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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
for the
Banoi has been, maminated of French Consul in
velin has come to the com they are sound and has in con sequence dismissect the charge brought against the landlord of the Land We Live In Hotel of permitting a woman to serve in the bar-room
„To-ciorrow be the anniversary of the death of Confugium, “
The British torpedo boat fintilla, con sisting of the destroyers. Otter, Whiting, Fame, Vingo and Janus, arrived at Shang
hai on the 1st inst" from Hongkung, via Finger Rock
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RUSSIA IN THE FAR
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IMPORTANT MILITARY
CONFERENCES:
The Hon Mr Justice Bell, of the Chief Court, Rangoon, has died as the remalt of a Ou. considering the question, we
azalytio stroke He was seized while (Rauter's Service to the China Mail) riding and fell from his horse. think most people will agree with
LONDON, May & the legal soundness of Mr Hanis
A mossage from St. Petersburg states contentions as well as with their
The Appointments are announced of that Cleneral Verzander, Inspector inhoreut justice. In a hiccused call
Sub-Ligutenant F. Omood to M.S. the Goneml of Engineers, han started on Kent, and Sub-Liqutenant J. C. Mansfeld tour of inspection to the Far East. ing such as that of a publican's it The total output of the Chines£S. Monmouth, to dite April d. is only just und reasonable that, the Engineering and Mining Company's three licensee having obtained his privileges are for the week ending 2nd April by the payment of money, the con-mounted to 27,081.53 tons and the sales ditions prevailing at the time the during the period to 29,059.58 baus, * contract is made should continue antil, the expire of the licence.
The passengers and the unjurity of In other words, if the Goverment
the crow of the wrockey stoomer Asia left wishes to prevent the employment Shanghai for the United States by the barmaids, it should withold the P. tr. Mongolia. Sateral of the officers"
application of its desires in this are remaining for the present to give. direction until the arrival of the time evidence at the forthcoming enquiry
Sworn affidavits of others have also been for the renewal of licences and not taken. inflict on a publican "an undoubted hardship of which no hint was given
The Home newspapers state that the
He joins the Minister for War Vladivostock, where
the British Consulate General, Yokohama, ferences are to be hald.
The marriage took place on April 26, st
and later at Christ Church; of Mr Thomas Harrington, British Vice-Consul: "pat Yokohama, and Miss Elsie Blundell, daughter of Mr George Blundell. Mr. R Boultery Acting Commercial Attaché at the British Embaury, was best man,
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
ARMISTICE REPORTED
BROKEN.
a
1871911
AVIATOR KILLED AT SHANGHAI.
BEFORE HIS WIFE'S EYES"
(Plan Our Own Correrpondent.)
BEAFONAY, May 6.
A distressing sccident marred the 08 Day at the Races.
During an interval the French aviator, M Vallen, who has » bee making numerous flights bera of later circled around the course, but on reaching the entrance to the hama
at straight he fell from a height of 300
fant and was instantly Filled.
IL Vallon's wife was present and witnessed the terrible
DEAR BIDE
RIOTS IN THE NORTHL
(Wah Te Yat Po's Service.
SHANGRAI, May 7 Distressed at the high price of rice. A message from El Paso states that mobs of Chinese have demolished score General Madero, the leader of the of rice, shops as well as a police station
The retirement of Captain Lincoln, after Router's Service to the China. Mall) thirty-four years' faithful service with the Chilis Marchants 5. N. Co. removes a
LONDON, May 8. respected names from the list of captains of China coastingabeamers," and is accom
at the time of the making of the Admiralty'scheme for the establishment of led by the best wishes of many friends Insurgents, has broken off the armistice here. A d
CLAIM FOR SHARES.
both shout and ashore, for Captain contract By lis
decision Mr Reserve of 300 trained fishermen at Lincola's future prospersity, HALLIFAX has gone in direct Grimsby, to form a test of nano-sweeping opposition to a ruling which he giveaway for special war sertice, ins proved the previous week when he fined a failure, as hitherto unly eloven Gehermen
enrolled themselves. SAYZK-BENS.-On April 29th, at Shang-another hotel-keeper $25 for permitt hai, TROMAN SAYLE, only son of the late ing his daughter to play the piano in Thomas Henry Sayle, and Mrs T E.
While leaving the Associated harves Trueman, of Shanghai, to HALEN MARIE the bar. This, of course, constitutes no WILS N BENN, eldest daughter of the late reflection on His WonsHIP father at Shanghai in charge of a pilot on May 1, Hornless. A. Benn, and Birs Beun, of Shanghai.
does it disclose an open-mindedness the Apcar stammer. Gregory Apear fouled LUCA.CAULO ALBERTO DE LUCA, aged on his part and a not too slavish two lighters which were lying at the wharf VICTROLA X months, sou of M. Rafael de Luca, Commis-conformity to precedent when new one, a mad boat, was completely smashed
light is brought to bear on the and mank, while the other, which was HINDSON.--Or. April 20th, at Shanghai, situation.. It is, however, somewhat cargo lighter, fortunately empty, had her
strange that the points Mr HARRIS successfully raised did not previously
During List work there were 17 cases strike His Wonsie, but, stranger of plague, four of enteris. fever and mine still is it that the police should of small-pox in the Colony. Eight of the commence a spring campaign of the | kind they did before knowing beyond all doubt that they were proceeding on solid ground. Where to the legal luminaries behind the Police come in in plagas cases were imported and 17 endedSui, his concubine, to be his executrix.
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toner of Customs at Nacking, and of ļ Down Maris Theodoli, his wife.
Amico Many, the beloved wife of A. E. C. Hixsos, aged 33 years....
Hons-On April 30th, 115, Arense Rua Shanghai, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W. A Hons.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Anniversary of Death of Confucios,
General Memoranda.
WEDNESDAY, May 10-
7 p.m.-Entries Clows for Second Gyu- such cases as these? There is evidently
khau Mouting. Thursday, Maj11:—
J
5.15 p.m.-Annual General Meeting of the Hongkong Horticultura! Segisiz.. FRIDAY: May 12:-
The Follies at Theatre Royal SATURDAY May 13
6.16 ..-Perumbeat Felipe of the
Moon.
P.
à screw loose somewhere. Certainly
hows torn away.
a
latter wero Chinese cases and one British, and six ended fatally. Of the enteric fever corurrences three ware German (imported). and one Indias, all non-fatal. Two of the
intally.
it does not facilitate the work of the The retum of the health of the crows Police or tend to a respect of their of the ships employed upon the China powers if a well-thought-out scheme Station shows that the number of admis of operations such as the "no barmaidons to the sick list was in the ratio of ernaade is made nidutely sof no 719.6 per 1,000, which is a decrease from 0p.m. The Follies' at Theatre Royal. account by the galling discovery that the previous years. Thustation is officially WEDNESDAY, May 17:-"
the offence they are seeking to detect class amongst the unhealthy stations, so is in reality no offence at all that the decrease in a atisfactory itma of
2.10 p.m.-Full Moon.
King of Spain's Birthday (1886).
THURSDAY, May 18
Emperor of Rassis's Birthday (1868), SATURDAY, May 20
Census of Hongkong to bổ taken. *China Mfail* Cooms Competition Closer: 3.30 p.m.-Second Gyukhaan Mesting. WEDNESDAY, May 24
Empire Day.
Boys' Own Club Athletic Sports. FRIDAY, May 26
Queen Mary's Birthday (1887). TUESDAY, MAY 30
Decoration Day in U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, May 31-
The Derby rus at Epson.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1911.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The N. D. L. 5.5. Gneistaa, which is duo here on 18th inst, in bringing the cargo shipped per 1.s.. Goeben:
There were 535 European and 245 Chinese visitors to flie-City Hall Library, and 204 European and 6,074 visitors to the Muscum during the week ending the 7th May.
Mr R. C. Burton, the agent of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company in Shing hai, received a message on April 29 from the Admiral of the British Flent stating that the Asin had slipped off the rocks and sunk in ten fathoms of water.
a.
news.
On March 23 the new screw stemmer
Noleus, built at Belfast for Messrs Alfred Holt qud Co., underwent her speed trials, These proved satisfactory, and the vessel afterwards proceeded to Swansea to take in coal and part cargo, after which she left for Birkenhead to complete loading in propers tion for the maiden voyage to the Straits, China, and Japan. The new vessel has a gross tonnage of 8,085.**
negotiations.
SITUATION VERY GRAVE
(From the Cableneus "American.)
WASHINGTON, May 4. The Mexican situation is more chaotie
The fishermen at Ningpo have also become rrofons and bave rushed a police stution, which they succeeded in destroy- ing. All business houses are shut.
UNITING CHINESE
SQUADRONS.
(Wall To Yat Po's Service)
PEKING, May 7 Admiral Sah has arrived here to
At the Supreme Court this morning, before the Chief Justice Sir Francis Fig than ever. The peace negotiations have gott, an issue was directed to be tried in | failed owing to the refusal of Diaz” to the action between Chain Wong Shi and conform to the preliminary peace agree ment of May 2. Reports received in Chan Wai Chi, alias Chan Un Lum, as to Washington are very discouraging. The whether defendant, Chan Wai Chi, and City of Mexien is practically is hande through him the mortgagee, Ho Man, was of the rebels and the government" itself entitled to the possession of twenty-four is honey combed with sympathizers of consider the scheme for forming the
the revolt shares in the Hongkong Banking Corpora President Taft is planning the mobiliz- Northern, Southern and Fukien naval tion, now in the possession of the Receivation of a second division of American squadron into one national Fleet Mr J. H. Seth, and as to whether defend-troops to be ready for the eventualities ant was entitled to the possession of the in Mexican- teritory is very grave in that threaten. The situation of Americans twelve new sharos in the same corporation. many quarters and it is constantly ex- instructed.br Air C. E.-H. Beavis, and the succur,
Mr Eldon Potter appeared for plaintif. I period that troops may have to go to their
Hon Mr H. E. Pollock, K.C., for the defendant, instructed by Mr G. E. Hall Bratton and Mr E. B. Hind.
Mr Potter said that on July 31, 1900,
fou and by his will be appointed Wong ninn named, Chad King Ting died at Ühe-
ALBANIAN OUTLOOK
BRIGHTENS.
REBELS EVACUATE YEMEN,
(Penter's Service to the China Mail)
FLAGUE
During last week there were 18 macs of plague in the Colony, of which 17 ended fatally. All ware Chinese.
Since Saturday one further casa”, kas been notified from 8, Bridges Street. So far there have been 23 cases during the year, of which all but three have proved fatal..
.
Part of the estate which was loft by the
Referring to the plague in Hongkong the Cableness American says that as yet no testator consisted of twenty-four shares in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank To
Lospor, May quarantine has been enforced, bus should wards the end of 1906 these shares were A Constantinople telegram states that the plague spread to any great degree, the transferred by the executrix to Wai Chi in the Commander-in-Chief at Yemen has quarantine oficials will put a temporary payment. of monies advanced to the reported that the rebels have evacuated embargo on all traffic between Manila sad estate. In March 1907 Wai Chi became the the town, and that the troops have Hongkong. registered owner of the shares and in occupied all the fortified positions September 1908 in security for $11,000 which hitherto had been surrounded Wai Chi deposited those shares with
MILITARISM IN CHINA:
Ho Man while on the 13th February 1909 and held by the rebela.
The whole vilayet has resumed its an originating summons was issued. The next step in the matter was four a former aspect, and there is no further Inter, when an application was ande trace of the rebels.. ex parte to his Lordship on which an order was made calling upon Wai Chi to deliver up these shares within" trenty- four hours. At that time he was not a- party to the action. The next stop was on the 19th when Wai Chi was called upon, on pain of cominital for contempt of court, to produce the whares. They were pro duced and handed to the Receiver. On January of this year his Lordship undo an order directing that that issue bo triod and
DRILL AND SHOOTING IN SCHOOLS.
The Government has declared that all. licenses with respect to bonded warehouses, for liquors shall cease at the end of December this year,, after which the ex- ports and importe of liquors will be pon- tralied through Government bonded warehouses only.
The rumour which was current & faw years ago to the effect that new shipping company was to be formed to a direct from Shanghai to some British pork and (Buter's Service to the Chian Maï.) possibly by a Continental port is revived LOXDON, May T... by the Shipping Gazette. The report on Kenter's correspondent at St. Fethe present occasion is more circumstantial, Wai Chi was made the defendant. At thetersburg states that a telegram has been sit in mid the inital capital, which is all tinio he was deprived of the shares he was received from Harbin to the effect that to be subscribed at Poking from private the legal owner by the books of the the Chinese Minister of Education has sources, is to be about £3,25,000 sterling, At the annual meeting of the Church Hongkong Bank and he simply handed issued an order making the introduc- and a vary extensive programme is being Missionary Society, held at Queen's Hall,them over in order to save himself from tion obligatory of gymnastic instruction, drawn up prior to the venture being float. London, the report of the committee was being put in prison. It was for plaintiff in military drill and shooting practice in ed. It is also definitely stated that the capital is ready, and the preliminary prosented. It expressed regret that the the action to prove facts which would all secondary and elementary schools.
arrangements are wall forward. The docty deficit shown in the year's accounts was entitle him to the ownership of the shares
it is added, will be partly new and partly 236,00ts making a total adverse balance of as it would put him in an impossible THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY, Bund. This is the first wo have £48,114, The committee recommend reposition if he had to try and disprove ä. trechouts, including the withdrawal of case which had not been proved against
him misionarios now on furlough and the
Mr Follock said that the shares.oringi- abandonment of the further training of candidates:
We have received from Mr. John
Telegramos from Melbourne state that the figures in connexion with the referenda THE BARMAID PROSECUTIONS, upon the amendments of the Constitution to give the Federal Parliaments zeneral Tux Hongkong polies have, it would powers over trade and industry, and secu, somewhat ever-reached them-Proposal to nationalize ni monopolies, selves in their teal to aid the Govern-
were 449,000 in favour and 680,000 against
ment in banishing barmaids from the A large number of the employees and hotels of the Colony. If the decision their wives, belonging to Taikoo Docka, givea by Mr F R. HALIFAX on jouryod to and Ergo Macao on Sunday Lishubert, Lloyd's Surveyor, the returns of by the xs. Hengeljan at the invitation Saturday is sound and we believe Mr W. E. Clark and the Macao and Canton shipbuilding for the quarter ended March it is there appears to be nothing Steamboat Co., of which Mr. Clark in the Slet, 1911. From these it appears that, in the existing law to prevent "ecretary.
excluding warships. there were 480 vessels publicans who obtained their licences
of 1,374,964 tons gross under construction under the Onfinance of 1908 from Imperial Docres ireed-by the Chinese quarter. The tunnage now under constryjo. The following is taken from the in the United Kingdom at the close of the continuing to employ women in their Government relative to the recent rising on is about 243,000 tons more than that fare up to November next, when the in Canton: The officials, both civil and which sus in hand at the end of Inab licences lapse and when the Governmilitary, are liereby exonerated from their quarter, and extends by 317,000 lons the fault, a requested In view of Chang building twelve month ago. The warship ment cau impose whatever new enn-Ming-chi (the Vicaros) having taken pre- tonnage building at the present time the ditions it pleases--this in spite of the virus precautions, and having abonently highest recorded in the Society's quarterly Lact that the Legislature has only aged the adam with commendable tack roturas for the last ten yessa
recently passed Bill which contains ad is also not to be entertaine
him regnes to have himself severely punish- cause debarring females from
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that it struck at the root of the whole suin- marcial interests in the colony if a possessor of shares could be called upon to show how
«PROPOSED EXTENSION.
ally belonged to the state and the question (Reuters Service to the Chiang Mai) I was that pisiatif in the issue had to prové
Loxon, May 17. how he got them,
It telegraphet from St Petersburg Mr Potter continuing his argument said that the Bussinn finister of Com- munications hos submitted a Bill for constructing at the expense of the Crown a Sonth Siberian antin line and where he got thems after he was duly connecting with the Trans-Siberian registered as the owner thereof in the and Tashkord Railways books of any particular company.
His Lordship said that there was no fagn - against “any man
aan dealing in shares if the probate of the estate was not
sed
Me Follock That it He had a pero the excumstances under which be
got them.
His Lordship think he must show where, they come from and how ba got then I should like to know what Referrin the warning recently company required before they transfered
given to
in a public bar - Publicana Jave tong up the river be her birth as the Clins Commander thank ar READER HARRIS for
Merchants lower wharf Shanghai-on the bod April 30, had a somewha recognition of their rights in thin
A serions de llision willk matter, for it was howho, in defer Binta, which was bort ing the case mentioned, pointed out N.1.1. lower they that the licensee's contract with the grand when
unfortunately, the
Government was entered into an Kobe time when the restrictive conditions Loucher since laid down were not in force, had to her berth therefore it was
a new “imposed until
un tim.
hould be Licences
but:
Sharpe from a vendor who is not the owner, Mr Potter said, that the vendors would de produce the will and improbate.
HiLordship The probate must be provod, the recognition. the probate by
bank and the
heard of the matter, and in shipping circles. in London nothing is known of say such project tho particulars given above are orrect, all we can say is that the neg tions must indeed have bean, carr with secrecy and C. Lopres,
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