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Two men were at the Magistracy on Saturday
important mission to Europe and America, fined $1,000 each or thire months imprisonment TELEGRAMS.
for condusting a lottery at 246, Hollywood Road. The police applied that the money found on the premises be forfeited, but his Worship refused to misko any order.
A fine of $10,000 was imposed at Singapore
last week on a Cantonese named Ng Ah Pat
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In the event of the line being paid it's state that $9,500 would go to the informer and $500 to the Farm.
and generally the prospect, of real and solid progress in administrative reforms is not To hopeful as it seemed six months ago! Some of the recent unpromis- ing signe-such as the appointment of CO.the Regent's brothers, inexperienced and ignorant young Manchu Princes, desti- tute of technical training," to the highest coinmunds in the army and navy-have been ascribed to female influence. The power behind the Throne, Dr. MORRISON stated recently 'in # communication to the Times; is believed to be the Regent's stepmother, who "regardless of the wel fare of the country, uses her influence towards the personal enrichment of her family." These appointments are said to have provoked widespread dissatisfaction in China. But some satisfaction may be deby or on behalf of the owners of the property, rived from the fact that China's Lord High and Mr. I. U.. trza, Puisno Judge's clerk, Admiral has by command of the Prince Re- has been appointed clerk to the Board. gent gone to Europe and Anierica" for the express purpose of studying the naval arrangements of the great Powers of the world. Whatever opinions may be enter. tained regarding the definite objects of the WHISKY mission, everyone appreciates the great
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he saw when he visited Europe a few years ago has liceu very apparent in the Imperial Ediets since His Highness became the virtual ruler of the Empire. Similarly we may be sure that Prince Haus's outlook upon the world will be widened by his tour, and His Highness will return to Chiu far more sympathetic than he probably ever was before to the new ideals. His Highucas will have seen the fruits of western learn ing" not merely in dockyards and arsenals, and even though Chine may still have to wait for an imposing fleet, the knowledge of the wide world and its affairs which
the Imperial Prince will have acquired by the time he returns to Peking will, we cannot doubt, lead to increased
Rym-
The Beard appointed to determine the amount of componaation to be paid for the Government rosumption of Kowloon Inland· lote 442 and (618 will commence its sittings at the Supreme Court on Friday, December 3rd. The Govern- meat members are His Honour Mr. Justice Gompertz (chairman) and the Hon. Mr. P. N. H.
Jones. Mr. E. G. Shewan has been nominated':
„The "Ray, Timothy Richard, D.D., Lith.D., General Secretary of the Christian Literature Seciety of Chins, has just complated forty years Baptist Missionary Society made use of this universary last week to show Dr. Richard the love and esteem in which he is held by them. Dr. Richard was entertained to dinner by the Rev. and Mrs. Evan Morgan at their residence in Shanghai, and a handsome allvar rise bowl, A
work in China, and the members of the English
reading chair and reading couch were presented
to Dr. Richard, to whom the gifts came as a groat surprise.
· LONDON, November 20th. The Cape to Cairo Railway has reached the Congo frontier.
CHINESE NAVAL COM. MISSIONERS, ̈
LONDON, November 20th. The Chinese Naval Commissioners, headed by Prince Hsun, have arrived at Dover. On landing salutes wore fired in honour of the visitors.
SUPREME COURT.
Saturday November 20th.
IN CRIMINAL JuntsnicTioN. BEFORE HIS HONOUR Mr. W. HEES DAVIES, K.C. (Acriso CHIEF JUSTICE).
THE INDIAN POLICE MUEDER.
The trial of Mak Tin Fuk on the charge of murdering two Indian police at Lamebun Gap in the New Territory was concluded,
The jurors were Messrs. P. C. Potts, Mr. Manuk, W. E. Molaon, W. King, A, G. Coppin, GM. Smith and G. S. Cruickshank.
The Hon Mr. F. A. Hazsland, Leting Attorney-General, instructed by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. J. W. Orr, instructed by Bir. A. Jackson (of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Muster), represent.
ed the defendant
When evidence had concluded Counsel ad. dressed the jury and his Lordship directed them.
of guilty, and his Lordship, wearing the black The jury unanimously roturzod a verdict
cap, sentenced the prisoner to death;
At Charing Cross Station they were met by representatives of the Ad- THE JAPANESE SUGAR SCANDALS. miralty and Foreign Office, and were accorded military honours in London..
LONDON, November 21st.
The Commissioners visited the King at Windsor and stayed to luncheon.
GERMANY'S ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES,
LONDON, November 20th. The German Navy Estimates show an increase for the year of 1 million
H.E. the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Ng Hon-taz to be a member of the Sanitary Board for a term of three years, vice Mr. Ho. Kam Tong, resigned. The new member who is an old Queen's College boy, is one of the pounds sterling. secretaries of the Yuen Fat firm, of Bonham Strand, the largest Chinese firm in the Colony, being importers of rice, sugar, etc., and in 1907. he was on the Board of Directors of the Tang the National Bank of China. At present he is Wa Hospital, being at that time compradore of
The Army Estimates show decrease of 1 millions sterling.
J
THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
a member of the Public Dispensary Committes.THE RUMOURED MARRIAGE NEGOTIA-
Leaving Linnton, Oregon, for China, the steamer . S. Dollar had on beard one of the most singular cargoes of lamber that have ever left the port. Her deck load was pathy with the ambitions of his Imperial composed of huge unsawn logs destined for brother for the advancement of China alonga Chinese temple. There were about twenty. A.S. WATSON & CO.. of the vaguest description, but the recog. from 10 to 106 foot.
Western lines. Those ambitions may be five of the logs, and they ranged in length They averaged
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LONDON, November 21st. An official statement issued from Windsor states that there have been no negotiations for a marriage between
REMARKABLE EVIDENCE BY ONE OF THE ACCUSED DIRECTORS.
.Our Correspondent at Tokyo writon :-- procending in the Tokyo District Court of the For some weeke past the trial has been
aco sed directors and other officials of the Dai Nippon Sugar Company. The evidence so, fur
"QUO VADIS?" AT THE CITY HALL.
The audience on Saturday at the Theatre. Royal were transported into anolent history, when Romo had scarcely passed her zenith and Petor himself was still living. The royal purple of the Emperor, the gay togas, and the flowing draperies in brillisat hues of the Roman court mado a vivid mass of colour on the stage, thrown. inte roliof by the white rebos of the Christians, Noro, the decadent, was Emperor-vain, senile; and oruel--and through fear scenic acts misfor- tune apon misfortuno henp themselves upon the helpless Christians and those who befriend thera in Nero's court. Happily meekness and submis. sion triumph in the fifth act, the lovely Christian mailen is resoned from the wild beasts in the aron just in time, to the grant relief of the audience, and the principal characters, at least, escape the universal carnage,
Considering the difficulties to be overcome in the production of a play of this character, the staging was excellent, and the audience showed their appreciation ospecially of a very effective prison. seus representing a coll in the Mamertine
Miss Blanche Forsythe's study of the obarneter of the persecuted Lygia was excep tionally good and well balanced, while Mr. Henry Dallas made a sympathetic Vinicions. The Petronius of Mr. Charles Vane deserves
special mention, and Mr. Douglas Vigors as Tigellinus was excelent. Ner should Noro (Mr. Harry Neville) be forgetten, or his insatiably Dundas. cruel wife Poppen, so ably played by Miss Lilian
BELATED SHIPPING.
laid before the Court has dealt with the manipulation of the company's money for The Gorman mail steamer Prinz Ludwig purposes of speeslation and has resealed nothing arrived in port on Saturday evening two days of particular interest, beyond the fact that the overdue. Contrary to expectation, she had not accused had seriously involved the company's been buffetted about by the typhoon which affairs not only in a financial way but also izpassed to the south of the Colony a few days ago, which those who are trying to adjust the affairs found the barometer dropping and deelded ta regard to the book-keeping, in the maze of as the captain, when approaching the Paraosis,
of-the company-are-still struggling. ---------
But on Wednesday list there was a revival of interest in the proceedings in consequence of the remarkablo statoment of the chief of the Locaged officials, the director Isomura. Speak ing with an elognonce which aroused the sympathy of the Court Isomura made the follow- ing statement :—
-keep-out-of-the region of the typhoon. Tha steamer was headed southwards, and not till
rising glas indicated better wonther shead did the resume her northward course. Sinso the Prinsess Alice received each rough. handling between Singapore and Hongkong in September of last year the captains of the N. D. L. steamera havo received instructions not to. pass through typhoons if possible.
We attempted to greatly extend the company's business with the object of The P. and O. steaner Palawan is three days monopolising the trade in the Orient, overdue, bat probably she, too, kept clear of the and thereby emelting our own country, typboom and doubtless we shall hear of her
today.
Bat the Government, to our surprise, gave by allowing heavy rebates on the taxes that should have been paid by this company, while we did not receive any assistance, but were
special favours to the Formosan Sugar Company
nition by members of the Imperini family about forty-three inches to the batt, and each King Manuel of Portugal and an ignored. This attitude of the Government even
weighed nearly fifteen tons. They were to be discharged between Shanghai and Hankow, and afterwards taken a long distance into the interior of the country, where they will be used in making repairs to a Buddhist temple many centuries old.
of China's backwardness must give to the reform movement
a powerful impetus. Frequently we are told that China's great need is that of a strong consistent leader, powerful enough to carry out the ideas of reform by which he must be imbued, and uniting with a reasoned belief in the efficacy. of his projects tact and firmness in their application. Japan, it is suggested, had such a leader in Iro. But we may point All letters for publication should be written on out that Iro was a product rather than the one side of paper only,
No anonymously signed communications that seed of the Reformation in Japan, and if we have already appeared in other papers will be sock to apply to China the experience of Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS Japaù in this connection we have to say that thould be sent before 11 am on day of the great neod in China is, in the first publication. After that hour the supply is place, a sympathetic Court ready to give the limited. Only supply for Cash.
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one strong leader merely, but rather to a powerful group of statesmen animated by the same convictions and absolutely loyal to their chosen leader as well as to each other. Obviously a strong guiding force is what shopkeeper in $500. "[1489 China imperatively needs at the present
inserted.
MARRIAGE.
At St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on the 30th November, 1909, by the Ber: H. C. Izard, MA ELLEN BROWN of Folkestone, Kent, England, to EVOH FSANE CAMPOKULL
The first proscention under the Liyaure Ordinance was made at the Magistracy on Bratt charged the master of a junk with making Saturday, when Revenue Officers Wilden and a false declaration to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports in reference to 100 jar of spirits of wine, containing 350 gallons. They also charged the keeper of a Chinese wine and spirit shop in Queen's Road West with smuggl represented by Mr. Leo D'Almads. The ing the Eqnor specified. The dofondants were prosecution affirmed that the liquor was brought into the Colony as samshu in order to escape payment of the heavy duties on spirits of wine, lusted of $1,050. Mr. E R. Hallifaz remanded it being stated that only $15 duty was paid, the case until Friday nort, bail being allowed the jank master in a sum of $250 and the
English Princess.
gave rise to international trouble, for the Date Minister laid a protest with the authorities EXPLOSION ON A SUBMARINE because of the injury that was being done to the
LONDON, November 21st,
An explosion has occurred on a submarine in Portsmouth barbour,
damaged and two men were injured.
The interior of the submarine was
THE RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTER.
Java sugar trudy..
We therefore advised the Government, through Baron. Shibasawa, to reconsider its policy, but the advice was ignored. At about this time the Formosen company was sending over 2,500,000 tons of sagar which was being secretly
exported to Osaka and other districts. How could we be indifferent in this serious situation How | could we remain with our hands in our pockets and our company verging on bankrutay? The Formosan company was making on nannal profit of six million yen through the too-generons aid of the Government. And of this enormous amount Genro statesmen, Cabinet Ministers and many other high officials received a share.”
The Court listened in silence to this somet
LONDON, November 21st.
of Finance, has returned to St. Peters-tional statement and the ecoused, his excitement
M. Kokovtsoff, the Russian Minister
burg, from the Far East.
MARRIAGE OF MISS HART.
LONDON, November 21st. Miss Mabel Hart, daughter of Sir
HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, DES Vœux Road Ccture, but the men best qualified by THE BANDMANN COMEDY COMPANY. Robert Hart, has been married to Mr. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. "EC knowledge and experience to shape the
The Daily Press.
HONGKONO, NOVEMBER 22D 1909.
destinies of the Empire are by some malign nfluence denied the opportunity.
Mr. Ariyoshi has been appointed Japanese Comanl-General at Shanghai.
H. C. Brodie, M.P. for the Reigate Division.
THE BRITISH CONSUL AT
KIUKIANG.
inoressing, continued :----
"Please remember that, this crime was committed in broad daylight in Japan a constitutional country! I and Mr. Akiyama (another accused director) guashed our teeth in indignation, and it was at that time we resolved upon an extraordinary course of action, namely, to bribe members of the Lower House of tinning their illegal acts. But our scheme failed and gave rise to a great sesudal," -
the Diet to prevent the authorities from cou-
The nooused concinded his statement by asking. the Court to impose a severo sentence upon him- self, as being the principal offender, but to lighten the punishment of the other soused, his nocomplices.
The golden opinious won by the Bandmann Comedy Company daring their stay a likely to be strengthened during the present week, when they present even a stronger repertoire than they have done up till now. For instance, to night "The Early Worm, "the most laughable piece at The German Mail of the 31st October was present in London, will be produced, and many
In the House of Commons recently, Mr. delivered in London on the 19th inst.
Ginnel (Westmeath, N., Nat) asked the
The dramatic statement of Isomers greatly will no doubt patronise it to enjoy the "60 would state the mason why Consul Werner, moved the Court, and naturally it has created Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire if he Robertsoniae wasterpiece, "Casta," will be the Court a British subject ofarged with haring of late months the people have become accustom laughs in 60 minutes."
To-morrow night the who refused to and for trial before a British very deep impression upon the public, although Squire Bancroft and Sir John Hare laid the his post; and whethe great attraction. This is the play in which Bir killed a Chinese, was being withdrawn fromed to hear of these serious charges against men
; and whether the accused Britisk sub. foundations of their fortunes in the theatrical Jet
high in office profession, and created the famous parts of Min.), who replied, said:-The statementa im- Mr. McKinnon Wood (Glasgow, St.. Rallox.,. John Hare revived the piece at the Carrick with facts. (Cheers.) His Majesty's Consul Hartree and Sam Gerridge, after which Sirplied in the question are not in accordance Theatre and drew all London to see him in the of absence due to him in the ordinary course. at Kiakiang happens to be proceeding on, leave rôle of Eccles, a rôle in which Cyril Maude The police inspector whose trial on the charge made one of the hits of his career at the of causing the death of a Chinese resulted in Haymarket Theatre. Those who have not withis discharge is not in the service of his nessed this comedy should avail themselves of Majesty's Government, and the question of his this opportunity.
romoval does not rest with them.
CHINA has now had twelve months of government under the Regency. An era of enlightenment and progress was believed to
The Soudan with the Cameron Highlanders have dawned for China when the aged
on board sailed from Hongkong on Saturday. Dowager Empress passed away within a
The Netherlande Indica craiser squadron took fow hours of the decense of the Emperor their departure on Saturday afternoon, after an KANGuau, and the infant son of the latter's eight day's stay in these waters. brother, was appointed to reign in his stead The scale of charges for medical treatment under the Regency of his father. The in the Government hospitals and asylums_is closing years of the last reign, associated as
published in the current Garette. in history they will be with the recognition Mr. Amos P, Wilder, U. B. Consul-General of the imperative need of reform, and the at Shanghai, is expected back on the P. M. S. promised gift of constitutional government, Siberia, which is dus early in December. furnished the Regent with a high ideal Rear Admiral Harber has been designated and a dofinite object of patrotic ambito snowed to the command of the US. Pacifio tion. What little was known of Prince Fleet on the retirement of Rear-Admiral Sabre LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. CHUN at the time inspired confident early in the year.
20th instant, and is due here to-day at 6 p.m.
The C. & M. str. Ruby left Manils on the The H.-A. Linio str. Belgravia left Shanghai on the 18th instant p.m., and may be expected here to-day,
The J. Callicate Pianght be lacusar for this port on the 16th instant, and may be expected here on or about the 24th inst.
IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE.
AN INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.
THE UNVEILING OF THE ROYAL
STATUES.
The following arrangements have been made for the unveiling on Thursday, the 25th instant, of the statues of H. M. the Queen (the cost of which, it will be remembered, has been defrayed by public subscription to conmemorate the coronation of H. M. the King, and of H. R. H. the Princess of Wales, a gift to the Colony by Mr. H. M. Mody.
the Governor, and the hour appointed for the The unveiling will be performed by H.E.
ceremony is 10 a.m.
His Excellency will be received on the ground by the Chairman and members of the Coronation Committee and Mr. HM Mody. The troops will present arms and bands will play the first six bars of the National Anthem.
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H. E. the Governor will then unveil the statzo of H. M. the Queen, and subsequently the statne
and the troops will then give thres cheers for ef H. R. E. the Princess of Wales, after which, a royal sainte will be fired by the Royal Artillery,
H. M. the King and deflle pass H.E. the Governor...
Stands will be erected in the vicinity of the statues. Admission to these will be partly by ticket issued by the Chairman of the Coronation Committee on behalf of that Committee and by Mr. H. M. Mody and partly free.
There will be no separate parade of troops in honour of the King's Birthday.
---THE HIPPODROME CIRCUS.
Saturday night's attendance at the Hippo-.. drome Circus, Causeway Bay, was not very large, but it was certainly enthusiastic, Lo Dial and Romah excelled their previous displays in the hat-throwing avant, while the Mysore acrobats, and Meckerjee, the horizontal bar expert, were the heroes of the evening, The of the Carpie Brothers elicited rounds of ap clever head to head and hand to hand balancing plaase for those up-to-date acrobats, while the crowning act of the performance, M. Urban's ontree in the lions' den, was received with the PUBLIC ORDER AND CRIME
warm enthusiasm which has always been AT SWATOW,
accorded this torn. The quality of the por formance throughout is being maintained, and Despite the existence of the police force, those who appreciate a good cirous should not robberies in Swatow, and burglaries, are on the increase, save the NC. Daily News carreseglect to pay a visit to the Hippodrome tent at pondent. For the protection of river craft and Causeway Bay of the shops which line the sbore, a steam- This evening there is to be a complete huge Lamoh and cutters have been provided, but as of programme. Walter St. Leon will for the the launch is too large and the cutters of too
great draft effectively to patrol the shallow first time in Hongkong give an exhibition of his water, it is difficult to see what end they will famous bareback somersault riding. The Carpie servo. Police matters are in the hands of a Brothers will also appear in a new and novel realous but untrained anperintendent, and suffer act. Miss Zelia with her beautiful statue horse, from his incompetency,
and Roccoco with something rew, also appear in the programme. Other features aro perform-
Elliott Sisters, Dick and Bella Bell, Mookerjee, andes by Dalbenie, Miss Lallah Ashby, the
the Mysore troupe, Miss Virginis, Leo Har
audeis, Elliott and Romah, and Prof. G. Urban's zoo of wild animals. Seats may ba booked at Robinson's.
hopes and expectations that some definito The total output of the Chinese Engineering progress would at last be made, and and Mining Co.'s three minas for the wook early confirmation of these views came when ending 6th November amounted to 23,931.79 tons it was apparent that His Highness was
and the sales during the period to 27,784.72 tons, disposed to lean for advice and guidanco The agenda for the meeting of the Sanitary upon progressive statesmen like CHANG Board on Tuesday refers to a case of anthrax CHI TUNG and YUAN SHIH KAI. Edinte and to the extension of the outbreak of foot and imbued with the spirit of reform streamed mouth disease at Kennedy Town cattle depot. from the Palace, and the flow continues to
His Majesty the King has not been advised be uncensing. But CEANG CHI TUNG has exercise his power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. 17 of 1909, entitled passed away, YUAN SHIN KAI has been "An Ordinance to amend The Stonscatters from Vanconvar on, the 18th instant afternoon been identified with a movement favouring is probably less frequent thaa in places further lifetime, A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd. Hole Agents relegated to obscurity, Tara So Yi has Island Ordinance, 1889,”
A London telegram to the N-C. Daily News That infanticide is not a thing of the past in
this region is proved by the following incident Boston, mnounces that he will devote £10,000 seven daughters in secession and had des
Mr. Edward Gion, a wealthy publisher of A young woman thirty years old had borne annually to a scheme to promote peace. For troyed everyone of them. She looked forwari that purpose be assignë £200,000 in his will and to the advent of the new baby with joy, because ho intends to establish a school of peace" in native proverb says that "Seven stars accora which a large staff will be engaged in giving pany the moon." The P. & 0. str. Himalaya loft Singapore lectures.
"But, alas when the little one for this port on the 20th instant, at 4 pm,,
appeared it was again a girl! Maddened with Our contemporary says Edward Gina was born disappointment ale snatched up the baby and with the outward English Mails, and is due at Orland, Me., in 1838. He is the head of Gina here on the 26th instant, at about 3 p.m.
dashed it on the ground. The weight of the and Co whose publishing business is said to
story
is not so much in the fate of the last little How TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com The T.K.K. str. Nimon Maru will sail from be second to none in the United States. Mr. unfortunate, as in the fact that her seron sisters plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait Yokohama on 21st inst., en route to Hongkong, Ginn has shown spanial interest in housing the had been destroyed by their mother in the same Charmant and Special Skin Toxic and Poudrs she is due to arrive at this port on the 1st prox. poor and promoting better conditions between way. Infanticide. seems to be decidedly less
Charmant will enable you to do it, Her The CP.R. str. Empress of Japan sailed capital and labour; and for many years he has usuel within the last decade, and in this region Specialities for the Skin are the study of a
via the usual ports of call.
universsi pañco among the nations.
North, but it is by no means non-existent.
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