WATSON'S
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR
THE CHINA MATE.
in the now reckoning naturally taken
| pride of place. "This is, however, · not.
to mark such an insignificant affair Nor as the opening of a new year but to commemorate the far more important
NEWS OF THE DAYS
HMS Hawks has arrived from the
with time-expired man,
The German Mail of the 5th March
fact, the assumption of office by thewas delivered in London on the 4th April President of the Republic. It would The fund being raised for the fibe appear that there will be only one day'a grand-daughters of Charles Dickens now
SCOTCH WHISKY holiday in Jannary sanctioned by the amounts to £10,00
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ESTABLISHED AD, 1841.
Capt. Andrews, for many years P. and 0. Marine Superintendent at Bombay har bean: teszaferred to Málin.;
reported Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, formerly | Islands, and is First Son Lord, has been awarded the Olderaf Merit. He declined a Premge.
Mr Morgan Shuster, formerly TransUTET General of Persia, has accepted a position The annual sparte meeting of Stas fareign agent in Latin America of the Stephen's Collage will be held at Happy National City Bank, Now York. Valley on Thursday, April 18th.
A Chinaman was found in a sick sond tion yesterday in the street at Ewong Yuan, He expired upon being removed to hospital.
„Monday, April the 8th, being the birth-1 day of H.3. Albert I, King of the Belgians, the Belgina Cousal in Hongkong will be a home at his offies from 11 am to .../1pm.
There 'dead bodies of Chinono- were
picked up during Thursday and Good Front Counts that makine has day. In one instance death is attributed to small por.
His Majesty's yacho Britannia has bosu 6tted with naw decks and a com- panion dock houar, giving her a more cruiser-like appearance.
national authority, the week of relax- ntion hitherto in vogue from time im- memorial being discontinued. Of course it is one thing for an official -- to promulgate and quite another for the masses of the people to fall in line and obey an edict. It is not likely therefore that the people will willingly give up the old privilege of taking a week off at the oue period of the year which brings them not only rest but many luxuries just to range themselves with the usages of the Occident by, even in Japan the New Year festivities extend
Mr Ratan Tata, of Bombay, has offered at least three days. The to subscribe £1000 annually for ten years over second holiday commemorates the to suist in a cruando against tuberculosis, founding of a United Republic. This which is specially prevalent among the
purdah women. is to be on the thirteenth day of the second month, now reckoning. The third holiday is to keep in memory the uprising of the Republicno Army at Wachang, which event is to be kept green in the minds of the people This is to be held on the nineteenth day of the eighth month. The fourth event is the birthday of CONFUCIUS, and this fulls on the twenty-seventh day of the eighth month. Then comes the evening's issue of the China Han. Recreation
anniversary of the fall of Nanking, and
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MEMO FOR. TO-DAY.
9.10 p.m. Waltz Droxan by Band mann Opera Co, at Theatre Royal.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Easter Day.
9 s..Excursion to Macao.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY. Bank Holiday. 1 p..Lusitano
Sports.
Club
9.15 p.m. The Count of Luxembourg
by Bandmann Opera Co, at Theatro Royal.
General Memoranda.
Tursday, April 9 :——
Bowley-Edwards Wedding.
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3 p.m.Sale of rown Lands & P.W.D, 3.45 p.m.-Sanitary Board Meeting.. WEDNESDAY, April 10-
Entries close for Kowloon Cricket Club
Tennis TauraAIENĖ.
6 pm. Entries close for Y. R.C. Sports,
SATURDAY, April 13-
HONGKONG'S FINANCES.
The Financial Statement for January 1913 baud from the Treasury showe a balance of assets and liabilities on Decem ber 1st, 1911, of $1,826,978.96 The revenue from Ist to S1st January, 1912, was $714,058:42, while the Expenditura som 1st to Sist Jenary was $422,760,32, leaving a balanes of 89.119:176,88.
METEROLOGICAL RETURNS.
Mogul Chia!
··Lob of Time Ashington
Snow Gid Roryth Jons Mi
Deffard Kersy Kipomod
The Kawloon Cricket Chal
du extrack of metehilogical observations It in notified in the Hongkong Govern been appointed a member of the Court of made at the Hongkong Observatory during the University of Hongkong under. Clanso | last month shows the average mean tem-- ♦ în Statute 4 (Urdinenco 10 of 1911) with pernéure to have been 64.3. The highest
played effect from March 12, 1912.
tamperature recorded during tash inoută was 83, on the 99th and the lowest 48.9, at 10.30- on March 17th. The same humidity was be: Res 80 per cent. but it reached 96 per cent. Williams, on the 7th. The sealing recorded was Sutton, J. P. Rabins 104.8 hours, and the total amount of rain W. Wouat, 4,345 inches. On twenty days no rain fall. E. Mešakill and J. The mean total rainfall for March from reserve, D. J. Mackenzie.
A committee has been formed in Christiania to secure subscriptions to pay Captain Amendsen's debts in connection with his expedition, amounting to £3,910 Afterwards national subscription will be started for Captain Amundsóu himself.
1884 to 1908 was 2:86 inches..
Mead (Capt.):
By kind permission of the officers, the band of H. 16. 5. Minotaur will play during the afternoon.
Hongkong Cricket League.
The following
A telegram from a New York corre
BIG FIRE IN MANILA, Sir Arthur Young, Governor of pondant announces the death on the 4th
Manila papers to hand tall of the des Singapore, has just opened the new inst. of Mr Annie Fesmans, one of the reservoirs at the Kalang hirer, Woodleigh, oldest and best-known of American attractive frs which, on March 31st, destroyed which will guarantee the town a supply of cases. She remained in Australia many No 2 watahouse of the Standard Oil Com nine million gallons per day. Further years, also playing in the Straits Settle-
ments, Hongkong, Yokohama, and other pay, destroying caso oil to the value of cate
Penas 1,000,000 Some 328,000 cases of oit extensions are foreshadowed.
ware consumed and 90,000 cases of goline, Craigangiwor but by drawing on other stocks the Com Civil Service. pany hope to avert any shortage of all in Kowloon the Philippines. CHARTERED BANK OF LA&GRE
towns in the Far East.
R.G.
Naval Fard
Hongkong Polo The Directors Report, presented at the | KUYLI afty-eighth ordinary meeting on 20th NBA win-3 points. A draw-1 point. March, said: The directors have now to
In reply to "R.A.S." we may say The death of Inspector General Mahon, that our Sporting Editor, will endeavour.B., who played an important part in to girotips" on all the forthcoming many events which now form part of the Gymkhanas. His good thines for the history of our Empire, recalls the black E.O.V.LL races appeared-in Tharsday day on Majuba Hill. Entering the Royal Navy in 1873 ada surgeon, he was present 16 Laing's Nek and for his gallant conduct ab the practical acknowledgement of the The Sultan of Kedah on 29th it. Majuba Hill he was promoted to the rank supremacy of the Republican armies, laid the foundation of a new State mosque, staff surgeon. He served in Egypt in which dates from the fall of that city. which will cost about $100,000. There 1882, receiving the Egyptian Medal and enbait to the shareholdem the balança-i was a large gathering of Eajis and pro-Tal-Kebir clasp. A medal was his reward sheet and profit and loss, secount of the This is fixed for the eleventh day of minent members of the public of Kedah. for services desing the Burmese Was in bank for the year ended 31st Decem-
Me Morris Duval, an English the tenth month. The last festival is The mosque will be a replica of that at 1685 to 1887, and later he contracted the bar last. These show a net profit, after
Langkat, SamatIA.
terrible beri-beri. Ha recovered from the providing for bad and doubtful debts, of playar, while taking part. in a game, to recall the actual establishment of
attack, but only at the sapense of a shat £382,451 148. 6d., inclusive of £126,363 England Canada, as Coronado, breks his the Republican Government, and the
tired constitution.
134. 6d. brought forward from the previous collarbone. Mr. Ross replaced him, bab year. The interim dividend at the rate of hier in the game Mr Rous collided with twelfth day of the eleventh month is
thirteen per cent, per annum paid in Octe another player and was benrily thrown. bar laat absorbed £78,000, and a farther set apart for it.".
As mentioned above, such days and festivals as the Tsing Ming, or the
3:30 pm.First Gymkhana Micting a week of worship, at the tombs of
Happy Valley V.R.C. Boxing Tournament.
THURSDAY, April 18:-
The Ayris Case at Criminal Sessions. SATURDAY. April 20:-
V.R.C. Sprits.
Volunteer Reserves' Dinner.
TUESDY, April 23 :- St. George's Day:
The China Shail.
HOXOKONG. SATUERAT, ÁPRIL 6, 1912.
NEW CHINESE FESTIVALS.
ancestors; the Dragon Boat festival, which commemorates the suicide of WAT TURN; and other dates and idens associated with the procession of the stars and the moon across the fields of heaven are not included in the official list" and are apparently ignored by it altogether. But we imagine the masses of the people will by no means abandon their old-time festivals, for most of them-the Taing Ming-for-example-are so closely entwined in the affections of the people that they can almost be associated with some of their most
Sixty Finaluh pilots at Helsingfors bave sunt in their resignations, owing to
the projected transformation of the pilot
service into Russian Government in-
stitution. Pilots in the other part districts least the great majority." are expected to resign in à body, crat
The Return of Samples issued from
LOCAL TROUBLES EN TSUNG FA
Polo
sum of £21,000 has basu sppropriated to He also sustained a broken collarbone. pay a bonus to the staff. The smount now England beat Canada inally by 6 goals available is therefore £289, 451 148. 6d, and to 4 the directors propose to pay s final divi- dend at the rate of fifteen per cent, par annam, making fourteen per cent
£1,650,000; to add £10,000 to the officer's for the hole year; to add £25,000 to the reserve fand, which will then stand
casas £30,000, and to carry forward the balance of £128,45 14. Od.
ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
STEE MESEZAH
The two clans, Li and Mok, hare for some time quarrelled about the mountain streams feeding the paddy fields Thors have been the Hongkong Medical Department and the clans joined the brigands of Tsing frequent recrimination bus recently one of examined under "The Sale of Food and Yuan and set out oa's freebooting expediaperanucation fund; to wiite off premises
The great popularity of Handel's famODIA Drugs Urdinance of 1808 for the quarter tion. They first attacked two neighbour
oratorio "The Messiah was eloquently ended March 31st 1912 was, Coffee 5,ing villages belonging to the Sis and Tai
sttested on Good Friday night by the clans, but from these they were repulsed.. Mk 5, Boer 5. They were found gesuins They then went farther fold and attacked
crowded congregation which amombled with the exception of three of the samples four other villages, and in this case were
St. John's Cathedral to bear that of coller" which were found to be able to carry out their nefarious purposes.
Farly performance of selections adulterated.
They destroyed and burat four villages. and the people fled in terror, amid much Upon a charge of dealing in a lottery a Despite the fact that the seating Returns of the average amount of eping the young on the backs of the old, Chinese was this morning fined $1,000 oration was increased by chairs
And the middle-aged carrying the little
the aisles, tha mered building, was Bank Notes in circulation and of the specieIt is reported that the scenes were too
ones.six months' imprisonment.
to overdewing, while numbers, in reserve in Hongkong during the month terrible for eye to look upon and for car to ended March 31st 1918, was, Chartored Bank of India, Australia, and China notes $4,268,956, specie 34,000,000; Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, notes 822,517,243, specis 815,000,000; Total cotos 228.786, 198, specie $19,000,000.
EVERY country has its yearly festi-acred ideals. Time alone call satis-aga The Chinese by some means un- A Calcutta telegram dated March 20 vals and ntional holidays and of factorily solve some of these interesting known hore hare regained bold of Lhasa. course China has been no exception questions, but if Japan affords any One story is that the Kanen army, part of
dom has been rather noted for the
the Mongols, has sent a detachment inte
at
spite of the entreaties of the Tibetans.
people
who could not quo admissions were montant
to stand in the western porch during the whole hour and a quarter occupied by the rendering
hear." This is the season when farmers A coolie was sent to hospital suffering should be about their work so that the from injuries to the jaw, which were ap- Pests of any harvest in this region aroparently caused us he jumped over a bridge
it Pokfulum Rond yesterday. He was Denman Faller, drunk, he said, at the time.
now very romote.
CANTON NEWS.
(From Our Oun Correspondent. }'
Four Chinese were charged with being Canzos, Aphi 4towaways on board the 5.5 St Alben's
The defendants were found ina coal banker. Matters on the Delta are still in an by the chief engineer. They pleaded guilty satisfactory state and piracies and robberies and said that the head fireman told then
organ, and the Cabl supplemented by
vocalista, the total chorus 80 voices. The selections toy the
all of which were splendid
oratorio and seven numbers frost.
oborus work
Lift up sour chorus, But
to this universal rule. As a matterrample we expect that the officin! which is marching on Peking on behalf of though not so frequent as a fortnight, ago, they might go aboard. They were fined. of fact"in the past the Middle Kingworld will duly observe the six stated Toot. In any case the Daisi Lama ini are still the order of the day, A telegram-8250 each, cz six months. number of her local holidays and as festivals, while the commonality will Kalimpong, unwilling to go to Lhas in has just come from Kin Shan stating that
the pirates have been giring great treable A respectably dressed Chinese and a and that as a result the Magistrate in wdman were charged with assaulting a these lave generally been associated go on as usual observing all the old
The naval patrolling of the Mokra charge of the plaes has run away and left Chinese constable. According to the state work of with some temple festival they have holidays which have come down to possessed a more or less religious them from long past ages. A nation count line has been continued during the erything in a state of chaos; the people ment of the latter he found the two defen
ATB urgently requesting that a new man bedanta in a rickshaw at two o'clock in the character. But now that the calender does not usually break with its his-hs of the cold weather, with a view to sent ap at once with a number of goldiers morning The rickshaw was only licensed preventing gun-running from Musest. to preserve order: Alec at Chung Far to carry one. He demanded that they has been altered to bring the "new torical inheritance in these matters.
is believed that excellent results have again there has been fighting lately between two should get ont, whereupon the male Pretty Voiles, republic into line with most of the
been obtained and that the trade in gifles sections of the oxombaity and now pirates defendant clutched bold of the constable, and ammunition is languishing. Beports and robbers are in the vicinity ready to se tunic was badly tor, After an Crystallines,
from Afghanistan do not mention any tako full edcantage of the state of affairs. onvans having been sont to Perso Smat Zephyrs,
Baluchistan..
etc., etc.
other countries of the world the question has arisen what is to be done about the old holidays or the
NEWS OF THE DAY.
It is said that the daffodil is now more generally worn than the leek by
Li
eft. Jin...
BANK NOTES.
*..,
Indian constable had rendered assistance
THEATRE ROYAL
The Silk Merchants are the latest to take the defendants were escorted to the polica decreeing of new ones. The topic patriotic Welshmen on S. David's Day.
action with regard to the native bank notes station. Mr Irring the Magistrate, told has already been discussed frequently
The services in Saint John's Cathedral. They hare discovered that the late agitation the male defendant that he was surprised. Colonel Seely, in s printed reply to on April 7th, Easter Day, will be with regard to discount on nötés is likely to an apparently respectable man should by the more intelligent of the native community for they realise that some-gures relating to the maximum height of 17.30 m.
Mr Newman, MP, given the following follows-Holy Communion (Cheral), be very injurious to their trade and they behave in such a way. He was fined $5 or (and 7.45 am at the have issued notice and notified to even days and was ordered to pay 37 ne compensation for the damaged costs - The thing must be devised to take the trajectory of various European rifles at 800 Pank Church). Matins, 11 4.m. Holy Government that in all transactions in con- female defendant was knod 81, Moderate Prices.
place of the old piny-days. There are yards-British, Mark VII, 8lb in Communion 11.45 m. Prencher nection with "their tyde notes, must be those who say that the temple Swedish, 8ft. Gin.; French Aft. Germany The Rev. F. T. Johnson, MA: Children's accoped and rendered at their face value. Sogy ce, 3.30 p.m. Evensong and Bermen, This is a good step and it is to be hoped festivals will now be seriously handi-
5.45p.m. Preacher-The Right Rev. that all the trade guilds will do the same
A repetition of The Chocolate Boldier" Patterns on Application, capped, because the changing of the The British Imperial wireless stations Bishop Bannister, D.B,
for the city is not in a state to stand
by: the Bandmann, Opera Company calendar will throw the people out witless Communication Co. ara ench to The official appraisal of the property KUPPRESSED NEWSPAPER
financial crisis at this time. to be erected by the Marconi, International
Thursday evening met with a dese of their reckoning for determining the £80,000, exclusive of the cost of the of the late Mr H. H. Harriman places the
enthusiastio reception: Daring The Editor of the Ping Wai Po was vantured to the Theatre in a ston astrological dates Be that as it site for buildings. The company will value of the estate at $100,000,000, and brought up for trial on a change of
sud exin wero' well, repaid for their may, it seems that Peking has already receive 10 per cook of the gross raciste Me Herriman will have to pay an inherit publishing faks nows about Me Chas, the by a capital handling of decided there shall be six authorized
during the 28 years currency of the agree. inte lax to the state of $1,000,000, which | Governor, which was likely to chose trouble fxlented 'gombination.
in the largest direct inheritance tax ever among the inhabitants. He was found festivals, and, with the exception of
Tiid out of ona, estato into the pallie guilty. His paper whi adme days ago order- the birthday of CONFUCIUS, hobe of range accident there. The electric light hand's property at his death was stopped alt geider and the sitar fueda peay nothing
transury. The widow's estimate of her od to cesse publication and it has now been othersins have been prese Bijou Scenic Theatre, them has anything to do with the cablo which passed under bridge over $70,000,000, and the increase I largely
Wm. Powell, Id.
-FLOWER STREET.
ment."-
A telegram from Dunkirk reports a
dum-to-ber-abrewdemians gement of the
property.
old temple festivities. Indeed, nous ens short circuited, and the whole of the of the old holidays are even so much bridge became electrified. - The passengers 9.18 .. EVERY EVENING 9.10 . as mentioned. The President of the them dancing. Although unpleasant to the on the bridge received, shocks that kept Board of Internal Communications victims, the son was most comical to the finer Delly have at length been abandoned
Salvage operations on the 1 and 0. has received the action of the Pre-spectators who were not affected by the The vessel, which was wrecked near Case sident of the Republic for a clienic parteat. Even the burses were affected, and Spartel lust December, shortly afterwards which he has drawn up and it Boon
jostend of walking, dashed off et a gallop.
broke in two, and becam 98, will be gunounced that the following
inca then the whole of
dates shall commemorate variona VILLA THE SHEEZA PRICE LILIAN. events in the enianeimation of the
people and the founding of the Be
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