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rooms, that are nowadays overrun with
so many selfinvited guesta, whose lick of breeding is only equalled by their impudence." Many such a lesson was administered in the good old days of twanty or thirty years ago, before the late King Enwand grow stout for riding." Attended by a couple
too
TRAGEDIES AT LOI YEUNG
IN SHANTUNG.
-NEWS OF THE DAY,S
Yesterday a Chiraman aged about 50 It will be reniomberod that we recorded years accidentally fell out of a wing boat recently some of the outrages reported to at Yaumati Bay and was drowned, in the suppression of the anti-taxition have been perpetrated by soldiers augagej
Several Germau newspapire predict revolt in Loi Young. Those reports were the creation of a Ministry of Ariation in
bad enough, but further information now before us which darkqus the picture very considerably.
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the German Government.
Says the account we Aro It is said that Mr Dickinson, U. S.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1910.“
NEWS OF THE DAY...
The East Band will play in tha
Botanical Gardens to-mucenow avoning com mencing at 9 o'clock..
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL..
Miss Georgis Carisse, recaired a very
haarty welcome in Bombay and Calcutta. Sho will be playing next week with Warwick. Major's Comedy Company im
Capt. J. H. M. Bosley, ILK. S. B. 8.4, loft Hongkong for London on the Singapore. 20th inst. by the P. and 0..5.5. Dornila.
The P. M. S..S, Co. 8.3. Koras on har All the goldsmithe work, which was present voyage ont from San Francisco. almost entirely in gold, is still buried in will make a special call at Shanghai in
order to land theid 'somo 50 members of
of gentlemen, the Prince of WALES, translating: The young and middle-aged † Secretary for War, is very plowed with the the ruins of the Belgian jawellery section. the Associatod Chaindora of Commerce-of
A
concert
mes in the district round the Hsien city quality of the work put into the Cubu have been slaughtered by the bullets that railway. came from the mouths of rides "na thick 'as failing mio. and little children, and a few old men.” There are left only widows
on the twenty-sixth of the last month, about two hundred women went to the Asien city, carrying in their arms their little
will be given by the Dramatic Club. Pad Battalion The Buffs, on Friday next, 98th inst., at Mount. Austin, commencing at 8.43 puu..
Six rank and dle of the 1st Battalion Iasulling Fusiliers have arrived in the" summad-frem Tientsin, por ss. Cheong shing,
The silk shipped on board the M. M. six Tonkin, which left this post on the 10th July, was delirored in Lyons on the
The redoubtable Joe Cannon," the autocratic Speaker of the US. House of August.. days. A prominent Seuntor belonging to Congress, le making hosts of enemies theso
his own party the other day called him childish old man." His reelection scams
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rode for an hour each morning in the Row, while the Priccess of WALES rode attendest by another anith, QUEEN VICTORIA was not a rider, but she Imade a point of invariably driving on the Row when on her way from Back-
The gates of the city could not bar ingham Palica, to Paddington. Her their progress. They wont direct to see object in doing so was to assert anfors him face to face, they cursed and Fui Po, the magistrate. When they stood ancient prerogative, for the right of excerated him, and demanded to know driving on Rotten Row is restricted by he had killed all their fathers and to two persons. One is the British husbands, and left them so that they had Sovereign, the other is the Duke of atarre." The magistrate retorted "that
A conspiracy in which the same the men had risen against the Emperor, methods are employed by which the sugar St. ALRANS. It is not shared by me-nud the officials, and wore therefore shot trust defrauded the L S government of
down and that that was the only way to $2,000,000 at New York, has been dishestar Ship Canal Company, the chairman the Queen Consort or Queen-Mather. put an end to the rising." The women
ruptied, "You dogs of officials have killed covered at Iloilo among Chinese marchants The privilege of the Duke of St. the good with the unch, and, in return for. It is suspected that customs employees at
that port are involved. • i. Atmoss is due to a freak on the part | the life of one soldier killed havo slaughter.
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bere of the Royal family, act even by
no me in whom to trust and must therefore
improbable.
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of members of the House of Commons has resolved to asaertain the views of the Government & to the desirability of issuing such invitations
of CHARLES II, his ancestor, and fathered several thousand of the people? The A scheme is afoot to invite representa- official then gave orders that the doors, oftives of the Parliaments of the dominiony of the first Duke of the House, who was the courtyard of the ramen should be and colories to the Coronation. A meeting the son of NEL GWYNNE The first closed and that the women he arrested. This only enraged them the more and they shouted, "We don't intend to go back. We have come hero to die in the courtyard of your yamen. We have brought with us j opium, and also kaïven. We shall there-
fire take the opium, or we shall cut our Dr Victor G. Heiser," director of throats, or wo shall rip open our bodies." Health, has issued a statement showing the Before the soldiers and others present could death race of Manila to have decreased 16 present such deeds being done many of the per cent within the last year. He says the women actually committed suicide. One city is henttier than waxy large cities in woman with an infant at her breast cut the United States, and compares favourably her own throat, and foll with the child, with other cities of the world.
Duke was made Lord High Falconer of England, an hereditary office, and was VAN BURES, JONIPE SHEFFIELD. specially given the right of driving in 17th July. 1910, in Naples Harbour on beard the S.S. Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Aged the Row, and every subsequent Duke of St. ALBANS hos jealously guarded this privilege. It in interesting to recall a queer Wager once made by Admiral Lord CHARLIS BERESFORD on the subject
Meeting.
Board.
Miscellaneous.
Gardens.
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General Memoranda,
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But two veterans: are left of the gallant
six hundred whe charged at Balaklava- the octogenarian, Lord Tredegar, who was asabaltor of the Seventeenth Lancers. and the near equally agad Sir George Womtroll, of the same regiment,
Dr Caleb Williams Saleoby, widaly
The Lancashire County Council has known as a writer on topics related, to decided to invest aot less than £10,000 in medical art and science, is still a young
man. Eeras born at Worthing in 1878. a inemorial to King Edward an acknowledg, and is a graduate of the University of the British Catton Growing Association as
ment of his deep concern over the insuli. Edinburgh. His wife is a daughter of Mfr
Alice Meynell, the poetses. cincy of the supply of cotenia.
A half-yearly meeting of the Man-
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The Royal Society of Literature has appointed a permanent committee to foster ticipated a loss of revenus. Owing to purity in English literature, with Ford the reduced import of cotton the company Marley on chairman, and Mr Percy W. had suffered to the extent of £19,000 and Ames (secretary of the Royni, Society of na relief could be expected yet.
Company, Limited, report that the total The Chinese Engineering and Mining
output of the Company's three mines for the weekending thAigues, 1910, mounted to 26, 158.16 tons and the sales during the period to 23,558.46 tons,
Literature) as secretary. The committes. includes Mr Alfred Austin (Poet Laureat-
Dobar, Mr R. B. Haldane, Me Andme ed), Mr Thomas Hardy, Mr Henry Auitin Lang, Sir Arthur Pinero, Mr W. B. Yests, Sir George Travelyan, and är Edmund Gosse (Librarian to the House of Lords),
ITEMS AT TRE COURTS. The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce urarimously passed a resolution opposing Mr F. H. Tata, general merchant, has. the bill providing for the compulsory reported to the polics that he went into installation of wireless telegraphy on ships, tailor's shop in Queen's Road on Monday emphasizing that it would be a hardship to have a new jacket fitted. except for ships carrying over a hundred old garment on the counter, nad on depart
ing from the shop missed from his pocket" 860 in money. He suspects the fölis of the shop.
passengers.
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Ho left his
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steamer, put up the bond, under protesty the vessel was released and procceded on her way to Australian ports..
and during the carly hours of the following morning the sx-constable stails the thing while the other was sleep.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Auctions. 10a.m.-Auction of Cerornment Stores
At Army Ordnance Store. Queen of this prerogative. The Admiral bet a/"This deed oven made the soldiers weep Road East.
The German steamer Prinz Waldemar 11 s.m.-Auction of Grass Cloth Embroi
in sympathy and pity."
The great number of fatalities and
was soized by the Manila Customs auth dery & Drawn Work at Mr Goo. F. number of his friends that be could
The twenty-third of the month was serious accidents due to falls from sero- odties just as she was on the point of Lammert's Sales Rooms.
drive in the Ror without being molest the birthday of the God of Fire. But planes bave moved Mr Rudyard Kipling to leaving, for having 53 tins of epium on
A Chinese who was formerly in the 9:15 pm. Meeting of the Licensing ec. He won quite a nice pot by brik business people had no heart to arrange suggest a device to minimise the effects of beard as unmanifested cargo. The Collec. Hongkong Police Force has been arrested. "the usual festivities and so the au- a fall. Mfr Kipling suggests that airmentor of Customs decided that a bond of a on a charge of stealing a silver watch and ing one of the drivers of a watering cart niversary was left to take care of itself.hould be clothed in air-cushion armour, thousand pesos would cover the case until 830 in money from a friend with whom he p.m.- The Band of Bufis in Entanical to let him take his place, and so dis-The official gave orders that the festivities including a rabber heimet infated over the tried. When the firm of Behn, Meyer had lived. The men had been*** colebrating
́should be planned as in former yours, and hood and the collarbones. He insists Company, who are the local agents for the rather too well on the night of the 20th, guised in an old tarpaulin and a sou-that theatrical displays should be arranged. wester, he trimmphantly drove on the to amuse the people. When, however, he especially that adequate protection should sacred Row. Another old regulation attand they declined. Indeed, before he
tried to get some of the usual troupes to be given to the spinal cord.
Colonel Seeley, Parliamentary" Under- that prevails in the Row is that no could get any Thespian to promise a por: grown woman may ride stride there, formance was compelled to send away Secretary for the Calonies, announced in
more than forty miles in order to find the House of Commons recently that in property at Saigon is reported under date constable at the Magister to-day, with.. The How, and the park that includes ity person willing to cumply. Being of a view of the correspondents which had augst It belonged to the estate throwing water over him There was a is the private property of the Sovereign, determined temperament he decided that taken place since the lust Imperial Cur- of a Chinese bank compradere, de crosssummons by which the defendhat was crowded charged the constable with disorderly although the cation contributes to its any or all costs be would not be faxence rebating to the suggested unition with 300 Chinese, besides a throng of
defostad, and so he ordered outside actors tion of trade marks and patent laws Chotties, Endians, and Europeans. The Portuguese, tolling him he had no right to condict. Mr J. R. Wood discharged the tars at No. 4. Great George Street, maintenance, and therefore no pro- to come into the district. The officials had throughout the filmmpire, he did not consider houses and lands put up lay in the heart of throw water over the constable; he should
gressive County Council is likely to would join. In the midst of charred ruins.
their display to themselves. No one else that the subject could be usefully discussed the basinesa quer. Nover before had
at the next Imperial Conferutca. interfere with the venenble regulatae usual picterial bamboo theatre wild arated, and a big dinner was gives. All this is said to have been done to spite the Having fourteen years of labour in few remaining, people of the district. China to bicredit the Rer. Dr. Logan
The amount of booty stolen from the Herbert Rools, Bishop of the missionary building yards there and at Haiphong-siz hours of the ran who had been slaughtered | district of Hantow says: Evidences, of
TRUEDAT, August 25-
2.30 p.m.-Action of Horsehold Furni. tare at5, Obacivatory Villa, Kowloon 2.30 p.m.-Abetion of Household Farmi-
ture, etc. at Messrs Eughes & Hough' Sales Roome.
FRIDAY, August 28:-*
020 pm keeniem uk Momenjadi Pulle
East Point
SENDAY, ADgust 29:--
-Excursion to Macso by an Beungsban.
The China Mail
Homokoro, TuZSDAY, Avatar 23, 1910.
tions.
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hundred soldiers. They robbed him of Institute has resolved unanimously to nak The council of the Royal Colonial forty dollars, which he had on his person, Mr Asquith, prior to the mesting of the and also of two sings of cash. Be alo found everything of his destroyed, and his Imperial Conference, to receive a dept family scattered; he thereupon throw him- tion of fellows of the institute," who will self into a well and drowned himself.
urge him to enable the conforenoo to
A sensational auction of torn house
The mla-room
A Portugese was charged by an Indian
such a big auction been held there. The His Worship left the other matter to be. have taken his number and reported him. bayors were all Chinese. and the prices dealt with by the Captain Superintendent- realised came to $702,000.
The Saigon Opinion says that the ship.
of Polico.
EXCHANGE COMPANY TO BE WOUND UP.
Slade,
The origin of the name of the famous resort, has been the subject of much controversy, among etymologists. The
is piled up at the Tamen and household ronantment in Chinn against foreign invio auraber-sted in sors need of protec generally accepted explanation is that faraiture is selling more cheaply than mere aion are risults of the development of a tion against vessels built at Singapore and
A petition for the winding up of the Rotten Row is a corruption of "Route brushwood cut down on the adjacent hills.national and patriotic spirit. Thia spirit Hongkong at cheaper rates, which easily Hongkong and Manila Tuen, Sheng "Er- A man named Lan had been away on is a recent characteristic, The Chinese acquire a French register in Indo-China changa and Trading Company, Limited, KING GEORGE AND HIS PEOPLE du Roi," that is to say, the King's Road.business, and when he returned he found realize they are comparatively weak when after satisfying certain low customs duties. by the Supreme Court of Hongkong, pre- This theory is assailed by the fact that his house in ashes and no trace of either business matters with foreigners are coming to the heary charges, vessels fresented by Ip Ban Chi, of No. 2 and 4 wife or children. He refused to eat or corned and this has made them suspici- quenting Saigon and Haiphong are not Kow Ya Fong. Victoria, in the Colony of Ax old Hongkong resident, now living there are scores of Rotten Rowa in drink anything for the space of three days, ou,"
mpaired there unless in urgent cases. Hongkong, trader, and by the in Wo Fat in retirecent in England, writes us as England and Scotland, many of which after which time he hang himself. Another
Eren the Gororament has built ressels at Firm, of No. 93, Des Vurux Road, West, merchant while returning was mat by two follows:- King George the V. is shap-bore the name hundreds of years before
local yards the advantage in cheapness company, came before the Chief Justine Hongkong and Singapore rather than at merchants, creditors respectively of the "Gentlemen's Outfitters, in well. His majesty is not a man to the London bridle path was known
caming even to 30 per cent. Thacry is for Sir Francis Piggott, at the Supreme Court customs duties high enough to countervail this morning. court popularity, but popularity is com- These other rows took their names from
this percentage.
Mir Eldon Potter, instructed by Me A: J ing his way. Some of the wonderful the old word "roteran," meaning "to
Godgs, appeared for the petitioning creditor, tact of the father has cridently been muster," and which survives in the
The Possische Zeitung, af Borlin, und fer the creditors supporting the petition, These reports, we should mention, are discuss the question of closer constitutional arms the existence of a tuit naval instructed by Mr E. L. Dennys, Br. Me- transmitted to the son, for so far he has modern roster." A £le of six or translated from a Chinese paper whose union of the Empire, and to secure for the understanding between Great Britain and Gedge, appeared for the Netherlands and G. C. Alabaster, instructed by Mr E. J. done precisely the proper thing at the twelve soldiers was known as a "rot,'
policy is strongly anti-dynastic. The Overses Dominions a real and effective Germany since the visit of King Edward Deatsche-Asiatic Banks, while Mr M. W. editor's purpose is evidently to stir up the share in the privileges and responsibilitice to Cromberg in 1808. The newspaper adds: appeared for the firm. proper moment. His visit to the East End and Scotch antiquarians agree that their minds of the people, and therefore the of empire..
K.0., also instructed by Mr Gedge, The German Emperor convinud King of London to inspect, in company with Rotten Rows were named because they stories told above may have had a little
The petition stated that the firm was Edward that the German programme mare-commeticed in September, 1904, with ro Queen Many, one of the hig hospitals, were used as rateran grounds, or places colour added to them.
The Batavia Nicures van den Dag tells ly corresponded to the needs of commercogistered offices at No. 4 Bonham Strand strange things of public security at Soura and defence. The journal mentions the appealed very greatly to his people of muster for soldiers. In CaoxWELL'S
baya. The local polica are so ineficient pasibility of limitation of the armamenta divided into 20,000 shares of $100 each
The nominal capital was 82,000,000 The Royal couple 'came without escort time this part of Hyde Park was put to
against robbers and barglars that the banks being brought about when the German Navy The amount of the capital paid up was hatever, to soldiers, no police; just similar use for squade or "rows" of.
$1,000,000, and they prayed that the com- The benevolent institutions in Canton and many mercantile firms have to protect ordinary gentlefolk coming. quietly to soldiers, and so the name has survived.
At the Chartered Bank an Act is executed in 1920. It considers that pony might be wound up by the court and bare taken up the matter of the destruction ex-soldier stands ou guard revolver ta haud general conference of the naval Powers is a chair Lau Chu Pak, compradore of Messrs inquire into what was being done to
by foods in the Taung Ta district with every day. Two other banks and the Dutch necessary preliminary to such a proposal commendable promptitude. "Sooner or lator there must be a
They bave
Great Britain never proposed such a cur- ameliorate the condition of their less
found the railway useful. Some of the Trading Society have taken like measures. reckoning with the ubiquitous fortunate neighbours. Then the deep irresponsible phatographer, which
dependable men have been sent to look Most of the cargo boat companies have fente, newspaper continues. If she considers that such a conferents would and practical interest.which the King mean sharp measure for bin," says the take assistance to those who are in destitu-
into the extent of the destruction, and, to engaged extra hands to de police survice.
have any chance of suceses Germany would Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of certainly not rofuse to participate. visits to Aldershot and Torbay have representing the consecration of a Bishop at
constrained to protest against a photograph tion of property has been an extensive as Canada, to the course of a speech at
was at first thought, but the loss of life is Langenburg, North-West Territory, advo created the best impression. We are the moment of the imposition of hands, less than originally reported. The number catedratern to the Dominion's fiscal lucky a nation in having such a which connotes for all reverest Christians of dwelling houses washed away, is four policy in the direction of fredrado. The man succeed to the Throne."
something insipressibly anlamo and knered, hundred and ninety-three. On the other tariff, he said, must be gradually reduced. certainly not something to be photographed hand, as far se is known, only sit lives Sir Wilfrid Laurier foreshadowed the sp Our correspondent's" sentiments are for the amusement of the casual newspaper we were built of mud and therefore of 1897. who aim would be to go as far were sacrificed. Moreover, most of the pointment of s tariff commission like that echoed in many newspapers now reach-reader. The illustration was not only wore unable to resist the floods. It was ne was justifiable towards the trade policy ing us from Homic. One of the most objectionable in itself, but primi exemplifoned that in this particular district the of the motherland though, he added, they and we have since been treated to photo-waters were at least ten Chinese foot deep.
could not expect Canada to accomplish in. popular moves in the news reiga haephs of the Confirmation of the Prince of It appears that the plain was notable to
one or two generation what had taken been the Kisa'e resumption of the Wales. If the sanctities of the Templelischarge, the waters as fast as they came
England. eight centuries. royal habit of riding in Rotten Rewarò treated with no sort of reserve," those down from the hills, honco the congestion
STRAW HATS
Latest Shapes.
And
may
INUNDATION AT TSUNG FA,
Wm. Powell, Ld. has shown in the Army and Navy by his Guardian, "A few weeks ago we felt tion. It is now found that the destruis.
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Reappearance of the Celebrated Seabrette MISS MAY LEWIS,
themselves.
3.5. Watson and Co., Ltd., be appointed officia liquidator.
Mr Potter said none of the creditors
opposed the petition.
His Lordship--I suppose the meeting was properly called?
Mr Potter- It was a meeting of creditora not shareholders,
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One of the features of the banquet given
and though lives have been lost, many in- make a demonstration for independence. estisfactory to know that those in distress to Mr Dickinson at Cebu wa the offert MILDNESS, MELOWNESS AND are being looked after by their own.people,mado by v moteris of Filipinos to
PREMIER HALL OF THE OOLONI, in the carly morning. One fashionable of private life cannot expect to fare, better, of the streams which rose in flood. It is
Opposite Central Market. commentator says that in rendering Courts of Justice are now more and more and complaints of the angebetter" in the Row and the adjacent welke in roquent." Hyde Park the trysting place of fashion)
jured, and much property, such as it is, has The move started with a speech by Filemon boon destroyed, yet the survivors will be Botto in which the sole there was the once more, the KING has not only givin HAMBERLAIN'S COLIO, CHOLERA looked after and have food supplied them desire of the people for independence and
AND DIARRHOEA REMEDY a much needed fillip to the London THERE is probably no medicino made shanties and settle down to farm work the obligation of the United States to grant
till pace more they are able to arost their season, but has likewise taken a great plicit nondence than. Chamberlain's Casio, Again.
that is relied upon with more im-
the olange at once. Secretary Dickinson stop toward restoring the former cohesion Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. During
entirely ignored the attempted demonstraFROM the third of a century in which it has been in use, people have learned that it is the
tion that utterly failed; however, he replied one rentedy that never fails. For pain in the supply of Chamberlain's Colia, warmly to Botto's speech. He counselled the stomach, diarrhea or infantile cholora, Cholers and Diarriton Remedy should the Filipinos to go to work and get ready this remedy has no equal. It has been would consider a bottle of it to be a price- showed in a few words how utterly, absurd
suddenly become limited, many homes for," Endependence when it comes. and has never boots known to fail. When leas pomesalon. It is sold in almost say it is to plead for a paper independence used fri many seriova and dangerous cases
long to fake. For sale by all cliemists ancleactions, For sale by all chemists and while making little or no effort to become reduced with water and swœstoned it is | civilized country, and never fails to give
and storekeepers.
Independent in fact.
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