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WATSON'S

FORMAZONE

REGISTERED

A Refreshing Invigorating aml Palatable Drink. Particularly suited for Tennis. Shooting and Bathing

Parties.

Pints

$1.20 Splits 70 Cts.

Per

Doz.

"

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

ERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. Telephone No. 436.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917.

Playing at Government,

If any proof were required of the atter immaturity and bazinera administrative of present-day

| ideas in Chian it assuredly is to be found in the news from oar Canton correspondent yesterday concerning the granting of the fantan monopoly. It will be re-

DAY BY DAY.

THERE IS NO BETTER-MARK OF A. STERLING CHARACTER THAN THE MORAL INDEPENDENCE THAT FOREGOES A POPULAR PLEASURE FOR DUTY'S SAKE

To-morrow's Anniversary. To-morrow is the anniversary

membered that recently the of the rejection by Serbia of the Canton authorities let out the Austrian demands which led to gambling privilage" to a certain the war. firm, but that a bitch occurred and the grant bad to be cab-| -| celled. Then it was found that fantan dene were springing ap

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Telegrams to Sarawak.

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dollar

WAR

rate

REFRIGERATED CHINESE | DUCKS.

THE CAMEOS."

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

Interesting Insurance Action

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terrors to Governments. Pool attributed his ability to sustain "A large audience at the Vis the Premiership to the fact that his nose bled every night. Though Court at Liverpool, Mr. Justice enjoyed a capital and varied pro-reliel, so bought himself a On Jons 17 in the Commercial toria Tt stre isst night greatly old Palmerston had no such Rowlatt delivered judgment in ab gramme provided by The mighty towering desk at which action brought by Merare. Veeley Camer," who prored to be, he bad to stand. If he slept at Brothers against the Union Insur

his work be fell, and vo WL9 The opening rate of the poe Society, of Cantov, on a policy through the many items, bright roused. But he had his own tests of insurance "made in July, and entertaining to a degree. Before bis house ran high icon demand to day everywhere, and that the soldiers 2a. 7.3/18d The closing ducks and chickens, valued as the house with her rendering of old Spartan would stealthily climb

1913, on

a large quantity of Mise Peggy Ross brought down railings, and at dead of night the had a direct interest in the various will be found on Page 1. houses which were said to" be up-

£130,000, which had been ship-

them twice and so learn whether.

der the "protection" of different

ped by the steamship Brodvale the Long Lone Trail" and he he was physically fit to govern Prize Day.

the United bad to reply to insistent demands the Empire. battalions truly a pretty state of We understand that the prize from Hankow afsire. Bat the late t act of the distribution in connection with Kingdom. Ons of the clauses in for a recall, Mr, Gereld Osborne "Oh for the CODg the policy insured plaintiff in the authorities goes even one better. St. Mary's School, Kowloon, s

of * Girl" caured It is significant that the trustess for it now appears that the branch of the Italian Convent, in against loss caused by a stoppage sight

Lillian of the Carnegie Endowment for monopoly has been granted to the postponed until Saturday at 5.30 of the refrigerating machinery much saghter. Mise

for more then 24 consecutive Gascoine possess a very clear and International Pease bave declared Military Commanders who have p.m.

houre, and plaintiffs alleged exceptionally pleasing voice, and their ananimous belief that dur- formed themselves into a company sad who will let out the rights in The Eastern Extension Tele- that owing to breakdown in the he was well-received in "When ble international pesos can only sections, receive the revenue, pay graph Company informs as that chinery during the voyage you come home" and sawered to be realised by the final victory of the Imperial the troops under their control and the State of Sarawak has recently the damage claimed for had the encores with "Somewhere a democracy ofer

voice is calling" and "Perfect German Goterament. Only ten then hand the balance to the been linked up with the general ensued. Provincial Treasury.

Mr. Carnegie, in way, it is thought, will inter- and telegrama can now be sent loas bad, occurred through any Parted." while Miss Peggy peace, singled out the Kaiser sa

In this talegraph system of the Far Eset Defendante denied that the Day" and later in the evening yesta

she gave a splendid rendition of his strenuous advocacy of ference by the troops be checked. to Kaoheng, Sadong and Siba breakdown in the machinery, and Ross with mach expression sang the strong man required to make pleaded that the Brodvale was My Mother's Rosary. In the peace league of the nations a The procedure is as improper as Miri. it is startling, and we imagine

Stolen Paper.

Dnseaworthy on starting owing to

to reality instead of dream. refrigerating paper merchant of 54, defects in the that nowhere but in China would military officers be permitted to Queen's Road Central, has report machinery on the stage from Blighty, Misa Lyle Jefferies man of destiny," be called him, become officially associated with ed to the Palice that between Colombo. It was also pleaded by later she sang in duet with Mr. failment of his true mission." a great success and and pinned great faith to bie licensed gambling. Apart from April and Jaly some person enter-defendants that the ship was

Gerald Osborne, "They didn't "Tempors matantar indeed, ita comic side, there is a serious ed his store on the fourth floor of unses worthy by reason of being

Believe Me". Maoh laughter when the only bope for a peace sepect to a development of this Alexander Buildings and stole overloaded at Hankow.

was provided by Mr. Athol Tier.league of the world to-day is an sort, for it reveals the tragic man- 150 resme of foclecap paper Mr. Justice Rowlatt, in the who is a really funny comedian, absence of Kaiseriem. Der in which Chinese officialdom valued $1,200. Western Union

course of his judgment, said

and his song. With my little pail plays at the business of adminis-

his business was doostrae trative government.

and shoved in my hand" caused Practical "I came back, to look for a meaning of the words in the sach amusement that he had to "Cigarillos" are included in statesmanship on common-sense clansman,"

aid

Chinese policy which made the risk in oblige again with another Lame the Board of Trade's order as to linse is the need of the hour, but it charged before Mr. J. B. Wood, Bared ag-inst the breakdown of

An exceptionally tobacco. What is ■ cigarillo? refrigerating machinery looks sa though the need will for at the Police Court this morning, the very long time go uofulfilled. with returning from tanishment involving & stoppage of more than good programme was drawn to a Twenty men sta famous West- close by a farcical eketon entitled end slab yesterday had no deficits before the expiration of bis 24 consecutive hours. It had been "Oar Baby". It behaves all who ides, but one of them suggested sentence. His Worship seat him admitted by the plaintiff that bare not already done so to pay a that it was a kind of penny Russia's Cromwell.

to prison for a year.

there was auch a breskdown a visit to the Victoris to see this Pickwick, and he was not far In the midst of the chios that

Expensive Find.

was intended by the policy when very accomplished little campany wrong. A leading Flest-street seems to be hampering Russiar

"I was sweeping up the forever the machinery cessed to democracy at every turn, there is when I can scross it," said refrigerate owing to develop one ray of hope in the ees of Chinese to Mr. J. R. Wood, stment of defecte. It was alleged by darkness. It acintillates from the Police Court this morning. the plaintiffe that the refrigerating the brilliant deede of M. when charged with being in pos- machinery was stopped for more Kerensky, Raasis's Minister for session of 13 taels of opium, not than 24 hours during that part of to as there had been a stoppage of the refrigerating machinery War, who has just been made Government of iam. His fod cast the voyage between Colombs and Premier. Ee, of all the leaders him dearly, for Mr. Wood inflicted | Ader, and also that doring the the stoppage of the refrigerating/Paper. According to bim the

which, as he understood, meant prominent in the Kassisa politi- fiue of $1,000. cal areas to-day, seems to know

to be eficiently refrigerating, and mechinery and not of a particular am ie not used in the retail exactly what is needed, what he The retara of infections diseo had caused the damage. Be part of the refrigerating eystem. It will be remembered that in the telegraphic report of a speeches, and how to realise it sees for the week ending July (the learned judge) was unable That was enough to dispose of by Mr. Lloyd George, delivered in the House of Commone en May Largely by bia corta, bis restless 21, shows that there se bo case to agree with the plaintife" cor- this case, and be confessed he 25, reference was made to the labour norest in Great Britain. The energy, bis inspiriting elcq aence, of babonic plague during the tention as to what constituted would rather like to have left is Evelyn, Sydney (especially Prime Minister said there had been great unrest in certain quarter the Revolution was brought to a week. There was one fatal case a stoppage or breakdown of there, bat though he bad little when so spelt), Cecil and Stanley, The Government, be added, had their viewą regarding tow is bad successful consummation. He it of diphtheris, the victim being been fostered, hat that as there were some genuine grievances which is that has since persuaded those Lhinese, and there were four bad assisted the designs of those who had ulterior motives, the regimenta influenced by fanatical cases of enteric fever, two proving Government had appointed & Commission to inquire into the unreat Socialist enthusiasts to do their fatal. All the eofferers were and to report upon the operation of war emergency measures in

Chinese. daty to their country and to per- regard to labour. It was proposed, the Prime Minister farther ticipate in the glorious fatore St, John Ambulance Association stated, to divide the country into seven areas, and to appoints that seems to be daring for at so examination in first aid separate Commission of Jaquiry to investigate the cause of the anreat.kened Russia. He it is held recently, the following can-

didates passed:-Second Certi In each of these areas the Government hoped to secure the servicee who is now turning his thoughts|cate: A. Morrie and Leang Sai-in the machinery grave enough great deal of controversy and some "calling up' of labour representative; an employer and an impartial third

Telephone: No. 1

A.B.C., 5th edition. Office address: 11, Ice House St."

DEATHS. RICHARDSON-Killed in action in France on 7th, June, 1917, Captain Frank Richardson, 1st 24th. London Regiment, late of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire.

ROACH.-June 9, May, wife of J.S. Roach, of Bognor, and formerly of Hongkong, aged 45.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917.

COPING WITH BRITISH INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

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to Russia's Navy, and who is deal-

a

Banisher's Excuse.

The Colony's Health.

the

Toyage the machinery had ceased

rous song.

of entertainers,

the refrigerating machinery an-confidente der the policy. The underwritere thought

tobacconist maid he had never

| heard the term, though he bad- been 20 years in the business, and another explained that cigarillcs were small cigars, sold at a penny or twopence sach, and covered with tobacco leaf, not

trade.

Bisexual Christian names, such

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the point he lead to frequent confusion. Thes puzzled enumerators when get- be ought to in-

the ting information for the National did not insure in this case against dicate his judgment on the machinery failing to refrige-facts. The point of dificulty Register, into which is rate adequately, nor that a failure was whether the goods were sequence some errors crept. A. walking example of these, of that sort was one which the damaged on the ship while either

whose baptismal nɛme. wa8 parties could contemplete baing the machinery was working in- increased by duration of hours, effectively or while part of it had Stanley, made her way into a There must be s defect developed been alopped. There had been recruiting office and producing 31 papers saked either to bring it to a standstill of evidence on both aidse, and there why they had been served on her. itself or to cause those in charge were certain facts and probabili- The clerk, happily noticing that of it as the most prudent course ties to which both sides conld her age stated on the papers was to stop it for repairs. Here the point. Bat

40, promptly explained "Awfally losing its carbonic dioxide gas. He in the letter of the defendants be a man, as we were told that dd not think that that consticated expert to bis baving been no lady is ever more than 35," Clearly the fact was that the marked very crucial point in a breakdown of the machinery, told that it was ship's damage

be could not

Telegraph, of an extremely revolutionary nature. Some of the recom-joint Order to the Army and Navy G. H. Thomas acted as Hon. facts were that the machinery was [belp feeling that the reference Borry, bat we thought you most

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Examiner.

hom been in

peron in constitute each Commission. Such was the genesis of the ing with the disaffected element Bog. First Certificate: Leung Report which has just been published-a Report which is, judging in it in a way that is very likely Yak-tong, Lam Teang and Us the telegraphic summary which we publi-bed in yesterday's to realize the result aimed at. Ia a Chow-tang. Dr. Lim Chong-eang was the Hon. Lecturer, and Dr. mendations, notably the first and secon 1, and, to a lesser extent, the. Kerensy says brit fly and to the third and fourth, ära of the mat Socialiaic tendency that we have ever seen in say similar report on British industry. Ero in these defensive forces. He also says don't know that woman, point what is expected of Russia's Alleged Unlawful Possession. days when the realisation of "equality, justice, and fraternity" is what will happen-swiftly and exolsimed a very small girl re-

The King's new honorary chap-. obviously more than ever necessary, the recommendations referred to are certain to cause considerably more than a little alarm in most unerringly-to those who attemptmanded to-day by Mr. J. R. Wood, machinery was losing ges, and to the case. This expert was an ex-lain, the Rev. E. A. Burroughe,

to betray their Motherland capitalistic quarters, while, on the other hand, those who have been struggling in the dawn of her in Police custody, for being found abas extent it was running badly. perienced man, and he had been is one of the discoveries of the preaching, in season and out of season for years pset, the right of Democratic day out of the long in possessing of 22 tsels of opiam. There was no reason why the walking to the officers about the. A young clergyman, with a return for the products of their labour will assuredly conclude that In M. Kerensky, Russia bes found days constable received informs-fset that the machinery was losing he (the judge) did not feel con- suddenly leapt into the firet reak labour to participate much more than they have participated in ight of sorrow, and oppression Inepeator Kent stated that yeater-engineer should stop it. But the matter, and on the whole, though brilliant University career, he has their Millenium has at last dawned.

tion that the women and girl had! her Cromwell, who, if anhamper opium in their possession and he carbon dioxide, and it happened the letter in question showed that lately he

gas made the engineer short of fident about it, he thought that of speakers and writers. Just The Commissioners recommend, inter alia :-Firstly, the im-ed, will continue to inspire his followed them to the Western by a pisos of good fortune that he ought to come to the concln-Egypt, addressing military and besting the increased price of food, and a better system of diatriba Rassis what she ought to be. mediate reduction of food prices, the Government to some extent fellow-countrymen to make New Market, where he saw another cons- he could get an adeqeste farther sign that the damage had bern other audiences. Mr. Barroughs tich; sccondly, that labour shall participate in the affaire of the

table, and the two females were ar-supply at Colombo. The engin done by the machinery working has the gift of putting old truths community as partnere rather than as servante; thirdly, closer con-

zeeted. The girl denied that the eer did not go there in order inefficiently during the passage in a new and fascinating setting

bence the large esle of bi i knew the woman and the woman taci between employer, and employed; fourthly, that a larger

to repair Bay breakdown, through the monsoon. discretion be granted to Pensions Committees in the treatment of

said she did not know the girl.but

books, Other Churches than his in order to desi As to the ples of unses. discharged soldiers; fifthly, that agricultural wages in the western

The girl also said that the staff with the loss in the consumption worthiness raised by the defend--for instance, the Preeby- ares be raised to 25/- weekly; and, sirthly, that coloured labour'

had been given to her by her of dioxide he cat cat No. 2 ants, it was said that the vessel. | terian-baye lately invited him to should not be employed at the porte. As stated, these are,

mistress who ran away when she

address clerical gatherings. He compressor until he got more gas took on a cargo at Hankow which, in the main, of a very Socialistic character, but for all that, in our The following is the approxi- saw the constable coming to and then he started it again. if and when she adequately filed

is only 36, opinion, they are not necessarily harmful to British industry, to mate statement of the Hongkong wards them. Both the girl and Farther than that he (the judge) up her bankers, would make her Capital or to Labour. Perhaps the time may dawn when the most Tramway Company's trafo the woman were remanded.

thought there had been no careaworthy by overloading.

M. P. Stoned by Sina Feiners. revolutionszy of the recommendations will appear as do, by com-receipts for the week ending parison with what is now suggested, the paltry so-much-per-hour Jaly 21, 1917 ---

The story of a quarrel and stoppage. It was not contended Bit on the facts he did not think doles with which in the past. Capitalista were wont to proify dissatis-

that the machinery had been ever that there had been a breach of Aggregate subsequent fight in the University altogether stopped, but it was warranty of seaworthiness and did Receipts Receipts for

Captain Stephen Gwynn, Con- "fied membera of the labouring and artisan classes. To return to the

ground last night, was told to 29 weeks.

as not think that section 37 of the naught Rangers, recommendations, it will be seen that the Government is asked to This Year: ... $13,355 $388.498 Mr. J. R. Wood at the Police said that it was stopped bring about the immediate reduction of food prices, the Govern- Last Year: 16,447 402,965 Court this morning, when afgarded efficiency. Itetoppage" Marine Insurance Act had any Member for Galway City, who re-

Chinese

with meant stoppage of motion, be application. Whether, if goode conily returned WBB charged ment to some extent bearing the increased price of food" and a Increase:

no had been shipped from Saigon, it arduoue duties at the front, had better gratem of distribution. This, no doubt, is what may be terin- Decresse:

sesaalt. It appears that he is bought there had been

look after the Boppage of the refrigerating might have been said that be- an unpleasant experince when he employed to a war emergency measure": it is nevertheless, a step towards

cause she was bound to become attempted to addrees s mesting tefenfione, while bis opponent is machinery in this case. the No. 1 coolie. From what the Now this was a machine on anseaworthy if adequately cosled of his constituents at Csatlegarren. Police were able to gather, some

called the duplex she was therefore overloaded par- & party of young men, nam bering

of the idea of Stats Sociklismi, for what can it be otherwise when it 18 zamined during the week anding defendant of stealing lampe.. Amachinery was contemplated sa that was

The return of rate caught and time ago the No. 1 coolie accused tem. Either half of the hape verged on the section, but over 300 evidently Bion Fein not the point. He sympathisers, RATO Captain capable of producing the required thought it was quite clear that Gwynn a hostile reception. There munity as partners rather than as serventa." Shades of Kazi Marka Jaly 7, which was laid on the table quarrel took place in the grounds refrigeration. Ons half of the abe could not be said "tő, be was some stone-throwing in which

ed

State Socialism of a most pronounced character. Again, we hasten

to say that we do not by any means condemn it on that or, indeed,

on any account. The next recommendation is a frank acceptance

recommanded that labour shall participate in the affairs of the com-

HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY LIMITED.

for week.

3,092

14,469

Infected Rats at Kowlood.

A Fight.

what wes

Nationalist

home siter

at the Sanitary Board meeting and a fight followed. Com and Engels! Their prophecies for England seem st isst to be on the way towards fulfilment. And how the hearts of Hyndman, Bar, this afternoon showed that 2015 plaisant had a nasty cat on the machinery had been kept always anseaworthy by overloading when the captain received an injury to Bhaw, Webb and other "stalwarts" of the "F.D.8" and the rate were caught, of which two, lip, inflicted with a small iron running and we never stopped. she left Hankon. He also thought hie kace, and he was sirock in very that it could not be said that the the face with an egg. Only a few

"Fabians" must be rejoicing in the hopeful outlook that seems now both found at Kowloon, were bar, which defendant admitted It might not have run

found to be infected. Daring was hie. On the other hand, efficiently, but where so much of vessel was anseaworthy through police were present. Much in to be held out to the British proletariat. The other recommends the following week, 2,260 rats defendant had several mark the system was zanning, sad ininenfficiency of coal, when she digan ion is felt in Galway, as tions are mild by comparison, but they, like those more specifically referred to, are such as clearly indicate that the day has at last were caught, but none of these about the arms and shoulders fast it was in good order so as to left Colombo. He therefore gave Captain Gwynn has done great

gava positive returns to dawned when Labour, after its long night of bitterness and

an where complainst had bitten have achieved the object aimed at, jadgment for the defendante, sarvice in the cause of the tenant

farming interest, oppres- examination for disease.

it was impossible in his judgment, with costs. [hìm. - Both men were bound ovBE. sion, is at last to receive the recognition that is long since overdue.