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General Memoranda.
FRIDAY, March 18:
16
2 p.m.-Aucilon of Household Fural ture, &c. at Ian Mor,' Peak Resä" 9-Performance of Bandmann's
Co., at City Hall. SATURDAY, March 19---
11.30 am.-Morting of Green Island
Cement Co., Ed., at Co.'s Offices. Noon-Meeting of Geo, Fenwick & Co.,
Id., at Co.'s. Oficas. 12.30 p.m.-Menting of National Bank
of China, Ld. at Bank Office. 2.30 p.m.-Auction of High-class Jewel- lery as Mcaars Enghes & Hough's
Salca
a Rooms. TavesDiy, March 34 :----
11 a.m.-Meeting of the China Sugar Running Co., Ltd. at Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Office. 11.30-Meeting of Lazon Sugar Refining Co., Ld., at Mosers Jardine, Matheson Co.'s Offices,
The China Mail.
HONGKONO, WKDsesdat, Manon 12, 1910.
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MR SCHIFF'S ALARMIST "PROCNOSTICATIONS.
a Republican luncheck in New York haw natural'y disturbed a good many timid people, and though he now en deavours to explain away the meaning as
fimt attached to his words the bad žas-
THE CHINA MAIL.
Ever since Japan threw dihealties in the way of American journalists, who flocked to her ahores to witness the Russo-Japanese war, preventing them from reaching the frant until rack time as she had perfected her war organiz- ation and schemes of attack the majority of the American press has been distinctly hostile to the island Empire, They have viewed all her proceedings with jaundiced distrust, casting an sir of suspicion on her most innocent movements. Gradually this mood of suspicion and dislike bas reacted upon the nation. at large as the thwarted journalists told, the ministers in Tokyo that is would-and now we bars the spectacle of the once enthusiastically friendly American people, taken in the masa, exhibiting a marked spirit of hostility to the Government of Japan. Yet Mr. PHILANDER C. Kox, Secretary of State in M. TAFT'S Cabinet, is but uttering the pisin un- vanished truth when he declares that the only point of difference between the two nations is the queation of the neutrality of the Manchurian railway, and that war between them would be an unspeakable crime.
NEWS OF THE DAY
The "Cheater pageant in July will require the services of a thousand dancers; 3000 people are taking pars in the different babies.
Trente al "Sherlock Holmes" has bean prohibited at Swiss railway stations owing to wholesale murdats committed by
two farm lada who had read the book.
The P. M. S.S. Co... Aus sao hroom-Yokehaan, en route to Hongkong, March 18th, where she due to arrive on March 25th.
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The Chinese Enginsoring and Mining Company, Limited, report that the total output of the Company's throq 'mines fur. the week ending 28th February amounted 17.966.39 tone and the mies during the period to 13,837,38 bona, 14 Ma
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 1910.
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EXPRESSION OF JOURNALISTIC OPINION;.
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to the China Mask.)
Toro, March 16.
- Thinking that the occupant of No. 16 Kramer Strust, Talkekteni, had rond to work about 6am, as usual one morning s coolie broke into the house about an hour Router's Service to the Ching Jrai.) later and proceeded to loot the plan. The
Loror, March 15 master fortunatoly had not than left for
Frines and Princesa Fushimi visited his work but the robber was by so mana deterred by his presence, and immediately Faris, where they archanged visits held him up with a revolver, etc., a wall with President and Machums Fallieros
LONDON, March 16. of President Fallieres lunched with Prince and Princesa Fushimi Baron were present representatives of the rurino (Ambassador to Paris) and the Press of Europe and America. A dis Minister for Foreign Affairs and Marine cussion was started upon the recent sensational news sent from. America and being also present
as the female occupants, after which de cleared with over $280 worth of jewellery,
He was dabequently arrested by an Indian sergeant and at the Magistracy this morning
was remanded by Mr E. R. Hallifaz
SANITARY BOARD.
m
ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION,
VISIT OF THE QUEEN.
The International Fress Association Tokie held a mosting at which
the meeting finally passed a resolutionTM to the effect that the Fresa represent- atives in Japan find my cause whate Laver, either in fealing or cirenmatances, to justify the foreign reports as to Japan's aggressiveness and preparations; for Wa
Mr. D. C. Wolic presided at a meeting" of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday afternoon when, thors wors present-Hon. Mr W Chatban, Hon. Me A. W. Browin, Hon.. Mr BA Bows, Mr A. Sholton Hooper,
This resolution has been telegraphet The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Me Mr Ng Hon Taz, Dr Peare, asaistant (Reuter's Service to the Chish Hail;)"
LONDON, March 15.
to the respective papers represented. morial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to Medical Offear of Holth, and. Mr Gibson, knowledge with thanks the following who seted na secretary in the absence of
Queen Alexandra mada a two hours
Count Kemurs, Minister for Foreign Fonations to the funds of the Hospitals Mr W. Bewon-Rowlanda
REMOVAL OF CEILINGE AND STAIR LININGS inspection of the Anglo-Japan Afairs, Inst night invited Mr Melville H. R. Wells.... Sing On & Co...
The Presidens atsted that the question hibition and caused the Japanese head Stone, head of the Associated Pross of the removal of sellings and stair-linings gardener to be presented to her Hof America, to dinner. B www referred back to the committee, which Majesty complimented him on his work. The International Frets Association
will probably arrange a dinners consisted of the Hon. Mr P. N. H. Jones,
LONDON, March 18. M. Lau Chu Pak and himself. They
reception in Me Stone's honour. struck out the class to which objection
CHINESE PROVINGIA”
1.
...
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Owing to the extrümely heavy fog which prevailed during the early hours of this morning the harbour was melodious with the shriekings, hootings and bosiars of numberless steam whistles. What with it resily looks as if Summer is icumin in."
It is understood that His Majesty the was cakes, and simply put in that the King will open the Anglo-Japanese Ex- the fogs and the rise in the temperature matter should be referred to the Board,hibition early in May..
but that apparently did not suit the views
of some of the members. The committos Remarkable scenes were witnessed bo-thought that some warning was necessary, Truly we live in a wonderful age, anfore the first opening of the Manchester otherwise it would really pay a person Labour Exchange. One man was at the botter to have his house with inth and door of the building all night, and before plaster walls than without. They thought the time fixed for opening the doors a that members wanted the Board to have crowd estimated at 4,000 had assembled, fall, power to deal with and discuss every
age of Hague Conventions and Peace Societies, an age when the followers of Justa of Nazareth are more numerous, more powerful and more ubiquitous than ever they were, and yet we have the spec tacle of nations being set against nations, of acrimony being sedulously cultivated,, of suspicion being tenderly nursed, armies and navies creased, he though for all the world we still lived in the age of barbarian, where might is right, and plunder and rapias the fit and proper methods of conducting
Many of the mon fought their way to the front in eagerness to register.
case on its merits.
Mr Hooper objected to anything about house being made rat proof. They knew The crowd of Japanave artisans, crafts that no new hoses could be erected now men jugglers, Frustlers and conter-according to law with any lath and plaster tionists who have been seen about the partitions. Some of the houses which had streets of Hongkoor the last two days, left lath and plaster partitions were really very at noon by the Atsuts Maru. They will geod, but it was quite possible for a case form Fapanese village community in the of plague to occur on such premises. For Anglo-Japanese exhibition, pursuing their the Board to say, on this account, that such the goot folks of London town.
various avocations for the delectation of
BERESFORD AND THE ESTIMATES..
dad
LOAN OF £68,000,000 URGED.
Lornos, Muh 15 (Reuter's Service to the Chins Mail.) Epeaking in the House of Commons on the Naval Estimates, Lord Charles Bercafard said that he considered the prescrit estimates utterly inadequate and urged that a loan of sixty-eight millions was necessary,
HOUSE OF LORDS. REFORM.
house was unfit for humen habitation unless it was rat preof; and the idea of LORD ROSEBERY ADVOCATES
In connection with Mr Haldane's.ro.making it rat proof by the removal of the lath and plaster partitions be considered cent interview with the King, and state would be a gross injustice to people who mects that he likely to leave the War
international intercourse. It is our firm offco, for tha, Admiralty, it is stated in owned and lived in sach properties, Ee
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conviction that Japan has at present no well-informed quarters that a proposal will "Pported the Board, and went as far as desire to fight with any nation, let receive early consideration by the Cabinet he could when the removal of callings was for the amalgamation of the Admiralty and alone America; she wants to develop the War Umes under a slagle Minister to her resources and perfect her civilizi. be styled the Minister of Defence. The tion amid peace and with the goodwill advantage claimed for it is that it would preduce a very desirable co-ordination be of the nations; and the United States,tween the two services. in its responsible sections, is of the same way of thinking. But the pie chief-maker is abroad in the land
ELECTIVE PRINCIPLE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Afail.) LONDON, March 15.
FINANCE
་
(Wah Tu Yat Po't Service.)
PEKING, March 16. The Board of Finance, bas decided to despatch commissioners to enquire into....... the real state of the revenue in the various provinces. ··
PRINCE TSAI TAO'S TRIP.
(Wah Ter Yai Po's Swvica)
PERING, March 16. Prince Tani Tao leaves Péking m March 20th by rail for Tong-kn where he embarks for his trip to Japan, America and Europe
THE HANKOW RAILWAY.
(Wah Tas Fat Po's Servica.) -
PREHU, March 15.
H. E. Leung Shi-pl, bead of the Railway Department of the Board of
In the House of Lards Lord Boso Proposed, and he thought that they had bery moved resolutions embodying gono far enough. He was not prepared to scheme of reform of the Chamber, 80 A step further in the direction of lath and in doing so dwelt on the splendid and plaster partitions. Referring to the history of the House. His lordship Communications, has gone to Haskow question as to whether the Board consider said, that it was impossible, however, to ascertain whether the people have ed any house which might have lath and to overlook the fact that the county actually raised enough money to build plaster partitions as unit for human had returned, by a majority of 125, the railways, and to what extent the Sir William Lewis's mausoleum, a habitation, he thought they were taking party which was violently apposed to populace is opposed to foreign loazs. Cein, Merthyr, Wales, had been battered upon, themselves a Ettle more than they their existence. He urged the in- in, and the pot containing the remains of were entitled to. If the Board made troduction of the elective principle, Lady why rematou Ihr wold bang meût for human not popular election, but election by and with the gid of an exciteüble presse adox, and the lid broken open. If the Habitation, it had to be on the recem county councils or corporations,
lady nasistance of the electric
desecrator hoped to find jewellery, ho must mendation of the Medical Officer of Health, graph a fetitions state of turmoil have lost his nerve before completing his and if the order was not obeyed they could
go to a rasprosesid there was a strong the single chamber system, but that
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and misunderstanding is created, the search, as nothing was taken from the outcome of which no man can at present foresee. Patience, forbearance
and sobriety in thought and utterance
body. A similar outrage, was committed cave of pests Colocol If. Lawis,
week previously..
at
Lord Morley, in reply, declared that the Goverment did not contemplate
fooling among the Chinese against the the predominance of the Commons gulations for tearing down ceilings and must be indisputable.
pression remains. Financiers of coumwere never so badly needed all over the The-shipuents-of-marine products of the aversion people felt to having their
are not omniscient, though they πο often credited with that faculty, but they certainly are as a male most level-headed
men and cautious to the verge of timidity in their public utterances Mr Starr, however, appears to be the
Not a Grease, but acting as exception. He now says that kia object Buch,
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Liest Col and Mrs. Pearson arrived in Hongkong this morning from Hume.
Mr and Mrs. Skelton and child returned to the Colony this morning by the Kitano
Marul
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Major H. L. Kirke, K.G.A., returned to the Colony on Monday from Singapore on completion of inspection duty.
in speaking as he did was to warn bis countrymen that a struggle between them and the Japancre was coming gradually carer. This struggle was not necessarily war, he now explains. Then what kind of a struggle did "he
Mr. George B. Dodwell, senior partner mean? Not a financial, not a coming the firm of Messrs. Dodwell and Co., mercial, possibly not a “diplomatic: he arrived by the Polymerin on Monday, on leaves us to our own choice. But what-
POWDERS ever he wishes us to believe, he has delested the object in may have had in
& vicit.
The debate was adjourned,
"AMERICAN RAILWAY
STRIKE.
FIREMEN RENDER -THOUSANDS OF MILES IDLE, (Reuters Service to the China Hash) LONDON, March 10.
stair-linings, and an à representative of the Chinese community he felt it his duty to voice this feeling. In order to give an idea from: Yokohama to Hongkong wore sud cailings torn down, he asked the President denly stopped a few days ago, says the to consider his own bedrooms or sitting room with the ceiling removed, the Japan Gazelle of the 28th alt.. owing to a bars rafters exposed and pieces of rubi dispute between the wholesale dealers and Lish falling through cracks from the room the middlemen at Hongkong. A telegram above. This would he very plan from Hongkong indicates that the origin of sant. Doubtless, if there were faw the dispute is that the middlemen demand rate in the house they would be dis- gbed, and would run away, when that ten bin of each thousand kin of farins the ceiling was removed. But this. ld not produsta bo supplied them gratis as lower the number of cats, so it was a samples, but this demand has been rejected question as to whether any real good was west of Chicago was ordered at mid- done. I people were not to leave food- by the wholesalers. At present, it is stated staff about, he felt sure that the rats would night. the wholesale dealers are supplying, gratis, soon vanish. This
precnation and the three or four hin per thousand kin, accordkooping of cats would do away with the ing to, the business custom observed by pest. I definite instructions were given promotions, and involves some 150,000 Chiness at Hongkong.
to people to keep their food in rat-proof miles of railroad. wire safes, and their rabbish. In sanítezy
KIDNAPPED.
A strike of firemen on all the railways
The dispute concerns wages and
THE LATE ME J. D. CHRISTIE,
Finoral At Happy Valley,
In the presence of a larga number of friends and acquaintances the remains of the late Bir J. D. Christie, chief enginent
of the sa. Falahan, were laid to rest at Happy Valley, amongst those presentbeing Messrs F. B. James, John Lennox, WA. Russell, W. C. Jack, A. Sinclair, Harvey Bain, Gibson, Davidson, Wells, Fieroy, F. O'Gourdin, Monk, Hunter, Branok Thomas, Lee, W. Budge, J. Mirog and many others including several bretker masons. The Rev. F. T. Johnson con- ducted "the burial service. The... Bors ributes were very namerons including wreathes from, the captain and officers of tho .. Faishan, the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders, the Grand Lodge
South China, etc.
TYPHOON WARNING,
The American Consulate General" aš..
dust binu, rats would soon and that ther The effect has been to tie up a Hongkong - circulitad · "to-day the frat could not live in such houses, and, they freight and every passenger train from typhoon warning received this season from would either die of starvation or migrate Chicago to the Facific.
to more favourable placea People, there fore, need not hars their bouses disfigured,
Flon Mr Brewin said he could not vote.
Requesta, have been made by the
the Mania Observatory. It rau ---Manila- March 10 10 am Cyclone of typhoon of the Visaya Islands, Direction un
koown.
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A woman took her child to as some crackers Brud the other day and went into and their feeling outraged in consequence railroads concerned that Government the horse of a floud for a few minutes, for the adoption of the report, in the first should mediate and settle the dispute, leaving the child cupide. When she re-place because the procedera differentiated
THE SAME OLD STORY. turned the child was nowhere to be seen against the more sanitary class of house,
THE On arrival on the Chins Station Liautand she immediately communicated with and in the second place because he did not
old, old story, told times without sumber, and reported over and over Klinerer disappointy those who saw it for again for the last 37 years, but is in alwagE ront Endall will take up the duties the police, who in tara communicated with think when the time came the Board world Auman habitation. It would be unfair to Jesse such a warning to induce people to the throat and lungs. It stands unrivalled health-There is nothing in the world that * remedy for all threat and lung curse coughs and colds an quickly a Chan- remors partitions and then, when it come
storekeepers.
chemistá’and storekeepers, to anyone contesting the Board's views, the diseases. For sale by all chemists and lalo's Cough Remedy for male by all
STANDS UNRIVALLED, HAMBERLAIN'S Cough Remedy
For making. a delightfully per- / view by upasting the peace of mind off tropedo-lieutenant of the cruiser Mon- the Registrar General with, the result thats to recognise such houses as "unds for obstinate cough, colds and fricationsui is welcome atory to thonia A 61
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a good many people. One of the Osaka journals, we zotice, publishes a more lengthy version of his words than that which Router tolegraphed to the Ching A. 3. WATSON & CO., Mail. This telegram, iranslated by the
Japan Chronicle, raids as follows
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Mr A. Lane, A. M. L. Mech E., of the Government Fire Department, and Me Lano, proceed bomis on lave by the P. and 0. Sunda on March 23rd.
Among the passengers by the Japanoso mail steamer Kitano barn wets H.E. Minister and Madame Paater: H. E T. Saite and Profs, Megata and Yokota.
Mr Jasob Schiff the well-known New Fork financier, whe undertook the flotation in 'Amerim of the Japan war bonds during the Russo-Japanese war, and anbesquently came to Japan on a visit, delivered a spasch in Now Yark yesterday, in the course of which he predicted that complications and The Rer. T.W. Pearce, of the Tanden even war would at last come about bergen Mission, in leaving the Colony almost im Japen and the United States.
mediately to fulfil an engagement in Mid. bis Schif said that in his opinion the Fat Chins and will ke away about five weeks, Eastern question would be a difficult pro blem for America to face in the text decade
Inspector Brown, ating on information, proceeded to 56 Portland Street, Kowloon, where he found two men and the child When questioned one man said he had just dropped in to see his friend and the child Taw there and the other man told exactly the sana try. They were arrested and at the Magistracy to-day they were rensanded.
ITEMS AT THE COURTS,
Board giving way.
Bon. Mr Hewett agreed with the Registrar-General.
The President said it appeared that the views of the Board were apparently very different to what they were when this legacy was left to him to thrash out. It was previously unanimously passed by the Board that ceilings and stairlinings should. be removed, and it was only now, whao they came to try to put the trolaw into A palivo was sentenced to fourteen daya petice, that they found difleuities. Ho Imprisonment by Mr J. R. Wood, at the thought the best plan would be to let the being. In face of the opposition that Magistracy to day, for healing a bundle of relaw remain in ebarance for the Lime clothing on one of the Canton boats. Hearted he did not know that the question said that something was the matter with was of entficient Importance to go on with. his bones and he was proceeding to Canton Personally, he was ready to withdraw the to have thou attended to when he saw the the committee would agree..
report, and thought the other member of clothing and thought he would pick it up. The report was laid on the table. The Daily Chronicle reports that the (Carmor of Pottinger Street).that he was souident that a great war we King has required the Ville Brazilians Two men were chuiged before bir, P. & BULLOCK TRACTION.
Schiff asid be made this statement as Posillippo, commandings magnificent pazo. Hallifaz, with attempted murder on a boy Surgeon raiative" to the supply of mttle.. r..friend of Japan, and continued as of the Bay of Naples The newspaper in the play of Mr Hanter, of 8 Lochiel fodder was submitted and the President **I halpod Japan in the matter of bosser adds that Mr Roosevelt will be one of the Tarraco The charge was dismissed and explained that in addition to the bullocks Fin the lost waren I am very much coroornad
defendants wore, suntenced to one month to bons ular Japan has joined hands with first guests there of the King and Quebech for assault and the second defendant Rasais, à,country which is the memy of Alexandra,
VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH.
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