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MEMOS."FOR TO-MORROW,
Auctions.
THE FUTURE OF TOKYO.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
BY TELEGARPH.
THE MON HONG WEEKLY BY
The one of the Hoxazoną WaEKLY ISITORS to Japan have frequently which appears to-morrow morning appro remarked the ti
singular anomaly of priately contains something that related to all ocean-borne merchandise passing the ralt of the Duke of Connaught. Our artist la represented by a characteristle through Zokohams instead of going study of The Duke of Commaught's Own" direct to Tokyo. The explanation, of and Veranion, recounting that H. R. H. Best In primarily bent upon obtaining loforms. ecomp, lies in the fact that Tokyo Bay, tion in regard to our military foroso, sup- while an imposing sheet of water, is too plies an Open Letter to a Happy Valley Hussar. Another prominent resident of shallow to admit of steamers of any size the Colony has been added to our gallery
ELECTRIC FACE pm. Auction Japanese Art Curios approaching the city. For years the of Men of the Time and further lostal
and
MIDWINTER SCALP MASSAGE.
Large and Assorted Consignment of FRENCH PERFUMERY
CLEARANCE Bols Agents for the 'RADIO
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FRIDAY,
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WEDDING PRESENTS:
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Hongkong, December 5, 1906.
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:
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HONGKONG.
Hongkong, Jangary 23, 1907. 2061
and Silk Embroidemen &, MrGeu; authorities have been considering the P. Lanzvert's Balph Rooms,
Kowloon
Miscellaneous."- 11 a.m.--Military Gun Protica. 3 p.m.-Bazany & Sale of Work, of the Soldiare&iture Home, in kid of Wesleyan Church Organ Fund. Gooda" por Naming "andelier 4 p.m. on this date, will by Innded:
domestic grievances of the "Wranglefords" mant of the descriptions of the amusing
ROYAL PARTY AT SINGAPORE.
PROPIMOUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
(From Our Correspondent)"
SINGAPORE, February 1. H.R.H. the Duke of Corniught
weather conditions were most pro-
Before landing His Royal Highness visited the German eraiser in the bar- bour and the Admiral,
The landing stage was very elaborate ly decorated.
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Goods & Chattels advisability of reclaiming portion of the will be found. Local sketches are in
&o, at fipidents! Hotel, Elgin Road, store and dredging the bay. In fact particular prominence and the number la, and party arrived her to-day." The
usual, relieved by humourous illustrations. reclamation work has been going on for mastered throughout. "The Storm in an kome time but on po fixed scheme. Lokpot "iss hint to some people who are pitious.
not gifted with a sense of proportion. The The advantages which would sccrue to Sporting Notes will be found to be of great Tokyo if it could take the place of interest this week and the other regular Yokohama as the first port in the Im-festurss are well up to the standard. Altogether the number le one that we can piza ass, however, so "that" is is confidently recommend to anyone who sites certain before many years bave passed
wants something crisp and bright to rend at the wook-end. that. a comprehensive scheme will be adopted and ocean-going steamers will SUPPRESSING OPIUM SMOK. Victoria Hall, where addresses were be able to discharge their cargoes and passengers into the metropolis, Tokyo has already extended seaward to a con- | siderable extent-in fact the Teakiji, the former foreign settlement, is entirely built on reclaimed land. The system
General Memoranda, SUNDAY, February 3
Transfer Booke of: Humphreye Estate and Finuned Co, Ld., gloss from this dste to 12th February inclusive. MONDAY, February 4
Nood-Meeting of Kowloon Land and
Building Co.. Ld, at Co.'s Office, Register of Shares of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation ofose from this date to 16th February, in
clusive, ・・・
TURDAY, February
6.80 p.m. Organ Recital in St John's of canals which ramifies through the
Cathedral.
city could be greatly improved and, as WEDNESDAY, February -
2.80 p., Auction of Household Furai
ture, at Glenwood, No. 27, Caine Road, THURSDAY, February 7 11 pliening! 11.3.Auction of Linen Fibre, Ratian Fornitare, &c. at Mosere Harris
Peddar Street, Keeney Co.'s Store SATURDAY, Februsty 9-1
Noon-Meeting of Humphreys Estate &
Noon. Meeting of Shareholders of Tho Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor- poration, at the Oity Hall. MONDAY, February 25:— 1
Noob-Meeting of Hongkong
pos DockCo., Ld., at Co.'s Offices.
ING.
(From a Correspondent.)
ANOT, January S0). Chinese round about Amoy are in a greatly excited state because of the very stringent measures that are to be adopted at Chinese New Year with regard to oplom. It is felt by the people generally and there is a widespread movement to get that the Government is really in carnest,
water carriage is invariably cheaper rid of the habit before the law comes into
force. than transit by land the distribution : One of the results of this is that s nativo of merchandise from ships in Tokyo Bay shop in Amoy is rasping great benefits could be carried out at the minimum of from the sale of certain pills which aro laimed to combat the opium amoking expense. When the Bay is made avail-babit successfully and the ran upon them
able for shipping of large tonnage has been enormous, so much so that branch
shops are being opened.
Finance Ce, Id. at Registered Office, avere blow will be struck at Yokohama, SATURDAY, February 15:
That city chiefly subsists as a feeder of Tokyo, from which it is distant about eighteen milca. The population of Yo Whamkohama is only 324,776 as against 1,795,128 in Tokyo. Still it is not like ly that Yokohama will suffer very saverely for another couple of decades. It has certain geographical advantages which will ensure for it for all time a certain amount of shipping trade and,
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
Outside the door of every oplum amoker is to be affixed a notice board with the name of the person followed by the Chinese characters for Useless Man. The effect of this will be to cause the Chinese to lose face, and they feel this deeply,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
It is proposed to publish a directory of the American Consul General invites all Americans in Hongkong and to this end
Americans to supply him with their full
though its importance will assuredly names, business and residential addresses, ok. An advertisement appears on another EDUCATIONAL WORK IN diminish when the rivalry of Tokyo page.
becomes a accomplished fact, it will always remain a town of some im portange.
HONGKONG
y
LOGAL AND COAST NEWS.
The German Mail of the 2nd January was delivered in London on the 3, this
An avaricious chair coolin was sum-
The Royal party proceeded
presented and the Duchess of Connaught started the clock, -
At Government House picturesque news was lent to the proceedings by the attendance of Malay chieftains.
The Royal party loft at 4 o'clock.
COLLIERY: EXPLOSION,
EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTOMBED.
(Exclusies Service, supplied by Reuter,
via" Bombay).
LONDON, January 31.
An explosion has taken place in a Colliery at Faretteville, Virginia, U 8. "A
Eighty-fire workmen are entombed.
RUSSIA
PRISON GOVERNOR BHOT.
(Koulusive Servica, applied by Reuter,
sia Bombay):
LONDON January 31 The Governor of the political prison
Hundreds of leading citizens went to Government House yesterday to greet Bir Matthew Nathan, His Excellency met visitors after entering Government House at St. Petersburg was shot and killed and cordially shook hands with all. The
weather was too cold to promenade in the yesterday morning. gardens, and visitors partook of tea in the dining rooin, and made themselves at homo in the house.
{REUTER'S SERVIOS, I
THE LATE MR WHITELEY,
LONDON, January 30.
It is announced that the late Mr White-
Ar this season of the year the attention of the people of the Colony is forcibly directed to things educational. Daily the reports of the numerous, sobolas- tio establishments, Government and private, denominational and updenomi-ioned, at the Magistroy, this morning, national, are presented for public critic | by M. Lofoons (acting Consul for Franco)
It is with much regret we (Shanghai ism and an opportunity is afforded of for demanding more than the leal fare fercury of Jan. 26.) have to chronicle the sering what progress has been made and behaving in a disorderly manner-death of Mr Francis John Maitland, who
Complainant took a chair yesterday from more familiarly kriow as ** Frank" Mait-ley has left £1,000,000 to build almshouses during the year, Broadly speaking that the King Edward Hotel to Government land which took place this morning at the and homes for deserving poor people.
Immense crowds attended the funeral progress has been satisfactory. The House and on arrival thero gave the colle Gifty cents and demanded change. The coclio BLEND reports all show that the number of
gave back ten cents and then complained children who are taking advantage of that he had been under paid. Mr F. A. the educational facikties available in Hareland imposed a fine of $2 on such
charge. Hongkong is steadily inorenning. Also the standard appears to be rising all round. It may be said, without undue adulation that it has been the influence of His Excellency the Governor which
The Leading Whisky
St. Andrew's Church.
A meeting was held in St Andrew's Church, Kowloon, and Measts W. O. Jack,
General Hospita. Ha had only been a short time coriosely ill, and it was thought to-day advisable, as his only hope of recovery, to undergo an operation. This operation took place yesterday, but it was of no avail, he gradually grew weaker and this morning ha passed quietly away. He was the son of the late Septimus Maitland, who lived lo Shanghai in the forties and who was e
The Globe announces that the resignation tos merchant here in the fifties. He was of Sir James Swettenham has been accept.
THE KINGSTON INCIDENT.
Swottenham's Resiguation.
LONDON, January 30
LATE TELEGRAMS.
(FROM STRAITS PAPERS)
AROTIU EUROPE.
London, January 25. Vossels arriving in the Channel ports are completely ice-mantled.
the
T'hero have been deaths from the cold in
streets of Paris,
The Italian Jakes and the Venetian cəzalə are frozen over.
J. C. Lowe, G. W. Evos, E. 0. Lewis, born in Kent, England, in 1866. In 1875 od Fielder and P, F. E. Stone were elected na be joined the firm of Alcers Thorne and London, and in 1878 he came WHISKY has caused the incraised activity and lay members of the Church, and the Hon. Jo.
Sir Paul Chater, C. M. G., Auditor. Tout to Shanghai and joined the firm of Mesars Maitland and Co., remaining zeul among the gentlemen in charge of Church Income for October, November and with them until it was turned into e our schools and colleges. Sir Matthew December amounted to $1,116.88 and limited liability company in 1891, when he expenditure to $829.79, a credit balance of became the senior partner, which position Nathan has let it be unmistakeably $287.00 being still in hand. Sosts rents be filled up to the time of his death. For known that he attaches the very for 1907 already amounted to $227.50 and many years he has written on sporting mat. bigbeet importance to the proper train-there was still 8238.43 left of the furnishing ters in different papers over the name of fund. The Church required $3000 for 1907 Daybreak" and as bis articles were ing of the young, and he has on prize-
as well as an organ, punksha or fans, always amusing, they wara looked for and read with avidity. He started Sport and giving occasione broken away from the kneeling hassocks, etc.
Gosipa wookly paper in 1898, and not long traditional practice of uttering a few.
ago he bought the Shanghai Times, He worn out platitudes as a matter of duty,
was a keen aportaman, find very fond of animals, and was, we believe, instrumental nos of inclination. His apseches have
in starting the Shanghal Society for the been full of helpful suggestions and he
Prevention of Oraclty to Animals. A short time since he was thrown from his horas line not been content to merely eulogise.
of your paper, to draw the attention of the and he has never been the same man since. efforts in the right direction but he public in general and the Ballios Trustees His familiar figure will be very much missed has been plain-spoken when in partfonlar to the very gallant behaviour in our midst. To say he had many friends
very
ofs bostman, No. 3582, who, in the raomt in Chins would not be saying much, for he defects have been apparent to him. This has made the respective heads! qual exceeded, at great personal risk was beloved by many and his death will ho to his own, in saving the liver of five per keenly felt, and they, with no, sincerely doubly keen, and there is now in exis-sons who happened to be inalde his nampan sympathise with his wife who is at home
with relatives. tence & bigbly beneficial rivalry as to when she was capsized in the middle of the harbour. This humble, brave man is which school will show the best results. now left with an empty boat which was bis
THROUGHOUT THE EAST
FOR OVER
20 YEARS.
i
CORRESPONDEGE,
BRAVERY.
(To the Editor of the "CHIA Mayo.") Sir-I should like, through the medious
الله
to
ROOSEVELT'S ENERGY
LONDON, January. 25, President Roosevelt in a special message Congress argen legislation to assist lines of large and swift steamere to South Americansbipping, by building and roaning America and the East, thus avoiding the surrender of trade to commercial rivale.
RUSSIA'S MOOK ELECTIONS,
LONDON, January 25,
· The preliminary elections for the Russian Doms have begun. ROTA
The Governor-General of Moscow notifies that anyone making speeches against the Government is liable to three months im- prisonment.
HAD HIS OPENED TWICE.
An sgèd Boutch minister, about to marry | ***
$15.00...Per Case. All this is good for the Colony and home, an equally empty pocket and a slek
will ensure a good foundation for a wife. The most touching part of the for the fourth time, was explaining his FIGHT. THE HOUSE OF LORDS
Popisode is that he has to moan the loss of reason to an elder. You coe, I am an more ambitions scholastic institution
two of his children who were drowned dor- if one is catablished in the future. In ing the samas equall.—Youra, eta, any event there is little doubt that the
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old man pow, and I cannot expect to be here varra lang. When the end comes. I wad like to have some one to close my
The elder nodded and exit :
Awell, scenister, I have had twa wives, and baith of them opened mine 1 PAN
SOUND ADVICE
31. JAMAICAN LADY SPEAKS HIGH LY OF CHAMBERLAIN'S AT
COUGH REMEDY RS Michael Hast, wife of the suporin- NEVEK neglect a bad cold. You can
tondent of Ourt Service at Kingaton,
not tell, how It may result. A simple Jamaica, West Indies, says that slio has for SOMO Years used Chamberlain's Coach Re-home remedy will, often bring relief and should not be ignored, but there is nothing medy for oths creep and hooping so reliable as Chamborlato's Cough Remedy, cough and has found it very beneficial. Sko
since that, when he leaves the Colony, A the educational standard will have been raised will be realised. A distinot improvement has already become BUILDINGS, noticeable and there to every reason to believe that next year will show still botter rosnits.
Hongkong, January 29, 1906,
LONDON, January 25, The Rt. Hon. Mr Lloyd George, speak ng st Newcastle and refereing to the House ol Lords, sald that the coming contest would be the greatest fight of the Dem corner for generations. He agreed with Mr. Keir Hardie that unless the fight to bo to the finish, the rising of the quas tion at all would be worse than & sros.
PANAMA'S RIVAL
DREN FORDÓK, Jantary 26,
The Inter-Cossalo Tehuantopods Ralf- has implisit confidebos in it and would'nt is well known for its quiet cures of way, which the Mexicans are confident ill be without a bottle of it in her home. Sold coughs and colds. For sale by all chemiets be the most formidable rival to Paanima
and storekeepers.
Canal, was opened as Balina Cruz yeste by all chemists and atorskeopor..