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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Miscellaneous.
Heungatan.
General Memoranda, MONDAY. August 15-
2 ..-Auction of Crown Land at the Public Works Department's Offics.
TUESDAY, August 18:-
The Chias Mail.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BANK NOTES IN CIRCULATION.
The returns of the average amount of bank nutes in circulation and of specia in reserve during Jone as cortised by the amtagers of the various banks are as follows Chartered Bank of Tadis, Aus-
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Owing to the vagaries of the weather, the gymkhana which was to have takan place this afternoon haustbein postponed.
Two men have been arrested in con- facilitation of travel, etc. The fact that auction with the murder of a native attralia and China, avarage, $4,219,447, other countries have made use of foreign | Taipo Road, in the New Territories on specio $4,000,000; Hongkong and Shangha,
pital far the development of their Jaly 15.
Backing Corporation, average. $10, 958, 580, sponie S12,000,000 National Bank of" railways and industrial resources with
The case against Mr Louis Comar, for Chiss, avarage, $31,703, specie, vil, mak- solling rum not up to standard, was'dia-ing a total of $15,999,730 average and the greatest beneficial results to them-missed by Mr J. R. Wood. at the $10,000,000 specie. selves was made much of as an argument Magistracy to day. by a large number of the writers. Japan and Russia were cited as noticearen in British East Africs watered by the able examples of nations which were thus River Juba for cotton growing. It is benefitted.
believed that the Juba will prove a second Nile.
On the whole the various papers showed that it was clearly recognized that if China is to bave a network of railways such as she imperatively needs, to fit her for the modern life she will have to go abroad to borrow the necessary money, for if she depands entirely upon her own resources bar railway development will be retarded most disastrously for an indelinite time to ecte. The only danger in the students' opinion ie. Yest China shotly be unable to meet her obligations on the given dates, and so allowing the lending nations to step in and assume a position which no self-respecting nation could tolerate. So it will seen that while it is not true that the entire student body is opposed to contracting foreign loans for railway building, a large proportica are fully awake to what
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London capitalists have solected an
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The results of the decrease in the consumption of alcoholic liquors in Great Britain had beou startling: Drunkenness in Scotland had decreased by 39 per cent and in Ireland by 35 per cent.
The pauper disqualification for Old the pensione is to be removed from January 1 next. The agent to be pro vided by the Exchequer for, the three mouths of the insocial year will be £450,000. It will mean an increase of £9,500,000 next year..
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MALARIA
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910.
[COPTRIGHT] AEROPLANES FOR
JAPAN.
JAPANESE OFFICERS TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS
IN GERMANY.
Сорлиент.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES
"(Router's Service to the China Mail}
Loon, August. 6. Sir George William Buchanan Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague has been appointed Ambassador at. St. Petersburg while Sir-Paget. Minister at Munich has been appointed Minister at Belgride and Sir Vincent
(Reailer's "Service to the China "Mail.)"
LONDON, August 6. Rauter's Berlin correspondent learns that a Japanese commission will pre sently argire in Berlin to complete Edwin Henry Corbett, E.C.V., Minis negotiations for the purchase of serotor Resident at Venczvela has been trans- plarios
ferred to Munich. We desire to call the attention of our readers to an advertisement appearing in Japanese officers all receive instruc It has been arranged that twenty-fre another columu, wherein the Sanitary tion in Germany under n military authorities solicit the co-operation of house; holders in their endeavour to reduce the aviator. number of mosquitoes in the neighbour hood of dwellings. This appeal will so decbs meet with the sympathy it deserves, particularly from those who have lately suffered from the ravages of thess posts:
THE RAINFALL OF HONGKONG.
rainfall at the Observatory to the end of The following table gives the monthly
July with the means and extremes for
20 years
RAINFALL AT BONGKONG OBSERVATORY.
1910 1384-1900.
bean. Max. Min. 8.43 0.00 7.95 0.02
1.75
0.58
2.84
11.40
0.17
3.76
14.80 1.23
48.84
The first annial meeting of the Zoroastrian Club will be held in the club house at C p.m. on Saturday the 13th February... 0.41
1.40 Jamunsy...... 0.89 1, instant and in honour of the event a dinner March..... and musical entertainment will also take April 3.73
May
12.0 ...... 1.06
1.15 place the sime evening after the meeting
June
18.13 18.04 34.37 2.34 is over.
..13.20 July
12.77 29.24
4.57 The year's rainfall to the end of the Lord Crowe, in a happy speech at the mouth amounts to 30.66 inches, the 20 over-sea governors and offcials), said that incbes. Corons Club (which keeps in touch our years mean for the same period being 62.00
he had sat at dinner between Sir F. Lugard and Sir W. Egerton, both of whom were of the same age as himself, fifty.two), that being the age at which the intellectual faculties reached their culminating point, (Laughter.)
research. The cruise will be made in one
visita
who were recently wont to France an
Note-Caps Hiue and Captain Saigo, Germany to purchase airships for the Jap chase of four. The officers are now anaso Army, have contructed for the pur studying the art of navigating those aorial crafts and are expected to leave Europe chased machines. The War Office, which shortly for Japan with the four proposes to build shod for the simbips, has been sent to the Paymaster's Office of has drawn up a phat of the building, which
are also to be built at Tokoroawa. Saitam the Imperial Guards. Two aiship-sheds Prefecturo-Japan Chronicle.-E. C.M.)
ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY.
IN LAND DEAL.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, August Ő.. During a congressional inquiry with regard to the ale of Indian lands, at Oklahomiti, Congressman Gore and Sena-
A SHAKESPEAREAN EVENING. tor Greagher testified that they had been
יד
From
the first scene Mr Darrach
offered bribes by a prominent Republi- can not to oppose a thirty million dollar land deal whereon the promoters were tol get 10 per cent.
They also named certain senators and comen as well as vice-president Shermag as being interested in the dent. Vice President Sherman emphatically denies the charge.
TIBET.
WHAT CHINA HAS REAPED,
:
(Reater's Service to the China Mail.)
Low, August 5. Calenel Younghusband, in a second article in The Times, says the Chinese
CHINESE MINISTER ARRIVES IN TOKYO,
(Independent News Agency's Service to the China Mail.) · This morning His Excellency Wan
Tokyo, August 6.
tai-seng, the new Chinese Minister to
open, arrived in Tokyo
TREATIES TO BE REVISED.
(Independent Seres Agency's Service to the China Mail.)
Tosto, August 6 The Govemment has notified the- governments of France and Austria to the effect. that the existing treaties be revised.
OPIUM CONFERENCE AT
THE HAGUE.
(Wah Tz Yat Po's Service)
PERNG; August 5.
A Conference in connection with the question of the suppression of opinn will take place at the Hague. in November
The Dutch Government have asked the-a-pu to delegate an otheiul! to represent China
FOREIGN LOAN AGREE-
MENT
(Wah Taz Yat Po's Service)
PERING, August 5: The Bouril of Communications has-
9 s.m.-Excursion to Macao by ... they consider to be the greatest danger
Brilliant 'Recital by Mr of the step. The Peking Laily News,
Marshall Darraçh. in samming up, says the students really
The Field, of June 25, prints the Tho-genius of William Shakespeare was represent the opinion of the rulers of
following:A small party of gentlemaneser more abulidantly displayed that on China and it comes to the conclusion have organised a crisisa round the world Friday evening, when Mr Marshall Darrach, "that so long as foreign syndicates do for the purpose of deep ses dredging, line of New York City, gave a brilliant recital of the main parts of "The Merchant of 10 am, Auction of Naral & Victualling not demand exorbitant and barsh terms. fand other fishing, shooting and acientie Venice," in. the apacious dining room of Stores at H.M. Naval Establishments. our Goverment will, in spite of strong of the Royal Mail Steamship Company's by the most prominent persons in Hong- the Peak Hotel. The place was crowded SATURDAY, August 20---
popular opposition, see, the wisdom of vessels, either the Atmto, 5350 tokong society and the entertainment was Noan.Meeting of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Baaking Corporation at the utilizing foreign capital for the enrich-burden, or her sister ship the Magdalena, under the distinguished patronage of tho City Hall.
specially fired for the purpose. Starting Officer Administering the Government, Sir MONDAY, August 5-`
ment and development of the Chinese and fishing at Southampton, the cruise Henry May and, Lady May. His Excel Noon-Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., Empire." We need hardly remind our will last year, commencing at the begia-loney was attended by Mr. C. Clementi,
Ld. Meeting,
readers that the paper from which we ning of noxt October, and will embraca Private Secretary, and Captain Garnett, have quoted is supposed to be in close Tampico, Vera Cruz, Cuba Jamaica, Haiti,
to Now York, Florida, Coast, A.D.C.
touch with the Wai-eu-po.
Caribbean Islands, Perambuco, Rio de held his bearers enzaptarod and the un-lene reaped the advantage of the allowed the representatives of the Janeiro, Montevideo, Fland Islands, stirted applaase accorded him gave ample Anglo-Russian self-denying ordinance four naticas a negotiate a draft loan: Magellan Straits Smith's Sound, Val-testimony of how thoroughly the recital in reference to Tibet. paraiso, Juan Fernandez, Easter, Society, was enjoyed and appreciated.
The practical question of the moment Cook's, Friendly, Fiji and Loyalty Islands, Speaking the whole time free memory is, he says, 'eball the ridiculously false; New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Coral Sea Mr Durrach in very trusted the charac-position continue? The idea that the Solumos, Caroline, Indrose, Volcano, and ters, feeling their exultations, joys, emo-Tibeamly wishso be left alone Bonin Islands, Yokohama, Kobe, and In- tions, eontiments, anguish, sorrow, hatred, must be abandoned. They buve ap and Sea of Japan, Shanghai, Hongkong, and despair, and conveyed to his auditors pealed for protection beth to the Philipine Islands, Borneo, Singapore, the thoughts to which they gave expression. Rossians and to ourselves. agitation which has been fomented Ling steamers will be Etted with wirelusa Malay Peninsula, Nicobar Islands, Colombo the variety of undulations, the purity, Seychelles, Mombassa Zanzibar, Delazos flexibility and compass and resonance of Bay, Durban, Capetowe, Walfisch Bay his wonderful voice were indeed remark- Ascension, Cape Verde, and Canary faland, ule, raging from the axest pleadings of a Azores The accommodation is first class
LONDON, August. 6. only, and the subscription (exclusive of woman to the gutteral outburst of the wines, liquors, etc.) 650 guineas, single of Fortia. The changes of voice, from one the Tibetian situation says that China airaged Shylock, or the dramatic el quence The Engelhardt Tempe discussing berth cabins ten per cont. extra.
character to another, the facial expression, is pursuing a policy which, to all ap attitude, gait, gestore and emotion of the pearances, is disguised under a pro- interpreter were perfect and the entire ab tectorate roof. The world still objecta sence of costame resembling the particular to their imperial ambitions but that in Minister to Japan, leaves Peking on the character, limelight, or make up in any way imperialismo angat the Chinese it is 19th instant. only served to heighten the excellence of doubtful whether it is not too late to
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910.
CHINA AND FOREIGN LOANS.
ONE of the most diequicting phenonera of recent years in China has been the
throughout the length, breadth and depth of the land against the empire contmeting any further loans abroad for the purpose of railway building The country gentry and literafs in every province through which it was proposed
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Additional regulations with regard to licensed warehouses under the Liquors Ordinance are published in the Gazette.
It is probalde at the British India S. N. Company's vessels and the Ellerman
apparatus at no very distant date. .......
Ten shillings is offered by a lady at Pearslake, Surrez, for information as to and then painted blue stripes on it. the person who whitewashed her donkey
The seven alleged pirates who were exp. "to construct a railway were the ostensi- tured by Sorgenet Gordon_at_Dumb-bell : able leaders in this organized op Mr E. R. Hallifax, at the Magistracy to Island on Friday, week, appeared before
position to foreign kans, but a general day, and were again remanded. idea prevailed ancag foreigners that behind the agitation-the real fomentors of the strife were the students educated
COL, CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE the modern schools either at home
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HOT WEATHER.
FURNISHING DEPT.
FIRST FLOOR, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
"EMPIRE'
As d'party of mourners was returning in a boat from a cremation coremony in the Basti District, Allahabad, the boat broke from 40 to 10 persons perished. in two in mid-stream. It is believed that
during the period to 13,731.89 tons,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL............. Mr James Walker, manager of the Dairy Farm, loft yesterday by the Nikko Maru for a three months trip to Australia.
Mr Darrach was master of himself and
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the dramatization
Between the scenes. Mr Darrach gave a
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CHINESE POLICY.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail.)
avert consequences with neighbouring
FESTIVITIES AT PORT- MOUTH.
has been appointed Registrar of Trade clens the entire plot, and called attention
Mr G. H. Wakeman, Oficial Receiver, few explanatory sentences which made powers.
Marks during the absence on leave of Mr to the points which individualize the A. G. M. Fletcher.
characters and the "drama. Although equally brilliant in each of the characters portrayed the most notable were those of
ment was indeed a great treat and delighted Shylock and Portia. The whole entertain.
I present.
or abroad. The subject has recently been enquired into by the Peking
The Chinese Engineering and Mizing The King's Exequntur empowering Mr Daily News and our contemporary output of the Company's three mines for the United States in Hongkong has Company, Eimited, report that the total G. E. Anderson to act as Consul General throws much needed light o 3 for the week ending 23rd July, 1910, received his Magesty's signature. hitherto greatly-obscured question. It amounted to 27,387.97 tons and the sales says the recently in order to as
Hr E. A. Irving line been appointed to certain the general opinion prevail
act as Registrar General during the absencó The orders made by the Governor in an leave of the Hon. Mr A. W. Erewin ing among the students of the modern Council imposing an additional rate on the and to be an official member of the school, the young men who have come villagurs of Chai Wan in consequence of Legislative Council, up for the examination for" American its neighbourhood are to be rebked at the Blurton, North Staff, who would have scholarships were required to write an end of September.
completed his hundredth year on August! essay on the advantages and disadvant.
20 next, died on July 8. Prebendary Hut- ages of borrowing foreign capital for ilway development in China. In all,
were sent in, and it was most interesting four hundred and seventy-three canys
to study the "great diversity of views presented therein. What, added more
the 'destruction of trees in that place and
■
Prebendary W. Hutchinsou," Vicar of
In the King's Bench Division, on July chinson, who was the oldest clergyman' in verdict for £550 damages was awarded England, was for many years very active in to Robert Charles Smith, gentleman organising for the S.P.G. He had been Bob Bavier in consequence of a libellous rider, in an action brought by him against Vicar of Blurton since 1965,
article published in Bevior's journal. The Winning Pal. A stay of execution wa grated 3
EASTERN SCOTTA MASONIC“
WHIST DRIVE,..
AMAZING CASE AGAIAST. THE ADMIRALTY.
MD
Father's Long Fight to Vindicate
Son's Honour. !
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
LONDON, July 30. A trial, which has been exciting wides- proad interest, ended somewhat dramatical- ly yesterday.
The father of a naval endet named Archos-Shes proceeded against the King,
JAPANESE AND RUSSIANS ENTERTAINED.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, August 5.
The Japane cruiser Ikoms has arrived at Portsmouth, where the officers and men have been spendidly entertained by the Naval authorities and the Municipality..
Four Russian cruisers arrive to-morrow and will be 'entertained' with the Japanese.
apon petition of right, claiming damages Girard & Co.'s
owing to the dismissal of the cadet from the Osborne in 1908, on an accusation of stealing a postal order.
FAMOUS
The Admiralty for two years resisted a Publis investigation of the merits of the ordered a trial by judge and jury. case, and ultimately the Court of Appeal LIQUEUR
After several days hearing, during which
interest to the study was the fact that
On Wednesday the Eastern" Soatia Masonic Lodge held their third whist drive, these students are not young school
Mr T finclair, chief engineer of the and it met with even more success than CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE, boys in their teens, but young men of freman of the me vessel before the joint evening. The prize winnersware Mrs Ban the cadet strenuously afirmed his inno-
P. and O. stamor Macedonis, charged sitting down and spending a must enjoyable either of the previous onca, eighty persons PREMIZE HALL OF THE COLONY, matured years who have devoted a police magistrate, Colombo, on July 20, uety 1st prize ladles, Mira Duncan and Mr the Soliciter General, on behalf of the cance, and was severely sro examined,
Dis Verz Road OxxtRAL,
1st
Opposite Carters! Market. / considerable port of their time to the with criminal intimidation in that he took | Alps, and the gente Mosaza Abrahan, Admiralty, smitted his impocence.
# Performanon:-.15 to 9 and
215 11.30 PM.
Hempparando of Min RVA HUGHES,
The eminent Soubrates and Dancer MISS "MAGGIE FRAZER, The Infantile Actor LIFTLE, PERCY, GRAND SUCCESS
of the Queen of the Banjo MISS LAUKA DIAMOND.
GRAND MATINEES SATURDAYE ANd Sumpata, BOUT% ar REDUCED PRICES.
contemplation of political and inter- national questions while pursuing their regular studies."
revolver from his chest and pointed it at and Consina. The first prize for ladies was prize, Wilcor, Beauchamp, Ramsey, Gibson another fireman, on the 26th inst, while on kindly presented by a Past Master of the damages are reserved.
The logal palate regarding the claim for the voyage from Fremantle to Colombo. Lodge and the first prize for gents wai The accused, who pleaded not guilty, was presented by a member of the Lodge. The sentenced to three months' rigorous imformer was a handsome silver powder box It souma that with scarcely one, ez-prisonmont. Mr Sinclair also charged war junk. The arrangements were in the and the latter a splendid silver Chines ception all the writers recognized the another fireman of the Macedonia with hands of the same commitide as before importance of railways and declared attempting to voluntarily cause hurt with to whom all praise is dus, for the splendid
a knife to Alumdeed, a fireman, on the 15th success attending these what drives that their immediate construction was inst., while on the voyage to Colombo. the only step that could save Chinn Accused we given four months rigorous.
imprisonment.
from economic bankruptcy. The advan
tages of railways in general ware dwelt
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RETURNING THANKS..
(Wah Tz Yas Po'a Service)"
PERING, August 5. The. Wai-wa-pa has sent telegrams to various countries thanking them for the hospitalities extended to Prince. Trai Tso.
MINISTER TO JAPAN.
(Wah Tez Yat Po's Service)
PEEING, August 5. Wang Ts, the newly appointed
RUMOURED APPOINT-
MENT.
(Wah Tez Yat Po's Service).
PERING, August 5.
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