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Col. R. Bayard, D.8.0., who was placed on
of the 2nd Ba. East Kent Regt, has become half-pay in February last, from the crimand TELEGRAMS. brigadior of the Norfolk and Buffolk Territorial Drigals. He has another sir yours to go under the age rules, a
We have received from Mr. A. E. Avger, hour secretary and treasurer of the Ifongkong
Cricket League, the report and statement of accɔunts to be submitted to the annual general mooting which will be held in the pavilion of the Honghong Cricket Club on Monday, the 18th instaut. balance of $19 90.
The accounts show a cradit
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FRANCE AND GERMANY.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND THE WAR MENACE.
- LONDON, September 14th. The German Socialist Congress has re- solved to move the Riechstag that when international differences arise the Govern- ment shall be bound
tu summon the Riechstag and render an account of the situation.
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famine-stricken refuges are dying daily from disease." The NC. Daily News says
The prospects for the future are absolutely black; there is not a solitary ray of hope anywhere, and famine and disease in their worst forms are hovering over the land, threatening to put entirely into the shade, the distress of last year Refugees from the province of Anhui who have flocked into Nanking are reported to be dying at the rate of between 200 and 300 a day, not, as yet, through hunger, but through the ravages of disease. Cholera is raging among them, and typhus, the On the morning of the 6th Saptomber the reports say, is equally bad, and "under the marriage took plwo at Nagasaki of Mes. Edith conditions now prevailing it is next to im-F. H. Charehill and Mr. J. E. Hance, who is possible for medical science to do anything," manager of Messrs Butterfield & Briro's office at Swatow, ficel at the British Consulate WINE & SPIRIT - MERCHANTS. | Further up the river the conditicus would
appear to be much the same, for we read before Mr. J. Twist-Wawn, the Acting Con: The Congress has also protested against | that many sections on the Tientsin-Pukou Bal, and afterwards at the English Church.
the dearness of food, The ceremony, which began at 113), was The have been damaged by the floods, the witnessed by many friends ladies, of course, THE CONCESSIONS TO GERMANY. northern portion is in a specially deplorable predominating. The bride, who looked elur- ~The territory in the French Congo, which state, and the Halbo Bridge in the southeraming in a grey dress at a large hat trimmIÓ
France offers to Germany is two-thirds the portion has been submerged, so that no with heliotrope, was given away by her brother,
size of France. The southern boundary We are left to Mr. Arthur E. Cooper, while the bridegroom trafie is now possible.
was attended by Mr. P. R Rosoman. Miss begins at a bay betweez Rio.uni and imagine what the whole countryside must be like: What the reports, in short, disclose Hause, sister of the bri legroom, was also pro. Libreville, extends thence north-eastward to is that in at least five populous provinces of sent. The Ven.
the Sanghai river, and from there along the China-in Kwangtung, Fokies, Chekiang
south-eastward to the Congo. The northern Kiangsu and Anhui-millions of pe ple are
boundary runs cast and west from the point famine-stricken, and thousands appear to be. perishing daily from the pestilence that
where the Usanchai ceases to be navigable. follows in the wake of these devastating
There is also a triangular piece of territory bounded by the tenth parallel, and the frontier of the Cameroons, extending south
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR
SCOTCH
WHISKY foods
BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE
MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.
The Throne is being inundated by
memorials praying for exomption from taxes, for permission to appropriate funds
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ofolated.
Archdeacoa 'Tatoiosen
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA- AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
The Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China has received a telegram from his Head Office advising that the Directors have declared an interim dividend for the past half year at the rate of 13 per cent, por annum
free of income tax...........
THE GREAT CALAMITY AT-
SWATOW.
ward.
THE FRENCH REPLY.
LATER. Reuter's Paris correspondent telegrapha We are asko by Mr. S. Kya Pangthat the French reply was dispatched to of Swatow on behalf of the Committee in Herlin last night.
course of formation at that port to acknowledge a contribution of 8500 from Hesste, Doughs, Lapreik & Co. To the Ter Chow Flood Relief Faud. ****
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The terrible extent of the distress caused by the floods in this district was described in au article which appeared in the Daily Prison
Tuesday. It is estimated that a million people have been rendered destitute, so that a-very large fund is needed for the relict of distress in these districts,
for relief works, and for all other possible help to relieve the enormous amount of distress the Woods have occasioned. donation of forty thousand tacle has boo For over 30 Years WATSON'S made out of the privy parse towards the relief of the people of Kiangsu, the "F" has maintained the C-Prince which appears to have suffered putation of the FINEST most, and a number of inaus - Edicts SCOTCH WHISKY in the hare been issued ordering oticials to have the damage done to dykes repaired with- FAR EAST.
out delay and to see to the relief of the people in distress, “so as not to allow them to wander homeless." At the same time the Viceroy of Nufiking and the Admiral of the Yangisza-kiang ́ave been telegraphically A.S. WATSON & CO., instructed by the Cabinet to "distribute
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anticipation of emergencies." One cannot THE CORONATION FUND BURPLUS. peruse all these reports. without realising that the outlook is appalling, and that immense sama of money are required to relieve the distress and misery into which. these millions of people lavo suddenly been thrown. The difficulties are aggravated by the scarcity of rice, for, as we pointed out a few days ago, the cost even here in Hongkong, is already double what it was a month ago and apparently no further supplies are available from Sian and Tonkin. In
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SI, Will you be so good an le grant us space to express our very gossins gratitude, first to Mr. F. B. L. Bowlay for bis able pre- santation of the needs of the Sailora" and Soldiers Home at the recent public-meeting of the sab seribora towards the Coronation Celebrations
LATER.
TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS-
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THE “DEAR FOOD." AGITATION
INFRANCE.
LONDON. September 14th. A labour agitator belonging to Paris has been arrested at Charleville for inciting Dear Food" demonstratora to sabotage of the railways.
THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON IN VIENNA.
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POSTAL SERVANTS GRIEVANCES.
Servants
LONDON, September Disaffection among the postal in the provincas is spreading widely, it has been aggravated by the reported lower. ing of the wages in a thousand offices.
THE JOHNSON-WELLS FIGHT:
LONDON, September 14th. .
An influential movement is on fout to praront the fight bafwean Jack Jenson LONDON, September 14th.
und Bombadier Wells for a purse of £1,300. The visit of the Lord Mayor and memberg- of the Corporation of Loudon to Vienna which has been fixed to take pines on the was brought to a conclusion yesterday by 2nd October. The religious bodies aro a grand banquet at which the most cordistancing a combined protest... toasts were exchanged.
The Chairman of the London County
COMPULSORY
Council us informed the licensee of the
Earl's Court Exhibition, that if he allowa
the fight to take place thera he will seriously imperil his licence. - VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY POLICE.
LONDON, September 14th, It is announced that Mr. Churchill is
considering the formation of a volunteer
PREFERENTIAL
VOTING.
LONDON, September 14th.. The Victorian State Assembly has passed a Kill providing for compulsory preferential voting.
FRENCH DOCKWORKERS' THREAT.
LONDON, September 18th, The Brest dockyard men have announced that they will prevent the launch of the battleship Jr. Bari until a rise of wages has been granted.
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC
EXPEDITION.
LONDON, September 14th. The Commonwealth contributes £5,000 to Dr. Mawson's Autarctic expedition.
LATER.
The French desiderats are outlined by Temps, which states that France will give military and financial assistance to the Sultan, who will furnish the requisite ad. ministrative and financial guarantees. The Sultan, aided by France, romains the sole the Mawson expedition. muster of the public services and enterprises, Absolute equality is assured all nationalitios tendering for public works. Germany must agree to recommend new arrangement for the approval of the Powers which signed the Algeciras Treaty.
Renter's correspondent at Sydney wires
that three citizens have donated £3,500 to
FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.
SPANIARDS ATTACKED.
LONDON, September 14th. Melilla telegrams state that the Moura generous and nanimous vote of 94,500 out Fund, and secondly, to the moling itself for attacked the Spaniards at Kertrioer. Heavy
of the surplus of the said fund in lignidation of fighting took place. The Spanish losses
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Lornox, September 14th. The Railway Commission is hearing non- state that they trade unionists, who considered that the conciliation scheme never fulfilled espèctions, but non-unionists never sympathised with the agitation leading to the adoption of that scheme. They emphasised the opinion that the demand of the trade unions for recognition was unreasonable and would lead to further coercion of non-unionists. The directors
Burma, however, there has been a plentiful the debt, that bas so long rosted upon this amounted to one colonol, two officers. andere more likely to be influenced by their
harvest, and it is to Rangoon that rice mer- chant are now looking for their requirements, Great as the sacrifice of human life has already been, famine and pestilence, which ustually follow closely in the wake of floods, are likely to add onormously to the roll. The Government of China is impotent to cope with this appalling situation. A few officials have been degraded for neglecting
know
Institution. It may perhaps intorest the public 10
18 soldiers killed and 43 wounded. The ths beginning that at of the year ณ fand was
Rferted for enemy had 76 killed and many wounded. the purpose of removing this debt, and an
Arother Spanish column is at presont appeal was to have been made. to the public of Hongkong for assistinen in regard to this engaged with the Moors. object. Happily now no appeal will be, neces- ry, and therefore will not be made. Four thousand four hundred dollars have already been paid by the Chairman of the Coronation
LATER -
The Spaniards gained a complete victory after a number of desperate engagements. Their total casualties were 18 killed and
own sorvants than by a union official. Objections were also taken to too extreme Socialists dominating the trade unions.
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA.
LONDON, September 14th. Messrs. Panling & Co., railway contras--
to carry out instructions to repair damage Calebrations Committed, and the balanes caused by earlier floods in certain provinces, will be handed oor, whom it is cartata 77 wounded, while the enemy had 700tors, yesterday signed a coutract for the [1149 and the same tale will doubtless be told that all claims upon the said fuad have boon killed.
On 14th September, at Hongkong, to Mr.
and Mrs. B. L. FROST, à sou.
DEATH. -
On September 9th, at St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A from an accident, FBANK STEPHEN PITZIPIO3, only son of Consul and Mrs. G. D. Pitzipios, Chinking, China, aged 16 years and 7 months. HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, Dns Vaux ROAD LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 15T, 1911.
as the docs
C. BONE, President. EDGAR C. Sun, Hou. Secretary.
aunnally for generations to come. Tent in and paid. We are, moreover, greatly A FRENCH FORCE BELEAGUERED. fatalistic doctrine widely prevails that enheartened, in our work by this generous these things inust be, and that no human sympathy shown therewith by the public of effort can avail to prevent such calamities. Hongkong. If such an appalling calamity not prompt the Chinese Government to seek the means which the engineering science of the West can suggest for minimising -these-terrible visitations, we do- not know what, will,
THE CORONATION.
THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE OVERSEAS MILITARY CONTINGENTS,
LONDON, Sepember 14th. Lieutenant Hugo der Ville and 600 Sheri- fan troops are beleagubred at Sefru (N. Morocco) by hostile Arubs (7 Moors).
Colonel Bremond with a force of 3,500
has left Fez to relieve them.
LATER.
Bremond's force came in contact with the
emergency police force in the large cities. LATEST GERMAN DREADNOUGHT.
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LONDON, September 14th.
The German Dreadnought cruiser Molike attained a speed of 20 knots, which is a Dreadnought record.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEM.
LONDON, September 14th. A Pistmaritzburg message states that Bishop Baines of Natal has recomiended the Synod to pass a resolution arging the introduction of a law for the protection- of the womanhood of all races which shuuld be vigorously and impartially enforce. He warned the country against action calculated to undermine the natives trust in British.
fairness.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
LONDON, September 13th. Renter's correspondent at Adelai le tylo- graphs that the Council has rejected by 10) votes to the Goverumaut's Vato Bill re-
stricting the powers of the Upper Hoive.
ROYALIST PLOT IN PORTUGAL.
LONDON, September 14th.
A Lisbon message states that what is described as a great Royalist plot has been discovered at Vinnnado Castello. score of arrests have been made, including a captain and a military chaplain.
RUBBER EXHIBITION. ·
LONDON, September Fith.
The Rubber Exhibition has awardeder construction of a branch line of the Uganda Bungei Kapar Estate Grenier's Rubino Nors railway from Magadi to Sula Lake.
fifty guinea trophy for the best commercial Work is to be cominence 1 at once, and is rubber grown in the Malay States and to be completed in eighteen months.
THE LIQUOR LAW IN MAINE.
LONDON, September 14th.
In a plebiscite taken in the State of Maine, a bare majority were in favour of the repeal of the prohibition of the liquor
The following letter has boon forwarded by the Colonial Secretary for the information of teseigers. A French lieutenant was seri trade which was incorporated in the con- the public:-
GERMAN ARMY MANŒUVRES,
SIR.I have the honour to express to youously wounded. the gratification of His Majesty's Government There is reason to fear, says the British Adat receiving representatives of the Military viser to the Kedah Government, that Chinese Forces of the Overans. Dominios for the par ocrat societies have a firm held both in North
posó of taking part in the Coronation Fostisitios and South Kedah.
which have juct tormicafed,
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. Hazebod sentenced a Chinese to six weeks' imprisonment and four hours' stocks for stealing $20 worth of iron, the property of the Land Investment Co.
LONDON, September 14th. ' The German army manenvres-have-
stitution of 1884.
ANOTHER AIRMAN'S LAST FLIGHT,
LONDON, September 14th. Lieutenant Chautard fell while aeroplan
2 His Majesty's Goverument feel that the ended. The defenders were received. fting at Versailles and was killed. negociation of the Contingents in London had a good effect in bringing together officers and mes from the widely sovered portions of the Empire.
3A most favourable impression was created by the appearance of the Troop on the Corona
The body of a coclis was found on Wednesday night in Wastara Street and removed to the mortuary. Another body. which was found tion Day, as well as at the Parade to St. Paul's footing in the naval “eamber, was conveyed to the Kowloon mortuary,
We think it may be confidently stated tha the devastation caused by floods in China by rail to Hongkong yesterday. They were Two sbarks caugich at Taipo were brought this year has been greater than the pro-about seven or eight fest in long th verbialullest resident" can recall, and the extent of the distress enused is absolutely appalling to contemplate. We published on Tuesday a harrowing account of the great Joss of life and destruction of property eavesd in the neighbourhood of Swatow, Miles of country are under water, and hundreds of villages have been deluged, the flood in many places rising above the roofs of the houses. Thousands," said the report, "have perished by being carried away by the terribly rapid Currents of the food, and every accessible hill which is beyond tho reach of the deluge swarms with human beings, who are faced with the grim alternatives of death by drowning or by starvation.” More than a willion persons are estimated to be in a destitute couditon and inargent neod of relief. In some of the Northern ~Provinces an equally serious state of affairs
V. Blair, the authoress of the story." The prevails. Between Shanghai and Nauking, Bird of Death" which appears on page 5, and for instance, the whole country is described of the shorter story we reproduced yesterday as being under water. “The Yangteze las | entitled "The Saoker: a Story - of Tricknow, risen to such as extent that it is now will be recognized by many residents as a young practically bounded only by the ranges of lady who was well known in Hongkong a few hills which rise some distance from the years ago. Miss Blair has since become Mrs. banks, corpses are floating every where, and Esthoridge and resides in Madras.
Cathedral on the 18th of Jeno, and also at the Parado on the 30th of June when His Majesty
their failure in capturing the invaders' position, by a brilliant cavalry charge.
The Kaiser has sent his personal thanks to the aviators.
THE FRENCH MANŒUVRES,
LONDON, September 13th. was pleased to present them with the Coronationlating the troops on the three days' manœu M: Messiny has written a letter congratu- Medal,
vres in the Besancon district on the superb endurance displayed. He declares that with of Wales, by Lord Haldane, the Secretary of such no army the Republic can pursue the Stato for War, sud by Viscount Kitchener of realisation of the ideal of liberty aud justice. Khartoum, Field Marshal, Commanding the Coronation Troops.
RETAINED
A typhoon warning received by the American Consulate General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory yesterday morning reported a 4. Much interest was caused by the inspeo cyclone or typhoon in the Pasilia Ocean about tions made by His Royal Highness the Prinos halfway between the Mariana Islands and Luzon, moving W.
Troops will carry biok with them a pleasant
5. His Majesty's Boyarament trust that the
recollection of thoie visit. I have, sto,
(Sa) D. HARCOURT,
Governor.
Sir F. D. Lagard, G.C.M.G., C.B., D.8.0., ža, &o. አቦ
WITH THE BELGIAN COLOURS..
LONDON, September 14th.
A contingent of the Belgian army, whose time expires to-morrow, has been retained with the colours until further notice.
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THE ERUPTION OF ETNA.
LONDON, September 14th. The lava thrown from Mt. Etag-is travelling with remarkable swiftness, and has already covered seven miles, destroying vineyards and a few cottages.
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS,
Ceylon.
AVIATION DANGERS.
LONDON, September 14th. The German aray airship M10 was descending in order that ouging defects tight be remedied when it caught dire. Seren officers juraped out, and received only slight injuries.
THE TURF,
LONDON, September 14th. The result of the St. Fager was
Prince Palatine,
Lyeaon
King William
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The betting was 100 to 30 against Prince Palatine, 100 to 30 against Lyenon, and 6 to against King William,
Eight rau. Prince Palatine won-by six lengths, two longthe separating second and third.
Tootles and Bachelor's Hope did not start.
About five furlongs from home Beaurė- paire led from Longboat, Prince Palatine, LONDON, September 14tbycon and King William, and at the
Atmah was fourth. Time, 3 mins. 5 3/5. Place betting-2 to 1 on King William,
In the competition for the Davis Cupstance Prince Palatine left the field. Larned (America) boat Lowe (England)) 6-4, ~ ¡1-6, 7-5, 61, and McLoughl (America) beat Dixon (England) 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
5 to 4 on Lycaon and Prince Palatina.
OBITUARY.
The play of the Americans was brilliant,
LONDON, September 11th. that of Larned being fast and severs, while Lord Lochee, who before he was raised MeLoughlin finished with whirlwind-like to the peerage in 1908 was the Rt. Hon.
Edmund Robertson, is dead.`
and wonderful crosu volleys and drives.