WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 1912.
BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.
[COPYRIGHT.] HOME CRICKET.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 13 The Warwicksbira. Lanenshire match stands -Warwick, an innings and runs;. Lanes, an innings and 132 runs.
DEATH OF STRINDBERG
Reuter's Service to the China Mail Leroy 15.
The dently is reported of Strindberg, [Trite. Aagiste Strindborg, the dis tinguishel Swedish auglit and dramatist, was born at Stockholm in 1840, Bo wa the author of many popular novels and
· playa.-E. CAC)
MORE BANDIT HUNTING
[Reuter's Service to the China Mail,)
"ir l
Loxboy, May 15,
Garnier and Vallet, accomplices of the bant Bonnet, who was shot by
the Farisian police recently, have been tricked low and are being he sleged in a house at Nogent Sur Marne. They are ring on the pelice and the crowd, and a police sergeant has already been wounded and taken to the hospital.
THE BIG LOAN TO CHINA.
REPRESENTATIVE BANKJES CONFE BRING IN LONDON.
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CHINESE NEWS.
"{"Wish" The "Fat Pola-Service.) PEKING, May-1,
The Foreign Financial Representa tives have decided to establish a. Department for the purpose of super- intending the revenue of China.
Hung Hi Ling, Financial Minister, has reported an improverunt, in the Salt Revenue.
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THE TITANIC FUND.
(Reuters Service to the China Mail) Losos, May 14.- The "Titanic" fund now amounts to £400,000.
The wife of Mr. Lamay has given $11,000 towards the fund for the widows of those we were lost while in sctive service of the British Mercantile Marine.
The Consultative Chamber has demanded from Tang Shao i un explumtion of the purpose of the Belgian Loun. Tang, in reply. ro quests" a private meeting on the... matter:
Regarding the pation that for. signers should take part in the dis- banding of "provincial- soldiers, it is proposed that the Foreign Commis- Customs Service sioners in the
SCOTTISH SPORT.
(From Our Scottish Coverpondent)
THE CHINA MAIL.
HO GRONG AND WRAN
DOCK CO. LTD.
Ah uxtraordinary
kong and Wampos Pook held today.
NOTION TO SHAREHOLDERS,
HONGKONG
(With herby to mall'sh she
THE THIRTEENTE - ORDINARY
ANNUAL MEETING A SHARES BS. MUNCASTER CAR
be held at, the Qumpaby's HOLDERS, will be
There were present the Hon, Mr H Rus fpresiding St Paul Chater, Messre 7. H. Medhan" DW Dord ook: HP White, Fricand, IRAs, Office, WI BCZZZING NO. 31, Queen's A. S. Senten (manager) W. Johor M. Dym
(secratapy MD Bed Central, on the 31st MAY, 1917, at Tanners, WV Dunbar, Ha. Aual Noarelor the purpose of receiving the Silne, J. Mannara Toma, Ho la, and Lo Cheung Shut
The Chairmand that the meeting was Report of the General Manager with a envened for the purpose of onnarming Statuent of Accounts to ist Documber,
resolution which was passed on April 1511. th... And he now propwed that the chan in the articles of socution whic had been roed by the secretary bo on
Brmed,
Sir Paul Chater seconds), and the meet ing uninusly agreed to the altorations which were as sollows-
1. That the following Article be inserted after Article 31, namely, 32x
Scrip foems. 32. A fee not exceedin 31 may be charged for every new outillete issued whether consequent on a transfor ar on the splitting up of an existing certify ate 3.and shall-if required by the Directors b paid before the issue of the new certifio.tu
2.That the first three and a half linge of Article 46 ending with the word Con
he struck-out and the following play words substituted therafer ---
3.That the following words be struck
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Cam‹. any will be CLOSED from 20th May to the 31aby, both days inclusive.
CHAN A FOOK.
G.A. WATKINS
General Manajer's..
WATKINS, LIMITED..
Eotson, April ANNÕELATION LEAGUE should take the matter in hand,
Littlu importance attaches to the romain Sui Su, the Chief Chamberlain of the Mancer Royal Family, has apsing League matches, and only a langu'd
A Ganoral Meeting shall be held in plied to Yuan Shih Kai for payment interest is fall in the doings of the four
Leary year at such time and place as the of the promised sum "for the royal bottom clubs-Raith Rover, it Mirzes
Kilomnock, and Queen's Park. Directors may deterinine. Such meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an ties' expensen. pall
Saturday, Raith Rovers managed to make shall be called the rdinary Yearly SHANGHAI, May 15,
Meeting Sui Ching, former Viceroy of themselves saio by sharing points with upeh, has been found guilty of a Caltie; it is possible that the other thres large deficiency in the Provincial terms may find themselves tying for the Treasury," by Li Toan Eung, who Wooden Spoon, Queen's Park are making has tregraphed to Shanghai for his Atrenuous endeavours to fingrove their lowly position. Should the proposal te carried to exempt the First League clais AVIATION FATALITY AT from the Qualifying Cup competition, the Queen's will be spared their experiences of BROOKLANDS.
the last season. But against that there in always the probability, or rather the pai- Reuter's Service to the China Mail,)bility of the League adopting autonte
LONDON, May 14."
arrest.
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An aviator named Fisher and a rieb American, who went up as a passenger, were killed while, fiying at Brooklands
(Reuter's Servics to the Ching Mail.) | last night. The passenger was pinned
beneath the burning aeroplane.
LONDON, May 14.
The first meeting of the Bankers representing the Six Powers who are prepared to advance 400,000,000 to China is being bell to-day at the British and Chinese Corporation offices. London
Verstraete, the Director of the
·Russo-Asiatic Bank, has arrived in
LATER.
promotion.
Results: -
SCOTTISH LEAGUE-VIENT DIVISION, Aberdeen, 1; Falkirk, 0. Dundee, I; Hamilton Academicals, & Celtic, 1; Haith Rovers, 1. Queen's Park, 1; Morton, 1. Partick Thistle. 1; Motherwell, 0." St. Mirren, 2; Heart of Mid Lothing, 0. Airdrieonians, 3: Aberdeen, D. Falkirk, 1 Hibarians, 0.
Fisher's passenger was Victor Mason, Vice-President of the Development Company of America, and Director of other Mining Companies. Ile was on the point of concluding a big deal in Rangers
London,
London to represent Russia. THE MALEOKA 01SE. mediately conferred with the Russian
and Japanese Ambassadors. In an in-
terview with Reuter's representative
he stated that Russia bad to political!
motives er asdimtions beyond safeguard-
"COTTISH LEAGUE DAYOLT.
P. W. 1
Celtic Clyde... Partick Thistló Aberdeen... Dundee Merton
ENGLISHWOMAN SENT TO SIBERIA FOR LIFE.
Heart of Mid-L Falkirk
ing her special interest in Mongolia (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) Airdrieoninas and Western China.
The representatives of all the Powers felt strongly that political control of the vast sums of money in contemplation abould take precedence of financial control; and held that it was most Important that the bankers should act ob decisions taken by the represent atires of the Six Powers at Peking and co-operate with them.
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THE "TITANIC" INQUIRY.
(Reuter'a Service to the China Mail.)
Loxoox, May 14.
LONDON, May 14.
The sentence on Miss Malecks, the English wound who was sentenced at Warsaw for consorting with revolution- aries, involves, says her counsel, de- privation of all civil rights, and also upon the expiry of the sentence, exì! to Siberia for life and to live where or dered by the police.
CAVALRY
AND AEROPLANES.
THE KING AT ALDERSHOT.
LONDOS, May 14..
At the resumption of the Inquiry (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) to-day a searching investigation was -made as to whether the Californian
The King goes to Aldershot to was the vessel whose lights were seen from the Titanic when she was morrow. The operations are designed foundering. Witnesses, who had to show the increasing importance of been on the Californian, gave, evi cavalry co-operating with aeroplanes dence of seeing a vessel's lights, and equipped with bombs for reconnoitring afterwards rockets a few miles off, not far frora the spet at which the Titanic actually struck. The Cap- tain testified that he was resting at the time, and did not see rockets. There was pily one white rocket, which was not a signal of distress, reported to him. He saw the ship from which it had been fired "before he retired, and was positive that she
purposes.
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was not the Titanic, which would (Reuter'a Service to the China Mail.
Losnos, May 14.
have been unmistakable. He was
unable, however, to indicate any.
Mr. Asquith, in a written reply to a other vessel to which it could hare belonged as being in the question, states that Great Britain has locality at the time I be bad replied sympathetically to the German, thought she was the Titanie he would circalar suggesting an international have made every pffat to reach her though the danger may have been of conference to consider the question of
file saring appliances on board ships."
the most serious ̋nútur.
An apprentice of the California -testified that he saw a vessel which
Ared many rockets, and which scam-. ed to be listing heavily on the star- board side.
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TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPOND- ENT KILLED.
(Hauter's Service to the Ching Mail London, May 19. Mr. Smallwood, correspondent of the Daily Chronicle with the Turks, has been killed in a skirmish at Derna in Tripoli.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
TO ATTEND THE FRENCH
NAVAL EXERCISES,"
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail
LONDON, May 14
The Prince of Wafer will motor to Toulon next week. He will attend the French Naval Exercises and for three days be aboard the battleship Denton.
HOME RULE AND
A Contactinople telegram states that DISESTABLISHMENT.
Le Chamber of Depaties cheered when
TOON, May 14. The debates in the House of Com mode on the Home Bale-Bill and Welsh Disent
intelegram was red from Enver Boy (Reuters Bermos to the Ching-Mail) declaring that all the Turks in Tripoli were determined to resist to the end.
ACTIVITY OF THE ITALIANS
Theftalions acá, mal
that
Hamilton Acade Third Lanark ... Hibernians...
Motherwell Raith Rovers
11,
... 33. ↑ ... 34 17 6 ...33 19 10.
33 16
4
12
33 14 12
33 33 11, 3.13 II ... 3 13 10 ... 32 14 12 33 12 13 ....33 11 24 33 11 15 12.17
32 11 16 34 9 16 2 16 4.33 10, 18 ... 33 7 17
CLUB MATCH.
St Mirren ... Kilmarnock Queen's Park ...
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET- ING of WAT Lnatan will be held at out of the following articles
(a) The words and an Ordinary half the Company's Off, WATKINS BILDEN, seitly meeting out of line 1 of Articia 53 No. 31, Queen's Road Cuntral. Hongkong, or balf yearly" qut-of on FRIDAY, the 31st day of May, 1912, (b) The wors line of Article Ja...
12.15 ... for the purpose of consider- (e) The last word of line 8 and the frating and, if thought fit. passing word as Article 52.
(d.) The words and also at every Satpaardinary Resolution, the following
cary half yearly meeting in line of Resolution, that is to any Article 107.
(e) The word "half" in the line of Article 110.
That the words the Directors" shall be struck out of line 2 of Article No. 111 and the following warde substituted therefore the "Company in Gentral Meeting except that the remuneration of any auditors Appointed to fill any casual vacancy any be axed by the Directors,"
AN OLD FOOCHOW RESIDENT.
That the Company ba wound-up voluntarily, and the ERNEST ALFRED MOUNTFORD" WILLI4.308,-. Incorporated Accountant of-Vic- toria, in the Colony of Hongkong,
NEW YORK
NATAL LINE OF STEAME TAKING Cargo on through Bill of Lading to 800TH AFRICAN PO (2) "with, tmashinesot as CALOUTTA, la confumation with, thags
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COS
Proposed Sailings from Hongkong. Ammar from Hongkong, † On de about † Commoting at Onlzatta with fan or abock
TREGMAY
farther
CHLOTI
Cloulain apply to
DODWELL &. 00., ID.
PINEL MOTORS FOR
MOTOR BOATS
OF THE FOLLOWING MAKES
BUFFALO THORNYCROFT
KELVIN
AND.
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be and he is hereby appointed Lowest Prices & Full Farticulars on Application ta
Liquidstor for the purpose of such
winding-up.
Should the above Resolution be passed
submitted for confirmation as Specia Resolution to a Second Extraordinary General Meeting which will bo subscquent- ly convened.
G. A. WATKINË, CHAN A FOOK,
General Managers.
Mr. Atonald Greig, an old resident of by the requisite majority, it will be Foochow," has just retired. The "Foo- those Esha" iu noticing his departure *ays Equally respected and popular with foreigners and Chinese alike, he 3. 49 stood for all that was best in the rela sions which should obtain between them. 11 45
This was recognised by the latter is prae- 8tical form, when they voted him a pre- 735sentation and address, which was signed 93 by all the principal Compradores." and 935 Teamen. All that Mc. Greiz did was 834 done thoroughly and well; he spent much time in helping the community in vari- 6 34
ous capacities so unobtrusively that it is $ 32 80 hardly aware how much it is indebted to bim. As Chairman of the Chamber of 529 Commerce he ably guided that body through several tight places, and the pre- pentation, made him on his resignation was thoroughly wall deserved and gave pleasure to all concerned.**
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Rangor, 0; Woolwich Arsenal, 0.
CRICKET". Several cricket clubs bave inade a slait," but it will be another week before the season is properly set ageing in Scotland. On the whole, prospects are good, for threa apache, until the Lolidays deciaiate the teams, we shall have a series of interesting watches. It is matter for regret that Uddingston and Drumpeller, to of the strongest combinations in the West, are not pulling together, nad have arranged ne Bxture.
Results:-
Capar, 111 for nue; Dundee Victorin, 82. Drumpellier, 40 Kelburne, lül. Glas, Academials, 127; Clydesdale, 68 for
four,
Stewartonians, 160 closed; Carlton, 92 for
Hiz.
LISTENING TO A LECTURE 1,600
MILES AWAY,
U.B. COURTS IN RUSSIA.
Some time next week, says the "N. C. Daily News of May 10, an interesting innovation will take place at Mukden and Harbin when His Honour Rufus H. Thayer, Judge of the United States Courts for China, will open sessions, of Court in both cities. This is the first time that such a step has been taken." Judge Thayer leaves, Shanghai on Mou- day for Manchuria travelling by the Kobe Maru. After all the cases have been dis- posed of, His Honour is proceedling to Europe to join Mrs.-Thayer. He will return to the Settlement with Me. Thayer in the autumn. Dr. P. E. Hinckley left on Tuesday for Mukden where he will get the cases on the-list in readiness for presentation to the Court,
UNSINKABLE SHIPS,
Recent wrecks have brought into im mediste prominence the necessity for the provision of some mens in, ocean-going During the annual alumai dinner of vessels, especially those carrying a largo Yals men in Chicago, beid at the Black-hunan freight, for rendering a vessel stone Hotel, a small watch-case" tele- unsinkabla Mesara/3. D. Roots and Co., phone receiver was placed at each plate, who have written a letter to the Press
on this subject, say that watertight com and, by putting them to the our avery: man at lie tables was subled to listen partinents are proved to be only a broken to the lecture delivered by President read, and they may be a wirem of don- Hadley, who sat in the study of his hom ger by causing a heavy list when one in New Haven. The receivers, 40 inside is watertight and the other infact
all, were connected through specially The recent successful"raising of the 43 arranged apparatus and circuits to aby an Italian firm of salvore has, they line, about 1,600 miles long, conecting think, condusively shown that there is Chiengo and New Haven....
Hongkong, May 14, 1912.
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of the vessel, or upon those most suit
A MYSTERY UNRAVELLED.
The mystery of the inurder, Mandarin in the hospital in the French concession six raouths aga kas been clear
Shanglorenty,
the West, Hongk
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gency the vessel
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