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The talagram quoted below was received at the Ameries Condulate General, Hong- kong from the Manila Observatory—
-Manila, April 24th, 0.50 a.m. W.N.W, or N.W. Cyclone or Typhoon W of Mindoro mor-
Manila, April 95th noon. Cyclons or Typhoon W. of Luson, mora than 100 miles distant, moring W.N.W, or
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
Would the police kindly take note of the lepercus mandicants now plying their trado in Kowloon.
Router's menango regarding the Chang. she riots is a little bolated. Quiot was costored there & week ago.
last remnants of a most interesting phase in the upward development of man from the brat. They are ani- mated by the same ideas to-day asing those which must have prevailed in Great Britain before the coming of the Druids and are governed by tribal laws not far removed from those which kept a semblance of disciplino and order among the very earliest races of mankind. Their superstitions and the manner of their village life, with its strict segregation of the un- married adolescent youth of both sexes; their former ban on women bearing children until the age of 35, "thoir | marriage customs and vestiges of early matriarchal laws, all point to a period in the development of the human race which must be placed milleniums ago so far as European and Indo-European races are con- cerned. We know that the Formoeen aborigine of today is a head hunter, bat that is the result of some centuries of cruelties aufered at the hands of the Chinese settlers who have driven him from the plains right up into the inaccessible hills where he is now wag Articles at Mosers Hughes & Hough's ing such a hopelessly one-sided war Noon-Auction of Gold and Silver with the men from the islands of Japan. Jawellery at Messrs Hughes & Hetah's The Europeans who ve pene Sales Rocos.
trated to their fastnesses, from the 95.m.-*Our Miss Gibbs' at Theatro days of Paator Casprits downward,
Royal.
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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW, Auctions.
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Amusements.
General Memoranda, WEDNESDAY, April 27-
Club.
Annual Vanity Dinner at Hongkong 9pm. A Dollar Princian at Theatre
Royal,
THURSDAY, April 28-
It is the general opinion in Mazik. that the recent Chinose deportation casse in the Philippines were the result of faction quarrels.
Passenger trafic between Hongkong and Manile, and vice versa, seems to be very active just at present judging by the steamer lists. 1
SOCIAL__ "AND" PERSONAL.
The King proceeds homeward from Biarritz direck.
Major-General Broadwood has been in. specting the Shanghai Voluntosra.
. E the Governor expects to ronch England, all going well, on day 22nd.
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Mr C. Ewens,-partner in the firm of Ewens and Barston, solicitors, left bonday for Europe.
A W. G. Worcester has joined the Hongkong Stock Exchange, and has become member of the local Stockbrokers
Association.
Mr J. W. Ballos, gouoral manager of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, Hong. Long Office, and Mrs Bolles returned from Danils yesterday por sis. Minuesota. Da
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M. Blade, formerly of the M. AI, aguley at Singapore, then till 1809 at Yokohama, from whoses he was transferred to the Head Office as Managing Director of the Company, has died at Marseilles, deeply regretted.
Mr James Maun, one of the best, all, round sportsman ever resident in Shangkai, has just died, after a long and painful We have been informed that the sanahulinos. He was well-known for his prowes eropoly for the whole of the Kwangtung in the aricket field both in North China Province has been granted to a well-known and Japan. Chinese resident in Hongkong.
A correspondent suggests that the The godowns and hulks of Aferers wedding of Mr T. H. Arjasi, referred to Jardine, Matheson and Co. and Moses in our Friday's isane, could not be con- Bottorfield and Swire were burnt during nected with the late manager of N. Mody the Changshi riots. The British consulate and Co., but possibly with one of his sons escaped destruction.
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The memorial gravestone stected by the people of Spoke Hall, Batterson, over the grave of the Into. Mr Reader Harris, Norwood Cemetary. K.C., was unveiled on March at
have been greatly impressed with the manly diguity and high moral quali- ties which the doomed race display and we think it would redcand. more greatly to tha, credit of Japan were she to allow these primitive stocks Monmouth.
2.30 p.m.-Acction of Household Farta chance of living, instead of wiping
tare, etc. at No. 23, Conduit Road.
FRIDAY, April 20;-
9 pm. The Belle of New York at them off the face of the earth
Theatre Royal.
as Dow seems likely. It is easy we know for ope far removed from the
scene of conflict and only interested in the problem from a purely
2.30 p.m.Auction of Household Faal. tare, ote. at 'Derrington,' 5, Peak
Road.
9 p.m.-E.E. the Governor's 'At Homo
at Government Hoase.
SATURDAY, April 20
S.E. the Governor. doparts on six
months, leave.
Noon-Hongkong Electric Co's Meeting
at Co.'s Office.
or grandsons.
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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1910
LOSS OF THE 8. S.
KIRKFIELD. "
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CREW ARRIVES AT SINGAPORE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
SINGAPORE, April 26.
· [Ooiramiz. } BRITISH AVIATOR'S. EN- DEAVOUR.
FROM LONDON TO MAN- CHESTER.
(Reuter's Service to the Chino Mall)
Lositos, April 99. The British aviator, Mr Grabame White, has started on the long-distance- flight red London to Manchester.
The crew. has arrived bera of the British steamer Kirkfield, which was lost off Palawan while bound from Christ mas Island to Kobe. The steamer is à He has reached Lichfeld, and he
confidently expects to achieve total wreck.
journey.
Note The s.8. Kirkiold was built by Messrs Bartram and Sons, of Sunderland, in 1898 and is. mted as A 1001 nt Lloyd's. She was a stool actor steamer of 3,602 rom tonnage, and her port of registry was Glasgow. She was owed by the Kirkfield SS. Co. (Mears Cuthbertson and Con Ep., 0. M.]
DEATH OF COL. A. MURRAY
LATE STRAITS COLONIAL ENGINEER.
(From. Oûr Own Correspondent.)
SINGAPORE, April 26. The death is announced as having taken place in London of Col. the Hon. Alexander Murray, late Colonial Engineer for the Straits.
[Note-The late Colonel the Hon. Alexander Murmy, V.D., C.E., M. Inst. recently went Home from the Straits, where he had boen Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General and a member of the Executivo and Legeslativa Councile sinco 1898. He was also a member of the Local Joint. Naval and Military Defence Com
mittee. Born in 1850, he was a son of Mr
THE FLIGHT ABANDONED,
the
(Bouter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONTON, April 25. Mr Grahame White has had to- abandon the fight owing to the adverso weather. The gala badly damaged his aeroplans at Lichfield.
[Net-Although the fight was not succomful, the satisfactory character of Mr White's accomplishment will be ap- preciated when, it is 'pointed out" that Lichfield is only about 30 miles from: Manchester.-ED...]
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JAPANESE LOAN CON- VERSION.
NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS.
(Reuter's Servies to the China" Mazł.)
LONDON, April 22. The Standard says that negotiations
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Alexander Murray, of the Ceylon Civil have reached an advanced stage in Paris The junk which collided with H.M.S-Service and District Judge at Kandy to for a loante convert the principal Thistle while the intter was attempting to ceiving his education at Hyde Abbey, Japanese 5 cent. issues into a four per Winchester, and Glasgow University, he
aid to the foreigners. at Chagaha Pere and two Augustinisu Missionaries-
which collision involved the death of Bishop
of war frous the Harbour. YesterdayT. We are gradually losing the big mon H. M. S. Radford left for the North, the only big ship now remaining being the
The first confirmation ever held in St. Androw's, Kowloën, took place at the close of Evening Prayer on Sunday, the site being administered by the Bishop of Vic toria to twelve candidates in the presence of a large congregation.
P
The Philippines Assembly have passed academic point of view to suggest an act legalizing the deportation by the different plan of procedure to that Governor General on 19th August, 1909, of approved of by the men on the spot, talro Chinese. The Assembly anys the
was navigating the river without lights.
H. Bill, late Acting British Consul at Dispatches from Teheran state that Mr Shiraz, while proceeding to Ispahan, was attacked by tribesmen on April 16. Two aepoys who accompanied him were killed. Mr Bill proceed on his journey, but it is unknown whether he in out of danger.
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among tho' passangers passing through: on the 1. Y. E. Kitano Mazu are General Viscount Kawamama who is the head of a Japanese military commission sans a Europe; and Mr R. Masujima, the well- known barrister, a member of the English and the Japanese bar,
in 1874, halding in succession the follow
was appointed to the Ceylon Civil Service cent. external lean of twenty-seven ing appointments before going to the million pande sterling. Eighteen Straits-Provincial Engineer North Con- milions will be offered in Paris and the tral Province, also at Province of Uva and remainder in London. the Western Provines, Acting Director of Mr Ralph Tatham, C.C.S., and has a son Public Works. He married a daughter of and two daughters.-D., C. M. ] ·
MR ROOSEVELT IN PARIS.
· ADDRESS" ON CITIZENSHIP. Sterility the Greatest Curse. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, April 25. Mr Roceovels at the Sorbonne, Paris, gave an impressive address on citizen- ahip in a Republic. He urged that the standard of average citizenship should
ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION.
DATE OF OPENING,
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(Beuter's Service to the China Max).
LONDON, April 23. The Princa and Princess of Wales одола the Anglo-Japanese Ethibition on the 12th May.
sto
CHINA'S NAVY.
The Right Hon. Iver Guest, on whom the King recently conferred a barong, will be kept high, and while paying all THE WORK OF PREPARATION.
9.15 p.m.-Annual Concert of Y.M.C.A. But we think the fate of the Formosan Governor's action is not subject to question take the title of Baron Ashby St. Ledgera | homage to the intellect he appealed to
at City Hall.
9.15 pm Volunteer Smoking Conocr£
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1910..
THE ABORIGINES OF FORMOSA.
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Aar the aborigines of Formosa to share the fate of the Tasmanian black fellow? From time to time scraps of news of a'
GENUINE, AGEost contradictory character ficat out
AND
FINE MELLOW
FLAVOUR.“
aborigine has claims upta humanity at
or review,
of Ashby St Ledger's in the County of the brilliant assembly he was addressing Northampton; and Sir John Bigham, the
He added that the greatest of all purses was the curse of sterility.
large and that Japan should be advised Dominador Gomez, who has cooked 50 late President of the Divorce Court, the not to forget the commonplace qualities that the time has passed when the world much trouble by fomenting labour distur title of Baron Mersey of Toxteth in the and, virtues-the will and power to can lock on complacently at the exter-bances in Marie, has been denied the right
work, to fight and to have plenty of of a sett in the Philippine assombly, that County Palatine of Lancaster.
healthy children. mination of a courageous if backward body roling that he is not a citizen of the
There is every chance of an exciting poli- race, whose sole crime is that they hold island.
tical contest at Saigon at the election of the tenaciously to the last strongholds of
member for the Chamber of Deputies at their people and thus possibly prevent returned from Manila and this evenings opposed by M. Paris, a local lawyer. The Bandmann Opera Company have Paris. The sitting member, M. Deloncle, the development of otherwise promising open a short season at the Theatre Royal Both candidates have issued, addresses to camphor and other industries. For the with The Arcadians," one of their best the electors. The election was fired for
pieces. They play for three nights only. April 24. aborigines are in possession of some not four.
of the finest remaining natural camphor groves still existing in Formosa-and
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Their Highnesses the Maharaja and the In addition to the one fatal caso of Maharani of Cooch Behar start for England
so their misdemeanour is proportionats. plague already noted, the only cases of com-
May 7. The Maharani of Mourbhanj
THE CHANGSHA FER- MENT.
ORGANISED RIOTING
RESUMED.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, April 23. It is reported from Washington
ly great in the eyes of those to whommunicable disease in the Colony for thawock it is understood, will accompany them that the American Minister at Peking
from the island and it is therefore difficult to judge from the conflicting statements what the exact scheme is to commerce is the all-absorbing pursuit. bo which the Japanese have in contentWe hope, however, that Japan will be awayed by more humane motives than platico. The other day Sir CLADE
the latest news discloses and that the MACDONALD, British Ambassador or the
end of the Forman ensage is not yet Court of Tokyo, visited the island, and
a grim possibility of to-morrow. it is not surprising to anyone acquaint-
Bahert Porter & Co.'sed with the way in which Japanese
BULL DOG
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THE KWEIYANG ASHORE. Governmental officiale lay themselves out to entertain and amuse a disting- News reached the Colony to-day that the cisted visitor that His Excellency comes. Kweiyang had gone ashore in the away with the best of impressions; and that he reported the Japanese measures taken against the recalcitrant aborigines
Chins Sen, near Okoon, but no information
is yet to hand as to whether the vessel is damaged or not. The Kweiyang, under
the command of Captain J. Doweon, left Hongkong for Ningpo on the 22nd inst
CIGARS AND BOXES CON. FISTCATED.
anded April Zord were two non-futa! of puerperal fever (a Portuguese and a Chinese) and one fatal case of small-pox (a Chinese),
At the meeting of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday aftermon a reply from Govern- ment relative to covering over the servico reservoir at Bowen Bond will be submitted Ina wall as a minute by the Hon. Director of Public Worka relative to the proposed slaughter house at Shaukiwan
a
while the Maharaja of Mourbhanj will
proceed by way of Japan and America, telegraphs that fears are entertained visiting the chief places of interest and the that the trouble in Hunan is spread- great industrial contres, and join the partying. He has dispatched orders to later in England. Their Highnesses will the American Asiatic Squadron at be away for about ten months."
Amoy to assist if necessary.
CHINA SQUADRON'S REMARK.
ABLE RECORD.
(Wah Tax Yat. Po's Service)
Paiva, April 25,
The Naval Board has appointed Ching Pek Kwong, an officer of the Admiralty educated in England, to Prepare plans for the reorganisation of the Navy and has ordered that Chasan. (a harbour in the Chekiang Province) be the first naval harbour.
F. E. Tung Fang, ex-Viceroy c Chibli, is to be appointed Assistant Naval Minister pending the return of Prince Teai Tan.
TIBETAN AFFAIRS.
NEW DALAI LAMA PRO-
CLAIMED.
(Wah Tea Yat Po'e Service
PEKING, April 25 HE. Chan Erh Esin, Viceroy C Szechnen, has wired to the Imperia¥ ¦ Lostos, April 24. Government to the effect that the people The British Minister at Peking of Tibet have appointed another Dalai telegraphs to the Foreign Office Lama. He asks whether the new Head that organised bands have resumed must come to Peking for audience. rioting at Changsha.
All foreigners have taken refuge oF two British vessels.
Following closely upon the excellent results of the gunlayors, tests, says the L. and C. Express,, comes the publication of the return of the battle practice of the The .a. Minnesota arrived in harbour Fleet during the year 1300, which again on Sunday morning. After leaving Yoke shows an improvement, as has been the
CHINESE SOLDIERS DESERT. hansa the vessel had the misforrans to lose case in every year in recent times. The
(Wah Tez Yot Po's Serpico.)" huge piece of her rudder weighing about average per ship, including all six fleets, ie
Perso, April 25 eight tone. It is understood that the 13-84 points better than that for the to be of the mildest and most humane
repaics will be carried out in Japan, but the China unit of the Eastery Floet comes of 500 soldiers deserted at the prospects preceding year, 1908. In order of merit During the riots in Changalia a body character possible. To judge by Sir
meanwhile she is lying off Hunghom"dock. | first with an average of 348-88 points. The CLAUDE'S
King Alfred is at the top of the unit and of fighting. report all is as it should be in
the Bodford second, their points being the highlands of Formosa and only a
The boom in rubber bas bad a marked 6104 and 312-6 raspastivaly. The first The ninety-six bozen of cigars and 200 effect upon the price of golf and tennis division of the Home Fleet and the First benevolent repression is being exercised. empty cigar boxes which were seized at bals at Home. The former have been Cruiser Squadron come second with 203-03 A. WATSON & CO., Yet bard di the heels of this almost too Trade Mark's Ordinenen, hearing the forged being raised from 25 to 2a. Bd. each), and third division of the House Fleet fourth 18 Tung Loi Lane by the police under the increased dd. each ali round (tho beat makes Squadron third with 185-56 points, the points, the Mediterrancan Sixth Cruiser
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pleasing report comes news froth Tokyo trade mark of the Oriental Tobacco Co. cannis balls have been advanced half with 187.5 points, the second division of that the authorities in Formosa have wore handed over to the owners of the crown a dozon, the batter makes now being the Home Flest and the Second Cruiser changed their plans regarding the Trade Mark to-day, by order of Mr J. R. 14. to 15%. per dozen. The largest English antic and Fifth Cruiser Squadron sixth Squadron Sfth with 177 70 points, and the Mi Shonton appeared for the golf ball thaking firm has been approached with 142-17 points. The first ship in the by the other makers, but has declined to first divison of the Home Fleet is the enter into the arrangement for advancing Boadicon, with a score of 541 88 points,
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boom. Band shoes, rubber heels, hot water Fito seventeenth annual report.of tho within a year. What that runs it is Board of Directora of the aboro, Bank for bottles, horseshoe pads, gay tubing, rubber scarcely difficult to foresee. No gentle 1909 states that the not profits for the shouting, gartera, diving suits, waterproots, methode of assimilation, no benevolent year, after providing for bad and doubtful and cab tyres, umbrella rings, dobta, and including £25,379 0.48.feeling bottle nipples, and many other schemes of gradual absorption-an, war brought forward from last account, smaunt articles are all advanced. to the knife, a'wiping out of the race to to £00,780 51. 8. From this sum has to whom the island originally belonged. dividend at the rats of 6 per cent per be deducted £16,875, amount of interin
Of course we all have many annum, free of Income Tax, on the "A" disclaimers. We shall be told that no and shares paid for the half-year A TOOL of rheumatism, or a twinge
of nuuralgis, whatever, the troubles the one which comes nearest to the such bloodthirst idea animates the
ending 30th June, 1900.
"real thing," when everything will depend The directors have added £30,000 toe, Chamberlain's Fila Balm drives away high-minded Japanese
authorities Reserva Fund (raising it to £285,000) and pain at once atid cares the complaint upon the tonn behind the gun. The gun- quickly. Fins application gives raliol, layers tast are lass or more artificial, and and that whatever stops are taken £2,000 to the Oficers Pension. Fund. When a bottle of it is kept, in the house ship may show indifferently in them and They now recommend a further dividend the pains of burcs and nealde may be yeb como well at battle practice or vice will be such as are entirely for on the "A" and "B" shares at, the rate, promptly relieved, cute and tagines quick- tra The Chios Squadron las therefore the aborigines good, if the foolish of 6 per cent, per annum, fros of incomehested and swellings promptly redazed. proved of the heat all-round aquadron In fact, for the household us, it is just in our service by a big margla in aggregate poople would but realise it. Personally lolunce of £25,050 58. 3d to be carried pravidel with For ale hy all chamter sense of 348.08 points per gun, as against tax, for the mcond half of the year, leaving such a Frimont za erory, family should be psing, loiding all the others by the fue we think it a thousand pition that forward.
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