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experiments are being made this year on WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, seven marshy places at Hoboken where the mosquito breeds. No doubt the method is cloap, and if it is as successful as it is claimed to be, the orzolla plant will be in demand in all parts of the world. We paas on to the local authorities the informa tion as to the discovery, though we are
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TOKYO, September 23rd.. Boycott propaganda in China spreading, and the Tokyo Government is strongly representing the seriousness of the movement to the Government at Peking.
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LONDON, September 23rd. Monday's hurricane in the Missisippi valley was accompanied by wave at Louisiana,
LOCAL SPORT.
THE INTERPORT CARNIVAL.
MUCOFISFUL OFENING DAY.
...: HIGH DIVE
The unlucky number of thirteen entered for this event, and it may have been that fast which Mr. Butler Wright was brought up at the
brought about a deadlock. The differences in British Consulate at Canton yesterday in con-
the methods of diving at Hongkong and in the nection with the charges of embezzlement.
The annual squatio sports meeting of the Northern pet kept the interport judges at preferred against him. Acmsod scrivel on
Victoria Recreation Club for 1909, opened variance, and they could not come to a decision board the steamer Anhad, which was two days yesterday afternoon, and to be continued to-day us to the awards. Sooing that the styles of and to-morrost, is a memorable one, for it marks diving at Shanghai and Hong kong at so Shanghai. He landed about seven o'clock and the first occasion on which interport swimming different, it would be obviously unfair to either went to the Victoria Hotel, but did not proceed team has visited the Colony. The opening took representative to ask them to compoto is a to the Consulate until some time after ten place under most auspicious oiraumstances. The competition which is entirely novel to them o'clock. Mr.L. Giles, Vice-Consul, conducted weather was all that could be desired, the heat consequently the suggestion that the competitors the proceedings in the absuse of Mr. Fox,of the sun bang tompord by a light screen of should try again is one that is not likely to be
clouds, while the swimmers were favoried with attended with succoas, Acting Consul-General, Mr. Frank Groves, anginoor-in-chief of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway was in attendance on behalf of the prosecution.
The accused, who was neatly dressed, appear. ed quite composed. Prior to the proceslings he road letters which were handed to him at
the Consalate, and in conversation he seemed quite confident as to the result of the trial
The proceedings, which were purely formal were commenced by the Vice Consulreading the
ouredves unable to see how the plant could THE HURRICANE IN AMERICA. charge in the following terms: Frank Groves, be extensively employed here to exterminate the mosquito. His habitation here is largely in the bills and the training of nullahs will probably remain the most effectual means of keeping him from swarming, bat in a dat country like Shanghai and the neighbour. hood, where, we understand, the campaign is waged against the anopheles with petroleum, the axolla plant may prove a more effective weapon of warfare if it really bas all the
virtues that is being claimed for it. Per-
haps, too, it may have its us in such districte as Shavkiwan, where recent investi- gations into the cause of the prevalence of
malarin have resulted in recommendations involving a considerable expenditure of publis money.
M. Flentteaux, the French postmaster at Canter, was yesterday entertained to dinner on
flower boat by members of the French com munity prior to Ein departure for home on leave.
Serious damage was done along the cast, and the cotton and sugar crops in the interior have been damaged.
In the vicinity of Baton Rouge (a city 180 miles above New Orleans) damage to the extent of over two million dollars is reported, and scores of persons perished.
COTTON GROWING IN GERMAN COLÓNIES.
official account standing in the name of the Chief Accountant of the Canton.Kowloon
Railway to the International Banking Corpora tion at Canton, to his printe account in the shown by the bank statement herewith produced, and the said Frank Groves charges the said William Butler Wright with fraudulently embezzling the said sums of money, the property of his employers Sworn the third day of September, 1909.
nawe bank the sums of $5,000 and $13,000 as is
VETERANS' RACE A.M.L. Soares, receives 16 seconds, A.A. Aires, receives 6 seconds Time-59 seconds.
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This was a two lengths' handicap open to
slack tido and water upon which there was scarcely a ripple. Mr. C Lesbiral, the V.R.C. steward, had supervised the decoration of the Club House with flage, and had also made the most of the spare available for the accommoda. tion of spectators by the erection of galleries. (members ove 30 years of age. Suares made In addition to those a lighter had koon made good use of his start, and although Lapsley mid. fast alongside the bath, and while it enclosed J. A. S. Alres made great efforts to overtake the bath it afforded ample sitting accommoda-him they found the pace too warm and are the day, the eroullest handicapping in tion. The officials were kept basy throughout obliged to sheken off in the secand length.
TRO LENGTHS HANDICAP. the local evente
for boing responsible
FIRST HEAT; P. C. Fanwick and F. L. gomb vory doso finishes, which necessita- Roza, Jaud heat.
the judges keeping their eyes very
engineer-in-chief,Canton-Kowloon Railway, duly sworn, complains that William Butler Wright tod chief accountant, Canton-Kowloon Railway, did
Carroll was overtaken by Fenwick in the on September 14th, 1908, and again on Deombor rellent, and the large attendance of spec. challenged the leader.
wide open. The spart throughout was second length when Roza struck out and tidal 30th, 1908, transfer without authority from his tators boisterously manifested its appreciation followed between the pair, the reult being that A very good mee.
of the many fallait bids for honours. It goes both got home together. Time 49 secozila.
SECOND HEAT : R. C. Silva, receives 10 secs, without saying that the greatest interest entred in the interport championships. The 1; 0. R. Chanyut, receiver 5 sec, hundred yards, however, proved a much easier Chanyut made the pace from the start, but thing for Hongkong than was anticipated, both ho had a bt to catch up and found his task Humphreys and Claxton bating the Shanghai impossible, Bilva winning by a longth. Tims, representatives, McCabe and Prince. Hum.50 2/5 seconds. phreys won by a comfortable margin, while THIRD HEAT: R. C. Witchell, siratod, 1; Claxton succeeded in matching second place C. Bunje, reires 10 seas, 2. from McCabe by a touch. Shanghai scored The only two in this race were the limit man however, in the half-mile, when McCabe, de-and the sorsich man. Witchell soon overhauled tested Cooke by some four lengths. The the others starters, and rapidly lessened the Shanghai man is a powerful swimmer, and distance between himself and Bunje. With a am throughout the mes with the same easy powerful straks he covered the final stages of overarm stroke which carried Thomas to victory the race, and was successful in beating Banjo two years in mocessor in the harbour swini | by a tip. Time-42 seconds. The three cheers raised to the winner were FOURTH HEAT: J. M. Roma Pereira, receives thoroughly wall deserved. The only stumbling 5 vecs, 1; Pl. Remedios, scratch, 2. §. block in the day's programme proved the high This race was between Pereira and Remedios. diving competition, and in this an impasse was The latter got over the course well, but was reached as "the judges, Mr. G. A. Caldwell unable to keep pace with the final spurt of (Hongkong) and Mr. P. Fowler (Shanghai), Pereira. Time--46 3/5 seconds. could not agre. It appears that while the
swallow dire is the one in general use in the P. M. Remedios's team composed of H. J, White, C. Dunje, R. lva, P. C. Feawiol, A. R. Elis, A. J. V. Ribeiro and F. L.
Detective Welsh, of the Shanghai Police Force, went into the witness box and said Last Thursday I received a warrant from the British Cansul-General at Shanghai to rceive over William Butler Wright from the British gaol at Shanghai and escort him to Canton. We arrived hore this morning.
The warrant was produced. The Vice-Consul (to Mr. Groves)-Do you want to make an application e
Mr. Groves-Yes. I want to make an application for a remand.
The Vice-Consul-Mr. Wright's barrister
LONDON, September 28rd. Herr Dernburg, the German Minis At Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Macdonald, who ister for the Colonies, has started on a charged with culpable homicide by causing the tour through the cotton districts of the death of a coolle at Uu Piah mine, has been United States in connection with a committed for trial to the Assizes. The Chinese scheme for promoting cotton growing has written to ask for a remand until Monday, Colony, the Sangbad swimmers follow the rules
of Kista are interested in the caso.
Before Mr. F. A. Hareland at the Magistracy yesterday thirteen natives were charged with A.S. WATSON & CO.. playing fantan in a house in Chung San Street
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Cholera prevails at or in the distrito Ying. Low, Newchwang and Autung-Hsien, the China
in the German colonies.
THE UNITED STATES AND
CHINA.
LONDON, September 23rd, Mr. Crane, the new U. S. Minister Times says, and the Japanese authorities into China, has been entertained Jenstone and Korean ports are exercising farewell banquet in New York In the course of a speech Mr. Crane
quamatine measures in respect of arrivals from those ports.
a
The wireless installation in connection with said he believed China had great prob. the Imperial Chinese Telegraphs is to use slems to solve, and that she was normal wave length of 600 metres and it is expected that it will under ordinary circa perfectly capable of solving them alone stances be able to communicate within eading if kept free from menace. China of 175 miles..
At the annual meeting of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society held yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. R. M. Smith was elected president, Mr. Mumy Stewart was elected vice-prezident, Mr.
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Dalgety, treasurer. Messis. Armstrong, Bonnar, Forbes, Macdonald and Ormiston were appointed mamlars of committee. It was decided to calebnte St. Andrew's day with the teal ball on 30th November next.
A now weekly paper has appeared in Shang. hal. The Torch is its title, and its purpose is to
servo na “a weekly beacon for Far Eastern
finance, commerce, insurance, shipping, law, etc.,
etc." Its articles on Chinese afairs are thoughtful and; well written, and we imagine For several years past the Governmen, the new publication will appeal to the Shanghai
of Hongkong has been spending a large sum annually prosecuting warfare against the malaria-spreading mosquito, and it is an item of expense which must continue to appear in the Budget statement for many years to come. In almost every part of the world where malaria is one of the diseases
criticism of the municipal affairs of the public especially on account of its refreshing
Settlement.
At the Magistracy yesterday before Mr. F. A. Hezaland a young Chinese maidservant was charged with stealing a quantity of clothing and two gold rings from her mistress. She denied the charge, and informed the Court that
would require much foreign material for development, and America was determined to have her share.
AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.
LONDON, September 23rd. The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary personally decorated Herr. Bethmann Hollweg, the new Chancellor of Germany, with the Cross of St. Stephen.
BRITISH POLITICS.
MR. BALFOUR AND ML, CHAMBERLAIN
ON TARIFF REFORM.
LONDON, September 23rd.
the 27th instant. Will that suit you!
Mr. Grover--Yes.
The Vice-Coal-There will be a remand then until the 27th of this month at ten o'clock and the accused will be allowed bail in two sureties of $10,000 auch. You will have time. The inspector will take you to the hotel where. you can write letters or attend to other business. detained in Hongkong in custody. If you cannot get the mraties you will be
Accused-Thank you.
Wright being transferred from the custody of This terminated the proceedings, Mr. Detective Welsh to the charge of a petty officer from one of the British gustosta.
CANTON;
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
22nd September, 1909.
of the Amateur Bwimming Association, and while the loyal judge was in favour of giving first place to a local man, the judge for Shang. hai held out for first place for a Shanghai competitor.
The official are:---
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President His Exellency Sir Frederick Lugard, K.CM.G., C.B. D.8.0.
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Chairman; Mr. A. Rodger. Hon. Trener: Mr. C.D. Bilse. - * Hon. Becretary: Mr. E. Lammert. H. B. Bridger, A. N. Kosad L. E. Lammert.
Judges: Hesurs.
M. Molver, J. Rodger,
Referee: Mr. G. A. Caldweli.
Starter: Mr. T. Meski Handicappers Mears. T. Mook, A. A. Claxton, AE. S. Alma, A. H. Carroll and HL. C. Sayer..
Rozs
TEAM RACE,
H. O. Sayy's team, composed of W. &. Goggin, F. J. Barretto, M. A. Rou W. J. Carroll, H. W. Petersen, A. V Barros and A. S. Ellis
HALF-MILE INTERFORT ́OHAMPIONSHIP.
R. W. McCabe (Bhanghai) C. J. Cake (Hongkong) Time---16 min 21 seconds.
This was the event in which Shanghal scored, konours filing casily audideservedly to them. The starters were Hongkong: C. J. Cooke, J. M. Roza Pereira, F. C. S. Rose, A. V. Barto
W. Dunk and P. Morrish, Shanghai: RW.
McCabe, D. H. Cooke, C. P. Mayus, J. G. Robinson and P. Fowler,
A good start witnessed McCabe taking the lead, and staking out with an easy yet powerful overarm stroke. He was followed closely by Official Time-keepers: Messrs. B. Galluzzi Pereirs andMorrish daring the first and second and W. A. Cimke:
Results of the various events follow:
KUNDEED YARD INTERPORT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
Q. Hamphreys... AA. Carton ...
R. W. Cabe...
Time-65 3/5 seconĖS,
in
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lengths, balia the third he ingreased his land, and Pareira and Morrish made way for C. J. Cooke, Rose and Robinson. In the shindign Cooks drew into second place, Robin Lad Ross following hard in his wake. In the Birth lap Cooke smerted himself to keep MoCabe in hand, but the latter with his fas easy overru
IMPERIAL CHINESE TELEGRAPHS. The French Consul seat a letter to H. E. the Viceroy, calling his attention to a joint complaint sent by the French firms here, about the frequent interruptions in the telegraph lines. A breakdown in the Knes is reported every week, and the forsignmerchants thereby enffer coprider- able incotrenience and loss. A similar complaint in the form of a letter signed by the British firms has also ben communicated to it. . H. Fax, there, and the local men on the inside. The gained considerably on
competitors got away with a good start, Shanghai simmer maintained his stantly pre Acting Consul General, for communication to Telegraph dministration will give the matter the Chinese authorities. It is to be hoped the
Humphreys and Prince being slightly in the until he was on the home run. Then he put on load of the other two. Humphreys was the first a final spurt which defied all Cooke's efforts, their prompt attention.
to turn, being lowely, klowed by Prince, but and amid fantic chouring he was sociaimed the pace was too warm for the Shanghailander, the winner. Rose was third map, coming in and he gradually yielded second pises to Claxton some ten yards behind Cooks. As McCabe In the third and last length McCabe overbanled gatered the V.R.C. after the race he was given the leaders inch by inch, but the end of the race three rousing cheers. was too near and the distance between him and
The draw for places saw the Shanghai stroke maintained his lead with apparent esse. representative on the outer side of the suolo-Cooke stred out boldly in the seventh lap and MeCahe, but the
FIBE AT HOKAM.
On Sunday midnight there was a fee at Honam. It originated in » fantan shop by the fall of a large foreign lamp such ware nsually hang at the doorways of fantan shops About 30 houses were destroyed by this fire, but happily there was no lost of life. A poor deaf man was most severely barnt about the body.
THE WEATHERS.
Yesterday afternoon we lys 'good fill of Mr. Balfour, leader of the Parrain, and to-day also we had a downpour. liamentary Opposition, addressed a This has soled the atmosphere, and the affect
them too great. Humphrys won by a length and a half, while Claxton just managed to gain second place by a touch.
TWO LENGTHS RACE,' Burch, R.G.A..
T. A. Burke, Buffe Time 46 15 seconds.
1 2
The sports will be continued this afternoon.
REPORTED WRECK OF A SMALL-
STEAMER.
It was reported at Foochow last week that the Japan steamer Taiwanfu; had been This event, which wu open to the army, with the loss of over 100 passengers and crow- wrecked in the typhoon on the White. Dogs nary and police, brought forward four starters. We understand that the Taiwanfu, is a small
that desh is heir to, the sanitary authorities her mistress struck her, in conesquence of most enthusiastic meeting at Bir. of the rain on the standing crops will be very all soldiers. The race from the start was steamer trading between Auping in Formes
are carrying on a similar campaign-covering which she departed with her own clothing. Amingham, and read a letter from Mr.
pawnbroker testified to the girl pawning the
sentented her to one month's imprisonment.
beneficial.
CHARTERED BANK DIVIDEND. stolen property at his shop, and his Worship Joseph Chamberlain in which he
expressed the hope that the House of The Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China kindly informa as Lords would force an election.
that he recaired from the London Office yes- Mr. Balfour made a strong declara-dividend has been declared for the past hall-year terday a telegram advising that an interim tion in favour of Tariff Reform and to 30th June, 1909, at 13 per cent. per annum, denounced the Budge. He declared that if only an appeal to the people
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:-
On the 22nd at 5.05 pm-Signals lowered. The depression has entereit the cost to the West of Bwatow,
no
stageout poole by petroleum, draining swampy marshes, or "training sullaha” down the bills, as we have been doing for the last ten years in Hongkong. It may interest the local authorities to learn that s new plan for eliminating the mosquito'is' being tried at Hoboken, the city on the west side of the Hudson River, opposite New York, and it is claimed for the new plan that it can be tried with very small expanse compared with the large outlaya which are now made on ditching and eiling. It is the simple method of allowing a certain Premare is high probably over the Pacific in be present, listened to the speech weed to cover the pools. The plant, called the neighbourhood of the Loochoos The the azolla, has been brought from the nos from Formosa and Japaz are, however, through an electrophone, and declared
not in hand. German colonies in Africato Wilhelmshaven, Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending it to be the most important that Mr which is described as "a place surrounded at 10 am. to-day, 0.11 inches.
Balfour bad yet delivered. by stagnant waters and evamps, infested with mosquitoes and in whose vicinity hundreds of cases of malaria have occurred." And although the proximity of the Ben and the abnormally cool temperature of last summer had an unfavourable influence on the audi-tropical plant's growth, yet it is
On the 23rd at 12.15 p.m.-The barometer were forced between Socialism and has risen quickly on the . and SE coasts of Tariff Reform he would have China, the depression having filled up.
Pressure has given way considerably in N.doubt of the result. China, owing to a depression, which is advancing Eastwards over the Lover Yangtze.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows Hongkong & Neighbourhood made; fair.
V1 winds,
Forms Channel
8. and 8.W. winds, frush. South coast of Chins between-Sea No. South coast of China between Hongkong and Lanoska
N.W. winds, Hongkong and Hainan... † moderato.
I.
Mr. Chamberlain, being too ill to
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MISHAP TO H. M. 8 “FLORA.”
H. M. 8 Flare, Captain J. Nicholas, of the recommissioning, returned unexpectedly owing China squadron, which left Colombo after to a mishap to her boiler tubes. It transpired that some of the boiler tabes barst when the riser was about 200 miles from Colombe; and the commander decided to put back for repairs
between Burek and Burks, the pair soon out and northern Chinese porte. Ne confruntion distancing Morrish and Harris. The last of this repo has reached Hongkong, and re length was a willing one, Burch at times head- trast it as no foundation in fact. ing Burke and vice versa, until the race ended ia Burch's favour by a tosh... FOUL LENGTHS HANDICAP/ FIRST HET: P.M/Remedios, scratch, I;
THE NETERRITORY MURDER.
A.H. Carroll, receives ec, 2.
At the gistracy yesterday afternoon. before M Wood, Li Ng was arraigned Banja got. astart of about a length in this on two ages, one of murder and one of event, but both Remedios and Carroll gained cutting and founding.
considerably on him in the turn. A poor pay off
Time--1 min. 42 secs.
Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Deputy Super- by Carroll in the third length enabled Hemedios to intendent of Police, prosecuted, and priemer The limit man had still a good lead, but it soon overtake him, and to follow in parenit of Banja, was undefended. dwindled with the final spurt of Remedios and Railway, titled to being present
Dr. Hartly, Medical Officer in charge of the at the Carroll, who gained first and second respec- post-mortem held on the murdered woman. tirely. Remedios winning by about a length. There was a round on the right buttock about.
four inches long and from two-and-a-half ́t A HUMAN QUADRUPED.
SECOND HAT: H. C. Sayer, receives three inches deep. The wound was a mixture seos, 1; A.V. Barros, receives & seca, 2. Not to be autions by its sister island Samar,
of a stab aul cut. Witness considered that which produced the already famous Sanar
Roza soon overhauled Sriven in this rase, and deceased bled to death. “ Twins exhibited at Palomar Park the island of was challenged by Bagor for first place in the Leyte has come forward with a still stranger third length, Witchell swam well, but the office. The murdered woman was his wife, and Li Luk deposed to being a shroff in the Land production, a child two years and five months handicap proved too much for him. Sayer lived at Bandung in the New Territory. This old and possessed of four feet-a hemian quadruped.
till held his load in the last length, being
The child was born of Boholano parents and closely fellowed by Roza, while Earres made was his natire village. The accused was his is strong and healthy. It was horn and raides strenuous exertions to overtake the leaders. Helder brother, and witness kusy of no reason with its parents in the town of Lagod and is
After further evidence the hearing was adjourned.
Specialities for the Skin are the study of the offspring Cornelio and Elenterisa Table to reach Bayer, but with a splendia jwhy his brother should have killed his wife.
Tomandau. It is the only female of a famly of spurt he just managed to snatch second place seven children.-Cablenows-American (Man). from Roza: Tim1 min 44 secs. -