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NEWS OF THE DAY"
The Austrian cruisers Kaiserin Elis abeth and Panther left to day for Box
Home.
first volume thumbed and loose-leaved, the second only moderately worn, aud the third virtually se good 19 now Tures recont doctors of philosophy of
There was quite a touch of autumn one of the oldest universities in Amorien; in the air this moming Has the NE specialists in English history, co-moon come to stay t namics, and philosophy, respectively, confessed to the editor, without appar, eat chagrin, that they had agror road
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1910
[Cornout.]
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Liest. R., T. O. Croata, R.G.A., from THE COTTON DISPUTE to 105th Company at Falmouth, 88th Company, Hongkong, has been posted
EMPLOYERS REJECT - WORKERS' CONDITIONS.
Dr P. J. Kelly, Medical Officer, Gold Coast Colony, has boss transferred to the (Reuters Sorrice to the China Mail)-
LONDON, Sept. 27. The pollon trade employers held a
Corrmour.]
·PEKING-HANKOW RAIL
WAYEREMIA
REDEMPTION LOAN ISSUED..
(Router's Service to the Chine: Mail:y The silk or R.M.S. Empress of China Hongkong Civil Service in similar
LONDON, September 26. £450,000, part of the Chinese Govern which left here on the 27th August, arrived capacity. in New York on the 24th September, It is notified in the elfs that the King meeting in Manchester, and it is under-mant seven per cent. Foking-Hankow
Jam Fitzharris, otherwise Skin has approved of Setter Don Adao Maria do stood that they have rejected tho con Railway Redemption Loan, was issued... the whole of GRE's" Short History" the Goat," who drove the car carrying the Lourdes Soares as Consul for Bolivia atditions which the eardroom,operatives For ADAM Sun's Wealth of Nations."Phoenix Park murderers, has died in Hongkong,
II a.m.Auction of Manila Cigars at Mesars Hughes & Hough's Sales
'Mooting.
Captain the Hon. Hotaco La A. Hood": R.N., succeeds Captain Arthur H.-Chris- The M.D. Zafiro vama in late last nighttias, R.N., in chargs of the Royal Naval from Manila, having experienced Callego, Osborne, an October 10th. unsettled weather and high confused sang throughout the run.
or Hit's “Logie"; and this notwith Dublin' Workhoum, standing that their theses showed bristling bibliographies in which these averal works were cited. And their cases are typical of thousands of thot follow countryman, and of Englishmen too. The conclusion is that books are Los read theas days, they are but skimmed.
concern
The steamer Proteus, which ran ashore at Drinkwater Point, at the entrance to the Yangtze, has been floated she has been docked in Shanghai for repair.
John McMillan, a New Zealander,
The Earl of Plymouth, in a letter to the Press, suggests the establishment of a fund of £750,000 to acquire the Crystal Palace as a memorial to King Edward for use as an Imperial contro."
Liout. T. A. Whyte, Royal Garrison
attached to their acceptance of arbit- ration.
· STRENGTHENING RE- PUBLICAN NAVIES.
GERMANY TOUTINNG FOR. ORDERS.
(Renter's Servics to the China Mail.)
嗎 LONDON, September 27,
London to-day at £108
It was nominally quoted at one to two par cant premium on Saturday, though the loan had been subject to some criti Oiem in the Daily Telegraph,
NO GRIST FOR THE MILL
(Wah Te Yat Po's Service).
PEKING, September 27.
Thoir Excollennies Chen Chiu Shung
It. ie stated that the German super (Goromor of Kirin) and Chou Hru
our throw himself into the river from the Artillery, from the Hongkong Singaporo Dreadnought cruiser Vondertannistu (Governor of Uh Loong Kiang).
The body has since beon recovered.pany, Cork, and Idost. R. H. Fitzroy from South America, whore the various having no funds for the purposes
Associated Wharves, Shanghai, over a wook Battalion, has been posted to No. 40 Com
No. 88 Company, Hongkong, to No. 43 Company, Cork.
It is reported in Chinose papers that Great Britain and Russia have dingreed over the Tibetan question. The Wai-w pu fecla much alarm at the position of
affairs
We cordially agree with contemporary that "to read a book through requires a distinct meczura of mental-concentration and intellectuai' repone, joined to artistic intorest; qualities in contrast to the feverish for details and for rapid publication which has come to beset the path of learning. Yot yra aro confident that he who always has at hand some large and worthy book, and himself patiently and Bots who cheerfully to the thak of vending the
The largest catch of fish during this season was obtained at Aberdeen on Bion day. Many of the boats rotamed with over 103 and 150 piculs of fish, haviny only been out two or three days.
Quito a big crowd of Hongkongites care down by the 3.5, Yarata Maru to-day after holiday-making in the North. Amongst others were Miss Spink, Capt. and Mrs Worthington, Dol. Mira and Miss Danu, Dr. A. Gibson, Capt. Greenaway, Lieut. Wedd, Mcaure P. P. J. Wodehouer and A. G. M. Fletcher.
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going on a prolonged cruise around
Republics are now largely occupied in the creation and strengthening of their Navios
The cruise is being made with the object of advertising the German shipyards.
THE GRAND VIZIER'S TOUR.
The following in an oxtract from The * UI. ML. S.- Astries recommissioned in London Gazette dated 23rd August, 1910:- Colombo on September 9, and has sinceRegular Forces Infantry. The Buffs (East left for Hongkong, Captain Kiddie remain Bancis Cattley, from Unattached List, Paris
Kent Regiment) Second Lieutenant Cyril
Territorial Force (University Candidato) Vienna. to be Second Lieutenant, in succession to Loutonant, G. Seo, eccondod.
6.30 p.m.--Annual Meeting, Hongkong whole of it is laying a soundering in command. Her old crow have gone
Football Club,
General Memoranda, THUENDAT, September 29:-
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furni
30P 136 Macdonnell Road (Ground
Floor)
Butte Apuani Aquatic Sports at, V.R.O.
Bath.
FRIDAY, September 30:-
2.30 p.m. Auction of Household Farmi
ture at 27, Kowloon Docks, SATURDAY, October 1:~~
2.30. p.m.-Amation of Japanese Curios at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Bales Rooms.
Oh Service Sports Happy Valley,
SUNDAY, October 2—
Sai-ao...
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Fural-
ture at No. 6. Hort Avenue, Kowloon.
foundations of culture than he who
ransacks his hundred authorities for
bits and scraps. For the books which, surviving the competition of time, still stand as landmarks of intellectual
progress, are these which unite learning with artistic completeness and literary attractivonger; and such books are not. to be mastered, or their nutriment assimilated, save by reading them as a whole."
It takes many to make a world,
home on the Chaubdis, which left Colombo on the 17th Sept
The Chinese Engiacoring and Mining, Company, Limited, report that the total output of the Company's three mines for the week ending 10th September, 1910, amounted to 23,112.80 tons and the sales during the period to 14,707.64 tona.
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Qu account of bad weather experienced on the run up from Saigon the French mailbost Oessuten arrived in port too late last night to go alongside at Kowloon, and CoBasqueatly moored to one of the Messa- garies Maritimes buoys in the harbour, where she lins remained all day to-day.
9 Excursion to Maceo by 5. Our individual tastes in reading are as The Sumalia Post notes a remarkable
Monday, October 3—–
diverse as our mental idiosyncrasies.imp/ovement in business in Dell. It has resulted in a heavy, increaad of import To some booke merely represent the duties there in the first six months of the
present year, compared with the corrod panding period of 1909, the difference amounting to 150,000 guilders. Theso figures give satisfaction as showing that Deli going ahead by leaps and bounds.
TUESDAY, October
:-
3 p.m. Auction of Crown Lands at the intellectual instruments used to fill in
Public Works Department.
an idle half hour before dosing off after dinner, or while waiting for some one to turn up to fill an appointment.
Jewish New Year Day.
WEDNESDAY, October 5-
Nikola at the City Hall. SATURDAY, October 8:----
12.30 p.m.-Meeting of Dairy Farm Co.,
Id. at Co.'s Office. Volunteer Smoking Concart.
The China Mail.
Tms are the days when every publisher of note Seeme to be issuing cheap reprints of books which have attained i
To such
The death occurred at Glenbrook, County Cork, Ireland, on August 24th, of Mr John Jones, lata warden of Victoria Gaol, Hong kong. Deceased, who was 77 years of age, went on ponsion 17 years ago, having thon completed 33 years in charge of the gaol. He arrived in Hongkong in 1860. His several friends in the Colony heard of blá demise with regret.
News of the death of Mr W. Scutt Hayward has been received in London with deep regret. He died on his way home from China, and was buried in the Rod Soa. Mr Scott-Hayward was a well-known small-bost sailor, and had won a very large number (over 2,000) of prizes. During the last fire sonsona he had interested himself very much with motorboat racing, and was honorary secretary in Ireland, for the British Motor Boat Club. It was ho who organised most of the motor-boat racing în Ireland.
Commcuting on Major E. Mc.. Blair'a The Netherlands India budget for 1911 removal from York to Wordon, to succeed bus ben laid before the Dutch parliament. Major F. K. Fair, R.E.. the Singapore as Llout. The ravenue for the year is set at over Free Press says:-Major Blair, 211,578,000 guilders, but the outlay will Blair, was the captain of the first, and only exceed that amount by 18 millions. The Hongkong cricket team to visit Singapore. debait will be met by a loan. The expendi- That was twenty years ago, next Christmas. taro inolades over three millions for har. We should all be pleased, bers if Hongkong bour improvements at Saurabaya and could only show a little more cricket enter Samsung, and nearly seven millions for prise, and back up for at least one of its railway extensions.. A vote is also asked over due return visita. Once in a genora. for a fresh scientific expedition to Newtion is not too much to undertake seeing Guinea
that Hongkong must have had almost four complete changes of its cricket eleven in
that time.
aro both rosigning on account of
administration.
JAPAN'S FINANCIAL CREDIT.
(Independent News Agency's Service to the Chhus Max)
PERSO, September 27
Mr K. Midzemachi, Financial Com misioner to Foreign Countries, declarod ata banquet given in his honour by
(Reuters Service to the China Mail) LONDON, September 27. The Grand Vizier of Turkey left prominent bankers that the impression
yesterday for Berlin
and he has gathered in foreign countries was that Japan's financial condition was very good. There was still room, however, for the lowering of the rates of interest in Japan. If these ware lowered they would soon see a rise in Japanese loans hold in foreign coun
SOUTH SHIELDS SHIP-
PING STRIKE.
MANY EMPLOYEES AFFECTED.
(Reuter'a Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, September 27. Sixty per cent. of the South Shields boilersmiths reported on the 8th inst, a having struck work are at present sup- porting the shipbuilders who are still on strike.
tries.
FEARED DISTURBANCE.
(Wule Tez Yat Po's Sercice.)
PERING, September: 20. The Princo Regent has ordered · HE. Chang Ming Chi, Governor of No fewer than 429,000. men
Kwange, to return to his post im- affected.
[Noto-The message of the 8th inst.mediately on account of a feared civil. referred to stated that the boilersmiths at disturbance. South Shields, had struck work to show their sympathy with the locked-out builer- makers.ED. C. M.].
aro
A GERMAN LOCK-OUT.
(Reuters Service to the China, Jail)
LONDON, September. 27.
PRINCE TSAI HSUN
BETTER.
(Walk Tea Yat Po's Service).
Prxno, September 20. Princo Teni Hsun has wired to the
A Berlin message state that the Federation of Metal Employers has effect that the treatment of himself decided to embark on a lock-out.
for bronchitin by an American doctor has been suceuraful and he almost completely recovered.
ANOTHER ROYAL TRIP.
RUSSIA'S - NAVAL PROGRAMME.
INCREASED EXPENDITURES.
(Beuter's Service to the China fail.). LOSTON, September 28. Router's St Petersburg correspon- dont telegraphs that the naval estimates
(Wah Tss Fat Po's Service)
PEEING, September 20. Prince Tsai Yun intends to make
an оде the study of classic-in the strict moaning
of the term would be az utter impossibility for serious reading does not enter into the scheme of his or her existence.. But there are happily Hondrang, Tozsday, BEPT. 27, 1910. still a few book-lovers loft who, when the mood is upon them, turn to those ON READING-BOOKS.
shelves where the favourite author
A remarkable inciderit broke the roposes and with him in hand wander
round-the-world trip, starting at the again in the realms where Manocs monotony of the proceedings at the audience given by the Governor-General of Nether- AUSIUS, Sir THOMAS BROWNE OF Innds India at Batavia, on the Queen of Battalion Beyal Lancaster Regiment, has increase of £2,300,000 over the figuras
Captain T. D. Jackson, D.S.O., let for 1911 amount to £17,300,000, an beginning of next year. to what is known as classic rank in the CHARLES LAMB-to tako but thres at Holland's birthday. The speaker for the been appointed Assistant Military Socre for 1910. This includes £2,900,000 BIG HOUSES AT THE EMPIRE raudam-reign in unchallenged exp-mersatile community, after the automaty Lary, and Captain J. E. C. Darley, 4th for now construction compared with
upon the danger Hussars, Aide-do-Camp to GeneralBir | £900,000 last year. started, we believe, by the firm of romacy. The pity is that their com- congratulations, dwelt
and rials attending the incrossing infow of Archibald Hunter, who will shortly take forsign capital to develop the resources of op the port of Governor and Commander- Casselle, who issued what was known pany is so seloot,
Java, and urged that the Government policy in-Chief at Gibraltar. As Lieut. Thomas should adapt itself to the new order of Dare Jackson this popular young cffcor left things. The Governor-General assured the Singapore with his battalion almost ton speaker that the point mised would receive years ago for Aldershot and then immedi avery attention.
stoly for South Africa. Capt. Jackson is the son of Sir Thomas. Jackson for so The Locomotief, a newspaper published many years manager of the Hongkong at Samarang, in Java, calle attenting to and Shanghai Hank, Hongkong, and a serious-shortcomings in the laborphew of Mrs G. P. Owen, of Singapore, ping coolios for labour abroad, especial there in the matter of crimping and kidnağı
in the Straits Sottioments. The paper alleges that the cry for Javanese coolies is so great that the recruiters in Java are unscrupulous and nafeeling in their enger ness to meet the demand. The enormous
world" of literature. The fashion was
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· A
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· ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
Thirty-six Chinese were fined suras vary. ing from 825 to 850 under the stamp ordinance at the Magistracy to day.
¿
THE TRIPLICE,
NO FRICTION B 2TAVEEN, PARTNERS.
The standing room only"stage bud bien reached at the Empire Theatro when Miss. Addie Leigh made her bow to the audience on Saturday evening in the "star"-number of the programma, Touti's **Good-bye”; and this and her Annie. Lauria," repented by special request, were - (Reuter's Service ́lo the China Alad.) marked throughout by the highest of all LONDON, September 26, - praise. The large audiences soo
soon at this The Tribuna of Rome is ethorized popular place of amusement testified to to state that the reports that the Hongkong's interest in the special pro gramme of classical music now being offer Turco-German and Austrian Alliance
odland Miss Leigh was recalled again and and Turco-Roumanian Convention had again: Miss Maggie Frazer is more than boon completed without the knowledge usually good in her current serio-comic of Italy are baseless. The relations numbers, and Mins May Loris presente. between Italy, Austria and Germany several new and patchy tongs; while the are of the most intimate and cordial pistares shown are very popular. ¡ A now
bill is announced for Tuesday evening.
A native for selling drose opium at No. 7 nature.
Hallifax at the Magistracy
NEWS OF THE DAY. Joni LUBBOCK having made the difficult
The annual concert and presentation initial selection. His choice was very of prizes will be held in the R. E. Theatro varied and ranged from such things naat & pm. on Thursday 20th instant. Lady Mny has very kindly consented to present the Meditations of MARCES ACRETICS te
the prizes. novels by TRACKERAY. The exam pie
Four Japaness law students who are was speedily followed and all sorts of on their way to England and four medical Libraries and Eats appeared, till the students for Germany, together with Consol whole world of literature, outside copy-general, Mr Etite, for Sydnoy, were in- righted works had been exploited.terested spectatore at the Magistracy this To-day there is scarcely a book of nay note that cannot be purchased in one or Correspondenco was submitted at the fees earned spur them on to seize coolies, MODELS. other of these cheap reprints. And still meeting of the Sanitary Board this after especially young women who seem to com- Upper Station Street was fined $102.40, by
the question arises has this wonderful refining business at No. 108 Praya East, and high quotations in the labour mar. Mr E. cheapening of the cost of printed.liter Messra J. Bars and Co. made the applica. kets The kidnapping has resulted in riots to day.
tion and said they wished to make a small at several places, ature increased the level of the world's installation.
The mysterious proceedings concerning. mental equipment? Is the omnivers
According to an American Consular the author of a pamphlet on the wastoful reading of the masses of the present Report, a great quantity of the false hair expenditure of our Army Estimates is an- day producing as high level of used by American ladies, in consequence of other of those regrettable incidents which learning as that attained by the much the prevailing fashions, ocmes from China are shaking public faith in this Army Coun. York, Admiral Hubbard's fagship, who that is in use
Last year a total of 446,733 lbs. of humance which usurpe the mature wisdom of a was arrested in connection with the smaller circles of thirty years ago? hair was sont frams Hongkong to the United Commander in Chief. Mr Arnold Foster Wanchai affair on Sunday night was charged It is a difficult question to ansiver States, where the hair is treated in various wrote a small book, entitled "The War before Mr E. R. Halifax at the Magistracy VINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,
though after studying it for a while ways so as to match any colour, or texture fier, The Army; and the Eopire," which this morning with the murder of Hstauye:
required.
abased all concerned with military ad- Yamabo, a female child, aged forty-two. PREMIER HALL OF THE COLONY, we are fajn to reply in the negative. "
ministration. He became a Minister of days, nud with wounding and inflicting.
Uzi Vaux Boad Ürismal,
The reading of the present day is more the steamer Shibata Maru, owned in Hong. Fonta os so ago, wrote a pamphlet on at No. 3 Sharps Street.
The Shipping Gazette understands that War A clever young officer,; some ten grievous bodily, barm on Sbojiro Yamaste,
diffuso, but it is infinitely more kong and now lying in the Tyne, has been *** An Absent-Minded... War." It was,20 Mr Loo D'Almada e Castro appeared for superficial than what our fathers in-sold for something under £8,000. The complimentary to the powers that than the defence and the ewe wan remanded 9.15 to 11.30 r. dulged in.
Shibata Blana was built at Banderland in wars, but he was made Secretary to 1286, and engined at West Hartlepool, the Committee on Miltary Education, and until the 5th fast at 2.15 p.m. An American paper of note deplores She is an iron steamor with a gross tonnaga bad he lived, would probably have bean MAGNIFICENT FILMS. the tendency of the age to "skim. of 2.600, and a nat of 1,710 tons. Sooratory to the Triumvirata. The truth
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