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hia popularity. As Prime Minister depositors' money to fuance their own APPLEBY-At Penarth, South Wales, Sir Henry maintanod his reputation, speculations. If these speculations were
wife of G. W April 22nd, 1908, the APPLEBY, of a Ban.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW,
the
Ho merged in a Cabinet mon with successful the directors' personally such dissimilar views as Sir Edward benefited, not the shareholders of the Grey and Mr. Lloyd-George, to bank. If they failed the loss fell upon Meetings. 11.m.--Meeting of Gress Island Cement mention but two, and succeeded in the depositors and, ultimately, upou
Co., L., at Keasra Showan, Tomes & ¦ Co.'s Office.
keeping a Ministry which reflected all shareholders. Clearly such a condition 12.30 pt.-Meeting of Hongkong Jne-
key Club, at the Hongkong Club shades of opinion from Liberal-Im- of affaire proves that the laws must be Annexe.
perialist to extroje Radical working inadequate. It may be confidently ex- Miscellaneous.
pected that Mr Fewhow's bill, whatever
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· FRIDAY APRIL 24, 1908.
THE JAPANESE FLEET-
THE CONQUEST OF
THE AIR
A NEW COMPETITOR.
Hongkong Inventor Confident of) Encircling the Globe in Twenty Days.
Yot another competitor lins estored the
1 p.m.-Eleventh Aktio Merting of harmoniously. We do not propose to
maks of those who are endeavouring to endeavour to pass judgment upon the elne is neglected, seeks to limit the make serial navigation possible, and this work of the Government of which Bir powers of directors. We are inclined to time tt) furenter is in the Colony of Hong kong. This gentleman's name is Mr G. Henry was for two years the head, fancy that if this is done the most Lanzius (the well-known mining export) The future will show how far the En-important object will have been and to a representative of the Cusa Man
be gavo a low details of the nirship which" he is shout to patent in America.
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pire has suffered or benefited. All that. it is necessary to do now is to tender: our butle tribute to a man who was good (in the heat sense) if not great, and who ever sought to do what seemed right in his sight rather than what would Lake for any personal gain or ag- gandizedient. Men of the type of Sir Henry Campbell-Ranuerman are our most precious national asset. Their lives are their culogy, and their example
to incites the emulation which will lend the splendid trailutions of British states. nanship being preserved in a glorious
future..
PANIC LEGISLATION.
Noon-Tenders will be received at the Ost of our special cablegrams yesterday
Office of Colonial Secretary,
reported that the Committee of the Anerican House of Representatives, which had been considering suggested
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MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS.
(From Our Correspondent.)
Astor, April 24.
I have been making enquiries in reference to the large squadron of Japaneso warships which, as I reported, put in an expected appearance here.
There seems to be a certain amount of
mystification as to the movements of the vessela,
The Imperial Maritime Customs authorities state that the squadron came from the Pescadores and has returned to
Sasebo, the Japanese naval base
It is to be built entiraly of aluminiuns, cigar shaped, and comprising a total weight of about seventy tons, with a twenty ton
Local Chinese, however, believe that Mr Lanzius has already been exporimon- the squadron upon leaving here shaped. ting with an engine of his own particular
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Civil General Hospital at Rangoon carrying espicity, has imprated a motor punblaner which gives great satisfaction.
design, in a motor launch which he has bad its course for Canton. in the harbour, and the engines will weigli We have received Supplement No. 2 five tone each working up to a total
of the third edition of Mr Arthur Chap-maximum of 600 hurse power. The propel-
man's Street Index.
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leraare sles of his own special design, and tho estimated speed will be about fourteen A fire cccurred on April 18, at Calloknotsperhour. Thelongest timethechie We are in reculpt of a booklet entitled David, Manila which caused dange to the will be able to remain in the air will be 2,000 The Islanders of Hongkong," by extent of Pesos 100,000,
hours without having once descended. | Veronica, which is printed and published Bir Lanzius claims that the atmospheric by the China Mail, Ltd. This little volume pressure will have ue effect whatever on contains a series of open letters and not las airship and during the various climatic the least of its attractions is that it is conditions through which it passes, it will
Shung Kungpo, the Coal and Iron Trust promoter, left Kaifongfu un route
for Hankow on the 22nd April.
It has been officially announced in Calcatta that the Secretary of State has sanctioned the bridging of the Ganges at Sara Ghat.
The three Japanese training cruisers which recently visited this port arrived at Manila on April 18 where they intended to remain until to-day.
It is understood that
WO
be unnecessary to discharge any gas inessentially local. order to keep it at the required distance the writer is a lady resident in Hongkong. from terra firma. This also does away and the breezy too of the letters is certain to inspire considembla speculation as to with the necessity of carrying ballast.
the identity of the authoress. Not only “Although it is extremely unlikely
is curiosity bound to be excited in re- that an accident will happen," proccoded gard to Veronica but, unleas Mr Lanzius, it will be so constructed have a very imperfect knowledge o that it will descond like a parachute and tanan nature, readers will be inclined to remain within a distance of ton feet front pudeavour to determine the identity of the the ground."
persons aldressed. Apart from this barm- The inventor has been working at the less and pleasant mystification the volume scheme for the last nineteen years, and itself is well worth reading. Voronica has
formant sa confident it will ultimately chivalry we would say her kiyle soems- its primary object is to be used for bright and attactive style of writing
commerce, and in this respect our indid we not foar to be secused of lack of
its rejection of the remedy proposed by arrived in the Straits Settlements from The total number of immigrante who Corragendents must forward air names Mr Aldrich. Secretary of the American ports in China in 1907 was 227,342 an in-he possible to convey the mails from almost too good to be feminine. But the and addresses with any communications ad Tasury, by shelving another proposal crease of 28.7 per cent. upon the number
put forward as ambstitute. We learnt, for 1906, All tellers for publication should be written however, that the Committee had report- on one side of the paper only.
ed favourably upon Representative have already appeared in other pepers will be Fowler's currency bill. In view of the wide-spread effect of financial crises Buch as that recently experienced in Amerion, which, happily, as is shown by
No nonymously signed communcations that
inserted.
Orders for extra copies of the Cup Man should be eut before 17 om, on the day after publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Can 10 e*s, Cendit 50 plan pay the commencement of a flow of gold there is not the slightest doubt that the Germany. Mr Lanzius does not put much / social conditions in this little island than
copy.
Alterations and additions to advertisements buck to Europe, has run its course, it is
on Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, skuld be sent to our no matter for surprise that Governments Ofice at Wyndham Strent not later than 11should consider the expediency of design- a. Nr Advertisements should be sent to
our Offies at 8, Queen's Road Central before ing legislation te relieve financial pres- 8 p.m.
Advertisements and Suberriztions which are
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London to Blongkong in twelve days, letters, apart from style, are essentially or from London to New York in two days, feminine. They are precisely the letters not to mention getting round the world in which a clever and cultured woman who According to Filipino assemblymen well wider twenty days, which is only half thoroughly knows her world would write. the next appropriation for the Island the time it is possible to do the distance In a senso they hold up a mirror Constabulary will be so small that a reduc-in at the present tine.
to life as it is lived in Hongkong. It is not an airship but rather of the and, in spite of the unpretentious form in tion in numbers of at least one third will be necessary.
nature, as Mr Lanzius proferred to turn it, which they appear, they will give the visitor of a balloon, and will lo entirely different or the Homa dweller a much better iden of An Indian contemporary states that from that invented by Count Zeppelin of
could ponderousand exhmustive disquisitions sympathy of the commercial classes was faith in airships and gave our representa on the subject. Modesty forbids that- with the mts in connection with the strike tive a not illustration for his so thinking. in the Telegraph Department.
"In a bird you have perfect flight, but here should say anything in regard to the mach can it carry?" he queried, but before mechanical production of the book but we tinue for reply was given he answered, No. are confident that it will not cwe un- The U. S. sqendron, under admiral thing, only its own weight. Then, if you favourable comment, "The Islanders of Bure when it threatens to become Hemphill, which has been in the harbour have not perfect flight how can you expect Hongkong" is to be obtained from Mossre heavier than private institutions can during the past few days, left last evening to carry anything?" was his next question, Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., and Messra Brewer
for the North. The Helena will remain at which required no inswer. withstand. This was the object that Shanghai, whilst the remainder, visit Mr Aldrich had in view when heJapan. made an issue of public bonds dur- ing the recent panic. The Committee of Representatives has, however, taken what aroma to us the much sounder view that it is better to prevent then to cure. If, as seems to have been the case, the THE LATE PRIME MINISTER. recent crisis was due to the faultiness of the American banking laws and other As a result of the death of Sir legislation dealing with financial in- Henry Campbell-Bannerman the Liber-stitutions, is obviously the duty of al Party has sustained a loss that it Parliament to strike at the root of the may possibly not be able to long eril. The Fowler bill designs to extin-
Among the passengers to arrive by the
Members of the Odd Volumes Suciety deceive. survive. The fine old gentleman who quish the preacrt United States notes Sumatra to-day was Mr F. O. Reynolds, were yesterday entertained by a raost in- led his party with conspionons courage and to base the currency entirely on who was formerly attached to the engineer-structive lecture on Radium," by Mr Pencon, Looker and Deacon, appeared to
inx staff of Quarry Bay Shipyard. Mr Frank Brown FLC and ability when in Opposition was gold and in no part on Government Reynolda is on his way to Shanghai, but radink valued at £200 was shown, and the instructed by Ms Holmes, defended.
A spocimen of prosecuto and Sir Heary Berkeley, K.C., one of these happily dispositioned securities, as at present. The advantage ho has been able to renew friendship on rays were clearly visible through screens The case for the prosecution baring bead people who have no personal enemies. of this reform is obvious. Mr Fowler his way through. Although not endowed with the comfurther proposes that banks shall pay
The China Mail
BONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1808.
Mr. Lenzius sails for Anteries to-morrow (Saturday,) and hopes to raise the necessary THE FLORIDA WATER CASE. 400,000 Mexican dollars capital in order Some excitement was caused at the that he may commence operations. "In a Trade Mark Prosocation. Low Court at Colombo recently by a mad- few years," he said, "there would be no man entering the encriage of the Chief avies, and one of those balloons would be Justice--who was fortunately absent. The equal to ten Dreadnoughts." madatan was removed by police after a struggle.
The hearing of the Florida Water casu was resumed this morning, before the Chief He has already offered his idea to the Justion, Sir Francis Figgott, and a Fury ot British Government but they courteously the Supreme Court when Leung Chak declined the offer.
Chan, Fung Fuk Ra and Lam Shan Ting The Italian State Railways, after ex- periments, have decided to enipley sleepers in Hongkong, the first (us described in the Magistracy, that they fraudulently applied This is the second trial machine devised were charged on a conviction from the of reinforced concreto on their lines, and a CRINA MAIL some time ago) being invented a Trado Mark to 1,632 bottles of Florida Water, which was duly registered in the first lot of 300,000 of such sleepera, at the by Mr Tee Tan Tai.
name of Mesara Lanman and Kemp, of cost of is dd. cach, has been ordered from
New York. There were further charges of selling and exposing for sato Florida Water bearing the Trade Mark calculated to
Mr M. W. Slado, instructed by Messin
five different Italian firms,
RADIUM.
the small specimen of radium which he had to asserted, and he trusted the jury attentively listened to, and Mr Browne was clients had done nothing to justify those cordially thanked at the conclusion, Sir criminal proceedings which had been Heary Berkeley presided.
brought by the prosecutors, wha were rival. tradors of Florids Water, and who were endeavouring to squeeze his fcuts out of thetrade in Hongkong, to their own pecuniary benefit.
would fust 200 years. Tho lecture was most would hold that assertion, that his
of wood, copper, glass and iro, and the closed as reported in the "China Mail " effect of the radimo on plate glass was yesterday Sir Henry Berkeley, KC., Moukwang, which lies a few miles to shown by a deposit of lead. Mr Browne addressing the court for the defence said manding personality of a Gladstone in to the Treasury (on deposit) gold the north of Bukit Mertajam not far from discoursed on the discovery of radian and he would reserve his remarks with regard he was gifted with the power of equivalent to five per cent. of their notes the Kedah frontier, has been visited by kindred substances, and announced that to the law until he had addressed the jury. Tai Yeuk Fong reconciling those who differed from and deposits. It is a truismo that financial tigers frequently of late. A Chinaman,
who was out pig-shooting encountered bim politically with his presentation legislation is extremely difficult to deal large tiger, which he promptly shot. This of his views. Even at the time of the with and even the greatest experts differ is the third tiger that has boon killed at Boer War, when he fearlessly express-on the question of Governments, enkwang within the last two months. ed the most unpopular sentiments, directly or indirectly, appearing to An Elegant Preparation.
there were few who subjected the lato guarantee private undertakings. The Highly Recommcded.
statesman to the abuse which was payment of a guarantee fund in gold to quent Orders are received freely heaped upon Mr Lloyd-George the Treasury means that all banks, from Great Britain, Europe, and others who gave expression to whatever their native strength, will be and America for this Hair similar views. This was no doubt due put upon the same footing. While the
mainly to personal popularity but also Government does not apputently take will apply at house he will ho Wash, which has been popu-
to the fact that Sir Hoary's honesty any responsibility its acceptance of the handed the saddle and bridle,” lar in the East for Many Land sound principle were beyond rantee deposit involves a kind of re
Years.
Very
Fre-
doubt. He held a certain view and he folt that he would be a craven did
ho fail to give it expression. This
ruggil honesty which refused any com-
YE OLDE ENGLISH, Lavender Water promin with conscience, whatever
Delight-
In Elegant Bottles-A
ful Adjunct to the Toilet.
cognition of the depositing institution. This a recognition might easily become misunderstood and night lead to
depositors patrising an institution which was not inancially stable tunder the mistaken idea that the Government temptations might display themselves,
in some way guranteed its ability to won its own roward. The very attitude
meet, its engagements. We hare not which seemed likely to
cely to cost him the had the advantage of studying the landership of his Party won for him Fowler bill and consequently we cannot
The advertisement appearing in the ONA MAIL yesterday in which a gentle man asked whoever had taken his cont from the Hongkong Club to kindly post letter left in the pocket, rominds us of the mau who advertised as follows: "If the gentlemen who took the horse branded
K over X from-paddock Inst night
RAILWAY LOAN.
£19,800 Due To Hongkong Government.
I say," proceeded Sir Henry, with emplis, that we have a right to soll this water in the name of Florida Water in the battles, in which we have put it up." They were not doing it in a way that would deceive and on ordinary nisu who wished: to buyn Fountain Brand of "Missis
'(From Our Correspondent.)
·CANTON, April 22, Viceroy Chang Jen Chun has communi cated with Sir Timg Ling Cheng,President' of the Canton-Hankey Railway Company, with roterence to the loan from the Hong. Lanman and Kemp, would not be put off Energetic steps have been taken by kong Government for £1,100,000 redeem with nother boule of different nieuafac- the Government in Acheen to elicoutage able in ton yours: His Excellency states ture. They intended to go on sulling planting enterprise neng the people of that of the art instalment of £10,800, until an injunction had not only the land. In January last, the authorities Cauton has to pay £8,485, 14s. 34: 16 is boon obtained against them in that set apart 5,000 guilders as subsidies to necessary that this money should be hand-Court but in the Privy Council. They pepper growers at Fuln Way. In March, ed over to the Colonial Treasurer of Hong- had aut proved that a single person hed the Government took similar stops in tong on due date. Documents relating to buen deceived and it was a prostitution of respect to the whole of Aalten, where this matter between the Governor of Hong the criminal law to charge his cliente with 60,000 guilders have been placed in the kong, the Briti Consul Generalet Canton, that offence. I will stake my profes lunds of the Governer to be spent in and the Viceroy himself are placed at the monal reputation," continued Sir Henry, disposal of the Caston-Hankow Railway advances to repper planters.
Company which has boen requested to make arrangements with the British officials re- garding the payment.
DON'T NEGLECT A COLD -
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA OURED.
His Lordship That is not allowed at the Bar, Sir Henry
Sir Henry withdraw it, my lord. The prosecutors wore afraid to bring them into the Civil Court and they wore not riminals He then proceeded to ridicule
the prize of the Prime Ministership, say what position other than the five DERHAPS you believe you will be ablo to throw off every cold you contract. When the opportunity came the cause per cent. gold deposit is made for the You may have done so many times before, A. S. WATSON & 00, provocative of the Liberal split had protection of depositors. We may take and yet the very best cold may develop COME physicians claimed that chronio the indiofurcat and said it was impossible
into proumonia. You cannot always tell diarrhoes cannot be gured. Don't LIMITED,
disappeared, Sir Houry's opinione in it, however, that some restmint is impos. the condition of your systed, and it is you believe it. There are incurable cases, to mistake blo Cheat American Eagle for batter to take precaution than to risk this but none so bad that they cannot bohelped two Chiese girls, which was on the dangerous disease. Uhaulieriaixe Cough by Chamberlain's. Colic, Cholera and Isbel Remedy will promptly cure your cold and Diarrhoea Romedy, and even temporary
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rogard to a war which had become ed upon bank directors. The lesson history were nothing in the sole that was learn in the let crisis was against his integrity, his ability and that the cliredors were able to usb
the