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The engagemens is, sonoanced of Mr. Fredrik Adelborg, of

Lower Perak, to Baroness

THE HONGKON TELEGRAPH MÖNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016,

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Elifabeth Gyllenstierna, daughter THAT'S WHERE THE

of Biron Carl Gyllenstierns and

Barones Malin Gyllenstierna, of Lundholm, Sweden, ne

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The Late Mr. H. R. Stewart IS PRE-EMINENT. The funeral took place at the

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Oid Cemetery, Tientsin, August 3 last, of Mr. Henry Boeke Stewart, Chief Engineer under the British Municipal Council, whose death occurred on the preceding day at Tongehan, Deceased was very well liked in Tentain, and was a fimiliar figurent Race meetings, at which he frequently rode. He was a member of the Mounted Damob. meat of the Volunteere, and was accorded a military funeral.

Kobé Municipal Loan. The contract for a Water Works loan smoarting to Y2,000,000 h's bren signed by the Mitsui Bank and Mr. Kashims, Mayor of Koba Hr. Secsiki, Assistant Mayor, reported particulars of the matter to the Municipal Assembly at a meeting held on July 27, The loan bears interest of 6 per cent. per annum and is to be redeemed after the expiration of -five geurs, at the rate of not less than Y50,000 and not more then T650,000 yearly, the whole load being repaid by the 28th fi c.1! year (1919). Of the total loan of T2,000,000, Y750,000 is to be raised next year. The proceed. will be devoted to the extension of the Water Works.

Sir Hugh_Clifford's Son. Lieutenant Bagh Gilbert Francis Clifford, Lincoln, Regiment, was the caly son of Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of the Gold Coast, and of his late wife Minas, daughter of Gilbert a Beckett, who died from a fall from her horse in North Borneo, and grandson of Major General the Hoa. Bir Henry Hugh Clifford, V.O., O.B. Born in 1897, he was educated at Downside Abbey, Wimbledon College, and Sandhurst. He pass ed into Sandhurst in August,

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Mr. Macaskie zaid if the pro- TRADE AFTER the War. unclaimed TELEGRAMS. sention could have proved the intention by the prisoner they could have charged him with it.

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In the Court of Criminal Appeal before Justices Darling, Bray, and Horridge, Albert Bright, convict od at Loods Assizga for illicitly "BI D. D.?

obtaining information that would Captain Bean, Official Press be useful to the enemy from em representative with the Australian ployees of Memes, Vickers (Limit

Delivering judgment, Mr. Forces in France, describing the ed), at Sheffield, appealed against Justice Darling maid the judge visit paid to the front by Mr. sentence of penal servitude for had a perfect right to consider Hughes, Prime Minister of the life passed on him.

the motives of the prisoner, Regarding the future of Ger- Commonwealth, sud the Hon. Mr. Macaskie, for the appellant, whether they were good or not; man foreign trade after the war, Andrew Fisher, relates that while ssid Bright was charged with at in order to award a lenient or Herr Philipp Heineken, general the two statesmen were looking tempting to obtain information severe sentence, according to the director of the North German down on tize steady ranks with regard to the manufacture of nature of the motive. Bat al-Lloyd Company, presses the massed around them, they were war material and being in posses- though that was eo, there were opinion that Gerasay can Awail recognised by a certain bum-ion of certain documents that certain things a judge could not the threatened commercial war orous, weather-beaten, . scar-would be useful to the enemy. do. He could not attribute to a' qaite calmly. red old faces'smiling up to them. Counsel added that the acons. ¦ prisoner a motive that had been

There must, he sya, be a great It was W. J. Johnston, formerly ed was not charged with having negatived by a jury. He could lack of knowledge and logic in fellow member with them in the an intention of communiosting not attribute to a prisoner that he economic affairs f the enemy Commonwealth Parliament, now this information to the enemy, was, in fact, guilty of something countries imagine that it would serving in the ranks in a certain which, after all, was an essential pot charged in the indictment, and be possible to culGermany of famous Gallipoli battalion. They part of a charge which would he must not assume a prisoner to permanently from er enormous made their way through the reuke warrant the passing of a sentence be guilty of statutory aggravation overseas imports whout at the to him, "Well, Bill," he said, of penal asrvitude for life. Hof an fence, which should be same time causing gat injury to St, addressing Mr. Hughes, have thought the judge was wrong in charged in the indictment." the exportingcountrie concerned.

J. M. BECK, they made you a Doctor of considering the man's motive at They thought Mr. Justice A manufacturer acustomed to

Superintendent. all when no intention was charged Avory could legally pass the sending bis gcode fome custom- Hongkong, 10th August, 1916. The Japanese in Honolulu,

sentence he had passed on prisoner would become bankrupt if

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Mr: Jastice Darling said he did er, but the Court thought the that customer suddely stopped

Harajuku Empress the Pacific Tales went ashore as not agree. He said he had often land had taken into considerabis order unles he had found #trikes the done so, sad bad passed a lighter tion matters which came within another customer fit. Just the

Kiugyuchiu c/o Taionchan visitor most strongly, he says, is sentence than he would otherwise the category of those that should came fate would theaten those Hotel, whi

Dolcione, Shimonesski. have passed when he thought the have been excluded, for he had countries exporting Germany the dominance of the Japanese.

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intent to assist the enemy. The not be easy to send those ener-Wingket Street, Shanghai. population of this island group. hensible.

offande was a grave one, but the mous exports for argany to Huoon, Shanghai. There are 90,000 of him, as Mr. Maciskie argued that the sentence would be reduced to one someotherland. No American Hongkong, 11th August, 1916. against 26,000 pure Hawaiians, contence was passed on the mis-of ten years' psasi servitudo.

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cotton, Californian Jaite, Bras ilian ocfee, which arnow exalus | ive in the German market would anffer severely if the condition continued in secords with the ed to-day. The British Colonies plan of our enemie into pesce in Africa, India, Australia, and times.

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In all the Kitchener memoriale of neutral countries boycotting jute, and traite, would suff-r just Indian desiring to leave the of the Pacific trade. Their ships Crown, said it was not right that published no mention seems to Germany, bas, foronely, it in as much as Germany herself. Colony should apply in writing have cut out the Americans, and a

bare been made of his Masonic not caly the neat countries man should be sentened to taken tetaporarily the place of death unless the jury had found connection. Yet he has held would deplore he loss of gestoe after the war would only Captain Superintendent of Police, 100s

A boycott of the German com- for permission to do so to the British vessels commandeered for direct traitorous malive on the craft. Strangely ensagu, though England herself, though her neutrale into the arms of Gername, nationality, 40, SOL

some of the highest officers the German markets.

have the effect of driving all the tended hour of departure, giving: at fasst 48 hours before the in- part of the accused after he had he has filled important offices in Colones, would be seriously many, who would naturally offer height and occupation of the been oberged with the intent, England, there are few Masons affectd. On the other des of the them but if it could be said that ho can give you the name of his Chamel they or to have terms.

specially advantageons applicant, and stating the name jadge could not consider & man's mother lodge. As a matter of forgeten already that Chamber-

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