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Coronation, it was thought inadviable at some near date to again go round with the hat for subscriptions for a somewhat similar fête as a public reception to the Crown Parser of Germany should Hie Imperial Higlues, when he comes to China next -Spring-fulfil his original intention of visiting
Wo regret to learn that the Ror, Father Monnier, of Nazareth Hoo, Pokfulam, was pocket down by a motor-ear youtonday and is cofnod to his bad aufering from injurias,to
it.
his head.
The following sums have boon voted by the Society for the Promotion of Christion Knowledge:-Annual grant of £100 to Dr
the Colony of Hongkong. That the general Woir for the hospital at Chomulpo, in the
TELEGRAMS, TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
PRANCE AND GERMANY."
LONDON, September 6th.
Borlin, has sout a despatch to M. da Selyos, M. Combon, the French Ambassador at
TERCOGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
TRADES UNIONS CONGRESS.
body of subscribers did not care fuo straws
Loxox, September 54k. what because of the surplus, so long as iting new chapal and class-rooms in connectiononsidered the Parliamentary Committes diocese of Kores; £100 towards the east of build-
The Teades Unions Congress this afternoon was devoted to some public purpose, is, we with St. Paul's College, Hongkong; £100. think, shown by the attoulance at the towards the end rgement of the iris School at report on the Osbornų judgment, and decid-Fruch Minister for Foreign Affir meeting. Out of upwards of a thousand Poking in the diocese of North Chins; and £120 ed not to accept the Government's Bill subscribers only sixty-five appear to have a year for four years, £483 in nl2, towards the unless it was amended to embody a complete boon suficiently interested to attend the maintance of the Pan-Anglican Theological reversal of the judghout. meeting, but we may safely assume that the College at Tokyo, ou condition of the employ. absentees will have no quarrel with the degimont-of a third foreign toacher or professor in
LONDON, September 6th. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, son of the recting to apportion the money the College,
There were "stemen at the Trades anongthe three institutionsnbore named. It. A mesting is called at Shanghai in connection Union Contress shen a section protested is not that the lipidation of the tests of those with the formation of the China Congs Offloors against the presonto of the Government institutions will widely app to unscribers did. This has been in the air for some time, representatives, and especially, against the as a suitable memorial of the Coronation, fit. Should the Guild be formed, it is andor representative of the Home Office, and and already meetings have taken placeregarding but rather that nobody has suggested a way stood, says the N-C. Daily News, that it will against their description on the agenda, us in which a man of 826,000 can be expended have a great many matters to look inte on frateraal_delegates." with less disantisfaction. It is all very well half-of-the-officers. It is well known that au in atrocating this distribution of the fund agitation has been in prograss among those to emphasise the fact that it was submeribongagod in the local trade for botter conditions, shoukl not seek the patronage of a Govern.
Two of the points, it is said, that the agitationment which fudgeoned the workers in tingos touches, is the pas mont of medical expence of war, and played military at the disposal
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in order to celebrate the Coronation, and not something entirely distinct froux that; but,
WHISKY names being given to
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would these institutions have benefitto to thesame extent, we wouler, if the Committee at the outset had appealed to the public for subscriptions to liquidate the debts on these institutions, in consideration of Royal Joy in the buildings, by way of celebrating-in a fitting manner the Coronation of the King? We doubt very much if the institutions would have fared so well as they do by the decision of Tuesday's meeting; for special appeals on buhalf of each have been before the public, and we suppose the measure of the response may herogarded as the measure of the public' E" as maintained the re-interest. When all this is considered, it is putation of the
FINEST seen how unch theas institutions owe to the SCOTON WITISKY in FAR EAST.
For over 30 Years WATSON'S
while another, and more important probably, is
The speakers atliemed that the congress
A motion to suspend the standing orders and discuss the Parliamentary Committee's nvitation was carried against the protests, of the President by 262 votes to 70, but,
resolution consuring the proceedings was after speeches by the moderate men," the
lost or a large majority.
the question of bone lears. What they are of the railwayu.
yiur to secure in the payment of passagos homo and back and half-pay whilst on boliday, which is not done in many cases in the local services.
The controversy as to whether Mr. Liu Shao. Christendom Concerning Christian Missions, yang, the author of "A Chinore Appeal to is a Chinese or an Eaglichoman, has evoked a reply from the publishers, Afess, Watts & Co., in which they express the view that the question is unimportant, and go on to say:- "The book supplica nnchallengeable evidence that the writer skilfully and out of abundant experi. GERMAN WORKERS AND PEACE, anon presents the typical Chinose view of Chris- tian missions, and that he has drull with the
LONDON, September 6th. subject in a spirit of freedom from pligions Renter's correspondent af Cologno tele-
regarding Monday's interview with the dorman Minister for Foreign Affairs Optimisin provails in Paris on the subject on the ground that Toth Flance and formany aro desirous of a speely settla. out The Houch mysplpas of all opinions dwell on the magnificence of the Toulon review, and the importance of the demonstration in the present circumstancos.
LATER.
Despite the communique which is re-
Borlial regarding a spooly settlement is garded as a favoamble men spiaion in
apparently not so optimistic as ia Paris.
The inspired Lalathunzeiger in a significant article declaras that German rights in | Morocco must be secured and the mineral- output must be unrestricted and have accoss to international markets.
WAR NERVOUSNESS" IN
GERMANY.
LONDON, September 6th.. Extraordinary nervousnessis being shown
in Germany over the Moroccan-situation and has lottoa run on the Stettin Savings Bank. Another instance is af. Strasburg, where will rumours ure ineirculation
THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]
BATTLE IN PERSIA.
DECISIVE VICTORY FOR GAVERSMENT TROOPS.
FONDUN, September 6th. Government troops inve inflicted a decisivu A-Teheran dispatch states that the
defeat on Sardar Arshad's force which consisted mostly of Tarromans,
The little was fought a tes miles east of Teheran.
this followers, with four guns z3d rich lenty, have been captured,
Sardar Arashed and three busded of
Serdar Arashad, who is wounded, will be executed.
Three Government soldiers have bot killed and four wounded.
The ox-Shah's maase is unlikely to ruentig from the bow.
LOCAL SPORT. ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
The Captain's Cup and Pool wore played for on the 2nd-4th inst, with the following results:- CAPTAIN'S CCP.
J. Clark
..
F Bevington
R. Brace
-G. A. Cooks.
21 entries.
Pool.
J. Hooper K. M. Chroming F. Bevington
20 entries.
81-180 99-1881,
90
882
92-884
93 1877- 83-Ser 80 99-1881
INTERFORT SWIMMING.
Commenting on the invitation extended by Hongkong to Shanghai, for the northern port China Press writen:-
the eloquent and ingenious alvorady of that propossessions. In most of our annonsexvmõne graphs that the German Workers' Congress caused by the declaration that war is no-to send a swimining team hero this month, the
clitus by Mr. BowLEX. The suggestion of the CHALKMAN that the surplus should be devoted to providing Kowloon with a cottage hospital found only no supporter, for the reason that $26,000 is a wholly inadequate sum for the purpose, and it would mean
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On the 4th September at Sawbridgeworth, Herts, the wife of E. A. STANTON, of Canton, Of 11 MOB.
1:121 On August 9th, at Clapham, London, the wife of J. B. Lucas, of Shanghai, of a son.
On August 28th, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. SIMMs, a daughter.
On August 28th, at Shanghai. to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. TAVARES, a daughtor.
On September 1st, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mra. Chci SIMPSON, a daughter.
MARRIAGE,
pay. Mr. ToKER sroke against a hasty disposal of the fund and suggested that typhoons night... come along, casing distress which the Coronation sur- plus might fittingly relieve. But inasmuch as Distress Funds aggregating $100,000 al ready exist in the Colony for this
of the Coronation surplus for this purpose, is persuasive. On the whole, wo flunk the decision arrived at by the mesting will create the least dissatisfaction and will be generally approved chicfly for It is true that there are many
that reason.
other philanthropie or religious institutions of the Colony which would have welcomed whare of the "epoil," and have equally es good a title to it; but, alas! they lacked the advocate who could show how fittingly the Coronation would be celebrated by giving Rojul designations to sections of buildings in return for the liquidation of debts out
of funds subscribed for a very different abject,
40 were stolen from the Kowloon Hotel on Pyjama mils and white shirts to the value of
Monday.
Thapolies have been informed that two Indian from their home in Kowloon and stolen 850 boys, azad 11 and 9 years of ago, hava absoon·led belonging to their father.
Yesterday a bricklayer ngaged at Stanley Terrace overbalanced and fell a distance of 30
At Singapore, on August 28th. WALfect, fracturin his skull and breaking his ribs. NEIL MASTERTON, R.D., R.N.B., Government Marine Surveyor, Bugapors, to MARY MAR. Ho died shortly after his admission to the SHAL, of Edinburgh.
hospital,
JONGKONG UP!3: LÚA, DIS VUX ROAD C London OFFICE: 131. Fleet Street. EC brought before Mr Wood at the Magistracy A shopkeeper from 55. Wellington Street was
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 7Tя. 1911
for
yesterday charge1 with having in his possession 15 tins of condensed railk unfit for hamon consumption. A fine of $50 was imposed.
the Fur East, who has been a close student of missions in Chins for a number of years. And the fundamer tel question is not who wrote the bank, but the accuracy or otherwise of the state mente on which the appeal is based."
we have stated that the author is resident in
HOUSE COLLAPSE..
A collapse took placa-near the Old Harbear Office in Des Voeur Road resterday which fos- tunately was attended with less injury than is nsual on such occasions. The plans was cocupied
bra ten-house which had rumored from another terday. All the dusundus decusion, but after address and should have opened t
six o'clock yesterday morning the stair from the ground to the second cor collapsṇā, bring- ing down a great portion of the first floor. Boma four or five people were injured and were taken to the hospital, hnt no sotaal loss of life has been reported. Some visitors in the second floor. wozo isolated by the collapse of the stairway, int they ultimately male good their escape by moans
of ladders.
SUPREME COURT.- Wodonday, September ötu.
IN ONAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE HIS Hoxoug Mr. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (PUISNE JUBRE).
and labour unione, has issued a manifesto iu. representing Lumerous Christian, patriotic
favour of peace but denouncing the Socialist threat to declare-a general strike in the event of warlike complications as treason, to the Fatherland and a direct incitement to foreigners to forcibly prevent the develop ment of Germany.
RENEWED RIOTING IN FRANCE.
There is a recrudesconce' of rioting in Franco.
tempted to raid the foundries and came Four hundred strikers at Nantes at-
into elision with the police, with the resut-that-thirty persons were injured in the molise.
Gendarmes charged a mob at Halluia where 25 were injured.
LABOUR UNREST THROUGHOUT EUROPE
LONDON. September 6th. Thio protracted character of the wirest
ACTION FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
ages for vi ngful arrest and falso imprisoni-Europe is attracting the increasing notice Tang Wong Shi to recover the sum of $70,000, among the labouring classes throughout
Tho aetion brought by Lai Chi Chin against
ment on the 26th February, 1908, was contined of observers who fear the trouble has not
Hon. Mr. H. E Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mr. Hind (of Messrs. Bratton & Het!), appeare for the plaiafiff, and defeadaut war
represented by Mr. Elton Patter, who was in.
yet reached its worst.
The trouble is due to the universal in eranse of prices of foodstuffs in which there
tacntarily expected.
which says that the circumstances admit of the expectations of smoother progress of A communique has been issued at Berlin
pourparlors than before the interval.
to Paris that she is temporarily abandoning It is understood that Spain has indicated
the occupation of lîni,
GERMAN, NAVAL REVIEW.
LANION, September 6th.
The Kiol review was a grand spectacle. The torpedo boat destroyers and submarines were a feature of the parade.
THE FRENCH ARMY.
LONDON, September 6th. The French active ariny for 1912 shows a decrease of ten thousand, which is ascribed to the falling birthrate... AMERICA AND THE NATIONALISA - TION OF RAILWAYS.
Lorpor, September 6th. Congress has passed a resolution in of railways. favour of lozislation for the nationalisation
THE WORLD'S PEACE.
D. E. M. Drummond, winner of the Rowing ceired an important aldition to its roll in Shanghai, it is gratifying to refoot, Las re-
Club's Championship, and it is refiorted that some of the younger one of flas International Cnb's swimmers have shown
available for both water polo and ewiring. interporters, R. W. MacCabe, D. H Cooke, C. remarkable promiss this year. The former W. 1. Mayne and T. W. R. Wilacnnce all still
E Prince is, also, still bere for the sprint creats. and additional "probables" are E. Thacher (for swimming and water polo), C. P. Lust (for diving), C. H. Rutherford (polo), R. W. Walls (pel) went 2. A. Tuson (-iaing and polo). No reply has yet been sent to Hongkong's ins tation, but it is anderstood in local swimhung gireles that it will be accepted.
NEIGHBOURS AT VARIANCE."
Decision was given by Mr. Hzoland Festor- day at the Magistracy in the long-deurn out caser in which Alfend Walters, Chief Engineer of the Franck aleater tharles Martínuín, satamoner)-
Thendore Braun, of the China Sogar Refluery. and using abusivo longasgo. The defendant Ca, on charges of assault, killing a shiskon brought a eross-summous for assault agninak. Mr. Walters and his wife.
Mr. J. H. Gardiner appeared on heball of the original compliant, and Mr. M. Romier Harris (of Messrs Wilkinson & Grid) repres sented Mr. Braan.
that portion of the cas in which defendant is His Worship said-I propose to deal first with charged with killing the chicken maliciously. The section of our Ordinauoc No 32, is taken word for word from section 41 in the Home Act. There is no direct evidence how the chicken wi killed, but I would be entitled to draw the infor- Governor-General in opening Parliament the ricksha oror it, or by tilting up thi hon- A Melbourne message states that the co that it was caused by the action of defendant referred to the renewal of the Anglo-coop which fell on the chicken. There was no either by treading on it, running the whool of
LONDON. September 6th.
structed by Mr. P. W. Goldring of Messrs a shortage owing to the unusual dronght Japaneso alliance as an additionalguarantee evidence that the act was dono maliciously.
Goldring, Burlow & Morrell).
On Tuesday another" point of law was raised, affecting the whole of Europe.
and yesterday morning was devoted to argument on it, the jurors being discharged until the afternoon. Mr. Pollock contended that the oasa of false imprisonment. That shifted the ou118 was not one of malicions prosecution, but a case of proving want of reasonable and probable cause on to the defendant, and relieved the plaintiff of having to prove it,
LI VITED.
THE LATE ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS IN WALES.
LONDON, September 6th.
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of the world's pezoo.
LORD KITCHENER.
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Loxox, September 6th. ' Ford Kitebenor embarks on the Nabia on Thirty-eight persons who were concerned the 16th instant for Egypt. in the anti-Jewish riots in Wales last AN AEROPLANE “STABILISATOR" very greatest provocation. Firstly, I am satās.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, month have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from twenty-eight days to three months,
The death occurred suddenly on Angust 9, from heart disease, at San Francisco, of Mr. Poter Robertson, an old resident of Shanghai, Some thirty-five to forty years ago Mr. Robertson took a leading part in both acting and writing Hongkong Branch of the Mercantile Bank, of Mr. F. C. Macdonald, neting manager of the for the Amateur Dramatic Society, and was niso. India, received adrico by telegram”, from
Robertson's sojourn in the Far East, the X. C. Directors hava dolared an Interim Dividend the editor of the Shanghai Puck." Part of Mr. the Head Office" posterdog that the Board of Daily News says, was pissed in business houses at the rate of 33 per cent, on the “ A " Br₫ “ B” in Shanghai and part in Nagasaki.
Commenting on the purchase of a wharf in
shares, free of Income Tax.
DROWNED BY HOBBLE SKIRTS.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
LONDON, September 4th. Lord Pentland, speaking at Glasgow, said now that the House of Lords under the now
THE various Committees who control the affairs of the Seamon's Institute. the Solliers' and Sailors' Home in Hongkong, and the new Kwong. Wa Hospital at Yaumati have good reason to rejoice over the decision reached at the meeting in the City Hall on Tuesday evening. to apportion between these three institutions the surplus of the fund sub- Shanghai by a Japanese firm at a prion consid- scribed
the celebration of the erably higher than that offered by another Corination of Their Majesties King GEORGE firm, the Japan Advertiser observes: "The endure much for the sake of being in the
conditions were in closer touch with the V. and QUEEN MARY. In Mr. BOWLEY Japanese are building on the future. To them fashion, but it is not often that they will volan rest assured that they would prove equal Women, says the Pall Mall Gazette, will people than ever before, the public might the claims of these institutions had an uppears them is a golden harvest in thetarily run the risk of death in the pursuit of to their responsibility and justify their hold outhusiastic advocate, and it was his per
Chins market, and both at home and on the at a Russian seaside resort, and, unfortunately, on the public. suasive eloquenso-his "beautiful language inland they are keenly alive to all possibilities. they did more than run the risk:
their ideal. Such, however, has been the case as the Chairman facetiously called it which This is as it should be. If the Japaness hesi caught in the meshes,"
they were secured for the scheme overwhelming supated to pay a few thousand dollara extra for a
Two sisters went out in a port. The method of disposing of the surplus twice the sam, he would not deserve success. the brief, usadorsed narrative, and tho
boat, the property that ten years hence may be worth hubble skirts drowned there.
bost aud, though they were good swimmers, their 'overturned. recommended by the Committee did noHo has overy advantage, and is conscious of to see if this distressing incident hus the least
That lend itself to any striking burst of eloquence. being well supported by a Government that will influence in breaking the bonds of tyrant fashion.
stadont of
of humanity will now watch coreftally It could only be pleaded in its favour that support all his lawful operations in China; sud Only a police edict threatening dire penalties "times are hard," and that with a sum of undoubtedly this influence weighs very heavily can auffice to stop the selfish custom of wearing $26,000 in hand, being the surplus of the with the Japanese in his calculations and in-long, protruding hatpins prevalent in Berlin wrecked on the Persian Coast, and thirty fund subscribed for the celebration of the vestments."
and that custom damaged other people. The five lives have been lost. hobble skirt only affects the wearer.
STEAMER WRECKED.
is
THIRTY FIVE FIVES LOST.
LONDON September 6th. The Lima steamer Tucape has been
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LONDON, September 6th. A French engineer named Moreau has inrented an automatic stabilisator for aero- planes...
nor was his action so directly reckless as to bring him within the auction. My finding is therefore in favour of defendant respect to. this point. There in really only one serious question for me to decide, viz., the amount of punishment which ahould be meted out to complainant, for this Tory serious assault committed by him. I am of the opinion, however, that ho rogaived the fied that the defendant used langusga'of a most statement when he used the words " Walters, offensive natura to complainant. I refer to the if you have anything to say to me you: come down.". I am satisfied, those words were
It is claimed that it will maintain a per-used. Sooondly, I am also satisded that the feet balance independent of the aviator.-
THE INDIAN RAINFALL.
first blow was delivered by defendant. E refor to the blow in which defendant struck complain. aut on the left templo with his fist. Thirdly, I LOXDUN, September 5th.
am also satisfied that defendant, struck Mrs. has been a general rainfall over North India in no way justified in using such a lethal weapon. - is still felt in some of the Punjab and Raj-reived,yer, I propose to treat it as a which has improved conditions; but anaiety Having regard to the very grast provocation A message from Simla states that there in committing this assault the complainant wast Walters. With respect to the implement dead.
putana districts.
commoiuft, but I feel it my duty to Branu, I food convictions against him for (1) inflict heary fine. As regards defendant using abusive language, (2) assaulting cou plant, (3) Reganltin. Mrs. Waiters I doust serious injury defendant has, already received. propose to inflict any p-nalty ong to the With respect to the sumans against "åfra” is not proved and will therefore be dismissed. Walters for assulting defendant this charge rops to convict complainant Walters of month's hard labour. I further order complainant common assault. I order him to pay $50 or one Walters and defeudant Brann ear to eater into a personal bond in the sum of $230 to ba' of good behaviour for twelve months,
NEW BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM
LONDON, September 6th The Rev. H. Russell Wakefield, Dean of Norwich, has been appointed Bishop of Birmingham.
[The Rev. H. Russell Wakefield was lecturer
Central Committee of the Unemployed, and a from 1887 to 1891, and Meyer of St. Marylakens on En lish literature at the Crystal PalacJ from 1903 to 1904. He is chairman on the member of the Royal Commission of the Poor Law.]