BATURDAY MAY 4, 1913.
THE CHINA MALE
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THE "TITANIO
INQUIRY.
MORE INTERESTINO EVIDENCE.
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Ship's Omoers And Revolvera.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 9. The British Inquiry, which is being held at Westminster. into the loss of the Titanic was resumed to-day.
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FRANCE AND "MOROCCO.
SULTAN WISHES TO ABDICATE.
Postpones Action Meantime.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, May 5,
Despatches from Fez show that before signing the French Treaty regarding the question of the Pro- tectomite, Mulai Hadid insisted upon abdicating decinring-that-when-het- Sir Rufus Isaacs gave a clear, "on- became Sultan it was as the defender secutive account of the disaster, and of Morocco against Foreign intrusion
At the instance of the French called particular attention to the Titanic's speed' and the "ice warn-Consul; the Sultan consented to ings. In concluding his investiga-await the arrival of Oral Reg- tion, he also particularly directed nault in offer not to show discespect attention to the insufficiency of bonis to Praner. and to the construction of the water- tight compartments.
On the arrival of Genel Reg. ault. the Sultan repeated his wish to abdiente, declaring that the French had deprived him of all power.
The first witnesses were seamen who testified to the stewards and Bremen not being trained to lower Finally,. General Regnault suc- the bouts. The witnesses believed seeded in gaining the Saltan's con- that the beats had no lights, com-fidence, and induced him to align a passes or provisions. A rush was Treaty, pointing out the Interna made for the bits, by foreigners, tional necessities involved. whom they had to hit. Tiller, the chief officer, fired a revolver na a warning, while another officer was elso compelled to Are.
The Inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday
The Relief £322,000.
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LONDON, May 3. Funds BOW total
LONDON, May 2.
Mr. Ismay bas left New York for England.
ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS
RESULT.
Reuters Service to the Ching Mail.).
Laynoy, May 8.
The result of the One Thousand Guineas Race--One Mile-run at Newmarket to-day "ts:-
Tugulie
Alope ........ Belleisle
1
.....
The betting was 20 to 1 against
HOMS RULE DEBATE. Tagulie; 20 to 1 against. Alope; and
MR BALFOUR'S "HISTORICAL
RESEARCH" QUESTIONS.“
Solution Must Be Found." ·
(Beuter's Service to the China Mail)
- LONDON,--May 2.
In the course of the debute on the
7 to 4 against Belleislé
Thirteen n. One and a half lengths divided first, sud second, and three-quarters of 'n length the second
and third.
Tagulie was ridden by Hewitt, and Mountain Mint by Walter Griggs. Sourabaya, Gay Laura, Signorinella and Eufrosina did not accept.
Golden Note (Clark) was among
FORTHCOMING TURF EVENTS.
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REMBRANDT PICTURE
SOLD
·In January, 1900, the Cathedral Organ Hallo by Monsen J. Walker and Sune in ∙1987) was found sitar o years continuous ARE use to be in great need of a thorough
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overbeullug and extensive alterations, and TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR repairs. Mr Denman Fuller undertook to Eralso the son of $10,000 for this purpose. ↑ (Reuter's Service to the China Mailand at the same time to provide for
LONDON, May 4.
"Flo Times says that Lord Faversham has sold Rembrandt's "Dutch, Merchant" to Mr. Erick, the New York collector, for £50,000,
ROYAL MAIL'S .NEW
STOCK
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Lossos, May 3. The subscription list of the Royal Mail Line's new issuo closed yester. day morning.
TURCO-ITALIAN WAR
considerable, alterations to the original pacifications and for the inportion of severs) new stope in order to bring the instrument up to date. The work was at ones put in hand and in October of the same year the organ was formally re- opened, although in a vary incomplets state owing ton lack of funds. Ever since that time work has gradually proceeded as maana permitted. At the end of isst, yr ac Orchestral Gombs was inserted in
thehoir Organ and a Bass Flute in the
Podal Organ. During the past month Double Trumpet (a stop which adds very
grently to the effectiveness of the instru
CIRCULATING
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LATEST NOVELS BY THE BEST "AUTHORS (COLONÜL EXITION) ARRIVE EVERY MAIL.
IL
any
PURCHASER of one Novel at $1.00 becomes a mem- ber and is entitled to exchange same for
other novel on midnt), has been put in the Swell Orgar, payment of 20 cents cash; Hong- -and the 16 ft, Octave of the Pedal Violone,
the pipas of which form a imposing ma-kong currency, for every change. magh front, inserted, thus cumpleting the tonal scheins of the Organ- The whole of]" the alterations and additions have besti under tho upervision, and according the specification of Mr Denman Faller and have involved no little labour are fortunate in now possessing an instru- Renter's correspondent at Rane telement which for its size (the Organ has pha that the Italians in Home have three manuals and new contains 48 stops) seized Lebds and routed the Turks, of is tonally as fug as any we have beard. whom three hundred were killed.
Church Notes." The Italian casualties are small.
AN ITALIAN VICTORY.
Beuter'e Sorvios to the Ching-Mail)
LONDON, May 3.
ITALIAN DIRIG)BI ES
IN ACTION.
(Reuter's Service to the China Man.)
LONDON, May 3.
A telegram from Rome states that Italian dirigibles made a reconnaisance over the Turkish campe at Azizia, Sunni and Benaden, and dropped forty bombs
with terrible efect.
CAPE GARDAFOI LIGHTHOUSE.
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HAPPIER MARRIAGES.
Municipal Match-Making Bureau for New York.
Havoc, by E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Mystery of Nins, by William Le Que The House of Black Magic, by LT. Mende. The Waman Hunter, by Arabolls Kenenly, Their Wedded Wife, by Alice M. Dighl The Mystery of Red Marsh Farm, by A. H.
Marshali.
The Turning Wheel, by Dick Donorem. The Ruby Heart of Kishgar, by A. W.
Marchmont
The Forest on the Hill, by Eden Phillpots. The Written Law. by F.G. Knowles-Foster. The Hired Girl by Ma Coulson Karnaban. Mollie the Handful, by Florence Warden. The Order of Belasse, by H. De. Yere
Stacpools. Carnival, by Compton Mackenzie.
The Girl with the Blue Eyes, by Lady
Troubridge.
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awarded the £1,000 Prize odavad by the War Qlion for the Bash Military · Tensor togathar with 2180 BONUS for exceeding the requiram sota of his conditions *** by 45 Par Cant.
The establishment of a municipal match. Ruth of Rowldr h, by Miz Stanley PILE DRIVERS AND HOISTING ENGINES
Wranch,
Views and Vagabonds, by R. Macaulay. The Children of alsses, by René Bezin. The Drunkard, by Guy Thorne". THE ANN The Town of Crooked Ways, by J. B.
Fletcher.
making, burana the latest movement among the progressive wonen of Now York, and the business-like manner in which they are propagating their new case is certain to bring some kind of results. of the divorce evil by preventing so many The Body of His Desire, by Mrs Campbell Their object of course, is the aindication unhappy marriages To lessen the p-The Principal Girl, by J. C. Sunith. pailing number of unhappy marriages and Fire in Stubble, by the Baronces Orczy. consequent unhappy separations that mar Jesse of Cariboo, by Roger Pocock modern civilisation, they say the com-
Praed.
munity must so to it that young men meet Roddles, by B. P. Neomann. more young women, and vice versa, The Across the Footlights, by Fergus Home. community must help along the socialMarie, by B. Rider Haggard. pleasures and courtships of its young citizens, rich and poor.
The founder er originator of this new propaganda in Mes Mary Austin,, the novelist and playwright. Mrs Austin declares that a municipal match-making huren in one of the means, and perhaps LONDON, May S. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail the only really affective one, that will s
solve In the Great Jubilee Handicap,
this roxing problem. It will, she says, 6 to 1 is offered against Uncle Pat
LONDON, May 3..
nétnek the evil of divorce by boginning at and 10 to 1 against Royal Tender. Sir Edward Grey. Secretary of State marriage. Moreover, she believes that a In the Derby, 3 to 1 is offered against for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Com-nitse of no distant fulfilment, for the epock
municijal match-making bureau is a pro- Lomond; 0 to 1 against Hall Crossmons, anid that negotiations with Italy making changes, that its establishment pre- and 20 to 1 against. Lorenzo.
A SENSATIONAL LETTER.
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
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President Taft And Reciprocity (Reuter's Service to the China Maij.)
Losos, May 3.
regarding the erection of lighthouse on Cape Gardalui were discountinued in 1908, owing to the difficulties raised in the course of negotiations with other Powers regarding the collection of dues at porte-not in Italian territory The Government were still hopeful that a scheme might be devised satisfactory to all the Powers.
Home Rule Bill in the House of Com-the probable starters, mons, Sir Edward Grey dealt especially with the advantages the Bill would have. in relieving the Imperial Parliament of the present congestion of business. He said that a reply to Mr Balfour's question would require prolonged Historicnt research. Frankly, he was unprepared to answer the questions, but he would ask a question in return. Mr Balfour had said there was no exact, parallel with the Transsnal. The parallel bad heen mentioïed, not as an exact parallel, hit simply to show that the prophet of evil was not always right; even when he was the leader of the Opposition. He would ask Mr. Balfour ever a parallel in the if there was British Empire for such a monstrous over-concentration of business in the House of Commons. The present
The American papers deny a rumour system has proved unworkable, and devolution was required, not for Ireland that Mr Bryce, who has just started on alone. The present plan was admitted a holiday to 'Australis, has been recalled ly not complete. The Rill did not lay to Washington, and state that he leave down a pattern of a Federal system was arranged long before the publication applicable aniversally in the United of an old letter from President Taft to (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) Kingdom. A perfect similarity was unnecessary. He admitted the Ulster difficulty, but if Ulster defeated the proposed sointion, it was impossible to continus the present state of affairs: Some other solution must be found to free the House of Commons nad put the control of Irish affaita in Irish hands. He believed, however, that the present) animosity in different parts of Ireland would disappear when for the first time they had a sense of joint responsibility
CHINA AND HER LOANS.
Col. Roosevelt, declaring that reciprocity would make Canada only an adjunct of the United States. The letter-bas caused a sensation in Canada.
PARTICULARS OF THE
LETTER.
LATER.
The letter was written on January 10, 1911-ten days before the signature for
BIG LONDON STRIKE.
TAILORS AND TAILORESSES
DISSATISFIED.
Spring Suits "Held Up."
LONDON, May 3. Fifteen thousand tailors and tailoresses in the West-End of London have gone ou strike-for improved conditions and increased pay. The Soho district is practically impassable owing to the Kroups of strikers outside the work rooms
Tens of thousands of spring suits base
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supposes have already begum.
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EVILA OF HANTY MARRIAGE..... Air Austin desires to make it plain, however, that her plan for å municipally managed marriage bureau does mean an office to which young men
sy apply for Aris ble πίνες, young maidens for rosperous husbands On the contrary, her scheme calla simply for a department to arrange for and oresses ancial meeting places For
young people of both sexes. It is to maintain properly supervised dance, hall, pleasure parks, roof gardens, and even cosy little tea rooms, all under excellenteimperonage, and all bound to keep up a high standard of social custon and charm, where a wider acgcaintance and a wider field of selection will
be offered to young people for. **choosing their maton." The chaperons: will be really official "matchmakers, or female police, and their work will offer a now and excellent profession for capalile middle-aged women.
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In urging the establishment of a match- ninking bureau, Mr. Austin points out that nearly three-fourths of modero American marriages are more or last un- happy. They are not really matings" att all. They are unhappy partly because young men and women of the present generation are offered so limited a choice of possible husbands and wives. They are RE-UPHOLSTERED unhappy, tou, because women have been for centuries valued solely for theis ability to please men. Marriage is the result of
40's to charm a man, not of tho
power fitness of the man and the woman to live happily and helpfully together. Another BY Case of unhappiness assigned by Mrs
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The strike spread rapidly this after-Austin is that generations of marrying-to-TRAINED
joining with those in the West Ead.
be-supported bave, in
apen women STAFF OF uanatural coquetries, unreal arts, and married lite begins og a false baxis,
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tho Reciprocity Treaty was to be up. been held up." rended. In the letter it was stated. that The amount of products we (The noon-The East End tailoring operatives to "wia hosband, for the necessity United States) take will produce a current of business between Western Canada and the United States which will make Canada only an adjunt of the United States. It will transfer all their im portant business to Chicago and New. LONDON, May 3. Turk with their bank credits and every
It will increase greatly Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of thing else. State for Foreign Affairs, replying to a Canada's demand for our manufactures. (Heutor's Barvice to the China Mail.) sex, and have but a finallcirale of
SIR EDWARD GREY'S VIEWS. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
I sed this is used in Causda sa 20 question concerning a loan to China of which the British Government approved,gument against reciprocity, and I
aid that nobody would wish to infringe
and if Chine borrowed money, it was
THE DARDANELLES ́
QUESTION.
LORD MORLEY EXPLAINS.
LONDON, May 3. Lord Newton, in the House of Lords, bink it a good one."
Colouet Rossvelt, in his answer to
asked if the Government had addressed
the independence of Chian in any way the letter, cordially endorsed President any representation to Italy the sab for the leaders and the Governments Taft's views on the subject, adding that fact of the closing of the Dardanelles. concerned to fix conditions which would he believed in Free Trade with Canada
afford proper security.
HOME CRICKET.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 3. Marylebone C.C. has baten Notts by an innings and G6 runs at Lords.
SIXTY AEROPLANE 3
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LONDON, May 3.
both for economic and political reasons.
THE 400BANA” COL-
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DECISION AGAINST P. & 0.
LINER.
Lord Morley did not deny the dis-
UPHOLSTERERS
"When you consider how the tendencies AND of modern life have narrowed down the
choice of wives and husbands," argues Mrs CABINET MAKERS.
PIANOS
Austin, it sees to wonder that so many marriages are artificial and unhappy. Under the prosent conditions of city life young men and women meet very faw persons, make few friends of the opposita
acquaintances. The life of the city flat, of the city tenement, of the daughter of the The business man with a small income.
professional woon, admits of but the narrowest social intercourse. Count on TUNED your fingers the men you know and the women they know. You can do it easily AND: on your angers." Where is the power of
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choice? Where is there any possibility of REGULATED astrous situation in the Black Sea and mating in the real sense of the word? The girl who knows, three or four men the Dardanelles, but stated that the falls in love with and marries one of the HIGH CLASS
three or four. The man who knows three Government had been in constant com- the men marias one of them. munication with the Turkish and Imlian the ciral three or four, or oTER Governments, with the rel
result that after dozen,
dozen, marrings becomes a matter of OLD PIANOS propinquity, pot of astoral selection. Young wow and women have no chance to TAKEN find the persons who would be thoir trus mates;
no unreasonable langth of time, consider ing the difficulties, the Porte had announced that the "Straits' would be
IN 90Whör: you marry yöo.nro supposed to
marry the person with when you want to EXCHANGE live with whom yuca Hes the best. But when a girl know few men, how can the OR bed a mate at all 1 Marriage ought to be raz
(Reuter's 'Bervice to the China Mail.Jened. It was unreasonable to ask the
LONDON, May B. Government
to prescribe the limits The Admiralty Court have decided wherein Turkey and Italy could carry that the Oceana alobe was to blama on operations. That would be going real mating process, literally that When REPAIRED in the collision with the barque Pisa beyond anything ever conceived, in it both the undivide and the en gua of Beachy Head on March 10 international law and diplomatic usage or mach ming buresi, vad.
munity aufer. New these proposed social AND Judgment has accordingly been given The Government had thoroughly per callelor, are designed to formed for the owners of the Pisaqua
Cometa un inequiðnance fra frøer clinicos formed their datics as a neutral Fower,
sant rein Thani only for the poor Lord Lansdown neked if it were true
The Daily Mail announces that the TASMANIAN ELECTIONS. that the Porte would only re-oper
Government has authorised the purchase
* Signita if Italy promised not to (Neuter's Service to the China Mfail.}} the Pardanelles? of sixty seropluore, and will order one
Bas Palosos, May 3rch Earl Grey said that was quite undred immediately there are sufficiens The final figures in the Tasmanian stent with the wor Army and Navy airmen trained to elections are Liberais 17, Labour
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