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THE CHINA MAIL.
LOCAL AND GENERALA
Canton is to spend $1,000,000 on its
PARIS, tice it to wage uncreasing war upon the great muxiliary of The disease -- STREET.
dirt. Where population is dense and array, the habits of the people are dirty
The fishery industry in Shao Ching, plague when it gains hold is extremely Kangtung, has become a failure owing to dificult to eradicate. Those conditions the drought.·*. prevailed when London was decimated | The Bangd of War has decided to during the reign of the second adopt measures to encourage Red Cross Charles and, unfortunately they prevail | in the poorer Chineso parters of Hongkong today. Manificent work is being done by the Sanitary officials and staff, but lack of wide co-operation by
Just Unpacked ANOTHER LOT OF NEW
SUMMER GOODS
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Societies in China,
This morning's drizzling rain should tolp superstition in Chins. The Canton
Hosiery and Gloves, the Chinese renders the work much less Prefect prayed for min two days ago.
679
BIRTH. EURTACE. At the Victor Hospital, Hongkong, June 3rd, the Wils of B. Eus TACE, of a Son.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Auction.
effective than it would otherwise be. Without the Chinese co-operation wẹ fear that it will be impossible to stauip out the disease-unless we fire un- fortunately fortunate in caudating Lon- don which cleansed itself by fire. Tr secure this co-operation should be the aim of the Chinese press and gentry.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1908,
"NO PERFORMANCE I
Bandmann Co. Compelled to Sail,
There will be many people disappointed that the Bandmann Oper Company, through no fault of their own, has boon compelled to abandon the performance of the Merry Widow, announced for to-night,
but
DEATH OF GENERAL BULLER.
(From Our Special Correspondent. ):
LONDON, June 2. General the Rt. Hon. Sir Redvers Buller is deuil.
one will be so disappointed as the [General Balfer was the eldest surviving Management of the Company. The book son of the late J. W. Buller, and Charlotte, In China nationally to-day is a granding for to-night, we are told, was extremely daughter of the late Lord H. M. Howell. settlement day of the year. fete day. Commercially it is the first heavy, and a bumper house was promised. He married Indy Audrey Jane Charlotte, The P. and O. Company had decided to daughter of the fourth Maris of despatch the Sumatra at Eve n'clock Townshend and widow of the Hon. G. T. and could not so their way to alter Howard in 1882. He was educated at the time. Consequently the Company Elon. He entered the GOL Rifles in had to forezo playing, and they and 1858; hecamo Lt-General, 1991; served the public have to be disappointed. This in China, 1880; Red River Expedition, is to be regretted but cannot be helped, 1870; Ashari Wic, 1874, Kaffir War, and the Management are ournest in their 1878; Zulu War, 1878-79 (Baeret Lieut.- expressions of arrow that the engagement Co., V.C. C.M.G., medal with clasp); could not be kept. They requoat thess Chief of staff, Boor War, 1881; Intelligence Messis Moutrie and Company's for their sin, Tol-el-Kebir who have booked sexte to kindly apply at Department, Egypt. 1882; prosent at (Despatches, K.C.M.G., medal with olasp, 3rd class money.
Readers ara reminded that the famous Osraanich, Khediro's star); Soudan War, Carter, Master of Magic, opens a short 1884 despatches twice, Maj. General, two class; Chlef of Staff, Soudain, 1884- season at the Theatre Royal to-morrow
The graduates who received their diplomas at the Military College, Tokyo, on May 27, included seventy-four Chinese, ! The plague has claimed as a victim the Compradore of the Stockton Milling Co., a Chinese gentleman in every senso of the word.
Hongkong has been declared an ja.
2.0 p máuetion of Japsoros Silk Ignorance is hard to combat but we lefected port by Pengal and quarantine night and those who have booked for to- 86 (despatches, K.CB., elasp); Quarter
En bruideries &c., at No. 2, Queen's Road Central, under Hongkong dotek
Mosting.
sure that if cur remacular contempora
5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Bambara Hong-ries and the leading Chinese of the
Rong Club at Club House.
Amusements.
9p.m-Performanes at City Hall.
Miscellaneous.
Goods per Arcadia not cleared at 4 p.m.
on this date subject to rent.
General Memoranda,
SATURDAY, Jone B
Colony were to sedulously preach the doctrine of cleanliness much good would be accomplished. This shordd be done, not only because it is a duty dictated by humanity, but because it is to the interest of all whose welfare is bound
regulations will be enforced against arrivals at the ports of Orissa.
6
-master-Genem), 1977; Under Saaretary-
night and desire to change for to-morrow for Ireland, 1887; Adj-Gen. 1800-97; îm
night can do so by applying or writing to Messrs Moutrie and Company.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS
Two cases of Europeans developing babonic plague have occurred at No. 1 Block, Kennedy-Read, the second case ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN being reported to-day.
Owing to the plentiful amount of rain in Shantung, good barvests are almont
very satisfactory manner.
STOLEN.
The Frenchman named Louis Jean Felix Desplate, a clerk formerly in the Registrar
command at Aldorshot, 1896.99; served South Africa, 1800-1000, first as Goneral commanding the Forces in. South Africa, and afterwards as General Offices com- woading in Natal, and conducted the operations for the relief of Ladysmith," which was successfully accomplished after ki Davestiment of 118 days subsequently conducted operations resulting in expulsion of Boer army from Natal (despatches);
Koon-Auction of Dismond Ringe, Gold up with that of the Colony to relieve it certain. The crops are coming out in a General's Office at Tourane, Angam, who commanded 1st Army Corps, Aldershot,
Watches, &c., at Mr. Geo. F. Lam
mert's Sales Rooms.
MONDAY, June 8:~~
Exchange Banka Closed.
TUESDAY, June 9:-
date subject to rent.
of the stigma of being a disease centre for what has end is being done in this direction all praise is due. An
Goods per Kicist andelivered after this epidemic like that now prevailing causes. immeasurable direct and indirect loss to the Colony.
NOTICE,
حد
Zettere relating to business should be address
ed to THE MANAGER,"
Communications relating to news should be addressed to The Ero
Correspondents must forward their names and address with any communications ad dressed to the Editor, net for qublication, but se evidence of good faith.
All letters fer publication should be written
on one side of the paper only.
No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be
inserted.
Luk Lan Ching, is worth $20,000, This is The blackmailer and robber leader, the amount which the Canton Government has offered for his arrest.
Colonel Shore, L.M.8. Residency Bur geon, Secunderabad, has totally lost the aight of one eye through pricking it with an infected needle in an operation.
Great and far-reaching changes are as a rule the outcome of processes that The Tule Forestry Agreement was to have continued through long periods of be gazetted on May 28. It puta na time. Things that seem "sadden" are embargo on the Chekiang Railway securing found not to be so when causes are its sleepers in the Hunho district-- ----- traced, and generally the completeness
of result in any series of movementsIt is stated that the Pien-Lok Railway,” affecting the welfare of a nation is not the bridge work, and that the line will Hobun; is now completed, including all determined by the events inmediately probably be opened to traffic on June 13. preceding the more striking phenomena
of change. In Chua to-day the old and
1
wis remanded last week on a charge o 1901, Larceny of Government fards amounting to Indo China, was again brought before Mr g2,500, under the jurisdiction of French J. H. Keinp at the Magistracy this after.
noon.
put in the papers in connection with The French Consul was prevent and
NON-APPEARANCE OF DEBTORS.
Security Forfeited.
——
the case, and which he said ought to have Mr G. Wakeman, the Official Racelver, gone to H. E. The Governor, but as the in the bankruptcy case-of-Kwong-Hang- the time had been so short and the Tai firm, at the Bankruptcy Cogit this- documents had to be translated, it had not morning, before the Chief Justice, Sir hoen possible to send them to Sir Frederick Franois Piggott, made an application for Lugard. -
the forfeiture of the sum of $3,300 given as security of two debtors.
The case was further remanded until to-morrow afternooi.
-----
His Lordship: For the appearance of the debtora?
Mr Wakeman: Yes, my lord, either AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. before the Court or before the Official
Receiver,
- Almost since the Founding of the Opirm farm ensus of persons charged with dealing
His Lordship: Has notice heen given to the gunzzatore?
in illicit opium have been of daily-occur. ---Mr Wakeman? No, my lord. Seven of the newly elected members the new lie curiously intermingled in of the Japanese House of Representatives past two days at one case has come up for a fortnight in order that notice may be
rence at the Magistrocy, hat during the
His Lordship: I will adjourn the case Orders for extra spies of the Curva Atwell nigh every domain of progress.institution. They reluus Mr Ozaki, Mayor ordinary by three cousted with the
have sat the the Imperial Dict since its for heacag. This is regarded as exigiven by advertisement. should be sent before 11 mm. on the day after Sometimes it seems as if the ends of the publication. After frol haur the supply in
copy.
THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.
THE BOYCOTT.
More Meetings in Canton.
(From Our Corráïpo tent.).
CANTOS, June 2.
A CONCERT will be held at the above Hotel, on
of Tokyo.
business, and they are puzzled to know SATURDAY, 6TM JUNE, 1908,
are guaranteed ABSOLUTELY limited. Cash 10 cts, Creitit Mets, per earth, the extremes of antiquity and mo-
whether it is due to the anti-opium crusado deruity, have come together. Forces Japan's biggest hall, which is 2 fect commencing at 8 2.31, sharp. PURE being manufactured with
or to plague. Admission, Reserved Scat....the FINEST INGREDIENTS or Pages 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7, should be sent to our
Alterations and additions to Advertisements apparently moving in opposite directims high, 54 feet in circumference and the Unreserved
was rong for the first time amžì much; OBTAINABLE. These Waters Office at 5 Wyndham Strest net inter than 11e seen to have that part in the evolution metal of which is 1 foot 6 inches thick, N. New Advertisements should be sent to of the new nation and it is never simple manufactured
UNDER our Offee at 8, Queen's Road Cenind before to guage the relative strength of various remony at Usaka on May 22, THE PERSONAL SUPERVI-.rs.
differing factors in the problem that Advertisements and Subscriptions which are now confronts the awakened people SION OF ENGLISH EX-it ordered for a fized period will be continued Sorting can be more typical of the old PERTS.
until countermanded,
Telegraphic Address: Mail, Hongkong, days than the incident we reported yes Works and the Quarantine Station yes.families are busy baying ride packed up boycott movement. The business was DE Telephone No. 22.
terday as having taken place at Chuten,terday.
Special Cars sill leave the abore Hotel for the Post Office after the performance, Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-price,
The Famous 15th Rajputs Band will play at the abavo Hotel, on SUNDAY, 7th June, 1908, at 6 r. ofarp.
hongkong, June 3, 1908.
499
are
The most up-to-date Automa- tic Plants and Appliances are,
VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH. employed, ensuring ENTIRE,
ARTISTS:
Mrs PASTOR.
Messrs SAVAJAL
ARTHUR HARBIS,
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NEW FILMS EVERY SECOND DAT
Two Performances Nightly.
to 9 P.M. And 9.15 to 11.15 P.M.
Don't Forget the Address:
*DES VŒUX ROAD (POTTINGER STREET CORNER). Hongkong, December 23, 1907.
1746
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THIS SEASON'S SPECIALITIES
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The China Mail.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1508.
THE PLAGUE EPIDEMIC.
when the son of murdered man followed the ancient custom of "beating]
His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard,
(From Our Correspondent).
A voe ting of the Self-Government So- accompanied by the Hon. Mr Chatham, Dr
CANTON, Junucicky-won held here yesterday sonderning Atkinson and Dr Jordan, inspected the
-To-morrow will be a very busy day here, the development of China's natural ra Kowloon Reservoir. Laichikok Water it being the dragon host festival. All source, or, in other words, regging the-
with bamboo leven in sill parcels follows-
❤
intended to be dropped into the sea to feed (1)-Letters from the gaïd of firmas
Hankow papers contain long accounts Chuping, a loyal minister who drowned dealing in marine products weto inhled. the supplient's drum" at the Yamen of of the ceremonies conuected with the ky ng himself for the sake of his site in the Along with one letter was onclosed a sum the Chief Criminal Judge. The incident of the foundation-stone of the new British olden days. The dragon bont, was sent out of Thela heing ono quarter of a âne of points to a condition of things belonging which were conducted with great success
Municipal Council's building at that port, to save bim, but failed in its attempt. The Taels 100 impo ed on a firm which had properly to the earliest centuries of
on May 23. civilization. That it should be possible!
odcurrence has developed into a national been discovered to have noted in a manser festival which is observed throughout the calculated to have broken the agreement Empire of China. In commercial centres of the guild. According to the regulations in Canton to-day shows how unoqia! is The Chinese officials and merchants it is an excuse for the employees to have of this guild one fourth of the money
A grand fete at the expense of their the advance made in the direction of of Hankow are reported in ba impressed employers and is also one of the great
settlement days of the year. Westera civilisation and how prominent with the reasonable character of the Jarches presents are made to each other. for the Society to decide whether this family Government Society. It je necesSUPY are the ragged edges of the old order. raation, communicated by our Canton where it has not yet given place to ti panose demand in connexion with the In Chuking the vewal ngon boat cea money should be accepted or not.
Yesterday we published some infor-
thenew.
recont riot at Hankow; and it has been will take place. promptly resepted by China,
PUBLIC EXAMINATION
CLOSED.
The engigemont is announced of Captain Harry Stockley, R.M.L.I AD C. to Sir
Re Stephens. Job Anderson, Governor of the Straits of the late Mr Dacre Hamilton and Mrs Settlement, to Isinay, second daughter
Application was made by Mr Wakeman, Hamilton of Cornasas, Morghan, Ireland. the Official Receiver, at the Bankruptcy
is to be handed over to the Self-
correspondent, in reference to plague which probably brought more
With very proper indignation the euphatically home to readers the fact Times of Ceylon" protests against the that this Colony is very seriously gratuitous interference of the Home afflicted with this terrible disease. The "Humanitarians." Our contemporary official reports suggest a sufficiently bad saye: What are the poor people in this
Court, this morning, before the Chief condition of things but, carefully pre-emuntry 1c suffer next, at the banda of
ill-informed politicians at home? The General regret, says the Shanghai Justien, Sir Francis Piggott, to close the pared as they are, it is an open secret latest is a question in the House as to "Times," of Mar 29 will be felt at the publio examination of H-Stephens, but Crodit given of 60 cents per dozen that the figures relating to the plague whether women and girls break stones news, received last evening from. Peking, before doing so he said he would like to empire socially and commercially. It is
Ginger Ale
in Splits-- Price $1.20 per dozen.
for bottles roturned in good condition
(2)At a previoss meeting it was re- solved that on the 9th day of this moon manufacturers who bave heen só patriotic as to respond to publio appeal to manOfAc turo articles in place of these which the pablie do not desire to use, are to exhibit such articles with view to extending business. This required eccfrmation,
(3)-Tsang Sui Bing, the promoter of the America heyeckt, and an advocate for the probibition of opium smoking is dend, Ho has done muel for the welfare of the
lagged daily by the Health Department on the roads in Ceylon, and whether correspondert, had a bed fall at Peking
that Dr Morrison, the Times" Pekingask debtors few questions.
proposed to embody the condolence of this Mr Wakeman--Did you before the society in a telegram to be despatched to are quite unreliable, inasmucs as all steps will be taken to got the practice last Thursday and hurt his kneo.
bankruptcy receive a sum of 8200?
the deceased's family. cases are not reported to the authori-discontinued? Not only girls but
Mr Stephen: Yes, sir.
4 nr 5 deal with the extension of, traga „The abové, resolutioni The senior Hankow paper on May 25.
What was that for 7-1 Lellore 14 was for and public health, ties. The safest source of information mothers do this, and they hang their in this connection is the Chinese babies to trees for a whole morning stated that the ciniras of the Japanese shop case of india rubber shoes
were duly passed and carried, 11. How long was it before this bankruptcy 7 keepers who suffered during the recent I can't say exactly. I think only a few section of the population. We learn at a time! Terrible, isn't it? And yet riots were paid the prorious Satu day the women apply to be so employed aftution, after what amounted to an
days. from trustworthy Chinese that the num-and the pay they get is quite as good ultimatum had been seat by the Japanese
(From Our Corespondent ber of cases per day for the last seven they get on the tea estates plucking Cents The total clairs acounted to the dealt with in the business in the nual way.
CANTON, June 2 His Lordship You mean it wont days has averaged between 120 and tea. The work is all quite voluntary respectable little sum of thirty thousand
Blackmailers do not contine their sphere through the books It wout through the 150. These are really appalling figures and the question understates the pay.
bucks, my Lond.
to the Shamces. They also oporabe in the Mixed with Aerated or when it is borne in mind that fally 90 Darma the women do the transplan Civilization spreading The Shang- Mr Wakeman: At the time when you Chinese quarters. Whether they will be plain water make
per cent. of those who contrast the ting of the paddy plants in the country, kai Mercury" of May 29 says: The Native received the money. was the cargo in able to obtain money or not is another and the trading in the towns. i the City police recently succeeded in running respect of that money at Hongkong Yes question. A Li family in Toyuan street. direase, and are not treated immediate bazine a Burmees mother may he soon notorious robber to earth, and at the air received a letter from one of the robbers WORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE DELICIOUS GUOLING DRINKS, ly, die. The Chinese state that the in charge of a stall and her child swIDE Anal sony. Yesterday he was placed in a dealers ordered a quantity of ahoes, and wol over to one named Luk Al Ngo of the present moment he is now undergoing theWhy did you not give delivery to Fook dunding $10,000 ander the usual threat Wo It was a question of margin. Many The family was directed to hand the mooser
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Guaranteed to be made from the PURE juice of sound
exodus to the mainland is enormously ing in a basket over her head. This is
ripe fruit
LIMITED,
taels.
What became of that muisey?*It was
BLACKMAILERS AGAIN.
groator than in previous years and that easier work than field work, but it is one car the North Gato and a largo num held the goods until we got all the Lin Wo firm. Threatening letters astreso Was there any other cargo ?--I cammoned to European Brms may be ignored but the virulence of the outbreak has in something that there is work for all her of Chinese and a few foreigners is money.
samblad to see him suffering his last say whether there was any other cargo to the Chinese it means business. Such If the Government stopped employing penishment for the misdeeds he had belonging to Fook Wo. A things as kidnapping a member of a family: fact created a regular panic. The coolie women on the roads considerable comunisten.
Was he entitled to have the cargo he to be done to death unless their remand. local Health Department is grappling hardship and misery would result to the
cbought Yes sird
le satisfied bave come before pubūs notica What became of it -The bank has it Berdically with the difficulty but un-women and their families. Some of A CERTAIN CURE FOR BOWEL -Debtor was questioned with respect to very frequently and wes betide the family. other consignments of earge, which he said 7 that is unable to obtain the money, IA the bank had possession of, although the |
COMPLAINT.
Farsaus: Fieg Branch... 2,061,044 19 B. 8 WATSON&.00. Lappily plague, assisted by the diain them might even be driven to pr 17HEN attacked with diarrhoes or bowel debtor firm had had the money, this caso the Pun Tu magistrato Las been
elination of the Chingve to rubmit them vicksins also a voluntary coorpation, complaint you want a medicina that debin Brat hand, had why i't you give communicated with selves for treatment while there is a but one which, in Ceylon, has hitherto quickly. The attack is always sudden, delivery of these goods when they were
generally severe and with increasing, pain. prospect of being cared, con able to been confined to hieu and boyale The Dhambertina Oclis: Cholers and Diarrhoex paid for The Loy was veed for other
Remedy has never been known to fail po reply to the question in Parliament 607 case of collo, diarrhoea of gummos As A matter of that you need the money in Pain, Bala, kod: gvi theo,
for other things It was used in the oomplaint in children For sale by all ordinary opuse of the bazinesh. ---
The examination was clokið.
The Apeutanaal Fonds of the Ben and HONGKONG, CHINA & MANILA
Elfa Dorneimanti krs free from UkbH, LE remser of avah nihar, but
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
Established 1842,
defy the doctors. Practically the only CORTED Jeft open to the Health authori
ehaald arrive by next mail.
okomisia and storekeepem,
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parts freely with € hambar-
absolute reatand quiel pares in certain,