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TO SUIT EVERY TASTE PERFECTION OF TOUCH into the vortex of party strife but things being as they are, we must Cao of them. maks the best we Judging, from a Router's telgram pub- lished by us on Monday, the AsQUITY Cabinet has only consented to the change of policy which the new Naval programme indicates through the, desperate desire to save its adminie- trative life at all costs. With such policy endorsed by the House of more conicently Commons, it can make the early appeal to the country which seems to be the only solution. of the present almost unworkable con-
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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
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The death announced of Mr Tom Browne the artist.
HE Sir John Jordan, the Briti
[Corraan:]
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1910
THE BALKANS.
"RUSSO-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS "NOW NORMAL."
COFTIMET.
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL
AFFAIRS.
INTERESTING DECISIONS.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Sam, March 19, The ratepayers' meeting, yesterday
Minister a Peking, will be leaving for
Lamps, March ??. Home on April 2nd, travelling via Siberia (Roufer's Sercica to the China Mail.)
The following promotions have been
Russia has communicated" to the. made in the Chiness Imperial Maritiwe Customar Chalmara, Statistical SocraPowers a detailed account of the afternoon desided to favour the arection tary, Mr Rais, Acting Commissioner at exchange of views which has taken of a second Chinese whool on My Ellis The meeting also granted a reduc.. These views in their most important tion in the coat of electricity to the Nanking, Mr J. H. Macoun, of Peking, place with Austria. Hungary regarding Kadaorie paying to build the same. to the rank of Commissioner; Mr Isusu, future policies in the Balkaze. of Paking; and Mr Guernier to be Deputy Commissioners.
points proved identical, and as a tramways bat refused to relieve the
result normal diplomatic relations, '
roads of' maintenance royalty.
The Congress of British Chambers of BANDMANN'OPERA COMPANY, which have been practically suspended It was decided to complete the wood Commerce has adopted à resolution in favour of Tariff Reform by fifty-one votes to twelve. Forty-one delegatos abstained from voting.
The annual meeting of the Hongkang And New Territories Evangelization Society will be held in the Union Church Hall to morrow at 5.30 pm. The following will tako part-Revs. T. V. Pearce and H. R Wella. Capt. G. B. MacKenzie R., Mases Elliott, Manderson, Nairo, Wong Shut Foog and Lam Wan Ki
"Our Miss Gibba."
since the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, area how resumed.
TWO ROYAL VISITS.
Their Political Significance.
(Router's Service to the Chino Mail.)
LONDON, March 27 The King and Queen of Balgans have arrived at Constantinople...
Thai Majesties-ture welcomed at
enormous crowds.
It appears certain that this visit,
The manner in which the Bandmann Opera Company presented at the Theatre: The Pacific Mail liner Mongolia, due Royal on Monday "Our Miss Gibbs ",, did to arrive at Mauls from San Franciso via full justice to the enormous reputation posts, ou April 4 will tie up at one of the which the piece won in England. As most people know the work of "Cryptos," the new government plers to land har pas-piece was constructed by Mr James M. Tannar, the witty lyrics were furnished by songers and discharge cargo."
blessrs Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and the sparkling music for the whole was composed by Meara Ivan Caryll and Lionel engaged in its "building up all that offered his arm to the Queen. The Monkton. With such an array of salent the railway station by the Saltan, who remained was to supply a clever company Royal visitors were loadly cheered by to reproduce it on the boards. And this bas been furnished in splendid amplitude by the Bandmann people. Of course it! goes without saying that Miss Connie Leon, and the King of Servia's visit to St. who took the title rule is the life and soul Petersburg, were arranged by Russia of the piece. If that ideal were specially as part of her policy of the Balkan constructed for the delineations of musical comedy Miss Leon is perfectly at home. A roguish delight in all the good things of lifs, with a wit as nimble as her feet, with (To the Editor of the CA Man"}
a most entrancing manner to throw over Sir,To educate the youth one of the all her play, abe simply bewitched her initial steps is to infuse into their minds audience, carrying them quite away at The University boat rage is to be good principles, and to create good impres times. Une song of hers, "Yorkshirë” rowed to-morrow (Wednesday),
sions. In this manner is morality encour-was recalled four times, and even than it aged. Now, looking Hongkong, we seemed as if the house had not had enough. On Good Friday the Post Office will also see how our children are exposed to the The dainty little lady who dominates the
danger of losing their good principles by policy of the directorate of Garreds' stores Negotiations for a settlement of the be open frem 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
frequenting harmful entertainments, such as and who tries to dodge her predestined fate South Wales, colliery dispute have Twenty nine deportees arrived by the some of the immoral expositions of fantastic by skying at catering upon a matrimonial 5.8.regory Apear from Singapore.
2.15 p.m.-Anction of Household Farming, the veto of the House of Lorde, which tare at No. 5, Canton Villas, Kavioon. will be taken before the end of the week, 9.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Fumi dapends whether or not Mr Ason
bars, at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Sales Booms.
will carry on till midsummer.
General Memorands, THUESDAY, March 24:--
11 s.m.-Mosting of the Chins Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. at Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Office.
11.30 am.-Hosting of Luton Sagar Refining Co. Ld., at Meets Jardine, Matheson Co.'s Office. FRIDAY, March 23:
Exchange Banks Close.
The China Mail
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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A Chinaman at Manila recently, at tempted suicide by drinking a full quart of
HONGKONG, THESDAY, Manch 52, 1910.whiskey.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
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Messrs Rombock and Co., have been appointed agents in Hongkong of Bur rough's adding machine.
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To-morrow Sergeant Brazil of the Hongkong Police, and his wife, leave for England on a nine months' holiday,
CORRESPONDENCE.
PERIL TO THE YOUTH.
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Confederation.
WELSH COLLIERY DISPUTE.
FEARED BIG STRIKE
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(Reuter's Servi ceto the China Mail.)
LONDON, March 21.
JAPANESE CRUISERS
VISIT AUSTRALIA.
pictures at local Cinematographs. These alliance with a real live Lord, wsa amply proved unsuccessful and a strike of teach them how to rob, to revenge, to supported in the fun-making by Mr Harry 300,000 colliers appears to be in kill, to divorce, and so on. This laws of Cole, her cousin from Yorkshire. It goes evitable. pictares should never be allowed to be without saying that his faniosities kept exhibited to the children, as they are everybody in a roar whenever he was on very farcibly impressed upon their minds the stage. Bis song "For months, and and they are apt to imitate such ersamples. wonths, and menths", was one of the Once the impression is conceived in their reatest hits of the evening and he only minds it will be very difficult to efface it managed to get on with the rest of the play and perhaps it will remain always fresh by announcing after the fourth encore that be bad sang all there was of it and could in their imagination, hence the peril
do no more...
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Mr Dan Clifford, as the amateur cracks 20, was also very fanny, but we should more prominent. Ming Wilmot Karkeek, have liked Sithors (Mr Frith) to have been
The authorities ought to have thought of this long ago and should appoint a pro. por person to examine all the films at the Afdramatic, vocal and instrumentalisatinces and to select only those that
the Impecunious lady of fashion, was entertainment is to be held at the Roys would instruct and amuse the little ones. Engineer's Theatre on Wednesday and Once the tender mind of the youth is splendidly in keeping with the character. popsoned there will be, perhaps, no antidote Eat where I were good, in singing that can save it. I speak from axperience in playing in anacing, it is unnecessaZY Thursday, March 30 and 31.
Crown Lot No. 1210, situate in Star and through having listened to a group of to go into further details. The piece, as play-goers know, sparkles with costly hits Street, was yesterday sold to the Hong-lads after the matinees performances. I
what they have witnessed at those shows, vary few points were missed by the crowded kong Electric Light Co. for 8350. This have heard several improper remarks of at the follice and manners of the day and
and some of them went as far as to say house. was $20 above the upset price.
that they would stab any one who offended them...
Tas Easter holidays are upon us sud the AsQurra Government is still keeping back its Budget proposals, staving of the evil day by getting the House of Commons to pass votes on account, waile the Treasury issuer's big porcel of three per cent. bonds at 393 But all is not by any cans tranquil at Westminster. The Opposition certainly have pledged their word that they will not spring any snap divisions until
A telegram from Berlin states that the the financial needs of the country are satisfied, but the publication of the aufival report of the North German Lloyd Was Once and the Naval estimates show gross profits of marks 22,800,000, greatly incensed the Labour Party. No dividend, however, will be declaredi,
These good men are aghast at the way Mr John I Plummer's pamphlet ou
The matinees during Sundays, too, should be stopped Faltogether, as they prevent
To-night the place will be repeated, and tomorrow we are to have. A Waltz
Dream,"
Opium and the Military
the children from attending to the evening SINGAPORE CONGRATULATED services at Church. The parents should consider this I point and never allow BY IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. their children to go to the Cinematograph.
Trusting you will allow me space, in your valuable paper for these temárka,--I
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A Gazette extraordinary has been, yours etc.,. published notifying that gun practica is to be carried out by the military authorities on Thursday from west of Hongkong in a north-westerly direction at 10 am and finishing at 1 p.m.
h,
THE DISORDERS NEAR WUCHOW.
(Prom Our Own Correspondent.)
WECHOW, March 17. We have just seen three olie who have been badly wounded by robbers. They are literally covered with small shot. It looks
Contribution.
Awong the papers laid before the Sings pora Legislative Council, recently a des patch to the Governor, Sir John Anderson, from Lord Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated:
parament in Nanking Road, while the erection of a pagoda $50 feat high in the central district was also sanctioned.
[Note The situation in regard to the tramway, is that the Council asks through the Badget for authority to waive the five per cast, royalty on grous receipts of the Tramways for the, current. year and to abeolve the Company in per- petuity from all responsibility for the cost for road maintenance.
The proposal to devote Th 70,000 foo the parpose of paving with wood the Nanking Road was brought forward an na separate motion.
The Municipal Engineer submitted are- port dealing with the praject of a pagoda in which he stated that the Courcil had been in correspondence with the promoters and the native guilds in the Settlement. Tro baan romaired, the first from landowners in Petitions against the issue of a permit hare the vicinity of the proposed Pagoda, and "I think" proceeded the Engineer, Mit well to point out that the whole question of the other from Messrs Davies and Thomas
eraction of tall buildings in Shanghai resta apon. the present application. Tuo Lact that a permit is requested for the erection ola Pagoda does not alter the fact that It is a building," and the question arises as to whether the Building Rules should be revised, and the height limit imposed either increased or deleted. Personally I think Shanghai would be better served by tall buildings with more open spaces, bisa low buildings with little or nothing but narrow reads."--ED. Q.M.Ţ
WU TING FANG.
FRANCE. SUGGESTED AS MINSTER TO
(Wah Taz Yat Po's Service.)
PERING, March 21. The Board of Foreign Affairs re-
(Router's Service to the China kail)commends that HE. Wu Ting Fang be appointed Chinese Minister to France. LONDON, March 22..
.
A Sydney message states that the Japanese, cruisers "Aso" and "Soya"
The visitors will be warmly have arrived on a week's visit. welcomed to-night by the Earl of Dudley, the Governor General
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
IN ITALY..
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, March 29.
Dr Bethmann-Hollveg the German Chancellor, has arrived at Rome on a visit to King Emmanual.
PRINCE TAO'S TOUR.
(Wah Te Yat Po's Service)
FaxING, March 21.. Prince Tan Top left Taku en, the 20th inst, for Japan. He is to study naval matters first in Japan and then in America.
CHINESE MINISTER TO GERMANY.
(Wah Tss Yat Po's Service.)
PERING, March 21 He drove to the German Embassy, As Sir Chin Ting Liang Cheng being cheered by crowds on the way, is involved in Haukow-Canton Rail
to appoint someone else to be Chinesa Later he had an audience with His way affairs, the Prince Regent intenda
Minister to Germany.
Holiness the Pope.
OPIUM PROSECUTIONS.
The only cases of interest at the
Magistracy this morning were one of opium prassentions.
EASTER AMUSEMENTS.
To-morrow The annual apons of the H. KS, B. R. G. A. take place on the
A man was arrested on board the B.s. ground of the United Service Recreation Sung Kai with a quantity of prepared Club, when the officers will be "At Home."
Capla
I have the honour to acknowledge the gum in his possession, and at the Magi. The band of the Rajputs, ander Band. receipt of your despatch transmitting they was fined $100, or two months master Joke, will be in attendance. The imprisonment. In connection with the postponed Regatta comes off on Saturday estimated of feronas and expenditure of me case one of the firemen of the steamer afternoon next, commencing at 1. p.m. when the Bajputs Band will play. On Companies from Hongkong and else
the Straits Settlements for the year 1910, was charged with assaulting: the excise Easter Senday, in all probability, the millions of pounds required for
where tendered for the supply of 8,000 this purpoes means that the peculiarly arrels of cement for Manila, but the con
and, to inform you, that I approve the officer-who arrested the man in possession Macho bosta will have & military band.
of the opium: He struck the officer and their excursion; while the Lusitano Sports pet schemes for the Socialistic plunder-tract went to the Societe de Ciments Port
estimates.
band will again play. The programme. I note with satisfaction that every effort then called on the others members of the come off on Monday, when the Rajpata and Artificial de l'Indo-China.
Cupid" Val, Seo Saw selection, Another well-known Chias hand has as if one-man has been rendered, botally has been made to keep down expenditure, crow to join in.". P. C. Cottrell, however, at the latter sports will include cur
lated on the fact that, with a dimin infliated.
For being in possession of a quantity of Cloches de Corneville" Cake Walle
Mumblin' Mosa"; Valse,"H$ of the Liberals bad in contemplation retired in the person of Mr D. Glass, who blind in the eye. They state that they had and I think the colony in to be congratu-ce to the renome. A fine.of 225 was Country Girl," selection : 2-Step, Daa
for forty years has been connected with the just finished their work in Wechow and ished revenue, expenditure is so nearly
In this connection prepared opium on board the s. He Nast pathen tabaphone solo, must now he abandoned. Commonsense, office of the GeneralAgents of the Shanghai
Portuguese National Anthem. in fact, has triumphed unexpectedly. and Hongkong Wharf and Godowy Ca., and were returning to their country-village met by income. The Labour Party, however, are diswho for the past fifteen years has been where they were attacked by robbaca as here to inform you that, in view native was fined $500 in default, three. Garden" dolog, "Of to By-byo", and the
superintendent of the company's property about described. They were robbed of one of the loss caused to the colony months' imprisonment..
handred dollars which was the combined by the diminution of the ravense from mayed at the sudden desplay of virile
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury with strength which Mr. Asqu hoe abown
To-morrow, hide will be opened by the profit of their labour in the city. They are opium, I am in communication with the and the revelation that they are not Manila Hotel Company for the construction now ander. European medical supervisiosa view to the grant, if possible, of some and furnishing of the hotel building to be While the last day or two things in the assistance from Imperial funds. I have quite such an important factor in the erected on the Lanets. The former bids district have been quieter the incident just also informed their Lordships that in my parliamentary game.now being played were considered too high fo that the lowest recorded proves that there is yet much opinion the time has now come when the arrangements with regard to the military in England is evidently most die-was P100,000 more than the amantelessness to be suppressed.
contribution should be reconsidered, and I We understand that many of the respon-have invited them to agree to the appoint oncerting to them, as well as humbling available, for the building, and certain altarations have been made to bring the
sible people in the ziljoining villages havement of a committee, composed of repro boen arming themselves. This is done, it seplatives of the colonial office, the tressary, selves. During a delite the other day By kind permission of Col. Prior appears, with the cognisance of the officials. and the war ofzo to consider de nova the and the officers, the Baud of the 13th In fact, in some cases, the mandarins have whole question of the contributions paid by on the Naval Estimates, Mr. BIES, Rajputs will play the following programme rendered considerable assistance in the the eastern culonien These questions are the Party's newly-elected leader, voiced ef music at the King Edward Hotal during matter. It is clear that there is a recogni. at present under the consideration of the the opinion of his followers in no uncer-dinnar, on Thursday:-
to the pride. For the Labour Party cost within the available amount... have ever had a good conceit of them- I
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