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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 25ra, 1912.
the agricultural population to cultivate would be worth the while of sufferers in TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
and to sow in time, and to issue strict commands to the troops and police to preserve the peace and to protect the markets, in order that farmers may diligently work in the fields and mer chants may complacently travel on the roads, that an autumn crop of abundance and the gradual recovery of the market
Kowloon to test the applicability of the ordinanes to that district.
There is a provalent belief that the law of the Colony provides no protection from the dog barking. nuisance. Certain powers are vested in the police to shoot atray dogs, and we under stand that stray dogs are the chief offend. may be expected, so that the people maye, but we can well understand, the have the wherewithal to live upon and reluctance of the police to use their powers" to develop their property, It is thus, It is not, however, only stray dogs which bark adds the President, that permanent at night, and if the law as it stands is uct happiness must be sought. Undoubtedly, adequate to meet what appears to be a
For returning from banishment & Chi Dese was yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
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WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.
In
THE BILL ́INTRODUCED.
LONDON, April 24th. the House of Commons, Mr. Reginald McKenna introduced the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. He said it bore a
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THE TITANIC" CALAMITY.
FURTHER EVIDENCE. TAKEN AT WASHINGTON.
THIRD OFFICER'S STATEMENT. At the Senate Inquiry, which
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SHIPOWNERS AND BOAT ACCOMMODATION.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Sydney Buxton annouriced that representatives of sixteen lines, had met the Board of Trade, and intimated either that they had already provided boat accommoda-
The
the need for such an order is great. wide-spread grievance, it seems opportune to great similarity to Mr. Asquith's Bill of being continued at Washington Fittman,tion for all passengers, or would do so From a Shanghai contemporary we learn suggest, while the the Ordinances of the 1909. It was proved beyond dispute that the third officer of the Titanic, stated that at the earliest possible moment. that the local exporters of silke are look Colony are being revieed, that this is a the Church of Wales included a small he left the Titanic in a boat carrying lines represented included the Union WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS ing forward to the next few months with matter to which attention should be given, minority of the actively religions people forty people. Ho admitted that it might Castle, Royal Mail, Orient, Bucknall,
great anxiety The factor which is
of Wales, and consequently could not have held sixty. Cries of distress con- Shaw, Savill, and Aberdeen. He further causing uneasiness is the transportation
Antinued for an hour after, the sinking of announced that the P. and Q, Co, though of the cash for payment of stocks bought. From Shanghai all the money is sent dross, was at the Magistracy yesterday enormous proportion of the Welsh mem-the ship. He wanted to go to their not represented, had informed him that
A Chinese, convicted of selling opium claim to be the national Church.
inland in the form of silver, and in view fined $25.
bers favoured the Bill. All Ecclesiastic rescue, but the passengers demurred they had already provided boat accom- of the unsettled state of the country it
Immediately after modation for all passengers. is being found difficult to insure this
jurisdiction and law would be abolished and he yielded.
ho heard four money. In these circumstances the mer-
from the 1st July after the passing of the Titanic sank,
IRISH SYMPATHY. chants are in a serious dilemma, and in
the Act. Commissioners would be op explosions like those of distant big some quarters the fear is expressed that
pointed
He believed they were caused to receive criating Church Buns, it may not be possible to make the usual
property, and distribute it. The total by the bulkheads collapsing, and not income of the Church was £260,000, and the explosion of the boiler. He did it would be gradually reduced to £180,000 not hear any cries of distress before the Some of the endowments would be ship dived, but after that there was one divided amongst the Welsh colleges, continuous moan, lasting for an hour. He was not aware whether the watertight doors were closed, but they would have been useless in any case, as the iceberg Expedition state that already discoveries
Our Brandies are
British, German and American troops are to protect the Peitaiko summer resort
GUARANTEED purchases. This dearth of money in the during the suminer months,
TO BE
PURE GRAPE
SPIRIT.
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Per-case Pe of1dow. Bot
interior is evidently being reffected in the growing paralysie of trade in many directions, We notice a Northern Chi- nese newspaper ascribes it to the worship
of Western forms of civilisation: the burden of the complaint is that the people are not patronising home in
The meeting of the General Chamber
Commerce to elect a representative on
the Legislative Council, takes place this
afternoon.
Six'dead bodies were picked up by the police yesterday in various parts of the
libraries and museuins.
Lord Robert Cecil said the Bill was
dustries, and all the money is going into Colony. Only in one case was death due purely destructive and was prompted by
the pockets of importers of foreign goods. People in evergrowing numbers are abandoning the ancient dress of Chine, and they are showing preference for foreign material, notwithstanding that it costs much more than Chinese 31.40 2.70 silks and cottons. Thus, the Chinese
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affecting the weaving industry of China, LIQUEUR COGNAC, Gold and White Capsule 43.40 3.70 but if it is a fact that "since the civil war the industry of the entire country has been -FINEST OLD BROWN
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the foreign merchants are sapping (The above Prices include duty.).. away the wealth of the nation," but rather in the unsettled state of the country which makes the transportation of merchandise or money extremely risky. The President is evidently well- informed on the subject, and it is to be hoped that in the interests slike of native industrial enterprise and foreign commerce his advice will be generally accepted and his commands faithfully obeyed.
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, APRIL 25TH, 1912.
From communications reaching us, it evident that the reference made in our yesterday's issue to the ordinance passed in 1844 to secure "the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the town of Victoris and its vicinity at night-time," touches a question in which a large portion of the European community is deeply interested. Many roaders, we are sure, will be grateful for the information communicated to us by the ma nagement of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. that they will do their best to mitigate the annoyance caused by the newly-formed brass band who are learning "to dispérso barmony" but, if we may venture to say so, appear a long way get from recognising the distinction between harmony and the most horrible discord. Exile to Lantao is not, however, deemed to be a practical suggestion, and it is hoped that the distress of residents within earshot will be minimised by the time for practies being fixed a little earlier than at present. Our attention has been called by one correspondent to the motor car nuisance at night. He hopes that our comments may have the effect of putting a stop to the noise made by these cars which career through the streets of the colony, tooting their horns, usually until three or four o'clock in the morning,
Further,
as this ordinance was passed before How loon had become a residential area, we are asked whether the ordinance is applicable to noisey in Kowloon, as being in the vi-
to small-pox.
The directors of the Tongshan Cement Company have recommended a dividend of 16 per cent. on preferred shares, and 8 per cent. on ordinary shares.
Many in Hongkong to whom Dr. Paul C. Freer, Director of the Bureau of Science in the Philippines, was known, will regret to learn that his illness has had a fatal termination.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀
Dr. Sun Yat Seu arrived in Hongkong yesterday by the s.s. Taishan en route to Canton. The Republican flag was in con- sequence much in evidence in the Colony during the day.
Six Chinese women were at the Magi. stracy yesterday charged with causing an obstruction by placing bamboo poles an the roadway at West Point, and were each fined two dollars.
We have received two letters com- menting on the severity of the sentence imposed on E. B, Ayris at the Criminal Assizes, but the grounds of criticism are such that we consider no useful pur- pose can be served by their publication.
At the Irish Convention, Mr. Redmond made feeling reference to the Tornio disaster, and the Convention, standing in silence, passed a resolution of sympathy.
AUSTRALIAN POLAR EXPEDITION.
LONDON, April 24th.
Despatches from the Mawson Polar
tore out the side of the ship. If the of high importance have been made, envy and sectarianism. It would injure vessel had struck the berg head on, she Professor Mawson bas disproved the religion incalculably,
The leaving of would have been afest to-day. When existence of Clairie Land, but has con- certain funds to the Church was a con-
the collision occurred, the Titanic was firmed the existence of Termination Land, cassion made not in justice but in foar.going at 213 knots, the greatest speed on and has discovered numerous islets along This attempt to buy off the Opposition the trip.. He thought it possible that the great ice barrier. would fail as their principles were not acarchlights, if they had been carried, charted much of a previously unknown He has also
for sale.
would have revealed the proximity of coast line. icebergs.
THE HOME RULE BILL..
LONDON, April 24th. The Dublin Mansion House wat crammed when the National Conven- tion met, four thousand people being unable to obtain admission. Mr Redmond presented a motion, which was seconded by the Lord Mayor of
Cork, that the Home Rule Bill be
approved. There was a scene of en- thusiasm, lasting for several minutes
Mr. Redmond characterised the Home Rule Bill as the greatest and most satis factory ever offered to Ireland, and said they would be a nation of fools if they did not accept it. He considered the financial part of the Bill was far better than in previous Bills. He favoured the nominated Sonate, in view of the experi-
Damages amounting to 81,300 and costs were awarded at Singapore by the Chief Justice in favour of Captain David Jones, who brought an action for $3,000 damages | against a Japanese dentist named Iwances of the Colonics, and he wanted the tsubo for negligent, improper and unskilful Senate crowded with men who have been treatment of the plaintiff in a professional hitherto unsympathetic to the Nationalists, capacity.
men who had a great stake in the coun-
EVIDENCE OF THE LOOK-OUT
MEN.
The lookout man who crow's mest testified that he reported was in the
the barg shortly before the collision. He would probably have seen it in time to prevent the collision if he bad had glasses, but these were not provided. When Brat seen, the berg was apparently the size of two large tables, but it became larger, and was hity or sixty feet above water when the ship struck it. If he had had ginsses, he could have seen it soon enough for the Titanic to have avoided it. It was customary for the lookout to have glasses and he had asked for them at Southampton, but the officer to whom he applied told him there were none for the lockout. They had glasses on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton, but none after leaving Southampton. When he saw the iceberg, he sounded three bells and
The Aurora returns to the Antarctic at the end of the year to bring back the expedition.
STRIKES: IN. RUSSIA.
SYMPATHY WITH THE SLAUGHTERED AT
LENA.
LONDON, April 24th. A St. Petersburg, telegram states that the Lena disturbance are only echoing the feeling in various parts of Russi Telegrams from Kief state that all hands in the South Russian machinery works have struck in sympathy with the people of Lena. A mass meeting was held, but was dispersed, the streets being patrolled by Cossacks. Work has also stopped at the Nicolaieft shipbuilding works, as sign of mourning. Nobel's workmen at St. Petersburg are also striking.
LAWN BOWLS.
Mra Keany, the wife of a soldier, ap-try, and representative of literature and telephoned to the bridge. He got a prompt by Inspector McHardy between two rinks,
peared at the Magistracy yesterday in art. support of a charge of matching preferred against a Chinese youth, who snatched her handbag from her while in Garden Road on Tuesday, stealing B13.20. There are several other charges against the accused, who was remanded.
An old woman living in the Eastern dis- trict has been duped by alleged fortune tellers. It was stated that they pretended to tell her fortune and induced her to part with $3,900 When she went to the address given by them, the men were absent, and inquiry by the police has not yet led to their discovery.
The Japanese Legation has contradicted the statement alleged in northern Chinese papers that the Japanese Minister had expressed belief that there was something in the report that Yuan Shih-kai presented three million taels to Dr. Sun Yat-sen to procure his resignation of the Fresidency The communication from the Japanese Legation saga that Mr. Jjuin has never made the statement alleged,
STEAMERS COLLIDE NEAR. HONGKONG.
The Danish steamer Arabien, which came into Hongkong yesterday morning, reported that she had been in collision
CEYLON AGRICULTURAL
DEPARTMENT. -
LONDON, April 24th. Mr. Lyne, Director of Agriculture in Portugues East Africa, has been &ppointed Director of the new Agricul- tural Department in Ceylon.
DISTRICT OF PATRICIA, ONTARIO...
LONDON, April 24th.
A message from Toronto states that the Premier of Ontario has announced that, with the consent of the Duke of Con- taught, and Princess Patricia, the new territory added to Ontario by the bound ary settlement will be named "District of Patricia. In giving her consent, the Princess said she would be glad to have her name associated with the increase of Ontario's prosperity.
THE TURF.
THE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
LONDON, April 23rd. The betting on the City and Suburban Handicap is as follows:-e to against Mushroom, 13 to. 2 against Ultimus, to
The ill-effects of the Revolution on the trade of Chins are forming the subject of much attention in the Chinese Press. A Presidential Mandate issued last week exhorted the governors of provinces and the people generally to suppress disorder cinity of the town of Victoria" Our advice whenever it happens to occur, and bring is: test it by a summons. We are further every influence to bear on the agricul-informed that the noise made in the Indian tural population to resume work in the military encampment on the water-front is helda As it is now the Spring season," not the only noise, nor the worst, that said the Mandate, assuredly, the work of Kowloon residents have to complain about: with the British steamer Cambric about cultivation should be done in time. The cult and ton will shortly be on the the peace and quiet." of the neighbourhood 300 miles north of Hongkong, in a fog. the periodical is frequently disturbed in quarters where and was considerably damaged. The Market, but owing to reports of alarming incidents, the residents might more reasonably expect it to accident ocear ed about three o'cleck on he preserved. A joint letter of remonstrance Monday afternoon. The Cambric was un popular mind is ill at ease. agricultural work be neglected, or mer from aggrieved residents akould he authoient her way to Shanghai from Hongkong cantilo markets be deserted (as con tu ready the matter in these cases. Our with a cargo of coal, while the Arabien sequence), then it would be hopeless to attention has been also called in the interest was on her way to Hongkong from Moji. expect a harvest and the populace would of many sufferers in Kowloon to the barking. It appears that the Cambric struck the greatly suffer, the wealthy would become dog nuisance. If the law we quoted yester drabien aft broadside on.
were peretrated, but the indentation, When the people can who keep those annoying animals can onely hold was partially fooded. The Cambrie Braxted, Winter; Eton Roy, Hewitt, hardly make a living, what will become be said to cause the disturbance of the suffered but slight damage and both ships Anchors, Piper; Moscato, Trigg: "Atmak, of the nation↑ This is what has given me, the President, the greatest pain pence so quiet of the neighbourhood, and
so render themselves liable to the pains and were able to proceed to their respective Whalley; Bachelor's Hope, Doyle, Chili Governors. (Tutuhs) of provinces are
destinations. After discharging her II, Huxley; Sandwork, Longhurst; Wise consequently enjoined to induce or order penalties provided by the ordinance. It cargo, the drabien will be docked.
Symon, Stokes; Lange Chest, Ringstea).
Should
No plates
I against Moscato, 9 to 1 against Lona. wand, 10 to 1 against Sandwort and The Story, and 100 to 9 against Lance Chert.
L'esponse, and though the ship was not stopped, she started porting,
A PASSENGER'S VIEWS.
A passenger named Major Peuchen of Toronto, said he was travelling with ten friends, all of whom were drowned. After the collision he took Mr. Hays to see the ice which had fallen on the deck. He noticed that Mr. Hays, who was amining the lost. said: "It does not matter, this ship is unsinkable.”
A match was played on the Police Green on Tuesday for silver spoons presented
one "under forty" and the other "over forty." The veterans won. Scores:
OVER 40. Jaap. Withers. CInsp. Baker. Insp. Gourlay. Insp. Cameron
.(skip)
..20
UNDER 40,2 Sergt. Gerrard, P. S. Spillet. P. S. Stewart. Sergt. Pitt
(skip)
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
MARCONI UNITED WIRELESS.
The Marconi Wireless. Telegraph Cou pany of America last month succeeded Wireless Telegraph Company and Clyde in their action against the United Steamship Company. In this action the Marconi Company's American Patent which was brought, for infringement of corresponding to their well-known Eng lish. Patent No. 7777 of 1900 (the master Patent covering the principle of gra tonisation and selectivity), and which was already part heard, both the Defendants acknowledged the validity and scope of the Patent, admitted their infringement and submitted to judgment and a permanent injunction in favour of the Marconi Company. The 500 ship installations and the 70 land stations which had been erected and worked by the United Wirolca Telegraph Company pass into the bands of the Marconi Company,
Major Peuchen said that when the boats were being lowered the discipline was splendid, but he was surprised that more sallors were not at their posts About one hundred stokers came up, crowding the deck, but an officer drove them back like sheep. The failure to sound the alarm after the collision accounted for the non- appearance of many women in time to take to the boats. He wondered why more men were not taken, as none could live in the icy water for more than an hour. He expressed the opinion that if the lookouts had had glasses, the ship less Telegraph Company Limited, have The Parent Company, Marconi's Wire-
might have been saved. He read a state-
an action pending in England against ment praising Captain Smith, but for infringement of Letters Patent Nos. the United Wireless Telegraph Company criticising the policy and methods of 12396 of 1809 and 7777 of 1000 by the the company.
installation of the United Wireless system on various British boats and it is stated that the Defendants are about to consent to judgment in this action also. As result the installations on the ships carrying the British Bag and fitted with the United Wireless Bystem will Com into the possession of the Marooni
.
THE DETENTION OF MR. ISMAY.
After the adjournment of the inquiry,
The following are the probable starters Mr. Ismay and Mr. Franklin urgently and jockeys: The Story, Maher, Mashrequested permission to return to New room, Hickaby; Louswand, F. Wootton York, but the Committee declined to
poor people, and the poverty-stricken day applies to Kowloon the nerveless people extended almost to the keel, and No. 3 Ultimus, Donoghue; Saint Nat, Higgs; allow them.
would starve.
THE RELIEF FUND.
The Queen of Norway has contributed 100 guineas to the relief funds, which now total £170,000,
Company.
the famous judgment of Mr. Justice
The effect of this decision is to confirm
Parker, given last year in the action brought by Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited, against the British Radio Telegraph and Telephone Com- | pany, Limited, upholding Patent No. 7777 of 1900, and also to give the name value and importance to the corresponding American Marconi Patent.