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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.

SCHOOLMASTER FINED AND

WARNED.

An unregistered Chirose schoolmaster wasebarged before Mr. Wood with having three pupils in excess of tho number--nine-ollowed by the Ordinance to attend an unregistered school.

M. A. R. Cavalier, Inspector of Vernacular Schools, who prosecuted, stated that when he entered the school The found nine pupils being taught and

three in hiding.

In imposing a fine of $10 Mr. Wood warned. Re defendant that on a repeti, tion of the offence the penalty would be much heavier. The school was ordered to be closed for a month.

ALLEGED THEFT OF A WAISTCOAT.

A Chinese was charged before Mr.

Wood with the theft of a waistcoat and

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SPORT

YACHTING.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21st, 1917.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,

HANDICAP CLASS.

THE SOAP BUSINESS IN

CHINA.

IMPORTANCE OF HANKOW AS

A PORT OF SHIPMENT.

Hankow, maya the American Consul- LEVER BROS + BRUNNEE MOND. | General of the port, Mr. Edwin 8. Cunningham, a fortunately situated to In the Court of Appeal on February be the commercial centre for centrale

China," located, some 600 miles from The results of the ninth, and last, of th Lord Justice Swinton Lady, Bonkers, Shanghai on the Yangtare Risur, at the the series of Club Championship Itaces and Scrutton heard an appeal by the limit of navigation for ocean-going for the Handicap, One Design, and Hey- Associated Enterprises, Ltd., from the re-steamships, and by those it is attainable for some nine mouths in the year. It is ward Hays and Gael Classes are as folfusad of Mr. Justice Rowlatt to grant & at the junction of the Han River with

writ of sequestration against Brunner the Yangtans, both of which are import

ant feeders. The former carries down a Mond & Co, for disregarding an interia large fleet of junks laden with row pro Course: Stonecutters Island (8). Dis injuction granted by Mr. Justice ducts from north-west Hupch, wouth-west tance: 9 miles,

Sankey at the instance of the Associated Honan, and southorn Sheesi, while the products of west, Hupeh and the untold Handicap, Finishing Corrected Enterprises, Ltd,

resources of Szechuen and the west can on Course time

SM So

h; m. a.. owes 1.303 07 19

similar transports on the Yangtsso River red. 45 Scratch 4:00 13

and its tributanics. The Hankow.Peking Railway furnishes the modern outlet for the Honan Province south of the Yellow River Other lines of railway are under construction, which, when completed, will assist the natural carriers to deliver the resources of the various sections for over ||1,000 miles to the west,

Yacht

Dione Jessica Rolls

Kathleen.... Colleen | Musetta ....

Aileen

4:13:00

€.00.

4. 19-45)

4.30 45.00

3,00

4.14 30 D.N.S. D.N.B.

Position

time bm. x 4.08-41

4 09 13

4:121

4: 13:48 4.10.20 DNS D.N.8.

pare

INTIMATIONS

LANE,

CRAWFORD & Co.

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW STOCK OF

LADIES' SHOES

Sir John Simon, K.C., for the Asso-only reach the commercial wel OUR NOTED FOOTWEAR IS ACKNOWLEDGED

ciated Enterprises, said that company was formed and owned by Lover Bros., Ltd., of Port: Sunlight. Brunner Mond & Co, did not carry on the business of soap makers until November, 1911, when by agreements with the shareholders in Joseph Crosfeld & Sons, Ltd., of Widnes, it acquired the control of both businesses. In June, 1913, un agreement

82 in money from the house of a Chinese (1) Diona Points for race Points to date was made between the Associated Enter A NATURAL TRADE DISTRIBUTING CENTREȚ Š

in Des Voeux Road, West. The defendant was not soon taking away the vest, but he was found by the owner endeavouring

to raise money on it in a pawnshop. Do fendant alleged that tho waistcoat was given him to pawn by a man who owed him $1 to procure money to pay off the debt. He handed the Magistrate several certificates of good character which he had procured from friends, and Mr. Wood adjourned the case to enable de fendant to bring forward evidence that he is a "good man.”

ALLEGED FORGERY FRAUD AND

PERSONATION::

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wood beard the remainder of the evidence, in the case in which a Chinese was charged with having personated a deceased man, forged his signature to a chop chui: (certificate. of ownership) for land, and so obtained # sum of $130 on loan from & money lender: Another Chinese was charged with being accessory before the fact, having conducted the preliminary rego tintions for the loan and introduced the first defendant to the moneylender as the man whose signature appeared on the

The ovidence of the second defendant having been heard, Mr. Wood committed

both defendams to the Criminal Sessions.

*(2) Rolla

чайкой

(3) Colleen..... (4) Jessica...... (5) Kathleen...

Musetta... Aileen

Winner of Championship.

ONE DESIGN: CLASS,

51 GB

prises and Brunner Mond & Co., with A glance at the map of China will ecn- the object of regulating competition. vince anyone that this is the natural By that it was agreed that the businesses rentrepot for this section of the world. of Josophi Crosfeld & Sons and that of Hankow, while important for the distri- William Gossage & Sons, should be bution of foreign-made products, is carried on for the mutual benefit of the primarily a port of exports. This fact is parties to the agreement, that Brunner beginning to be recognised more by firms Mond should not become interested in interested in the raw products of China

any other soup business and that a poco and in inducing the establishment of A Course Stonecuttera Island (5). Dis should be formed to which one of the more important branches for handling partics should contribute a fixed sum and exports; and financial institutions are tance: 9 miles,

the other the whole of the profits of extending greater assistance to exporters Yacht

Crosfield and Gossago Lase year the who use this port as the base for assemb Assoc ated Enterprises heard that Crosling raw products from hundreds of miles. field and Gossago were entering into on to the north, wost, and even south. In staple agreement with Price's Patent Candle articles some foreign firms are using this Company, under which cach should sell as the centre for distributing the m

Ailsa

Bonita

Daphne

Halcyon

Position

time

Handicap Finishing Coreceted. on course

time M. S

b. In+ Scratch

*(1) Daphne.... (2) Ailsa.....

Bonita.... Halcyon....

4.53 32 D.N.S. 4.32 32 DNS

1. m. 5.

4 33 32

D.N.S.

32 32

DNS.

THE BEST VALUE IN THE TRADE.

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KID SHOES

FROM $8.50 PEE PAIR

BLACK

THE

"WARD"

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STRONG BLACK GLACE, ONE BAR SHOE WITH 13 INCH

SQUARE HEELS FINISHED WITH BUBBER TIP,

SPECIAL VALUE $6.50 PER PAIR.

THIS IS THE IDEAL SHOE FOR

its China business to the China Soap ported merchandise, but many more fi HOSPITAL AND HOUSE

and Cando Company. This the Asso, ciated Enterprises regarded as a breach Points for race Points to date of the agreement of 1913, and Mr Justice Sankey granted an injunction on that basis. Since then Brunner Mond had done nothing, though by lifting up one

90

24:

*Winner of Championship.

HEYWARD HAYS AND GREL CLASE Course:-Stonecutters Island (8). Dis

tance: 9 miles.

Yacht

time hm, s

0 23 02 D.N.S

time: hm. B. 5 35 17 D.N.S. 541-3842.23-

DNS

Handicap Finishing Corrected 023 Course

M. S. Owl Lysboth. Owen 2:13

Scratch Thecla Owes 35 Toignette...Rec. 35 Lady Ursula Dawn Soratchi

Sirius

(1) Dawn...

Position

*(3) Lysbeth... (4) Thecla (3) Sirius...

Toinnette...

Lady Ursula

·2·

D.N.S.

5 18 30 5 10 30 D.N.S. DN.S

26:35

0.20 55

Angor the whole thing would have been.

stopped.

Mr. Upjohn, K.C., for Brunner Mond of were entered into by Crosfield and & Co., and the agreements complained Gossage six months before the injunction and Brunner Mond could only intervene by way of summoning meetings to alter the articles of association of the two campanies. This Brunner Mond was not called upon to do by the injunction

Sir John Siman (proceeding) submit-

ted that branner Mond had disregarded

the injunction

Lord Justice Swinfen Eady suggested thes this was a matter to be decided at Points for race Points to date the trial, and after some discussion it was arranged that there should be no order on the appeal, except that costs be costs in the action, and that the Associa ted Enterprises should have liberty to arve a fresh notice of motion for leave to issue a writ of sequestration to be dealt with at the trial.

Winner of Championship.

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ARMY, TENNIS, TOURNAMENT.

BEMI-FINAL TIS

at the A.S.C, Tennis Court to witness A large number of spectators assembled.

AMERICAN TRADE WITH

CHINA

NEW BUSINESS TREATY URGED.

Boston Monitor telegraphed on Feb The San Francisco correspondent of

interested chiefy in exports are citab- lishing branches here with the purpose of systematic collection of raw products through native agents. One firm inter ested in a single, article which is pro- duced largely in west Hupeh and even

WEAR

ALL SHOES STOCKED IN HALF SIZES AND TWO FITTINGS

Szechuan Province's hus Its principal MORLEY'S LISLE-THREAD HOSE

office for China in Hankow, and through this article for more than 800 miles up if establishes agents for the collection of

the Han River. Transport to this point. the Yangtze and to the north-west along is chiefly by native craft, but from here large ocean ateamers carry freights to the outside world. The system of collecting the one product of eggs as instituted by British firm is convincing argument as to the practicability of the work through

organisation

Bunksion with its headquarters

MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES

in

Of importance, but not of the greatest, are the mineral resources of Hunan, and, in smaller degree, those of this Pro vince, which are carried through this port. Foreign firms purchasing ores or mineral products in the interior of China insist upon delivery at Hankow, and open at Changhai, although most will sccept, if urged to do so, delivery here.

For the agricultural products, how- ever, it is of the greatest importance as the original port of export. With the ex- ception of soya bean, which is grown in small quantities, practically every article of agricultural produce in China may be found in this consular district, with Hankow as its centre. More than three fourths of the black tea of China is shipped from this d'abrict, while nine

of entire China has its origin in this within 1 Six-sevenths of the wood oil tenths of the brick tea is manufactured

which is produced more largely in point for the largest quantity of sesame, Honan and Kiangsi Provinces than in important product for Hupch, Kingst, any other parts of China, Cotton is an sad Honan Province

(Besides those more prominent articles the district, including Kemp, ramie there are many other fart products in butilon, green tee, China ront, nutgalis, lily dower, tobacco, wheat, white wax, A beans, camphor indigo, alii vegetable with Mr. Wu Ting-fang, Secretary of farm, such as hides, skins, eggs, and The matter has already been taken up tallow. The animal by-products of the

State of the Republic of China, and Mr. similar articles, are important, and are McNab, who is himself interested in the shipped in large quantities from this undertaking, will later go to Washington port. It was surprising to discover that in the furtherance of the idea, in 1815 over one-third of the buffalo and

THEFT OF FIRE-HOSE

Peas Before Mr. Wood, Chinese was charged with stealing two lengths of fire- hose, with two brass couplings, of the value of 863, the property of the Green Island Cement Company, Hung Hom An Indian watchmen, in the employment. of the Company, deposed to seeing the defendant remove the hose from a box in which it was kept for use in case of this game between Sapper Townsend, 3rd An earnest effort for the negotia district. Hankor is the original export fire. He was in the act of cutting the RE., and Private Broadhurst, K.S.L.I.,on of a new commercial treaty between hose to get off the couplings when yesterday afternoon. The players put up United States and China, which it rupted by witness. Defendant had a fine, even game, and although Broad- smashed the glass front of the box inhurst is the more experienced player ing the trade between the two countries is expected will be the means of increas Townsend is to be congratulated on his is about to be made by the Chinese Six fine play, more especially what luck Companies and leading Chinere citizens there was generally went to Broadhurst, McNab, counsel for the Six Companies

in this country, according to John In the first set Broadhurst started well who ontained the plan in un interview by winning the first two games. Then with a reporter Townsend got going better, and won the next two, the latter being a game, Broadhurst obtained the fifth and Townsend the sixth, Broadhurst even

order to get at the hose. Defendant, who nas casually employed at the Company's works, stated that he meant only to take away a piece of wood which was lying on the ground when he was arrested,

Inspector McDonald said he did not think defendant meant to remove the hose. It was the couplings he was after, which of themselves were worth $20.

"love"

Sentence of four months' hard labourally winning by 6-4. In the second set A great handicap to the development cow hides shipped from China wote and four hours' stocks was passed. after a game each, Townsend won four of trade relations and good feeling he originally from this district, as o

right off, making the score 5-1. ALLEGED MONEY SNATCHING.

The tween the two countries," said Mr. Mc third of the goatsking and two-thirds of private then, by some clover play, gained Nab, has been the treatment, accorded the sesame seed, Antimony does not an A Chinese was charged before Mr.

the verdict in the next three

the Chinees mercante, travellers, stud-tirely originate in this consular district, ente and others who are entitled to enter as he greater part is from Hunts, Wood Wood with stealing $95.from the person Townsend winning the next thus winning this country, when they land here, by is derived chiefly from Hupeh, al- of a shopkooper's shroff. Complainant the set by 6-4. The final set produced our immigration authorities. This treat though small quantities orginate in Sze

ment of which complaint is made is -oburu, and the same is true stated that he was taking money to the splendid play, Townsend, after getting a

necesary delay and confinement at in bristles, e bank for his employer, and, while he was

eunsiderable distance behind his opponent, migration headquarters, under pretext The channels of trade, unlike those of walking along Des Voeux Road, the de pulling up in grand style and bringing of examination or inquiry into the right transportation, are not well established, of the individual to lend The Chinese and the various firms undertaking to fondant came up to him from behind the scores to five all, amid much an do not ask to have the coolie, class ad collect raw products for export will meet mitted to the United States, but when with inany difficulties before an organi- one of the class that may legally enter sation is perfected for the collection of the United States presents himself here products in which the firm is particularly that he shall be admitted without hinds well worth the consideration of manu with properly vised papers, they expect interested But it is felt that this labour ranco or delay.

facturers desiring to go to the original used in the various plants An zssocia source of supplies to procure the material. tion of one or more factories for the purchase of a single item of row product used in common by them would probably bring satisfactory results,

plause.

and spat at him.. He half-turned to

Broadhurst eventually won a splendid remonstrate with him, whereupon dely contested game by seven games to five, fondant from behind, put his hand He will now have to meet Sergt. Major round his (complainant'a) body and Anderson, RE, is the final, which will artched from his pocket 300 in notes, probably take place on Friday evening. part of the money he was taking to the Amongst those present were the Rev. hank Complainant caught hold of Mr. and Mrs Cooper-Hunt, Major. Haw defendent, and was immediately surking and Captain Hazlewood, rounded by a number of men, who en We are informed that Messrs. Bradley deavoured to pull defendant away from & Co. have kindly offered a silver cup for him. He retained his hold, however, the winner of the tournament, antil defendant was arrested, but do fendant, in the meantime, had passed the many to any of his confederates,****

Defendant denied complainant's story in foto, He was seized by the complain apt in the street without any cause wirst

COUPS DE MAIN.

Complaint has long been made of the action of our immigration officials in this regard, and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, after a thorough investiga tion of the matter, has forcefully pro tested to the United States Government against what it regards as unjust treat ment of the Chinese, The Chiness Consul here was not long ago removed because of his activity in seeking better treatmsot of his countrymen

WHOSE TURN NEXT

According to the Duten newspeper Tid, a new review entitled La Funs, and The matter will now, however, accord-brinted in French, medo its appearance <ing to Mr. McNab, be taken up directly if Berlin on February lat.. It contained The coup de main may be defined as with Washington, Rad in a way that the following passage: Germany, in detached operation, complete in itself should lead to results satisfactory to all the course of two years of war, jo and not intended to lead to any further concerned in both countries. It is stated Europe made for herself an empire ex action. Its essence is completeness of that other countries gladly welcome the tending from the North Sea to the Persian organization and speed of execution, same class of Chinese that, it is said, we Gulf. Who shall say whether, if the war Mr. Wood indicated a desire to have objective must be attained quickly or it crimination Ins diverted trade from the be increased by the annexation of Greece, lit practically all such operations the admit grudgingly, and that this disbe continued, this colossal empire may not evidence from defendant's employer as will not be attained at all for the nupi United States to the extent of many Egypt, Holland, Scandinavia, sed per to his character, and Mr. Gardiner, bers employed are so small that if the millions of dollars annually. It is said haps Lombardy, Venice, and Liguria? solicitor, who appeared for the defence, enemy is given time to recover himself that Chinese trade to the value of Taught by the lot of Berbiz and Bod undertook to secure his appearance.

The case was adjourned till Thursday, success is lost.

and organize his defence, the chance of $150,000,000 a year is involved in the manis, neither Holland nor Norway will

question,

offer resistance.”

over.

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