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NEWS OF THE DAY,
IL.M.8. King Alfred to-day want into dry cock to be overhauled.
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Tha El and Counteu of Month and volt Brababan, proceded to Europe by the fl.8. Kleist to-day.
PARIS, This would be the one defence organisation, and in war time it is STREET.
proposed that such quits as are required 53.8. should be taken to make up complete bigudes and divisions for service under their own trained funders. Thus, if England and India put in the field
Mr. J. Grist, of Messre Wilkinson fifteen Regular divisious, Australia
and Grist, is leaving at the end of this Canada, New Zealand, and Southwest for a holiday at Home. Africa might supply one each, made up entirely of men who offer their servicea
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1808.
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.
First Subscription List
On the 23rd March the Chinesi sub- committoo appointed by Hin rollency the Governor to baura their fellow countryman for suberiptions towards the endorment fund of the proposed Elongkong Univavity, were able to presunt the follow ing very satisfactory list".... Mr Chan Tsock U Mr Chan King Uni Mr Mok Cho Tsun Mr Young Fin Four Mic War Cho Tooi MChau Shiu Ki
for war. Service would be purely Programme of a concert to be held on Mr Lau Pun Chiu
Apr 17, under the auspicias of the voluntary, but, in view of past Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Society experience, no difficulty is apprehended to numbers. The units selected Foult move, complete for servico, from their honeland, and would drop into Military Tattoo on the Oricket waiting places in the war machine. Ground.
In the case of a war of secondary Meeting.
MEMOS FOE TO-MORROW.
· Miscellaneous
The Municipal Council of Shanghai intend to spend TT 27,400 ou the two Public Schools this year and Tla. 11,500 in grate towards providing further edoos tional facilities for foreiga children.
par
The Chuan On Insurance Co. Mr Ho Check Gang.... Mr Tùng Cho Forga Mr Yong in Pong.... Mr Yang Hin Chong Mr Yung Hin You... Mr Yang Hin Cheung Mr Yang Hin Hung Mr Yung Hin Chin... Mr Lo Ngai Po... Mr Loung Kin On ... Mr Leung Yu Shing Bir Wong Shiu Tong Mr Wong Fa Nung... Mrli Tu Chuen Me Miu Kai Nita... Mr Chan Kai Ming.... Mr Chau Chak Fan..... Mr Chaa Hing Ki Mr Ia Ka Yuon
Gp.am-Meeting of Hongkong Gymkhansaportance, the Oversea States might ship of the German squadron on the China Mr Ming Shan Sheung Kee
Club at the Jockey Club.
General Memorands. FRIDAY, March 20;-
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Farn. iture,&o, at Mr Geo. P. Lammert' Halen Boom,
5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Phoenix Clab, Ld.
at the Club House,
Goode par Bendoron, undelivered after
this date subject to rent.
SATURDAY, March 27:-
Goods per Monmouthshire not cleared on
this date subject to rent.
MONDAT, March 20
10 a.m.-Military Gun Practice.
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Chins Bronzos, Jade & Ivories, &c., at No. 13, Peak Road (Upper Albany). WEDNESDAY, March 31:
Bulla Reginontal Sports,
The China Mail.
HOOKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1909.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
Our Pictures are all New in
AN ARMY FOR THE EMPIRE.
Hongkong.
WHIHAD. OTKKES FOLLOW,
The battleship Fuera Bismarck, the flag-
furnish one division voluntarily, and if station ever since coming eat in 1900, the your she went into commission, returns to all tho various forces were formed on all in Novembor. Stawill be thoroughly tommon plan there would beno obstacle to creating instantly a complete and ready division after the following
manner:-
1 Craodian Brights.
1 Australian Brigade.
1 South African Brigade.
3 New Zealand Batterien
3 Canadian Barteries.
Anatralian Batteries.
3 South African Batteries.
The
overhauled and then attached to the Ger home dees in Baltic waters. Art-class oruiser Scharnhorst will succeed her as the flagship of the Eastern station The Scharnhorst is a modern warship, of resent construction, heavily armed, and displacing over 13,000 tuis.
By kind permission of the Officers, the Band of the 13th Rajpats under Band- master Coke will play the following pro-
Engineer unita from the Straits and Chins. grimace of music, at the King Reward 4.8.0. units from South Afries.
Itel, during dinner, on Thursday 25th Medical units from Canada,
March, 1909.
The regiments of a mounted brigade
March.....
Vilse..... fdection. Diet
Cake Walk... Une Danso.........
.....U. S. 10th Cavalry ...Louisiana Loo Bells of New York Chen prete a Tesetia ...Mumbling Može La Colarabina
GOD SAVE THE XYRG..
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NAVAL EFFICIENCY GUARANTEED.
PREMIER DENOUNCES MISCHIEVOUS AGITATION.
(Reuter's Servics in the China Mou: Copyright protected under Ordinanca 3 of 1894.)
...! 2,000
- LONDON, Marga 23. 2,000 2,000
The House of Commons voted an 1,200 affective Navy without a division, 1,000 1,00
The Premier (Mr Asquith) denounced 1,000 the absurd, mischievous and unpat 1,000
1000 ziotic agitation," and said old women of
700 both sexe could dream of pesos. 600
600
Mr Balfour stated that nothing less
600 than the laying down of eight
600
300 Dreadnoughts in the speediest manner
600 possible would satisfy the country.
500
500
300
500
GOO
500
500
500
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БОО
500
500 SOU
Mr Chiu U Tin (Kwong Mau Tai). 10,000 Mr Tsang Shek Chay (Saigon) MrAn Chek Man (Al Tak and Co.) 10,000 Mr Obading We...
Total
ENTHUSIASM IN
AUSTRALIA
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Copyright protected under
Ordinance 3 of 1894)
Losos, March 23,
20,000
Widespread enthusiasm is being. 2,000 manifested in naval matters in Aus
tralia, and Dreadnought meetings are ...$63,800
[ being projected at numerous centree.
OFF TO AFRICA,
CORRESPONDENCE
THE MINISTERING CHILDREN'S LEAGUE
(To the Editor of the CHA Hail.)
Government House HONG, March 25, 1909, Si-Yesterday a gathering of young folks belonging to the Ministering Child- zen's Lengae, was assembled in the garden attached to the Bishop of Hongkong's
MR ROOSEVELT'S TUMUMT- OUS FAREWELL.
(Reuter's Service to the China Matt: Copyright protected under
Ordinance 3 of 1894.)
LONDON, March. 24. Mr. Roosevelt embarked at New
would be similarly furnished. It is proposed that there should be a common plan of mobilisation 2.8 well as organisation, and that each State would find its own recruits, horses, supplica,
The British cruiser Feloras, a vessel residence. This Sweety has been for some York for his African hunting tour amid the and transport, equivalent to
of 2,135 tons, is at the present moment time established in this island and at Kow hearty cheering from immense crowds. strength of the force seat into the almost in the contre of the South Americanlon, introduced by Mrs May, the popular Many bands also took part in the field. These points, if agreed to, are, continent. Relieved at St. Helens by the and energetis wife of the Colonial Secretary. Chuiser Pandora on November 8, the Pelorus Se actively was the work of the Longue however, of reduced values without left for South Amerio, arriving at Rio debt year, no less than £100 was realised, carried on in this locality that I understand CCIDIO standard of training and Jueiro on November 10. After calling and divided amongst eations charities
It may be of some interest to your Para, at the mouth of the Amazon, ou
TWO PERFORMANCES EVERY WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. T: splendid help accorded the Mother education, and the negotiations to this at various ports the Polorus arrived at
Country by the Colonial contingents end are of a very favourable character | January 10, and made a stay there of nine realers to know that this world wide Longua |
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has been receive. is that the vessel left on
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1,500 miles from Maines.
at the time of the Bour War onde a The outcome will be the establishment days. The cruiser then left for Mansos, great impression upon the authorities of a General Staff for the Empire, a flourishing city about 1,000 miles up the Amazon. She arrived there on January of the War Office, and ever since busy interchanging its personnel throughout. 28, which must be considered a remarkably minds have been engaged in devising The scheme has very much to re-god performance. The latest nows which sume scheme whereby a common army commend it over and above its great for the defence of the Empire could be simplicity. That the Overseas States evolved on scientific lines acceptable to would furnish properly equipped con- all the parties concerned. It has long tingents there is no doubt, while theIt is, of course, well known that the been understood that most of the mutecial in the way of men and horees Amazon is navigable by steamers for 2,500 Oversea States were agreed that a better would be excellent, judging by what niles of its course, but no one anticipated that a fairly large wat vessel would be able war plan than that which existed at we saw during the Boer War. It will to make the voyage. The Pelorus is com the outbreak of the South African war is be a feather in Mr HALDANE'S cop if hemanded by Captain A. W. Craig. necessary, in view of
any future has the satisfaction of seeing the
Notice is given that on or about the WHISKY occasion when an Imperial Field Force scheme far advanced towards working 6a instant the Wals faland Beacon will may be called into action under one order before he retires from the Horse be shifted to a position about 7 cables from the northern point of Wade Island, to commanding head, and that machinery Guards.
mark the north-eastern end of the new should be provided for methodically
Wade Island Crossing; and that a Beacon Light, to bo known as the Hochow Beacon aalising the services, on a pre-arranged
Sight, will be established on the left bank plan, of men who volantear in war time
A year honce and wireless telegraphy of the Yangtas river, to mark the south
show Bancon Light will be Dioptric, of the Seventh Ordex, showing a fixed red light. The following will be the directions for sing the Wade Island Now Crossing by vessels bound up river:-Follow the shore
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NEWS OF THE DAY,
started-now many years slace in Lord Meath's and my house in London; its object being to train young people in them how to be of service to those who unselfish ways and especially to teach
suffer. Each brauch, as it starta, is invited to though the Society stas by no means tako up some definite charitable work and established just for the purpose of in- augurating charitable institutions-yet no less than 20 buildings, devoted zaligious wide about the globe. and benevolent work are scattered far sad
England dan bont of 2 of these, Austra
farewell.
RUSSIA CLOSING HER
DOORS.
FOREIGN FLAGS BAREED FROM COASTAL SERVICE.
(Reuters Service to the China, Mont- Copyright protected under Ordinance 3 of 1894.)
LONDON, March 24, Reuter's St. Petersburg correspon- dent wires that at a conference meeting of the Ministry of Commerce it was laia laime 5, whist in the rated States, decided to vote in favour of the Ept, Russia and elsewhere, Minister abolition from the coastal steamer traffic ing" hands have been actively at work to brighten the lot of the poor, the sick and in the Far East of vessels plying under the suffering, The Langua is now being formiga flags, the regulations to be introduced late Japan where it has found fored from 14th of October. The warm supportera.
Fast Foar, at a time when I was very Govenor-General of the Amur, however, well in Germanus, and unable to attend to the work of the League, I recrived from will be empowered to allow single two high dignatories of the Church in trips exceptionally till the 14th Of Anstralia, assuranes of the good and lasting
October, 1913. work duns by the League in the Colonies. The Ministering Children's League is uB- dominational; it exists only to do good GERMAN NAVAL POLICY. and to teach the young that happiness lies. at in the direction of self-ratification buk- in ealf-sacrificing devotion to lofty
Tho Central-Ofise of a Socity which
Accordingly Canada and Australia and will be established between Paris and Testern end of the tin crossing. The Ho-service, serving God by serving fellow-man. BRITAIN MADE NO FORMAL
Suigen.
the other self-governing colonies were GENUINE AGE Consulted and the whole question
A forecast of the British Budget places the exponditure at £165,000,000, thoroughly threshed out with the and the saticipated deficit at £18,000,000 officials at the Horse Guards' in London.
AND
FINE MELLOW
FLAVOUR.
has found favour, uut only in British dominions, but in a rapidly increasing umber of foreign lands, is at 83 Lancaster Gate, Londonthe house where it was orgmally founded-and I have the privilege
1.
M. T. MEATH.
PROPOSAL.
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LONDON, March 24 Speaking in the Reichstag, Herr vCHE Shoen explained that although Grest Britain in the course of informal cons
A Fibre Congress is to be held at of Wade Island until 4 cables past Wade of being ita, Central Hon. Secretary.
Mra May, will, I am sure, kindly give As a result Mr HALDANE,' the Secretary Sourabaya in 1910, when special attention Island Beacon, and then stoor across they heal information which may be re- for War, bus beer enabled, as we learn will be given to Agave fibre, Manila heimpfver in a line between Wade Island Beacon wired, respecting tale Association.-I
and Hoshow Beacon, keeping these Beacons remain, Sir, yours very faithfully." from Rebter, to make official reference and juto and jute substitutes.
saring N. 61 40′ E. and S, 51° 40′ W., magnetic, respectively. (A small tree is
transit with Wads Island Beacon on this HOW DIPHTHERIA IS CONTRACTED. Vastion intimated her readiness to eating.) When about 34 cables off the left bank of the river, haul up river on a
ONE
NE often hear the expression. My come to some understanding regarding course S. 3 W., magnetic. Following developed into diphtheria, when the truth made of that nature which could form these directions the least, water at present ons particularly suaptible to the wander the taste of official negotiations. Friend
to a proposed General Staff for the E- pire, and Lord Lucas has further thrown out hints which enable the outside PER DOZEN.. $16.50. Public to gather some idea of what
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A lieutenant of the Somaliland Mullah writing recently to the British Government said: In the event of a row you'll get hell, ii God please." Farliament has voted
obild caught a severe cold which naval programmes, no proposal was
was that the cold simply left
a supplementary, estimate of £47,000 fox is being done to carry the various operations in Somaliland. anggestions a elage further towards! An American detective named Pelrosinia the channel is 12 feet reduced to zero ofing diphtheria germ. When the Chamber- ly governments customarily avoid me. practical mealisation. The Home pro- has been shot at Palermic while investigat he Wuhu river gangs,
possis, framed on Colonial saggestions, ing the procedings of the Black Hand
suggested that each State should or
organisation of New York. The United
A STORMY FASSAGE,
Iargely aim at a consolidation both for States has consequently determined to re peace and war. For the former it is lentlessly hunt down the Black Handers,
The Bank Line 8.8. Kumeric, which The great earthquake which did sorrised in port today from Victoria, B, C. ganise its units on the lines of the much damage in Yokohams on the 13th poms to have had a severe time while March lasted eleven minutes and eighting the Pacific, Part of the bridge Regular Army plan, and instead of acconds. The greatest damage was done an
(was carried away and other damage done having a miscellaneous collection of the side of the Bluff overlooking the city, the continuous gales and mountainous was. The vessel was coverd with ice for horse, foot, and artillery, should the seaward Bluff escaping very lightly.
throo days.
| On Tuesday nimiding Lord Meath, attended by Mr&D. C. Wolfe and Captain Taylor, A.D.C., visited Victoria
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ganiao these into regimental unità brigades, and divisions, as is the case with our own trops. They would then School and Kowloon School and addressed. For enlawfully voncealing the number
in Pints and Splits. have ammonition columos, fald engin the pupils on the meaning and hopes of the of his boat the manter of a licensed passenger
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request, the pugils of both schools were today. |companies, field ambulances, and all granted a half holiday by the Inspector of
the services to place troops directly into Schools. nction. By this means the military In a mounted, sabre match at Windsor,racy to-day was contenced to six weeks'
These Cigars are specially made for us with specially select- organisation would be identical all over Corporal Palmer and Trooper Moore, of hard labour by Mr J. H. Kemp.
the 2nd Life Guaids wore opponents in my
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At the Marine Chut, today, nina boated leaves, and are packed in hermetically sealed, tina be self-contained, in addition, and this and both made a lil on the chest. As women were fined $27, inclusive for laying are unexcelled in Quality and Condition. would ensure an aimsence of confuster Moops rods away, he reoled, fell forward, their boats within 100 yards of low water
and died shortly afterwards, Corpora ark, during prohibited hours.
when Colonial contingents are throws Major Elliott, sid, at the inquest, he sa together with Regular-troops in war time. This plan would provide Regular model divinions, made up as follows:
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