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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,
THE NEWS IN HONGKONG.
the wisdom of hit mother. I would like to pays tribute to our hate King which would be ar pressive of my own feelings and of this church, Businem will be practically suspended în e but I confess that the information which osm Hongkong, which is saddened as it was on the The tolling of second bells called worshippers yesterday to me was such a shook that it is with boasion of the death of the late Queen Kings to St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday, where a very the atmost diffeally that I can command words Edward the Seventh will be sincerely mourned. As an emborador of Posos he had a special claim impressive service was held. Most of those nor think of the phrases which will be nosGEBATY attendance, including His Excellency the Offer
Zer the tribute which we wish to pay. Depend on the civilised word, and he won the respect Administoring the Government and Lady Mayant upon your sympathy, I will try to say a few and admiration of all who knew his name The preacher was the Von. Aroladesoon words. In the book of Feals instes, eighth abap and was cognisant of his aims. His charming tor and fourth verse, we read, "The king's word personality, his diplomacy, and his statesman- Barnett, who said :-
hath power." That was true of our late King, ship were appreciated in all the Chancellorios of He was blessed with godly parents, and his home Europe, and to him is dus the credit of having ran a typical British home with its good induende monarchy rest on surer foundations in
tion.
wore mourning,
It would not be possible, for any con gregation of Britishom to be un-moved us together they faced the fast of Great
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SYMPATHY OF TOKYO.
TOKYO, May 8th. The death of King Edward has
sympathy.
OUR SOVEREIGN LORD THE KING.
CHARACTER SKETCH
Our Sovereign Lord the King is the title of a character sketch written by Mr. T. W. Slend in the March number of The Reviews of Retimes, After tracing the renassiance of monarchy in Europe during the last half century, he proceed
But it is in England that the revival of the Monarchical principle (limited) has been most remarkable. The modern constitutional sover
CHINESE PORCELAIN.
LECTURE TO THE CHINA SOCIETY IN LONDON,
(FROM OUR OWN, CORRESPONDENT.)
LONDON, April 15th. ⠀⠀ There was ruero than the usual attendance of members at the meeting of the China Socisty on Thursday in the Caxton Hall, under the pre- sidency of Mr. Ivan Chen, the genial secretary, The lecturer was Mr. R. L. Hobson at the British Museum, sed his subject was thut wide and interesting one," Chinese Porcelain," At
whole series would be needed to cover it ade«. discussion within the limits of one lentara, A quately, so on that occasion he merely proposed to give a general survey, Jean Pau
First he dealt with the antiquity of Chinese porcelain. Literary references to it began with the records of the Tong dynasty-618-907 with but there are no known specimens of Sung dynasty 960-1279. translucent percelsiu before the time of the
Britain's loss through the death of King Edward Ho knew how to respect the British constita- Britain than over it did. He was a King in produced in Tokyo striking-man- eign, whose power is rigidly circumscribed the outset he said his theme was too large for
The personal influence may be potent for every sense of the word, and he may be fairly festations of public and official by usage and by statate, is invested by his good or evil in a constitutional monarchy wachadoscribed as Le Grant Monargue of the
a las certain to have frumense power indirect. Twentieth Century, ly hidden, safeguarded by innumerable channels. constitutional monarch advises out of the fulness of his experienos. Many a president of a republie has far more power than the King
the Seventh. There would be another occasion upon which special reference might be made to the life and work of His Majesty, yet it would not seem fitting they should esparate without which wax the subject
word
од
filling the hearts of all, To-day the Empire shuddered from a blow dealt it by the King of
of Great Britain. Whether his advics be
Torrors, and we, island-born, thabiting takon or not depends as much on his per- furthest island-homo of the Empire in the East,sonal inficeres as on the wisdom of his counsel. felt the force of that blow. This was not a
THE SUPREME COUNT'S SYMPATHY,
Both the Eankruptcy and Summary Court were sitting on Saturday when the official message was transmitted, and the news, was
received with profound sorrow,
The Press unanimously dwell upon the high kingly qualities of the dead Monarch, and the irreparable nature
position with such opportunities of influence to maske him at snul arises as the present for All important functions have been and away the most important person in the State. This transformation has boon chiefly due to the long reign, the shrewd good sense, and cancelled.
great pablic spirit of Queen Victoria. When she came to the Throne Monarchical atack had George III, was mad, George IV. was bad, and dropped lower them at any date since 1649,
personality neither excited onthusiasm nor com- manded respect, The Girl Queen began her reign by a blunder about the badeh amber women which called forth protesta and complaints from the Tory Party that read strangely as coming from men whe, since the days of the Stuarts, prid of themselves on their loyalty to the Throne. But her blunder helped her to discover that the
moment for mero adulation or a time for lordly Character, aftor all, is a most potent factor in the grontost possible regret, the news that His of the loss to England at a critical william IV. was Sailor Billa man whose Nowadays, Sung wars are beginning to be
panegyrics. Our hearts were rent with sorrow and sorrow, if real, leaves a sear. We sorrow to-day not as a people but as many peoples. It is not as a nation merely, but as an Empire of nations that we mourn the loss of our Sovereign, boloved and respected. Neverthless, if sorrow scars, sympathy salves the smarting wound, and as a people we Britishers appreciate the marks of genuine symatby which are extended to us
by the members of other nations,
Our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Seventh will be remembered not only as a king in name, but as a roal and noble rater. Axa man he was justly the most popular within his dominions. The graciousness of His Ma
all occasiotis was a topic of jesty on universal comment He was a man to be re- speated in himself; a name to le mentioned without a blash; the pride of loyal hearts. As
life, and especially so in the person of a king. The proscher then referred to the naalduity with which King Edward made himself acquainted with the affairs of the Empire, paid a tribute to his wise statesmanship, and spoke of how he was rogarded as a devoted king. He lived long enough, he continued, to learn mach, and the lived long enough to harrest the wisdom He learned much because he we admired
was enger to do his bost for his people He not only enjoyed all his privileges, but King Edward was eager to discharge all his high datios, as a man, as a neighbour and as king. Our late King's word was powerful. He was not a great ronder. He did not learn much from books, but be interpreted life truly, and he gave more than most men to the world in which he was placed Our late King was powerful as one who was personally able, and here it is I must fall book on some incidents a Sovereign; both King and Emperor, he was of his life which came under my own know keenly alive to the interests of his Empires for lodge. The preacher then referred to his life in it he laboured, and the influence for good which Norfolk, where the King lived as a country he axarted would be difficult to exaggerate. With gentleman. He saw him very often at close
Bia Honour Mr. W. Reos Davies, Acting Chief Justice, said I have just received, with Most Gracions Majesty the King has passed way. I need scarcely say that the Court will I shall take the adjourn immediately, opportunity on Monday, in the presence, I hope, of the members of the profession and officers of the Court, to express our profound
as of the great loss sustained.
COUNCILS TO ASSEMBLE TO-DAY. His Excellency the Officer Administering
the Government has called meetings of the Executive and Legislative Councils for this afternoon.
period.
REPORT OF ALLIANCE DISCREDITED.
TOKYO, May 8th.
better known, owing to the opening up of ancient tombs and burial caves in the conces of railway constraction. The wares are chiefly conspicuous for the thick and richly coloured glaze upon them. Presently London is to see a wonderfal series of examples at an exhibition under the auspices of the Burlington Fine Arts Club,
in
After the T'as dymas 1280-1367~~the
The persistent reports of an allimonarchy alill counted for something in Eng. ceramic activity of China sos concentrated ance between Russia and Japan are lish politics, and although she made frank son the great pottery metropolis, Chiltig t
profited by the experience thereby acquired such as we are familiar with, was mpidly officially discredited, but the Press fessier that she had made a false step, she then, and tras translucent white porcelain first half of the Ming. generally consider that such is most when England passed under the mile of developed. The
Prince Albert, the task of rebuilding the Mon- dynasty-1369.1514-was a classio porlod for archy was carried on ohne Hast und ohne Best Chinese porcelain, but the flashy reds and After his death there was a period of unblas and white of the reign of Hasan-te, the rest. The retirement of the Queen soomed as enamelled ware of Cheng-hue and the clostunt if it would undo all the work pre yellows of Hung-chih-all in the fifteenth cen- riously necomplished in the rehabilitation of turyaro virtually unknown on f China,
The sixteenth century Ming wares ore better ness of the Prince of Wales and the return of known, chicly the blas and white porcelain,. Monarchy. It was only in seeming. The ill- the Queen to her duties sufficed to destroy the those with coloured glazes, turquoise, green, filusion of a Republican reaction, and for the purple and yellow, applied direct to the biscuit,
[BEUTER'S SHEVICE TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."
--SPORT FOSTIONED. The announcement of the death of His likely, majesty the King caused sportsmen to suspend most of Saturday's fixtures. The match between Hongkong and The Rest, which was to have been played on the ground of the Hongkong Cricket Clab, was postponed, and likewise the presentation of the League Shield and medals DEATH OF A RUSSIAN HERO. which were to have been awarded after the
LONDON, May 7th, match. The boxing tournament at the Belle View Stadium was put off, and almost every
his experience and tact, his grace and-fores quarters, and had opportunities of learning tennis match arranged for that afternoons Commander Semenoff has suc-art thirty years there was not even a moment and the Wan-li-wa-tsal, or five-coloured pore
soas of God,"
of character, he was just the Sovereign the Em-something of the tras greatness of the IAN. pire could ill spare. Living for the prosperity He instanced the King's tact and consideration, of his own people and for the peace of the world as seen in little incidents in that countryside, during a reign of nine short years this monarch and spoke of his marvellons momory for faces did all that was possible for man er king to and names. Proceeding, he also alluded to his attempt toward cementing ties of friendship bonhomie, how he mixed with people, and how he between the great nations of the world Bles reproved certain modern tendencies in fashion sed are the ponce makers, for they shall be called able life, Appeals to sympathy always found a ready response in him. Moreover, he was many ided. Military men, naval men, and civilians all olain him as their own. He was a successful arbitrater working for peace in Europe, and he has brought nearer possibility the United States of Europe. In his snecessor, who ascends the throne at forty-five years of age, shall wo. not pray with him that his experience may make him a wise, sobor and industrious king such a monarch as his father was
bound alosast lo
To the bereaved Royal Family every British true heart in humble loyalty extends its
a bereavement. sympathy, for thoirs is doubly emphasised. When those who are our personal hearts and lies are wrenched from us, then indeed the stricken soul has sore need of orory consolation which sympathy and love can sug. gest. And as the pain of sorrow shoots to each outlying post of Empire, so will the unseen sther of human sympathy vibrate with the resperee of loring and loyal hearts. Our prayer is that the God of all comfort may soothe the Borrows and comfort the hearts of the Royal family in their hour of bereavement.
At the close of the service the Dead March in Saul was played by Mr Chapman, the organist
BOMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL,
abandonet
HONGKONG'S GRIEF.
cumbed to wounds received in the Ary check to the Monarchical revival. When celain of the Wan-li perlod-1573-16 9. The Edward VII came to the Throne ho inherited last mon fored ware was decorated with painted He was the battle of Tsushima.
amach more important position of influence designs in different coloured easels. This was author of three famous books on the than that to which his predecessor had succeeded at the beginning of the large class of ware in 1837, and so far he has increased rather than known as famille verte, from the predominanço diminished its prestige.
of the greens of various tinta,
The telegrams in Saturday morning's isste Russo-Japanese War.
[By sonrious coincidenses review of his had scarcely prepared the commanity for the news which reached the Colony. It condhatost book, "The Price of Blood appeared in hardly be realised, and grief and surprise our issue of Saturday. His two previous mounting to consternation, obtained among publications were "Hasplata" and "The Battle those who had been following the telegrams of Tenshima,”—ED.] with anxiety, a feeling which was shared by the populace when the sad intelligence was co veyed to them. We received the wire at 10:40
Saturday morning, and acquainted His Excellency Sir Henry May with its import. This was the first news to reach His Excellency who naturally wished for its confirmation before acting on it. In the afternoon, Bir Henry received the confirmatory despatch, and the Royal Standard at Government House was immediately half-masted. Many firms in the city, however, half-masted their flags s soon as they learned the sad information
Yesterday at fas evening service in the from the Daily Press Extra, and steamers Roman Catholic Cathedral the seting Bootor, in the harbour wore not long in following suit And ere this visitant the silent messenger of Bev, Father Spada, speaking on behalf of His The official announcement, which His death who comes alike to king and cottager, to Lordship the Bishop, the Clergy, and Excellency the Offer Administering the whom none may forbid admission-ero ho com Catholic Institutions of Hongkong, expressed Government received from the Secretary of knosking at my door and at yours, may we cochin sympathetic language the profound sorrow of State for the Colonies, read: Profoundly regret onelearn to know the Princo of Life, our King the Catholic eommunity at the death of the to inform you that His Majesty the King passed in glory, who through death destroyed him who well beloved and rovered King Edward VII away at 11.45 to-day (May 6th). Andersen," had the power of death, that is, the devil; that The preacher referred in glowing terms. This message was conveyed to all Governmen He might deliver us who through fear of death to the noble charecter of the late King, and hit Departments, and the following Government are all oar lifetime subject to bondage. For to mission as universal peacemaker. He extolled Gazelle Extraordinary, in English and Chinese all who unknowledge Him King He opens the his great sympathy and broad toleranco which was issued late on Saturday afternoon":-
endeared him to all his subjects, and won for gate of heaven and eternal life.
him the esteem and admiration of the world."
The soloma musio of the Dead March in Saul then reverberated through the Cathedral, the congregation renmining standing while it was played.
REY. MR. HICKLING'S TRIBUTE.
At the Union Church in the morning the bymus sang and the prayers offered had special reference to the national loss. The first bymo, "Great King of Nations hear our prayer," was sang with feeling by the large congregation, the following worse being partionlarly expressivo
With one consent we meekly bow Beneath Thy chastening hand, And, pouring forth confession, mest, Mourn with our mourning land.
In conclusion he invited all prosent to join with him in imploring the blessing of the Almighty on our new Sovereign, King George
And to pray that he may be blessed with long and prosperous reign to continue the noble work of his revered father, whose name is written in golden characters on the hearts of his subjects-King Edward the Peacemaker, King Edward the Good,
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.
COLONIAL SECESTANY'S DEPARTMENT.
The Hankow races, like these at Shanghai had to be postponed on Monday last. ⠀⠀
Ming porcelains are rare, and the word is
"Our Sovereign Lord the King" is a good sounding phrase. Austere Rapublicans snoer at it, and Lords and courtiers roll it under their used far more freely in sale catalogues than the tongues as a sweet morsel; but whother we like facts warmut. In the present dynasty the
fit or not we have all got to recognise
onal most colobrated periods are the Kang.hsi, constitutional the fact that when any crisis comes to a head Edward VII is the 1662-1722, Tang-cheng, 1723-1735, and Ch'ion- master of the situation. He is our Sovereign Jun, 1736-1795. Most of the finest porcelain Lord the King; master of all the parties and of our great collections was made in those all the politicians. The supreme power has come
to him. It is probably a great bore to him. It reigns. The Kang-hai period was celebrated Lis a great burden and great responsibility; but for the finest blue and white, the finest famille
though he rigidly confines himself with the verte and the beautiful sang-do-bosuf
During the absence on leave of Mr. F. B. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, Mr. E. L. Danays, sonr, has been appointed to not in his stead.
I was reported the other evening at Shang hai that a British man-of-war had left under orders for Hankow, where, pocording to the rumours afloat, trouble is feared.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. F. Gray, acting agent of the North China Insurance Company, Alexandra Buildings, was found dead in the King Edward Hotel.
kir. D. W. Craddook has resigned his sent on the Licensing Board, and an election by the stead will be held at the Land Office on the 18th Justices of the Peace of a Justice to servo in his
instant..
appointed to enquire into the conditions obtain No. 135-With deepast grief the Offering with regard to the Mount Austin nullah and Administaring the Government hus to announce the water supply collected from that area. that His Majesty the King passed away at
11.45 a.m. on the 6th instant, His Excellency requests that the inhabitants of the Colony will wear mourning for a time, to be specified in
futura Gazelle.
7th May, 1910.
A. M. THOMBÓK, AN
Colonial Secretary.
MOURNING IN THE COLONY,
The American Consulate General have re ceived the following typhoon warnings from the Manila Observatory-May 7.190, 9am. Cyclone or typhoon E. of Aparri, less than 300 miles distant, moving W.N.W. or N.W. May 8th, 9,31 a.m.-Cyclone or typhoon ENE of Aparri, inglining northward.
strait and narrow limita laid down for the contract of a Constitutional Kiar, he dominates the situation. It is a curious outcome of a series of successive Reform Bills, each of which was declared in its turn to have surrendered overy our ancient monarchy to Badical democracy, that eighty years after the introžnation of the thing to the Revolution and to have sacrificed
firet Reform Act the Sovereign is more in fuential in a moment of crisis tase any of his predecessor,
The Tang-cheng period was noted for sever imitations of olf Saug glazes from examples sent from the Imperiat Palace for the purpose,
carmines predominate. and also for the beginning of the famille rose scheme of enamels, in which rose pinks and
The famille rose was further developed in the reign of Chien-luu and entirely this reign was noted for its wonderful technical perfection. The potters had perfect control of superseded the famille verte. The poraslain of
The one outstanding fact of the situation is their material and showed their skill in copying that the centre of our political aquilinatairal and artificial substances, such as jade, the present moment is the Throne and that the occupant of the Throne is He who must be obeyed.
EARLY IMPRESSIONS.
copper and so forth, ago, thinoceros horn, grained wood, bronze,
In the pineteenth century a gradual bat sure decline sat in and the destruction of the Imperis! factories in the Taiping rebellion about 1853 completed the debole,
In illustration of the lecture some interesting styles of pottery were shown, seventeen of the photography..
Mr. Ivan Chen voiced the thanks of the com of the pottery town of Ching-té chèn, pany, and incidentally added his own knowledga
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT HOWLOON,
The following sketch of the dead King was written at the time he succeeded to the Throne
It is diffealt. to believe that anyone in the At the meeting of the Sanitary Board to. position of the Prince of Wales has no personal morrow the report of the Select Comm Political proclivities, rot is there anyone who lantern slides boing coloured by autochrome can really affirm that they know whether he is a Tory or a Liberal? His friends belong to always loudly declared that he, and the Princess both sides, and though the Liberal party have especially, had
a greater admiration for Mr. Gladstone than for any other contemporary statesman, thore is no jastiilable confirmation of the statement. Le shows the most absoluto social hospitality are as cosmopolitan as can impartiality, and even those who enjoy
s convinced, yet in other matters also, when he has expoused a cause, the Prince can be a partizan. He is always, however, a model of cantion, and satisfies himself that he is throwing his great influence into the right stole before he decides on giving his public support to any movement. At the Prince of Wales' age, with his experience of life, with his opportunities of eeving and knowing everyone of ability and
of seeing capacity, he has acquired a knowledge of affairs In his early life he had opportunities in a unique way, and he is a well-informed mau
aver enjoyed,
ed, and since then his life has been the world which few mon in his position one of consint education Every now idea, every now discovery, goes to the Prince of what they are worth and can teach, he learns Wales with its originator and exponent, and for He is wonderfully adaptive and quick, if perhaps of the day. He is a with great knowledge, a
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the same and on behalf of His Majesty the King, the following Ordinance pasted by the Legis lative Connoit:-Ordinance No. 6 of 1910.-An Ordinance further to smond the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899,
believed to bo out of
Shortly after sight o'clock on Saturday night a domestic squabble, which might have had fatal results, oconrred at No. 3, Rose Terrace, Chinese named Georgo Quinn is said to bare quarrelled with his wife, a European, and in the course of the quarrel he is alleged to have drawn revolver and fired at her. Mrs. Quinn was shot in the small of the back, and was shortly afterwards removed to the Govorament Civil Hospital, where the ballet was extracted, and she is now
thrown the revolver away, for it has not yet danger. The husband, it appears, left hur riedly after firing the shot, and must have promptly informed of the occurrence, and Sor been found. The police at Tsimonalsci were Seant Davis was detailed to make inquiries. After visiting the house he proceeded to the just before the ferry left for Hongkong. one of the leading men morning, and will probably have to answer a Star Ferry wharf, and arrested the husband Quinn will appear before a magistrate this
wonderful rasmory, and
It was a significant fact, and an indication showing how greatly revered His Majesty was, There was a large congregation at the that the community did not require to be Kowloon Charol yesterday morning when reminded to go into mourning. Olois and the service was of a special nature apprecivilian discarded brightor colours of dress for prints to the occasion. The Rev. H. O. Spink black coat, a black tie or a black band, and the paid a tribute to the memory of the late King general mourning showed how conscious, were and discoursed on the lessons to be desen from the British inhabitants of Hongkong of the the sad event, The Dead March in Saul was great loss which they have sufered. The naval played by the Rajput Band, which was stationed and military officers also wore the crepe land on
their arms. The Hongkong Daily Presses the temperature for the month was 739 and the he is not intellecough man of the world. oharge of attempted murder. S
In the course of his sermon the Roy. CH. Hickling said We have in this place gloriod in the good which our Kiug has done, and have rejoiced in his joy. We have sorrows in bis sorrow, Now he has passed from our sight The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away. Can outside. we not say oven to-day, Blossed be the name
An extract of meteorological observations made at the Hongkong Observatory during the month of April shows that the average maximum
first to publish tho and tidings of our esteemed average minimum temperature 66.1 degrees King's death, and it was not long afterwards There was a total rainfall of 3,725 inches, and before the vity began to show signs of morning we had 155.2 hours of sunshine. Flag of British and foreign firms bang at half-
of the Lord! The mourning for his loss will The Hankow Daily News reports that the be deep and smoere among all sorts and starving hordes of food refugees who wero conditions of people. We should be more than recently cleared out by the authorities at a wall as the flags inttering above the heathen and less than Christian it wo failed in commencing to return, as may-as five bandred recognising and returning thanks for the to a thousand coming in to Hankow daily. loan of such a life-Our King had the qualities They have apparently eaten up all the rice in of some of the best of his ancestors, and to-day the districts to which they were sent, and nativo we can thank God for having given us a manso reports assort that many wore reduced to eating
devoted to the welfare of his people ne he was the barks of trees. His death axes our eyes over the long reign of Victoria the Good sau over the short reign of Edward the Peacemaker. He was born in a
Nearly fifty Britishore assembled at the Victoria Hall, Hankow, on the 28th alt, the
the sudden demise of His Majesty, and
of Wales We see its brilliant side, and, we
LOCAL SPORT.
TENNIS LEAGUE.
WATSON'S CHINESE Y.XCA Watsoas bait the Chinese YMCA on
D. E. Clark and F. Rapp beat Ko Po Sham
Saturday by 55 games to 44.
s marvellous, power of assimilating and acquir ing information. It is very difficult in a short sketch like this to avoid being either tab lands His Excellency the Offer Administering the tory or too critical. Une aims at being neither. arous Coniulatos Here at Home, the Government has been pleased to appoint pro- Ono realises the grantness of the position of a King death overshadowed everything, and fistobally, and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, tan and woman like the Prince and Princess was the general toplo of conversation. From Hr. Henry Keswick to be a member of the know it has another. We as the temptation the pulpit of overy Protestant Ciratok in the Executive Council during the abones on leave to be selfish, arrogant, haughty bat we sleu notice. Mr. Keswick he also been appointed of real worth and goodness, making thom wh Colony yostarding reforoute was made to of the Hon. Sir Paul Chater, or until further know that such a position has daring those and Ng BY 6-5, Jest to Wei Wing
great burden of obligation which is laid on Po Chen and Molitor 92
choice would them
a. No man or woman from elect to lead the life the Prince and Princess of H. Taylor and H. Rapp beat Ko To Sham prayers wore offered ep that the Dirie Graco member of the Legislative Council, vice the occupy it realise their responsibilities and the Lokand Wong Po Kio 5-6, wid Best Wa bereavement. It is expected that a special Returns of the average amounts of bank notes Wales have followed mice their marriage, but and Ng Bre Yuen 6-5, lost to Wel Wing Lok might comfort the Royal Family in their ead Hon. Mr. Gregson, who has reugned. Christian home. His life was lived in a purified ocasion being the re-inauguration of a Honkowie will shortly be held in the Ramis in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hong they have done it willogly and cheerfully and Wong Po Kie 5-6, and heat Wong Po Court, batunfortunately for him he had little or volunteer corps. Mr. E, H. Fraser Look Catholic Cathedral, where prayers will be offered yong during the month ended 30th April, 19, beanse they understand how great is thoir in Chuen and Mohler 8-3. no ocompation, The late Qasen took State obair, and after the conclusion of the business for His Majesty King Edward, and the blessings certified by the managers of the respective of the people over whom some day they will affairs to seriously that none were delegated to of the meeting and election of officers, addressed
the consequence those present, impressing upon them the nese this young man, was he had pretically nothing to do.alty of taking servleo seriously. Mr. Bailey He was beset with more temptations than was elected 1st Lieutenant and Mr. Dickson any other man in the world. We do not 2nd Lieutenant. The arrangement of units know the extent of his resistance and what sort of a fight be put up against the torres left to them. Mr. Pearce rendered valu. temptations which surrounded him. But we able services to the nesting by renouating now he devoted to his Empire's welfare that details of his volnateur experiences in 1903 gamlianeously, and the effect was most National Bank of China, wise, good discretion which ripe years brought the meeting closed with a role of thanks to him. Edward the Seventh entered into a royal Inheritance enriched to the uttermost
and
the ChairmanL
of God will be invoked on our new Sovereign banks, are as ander His Majesty King Georro V.
A very impressive feature of yesterday's observances was the firing of the minute guns by the warships in the harbour. HMS. Tamar guese cruiser discharged their guns almost the French cruiser Montcalm, and the Porta
presiva while the total number of guns were fired by each wanhip.
BARES
SPECIA
AVERAGE
AMOUNT RESRETE Chartered Bank of India,
Australia and China, 3,711,755 4,000,000 Hanking Corporation, 11,608,971 13,000,000 Hongkong and Shanghal
Limited
Total:
37,618 Nit
16,358,346 17,000,000
tinence in improving and raising up
the lives
FR. Miller and J. R. Capell lost to Ko Po.
reign.
ign. We have no intention or desire to Sham and Ng Sze Yuan 4-7, boat Wei Wing attributed perfection to Lok and Wong Po Kia 6-5, and bent Wong Po sscribe suy-apocial
their public them, we only judge than on
record There are spots on the sun, and Chean and Mohler 6-5. Prince and Princess even in the fairy story of one's youth had faults of temper and character, but we think that the sweet slowever may have had, and we feel we owe a faced Princess we all love has grown out of any deep debt of gratitude to the Prince, who strives so indefatigably and unceasingly to help very muse that can benefit his country
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