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vato question forward, not because the
measure was of general benefit to the nation, but because the passage of auch a measure would probably facilitate passing the Home Rule Bill through the House of Lords, upon which terms only could the Liberals rely upon obtaining
the
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the Nationalists to the Budget and to
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The Hongkong Chinose newspaper, Sheung Po, which has boon in liquidation, has bean purchased by Mr. Fung Si Wan,
H. M 8. Alacrity, with Vice-Admiral Sir
Alfred Leigh Winsloo, K.C.B., on board, arrived in Shanghai last Friday and took up her moorings at the Senior Naval Bany.
Mr. W. J. Bussell, Govorament marine sur- veror, loaves for Home to-day by the German mail. Prior to bis departara he was presented by friends in the Kowloon Bowling (ab with
gold pendant
Ton growing continues to be a remanerative business in Java. Eight companies, says the Batavia Nieuwsblad, have just declared dividends for 1902. The Wangsaks Company heads the list with 29 per cent, followed by the Pasir Salam and Malabar companies with: 20 par cent, eh. The other distributions rango from 15 to 5 por cont.
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TOKYO, April 20th. Lieutenant Sakuma, in charge of the submarine which sank in Hiros- hima Bay, during practice, recorded his experiences up to the moment of sinking. Until shortly before death by suffocation the crow maintained their self-control, and died three hours after the sinking of the submarine,
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L'Avenir da Tonkin publishes a very pessi- mistic leater concerning the future of Indo- China, in which attention is drawn to the past THE BUDGET RE-INTRODUCED. and future prospects of the country. Some very good advice is tendered, but whether it will over: bostad upon in question which time alone on tell. The article in question is timely and besra evidence of careful consideration.
A deep-sea fishing junk put into Shankiwan last night, and the police signals were hoisted. On boarding the crow reported what appears to
a wholesale eas of fish poisoning. Thro men were dead, six seriously ill, and all the others suffering in a more or less raild form. The Water Police were summoned, ond a launch conveyed the invalids to hospital and towed the
junk to Taimekatsoi:
LONDON, April 20th. Mr. Lloyd George, in re-intro- ducing the Budget, said a deficit of £20,248,000 had been realised. When the arrears were collected there would be a surplus of £2,960,000. If the Budget had been passed in 1909 there would have been a
surplus of £4,200,000. The deficit in the customs and excise amounted to £5,500,000, of which £2,800,000 was
The
A Baiger paper, L'Opinion, complains of repeated interruptions lately in the undersea This cable is maintained by a British Company alterations in the Budget were purely cable which connects that town with Haiphong.on spirits, and £131,000 on tea. The which receives yearly 300,000 francs from the technical, Colonial Treasury for the servico. Tho lat
Imost interesting interruption caused such inconvenionce that an exemption was agricultural land from agitation was aroused for using the 300,000 increment duty. franes in laying a land line to connect the two parts.
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The old story of larceny by a trick was
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 20th April.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR ME, H. H. J. GOMPERTE (PUIBNY JUDGE).
CLAIMS FOR MONEY LENT. Cheung Chasn sad Tong Shan Shan pro. ceeded against the Kwong Fat Loung to recover, respectively, $200 and $309.60 for money laut,
Mr. D. V. Steavenson (ot Mesars. Deacon, skor & Deucony represonted the plaintiffs, and Mr. Otto Kong Sing, who appeared for the defendants, asked that the second claim bo heard first.
His Lordship consented.
Mr. Staavenson stated that the notion was | brought for £599,69, being us to $300 money
lont and $9.50 interest..
After hearing the evidence his Lordship entered judgment for the plaintiffs, and with the consent of the solicitor outered judgment for
plaintiffs in the second dction.
LOCAL SPORT.
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SOLDIERS' CLUB BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
Two further games in the third round of this toarnsment were played at the Club on Tuesday night and the better fortune of the Staff and Departmental roprosentatives places their team Goodall both played a fine game, and the Staff representative just managed to win out. In the second gaze Colonel Wrigley was well ahead of his opponent, but neither player was in good ferme. The matcher ether player was i FTAFF & DEPARTMENTALS 83RD CO. R.G.A. Sgt. Huakineen...250. Gr. Goodall, Col. Wrigley. 250 Sgt. Short ...
LAWN TENNIS.
47 points ahead of the 83rd Co. Huskinson and
..245 201
of
The match between H. Hazeook, winner the Hongkong Cricket Club championship com- petition, and C. A. Carr, the present holder of the championship, will take place on Tuesday
next at kalf-past four. LONDON, April 20th.
HONGKONG AND CHINESE COINAGE.
CANTON.
(REQM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
April 19, 1910.
A DROBASED GRAND COUNCILLOR. Grand Councillor Tai Hang Chi, who died - not long ago in Poking, was a nativo of Fatshan, and his remains are now. en routo to Canton, whence they will be taken to the ancestral hom of the family. Groat preparations are being made by the family of the decoased to honour
the arrival of the remains with all due ceremony..
BOLDIERS AND TREAS,
The commandant of the newly-trained troopa-
of the province has observed that news relating to the secret affairs of the military camps finds its way into the native papers, and he is afraid that someone in the ranks is acting as nows- paper correspondent In consequenes of this ho has issued a notice which forbids any soldier to correspond with a newspaper or in any other way to spread abroad the news of military affairs. Anyone found disregarding this regu- lation is to bo very severely dealt with.
SAUL
The former Salt Commissionez, Chang, is now holding the position of Acting Provincial Educational Commissioner. While at the head of the salt department ho was opposed to the vstablishment of the proposed monopoly, but in recent interview with Doputy An On Lan he
expressed the opinion that the establishment of
the monopoly could do no harm to the public. The Viceroy and Deputy An then sent a joint telegram to Paking stating Chaug's opinion."
Commenting on this fact the paper known as Nan Yust Po considers it very strange that the Commissioner shall thus change his opinions, and suggests that the affair requires further investigation.
MAGISTRATE AND PEESS.
The conduct of tho Pun Yi Magistrate in brutally punishing an innocent girl has already been reported, and it is a sign of the times that the local Press has made very scathing remarks on this official's administration. The Press is growing to be a considerable power hore, and not even the highest officials escapo its criticisms.
On the 15th inst, the Kwong Chow Profect sent for all the local editors to hold a consula. tion regarding the said magistrate's 'conduot." In the course of his remarks, the Prefect tried to explain away the magistrate's conduct, and urged that the matter should be allowed to drop
Ofice is not diminishing with the passing weeks, utterly beyond the limits of the law, and de The band of coolies who frequent the Post and the magistrate be pardoned. The editors pointed out that the raagistrate had gone and the big crowd which has fronted the building. recently, each unit thereof awaiting his turn clare that it was due to the public that they to pass a number of Hongkong rents over the should be informed of such brutal occurrences. Since the meeting public feeling is running counter in exchange for stamps, led a representa-high against the Prefect for his andeavour to Treasurer whether there was any trath in the shield the magistrate's bad actions. The young suggestion that the Government intended to girl, by the way, who was so ill-treated is now redeem its copper currency. The Hon. Mr. being rained as a parse in the Kwong Wah
In the debate on the Budget Mr. reported to the Felice on Tuesday night. A Austin Chamberlain blamed the Go- Road Central, told her they had found a bundle tax sonner, and paid a tribute to the man and a boy accosted a woman in Queen's vernment for not legalising the income- of bank notes, and offered her a consideration if she would take them to a money changer and get public spirit of the taxpayers, which their equivalent in silver. She agreed, and had prevented a great national crisis. deposited money and jewellery to the value of The correspondence of results with 8330 as a guarantos of good faith. At tho
tive of this paper to inquire of the Colonial money-changers she found one note rolled in the estimates reflected great credit on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Chamberlain then proceeded to
criticise the taxes,
MARRIAGE OF ADMIRAL LAMBTON.
Medical School.
SQUEEZE.
Thomson said there was "nothing doing," but pointed out that if the views contained in the majority report of the Coinage Committes had Police dealt severely with a non for making a I reported yesterday that the new Thotai of been adopted by the Government, this ex- orescence, which was a pimple symptomatic of Tastai that there are other methods of squeezing "squeeze." It has now been reported to the the fact that the currency of the Colony was in beside that reported yesterday. One of the a disordered condition, would vanish in time. LONDON, April 20th.
Asked as to the probable offest the proposed worst forms is that when a person has best Vice-Admiral Lambton was marri-gold standard in China would have on the local acquitted of a crime with which he has beca currency, the Colonial Treasurer stated that charged the yamen runnera refuse to give the there would be no gold standard in China in an bis liberty until he has given them inoney our time, The Chinese had no idea of the evil practice and threatening with severe The Tuotai has issued orders prohibiting this principles of the currency question, and although they sought the advice of foreign advisera, they punishment those found guilty of continuing it. reserved to themselves the right to act on it and generally did not act on it. If they-loft- the whole matter in the hands of the foreigner, the coimago of China would soon be put in
the socialistic measures by which they bundle of paper, and, hastening back to the hoped to
continue to command the quarter where she had left the confidence men, support of the Labour members. Such found that they had departed. tactics may possibly be strategy, but they
A Chinese George Washington made his are certainly a kind of strategy new to the appearance before Mr. J. B. Wood at the British public, and it is an astounding thing Magistracy yesterday. He was charged with should have been found not merely to excuse to plead said, "I can't tell your Worship a lie." that papers of high standing and influence failing to limewash his premises, and when asked
but to appland action of such a character. The Magistrate imposed a small fine. A second Fiat injusticia, ruat exlum, is surely the defendant, when weked what he had to say to a similar obarge, remarked that Chinese houses motto of those who give their unqualified were attached to the kitchens. If he put a thined to-day to Viscountess Chelsea at approval to action of this kinda strange coat of limewash on the kitchen walls, it St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.. perversion of the old principle, which was percolated through to the main building, while supposed to govern the actions of public if he put it on thick it caked and foll of. The men. That the above was the object in excuse was not deemed satisfactory, and another view could not be doubted, and indeed it was fine was imposed. openly declared by the chief organ of the Nationalists as being the motive which induced Mr. REDMOND to make use of his unique position to force the Government to this line of action. The real truth of the matter is that Party tactice have been worked up to a point which threatens to make representative government as little representative of the real feelings of the
nation as the worst form of government that has ever succeeded in maintaining SONGKONG OFFre: 10, DER VEUT ROAD Carbitary action. The men who get power LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC into their hands are no longer those
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, APRIL 2187, 1910.
who are best able to provide for the true wants of the nation-much less of the Empire-but those who can best succeed in adroitly handling the various factions into which the House of Commons has become split--each of which factions is seeking its own ends regardless of what injury may be inflicted upon the country as a whole. Such
THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA.
An "at home" to meet His Highness the Gaakwar of Baroda toak plane at Badres Villa, As has been mirandy announced in The Times, the residence of Mr. A. M. Essabhoy, yesterday the National Council of the Congregational afternoon, and was well attended, despite the in Charches of Japan will be represented at the clement weather, by members of the Indian-com- forthooding annual assembly, in London, of the manity. The Rajputs Hand was present and Congregational Union of England and Wales, discoursed sciections, and the grounds were by the Rev. Tasuku Harada, B.D., Principal of beautifully decorated, Refreshments were Doshishe College, Kyoto About 120 ekurches served. His Highness chatted with the Hon. and missions, with 92 ministers and 43 Mr. Hewett and others. evangeliste, are included in the Council,, Thá number of communicants last year was 15,167, Congregational churches, as he took a prominent Principal Harado is not unknown to the British part in the first International Congregational Connoil held in London, in 1891, under the presidency of Dr. R. W. Dale.
The cloath took place at the Government Civil Hospital on Tuesday evening of Mr. A. W. rebuer, editor of the Hongkong Telegraph The cause of death was pneumonis, to which he succumbed after two days' illness, Deceased was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and receive 1 that city. Afterwards he joined the staff of the his education at Bobert Gordon's College in Aberdeen Free Press, and in 1893 proceeded to
THE peculiar tactics which were adopted by the Liberal Government in the recent crisis, when they found themselves dependent upon the Nationalists and the Labour Party in order to maintaina slender majority in the House of Commons, and so remain a short about at a time when there has been a war he acted-ne special correspondent for the time longer in power, certainly seem to give great movement in favour of representative London Daily Telegraph, and after a brief countenance to the idea so eagerly taken up institutions in parts of the world, China Residence in England he was appointed ass'stant by a certain class of publicists that of hata among them, where anything of the kind he went to Singapore, and took upa position on oditor of the Bangkok Times. From there years there has been a falling off in sterling might have been thought impossible. This the Straits Times, afterwards joining the Hong. qualities of justion and fairplay which have movement has been generally hailed as kong Telegraph, of which he was made editor in Hitherto characterised the British nation great advance, but some doubt on the 1906. The funeral took place at the Happy We have never been among those of the subject may be excusable, when we have Valley yesterday and was attended by Borrowing Keir Hardy stamp-who are ever ready such an object lesson as has recently been to proclaim what they consider as the presented to us, as to what the best form of faults of their countrymen in order to Government that has ever been devised may demonstate how far superior they them-land under certain circumstancos. The salves are to the bulk of their fellow present state of affairs is the best proof of
a spectacle is certainly not an encouraging Jamnica, where he held the position of sub-editor one, and it is curious that it should come on the Kingston Gleaner. During the Cuban
friends.
REAR ADMIRAL LYON.
Yard has received a cablegram informing him Commodore Lyon of the Hongkong Naval that on the 14th instant he was promoted to the rank of Roar Admiral
Congratulations will be extended by all who know the Admiral in this Colony. During his stay here he has made himself exceedingly poputar ashore and afoat, and on his removal from this station the general prediction is that he will meet with firm friends elsewhers.
PORT OF HAMBURG,
so rapidly that it is now become necessary to The shipping trade of Hamburg is growing enlarge the shipping facilities of the port once again. The Hamburg Senate has just decided to borrow the sum of £2,255,00, which will be laid out at once in ost ading the port by build- lag eight now, docks with the usual accommoda tion, one of the now dooks being est apart exclusively for petroleum tanks, The projected work will be finished in five years.
order.
DIPLOMATIC SECRETS,
Yesterday two clerks in the department of foreign affairs were sent by the Viceroy to the Nam Hoi Magistrate to be tried for divulging. certain secrets relating to diplomatic affairs. They did not confess their guilt and were re-
undsl for further investigations to be made,
Mr. Thomson had read a paragraph in the Daily Press stating that the building for the banknoto printing plant for tho Te Ching Government Bank was boing orocted, and WORLD MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. would be completed in Jane, and further, The April issue of the conference nowe-shoot that the plant would be in working gives some interesting information about order immediately afterwards. But he did the delegates who are expected from the Far
Chinose had to learn about pennies before they D.D., of the Church of Christ (Proabyterian), not expect that China would dorive any East. Those from Japan include Bishop Yoiter material advantage from this source, The Honda, formerly president of the Methodist came to consider the question of notes. Their for many years past president of its theological College in Toyko; the Rer. Kajinomke Ibaka,
present idea seemed to be that all they reminary in Tokyo; and Yogoro Chibo, president had to do was to pay tem conta for a note, print of the Southern Baptist Theological College across it "$2,000," and consider that all was South, in Kores, will be represented by the Hon. of Fokucks, The Methodist Episcopal Church, well, but a merchant who gave a large T.H. Yun, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, order in Hongkong would foarn that this was Nashville, U.SA., and formerly Korean Vice- not the case, for when he came to pay in these Minister of Foreign Affairs. Professor Tong notes be would find that they would be rejected. the Baptist Theological Seminary at Shanghai. Tsin-on, who is coming from China, belongs to Ta conclusion, the Colonial Treasurer was not The Cambrid ca Mission to Delhi sends the Rev. optimistic regarding, any reform in China's S. Ghose and the Indian Presbyterians will haye improvement in that of Hongkong.
currency in the near future, nor ang immediate as their delegate the Rev. K C. Chatterji, who was moderator of their first General Assembly in 1904. The Baptists of Burmah will be repro- sented by Pro.essor L T. Ah Sou, of their college of Rangoon, who was baptized by Dr.. Judaon.-
NEW GUINEA SENSATION,
RAISING THE PRICE OF OPIUM.
CRITICISM OF STRAITS GOVERNMENT.
That the Straits Government, in view of the abnormal rise in the price of opiumi, amorating News received from Gorman New Guinea to nearly 150 per cent. since the creation of the gives details of au elaborats plot on the part of Monopoly, would be obliged to increase the the antires in the interior to kill all the local retail price of the drug was a foregone conclu- missionaries Polygamy is rogarded- with sion. The only wonder, says the Pinang un ar focce sternly against the
Gazette, favour by the natives, and the missionaries have practice.
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that it was not increased before.
MR. CARNEGIE ON WEALTH-
sage philosophy than most American million- the Colonial revenue while the Government has The fro of the younger members of the com-
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who segurs falier of aires, was in excellent after dinner form at a been buying opium in Calcutta at rates
sanget in Los Angeles the other night. In the prblio on the basis of nine hundred missionarios. Arrangements were made for a
Found
finel was aroused, munity about two thousand dollars a chest and retailing
they decided that the course of an animated speech to declared i
was to remove the I believe a man who dies with a million dollara dollars & chest, must have been enormous.
to.
only way out of the difficulty should forfeit half his fortune to the Stato, should surely have been possible for the Manager the natives friendly to them. The plot was It simultaneous massacre of the missionaries and
must accept combination as the law of the the rise which has taken place unleas le who are regarded as the ringleaders have beau Combinations are bound to exist, add of the Monopoly in Singapore to foresee discovered in time, however, and eight natives age. We are bound to hare raguiation or his bean very badly served by his commercial the consumer has no chance.
citizens. People are by this time pretty the absolute necessity of a second chamber, class of vessels they will use on the ran, but turn prophet for a moment agents and advisers and either a considemble arrested and taken to Herbertahobe for trial.
predict
HAIPHONG TO HONGKONG.
In regard to Haiphong and Hongkong the East Asiatic the new service between Company, the successful fonderers, state that they have not yet definitely nottled upon the familiar with this kind of cheap Invective, and yet this is the time when some extrem-1,300 toxs, capable of steaming 13 knots, with both capitalist and workman. The day is som fasting price of chain should have boon it la probable that at the outset a steamer of that before, many years the labourer will to mock of epiam should have been laid in whila
5the prine 1 still comparatively low or the LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. and it is fortunately beginning to have less ists are clamouring for its abolition.
neesmmodation for 40 passengmato on Oxchange as a parasite-upon-alues instead of gas stars that Sir John Addison was making the 19th inst., at 9 pm; and will arrive hore to-
trieding when a man who operates on the Stock crossed some time back. We contended from effect than it had at one time, at least upon
The present contract will
The E. & A str. Aldenham loft Manila on those who are in the habit of taking common-
the permanent contract to begin on June 1, creating them will not be recognised as a man grave mistake in placing the supreme control morrow at daylight The Siberian mail of the 29th March was 1910. Dosling with the postal subration of affairs. I have very strong
strong ideas about them of the Government Monopolies, by far the most sense and straightforward views in delivered in London on the 19th-inst.
which has been secured by the East Asiatic Samklem. *. I don'
The str. Glenlogan left Singapors on the place of indulging in high-sounding
Company, l'Avenir du Tonkin pays a tribute of recognised. I don't believe in an aume-tex.in the hands of young, inexperienced and 23rd instant s
they should be important of the revente producing departimento, 17th instant, and is due here on or about the praise to the services, which have been rendered My plan is simpler and better. An income-tax underpaid official, but we hardly expected that but for the most part empty generalities. The heavy rain of yesterday drove off the by the firm of A. R. Marty in keeping up will make a nation of liare. Lak men make all our opinion would be justified so soon or in sported to arrive here on Monday, the 25th inst
The MM Co.'s sargo boat Meinam is az- At the same time it is impossible for any crowd of coolies who haunt the Post Office communication between Haiphong and Houg: the money they can in their lifetime but when manner so startlingly unpleasant for these int 6 am.from Singapore, and will love for
kang in the face of strong competition by they do lot the State take half of it. That is charge of the Colonial finances. impartial observer not to be struck with the buying a dollar's worth of stamps.
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