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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1915.

OLD BROWN SHERRY.

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|Hongkong Mortar Again.

The Chinese gentleman who, for the second time, has been con victed of using inferior morter should think himself exceedingly

lucky at being let off with so small

remarked that he did not propose

will the Government establish a

East fixed strength of mortar which will

DAY BY DAY.

ALL NATURE WEARS ONE UNI- VERBAL GRIN,--Fielding.

rain.

The Weather.

At the Peak 8 a m. Temp. Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. rain.

The Malls.

NOTES ON THE CRISIS. MINISTERING CHIL-

THE WEST AND SERBIAN

FRONTS.

The Allles' Good Understanding. Next to the fine and solid fight- 52;ing dono in all parts of the more tban Europe-wide battlefield, the point upon which the Allies can mont heartily congratulate them- solves is their unanimity. And

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DREN'S LEAGUE.

Successful Function at Government House.

French Hoil. Dae to-day por this is a bigger matter than may he complexion of an Exchange

B.V. Awa Maru -

were

well

JOTTINGS BY THE WAY.

Bir Oriolton Browne tells us that Great Britain was saved by har sanitation. Before our Sanitary Board starts to throw a chest, it had balter reflect that Hongkong is only a part of the British Em gire-not of Great Britain,

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Connoiseurs, who are partial to

a fiue as $150. The magistrate rich sherry as an after dinner drink,

to inflict an exemplary penalty because the authorities had not wine! a above in the find

preased for it." One can hardly will

Government House assumed

B Since men who are being paid. absolutely to their taste. It is of did the PW. De notre

D. press 9.8. Polynesian.

seem at first sight, for the ene on Saturday afternoon when in

for "voluntary" work aro being trade as lands in need of any answer.

the matter? The question hardly For Baigon, Straits, Burma Cay-thing that the Germans can the grounds the Ministering anything up to ten dollars a day lon, Adelaide Western Aus- do with a fair amount of eff: Children's League sale of work thanked for their services, we do the kind known to the

When this same individual was tralia, India, Aden, Egypt livences is anything in the was hold. The proceeds of the not understand why the public. that before the magistrates on a form- and Europe. Closed to-day lying line. Had they need as jealo, which must be quite good, should not feel grateful to every EAST INDIA SHERRY

er occasion, we pointed out that,

per 8.8. Cordillere.

mach energy and bardibond in go not only to the League but to other man in the Colony who has The faithfully performed a very ra sherry that became by its own showing, our P.W.D's Shanghai, North China, Japan fighting as they have employed numerous war charities. is to say a

arranged munerative task. Bosing that our standard of mortar was itself

Victoria, B. C. Seattle and in spreading lies broadcast, they stalls the United Kingdom vis might be a far more formidable and esger stall holders assisted educated comp, does not only the famous on account of the large nothing to boast about; and this

Canada. Closed to-day per enemy than they have hitherto the would-be purchaser to besome work for which he is paid but also explains a good deal. What the Hongkong public would very

proved. False war news, falso acquainted with their contents.

A very great deal for which we quantities shipped to the East Interally like to know is: When For Japan Henolala, United Famonra sa to peace-making (se- Then to prevent anyone reflecting have no intention of paying him, States, South America and parate and otherwise) well on how many purchases he had he also might figure on the thanks

"Mummers "made Canada and the United thought-out lies se to misunder-made, the

sheet. dies in the days of the Old

Kingdom. Will close to standings and jealousies between themselves pleasingly, and one India Company.

morrow at 11 s.m. per 6.8. the Allied countries-these are might add soothingly busy, aud By the same token, ha has been & very creditable indeed an educated comp. this Dairen Karu.

Germany's main weapons; and contributed

though she Europe via Siberia will clumsily

bas concert.

week. "Telephonio" he calmly Those officiating at the stalle converted into "telepathio"-and closs to-morrow at 3 p.m. need them at times, there per 8.9. Liangshow.

have been other times when were:-

we didn't even know that he had Share Market News-Opening

Official Quotations. North Chinas. Tls. 170.

buyera ex div. Douglas's $89), Bales. Hongkong C. and M. S. S. Co.

19 buyers.

Combd. $158, s. Indo

80 д. Deferred Chizas.

68 b. Preferred Providents.-$10, sellers. Obina Bugara-$180, nom. China Borneo's.-$10, bayera. Light and Powers, -84.85,

sellers.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., contractors might be the most

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

BIRTH.

HANSEN-On October 25, 1915, at 87 Broadway, Shanghai,

Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hansen, a son.

DEATH.

to

CALDWELL-At the Peak Hospital on 1st November George Arthur Caldwell, Age, 55 Secretary- Hongkong and Whamp:a Dock Co., Ltd,

MARRIAGES.

FRANKLIN-WITSCHI.-On October 23, at H. B. M.'s Consulate General and afterwards at St. Joseph's Church, by the Rev. Father Bornand, Alfred Edwin, third son of Captain and Mrs. Franklin, of Portsmouths, England, to Ida Clara, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Witschi, of Shanghal.

BUNGEY-LIGHT.-On October 23, 1915, at H. M. Consulate- General, before Sir Everard Fraser, K.O.M.G., and afterwards at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, by the Rev. W. H. Price, William Slade Bungey, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerr Bungey, of Titchfield, England, to Mabel Kate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Light, of Gillingham, Dorset.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER J, 1915.

THE MAGISTRATES' ORDINANCE.

satisfy a practical and disinterest- ad surveyor? From the childlike faith which our authorities have hitherto reposed in them, Chinese For conscientious souls alive. Socing that human life depends largely on the solidity of baildings, it is aurely not too much to ask of the suthorities that something a little better than mud shall be used for holding bricks together. The amount of jerry-building that goes on here is a disgrace to any British Colony, and we have yet to learn that the Government is doing all in its power to remedy the evil.

His Majesty's Mishap.

The

war

has

Cements. $10,80, Lom. Wharves.$78), nom. Daoke.-887), nom. Hongkong Hotels.

buyers. Ewo's $165 buyers: Hongkong Cottona.-

Bellore.

$109,

$31,

Kang Yike. Tle. 14, buyers. Dairy Farme.-$324, collere. Electrics-844, buyers. Ropes.-834), buyere. Steam Laundries.

buyor. Tramways.-$5), salee. Langkate. Tls. 38), buyers. "Up to the Minuts. No change.

The Dollar,

The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is 1/10 1/10.

To-morrow's Anniversaries.

Theft of a Blanket.

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it required extremes of diploma- Tea Stall.-Mrs. Butlin, Mrs. ever heard the word; he gave us tia akill to sweep them aside. Ormiston, Mrs. Pumpbrett, Mra-"pretty officer" for "pelty officer " But now even she must see that Pemberton, Mra. Craddock and (and then rounded off his delia- her immense corps of paid men- other ladies.

quencies by talking about a ten dacity-mongere baa laboured, and

Ice Stall. Mrs. Matheson, stone fifteen man. Meanwhile Kowloon Siall--Mre. Aitken, his fellow graduate employed by must labour, in vain. There is complete trast and complete un- Mesdames Gibb, Blair, Pope, a contemporary is asking for derstanding among all the Allies, Green, McGill, Gerard, Gannwell "mokes for soldiers." He'll find and the relations between them White, Robinson, Miss Gill, Vior them all right, in this Colony. and the neutral nations are all let and May Meadows, Gladys that they should be. Nor is this Ramsay, Connie Martin, Kizin

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Says Mr. Herbert Samuel: latter point a trifling one. At Lukhmanoff, A. and B., Blair,"Beating Germans is of more the beginning of war, Sweden was Marjory Aitken, O. Martin, F. importance than the efficiency of the Post Office." In the estima- notoriously hostile to Russia, Nesve, P. and D. Moore.

Victoria Stall Mrs. Pierosy tion of the Hongkong postal America to Britain, and Holland to France and Britain both; and and Miss Phoebe May, with Mes-authorities, so are a score of other Germany siretobed every sinew dames King, Coleman, B. Harker, things, it would seem.

The French.

accompanied by

viable set-backs, is

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While one is probably quite safe in saying that no one would be more annoyed than King George

of herself in an effort to increase Dies, MoLean, Gibson, Hazeland, himself at andas prominence

each hostility: The Allies have Paine, Pierpomt, Tuxford, Wal- An American paper

describes being given to an accident which is indeed, trivial when compared

Misson Yoan Shin-k'si as a “Celestial fought a straight fight, abiding ker, Warren, Young, all the while by the law of nations; Girling, Roser, Silas, Witchell, Master Politician". A little more with what the war has brought to thousands of his brava fighting

of that kind of "dope", and Gor Germany has rolled and wallowed Wallace, Musso and Elamil'on.

The Peak Stall,Mrs Churchill, men, it is pleasing to note that

many will be declaring war or 39.40, in the filthiest actions that her

highly cultis mind could Mra. Pampbratt, Mre. Denison, China and America.

Our con the incident has called forth, in every quarter of the world a dis-

conceive of, has broken the law at Miss Hind, Mrs Worcester, Mra, temporary should know that ther every point; and the result is that, Jackmen, Mrs. Morton Smith Mra is but one Celestial Maste play of affectionate and loyal solicitude as to His Majesty's phy

to-day, the world's fooling is en Chapman, Miss Smith, Madame Politician. sical well being. The King is too

LeCable. tirely against her.

There seems to us somethin essentially British, and too much

Military Stall.-Mrs. O'Bars The fine progress which

Mesdames Black, Stonyer, Even unsympathetic and uncompl a sportsman, to welcome any

the French continue to make, den, Milner Jones, Carrie, Cooper mentary about the Shangh 1 fuss w

over an accident to him.

appre Hant, Robertson, Bourebier, Ray Times setting ap such a headlin self, whether revers or trifling, The new Bill introduced into the Legislative Council at Thura- and is hardly likely to be vory

giving nolds, Harris, Misses Mackenzie, as "Ten Thousand Armenia the enemy moro than aver Robertson, Stonyer and Lammori. Atrocities Drowned.” In any ca day's meeting, which suggests the amending of the Magistrates' thankful to those of the Home

to think about. Germany con Lieute. Duguid and Kennedy, Ordinance of 1890, oomes as a welcome sequel to many expressions papera that will go in for " featur-

it'e a most sweeping assertion, an of dissatisfaction from all quarters at the existing state of thing.ing" the affair. At the same time

Naval Stall. Mrs. Moxon there's no good comes of spenkir tinues to throw away her am- No one can have watched the course of police court proceedings in one is well aware that occurring,

munition in bombardments that Brown and Mrs. Platt, assisted by ill of the dead. are absolutely insane in their Mra. Hoskyn, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Hongkong without at times fesling that magistrates aro bedged about as it did, at a time when the King in a ecore of ways by the most absurd limitations. Many a cassa taking a very active interest

If only these dog-muzzling fin To-morrow is All Souls' Day violence and all that they have Taylor, Mrs. Anderson, and Mies

go on a little longer, the Colon goes to add to the work of the judges at the Sessions which might in what most closely concerns the and also the 160th anniversary of to sbow for their prodigality is a Vera Crees. quite easily be disposed of at the magistracy, while, in many another Empire at the present moment the birth of Queen Marie An- the French. Will the Kaiser never Dions May, Hastings and Le will be no question of a war to farther list of steady advances by Sweet Stall.-Mieses Iris and revenue will swell so that the instance, wherein the magistrate has settled things summarily, the mishap is all the more likely toinette.

that battles lasra calprit has been let off with a fine or a term of imprisonment grote to add to his well-deserved

Cruelty to Pigeons. quely out of proportion to the offence.

We trust that the fact of Toy Stall-Miss M. Loureiro, popularity.

Mr. Hazeland, at the Police won by moricing wholesale Cause Five of the now Ordinance proposes to raise the

brought out in hira those Court, this morning, fined a Chi- the lives of his own men? He Mrs. Bowley, Mro. Jordan, Mrs. Roumanian ex-Minister's Da maximum fine to $250, in the case of indictable offences tried qualities-firmness, good sense, ness Revenue officer $10 for is wasting German blood like Lindsay Wcol, Madame Thomas being Jonesen will establish summarily, while Clauso Six will give

evil precedent among the w magistrate power in all

to show for it. This last bombard-

Belilios School. Mre, Tatober, known family of Jones, wh cases to impose a fine instead of imprisonment. We quite realise and modest willingnces to consult cruelty to pigeons by tying them water and has nothing whatever and Mrs. M. C. Owen.

kis subjects on what concerns up by their wings. that there have bean times in the history of the Colony when it thom which were characteristic

ment and infantry charge against

St. Stopben's Girls School-singularity of spelling is e cerned. Some dreadful thiz would have been less than wise to give large powers to magistrates, of his distinguished father, and A Chinois charged at the Police the French-what has it all re Misa Griffin. because their dinozolion was not to be relied upon; but, given the which the nation bad, as it were, Court, this morning, with stealingsulted in? "The Germans once |

Diocesan Girls' School-Misa bave happened before now smo right men and this, fortunately, is the case nowadays-it is ridic to take on trust in his present a blanket from the ss. Empresa more suffered defeat, and waves Ferguson, Miss Crossley Miss the Smiths and the Browns. alous to keep their punishing powers on a markedly lower level than Majesty until it got to know him, of Russia, was sentenced to six of attackers were decimated b our Allen, Miss Poon Why, Miss M. those enjoyed by stipendiarios at Home. Needless to say, the To-day it does know him and weeke imprisonment and four fire along the whole front." And Ohon, Mien K. Goardin.

again: criminal circumstances of this. Colony are peculiar, and there are a loves and honoura him according hours' stocks.

"The Germans were

Fon Oi Stall-The Misses Woo, thousand reasons why a magistrate should be frea to punish solely byly, and his millions of subjects Mr. J. Clark Appolated completely repaleod and left a

Parcel St-St. Stephen's fining or aclely by imprisoning, as may seem god to him at the time. throughout the world will very

Girls School. very large number of dead." But, as we have hinted a score of times, it is not merely in the heartily wish him a speedy re- The many friends in the Colony other interesting little matter in

War Trophy Stall,-Mrs Weill, reapente montioned that Hongkong law ories out for alteration. For

of Mr. Jaspar Clark, of the Stand-this morning's Paris commanique Mrs. Taxford, Miss Weill. years the Colony suffered through having a series of niagistrates and

ard Oil Company, who recently is that the masses whom the enemy Hoop-la Stall. Miss Wilkinson, jadgoa who, for reasons into which wo do not propose to enquire Hygiene and the War.

left for the front, will be vainly throw against the French Capt Back, Lts. Kennedy, Forbes, at the moment, proferred to administer light sentences. The Bir Crichton Browne's state- pleased to know that he has been wore composed mostly of troops B.N., and Hamilton and Mr. result is still with ne, visible in the extreme lightsessment as to the health and disease appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the recently returned from the Russian Layton.

This oartainly looks wherewith many of the Chinesa contians to regard British side of the war, while it is very Argyll Sutherland Highlanders. front."

50 cents Competition Stall- law. Thousands of times, for offences which, over the border, welcome rows to us Britishers, is

like a German viotory by October. Miss Dunbar, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs would carry the death penalty, men have escaped here with a smart little dig to the Germans Major John Gilderdale Jen- With their Emperor the Number Crapnell, Miss Stonyer, Barthe a trumpery fine or a short and not uncomfortable spell who have boasted throughout of pinge, 66th Panjabis, attached One liar of Europe, it is oly Jennings, Connie Stoneham, Flor-

Chinese who bohaved wif of imprisonment. Of late years theso soft-handed their wonderful scierce and have 6th Rogal Dublin Fusiliers natural that our Prussian friends ence Rodney, Ronald Bentley,

Shocklog Cruelty. metho la hava almoat disappeared, bat the impression afected to regard our own scientific (wounded and missing, believed should have but very little use for Lizzie Clarke, Winnie Meadows,

Sergeant Pitt, at the P Etill remains on the Dantengae

of the truth. mind that there is little men asaltogether behind the times dead), was the elder son

Dorothy Rassmas7,

Court, this morning, charg to dread in boing brought before a Hongkong magistrato in feet not worth considering General Sir Robert Jenninga,

Book Stail.-Mrs Grant Smith, Chinese with cruelty to pigeo All told, the Bulgarians would Mrs Macning, Mrs Martio, Kiss partly because this is the story that has been handed on from rogue to at all. The precautions taken K. O, B., Indian Army, and Lady

The officer said he saw the rogus, and partly because the best-intentioned magistraton can indius against disease by our authorities Jeuninge, of The Hermitage, East reem to have had quite a good ran Batty Hammond, Misses Dorothy fendant in Queen's Road Cen greater penalty than easy-going law permits, or bean proved, 64 various Bergholt. He was born in April, for their money, but they can and Helen Macgowen. There was carrying tour pigeons tied by I in for a stiffening of the law as applied to rolice stages of the war, to be splendidly 1876, and educated at Westward hardly expect the fun to go on for also a troop of Wolf Cabs from wings with grasant courta that the man in the street who knows

the effective, and, while sickness was Ho! College and Sandhurst. He an aclimited time. With seven the Peak,

Defendant was "jorking Chinese pleads. It is possible to cat down by a good half the amount rife among German and Austrian joined the Indian Army in 1897, soldiers to every five of the "Dik" Stall: Masters Jack, pigeons up and down of crime committed in the Colony if our lawmakers will but go the troops, it was kept at a minimum and was promoted captain in Serbians, and with practical Tom and Bob Churchill.

make them flatter with right way to work and will not stand in the light of those who ad-in our own camps-cuch evils as 1805 and major in August, 1914. ly the whole of the latter's Christmas Tree Mrs. H. A. wings." When defendant pa

kept buay by Lammert and Miss Shaw. minister the courts. We want heavier fines, and a very consider typhus and dysentery being Before the present war he had army

a ricksha coolie, he tried-s Bran Tab-Hiss Judah and him in the face with the pig. ably increased use of the "cat" if the native criminal is to be kept practically unknown. So fine aseen a good deal of active cor Austro-German invaders from the

Miss Morris, out of this Colony. There has been, we know, a sentimenti ides inrroord is truly marvellous in view vice. He was attached to the north, it would be queer if the

When the pigeons were rele the mind of the Government at times that "the local Chinese would of the difficulties to Queen's (Royal West Surray Re-Bulgarians could not go pretty

At the Gate-Sergte. Bowles at the Central Station they c not like" this or that or the other. We submit that, in the first sanitary arrangements and the giment) for his firet year, and was mach where they pleased. But

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The results of the Military the effect of the tying.net not got their wings down thre place, this is a British and not a Chinese Colony, and, in the second, disposing of the dead bodies with them on the North-West what about their own western that the local Chinese would not care twopence how severe the law of hordes Bad mea. It is Frontier Expedition, 1887-8, and frontier and their Mediterranean Stall Raffles were as follows

Dafondenteaid he did nåt I was on the criminal-the more severe the better, most of them would interesting, too, to read what Sir had the medal with clasp for and Bisok es cons We Baby Doll, winning ticket No. he had not to carry them i argue-for, in-shout five cases out of six, the law-breakers are in- Orichton Browne has to say of the Malakand, Bagaur, and Mohmand, lasting means have they of keep-11; No. 1' Black Silk Cushion, way. They were given to hi erlopers and not British subjects; and the Hongkong Chiness would go spirits of us. Tommies. He was appointed to the 34th ing out callers by bout whether winning ticket No. 111; No. 2 that way and he did mow the very much rather see them kopt out of this Calony. This, it coems Anyone who has ever watched the Pioneers during the Tirah Ex-st Dadengatoh or at Barbie Black Silk Dushion, winning Bis Worship (Mr.) Li to us, ia the main point which has too often been ignored by our leg progress of an epidemic of oholera pedition, and secured the clasp, is true that haplosa Serbia's toket No. 453; Kauva Silk said it was not a question

troubles are added to by ing chiedy for an alien population-most of them already gaol-birds to take the disease are almost 1900, and also took part in the the arrival in the north, of fresh 134, Holders of the above tickets ordinery, ales of huma and men who are not partionierly wanted in their own country invariably the cowards and the Waziristan operations in 1001-2. Bavarian and Austrian re-inforce are asked to kindly forward them difference between t except by the palice. With atch, the Hongkong Chinese, who are pessimists. Our men have gone He held a certificate as German menta; but it is more than pro- with their names and address heat wa proverbially law-abiding in the main, have nothing, and want to into hastle seeing the humorous interpreter. He fell twice wound-bable that, during the next week to Mrs. O'Hara at Headquarter other animal kindly have nothing, in common. Since, therefore, Hongkong is legislating side of things, and, in so doing, ed on August 8 while leading his or so, Bulgaria may learn enoegh House, to enable the articles to no better for other people criminale, it is not too much to sak that the man to the attack on Hill 70 at from Russia to make her wish be delivered.

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jucatly.

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