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MEMOS TOE TO-MORROW. St. David's Day. Emperor of China's Birthday. Flower Show.
JJ
General Memorands.
Saturday, March 2 :--
Flower Show.
12.30 p.m.-H.K. Hotel Co. Mosting.
4 pm. Opening of Pavilion of Chinese
#
Recreation Club by H.E. the Governor.
the
Fote the nation's
committed
turmoil and con
An't a case of my going into *- Rawix. paklichouse." plesdade cabanan charged
There are quite a crowd of other candidate besides Tarr and ROOBE VELT pressing forward for nomina tion, both in the big partion as well as among the smaller and less effective No. organimations, but the principal names mentioned are Dr WOODROW WIL
SON and Spenker CHAMP CLARK,
Back
Irunk, who mad that his fare? The Royal Arthug, cruiser, arriv him a strong glass of: whisky. Spithead on 29th Jan, from Hongkong,
Mr Plowden, the Marylebone having on board the pat
thepablichouse womb into cruiser Kent from the Chine Stat
Kant's crew recurved the cumbi
rent was dalivered on the. Io h
for the Democrat, and Senator Febrity in the Tokyo Chilia Baibansho,
日
̈10, sighteen monatha
plices were also sentenced to firmontient for a similar period.
A Talpuk (Formoe) despatch states
Weather,
~ Whilst it is impossible yet to give the
that the Japanese from sent for the sub- fugation of the northern aboriginal tribes has sucosouded in occupying Kubo bill, it which the aborigines had been rigaruusly defending Four guns have been posted Kabo hill, and the defence lines have generally been strengthened. The erection of barbed wire entanglements in this district has now been completed.
a
The master of a fishing junk summoned man in his employ" for leaving without giring a month's notion. It soems that
Me Stödart
total income of the Chins Inland Mission
their instantnal: resting over which Him KIA for the year just closed, it is interesting to
For Bobalk calfency would preskle be wish note that the amount received in Growd of the members, to thank Sir Frederick Britain was £47,640, an increase of £8,878 Lugard for the interest, he had a over the year 1910. In view of the large in the work of the Association. « H«1 number of missionaries now gathered she would be able to do work the cost places, it has been thought well that Me W. B. Sloan should make another visit to China. He therefore left vis
nature and carry on aimilar ssociations in but now sphere of labour:
Triting:
hawa hoam fairly Neely the revolutionary line. Some of these gentlemen, from Chefoo, by their high-handed méneurne, mad an sticking up the people with their revolrats, de themselvas very unpopular, and at last the manding their monay, and such like, made
FOLLETTE, for the Republicans E the health may cause the latter to retire,mprisonn however, before the Convention meeta It is thought-in some quarters that Mr W. J. BRYAN still cherishes hoper of reaching the White House recent utterances, in fact, seem to indicate that he has by no means abandoned the position of perpetual candidate for the Presidency He is a man of rate tenacity of purpose and has a tendency to force his way into the councils of the Party whether they like it or not. Notwithstanding his mouy defeats, he still exercises a woaderful
amount of influence all over hermen on these jonks are paid monthly Siberia, with Mrs Sloan, early in February Sykes and carried unanimously.
people rose against them. By brilliant the United States and his lectures when engaged for The season. In this case
His Excellency said he was extremely ranceuvre they (the people) captured the In connection with the movement on sorry to leave the Association as it seemed - whole crowd, and then dealt with them in foot in Belgian shipping circles for the
to him that his work in the YMCA was the good old Chinese style mercbant mary, there is talk of a Belgian to achieve so little. He trusted the more-
think, quite origial The in to the Far East (Indis, Chian, and mentcw.ald have all biteness in future for tied behind their backa,” The annual report of the Rhodes Jap with a capital of 16,000,000 tours Sir Henry May would take the Scholarship Trustees sixton that there were £8,000,000. It remains to be seen whether
greatest interest in the work. 178 scholars provided for daring the year, the plan for the establishment of a Belg and sound, though not brilliant work, wis Chinese shipping company, which has heen done by them. The report states that the discussed for some tias past, will make stucting apparently does not reach the any real program this year. The idea is to highest types of scholarship in Germany, interest hig Chinese firms in so America; or the colonice, which are possibly concern. af stel by the all-mound -phydod and intellectual conditions imposed.
draw crowded audiences. The move
the defendant wheappeared at the Ma
The vote of thanks was sooonded by Bfr
P.m.-Kowloon Cricket Club, Annual ments of such a man must therefore gletracy this morning, obtained an advanceshlishment of an independent Belgie only just beginning, and he had been able tortures were invented, the follo
Dinner.
9 D..Masquerade Ball at German
Club.
SONDAY, March 3-
am.-Excursion to Macao.
-6,42 p.m.—Full Moon.
| MONDA), March 4
3p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at Public
Works Department. A. p.m. Concert by H.I.G.M.S. Scharn horst
of 825 and then absented himself........... He was
sentenced to six works imprisonmont,
be carefully watched by the politiciaus, for he declines to be "eliminated," and thus creates a highly disturbing factor in the situation The fear is that Dr WOODROW WILSON will not be able to run counter to Mr BRYAN when the real issue is joined and that this will cause the fruits of victory to again fall to the Republicans, whether 5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital at St. John's they nominate. TAFT or ROOSEVELT But when sizing up all the various Neon China Fire Insurance Co. Most chances for the banner-bearers of
ing.
either of the big parties, it is well toerig band of the Buffs- eco other country east of Sures except Japan, if
TUESDAY, March 5 --
Cathedral
Inspection Invited. TUTADAY, March 7
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Wharf & Godown Co. Meeting.
MONDAY, March 115-
11 am-Opening of Hongkong Univer
sity by EE, the Governor. University Bazar commences.
The China Mail.
HANDSONG, THURknat, Frenuary 29, 1913
AMERICAN POLITICS.
bear in mind the possibility which The Times points out as always being imminent in American politica, the possibility that we may witness on one or both sides what is called a "stampede "the sudden nomination of a man whom no one really wants, because no section is strong enough to carry the man of its choice.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A Chinese woman has been arrested on charge of dumping the body of female child found in se vast district."
We are-informed by the Colonial IT only needed Mr ROOSEVELT's Secretary's offer that Hongkong has been
Ladies' Department. declaration that his "hat was in the declared an infected port by Barum.
NEW RAINCOATS
aldile. Eva Ganthier, the prima donna, is paying a return visit to Singapore, were sho gives a concert on March 1st. The
SALE OF RACE PONIES.
chained and hoisted an temperature then was abo below freezing, so the oxy
of water over their prisoneri Ercatino malidi Another bitch
THE 1913 DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLES
We append below an additional list of the Thom set slight. What a comtry race ponies which were included in Messrs Baghes - and Hough's sale by auction One may may, spending; generally, yesterday. Dwing to the fact that the sale writes the China correspondent of the was still in progress when we went to Lancer, that life in China nowadays has press the falloning ponias could not ba less rak, as regards the preservation of included in yesterday's issue of the China, health among Europeans, than in any Mail.
ordinary care be taken. Sickness and mortality rates unfortunately maintain their high level among Chinese. Os all hands there is evidence of the incremas, of
the singer in all her numbers except out, which will be sung to piano accompaniment The lady will be aminted by Frofessor Paul Zeelig who has attained considerable fame in Europe as a composer un ploces taberculosis. F hare frequently referred Oriental themes.
Acunious dispute appence to have arisen regarding the payment of the exponses of the Getron Crown Prince's recent Indian tour. It is now stated that the Reichstag may be naked to vote a contrileation amounting to about cre third of the total, the remainder being borne by. the Prince's private purse and the Imperial Civil List The sum is stated to be £15,000; exclusive of £2,000 spent by the
Prince in various purchases.
to this scourge, which is spreading through- out the empire, unhampered by any attempt to check it. Sasatoriums are
own; not even the most elementary Principles to limit infection now so well. established in Europe are observed.””
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
MET. W. Poarce returned to the Columy
yesterday by the English Mail,
Bishop Oldham came up from dingepere
the English Mail yesterday,
phena in recent years has often heet The growing popularity of the tale remarked upon, but probably low people have any idea of the number of them in George
Dar pouy, Hos Speranza, Mr Blass Caprice, Kwong He Taperando, Mr Master Alscrity, Mr. Lauring Bejected, K. Her Gordon, & Bes Chaong Tiesand, Mr Kennedy. The Straggler, K. Hee Grey back, Me Rochs, Elburz, Mr La. A. Marchant Chibby, Mr Kennedy Farnell (bate Dasel), Mr Clive. Chesinnt pony, Sun Hing, Chestout pony, Sun Hing, Gray pony, Taha Wah ... Child's small pony," "K. Hẹo Cheong Brown pouy, Sun Hing Lady's hack, Tow Four,
This your an especial interest atbiobes to the Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan, etc., issued from the offes Hongkong Day Pra, insam publication attains its juhise. For half
entury, it has been regarded as tho roughly reliable and complete compe of wall-insisthilled Information,
60 succeeds year its value is being cons 95 enhanced ita scope widmed and in fored 125 tinns more adequately discharged... the
00: familier volume is now deservedly known- 85| everywhere throughout the East, and that 300, this is the case is only to be expecte
65 when the contents of its 1,800 4
47 me comdlarul. It done with 80 Japan, Chosen. Indo-China, the
Settlements, the Malay State
Dutch India's, Bornén, the Pallippines
40 other centres, sup lying in relation to eac 45 a wealth of classifed information, which
is touched
35 could only be secured and published
| expense of great psina and
·150.
port of Inborett
or from
so far regre [an Vladivostock and four hy
relative to each supplie and descriptive and u
applied, together with Tate of the business hours, anil, in some Hongk
Besides the poniew, which figured pro minently at the Hongkong Race Meetings,
The death is announced of the Herta calelogie included several backs and
noch, editor of the polo ponies which sold exceedingly
Some of the best rase ponies, ware disgoodd of privately prix to the auction, and I mems that certain deners, in view of the Mr J. S. Lloyd, of the staff of the Honglization at the sals, regrotted having
to all over the world. "In the Nasonal | dakit e Quarterly Beníeno. The body of a deomposed child was Teleptume Journal no find some interesting tofind floating in the water near the mi-information or the subject. It reckoned tary pier at Lyeemoon yesterday, death apparently belog dae to ameli-pos:
ring" to make the present confusion in American politics worse confounded But the Rough Rider's tactica do not meet with universal approval, to judge by the brief cables reaching us. His
We are asked to bate that the plan of
campaign, in fact, is viewed Manager of the Station Hotel, Kowloos, with mach distrust, and its advanced | wil le *at. home to-diorrow evening, SPLENDID SELECTION ideas are causing alarm in certain Friday. Instead of Saturday The
Seharubiorst'e band will be in attendance,"
IN THE
NEWEST SHAPES.
sections of his own party. In politics anything may happen, but it really.
Moderate Prices. that Mr TAP stands for something tax been sent to hospital suffering from
The Dastor of a junk which was looks now as if the immediate effectAnchored ab Cheung Chan has reported of the ex-President's candidature will that the foam launch Hoi Ning collided be to rally the conservative forces of whhis junk, which was damaged to the extent of $200. It appears that nobody the country around President TAFT
was injured. The Times, recently discussing the political situation in America, declared a carpenter living at Kwa Wa Lano
Itijulios sustained by falling down a stain. defuite and relatively stable Hease Apparently he went to the house on may fail to please many people upon a visit, and while there he was stopped by various grounds, but be my very the police who were precuting an
WAITING When he discovered well please niore people on a balance
apparently, attempted to escape, an 1 in of considerations than any other taste be fall downstairs and injured his
Telm, Powell, Id
candidate. He is not so crowd-sway- | head, fag an orator as either Mr BRYAN OF
VICTORIA THEATRE ME ROOSEVELT, and for that
DES TŒUX ROAD CENTRAL
Pa to 8,45
9.157.M. bo 11.16 2.
THE GRAND HISTORICAL FILMI
his supporters make less abow in pro-
portion, to their numbers
dignified and tenacious
very well
voters all over the
that in Aris there are about 170,000 | Long and Shanghai Bank, Bangkok, has telephones- the most of them being in been transferred to Hongkong, Japan, and almost all the rest in the Britian and Dutch East Indies and China. Ther were over 1,000 telephones at Singapore, and about that number in Siam and Cochin China The toll number of telegrams in all countries amounts to 11,526,000/
Bulletin Nao, 14, ad in with the Emmanuel Medical Missi Nanning, or the West Rive by the English mail. à-
given by Dr Lechnere
visit to Fost big place
Prot
of the
over to offer their congratulations were very friendly, these, after all,
West
· Mr J. T. Beddy, the late agent of the Chartered Bank in Kuala Lumpur, and re- cently in Tientsin, has bean transferred to Bateri
done so.
FEMALE ROBBER SHOT:
Mrs Youn carroar, endu ground; /* Mim Young
vdirectory eveni fully 80 centres, AIS DOYM Then there mal.comprehe
is the
of “all the information
been brought niet op
(the mom? valued fenfuraS
| in the sypions sprigiding
and plans, including a good the whole
on the execution interest Most important of all br
lection devoted to Trender which gives, tha textant all
chien
It is reported that the Prince of Wales, famous robber, and the
commission in the 10th fabions was K, has abtained Rowers, and wi
from time.
to Potchola
men who know the country in South-
and": "the
ind: whose wROSTI
often puta con
Shok, the badit rocently shot in Cont
bride
was hat recently
mpany the Regiment; to time oferes
and sent