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General Memoranda..
MONDAY, December 18
THE CHINA MAIL.
portunity of thanking them. But even more thankful are we for the courtesy, considemtion and
ympathy shown na by our sub- scriber, advertisers and readers, Painfully awares we hire of our many short-comings, disheartened As we were night, after night in having to let so many things go un- done, so many happenings in the Colony, the empire of China, and elsewhere, pass unrecorded, no word of complaint reached us. Ou the other hand when the truth of the situation was known many were the words of encoumgement that came in from most mexpected sources, and to those who put those words into writing and who, owing to the great pressure of the past three weeks have not yet received fomial acknowledgement, we tow tender our hearty thanks. There is a great volume of brotherly kindness and companionable sympathy ever |dowing in this Colony which only comes to the surface in times of stress and emergency: we have drawn deeply upon it these days, and we would be strangely apathetic and unresponsivedid we not makeucknow leigement.
!
Our thanks are also due to the Registrar-General, Mr, HALLIFAX, for the patience, tact, and courtesy he ha 3-Auction of Crown Land at Publis shown in the many, interviews with
Works Department.
han which the strike bas occasioned. } In every way possible has he extended help and in this he has been ably seconded by the Government and the police authorities.
HONORONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1911.
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THE REVOLUTION.
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SHANGAL, Doo.. J1. General Chang was captured by the Revolutionaries at Pukon.
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HONGKONG-JIW YORK REGULAR BAILINGS via PORTS and SUEZ ČI NÀLI
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sympathisers in America to the Revolu Their Majesties the King and Queentionaries arrived at Shanghai yesterday. aa Friday morning inspected the Durbar, camps, including the magnificent quarters of 135 Native Chiefs, and the embowered gardens which have been #haminated with electric lights aingo the arrival of the Royal visitors.
King George received in great state, and separately, a hundred Princes and performed the investiture of ten Chiefs, who were much gratified at the special honours paid them.
Queen Mary visited the Delhi hospitals. "Their Majesties that day also laid the stone of the pedestal of the All India Memorial to the late King Edward, which is to take the form of a colossal statue to be erected on the Maidan in front of the Jumamusjid Temple. The stone was laid in the presence of a vast multitude and a salute of 101 guns was fired from the fort.
Before nightfall their majesties at tonded the final match for the King's Football Cup, between the Lancashire Regiment and the Fasilier Border Eo siment, which resulted in a win for the former by one goal to nil.
LATER.
Renter's Delhi correspondent wire at Their Majesties on Sunday attouded a great open-air Church Paride, being seated on a dais under a canopy facing the temporary altar.
Six Bishops officiated at the service and the music was supplied by messed bands and a military choir,
Their Majestics" received a great
purode...
In our case, we met our difficulties as they arose from day to day und can now look back upon them with a certain degree of pardonable antis- faction. We never missed one d y'a Liberal Discount relief and satisfaction that we al calar contemporaries. They were It is with a considerable degree of issue. It was not so with our verna
nounce this evening the closesc farmable to print a single paper lomovation da coming and going to the Given for
ash.
as the China Mailis concerned-of the the time the strike was dech.ed printers' strike, which held Hongkong until it was called-off. Their lover in a close grip for three weeks. The must be very heavy, and we teler trouble....began in
them.our deepest commiseration. We porary's office several months ago, but it did not affect the Chinte Mail up lessons of the last three weeks will (Beuter's Service to the China Mfail.) can but hope, however, that the
til November 18th, when the Printers"
have some Fruitful effect. The Cuild, owing to the banishment of
Printers Guild must realise by now two of their principal officials, who that they cannot hope to domincer, ordered a general strike. They
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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
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LONDON, December 11. Router's correspondent at Christiania. wires that tho Nobel Peace Prize bas been divided equally between M. Asser, the Dutch State. Councillor, and M. Fried, the editor of the Friedenscarte, published in Vienna.“
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
P. C. Marke signed on for another five years before Mr C. Dick Melbourne," at. the Magistracy this morning.
Bronisl Catter, third son of the late The engagement la innounced of Stanley
William Henry, Carter, if Landon and shanghai, and Birs Carter, of Prestbury, to Dulcie Isabel, eldest daughter of John Edmund Melhuisk, of 27, Baverley-rond, Barnes.
Captain Basil H. Fanshawe on the 28th Nov. assumed comjuand at Portsmouth of
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sought by so doing to paralyze the attempted to do; nor can they upset trade and perchance to compel the the internal elministration of any Government to rescind its banish-Printing office with impunity; ment orders. But they were reckon-that when it comes to fighting with ing without their host. Into the its off-well; two can play at that | causes of the original dispute we do not gume, One thing the strike has intent to ester. So far as we are accomplished: it has brought about concerned we receiver assurances a combination of the master-printers fruar several of the men that they of the Colony, foreign and Chinese, had nothing to complain of in regard in defence of their mutual interests to the China-Mall-Office, rates of and as combination and co-operation pay, hours of, work, conditions of la can strength, the printing traile of |butir, all were satisfactory. But the Hongkong should be placed on a | Guild orderr) them to stop work and firmer and pro regular basis
so our workinen, had to "ley and consequence. against their own wills and better inclinations they marched ont. It is no joke to be suddenly deprived of the services of over 3 skilled
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and especially under such »' cumstances. Fortunately among e faithless sorae proved faithful still...!!
NEWS OF THE DAY
in
Dahin A in Micutup the price of medicinal opium.on the Smyrna market.
The silk shipped onlund the ME MT.
so after the first shock of surprise: es. Kraet dinou, which left Hongkong | anoyance had passed off, we 8.4 on the Tih, ubino was delivered in Lyons
work to do what was possible:
the handful of men who rema
trac to their salt. The trouble it composing room was got over
on the 9th instant.
A
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was sentenced six months' imprison
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M. Suzanol, the Russian Fuego Minister, interviewed by the Temps says that the reports of Russia's fortal lemands regarding the Dardanelles are Point, wh le a man, who watched an ear-ing to meet varying circumstances. pure fiction. There had only been in Queen's Road Centrul, was awarded conversations arising from the fear that months imprisonment; four hour stocks by luying mines Turkey might hinderats twenty-four strokes of the "at":" coromerce le raphasised that Russia usive was charged with stealing a gold was seeking no territorial aggrandise ring, value fil. from his mistress in ment in Persia
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LONDON, Dec. 9. with sittle of Chamberlain's Congl Reinedy. She always keeps it'in 'nady in Manila from Fabruary 3rd to Februarys result of details of rinting at lahtil, apo it. With a few doses of this rumeity There is growing excitement at Sofia place and know where to lay her hands 10. Tavitations are now being sent out where it is stated that 174 Bulgariaus she gets the cold under control at its
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the machine department that we were confronted with the most ser The Church" Missionary Society is problem,
We had not a single a.making plans for affording better educa chinist in the building. Fortunately tional opportunition to their prochera an old delivery man, who had evid.before tending themjout to theżmission dently used his eyes to advantage in Bold.
the years he has spent in our service,
Our jobbing department having been catae forward and offered to do what ro organised following the acreation of the
Mm. Powell, Id. he could. And marvellously well be strike of compositom, peritors and book-
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Last week there were sight eises of diphtheria notified in the Colony, three of which were fatal. Thero ware three cos
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cut, and we increased the number bound from Calcutta Dantee, caught on
The Larpool Manner Wöntworth of pages to six by Thursday we had fire and had to into Duter on Nov. 13. got slicient command of the situn Whos the frenon aged to get below tion as to be able to send eight pages they found four Chinese salles had been to the uuichine, and since then we sphýrinted,
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