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WATSON'S

PRICKLY HEAT LOTION

AND

POWDER

are certain cures for Prickly Heat. Can be used either in conjunctice or separately.

They will also be found invaluable for preventing and relieving Suuburb, Freckles and all Skin Irritations.

Prepared only by

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., Hongkong Dispensary.

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LOUKL AND GENERAL. -

1116d.

Today's dollar is worth 3s. 6

fever.

The Hupeh from

brought 2,000 tons of general yesterday afternoon.

PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919

TIGER AT LARGE

SCARES KOWLOON CITY.

A DEAL IN HAY.

HOW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MANAGE BUSINESS.

Hearing was resuried before Mr- R. O. Hutchison, in the case in which was indicted with the manslaughter that a full grown tiger was seen in a Chinese described as a physician

A report was circulated this morning of a two-year old girl who met her Kowloon City yesterday. The story grumbling, and when they are heard Farmers have an ill-name for death by ammonia poisoning. while is to the effect that a number of inveighing against the methods Bangkek under the physician's treatment.

cargo, Inspector Gerrard conducted the temple in Kowloon City when stripes and fodder, says the correspondent of Chinese were worshipping at a adopted by the Controllers of hay prosecution and Mr. P. W. Goldring made his debut. The worshippers a London paper, the general public Fappearing for accused said that the scared out of their wits took to their is not much moved to indignation. Lienshing, Huichow, Chengchow, evidence of an analyst as to the exact heels and immediately raised a hue Even the most inveterate grumblers Pakho Sutvang, and Haimun

are strength

of the ammonia was and cry, and the commotion caused may, however, sometimes have a late shipping arrivals.

essential. He did not think Dr.apparently disturbed the tiger who genuine grievance, and the following Smalley could answer this question disappeared up the hillside. A small true story may perhaps be useful as having attended the deceased at the scoured the hillsides, but with the very satisfactorily.

Dr. Smalley in the box testified to the Police force, armed with guns to put up with at the present time.

posse of sportsmen and members of an illustration of what farmers have morgue. The latter showed symp exception of a few foot-prints no until

A certain country parson was,

recently toms of acute enteritis, otherwise trace of the quadruped or its lair possessor of a small rick of hay. ..the fortunate Her lips were burnt at the time, tolé, has been causing considerable and sufficient fodder from the pre diarrhoea. She had early bronchitis.could be found. The beast, it was perhaps three tons, one rough pony. and the tongue was peeling. The damage to live stock in the neigh-vious year to supply that creature's upper part of the larynx was infamed bourhood. and swollen. The gullet was also inflamed.

in as there were only females inside. He got a slap in the face for answer. Bayard Lyon tore down a screen door (this might have been an acci dent due to temper and haste) and went in. The little girl hid in sn inner room. The mother kotowed, and begged him not to hurt the of plague and one of puerperal To-day's return shows six cases child. He told her that it would be "compromising to the dignity of a foreigner if the child were not punished," Failing to find the girl, the foot hung about for some two hours, during which time the police turned up. He told them the girl must be brought to his house. Apparently the village people thought it wiser to placate the enraged foreign devil. A little later the child's mother came to the river bank near the University with her daughter and requested Me Lyon to watch her punishing the child. At this time a curious crowd gathered on the spot, and Mr. Lyon, having ordered some policemen to stand personally witnessed the mother strike the girl until the latter wep: for a considerable time, when the mother also wept and again kowtowed! before him. Finally Mr. Lyon said, Wel that is enough. I do not like to punish her very severely, but tell your child not to abuse foreigners. any more hereafter,""

Karatsu yesterday afternoon with The Daiyo Mane came from 3,300 tons of coal for Hongkong.

arrived by the Tydeus yesterday. Commander Walker, R. N., who

Cadmus. two sides, takes over command of H.M.S

That was a case of Dignity with a big big D. Mr Bayard Lyon. we regret to say, was dismissed the service of the University with six month's salary in lieu of notice.! as, naturally, his usefulness was at an end. It is not his dismissal we regret so much as the manner of it. He should have been kicked down stairs and his hat thrown after thim.

ALLEGED FOOD COMMITTEE.

The Lienshing (Capt. Muir) arrived from Saigon yesterday at 7. pm. with 1,800 tons of rife, meal and salt fish.

rice

Mr. Leo Longinotto has been missing fowls lately. A Chinese youth was ordered to do two weeks hard labour to-day.

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Chingehow has just put in a useful The Green Island Cement Co. 5.3. trip, bringing 2,535 tons of rice from Wuhu for Whampoa.

The Deneme (Capt. Jenkyns) from Saigon arrived yesterday with a carge rice and Chinese, the latter numbering 356.

As the result of the recent Courts martial, Fte F. Welbourne racks, and Pte F. Luff, six months. gets 112 days in the Detention Bar

Of eight German submarines which were being towed from England 10 France only one arrived, the re- maining seven having been lost in a storm.

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"DROWNED.

Continuing, witness said that strong solution of ammonia was MOTHER AND DAUGHTER dangerous, and when administered to children might jeopardise their fuenza, and from the autopsy he did lives. The child had signs of in not discover that she had been in a dying condition prior to the admini- stration of the poison.

Mr. F. Lubattle, acting Govern of the ammonia was 17.9 per cent ment Analyst said that the strength The contents of the bottle was a very

strong solution.

Hearing was adjourred

wire man

THE CIRCUS.

JUNE CAPSIZED IN STORM.

The heavy squall experienced at 7 pm. on June 17, resulted in the of two Chinese, mother and daughter, sinking of a junk, and the crowning It appears that Junk No. 184 with a

recovered.

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F

U.S.A. AND TIN.

simple needs. To him came 3 parishioner; a smallholder with two or three dairy cows, who had almost and wished to purchase the said finished his own slender stock of hay

rick. The parson, in the innocence of his heart, supposed that such a transaction would be a very simple matter, but, as a necessary prelimin Bry, applied for leave to sell to a mysterious power known as D.P.0.5.. explaining that, from the point of view of the prospective purchaser. decent interval elapsed and, instead the matter was rather urgent A of a licence to sell, D.POS replied

than a month had elapsed from the date of the first application, an inspector did really arrive in an official motor. He eyed the rick with professional skill estimated it at two and a half tons, and announced that the District Purchasing. Office would take it over, ments of State.. A purchase note presumably to meet some require- was duly signed, sealed, and delive

crew of nine, was sailing to Kwon that an inspector would shortly came Chan in the direction of Sai Kung to look at the hay. The days glidech when overtaken by the tempest, and by while the unfortunate cows found was capsized. A the occupants were their rations getting shorter and» immediately thrown into the water shorter, till the parson wrote again Bostock's circus is doing well both Another junk rescued seven of the some warmth. D.P.O.S. replied with. but succour fortunately was at hand. explaining the circumstances with ways at Kowloon. It is doing good crew. Those lost were a woman of a further assurance of the immin business in the ring and good fifty-four and her daughter of five.ence of the inspector's visit and, business at the box office. Last The bodies have not yet been after more night there was scarcely a vacant seat, unless you count the rear of the pants of "Spuds "the clown. Applause was frequent. The slack No. 1 in

must certainly be the l his genre, while there are two gymnasts (the Vardells); who

do more remarkable feats on the carpet that any Barnum

The American Consul General has ponies, dogs, and monkeys, are ament at Washington indicating that led, and the parson supposed that ever showed. The trained animals, received instructions from the govern. strong feature of a good programme, the embargo against the importation the matter was taken out of his and there is a turn by elephant, of tin has been removed under cer hands. The needs of the country horse, and man which is distinctly tain conditions and all restrictions must, of course, override those of above the level of circus achievement. against the importation into the the individual and, if the Army Mr. and Mrs. C. Muler are fear. The best criticism is that one over- United States of pig tia, all metal required the hay either for its degree by degree, they crept up, and ing for Home at an early date. Mrs. hears. from the homing crowd, and alloys.containing tin, and tin in any horses or, like the White King, from Miller will be much missed in Kow. there was no mistaking the satisfac-form whatsoever have been removed | dearth of ham sandwiches, there was loon, where she is the Peninsula'stion of last night's multitude. best lady tennis player.

It is understood that once upon a time a Committee was appointed in Hongkong to regulate the prices of foodstuffs and prevent profiteering.! Great was the joy of the people, be cause the Government had had com- passion on them, and given them this. guardian committee.. And the re- tailers went on retailing. Still in the higher altitudes remained the cost! of living, but prices were fixed for staples, and the consumers had peace of mind. They knew where they were, even if they would rather be some where else. But presently, we are told. prices began to play thermometer tricks. Here a little, there a little,

the consumer quoted

is.""

At the Liverpool Stadium in a fifteen-rounds contest. on April 12 Jimmy Wilde beat Jimmy Buck, Castleford. The referee stopped the bout in the fifth round.

...

of

JAPANESE OPIUM SMUGGLERS

The little more and how much it And then, like the prophets of those who come after us may find Eaal, the consumers began to call life even better worth living than we upon their Committee.. Peradventure did. To hell with all who would it was on a journey. Perhaps it slept, at the Greek Church and regard them as "material" for the though there wasn't even a snore to afterwards at the British Can-aggrandisement of the State or as prove it. It was a sort of Fourth branch of his firm later in the the Sessions, the other day, un afor each importation but it will not ally proposed, on payment of a fee sulare, Vladivostock. Olga, pawns to play with. Haig has Dimensional Committee, that had to

daughter of Rudolf annoyed us,

BUERGIN-WILGRESS:-On Jone

fourth

Buergin, Esq., to Leolyn Dana missioner, Siberia, youngest son of H T. Wilgress, Esq... Hongkong.

Wilgress, Canadian Trade Com.

The China Mail.

**TROTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE,

BONGROS, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919.

SI VIS PACEM, HANG THE BELLICOSE.

Shewan, Tomes and Co., who return- Mr. J. F. Chubb, of Messrs.. ed from service by the Tydeus yester. day, will proceed to join the Tientsin

month.

+

ANSWERS TO

CORRESPONDENTS.

subject to the following conditions:

(1) That shipments of such comparishioner with the hungry cows,

nothing more to be said. To his modities shall not leave the countries he could only offer sympathy. of origin before June 30, 1919.

(2.) and that such shipments shall seem, and the next move in the game Things are not always what they not be allowed to enter the United was the receipt of an official not tenced to three months jail each at

The two Japanese who were sen-States before August 1, 1919.

Individual licences are to be issued carry out the sale, as he had origin- telling the parson that he might now

charge of attempting to bribe a benecessary for the Consulate General of 16s 3d. He was to charge the who arrived by the Tydens yesterday, being in illegal possession of 165

Revenue Officer were before Mr. to have the licence number before purchaser the agreed price and was Commander F. M. Kedgson, R.N., Hutchison on a further charge of certifying invoices..

Dockyard here is a brother of Mr. Maru..

at liberty to get the fee out of him also, if he could. Even a country

Paul M. Hodgson of the Union In to take up Commander of H.Mtaels of opium, on board the Tesan

parsen will turn at last, and a note

surance Society,

On application from Revenue

was dispatched to the cloudy Olym- Officer Wilden, the charge against:

pus whence this kind permission first accused was withdrawn, whilst

issued, pointing out that. the ha had been already taken over, that its first defendant was given three months'.

further disposal was the busines of D.P.O.S., and that the parson did not propose to pay blackmail to any- body or to release the District Pur- chasing Office from its bargain. Oh! Master Copperfield, these are 'arsh words," said Mr. Uriah Heep on one occasion, and a pained DP.O.S. plagiarized from that worthy original. The discourteous parson was left, in a dignified manner, and the hay dis- posed of directly to the owner of the three starving cows, a little trifle of 188. being added to the price, an extortion that the poor man, glad of the fodder on any terms, was not in a position to refuse.

Mr. F. Lenfestey did not return

ALICE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL.

We feel s vicious be taken on trust, and believed in towards him as we realize the mis- without evidence. A bottle of milk chief of his public utterance that we for the baby cost $1 80, because some about him being a good soldier others saw that the once sacred law are going to take back what we said firms ran out of it, and the How do we know that? He hasn't of demand and supply gave them a proved it.

He held a subordinate chance. Did the profiteers, then, not position under Foch, didn't fear the wrath of the Committee, he? For anything he did, and the penalties it had power to shouldn't Foch have the credit? impose? No, Percy, they did not. Anyhow, if we are wrong there, (and They knew that the Committee to the Colony by the Tydens yester the hero-worshippers will be swift to wouldn't bite. They knew it wasn't day. Acting on the report in another

POETA. Certainly. Send it along. tell us so we are right about him as loaded. They were like sparrows in paper the Harbour Ofice had a chair

We'll print it. But you really mustn't a public orator. He talks foolishly. a' cornfield, that regard not the ready for him this morning. This

conclude from the fact that we We are not going to add to the cost scarecrow. Had not a prominent evening they will be able to put the

quoted Kipling's verse that we con- of paying the debt incurred by this Government Official, returning to the chair back into reserve.

sider him a poet. We admire his war the cost of preparing for another: Colony after the Committee had

prose (narrative form) and phrase Such professionally self-interested been appointed, remarked that it was

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice making, but

Well, would claptrap isn't going to humbug us

Lieut. Comdr (Acting Comdr.) V. acknowledges with thanks the follow.

Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals you call this line poetry? only a sop to the public, and in A. E. Hanning-Lee. D.S.O., R.N. hasing donations to the funds of the good enough for me! any more. Never again. We are effect a sort of discreetly sleepy been awarded the O. B. E. Military Hospitals:-

The People, Lord, Thy People are compulsorily reducing the German chaperone? There ought to be a Division for valuable services in comu. Rumjaha Esq.$ 25.00 fighting machine" as a step towards speed limit or something for these mand of the Local Defence and Messrs. J. M. Alves & Co. .... general, reduction of armaments" Committees. But what's the use, if Minesweeping Flotillas at Alexandria. the Treaty says so, and this Treaty you cannot find your Committee? Comdr. Hanning-Lee is known to isn't for us a scrap of paper." We Happy thought! Let's advertise. have paid too dearly for it. It has

LOST, STOLEN, OR STRAYED, a body

many in Hongkong... · cost us too much. Haig is safe for of gentlemen answering to the name

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. his halo other fools may go on parrot will be rewarded with an O.B.E. or the present, and in the radiance of of Food Prices Committee. Finder ing similar nonsense. It is worse an O be joyful, on returning same to than nonsensical: it is wicked. But China Mail office. we warn them that it is not going to

Haig is a good soldier we suppose, but that does not compe us to swallow everything he says when he talks. For him, according to his speech at the Guildhall, the lesson of the war is that "only by adequate preparation for war can peace be guaranteed. That is our hoary old acquaintance. si vis pacem para bdam, and if the War taught any

be safe to talk that way always. The thing; it taught the untruth of that. Who was better prepared than the time is coming when a rope and the enemy? What made the enemy an! nearest lamp-post may be the readjest enenty, if not its glaringly ade. answer to that outworn and explod quate preparation? It was pre-ed lie, ci vis pacem, para belkun.. paration that was the menace and

the threat. It is that the Peace Treaty imposed by the unprepared conquerors upor a prepared but vanquished enemy expressly stipu jates against. Was there ever greater impertinence?

PULLING THE LYON'S TAIL.

A WU TING FANG STORY.

This may not be new to Hongkong. but it is worth re-telling. Travelling in an American railway car, Mr. Wu' was accosted by one of a party of young Americans,

f

anyway?"

"

JJ

25,00

ATTRACTION AT MING YUEN GARDENS.

little

has handed over the charge of the Saturday, at 12.30.

It is always well that a Sir Everard Fraser KC.M.G...

The Legislative Council meets on at the Ming Yuen Gardens to-night methods, so the story is worth A Northern Chinese is performing publicity should be given to official Consulate General in Shanghai to

and to-morrow night.. He does putting on record. Ignorant people Mr. Herbert Philips, O.B.E, H.M. Attorney General-First reading of his ability to allow a motor car con of hay were called into existence The order of the day is: Hon. acrobatic feats and demonstrates might otherwise suppose that these Consul, who will act as Consul a Bill intituled An Ordinance to taining five people to run over a for the benefit of the public at large committees that control the sale General pending the arrival of Mr. amend further the Trading with the plank resting on his chest. He does J. W. Jamieson, C.M.G., H.M. Consul Enemy Ordinances, 1914 to 1916. other feats of strength, quite interest and only intervened between buyers General at Canton, who has been This Bill will be carried through all ing in their particular style. Entrance really required for Government pur appointed by H.M. Minister to its stages at this meeding.

and sellers when the fodder officiate during Sir Everard Fraser's absence.

J

Wong Pui of Hok Shan being out of work paid, a visit to the Che We feel reasonably safe as to facts

king to get a job, or at least that is Here this time. They are taken from an

"Say. What sort of ese are you, Marine Court this morning. This what he told Captain Taylour in the are his masters saying one American paper, the North China thing while this gallant but none too Star, and agree substantially with

"Ese? I don't get your meaning.

story did not agree with what an intellectual soldier says another. The the version given to the same paper scrt, aint re? Out there you have to work on his own down the hold "Why, you're an Oriental of some ing to the PC. the defendant started Indian P.C. said in evidence: Accord- best preparation for peace is un- direct from a representative of Pro Siamese, Chinese, Burmese, Japanead, undoing a bundle of cargo which douttedly unpreparedness for war, fessor Lyon." Professor Bayard for the unprepared don' fight, but by Jingo the prepared Pe Yang University, hardly figures of the keys you are?"

want to Lyon, dismissed from the service of and so on. What ese are you?”

1 am à Chinese, May I ask which This was sufficient to warrant a fine happened to be government uniforms. always do. It is the adequately pre as a Bayard. He was not sais peur pared who long for "the Day," and and he is not saus reproche. To make

"Keys. I don't get you.”

of $5 or 14 days. The coolie jet us praise God on our bare knees assurance sure we say that if the

"Well, in the States you have in.

couldn't fork out so was pitchforked yankees, donkeys, and monkeys

The young man fel through, a

UNCIVIL SERVICE.

The Civil Service Club Sacked Kwan Kung On But he liked that little pub So he still hurg on. He locked himself inside To serve some private end But Inspector Wood was "wide" And caught him on the bend. He tackled Kwan the jumper When he tried to run away, And in Court the official

per

'Said $3 Kwan must pay..

AT THE CLUB BAR

to the gardens is free.

FIRE.

poses.

Was

The requirements of the State are paramount, but, when a committee uses its powers to collect fees in this bare faced way, one can only conclude that it is adopting in a new sense the celebrated aphorism,

'L'etat c'est mo!."

A fire broke out in a house in Salt fish lane this morning The Fire Brigade were soon pa the spot with two engines, with Supt, Lare in charge. A good supply of water was pumped on the building and in about half an hour the fire' was ex- tinguished. It caused some excite-NO stumment in the locality while it lasted.

for it, it is the adequately prepared facts are as reported, he is not the Which is your key." who live to repent it. Haig is a sort of man likely to maintain the. soldier. Soldiering is his trade. He White Man's prestige in China. He looks upon military preparations as is a touchy, irritable, self-important knot-hole in the floor, and the coroner

A story from Kiangs! says that, lawyers look upon legislation, as the bully. Let us tell you the story.

ihad to use a microscope at the away in the interior of the province,

Bragg: Did I ever tell you about, preserves and provisions of his pro- fession.

five clans planted poppy, doing amy 104 break, without a fuke in That should discount his Tientsin on June 4, in the afternoon.

He was going up the river from quest.

good trade uut a neighbouring? opinion as prejudiced, even if we At Haiku, a village not far from the

village, whose inhabitants had not

Snagg: No. I have never known haven't yet convinced you it is University, a little girl of eight years

gone in for opium, gave the game you tell me a lie yet. foolish. To him our young men old in a boat on the shore called

away. A foreign educated young man are magnificent material" (his "Moutre, Mou-tze "

him. own words), To us they are (Nothing bad. She meant he was a our sons, scions of Cur

at

BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN.

STABBING AFFAIR.

i.

TYPHOON WARNING.

ATLANTIC QUEUZ.

BERTES FOR PASSENGES.

UNTIL JUNE.

It was stated on April 23 in 'Steamship-land"-Cockapur-street, London that if all the persons wait- ing for berths in Transatlantic liners were to line up in a queue it would number many thousands.

The telegram quoted below was received from the Manila Observatory at 8 p.m. June 19, 1919-

We have a waiting list of 900 Typhoon E. of Luzon more than applicants," said one agent, "but 300 miles distant, direction unknown. every berth, is booked until the middle of June on practically all lines. Every steamship for the next two

SAFE, BURE, ALWAYS CURES.months is packed tight.

"There is no hope of normal

right spot and gives immediate relief. Colie and Diarrhoea Romody goes to the American Army will have been nearly Data Storchen Barlin's autumn, when the repatriation of the Onot suffer from crampcoliger pain passenger-traffic conditions until the

You cannot afford to be without it if completed. The fare the minimum

in the village informed the magis THE "TATONSI " trate what was going on oves the stock, strange looking foreigner.) He had should watch for any unnatural place, and unfortunately whilst there way, The magistrate confirmed the to whom the destiny of our race is his boat stopped and chased the

DURING the summer months mothers growing by paying a visit to the entrusted, and to whose hands we child! She ran away. He followed. senass of the child's bowels. When let slip who had brought in the in- Tatoutsi, a French boat, was remand The quarter-master of the 5. must confide our crusade of culture She ran into the house. He was serions trouble may be avoided. Chaim formation. Terribly infuriated, the ed, by Magistrate Hutchison this givon prompt attention at this time. and civilization. They are souls, they preparing to follow. are men. they are flesh and blood, gentleman saw the angry foreigner, can always be depended upon. For sale patriotic informer, and killed every compatriot on board.

A Chinese borlain's Colic and Diurrhos Romely planters set upon the family of the morning on a charge of stabbing a you are subject to attacks of this kind, rate in popular steamers is from £30 who shall so mould the State that and begged him not to force his way By All Chourists and storekeepers.

allowed at $150.

member-some ten persons.

Bail was

For la By All Chemists and Store to £40-does not seem to deter any- keeper.

body from crossing."