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THE CHINA MAIL.
The English Mail of the 4th February eng dolivard in London us the 4th March.
The 25th mununi gunom; meeting of the Hongkong Club will be held in the clan Premises on Tuesday, 14th inst ab
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one from which the Civil Service will NEWS OF THE DAY. no doubt dissent, but it is founded [on experienco.and grounded in the bed rock mutrix of our national life.
But though it has been the rule in British Colonies for the last three hundred years for the aims of the Administration to move in a different gmore to those of the Colonists who provide the wherewithal to Keep the government machine run-aro ngouts here. ning, that is na reason why this pernicious tradition should continue. Conditions are vastly different in Hongkong tuluy from what they were, even a decade ago, and if the tines change surely ns rational beings we should change with them if we wish to keep step with the general advance of the world and not be left behind. We think, indeed, that it is high time that the
Messin, Olof Wijk and Co, send us a wall calendar issued is the Swedish Enst Asintis Stonmalin Company, of which they
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The meinkers of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong hold their annual slisnor at the Hongkong Hotel on Saturday next.”
SAINT JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ORGAN RECITAL.
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1911.-
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The following is the programme of the Organ Recital to be given by Mr Denman APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED. - RUMOURS OF BOXER RISINGS. Fallor to morrow at 5.30 p.
Buite Gothique (Reallmann), Serenade (Frank Bridgo), Tono Picture Haritunics du şoir" (Karl Mart), Audauito in F (Lefebure Wely), Hyldnings March from Sigurd Jersandfar (Greg) Mre Schofield the vocalist and will sing "O rest in the Lord” (Mendelssohn).
This is the fist Recital of A Borics given on the first Thesley of each month, Practices for a Selection from the' Messiah to be sung in the Cathedral on Good Friday nt 0.15 p.. luve already started and will | be continued in the Cathedral at 0.15 p.m.
Tiere were 437. Europain and 137oach Thursday during Lost. Thasa will- Chinese visitors to the City Hall Libary, ing to assist are requested to send in their and, 27 European and 3,606 Clivesonantes to the Cathedral Organist at once. visitors to the Museum during tho week ending 5th March.
The German cruisers Cnolacam and Leipsiz arrived in part yesterday. The
AT THE MARINE COURT.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) ̄ ̄ ̄
LONDON, March 6.
A mosaige from Washington atatea that the Senate bas passed the Tinama Canal Appropriation Bill, which provides for the expenditure of $152 million dollara (gold) for constraction and three milion dollara (gold) for fortification.
AUSTRIA'S NAVY.
DREADNOUGHT ESTIMATES
=Anti•Foreign Agitation-at-
Makdon.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDOy, March 4
A message from St. Petersburg states growing anti-foreign that the is a agitation la Mukden.
Proclamations have been published urging the extermination of Europeans. A telegram from Vladivostock, saye that a Boxer rising is expected.
LATER. * APPROVED,
The anti-foreign agitation at Mukden Reuter's Service to the China Mail.} is growing.
LONDON, March 0,
It is reported from Buda Post that both the Austrian and Hungarian Kwok Fülk, owner of the licensed Steam Delegations have passed the Dread- launel Krong Fu, was charged before nought estimates amounting to 55 mill- Commander C. W. Beckwill, R.Nations sterling. Marine Court this morning, for plying his
local government should identify it former is a sister ship of the Scharnhorst self more intimately with the aspir-and was to have brought the German Crown atious of the commercial section of Prince from India to the Far East.
launch for hire without a certificated AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC the Colony and drop the air of
A San Francisco nesango to an-Osaka- aloofness which it has worn so paper says that smeral defects hayo heengineer on board, and a fine of $25, or one
long. We will be told that this is and always has been the aim of the Government, but a few years residence here quickly shows how spccions is that declaration. No doubt in a strictly endemic way the bureauemts to occasionally interest
found in the two 30,000 battleships which are being built in America, and it is fenvol that the building of them may have to be suspended. It is said that the fittings of the 14 inch guns are defective.
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month's imprisonment, was imposed.
CONGRESS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, March 8.*
A message from Washington states that President Tait has convoked the New Democratic Congress for an extra
The master of the water bont IX was also charged with being under way without a certificated coxswain on boar |PC Cooper gate exilence that he bearded --when-another man sicering. He found the coxswain in the after part and when witness asked why the Session.
His Worship in imposing a fine of 810 risions for strengthening the Special Re- serve and counteracting the deliciency in said that the practice of allowing the crew subaltems by shorter probationary training.to take charge of a lunch in the harbour scheme of motor transport on a large was becoming a common one. There was
A memorandum by Mr R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, which accom
Pra do Luiz de Camoes, Mac, or the 5th instant, Dr L. P. Manocks, agel 68emselves in the developments, inpanies the Army estimates, contains pro- other man was steering ho got no reply.
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WEDNESDAY, March 8:-
Norm--Meeting of The Kowhom Land &
Building Co., L.
-Concert Soldiers' al Sailors 9pm-Amal Meeting Institution Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hong Bong, King's Building.
THDAY March -
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St. Peter's Church, which was built
no objection to a member of the new
steering under the immediato supervision. of the coxswain,
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The muster of the water bont was also
in the warly sixties during the bishopric offendant was cautioned. the second Bishop of Victoria, is sadly in need of renovation and a special effort is being made to raise funds for this purpose. Bishop Lander preached there on Sunday morning and after emphasising the Lessons of Lent, alluded to the evadition of the Church. He said that 82,000 were required and it is hoped that this will be secured..
WIRELESS IN INDO-CHINA,"
LORD CREWE ILL.:
SUDDEN ATTACK WHILE DINING.
CHINA SUSPICIOUS.
(Wah Tez Vai Po's Service.)
PERING, March 5
It is reported that the Russian Ge- vernment has made secret agreements with other Powers to jointly protect the interests of each other in China.
THE PLAGUE
COMPENSATION DEMANDED.
(Hah T= Yat Po's Sextice
PEKING, March 5, His Excellency Sel Leung has mem orialized the Throne by wire that the number of plague cases in Manchuria has greatly decreased.
The Russian and Japanese Govern menta intend to demand compensation from Chins for the loss they have suffer- (Reuters Service to the China Mail)ed on account of the plague in Man-
-LONDON, March 5 Lord Crewo, Secretary of State for India, was taken seriously ill while dining with Lord Morley.
The nature of the illness is gastric trouble.
churia.
WAI-WU-PU REPRI
MANDED.
The latest bulletin states that his THE BOUNDARY OF BURMA Lordship is progresaing satisfactorily.
AND YUNNAN.
(Wah Taz-Fat Po's Service.)
PERINO, March 3."
A Censor has reprimanded the Wai-
"A DISTINCT IMPROVEMENT”.
(Renter's Service to the China Mull,)
wa-pu for delay in dealing with in- Losos, March C.
ternational questions and riso repri Lord Crewe's condition shows a die-manded His Excellency Seb Leang, the
tinct improvement.
Funeral will take place on the 7th inst-dustrial and commercial, which occur
at 6 pm. | Knglish, American and Northern papers despite their lack of encutiragement, but it is purely academic, not practical Give them, however, a chance of strik- ing out a policy inimical-to-the-com-The-local Naurods went out mercial interests of the Colony and Saturday night to track down the tiger it is strange how invariably they about which bo ranch has been heard of charged with disobeying the lawful orders inte. They proceeded to Repulse Bay and of the Harbour Master by failing to keep will choose to pursue that route.
spent the night in "benting" the under-clear of the current boat anchored off the In the last two public company growth in the valley just below Tytan. Police Pier. The case was disuussed us is meetings over which the Hon. Mr H. Although they remained ont until day Worship found that there appeared to hao Keswick has presided he has taken broke nota sign was seen of the beast.
heen no notion sent in the Union Water Boat Co., Ltd., therefore no special 'caution | occasion to point out how the local
had been given to the coxswainu. De- Administration has ailopted, or is about to adopt, the uncient and Nx-Mesting of Chim Fire Insce. Co-fallucions policy of robbing Peter to A. Bellamy Brown on A Physician pay Paul We have built a tiny of the 14th Century 9.Skating Carnival at Belle View railway of some twenty miles at an
Lo fourrier de Hoiphang loarps that the
present Viceroy of Manchuria, for that, It is understood that Lord Morley when he was Viceroy of Yunnan, he Hotel
enormous cost to the taxpayers, and
Executivo Council when they last met at in their wisdom the authorities have
Hanol, vuted ninety million piastres for the will, during Lord Crewe's absence, refailed to have the boundary question deciled to establish for the use of
establishment of wireless telegraph sta present the India Office in Parliament question between Barma and Yunnan tions in Indo-China. In the project of this small rond and its equipment their
The Standard states that an American Captain Peri, it is contemplated to make and act as Liberal leader in the House settled. own costly repair shops. Now theras offered £100,000 for Rembrandt's paiat Saigon the centre with apparatus ranging up of Lords. may have excellent reasons at the ing "The Windmill," which is now in the to 4,000 kilometres. When once instalied back of this decision but the average possession of Lord Lansdowne, and is communication with Pondichery, Singapore, Batavia, Marila, Hongkong and the dif layman asks why the necessity for that, probably, the offer will be accepted.ferent smaller stations which will be easily
The Windmill was painted some time establishing such shops and piling up between 1647 and 1858. Att anthority, established before long on the cost of An- the capital charges of the railways more powerful still (than Thomam and Tonkin. A second station is to be When there are engineering establish Castle on the Hill of Cassell") is the weird which is about 476 metres in height, not (Reuters Service to the China Jait) ments in the Colony where the work effect of Lord Lansdowne's Windmill, could be done both crnomically and with its glow of light and darkening shadows." Lord Lansdowne also possesses well? On Saturday the Hon. Mr Rembrandt's "The Canal." Keswick hinted that the Government
The Ston Medical Society, which was had further schemes of a similir fatile kind in contemplation.
briginated at Bangkok by Dr. T. Hoyward It is n
Haya somo six or eight years ago, and which notorious fact that the godown used to hold monthly meetings to discuss accommodation in the Colony is formatters of interest to the profession, is to bu
Fay, March 10:-
NomMeeting of H. K. Fire Insce, Co.
SATAY. March 11 --
Fist Aviation Meeting in Hongkang
Geruanor lays Foundation Stone, Sew
Wing, St. Paul's College. Flake Shield Competition. Engineers' Dionet. 9p.in.-Boxing at the City Hall, SUNDAY, March 12:-
10.254.m. K., C. Church Painde
at Union Church.
Tusanay, March 14:
5.15 p.m.-Hongkong Club's General "Meeting of Members in Club House. TuranDay, March 18:-
Nom-Meeting of China Sugar Refining
C. La. 12.30 p.-Meeting of Luzon Sugar
Relining Co.. Lal.
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-Lecture at Unan Church Literary Club by Mrs W. J. Willius
R. Litt.
FRIDAY, March 17*:-- St. Patrick's Disy
Mosnay, Marefi 20:— .**
9.15 p.m. Lady Lard's
Goremment House,
SATURDAY," "March" "25;~~.
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The China Mail
Hosukosu, Mosday, March 6, 1911.
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NEW MUSIC.
From Mesars Enoch and Sons, 14 Great
in excess of its requirements, yet the dissolved. In consequence of lack of inte- Marlborough-st, London, comes a bundle Home' at Government are said to be consider-steps should be taken and it was decided to two compositions by Madana Chaminade, resta meeting was called to consider what of New Masie. The outstanding itenviare ing the providing of further godownwind up the society and to devote the entitled "Capriccito" and "Romanes en Apace by erecting buildings on the funds in hand amounting to Tes. 610, as a Ré." These pieces are very representative reclained Jand at Hunghom, in order donation to the Chulalongkorn Memorial of the composer's style and should prove to provide for the eventual needs of fund for the Nursing Home, the money to most, acceptable to music lovers. "The bo devoted for the express purpose of Watersprite is one of a series of six the railway. In the interests of furnishing antiseptic appliances pot covered melodious pieces for small hands by Ralph H. Bellairs and is both simple and charm- sanity and commonsense we hope by the ordinary subscriptions.. that the project will not proceed any
ing---A waltz "L'Amour veille (dio Liebe wacht)" by Carl Petzl, was recently further than the drawing-office desks
played at a concert given in the Club of the P. W. D. The Kowloon
Admiral de Richelieu is on his way to Germanin-Hongkong, where it won in Railway will for years be a white Bangkok to attend the eruntion cerestant recognition in the list. We are elephant whose upkeep will be a monies of his late Majesty. The Admiral gind to have the score, for it is n serious drain upon the Colony. If will only remain a short time as important delightful piece of writing. Another passible we should like to see the business makes his early return to Denmark pretty waltz is "Remember," by Alexandre Duval, while both melodious and dainty is Tim Hongkong Government, despite | workshops project dropped, but
Mr Ralph Slazenger, of 9 Kensington the pianoforte piece Echoes" by Ralp its fair sceming, is, in the matter of certainly the godown scheme slipuld encouraging local industries, a rather go any farther. It would be Court, sunior partner in the firm of Musra. H. Belliirs.
Among the songs, "Dreaming Alone," Slazunger and Sons, and lately Sheriff of FURNISHING WORK, PROMPTLY stepmother. Every dollar better for all concerned if the Gover the City of Toridon, who died an October music by Tom Sulton had words by
raised by the administration is deriy-ment could pay heed to the remon-24, left estate of the gross value of Ronald Bagmald, is pretty, but "Po ed from the enterprise and industry strances of the commercial community s6,137.15. 8., of which the not personalty Wm. Powell, Ld., of the Colonists, though one would in this matter, but in the light of past has been spurn at £33,454 10: 2.
3 hardly think so at times if we were to experiences we almost despair of any MiCatherine Elizabeth Anderson,
judge solely by the nets of the good resulting from the protest so ably Administration. We are entirely voiced by Air KeswicK, dependant upon our own resources
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THE PIONEER HALL OF THE COLONY ment helping in any way to faster left Fong in a junk some time in No-
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session," music by Landen Ronald, words
by Newto, is disappointing after the many. tuneful compositions we have had from this musician. The Awakening" is a song that should win many-admirers, for the words by Mrs Elia Whocler Wilcer, who was so recently geast at Government House, Hongkong, have been most charmingly wedded to appropriate music by Teresa del Riego. Night and More," music by John W: Metcalf, words by Bonjanin Cocker, is another pretty song, while Herbert Bunning has set the words of 44 Open the door to love" to better music than they darve. Finally there in a weird com position, "The Rani's Massenger ", words
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Losos, March. 4. The Taur has issued & Rescript etating that he intends to complete the work of Alexander the Second by transforming the peasants into land-
owners.
PLAQUE AT MUKDEN.
GENEROUS GIFT BY DR. JACKSON'S MOTHER,
The Consor produced a map regard- ing the boundary as proof of his argu- ment.
His Excellency Liu Yu Lin, Chinese Minister in London, has wired to the Wai-wu-pu stating that the Foreign Office has declared that according to international maps the real name of
Bienma is Lino..
ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
Four masters of sampans were fined $10 each for making fast to the s.s. Arratoon Apear whilst under way,
Charged with being a vagrant having no visible means of subsistence. Joht Williams Power" was to-day sent to the House of Detention.
For stealing goods to the salue of $15.45 an Indian watchman employed by. White- awny, Taidlaw nud Company was sent to prisan for one month.
(Reuter's Benerce to the China Muit,) LONDON, March 5. Mrs. Jackson, mother of the late Dr. Jackson, who died of plague at Mokden,
"An unemployed Chinese seaman stolo has presented to the Medical College, at from the pocket of a midier of the 13th Mukden the sum of $10,000 which abs Rajputs, in Queer's Road, a purso contain- received from the Viceroy of Manchuria.ing $27.50. Au sharm was muised and tha
INTERNAL TREATMENT NOT NECESSARY FOR RHEUMATISM” MULLY mine out of every ten mass of
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thick caught. To-day he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and six hours stocia.
Thred hawkers werc," for disorderly con-
the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic duct in Cross Street, Wanchai, fined 825 Thoumatism, neither of which require any (or a month's hard labour). They were internal treatment. All that is needed to among a number of luwkers, who were afford relief is the free application of ordered by the police to clear out of the Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Give it a trini. Youx une certain to he pleased with the street by six o'clock in the evening and in quick relief which is affords. For sale by retaliation they throw bricks, cooking pola all Chemists and Storek wpers.
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local enterprice it policy is, when voler and were blown fir to the westward notified in the Colony last week ware of The only cases of communicable disease not one of musterly innetivity, then in a storm. The "ust sprang and the small-poz. But unfortunately there was the irritating and obnoxious one of rudder was broken and they were almost big increase under this beading. hindrances and obstruction The hellow la the ride expanse of the Indian In all eight cases were reported, even by Felix A. Joseph, music by Euthape We have also large stocks of
Ocean. From a passing German steamer being Chinese and the other a British Martin, which will appeal is, we know, the history of alloy dainel ner biscuits, water and imported occurrence. Seran of the case those who like something unusal, not to ang English Colonies, but it ankes the teles. On January 27 the Liverpool wore in the city of Victoria, and in all bizarre. case none. the more palatable for stemmer Surug was kighted, while the junk there were five deaths from the disenso.
all that. If the British Empin had was drifting helplessly some considerable
relied upon its bureaucracy alone, crew took to the supan, finally alandozing distaneu west of Acheen Herd, and the
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is in individual entities, the British Baruip, which was westward bound Empire would not be in-existence Somewhere in the neighbourhood of the THE CENTURION'S DAUGHTER today. This may be considered a Kerana Which, as winted, has brought Gulf of Aden they were pumed over to the harsh and unpalatable dictum and them back to the Etraits..
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