SHARE MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Up To the Minute:
Donglases:
K'loon Docks.
b. $134.00. Indos (Def.) b. 128 00. ́Chins Sugars, as. $ 109.00. B.K. Wharves, b. 8 83.50. 128 50.
b. 8
S'hai Docks.
b. T
75.00.
Ewoo.
b. T
146.00.
Kung Yike
b. T
13.75
Cementă.
b. $
9.50.
»
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1916.
FATAL CRANE ACCIDENT.
Iaquest field this afternoon. - This afterzoon, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, an inquert was held on the body of a Chinese who some time ago was killed by the fall of a steel orane at the Kowloon Docks.
The following were the jury :- Mesere, W. Rasi, W. Druden and P. N. Xavier
Dr. Smalley gave evidence as to the injuries received by decese-
ed. He said that terrible injuries had been sustained. The osuse of death was shock, multiple in- SERVANTS QUARTERS.juries, and hemorrhage.
A fellow-employee of deceased's said when
had worked to a certain height it "Strangers" on School Prentises fell down, and deceased was fought by it and pinned to the
ground.
He also did the second, who really lived in Shanghai Street, The No. 1 oaolie had apparently
allowed the men to sleep there.
out.
and who had probably taxed them accident
the
crane
crane
no pod.
весоид
for
ная through the
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE WILHELMINA CASE. ATTACK ON SEAHAM
HARBOUR,
[The opinions expressed by the Claimants'. Counsel Commends correspondents are not necess
Lord Mersey's Findings. arily those of the Hongkong Telegraph"]
A CHURCH APPEAL
(To the Editor of the Hongkong
Telegraph.)
↓
Bad Shooting at Closs Range.
WAR GIFTS FROM
HONGKONG.
THE CANTON SITUATION:
A Promising Outlook.
At the present moment the position at Cinton show more. promise of a proper settlement
Tais month the Union Ohe ch Announcerreri that the case of
Ladies' Working party has sent u the Wilhelmins, an American ship
box of socks, shirts and cape to The following communique Mice Miller at the Highland Olear asised by the British in January, 1915, browse she carried a cargo was issued by the Field-Marshaling Station France; also a box than it has done since the trouble of foodstuffs for Germany, bad Commanding-in-Chief, Home containing two bundred pairs of began. As we stated on Saturday, socks and wixty shirts to British | Admiral Sah has arrived, and the been settled on the recommends.Forces, on July 121- tion of Lord Mersey, referee, by At 10.30 last night a German prisoners of war in Germany. people have every confidenos that Sir,The Trastose of the an award to the W. L, Green submarine appeared off the small The following letter has been he and the new Ciril Governor Nagsaki Episcopal Church, Commision Company, of St, undefended port of Seaham Har- received :- owing to the collapse of the roof Louis, of £78,400 and interest, bour. and the virtual destruction of the brought the following comment building on the 7th inst, find on July 15 from Arthur Gerald themselves confronted by a toak Hays, attorney for the claim of no little difficulty, vix, to re- build the Charch on the spot bellowed by half a century of
scred sarcolations,
the
J. TWIZELL WAWN,
Chairman.
A. E. HUTCHINSON,
Archdeacon.
R. F. INMAN,
E. R: 8, PARDON,
Nagasaki, August 18th, 1916.
ante:*****
She approached to within a few hundred yards of the town and then opened fire
Some 30 rounds of shrapnel was fired from a three inch gan: 20 rounds fell in the direction of Dalton-le-Dale and dozeu rounds fell in and about-Sesham Colliery,
T
8
2nd Scottish Horse,
July 10th. Dear Madam.I have to thank you hourtily again for the parcels of Shirts an 1 Socks which arrived all right yesterday.
You a faithfully,
(Signed) J. VANS AGNEW,
Victoria.
will flad little difficulty in placing matters on an orderly fooling. The Civil Governor liss, it is said, already made a most favourable impression on all who have come in contact with him; and the people particularly admire the simplicity of bis waya, in walking" | about the city almost unattended and in not setting up an expen- sive household for himself.
evidently regarded the evidence the shells commenced to ex-a two-part Charlie Chaplin to bio.
Bijou.
"The last chapter in the Wil helmina has now been written. The award in extremely eatisfac The building was erected in tory to the W. L. Green Com The first case of strangers In answer to Mr. Messer, 1882 by the Rev. O. M. Williams, mission Co. It covers the Ham- found to be occupying servants C.S.P., witness said it was the ofthe Protestant Episcopal Churchburg value of the cargo, together
A woman who was walking THE CINEMATOGRAPHS. Chu Fling-lan is dercting him- quarters to be brought before the jib of the crane which fell down of America (afterwards Bishop in with damages for detention. This through the colllery yard was
aelf to a very careful considera- Magistrate since the issuing of and killed decessed.
Tokyo), assisted by the fferings was socording to the terms of the seriously injured, and died this
tion of Long Chai-kwong's the Sanitary Board's wuroing was The engineer bo
million was of the Community and a denstion agreement of settlement, but the morning.
The Victoria Thestre, on Friday, demands. The three that in which "four mea were driving the cranes esid be from the British Government. amount to be awarded was full of One house was struck by a screened a war play of unusual dollare to which Lung laysclaim, charged before Mr. Bezelend, at had been employed.
shell. at the This last source being no longer doubt for various reasons.”
interest: "The Menace," which is out-of-pocket expenses, are the Police Court this morning, dooks for the past 16 years. available, and there being no The Government. admitted a No other casualties or damage not only staged and mounted in in the Chinese Bank on Shameso,
occurred. - with trespassing on Government Answering the C. P., witnem endowment or reserve funds, it liability of only £33,000, xe
the Film d'Art Company's beat but it is not yet decided that he property.
said that at the time of the socid remains to make a very earnest against about £80,000, which was
manner, but which unfolde a most will receive the whole of this Detective Sergeant Wills, of ant the fittings of the crane mare a appeal to the foreign
Shells Over a Mile Inland, com-ked. The reasons for this dif
strikingly ingenious plot. Taere amount. As soon as the negoti- Yaumati, stated that on Satur- little loose. The crane was over-munity who, we feel sure, ference were, according to Mr. Seaham Harbour, Jaly 12- was also a new Gasetes, equal in stions with General Lung are day he received a telephone mes hauled after the accident. Just appreciate the advantages afforded Hays:
Not one of the submarine's shelle point of quality to any of its pro- completed, Chu Hing-lan will eage from Mr. Irving, Director of before the crane was working up by presence in their First, the Government insisted fell in the town of Seaham itself, decessors, while two sets of special probably proceed to Shiu Hing to Education, to search the servants and down. Before the accident midst of regular Anglican that the cargo was not in good all going high ever the place und war photographs were valuable mest Luk Wing-ting, who may quarters at the Yamali Govern- two sheets of iron were brought Services. The amount required condition, and that the figures falling or bursting about mile additions to an excellent pro-returs with bim to Canton, Shum ment Schools to see if there were to him to lift with the crane. As for rebuilding, using the old of Hamburg values sub-and a half to the west, mostly in gramme. Another festurs was Chan-huen bas, it is asid, sur- strangers there. He did so and sou sahe set theengines working, walls, has been roughly estimated mitted by the claimants were fields.
Max Linder joins the Colours".
#rendered all authority to Lok found the four men charged, the jib fell down on deceased. at Yen 1,500. For an estimated grossly exaggerated. The Govern Seaham Colliery, a village near The new episodes of the Wing-ling, and continues to asleep. They all wimitted that The sccident occurred because new building at least Yen 4,000 ment therefore presented different Sesham, received several of the mystery" arial"
"The Black express himmell as only anxious they were not fokis employed the clutch worked down and came would be required.
figures, having obtained them shells. Two women, Mre, Mary Box" evoked mach admiration, to promote general harmony, there, and the first defendant said
We trust that many former from the British Consul at Slaughtery, of Hebbure-on-Tyne, To-night there is a special pro- The latest report se to Lang he was a boarder at the school,
Mr. William Bussell, Govern Nagasaki Residents, now living Rotterdam and from merchants and Mine Brown, daughter of the gramme, and the Band of the Obsi kwong'e fature...move meat Marine Sarveyor, said that elsewhere in Japan or in other there, wheress the claimante woman with whom Mrs. Slaugh. 18th Infantry will again be in ments is that be in summoned be inspected the
at parts of the world, who cherish gures had been provided by ter was staying, were walking attendance. The programme will to Peking. It is believed that a the docks after the accident grateful recollections of the German merchante. Lord Mersey to Miss Brown's house, when include The Sham Willse" and post in the North will be offered He found the jib lying on the Church, will readily rally to our Sergeant Wille also eaid that ground in a damaged condition, help in its restoration.
of the Germans as more reliable, plode. Mre. Slaughtery was picture. On Wednesday night At Sheklung all is quiet again." Mr. Irving did not wish to press then examined the levers and should be forwarded to Mr. R. British Government.
Subscriptione or
promises and decided this issue against the struck and severely injured, and, Dr. Rowe, the Mystery King will One rumour says that Tang Hang the case, an it was the first of it found that there was
after being medically attended, make bis first appearance,
has taken fright and has roa kind from that school.
ibility of the jib falling had the Jenkin (Bon. Sea, and Tress. Secondly, the British Govern was conveyed to Sunderland Id-accompanied by his clairvoyante away, leaving his troops to fend Mr. Hazelard remarked that clutch been put in gear before the Nagasaki Episcopal Church), 7, ment endeavoured to deduct firmary, where she died this partner.
for themselves. This, however, the real calprit was the man who
$7,000 or £8,000 for alleged im-morning. Miss Brown laid flat.
is denied by the Cainese, who bad allowed the men to go there a bad been lifted. The only Bund, Nagasaki. Way he could
port duties on the cargo, and in on the ground and escaped. At the Bijou Theatre the week sty that Tang has merely with support of this presented the The family of a miner had a end attraction is the new Ameri-drawn himself and his troops and a certain amount for the privilege. wrong lover baving been pulled.
dalies which were in existensa remarkable experience. A shell can serial: "Neal of the Navy",bas given up all notion of further Three defendants were fined The crane badly needed a good
before the war. On the other demolished a portion of their The story on which the pictures fighting. $5, or 14 days, the fourth overbialing. The teeth of the
band, evidence was submitted by back yard wall, drilled a hole are based bar appeared in Well-informed Chinese say that defendant, who was much younger ratchet were worn about a quarter
the claimants, obtained from clean through the kitchen will, serial form in varions of the Tang Hang's withdrawal was then the others, being discharged. of an inch.
Germany, that there were no flew across another room, and United Stated papers,
and dictated by no less a person than Mr. E. Ralphe, Inspector of
import duties at the time when alighted near the front door, but it makes
bid & big Mr. T. Neeve, Superintendent
for Sun Yat-sen. Sun, it appeare, hss Schools, was in Court during the Engineer at the Docks, said that
the Wilhelmine would have arriv-did no harms to any of the occu- popularity, In the instalments throughout been regarded as the bearing of the case.
alter the accident he examined NATIONAL RELIEF FUND. Jed. Again Lord Mersey found pants. Only Mrs, Mortinson, the shown on Saturday night, one of recognised if unofficial head of the working parts of the crane and
| against the Government.
miner's wife, was in the kitchen, the most striking features was a the movement in the-South, and A FOOLISH ACT, found nothing broken or damaged
Thirdly, the Government charg- and the shell missed her. The fine picture of the eruption of the confideros which certain re- with the exception of the jib. He
ed against the Hamborg values rest of the family were in bed in Mont Pelee. Lovers of sensation. Tolutionary leaders till feel in In the case of a man who was examined the clutches and found
some £16,000 for deterioration in an apper room...
s pictures should certainly pay a bim seems to be boundless. It cbaiged before Mr. Hızaland, at them free and in working order,
the cargo.
This deterioration
Tisit to the Bijou while this was, we are informed, at bia the Hagistracy to-day, with as- He also examined the paw, and
was due to damage soorning Five Minutes' Bombardment. popular film is being shown,
orders that Chu Chup-rum-the through heavy weather on the
Palisade. sault, it appeared that, from the ratchet; he did not ere anything
At the inquest on Mrs. Mary
man whose troops captured Kong- sotions of defendant, s naaty in the working part of the crane We have received from the Hon. [707age across, for it must be re-Blaghtery, it was stated she was The Palisade at Kowloon is not moon and Fatehan-left: Tang accident might have cocurred, to which be could attribute the the Colonial Secretary copies membered that the Wilhelmina the wife of John Slaughtery, a only maintaining but is vastly in Elang in charge, and proceeded The complainant rae mafuo to accident. He was of opinion that of three reports on the administra-ammoel went down, and damage blacksmith, of 107, Victoria-road, creasing its popularity, and very to Shanghai to join Sud. Tang'a Mr. Kyaoch, of the Water Pamp-the driver made mistake in tion of the Prince of Wales' resulting from the cargo re Hebbure.
large numbers of people from both orders are now to pay off and dia ing Scation, Yaumati. On Satur- operating the crane. He had National Relief Fund, for periods meining on board the Wilhe Jennie Brown, a cousin of Mra, sides of the Harbout have visited b⋅nd his army and to follow his day Mr. Kynoch's son was out evidently pulled the clatoh out ending respectively on March 31,mina while she lay in an Slangbtery, said that they ware it during the weekend. The friend Ona to Shanghai.
Tuere is news from_Peking to riling on a horse in Kanea Street, of gear whilst the paw was out of 1915, September 30, 1915, and England port. Extended repairs preceeding through the Saham pictures shown are of a good class, the complainant walking by the gear.
March 31st, 1916. The last-named were required which took many Colliery yard; when they heard and the sesting accommodation the effect that the Progressive side. The defendant struck the Witneses added that since the states that the total contributions months. It was the contention terrific explosion. They turned in particularly autisfactory. Satur People's parties have amalgamat❤ horse so that it was only with accident he had renewed the received up to that date amount of the British Government that round in the direction from which day night's programme included ed. Sun Yat-sen's influence is diffèalty held in and stopped ratohet.
ed to £5,548,345. In addition, even if the vessel had not been the scand came (towards the sex) the 4th and 5th episodes of "The reported as being very litong a certain section of the from bolting. Complainant re- Mr. Messer: The inference the sum of £177,289 bas been detained, there would have been and saw lights whing in the Black Box", a three-part dramatic with primanded the man, who then being that the ratchet was not in received in respect of interest deterioration would have occur stumbled and fell, and when the some good comics, and s fine ses even claimed that he ein control the same delay, and the same distance shorewards, Witaces fla:"Comedy and Tragedy", Central Government, and it is strack him, knocking him into good order?
earned on the balance of the Fond she side channel of the street, Witness: I did not think it was temporarily invested; and, ont of
red.
regained her fest she found her of war pictures: "Kitchener's or is fuence at least sixty per cent Furthermore, it was insisted cousin on the ground, and ascer: Army."
of the memberé of Parliament. His Worship fined the man 87. absolutely necessary, but you and the amount collected on behalf of
Mr. Russell pointed to ite rounded the Queen's Work for Women that the British had wanted to tained she had been injured. 'DEATH OF CAPT:
Fund, the sum of £128,000 has unload the cargo, but that the been paid over to the National claimants had insisted that Relief Fand for the purposes of the same remain on board until financing schemes of work for the final determination of the
The jury returned a verdict women. The aggregate receipta 0886. It was, therefore, claimed therefore up to the 31st March that the deterioration was due to that death was due to wounds total ass for naval and military ants. Further, the Government fired from an enemy submarine, amounted to 45,588,634. The the position taken by the claim osused by the explosion of a shell relief amounted to £2,621,240,laimed that no damages should be allowed for detention of the
Service. and for civil relief to £426,518.
The Assessor, in passang se¤•} The report concludes:-The Tel, because, ex above stated.
The public is hereby notified tence, said: This is a very pain- that on and from TUESDAY, total
received the same delay would bare co Eubscriptions
The case was called before fal case, especially for those who 9th instant, and until further during the half-year amounted to carred on account of the condition Mr. Haseland at the Police Court have always wished for the good notice, the following trains will £228,429, se compared with of the vessel.
tbie moraing in which a man of the country in which we live, runs botween Ons the other hand, the claim named James Johnson
Kowloon 2428,944 for the previous half
WB We leave the conduct of the Canton and vice veres. auta contended that the British charged with being drunk. D Taoyin to the investigations of year. This reduction is not
Up Express Tralos, sorprising in view of the number Government had agreed to pay fendant did not appear, and his the superior authorities.
Kowloon Dep. 8.05 a.m, of competing appeals, and the the value of the carga as if the bail of $5 was entreated.
We find the first sooused, Sung
Canton Arr. 11.45 am, Committee note with pleasure the the ship had gone forward in
Kowloon Dep. 2.50 p.m. Sze-gee, gailty, but in cousidars- continasnce of generous belp from due course irrespective of the
tion of bis youth sad the sabor-
Canton
Arr: 6.35 p.m. some of the smaller Colonies and delay. They further insisted
Slow Through, stopping at uit digste position he holds, we son- Priza csart proceedings were Dependencies and from British that they had legal right to
to four months' residents in foreign countries. As leave the cargo on the ship brought against the cargo of the touce him
trial of Wilhelmina in February, 1915, imprisonmeet. the Fand will, after the 30th June, pending the
the
We find Wong Tuoh-sung be relieved of all liability on an action, that the British Gow but the shippera contend that in
purposely delayed spite of strenuous efforts on their guilty. There are no mitigating count of naval and military disorament tress, and as the demands on the trial in order to bring abom part, they were unable to get a circumstances and he must go to account of civil distress contings a condition in the cargo: the trial in prize court. The case prison for nine months.
E. W. TISDALL.
Father of a Hongkong Bank Manager.
one
The N. C. Daily News records with regret the death of Capt. Ernest Walter. Tindall, which occurred in London on the 11th inant. Capt. Tindall, who waR born on September 6, 1843, and arrived in Shanghai twenty yeare later, was naturally the oldest hands and land- marke of the. Settlement. Bo we also the editor of a NOW defavet morning contemporary, the Shanghai Daily Press. To his two sons, one of whom is in the Customs Earvios in Hankow, and the other manager of the Russian Bank in Hongkong, as well se to his widow and his two daughters, Mr. M. Denegri. and. Mrs. Th Meyer, deep sympathy is ex- tended:
corners.
was returned.
A verdict of “accidental death"
LANGKAT OUTPUT. Mesars, Benjamin and Potta advise us that the Langkat outpat is as follows:- August 1
Tonu 160
#
2
1281
14
3
120
Н
4
.01
134
5
134
13
134.
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7
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125
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8
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110
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120
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10
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A
115
11
111
+
++
12
130
11
13
-
125
14
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123
*** J
18
109
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18
109
17
+1
119
J
18
112
11
19
19
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...
101
13
20
*** #
108
.21
#
22
Jy
118
23
"
HI
114
"
24
120
25
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...
124
20
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.
100
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#7
127
Total to 27th inst, 3,249
Daily averages - 128,03:
The Colony's Health. During last week there were nine cases of enteric fever report- ed in the Colony-one British, one American, one Japaness, oze Indian, and the rest Chinese,
Four onded fatally. There were
also three fatal occurrence of small pox and one fatal case of sholers, all Chinese.
Official Report to March 31, 1916.
present
21
Police-Inspector Morgan esid the bombardment lasted fire minutes, and about 20 three-inch shells were fred.
Ball Estreated.
THE YUNNAN OPIUM CASE.
The Sentences,
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT,
CANTON-KOWLOON · RAILWAY.
NOTICE.
delivered at Shangbei in the Yus- Resumption of Through Trais
An August 22, judgment was
zau opium asw0,
Sang Woo-ding we find not guilty; there is not sufficient evidence to support the charge.
We find Wong Tab-en guilty and he must go to prison for shree months.
We find General Lee Baisog th not guilty, and he leaves the Court without any, stains on hit characters
We dad. La Tang-woo guilty and he is fined $1,000.
to be so small, the Committee do would move the Court to order a was in this position in. March, at 112-
act purpose at pressat to organise ale thereof, so that irrespective of the time of the promulgation of Any fresh appeal on behalf of the the outcome of the case, the order in Council instituting the Fand. But, as was pointed out in cargo could not have proceeded, blockade. The trial of the case the previous report, the The olsimsate ory was that the could; therefore, no longer prosperity is largely artificial, and British were endeavouring to disablish a precedent, and in April, the Committee anticipated that pose of the ches by detention 1915, the British Foregin Office after the war very heavy domande instead of by trisk Lord Mornay | "greed to settle the case by pay. will be made upon the fand, for allowed no deduction for deterioning, the claimants the value of this the relist of distress, among the ion and granted, damages for go if it had gone forward to aivil population."..
delay, again desiding in favour of Hamburg, together with damage tha cisimsata-
fom delays
Kowloon Canton
stations,
#
Dep. 930 a m. ATT. 5.20 p.m.,
Down Express Trainz.
Canton Kowloon
.Canton
Kowloon
D p. 7.25 am),
Arr. 11.00 am;
Dep. 3.20 p.m.
Art. 6.35 pm.
and
Slow Through, stopping at all-
Canton Kowloon
stations,
Dop, 8.35 8.1. Air: 4,35 p.m. By Order.
A. 8. MACKICHAN,
For Manager,
British Section, Kowloon-Canton Railway.
The ADMINISTRATION,
Chinese Boction, Canton Kowloon Radway,
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