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PATENT MEDICINE CASE

Further Hearing This Afternoon. ང་ཚད་ནི་

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

THE OPERA SEASON.

Last Night's Double Bill,

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Ouse again the Theatre Royal was crowded to its limite last

EXTRA

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915,

COMPANY REPORT.

Limited.

1,500 Mortgage Debentures 18 per cent) at $500 sch Less One held by

This afternoon, in the Police night, when the Italian Opera The Hongkong Hotel Company the Company Court, Mr. J. R. Wood continued | Company presented a double the hearing of the case in which bill — Maccagni's "Cavalleria a Chinese was charged with re- | Rusticano" and Leoncavallo's ceiving quantities of “Vivimben," "Paglioci." Among those pro- a patent medicine, knowing it to sent were His Excellency the have been stolen from Heuer, Governor, Lady May and the A. 8. Watson and Co."

The iou. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.0, instructed by Mr. M J. D. Stephens, prosecuted, and Mr. FO. Jenkin, instracted by Mr. Dennys, of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley, defended.

The report of the Board of Directors, to be presented at the ordinier meeting of shareholders, to be held at the Company's Hotel, at noon, on Saturday, the 27th February, is as follows:-

Tho Directors bɔg to submit their report for the half year ended 31st December, 1914. ||

Accouute! The profit on Working Account amounted to $40,015.01 as compared with $79,682.76 for the corresponding decrease period of 1913, being a of $39,687.75.

The Profit and Loss Account,

Miseos May. Both operas were magnificenil, handled, and the Company certainly added to ise reputation from the manner of their presentation. Hongkong ha seldom if ever been treated to aoh a fine combination of power Mr. APA Nobbs said he hadful noting and melodious music. taken stock of the new stock on "Cavalleria Bastionna" was February 3, and sinos opening first staged, and it can at oner shas stook there was a deficiency be said that the Company brought of 22.34 dozen. He had original out to this fail all the passion ly issued 156 dozen and on Feb-and tragedy which is character- ruary 3 he had 45.3-4 dozsa, istio of this operatic wheresa ho should have had melodrams. Hlle. Turpal-including the sum of $49,385.53 68+ dozen. Oa Lebruary 2. lombai, who usde such a fine brought forward from 30th June, Charlie Chua Asked

him impression on the Company's 1914, shows a credit balance of for an interview. This was grant-opening night, had the park of 888,064.34, which the Directors od and Chan made a statement.. the luckless village girl, Santuzza, recommend should be apportion-

The case was proceeding as we ad she played it with greased as follows:- went to press.

force and kill. Her siaging w. To pay a dividend of exquisitely beautiful, and in no

$3.60 per share on anuber was abe more successful

20,000 Shares than in her touching romanas

To write of Karniturs. in which she poured out her

and Fixtapes Ap sad history to the sympathstic

count Mamma Luois. The latter charac-To write of Steam

Launch

ITALIAN CONVENT CONCERT,

A Good Sum for the Belgian Refugees,

We are requested by the Or- ganising Committee of the con cert as the Italian Convent, in sid of Lady Lagard's Belgian Refugees' Fund; to state that a sum of $840.00 Las besa handed to the Mother Superior, by whom the money was forwarded to Lids May, with a request to transmit it to the Belgian Consul, who had kindly offered to remit the amount to its destination.

ter

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$50,000.00

Sandry Creditor... Unclaimed Divid

nia Hongkong & Shang har Banking Cor "poration(Carnat

"Account} Reserve Fand as per Reserve Tand bor

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.aid while deceased was eating

dang Robbery Charge Fattr.

VOLUNTEER OF DERS.

Corps Orders issued to-day by

|his rice, the prisonet and the deceased quarrelled, the prisoner 130,000.00

stating that some one hail, stoler,

500,00

his things, and the prisoner, apparently, took the sccusation sa applying to him. Decessad M jor D. Meodonald atate

·749,500.00

used bad language towards the Private Addresses and cle #31;196.71 Tang Fat, Lo Fak and Cheung prisoner and then the blind man phone Numbers-0. O Jom

Bz-fat were arraigned on an in-board a noise of something being panies and Sections are requested 3,019.50 dieiment, before Mr. Justice Gom-struck. He spoke to the prisoner, to send lists of these, corrected to perte, in the Second Court, this who answered him. The prisoner ste, to Handguar eru an anon s morning, with armed robbery at and she witness both started off possible. Hoang Bhek Man, Mira Bay. to the police station, and in The prisoners pleaded not consequence of a statement made

Officers Training Lecture: guilty, and were undefended. by them, the police went to the Turday, 6:10 pm. at Headquare Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Crown house and found the deceased-LoL Col. Moberly, D.4.0. Drom Puttios (with shorts or Solicitor, prosecuted. The jury lying in a pool of blond on the was empanelled as follow:-fluor, unconscious. He was TS trousofa) are to be worn at all Kesurs, Cnarles Daniel Sullivan, moved to the GovernmentTM Civil | parade. A Henjamin Wong-Tape, C. Hatt, Hospital, but died the same even.

Roser, Reid, but scharen Par

0,824.3

648,975.78

Repaire ad Re nowals se par above Statement 11,629.24 Balance of Profit and Loss - Balance from Lasa

"Report Profit for Half Year

to date

ASSETS.

Value of Propertion

an per leat A/s $2,203,045.42 Plas Addisione

1 and Alterations.... 2,997.90 $2,212,043.32

Parade-Parades for Friday,

Weal, Urderly Sergeam, Sorgt, Damil-Uruerly Officer, Lieut.

Dallook. Tu urinu Quard tow gut, Civu Service Company; ivw, Right Sențion Tal, U. Uo.

LATEST SHIPPINGTM

NEWS.

A. Barrados and J. Stalker. at the police station, with tự - 19.n instant, mia. $42,285.53 The Grown Solicitor said this murder of the recessed and he was a case of gang robbery at replied that deceased was killed by 46,278,81 Heung. Shek Mun village, in the him. He bad nothing. more to say.

Sha-tag-kok district, some distance $88,604.34 from Cato Island, Mrs Bay. The Dr. Moore said there were four prisoners before the Court were wounds on the head, Docossed $2,544,209.97 | Eshermen, and the man whose died from fracture of the skull house was the scene of the robbery and laceration of the brain." The bery took place on January 28, late ed by the piece of piping pro- was also a - fisherman. The rob-injuries might have been infl ot

at night. Toe men who attacked duced. They must have been the occupants of the house really inflicted with considerable force. had been arrested. The house numbered foor, but thing only

Some amusement was caused contained two coupent Moby a question put by the prisoner Obiu-tong and his witch Tas men to the blind man. Prienner arked broke into the house and stole if it were not true that the woman various articles of jewellery. He who was about to give evidenc did not think the jury would was a sweetheart of the witness. bave any doubt B6

to the Witness said," No, she only robbery having been committed, lived in the same house." Forniture and Fixtures, eto..but the point before them "As per last Aco aut $130,419.30 was as to whether those three men, or any of them, ware con- Written off as per

last Report

20,000.00 carned in the robbery, because the evidence really was not very $116.419.30 strong with regard to identificat- 3,477 67 ion of those men, except that they

10,000,00

1,000,00

(The Company's

properties were valued by Masare.

27,664.34

Palmer and

Torner on 23rd

$83,684.31

August, 1913,

Properties. The Company'e properties were valued by Meser, Palmer and Turner on August

3rd, 1013, at $2,314,215.00.

Shares. The market value of ho shares held by the Cmpany un 31st Deo, 1014, was §9,501,00.

Director Mr. "F. Maitland stires by rotation, bat offers him- self for re-election.

was interpreted by Mile. † Morganti, who also treated the fo carry forward to

New Account -- audience to some remarkably füs solo work. In the role of Lula, Mile. Vivoni acted and eang with rare grace and charm, while M. Suamazzi as Alfio, she team ofer, Acured one of the greatest successes of the evening. His mazaifiuens biritone voies soon won him warm plave in the heart. of the audience, and his other work was marked by a fias con caption of what was required of The Committee desire to thank the part. M. Artino, as Turiddu, Lady May for her kind interest in a heavy work to do, and he did the concert and the following it worthily and well. His serenade for assistance rendered;-Then the opening and liter his newspapers, for advertising the spirited and merry drinking song concert free of charge; Mr. J. P. were sung with great fervuar aqu Braga, forsupplying tres circulars, finek. A word hould also be beautiful chorus tickols, programmes etc; the said of the Committee of the Club Lusitano work of the villagers, and of the for the loan of bentwood chairs; support given by the orchestra. and the Hongkong Electric Co. Finely done us us the first, for installing two dozen temporary the Company even excelled it in lamps without charging therefor, the interpretation of "Pagliacoi."

This urama within a drama was To the community who so gener. ously secunded the Committee's really wonderfully prefented, efforts by their patronage, we from the prologue right up to the are requested to express the Om-grim and tragic climax. Mile. Vi 'mittee's best thanks.

They wish farther to gratefully acknowledge the following band. some donations:-Men. Ho Fook $100; Mra. Ho Wing, $50; Mrs. Ho la, $20; Mes, to Kuong, 820; and Mrs. S. Li Hp, $10.

CRICKET.

AL

The following team will rapre- sent the Civil Servants in their match against the Hongkong Cricket Ulab

vooi was entrusted with the part of Nedda, and it is no straining o fact to say that she scored a mont bruliant success. M. Artinɔ ap peared as Canio, the jealous and

vengeful master of the troups of sirolling players. He sang an acted in a manner whica Beyond repruaou, and made L great impression" on his hearer

Wat

the great Lument of Pagliace. and in the tragic aria in whiCL he described how he muat paint his face and make merry for the public while he is turn und die on Saturday, reded with feelings of jealousy. 20th instant, at 2 o'clock:—

"As "tue oluwn, M. Boumuzz. Messrs. RE. O. Bird, Hon. Mr. Book tb honours of tin

0. Severo, G. R. Sayer, O. D. evening. In the famous Prologue, Martyn, F. Sutton, F. J. de Home,in bie ques with Nevus and sai B. D. Evans, R. U. Witouell, H.hrungh bis acting, he reache O. Barlow, P. T. Lamble and A. great ne ghts of brillianes, M. 0. Brawn.

Faduvani, us the young village lover of Nedda, sang very awesily in dust and solo, while àl. Barou-. tini, as Harlequin, did splendid work:

-SUN YAT-SEN.

An Unlikely Story,

To-night "Rigoletto" is to be played, and the public will be glau longing its stay and will present to hear that the Company is pro many new operas nezi WOUK,

Prize Day. Lady May is to distribute the

According to Manila papers, a message which has been received in Washington from Tokyo saya that Dr. Sun Yat-sen hag boon pardoned by the Chinese govern ment. Dr. Sun Yat-zen has been prizes at the Peak Satool to living in Japan since the failure of the revolt of which he was a leader to overthrow the present government.

It is believed, says the report, that the Peking Government was moved to grant immunity to Dr. Sun Yat-sen in an endeavour to unite the various factions in the republic

morrow.".

· Auction Sales, Mr. G. P. Lammert bau two auction calea to-morrow, In the morning, at 11a.m., house- hold furniture will be sold at the Officers' Mess, 40th Pathans, and at 2.30 p.m. the big sale of obins and curios takes place at the sales

Audit. The accounts have. been audited by Messrs. A. R. Messrs. A. R. Lowe and A. O'D Lowe, O̟.A., and A. O'D Goarlin, Gourdia offer themselves for re- election.

FRANCIS MAITLAND,

Chairman. Hongkong, 10th February, 1914. Profit and Loss Account. To Bad and Doubt-

ful Debts"

Orown Rant

13

M

Rates

"

FOR $ 1,113.46 518.88 2010:05:205.76.

Fire Insurance Interest

Directors' Fees

11

'"

Auditors' Pres

Balance as per

$2,314,215.00).

Since. Added

Installation of Electric Light, Machinery, Plant,

etc.:

As per last Ac.

Dount... Hotel's Steam Launöhand Motor Boat

As per last Ao-

count

Written off as per

last Report...

5,010.41 Shares in Public 20,209 90 Companies:-

2,833,32 A per last Ao-

400.00 ooont...

(Maket. Value at

Balance Sudei 88,884.34 31 Deo., 1914,

By Balance from

.11

$124,044 05 8tock of Linen,

$9,501.00)

Crockery, Glass

ware Wines,

30th June, 1014 & 42,585.53 Provisions, etc...

Kents of Shops and "Hotel Maa- Bious"

414

perip fres

Bad Debts re covered... Balsuo of Work ing "Account

*1

.Exchange

To

41,070.00 45.00

Linen, Crockery, Glassware, eto: (in use) Licencen attached

to 1915 200.48 Sundry Debture de

Fixed Deposit at. the Hongkong

The woman, on being called, said she was 81 years of age.

'MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

Bydacy did., left Mania for this port on The E. & A. ST. ALBANS from Wednesday at 5 pm, and may be expected. ed to arrive here un daturday at daylight. ano P.M. nu. MANCHURIA arvad at Dan Fond. On peutuazz 15. 2003

Tha. P. Ms. KOREA mailed from Yakeliama on fouraoay, February 18, vin- Mamia, for mengkong. TaN İMALİN "DAYS Prisoner was fun 1 guilty.

been treinferred to Lam KG. AWA MARU The Attorney General said that the N... Line, which is scheduled to though the police had no corrosive at lunsong on February 28. were well known to the inmates horation, prisoner himself admitt 119,890.97 of the house and the villagers, ed having served a sentence of

t

New Singapore Colonial Chaplain.

The man would tell them that three years for manslaughter. he knew the robbers very well in the Straite. The police had and that those three prisoners not been. able to verify were three of them, Mo's wife The way the police heard of it apparently said she was not was, they were told the prisoner" 3,330.68 able to leaognise them or did had spoken of it in the village. not remember who they were The prisoner was asked on to the or what they were like. Evidence Correctness of this, and aeizaru sa atonist Unaplein of would be called to prove that the admitted it,

Prisoner pow villagers living close by also saw $24,895 50 the prisoners, and when the allegation.

depied the

alarm was given and the robbera The Attorney General said he 1,895.50 escaped in bost, they tried to would not like to lay much stress

catch them in other boate, bar on it 23,000.00 failed. Others would be called

Prisoner said he haI no farther

The resignation of Archdesoon

Sagapore in to ante from Novem. Dor 1, 1914, mud tus kay, F. G. Swinded was Daou appointed as from tuas date.

Rubber Director's Estate.

Mr. William Arthur Pothick,

to say the prisoners were the robbers. Two of the men were questione, he would obey what biged 52, of Bentham - Honas, armed and two carried torches, Lordship said. 4,37131 the usual paraphernalis of rubbere

in those Villages.

The prisoners were found not gailty and discharged.

Manslaughter Case.

Purton, Wilts, a director of the Bakap Rubior Plantatione," Ltd.," passing and of ine Waverley nubter and wasroduce Estased of Java, Lid, left"

Bia Lordship in sentence said prieguer.

a very fortunate man that he was - Umnetled property of ine value of tried for manslaughter and not £35,918,

At the Criminal Banetons, this murder. According to his ow morning, before Sir Willism Bees statement, he had inflicted the

40,191.23 Davies, Chief Justice, Cheung most deadly wounds on tue decess

40,015.01 308:03

Shanghai Bank-

$124,044 05

ing Corporation Ca-hat Hand

J. H. TAGGART,

Acting Secretary.

F. MAITLAND.

Reserve Fund for Repairs rod

Renowals.” Payments on account, doring the Second Half year 1914

to Balance as per Balance Sheet.....

By Balance from 30th June, 1014 By Amount trans-

ferred from Fri fit and Loss Da recommended in. last Report

132.57

ELLIS KADOORIE. Directors.

You was charged with the man-ed with a very dangerous impl.- slaughter of Mei Cheung-fu, atment, and if he had been convicted the wounding, but the reason 9,717,12 Kowloon City, on January 18, by on the more serious charge, heque gave for having done that sof battering him with a gas pipe, would have been sentenced was one which would reduce his The prisoner, who was unde to death. However be closed as to a matter of very much les 45,980,73fended, pleaded not guilty. the man's death in a ward-gravity than if it had been done The jurors were:Mesare. G. J. |ly manner, and for some very wah in eni to tub. Therefore Sequeira, U. M. S queira, A. Drumpery diferente between as the Attorney General) Geo, I. Hool, A. G. Suffiad, F. them. He would not take lalu con- felt

bound to #procesa 75,000.00 Rapp and E. Sargon.

-iderationst all the suggestiouthải) with the 6 st countin 740.04 Toe Hon. Attorney General, he had already undergone thien ruer lupus fun facts běloru addressing the jury, said that yeare imprisonment, be, woulu | them, as they were knowa aud. $2,544,200.97 there were degrees of manslaugh- deal, with him entirely for the underskud by the Cluwa. The tar, soms bordering on marder, offence with which he was now Crown alleged that the wounding. and others, at the other end of charged. The sentence of the was committed wun intout EU TOD, $8,491.39

the eosle, but little removed from Court would be that he be im-sud not merely in the heat of accidents. The penalty for the prisoned for seven years, with passion, whion the prisoner said 11,029,24 Auditors' Report-We report

was what happened, owing to the crime varied, of course, with saob hard labour as he would be

wumbu Telusing to return to that we have examined the the degree, but the jury considered able to undergo. 20,120 63 Accounts of the Hongkong Hotel were not concerned with

him some money which he id Company, Limited, with the Books, either the degree or the penalty,

he ta given her to keep for him. Vouchers and Sicurities of the mall they had to do was to find

He had and he bunght the 5,120.63 Company for the Year ending out whether the crime was com- Before Sir William Resule when she refased to return. 31st December, 1914. Wo have mitted or not, and, if committed, Davies, Chan Sham was charged the Süü which was hư, and, the obtained all the information and by whom. In shia particular case with armed robbery and woned-Aitorusy Goastal obærrad, thus, explanations we have 'required, it appeared to the Urown to being at Taumati, bis allegen welt proved that there and, in our opinion, the above not a very serious cane, from the victim being Wong Simen. was premeditation, 15,000:00 Balance Sheet is properly drawn ↑ point of view of oriminality. The The prisoner pleaded guilt to won uut dous in the heat of up so as to exhibit a trae and prisoner lived at Kowloon City, the charge of wounding only. Lasion. A person in a passion 20,120.63 correct view of the state of the next door to a blind man and The Attorney General Mould

probability kayo, Company's affairs according to the deceased, both beggars. In the said he could only dires, used something otuse at hund- bist of our information and the ag- afternoon of January 16, the blind the attention of the jury to but not have gone uus and part planations given us and so shown man was cooking his ries and the the nature of the wounds. chussa a kuife with thes

the oh act of by the Books of the Company, dassssed was eating his, sitting The prisoner was charged on using it on a person the nex Hongkong, 10th February, 1915, on the bid. The blind man said two counts,

The fires being night. was practically blind, having ass AR. LOWE 041

"with" intent to rob, and, the case was proceeding as we AO'D GOURDER Auditora

one per cent, of sight, Be riso secondly, wounding. He admit- went to preSO.

Balance Sheet. LIABILITIES,

Capital:

20,000 Shares at

850 osch fully paid up

**$1,000,000,00

Alleged Armed Robbrey,

that 16",