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But an
amination of the statistics!
shows that this is by no means the case. The recent improved domand may bare originated in the low prices ruling some time ago, and the extremely cheap price at which blends of inferior grades have bean advertised; but the general pro sperity of the country at present, and the consequent increased ability to pur
THE CHINA MAIL.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
NEWS OF THE DAY..
The H.MT. Rohilla leaves Susz to We are requested by Sir Henry May to state that His Excellency regrets that the day, arriving at Colombo en 3rd October, Garden Party which was to have taken place at Mountain Lodge on the 30th instant has been unavoidably postponed Lindy May will be at home as usual on that day between 4.30 and 6 p.m.
NEWS OF THE DAY..
Permission has been granted by the ccmmandant of Sevastopol, to a couple of Gorman engineers to attempt to mieć n
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910.
. [COPYRIGHT.] THE HAGUE OPIUM
CONFERENCE;
BRITAIN'S STIPULATION.
[Corgatonn.]1966, Md.
THE TURKISH LOAN.
" AN ATTEMPT TO BLACEMAIL FRANCE".
A Warming to Britala
The Austrian cruiser Panther came into port to-day from Swatow. She is fly (Reutor's Service to the China Mail.). ing her home-guing pentant.
LONDON, September 20 Britain has agreed to the Amarionn (Renter's Service to the China Mail).
Loxoox, September 22. Reuter's Paris correspondent is in-
There are men-cf-war of four nationali. ties in the barbour just now-Dritish, American, Portuguese and Austrian,
We have been informed by the on arrivale from Manila has been with
ConferencÓ,
at
Proposal for the holding of an Opium the Hague, but stipulates that the existing British formed from an authoritative official
regards the loan agreement between reement with Ching must be exclud. quarter that the French Government.
Turkey and the Cassel group of fin anciens na rothing more or less than
Tor cage of 1onchase of the avenge consumer, have
920
caused it to continue. The establist. mant of old-age pensions has had some British ship sunk during the Crimean war Colonial Secretary's Offics that quarantine ed from the discussion, thing also to do with the increased con- in Balaklava Bay with aquantity of bullion sumption of ten among the poorer classes, on board, who are now able to afford the luxury of better tea and more of it, than mary of
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A clover capture has bean made by the police in connection with the theft of
drawn.
www.g
The whole of the debris caused by the
has now been rumoved and no mora
PRINCE TSAI ESUN ITAL
them could when there was nu 58. ajewals to the value of £9,000 from Mrs collapse of buildings in Morrison Streck ATTACKED WITH BRONCHITIS) would only come into effect on October
week coming in towards the support of
the old fathers and mothora."
Bacon, of New York, sister-in-law of Sir Gilbert Parkot, M.F. Suspicion fell on Mrs Bacon's maid, a French-woman, with the
result that her busband, an Italian asmed
It is a pity that the China ton trade
Cattaneo, has born arrested at Vichy with has not shared the same splendid pro-all the jewellery in his possession. sperity as that which has accrued to India and Ceylon. Mr PATTERSON justly 64.80 ascribes the reason for this to "anti- 100.00
Hors- for Hangkong the above Frices will be increased by the arount of duty
· grynblo—$7.20 per Dozen.
NEW PIANOS
ON HIRE
$10
AT
PER MONTH,
Tuning and Regular
"Attention Inclusive.
S. MOUTRIE & Co.,
LIMITED.
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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
NEW SEASON'S
DRESS
Cloths.
Patterns on Application.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.'
Auctions.
Noon-Anction of Goods & Effects, at Mess, Hughes & Hough's Sales Rooms.
13.5-inch gun.
EL
Many people are puzzled as to the difference between 19-inch and
Cans are measured by quated methode of manufacture, careless the bore, jual 'as motor car engine ness on the part of the growers, and hack cylinders are. A 19-inch gun, therefore, is gun that fires a shot which is 18in. in of energy in the Chinese Clovernment." diameter. The length of a gun is reckoned These undoubtedly have all tended to in calibres. For instancen 60-calibre 12-inch bring Obina tea, into disrepute, so that gun is ouo 50 times the-length of its bore, that is to say, Boft. long. A 50-calibro & the imports into Great Britain are re-inch gun would be.25ft. long, and so ou, duced to a mere. fragment of their! Miss Mand Jaffrion, the actress, who former quantity."The price has also was for some years the leading lady of the fallen, except for specially Que qualities, late Wilson Barrett; and whose Mergia in his remarkably successful Bign of the
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Hossohold Furat for which there is always a fair
ture, &c. at No. 8, Gordon Terrace, Hanoi Road, Kowloon.
Amusements.
bp.m.-V.R.C Annual Aquatic Sports,
2nd Day.
+
3
bodies have been found. The total number of deaths caused by the disaster was nine.
During the early hours of yesterday morsing somo-one stole from the Sailors Instituto at Praya East a silver flowerstand ascribes, "Presented to Mr Molson by Navy friends," (valas 840), watch worth 843, and a pair of binoculars valued at $10.
We would again remind our readers that the performance of Arthur Lan's amusing arce, The New Boy. at the Theatre Royal to-morrow night is the Inst the Warwick Major Comedy Co. is giving prior to their departure for the North,
A newspaper for hungry people, which can be cater after being read, thus afford ing nourishment for the body as well as the mindis-published in Paris, and-is called
an attempt by Turkey to blackmail France and secure British assistance. The agreement was provisional and
1st in the event of the negotiations with France being finally abandoned ;: but it may already be regarded as definitive, the French Government refusing to abate ona jot of the con-
IN AMERICA.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, September 02, Prince Tai Hsun, after having mat Mr Schwab, who controls the Bethlehem ditions. and Union Shipbuilding yards, in San! Francisco, in reference to the construc tion of vessels for the Chinese Navy, was while travelling from San Francisco to New York, attacked with bronchitis.
BRITISH SQUADRON AT YOKOHAMA.
A WEEK'S VISIT.
(Independent News Agency's Servića to the China Mail.)
Toro, September 22. EMS. Minotaur and HLM.S. Mon
The correspondent's informant add- ed:--If Britain is willing to help Turkey in joining hands with the Triple Alliance and in buying ships and guns from Germany that is her affair, but the French Government will do its utmost to prevent a scrap of loan paper· coming into the French market".
NO FUNDS.
(Wah Tee Yat Po's Service)
PERING, September. 21. The Viceroy of Chihli memorialised the Throne requesting funds for the redemption of the Chinese Engineering
demand. Recently a strenuous effort Cross" is well remembered by many play; The Regal. It is printed with an ink mouth arrived at Yokohama resterday. and Mining Company's Kaiping coal fas been made to change this state of the bill" for several years. She left this sumteed non-poisonous, on thin shoets It is said that they will stay there for
goers, has been, in theatrical phrase, “out
Sp.m.-Performance by Warwick Major's affairs, and restore the China to Australian woolking. The mail brings news |
Comedy Co. at City Hall.
General Memoranda. SATURDAY, September 24:-
11a.m.-Acction of Serpins Medical Storde, etc. at Mosers Hughes & Bough's Bales Rooze. Nooo-Mooting of Douglas Stosicship
Co., Ld. at Co.'s Offices.
4 p.m.-V.R.0. Annual Aquatic Sports
3rd Day.
SUNDAY, September 25>--
9 am-xcursion to Machu by s..
Beungshan. MONDAY, eptember 28:--
9. F.m.-Auction of Household Furni. tare at Homeville, Wanchal Råd.
of dough.
The movement for the abolition of the
stage on becoming the wife of a wealthy of her emergence from retirement to play at a matines in a Sydney thestra for the quedo is slowly gaining ground. Mr Sung, benefit of the Bush Nursing Scheme, the Chinese interpreter in the Hongkong initiated by the Countess of Dudley, wifa Secund Magistrate's Court, has led the way of the Governor-General of the Common-among his colleagues, and to-day appeared waith. She appeared as the animated in Court minus his queue and attired in statue in Sir W. S. Gülbert's Pygmalion Europaan clothes. and Galates." The theatre was densely i crowded, nad the net profit-of the por-
Milford Docks Company the other day Mr
The case in which D. Harvey aued the Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., to recover $600
Addressing the shareholders of the settled this morning bafore it came on for hearing before Mr Justice Hazeland and a common jury at the Supreme Court. Defendante released plaintif from his covenant probibiting him from working in the Colony and returned his box of tuning instruments, plaintiffs to pay 8150,
about a week.
Bear Admera Winaloe, the Com mander-in-chief, and the Captains of the two ships cune up to. Tokyo to-day and paid calls on 'Admiral Saito, the Minister for the Navy.
TURCO-ROUMANIAN CONVENTION.
BRITISH PRESS COMMENTS......
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
mine. The Board of Revenue was accordingly instructed to investigate the matter, and after doing so the Board replied that there were no funds available for the purpose.
MACAO BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
(Wali Te Yat Po'a Service.)
PERING, September 21. During an interview between officials. of the Wai-wu-pu and the Portuguesa. Minister on the matter of the Macao- delimitation dispute the latter would not commit himself to terms and requested that the points be referred to the Portu guess Eome Government.
industry to its former position. The result has been a marked improvement in the now season's teas just arriving, and it is probable that this, added to the lownens of stocks of other countries' toas, will give a lift up to the market for Chias, and increase the demand.formance exceeded £700. Only very exceptional circumstances however, bould affect a return to the former trade done in China tea. The. E. Newbor described Low London loot
"a real fairy tale." There was a time, lower class teas have recently bean Liverpool He described the narrative as used in blands to a considerable extent, he said, "when the City of London ad owing to the shortage in common teag vanced to the Crown £387,897 2a. nud in discharge of the dubt the fee simple of generally."
some 300 maanta and estates was convoyed Now the question arises, will the in- to the corporation. Amongst them was the creasing demand lead to ever produc-lordship of Liverpool,, with all custome, suchorage, and talks of the waters of the 4.15 p.m.--Annus! Meeting. Kawlovation? Mr FATTERSON thinks not. ToMersey, and with all the manorial, 5.30 p.m.-Barbour Race for China Mail begin with, rubber is already excroach-seiguorial, and regal rights of the town his entry into Parliament in 1837. The with the question, the majority conto the effect that Government bonds ing upon the tea-lands in Ceylon and and lordship of Liverpool then existing. remaining volumes, it is hoped, will follow sider the Convention an excellent be issued, and the Prince Regent has at short and regular intervals. An thing, since it will tend to secure the ordered a special meeting of all the And this lordship, and those rights, from American edition will be published
25,000,000 lb. to 30,000,000 lb. may derived, were sold by the shortsighted of Now York.
corporation of the period to Lord Mary..
3pm-Auction of Pier Rights at the
Public Works Department's Offices, 5.30 p.m.Meeting of Hongkong Cricket Logas in the Hongkong Cricket Club Pavilion.
TUESDAY, September $7-
pm-Anction of Household Farmi- turn, &c. at Homoville, Waschal Road.
Cricket Club.
Сара
THUESDAY, September 29:-
Bath.
The first volume of "The Life of Lord Beaconsfield," based on his privata papers, on which Mr W. F. Monypenny has been
LONDON, September 21. The Turco-Roumanian Secret Con- vention is the theme of the newspapers which accept is as a fact and com- ment cautiously in the absence of GOVERNMENT BONDS. particulars.
(Wah The Fat Po's Service).
PERING, September 21. The Wai-wa-pu has made a proposat
I
While a section deplores thó`wane
for some years at work, is to be published of British influence in Turkey and this autumn by Mr Murray. It will cover attacks British diplomacy in connec the period from Disteli's birth in 1804 to
Botfs' Annual Aquatic Sports at V.R.Cithin a few years a decrease of from which an annual income in milliona is now simultaneously by the Macmillan Company Peace of the Balkans and avert the Ministers to confer on the subject.
SATURDAY, October 1-
Civil Service Sports Happy Valley. TUESDAY, October 4 -
Jawish New Your Day.
The China Mail.
HENGKONG, THERMDAY, SEPT. 23, 1910
*
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to Messra. Johnson and
danger of an explosion between the hotheads of Sofia and Athens.
THE GERMAN SPY.
PRIMA FACIE CASE MADE OUT.
(Reuters Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, September 21. The case against the German subaltern, named Helm, accused of espionage at Portsmouth, was resumed yesterday and the Bench decided that
bo reckoned upon from this cause borough for the sum of £468."
Interest in the acarch for the lost alone. In India, too, come (old tea lands have gose out of cultivation, and
Mr Sidney Nash Castle, whose death Armada treasure ship Florencia, in Tober- has occurred at Kingston-on-Thanics, was mory Bay, has been revived by the finding tho new ground opened up does not head of the shipbreaking firm of Vauxhall of a mass of metal weighing about 801. compensate for it. So it does not Bridge, Woolwich, and Chariton; and he is The block, which is rectangular in shapo, seems that we shall ere very greatly if stated to have broken op more than 800 ships is believed to be silver, and a pices has
with an aggregato tonuage of 1,000,000. been seat wo adopt Mr. PATTERIOR' conclusion These included the Sancy Arethusa, the Matthews, usayers, London, whose con that while on the one hand we Princess Royal, the Collingwood, the Royal firmation in anxiously awaited by the re- Albert, the Duke of Edinburgh; the presentatives of the syndicate making the have steady markets and fair prices, Colcasts, the Camperdown, the Gaistes (in search. Other articles of a more or less Not very long ago Sir THOMAS LIPTON on the other these are not likely to which the late Duke of Edinburgh served valuable character are being daily brought was extensively quoted as advising oncourage such enormous planting-ontas a midshipman), the Dido, the Duke of to the surfaco, but so far the ball of the prima facis case had been made out.
Wellington, the Algiers, the Hannibal, the treasure has not boon loented. investors at home to go in for rubber of tea areas as has been seen in the Edgar, the Formidable, and the Impreg
early weed-built armour-plated ships. Mr Glasgow Herald to state the correct spelling nable, with the whole of the class of twelve A Manchester correspondent asks the Castle broke up the Sarapis, the troopship of what he calls "Docken Dorris,"
TEA TRADE PROSPECTS.
some time to come."....
to
1870.
"
:
LONDOS, September 22.
The charge of felony against the
A PROGRESSIVE PRINCE.
(Wah Tiz Yat Po's Servicc.)
PEXING, September 21. Frince Su's son, who bas returned from America, has cut his queue off.
THE KULE OF THE ROAD.
The master of the Government steam launch Lady Jane summoned the master of
the steam launch Hoi Chu for unlawfully.
The hearing was adjourned until disregarding the rule of the road. The caso came before Commander. Basil Taylor, the 28th inst., and bail was rofused.
H., at the Marine Court to-day.
Complainant stated he was going from Taumati to Shek Tong Tsui and when near-
the Hol a sailing ship off Taumati bo Shui Po on bis Che approaching from Hongkong to Sam port bow. It was about 110 feet off, He could not see the isurch before on account of the sailing ship. Complainact went full speed astern but too. late to avoid a collision. Later complainant stated that it was a fishing junk that ob- scured his view..
in which King Edward VII, when Prince stampt which shows that there is a grent of Wales, made the voyage to ladis in room for variety. In Manchonter, it seems German subaltam Helm has been Among the more recent ships from this gentleman, the words are used a dropped, and he has been remanded At present the total imports of tea broken up by the firm were the Ajax, the great deal after a party, when the gentle for misdemeanour.
Alesandra, the Undaunted, the Conqueror, into Creat Britain amount
the Swiftsure, and the Thunderer... 341,000,000 lb., and of this 40,000,000 lb. only comes from foreign countries. China sends 17,000,000 lb. for about one-twentieth of the whole), whilst from Java in 1909 was received
1905.
men are taking their last drink." The Herald remarks that Manchester seem
A DANGER AVOIDED. quite sound as to the proper use of the There is a tendency just now to so words, and that is what really matters, PHERE is no danger from blood poison A fine of $25 or eix wooks' imprisonmont
resulting from a wound when Cham back to some of the old types in golf clubs, The Gaelic is "deoch an doruis,"—literally.
was imposed Defendant's certificate was remarks the World We are generally the drink at the door, or the atanding antiseptic liniment.
berlain's Pain Balm is applied. It is an also suspended for two months and he will sale by all have to pass the Rale of the Road examin- supposed to have been making great pro drink. The accredited Scottish spellings chemists and storekeepers.
ation before it is returned. gress in the matter of clubs in recent times, are douchandorish" and "deuchandoria. but some of the more thoughtful golfers
For
Don't Smoke
FABRICS. and tea shares in substantial companies past, and the capitalist has every as offering the best possible return for prospect of-receiving a fair profit on FashionableL their money. The advice was undoubt the money he invests in tea shares for edly sound for the world is demanding more and more rubber every year and drisking more cups of tea than ever TWEEDS,
it did before. Indeed, in the opinion of TARTANS,
pay les-men, 1910 in likely to prove a VOILES,
record year, at least so far as Indian and POPLINS, etc. Ceylon teas are concerned. A general rina in value has followed the strong, contiquons demand which sat in carly | in the year, and this combined with 14,000,000 lb., a rise of 3,000,000 lb. are beginning to have urcasy doubts about this supposed progress. They have a
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce supplies barely keeping pace with orders compared with
The total suspicion that our mech-despised fore makes the heart of Miecing Lane rejoice, importa from. British possessione, it fathers in the gase know more about the retaarks that a most important develop The greatest development in tea-drink will be seen, was enormously greater way to make a good and useful club than ment in the ocean pasaunger trade took we give them credit for. The Dreadnought shape when, at Belfast, the steamer pens was launched. This vessel, of 10,000 tams ing babita las taken place in the United than from foreign countries, Of the driver, with its big head, is a reversion to Kingdom, the Cnited States and Canada 341,000,000 lb. imported, 301,000,000 the ancient-type, and golfers, who have gross, is the Grab of three similar steamers, once used it are so delighted with tho feol and she has been built to the order of. being still greatly addicted to the use of lb. cams from British possessions If of it that they are unlikely to return over Mesers, Alfred Holt and Co., of Liverpool coffee, despite the efforts made by the the anticipated falling-of in the Ceylon to the smaller-beaded clubs of modern (known, the world over as the "Blas: invention, Now there is a driver coming Fundial Liza" and will inaugurate a now KINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE, followers of tea to break them of that production is realised, we do not see into fashion which is a sort of compromiss passenger service to and from Australia. The State Express Cigarettes, Virginian and Turkish Leaf
custom. On the Continent of Europe any reason why China should not between the Dreadnought and the still A distinctive feature of the new service will more ancient longfaced pattern which was be that only one class of passenger will Bussin is leading the way in drinking supply the deficiency. She has used in old days. The head is very narrow be carried, viz., first claes, and provision of Opposite Central Market. more tea, and Germany comes next, splendidi opportunity if only she has and long, with a very long and rather a very generous nature will be provided on shallow face. One clubmaker is giving also the stexmers for.no fewer than 300 such though very far behind.
the balge, which was once so much inpassengers.. Fishguard will be the embark. Mr V. Brown PATTERSON, the well- known Londen correspondent of the Statesman, writing in the columns of Tropical Life upon the
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the sense to avail herself of it.
· EUROPEAN MISSING:
The police bave been informed by M
a
STATE EXPRESS' CIGARETTES
UNLESS YOU CAN APPRECIATE A GOOD CIGARETTE.
Blends, are recognised as the Standard of Purity,
and quality all the world over.
fashion. In putters, too, how many are ing and disembarking port for the Quality combined with cheapness is the motto of the taking now to the old cloak putter and sangers. discarding the more modern forms.
HOW TO CURE A COLD."
Ardath Tobacco Co.
We are informed that Mr D. Percebols Prices for State Express Cigarettes to be obtained from has been appointed Acting Deputy Com
present state of the Les-market at Home, observes:It might be thought that consumption of tea in Cré Britain of the missing pan Is been furnished, and that has an established reputation and that
is certain to affect a quick curo. Such itself must have reached its maximum the police are making enquiries in the mat medicine is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ont in the work of organising the revento by this time, and could only increase inter. Mr Hamilton has for the past month It has gained world tido reputation by
J. H. Osberry, manager of the Orientats careful as you can, you will ocen Hotel,” that a Mr Alan. Hamilton as beat alonally take cold, and when you tlo,missioner of the Chinese Imperial Maritime mising since the Dth inet. A description Reta medicins of known reliability, one Customs at Tientsin. Mr Percobois was recently angaged by the Hongkong Coveza- department on the coming into force of the liquor duties, and while here he made many friends, who will tear of his promotion with feelings of pleasure.”
The ecfobralod Coabesties.
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And Dina MAY LEWIS.
or two been engaged on the reporting staff proportion to the increase of population. of a local newspaper.
its remarkable surns of this most common ailment, and can always be depended upon, For sale by all chemists and storekeeper
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Hongkong, Sept 16, 1910.
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