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| Ministry now in office at Home has to-day is the wide-spread study of the Noou-Meeting of Douglas Steamship adopted the Bourbon policy. Its treat new international language called. Er
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SUMBAT, September 29 :--
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1907.
WHITHER CHINA.
BY TELEGRAPH.
HAL
A Suicide and a Drowning.
Chang Chili Tung Lag addreased mont of Natal caused considerable peranto. By its means we shall soon to the Throne in a lengthy mamorial FATALITIES AT SHANG- able to exchange ideas with mon of other concerning certain enactments which rations, and, we shall perhaps be aur-. prised to find how much like ourselves
be regarde as distinctly, unsuited to these foreignera are. It is the inability the pow timo of awakening and en- to understand each other that is respon lightenment in Chine. It criticisms
(From Our Correspondent.) sible for much of the mutual-suspicion have, It is said, boen inspired largely and distrust that exist between different by his own widening khowledge of
SHANGHAI, September 27. races, but with the aid of this new Western methode in government. The
Mr H. Edwards, of the old Shanghai auxiliary language the probability of great Viceroy well illustrates in him- Dock and Engineering Company, was war will be greatly leasoned, and interwolf the aver restless spirit of the drowned off a launch yesterday even- national good-will will be enormously advanced ocial, highly placed, with strengthened."
ing, keen sense of responsibility, and, bis friends affirm, having also the clean- handed patriot'a exalted aime."
indignation last year and although it! stultified itself when it saw that its interference with the rights of that Colony had evoked a storm which it was afraid to face, it evidently learnt nothing | Transfer Books of The Dairy Farm Co., frora the experience. It seems a harsh Ltd., close from this date to 14th Octhing to say but it really looks as if the Goods per Manila ondelivered after this fact that Newfoundland is an isolated Colony with a comparatively small population has influenced the Liberal Government to determine upon a course which would not be taken if Newfound-
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MONDAY, September 30:
2.45 p.m. auction of Household Furni- tore, st Dr Buater's Residence, No. 9, Mountain View, the Peak.
3 p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at the Public Works Department's Offices. 5.30p.m.-eting of Hongkong Cricket
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0p.m.-Meeting of Royal Hongkong
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Tuesday, October 1-
5.15 p.m. Meeting of Hongkong Hockey
Club at H.K.0.0. Pavilion. 6.30 p.m.-Organ Recital in St. John's
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LOCAL AND COAST NEWS,
land were as big and as populous and Hoihow arrived to-day and reported The steamer Hanoi from Haiphong Australia and Canada or federated with passing the wreckage of junks on the 20th the latter. The over-weening anxiety | inst.
On the other hand Chang Chib Tung as a critic is himself the subject of no small amount of criticism. He is said by many to be an opportunist
to placato America by every possible
The steamer Empire got in from quick to read the signs of the times means which has beca a salient feature Australia this morning with a general cage and to adopt himself to each new of British foreign policy of late has un-and a big passenger list. Fine, clear situation as it arises. The truth ap- weather with a moderato, sea prevailed pears to be that Chang is one of the doubtedly prompted the Ministry to throughout the voyage. take the extraordinary course of over- riding Colonial statutes by an Imperial Order-in-Council. Of the rights and wrongs of the case we will speak at another time, for the present the main 12.30 p.m.-Meeting of The Dairy Farm point is thaftlië Libera! Ministry has
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NEWFOUNDLAND.
The Governor of Nagasaki bas ordered the destruction by fire of more than 100 houses at Shimoystake, Saceho, for the prevention of plague. The order was to be corried out on the 13th inst.
The American Consulate Geneml
affirmed the power of the Imperial seeks the address of J. B. Gomen (former Governutent to take away by an Order- address, 11 Athithnot Rowl): niso inform in-Council the rights gmnted in its been manager of a hotel." -
tion of Thomas Hugh Jones, said to have constitution to a Colony. We con
To-morrow night Mr Dietrich will give
John Downie was committed to the ́EONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1907. fidently expect to hear that the great
House of Detection by Mr C. D. Melbourne salf-governing Colonies, to which Sir
at the Magistracy to day. He was charget Robert Bond is appealing, will un-with being a vagrant and has appeared be animously support him in the position fore the Magistrate about a dozen times.. be has taken up. Self interest as well as settled conviction should prompt them to nip in the bad any attempt on the part of the Imperial Government to interfere with the rights freely and un- conditionally granted them. We hope that the Liberal Ministry will withdraw
Fears the gravest news which bas been received for some considerable time
is that contained in our special telegram published elsewhere in reference to Newfoundland. There can be no doubt of the seriousness of the position when we find the Prime Minister of Great
a special performance in Weisun's Hall
Mr Arthur Green, of the Custome service, committed suicide by taking poison to day,
BIG FIRE AT WUCHOW.
Two Hundred Houses Burned,
(From Our Correspondent.)
Wrchow, September 27.
A terrible fire in burning here, and
Many pontoons and boats have also besa destroyed,
The loss of life is heary.
few leading men in China who see the full seriousness and gravity of the conflict between the old and the now. It is estimated that 200 houses have On the one hand are the Confucian been destroyed. scholars who affiem, not without truth, that the ancient system which gave religious sanctions to personal, to family, to social and to. national life, is in danger of renunciation and abandonment, whilst the new learning is nowhere adequately and thoroughly expounded in relation to a moral code. On the other side aro those who, swept on by a wave of reform irresistiblo in potency, can danger save in adhoconce to the posi tion occupied by their fathers,
Beo no
The perils of transition are enhanced
of his moving pictures. A number of new by revolutionary movements. Schoince flms will be used including A Case of ask for the rehabilitation in the schools Arson," "Crime on a Railway," and "The of the Confucian ethics as the one Aeronaut's First Appearance,"
The Saoul correspondent of the Mainicht" reports that two employees of
its Order-in-Council even at the risk of the Taikan Mainichi Shimbun ". (thir
may menu either the "Korea Daily News or the Korean edition of that journal, both
It is expected that the insuranes tosses will be very great.
European property is safe.
H. W. STEVENSON.
Arrival in Hongkong
H. W. Stevenson, the world ronowned billiard champion, arrived in the Colony today, in company with his wife and child, neist in Hongkong to-night at the Hong- and will make his first appearance as a kong Club. Prior to coming Fast Steven- means of proserving the fabric of son had a very successful Australasian tour, society and maintaining the great playing at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, human relations.
Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Nowcastle, Inverell, Armidale, Townsville, Toorvoomba, etc. From bere Stevenson will visit Shanghai, Japan, Penang, Singapore, Rangoon and India before reaching home in time for next
When in Australia Stevenson said
Advanced advocates of all things new seem, by the line they take, to have accepted the principle of letting
Britain's oldest Colony using language offending America. It would be better
to offend our distinguished and power-having the same name in Japanese), hare ethica take care of themselves.
ful cousin than to cause our own house been searched by the polica. Mr. Bothell,
to be divided against itself. And the who is indignant at the affair, has asked latter, not to mince matters, in what the Residency-General for protection,
through the British Consul at Scout,
Alice Memorial-Hospital.
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The Hon. Treasurer of the Alies Bfemorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to donations to the funds of the Hospitals: acknowledge with thanks the following
Ma Sz. Nai £2. Capt. C.. V. Lloyd
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Capt. Helaas is in charge of the steamer Empire again. The popular skipper
Thore can, we think, be no doubt season. as to the wisdom of Chang's position. He would, if he could, retain what I had a very good season at Home. I finished in wonderful form, and I sto others are too willing and even sager improving. The season before last I made to cast aside. There are many with 70 breaks over 900 This season I scored him in thinking the Western education na mauy runs over 300 in two months less and civilization may be acquired too time. Since the present rates have been
means the throwing into the the all-round record of 802, which was rapidly and at too high a price if it in foico-tlent is, since 1878-them que f breaks over 500 to my credit, including moulds of reform those deep-rooted ado against Dawson on February 16, 1900. principles which for long ages have In a tournament at Manchester I obtained been a stay of morality and have given 1375 in three successive visits to tuo table to China her best: claim to the respect-548, 169, and 158; and," added Steven- and regard of Woutera nations.. son, with a smile, without the aid of the
cradle, anchor, or Lovejoy cannon,"
Reference was made to Stevenson's forma against Dawson just before he left Tantion, and the reply was
which not so many years ago would have been classed as seditious. His expressed intention to uphold the "sovereign rights" of the Colony of Newfoundland in defiance of an Im- perial Order-in-Council is suggestive of the attitude of the men of Boston when they took their historic netion as a
Anyone conversant with the beliefs protest against taxation without repre-districts of the. Island Empire and of the Japanese who live in the rural sention. Those who are acquainted with have consequently not come much the spirit of our self-governing Colonies under the influence of foreign thought, cau the better realise the effect of the is aware that they are very supersti action taken by the Imperial Govern-tious. They are always on the look ment. Those Colonies which have been out for omens and portants and natur- accorded the privilege of self-govern-ally enough the recent advent of the ment are extremely jealous of their comet has supplied material for the missed last trip for a holiday. rights and there has been an increasing the fire at Hakodate and the other imagination to work on. The floods,
In Burroughes and Watt's tournamenti tendency of late years to permit them misfortunes which Japan has sustained assisted by several local ladies and gentle The Ramsdales, society entertainera,
which I won from scratch, I made agahist to work out their own social and lately are all attributed to the sinister men, gave a most enjoyable concert at the contemporary to the effect that one of contch I wont 100 times to the table tör A few days ago a statement appeared in the last night I had in London. In that Dawson 702 on the last session, which was political salvation without interference influence of the comet. Now on Carlton Hotel, last night. The arrange the survey parties on the Chinese section 9000, and averaged 89,83; it would have from the Home land. A striking illus-country district announces that an-ments were in the hamis of the popular of the Canton-Kowloon Raway bad had received from Dawes
an average of 90 but for to gave 17 misses I other war is to occur shortly in which manager of the hotel, Me Ring, and every serious trouble with villagers. This, we nix. During the five weeks I played in the
to whom tration of this was supplied a few years Japan will take a hand. We learn thing passed off successfully. ago in New Zealand when the Governor, from the "Japan Advertiser," that
are informed; is incorrect. We are told tournament averaged 49.00, and won the To-morrow (Saturday) being the birth that there was a slight disturbance owing for the best average. For my achiever WHISKY.acting upon the discretion he thought Japancaa papers report that in the day-anniversary of Their Most Faithful to some survey flags having been placed press presented ine with a record of the
went against Dawson the London was permitted him, refused to "swoop
forest land of Usui district, Gumma Majestica The King and Queen of Portugal close to a grave, and some mud was thrown,
on silk, in recognition of the mostly of billiards in the the Legislative Council upon the advice Prefecture, an immense number of Conselheiro A. G. Romans, the Consul but no serious damage was done. The historia dis I defented Dawson. sparrowe, dividing themselves into two General for Portugal, and Commandndor aurvey work has not in any way been in- of his Ministers. The Ministry prompt-parties, are now daily engaged in fight. J. J. Leiris, the Vice-Consul for Portugal, terruptod
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"How do you stand in games with Dawson?"
"I have met him in 25 won 17.
Speaking about bpenks, Stevenson re- marked that lie was the only player to make two runs of 600 on the one evening.
and 530 and 646 against Lovejoy, in and that he had done it bwice-571 and
October, 1906. 609 against Dawson, in February, 1903,
THE TYPHOON,
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had no discretionary power, hat had to are left on the ground, but strange to missioner in the East of the State of Newhava issued notices to the people of
Mr J. B. Sutter, the well-known Com-
The Bureau of Mines and Agriculture accept the recommendations of his tell, they are afterwards picked up and South Wales, is at present in Manila and Canton and the Province, both Chinese constitutional advisors. Another illus carried away by their companions (!) tas been giving illustrated lectures on his and foreign, announcing that there are tration of the fear of the Imperial The inhabitants of the district believe Stato. The Manila papers speck highly of silver, minos in the North of the Prosiace, Government to run counter to the un- that this wein! encounter forcasts that the loc'ures, saying the views depicted the in the Kut Kong Profecture. And would-be mistakable wishes of self-governing Japan will have to engage in another various scenes true to life. 31 Suttor investors are requested to send in notices The following tolegrain lins been received
will be in Hongkong shortly,
of what they are willing to pay for mining from the Manila Observatory. GENUINE AGE Colonics is found in its acquiescence in
concessions..
September 27, 1007, 1 pm.. typhoon be- the White Australia policy. The Com
Esperanto, according to some enthu-
Mr Dennison, of the Tokyo Foreign The Directors of the Bureau announce moving apparently N.W. at present.
The position seems somewhat vague.tween 18 and 21 at about 141 long, monwealth Parliament made no secret of siests, is going to bring about great Department, has been presented by the [that compotent prospectors have decided the fact that it particularly aimed to exchanges in the social and commercial Emperor with the sum of 10,000 and the time there is silver in the district, and an clude Japanese and Indians, the one race intercourse of the people of the world. Find Class Onior of Bferit, which carries cassions are offered to the people. Personal Granil Cordon of the Rising Sun, with the the strength of this assertion the con allies of Great Britain, the other British The Westminster Review goea 80 with it a pensou of 1840, in recognition of interviews are solicited on the part of those subjects. This was a case, if there ever far as to affirm that Esperanto is going his meritorious services during the late who are willing to take a band; but if they was one, when the British Government to do what the Hague Conference has war. A suni of Y10,000 Uns den been live too far away, then letters, which shall the harbour about 10 o'clock this morning ao signally failed to accomplisb-to granted to Mr Stevens for his services in be duly authenticated by well-known might have pleaded high Imperial policy bring about the World Pento The Korea during the aux pariod.
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