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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.

BAD MEMORY.

Charged with returning from banish- ment a Chinese told his worship that he had been banished but he was not told for how long. He was sent to prison for six months.

$500 OPIUM FINE.

A fine of $500, or, in default thre? aths hard labour, was imposed in the case of a Chinese whrs was charged before Mr. Wood with being in possession of six -nels of opiuol

OPIUM AND FISH.

A winan was charged before Mr. Wood with being found in possession of 23 tarls -af opium on the Kowloon Railway Station platform. I was stated that defendant was exrrying a small basket, and hidden under a quantity of salt fish was the opiusa. His worship ordered that this fish, which was smelling very badly, bo removed from Court. Defondant, who ustid, she was carrying the opiam for an old woman, was fined $1,500, or, in de- fault, six months' hard labour.

REVOLUTIONARY JACKET,”

Mr. Wood ordered a remand in the --ensa of a Chinese charged, at the instancy of the Yaumati Police, with being in pos- session of a revolver and several rounds of ammunition: Sergeant Wills said the defendant was found walking in the street. with a basket which was locked. Inside was found the revolver and ammunition. His worship asked what was inside and the officer replied that there was “a re volutionary jacket. Some documents had also boon found on the eun, and it was on the instructions of Mr. King that he asked for a remand as enquiries would have to be made into the man's character. A remund was granted.

SCENE IN QUEEN'S ROAD. EUROPEAN CHARGED AT THE. MAGISTRACY..

A noisy scene in Queen's Road on Fri day afternoon resulted in the appearance before Mr. Wood, the Magistrate, Saturday, of in European named Ander son on a charge of being drunk and dis- orderly.

Replying to his worship, who inquired of defendant if he knew anything of what had happened, the man admitted that he was under the influence of liquor. He was in the Grand Hotel-he never wwent into she

such places unless he had money --and he was thrown out by a man there;

thrown into tlie street, and struck four or five times. He was knocked about, and he wanted to give the man who had assaulted him in charge. He honestly did not think he had created a disturbance.

An Indian Police Sorgeant, who was on duty in the locality, said defendant rande a complaint to him that the manager of the Grand Hotel had struck him, and he wanted to have the man taken in charge. Witness took the man to the Grand Hotel, where they saw the manager, who said the man had tried to go into the hotel several times, but he had no money and he (the manager) would not have him in. Defendant persisted that he had been assaulted, but he (witness) could not find any marks on him, and he would not take! The manager of the hotel in charge. De fendant would not let him go on his beat. His worship asked Acting Inspecter Davit what condition defendant was in when he was brought to the Police Station, and the reply was that the man was under the influence of drink, but very

· quiet.

His worship (to defendant)You will

be discharged, but don't get across the polico agnin.

I won't.

GERMANS DEFEATED BY PORTUGUESE.

The Portuguese Premier read in Par- liament recently the following dis

dispatch from Lorenzo Marques:

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 3nd 1916

HONGKONG TENNIS LEAGUE KOWLOON A CHINESE RECREATION “A."

The following games were played an Saturday:--

Wong Po Kee and Young Hing

Linge. Green and Stalker Wong Po Keo and Yeung Hing Ling Abraham and Lindsay. Woods

Wong Po Kee and Young Hing

Ling. Broga and Evans Lo Man Ping and Hip Man Chung

e. Green and Stalker Lo Man Ping and Hip Man Chung

A

WAR RELIEF FUND CONCERT. EVERYDAY WORK AT THE

The Humphrey Bishop Company, who

FRONT.

CRUCIAL FIGNING TESTS.

INTIMATIONS

LANE,

CRAWFORD &Co.

will pass through the Colony in the WHAT MINING AND RAIDS MEAN Novare, duo on the 10th instant, bave generously offered to give a Concert, a third of the bookings for which will be activity, inihing operations and raids Apart from the general artillery

davoted to the War Belief Fund. in the are the methods of offence now most Bail Room at Government House, teargely used by both sides alike. Wo believe that in both we get the better by the Governor for the purpose on Man of the exchange, says the special corre day, the 10th instant, at 9:20 pm,/thu

spondent of The Times at the British Headquarters, Even if the casualties The booking (at $2.50 a seat) is in the were equal. the advantage in this war hands of Messrs. Montric & Company, of attrition would still be on our side. WHY

playing chess or draughts, as soon as and purchases of seats, whether they you have gained an advantage of a piece or two over your opponent, every" "ex- you nearer to ultimate victory. We inve change on equal terms thereafter brings

now for the first túne since the war began the enemy. And the enemy must know a superiority in number of pieces over

r. Abraham and Lindsay Woods 20may have written their names in the Lo. Man Ping and Hip Man Chung

Braga and 'Evans

4-visitors hooks at Government House or g Szo Kwong and Wong Po Ing

not, are cordially invited by His Excel- 2. Green and Stalker Ng Sex Kwong and Wong Po Ing

lency and Laty May, who returns to the 6. Abraham and Lindsay Woods - 3 Colony on the 5th instant, Ng Sze Kwong and Wong Po Ing

. Braga and Evans

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51-48

The Chinese R.C. thus won by a margin of three games.

CRAIGENGOWER A

1-18

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The programme will include items for the violin (Miss Sybil Keyiner) and piano (Mr. Douman Fuller), which alone should prove an irresistible attraction, while the vocalists of the Company will, it is under- stood, produce some new and very attrac tive concerted numbers

This is the last appearance of this talented Company in the Far East, and lovers of music should not miss it.

||-825.000 EMBEZZLEMENT

CHARGE IN SHANGHAL

DISAPPEARANCE OF MR.

KOWLOON.

Suffied and Rapp Craigengower)

2. Forster and Kay Sulliad and Repp (Craigengower);

Brawn and Christian... Suffiad and Rapp (Craigenower)

Wolfe and Cooper Kharas and Rumjan (Craigen-

gower v. Brawn and Christian... 4- 7 Kharas and Rumjaho (Craigen- gower) Forster and Kay ....... Kharas and Rumjahn (Craigen:

Wolfe and Cooper- Southerton and Basa (Craigen-

gower). Kay and Forster Southerton and Base (Craigen-

gower) Wolfa, and Cooper 7-4 Southerton and Basa (Craigen-

gower). Brawn and Christian....10

Kowloon thus wop by 13 games.

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43--56

BALDWIN.

In

There is certain piece of ground when he had upon this front a superi- which the enemy tried to wrest from u

ority in numbers of about four to one.

failed. He tried again when his advantage was still about as two to one; and he failed again. Probably now he has not that advantage, and he shows no signs of another serious attempt. The could still concentrate there as many then as could be effectively used, and it. is doubtful whether we could oppose to him any more than we did before. But he knows that, as before, he would lose- even if he gained the ground--many more men than we should lose, and the time has gone by when he could regard that fact with equanimity.

MINING OPERATIONS.

Mining and raiding are dreadful forms of warfare. But sides have developed enormous ingenuity in mining operations the exploding of the mine, the rushing had been proferred against A. M.

The charge of embezzling $25,000 which of the crater to kill or capture those who resist or remain, the consolidation Baldwin in the United States District against counter-attacks and in the frus- Court for China, will not now be heard itration of the enemy's attempts, and owing to absence of the defendant from both sides would agree that a mine ex- the Settlement (says the Y.-C., Daifa | ploding is probably the most discomfort-

Yetis). It appears that Baldwin, who had waived his preliminary examination in connection with the allegation that he had misappropriated funds entrusted to him by the Republicans for the purchase of arms, was remanded by the American vice-Consul, bail being allowed in $25,000 Civil Service won by 65 games to 31. He was kept in gaol until June 21st, Scores:--

WIGWAM 4 C.S.C.

Witchell and Bradbary (Civil Service) beat Wilson and Hicks 10-1; beat Dreyer and Carter 9-3; beat Railton and Hobbs

6-5.

Wood and Hamilton (Civil Service) beat Wilson and Hicks 10-1; beat Dreyer and Carter 8-3; lost to Railton and Hobbs

5-6.

vice) beat Drever and Carter 9-2; beat Dyer Ball and Dr. Smalley (Civil Ser-

and Hicks 5-6, Bailton and Hobbs 7-1; lost to Wibou

CRCY.M.CIATIO Choa and Wei lost to Copley Movie and Kempthor-5-6; lost to Thompson and Mellis-5-6; beat Brown and Goodall

0-2

Li and Choi lost to Copley Moyle and Kempthorne--3-6; lost to Thompson and Molis-3-8; beat Brown and Goodall--6-5, Chow and Un beat Copley Moyle and Kempthorne 6-3; beat Thompson and Mellis 3 beat Brown and Goodall-9-2.

GERMAN INTRIGUES IN AFGHANISTAN,

when, on the application of his counsel, Mr. B. Davies, he was allowed with his wife to sign a personal bond.

ing of all forms of attack. There are few more disagreeable experiences than to have to hold a front line trench after it is believed that the enemy has been heard at work underground.

The story has already been told of how Germans, both alive and dead, have been blown up by our mines to fall over 62 yards away within our lines. After bar- ing-from a convenient distance--scen

can easily believe it. three mines exploded simultaneously. I

As for the raids, they are, except for savage and barbarie fighting. The raid the preliminary use of guns, purely was originally of our invention, though the first model has now been consider

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It is stated that towards the end of the week Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin left the Settlement, supposedly for America

The case had already considerably weakened since the arrest of the accused, and on June 20th the complainant is reported to have addressed & request-to case be withdrawn, stating that the ac leave ours alone--is to begin with a the District Attomey asking that they developed and improved on The present favourite German plan-we can would not feel justified in appearing perhaps, three-quarters of e mile of JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACA cused had settled with him and that he tremendous artillery bombardment of, against him. It was following this that front. When the enemy believes that the accused was allowed out of gaol on our barbed wire has been destroyed and the personal bond signed by his wife and our trenches sufficiently battered to have himself.

shaken the nerve of our men, the artil- lery fire is lifted from, let us say, one- quarter of a mile, is the middle of the section attacked, while being continued on both sides, and on that middle GERMAN CONNIVANCE. quarter of a mile the fire is pushed back so as to form a curtain against the Since the entry of the Russian troops bringing up of reinforcements. It is into Trebitond it has become possible to against this middle quarter of a mile, lift the veil of mystery that has hitherto isolated by the fire behind and on both shrouded the fate of the Armenian popu-sides of it, that the raid is delivered lation in this prosperous port. The as quickly and silently as possible, and troops on their arrival found all the with sufficient strength to overcome say Armenian houses plundered and for the number of men likely to be found hold- most part in ruins. Doors, windows, ing that portion of the line. · The Ger- shutters, and all woodwork had been mans do not always find what they ex- carried away. There was no opposition pect to find. Sometimes there are more

Authorities.

men, than they care for, with their nerve still regrettably, unshaken, tad norte times they find no men at all.

TREBIZOND AND ERZERUM MASSACRES.

oo the

A telegram from the Hamadan corres. pondent of the Russkor Slova states that

The Deportation of the Armeniana, the news from Afghanistan points to a which began in June, was carried out state of anrest oxisting in that country,here as elsewhere in accordance with When the attacking party in a caid, When during last year, the Austrian instructions from Constantinople. The however, successfully enters an enemy's and German Ministers and their asso-leading families were the first to suffer trench which is held in any strength eaten triumphantly arrived at Teheran Some 300 of these received the order to there follows fighting of the most des plan of propagenda in Afghanistan, anurober of wagons for the transport manner of weapons are used. Neither vin Baglidad, they prepared a complete prepare for emigration and purchased perate and primitive kind, in which all They brought with them a series of leaf of their property, but four days after bayonet nor rifle is the handiest thing their departure all the wagons were in a rough-and-tumble struggle at the followed by a party of 20 agitators, whose had been massacred and their property and ingenuity has been fertile in invent lets pristed in Afghan. They were

brought back to the town. The emigrants bottom of an eight-foot ditch at night, business it was to create un alliance

plundered.

ing the most uninviting weapons handy between Turkey, Persia, and Afghanis tan, which countries, with the help of

for usage at arm's length. Germany, were to open hostilities against the Allies.

Other groups, each of several hundred families, followed. This process went on for some time, but eventually new me thods were adopted. The police entered As soon as Prince Reuse reached

the houses of the remaining Armeniane, Moslem priest, at the head of a caravan through the streets, and locked up the Teheran he dispatched to Afghanistan a forcibly expelled them, drove them loaded with arms and propaganda litera houss. The whole Armenian population another under the leadership of the Ger- seuls was thus exterminated. It is tuze. This coraran was followed by of Trebizond, numbering some 16,00 man agent Niedermann, and then by a hoped, however, that some hundreds of third under an agent named Bernhardi, persons niny yet be found hidden in the who was arrested by the prudent Afghan villages in the neighbourhood officials. This, however, did not damp the enthusiasm of the German agitators, and profiting by their experience they sent to Afghanistan a new mission whose

lation was considerably greater, being

At Erzeram, where the Armenian popu estimated at 35,000, practically the same programimo was carried out. The pro

work was planned more earfully ceedings, which began in the middle of

In due time news began filtering May, were inaugurated by the arrest and through from Afghanistan that the Turco-imprisonment of 400 young Armenians,

Many families, after being expelled German propaganda there had taken Defendant-Thank you, your worship, root Arms and money reached Afgannis from their houses, were kept waiting for tan through the Turkish frontier. The several days in the streets before being taken to their fate. At the entrance to success of the enemy propageada in Afghanistan must be accounted for by countered tax-gatherers, who insisted on the town the processions of exiles en- the great prejudice existing in the coun- the payment of arrears of taxation, try against all foreigners, with the excip- tion of the Moslems. The idea of the although the unfortunate people had Germana Was:

left all their property behind them, Afghanistan into the war simultaneously, to work for the Army, were allowed to to drag Persia and Only a few artisans, who were required to distract large Russian forces to remain in the town. By the beginning The commander of our expeditionary failed. But it must be borne in mind tion had disappeared from Erzerum Central Asia. This plen has, however, of August the whole Armenian popula- force reports that on May the Germans, that Afghanistan is unlike Persia; the Only the Bishop remained. On August with a force of 100 natives and three Afghans are a more martial race than the two police officers appeared at his machine-guns, attacked the post of Persians. They are better armed and house and communicated the order of

After fighting, the Germans

departure The Bishop bad taken pre A small party of Germans and Turky cautions to secure some horses for the succeeded ze making their way into transport of his effects, but these were Afghanistan from Forsia last year. now stolen. He tried to purchase others But there is no reason to suppose that but at the last raoient he was informed

with him was

的

River on the banks of the Ruvuma their finances are also in a better state

to retire in disorder.

DOING NOTHING,"

One writes of these things lightly be cause it is so that every soldier here speaks of them. As a matter of fact, rible thing, and the man in England who the daily struggle that goes on is a ter- speaks casually of our Army as“ doing 90 miles of our lines it is practically one nothing" speaks blasphemy. Along the

small proportion of the men-may-bo- continuous battle, in which, though only at any moment actually engaged, every man stands always in the shadow, under greater or less intensity of fire all day and liable on any night, of death, to be thrown without warning into a hand-to-

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MONDAY, 30 JULY, 1916.

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MACAO TO HONGKONG

Weck days si 7.80 sm, and 2 p.m. Bundays 11 7.80 am, and 3 jan.

EXCURSION TO

MAGAOJ

SUNDAY, 918 JULY, 1916,

The Company's New Steamship sk

*TAISHAN

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N.B. The Company wid also ran a Biemmer from Macho en Bunday at 7.30 ma and from Hongkong di 1 pav., from the Company's Wing Lak Strood Whar

FARES AS USUAL

MACAO-CANTON LINE

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Depastures from Macso to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, it Expertcres from Canton to Haco on Tuesday, Thursday and. Estarday,

hand, body-to-body death straggle of the JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTON AND MAC40 most horrible character.

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the ruined cities of Belgium or France, y with all the unspeakable outrages that. they saw, is the ribbon of land, over 400 miles long, which winds across Western Europe, one continuous field of blood, where the two armies have now stood locked for a year and a half until the very face of the earth has become vast graveyard. In comparison with it unrecognizable, and half of it is one all the battlefields of the world are no home who have not seen any part of it more than playgrounds. To those at it should be a thing to think of only with reverence and to speak of with awe.

PROHIBITED IMPORTS.

A Gazelte notice contains, a farther Proclamation by HM the King prohibit-

In the rest of the Kionga sector there has been some fring,

Our losses were one non-commissioned officer killed, and two natives, wounded their propaganda has taken root. On that he was not allowed to take anythinging the importation into the United King

and eight wounded, the war consistently discouraged attempts On May 18 the Germans, attacked to hitinte hostale action on the Indian While again, advancing to within 50 frontier. The importation of arms int, yards of our forces with two machine Afghanistan by Germans and Turks on guns. They are aid to have had con- any considerable scale is impossible siderable losses and were compelled to owing to the presentive measures taken Tetire.

both by sea and land.

unknown destination.

German officers stationed in the town and the German Consul manifested open he spoils which fell to the Turks were approval of these procedimes. Among several Armenian girls, and a share in this living booty was conceded to the Germans.

Bladders, casings and sausage skins- brooms and brushes; bulbs, flower root, dried and preserved vegetables and plaats, trees and shrubs; cared, bottled, pickles; horns and hoofs; ice, ivory (vege- table); moss litter; salt; starch, dextrine, farina and potato flour.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAU STEAMBOAT 00., Lrc,

Hotel Manziona (Fir Floor), opposite the Blake Pier,

RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET,

HONGKONG AGENCY.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Shippers and Consignees of Cargo by ting

Line of Steamers, that from the 12th July, 1316, during my temporary al From the Caluny, the business of this Agency will be carried on as usual by my Assistant, MEU. E TAVAKES. Inquiries can also be addressed to the BUS ASIATIC FANK, Hongkong, or to me, sare of the Nagasaki Agency of the KUMTAN VOLUNTEER FLEET.

Hongkong, 3rd July, 1916

CAPTAIN DA LUKHMANOFF. Hongkong Agent, Russian VOLUNTEER FLEGE.