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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1019,
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Common senso is the ability 'to detect values.
Ship Report:
The s.8. Fazilka arrived to-day from Rangoon and reported fino weather and smooth sea.
SOLICITOR SUED.
The Alléged Poisoning Cast brought by dainty music fitted The gentleman alleged to have to words of what might be torm- been the victim of poisoning, in odchild versos" In this re-
Possible Jury Action. feeling much better to lay we are spect the quartette "Going to informed.
bad" stands pre-eminent, and it| This morning, in the Summary necessarily followed that a quar- Court, before Mr. Juation Gom tette that could aminge to retain pertz, the case was mentioned in the atmosphere, would make an which Emma S. Hamilton sued artistic success of the cycle, This Mr. H. W. Looker, solicitor, for undoubtedly was done by Mes $1,000.
Accident.
NOTES AND
COMMENTS.
The Revival of the Shako.
It isinteresting to note from one of the Home telegrams to-day that the War Office proposes to abolish the modern helmet and to put the old shake in its placo.,
While Mr. O. Orispin of the Kowloon Dock Co., was on board Japanese sto mer yesterday in the harbour, a block fell striking A Good Voyage.
his head, removing a piece from dames Saliofield and Cousine, Mr. Reader Harris, of Messra, The latter form of head dress Tha 8.8. Glenlogan, from Lon- his topoe and breaking his arm. and Dr. Lobb and Dr. Selo Wilkinson and Grist, appearat ad certainly a long run; it was don, reports having experional An American Bail Estreated.
Gold, R. N. The solo parts for the plaintiff and Mr. H. W. introduced, we biovn, towards fino weather throughout.
An American named G. Wilson were admirably sustained by Looker defended in person, the end of the 18th Century; yet Hongkong Residents hi Manila. who was out on bail in connection Mrs. Selafield and Dr. Seho- Mr. Looker-Will your Lord-men still under forty can well,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys with a charged of assaulting field, who came together in the ship fix Wednesday?
remomber sooing it worn, at least arrived in Manila on the 7th shroff at the Victoria Hotel failed duet Two doves on the self- Mr. Harris I would ask your by Volunteer regiments, if not by inst., by the " Kumano Maruto appear at the Police Court, Buno branch" with fing effect, as Lordship to adjourn the case and some few of the Regulars, Indeed to-day and his bail of $25 was they invariably do in duet work, order a defence. If your Lord- modified form of it is or was estreated.
The ten, items were well perform ship will look at the statement of till lately sill being worn by 'Another Philippine Official on
od and were much apprecintal. eluim, you will see I have endorsed, the tillo Bigale We wonder it Hongkong.
Julging from the applausea, vory full sintement of chim, the Homo Government intone to 1 Colonol John, Q. A. Braden, secorded last evening, the Song and your Lordship will seo that it serve it out, in place of the topeo, treasurer of Albay province, Cycle is a form of vocal work is a case where plotidings should to the troops serving on Tropical Philippinos, arrived in Hongkong which appeals to audiences in be ordered. this morning frm Manila by Hongkong. Probably it is the ·Mr. Looker:-1 ́oni very nux- continuity that exists between the ions that the care should be got individual numbers that is pleas over as soon as possible. I am the silk hat to be one of the most ing, but there can be little doubt quite willing to give such par forlot countries; and thers bo hygienic forms of hond-covering that a repetition of the departure ticulars as would appear in par- those amongst us who can quite
Malls Arrived,
The following mails arrived to- dayAmerican and Siberian, 8.8. Chiyo Mara ; Munilo, 8,8. Kni fong; Swatow, s.8. Fainun.
Returned from Banishment
At the Police Court, today, Mr. C.D. Melbourne sentenced man to six months' imprisonment for returning from bruitment.
Ferry Accident,
A man. has been removed to the
hospital suffering from injuries
before it was inade fast,
received through falling whilst The cute of Salescription to the Hongkong Tolograph" will jumping from a lorry steamer
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HONGKONG, VRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912.
LOCAL NUISANCES.
Shipping case Adjourned.
A further week's adjournmout has been ordered in the case of the Pacific Mail ss. Co. v. A. R. Marty, in Summary Jurisdiction. The claim is for $254.71.
Deciding Match, Kowloon 0.0. moet Queen's College at homo to-morrow (Saturday) in a League match which will decide this year's championship.
Postponed.
Au adjournment of ono wook was ordered by the Puise Judgo this morning, in tho caso in which Karl Offer sues Jean Auroloy to recover $136.
Hawking within limits.
A fue of 83, or in defanit soven days, was imposed on a mau at the Police Court, this morning, for hawking with
markot limita
Alleged Armed Robbery.
A further romand was granted by Mr. E.A. Irving, at the Police Court this morning, in tlie cano of three men who stand charged
with committing an armed rob-
bery at Yaumati.
Moonlight Picnic
Standard Ull Co—Big Indian' Order.
Obstruction.
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Suptions · After all," why not 2. We mentioned not long since, that
a Corsan scientist land covered
Anstruthor, O.M.G., hoisted his should prove popular. The whole ticulars of defence,
Mr. Harris I am rather sax-wall remember when the Dutch broad pennant to-day in II.M.S. programme, and its reception, Tamir, having assumed comproved that high-class music is ious to get them, as I want my planters in Java patronised no inand of that ship and the charge really appreciated, and the con- client's instructions as to whothor other form of "tilo.. of the Naval Establishments at cort may be regarded as a com-sho wishes a jury or no.
His Lordship:-When can you Hongkong in succession to Complete triumph for the society.
The programme was as fol-let the other side have partien. modore O. J. Eyree.
lowe:-
lars?
Farewell Dinner. Yesterday evening a farewel dinnor was given to Mr. M. Watson at the Hongkong Hotel Mr. Watson, who is manager of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, leaves for home to-morrow on the Empress of Japan, proceeding via Siberia. Mr. W. H. Bell hus relieved him as manager,
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
A Splendi Concert.
Mr. Looker: morning, if that enough for them. His Lordship Monday week?
Unaccountable Changes in MIII-
tary Head-gear.
But why this ultoration? Wo could understand the Guarids' and Parts
On Monday Fusiliers bear skins, or the kind will be time of fur muff worn by the Horse. Choral Songs ...
Artillery and the Hussar regi (n) "The dance"... E. Elgar
How about monts, being abandoned on the (b) "Lullaby," E. Elgar
| score of uselessness; though we Mrs. Hoad, Mrs. Kow, Mrs. Platt, Mies Gridin, Mre: Bishop, the matter. Plaintiff us had terve of these picturesque survivals of Mr. Looker-I would press should be sorry to see the back. Mrs. Cousins, Mrs. Main, Misa weeks in which to make up her the days when our fathers field. Hunt, Mr. R. Peyton-Grillia, mind. I see no real reason why equipment consisted of the kins Mr. S, Hore, Mr. F. Austin, Mr.there is any sound ground for an of beasts. But what is wrong. |F. A. Bidon, Mr. G, H, Platt, adjournment.
with the ordinary infantry holmot?:/ Mr. Harris: don't want to ust experience over the military mention letters written "without cap preparos us to believe that prejudice," but I think my friend our sapient War Offico authorities may be able to explain, himself, will now ring the changes on why tho caso las not bean half a dozen forma of helmot in [brought before,
Song Cycle: "Four.. Songs of Emo-
tion..........Denman Fuller (a) Where thou art gone. (b) My love for you. (c) When I gazo.
Tho warm weather of the past few days in no way deterrod a
(d) Tho dawn of joy. goodly number of people turning Vilin Solo "Invocation" Warner
Mrs. Schofjekt. out to the Philharmonic Society's
Mr. G. Vermeij, coneprt which was held yesterday Song ..."Pipos of Pan evening at the City Hill. Addi-
Mr. F. Austin.
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Mr. Looker am unable to give any explanation.
His Lordship-There has been correspondence?
Mr. Larrialero has been correspondence ever since her
tional importance was lent to the Part Song "Silent night" Barnby dismissal. event by the fact that H. E. the
Governor (who is Patron of the Platt, Miss Grillin, Mrs. Bishop, to 20 into the mattor now, but Mrs, Head, Mrs. Kow, Mex. Mr. Looker have no wish Society), and Lady May, together Mrs. Cousins, Mrs. Main, Miho could have brought it quite with a party including Com Hunt, Mr. R. Poyton-Griffin, Mr. ten days before.
comfort of the audienco,
Part II. Solos (a) "Reflections
in the water"...U. Dobusy (b) "Study in O flat" Chopin
Afr. Denman Faller.
se many years before stumbling upon one which, in their view, will prova suitable. The Glon garry—and the weird arrangement, with battono flaps that ousted it-the pill-box, the old stable- cap, and the Brodrick havo had to niske way for a form of cap. presumably, we may look for a uglier than them all; and now, like series of quick changes where
the helmet is concerned.
Mr. Harris:-Subject to my A Word on Coolles. friend delivering his statement A correspondent writos in the of defence, or such particulars as following strain :—“Your Notes would be a statement of defence, and Comments' column fulfils a want it to be mulera pod that very necessary function in veati- you don't go into matters outside lating public grievances and in advancing sensible suggestions. the pleadings.!
I would suggest that you spare a little space from it to call atten- the wretched physical tion to condition of many coolies of the Colony and aho, to the filthy "arb which some of them BesUINO,
Mr. Looker :-I think you can |bo satisfied, I shall not,
The case was eventually fixed for Monday week, the particular of defence to be delivered on Monday and mutual discovery ordered.
THE MAGISTRATE AND
THE HAWKER.
A Question of Age and Conduct,
A Chinese bont with ago up peared before Mr. Melbourne, at the Pelice Court, this morning, charged with hawking books,
without a liconce.
"What is his age"? acked the magistrato.
Ye-turday I hnd oeepsion to hire public rickshaw for a short ride, and as luck would have it the only vehicle in sight was Jono drawn by an ill-clad, emaciat. od specimen of humanity more fit for the hospital than the strool Jon Bush n.broiling hot day. It was positively painful to see the pour wretch jogging along, hard- y able to drag one foot after the Luther. I understand all these coolies are licensed. Onnnot some sort of standard of physical fit- ness be imposed on them? And one uniformity and decency in dress would also be welcome." We thoroughly agree with the tougot Our corespondent's complaint, hope his written words will come under the notice of the
On Tuesday the 30th inst. thomodoro Eyres, Hon. Mr. Claus. Hore, Mr. F. Austin, Mr. 1. A. Y.M.O.A. tounis club are having Severn, Hon. Mr. C. Clemonti wore Biden, Mr. G. H. Plate. a moonlight picnic. The launch prosent. The platform was de- corated with palms, while some That something is wrong with the municipal administ will leave Police Pier, Kowloon, tion of this good city of Victoria is manifest from the at 8 pm and Blake Pier a quarter powerful fans added much to the Piano number of complaints which reach the office of the of an hour latter.
Mr. Donman Fullor showed to happy elvico in his solection of a *Telegraph from time to time-complaints from people of varions nationalities and social grades; from total strangers to the The Calcutta branch of the chorus for the rendering of the Song Oyale "Windflowers"
A. Scinorvall pluce, and from old and influential residents. We have always Standard Oil Co, luve, we hear, two items from Elgar's "Scones
Mr. Schofio 11, Miæ. Qousins, Dr. sought to give to each of those its due weight, and have published, a further order from the East In from the Bavarian Highlands", and
"Silent Night", by Barnby AM. Labb, Dr. Selufiold, R. N. [dian'. Railway Company for the withhold or commented upon such adverse expressions of opinion supply of 10,000 imperial gallons very good balance was obtain At the Pinuo: Mr. Douma according as we deemed them fair and ju-tifiablo or the reverse. of mineral oil for the Locomotive which was shown to equal effest | Faller,
in the more robust." The Danco" Quartot. Twist me a crown of We have novel proposed to throw open our columns to parish-pump Department
and in the tonder' passages of windflowers. politics, to the exclusion of mattor more interesting and useful;
At the instance of the Sanitary Bernby's composition.
Quartet: High ovor the novertheless so long na it is impossible to tako a half-hour's walk or
Board, three stall-owners wero Very fow will deny the claim bio ikers, ride through Hongkong without having coulirmatory evidence brought before Mr. Melbourne, that the artisto of the evening was Sprano Sole. The wind has thrust upon us as to tho abuson, great or trilling, to which our at the Polies Court this morning. Mrs. Schofield, who gave a good such a rainy sound.
Quartet. Hopo is like a hure- correspondents and others have drawn attention, so long shall wo charged with causing an obstruc-hint of what was to come later, in consider it our right and 'our duty to urge upon these responsible tion in Grahnin Street, The first the cycle of four songs written by bell.
man was discharged, the second Mr. Denman Fuller. These songs Soprano and Baritono: Duet. the desirability of aiming at better things. We may add that we fined $2 and the third $5. remarkably fine in themselves, Two doves on the self-game are encouraged thereto by tho successful results which some of our
One of a Gang.
were treated by the soloist in a branch.. A member of a gang of pick-manner worthy of the highest Quartet. grumbles in the past havo schioyed.
Music, when soft pockets from Shek Tong Shui commendation. They fully de-voiros die. Wo do not venture to draw up a list of prevalent abuses; our was sent to gaol for six monthserved the applause given by the Soprano Solo and Quintet. space is too valuable; but we may well quote just a few leads. To be- and given four hours stocks by audience.
When a mounting skyluk sings. gin with, there isthooternal coolie trouble; the fact that Europeans are Mr. E. A. Irving, at the Police Mr. G. Vermeij gave an admir- Quartet. Going to bed.
Seventy-five," was the raply His Worship"But did to no bliged to walk in the roadway to the ond that the great unwashed, Court, this morning,
able violin rondering of Warner's Baritone Solo and Quartet, tell the police he was thirty-six" whether Ioafers and idlers or bearers of cumbersome, uncleanly and after he had takon a silver watch item "Danse Russo." We do not
The defendant was caught
Invocation " and as a second Windly nights,
Quartet. All round the house (laughter.) malodorons burdens, may monopolise the pavements. Again, there and $1.40 from a min. He had remember, hearing Mr. Von ij is to jọt black night,
ship" is the over present likelihood of a foot-passenger's being deluged ripped the pocket with a knife. before, though this is not his first)
His Worship: An old gentle proper autlurities. While every with the dirty water that falls in a cascade from the verandahs into In Course of Settlement.. appearance on the concert plai
man like The case in which S. A. Mari- form. Ho has undoubtedly esta- | the road; there is the fact, too, that certain parts of the Praya are un can, whose name line been pro-blished his position in the front
should set a good precaution seems to be taken to example to others. You must get he that the public, chairs and endurable by reason of the stench arising from the harbour; and no minent in the third party case rank of local instrumentalists, by
licence to hawk because you are ticks we are in sound condition, now defrauding the revenue, nobody appears to have thought stepa, so far as we ein gather, are ever taken to prevent the dirty procesding before the Chief Jus- fine execution and a delicate ap-
You are bound over in a personalfinets from the coolies who boar of requiring an equal degree of and the thoughtless from decorating tlio pavements with spittle and tice, sued Fateh Mohamed to préciation of light" and shade.
bond of $50 to come up for judg- fruit refuse. Apparently there is still no rule of the road in regard recover $103.25. was mentioned Mr. F. Austin was in fine volon
or pull them, to rickshaws or even motor-care. Further, Blke Pier-one of the before the Puisne Judge this in "The Pipes of Pan" (Elgari, This morning at the Marinement when called upon.' few spots in the Colony where seats oro provided-ia occupied the morning. Mr. Leo D'Almeda a song well suited to him. Court before Commander C. W.
The P. and 0, Company is-in- livelong day by Chinose idlers, so that Europeans who may wish to e Castro, appeared for the plain- When Mr. Faller played last in
· LOCAL SPORT.
deed unlucky these days. Fol- sit down for five minnies may not do so. Until a nombor of the tiff and applied for the case to be Shanghai he scored heavily with Beckwith, Shek fu, a fisherman,
lowing the disasters to the Delbi Legislative Council brought forcible argument to bear, the condition adjourned sine die re it was in Debussy's Reflections in the was charged with unlawfully
and the Oceana, news now comes of the spaces near the Law Courts and the Club was a disgrace to course of seitlement. The appli Water and last night he did asing his boat, in the waters of
of the stranding of the Perair, Hongkong. And to this might easily he added a score of other grie-cation was granted, wances which yield perfocily legitimate grounds for flissatisfaction.
The bowls prescuted to the Some people liold the belief that Tragedy on the Manchuria
Polios Club by the D. C. L. Com- shipping mishaps olways come in We are slow to criticise the notions of the police and the Lo Yung, able-bodied semen, magistrates, for no one is better aware than wo of the thousand and of the Manchuris, fell from the
pany for competition have been threes, and, unfortunately for itself, the P. and 0. Company one difficulties, wherewith their daily path in beset, Yet even oro-trees to the deck n July 3 intricate harmonies with which it The sergeant in charge said won by W. Stewari, who coosted knows that such bas recently been where these cu Lodinus of the King's peace are concorood, it appears at Manila, every bone in his body abounds, and to say that Mr. Fuller that ho told the defendant to take W. Withers in the final
To-morrow Civil Service mest to caso so far as they are cor.- to us that there is excess of zeal at one end of the rope accompanied being crushed by the fall The brought out the best from his out a license but he did not do by what we must call-for want of a better word--slacknose at the sailor was scraping paint off the instrument is to pay but a small co.
the Police ia a Langue game on cerned. It is gratifying, however, other. The majority of the above-named annoyances could be mast, and in some way lost his tribute to the fine artistry le dia A line of $5 was imposed, but the former's ground, while Row-to learn that there are no harroir
ing stories to be recorded on this speedily ended by them by dint of a little patience and perseverance old nad fell, striking the railing, played. Chopin's "Study in G the defendant chose to do the alloon are at home to Talkoo. occasion From the message tu We would deplore as readily as anyone the existence of one low for then fulling into the witor, whore Flat", the "One aiuto study tornativeone month's hard labou
band it appears that it in a sinis the European and another for the native; we readily admit that his body was recovered stor by mido a very good second item, At the instance of PC.Dyke 121 Peking's Energetic Newspaper-plo. case of stranding, without there are not a few white people in this Colony who could learn the crew of the slip was which was also very well ren-Leung Woon, a carga host women.
was charged with anchoring Quite a short time ago there danger to the passengerer many a lesson in industry, politeness and sobriety from the Chinese: 50 years of age, and has adorody at the same time however, we cannot too strongly, deprecate any policy wife living in Kowloon, to Somervell's song orcle "Wind within 100 yards of low, w ter were only six papera published serious damage to the boat. Not a the leas, the Company, will lo of over tolerance that might give the Asiatic populace the mistaken whom his body will be ent, it Flowers" se mi to create quite a maric in a prohibited place-en 1 in Poking, now there are twenty- idea that the British Government foara to offend it. . At least let having been embale for the Peter Pan atmosphere from during prohibited hours you' fentice be done, even though the heavens fall,
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equally well with the same piece. The work is one in which variety of tone may be obtaine and plossingeffcatsobtained in th
MARINE COURT:
A Fisherman's Neglect.
the colony at Yeung Shu-wan, without having a licence from the Harbour Master.
Defendant pleaded guilty.....
the effect being day” dhe vita fine) $10,
Defendunt:"No, your Wor-und
you
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