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of all the world at his... command Cantonese journaliste, are naturally writing very hard things about those responsible for the absurd and unneces" sary extravagance of this funeral At the risk of drawing too divergent s parallel, we must say that the actions of Peking in this particular matter are greatly on a par with the doings of the London poor who go to almost.
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from Berlin sister that"
mæer 2õe daty, the ima ipŝamber decreased by one- Baird, campared with September, 1908.
NEWS OFTHEBAT,
Bawa, with the home-
STRA
Hongkong, thời
madhe ku Selja, belonging to the Pori- | ničeni bound for Colombo, where she land and. Aristia §. S. Co... han gana sabora | roosivos hor new crew. off Euroshima Island, in the Inland Sea. She was bound for Hongkong with a cargo of four.
Sir William Avery's collection of Ketampe consisting of 100,000 variation, Daa,
beets sold for £94,600.
A bre lasting seven hours and destroy-
GOLAERELY. ONSTEEL OPKUMAS:
QUESTION
Nothing To Be Hurriedly Done.
*** (Bruter"a" Service to the China Afash) LONDON, November 17. There was a brilliant gathering at the
Sir Frank Swettenham (a former Governor of the Straits Settlements) pre
The total, axpenditure by boards of guardisus in England and Wales for pour relief during the half-year ended Lady Day, 1000, (exaluding expenditure defrayed 340,000 worth of property broke out ad Strait Settlementa dinner out of loans) was £7,516,188, an Increase Petaling-street, Kuala Lumpur, on Novem-
of £219,293.
ber 10.
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AEMBER 18 1909.
THE WHANGPU CON- BERVANCY
DEADLOCK ENDED."
„Hosty, Losma" "For The Chinese.
(From Our Own Correspondent)
SHANGHAI, November 18. The Conservancy deadlock-har end- A contract has been given to Chinese and sablet to the East As
work will recommence on Monday.. indie Dredging Company. Dredging
Is is reported that the Chinese will
The P. and O. L'o. has decided to a-sided, and in proposing the toast of the lose heavily over the transaction. unheard of lengths in the matter of It is nanounced from London that tend the mail and passenger service from evening asked where they were to find axtravagant. funerals, that is, extra.Pierpont Morgan has bought for £800 M London to New Zealand. Three steamer" the revenue to replace that which they George Meredith's manuscripts of "Dians will be despatched from Sydney next, your vagant from the point of view of their of the Greeaways," "Lord Ormont and His to Auckland, namely, the Malwa, Mongali
position and financial resources Obina Amlets and The Amazing Marriago." and More.
could not really afford to spend even the manuscripts were given by Mr Meredith
to an old sectant.
moisty of the sum which was ox-
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SOCIAL 'AND PERSONAL
A abort time ago we noticed the engage ment of Mims Wee Tiong Ham, daughter of a Chinese millionaire at Samarang, in Java, to Mr Caulfield Stoker, the United States Consular agent there. The Batata Nieuwe van den Day of October 30, reports
peated on the ceremonies of laut One of the acousal merchanta in the Dr Athinaan raterned to the Colony by week, for if only half the accounts are hiel unvy yard, esse admits that a ring the Kamo Maru to-day, after short lave in
of traders pada enormous profits at the Enghad. true that are reaching the outer world expense of the nary yard owing to the Treasury at Peking is very hard confusion, mismanagement, and officia! the present igorance of values. For instance, the ofcisle were unaware of the difference in moment and is finding the greatest the values of bronze and brass. difficulty in keeping the administra-
Owing to the indisposition of fra tion going. The appenis sent to A. G. Gordon and to the fact that Mr Gthat the marriage bay just been celebrated. the Protinces for increased con-Lammert will be in camp with the tributions are met with dat refugnis Volunteers, Mr G Grime has decided to postpone his organ recital at St. Peter's and the central administration is Church, West Point (at which both Mr already finding that the recently Gordon and Mr Lammert were to sing) for
a further weck, till Friday 20th inst. opened Consultative Assemblies, which have been called into being
www.
Now rules regarding Roman, Cathalis Bishops throughout the world will shortly issued. Bishops will be allowed to
with the idea of gradually educating the nation into sach a frame of mind be
THE NEW TERRITORY
MURDER.
THE LORDS AND THR BUDGET.
ADROITNESS CF LANSDOWNE,
were losing from opium. He doubted if taxes on rubber would suffice or if the lin Tanjong Pagar Docks would be thể gone to lay the golden eggs. He hoped the question of expediency would not be allowed to shake the faith of the Malay in British promises, a
Sir W. J. Napier, responding, referred in glowing terms to the advance made in sanitation in the Straits.
Mr Allinson, in proposing the health of Colonel Soely, P.C., Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, expressed the hope that he would display the same broad-minded, policy in the Straits as he had done in South Afnen.
(Reuter Servser to the China Mail,)
LONDON, November 18, Lord Lansdowan's motion regarding the Finance Bill is the universal theme of the Conservative papers, who extol, its adroit wording. They point out that there is no suggestion of a veta... but that the motion merely afirms the principle that the people role.
The Laborals; denounce the motion far an act of war and hope that Mr. Colonel Seely, in responding, paid aAsquith-will not be a party to any tribute to the work of the present suggested negotiations. They point Governor, Sir John Anderson, and dwelt out that the wording leaves the door upon the romance of our Eastern Em- open to a retreat at the last moment. Before Mir W. Baca Davies, Acting Chief pire, where we were the trustees of the It is understood that a compromise Justice, Mak Tin Fuk was placed in the people. The Government was confident baa been effected in regard to the dook at the Criminal Sessions at the Su that they had with them all the best Housing and the Irish Land Bill and Frame Court to-day on a charge of murder. thought of the Straits and at Home in that the House of Lords will pas prosecuted on behalf of the era, in-be done in a busy but it would surely
Mr F. A. Hazeland Attorney General, their opium policy. Nothing would both immediately.
Single coples, Dally, ten cants; Wpoxy asaball render a system of constitu- | Fears after appointment in which to structed by Hr F. B. L. Bowley, Crown be a guin if the Colony did not rely sole-
thirty cents; for cash,
Telographic Address, Man, Hongkong, Code, A. B. C., fifth editico.
TALIPHONE No. 22, CHINA MAIL "LIMUT ED,
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Amusements.
9 p.m.-Ferformance at City Hall, 9 p.m.-Ferformance of Hippodrome
Circus at Causeway Bay.
General Memoranda.
TUESDAY, November 23:-
2.30 p.m. Auction of Household Fanii Pasture, &c. at No. 3, MacDonnell Road FEMAY, November 28:-angl
Church, West Point.
The China Mail.
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Solicitor, and Mr J. W. Or defended, in
ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.
arrange for canonical visitation of their tional government feasible a few years dioceses. Five years after that they must structed by Mr A. H. G. Jackson. ly on ons source of reenne. He sm- hence, are really nothing better than foll the obligation of visiting the Pope The following were sworn in as jury-phasised the point that the Imperial thoms in the side of officialdom. One and must repeat the visit once every five men:-Messrs P. C. Potts, foreman, M. Government did not desire to impose
yona thereafter.
Matuk, W. E..Molson, W. King, 3. G. ita da morality at other people's ex- and all have had to be admonished that
Coppin, G. M. Smith, G. 8. Cinickshanks, pensa in matters of opinion. they bare overstepped the Emits of We have received from Messrs Lane,
The Hob Attorney General detailed the Crawford ‘and Co. a copy of the a refereesiumstans of the murder of the two propriet and discussed subjects which they have no Constitutional right to deal artisaned by the English Football Indian policemen in the New Territory, with and in reply the Assemblies have addition to the revised rules of the Assoc- that the Crown out always decided that they will not eauction any ation cols it contains official decisions colected daring the month of July and of Paking's [new] projects unless their thereon, as well as instructions to referser, August and was "payable at the Pelica secretaries and players. It is an invaluable Station. The sergeant was responsible for own particular districts are helped one little booklet for those who would follow the the money and from time to time despatch way or another out of their local game at all critically. At Home the solling troubles. One thing is clearly apprice is one penay, '
Association for the present scesim. Is which are familiar to readers, and mid
it to Taipo. Several Chinese met the escort and after greeting them passed on fand subsequently the Chinese came behind and apparently committed the deed.
denied committing the deed."
́Evidence was called and the mao, nd- ourned,
ARBITRATION TREATY
-RENEWED.
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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, November 17.
Sir Edward Groy, and the Portu- guese Foreign Minister have signed a
KING TO RECEIVE CHINESE MISSION:
parent, the antagonism which exists Arrangements. are being pushed for- 5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital at St. Peter between the different provinces and ward for the world's Missionary Conference Defendant admitted keeping watch but renewal of the Arbitration Treaty.
at Edinburgh, next Jase. Eleven hundred the capitalis becoming greatly inten-calogates from all part of the world will sified and the determination of the attend, including the Archbishop of Can various provincial assemblies to judge torbery, Mr Roosevelt, Peers, Admirals, Professors, prominent representatives of all'political and social matters purely the churches, Argislators, former Governan from a personal and local standpoint and former diplomatists. It is hoped that the Conference will systematise mission is but adding to the fame of
work, and consider the problems of the discontent. They are all resolved untive churches, etc. that the proposed new stamp duty
Hosakang, Thursday, Nov. 18, 1500.
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THE OUTLOOK.
THE FLORIDA WATER CASE.
Verdict for Plalatii.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
H. M. the King receives the Chi- nese Naval Mission headed by Prince Hsun at Windsor on Saturday.
LONDON, November 17.
JAPANESE ROYALTY IN
STATUS OF MILITARY OFFICERS.
(Wah Ter Yat Pos Service.)".
PERINO, November 17. The Prince Regent has sanctioned the recommendation of Princes Tao and Yu Lung that in future military officers - shall be placed on the same footing sa civil officiala.
INTERNATIONAL QUES- TIONS.
(Wak To Yat. Po's Service.)
PRING, November 17. The Board of Foreign Affairs has issued a circular to all the provincial authorities stating that in the event of any international question arising in. their district they are at once to tele- graph to the Board for instructions.
ITEMS AT TEE COURTS.
Inspectat Macdonald prosecuted & native- the Magistracy to-day for, being in possession of 40 counterfeit Hongkong dollars which he was trying to dispose of at Yaumati The case was remanded."
Sergt. Gesnt carried out a gambling valdi at 65, High Street resterday morning and strasted 15 men. At the Magistracy day Mr J. R. Wood fined two of the mea (Reuter's Servics to the China Mail)-8100 each and the rousinder & sich.
LONDON, November 17.
ENGLAND.
THE BANK SHROFF CASE.
The case in which shroff from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was charged with larceny of $250 from a depositar vis again boforo-Me E. R., Halifax at the Magistracy today. It was alleged that a Chinese depositor had paid in the amount named to defendant, who failed to credit SAVE MONEY BY BUYING CHAM-him with it and utilised the money for his
BERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY. private purposes.
The fourth and final day of the bearing, Duzing a march of some soldiers be before Mr W. Rees Davion Acting Chief shall not be sanctioned and in view longing to the 14th Regiment of Hussars,tic, and a special jury; at the Supreme NORTHERN Levepapers are united in of the determined and unanimous near Aloncon, in France, Capt. de Broglie, Court was continued to-day in which Ea- ward Kemp and others, trading se Lanman who met the troops, became very angry expressing the most dismal forebodings stand which has been made in this with a private who he thought had not and Kmpp, of New York, sought to obtain an regarding the future of China unless & matter, Peking has abandoned the pro-given him sufficient room to pass Calling injunction against the Kwong Sang Firms, the soldier an idiot the captain struck him of 246, De Vroux Bond Central, Bong- strong man abortly emerges to take ject for the time being. But money with his whip. Some of the soldiers pro-kong, their servants or agents, from selling charge of affairs. The well-meaning will have to be found: there is no tasted whereupon the cap air was abost or exposing for sale, or procuring to be bat altogether inaxperienced Patsor getting beyond the anglenesnt fact, to strike the man again when the senior sold, any Florida water bearing the label officer intervened. On reaching barracks annexed to the claim or any other label so
H, R. B, Frince Hioyasu Fashimi KRGENT is disappointing everybody by and the sooner China sete the proper the soldier complained to headquarters, contrived or expressed as, by colourable and his consort have arrived in London the futility of his actions. A well machinery in motion to supply her and Capt de Broglie, in obedience to imitation or otherwise, to agresent or load from the Continent, being met at the ordery apologised to him for having called to believe that the Florida water was station by Mr Takaaki Kato, the intentioned young men, he is seriously pressing needs the better. The ques-him an idiot and for the assault. - manufactured, and sold by plaintiff...
Sir Henry Berkeley said that if the Japanese Ambassador. handicapped by his Manchu training ondtion, however, is where can she find
The Times, in a leading article, without defendant's label, as a whole, was not a mode of education, while he lacks the the wau capable of setting about mentioning names, discusses as immineat colourable imitation then there was no virility and force of character which the the task? Sie ROBERT HART ex- the appointinents of Governors General in infringement. He would ask them to Indis, South African, and Canada, and remember that wreaths and scrolls of times demand. And so we see the sorry cellent suggestions regarding an in- Viceroy of India. With reference to ru Howers were common on all bottles sold in spectacle of the great nation over which crease of the land tax and the mours that the Government spatemplates Hongkong or sold anywhere. Uniom he has been called by Providence to redistribution of certain burdens haveling one or more of these posts from its they came to the conclusion that by their own ranks, it declares that aach appoint-verdict they intended- Messrs Lanman rule drifting from bad to worse while long mouldered in an official pigeon mente are undesirable generally, while and Kemp to have the monopoly of wreaths he weakly wrings his hands. The most hole in Peking and wo four in view of this case it is not suggested that any Minis and calls on labels they must find fast
ter who had exhibited unusual ability will defendants. It was close that since 1873 all serious item in the indictment now the late CHANG CHI-TUNG quixotic be chosen It is rather those whose the Florida watar labels had boon "got up" drawn up against the administration, disapproval of the scheme that no olimination from offos at home is obviously in that way with wrentlis and scrolls of however, is the charge of wilful extra- one in the present administration wit desible who are named as likely Gorer flowers. In others words there was no nors Gineml: To imposa on Indis or the infringement and the fact that Laumayı vagance. In the time of reforma a have the courage even to look in the Dominions the failures of the Cabinet would and Remp might have been selling in host of new offices have been created direction indicated by the great Indo a grievous wrong to the Empire and to Hongkong since 1887 made no difference in the capital for the up-keep of which spector-General, much less tentatively
our race.
whatever. There was not the faintest
there are no fands, while many adopt his well-derigned plaas. The he batteries at Barton's Point, Shoosmiliarity between defendants and pialo
grandiony projects have been started outlook is truly vary dark. No worder which must inavitably come to grief for men are despondently asking, whither the same reason. It is a curious paradox is China drifting? which is presented in Peking to day,
A wealthy land, lightly taxed and vastly
inatural resources, is drifting on
fiffe label and they had ocular demons- Bear, for many years the outpost of thestion of the fact. If they had not in- chain of defences, for the protection of the entrances to the Rivers Themes and Mod fringed the trade mark bad they passed off
way, have been entirely dismantled with their Florida Water as plaintiffs? They the exception of two 12 pounder quick had not done so if they had sold in a man- firing guns, which have bown left as a ptinet which was common to the trade. tection against attack on the entrance to The one thing that stood out most the Modway by torpedo couft. The defence prominently in that man was that the | battery, la which were mounted two 8.20 plaintiffs had never brought anyonu for- and two din guns, was condemned someward to my they had been deceived. On Wednesday His Excelency, Bir Fre- time back sa usalser, sudi wan dianemad, This Florida Water had not been sald fur
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to the rocks of bankruptoy because its rulers are deddient in average com-derick Logand, accompanied by Captain P. and the two practice hatrories, mounted a wook, a mentis or a year but for Journ Das Taux BOAR "GENITAL."
monsense and refuse from pure Mitchell Taylor, A.D.O., and Captain Sim with Gin and Bin breach loading guns, and if their label was calculated to deceive Proskaims Ersay & Day obstinsoy to remodel the system of Colonial Secretary, and the Hon Me Ravelin Battery at Sheerness, which is them to show that they had bean decalred, son, private secretary, Bit FH., May, have now shared the same fate. The new would they sob have had someone before taxation or explus the riches which A. W. Brawl, Beater General, visted aimed by the heaviest and latest type of gambesty bad been most active and be- TO-NIGHT
fie beneath their feet.
the Imports Department at the Harbour guns for land defences, has taken the place Office His Excellency was conducted round of Barton's Point Battery in the solame the departeist by Lieut. Beckyith, BN for protecting the entrances to the Tamam Superintendent of Imports and Expo
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