TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1914E
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THEN Service to the China Mail) | (Reuter's Scruise to the China Mail)] {Rauter's Service to the China Meily
THE FIFTH TEST MATCH
SECOND INNINGS.
LONDON, March 3." England made'41'and South Africa a04 for 5 wickets. H. Taylor sacred 67.
"THE HOME BULE ORISIS.
"THE GOVERNMENT'S
PROPOSAL.
THE BRITISH ARMY,
DECREASE IN NUMBER OF RECRUITS,
LONDON, March 3. The number of recruits for the British Army in 1913 decrensel by 2937, som- |pared with 1912.
THE MAWSON EXPEDITION.
Return of the Explorers.
MESSAGE FROM THE KING,
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LONDON, March 3.
A telegram from Adelaide states) that Dr. Maxon was received at the University there by Lord Dearann, the
LONDON, March 2, Soma prominencs in given to xæperch, by Mr. Birrell, Snerstary for State for Ireland, on Saturday, declaring, that despite the enoduct and speeches of the Lander of the Opporition, which made the taxe vagy hard, they meant to main Govargor-General, who road a cable.
·tain an attitude of pogrofu) endeavour.gram from His Majesty the King In a very few weeks they would make propostas the price of poser to be taken or left,,
beartily congratulating the embers of the Expedition on their ante return and simultaneously regretting their loss The papers also quote a speech by of two good compraione. Colonel Seely at Fikeston, saying, that Lord Deniman declared that the there wire signs showing of a possi-value of such expeditions could not be bility of an amicalis anttlement, and calculated in pounds, shillings and that there need be no apprehension pence. that the Government would fail in iti duty to maintain order.
LATER
An Induential Manifesto.
A Memiferto, signed by n number of prosent men, including Earl Roberts, Admiral Edward Seymour, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Lord Balfour of Bur leigh, Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Lord Mil- par and the Duke of Portland, appeali
— to the people of Great Britain to join in a volama protest against Home Rule for Ireland.
't
Financial Business.
Dr. Mawson said that there was a huge land southward of the Common wealth which would play a great
in the future of Australia.
THE DESTROYER “LAVEROCK."
THE NAVY SUPPLE- MENTARY ESTIMATE
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE CHEUNG BAU NAM HONGKONG HORTICUL
CASE
TURAL SOCIETY.
HABEAS CORPUS RULE DIS CHARGED.
The Chief Justice, in the course of a
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wore
› of flowers but fewor variation..
In brilliant weather, the annual show of the Hongkong Harticltural Society open, ed to day at the Butanic Gardann Com Their Lordships the Chief Justice and "pared with les predecessors, it holds a high. the Paisas Judge, sitting the Fall Court place in point of the emeral excellence of delivo ed their reserved judgment this the exhibit The entries STATEMENT BY MR. CHURCHILL.morning on the proceeding in habeas alightly under last year's. Sir Paul
corpus directed against the committal by Chater's group of towering
*a* the LONDON, March 3. the police magistrate of Choung Sad Nam, centre of keen admiration, and was awarded In the Hoaes of Commons, Me.extresvarer of the Kangtung Treasury Arus prize. It was composed of white Churchill, First Lord of the &quiralty, for extradition to China. Their Lordships argueriten, nalrin, manlia, larkspear, onctus discharged the rule, and the warrant of the pots being hand-omely grouped Mr.
dahlias, introducing the Supplementary Naval extradition signed by HE the Governor Rodger, who won secand prize, had
fox dremondil. verimnes, ehe.. Estimates explained that the principal will therefore be enforced, causes necessitating the cupplementary
hable deo ratioci-ahowed much taste anı Fatimaten, were the now aeroplanes, Jonathy judgment, said these proceedings skill. Mrs. El. W. Bird took drad prize with the increase of oil fuel, higher in habeas corpus were directed agninas the with yophia
woll arranged vases of ensp dragim set off dockyard wager and better
comwittal by a polica magistrate in this Misa Bakar Brown, the second prizo win- pry gre he contractors as also the under sectie 10 of the Chinese Extradition Miss Caldwell, for the third prize, present long of fugitive criminal for extralitionner, usol to fine eftest single red dahlias. acceleration of thres battleships, owing rdinance of 1859. That section was haaed editable of Snuly colunro come and to the temporary delay of the Canadian section 10 of the Extradition Act of maidenhais ferm being used in various
1870. Before going into the fact would hues. It was, howeven slightly Dreadnoughts.
cramped. be desirable to but the position of this Mr. Ballew obesined a court in relation to the decision of the for some really excellent magistrate under the section. There was rhubarb, onions and parsley. A pot of abundant authorities to show that this chnics mint exhibited by Mr. Court was not a court of appeal from the Woolley to which the exhibitor had affixed magistratu's decision on the ovidence. card stating: Why buy mine from the This court could only on the application market when you on grow it at h
it at bome like for habess copus entertain the question of this." the Jurisdiction of the magistrate to com extradition crime, on whether it was of mit, a amely, whether the crime was an
political character: and whether there w any evidence upon which the magis trata could commit
OU for Warships.
Mr. Churchill and a statement from Cord Fisher. Chairman of the Rural warships, to the effect that the ad- Commission on oil consumption for
vantages of oil had been conclusively established
Naval Ariation.
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A special prize
sticks of
Mr. Howell, who secured many přizos, and his sweet peas were again a lestura. had on view three fine pots of heliotrope; A. Rodger's marguerites were of high quality.
The bouget to be presented to Lady May at the prize distribution po-inarrow
grophilia grown by Mr. Howell, and be composed of sweet peas and made up by Mrs. Bishop.
Excellent selections of music mark givan- the lawn by the band on the 28ch Punjabi
on
The fugitive at the time of the alleged Mr. Churchill, continuing std Canton Treasury and Chau Kwing Ming offence was superintendent (Kam Li) of the that the Government were undering was Governor General (Tatuh). Speakig a large rigil airship of the Zeppelin broadly the charge were of stenting twa type from Messrs. Vickers, an Astra cirquez, ambelement of two
$100,000
and $50,000, and fraudulent Torres airship from France, three conversion parti-rigids
OF two valuable.securities and from Messrs. Arm- the proces
The judges are: Mrs. Nawall, Mex string two of which were already charged with ateeling a certain paying-Vegetables: Messrs F. Howell and H.
the proceeds to his
own use. He was Leste, Mr. Tonies and Mr. W. J. Tutchar tonstructed. "Girent Britain could out book. not pretend that her airship pcriticised severely the judgment of the The learned counsel for the fugitive
Humphreys granite was equal to that of France Magistrate, and in particular as to his ar Germany, but in view of our delegating to himself the functions of a great and growing superiority in sea-jury and to his failure to give effect to the planes it was sufficient.
ruling in Wong Ka Cheong at H.E. L.R., p: 22:
After dealing with the question of the Magistrates powers his Lordship said the Court was asked to my that the Magis-
Badly Damaged.
LONDON, March 3. The new destroyer Laverock, which was reported yesterday as being fast
| on the rocks în Skelmorlie Bay, ou the Clyde, was completing her trials. The
| builders" representatives were aboard Mr. Arquith, in the House of. Com-when she can ashore at high speed and mons, announced that they would take was badly damaged. the Home Bale Bill as soon as the financial business was passed. He would welcome any arrangement of the Opposition which would expedite the dnancial businowa,
It is understood that negotiations withh view to carrying out Mr. Asquith's suggestion for expediting
(Wah Taz Yat Po's Service.)
CHINA'S-FROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES
DISSOLVED.
PERING, Mur. 2. The President has issued a man-
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จ
The Cause of Acceleration.
error
committed in this office, we published
We regret that through an the names and numbers of the exhibitors in yostorday's "China Mail,"
COMPANY MEETING.
Mr. Churchill concluded by point-trate had exceeded his jurisdiction sod ing out that the neceleration was that this Court had, power to interfere It contended wing to the delay of the Canadian with his decision. I
io vessels; and merely meant that the this case that the evidence before the MESSES. WILLIAM POWELL AND money was being spent in 1914 in-state must base created a doubt and stead of in 1916
He would deal with the Empiread and the Mediterranean stations when lisenssing, the general Esti-}
nater:
Battleship Dispiacements.
Mr. Chirchill pilt to Mr. Allon Baker that the displacements of the latest British battleships were cor silembly smaller than those of
structed for Foreign Powers.
CO., LTD.
Extraordinary General Meeting.
therefore it could not have raised a I probable presumption of guilt. rfore that if there was a bobs nde mitted. They were asked to say upon this doubt the magistrate should not have com- resenting
An extraordinary general meeting of that the
the magistrate had exceeded shareholders in Mosses, William Powell his jurisdiction and that this Court had powr to interfere with his decision. Thors and Co., Ltd., was hold at the company's was in his opinion no authority for xach ofice, 12, Des Voeux Road Contral, ut proposition and he could find nothing in the uoom today. Mr. II. I. Gadga prosided that the magistrate had abused on judgment which warranted the contention and there wees-a-present Mears-F. bis powers. It was true that the magistrate A. Tarrant and H. G. Holt (neting secre
1 exceeded
T. Chapple director), G. C. Maxon, J.. bad for the purpose of arriving at DC- clas clusion on the
a evidence presuposed that a tazy) jury was investigating it, and he failed to The Chairman" said the moeting had magistrate's powers. -the
basiness will take place this evening, date dissolving the Provincial Assem-almost all the latest battleships conee how this constituted an abuse of the been convened for the purpose of sub- and if they succeed, the Home Rule blics. Bil will be formally re-introduced im- mediately and the Second Reading take | place next week.
CHAN CHI MEI.
PERING; Mar. 2.
. There was no truth in the iden Then Another
entertained in some quarters that agintention as to the abuse of mitting to the shareholders and passing
powers was based on new Articles of Association for the com- Great Britain was or had been lead reflected on the action of the fugitive in the memorandum which had been in remarks in the judgment which pany. As already explained to them in ing in increasing the displacements. not The Admiralty would be willing to
Chan Chi Mei, the late rebel join in any agreement limiting the Loining evidence to rebut the pre- their lands some time, the directors, after
Conternor of Shanghai, is reported to be dangerously, ill at Tailin.
CHAO PING CHEUN'S DEATH.
PERING, Mar. 2.
of guilt. This objection "h's over ruled. size of battleships. If Great Britainch regard to the point as whether the led in that matter he believed that provincial government of Resogtung or property in quastion was in the negotiations would not be unwel was the property ousted by the alleged de ecne. Any such Agreement would tacto government his Lordship said: Now have to keep in view what other can it
it be contended that Chao Kwing Powers were doing. The difficulties:
action ever established a de fact although serious were self-evident
ment at if W there any fusi
constitute independanca K
from, rebellioni Was there and displaced authority f
Ruccess to
The Governor of Chibli, Chaan Ping and would not be insuperable, pro- BPP on them The¦
In
iny
.was not.
monta were m de into the public
se
taking legal advice, were perhunded that in bo interests of the better working of Article of Association more in accord with the company it was essential to make the tins present law relating to companies. Ho propoad the following resolution
That the regulations contained in the printed document submitted to the meeting, and for the purpose.it identi. fication subscribed by the Chairman thereof, be and the same are hereby approved, and that such regulations. be and they are bareby adopted as the Articles of the Company in substitu- tion for and to the exclusion of all, the wisting articles thereof.". Me. Tarrant seconded the motion, which was carried.
GERMANY'S ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN CHINA.
LONDON, March 2. Reuter's Berlin correspondent tele- graphs that the now German.China Enstitute, the object of which is to Chun, is dead and is believed to vided that there was a mutal desire any promote German economic intersste in have been poisoned. The Central to reach a result suitable to all.
Government went Chu Kai Kim, Mr. Arthur Lee, said that the
evidence so far
So far as it
it goes show China, was formally constituted in Minister of the Interier, ba Tientsin Unionists must postpone criticism during the fortnight in question pay. Berlin, under the auspices of a number to give the nratter the strictest in-until the introduction of the Naval neural. The government officials remained of prominent personages in the German vestigation.
Estimates, but added that if, three in their offices sod performed their
duties f industrial, financial, and technica) A physician who examined the extra ships were not laid down im- soul, and as the magistrate, I think worlds. The Committee comprises re-body, reports that the poison is mediately it would mean that Eng-tration which can be claimed by the rebel
abserved the que act of adminis olourless and tasteless. Its effect land's strength in the spring of 1910 Governor-General is that he depleted the presentatives of the most powerful would appear within six hours after would be below a minimum com resury. industrial and export organisations, being taken.
The Chairman announced that there I think, that can patible with safety.
be contended is that the possession will be a formal meeting held at the banking interests, and shipping liner,
"the dominion of the company's offices on Friday," the 21% property in question was on the rebel. ince, o confirm the resolution. and the object of the Institute is
in question. officially stated to be to bring the ministrator Chihli. He took up
ition argarent his | scientific and technical achievements fice on the 28th ult.
Lordship said there were authorities to
of Germany to the knowledge of the people af Chios, and to promote ecan- omic relations between China and Ger- many. These sims will be affected especially by the establishment and maintenance of China-German Schools,
+
The President has appointed Chu Ka-Po to be Governor and Civil Ad-
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TROUBLE IN MONGOLIA.
PEKING, Mar:/2.
LIBERAL PARTY AND A..
DISSOLUTION,
38
and the
JUS
Chan for the
On
abow
that the
4
·
question whether the
best regarded as a political offence within particular government was or was pot an the authorities laid down in Castioni case
As one which independent sovereign was
of the
the
Ministerialists are inclined to favour a 3 were within the steal! #pplice in the the alleged rebel government it was dis
commercial, technical, and medical, and colonies under his control are engi-sacrifice of the Plural Voting Bill, speaks British Government and the Probst being the case extraditio.... tr.atien
also sanatoria supplying. German tes- ceber to Chinese schools, the support of the exploration of China, and the assistance of Chinese students in Ger
many.
THE MEXICAN CRISIS.
LONDON, March 2. A telegram from El Paso, states that -the journey of the Committee appoint
ed to inquire into the death of Mr.. -Benton was suddenly postponed or abandoned shortly beforu the time of starting No explanations have been #given
CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS”
LOAN.
LONDON, March 2. The prospectus of the Canadian Government's: £5,000,000 loan at 4
per cent.,appears to day.-
eur
LONDON, March 2. The Daily Citizen says that the rating judicial enguimace of the facts that
court would swe
swer for itself, in re Meunier, 1894, 2. Q.B.D., 418.
In a far as the claim of right was baasd Crown.on the contention that the property was in Dissolution in the autumn, after the
If necessary
sary the court It is reported that owing to the Home Rule Bill has been placed on the Foreign Office, for information. The As to Counsel's argument that martial
Crown,
bis Lordship
through
posed of in the view he took of its non- coutiqued,
oxi-tepre. Hutubh's serious illness some of the the Statute book, the entailing the
afidavit o
it of H. M M. Coomal General at Canton
in force in Kangtang and neering uprisings.
which, under the Parliament Act, would tween the
to arrangementa entered into bo- have to paas all stages again. The vincial Government if Ewangtung; and tradition must in
And were suspended and the claim for oz- Liberála fear that the andas prolong ho also stated in his evidence before us that his Lordship said: We gave it a
consequence". fail, ing of the present Parliament may lead Government of Kingtang. In my opinion that this question is not for the Court to ho abeclately recognised the Provincial deliberats opinion during the argument to a debacle similar to that of Mr there is suficient syidence to justify the investigate, but it is a matter as to which Balfour's Ministry in 1906.
Court in taking judicial comisance of the the respective governments alone on take existence of the government of the prangnisance, and to this view I adhero... vince of Kangbang,
my opinion, his Lartship copeladed, zatituted by the Crown here by vinus of the course Adopied in
Now these aztradition proceedings are the rais mat, be discharged, but following the treaty obligations contained in the D. at page 518 we propose to. Treaty of Tentain which to giren affect to the warrant of Committal to the Magistrate Church Notes". says: There by the Ordinance of 1600 The Guverner expanding the view of the Const that so
his Majesty's
has issued representative,
mach of the charge on which the embezzle-
THE CHANLI INCIDENT.
Japan apologises.
Pens, March 2 The Japanese Minister has agreed to apologise and make compensation to the Chinese police killed at Chanli Station.
*WHITE WOLF" BANDITS.
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ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN FOR ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
| solution about the scheme for raising the "vis warrant and it is to bei szemed that he: mondta ordered, so zo, até to the crime ofi
money becessary to phy the stipend of an is satisfied that the Provincial Government bent should be led Arsistant Chaplain, which was postponed
„The Fuline Jodɛé nagréna. ærlengthy
from, the sapual general meeting, is to be ni Kwangtung fu N antiky which is brought up at a meeting of menthulders and overed by the treaty, and this la's matter judgment, bir decis on being In agreement A communication from Shanghai müharibers to for held in the City Hall on with sogtience of the Government with that of the Chief Justice Owing to
Monday, March 23rd at 6.80 p.m. The which in my judgment the Court can
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„ #gaños - A: METRÍmary held. ays that White Wolf bandita bars scheme is on milar lines to the methods interfere with, though I have ind catedra
over till to morrow heen defeated many times, but the places. It aims at mining the necessary in
adopted in Shanghai, Singapors and other video to justify us taking juda the Inglife, ask for a way if thỏi tir.
By opiniom
sufficient Bir Francis Piggolf, sens relansel for leader bas escaped.
amount by subscriptions payable monthly
of it. There
"while the neonmry proceedings 17 will be within, the recolle ton of our email of the Canton Treasury at the Privy Council Two rebels when before the magis renders that some twal months ago
to show that, the
--Man | weke taken in obtain leave to appeal to the tracy to be examined suddenly bolted, sum of a 4,100 and 915,000 don that the it which he had taken
tims of the alleged offence on the awamp Their Lordabipa tore the They were arrested or suspicion.
raised for the stipend of an Assistant
Coert Chaplain, but it was desid ¿ only to use
the arm sistance of the de
rt: had no power facto govern any rupeal brigg to ment was the interest
esconti ra'authe interest mounts to about Brody dialing with the
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