THURSDAY MAY 16, 1912,
THE CHINA MAIL.
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HOME RACING.
THE RESULT OF THE NEW- MARKET STAKES:
(Reuter's Service to the Chimt Mail)
LONDON, May 18. The Newmarket Stakes, one mile and a quarter, run yesterday at New market resulted as follows:-
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Sir E. Cassel's Colgad........ 1 Mr. W. Raphael's Tagalie v. 2 Mr. L. Brassey's Catmine... The betting was 100 to 8 against
·Crhad, 0 to 7 against Tagalie and 100 to 8 against Catmint.
The mixo Jungtha separatedi! drat and second, the same distance. being between second and third
[Note -Cylga, by est by Cyllene
Santa Msue Third twigs out of five attempts last year. Tagalie, grow Ally by Cyllene Taleon Busenwen Stakes Last year, third in the Cleveley Park Stakes, and run umpled once Carist, Any colt, by Spearmint-Red Lily. Placi third ange in two attempts last year. Last year's winner was Sunabat-- En., CLAS
THE FRENCH BANDITS.
ANOTHER SYDNEY STREET" SIECE.
Dynamite Bombs Thrown.
(Boutor's Service to the China Mail. Loxbox, May 15..
The siege of the bourse where Garnier and Vallets, accomplices of the per- petrators of the motor outrages, have faken refuge, continues. Three of the police, including two inspectors, have
bean wounded, one seriously.
The scene is an extraordinary une, the soldiers pouring in volleys and the bandits replying. Dynamite bombe were thrown at intervals, making breaches in the walls. The huge crowd "was swelled by arrivals from Paris in motor, tramway and train. Early in the evening, when the bandits had fred severd hundred shots, the police, zonaves and gendarmes made dating rashes, protected by shields. Heavy stones were thrown from an adjoining -railway viaduct, crushing in the roof of the house. The bandits increnged their fre, the soldiers posted on the viaduct and the garden wall Bring at the dim shapes of the bandits whenever they appeared at the windows. The crowd was very excited and some, who were armed, were with difficulty restrained from indiscriminate shocting,
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KING'S TRAGIC.
DEATH
DIES-IN-THE-STREET,
Taken To Common Mortuary.
(Renter's Servies to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 15,
[Copinions.] TITANIC" INQUIRY.
IMPORTANT, EVIDENCE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail):
LONDON, May 18.
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(Wah Yaz Yat Po's Service.)
PERINO, May 16.
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***** se about 25th May. ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE 8S. LOTHIAN
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Report of the General Managers with a | Statement of Accounts to Slab December.
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At the continuation of the British Inquiry the evidence of the second oficer of the California was resumed. testified to seeing a number of mckets; and admitted that they re- A telegram from Renter's correspondsembled distress sigrals, but thought
A secret meeting was held between The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- they were private signals. He was ent at Hamburg states that the hang of sure that the vessel was not the Hung Hi Ling. the Financial Minis-pany will be CLOSED. from th May to Denmark died suddenly in a hotel there Titanic. The chief officer also testi-er, and the Consultative Committee the 31st May, both days inclusivo.
It is inst night.
fied that he also took that view when members on loan matters. I told of the rockets. There were no
reported that all the details were eferences in the Igbook to the agreed upon, but the result will not events of that night. The third of be declared at present.. er testified that he was satisfied that
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DEATH ALMOSŤ IY- STANTANEOUS.
LATER'
It appears that the King fell while walking in the street. He was caught y a policenmn. The King waathen inarticulate and almost, immediately afterwards auccumbed. The body was! then conveyed to hospital, she prior to identification, was removed to the common mortuary.
RETURNING FROM THE RIVIER 4.
►
LATEK,
His Majesty was returning from the Riviera, accompanied by the Queen and
several of their children.
BODY TO BE REMOVED (TOD
COPENHAGEN.
LATER.
The King had been resting at Nice, as he had been suffering from arterial sclerosis. The body has been laid in a mase of Blowers, and will be removed to.
Copenhagen as soon as possible.
CONDOLING WITH QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
..ti.
Loxos, May 15. Instead of King George and Queen Mary travelling to Aldershot this morning as previously arranged; attired in deep morning, they drove to Marl brough Honse and conduled with Queen Alexandra on the death of her brother.
Their Majesties left for Aldershot in the afternoon.
The Court will go into morning, and the sad event will likely much affect the London season, their Majesties arrangements and those of the Houses of Parliament.
Messages have been sent from all parts of the world sympathising with Denmark in ber loss.
Their Majesties' Court will go into Full Court Mourning lill-June is
THE LATE KING'S CAREER.
The deceased sovereign, King Frederic VIIL, was born on June 3rd, 1813,
the vessel was the Titanic-to which mark, Lord Morney (who is pre- siling) interjected "That is my pinion too.""
THE PRESIDEN TIAL ELECTION.
CALIFORNIA FAVOURING
ROOSEVELT.
(Reuter's Service to the Ching Muik)
LONDON, May 16.
A San Francisco telegram states that the returus in the Californian primaries indicate that Mr. Roosevelt has easily defeated President Taft. Many
voted.
women
Fürther details will be dealt with
to-day, between the representatives.
The details are as follows:-
appointed, one from the Financial That two financial inspectors
Fernàthient and the other from the foreign representatives..
CHAN A FOOK. QA. WATKINS.
General Managers.
Hongkong, May 14, 1912.
WATKINS, LIMITED
2.That no payments are to be made before they are approved by the inspectors.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an 8.That the Financial Depart- KXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET ment should from time to time pub-ING SE WATKINS LINter will be held at Ish the accounts..
hat the account books should be kept in European style, and all [receipts should be filed for auditing.
5. That the exact number of sol. liers in the Southern Provinces should he inquired into by a high military officer appointed" by the Central Government who will co- rperate with the Customs Commis- sner of that province to prepare SUPPLEMENTARY ESTI-three military registers of which one- MATES FOR THE NAVY,General's office one in the Customs shall be deposited in the Governor-
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) Office, and the other in the Finan
cia Department. LONDON, May 15.
That the loans be paid through the Customs Commissioners.
Mr. Churchill, in the House of Coinmons, said that Germany's extra new nagal construction for the year amounted to 342,460 tons, of which 07,847 were for airships and the remainder subinarines. He inform ed Mr. Godfrey Collins that the Government should certainly have to present supplementary estimates
to the House of Commons.
THE SIXTY MILLION
LOAN FOR CHINA,
"(Reuter & Service to the China Mail) |
LONDON, May 15,
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7.That the disbanding of soldiers in the northern provinces will be curried-out in the same way as above mentioned (chure No. 5).
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MR CHURCHILL'S INTEREST- ING REMARKS.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
CHANGES IN VICTORIAN
MINISTRY.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, May 15.
EXCITED PASSENGERS.
Fassengers arriving in the trains at: the viaduct were gesticulating from the windows and shouting "Death to the bandita!" The firemen arrived at mid- and married in 186) Louise. Princess telegraphs that the Victorian Ministry Reuter's correspondent at Melbourne night with a searchlight. A council of of Sweden and Norway. He succeed will shortly be reconstructed, Mr Walt wat was beld and it was decided to cuted to the Throne in January, 1906, becoining Premier in saccession to Mr down the hedge surrounding the garden on the death of his father, King da a final effort to blow up the houer.
Christian, and has thus reigned a little Murray, who will retain the position of over six years. The Heir to the Throne Chief Secretary...
THE END OF THE SIEGE.
in Prince Christian, who was born in 1870, and married in 1805. Princess
A cartridge containing two pounds of Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. } elinite was exploded at two o'clock The late King Frederic VIII was a this morning, partially destroying the brotlier of Queen Alexandra of the house. After the explosion the police | United Kingdom of Great Britain and launched dogs at the breach, and the Ireland, and consequently uncle of King crowd listened breathlessly to their George, barking. Then came volleys and after averal minutes of cross fire Garnier was founţi, killed. Vallet died on the way to Paris.
Two policemen were -wounded und sent to hospital.
The house was stormed and the ruine searched by torchlight. The baudits were unearthed and carried out in the waiting motor cars, and the crowd
ushed in to lynch them.
M. LEPINE TRIUMFRÄNT.
"
On the conclusion of ferge M. -Lepiae, the Prefects of Police,
mobbed, the crowd broking barriers and trying to carry him in triumph.
THE KING WAS FEELING WELL.
LATER.
Losbox, May 16.
other.
Mr Churchill, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, speaking as the guest of the that the principles governing the or Shipwrights' Company in London, said
ganisation now developing at the connection must be maintained between Admiralty are "that constant, intimate, the constructive science of the Admiralty on the one hand, and officers of the sea-going fleet on the The influence of the latter should be made effectively operative upon designe and types peculiar to their own arms. He was deeply sensible of the kindness with which He had been treated în his new office by her of every The match between Yorkshire and shade of politics. That showed the Surrey ended in a draw, rain inter-important fact well-known in Grea: fering with the play.
Britain, and which could not be too well known outside, that though we bave several parties, we have only one Navy."
HOME "ORICKET.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
-LONDON, May 15.
BRITISH NAVAL EP- POINTMENTS.
Reuter's Hamburg correspondent tele-Reuter's Service to the Ching Mail.) graphs that yesterday evening (14th inst.) the King of Denmark was quite
LONDON, May 16. well; and had expressed the pleasure he
Vice-Admiral Colville bas been ap felt in returning in the best of health pointed to command the First Squadron
Copenhagen to-day. About 10 o'clock Rear Admiral Briggs, the Fourth According to his habit, be went for Squadron; Rear-Admiral Moore, Com- short walk unaccompanied." He was missioner to the Admiralty Rear Ad overcome by faintness near the hotel miral Brock to be Admiral Superinten where their Majesties had been dent at Gibraltar.
ying, and not being recognised he as conveyed unconscious to hospital. the King's prolonged absence alarming where abouts. In the early hours, the bia suite, they took steps to find his body was brought to the hotel
THE LOUISIANA....
FLOODS.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE.
Garnier's mistress, a woman named Vuillemin, who rusted out to the police during the firing, says that the bandita tock no precautions against discovery, THE NEW KING PROCLAIMED (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
And thinking their disguises impenetr
LONDON, May 15. able, strolled about with the neighbours. A telegram from Copenhagen states Reuter's New Orlean's correspondent They had two thousand cartridges piled that the Danish Premier appeared on telegraphs has the Hymelia level has mear the windows and intended to shoot the balcony of the Amalienburg Palace burst, causing enormous damage and zany police before blowing up the and announced in the briefest, and the acting and of a bousand square house. They had made preparations most
piles and 66,000 people. formal manner that King |** for a week's defence.
Frederic is dead: Long live King Chris. Lian."
NEW YORK EXPRESS. HELD UP.
£28,000 STOLEN.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, May 15.
A telegram from New Orleans states. that bandits held up the New York press at Hatlisberg. They dynamited
and escaped with
Thereupon King Christian presented itself before the crowd and "an-
THE KAISER AND ALS CE
bounced the distressing death of his AN EXTRAORDI› ARY THREAT. father. He promised devotion and
THE KAISER'S INDIS- CRETION.
LosDos, May 16. Reuter's Berlin correspondent, tele graphs that a member of the Guelphist Herr Colshorn, profiling by a new, rule brought to the notice of the Reichstag in the form of a ques
group.
tion the Kaiser's threat to Alsace.
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION AT KOWLOON..
The annual prize distribution in conince. tich, with the. Kowloon School took place
yesterday at an enjoyable entertainment provided by the scholars. The programme consisted of action songs, choruses, solda, ele, and all the numbers were given is n manner reflecting the greatest credit, not only on the scholars, but on the head maitress and the teachers,
The prizes, of which there was a large number, more distributed by Mr Irving who was supported on the platform by Mr J. R. Wood (Director of Education) and the schoolmid pass, while in the room was
a large number of parents and friendle,
Mik Wood spoke regarding the school,
welfare to the country, and appealed for (Heater's Service to the Chino Mail)ard of the marked pogrom which had
tho support of all patriotis Danes The new King was received with prolonged cheers.
SPRAINED ANKLE cured in from three to four SPRAINED ankle ma
The passengers were un-applying Chamberlain'". Pain,
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LONDOy, May 15,- been mudo. He had visited the Infant air has been created in Germany furably by the interest and attention wies claw he said, and he was struck very by telegrame from Strasburg reporting which the lessons were followed. that the Kaiser, while conversing with felt that parents cald be assured that the Burgomenter, expressed his dis their children were receiving "n
#good pleasure at the uncompromising baeuotionala Kowloon School ME cer | haviour of the nowly constituted; Alsace, Wood referred to the successes achieved
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