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NEWS OF THE DAY.
The new Japanese steamer Hiran
PARIS, himself a heap of trouble and the interests of his country were sacrificed not ad- STRENT.
vanced. Yet international rivalries and Mare arrived today. jealousies prevented the European Powers from dealing with the advex-| Shanghal has started an Association turous Dictator as they desired and for of Old Paulinos and lavites the co-opers
tion of Old Paulines in Hongkong. a time he had everything his own way. And what a way it was! History records few queerer stories. Strange are the tales which are told of the manner of life he led once he felt sure that he could
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BIRTH. THOMSON.On the 28th Dec, at No. 5 Mountain View, Peak, the wife of 0. D. THOMSON, of a Daughter..
NEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneoua
Eight natives were fined $15 esoh and bound over in the sum of $50 each, at the Magistracy to-day, for fighting at Chau
Chow.
two masters of fishing boats wore today For depositing rabbish in the harbour
fined $2 each by Commander Dasil Taylor, R.N., at the Marine Court.
The Prince Regent intends to send
several members of the Imperial College of Physicians next your to study medicine and surgery in Europe.
tweak the beards of Europe's diplomatic corps with impunity. Russian die sipation at Port Arthur before the war 679 pales ita inellectual fire before the orgies which CASTRO indulged in at Caraccns. The ann-scorched land over which he exerted auch a malign influ- eace, however, gradually tired of the mountebank and. we feel sure that CASTRO knew he had really reached the end of his tether when he sailed for Europe the other day, ostensibly to
The Shanghai Dock and Engineering obtain the advantage of the skilled Co., I., announces, that an surgeons of Germany to cure him of dividend of Tis. 2.50 per share, for the Last half-year anding October 31st, 1908. somo internal complaint, though the will be payahle to shareholders on January atopping of his letter of credit rather 6th next. suggests that he has not got off
Goode por Tonkin unclaimed after this date at Neon will be subject to rent
and landing charges. Goods per E. F. Ferdinand undelivered
after this date subject to rent. Gooda Carnarvonshire undefirerad
after this date subject to rest,
General Memorando.
THURSDAY, December 31:-
2.80 p.m.-Auction of Household Furai-with such well-lived pockets
ture, &o, at No. 97, Robinson Road, Goods per Sanski Moru not cleared on
this date subject to rent
FRICA, January 1 :—
Exchange Banka Closed, Satunday, January 2-
9 p.m.-Boxing at City Hall
NOTION.
Communications relating to news shrid be addressed to 'THE EDITOR.
Letters relating to business should be address ed to THE MANAGŻE,
And addresses with any communications ad-
might have been expected. According to the telegrams CASTRO has promised to make no farther trouble but will allow Venezuela to arrange her affairs without again putting his finger into the dish. All the same we imagine that such a wily gentleman requires some watching and that it will be as well not to leave him out of the count while the negotiations are proceeding. Unless disease and
Correspondents must forward their names dissipation have done their worst with dressed to the Editor, not for publication but his intellect and constitution we can as svidence of good faith."
scarcely imagine him throwing up the All letters for publication should be written sponge so complacently, giving up the as one side of the paper only.
No anmymauely signed communications that hopes and ambitions of a life-time with have already appeared in ciler papers will be out a struggle. But time of course will
show.
inserted,
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VENEZUELA.
Holland is to be sincerely congrate lated upon the successful result of her bloodless intervention in Venezuelan affairs. She has accomplished what big Powers like the United States, Great Britain and France were unable to
Large audiences continue to patronize the Victoria Cinematograph whore some excellent pictures are being · shown.. 10 artistes win many favours for their charm- in singing and dancing.
interim
Messrs Cross and Blackwell had the bozour of being appointed members of the International Jury making the Awards at the Franco-British Exhibition, and their (Beyond Competition), goods wore in consequence How Honcoure
The numerous patrons of the Oriental
Hotel will be pleased to learn that the pro pristress, Mrs. M. Matthacy, has specially engaged the celebrated band of S. M. S. dinner on New Year's Day. Foerst Bismarck to play during and after
In honour of the conferring of the title of Lung Yeapon the Empress Dowager, Chang Chih-tung and Yuan Shia- ka'i are created brevet Senior Guardians of the Heir Apparent, and Shih Ehn and the Hoir-Appareat. All four are to have Tu Chuan-lin brevet Junior Guardians of the privilege of using, parple coloured reiur when riding on horseback.
MONDAY DECEMBER 28
KWONG BANG COMPLETES HER: 100TH VOYAGE.
The well-known coaster, the Kwong Bang, fying at the Hongkong and Kowloon West Point wharf, in gaily docorstod. This in not only emblematical of the festive season, but because she is at present on her 100th regular trip from Shanglisi and Swaḥow to.
Hongkong and Canton, during which time she has never, to uno & nautical expression, broken a ropeyarn. We congratulate the Indo-China Company on her performance, and wish continued success to the Kwong Bang and her genist Commander, Captain
W. P. Baker.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
To-morrow, His Excellency the Gar-
WORLD'S BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP
JOHNSON BEATS BURNS.
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LONDOR, December 28.
At Sydney, in the great fight for the world's championship between Borns, a Canadian, and Johnson, a coloured
LONDON, December 27, There were 18,000 spectators present at the Barns-Johson #ght which was
ernor and Lady Lugand are giving a dinnern, for s purse valued at £6,000 in honour of Their Excellencies the Japan, Johnson Beat Burns on points. In the and Ambassador and Medains Kato. The fourteenth round the contest was stopped following guesta have been invited Bls Francis and Lady Piggott, and Mias Oslay, by the palice. the Hon. Mr F. H. May, C. M. G, and Mrs May, the Hon. Mr H. E. Pollock, K.0., and Mrs Pollock, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Erakine, K.0.B., Lady and Bra Erskine, Commodore, Mra and Mim Lyon, Captain Erskine R.N., Captain Marquis very force throughout. Li Visconti, Captain Baron Meyern. Hohen Johnson proved much cleverer then. berg, H. E. Maj. General Broadwood; C. Colonel Darling, R. E., Lt. Colonel Charler, Burns, who was a pitiable spectsole. M.G. and Mrs Uhamier, Captain His face was frightfully swollen. but Major General Broedwood, the Bt. Rev. despite this factor Bums showed Heathcote, A.D.C. to His Excellency
the Bishop of Victoria and Mes Lander, Mr Funatsu, Consul General for Japan, and magnificent pluck Mrs Fanatet, Comm. and Mrs Volpicelli, Amos P. Wilder, Consul General for America, Mr and Mrs Scott.
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FUERST BISMARCK BAND.
Concert at tho Theatre,
The police intervened owing to the condition of Burns.
CHINESE MINISTER LEAVES BERLINA
The large and representative audience which gathered at the Theatre Royal do
Wah Fm Fat Po's Service, y Boxing night to patrons the Christmas concert provided by the band of S. M. S. Fuerst Bismarck were given an enjoyable
PEKING, December 27, experience. Under the conductorship of The Chinese Minister, Sha Pan Yi, Beer. O. Schwicker, the instrumentalists- played with undoubted artistic taste, their has left Berlin, and the newly appointed always being crisp and bright, with Minister; Yin Cheung, will proceed to a correct appreciation of the finer points involved. The tone ma oxcellent, and it would be difficult to conceive a more next year. that shown by the performers. The band sympathetic regard for light and shade than bas now firmly established itself in the opintons of the lovers of good music in the colony.
The Council of the National Women's Saturday night's programme WAS AS Anti-Suffrago League held a meeting on raried in construction as it could well be. Nov. 2b ab King's Fall, Covent Gardes. and the masters were fairly freely drawn vast majority of women in England Mendelssohn's difficult overture from "Ruy Lady Jersey, who presided, said that the pretation of Beethoven's Festival March, from. After opening with a capital inter-
resented the attempt to force upon them Blas" was finely performed, receiving, as such a burden as the franchise. A resolu- it did, the warmest plaudita from the
tion was carried pledging the league to resist the proposal to admit women to the
take up
his duties at the begining of
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY
LOAN CONCLUDED.
(Wah Tr. Yai Po's Berries.)
PERING, December 27.
The loan convention in connection
bring abont the deposition of that Parliamentary franchise and to Parliament, bined still of the performers. This prey with the Canton Hankow Railway has
Dictator Caso and the discussion of Venezuelan international questions in the calm atmosphere of dispassionate diplomacy. We hope that she will go still further and bring about such a settlement as will ensure the recognition to the full of all the international obliga- tions which Venezuela has fonted so HONGKONG, MONDAY, DEczan 28, 1909. long. With the close of the "state of reprise's on the Spanish Main, the world can look forward with equanimity to the ending of the present year of Equine in Venezuela have followed the grace, for the gates of the Temple of course which we predicted a week Jaxes are really closed at last. That ago. The little republic bas chosen the they may long remain in that position axit we then indicated: she has thrown must be the sincero wish of everybody off CASTRO an appointed the United though in this sad world of ours it is States to act as mediator to arrange always the unexpected that is sure to matters with Bolland and various other happen. offended Powers. As Casino was the sole cause of the trouble, "the head and front of the offending," we imagine that Venezuela will have little difficulty in A Very Fine Selection in Great Vaciety—
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was splendidly done. Three pretty quartettes for strings were next given, een concluded between Tean Shih- the fig part of the programme closed kui and the British syndicate, thero ibara being bracketed together; and with a bright and sparkling rendering of the waltz from the new opera, Dollar Princess."
The Jij Shivipo prints a London talo-
The novelty of the second portion of the
A New Year Meslingradertile auspices programme was a light descriptive epole of the Hongkong Christian Union, will be held on enjoyable smoking concert at the consisting of Christmas aire by Koodel held in the Theatre Royal on Sunday, at 9 Officers' mess in Wyndham Street on Satur-This was very cleverly randered and fairly, when the Bishopgt Victoria will speake day night. There was a capital attendsuce, plaging of the air Snowfall Fealistic The Victoria Quarterte will also sizig. M brought the house down. Daring the and the event was in every way successfol. touch was given by a fall of artificial now A. H. Harris will occupy the chair, and the
programme of considerable variety was on to the stage. The selection from public are cordially invited to attend. contributed to by a body of instruments while a nombor from Cherubini's
Lohengrin" was conscientiously given,
•Lio- ste, as well as by the following: Messre doleko" and the waltz A Woman's love" Cools, Brown, Allan, Collier, Beco, constituted the remaining items in a pro-grass stating that the mumber of Japanes Delaney, Butchinson, Jury, and Dalziell me of all round merit. (a); Mr Englefield (piccolo votos) Mr Rope (dances); and selections by the Royal Marine quintetts. The following committee were responsible for the arrange mentsessis J. McLeod (prouident), Gast, Cocks, Ellis, Calvert, and Gipson. A hearty welcome was extended by Mr McLeod to the visitors, and Mr Percy Adama responded..
It will be heard with gratification that on of the lower class reaching England by Monday evening next the band will again steamer is constantly increasing. These appear the Theatre. By special request immigrants make a short sisy ta they will provide a Wagner programme beforo proceeding to Amerion, which is while Professor E. Danebbery il render their ultimate goal. In Japan it is very well as consertos by Mozart and Grieg, pianoforte solos with orchestral accom- difficult to obtain passports, to the United paniment.
States, so these immigrants obtain their passports from the Japanese Consulate, Twenty-one persons were burnt to General in London and then cross the death in a fire which devastated the Atlantic. These lower class Japanese are In connection with the fact that the village of Toshida Shiamachi, Kumamoto, arousing much ill feeling among the King- new Archbishop of Yerk is the fourth on December 16,
lish people on account of their insoant Sentanian of Presbyterian parentage who
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the Japanese authorities within a comparatively recent period has of Chinese Missions in Hawall and a On Sunday Lady Lugard and House attained to the Primacy in the Angloan unofficial delegate to the Opium Conferetics Party attended Divine Service at St. John's Communion it is worth mentioning that at Shanghai, arrived in Hongkeng by the THAT MEANS RHEUMATISH. Onthedral.
Dr Lang's association with Presby Asia this morning. Ho intends visiting CORE and swollen joints, sharp shooting tarianism is of a mach more intimate Canton to study the opdum question paina, torturing muscles, no real, the character than that of Tait, Dr Randall Davidson, or Dr Maclagan. For que shing the high dignity has been conferred
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