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Attention Inclusive.
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Hongkong, April 16, 1907.
DRAMATIC CO. A. S. WATSON
Including Mn ENRY DALLAS..
TO-NIGHT (FRIDY), April 3th,
THE PRISONER OF
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MONDAY, May 3rd,
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YOUTH
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THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.B SUPERIOR OLD COGNAC... 23.00 FRIDAY, May 7th..
WATSON'S *** COGNAC ... 2800
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND.
SATURDAY, May St,
SHAUGHRAUN:
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PRICES AS USUAL." Hongkong, April 24, 1900.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Ap Army Order has been lasted which raises the age at which: Majors shall retire
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1909,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Col. Bayard and Mr and Mrs J, R. M. Smith returned to the Colony to day per .. Assays, the former from Shangha and the latter from Yakobama..
Dr Bennett, who has boot uident of Kowloon for some ting, FoR: Co-morr for Home si Siberis. The gond wishes of Ta host of friends will accompany him.
•Vfr A. Monaco, who some time ago left
|| THE CITY "OF PARIS, their before-time honourable feelings of dependence and self-respect and to tally destroying all inclination to cultivate the habits of thrift and to. Ay economic carefulness which it had
The white elids of England, are slowly hitherto been the object of the State to mosding inland. Ous hundred thousand Ready made day and evening
tom of chalk and soil of the famous encourage and stimulate. Gowns, Paris Motels in
Shakespeare Cliff fall into the mast When MrsAsqer presented his bud-Dover on 30th March. Hats and Toques, Laces, get statement on May 7th last year the Trimmings, Undercloth-receipts on the basis of existing taxation ending April 30th, report a fatal cas at Shanghat for Poking to take charge of the ing, Boots and Shoes, were estimated at £157,770,000 and the S Tau, Kowloon City; one fatal onse at Italian Legation in the absenca, on fur- Third street, and one fatal case at Quarry-loegb, of the Minister, has resumed duty expenditure at £152,889,000; showing Bay all Chiness. Hosiery and Gloves,
an anticipated surplus of £4,001,000. etc.,
Thereupon he proposed to use this surplus in the following manner: remission of the sugar duty in ToLars-DEAR-On the 31st March, atvolving £3,100,000, marine insur- St. James's Church, Croydon, by the Rev.,
479
etc..
etc.
MARRIAGE. V
1
The plague returns for the 24 hours
Italian Consul-Ganers) áð′′ Shanghai, May, under new management. It is an
The Bello View Hotal reopens on Ishile Mr F. Farnone of the Sociers Co- Iloniale Italiana, who acted as Consul in Mr idual summer resors with shady gardens, Monaco's absence, has, along with Mrs distance by tram. The Bella View with and enjoya a unique position within easy Faraone, left for bome.
its access to a Age beach, ought to attract
FANGTZE PILOTS. SUICIDE.
·Prom Our Caen Correspondanë)"
SHANGILE, April 20
Capt Anderson, pilot on the Yangtze, has committed suicide, by shooting himself at his wife's grago."
THE BUDGET.
A-DEFICIT GY FIT MILLION Y.-
(Baker's Service to the Chino Mail: Copyright protected under Ordinance 3 of 1894).
LONDON, April 29. The official Budget, memorandum
Dantis Hoey, Hennan Ramon YOLESTI, Aces (one quarter only) £20,000; anmerous patrons during the coming riding Coalfield over the steeplechase shows an estimated defcit of £15,762,000. youngest son of the late José Ramon bile £1,200,000 was allocated for Old summor...
Yglesias, of London, and Mrs Yglesias, ol
ribed in the Shanghai Aneury. He was The accident to Mr Burkill is thus des.
coures, and in taking the mud wall opposite The estimated expenditure has increased the Grand Stand the pong came a cropper
and seated apparently uninjured, but Mr Burkill regained his Test immediately the Navy and Old Age Pensions and threw his rider heavy to the ground. by 11,860,000, mainly on account of
later in the morning he became delirious £3,188,000, sugar having produced The revenue has decreased by Dr. Billinghurst was Kummond and be £95,000 below the estimate and the found Mr Burkill suffering from conession
Westeld, Rusholme rond, Putney-hill, Age, Pensione (January to March, 1909)
The British Borneo Herald says:- 8.W., to E MAKY Drin, daughter of the late Edmund. Evers Dear, of Hong and £40,000 was granted to local aut for a small ice plant. Capital could be There is a grind opening bere (Jessleton) kong and Helbourne, and Mrs Dear, of thorities for collection of licenses leaving Fubcribed locally, and the fold would be 27, Beatrice-avenue, Norbury.
* "nest "egg" of £941,000. But alas for Jesolois, Beaufort, Tenom, the local the sanguino' hopes of the retine drawback to Jesselton is that there are no of the brain. He recovered consciousness: £250,000 above.“
Estates and, perhaps, Labuan. The one Hongkong steamers calling here and the some evening, and has since progressed Banking Agency is also wanted in the place. Wo would get immigrants, advertise the place, and make Chinese food and clothing much cheaper if the Hongkong
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Auction.
9.30 p.m.--Anction of Household Furni-
ture, at No. 12, Wyndham Street, Amusements.
9 p.m. Performance by the Bandmann
Dramatic Co. u. City Hall. 9.m.-Performanon of Hippodrome
Circus at Cacaeway Bay.
General Memoranda, Saturday, May 1--
Chancellor.
His estimated revenue of £154,350.000 has fallen short by 23,188,000, while his estimated ex- penditure of 164,109,000 has been exceeded by £11,860,000...
Of course it was exceedingly bard luck that Mr LLor-UzDRGE should have been compelled to finance a Socialistic
steamets called,
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favourably and hopes to be completely LLOYD-GEORGES PROPOSAL recovered in time to take part in the race- meeting which commences next Monday, Burkis fortunatly did not break his collar bone as first reported.
S.S. SCANDIA TOWED TO PORT,
Says the New York Tribune-Mra Jennio P. Motcalf, of Winchester, has ac the largest English tek firms in the world. Lingting Island on Monday, was refloated cepted the private secretaryship of one of
The 8.8. Scandin, which went ashore at The place was sought by twenty-three sper. Thursday evening by the H. A. L. fetalf came out with flying colors in the David Gillies, and later brought to Rong plicants, including sixteen mon, but Mrs Nicomedia with the assistance of the tug examination, which was taken by college kong. After the cargo has been discharged
p.m. Anction of High-class Irish Goods, at Masses, Hughes & Hough's budget in a year which will go down in Sales Rooms.
history as one of the leanest in the 9.16 p.m.-Y.M.O.A. Library Concert a Dity Hall
annals of commerce and industry. To that extent he has our sympathy. But graduates and other highly trained people. the damaged vansel will be docked for re-
MONDAY, MAY S
Goods per Oceanien unclaimed after this date at Noon will be subject to real and landing charges, TUESDAY, MAY 4:—
Motors Taxed: Income
Increased.
LONDON, April 30,- The budget suspends the Sinking": and taxes motor-cars from two to forty Fund to the amount of three millions, guinea, with 3d a gallon on petrol.
Tax on unearned incomes of 2d in There is also an increase in the Income
the £
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we do not perceive that he has tar in She was the only ose to get a higher rap pairs. The extent of the damnge is not - TEA AND SUGAR DUTIE:9
tention of profitting by his experience or 2.30 p.m.-Anction of Household Farni of heroically tackling the problem now
ture, de... at late residence of Mr G.O. C. Master, No. 4, Morticon Hill.
presented in such a way as to retrieve 2.90 p.m.-Auction of Household Furui-the financial credit of the administra
tare, &c. at No. I, Bonham Road.
WEDNESDAY, May 8:-
deDS.
Good per Delta not cleared at on this data subject to rent. TAURIDAY, May 6-
SY
than 70 per cent, and that without by proparation. She thas gains a three years quite so bad as was thought at first. commission as secretary in Hongkong and India at a salary of 87,500 a year and ex- penses.
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Goods per Austria qndelivered after this tion. His warmest admirers cannot be built to carry oil to ports on the Yangtze The Asiatic, a triple screw motor rease date sabject to rent..
blind to the fact that as a financier, has just been launched in Shanghai. She 411 p.m.-Grand Fête in Botaniu Gar-he- dces not begin to compare with propelled by thres 40 h.p. Kromboet
p.. Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT, to
pétmicum motors, which were built by mention Goodkoop, Amsterdam. The engines were only one of the Radical Chancellors shipped to Shanghai in ecctions. The of the Exchequer. His grasp of the with's beam of 25 feet, the depth being? length of the Asiatic is 164 feet over all, principle of national financo is too feet 3 inches, with a loaded draught of 5 fest 8 inches. The speed fully loaded, it is limited, tog parochial, to serve an anticipated, will be 82 kaots, the carrying Imperial Nation's pressing needs. All capabity being 54 tone dead weight of he can do is to temporise as all op-classed as A2 at Lloyd's for river portunists do, and to hope for the composes.
11 a.m.-Auction of Nernst Eoctric Lamps and Accessories, at Mosara Hughes & Hough's Sales Rooms," Gooda per Benarty undelivered after:
this dazo subject to rent FRIDAY, MAY 7:--
COGNAO 29.00
VERY FINE OLD PALE LI-
QUEUR COGNAC ......... 35.00
BROWN
$58 ¡E FINEST - OLD
CINEMATOGRAPH
BRANDY
SHERRY
LIGET DRY.
41.00
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Per Capt. $19.00
TO-NIGHT!
TO-NIGHT
H VINO DE PASTO.......... CC OLOROSO
19.00 17.50
D SUPERIOR PALE DRY...... 19,50
E FINEST PALE DRY, NUTTY 25.00
Grand Change of Progamme.
By the World Famed Comedy ***Duo"!
and Unparalleled Dancers
(ADSON & THORNE
ADSON & THORNE♬
their Grotesque Specialty
Act
"HAVING THE BEST OF IT."
Bongkong, March 6, 1909.
$28
二
12.30 p.m.-Meeting of Union Teatrades
Society of Canton, La., at Head Office 12.46 p.m.-Meeting of China Tradera Insurance Co., Id, st Head Office.' Goods per Scandia andelivered after this
date subject to rent.
The China Mail.
Hosakona; FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1900.
IMPERIAL FINANCE,
ing of better times, while he throws
either tinned or bulk oil. The vassol is pur-
This unexpected fact is deduced
LICENSING APPLICATION.
UNCHANGED.
RE-ADJUSTING DEATH DUTIES.
A meeting of His Majesty's Justices of afternoon, to consider an application from the Poses was held at the Magistracy, this
The Budget proposals leave the duties Carl Fiedler for permission to remove the on tea and sugar unchanged. The business now carried on by him under an realized deficit for 1908-09 on these two adjunct licence on promises numbered 34, items amount to £714,000, and the total Queen's Road Central, under the sign of deficit is thus £16,500,000.
Weismanus Limited" to premises num bered 14, Des Voeux Road Central...
prosent Messrs C. D. Melbouns, R. H. A. Mr J. H. Kemp presided and there were
Craig and Captain F. J. Baddeley. objection and the application was granted. His Worship said there was no police
SUDDEN DEATH OF ME B. A
**COOMBES.
..
We'regret to announce the death of Mr
For the first time since 1895 England sops to the socialists and the proletarint showed an increase in the birth-rate last generally in the fond expectation of your
from the Registrar-General's provisional B, A. Coombes, which took place on getting support at the polls on the day figures for 1000, recently issued. These Thursday. morning. Deceased, who wan when his party takes ita courage in its hands and appeals to the country.
It is
a pitiable spectacle and provides food for thought anything but palatable in its nature to the Englishman who loves honest dealing, Public finance has fallen 'to'a very low ebb in England-under the presont regime. The times are surely tipe for a change.
The proposals increase the Income-
by 2d in the £, and on earned incomes Tax on carned incomes of over £3,000
under £500 there are certain abatementų A super-tax of Gd in the £ is imposed for every child under 16 years of ag
on incomes over £5,000.
Proposals are also made for a read- justment of the death succession duties, producing £3,920,000.
Mr Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, spoke for thres house
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figures are subject to correction, and healy twenty five years of age, arrived at and was then exhausted. He resumed had not yet worked out the birth-rata. But Hongkong a few months ago to join Mears later, uning his figurer, the rate has bean calca- Watson's arsted water factory and only
in the branch there. Deceased contracted yphoid fever and a few days ago was brought to Hongkong where he entered | the Government Civil Hospital.
H
Inted on the basis of population. It works a month ago went to Canton to assist TURKEY'S & NEW RULER, fout at 26.88 por thousand. The revised gares for 1007 showed the rate to be 28.3, a fall of 0.8 from 1906, and the lowest over remarkable after a declice that has pro- reached. The increase of even 0.36 29 ceeded steadily since 1876, when the rate was 36.3, with the exception of temporary set-backs in 1801 and 1895.
J
CONGRATULATIONS FROM FRANCE AND AMERICA...
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail: Copyright protected under
Urdinanes 3 of 1894.)
LONDON, April 29. President Falliares and President
funeral which took place at Happy Valley Thore was a large attendance at the
on Thursday evening and amongst the floral tributes were those from :-Mears A. S. Watson and Co., Steff, of the H. K. Dispensary, Victoria Diapensary Staff, Merary J. A. Tarrant, N, E. David-Taft have congratulated Mohammed V.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mir von Buri, Consul-Ceneral for Ger.on, W. T. Paddépha, J. Spittles, J. Son succeeding to the position of flutter, meny at Shanghai, and Mes voa Buri hava Hay, R. Phillips, E. Millar, Mr and Mrs the latter lengthily assuring the now- left on eight months' furlough, taking the ford's Mess, Mr and Mrs McClelland, J. Bornas, W. Scott, Members of Lane, Craw
ruler of America's friendship. Siberian route home. Mr Max Muller H. Mead, A. P. Storrie, Mr and Mrs will be in charge of the German Consulate Lesbirel and family, W. A. Rundell, and
KING-EDWARD'S CONGRATU- until Mr von Buri's retur
:: ,
Ir will not come to any person in the nature of a surprising shock to learn that the deficit in the British budget amounts to £15,762,000 for the fiscal year just closed. Indeed, six months ago in fin- NEWS OF THE DAY. ancial circles at Home it was freely prophesied that Mr. LLOTD-GEORGE would accepted the Honorary Prasidency of the Prince Arthur of Connaught has
of twenty millions sterling. But the bare to face a deficiency in his accounts Anglo-Japanese Exhibition.
Rear-Admiral Perrin, of the French revival of trade which the past three Navy, and several Kuroan statesmen months have witnessed, has come to
attended the Imperial.cherry garden party in Tokyo on April 26. his rescue somewhat and he closes his books five millions better" off than was Lisbon about the 25th April has done An earthquake which was felt ab Par C expected. This, however, is poor con much damage at Ribstigo, Bonavente and BORED SEAL CAPSULE $15.00 solation, and the present Governmen villed, one hundred were injured add one cf India and other companie, who died Remedy, and every home, should be sup Samorra; houses cullapsed, 3 people were C SUPERIOR LIGHT INVALID,
deserves reprobation rather than com-hundred and twenty are reported missing GAZEN SEAL CATHULE 18.00 miseration for the sad muddle it bas OdOGOVORI SZAK
The Registrar of Imports and Experts 1 msde of the nation's finances. The at Singapore (Mr A. Stuart) reports that CAPSULE
................... 25.00 Old Age Pension scheme, we see the export of phosphate of lime by the
When Mr Roosevelt arrived at Mombasa the company operating a Christmas Island he was entertained at a dinner at "which by Reuter's message, is saddled with reached, in 1908,109,097 tons, being 1,278 the Lieut.-Governor; Mr F. L. Jackson basson. This medicine is for sale by from this disease will be avoided. Formla
D
PORT:
E VERY FINE OLD. TAWNY,
WHITE SEAL CAPRELE...... 34.00
NOTE-Part, after removal, should he
rested for a Month before use.
1.
14
others.
LATIONS,
Regent's Park. N.W., and of Shootfield
M: David Reid, of Harley House,THE SICKLY SEASON IN BURMA
Losmos, April 30. Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent, formerly of E of effective remedios kagwa
King Edward has also telegraphed.. Shanghai, a director of the National Bank Chamberlain's Colle, Cholers and Diarrhoes Fifth.
()themes and be reluate his congratulations to Mahammed abo
on Feb. 14, aged 75, left estate valued plied with it daring the warm weather. at £105,497 gross, with net personally the Upper Burma Gazette, Mandalay, says: D. Wilkinson, proprietor of the £105,287.
Ever since I first tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholers and Disrrhoea Remedy, supply of it has always been in my houaa and is always in demand during the sickly chemiste and storekeepers
much of the deficit. This was only tona less than in the previous year. The C.B.. C.M.G., presided. King Edward to be expected. The scheme was too whole quantity was sent to Japan, the telegraphed his welcome to Mr Roosevelt. continent of Europe. Australis, and Naw Mr Roosevelt, who was accorded a great hastily prepared, too ill-advised in ita Zeolen provisions to prove anything but an in-
ovation, complimented Great Britain "on creasing drain upon the resources of the wealthiest exchequer in the world. Even We required for IMMEDIATE ase within a few months of its going into should be ordered to be decanted before effect the Government had to make the 4 being sent out.
These Wines are specially recommistake of 80 per cent. in its calcula disgraceful avowal that it had made a mended, being of superior vintage, cld,ticas. An almost unlimited field for and thoroughly mature, and in fine fraud and misrepresentation seems to condition.
have been opened by the Did Age Pousions Act, for we read that in Ireland alone 80,000 persons are now drawing prusions to which they are
THE STAR CINEMATOGRAPH
WYNDHAM STREET,
mp from the Clock. Tower,
CONTINUOUË
PERFORMANCE
EVERY EVENING Commencing at 6 p.m.
20 cents.
40 cents.
ATINEES FRAKRIDAY, AND, BATURDAY,
Children Half Frios:
Hongkong, March 18, 1909.
SINGLE BOTTLES at Proportionate Prices.
WATSON
LIMITED.
CANDRA BUILDINGS AML- KOWLOON DISPENSARY.
As a result of the letter addressed by the progress of her work of civilization in Hongkong soldier to West Bromwich Africa. He was pleased, he said, to think Guardians asking them to select him a rife that British man-of-war should have given esived a dozen letters from women. He and he hoped that all the grant and the Chairman stated recently that he had him their welcome. Strength meant posce; added, amid much laughter, that he felt be straight" nations would keep their
the lady guardian, should be formed to help Kender Harris, K.d., in his 62nd was getting into an awkward position. It armaments strung was suggested that a committee, including
The death occurred on March 30th of Mr. him, but there were no volunteers.
Fear." Mr Harris had curiously varied career. Another accident took place at Quarry At the age of 17 he entered the Great that native gasfitter was employed on works. In 1858 he was appointed civil Bay shipyard on Thursday. It appears Western Railway Company's locomotive suspended platform, jointing pieces of engineer on that railway and to the Great ping, when the plank on which he was Eastern Railway, a position that he held. working fell, with the result that he came engines of the Republic of Bolivia, for three years. Then he became chief not entitled; while in England and coiving injuries which necessitated his Bar in 1888, and took silk in 1894, He Returning to England, we was called by the Scotland there are hundreds of names moval to hospital, where he lies in a was greatly interested in religions subjecte, upon the lists whose claims should precarious condition. never have been admitted if the pro-
violently into contact with the ground, ra
LAME SHOULDER.
founded the Pentecostal League, edited "Tongues of Wirt,” and was the author of of the law had been properly is common form of macalar His son, Mr M. Bender Harris, was many small works on religions" subjéota. rheumatism No internal treatment recently admitted to practics in the Hang- ale zoeded. Apply Chambūriain's Pain Balo kong Court.
applied. It is no good crying over spilt milk, however. Old Age Pensions freely four times a day and a galek oure la
certain. This liniment has proved expeelgo
have come and they will stay, doing all valcable for muscular and chronicANY on rendered irritable, we fear, irreparable racial harm to the rhegmatis and is certain to give quick i partons and arous by the frequent relief. For mala by all chesslabs and shore occurreges of an aty, headache, Stearne
Hadache Cure is prompt and attrs,
uation, apping the working classes of keepers,
Mr
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longer a cold hangs on, the more in
LINGERING GOLDS.
weakness the system. Do not re the risk of an aback of paaumenis by neglecting it. Chamberlain's Gough Be mody will cure your old and all danger by all charaista and storekeepers.
THE POPULAR
BLACK
& WHITE
WHISKY
H. Price & Co., Ltd:
WINE MERCHANTS, 12 Queen's Boad Central.
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