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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916.

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SOLE AGENTS;

Incidentals:

DAY BY DAY

QUIET TO QUICK BOSOMS 13 A

At the last meeting hat one of the Legislative Council a mort interesting retunen was laid on the table, showing how, during the HELD fourth quarter of 1915, exoses eIF] penditure on various sub-heads had been met by sxvings under heads of expenditure.

This showed that amounts totalling many thousands of dollars

for unforeseen disbursements and under-erimster-had been cover- ed in this manner, one of the largest items being for uni form. for the Special Police

E serve, the outlay on which could | not, of couse, have been anticip ated when the year's Estimates

were drawn up. The various sums are set out very clearly, and there is a column devoted to ex

pianations of the excess expendi tare. In most cases these explan ations provide all the information that is necessary, but there are four items for "incidental er-

The Weather. At the Peak Sam. Tamp. 44; clear. (1915, 55 clear.) clear. (1915, 63 clear.)

Lower level 8 sm. Temp. 53;

The Malls.

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American Canadian and D. K Haila-Closed per s.s. Nip

pon Maru, at 2 p.m. to-day.

Siberian Mail Closed par ss. Shantung at 3 pm today. Siberian Mail. Dae per sa

Anhui to-morrow.

The Dollar.

The rate of the dollar demand to-day is 1/11 31/6

To-morrow's anniversary.

HONGKONG ENGINEER'S

LETTER

From * Somewhere” at Son,”

A well-known Hongkong man, now carring an Engineer-Lieuten- ant on one of the King's ships, writes to a friend în the Colony as follows:

WESTWARD HO!*

THE MEN'S CLUB.

Musical Lecture at Union Charch Gulk.

A Splendid Entertainment Lest

Night

Owing to certain conditions which prevailed in Hongkong soon after the outbreak of the way it was found necessary to alone the Seaman's Institute which

*Songe and Ballade of the bad, prior to that time, been doing Here's sucther New Year West of England was the sub-a very beneficial and mech-appre round again, in which I wish you ject of a vary interesting lecture dated work among the naval men all happiness and prosperity... My two brothers are out of action by the Rev. J. Kirk Moonschte who were stationed in theek last night, charmingly illustrataŭ waters. After having been at present. T who is a second by a programme of songs and closed for over a year, this Insti lieutenantin the Royal Engineers, dusts interspersed in the course bate has now been re-opened and, was lifted by a ten-gallon drum of the remarks. The lecturer in connection with the same, full of high explosiva which was defined "The West as that a

Men's

hurled into his trench, and, after

Clab on about a month in hospital, area of England in which is made been formed, this opening on has now been six weeks at which entered deservedly into getting the naval and military the clotted or clouted cream February 8. With the object of Home, and is not yet it for duty- the Holy Friar's dreams of pars men in the Colony interested once

E. who enlisted in the Scottish

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To-morrow is the 45th anniver- Hare, is now in hospital si Cairo, dise. Although himself a foreigmore, it was decided to hold a penses." under different headings, wary of the entry of the Germanɛ/ and we have no further news of ter" and, as a Soot, inespable of concert, and this took place with totalling altogether some $800, into Paris.

him lately, but expect he's getting ppreciating a joke, he had had every success last evening. Thers on all right, BE. let me know even years happy residence in was a large attendance of men of that W. (a well-known German) ciste its cream, and hoped be who attended were Mrs. Lander

the delectable land, could appre-both Services and among those. "and the rest of his compatriots could appreciate its folk-song and the Miss Lander, Major

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd. concerning which the "explan

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Correspondents

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cublication, but as an evidence of their bona fides,

be as follows

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stion might have been losn cryptic. In each instance the remark is "More incidentals.”

Face Photos,~~

A Fong has sect as a number

forward their names and addresses with much is indicated in the Ing various finishes at the Bices. nader guard în Kowloon-good largely a deposit from earlier Mrs. Cooper Hant, Commander requested to observe rale which the course they are “incidental," of admirable photographs show- were all rounded up and safely also. The latter appeared to be General Yentris, the Rev. and job too. We are heving pro times of music much of Robinson, of the Empress of Asia, zommunications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for words, “incidental expenses."

per wild weather at present, bat But what one would like to know) Alleged Cruelty to Fowls.

and we are surprised that no to a pair of fowis, by carrying health of the Fleet has never been been driven to the more remote officers of the Shropshires

A Chinese, charged with cruelty it keeps the ship sweet, and the which had been common to the the Rev. W. L. Featherstone, the whole country, but which had Rev. Mr. Evartma, and several. member was sufficiently carious them whilst their wings were tied better since the war started. to make an enquiry on the point with string, was remanded by Mr.

"The recruiting in Scotland has regions by the suppression of the The programme, which was The rate of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will is what these incidentals were Wood as the Police Cours this been grasd-particularly in the strela and gleemen in the sustained by the Lyenan Enter

for. All of them are probably morning.

Highlands, the islands and the 18 years of Queen Elizabeth and tainment Club, was excellent in lezitimate expenses; but why

south and west; where whole ander the Commonwealth. The every respect, and the enjoyment could they not be fully explained,

villages have no longer any able-origin of folk-music is necessarily derived can be ganged from the bodied men left; and there have becure, and math heated con- fact that encores were frequent. been the conditions since early on bearing in mind that tunes Bacon, Gurne Carrell, RG.A., troversy would be avoided by The contributors were→→Mrg: The one black spot is the strikes, thought to be native to certain Gunner Mickie, PGA Gunner

Those but these will be cured.

districts, OF Sven countries, Stanton, RG.A., CQMS. Brere Syndicalists who lead the men

were of older common origin, tou. RG.A., Lancs-Carpl. Allen, stray should be shot. It has The writer who jumpe to the con- RE Sepper Richards, RE, been proved in France that man clusion that the Scotch "stale" Genner Grain, RG.A., Bd. of the French Syndicalists who "Auld Lang Syne because he Grifiths, RG.A., Sapper Sleggett, incited the big strikes before she heard it to different words in BE, and Sm. Gunter Knight. war were in German pay, and I'm Tavistock is as fat from the mark A special word suspicions of those in our country as the Scatatan who holds that is due to Mr Bacon, who, of praise the Thistle has been wronged in addition to: "I've been acting as Senior when one of his ballad tones to the

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the other items are? Perhaps in fature the point will be kept in mind when the return is being drawn up.

Absconding Shroffs.

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wilkinson. Among the visitors to the Colony at the present time, are Me, and Mrs. H. P. Wilkinson, who are staying at the Hongkong Hotel. Mr. Wilkinson is Crown Advocate at Shanghai.

Assaulting a Coolie Girl

A Chinese who was charged before Mr. Hazeland, at the Police Court this morning, with assault ing a coolie girl, was fined $10, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment.

That "Friend.”

also.

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contributing

programma

DOVAZEL

Shanghai, like Hongkong, is well-acquainted with that elusive gentleman, the absconding shroff, acd the Court there has recently seen fit to draw attention to a practice which, unfortunately, frequently follows his disappear-

A charge of stealing 10 tele of Engineering-Lieutenant here, but turns up in a German cpers. items, carried out the duties of ance. It is that, when soch & ma sugar was preferred against a had not such a strenuous time as Scotland and Ireland had been accompanist all the evening. The is guaranteed, the threat of ezimin Chinese who ens forth the old plea on the previous occasions, last fortunate in having had writers entertainment was brought to s al proceedings against the diffen- that it was given him by a friend. Spring; the Engineer Comma like: Barns and Tom Moore to close by a performance by the der is used as a means of forcing Sergeant Willa said defendant der was sick, but is now back to the guarantors to make good the was given every opportunity to duty...

give Tersen which are really Lyenun Minstrels, whose joker Are say special literature to the old melodies, and and songs were really excellent. amount, sad, when that has been find his "friend" but he had steps being taken to keep the the Welsh bal preserved many of The troupe was composed of the

any farther criminal been able to do so. Defendant Germans ont of Hongkong and theirs in their fine hymnclogy, following Sapper proceedings

dropped. was fined $5 or 11 days.

the China Coast trade after the In Devon and Cornwall, the old B. (Uncle Sam), Gr. Stanton, Richards, Often. too, after regotia

Shanghai Jaige's Visit. { war is over? This Conscription tione have proceeded for months,

tones, with very few exceptions, B.G.A., Br. Griffiths, B.G.A., Gr. Sir Havilland de Sansmares Bi'l that criminal proceedings are only and Indy de Siamarez have should be good news for the few aged and, unhappily, rather R.GA, Sm Gr. Knight, B.G.A is going through had been forgotton, sare by a Grain, RG.A., Gr. Gillespie, started as a last resort. On this arrived in the Colony from Stang Germans, as it will ensure despised veterans, latter point, the Court has hai, and are staying at the Hong- that we'll have enough men in them hereditary descendants, in Allen, RE, Lc-Cpl. Venner.

Bome of Gr. Morso, BGA LC-Cpl. published warnings in the Chin kong Hotel Sir Havilland, who the end to eat them. The good all probability, of the ese newspapers to the effect that is H. B. M's Judge at Shanghai, work still goes on, and Germany Saxon gleemen."

old Seeing the very fine premises. it will not consider complaints of will sit in a Fall Court at the steadily loses submarines and collectors had rescued many of men have here placed at their dis The real of and the conveniences which the this astare in the future where & Sapreme Court on Monday, when will lose the other ships when these, just when about to pass posal, there should be no lack of long space of time has elapsed three appeals are on the list for they do pat to sea.

The côject of this paper is to publish correct information, serce to done,

the truth and print the hers without fear or favour.

********RE*SAERBYAR* ..

Calle Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.

Telephone: No. 1 A.B.C., 5th editing. Western Union

Office address: 11, Ice House St.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916.

HIS EXCELLENCY'S SPEECH.

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False Passports.

"I expect it was one of the Germans who stole the British Bine Book on the declaraton of war from the reading room. remember that, when on the com

into oblivion, and many "really patronage. It is proposed to hold ne melodies had fortunately similar concerts about ones a been preserved. The words were month. nsually less valuable than the I

tuces, being often poor, frequent-

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between the commission of the hearing. offence and the laying of the complaint. 0: the general

His Excellency the Governor aspect of the question, it has been has given his assent, in the name pointed out that if a complainant and on behalf of His Majesty the tries to get his money returned to King, to the following Ordinance mittee, I tried hard to keep they coarse, and in need of editing UNTRUTHFUL LITIGANTS. The Governor'a statement yesterday before the Legislative tion can be raised, but it is dis- cil-Ordinance No. 2 of 1916-they are out now and should much earher in date than the Chief Justice's Strong Remarks

him in a legal manner, bo objec passed by the Legislative Coun- Germans out of the Institution: The words, however, were weldom or rewriting for modern use. Council, went to closely and analytically into the taxation question that it may be regarded, in some senses, as beyond comment. Hig/finetly otherwise when an induce- An Ordinance to prevent the use never be permixed to join agala, 19th Century, whereas the music Excellency has made the position perfectly clear and it may be email not be charged, or when on the Governor-in-Council power friends in and about Hongkong

ment is offered that the cffender of false passports, and to confer Please remember me

to all ammed up by saying that, as anticipated, there has been a beavy threats are made to get the money to order the interument of certain deficit on the year's accounts, that this deficit was substantially returned. The Chinese are up to suspected persons. increased by the expenses incurred in connection with the upkeep all manner of dodges on poista of the Hanghem prisonera camp, the removing of the aliens to Eke these, and the Hongkong Australia and their maintenance

taration of luxuries?

One of

Would Not Stop.

Stolen iron.

THE NAMUR'S CARGO.

London-142 rolls of matting,

of

Ballads used to find their way to Bees Davies) gave his judgment as generally much older. The Chiaf Justice (Sir William the West, as to other parts of the this morning in the case which country, in the popular song has been proceeding at the books, often without music and Supreme Court for some time there--and that it has to gathorities could do worse than by Lospector Sia, had formerly A Chinese, who, it was stated be made up. The Governor has provided for certain economies in makes mental reminder of the way been employed at the Old Cotton

as such are printed to this day. past in which Wong Sai-ying and In that region, they were sung another claimed the sum connection with the P. W.D., certain other savings are being effect ed by the fact that much of the policing of the Colony is now done which these practices are view-Mill, was, charged before Mr. The following cargo was ship-to tunes already in vogne and $4,000 from the Min Ohaa Shi ed in the Northern Bettlement. Hazeland at the Police Court, this red per P. and O. 8.8. Namur, different from those to which they alleged to have made from the for the most part entirely firm in connection with a loan voluntarily, and increases in revenue are looked for in connection with the sale of lands. By this adjusting of affairs the deficit is!

morning, with stealing four has from Hongkong on February were first wet and which were Wing Wa Kee firm to Kwong met to the extent of $235,000, bas $100,000 still remains to be

kets containing iron. "An Indian | 24:- Yesterday a Chinese, who was watchman said the man was going

ased in other parts of the country. Cheung-yuen. found. What ́more natural" than that it should be found by the accused of larceny, was discharg- through the gate when he was 35 bales of human hair, 100 bales The music as s whole was, there

Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by It is unfortunate very nofortunate that this taxation the case in hand said that "the hard labour was passed.

ed because the inspector who had stopped. Sentence of 14 days of waste silk, a chests of Persian, more characteristic of the Mr. Agassiz, was for the plain- West than were the words. Atifs, and Mr. F. G. Jenkin, could not be arranged without what amounts to

opiam, two packages of tes, one To Purchase Freedom. the gravest public scandals that has ever smudged the fame of complainant had gone into the

case cf old documents, two cases good example was found in the instructed by Mosers. Hastings this Colony. His Excellency's own words tell the story. "At the

country and would not stop It Inspector McDonald stated in of garments, nine cases of charts song "Sweet Nightingale," which and Hastings, appeared for the was only a trifling case." It is Mr. Wood's Court this morning, and books.

was known in drawing room defendants. laat meeting of the Council I had explained, behind closed doors¦not difficult to understand that in the case of a little Chinese girl! Gibraltar -One case of gill collections and can be traced to s

In giving his judgment, his the necessity of imposing certain taxation in the nature of increasing neither police nor magistrates who was charged with swaling Paice goods, nine cases of silk ballad opera by Da

Arne, Lardship said that that was one the duties upon alcoholic liquore. Well, somehow or other, the

dated 1760. Is Cornish set of the numerous cases in that intention to make this increase of daty has leaked out." We are not have time to go closely into trivial $100, with which she said she goods.

matters, C that left much choice over the making up of our minda as to how the leak-

instances wished to purchase her freedom Lyons-148 bales of raw silking, remarkably beautiful, in Court where the services of a are to be found all over the world from service, that complainant

itself, differa ing out occurred. Practically we have to assume either that proper herein

completely jury would have been of real Marseilles.-858 half cheats of from Arne's. It is interesting asistance in sifting the truth precautions for the avoidance of eaves-dropping at the building gives a person in charge and to her mother. The case against cases of feathers, 200 bales of

an aggrieved citizen had agreed to send the girl back tea, 87 packages inman hair, 16 in this connection to note tha from falsehood. The case was where the meetings are held are not taken, or elsea very much more afterwards finds that he has no the amah charged on the evidence bamboo split, 55 bales of raw silk the nightingale does not free one of fact and had been disagreeable alternative. However that may be, the result of the special desire to press the matter, of the girl, with receiving the aforesaid leak is a monetary loss to the Government, for there was & Bat there is another side to all this, stolen note, was not proceeded

Malta. Two cases of silk goods. torgsken them, it is said, because he would state very briefly the qusui Devon or Cornwall, having heard at portentious length, but rush to remove alcoholic liquors from bond," and "s large quantity when we come to deal with the with

Port Said.-One case of silk of the sweetness of the voices of conclusion at which he had arrived. of staff has been taken out which, after to-day, would have been sub- Chinese. To begin with, if a man is

gooda, two cases of bandages, the haman Inhabitants. In addi ject to the new duties."

100 cases of canned fruits.

After reviewing the main items tion to the song just mentioned, of evidence, his Lordship exid Saez-One case of silk gooda,Upon a Sunday Morning" and there had been a number of false "Lullabye" were sung by Mra. hoods on both sides. The defen- La Bretons Me BC dant was a very unsatisfactory Edgcumbe rendered "The Golden wineer and was admittedly Vanity,Widdecombe Fair guilty of falsehood in more than with Straw. The lectarer him- plaintiff evidence some of it and "A Cottage Wall Thatched one particular, but a great deal of

Singers" and "Jan's Courtship, strongest drubts in his mind and sed two delightful duets, "Cicely justified him in holding that they Sweet sod "Bins Muslin, were had not proved their case. He given by Man. Le Breton and Hr. must dismiss the action and give Wilkos Mr. Wilkes and Me. judgment for defendant Bond played the accompaniment

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accused of theft, whether the

Discharged.

LANGKAT OUTPUT.

Messrs. Wright and Hornby

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In the local excitement caused by a rise in the price of sicobol alleged (fender is a Chinese or a Police Court this morning, the 12 cases of dry ginger.

Before Mr. Hessiand, at the "it is possible that this viciation of the secrecy of an in camera debate white man, it is plainly the duty complainant in a case said he may be allowed to slide for the moment, but we feel sure that, be-of the Coars to enquire se fully sa was emplayed at the Dairy fore long, the matter will receive its due share of attention. Mean may be into the case-in the in- Farm, and kept his clothes in a while it must be said not that Hongkong is unfortunate in haring tercata both of justice and of the cow shed. He was going for its prices raised but that it is remarkably fortunate in not having man accused. In the second them the other night when he saw had thầm long ago raised very considerably more. Throughout the place, considering that bribery, defendant coming out of the wit-advise us that the Langkar out-self contributed "The Last of the entirely false had created the war period this Colony has been singularly favoured by Fate; it has blackmail and terrorism are fairly dow. It was dark at the time and put for the current month is a known no anxiety, comparatively little trade-depression (and even rife among the Chinese, is it well be struck slightand plainly saw follows that has been very largely on the swings and roundabouts principle to pass over, without due enquiry, defendant, who was formerly March 1

loss bare and gain there) and next to no inconvenience. It has been the fact that a complainant has employed at the farm. Inspector generous with its money but no more so than other of the King's decided, at the last moment, to Sullivan said the clothes fitted dominions—and infinitely less so than some. In a word, to all withdraw from the scene of complainant. Defendant was dis- intenta and purposes Hongkong has not falt the war, and it is no action?

charged. bad thing for it that it should be asked to do so.

Tons 176

Total to 1st inst.

Daily average

176

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