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plendent Tumina of civiliantion; and all that is needed is that his art vice should be followed and the open sesame to a better condition of things will be immediately within the roach of all He knows the panaces will touch the spot, remove the |blemishes, heal away the sores, and crente a paradise in place of what he and his aggressive conirades consider to be worse than a purgatory. The Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and other distinguished statesmen and leaders of public
NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR HONGKONG.
Cyprus Man Appointed.
We bare boot infrined by the Colonial Secretary'n Ufice that the following telo gram has been received by the Colonial secretary from the Secretary of State
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Mr J. A. S. Busknil, King's Advocate in Cyprus, has besa selectat for appoint [mont an Attorney General at Hongkong,"
MR. M. W. SLADE GOING HOME.
Leares by To-night's **Empress."'
M. Marcus Warra Slade, barrister-at- law, who-has been acting for the plain-
now decided, wo hear this afternoon, to
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THE INTERNATIONAL
PETROLEUM CO.LD.
Encouraging Prospects.
Age of Patroleam." One of the effects of the coal strike in Engi which will" prodites the minat TUDJArk- Sir Francis May, as your readers have
abla consequence, is the fact that many already been informed, "will arriva in
industries and shipping companies will z Hongkong in the first week of July, when
pheussolver of the necunity of buying cost hg will, of course, assumo his office of
in the future Petroleum in the caly Governor of the Colony. Worn bo zad The ordinary gonatal meeting of the InThe reason why it has not been more substituto known, and it will be adopted. Lady May entire stranger to us, taraational Petroleum Co. Ld. was hold generally adopted, has been due to the would have no hesitation in predicting today at the offices of the Company. Mr lack of a regular supply Oil takes up for them a very hearty welcome rent Francisco Tse Tab (Chairise of the Compau than coal, shers are ou sabes and
Hongkong, welcome with Call titu
no moks, it is infinitely cleanur, itm capacity for heating is grostor, it requires spoutsitous and genuine kindliness cfpany) presiding, heart and charm of manner. But as bath. ". There are presunt Mesara Franciaco | far less labour, sad a ship could take in Tas. Tat, F. D. Barratte, Ching King Singen maleslated that, instead of about of oil much faster than coal. It Sir Francis and Lady May come among Ewok Shut Ting, Ho Tai Kai, Wong one third of the crew of a battleship being
us as old friends-which like old wine are always bout-their welcome, it can safely he predicted, will be even more ardent and more cordial, ...
Our late Governor, Sir
¿
Frederick
Lok Chau SZ
Chung Hang, To Tu Tai, Simon Tae Yan required to attend to the boilors, as in the J. A. Earretto, J. H. Botelho, C. Ma when con is used to raise steam, Soares, J. H. Seth, E. Theo Bunje, and thirty man would be sufficient for
a ship carrying oil. But these possibilities of using oil for fuel become almost inconsiderable when they ara compared with the possibilities of oil- drizon engias, that is, which produce
The notice convening the meeting and
gines
Guaranteed entirely distilled in Scotland and thoroughly thought practically admit that they in the II family case, has been pre-Lugard, I note, is beginning to be feted the nuditor's report having been read.
do not know how effectually to cope rented for this last two days, from appear in his new sphere of activity, as he has The Chairman said: The accounts being motivo-power by consuming petroleum with the frequent recurrence of auching in Court on account of heart trouble, already been invited to be the principal in your hands now for a few days, inside a sylinder by explosion. The s wide-spread industrial troubles. Mr. Slade intended going home for a guest at the Annual Dinner of the propose to take them as read. The first engines hars, of course, become familiar, ia small form to everybody through the as have gone well-nigh towards holiday in about a month's time but bas Arican Society. The excellant reputa- † business before this annual mesting is the motor car, but vastly more powerful' « shaking the solidly-founded basis of levo by the Empress of Japan, which to Africa, has caused our fellow-country- report of the Directors and Auditors are now being built developing 5,000.;
tion which has preceded Sir Frederick consideration of the belange sheet sad
5,000 and 8,000 horse power. men in that part of our Empire to be The Company was formed in the month of only the shipbuilding industry but
#7817 trado and business which de ready to extend a atting welcome to the November 1910 to exploit dil-fields in ponds, upon machinery will turn more new Governor of Northern Nigeria. The Timor. The accounts are brought down ( and more away traits coal ti nila. -For somet best hopea that they may entertain of to 31 December 1911. In regard to our time to come, doubthas-con! will be Sir Frederick's administration in the hridings, of which there are three, I bogúnal ride by side with oll, hot that important office which he now occupies, say that each comprise an area of about the near future in many industries cif will displace coal altogether appears to be may confidently be expected to materi-1,250 acres or 2 square miles, which
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MEMCS FOR TO-DAY.
p.m.-The Great Raymond at New Tintre, Kaw U Fong.
9.13 p.m.-R. G. Knowles & Co. ali
Thantre Ryni.
MIMO FOR TO-MORROW.
·9 a.m. — Excursion to Macao.
MEMO FOR MONDAY.
3 pin-Sale-of Crown Lands at P.W.D.
General Memoranda.
Tunay, May 14 :---
Hatton Cup Competition as Kowloon. WEDNESDAY_May_13:—
LAW Raymond Case at Supreme Court.
Noon-Hongkong & Whipa Dock Co.
Extraordinary Meeting.
7 reta. Entries clrise for scenad Gymk
ham Meeting.
SATURDAY, May 18-
Noon - Peak Tramways Co. Meeting. Bowing Recent ILH.K. Yacht Clib,
1.-Grand Variety Entertain ment at Prince Thatre. Yount Austin. Boxing at Belle View Hotal.
TUESDAY, May 20:—
4 pm. Special Merting of Hongkong
General Chapber of Commerce.
Famay, May 24-in
Empire Day. Public Holiday.
9.Special Service for Children in
St. John's Cathedral.
Saturday, 23 ---
SATERDAY: May 30ynikiana Meeting at
Race Course, Happy Valley.
SUNDAY, May 26 -
Whit olay Queen Mary'e birthday (1867).
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the British Empire's gigantle industri-sails at daylight to marrow for Vaccou- alisar Your Socialist, full of the butant-bombast bequeathed him by Karl Marx and Lasalle, waves his hand impressively and says "Sweep away the Capitalist, and let the State be the pwner not for the small class. known as the Capitalists, but let them
... NEWS OF THE DAY.
This English and French Mails of the 13th and 9th April were delivered in London on the 10th May..
Blised.
Not
certainty is the pencase of avolation.
That process is gugerally slow bus il thing could be imagined as likely to hasten it it would be the dislocation of trado a very caused by the great enal strike at home.
be the producer and the distributes before Cuamander C. W. Beck with R.N. intends doing, depoud upon it that he will shallow depth. The ou is of A brown I may mention before proporing the adop
behalf of the Proletariat-the god forsaken propertiless." Such is the rant of the Marrian, Socialist, and one may as well try to convince the "Man
At the Marine Court this morning
Chan Sik Hang was fined $10 for failing to licence, bis junk, and ordered to take out a licence before leaving court.
- When "General" Booth says what he
bring bis undoubtedly great organising abilities to bear upon its realisation What the veteran appears to have sot luz celé to accomplish, svcording to the report,. is bext expremed 111 his own words. They are- In the
away, I must find men and money that' part for the vast population of the Chi use Expira."
Le sufficient for the boring of 240 wella, or statal of 720 wells. AL Rainoge, oil www. struck t
colour, very duorescent without any tion of the report and accounts that disagreeable odour and yields a high grade in the accounts, it is not the i teation of although the Directors' fees are charged a streloum. Tested by the Hongkong the Director to oullect any, certainly ne Government Analyst, it showed a flashing until the Companyia in the right position. point (thel close test) of 1190 F. Boring and the election of Mr Kwok U Shun sas The report and accounts were adopted down to a depth of 210 feet, a very strorg Director and of Messrs Percy Smith,
in the Moon" asto change the cpiniens rerence and expenditure for the month East, China calls to me, and before I pass flow of patroleum gas was experinced, Fleming and Soth as anditors wero agreed of the man whose economic theoriassets and liabilities on January pist 1912 the Salvation Army may play well her strong enough to raise water, which is used to
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The long Government Gazete statue that the Financial Statement of
anding February 1012 shows a balance of amounting to 119,176.86, and revenue daring February amounting to 8503,128.80. Expenditure during February amounted to $327,789:12, leaving a balance of 89, 144 538.34.
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—-—~ A project is on fast-to-construct-a- railway connecting Caston and Swator. It is proposed to ficat a company with capital of twanty million dollars and "the" railway is to connect the Canton-Kowloon Railway at Shek-lung at one end; and the Chiuchner-Sunt Lino at the other, pasing through Waidhow. Heifung. Luk fung and other districts at Chinchow. It lieved that as soon as this line is com- become more of a paying concern. pleted the Cantun-Kowloon Railway 'wül
are based on the visionary doctrines of "Dus Kapital." In language preg nant with thought and characteristic of our distinguished Prime Minister, Mr Asquith says that "the recurrence of great strikes makes it incumbent upon the flovernment and the business community to solve the problem. This statement was made in the House of Commons on the 8th inst. On the amo occasion, Mr. Lloyd George, laying aside for the nonce his attacks, in "Limehouse" manner, on the Dukesi in the maze he has created in his Insurance Bill, says "A searching inquiry by the Government might be necessary." "On the evening of the same date, Mr Asquith, addressing a large and inflixeutial assemblage of London bankers again reverted to the greatest of England's problems by
....
"
PRESENTATION TO EX POLICE-BERGEANT.
for drilling in the pipe, to a height of 200 [Èet. One of our Andorican exports and drillers reinarks in bis report, that there is Everybody who knows anything about an immense bdg-of-oil underlying the the wonderful *** General, who, recently land in which the gas has its origin, and
Aninteresting presentation was made at celebrated his 3rd birthday, knows that the oil fe of a very high gravity. The gas the Pulice Rarreation Club, lash evening, he is a man of indomitable courage, peris merely the escape of the lighter prueban Mr J. Quina, was the recipient of ♣......... severance and pertinacity-besides hay parties of the oil, and it is only the bank draft and a parse of sovereign. ing quite a number of other excellent high grade oil that contains 1.e
“Më Quinn, who has been coiipelled by Therefore the manner qualities. which he intends to appeal to John to throw off's flow of petroleum gfter Hongkong Club, which he has filled for lighter properties in soficient quantities.ill-health to resign; the Stewardship of the Chinamant" will be watched with great the shove results, a complete rotary outfit, the past eleven years, has lived for many interest, particularly by his countrymen suitalde for drilling in soft ground was years in the Cobany, and for a long period in the East. John" he will find rather being landed at the field, when, an a dificult "proposition "—as our Ameri:
celestial ́idena.
iz
was in the Hongkong Police Force, fo
can friends would express it; for, Celes-fortumtaly, a rising of the natives occurred which he attained the rank of sergeant. tin though he be, he is decidedly con- and work had to be ausponded. The man-He loves for home on the P. and O. s servative in his way of looking upon chinery which was in charge of our superin Oriental, and will take with him the good
tendant had to be returned to Dally and was wishes of many friends.
Mr C. Bond, in making the presentation, lauded and stored in a suitable godawn. J. Murphy, an AB. on the R. M. S. Hongkong residents have been enjoy. There is no doubt that very successful eulogised Mr Quinn's good qualities, and Empress of Japan, at the Marine ing quite s number of excellent enter. results would have been nahiaved in said when it was first known that Mr Court this morning was charged with in- tainments lately, and one of the most very short time by the working of the Quinn was learing Hongkong many friends lawfully shanting himself from the ship entertaining, has undoubtedly been the above mentioned plant, Concerning We in the Police Recreation, Civil Service, without leave on May 7, 8, and D. in performance of Mr. R. G. Knowica, the for about 2 miles distant from Rainoco, re- and Corinthian Yacht Clube expressed Victoria Harbour, and further with low-well-known American comedian. These ports show that the ground is similar to desire to show in some bugible form, their fully disobeying the lawful commands of who have not given themselves the plea that of the latter, and the oil clay tested appreciati a for him; the result was the officer on the 10th fast W. Dixon sure of hearing this exceedingly highly by the Hongking Government Analyst, presentating which he was making. Mr asking British bankers to contri-Hopcroft, chict officer of the steamer, proved talented comedian should not. fail to do vielle a high grade Petroleum. This Quinn was one of the best and all wars búte to the solution
of the the fint charge in which Murphy pleaded so, is he will conclude his present visit balding and also the Baruanas Heids, have sorry that he was leaving. They wished problem of industrial unrest by guilty and, on the second, said Murphy, to the Theatre Royal after his perform- not been worked so far, but a thorough him a safe journey to the homeland and a
whose character was statel to be in-ance of to-night and Monday night. different, refused to tura to when ordered, pleading illness. A doctor certified him fit for work. Sentenced to fourteen days
hard Inbcar on each charge and ordered his prison expenses to play a aum not exceeding 3 towards
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
to
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investigation of all surface indications has prody restoration to health (appläcm),,
been made and reported upon by our Mr Quian, who will undergo an operation The Great Raymond." It appears, is superintendent. In Bemanax, he found on his arrival in England, suitably acknow. -- amongst us-this time at the Supreme flash point (Abel close test) of 163" F.
make another public appearance large pools of viscid black oil with a ledget the gifts.
Court, an action buying boch raised This ail is very suitable for füal. against the illusionist in connection with
Other surface indications the incident referred to in these columns
in 'Bomanas are. last Monday. The matter being, of
inmenso quantities of lime-stone coated with bitumen sund course, sub judice, may not pass any
purpose.
AT THE MAGISTRACY....
For, taking away sand from Taing I
have been the guests of Mr. and I will, however, be interesting to note
During the week Mr. and Mrs. Sy opinion on it-good, bad or indifferent. "zakerite, amples of which tested by the land's Chinese was fined $10 this morning, Mackey at Shanghai.,
if this really talented illusionist will be Neuccessful in the witness bax, as he was in the other kind of box in which he got into in an even more remarkable
|VAS.
from 100 parts by weight, the large amionat Hongkong Government Analyst yielded
For unlawfully having in his possession of 24 parts of crude heavy Petroleum 1,261, of zaw cotton valued at $28 a Chinens brings specific gravity of .9547 at 18.6° C. was used All the shore indications show that the development of our pil-fields will yield the Last evening a Chinese went into Ex best results, which may far exceed the eating house, and after having a mesh, expectations, of those interested in this tendered a ten cest piece in payment. Company. We began to bore on a plot Finding that the coin was made of copper recommended by our staff, whom we beli the proprietor clined the man, who had
run away and he was arrested by mined to depth of over two hundred detective in the vicinity? Feet as I said above, when the pressure of
suggestion and wise and fruitful experiment." No matter what may be the cause of the frequent recurrence of the trouble, it is certain that a great effort is to be made to prevent the terrible havoc which the ill-guided | HONDRONG. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1919. workers have caused by having too readily followed the lead of the bellicose agitators, whose views are known to be those, of the incst visionary of Socialists; and in their By the P. and O... Oriental today efforts towards solving this gigantic A. Hewett, C.3.G., and Mrs.
Hewitt leave for England. | Eyes in the midst of the struggle problem our Statesmen and all those
beingwaged in the House of Commors who contribute towards its solution Siz Fredrick and Lady Bugard united I would not be doing my duty as over Ireland's right to guide her own will have the profoundest sympathy
at Plymouth on the 19th inst. from
crae Rambler if I did not refer, in con- destiny by means of a Parliament of of all lovers of good order, justice.
Hongkong and proceeded to London.elusion, to the weather during the week.eved to be practical oil men. The boring was her own, in which the Prime Minister, and peace between employer and the Chancellor of the Exchequer and employet... other leading statesmen have, of course, taken a leading part, they find it necessary to refer, in language that is unmistakably grave, to a matter [which every right thinking mau con
siders th.be of a very much more serious naturg-serious, indeed, as On the banka of the river below: Sam- [the Irish Home Rule question is and shui bodies of Chinese have been lying
unburied for weeks,
industrial question and the many
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NEWS OF THE DAY..
II.M.S. Newcastle left Shanghai on the 5th inst. and H.MS. Flora arrived there on the 3rd.
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Dr. Eliot, who was recently in Hang- kong, had on interview with Xuan Shik- kai and was the guest of honour at a tifin given by Tang Shao-yi in Peking.
Mr. W. A. Gram, Chief Inspector of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation left by the P. and O. 1.5. Oriental to-day for India. He afterwards proceeds to England on a holiday.
His Majesty the King has been pleased to approro the appointment of the Honourable Mr Edwin Richard Hallifax to be a member of the Executive Council, The number of cases of plagis rodaring the absanice price of the Honour crises through which it has "assel worded this year in Hongkong is over Ahli Dr John Mitford Atkinson, during the last two or three years 500; which is unpleasantly large. each, succeeding year "apparently
Mr. R. G. Knowles and the other intensifying the antagonisa existing members of the company at present at between Capital und Labour, and the Theatre Royal will submit a complete cach as time advances, holding firmly change of programme to-night. to the nititude they have adopted
The ericket team of 11.M.S. Cam- and retaining with even more brini emilybent the Chefoo Settlement, bitterness than ever, the feelings
their score being 184 for six wickets they have long had regarding enchant 181 scored by this Settlement.
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The visitor to the Detention Borracks
neat week will be Major F. Martin, 25th Punjabis. The field officer of the week will be Captain H. H. Hunt, 25th Pune jabis, with Captain B. C.. Ponton of the
· Bsmo-regiment next for duly,
Bombardier W. Bouitar, B.G.A., Lance Corporal E. 1. E. Warden and Bugler L. B. Wagier, R.M.L... have been awarded first class certificates of
Well, it has been varied, pleasantly grecable, and quite worthy of causing
us to make our best bow to the "Clerk "
who has charge of so important a matter
was so strong Let water was thrown A man need. Chung Ju was charged at to a considerable height. The evidence of the Magistracy this morning with having
NOTES FROM WUCHOW,
To the delight of the habitues of theght oil being there was conclusive enough stolen two slates from a steam boiler on Puise Judge's Court, what is described to our men. The formatium of the ground the s.1. Mongolin, and was sentenced to by one of your morning conteroperaries na found to be too soft, and the driving 3 months impripoment. It appears that handsome, massive date block was by the cabl system which we lind adopted while working in the boiler the man given a prominent position on Friday was found to be making very slow progreenscrewed the plates and was leaving the morning. Its successor, it will be freThe acquisition of a Rotary Machine, which ship with them when he was caught by one membered, was wont to disappear in the isthamnat rapid and sennomical of all kinds of the crew.
nost unaccountable manner; and that of drilling where hard rock is not found is probably the reason why the now date wha decided upon, Walls have, by this block ta parijcularly massive; for, being system in America boe drilled to's depth so, it may be inconvenient to remove it. of 1200 feet in less that a couple of monthe.. in the surreptitious manner of its pres low-drill zods terminating in an This process,consists of the so
decessor. Perhaps a grave error has been annular catter, through which's continuous, mado by having it "heniliqme," for en strom, of water is pumped under a never tell what such an attraction is pressere of 40 to 100 pounds par square B capable of Sql, lot as hope for the bont; and, now that the date block jurs, sion has been settled, what about the clock, Its bengu dial, Tipin creditably Informed, still indicates that it is as errati as ever."a"
By Our Out Correspondent J.
THEKWAT KAF TROUBLE.
inch, the detritus being bmught continual Few details have come to hand respect 13 to the surface by the current of watering the trouble in Kwai Un. Iris said how passing downwards through the hollow avar that sevare Sghting took place there rods and returning in the annular space outside. In consequence of the native and that several hundred people have bend rising, this rotary plant has boon put away killed. Apparently the lostem hold the to be used whan the country je again poiled. Our de rick and machineries at ity for a time and killed the chief oficial. Rainoco, where we bored our frat well. A number of bodies have been awept down Never did so large a crowd, I nos told, were part's destroyed, our staff had ting, the food and even 30 corpus, wren assembly in Hongkong to witness the abandon their Fasts owing to the danger picked up at Wuchs and buried by one of
from the Life, mater to decide the Lawn Tennis Singles from ho company Superintendent the charitable societies, so that area allow
report we received.
could
to:
The forthcoming puruber of the education as the result of the examína Championship of Hongkong. The crow Not knowing how long work 105 for exaggerated reports things mat
Ton held in the South Chine Command encircled the large opclosure to the ar- contracts with all the members "of the have been in a serious condition,
Yello Dragon" will contain a specially sites article on Natural History in Clinely Mr H. J. Elwes, K.R.S., kui in account of the thrilling advantures of
gret to any that Rov: W. R. Gipton
Bijou Scenic Theatre, other sa chuss-for it is now recog nised that the Class War" of the
in February last.
resumed we brzwayed tent of at least three dorp-and in some the Socialist hus at lengs spring into
parts it was even more dease. The con- staff, the American drillere returning to the hearto-day that jeder bns now been full fruition; and what the outcome
beðn yet His Excellency the Officer Administer. Sestante Captain Day of the King's States. It has not
pusible to restored. sscertain the exact samount of damage done BRING THE WORLD BEFORE is likely to be the wisext will say that Me Wong Ming during his soap fram appoint Afr. John Findlay Raid to be a H. A. Nisbet did not disappoint, the ammot sufficient to cover any possible loss ng the Government has been plaased to Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and to the property of the Company bit an they cannot even venture to conFilet: The aubject of thy Fagineyor of boilers of use.leamgeneral expectation of test rate garde, we west li will be wete. Oot the Haptist Mission i obliged through
Then toer chaired b
* from the limos Goy Thestrated Interview ill be Sir Robertships Under 60 tens burden, during the and they certainly quitted themselves estavings point to the pac Goalson of the be Jecture The question is as intricate
Baden-Powell, and we gather that will absence of Mr. William C. Jack or until in true championship form. The victory disturbed are being an accomplished fact. Baptist Mission can i dispons with his and difficult as ever Statesmen wer
were bennusasily interesting to those who are further natios,
fell to Mr Nibet, whose roto place in the near future, when we shall have to called upon to consider, and what the able to real bulwem the lince
Jamable service kgwane dalightful feature of the game Thin sang of the natives has been, unfor consider the question of starting over again, solution of the knotty problem is
of the
Maram told that head redoubtable chanusister as it throws us lack so tinen in will resto
Wo have had, inquiries" fromi.
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