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NEWS OF THE DAY.
II. M. & Cresgent, left, for Ilomo
THE CITY OF
2 PEDDER
53 6.
TO CLEAR FOR
PARIS, of Ships clearing at the port was very considerable. Tsingtag, from having STREET.
Been a patty little island when it to-day. passed into German hande, has now For failing to stamp a receipt for 836 give the go-by to Chefoo." When the the master of the Poguen Kung was next
8 or 14 days at the Magistracy to-day. railway from Tientsin to the banks of the Yangusze, which passes through |
ร
The mastar of the fighter Persephone, was fined $in the Marine Court, to-day,
NEW STOCK Ties, is completed, Taingia will for causing na obstruction by ameboring
20%
off everything
TO END OF OCTOBER.
879
became the most important commercial and proventing the free accuse of other | depot in North China, and will in fact
MARRIAGE. LITTLE-GIES-At Hunghung, on the Sch of October, ALEXANDER COLBOURNE & lattie, v.2.1.2.A., of the Public Worke Dept, to CHRYSTINE DAVIDSON WIL, only daughter of Ridad. Gibb, J.P., and Mes Giel, of Bühopbriges, N.B.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW
Miscellaneous
Goods per Princess Alice undelivered
after his dare subject re rent,
General Memoranda,
THURSDAY, October 15-
6.15 p.m.-Meeting of Kowloon Cricket
Club, at Club Pašiliņa.
Geode per Acid not undelivered at 5p.m.
on this date subject to rent.
Saturday, October 17 ;--
Gonda per Mongolia' undolicered at 5
pm. on this data suhjvel to rent.
MONDAY, October 12-
Gends per Pulamesion anclaimed after thin Asta at Noon will, be subject ront end 'unding akarges, Goods per Pasne not cleared at $ p.m.
on this date subfact to rent.
Tunay, ctober 20:-
Goods per Fenavom undelivered after
this date subject to cant. FRIDAY, October 28
Noon Meeting of Canton Inannance Office, Ld., at Werors Jardine, Mathe- Gun & Co.'s Offices. TUZIDAT, October 27-
Id., at Co.'s Town Offer.
NOTICE.
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INTERPORT RIFLE
* SHOOTING.
· SHANGHAI'S SCORE,
(From Our Gin Correspondeat.)
SEABORAL, October 12. The scores in the Interport Rifle Shooting Competition are die follows:---- 200 500.000 Total 31 32
SERVIA ACTING
DISCREETLY
RESERVES WANTED FOR
INTERNAL PACIFICATION.
(Ecdurive Service supplied by Beuter, via Bombay.)
LONDON, October 12.
In contrast to the public demons 20trations, the Servian Government has 95 replied in a most discreet manner to-
Austria's representations regarding the
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93 calling out of the reserves. Servia ex- 95plains that the reserves were called out 92 for the purpose of internal pacification.
be a second Shanghai. By-and-by Mr. J. H. Kemp out the ecolic who
Aldridge Kiaochow will be linked up with the committed the robbery at. Messrs. Hoo-
Brand spin Ali and Ca's promises on Sunday Peking-Malden Railway and German morning, to prison for two months with | Macintosh....... enterprise will thus derive a further hard Jahur,
Barrett
impetua
There were Furopean and 211 His Excellency also endeavoured in Chiocae visites to the City Hall Library Rielian's
and 12 Exaprai and 1,796 Chinese visit Sauer us to the Museum during the wook endedTancaster
42 11th October
Lynch
20 *0 30 80 Linde,
30 30 26 86 [The total seven as reported in our issue last night was 923 which is fourteen loss than that of Singapore, which tam shot on October 5. Last year Bhanghai madu 943, Hongkong 338 and Singapore 929. It will The Austina steamer Vorwaerts, be seen that Shanghai have not done so which left Hongkong on the 25th ultime for well as isst year while Singapore have „Calceta, atidi am on the 28th-ran aground on Bombay Reef. Paracols Islands, getting off after nine hours.
the course of the interview to remove rather prevalent misapprehension who has been refuted again and again but still refuses to he laid. He re-and five for Hongkong arrived from London Ten tons of explosives for Sinapore
ferred to the idea that Germany is by the British steamer Glenturret. They fortifying Kiaochow Bay so as to make included stalls, gunpowder, fuses, car
tridges and powder. it a second Port Arthur. This, be oberved, was an absurd mistake, and be pointed ual that geographical and topographical conditions couder it quite impossible to convert the planss into a Port Arther even wore Germany so digoard. But she is not so disposed. The docks ale has built there and all her other arrangements are ona pure |ly mmmercial basis, their objter being economic, not position. Whaterer messures of foprideation hava boon adapted, their unique purpose is to enablo Germany to preserve her nett- trality in the event of any trouble in the Far East.
There are many foreign critics as well as German merchants and journalists
Noon-Meeting rf The Dairy Farm Co., who contend that Germany a never make much, politically or commercially, out of Kinochow owing to its gwgraphi- cal situation, while the adoption of the Gennau beaureaucratic systero with all its wealth of meticulous detail, they urge, serves rather to strangle than to foster
Leters relating to business should be address-
ed to THE MAGADEN,
Communications relating to news should be
addressed to The Editor,
Correspondents must forward their names and addresses with any communications ad- dreaed to the Editor, not for publication bus as evidence of good faith.
All letters for publication should be written on one side of the paper only,
done a little better and it is hoped, naturally, that when, the Hongkong team shoot to-morrow they will have made the top score---., Q.M.]
CHINA'S CURRENCY.
SILVER DOLLAR TO BE ABOLISHED,
(Wah Te Yat Po's Service.)
PEEING, October 12.
The Board of Finance has decided to melt all the silver dollars and issne
instead one telund hulf tael coins next
No longer than ten years ago the Rhodes was laughed at as a dream, but the Messes. J. Pidgeon, R. Lapsley, J. G
The Beam splected to represent Hong year. The expert of bar silver will also Capo to Cairo railroad project of Cecil kong is as follows:--Capt Lasniert, be forbidden. present moment finds it extended 2,000 Gos, A. Jenkins, Colour-Sergt. ~Wright | miles Tethyard from the Cape, and
prospects of the immediata further extend Middlesex), Sergt. Hull (3ul Mindle- son of this southern section are bright, Sex), Lanco-Sorst. Monroe (3rd Middle- There is only a little engineering dispute sex), Chief Petty Officer Paddon, IL M. S. ax to the more desimble of two prefused Tanur, J. P. M'Gilivery. Reserves : routes. The first step in the construction Sergt. Major Deacon, Sergt. Small, K. M. of the northern section is the building of L. I., Lieut. Col. Chapman, V.D., Major the great steel bridge which is now boing MacDonald and Mr G. H. Wakeman thrown over the Blue Nile 1.00 miles
are to to the upapiros. auth of Chiro. This bride will greatly simplify the transportation troubles to and from Khartoum, and will open up a rich country which has been inaccessible up to this time. The bridge is 1,700 feet long, railroad tracks, wagon road hand path. It will carry
and rests of 14 stone piers.
1
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
been transferred from the river steamer Sub-Lieutenant Coeil R. H. Harvey bas
Widgeon to the eruiser Monmouth, and the vacancy on the former ship has been
trade. But of course there am always tilled by the transfer of Sub-Lioutesart! two sides to a question. The Governor H. W. K. Young from the Monmouth.
THE BRITISH
CONSTITUTION.
DOCUMENTS RELATING
*THERETO TRANSLATED.
-(Wah The Yut. Po's Service.) The Hongkong team last year wAS UN
PEKING, October 12. follows: Capt. Lammert, H.KYC.; Ser- geant Lapsley, H.K.V.C.; Cony Marshall, RE. Wang Ta-sit has translated Mr. Jenkins, Vol. Reserves; Mr J. B. the regulations regarding the Britie H.K.V.C.; Gunner J. C. Coles, II.K.V.C.; Pidgeon, Vo. Reserves; Mr J. C. Gow, Middlesex; Sergt. Lawrence, Royal En- Vol. Reserves: Q-M. Sergt. English, 3rd Constitution and they have been. gineers; Sorgt. Sayers, 3rd Middlesex; forwarded to the Throne. Reserves: Mr Stackwood and Sergt. Hall, 3rd Middlesex Regi,
*THE PEKING UNIVER-
SITY
APPOINTMENT OFFERED AND
DECLINED.
of Tsingtao has unde out a very good Admiral Sir James Bruce, whose last cast for his Colony, and if a steadily appointment was as steand in command of
(ah Te Yat Pu's Service.) the Chion Station, which he held from Oct. advancing prospexily qurans anything 20, 1899, is Sept. 2, 1991, on the Sept.
PERING, October 10. then Clerman methods and German retired from the actry list of the Royal
ILE. Chiang Chi-tung welegraphed thoroughness are again justifying them-Navy. In 1900 he received the honour of to Liang Ting-fan, ex-provincat Judge Orders for extra copies of the Chuva MAILsches in the face of all the critica. His should be sent before 11 as, on the day after
No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papere will be
inverted.
Bopy,
K.C.M.G. for his services in China.
[Wang was recently Minister to the Court of St. James.—Ev. & M.]
[REUTER'S SERVICE.}
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.
LONDON; October 11. The Servian Skuptschine has sese- bled with crowds outside elamouring for war.
The Servian Prime Minister in an interview, said that the situation was very critical, and that hostilities
onld karvily be avoided."
France, Italy and Russia, to consider Greece hae requested Great Britain
of Hupel, appointing him a high official the Cretan question" at the Conference
Mr Edward Drew, senior chief inspector in the Board of Education, in order that simultaneously with the questions con- of the Criminal Investigation Department he might assist him in arranging the cerning Bulgaria and Bosnia. Lof Scotland Yard, and one of the famous
publication. After that hour the supply is vition of the Colony's future may be too limited. Cash 10 am.. Credit 20 cas, perroente in its tinting to suit the hyper- Alterations and additions to Advertisements critical prognostications of some of his in Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to our own nationals, but evidently, like our Offee at Wyndham Street not later than 11 own Governor be prefers to tange with om. New Adwentiesmente should be sent to 3 p.m. our Office at 8, Queen's Road Central before the optimists and views the future with
most hopeful cheerfulness. With times. Hongkong lying off her South 'coast
Aikvertisements und Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fized period will be continued
abit counterman lés.
Taingraphic Addrarn: Maši, Horgitong Telephone No. 22.
The China Mail
Howakowo, Turiday, October 13, 1908.
GERMANY IN SHANTUNG,
Council of Seven," has resigned after various courses of study in connection riore than 2 years' sorvien, "for private with the Peking University. It is said reses.". This work in criminal juvastiga that the offer has been declined. tion earned him the reputation of the greatest jewel that detective of modern
The King's gift to Mr Winston Churchill
·MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The mortality statistics for Hongkong,
LATES The Servian Skuptschina beld a secret wasion of five hours which was continued yesterday. The Members are moat reticent aa to the proceedings, but it is learned that the meeting was a story one, calming down however after the foreign minister'e explanation that hostilities were impossible owing to the scarcity of ammunition, and the fact
and with. Tringtao on ber North-east on the occmien of his marriage with Miss for the week ending 26th September showed margin China is now furnished at her Clementine Hozier us magnificent that the death rate for the British and Malacca can, with a gold top richly en-foreign community was 15,8 per 1,000 an own doors with two representative-grated and monogrammed. Air Churchill's compared with 20.5 per 1,000 for the that the new battòrica which are now molels from two contrasting types of presents to his bride were a very beautiful corresponding week of last year ind for the on their way are detained on the peekinge of line diamonds, and a pair of Chinese community it was 31.6 per 1,000 Austrise lines, Great Britain has in- Oriental civilization. Wili ste proût
large ostring. The honeymoon was to be as compared with 20.6 per 1,000 in the formed Greece that she cannot make by her opportunities? Who shall say spent at Blenheim Palace, in Paris, and at corresponding week of last pear or 30.3 por any promise regarding Cretan aspirs-
Bayono, on laku Maggiore.
1,000 for the whole Colony as against 20.3 tione until legal conditions have been last year.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Orders have been received by Líout.-Col. It is said that the Hongkong A. D. C. In view of the persistance of the C.. Daaglish, commanding the 1st Bat-bare definitely resolved to pat on "The Chinese boycott of Japanese mamfactures talion East Kent Regiment, to prepare Country Gis during the first week of as muducted in China the Japanese resi- strong draft of 170 non-commissioned December, IN the course of an interview which the deals in Honolula have retaliated by boyfficers and then to be in readiness to Governor of Tsingtao recently record-cotbag the Chinese fish market. ·
ed a representative of the Kokrimin Five hundred veterans of the South Shimbun considerable light was thrown Affien wat here, notified the Canadian
of a free grant of 320 acres of land each in the North West and settle there.
omberk for Hongkong on 18th just to reinforce the 2nd Battalion, which is moving them from South Africa. Breret Major H. Kindlay and Lieut. K. B. Chi-
Robert Porter & Co.'s upon the present condition of affairs Government that they will accept the offer chestor will go nut in command.
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The succession to the Sackville peerage to be the subject of litigation, la Ever since Germany obtained the leaso
opposition to the claim of Mr Edward A White Paper just published shows Sackville-Weit, a nephew of the late peer, of territory around Tsingtao she hus
that the strength of the European army who is at present saknowledged as the purmed a steady course, never losing in India at present is 75,702, the nuzabers heir, Mr Ernest Sackville-West has enter sight of her principal objects, the of de vation Army hoing 148,59 In 18-hed a potitiouin the Courte for a declaration development of the trade of Shantung, 79,532, and for the tative Army 134,492. Lord Sackvillu: His case is that wil
the fignus for the European Army were that he is the legitimate son of to late
and the softing up in China of a model oity, which should reproduce in all Education show that pn August 1, 1906, Ortega, a popular Spanish dancer, and Statistics issued by the Board of attached to the British Tagation in Marid Lord Sackville married Josephine de essential details the civic ideals of the thee were in England and Wale 7,494 that be is iue of the marriag Fatherland and so serve as a centre for council schola, with accommodation for 3,183,376 children, and 12,492 şoluntary the expansion of German influence. aclels with accommodation for 3,425,620
| It has not been an easy task for at times || children. '.
the hands of the Colonial authorities.
five years.
MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES.
There was plenty of talk and no littlo A special envoy from the Emperor amusement at the Magistravy to day, have been tied by the abort-sighted ac- Francia Joseph and Popo Piw X has when four women and two men vero tion of political coterica at home, just as reastly visited Western Canada to investi charged with obtaining from Chan Yu the English party politics have ruined many to the conditions of the country. Should sum of 844 by alleged false pretences.
The trualle arose, according to com- bisreport be favourable, it is probable that a promising British Colonial project. 200,000 Hungarian farmers will settle in plainant, n his having married one of the LIGHT, wholesome, and But success has been achieved notwith-Western Canada daring this seat four or women defndants for whom ho paid $2 bargain mong and $44 in two instalimente, invigorating standing, and to-day, in the Governor's
and he did not want bor to dy the Undoubtedly the best Beer own words, Tsingtao may be justly said
pigeon."
brewed in America."
to be a little Germany. Its municipal SME little condom cures for that syatim, its harbour regulatione, its tiem that he often sufere for years without making any effort to find relief. He then sanitary arrangements and its whole nit that it her become chronic. This is a mistake, as the pain can always borellevad, 00ystem are practically replicas of and Most ELTe effected applyz
town in Germany. It is distinctly a prosperous place, and oven during recent times of depression the number
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THE ETONIAN SOCIETY.
Losos, October 11.
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