marcal, V. Xavier: C. Conceicao, A. Osmund E. Moo deen, J. Silvd, L. Xavier, BOWEL complaint is re to be pre- Glenny; Staff Sergt. Wein, Sergt. -Stift and Departments Corp)

sure to keep bott Charnbeain's

valent during the fit season ofcoulur; Rev. Bundle, Cpl. Knight, Collie and Diarrhoes fly at hand. 1 Bie. Conner; Cpl. Kirby, Pte. Siel | may leave to life. Fole By Allton, Gunner Street, Cpl Elkarby

Chemiste and Scorekeeper

QAL Forgh, Sherif

as good as any we know. They have it is not just to be vocal in disap-foreigners. Foreigners" gamble for set up a certain social staddard, a proval and silent in approval. We thousands of dollars and are immune standard of culture and comfort and hasten to agree, having as a news from arrest... respectability which la American, paper had to quffer this form of in Mr. Grant Jones, sitting as that is to say, not French or Japanese justice. It is therefore our pleasant Assessor What is the use of aaying or Chinese. They are not hypocri- duty to retract our not very serious that? It is not my fault that they

inconsistent (as some ly meant suggestion that in mooting are immune

THE FRUIT SEASON.

for the deep seated cough of the adult should make Chamberlain's Thirt

THE Lame of Chamberlain's Cough of outdoor, exercise should keep your Remedy is world wide. It is good bowels regular When that fails you or the croup and whooping cough of the They suso a gealle moment of the children. The same battle sorvey the bowels and are cary and pleasant to whole family. For sale By All Chemiste tako For sale By All Chemists and and Storekeepera,

Bocekeepers,