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European countries as her model, Siam some years ago established a form of conscription, and has gradually been putting it into force monthón by monthon. Instead of being warn
de ed by the unhappy condition of the nations of Europe groaning under the increasing bur 8. WATSON & CO., dens of armaments, she is following in their footsteps, and the discontent which followed the application of the Law of Military Service to the provincial population is paral leled by the complaints which come from the capital itself, where many industries are threatened with a withdrawal of their labour supply by being absorbed in the
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By order of the Japanese Goverment, the Tokokama Specie Bank will from. April lot grant loans to Japanses dealers of small monks A meeting of the Licensing Board was held in Manchuris on mortgage, security of land yesterday afternoon to consider an application and other property. The total amount of loans from Riobard Francis Dnly for a publican's licence to sell by retail intoxicating liquors on to be granted is fized at three million you, yo
Spremises Nos. 29 and 31, Des Voeux Rood Central, There is a rumour, says the Japan Gastile, under the sign of The Owl Grill Rooma ** that Japan has placed an order with aversin Sir Henry May presided, and there were also shipbuilding yard in England for the construc-present. Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson, Hon. Mr. tion of a battleship of 23,000 tons, and that the Osborne, Mr. W. D. Craddock and Mr. A. Japanese naval authorities have already des Bhalton Hooper, with Mr. G. A. Woodcock, patched its representatives to England to inspect secretary, the work.
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A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday at the Board Boom. Mr. R. O. Hutchison presided, and there were presont- Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, (Vice-President), Hoy. Mr. A. W. Browia (Mogistear-General), Colonel Bedford, P.MO, Dr. G. La Fits williams, Hon. Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Mr. Ng Hon Te, Mr. La Cha Pak, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Ofoer of Health), Dr. Pearse (A.M.OH.), and W. Bawen Bowlands (Secretary),
RAT-CATHING AT KOWLOON.
Dr. PEARSE, Assistant Medical Officer of
The Sarretary intimated that there a
Prince and Princess Fushimi were Health, submitted a report relative to the rat- police objections.
Mr. J. H. Gardiner, who appeared for the entertained to lunch Briny. It is asserted by those affected that April, 1910, shows that of non-Chiness there applicant, said the application was to substitute Tearkoe Selo
were 488 to the Library and 175 to the Museum, an sajanet licence under the old Ordinance
ontching system at Kowloon. He pointed out that the total number of rats caught in Old
plied to the peculiarly sinall population of this and of Chinese 249 to the former and 2,320 to which he had held for two years for a licence being lace, the Empress / Kowloon during February was 704, which gave.
a “far-reaching scheme of conscription np.
M. Sasonoff, the
a daily average of 75.1. Those caught in Kow- loon City numbered 26, giving a daily averago.
country must necessarily injure trade and the latter. The Library was, therefore, and byader the new Ordinsane. The object of thio Acting Foreign Minister, and his of 92. During March, after the re-inne of
agriculture by reducing the supply and increasing the cost of labour. The in- sufficiency and comparative costliness of labour are very grave obstacles to the development of Siena's commerce and in dustry, yet her legislators have not hesitated to force on the people a drastic scheme of military conscription, the effect of which must be to accentuate the labour difficulty
737 persons and the Museum by 2,498.
Detective-Sergeant Watt charged a Chine before Mr. E. B. Hallifax at the Magistracy yesterday with being the keeper of an opium livin in Jubiles Béret, and proceeded against that these others for ameking therein. The charges were proved and the kooper was fined $100 and each of the smokers $4,
application was to facilitate his carrying on his
present business, His business was catering wife, and the Japanese Ambassador and supplying meals to the shipping people and and his wife were also invited. naval men, and the restrictions under the new Ordinanco would very much encumber his busi as if he were only allowed to hold an adjunct licence.
Mr. Hooper What are the hours? The Secretary-Twelve to two-thirty and six to nine.
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largely identified with the complaints made at present. They have their capital invested in Bangkok industries, are large employers of labour, and not unnaturally they view with apprehension the disorganisation likely to be occasioned by a large proportion of the
By Imperial Ordinanceissued on March 26th, the salaries of naval and military Japanese Government are to be increased at the rate of from thirty to twenty per cent on and after April 1st, this being the result of the passage through the Dist of the Bill for increasing the
nalaries of Government officials,
An amusing report reads that the Emprees Dowager, seeing that the younger sister of ex President Roosevelt has a good education, kas given instructions to the Prince Regent to ask that lady to take charge of the future Kuei-tsu | Girls' College, and if no funds can be raised for the establishing of this college it should be drown from the Imperial Treasury.
Between midnight on Saturday, April 2nd, and six o'clock on Monday morning a thief gained access to the premises of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews at No. 11, Yusuming. yuen Road, Shanghai.. He ransacked a number of drawers, but all he could find worth stealing was the sum of fifty sents. The police wors apprised of the entry, bat have been unable as
ablets industrial classes being drafted into the military service, but, their interests being at stake, their presentation of the case is not quite free from the tinge of prejudice. The chief point in their indictment is the handicapping of Siamese labour. Sismese will be shut out from useful and remunera- tive occupations created by foreign capital and enterprise, and their places will be taken by Chinese, Indian, and other imported labour. The prospect of the manhood of Som being rendered economically inferior to the immigrant is not alluring, and objec. tion to the operation of a law which pro-yet to trace the thief. duces this result can well be understood, but, unfortunately with all their progress, the Siamese have not become a factor of prime importance in the industrial life of the capital or of the country, so that it may be doubted if the number of men required for the service will really impose any check on A.S. WATSON & CO.. the industrial life of the country. On the other hand, it is urged that the discipline of LIMITED,
army service would have a most beneficial effect on a considerable portion of the youth of the nation-a contention which is very feasible and if the Siamese are thereby stimulated to habits of industry conscrip. tion should accomplish more good than
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It is stated that an American capitalist has applied to the Chinese Government through the American Charge d'Affairs in Peking for permission to establish a system of overhead them that will not constitute the last danger to the public and the old excuses of narrow streets and heavy traffic, with which former applications were rejected, do not held good in the present case,
trams in the Metropolis, Ho contends that
Mr. Gardiner added that good deal of the applicant's business was done between eight and came in there for meals. He does not wish to have a bar
The PresidentHe is not subject to these conditions at present
Mr. Gardiner No. Proceeding, he said that his client wished to carry on his business as ho had done. He did not wisli a bar as there was no room for it.
Old Kowloon, giving an average of. 65.5 per diem, while 138 were captured in Kowloon City and the average was 4.46. This showed a marked
traps and bird-lime, 2.031, rats were caught in
April 12th. The Tsar to-day conferred the improvement over the January returns, in which the daily average for Old Kowloon was shown Order of St. Andrew on Prince as 47.8, and for Kowloon City 31: Fushimi.
VISITING CRUISER.
LONDON, April
QUESTIONS BY COLONEL BEDFORD. Colonel BEDFORD, in asking the questions standing in his name, said that owing to the vory numerous cases of malarin last summer among the military detachment at Devil's Peak, he was naturally anxious that all precautions
Renter's correspondent at M
at Mauri-sgoinst a continuance of the fever this summer
the
should be taken. Lust November a committso tius wires that Japanese oruiser
was appointed by the Board to inquire into the "Ikoma has arrived on her way to conditions prevailing at Devil's Pask, and that
roadside which were adversely commented England, having on board Viscount committee found certain paddy fields by the
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was that they should upon The Idea Seke, Baron Stmade, and
The President If he doesn't went a bar it is members of the Japanese Parliament be résumed, and he now wished to ask
not clear what he wants a fluence for,
Mr. Gardiner-He wants a full licence so ES to enable him to sell drinks at any time,
Hon. Mr. Osborne-Has the applicant erge been warned by the police about selling liquor.
Mr. Gardiner-Yes, he was fined once. outside his adjunct Licence P
The Board considered their decision in camera, and afterwards intimated that they had decided to refuse the application.
MARICAN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
The Governor will give an official din- ner in the evening and a ball on Wednesday in honour of the visitors,
THE SUEZ CANAL.
LONDON, April 11th, In the House of Commons Mr.
MacKinnon Wood, in reply to Mr. Hall, said the
whether any stops had been taken to carry out the suggestions of the committee. The ques tions were as follows
Whether any steps have yet been taken to resume the paddy fields on the road leading up to Devil's Peak Barracks, às recommended by the committee appointed by the Bosed on 9th of November last !**
"Can it be stated when the new slaughter- house for Shankiwan will be provided?".
Whether any of the Sanitary Inspectore mentioned in paragraph 19 of the Publia
Before Mr. J. E. Wood at the Magistracy Government terest of the British Health Ordinanos are specially detailed to search
yesterday afternoon B. E. Alluns proceeded against 8. A. Maricon on a charge that he did with others conspire to commit an assault on the complainant
Mr. W. E. L. Shenton (of Mers. Deason,
Lookar & Deacon) prosecutal, and Mix M. Reader Harris (of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist) appeared for the defendant.
Mr. Shenton said the defendant was charged with conspiring with others to commit an assault on S. E. Allans. Proceedings with referasos to this charge had already been before Mr. Hallifax.
Suez Canal Was for the breeding places of mosquitoes in the It would vicinity of inhabited dwellings or public
Broads "
The PRESIDENT, In reply to the first question.
valued at £25,000,000, terminate as the result of the refusal of the Egyptian Assembly to extend read the following letter from the Government, the concession.
(The estimated market value of the shares, for which 24,080,000 was paid, was £32,667,000 on March 31st, 1909.]
NATIONALIST AMENITIES.
"WIGS ON THE GREEN.'
which was received too late for troulation:-
In reply to your letter of the 9th of fast December, I am directed to inform you that the headmen of the villages Sam Ka Tann änd LU Man have been admonished by the Registrar-General In the sense recommended by the select committes of the Board, but that His Excellency the Governor, as at present advised, is not prepared to resume the paddy field in question.
In reply to the second question, he stated that the Director of Public Works had informed him that he expects to call for tonders at the end of this month.
The MEDICAL OFFICES OF HEALTH: WAS
The Bard of Finamos has practically com, pleted its enquiry into the currency question,
Mr. Harris My friend need notrefer to that. says the Shanghai Times. Tani Tee proposes
Mr. Shenton-I am going to put the facts in
LONDON, April 12th. to base the new currency of Chins on that of
Mr. Redmond declares that every Japan with the exception that the tael will be that case in and prove them. Proceeding, the made the unit instead of the dollar. The new speaker said that Allah Din was charged and con- lume should be addressed to THE EDITOR,
coins are, according to this proposal, to consistiotod of having attempted to comalt, nu assault. thing Mr. O'Brien said at Cork in Correspondente must forward their names and mil Trested with communicatione addressed to the can be claimed for it in some European of fifty taal, twenty-taal, tan-taal, dre-tael and Evidence in support of the present charge would reference to him is an absolute fable, asked to reply to the third question. He stated Editor, not for publication but as evidence of countries. At the same time the condi- one-teel gold pieces, one teel, five mace, two consist chiefly of conversations between the good faith
All letters for publication should be written ostions which ineist that a Siamese shall maco, and one mace silver pieces, and fifty defendant and various other, members of the and adds that the alleged land pur- that all the inspectors of the Sanitary Depart ane side of power only,
anonymously signed communications that † serve the State for some four ticals à month andaresa, twenty bandareen, fire candareen, Indian commanity horo, Mr. Shenton would chase offer was never made to him. Hare alreasy appeared in other papers will be and permits an immigrant labourer to earn to canderoon and one caudareen pieces prove that an assault was attempted on Allana
merted.
forty ticals a month seems hardly fair, and
A scheme is maturing among leading business Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRES should be sent before 11am on day of it is obvious the problem will have to be men and private shipping companies in Japan for organising a tourist party for the purpose publication. After that how the supply is solved in the interest of Siar limited. Only supply for Cash.
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, APRIL 13TH, 1915.
An interesting situation has developed in Siam through the Law of Military Service being put into force. Fears have been p pressed that the native Siamese being drafted into the army will involve con-
on March 2nd in Wyndham Street: The ques- tien his Worship would ask was, What was the motive for this? The speaker would prove that the complainant and the defendant had vorg of visiting the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition.close business connections, and during this time
The weather is stil remarkably cool for The ides of the promotors is to hire a steer certain transactions took place, and with regard
April
to these it would be greatly to the benefit of the
FIGHTING THE TRUST8,
A SURPRISING DECISION.
LONDON, April 12th. The Supreme Court of the United
ment were instructed to search for the breeding places of mesquitoes in the vicinity of inhabited dwellings in their respectiva districts. Our anti-malarial measures did not, however, end there, for he received from the Tang Web Hospital a daily return of the addresses of all cases of malaria admitted, and from the Registrars of Death a spécial return of all the deaths from malaria, and the inspectors were required to make special
The cruiser Monmouth returned to Hongkong early in June for London direct, the whole defendant it Allana was no longer in the Colony Ctates has ordered re-argument to be investigations at once into the surroundings of
yesterday from Manila.
The Kobe branch of the Royal Society of St. George has decided to celebrate St. George's Day by a ball on Friday, the 22nd April.
According to the annual financial reports of
the Provinces China's expenditure exceeded the receipts by over twenty million taels last year. A Peking joural refers to the tranly on
"another cluded between India and Bhutan na Asiatic country dominated by Great Britain.”
The Viceroy at Tientsin has obtained per-
of about 6,000 tons, which will leave Japer
trip te last about four months. The number of touriste is to be fixed at 500, and the ex Ponditure is estimated at about Y500 each. It is also suggested, says the Japan Qarefis, that on landing in London and at points en route, the tourists will wear Japanese, dress, and that the steamer be utilized as a hotel while mooring in the Themes. This plan is generally welcomed
by Japanese.
These transactions consisted chiefly of frand
D. R. Captain said he had a conversation heard in the cases of the Standard all such houses, and not infrequently they find mosquito larve in pota of water on the Estroofs
with Marican about Allans in February, The
out his teeth. If he did not do it himself be
defendant said Allane had botter leave him alone Oil Company and the American in choked drain water gutters, and in various or he would broak complainant's Lead and take Tobacco Company, which the mis-other receptacles for water. When any such
declared to be illegal the
were would get someone to do it, and already had one souri and New York Circuit Courts were found, the inspector explained to the of his Patlian's watching Allana, who had cost respectively declared
corporations.
him $4,000 in a few days Allah Din was The P. M. Aiss, was detained at the working at Marican's place, and also worked quarantine station on her arrival at Nagasaki at the Hamburg-Amories office, Witness saw
The decision has created great
on the 7th inst, owing to a cass of small-por, Marican on March 4th and said, You put a surprise in financial circles and caused having been discovered the previous day among good trap, but the Pathan did not do well." He
siderable disorganisation in industry, or mission from the Throne to open a Commercial the Filipino steerage passengers. The disease laughed and said the Pathan told him Allana had stocks to rise with a bound. where this effect is overcome, it will mean Protection Dank to relieve the tension in the was diagnosed in its early stages, the steerage run away. Heslao said the Pathion would have
market.
Mr. E. E. Hallifax fired a native $200 at the Magistracy, in default two months' imprison ment, for being in unlawful possession of 20
In cross-examination witness said he was fixed him if he could have caught him. friendly with both plaintiff and defendant. Ho had no interest in the firm of D. E. Captain & Co. and was bankrupt., S On February 25th witness told Allens to be careful as Marloan
Further evidenco was haard, and the hearing had been telling him things, an
passengers were vaccinated by the ship's doctor and all other necessary precautions taken. On reaching the quarantine station the man was taken off in the hospital boat, the remainder of the steerage passengers were conveyed the fumigating station, while their quarters on the ship were disinfected. After the Asiatic passengers lind been returned to the ship sha was allowed to pressed to her anchorage in the adjourned
harbour, and the saloon passengers were then allowed to go ashore,
that Siamese labour is displaced by Chinese. or Indian, so that in either case Siamere.
The Army Advisory Council has decided to interests will suffer. Though one of the
order the hurd forces of the Fokien, Yunnan, smallest countries in Asia, Siam has shown Saochuan and Kwangtang Province to have a wonderful susceptibility to Western in- manœuvres some time in the spring.
fluences, and her remarkable progress has only been excelled by the marvellous trans formation achieved in Japan. Under the enlightened sway of a monarch who has tools of opium dress,
shown that he has the real interests of his
The Waiwapa has informed all the provinces country at heart, this Asiatic kingdom is that in the onse of foreigners naturalizing being led to develop its resources, trade and themselves as Chiness, it would be necessary to commerce are being fostered, and the people notify the applicants' own Government of the are being uplifted from their primitive past. With this attention to peaceful pursuits, The Chius Merchants' steamer Kiangtung Mt. M. Z. Martin, of No. 29, Sannomiya cho
off Whampen, The 8 there has also boon displayed a capacity for is badly anhors military training and discipline, which has Haungahon and a Chinese gunboat attempted to been the admiration of those privileged to tour her into deep water on Monday, but their
efforts were unsuccessful witness it, and an army has been created which is in the inghest degree creditable to A Peking despatch states that an Imperis the little State. That an army is not a Rescript ondered the publication of a list of mere luxury is demonstrated by the fre- high tax-payers, Twenty men, all resident of Tientsin, pay sums ranging from 296,000 teels ent military operations conducted on the
to 20,000 teal. boundaries, where considerable
uired to keep the various becoming too negrSSITA
ing a large stand-
In setting
fact.
The tenders for the postal service between Halphong am Hongkong van Quang chown have rented in the French Tast Asiatic Com pay, who were the lowest tenderemonyan
An notion has been filed in the Tokyo Chiho Saibansko by Messrs, Bennett & Co., of Bambay, against Baron Goto, Minister of Communica tions, eliming the payment of T.340 as telephone charges and storage. It is stated that
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This game played on Monday night was a very one sided affair, Melvin rauning out an easy winner by 247 points The final scores were:-Melvin, 500; Cooper, 253.
The best breaks were-Melvin-21; 18, 25, Ban-chome, Kobe, on September 21st, 1909, forwarded to Messrs. Bennett & Co.) & consign-21, 41, 22, 21, 19, 26, 25, 19 and 26. Cooper
PITI LELING LÀM TRONG ment of Japanese articles which were needed in | 13, 16, 17 and 12. Bombay for the Christmas season. The articles
Leung started off well after the usual were received by plaintiffs in time, but the bill
THE VETO.
LONDON, April 12th. The debate on the second of the Veto Resolutions opened to-day in the House of Commons,
MANUFACTURING "OPIUM” IN
SHANGHAI
At the Mixed Court, Shanghai, the other day three coolies and their master were charged with being concerned together to manufacturing a drug purporting to be genuine oplam in a house sibusted off Connaught Road at 6.40 am on the 2nd instant. The alleged "opium" cont limo, ashes, spferst kinds of oil and a substance like olay
contained
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occupante that ench conditions ns. these of sickness or death, and they were promptly remedied. He also kept a spot map up to date, to show the distri bution of all such cases and deaths, and made
of cases which might occur. Moreover, brush. special personal investigations into any groups wood was being constantly cut down in the neighbourhood of dwellings, and basements and cathons were fumigated with the consent of the tenants, in infected areas, while gardeners and others were required to keep fish or frogs in tanks, pits and foundations which contained water. Gullies and sand catch pits
containing water were regularly treated with
lasorcides during the malarial season, from May to November, and the nullahs and ground. channels on the hillside were scoured every week by the Pablic Works Department to prevent the growth of algae,
THE BALGOWNIE RUBBER ESTATES,
BOLTD..
The Baoretariate of the shore Company write under date April 4th :—
9,023 lbs, estimated dry
3,524
The Manager reports :---- Rubber crop harvested during the mouth of March, 1910
month Corresponding mon
last year Total for twelve months
of year 1909/191072,607 Total for serresponding
Det. Sgt. Boche stated that on Saturday he visited the house in question and found the extensive scale. The master, who was not three coolies manufacturing "opium “ in the house at the time, was arrested in Conet that morning. It appeared that the preso-caled opium had been seld in the French Concession for about sixty cents per package,
Home Efteen pack ges and all the parapher-ended that date, have been worth about $20 per package. whereas if it had been the real drag it would
malls were seized and the Court ordered it to be burned,
of lading and other important documents failed liminary safety misses, and a 24 showed him the fact that the documents had been sent to with a 25, and the scores were called 68 plays 30 to arrive at the proper time. Inquiries revealed at his best. He followed on shortly afterwards Australia by mistake on the part of the in favour of Leung. At the interral Lung Japanese Pestal "authorities. This prevented led by a few points but Pitt shortly afterwards the plaintiffs taking delivery of the articles passed him and with the balls running kindle which had to be stored in the Bombay Castors finished an easy winner by 49 points The warehoum Plaintiffs were stliged to pay scores wars Pitt, 500, Lening Kam Kwong 451 The semi-finals start to night at 8.3 p.m. Wabunge charges and cost of telegrama, the total
amonating to 1.340.
heban Messrs. Melvin and Heigh moet.
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period last year...38,870 per cent was paid to the Shareholders as at 31st March, 1910, making 100 per cent. for the year We beg to inform you that a dividend of $5
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