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THE CHINA MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY,
The German Mail of the 30th Juno
At the Durham Assizua on June 30, Mr. Justics Grantham sentenced a mad
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SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1910
TURMOIL IN TIBET...
BRITISH TROOPS IN READINESS.
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(Rehter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, July 30.
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RUSSO-JAPANESE "AGREEMENT.
STRANGE RUMOURS IN CHINA
(Wah To Yat Po's Service.)
PRIO, July 22. There is a rumour in circulation in
STUART, from the originals in the posses longer obtainable; Parth was no longer sion of Mr C. E. S. CHAMBERS, which, tenable. All might have been well if supplement the information afforded by the King" and bean at band. But was delirend in London on the 29th July. the Stuart documents, or rather show he was not yet on the high seas. He s the other, or Hanoverian side, of came too late in the field-like Ron Rot. the shield. From the matrative and Jamga' delay in arriving on Scottish named Fallon to tivo podra' peasi servitude commentaries of anonymous soil cost bin the Kingdom. Thenceand eight others to terms ranging from
Rautar's Simla correspondent states Whig writer, who, besides retailing forth, as the Sivant papers show, his ricting during a strike of minors at Horden, that two Indian regiments of Mountain the North to the effect that in addition hearsay reports to his correspondent life was spent in quite bopoless attempts where slubhouse worth £10,000 was Battery have bean atlered to get in to the articles of the Russo-Japanese (identified as Sir Anco Santo interest various of the European burned to the ground.
readiness to proceed to Tibet owing to Agreement already mada 'known there DENDAM of Coltucas), was himself a powers and to find people likely to As showing how groat has been the turmoil there in consequence of the are four others which provide for
(1) The protection of the country spectator or actor in interesting pass furnish him with the wherewithal to improvement in Army shooting during movements of Chinese troops.
recent timca, it may be mentioned that the -Per monofagas of the drame, it is still noro enable him to invade his fathera leat 1st Norfolk-Regime at Alderbot-bas collected at Cantong, in preparation for
Meanwhile large supplies have been north of Hoang Ho.
(9)-A-temporary residency for the evident than from the Jacobite chronicles dominions.. A man of sustere morais, done wonderfully well at musketry this that the Government of the day were face to face with a movement which en born ever tries, he was a drifter with, gaged, in Scotland at least, the agar instead of a battler against, the current. sympathies of a large mass of the nation. We find him, as we read these cco- A little matter-the earlier hand- lemporary documents, suffering constant ing of the Prince, the success of the rebuffs and disappointments in his plots for the asizure of Edinburgh and scheme of marriage, as in polities and of the Castle, above all'a tura in favour campaigning, in his finances, in his of Man in the wavering fortunes of battle attempts to keep peace among the at Shorifmuir-might have changed the quarrelsome coterie of many creeds and Per Dez tide of war, and, perhaps altered the races that surrounded bim. And in
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MARRIAGE.
Huling, by the Right Roy. Bishop Banister BARNETT DRYCH July 21st
And afterwards at H.B.M.'s Consulte. Kiukiang, the Ves. E. Juno BARNET, Archdeacon of Hongkong, to LIZLIAS SARA, youngest daughter of the late W. J. Diby Esq., and of Mira Digby of Moat Lodge, Co. Galway, Ireland.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Miscellaneous. 9.-Excursion to Maso by 1.5...
Sui Au.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY, Miscellaneous
Bank Holiday,
Insurance Offices Close.
General Memorands,
TUESDAY, August 2:
Sanitary Board Meeting.
3 p.m.-Auuzion of Crown Land at the Public Works Department's Cfices. WEDNESDAY, Angosti 3:—
King of Norway's Birthday (1872), 3.15 p.m.-Meeting of the Licensing 2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furl-
Board.
tura, otc. at Mesars Hughes & Borgh's
Sales Roome.
Thursday, August 4:—
-Pepe Pius X elected (1903),
8.30 p.m.- Legislative Council Meeting
The China Mail.
BONGKONG, SATERDAY, JULT 20, 1910.
THE OLD PRETENDER. -
Descr all their faults the Srtatis still command a Very large share in the Bentimental regard of the peoples of
of excellent intentions, but very stub-year, having a Sgure of meritof 107. 4. an advance to protect British triding with 47 marksmen, 178 first-class shots, 200 agencies at. Gyangtec, Yatung and second class, and only 10 third-class. The Tibet if these places be attacked or best shot in the battalion is Colour-Sargt. endangered, Sargent, with 107.
The Daily Mail is offering a prize of £10,000 for a circular flight of 1,000/miles to be made by cropland during the second week in July of next year. The course will be from London ria Harrogate, "Now- castle. Eliuburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Carlisle, Manchester, Bristol, Exster. Newport, Brithton, and Tunbridge Wells, the Euishing point being London. The prize will be awarded to the competitar
The troops will be strictly neutral if the Chinese fight the Tibetans..
(3). The mutral administration of Emperor of Japan in the Korean capital.
Mongolia.
(4) The theragh investigation of the - financial position of China.
OFFICIALS' COM- PLAINT.
(Wah Tu Fat Po's Service
EXING, July 29.
Noto-Under the Angie Chinese Sikkim Convention of 1880, atrado mart was opened at. Yatung; hub as the Tibetana disregarded the Convention. • political mission was despatched from India. with a military escort. It reached Eliass after a very arduous marth and sovemi sharp lights on 3 August, 1909. A new Convention was signed (7 Sept.), and the All the Vicarys and Governors of the mission left Lhasa on 23 Sept. This Con several provinces are jointly negotiating vontion provided amongst other things for in order to make a protest to the Board thu aroction of boundary pillars between Grantee and Gartok as well as at Yatugocial axpenses. and for unrestricted trafic by existing routes: for British and Tibetan agente at the trade marts.-En Q.M.
course of history. Of the part player the end he died amid the noisome who completes the course in the shortest sikkia and Tibet; for trade marts at of Revenue, urging a reduction in
by the Camerons and allied claas in the ambiguous fight where as the old Jacobite son Tuus:-"we can and bey raz awa', maig a desiled account is given by EVAN CAMERON
Jals, 1716, a narrative of the faithful of Lochiel, who writes from Uist in
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atmosphere created by futile plottings and inept intrigues. Of his sons, the greatly loved Prince CuALE of the 45, and Cardinal Her Stranr, the former made a sad hash of things after Culloden, the other by becoming a
frustrated the last hopes of the race of great Princo of the Church of Rome
ever recovering its lost Throne. He died at a ripo age, one of the most respected
time,
Visitors to Japan will find a good deal of interesting and valuable information in
Obama and Unzen," printed at the Noga little pham pies entitled "The climate of ki Prass otice. Obama is only a altort distance from Nagasaki and its numerous
The hill district of Unzen, with its glorious Springs and well kept kotole are known to many residents in Chinese Treaty ports,
scenery and other attactions, should draw a larger number of visitors erory Pear. It only requiries to be better known.
...
The
There is a good deal of correspondence going erin Canton relative to the additional his descent on the distaff side. But tax to be levied upon native spirits. the romance of the Srisure still local officials are apparently at their wits lives, and the story of their ill-fated tration. There is an additional tax on end to find money to carry on the admini's
careers will form the theme of many prepared opium; another on the Salt
and loyal services rendered to four generations of the Royal Stuartz by four generations of his home. He arrived on the moor, after a march from In.gures in the College of Cardinals and veraray, on the morning of the battle more of an Italian than a Scotsman, which is not surprising considering The häste with which the Jacobite Army morod in columns, to take up position cecusioned some confusion, "though never men marched with morn cheerfulness." The horse were all drawn to the right, leaving the left uncovered, and Loco had to draw- up in the second line behind Lowland foot regiments, instead of in the front Lue, where I should have been by the order of battle." He thus describes" the catastrophe that befel. MAR's left:
a volume in the years to come, for their characters notwithstanding they helped to weave the glittering weft and warp of the fabric which we term bistory.
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY.
Monday, the 1st prox, being a public holiday the Post Office will be open for
Monopoly, and now it is suggested that a tax be levied upon native spirits. It appears that one Firm is willing to gire a million dollars per annum for the privilege of farm ing this branch of the revenue. It does not appear to be settled yet, who is to have the monopoly, but as far as reports guido us, it will fall into the banda of the Leung Kwok-
6317.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE.
PREMIER MAKES A STATE. MENT
(Reuter's Service,to the China Mail)
LONDON, July 30.
SATIRIZING THE CHINESE
done.
GOVERNMENT.
It is a pity that some of the Chinese newspapers of, Bengkong do not exercise grostor restraint when criticizing the actions of the Chinese government, local, provincial or Imperial. Intemperate |language alease recoils on its user; and the jcarnalista of China will find this out as In the House of Commons last night surely as their Western confrores bate Mr Asquith shacunced that the Con-at moderation which too often characterizes A typical fustance of utter lack stitutional Conference had held twelve editorial utterances in the vernacular meetings and bad made such progress Press has just come under our notice. that, although an agreement had not
would be wrong to break off at present. been reached, all things considered, it
I after further deliberations the Government found there was no pros pect of an agreement being reached they would close the Conference.
OUR SAILOR KING.
APPRECIATION OF GUNNERS' WORK.
appears that the students of the new
They were asked to draw new mani, and engineering school at Canton were recently ordered to niske a survey of the province,
to take spreis) notice of the monfiguration. of the many rivers of the province. "It seeme, however, that the students were only willing to do the land work, and wished to avoid the surveying of the waters CE the province. Those in charge of the work therefore requested the riverine Chamber of Capmerge to undertake this duty for them. It was pointed out in the request that those who were constantly going up and down the rives would of course know all about them 1 But the Chamber politely declived the honour and pointed out that though it members were rivers, they knew nothing of the science of secustatued to the general contour of the
was impossible to undertake the task and engineering, and without this knowledge it co it through The survey seems likely toen in a insce The incident is taken advantage of by cae of the native papers in Hongkongto pour scorn upon the Cantor ocials for anking others to do what they themselves should accomplish. It is suggested that they're too lazy to under. take a survey of the rivers because it is more difficult work than measuring land, while they also wanted to place all the an international Cotton Mills Corpor circles, and thus escape" the burden them expense upon the shouldora of shipping
Un the nineteenth of the present Chin. Rauter's Service to the China Mail) cne hour only ie, from 8 to 9 a.m. Theresae month, an employee of the Sant Toeung, will be ate delivery and a collection of Forsign Hong, was arrested. Two' fellows
LONDON, July 29. letters as on Sundays. The Money order
The King witnessed the tactical Offee will be entirely closed.
While my men were drawing up close by a regiment of Lowland foot, who were formed in my froct, I being on the right of the front of my own me, waiting impatiently for apoper-Mail from Europe, the Post Ofice will be In the event of the arrival of the French ingy which could get a view of the open one hour for the delivery thereof.
The Banks and the Fire and Marine enemy, in order to advance and attack them, this regiment of foot, after firing on the enemy and receiving their fire, broke in all at once on my regiment,
Offices will be closed.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
and carried them off before half of them St. Andrer's Church, Kowloon, to-morrow The Bishop of Victoria pill pronch at
were formed, or of M'KINNON's men, at the tip.m. Servies. who were drawing up with them, as
well some of the Macphersons."
The Government in inviting teeders
of the baser sort had set fire to some place, exercises of the Home, Atlantic, and and though the said" employer was in po
their opportunity, acoustad him, and drug was delighted with the practice of the way implicated, a set of roughs watched Mediterranean Fleets at Torbay, and Ked him before some minor magistrate. Dreadnoughts. He shook hands with |But apparently the official did pot take the the gunners in the turrets.
matter vory seriously. In any case the man was compelled by his captors to sign a paper promising to give them a certain sum of money after which bo would be released the matter. Meanwhile the Firm heard and nothing further would be said about
of what was going on, and, were able to trace their employeo. They want to" the Namhol magistrate at once, and the man
shows what a certain class of Chinese are
THE COTTON TRADE,
BIG CORPORATION FORMED.
(Reuter's Servich to the China Mail)
LONDON, July 29.
It is announced in New York that
The Chief, from a hollow ground to for the stalle, etc., at the now Market at was immediately released. This incidentation has been organised with a capital selves. The writer soorns those who hav
Tsim Sha Tsui, Karloos.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,
To-day is the tenth anniversary of the
England and Scotland. The fascination which he had moved forward to get
A Epe of $1,000 was imposed at the which was the fatal heritage of the race sight of the enemy and order en continues to exert its influence tough advance, looked round, only to find caught selling opium wrappings in the Magistracy to-day on a native who had been LIME WOOD the oral Scottish House, in the to his surprise that his men had been Coleny.
male line, has long been Coswept away. There was nothing for it pletely extinguished. No one cherished hut to gather three or four guante general businças of. Mr D. D. Gazdar in acceasion of Victor Einaranuel III of Italy.
of his friends who charced Hongkong will hereafter be carried on by their memories more highly than men did the late Queen Vicrons, and to be near," and to follow the rout his con, Mr K. D. Gazdar, under the name FURNITURE she was never afraid of acknowledging one of his men being seen until and style of Gazdar and Co.
a beary, close grained timber, eminently quited to the climate and guaranteed not to warp or erick
ande from this wood is especially free trom all classes of fasect life, the dour of the lime wood being
distasteful to dil insecta.
Eare exhibiting, in our show-window,
a collection of LIME WOOD FURNITURE," showing a complete.« DINING-ROOM SUITE WITH CHINA CABINET AND PEDESTALS. ILLUSTRATIONS AND QUOTATIONS ON APPLICATION.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
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We understand that the exchange and
the bodies and bones of the people"
order to train surveying engineeri
willing to do in 'brder to raise a little of twenty million dollars to acquire been tearing the fleah and the fat from certain mills in the United States and money.
Canada for the purpose of manufacturing
who now turn out to be auch feeble students a variety of cotton products.
that they demean themselves to ask others, who have an part or let in the matter. to [Independent News Agency': Service
do their work." This is like the sorrant to the China Mail.)
taking his master's place, and lolling upan Tarro, July, 30. his coach, while he orders master to. HE. the OBeer Administering the
A Washington telegram says that do the work which he himself -ought to Government has been pleased to recognise scheme is on foot to establish a Corry through." Such criticism besides provisionally and panding the receipt
of
being wholly unjust and intemperata His Majesty's exequatur, Mr A. E. Carlton poration in the cotton. weaving trade, creates bad feeling in the breast of the as Vice and Deputy Consul-General of the the main ides being to control all the officials and in addition lowers the tone of United States of America in Hongkong. cotton cloth factories in North America the press and thus destroys any influence
and Canada, as well as those firms who for good which it otherwise might have. are engaged in the distribution of the products.
he had crossed the Water of Allan. her Jacobite proclivities. She was un- doubtedly moved more by the romance Gould- "Highland rush" have engagement on the which devotion and legend have moren opened the around all their figures than by the Jacobite left who shall say that it would true facts of history, and yet her feelings sot, as on the right, have carried all in this tatter were but similar to those before it? The writer of the Hanoveri- entertained by thousands of her forder an News Lettera gives a graphic account lieky subjects. For it is seriously open of the varying impressions and infer to doubt whether even the best of the mation that reached Anori's camp at STUART deserved the love, affection and Stirling. "It was a melancholay day unselfish devotion which was so freely to us," he writes on 16th November, Leadoo Yacht Club Regatta on Monday ;
Mr Gif Nielsen, the rotiring Super- lavished upon them. They were a three days after the battle, "all that res for H. 1. M. the Gorman Emperor's Intendent in Hongkong of the Great
race for His Majesty's Cup on Tuesday; abifty lot, with but the most distant Sabbath afternoon, for we saw all the Cup on Wednesday, ami the race for the Northern Talegraph Company, leaves to- bowing acquaintance" with that most
night by the . Anhui, sa route for ields covered with those statlerd Town Prize on the concluding day.
Copenhagen, via Siberia. This morning estimable but necessary human qulity,!
Some interesting remarks upon the the Hongkong Club when occasion was there was a large gathering of friends at effect of the operations of the Miners' Right Office by the inspectors for South Wales and Yorkshire. The Booth Wales inspector points out that difficulties arise owing to the rigidity of the Act as to the time at which ebifts must commence and finish,
The article on another page, entitled The Real Power in Chinn," is taken from the Daily Express and must be baken grmo elis. It is interesting for the way in which the writer blends a little fact
His Majesty the King has been pleased with a good deal of suppositions imaginings. Hoy Keswick to Beim Unofficial member to approve the appointment of the Hon. Mr
The principal yachting fixture of the of the Executive Council during the absence year, held at Cowes, Tale of Wight, under n leare of the Hon. Six C. P. Chatar. the auspicies of the Royal Yacht Squadron His Majesty bas also approved of the ap. and the Royal Loudon Yacht Clubs, com-pointment of Mr Keswick a successor to mences on Monday sud lasts until Thurs Mr W. J. Gresson, Unofficial member of day. The principal fixtures are the Rey the Legislative Council.
a regard for truth-telling. Time and troupes that were broken upon the left:
again amid the tangles of their mis-
and they all gave out that all was gop,
ti
WHY SUFFER FROM RHEUMATISMI SAFEGUARD AGAINST ILLNESS &mitaks to allow anyone to suffer from rheumatism, as the pain, can
Chamberlain's (Colie, Cholers and care" effected by applying Chamberlain's- MAKE its role of your home to keep always be relieved, and in moet casse Diarrhoes Remedy safeguard against Pain Balm. The relief from pain which it bowel complainte. Forsale by all chemists afforda is slane worth many times its cost and storekeepers.
For sale by all chemists and storezaspors.
CLARETS.
taken to wish bon synge and all prosperity Our Stock of Clarets is unequalled, and our prices will fortunes and misadventures they end the first flyers alwise do." "Pro Hours Acture made in reports to the Home in his retiremen'; to one of the most popular
vidence bud so orderd that no flesh haye found a speedy and an honoumble showld beast"; for both sides say, "On erit had they chosen the direct path.
the field near Dunblain, our right wing
'EMPIRE'.
CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,
Des Vœur Róað UxistraL,
Opposite Central Market.
keep na engagement. Besides, they
Perforatures:-1.16 to 9 and
on over sociated with the Telegraphe.
be found most reasonable.
G
ds will be observed by an announcement Our Clarets are from the famous house of HANAPPIER & 00., of Bordeaux, in soother column, the Ven. Arahdeacon...
and 'include Baepott, of Hongkong, was married on the'
PREMIER HALL OF THE COLONY, But they could not run straight cat there left and there right wing beat and be thiphs' greater elasticity in that 21st inst, at Kaling to Miss L. S. Digby, Cotes, Medoc, St. Julien, Cos St. Mitchel, Chateau Leoville,
3.15 to 11.30 F.M.
Reappearance of Miss EVA HUGHES,
The eminent Soubrette and Dancer Miss MAGGIE. TRAZER. The fufantile Actors LITTLE PERCY.
GRAND BUCOLES
of the Queen of the Banjo MELBS LAURA DIAMOND.
GRAND MATINEES : BATURDAIN Mud Sơndars, at 4. 2.35.
BEDUCED PRICES,
could not keep faith with either man the turning-point of the Rebellion-was/owners and workmen. Mr Pickering, in Digby, and of Mra Digby, of Host Lodge:
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Chateau Larose, Chateau Pontet Canets, Chateau:
Mouton-Rothschild, etc., etc.
Five per cent discount will be allowed by us for large
our left." But the profit of the bottle-rospect would be satisfactory both to youngest daughter of the late Mr W. J
or woman and their downfall was thus with ABUTLL. Of course each side years the colliers' normal shift in Yorkshire performed by Bishop Banistor, the bride- the Yorkshire report, asys: "For many Co. Galway, Ireland. This caremony was wrought by their own handa.
claimed that there was "a vast cede in coal mines has been eight hours, and from son's predecessor as Archdeacon of Hong- There has just appeared in print the the numbers," to its disadvantage. The make no difference to the hours of York- this it might appear that the Act would
kong. fourth volume of the "Calendar of the Hanoverian writer" reckons the rebel shire minoras This was not so
The effect Mr P. H. Nye, who for two years.han | Stuart Papers" at Windsor, editel on strength as 3,000 or 10,000 men" ours at noms of the old mines an increase of 10 of the Committee of the Institution of
on employment is difficult to estimate, but filled the onerous position of Chairman orders: behalf of the Historical MES. Commission
was not above 3,400. A Jacobite per cent in the number of persons employed Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong, by Mr F.H. BLACKBONE DANIELL, which estimate of Max's army, on the other has been necomary to maintain the normal leaves to-night by the s■. Anhui for a short throws fresh and welcome light on the hand, is that there was not 4,000 men culties of machine mining, and the tonnags have presented Mr. Nye with a allres output. The Act has increased the diff-trip home. The members of the Institution movements and motives of the Jubile
present, and of those "hardly 2,000 "in of maghino-cut coal has fallen by 28,028 gigarette case as a mark of their esteem, Ligures in the 1715 Rising; "and almost
a condition to fight. The exemy contut Previously machine mining was while at a fazowell, luncheon given at the simultaneously are printed a series of sistel of 21 battalions and 14 quad also had the temporary effect of increasing gold pencil case at the hands of several rapidly developing in Yorkshire. The Act Hongkong Hotel on Friday he recoirai a "Nowa Lettera," edited by Mr A. Fuiscs
ZONE.' Ammunition was spent and no the number of accidente."
friends.
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sex, July 25, 1910.