SATURDAY, JUNE 29 1813.
BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH
[COPYRIGHT
THE TROUBLE IN GUBA
REBEL LEADER KILLED.
«(Bestor's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, June 20.
A telegram from Havins states that the Rebel leader Esmine and a hundred of his followers were killed at the battle of Mienru."
The Govorament hopes to be able to .end the trouble.
OBITUARY.
MR ENOCH EDWARDS,
(Router's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, June 29.
The death ia.announced of Mr Enoch Edwards, Labour .. for Hanley.
[COPYRIGHT
THEIR MAJESTIES AT BRISTOL
HONOUR TOZ THE MAYOR.
(Router's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, June 20
On their Majesties visiting Bristol. the King knighted the Lord Mayor, §
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH.
THE DEBATE.
{"Rauter's Serviss to the China Mall.)
LONDON. June 28
Sir Gilbert Parker complained that the constitution of the Imperial Trade Commission was one of exclusion, and preference its consideration. He Note-Mr Edwards, who are in moved a redaction in the vote, but 1852, was originally à pitmas, and had been actively associated all his life with this s rejected by 200 votes to 112. Miners' Associations At one time he was Mayor of Bursiem.-E. 0.M.]
COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIPS.
Mr Lewis Harcourt declined to agree that Colorist Governorships must be filled exclusively frums within the
*
AUSTRALIAN. CRICKETER
DEAD.
The death is announced from Sydney of the well-known cricketer, Bonnor.
#
THE SUFFRAGETTES AG IN WINDOW- SMASHING
MR ASQUITH RECEIVES A
“SHAKING."
Beuter's Bervice to the China Masl.
LONDON, Jme 29. The Suffragettes are again indulging In widesprend_window-anishing, prin- ipally at the Post Offices in London and the Provinces. Reports of such destruction are even coming from the north of Scotland.
THE PREMIER AGAIN
INSUITED.
A
At a private Reception at Queen
Anne's Gate & Suffragette addressed Mr Arquith. She, seized him by the
Service. The Government must be free, under special circumstances to select distinguished men from outside, but it was alware his intention, to consider all possible candidates within the Service whenever vacancies oc- curred.
THE UNION BILL.
FLOWER OF FEAR.
Endah Collector Finda Samed Chinese
Bloom in Tibet.
Bhet Three Rebbarg:"
THE CHINA MAH
SPORTING.
Tha, inclément (corpqnsible for the
The following artiale with the head-tennis Unes as given, apponzek in a recent Hongkong Lounim League imue of the London Daily Mirror." We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. | Purdom while he was engaged in his betrical research work in Chine, and found him to be not only a man well- vated and keenly active in his occupu,
bobes in connection with
According to to-day's Exture list matches for this afternoon were — Club de Recreio e Ciali Servicn "Wigwam . Y.M.C.A. (Chines
MEETINGSD the
Company duh convened, and held the Company's Odoo, on the Sht day of May, 1#19,- the `falswing:resohasion, yas duly passed, and its subsequent. Bachelardi General Meeting of the Hamberi maid Company held as the "ame place" the 19th, day of Jane 1913, the me resolution was duly confirmed as a Special Resolution, t
Queen's College «. YMCA.:: Craigoogower Chinese Recreation
tion, but one who had a fund of remark.Club. able experiences to narrat and very The Chib which at present haads the plossing manter in relating them.-Eds | league table is Queen's College.
Collecting plants in little-known coun tries is not the mild, inoffensive pastime one would imagine,
Revolvers, rifles and practically all the paraphernalia of a big-game hunter have to be carried in one's carsvar
Judging from some of the experiences. [of Mr. William Purim, a botanical col- hétor, who has just returned to England after a three years tour in far western China, plant-collecting is an exciting and even romantic profesion.
£3,000,000 FOR THE P. #0%!!
The mystery of the dawlings in P. and0. shares is still uusiived, says a correspon- dent to the "Sheffield Tefezpph” to hand, though shipping people hose are, der stand, strongly conviuood, that something of an important character is in progress which may not be incrsistent with the director" denial that they bare offain! knowledge of negotiations for amalgamation" or contril “AN
"That the Company be wound-up "voluntarily, and that ERNEST AALKED MOUNTFORD WILLIAMS, Incorporated. Accountant of Viderlay in the Colony · of Hongkong, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding up."
WATKINS,
Chairman.
Hongkong, June 19, 1912.
In the Matter of TEER COMPANIES"
ORDINANCE, 191,
In the Matter of WATKINS LIMITED;
“(In Liquidation).
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.”
During his three years' work in China, Mr Purdon told The Daily Mirror" I am told, ón índisputable authority, yesterday, he travelled over 8,000 miles, |that Lord Pirie, Lord Inchespe, chairman discovered many rare and "beautiful (of the British India Company,, and Bir
HE Creditors of the above-named Com plants, found many natives who had Os en Phillips, chairman of the Royal Mall
pany are required, on or before the növer seen it white man before, and oner Foam Packet and Union-Castle Companion, 196ź day of July, 1012, to send theirmsm86
had to shoot three men.
are anong recent investors in the stock, and addremor, and the particulars of their And one of the rumours dow is debts or claims and the names and addroseen to the effect that ser utfus of £8,000,000 bas of their Solidors (if any) to the Under actually been hinde for the parchaan of the sad if so required by notice in writing Equidator of the said Company, signed, the
business and feet, the me of the Hamron the said liquidator, are, by their Sali- to come in and práve burg-Amerika Line being added as ons of citer, or persttaly, the concams likely to be included in say place as shall be specified in anck setics,
their
said debe or claims at such times and. Bauru-arrangement that inay he arrived at.
or in default thereof, they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made. before such debts are proveli
He was travelling for weeks, and mouths through the most wild und dems flute contry, neempanied by only a few
Chinese servants.
ATTACKED BY DUIGENDE.. At one point near Tibet there were three of them at different times. There beautiful Jeopardy-Mr. Purdomi were also bears, ver and other fauna.
....“ I ̈will tell you briedy of the scrap with the brigands,” said Mr. Purdom. “I was, at Shen Chow, in Honan, and towards' the evening a number of Chinese robbers suddenly attacked us
We bad a sharp Bght, and eventually they were driven of. Two of my horses were cut down near mo in the sèramble." "We were clow to the banks of a
Referring to the Union Bill, if Mr Lyttleton's fears were correct regardriver, when I set three men with my ing the consequences of land holding rifle, and they trippled off their horses by South African entives, he might be into the streams. quite sure that the Union Government would act rightly in the matter and would not be influenced by him (M Harcourt),
MESOPOTAMIA
IRRIGATION
The bandits lost five men. and several borses in the fight. Luckily our only casualties were two horssa."
3. Purdom started on his long tour
frern Peking, and for weeks at a stretch he had to depend upon his rifle for bis food.
BLOOM TILAT IN WORSHIPPED.
i
However this may be, I am informed that no foreign.interests can possibly buy for control, as according to the ninth up? plementary charter of the company, ""no" foreigner shall be (except with the previous approval of the Board of Trade) qualidad to hold office ns a director, while the amount of shares held by any foreigner or foreign corporation shall never at any time exceed one-fourth of the whole amount of the stack."
USE OF ENGLISH IN JAPAN,
The Union English-Speaking Society of Tokyo hold Peace. Day Exercises recently at the Chuo University, Kanda, in commemoration of the first Hague Crn
ference, which met some ten years ago. Mr Henry Satub, Secretary of the 1 P.E opened the meeting with an address. He afterward read a message from Col." Chan J. Bryan, U.S. Ambasador, who, sving
One of Mr. Purdom's finda" was a wild, sucred Chinese Bower, which is SCHEME.regarded with so much awe by the Chita indisposition, was not able to attend the
FROVISIONAL CONTRACT
WITHDRAWN.
nese that it is used as a symbol on their carvings and idols.*
During the tour Me? Purdem sent to England nearly 10 different varieties of seeds of flowers, shrubs, trees, etc.—
meeting. It ran sa follows. ADVANTAGES OF LAXOGINTIC ATZAINHINTS; The advantage of linguistic atimize ments are so many that is impossible to
coat and shook him. Thereupon she Router's Service to the China Mail.) | many of which are unknown plants in enumerate them in the space of a few
was turned out of the place, and now samplains of being nearly killed when dung downstairs, and that she lost diamond brooch and had her gold
watch smashed.
LONDON, Jume 28.
England.
paragraphs. As I have observed the world,
The provisional contract of four
Mr. Purdom went to China for Mesars.it has become impressed on mo bow millions sterling, obtained by the firm Arboretums, Harvard University, Boston. of foreign tongues. The insight into
Feitch and Sons, is well as for the Arnold broadening for every man is the possession of Sir John Jacken and Co. to complete He was formerly a student at Kew Garaational characteristics, the knowledge of a further stage in Sir John Willcock's dens.
public institutions, the greater facility of -irrigation schere for Mesopotamia, has It was in recognition of such services intercourse in business and social life for POLITICAL CRISIS IN been withdrawn, owing to the con- to horticulture through world-wide re the rojourner in a strange land, are im
ditions imposed by the Minister for search work by, travellers for Mowers, mediately apparent to be who can speak Public Works.
Voiteb and Sons that the, honour of and understand the language of the country visited. With the acquisition of one foreign knighthood Has just been conferred by the tongue comes greater esse in learning sny King upon Mr. H. J. Fritch, the veteran other required. head of the firus.
TURKEY.
SECK LT ORGANISATION
-FORMED:
(Beuter's Bervice to the China Mail.)
LONDON, June 20. The situation in Albania is regarded at Constantinople with considerable anxiety. The deserters referred to on June 26 were mostly Albanians, who were apparently actuated by strong political disacatent to resent parti. cularly the Committee of Union and Progress in the last slections.""
They demand the dismissal of the Minister Talaat Djavid.
It is evident that a secret organisa- tion similar to that of the Young Turks of 1908 exists with branches at Con- stantinople, Monastir and Salonika.
AMERICAN PRESIDEN- TIAL ELECTION,
(Router's Service to the China Mail.)
LoxDos, June 20
RELEASE OF MR.. FETHICK LAWRENCE.
(Beuter's Service to the China Mail.
LONDON, June 28.
**Inspartially and not because it in my mother tongue, I recommend to yon Ja forty millions in the British Isles and by pacese English as the most useful lan
Some particulars of the romance and to The Daily Mime by a well-known difficulty of collecting plants were given
It is spaken not only by ame guage. nursery gardener at the Horticultural. over a hundred millions in North America, but by the whole population of Australia, Exhibition "yesterday.
There are four or five expery botani-by millions of India, by the majority in Mr. Pethick Lawrence, who last month. Their work is often full of risks owing most well educated men speak or under cul collectors still in China," he said. South Africa and the island of the Pacific. In Germany even, every merchant and with his wife, was sentenced to nine to the chance of meeting robbers. The stand English Consider, therefore, the with the sufragde outrages, has been pitable. months imprisonment in connection country folks generally are usually hos fax rongbing usefulness of our language
opportunities in facilitating intercourse in Pratical ways that its mastery offers. ***Free Selds of
German, and Italian likewise open ap
Intellectual enjoy And profitable meat and
of com opporzanities mamion. To evable the dweller in the Far East to understand Asiatic lile and to dent intelligently with the great Oriantal peoples, mastery of one of their tongues in
released.
---THE SUFFRAGETTES... AND SERVANTE
TAX
INSURANCE SOCIETY FOR FEMALE DOMESTICS FORMED.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mait.)
Plaat collecting in South America perhaps the most dangerous benevel, the work in the world, owing to the risks of fever, snake-bites and the often deally swamps in the country;"
AVIATOR'S WILL.
Mr Graham Gilmour's Brief Bequest.
essential.
Indeed every word of every language that is added to a man's vocabulary cou- tributes to his power, and the wider the range of his linguistic attainments, the more apt he is to fad remunerativ.om- ployment and
between better understanding The will has been proved of Mr. Douglas those having a thorough knowledge of t
( the LONDON, June 28.
Gratiam Gilmour, of Preston Cross, Book-tamo tongue is sure-consequence of such Countess Deart presided at a deham, Surrey, and formerly of the Royal Therefore, in the iotarast of perpetuating learning as his Aciation Tosters, monstration of ten thousand people at Albion Hotel, Brighton, the well-known the present amity that caist betroen the Boya Albert Hall, London, viator, who was killed while flying over American, and Japan, I wean not too the Old Deer Park, Richmond, on February ardently encourage the extension of your organised by the Servants Tax Hogis-17 laut, at the age of 26 years. His will is propaganda of the English Loguage A telegram from Baltimore states to Defence Association. The meeting unde on a sheet of notepaper with the large number of scadent of diferent The meeting was attended by a very that six nominations have been made, resolved to refuse to comply with the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, heading, scuols and a number af fortiga isdies and but, judging by the vigour of the insurance Act.
and is dated May 23, 1913, and roads as gentlemen,
Dr Clay MacCauley „demonstratione, it is fairly certain that A non-political meeting at Lady St. followa
Mr Satoh, and spoke on the Pourbilities I leave everything to Mrs-Maids MirEnglish Language for Interns the contest will rest between Senator Helier's house.yotterday, on the motion. Champ Clark, and Benator Woodrow of Lady Selborne, appointed a com, bank, and wish her to pay to Mrs Moor, tional use He spoke lubat Wilson
mittee, of which Lady Selborne and of 80, Maida vain, W., &-quarter or 25 per follow
language is something like Mrs Hurconit are members, to form cear, of the fuooue until Mrs Moor's mar an inferational mech. There may to in special Insurance Society for female inge or death. Trustees, T. W. 8. Pollok rented all artisan languages for interna
and Staples Firth
1tional purposes, but no invented langinge domestics
The will is tosssed by Mr H, Longo further than temporary use, che Preston, proprietor of the Royal Albion national in its origo and Its present the
Cấn that the English language is inters love Hotel, Brighton, and Mr H. J. Preto all known, there is no other lingu As Me Gilmour named no executor of blage rich in foreign sourosny that is the will, dettors of administration with the will reason why the stivinment of English is annexed of his propetby have been granted teaser than that of terion: Restaurant, to darcin wits of MF Rotary Cashel 319 (4
bok, Somerse67 London, recently had to be contarf with bank, of Goose Hill,
this pore at all. Because notice by whom Mr Gilmogr
state has been | course
their wine and beer
AOC probate of the gross value
TURCO-ITALIAN WAR
DESPERATE ENGAGEMENTS,
Router's Soroise to the Olins Malli)
Fierce fighting hea
Lilier
aken place at
RESTAURANT STRIKE.
from
the language will anter
there may be greater inter- #nations, -, and, attain. programire thought.
EA M. WILLIAMS,
Liquidator St. George's Building,
Hongkong, June 20, 1919.
In the Master of THE COMPANIES".
ORDINANCE, 1911,
and
HONGKONG NEW YOR
G
NATAL
KING Cargu!
INDO
poned. "Ballings: "from" "Hon
ong." | On ne about | Connecting at Unlo
HORNSBY
JAV FUL
GAS ENGINE AND
GARAGEST FORM
TION G
POWER KNOWN
COST OF BUNN-
·ING" ABOUT.- HALF A CENT
FTS. HORSES POWER PERS
HOUR.
SUCTION GAS
HORNSBY DIE ENGINES.
"Awarded the £1,000 Prise offered by the V. Pleusetoe for the Baan MINDST
together with £189 BONUS te exoseding the requiram some of the sondition by 65 Per Cacatu
PILE DRIVERS AND HOSTING ENGINES
made by the LIDGERWOOD FANFG. Oo,
EXPANDED METAL
FOR REINFORCED CONCRETETM - FLASTER WORK”
In the Maller of WATKINS LIMITED, Prices, Stock List, and full particulars or applies on
(In Equidation).
Quotations for any description of Machinery or Engineering Plant de spplembicon
DODWELL & Co, Lc, MACHINE
TOTICE 19 HEREBY GIVEN, în
N
parsians to Section 181 of the Com-
Ordinance, 1911, that a
Creditors of the above-named Company OREGON PINE
will be held at the office of the Under signed, Bt. George's Building, Chater Road, Hongkong, SATURDAY, the 28th day of JULY, 188, at Noos, for the purposes provided for in the said Bection.
EAM WILLIAMS
Liquidater.
Hongkong, June 20, 1812.
Lane,
Crawford
& Co.
Ladies'
Smart
LUMBER.
LARGE STOCK OF ALL SIZES ON HAND, UNION WATERBOAT CO., LD
CONTRACTORS TO HIS MAJESTY'S NA
The above Company supply Pure Bosh Wats
either for Deak or Engine
Orderer for Supplies will be zacnivad st
QUINN'S BUILDINGS,
TELEPHONE NO. 41.
DODWELL & 00
THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
(Eslarmusged-18951
This old established and world renowned Company policies under all the best and modern methods of Lite to meet varying circumstances.
For prospectus and full particolarwápply to
DODWELL & CO, LI
TSINGTAU BEER
BATHING DRESSES The Most Popular
Gentlemen's BATHING
COSTUMES.
BATH ROBES.
BATH TOWELS
BLANKETS.
Water
Polo
Beer in the Far East.
A German Beer brewed in a German
Colony by the most expert Brew
masters in the World.
Prices as follows
SINOTAU BEER, Gold Export do
Duty
Balls Cande, Price & Co. Ltd.
LANE CHAWFORD
$10