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NEWS OF THE DAY.
To-day's quotation for Pars rubber, this or that per Mowers. Verneo and Smyth, la de 9ąd. caucus this or that organised body.
Clothing, to the value of: $70 Ban Bonn Such me might be able to formulate stolen from the top floor of No. 17, Con- a non-party policy: comaistent in its saught Road West, sima and informed by common-sense.
abstract theory of Government fle backbone roturned to Parliament declares-is" "fact that “the bill of men who do no sit in Westminster. the English people are not, and merely to probably never will be politicians They like to choose their ruler at lot them rule. There is much truth in the deduction, as aloo in his ides that under the present system we At present this seems nothing better Read with a bundle of lething under his A man was walking along Dea Voss do not take a common-sense view of than a glorious dream, but then, how, when another man came up and things, nor grapple with problems many such glorious dreams have been matched it away from him and scaped. which urgently call for solution realised in own history long years Then what does he desire to set up after their devisers have crumbled
The Peninsular and Oriental Stom Navigation Co. bave made a reduction to in the fair name of "common-sense"? | into dust! Some such solution of the parcel rates from the United Kingdoms Well, he wants a policy for the our present difficulties as Dr. to India and the Far East, while at the English people.
ROBERTS
same time accolanting the services. han sketched may possible some day : but alas ! that day is not yet. The great shibboleth of Futility at present is the key to the market place where mea exchange ideas on political and social subjects.
"A national policy, if it is to receive the support, or deserve the support, of the people of England, must take into account the national spitis and the national instincts. It is no good drawing fancy pictures of a State all of whose inhabitants are members
of the Fabian Society, or the I. L. P..
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| Calently or Bombay by vones? His Bacallancy Sir Frederick Lemand to Lurat, MIN 1811 presided at the meeting of the Ingislative on the lich Counal held this afternoon. They were at any other por also precant
HE Major-General, Aungnsor, Come manding the Troope is South China,"
-Hon. Mr W. D. Banes, Colonia), Secretary,
Hon Ki K. A. Hamits
Hon. Mr C. G. ALABASTER, Actingalderei the Bid titol. An Ordicapse
In committee: the Compell further Attorney-Canara
enable Joseph Herre Kamp, Laquly Hop Mr A. M. Thomson, Colonial
Barrister alla, jo practise au Solicitor in the Court and to provide for Hon. Mr W. CHAINAN, C.M.G., Director the payment of soliallars" costa iz chana In of Public Works
which a salaried Grown Solicitor or Assist Hon. Mr A. W. Baswar, CM. Gant Crown Solicitor acts sa solicitor Registrar General,
Hon. Capt. F. W. Lwowa." Acting Capt. Supt. of Polfee.
Among the ruma recently voted by the gnowledge is a grant of the £100 towards Society for the Promotion of Christian
the cost of building a new shapal and class. Hou, Mr. H rooms in connection with St. Paul's College, Hongkong..
Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, O.M.G. Hon Mr HR POLLOCK, K. C.. Hon Mr War. Yu, C.M.G. "
Four cooling ware charged with gamb
or the Little Bethel round the corner" | DEATH OF HES W. NICHOLSON. ling, at the Magistracy this morning, and
A policy which ignores patriotism and objects to national defence is to him an absurdity. But patriotism, he insists, must have its foundation in a healthy national life:
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England must not only be some thing of which we are proud, she must also be something of which we must be proud 7.
is a little hard for a thought Festa Peak, te ir and Mrs Rful person to score vain-gloriats over belonging to a country which, with scarcely an effort to prevent it, allows upwards of a third of its people to grow up stunted and underfed; which houses upwards of half a million of the inhabitants of it capital in one-room slum tenements; which allows its land steadily to go out of cultivation whilst its cities swarm with unemployed men ¦ ̈a nation which hires one lot of men to do its fighting and another lot to play its games.
General Memoranda.
SATURDAY, Spetember 9 -
Noon-Wm. Powell, Ltd Heating.
5 p.m.-Water Polo Match at V.R.O. 9.15 p.m.Promenade Charity Concert
at Volunteer Headquarters: +
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That is only a part of Dr ROBERTS' SUNDAY, September 8-
contribution towards the discussion Ba.m.-Excursion to Macao by Hoong of a topic which grows in intensity of
akan.'
TUESDAY, September >
2.15 p.m.Banknote case at the
gistracy.
6.15 p.m. Meeting of Subscribers to Coronation Fund in Supreme Court. 5.20 p.m.-Organ Recital, -
WEDNESDAY, September 6-
interest every day, but it is all that we have room to discuss at the moment. As Mr. AMERY, one of his critica, points out: His object throughout is the fullest individual development of healthy, independ
Chi Woo S.S. Co., T. Austin appeal eat, and patriotic Englishmen,
at Supreme Court.
FRIDAY, September 8:---
11.57 p.-Fali Moss.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LD. The China Mail.
·Hongkong, April 16, 1907.
THE CHARM
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GRETONNE
is SPECIALLY EVIDENT IN THE ..
RRILLIANCE OF THE HUMMER
TIME.
and his call for State, action is simply to provide the conditions under which that development shall be possible. Against the whole paternal interfering spirit characteristic of so much our modern legislation he
Mr F. A. Hasoland imposed a fine of 49 tt ir rith the keenest regret that weh. Inspector Brow searched the place hare to record the death of Mrs Nicholson, where the man, were gambling, No. 2
lle of Mr William Nicholson, of Messrs Austin Road, when a fifth man jumped her residen, Fartside, the Peak, stand was removed, to hospital in a seriously Butterfeld sod Swire, which took place at into the back yard a distance of thirty feet
about 7 s'dock this morning, following the injured condition birth of twin daughters. The decessed lady, who was only 19 year of age, was
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It is reported that the Nippon Tusen
the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Kalaha is negotiating with the Mitat Eishi Bodge, who are old and widely respected Dockyard for the construction of a steamier idents of the Colony. She was herself of 10,000 tone for service on the Company's Hoogkong girl and was very greatly liked European line. It is said that the N... on wide circle of friends for her bright intends to order one steamer start and and aunty disposition and ber genuine and later on six others, and adding these Dew heal mare. In this hour of bitter trial boats to the present European liners, start the real sympathy of the whole Colony goes active competition with the German "Mail known in the commercial and social life of now being employed on the European line, out to the bereaved husband, who is well steamers. The Hibachi Marn, which in
Hon Mr QEL. Ross.
Han. Mr MäersoUR BRE.
"Me C. OLEMENTI, (Clerk of Coun
OPTUM GADINANCE Council resumed wnsideration in Cam
mittes of the Bill, entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Opium Ordinance, 1909.
intention of the Gerarament to protect Hon. Mr Hewett asked if it was the
Persian opiam, of the trade in which Hongkong was the centre. He suggested that the word "Indian" be inserted, between the words "n" and “oplamı."
His Excellency said that if they read the clause carefully he thought they would see that the point had been safeguarded. No opium would be allowed to be imported, with certain exceptions notified in the
Gazette.
British Government and China and this had negotiations were going on between the Eat. Mr Hewatt mid he was aware that
the Colony, and also to the deceased's is to be transferred to the Australian linealready been dealt with by a notification is
Parent and relatives in the great grief into which they have been so suddenly plunged
The fugural is taking place this after noon, passing the Monument at 6.30 p.m.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
The telegrama quoted below have boen received by the American Consulate Gonemi, Hongkong from the Mana Ob
servatory
Manila, August 30th. Cyclone" or typhoon S. of Nahs, inclining westward.
9.50. August 31st, 1811-Cyclone typhoon over or near Maineo Binns,
Miner moving 19.
NEWS OF THEŠIKAY
The Lakes of Killarney have been
purchased by an American for $250,000
An interesting article on Holiday Making' written specially for the Chin Mail by A.B.B. will be found on page 1
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shortly.
The run of "The Arcadians" is over in London, fors time at least, after lasting over 800 nights, and rehearsals will start at once at the Shaftesbury for the new Japausse play of modern life, which is to be produced on Sept. 14. The book is by Mr A. 34. Thompson and Hr Robert Courtneidge, who have both been cut to Japan to see the Japanese in the habit ax
they live. All the charactary in the play are Japanese. The made is by Lionel Menckton and Howard. Talbot, and the lyrics are by Arthur Wimperis.
--- Bright and early on Monday, says the Manün Time, the steamer Taiyan dropped anchor inside the breakwater two and a half days from Hongkong on its way to Australis. There were no brass banda or wrathy customs agents waiting for har arrival of thai of Captain Dewoon whe
Jasped into the local limelight on his last visit to this port by searching a customs oficial before he permitted him to look for
opinm. As soon as the vessels dropped
The Bill passed through committee Hon. Attorney General, moved the third: reading.
Hos. Colonial Beuretary seconded and the Bill was renda third time and passed.
FINANCE COMMITTEE,--
Ats meeting of the Finance Committee | mabusquently held, Hos. Colonial Secretary || presiding, the following minube
considered and passed a
PUBLIC, WORKL
& aura of, #3,000 in aki of the vols Public Warh, extraordinary, miscell cellaneous works
MISS VIOLET BONNETTA'S FAREWELİ MENKEIT.
Last night the B your Scenic Theatre crowded to overflowing by friends and ad- misers of Miss Vicket Bonnetts to bid har hearty farewell on the eve of her departare or Shanghai. Miss Bonnotta was in gresk
a
garm and excalled herself in her forts to
please the audience; singing no. less, theor
but perhaps the two most popular songs All her turns were enthusiastically encored, thirteen songs, which constitutos a assord.
she sang were those two old favourites of here and the Hengkung public, "Mysheeny boy "and very litäle bit added so what you're got make a little bit more." ~
the Guzatze a fortnight ago. If the Bill came into force a valuable trade in Persian opium would be killed. The reason why Persian opium was desit in was the fact that it contained a larger amount of morphis than had a rousing and alucare send off; which Indian opium did. Before the end of the year an amending Ordinance would have to be brought forward. Why not do some thing now so that the trade would not be killed.
Hoa: Coloral Secretary said the Go ment wished to have a free hand in hematter.
The house was packed and she certainly
adequately testifion to the popularity this bright and charming artists has engedmeel in the hearts of her admirers during her all too brief abay in Himgkong.
Min May Marwell, sang two songs, "Plobe" and "Will you love me in Decem her u you do in ifay," in her usual sweet style; while Mr R H Stephenson and Hon. Mr Hewett said the Bill did apply Mr J. H. Griffitha also assisted to the to Persian opinm and personally he did not ocm of the evening's enterinment. think the Government should have a free | This was Mr Grifiths". £rat-appostinor in hand in the matter. He wanted a definite in Hongkong and be treated a ray good statement from the Government if they impression. He posseses a fine, fail pamed the Bill as to whether the Govern baritone voice and sings stoh: longs st ment meant to kill the trade in ParsianOut on the Deep' with plenty of ar opium. If so, why not my so honestly?
Hon. Colonia). Säcrefiary mid it was not |
The pictares were up to their usual high the wish of the Government to kill the standart, Deped by Dupin and the trade in Farian opisu one way or another, dramatis fim Grandfather a Violin" being They wanted to study the question.
partiularly enjoyable. Hon. Mr Hewett The question has been
Government mean to kill that trade? Why
We hear that the management of the
protests vigorously. “I know noth- ) Tian goa franchise for the city of anchor, Captais Dawson want sähore and studied. The Government new perfectlyBiji" has angagad a· Londos artista Manila is to be put up to auction, and when the boarding officers and soćni, i well that such trida axisted. Did the Piraight from Hanse, who is now on the way. Horozono, Thursday, Atouer 31, 1911. ing more menacing than the Germans sad Company sungunce that they service mon boarded the vessel, there was hulit they? It had nothing to do with out; and that abortly all their artistes will
growing tendency of our legislation will be bidders on behalf of a big German no opposition to their perfunctory search. to 'improve the poor at the expense corporation. of their liberty," Nor has he any
THE REAL NEEDS OF THE NATION.
wilhelmim of Holland. This morning To-day is the birthday of Quees
the Dutch Consal (Mr J. H. de Bems) received callers at the Consulate. Elis
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr and Mrs W. D. Braidwood returned from Japan by the as. Tawata baru yesterday. Isla
stated that the Prince of Wales
regiment, for preference the 19th Hussars only stay three months on the battleship Hindustan. He will then enter a cavalry
The wedding has taken place at Singapore
to Beary the Governor's compliments of Mr Arthur Bell Byley, shartered worn aanvoyed by Capt. P. M. Taylor, accountant, assistans to Mesare Brown, A.D.C., and Capt. N. Simson, Privat Phillips, and tewart, and Miss Florence Secretary.
"...
Bokenham Davies of Nottingham.
China at all. A
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come from Taradon and wil be of the heat, Ele Excellency mid the Government shown by experts in the theatrica would have power to inace a Closetts notice profession, that might kill the trade without reference to the Council.." He suggested to altër it so that such could not be done without reference to the Legislative Council,
Hon. Colonial Secretary said that if the Government did not propres a resolution
Connell to do so, to rescind the clause in favour of Persian opinto it was open to any member of the
It is reported that the Japanese Karal
Department has placed an order for one of the latest types of Dreadnoughts (A. No. 1) with the Armstrong. Shipbuilding Cou and
with the Vickers Shipbuiding Co. Ib G another order for a similar ship: (4; NO. 2) said that these two battleships are to be sister romels of 28,000 tons displacemena and are designed to steam 25. knots. They The motion was unanimoualý agreed to
are to be fitted with twelve 13 in guns. Hoti. Colonial Secretary moved the third roading.
The number of handadmin buildings Hill was read a third time and passed.
The Attorney General seconded and the erected in the West-end of London during the last few years by the leading steamship Hon. Colonial Secretary moved the lines has recently been increased by the
that Lineand the Royal Holland Lloyd, at No 60. notification be made in the next issue of Haymarket. It is well ka wa that a large the Government Onette that the imamount of passenger traffic is curried, from
A curious and infrequent phenomenca real interest in purely remedial and in the F.M.S. occurred at Ipoh on the palliative measures, in measures whose 22nd inst. Clouds banked up and threstep Ta recent keen constitutional
object is to "bale out water from the ad a heary thonderstorm, but before it struggle in England will serve a
bursts shower of hail fell in a limited ares, swamp of destitution" instead of greatly astonishing the natives. useful purpose even if it only awakens men's thoughts to the unreality of channels the streams which fed the diverting into proper and useful
much which goes on in Parliamenta,
swamp."
His whole air is construct In the opinion of many thinkers our tive, the provision of the social and awa much-vaunted Party system has national conditions for the fallest had its day and should be allowed to growth of English liberty. give way to something more practical, {* more sincere, more earnest. It was of Parliamentary shortcomings, Dr. Turning from the immediate topic Mr HILLAIRE BELLOC, that bright ROBERTS passes in brief review the the SEC.K. to make a grant for literary the post of Governor of Euochau, gancy-"That it is removed
The Bishops in Chins have requested Admiral Trappel, who recently vacated following resolution as a matter of booking office of the Nederland Royal Mail meteor of a past Parliament, who
elementary school system which has work of £200 per annum for three years, has arrived at Bremerhaven in the Nord first expressed his disgust at the
to be administered by the Literature deutsche-Lloyd steamer, Kaiser Wilhelm because of its dainty freshnasa, its futilities which occupied the prin./80wn up as the result of our parisa Committes of the Conference, in securing dor Grosse, and was grooted there byportation of any kind of raw Indian, opium England by the mail steamers of the
cipal place in the thoughts and time meatary jerrymandering. Like most the preparati a of Churub Literature in Director Heineken.
observers who have attacked the Chin se in the various dioceses, and pro ang Takdes of the people's elected, and, like many We are therefore making a special ont-and-out reformers, he suggested subject dispassionately, he criticises muting he publication of the same.
display of the newest designs, in the abolishing the whole concern out of
the system freely and unsparingly. Standing Committee have therefore given notice that they will propose at the next newest antonne fabrics and invite hand. Not so Dr HARRY ROBERTS." Up to the age of fourteen we teuch (0:tober meeting a grant of £200 for three Four inspection of these and also our choice stock of other fabrics He also is much dissatisfied with our the children in assortment of sub-yasra, being 2600 in all all adminbly suited to the season. political machinery as it exists to-day,ots nearly all unrelated to their life It will ust you very little to beau- but in his little work on "Towards and their future
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NOTHING SUPERIOR
with the exception of that covered by ex Gerran lines, but the Dutch mail services 11. Commander G. V. W. Carey, who hasport permission of the Government of India are also competing strongly in this departe
been posted to the Tamar, was appointed to the effect that it has been declared for ment a cadet 1890), promoted lieutenant in 1897, memption and transhipment to China, and armander two years ago. „For the is illegal past two years he has been second in com Hon Dr Ha. Kai paved an xmendment. mand of the cruiser Venus of the Atlantis that the following words be added to the resolution That the resolution does not apply to bona fide shipments of un--
Float
Toports of such sġitation as is going | on-againd the system of compulsory. milit
The marriage of Mr R. Maopbanon, 40- |a National "Policy," while appealing fourteen wa tao them now and are training now being inagurated in Ner sountant, Chartered Bank of India, Ang- to his fellow citizens to throw aside build an ever-increasing number of land have got abroad. That was intrale, and Chins, Kobe, Japan, com of the trammels of an out-worn system prisons, workhouses, and asylume toovitable, ays an Australian ever, and, of Rev. R Macpherson D.D., senior micister e name, is nothing to explain about song of Elgin, Scotland, and Miss Lilian of sham-fighting and mock hernia, house them later on." He is a con- as those who purport to chronicle the Munroe, moord daughter of the late Rer, he urges retaining Parliament, but vinced believer in manual tmining, proceedings do it stay from the regles Ms. Munroe, of St. John's Vicarage, "to stop for a moment thinking about not merely as a better preparation of fact. It is, however, misleading-in. Lattle Hation, Manchester, will take place
ded, it is quite untruthful—to represent at Kobe early in November."
any considerable se tien of the people sa
Unionism and Liberalism or Socialism for the working man's life, but for its and to think instead about England influence both on the mind and on bing against the new Defence Act. Pople MnJ I Framer, of the Manse, and the people of England."
character. The adaptation means who flink at all must realise that the Im junaston, Relia N.B., was awarded. The Dr ROBERTS, who is a physician to end, the act of creation itself, then and authorities hearing. Daily Man £1,000 prize for the ent banch ad Froid-Marshal Kitchener recent of sweet peast the Sweet Pea Show at is active practice in London, lays relentless criticism which the object mision did not do so for fun, nor passada the Festival of Empire The ompetition stress in his criticism of Purliamentary created offem"- hese are the lessons the company par ́s of the Empire to set among the r the sets of spikes an procedure on the "constant simul which will lust, lung niter every defects in order with at the graves very close, and the judges the sinis bine zona. Whatever's faw noisy socialists in ocening to a conclusion. Her bosband 9.15 P. to 11.16 .ation of disagreements, which do not recollection of any ordinary lessons
or Inboulies in this Dominion may do oscured the third prize of £50. exist,” the ́ ́ desperate quarrels over has vaillabed. From fourteen pu- say, the proportion of the people endorsing THE FINEST and COOLESTI
the new scheme and responding to the call things that few HALL in the: GOLONY,
at few people really cure wards he would keep all the bays on
mot Ear short of 10 per cent. about, and the neglect of mors vitai as technic training, combined with matters on which the great majority, physical and military training, the of Englishmen are in substantial latter to calminate in two perixis of well as on the three months regular training in camp. agreement, tyranny of government by Cabinet, after eighteen, caucus and party funds. In laying To bring about the reforms which his axe at the roots of the tree Dr. ROBERTS deems so urgently abuse, · Dr. RobeRTs frankly owns necessity, he wouldhave men of mere | stlack under the ordinary method of treat asked the judge of a mitrome that he is not conevned with any halopendent thought and mors moral enter tale by all Chemists And County Core
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