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THE HONGKONG TILEGRATH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER

1918.

SPECIAL CABLE

ILLICIT, ARMS TRAFFIC.

Shanghai Assassor': Sevare Strictures.

"THE ALSATIA OF ROGUES AND VAGABONDS,"

(From Our Own Correspondent).

*

Shanghai, December 2L

The British Assessor, in giving jadgüent in an arma case în which foreigners are alleged to be implicated, axið diereputatla foreign firms and individumia and disreparable Chinese are vying

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT“

NOTICE:

The Ofices of Chiness Marit ime Customs for Kowloon and District will be closed to pa blic business on Thursday, the 23rd December 1915, and on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd January. 1916

York Buildings.

E. GORDON LOWDER

Commissioner of Chiness

Customs. Hongkong. 20th December, 1915.

FRINCE OF WALES, FUND IN HONGKONG.

At a Meeting of the Committee

în an illicit arma traffic which is a festering sore in the body of the Prince of Wales' Fund held peline in China." Shanghai has become, he says, the Alastia off on the 16th December it was rogues and vagabonda, both naïive and foreign

-unanimously decided to close the Fund in Hongkong on the Mat December 1915,

N. J. STABR. Hon. Treasurer.

AN EXTRADITION CASE.

Alleged Kidnapping of a Family

of Nine.

An interesting extradition case was beard before Mr. H-zeland, at the Police Court this morning. when a Chinese, named Ho Fuk, appeared to answer why he abould not be handed over to the Kwangtong authoriti a on the ground of his having kidnapped nice per ona on August 23, 1915, at Wong Tai Kok, On La Village, Fi Ngo Shan, Shun Tak district, Kwangtung Province.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[The opinions expressed by the correspondents are not necess arily those of the Hongkong Telegraph."]

HONGKONG REFEREES To the Editor of the Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Sirs so interested spects or of a football match last Satur day, allow me to intrace apon Four valuable space.

footballer for £iteen years at I se, all five years ago a

Home.

I witnessed on Saturday a foot- ball match which I embequendy discovered to be between teams im St. Joseph's College and the

83rd Co. B.G.A

With regard to the players I

Mr. G. N. Orme, of the Crown Solicitor's Office, appear- ed for the Crown, and Mr. L. D'Almada represented the fugitive. Mr. Orime, in opening the case, 2 Government maid it was on warrant, and, with reference to the thing. Is strikes me that bet alleged crime, of kidnapping, cleres might be obtained came under Chinese jurisdiction. for League matches. A player from The charge against the fugitive St Joseph's fouled a ball and then was that he kidnapped nice netted it. The referee awarded a members of the Soo family gual. The player, a sport,” I on August 23, 1915. Oo shat presame, however let the referen know that he had fouled the ball day the members of the family went for a trip into the and the referee went back on his mountains for the purpose of re-decision sad gave a fool-kick. pairing their ancestral grave. They undertook the journey in junk by river and arrived at their destination all right. After the usual repairs had been executed,

On four occasions the there was the.customary marti- ment,

feree obstructed the ball, and they rutorped about 5 pm in the same

counted twelve foule sad ix of way. When they had proceeded sides which the referts did not for some way, they were attacked notice. by armed robbers of whom there

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Sinking Fand Account

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Rarenne Fire Branch -

15:6 "Life and Annuity

Branches -- · 2.141593 Manne Department 27.233 £71,940

£5,139,225

Oticar Receipts — ·

Brick making machine, con- crete batch mixer, took corner warehouse cranes, gas producer, rounding machine, portable were mir who were coming down which most distinctly were aut Vacuum cleaner, wire stitching the river in a sampan, and whoices. Bat, as he was at least machine, platform scale, armour- pointed pistola as the

30 yards away from the ball on ed hose, vertical drilling machine, family, some of whom jambed with occasions, what could he see, panel planing and thicknessing The Accuumlative Funds of the war- into the river. The others were poor fellow ?

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captured

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the junk. The

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Soos who were captured were Hongkong, December 21, 1915, taken into the country, being taken in different direc tions, and were kept in one place

for perhaps a fortnight when

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they were moved on somembére

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AGENTS,"

HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,

The Committee has decided that the following shall be the

that he had three witnesses belong- M-cars. Wright and Hornby Hongkong. 21st December, 1915. settlement days for the year 1916

ing to the family and they advise us that the Langkat catpai would say that the fugitive for the current month is se

the band follows ——

'WAS

amongst

of robbers. Finnily the other Dec 1

members of the family were ap- proached and received a demand for $20,000 for the release of the members of the family. It was alleged that the money was paid. over at a boarding house in Connaught Road Canton. The ermissary was the fugitive, and be took them into the country where two of the defendants were released.

His Worship And the other

Mr. Orme said he did not trace the adventures of these. H. understood that the two who had been released had been subjected to a consider- able amount of ill-treatment. After the $20,000 had been paid, the other membera were allowed to return.

KISEN KAISHA.

From SAN FRANCISCO, vis HONOLULU, JAPAN POETS

and SHANGHAI,

5. SHINYO MARU,“

Tons 152

TOYO

#

1384

151

150

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138

19

146

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8

149

22

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147

10

148

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152

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144

27

19

145

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20

142

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Total to 20th inst. 2,980.

Daily average 148.00

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An official of the Kwazgtong: Government identified the seal.

Mr.D'Almada-Le Lot General || Lung the Administrator of the Kwangtung Province 2-No; be of this seal ?-No.

You are not the officer in Charge is not He is in charge of military matters, he would not have soy power in extradition cases 7-Nu; he would not.

Does each Governor hare separate seal ?-Yes.

If another Governor is appoint is simply transferred. ed he will have another seal?-It

The Acting Civil Governor is the brother of General Lang and

For all you know it might be appointed by General Lung?s forged sexl?-It could not be No, the Acting Civil Governor forged seal because it has to pase

not appointed by General Lang, the Consul General. but by the Central Government. The case was adjourned.

The above named Steamer hav-

ing arrived, Consignees of cargo] are hereby notified to send in

their Bills of Lading for counter- signature, and to take immediate delivery of Cargo from alongside. Cargo, remaining undelivered on 22nd. Dec. at 5 pm, will be landed at Consignees" risk and expense, and delivery must then be taken from the Company's Go-- | down. Storaże charges will be as- zessed onall Goods remaining no- delivered on 27th December at

noon.

Friday: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday:

Wednesday,

Tuesday

Friday,

Tuesday,

Thursday,

Friday, Tuesday,

Friday.

By order of the Committee,

28th January, 28th February, 29th March,

27th April

30th May,

28th June,

28th July,

29th "Angust, 28th September. 27th October, 28th November, 22nd December.

EDWARD M. RAYMOND.

Hon. Secretary, HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE.

HONGKONG-NEW YORK.

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1

1

H

1

14

1

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No Fire Insurance whatever The s.s. EGREMONT CASTLE” will be effected.

No Claim will be recognised Steamer or Godown after the Goods have left the

about middle of February.

All chafed and damaged cargo will be landed into the Godowe,

It is intended to despatch the above steamer via Panama Canal, where they will be examined on but owners reserve the right of proceeding via any other route and all liberties as per Bill-of-Lading,

30th December at 10 ame

No Claim will be recognised

if filed afterthe 4th January 1916.

E. DOLA

Actg Agent Hongkong, 21st December, 1915

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