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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911.
BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY DAPH
[Cortion]
UNREST IN SCOTLAND
KERIOUS RIOTING IN DUNDEE-
f.
Military Called Out. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 20
[Corrsiant.l
CRICKET AT THE ANTIPODES.
PROGRESS OF FIRST TEST MATCH.
"AVIATION SCHOOL IN
AUSTRALIA,
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 19. Renter's correspondent at Melbourne states that the Commonwealth is lishing an arwy arindon school.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SPORTING
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club.
The 4th Club Raco, for each class, was miled on Saturday, 16th inst The dy was fine with a pleasant northerly wind.
Handicap Class-The course was from the Club starting line, Channel Rocks (port), Kowloon Fuck (port), Mark Boat starting line (port), Channal Books (port), Kowloon Rock (port),
There are Ave competitors, being:--
Pure
Drugs
Dione, Iris, Callees, Dorothea, Kathleen, and a practical knowledge
A good start was made at 2.50 p.m. As cetateansi Dione and Iris soon book the leading position and fought hard for supremacy. The times round the Mark Beat on the starting line on the first round wore
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, December 19. A het, high, dusty wind was blowing" when the first Test Match was continued ADVANCE AUSTRALIA, to-day before . fair attendance. The
Serious rioting has taken place at Dundee, where striking carters and dockars have been throwing lorries into the river. Folice charges were ordered,
wicket was again good. Australia's A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEMS to break up the mob.
OF DEVELOPMENT, Contingents of Glasgow and Edin-second innings realised 308, to which burg police have arrived on the scene Kelleway contributed 70 and Hill 65′′ and three hundred soldiers have been Dougins captured four wickets for 50, (Reuter's Service to the China, Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 19. and Foster five for 02. rdered to proceed to Dundee.
LATER.
V
The millworker haves joined the strikers, owing to the closing of seven mills, due to lack of transport.
In their second innings England lost wicket for 85 runs.
MR. WARNER'S CONDITION.
Diene...
*
+1
·4 18 31
Iris
**
9. 16 GO
3 19
હું તો
Colleen Dorothea
Kathleen ...
3 17 20
8
On the run back to Channel Rook, Irin Dorothon pasesc. Colleen. Kathleen also picked up on Diope and rassed her and made up some lost ground, but on the beat to the Kowloon Rook she again fell back. Diono once more passed Iris and maintained har advantage. The finishing times were
In the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth. Parliament, Mr Josiah Thomas announced that the Gov- ernment's policy for developing the Northern Territory includes the exten- sion of the railways, the encouragement Renter's Sydney correspondent tele-of horas breeding, the establishment of gh. The workers in the Cattle Mar-graphs that Mr Warner is now, steadily freezing works, and the inauguration of the at wards have to be escorted by police.
a vigorous immigration policy from Europe.
The strikers have grown quite reck- leas. There have been hand to band
THE REVOLUTION.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, Dec. 10.
progressing toward recovery.
LATEL,
There is a faint hope that he may be able to play in the afth test match.
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
TO DRAW CLOSER TO HONGKONG.""
Beuter's correspondent, at Shanghai.. states that Tang Shac-yi, representing (Reuter's Service to the China Mait.) the Imperialists, and Wu Ting-fang, representing the Republicans, have
opened a conference, with a view to con- aluding pence.
TROOPS MURDER GENERAL.
축구
Router's Peking correspondent wires ast Tunn Fang, ex-Director-General of the Bukuang railway, has been murder
by his troops at Tzechow
LONDON, Dec. 19.
BRILLIANT SOCIETY
WEDDING
(Reuter's Service to the Chind Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 19.
The wedding of the Hon. Louvima Knollys, daughter of Lord Knollys, and Mr Alat Mackenzie, of the Grenadier Guards, which took place at the Guards chapel, was a most brilliant affair.
Sir West Ridgeway, ex-Governor of Ceylon, leases to-morrow to join the P.&U. Jacedonia at Marseilles. He visits Singapore and Hongkong to confer Princess Victoria was present, and with the Governors regarding the in-after the ceremony the bride and bride- terests which the Straits Settlemente groom drove to Marlborough House to glong have in common with receive the congratulations of Queen oraco. He will tour the whole Alexandra. country administered by the Borneo Company to investigate the etions, with a view to the fur- ther
and
Nord.
of
North
DEATH OF A NOTED
MESSAGE FROM THE LEGATIONS.
will April
relopment of the country. He to England at the end of
· AMERICAN...
11
- Leren. The foreign Legations in Poking, with be authoritative permission, of their #pective governments, bara through
Consula sent a message to the Pesce Conference now assembled in Shanghai, urging the importance ci a riendly settlement in the interests both of China herself and of the foreigners atwolling therein,
THE CONSULS' ADVICE.
(From our pun Correspondent.)"
SHANGHAI, Deo. 20. The Consuls of Great Britain, France, Germany, America, Japan and Russia have presented an identical Note to Tang Shao-yi and Wu Ting-fang, arging the monchision of peace. This they have done on instructions received from the Segations in Peking.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
J
(Wah Tez Yat Po's Jervice).)
Brott, Dec. 2 On receiving Yuan Shib-kai's answer, agreeing to stop fighting everywhere, the peace negotiations began today. The military governments, in various
TURKEY, EGYPT AND
ITALY.
A SIGNIFICANT MOVE.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail.}
LONDOy, Dec. 19. The Egyptian Government has sent a company of soldiers to occupy the Solium district of Barca, which Turkey
Actual Corrected Marks Marks to date.
4
Diono Ixia
+18.95 -4,18,33
12
Dorothea Coleon'
477.11 4.17.11 4.20.42 -4,24, 4.12 6 4.52.55 4.17.37.1.2 2
13
18
Rolla did not start.
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4.10.17,1-2 1
14 3
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The course was from the starting line, Mark Boat Quarry Bay (port). Channet Rocks (port), Cust Rocks (port) Channel Rock (star) The Ailsa sgnin showed Eno form and ere Cust Rocks Buoy was ronched had established a long lead, with Benito second. Dapbro and Alannah Il bad a foul which resulted in a protest by the latter.
The unishing times wero :-
Marks
B
Aibe...... Bonito I...
+ Alannah
4 42 42
4 61 04 ... 4 09. 0
Daphne..... Halepan.
59 52 ...& 141
Marks
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*Mark must await result of the protest. Dinghy Class-Cuarse from wtarting line Coat Rack Buoy (stat), No. 1 Dock Boy (star), Mark Tout on line (port), twice
and, start and finish boat to East. Although four boats faced the starter, viz Joas, No. 5, Mephistopheles and Halyah, ning, the Mark Boat having drifted some distance.re-twd of the start. ing line, Joan, Mephistopheles and Haiyah made a mistake. Apparently thinking that the Mark Boat was on the line they sailed accoritingly and never crossed the life and
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LITTEKÄTA UR.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDOS, Dec. 19.
The death ia announced in New York of Mr John Bigelow.
only beat that started and sailing round the course she scored 2 marks,
The marks to date were as follows:-
13
Joan... No.5 Sprito
Mephistopheles ...
Huiyah..
Marching Contest...
[Noto Mr John Bigelow, who as born at Maldon on Hudson, N. Y., on 20th November
The Legation Guards in Peking have 1817, after being talled to the bar, became part proprietor with W. C. been holding a marching content to while Bryant of the New York Evening Pastaway the tadium of the winter. We taks After 4 few
years of editorship he went the following from the Peking Donky to Paris as US. Consul and in 1868-87 Naza
American
Yesterday (Dec. 3rd) proved an ideal Minister to the Cart
has temporarily ceded to Egypt.till Lo DOC "Returning to America he took day for the big Heavy Marching Contest
end of the war,
an active part in politics for many years Fifty siz men from the Legation Guards He was a very voleminnan writer, his
Ed. C.A.]
STIFF-NECKED PERSIA books embracing a variety of subjectared at the Polo Grounds at eight
SOLUTION OF RUSSIAN
~ DIFFICULTY REJECTED.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 19.
Reatar's correspondent at Teheran states that the Majliss bas rejected the Cabinet's proposed solution of the Russian crisis.
THE SPY SCARE,
GERMANY MAKES WHOLE-
SALE ARRESTS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 20. Reuter's Berlin correspondent tele-
It is reported that the Russians will graphs that several policemen and naval advrace their troops on the 2ler,
men have been arrested at Wilhelms- baven suspected of capionage.
BOXING.
provinces have wired to Shanghai that WELLS WINS HEAVY-WEIGHT
Republican government must be
“CHAMPIONSHIP.
demanded and only the two chief re-(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) presentatives should have the right to -speak.
Parma, Dec. 20. The British and Japanese ministara Aare notified the Wai-wa-pu that their güvernments "will render advice in the geace negotiations. ・・
THE HAWKE-OLYMPIC COLLISION.
13י
· DEGISION IN THE ADMIRALTY COURT.
LONDON, Nov. 19.
THE AGED-AUSTRIAN EMPEROR.
"DISTRESSING NEWS.
At the National Sporting Club, Wells, (Reuter's Service to the China Mail) the English heavy-weight champion,
Losos, Dec. 10. knocked out the South African cham-
The Emperor Franz Joseph is suffer- pica, Storbeck, in the eleventh round.
ing from severe catarrh. He is experi encing great weariness.....
THE STRANDED DELHI.
GOLD BEING LANDED. BOTTOM BULGING UPWARD. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, Dec, 19. Forty cases of gold have been landed from the P. & O. steamer Delhi, now stranded nean Cape Spartel, north Bouter's Service to the China Mail) Marocco. The vessel's bottom is bulg LONDON, December 19. ing upward and she is atraining amid, In the High Court of Justiceships. The Delhi is gradually filling.
All the crew have been landed. Admiralty Division; Lord Justice Evinä
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and without any preliminaries weighed in their equipment and prepared for the start. 50 pounds or 25 kilogram- mas is no light matter under any circum stances but when this weight must be carried, 25 kilometers, it is really a very eavers load.
The mea left the Pale Grounds between eight and nine o'clock and at eleven fifty the first man appeared on the return trip. Of all those who started guly six were able to make the entire course. Sweating, caked with mud and dust, they came toiling up to
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The French made a remarkable per- formanco and were the only team to finish
avory man. One of their team, came
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power..
The Germans also made a very fine
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In the event no prizes wore awarded as the German tonun took a wrong course. for which they were not to blame.
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Assisting Officers to Qualify In Signalling furisdiction, at the Supreme Court this morning, the case was continued in which 16, Lord D. Beresford asked the first ord In the House of Comynious on November the Norddeutscher Lloyd, sued the Chins of the Adiriralty whether a spacial com- Borneo Co., Ld., to recover 83,563.73, mitto was constituted to inquire into the being freight dus by defendant to plaintif question of signalling in the Mercantile for carriage logs on the sa. Borneo
Marine; if so, did the committee report; etc. etc. whether, in socie of our largest lines of Mr M. W. Slado, K.C, appeared for merchant mail, passenger, and cargo carry- plaintiff, instructed by Mr D. V. Stearon- ing ships, efficient junalling, more partion- 200, and the Hon. Mr H. B. Pollack,larly Morse signalling at night time, was K.O., defonded, Liatrusted by Mr G. Kabsolutely forbidden when at sea, and nemerous complints tad leon modo as to Hall-Brutton
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ca given judgment in the cross actions arising out of the collision bo-RUSSIA AND AMERICA hearing was adjourned.
Gwern B.M.9 Hawke and the White Bar liner Olympia at Southampton in Deptoriker List
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT
TAFT
Hie Lordship attributed the collision Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail)
to the Olympic coming too close to the
LONDON, Dec. 19. President Talt has sent a messige to
Hawke, and this was solely due to the faulty navigation of the Olympic's pilot, the Senate informing its members that who took too wide a sweep round, the he sent a notification to Russia on the West Bramble buoy, He considered 13th instant which stated that the
CORRESPONDENCE:
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Dr, Maconmam. A commítice was Ap- pointed and their report was published in food. The pigoudingen of the Morvantîle liarine sa a' whole le much improved Interly, and the routs rossised by the Admiraly at stated intervals are the CRACKERS
(To the Editor of the “Cuana Many
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factory. It in, I regret to say, the Victoria Harrack, 20. Der. 1911, that the directors of certain of the large DEAR SIR,-1 should feel much oilgod steamship companies have not seen their
way to most the efforts of the daily on board their
•her speed was greater than witnesses American Ambassador at St. Petersburg if you would contradict the paragraph to encour to my that
guard put over the bakery,
atated; also after tests which had been had been fontracted to emphasize the inserted in your paper of the 19th it to shijet
arried out he accepted the theory that great value attached by the Government the affect that the Chinese cooks in the the affions of the Mercantile Marins, mer- mirality are fally alive to the importance garrison bakery had been dismissor, and ally have shown a desire to make them. wolved proficientia aigualdog. The Ad- The Chinese bakers have not been dis of this question, and, as I stated on missed nor has a guard been put over the November 1. hard in one time part had bakery. Yours faithfully,
under consideration the best means of FP. B. TAYLORasing officers of the Mercantile Marine to quality in rignalling. It is hoped soon, Major, Comdg A. 8. Corp to make an announcement on the subject.
auction pulled, the Hawke into the of the United States to strengthening Olympic. Ea consequently gave judge the cordiality of the historia relatione ment with costs for the Commander of between the two countries the Hawks and judgment for the Mr. Lodge has presented a resolution, Olymple on the defence of compalary approving of Mr. Taft's action, considera. allotage without.com 14.
sion of which was adjourned,
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