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THE HONGKONG DAILY PREES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19cu, 1917
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GERMAN LAWYER'S FED.
A SEARCHING INQUIRY DESIRED
Before Mr. Byrtie, British ASKEKSOT, and Magistrate Li, twa Chinese were charged at the Mixed Court, Shanghai, on December 12th, with having fraud lently and by means of false pretences obtained from one San Yu the sum of
$905
SPORT
BILLARDS
SOLDIERS' CLUB TOURNAMENT.
SERVICES ENTERTAIN
MENT FUND.
The Rev. CL Cooper Hunt, C.F., Treasurer of the above fund, gratefully
The 3 and 4 Platoons of the H.K.P.Rocknowledges the following subscriptions gained a lead of nearly a hundred in the and submits a statement of accounts for second round of this competition, the the half-month ending December 17th Soldiers Club on Monday night, when the first two games.
W. J. Pringle
*** Scores ----
5.00
wore played,
S. M. R.
30.
8. D.
CH.K.K.QS
Atton.
1.00 30.00
Pe Bullock Capt. Lainmert
∙160
BAWAH
15.00
244
Montague Ede
10.00
WAS. Brown
$3.00)
3 AND 4 P. H.K.P.R.:
:10.00
PC. Guimarica --
220
W. L. Lensk
A. G. Gordon
A. O. Barrodos
250
W. A. Hannibal
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
10.00 10.00 5,00
101.801
Balance in band on '1/18/17,
403.19
DIVISION 12.
Already acknowledged to
10/12/17
665.00
Monthly subscriptions paid
in advance
Total
i
130,00
$1,369.09 1,210.93
Dot Bgt Yorke said that on October 8th the complainant reported to the Police that he had come From Canton with a sum of 81,400. in order to procuro a new trial for his brother, who wES undergoing a sentence of two years im prisonment. On arrival in Shanghai he deposited the money with an exchange shop and obtained a roccipt, which he banded to the two prisoners. Bubse quently complainant received $405 from the accused and there was duo the amount of 3936. Failing to get any satisfaction in the matter of the new trial, on October 8th complainant went to the Police and informed thom that the two accused had stated that they had engaged Dr. Fischer, German lawyer. The mocused
RE. produced receipts for the complainant's RG.A inspection, showing that Tls. 00 had Navy
Cab been paid to Dr. Fischer and Thu, 100 to one King Fung-piau.” These receipts were subsequently handed by complam- ant to Dr. Mel, a Chinese lawyer.
HONGKONG LEAGUE:
38th Co. R.G.A. v. Middlesex Re- serves-Navy Ground to-day at 4 p.m. Referee Mr. Frost,
Middlesex
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Dr. Hei said he had the receipts at bis office. The complament had not paid. nim the retaining ree Dr. fechar ana called at his (counsel ́s) once on sovorul occasions in connection with this matter. Det. Digi, Yorke said he thought Dr. Mei would state to the Court that "las, 100 had been paid back to him ty king Vang-pian, who had been given the money to search the Courts records of the case against complainant's 8. China Ath... brotuer. It was thought that the com- Sith Co., R.G.A. 5 Fischer, but St. Joesph's 5 plainant would suc Ur. steud or doing so he was not seen or 83rd C6, R.G.A. 4 beard of for two months.
Kowloon Staff and Dept... 5 Middiecer Res. 3
For
88th Co., R.GIA. O H.E. Reserves
0 B2
23 010119 1261793
5 I 2 2 7 18
13 14 11 3 0 12 5 8
Expenditure to 17th. Dec..
Balance in hand ... 8 149.05
*- Monthly subscription. 5-Donation
CL COOPER-HUNT, CE, Treasurer,
OUTRAGES BY BANDITS NEAR THE CANTON KOWLOON RAILWAY.
A Correspondent writes as follows under date December 16th : --
columns, I beg to bring to the batire of Through the medium of your valuable the high officials at Canton the daring robberies which have taken place recently in broad daylight at Chin Kai market town and Tong-tau-ha Tailway Station, in Tung Koon District, twenty add milea. beyond the New Territories. About ten days ago sono three hundred bandits: armed to the teeth and disguised as soldiers, marched in to Chin Kai market town at about 6 o'clock in the morning. As soon as they arrived they atinaked the pawn shops. Fortunately the premises. were well built of good concrete and the robbers were unable to break in. Then thoy set fire to the pawn shops, and as a consequence, various other shops in the vicinity were entirely gutted. The total number of houses destroyed was about twenty, and the loss of property was con- siderable. side the villagers are the neighbour
hood of the market received the alarm they combined together, to fight the robbers. Owing, however, to the fact that the villagers were hot so well armed as the robbers, they were badly defeated, and about twenty of them were killed. About half-a-dozen of them who did not take up arms, against the looters were carried away and shot or stabbed to death without mercy. Finally, when the robbers found that they could not remain TSAR'S DAUGHTER IN JAPAN any longer in the market, they kidnapped
t some of the people. Altogether about 23. SAPANESE REPORTERS' HUNT. persons were taken away and confined in the robbers' village, some ten miles from The reported escape from Russin of the Tong-tau-ba Railway Station, and 2 Tatiana, daughter of the former Tear, were there held for ransom. Next day,
finding that ning of their captives were. which was reported recently, has called the without means, the bandits released them, reportorial sleuth hounds of the Japanese but the remainder were still held for
ransom. Five days ago, two robbers, ac newspapers into action, says the Japan companied by one of the captives, return- Advertiser. The despatch was from Newed to Chin Kaj market and demanded York, and, according to an American wh is prominently associated with Russian war relief work, is the work of Russians now in America engaged in relief work who first predicted the arrival of the former Grand Duchess as a part of their publicity.
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The Assessor remarked that it was a most scandalous thing that 21s. 500 had been paid and nothing bad heen done m- These tables include Saturday's matches. the malter
Mr. Hockel, who peared
the accased, said he had written DE Fischer
asking for the return of the NEW SHIPS, IF SUNE. WILL Tle: 500
SINK SLOWLY, The Assessor, in ordering the case to be adjourned, said that the two prisoners
Transports and cargo ships now con- and expressed the
wish that the Police would start
ing inquiries into the case..
tracted for by the United States Govern Inspector Wheeler and that a great tent will not fall an easy prey to the deal
depeaded on the foot whether Dr. German submarines if the methods of Fischer had been suspended from prac constraction put into effect by the
at the time that he received the 119, 690 Emergency Flat Corporation of the
Tls. Dr. Mei informed the Court that he United States Shipping Board prove to had credited the complainant with the Tis. 100 he had received from the man bus effective as engineers predict, King The Isiter had promised to pay There will bo no more five-minute sink. Tis, 500, but had not paid the Tis. 100. Counsel said he would sendings such as marked the destruction of the receipts to the Court Registrar, the transport Antilles on its homeward The Assessor said Dr. Mei muss pro journey, and every effort will be made duce the receipts.C. Daily News.
to reduce to the minimum the danger of loss of life evin if torpedoes find their
cent except.
ROADS AT FOOCHOW.
The Foochow district has been con- spicuous for its abance of roads. A net work of thousands of miles of narrow stone footpaths suitable only for park, carrying by coolies supplied this section of China with i
ith its sole means of cis- tributing goods by land. In order to demonstrate in a practical manner the advantages of good roads the local Authorities recently Tompleted the con- struction of "about 19 miles of macadam The innovation was received with en-
83,000 and 50 tacls of good Macao opium for the release of their twelve prisoners. The people were warned that if any harm were done to the two mazanders all the captives would lose their lives,
The matter was reported to the Tung. Koon magistrate the day after the out ruge took place and telegraphic advice During the last few days the beautiful was alim sent to the Military and Civil daughter of the ex-Russian ruler has Governors of Canton, but although taore been found-by Japanese reporters no than a week has elapsed no official steps less than a half dozen times, in Tokio, ave been taken to bring the bandits to Shimonoseki, Yokohama, and Karuizawa; lustion or to protect the people A tele at Shimbashi station the Russian Coram appeared in the local Chinese sulate, the American Consulate and in Papers a few days ago stating that the an American home in Tokio, She has Military Governor of Canton End been both blonde and brunette, disguised advice from the rung Koo uurived as the daughter of a priest, as a Japanese that he would personally lead a regiment soldier, and as an emigrant Tatiana, of soldiers against the bandits, pus-so if judged from the Japanese Press, 13 con- fur nothing appears to have been done. sidetable of a will of the wisps
Exo days ago, another bold kid napping case took place, at the long-
The Hoch Hawkshaw accoped the Capital on the Tatiann story. A stim bashi station he got his story which was good for a half column and a picture, His identification is little short of our vellous. Let him speak for himself:
Railway Blation. A man damed whiting some means, and had pre pared to come to Hongkong with his grandson on the 12th inst arrived at a friend's house in Tong-tauits market She was in man's dress, but her own, and, was rented to stay there fleshy, roxy checks and the glowing live overnight Next morning when he went left no doubt in the mind of those who about 30 yards from the market, to take pupils of her eyes, us she stood there, with his grandson to the Hallway Station, saw her that she was Tatiana, 20 years the train for Hongkong, two kidnappers old, second daughter of the former Tsar. accosted them and asked them to go
And who could doubt such positive along with them Ahout fifty yards away evidence? But as final proof the Hoch there were a score of robbien, lying, în cites, the passenger list of the Shingekidnapped once last year and was com
wait. Unfortunately this same man was At a heavy additional expense and instaru, and the unusual Russian names of page carrying capacity, the Fleet Corpore that the report that Tatiana is on hor come instances at a slight sacrifice of Mr. and Mrs, Romanoff thereon,
Russians in Japsa are of the opizion tion is planning to equip its new ships way to Americe is entirely false. They with a system of bulkheads which will can see no plausible reason why the girl vessel afloat for a period long enough journey which would necessarily be dely single torpedo and keep the of 20 should leave her family for the
to permit these aboard to disembark afely even
though two or three perilous.
torpedoes find their target.
Admiral Capps, the General Manager, and engineers of the Fleet Corporation have no illusions about the practicability of building a nonsinkable craft, but
COTTON AND YARN MARKET
road in and about the city of Foochow ev are confident that great loss of life mated December 18th, state:
polled, to pay. several thought, dolları for his release
As a consequence of these raids the in-
habitants of the district are state of dread, and business he at
were to pay more attention to such standstill. Men have to be hired at high wages to watch the houses. If the official
"matters" and quarter soldiers at: Tonge tau-ha Railway Station, as was done lash year, these outrages would soon cease..
Messrs. Polishwalle & Kotwall, cotton. and yarn brokers of Hongkong, in their
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
improvement, noted in our läst OXDERS ISSUED BY 32. B. J. JEKLIN, DEP B. thusiasm, and within a year 838 reshas, en bo averted, especially as the ships report, Issued on 23rd 90 bicycles, and 48 carriages were in use fare to be convoyed hy destroyers, thus tinued throughout the amo, has confe
were in making it precarious for submarines to view, and an advance of 33-85 1
period under roNOL LAND SPLATOONE (NO. 2 COMPANE) on the road.
has to be The Pistons will parade of Central
Chamber of Commerce, now propose (Bays after the first torpedo is sent on its Latest advices 119 chiefly due to the will take the parade
Station at 6.30 pm. on Wednesday. The authorities, backed by the native, continue their operations, particularly recorded.
Bombay indicate December 19th. Inspector CMS Alves.
LEAVE REGULATIONS (PARADES AND DRILLS). Departmental Order No. 87 is suspended
very
ever
strong market,
On
87
until further orders, and the follow- ing will take its place -No member below the rank of In- nector shall ment himself from noy parado, drill, lecture, practice etc, without the permission of either the D.SP. (R.) or Adjutant. No appli cation will be entertained unless made. in writing and submitted through the proper channels
the NC. Daily News) to construct a curse. DON macadam highway along the river for a By a system of bulkhead construction fact that owing to the abnormal rise in distance of 7 miles to the
upper
stone which has been studied out carefully the piecegoods, more yarn is being sold to bridge It is planned to
to purchase suit constructors believe that, without cutting the weavers there than for export, the able motor vehicles for use on this
down the carrying tonnage of a hip to effect of which will be a considerable cur stretch of road. The route has
a point where the vessel would prove tai
tailment of shipments to China. surveyed, and 1 is expected that
**The total business transacted during
Tutorval amo the will be spent on ita construction and the mpractical, comparative safety can be
amounts to some 7,000 bales, purchase of the motor vehicles which will red for all on board
Most of these vessels will be of from which for freight and
passenger traffic.
Tens, Latterly Following the completion of this role with engines capable of driving them at which also became an
19,000 to 12,000 tons and will be equipped sists mainly, as previously reported, con- fair demand set in for!Ty it is probable that a road connecting.
an active market. Foochow with Pagoda Anchorage, the sixteen satta an hour or better. They the other hand, Twenties
appear will be of steel construction of the be ink the Fier part of red, 22 miles down intert design, and the bulkhead, pynton fond of shares, in the sea gral advante
category
ory by themselves, for, river, will be laid out,
will be extended if possible to guard the have actually receded $10, or there
for such permission entire ship
abouts. Doubtless, this is dus to a heavy
F. C. JENKIN, D.S.P set-back in Japan in this count.
Hongkang, Docetcher 18th, 1917. Deliveries have been quite good. Total sales, 7,000 bargains, about 1,000 HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS. bales ket, latest advice indicating a rise of
SHANGHAT has been a fairly steady mAY-OBBERS FOR INFANTRY BATTALION BY MAJOR
H.A. MORGAN. about two tacle all round. news has been recorded at a decline of $10, JAPANESE YARNEA very limited busi
The most careful attention has been GERMANY AGAINST THE
| given to the design of the ships intended WORLD
for the transport service. It has been found possible to extend the bulkheads The rest of the world can do without in this class of ships without cutting Germany, For purposes of recovery | down to any large extent the number under peace conditions Germany is of men carried. It is probable that there utterly dependent on the rest of the would, however, bo little space left for world Lat the representatives of the carrying supplies other than those needed
following the fuctuations in the Omka Allies and the United States meet in the for the men on board,
market. next. Lew months and define their peace This safeguards will not be sa complete the following are latest quotations: terms once for all. Afterward, let Ger- in connection with the cargo-carrying 200 bales. Nagasaki, No. 208, at 8918-8220; any be immutably penalised for every ship; to be built under the new plan, 3 Horses, No. 188, at 1204; 3 Horses, No. month by which she prolongs the struggle but the objem will be to make them 205, at 2295 700 balee Yellow Jone No. beyond an assigned period. But also let immune from danger of sinking rapidly. 205, at $208 8210: Setsu, No. 108, at 3180; bor be assured that she will have suf- The problem of ficient access to market and raw mate pered go has to be con- Boten, No. 205, at $230, and Blue Fish,
construction of these No. 208 –
et $230. rials, the full conditions of a safe and vernels,
RAW COTTON. No sales in Bengal or Chinene happy future if she concedies, repará tio restitution, guarantees and if she consente once for all to take her place manongst the society of nations on the basis of pacific equality no more and no less. The use of economic poser will be the crna of statesmanship which means to Most of the new-type ships will be
MO
The necessity for haste in construction also has received careful thought in putting the plans of the Emergency Fleet Corporation into effect. Expense has not been permitted to stand in the way of safety for men and cargoen.
Luspectors and senior ranks, will apply
AURUMSAN
Quotations: Bengal, at $3 to $15, Chinese, it is to 857 per pioul.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY 00., LTD.
The #pproximate statement of trafic
(R)
Reference Infantry Battalion Orders dated 19th November, 1917, the special train on Baturday, 22nd December, will leave Kowloon for Lowu at 3.45 ̈ ̈ ̈ ̈p.m. instead of 2.15 pm. Reference Corps Order No. 1 dated 17th Dec., 1917, the 8.03 am (mail) train will not stop at Bhatin, but a special train will leave Kowloon at 8.25 8.m. for Shati
PARADES. Reference Corps Order No. 9 dated 17th
Den 1917, No. 8 Platoon (Kowloon Dock Beations Nos. 13, 14 and 18 and mon of No. 16 Bection who have Lot attended Camp), will: parade at Kowloon Station at 8.15 am, on 23rd December instead of at Hungbom Station at 7.50 m2 VE
at both the way and the peace. With built in the fabricating yards, but as
Stupendous toubination of fand far as possible the idea of maro dequate respite for the wook ending 16th December Machine gun Company (Kowloon Dout power, now power air-power, and econo- / bulkhead protection has been carried out is as follow
weapons which – the Allies and in the completion of commandered ships America will wield next year, they will which, were partly built These vessels, have it altogether in their hands to; armed and pongoyed and oquipped with casuro ng well the moral justice, is the fall of the anti-agbmarine devices, it is This Year - inherent cohesion, and stability of a new, balisved, will prove werthy Joes of Cler- Last Year.....
ternational order-Observer.
msh, e undersens Beet.
Посговле легене
Receipta
Form!
- $11,569 18-277
for 20 weeks
Aggregate recepta.
8672,425
$730,041
*39,518:
NGO and many will parade at the 2 same time and piso and under the same condition as No. 8 Platoon,
SYNGE. STEWART, Capt. *** Adjutant. H.K.),C. "Hongkong, December 18th, 1917.
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