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To-day the Mahomedan fasting month
the residents of the Collego and pre of Ramadan commences. cincts, who had been inoculated. Of 40
The U. S. Transport Crook goes into persons, however, who remained uninoculated, eight people living. just dock at Taikoo on Wednesday. outside the College grounds died of. The cornerstone of the new Manils plague. --~------
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The cargo of silk shipped on board the M.-M. s. Erzest Simons, which loft this
Lyons on the 3rd September. port on the 2nd August, was delivered in
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Both Prince Teal Tao and President extracts on the success of the expari-Yin Chang advocate applying all China's ments made, especially in the matter of resources to training the Army and Navy. showing the protective effect of incenla tion in sorcré-outbreaks of plague in specified localitics. But mough has been reproduced to indicate the success of the trials, which clearly show that According to the Report the only the continual researches being made are change made in the manufacture of the leading to results which must be plague vaccine last year was in providing acclaimed with the greatest antiainction for a longer period of incubation of the by all who wish to see the plague vaccine in the flasks before use. This scourge completely stamped out.# Par Daz policy was decided on after a careful
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
It is announced from Lisbon that the elections show a majority of Republicata ab Lisbon, Oporto and Baja. A Government majority of 35 to 45 is expected.
There were 393 European sud 136 Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, and 180 European and 2,038 Chinese visitors to the Bluscum during the week
..(Marie Brizard & Rooza's) ... 90.80 experiment had been carried out on the
members of the staff, as a result of which it was ascertained that those who were inoculated with the vaccine which had been incubated for four months suffered much less than those who received vaccine of two months' in cubation. The continued immunity from plague of the staff, who are in-ended the 4th September. oculated every year, affords, as the Director says, the finest proof of the efficacy of the anti-plague vaccine, for though the men employed, numbering 111 are daily bitten by plagae-infected
BIRTHS.
TINDALL-O Gb September, 1910, at Ne. 30 the Penk, the wife of GZRAL A. TESDALL of a son-
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Cock. On the 1st September, 1910, at 140, North Szechuen Road Extension, Shanghai, to Mr and Mrs J. Cock, son.
DEATHS.
Cace At 29, Wongnoichong Road,
on September 6th at 8 am, Her. Jass Bens; they almost entirely escape in- Cauz, late of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia,fection. One employee who had been Funeral will pass the monument at 8.30 inoculated hand a slight attack, and a.in. on Wednesday, September 7th.
(Australian papara please copy). another, who had not, was more severely Monnio.At the Victoria Nursing
HAVE NO EQUAL FOR BEAUTY aged 68.
OF TONE,
The open-air concert promoted by the Hongkong Cricket Club is to be held on the Club grounds on Saturday, the 17th inst., commencing at 9.15 p.m.
Negotiations will soon be resumed on the Macao Boundary question and in con- sequence of the intervention of two Powere, it is hoped that the affair may be amicably Rottied.
In a hurricane on August 28x destroyer and torpedo boat ware driven ashore on the lyde and a dredger on the Mersey turned turtle, two men being drowned. The destroyer was later refloated and is practically undamaged.
The Shanghai Volunteers, who took
part in the Mosquita celebrations in Macao
recently, were entertained to dinner with soreral friends, by Consul General and
oa Monday night. The representatives of Shanghai Ipare for the north to-morrow.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1910)
[CorrhiGUT.] TROUBLE WITH THE DRUBES.
A TURKISH EXPEDITION.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail).
LONDON, September 5,
4 Constantinopla mossage says that preparations are proceeding of Damascus for a Turkish expedition against the Drises.
PROPOSED TURKISH
LOAN.
A FRENCH CONDITION. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
Lasos, September 6. The papers state that the Grand"
Vizier's interviews with M. Briand (French Fremier) and M. Pichon, (French Ministar for Foreign Affairs) have left the proposed Turkish Loan unsettled.
:
It is stated that M. Pichon insisted that the proceeds of the loan should not be spent at Krapp's er in any manner to help the Clerman Navy. :
A GERMAN "SPY.".. CANGHT SKETCHING PORTS- MOUTH.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail.} LONDON, September 6. The Evening News states that a
The patrons of the Empire Cinemato. Madame Loira, at their residence Duarenbaltern of the German Pioneer Regi
graph are reminded of the re-appearance of Miss Addie Leigh this evening. Mise Maggie Frazer and Miss May Lewis are also appearing nightly and delight all their
hoarers.
To-morrow will be the opening night of The Warwick Major Comedy Company, who come to us with a splendid reputation from India and Singapore. Those who 31. Emil Reich's paragraph in the wish to secure good santa will be well London Morning Fast to the effect that the advised to put their naties on the plane at voyage of the German Crown Prince to the Mostric's without delay. Wo wish the Far East is in connection with the annex-company all success. ation of the Dutch Colonies is described as:
PERFECTION OF TOUCH Home, Shanghai, on the 1st September, attacked, but these cases only serve to nonsouse by the Gorman Press..
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1910, JANES YOUNG MORRISON, of Messrs Holliday, Wise & Co., aged 33 years.
Erays On September 1, 1910, at the Victoris Nursing Home, Shanghai, ARTnen RODERICK EVANS, aged 35 years.
September 1, 1910 KERFOOT-On Birkdale, Southport Bertha, beloved wife CONSTRUCTION. DAVIE. On September, 1910, at
of James Kerfoot of Shanghai. Shanghai, CAMPBELL DAVIE Engineer 6.8. Hang Sing, aged thirty-four years.
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2.30 p.m.--Auction of Japanese Carios at Moss Hughes & Hough's Sales Rooms.
Amusements.
9p.m.-Performance of Warwick Major's
Comedy Co. at City Hall.
General Memoranda, THURSDAY, September 8-
Noon Auction of Lossehold Property at Mr Geo: P. Lammert's Sales Rooms. SATURDAY, September 10 :--
12.30 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong Hotel
Co., Id. at Co.'s Hotel. 3.80 p.m.-3.0. Club Aquatic Sports at
-V.RO. Bath. BUNDAY, September 11--
demonstrate the presence of infection in the Laboratory, and to bring out the difference in severity in cases of plague in these inoculated previously and in those not so protected. The inoculated man refused to consider himself seriously anwell and was in no way alarmed at his illness, while the uninoculated individual was completely prostrated by his illness and his life was
ment was arrested yesterday afternoon while in the act of sketching fortifien tions at Portsmouth..
TO FIGHT DREA D- NOUGHTS.
GERMAN ADMIRALTY EXPERI-
·MENT.
(Reuter's Service to the China Moil.)
LONDON, September G. The Vonuerts states that the
[Corvпr.] THE MANCHURIA RELEASED.
(Independent News Agency's Servi
to the China Maila vi bap TOKYO, September
The PM atimer Manchuria, which wast sout into quarantine for 10 days. wna specially permitted to leave befor the expiry of that time and miled for Amorica yesterday.
His Highness Prince Tapi Taun has: left by her for America as previously. arranged.
GO NE QUEUES TO GO NEXT YEAR.
(Wake The Fat Fo's Service)
PRKING, September 5 The Prince Regent has stated that quenes will be cat next year..
MACAO BOUNDARY
DELIMITATION. -
CHINA'S LATEST MOVE
(Wah Tez Fat Po's Service.).
PEKINO, September 5.7 The Wai-wa-pu intends to appoint Chak Sing Yun and Sung Yuk, two officers of the Board, to proceed to Canton in order to once more investigato the Macso, boundary question so that it may be brought to a speedy conclusion...
PACIFYING. THE DIS- CONTENTS.
(Wah Tez Yat Po's Service).
PERING, September 5. A censor bas niemcrialised to the effect that after the degradation of Tong:
Chekiang Railway, it is necessary that Seu Chin, the Jato manager of the
a declaration be made to the public that the Government has not the least intention of taking over the Railway.. which must still be managed by the
It is difficult to understand," anys Truth, why there should be an attempt There probably navor was a theft like to make a mystery about the date of the German Admiralty are constracting merchants. This he thinks will allay that which is alleged to have been com- Coronation ceremonial, for it has been mited by a Malay in the shop of a privately arranged that it is to take place a motor-driven monitor to deal with public indignation in the matter. jeweller at Singapore recently. The Malay next year en June 21st or 22nd, and the entered the shop and asked to see some fact might just as well bå mado known now diamonds. The game were produced and instead of being kept a quasi-secret unt before the jeweller could express any about January next."
Dreadnoughts.
TYPHOON WARNING.
The new ship will have great speed, and low freeboard, and will be mounted with two huge 10-inch guns throwing objections the Malay popped a 324 stone : Referring to an inspection he made shella capable of piercing the armour into his math and swallowed it: The of the general hospital at Manila, Mr of the Dreadnoughts, while the immense
an is now in custody.
Dickinson, C.S. Secretary for War, said thickness of its own renders it in The medical experts who, as recorded "The hospital in all its appointmente is vulnerable against 12-inch gune. in danger for the first three days.in. our columns, lately, derided that bari.equal to any institution of its kind in apy beri arose from the consumption of polished city in any part of the world. It is a cre- Another deduction that can be dice, meet with scant consideration from dit to those who conceived it and carried from the above experience, it is also their fellows in Indo-China, to whom they out the plans; it is a credit to the Philip- had communicated the resolution. The pines Government; the erection of an pointed out, is the truth of the state Medical Association there met, the other institution of that character is eloquent ment of the Plague Research Com day at Hanoi, in Tonkin, and rejected the evidence of enlightenment and progress," mission that rat Beng readily bite men, toneel of the Manis doctors on the ground of the absence of convincing proof. One for it is constantly found that weh member mentioned the case of a European ontering e golown in which rat fleas who nerer ate rico in his life and got abound are freely bitter, even when caught bari-beri. there are tonny ruts or guinea-pigs
9 a.m.-Excersion to Macao by e.s. present on which the feas might feed if
they pleased.
Sai Ap.
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MONDAY, September 12:-
4.11 am-Fiat Quarter Moon. TUESDAY, September 11:-
3.46 p.m.-Sunitary Board Meeting. FRIDAY, September 16-
215 p.m.-Meeting of the Licensing
---Board. SATURDAY, September 17:
Noon-Mescing of China Light & Power
Oa., La., at Co.'s Offices. 3.30 p.m.-Gymkhana at Happy Valley. 9.15 p.m.--Hongkong Cricket Club Con
cert,
MONDAY, September 19:-
12,62 p.m.-Full Moon.
The China Mail.
THE PREVENTION OF PLAGUE.
FORTUNATELY for Hongkong the year VERY SAFE GARMENT 1910 will in all probability go down
TO WEAR.
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Parliament.
The scquaintance riponed into friendship and a marriage between him and M. Deloncle's eldest daughter..
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MADAME FLINT ROBBED.
The police hayo been informed by Madaan Flint that between 5 pm, and 6.15 p.m. on the 3rd inkt. some one entered her promisca in Des Voeux Road by wrench ing off the padlock, and stole the following articles-An electric fan, a striped' tablo-. cloth, a coloured bed cover, a bath towel and four electro-plated forks.
The America Consulate General at THE AMERICAN COMMERCIAL, Hongkong circulated to-day the following telegram received from the Manila Obser-
vatory :-
:
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Papacy. The Pope denounces the organiza- to decline. tion as wandering from the true faith and demands a change of the name to "The Catholic Sillonista," and the withdrawal of M. Sanguier The latter has agreed, but declares that this is a victory for the Con- servatives in France.
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H. E. the Officer Administering the Government has notified his intention of being present at the Warwick, Major Com pany's performance in the City Hall of Friday next, the 9th inst. Bernard Shaw's "you never can tell" will be played..
TOUR.
The following is a list of the Delegates
F. Blaine. Spokane: Mr and Mrs Samuel. B. Stern, Mosers John H. Shaw and O Herbert Moors. Tacoma: Mr and Mrs L R. Manning, Mr and Mrs W."H. Dickson, and Mr and Mrs-Charles H. Ryde Honolulu: Messrs, Edward C. Brown and Fred. L. Waldron.
Manila, September 6, 12.30 p.m. Saya Bangkok paper-Though it Cyclone or Typhoon W, of Naha, moving represuating the Associated Chambers of had been rumoured some time ago that N. or N, N. E. Low-pressure aran extend-Commerce of the Pacific Const, and young Siamo indios were to be trained as ing from China. Sea to the cast of Balintang Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, why are operators in the Post and Telegraph De- and Bashi Channels. A circular depression to tour in China and later visit Hong partment, we now learn that the idea may be forming in it to the N. W. of kong :-Los Angeles Mr and Mrs Willis H. Booth, Mr and Mrs. E. S. Moulton, and A fashionable wedding at Paris has has been abandoned, at least, for tho Luzon.
Mr E. P. Besbyshell: Oakland: Mr and 'just resulted from the wreck of the Messa presont. The time, however, may eventual-
Mrs E. A Young, Mr and Mrs W. H. gories Maritimes steamer La Seyne in Khio ly some when this departure may be
Wellbye, and Dr and Mrs J. M. The most striking demonstraticus as Straits. Amongst those who went down takes, but at the present juncture the step
Shannon Portland: Mr. Carl J. Butsch," Captain S. L. Ralph, 8th Rajputs, arrived Mr and Mrs 0. M. Clark, Mr T, D. regards the harmlessness and efficacy of her was M. Habib, the head of a big is thought to be premature until female
jewellery frm at Paris, with large quantities/education is more advanced on general from India on the 2nd inat par 5.6. Honeyman. San Diego: Messrs George: inóculation are to be obtained from the of pearls and diamonds. M. Louis Habib, lines.
Lightning for duty with the 13th Rajpats: Burnham and William. Franklin Knight gaols in plague-infected areas." In all his nephew, who is also a jeweller of note," The latest Catholic sensation is a Papal
San Francisco: Mr and Mn William L the prisons of the Bombay Presidency came out a few months ago, to see what Letter condemning the French organization The Dean of Westminster offered inter- Gerstle, Mr Richard M. Hotallag, Mr and last year only three cases of plague could be recovered from the wreck. On The Sillon," formed over a decade ago by mont in the Abbey for the body of the late Mrs Robert Dollar and Mr Charles V. the voyage he met M. Deloncle who was B. Marc Sanguier, which aims at reconcil- Miss, Florence Nightingale but the pro- Bennett (Secretary to the Commissioners) occurred. These were all in the Dharwar then depoty for Cochin China in the Frenching the Catholics of France with the visions of her will compelled the executors Seattle: Mr J. Furth and Mr and Mrs. E Jail, and in reference thereto Major J. JACKSON, I.M.B, the Inspector-General of Prisons, Bombay, says: There would have been a severe outbreak in the Dhar
The C.P.Rstoamor Princess May was war Prison but for the fact that every lost on the 6th August while bound from prisoner had been inoculated. Plague Skagway to Vancouver. There were about
Amongst public schools them cannot
CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALMI AŞ HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMEZS 8, 1910 is still a worry so far as the free staff is 100 passengers on board, wliose fate was
HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY.", unknown when the mail loft. The Princess any which can equal the record of Eed- ford Grammar School old boys' this year, concerned, but as regards prisoners
Atelegram sent by Herr Heineken, TT is in time of sudden mishap or accident May was a steal twin-scrow steamer of Grahame White is an old boy. Bo i Director of the N,D.L., now in Tokyo, thanks to inoculation-it new ranks 1,304 tons, built in 1888 for the late Radley, another English aviator. Bo is informs Messrs Melchers and Co., the local relied upon to take the place of the family that Chamberlain's Pain Balm can be below almost every other infections Viceroy, Chang Chih-tung, as the Haiting, Radice, who won the King's Frize at Ainley agents of the Comparry, that His Excellent doctor, who abbot always be found at the disease." These words, enya Colonel and used with a sister vessel between with's record score. There has been a
Herr Dernburg, late Secretary for Colonial moment. Then it is that Chamberlain's While on the Radico in the VI. form, in the shooting Affairs in Germany, will leave Genon for Pain Balm la never found wanting. La cazon of aprains, cuts, wounds and bruises route the wae boarded by pirates and a eight, the rowing eight, or the football Hongkong on the a.s. Princess Alice, on it takes out the sorenost, drives away the BANNERMAN, "deserve to be printed in ongkong and Formoen. the largest capitals available and given number of passengers were killed on board. tear at the Grammar School for many years Sept. 16th. He travels to the East as a pain and beals the injured parte, For sala in history as one remarkable for the
by all chemists and storekeepers, the widest publication." The testimony Sho changed hands a number of times past. A . Jones, the Notts cricket comparative immunity of the Colony
afforded by the Mills, though of necessity being knewn as the Ningchow, Caas, and captain, is an alumnus of another school guest of the Norddeutescher Lloyd.
on the Harper foundation-the Bedford from the dread ravages of plague. For, lean exact, in oqually striking. Out of a Arthur, when at Hongkong, where she was Modern School. There is now at that bought ten years ago by the Canadian school a boy named R. C. Stafford, who season" at an end, the total cases for
on the muster rolls of the Empress Mills, Captain McLeod was In commend.
honours last season. He has done 100 the year only number just over the Nagpur, (the daily attendance during
sarda in 10-3-sec, and jumped 201 dozen. But although this is the case, the epidemic was from 4,400 to 5,500),
* One of the results of the recent World's The latest news of the important pist experience shows that there is
the total number inoculated was 8,010: Sunday School Convention at Washington British scientific expedition to Dutch New always the danger of lean years like The number of ascertained deaths was the raising of a fund of £15,000, which Guines is of a satisfactory nature, not la to provide the means for three years withstanding the many unexpected diff the present being followed by season among the uninoculated amounted to work among young people in missionary culties that have been met with, owing to the quite unknown region to be explored. when a very different tale has to be told. 118 and among the inoculated to nine, fields whats at present the attention paid The members of the expedition have kepa However, we think it will be generally and of these latter six were attacked to Sunday schools is not considerable. The their health in the vary trying climate
tank has been divided between the United wonderfully well, and though the progra TAIMIER HALL OF THE COLONY, agreed that there must be sotne connect within ten days of inoculation. When States and Great Britain, the former taking towards the summit of the grest snow
ing link between this year's good record DE VIEUX ROAD CHUTRAL,
one considers the severity of the epidemic Japan, Korea, and North Africa, while maantains, which is said to be probably Opposite Central Market, and the preventive measures which in Nagpur last year (1,801 attacks and England will devoto its suorgies to China 18,000 feet in height, lus hitherto born slow have been undertaken at the instance of 7,293 centbe having been recorded) (Mr Marion Lawrence) accompanied by the the preparations at the time when the last and South Africa, The American secretary owing tothe vary great transport dificulties, # Kadarika2007:15 to 9 mod
3.10 to 11.99 P.M. the Sanitary Department Thess stope shest facts, as Colonel BANNERMAN claims, Rer. Fr. Meyer, will conduct a campaign advices were despatched, early in April, Other. High-class Cigarettes and Tobaccos of the Ardath
Lave been almost exclusively directed Re-appearance
speak for themselves, and are comment. in England, with the object of awakening were nearly complete for an advance to be MISS ADDIE LAIGH,
towards the destruction of plague cayed to the consideration of all employers interest in this now endeavour, as well as in the next Convention, which, it is hoped, PES EMINENT SOPRANO
ing and the campaign has met
of labour, Another interesting example will be held in Switzerland or some other with a large degree of success. In what can be done by a small com European country, India, where the same scourge is all too well known, other measures have been
Wm. Powell, Ld. with what he knows as "the plane total number of from 0,700 employees Pacific Railway for the Skagway run
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made frein the base camp at the four of the mountains. The catry, who had nover
sen a white man before, have proved not
to be hostille, but of no use sa portara, The country le an almost impenetrable jangle of forest, and every yard of pro- A DANGER AVOIDED. resulting from, a wound when Chan Fielding nothing in the way of food. It sax The next news of the expedition should eyil, and it is to these that we desire the College boundary there is a large-berlain's Pain Balaz in applied
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