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Oh rise up, return to us agaidi And give us Manners, virtue, freedom, power." WORDSWORTH may, like War of way, seem a trifle old-fashioned to the people of to-day, but both men had sound sense behind their belief in the
ficacy of good manners.
And
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The fruits of the British elections now
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„THE TOREFADOR." His Excellency Sir Foderick Legard and suite honoured the performance of "The Toreador" on Tuesday evening. The lead- the very low slight deficiencies of the open- ing performers were all in excellent trim. ing night being entirely eliminated and the whole thing sparkled from start to finish. With increasing confideces the shorus was also heard to even better advantage than on Monday, while the incidental dancing was very charming.
DISCOVERY OF A NEW COMET.
of our forefathers made it a condition lessons may be learnt out of school by of the cultured to treat even on enemy thoes who are in need of the tuition, to with a certain measure of courtesy," whom it might be an advantage-lack It is not so very long ago that the Lord ng their own to copy the mannus of Bishop of London addressed himself to somebody else's forefather? As sang the
Į. a similar theme and urged upon his poet Wormsworn: audience the advisability of cultivating good manners if they had really at heart their personal wall-being, the happiness of one's neighbours, and the prosperity af one's country. Undoubtedly we lose in some degree as a people by the rary advances of that civilisation upon which we so complacently pride ourselves which "gives to every man his chance, and does not reserve the choice plums of life to the few who have beer barn log in gire every indication of the likelihood of vary sloes finish between. to moral greatness and who claim that the Unionista and the three other parties ** might is right.” The fact that many which, for all practical purposes, were in to-day have achieved by their own un- the last Parliament the Ministerialists
the Liberala, the Labourites and the Na- aided efforts positions which in pasttionalists. One hundred and seven furthe, generations had been handed down sexte were contested a Monday, and once
ing 49 to 40 for the Liberals, 10 for the tions of inherited responsibilities, may Labourites and 8 for the Nationalists. Of indirectly answer for much that a lover the 198 seats polling on Saturday and Monday Erdonism claimed 09, being 15 of his nation might deplore as missing.shead of their nearest opponents, the CHARGE OF FORGING A WILL.
But, as Mrs REANEY so strongly urges. Liberal party. Taking the combined Liberal, Labour and Nationalist vote,
Witness Arrested for Forgery. "I was surely a small matter for the however, Mr Balfour's party is 14 in
At the Criminal Sessions this morning. children of cultured homes to abound arrears. There were 16 more seats before the Acling Chief Justice (Mr W. in courtesies which made them 'little contested on Monday than on the Roes Davies, K.C.,) a middlo-ngod, well- day of the first pellings, and this dressed Chinaman named Wong Yuk Sha gentlemen and ladies in the eyes of hated the Unionists to-go six better was charged with having, on September their subordinates. The rising from than on Saturday, the Liberals three, the 15th, 1000, forged a will purporting to be the seat when an elder entered the Labour party four, and the Nationalists the last will and testament of Wong Chan three so far as gains are concerned there. Shu, his brother, with intent to defraud. room--a respect to age, the opening❘ were 24 recorded on Monday, this being
AWEDNES
AY, JANUARY 19 1910.
THE GENERAL ELECTION
MORE - UNIONIST - VICTORIES,
PROSPECTS OF A CLOSE FINISEL
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LONDON, January 18
Hartlepool, Huddersfeld East Emil The results of Sarday's and Mon- Weet Hull, Ipswich (2), King's Lyan, day's pallings showed the positions of North Leads, Central Leeds, Wess Leeds, South Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, the parties to be:- Unionists Liberals........ Labourites.... Nationalists
Unionist gains... Liberal gains. Labour gain.
99
#7 15...
13
LIBERAL
*....” MONDAYS PARTY GAINS.
The gains on Monday were Si JOUNIOSIBT. Portsmouth.. 3 Christchurch..... 1 Finsbury C... 1
Close Attendant on the Sun.
Nowa has reached Hongkong by private wire that the Astronomical Stad of Johan nesburg Observatory on Monday morning Woolwich discovered a new comet in close proximity to the san. It was very bright and moving Colchester rapidly. In all probability it belongs to Chester appearance in 1843. They are compara Greenwich. tirely close to the aus, approximately Cheltenham 1,000,000 miles distant,
S. MOUTRIE & CO., from sire to son, with all the asocia again the Unionists topped the list; soour group of these bodies which first made their
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11.30 nMeeting of the Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ld-st Co., Office.
11.46 s.m.-Meeting of the West Paint
Building Co., Ld., at Co."a Ofee- Noor-Meeting of Hongkong Land In vestment & Agency Co., Ld, at Gola Offices.
30p.m.-Auction of Household Furni.
forged will. He was also charged with uttering the The Acting Attorney General (Mr F. A. Hazeland) prosecuted for the Crown, and Mr M. W. Slade (instructed by Mr F. X. D'Almads e Castro) defended.
Waleal......
Bedford
St. Pancras S.... 1 Exeter ...... West Bromwich 1
Kensington N..... 1 Paddington N..... Preston Chatham....
2
North West Manchester, North Man chester, South Manchestar, Morpeth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Norwich, Old- ham (2) Peterborough, Plymouth C), Reading, Rochdale, Salford (3), Scarborough Brightside (Sheffald 37 Southampton (2), Staford, Seransza Town, Tynemouth, ton, Wolverhampton East, York. Aberdeen City (2) Paisley, Perth
City
"LABOUR.
West Ham (South), Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Derby, Mid Durham, Halifax, East Leeds, Leicester, North East Manchester, East Mancheste Norwich, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Stockport,
Haggerston Hoxton 1 Stake, Wigan. Stockton.... 1 Blackburn..., 1
LABOUR Wigan......
INTERESTING RETURNS.
1
finds its way from the higher to lower, 50 present victor, was his opponent at that by the test will must be signed not only mouth and the City of London were
0-810
HOW THE CONSTITUENCIES HAVE GONE.
NATIONALISTS.
North snegal, North Dublin Har bour, Si Patrick's (Dublin), Galway City, North Kildare, Kilkenny Borough Tallmore, South Roscommon, South Tipperary, Waterford City, North Wexford, East Wicklow,
The constituencies mentioned twice- return two members.
¿TUESDAY'S RESULTS
At yesterday's pallings the results
were as follows :-
Unionista Liberals Nationalists Labourites
Unionist gains
Liberal gains...
The gains were in the following constituencies
-EXIONISTS. Sunderland...... 2
Whitehaven
| Abercromby (L'pool)
Southwark W...
Kidderminster Coventry. Brighton Bow...... Chelan
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14
LURER Bermondsey... Newcastle..
Colonies in the lost Administration, was Col. Seely Under Secretary for the thrown out at the Aberoamby division of Liverpool. "
The Right Hon. Mr Walter Rimer
eta at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Sales of a door by which a laden serrant three more than on the first day. By far the larger number of these went to the might pass through, the little cour-Unfogists (19), hat practically the same
Lord Charles Beresford (U) and Mr Boston tesies of speech which included "sir" rate of program was maintained, the
Falle (U) have been elected st The following constituted the jury— Unionist, Liberals and Labourites aach Messa J. Witchell (fareman) J. J. Robson, Portsmouth, when addressing- father-these.
going exactly one better than before. E. VR de Souza, W. E. Clarke, E.
At Woolwich Major Adams (C) de- Warwick.ne mammers of the higher class were not From Monday's pollings there are some Luhzing, S. D. Hickie and A. Jahrand.
exceedingly interesting results. A number forced upon growing boyhood and of well-known statesmen have been return case, said the date of the death of
The Attorney General, in opening the feated Mr Will Crooks (Lab.)..
Mr John Barns, Dr. Macnamara, Mr Mile End girlhood as a part of their educationed, while one or two bonding spirits have deceased was. September 8th, 1909, the Hobhouse and Mr Birrell, Ministers in tasted the bitterness of dafest. It is most death taking place at Kankung, village the late Cabinet, have been re-elected; so so much as they were evolved from gratifying to read that Lord Charles Beres on the West River. The alleged forged also have Mr Arthur Balfour, Mr ford, Mr Balfour and Sir Frederick Ban- will was dated July 24th, 1999. In appli- an inherited conception of what was bury have been sent to the Commons with cations for probate of the will of a deceased Ramsay Macdonald and Sir F. G. brdue and fitting to their position in the victory is a brilliant one. The rejection of necessary to be proved was an affidavit Mr. Harold Cox (Secretary of the
overwhelming majorities. Lord Charles person one of the documents which was
Banbury (City of London).
Mr. Will Crooks at Woolwich is most which was known as an affidavit in respect Cobden Club, 1899-1904) and Sir body politic of the family. And as
significant. He had sat for the division
of the one execution of the will, because John Gorst were defested at Freston influence whether of evil or good, since 1909, and his majority at the last by the Will Act, which applied to this
The Unionist majorities at Paris election was 9:180. Major Adams, the | Colany,
bot by two, witnesses signing overwhelping. all classes were included in the benefit time, so that he also has accomplished in the presence of each other and in the _rowarkable" fent.". A ̈similar rõdult was presence of the testator. · That might not to be gained. It is easy from this point achieved at Chatham where the sitting apply to thiness wille, but in this case of view to see that the national life 2,679 votes in band in 1903.
Labour man was thrown out after having the praction with regard to an English will was followed. Such an affidavit was would lose. tone when the standard of wiped out in their gains on Monday were this affidavit wax the principal witness returns, show the complexion of the
The majorities which the Unionists filed in this
on September 13. Ose of the wittiesses who made The pollings, inclusive of Monday's good manners began to be set by those Puteh, 537: Finsbury C., 708; Woolwich, for the prosecution, and he would murious parties in the constituencies
Partsmouth, 5,01% on two seats Christ- who claimed no heritage of ancestry 2,143; Colchester, 310: Chester, 47 go back on that aflizeit, but he would mentioned to be:----
fireenwich, 1,241; Cheltenham. 401 explain to them how it was that ho simply but (to their credit be it. admitted), Walsall, 1,199; St Pancras S., 61: Exeter, fled the affidavit. On the 29nd of Sept-
London City (2), Clapham, Peck- with a noble purpose and an iron will, 19; W. Bromwich, 1,216: Bedford, 492ember there were filed an affidavit of death
Kensington N., 1,008; Paddington N., and also a petition for probare of the will bam fought their way to the front, impelled 589; Preston, 4,500 on two seats: Chatham, That petition was led by the prisoner. Central, Finsbury, Fulham, Hammer- Dulwich, Croydon, Holborn
2.672. by the force which is never more
There was also filed a declaration by the smith, Hampstead, Kensington - (2), The Liberal gains wers secured over lest executor, which referred to the will. By North Lambeth, Brixton, Norwood, imprisonment at the Magistracy to-day, by A ocolie was centuated to fourteen days.” conspicuous than in the making of cleation majorities of :-Haggerston, 1,143; the terms of the widower to hate tall Lewisham, Marylebone (2), Paddington Mr E. R. Hallifax, for anatohinga 35 bil Heston, 736; Stockton, 1,855; Blackbarn, kept by prisoner, and he was to harro (2), St. Pancras South, Strand. Wool-while in the waiting room as the Magistracy nations. Contrast the youthful manners 48,
In the case of the Labour gain at Wigas, sons came of age, when he was to hand wich, Aston Manor. Bath (2), Bedford, Five street gamblera were fined $10 each of to-day with those of a generation the figures at the inat election were over the estate to them to manage for Birmingham (7), West Bristol, Barn-while a native was sentenced to seven days Noon-Merting of Hongkong, Canton & back and we get "the Governor and Conservative, 3,573, Woman's Franchise, themes, though prisoner was not for Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge imprisonment for stealing a piece it aga named as the executor, he had, by the University (2), Cambridge, Chatham, Prisoner'a defence was that he was waiting Mr F. E. Belilim failed to overcome the terms of the will, to perform the Cheltenham, Chester, Christchuren, for the last car at Shaukiwan and accidently. "Mater" in place of the sweeter-sound-769, majority at Walworth, bis Radical ordinary duties of an executor, and in Colchester, Penrith, Devonport (2), ing "Father" and "Mother," and opponent, MrJ. A. Dawes, being returned. Cases of that sort the praction of the Dover, Durham City, Exeter, Glousenknöcked the wood down while it the undisguised contempt too oftes in respect of yesterday's palinge the aranted on such a document
As the result of the Egures just to land Court had been that probate could be
Oas ofter, Gravesend, Yarmouth, Hastings, was being placed against the wall." for matured opinion, and judgment Unioniste have now socured 119 posts to the witnesses to the will would wear that Hereford, Central Hull, Hythe Lin. He was just in the set of putting il 141 obtained by the three other parties was not true, as he had previously coin City, Maidstone, South West right again when he was arrested. The pronounced as old-fashioned and out-combined.
sword, that he may deceased sign the will. Manchester, Oxford University (caso for the polios hawever, thewed The Grab member of the late Ministry co This alleged forged will was signed six days Oxford, Penryn, Portsmouth (2) pres of-date by those who have set it aside be defented is Col, Seely, who in 1906 had after deceased's death. The witness would
tare, etc. at Mr. Geo. P: Lammert's Sales Rooms.
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, January 18, 1910.
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MÁNNELS MAKYTH MAN.
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SADZ Old WILLIAM of WIKZZAM, were he to revisit this sublunary sphere and
J
: 1,300,
new member is Col. R. Challoper.
power of the estate until deceased's two
UNIOFISTS.
tion, and Mr Sydney Barton Fost
President of the Board of Edaga! master General, were re-elected, as also were the Hon. Mr Alfred Lyttleton, Alr T.P.O'Connor and Mr F. E. Smith. day's pellings was
The state of the parties after yester-
Unicoists Liberals Labourites.... Nationalists
118
93
20%
majority of 199 over his opponent. The state that after the funeral prisoner saked on (2) Rochester, Salisbury, Ceawal that the last sar lei Shenkivan about 11 him to go with him to Hongkong to see Sheffield, Hallam (Sheffield). Ecclesall pm. whereas defendant was arrested about
midnight.. The other majorities overcome by the justice dans and to get the state. They Sheffield), Shrewsbury, Stalybridge,
The first two prisoners in the Lak Guionista yesterday were:-Sundedand, accordingly went on September 11th, and Taunton. Wakefield, Walsall, Wedres- 11.027 on two seats; Whitehaven, 13 Wargiak 209 Bentlwark W., 405, Mile of the wind winem read its Maisonet South, Worcester, York, Armagh, East E. E. Halifax, while iweive others were two days later, at prisoner's house in bury, West Bromwich, Windar, Wal-Wei lottery case were fined $1,000
prisoner produced a draft verlampton We
West Wolverhampton sech as the Magistrang tri dorang by MT 1.0 Brighton, 1,617 on two sents: Bow said he was going to make a will and Belfast, Dublin University (2).
Sned $1 each. Mr Jackson appeared for sants was wrested from the Labour party ministration of the estate and not let the 19; belsea, 629 One of the Sunderland got the property of his deceased bruthor: He also said he meant 'get' bank the ad-
the first defendant and Mr J. H. Gardiner the others are all gained from Liberals.
for slaven others."
End, 120; Kidderminster, 271; Coventry,
will, witness
LIBERALS
as a weakness not to be tolerated. In school life, where the bent twig means in time the inclined tree, where do we find it to rule for scholar or student to rise when a teacher, other walk again through the English land than head master or mistress, enters the which he loved and by the light of his room, all alike bushing their voices to learning so greatly adorned, would be good-mannered whispers in the presents former place there. was, a bye-election into not jantly in the matter, made a copy of West Newington; Walworth, Bagger NO OPIUM IS CHAMBERLAINS
T. Dumphreys, took the seat from the Icupy his deceased brother's signature'cn: St. Pénoras, West St. Pazers, West TF you have a moçëh, mure it. A couch etc. genorul election. The papers just from of opening the door. not as sugboing:-Dumphrey (U), 4,278; Hughes he considered a good facsimile of it. There burn, Bolton, Central Bradford. East Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best
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endly scandalised, we fear, at the bad mannors which prevail at the height of
Battersea, North Camberwell, East The Liberal gains yesterday were at Government bars it. Prisoner after tall Finsbury, Islington (5), Kennington, Bermondsey and Newcastle. At the ing witocas he wanted him to be the man of their elders? Who to-day amongst October last, when the Unionist, Me J. M.
the draft. He then tried several times to sten, Hoxton, North St Pancras, East the young of certain classes would think
LOOK AT
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home are only telling the story of the gated by forced politeness, but because this occasion an understanding was conso wis the signature of the deceased, The Dudley, Gateshead, Grimsby, Halifax, For sale by all chemists and stora li sepers. (L), 3,291; Bulter (Soc.), 1,435. Probably na ods written by decensed and on that fan Burg Carlisle, Darlington, Derby, in using it as it coaratos nothing injurious. happened close by to be a fan on which was Bradford, North Bristol, East Bristol, obtainable and you need have no hear any beginning of the fray, but already ono it was the attitude of mind, a funda-At Newstle there are two seats. At the took that signature and traced it in order between the Liberal and Labour parties witness would tell the Court that prisoner Liberal were returned, but in 1908 the to copy it. He practised, it several times
perceives a sad falling off in the mental principle upon which characters, General Election a Labourite and a
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various candidates and their opponents as compared with the comparatively courteous habits a quarter of a century
of "frigid, calculated lying," of wilful, misrepresentation and deliberate dis- tortion were hurtling through the air
VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH and polite mer generally seemed at
do not know from whom the latest gain is
widows would also be called to say that on made, but probably the Unionist has been the date of the alleged forged will her. husband was at home all day, and if he had madó x will then she would bave known It.. Evidence was then called phong, a KR The case took a sensational tura while
to show courteous attention to the
replaced... supering in age, even if such a one abould be an inferior in social position?
Miss María "Coralli has written to
the principal witness for the prosecution
will, and he gave evidence on lines indicat was being cross-examined by Mr Slade. This man was one of the witnesson to the
ed by the Attamey General in opening.
ago. Charges of misrepreemiation: If to be bereft of the gentle ecurtains address to the voters of the United Kingdom of life-the oil to the hinge which Socialiam and declared that a great deal on the General Election. She denounces
makes rust impossible-if to habitually more than the political issue is at stake,
The very life of England is in the balanco My Slude naked him if he did not know miss the good manners which mean so and the empire in standing like a victim that the will was in the possession of Mr a discount from Cabinet Ministers-who
much in social intercourse that is rien on the rock of suspense waiting to be either D'Almade on the Saturday and Sunday:
whorens he had alleged that sant and helpful, and only to be hurled down into the devouring water of the Monday,
was forged ought to know better-downwards. The
Bocialine or rescued and led back to the
Witness replied in the negative. phenomenon, unfortunately, is not omregarded as personal and individual security of hemo with peace and honour."
Counsel then consulted, and the Atr fized to political circles it is generals, it were well to keep silence and Declaring that dialuynity to the Throne and torney-General and if Mr Dalmada - would go into the box and swear thab the Constitution has seized upon a great por- willy was in his possession on the days 9.15 to 11.15 r.x. throughout all classes in the three deterioration to be deplored, but, as the downfall of Great Britain would be joy
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