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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Miscellaneous.
Goods per Persia undelivered after non
on this data subject to rent. Goods per Sunds not cleared at 4pm,
on this date subject to rent.
General Memoranda. THURSDAY, July 25:-
Oooda per Nippon undelivered after this
date subject to rent, Goods per Sutauma undelivered after
this date subject to rent.
Gooda per Lightning undelivered after
4p.m. this date will be landed.
FRIDAY, July 26
11 a,m.Tenders for Government Bille received by Chief Paymaster, Army
Poy. Department. SATURDAY, July 27-
3,45 p.ui.-Auction of Household Farul. ture, at No. 8, Des Your Villas, (No. 69;, the Peak.
SUNDAY, July 23:
date subject to rent.
stupid institution. Another result of
LOCAL AND COAST-NEWS.
the strengthening of the Socialist Far-The ND,La tenor Ron was delayed libdentary party will be to create a considerably in her journey to l'onang on feeling of reliance upon the House of July 16 owing to and weather and high seas preventing the pilot's launch from Lords which will make more difficult going out to meet her.
the threatened tampering with the privileges of the Peers. The danger of domination of the House of Commons by Socialists, however remote such a possibility may be, will render the Bri- tish people extremely unwilling to
last evening after a pleasaut voyage. The steamer Rubi got in from Manila
Nearing port north-easterly winds and moderate sen provaled. She brought over general cargo and a pubor of passengers,
TUESDAY, JULY 23. 1007..
BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.
CRICKET.
Kent Again Defeated.
(Badurice Service, supplied by Reuter. via' Bombay).
Lonnon; July 20.
The Champion County as again
In the Yellow Dragon" for July tolerate any interference with the Cham E. R. continues his narrative "From suffered defent, being heaton by Essex ber. which acts as a brake upon the more has another chapter of The Malsenat Tunbridge Wells by nine wickets,
West to Eant," whilst Mr T. K. Dealy
Out of evil comes Cane." School Notes and Currespondence:
impetuous House.
good, and we can afford to regard with equanimity the temporary victories of
Goods per Glenlochy not cleared on this the Socialists. In politics we frequent. ly find the paradoxical result that an accession of strength means increased weakness,
MONDAY, July 29--
Goods per Salasie unclaimed after this dato at Noon will be subject to rent and landing charges. TUESDAY, July 30-
Goode per Bencleuch undelivered after
this data subject to rent,
The China Mail.
also figure,
Mr Joseph H. Longford, une-kimo
British Coned in Japan, has written The ines" stating that the "Mikado" is an insult to the Japanese. He declares at some length that it ought in hava been prohibited long ago.
Three hundred and fifty-six Indians
Yorkshice boat Gloucestershire uti
Harrogate by 35 vans.
Leicester beat Derbyshire at Darby by nine wickets,
THE TROUBLE IN KOREA.
Attempt at Massacre.
(Hclusive Service, supplied by Reuter, via Bombay).
LONDON, July 24.
Router's correspondent at Sooul
states that a mob of 2000 Koreans roarched upon the houses of the mom- bore of the Cabinet and sacked and
burned them.
The mob then determinedly attempt od to massacre the Korean Ministors,
Surrey beat Lancashire at the Oval but were prevented by the Japanose police, who Euscooded in dispersing by 112 rana.
Worcester bent Sussex at Brighton by six wickets,
The Sikh ie a very good policeman in his way but his way je peculiar reached Hongkong in the steamer Lightning
from Calcutta yesterday. Most of the sometimes On Sunday, after the have Canada as an objective, and they are do not make any difference in the three The result of the matches given abova murder in Das Vaux Road, a Euro-attracted thither by reports from their leading teams-Notts, Middlesex and pean saw four Chinese running away countrymen.
Surey, but Lancashire, owing to the from the wounded man (not then
defont by Surroy, fall from fourth to sixth A Chinese capitalist has cattled down at place, and Worcester's victory over Sussex knowing that the man was wounded) Tulang Agung, in East Java to grow mul-has sent Foster's term into fifth plads, and called the attention of a Sikh berry trees, rear silk worms, and produce ahead of Rout and Yorkshire. And the policeman to the fact. The Sikh regard-silk. He is not discouraged by the many champions, what of them? Yet another ed the fleeing men but did not eat out difficulties met with at the outset, and says defeat! And again by Essex. Poor in pursuit, notwithstanding that the
two and a half montha geno. Kent's POSSIBLY many readers will think that Europeen told him there must be trou-
After 11 o'clock Inst night the GetFielder, Wooley, Hardings and Hutchings glory was short lived and oven Blytho, the fact that a Socialist won the bye-ble and that he had better give chasy.
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1907.
POLITICS AT HOME.
them.
[RXUTER'S SERVICH.]. OBITUARY,
LONDON, July 9 The death of the Rev. Willinai Ruthor- ford, formerly Head Master of Westmine- tay, is announced,
was born in Peebleshiro
The Rev. William Gunion Rutherford,
on July 17, 1855 and was educated at Glasgow High School, St. Andrew's University and Balliol College
Oxford. He took an M. A. Tablic Exaasina- tion (Classics), and a
that ho-will-leave nothing-unfried-to ensure Kent Five losses audemo dow with degree, a first class in first second
Buccess.
Public Examination (Science). Ho Wag
1883 he was Classical Master of St. Paul's for some time Fellow and Praclector of University College, Oxford. From 1876 to
election for Colne Valley, defeating a The Sikh preferred to walk the other look reached port froth Singapore with cannot pull the championship out of school and in 1883 he was ordained. Bo
Liberal and a Unionist, is an ominous way.
sign of the times. If the gires in connection with the election
are
r
379 Chinese passengers and a general the fire. Gloucester and Somergat are now cargo. She left Singapore on the 17th at the bottom end, just higher than Derby, and met light &. W, winds to Cape Varella, while Sussex and Leicester are struggling We commend to the attention of the thence squalls with heary showers, tinder to prevent themselves going further back,
S. WATSON analysed, however, it will be seen that Hongkong Government the extract from and lightning. The barometer ranged The games which started yesterday are
Greengages, Cherries. A. FRUITS IN SYRUP
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CLOITED (REAM
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ane, Crawford & Co.
Hongkong, July 16, 195.
ESTABLISHED AD 1811
between 29.04 and 20,50,
Middlesex r. Lancashire at Lord's.
Notla . Gloucester at Nottingham. Essor Leicester at Leyton. Kent
e. Surrey at Blackheath. Yorkshiru . Warwick at Shofield. Hampshire. Worcester at Portemouth. Derby . Northampton at Derby, The table, is no follows, completa to
A Chinese secret society fins ben dias covered in Bangkok and a number of the members have been committed for trial at the Criminal Court. The discovery, was made through some Chinese making com- plaints to the Police that they were being | dato :- forced to join the Society against then
The Java Government refused to
Yorkshire
the Straits Settlements "Government there is no ground for alarm. At the
Gazette," which we published yesterday. last election the Liberal position was In case renders did not, remark it we considered so strong that the Unionists may mention that the Straits Govern- granted Sir James Kitson, the late ment. Las announced that no silver or member, a walk over. When a candi-copper coins except those issued by date is returned unopposed it necessari- itself are to be used in any of the three y involves a weakening of
Settlements. There is no weak-minded will. the
hesitancy about this. The Straits organisation of the opposite party. Government bas seen the evils resulting establish a school for Chinese, at Sanung, Consequently it may be assumed that from an imperfect currency. Having though the local authorities reported in Notts... WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. the Unionist candidate had, in the con-located the discuss it has not thrown up invour of such a step, and a Dutch lady Middlesex
test just decided, only the resistance its hands and declared that there is no took up the ides and started a school for Surrey..... of a hastily got together organisation remedy. It has grospexi the mettle and with so much support that she has already Lancashire...
Chinese of good family. The scheme motork
Worcester ... which could hardly put in much effec- the consequence is that the people of secured 40 pupils. The school will accom- Kont tive work in the few weeks elapsing the Straits Settlements are saved anmodato 100.
infinitude of loss and nunggance. Now between the resignation of the late once again we ask the question why member and the election. Notwith-cannot our Government, take similar We beg to notify our Cus-standing this he polled within 208 action? We know that it will be said votes of his Liberal adversary who in that the proximity of Canton makes it tomers and the pubic gene- his turn was defeated by 185. The impossible to keep out Chinese subsidi rally that from this date, with political aspirations of the Socialist are ary coinage. Then we have another a view to preventing fraudu-much more out of harmony with the question to ask. Does the Government lent imitation,
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NOTICE.
POWELL'S
Now Showing
NEW AND
ELEGANT
BLOUSES
A
NEW
LABEL
BEARING OUR
TRADE MARK AND
Liberal than are those of the Liberal
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
EsYCK
Warwick ... Northampton Hampshire... Sussex Leicestor ..
The marriage arranged between Capt Bommset Frederick G. C. Engur, R.A., and Katli doucester... MeT. Bunny, Army Ordnance Dept., will take place on Aug. 1.
leer, second daughter of Liout. Col. F. W. Darby...
Captain H. S. Bush, Royal West Kent Regiment, employed with the Ordnance Departmont, has been appointed adjutant of the Ordnance Collego, Woolwich, and. taken up his duties,
He will leave i the
8.
.8 0.6
40 6 4.
8 2.6 6
6 2 84
62 24
6 385
8 6 13
6 4 3 2
3 3-6: 0
was then appointed Headmaster of
of Wort minster until 1901. His publications aro To New Phrynichus, an edition of the mostly of
classical nature and include Fables of Eabrius, The Fourth Book of Thucydides, A fast Greek Grammar, Lex Rex, Herondas, Scholia Aristophanica, a Chaptor in the History of Annotation, etc. —Ea1, O.M.] ***.
THE BISLEY MEETING,
Luspor, July 21. Lieutenant Addison of "Australia won the King's Prize with a score of 318.
Gibson, of this second Learks, won the St. George's Chailengo Cup with a scor of 138...
Arinourer Padgett, of the Volunteer battalion, East Yorks, made the best score 100.00 for the King's Prize (319), but a protest
100.00
60.00 odgod that he had an extra shot, owing 50.00 to a bad cartridge, was sustained, and the 50.00 prize awarded to Addison. 33.33
92 87
23.97
20.00
2:4 4-9 33.33
THE MOTOR RACE.
LONDON, July 21. Prince Borghese has arrived at Ekrater-
3 7 4~4-49.00 rinburg,
4 10 4 642.86 25 1
BOMBAY,
The New Governor.
42,85 16.55 55.50 -100.00
(Bxclusive Service, supplied by. Reuter
vin Bombay),
LONDON, July 22.
Sir George Sydenham Clarke, G.-C. M. G., F.R.S., has been appointed
Lord Lamington.
[Bombay's new Guramer like Sir
JAPAN AND KOREA
LONDON, July 1. An inspired Berlin telegram to the "Koolnische Zeitung" considers that Kores is now entirely forfeited to Japan and that the notion of the Japanese was perfectly justifiable from the Japanese standpoint.
An enraged mob of 1,000 people has. attacked and burned the residence of the Premier at Seoul,
FRANCE.
LONDON, July 2 The French Generalissimo has resigned, declining to accept the responsibilities in time of war with the reduced army, "which the considers will result from the two years
service law.
GENERAL SIK HARRY MACLEAN.
think that, if yellow fever were prevalent at Canton, there should be no medical with the Unionist. The two latter have inspection of vessels coming from there a common aversion to the revolutionary and no quamatine safeguards on the doctrines of Socialism. When this is ground that it would be impossible
Mr F. D. Cheshiro, Inspector-Generul borne in mind the victory of the Socialist to keep the disease out? Surely for
the sake of consistency the Government of American Consulates in the Far East. becomes less grave. In the Colne Valley should argue thus. Chinese subsidiary returned to Shanghai reveral days ago from the verdict of the constituency was coins are a pestilential affiction from an extended tour of the Northern Ports almost two to one against Socialism which this Colony is suffering severely. Japan and Koren. although the electorate will be miarepre- Dr. Government regards the patient course of a week er so for a tour of the sentert in Parliament by a Socialist. All with a waters and sympathetic eye, Southern Ports, Borneo, Siau, India and Governor of Bombay, in succesion to things considered the Unicrist candi-shakes his head and says, "Your case Australin, says a Shangliai paper.
is hopeless. I can do nothing for you," date can feel that there is no disgrace Then he draws his fee. In all serious Saturday orening
Our Cantón correspundent writes: Last of the local FACSIMILE SIGNATURE attaching to Lis defeat. For otherwise ness why does not the Government representatives of the Mitsui Eessant Matthew Nathan Royal Engineer, for must the Liberal candidate feel. The tackle the problema? The patience of Kaisha gare a dianer in a house bort he joined that branch of the servico in 1868 wken 20 years old. Egypt and the seat was regarded as an absolutely safe the community is proverbial but it is to the Curatore Newspaper fraternity Soudan saw him in 1882 and 1886 ond he
Among the guests were the Japaneso one for his party. Probably the possibi becoming attenuated. When the new Consul, the Japanese Postimister of Canton, was employed by the War Office until 1899, |lity of losing it never crossed the mind Governor comes no time should be lost and the Private Secretary of the Governor being Secretary of Colonial Defence from 1885 to 1802. After returning from special
On this other hand there are persistent of the Government, despite the frequent in acquainting him with the disastrons of Formost.
duty, which took him to Sweden, Berlin, reminders given at recent bye-elections condition into which the currency of
An exchange has been sanctioned be-Paris, Linz, Belgina, Bucharest, Gibraltar, rumours that Haisuli has left his stroug the Colony has been allowed to drift:
Malta, America, Halifax and Magdeburg, hold with Sir Harry Maclean, and that that it is hopelessly out of touch If he is the ran he is said to be we may lion Middlesex Regiment, and Second of the Royal Chrringe. Fotory, 1894-1901. Ykrungs tribe, which is reported to bo tween Lieutenint £. A. Heape, Srd Batta-Sir George was appointed Superintendent both have been taken prisoners by the with the constituencies. To find that, hope that he will brush impatiently Lieutenant L. F. Bleano-Stanicy, 4th He was urenbag of the Committee na War loyal to the Sulteu of Morocco, in an electorate supposed to be ab- aside the plea "Impossible" and insist Battalion. Second-Lieuteunt Stop-Stan Ofice Reorganisation (1000-1901), Governor solutely loyal to Liberal principles, a that his advisers shall find a way out of ley will therefore embark for Hongkong on of Viatorin, Australia (1901-1904), member July 6 to join the 3rd Battalion, and Licu-of War. Office Reconstruction Committee, Liberal candidate could only poll one the muddle.
tenant Hoape will remain with the 4th
1904, Secretary to committee on Imperial third of the votes recorded must give
|Battalion, at Londonderry..
Defence, 1904, and moralier of Committee ou National Insurance of War Risks, 1906. -ED., Q.M.]
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the Government pause. Looking for H.M.S. Britomart left Wei-ha-wei into the future the accession of strength today for Hongko
LONDON, July 21, Reuteri correspondent in Tangiers wired
that Raisuli has cut off all communication between General Sir Harry Maclean and the outer world. Se
SPORTING.
Golf.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB. The following cards wore returned at the Quarterly Meeting beld at Happy Valley from July 20 to 29.*
Mr M. A. Marray ... 81 70 | Capt. E. Beothing · 18-70 Mr A. Gittius. 4·2=83.
Mr. Samuel Clomons ("Mark Twain') arrived in London on June 18. He crossed to the Socialist party in the House of
the Atlantic in the Minneapolis, and wont Tho big stormer, Minnesota (Capt. Con from Tilbury to St. Pausmas by the bont Commons cannot be considered an Austin), of the Great Northern Steamship trai Me G. Beguard Shaw, by a coin. THE DESTRUCTION OF HATS. MACEWEN DUE altogether unmixed evil. The pheno Company, came into port this morning idence, was on the platform awaiting the menon will attract the notice and excite from Seattle, via Japan ports and Shanghai. arrival of a friend, and the two distinguish- She left Seattle on June 22: Herod writers were introduced to each other, the fears of the people generally passenger list included 33 in the saloon Mr. Clemens intended to stay in England Socialism has no hold upon the people and 34 Chinese in the stoorage.
about a fortuight. of Great Britain and any increase in its political strength will hut scrve to A Charge of Bribery. drive the two parties which represent
Inspector O'Halloran appeared at the Avenue Hove, who died May 5, aged January to July, 18, 000 mate war on ught sixty-four, brother of Mr Arthur Sassoon, of which 937 were found to be infected try this morning, before. Mr G., N. loft estate valued at £88,361, grows. The with plague-roughly about five per cent Orme, in order to prosecute the foenses of not value is £86,175. There are bequests of the rats caught were infected. In
seaman's lodging house at No. 37 Cón- to sarvants and life annuities amounting to
How It Is Progressing.
The rat-roturns" as pablláhod by the Sanitary Board disclose a very favourable slate of affairs, as far as the infected at Mr Aaron David Sassoon, of 35 First are concerned. In 1905, for instance, from
· L&-Col. H. N. Dumbleton: 83 cor. -89 ($2 entries.):
JOHNSTONE CUP
Capt. E. Beetham rec. 14 strokes
up.
Mr T. 8. Forrest owes 1 stroke-all sq, Mr MA, Murray rec, 4 stroken
9 down. A
EtOol, H.N. Dambleton rec.
4 down.
Mr. A. Gitting rec: 2 strokes 6 down, (20 ontries)
TOOL
the solied interests of the country into each other's arms. In course of time a coalition will take place between the naught Road, West, for offering him (this about £1,650 a year. Subject to thesa the the first seven months of 1906 the total Unionists and the moderate Liberals, Inspector) a bribe of 810. Bir Jacksou (of residue of the estate, araounting, probably, number caught was 17,257 and 673 were Mr & Morley.
Capt. E. Bentham............ Messrs Johnson Stokesand Master) appeared to more than 400,000, is to be devoted to infested--just under four por cent. During
Mr T. S. Fortest Such a coalition would bo much more for the defendant and asked for a rermaid, the relief of the poor wherever the firm of the present your 10,552 mts have been
Dalton (19 entries) #Tie for Machwen Cups natural than the understanding which which was granted, ball boing fixed at 8600. David Susood and Co. carries on opera- caught, but only 23 trose discovered to be 00,
auffering with plague about 103 por conWinner of Johnstone Cup. esisted between the Liberals and the
This differorao sùown during the past three **Winner of Pool, Socialists at the last general election,
years in remarkable and there enn be no doubt but that the wholemlo destruction By the way it is significant illustration
of the Socialist idea of political honour
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