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CORRESPONDENCE.
SUGGESTED TENNIS LEAGUE,
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS.
SHIPPING NOTES.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH, 1909.
YUNNAN, ITS AREA, POPULATION
AND INHABITANTS.
THE NAVY CRISIS.
STRIKING MESSAGE FROM BERLIN WHAT GERMANY THINKA
engines According to them, there will one day be no need for the four huge smoke-riscks of the The Japanese steamer Tamon Maru No. 3 great Cunarders, or even for the less pretentions sprang a bad leak at Newchwang with the flako of fannels of smaller boats, simply because boilers her anchor while steaming down the Idao with and furames will be done away with. It is full cargo. She filled rapidly and all the efforts dream of the future, of course, but the difference made to stop the leak proved unavailing. She which the abolition of smoke stocks would matre sank two days later with 40,000 bean cakes still is not easily appreciated, whether from the point of view of appearance or of speed. When it is formen bored that a tramar could easily be News has reached Manila that the Compania drivan though any the of the Lusitania's DEAR SIR-It has been suggested in several Trasstianties steamer Alicants foundered near moke-stseks, it is obvious that the amount of les daring the Panthay rebellion, which quarters that a Tennis Lenges would do Almeria, on the Court of Spain, She left wind resistance saved by the abolition of the something to relieve the monotony of the Manila for Barcelona and Liverpool on February fannels would be very considerable. At pre summer months and to retain the interest 23rd with a large number of passengers including sent, however, the internal combustion engine
members in these cricket clubs that have now Judge and Mrs. C. H. Smith. The Alicante seems a very long way off so far as bly ships are stream of immigration from the neighbour the ercial debates in
Diocesan Bohool, Hongkong, 19th Ap:ll, 1909.
erpasivo catablishments to maintain.
Consequently invitations are being sent to the Civil Service, Kowloon, Craigengower, Police, Y.MC.A., Wigwam and Taikoo Tanis Clubs to send representatives to a meeting to be held it the Hongkong Cricket Club Pavilion on Friday next the 23rd instat 6 p.m. to organise a competition.
If any clubs have been inadvertently omitted they are invited to send representatives to the above meeting-Yours &o.
A: O. BRAWN.
PRESENTATIONS TO MR. J.GRAY SCOTT.
en board.
steamor of 3,878 tons, built in 1889 by W. Denny and Bros, at Dumbarton. She was rated
Lloyds as 100 A 1. The news of her loss has reached Manils through private sources. but The
concerned,
THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Manila agents of the Company, according to the The Hongkong Cricket Clubs Tennis test American papers, “refuse to confirm or Tournament is now nearing completion. deny the truth of the dispatch," but the Spanish Additional matches played are newspaper El Comnicreze professes implicit holief in the truth of the information. All the passengers, the dispatch mys, were saved.
It is announced in the Bangkok pross that the Siamese stoamer Chumpon is the first boat to run under the Siames flug directly betwear
the expital of Siam and European ports. It is understood that a reguler service between Enrops Mr. J. Gray Boott, who is rething from and Bangkel will be maintained in the future the position of manager of the Electric Tram by vessels flying the white elephant lag. The way Co., was the recipient of interesting name of the second hostis the Pangan. Those farewell prosents yesterday, from the Traffle vessels have p.cargo capacity of 4,500 tems. It and Engineering Staff of the Tramways a matter of some interest that vessels flying Service. During his stay in Hengkong Mr. the Siamese flag should be seen regularly in Scott has made a host of friends, but none who foreign poris, and will serve to make the appreciate his worth more than the men who country better known. The direct route from lave worked with him here. The initative in Bangkok to Europe and vice-versa is becoming the presentation movement was taken by the increasingly popular with slippers, and the fact Chinese staff, who were anxions that their old that the vessels are sailing under Siamese colours Chief should take away some memento of his vill doubtless appeal to Siamese consignees, alay in the Colony. Needless to say, there was hearty co-operation by the Europeas in the Service, the result being a gathering at the Tramway Depot yesterday morning.
Mr. A. COURSE, on behalf of the Traffic Staff, presented to Mr. Scott an album with
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EVENT ACHAMPIONSHIP. Second round Hancock beat Byrne, 6-4, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1; Klimanek beat. Tovey, 9-7 5-4, 6-4; Beasley beat Humphreys, 6-3, 6-0, 6-3; Brierley bent Brower, 6-3, 4-6
2, 86.
Third round-Hancock beat, Klimanok, 7--1, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Hancock moots either Beasley or Brierley in the final, and the winners of this match must then play Mr. C.. A. Carr, the 1968 champion.
...
EVENT 1 PROFESIONAL PAIRS.
::
The Japanese port sanitary authorities at
Third round:-Carr beat. Hancock, 64, Daly have addressed to shipmasters circular-3; Grome beat Green 6-1, 9-7; Clark encouraging rat-catching on board as a pre- cautionary mesure against an outbreak of the boat Atkinson, 6-4, 6-0; Brierley beat Makin, plague, and requiring them to send the catch to
7-5, 6--3.
Foarth round:-Carr beat Grone, 6-4, 6-0
a
BRAIN, March 25.
that rough asseurements on the man give the On the evening when the art telegrama
Major Davica, in his book on Yunnan, saya row of the province as about 150,000 square regarding the revelations in the House of Com miles, and this may be aceptad es approxim- mons were published in Berlin there were stely correct. To estimiste the popalation is a far more diflenit matter. It is probable that Paratically three scars subjects in the papers fifty years ago the members were greater than
supposed Servian attempt on the life of the Asian Emperor and its denial, a rumoured at the present day, for doubtless great loss of cessation of negotiations between Austris and life and emigration to other provinces took Servia, and an English crisis. It is not surprising
that there were some traces of public ex province has slowly recovered, and Inated from 1854 to 1873. Eine then the
while gitement, ant it may seem strange to for that the indigenous population has increased, thero, Balkan situation.
all the excitement was on acconut of the From first to last both has also bess a constant and steadily increas. Press and public have maintained inring ing province of Szuchnan. Major Davies after studied indiferentes gland an attitude of
not our concern, his second journey made a rough calculation of wrote one of the leading Conservative journals, this density of population to the square mile over and not our concern has been the keynote of those tracts of country which he had surveyed private and public comment. So much for the the most thoroughly. In all of these he noted surface. When one commembers how for weeks the number of houses in the towns and villages these same papers, have been pouring out their and allowed in average of six persons to ench house. The result gave shout 400 to the square
most venomous remarks about little Servis, how mile in the plains, and forty to the square mile they have attacked Russia for her good offices in the billy tracts. Taking the whole province be towards the little Star State, and how in years past the very name of England was enough to calentates that about one-fifteenth of thetotal ares ensure a storm of bitterest hostility, one cannot is plain lant, and the run minder hills. This would but wonder whether not our concer
"mally give 10,000 square miles with a population of explains this amazing reticenco. 400 to the square mile, and 140,000 square miles with a population of forty to the square mile, that is, a total population of 9,600,000. These rough methods naturally give only an approxima ate result, but he thinks the population may be taken at about ten millions. Some recent Chinese figures give Yunan a population of twelve millions; and the late "Mr. Litton estimated it at nine millions.
Think of the Navy League journals and of the laown feelings of men like Keim, Koester, Haase, and so forth. Is it not surprising that these have kept still once while
Germany "the German fleet," "Germino secret plans," and so forth, have been the sale topics of con versation in England? As a rule the Sunday papors in Berlin are devoted to politial and other reviews of the week, and it is safe to say- that in any year from 1893 to 1903 at least one, usually most of the leading journals had something critical to say about England on any Sanday from October to June, the nine principal residential months in the capital. This Sunday, with the most ample opportunity for critical comment ever offered since the Boer war, only two newspapers reviewad the Nary crisis in England at all, and mly sure, the Radical" Berliner Tageblatt," offers what can be called a critical review. But that one comment is, in my opinion, the key to the situation an utter and total condemnation of the Little-Navyite fallacies.. The Tage blatt has a circulation now, I suppose, of nearly_200,000 copies daily, it is a Badical Free Trade, and opposition paper representing in timos past has bitterly opposed excessive mainly the interests of industrial Gormany, and
armaments. This is its verdict, and it deserves to be printed in heavy type across every news
handsomely carved blackwood covers and silver the Burean for microscopic examination. Curr moots either Clark or Brierley in the foal of amongst them and forming the bulk paper poster in Great Britain:--
mong seveni modes of clearing ships of the termin, the simplest and most effectual one the bocal authorities are likely to adopt for general enforcement is considered to be the fumigation of the holds with sulphur after the removal of the cargo.
mountings. On the front cover of the book two dragons were carved in the shape of a circle, within this being a tramear in perspective. The book contained an illuminated addres and the signatures of the man employed on the Traffic Staff; as well as some forty photographs of the Tramway system. Also with a gold fob” chein with his mame inscribed on one side, and lucky The Opinion, a Saigon newspaper, marahals Chinese characters on the other. In making igures to show how the Anti-Japanese boycott the presentation Mr. Course asked Mr. Scott tomong Chinse there has affected the Shipping socept the gifts from the Traflo Staff interest. In 1907, fifty-eight vessels flying the mark of the appreciation and esteen Japanese Eag called at Saigon. In 1908, the in which they hold him. The gifts would figures, hed dropped to twenty-four.
The
This population is divided between very sparsely peopled mountaurs, which form the Third round-Pearce and Elimanek beat greater portion of Yunnan, and very thickly Phelips and Atkinson, 9-7,4-6, 6-3; Beasley inhabited plains, which contain nearly half the population. In the plains the populu and Byrne beat Worester al CAT, 6-1tion is mainly Chinese, but not entirely so, for 6-2; Murray and Thompson beat Oliver and in the cold plateaux of the north-west are found Tibetane, while many of the low-lying plains of Warburtos, 6-1, 6-2
Fourth round:-Pearce and Klimanek beat the soath are inhabited by Shans. Moreover, in the centre of the province some of the plains Aubrey and Grone, 5-3, 3-6, 6-2. Pearce are peopled by Mingchias, while an mimixture and Klintek meet either Beasley and Byrne or of Lolos is occasionally found. At a guess Murray and Thompson in the final....
Major Davies would say that about fear-fifths to EVENT "B" 1-SINGLE HANDICAP "Anine-tenths of the population of the plains are Chinese, indading under this name those who, CLASS.
even if of aboriginal extraction, are now in language and customs distinguishable from thent. Here, as in the plains, one also finds race. In the hills things are different. the Chinese, an
there
no large tract of the country without Chinese villages in it. But living of the hill
I population are numerons other tribes, each with its own language and its own customs. In the north-west corner are Tibetans and the semi-Tibetan Moss race. On the Barm. se border are Kachins and Painungs, also in into the interior, are the Lisos; everywhere the west of the province, but extending further thronghont Yannan sra the Lolos, a fine race and more cumerous than any other hill tribe. Equally widely distributed arethe Mices, but they are only found in small and scattered communi and the Mokong, are the Labus, who with their ties. In the south-west, between the Balween cross-bows and poisoned arrows proved formid. able foes to the Chinese troops a few years ago Near them live the Was, many of whom are still unconquered, and still carry on their head hunting raids. Their relatives, the somewhat
near the southern part of the Burma-Yaunan Pamans; and further east are the Wonis and Iribas speaking Lalo dialects. To many other form an estimate of the relative numbers of Chinese unul non-Chinese population in the billa is a diflent task. With the possible exception of the Loles, the Chinese would doubtless out- number any one other tribe, but still there are many tracts of country where they are decidedly
one-third of the inhabitants of the hills, and other tribes the resiaining two-thirds would perhaps not be very wide of the mark.
EVENT "B" 2-SINGLER, "B" CLASS. Fourth round :—Worcestar beat La, Breton, 3-6, 6-3,5-3, Bagnall beat Garnett, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4, Oliver beat Evan Jones, 6-1, 6-2; Hickling beat Thompson, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Jahrand best Lammert, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Jacks beat Temperley, 4, 6-3; Brawn boat Warburton
Fifth round-Oliver beat Bagnall, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5 Hickling beat Jahrund 7-5, 11-9.
EVENT "OÍDOUBLES HANDICAP.
Third wound-Maidland and Carroll best Green and Fayer, 6-1, 6-2; Hutchison and
The German Empire can but be satisfied if in England the conviction has at last dawned that we can prove a dangerous enemy. For the strong man alone can lay claim to respost and equal rights,
Gleichberechtigung Anspruch!"
Denn nor der Starke hat auf Achtung und
I knew of no sewer sa complate in those weak kneed persons who think the respect and ultimately the genuine liking of Germany is to ne baght by criminal disregard of is die crisis in the ark of blatant ignorance the tates of ordinary human prudence. If the has done nothing else it has surely pacifists who talk of peace-loving Germsay and know nothing under the sum of the German pople. I hold no baief for alarmism, or for the Deutschen-fresser," s some of our most Germans from the high officials of State to the qualities, reputed to belong to England, which are especially calculated to ensure respect and friendship Those three are steadfastness, silence, strength-or, in Tennyson's words,
self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
**Do you know," said a German friend to ma "what would most make us on Saturday,
SUFFERING WAS
BEYOND WORDS
Eczema Spread All Over His Body-
Not a Minute's Comfort in Sixteen Months-Constantly Experi- mented With Remedies, but Even the Doctor's Treatment Failed- Writer Pronounces the
CUTICURA REMEDIES
OF MARVELOUS POWER
“A gentleman, who is a near relative of mine, has suffered terribly with ve sema. The trouble started in the form of little white pimples on the banda, These pimples would burst and become sore. The irritation was very geat at all times, and sometimes almost un- bearable. He tried various remedies from the Grat, but nothing seemed to do him the least good, Still, lo kept persevering with all the thing beard or read of: As his condition gradually became worse under these trials, he de- olded to go to a doctor. The doctor put him under a treatment, and he per- uted with it for some time without the least sign of a permanent cus. He was almost despairing. No sooner had one sore bealed than others' camu, From being only on the hands, the dia- ease spread until his whole body was seated. His wriste, elbows, ard back were worst, and were really meat dis tressing. The pala ha suffered to be yond words. His work necessitates plac- ing his hands in water 1. great deal, and the water seemed to aggravate the trouble. After the doctor'à tretment failed, my relative again resorted to other remedies, with the same dabeart- ening regult, and in this way sixteen months dragged by. During this time I can truthfully say that fie did not have a minuto's comfort. His case having become so serious, you an im agine how thankful he was when ho found that he had the right remedy in. Cuticura. Had he started with Cuticura Remedies at first he would have saved untaid trouble and expense." He fol- "lowed the directions carefully and the improvement wasnost marked from day to day. He derived great comfort from the very first, and I should my that within six months the disease wis por- fectly eradicated, and his skin is as clear as it ever was. I pronounce Cutiqura Remedies to be of simply marvelous power. Mrs. E. Spalding, 1428, Don- nett Rd., W. Croydon, Br. London, England, Now, 26, 1900"
A Binals Set of Coticare Remedies often CereK. Bold throughage the world. Depota. Leidor, pa Charterhouse 35: Parik 5.-Rue de la Pan; Poltez Ding & Chemi Corn, Bo ́s Prope., Borden, Mars
Mailed Fred Cuticura Ecok on the Extn.
54214
POLICE-DESPATCHED,
When the survivors came to count up their loss, they found five men dead on the blood spattered deck, two men missing; their bodies having been thrown overboard, and four more trightful onts on the head, armis and one leg wounded, one of whom is probably dead by the time this reaches our readers, as he received His deposition was taken at the General Hospital, last night, by the fourth Seren
of the occupants of the gistrate.
were
their vessel back to Singapore, yesterday mor
form mementos of his residence in Hong-measurement fell off from 94,834 tons in 1907 to King best Beasley and Brierley, 25, 64, more civilisel, Las, occur much of the country violent Toutophobes are called here, but for all practically unhurt, and these started to bring kong as Chief Engineer and General Manager 49,000 tons in 1908. "Another effect of the 85; Byrue and Whyte best Wood and Bird, frontier. In the south of Yunnan are the clerk in a little corner cafe there are three g, the chinohew coming on ahead in a
of the Tramway Company, and the speaker boycott is that the trade between Saigon and
had no doubt that Mr. Scott would be all the more pleased to accept them when be learned that subscriptionato defray the cost were started entirely on the initiative of the Chitose Staff
Mr. Course then road the address, which was afterwards interpreted to the Chinese employees, In conclusion, on behalf of the Traffle Staff, Mr. Course wished the departing chief a pleasant voyage home and future prosperity.
Mr. Scorr, in reply, said he accepted the gifts with the greatest of pleasure. He had always had every assistance from the staff, which made his work much sier. He was sorry to leave Hongkong, but trusted that the staff would extend the sims assistance to his siccestor as they had to him. 4
Japan is geting more and more into European hands.
6-2, 6-1, Japp and Clark beat Turner Haughton, 6-2, 6
and
Fourth round-Byrne and Whyte boat Japp and Clark, 6-7, 6-4. Byms and Whyte meet Maitland and Carroll or Hutchison and King
in the final.
EVENT ^C *-2—DOUBLES HANDICAP.
Tanjong Katong. She was towed lato port and
Sampai. When he arrived, shortly before four pm. yesterday, a police party put out in the famel Lady Evelyn and met the junk of
now lies at anchor near the Master Attendant's Pier. The injured men were convoyed to the General Hospital and the five bodies found on seek to keep on goal terms with you! Six-Homital, where an inquest was held, this beard were taken to the Tan Took · Seug ships and silanos.” (Sechzahn schiffe remark needa no further comment.
Third round Hickling and Hagen best in the minority. To say that the Chinese form teen chweigen). It seems to me that the
TESTERDAY'S MATCHES.
THE OVER-SEA BRITISH AND
THE NAVY.
The following letter is published in the Times: A
ind
"
rnorning.
GĦASTLY WOUNDS,
The survivors, who tell the above story turned over to the police four weapons which they found on board after the pirates feft. It is hoped that there may help in identifying the criminals, who, unfortunately, aresaid to have escapei unscathed, so that they bear no marks of the fray, which
might help in locating them,
The report of the Merchant Shipping Advisory Committes respecting line throwing appliances for the use of ships in cases of ship- wreck or distress at sea was issued last month. The inquiry was conducted by a sub-committee, whose report was fully approved by the whole of Lack and Davies, 6-0, 6-4; Thomson and
Doubtless the dignified silence of the Press the Advisory Committee The Committee bad Bagnall bat Warburton and Franklin, 6-4,
is partly due to a 'wink from above," for I before them particulars of 43 appliances, atid, 6-0; Anderson and Wedil boat Brawn and Le
am aware that the Government has trained every nerve to prevent any hasty retort to baving made it known that they were prepared Breton, 8-6, 7-5 Sutherland and Shields
English criticism. In part, also, it is due to a to witness demonstrations of the usefulness of boat Barrett and Evan Jones, 6-1, 6-2
Fourth round: - Hickling and Eugen beat
frank admission of the dignified and impersonal any invention, 20 of these appliances were
tone of the English Fress in commenting on the submitted to a test, The appliances con. Thompson and Bagnall, 6-8, 7-5, 6-4 Hick
advance in German, naval construction Bat The weapons are two long Chinese kuives with the Government cannot as a matter of fut con- sisted of guns, rockels, buoys, do, and the ling and Hagen meet either Anderson and Wedd
-narrow blades and bone handles, at axe with z trol the whole German Press (I know of dismal shert iron handle, and the heavy murderous Mr. MALDEN, assistant engineer, on behalf- Committee sarly came to the conclusion that it or Sutherland and Shields in the final.
instances of its failure to achieve that purpose) fighting blade already described, with which the of the Engineering Staff, then presented Mr. would be practically impossible for any one
Bir-More than twelve months ago, when and there are "aparrows on every house-top,
greatest execution was wrought. One of the Scott with a morocco bound-album containing suppliance to be equally suitable and effective address and photographs of the engineers in the ander all conditions, but that any appliance to tween Captain Beasley and Lieut. Byrne against the pending-up" of the German shipbuilding and not less in Berlin's Fleet Street. At bot deceased, who was struck on the top of the head tem I can only attribute the reserve of Press and with this weapon, had the side of his head programme as a whole was made known, you Tramway Berrice,
be carried on board ship should be able to meet Captain Murray and Lieut. Thompson resulted inserted a letter from me in which I suggested public to the consciousness of strength and con-
conalopred off, and the blade ent through down that the proper reply to the increase of Germanfidence in their magnificent Admiralty organisa- into his chest. Mr. Scorr returned thanks for the present, the needs of most of the conditions that are in a win for the former pair by 6/26/3. and then, on behalf of the engineers presented likely to arise.
Dreadnoughts would be for Canada, Australis, lion. It is galling to an Englishmen to contract Such an applianes should be The winners then met T. E. Pearce and F. H. New Zealand, and South Africa to lay down this confidence here with well, with conditions Mr. Malden, who in also leaving the Colony.semparatively inexpensive, simple in con by the military men by six to lore and they advocates of Imperial administrative anion had compenso if it prove to be the last time that
Klimanek in the final, The first set was wou Dreadnoughts. I also remarked that the yonder-but there will be some more of with a similar book to the one tie hat revived.struction, easily manipulated, and promptly iso securul the next by 7-5 The third set always been spurred to effort by the consideraketin caleating the margin of naval safety. English Government dares to make mie- Mr. Scott is to be entertained at dinner to-folent. Taking these fucts into considera was well fought out and the leaders were tion that a time might arrive when the resources morrow night at the Hongkong Hotel by a
I conclade with a clever though silent German tion, and bearing in mind the conditions to several times within an ace of winning but the of the Home British would be taxed unduly if criticism of the situation. In the window of a number of prominent residents,
be met, the Commities think that the most match had to be stopped with the more in this called upon tulely to provide for the defence bookseller's shop, not of any great pretensions, Pall Mall Gazette says ---
the Empire, and I suggested, therefore, that the suitable kind of appliance for general use st standing nine sil,
cloud of the German naval menace might be would be found in some form of rocket
found to show s silver lining" if the necessity for more British Dreadnoughta resulted in the. spparatus. In expressing this opinion, however,
Orer-ces British coming forward to assist they do not wish to exolade shoulder or other
actively and directly in the naval defence of the
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The semi-fail in the professional pairs, be
TO-DAY'S MATCH BS.
The following matches have been fixed for to-day ----
Bingles-Brierley Clark. Doubles Beasley and Byrne v Murray
The P.M. str. Siberia, from San Francisco gans from future consideration, or to suggest I hompson.. loft Shanghai on the 19th inst. and is due to that they might not ussfully be adopted on the arrive at this port at noon to-morrow,
The H.-A. Livio str. Ambria left Shanghai larger type of vessels, or in connection with on the 18th inat. a.m., and may be expected here. salvagy work. With regard to the exact form an or about the 21st inst
of rocket appliance the Committee consider it
The Silk ex M.M. str. Tourane which left this port on the 16th altime, was delivered in Lyons on the 17th inst
- MASONIC-INSTALLATION.
and
Empire. Me
We know now that to the "speeding-up" of the German shipbuilding programme as a whole. has been added an even more significant "spooding-up" of the rate of construction. At the Nineteenth Annual Convocation of the Whatever necessity for the co-operation of the Over-sea British existed twelve months ago
Assuming, therefore, that the Governments and peoples of the great Ovorise British States wore prepared to recognize this necessity, the following modus operandi might be found suitable.
Comp T. F. Hough presided, and invested the following Officers.
D. 2nd G.P., M.E. Comp. T. F. Hough. D. 3rl G.P., M.E. Comp. -H. J. Watson. D.G. Scelbe E., ME. Comp. A. O, Gaurdin
D.
The C.N. Co.'s str. Chenan left Shanghai on undesirable to lay down any precise rule, but the 18th inst., and is dus here on the 21st inst.
The C.N, Co.'s air. Taiyuan left Sydney on they call attention to the portable forms of District Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Hong exists in a far greater degree to-day. the Grdinat, and Thursday Island 12th, and is rocketapparatus submilled to them, as indicating hong and South Chins held last evening, M. E. due here on the 24th inst.
the type of appliance that would be likely to be The CP.R. str. Empress of Jam
Arrived Kobe at 11 p. on Friday the 16th inst., and of most service for general use. The Committee left again at noon Saturday for Yokohama, found a consensus of opinion to the effect that where she is due to arrived at noon in the 18th it was highly desirable that vessels should carry inst.
part of their equipment some form of effective no-throwing applianse for the purpose of making communication with the shore in cases The M.M. str. Oceanien with the French of shipwreck or stranding, and with another ship Mail of the 29th alt, and mails from London when in distress at sea in cases where it is either
23th ult, left Singapore on Monday the 19th inst. at 4 p.m., and may be expected to impossible or dangerous to communicate by arrive here on Monday morning the 26th inst, bouts. With this opinion the Committee fully will leave for Shanghai and Japan in the same agres, and think that having regard to the afternoon.
The P&0 str. Somali left Eisgapore for humane object in view, there on be no port on than 19th inon at 5:30 am, and substantial disagreement on the question The
Committee hold that nothing short of the Drew. dus hore on the 24th inat at about 6 a.m.
compulsory carriage of a line throwing appliance will be completely satisfactory.
of
this
the
The P.M, str. China mails were delivered in San Francisco on the 14th inst,
The_N.YK. str. Yetorofu Man (Bombay left Moji on the 18th instant, and is expected hers on the 24th inst
Line)
In these days the 'ere of the voyager has
D.G. Bribe N., M.Z. Comp. E. J. Lafrenta D.G. President B. of G.P., ME. Comp. G. J. B. Bayer.
DG. Treasurer, E. Comp. W. J. Tutcher D.G. Registrar, M.E. Comp. E. W. Longuet. D.G. Bojourner, M.E. Comp. W. King, D.G. First Assist. Sojourner, H. Bathurat. D.G. Second Assist. Bojourner, M.E. Comp. F. W. Kre
D.G. Sword Bearer, M.E Comp H. G. Baker.
Graham
D.G. Standard Bearer, E. Comp. W. E. D.G. Standard Bearer, M.E. Comp. J. W. D.G. Sudard Bearer, M.E. Comp. J. Moorhend.
D.G. Blandard Bearer, ME. Comp. H. S.
ti
The L.G.M. str. Prins Waldemar which left grown accustomed to the bare poles which Smith
17th inst. at 2 p.m.
D.G. Director of Ceremonies, ME. [Comp
here on the 26th alt, arrived at Sydney on the characterise the average steamer. Funnels E J. Weady
The Danish att, Trangnebær left Shanghai have to some extent filled the void caused by DG, Dop, Director of Cervinnies, M.E. on the 18th bust, at noon, and may be expected the stesence of yarda and canvas, but oven the Comp. C. Filtook here on or shout Thursday morning.
D.G. Assist, Director of Ceremonies M.E. The L.G.M, str. Goeben loft Shanghai on the funnel some day may have to go. That, at Comp. W. N. Flemingham W 18th inst, at 7 an, and may be expected here events, is what is said by those who advocate the propulsion of ships by internalsombustion
this prening
D.G. Organist, V.E. Comp. R. D Toms. D.G. Janitor, M.E. Comp. J. Vaitone."
I saw yesterday laid side by side the poster of English newspaper ou the Navy debste and a copy of Tennyson's poems, The latter wha” open at the poet's famous fleet-song, What England is and what has made her great if you shall fail to understand.
the wild mob's myriad feet will kick you from your place but then-Too
late! Too late!-London Daily Graphie,
BOLD BUCCANEERS.
THE SAVAGE NIGHT ATTACK
CHINESH JUNK.
The following particulars of the attack on a Chinese funk near Singapore mentioned in a recent telegram published in the Daily Fress are reproduced from the Straits Times: (1) The passing of an Act by the several A Chinese junk left Singapore for Hainan Parliaments enabling the respective Govern- | 03 ments to raise a loan suficient to defray the ble Wednesday, but found the winds unfavoura- and on Thursday night dropped anchor cost of the proposed number of Dreadnoughts, botweet Palo Tokong and the mainland of and to provide for the construction of the same Johore The fourteen members of the crew and in concert with the British Admiralty. the four passengers were aroused from sleep at (2) An undertaking by the leading landowners midnight by the barking of a faithful dog, and merchants in the several states or colonies which they kept on board, but his alarm was to guarantes the issue of the respective loans, speedily silenced by ready blow from a long with a row of accuring the loans at the most Malay fighting knife, the canine blood on which economic rates, was on mingled with that of some of the
If, in this manner, Canada would provide unfortunate members of the crow. four, Australia thro, New Zealand one, Capepeo pre Colony one, and the Transvaal one Dreadnought (or Dressingtights), might look for the addition at no distant date of ten vapital ships of the Dreadnought type to the baths fleets of the Empire,
– I am, Sr, your obedient servant, ·
W. BASIL WORSHOLD, Ciate editor of the Johannesburg Star), London, March 18,
A BIEBCE ENCOUNTER..
prahuz· had come alongside the mchored
junk, and in them were ten men, some Chinese
THE EXPORT OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM ENGLAND.
A correspondent writing lest month to the
The Prime Minister, on his speech at the Queen's Hall is reported to have asked
What do we mean by the export of capital P " and in reply to have stated “that some forms of plant and machinery, by which our industries capital we cannot export-railways, factorice,
are carried on. Nor can any one assort that British capital is exported in the form of gold or silvor, The British capital exported goes in produe, which represents either labour or service rendered by British brains and hands.”
(Cheers.)
The Prime Minister no doubt knows what he is talking about, but it is a question whether very many of the audience who cheered the above brave and patriotic pronouncement really know that British espital is actually exported in the form of gold and silver. Let us refer to the Board of Trade Returns for 19 3, and what do we find? There we find that, not only de we export gold and silver, but that the quantity exported amounted to £63,252,987 in 1908, and further, that the export of gold and silvor during the year ended December 31, 1908, was nearly even million in excess of the importe of gold and silver during the same period.
The actual figures are:-
Exporte Importe
BULLION AND SPECIE.
£63,252,987 £56,472,203
£6,780,784
But if the figures for the last six months of
BULLION AND SPELTE."
Exporte Imports
and the other Malays. They proceded to the year be taken, the excess of export over triko tight and left among the sailors, laying imports of gold and silver will be found to be Beveral low within the first few minutes. Thor nearer 9 millions. The figures are then seized the chinchaw, and yeoceeded to hang him up in good old buccaneer style, so force bixa to disclose the resting place of tas most valuable contents of his vegel. This he did, and the Piratas, having secured nas broty they could monks away with, departed in the lakness zu A corrosondent who draws our attention to silostly as they had come. The property. this lofter writes: Let Hongkong build one at reported missing consists of 24 in money, gold the Hongkong and Wampos Dock (not the leat valued at $90, and six boxes of personal Naval Yard, and so give the shareholders the effects belonging to the members of the crew, ohance of a reasonable dividend -ELH.D.P.) the ralne of which is not known.
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£35,756,876 £27,046,257
£8,710,169
It may have been true in the past, but I would suggest that in the face of these figures, from an official publication, it surely cannot again be urged the imports (merchandise) are paid for by exports and not in money.