1918-03-22 — Page 8

A

"SHARE REPORT.

· Mesure. Benjamin and Põits. their Share Report dated Friday the 22nd instant, state:—

rates.

Shanghai Harket" has again been very native for both Cotton shares and Docks and a good business has been done at advan. cing rates. The Singapore Mar. kot keeps steady at about last week's latel.

FORGED BANKNOTE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1918.

"RENTS IN BOMBAY,

RACECOURSE DISASTER. Golf House, which it was im

A Chinese Charged with

Uttering.

At the Criminal Sessions this afternoon, before. Sir William Rees Davies, Chinese named Cheong Chang, was charged with attaring forged bank note, and also with being in possession of forged note,

was undefended.

A

for

B

A New Bill's Provisions.

Evidence on Behalf of the Golf Club.

Among the objects and reasons,

W. C. Jack.

TRENCHARD.

possible to save. That would be at about 3.30 o'clock,

Witness added that there might The Chieftain of British Air Staff. have been a general movement; «

RUMANIA AND THE DOB-

RUDJA.

Its Retention ■ Vital Matter.

M. Take Jonsson: made to the -

if the

formed part of the minority, and

B

though the poles not being in the Major-General Sir Hugh Tren- During the interval, sinos our

ground. In his opinion the poles obari, first chief of Britain's fres last report a good volume of

{should have been put in the Air Staff, was forty-five years old Bombay, 21st February.—The business has been put through on

Bombay Government Goals oon srophe Which contred at the and then wedged to have man, whose family has lived in The enquiry into the sad estas ground at least three or four feet in February. He is a Dorastahire the local market and in spite of

aine the text of the Bill to restrict Roncourse, Happy Valley, on prevented play. He had served the "Thomas Hardy country for Paris correspondent of the Mors- the approaching March Battle

the increase in the rent of dwel- February 28, was continued at his apprenticeship in the building many generations. Trenchard ng Post the following statement: ment rates have been well main

ling houses, and business pre- the Police Ocurs this morning, trade. He had not inspected the hoped to enter the Navy, but

The Balgarians and moms, af tained. Exchange has farther

a advanced which has had its effect

mises in the Presidency of Bom being conducted by Mr. J. R. sheds at all, and did not study failed in spelling, although he is the Austro-Germans speak of the on the higher priced investment The case

Wood, soting as Osonar. The their construction. It as appeared, brilliant mathematician. He Romanian Dibrojs stocks. These, however, here Crown was conducted by the Hos. into operation in the first instance sentiers. H. Barlow pole in Shed No. 9, was not carried Milius. Physically the Ait Chief's constitated merely a dominant the bay. The proposed Act will come following jurymen were also pre- from the photograph, the apright. joined the Army through the Bamaniens in Ibst¦¦ provison buyers at slightly under quoted Attorney General and prisoner only in the City of Bombay, in (foreman) J. E. Wallace, and to the basement it would raske outstanding characteristics are minority of the population. Setting the shed vary unsafe, and explain Bft. lin. of height, broad should. aside for the moment the fact that Prisoner pleaded not guilty. the Taluks of Balmatta and in the

Mr. M. K. Lo appeared or be the one of the collapse. Heers, a bead which is smallish in the Allies have guaranteed to m The following were empanelled Municipal District of Karachi, half a number of Chinese who lost though the callapse was due to proportion, a wealth of it-black the integrity of Ramanisa terrie on the jury:ers. N. 5. Brown but power is reserved to extend relatives in the digter, Mr. F. B. the uprights and if one shed, hair, grey eyes that look straight tory, it must be remembered that A. G. Hewitt, W. L. Wesser, M. its operation to any local area. L Bowley represented the con- leaned it would take all the others at you out of a face which is the Dobrudjs was given to us by A. Rasack, J. M. Wong, P. V. H. The Act shall be in force daring tractor, The Hok, who built the with it.

rounded off with firmly set jis, the Powers in exchange for B Botalbo and T. Arnott,

mataheds; Mr. D. V. Steavenson Farther questioned' by Mr. and a manner that combines rabie, which had been tak`n The Attorney General stated the continuance of the present appeared for the lessees of the Bowley witusse said he had seen energy and enthusiasm without from us without our consent. It The following are today's cabled the nota in question was a $5 war, and, for a period of not less Unity Stand. MzQ. H. Wake the poles of bamboo abede put savouring of “bustle."

is evident that from the momsat Quotations Malakoffs $4.25, note of the Chartered Bank which than six months, and not exceed man, Crown Kempas $7.25, Ayer Pansa had been altered so as to make it ing two years afterwarde,

Solicitor, was in the ground, bat only on soft" Undoubtedly the most re. when we were cut off from scooms also present,..

ground. He would admit that markable man the war has pro to the ees on the left bank of the $7,75, Kedaha $3,75, Alor Gajahs| appears $100 note. On February

Kr. E. J. Geist mid that in the ground was harder oring to dused," is the description applied Danube we must necessarily have $3.55, Radellas #10, Tapahs 15, the prisoner went to a stall in

1911 he was on the Committes of no rain, bat sil turf ground was to Geners! Trenobard by all who the right back. $13, Changkat Serdange $6.30, the Central Market and asked for it is stated that the justification the Golf Club. As would like what he called soft ground. This know him. It would be going too

"For as the Dobrodja is a vital Now Serendahe $3.85, Ayer change on the note, which he was for this kind of legislation is that to make it quite clear that in thas collapse was due to the supports far to say that he is the creator of question, for without it we shall Moleks 82.10, Pejams 812 and giren. After he had left, it was it conduces to the interest of the year the Committe approached getting out of plumb, swing to the British sir arm se it exists be the slaves of Austria and Sandycrofts $3.40, all Straite discovered that the note wae Carrency..

the P.W.D. with a view to pre: the continual movement. If they to-day. But it is literally true Balg tis, that is to say, of Germ a forged one.

( community as a whole to regulate | serving the greene over which the had been put in the ground they that Trenchard is the men who man. When we "entered the The people Backs Sales have again taken at the beef, stall know to some extent the power which sheds were bails, and in conse-ould not bare mared. He has endowed the service with the Dobradja in 1877 the Balgariaas place at $815, but on account of the man and he was subsequent the purely abnormal conditions quence of that the F.W.D. made admitted that Isshing at the fact spirit of the offensive. the farther advance in Exchange ly arrested. There was no dispute of war have placed in the hands certain regulations. The Com- of the poles would make them s He was the first soldier in were about the same în number shares are now obtainable at aa to the fact that the men passed of persons occupying certain posi-mittee made a suggestion that a little secure. He thought that any army now in the fields the Rumanians. The Turky " $810.

the note, but the defence was that tione in the economic organisation causeway should be made at the one party wall for two shede was to recognise the cffensive end Tartars, who up to hen forme Marine and Fire Insurance," the prisoner did not know that it to take advantage of others loss back of the sheds. He did not not stable. Each shed should power of the aeroplace and ed the majority of the p-palation, Unions have obanged hands again was false. There were three favourably situated. The ex- think that there was any sugges have had a seperate party wall develop it to its present formid emigrated in large numbers, at $800 and Cantons have been points which went to show that igencies of war have caused an tion regarding strtis, but it was As it was the sheds were only able state. Until the battle of and were rep and by Ramanians, placed at $320. Yangtenes have the man had guilty knowledge, influx of population, both military suggested that the uprights divided by one party wall. He the Somme neither the British. In Oid Dubinli, the Rumanian been cold to the North at Shang- the first being that he went and civil, into certain localities, should not be let into the ground, thought that it was risky French, nor German Staff had element has now become not only hai 8220 Ex. 73. Hongkong to a stall instead of to

relative bit an absolute and the supply of soxommodation There never had been holes dag method to have the fours of the attempted to utilise the dying Fires are steady at 8330 and money changers. The second for various reasons has not kept for them, but the fact of their matsheds at different heights. It machine sa a weapon of attack on majority, the rest of the people Chios Fires are anobanged at point Was that although pace with the demand. It is being dumped on the ground was quite safe to build three sus poteworthy scale. The com belog composed of Tarks, Tartars, $133.

he was shop coolis

he inequitable that the enhanced made casty places.

storey ehede if they were properly plete mastery of the air which Balgarians, Greeks, Germans, etc. Shipping. Deferred Inde had $100 in his possession and value thereby given to the ex- ander Settlement influences after when arrested bad $140 in good isting properties should be wholly absence of the causeway would of

By the Crown Solicitor:-The constructed.

Baig's forces enjoyed throughout 10 that portion of the Dobrudja A Obinese, who was in Shed the Somme fighting was axela. which was

taken ✨ by us ⠀in sales at $160 declined during the money. That was rather a lot for appropriated by one party, the course satiet in the case of No. 11 st the time of the collapse, sively Trenchard's achievement, 1913 the majority of them week to $154, at which rate, and a shop coolis to have. The third landlord, to the detriment of the panic. Previously the people also sold ble story of what hap There is documentary evidence population WBS Tark at. $155, a good business has foot was that two days previously tenant, whose services in any simply walked across the green pened and how he was pinned that the Germans learned mors

farsar. To speak of the Dobradi been done. The market closes he had given a man's similar bad particular locality are in most

18 á Bulgarian country By Mr, Bowley:-The mat-down and afterwards scrambled from the British air tactics on the steady with boyers offering $154. Dote which was passed during cases equally essential to the sheds were on part of the greens, ont. When he went into the shada Sanme than they ever knew an absolute sbsurdity. If the Preferred Indos remain unaltered some gambling at a shop in Biate: The absence hitherto of but they were never able to pro at 2.30 he noticed that cus of the before, and sabsequently adopted Balgarians had maessered or put 3 $32 buyers. Donglese have Hollywood Road. He admitted restrictions on the raising of eat all the greens.

to fight the whole population of lashings was moving ap and down, them en bloc. changed hards at $77 and are giving the man the note to gamble rent in Bombay and certain By Mr. Lo-They left it to the That was abed No. 10. It was Ons of the first soldiers in the the Dobradja the feat would not an offer at this rate. Steamboats with, but said he did not know is other places to the Presidency, P. W. D. to do what they thought making a noise by rubbing British break of warka 1914 toue exterminated the whole people d be altered. If the Germans had bave again been in demand as was false.

has already produced conditions best, and also to leek after she against the pole. He was not the outbreak in found $180 $18 at which rates Evidence was then given.

rendering the present measure interests of the public,

afraid, bat he thought that that Trenchard in command of the Belgiam that would not have essentially necessary and argent.

M. W. J. Wilkinson, of the would make the floor a little un- Central Flying School at Alder-transformed Belgium into a Greze The provisions of the English Act Hongkong Land Investment safe. The shed was fall when shot. The British sir "service" man country, respecting mortgage interest have Company, said he was in Shed the collapse cocurred.

in those callow days consisted of not been reproduced in the Bill, No. 8 on the top for at the time

Chin Chan, a Chinese "boy", four squadrons of machines. Ali and $81. Malabone are an-

as the necessity for them does not of the catastrophe. He was with stated that he was standing in of them went forth with the changed, buyers offering $29).

exist in the Bombay Presidency his wife, children and other the middle of Shed 13, when he Contemptibles," lesving Trea- Docks, Wharves and Godowns,| "Trench fest," the trouble that tion has proceeded on the assumping noise, which seemed to be indoor upon which he was standing, condition when he was ordered to se in England. English legisla relatives. He first heard a crack heard a creaking sound from the chard disarmed. He was in thist -Hoogkong and

Whampoa formerly afflicted the soldiers tion that the proper rent of the shed where he was. Docks after sales at $1313 and sorely, really glorified

Then The floor was crowded. Before send machines to Egypt and to $132 have bayers at $131. Shang chilblaine. This on the authority Angust, 1914.

house is the rent paid on the 3rd the whole structure wwayed to and the collapse came, there was no defend the east coast in addition! bai Docks have had a further of Brigadier General

Jabson,

fro, snd enddenly collapsed. He panic, but there Wass Tranchard's "organisation" now sharp rise and after cash sales at speaking at a Bad Cross meeting

The present Bill adopts a prin was in the middle of the shed at stampede - when the creak-consisted The 90 are wanted at Tie. 97. in Sydney. Through the efforts oiple similar to that of the English the time. There we more than ing sound was heard. There without even a typist, but he made Business has been done forward of that body, he declared the Acts, with this modification that fifty people on that foor. There was no fire in No. 13, but when ready to obey orders. In three in these shares at Tls, 101 Jane complaint had been stamped out a somewhat later date than the was no abnormal dovement of he got out he saw a fire in No. weeks he had done what was ze and Tia. 102 July and there is a of France. General Birdwood at outbreak of war has been fired any kind before the collapse, and 11.

quired. strong demand at the close. first thought that the affection for the compatation of the etan-neither did be notice a move. Wong Sin-ting, No. 2 "boy"

Some day, perhaps, the story Kowloon Wharves have again was due to the men's carelessness, dard rent, An increase of 10 ment by people in other parts of in the Golf Club, said he was in will be told of how Trenchard, ra coms to business at $83 and and ordered that every man per cent. is allowed. This provi- the shed. He and all his relatives the Club house at the time of the whose outstanding traits are longer. fu das Bare $83 and there are buyers ut affected with it should be court-sion will secure to landlorda were buried in the debris. His collapas. He ran into the Club. range vision and lightningslike|Fable. Below yo kod Bac $821.

martialled. When the General reasonable portion of the en-first inclination was to stay there Ho was afraid to see what power of decision, wanted then was attacked himself, however, hancement of the values caused to avoid any more falling debris, we happening because people and there, before the war was We have very little to report he altered his viawe. It was by the war, while safeguarding but then he sw fire, apparently were making such a noise, and more then a month old, so take under this heading and rates are "one on him," the men said. tenauts from andas eractions, by the partition between Sheds after shutting the window he told over a great British motor work practically unchanged from last

The English Act does not apply to Nos. 18 and 9. The fire was then a Earopean in the Club, who for the exclusive use of the Air week with the exception of a sale

business premises, sad applice quite small and seemed to be on replied that he had better get Service. He was bulked in that of Hongkong Lande reparted at

only to dwelling housea below & the first floor as it was in its plenty of water heady. Witness desire, else the story of the air the reduced rate of $84. Centrals Advice from Nagsaski say that rental value of £28, and in Lon-collspeed condition. Be thought helped to more things out of the war, glorious as is has been, are wanted at $90 and Hongkong Tanaka Tokuichi, who was en-don of 235. This Bul extende the fine sterted after the cullapse.

Golf Club.

might have been vastly differentiations and decimals of gallons during the mome Hotele at $871. There are bavers tenced to death on a charge of to all dwelling houses and basi. He then forced a kole through By Mr. Bowley-Water was At the end of 1914 Trenchard' of Humphreys Estates at 8612 killing Ilma Zadern, the wife of ese premises in Bombay City the roof, and managed to get all got from the kitoben. There were went to France se a wing com-

and two other localities, beasse his relatives ont. They landed no fire buckets. It was hard to mander, and, while actively option par

business bae been done. Star Ferries have sellers at $28.

Refineries. Chins Sogers have buyers at $80 after sales at this

Lande, Hotels and Baildings.

6

Glorified Chilblains,

Murdered a German Baroness,

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WATER RETURN.

and

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WORKS LEVEL.

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STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND

Tytan

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DECIMALS OF GALLONS,

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Total

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Consumption of water in the Cky and HAX Distries of February.

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15290) - M. gallons:

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#73,200

and West Points at 878 are both German prisoner st Faknoke, has the case of all classes of pro-fire wae. then quits close and to hand whether the fire could front; proceeded to svalve: khe | when discomacted from Elder Malas and a rapply whilst Kowloon Lands at $275 Lieutenant Baron Von Zardern,'&milar conditions exist there in off the roof on the roadside. They if sufficient:water had been directing its operations at the

nominal..!

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out. Ohins Lights have been

done at $41 and have buyers dow

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abroary, 1917, Consolit supply-in all districts.

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W. CHATHA

Public

air

been executed. at Katsbachi Oils & Mining-Raubs after Branch prisco, Nagasaki. It will parties. If the Bit is applied burning strongly. (Winses paint have been put out

fighting organisation which was sales at $3. have sellers at this be remembered that at the time to other areas, power has been ed out on a photogaph himself Warder Gast said that the time to reach its zenith on the Somme, rate. Langkats have been done at when this sensational murder

reserved

limit its action and family crawling out). His of the collapse he was standing and of which eventually he be Tle.141 and Tie.141. Kailans are occurred the victim's husband to dwelling houses only, or to opinion was that the large nam in the grand-stand enclosure. He came the Chief. wanted at 41. Ural Caspians committed suicide.

The mur

certain classes of dwelling houses ber of people who were killed in firat hard a" cracking noise and

Trenchard is one of the strong are nominal at 201 and Sbelle derer was sentenced to death in of business or premises. The that shed were pinned dow looking round saw a booth, second but not "silent" men. His hobby remain at 120/ boyers, which is the Fukuoka Obibo Saibansho on Bill gives the

power of Be did not think that the stair or third from the Golf Club end, is getting things done. Having the London rate.

May, 26th last year. He appeal determining questions arising way at the rear of the shed collapsing. & few seconds later set out to accomplish & taak, he Electric

reets until he Companies. Honged to the Nagasaki Appeal Coursander its provisions to a Civil collapsed by itself after the sheds the whole lot collapsed. He never kong Eleotries have bayers at but the sentence was confirmed Court, as does the Englist Act. had fallen, but that it was taken entered about the middle of the that it is an army's business deals of pallone during the south

rushed on the

His track and it

military ideal is $481, but no shares are coming on Oct. 26th.

Questions under this law will in the general fall He was ordinarily arise in the course of certain that his shed fell in the booths. A few minutes after the to hight. We may rest assured Common civil proceedings, otherwise in direction of the Golf Club. When ory of fire was given.

that this South African vetoran po stituted, namely when rent has he got out he saw irs in the J-Mohammed Dyer, clerk at the and Empire-builder (for there are optice par have changed hands at 86.20 and sales at $5 are wanted at this been raised, not paid, and the direction of the Golf Club, Magistrsoy, said that at the time five years of effective adminis there are more shares offering at rate. Powell's have been placed landlord aues for rent or applies By Mr. Wakeman-He after of the collapse he was rative achievement to Tron- at $6h. There are sellers of for an order of ejectment, or awards saw fully 200 dead bodies When the collapse came he Nigeria) will not reet content till in Sheda 5 and 6 chard's credit in West Africa and Cotton Milla-There has baen Peak Trame (Old) at 88 and distress warrant. It will in in front of No. 8 shed. The fire a good business done in all Cot-Steam Laundries, at $4. Obias enou cases naturally devolve only seemed to break out at one ned in the debris. He feet for

seainted in rewoning: the people he has destroyed the enemy's s ton ebares and the market keeps Borneos can be placed at at $9. upon the Civil Court to decide place, steady at the following quots Hongkong Steels at $10 and whether the rent demanded is

In reply to Mr. Bowley, witness saw, amoke comin' from Shoda: T of the bag when I say that! I am letting no Air Staff secret tiong Shanghai Cottons at Tis. Union Waterboat at $11 are allowable under the provisions of admitted that there were two 188, Ewo at Tia, 176, Kang Yiks both nominal,

By this Bill. In cases under claque chatties in the shed it boiling The enquiry was adjourned that is Tronohard' "War Aim." at Tis. 151. Tangierspoon at Ti. Forward Settlement Daya-14, where application may be water, He could not as what the

until to-morrow. 8.80 and Orientals at Tis: 431, all 27th March (Wednesday), 28th made for the apportionment of chatties were resting on. The frat buyers,

April (Friday), 29th May renk, proceedings will not neces-floor was fairly fall-bont 200 Miscellaneous-Green Island (Wednesday) 27th Jane (Thats sarily be pending, but the court people. The people made a rash

Bank Extension. Cements have panin teen placed dev) and 29th July (Monday). has been similarly given power of when the abeds creaked

We learn from the Osaka dishi.

Loos are now quoted nominal, stj zate on London to-day is 3 and the English precedent." The Bill Brigade was working when he got offices12 Bitsvis,” Argentine, it $7 80 and $7.70. Hongkong Exchange. The opening T. T. making an order, again following By Mr. Stevenson The Fire

that the Yokohama Specie, Banic hse determineda.open branch $225. Dairy Farme have buyers on Bingapore 1334 Bar silver given jurisdiction to Small back. There did not seem st: $29 after sales during the (ready) is quoted at 441d. The Causes Courts within their local suficient supply of waw, only Buenos Aires and Rio de sastra yous week at $80. Ropes have been Bank ar 8 d/abaying rate on limite in onses under the class, canvas tank being whol:- Mostof shortly. The necessary pop placed at 8273, Waisons after Shangbai is 70, 201

mentioned as above,

the water was being pat on the tions are now being made

this rate.

and 9...

oni

Profiteering Arrangements are repor Yokobsms whereby garden farm produce will be taken markets, and put on retail price being 18 over the produce Begging Nuisance

"per cent." belo Before r. Dyar Ball, at the Tais estimate intracy shu morning, two amount of pro ars, arrested in Using Read going on.

day were finea. 80 or 14 manh

Both had been Shanghái sent away from the Uolony before. Daly

-“One who knows him," in the Daily Mail