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THE CHINA MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A boy with no enthusiaan and no hobbies has, says Sir Gilbert Parker, cold teet morally and intellectually.
M Pathick, Lawrence boasts that sum of £70,000 has been spent in propa- gating the cause of votes for women.
We have received a copy of the first, monthly number of the Bulletin du Syndicat Général de Défense du Caff which doala exhaustivaly with coffer in various parts of the world. An interesting table showing the consumption of coffee in the world during a number of Fasra is also included in the first number.
NEWS OF. THE DAY.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1910,
[CortAIGHT. NEW TURKISH LOAN. Renter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, Septembar 21."
Two Boy Scouts. have walked from Cardia to London in five days, conroying mayoral inosage concealed in a bloator to the Lord Mayor. They claded the Scouts
A message from Paris says that the who wore desirous of intercepting the
Temps states that a Turkish loan has message on route.
been concluded in London with a group Financial conditions at Swatow of financiers honded by Sir Ernest in rather a bad way, quits a little banking
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ASSURANCES FROM THE
WORKERS.
An unknown disease which advances with frightful rapidity has broken out in a lunatic asylum at Valladolid, Spain. Death(Renter's Service to the China Mail.) in some cases ensues within a few minutes of the first symptome appearing. The only external sign is a red spot, resembling that caused by a ating, on the foon or neck.
Ab, the Hongkong Cricket Club Con The Hervoints are biling a file, if they cart tomorrow evening-Privato Collier, of Orisis having to be mak`just tow. Some think they can eradicate from the mind the Buffs, will take the place of Mr WV, Guatire banks havs shut down, but these of Frenchmen their delight in military Worcester in the 5th item; while Mr. R. under foreign influence hara been able ta
Sutherland appears in the second half of weather, the runs made upon them... spectacles and their passion for warlike the programme; otherwise the programme glory. These qualities are indeed in-will be same as at first arranged. nate in a aco which above all others can thrill with the joy of combat."
The German journalist has also discovered that although Frenchmen manifest their love of country in a different way from that in which Germans express their feelings, Frenchmen are quite as patriotic as their | neighbours. "French patriotismis ..(Manie Brzzano & Ronan's)... $20.80 different in its demonstrativeness from in *.sone 64,80
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The Barkok Customs officials have soired wight revolvers and 600 cartridges on board the Quinta, a vosso chartered by the Chino-Siam Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.. which "arrived there on the 2nd inst. It appears there was no concealment, but on the store list only twelve revolvers and 1,000 cartridges ware entered, the arms and ammunition "seized having no corres. the Consul General, 27,
it
The jury in the enquiry respecting the collapse and fire which occurred in Jervois Street some fortnight since on Tuesday returned a verdict that six of the seren men who lost their lives died from asphyxiation, while the cause of the ethor cath could not be determined. They also found that the collapse preended the fire.
5.
This morning two further bodies were taken out of the ruins of the collapsed
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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
DEATH.
BRAMLEY.At Bombay-on 2nd Septem ber, HARRY BRLEY, recently of Thos Cook nad Sofi, pf Hongkong,
military character French and German soldiers are at one. The two pooples who for two centurice have regarded one another as antagonista, when act face to face, must feel reciprocal admiration for their common virtues." The writer thinks internationalism And antimüitarism are passing away 5.30 p.m.-Annual Meeting, Hongkong like a fog from the landscape, and he
MEMOS FOR TOMORROW.
Meeting.
Football League.
Auction.
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Forni-
ture at The Pension Francaise," 14 Queen's Road Central (Top Floor).
Miscellaneous
Ist Day.
Concert.
—
observed :—"Are we entering upon a now ora of nationalism? It is so asserted by many people. The patriotic impetuosity of the French is
the known death-roll up to ton. The work of clearing away the remainder of the morrow. It is believed that there are still
Losos, September 21,
A representative mosting of boiler-
GERMANY AND
STRIA
KAISER MEETS FOREIGN
·SEORETARY
Reuter'e Servies to the China Mail.) pastaj Løsnow, September 23.4.
A Vienna telegram states that-HI:MËS- the Kaiser has arrived on a two days" visit-to-the-Emperor-Francis Joseph ̈ ̈ and that he has had a prolonged private audience with Baron von Aehrenthal, the Minister for Foreign Affaire."
· PANAMA CANAL:
FORTIFICATION PROPOSALS,
makers
was yesterday held in (Reuters Service to the Ching Mail.). Newcastle. It is understood that the
LONDON, Septembre 20 President Taft has announced that he meating favoured the giving of as. aurances to the employers against the recurrence of the sectional stoppages which have caused the look-out.
"
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,
recommends Congress to grant an up-
fortification of the Panama Canal. propriation of two million dollars for the
The President also recommends the construction of two Dreadnoughts, and advocates on addition to, the fleet of The Rev. C. - Hickling returned to at least two battleships annually until the Colony to day after a short holiday at the Canal is comploted." the out-ports.
The Bishop of Victoria asks us to state that he will be away from the Colony until Oct. 31st, and that in the meantime
Mfr Waltor Van Noorien, managing rubbish will probably be completed UF 10° | Archdeacon Barnett has authority to attend
more bodies under the debris,
a
director of the Carl Rosa dipers Company, is about to put into operation scheme to encourage young people to witness operatio In the Police compound a large under performances. He proposes to distributo in every town his company visits 150 free ground tank has existed for some years, its sets, the condition being that the applicant contents being used for cleansing purposes. must be over seventeen years of age, and Owing to the likelihood of the spot being have nover seen a grand opera. After the favourite breeding place for mosquitoes the performance he will ask whether it was water has now been pumped out, qud enjoyed--By-thess means he hopes to to-day ecolies have been engaged in filing succeed in creating an interest in good in the cavity. music amongst young people who usually putronine music ball and other entertain- morte.
The Trades Union Congress last week
Party to confer with the General Fodera
In a paper 'read before the British As sociation, Mr Howard Reel of Manchester said if cotton-growing within the empire was not abundantly successful within a completely perish. The expansion of pro- tion with a view to amalgamation. It duction in Egypt and India was not ad- favoured the idea of a national fedoration equate to meet the increasing demands of of trades in order to secure power of deter the world. Financial aid was urgently mining all industrial agreements at a given needed. He mentioned the possibility of date. A scene occurred when Mr Morris, chartered company being formed with a of London, protested that too much time capital of £5,000,001 and urged the state
to guarantee the interest.
to all-argent business on his behalf.
The Jagro-Gazelle-announces that Mr. 5. F. Cox-Edwards, for so many years Accountant of the 1.Kart-8.-Bank in Fongkong, las retired from the service of that institution. He wart Hound via Canada.
GERMAN PRINCE'S TOUR (Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail LONDON, September 20. The Crown Prince of Germany will emberk.At Ganos.ons Norddeutscher
Lloyd liner early in November.
DEATH OF DR MACLAGAN.
FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
(Reuter'a Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, September: 20,
Sir Henry and Lady Blake, who are well known in this part of the world, had a house party at Myrtle Grove, Youghal, to meet Princess Louise of Schleswig-Hols
The death is announced of the Most tein, who went over to Ireland to pay visite. The guests insluded the some Duchess of St. Albans, Lady Mary Ald-Rov. William, Dalrymple Maclagar,
it Fred Lawless
1909 was Archbishop of York.
6 p.m.-V.R.O. "Annual Aquatic Sports, just as strong never it was:and wo negatived a proposal to invite tho Labour few years, the Lancashire industry would worth, Captain and Mrs Arbuthnot, and P.C., D.D.,. etc., wlio from 1891 to 9.1. p.m.-Hongkong. Cricket Club's share the joy of all goad Frenchmen when they see evident signs that the intellectual fatigue, the decadence, the pessimism which appears in some quarters of Europe, has not diminished
General Memoranda,
FRIDAY, September 23:-
6 p.m.-V.RO. Annual Agustic Sports,
2.30 p.m.-Aaction of Household Foral
ture, &a at No. 8, Gorden Terrace the loyalty of popular sentiment in was allotted to the discussion of the Hanol Road, Kavicon.
France, and in spite of all the quarrelst majority of the unions favoured the Osborne judgment, and opined that the
of opposing parties in Parliament, the judgment. There were abouts of "no unity of the French nation has remain and "yes" in reply to this statement.
2nd Day.
9p.m.-Performance by Warwick Major's
Comedy Co. at City Hall. SATURDAY, September 24:-
Noot-Meeting of Douglas Steamship
Co., Ld. at Co.'s Offices.
4. p.m.-V.R.O. Annual Aquatic Sports,
3rd Day.
SUNDAY, September 28:-
3am.-Excursion to Macao, by
2 p.nt.-Auction of Household Furn Euro at Homevilla, Wanchal Road.
3 p.m.-Auction of Pier Rights at the Public Works Department's Qfices. 5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong Cricket League in the Hongkong Cricket Club Pavillon..
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, WEDAESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1910..
THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE.
ed intact."
+
It is a sign of the times when such writing is to be found in a journal of good standing in North Germany
molivery in worny an been passing through a bad sime, but casual observers have been too apt to mistake the unhealthy froth which gathers around every public movement
a
Ata meeting of the British Association Drs Russoli and Hutchinson announced the discovery of a micro-organism which destroye bacteris essential to the soil for
Captain G. P. E. Hunt, D.S.O., bas been posted to the command of H. M. S. Newcastle, which cruiser is to succeed the Bedford in Far Eastern waters. He served in the South African War in 1899 and 1900 and it was for his services there that he received the D.S.O. Capt. Hunt married a daughter of Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, who, knowd, was formerly Colonial Treasurer in Hongkong.
Lord Kitchener has a royal memory for
its fertility. They characterised it as the faces, as a story of his flying visit to Edin most important agricultural discovery for burgh illustrates. He was taken over S afty years. The experimenters had dis- Giles's Cathedral, and the chapel for covered that heating or antiseptic treat-Knights of the Thistle now being added numerous organisme which thereto, and fixed a kein are on the door went filled gymerous or These treatments thus enormously increas were in the oth-Dragon Guards, I think; ed the fertility of the soil, and working sergeant, stationed at Sialkat." The correct in every detail, along those lines they discovered the actual assertion was
although it is ve years since the two soldiers met..."
micro-organism.
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Although it was not so stated at the
his University career
Note.The docossed diving was 84 years. of age and only last your resigned from the Archbishopric of York, being succeeded by Stepper. The late Archbishop was a nativo Cosno Gordon Lang, then Bishop of of Edinburgh, being a son of Dr David Macaga. Physician to the Forces during. the Peninsular
mlar War. After going through at Cambridge, whors he graduated in Mathematical Honours, the late Archbishop entered the Indian Army in 1947 and in 1853 he retired therefrom, then being a Lieutenant. Four years later he was ordained a deacon and his Bracebarge he Biled from 1889 to 1875. He was next us as Rector of Newington, which office Vicar of Kensington for thres-years, be ing at the end of that period elevated to the Bishopric of Lichfield, whence he was Queen Alexandru-E6, (2, 45.] |
tratainted to York in 1891. He crowned
CHINA'S 'FINANCIAL POSITION.
RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRENOY
QUESTION.
The scheme for a British school of aviation, which is to be founded as memorial to the iste Hon. C. 8. Rolls, is making good progress, and in receiving the support of eminent scientists engineer both Houses of Parliament. A provisional council is in course of formation, and the names will shortly be published. The first work of the council will be to decide the main lines upon which the school shall be
In addition to the servant girl and constituted and its funds administered," The principal existing institutions will be the collier who have recently graduated at of any force, particularly among strongly represented in order to prevent the University of Wales, another instanco formal meeting at Lord's, it is said to be
is forthcoming of a young Welshman who practically settled that Princo Ranjitelnhji (Wal Taz Yat Po's Service), demonstrative and emotional people, overlapping and waste of effort and money has just obtained his B.A. in the First (Jam of Jamnagar) will captain the Indian
Pasa. September 20. : for the solid core of France itself.
Division, after passing through most crickot team which is to visit. England Sing Hsun Wai, vice-president of In the small churchyard attached to eventful career between his school and next summer. It is hoped that the side the Board of Communications, has That core is, however, unchanged. Its Buccleuch Parish Church, Edinburgh-college days. He was successively a groep will include the famous Parsee batsman, high qualities are uninfluenced by the formerly Chapel of Fasa of St. Cuthbert's grocer's assistant, general factotum, handy. K. M. Mistri, who has given up the game proposed the adoption of a gold constant flux of so called public opin-
Dear Bristo Port, are found the hat man, quarry labourer, night watchman eu in order to enter the service of the young standard but the members of the Board resting placca of Mim Cockburn, the author pipe track, grocer's apprentice, and Mabarajah of Patiala. Mistri is a left-of Revenue and a number of Grand ion. For ourselves we have a profound or The Floreas of the Forest," and also evening school instructor before he finally hander, and it is no secret that Ranji Councillora strongly opposed the belief in the magnificent destiny of the
contemporary of Burns; David Herd, found his way to St. David's College, siders him fully equal to the three great Arun all die doleful things which bare
the ballad collector, Dr Adam, rector of Lampeter, to prepare for his degren and modern laffbarders, Me Olem Hill, Mr suggestion on account of the financial
condition of Chink.. French people. The present troubles the High School, Edinburgh: Miss Macleod the Church.
Darling, and Bir E. G. J. Ford. been written of late years regarding the supposed moral, intellectual and nations with the Church are but a passing of Ramsay, an ancestroys of the Marquess
Lord Strathcons (ninety), Sir Frederick NATIVE INDIGNATION decadence of France, it is refreshing to phenomena which time will solve, and who was hanged for robbers. Dr Binok pany has celebrated the eightieth year of Young (ninety-four), Lord Wemyas (ninety-
IN CHEKIANG, find that the swing of the pendulum of when the smoke and confusion of the lock's grave is close to the west wall of the its existence. The largest and newest two), the Dean of St. Paul's (ninety-oney FABRICS. public-opinion is beginning to set in conflict have passed away we feel sure kirkyard. Blacklock's claim to recognition passenger steamer, the Ben' My Chree, are a few veterans still in harness and hard THRONE REFUSES PETITION,
is the fact that he was instrumental in carried a large number of passengers to the at work who give the lie to the oft-repeated
(Wall T's Yat Po's Service.) towards the other direction. This is that France will still be found to be preventing Barns from emigrating, and his island to commemorate the occasion, statement that this is entirely the day of
PENING, Septembe 20. especially noticeable in the Gerinau the leader of the mental and intellec-tomb to-day sadly needs restoration.
among them being Captain William Heath-the young man. It is rather a curious fact,
The governor of Chekiang province erington, of Liverpool, who crossed in the however, that as regards rulers of the newspapers, which for the moment have tual life of Europe; that she will be as
Frau Dutkieyitz, living at Posen, in company's first steamer, the Mons's Isle, bigger European States youth should, with Cloths.handuped their attitude of disparage prolife as ever of those gertuinative Prussian Poland, has long enjoyed the dis vessel of M-borso-power. With one
one or two exceptions, be literally reigning is complied with the request of the supreme. Our own King is a comparatively gentry there and memorialized the ment and lofty contempt for all things ideas which dominate the world, and tinction of being the oldest woman in the excoption the Isle of Man Steam Packet young man. His cousins, the Emperor of Throne that Tang Lon Chien be allowed French, particularly with regard to the that Paris will ever remain the City of whole world. She was born on February Company is the eldest steamship concern Russia and the King of Norway, are also to remain in office as general manager of 21, 1785, and thus was 125 years old fast in the world, and, without exception, the young rulers, while another cousin, the the Chekiang railway but his petition Army. The Hamburger Nachrichten Light.
February, However, à Bulgarian persant oldest continuous mail carriers by sen. Geran Emperor, 'is still in the prime of and the Berlin Kraus-Zeitung lead the
woman, named Babavasilka, and who ha neverŋuftted her native village of Bavelako, POPLINS, etc. way in the new treatment of French
has deprived the aged dama of Posen of affairs, by giving full accounts of the At 10.30 this morning Rear Admiralhor record of longevity, for the Bulgarian great review of the French Army at Hubtard, Commander-in-Chief of the U. g. paisant.wns born in May 1784, and is thus Patterns on Application Lougebumps on July 14, the anniver: Asintie Fleet; made his official landing at nine months older. For nearly one hundred to-day food 850,
Blake Pier. On stepping ashore he was the fielda; ber descendants, pho aró nearly years the Bulgarian present has worked is sary of the storming of the Bastile, met by the American Consul-General (Bra, hundred in number, now make her a Wyndham Hotel, reporta to the police that Miss M. S. Hoy, manageress of the
France's national holiday and Indepen Anderson), while the band of the Duffs joint allowance. The old dame recalls from a bedroom $6.50, the property of two
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ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
A Chinaman caught selling opium was
Wm. Powell, Ld.dence Day. The Berlin correspondent Regiment trunke up the Star Spangled events that happened in the beginning of boardere, has been stoleu
LEXANDIA
BOILDINA»,
EMPIRE'
of the Kreus Zeitung, in a remarkable letter to his journal, is particularly em- phatic in his glorification of the French
Bapter
last century much more easily thas After the Admiral had inspected the guard she can recall those of the last forty years of hongur, which was also drawn from the Buffs Regiment, ha proccoded with his stuff
The loss of the Bedford with eighteen
At the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr Justice Hazeland, Sai Tol -Ka sued Ip Ng Koo, trading as Ng Yuet Lai,
to recover 252,60 for meals supplied. The and the Consular officials to Go-rument of her drow is, enys a Home paper, the case was adjourned.
JIN MATOGRAPH THEATRE, | Army (and ́of the wonderful enthusiasm House to call on His Excellency Sir Henry most serious lose that bne befallen the de
precoded by the band playing's lively an
with which the national festival was May, the party being convoyed in chairs, British Navy síoco the battleship Montagu An itinerant boot repairer wis delivering } PREMIER HALL OF THE COLONY, celebrated, in spite of the common char-The Admiral was accompanied by Flag was lost off Landy Laland on May 30, 1906, a pair of shoes to a customer when
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Opposite Central Market, Bes of (unpatriotic internationalism so Lisutenant Milne, Commander J. L. Jans and went to pieces. More men were lost Chinese passer-by took advanta o of the frequently made against the Republic. (U.-8. 8. New York), Commander when the Gladiator was rammed by the man's absence and stole from his basket a He says" Not for many years has C. 8. Williams (U, 8. 8. Albany) and Lieut. 1908, and west down with twenty-seven Magistrate that be picked the leather opuality” combined with "
Wolles (U, B. S. Now Oriesus), Commander ingr St. Paul in the Solent on April 25. big pieco of lesther. To-day he was sent.
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