1914-07-13 — Page 5

JOTTINGS BY THE WAY.

In the Shanghai Police Court last week the magistrate observed: "The assault is not a serious one, and it is rather to be regretted that the one has been brought into court. It would bave been more satisfactory had the parties come together outside.” Sure! Why it might all have been vleared up inside of a couple of rounds.

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From the Times Agony Column: "Confidential post re- quired by a nephew of a hasear: officer." With a hotty recom mendation like that at his back he ought to get a saug job under one or other of the Colonial Governments. There's nothing like sticking to real old aristocratic traditions.

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Saga-Japan-paper" Tho brirleand bridegroom stood facing the clergyman.' Such a do- parture from customary observ. ances is indeed to be regretted,

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A Peking journal beads of paragraph: "Boy seos apside down." That's nothing; so did our own boy, for at least a minute, the other morning, when he called us at 8.30 instead of 7,30,

The Time asks: What is whisky?" and simultaneously a local correspondent enquires why blackwood furniture leaves a red stain on the seats of "white pante. Our "Enquire Within" mua is away on sick leave; will some of our readers kindly reply?

"Six weeks for an umbrella,* says the Telegraph of July 8. If the offender was the disreputable gamp which we saw a pal sport- ing the other day, the sentence was Indioronely inadequate. At “the very least thatumbrella should have been recommended for de portation.

A contemporary assures us that a certain Chinese gentleman is o graduate of Queen's College, Hongkong. How many more ed- ucational establishments in the Colony are going to grant de- grees? Oar Number One com- positor looks as though he ought| to be a D. D. of Yarmati.

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'General' Booth at the Palace,' ie a headline that caught our eye the other day; and we were just wondering if he was also billed for the Tivoli and the Pavilion when we discovered that our contemporary meant Buckingham Palace. Then why didn't it my no?

A Shanghai shipping paper was evidently in a petulant mood

the other day, when it honded an

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1914,

SPECIAL CABLES.

(From Our Own Correspondent,)

EXPLOSION ON CHINESE GUNBOAT.

THIRTY-FIVE MIDSHIPMEN MBET THEIR DEATH.

Vessel was Bound for Canton with Government Notes.

Shanghai. Received July 13: A mysterious explosion, alleged to be a bomb, occurred in the midshipman's quarters over the magazine in the Chinese gunboat Tungohi on Saturday evening.

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Thirty-five Cantonese midshipmen were killed. Twenty-two of the bodies have been recovered. It will take daye to remove the wreckage.

A fire followed the explosion. The magazine was flooded most promptly, and the fire was subdued with aid "from the Kinngaon Arsonal.

The hull of the ship was not damage l'externally, but "the midshipmen's quarters and the schoolroom on the

main deck were blown up.

The only middy not killed was ashore at the time of the occurrence. The rest of the crew were Fukhionese, of whom a few were alightly injured, as well as some of the officere.

The Tungchi was" to leave for "Canton on Tuesday, carrying Government notes,

(Special Pacific Service to the "Telegraph "--Reuter.)

دیشمند

CHINESE ADMINISTRATION,

RAVISING THE MINISTRY SYSTEMS,

Peking. Received July 12, A lengthy Presidential manifesto revises the central official system of various Ministries.

It chiefly affects the Ministries of Communications, of Agriculture and of Commerce.

As regards the first, the Bureaux of Railways, Tele- graphs, Ponts, and Navigation will return to their former departmentg

This, together with changes in the personnel," in considered to be a deathblow to the so-called "Communics-, tions clique, which will probably change the whole" current of Poking politics.

CANTON AGITATORS.

ATTEMPT TO CREATE TROUBLE IN KWONGCHOWAN.

Poking. Received July 12.

As regards the gitation in Canton concerning the alleged imposition of "poll-tax" in Kwangchowan, the French Legation states that no poll-tax oxists hat that identification cards have been issued to business men and others for which the rich pay one dollar and the middle class fifty cents, the poor receiving them free. These identification cards are in the nature of registration.

The Kwangchowan people have inade no protest regarding them, but certain agitators in Canton occasionally misrepresent the matter, alleging that a grievanco exists.

article: Some good old China ADMITTED THE THEFT.

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clippers. We sympathise with

our contemporary; the Telegraph

also knows what it is to be olip- Watch and Chain Belonging to ped from without the formality

of acknowledgment.

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Miss May.

The case in which a Chinese was charged on Friday at the

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On the way he succeeded in smasbing the chair and on arrival at the Police Station was sent to: the hospital. The man has been certified as suffering from acute FOR

manis.

The case was remanded until next Wednesday for Sergeant Garrod to report on it.

Arrived To-day.

By the Katori Maru there arrived in the Colony to-day Mr.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

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(Taking cargo on Through Bills of Lading to Rangoon, Madras and Mauritius)

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Anderson comes from the well- For Freight or Passage, apply Hongkong & South China.

known Scottish musical firm of to Paterson and Company.

Fine of $roo

Arrived from Hanol. Mr. Guermeur, an advocate of The man who was charged Hanoi, and his wife have arrived recently with attempting to dump in the Colony and are staying at a dead body at Ma Ti in conjunc- the Hongkong Hotel. tion with another man not in custody, appeared on remand

Wood.

Inspector (Gerrard said that he

Penang bas instituted a coheme Police Court with being this morning before Mr. J. R. "which allows of those people unlawful possession of gold employing Indian watchmen necklet, the property of Sister E. having the man visited periodi-Kelsey of the Victoria Hospital, had been unable to find the other cally by the police." Well:

W88 again this morning

man, who had absconded leaving At the last bearing it was an-his wife, children and all bis

Penang need not get puffed up before Mr. J. R. Wood.

about it. Visiting of this descrip-

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

tion has been. common enough nounced that the defendant, bad property behind. The man whose in Hongkong this many a day. attempted to pawn a gold watch body was being dumped bad died THE The watchman at one of the and chain which was believed to of plague. Hotels here receives any number to the property of Lady May.

thirst for instance.

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Inspector McHardy informed

of such visits. After all, an Indian policeman is but human, the court to-day that the watch and therefore cannot hope to and chain had been found to be escape each fleshly illa as-a big the property of Miss May and

were valued at $50.

The defendant' admitted to Mr. Three cheers for the volunteers, Wood that he stole the articles, and may Rongkong never, be de- and after Inspector MoHardy had pendent on at any rate one of informed his Worship that the them about whom we heard a defendant had given the police yarn the other day. It appears every assistance. in recovering that this bold Eurosion warrier the stolen property, he was sent and his brother, who occupy a enced to six months' imprison- ground-floor bedroom, awoke one ment. night to find a bamboo with a hook at the end of it being

His Worship inflicted a fine of $100.

RAN AMOK.

Cook Who Assaulted Three.

People.

instructions from D. Wessels

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Consignees of Cargo from Lon- don ox, s.a. " Medoc."

Consignees of Cargo from ex 8.9. Ville de Constantine."

Undersigned has received Bordeaux Esq. to sell by Fublic Auction on WEDNESDAY,

the 16th July 1914, commono- ing at I am.at No. 3 Fair View: Kowloor.

A Quantity of Valuable House- hold Furniture. -

In connection with above Steamer are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored.at. their risks ir to the hazardous and or extra hazardous Godowns of Comprising:

the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf TEAK HATSTAND, tapestry & Godown Co., Ltd. at Kowloon covored DRAWING ROOM whence delivery may be obtained SUITE, TEAK SIDEBOARD, immediately after landing. EXTENSION DINING TABLE Optional Cargo will be forward- and CHAIES, DINNER WAG-ed on unless intimation is received This morning at the Police GON, OVERMANTEL, TEA from the Consignees before Court a Chinese was charged on TABLES, WRITING TABLE, NOON TO-DAY requesting it to five different counts with assault MARBLE CLOCK, BRASS be landed here. V ing three different people and WARE, LACE CURTAINS, Bills of Lading will be count with emashing a chair.

CARPETS, RUGS, DINNER ersigned by the Undorsigned. The story told by the police SERVICE, GLASS & CUTLERY Goods remaining unclaimed after was that the defendant, who was WARE, ICE CHESTS, etc., etc. the 20th July at Noon will be sub-

DOUBLE & SINGLE WARD-ject to rent and landing charges. Dr. Stedman's cook, ran amok, 08- ROBES, TOILET, TABLE, All claims must be sent in to thief, who stood in the roadway, Frederick Kennedy, a student saulted a brakesman on the Peak WASHSTAND, TOILET SET, me on or before the 23rd July 1914 preparing to fish for anything of 6, Robinson Road, has reported Tramway, bit an Indian police- IRON BEDSTEADS etc., oto, or they will not be recognized. the gore might send him. Was to the police that some person men through the hand and kicked megyeket

also there a men dismayed? We entered the first floor of his house another in the abdomen. Several One IRON SAFE. rather think there must have on the evening of the 12th. inst., Europeans who were near by went On view from Tuesday the 14th been two; for volunteer and non- through the bedroom window, for the man and overpowered him, July, volunteer both pulled the shoot and stole from the wardrobe $110 tied him up, put him into a chair, Catalogues will be issued over their heads and called lusti- in banknotes and a silver keyless and endeavoured to convey him

Terma: Cash on delivery.

GEO, PALAMMERT, ly for their mamma

watch valued $5.

to the Police Station at the Peak,

DNAuctioneer:

introduced through the bare of

their window by an enterprising

Student's Loss

All damaged packages will be examined on the 18th July at 10 ja,m.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

P. THOMAS,

Agent. Hongkong, 18th, July, 1914.

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