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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.

MURDER CHARGE.

Two Chinese, were charged with the murder of a hawker in I Yik Street, on the morning of May 31st

was The body of the murdered man found lying by the side of the road, with five stab wounds. The Police theory is that the murder was the result of a clan fight

THE HONGKONG" DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 8m, 1918,

PEKING NOTES. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES FOR CHINA,

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THE NORTHERN M.PA

CANTON, June 5th.

It is said that the M.Ps, in the northern provinces, who intended to come to the Bouth, have changed their minds since hearing that most of the M.Ps. in Chiton

ave been denounced, DR. BUN YAT GEN.

PERING, May 20th: The Civil Service Estimates for the year cading Alarch 21st, 1910, have BOLL BINO JAPANESE AGREEMENT.

The opposition to the Sino-Japanese issued, and we give below details con Agreement grows in volume. Chambers cerning the votes relating specially to of Commerce, the Press, students, and China. The figures enclosed in paren leading politicians continue their pro- thesis are last year's votes, and are given Government remains for purposes of comparison. Where no tests, but the obdurate and declincs to be drawn into comparisons in the case of salaries, allow

We are informed that Dr. Sun Yatsen, who was interviewed in Swatow, has Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe remanded the case publishing details of a purely military ances, etc., are made, figures are the

Convention. If the reported Germans as last year.

announced that he lias decided not to for a week.

control of the Trans-Siberian railway as

Under the heading of Now Works, accept the appointment as one of the far as Irkutsk be accurate, the necessity' for Sing-Japanese intervention in Siberia Alterations, Additions, and Purchases Controllers to the Confederation Govern- seems to become imminent, for pndoubted. (including Furniture in connection there ment. Sun also added that he will stay ly a danger would ba constituted by with)," are the following votes:-Fek-in Swatow for a further period and that It will be remembered that, at the last German control of this important con- ing Provisions of water supply, heat-ho is undertain as to his subsequent move-

THE GUNBOAT. "KWONG-101." hearing, Sergeant Ingham pressed the tinent railway link. The Chi Sheng Paring system, electric generating plant, meats, Magistrate for a conviction on the groanda vernacular newspaper, has been closed and ice making plant £000 (£800); that defendant had picked up the bronch down by order of the police for publish Canton: building Constables quarters on the racecourse and had pawned it ing exaggerated reports concerning the and gaol, £500 (£1,100). The maintenance without informing the Polier. The Agreement that, in the opinion of the of buildings in the Far East is included

in a general vote. Magistrato, › however, replied that the authorities, were calculated to mau could not be convicted, as he had

anrest among the,publie and thereby -found the brooch and no claimant had disturb the peace and order of the appeared for it in response to advertise capital.

THE UNCLAIMED, BROOCH. A Chinese was charged, on remand with being in unlawful possession of gold brooch,

ments.

Bergeant, Ingham repented, yesterday, that the brooch was still without an

owner.

Mr. J. R. Wood discharged defendant, stating that he was at liberty to redeem the brooch from the pawn-broker and become its possessor,

CHEAP AT THE PRICE.

HARD TIMES.

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THE DIPLOMATIO SERVIUS, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister

The authorities have announced that the

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the oth inst. The starting price is uhlie auction in the Tuchur's Yamnen' on

$1,150,000. The purchaser must be Chinese

THE TUCHUN'S FREPARATIONS.

Plenipotentiary, £5,000; Counsellor, The Tuchun, it is said, has sent officers 2000 Chinese Secretary, £1,000; Com-to Kwangsi to recruit more soldiers for mercial Attaché, £1,000 and £107 for his own protection. Two regiments have rent; Chaplain, £200; Physician, £800 been recruited and despatched to Canten to be trained. The Tachon, who was and £00 local allowance,

warned by General Luk that Kwangsi leaders will be driven from Kwangtung, bas ordered great defensive preparations Koon-Yam Hill"? (a well forti- fed hill in Canton).

THE CONSULAR SERVICE

The Government is experiencing much difficulty in making ends meet, and is making an effort to stimulate the public to greater buying interest in the Seventh

The total estimates for the Services in Year Doucatio loun, but with little success. Instructions have been given China (partly, repayable from Indian that officials are to be paid a proportion revenues) are £85,339 (£76,263). The votes the of their salaries in bonds--an extremely are as follows:-Salaries, allowances, and wages, £30,206 (£64,807); outfits and travelling, £5,000 £5,800); rent allow.

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drunk and disorderly on the Fraya East oficials dispose of their holdings at con ances, 5,200; poutage, £350; incidental queron dhia morning. The BURBERRY'S AND ZAMBRENE'S.

and assaulting an Indian constable.

Fuspector Sim stated that just before 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, the Indian constable saw defendant creating a dis turbance. He arrested the man, who became very violent and assaulted hini. Police whistles were blown and luspector Sium and Sergeant Cotton out to the constable's assistance and carried the drunken man into No. 2 Police Station. Whilst defendant was being searched he again grew very boisterous, and it took three men to hold him down in the charge.

sidorable reductions for ready cash and, consequently, in a month or so the bonds will be available at about 60 per cent. of their nominal value,

The ex-Imperial Family is

A collection feeling the pinch.

were. kept gold utensils that

Depository of the Imperial Afanchu Emperors is to he put up for sale by the Taing House in order to tide over ita financial embarrassment. A CURIOUS EPIDEMIC.

SEPARATION OF IMPERIAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.

It is rumoured that the Tuchun's Yamen

expenser, £4,450 (£5,570); prison cx.thelat Squadron this

witnesses, deportations, etc., bombardment, it is said, was due to cor- The rumour, penses, £700; medical attendance, £2,320 (£1,838); ten misunderstandings. relief of distressed British subjects, £250. however, needs confirmation.

The votes under the heading Shanghai of "Court and Consulate General" are as in follows:-Judge, £1,800; Consul-General the and Registrar of Shipping, £1,200, and

At the recent meeting of the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute, Sir £600 (local allowance not pensionable); Assistant Judge, £1,200 (including allow. ange of £100 as Judge of the High Court Godfrey Lagden, K.Ú.M.C., in the chair, at Wei-hai-wei); Consul, £800; Crown the following resolution was moved by Earl Brassey, seconded by Sir John Cock- £650 (£635); North Chinn" is suffering from the Advocate, ove; Registrar, visitation of an epidemic resembling in Chief Clerk (Court), £443 (1428), includur, K.M.G., and, carried unaai- monslyThat the Council of the Royal Defendant denied that he was drunk, fariza. It is all the symptoms of

ing £100 allowance as Official Receiver in

Colonial Institute is of opinion that the and disorderly, and said the constable grippe." but only lasts three or four days. Bankruptcy (to be reconsidered this faked up the charge against him through | Over 20,000 were affected by it in Tien- year); Assistant Clark (Court), £209) eparation of the control of Imperial tein last week, and Peking can count (1200); Marshal (Court), 2250 (£240) mattor from that of the domestic affairs Mr. E.. D. C: Wolfe finod defendant $2 the victing by the thousand also. Nativo] Usher (Court), £177. Total, £7.028 the other Country is urgently neces on the first charge and 88 on the second, with the alternative of ten days hard Labour. Defendant was also ordered to pay $2 compensation to the constable.

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sary, and that the settlement of the banks, the big silk stores outside Chien (£7,800) Then como the votes for the future constitution of the United King- men, and all kinds of businesses are Consuls follows:Amoy,£600 dom is an essential preliminary to the handicapped by an extraordinarily large canton (Consul-Gen.), £1,000 and £200 discussion of the future government of proportion of sick staffs. Some have had allowance; ditto (Vice-Consul), £800 the Empire at the special Imperial Can to closa. In several sections of the city with a local allowance of (£100); Chang-ference, to be summoned at the conclusion BOAT-WOMEN ATTACKED BY numbers of the police are unfit for duty sha, £500; Cheloo £800; Chengtu: (Con- of the war.

ROBBERS.

TWO GIRLS DROWNED

Fortunately, the epidemic is not fatal. JAPANESE MP9.

A party of Japanese M.P's are visiting the dapital and having a good time, sightseeing and being entertained. The other day they had an audience with the Premier, when the customary nice things were said by both partion

REVIVAL OF THE QUETE,

sul-Gen) £900 and £100 local allowance); Chingking, £800; Chungking (Vice- Conant), £600 and £100 local allowance, conlice, and others employed on public Foochow, £800 and £100 local allowance, services at the different Consulates, Hangchow, 2500; Hankow (Consul-Gen.), 1,000 and £200 local allowance; ditto Vice-Consul), £500, with a focal allow ance of £100; Harbin, £900, with a local allowance of £300 (to be reconsidered); Ichong, 2000; Kiukiang, £800; Kiung- chow and Pakhoi, £800; Mukden (Consul General), £900; with a local allowance of £100; Nanking, £800; Newchwang, £800 Ninggo (Vier Consul), 2600, with $450 from Post Office vote); Swaton, £80 (with 8900 from Post Ofice vote); Teng yuch £800, Tientsin (Consul General), £1,000, with local allowance (not pension.

10,151. The total amount for salaries,

38 allowances, and wages is £69,269 £4,07), deducting £500 on account of savings by vacancies, etc. The vote for qutfit and travelling, comprising allow ences for passages of Consular officers, student interpreters, and others, is. 5,600 (£5,000); rent allowances, £2,20); and postage, £500. In this section there Expenses, a vote of 2,014 (22,050) for is also under the heading of Insidental allowances assigned to the Court and different Consulates for office contingen- cez, including extra boat hire, boatien, cooli bire, ote and 5538 (1257) 25 allowances for purchase of coal. There for incidental expenses of mission and of is, in addition, a vote of £5,000 (21,560) Court and Consulates not included in fixed office allowances, making a total of incidental expenses of £4,047 (£3,877). From this 597 (307) is deducted fox printing, stationery, postage, and prison chargeable under sections, leaving 44,150 expenses, paid from fixed allowances, but

£3,070). The remaining votes are Prison expenses, witnessce, deportations,

£1,835). etc 700 medical attendance, £2,320

A report has been made to the Polios by a married women, the owner of a licensed fishing boat, that early yester day morning, while her bont was lying longside Yaumati Ferry Wharf, two men came on board and, engaging her boat,

The Chinese authorities profess to be ordered her to row in the direction of Mong Kok. On passing Waterloo. Street somewhat perturbed over the revival of wharf two other men joined the party, queue growing, and the police in Peking and the direction of the boat was changed have been instructed to see that all such to Tai Kok Tsui. After they had pro-hirsute appondages are removed. It is orded some distance the men attacked generally understood that the queue is a complainant and her two daughters with badge of imperialism, an expression of the intention, it is alleged, of stealing loyalty to the Manchu Dynasty, and for Sheir jewellery, etc. In the struggle that reason it is tabou. Other considera which ensued the boat capsized, throw, tion, however, enter into the matter of ang the occupants into the water, and quote cutting, and those are not altogathornble), of £200; ditto (Vivo Consul), £600, disinterested. As a matter of fact, with local allowance of £100 (not pen. the complainant's two daughters werequceze entera into this movement, as fonable); Tuinau (Chinantu), £800

it does in almost every one in Okina

To explain. Human hair is very valu Tsingtao (Consular Agent), £400 office able, Chineco hair more so, because, being allowance; Wuchow, 2500; Wuhu, £500, Yunnan-fu, £900, with local allowance of so thick, it can be split and applied to the various uses which have created the demand for human hair. Now a queue is £100 (not prasionable) Total, £14,400. worth roughly five or six dollars Mexican There are also votes for Assistants and -perhaps, more-and if an official with

Mladivostock The vote is for Consul, commercial instincts can collect several Students as follows: Twelve first-class hundred he is doing a good stroke of at £100 a year each, £4,000, fifteen £700 (£675) with £200 (£275) local allow.

considered in 1018).KA A Dutch correspondent has received business for himself. Of course, others

may have to share in the profits, but still second-class at £350 a year each, £5,230;nce and £350 office expenses (to ba re- Icom a German sailor interned in Hol the balance to be credited to his banking Interpreters allowances to Assistants, Land & lively account of his first and last account is substantial. It is not suggest-eight at £100 and ning £60 a year each. adventure in a German submarine, ed that any particular official plans this £1,250; allowance to assistant employed item Fees, fines, etc, connected with

scheme, but it is well known that Chinese After being interned in England for have been persuaded to remove their in Chinese secretary's office, £200; allow ance to assistant as accountant at short time he made good his escape "tails on grounds of hygiene and with a fellow prisoner in a small bost, cleanliness by men who were actuated

d was picked up by a German sub solely by the proft to be derived from Paking, £200; allowance to senior assist- the sale of the hair. Even foreigners ant in Chancery at Peking, 100, ditto Soon have not her abovo ongaging in this to assistants in Mixed Ofoe, Shanghai, marie near the English coast. afterwards the submarine sighted some trade, and shiploads of coolies and work-

men bound for Europe have been induced £150 and £100; ditte to assistant in Land

drowned.

Three of the men have been arrested by the Police and will be charged at tho Magistracy in the course of the next few

days.

TRAPPING" U-BOATS.”

what had

APPROPRIATIONS IN AID. Under the above head is the following the Services in China, £20,000

GRANTS IN AID OF LOCAL REVENUE. Under the above head there is a vote of £300, contribution to the funds of the University of Hongkong for the purpose "King Edward VII. of providing Scholarships," temable at the University

of £4,000.

Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company:-A subsidy by the company for H.M. Government c of 24,000 a year in respect of the working caple between Chefoo and Wei-hai-wei, commencing from September 5th, 1800.

fishing vessels, but their curious move to part with their lacks and hand them Olies, Shanghai, £150; ditto to assistany British subjects. Wei-hai-woi, a vote ments caused the Germans to suspect a over to others who know how to realise on

bmarino trap, and they dived. They the hair. Sometimes they were encouragin Shipping Office Shanghai, £50; ditto TELEGRAPH BIMSIDIES.

to assistent in charge at Ningbo, £150 proceeded slowly 'submerged, hot presented by a small monetary offer, but in few ly the screw began to beat irregularly, instances did the simple Chinese receive twenty-two student interpreters at £250 and the commander could not make out the market value of their treasured

happened After about two hours the water seemed queue. It is only fair to say that the year nach, £5,500; prizes for ditto, £5 bulk of the police who carry out the and to provide allowances to make up falt if they eriously skiing as it

making headway the commander queue-cutting instructions have no other students salaries to £300 a year each decided to come to the surface

When live than obedience to orders, but, on

the other hand, it is just as reasonable whilst serving as assistants, 850 Total, to conclude that someone is waking 218,975. There are the usual votes for writers, linguists, £7,074 (£5,576); constables, boatmen, porters, (Continued at foot of next Column.)

all of his feces of British naval

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officers and bluejackets

They were safely in a British port Just towed in like a blooming fish," said the German.

something out of it. In other words, queue cutting does not always represent anti-Manchuism. Sometimes it represents commercialism.

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