TUESDAY, JULT 4, 1911.
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THE KOLIPSE SAFE.
RUMOURED LOSS UNTRUE.
4.
{Renter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, July 4. The report that the Norwegian steamer Eclipse, of Christiania, with Ber crew of 58 hands, foundered off
Langanoes, Iceland, a willout founda-
tion.
The story was brought to Rollsochaun by a cutter.
THE SHIPPING CRISIS.
TROOPS IN READINESS:
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LONDON, July 3. A battalion of the South Staffordshire regiment, stations at Lichfield, basi been ordered to beld-itself in readiness -to proceed to Hall or Liverpool.
THE OUTLOOK AT HULL.
1:
A resolution has been adopted at meetings of the Ball strikers in favour of an immediate return to "work on pertain conditions.
It is expected that this will lead to a prompt settlement
CORONATION TROOPS DETAINED.
LATER. At Liverpool the Snevic has obtained crew, but the Carmania, and the Empresa of Britain with Sir Wilfrid Laurier and 800 Canadian Coronation troops who embarked on Saturday, are
till detaited.
LIVERPOOL STRIKERS
OBDURATE.
LATER.
Many strikers at Liverpool have further complicated the situation by refusing to obey the Manifesto of the lenders calling upon them to resume work to-day.
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS.
LONDON, July 4. The strike appears to be rapidly approaching settlement.
THE TYPHOON
Hoogkong han bien fortunate in escaping the full fury of the typhoon, but neverthe- lese we have experienovil a good shake-up From tifin-time onwards yesterday galon and rainstorms were experienced, and the harbour was extrenialy turbulent. During
of rep
Beotland and of
clocks, of the afternoon most of the steamers in port the United Free Church on the Union going to Kowloon Bay and proposals, and the attitude at the Church number to the leo side of Stancoatters members on the principal difficulties thas
made for abolter, sonie dezan or more
of
During the night and in the early hour this morning the gale freshened up, while main fell continuously.
The black riganis are remained up to-day, it being wohida st 9.45 am, "that"; the typhoon was situate to the south-west of the Colony. Shortly after noon the | Observatory reported that the typhoon was approaching the const boterean | Macao and the Hainan Straits. The
| baremeter is slowly rising in Hongkong, but south-easterly gales and main squalla are still adţicipated..
THE CHINA MAIL
And goen, batabowo khabi A
Sabemperance has done so much to ham and impede the movement to which
ingredient of the human body......
devoted, alcohol sees to há a nocosstry,
in
Dr Fajuharson. was the stout advocate here to be solved. The cultor statos bank public prints of the practice of moderate generally a friendly and omciliatory spirit drinking, and Sir Wilfred Lawson had his on both sides is revealed by the inquiries, revenge on one occasion when, having, Instances are given of cordial co-operation induced his fellow member to occupy a to religious and philanthropic work. On platform. sest at a temperance dation- the United Free Church shie, State con- station at Covent Garden, he unexpected- nection is felt to be a difficulty but therely called on him to address the audience of are numerous indicaticus that this is not six thousand persons on the mastical nepocta
Föf total abstinence. insuporable, if spiritual freedom can bu guaranteed.
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The medical men in Scotland, as I havof roses, and the 10th was White Rose Alrondy written, are in revolt against the Day, the anniversary of the birth of the All day long shipping has been provisions of Mr Lloyd George's National Chevalier de St. George. Of course there in no Jacobita party now, but the cult is spouted in the harbour, all the Live Insurance Bill. Now they are joined by unt yet daad. This white core is said bollin re anft bang in the refuge and must of the the chemists. In Scotland our doctors been a variaty of the Provence row, which steamers still lying in sheltered spots, write out the prescription, which is taken delighted the Jacobites by coming into Neither of the Frenet malbouts have to a specialised chemist; in Engada by June 10. So far as Scotland was No Subscription.
departed. That for the North should have left last evening, while the other was ordinarily due to learo at 1 o'clock to-day. The latter is now postponed until 6 p.m
Fu for an daunge has been reported to the police. At Kowloon numbers of trees have been uprooted, while the Star Ferry matched pier on the Bongkeng side is looking much the worse for WORD. Last night the forries censed running at 8 p... and did not resume until 6.30 am, to-day, The barorector read 29.65 at 4 p.m. to-day, and a steadily rising. A day or so of dirty weather should see the end of
the disturbance nov.
HIPPODROME OPENING
POSTPONED.
"There grows a bonnie brier bush in our
kailyard
White, white are the lussome on't, in our
kailyard;
doctor makes up his own prescription and concerned, however, nuy white röðu served the Bill does not take this difference of has an emblem of the King Over the custom into acomint. The Scottish chemists, Water," notably the little Scots briar with therefore, are axious that they should be its tiny fewers- recognised: like the doctors, they are not in love with the idea of being put under the friendly societies: they fear that the first idea of the societies will be to maken cheap contract, with the result that inferior drugs will be used. They argue than just as a patient ought to have the right to go to any qualified doctor whom he knows or to whom he has been recommended, there ought to be freedom in the choiso of n chemist.
CENTENARY OF SIR J. Y. MIXITSON.
Like wee bit white cockades for our loyal
Hiclan' inds,"
The white cockads was intended in represent the white rose, and the one war worn as often as the other-
My love he wears a beanst, A snow white rose upon it," A dimple on his chin."
And every luss felt that it made her
Heart feel glad
MISCELLANIA.
In the core of excavations at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, there was discovered the foundations of an ancient Christina chapel, with a cemetery attached,
In Edinburgh on 7th June, in a modest manner very closely in keeping with the To see my lad with the white cockade." Owing to delays in the work of character of the man honoured, the centenary transportation, the management of the was celebrated of Sir James Y. Simpson, Hippodrome and Circus bare been com discoverer of chloroform. Strange to say, pelled to postpone the opening from his old University and his old Infirmary to-night to a date some two or three days took no special notice of the day. But thero hence, the precise night to be announced are some men who need no help from later. Yesterday grens difficulty was excaromonies to keep their names alive, and from the s.. Siking, and it was a very conquered operative pain," he has been perienced in getting the animals ashore of such is the great Edinburgh doctor. He anxious time for the traiters, the tram blessed, and will be blessed by mal portation agents and Mr Byask. Last titudes of sufferers. Do you remember aight the steamer went behind Stone the poet Henley's lines he lay cutter's for shelter; and although the men have since been hard at work it has been found impossible to get the effects of in time for to-night.
Despite the heavy gala and rainstorms, the specially adapted matshed which has been erected for the convenienes of patrons is perfectly intact and there is not A complete understanding was reach-a drop of water within the enclosure. ed with the men at Liverpool and Hull Patrons to the show will therefore be able Jesterday afternoon, while the demands to depend upon seeing a fine performance of the strikers are being conceded at under conditions of perfect comfort. ather ports.
CORONATION TROOPS
DEPART.-
LONTOS, July 4. The Carmanis and the Empress of
"Britain have sailed.
EUROPEAN FLYING
RACE.
CHANNEL SAFELY CROSSED.
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Lostos, July 3."
The weather being fine all the airshipe taking part in the European Circuit race which reached Calais, crossed "the Channel saidly.
Great crowds were assembled at Dover and Shoreham, near Brighton, to watch the fight
|
A memorial caim has been erected on the Ca' Knowe, near Hawick, the old
Common Riding. muster place of the burgesses at the
By the death of Sir Nel Menzies, there
has passed away the last of the heirs male of the Camairie Menzies, and the Clan
in the Infirmary of Edinburgh Society have agreed to acknowledge Miss "Behold me waiting-waiting for the Menzies of Menzies, daughter of the late
knife.
Sir Robert Menzies, art, and the only living representative of the House of Menzies, as Chieftainess of the Cla..
A little while, and at a leap 1 stora The thick sweat mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life. The gods are good to me.
Then the lights go fast and furious, and you hear a noise of waters, And you wrestle, blind and dizzy, In an agony of effort.
Thon a sudden all accepts you, And you sound an utter darkness,"
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The School Board member who sought to late Heid Dispanser, Government Civil qualify this invocation of the fuse wither many twinkling feet," by suggesting that | the young men should be kept fifteen minutes behind the young women, is not likely to be floored by the famous ferry-
Mr Bysuck desires to remind the public that he has at great expenso augmented his circus and brought out some very clever troupes of scrobata from Algiers The new Groeneck-built P. &.0. liner and the Continent, amongst whom are the Modina, which will convey the King and exceedingly, claver Jenkins troupe. This Queen to Bombay in November, boat puzzle. combination bas bean most successful in it successfully run her steam trials on the Continental tours. Two downs, the little Clyde, easily attaining a speed of 18 knots.unced, was a well known writer on The Rev. W. Proudiect, whose death is **Jooys," are a couple of clever youngsters. She is 12,500 tons gross, with two sets of golf. In an article uphn: "Funk," he while of course Rococo is with the show and reciprocating engines developing 16,000 immortalised the Anglo-Indian whe mid- his turns alone will be worth paying to see h-p: length, 60 feet; displacement, "I have encountered all the manifold perils As for riders, no-one could wish to 90018,700 tons." She better or smarter porformers than Manter
and her winter of the jungle; I have tracked the hugs Willie and Master Joey. The show will be ship, the Maloja, which has boun elephant to his destruction; I have stood worth seeing without a doubt, and a big "pecially assigned for the conveyance of eye to eye with the man-eading tiger ; and crowd is expected on the opening night.
passengers to India attending the Durbar, never once have I trembled tili I came to a Are the largest eamers yet built for the short putt." P. and U. and will be the largest of their class in the Eastern trade, whore, owing to the limitations of the Suez Canal and other The appen from the judgment of Mranses, tonnagos must rule much below the fastics Hazeland in the case of Mesars W. Atlantic standard. G. Humphreya and Co., respondents; and Measa Barclay, Carle and Co., White, P. Soliciti and Co., appellants was con- inch, are about to build a second oil. tinued before the Chief Justice Sir Francis engined vemel for the East Asiatic Co., Piggott and Mr Justice Gompertz, sitting which runs services from a northern as a Fall Court, at the Supreme Court this European port. morning,
THE GREEN PEA CASE.
The crossing of the Channel was un- eventful except for Train, the French Aviator, who descended at Newhaven
Hon. Mr.H. E. Pollock, E.C., instruct- and collided with a wire fence, but by Mr F. W. Goldring, appeared for appellants and Mr Bidon Fötter for her suffered no injury.
pondents, instructed by Mr Reader Harris,
In the early hours of this morning the crowd at Hendon grow to thousands Vedrines (the first to arrive) received sa ovation and was besieged by the en thusiastic crowds. He said he felt very ft and bad had a splendid passage.
The other participators in the race were also enthusiastically received as they arrived
ARRIVAL AT HENDON.
Lostor, July 4. The aviators stopped at Shoreham aud from thence they proceeded to London.
M. Vedrines" "was the first to arrive at Hendon, being followed by M. Vidart
minutes later. Then Kimmerling, Beaumont, Valentive and Carros within half an hour,
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TRESPASKING
The road was like a burn:
But the trees in the glen were new in leaf, bairn I met had's printese alieaf,...
And I couldra think to turn, :
Was ever a road like you?
Their Lordships intimated that they were agreed that the letters showed that But the flowers were thick and the birds in Messrs Hamphreys in London treated the Brussels firm as principala -
Mr Potter contended that Mr Justice! Hazeland had not considered the lettere at: all in coming to a conclusion that Mr Suffetti had not acted as agent.
In the lown at the back of the afternoon,
And aye they wiled me on.
If ye had seen my shoon l' But & murfowl rose at ny very feet,
Mr Pollock submitted that the contract And I heard the whaup, and the pees-weep
mnat be considered as a whole and that no
greet,
And the laverocks snug abune. And oh I but the air was swoot,
greater weight was to be attached to the waris agency appearing in the signature than in the body of the contract, That As hodge by hodge I linkit about was so even if the man was an agent for s
Tuli Ieam to a yot that loot me oot- foreign principal.
I waam blyth torët?-
Their Lardaliipe reserved their decision.
SPORTING.
The Polo Test Match.
And thouchtasmyhan'was thrang Wi' tates of fog as my glaury heel,
There's never a road can plansa se veel.
As the road we sudna gang!
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MOTORS IN HONGKONG,
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Although Hongkong is something in the nature of a rook hill springing sbruptly out of the asa, motor car traffic has recently Sergeant Harcourt Ommundsen, 4th come into favour, but not without the Royal Scots (Q.E.R.B.), won the Cal customary outcry against new innovations. donian Challenge Shield with a score of Already more than one Chinaman has been 108 out of a possible 205. This constitutes killed by collisions, though it would seara a record, being the 5th occasion of which | that in all "case the deaths have been he has secured the blue ribbon of the cable to the Oriental tendency to look Edinburgh Meeting; and he nudu an-one way and walk in the opposite directions other record by leading in both stages of However, the Gorerament has had to take the competition. He has won nearly all note of the alarms of the public, with the ido great awards of the N., the King's result that regulations for controlling the] Prize, the Silver Medal, and an three ce traffic have been issued. These prohibit casions the Grand Aggregate.
the vehicles from certain roads, impose speed limits varying Eroin 7 to 20 miles an hour, and make it compulsory for all drivers to obtain licenses. But nobody scams to know how the speed is to be tested the police bays no apparato whatever !— Indian and Eastern Engineer
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Major-General Nepsin Sunith, late Indian Army.
Lady Finlay, wife of Sir Robert Finlay, ex-Attorney General.
Mr William Baillie Skene of Pitlour, Strathmigle, 74.
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Of all pooplo perhaps none are more fond of canes or more skilled in their nee than our fellow citizens of Porto Rico, says"] the Philadelphia Record. The walking stick. Is that island would seem to mark the social distinctions among men as fans do among women. Every Spaniard has a cans; the well to do own several, and the gilded youth often have a small arsenal of walking-sticks The term "Arsenal" is sad advisedly, The book of the work for Ecottish readers the Porto Ricans, like the Spaniards here is. In and Out of Parliament,by Dr. quite fondness for sword panes and ca
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„DE VARQUÍARSON'S REMINISCE (CE),
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CORONATION APPEAL
From the Chiness of British Columbia.
The following letter has been addressed
to King George by the Chinese students of Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, B.C., May 2212,21911, To His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fifth, King of Great Brilaid And Emperor:
of Indi - London, England,
-Thu Chinese students of Victoria British
Columbia, beg to tender to víšte Majesty and Queen Mary, on the suspicions occa non of your Coronation sincero, ovd gratulations.
We would entrest your
to ex
Polo experts say that the second test [Note-M Jules Vedaines was the Winner of the Faris Madrid Race, watch in America was the fastest and most traversing 797 mills in 12 hours 18 minuten, desperate game they have erer witnessed. Farquharson, for many years representative all The index of the fiber specimens tend your Royal clemency and mercy to his average speed being 50 miles an hour. Some of the strokes were perfectly wonder of West Aberdeenshire, and one of the come from fanious smiths in Toledo and Al prisoners, captives and people in As winner he secured the prize of £4,000 fal. Both teams were given remarkable mapidly vanishing members of the old Canother Spanish cities, and are forged from trouble, and that the lay an regards all given by the Fat Parisien sad the cup ovation. The Englishmen acknowledge titutional Liberal -party" presented by King Alfonso. En 201
RESULTS
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machine while landi
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