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The ontpat of the Tongkah Tin Ltd. for the fortnight ended 18th Instfor Shanghat next Saturday. was 588 piauls.
ponded with one drawn from the Ters to Nottingham and thence to BRAND the mouth of the Exe. The western area consisted of the older rocks, the upper parts of which were the coal basius, mera relics of what were once a much larger spread of coal measures. The eastern area, about the same size as the other, showed newer rocks at the surface, but these had
been pierced at several spots, proving that the newer rocks were only a surface BRAND skin, varying in thickness but nowhere
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Inspection
MEMO FOR TO-MORROW. Entries close for K.O.T.L.L. Face Moet-
yet proved to be much more than
The 1912 estimate crop of the Lanadron Company is 800,000 lbs., and of the Leda bary Company 250,000 Jha,
A man named Charles Smith, who has died in the Peterborough Workhouse, after 35 years' residence, cost the rate payers £900.
H.M.S. Anton will probably ave
diroses.
Daring a meeting on the minimum
roh Jd. me for making oldini o wage questions Colchester a woman said werd natised, 18
shirts, Birt had to and her own colton pdo, Japanese and and trimmings,
eria ferez (4 Br Chinese
·WAH.
upon
Two-man-were on Mond WONG WO-SHUN, OUTLAW bi the Magiatyper with
AND REVOLUTIONIST.
The Chinese Engineering and Mining one fatal case of diphtheria, a Company, Limited, report that, the total satpat of the Company's three mines for The absolute Japanese man-of-war | the week onding 9th March-amounted ta Chingen, Takso and Yayeyama have been 24,742.84 tone and the sales during the sold at auction for Y159,384, Y05,565 and period to 26, 192, 56 tone, u Y61,000 respectively.
2,000 ft. thick, and certainly in many leone sted medical man to every 1400 In Great Britain it is said that there
places much thinner; whilst on the of the population. In India there is no other hand many of the borings if one to every 100,000 carried further would doubtless have
proved that it was in places thicker. Under this skin there had everywhere been found the older group of rocks
The gold medal awarded every three years by the Royal Asiatic Society has been awarded to Dr. J. F. Fleet for his work on Indian ep'graphy.
In many cases only those older than Beveral bodies of Chinese children the coal measures had been struck, were picked up during Saturday and
boon traced to small por
"possession of lix
rounda, në ammazes.
One of the defendanta A few duten on the file history of Wong | three months' impri
phay an open comes that they are Woahgn may perhaps be Internating and defendant was dia pointed out that they culled from a reputabia'native
fairly correct.
an
Chece of gambling are leg
but in several cases coal measures/Sunday bat only one case bar apparently Dianal-type engines are being built for the through the intervention of Sham Shai.puk, maintenance. Mr. Walker, who apposed
themselves had been found, and this
Spasking at the annual dinnor of the
ping, Lord, Taraugda por los than Sootab staff of Lloyd's Register of Ship
6,000,000 tous holding the society's class
Dagog há khan Magistracy. There to-day there are over 91,000,000 tons, and Wong is a native of Awangal province, number of defondante that the society's surveying staff, which and belongs to the Suen Fa Haien. As who were dealt with by Me then comprised only 77 exclusive survey youth he was elever, daring, vigorous, and addition 41 men appeared now amount to 337 surveyors. Of very apt in the use of firearms, as well as being, Yound smoking in. these 25 are exclusive officers, and 70 of accomplished in all the usual festa of The Koeper of the divan" was fined them aro stationed: abroad, as compared horsemanship. He was made an official in and the other defendants ach with ons in 1881.
the district, but on account of some insubordination, was arrested and held in Mri Alles, residing at Wancha, sed Quite a large number of submarine confinement for some time. Being released husband, of the Kowloon Godowns, for American, Dutes, and Italian navics, instead of returning by ways of honesty, he on behalf of complaint asked for an well as our own, the sizes ranging from 300 decided to join a band, of robbers under adjournment. Defendant said he had only frequently enough to encourage the
to 850 horse-power. It is said on goodne L Pat-fo. Cotting possession of been served with a summons last nighti - belief that one day enough coal would principal feature of the forthcoming con-authority that a reversible six-cylinder revolver, he attacked the military guard and had not bad time to consult a solicitor. engine of 12,000 horse-power is ready for a German cruiser, and one of smaller power then stationed in Krange, frightened Mr Irving adjourned the sass for a work. is to be installed by the Viskera Company the soldiers, and carried of all their Gondoliers by Hongkong Amateur worked. The difficulty was that the the custom of playing football in the public one of the steam engines, while Messrs. led a band of robbers that zumbered Dating from the days of King John, in a Britisli second class cruiser in place of weapons and smmunition. Presently ha {"grain;""
or structure, of the older streets was carried out at Atherstone Thornycroft, of Southampton are to equip more than three hundred, who had their
sault upon Lancs Sgt. Atte well. —who rock floor had no relation that had | (Warwickshire) on February 20th. one of their destroyers, with a Diesel retreat in the mountainous part of had since committedauicide-and an Indian the province. Their depredations reached constable, on board, the Bai An recently yet been discovered to the conforma- 6.30 p.m.-Royal HK. Golf Club's Ation or thickness of the newer on March 11th the famous Yahikojinshi, In a fire which broke out near Niigata
ss far as Nanning. The Imperialist froops Six Chinese were charged and after end- nual General Meeting.
were despatched more than ace to rent ence similar to that which has alre rock cover. The discovery of coal perhaps the most noted temple is Echigo,
Wong, but they were invariably beaten. appeared in the columns of the China Mail At that time the officials offered a reward had beas given, the defendaita. of ten thousand dollars for the beads of remanded. Wong and In, but an they had to be got hold of before they could be handed over to the officials, no one was fortunate enough to win the prize. .
ing
Rajputs Sports on U.S.R.C. Ground. 4 p.m-Presentation of Prizes for 8. C. be found here in basins of sufficient
RA, Mooting by Mrs Anderson. 9p.m.-Last Performance of The size and importance to be successfully
Dramatic Club.
General Memoranda...
THURADAY, March 28:-
6 p.m.-Phoenix Club Annual Meeting. Presentation of Prizes S. C. Rido
Association,
FRIDAY, March 20;-
9.15 p.m. The Moume by Band main Opera Col at Theatre Royal. SATURDAY, March 30:-
11a.m.-Drawing of Debentures, Hong
kong Club, 11.50a.m.-Green Island Cement Co.
Mosting.
A bonfics of 300 pianos will be the
vention of the National Piano Dealers Association in Atlantic City.
..
at Dover and at other places far was destroyed, with all itatronsurse. removed from Kent, by borings, the now known, proved, or worked extensions of exposed coalfields under the cover, and the confident know ledge that most of Britain was within the area over which coal measures
China visitors to the City Hall Library, There were 447 European and 19.
and 255 European, and 6,922 Chinese visitors to the Muscum during the week ending the 24th March
It was, announced at the February
motor.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Shanghal ratepayers have voted 35,000 towards the cost of the erection of a statue to the late Sir Robert Hart.
Magisterial proceedings were continued
hoody in relegance to the cuss of
Viosate Sotto, the oditor of the Philips rina Republic, has been charged with alleged abduction within the jurisdiction, of the Soon after this arose the terrible famine Philippine Islands in August last, De in Ewan, ai, and starvation faced large fendant pleaded not guilty, the hearing of number of the population. The conse" the cass being remande till Friday after.
Rear-Admiral Nicholson, USA, 10- lieved Rear Admiral Joseph Murdock as Commander-in-Chief of the U. 8. Axiatio Squadron at Tokohama on March 22nd,
The Archbishop of Canterbury has Venerable Archdeacon Moule in recognition Parents sold their offspring for next to Agent Curtin, of Manila, was in attend-
Noon-Auction of Lensobold Proporties were deposited, encouraged the belief meeting of the Society for the Propagation conferred the degree of D.D. on the /quence was that, to save their own lives, noon, bail being refused. Secret Berrics
11
at Fanling by Mr Gon, P. Lammert.
SUNDAY, March 31:-
Birthday of Prince Henry, 3rd Bon of
King George and Queen Mary. Palm Sunday.
that some day coalfields of consider able importance might be found and worked beneath the newer rock cover, whilst at the same time they showed Invited, $pril 1
the way in which this area must be 7.55 p.m. to 12.34 a.m-Partial Eclipsa investigated. This was by means of
8. MOUTRIE & CO., LD.
Hongkong, April 16, 1907
Powell's
9am.Excursion to Macao.
of the Moon,
TUZADAY, April 9:-
6.05 am Full Moon.
Noon Entries close H.
Reserves' Ride Meeting. 6.30 p.m.-Organ Becital,
Volunteer
borings-not by a casual or accidental series, but according to a definite and well-considered plan:
Then in regard to economizing coal,
5.45 p.a.-Inspection of Volunteer Re. the Royal Commissions of 1871 and 1001. have shown that whilst there
WEDNESDAY, April 3-
7.m.--Entries close for FirstGymkhana
Meeting.
Famay, April &
Good Friday. Public Holiday. 10.30 am. H.K. Vol. Reserves' Riße
Meeting at King's Park Range, SATURDAY, April 6-
of the Gospel that last year's income 2212,317, £3400 in excess of the income of 1910 and of all normal previous years.
As the trumpeters were sounding on Fab, 18th, the "Last Post? at Windsor, Trumpet Lajor Goodhall, of the 2nd Lite Guards, passed away. He joined the band when he was is, being, promoted to trum. pet-major in 1894.
Mrs Constable, of Harpenden, Hert- fordshire, has attained her 102nd birthday. She, ro'sins all her facultios. lives alone,
and still attends to some of her household
work.
་
Ah the Magistracy on Monday
of his distinguished literary and missionary nothing, and Wong ontored largely into ance in the interests of Phillipines
this traffic. He bought children for the Government. price of an old song, brought them down to Canton and sold out at ten times what he save for them. In this way he amamed large fortune. By means of his money he was able to induce a number of men to foin his ranks, and they carried devasta- tion wherever they want.
The death has occurred at Hiroshims of Rev. W. P. Tumer, of the Southern Methodist Mission, at the early age of 47. had spent over twenty years in Japan
Lieut. Colonel E. F. B. Glover, Dist an officer who has risen from the ranks, on
Feb. 23 gave up command of the 3rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, now at Sebong.
Japanese clerks, were charged with stealing jewellery and money to the value of 1967 belonging to Mesas Dobashi and Shisobe, 30 Queen's Road Central "It appears tänd one of the defendante, after eleven o'clock Sham Chun-buen about this time was on Saturday night, entered the shop, and Ppointed Viceroy of Canton. He is said with a duplicate key opened the safe and to have beans Kwangui man and extracted the valuables which he afterwards therefore was thoroughly convenant with took to house in Kowloon. Ons de thewaya and doings of the Kwang fendant was acquitted, but the offler, who
Sham was not long in deciding that
would always be some inevitable loss, affairs. She has lived in Harpenden all The desth is announced of Mr Ac, people, robberswell as others, Plasded guilty, was geranzic there were many causes of waste that her life, and has never been more than ve oaght to be stopped, and their estimate miles away. was based on the getting out of all scams over a foot thick, practically completely. But Professor WATTS
2.30 p.m.KO.Y.LL Race Meeting at points out that in older workings much
Happy Valley.
A glass bottle has been found on the beach near Musselburgh containing this message on the leaf of a notebook:-
January 6, 1912.-Driven to sas in a
Hatton Potts, who recently left Yokohama he would proof this large band of At the Marine Court to day You for home to be operated upon for cancer of brigands and he spent on the project, large boatmen were fined #9 each for not the throat, The unfortunate gentlemen soms of public money.fne writer says, ing lights on their craft, for mooring the only got as far as Berlin when he was he went for the robbers with the same
น released from his sufferings.
same within "prohibited area, spirit and energy as a lion would go for a rabbit. History tells what happened having licences. A bostman and coal has been written off or drowned, small boat. Starving and no chance of who arrived in Hongkong on Monday the cause was weakened. Gradually the the 3. Taikoo Cheong was fund 85 for
"Mise Ida Miriam Garry, of Darlington, La Fat-fo was slain by Chul Shing-kak, and women were each fined $5 for unlawfu
dredging is the harbour. The man owing partly to the haste with which zoecue; nearly gone.-J. Thomson, Dan-morning by the P. and O. Namor, was Imperialists won and the brigands and it was extracted but mainly to the ber. Good-bye mother."...
married the same day at St. Andrew's, robbers became scattered.” One zaisons for contravention of the International Collison Kowloon, to Mr.0. D. Lambert, Loc. j.this collapse war that the ammunition af gulations, and he was ordered to: p fact that the geological structure of
Shipping men are much plossed at the motive Buperintendent of the British the rubber bunds was all used up, for at other examination in the rules of the the fields was imperfectly known and announcement in the Gazette that the action of the Fowloon Caston railway that time such strict watch was kept in the difficulties in consequence imper typhoon signals are in future to be The Bor, H. O. Spink officiated. The regard to contraband by the Customs that 3.30 p.m.--First Gymkhana Meeting at fectly appreciated... Apart from the displayed from the flagstaff of the Standard honeymon is being spent in Macao.
CHILDRENS' & BABIES' SUNDAY, April 7:-
DEPARTMENT.
Special Display
OF..
NEW SPRING GOODS
EVERYTHING FOR
LITTLE BOYS,
Easter Day.
MONDAY, April 8:- Bank Holiday.
SATURDAY, April 13:-
Happy Valley F.R.U. Boxing Tournament.
The China Mail.
LITTLE GIRLS HONGKONG, TUZIDAY, MARCH 28, 1912.
and BABIES
Charming Hats
FOR
Boys & Girls.
Moderate Prices
Wm. Powell, Id.
!THE GONDOLIERS."
BRITISH COAL MEASURES
expense of deeper lifting and more costly unwatering in such coalfields us might occur under the new rock cover, the old losses were likely to be
repeated even more seriously owing to the concealment of deep structure by the cover The only hope of checking this was by obtaining all the knowledge possible of the buried older rocks, and especially of their structure
-
road
A Chinese rent collector was summon before Mr Melbourne at the Magistrac
robbers found it impossible to get sufficient Oil Co. at Lai-hi-kok and the flagstaff near the field officers quarters at Liyeemner, in Customs are announced Mr E. Q. Heis Wong aw that he was no match for this morning for failing to stamp are
The following transfers in the Chiosse for their use. addition to the old stations.
Commissioner from leave, succeeds Mr G. Sham, and, therefore, to aave is life for money paid on account of rent Work has been commenced on the new Lawder at Newchwang Mr F. Carl, Com- decided to flee. He first of all disbanded receipt which the defendant gara
that a proper stamped receipt wou reservoirs for the western valleys of Mon-missionery returned from the Hague, goes his followers, and then by devious ways mouthshire, which are to be connected to Hankow, to relieve Mr Sugden; Mr Bed through Kwanget to Wuchow, from given when all the instalments hari
cost of £247,000, hear Owmyo, at the
paid. Mr. Hodgson appeared for the foot of the Black Mountains, not far from
prosecution, and Mr. Stephenson defence. It was
for the that the money was only, pliid Llanthony Abbey. The scheme will supply
and therefore it did water to a population exceeding 100,000,
Mr. Melbourne held the
compt: for)
Owing to the situation In England it
Mayers, Commissioner from Wahu, goos to Chefco, relieving Mr Unwin, going home on leave; Mr Kurosawa, Com mumioner from leave, weeds Mr. Smith at Souchow, who goes on leave ; Mr A, W Cross Deputy Commissioner, from W
there to Shin, and lastly to Samahui, took up residence at Kowloon. ultimately reaching Hongkong, where he
He soon found residence in Kowl its dangers, because, though the penins is under British rule, there was always tha chance that he might be discovered.
and arrangement. He therefore urged is impossible for the Delhi changes to be chow, relieves Mr H. R. FL. Wade at extradited. After a residence of acte Most people have long known that that the Government should come to carried through Parliament before April I. Shanghai who goes on leave; Mr Meallum, mantlis here he docided to fake, the British coal measures are not inexhaustible, Sir WILLIAM RAMSEY,
did the well-known scientist, places their new coil fields and help them in de-as coming into effect proclamation.
panies who are exploring the land for that Parliamentary savetion is not neces to Bhasi to rallove: Mr Monte, who goes on. There are of course a large number of
Denve sary and intend to uncounce the changes producing limit at 175 years, though frying the cost of expensive borings. Most of the papers protest strongly against. other investigators of equal eminence again he arges that the old haphazard thi are inclined to lengthen the cry methods should be abandoned in The list of entries for the Coupe
nale des Aerodantas, which
somewhat and extend the probable
favour of a well-organized, plan of internat term-of-their productiveness to as least the year 2,200 AD. The pro exploration by drilling so that the be competed for at Stuttgart spect, which ever way we look at it,
structure of any buried region may
is rather disquieting, for it is upon coal-basing located, and their detailed our coal supply that the very life of the British nation depends. It is
be disclosed systematically, detached in the contest, amely,
| Fratice, Switzerland,
these countries sending structure explained Such a scheme and Burns, represented by one. Another sparkling performance of The from our cheap, abundant and perhaps would require the sanction Gondoliers was given by the A.D. C. on Monday night before a fairly large and comparatively cally
of a special law, but
decidedly enthusiastic audience. Beveral that we have hitherto been able to be worth the Lega
consider it see! now occupy and which is de
Yasares were demanded and readily giver, obtain and hold the position in the while the denon in the second not had to be world that repeated three times. Many floral tributes frossed the foot lights in tau coma of tho
arduous)
by the
some nations are supposso
us and it therefore seems to follow that with the
cline of the pa
out:
Charis Eliot to be Principal of Hongkong
There is more in the appointerest of Big
the eye,
in the forties, but
University than Heynold's News
Ohine, immigrants in Saigon, and at that tims woven out of every tea were me of some secret society for tha Manahin kylasty..
Brat in mixing will then Die Govern
Vesr Moreover his
any of the entstants, and ba
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SHANGI
COMPATY.