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the difficulty, the most notable of her sug-Five more bodies have been picked up by THE MONGKORTSUI COMPENSATION TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
gestions being that we may possibly see Sir HESEY MAY returning to the Colony na Governor. Time will reveal, perhaps, what basia in fact this suggestion may have. The only certain information yet available is that Sir Fasornick Lugard will shortly be
the police in various districts. In four cases, death was due to small-paz.
We direct attention to the advertisement on page 4, changes in the railway time table owing to the New Year holidays,
CLAIM.
The hearing of the arbitration brought under the provisions of the Harbour of Re- fuge Ordinance of 1909 as amended by the Harbour of Refuge Amendment. Ordinance, 1916, was concluded before the Chief Justice. yesterday.
owners.
{THROUGH RRUTER'S AGENOT.]
MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
LONDON, February 14th.
AMERICA AND DISARMAMENT.
LONDON, February 13th.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FRENCH NAVAL, AND MILITARY. PLANS.
LONDON, February 14th Reuter's correspondent at Paris tele-
From a Home paper we take the follow. leaving for England, and that he has been
It is officially announced that the Earl of appointed to undertake the important task ing paragraph A magnificent new school
The Government was represented by the Carrington has resigned the office of Lord of uniting Northern and Southern Nigeria. for girls has recently been opened in Con It was in East Africa that Sir FRIDERICK stantinople by Mr. E. 5. Kadooric, a native attorney-General (Hon. Mr. Rees Davies, Privy Seal, and has received a marquessate. made his name as an Empire-builder. He of Baghdad. Mr. Kadoorie has named the the Crown Solicitor (Mr. J. H. Kemp), while his stead, retaining the Secretaryship of vote of £926,000 for aviation, including the K.C.) and Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by
The Earl of Crewe has been appointed in graphs that the Senate debated the proposed commanded an expedition against slave institution, which is costing over £10,000. Mr. M. Slade, instructed by Mr. Needham, India.
after his wife (formerly Miss Laura
establishment of an aeronautic regiment. traders on Lake Nyyassa in 1888, when he focatta), a niece of the philanthropist, the of Messrs. Ewens and Harston, Mr. C. E. H. The Earl of Pentland has resigned the M. Millerand explained that while fifteen was severely wounded; from 1880 to 1892 late F. D. Mocatta. Mr. Kadoorie, who is Beavis, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, and Secretaryship of Scotland. He will be dirigibles had been constructed attention he was employed by the British East Afri- now a resident of Hongkong, built and Mr. Holborow, of Messrs. Deacon, Lecker replaced by the Rt. Hon. T. Mackinnon would be concentrated on aeroplanes. He can Company in command of the Explom-equipped the Laura Mocatta? school and Deacon, represented the various property Wood.
hoped before the end of the year to mobilise. WINE & SPIRIT. MERCHANTS. tion of the Sababi and as Administrator of entirely at his own expense.?!
32 air squadrons, each having aight nero- Uganda; in 1894-1895 he was employed
Mr. A. Chapina resumed bls evidence. Amongst recent appointments in the He was handed the table of values submitted
planes carrying several passengers, and 16 by the Royal Niger Company in command
French Consular Service are the follow-to the "Court.
motor cars. There would be thirty aviation of the Expedition to Borgu to negotiate" British Treaties. Sir FREDERICE's next ing. Gaussen, Consul General in charge The Government assessments for these Reater's correspondent at Now York centres with flying grounde,
The Chamber discussed the naval pro- task was to take charge of an Expedition for of the Consulate of Yokohama, to the houses in 1909, were justified by the returns telegraphs that President Taft at the the British West Charterland to Lake Ugan- Moët, First-class Consul at Cartagena, to
Consulate-General at Canea (Crete); and M-Yes. **
Lincoln Day banquet denounced the Sammie, the speakers generally agreeing In the two succeeding years the Consulate at Yokohama. The pro
Democrats' proposal to reduce the United that it was the minimum compatible with. ⚫he was H. M..Commissioner for the Hinter motions include M. Kahn, Consul of the
view of America's responsibilities in different States armaments. He thought that in national safety, land of Nigeria and lagos, and Commandant First-class ni Tientsin, to be Consul-General i
The programme was adopted by 453 votes of the West African Frontier Force; and M. Charpentier, Vice-Consul of the First-
parts of the world it would be a great to 73. from 1900 to 1900 he was High Coin-class at Kobe, and M. Blanchet, interpreter
mistake. Certainly a diminution of the M. Delcasse dwelt on the naval activity missioner of Northern Nigoria with the rank at Peking, to be Consuls of the Second-dass,
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In reply to his Lordship,
the 1912 returns would vitiate or support the Mr. Potter said he did not know how far
1909 returns.
returns?
His Lordship--Why do you take the 1912
Mr. Potter-Partly to show the value of the property right through. I am going to
put in the average returns for 1904-05.
Witness under cross-examination stated that the houses on the land in question were
FREDERICK LUgard did in Africa cousti. tutes a lasting monument to his name. While ho was in Nigeria the Rt. Hon. Earl GREY School, proposing "The Guests "
Dr. Gow, headmaster of Westminster at the spoke of him as "the greatest asset Nigeria annual dinner of the Incorporated Associa- formerly two-storied houses, but they were possesses"; and only a few weeks ago wotion of Headmasters at the Trocadero knocked down in 1904, and three-storied reproduced from a London paper a glowing Restaurant on gth inst., suggested that Sir houses were built in 1907 and 1909. tribute to his administrative genius which Robert Morant, who was present, should be
Has there recently been a substantial in in Nigeria showed that the policy be initiated made an honorary member of the association.crease in rents this year, I mean?! have of "maintaining and improsing on indigenous He understood that he had the necessary sade since 1910.
not gone into it. No assessment has bean politics," had stood the test of time. That
qualifications, for the tale, as it came to him, system, it was stated, had produced wonder was that Sir Robert was appointed tutor to ful results even in the short space of ten the sons of the King of Siam, and that when years. Sir FREDERICK, after five laborious he got out there he found that there were 250 years in Hongkong-spent, we beliera, with lasting advantage to the Colony-is now returning to Nigeria to build upon the foundations heltid. His return to that great land of promise, ' we sre aure, will be with great satisfaction by all who were acquainted with his work there, though the community of Hongkong 2,55 will selfishly regret the transfer. We
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of them and he had to start a school.
It was with painful surprise that the friends in Hongkong of Mr. E. S. Lind sey, the late chief resident engineer of the British section of the Kawloon Canton Railway learned yesterday of his death at Grindelwald in Switzerland. The cause
You can't say whether generally through Yaumați there has been a substantial increase in rents ?--I have not gone into the
question at all.
The returns have come in and they are being translated by my clecks. I have not gone into them yet.
His Lordship Would the rgra returns include this 'rush of Chinese?
Witness--Yes.
His Lordship-And the rents are main tained?
Witness-I think there has been an in-
crease, but I can't say to what extent.
His Lordship Do you check the returns? Witness--Yes.
His Lordship-And are they generally ac curate? -
Witness-Yes..
Mr. Ough was recalled and questioned, after which the Court adjourned to view the locality.
THEATRE ROYAL.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
LONDON, February 18th Beater's Adelaide correspondent graphs that the Liberals have secured a majority of sight in the Assembly. They lost three sosta in the Council in metropolitan districts owing to heavy inbour enrolments of women, the validity of whose votes is questionable. Nevertheless the Liberals in the Council are 12 against six.
ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.
LONDON, February 14th, There in the atmost enthusiasm in Eng- land over the re-capture of the "asties." The crities declare that Eng. and may now look forward to the Triangular contest with con- fidence.
THE ESPIONAGE CASE.
SENSATIONAL STATEMENT,
LONDON, February 14th. Router's Berlin correspondent telegraphs that a sensation has been caused by the Hamburger Nachrichten publishing a interview with the Belgiau Verrue, who was the chief witness against Bertram Stewart on the charge of espionaga. It says that while he was agent in Hamburg in 1907 for the London brewery firm whose name it. mentions the director of the brewery wrote requesting him to enter the service of the LONDON, February 14th.
British espionage bureau. Subsequently ho A telegrain from Rome states that the was engaged by the bureau at a salary of Italians at Derna on Saturday night repulsed £250 yearly. Later he was dismissed, the violent attacks after desperta brewery being shabbily treated by the bureau. fighting. They-inflicted-heavy loss-on-the-Ho-entored the German espionage service- enemy. The Italian casualties were three though continuing his relations with the officers and twenty-two nien. The Turks British. It was thus that he met Stewart, abandoned sixty dend.
tbree
ITALY IN TRIPOLI
The students of St. Joseph's College gave a very successful theatrical performance and concert. in the College Hal last night in. presence of a large number of friends. "The Prodigal Law Student" was the tale of the four act drama which was presented and alike in acting and in staging the work was recall an occasion when Lady Ludan selected, and, while all did remarkably well, highly creditable. The caste was judiciously read before the members of the Royal the performance of F. H. Prevost stands out Colonial Institute an illuminating and pre-eminently. Professor Baptista contri- intensely interesting : paper On
thebuted musical selections, the Sociedade region in which Philharmonia played pleasing selections, and-" she closely identified herself with Sir songs were sung by Messrs. A. Baptista, L. FREDERICK'S work. It was on this occasion
d'Aquino and J. F. Castro. that Earl GREY spoke of Sir FREDERICK LUGALD as "the greatest aseet Nigeria and in the discussion which
AUDIENCE WITH THE KING. possesses, followed the reading of the paper there was
for a second time and for
To gratify the many who wished to sev nothing but praias for Sir FREDERICK
Sweet Nell of Old Drury," the Lang a first time
LONDON, February 14th. Mr. Winston Churchill, and afterwards LvAnD's policy ofextanding British rule and
Holloway Company produced this beautiful Lord Haldane, had long audiences with the makingit felt through tas agency of the native
iR not stated, but death must have play before a numerous audience in the chiefs, since it obviated the friction and the een entirely unexpected, as he seemed in Theatre Royal last night, and, ∙os King.
before, the large house Was coused cost in life and treasure which has so fre- good health when he left here two
months ago.
to the greatest enthusiasm by the It will quantly resulted from direct rule in Africa,
remember-quisite performance of the artists and Our tribute to Sir FREDERICK LUGABD's Council voted him a substantial sum
ed that just before he left the Legislative by the beautiful staging Miss Hutin Brit- ton won her way to all hearts by her in- work in Hongkong we may well defer to a money in recognition of the fact that he had Matheson Lang gave a fine rendering of the terpretation of the title cole, while Mr. later period; i will suffice for the present not had any holiday during his period of merely to say that his departure from the service in the Colony and he proceeded Colony will be genuinely regretted, and home in the hope of enjoying a holiday that his future career in a sphere which before entering upon any other work. allows vastly greater scope for his will be remembered that he was loaned to administrative gonlus will be followed the Hongkong Government for the purpose from Hongkong with the deepest interest, of the railway construction, and it is remem. HIS EXCELLENCY, we understand, will be bared that both his work and his personality leaving Hongkong as soon as Lady LUGARD
were held in the highest esteem. is suficiently well to travel. That her sympathy is felt for Mrs. Lindsey in her
bereavement. Ladyship has not been privileged to enjoy better health in the Far East has been
LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STRAAT. 80 profoundly regretted, and it will sincerely
The Daily Press.
Hożaróng, FEBRUARY (5TH, 1912.
be hoped that the long sea voyage and the change of climate will effect complete restoration to health and enable her Ladyship to again identify herself with HIS EXCELLENCT's work in a region with which both are already so well acquainted.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong Church Missionary Society is being held this afternoon,
In his address at Queen's College a weak ago H.E. The GOVERNOR incidentally mentioned that his term of effice in Houg kong expires in the course of a few months; and consequently that the occasion would
M. C. C. Alabaster has, we understand, be the last on which he would be present been nominated for the seat on the Licensing to distribute the prizes. Several con Board, which will be vacant by the absence siderations, however, have combined to of Mr. A. Shelton Hooper. encourage tlie belief that His ExGFLLENCY'S tenuro of the Governorship would be pro-, An old-age pensioner manied Nimmo tel jonged for another year. For instance from a verandah on the third story of 228, there has been a wide-spread desire that H16 Queen's Road yesterday. He was removed EXCELLENOY might remain to see the Unito hospital in a critical condition, versity, which owes its existence so largely
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PREMIER'S RETIREMENT
RUMOURED.
LATER.
LONDON, February 14th. Persistent but vague reports are current of the Merry Monarch, and Mr. Stevens regarding Mr. Asquith's rotiroment from
a capital Judge Jeffrics, Mr. Hugh the Premiership, Owen also being well suited in the part of Lord Lovelace,
It is with regret that we that Messrs." Lang and Holloway bring flatter in political circles.
The Ministerial changes have caused a their season to a close to-night. Matheson Lang, Miss Hutin and their clever associates have by their coming marked an epoch our social his- Deeptory, as for the first time the theatre has
taken its true place as a forceful and far reaching institution.
For unlawfully having five jars and two tins of woed oil in his possession, a man was yesterday fined $25 or 14 days Labour.
hard
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Britton
The Conservatives continue to discuss the probability of Mr. Asquith retiring.
The Daily News has high official authority. for denying the ridiculous rumours that To have witnessed Mr. Asquith is about to resign the premier Mr. Lang's performances of "Hamlet,"
Othello or Romeo" or Miss Hutin ship and Sir Edward Grey will succeed bim, Britton's rendering of Juliet,
of or alternatively that he is retiring from the Ophelia " of "Desdemoma" is to be Government. centre of our English art. Not less delightful carried back in imagination to London, the and attractive were their comedies. Much the Shrew and on a different plane* Sweet Ado About Nothing" or The Taming of Nell of Old Drury and "Bardely's the Magnificent.?!
It was indeed charming that
AMALGAMATION OF NIGERIA
SIR FREDERICK LUGARD TO DE GOVERNOR,
LONDON, February 14th. The Government announces that Southern
An officer of the Chinese Navy was yester- the suffrages of the Hongkong play-goers day fined $50 or one month's imprisonment should have favoured "The Taming of the and Northem Nigeria will be amalgamated for carrying a sword without a licence. The Shrew for to-night's performance, and that stick when arrested.
it should be in the characters of "Petruchio where the weapon as a walking and Katherine" as we first saw them that we should bid God speed to two of the
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Two men were charged with breaking and articles to the value of SeS. Both men were entering a house at Yaumati; and stealing convicted, and a sentence of six months imprisonment and twelve strokes with the
cat" was imposed in each instance.
greatest artists of our day.
LOCAL SPORT.
CRICKET.
who assumed another name and described himself as an agent of the espionage bureau. He gave himself out at Bremen to boa traveller for a patent bottle stopper.
MINERS' GRIEVANCES.
LONDON, February 14th. Many thousands of miners are handing in their notices to-day.
The miners, at a conference in London, passed a resolution regretting that the owners refused the principle of a minimum wage, which is essential to a settlement, and expressing their willingness to again meet the owners if the latter so desire.
THE SUGAR CONVENTION.
Loxaos, February 14th. Reuter'a correspondent at Brussels states that the Sugar Conference has reached an agreement for the renewal of the Conven- tion for five years. Russia is to be allowed to export an extra 150.000 tons during 1911-12 and & further 100,000 tons in the following years, the number in each year to be settled later.
LABOUR TROUBLES IN AUSTRALIA.
LONDON, February 14th. Reuter's correspondent at Sydney tele under the Governorship of Sir Frederick Lugard, at prosent Governor of Hongkong, grapher that the representatives of 16,000 who will shortly leave for England. It will transport workers have declared the be Sir Frederick Lugard's duty, after a Brisbane strike, to be illogical and have study of the local conditions, to submit prohibited a strike in sympathy, recommendations for the future administra tion of Nigeria.
NEW COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.
LONDON, February 14th.
Pentland has accepted the Governorship of It is officially stated that the Earl of
Governor of British Guiana.
Sir Walter Egerton has been appointed
H.E.C.O. UNITED SERVICES, The following have been chosen to play for A Chinese was yesterday caught in the Hongkong The United Services on Saturday act of bringing 50 taels of prepared opium Play
the 17th, and Monday the 19th inst..
to start from the ss. Shui On. He said he had and at 10 am on Monday. The band Saturday at 2 pm. brought it from Macao, and intended taking Saturday afternoon, when the officers of the Madras
of H.M.S Minotaur will
play during it on board the s.s. Changsha. A fine of Fleet will at home to their friends. inflicted. Soo or three months' imprisonment was
was HKCCT. F. Pearce, C. C. Clarke, B. P. Thurefeld, R. E 0 Bird. A. R. Sutherland, E. Hancook, H. Hancock, M. M. Maas, A, E. On Tuesday night last an excise officer Fowler, H. E. Makin, and W. E. Warburton
Services Comdr. Ward, R.N..
THE RUSSIAN NAVY,
LONDON, February 14th. Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs that the Budget Committee has an increase of £5,077,000 compared with fixed the Navy Estimates at £15,903,000,
1911.
DANISH JAPANESE COMMERCIAL TREATY
LONDON, February 14th.
that the commercial treaty and tariff Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent wires
convention between Denmark and Japan has been signed.
to his indefatigible advocacy, not merely We are informed that the Portuguese opened, but well ostablished before he leaves clerk, T. J. Rodrigues, who was charged at the Colony. Then, again, the fact that the the Magistracy on Monday with maliciously
DEATH OF MR. E. 8. LINDSEY. Colonial Secretary has so recently arrived defaining a letter, and was sentenced to three noticed that a man who was leaving the Hewetson, N. Iraat. Annaheim, R.N., Lt in the Colony has been regarded as making months' imprisonment, has no connection: Canton steamer Kuni Chun appeared rather Whitehead R.N., Mr. G. A. Cooke, RN, The death is announced, at Grindewald,
LONDON, February 14th. the prolongation of the flovernor's term of
bulky, and he accordingly stopped him. Sarg. Fisher, RN Capt. Clapham, B.G.Ain Switzerland, of Mr. B. S. Lindsey, office very necessary, especially as the
The man struck the officer, who called to Paris, R.G A. and Lt. Williams, 3.9.C.
Lt. Bagnall, R.G.A Capt.Crawford, B.GA.. Assistant Colonial Secretary is abortly due
Here is a typical application from a his assistance Sergeant Angus and an
Engineer to the Kowloon-Canton Railway, for leave. On the other hand, the serious Chinese to a British arm for some Chinese Indian constable. The Chinese strucks the
FOOTBALL
who left Hongkong two months ago. state of Lady LugaRD's health unfortun promised of replying my letter few days ago, breaking his watch glass. When the man Calendars :—'' Dear Sir,-According to your constable and kicked Sergeant Angus,
THE KING RECEIVES TURKİSH ately has made it imperatively necessary so I venture to write you again. I beg that was secured, he said he had been robbed
ORDER. that she should escape the Hongkong you will be kind enough to grant me per of $ao, and he continued to create a distur summer and HIS EXCELLENCE Would bearer half a dozen of your Company's bance as he was being taken from the Chart Moon (roel) RF Long and UI A telegram from Constantinople states
LONDON, February 14th. naturally wish to accompany her. Chinese Calendars for 1972, and please note to Queen's Road. He appeared before Mr. T. J Fisher (half backs); JH. Brister,
Jones (backs), D. Campbell, T. G. Weall and that the Sultan has conferred on King an Anglo-German rapprochement, and Consols are buoyant upon the hopes of Dame Bumour
has been busy with down to the Chit-book as we fear that the Melbourne yesterday, and was fined $go or W. D. Biskers, T. C. Roberts, W. B. Rid George the Order of Hamedani Ali Osman, Germany buying. of possible solutions of colly would squeze them and obliged." six weeks imprisonment.
gen and E. W. H. Graham (forwards).
all sorts
Company in an Association match against
BODOTS #.. NAVAL OFFICERS,
team of Naval Officers on the Club Ground, The following will represent the Scouts
Happy Valley, at 5, this afternoon;
LONDON, February 14th.
the lughest Turkish decoration.
ANGLO.GERMAN RELATIONS.