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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
into à aubservient tool of the Irish same, these difficulties, wo fool sure, and Socialist parties, the people of will be conquered within the next England could not give up all their time few years. Meanwhile, Great is the and attention to the great aeroplane Daily Mail that can give prizes of race as the Daily Mail so dearly £10,000 for an aeroplane race, with wished. This notwithstanding, the £200 solatium to the second man. race marks an epoch in the develop- ment of aviation for, despite the fact that only two competitors were really able, out of the 17 starters, to finish The, many friends of Mr Roy Smith, together, some very valuable lessons manager of the Bandmann Opera Co., will have been learnt. The winner, as regret to learn that he is rather seriously ill. our readers know, turned up in Naval The marriage in to take place at St. Lieutenant CoNNEAU, who flew John's Cathedral on Tuesday, the 29th under the name of "BEAUMONT." Inst, of Miss Gladys Frances Lyons Reltes Ho had already won the Paris to Rome and Captain Arthur Durham Waring,
R. A. M. O. and the Circuit European air races. He used a Bleriot monoplane and
The engagements of the Bishop of won on his merits as a navigator Vistoria for Sunday, August 27th are:- pure and simple, for hie machine was 4m., Holy Communion at the Posk Church much slower than the Mornne-Borel m., preach at the Cathedral: 6,30 monoplane used by JULES VEDRINES, P., proach at the Frak Church.
Had the second man to finish; VEDRINES been a better navigator, he must easily have won; as it was he was beaten by 1 hour, 8 mins, 59 secs, Lieut. CONNEAU's time for the whole
test being 22 hours, 29 mins, 6 seca. Both men found the race extremely trying, and the winner subsequently declared that he would not fly it again for a million pounds, so new had Death been to him at certain
MARIA CAROLINA Gores infant daughter of Mr and Mis A. S. Gomes, Jr., aged months. Deeply regretted. Hornlessral will leave at 10 a.m. from periods, riding by his side more than
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TIME.
Crete is always favourite fabric
for avering, chairs and sofas, and for langings, casement curtains, etc.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY.
10a.m. Sessions.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Some one entered No: 20, Centre Street, West Puiat, and stole aletiding and jewellery to the value of 8450.
▲ Hawaiian syndicate may purchase the San Carlos sugar property in Negros, and erect a large modern mill.
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Insular Collector of Customs McCoy of Manila has issued orders to secret service men not to allow themselves to be wearched by any ship's captain.
Regulations made by the Governcr-in- once in the more difficult part of the Council under the Foods and Drugs Or Scottish Border, where he had dinanço netting cut standards of milk ara trouble with his motor Motor published in the deelte.
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3 p.m.--Auction of Crown Land at Publis troubles are still the great bane off
Works Department.
The body of Chinathan, agod about 30 aviators. This is seen by the record years, was found in the coal bunkers of the of the race.
Of the 17 starters five. Paul.Lo Laut and was removed to the covered less than a hundred miles, mortuary by the water police. three between' a hundred and
General Memoranda.
TURDAY, August 29 -
3.45 p.m.-Sanitary Board Meeting. 4.30 p.m. H. E.. the Governor's
Home at Mommsaic Ledjo.
At
two hundred miles, tween two and three
TEDESDAY. August 31
(1880),
SATURDAY, Spetember 2-
Noon-Wa. Powell, Ltd Mosting.
9.15 p.m.Promonade Charity Concert
at Volunteer Headquarters.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
An interesting spooch by Sir John Anderson, late Governor of Singapore, will be found at pag 3 hoaded The Rubber. Dinner."
On the front page will be found an account of the Singapore Cricket Club taken from the Straits. Times, which makes interesting reading.
We are likely to be flooded with mails on Monday. Tho Siberian mail due to morrow will probably not be delivered till the next day, when the French mail, the American mail and another S berian wall sro also due.
Although I have Scotch, English and Irish blood in my veins. I maka no claim to being anything but a true American," were the words of Judge Crossfield in speaking of his ancestry at a Caledonian dinner in Manila.
It is reported that when the Empresa
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1911.
TYPHOON WARNING.
The talegrain quoted below was received
the American Consulate General Hong kong from the Manila Observatory at 9:25 am, to-day
Manila, August 20, 851.-Cyclone or typhoon near or orez Balintang Channel, | moving WNW.
DAN EXAMPLE TO. OTHERS.
Au unemployed Chinantan was fixed 350- or twe wooths' imprisonment, by Comman der C. W. Beckwith. RN,, at the Marina Court this morning, for being on board the aa Paklat without the parinission of the master or other person in charge.
Lance Sorgeant Cockle gave evidence that he boarded the vessel in answer to`g Note-If the disturbance maintains a police call and the master handed de prusent course it should come perilously fendant over to him. The master sald de Dear Bangkong. A reference to the was gambling with the stevedores. Chino Mail typhoon map shows the pro-
His Worship romuarked that such people lability of the depression, following a similar track to that of July, 1908-Ette a nuisance to shipping and very ditenla to satah. He therefore made a11- C. ML.]
example of defendant.
THE SITUATION IN MACAO.
A Business-like Aspect.
Our femd coupondent, writing under date of the 25th it, myk
With a thousand old troops now in
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THE SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE.
Its Financial Position.
We have received from Mr L. Gibbs, bon. treasurer of the Seamen's Institute Building Fund the following statement of socounts in connection with the building of
of China was wrooked, the operator of the cantonment arer at Chin San and the the By Seamen's Institute at Wanchai,' wirelcus telegraphy on board, stuck to his likelihood of their gradual rainforcement, which may be of interest to our readers
with Chinese warcraft of varying types and Cost-Furchase of Land, 837,800,00.- post, dashing wireless messages into space,sinos riding at a stone's throw off the torri Furchase of Land, Donnys and Bowler's until the water in his office was well over his knees and the dynamos stopped.
As already announced, the North Gornian Lloyd Steamship Company is to make Manila a part of call for the European route, but Manila papers say only the homeward bound ships will call for the first four months, as a sort of experiment until the venture has been triod,
THE PORTUGUESE: CONSTITUTION.
Macao Celebrations.
Our Macao correspondent, under date of the 29th it., writes as follows --..
On receipt of the following telegrams from the Director of the Oversons Dopart mont in Lisbon this morning, the day was declared a dies non and was marked by a salute of 24 guns at mid-day from the
A Chinese boy, who lives at Pox Waifonte Fort:- five be in the new Territory, went home on Friday hundred, and found his mother banging from a beam
in the house. She was quite dead,
Ersaos, August, 24 Gornor, Macao.
The Constitution has been approved. The Election of the President will take place to-day to be followed by the election of Senatora
LATER. Manoel d'Astaga has been elected President.
Towards night-fall long fringes of lights graced the public buildings, barracks and forts. An official dinner is to be given this evening at Government House to (which all heads of departments, Senior Army and Navy Officers and their families have been asked. An impromptu Soirée
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torial water fringes, or cruising round and | feo, #75.00; Yik. Loung for pulling down about the peninsula, the casual observer old building, $550,00 est of new build
perfcres admit that the situation is ing, less 22,758.84 paid directly by the ring on a very business-like turn, despite late Sir H. N. Mody, 897,046.83 Leigh the placid unconcern of the local authorities and Orange, commision, $3,176,55 ;.. and the quizzical attitude of the Chinese furnishing, 81,962.37: sign board, 820.00; Govermont. However the wind might overseer wag, 2618.00; choque hoka, blow we must willy.uilly down the panoply 83.75; interist at 8% to 30 June, 1911 of patience against the pin-pricks of a 246279; Crown rent to 24-June, 1910, natural inquisitiveness and await the ulti-3264.00; printing, &c. $12.30; total cost, matyn from Poking which must be launched | 8101,921.62.
to set the ball rolling. That China should Receipts-Building Fund :—Collected by have hit upon the present crisis to depute the lite, Bishop Hoare, Rev. A. G. Gold. « viceregal emissary to Macho on a matter emith and Rev. J. H. Franco, $11,586.30; altogether alien to the dredging operations collected on appeal for subscriptions tickles us less than that she should have March, 1908, 828,285.86; bank interest, elected the actual transition through sich -
a delicate dilemms, of all other epochs, to 1.95; gift of the late. Sir H. N. seck a revision of the clause..touching the Medy, $30,000.00; total $88,004.20 extradition of criminals as bespoken by Furnishing Fund-Collected by Rev. C. Art. XLV. of the Treaty of 1887.
E Trompson, 83,100.00; part proceeda garden fete, 8862.37; total - $1,069.37. Total receipts, 890,056,57.
It has transpired that Mr Sha, who left mission still in suspense, had called at Macao yesterday with the object of his
Balance Sheet—Total cost of site, builde Bongsong on similar errand and withing and furnituro, 9101,921.62; total gratifying results, prior to broaching the receipts, $90,068.57; balance due to H, K. matter with the Governor of Macao. and S. Bank and bearing interest at 6 per a well understand the satisfactory put-cent. $11,885.05. turn of his overtures with the British Gov- ernment as the priposition of the Viceroy of Canton, though essentially identical in nature, is as widely divergent in its ultimate issue and import as are dissimilar the respective relations and treaty obli- gations between the two nations concemed and China.
MILITARY OFFICERS'
EXAMINATION.
Queen of the Netherlands' Birthday one a little more than four hundred, one more than five hundred, and
A minute by the President of the two alone got home. The record Sanitary Board relative to the introduction consequently bristles with falls, accid- of small fish in the raters of the Colony to ents to planes, engines, steering gear destroy mosquito larve is to be submitted at the incuting of the Board on Tuesday etc., while one or two competitors, afternoon. failing to rend their barometrical guages correctly, made such sudden descents as to wreck their machines, So it will be seen that in this latest recent foods in Manchuria is estimated at has been arranged for this evening at the in Maco he was handed over to the Chinese officers in subject (c) for promotion :---
TEENDAY, September 5 :-
6.15 p.m.-Meeting of Subscribers to Coronation Fund in Supreme Court. 5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital
FRIDAY, September 8:-
11.57 pm-Full Moon.
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The damage suffered by the South Manchuria Railway as the result of the
about Y400,000. This amount includes of all modern developments the the cost of repairing the line and the loss human factor still has to be reckoned of revenus from suspension of traffic.
The China Mail.
ut fifty per cent, while it follows]
HORGICNO, SATURDAY, August 26, 1911.
AVIATION.
A Board of Officers, composed as under, will assemble on the 25th and 26th Septem- |ber, 1911, at such times and places as may” · Hitherto, by virtue of the aforesaid be appointed by the President, for-the clause when a Chinese criminal took refuge purpose of examining the undermined
The election of Dr. Manoel d'Arringa, authorities on receipt of a due requisition President: Lieut. Colonel L. A. B. Hamil. though a welcome surprise, was not wholly from the Viceroy of the Two Kwange after ton, 1st Ep. KO.Y.L.L. Members: Major unexpected.
A highly-respected per the local judicial power had satisfied isolf. L. Kirke, R.G.A., Major W. H. Woold. orality of about 70 winters, he was a well-respecting the justice of sucl: a step.idge, 138th, Baluchistan Infantry, Major known advocate who has time after time Exception was male in the case of "Chi-
R.G.A..
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that if ure are really to take advant Messrs A. S. Watson and Co., scod ut in rliament, le has aired his age of our aviators and use them samples of their new bovenge, Ice Cream justitie, hent sitter fase lays of Dom Lai ness criminals who take refuge in Macao,.. Pyne, RE. Major K. A. Craign. Sods, for which a very great demand has being the pioneer, iu fact, of the new trend and for whose extradition the Governor of
Candidates: Royal Garrison Artillery -- ng scouts in the next big war-immediately sprung up, bhowing that it is, once led to his being bustled out of a session practice" ie when a criminal refugee Shedden, Lieutenant J. de L. Simonds, of thought Hin dffusiveness in this line Macao will continue to follow the Waiting Captain G. E. Garnett, Lieutenant G. P. and it is more for its apparent value like all their wates, highly appreciated.for 24 ours. Though inlatter daysa promin
ent figure in the political world, he did not incurred a fresh breach of the law after his rettenant P. S. Wiltshire, Lieutenant in warfare than for practical use We can recommend it to our readers, in the commercial world that aviation
.
currence
Dr
SEARCHING THE SEARCHER
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F. W. Thicknesso; Royal Engineers-
Lieutenant A. G. B. Buchanan, Identenant
intended ahelition of which has now led fantry.-Lieutenant W. &. Hngger.
the Viceroy of Canton to approach the Governor of Macao. But the eventual
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solution is intricate and may call for a
RAILWAY RECEIPTS.
seck the past to which he has been elected, arrival on Portuguese soll he was, in such the two outstanding candidates being
a contingency, tried and convicted by the A sensation has been caused by the Seabor Bernardino Machado and authorities, and according to the law of the F. Day; 1st Batta. KOLLL- Two thousand years ago the popularis at present pursued with so much
An unexpected con- Magalhães Lima.
land, all notice of his antecedent guift being Leitenant C. 8. T. There, Lieutenant cry of the moment in one important vigour-we must not trust to chance, announcement of the discovery at the
of sympathy among the two op centre of civilization was "Great is but will have to begin at once to Necesidades Palace, Lisbon, of a small posing factions and the resultant disinalina waived:
G.. Kent; 8th Rajputs.-Captain wound the This is the little existing practica" the H. O. B. Wood; 128th Baluchistan To. coffer containing secret correspondence tion of both parties, to Diana of the Ephesians"! To-day raise a body of trained men who between the royal family of Portugal and susceptibilities of either candidata...is in London the cry is "Great is the will follow the profession of navigat the British and German governmente. presumed to have brought about the
present nomination of Dr Arriaga. Daily Mail"! A unique product ing the air just as many of their King Manuel and his relatives, foreseeing the revolution, neked for foreign interven- of our latter-day feverish Activities, forefathers have followed the no less tion, offering in compensation, Portuguese this paper has brought wealth and arduous profession of navigating the territory in Africa. Great Britain and title to its principal originator high seas. For this reason it Germany refused to interfere. The cor- because those who control its held by many in England to-day that respondence, with other secret letters, were destinies are magnificent organisers the coming race of aviators will be and have mastered the supreme art of drawn largely from the ranks of our knowing how to tickle the public sailor-folk, or, in other words, that to them will be apportioned the Palate. Thereby they incidentally win for themselves a very large share handy aeroplane for scouting purposes,
to be read before the Nations! Assembly.
of
because of ita dainty freshness, is of the public's ha'pence but above while to the military must be relegal for the construction of a third steamer, for
coel, restful appearance and its
artistic designs.
Arrangements have been effected be woon Me Mateuksts, President of the Eawasaki Shipbuilding Yard, Kobe, and Vice Admiral Baros Arichi, President the Imperial Maritime Affairs Association, all keep themselves on the tongues of ed the dirigible if we desire to go the Japan Volunteer Fleet. The keel of in for mid-air fighting. Time will the new vessel, which is estimated to cost men. And, having large revenues, ✦ Wo we therefore making a special they spend lavishly and in ways show whether this forecast is reason- F.1,350,000, will be laid at an early date. The vessel will have an aggregate tonnage display of the newest designs, in the undreamt of by the newspaper
af 35,000 tons and a speed of 25 knots, norest cretonne fabrice and invite proprietors of past generationa We have arrived at a very interest Upon completion, she will be used by the But these lavish expenditures are the ing phase in the art of aviation South Manchurian Railway as a passenger the result of much careful, shrewd There are now scores of meh in boat between Shanghai and Dalton, thought and are only entered into Europe who can handle, aeroplanes
Tour inspection of these and also
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all admirably suited to these
It will cost you very little to beau-
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WM. POWELL, LD.,
able or not
Manila Comment on s.s. Taiyuan
Incident.
Bays the Manila Times :----
the
"tharbigh revision of the Treaty of 1887 in view of the pending delimitation question.
THE HIPPODROME CIRUVS.
4:
During the month of July the total.
used the railway during the month. Up to the end of July the total receipts from the
milway since its opening amounted to $112,678.63.
CALL FOR
It does not look as if it could be resolved receipts from the British section of the off-hand without a reference to Lisbon.Kowloon-Canton railway wore 89,548.93. of which 87,488.15 ropresented passenger Public comment has been general and And in view of the tight pass through fares, 8478:56 goods trafie, and 31,682.22 varied on the subject of the skipper of the which matters are wriggling we could not
Imlacellañesma. A total of 21,288 passengers Tales stand book in demand unreasonably look for the unexpected. Ing that, before proceeding to search the vessel for opium,
himself be searched, the whiphand in a certain direction. The case illustrates once again the socket servis, the agent of the customs Anyway, it does seem as if Portagal had sympathy which the man in the street will
involves for any set which besting" of the customs, for the great
· FILLIS* CIRCUS. be writer, have discussed the case have started majority of men who, in the hearing of the
Mr Bysack gives his farewell performace An excellent performance last night was by congratulating the skipper. Put to them an analogous case, however, in which to-night when tho public will have the witnessed by quite a number of distinguished policemas, armed with a warrant, is only opportunity for a long time to come visitors and the different items on the pro- similarly impeded in his search of a house supposed to contain stolen property, and of witnessing N. Barowsky in the ring game were well received by an enthusiastis with his spirited Bungarian horses. The audience The Band of the KO.Y.LI. they begin to doubt.
Common mense, it seems to us, must lean programme arranged is a capital one, and discoursed music throughout the evening heavily to a decision against the attitude should meet with the approval of the most and greatly added to the success of the Assumed by the captain. He is master on At Bristol before Mr Justice Charnell bis vessel, it is true, but he is allowed to critically inclined audience. We wish the show. To-night the Company give their
farewell perfomance. with the idea of further benefitting fairly successfully over short distances and a special jury, liket action was bring her into port only on the understand allow bon voyage,
ing that he will abide by the rules and their enterprise." Business, strictly and amid suitable conditions. The brought by Mia Kathleen. Gransmore, regulations of that port. One of the re- business, however much gloss may next step must be the development row, wife of Lieutenant Thurston, R.N.,gulations of the port of Mapils is that
not be allowed entry,
And be applied in their literary columns to of machines which will rise superior against Miss Angels Norrington, aged 20, opium shall the contrary-that is the motto of the to the elements and allow of two The defendant was alleged to have sont assist in the detection and prevention of secret servico-hire it na a duty to residing with her parents at Plymouth. porly qualified agents of the law--the Daily Maili
nen riding on them: one as navig anonymous letterste Lieutenant Thurston any attempt to infringe this regulation. It was a little bit rough on LORD ator, the other as observer; only reflecting upon the character of the plain that the element of surprise, of the up- Now, it is frequently vital to their success Furnishing Department. NORTHOLIFFE and his merry men by such means will we be able to tiff, and warning him against becoining expocted, shall enter into their work, and It is difficult to see how this element can be that the 1,010 miles international use them as the eyes of a Navy verdict for the plaintif and awarded her retained if at the very catset they are to
engaged to her. The jury rotumed, a aeroplane race round England and or an Army, for at present it is £500 damages. Judgment was given with
be delayed by such action as x taken by Captain Dawson. Moreover, this action Scotland-organised by the Royal clearly demonstrated that the men costs, and an injunction against the con- all too likely to have the further effect of VICTORIA THEATRE.Aero Club of the United Kingdom- navigation of the machine absorbe tinuance of the libel.
advertising their presence on board and of giving time to would-be smugglers ofther to for which the Daily Mail gave all energies, while another factor
dispose of their stuff or more effectually to prize of £10,000, should have conie which deprives the memplane« vi
There is very little to be said for the off at the very moment when the practical value at present is the high revolutionize navigation, has just been statement that agents of the secret surrice devised by a young Franch naval officer may themselves take oplum on board, 9.15 r.. to 111..great constitutional controversy be- velocity attained, which has the effect named Lemaire, who quite recently obtain there to plant ad later find it, to their tween the Lords and the ASQUITH of smoothing out the contours of the ad the degree of Doctor of Sciones from most, there is not to our knwledge any
greater bonour and glory. First and forg Condition arrived at a head. For once land below, thus rendering accurate Paris University, The experiments made such case recorded in. Bisa Is, not, w in a way, as our special correspondent obsevationalnostimpossible. This was with this new compass have furnished the understand, is there evidence to show that complaint of such againre las ever been recently informed us, the Daily Mail shown during the race, many of the best resulta, One of its chief wivantages filed against an American. The capain, is to indicate the geographical north instead therefore, had no previous history as sup had to take a back seat in the minds competitors spoiling their chances by of the magnitio forth shown by ordinary port for bis puspicion-had, it would room, SOLE AGENTS : of men, for in view of the gravity of not being able to pick up their land compasses. Thus when it comes into use, fear the worst, with which temperamental the sitantion created by Mr. marks and keep the course. Therein the calculations of variation and compeculiarity the law is not concerned. ASQUITH'S disclosure that he ind Lieut. CONNEAU's supremacy as a ponation will become superfluous. This Further, if the principle is now established that a vague suspicion of dooble doing is received guarantees from the King navigator was fully demonstrated battleships, where the large quantity of with an ofteur of the law, then Indgod, in
new compass will be of particular use in
to be sufficient justification for interfiriood which would enable him to bludgeon his long years at sea evidently being steal affects the accuracy of magnetic the words of Gilbert, policeman'a lot is the ancient Constitution of the realm of great advantage to him. All the comprises.
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