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This, the second, section of the scheme, we Works Department and for Sanitary In- The last Gymkhana of the season takes TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
believe, is estimated to cost something over spectors has been deferred from time to two million dollars, so that for the next five years, at least, the annual vote for this work will certainly not be less thatia quarter of a million dollars. There must be uo further delay, however, in the prosecution of this work. The reduced rainfall this year serves to call attention very forcibly to the ngent importance of this undertaking, which has been postponed year after year in order to and increased taxation. Unless the meteorological conditions during the next three months are vastly different to those which usually prevail, the island will be faced with a water famine such as it has 230 millions have been added to our water storage capacity, but there has been a con- siderable increase in the population since, and we believe we are correct in stating that the water in the reservoirs on the island at the
not had since 1902. Since that timo
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place at Happy Valley this afternoon, commencing at 3.30.
A man who was injured by a bamboo pole falling from a house in Kennedytown an Thursday was removed to the hospital. The people responsible gave the man four dollars compensation.
[THROUGH BRUTERʼJ. AGENCY.]
THE BALKAN SITUATION.,
PROBABLE PEACE WITH TURKEY.
LONDON, October 4th. The belief 10 expressed in many
„ĮTHROUGH"BEUTER'S AGINOY.],
ANOTHER LOM FOR CHINA
BELGIAN CONTRACT FOR RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
Losnox, October 4th. Reuter's correspondent at Peking tele
time owing to lack of funds. While it cannot be said that funds are any too flourishing now, it must be allowed that this is a project which ought not to be deferred any longer. Ta view of the axegasive rentals now obtaining in the Colony these men find the greatest difficulty in living on the sal- aries they are paid, and we believe it will eldest son of Mr. Ho Fook and adopted We understand that Mr. Ho Sai Wing, be found of great advantage to the public son of Mr. Ho Tung, has been appointed quarters that an outbreak in the Balkans graphs that a Belgien Syndicate has service for the Government to build quarters compradore of the Hongkong and Shang- in which the subordinate officers can live at Jai Bank. He has been compradore to would lead to an immediato peaco rentals suited to their income. At least, lessrs. E. D, Sassoon & Co.
between Turkey and Italy. This would connection with the contract to construct two local feme employing a considerable,
the railway From Honanfu to Sianfa number of Europeans have found it to theired to inquire into the reasons for the Turkish operations in several directions, free the Turkish fleet and facilitate the Tng Report of the Committee appoint
The loan Hecured on the railway, advantage to house their employes, and two excessive expenditure on the Post Office
which will be Built under foreign years ago the Naval Authorities followed building and the delay in construction is this example by building a terrace in the printed on page 5, and will he found Naval Yard. It is a policy which we con very interesting reading. sider the Colonist Government is wise in
Commodore R. H.-Anstruther, C-M.G.
DIFFERENCES ALMOST. IRRECONCILABLE
war, it is pointed out that the difference Concerning the question of peace or
between the demand af the Confederacy for autonomy in Macedonia and Turkey's
présent time does not represent more than following, and we believe it will do much to announced to prevido at the opening reform projects is immense and aluiost
two months' supply, if as much. Another-
remove the dissatisfaction which prevails
concert at-the-Seamen's Institute-on-
[important item which goes to account for among the subordinate officers of the service. Monday. Among the contributors to the the increased appropriation next year is the Finally, it has to be noted that His ExUEL- programme are Dr. and Mrs. Schofield, discontinuance of the Imperial contribution LENCE in framing the Budget bas estimated the Hon. Mr. Claude Severn, the Hon. of £12,000 per annum towards the losses for an appropriation from the accumulation Mr. H. E. Pollock, Lieut. R. M. Crosse, suffered by the Colony owing to the policy of surplus balances of a sum of $695,046--a | Mr. F. Austin, Mrs. H. Hancock, Mrs. suppressing the traffic in Opium. It is sum approximately equal to the combined B, Master, Mrs. Platt, Capt. 8. R. Alt of interest to note that the estimate of provision made for the Typhoon Refuge ken-Mr. W. Dodwell and the MaeWalt BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE revenue froin the Opium Farm for the (450,000) and the Tytam Tuk waterworksters Quartette,
coming year remains at the same figure ad ($250,000). It is satisfactory to the tax- in the current year; but if the Chinese payers to have His EXCELLENCY's Assurance that although the Government is drawing so heavily on the reserves next year the financial situation has not become in any way unwieldy, although the caution is added that it requires very careful watching and the exercise of strict economy.
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Government is able to enforce the law for
the total suppression of the traffic inopiam fromthe 31st December next, which the Na- tional Council recently enacted, the Colony's revenue from Opium will soon become an unimportant item is the revenue, though it may never entirely disappear. Reverting once more to the Expenditure list, a word must be said on the vote of $100,000 provide for a radio-telegraphic (or wireless) installation. The Colony has bem asking for this for many years, but the commercial community bare desired a more powerful station than the Government, as at present ndvised, consider to be necessary. The in-
tention is, therefore, "to provide ship to
The German tail of the 5th September was delivervi in London on the 3rd October.
At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese boy was ordered to receive twelve strokes with the birch for qutting and wounding another boy on a coal junk at Wanchai.
A coolic in charge of an earth truck "at Yaumati was so reckless that he allowed it to run down an elderly man, who was so seriously injured that he had to be removed to the hospital.
or communication with a range of not loss than 600 miles under favourable con- ditions. While the Colony will welcome the announcement that definite steps have at last been taken to provide a wireless station here, we doubt if the proposal outlined by His ExCELLENCY will be regard-
Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club are reminded of the half-yearly meeting. ed as adequate to the Colony's needs. The question is one which will bear fuller dis-called for to-day (Saturday), at 12-30 p.m. cussion than we can give it in this review at the offices of the Jockey Club, on the of the main features of the Budget, and we ground floor of the Hongkong Chib
Annexe, Chater Road, shall deal with it in a special article ou another acession. Passing now to another
Inspector Withers proceeded against subject, we have no hesitation in believing three Chinese shopkeepers at the Magis that the public will welcome the strength-tracy for having defective scales. In one ening of the police force for which the Budget provides. It is principally due to these contemplated additions that the police vote is increased by over lakh. Events during the year have made plain the necessity for strengthening the force.
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case the scales were three per cent. against the purchaser, in the second four per cent, and in the third five por cnt. Two were fined $10 each, and one $5.
A case of highway robbery was reported
DEATH OF MRS. E. A. HEWETT.
has
We regret to learn that a telegram bren received ...from.. Mr.
irreconcilable.
POWERS' REPRESENTATIONS,
The Powers are making strong repre- sentations to Turkey, but are far from suggesting the adoption of the Con federacy's ideas.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCES AT PARIS.. M. Sazonoff had lunch with President Fallieres, and much is expected from the Parin conferences, regarding the Balkans.
TURKISH SEIZURES...
arranged a loan of £10,000,000-in
control.
TURKEY AND ITALY.
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PEACE AUMOURS,
LONDON, October 4th. Despite-official-Italian dementis, thera
nio persistent rumours that peace be tween Turkey and Italy has been con- cluded.
The latest authentic information that the belief prevails in Contantinople that peace is on the eve of conclusion,
A SUCCESSFUL "* HUNGER
STRIKE
LONDON, October 4th. Miss Evans, who was sentenced on the
Greek and Bulgarian grain vessels 7th August to five years' imprisonment E A. Hewett, C.M.G., announcing the death of his wife on the morning of the destined for various Continental ports for hor part in the outrage in Dublin 3rd inst. Mrs. Hewett had long been in have been detained by Turkey, Exporters Theatre on the occasion of the visit of the ill-health, and it was in confequence of
refexso them,"
striker."
her condition becoming worse that Mr. and bankers at Rostoff (Russia) have Premier to Ireland, has been released Hewett took his wife to England intelegraphed to the Russian Premier from Mountjoy Prison on medical advice, March. Mr. Hewett's long service with urging measures to induce Turkey to in a grave condition. She wan a “hunger the P.&. Company in China and Japan, and the many important public services he has rendered not only in this Colony but to British interests generally, have combined to make him one of the best known Englishmen in the Far East, bereavement will be widespread indeed, and, therefore, sympathy with him in his
and among his more intimate, friends who know something of Mr. Hewett's affec tionate devotion to his wife throughout her long illness that sympathy will be all the keener.
CORRESPONDENCE.
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
Kowloon, 3rd October, 1912. Sin, I should be greatly obliged if you would grant me space in your columns to make public the following concerning the Children's Sports, held hitherto, on New Year's Day, under the auspices of the Kowloon Cricket Club.
RUMOURED ATTACK ON MONTENEGRO. ́.
M.P. INJURED. Turkish attack on
To-day's reports include" rumours of a the Montenegrin
LONDON, "October 4th,
aeroplanes and munitions by Servia, East Mayo, was thrown from a dogeart Mr. John Dillon, Nationalist M.P. for frontier, the stoppage of Turkish.
the statement that Roumania at Ballaghederreen in Mayo and was remains neutral.
seriously injured.
and
EXPORT OF CEREALS PROHIBITED, Reuter's correspondent. at Constan- tinople wires that the Government has, prohibited, the export of cereals from European Turkey."
BRITISH WARSHIPS TO WATCHL EVENTS, "A" message from Malta states that pending the return of the fleet to Malta" the cruisers Yarmouth and Weymouth now at Gibraltar have been ordered to
THE TURF
LONDON, October 4th. The Jockey Club Stakes resulted as follows:---
Prince Palatiné Stedfast Adamite
2
Nino ran, King William was ridden by Jones; Adaguito, Maher; Silesia, Wheat-
the Near East, proceed to Malta in view of the crisis inley; and Lorenzo, Whalley. Catmint did iot run Won by half a length, five. ་་་་་
lengths separating second and third ̧ á ̈ to against Prince Palating to 4 on Stedfast, and 25 to 1 against Adamite.
LATER.
PROSPECTIVE AGREEMENT OF POWERS..
Hope is growing in Paris, where M. Poincare and M. Sazonoff have been con-
become very big and year after year con- Powers will shortly be reached with a From a small beginning the event has ferring, that an agreement with the
LAWN BOWLS.
M. Pitt secured the lawn bowls cham-
We are sure the Colony will endorse Hi to the police on Thursday. A man while tinues to be an unqualified success. Givensiew to common action in the Balkans. pionship of the Civil Bervico Club by walking from Shtakiwan to Aberdeen the necessary funds this success should The nature of the intervention will be beating M. McIvor on Thursday evening informed the police that he was sat upon continue, even though the number of at Wongneicheong Gap by three men, who relieved him of all the money he had in his possession, amounting to five dollars.
A man fell from a window in a house
children catered for should greatly exceed formulated when Austria, whose attitude by 21 points to 6. the record number attending last year. is still undefined, announces her decision.
The question of the collection of the necessary funds, however, bids fair to 1. become 'acute in the near future. Amounts
occasions are as follows:---
TURKISH WARLIZE DEMONSTRATIONS. Warlike demonstrations continue;" al
GREATEST BRITISH
DREADNOUGHT...
collected and disbursed on the last three Constantinople, where" mafficking" was 30,000-TON VESSEL THAT MAY HAVE 15-INCHE
indulged in yesterday evening.
Collected. 8808,00 6359.35 033.60
services rendered by the Military Authorities and his thanks to the officers and men of the various detachments who have since June laat safeguarded and are still guarding life and property in the New Territories under con- ditions which, as HIS EXCELLENCY said, in Nan Ming Lane and was removed to must have entailed, and must still entail, hospital, where he died on Thursday no little discomfort and even hardship. But shortly after admittance. A second we confess we are unable to see that accident reported on Thursday was that HONGKONG, OCTonze 5rn, 1912,
ingonvenience and expense" constitute in which a blacksmith's apprentice fell THE Budget Speach delivered by H.E. the any ground for relieving the Military while carrying a load of iron and was GOVERNOR at Thursday's niecting of the Authorities of these duties in a time of injured so severely that he was sent to Legislative Council, while it contained no unrest like the present. The garrison, we hospital. sensational announcements, touches upon take it, is maintained here for purposes auch. many projects of wide public interest. The is this, and the community in Hongkong The case in which Bergeant Brazil, most noteworthy feature of the Colonial the only community in China which makes from Tai. O, prosecuted the master of a Budgets of late years has been the steady a contribution to Imperial defence has a junk for having arms in excess of the growth in expenditure. In the coming legitimate claim to the help of the Military number allowed, was again before Munexpended at date of $100.05. fear the expenditure goes up nearly a Authorities in such tunes. Incidentally Irving yesterday and remanded. The
million and a quarter dollars at a bound, In order that this may be the more clearly sealised, we give the appropriations for the past coven years, vis.
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912 1913
$5,242,135 $4,992,953
$5.570,427
$5,625,683
$6,042,543
35,899,771 $7,116,454
1910 1911 1012
Expenses. $793.33 702.24 $32.60
$2,100.85′′ 32-308.20 26
Expenses have therefore heen in excess of subscriptions by 8207.31, but a balance
in hand on the 1st January, 1910, of $307.96 enables, as to retain a balance
THE TURKISH GENERALISSIMO, Nazim Pasha, the Minister of War, has
been appointed Turkish, Generalissimo.
STONING BULJARIAN LEGATION. The Bulgarian Legation at Constan: tinoplo is being guarded--by troops in consequence of stone-throwing."
ALLEGED MASSACRE OF MOSLEMS, It is stated that the Porte is protesting
:
GUNS.
Tenders for the steam-turbine propel- ling machinery for the two new Dread- noughts that are to be begun at Porte- mouth and Devonport as soon as ever the Iron Duke and the Marlborough have been launched have been asked for already from British contractors
Every possible effort is to be made to expedite their construction, and it is now understood that one, at least, of them is to be a vessel of enormous proportions. She will be laid down at Portsmouth on the slip vacated by the Iron Duke..
Her displacement is given 30,000
is to be about 29, knots.
une des indicate that the Sports to the Rowers against the alleged insistons, her length as 700 feet, and her speed we may draw attention to the fact that the sergeant stated that the junk was not
as at present held may soon cease, but acre of mostems in Bulgaria: Colony's contribution, for Defente grows licensed, and when he went on board the rather than discontinue an event to which
SKIRMISHING ON THE FRONTIER. annually larger, and we regret to note the defendant produced a certificate which the children of the Colony look forward
Rumours are rife in Constantinople absence of any statement in His EXCEL belonged to another junk.
with great eagerness annually, fay Com LENCY's speech regarding the present
A-sories of thefts from the Kowloonmittee wish to appeal to you and your position of the Colony's application to the Godowns were detected on Thursday. In contemporaries to relieve them of the Imperial Government to have this contriba-one case a coolie was sentenced to seven responsibility of collecting the necessary tion fixed at one million dollars per annum days imprisonment for stealing cents funds by means of subscription lists in
that there has been skirmishing on the frontier, notably at Djumabala and Temrosch, where the Bulgarians attacked
While the side plating of the ship will be heavier than that of the Iron Dukė class, there will also be more adequate protection against attacks from the air. The recent developments of air-craft havo shown that the broad funnel openings leading down to the furnaces and engine. rooms need to be screened. This will be. a feature of the new design, and probably also steps will be taken to give better
case of vessels completing and already in commission.
on the ground that the present basis of con-worth of dried fish from the godowns, in your columns, and they further suggest a blockhouse and were defented after two protection against aerial attack in the
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that the funds collected be handed to a and a half hours fight. Committee of Vice-Presi- Con utter consisting Cricket Clubs, third
THE CONFEDERACY'S ULTIMATUM.
Chaplain of St. Andrew's Church and a It is expected that the Confederacy's representative of the Press, who will act as frustees for the same.
ultimatum demanding the autonomy of Macedonia will be delivered on the 7th instant.
The Kowloon Cricket Club would be pleased to loan their ground and be respousible for the actual running of the Sports at in past years.
REPUBLIC OF SAMOS.
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It is also stated that the new British ship is to be armed with 14-inch The difference between the weight gun. projectile thrown by this gun and that 150lbs., with, practically the same pene- of the 13.5-inch at present in use is only trative power of hard steel plate.
tribution--20 per cent. on the Colony's the second ease the master of a lighter The explanation of this alarming increase revenue--is manifestly unjust. The more was sentenced to one month's imprison. appears to be due, firstly, to the fact that the the Colony has to tax itself to meet local ment and four hours' stocks for stealing Colony is now shouldering the full respon needs, the greater becomes the tax it is dried fish to the value of over five dollars, sibility to date of the Kowloon Railway required to pay for defence. In the coming and a third man was sentenced to seven This means that a net deficit estimated at year the Military Contribution is cetimated days in prison for stealing rise, the pro- $651,199 has to be met out of the revenue for at $1,425,452, which shows an increase of perty of the Godown Company. 1913. The building of the terminal station $56,300; while for Volunteers and special will probably add another million to the expenditure under this heading an appro- | trated an attempt to smuggle opium to or the persons above mentioned, the Club Samos, M. Sopboulis being declared precircles that this gun may be mounted in
On Thursday the Water Police, frus Colony's indebtedness on Eailway account. priation of $47,340. is
about $5,000 more than this year. One Australia.. On board the a.s. Prins Waldemar they found a basket on the fruit, but when it was examined it was found that a small layer of fruit on the top covered 31 tins, of opium Détes-
asked for,
I am authorited to state that if these A republic has been proclaimed proposals are not acceptable to the public
if the cost of the Past Office Building and other item in the Budget to which tower deck which apparently contained in the past, but-in the event of a loss
the Law Courts may be accepted as a guide is this matter so that there-is-very small prospect, we fear of seeing the vote on wilway account reduced in the immediate future. Another project which helps to
may alude is the provision of $100,000 made for building quarters in Hongkong and $2,000 for quarters in Kowloon for the accommodation of subordinate officers.
tives kept watch, but nobody took the
THE FIGHTING, FEVER. The barracks at Canea are overflowing
gramme,
A 15-inch gun, with 1,720lbs shell; is already completed by Messrs, Vickers, at with a much greater penetrative power; and there is some expectation in naval. the Dreadnoughts of this year's pro
The new ship will be laid down, about Christmas, and is to be completed within
The launching of the ew battleship Marlborough at Devonpt has been pro- visionally fixed for October 26th, and it Is expected that the Duchess of Marl- borough will be able to perform the naming ceremony.
will endeavour to hold the Sports on sident. January 1st, 1913, in the same manner as
probability, be held thereafter an a much with militia, who are clamouring to be two years. to themselves the Sports will, in all restricted basis. Yours faithfully,
AO. BRAWN,
Hon. Secretary, Kowloon Cricket Club.... We shall be pleased to acknowledge
sent to Macedonia.
BRITISH WARSHIP FOR CRETE.
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Reuter's correspondent at Gibraltar
eyell the expenditure list is the Tytam THIS EXCELLENCY explained that the building basket away. Yesterday the opium was
terworks scheme, for which a quarter of of quarters for which a moderate rental will forfeited to the Crown on the application any subscriptions sent to us for these wires that H.M:S. Weymouth has pro 2 million dollars is asked for next year, le charged to Overseers. in the Public of L.S. Wills before Mr. Melbourne.
Sports and to forward the same to the ceeded to Crete from Malta. Committee.-ED.]
The Duchess of Wellington is to launch the Iron Nike ai Portsmouth on October 12th.