SDAY, MAY 22, 1913.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. SECOND EDITION
[COPYRIGHT.]
THE £60,000,000 LOAN
FOR CHINA."
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[COPYRIGHT.]
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
(Router's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 2.
Reuters correspondent at Paris states that the Prince of Wales has left for
AUSTRIA'S PROPOSAL --Router's Service to the China Mail.)
Losnos, May 22 Rontera Paris torrespondent tele-Toulon, grapha that it is understood it has been fatimated bat the Austrian proposal for Inclusion in the Six Fotor Group to raise the Chinese foon of £80,000,000 would make the scheme unworkable.
Every facility, however, would be offered for Austria's financial participation.
GERMINY AND MILI
·TARY EXPENDITURE.
(Reuter's Bar, ice to the China Mail.)
LONDON, alay 29.
The Reichstag has decided to postpene the rednetion of the sugar duty in order to mees new military expenditure.
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ROYAL MOURNERS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 29
Prince Arthur, who "will represent H. King George at the funeral of the lats King of Denmark on Friday, has
THE PRINCE AT TOULON..
LONDON, May 23.
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CHINESE NEWS
(Wah Tes Fat Po's Service.)
PREISO, May 4, The Foreign-Financial Representa- tives demand that no loans should
Stop Press News
BY TELEGRAPH.
DISPUTE.
by borrowed by the Provincial THE PORT OF LONDON Government except through, the Central Government, and must first obtain their sanction. This has been strongly protested against by the Consultative Chamber.
Some of the clatises contained ir
The Prince of Wales has arrived at Toulon and went on board the Dan-the Four Nations' Loan Agreement ton, where a luncheon party was hold in his honour. After the Fleet weighed anchor.
COURT OF INQUIRY APPOINTED.
1.
and which have been agreed to by Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Ung 20 Hung Hi Ling, the Financial Minis ter, are strongly protested against by
Mr Sydney Baxton, President of the Tang Shao Yi Hung Hing Board of Trade, announced in the Horse tends to send in his resignation?....
Luk Ching Cheong, the former at Cominous, the appointment of a Court MIDDLE WEIGHT CHAMP-
Chinese Minister for Russia and the to inquire into the dispute at the Port IONSHIP OF ENGLAND.newly apponited Minister of the of London
Foreign Department, is returning from St. Petersburg via Siberia.
(Reuters Service to the China Mail;
LONDON, May 21.
At the National Sporting Club, London Jack Harrisca defeated McEnroy of the Irish Guards on points in twenty rounds for the middle weight championship of England,
NEW ZEALAND AND.. THE EMPIRE.
The Danish Minister has bad an andience with Yuan. Shih Kai and bas tendered his National creden tials.
A TERRIBLE MOTOR
FATALITY.
A PRINCE KILLED,
left for Copenhagen. Queen Alexandra (Reuter's Service to the China Mai)|(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
And the Empress Marie have also gone to Denmark's capital
SPLENDID AVIATION
FEAT.
"BELGIUM TO ENGLAND AND BACK AGAIN.
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(Bouter's Service to the China Mail.)
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Loxtos, May 22.
The Belgian aviator. Cronberg, 26- -cepded as Nieuport Balus, Belgium, and flew to Canterbury, England where he dropped silutations to Great Britain.. and returned by Calais wilbout Alighting.
INSPECTING MALTA AND GIBRALTAR.
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(Bouter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 22. Mr. Asquith, the Preaiier, and Mr. Churchill, the First Lord of the. Admiralty, have left for Genoa to be present at the Naval Inspection of Malta and Gibraltar,
A PASTOR EXECUTED.
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LONDON, May 22.
LONDON, May 21.
GERMANY'S ARMY AND NAVY BILLS.
WATKINS LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HE THIRTEENTH ORDINARY THE
ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Campany's Office, WAZEIN Bemara No. 91, Qawan's Road Central, on the S1sY MAY, 1912, að Noox, for the purpose of receiving-the- Report of the Genóral Managers with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1912.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com paay will be CLUSED from 90th May to the 31st May, both days, inclusivo.
CHAN A FOOK, G. A. WATKINS;}
„General Managers.
Hongkong, May 14, 1913."
WATKINS, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)ING of WASKINE LITTED will be hold at LONDON, MAY 2. the Company's Office, Watkins' BUILDING,
The Reichstag is engaged in the third reading of the New Army and Navy
Bila...
VISCOUNT HALDANE'S VISIT POSTPONED.
1:
coon. to Berlin,
LONDON, May 21.
(Retter Service to the China Mfail The Danish Court has received a
LONDON, May 22. In response to suggestions by the Admiralty the Government of Newtelegram stating that Prince George Zealand have expressed their willingness William, eldest son of the Duke of Viscount Haldane has been that the battle cruiser New Zealand, Cumberland, was killed on the frontier pelled to postpone bis visit originally intended for the Far East of Mecklenburg while motoring towards owing to the coal strike. should be employed as is most useful Coperlingen. She accordingly joins the first cruiser squadron of the first lees, in one waters after visiting New Zealand early
in 1973.
TURKS EXPELLING
ITALIANS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 21.
A Constantinople message announces that at a special Council of Ministers it was decided to expel all Taliane from the Empire, with the exception of work. men, indigents and widows, within, a fortnight.
ITALIANS CAPTURE. ANOTHER ISLAND.
il
(Router's Service to the China Muil.)
LONDON, May 21.
The Italians have captured the island of Cos.
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The Prince was travelling at full
CHAROLD. speel at night accompanied by Herr CHINESE REVENUE OFFICERS. Chamberlain von Greve, and the car
fell into a trench in a road under repair in the village of Fiesick in Branden- burg. Both were killed on the spot. The Prince, who was driving, bad bis head smashed by the bounet of the cor The cliaffens was, uninjured...
COMPANY REPORT:
Watkins, "Limited.
The report for the year ending December 1911 of the General Managers, to be presented at the Thirteenth Ordinary Annual Meeting of shareholders to be held at the Company's, Office at noon, on Friday, 31st May, 1012, randa sa follows:
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THE EXPORT.
The result of the year's trading and
revaluation of Stock shows a loss of
www.
Allegations of Assault.
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Before Mr C. D. Melbourus this after noon at the Magistracy, three Chinese Revenue officers and i buatswain were defendants in a cis brought against them by Ho Sui, boatswain, Chni Yau, tallyme, and Wang Chin, tellymas, all of the 8.A Long Sang, who allege that the officers neaulted them on April 27 on a second count defendants were charged with doing complainants bodily harm. The ease arose out of a charge made by the officers agninst defend- ants in respect of a quantity of opium found on the s.a. Loong Sanz.
Mr Potter represented complainants, and Mr Shenton appeared for the defence. Wong U Shan said he and the other complainants were takeri.to the Harbour Master's office. One defendant asked to whom the opiuni belonged and Ho Sai At 9.30 p.m. the said “To you."
the thres f third defendant" toid $14,317, to which must be added the following; Interest on Billa Payable them to go to the Chinese sleeping $400.47, Depreciation Shop Fittings and
room, and when they got there..his two Fixtures ? X 8309.78, four friends were waulted by the defendants, who poked them with their trancheons on written off legs pecovered 8700.47 the body. After they had been so assaulted! Estimated Legal Expenses 9586.57, they were dmgged to the side of the room. Subscription to Hospitals, etc. 839.00;The third defendant then seizod witness. $3,433.41; making a total of $17.761.78 ;
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The American Baptist Pastor, Richeson, who last January con tossed to the murder of a girl to whom he had been engaged, but A NOTED ANARCHIST.bsidiary coinage 81,324.82 Bad Debts where he gave up in favour of another, the daugther of wealthy parents, has been executed.
CHINA AND THE OPIUM AGREEMENT.
DEPORTED FROM ENGLAND.
did not admit that the epium belanged" the following rents received less paid
£2 Jim he would best hims had been benten. As 81,227.70, and Bank and Loan Interest the others received less paul 185.94: 81,423.66;
(Reuter's Service to the 'China Mail.) but fear this" amount inust be deducted by his arm and told him Unt if he
LONDON, May 1.. The noted Anarchist, Mala Teestng| for many years resident in Esgland, has IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY BIK been sentenced to three months' im- which reduces the loss to 816,341,13: This witness was recovering from an illness, bej
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EDVÅRD GREY. · ·
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(Reuter's Service to the China Mfail)
LONDON, May 22.
prisonment sad to deportation for libelling a compatriot in Soho suggesting that he was a police apy.
THE PERSIAN OUT- BREAK
MORE SET FLED STATE OF AFFAIRS.
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was afraid he could not bear a boating, no figure your General Managers have further he admitted. He asked what he was to by reduced by transferring the balance any, and the second and third deferdante standing at credit of Styck Reserve told him that when a European camio de Account, 3,380.00, thus leaving the net loss was to say the opium was his. They were thon taken back to the room and when à at 12.331.12.
European came witness said the opium was ik friends were rolessed and be The Accounts have been audited by was taken to the Central Police Bstation.
was taken to Messrs." Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, Cross-examined by 3r Shenton, with fa Professional Accountants, who offer them-stid he had known Ho fui fortwo or three salves for re-election..
ACDITORS.
AUDITORS' STATEMENT..
We have audited the above Balance Sheet
of Watkins Limited as at 31st Decorator,
months. Cha Yau was an old friend. Ho not complain of the treatment be had received because be was afraid he might be beaten by defondants.
Sir Edward Gray, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying to Sir J. D. Rees, said that the Government understood that the present Provi- sional Govement of China were as much in earnest as their predecessors regarding the suppression of opium growing, but if any reluctance was displayed to overtake the necessary
Re-examined by Mr Potter, witness said cbligatione the whole question of the (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
he was taken by the Court. Usher to the Agreement would be raised,
LONDON, May 21.
1911 and have obtained all the information Harbour Master's Office to serve the sunt
””, མན་ Telegrams from Simia report that and explanations we have required. In mons, and he picked out two defendants, By Mr Shenton: The four men ret the Arabs have retreated from Bander our opinion such Balance Sheet is properly the second and third. Abbas and the landing parties are drawn up so as to exbilit a True and ear-on board the Loung Sang to search for re-embarking. The cruiser Forsens and rect view of the Company's affairs according opium. At that time he did not know
lò the best of 'que information and the what the trouble was about.
Other evidence having been given, the For, and the Rajputs are returning to expinnations given to cx and as shown by
ask, leasing a strengthened consular the hooks of the Company, but subject to case was adjourned, guard. Two blue jackets were drowned the valuation of stock (11778.5.0) whic
been asdertaken by Tin landing,
THE KIAUCHAU SUPPLEMENTARY FSTIMATE.
EXPENDITURE FOR "PROTECTING
GERMAN INTERESTS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mil.)
LONDON, May 22.
The Budget Committee of the Baichstag has sanctioned the Supple
THE MURDER OF YEPRIM.
montary Estimate for Kiauehau Router's Teheran correspondent says (Tsingtau) of 650,000 marks, to cover that the report tast Yeprim, the
FOOX
the Assistant and is certified by Mr China A but is not in
views of Mr G. Warioty with the MISER'S £100,000 FOR A HOSPITAL.
who signs the Stock hook follows The basis on which
the
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No. 31, Queeg's Road Central, Hongkong BITUMINOUS PAINT and
on FRIDAY, the Sist day of May, 1912. at 12.15 r.., for the purpose of considers ing and, if thought fit, passing as an Extraordinary Resolution, the following Resolution, that is to say :-
That the Company" be wound-up voluntarily, and that ERSET ALFRED MOUNTFOED WILLIAMS, Incorporated Accountant of Vic- toris, in the Colony of Hongkong be and he is hereby appointed it Liquidator for the purpose of such wiading-up.'
Should the abure Resolution be passad
by the Aquisite majority, -it-will-be submitted for confrmation as & Specia
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Resolution to a Second Extraordinary OREGON PINE
General Meeting which will be unbanquent- ly convened.
A. WATKINS, CHAN A FOOK,
General Monogera.
Hongkong, May 14, 1912.
Lane,
Crawford
& Co.
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(TELEPHONE No. 97).
LADIES' DEPT.
NEW STOCK OF
Ready-to-Wear HATS
and
WASHING DRESSES
MILLINERY
and
SMART DRESSES
Stock has been valued in different tu Herr Joseph Spitzberger, who has died FOR AFTERNOON WEAR. that the of cun, 2100,000 to the Jewish community for that hitherto adapted. I am of opinion in Vienne hospital; felt a fortune of over,
death, value of the present stock is cum 210 section of children's hospital. SCARVES
the expense of protecting Gennan in- Armenian Chief of Police, was treaclier-and we are not able to fix the exact differ. Spitzberger was formerly coabior at a
nce which we believe to Le between aces in China,
- terests' during the recent disturb.quely murdered la discredited. He was $12,500 and $15,000 and hard accordingly mill, the Daily News" states. He
HOME CRICKET.
(Router's Bervice to the China Mail.
LONDON, May 21 -- Warwickshire beat Bussey by six wickets.
Battey bent Gloucestershire by an Innings and 87 ruda.
VISCOUNT HALDANE VISITING GERMANY-
(Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 21, Besspopera punduace
Hallgrie, the Secretary for
night for Lerij, hot
simony He lived in s small garret,
shot from a Fort which was believed to accepted the lower valuation in the above acquired his wealth by the most par- have been evacuated, Afterwards. Balance Sheet. Yeprim's followers atormed the fork and PROTONAL TO DIBOLY killed all inside.
THE LIGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.
7 RANSPORT WORKERS
-SYMPATHETIC
(heuters Seroics to the China Muit.
LONDON, May 21. The transport workers to take up the Lightocm which would
Rattol
A general atrib
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Orders for Supplies will be received at the Company's Offorf QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, HONGKONG, --
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