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Hongkong oth diny, 1911.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
King George V. Accorsion Day (1929)
-General-Meïnoranda-
AN
SUNDAY, May 2-
...-Excursion to Macao per 5.3
Heungshan.
the stolen handed
storation to
of the same
"If any British Fessel
More wrecked or stranded on the
FRIDAY:
HOND
THIN OA
FOUGHT
WAY TO FERI
of Siam
Indepe
The chinh thố ncluded an agresmonf with a French hamam | bank for a fan. "The money will be applie known in the
să to the comtruction of a hiking between. and, his damise will be widely. Singapore, Bangkok, and Saigon.
coast of Chinn, or be compelled to Ferretted by bis circle of friends He take refuge in any port within the was, dominions of the Emperor of China, and after being educated at Ewart High anniversary of the Accession of His Majesty arrived there on the evening of the 26th
the Chinese authorities, on being apprised of the fact, shall immediate ly adopt measures for its relief and security; the persons on board shall receive friendly treatment and shall be furnished, if necessary, with the means of conveyance to the nearest Consular station.
horn in Italy, whero bis father was as the time British Vic Commu
Saturday, May 6th, being the Brst School, Wigtonshire, N., and Edinborgh King George V Macis followed by a College, he went to London, where he celebration of the Holy Communion will remained in business until 18. Then be said in St. John's Cathedral at 11 am, he decided to ro out into the world, and he whe successful in ancuring the appointment of Assistant Tresaurac
Auditor General to the Government British North Borneo. Two years later
At last a game law has been enacted promulgated in Chosen Hitherto the killing of birds indiscriminately bas
and
It is reported that
It is telegraphed from Paris that dispatches received from Fer, dated April 28th, report that Major Bremond boat. Uji ham rece
the Government to pro to protect sparees inte after four days continuous victorious fighting
He lost 30 killed and missing. Ho left the tribes in the rear, un- subdued.
The road to Tangier retonins an t
not been in any way restrained, but now he became statant Togematar emeraliswill be necessary to take our's licenon 908TIE BY SULTAN'S TROOPS" PanangLoving Government service nesting & yen and to observe a diose SEASON. 1881, he ancoooded in getting the position The time had fully came when wach of Chief Asistant and Anting Secretary to measure as necessary. If any birds at all
Company Ltd, were to be preserved in Koros the Straite Insurance which position he held until 1892 He
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail )~
LONDON, MAY S
-A romage frain Paris stated that imtaediately Major Bremond arrived at the Sultan's troops musde a sortie and attacked the memy, inflicting heavy lower.
Foodstafa and amunition are still urgently required at Fez.
With the text of these clauses before us and the knowledge of the disgraceful looting of the Asin fresh in our minds, can-it for one mo ment be held that China has then became Agent and local Manager of The Tokobama Communications Offlor the Straita Insurance Co., Ltd., the Stmits reports that owing to an improvement made discharged her obvious duties in the Insurance Co., Lot, and the Comit the winless telegraph apparatas to instance inder notice? Assuredlymercial Union Assurance Co. of Hongkong on the TKK. steamer Chiyo Maru, abe notShe has, in fact, once again In 1887 ho took over the local Manager was able on the 14th of February last to betrayed an utter incapacity to carry ship of the Union Insurance Society of communicate with the Choshi, Ochiishi, out what she has solemnly sworn Canton at Singapore, which position he hit Table Bluff Wireless Telegraph stations to fulfil No sooner had the ill-fated has since beld. He was a member of the from a spot in the Pacific, which was 2,650, 80OCIAL LEGISLATION: Shanghai Club, the Singaporu Club and the 2,350 and 2,472 miles respectively distint vessel struck Finger Rock then a
Junide Athensum Club, Londen. (
from the above-mentioned stations. The small fleet of native craft, as if
steamer was thura medium of communion. tion between Japan and the United States, responding to some secret wireless
separated as they are by the Pacife Ocean,
matter of 5,000 miles wide.
NEWS OF THE "DAY.
Today's quotation for Fara rubber, per Messrs Varnag and Smyth is, s. 2.
The Shah of Persia has minden denation of £1,000 starbag to the fund for the establishment of a Mahommedan Afceque and the Minister for Foreign Affairs are joined the Committee.
The habit of arresting foreign "napshot.
THE LLOYD-GEORGE. IN-
she left Nanking yesterday for that рагрове.
INTERNATIONAL INTER- COURSE:
CHINESE OFFICIALS
RIPROACHED, S
Way To Ya Pò's, Sermo
During the reception. Wai-wa-pu to the Flag the subject of international intercon came up in con VELES LI
During the talk E Cher Erh San the newly-appointed chuzia, personaly repa Y in the late Presi
the Wain
MONGOLS BIDE WITH RUSSIA
BURANCE SOHEME.
How the Money will be Raised. (Wah Te Yat Pe's Service.)
PERONG, May The natives of certain parts o Mongolia having shown disloyalty to
(Reuter's Service to the China Maić. LONDON, May 5.
MAIDEN TRIP OF THE 9.5. ARABIEN,
The twenty-fourth case of plague was notified to-day, a Chinnman being found to be getting traplessantly in the House of Commons. Last night China in favour of Russia, the bandits dead from the disease on an un-numbered regular in Japan. Recently two American the Right Hon. Mr. Lloyd George, have taken the opportunity to ignore
tourists were detained, and now we read Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the law of the land. -boat in Causeway Bay
that a German passenger of the N.V.Khis elaborate schema of insurance Takeshima farw has been examined by the gainst invalidity, sickness and unem Mo police on a charge of photographing ployment, within the fortified zone. As it was pictares of fsxts but only views of cherry blossom he was released." His negatives were confiscated. -A few days previously A sergeant in the 126th Baluchis an English lady, who was found sketching Regiment reports to the palice that he the Shimonoseki Straits, was examined by entrusted seren vereigns to za Jedana Public Procurator summoned from friend whom he had known only two days, Kokura she, Also, was released, to got changed for him, but that the man. has not yet returned...
a Inta Singapore Manager of the call, emerged out of the fog and bore Union. Insurance Society of Canton Lidown or the steamer with all the mited. (By cable).
greedy brutality and indecency of the vulture. swooping down on its dying prey even before life has Bown. Would that Ching's mari- 11a.m.-Service at St. John's Cathedral time police were half as well or ganised or as ubiquitous as these robbers and plunderers. Up to a point it appears, from information in London. The Persian Prime Minister proved that he had no intention of tabi By the farms of the scheme it is which has come to our knowledge, that the Chinese authorities did all they could. But it was only up to that point. On hearing of the disaster, Anniversary of Death of Confucius.
LE the VICEROY of MIN-CHE WEDNESDAY, May 10-ta
7p.n-Entries Clous for Second Gyms said to have telegraphed to the GOVERNOUL of CHEKLANG instructing
London's finest clubhouse has opened him to do all in his power in the matter of rendering assistance, while
The Toyo Kisen Kaisha is reported to quietly and umetentationely. The new be negotiating with the Maricar Railway building in-Pall Mall of the Royal Auto he also sent an urgent wire to the Company for the lease of land, or promeses mobile Club in a lordly pleasure place, be DIRECTOR of the ARSENAL at Pagoda to be used as a coal storage. At present rast that members will have to rely on sign to despatch a war vessel to the help the Kaisha's steamers have to consume posts in the curridors to find their way of the wrecked steamer
foreign coal, which is very dear, on the about, and it would be difficult to name any *In con-
return voyage from South America. modern forms of comfort or luxury not in sequence of these orilers, the Go-
dicated in this clubs, Ose of the must VERNOR OF CHEKLANG ordered the only war vessel in part to it once
TCEDAY, May 9:-
khann Hesting.
Pizzapas, Hay 31
5.15 p.m.-Anal General Meeting of the Hongkong Horticultural Society. SATURDAY May 13:
6.15 am Penumbral Eclipse of the
Moon.
2.10 p.m.--Full Hom,
Guaranteed for Five King of Spain's
Years.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1day (1886). THURSDAY, May 185-
Emperor of Russia's Birthday (1808),
SATURDAY, May 20
ני
Consus of Hongkong to be taken.
The departure of the Chinese Conbeatiful rooms, ie the vast, sumptuocaly- mercial Commissioners for Jan has been furnished smoke-room, the ceiling of which
· China Mzil' Census Competition Closen proceed to the scene of the wreek Postponed until the coming antuinn, Iề 15 Fin an exact replica of the council room f
3.50 p.m.-Second Gymkhana Meeting. 3. MOUTRIE & CO., Ed. WDAY, May 24-
Empire Day.. Hongkong, April 18, 1907.
Boy' Own Club Athletic Sports. FRIDAY, MAY 26:
WM. POWELL
LIMITED,
NEW
MILLINERY
Queen Mary's Birthday (1867). TUESDAY, May 30:-
Decoration Day in U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31:-
The Derby run at Epsom,
The Chim Mail.
HOXOXONG, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1911
LOOTING THE ASIA.
proposed to increase the number of the Commisingers and to make a thorough preparation for the visit. An office has been established in Shanghai for that purpose.
hold War Office demolished to provide the club's site. Another is the hath, which is about the size of Queen's Hall, and which
would have made the ancient Pompeiians green with envy,
S
while the Government transport Yuan Kai went to sea at the earliest hour the tide would allow on April 25th. The Asin, however, had been looted wholesale before the arrival of these coolia jumped into the harbour a war craft, whose officers on reach few days ago but was rescued by a ampan ing the scene of the disaster appear. He was handed over to the police who went him to hospital from which in- to have taken absolutely no steps to atitistion he was discharged this morning. carry out the requirements of the He was brought before Mr J. H. Wood, at Treaty so far as hunting down and the Magistracy, charged with attempted suicide and his Worship handed the man punishing the pirates were concerned.
over to his friends. " The matter of restoring the property, valuable as it is, was a secondary con cern compared with this aspect of the question, for not only is the Steamship Company anxious that these inhuman and the great Chinese legend The Veil attach to getting good men. If Britishi
It is not many years since the Chinese troops were taught to make grinned alarm the enemy, and to turn a sumerait to avoid blow. Matem have programed since then, and the importance attached to efficiency is shown by the relatively high rates of pay which have now been sanction- ed for officers of the Chinese Army, Colonel is to get £485 year, a Major £300; s Captain £225, and a Sabaltern
can live well on £50 a year, these figures show the importance which the Chinese
The s. Arsien, which arrived in port
proposed that work people shall be compelled to contribute as follows this morning, in on har maiden voyage to the Men, 4d. per week; women, 3d. Far Far East and is under the command of week. These amount will be deducted Captain J. B. Gerstet. The ship belonge from the workers wage to the Danish East Asiatic Con, and was
The State will contribute 2d per built by Messrs Swan, Walter, Wigham and. week and the employers 38 per week Richardson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne and i in respect of each worker.
in every way up-to-date. She has beåsved Regarding unemployment, it is splendidly on her first voyage. When proposed to deal only with the en passing the Farsoels Islands the sighted ginearing and building trades, workman three wrecks of juuka presumably due to in which will be compelled to pay Eid the bed weather which has been axperiented each weekly
recently. On the way up she spoke to The State will bear a fourth of the number of ships which reported everything total cost.
THE ALBANIAN INSURRECTION:
TURKS SEVERILY,
REVERSED.”
well.
SUPPOSED "MURDER NEAR DEEP BAY
The body of a Chinaman, aged about 28 years, Eas been found by the police on the hillside near Deep Bay. The circumstances. point, to the fact that a fand murder having been committed for there was a
•{Beuter's Service to the Chins Hall)arge wound on the side of his neck besides fiye large scalp wounds. A falne queite was
LONDON, May 4
A message from Citinje states that found not far away from the spot where fire battalions under Edem Pasha the body was discovered besides a clasp matching from Guninge to Taxi were knife and a pair of gold rimmed spectacles. attacked by Albanians in a narrow The body lias not yet been identified. defile and suffered severely,
They were compelled to retire and the insurgents re-attacked Tuzi.
in the change of programme at the Empi £120. Considering that an offer in Ohios CHIEF DETECTIVE HANSON'S
· Among the good things to be presente
Theatre to-night are the Biblical story Ruth and Bonz The Wrong Floor,"
SUCCESSOR
FASHIONABLE WEDDING: IN
HANOL
A few days ago a fashionable waddling.
took place in Hasol when. L. Wilden, Consal for France at Yunnan, delegate of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, was married to Madame Obissior,
It is understood that the vacancy created marauders should be made an example Talanto is to give operatic selections from † quadruple, Ec, the cost of living the retirement of-Chief Detective Inspector The marriage took place in the Salle des of Happiness" besides many others. Mofficers received more than double, in the Hongkong Polica Fores by the of, but the feelings of the Insurance Faust, while he will be sasociated with: Afisa would be more satisfied then they aret Hanson will be filled by Inspector Collete Feler which was profusely decorated for a Companies, mostly British are in Salvati in a duet from Favorita pros
precisely the same direction.
Japan in the
THE Chinese Government has come #TRIMMED AND
in for a big measure of unrestrained SEMI-TRIMMED IN condemnation for certain very pointed ains of omission in connection with
In the case, therefore, Britain has POPULAR & ELEGANT the circuses associated with the against the Chinese Government
two just grounds for complaint wreck of the Pacific Mail steamer Asia. SHAPES.
On the whole diero can be to shadow First, the failure of the authorities to of dogut but that the danning-criti--
properly police the const rendered ism Ins heen thoroughly justified. looting possible before the arrival of a Not only have the Chinese authorities repressive force Secondly, when the the Japanese in Manchurie consider that Maru was dispatched to open the ft 1904 Second Class Inspector and in 1905 M. Bilico was decorated
qualif in Chevalier of the Legion of E Chinese gunboats did appear, nasteps the loan is part of a plot on the part of the regular service between Japan and North First Cha Inspector. Ha
cburian Railway to Chins, and that the given a command and served a long time a smart and efficient oflcer. loan means a death blow to the ambition of Japan to anner South, Man
aposte dominions.
the occasion and those present during the being promoted to that yozsition i
ceremony and sybanquently at thə mETSPLATE" Inspector Albert Collett has bad nearly held at the Hotel Metropole, included all 20 yerin ozperience in the Hongkong the listiguished military and civít no- Force, bazing joined amin endstable in} tabilities of the district;20 December, 1891. – Four years later he was The lumey groom was spent at Tou
The New York Herald in Paris has The death has taken place as Kobe, of been publishing somewhat anti-Japanese. Captain Frederick Deventsh, who for many which was concluded some time ago by four Devenish came out articles in connection with the Chinese loan years was well-known in the East plain Powere, viz.. Britain: France, America, seventies, and was Chief Oder with the Seting Sergant, and in 1808 he was and sling the hay A'Along, and the
on The Dady Mad is reproducing into Captain Piler Huy, when the promoted to the full rank of Sergeant. In couple have funt returned resping silence. The Herald zoports that Miten-Bjabi 8.5 Co. steamer Tsuruga
them, but the French newspapers are
1901 bo became Third Class Inspector." is where they lavo, taken up the
CHARMING VARIET openly ignored obligations imposed by were taken, nor have any since been fuur Powers to make Japan soll the Man China. After some years' service, he was Cantonese, and bas won considerable notics beiliaus cominút during the
HATS
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taken, so far as we know, to bring the piratical borde to instice Bearing in mind the precious freights of humanity and cargo which British and other
Trenty, as we shall hereafter show, but the facts suminding the luster clearly prove that so far seun arlegunte policing of her coasts is enmeerned China is as hopelessly wanting in her reward for the just and reasonable steamers are continuously carrying selections from rights of others as she was 50 years up and down the China coast, by Mr Denman
shortcomings such as these cannot Find, was both musica
Very Moderate Prices. ago It is well to remember that
EMPIRE
CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE.
Tez PIONEER HALL OF TIK COLONY Di Virux Ross. Gratzal) Opposita Cental Market
though the Asia was chattered
an American Company she was a British yessol and flew the Briti fing Consequently when in Chinese waters, whether as disabled vessel oroflidrwise, slie wan entitled to expec From China tie
mente
14The Good
be overlooked, and we sincerely hope ber of those anging
sttendances complete succe that China will be brought a keen smaller tharusaad
thes in such played
четве
her respon
at polici
"ANU. ROLDE <WRE attention
as captain on the Coast Resigning his
ish joined the
Sea Piluts
MONTCALME
legations in Peking in 1900.
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