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NEWS OF THE DAY.
Sir Haary Elmbar has introduced a Bul into the Hoven of Commons providing for a redistribution of seats in order that there may be uno M.P. for.ovory 85,000 people.
to believe it, but to know it, and to remember the manner in which success. kala slready beer achieved in a given direction. It has also been said that education should never end, but.. be continued till the very end of our days, If by education is ment a preparation The European Aries bare male big for the serious business of life this is contributidos to the relief funds in conned unpractical, and we should therefore betion with the secont submarina disaster in Hiroshima Bay, while Japaness and inclined mather to say that education foreigners continue to send contributiona should end as soon as a person bas both for the building of tombs and the thoroughly learnt these two lessors, and relief of the families.. has passed through the experience. ol having mastered one worthy gecom-os plishment. He will then be in a position to choose the brunch which is most congenial to his tastes, and will know also the only way in which success is to be attained in it. Till
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A good deal of dissatisfaction is being pressed in the Colony at the Postmaster General being appointed Acting Colonial Treasurer during the Governor's absence. Surely the Postmaster-generalahip is sufficiently arduous position for any man to
without increasing his responsibilities.
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The Avenir du Tonkin estimates the
coat of the Yungan railway at about 176
millions of francs. The cost in human lifo is something terrible. Owing to the fright ful unhealthitions of part of the country traverseri, over ten thousand coolies perished during the construction of the
then let our boys plod away at the Latin grammar and our girls at the piaauforte, not with the view of making them musicians or latinists but with the intention of practically is. demonstrating the way in which eficiency can be acquired in any branch
at the foot of the statue of King Edward A large fioral crown has been placed
S. MOUTRIE & Co. of learning or profession, or pursuit. VII in Royal Square. Attached to it is a
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Hongkong. April 18, 1907.
MEMOS FOR, TO-MORROW,
1 Auction. 11.--Auction of Miscoilsueous Arti-
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General Memoranda,
We know of no other way in which it is possible to justify the most common and frequent methods of education at pre- sent in vogue.
Probably these ideas are more or less. cles, etc. at Mesars Hughes & Hough's in the minds of all educationists, but with the establishment of an university in our midst at an early date it is necessary to state them clearly that they Goods por Karma andelivered after this who have the formation of the policy of the university in hand should not over look the first principles of which we have apoken. "Probably no one is prepared
FRIDAY, May 13:---
date subject to rout.
SATURDAY, May 14:--
2:30 p.m.-Auction of Household Fural ture, etc. at Mesara Hughes & Hough's Ssica Roums.
MONDAY, May 18:-
Exchange Banka Oluaqu.
Goods per Tourane andsimed after this date-at noon will be subject to rent and landing charges. TUESDAY, Day 17:-
Godown of the E.K. & K. Wharf & Godown Co., Ld., Kowloos.
to
ad inseribed "Mr. Leung Shic-kong, of His Majesty's funeral wo presume a large with the deepest sympathy." On the date
number of doral tributes will be placed about the statue.
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“W NEWS OF THE DAY.
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LIN.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 1910,
The annual general mosting of the MR ROOSEVELT IN BER- Hongkong Horticultural Society will be held in the City Ball to-morrow at 5.15 P
Malaya is to have a London Agency, and Sir William Tayler. the Resident Gunem), retires from the F. M. S. to take charge of the new offics.
We understand that there will be no on the occasion of the next Sunday escursion to Blacho, out of respect to the recent national calamity."
perform in public until after the funera On de that no military banda will
His lato Majesty, consequently the U.S.R.Q,"concerts aro casolled-pro tam.
The
A GREAT WELCOME.
~{ Bender's Service to the China Mail.}
Losbow, May 11.
A message from Berlin states that Mr Roosevelt has been given a great welcome by many officials and cheering crowds.
RUBBER STILL DROOPING
(Reuters Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 10. Raw rabber has now fallen from
A case of plague imported from Canton to 16 per pound from the top price
has been notified as having been discovered | resched. on cargo-boat No., 70. lying alongsido New Fraya West, near Salt Fish Street.
Who was the intelligent journalist that wired to Japan that the residents of Hong- kong wore excited over the arrest of an alleged Japanese spy at the Lycomun forta? The Colony was not in the least excited and the ones of public opinion was that justico would have been done had the man bean dismissed with a motion.
Aftor great many contradictory. rumours anent the now Indian reliefs, i̟
relieve the 10th L. (Mahinitas), að now appears that the 8th Rajputs “wil
Kowloon, and instand of the Srd Brabmane, a fine stalwart corps, the 126th Baluchis from Loralai, will succeed the 13th Rajputs. The balance sheet of the Magubary The 3rd Brahmins are to go to Singapore, Fire Insurance Co., of which Mesars next relief, presumably in January, when Hongkong, statos that the total income was now on the Hongkong strength. Sender, Wielor and Co., are the agonta into three years will expire for the regiments £2,138,118 3,3 and after paying expenses, including £3.290 6/9 carried to the reserve fund, no less than £75,000 was paid in dividends. The net profit for the year was £165,806 15/5
The isopressible' Mr Keir Hardie, speaking in public recently, mid that. Ro, publicanism and Radicalism were practical throne as a great superstition belonging to ly synonymous. He reganied loyalty to a the age of feudaliam. He said that he aor tally feared a paper constitution, which America and the Colonies had shown could be turned to the most revolutionary cade.
The nightly dog puisance seems to be rampant just now at the east end of Rabin- aon Road. The din on a rrcent night has evidently exhausted the patience of would. be sleepers. As onslaught and clearance is determined upon. It may be well that owners of dogs reading this intimation should see to it that their animals are not ringleader and vengeance is vowed against involved. A laige dog appears to be the this huge heast especially.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Pioneer's London correspondent Mr A A. Ritchie, Rev. C. Bone, Mrs wired that the Daily Telegraph anticipated Bone and family arrived to-day by the that the Directors, at their meeting on the English Mail. 9th May, would fix the Suez Canal rates
advocate the proposition that Greek should be taught to the Chinese. We do not hear that even Latia is to be made a prominent Goods per Chicago Mars undelivered subject, but in framing the curriculum
after this data subject to ront. WEDNEDAY, May 18:-
whatever may be ultimately decided on 11a.m.--Auction of Raw Silk at No. 1 let us remember that we should he quite justitied in introducing these. Our policy will be the more liberal for 1911 at fifty centimes lower, and that. for the remembrance perhape; at least at the annual meeting of the Company on it will be founded on a system which the 6th June, it is intended to mise the however imperfectly carried out in the net dividend from 141 to 131 francs. HONGKONG, WZQNzsday, May 11, 1910.|'early and struggling days of the new institution will be an ideal that may ultimately be attained.
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80th April 1910.
Tuż question whetter Greek should be a compulsory subject at the older Uni- versities in England has been debated
for more than twenty years paat and at this moment is just as far removed from a solution as at the beginning. The point is pot that a full and ample knowledge of this deal language abould be a sine quo non to every aspirant to honours in classics, but whether- some knowledge of it should be demanded of
all, and particularly of those who have chosen some other branch of learning
We have no space on, this cccasion to refer to what that poling ought
be, perhaps we may do so in a future article.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"
The commission on the Sweepstakes for the three days of the Shanghai Spring Mesting amounted to 218,779,"
A FURTHER 'DECLINE,
[Cortatous:]
DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING
MAY THE 20th FIXED:
(Reuter's Service to the China (Mail).
Losnes, May 11.
King George has proclaimed Friday,. Any 20th, to be observed as a day of national mourning for the Tete King
FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE POSTPONED.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) LONDON, May 11.
The Festival of Empire, which was- to have been held at the Crystal Palace beginning on the 23rd of May this year, has, by reason of the death of King Edward, been postponed to 1911.
(Reuter`s Service to the China Mail) [PREMIER HAS AUDIENCE
LONDON, May 11- WITH THE KING. of my rubber.
There is a further decline in the price
,
CRETE AND GREECE
ANOTHER AWKWARD
SITUATION.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 10.
NEW POLITICAL SITUATION.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.):
LONDON, May 11, Ar Asquith bad. an audience with His Majesty King George at mid-day: «. yesterday.
The papers are almost nanimous.in the view tha: a political trace is necessary.
The Cretan Assembly has been
A fall meeting of the Cabinet bas opened, and the oath of allegiance taken in the name of King George of dealt with the new situation which the Greece amid franzied cheers.
death of King Edward has caused in a A Musulman deputy protested, but most comprehensive manner. he was assaulted and his protest torn,
up.
PARLIAMENT AND KING
GEORGE.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TAKEN.
جيد محمد
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, May 10.
The members of the House of Com- mone took the cath of allegiance to King George yesterday: *
Cables from all parts of the Empire describe the proclamation scenes, Everywhere the proclamation of the new King was received with-demon- strations of loyalty.
Hongkong, is a passenger outward on the Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice of M.B. ataamer Tarra, which left Marseille, ARREST OF AN ALLEGED on April 24th.
Among the last public seta of King Edward must have been the handing of his Field Marshal's baton to Lord Kitchener
April 28th.
SPY.
VOLUNTEER NOTES.
Mr B. W. Bradbury, joined the Corps- on the 5th May.
granted leave of absence for 2 months with Gunzer A. R. Ellis, of No. 2 Company, is
affect from the 4th May. ́ ́
ITEMS AT-THE COURTS.
"A postman was charged at the Magistracy" to-day with opening letters. The caSO WAR- adjourned.
Four Indians appeared before Mr J" R Wood, at the Magistracy to-day, charged- with being drunk and disorderly near the Sith Temple. The case was adjourned.
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The case against George Quien, whồ is: charged with attempted murder, was again mentioned before Mr E. R. Halliat (Wah Tes Yat Po's Service)the Magistency to-d'y Bail was rafhand
PERISO, May 10.
and there again adjourned until Wed- nesd Chin Yak Hing, a native of Shantung,
mo ning has born arrested by order of the Board The supernonnation allowance on re- with the business of the meeting I livetirement through ill-health of Mr. W
of War. He is accused of receiving a bet big sum of money from a foreign nation
Mr E.D. C. Wolfe, the President, at the aceting of the Sanitary Board on Tues day afternoon, extended a volcome to Joseph Fayrer. Ho suid-Eufare proceed.
gambei, rom Sauk.wan appeared M J. B. Wood, at the Magistracy to-day, when the keeper was fined 830 and
much pleasure in introducing the now Mansfield, formerly Consul-General at Cap-to act ps spy and to obtain secret plans the remainder 84 each. In the case of ton member, Lt. Col. Sir Joseph Fayrer, who ton, is £923 6s. 84.
is acting a member of the Board in the absence of Colonel Bedford."
At the opening of the Yuanian-Turkin The Warwick Major Comedy Companyway the other day, much was said of are playing for a fortnight in Singapore.
the expected increase of trade along the ling which would greatly tonefit the port of Haiphong, especially se regards maize and wheat for exportation to Europe. The Avenir du Tonkin points out that these expectations will never be realized sa long Mr. John I. Plummer, of the Heng-as the railway traffic rates are so bigh and kong Observatory, has promised to give an informal talk on Halley's Comet at the houry transit charges block the way. Chinese Y.M.C.A. on Thursday.
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Lient RM Cross R.G.A bas pamod, in the syllabus laid down for amination in the Cantonese language: and obtained special mention
from Hongkong on Wednesday Mrs Frank The N.F.K. liner Iyo Marn took away Brewne and son, Mr and Mrs T. K. Dealy and child, and Mr and Mrs B. Frost
belonging to the military.
SUGGESTED. TREATY,
BETWEEN CHINA AND THE CONGO FREE STATE. (What Yas Po's Service.)
PEKING, May 10. The Congo Fres State has suggested *The Daily Minor prints pictures of the that a treaty be entered into with arrival home of HLM.S. King Alfred, of Ad China. The Wai-wu-pt has wired to miral Lambton striking his fing and land-Young Hsü, the minister in Belgium, to The total estimates for the Britishing: sod of Viscountess Chelsea, his bride.make enquiries. Consular Services in Chiza (partly repiny. able from Indian" revenue) for the year ending March 31st, 1911, are £63,984 Army, has died at Tentfield, Newbury. Colonel J. W Hoggo, late of the Indian (207,815). The Fotes are as follows: He took part in the Chins Expeditionary Salaries, allowances, and wages, £57,388 Foren in 1000, when he obtained mention (266,287); outfits and travelling, £4,750; in despatches.. incidental expenses, £ 100; prison ex- rent allowances £2,000-;-postage, £200, penses, witnemes, deportations, &c., £800; medical attendance, 1,423; relief of distressed British subjocta, £25.
Mr F. H. Pantyuros, cashier in the
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Singapore, and Mr John Scrymgeour, the bank's agent at Bangkok, have gone home on leave for one year.
HEAVY SNOWSTORM IN SHANGTUNG.
GREAT-DAMAGE-TO-BARLEY
· CROPS.
(Wah for Yat Po's Service,)
others from Saiwanho, onɑ was'fined, $80- and the remainder in sums ranging from 84 to $7.
At the Magistracy this afternoon, b foze Mr E R. Hallifax, three Chinese were charged with bolig, stowaways on the ne
Uces from Vancouver. Defendants id they were unable to go back as the Lost wet not returning to Vancouver, Fils Worship discharged defondants.
Prince Heinrich Reuss XXXIII, who has been appointed German Ambassador to Japan, arrived in Colombe on April 23, from Germany, by the N. D. L. steamer Dorflinger on his way to take up his new appointment The Prince broke his voyage- at Colombo, and sailed. In the Prinz Kite1. Friedrich. Prince Rouas XXXIII. in the of the Princess of Sachsen-Weimer.And tho. brother.of.Prince Benas, who visited. Ceylon in 1905.
• PEKING, May 10.-
RELIEVEJ SUFFERING HUMANITY A heavy snowstorm has passed over The advertising genius of Pears, the
NE bottle of Chamberlain's Colle the west part of Shangtang, destroying Choters and Diarrhoes Romedy gee fored to make a substantial contribution General in Korea, is eald to be suffering
Viscount Sons, the Japanese Resident-most of the barley ciopa.
long way towards raliaving suffering bramanity. It is better than aby doctor's. to the British Treasury if the obitarating from cancer in the liver. A Vice-Resident Lord Charles Beresford has been in. Prosoription, and worth twenty times ita mark used in Post Offices bore their General, Lieut. General Baron Uaupa, har formiad by the War Office that the authoriti cases of diarchos, cramp, colic or dysentery, which are liable to come on printing and paper reeded in the next his work. mamo; while they offered to provide the been appointed to reliève him of some of ties ccatamplate strengthening the deadenly at this sesson of the year. For
fences of Gibraltar.
sale by all chemists and storekeepers census if they were allowed to advertise on
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the back of the papers. Needless to say, the Rev. Lord William Gascoyne Cecil. The Bishop of St. Albans has appointed
rector of Hatfield, to an honorary canist REDUCED PRICES FOR WHISKIES.
the British Governinant" not yet being declined botir suggeulioda. redaced to the last extremity, courteously in the cathedral, doubtless in special recognition of his efforts on behalf of the
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Owing to the loss of the Pericle, the this deadlock has arisen for the most underwriters, at a meeting at Lloyd's on part in consequence of the rooted April 12, decided to ask for more favourable aversion of the Anglo-Saxon mind to rates of insurance on Australian cargoes.* revert to first principles. All are agreed.
3 William Byford, whose death has that the best education possible should just taken place at Long Melford, Suffolk, be-given-at-these venerable seats of remembered sosing a man lead his wife to Clare Markat with a halter round her waist learning, but the greatest divergence of and sell her for half a crown. opinion comes in as soon as we ask Bottles will be charged for what is the best education, and what Sir John fooro, has given to the Royal sexp peoplo, is well-known. They recently
Miss Carrick, Moore, a grandniece of should be the object aimed at in United Service Museum, Whitehall, the at the rate of $1.20 per eouring it It has been said that he is decomtion, medals, field glass, and other dozen, and credited, in full the better educated man who has learnt relics of the hero of Corundu.
"A Renter's telegram which did not get on being returned in good something of everything and everything
further than Singapore says:-Rector's of something. There is much truth in correspondent wires from Canton that the condition."
this aphorism, but possibly something is provincial authorities are renowing the lost in the endeavour to express so much attempt to tax raw opium, and that they
intend to wake the tax operative on May 9 in epigrammatic form. Certainly it British merchants at Hongkong bare pro contains point of the reason why tested that this in a breach of the treaty. either the first or the second portion of and meanwhile importations are at a standbedition which bought to reach from the
Failure has overtaken the Dutch Christianisation of China.
the proposition should find a place
north coast, the highest peak, 1,800 feet, Gibson, Royal Enginous, Cork, have been
Lieutenants à. F. Day and A. W. 8 King Edward VII V.O. Liqueur (Gold Label)
therain, or why they should stand in
A paragraph in our Seoul contemporary of the New Guinen Snowy Range". The
King G George IV V.O. Liqueur (Gold)
d Label) shows that there are not many European party has had to turn back owing to malaria placed under orders to proceed to Hong a position of equality.
and American residents in the capital of and beri-beri breaking out, several of the kong early in the next trooping season. King Edward VII Special (White Label)- "It would not be difficult to supply the
Korea for according to the latest investi.members having died. At their furthest They will be replaced at Cork by Lieuten- gation made by the authorities the total point high mountain chains ehut out the ants E. Woodhouse and, E. Coke, from King George IV Special (White Label) omission though it would be to supply number of Westernura resident in Bacul Snowy Range from sight. The British Hongkong.
Perfection (D. & J. MoCalum's): itia, the like Lerse form. A youth is 169. The particular are as follows the field, despite sickness and lack of Hirose (who was in charge of the steamers
expedition to reach the peak still keep A bronza statue of the late Commander Club Whisky, Special ought to know something of everything Englich, 22 Americans, 92, French, 25
carriers. It is moving forward from the German, 10 Russian, 17; Belgian, 13 because it is impossible to predict in Greek, 2-189, what particular direction his fature
A now Rontgen Hays apparatus tas
The Japan Gatile reports that a feet), which has been erected in Tokio, NOTE--Even the Cheapest of these Brands is Superior in activity may be most successful, and just been installed in the Ho Min Ling Japanese named Tetsuz Kakimeto was, a will be unveiled on the 27th inati, the com- it is unlikely to be turned towards any Hospital. The apparatus, which has all few days ago, arrested at Hirenuria by the memoration day of the Battle of the Sea of MADGE MORRIS fald of which he is utterly ignorant the newest improvements, in the gift of Yokoleme police on a charge of fraud. It Japan.
In like manner he ought to know Superintendent of the Hospital. At Dr the Japances Charity Association in Hongtored a little rough weather on the trip. SOLE AGENTS
personal friends in Scotland of Dr Gib, of this gear the accused was entrusted by erick Lugard travelled to Japan, encoun appears that while in Hongkong in January
ILM.S. Mosmopth, on which Sir Fred- everything of something that ho may Gibson's ipritation several leading Chinese kong with the sale of one hundred lottery Kobe was roached on May 4th and bla have confidence in himself and ex-goutlemen were present at a demonstration tickola, valued at five hundred äilver perience of the powers of his own mind, were His Exceliuney Wa Ting Fang, Hos und fed to Japea without handing the for Tokyo, where they stayed, ne guests of given by an expert. Among those present dollars. The accused sold all the tickets Excellency and Capt. Bimao left at once industry, and abdity to master com- Dr Hir Kai, C.M.G., Me Chau Shiu Kil, money over to the Association Rocstly the British Amtaander, fill the morning pletely any Bubject he may seriously Mr. W. Tso, Mr. Chan Kang U, and Mr. this defaulter oponed a shop at Hiranes of the 17th, when they left for Tauruga, take up. He is not, to think this, or taken is the demonstration..
Lal Kwai Pui, &c., and great intacost was for this male of muscullaneous goods, and Sir Fredenok will be. Hors in Time for
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