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WEATHER REPORT.

October 1st, at 11.45-No returns team. Japon aed Vladivostock. Pressure has in- cressed moderately at all stabtons reporting. An anti-cyclone is central over the lower Yangtze Valley and an area of relatively Georeflustad in the China Sen 7h osition of the then is uncertain owing to isck of sie graphic return; it is protably crossing csutral Japan on a N.E. track.

Fresh monton will prevail along the

China coat and over is N. China Sea.

Hongkong rainfall for 24 hours end ng a 10 am today, 1.95 inah, Tomasinos 261 Jazuker, 77.64 inches, against na average of 75.87 inches

The lowest for the 24 hemku suding at moo to-day la se fallows y

DISTRICT

FORMCAST.

Formous ChanESİ

JAPAN AND HER SHIPS. NONE FOR WORK ON THE ATLANTIC.

OUR MERCHANT CAPTAINS

CANTON NEWS.

CHUNG NGÔI

SPORT.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE AQUATIŲ. SPORTS:

IN GERMAN PRISONS,

· [BY COURTESY OF THE

SAN PO NOT INTERNED IN OFFICERS' CAMPE

CANTON, October 1st,

"Queen's College annual aquatic sports were hold yesterday afternoon at the Ture has been much concern over the civil cOVERNOR RETURNED."

The Civil Governor, Li Yew hon return-VRC, in the presence of va large fact that the exptains of British merchaus ships why have been taken" emptive, by ed to Canton on the goth. He has handed gathering of school-boys and teachers.

The annual team ruce open to all enemy submarines and raiders have been over his former pest (Defence Commis

schools in the Colony for the Coronation relegated from the offers internetiner of Shui Hing) to Chak Wong.

Shield brought nine entries and had to camps in Germany and Aus cia to the dinary internment camps wing, as they shelly announced that the be run off in two hents. In the final were have been informed by the Germans, to the fact that the reinisite, Gnancial pro Tachuu, Chan Ping-kwan, accompanied Queen's College, St. Joseph's College, the Diocesan Kowloon and Victorin Schools, and the red caused great excite- went. St. Joseph's won by b yards from - Queen's, what were a similar distance. ahead of Victorin. This is the weath

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JAS TUCHEN'S COMPANION.

An informal denial has been wads by Japarem Government, allicials, regarding the reports printed in Japanese papers as to what agreements have or have not been made between the American Government and Viscount labii. The report printed in the Tokio Juke is translated by the Sajan Advertiser-es follows:—

In reply to the recent press despatches that all of the available Japanese shirevision has not lasen nath for their intern Admiral Ching. Pik-kwong, arrived at ping will be sent to the Atlantic Ocean,

hai Japanese docks wall build ships for England, that Japanese ships with help

o Eraitsporu, war materials for Kussin. return for the lifting of the American stel ban; that an agreement has bee reached." "betwem the Japanese and the American Lovernments concerning it, and that the agreement will shortly be pub

[ment said:

Govern

went in the offers cups. Amongst those from whora argint messiges have Nanning yesterday. Both will return to he received, have been Captain James Canton after they have consulted with Blaikie, of the Anchor liner fuledantu,

in the name of himself and some the General live other merchant ciptains in adors on EUROPs, (

The Merchant Service like position.

A telegrain from the Teking Goveru-year of the competition, nad St. #seph'k- Guild have dealt with this as an urgent

The School Championship was master, having at ance Communiented ment has been received by the Authorities, name goes on the shield for the first fine with the Foreign Ollien whilst the Chair-

by Douglas Laing, who is a very

misinger for his

by

pro

50

Ko Knig

cards handicap was wor Far from the back mark in 30 sec

The prizes were distributed by Mrs.

Used; an alheial of the Japanes of their Parliamentary Committee asking whether they approve the sending Some time aga 11 was runoured that (31. Basil E. Peto, M.P.) also interested of troops to Europe. The question will an agreement had been reached between himself in it. she Japanese nud the American Govern

The result in thure Mr. Peto has now he has discussed when the Tuchun returus, meats concerning the question of proteinformed by the Foreign Office that assur-A QUESTION OF PAY,

on of the Atlantic Ocean. Now aaners were given to the British delegates

General Lak Wing-ting has ordered similar ramour has come to be circulated at The Tague by the Germana representa

to the American steel ban question. tives that these offers would be returned merans regiments to wangsi to re- So it is not titinatural for some people to to officers' cumps, but it is not possible place those which have been sent to W., Lith, who, at the close of the Tout. It is further, added that the arbut others are suspicious as to whether thanked for her presence by the school negotiation between the two nations,

hat important matters are indes to any whether this hus as yet been carried funan., Ste of thugui fave already gone veremony, was handed a beliquet and But as far as we know, no such rangements for the necessary payment, they will oftain their expenses egotiations are going on between the two are now in the bands of the Board of From Kwangsi, The Commanders have champion.

been informed that they will be paid by It is true that the Anjoin Trade.

the Kwangtung treasury. desire to our Government expressed

DE SUN'S BADGE. Ambassador Sato that at this time Japan- ese ships l loaned to America. From: varions directions secret delective work seems to be carried or concerning the umber of ships which Japan night supply to Amerion. The despatches from abroad in question muy have misrepre sented this detective work done."

QUIS CUSTODIET)

and pay

Dr. Sun Yat-sen has given all members There is a story told in Hongkong of his Stall a badge watch is comprised (says the L. Daily Vers) of an enter of the Generalissin's chop. The badges prising Cunge who shouldered a larderive to be worn whilst at Dr. Bun's head- into the Police Court while a case was quarters and punishment will inflicted if

ene badge is lost... on, placed it against the wall and, mount- ing it, took down the court clock. No PISAL que asked what he wanted with it, they all assumed the timepiece was to undergo

Dr. San Yates offered a reward of

ctuers when he heard that in order is own arrest had been made by the Peking Public Prosecutors.

Even if such negotiations as are ramuared should he conducter, Japan, who declined to comply with the request of England which such request came, repairs. Whether it did or not is $100,000 for the arrest of the Premier and explaining conditions prevailing in this known, the clock overcame neko ecuatry, camiot oblige Amerien by send Shanghai has a paralled in the story of ing a part of our ship to the Atlantic Court with entering the Central Police a Chinese who was charged at the Mixed Orman at the request of America.

Station for the purpose of contnitting & As for assistance in transporting warly, and also with stealing a gold materials for Russia, it is a very coul-wrist watch the property of Bergh. J plicated probleme

The building of ships for Bigland is what Japanese shipyards, Government as well as private, are doing now as far as possible. There is no need of disenssing

the matter new,

Viewed in this light, all the reposts in question may be misrepresonitions of

facts.

SHIPPING NOTES. -NYK. TAKING OFF FOUR

EUROPEAN LINERS.

It is reported that, at the wish of the Japanese Government, the Nippon Yusen Raisha will withdraw from its European service the Fushimi, Katori, Kashima, and Sunu-maru, the largest vessels of its Reel, and place them on the Puget Sound Line to relieve the shipping congestion at the ports on the Pacific Coast.

ENLARGING THE DOCKS AT

Mason. Dot-Sergt Prosser told the Court that the defendant was found on September 22nd on the premises of the Central Police Station and on account of his suspicious behaviour he was arrested It was the found that on September 3rd the gained access to the living quarters on the pretext that be had come to end some locks and had been successful in stealing the watch.

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For these andacious offences he was seat to prison for four months.

MINING IN FORMOSA, People are mad on mining enterprises in Formosa just new (says the Kobe Herald). Many leading Japanese mine owhere are prospecting for various ores: Several parties are at work in the moun- tain regions inhabited by the aboriginea It is reported that some of them have been already rewarded for their efforts. The Mitaui Mining Company luis organized a party of over 40 me to search for copper nines. The party is now in Taipch and was expected to leave for the hills on Sep. The South Manchuria Railway Railway tember 23rd. As the district is considered a very promising one for copper deposits, is enlarging the docks at Dairen to meet the increased volume of business. Since interest is being aroused by the cx- the port came into the possession of plication is reported that so far be Japan, over 8,000,000 tons of cargo have applications have been ledged with the

With the rapid undertake trial diggings.

Government-General for permission to bean handled yearly. development of Manchuria and Mongolia the Company has been forced to increase the dock facilities.

DAIREN.

BUILT AND LAUNCHED UPSIDE DOWN,

A report from Christianin, Norway,

Baye:-

the

HONGKONG MAGISTRACY. ALLEGED UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF OPIUM BY SHIP'S ENGINEER.

Mr. Wm. Alex. Piper, second engineer of as. Tung Shing, was charged with the unlawful possession of 748 als of pre- pared opium, net Government opium. A Chinese cabin boy was also charged, with aiding and abetting the first defendant.

Mr. Grist appeared for Mr. Piper, The case was remanded until to-day, CANTONESE OFFICIAL AND HIS ARMOURY.

A Cantonese official was charged before Mr. Wood, with possessing an automatic revolver and 50 rounds of ammunition without a permit from the Captain Inspector Gordon said the defendant. Superintendent of Police, made no effort to conceal the arms. He was allowed bail by the police on a personal bond of $0.

Defendant failed to appear, and His Worship ordered the bail to be estreated.

·CHINESE

CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A EUROPEAN.

The results of the various events were as follow:

JUNIOR SCHOOL RACK-1, Chan Chì .- Wei; 2, Alok Ving Kwai.

GRACEFED DIVING.-1, D. Laing : 2; A.. Runjahn; 3, Lo Man Ho

30 YARDS HANDICAP-1 Ke King Fan (scratch): 2, p. Shin Oi; 3. A. Wahai Time, 30 scon

GRACEFUL SWIMMING. ----],

Ko Yu

JUNION PLUNGE-1, Chan Chi Wai, CHINESE MASTERS' RACE-1, Mr. To Yu Shing; 2, Mz. Chun Mo Tong: Mr. Kwok Kan Fate.

Cheong: 2, D, Laing; 3, Ko King Fru

INVITATION TEAM RACK-Open to all Schools in the Colony. Hölders 1916: Kowloon British School,-1, St. Joseph's College; 2, Queen's College.

DIVING FOR PLATES-Ko Yau Cheong) and A. Mahomet tied for first plate with. 10 plates cach, 2, Ho Leung Wan

100 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP-1, D. Laing; Ko King Fan; 3 Ho Leung Wan

Time, 69 secs.

TWO LENGTHS BREAST STROKE 1, Íp Shiu Ui; 2, Ko You Cheong, 3, Ko King Fan.

SENIOR PLUNGE, D, Laing 2. Ko Yau Cheong; 3, Lo Man Ho

ENGLISH MASTERS HANDICAP-1, MA. J. niston (4 seca); 2, Mr. J. C, Fletcher (scratch).

SCHOOL CHAMPION.-Douglas Laing, 18 points.

ASEUCIATION FOOTBALL. gap ÇOK R.G.A.3. •, 8871 COY, RGA 0.

These teams met at the Happy Valley-

The yesterday in a friendly encounter. game, in the early ages, was fast and even. The Lyemnun Company was the first The Chinese coxswain of the steam to score, Halls, at inuide left, heating Dyer Ball with shinged before. 31. Barrowdale with a good shot. A good ver Ball with assaulting or individual effort by Groon was stopped. Macfarlane, engineer of the Hoogkong Ice

at Lai Chi Kok on the 29th by Dickenson in fact the efforts of the former were rather effectively attended

ult

OMNIBUS SERVICE FOR PEKING.

Befure many

months have clapsed Peking will be provided with an up-to- date ranibus service in all, its principale

streets.

It appeared that, in the course of an altercation, defendant picked up a piece by the latter throughout the game. of wood and struck complainant, who The 88th then made an attack on their

opponents goal and Taylor put in a good " was sent to hospital with a fractured skall as a result.

shot which Attwood managed to save. The a week. The case was remanded for a

83rd Coy, broke away again and Town- PEAK TRAM TICKET COLLECTOR

send took the ball well down the field, DISCHARGED. SU

but was eventually robbed. At half time. The case was resumed before Mr. Dyer the 83rd Coy was leading by the only Ball, yesterday afternoon, in which a ticket collector on the Peak Tramway.goal.

The first Norwegian iron and concrete Originally there was a proposal to build boat has been launched at the Pasgrun a tramway line, but as the Government Cement Works ia the presence of has already spent the proceeds of the loan. ¡E winds, fresh: frame Minister Knudsen. The Lout for other purposes than this, and as it

fine.

was built entirely on a new system, is unlikely that it will be able in the im-

was charged with embezzling his en Soon after the resumption of play, bottom пр, from which rediate future to undertake the task; N.Ewinds, freak with.

position extraordinary to streng.

the launch-five enterprising merchants, beaded bare Shenton prosecuted, and Mr. Lee Swan put in a shot from the right wing

Mr. ing took place. The underlying slodges Chao Yi-ting, have organized an omnibus guided out with the ship. When the water company and submitted to the Govern d'Almada defended. Was reached the hull was detached from ment draft of its regulations for ap the steiges. The ship gradually mak to proval and registration. All the main a certain point and then slowly righted streets will be traversed by the new itself.

vehicles, which will also run between the city and the Imperial Summer Gardens and Tangshan.

BashCoast of China between (The same

Hongkong and Immosha 1

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is mortifying, Thin men never look like "real money. They are pushed aside in the race for access. Bony women are seldom very popular

Dress will not hide skin and bones. All men admire fine figures. Téke Bargol and get out of the featherweight class.

No. L Benth Couth of Ckins between j 'The matom ne

No. 1 Hongkong and Baisan.......

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The Prime Minister, who was formerly a civil engineer, emphasized the import ance of the invention, by which it is hoped to build ships in a remarkably short time. This ship of 200 tons was built in three weeks, but the next will require only about half that time.

It intended to start wholesale build- ing of iron and concrete boats, of 200 to 500 and 1,000 tens. The Isst-named can bo completed in six weeks,

THE RED ENSIGN,

TO SECURE BRITISH CREWS FOR MERCHANT, SERVICE,

JAPAN'S SPECIE RESERVE.

The specie reserve of Japan amounted 93 September 18th to Y,1,004,000,000, an increase of Y.29,000,000 as compared with the end of August. This forms & recoro in the financial history of Japan.

which Barrowdale allowed to pass between

Mr. G. Rapp deposed that the defend his legs. The headquarters team tried ant bad always borne a good character, and that he had received no complaints hard after this, to reduos the lead, but without success, and before the final against him.

After hearing further evidence, hit whistle sounded Halls had headed tha Worship Baid there was not sufficient evidence to convict, and defendant was third goal into the net, from a scramble accordingly discharged.

in the goal month. Lieut. A. E Hall B.G.A. acted as Referce

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED LARCENY

FROM A YACHT

A sampan lad was charged before Mr. Wood with attempted larceny from My. D, K. Blair'e & yacht Niobe, anchored off the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club at North Point

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

MEETING

A football meeting was held in Vic toria Barracks yesterday evening, the

It was stated that there had been fre- principal business being the arcingement gutent thefte from yachty of late, and Mr of fixtures by the Secretaries Master Blair has lost some sail cover worth 355.

defendant was seen at 11.30 p.m. on the Pasco, of the Kowloon F. C. was elected 20th us to board the Viole. The alarm to all the vacancy in the League Manage was given and he was arrested. The casement Committee. It was announced that, was adjourned, until to-day.

all those who had been nominated as officials at the general meeting had

the genera accepted. It was also stated that it bas been decided to print an official hand- connection with local information in book, which will contain much useful

CHAUFFEUR CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

THE VILE-MINDED HUN.

There had also been attempts to enter Gunner G. T. May occupied the chair, The Neueste Nachrichten of Munich, the Club's premises at night. A watch presiding over a largo attendance. Mr. solemnly avers, on the authority of was therefore set with the result that the

special correspondent" who has just This is nothing less than revolution returned from London," that girls and in our idens of what is good enough for women, representing every status of 15

Jack, said a London shipowner in dis

society, are daily to be seen, naked and cussing the improved accommodation for the crew in the new standardised' ships unashamed, taking a gun-bath in Trafal-

The usual pre-war view of the require arquere

Under the influence of the tropical ments of the men sailing under the Red Ensign was a disgrace to our fig: hat heat that has for some time prevailed in freights and working expenses which London the prudishness of the popula & Chinese Chauffeur employed by the were the only factors operative infibe de tion-the war had already made many Exile Garage was charged before Mr. Wood, yesterday, with killing a boy by sign of ships that were not passengers puncture in its shield--has completely maing over him, on the evening of the football. It is feared that a difficulty will be experienced in obtaining enough ships,

left a shipowner with little latitude. evaporated. Again, I am bound to admit that the To-day there may be met with is tice The offence was alleged to have been referees, and an examination will be held type of worker attracted by the wages and historic Trafalgar square fair working conditions of the merchant ser whose costume consiste solely of a wrist immitted near Centre Street, on Satur about the middle of the month for any vice had fallen so low that he made bet watch, vac, who frequent this favourite day, ca about 7:15 pm while the deferid men desirous of taking up there very ant was driving a car along Des Veux Recessary duties. Names of candidates ber quarters as dirty and unpleasing as spot to take their daily air and sun bath. Rout from cust the WOTEL Generally, you

that the FW Black at the Naval Yard as early all körde far before the 15 posible.

commence The feet league matches will com 4.3pm-Christian Sciences Lecture at a foreignervation the British undressed throng is made up only of the passengers all ete

But, with merchant seaman and fisherman have won little city girl clerks, of the typists, and police arrivedule could not be

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to see the Red Ensign return to its ald pillar of London society, who thus dis-speed, and neglected to sound t

Wednes the Boyal Engineers Res, both mateke. The case was adjourne

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