A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd.
ESTABLISHED AD. 1811.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR
SCOTCH WHISKY
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for over SU Years WATSON'S 'E has maintained the reputation of the FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY in the FAR EAST.
The
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BIRTHS.
Finnen March 24, 1911, at Paying Road, Hankow, the wife of Ed. FINGER,
of a son.
THE CHINA MAIL.
CORONATION COMMITTEE
COMPANY MEETING.
CorrRIGIT.]
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1911.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE IN AUSTRIA.
A FAILURE,
LONDON, April 3.
A mesengo from Vienna states that owing to persistent obstruction, which
good deal of regret is expressed in some quarters that Mr Haluan is
The Coronation Committee, which ha AS Watson and Co., Ltd. Bo blind to the real condition of
been appointes by His Excellency tho afira True, in his Memorain
Governor is an follow His Honour Sir An extraordinary generul meeting of dum attached to the Estimates T. Piggott K, Chairman, Mesars Mesas AS-Watson and Co, Ltd., wan ho resses some little misgi F II Armstrong. Au Tak, G. Balinch, hold at the Hongkeng Hotel, to-day. ingin regard to theshortege Commandur C. W. Beckwith, R.N., Hon. M Henry Humphreys president, and (Beuter's Service to the China. Mail) of officers, unti ho makes some AW. Brewin, Sir D. P. Chaler, K., there were also present-Sir H.-N. Mody, suggestions regarding Woolwich and M. G, China al Ving, Chau Kang Ur Scott Harston and Mr H. P. Whita Chnu Siu Ki, W. Dicksout, C. Montague (consulting comunition), Mames B. Suth Sandhurst which rather betmys how dung: Wa Chut, Hon. Dr. Ho-Kai W. D. Jupp, D E. Chrke, Tan Chu Pak, lul a caso he really-lins to face. He Ho Fook Ho Kan Tong J. M. E. Mnolulu, H. W. Bird, T. W hms 1. F. Hough, Irving, Ror, Foruby, Taylor, II. Rapp, and J. A writes"Recent experience
Tazrant (sucretary) disclose a disquieting lack of T. Johnson. Hou, H. Koswick, Lan Chu
The Secretary road the notice convening elasticity in the supply of duly qualif. Tak, S.. Lers, W. Logan, Capt. the meuling, which embraced the following ed candidates for entry to Sandhurst Lyra, G. II. Medhurst, Sir H. Mody resolutions
FRt. Ng Hoa Chi, E. Ormiston, Hon. Mr E. Suficient accommodation will shortlyhorne Hon, Mi U. E. Pollock, 6.0. be available there to admit of the H. W. Bai-ortsan, N.J. Stabb, M. Stewart, restoration of the conmo from its 5. W. Tac, Ben Wet Tub, CMG., H. P. present length of two tems to its White, Wong Kim Fuk, Yung Yik Ting. normal length of three. To make. Secretaries--P. S. Jameson, FJ this change without, ictoring the Macgregor, A. Temperley. supply of officers to the Army is will be uecessary to enter incrensed numbers of cadets, and I have carefully considered the steps to he taken to increase the supply while .. the Governor, has decided to maintaining the standard.1 have appoint Saturday, the 15th April, to be a found it possible to simplify the public holiday. comfitions of entry by combining the present two examinations (qualifying
make certain alterations in the syllabus and the age limits Further, it has been decided to institute a number of prize cadetships, Ixth at Woolwich and at Sandhurst, to be
Int. awarded at the entrance competitions, WATT-On March 20, 1911, at 20 Chaan beginning with that of November Rent, Shangimi, to Mr and Mrs. R. A.ext. These prizes, will reduce the 4 WATT, a daughter.
Hornless
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Price $175.
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INSTRUMENT.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LD.
Hongkong, April 14, 1607.-
WM. POWELL,
LIMITED..
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
NEW STOCK
OF
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IN ALL THE
Latest Shapes
SPLENDID SELECTION
IN
Stow-th March 28, 1911, at the Vietoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, the wife of C. R. Sumt, DE & son (survived only a a few hours.
Mr and Mrs Arrkx return sincere
thanks for the many kind expressions of sympathy extended to them in their re cent sad bereavement,
MEMOS FOR HONDAY.
civilian parent's contributious (now £150 a year) to "the rate of £80 a. year, the highest rate now paid by a aval or military olleer, and will carry, to the son of officer and civilian alike, complete remission of the present elnurges for outfit of cadets
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Today's quotation for Para rubber, AA por Mass Vernon and Smyths is Cs.. 6d.
a of copy to-day we arɑ. -Ôving-tu
able to publish the results of Saturday's
The miners in colliery in South Wales recently created another serious disturbance. When the strikus ttacked the oficials and labourers of the Cambri Trust Colliery, a severe conflict arose with policemen, and many were wounded on both sides Numbers of women participat-
and other missiles to the strikers.
in the disturbance, supplying stonen
While at work this morning on the re-building of the premises at the corner of Wyndham and Wellington Streets, a Chinese youth, one of the masons, foll
from the roof of the Chinese Mail Office to
the ground. He was bruised about the head but whether seriously hurt or not was
nInterport Polo Match. Hon and a grant of. 265 for outfit on not ascertained as before an ambulance
kong v. Manila,
5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital at St. John's
Cathedral.
General Memoranda.
WEDNESDAY, April 5 –
Day.
Ladies Rifle Association Meeting: It 2.15 p.m.-Licensing Board Meeting. Tuensbay, April 6 :----
Ladies Risle Association Mouting, 2ad
Day. 5 p.m.-Interport Poin Match. Hong
kong v. Manila.
FRIDAY, April 7:
Ladies Rifle Association Meeting, 3rd
Day,
Performance of Bandunan Opera Coat Theatre Royal... SATURDAY, April 8:--
Ladies Rifle Association Meeting,
Day..
could be brought to him he was put in a chair and taken away.
obtaining a commission in the British Army. I trust that these nicasures
my have the effect of stimulating The German police have taken int competition for cadetslips. I have custody in Englishman, thought to be a baen much gratified to note, as a naval offices, and four German clerks in the practical taken of the increased employ of the Hamburg Shipbuilding Yard, interest in wilitary matters now on the suspicion of military spying. At taken by our universities, that thers Bremen, also, three Germans; one of them a woman, were arrested, all on the charge is a marked improvement, both in numbers and in standard, in the supply of university candidates for commissions."
of conspiring to furnish Grant Britain with. the secret plans of German new battle- ships. The report is greatly agitating the Gensan mind.
The Standard gravely doubts
The Daise Maru, the training, vessel whether the War Secretary's bait will of the Mercantile Marine school, which prove as attractive as ho hopes As started from Japan pa a law round, the world was originally intended to call at thit aptly points out, "Young men of Wellington, New Zealand, on the 6th of energy and character will not adopt July. The programe has now been the military profession unless it enchanged. The vessel will visit Mellourne sures them some better prospect than instead of Wellington and will return to Shiva in the later part of August, this that of hard and rather dull work year The Dai Mara is now at Cape. and inadequate remuneration. A Town. large increase of the officers' pay is inevitable if we are to get into
1 p.m.V-R 0. Athletic Sports 7.10 p.m. Kowloon Cricket Clubs Dinner MONDAY, Apr 10-
Noon-Entries. dose for I.K. V. C
Rife Meeting.
The Ching Mail.
HONUKONG, MONDAY,, Å PULL ́3, 101.
THE BRITISH-ARMY ESTIMATES.
It reported from Nagusiki that the the service the men who see their Mitsu Bishi Ship Ruilding Yard theat
way
(1) That Article No. of the Articles of Association of this Company, which now reads
"As remuneration for their services. 4the general mainger shall retain or be paid out of the funds of the 'company salary at hoito of Foren thousand two hundred dollars per annum and a comnns "Aion of five per centum on the not profits of the company in every year in which the net profite shall amount to seven per centum of the capital of the company
be amended by eliminating there- from the words
in which the net pro stud amount to seren per reutuin of the in the sixth and seventh lines thereof.
puerperiod clad wramming
of Association of the Company, which now reads.
[COPTOUT]
·PROMINENT MASON'S
DEATH
MR W. C. MURRAY OF SHANGHAT.
(From Our Otca Correspondent.)
Shanghai, April 3
The death has occurred. of Me Wa
Murray, Deputy District Grand Master
Noto Descased was a prontinent Mason provented the voting of supplice, of the Northern Lodge of China. elected on universal suffrage, has in ntdition to holding the olevated tho' Reichsrath, which is the frat
sition which he did in the Northern Taidĝu of China he was President of the dissolved.
The Government has issued a com-Shanghai Masonic Charity Fund and
member of the Committee of the Ansonia manique declaring that thohopee Hall. He was a member of the well- known firm of Meters Noel, "Murray and on the now depicture, have not
Company. Accordingto Shanghai papers, do- boon realised,”":
censed has been out of health for some con siderable tinas, and recently he took a trip: Fto Coylon to roruperite," Recently hoeauglita éhill and was taken to the Gemenil. Hospital, where he has since bean lying in A procarious condition. Es C
SPANISH POLITICS
RESIGNATION OF THE CABINE 1.
GRAVE SITUATION..
TRIBES COMBINE AGAINST SULTAN.
(Reuter's Service to the Chin Jail.)
LONDON, April 3 1.messago from Tangier states that the situation at Fez.is most grave.
The tribes have all combined against the Sultan, and an attack or the town
If the attack is make the defenders is expected momentarily Must Curpitulate owing to the lick have how fuldhed Homu pr
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
DIPLOMATIC CHANGES
The consulting committee othe *than the general ungers shall be paid out of the funds of the company by way of remuneration. two thousand five hundred dollars, for each year that the net profits amount to seven per cent of the capital of the Company and such remuneration shall be divided among them in such proportion and manner, as the consulting com.announced mittee may determine andin default mually.
b struck out and that in lien theroof the following Article bo inserted:-
Article No. 02
ANNOUNCED.
· {Renter's Service to the China Mui.) LONDON, April 2, The following changes in the Austro Hungarian diplomatic serșice are
Count Thurn has been appointed. Ambassador at St. Petersburg, and Herr, Von Rosthorn, Minister at Teheran, has been transferred to Teking, and succeeded in the Pergian, capital by * Each member of the consulting Councillor Otto..
committee not being a member of.
the general managers' firm all
a
(Reuter's Service to the China Nail)
LONDON, April 2.
Tho' Madrid Cabinet has resigned owing to its having been pluced in a allemme by a debate on a Republican motion in favour of the court-martin
who was executod on a charge of having instigated the Barcelona riots in 1909.
FREMIER LIKELY TO REMAIN.
LONDON, April 3.2
A telegram received from Madrid states that Senor Canalejas, the premier, will probably remain in office.
Any
- [Note-Senor Canalejas, who was born in Galicia in 1864, was the son of nu engineer. Ho was educated at Midrid. At the age of tan he translated from the can work entitled "Louise or the Young Emigrant which was published when his father became director of railways. At Madrid and Badajoz Jose was made general secretary, heat ones sat about studying all public questions ic
Way soclad with mways. He also found time to write two volumes on the History of Latin Literature. He took part in scientific and political" dia- And democratio ideas and becuing a follower Don Christing Marcos. He fired to bia sca in the Certes in 1821, and was a member of The Opposition. Later he criticed the con- dition of the aeny, and in 1887 was choven president of a commission of inquiry into the question of army reform. In 1688 ho was the third Vice-President of the Cortes, Ho bas held vations Ministeral offices and basi written. Dumerous pamphlets and articles for the Press. In 1902 hd was Min ister of Agrionltare, Industry, and Com marca in the Sagasta Cabinot, and had
be paid out of the funds of the PRESIDENT FALLIERES ssions, and expounded his pulitical company, by way of remuneration.
for his services the sum of vo hundred dollars per annum.**
(3) That Article No. 104 of the Articles
of Association be struck out and that a lion thereof the following Article be inserted, mantely
Article No-104
́All dividends unclaimed for one
IMPENDING VISIT TO
HOLLAND.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, April 2.
A Paris message states that President
*year after having been deginree Fallieres will visit Holland in July on Fay be invested or offers made the invitation of Queen Wilhelmina.great dificattice to contend with owing to use of by the general managers for He will proceed by sea, and land at the indecision of his iolsterial colleagues.
the benefit of the company until clumed, and all dividends un- hund for five years after having been declarul many be forfeited be *the genemnt managers for the benefit of the company. This clause bhall not be deemed to con- stitute the company a trustee de unclined dividends and cinde shall bear interest the company and a dividend shelf not be decused a specialty.
divid agains.
(4) That the above resolutions shall be retrospective in their affect and that the situations in the Articles of Aseo ciation of the company thereby effected shall be deemed to have been effected and to have come into force as on the first day of January, 1410.
The Chairman sold-Gautlemen,
1000
to a competence if not to wealth is to lay down the keel of a new NYK. steamer ut 6,000 tons displacement on and an assured position in other the 4th of April. The vessel is Meiji. The be called the careers." "Tlunt is the crux of the to whole situation, and at the moment Canada Maru, which was built for the we do not see that there is any real Osaka Shosen Kaishi, is to be hindel over endeavour being made by the Home As most of our readers know the authorities to meet it with the only British Army estimates for the com- remedy that will prove effective. ing year, which have just passed the The demands of the Navy, Old Are House of Commons, were cut down Pensions and socialreform generally are by £70,000 below the figure of last a large and insistent these days that year. To show how the decrease is the War Office are not make the brought about we will reproduce the appeal for adequate treatment which following figures fromral) HALDANE's it should, for fear that Parliament will turn and send the Army by cuting statement:
down oven their present comparatively modest figures. And so we drift from the ss. Duvanha on Saturday, for a holiday sulting Committee, there is no reason why
11-12-1910-1},
Finance - - £27,090,000 £27,760,000
Territorial
CHTER INCREASES.
bad to worse and the condition of the British military officer with his pay
le the owners on the 15th of April. The Beforo formmily proposing the rewolutions keet of Chinose gunboat is be laid in the which you have just reard, and I would begining of Bay Delivery of the like to remind you that for the year 10 Y nakaze, a large destroyer, ordered by the the General. Banagers received in com
reniuneration," It is quite right that. Naval Department, is to be finished in mission and the Consulting Commitice no July. The lunch of the Yahagi, a cruisers Managers' comation should ud dependent is to take place in September. The Shany profits and the change in the Articlos Maro is to be delivered to the Toyo Kinep which, we bro aking you to sanction will not alter that; the General planagers Kaisha in August.
commission will still be dependent on profits, the only difference being that it will not cease. Altogether when they fall below per cont A-regards the Con-
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr D. Lyle, of Taikne Docky, left by
in the Homeland.
Various Textures. Force 1 War Ofice...,000 as a subaltern, as one speaker in the and Serc, lift by the us. Chenth on
Transport
Nor effective
atc:... 202,000" charges,
Ordnance, - £18,000.
CHIEF DECREASES.
Amsterdam.
THE BOAT RACE.
ANOTHER WIN FOR OXFORD
(Reuter's Service to the China Afail.)
LONDON, April L The-Oxford and Cambridge boat race took place to-day and resulted in win for the former by two and a balf lengthe
n
irendy is. 1900, ho liniste the far against Clericalion, and Jesuitiam, and at present. his-one care is to bring about a isticmont of the relations heureen the Church and the State. A year ago be became Prime Minister, and he admits that he is at the bead of affairs in order to try to settle ther ligious question. Either he will succeed
or he will rutire into privata life. ED CAL
UNREST IN MOROCCO.
SULTAN'S TROOPS DEFEATED.
Renter's Service to the China Mud.).
Losbas, April 1
At Fez & small. Forice of the Sultan'a
Safe-This is the third victory in succussion for Oxford, way lust your got troops were defeated by rebels and 20 home by St lengths From 1903 to 1503 were felled and 50 wounded. It is feared inclusive Cambridge won. The first are that this reverse will lead the rebels to took placu in 1839, und the total wins blockade Fez and gut it-olf from the relaxford, 37; Cambridge 30. In 1877 main imperial army which is operating
in the Cherarda region bete was a deud heat.-E.C
THE RUSSO-CHINESE TROUBLE.
REQUEST FROM THE POWERS. --
CHINA'S BOUNDARY:
AFFAIRS.
Wah Ts Yat Po's Serene),
Piso, April 2. (Wah Tez Xut Po's Sermice,): H. E. Ohna Cha Loy, the President
of the Wai-wu-pu, having been contin
PERTED, April 2,
The foreign Ministers to Pekingually censored, has decided to resign have made a request to the Wai-wa pubis position as soon as the Mongolian to the effect that the Notes which have and the Yunnan frontier disputes laya passed between Russia and China from boen settled,
Yunnan, has asked that he be per the ond should be published.TEC their remuneration should in any way bu
The Tartar General at It has been mitted to resign his present position dependent on results. The responsibilities instructed by the Grand Council to and devote all his time to the work of of a Consulting Committee are necessarily publish all details of the negotiations. boundary Commissioner
the commencement of negotiations to E. EL Chide Hi, the Viceroy of
NOTICE.
Mr. W. Janes, of Mekar Butterfield of an indirect nature and the fomunemtion given too small to affect the Bnancial Parliamentary debate pat it, on a Sunday mursing for a vacation in England, position of any dividend paying concurs. level with Mr HALDAVE'S better travelling via the Siteris route. : 01:
There is no reason that I can think of why Vecomes harder and more unpleasant Saturday might aff James, was entertained our Company should be the only one to Sprain Be
denying closes of the nature of articles £35,000 £11,000 23 the nation shirks, its moral by a few friends at a dinner at the Hongcontain, in it Articles of Assocation self- 80 and 92 resprotirely. With regned to Kong Hotel at gag Medical 45,000 | Supplies,
the third resolution, the amount of dividend sponsibility towards him
which cold at ones be forfeited for the bendit of the Company if is resolution is passed and confirmed, would count to BE INCREASED according to the scale of dutres imposerl by about 210,000 I will propose, the resolu
Wm Powell, Ld., p
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,
EMPIRE
£102,000
The decrease in noney is described
in the official statement as normal.
The actual money added to the
We beg to give the Public notice that our PRICES WILL
Cappin Neil Matheon, was of the most popular skippers in the service of the BANDMANN OPERA CO.
N.Y.K., and up till two fronths ago com Another Postponement.
mander of flie Hitachi Maru, has died at Yoksbains from virulent inherculosis of Chiran then propped the tire the Government or the 16th instant, Merari 5. Montric and Co kindly the foves low who in her resolution, which was secunded by Mr and one million is to be spent on the inform us that owing to a further post-elf in indifferent health at home Jupp and carried
parent in the smiling of the F. and 0.
Territorial Force is over £200,000,
On the motion of the Chairman, comed
CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE, force. The establishments. (rici-talour Bicilia from Singapore, the Cow The Right Rev. Dom João Paulina: Mir: Bird, the second resolutiori, wani
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gular) are increased as follows pany, ennnot ponudbly hops to reach her d'Azeyedes Castan, Bishop of Macno, halie Clairman than proposed the third Until that date our goods may be obtained at
Territorial
existing rates.
Special To
baforo Sunday, the This news will has been away athingapore in a Mission thus resintion, which Mr Machade svendék
rahy the fourt Any Feners 100h Older Trained grab dump intent to thong for a couple of months, la returning tu kuin - Carried, Colonial Corp: 201ing Corpe 12 who have, bored watts for the Brikan diode by the past Carina Anil, papected Un the propolis of
ss this Inst Hi Lydship secunded by Mr
resolution we ne pla
ches: OUR NEW PRICE LIST WILL BE ISSUED ON THE file Viente socretary the The Chairman Fust The total increase in till bronches Princess furtien arly as the booking hum
Jer APRIL for FRAN Ora Marunt,
finder of the menting, plamen. Thurs will hun conrratory mouling later. 7747 mon, or a total of 37,051 een xceedingly brink, hirin
tickets will hold goodna w naderstand the Though Mr HaldasE? the Store | Erdmanns will unbubtelly, enstitute. tury for War takes a very optimistic the Talkan Princes" for searcher piece h view of the present recruiting
nibilition of the British Army intr
eprecates thision to the equit
for conscription in the near future, we
their reperiate dater on,
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unter in this never happens when Chbebija
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