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TUESDAY, July 8-
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3 p.m.--Auction of Valuable Leasehold Property Two Lota), ntMr Geo. F. Lammert's Sales toons,
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MARRIAGE
THE CHINA MAIL.
On 19th Jane, at the Danish Consulates Heneral, Shanghai, J, T. JESPERSEN, oldest son of 1. Jespersen, of Vejle, Denmark, to JOK YAN, eldest daughter of Al-Jong, of Canter.
DEATH.
On the 21st June, at the General Hos pital, Shanghai, ELIZABETH PRICE: aged 12 years.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1902.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the Way.
The Datebreruisor Zeeland was to be in Singapore for the Coronation festivitira.
In
The following naval officers are placed the retired list-Capiain John
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matter for congestulation "fal this petfirts to public athiessind the improci scheme is now definitely before thement of the condition of his fellow weg. Government and will take its place in He has ever been noted for his upright future budgets of the Colony, and the nos and integrity, and fully deserves publie will be glad to hear that, although my honour his King may confer on the formin commencement of the Lim, Park has been indefinitely postponed, The public will unit in congratulat- the Government are to push the working the three gentlemen who have be Blaxland and Commander Arthur Ravenhill. The proincution of this tene commenced under climatic and seasonable considera Hongkong. In De Ho Kai's cesc, our alend so far as way bedenmed advisable selected for honour as representing 5.10 p.m.
tions. In one respect, it will be an Chineso fellow citizers will be gratitled Lut lottery was fined 815, for offering To-day, a dester in the tickets of the advantage to have the review of Troops to note that to them as a class no public tickets for aste in the Colony, in the colder weather, as the contempla, honour is withheld when public service ted Review on the 26th inst., would is joined to uprightness in personal probably have been very trying for the effort. It may be regarded as cingulur majority of the man engaged. In con- that none of our local officials lave re clusion, let us state that the Military ceived any honours. If none has been and the Naval authorities, upon whats granted at the present time, it may be e much dependent for display, co operatinferred that they are merely held overted ed in an admirable manner. Com till the issue of the Birthday. Honours modore Robinson and Captain Percy later in the year, Scott, C.B., H.31.S. Forrible, both deserve a mead of praise for their] exertious to make the velebation s memorable one,
The China Mail.
BOYGRONG, PRIDAY, JUNE 27. 1908.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
PROOF FILTERS, ROCHESTER LAMPS,
WHITE TURKISH
TOWELS and
COUNTERPANES. HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES or see it. Praise also goes out to Mr W. Danby, Chairavan of the sub-committee arranging for the entertainment of the children to-morrow, and associated with him are Messrs 31. S. Northcote, R. C. Wilcox G. Stewart and E. Osborne His Excelleney the Officer Administer, ing the Government deserves general
COOKING RANGES,
BUMA, STAM, THE MALAY PENINSULA, CAMROMA, ANNAM, THIBET, COREA AND JAPAN, Entrusted to the Socarry of the
MISSION ETRANGEELS,'
And
KITCHEN UTENSILS, (Translated by EDWARD HATTER PARK
Reprinted from Tor USA REVIEW.')
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CORONATION HONOURS,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Vital Statistics.
fr will be noticed frum aur advertising colucans that the reception at Government House arranged for Saturday night will not now take place.
Engineer G. R. Byles, to the The following appointment gazei- Tamor, additional for Hongkong Yard, &. (to date May 24).
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Football.
The Sual for the football cup was play- ed at Singapere on the 37th fist., when the- 49th Co., R. G. A., defeated the 50th C. by one goal tu nil. Beer and the Bible
Lord Burton's Infort gift to Burton
now church at at Herningtour, custing four- has just been announced. Ho will build a
teou-thousand pounds. Messrs. Buss rind Co, give three thousand pounds to an on- dowment fund. This makes half-a-dozen churches which have been built by mem bers of the firm.
A Cadet Corps.
have made its best public appearance at the The vow Cadet Corps of Ceylon was to Coronation Military Review Festerday, the harbor of boys expected on parade being 150. They were to appear in their klaki, and the latest hopo of Major S. M. Burrows (also the Director of Pubile Education) was
The Shanghai Afercury, which is now pablished by a limited liability company, paid 10 per cout dividend for the past yearn drum and file band..
A general abstract published as a Par-enderi 50th april Inst. liamentary paper states that during last year, there were 259,082 morringes, 320,270 births, and 551,316 deaths in England and Wales. Of the birth, 473,713 were males and 450,007 females. The number of males who died was 285,679, and of females 285,037.
Mir A. B. Tabback has been clected Captain of the Malay States Volunteer Kifles, the right and left subalterns to be chosen when the Corps is more established.
Golf
Kowloon Bowling Green Club.
The 'At Hen' of the Kowloon
Our Subsidary Coinage.
On the 26th ult, the Archbishop of Canterbury opened a new chapel, in the grounds of Tonbridge. Schop shop Huare (31ongkong) was non of four Bishops
Attempted Suicide at Shanghai.
Cost of a Battleship
The Becounts of the battle-ship Bul warto built at Devonport Dockyard, and recently commissioned for the Mediter ranean station. havojast been closed. The cost of construction, including machinery, was £1,014,835, which is over £1000 less than the estimate. The guns of the chip cost £68.000 wlditional.
Singapore Death Rate.
Marching Extraordinary.
Twelve non-commissioned officers and
at Montmacdy, have just performed the re-
hours, or about 35 miles an hour, over one of the most difficult routes in Fauce. Lieu. Frevet was in comand. The Garlois addis har the inttalion, with med nt bend, wet the men on their rotura.
Music at Hongkong Hotel,
Polka..
Selection....The Geislin
'Xarser' "Whistling
ALDO BAVE TET KI
Rosa Handel Tawton Jones
who recently
Fashionable Engagement.
An enormous amount of CORONATION, work has been done in this Colony, both private. ly and on behalf of the public, in 21.00 anticipation of the Coronation, and, although a deeply regretted circumstance over which san had no control, has | prevented us from participating in this Royal festival, it would be a pity that
Up to the present, all we the opportunity should pass without
know of the Coronation some public recognition of the efforts of
Honours is that three thegentlemen who ungrudgingly devoted
gentleinen connected with themselves to the public service for the
Hongkong bave been sin gled out for recognition by His Majesty auspicious occasion. Special praise is
the King. Although Sir Thomas Jack- due to Chief Justice Goodman, Chair-sou is no longera resident of Hongkong, 5.30 p.m.-Moeting of Mexbors of then, and Mr E. A. Hewett, Han. it was here where he made his wark in In a mustch, 10 aside, the ladies of
Victoria Recreation Club in the Clab Secretary of the Coronation Celebration the world's affairs, and the bestowal of England defeated the ladies of Scotland by present.
Committer, upon whose shoulders the baronotex, following upon the knight- beat Ireland by four matches to to, and Celestial Phenomenon.
8 vantches to ni!, 2 being halved. England
The total number of dustlis for Singa 9 p.m.-Mecting of Zettard Lodge.
bulk of the labour fell, and whose hood conferred by the late Queen Vic-Ireland best Sontland by three watcher to
pro the work ended June 14 was: 345-4 MONDAY, July 7:-
arrangements, thanks to the enthusiasm toria, is a fitting clintax to a carcer of twe-The Irish Golf Championship we wrote on the 25th ult. An equal was principally duo to fever, which claimed The Odussa omspondent of the Nan ratio per millecf78.45. Thisħighdeath-rate- Nook, Extraordinary Meeting of Wat-and able assistance of the Committeeme great public usefulnces. There was a
kins, Limited, at the Company's Office,
won at Dollymount by Mr F. B. Kowertaletal photourenoy was sported loveys victims, cholera with a fatalities and No, G, Queen's Road Central, more immediately associated with them, rumour prior to his departure to Europe (Malone), who dofcated Mr Rowan Shast night. From mine pan. to a quater phthisis with 41.
were of a very complete and satisfactory on holiday that the Senior Unofficial (Dublin University) by one.up.
With gard to the Sten (Greenwich thac), thore were visible cholera casos, most scentreti namngst the naturo, Much credit also falls to Member of the Legislative Council was
in the South-astern sky, at a median alti-coelies on St. John's Island. Hon. R. Murray Rumsey, R.N., Har to be created a kipist. Kumour ins
inde, two broad lines of pillars of light, of Four Master. Mr Jolin And W. H. Wickham, of the Sir C. P. Chator's many local friends in Green Club, hich was to have beca pillars were exactly parallel and wido apartmen of 345th French Infantry, in urriar
Barton not proved falu on this occasion, and
How-larly towards the zenith. Those lumineus planetary brilliance, extending perpendiou- decoration and Memination comittee, have already congratulated him by cable held this aftormoon in celebration of Notwithstanding the hazy and showery whose work was to have provided a
on the new title conferred upon him Coronation, and in conjuction with the weather, they rómained fully visible and markable feat of amrehing 853 miles in 264 spectacle that would have lived in the We do not attempt on the present has been abandoned. To the sci-finals for ually faded away.
cutting of the first sed of the Kings Parks--offaigem for forty minutes, and then grad Laemories of all who were privileged to occasion to enumerate the various public the silver-mewated bowls presented by Mr positions Sie C. P. Chater, has filler. T. I. Beidi, T. Petrie beat W. 6. Jack We believe he came to Hongkong as a (21-11), and J. M. Henderson bent C. P. clerk in the Agra Bank, and afterwards. Focken (21-5). The finalists et on Si- beinnso a start and bill broker. It is turday at 3.30 p.m.
The Mercury of the 21st in. sayu-A un raped A. Renund attempted to comp due to his initiative and tenacity of
wit suicide lu his 100m over Mesas purpose that Hongkong owes the great
Gilardi and Co.'s, store, 38 and 39 By kind permission of Lieut.-Col. foreshore reclamation schemes which at Singapore on the 18th inst., for eirentar shooting himself through the head with a Bonibay Infantry will play at the Hongkong Thirteen Chinamen were fined $8 eucit, Szechuan Road, only this morning, by Baillie and Officers, the Band of the 22nd have enabled the port le cope with its ing prohibited cor. It is time a crusade evetrar. The hall passed through the Hotel to-morrow (Saturdne) evening, from "IN SALE AT KELLY & WALSH Len. praise for the readiness with which he growing business, and had his latest was opened in Hongkong against the Chinese comples and oyce, causing a fearful open 8 pm to 3.30 p.m.-
has accommodatii himself to the wishes suggestions for the transfer of the Naval subsititary colunge. Hongkong rags about round. He was found lying on the bei March.. The Star of Bobbie Burns..Hume of the community and helped forward Yard to Kowloon been acquiesced in by being part of a great Empire. yot it has to about 8 o'clock this morning. A report, election... The Rose of Persia....Sullivan the work of the Coronation Committee.the Traperial authorities it would have depend upon a semi-oficis! Chinese mistas of a gun, was hand about 5 am, by one Largo..
Valso......Sebre las Olas Without his good services it was in-been all the better for the Colony sad, for its subsidiary reinage. That courage is the neighbours, but he attention was possible to do much that was to have in the end, for the naval department. not recognised by the banks or the Gorers-paid to it. The matter was at once report- been done--particularly the first cat-Sir C. P. Chinter has served for many at unless something is done on the the wound. by Dr Milles, conveyed ment, yet they du net effier any substitute, to the police, who, after an examination ting of the sod of the King's Park,years on the Legislative Come as the pallie will have to tender a cheque at the He took a keen interest in the work of namince of the Justices of the Peace, Tast Om,toy 2 cent stamp! There is the Genemi Hospital, where he now lies in
the unfortunate man, still unconscious, the General Commitice, attending two ho is the District Grand Master of the menething reticu în our littin State.
Mr Ian Malcolm, M.P. of the meetings, and throughout the Freemasons in South China, and is con-
very eritical condition, Mr Renaud was visited India-is engaged to Miss Langtry, A. S. WATSON & CO., absence of red-tape levo didinguished the leading companies in the Colmy. proceedings commonsense and entire nected with the Directorate of most of
explayed as a da inspector at Messrs. daughter of the celebrated Mrs Langtey Bavier & Co, and had only lately arrived Miss Joan Langtry is the only child of the LIMITED.
all his actions, Hon. F. 71, May, Co. He had been in ill-health for some time, long is singularly backward, in ga al-Shanghai previously, The reason scribed Assistant Privata Sterntary to Lord Salis. For some reason or mother Hongfrun Manila, though he had bec infamous actress. Her future husband way Jonial Secretary, Hon. W. Chatham, and left for Europe a few months ago to her, and as these matters are entirely in for the rash art is stated to have beau bury frog 1895, and became Parliamentary Director of Public Works, and the other, undergo a course of trustament at the official bands at may he asked why Bong-netaut ill-health..
Private Souzetary to the Chief Secretary olicials of the Governucut, although Marienbad baths, Sir C. P. Chater is
king is en backward. The new postege
for Trohud i 1901. He is an old friend no necessarily coming prominently the donor of the statute of the Dake of ear issued at Singapore to go no further.
staops, with King Edward's elligy, have A Wiss Step.
of Lord Curzon, and accompanied him to before the public in thig inatter, have | Conrâught, which was to have ich hield, and we now learn from our Singapore to prohibit the use of night-aoil for maner
Burmanlı last enii weather, writing letters The Singapore Municipality bus decided thence to the Daly Me on the trip. nd considerable amount of work to unveiled yesterday. He received exchanges of the 19th.inst. The "the nowing vegetable gardous within the Municipal The Origin of Coinage. do in currying out the details of the | GM-shipa year or two agn.
Edward VII sbsidiary silver coins are comannity, which has exhibited marked according t arrangements,. Among the Chinese -Tile Hon Dr Ho Kai. who, being jesued by the Teasury and artist ares in Hongkong and Kowloon, it is recy, contributed to the Honie and
With the extension of the residen
In A Short History of Cons and Car- Kantur, ha entirusism alt along, perhaps time were made a Companion of the new Imporisi Wears a low crown routed by the Government constacred the advisability of Avebury tells an interesting story of the
Theanobtainable in the Bazar His Majesty high time that the Fanitary Bound and the School Library" (J. Murtay), outstanding figures were Mr He Tang, Servico Order, well deserves this globo aud cross. The iniuting does not introducingu sinalac prohibition in this development of our money, and monetary who was a hard-worker on the decora benoir. He is a son of Hongkong, and is a pleasing one. Some of our now to health which this evil practice entails, by numerous photographic illustrations. show pp details very well, but the design Coliny, Apart altogether from the danger system, which is made yet mure structive tion and fish-procesion commiture, and the Alive Memorial Tuspital will be a last-legislators might ask at the next Council it in surely plain enough to the meanest in Barter, of course, was the earliest method Me Fung Wa Claen, the extent of ing memorial of hisbeneficenco in the pla-meeting why Hongkong lags in this retellectif ut so the most obstinate nos óf doing business, and the Chinese appear whose labour in collecting subscriptions ce of his birth. To Ho Kai want to Eng- spout. and arranging for the Chinese flower land to complete his stadies in 1873,
that the use of odoriferous night-soil in the to have first devised u motullia equivaleur, Celebrated show it is difficult to estimate.
After Enishing his English Studies nt
Daring Robbery.
vicinity of inhibited areas is a nuisance of by ranking, about twelve conturin B.C.. The public nude a very generous ro-Margate, he joined St. Thomas's Hospital (Wednesday), a very daring pubbary" wea On the morning of the Path inst.,
the worst and most dangerous sort, The metal models of common objects, such as sponse to the appeal for funds, the in 1875; three years later he went to cominitted by a gang of robbens wirin to-day that a sewer is the bealthiest of all really the westor of the eo still rent public of Hongkong have been told before pieces of cloilt and knives, the latter haing amount collected being in excess of Aberidien University where he took three doors of the entrance to the Pentral places to live in, and doubtless some crank under the name of Cush. The warliest what was estimated to be expenderia degree of M.B and C.M. in Telice Station. BLEND This fact, it may be mentioned, has 1879, in the same year taking the tion supplied to the police by the victim of noither dangerous
Truppenes from infocina.ill on forward to prove that night Greek money, about twenty-six conturies been taken notion of by other Colonies degree of M. R. C. S. (London), Ho the outrage, a halt oli mari, that, ut Se ele sire. But the majority of the people a true only, and Lord Avebury sous un FIEL ofen- old, was a small staraped ingot mther ran which apparently exponded loss personal joined Lincoln's Inn in 1879, and was in the morning, three or four mea colored have an ingrained belief to the contrary, the gradual development into those ex- effort and exhibited les enthusiasm exiled to the Bar in January 1882 the house at No. 3, Hollywood Kood. Is and it is, as we have already said, in viewquisite medals which were atrack about 400. than was the case in this much smaller He returned to Hongkong in March of had arrived in the Colony only two days of the spread of houses, Locoshing & qucation B. C. The oldest British coins, after community. The fact is worthy of the same year. He entered the Legis any of the men or their creand, and when as a fertiliser should be prohibited withinte copios of Greek model. Pie the Bret
previously from Chaton, and did not know of urgency and expediency that night-sul time spurseded by Ronias moley, were": note when we take into consideration lative Council in March, 1890, as the they proceeded to gag him, ürst by his certa well-defined areas. When the new silver pennies, struck by Offs, these of the absence at this juncture of an representative of the Chinese com queue, which abuernally high number of the Colony's munity, nail is now serving his third stating paper is mouth, he took thought that
broke,.,and then by roads were made to Kowloon City, it was Popin served a6-patterns, 340 going cos most publicspirited citizens, who had term in that body. Fur ten years, be it as a joke on the
y new area had been opened Sason ponit of silver. Pounds, shilling. they been here, would have been high in served on the Sanitary Poard, and he some of the residents of the house.anabers of residents-zdressed gentle second, until the reign of Henry VII, was part of up for eycling and riding parties. Larga and penes were then in the, though the the subscription list and would have has served for many years as a member When, however, they proceeded to dry-went from the Peak District and enly a money of account. John first stensk taken prominent part in the work of the following Boards and Committees the to position of silsin. The men, hay gardener, who gets in his beat work at sun-urgenny plece, and Heary III. - gold him roughly to the bascent, he realisel Hongkong to Kowloon, but the vegetable a silver halponny. Edward [[". the groot or the Committee as they did en culebration-Law Coobittee of the Legislative committers in the past. Regret has founcil, Public Works Committee, Pothe house and lock away over 3300 in The vicnity of the king's Park at Kowloon, güeral use till Edward III. Then Loring, ted him up there, proceeded to rack down, son drove them from Kowloon penny, but this metal woest restaçal to tirely been expressed at the untoward Leung Kuk Committee. District Watch money, quantity of valuable jeweilery, the first sou of which was to have been cut currout for 6. and afterwards nobles, instance which has led to the ner's Committee. The Examination and u promissory nolu for $459, the proto-day. i malodorous enough and low valued at 6 Ed., were struck, with their abandonment of the Coronation Festi- Board, The Medical Board, The Gor-perty of Chan Yau, carpenter contractor the Sanitary Board at the Unicial halves and quarters, Thu styrogn was vities, but it is not only the sincere hope, erning Body of Queen's College The The mattor was not reported to the Folion member of the Legislative thung, be- fist coined by Henry VII, and the gunen but the lively expectation of everyone, Tung Wah Hospital Committee. The till 180, the old man being afraid of con- fore they talk shout the new Fublic by Cinales la Copper farthing of Janss that the celebration may be carried Finance Committer of the Alice sequences preferring, as he said, to wait ealth Bill take a trip to Kowloor 2001. first gave the Laser incials place so the through at a not far distant date with Memorial and Nethersóle Hospitals, and the return of his master, the owner of the day afternoon between the hours regular corrige. Milled, as distingitised all the écles which would, have attended is Tecturer on Bledial Jurisprudence stolón property. Later in the day, a captors organs are in good working order Elizabeth, but coins of modern aspon were of four and six, and, provided their elfay from hammered, money was introduced by it ou the present occasion, and auder and Rector's Assessor of the College of rited. the individual in question, having the example of Singapore nu be followed first etzuck by Over Cromwell. An inter
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bure was cade as the result of information Medicine for Chinese. Besides this, he je his possession over 8000) of what is bu during the progress of the Coronation and Committees from time to time. It supposed to bave heru six
One local object has been iufvanced has served upon numerons Commissions loves to be the solen monog. There arrangements, mely, the laying out will thus be seen that Di Ho Kai hasard it is believed that the procents of the on in toegang 211 of a Public Park at Kowloon It given liberally of bis time and personal robbery more equally divided..
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