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NEWS OF THE DAY.
Thirteen deportoun have arrived by Hong Wan E, from Singapore...
Sydney talagama state that over one! million pounds in wages have been lost in the soul strike. Three-quarters were lost
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DEATH OF MR P, COWPER.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1910
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DEPARTURE OF MR D. R. LAW.
Our Amoy orrespondent writes-Tes Ma D. R. Lair, minnagip of the great another bas bean added to the steadily firm of Mosare Butterfeld and Swire, in increasing list of those who have passed Hongkong, lfs by the Rs. 4) yo on Thura a P. Compar, of the Imperial day afternoon for doing, travelling by way Maritime Customs Outdoor Staff, died at 10 of Japan, Vancouver and Chada, “titur
lock on March 50 of binck small-poz bringing his long connection with the Hanif He took to bod on Saturday afternoon, But nietly to a close. Private advices from St. Petersburg had been feeling unwell for some days elork with the finwand went to Sestow to | indicate that Rissin's attitude towards the previous. The news of his death comes as Manchurian railway question is due to shock to many of us in Amoy, who knew netable appmhension at China's progress,
hion as a real good fellow, and a true friend, and we shall follow his body to the grave with thoughts of affection and goodwill."
by niiners.
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Four Dutch dredgets for the ChiLE provincial nathorities have arrived at Foo show through a Frenah rm and will be fitted op af Foochow to be ready to proceed
thousands of miles inland with a staff of strong coolies who were only too glad to WITHOUT A VICTOR (carry aw and my belongings. 30 miles a day for a shilling apiece, fading their own food; but now a sovereign fetches nearly eight tnels, and though the appreciation of rice may, in very recent years; make things harder for the coolio or labourer, on the whole, wages have not increased in the interior; it is only the wages of luxury atto Tientsin. the foreign parts, where now pleasures -are-found-that-have gone up seriously. Hence, CO or 70 Chinese, men and women mixed, can be hired for the same sovereign with para only from four to six English mill handa for the day. No wonder there is talk of the American Steel Corporation starting relling mills in Shan Si, which the Peking Syndicate has just abandoned under rights recovery pressure; 13,
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PROPOSALS MEAN.".
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, March 314
About thirty "yents. ago Mr. Law, was a look after its interests. Bere as well as In the debate in the House of in other coast parts the able manner in Commons on the relations of the two- which he fulfilled his duties was recogHouses of Parliament members of the nized by the firm and some tie year Opposition ridiculed the reform pro ho was appointed to take charge in Hong-
posals of the Government, and declared kang- DEATH OF CAFT. F. RICHARDS Law did not come prominently before single. Chambar.
Of a quiet and retiring disposition Mr that, their real object was to secure a
Mr. Birrell denied that a single Chamber was contemplated..
Mr. Raspy Macdonald (Labour) hoped that Mr Asquith would hard the courage to settle the question of.. the House of Lords without further reference to the people.
The debate was adjourned.
The death has occurred under extremely the publie yet his interest in the affairs of Fathetic circumstances of Capt. Edward the Culony was over koon. Kir Law was Richards, who for some years past had boora member of the committen of the master of the Chius Navigation Steamship Chins Association on which body he did valuable sad vsafal work. His loss to Company's steamer, the "Ningpe".
Derenzed had been on the China coast in commercial circles in Affogkang will be various positions for the past 18 yo distantly felt, he being hdd in the highest during which time he had never lost a day esteem by All those with whom he came in A now committee is about to be formed by sickness. Recently he sont in his content Mr Law is succeeded by Mr H. in the House of Commons to watch Chinese resignation, as he intended to leave for W. Robertson who was formerly at Shang- matters, more particularly commercial Eome during the month of Aprit and hai and lately in the office in London. spects, as it is fait by many that British be as king what he thought would trade interests are being neodlussly sacribo his list trip botere leaving, when, while nt Swalow, ha was smitten with a "very fired to diplomatic considerations..
Bevare attack of conduent smallpox. 0 arrival at Shanghai he was taken to the Knuth for 8200 has been fixed to be honed Renter's Service to the China Mail.) Isolation Hospital, where he passed away
on Sunday night last
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GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HASTEN ISSUE.
LONDON, April 1.
Fr the House of Commona Mir
The Bishop of Victoria will be the S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ld.giz, the boot mills of Cawnpore have preachdi at the Parade Service on board begun to cut in upon the British and morning. His Lordship is also announced the Fing Ship HMLS. Minotaur on Sunday
American leather industries. A great to give an address at the Army and Navy future seems to lie before the Fan-gang Festival Service at 9 p.m. in the Cathedra
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General Memorandą. BloxDAT, April 4:-
11a.m.-Auction of Household Farsi ture, etc. at 'Doronis, Peak Road, 13.10 p.m.esting of National Bank
„of China, Id...at Bank Offles.
3 p.m. Auction, of Crown Land. at the Public Works Department's Offices. TUESDAY, April 5-
6.30 p.m.Organ Recital in St. John's
Cathedral.
WEDNESDAY, Apri 8:-
iron works for the same reason, whilst |
the coal and coke industries of Ping Company, Limited report that the total sang in Klang Si province, show output of the Company's three minca for signs of very great activity, new even,056.88 tons and the sales during the the weak ending 19th March amounted to
exporting the cokejabroad."
period, to 24,949.28 tons.
Like Mr. MOBETON FRETEN, whose remarkable article in the North Ameri- can Review we noticed at the time, Mr. PAREER is clearly of opinion that this state of things bodes little good in the end for the white man's trade hr the Far East, that, in fact, the yellow man with the white metal will, soon have industrially at his mercy. the white man with the yellow metal It is however always unsafe te prophecy and particularly as with regard to the inmemorial East, though we freely acknowledge that in the present in
2.30 p.m.Auction of Bousehold Furni-stance the prophets feet soom rooted tarb, st Mens Enghes & Flough's on fairly safe ground. The tremendous growth of the industrial activity of
Sales Rooms.
WEDNESDAY, April 13-
Noon being of Union Inaufanea Se-India, the steady increase in the num-
ciety of Cariton, Id., sb Eend Office. 19.30p.m.-Meeting of China Tradem Insurance Co., La., at Head Office,
The Clim Mail.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1920.
CHINA'S OPPORTUNITIES.
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The North China, Daily News advises Mr Aglen, the new Acting Inspector. General of the Chinese Maritime Customs,
let it be known is
the Service that it will not be necessary to cultivate a Scotch accent in place of an Irish brogue."
The British destroycts Stag and Mallard, while manoeutering by night is the Levnat, collided. The bows of the destroyers were store in and they signalled by wireless to the Bacchiato at Aboukir, whief arrived on the scene of the collizica and brought them into Syracuse.
For financial reasons the Porte han
realization of the decision, taken at the deckied to postpone until next year the to establish suggestion of Germany. diplomatic relations between Turkey and China. The German Foreign Minister, Herr You Schcen, has been notided that this decision constitutes a proof of Turkey's deference to the long exprassed wish of the German Emperor.
"
Deceased, who was a native of St. Ives,
The Robinson Piano Company brought Cornwall, was very well known all up and down the coast, and was exceedingly a notion against D P. Harvey in the popular with his friends on account of his Court of Scummary Jurisdiction this morn leaves a wife at Home. whom he was so sine die." shortly expecting to agaja join in woll- earned retirement, and for her, as well as sympathy is felt. an only daughter at Shanghai, the greatest
FOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
31
The For. F. T. Johnson, Senior Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, leaves for England
to-morrow.
Colonel Sir Alan Colquhoun, chief of the clay, is dead, aged 89. He is succeeded by his son Tan, born in 1887. --
Mr John Lemm sued Mrs Christie in the
Court of Summary Jurisdiction to-day for $380.23. It was stated that the chao Wa in course of settlement and it was accord ingly adjourned sine die. "
For. endeavouring to obtain a passage from Canton to Hongkong by false protences by the s.-Being Shan four Datives ware Ened $10 each by Mr E. K. Hallifax, at the Magistracy to-day.
Asquith announced that actions would be introduced limiting the time for
the Lords and the Eadget generally..
This is interpreted as indicating that the Government has resolved to that the hasten the issue, and Nationalists will not oppose the Badget or an Election early in May.
A LINER FOUNDERS.
NOʻLIVES LOST.
(Beuteu's Bervice to the China, Mail). D. Derabjes sued John Brant in the
Lorror, April 1. By the Asia to more Mr B. A. Hale, curt of Summary Furtedition this morn.
The liner Pericles. from Australia Editor of the Hongtong Daily Fress, anding for 834.85 for dinners, etc. Mir Jackson
was for plaintiff but defendant die net for South Africa and England, ran. Mrs Hale, leave for a short trip to the appear. Judgment was given for plaintifashors and sank off Cape Leeuwin Homeland.
All on board were saved.
The master of "thó steamer launch Australia. The Rev. J.. Storrs Torner and Miss Kwong Kan was charged before Com- Turner, who have spent over a year in mander Basil Tayler, R. N., at the Marine China and Australia, renewing old ties Cours, this. morning, with disregarding the return to England to-morrow by the Asia- rule of the road. Evidence was taken and the case was adjoined. A similar case against the master of the Lee To wh dismissed.
The Rev. Father Gabardi has not-yet recorored from his less and has been recommended by his medical adviser to leave for home, by the next homeward German Mail. We understand the Rev. Father arrat, will assume charge of the B. C. Cathedral during his absenco.
ASSAULT ON COOLIES.
Several cases of nesauit on rickshaw and chinir coolies took place on Thursday and
A pleasant surprise awruited Mr Denman BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY. although no serious injury was done they
GERMAN STRATEGY.
A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) Two nativen went into a shop in Queen's
LONDON, March $1 Rond on Thursday and while one engaged
The beadquarters of the Germën the acccantant in conversation the other slipped a large piece of doth under his Battleship Fleet have been transfered ber of spindles at work in Japan and
cont. He was detected, however, and from the Baltic Sen to Wilhelmshaven. It is understood that Major General T.E. when arrested as he was leaving the shop This opens a new era in German navat China pre certainly factora in the
Ex-Councillor William Toung, of Stephenson, C.B., succeeds Major-General the cloth fell to the floor. This led to their
rategy. economie field which cannot be ignored Kingston-on-Thamus, has been sentenced Perrott, C.B., in command of the troops in appearance at the Magistracy this morning by any one studying the business to three years' panal servitude for baring the Straits. Born in 1856, Major-General when it was found that cue of the defend- situation in the Orient. But matters stolen £6,60 belonging to the Workmen's Stephenson "was Colcnel of the Essexants had returned from banishment. The
Cish Building Society, of which he was regiment when he attained his present case was adjourned. are not quite so desperato as "aey secretary. The books of the society had rank. He saw service in South Africa. appear at first sight. There is also practically not been audited for 17 years another side to the question, and one and when Young's defalcations were re. cently discovered Fivonal, the society's which Mr. PARKER has but carsory regular auditor, was so upset that to Mn F. IL PARKER's recent address to the alluded to, and that is the steady committed suicide.
on increase in the cost of Asiatic labour in
The Chinese soldou miss a chance of Chinese. Commerce, Banking and all places where foreign machinery has making a little" as is at prescot being Economics, must surely have proved been erected; this to a certain extent shown by the large crowds of coolies who very interesting to the audience he was neutralise some of the advantages, may be daily seen waiting, their turn to
Ret into the Post Office in order to each A WRIT THAT COULD NOT BE advantage, bis mirth-provoking jokes and Hoifung it is believed that they belong to addressing In the compass of less though of course not completely secure a dollar's worth of stampa with 100 than an hour he placed before his If China were, indeed,
to throw of copper cents. In this way they make a hearers a succient account of China as
protit in re-selling, To-day these hungry from her body politic the rights money-grubbers have rolled up in unusually she is today and be put them in possession of certain facts which should
greatly interfered with traffic on the pave foreign capitalists in all sincerity to gofment and in the precincts of the Post Office
deeply. For Manchester cen are
continue ? her nascent industrialismo, Manchester vitally interested in the trade of China, would have grave reasone to fear for
A telegram printod by the Shanghai ordered to supply particulars as he had To-night The Yocomes of the Guard"
-presentastamistades kes kept the future of its trade in this quarter revolt of foreign-drilled troops on the done so..
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Faller at the close of the weekly practise of the Cathedral choir on Thursday, when the Rev. F. T. Johusnu, on behalf of the choir, presented him with a splendidly fitted dressing case as a token of their apprecia- tion of his work. Mr Fuller goes home on teave shortly.
UNDERSTOOD.
"Dear Little Denmark,”
bors traces of a sound, beating with bamboos. Asprirato rickataw coolie was.. Onco again a crowded attendance groei-assaulted in Aberdeen Street, & privāts: ed the Bandmann Opera Company at the chair coole in Hollywood Road, and Ewo Theatre Royal on Thursday evening when public chair coolies in Albert Road opposite the delightful comedy “Dear Little Don-Government House. In each case those mark" was staged. The piece. gavo amplo assaulted stated that four or five men scope to the players, parqularly bir Alfred fashed at them with bamboos. As both Frith, who was seen and heard to distinct the assaulted and assailants are natives of
densing being the features of the evening, a secret society. At the Magistracy to-day. Both Wigs Florence Beech and Miss Cou-two defendants were fined 35 each and the In the Court of Summary Jurisdictionio Leon distinguished themselves in their case against the other four was adjourned,.
recovery" fever, and were to ask large numberx eo much so that they have this morning, before; Mr Justice Gom: catchy and up-to-date songs and encores bail being allowed in the mam of $25 each,
Robert Porter & Co.'s have sent them home thinking very hand-in-hand with her in developing generally. How long it this force to
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pertz, the ease was mentioned in which M. were demanded. Mr Hany Cole, too, WAR Tabetchalonitzki sued D. Freiman for 8000.ceedingly funny, and gave a satisfying D'Almada e Castro was for plain representation of the Duke. The dance by ti and Mr. Reader Harris for defendant, the fairica was very pretty while the cost- umes throughout the piece left nothing to Mr Harris asked that his friend he be desired.
Ms D'Almada-The whole thing is an
them how already many of their principal
of the world. Fortunately for her Grand Canal, which was reported in our "Mr D'Alwado said he could supply a copy interests in this part of the world are
China has not yet realised the grim Chinese telegraphic service the other day. of the documents. being seriously jeopardised through the ever increasing sppreciation of the gold possibilities of the situation and acorns standard-apon which their business cat-foreign assistance, and so, perhaps, we may hope that when the awakening culations are based, "When I went out to China 40 years ago," Le tald them. "I does take place other factors will have only drew 900 Mexican dollara a arisen which will considerably modify A S. WATSON & CO., £200 (less income-iaz), and we students the rather doleful prognostications of
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used to grumble" then, when remitting home, because, sailors were often cruelly paid off their wages at 48. Ed. The dollar;
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$1,000 EAR-RINGS.
It seems that two battalions of modern Me Harris-1 don't want a copy of the infantry wutinied at Tairig-liang-pu on the documente. I want particulars of the 20th ult. They intrenched themselves in claim. The writ ahova absolutely no cause the northern suburb and tried to surround | of action whatever. snd to take the city. The military gover her, however, succeeded in dispersing the adortaking. mutineers, by baring the astillery open fire Mr. Harris-I am sure your Lordabip upon them. A large number of houses will not be able to understand the endorse, were destroyed and a number of mutingers mont on the writ more than I do. It says killed. The details are kept strictly secret. it is due from somebody else and not my The revolt appears to be of a serious-client.
ture. Two battalions of modern infotry His Lordship-It does seem rather ragas have left. Nanking for Taing-kiang-pu, Mr D'Almeda-It will probably require where also other re-inforcements have been some light armondment. Defendant has gent,
admitted it in chambers.
HONGKONG DISPENSARY now the silver dollar (exactly the same in-claim for Return from Police:
intrinsic value as the American silver
In the Court of Summary Jurisdiction dollar which has the conventional gold this morning, hefata Mr Justice Gompertz
Mr Edward Hain, the new presmonte Harris Then it must be res judunata. was mentioned in which the of the Chamber of Shipping of the and perhaps your Lordship will strike it
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between 18. d. and 18. 9d.; and the capacity as Captain Superintendant of annual meeting asid they could look for. value of 4. 20.) is only worth anything Hon. Mr F. J. Paddaley was sued in his United Kingdow, in his address at the out. I want to know ii this is for damages..;
so, that is another matter. His Lordship-Frankly it la impossible fluctuations are so great that even Palice. by Ida Wizthart for the return of ward more hopefully to the future. It was to understand this writ. But perhaps I dering, the past two years silver has died earrings valued at $1,000, Mr in Eastern watars chiafy that whipping had better fix a day for the hearing. fallen from 25 to 30 per cent in relation My H. L. Dennys, Jr., for defendant. Tha fontirely now trade-cartely more day for this trial of an netion which your 11 Roader, Harris was for the plaintiff and was meeting with mest encouragement. Mr Harris-Your Lordship cannot fixa to gold." This means, the lecturer concerpleader summons issued for to-morrow keys beans from Maelfurin
Mr Dennys suid in this case there was an than a year old in the carriage of Lordship does not know anything about tinued, that instead of paying the Mau- and he suggested that the use stond over employment to a number of British If my friend slows a good cause of action chester merebant 310 silver taels for £100 Mr Jackson-I appear for another steamships. It could not be doubted, hews would pay immediately, worth of shirtinga, as in days of yore, the infant. The caso might be dealt with in unlucky Chinaman has now to
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