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NEWS OF THE DAY.
-The Belgian Chamber has read-for-a-
from the game at all? Is it not the tale The Robe Herald, commenting on the third timo the Bill for the Annexation of
the Congo Free Statu..
of all secretaries of Football Clubs in now feancial proposals of the Japanero working-class districts that their mini-Government, particulars of which were The Sanitary Board again had no borship is steadily declining, and the telegraphed to the Chino Mail by its oss of plague to report during the 24
correspondent a fortnight ago, says that hours ending at noon, to-day,
same tale is told of gymnasiums which have been started for men of a similar class. Cricket has almost vanished from country villages. The middle-classes alone support athletic sports, such as MODES-ping, walking, bicycling, or boating, for the mere bwe of the thing. and even in their case the increasing rigour of commercial, competition, has the armont revenue, the policy of meet
Inspector Diamond prosecuted a patire ing expenditure out of loans being cut down to most vanishing point the abandoned A keen for sailway construe at the Magistracy this morning, for stealing
Marquis Kateira's Cabinet has materially modified the policy of its prodecessors. It
The fre brigade proceeded to a hours is true that there is not to boong substantial in Third Street, this morning, in response abandonment or curtailment of the expen to a call, but on arrival the alarm was ditus an public works, but, on the other found to be fales. hand, the expenditure is to be spread over aleron years instead of six, with the result
and GOWNS.
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There is quite a rush for "The little that the fure to be allotted for the Fur Brown Brother," reviewed by ne last pantully will be reduced or so evergo orening. Mosam Brewer & Co. Ltd., also by some Y60,000,000 Moreover, the programme is to be fased ontirely on have the book on sale,
WEI TUK.
A large gathocing of the leading resiḍonte: of the Colony ambled at Government House on Wednesday evening, in response
to the invitation of Elis Excellency the Gorozner, Sir Frederick Lugard, to witness the investiture of the Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk with the insignis of a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, which the King has graciously bestowed upon him for his ominent public service. Many of the foremost Chinese residents væru also present and the ball-room presented a
bright and noimated appearance when His Excellency the Governor, in full uniform
and wearing all his Orders and war decora- ious entered to the strains of "God Save the King." He was followed by the lending officials and members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, win moged-them-
Boon as His Excellency had taken his place, the Hon. Mr Woi Yuk was escorted into the room by the Hon, Dr Ho Kiú and the Hon. Mr William Chatham, both Compan ions of the Order.
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themselves to such exercises. And so it years hence, but apart from this there will and Mr J. H. Kemp cd him $16.
be no lean flotation during the coming has come about that the indifference of cleven years. Also, in order to make the In future the wireless telegraph offices the average workingman to take up financial brais entirely stable, estimatedou battleships are to have their doors made some healthy sport in bis spare time natural increases of revenue will not he often-pound steel plating without windows,
taken into account. With regard to the owing to the blast of the heavy guns. and the impossibility of the representa national debt the sun paid annually intó
A colossal post offico, friúl has bann tives of the middle-classes to find sinking fund is to he raised from
Y37,000,000 to a minimum of 20,000,000, discovered in Moscow, amounting to 11 adequate time and opportunity to which it is expected to gradually increase £600,000. A gang of forgers have been continue the games of their school-days, from Y60,000,000 to 170,000,000, An- buying up old postage stamps and restoring other important feature in the programatno has led to the professional athlete balkis the establishment of an Independent? ing more and more largely in the world Railway Account, whereby the revenue of sport. It has followed as a natural and expenditure are withdrawn from the
general Governmental account. corollary of Inte years that the pastimes of Merrie England have degenerated into spectacular shows nun solely by the professionals for "the money that may
General Memoranda, SATURDAY, September 19 1--
Noon-Meeting of Hongkong Hotel Co.,
Id., at Ca.'s Eotal. 9.15 am. Volunteer Concert at the
Volunteer Parade Ground. Mornay, September 14:-
Gords por beria undelivered at noon
this date subject to cont.
Goods per Monmouthshire andelivered
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As far as three of its points are concorn ed, the abandonment of the policy of raising loans, the increase in the sums annually allotted to the redemption of the national debt, and the establislunent of an
gramme secina" to be distinctly a move in
and re-issing time.
His Excellency said Mr Wai Yok, I am deputed by His Majesty King Edward to present you in his name and on
his behalf with the insignis of the Com Panionship of the ust Distinguished Order oft. Micheal and St. George which he has hear plessed to confer upon you. Your lodg mud loyal service to the Government of this Colony, and the absolute integrity and rectiture of character which disting uishes you, is known and appreciated olika by the British and Chinese: communities. For many years, and more especially in Mr W. H. Willison, headmaster of times of difficulty and disorder, the Re- the Victoris School, summoned 11 suah gistrar-General Las kuoked upon you as his at the Magistracy to-day, for refusing to right-hand man. In suppressing the Triada,
The Duke of Devonshire speaking at a luncheon, at Fastbourne, said the heavy death debies had compelled him to curtail ocneiderably the scale of expenditure maintained by the late Duke.
Goods par Introw undelivered after this be in it." As Dr. Wan, the late Independent Railway Account, the ped obey his orders and for insolence. MrJ. H in the strike of 1884, in the Namoa piracy
date subject to rent.
Goods per Pere not cleared at p.m.
on this date subject to rent.
Goods per Inverclyde andellvored after
this data subject to rent. SATURDAT, September 19 --
Non-Merting of Douglas Steamship Transfer Books of Hongkong Oction
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Spinning Wearing & Dyeing Jom Lih, close from this date to 28th Sapk,
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FRIDAY, September 20:-
1,901 Meeting of Hongkong St.
Andrew's Sosietyne City Hall, September 26 :-
is
head master of Eton, remarked at Dulwich the other day, there something usteal in such sports, some thing unholesome. Sport should be a
the right direction. If the policy of meet Kempingourd line of 40 in each ing all expenditure out of revenue is charge.
During the week ending Aug. 22 there
steadily adhered to during the next decade much will be done toward putting Japan's finances on a stable basis, while the in- were 272 deaths in Singapore, giving a relaxation, a pastime, not an all-engineercase of the sinking fund is calculated to death rate por mille of 52.18. The chic
causes of deatha wore malarial fover 46, phthisis 27, promenis 23, dysentery 22, bari beri 20.
affair, and also in the rentganisation
of the district, watchmen by Dr. Stewart, and more recently, since I have been here, in the management of the Po Leung Kuk, and as a member of the Legislative Cormeil since 1902; in all these and in many other matters you have,
during a long pablis career, saved His Majesty and the interests of the Colony loyalty and well. I am quite sure that I A notice has been bed warning voice the general opinion of your fellow mariners that floating mines are again subjects, British and Chinese, in Hong making their appearance near Vladivos kong, when I say that we believe that tock and in Amur and Ussuri Bays. There no is great apprehension that these mines which his Gracio's Majesty, by my hand. may still retain their explosive.
sing spectacle. It should be participated me her credit abroad. But the pro- gramme, after all. is by no means a heroic in by all who wish to keep a sound measure. All the expenditure contemplated mind within a sound body, not allowed by the Saionji Ministry is to be incurred, including that on the works of the Military to become the perquisite of the pro and Naval Departments. All that is really fessional. The tendency of the age done is to defer the defraying of the total SATURDAY Colter of Hongkong Cotron is towards hysterical sensationalism thay for a few years. No attempt is made to actually lessen the national baidon, Spinning Weaving & Dyeing Co., Ld.however, and unfortunately, so far as and no hope is afforded of reduction of at Mars Jardine, Matheson Co.'s Office.
bodem sport is concerned, the Press, taxation. Evidently, the Depar monts, and
A worthy constable had to lock a lady meae particularly that over which General both sporting and lay, has much Torandii presides, have been too much for up, bocause under the influence of good NOTICE.
to answer for in its weak-kneed pander- Marquis Katsura, that is if he ever really spirits she would persist in kissing him, Latiers relating to dus incon should be addrese ing to a wost unhealthy instinct Dr. contamplated the drastic curtailments of you object to kissing?" mid the expenditure with which ho wasnt-no time Chairman of the Benob. I do," the ed to THE NANAJER
WARRE looks to the great public schools credited. If may be doubted if the solemne conic reply, and thereupon the lady had Communications relating to neron should be
to set this spirit right, to put esprit de as a whole will satisfy public opinion in the to pay & finc-Essex County Chronick,
country, The Jiji und Osalus, Mainichi, we corp above personal distinction, to nots already, are emphatic in denpancing by Hon. Commander Basil Taylor, R.N. Four bostromen were fined $1 each, athletes, bow in live up to the the programme as inadequate to cut that the Marins Court to-day, for unlew traditions and how to main situation. The more prolonging of the fully plying for hire without a license.
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His Excellency then handed to Mr Wei Yak: the documents apportaining to the honour, and pinned the decoration to hiy breast.
Refreshments ware afterwards served on
the lawn, where Mr Wej Yuk received the. hearty congratulations of his many friender public works is to extend appears, to them inther owned the bost until she died a that concerns sports and games gene-to be of little value. What was required, few days ago, while the other two said they
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SHORTHAND IN HONGKONG,
bare already appeared in other papera will be ally. Undoubtedly the sporting world
at large does follow very closely the drain on the Exchequer and enable taxes A telegram From Pretoria states that Orders for extra copies of the Caixa Maleart of the great public schools, but we to be withdrawn.. The Ni pas, however, General Botha, speaking in the Legislative
considers the schemes an improvement ou Cooneil, declared that. Lorl Milper's The results of the examinations under publication. After that hour the supply is fear that, so far as Fagland is concerned, its predecessor and doubts if any older administration was the most infortunate the auspices of Pituun's Shorthand Speed limited Cash 10 4. Credit 20 d., per it will require W much stronger anti-mesures could have been adopted, and the thing that ever happened to the Transvaal. Committen of Hongkong are as follows :-—-
Tokie Amok, and Nichi Nichi taki n some- The distribution of the grant of three Speed-F. M. de Grace Ozorio (100) Alterations and additions to Advertisements septic to clean away the taint of pro-what similarities Nevertheless these millions was the ugliest incident in the words), Carlos Sequeira (00 words), Evar- on Poges 1,-2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to our fessionalism, self-advertisement, self-journals also think that the Coveragent country's history.
isto Marques (30 words and Full Certificate Office at & Wysham Street not later than glorification, and the love of spectacular ought to take steps to adjust the bunden
of Proficiency).
display now debasing nearly all forms of modern sport.
Copy
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The China Mail:
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1908.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Inspector James Kers, of the Hongkong Constabulary, wna marridi tó, Miss Simm, oldest daughter of Senior Constable Simm, of Carlton, Melbourne, yesterday.
General.
of taxation.
MORE DARING ROBBERIES:
Joachim Thunn, Arthur Cambares Our Theory-Pan Kan-Wing, Toter Prevosty
John G. Heap, Jose. Tavares, John Silva.
There has been so much trouble of late inbaughai eroated by Japanese hine jackets on lears, that the N.-O. Ditly News says the authorities might consider return of Mr Wolff, Chairman of the Com the advisability of stopping shore-leave on mittos, from Japan.
Kusi Chan, in the Shuntal district, the scene of the latest relibery, which the Shanghai station, as those reported ended Indly for the victims. About disturbances threaten to become a standing ten o'clock-on the 8th of the present disgrace to the Japanese navy Chinese month, the villigers wore dis
The certificates will be presented on the
|B. M. S. MONTEAGLE IN PORT.
A Day Ahead of Time,
Menteigti, which left Vancouver B. O. at The C. P. R. Co's R. M. 8. (intermediate)
August with Captain W. Darison, R. N. B., command, arrived in harbour, st three thirty yesterday afternoon, having ex parienced a plessans rum, mooting with smoothes and delightful weather.
tached by the ingress il a body of A Peking telegram sent to tour coņi wen nomiering more than a hundred temporary, the Wuh The Xuf Pe, unmounted The Japanese Commissioners to the In- This gang attacked the village and the impending change of the capital of ternational Opium Conterone to be held managed to heap toetur broty valued Kwangsi from Kaelin to Namping. Fr THE ETHICS OF MODERN SPORT in Shanghai next, January have bean ap at more than ten thousand dollars. a Shanghai eontemporary we learn that three o'cinek on the morning of the 16. pointed as follows:--Mr T. Hiraoka, Then they soused and bound the Kuolin is a dilapidated city and so open to formerly Corucillor of Enilessy at Wish-headman of the village, named Fier. Po attack as to be in danger during tincs of It was an unmistakeable sign of the ington; Dr Tabars, Pharmaceutical Expert man, taking him with theus for rarsom, insurrection. Manning is about 680 miles degeneracy of the age when Roman to the Home Mice; Ur Tokali, Medical and marched away. Meanwhile the soldiers from Hongkong and in distid to become Society under the Flavium Cesars flock-Expert to the Firmosin Government
turned out and tried to stop the retreat of acrensingly important commercially and the robbos, They wore, however too few politically. A wihemis to connect Pakhoi, The Monteagle, which arrived a day ed in its thousands to view the gladia-
to du anything allestite, and one of their Nanning and Kwangtung by mil has been ahead of time, left Vancouver at thre number was killed by the revolvers of the broached by the Ministry of Posts and o'clock on the morning of August 16th, Refreshing and Invigorating. torist shows, participated in solely by professionals or prisoners of war, while
whilst this was going on is the Shuatak certain that it will be carrioni out before Eastern ports, carrying oighty-one as for de robbers and four were badly wounded. Communications, and it is practically with eighty seven cabin passengers for its own pampered youth neglected and
disint, in Hoksban, not fat away, on the long. discarded those athletic exercises and
as night the village of Waishuk was handy field sports which, in times gene by, had done so much to build up the Infantry Company. Captain D Macdonald over of this lomus army. It is the has been granted love of absones out
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Gunner J. McIntyrs has resigned from the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, from the 2nd instant while Gunner G. Fill has been permitted to transfer from No Company to the Infantry Company Gun transfer frm No. Company to the singing torches with flion, and, as soon Petersburg from Siberis state that the re- tone, among which was a large consigu ner W. Ironside is also permitted attacked by another hand. They came Authentic reports received in St.
as they reached their destination, stuck volutionary propaganda is being marital ment of timber for the Cantan-Bowloon theic torches in the gateways and walls forward most anargetically, especially Railway; twenty thousand mobs of four,
of
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Her cargocomptises about three thousand
large quantity of salt fish, und fivo huo-
dred and fifty cases of tabroso, the latter
for toushipment to Manila,
Several oxcellently-arranged
concerts
and Softness to the Skin.
of boucos, and proceeded to loot what mong the soldiers employed in guarding fashion of moralists nowadaye to draw
ever they thought valuable. They do the Manchurian frontier. The Eastern frequent comparison between the British fir W. A. Dowley, goueral manager of spoiled the dwellings of ten of the richest China Railway, with its oficiale, har WATSON'S
and the Roman empires ant naturally the Vacuum Oil Company, of New York of the inhabitats. The saddest thing become a but-bod of aspirants to **political
for the Straits Sattleruenta, Malay Slates, about this robbery is that, only a month freedom. It is chaired that this re were held on board during the rou over Genuine Double Distilled Toilet this particular aspect, the attitude of the Siam, Sauntza, Java, Philippine Tands ago, the same village was robbed,volutionary propaganda is being fostered from Vancouver, to Yakobama who thay great bulk of the nation to sport, is ust Indo-China, and Hongkong and South and the rabbore carried off a large by the Japanese. At all events there in sighted the Tenyɔ Maj u about three miles Bay Rum
lost sight of. For many generations now on, says the Siam Ohserier. s Dowley's the village people followed the retreating volutionary newspaper entitled Fotot greatly enjoyed by the p
ons naw Calan, is in Bangkok on a tour of inspecquantity of booty. On that ocasion now being published in Japan a ro- out heading homeward. The concerts were the poople of the United Kingdom bave head quarter at Hongkong, where he robbers and trackal them to their reuthis organ in punted in Russian, and is whom there was some fast class talent prided themselves upon the possession is very popular and a prominant sportsman. dozvous. But the soldiers and the oficials devoted more specially to the revolution Mr Bisko, who has been on a round tap of keen sporting instincts, and in many other centres of his territory.
He is almost equally well known in mast were unable, or unwilling to risk their arg agitation in Siberia, it is sunggled to Vaneimver and hack for the benelié af
liven in rooting out the villisus Henosato Niberia by way of Vladivostock. As his health and Mr Lenby, of the E M respects that pride is justifind. But to
the eccond attack. Meanwhile it is to be this &itation is being curriest du very Customs, who has also hom na leave of those looking beneath the surface the
noticed that in Canton itself the officials skilfully among the incisa and soldiers, absence, returned by the Monteaglis, FROM MEXICO.
have boon congratulating themselves that the Russian Government is Implored by At about two o'clock is afternoon actual conditions are anything but com
THE following pang sph was d'ipped the country round about is now free from parts in the Far Iast to tako timely Sergeant Deras u the Water Police, forting and satisfactory Putting aside from the El So, a note paper at pinter, and therefore nech time and stope to comba, its affecte............"
after making sensul search for c Hermosillo, Mentos, u being a part of a horat-cing yachting, and games le tor to the publisher from a friend money may be saved in pabiding the several
the shop, rosted three. Che my last trip to my properties on the from rivare. It is difficult to understand the shooting which can only be pursued ur, my best len wit me to the ground.ibution, or to believe that the officials WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST BE of the prete for having ex
But four taels of prepared opium and Cleanse the Scalp and Iropart a by the fow, and eming down strictly wounding bad moroso know bothing of the outragus
brought in by
AVERYB DF whủ kes osad is of opium, smoker's requisitos, to the field sports of the people, the hamberlain Fals Baim, ad afer netg.
Cliamo bertsin a Colle Cholera and pipo, lamby oton their p Alain I was sole to authɔce my founay thế,
were, oduvayed shore question may fairly be asked, how fall wing days if nithink and honed (100 BRADAR ofauffer. Dirrhoea Ramoody never fails to pvà të. tiel íbúa caine ui tha sium ssh ar dinti hnen,
julie statisti recunending Por m Karar Headrobe care will drive it away winch Tenitive prout of for buy
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