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SHIP'S ENGINEER CHARGED.

Serious Allegations of Theft.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY. MARCH 24, 1917.

At the Police Court, this morn. ing, George Anderson, third en- gineer aboard the «.n. Hopeh, war charged before Mr. J. B. Wood, with stealing $180 in mosey, ope sovereign, one I. O. U. for $10, a silver watch valued about $30, several papers and one pocket book, to the total value of $240, from Bagh Tulloch, the second engineer on the same ship.

Complainant stated that on March 22, between 7.30 and 8.30, the second enginest discover- ed that the door of his room had been broken into, and the money stolen. The polios were informed of the loss, defendant also reported at the same time that $70 had been stolen from his ro^m. He reported the matter to the chief officer and the captain.

Inspector Gordon told his Wornip that after the report of the stolen money had been made to the Police, enquiries were made. Defendant told the polios that he had not a cent left after the $70 (alleged to be hie) had been stolen, but they bad evidence to be efect that he spent $104 on that day, and when he was searched, in his possession war found another $150.

very

CHURCH SERVICES.

Fasims:

ARCTIC WEATHER IN GERMANY.

Aggravation, of Food Conditions.

BILLIARDS.

Aq Interesting Kowloon Match.

St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong.-- 5th Sunday in Lent, 75th

Amsterdam, Jan. 30.-Arotic March, 1917. Holy Communion (7.50 am) Matins (11 am) weather prevails throughout the Responses: Ferial. Venite: German Empire. Deep snoer and An interesting match was seen Ouseley.

Jones, severe frost, with the accompany last night in connection with the Lemon, Dupuis, King. Teing interruption of treffio, have Billiard Handicap which is at Deum: Lawes, Cooke, Hopkins. greatly affected the economio life present taking place at the Benedictus: Cooke (13th morn- jof the nation,

Palace Hotel, Mr. 8. Gray, ́ing) Hymns: 332, 16. Evensong

(6 p.m.)

In Germany, as in Holland, who owed 250, masting Mr. Í. Responses: Ferial. potatoes, which from a staple Graham, who owed 60. The Psalm: Cf the (25th evening.) article of food for masses of feature of the game was the fine Magnificat: Wesley (1st morn- the population, have suffered exhibition given by Mr. Gray, ing). Nunc Dimittis: Monk. considerable damage by front. who scored his 500 ia one hour Hymns: 370, 376, 20. N.B.—

Pasim 118, verses 73. 76. 80, 81, Although every effort has been and twenty minutes, whilst his 86, 83, 89, 94, 97, 103 G.P. in made in Germany to prevent opponent was making 157. The details of such losses reaching beet breaks of the winner were

unison.

St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon.-foreign countries, enough is 34, 33, 38, 30, 28, 28, 27, 26, 24, 5th Sunday, in Lent. 25th known to indicats the extreme 23, and 20, the lower failing to March, 1917. Holy Com-seriousness of the position. The make any break of merit. munion 8.a.m. and after the collective feeding of Berlin, Mr. Gray now meets Mr. W. Evening Service. Morning which began in October on Badge, and another good game Prayer (11 a.m.) Venite voluntary basis, is now extending should be witnessed here, for Mr. Ouseley. Psalms: An Set. Te

Budge is quite a good player, fact that he owe: 100. which is demonstrated by the

Deum: Blissett. Benedictus: rapidly proving a decline in the Barby. Hymns: 5. 158, 173, entertained that the institations standard of life, and fears are 104. Evening Prayer-6 p.m. Psalms: As Set. Magnificat: concerned will soon no longer Attwood. Nunc Dimittis: receive adeqants supplies to falfi! UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. Wesley. Kyrie: Dryer. Hymns: their purpose. 174, 419, 20, 38. Holy Com- munion.

The deficiency of supplies is Union Church, Kennedy Road facilities, and is producing in- accentuated by innleggste traffic Sunday Services, March 25. tense suffering, jast when Morning 11, Hymns: 344, 569, generous feeding both in quantity 463, 410. Evening 6, Hymne 375, and quality is indispensable. 270, 104, 317. Preacher: Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie.

Germany is now realising the St. Peter's Church, West Point- mookers of subatirates for food- 8 am. Holy Communion, 11 stuff. This is admitted even in 8.11. Morning Prayer and letters which are allowed to pass the frontier for publication in

sermon.

Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co.

Abdoola C.. from Rangoon. Ahjook 152 Queen's Road W. from Calcutta.

Craddock Antilochus, from Shanghai.

Ean Company, from Chefoo.. Empson Hongkong Hotel, from Christchurch.

Federico, from Panama

Horrobin Hongkong Hotel,

from Shanghai.

Kimcheong, from Saigon. Kyeping c/o Kengchong, from Penang.

Gohonwoochau,

Lingiseping

from Shanghai.

The Gospel Hall.-(No. 10 and Holland, To-day's Handelsblad 11 Pedders Street). Weakly has sa article from its Berlin Services:-Sunday. Breaking correspondent, dispatched on of Bread, 11 am. Gospel Meet the 25th, and entitled "Huw ing. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Exposition Germany Helpe Breelf." The of Scripture, 8 p.m. Thursday, writer way the title does not refer Bible Clase, 8 p.m. Friday,

to food difficulties, and remark. Bible Class for Ladies, 5.3 p.m. Saturday, Prayer Meeting, 8thst, notwithstanding all that organisation, regalation, and Wesleyan Methodist Church, monopolising of imports, maxim- Wanchal. — Sunday Morning um prices, and distribution of Service 10.15 am. Sunday supplies help in this matter it Evening Service 6.15 p.m. pretty well amounts 10 drawing|from Manila. Sailors' Home the belt closer. The towns may be Arsenal Street.--Sunday Even worse off than the country, and ing, Gospel Services 8 p..

P.I

Evidence was given by an engineer, that defendant visited his room at the Wyndham Hotel, and seemed

10 be intoxicated, some conversation took place, and defendant asked for his gramaphone to be played. Witness said he had done good business, having collected $45 from ship for a oharit able canis. Defendant thea asked him to change

8 850 bill, which he did. While defend-Soldiers and sot pulled the $50 bill from his pocket, with es noticed a second Cote which aroused bie (witness') suspicions.

Witness noticed that the other note was for $100. He did no thick defecdast waeio a position to look after them. Witness took

him to a friend's house to try

and get the money from him, in the presence of a witness, which he did. Defendant

from Shanghai...

Livingston Hongkong Hotel,

Logan Broker, from Manila, Somthay, from Semarang. Takuichi Hongkong Hotel,

J. M. BECK.

Superintendent,

Hongkong, March 22, 1917.

Stogapore Cricket Club and the

St. Joseph's Church, Garden supplies may be greater than one Road, Mass and Sermon at might conclude from the portions 10 am, followed by the Bene-issued in Berlin, Frankfort, Mag- diction of the Blessed Sacra-deburg, Leipzig, and Dresden,

* War Loan. ment.

bat no organisation can feed 60 The Singapors Cricket Clab Roman Catholic Cathedral, Glen-million persons adequately and cided at its general meeting ealy.Low Masses at 6, 7, and equally from a centralized office to invest $1,000 in the Straita 9.30 am. High Mass at 8 a.m. disporing of insufficient supplies. War Loan. The Chairman esid 5.30 p.m.-Benediction of the Herr von Batocki himself is un-that the Club had $5,000 on Blessed Sacrament. First Church of Christ Scientist, although in his latest utterance account. If the funds increased able to do it, and has admitted posit and $6,549 on current -MacDonnell Road. Bundays. 11.15a.m. Wednesdays, 5.30 p.m.

WEATHER REPORT.

was too drunk to notice that anything had been iskan from him. Witness then put him aboard his ship. Defendant told him that he knew nothing at all about it. Witness told him that things looked very black against him, 18 On the 24th at 11.40–No returns from if he had taken the money. Japanese stations. Pressure has decreased Witness asked him if he remem-over Annam and the south coast of Coins. quickly at Vladivostock and slightly bered what money be had in his | It, la, highest over N. China and South pocket yesterday and he replied Manchuria, and relatively low over the

south part of the China Sea. that he had between $110 and $130, but he

Frask to strong monsoon will all could not along the China coat and over the north remember the exot total, part of the China Sea.

Witness told him that he could Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 0,00 inch. prove that he had $150. He crose Total since January lat, 189 inches, questioned him as to where he against an average of 5.30 inches, had got the money from, and be said he had changed Singapore dollars for it. When asked where he had got Singapore dollars from, he anid that

he maintaine that it is possible to further investment would be win through with care. Herr von made. Batocki, who first prevented the

and

manicipal authorities from con-aud he intimated that such sup- tracting with producere, now plise se Rumanis afforded only exhorts them to adopt this pro-arrived gradually, owing to tra cedure, thereby tendin: to the fic difficulties. He insisted, never- decentralisation which, when he tueless, that the existing system tion, he named the root of all evil in lispensable as the supplies becams Minister against starva-ol food distribution is the more

Opinion is now hardening ags-syailable are shorter, inst organisation. Mazimam Aris natural, the mortality in prices have caused articles to Germany is increasing.. În disappear from the market, and Dusseldorf men and women over people are saking whether less. 50 are rapidly dying off, and severe regulation as in Austris-children of six" Hungary were not better. The sometimes older are terribly re- question however, is whether the duced by hunger. productive capacity of Germany The many Germans who have is large enough to allow her to erased the Dutch frontier afford imitate the example of Austris-an indication of the suffering Hungary, perhaps with some existing in neighbouring regions material help from these Allies of Germany. The Telegraaf and Rumanian booty. This ques-publishes report from Zevensar

the tion was, discussed in Berlin by 10

effect that

the of the German Government food houses

detention specialists with the Austrian and filled, and that the Dutch N.E.winds, Hangerian Premiers,

Government is enforcing mors

`FORECAST FOR. THE % HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORBOW

District.

Forecast,

Formosa Channel

E winds,

strong; Iloudy.

strong,

South coast of China be-1 The same

he had changed 20 sovereigns in Hongkong to Gap Book...fresh to Singapore, for which he got $10.25 per sovereign. He also said he was not sure whether be could. take him to the money-changer's where be had changed the money, and when he tried to do no he could not find the shop. Witness maw him once previously during the week. Defendant on Tuesday drew $129.13 as wages. Defendant said that as regarded a revolver theft on board the ship he would like to say that he was not on the ship at the time that theft took place.

Sergeant Thompson said he arrested defandant.

Inspector Gordon stated that

tween HL and Lamooka as No. L

Bouth coast of China be? The same tween RX and Hainan...3 ax No. 12° C. W. JEFFRIES,-Chief Assistant. Hongkong Observatory, Mar. 24, 1917,

METEOROLOGICAL.

be explained the charge, in reply | Baromater

Frevious

to which defendant said :---“All | Temperature I own my is that I am innocent.” | Humidity

The case was adjourned until Wind Direction ... Taosday,

The Cuban Trouble.

Washington, Marok 14.-Dis- patches from, Santiago de Cuba state that General Fernanden, the ratal leader in that provinos,' is abandoning regular armed war--

VOLTS

Reports from various districts stringent regulations in order to of a potato famine, Hamburg Iram arriving. Those who are of Germany indicate the existence prevent thousands of Germanı

has no potatose available, except detailed do not manifest any these given to hard manual desire to return, as they have not labourers, the remaining popula- been so well of for months sa in tion receiving turnips and some Holland. Well-dressed Germans, slight increases in flour, bread, belonging to the barghar class, and mest, and it is doubtful if are tramping in large numbers these are sufficient compensation. through the fields along the In Berlin the scarcity of bread in frontier. Their plight aromase the necessitating the reduction daily, sympathy of the Dutch, who Day On date On dase and the bread card system in endeavour to relieve their im threatened with a breakdown,mediate necessitipunoMany at owing to the disagreements of the tempis are made to evade tha individual municipalities. At the vigilance of the anthorition with last sitting of the Dortmund War | segard to foodstaffs. One of them Committee it was stated that as is worth mentioning. A coffin, regards potatoes the town was while being conveyed in a bouras, enly able to procure small re- was inspected by the police, and serves. The potato rátion has been was found to contain a dorpee progressively diminished since indeed, but the corpe was a pig. November last, when it was fixed The Telegraaf learns that a at 2lb, daily per head weekly. great number of coal miners Herr von Batonki, in his stopped work daring Christmas latest utterance at the meeting week in Germany with "the view of the Union for Promo of compelling the Government. ting industry, admitted to increase food supplies. The

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T. F. CLAXTON, Director,

Alice Memorial Hospital,

The Hon. Treasurer of the that provisions would become strike, which was pretty general, fare and commencing to destroy Alice Memorial and Affiliated sourcer in the spring than in lasted only two days. The ocope of sugar cane and to pillage Hospitals begs to acknowledge either of the preceding yours. Hs | minera received a little mœes, but the" countryside with a view to with thanks the following dons- was careful to warn the people | the quantity did not azowed hait forcing interspation by the United tien to the funds of the Hospitalar against exaggerating she supplies a pound of four extra woskly.m

-Manila Bulldia.

--Men. R. H. Bryant, $15. obtainable in neutral sonatzies, | Time

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