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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE GOVERNESS CASE
Third Day's Hearing
„THER GOVERNOR OF MACAO:
· Omeini Vinis: Tomorros
-
PRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1910.
[COFFRIGE] CANADA'S NAVY.
A PRACTICAL-START:
(Reuler's Service to the Ching Mail.)
COFTRIGHT.
THE MANCHURIAN
·PROPOSALS":
GERMANY'S QUALIFIED
ASSENT:
On Saturday His Excellancy Eduardo Augusto Marques, Governor of Macao,
Lugar At 1350 the official landing will arrive by the gunboat Patria to pay an official visit to His Excellency 8 Frederick will take place at Blake Piar when the
A cable from Ottawa reports rhit customary salute will be fired His Sir Wilfred Laurier has introduced in of bonour and after the inspection will proceed to Government House where an Defence Bül, providing for a permanent agreement with Me Knox's Manchurian official lensheon will take place at 1. pim. force, a reserve force, and a volunteer proposals in the same senas as Great His Excellency will proceed to Macno in force, also for the construction of a Britain. the afternoon and very much regrets that Heat of Eve cruisers and six destroyers
In Government circles in Berlin,
LOSDON, January 13 (Render's Service to the China. Mail.) LANDO, January Ii. Reuters Berba correspondent learna
thousand years of civilization having ing before Air Justice Gompertz, at the Excellency will be received by guard the Canadian Parliament Naval that Germany bas expressed a general
PER MONTH apparently taught her councillors that time brings eventually a solution for nearly everything. It is the same principle which led an English states:
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JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTEFT. The case in whishi Eve Epgladow anes
for $318.46, as damages for alleged wrong Lydia Prior, of 6, Victoria Fiew, Kowloon ful dismissal from defendant's employment governess reached its third day of hear
Supreme Court this morning.
Mr Paget Heti appeared for the plaintiff and Mr P. S. Dixon defended.
Plaintiff was again called and eros-ex- mined by Mr Dixon.
Mrs Prior, she said, brought her he has been reluctantly compelled to decline at a cost of three million dollars (gold), however, it is believed that a long time never to bother about answering letters, had previously given, so she signed in the evening as well as the invitation to to consider any resignation which she General for Portugal and Brasil, to dinner
most elapse before a settlersent
because an unanswered letter in the that latter.. She would · not bavo
a recaption at the Club Lusitano, end answered itself. But we people of ben allowed to go if she had not written it. Plaintif always understood until she the Western hemisphere are not co-wrote the last letter that the Indian passago teat. with a policy of drift. We like would be paid. If she had known she wan questions affecting international rela- entitled to the page she would not have, tions to be plainly answared and their signed it, she had no-one to advise her solution thereafter drawn up in black on white so that future complications may be avoided. Not so the Chinese. Let sleeping dogs lie" is their motto
man once to cynically advise his friends the deft of letter and refused the invitation of Mr J. J. Leiria, Con to be expended in 1910.reached.
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THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
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A Heavy Calendar,
what to do. Plaintiff thought it looked as if she was tricked intis giving up her original jurisdiction before His Honour Owing to the pressure of litigation in passage. Then she advertised for a Mr W. Fees Davies, Acting Chief Justice, She never described herself af: Justice Gompertz, will preside at tho! aituation. as destitute in the advertisement. After Criminal Sessions which commence at the that she was most particular to be polite Supreme Court on Tuesday. There are no
and if the work of their world is not to averyone and shor' did not know less than fourteen cases and-the sessions
seriously impeded by an awkward situa- tion not belog straightend out, well, say they, let the situation remain as it is.
The Peking proposals now laid bare are all in line with China's conduct in
what they meant by saying her conduct was outrageous. She refused to call the child to her music lessons Intterly because the child had gone with a very bad grace. Plaintiff did not expect the child to call har
will probably last more that a wock.
Y. W. C. A.
On Thursday evening the annual meet-
In a case of emergency the Fleet will be at the disposal of H. M. the King.
KAISER'S GIFT TO PRINCE ESUN, ·
(Reuters Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, January 13. H. M. the Kaiser has presented Portrait in oils of himself to H. I. H Prince, Tani Hour.
TAXATION OF FOOD..
CHINA'S NAVAL AMBITIONS,
TO BEGIN WITH CRUISERS. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, January 14, Prince Tsai Hsun and the rest of the left Berlin for St. Petersburg. Chinese Naval Commissioners have
H E. Liang Cheng, in the course" of an interview at Barlin, said that China's future fleet was not intended as an instrument in world policy but as a guarantee of the peace of the Far East It was necessary for her development that the nations should help her. China did not aspire to Dreadnoughts but would begin with cruisers and torpedo boats...
THE MANCHURIAN RAILWAY.
ME BALFOUE'S PLEDGE, and when Mrs Prior requested her in sing and formal opening of the new room of
A Query by Mr Asquith. way she did not like and ordered her to the above. Association, took place at 12, 11 a.m.--Auction of Spirits of Wino at every stage of the Mačas negotiations. caft the child plaintif replied "I will Beaconsfeld Arcade. Unfortunately nai-
(Renter's Service to the China Mail.) Fortugal sent out a Commissioner not call her." because if the child had gone ther Mrs Lander, President, or Lady May, to her mother she would have got her own Vice-President, ware, able to be presunt.
LONDON, January 13, 11.m.-Meeting of China Light and armed with full powers to negotiate, way. If Mis Frits had wiked her to do Bishop Lander and a short dedication The feature of last night's oratory China appointed a Commissioner, who anything for ber nicely she would hare service and punyer, after which Reports was Mr Balfour's speech at York, in could not
move his hand without done anything; it was the way she asked from Educational, Finance and Social Com 9 p. -Lecture on Korea by Me W.
Emberley at Y.M.C.A. Lit. & Dab. reference to Peking. Portugal quietly Colonel Prior except at the last and sine Secretary's reports were read and adopted to the taxation of food. He believed NA TUNG DISAPPROVES OF"
her. Plaintiff had no complaint against mittees as well as the Treasurer's and which he made a definità statement as Scotch Concert at the Sailors & Soldier and temperately drew up her case and had never voluntarily been rude to him. If Thereafter Mrs Belilios, Mrs. Barrett and in a small duty on corn, with a pre- Į
Society.
she passed him on the stairs at Mes Cousand contributed to the enjoy after the negotiations opened was all and did not speak it was after the con-ment of the evening by singing solos, and ferance to the Colonies, which would prepared to meet China and concede ersation about the lawyers. She never refreshments ware served.
keard its say "Good morning." His office
tend to diminish the cast of bread, as reasonable paints. Chino declined adjoined the schoolroom and she never
Home.
Miscellaneons.
General Memoranda.
MONDAY, January 17-
to
- NEUTRALIZATION.
(Wah Te Fat Po's Service
PERIO, January 13.
The Y.W.C.A. ara to be congratulated it would increase the ares under H. E Na Tung has informed the walked up and downthe verandah purposely on their forward movement. Meetings |--
.5 p.m.-Auction of Crowd Land at the entertain any of the proposals and then to pacy him. Sho did walk up and down have been held in a room kindly lent at Cultivatica.
Public Works Department's Offices.
p.to." The Toreador" by H..
A.D.C. at Theatre Royal, City Hall.
Tozsday, January 18:—
6 p.m.-Annual Meeting of Sestholders
with criminal leniency allowed certain irresponsible busyboilies to raise
an
Ha did not think any
Ministers of Japan and Russia that he
a
disapproves of the scheme for the neutralization of the Manchurian milway.
but she had no idea he was busy as she St. Paul's College, but it was strongly felt alteration was necessary to the fiscal did not look into the office: she never bothered about Colonel Prior. Plaintif at a room which would be at the disposal system unless it was laid downas ramembered the Nathan Road incident of members in a central position was re- agitation, to vilify the Portuguesa nego- Two gentlemen passed them while they quired and a Finance Committee was basic principle that the change would tintors and deride the Portuguese pro-were in rickshaws and plaintif d not formed with Lady May as chairwoman.not be detrimental to the poor, and
recognize them. They:apake.to.the child cedure. But in the end she was so scared but the rickshaws did not stop and had Committee's efforts have been so sue he pledged himself that there would Colonel Trior spoken to her about it sheerful that a room has been rented and would havs apologised frankly. She heard furnished in an attractive manner and be no increase in such necessaries as the child say "Diddy passed but did not turn her head away. Secretary, who shall devete all her time to
after she had hopes are entertained that a permanent wheaten bread, tobacco and tes.. It seemed to hat there were many
Mir Asquith, speaking at Salisbury, inventions and she had no intention of the work, may be appointed,
aaoping Colonel Prior: aho had nothing
asked Mr Balfour whether the taxes him. against
In November she inter- viewed Miss Loureiro about the Macso AN IRISH EVENING.
on tea and sugar would be reduced, and stated that if the answer was in the ready and that she could go there. appointment; she told her that it was M Prier had told her on 030 Last night's gathering in connection affirmative there would be no addition occasion that she could leave the with the Union Church Literary Club took al revenue, while, if it was in the next morning and witness told Mrs the form of an Irish evening, the whole negative, then tariff reform was an Prior that she would go if she had an arrangements being in the hands of Sir undisguised attempt to heap an ex-
She could opportunity. 5.15 p.m.-Y.M.0.A. Annual Meeting fortified in conscience with the assurance she was going as nothing was settled Henry and Lady May, whe always enter cessive share of the taxation on thei
not tell her where
and Subscribers of St. Andrew's, Kowloon,
Monnay, January 24 :—
First performance of La Mascotte' by
the Portugueso Children. TUIMDAT, January 15 :---
11.30 ..-Meeting of the Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ld, at O. Office. 11.15 *.-Meeting of the West Point Non-Mesting of Hongkong Land In- Testment & Agency Co., Id., at Cola
Building Co., Id., at Co.'s Office.
Office.
9 p.m.-Shotch Coccart in Thatre Royal,
WEDNESDAY, January 26:--
FRIDAY, January 28:-
p.m.-Volunteer Dance.
SATURDAY. January 23 >----
ths
Governor, at Saiyingpon School.
Noon-Pris Dastribution by H.E.
at the storm thus raised that the Hing kong negotiations had to come to an abrupt termination. The members of the Wai-wu-pu may consider that they have "saved face" in formulating the Proposals referred to above, but in the eyes of foreign nations they have cut a sorry and dospicable figure. General Macnano, however, may return to Lisbon
that he did all that was humanly possible to get his country's claims recognised and that he exhausted every available channel of diplomacy without sacri- ficing one jot or tittle of his country's dignity. He retires from the sorry business with the sympathy of all HONGLONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1910. honourable men.
The China Mail
PEKING AND MACAO,
In the unavoidable absence of Mr Eldon
Mas Prior and kept away from her. The tainment and invariably provide a most Mis was not purposely trying to irritate tainuzens and invariably worse enter poor. day before she loft she was at the Peak and happy programme. Lacet night was ho ex met Mr Humphreys, Sbe did not say "Ohception to the generai rule. its all right I am leaving this place in day or two. She was not loving until December 19. Colonel Prior told her he had beer to the expense of seeing three lawyers. On the final day she refused to go into the drawing mein; she knew it
'NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
DOUBLING THE TAXES.
(Wah Tez Yal Po's Service.)
PEKING, January 13. The taxes on opiura and wines, will be doubled next year.
INTERMARRYING FORBIDDEN.
(Wah Tes Tat Po's Service)
PEXING, January 13,
It has been decided by the Grand Council that bigh officers in the Army and Navy and members of the Diplomatic service shall be forbidden
The Flagship H.M.S. King Alfred is to unite in marriage with foreign Potter, who, however, promised his services under orders to mil to-morrow morning at ladies. for a later occasion, the Rev C. E. Hickling 11 o'clock for Bangkok, where she will presided. He printed out, in introducing make an official visit. She will probably the promotere of the programme, that this be back bare in three or four weeks' time case of two to one and, she was not strong had kindly given their services to the port only, about a week before leaving for was not the first occasion on which they when it is 'expected she will remain in
ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
Three Chinese boys were charged at
mesai snother scene and she knew it wana
enough that day. When Colonel Prior came te shouted to her and that was the second Literary Club, but observed that it was the Home. We understand the Naval Dance the Magistracy to-day with being in puses. time, and witness thought he was not acting first time that, as Sir Henry and Lady being given by H.I.S. King Alfred before sion of an incense bumer. The charge on his own behalf. She did not consider May, they had gaced their Club. Colonel Prior had authority over her
On her departure has been fixed for February was altered to one of larceny, and each of was at liberty to give orders in behalf of thoso present be joined with the 14th.
the defendants were ordered to receive The congregation of St Andrew's his own house but not to her. tie said Colony in general in offering them hearty H.M.S. Monmouth came out of dock twelve strokes with the birch.
Very well, your boxes are out of
aid evening early in March.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ho
GENERAL JOACHIM MACHADO has left) Kartoon, hope to hold another social pause, in a quarter of an hour." She congratulations on receiving so well merited yesterday. It is rumoured that she leaves
not retort **Oh, that's fine.” The Frion took offence at anything she did. She did of just out of bravada to Colonel Prior not call out Boy bring out my boxes," Nothing we said about the new situation
Thieres entered the residence
and carried off a valuable clock, Colozel Prior at Koricon on Thursday
a
before who lef: the Priora,
a dignity.
for Colombo on Monday or Tuesday next By some mistake the evening was dee- cribed as being held in connection with the via Manila, Saigon and Port Swettenham Laniourously observed in opening aaketch of
Moore Centenary." This, Sir Beury where she embarks & now crew from the poet's life, was probably because he.. Amphitrite and returns to the
Chias Station.
H.M.S. Astra is expected down from
was born in 179! In the course of a mosk comprehensive survey of Moore's life and
A. M. Costa, employed at the Harbour Office, was charged at the Magistracy this! - morning with assaulting Chinese con rable attached to the Sanitary Depart- ment. Mr E. D. O. Wolfe, Head of the Department, sent the constable to make enquiries at Si, Water Street, in reference
Bir Hett said that there were premises in law that if
a married woman ordered works, Sir Henry spoke of the poet's early the north shoot the end of the month or to a letter, the idea being to ascertain necessaries, etc., that came within the friendships and the manner which these
or fictitious. Costs lived on the same pre- mises and did not believe that the man, was a constable. Eesaked him to show his
Peking and to all intents and purposes his mission appears to have failed. Eut that would be a very misleading view to take of what is known is the Macao Boundary Delimitation Com- mission. In many respects he has
John Dewar and Sous, the well known domestic sphere then shy was acting for her affected his writings, There was no doubt Deginning of next when H.3LS. Ploes will whether the communication was genuine achieved highly creditable results and firm of whisky distillers, have issued busband and as his agent.
most attractive wall calendar and a cent whole coured of the engagement there had subject of the Crown as anyone to whom
During the but that Moore was, in reality, as loyal take her placein Northern water. be returns to the Occident with an in-li the pocket diary.
been nothing to indicate that Mrs Frier he (Sir Henry) was, speaking, but ho creased reputation as a auare and
was not the principal A guvernces was was a very romantic and impressionable VICTORIA GINEMATOGRAPH authority, but the only thing he could pro not in the domestic sphere. Dirs Prior poet and the fate of Emmett certainly Colonel Printed power. His shent Fitzgerald. The lecturer than west on to Jessie Lee, metto balladist and serio, and
rote the notes, engaged plintiff and had a very marked effect on him, as the of Lord Edward caling Mrs employer. believed that Mrs Prior acted as principal gire a met absorbing scoount of Moore's and she had no reason to believe otherwise, literary career, spoke of bis immense Tim Howard, the funny little com was merely a robber. This belief was If she did walk on Colonel Prior's verandali with her pose in the air, and cut him popularity in the three Kingdoms, and con- median and eccentric dancer, are meeting inspired by the fact that three years ago dead" these nots wero insuficient to justify in which the Irish hard largely figured Cinematograph where they are encored premises, when the robbers represented cluded with a number of humorous stories with tremendous success at the Victoria an armed robbery took place on the maine, her dismissal,
Surely few men achieved such a triumph Me Dixon replied and His Lordship as he did, he became the fashion at 21 and again and again. The pictures shown are themselves to be constables. Mr E. R. gave judgment for plaintiff for 355.26; the for 40 years his popularity never diminish- also very good
Hallifax discharged the defendant. passage money being excepted.
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capable diplomatist and a patriotic, chauged its name to the Bangkok Daily On January 1st the Siam Free Presa
clear-thinking man! Before General | dfail, having passed into the hands of new MACHADO appeared upon
proprietors. "the scene Chine greatly underrated the strength Mr M. D. O'Leary, late editor of the Born Free Press, has accepted the chair of of the Portuguese cans. Now she English Literatore and Belles lettres at thoroughly understands the position the College of the Assumption, Bangkok, and is afraid to face it. With a
Owing to several big, social functions characteristic desire to save her face being arinnged for February 4th, the she has Gnally announced that the Cathedral Choir concert at the City Hall has been postponed till the 8th February
cannot allow the case to be submitted
to the Hague, but she is willing to let
the question stand aside for the time
most
ed And his fame as a puet was indepen dent of his personal charmis. A brilliant favourite of high society, he was the CATHEDRAL CHOIR CONCERT.modest of men. His lyrics divided the
| solves into two catégories -the light and A concert will be given in the City Hall the guy, and the eloquent expremions of
emotion. Perhaps
Polica Station, believing that the man
duce was a police whistle. Costs then took The celebrated Australian artistes Miss the visitor by the quene and took him to the
STATE EXPRESS
DISCRIMINATORS.
The Bishop of Victoria will be away from on Tuesday, February 8th (Baroro Tuesday) in Rethope the first of all waPOPULAR CIGARETTES TOR is Augouneed to hold a Confirmation at St. Choir, The Progamme will include in the voice of her own in language which every the Colony untilnost Wednesday when he by the Members of St. Jobe's Cathedral the melodies he wrote Ireland found the
being. Portugal shall be allowed, she Stephen's Chinese Church, West Foint, First Part a Selection from Mendelssohn's Irishman could understand." says, to remain in possession of the Bishop and Mrs Tander are at home" at unaccompanied Matetis, m addition to the works of Moore. Lady May accor
at ip.m. On Thursdays in January the Cantata come let a worship," and sosisted of insicul Ulustrations drawn from Winfred (Virginia Leaf) in Tins of 50...
The latter part of the programme con-
territory which she now holda, but no their residence on the Peak..
several other numbers. Part 2 will include pauied at the piano and songs were render- VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH. further nerozchments will he per-
sone numbers from Manger's well known her that pace through. Tara's halls, and No. 555
ed as follows:-Mr. B. E Coke, "The News rencited Shanghai last Thursday Open Voronique the oncerted items She is far from the land where her young mitted upon the sacred spil of China; that the stammer Lycemoon, which has just from Sullivan's Iolanthe," and some lover sloup" Bir Henry May, The No. 999 while efficient sips will be taken by the completed a charter to the Siberian Railway Lumourous part songs and glees. The meeting of the Waters" and "Oft in the
Company Fr. Vindivostock, and which has neut will be in aid of the Urgan Fund stilly night: Mrs Barrett, When he who Quo Vadis (Turkish Leat) in The JESSIE LIE-Moto Baladier Chinese authorities to prevent any dis Unen put back on the Thingtau run, had and tickets will be obtainable at the Robin, adores thee, and "Como o'er the wes Turkish Leaf No. 1
turbance by neighbouring villagesgot ashore in the North Channel Tugsson Fisto Co. (ptics 83 and 22), where i Peking, we imagine, had that neat of with wracking apparatus were sent out to plan of the Hall my ulso be seen,
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