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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 23xv, 1905.
It is unbelievable that such a thing as the last mentioned could "bappen, and as a matter of fact it needs confirmation, but renders know how many strange rumours have come from that quarter, and
Our
Yesterday boing the anniversary of the ; Accession of King Edward VII, warships in harbour dressed ship and silutes were fired.
Another of the very successful dances of the Masonic Quadrille Club will take place at th
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ia smoke there is fire. The rumour as it reaches is may be as apparent yet as nebulous as a comet's tail, but, as in the case of the caudaily furnished asteroid, there is a nucleus somewhere. From the point of view of international law, the French might just as fly invite the coming Armada to make Saigon its base as to have shelteroid it so long at Madagascar. Some benevolent noutrality" might have "heen looked for from England and France toward their rospective allies, but the actual circum-
TELEGRAMS..
[REUTER'S SERVICE.]
THE A.D.C. PERFORMANCE OF "JANE,"
CANTON.
[FROM OVA CORRESPONDENT.]
January 21st.
GOLD MINING,
A gold mine has been diseormed in the dis- trict of Hoi Kuin, in tbo prefecture of Sia Hing.
are being issued earlier than usual, in order to work in St. Petersburg, and the employees of the Charley's Aunt" category, with a soupçon | According to the account of the natives there
3rd February, beginning at 8.30. Invitations possible, make the dance a still greator
it
success than heretofore.
On and after the 1st April next the light at Capshuiman, on the west point of Mawan Islaud, will be altered. The new light will be red, a sixth order diaptric light, visible six miles in clear weather; and will be displayed at a height of 50 fost abore high water, in the same position as the existing two lights.
THE STRIKES IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 19th Jaunery, Eight thousand cotton operatives have struck
the Petersburg-Warsaw line threaten to join..
The correspondent of the Standard wires that at three meetings of strikers in St. Poters- barg, besides un eight hour working day, it was resolved to demand the convocation of a
popular Assembly, the cessation of the war, amnesty to political prisoners, freedom of the Press, creads, nad mostings.
1.ATEE.
"Jano" is just the right kind of piece to Į bring out the qualities, good or bad, of amo.eur Thespins, and if presented at all well, is sure to delight almost any aadionce. It belongs to
more of farce about it. The "fat" all fals to
"granite gold." What they call "feld gold " the share of the servant charactors, the are two kinds of gold, “field gold” and soubrette, the bachelor's man, and buttons. The is alluvial and the "granite gold" is dog frum fus allotted to the master is of a less vociferous the mountain. Eitherto they have been using sort, and less liable to reach its mark.
native implemetits, bat now they are using foreign machinery at the mine. The work is under the superintendence of a military man- darin by name Chan Mo Shan:
The very shabby, holed, and dirty green front cloth drew up on a scene mounted with the amatoare too great devotion to detail. The
effect of the pictures and nic-naes is, of Course, excellent in the extreme, but it is not the professional way of suggesting a drawing room interior. It is a drawing room. As these
in convenient bunches, they involve long waits between scenes. In this case, however, the action all taking place in the one setting, it did not mattor.
IN KWANOJL
It is said in mandarin circles that the
stances on both sides can have gone to wasthe Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry on the political character. The lolauds include the things are not proportios, made to be removed went into the district of Nam Ning, where they
toward establishing in the Japanese mind that faith in the political honesty of the foreigner that was lost in 1895. They tande no outery then that is not the Japanese SONS, but this war is admittedly partly animated by the spirit of revenge for the particular Russian action of that date. The turn of Germany, who was also a party, may come. Statements to that effect have appeared sporadically in the Press. Hosti-
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The programme of music to be performed by Now Parado Ground, this (Monday) afternoon, from 4.30 to 6 pm, is drawn up as follows :-- March, "Dixieland," Haines; Overture, "Der Zigeunerbaron," Strauss; Selection "Veroniqne,"¦ Messager; Cornet Solo, Still Wie die Nacht." Bohun; Selection, "The Orchid," Ivan Caryll;
Walta," Bacio," Arditi.
The strike in St. Petersborg hne cessed to be a trade movem'nt and is assuming a distinctly"
recognition of the rights of the people, remedies for poverty, and redress for the oppression of labour by capital; attached to there are large demands for free education, popular liberties, and a representative government. Other trades
are joining the strike.
"GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH."
LONDON, 20th January. Banck of strikers numbering about 5,000 are
rebellion in Kwangai kes been suppressed, and most of the rabels killed. Those that escaped
continued their bandit carder. When the rebels were defeated, the mandarin soldiers went into the forty-eight caverns vacated, and found the places quite habitabla. There were banks, money-obongors' shops, barbara' shops, black- smiths, carpenters, publio roads, markets in the conrso uf ́eraction, rifles and ammunition It is also said that since the arrest of the rebel chief Ink Afat by the Viceroy's army, his two concubines have thrown themselves into the river, and drowned.
CANTON-HANKOW BAILWAY.
The title role was in unusually capable hands, Mrs. Hall-Wright as "Juno" presenting a soubrette performance of quite professional Terve and aplomb. Given the port, pretty, and spoiled maid, taken into the confidance of her foofish master, and paid to conspire with him to deceivo the trustes of the family estates. It is not difficult to imagine that Jane," as portrayed
The principal gentry in Canton held a meet- Thereing in one of the joss houses and discussed the and action for action, in red life. was really very little of the burlesque about her question of buying back the Hankow and Their performance, but a great deal of genuine Canton railway from the Americans. humour. We have it on excellent feminine idea was to cancel the contract of Hap Hing authority that her dreases-or two of the three worn during the evening-were "simply lovely;
lity toward England seems impossible under and 21 fent beam, painted red, with the word parading St. Petersburg enforcing a general by this lady, would be duplicated, word for word,
present arrangements, but it is difficult to think that the patched up confidence of Japan in her ally can have been strengthened by the turdy interference of our Govern- ment with the doings at Cardiff, Wherever the Tungchew's cargo came from, its intend- ed destination was patent, and its arrest and storage at Hongkong was effected none ton aven.
As for China, no one secins to consider that her opinion counts for anything more then Corea's does. The Russian aspersions on her observance of neutrality are trans- parently a mudaru repetition of the excuse of the wolf in the fable, the wolf that ate the unoffending lamb. China's good faith, happening to coincide with her self interest, cannot be doubled. Her attitude is pro
at tha The Kiutoan Lightship, situated southern entrance to the Yangtze, was replaced by a gas-liglited htship on the 3r1 December last. The new lightship is of steel, 70 fest long "Kiutoan" on her sides in white letters. The light is exhibited from a lantern carried by an iron column and is dioptrio, group oceulting of the fourth order, showing a fixed white light varied by two short eclipses in quick succession avery. 20 seconds. The centre of the light is 30 feet above the water and the light should be risible in clear weather, at a distanco of 11 nautical miles.
The civil engineers of the Colony, a largo company, dined together at the Hongkong Hotel on Saturday evening, One of the principal guests, Col. Mead, engineer in charge of the American-China Development Co's interests at Canton, In a speech during the evening expressed the hope that wait until the Kowloon- they would not Canton railway was constructed before they paid bin a visit at Canton. Strong-langungo has failed apparently to accelerate this under- taking, but now that the project has passed
something way presently be done to rescue it from this fate.
strike; the strikers include even the Government A potition to the Tear is prioting works, circulating amongst the workmen's meetings, which bitterly complains of the desperate con- dition and the deprivation of human rights; the petition concludes with "be compassionate and let us live; under present conditions we prefer to die."
The Tear has departed for Tsarskore Selo,
FRANCE.
LONDON, 19th January,
M. Combe's Ministry has resigned.
A. SUSPICIOUS ACCIDENT.
and must have enst au awful lot"
and Company, and raise money by means of a
each every month ($200,000 to be paid as prizus) lottery. Five hundred thousand tickets at 82
left a balance of eight hundred thousand dollars to be used for the redemption of the railway. This was their castle in Spain.
CANTON AFFAIR OVER.
We liked Mr. Shackleton (Capt. Smith, A.D.C.), but think he might, to maintain the exact spirit of the play, have taken his troubles a little more seriously. In his restrained, ex- pressive, and carefully suunciated rendering of The question which gave rise to rioting in the his part, there seemed to be at times an under- Sup-Pat Po strest on account of house rent has toue of anasement, natural enough; but been settled through the mediation of the five supposing the character to have been foolish charitable institutions. The shopman, Ha mough to do as he did, wo cannot think that be | Wing Kwo, who had been arrested by the police LONDON, 20th January.
would have sufficient s-nas of humour to smilo was released. The landlord, Li Chơn Tin, paid It is officially sanounced that during the at his own folly, as Capt. Smith's Shackleton for the medical treatment of those people woond- firing of the usud salute after the ceremony of seemed to be doing. He was, however, quite ed in the rioting, and the tenants remaining in the shop as hitherts. The Nem Hol magistrate **William" (Mr. H. W. Bird) was excellent. has made some rules in respect of the landlords blessing the Neva, a gau of the battery near good enough on the whole to disarm criticism. the Boure fired shrapnel, instead of blank
In our opinion he made up a little too old; but and tenants. Wherever a tenant is owing rent cartridge; four windows of the Winter Palace for the rost we are inclined to give him the landlord must report it to the inhabitants
the palace. Other acunants say that the shrap-
mannerisms, and “business” vero all that we persuade him to pay. The tenant falling to pay. nui sbell was inadvertently left in a guu of the have ever looked for from such a charactor, then the landlord should petition the Num Hoi Horse Artillery, the most aristocratic corps in real or stagay. We have heard it opined that he magistrate to have him ejected. If the load. Russie, after practice on Tuesday. The exaggerated some of his despondent poses, but lord does not collect the rent, the tenant may ceremony was carried out according to the pro-we did not see it. Ha was great fun, and good pay the same into the Magistracy. gramme. The occurrence has occasioned wild throughout. rumours that the affair was the outcome of a
YACHTING.
A. B. WATSON & CO. /bably that of the householder upon whose into the category of "huge jokes" perhaps were broken; the Tear was some distance from arqualified praise. His elocution, enonciation, of the atreat where the shop is situated to
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roof the cats persist in fighting and cater wauling. He is angry, he objects, but he is helpless. If Russia does make any
Agents in Hongkong and South China for attempt to secure a naval base on the
Sandeman's Wines.
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Chinese coust, from which to prosecute the war, the obvious duty of the other Powers lies in the direction of intervention. Other-
[33 wise, more distrust will be bred in Japan, whose opinion undoubtedly is of some mo- NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, OxLTcommunications relating to the news e tomaticut, if we desire to see peace in our time. should be addressed to THE EDITOR.
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DEATH.
According to Japanese vernacular papers, Mr. Tako Mitsuza, who is the postmaster at village called Umesako, is quite a celerity in his way. His father died last year at the age of 92. His mother is 89 years of age and is still strong and robust, over having food apoctacles, being able to walk for miles without the aid of a walking-stick, while she assists in the usual household duties with all the alacrity Besides of a young house-wife in the thirties the postmaster of Umesako, the old lady has six children living, twenty-five grandchildren, ller alder and a dozen great-grandchildren. Bister is 91 years of age and is quito celebrated Mr. Tako's New Zealand proposes to send a football team for her artistic needlework,
father had two younger brothers and a sistor. to England this year.
aged 82, 79, and 77 respectively, all of whom
Some racing notes will be found on page 5.
An Australian cricket eleven is about to leave for England.
On Saturday a fatal case of plague occurred are hale and hearty. at Portland Street, Mongkokisui.
The N.Y.K. 2.8. Iyo Maru arrived from Palico-Sergeant George Sim has been appoint Seattle on Saturday afternoon, a few hour: over- On 20th January, at Hamburg, C. ERPEANN. ed Sanitary Inspector for Aberdosa. formerly partner in Carlowitz & Co.
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The Engineer Company of Volunteers will attend the night firing at Lysuun on the 30th
Withers has been Police Inspector W. HONGKONG OFFICE: 14. DERVEUX ROAD CL
Examiner of Weights and LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.ppointed an
Measures and Inspector of Dangerous Goods in place of W. L. Ford, retired·
HONGKONG, JANUARY 23rd, 1905.
The terms of the usual official permission for crackers to he fired at the China New Year are published in the Hongkong Government Gazetle. The firing of bombs is strictly prohibited.
At the expiration of three months from the 19th inst., the Tientsin Stables, Limited, will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the local register and the corapany will be dissolved.
Ir all the talk of a Yellow Peril were to be as though never uttered, if we were all agreed that it is nonsense to fear future aggression by a united Asia, we should still have to be facing a very real peril that has not been sufficiently talked of. The thing to be feared is, not what the Asiatics may do to the European, but what they will think of him. In the name of prestige, much has been sacrificed; but events incidental to the war between Japan and Russia, viewed in the mines, impartially, give rise to the question: Are the European nations be-Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889; and the having in such a way as to maintain the prestige that really matters, the honourable reputation and character for fair dealing that is more important than the most con- vincing demonstration of might or strengths
duo-on account of fog. She brought 221 Filipino savages from the St. Louis Wurld's Fair. The China and Manila 8.8. Zafiro was detained till six o'clock waiting to get these on board. Immediately the Iyo Maru was moored lauriches and cargo-boats hurried alongside to trans-ship the baggage the tribesmen had accumulated. It consisted of trunks of hetero- genecue foreign attire weighing altogether about a hundred toas, mostly given them by gusting Americans. Two or three were noticed promenading in costumes consisting only of linen shirts and patent leather boots. Tho Zefire also took on board the Filipino wounded by the murderer Pagain The Zafiro went out with a houvy curgo, cattle, and a full comple-
ment of saloon passengers.
THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE ASSOCIATION.
At the shooting on Saturday His Excellency the Governor was present and took part. Fifty- three members handed in cards. Those scoring over 20 were Mossrs. H. Pinckney, W. Good-
The King is not going to exercise his right of rete with respect to the Ordinance to provide for the Recovery of Charges incurred account of imbecile persons introduced into the Colony; the Ordinance to amend the
fellow, A. W. Whitlow, J. S. Lewingdon, C. B. Ordinance to amend the Imbecile Persona Bayers, J. Rankin, A. T. Walker, H. W. Robertson, L. S. Lewis, W. H. T. Davis, fatroduction Ordinance, 1904.
C. II. Grace, J. Douglas, A. Turner, A. Brown, W. Dobbs, J. Owen Hughes, H, W. Fraser, W. A. Farrell, E. V. D. Parr, E. Dougherty E. Shepherd, Hon. F. H. May, J. McCubbin,
N. J. Stabb, A. Cameron, C. E. Scott, E.
It bebores residents at the close of the the housebreaker. A member of the fraternity Chinese Old Year to be ou their guard against
or prowess? Japan is still maintaining the paid a visit to a house in Conduit Road on
T'he same may be said of Claude," the boy
military plot. The men of the saluting battery in buttons (Mr. Tester), who made more than have been arrested,
THE ENQUIRY FARCE
LONDON, 20th January. At the silting of the Commission of Inquiry into the North Sea occurrence in Paris, the British and the Russian cases have been read.
THE WAR.
{RIUTER'S SERVICE.]
ON THE LIAO.
London, 19th January.
We know the book, and the most of his part. can assure the reader that he introduced a lot
THE COMMODORE' CUF.
This Royal Hongkong Yacht Club race was
of excellent" business'' of his own, always pat, sailed on Saturday. The oflaial account will and nerer interfering with the progress of the hs published later. Actual times. wore as fol- piece. We should like to see him in a principaliowe :- comedy role by-and-lys.
Mr. J. Hooper as the amorous widow had a capital make-up, and got a lot of amusement out of her part, which was throughout 'capably interprater.
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Colleen
Aileen
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Irie ...
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Vernon
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Bispeth
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Chanticleer
4 49 45
Borilo
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SEVENTH CLUB RACE.
Mrs. Chichester as the master's true fiancée looked charming, and got through her small part with credit. Considering that this was her
The seventh Royal Hongkong Yacht Club debut in a speaking part, Mrs. Chichester show-Race was sailed yesterday over a 12-mile course. ed a commendable lack of nervousness. A little Actual times were as follows:-
more freedom of maqner and responsiveness,
It is semi-officially announced in St. Petersburg that General Mistchenko's operations west of the Liao specifically when the reconcilination with her lover took included the area of hostilities at the be-place, would have been more in keeping with ginning of the war.
her opening scene.
THE INTEGRITY OF CHINA.
LONDON, 20th January. Mr. Hay has sent a circular to the Powers on the subject of the integrity of China after the war, and has received satisfactory assurances. Russia replying to Mr. Hay's note reiterates the complaints of China's violation of neutrality.
WAR.
"Mr. Kershaw, " the trustee (Mr. H. W Looker), had a capital voies and a really ex- cellent make-up as the elderly gentleman who was to be, diddled and wheedled into aleviating his ward's financial troubles. We think this the weakest character in the piece, bat the fault is rather that of the play- "wright than the actor, who may certainly be credited with a good rendering of a difficult part.
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CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS,
Fecht.
Dicase...
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Aileen... Vernon...
M. 8. 3 49 40 4 22 55
4 37 45
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4 33 48
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HANDICAP CLASS,
4 49 5
Min ... Bonito Kathleen Elspeth
Alannah Chanticleer... Iris
Doreen... Payne...
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CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB.
A few Corinthian yachts were ont yesterday, but there was no race. The Second Club Race
PROPOSED TRANS-ATLANTIC BACH,
Mrs. Mitchell as the virago" Mrs Pixton " was distinctly good, in manner, make-up, and PERSONAL FRIENDSHIPS IN THE speech. When delivering her ultimatum, the posture of her arms in the threatening attitude she assumed did not look so natural, we think, takes place next Sunday, as world arms akimbo, or elbows nursed in the manner of the Police Court termagant, but this it, no doubt, hypercriticism. It was a small part excellently done. So was the small part of her husband (Mr. M. W. Silas), whose make up was really most anmsing.
A race will be mailed across the Atlantic this year, starting on May 15, for the Cup offered by the German Emperor for International competition. No yachts with a tonnege of less thau 200 (l'bames measurement) will be allowed It was a rattling good performance all round, to take part in the race, and this rule conse- thoroughly enjoyed, and quite a success. We able to enter the competition to five. These quently limits the number of German yachts crunot, indeed, remember a performance by the A.D.C. in which all the characters have been are the Meteor, belonging to the Emperor, 112 se uniformly excellent as in this performance tous; the Idana, belonging to the Empress, on of "Jaue"; and the veteran stage manager, Mr. 264 tons; the Hamburg, belonging to a group E. W. Mitchell, to whose anticing exertions the of Harburg merchants, 331 tons; the Orien success of these performances by the A.D.C. belonging to the Emperor, 238 tons; and the
Navahoe, 232 tona. The course will be from. is so largely due, is to be most heartily con
semblance of friendship for her ally, but, Saturday morning, apparently elimbing in Ormiston, F. Fisher and W. H. Donald. The lade of finest workmanship and interesting his gratulated upon the latest triumph of the Club Sandy Hook to the Lizard, a distance of two
remembering that all these polite Asiatics through the drawing-room window in full view are diplomats by nature, what unsuspected of the street and making his exit in the same distrust, and even dislike, may there not be lurking behind their smiles, as they thinks
way with about fifty dollars' worth of small property, wrapped, probably, in a small green silk stool cover, which was among the things
A Hongkong Volunteer notification an- nonneos-Corporal H. W. Say is promoted to
of the way our nationals have helped to taken away. coal the latest recruits to the Russian naval force? What must they be thinking of the neutrality professions of France, who Sorgeant vios Sergt. Ormshy, resigned; Corporal harbours the. Baltic fleet for weeks at J. H. R. Hance is promoted to Sergeant vice Madagascar, and who, it is How Sergt. H. A Lammert, resigned; Corporal J. openly suggested, counived, through her Haps is promoted to Sergeant visi Sergt. H. C. officials at Saigon, at tho smuggling of the Wilcox, resigned; Corporal B. W. Grey is aanmunition from the interred cruiser Diana promoted to Bergeant to complete the establish ment. These promotions are subject to passing to the Tungchow which subsequently turned an examination next Marol Gunners M. E. up in Hongkong with the undelivered stuff. Asger and G. Beuning have resigned,..
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"possible" was 35.
It is
A Renter despatch from Tokyo, dated November 8, says that there exists a long- established personal friendship between Stonerul Terauchi, Japnea Minister of War, and General Kuropatkin. Kuropatkin and Terau- chi met in Paris 20 years ago. Terauchi, then s major, was Military attabs to the Japaneso Legation in the French capital, and Kuropatkin -—a major-general at that time-came to France to oberto the military mancurrea The two soldiers met first officially, and there soon sprang up between them a feeling of warm friendship and regard. They parted in Paris and did not meet until Kuropatkin came to Events were then moving Jupan last year. come, and the two Ministers met as friends and freely enjoyed the reunion. When Kuropatkin epidly towards war, but the rupture had not
was about to leave Japan for home, Teranchi presented him with a Japanese sword--an old
The house was not so crowded as we expected thousand nine hundred nautical miles. tory. When he reached St. Petersburg, Kure-
to see it; there were several seats vacant in the expected that with fair weather the yachts patkin gave an order for the manufacture of a
will cross the Atlantic in from fourteen to Russian sword for bis friend Teranchi. It was dress circle; but $965 cannot be considered a finished and despatched in December and reached small heal for one performance. Only two ilo Japanese capital a week before Togo's gues
mora performances of "Jano" are announceû
about the Russian sword is that it reach-
-one this evening and the other on Satur. ed Tokyo with the blade keenly sharpened, a dry next. The excellence of the play should Coston followed by officers, as a rule, only in ensure crowded houses each night. time of war, und among the for who know of
We must not omit a word of praise for the the existence of the weapon there has been maeb The depression has moved eastward and is Hassian sword is a handsome weapon, shaped kind permission of Rear-Admiral the Hon. discussion as to why it was sharpened. The orchestra, for the music was excellent. By now situated to the southward of Shikoka.
more like a sabre than the conventiozai sword A. G. ̈Curzon-Howe, and the captain and Gradients are moderate upon the east coast of
of the pre-ent time. It has a handle of gold, officers of H M.S. Ocean, the band of this battle- and the bisok scabbard in which it rests is Chins and moderato N.E. monsoon will prevail in the Formose Channel. They still remain tipped with gold. Throughout all Japan Kuro- ship, which formed the orchestra on Saturday, very slight upon the south coast and light west-potkin is held in distinct respect by the people will play each evening under the direction of erly or variable winds will prevail in the north at large, many of whom believe that if he had Bandmaster H. Willmor. arm part of the China Sea.
been at home in Russin last year the men who Forecast:-Light westerly or variable winds, made the war would never tave gained the alundy, fair.
ascendancy.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued pined at Port Arthur. A somewhat peculiar
the fallowing repert :-
On the 22nd at 11.20 a.m. The barometer has risen in N. Japan and in N. China and fallen in S.W. Japan and in S. Chins.
H.E. the Governor and suite were present at the performance.
fifteen days. This would give them ample time to repair any damages sustained during the voyage, and also to take part in the annual race from Dover to Heligoland, which starts on June 17.
HOCKEY.
The following matches have been arranged. for this wook:
HOCKEY CHALLE NOR CUT-FIRST BOUND, 23rd 114th Mahrattas I. v. Ocean. 24th 114th Mahrattas II. s. Glory. 25th Hockey Club z. Hogue, 26th 88th Co. R.G.A. v. R.W.K 27th $3rd Burmas I. v. 110th Muhrattas.