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RAMBLING – NOTES.
Un Monday the Powers that be have deorned, that we are to have a holiday Nobody evins to know exactly why it should be so, but still. I imagine, there will be very few who with laguire too rfiam were imposed upon Chinese mach into the why and the wherefore, Con
being in unlawful possession of in a holiday in these sillling days is act only occasionally slomirable but absolutely ICCURRAY
We here been requested to remind the old ayatem of wireless tele-our readers of the water fita, prometed by graphy frour 15 to 20 per cent of the Victoria Recreation Club, which takes the primary energy was carried to place tonight, commencing at 9 o'clock.
new system from 30 to 40 per Engineering and Mining Company's three The total output of the Chinese cent of the energy is rendered usefulmines for the wook suding 15th Juas As a consequence, a range of 1499 amounted to 24,513 93 tous and the sales miles (against 021 miles) can be during the period, to 18,871.18 tona. guaranteed for a 35-kw. station. The
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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW."
a.m.-Excursion to Macao.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY," Bank Holiday. Dominion Day-Canada (1887).
General Memoranda.
WEDNESDAY, July 3:-
3.30 p.m.-General Meeting of Hong keng General Chamber of Commerce, 9.10 p.n-Organ Recital at St. John's
Cathedral.
Trussnay, July 4-
Declaration of Independence-U S. A.
Princess Victoria's birthday (1868).
The China Mail,
HONGKONG SATURdat, Jusa 29, 1912.1.
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was held toda
The chair
was occupied by Mr. A Denim and then word also present On Monday. I thought thus, I should Men C. D. Wilkinson, P. Locsin have had the pleasure, along with many 7. Gedge, AB. House, and Mr. A others, of welcoming Sir Henry and Lady Williams, the latter representing May back to our midst. It appears, how- ever, that our now Governor, who is St. Album, will not reach Hongkong until travelling from Sydney by the steamer the 4th instans as the warliest. welcome which will be accorted to him
lower Lowe, Bingham and Matthews secretarios
A notice which was served to share- The holders stated that Letters and tele
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SANITARY BOARD
hold next Tuerday, when the following A meeting of the Banitary Board will be
will come to the notica, of.
Carter, puresant to desice,
Tak & select Committee of this Board be appolated to consider and report to the
and to Lady Hay, however, will be nonogram have been recently revived which the loss ordial on account of the delay,ppear to the Directors to make it advis. able to give authority to Mesurs, Gray The arrangements made for the recep- and H. Pinckney, with the sanction and His Majesty the King has been pleased
E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., to be an Dr that should commend then to most approve the re-appointment of the Bottom of the new Governor are, on the advice of Mr. EL W. Robertwn, to the T
whole, vory satisfactory and are such
terme with, the Bubber Plantations Invest official n. mher of the Legislative Council poopter particularly to the British con moni Trust, Fimited, for the taking oves for further period of six years with affect munity. En route to Hongkong, Sir by a new Company of the bus and from the 10th Apr 1, 1919.
Bowed on what meansar can be Jaken so
the breeding of rate for the storms
water diana and no wars of tần City.
move Mr. F.B. L Bowley, pursuant to notice.
Henry. I act with pleasure, is to ba property of this Company. It will entertained at Manila. This is another cordingly be proped at the forthcoming proof of the excellent feeling that exists Al Meeting that such authority be. That in the opinion of this Boar between ourselves and our American | given." cousing a feeling that is deepening ani strengthening every year.
Byrder of the Beard..
we. Bisina & Martiwi,
Secretari The Chairman read a snura lau lengthy
the withholding from the full Board of the letter of the Sat May 1912, adxiressed to the Secretary of the Board, by a hous application for exemption from removal of owner, requesting reconsideration by the
All residents in the Colous would be glad to note that last week's figures on report which it was stated was not neces- the top floor cafinga of. No.: 88 and 90,
wary to raake public. “ -The report and accounts were adopted. Willington Street, was irregular and, in-
It was.state, by a shareholder that the (proper
(1) That this Board cousins, that the
atmospheric disturbances, because the transmitters worked with strong damping, and the receivers had to be in close coupling; the new system avoids both these disadvantages, and the note is easily distinguished, more The international cricket matches at over, from acoustic effects of atmos-home are creating considerable interest in Hongkong. On Monday the Australians pheric distubancos. The
range will be opposed to Yorkabire, sa Steffield, depends on the primary energy and while the South Africans will try to settle on the wave length. The range is matters with Middlesez, at Lord's. Vi limited chiefly because the antenna capacity has to be increased at the We understand that the man who was same time as the primary energy, charged at the Magistracy this week with points. I think it may be assetmed, to the only business of the meeting was really destruction or removal al'any awful ceiling The electro-magnetic waves do not collecting for a hospital that did not exist abtaining money under false pretencas, decrease in intensity directly as the received, in addition to his sentence of six are of the distance. They are ab-months' bard labour, the imposition of the sorbed by the earth and by thealty of four hours' stocks. atmosphere, and the components of this loss cannot yet be separated Mountains and, forests and sunlight increase the energy losses, especially light. All the remarkable ranges that have been recorded been obtained at night. These influ- ences affect oscillations of long wave
have
this morning a case in which no. Indīnu Mr CD. Melbourne bad before hint
cocstable was charged with sterling l dack's eggs. It seems that he was
ected by small boy who stated that he saw him put the eggs in his pocket.
the health of Hongkong showed that the compared with previous weeks. This [ plague was loss prevalent in our midst
in grappling with the disease. They successful methods of the Sanitary Board to adopt the port and accounts. have had, and still have, an ardus task before them, and in their efforts, they have the sympathy of all well-wishers of the Colung von of those who have had the misfortune to have their roofs torn down rather summarily.
"salubrious aur;
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I am always privileged to refer to the weather in this columa-that" is the
was what was it?. It was neither too weather of the week. Well, the weather hot, and, even more decidedly, nor toc cold, neither too wet, nor too dry-it was simply steamy and unpleasant.
Directors report and statement of accounts for fire period ended 31st December, 1911, stated
partiliun, which can be readily and effectively cleansed and disinfected on both
kides without destruction or removal, is an "Notice is hereby given that the unjustifiable interference with private Transfer Books of the Company will he property and throw une gowary expezmes closed from the 22nd to the 29th of June, Jan the Rorence of the Culony** 1912, both days inclusive.
Tlw Directors beg to submit their ended 31st December, 1911.· ̈ ̈ ̈ Repert and Balance Sheet for the year
Capital. During the your two calls of per share we made on the st
Cultivation-1910 Rubbere 600 acres of cleared land of which 300 series were mentioned as planted in the last report, have now, all beer planted, md in addition to this a further 100 acres have been planted bringing the acreage of 1910 Bubber to 200
1911 Bubber. 10 acres of land were cleared and planted in 1911,
Letter from Mr Bowley relative to the second of his resolutions in connection with the removal of the ceilings at Nox, 8 and 90 Wellington Stresti
Me Bowley purrunt, to notice will C
this year at Nos. 88 or 10 Wellington (1.) Ela any case of pingue occurred Street 7
non infected boon found this rear ou the **(IL) Bave any rats (a) infected or (b)
premises mentioned in the first question"Z""" of coiling at Nos, 83 and 90, Wellington Cofrespondence relative to the remova Stroot
Corresponderes relative to the removal of ceilings at the Berlin Foundling House No. 1 High Street.
A minute from the Building Authority relative to permitting the erection of ceilings is the top floors of buildings,
SCOTTISH SPORT
I am told, are quite indignant at the Some of the residents at the Peak. statement made in this column last week about the march of the rodents towards the higher levels. Rats they say, arch and 1st Septeinber. 1911 respec The Hongkong Government Gazelle brious surroundings and what is more to
could not possibly live in such salutively. Of the £47.162.10.0 called up H. E. the Governor. Siz Henry. Mas.lengths less than short waves; bat atafen that until further notice vessels the point we have not seen any." Posing a surd of £12.100 due on the wend: the sum of £47,150,0,0 was received, leav: Lady May and family due to airive. the relations are not fully understood, Shanghai, Amey, or Hongkong must take outs have not been seen is owing to the £60,850.0.0.
entering Dairen, direct or el ports, from sibly the reason why the rollicking rod-
call. The paid-up Capital now stails at Reception to Sir Henry May in City and there may be for every station, necessary steps to prevent rats from pass dense clouds that have been so much in SATURDAY, July
time of the day, distance, and direc-ing from the ship to thewhere or to other evidence among the tion, a special and most favourable panion-budders, gangways, and other adita
vessels, or vice by way of the con roundings" recently. wave-length. In practice, the night or exite range is assumed to be two or three times that of the day range. A day The second international Congress, light range of 31 miles is obtained instting at Geneva for the purpose of draw small stations with 100 watts in the 2g up a code of law for the air, adopted
Some of the youngest trees, ewing to the following resolutionIn the event antenna. The largest existing sta- of a birth of a death occurring in an i
the unusual scarcity of rain, and slo through being bitten oseck, r tions, at Clifden and Glace Bay craft the pilot is to enter the event in his log book and must notify the fact to the
quired replacing. Any vacancies are, (Marconi, Ireland Canada)" and at
however, being remplarly supplied and Authorities at the first place at which he Nauen, work with 30 kw. or 40 kw, descends.
the Estate Manag an the matter well in hand. The rubber trees on the of oscillatory energy. The Nauen Br every loyal Briton at home or station has recently been enlarged,
whole are reported to be very healthy. 1911 Tobacen.-Thia 1911 tobacet hos abroad, the interesting speech de The antenna, a skeleton tower, for
been Harvested and 621 hales sent to livered in the House of Commons ou merly 100 yards in height, has been
Amsterdam. Advices have sinco reach.
The Scottish Cricket Union, in putting Thursday by sfr L HARCOURT, the raised to 200 yards, and eighteen
ed Hongkong that 170 bales were sold Trial Match on their list of fixtures, and realized Florin 1.60 per Dutch were unconsciously the means of impart Secretary for the Colonies, will be wooden masts, 30 yards in height, Shanghai, has been accepted and the con what the Chiu Mail" the other ever-
pound. This may be regarded as satising a lively interest to the season, The read with pleasure. His survey of have been erected in a circle of 400 ive candareess average per cubic yard, and of a Chinese debtor whose affairs the othur
tract signal. The contract price is twenty-ing rightly described as the “* navel plen ** factory when the adverse circumstances his particular department reveals in-yards radius to support the umbrella the med will be deposited in the Old Ship Summary Court. This gontleman, it is
mentioned above are taken into con { day were under consideration in thê sideration, and also the fact that this teresting facts of the present condition wires. The Clifden-Glace Bay lino Channel for the present. The contract stated, quite naively informed the Court,
was a first crop of the Company placed of the Colonies, and gives assurance maintains a regular service "over a stipulates that the work shall be completed that he had lost some of his books in
on the market Labour On 1st December, 1911, of satisfactory progress for the future distanco of 105 miles. Large ranges in nineteen months, but it is anticipated the typhoon." He did not refer to any there were 498 Javane, 227: Chinos, 2 Without exception, what is being con have been realisert, but only occas-that it will be completed before the expia particular typhoon, so I conclude that Taznik, And of Bandieroso, making a shire, ducted in and by the Crown Colonicssionally. Thus the steamer Bagnin. tion of that time, the contractors having the bocks were not lost in the typhoon total of 790 labourer employed og the has met with cordial approval of the of the Hamburg-Amerika line, re-four dredgers at their dispusal. All the warnings of late.. "Mother Country, and rightly so, for mained in communication with the plant has been randy at Wooeung for some the past year as shown all-round Nauen station (which is experimenta!, July 1, although the contactors will, of deed, a great deal of interest has been and dysentery during the hot estherto bat, and of these two were cripplet. On
time and the work of dredging begins on progress, which though not in some there being no equivalent receiving course, begin making the necessary pre taken in what has been described as the but recent advices shews, steady and the play, M. R Dickson, of Arbroath,
THE BRITISH COLONIES.
The leader of Mr Fred C. Quicu, junior, made on behalf of the Netherlands Harbour-works Company, for the dredging of 4,000,000 cubic yards at Pheasant Point,
cases of a particularly brilliant char; station) for fully 775 miles. at night. parations immediately. acter is steady and secure and of a The signals were no longer distinguish- nature sufficient to inspire the hopeable on the following" night at 868,
of a continuance along the same lines miles distance, and during day-time
Phere must be something wro somehow or sonicwhere" for it I err not, there was only one typhoon warning during, the week. That there was no typhoon, need not, I think, be saduly emphasised, ever for the benefit of readers who have not the pleatre of being dwellers in the Colony,
Mention of the typhoon reminds me of
(From Our Own Correspondent). EDINETGE. Juna
CRICKET.
Union's all on the clube meast that in the Championship Stirling County gave Perth- shire a nasty beating, and that Forisrshire collapsed inglotionsly to Clackmannan. It was incountable for the sigilations of one of the Grange teams by RH.S.,
Arbroath United's fall before Abordsen-
The trial match of itself was un-event to of which we have received so, many Entate.
Hesith. The health of the force has Rest, the honours to the Cities. The grow rapturous over. Victory went to the beon generally good during the past year latter wars very badly handicapped. Five There were a member of cases of lever of their men were injured; only nice weat
During the week not a little-but, ini
R. G. Int and B. Chalmers, of Forfamshire, and J. A. Ferguson and P. S. Fraser
Perthshire, soens to have chazdem,
Monteith Case. The principal figure in continued improvement. the case, as is well-known, resided in 1912-320 fields of tobecen were the Colony for some little time, and, it The arrangements for the sulp the
planted in the spring of 1912. The Admiralty bave provisionally placed said quite fattered a number of our Company's property to a New Company of a place in the opening water against the hostesses by being good enough to accept to be floated by the Rubber Plantations overseas contingent Ferguson played the a further order for two destroyers with their pressing invitations to call upon
We are glad to note that in his rethe range was only 263 miles. The Messra Tarrow; of Glasgow. The boilers, them. She, was, it will be remembered Investment Trust, the carrying thmugh brightest invings of the day, and another ference to the restrictions upon opium, Bosnia is fitted with an ordinary small which are of the Tarrow type, are to be arrested on the salubrious heights of the of which has been, entrusted to Mr. J... promir
antenna.
ure was
Walker
Walt, the young Watsonian kept
good length. Kuklysrsed by
, 100 Best of
Mr. HanceEnT again pointed out the even greater dangers that "over-rapid
fitted with superbeaters similar to those in Peak Naturally, the result of the tal Gray, make it muccessary to dilate of Greenock Tie bowling left the destroyers Archer and attack, the evoked considerable interest and few who length pou the future of the Company dostred prohibition" might have in spreading
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Directora The deccase of Si NA read shut evidence of the trial will hesitate superheater being on one side of the boiler to conclude that the sentenso war by 2. C. D. Wilkinson was invited to fill. Jody left a vacancy on the Board, which the more leadly vices of morphia,
only, which arrangement gives exceptional means a hard one. Torpedo-boat 030 loff Hongkong for control, Superheating which has been and cocaine." This is not a fanciful Capton this morning.
Mr. Wilkinson'selection requires cor introduced throughout stationary engines
firmatio Mr. Herbert Pinakudy mire danger, but one well-founded on
"I was rather soused to see in ons of and to a large extent in locomotive practice, the local nowspapers a paragraph deplor
Try rotations. experience and one which cannot be the newly-appointed member of the Bri Attack, will undoubtedly become universal convicted was being referred to in the CA Singapore, who offered himself for It is intorcaling to note that one of owing to the success of the Archer and ing the fact that the neered on being been audited by Mr. Chartres C. Derman, Audiho broke and secounts have too clearly understood and graspedia and Foreign Bible Society's Commitin marine practice, as thera s'an undoubt newspapers It is regrettable to note that in the his gentleman, who
tee, Mr J. Wong-Quincay, is a Chinamood gain of 19 per cent. By superhosting Miriam Macnaughton e Monteith S
the woman:" es-election great efforts to overcome the deadly medical study, Tho is taking a course of the condensation, of the stems in the pans with the Mag halusing. The un- discaso known as "sleeping sickness sabretary of the Chinese Students' Christ age through the turbine is materially European unde woman and all that sort so little progress las becu rade. Union of Great Britain and Ireland. fdwood, and when cruising, entirely avoid- Time and the onward marchi of science
jable:
This
THI OBSERVATŐRY:
DIRECTORSHIP
will surely bring about a satisfactory May 20 by a fire which, it is supposed, Ascot grand stand was damaged on solution to the research that is being was caused by trials of now heating. undertaken to overcome this terrible pparatus. The outbreak occurred in the blight of Central and Ehat Africa, time foared that the whole building would kitchen department, had, it was at one which has long proved a serious im pediment to that great Continent's development. Mr HARCOURT, it is pleasing t note concluded his speech with a well-merited tribute to the excellent work of all engaged in Britain's great Colonial Service, for it is they, more than othe made the Empire wint and by whose work the great str
to involved. By prompt action of for Gastle contains the
data with appatan kept on the stand
18 the 1
Empire is
the fire was held in check until the arrival fication No. of the local brigade, who then quliky. stinguished the outbreak. luncheon room corridor
damage bat will be easily!
timo for, the rice meeting benting on Juta 18.
Governmgal
fortunate Jady" we were reminded, Ÿng a
“of being. No doubt she wan and is the
ovidence Ciestly proves her, also to be | a person millty of the serious crime of femud
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