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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916.

INDIAN MURDER THE TORPEDOED ** VILLE DE AT HUNGROM.

STORY OF A WIFE'S ACQUAINTANCE,

TWO WATCHMEN CHARGED.

LA CIOTAT.”

FREIGHT MARKET.

Messra. Snowman & Co., of Hongkong, VALUABLE FAR EASTERN CARGO in their freight circular dated, 24th De

pember state: -R

LOST.

There were no European passengers from Hongkong on the torpedoed French

Since, wenn of our last report under tinte of 11th instant the freight market during the past fortnight has retained, all the

The murder of an Indian watchman atma steamer Ville de la Ciotat, When the strength recently acquired, and again a gcone of a submarine about 1,000 yards on

Shanghai, M. Bouchard

There were

Hunghom, who was stated to have been on liner left Hongkong on the 27th November, affectionate terms with the wife of one of the carried but two Europorn passengers the two accused men, waa inquired into at from ports farther. East than Hongkong the Criminal Sessions, yesterday, when a French Sister from Yokohama and Ghagar Singh and Bola Singh were well-known French retired gentleman at charged before the Chief Justice with the murder to which they both pleaded not five Chinese passengers from Hongkong. gullby,

The ship left this port with an exceeding The Crown Solicitor, Mr. P. M. Hodgy valuable cargo o silk, toa, otc., the son, prosecuted, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, Iarger part of which had been loaded at (instructed by Mr. J. H. Gardiner), Shanghai, and it is believed that the loss dofended,

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The majority of the ship's European passengers for Marsilles embarked at Saigon.

THEP-&-O." KASHGAR.”

ENCOUNTER WITH A SUBMARINE.

which, arrived in Caleatta from London The passengers on the P. & O. Kaal ge

on the 3rd instant had a story to tell of nas encounter with an enemy submarine.

The vessel carried about 150 passengers including a large number of ladies...“ Thè look-out-man caught sight of the peris. any orders have been left unallo, e entirely to the abnormal searcity of unge the starboard side. About 1 o'clock in available not only for triperise, but the afternoon the ship a gun-opened fire. Nothing in the nature of a pania occur- for Time-chartering.

Fred Saigon has been offering up to 37 ceview for a time and some anxious momenta The Submarine disappeared from per picul, and Haiphong/Canton tonnage. Was wanted. at 84.50 per ton, but av at pamed. A shout. went up as the

Hongkong/Canton/Swatow have been abe and, according to the statements of sonic, in these orders, while freights. Hongay yards away. A second shell was fred on the portside, and roughly about 1,200

neglected owing to the Hongay borth in the submarine was hit. At all events, she Fully occupied up to the 8th of January next on account of the zumerous Japanese vessels sank from sight afmce immediately and booked in advance to load Anthracite Cal was not seen again, although a constant

lookout was kept, for Shanghai and Japan

such figures owners could not be interested

high during next season,

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stance, which in 1914 was freighted at five shillings per too, has now ran to five times that quotation, with the result that Paris is called upon to pay close on one Rice exports from Saigon from 1st Jan-hundred francs per ton for fuel, and ery: onary to 18th of November amount to inling out no litto under the burden. All 764,436 tons as compared with 862,578 tcns this might be avoided, says M. Prade, by during same period inst year: Quotation stands for December/January shipment tion of dock labour, and the rapid build- a bester organisation, by an augmenn.

84.48 per picul f..b. Saigon,

ing of temporary quays; the whole

all

WEEK OF PRAYER, Meetings on the basis of the programme of the Evangelical Altianos will be held in Hongkong next week, commencing Monday, to which the members of Churches in the Colony are invited. The programme of meetings is as follow:---

Monday, 3rd.--Subject, "Thanksgiving and Humiliation" Chairman and Speaker, the Bishop of Victoria

STOCKED IN ALL MODELS.

GOLF SCORERS, CADDY BAGS, CLOCK GOLF. GOLF PAINT. TEES, CAPTIVE GOLF. ETC.

CONSIGNMENT OF SPALDING'S G. M. TENNIS RACKETS.

New ChorSatgon reports that Stocks making for acceleration in the discharge JUST ARRIVED: N of old grain can no longer be excessive, con of ourgoes. Forty millions pounds sterl sidering the large exports so far. Regarding wastage in one year is “come ing the New Crops, weather has lately proved money as the Americans say, oron in favourable, and a large outturn is expected these days of gigantic figures. although the harvest many prove late in some districts,

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Also in the way of Time-chartering suit- of the cargo will amount to several millionable vessels for near delivery were must Outlining the ease Mr. Hodgson gave trauca.

difficult to secure although Charterers hove been offering very high rates, and whatever the story of the alleged crime as given at

charters were put through have, without "A thousand million francs thrown the Magistracy. The body was found in

exception, heon done at very high gut into the " That is how the Govern a field near the Cement Works, sad death

The outlook for the coming year is extromsly. bright and it may be safely said that it the ment report on the high nita of freight had apparently been caused by strangula The crow numbered 50, and included Bangkok and Saigon markets give all the strikes Monsieur Georges Prade. The tion, though there were severst other number of Asiatic stobers and servants tonnage that is already taken up and un-German submarines can nover equal it,”

doubtedly yet will be chartered, sulierunt. jaquiries, cuts and bruises or the head and Captain Leveque, an old officer of the employment, and otherwise nothing unfore concluded thy oficial document in quos R. FORGAN'S CELEBRATED CLUBS. body, but the medical evidence would Messageries Maritimes, was in command.seen happens to weaken the market, wel tion, and therein lies more food for state that the direct cause of death was The Fille de la Ciotat, which was Aurely see rates all round ruling enormously reflective argument. This gigantic wast strangulation. Up to February last the formerly on the run from France to Aus The North reports that freights on the age of money is due to the fact that first prisoner lived with his wife at No.tralis, was built in 1882. Her displace Coast continns firm although the Northern Steamers arriving at French porta have 10, Kowloon City Road, In Novemberment was 10,480 tons,

She was due at ports are closing for the winter,

to wait weeks before being discharged, they both went to live at 30, Kowloon Marseilles on the 24th December (the day quiry for tonnage at 35/37 cents; but ouer been doubled. Steamship companies can- SATOON HONGKONG-There was some en- and this naturally means that freight has City Road, where the docensed lived on which she was torpedoed) and was holding out for at least 40 cents per a not be blamed for charging the price of About November 14th the wife of the first therefore somewhat overdue,

hot a single boas could be secured at Charterer ideas. At the close the real two cargoes if the delay in French ports prisoner was taken to the Government

Aloe market, however, is showing signs of is such that vessels can make only one Civil Hospital. Late in the afternoon of

weakening, and the only Charters reported November 15th deceased came to the konso

during the interval under review are that of a regular liner at 35 cents and just at and asked, apparently, where the wife.

the close of another at 30 cents per peul was. It then soomed that he was assaulted

for prompt loading and struck down, and his body was placed in a cookhouse. At midnight the body was lowered out of a window from the first floor. The prisoners then, apparent ly, dragged the body to a field a few. hundred yards away, where it was subse- quently found.

The statements made by the two mer, said Mr. Hodgson, revealed

Tuesday, 4th-Subject," The Church the motive of the crime, and the motive Universal the One Body of which Christ which they put forward the Crown was is the Head", Chairman, Rev. W. E. not in a position to disprove, The motive

Hewitt: Speaker, Rev. T. W. Pearce, apparently, was that the first prisoners

Wednesday, 5th. Subject, "Nations and wife, was the cause of all the trouble in the case because the deceased appeared to their Rulers Chairman, Rev. have been paying her too much attention.Cooper Hunt; Speaker, Roy, J. This the first prisoner resented, and the Recond prisoner, who alleged that he was a brother of the woman, also resented it, There was no doubt, he thought, from the evidence, that the woman and the deceased were on certain affectionate terms which roused the ire of both the prisoners, but he would contend that there was a remedy for this other than that which had been adopted. As to the finding of the body in the field, the police would say that they

With the exception of the Friday moet found bootmarks, and that these corres- sponded to the footprints of the first pri-ing, which is to held at St. Andrew's

soner. The defence would no doubt plead provocation and justification on account of the fact that the first prisoner's wife and the deceased were on affectionate terms; and there was no doubt, na ho had sid bofore, that they were on such terms. The deceased they knew, visited the wife, and there was also he photograph (produced),

The demand is still very far in excess of of the deceased not the first prisoner's he enid, relationship between a man and the supply, in practically every market, and wife taken together.

his wife is looked upou with respect, Any considerably higher rates have been paid for

At the present momen necessary tonnage Dr. Woodman, Government Medical man having intercourse with the wife of the position is rather uncertain, as cur Officer, Kowloor, said that the deceased somebody else is looked upon with dis-Government is endeavouring to make some arrangements by which the exceedingly high might have died from hoging or heart gust... It is a feat that as a brother rates at present being paid for absolute failure due to mental or physical shock. The (the second prisoner) should feel more necessities abould be reduced, and Owner There was a mark round the neck, and shame than the woman's husband; that is and Charterers are suspending their deal- one of the neck babes was broken; The according to our view according to things until they hear what arrangements will Brest-Litvask, where they attacked, under

Macounchie,

ARMED

WAKE.

PEASANT'S

WAR ON ENEMY ROBBERS IN THE PINSK MARSHES.

Steos/PALLIPTINES This is the only A RUSSIAN HEREWARD THE market that does not promise keep pace with the usual demand, and if all the op- timistic reports of the standing Rica Crops in the Philippines Islands prove correct, in- Lportation of rice from outside sources will K. Ight well into the coming year.

BANGKOK-According to telegraphic ad vices to hand, New Crop rico will come on be market for export, shortly, and the berth als, which stood a fortnight ags at 35/24 cents inside/outside bar respectively in quoted at 50/48 cents per picul for early January loading.

Thursday, ath.-Subject, Missions Chairman, Hev. H Copley Moyle; Speaker, Rev. T. Robinson

Friday, 7th.Subject, Families Schools, Colleges, and the Young"; Chair- man, Rev. E. L. Martin; Speaker, Mr. J. L. McPherson.

1st

Saturday, 8th.--Subject; "Home sions and the Jews", Chairman and Speaker, Rev, N. C. Pops, -

Church, Kowloon, all the meetings take place at the City Hall, commencing at 6.30 p.m. The Saturday meeting commence at

12.30. p.m.

A police witness named Badan Singh gave some interesting evidence as to the relationship of Indians. "In my race,"

NEWORWANG The port closed for navi cation on the 27th of November. During the past fortnight a couple of liners have taken up for prompt loading from Dalny Canton on bass of 20,000 picul at 50 coats per picul

The Fetrograd correspondent of the Central News writes In the dreaded Pink marshes the Germans are faced by

guerrilla campaign of the must stubborn character. A considerable part of the Ger

The man army has been bogged there, rive a have overflowed their banks; the meshes have widened and, the bogs have. become more difficult to negotiate

Guns, transport waggons, and moter-gars. have become embedded in the soft mud, COAL FREIUNTs from Japan continuo ex-nad many men have deserted and have tremely firm with enquiry after tonnage any formed themselves into bands of marau- diers, who are killing and torturing the mon sizo prompt and forward delivery

REPORTED; -Moji Hongkong, and subjecting the women to terrible in- Y.3.00, Wakauntza/Swalow, $4.85, Hon-fames. Even litte children are i'l-treated gay Saigon $5,00 and Tourano Canton and the churches are pillaged and firest. 84.75 per ton.

DESERTERS AS ROBRERS, Those de ds have, incited to of the SALL TONNAGE IN PORT

British Barque Drumelton," 1,320 tons Pink lended proprietors, M. Sabone vitch, to organise a series of flying parti Nett Reg

san debichments for the purpose of annihi DEPARTURE OF SAILENA :-

British Barque "Daylight," 3,699 tons lating these bands of robbers. The mes Nett Reg. left for New York. comprising the patriotic guerrilia bands Messrs. Snowman & Co's latest advices are armed on the cavalry model, and are received from London, dated 5th November, provided with good horses. They make long marches over the bogs, with the in- are as follows:

1ricacies of which they are well sequaint ed. Their attacks are remarkable is their impetuosity.

be made

FAR EAST-Bean Charterers are now

Etrangulation, he added, seemed to have Gruan Sahib (the Holy Book). Nobody is beon caused by a jerk. This was all he allowed to look at a married woman with was able to discover from his examination any sort of evil thoughts, or even jost with of the body.

her. According to the Gruan fahib a man Answering Mr. Jenkin, Dr, Woodman like that would be tried before a comfor further tonnage.

Java,

In vain have squadron after squadron of Hungarians and Uhlans been sent in pur- suit of the armed peasantry, who retreat to the reestes of the marshes, and exsbust and harry the intruders by ceasslese at- tacks Their operations have reached

cover of the darkness, the Austrian Staff, and threw the enemy's ranks into con

The armed possuntry seized the sentinels and broke into the church, from which they dragged out the descerators, with the assistance of the musicians and the herri- fict women, The marauders were bound, and sent into the Russian lines,

but Owners are disinclined to operate offering 30/- for handy boats up till March, fusion,ROY IN A CRUZON

In the Borisoff district the partisans even at this high figure.

PHILIPPINES,Charterers have secured overbook the German marauders near steamer at 130/- copra basis, but are open Youkshtats. The Germans had arranged an orgy in the Roman Catholic church of Java-These Charterers still and it in this place, whither they had conveyed said that in his opinios sufficient violence mitton of live or ten and sentenced accord possible to pay equivalent rates to ather had been used to cause death, but he could ing to their view. The Gruan Sahib is a markets owing to the increase in the price of one village girls They had also arranged for the presence of a band of musicians. not say whether it was caused before or moral code and is regarded in the same sugar in Jargon Charterers are now offering. The invaders were drunk but they har after death. It was not possible for a light as the Bible of the Christian."

00, but tonnage is practically non-exis sufficient presence of mind to post senti

nels round the church, medical man to say with any certainty that Mr. Jenkin opened the case for the de- tast

a good many boats have INDIA,Although a the death of the man was caused by viol- fence by putting the first prisoner in the teen released from Government service in ence. The evidence of death by shock witness box. The accused admitted that the Mediterrancas, this market has had to practically excluded all other uses; his wife was in hospital in consequense of Pay considerably higher figures, 70/- being

now the rate from Bombay, and G0 meaning that if they could not find any his having besten her because of her Karachi Madras Coast is now indicating

92/6 to 95/., and Calcutta 87/6.

Subotevitch's men are styled by the thing else, they would have to put down acquaintanceship with the deceased. Com as CITARTER. There are still quite a Germans The Band of the Marsh Wolf," that death was due to shock. He agreeding to the day of the alleged murder the number of orders on the market, and it is and extraordinary efforts have been made that a blow which was out sufficient in prisoner said that when deceased came to really hard to quote rates with any amount to capture the armed pessants, who are too of accuracy. One steamer 14 reported to well, acquainted with the resources of the itself to cause death might produce death, his house and asked where his wife was the have ebiained 26 for about 6-nion ds, but marshes to be entrapped. The guerrilla and the person who delivered the blow second prisoner struck him on the head this, we understand, is for quite a special band of M. Bubonevitch is composed (Baya typo of hand, and no doubt has hen taken the Norge Vremya) of Russiang and Polos, might be of the opinion that the blow itself with a pole, and then he also struck the by one of the Lines, Meantime 21/5 to

with few Caucasian "ingoushes had caused death. The natural result of deceased on the head, and the deceased 29/0 might easily be obtained for 6 months

trading the blows he found on the head and on then fell down and died

for steamers of large size necording (mounted Guards), to trading limits agreed, and for 12 months the body, would not, in his opinios, bo

several Japanese owned steamers have been fixed at between 13 to 14/8 and 15- succient to cause death.

Thor is still an enquiry on the market for steumers giving delivery Far East, and also with deliveries aither UK or Mediter

Did you intent to kill him f-No. What did you feel about it 1-I was sur prised that he should die with only two blows. He added that he became frighten ed and removed the body to the kitchen At midnight they put a rope round the kaeck of the body, and lowered it through

window. The hearing will be continued to-day. The following composed the jury Messrs. W. G. G. Worcester (foreman), Cullen, H. E. Scriven, JR Macdonald M.-A., Fiqueiredo, H. C. Resker and E

By Mr. Hodgson-He did not wish to contradict his statement that death might have been caused by strangulation

Replying to the Chief Justice, Dr. Wooda man said that if the man had been alive when lowered through the window the fracture of the home in the neck would

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