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TOBACCONISTS.
sme satisfactory condition. Indeed it is far from natufactory. The innumerable squabbles as to raising money, who shall be allowed to provide loans, and who shall not participate in these, seem to be endless, and until unanimity is reached on the question of providing the necessary funds little progress
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 16TH, 1910.
Among the passengers leaving for Bome to TELEGRAMS. against us was oxcessive,"
day are Mr. and Mrs J. B. X. Smith and Mr. M. H. Logan.
The eighteenth case of plague, which proved fatal, was reported yesterday from the Peak It was imported from Canton,
Rear Admiral Lyons, who with Mrs, and
Miss Lyens, leaves for Homs to-day, zde: hig miens to the officers and members of the naval establishment yesterday.
8. WATSON & CO., abode with the actual work of construc tion. It is perhaps rather early yetto suggest that pressure should be applied to induce the Chinese to listen the completion of that
It is reported that the plant of the ill-fated line, but once the railway between Kowloon Tank Bay Mills has been sold to a Japanese AND and Canton is opened the contracting parties firm, the Kobe asuko Company, who will will have good reason to demand that China tranship it to Koko where it will be erected. should take more progressive measures to
Sergeant Edwards, who has been in Hong- secure the performance of her part of the
kong Water Polios for some years, havas for agreement. Somewhere about a fifth or the Federated Malay States nextwok to join sixth of the work is all that bus been accom the polies force there as an inspector. He will plished on this large railway route, and as be missed in local cricketing ranks, operations were commenced a number of
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. E R CONDITION is next years ago the progress can only be described Halifax sentenced a Chinese to ose month's QUALITY, the most essential re-as very unsatisfactory. Hongkong is vitally imprisonment and siz hones' stocks for steal- quisite of a Cigar. Our Warehouse affected by the opening of this through higa bundle of dothing from a pianger on
The long line of railway will the 8. 9. Kwong Tung. in Stanley Street contains specially bring from sources hitherto untapped
CIGARS
to
traffic.
fitted Drying Rooms for Maturing freight of varying character and immense Cigars, and in the Dispensary itself quantity. Wore it not so the days of the port would be numbered. Shipping would the same idea is carried out on a be diverted to better situated places, and smaller scale by the installation of Hongkong would languish as Macao has drying cupboards,
Any Cigars purchased from us have therefore the advantage of being in FINE CONDITION
We Stock all the Best Known Brands, as well as the following which are Manufactured solely for
us:
LOLITAS - PER BOX OF 50. $5.50
An exquisite stoke,
EL TAMARINDO, GRAND
ROYAL
- PER BOX OF 50. $4.00 A very fine Cigar,
done. But tough other porta are claiming
a share of the trade which was previously the monopoly of the Colony, Hongkong prosperity has not yet began to diminish Her future is brighter than ever it was, and though her position of pre-eminence many not be quite unassailable, her prospects na such as to encourage an optimistic outlook and a strong belief in the destiny of Great Britain in the Far East.
FIGHTING AT MACAO
(FROM OUR OWN COERESFONDIST.)
Maono, July 14th,
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JAPAN IN MANCHURIA.
PEKING, July 15th. The meeting of the Grand Council to-day favoured a proposal acknow- ledging receipt of the terms of the new Convention and expressing satisfaction at the adherence to the Portsmouth Treaty and the maintenance of the status quo in Manchuria.
MONGOLIA"
The
Mongolia Shimidzu.
Pacific
AGROUND.
TOKYO, July 15th.
aground near
He recog
nised that every new Dreadnought delayed some social reform, but na- tional security was the paramount condition of all social reform.
LONDON, July 15th. Mr. Dillon's motion was rejected by 298 votes to 70. *** The vote was thereafter passed.
Mr. Balfour rejoiced that the worst had not happened, but there never had been a time when those respon sible for the defence of the country were content to allow such a narrow margin of superiority over a single
rival.
Mr. Barnes, Labour M.P., said that Germany at the end of 1912 would have thirteen Dreadnoughts and Great Britain would have twenty-seven including the two provided by the Colonies,
WITH DOG AND GUN IN THE *NEW TERRITORY.
Most every kind of sport indulged in by resid- ants of this Cclony has received adequate notios
the local Press, get it is nourious fact that
the oldest sport of all—that indulged in by the followern of Nimrod-receives the lenst nutive or encouragement. wheth
Why this is no it is hard to explain, because
the proverbial Englishman by way of relaxation is supposed to say: "Let's go out nad kill sóma- thing,” whrs in this Colony the expression is more often changed to, “Let's go and drink something." There are, however, a fair number of sportsmen whe yearly visit a few well known spots in the Now Territory and beyond, yet the majority of them have but the vaguest idea where.
casiant way of reaching this delectable country. gameis most likely to be found, or the qufokost and The advent of the railway, will, however, serre
in some messure to make the New Territory mora
generally known to sportemen and others and week-end shooting parties will no doubt become popular,
an
.in.
With Dog and Gan in the Now Territory"
the title to steamer
might well gire treating hock, but while the writer does not aspire to such heights, thefow hints given in this, and mucceeding articles will it is hoped, be of some interest to local sports.
LATER.
LATER.
The latest official statement is that Her the Mongolia is still stuck, To-day quietness roigned at Colovan. The position is not regarded as serious and big guns allent, Patria,
us were sent, and the gun Derian hopes are entertained that she will Colowan and Wong Kam, remain insotive. be refloated soon. However, a detachment of soldiers atempted to make an advance into the village, but were received by a shower of bullets which compelled the Portuguese to retreat. The vilige itself is deserted, but the pirates with the vlagors who have joined them are sheltering on the mountain, which, being rocky and having a growth of brushwood, affo-ce excellent cover,
A number of wounded children were found, They were taken to the hospital.
The Chinese gunboats and launolos are also. The Gertun Max of the 16th June was watching the island in order to prevent the delivered in London on the 14th inst
pirates making their escape.
The year 1909 was singularly free from
The opinion expressed by the Hongkong Daily
idemic disease, except that the number of cases Press is shared by the Portuguese, one of whom
of enteric fever was above the average.
Attention is called to the first of a series of articles which appears in the present issue by "Sportsman "under the title "With dog and gim in the New Territory
Dr. I. Pareira Marques has just returned from bin trip to Mexico. He looks well anl
A. S. WATSON & CO.. healthy after being away for about two months.
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He returns to Maons on Sunday.
damaged.
a
Cholera ontinues to spread in the Philippins and no less than 38 towas in six provinces are reported infested. Tuesday's reports showing total of 127 cases accompanied by 115 deaths Pangasinan is still the worst province, 23 of its towns being now infected with the disease.
deplore the military weakness of Macao, which makes an effort like the present empting to these marauders. It is stated also that the pirates are usingetokeless powder,
A NOTABLE PERSONALITY IN HONGKONG,
Among the arrivals bere yuterday por 8.8. Team may be noted George
Na Wolfe, tl lately general manager of the very largest hotel in Manila, if not in the world, although one of the lenat advertised. It has
Efforts to float her at high tide failed, and the liner Siberia" has been dis patched to her assistance,
Mr. McKenna slated that the contracts for five Dreadnoughts in the 1910 programine would not be e to be completed in given out in time 1912 and he was convinced that any less vote would be insufficient to give security.
[FROM THE CARLENEWR"]
OWNERSHIP OF LAND IN THE PHILIPPINES,
him for a little tail and trouble. In Besson, one
in its 300 odd square miles of diversified country the Now Territory offers a greater variety sport than it is generally credited with, and ana can find in miles of swamp, on grassy hill slopes or in dry, broken country, ample sport to reward a shoot partridge, quail, snips, duok and carlow, pigeons and dores, bosides a few rarer birds such as woodcock, plover, gr southank and even poliçass. In the deep ravines which acar [the monatain rider are to be found the smal barking door, which are not so hard to get as might be imagined, and whose flesh is quite a delicacy. The whole of the Now Territory is admirably suitedfor game of all kinds, and birds would abound in NEW YORK, July 6th.
even greater numbers wore it not for the great The directorate of the sugar trust bas
havon wrought among them by vermin with PEKING, July 15th.
disavowed the ownership of land in the which the whole country swarms. Hawks, The German Minister has made a Philippine Islands. In answer to questions snakes, foxes and civet cats are the worst strong demand for the concession to by agents of the Goverment, the manage offenders, although the first named of these a open the gold mine in Kwaishan and went of the trust has denied that the doubtedly does the greater image. In the organization was in any way interested in winter semon hawks are everywhere. Nothing to build a dock at Chingtu.
the purchase of the fan Jose estate in escape their koun oyes, and quick is the fate of The French Minister has also subindoro, either directly or indirectly. Mr. partridge or quail oaught away from cover. mitted a request for the concession of certain land in Yunnan,
FROM THE "CHUNG KGOI SAN po.”“”
FRENCH AND GERMAN
DEMANDS.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS DEFEATED IN YUNNAN.
PREING, July 15th. The rebels in Yuman gathered in string force at Tai-li-ho and Mang- ho where they were attacked by the soldiers who were defested,
BEUTER'S SELFICE TO THE "HONGKONG DAZDY PRZ88."}
We have received information that owing to the severity of the weather the s. Lightning had to put in at Chittagong on the 6th insuodation for five thousand guests, mostly and discharged part of her cargo, which was permanent boarders, and, til lily, was the haven of rest for many provincial renguers of the Philippine Islands. Well kiswn as ons of the principal and most shly managel institutions of the city, it has passed through stess and vic issitudes triumphantly and still regains the most patronized hotel in the place, if not the most popular. Under the management of Mr. Wolfe it has attained its present well-kern efficiency, and the order maintained there must be seen fo be believed. For hospitality it is conspicuous. All the guests can be served with their meals in
LONDON, July 14th. voluminous Blue-book on Tibet the short space of seven minutes and complaints are never heard. A band plays elections every evening, the musicians themes being per- has been published, the principal and dispers themselves in the spacious grounds, feature of which is the second despatch nest becoming of Sir Edward Gray on April 8th
Two olaus of boarding-house rammers, the Ln and the Chungs, arrived at the German steam Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS Wong Kaist the same time on Thursday, and a should be sent before 11 am. on day of quarrel arcs through a dispute as to which publication. After that hone the supply party should firet board the ship. In the distars Limites. Only supply for Cask.
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HONGKONG, JULY 16TH, 1910. NOBODY ever seriously contemplated the
progress of the New Territories as a reason for the projection of the Kowloon-Canton Railway The grand ideal of unifying Europe and Asia, the linking of Hongkong to the continental capitals by a line of steel and at the same time establishing more direct communication with London, was the motive which inspired the promoters, whom future generations will bless for their
bance one non was seriously cut about the bed, andyesterly three of the fighters appeared before Me. E. R. Hallifax, His Worship ordered on
man to pay the injured runner $5 scmpensation. We are requested to state that His Excellency the Offer Administering the Government has received the sum of $116 from the Directors of the Hippodrome Circus and Menagerie for distribution in local charities. His Excellency has forwarded one-half of this sum to the Diocesan Girls' School and the other half to the Benevolent Society. We feel sure that re sidente in the Colony will greatly apprenints the generosity of the Directors of the Circus
A fisir dealer who arrived here by the river steamer Avong dai on Thursday booɑnio an object of interest to a number of coolies on board. They promoted a quarrel in his vicinity and while he was watching the fight his bag, containing $319, was stolen and substituted by another. When he discovered the theft ha
manent boarders, whilst the gueta promenade
All the attendants wear
uniform
a
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE TO- WARDS TIBET.
pleasant and happy star in the United Bestes Various Treaties and Trade Agree whither he is bound, for it will le many years ments, intimating that Britain was ere we forget the eminently caple and genial prepared to protect the interests of warden of Bilibid Prison in Mala, the largest in the world, and certainly, sai of the best Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, and warning China of the inadvisability managed.—Contributed,
of increasing her troops in the vicinity thereof.
THOU SHALT NOT MARRY."
COMMANDANT'E ORDER TO SIBAKTEENS,
Poole, who purchased the Mindoro estate and now managing the property, according to the officials of the trust, is in no way the representative of that concern and holds no property for it in the Philippines,
CANTON
Hanger makes these pesta quite fearless. I have soon winged" partridge picked up and carried off by a hawk before man or dog could reach it, and nothing smaller than No. 4 shot has any affect on them, and then only at short range. Considering they have so many. enemies, it is surprising how numerous the birds really are, and it is doubtless due to the clone, thick under-growth, which clothes the hills and waste land, that so many (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
survive. Most of the birds, too, are migratory, July 14th
and only the partridge--which, by the way, isn't a partridge-and wood doves may he In the San Cheung Village was a young aid to ho natives. True, one will and a few slave girl who was taken seriously ill Herwintar supe in boggy places long after the master, thinking that she would never recover ustal snipe reason is over, but these, too, vanish sent her to a charitable medical association to gether with her "body ertificata "saying that with the advent of waring. The close season for game extends from March to September-both if she recovered she was to be the property of the association. It happened that the doctor months inclusive--but snipe shooting begins of the association wass Western-trained man, generally about the last week in August. In and under his care the gel speedily became well season, therefore, to anyone hoping to makeis and within a month was completely restored to
A SLATE GIBL ROMANCE,
evening. More than forty young men of variou
BAD CHARACTERS.
Bund
to
too heavy hobnailed boots should be wom,
health aid strength. The association then good "bag" five things aro essential, a goot advertised that they desired the girl to be pair of legs, s good gan, good ammunition, » married and invited all between the ages of 19 good dog, and lastly, the ability to shoot straight. and 25 who were without wives to present Without these essentials the day s sport will le themselves at the hospital en certain gruamed up tersely, in one short remark, soxe grades of society presented themselves and the foot and no luck. Special attention shonla bo fancied Her choice fall on a young fellow field to choose the one she most given to foot and leg gear, a pair of net We have much pleasure in wishing Me, Winssting upon China observing the called Chu, aged 19, a biker's assistant, and the boosuse on dry grassy alopan without
two were thereapon united sccording to Chines record on which a slavegirl bas chosen her own and serious accidents might result. Then ceremony. This is said to be the first time on nails one is certain to "come a cropper," one abould wear patties in preference to husband
leggings, as the former more effectively The Tastal of Police has noticed that there prevent and from getting ia one's boots, besides are a very large number of bad characters on
being an excellent support to legs and ankles, This place appeara the new
happy hunting ground for thieves, In making a "bag" a great dest, of course, pickpockets and extortioners, and the Taobai has depends on the dog. Because a dog costs, say, given orders for the various police officers 3303.00 and is of good breed it does not sttached to stations in the vicinity of the Bant to redouble their vigimes, Acting on the necessarily follow that he is also a good game instructions the police starched a house near the Ander. I have sees some each dogs the apple NgSin Moon (Five Gent Gate) and in it found of their owner's are which were not worth aquantity of kaires, guns and from a thoir koop. This is a trying climate for Seven men were arrested, but have not yet been European dogs, and thoroughbred dogs are often tried. No regalia of a secret society was found delicate, get quickly out of condition, and are and the police wero ut a loss to account for their unable to last a day among difficult country, discovery. In the vicinity of this house are a A good crossed--between pointer and setter number of gambling ships, and all sorts of had for preference is the best dog for hunting characters congregate in the neighbourhood, parpores. They are generally keaner and Owing to the abnormal growth of secret societies stronger in the legs besides being constitutionally
preserve order and
and the task of discriminating for keepingoither pointerorwetter thoroughbreds, Mr John Dillon, Nationalist M.P., goed itisons from bed a daily becoming more and while their possession is no doubt plossing to
those with fat purses, the man of small mean who was a good creesbred will generally go MANCHURIẢN, THIEVES, moved that the vote of £3,444,000 for
man named Wong, living in Tai Pak Chik farther and fare better than the aristocrat with Naval construction be reduced by twost, had occasion to drew a thousand tsole from his aristocratic dog. I might hers diversify and
the bank, and the fact became known to certain enlarge on the treatment of dogs in
general, millions.
bad characters living in the district. On the will merely content myself with a few remarks and with saying that dog-owners in Hangkeng evening of the day in qucation they raided the
far too often leave the care of valuable dogs in the man's house and drore the inmates into a Domer, where some of the number covered then hands cl ignorant." boys" or coolies, They either with fire-arms. The rat of the gang looted the gorge the animals to excess or else feed them at horse and went off with money and valuables uncertain time and intervals with the result tast worth more than $2,000. The loser reported many good dogs become mangy and sanker-eared
The publication of the recent orders issued to the York and Lancaster Regiment at Blackdown to express the female dog, the domestic cat and the waxed moustache of the non-commis aloned officer and private soldi bas prompted Mr. W. Brookes Ball, of Bedford, to forward to the Standard similar orders montly issued by of which the following is a copy
NAVAL ESTIMATES,
BRITISH AND GERMAN PROGRAMMES CONTRASTED.
LONDON, July 14th, In the debate in the House of
shrewdness and their sentiment. Only men reported the matter to the police Sergeant an engineer major in the Bomby Presidency, Commons on the Naval Estimates.3ately, the police are fading it very hard to hardier. The majority of local Nimrods go in
Murphy used a search to be made on board, and the secreted bag and money
recovered.
DIE
with the Imperial idea well developed could have conceived such a project. It was not the sentimental attraction of bringing Hong kong into more direct communication with Wo are informed by Messrs. Carlowits & Co., Great Britain that appealed tothe promoters Agents of the Navigazione Generale Italiana, so much as the tradal benefits to be that this Company her cessed to do servies on derived from opening the great interior of the Indo-Chins xan and that from the fret Chine,
and as the vast territory to be inst, amorly started Italian Company when- trusted with this line under the style, Scien served by the Haukow-Canton Railway Anonima Nazionala poi Servist Marittimi. The feels the stimulating effects of trade steamers Ischia wad Capri will continue plying and awakens to a new sense of life the between Hongkong and Bombay with the mal advantageous results ought to be ex-, ports of call ander the new firm as before and perienced in Hongkong, the grand railway the itinery will undergo no modification. terminus, and the great distributing centre
MARRIED OFFICEES IN THE 3rd SAPPELS AND MINEES
At this the commencement of the leave season and of spring, when a young mus fancy lightly tams to thoughts of love, I wish to make clear to every one my ideas on the tabject of mar-
There is saying that riages in the corps in the futur
be married.
Colonels rawst Majors may Captain should not which early expresses my feelays
Bubalterns must not
hor
Alimlenitv
with
Sat
Mr. Asquith deplored the necessity for the increase and deeply regretted that the increase had boon associated with the notion of hostility to a friendly nation like Germany. Nothing the matter to the police and six of the robbers or los fat and sbby to be of the least use in a ware soon caught. Tive of these were fauid sporting sense. The juios of soupniest mired boiled rice or dog bisemite with an Poons and Kirkee are expesive places and every married officer makes the meas bills of the was further from the truth. "Our relato be Manchuriane and wore handed over
to the officer in charge of the Eight Banner ocessional bone is the proper feed for busting dogs in this climate. Their principal meal rest bigger (it makes no difference bow inneh
should be at night, and only a snack should money he has himself). Aguirit is only fair tions," he said, "have been and are Bailament.
MILITARY VIOLENCE. to a lady that her husband hould pay
A disgracefal occurrence is reported from the girm them in the morning. When not The incidence of malaria in the Colony attention and give up to her mich of his time of the most cordial nature. ⠀⠀ On com- That is no dream. It is an anticipation during 1909 shows a reduction as compared with Captains and subalterus who have to know paring programmes it would be seen Po Chuen lage in the Nam Hol District in use bunting dogs should be kept tied up and & pau named Lin Chia in just returned from allowed only a half hour's extreise morning and which is likely to be realised scme day, but recent years. During the year varions works their men, to work with thon to play games that Britain would have twenty-five Hongkong, where he was in the employ a dog-soap at least ones a week, but frequent They should be washed with with them, can't find time to temarried.
foreign firm. At the moment of the man's arrive dry brushinge with a stiff brush do nieze good when that day will dawn it is not for us to have been carried out in rural districts, and
not for
In the P. W. D. and M. W. 8. it is quite, We know that the Britials section of especially in the village of Shan Ki Wan, riba different; complain has no me to look after Dreadnoughts in 1913, plus two the military happened to be searching for a than too mood washing. An oopasional dose of "Benbows" will keep their stomachs and diges- unfortunato Liu. Taking him outside the village. tion in good order. & lot more might be said, the Kowloon Canton Railway is practically a view to reducing the number of breeding he has no mess and wante & here, and he draws Colonial Dreadnoughts at the other wanted man, and the at once seised on the
end of the world. In that year Ger- they shot him to death and threw his body luto | but the above are the main things to observe in completed. Already several parties have places for the mosquito; while the byslawn more pay. This house accommodation is
dealing with the prevention of mosquito brood very sport is East Kirkocation is also
the river. A few day after the corpse was made the trip by mal to the border. Weing bare been amended by the Board, sose to that after this date any captain or subaltern many would have twenty-one Dread-ored near thosh Chuen, and it was found the care of a dog, know also that fair progress is being made make it possible to deal more effestively with on the Chinese section. So far so good. their breeding places. This statement appears But the larger and more important section in the manual report of the Sanitary Depart from Hankow to Canton is not quite in the meat.
For all there reasons the commandant expects
evening.
In the vert articla the writer will deal with who contemplates taking to limself wife nought, plus potentially four Italian, to have knife wounds as well as bullet wounds.
The father of thedscend has now come to the snipe shooting, as next month will see thees should at the same time as to transferred to
while the number which Austria was vilage and the commader of the Kung Po birds arriving from the North to rankes stort
SPORTSMAN! some other employment.
building was unknown. The marginany has been ordered to arrest the murdersstay here before proceding farther South.
(Signed) UW, Evans, Najor RE. Commandant, 3rd Sappers and Minora.