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a dream which for many a year. before had been 'regarded as little but abney hope.
The speech to which we hava nindo reference was interesting becauso. of
THE CHINA MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY. -
The s... Prinz · Sigisaund leaves to=" morrow at noon.
Capt. Ackson, of H.M:8. Tamar, report the fact that it revealeh, the present Pier a gold platinum chain, a knifo and
to the police that he has lost at Mummy state of affairs so far as the unler-gold sigaretta'engo,
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The State Legislature of Nevada hää”
RAMBLING NOTES.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1911.
[Corus]
A CANTON SQUABBLE.
"The Fullies" haveafforded samo god honest diversion during the wook with thair clover songs, diueing and potted RICE AND WINE SHOPS CLOSE. thoir visit, I truly believe. It does one playa" and Hongkong is the better-for goed to laugh at times and to while away
an hour in tho sodioty of others who can also laugh as whole-heartedly as oneself.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
CANTON, February 25"-
All the rice and shamska dealers who
CorrIGHT.]
THE GERMAN ARMY.
·ALL - PARTIES FAVOUR STRENGTHENING.
(Reuter's Serries to the China Mail)
Losos, February 25.
taking is concerned and marked, a distinct step forward, "mely, the
Were la not for those interludes at the ware not taken into the Hong Chin A message from Berlin states that în s incorporation of the University. His passed a Bill pavirting for the prohibition City Hall life would be very misotonous Hong (the new wine onoply have the Reichsing the Bill for increasing the effective strength of the Army is Excellency told the Council that the ages between members of the yolaven in Hongkong, for mau cannot live gone on strike and closed their shops.
altogether on fine weather and dancos low and white races.
This morning the Viceroy asked the being supported by all partica. buildings were satisfactorily progress-
galore, for which this season is surely Self Government Society and the ing, and, with regard to the financial
notable, apart altogether from the auxiety Benevolent Committees to try and Recent alservations of the volcano į of his daily work. aspect of the scheme, informed men-Art. Asama, near Karuizawa, Japan, akor
range matters, hers that on December 1st lost the that the crater is gradually filling up. Endowment Fund, including Messrs Compared with 20 years ago it is five-sixths
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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW Chart Picade
MEMOS FOR MONDAY.
Settling Day, Hoogkong Stock Exclunge 0.15 pm. The Follies' at City Hall.
General Memoranda.
Trestor. February 28 (---
Shrove Tuesday.
west Indies are increasing in strength, The rovalutionists in Bayti in the
despite the rigowns measures taken by the Government. Executions are taking place every day.
any of us.
L...
SHANGHAI BLAS- PHEMY CASE.
DEFENDANT BOUND OVER.
(From Our Own Correspondent).
TURKEY'S BUDGET.
HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.
►
**
place that the Colonial Treasurer, in liquor THE
Fancy Hongkong being sich aber
duties alone, expects to be 2 lakhs of dollars ahort when he comes to Tuako up his
(Renter's Service to the China Mail) Accounts. Whow: And not twenty yeAIS
Lostos, February 25, $1,339,928. In addition, he stated, a
and Halifax as one of the throw wickadest, ago we used to be bracketted with lindes
From Constantinople it is reported Fund of $20,000 in-being raised to
places to be found anywere, and with oron
that the Minister of Finance in in- build an antonical theatre. Although
groter capacity for drinking than the two
Sasonal, February 24 {troducing the Budget prodicted that the the contributions to the Endowment
before mentioned placos possessed. Time The case against J. A. Jackson, in financial equilibrium would be restored was when a British Chancellor of the which he was charged with publicly within two years.. Be also justified the Fund have come in freely and the
The Berlin, Prassinn, and Bavarian Exchequer could usually reckon upon the insulting the Christian religion in heavy proportion of Army and Navy total amount received under this authorities are officially assisting the path-nation-drinking-hun-out of his dificulties connection with a Chinese leaflet hand-expenditure, which amounted to one hending has now swollen to gratifying tulers organization, which is equivalent but these days are passed. And so it ised "The English Rationalistic Society" third of the total and announced the proportions, it is apparently the desire to the Boy Scouts in the United Kingdom. with Hongkong. Yet the preachers tell us
was, concluded in HBM's Supreme decision of the Government to dis- of those who are shaping the The movement has made extraordinary that they see little change for the batter in
Court today...
continue the tobnees monopoly. character of the University to make ogress in Germany." every provision for the future, for
The Unionists are said to be undecided later in his speech His Excellency whether to introduce their. Bill for the statel that a innsiderable sum if the Hot still needed to complete the endow- Curzon says this hesitation of the Unionists ment if the Krivousita, islu be wertliyi onita Jeum Dias and but, the. of its title, to afford instruction inparty lunders as prepared to introduce the many branches of luniau kem bill when the opportune moment arrives. I admit, but it has clustered around it The Times roostintends that the Bill should many a recollection which makes it of ledge and promote research, Sir
be introduced at once and all the Unionist value in the eyes of all but the icon- FREDERICK's eloquent references to argans take the sanis view, with the exoclastic section who cry "away with it." the motives underlying the inauguradoption of the Morning Post. The Opposi tion of the University and the ideals in been clearly weakened by the The base of the Tower, I believe, ia dow
death of Lord Cawdor, and, to make mat- used for storing fire brigade material. What Fullers sued the Siak Indrapoera named Savarkar WAY followed by an it has in view we cordially endorse. tery worse, dis Balfour is now absent is there to prevent this from being cleared Rubber Concessions, Ltd, for the return in the harbour of Marseilles on his
thrown open, on each of its four sides thus who is believed to be dying.
line of thoroughfare straight
Aforan, Savarkar aluded his guard, slipped through, Some folk have urged the objection that misrepresentations in the prospectus of through a port hole, and awam ashere
One thing this shortago in the treasury means an extension of life to the uld Clock Tower. There are thany residents in Henckear, and countless numbers of retired members of the community living at home, who would see, or hear of, the DEMONTON OI LIRE Lower with a gluat 4A) of sorrow. It is not a handsonic structure,
Defendant wa bound over in bis own recognizances in the sum of 2500 for two years, and was further or lared to pay $100 coals.
THE SIAK COMPANY SUED.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM.
(From Our Oven Correspondent.)
Sascal February 21. The case in which Bernard Henrich
THE EXTRADITION OF SAVARKAB.
DECISI N OF THE HAGUE.
(Reuter's Service to the thir à Muil.)
LONDON, February 25,
The Hague Court has decided #bot: Britain is not bound to surrender Savakar to France.
of stition and conspiracy of a student Note-The stress in London on charges
incidvot of international interest, While
Num-Meeting of Hongkong lee Co., F. As he declared, it would be as Lowing to the serious illness of his brother, out and the whole bases carrymg the of Taels 2,500, on the ground of way to India in the P. & C. steamship.
apan.--Meeting of looking Gymkhana
Buh
1 pa Skating Chemical ar Victorin
Skating Rink."
| Folemury 21 to 28 :-- Mazil Carnival.
WEY. March 1
Ash Wednesday, St. David's Day. Flower Show Opens
Turnstar, March'?:-
impossible to arrest the movement of the tides of the ocean as it would be
to check the thirst of China for!
Western. knowledge and learning and we are at one with the speaker when lie further asserted his belief 9-Loctare at Union Church Liter- that posterity will.applaud the people
ry Chub.
of Hongkong in daring to jula in Sergaay, March 4-
10-Meeting of B.K. & Kowloon leading this movement instead of
Wharf & Goobuten Gr
hanging back and leaving the task its fruits to others. The high conceptions which Sir FREDERICK has of the functions which the University shall exercise are well knows to all, and on Thursday again
WRosnay, March 8:--
New Meeting of The Kowloon Laud &
Building Co. M. 19.15 pan-Annual Meeting Institution Engineers and hipbuilders of Hong
kng King's Building. PRORYDAY. March 9 →
No Meeting Chia Fire Inace, Co, FRIDAY, March 10:
Non-Meeting of H.K. Fire Insee. Co SATURDAY, March 11-
Blako Shield Competition. THURSDAY, March 16:
Non-Meeting of China Sugar Betining 12.30 -Meeting, I. Luzon Sage
Reinig Co., L
Cu. In.
The China Mali.
Hoserosa, Surendar Ferat'any 25, 1913.
"TONGKONG UNIVERSITY.
His Excellency Sir FREDERICK
An alarm was inmediately raised, and the
The following program and will be play. ed" tonight by the Rajputs und under Bandmaster Coke, at the Club Germania's is worth discussing, seeing that the Tower judgment in favour of the defendants Fancy Dress Ball-Vale Vision, d'ame blocks the present line of pathway... four"; valse Hydropathen": lancers,
lofors would then, use the shelter the Company, was concluded to-day in thas afforded as a lounging place, but surely
fugitive was arrested on clambering out of the policeman always on point duty there.B.M.'s Supreme Court.
the water by a French policeman, who could provent that. Auy how the scheme Sir Havilland de Sausmarez delivered handed him back to bie pursuers The
with costs, on the ground that generally
AMERICA AND JAPAN
negati-
French Socialist pross, conderisation of recapture of the fugitive as a France torritorial jurisdiction. The ations between the French and British asian. agres
"Cap and Bella"; valse, Fumer Heiterer": Thursday could not forbear a quip about
His Excellency during the debate on the plaintiff had not dealt direct with two-step, "Don't ouke dem scandlus eyes the finest site being allowed to remain the Company but through Mr Lind
money in so urgent-agent. at me"; valse, "Gold and Silver"; vatse, darulict at a time when
ly needed. But whoso fault is it? When a ideale"; lancers," Cake Walk" curtain trading corporation made tentativa Cum right down-to-de-Hoskinenquiries regarding the price the Treasury Bee"; valse, "Kaiser"; else, Konigs opened its mouth so wide that would deder", barn dinge, The Big Drummer's be purchasers wure effectually frightened Night Out also "Soldaten Lious"; polka, Mein Röwchen“; lancers, **Mn-" dan dugot"; valse, "Sobra los Ola".
away.
Meanwhile the thest site in baro and the bandsome facade of the Hongkong Club
in consequence. If the Club were only wealthy enough it might purchase the plat and convert it into a bowling green. If
he once more voiced his desire that se, "Ich liebe dich"; two-step, Wshows up to even more splendid advantage
moral influence should be given pre- cininence above any merely material benefits As His Excellency remark- ed, the alumni of the University will carry away with them an impress and learn to understand our methods better indeed than if educated as isolated aliens at some of the large University centres of England; they will take away not merely a full knowledge of the English language but also of English character. The ultimate effect of this will be beyond computation, but it is certain that the advantage to Hongkong, as well as to "the whole British Empire, i
pering Rufas"; galop, "Off to By Bye."
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR
NEW TREATY.
(Reuters Service to the China Mail)
Lostos, February 24.
President Tat has telegraphed to the Governor of California asking
Governments which followed · resulted
in an agreement to submit to The Fagus Tribunal the facts attending the
ecape and-recapture as well as the international. question involved. Savarkar has sinco bean put on his trial for being an acecasory to the conspiracy which rosulted in the murder of Mr Jackson at Nasik and has been banished from India-Es. C. M.]
PERSIAN AFFAIRS.
NEW PREMIER APPOINTED.
Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, February 24,
1
No ono, I imagine, will grudge the lower him to explain the proposed Treaty
A Teheran dispatch states that branches of the Civil Service the privilego with Japan to both Houses of the State. Sipahder has beca appointed
Premier.
A Ladysmith dinner is to be held at they have now acquired of getting ther Legislature.
passages pald Home. They are all worthy The Grand Hotel on Monday.night.
The aviators. Next and De La Torre, anva inst their lives while testing nili lary neroplans at Douzy, in the Ardennes The wings dropped off while they were descending i
Captain Sir John Keane Bart., of Cappo quin. House, Triland; Sir Henry Blake's private secretary when in Hongkong, ba been appointed High Sherif for the County of Waterfort.
......
mon nad in view of the emoluments that It is expected that the Senate will accrue to those higher up, deserve this ratify the Treaty in the course of a consideration at the hands of the State. few days, as "the opposition on the Novertheless those persons who do not Pacific coast is not formidable. have the luck to belong to the Civil Service cannot help but envying them a little. Free passages Home do not fall to the Int of men who work for private firmus and corporations, more's the pity.
His Excellency thought that probably one effect of the scheme would be that mors men would marry. Possibly that may be so.
Which reminds me that report has it that Caruso is engaged to Lilian Grenville, the beautiful Canadisa soprano, who is hailed our West as the new Melba. Ah 1” stid Caruso, when tazed with the
PAND 0. ACTIVITY,
TWO NEW INTERMEDIATE
STEAMERS,
2
(Reuters Service to the China Ma
Lostos, February 24. The P. and O. Company ha is already wadded to the nightingale in ordered two 7,000-ton steamers of intransferred the tenor's metaphorical com the intermediate service to India, her golden thront. The reporters deftly the Nile type which are designed for. pliment to himself. Caruso, with a long China and Japan without tranship- care above his head and laughed back: "I mont Russian cigarette in his month, twirled his
Accurling to New York dispatch, 3Ir
I believe that if this University is developed on the best lines it will be one of the greatest things on which
The. Peking Daily Nets announces the this Colony has ever embarked our relations with China, will be moster of MMartin, formerly U. S. Consul
engagement of Miss Grace Martin, daught | greatest both with regard to the good marked. "Based on the model of the Hanko, to Mr. Benny of the Inter.
it will do to Chian aal in the hene-latest British University, comunuding ational Banking Corporation atong Seinl resides to the Colony," This a close assocation in its earlier years passage culled from the speech of with the University of London, affund. Fairbanks, formerly Vice-President of the ing especial fucilities for the study of United States, will be appointed Am LOGARD delivered, at the Legislative Medicine, Arts and Engineering, and sailor to London. vice Mr Whitelaw SEE WINDOWS.Cormeil uecting on Thursday, when
the Ordinance for the incorporation working in thorough co-operation, whose impending retirement has and regulation of the University of with the Colonial Government, the Customers Own Ideas Hongkong was introduced, is hut one University of Hongkong should enter and Designs carried out. of many such utterances in which His upon its netive life under the happiest Esilency has publicly testified his auspices. And once again we wish consuming enthusiasm for and deep it all the success which it deserves. PATTERNS OF MATERIALS it in, a project which is fast emerg AND QUOTATIONS FOR ALL ing from the reuius of idealism into "FURNISHING WORK; PROMPTLY the splier of practical existence. Throughout the full gth, fins. Governorship of Hongkong Sr
DESIGN BOOKS,
SUBMITTED.
BERI-BERL
The Dangers of Rice.
In the Government Gazelle the following aussouncement appears abore the signaturo
Clementi):
Wm. Powell, Ld., FREDERICK has regarded the found of the Acting Colonial Secretary (Mz C.
FIRST #LOOR, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
'EMPIRE' CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,
been announced.
Am A great singer because I have alwaya romained a bachelor; no man can sing un-
married."
homies, and I should never smile if
· PANAMA CANAL
A NERVOUS. VICEROY.
(Wak Taz Yat Po'a Service.)
PERING, February 2
.E. LA Obing Viceroy of Yunnan, has again reported the movements of British and Franch troops and com- plains that the Ministers of the Boards controlling these matters are neglecting their daty
THE GAMBLING
"REVENUE.
(Wah Tax Yat Po's Service.)
PEKING, February 24. The Board of Revenue refuses to consent to the proposal that the revénua losses caused by the suppression of the gambling monopoly in Canton should be considered a national debt."
A SNUB TO GREAT BRITAIN.
(Walk Ter Yat Po's 'Service)"
PERING, February 24. The Prince Regent has instructed the
I was reading the other day a rather good
CONSTRUCTION AND FORTIFICATION CHARGES. coming men in the United States. He had story told by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, one of the been addewing several meetings and thus Router's Service to the China Mail.) summed up his experience. Political Mr Sang Tai Lan, seeped interpreter speakers to-day aro a more polite
Losos, February 24......... hearing this formeren at the Magistracy, in to join Messrs Dennysow, we have to submit to spirited attacks отел Of course, aven
A sundry Civil Appropriation Bill. and Bowiey on March Int as chief inter- from our opponents, but personal insults, providing 4 million dollars toward preter mud translator. Air Sung has been roared as us from the audience, are very the construction and three millions räre. We are not however, altogether
for the fortification of the Panama interruptions, years, six of which he has spent at the
often witty and Bagistency.
elections, a successful candidate was accused of Representatives by the Appropris Great Britain's request that more sea of being an upstart. Naturally enough. he hastened to answer this accusation.
utions Committee." mid he did not know exactly what his Pponents mennt, but if a man who bad made his own way by hard work was an upstart, then he certainly was one.
free
are
in Government service for the past eight from such. At the recent Canal has been reported to the fronse Grand Council that they must refuse
According to the investigation do by the authorities concerned, on the Oct. 1, 1010 the total number of Japanese residents in the United States is some 80, 030, namely 34,080 in California; 18,678 in Washington,
5,299 in interior states, 3,476 in Now
Mexico, 2,233 in Central Sentex, and 3,873
ation of a University in this far-flung [outpost of Empire as a desideratum The attention of all persons who consume in other states.
white rice and also of all large employers
of the first importance. Amid all the manifold activities which have called for his guiding hand he has ever kept in view an object of which
of coalie labour is directed to the fact that
The American National Red Cross
he
excisimed fervently, a self-made man
For you see before you, gentlemed.
The audienco cheered.
But this splendid effect." concluded Dr. Wilson, was unfortunately spoiled by amooking roice that shouted from the crowd
mistar
Better ha' farmed the job on
it is generally believed that the disease Society, in placing at the disposition of the beri-beri, which causes several hundred Chinoso Government Dr. Richard P. stor. death in Hongkong each year, is produced Strong, Ph. H... Chief of the Biological
At the recent French show in Duluth
THE PIONEER HALL OF THE COLONY from the very first he realised the vast staple'article of diet, without,& suficiency Government: Profer of Tropical, cunked for Baron Rothschild, saíd
Des Voux ILOAD. CESTRAL,
Opposite Centrid Market.
Performances 7.10 to und
9.15 11.30
Tremendous Succone of the eúnent
- Artistus the DONNELLY "FAMILY,
In Songs, Dances and Sketches.
Mr DENNIS' CARNLY.
- tão colebratai Comedia.
THE INN (or the Drink) after E ZOLA
(novel) L'ASSOMMOIR.
GRAND MATINEES ! SATURDAYE AND SUNDAY", "ATA-PAM- "SAT•REDUCED PRICES. OU
Medicine, University of the Philippino
for, one moment flagger is over- Isi important therefore that a sufficient lite surgeon. Tudical Corps United States
of rice. The bosna should be bolled with mall quantity of fresh pork or frust lah to make a soup.
Astay.
DIPHTHERIA-HOW IT MAY DE
AVOIDED.
Americau cooks would take lessons from American cooking would be better if France. But many American cooks are vory independent. They rather remini mo, in thor Independence, of the Sonugal ese who visited Paris. These azen, on their return to Sonogal, recounted at a gathering of the tribe what they had seen. An old woman said: But, chiefs, were dot embarrassed by your ignaranca of the The bead thief frowned and unwered haughtily
YA
by the consumption of white rice; as the Laboratory, Burenn of Science, Philippine Armand Guillorant, a veteran, who once potentialities. His teal has never of other fonds,
Howing enthaisinin las captured all should be enten with the rice, but if this quaatity of freniment or of focus, fish with whom he has come into contact. cannot be afforded he should be eaten, And when the day comes for the in the proportion of not less than one Colony-nad the Empire, to to quarter of a catoy of beans to every catty look back in wonder at the early
IPITHERIA : untally contracted when the child has a cold. The cold sucre of the movement in the theo
propres the child's system for the recep of numberless obstacles which night
tion and lerciopment of the diphtheria gorms. When there are cuses of diphther- easily have brought the project
Is in the neighbourhood children that liaver to utter grief, a big lure of the ARE you frequently lame ? Do you strust until recovered. Give them Chan culk should be kept at how and with A have that annoying tickling in your borlain's Coughs Runedy and they will not praise will inevitably fill to Sir throat Doux your cough snnoy you at lave read at be long. It ab FREDERICK LUGARD for the single ing. Dr. yus want relief f* If B, takes child's throat when it has a cold, and
night, and do you so mucusin the men cleans out the culture, beds, which form
Which is often the case when ang gele ness of purpose with which he worked Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you will minimise the atak of contracting infectious into a disputo up-country with the bucolics heart and soul for the realisation of and Storekeepers.
blessed. For sale by all Chamints dies. For sale by ait.Chemists and of China.
Storokopen..
DO YOU WANT RELIEF
in
It's true as ya say, woman, that w could make neither-head now tail of all that. They were aw had off with out their later. But what of that, what of torque as wu with theirs.
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