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of the Society would be bringing itself into disrepute by a flagrant disregard of the in structions of the Constitutional Reform Com missioners which were expressly designed to prevent these Assemblies molding with affairs bearing on the foreign
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A typhoon warning was monived by the
Amerian Consulate Gomaral, Hongkong, from TELEGRAMS. the Manila Observatory at 9.05 a.m. yesterday reading: Cyclone or Typhoon N. of the Palow Islands, direction unknown."
The sermon at the morning sirvion at Union
Church to-morrow will be proacked by Mr. H. A. Kennedy, of the Times (London), who is making a short stay in the Colony. Mr. Kennedy is an uncle of Mr. J. Stadart Kennedy, general manager of the Electric Tramway Co.
Two Chirose were at the Magistracy, yester- day convicted of having incited a bulldog to attack a small boy, whose arm was badly bitton. Mr. Wood ordored the first defendant to pay a fine of $25 and $2 compensation and the second to pay a fine of $10 and 82 compensation..
functions of the Imperial Government. The Council has questions of far more importance on hand. We do not observe that any progress has been made yet with the questions which properly come within the province of the Council When the Assembly was formed proposals were laid before it dealing with (1) the pro- hibition of gambling; (2) the reform of the Thero have been many complaints of late police system; (8) the reform of the pri-regarding trompa sad soolien sleeping on the sons; (4) elementary and technical education; and (5) changes in the fiscal system aiming at the abolition of the Sin Hau Kak, and making the Provincial Treasurer alone responsible for the collection and custody of the revenues." "Some of these masures were suggested by the Government and others by private members. It is specially interesting to Hongkong to learn that a member of the Council has recently brought forward
motion dealing with the debased subsidiary coinage of the Canton mint. Hig proposal is that all the 10-cent eoins should he called in and reminted of equal intrinsic value with the Hongkong ten cent coin. Our inquiries go to show that the Hongkong ten-cent coin is far more popular in Canton than the coin of the
Chinese mint, because these small coins are
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marke: stalls. A man who was found sleeping on a pork stall in the Old Western Market wan at the Magistracy yesterday fined 83. looked like a tramp, but he had $23 in his possession when arrested by the police.
A fire which practically wiped out the village pegurred at Choong Sha Wan on Thursday night. Two farge houses and 16 hate wore con- named and over 100 pigs were sousted. The Fire Brigule under Captain Lyons were in attendance and extinguished the fames after
considerable clestraction had been done.
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THE DISSOLUTION OF
PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, December 3rd. In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith announced that His Majesty the King approved of the dissolution of Parliament.
AGAINST THE LORDS.
THE DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, December 3rd. The Prime Minister's resolution of remonstrance at the refusal of the House of Lords to pass the financial provisions was adopted in the Commons by 349 votes to 134, amid prolonged cheers and counter cheers,
The House of Commons was crowd-
CANTON.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
2nd December.
AN UNSCEUTULOUS OFFICIAL: The following is an instance of the kind of men who find their way into the employ of the Provincial Government. Some weds ago a young police offer mainel Lo was shot while endesrouting to ameat several robbers. The government was petitioned on behalf of his family and a sum of $300 was granted as com- pensation. This sam was handed toan offcial who received orders to hand it over to the docensod's
be paid for the damaged property, The Keros sano Oil Guild have taken the matter up, however, and have come to the cons/usion that the Magistrate's decision was anjust, and that be has noted in this way in order to please the foreigners. The Self-Government Society and the Chamber of Commerce have been requested to take the matter up, and get the judgment reversed if possible.
QUEER JUSTICE. Some time ago a man named So was charged with a certain crime and condemned to serve a term of several years' imprisonment. The authorities have again been looking into the
elder brother. The official, having received the ease and have discovered that there is no proof money, refused to part with it in spite of the of the man having committed the crime. He fot that the rightful owner made many applies has, therefore, been discharged from prison, but ions. The brather then petitioned the magis-sent back to his native village, there to he kept trute, and after a loug enquiry the avaricious under the strict control of the local officer. Hs official was told that he would have to pay over has been told that if he leaves the village he will the money or be punished. The money, up to have to mrvo the whole of his formerly imposed the time of writing, still remains unpaid, and sentence. the official still enjoys his position.
NEW COLLEGE.
LOCAL SPORT,
LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
First Division: H.K.F.C., D. R.G.A.
Chub Ground, 4 p.m.
A new college, called "Chan Ka,” bas recently been opened for the study of ancient learning The Warden observed with winch sorrow that the number of students was not nearly so great as was expected. He has referred the matter to the Education Con- missioner, asking him to appoint as students of the College a hundred of those coudicates who Kowloon, a. Naval Yard. :: were lately unsuccessful in obtaining the second
letter to these men nrging them to register literary degres. The Commissioner has gout a
their names as students,
CONFUCIAN BOCIETY. ·
Wise Man. A temple, to be situated in tho
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Referee Sgt. Edward, Buffa. R.E. t. Buff.
Military Ground, 4 p.m.
Refores, Guntur Mursh, R.G.A,
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Lusitano v. Moslom.
Causeway Day, 4 p.m.
-Ruforee, Mr. Hamson, Y.C.A.
93 Coy. v. B. Coy.
Lyeman, 4 p.m.
Referee, Sapper Scarlett, R.E. We are informed that the Match B.O.C. B.:
A meeting of Justices of the Peace took place at the Magistracy yesterday. Mr. J. R. Wood presided and thore were prosent Captain Lyons, Messrs. R. A. Craig and G. A. Woodcooked and much excited.
The Society for the Fromulgation of Cou- fucian Doctrine is making great strides in the Aa application was submitted from Alexandre
Mr. Asquith emphatically con- district. At Fatahan the townsfolk have just Kota for an adjunct liceace for premises at 37,
asen's Road Central, and after it had been demned the action of the House of formed a branch association, and lectures are to considered in private the Prosa were informed Lords us an arrogant usurpation of he held weekly to explain the teachings of the FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR weighed rather than counted when paid away
The Tean (Capt. Oaterbridge) on ner lest the rights of the House of Commons, midst of a garden, is also to be erected, and the in large quantities, and it is therefore to the passage to Manila ran into a stiff North East, and stated that if the Liberals were public are to be invited to make obeisances to the
monsoon which a nodesitated the vessel's returned to power their first act tablots of Confucins which the temple will A. Coy, has been cancelled owing to the "boys" advantage of the payor that his collections changing its course to owe the ship's motion
contain and then enjoy themselves in the being unable to raise a team. should be in the heavier coin. We have and was responsible for the loss of a lighter would be to reimpose the taxes and garden. The Society is also intending to bury heard it stated, indeed, that Hongkong coin towed by the Tean, through the parting of the duties provided by the Budget, and to itself in educational unitore, and large numbers of persona have given or promised debutions in The lighter was is probably represented by as much as eighty towline.
constricted at validate past collections. The neces
aid of the work. per cent. of the ten-cent coins circulating in Hongkong to the order of the Quartermaster's eities of the State could only be fur-
SELF-GOVERNMENT BOČIETY. Canton. If this is approximately correct,
nished by borrowing under the Ap- The Self-Government Society sooms determin- the statement has an interesting bearing ou
foreigner shall or shall not shoot birds on the vexed question as to what amount of
propriation Act. He hoped that theed not to let the question rest as to whether the ultimate irrecoverable loss would not Sundays. The Secialy is now bombarding the Hongkong subsidiary coin would be likely
be great, but it was obvious that in Deliberative Council with appesis to take the the present financial year there would matter up, in order, it is stated, to prevent trouble being caused in the future. One would in- be a large deficit, swollen by the cost agine that, considering the grave questions the Deliberative. Conroll have to discuss and the of borrowing,
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THE Self-Government Society of Canton is still actively engaged in fomenting trouble. Its latest effort takes the form of an an- deavour to robbie the Provincial Council of Kwangtung which is asked by this mischievous society to consider
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matter of urgent public importance, whether foreigners should be allowed to shoot birds on Sundays! It is not that the inauguration of the new measure of local self-government has revealed the Chinese masses to be Sabbatarians at heart. Sunday happens to be the day when little shooting partics of foreignors are to be seen in the country districts round about the Canton delta, and the suggestion that they should be suppressed has been made to the Provincial "Council and also, we believe, to the Imperial Government by this notoriously anti-foreign Self-Government Society of Canton. The agitation was primarily aimed at the Portu
Self-Government uese of Mueno, the Society finding it useful as a devise for Eustaining among the ignorant masses a hostile feeling against Portugal while futile efforts were being unde to delimitato the boundaries of the Colony of Macao. Prob ably the people of Heungshan-have been familiar with Sunday parties for upwards
of three centuries, and saw no cause in them
for alarm until the Self-Government Society
value, there would seem to be little likelihood of the Colony being flooded with its dwn coinage. But this is
Department at Manila.
An appropriation of P250,000 has been made for the dredging of the month of the Iloilo river The contract has been lot to the Atlantic, Gait and Pacifle Company. Tas river at that point will be dredged to a depth of nine feet and the work is to be completed within nine months. The dredging will enable large steamers to pass in and lie along the east side. This is the first appropriation toward accomplishing that, for
which an appropriation of P1,250,002 has been asked
Mr. Balfour declared that the Lords had shown clear, sound sense. It was the Second Chamber's duty to
The Siames are a simple but a most ingeni-
Company has just issued a circular letter to how the proposal now before the Provincial the consumers of current, which reads Sir, Council at Canton is finally dealt with, for the case that your electric light should fail though at the present rate at which the we beg to send your enclosed a postcard, which Council is progressing with its business. we please send us at when you find you light out pay have to wait a very long time for the The company will then send you another post- possibility of supplying the place of the light card." To the more exacting Western mind the decision.
that basis with a match and another posteard" would never have occurred.
adegression. It will be interesting to learn/ous people. The manager of the Biom Electrio { refuse, to pass the Bill and it had 1
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The Peking correspondent of the New York
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real evils and abuses that are crying aloud for reform, the Self-Government Society might confine its attentions to matters of, greater importance.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
TEAMS (FIRST DIVISION», Naval Yard-Bacon; Berry and Pasco; Whorewell, Mears and Hening; Rochfoni and Brown; Sulliysa; Wiks and Dalziel,
Buff-Black: Ruler and Cloke; Dare, Wren and Tompact; Fitzpatrick and Honokham;
R E-Brown; Beardmore and Morgan; and Darrant; Jackson and Taylor: Brownter and Barker. Cully, Parton Blackwell; Brown, Taylor and Oriond
Kowloon-Foulkes
Ginkel and
Allen; Morris, Blackburu and Wilkie; Hedley and Wenser; Brown; Wilkie and Mead.
R.G.A.-Beasley; Orley and West; Walker, Lt. Bagnall and Hewitt; Crump and Ansell; Watts: Nash and Bellio.
H.K.F.C.-J. Clark; A. Hamilton and J, McCubbin, B. Chapman, R. C. Barlow and W. Ironside A. Aitchison and E J. H: Van Delden; A. Whitmarsh; J. Danby and H. Sayer.
Many case of highway robbery have occurred near Tai. Sha T'au lately, and the new Band done its duty fearlessly. He was con- appears to be a happy hunting-ground for par
TEAMS (SECOND DIVISION) M.R.C.-Bux; Dyer and Khan; Markur, fident the country would support the sons of the light-fingered persuasion. Yester-
day there was a great commotion near the Mootee and A. Bar; Moon and C. Markar: Tang Kwar Theatre; whistles were blowing Hartoom; Rumjahm and Nazario, action of the House of Lords.
violently and a number of police were chasing L.R.C.-L. Cordeiro; Castro and Soares; T. man who had been caught in the act of picking Cordeiro, F. Hyndman and Siqueira; A. a pocket. The rascal dodged in and out of the Hyndman and Cruz; A. Ribeiro; R. Ribeiro foot passengers very cleverly, and at last think and H. Hyndman. ing he was secure got into a sampan and devoured to cross to Honum. However, he was caught and taken off to the nearest station. Those scones, which are of common occur. ranca, often illustrate the brutality and callous.
Mr. Asquith, in concluding the We have seen the business pro-
debate, said the resolution was grammes of several of the Provincial
vindication of the first principles of the Constitution, and he asked the Councils, and it is worthy of note that in nearly every one of them mention is made of
House of Commons and the country proposals dealing with debased coinage.
as follows: China's to declare that the voice of the people Haruld telegraphed Another matter common to nearly every one approval of America's proposal that a second is educational reform.
Some of the pro- Opium Conference be lieldat The Hagueand that was to be found in the elected repre. grammes include proposals aiming at a the delegates be empowered to negotiate an infor- sentatives. uniform system of weights and measures: national Treaty for the suppression of opium, is The members of the Chinese Naval the reform of lanil registration; taxation regarded as certain. The Wairupu strongly Commission were present during the reform; the improvement of rivers and favoare the proposal, but the approval of its water coursee, and similar subjects. Where details by the Boards of Finance and Internal speech. the Councils give their serious attention to Affairs is necessary for its formal acceptance. The proposed Treaty would provide for the questions of this character they are likely to
suppression of opium within a prescribed period justify their existence, but when they fritter and the declaration of the drag contraband. away their energies in exciting international The right of search would be granted by the jealousies, as the mischievous clique misnam signatory Powers together with the punishment ed the Self-Government Society bid the Can- of illicit traffic as an international offence. tenAssembly todo, they will dofar more harm than good, and it would be to the advantage of all concerned if His Excelleney the Viceroy directed the Council's attention to the instructions issued for their guidance and so prevent the Assembly becoming an object of ridicule when it might indeed become a great power for good in the province.
The text of the statement issued by Secretary of State Knox in Washington relative to the mining question in Manchuria is as follows:- In view of the widespread publicity of the statement that the recent Chinese Japanese. agreement relating to Manchuria created for Chinese and Japanese subjects a monopoly to carry on mining operations along the South Manchuria Railway and the Antung-Mahdon
STRAITS NOTÉ RESERVE.
LONDON, December 3rd. The Bank of England announces that £45,000 has been set aside as a beginning for a note reserve in the Straits Settlements.
THE ELECTIONS.
LONDON, December 3rd. It is expected that the Elections
Railway which would exelnds American nationals will take place between the 10th and from an extensive fold of industrial enterprise, 20th of January. The German Mall of the 3rd November was inquiry has been made of the two signatory delivered in London on the 2nd inst.
The Lord Bishop of Victoris will be the preacher at the 11 am, service at St. Andrew's, Kagon, to-morrow,
The men in blue are to celebrate Christmas by a dance at the City Eall. They usually makes the occasion a very happy one.
Mrs. Eaton, 125 Barker Road, informs the police that on Thursday she lost between Barker Road and Queen's Road a white silk waist belt worth £2.
RESIGNATION OF THE ITALIAN CABINET.
Powers and official assurance has been received. from cach to the effect that no such exclusive claim to mining rights was intended by the agreement, and that if minerals are found by Americans or others within the designated territory no objection will be made to their working such mines under concessions granted by China; the whole scope and purpose of the agreement being that any operation by Chinese and Japanese subjects of the mines within the owing to the election of a Committee territory mentioned should be joint as hetween
themselves. The assurance confirms the oọn.
elusina already roached by the Department as a result of its careful study of the agreement.”
THE ARBITRATION BOABD.
LONDON, December 3rd. The Italian Cabinet has resigned
opposed to finance reform.
THE TEA DUTY
LONDON, December Sed, At a meeting of merchants in the
Soven men charged with being connectwl,
The Board appointed by His Excellency the with the attack on one of the employees at the Cotton Mill at East Point on Tuesday were Governor to determine the amount of compansa brought before the Magistrate yesterday, but tion to be paid for the Government resumption tea trade in London it was decided to were remanded as the victim is in a dying of Kowloon Island Lots 442 and 618 held a condition.
formal sitting at the Supreme Court yesterday continue paying the duty. His Honour Mr. Justice Gomperts prosided, and the Hon. Mr. P. N. H. Jones had Mr. E on, shed were also prosent.
A theft from a marriago boat at Cansoway Bay has been reported to the police. This type
INDIA AND 'OPLUM,
ness which seems inherent in the Chinese nature, "A few days ago, while walking on the Bund, I observed a great crowd and went to see what it was. In the midst waż a poor half-
LEAGUE CRICKET..
Police v. H.K.C.C.
Happy Valley, 2 p.m. Buffs ». Civil Service.
Happy Valley, 2 p.m... Kowloon v. R.E. '.
Kowloon, 2.15 p.. Craigengower. Talegraphs.
Happy Valley, 2 p.m.
TEAMS,
Hongkong A "Dr. J. M. Atkinson, A. Maokonzio, J. Hall, A. W. Walkinshaw. J. W. Taylor, E. C. Hagen, O. J. Barnes, R. F. Long, D. R. Sweeting, P. Jacks, A. C. Leith.
starved wretch who looked at the point of death. One ferocious looking man was holding Lim fast by the queue, while at least a dozen men near him were kicking and sonfling the man without mercy. He had stolen a garment, if can be designated by the filthy rag I saw such a name, and everybody in the vicinity Civil Service H. T. Jackman (Capt), F. A. seemed anxious to register a kick at the poor. Biden, L. E. Brett, E. Bullock, H. Ellis, T wretch. After beating him for several minutes McEwen, A. S. Pile, A. R. Raven, A. E. a constable leisurely appeared and there was a Sutherland, A. M. Thornhilland R. C. Witchell, long argument as to the unfortunate man's Reservas: F. Bacon and C. W. Dawson. erimo. At length the officer calmly settled the Umpire: W. H. Woollay., Scaror : W. Fincher matter by bauling on the poor fellow's queue B.E:-Capt. Addision, Capt. Murray, Power, by main fores and Hcking him in the middle Keene, Osman, Taveuer, Campion, MacGregor, of the back to make him get up. When he did Harrison, Smith and Malang. get up ho presented an appearance better
Kowloon:-J. Bobinson, W. F. Brower, W. imagined than described; and in spite of the L. Weaser, J. H. Mesd, Lt. G. &. Richardson, fact that he could hardly walk he was foresd Lt. Bunbury, W. T. Elson, D. J. Mackenzie, along the road to the police station. These J. F. Douglas, E. H. Pead, T. Chee, patty thefts from the person would not C.C.C.-L. 3. Lammert, G. A. Hancock, be so prevalent if the polise force were a body W. H. Vivonsh, L. A. Bose, E. Pestonji, R. A. of men deserving of the name, The average Carvalho, S. E. Graan, S. Battliwara, P. Currie, Canton policeman is a sight for the goils. On J. D. Noria, sud R. Bus. most occasions he strolls leisurely up and down the road smoking a native cigarette. His uniform usually fits where it touches, and some- times he has boots and sometimes he has none.
The Canton policeman loves to be loented anar a frail-stall, but whether he pays for the
fruit he consumes is a doubtful matter. If a row occurs he strolls up and enters into a lengthy argument as to the pros and cons of the case, and when he takes acman to the station ho usually grabs him by the queue and uses all the force be can conveniently put out without dielcoating the culprit'a cervical vertebrae. At Billingsgate story our worthy guardians excel, and.witli that their attainments reach à limit. What shock it would be to some of the police aufhei tica here if they could only go to Londonsag other of the great British towns and then ootd pare our force with their own
OTHER CRICKET.
Watsons v. Naval Yard.
Happy Valley, 2.30 p.m. Watson's CC. Taylor. Spittles (Capt. Suiter, Harper, Miller, Williams, Spurga H. Rapp, Hey, Craik, and Phillips.
Naval Yard.-Carter, Kell, Cohen, Gill, Adams, Bacon, Carler. Doughton, Lethbridge, Woodward and Coombes.
The game arranged to be played on the H. K. Cricket ground against the Fleet" this afternoon has had to be postponed.
The match the Garrison Tanı «. Hongkong will not be played tordag.
DEATH OF MR. A. Č. HORE.
Another old Hong ng resident passed away yesterday of the Peak Hospital in the person of Mr. Andrew Charles More, chief clerk in the China Bugar Refining Company, Limited, in which company he had been engaged for many RESULTS OF A FIRE.
year Death was due to dysentery, THe Some months ago a fire occurred in a lighter funeral, which was largely attended, took of craft has an enclosed superstructure and is
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, ap that not more than 12.100 cherts of Malwa
The Government of India have intimated leaded with tins of kerosene. The daming place yesterday at the Happy Valley. He is used for marriage solobrations among the boat
home at present and with whom great sympathy people, being licensed for that purpose. On pental for the Crown, and Mr. P. M. Hodgson opium shall be exported daring the calendar vessel did damage to property belonging to the survived by a wife and two children who are at Wednesday a woman who was sleeping in euch (of Mesars. Ewear and Haraton) appeared for year 1910. The existing system of exports Frenchs, and an inquiry was held. The Nam Hoi is felt. Deceased came to the colony in fier discovered that they were hostile
s-boat was deprived of her gold beir press the Chins Commercial Co., the owners of the according to priority will continue for the pro-Magistrate ruled that the cause of the fire was sailing ship in the year 1877, when he was 18 sent, but no duty for exports abeoquent to the foreign armies. Apart altogether from the valued at $50, and another woman had a hair- lots in question. supremely ridiculous nature of the agitation, piu valued at $12 stolen.
The next sitting of the Board was fixed for year 1911 will be received pending further lack of care on the part of the man in charge years of age, and has been over 30 years in the
of the lighter, and compensation was ordered to place. January 5th.
recently looking through a powerful magni
orders.