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THE HONGKON

MONDAY

SEPTEMBER 18, 1916.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS,

-To-day's Trial of Prisoners.

STANDARD OIL COMPANY

Resignation of Mr. J. W. Bolles: Two Per Cent. and $8. Bonus,

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The General Managers of the The Criminal: Sessions opened

The many friends of Mr. J. W. Douglas Steamship Company before the Chief Justice at the Bolles, of the Standard Oil Com bare declared a Final Dividend Supreme Court this morning. The pany, will hear with mingled of 2 per cent for the your calandar is fairly light, but in feelings that he has resigned his ending 30th June, 1916, and cludes two indictments for murder. position sa General Manager of Bonus of $8.00 per share to Shareholders; and will write off "The Black Box.". the Hongkong office on a pansion Leang Lai-kaen was indicted with pleasure to know that he has $92,150,55 for Dapreciation of on a charge of larceny, as servant, obtained a well-deserved rest, and Steamers and Properties of the of jewellery, valued at $4,943, with regret at his severanes of a Company and transfer $78,000 from her mistresses at 29, Caine long association with the Colony, to the Reserve Fund, subject to Road. Ban Teo was charged with The news was contained in a confirmation at the General Meet- receiving the stolen goods. The cable from the Company's Heading to be held on the 26th of first defendant pleaded guilty Office, at New York, to the loos! September. and the second not guilty.

Davidson.

branch, saying that Mr. Bolles

REVENUE CASES.

There was several cases of

The jars were empanelled as had been permitted to resign on a follows: Meurs, Donald Goodall, pension, and that Mr. W. B. (foreman,) Heuri Martinus Spit, Walker, who has been Assistant Theodore Clement Nixon, Holger General Manager, had been Dreyer, John Carr, Joaquim Mer-appointed in his stead. Mr. breaches of the Revenus Ordin- tindade Bernardo, and Alexander Bolles, with his wife and family:ances before Mr. J. B. Wood, at weat home to America" on leave some time ago and no-one then the Police Court this morning.

When the a.. Baitan arrived thought that the Colony would

slongside the Douglas wharf the not see their relora. Crown, sid the first Mr. Bolles first came to the yesterday, a Chinese was found to be in possession of 24 pounds prisoner was employed at 29, Colony in 1895 and Caine Road es a maidservant and thus nearly twenty-two years' of tobacco, on which no duty had been paid, sed the man, was se- here. When be was charged with the larceny of residence the goods. The second prisoner first arrived, he occupied the cordingly charged. His Worship

fined him $50.

The ones of Ba Teo was first proceeded with, and Mr. G. N. Orma, prosecuting for

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had

Mr. Bolles is a native of North Caroline and it is there that he will probably settle down.

of $25 was inflicted.

Yet another man was charged with importing paper without a permit, and in this case his Wor abip fued defendant $25.

four

The Colony's Health. - Last week there were cases of small por in the Colony, two of enteric fever and one each of plague and puerperal fever. All the small por asses were fatal and all the sufferers were Chinese. Since the beginning of the year there have been 33 ca268

A WUCHOW INCIDENT. of plague (seven imported) "of

which 32 ended fatally,

Forged Notes.

was charged with receiving the position of Assistant Manager, Chinese was also found to same, well knowing them to have but had been General Manager be importing a quantity of com- been stolen. They had heard for a good many years. This pai-mercial text books and school that the first prisoner had pleaded tion has with it the supervision guilty to the orime, but he (Mr. of the whole of the Company's Chinese, for which no permit had readers, both in English and 6) expected to show them work in South Chins, including been obtained. In this casy a fine that the real author was the coast, Indo-Chìas, Siam, the the second defendant. The Phillipines and Formosa, à 16- story, was that the fret prisoner sponsibility which Mr. Balles die- was brought into the house of her charged with every aucossá. two mistresses at the age of nine Both inside and out of his years and she was brought up by business Mr. Bolles was a very them until she reached the aga popular man, and the mem- of 21, when she bought her free-bers of the local staff regret, dom, but still continued to serve as keenly an any, his leaving. Of in the house as maidservant, a cheerful and kindly disposition, She had a brother who was his circles of friends was a very coolie at the Astor House Hotel wide one. ard from time to time it seemed that she had visited him, where she was, perhaps, introduced to the second prisoner, who waE serving there as a boy. About six months ago, the second prie oner went aboard the ss. Chins as boy and stayed in that employ- ment until about three maniba ago, when he came back and took As cabiole in a dist at 61, Que:n's.

Road Central. Almost at the same time the first prisoner An eight-bundred-dollar fine told her mistresses that she has, we are informed, been levied had a brother in the Colony by the Chinees officials on $2,000. Mr. Haywood defended who required her attend-European at Wuchow because his sace, as he was sick. She asked mafoo lost control of horse, to be allowed to sleep out at whereby a native woman night, and about the same time killed."-

Great disorder arose among the ehe took up her residence with the male prisoner and they had people as soon as it was known lived together as man and wife. that the woman had been ran That was the position three over, and it is said that military months ago. On August 3, the force was needed to save the mistress locked through her maloo from mob vengeance. In the jewellery to see if it were intact end an appeal was made to certain and found that everything was Kwangsai Government officials, correct, On August 8, the first who decided that the foreign on Sept. 18. prisoner said that she did not gentleman was responsible for want to go home that night and the ections of his servant, and ac- asked for permission to sleep at oordingly maleted him in the the house. This was given her, aum mentioned. and it was a significant fact that on this night the jawellery was stolen. On the following night

she slept at the cubicle again.

European Heavily Fined.

Lidy Hồ Tùng

The bearing was continued before Mr. Wood, at the Police Court this afternoon, in which a Chinese stands charged with being in possession of forged Kwangusi notes to the vaine of

and Mr. Hind watched the case on behalf of complainants. Farther evidence was called for the pro- secation, and the case was ad- journed.

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

Lady Ho Tong arrived back NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The same night the tensate of the from the North by the ae. Hai- houze saw the first and second chow yesterday. prisoners come in together and

the latter went straight to the

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Commencing MONDAY the 25th.

“A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF.”

TUESDAY, September 26th.

"PEG O' MY HEART." WEDNESDAY, September 27th.

"QUINNEYS.".

THURSDAY, September 28th.

CAROLINE.

FRIDAY, September 29th.

THE MORALS OF MARCUS."

SATURDAY, September 30th.

"THE BREED OF THE TRESHAMS.”

Time and Prices as Usual.

Booking at MOUTRIE'S.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

PUBLIC AUCTION."

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

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NOTICE TO, INTENDING PURCHASERS.

instructions to sell by Pub-TENDERS for the purchase of

lic Auction on

THURSDAY, September 21, 1916,

the Hull and Machinery of a Steel Twin Screw River Steamer built in 1914, recently damaged by fire, and now lying in Shang- hat harbour as per advertisement is this paperon 9th, 11th and 12th inst, must be lodged with Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., Shanghai, Pro-Lot later than Monday, Septem

[ber 25, 19:6.” -

commencing at flam. at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street, ex s.s.* FERNANDO PO" from Lisbon. 188 Cases Wines and visions

curious, went to see if she could box containing the jewellers. At THE Steamship get a glimpse of what they were first the trunk could not be doing. The door was shut, but opened by the polies, but a key there was a convenient elit in which did open it was found on the wall and she saw the second the key-ring of the second pris- prisoner trying to prise open a oner. At the Police Court, Consignes of Cargo are hereby black box with the chopper. The the second defendant said he could notified that all Goods are daughter of the principal tenant prore an alibi, and, in fact a wit-being lan led at their risk into would tell them that she was neas did come up and prove it, the hazardous and/or extra baz peasing the door later in the oven- but later, when asked what he had andous Gedowns of the Hong- kong & Kowloon Wharf & Go- ing and heard sounds of hammer been doing the previous night down Co., Ltd, whence and/or ing. On the evening of Angust The Chief Justice-It is not from the wharves delivery may 11, the mistress discovered her customary to draw attention to be obtained. loss, and, on the following day, anything like that, Mr. Orme. * No Claims will be admitted informed the police, after she and Mr. Orme eaid that the jury had after the goods have lift the Go- the maidservant had made a before them a miserable creature downs, and all Goods remaining

after September seareb, the latter only making a who had traded on the innocence undelivered abow of doing so, of course. On and section of our of the 24, 1916, will be subject to rent, August 14, the principal tenant, other sex. He was the sole per must be presented to the Under- All Claiïns against the Steamer reading in the newspaper about petrator of the crime. The girl signed on or before September the loss of the jewellery, and had been brought up quietly to 28, 1916, or they will not be knowing that the first prisoner live with the old people and this recognised. was employed at the honse from man had come into her life and All broken, chafed and damag- Which if had been stolen, remem-secured her sections. He (Mr, ad Goods are to be left in the bered what she had been told by Orme) hoped the jury would mark Godowns, where they will be ex- her daughter about the sounds their sepse of the degradation of amined on September 23, at 10

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Mera Messer, Goddani & Douglas. up and told the police specimen as thin, got about it. A detectiva went down. The Chief Jantics:-They will No Fire Insurance has been FOR SALE Victor Grama-sain day long and all might too. and waited for the second pris- find on the evidence, Mr. Orme Bills of Lading will be counoellent condition together with

feffected.

phone (Small model) in Biolation is not and can never be sesin "mannan, jo tha - noweg?of=LITTLE'S oner and arrested him. The without marking their sense of tomimo br

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