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H. M troopship Rohilla arrives at falta to-morrow, and Janyes the same day. for Suez en Foote to Hongkong.
The silk ox 0.8..... Seattle Maru, which left Hongkang on September 6thy was delivered in New York on the 9th inst.
more than a century ago. A pagu of English of CHAUOKR's time, or even a century Inter, gives an impression as strange and uncouth as an extract from a spelling roform journal of to-day. So late a writer na MACAULAT always usedate" for sat, and the unnecessary "k" at the end of
Cebu was the only port of the Philip "public was long in dying. The pipes whose enstoms receipts during Sept letter
still used by many ember showed no increase over those of old-fashioned people for "s,' and the corresponding month of last year." superfluous "es" lingered among many writers loog after their abandon- ment by the majority. Most people have agreed to drop the diphthong in such words as "chimers" and "demon," and no damage to the
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General Memoranda.
FRIDT, October-13.
The conclusions of the writer are well worth giving in extenso. "If," says the article, "phonetic reformers confined their ambitions to what can be realised without much violence, they would probably effect more. But their zeal is somewhat untemper ed. The most broad-minded person feels outraged by the sight of such words na buks, or 'yeerz,' or 'shud, and almost as exasperating is the
The postponed Annual Fire Brigade display will take plasa uutside the City Hall on Friday next at 4 p.m. a "dross rehearsal will be hold at the same place tomorrow morning at seven o'clock,
DEFENDANT'S SÜDDEN INDIS,
POSITION."
As the flapreme Court this morning. befors Mr Justice Gompertz, Loo Show brought an action against the You Ring Arm
14
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 1911.
KOWLOON RAILWAY
BOOKINGS.
Over $3,000 in Rix Days.
Since the establishment of through rail-
COMPANY MEETING.
The China. Light and' Power Co., Ltd.
The tenth ordinary annual isoting of
to eject them from No. 45 Coway connection with Canton on Wednesday shareholders of the China Light and caught Road West
lastais receipta of the British section of Power Co, Ltd., was held at the Offices. the line have very approdsbly advanced, of the Company, St. George's Building. the increase averaging about 6960 a day. to-day.
Bat.
Mr Leo D'Almada e Castro appeared for plaintiff and Mr Reader Bars for defend
Mr D'Almada, asked his Lordship to grant an adjournment as he had just received a letter from his client stating that he was ill and could not attend the His Lordship-Have you a medical.car Bosto
Court.
3
Mr D'Almada-No, but I will procure ane if your Lordship insists on it. :
2
On the Emb day after the opening the Mr C. A. Tomes presided and there ware receipts were B165 and on subsequent days prenant Meuare H. P. Whito, Dr. J. W.. $350, 8050, 8650, $550 and $510 res- Noble, consulting committed; H. E. B. pectively, making a total for the first six Hancock, J. A. Young. G. J. B. Sayer, O. N. M. Hamilton. Fung Shiu Wa, and days of $3,176.
the Becretary, Mr D. H. Young.
The Secretary read the nolics convening the meeting.
th
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Thosa #gures, which are of highld gratifying pharactor, were rupplied to a representative of the China Ma by Mr-E. S. Lindsey, the Chief Resident Engineer, who stated that if the traffiä developed at || with your permission we will consider the the present rate, as there wore strong, hopes report as read. There is nothing in the
The Chairman said-As usual, gentiam,
daily takings total $700. Practically the whole of the receipts, he stated, were for for special remark. All the new machinery Canton but to and from stations about half-to-bour further the cost of the labour for passenger traffle, not for through sage to has been paid for and we shall have only way over the line. It was nobleak erecting it The halanes in the bank an trile either, but, the ordinary movement.
.H.M.S. King George V, cf whose His Lordship-Not unless you are pro- | tha6 (6-waul·lit should not be long are the figurer of the accounts that appears to call launching Router wired as yesterday, ispared to pay the cost of the day,
Mr D'Almada-I will do that. battleship of the improved Dreadnoughts! typo improved so far as to be far ahead of any existing war vessel afloat. She will be heavier than the Orion, and will carry ten 13.5 guns, which will be moasted on the same principle as those of the Orion.
A number, of Portuguese get into an argument the other night on the North So chuon Road in Shanghai over the respective merits of Republican and Monarchical governments and in the scrimmage that ensued considerable blood flowed, and the window of a Japanese shop was smashed. Previous to this another mix-up took place,
4p.m.-Fire Brigado Display outside manufacture of new and ill-lookingales, between Portuguese, on the Range
Uity Hall,
SATURDAY, October 14:--
9.10 p.m.-H.. Cricket
onida Concert,
SONDAY, October 15:-
Hospital Sunday.
Club's Prom-
:
(largely because unfamiliar) symbols for digraphs such as "sh The raformere, too, often shock us by their own barbarisms. So many 'fonetik fanatics ignore the double consonant MONDAY, October 16:-
3p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at Public and treat a word like immigration
Works Department. Txuassay, October.19:-
Noon-Canton Insurance Ordinary Meet
*ing.
12.30 H. F. Cotton 8. W. & D. Co.,
Ld.'s Ordinary Annual Mouting.
PER MONTH. | SATURDAY, "October 28 :—
2.45 p.m.-Dodication of St. Paul's Collego Chapel by Bishop of Victoria: 9.30 p.m.-Opening of St. Paul's College Schoolrooms by H.E. the Governor.
Tuning and Regular The China Mail
Rond, and this also resulted in n.flow of
**claret,"
A large party of Californian business men and their families, will arrive por 8.3. Minnesota on October the 20th, under the forsonal direction of Mr D. F. Robertson, manager of the steamship Department of the German American Savings Bank, Los Angeles, California. After spending sixteen days in longkong, the party will proceed to Manila, China, Burmah, after which they will be present at the Corona- tion Durbar at Delhi.
His Lordship after reading the latter aid there must be a medical certificate and asked what the motion was about.
Mr Harrin said it was that action which his friend had pressed so hard for it to be tried.
His "Lordship-I am not sure that you will not have to pay the costs but there
must be a medical certificate.
Mr Harry Yes.
、-
His Lordship-And you won't go eat?" Mr Harris-No, my Lord. We have offered to go out at Chinese Now Year.
His Lordship-You say you are entitled to stay on ?!
of Chinoes from ens point to another. As since been reduced by 85,000, tha deposis to what the Chinese section had been doing, we had to make in the trieury as guarantee Mr Lindsey could not state, but said the on the milway contemet. The repairb complete rotarne would be available at the shows a small improvement in the act and of the month.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr Lindsey stated that he had noted receipts, but in the two main factor of letter sent to the Pross with reference to increase in demand for current and induc Hongkong noter being discounted at the tion in cost of working we must admit Mr Harria has only had a big Canton torminus. Ho imagined the book. Chinese dinner or something like that. He ing clerk was responsible for this and aid disappointment. To das! with the latter it was certainly not in accordance with first; great delay bar ensued over the agreement, as the tickets were marked setting up of the new engines, mainly was quite woll yesterday.
His Lordship-Are your people still in Hongkong currency. Persons having owing to the failure of the contractors at the premises?
complaints of this kind should, he said. Home to forward all parts complete at the write.direct to the Administration of the
proper time both of the engines and of the Chinese section.
gas plant sad we have been held back for monthu.. · One engine of the three.is 'now working and doing well, and erection of the second has been delayed by the THE REPUBLICAN BANQUET. dificulty encountered over zamoval of the bed of one of the old steam gogerstór sotez (To the Editor of the "CHA MAY
the entting out of solid concrete, in Sir,Your correspondent." Catholic" narrow confined space proceeding very Appears to be in onruent regarding his slowly. This work bas only just boos protest, and I shall be extremely obliged completed and concrete for the new and in the summary jurisdiction of the Court if he will kindly call upon me at any stronger bed is now going in. When the and that could not be done as they had convenient hour of the day, when I shall second engine is in running order, say fr had notice to quit two precises the rent of ha pleased to give his protest every three or four months, we will proceed with work on the third and last, and eventually, which took the action ost of summary consideration.
we hapo by next spring, the old steams jurisdiction. Plintiff was only bringing the
I think he should not rely upon in-plant will disappear. The population of action in respect to part of the premises formation received, and I may say, that Howloon has not shown much increase of which he could not do.
His Lordship Now you know what the having had the honour of presiding at the late, and few new buildings are being erected. The large majority of foreign satisfy "Catholic" as to the erroneous dwellings make use of our light, but what defence is you can consider your position. dinner in question, I am in a position to
impressions left in his mind.
'wa waoŤ are many and large. Chinese shops and entertainment places, and Kowloon does not seem to have reached a sufficient degree of affuonce yet to induce a demand for these. We consider our tariff
Mr Hatria-You. Continuing Mr Harris said that his clients had notice to quit but had subsequently paid rant in respont to.| the premises which rullified the notice. Furthermore the artion had been brought
Mr D'Almada-Yes, my Lord. The casa was fized for the 21st inst.
:
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
Threo men were to-day charged at the Biagistracy with breaking into a store in Lí Yuen Strout East, and sturding three cases of bama The case was remanded by Mr
The matter is certainly not of sufficient public importance to merit any explanations in the pre-Yours faithfully,
LEO D'ALMADA E CASTRO.
as if it really had but one 'm." It is true that the English, the most slovenly people extant in matters of pronunciation, are very lax in this respect, but no educated
person entirely omits the second consonant.
On her voyage down from Ichang the Broadly speaking, reform might be.s.s: Helena ran ashore above Tochow left to take care of itself." Alterations and afforts to get her off, though successful, that come silently are most likely to cont the life of one sailor and injury to be in general harmony with the spotlier, the Hanker Daily News of 90th ul. saya. An up-river eteamer was towing genius of the language. In fifty years her off and she was lifting beranchers when ploughmaz-be-a-quite obsolete a cable parted striking Seaman Bird in the vet knight arid ribe, breaking two bones and inflicting spelling and
severo internal injuries to which ho wrought may be preserved. The siccumbed the next morning, while another general adoption of one of the allor sustained a fractured arm. numerous orthodox spelling reform programmes is unthinkable. It would inflict a great injustice on the older sharp a division between old and new now and again conferences composed literature. Even now a book printed of enthusiastic spelling reformers 200 years ago is not be read with assemble in solema conclave and prove, perfect fuancy by people familiar at least to their own satisfaction only with modern print, but it is that our spelling is chaotic and easier to enjoy a play of CONGREYH in destination, where they relieva the 1st with selling medicina without a license and neat little spooches very ât and proper for
Attention Inclusive.HONGKOND, WEDNESDAY, Ocroum 11, 1911.
SPELLING REFORM.
F. A. Has land,
Y
водо
charges are as
are as low as they need be, but we are looking into this matter and may ma
alteration. We could do more public I should to have soma. The supply to the railway shops has been begun, and we are very pleased to have the cou Not content with trying to ridicule some nection, bat from a revenue print of view,
SIR,-I beg the courtesy of your columns to make a few remarks on the" protest" of "Catholic."
work and
Two coolies were arrested in connection of the gentleman who spoke, calling notwithstanding His Excellency the Gove callo as one of Government support to locat with the theft ofh ease of Chinese socks them youngsters who made bombastic arnar's kindly remarks in instancing our vainu 160 from the side channel near speeches" and questioning whether these industries, we can hardly point with pride,
S. MULLIRIE-C-V of what has been termed England's generation, and would produce too were embarked on the troopship Somali, at Messrs Sincere and Co. They were arrested discourses could be termed "speeches," he as the saying goes, to this contract. One
LIMITED.
Hongkong, April 16, 1907.
Powell's
PERIODICALLY we hear a good deal vicious system of orthography. Every
twenty minutes after the case was missed sentence of two months' imprisonment Magistracy this morning." Mor stocks was imposed, at the
A howker was charged befors Mr F. E. Hazeland at the Magistracy this morning
a fine of wax imposed. The Indian constable who arrunted defendnut stated that he was offered a bribe of a centa by defendant if he would let him go. De fondant was discharged on this charge.
gonemily lesda othara, so we shall hope for more and on has returned to the fray disparaging our connection of this kind worthy Consul and the popular, President better terms, and now that the long of the Club Lusitano, as, from his state awaited through railway line to Canton has ment that orly the speech of Benhor Freitas finally been completed we shall look for Was worth mentioning, one would conclude ward with oncetragement to the time when Kowloon will becomes the active, bustling that these gentlemen spoke to no purpose and prosperous terminal city sn
These gentlemen confined themselves to predicted. •
Mr Sayer-What is the rail capital of the occasion, and the other speakers, with the company at the present time1. one azception, cheered the Republic and The Chairman said that the capital was inveighed the Monarchy. The oxooption about $300,000. referred to is a spooch in which Portuguese
the $25,000 had Ar Bayer I thought Freemasonry was
The Chairman-No.
A boatman was charged at the Marino gusting the Monarched for its share in been paid o
Mr Bayer-It is 8500,000 to-day. The Chairman--I suppose you refer to
The 2nd battalion Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel H. J. Everett, commanding, Valetta, Malta, on September 17 ca vegage for Tientsin North Chica The Somali, which also brings out various drafte for Far Eastern garrisons, is timed to arrive at Chingawang-tao on October 24, and there the Bomersets will disembark for their battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The absurd. Such a gathering, promoted the first edition than it would be for battalion was never previously in China." by the English Simplified Spelling man reared on fonetik' spelling to Society,, has just been held at Home, turr to an old copy of Pickwick.'"
An interesting and enjoyable little and as usual, self-styled experts on After all, language is not meant ceremony took place at the Phoenix Club
That Catholic' should single out phoneties have been most keen in simply for business. Even the on Monday evening when the prizes for Court this morning before Commardor Senhor Freitas, a visitor, as a solitary ex- advocating a wholesale revolution in Japanese, who have every excuse for the last billiard tournament, two large 0. W. Bockwith, R.N., for mooring his boat caption, goes to prove that he has still the discrepancy in the shares. We made handsome cups, were proounted to the within 100 yards of low water mark near some sense of decency left in him, and it is an effort to deal with that but there were present methods. We are glad, how wishing to get rid of their ideograplis, successful winner and runner-up.
to this sense that appeal for more some legal dificulties and Capt Bowrington Canal; failing to exhibit a
so they Catholia's. have been obliged to give up the Branch was is the chair and besides the white light and failing to stop when called toleration of the views of those who hold to stand se
beliefs contrary to ever, to note that the Standard, in
Mr Bayor--May I political do so by the Worship
Why on earth speeches sulegistic of the takings per annam of this company Lace Department, the course of ti lending article, has idea of romanised characters Plans Club's Committee there was goodly impossid a line of 311 which covered all the
Rapublic, aye even of
Freemasonry and The Chairman-Roughly about $4,000 seen fit to give these ultra-progressive have been put forward by the score, gathering of members. While the toast charges. A boten was fined a similar condemnatory of the Monarchy, should a month; about $45,000.
call forth from "Catholic. abuss instead Mz Sayer, said there was one point he but each has involved for all practical of the winner was being duly honoured in amount for like offences. falk u cold douche. The journal
the marita of arguments on rite or demerits of thought should be taken notice of and that Lance Sergeant Wills while on the 8.8. topublicanism vamus Monarchiam, I cannot was the sabsidary coinagene and a half NOW SHOWING named pointedly remarks that, for purposes the sacrifice of the old all the efforts of these enthusiasts literature and a large part of the
umeric on Tuesday found in the firemen's understand, unless he be a bigot to whom pas-cent was rather large-for-a soull storeroom's kit bag containing 113 tins Republicanism spoils rank heresy and company like that.
Freemasonry devilry,
me remind distinctive beauties of the tongue,
sach containing 5 taels of prepared api Camplle that abuse is no argument untold generations of Englishmen
Nationalism triumphed over
The firemen's cook who claimed the opYours, etc. will probably go on spelling "dough'
was arrested and at the Magistracy. this expediency. The Japanese decided. and "tough" as their fathers did that the ideographis must stay,
morning he was fined $500 or six montha and, after stating that with all it
imprisonment. The opium was confaented though they mean several years added
“Limited."
NEW ASSORTMENT
OF
Laces and
Insertions
FOR
TRIMMING.
EVENING GOWNS
THE VERY NEWEST DESIGNS
vacions mixtures sovorel good sports came toward and offered prizes for another billiard handicap tournament, which it is hoped by the members of the Club will be commenced shortly.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Station leave has been grafted to Lieut. peading an application for it by the Opium
inclusive.
came across a basket containing 15 tins of
found. This opium was also consfiicated.
SATURDAY'S OPEN AIR
Ist
E. G. D'AQUINO.
JANSEN. İ
Jansen and his company delighted
the shares have
"what art the
The Chairman This is money we have to take from our
constituents Mr Bayer sail some arrangements should ho made whereby they could get the differ ence, which if paid into the company. would bring some return to shareholders.
➡We are in the same posi- The Chairman tien as other people. If we don't take shortcomings, English is etill the to the period of education, and CoL. H. D. Stacpole; Army Pay Depart-Farmer. At the same time Sergean: Wills
that perhaps we won't get anything at all. The Chaman proposed the adoption of there being no onsieat of all the great languages, impose a burden on the nation compar: mont, from 18th to 31st October, 1911. prepared opium for which no owner could be largo, audience at the Theatre. Royal last the report and account the writer of the article goes on toed with which our grotesque spelling
further questions.
Dr Noble remark that spelling reforiners, like
carried. is as nothing. If, in such an extreme from an apoplechie seizure, of Mr David
On the proposition of Mr Sayer seconded all enthusiasts for innovation, expect
victory remained with the M.Cormack, formerly of Denny, Matt and
by Mr J. A Young, Sir Pan Chater. too much of human nature. They
On Thursday evening the Great Double Dr J. W. Noble and Mr HP. White wers conservatives, it can be readily Dickam, Ltd, and later of Lonowens, Ltd.
re-elected to the eorsim ting committen. forget that mankind loves its errors
Mystery will be presented, and the com Mesa W. Huttan Potts and A. O'D, ind loven its errors agined that the English of a century He was a keen volunteer and an active open-air concert arranged for Saturday any will give a farewell performance Gourdin were re elected auditors on the and prejudices, and is inclined to
hence will be much like the English member of the St. Andrew's Society, night at the Hongkong Cricket Club Friday, as they sail on Saturday for nation of Mr H. E. Hancock seconded by
Manila. Tho jugglera De Hollis and Valors Mr Tung Shin, Wh cling fondly to any venerable
of the present."
have made a decided hit bore, as Klso hria The Cabirmanoat is all the fisiness Mr Storey, the Musical Man.-
gentlemen; thank you,
case,
The death is announced at Bangkok,
CONCERT.
Below we give the programme of the
ground-
Selection from.."The Gondoliera"..
The Band of The K.O.Y.L.I.
Sullivan
Tenor Solo.."Molimands in the wood"..
Alma Goetz. Bir E. E do W, Abney,
Mr Warner M. Van Norden, of New With the general tenour of the York, former publisher of Van Nordens absurdity. There is, of course, nothing particularly sacred in the present article most rational-thinking people fugaring and a well-known writer and orthography. We prefer it simply will agree. Slow and gradual traveller, roached Hongkong to-day Ho because we are used to very changes such as are necessitated by with Dr. E. W. Thwing, Secretary of the Baritons Solo The Hobel. Wallace.
| haa boon making a tour of the coast porta, cany" looks proper and English, and
the spirit of the age cannot be resent International Reform Bureau, and they looks wrong And out-
ed, but there must be some respect landish, and every right-minded man
for venerable traditions, the structure
Wm. Powell, Id. "ver in
VICTORIA THEATRE.
DE: VŒEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
1.15 1.1 to 8.45 PM. AND
TONIGHT!
TER
TO-NIGHT 1
Mr Frank Anstinkt j
will go on together to the provincon of Mezzo Soprano Solo... Dear Eng Western China overland by way of Canton,
land"...Frances Allitaon, Mrs D. Lewis. Mr Van Nordon addressed large meetings
And Amoy.
Capt. ..J.D.
evoning. To-night Mr Janson will present an entirely new show and expose the famous packing box trick in full view of the audienco.
THE
WHISKY
WITH A REPUTATION.
Sulection from. Toanhnuros Wagner Seventeen
The Band of The KO.T.L.L. ⠀
Waltz....The Dollar Princess".....Fall.
The Band of The K.0.Y,LI.
Selection from ...“ Veronijus”....... Mosssger, The Band of The E.U.Y.L.I.
Years
ON THE
La Song...Balfe | LOCA Mr H. L. Josen.'
("(a) Chanson Tristo". Violin Bolo
Tacknikowsky. (6) Gavolto. Mira R. O. Edwarda
Bubm
d'Hardelot.
at once exclaims that the advocate of the language and the origin of of the Anti-Opium Societies at Foochow So Sr. Mar. 18. D. Jarry Montage of spelling reform is a revolutionary words. Violent reform is much to person who ought to be discouraged be deprecated, and it is a good thing A Washington message says Ross-Admira Great writers have protested that for the permanence of our language, R. F.. Nicholson is to succeed Admiral phonetic system would destroy the 8.455 to 11.15 .. history and etymology of the lang educated man is such that, as it hus and naval officers on duty in Manila are at Baritone dielo. The Arrow and
that the attitude of the average Murdock in command of the Aristic c
squadron of the American feet. Military NEW AND MAGNIFICIENT FILMS. age. But, of course, reform has been cryptically put, he would as
loss to know why such orders were larod in fact, been proceeding by noiseless
1ocess Boon: give up. Gibraltar as abandonantess Admiral Murdock is in health evolution for centuries If the case the "me" in "programme.
and hen asked to be relieved from duty on this station: It is iso current opinion Harmonious Huxhamshad been otherwise our difficulties
would be enormous. A system A suk train of the well-known Chicago, that he has desired an, signment to the which gave scarcely any corres Monkee and Fuget Sound Railway Atlantie float mince lie was promoted to Soprano Solo... Bay yes..Guy pondence between symbol and sound which left Tacoms with silk cargo arrived his present grade. As Admiral Mardock per 0.8.5, 1.8. Panama Maru on Sept. 20th, will not rotire by operation of law until would be worse than Chinese reached Now York at 6 am, of the 21 Fobruary, 1915, retirement cannot be this ideographo Our spelling has been idon. The sotaal time in transit from rowon for his boing rolloved from duty on readjusted from time to time as Tacoma to New York was 99 hours, or the Manila sintion. Adiuifal Nicholson
will retired December, 191 pronunciation changed, and ortho approximately 6 hours better than any oth graphy was far from fixed nord established by the different lines
TO-NIGHT-The Bonowned Mr RALPH BROWN FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY,
MATINEES SATURDAYS AND SUNDATE,
DOMING The Talented, Biar Artistes HARBIS and VERNON,
to datos
best chief of the bureau of navigation, with -tão rank of rose admiral, niños 1907,
Bong..
Mr-
Hunter: Mr R. M. Cre-P Berenata...“Love in Idirean". Maabeth. The Rand of The K.O.T.LI
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