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The Muelheim railway soxidant, where a train filled with soldiers ran into a train de luze, is the worst that has been known in Germany. It is supposed to have been due to the failure of the electric block sigual. Twenty persons were killed and 200 injured.
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CANTON NOTES.
NICE ORTIG MING FERNTALE From Our Own Correspandent;)"
GASTON. April
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910
Some of us ko a roaring farce which
INTERPORT GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
sends us into fit of laughter correspondingly aiding the amimilation of the dimmor we haring just partaken of some a musical HONOUR GOES TO HOLGEONG
W, W. Walkinshaw we as able to contra the above information by a wire which that gentleman & monived from Shang
was 4 per round, and adds that the greens ware lo a tricky nondition. The com petitors-found patting maitar oë much diflculty, especiady, Mr Montsith, who- averaged over tanco puts per a
__(Note--Though thủ murtay of Mr A
result without knowing anything of the cause, rush in liks-sheep to do what others are doing, trying to be of the pioneer class without possess 5 a sale of foreign stampa by Mesara, The Ching Ming Festival has sgain somedy where we cu jos in the chorus ing any of the higher qualifications Ventona on March 3, a Hongkong, 1863, 10 came round and all the schools and colleges and go home humming the tonee; some *** (From Chan Chen Dorr |spondent).
Bents-blue-green, unused and mint, fetched in the City are closed to enable the pupils | buk a very fam-sa, pathatis play with hands. of that clase. The best that can be 106.
SHANGHAI April 7. to return to their ancestral villamos, there crushing handkerchiefs and some bet said of these is that they are engaging
to worship and repair the tombs of their fower will--a prigody where our food The Golf Championship has been Considerable trouble has lately arisen forefathers. There has been a very grant ourdled by morder and sudden death, to beast won by Mr T. 3. Forrest, of Hong- in a game of scrambler beedless whose at Portsmouth owing to the persistent way eredus from the City during the past few running again at the finish by the spectacle kong, with scores of 41, 13, 49, and. fingers get bumpled upon so long in which local merchant ships got in the days and the passenger junks on the river of victas triumphant sad vice the t'other 19, a total of 166, they can obtain a share of what is way of man-of-war,
have been doing a roaring trade. The Fust thing. There are, however, a large num
M Longmuir, of Shanghai, resched In one sense there M. Bompard, a salesman in the hand Hon Railway has also had a greatly inurehe- I bar of us who enjoys good, honest, straight a total of 170, while Mr Monteith, being scattered.
ed traffic while the number of passengers forward story at which we can laugh of Hongkong, was third with 172.
wiring from Hongkong and Alacso has little, feel a little sad, got a little thrilled. bean exceptionally grant the many understand what it all about, and aftur fsaturors of josspaper and incense stick temperately emotional evening go home to Sir Frank Swottonham, writing a one also have done stall, for during the bot feeling we could have played any of more than a little uacignified, and who knows: Malays perfectly, has warned last fuw days every socond person appeared the parts ourselves. Of this sort is Mico hai.. He states: that Mr Forrest's arBingo-
to be carrying bundles of this stuff Scme and Men," some would be justified in avoiding it the public against over-fotation of rabbas of the Chistes hore seem to make any The play centros round the Philosopher, for this reason alone. It is risky: there companies and their over-capitalisation.
sorica in erdor to get away to their family the Founding and Capid. The Phile are big and active and unscrupulous Bombay talegram states that the tombs For instance, students in the sopher has been juted in early life, Jilted
schools are often asb content with the 9 he tells us means "decotred: so he maskos M. players in the game, and the chines of murderer of Bir. Jackson, (Collector at
Nasik, who was shot in a native theatre) or 10 days holiday given but will stay belde of philosophy and children of and two accomplices bare boes sentanced away from their studies for the major part machematical calculations and developes POLITICAL SITUATION.
of a month, thus causing themselves theory for training: children "like savages, remote, but that is not by any means to death. Thres others are sentenced to to fall back in their work and giving in a hut. More than this, not having heard. ME ASQUITH'S, PLANS. the greatest danger. In every game of transportation for lillo.
great annoyance to their teachers. I know of what happened in the case of Richard this kind when the supply of good coin.
of one youth, a student in the senior Feverei, he puts his theory into practica (Renter's Service to the China Mail.) class of a college here, whose maternal and volenta Ward from the Foundling grows short it is oked out by the issue of less valuable, even too often of spurious, coin, and only those (if there are any such who keep a keen eye upon the leaders have any chance of knowing at what moment the spurious coins are mixed with the remainder of the more valuable ones, and when it is advisable to give up the pursuit. But in another sense it is distinctly immoral and in a high-degrţe:--One- cannot engage in it without pretending to be what one is not, a leader, or supporter of a legitimate enterprise, when one is only the snatcher-up of unconsidered trifles, which one has in no was earned or deserved. successful player suffers moral deterior- ation from his success, and encourages others to follow his example who have not the like skill or unscrupulousness. The unsuccessful player has more Hoxoxona, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1919. poignant reason for his discontent, but he may expect "aoither pity nor assist- THE ETHICS OF RUBEER ance in his distress for, he has deserved American tolegrams from Fiji, dated
SHARES.
none. We cannot hope to put an end 25th March, state that a storm has taken place there. It was limited to the Rows to a violent and dangerous sport at the delta and Suva. Nearly every European moment that it is in full swing but we building was damaged and numbers of zative houses. Here wrecked. Seventeen may give vent to one word of caution to those who are in the midst of it, not Trade is not seriously affected.
perscos were killed, but no Europeans.
to be too heedless of others or of
Sale Rooms.
General Memoranda, SATURDAY, April 9
2.30 p.m.Auction Silk, Drawn Work, Jewellery, etc., at Mr Geo. F. Lam mert's Sale Rooma, 2.20 p.m.-Austion of Japanses Curtas, eta at Monars Hagbos & Hough's 9 p.m.-Boxing at City Hall. WEDNESDAY, April 13:
Noon-Meeting of Union Inance So- ciety of Canton, La., at Head Office. 12.30 p.m.-Meeting
of China Traders' Insurance Co., Id., at Bond Offico. 9.46 p.m.-Acction of Household Farsi Lodge (South) No, the shop
6, Posk.
TUESDAY, April 19:-
11 a.m.Anations of Stock-in-Trade, &c., at No. 16, Connaught Road West, and No. 24, Now Market Street.
The China Mail.
Tax veriest tyro in the study, of VERY OLD. LIQUEUR „ | commercial history cannot fail to have Been that those who have derived from
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The Bombay Fire Insurance companies have incurred such heavy losses of lats over cotton fires that they have decided to have also raised their rates in some cases cancel all policies on soft cotton. They by as much as fifty per cent. The Bombay cotton market is seriously disturbed in e-nsequence.. The
A miser named Charles Phillips has died in the Rowton Hodsa at Vauxhall, aged 73. He used to go about in the riest zags and in cold weather wrapped newspapers round his body to keep him self warm. Yet, he died worth £2,824, most of which he has bequeathed to the Society for the Prevaution of Cruelty to
Children.
there.
M. Franonis Dolonel, the member for
pruns fave invariably been the pioneers themselves--but to exercise as much Saigon in the French Chamber of Deputies, of new undertakings, and very justly
forethought and moderation se they is now on his way to Indo-China for the so, for there is something of genius in
"election which is fixed for April 24. The the starting of a new and successful Possess, and to those who are wrise secand balloting, if required, falls two industrial enterprise that deserves an
nough to avoid the excitement al weeks later. Strong oppaition to the together a word of congratulation sitting member is said to be developing ample, reward. It is unusual thing to hear regret expressed mingled with encouragement, för such
abstinence is fully justified on the A Pietermaritzburg telegram atstas that six hundred men of the Wiltshire while out manoeuvering, crossed & spruit during a storm. The spruit suddenly rose and 150 men wera' isolated, on an island. Four privates were drowned, the darknem and the storm baffing efforts to rescue
ATTITUDE.
LONDON, April 7. grandmother died some three months ago. Asylum to train up, to marry, and to confer
According to Mr. Asquith's pra He obtained leave of absence for the funeral a beaedt on mankind by the pattern of a ceremonies but has not sincs returned to younger generation similarly systematized gramme the anti-veto resolutions will school, daily wandering about the streets into being and shape,
be passed by the Commona by the 14th doing neither work nor study. He says be The first act shown as the train laid and inst., and the Budget will be finished will come back when he has finished the match set. The hat act shows us the before the Resesa na the end of April mouming. About two weeks ago a young", resultant explosion. The play begins with Chinese came and asked me to assist the selection of the Foundling from half a him to obtain work as he had been out of secre other Foundings, mothered by the MB ROOSEVELT'S FIRM employment for over year. After some Matron of the Foundling Hospital and trouble I obtained a situation for him bat Fathered by the Beadle. The Philosopher on Monday I was told that he had thrown makes his selection en proper theoretical up his work and returned to Lis village to lines it is, of course merely a coin- worship at the tomba, His place has already cidence that his choles falls on the best boen alled up and he will bare a difficulty looking one of the lot) catechizes her in obtaining another; be has a wife and and tears has to say the multiplication mother to support. The ostensible reason table till his return. Philosophy having for all this worship is reverenco to ancestors Chinese on the subject I am led to think ageratively, flies in at the window in hut after much conversation with various goes out of the room Cupid, literally and that the real reason of it all is that berait the shape of the Philosopher's nephew may acarne to themselves. Being super-penniless and amorous as becomes a etitious to a degree they think, that the modern Cupid-in searer of a lost minia sonls ar manes of their foreboars will intare of the Philosopher's neighbour's wife. Vatican. eome way bring them luck if properly pro-
pitiated and it is this rather than a spirit of Cupid, artless fallow I at once charms the veneration that compels countless numbers Foundling by song, makes arrangementa to return to their villages at this measco, to correspond with her, and flies back again
POLICE BRUTALITY,
man was in a half dend condition and was
out of the window en route to Dublin where the Philosopher bai banished hím- asa penance for ristaina living and making love to the Philosopher's neighbour's wife.
HUNDREDS OF CONGRATUL
TORY MEISAGES,
(Bester's Servios-to the China Maul)
LONDOS, April 7: Mr Roosevelt has received hundreds - of telegram from both Catholics and Protestants in America congratulating
him on his attitude towards the-
THE MANILA SENSA- TION.
·JAPANESE DEPORTED,
(Rester's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, April 6. By order of the Secretary for War-
Of what takes place there it is not proper deported to Formosa. here to indicata, save that great revelling ensues and the Philosopher makes a dis covary,"
FRANCE FEARS IN. VASION.
The polica of Cautod are by no means muted for tset or kindliness but, on the contrary, are extremely brutal in their treat- ment of the unfortunate wretches that come within their clutches. A few days.
In the nexact, two years later, we find ago an example of their harsh conduct was the Foundling trained to the hour, running obsarved on the Bund. A passenger junk barefoot on the heath in the morning and and just arrived at over to the police are of doing Heaven knows what at night; the the two Japanese, who were agrosted. of the boat handed over to the police oro.of the passengers, for what offance I was Philosopher in love with and about to unable to ascertain. The man made no marry her hut with a very unphilosophical on the March 30th, för tearing attempt to resist arrest but yielded himself hesitation in telling her so, Capid reformed photographs of the fortifications quite quietly to his captors. Those, and and recalled, and a Masquerade Ball in at Corregidor, have been released and there were two of them, at once began to beat the man unmercifully with their contemplation. truncheona Blows were raped down on the poor fellow's head, back and limbs. At length one of the policemen not being
weapon, and began to strike the prisoner content with the execution done by his "baton took out his revolver, a large, heavy
It is a curious thing that no Philosophera on the head with it. Afters fawr blogs are ever able to control their natural
emotions by their Philosophy.
This one and bean struck the weapon went off but certainly is not, but then he is in love and
TWO NEW DREADNOUGHTS. luckilyneither the aptive nor the surround. Philosophers Are supposed to be in
(Router's Service to the China Mail.) in people were hurt. By this time the lore. Cupid too, also makes a discovery
Lonnor, April 6, then dragged away to the lock-up. All this not entirely unconnected with the Philoso
The "French Senate have, unani had been seen by a large crowd but the peopher's neighbour's wife.
Here are all the materials for a proper ple made no attempt to expostulate with the theatrical macedoine with tit-bits of favour mously agreed to the bill for the lay- police for their brutality on the contrary for every palate, leading up to the last acting down of two Dreadnoughta în they
looked as if they enjoyed the spectacle. in which we are shown how the Philoso It is indeed monstrous that the authorities phere experiment panned out. To foro 1910. The Minister for Marino persona in this way and it is a pity that the Authors and since over
themselves, was indisputable, as a Division could Self-Government Society does not take the too and on, it for
no disappointment will be created DESERTERS FROM THE AMY by not disclosing it here where the lost bo landed in France in twenty-four." The Chinese authorities certainly have thing desired is to give the reader any hours. some very queer ways of dealing with inkling of the play. Go and see for your désertera" "According to the military involves Havaa good dinner (with a little all persons guilty of desertion are liable to champagne, if your constitution can stand several years imprisonment. During the it for you can rely on its digestion being disturbances at the New Year many of the assisted by merriment. Take a handker- newly trained troops deserted, as already chief to crash'; a delicate ons will come to reported, and of thesd a considerable num- no harm. Don's miss the fast tram, for or came from the Hoi Kim District. The there is certain to be a rush, for it and you Magistrate in chargo of this district has may have to pay for another. Above all sent a dispatch to the Viceroy saking that don't come in labo; and, It is as certain as these men may receive a free pardon as the prescribed authority made little apples they belong to respectable familisa and that you won't come away early. that their desertion was only the result of mietaka! The Viceroy bas referred the matter to the Director of the Provincial Military Buresa" who, probably being powerless to do otherwise, will no doubt grant the pardon required.
Hongkong thirty or forty years too highest grounds. Caution not coward- Regiment accompanied by Lord Methuen, should give power to these men to illtreats this would be to go back on the declared that the danger of invasion
.:
that one has arrived in the colony of
after the cream has been taken off the ice is the mainspring of their action and milk by others, and acthing is left but caution is ever commendable where risk the useful, it rather prosaic, skimmed is considerable. The race je not always article. It is a natural but not a very to the swift, nor the battle to the reasonable complaint, and would be strong. better expressed by the desire to possess the genius which is necessary to initiate that which the circumstances of the time demand. The true pioneer is not the man who bas found a treasuri.
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AMERICAN BANKING
SENSATION.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
Lompox, April 6."
The Union Bank of Brooklyn har closed its doors. It commenced, with capital of one million dollars. The deposits amount to five and a half millions.
Details of a tarif agreement between Canada and America are published. Canada concades intermediate rates on forty com Sir Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, whomodities in return for the, United States has just been promoted Admiral of the minimum. An Ottawa telegram says that Fleet, entered the Royal Navy in 1860,
in the Dominion House of Commons. Mr Fielding declared that this tariff arrange The now Commander-in-chief at Ports.ment tacitly recognised the right of British mouth, Admiral Sir A. G. Corca-Bows, Colonies to give preference to each other. service on the China and India stations." spont a good many of his 40 years of
A native newspaper states that the Wairupu, seeing that extraterritorial rights have not been recovered from the The Biship of Victoria accompanied of foreign consuls, has determined to pro- Un recount of the Ch'ing Ming Festival and unconcentrated gaze of his fellow Tuesday night. - His engagements include interior of China. It has been docided touring the 6th and 7th inst, and there ment immediately after the conclusion of and can be given with Implicit con firlande...
Chaplains went to Canton test against foreigners trading in the the native newspaper offices will be closed travellers and is the first to avail hina confirmation at a Mission Station on the communicate with the Ministerial Corps
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edit to himself, he is rather the wanderer in the desert, who, with his eyes,well open, sees the possibilities which are hidden from the more careless
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East River, preaching at the Shameen in Peking informing them ibat China, will, hurch, and presiding over a Conference of maintain Armly the treaties, between Chinese Christians. His Lordship orgets Foreign Powers, and Chisa.
to be away from the Colony about a week..
TEN KAMITE PRIJS.
will be no issue until the 8th inst.
shan and Sam-Shui, the engineer being
Three Eyed Bridge was knocked down and
Guinness Stout self of theth. In this seaso surdy it
BAILWAY ACCIDENTS, While a train was running between Fet" { ja open to all of us to become pioneers, and to reap the benefits which
careley in the manipulation of the engine was severaly scalded by boiling water, as usually fall to their lot. So to watch
were also his two fremen. They were | The Lieutenanta of the Royal Navy attended to by a doctor of the Red Cross the trend of human affairs that we
Lient. G. Wilson, quarterminster, fat who have been promoted from the com. Society at Fatsban. On Scadaya man may be among the first to appreciate King's Own Royal Lancaster Rogiment, has missioned warrant rank for long and who was walking along the track near the xan granted the rank of captais. He zealous services have requested that when instantly killed His body was horribly and to predict the most probable serred for oser right.years in the ranks, was they are placed on the Retired List at the mutilated. The railway authorities have a movements of the time, and so to direct asrgeant-major about five years, and bagage of ot they may be giren the rask of good deal of difficulty in keeping foot our course that we may be sure nrrant officer at Malis, Singapore, Hong who retired voluntarily, before reaching 56. Lesidenta on the line have happened to had a commission for ten years. He was Commander (retired), and that for thous passengers off the track and nearly all the receive the due reward for our perkong, etc.; and quartermaster at Malia, theor yours, service in the Lieutenant rank man walking along the track of the Canton these trespasser. There was, yesterday, a spicacity. There may be many, and Bengal, Calcutta, Burmab, Lucknow, and
Kowloon Elway who Absolutely refused there are certainly some, who see
to get off the Line when he saw a trolley coming along. Those on the trolley shouted tationally that the present boom in
*** Spanking at the annual meeting of the to him to get away but he would not budge. rather is precisely such an opportunity
South kican Church Railway Mission, The occupants of the vehiols then proceeded of joining the noble band of pioneers,
hold at Church House, Westminster, Sir were conveniently near and it is said that topols him with some pieces of coal that
Walter Hely-Hutchinson said that he he left the trick in less time than it takes and who have carefully estimated the
yicided to no one in the desire for the to tell it. probable demand for this article during heart di occasionally, as his boon this fivilization, but ali ba think our own people in as to ceppy
The Chinesą celebrate a Ettle too whole improvement of the black man and for bis |
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Nearly all the people aze, sipsinst the against that demand the probable choong this week. In colebration of the see to them first, if only in the interests of granting of the monopoly, stating that an Supply, have come to the conclusioning Ming Festival fire crackers have the black man. His experience as an ad- increased price le sure to be the reunit. In been let off almost-continuously, for the ministrator in South Africa led him to the meantime the new commissioner La that the former will outweigh the past few days, with the result that bush think, not that there was too much dons On Lan has asked the old salt merabarte Latter, and that the balance will have fires have broken out at what is known as for black mon, but that the white man's and those who are trying to get the monopoly to make proposals which the the coffee plantation, at Mount Caroline intereste wero top-often, ested in lay commissioner will lay before the authorities miast Poking It la unid that the sale question is one of the grounds on which the Canton Viceroy has lately been, denounced and I have heard several persons say that His allego bas teorived a atibetantial, non- sideration to farther, the schemes of the
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