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NEWS OF THE DAY.
Today's quotation. for Para-rubber,
por Mont Vernon and Smyth, is is 7d.
Fur the third day a succession no
of plague is notified in the Colony.
+
Lower Firat since the commencement There have been 339 cases of cholen of the outbreak recently and 250 denika,
quent is taking the mattor entirely into its own hands without regarding In the least the desires of the business community on the spot The Hong- kong Chamber of Commerce urged the desirability of a station with a radias of the extent suggested by the China Mail some months ago, namely 1,500 miles, and this recommendation
Sharaboldem In the Hongkong and was forwarded to the SECRETARY of Shanghai Banking Corporation are remiod- STATE, together with the Chamber's | ed that the Bank's meeting takes place to-] view that there was no reason why morrow at noon, at the City Ha), the concession should not be granted to any British subject. Yet the Home authorities have gone in direct
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TYPHOON WARNINGS.
The talagranguted below was received by the American Consulate General, Hong kong, from the Manila Observatory, ak S p.m. last night
Manila, August 17, 5.8 pm. Cyclone between the Mariana Islands and the or typhoon Pife Ocean about halfway
Loochoos, direction unknown.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1811
CRIMINAL SESSIONS
ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT.
“aftercon he sent and of his foki to get some wines. The fort cane back with the wine and when the master and fokia,
The Criminal Sesions commenced before including the foki who bought the wine, the Chief Justion Sir Francis Piggott, an the drank the wine they become allly and Supreme Court this morning, when Leung Inter unconscious. The fokt had not Kwal was placed in the docic on a charge drunk so much as the others. He of threatening to fall and commit previous had been found guilty ad the last bodily harm.
essions and had been sans to prison. Com- plainant would calls foki who would give evidence to say that the Datura drug we put in the wine by an accomplion, who was prisoner.
The jery returned's verdict of not guilty and his Lordships discharged prisoner.
Hon. Mr G. C. Alabaster, acting Attor ney-Gencial appeared to prosscute on behalf of the Crown, instructed by Mr H. The following message was received at L Denays, Jr, from the offics of the 11.13 a.m. --
Crown Solicitor. Manila, August 18, 10,54 a. m. Cyclone of The following worn sworn in as juror :---- typhoon Pacife Coon, about halfway bos | Mosers D. E. Domelly (foraman), S. Hid-|- ELM.S. Flors left this morning at 9tween the Mariana Islands art formos, den. 3. A. Sopher, H. P. Thomas, R. F. a.. after her two years' commission ca the moring W.N.W. China Station. She will recommision at Colombo with a new crow and afterwards return to this Statica.
having decided that all Hong
The now steamers of the "N" ciman kong is to have le a low power now building at Greenock for the F, and station of some 250 miles' capacity. Company are to be named Neley and the establishment and management Nankin. These vocatis are intended for the company's intermediate” “passenger of which have already NO it
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SOLE. AGENTS.
Hongkong, April 18, 1907.
سواری
MARRIAGE.
GRI-JORGE.—At H‚B.M.'« Consulate-
Geneal, Shaughni, on the 18th accent, CHARLES H. GEREN, of Tarkire, Eng land, to PHILOMɛne Manduzaime Jonck, second daughter of Mrs and the late
Jonar.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Noon--Meeting of Hongkong & Stang. hai Banking Corporation at City Hall.
General Memoranda.
Information has been received that there is now established a licensed sasocirə tion of pilots for Vladivostock, taking vessels from the island of Askold inte Vladivostock and vice vers. Pilota muust
stationed.
known firm." Of course, if the station is to be Stato-owned, and no charges are to fall upon the Hongkong Government, our grounds for complaint are reduced to a mini-o called from Askold, where they are mum, but in view of the very strong desire of Hongkong's business com assistant manager of Nova Sotia Estate A Kling "boy" employed by the munity to be provided with a much more powerful installation than that contemplated, we should very much like to know the precise grounds for refusing this widely expressed wish.
Foar of the crufsers belonging to the We do not know the whole of Australian squadron are due to arrive at the circumstances affecting the ques-Singapore on the 20th inst, on their way to tion; if we did there might be less Cambrian, Picscer, Payche and Pyramus, Colombo to recommission. These are the difficulty in seeing the justice and The same ships rocommissioned at Colombe reasonableness of the Home Gavern- on the previous occasion early in Septambor ment's intentions. But so far as we
MONDAY, August 21 :---
3p.m.Auction of Crown Land at Publi« are acquainted with the facts we see
Works Department.
Tuesday, August 29 ----
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Bir Arthur Young will arrive at Singapore to astime the Gorsement of the Colony on Saturday Sept. 2nd.
We regret to learn that Mr. Jones Hughes is lying at the Pook Hospital suffering from typhoid There is no appreciable change in his condition to-day
Mr A. W. Halley, assistant district judge and second magistrate, Penang, who left for home some weeks ago on sick leave, he been successful operated upon for appen tdicitis.
has been sentapped to five months' im- Victoria for Sanday next, are:-8 m, The engagements of the Bishop- of prisonment for taking his master's revolver.celebrate the Holy Communion aithe Peak and after drinking his master's whicky Church; 11 a., preach and celebrate at without fatal results in either case, shooting two coolies in the had, but all Saints Church. Yaumati, (Chinese)
6.80 p.m., preich at the Peak Church.
1009.
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Long, C. Meyer, and A. H. da Silva,
TEL “ EMPRESS " DISASTER.
Bir Alabaster said that "prisoner at- | Captain and Officers Exxonerated. tempted to shoot a Chinese constablo and
Chinese district watchman. About 7 We are infamed by Mr D. W. Craddock, o'clock in the evening of July 18, three General Traffe Agost of the C.P.R. in Chinese countables may prischer and some Hongkong, that a Court of Inquiry has other men. Their suspicione were arosand be held in connection with the stranding with regard to the men and they followed of the Empress of Chins at Cape- them and got held of prisoner and the Nejta and that a telegram has been received from Yokohama advising the ind other men. Prisoner was searched and a loaded revolver and a dagger were found on ing of the Court, which is as follows: hint. On the way to the police station at following typhool, Captain and Offers "Stranding due to abnormal set of tida Mongkok prisoner eluded the grasp of the constable on his queue and palled out entirely axonerated from all binne." another revolver and tried to about the prisoner ran away. He was pursued and kong who will doubtless be pleased to captured by a district watchman when hear of this satisfactory result. prisoner took out another revolver and frøð at the district, watchman but that revolver * SINSATION AT MACAO.
found that one revolver contained four ball sien missed, fire. The next morzing it was
cartridges while another had five, two of
Chinese Cruiser. Arrivés. the latter having the appearance of having
(From a Special Correspondent.)
constable. The revolver missed fire and
missed fire.
Evidence was called and the jury return eda Turdict of guilty and his Lordship
▲ CANDIDATE FOR THE "Cat." : & Chan Choong was placed on trial on charge of armed robbery.
The death is announced of Capt. L. Eentenced prisoner to seven years' im Snape, a well known resident of Singapore prisonment with hård Isbour. the Bucephalus at the time of his death, for many yours. He was chial officer of
and while the vessel wan at Newchwang suffered from dysentery, and diod on July 18th, from heart failure following that disesse. Capt. Snape leaves's wife and child for whom much sympathy will be felt. The deceased was 44 years of age.
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A mild sensation was created this after need towards five o'clock by the suddar appearance for these waters of a Chicore. raiser of about $,000 toxin, which quietly anchored on the roadstead some way dif the dredger Canton River," without axlating the port.
Mr Alabaster said that prisoner was charged with having attempted to commit armed robbery in company with three other men at No. 49, Queen's Rond East
It was later rumoured that she declined. to deliver her papers to the harbour authorities.
The Patria bra stesired out. Developments after the 24 hours' time--
AT THE MAGISTRACY,
A telegram to the Sun from San absolutely no reason why the Hong-Francisco atatos that the Hamburg kong Government should not have options on dock sites with a view to the Amarica Steamship Company has secured 3.45 p.m.--Sanitary Board Meeting.
on July 27. The house was occupied by a ↑ limb are awaited with interest.' been given a much freer hand than catablishment of a line from New York vin A divorca suit has been commenced by woman and her amah and about 10 o'clock
The O. 5. 0. staf were bury till 7pm- THURSDAY, August 31-
Queen of the Netherlands' Birthday it has. We cannot think, for in Panama, when the canal is cpened. The Miss Ethol Barrymore, woll-known in the morning four men, of whom prisoner this evening, and the matter in referred to
(1880).
line will probably be extended to Toko-American actress, who last appeared in was one, came and said they were going whispers. stance, of any great objection to an haion. The report is denied in Hamburg London in 1904 in Mr H. E. Davion' to repair the house. One was carrying a arrangement by which the Hongkong
Cynthia at Wyndham's Theatre, against her mortar bucket. Once inside prisoner seized Government might itself have run the
husband, Mr R. G. Colt, millionaire the amah and they threw pepper in the stockbroker, whose fatheris president of the eyes of the women, who screamed and station on business lines, deriving a
Rubber Trust. After a courtship of less raised an alarm when the men ran away. fair return for its money, or, in the
than two months the parties were married When prisoner was rested he threw alternative, to let out the rights to
about two years ago, and last year a son away a kaife. a private Company, with such con-
in London in 1887, when she appeared in was born. Miss Barrymore made her debut
ditions in either case as the Imperial
Secret Service at the Adelphi. Government might think right and
The Chins Mail
Eloxaxona, FRIDAY, August 18, 1911.
THE WIRELESS QUESTION.
THE questions which the Hox. MR
Though usbolievable, the rise and fall of Shanghai rubber, shares has consider able effect upon issuing of local marriage licenses. Seven chees are known in which young men proposed during the height of Now, says the China Record, they the rubber boom and young ladies accept are patiently awaiting the arrival of the next boom in order that they may fulfil their promises.
Evidence was called and the jury re- turned a verdict of guilty and his Lordship
sentenced prisoner to seven years' im--) prisonment with hard labour and twenty four strokes of the "cat.""
BARBOURING A CHILD,"
The announcement that when the proper The effects of the typhoon which passed time comer it is the intention of the King
A diminutive woman named Tam Chaun close to Hongkong, on July 27 vers felt to revive for his younger sons dakedoms higher up the coast in the form of a strong such as those of Kent, Sussex, and GoHo war charged with harbouring a child. set towards the north and west. On July coater, which are connected with the Roys!
M: Alabaster said that prisoner was
The two boya who were charged with putting lime into a stream for the purposes. of killing two genes at Wong-noi-cheong
were fined $5 by Mr F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy to-day."
Mr J. B. Wood bas remitted the fing of $100 which was imposed on the lighter. mas belonging to the Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co., who was charged with saving a fre en board his bost while carrying dangerous goods.
Mr P. Eggers summoned a chair molie
on the coalie.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LDH E POLLOCK yesterday addressed necessary to impose. In this way to the Government in the Legislative we should have been able to adapt Council, relative to the prospects of the station to the peculiar needs the establishment of a wireless tele. of the Colony and not merely graphy station in Hongkong, brought have been embraced in a cast-30 the Chinn Navigation steamer Ewallin | Bamily, and that the Dukedow of Kent charged with detaining a child of three for sesault and there was a cross-SUMUNOTS. forth from H.E the GOVERNOR iron schemo conceived, teur thousand experienced a set of thirty-four miles in has, in fact, been chosen already for Pripes years in the Colony with intent to deprive¦-A dispute aruse over the payment of the the twenty-four hours along the coast from Alber, brings home to us the fact that the mother of that child. Prisoner got fare, when the coolie picked up a block of Chapel Island til in the vicinity of children of a poer kaya no special advantage Finger Rock where the Asia was stranded, neither has the younger children of the session of the child out of the Colony wood and hit Mr Eggers on the face. The The direction of the current was principally King himself. The King's wife, his eldest and there was ne charge in respect of latter retaliated. A fine of 68 was imposed son, bis eldet daughter, and eldest son's that as apparently mother consented to child ontaide wife all have special advantage by law. prisoner having the Adverting to the recently empleted His other children have no special status the Colony. Early in June defondant
On Thursday the occupant of No. 19, arrangement by which the Royal Mail unless their father thinks good to raise arrived late at night at a shop in Hongkong Ship Street, reported to the police that his and spent the night there. Prisoner tried, aged about 11 years, was missing. He Company has become posscreed of the them to the peerage. remaining interest in the thire Line, the
to sell the child. On July 18 she was wis last seen fishing off the Prays East. Day Telegraph saya various changes are to
found by the mother in her house at West The same evening the water polos re-. Point and the following day prisoner was follow and apparently there is a likelihood that, instead of a concentration of forces in the Eastern trade, such as the new de. parture points to, there may be a diversion of some of the tonnage into another
OF
GRETONNE
19 SPECIALLY EVIDENT IN THE
BRILLIANCE OF THE SUMMER
TIME.
toward W.N.W
*
a most important statement on miles distant, and one which, THE CHARM the general trend of the negotia- while better than none at all, looks tions which have been for months as if it will be far below the re past proceeding between the Home quirements of such a port as Hong- and the Colonial Governments on the kong. There was one point in this subject. Though the progress made connection which HIS EXCELLENCY towards the desired goal would not did not make very clear, and that at first glance appear to have been is with regard to the granting of the at all rapid, one or two new points concession. Judging from what he brought out in His EXCELLENCY's did say, however, it may be taken speech make it apparent that the for granted that arrangements have project has received a deal of con- already been made which will pre- sideration. In fact, HIS EXCELLENCY, elude any local syndicate from taking who obviously all he knew of the situation-the message which we print elsewhere H. W. Firmstone, in connection with
did not divulge the project in hand. The telegraphic matter being largely confidential with reference to LLOTT's having the defalcations of Alexander Antho went so far as to state that he obtained the wireless monopoly in Gons in respect of the Ayer Panas Co "thought" the Imperial Government Egypt, if read in conjunction with Ltd. Fear of the directors, Moers W. M. Sime, 8. W. Moorhouse, E. Koug Goan had already made a contract with a certaia of HIS EXCELLENCY' re and Lee Choon Guan, being summoned, for particular firm in respect of the marks of yesterday, might point to the unspiracy and abetment. The magistrato provision of a low power station. So bare possibility of the Hongkong after hearing argument dismissed the ummonses against the defendants without the merits of the high and low power station being run by this great calling on the defatics. schemes apart, there is at least one corporation. But this, of course, is
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In the District Court at Singapore on the 9th îner, in action was heard before
Henry Marlow and Martha Lyster
harbour.
an was in her house when the affair
King Goerge and Queen Mary are having all the beautiful caskets (numbering over arrested. The child was still missing and covered the body of the bay from the two hundred), the silver tromole and he would at the jury to infer from the Solden kaya which have been presented to description of the child and the statements Fire men were charged with anned them since their marriage placed in an made at the police station that the child robbery, at the Magistracy this afternoon, apartament of Windsor Castle, where they which was detained was one and the same at a house cu Chu Lak Kok Island, and wil be ticketed and catalogued, says in as the child in repoct of which the charge the case was remanded. It appears that & artistic workmahahip she uses as receptacles returned a verdict of guilty by six to one exchange. A few caskota which hava ap had been made.. pealed especially to the Queen by their After hearing the eviding the jury for trinkets, and they adorn her dressing and his Lordship sentenced prisier to five rooms. King George has had two gold years' imprisonment. kaya baked to perfection sa paper weights. It is not generally known that a few of their Majesties wedding presents
ADMINISTERING STUPIFYING pitao,” Wong Kim was charged with administer- are still stored in s great warehouse. Thoseing a stupifying drug with intent to articles are of the white elephant" order, commit à robbery but as they were presented by patriotic institutions with the best intentions tho Royal recipients have never liked to part
and the son in Hongkong. It in Alleged took place, the husband being away fishing that the men came in and stole 8150 which
the sor had brought back from England and 280 worth of clothing. Mr Otto Kong Bing appeared for the defence.
DTIME SAVED.
our choice stock of other fabricar consolation, namely that the matter merely speculation: Probably we shall have been sentenced respectively to Sve with them. No doubt space may now be comparatively rare in the Colony, that of remedy acta soreze attack of diarlucca-
all admirably suited to the sex is appreciably evolving from the
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ever delay there has been is certainly no fault of Sir FREDERICK'S, for His EXCELLENCY has gone to every ponible length in his desire to
WM. POWELL, LD., expedite mations
know more on this point at no very years and eighteen months' imprisonment distant date.
on a charge of having blackmailed Cotorel James Robert Bain, who wie Unionist MP for the Egrament diridon of Qumberland from 1900 to 1906. The erience" showed that Colonel Bain had
MACAO REPUBLICAN CELEBRATIONS:
As we have already announced, Macao inffered intolerable persecution for the shortly to celebrate the advent of the Ro. past three years in connection with pahlic. Wo gather that a representative youthful folly committed 33 years ago,
The highest inte of charges for visitors
A perusal of HE the GOVERNOR'S Committee, half the number being Postc
Furnishing Department, speech leaves it quite plain that in guase and the other half Chinese, has been to the Durbaz in £8 per day, wità a mini-
this question Hongkong is not being pointed to make the necomary range mum of twenty days contract. The ap specially considered, but that we are be canvassed from the gambling houses, fully to justify the fixing of the rate by mante, and that subscriptions are only to plications are already sufficiently tumerous merely to fit into a cut and dried brothels, hotels, steatoship companies and
found for them in on
of the palaces.
* FILLIS" CIRCUS,
A grand change of programme will take place to-night at the shove well-known Circus, situated in the Victoris Skating Rink, including the great and well-known spectacle Dick Turpic's Ride to Yorkand the deaths of Bonnie Black Basse
Two gold watches will be given away among the audienco,
TE you are a working man, you will ap Mr Alabaster said that prisoner was preciate the promptness with which charged with a crime was that fortunately Chamberlain's Colis, Cholers de Tar
or cramp.colis is usṇally cured by esa or", administering stapifying drugs with Intont two doses and no loss of time will be to make it possible for a robbery torbe | incurred ; whereas several days would be committed Complainant was the mates attack under the ordinary method of treat required to overcothe the offect of sich an of a firewood shop at No. 11, Aberdeen ment. For sale by all Chamists and Street and on June about 4 o'clock in the Storekeepers.
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Not only so, but tlio despatches sent from Hongkong to the Home Go The calabrations will commence on Octo money, the arrangements made for them to has a sitable building to uphold the vernment appear to have been given bez. 5th with a public ball at Govern be in buildings and not under canvas, and therefore sat uile a fund to buy land to beng complete in every way. They will dignity of the Empire. The Wai-wn-paban 9.15 E 11.16 r..little, if any, consideration by the peak House, and on
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EXCELLENCY's own bowing, took nights, when fal lantern and dragon pro. Buesta of Government. .
TO-NIGHT i
nearly a month to reply to one of cousious will perambulats the Colony.
TO-NIGHT:
the latter's telegrams seeking further information as to the progress being
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MONSTER PROGRAMME.
STAGE MANAGER-M JAMES YOUNGE OF THE BANDMANN OPERA CO.
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Cancer hose cannot exist. He mention
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