THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916,
SALE OF POISONS.
THE CANTON SITUATION
WAR LECTURE.
New Hongkong Regulations.
The River Quiet.
The following regulations havo
What is termed an ominous. been made by the Governor-in quiet reïgne all along the river Council under the Pharmacy and just now. One correspondent Poisons Ordinance, 1918:-
́enys that "there in hardly" a' 'soul; to be seen in the villages or fields." It shall be lawful for any person Even at Samthai and Shin Hing to have in his possession and 60 thero is a enticus absence of well by retail sulphuric acid, citric movement and excitement. You scid, hydrochloric acid and oxalic terday in the neighbourhood of sold provided that the box, bottle, Samahui two Obiness launches vessel, wrappar or cover in which were encountered towing four the poison is sold in distinctly jor k-; and each latch was fly. labelled in English and Chinese ing the Japanese flag forward. with the name of the article and
the word "Poison" and with the (From our own Correspondent) name and address of the seller.
Sala by
Auctioneers. – An |
Spurious Paper Notes.
Canton, Aug. 25.
Li Lich-Kwan.
Mr. Frederic Coleman at Government House.
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House was well filled last night on the occasion of the war lecture by Mr. Frederio Coleman in aid of was charities. The audience was thorughly representative one, and included a fair sprinkling of military officera sa well 18 2number of Government officials, His Excellency the Governor (Sir Henry May, K.C.M.G.), introduced the lecturer, speaking of his qualifications, from per- monal experience, to desỉ with the subject in band, and stating that | auctioneer holding an auctioneer's Detectives report there are his book "From Mons to Ypres licence may sell poisons by many people coming to Canton with French," should be read by suction either wholesale or retail bringing with them without a licence for a principal quantity of notes issued by Shum
a great every Britisher. entitled to sell under the Phar-Chan-huen with the command Coleman held
For Orar two hours, Mr. macy and Poisons Ordinance, that the merchants of Canton attention of
the undivided 1916, or any regulations med shall accept them at their face end his stories and experi- bia hearers, thereander either upon bis own value. General Lung hae accord-ences were made all the more premises or upon the premises of ingly ordered the police to keep realistic by the splendid series of the principal or in cases where careful watch for these notes in pictures, taken by himself se
at a poison are the property of all parts of the city. the Imperial or Colonial Govero-
official photographer to the lat ment or form part of the estate of
A message from Fa Yaen Die-Cavalry Division, which were a bankrupt or decessed person trict bearing date of the 23rd
thrown on the screen. The or are sold by order of Court or states that, since the news was into the time at his disposal, and [amount of incidert he orammed where in suy particular case on spread abroad that troops were the lucid manner in which he application made the Colonial coming to the relief of Canton, Secretary grants permission for Li Lieb kwan bas recalled all his sommarised the strategic such sale by auction.
troops formerly stationed in Fasime of the contending armies, The regulation made by the Yuen. He has placed them at stamped him as a lecturer of Governor-in-Council with re8biu Chow, near the Kwangui marked ability. Practically ference to the granting of licences border, to head off the relieving the whole of the discourse centred to wholesale dealers and suc- troops if possible and to protect and the historic allied counter- round the great German drive | tioneers on the 13th day of July, | the lands which he has overrUU. 1916, in rescinded and the follow- As soon as this news was brought stroke in the earliest days of the ing regulations are substituted to the attention of General Lung, war. He told, in mcat graphic
he immediately sent Commander sad forceful language, of many InsuranceCo.,Ltd. 1. The Captain Superintendent Tenng Fat to the place and fierce individual acts of bravery by of Police may grant to wholesale battle was fought, with numerous British officers and men, paid a dealers licences for the sale of causities on both sides.
most glowing tribute to the irre. any specified poisons on anob A telegram from Peking was pressible spirit of Tommy Atkins, conditions as he may think fit in alea received here on the 23rd even under the blackest conditions esch particolar case. Each ap-ordering Li Lieb-kwan to prcased imaginable, and showed bow plicant shall forward to the forthwith to Peking with all his miraculously the broken British Captain Superintendent of Police soldiers for the purpose of sub- Army was pieced together sgsin with bis application particulars duing the robbers in Mongolia.
and used with magnificent effect against von Kluck in his sweep of the nature or composition of Mok Shan Magistracy, the poison or preparation of poi. The magistrate of Hot Shan through northern France. The son to be sold, the purpose to appointed by General Lang was work of the French Army, too, which it is to be applied, the Mr. Choi Chung Ling. On the was praised in high terms, and nature and size of the packages pproach of the invading troops was referred to as and of the place of storage. The he fed with all the money he even to France bereelf. One point spplicant shall aleo furnish the could get together from the on which Mr. Coleman laid ape Captain Saperintendent of Police agistracy, Sham Chan-baen cial emphasis was the clean-cal with such farther or other parti. then appointed one Mr. Ng to individual superiority of the culare as be may require.
take the place. Recently he has British soldier over the German relieved Mr Ng and appointed a fighter, and le asserted that this
therefor:---
a revelation
2. No poisons in respect of Mr. Wong. Bat this action did would be one of the greatest which this licence is granted shall be sold by the licensee not meet with the approval of Mr. factors in winning the war for except to (8) another licensed Ng who refused to part with bis the Allies. wholesale dealer; (b) a registered Post to the new man. Now ICO seasoned with many a humorous pharmaceutical chemist; (c) a soldiers have been sent to the registered medical practitioner. him to Shiu Bing for trial.
place to anest Mr. Ng and bring
MOTOR BOAT afire.
The lecture was
touch, and many a tragic incident 100. It was full of interest all through, and will not soon be forgotten.
Memorial to Peking. The vercscalar papers report At the close, His Excellency that Geners! Lang has recently memorialised Peking to allow his expressed the thanks of those 42 companies of soldiers to re- present to the lecturer, whose masia in Cantor. They add that gracefal tribute to the British this request has been opposed by
"Tommy," said Sir Henry, was about thirty members, of the particularly appreciated, coming
an it did from a neutral. Serious. Accident on the West | National Assembly and that the
River.
President has refused it,
The Present Situation. Many people ara manguine that the arrival of the new Civil Gov-
An occasional correspondent ernor, which took place in the writes:-
morning of Thursday---not Wed- nesday se reported,may mark
At 2.30 am. on Thursday, the the beginning of the end of local motor, bost Kun Ho, belonging troubles. A telephone message
OFFICIAL NIGHTS,
The following table shows the
Date.
Eade. Begins,
to the Ewong Si Company, from Kuen Lan Hill to a friend andard time at which Official caught fire, at. Wachow, and is in Ɛai Kwan assorted positi-Night enda and begins daring the the panic that enaned, two pas-vely that the fighting was at an month of September, 1916- sengers. (Chinese) jamped over-end, but a few osunon shote ware board and were drowned. Three heard last night again. Let us of the engine room staff were hope they were merely salutes in Sept. 1st, 5.54 a m. 653 p.m. badly barat, the second engineer celebration of the settlement. so badly that he is not expected The two special envoys from to live.
Peking should be clothed with The Kan Ho is a new boat some authority, and it may be and was to leave Washow on her possible that the end is in sight. maiden trip to Nanning. She had [It is high time, if the government quite a good number of passen wishes to avoid foreign complica- gera on board. The fire appeare tions, for this unsettled state of to have been caused in the fol-alairs will certainly not be tolerat- lowing manner:Just before ed maoh longer. If there was any 2,80 the engineers went below to reasonable causus belli evident it give the engine s turn over, and would not be so bad, but the were foolishly carrying naked whole quarrel, seems to be utterly lights. The second engineer without foundation in reason. An casually placed his light on a tin outsider oan scarcely blame the containing gasoline, with the in-present General for trying to evitable result that several other defend himself from unauthorised tins caught light and a panio ontside invasion, but where is the arose. The crew threw the bur-outsider who is competent to ing tips overboard and thae caus-proseance upon the matter? ed a stir amongst the other ships. When the principale themselves Two tins passed between the sem not to have any rationel Ban Ui and Jardine's pai; for-idean na to the real cause, how tunately the men on the pai man-mag foreigners bope to under- aged to sink the tins before any stand it? We can only trust it is damage was done.----
very near an end and that this The bodies of both the drown- fair provincs may never again be ad men, were recovered during the sons of such mysterious
forenoon.
internecing conflict,
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LANGKAT OUTPUT.
Mesara. Benjamin and Potts advise us that the Langkat outpat is as follows:-
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2ad, 5.55
8,51
*
August 1
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3rd, 5.55 4 h, 5.56 5:h, 5.56 6th, 5,56
6.49
2
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126
8.48
11
3
120
6.48
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200
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6 48
5
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134
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8.47
11
134
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125
6.45
110
12
10th 5.57
6.44
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120
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11th, 5 57
6.43
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10
20
12th, 5,57
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115
8.42
11
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111
12
13th, 558
FJ9
6.41
30
12
...
130
17
14th, 5.58
6.40
18
13
125
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15th, 5.59
8.40
14
123
#
16th, 5,59
6.29
1
15*
109
17th, 5,59
8,38
18
12
10+
109
13
18th, 659
6.37
#
17
119
10th, 5.59
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8 35
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18
16
112
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20th, 8,0
8.35
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20
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101
4
2int, 6.0
8.34
5)
20
12
140
MA
108
22nd, 6,0
"
8.33
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23rd, 61
"
682
#
112
118
24th, 6.1
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8.31
23
103
114
11.
25th, 6.1
11
8.80
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120
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26th, 6.2 27th, 8.2
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6.29
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25
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124
8.28
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28th, 6.2
6.27
20th, 62
6.25
30th, 6.2
6.24
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Total to 25th inst. 5,013
Daily average
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EUROPE, COLOMBO and STRAITS.
THE Company's Steamship
"KITANO MARU,". having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Com- pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by markand de-, livery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods, will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary before Noon, To-day.
Goods not cleared by the 2nd September, 1916, will be subject
to rent.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and. the Col's representatives at an appointed bour on Tuesday & Friday, All claima ziert be prevented
| within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised. No claims will be admitted after the goods bave left the Godowns. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
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