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of war between Turkey and Italy
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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Opening of the new Kowloon Market. 10a.m. Upuning of Victoria Skating
Kink.
MEMOS: FOR MONDAY, --
10 am-Sale of Needlework at the
Italian Convent.
p.m.-Japanese Conjurors at the City Hall
· General Memoranda. TUESDAY, October 3:-
„Opening Eastpåned.
NEWB OF THE DAY",
H. M. Ships Monmouth, Astrava, and Nawcastle have sailed for Yokohama.
“RAMBLING NOTES."
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1911,
HONGKONG'S FINANCES.
ON GRIFFINS.
Phar What's been happening this past A financial statement for the month of (Specially wellten for the “Cuza BALL."} wook? Just as we were all preparing to July, which appears in the Garth, gives Kay a long good-bye to Summer, the heat the balance of assets and liabilities on June grilin is an imaginary animal. There
Any dictionary will tell you t has opeo back again. It's been more lika SCtir last a 1,631,138.61. The revenue for are two kinds of grifin, ons exported from Yokohama beat Sobe in the interport, the beginning of August that the very July totalled 8639,140.77 and the spend: Tienstin, and the other from Great Britain yacht maces at Yokohams on the 35th lnst.tall-end of September. Dark clothingitura $494, 381.38. At the end of July Both are imaginary animals." The sub- winning two out of thres cos
routed out after lying by for months has therefore, the balance, was $1,730,748.02 rbor who pays bis $250 per pouy been cast asido again, blankets have become" Unless cause is shown to the contrary, out of the question, prickly bent has burst 86,437, 455.01, and the total assets tomagines he's going to get an animi that
The total abilities, amounted to the China Trust and Deponit Co., Ltd., is out anew, and everybody has found a new 87.177,203.05.
wil best everything, and if he is a very to be struck off the Register and the Com-thirst. There's only one consolation about
ying,bacibas, e aven becomics the situation--bathing parties are still any disolved.
omantic over the possibilites of carrying going string, But ovon the most ardent
HONGKONG PHILHARMONIC - the Ladies Purse with the doar lady A despatch from the Secretary of State lover of the bring would not mind giving pearing in the Hongkong Gazette putlines up the picnics for a real touch of gold the Order-in-Council applying the Extradi-weather. The Summer of 1911 has out tion Acts 1870-1906 to Faraguay.
| stayed its welcome.
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to be opened on Monday, October 9th, The Krong Wa Hospital, at Yaumati, 14p.m. by His Excellency the Governor. Special launches are to leave Blake Pier 9.30 p.nl.
at
CANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY The Croning service at the Wesleynd Church will commence at 6 o'clock from October lab, and during the winter months The preacher to-morrow is the Rev. Bene, morning and ovoning,
The following is forwarded to us Trom the Colonial Secretary's offes for tho information of the public:
The work of preparing the authoritative At the request of the Administration of "Life of King Edward will probably be the Imporisi Chinese Section of the Canton-undertaken by the Duke of Argyl. II Kowloon Railway the ceremony of opening is understood that the Duke has been in the railway has been postponed from the communication with King George on the 2nd October, which is a day of religious subject. observance in China, to the 4th October and the line will open to the public for through traffic between Kowloon and Canton on the 5th October instead of the
3rd October.
THE TYPHOON..
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SOCIETY
who presenta it added," as they say in HPlaton"
We have been informed that, this society The Great Britain species is rather fees intends, giving their first concert: this imaginary but he makes up for this in ex- Hongkonge Channel Swim" for the commones in October; vocal practices will instance, like his brother and he The chial prent of the weak has been season early in Decembar, Practices will pease. He won't travel in a horses-box, for
China Ma prizes. All the Colony turned bo on Mondays, commencing October 2nd, wen't cat hay. He won't even go Young Logan again proved himself inviat commencing October 4th, at 5.18 p.. out to see what was a tip-top struggle.and instrumental practices on Wednesdays, second class an alig steamer, and in many ways is very trying altogether. At length ble, though Claxton's effort was greatly admired. He gave the winner a run for
the animal arrives and you at once so that your people at Home have no "baste." Strawberry roan is all very well in a honis bat really HowEYO, YOU TU KU OWNer now, the next thing id to train him. But hers. again there are difficulties, and you find his composition consists chiefly, of won't's " with an cocasional "a't." This would be
his money, though anybody reading the
sccount in one of the papers to the effect that Claxton was within twenty years of Logan when the latter touched the Frays wall" might be forgivon for thinking other- Wisc
osted in music not already a member.
The society will welcome anyone inter
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
Annual Mesting,
suppose. Anyhow, I've noticed a good large attendance at the annual preeting of ar sven in your own son, but in a But slips will occur in all printing offices, Hon Dr J. M. Atkinson provided over interesting temperament in any body few printer's errors" about of lata the Hongkong Cricket Club, held at the trouble is you can't sell him or aven gre strawberry Tran unthinkable. And the There was the newspaper, for instance, pavilion on Friday evening. The Chairman hins away, besides he has an agroenient for which gave the as. Olympic, who had 5,000 said that it would be seen from the report three years and walicitors were never inure
A police edict, just issued, forbida Plesengers on board, asa fine stool scrow that there was a credit balance of 867 which "abandanṭand intelligent than at the present
women wearing hata or bonnets in any part of the Berlin theatres, the penalty for breach of the edict baing £3. The wearing of hatpins in theatres was prohibitoad some.
vessel of 5,577 tona grosa" and which ratered to the Hawkes second-class meant that on the your's working they were time. cruiser built in 1803"! Very second-class after 108 years, I should say.
9400 to the good. Continuing, the Chair. At the end of a year, howover things. man said that the committee had decided inprove Your Frostast friend mys to not to enter an eloven for the langue yon at the Club one day Nice young But those little mistakes did not competition as it was thought that to do so fellow Thompson's," You are surprised tickle me so much as those borne would spoil first-class cricket. Last year,
but agree, and are rather proud of The first dance of the season in con- on the programme of the Queen's College when there was no longue match on the Thompson. You then look round and see. Much uncertainty seems to axist as to innection with the Royal Engineer Quadrille Acquatic sports this week, for one would ground it had been dificult to get two are quite fortunate in your "sub" aftoy which direction the typhoon will incline. Club took place last ergoing in the R. E naturally think that such a seas of learning clovens to play. Now that the Remnants all. Look at the man who come out far According to the Observatory report issued Theatre. The heat and apparently no would see to it that all pools" cor had diebanded, it was anticipated there instance, hopeless chop Driaks worke
A B. and 01. Young cube Pratax shoal moving very slowly, with putting in appearance. Dancing was read. The times of the avonta were two pletens to play on the ground overy beander, in addition, badly in debt. But at poon, it appears to be situated near the beiruts for the dancers, a good muster Ding its activities wore well and garofaly would be no difficulty in gotting than a fish, fresh as a sea. —, tuo, perhaps, a tendency to incline northwardy... Coutinued until midnight. Tho black signals have still been' up all day, and as a result shipping has been again seriously hampered. No loss than 20 steamers are lying in Juzuk Bay waiting for the danger to pass, while others are Canton-anchored elsewhere in secluded sports.
10. A.n.-Sale of Needlework at the
Italian Convent. 5.30 p.m. Organ Recital at St. John's
Cathedral. 9p.m.-Japanese Conjurors at the City
..
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WEDNESDAY, October 4-
10 a.m.-Sale of Needlework at the
Italian Convent.
"
Opening of Chinese Section of
Kowloon, Rulway
p.m.-Fire Brigade Competition
side
City Hall
!!
hi the Superior Court at Los Angeles the presiding Judge hina hold that the law guisat divolging the contents of wireless telegraphic messages applied only to the employees and officers of telegraph com- panies. This decision seraso out of the out-We hear that Swates and amoy boats provention of a nowaraper proprietor for delaying their departure for Hongkong.having published an intercepted wireless fearing the typhoon.
telegraphic message.
9 p.m.-The Jansen Show at Theatre
Royal, City Hall.
THURSDAY, October 5 :-"
SATURDAY, October 7:
During last night the barometer went up slightly, but since a.m. Endny
yuh.....
C.M.S. Baxter School's Sale of Work at it has shown signs of falling again. The
City Hall,
danger to Hongking is certainly not past "warning received by the American Consulate at 4 p.m. states:-Typhoon over NIE. Chine Sos, moving North or
Noon-Jockey Clab's Half-yearly meet.
ing. -12:30 pm. Dairy Farm Co's. Ordinary
Yearly meching.
3.30 p.r. Folo Club's Gymkhana."-
FRIDAY, October 8:
5.30 p.m.Hongkong. Football Club's
Annual General Meeting. SUNDAY, October -
12:11 pm-Full Moon
TUERDAY, October 10 -
Noon-Douglas Ston mahip Co.'s Extraor
dinary General Meeting. 3.45 p.m.-Sanitary Board Meeting. TRURSDAY, October 19:-
Nom-Canton Insurance Ordinary Meet
ing
The Chinx Mail.
N,N.E.
posed to be not out in proper rotation. But this is how they appeared in print: 3.55 p.n., 4.53 p... 4.20 p.m., 4.40 p.m., 4,05 p.m. and-above all times.60 p.m. I wonder who's been trying to be funny? Perhaps the example set by the Railway of giving là o'clock, 14 o'clock, etc., on their time-tables is being emulated. Anyhow, 4.60 is distinctly good.
Obwards.
Saturday. In order that other clubs worst of all, Le, a sleek prig with roligione might haro, the benefit of the ground tendencies of when someon wrote.. arrangements had been made to play cock longue team at kast once in ur addition there would be a match between & com- bined league team and a club team. Ho proposed, the adoption of the report and
accounts.
On being seconded by Mr Mackenzie the report and accounts were adoptel.
The officials were elected as follows:-
CORRESPONDENCE.
My eyes sparkled when I read of the arrangements being made by the Sanitary Board respecting the letting of stalla accordance with the King's Regulations for body was moving. But in my fondest Lieut. Col. Hamilton, Captain Clapham, It is notified in the Gazette that in in Kowloon Market. It showed that some Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson, president; the Army No. 74, a. Standing Committeo creams I did not orpect the notice appear Mesars R. Hancock, T. E. Fenre, H. R. composed as follows will dramble at stiching next day saying that the Market would Makin, G. "A.-Cooke, A. CE. Hlborough times and places as the President may be opened by October 1st. Bravo, PW.D., and C. THORS direct:-President, His Excellency the or to whoever the praise belongs. Kowloon General Officer Commanding the Troops. will now be more independent still of Members, ho. Commodore, the Colonial Honkong from to-mor Secretary, the Officer Commanding Royal | There's no doubt be demands for * * Artillery, the Chief Enginéor, sada Naval Eolo Municipal Council soon, or Officer recoinmended by the Commodore for something of the kind.. And perhaps in Parcel postage rates frani Hongkong to nomination by the Governor.
timo s shall see the Kotiom Courier on- Siam are published in the Gazette.
sal every day. But that's looking ahead. Hongkong could rake up a few examples of English da ste is Wroto", but the following gem by a Ceylon Eabu will take a little houting. The paper which reproduces it says the letters are genuina and so is the writer. The latter as pub
by hand. It says:
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A quantity of clothing and jewellery, value, 826), has been stolen from No. 328, Que 'n Road West
New regulations concerning lanish- ments to be inflicted auder the Police
tho, Gazette.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Commander and Mrs Acton, of II.M.S. Tamar, left to-day per the Pad Assaye,
Force Consolidation Ordinnnes appear in general passenger agent of the T. K. I.lished here is, like Mallin's Food; untouched
A valuation of the tenements in the Colony under the Rating Ordinanco for the year commencing July 1st, 1912, is to bo
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1011, made before April 9th next.
ABOUT FROM THE BLUE.
'
A Chinese chrk reporta to the policà that while he and several other members were enjoying themselves in's club for derks in Pai Street, someone stole the gong and cymbol, value 217..
Mr C. Lacy Goodrich, the popular
line, bas arrived at Shanghai. - He is to visit Hongkong and other southern porta in the interests of his company",
"Dear Ma'am,I have to tell you that seo breaks long calm siloat there comes a wind. I break my tong calm silent whent Mr Lindary Russell, president of the I write you a letter concerning the Japan Society of New York and Mrsstablishment, I am going to leave at the Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent, end of this mouth.--Your obediently. arrived at Yokohams on the 29rd inst. and will remain in Japan for some time.
a marriage has been arranged, and will The quarrel between. Turkey and
take place in Cliina carly next year, Italy over affairs in Tripoli has deve
between Arthur Griffith Roberta, aldeat loped in a most ularning mauner, and gineering and Miting Cmpany's threa
The total output of the Chinese Frson of the late T. D. Roberts, of Ponrallt,
......
A few days later, anddonis the young man changed his mind and worte
"Dear Madam,As I wrote you the wind come but the sea not break and I much sympathish for the enormous con
agration I must Lore originated in your
His chces were palc, his hair above, (The outcome of a mother's love) On brillianting and pomado bed, Hung in soft curls about his d
How axfall And you promptly feel- and get more attached every day to your urry for C-who imported this beast,
strawberry roun
FIXI
FOR THE GARDEN.
Complaints are often heard in Honkong that i work and vegetables here are not of the high quality of those in the Old THE RAILWAY OPENING,
Country: This, ity to be feared, is large- Is because there not that personal (To the Editor of the CIN MAIL.) attention given to their growing that ther ion cards for the opening ceremony of the 2 excuse for neglecting to remedy this: SI-I notice titquests holding invitatis at Home However, there can now be
Canton-Kowloon railway ab Samchan cu inte of affairs, for, thanks to the enterprise Monday nextare informed that the invitat of tho China Express Company, Hongkong ion cards are subtient authority to travel rasidents can now be supplied with on the British section from Kowicon to absolutely the best scors. A fresh non-
gement of Sutton's famous seeds bus just: Samchun that day.
As a very old resident of the Colony and be a recaired, all specially selected for tho as one who has not been favoured with an climato and contained in beimetically. invitation I should be greatly obliged if maled airtight tins. As our readers may you would inform me and others in the ray probably know, Mosers Sutton and sant position or myself how one can best Co., are seedsmen to His Majesty the arrange to be present at the ceremony. I King, and all their soeds are of the first presume the public are not to be excluded. quality. Hence, in buying seeds coming Is there a train on Monday morning by from this firm's famed gardens purchases which I can leave Kowloon at a reasonable may rest assured that they are obtaining hour so as to witness the ceremony, and in the best that money can buy, and at x there a return train by which I can come mos rensonable price too. back 7 Yours, sta
WUN
RETORT,
The consignments just received by the China Express Comany comprise all kinds of dawers and vegetables, as well as special STARS-Gurds for tenpirlawns. At a little cost. cos's garden may be made a sight of beauty" (To the Editor of the Casa, MAIL with its wealth of flowers of a kind too Bm-In reply to your correspondent seldom seen out Ehat, while the vegetables
the officiil notification which has mines for the week ending 18th Sept. 1011 Newport, and formerly of The Grove, heart. I not going for three months, be-Observer's" advice, I beg to my :–“ â ¿tins vary in price from $2.50 to 810, and this afternoon" come through from amounted to 25,256,64 tons and the malosalpas, Monmouthshire, and Madeleine Cause my friend wants me expect to go to ban chat, bon ru."-Togra faithfully,
during the period, to 22.033.08 toris.
Board'in person.
!
Mary Ryland ouly daughter of Lieutenant- Colonel HG. Ryland, late of the Indian Staff Corps,
-
THE ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
his bestman. Your kindly.
School-children's "howlers" are always kmusing for the unconscious wit which they often contain. Recently I hit across some good examplos, which I will append for the amusement of my readers:
as the planting season is now on, those "R"
was intend trying their own growing wil [Note-This correspondence must now do well to procure their soods without censo, ED. 0. M.]
delay. Some varieties of the flowers can be grown in time for the Horticultural Shor to be held later on.
Storekeepers
THE uniform succes that has attended EVERYWHERE A FAVOURITE.
the mae of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholata and Diarrhoea Remedy: has made it a ferourite everywhere. It can always Chemists and Biozakropors
Rome, amounting to a declaration of way, will be received with
A meeting of the Licensing Bond is world-wide surprise. It is obvious to be held on Wednesday, the 1st of No POLISHED WOOD from the telegrams which have vember, at 2.15 pm for the purpose of recently been received in referencnsidering applications for publicans' and
•NOTHING BETTER TOR bowel complaints in children always to the dispute that Italy has forte keepers' adjunct lieveices for the year
A focus is n thing like a mushroom. Diarrhoea Romedy and castor oil. It is give Chamberlain's Colie, Cholem and The seventh annual general moeting of but if you eat it you will feel different to a certain to effect a cure and when reduced some time pust-been resenting the licences and persons objecting to such op the offices of the Union Insurance Society 1911-1912. Applicants for transfers or new
the members of the above Club was held at mushroom." manner in which the new Turkish judications must appear before the Liceaming of Canton at 5.30 p.m. fast evening The thist a shilling poultice was put on every. Temody, For log by all Chemista And he depended upon, For sale by all-
with water and sweetened is pleasant to "The cause of the Pessante Revolt was tako. No physician can prescribe a better regime has been working in Tripoli,
following members were present: HB, body over sixtoon." REASONABLE PRICES.alleging that it has involved a viola-
Mr H.E. Polleek (in the chair), Blesars tion of Treaty rights und systematic
It has been known to Yokohama for Rosso, Marshall,Shields, Pollock, Murdoch, opposition to Itation development In Japan by the Tenyo Maru were all being Broton Chapman, Rooman R, N., Fletcher, teacher kod what gross darkness meant.
In reading from the Bible that grose WHISKY for CONNOISSEURS. sim tin that the ship rents of tea hour Brown RE Conningham R., Hall darkness orored the face of the earth, the her eurt Note to the Porte she has detained at San Francisco, on account of Dauter, Alabaster, Townend, Bruce The top boy in mental arithmetic said: charged Turkey with constant hostility certain portions being considered by the
One hundred and forty-four times to Italian enterprises there and with from San Francisco, há now been recaire Brayield, Bird, Ritchie, Smyth, Weall, darker than ordinary darkness."
inspectors to be "coloured tea. A cable Shepherd, Hustes, Alport, Gordon, Buze, in disregard of the remonstances to the effect that in addition to the whole Rigdet, Rowe, Engel, Long, and Wedd respecting disorder and neglect in of the shipments by the Tenga Mare, the R.E., too. so, and treas. Tripoli. On the other hand, Turkey shipments from Japan by the F. M. steamere lius wannly refuted the allegations Marnarell detained. It is presumed that Porsia and Koren, and the T.K.K. Shinge and stated that measures have been the mattor has been referred to the adopted for the maintenance of order. authorities in Washington for a decision What ground there is for the Italiana technical point. complaints we cmpt say, but it does
Welm. Powell, Id.
VICTORIA THEATRE.
DES VŒUX ROAD CENTRAL,
3 to 8.45 PM AND
9.15 P.M. to 11.16 Par
THE FINEST and COOLEST
....
HALL in the COLONY.
TO-NIGHT.
seem to us that Italy has acted with
An extraordioary general meeting of unifie haste la declaring war t 24th members of the Western India Turf Cluh in boon held at Foons to finally adopt
In discussing the accounts, the Chair buen written off the value of the lab pro man pointed out that a large amount had
party, a fair balance still remainlog.
Told ti write down what he was saying, when reciting the words "suffered under Pontius Pilato the reply of a schoolboy violets:" while at Bonchureb, Isia of Wight appoared as suffered under bunch of
similar text once produced, suffered. onder Bonchurch Pilot."-
Ou the proposition of the Chairman, woonded by Mr. Flatcher, the accounta
Observation of the facts of contemporary were passed unanimously life no doubt prompted the certitude with which the teacher, was informed, what David' menthon he'd rather be a door. koeper of the houseof the Lords. Boenzas
ring to the absence of Mr Keswick, it The Chairman proposed Mr. A. Denison was necessary to elect a new Commodore. one of the earliest mambots of the Club
was carried unanimouely?
HAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMBIE hours' notice. Surly the matter wiki the course of action in regard to the con- Mr Rousu reconded this proposition, whichs if bo, was a door-keeper, ho could walk not one of such urgency as to demand faplatad legislation by the Bombay Gov-The Yachting and Rowing Committon about outside while the dermen was being
ALL NEW PICTURES. THE
Harmonious Huxhams
TUESDAY The Grant File:
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,"
4,000 fort in Isngth.
MATINKES FATURDAYS AND SUNDAYM AT 4.30K
proacted.
RAMBLER
the adoption of such drasticament restricting, the number of dings of were then hiltotted for the following
of racing in Bombay and Poons. The mact gentemen being aleated-Yachting Com beening was largely attended and aftor some mitte-Mer Baon, Marstall, H. F
terassim, in which only one dissenting volco Pollock, Roman fenker and Woad BOMETHING, DEPENDABLE, **
Raising Committon Messrs Braylold, petition the Government of India against and Shielda. Mr C. H. Gals we clooted wheralsad, it was unen mously resolved Brown, Martin, MaiJoch, A. B. Pollock DIARRHOEA always more or les provalent during this month. Be the adoption of stick a course of action. It Hoist Measurer, and blusers Brown and prepared for it. Chamberlain's Colle is reported that the gentleman in the clen dopaty measurers,
Cilers and Diarrhoes Remedy la prompt inority salmoquently withdrew his amend rate the tasting clad with hearty Therd being farther business to Ement; and the resolution was passed;
mostres If all other mean sttling tlie dispute lind exhausted, the "mutter would totally different. But, so far from tan being the case, none other seems to have been tried. That Italy will stultify herself in the eyes
Peto pf thanks to the Chairīban,
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