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Science and Art, Old Age Pensions, The plaguo return yesterday was TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN
National Insurance, Foreign and Colonial Sorrizos, Law and Justice, Salaries and expenses of Civil Departments, Public Works and Buildings, but also the expenditure of the Revenue Departments, which include
the Post Office, Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue. The total estimated
national expenditure for 1913-1914 is 1:8,416,338, the expenditure for the ensuing year being estimated at some six and a half millions greater than that of the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. year just past. The nation's drink bill
£161,558,389-exceeds the total expenditure on all the public services by just over three million pounds sterling We wonder how usuy people at Home when they hear about the "opium eril" in China realise that the
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Sir Charles Eliot, Principal of the Hongkong University, returned to the Colony yesterday by the Haicking from the Cost Ports.
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THE BALKAN WAR.
THE SURRENDER OF SKUTARI.. It is now generally accepted that the
To-day being. Ascension Day, special ser- vices will be held in St. John's Cathedral, surrender of Skatari was the outcome of preconcerted arrangement between There will be celebrations of Holy
Essad Pasha and the Montenegrins with Communion at 7.15 a.m. (which the mem
view to $36 bers of the Church of England Men's and
& future settlement of the I o'clock The Mothers' Union are Albanian question convenient to both. Society are attending), 8.10a.m., making a special point of attending the Prince Danilo has arrived at Cettinje, latter service. In the afternoon, at 6.30, where be received a great ovation. He the Bishop of the Diocese will preach.
handed the keys of Skutari to: King Nicholas, and then there was & procession
value of the opium imported into China for attention of the Municipal Council of to the Cathedral, in which the Queen and
other ladies each supported a wounded soldier. The populace throw them flowers,
A resident of Macau asks us to call the
Macao to the need for the general over- haul and repair of the public rickshaws, plying for hire. He says the covers of these vehicles have not sufficient curve to, AUSTRIA'S ATTITUDE. afford protection from sun or rain, while Reports that Austria has decided to the oil-cloth aprons used during rainy take independent action against Mon- weather are generally in a state which
FROM THE CHEUNG NGOLSAN PU."] THE CHINESE PARLIAMENT AND
THE LOAN.
PEKING, April 30th. The National Assembly has demanded that the Government shall explain to the House why the Loan Agreement with the Quintuple Group was signed with out the sanction of Parliament having been first obtained,
The Government has declined to do so,
(THROUGH ZEDTER'S 'AGENCY.] THE LISBON CONSPIRACY
VAGUE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS,
LONDON, April 30tli. A vague official account has been issued which states that some disturbances took place on Tuesday night and mentions that
AUSTRIAN,
THE POSSESSION OF BANK-MOTH IMPRESSIONS.
Yesterday at the Magistracy, before Mr. Melbourne, the hearing of the charge against Auston Haulor, 35 years of ago, a native of Austria-Hungary, and described as a broker, with having in his possession papers upan which were impressions of bank notes of the Nether- lands Trading Society, the Chartered Bank of India, Chine and Australia, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Brok ing Corporation, was continued. He was further charged with having in his possession an automatic pistol and 16 rounds of ammunition without a permit from the Captain Superintendent of Police.
Mr. Lewis, of Messrs, Johnson, Stokes & Master, conducted tho prosecution, and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, watched the case on behalf of the Cartered Bank, but defendant was not professionally repre- sented.
Det. Sergt. Clark spoke to assisting in the arrest of defendant in the Grand
WANTON, GIce declared that as a result of a renders them useless as protection from tenegro temporarily demoralised the stock ring was heard on board the cruiser San Hotel on April 23rd. There was a smell
& population which the Customs estimate at over 450,000,000, has never reached a tenth of that figure? It cannot be said that the Per Case Per consumption of opium in Chipa has a more of Doz. Bot.
deleterious effect upon the consumers than A-THORNE'S BLEND... ...817.80 $1.50 alcoholic liquor hus eisewhere. Mr. Jvorice B. WATSON'S GLENORCHY,
Cholce Mellow Blond 18.25 1.55
long experience he and been led to the C-WATSON'S ABERLOUE-
conclusion that more than 99 per cent. of GLENLIVET ̧· (Pent Whisky)
19.50 1.65 the trials for crimes of violence bad their THORNE'S OLD" VAT, NO. 4,
origin in intemperance. The BISHOP OF na supplied to the House of
21:00 1.80 LONDON has stated in the House of Lords Commons E-WATSON'S VERY OLD
that 90 to 93 per cent. of tho preouers in LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY
2250 1.90 One "KILTY" LIQUEUR WHISKY,
38.00 3.25 Great Age, Very Fine
22.00 1.35 V.RO WHISKY.. THORNE'S BLACK SQUARE 2350 210 23.50 2.00 WATSON'S O,B,G. OTHER WELL-KNOWN BRANDS BUPPLIED TO ORDER.
crime,
hue
British guol were brought there through drink, and that 22 per cent. of the people in the asylums of Enginud are there turough the same calle We have o bestation in declaring that there is nothing to compare with this in China which can be ascribed to the smoking of opium. Opium Our Celebrated E very old&&dative which tends to inaction and there 14 A COUROUSELS of opinion that Liqueur Scotch Whisky is a
110 it is responsible for blend of the best Pat Distilled alcohol as stipulant which dispuses Scotch Whiskies. It is of towards aggressive action and admit. great age, very fine, and tedly produces crime. We regret to mellow. Its superior quality notice that it is no longer a rare thing has established its reputation to heat of Chiness being charged at the as THE LEADING SCOTCH Police Courts of Hongkong with being drunk and disorderly, and this prono WHISKY IN THE EAST.
ness to drink is being markedly shown in many parts of China. Professor GILES bas
Chinese were badly addicted to drink, till it was replaced by Opium, and now that the smoking of opium as recognised as a crime punishabble even by execution in some
the rain and those who wear white suits are likely to find them badly stained by these oil-cloths.
In amplification of a recent telegram through Renter's Agency we quote the following from an Indian paper:-"Mr. D. Macdonald, British trade agent at Yatung, has been appointed to act in o similar capacity at Gyantse in Tibet in addition to his own datics consequent on the departure of Mr. Gold to England in charge of the sons of high Tibetan officials, who have sailed from Bombay for Eng- for education at Government land expense. Their ages are from 10 to 20 and they will stay in England for about ten years studying languages, handicrafts They will be pioneers of western civilisation in Tibet.??
and laws.
CAPTURE OF A PIRATE GANG AT COLOWAN.
SEQUEL TO A PIRATICAL ATTACK ON JAMES
PASSENGER JUNK.
markets, especially on the Continent, though they afterwards partially re- covered. There is at present no official confirmation of the rumours.
The Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung says that a meeting of Ambassadors will be held to-day to decide which, if any, of the Powers should participate in a coercive action by Austria against Montenegro in the event of King Nicholas not yielding unconditionally.
Everything tends to confirm the belief that the climax will be reached at the meeting of Ambassadors on Thursday, Reuter learns that the Conference of Ambassadors has shown that the majority of the Powers are not prepared to adopt
Gabriel at two in the morning. The crow
in the room as if sono acids had been were immediately lined up by the officers, used. Defendant when apprehended said but the culprits were not discovered. he came to Hongkong to have 2 IARN
The arrested and got arrested himself. There is now perfect tranquillity.
P. C. Knight, who was also present at Government has taken the necessary steps the arrest, gave corroborative evidence. to deal with the situation. Two bombe
Ho deposed to finding a fully landed were thrown at the barracks at Trazos revolver in a leather trunk, and to seeing Montes and much damage was wrought. a quantity of paper and bottles of oils Thirteen arrests were made at Coimbra and essences. of men attempting to soldiers.
Another mysterious official statement says that the naval barracks and warships are quiet. The newspapers describe the
influence the
various happenings as a movement of The visionaries and comie intermEZZO.
Carl Weigall was recalled and said that defendant told him he could split a es noto on the Chartered Bank,
The hearing was adjourned.
ANGLO-AMERICAN PLAYERS.
We are advised that the coming of the Anglo-American Players to the Theatre Royal for a six nights' engagement, begin-
theatrical events of the year.
warlike measures in the case of Mon. / police closed the trades anion centre in ning Tuesday, May 6th, will be one of the
Lisbon, and two newspapers have ceased to appear.
Besides, Miss May Roberts, an actress of recognised ability and talent, who has starred at the head of her own company in the United States and Canada for
tenegro, although apparently prepared to consent to the occupation of the coast towns in the event of continuous recalcitrancy.
The Austrian Press is most impatient. The military organ demands the break arrested, and the Naval authorities have the past three seasons, and is also very
A. S. WAISON & 90% demonstrated that in ancient times the July, 1010, Colewan, which for years has ing off of the conferences.
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ATTENTION has often been drawn to the
of the provinces of China, there is only too much reason to fear that if the people are for- bidden to smoke they will again turntodrink. SIT WILLIAM ROBERTS Who Summarised the medical evidence given before the Indian Commission described the "ouphoric" and non-medicinal effects of stimulants and redatives, as being so essential to the 22318 organisation of man as to constitute "a profound instinct of human nature," Human natur. in China is in this respect
Our Macao correspondent writes: Since been known as a lair of pirates infesting the Delta, has provided us with no sensa tion until Monday when some twenty men were brought over to Macao by the police authorities. Only eight or nine pirates, the others being persons kid- napped from a passenger junk recently pirated near Kongmoon. The police learnt that the pirates had beaten to death
of the men are regarded, however, as
MONTENEGRIN TERGIVERSATION, In a written reply to the demand of the Powers for the evacuation of Skutari, Montenegro declares that she will nat give a final answer until after the Greek Easter holidays.
SITUATION STILL SERIOUS. Though the feeling is a little more hope one of the persons kidnapped the cashierful as the result of Austria's decision to of a well known firm in Macao-and two. more of their prisoners had been beaten postpone action pending a Conference of Ambassadors to-day, reports of the mass- almost to death.
It is understood that the pirates aring of Austrian troops on the frontier rested form part of a large gang who are operating in the neighbouring territory
and the preparations of the Montenegrina
A message from Lisbon states that seven sailors of the San Gabrid have been
decided to detain the crews of all war-
ships.
A railway employee was arrested at Campolide, near Lisbon, where the arms and ammunition were found.
The authorities are not relaxing their precautions against any serious disturb
anec,
ANNUITIES FOR DEPENDENTS OF THE ANTARCTIC HEROES.
CAPTAIN SCOTT'S LAST WISH FULFILLED,
LONDON, April 30th.
Mr. Asquith has announced that Lady Scott, the wife of the gallant hero of the
well known as a member of some of the best stock companies in America, the company contains some of the cleverest and must accomplished stock actors in the United States. The leading man will bo L. Victor Gillard, who has already won following in the Orient by his finished acting. Among the other acters may be mentioned Roy Neil, first-class comedian- and character actor of Otrin Knox, Case, Albert Edmundson and Charles Stokes, capable and clever actors. Miss St. John Fox, Miss Fern Marshall and Miss Goue Yarborough, threg beautiful and talented actresses, assist Miss Roberte in portraying the feminino rôles.
Manager Fox, we are informed, spent many months in carefully picking his company and through the alluring induce- ment of a tour of the Orient, won many of them from envied positions with high- Every class companies in America for a certain line of parts, with the result member of the company has been chosen
hailed as one of the best organizationa Newer. that ever visited the Orient. brighter or more interesting plays could not be found than are in the repertoire of this company-for which see the advertise. ment on page 4.
no different from human nature in any and the waters of the Delts, and it would for defence show that the situation 11-fated Antarctic Expedition, will receive that the Anglo-American Flayers are
other part of the world.
Sir Frederick Lugard left Lagos on March 20th for England. -
A Chinese boy who was sent by his employer with 91,600 to pay a bill at West Point met a man who worked the con- fidence trick upon him and relieved him of the money.
Fire broke out on a junk at Kennedy- town on Tuesday afternoon, and damage was done to the extent of $550. She had on board jute which was being tranship ped to the a.s. Siberia,
evidence in the recent building dispute between the owners of Nos, 19 and 21, Lower Lascar Row, was called as an inde pendent expert, and was not the architec for either owner.
Most
seem that they are again making Colowan still critical. Fifteen thonsand Montene their headquarters."
grin troops are already at Antivari, and others are constantly arriving. active preparations are being made for the defence of the town.
INTERPORT RIFLE PRACTICE.
There will be `a further Interport practice at King's Park Range on Satur- ̈ dey next from 2.15 p.m.
THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.
Owing to limited time and target accons-
LONDON, April 30th. modation it is found necessary to reduce pa the numbers firing, and the undermen-
The Duchess of Connaught has been The bulletin states that tioned are requested to attend on Satur operated upon. day: Messrs. Coles, Mauger, Pearce, Hor Royal Highness is us well as can be Styles, Bland, Willis, Marr, Mant, expected. Stewart, Elson, Fawcett, Gregory, Simp-
Danby, Bullock, Lyon, McNab Wilson, and McLellan Also any other riflemen who were not present at the practices last week.
THE GREGORY APCAR" CASE AT SINGAPORE.
We are asked to state that Mr. Johnson, disproportionate amount of interest shown Lemm, one of the architects who gave by such bodies as the "International Reform League " and the Anti-Opium League in the extent of the Drink evil, say in Great Britain, and the Opium evil in China. We are reminded of this on seeing in a recent issue of The Times a communication from Mr. G. B. WILSON, Secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance, in which he estimates that the total
A bulletin issued in the evening states that, considering the gravity of the opera- tion, the condition of the Duchess is so
far satisfactory.
THE MARCONI INQUIRY.
LONDON, April 30th. Mr. Churchill's outburst has afforded
Committee of Inquiry, whose proceedings demanding the closing of the Marconi are condemned as futile and farcical.
an annuity of £200, in addition to the A joint Admiralty pension of £225. annuity of £300 will be paid to Captain Scott's mother and two similar annuity will be granted. Dr. Wilson's widow and sister-in-law.
bsters, and a
THE STORY OF THE SHIPS
MARITIME EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT
AMSTERDAM
The Indian Government provides for an annuity of £100 to the mother and
The Shipping Exhibition, which will be sisters of Lieutenant Bowers.
held at Amsterdam from June until The widow of Petty Officer Evans will October, will contain several unique fea- The Dutch have for centuries have 20/weekly, in addition to allow-tures,
held a prominent position in the shipping ances to the children till they attain the world, and the relationship between Hol- land and Great Britain in naval matters, age of 18.
particularly with regard to trade, has always been peculiarly intimate. It is only fitting, therefore, that the British Section of the Exhibition should occupy & pro- minent place. Practically all countries with any pretension to a use and know ledge of the sea will be represented, but Great Britain along has been granted a section to herself, and a special and extensive series of British buildings will be erected.
The Prime Minister, in a letter to the Lord Mayor, expresses the opinion that the annuities leave room for equitable augmentation out of the funds raised by public subscription.
It is pointed out that Captain Oates'
The many friends of Mr. D. F. Forbes, India Steam Navigation Company, of the numerous newspapers an opportunity of relatives are not included, as he was un-
will be interested to learn of his impend- of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,
ing marriage, the Bangkok Times says. The happy event is fixed to take place in expenditure of the United Kingdom on September at Singapore on the arrival alcholic liquors during the year 1912 was no less than £161,553,330. It is gratifying.
of his bride from home. :).
he says, to know that, notwithstanding the An area of 4,600 square feet of Crown abounding prosperity of the United King- land, situate between Pound Lane and dom during the year 1918, there has been a decrease in the expenditure on intoxicating liquore during the year. This decrease he calculates at £1,243,899, In 1912 the average expenditure per head was £310.91
The captain and owners, the British
Singapore for bringing Chinese immi Gregory Aprar have been summoned at grants into that pert without having & fully qualified medical man on board.
of
We have not been informed by Reuter the nature of the "outburst"--En.] THE SUFFRAGETTE LEADER,
LONDON, April 30th.
At the last hearing, which extended over some hours, evidence was taken that Dr. Paul only possessed a diploma of the Medical College of Calcutta and the magistrate finally decided that the case bad been proved against the Captain and
The Medical Inspector reports that the owners. After that, however, there was mentioned the fact that on the last voyage health of Mrs. Pankhurat renders it in down to Singapore some twelve deaths advisable at present to remove her to
prison. occurred, deaths which Dr. Paul certified as being due to heat stroke and heart failure, but which were really due to cholera. For the defence it was urged that the Port Health Oficer at Penang had diagnosed the cases in the same way
married and wealthy.
CALIFORNIAN ANTI-ALIEN
LEGISLATION.
On April 30th.
It is somewhat surprising that Naval Exhibitions have not been mere frequent in England. There was the successful Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington in 1883, and a somewhat similar affair was held at Choleca about twenty years ngo, but of recent years any subject but This Dutch Shipping Exhibition is the A message from Sacramento states that the sea seems to have been utilised. prior to the adjournment of the confer- first of its kind, and the project has Holland with the greatest enthusiasm.. ence between Mr. W. J. Bryan and the received in shipping circles in members of the Legislature the Governor Prince Henry of the Netherlands, the spoke in defence of the majority plan and Ministers of the Crown, the Corporation of Amsterdam, and all the leading ship. declared that it was Califonia's right to owners have given their support while the British Section is under the patronage. follow the lead of the other States. The of Prince Alexander of Teck, the Duke unquestioned general feeling on the con-of Somerset, the Marquess of Graham, Lord Brassey, Lord Strathcona Lord clusion of the speech was that the deter-Mersey, Sir Walter Runciiuan, Sir mination of the majority to pass a Bill Thomas Sutherland, Six Albert Rollit and specifically debarring aliens ineligible Sir Edward Hain. for citizenship from owning land re mained unchanged. The conference was continued on Wednesday,
Upper Station, Taipingshan (Inland Lot No. 1058) was sold by public auction at the offices of the Public Works Depart ment on Monday. The upset price was
THE BRITISH BUDGET. $11,500, but the property realised the sub- stantial sum of $3,500, the purchaser
LONDON, April 30th. and por family of Ave £17/13s. 100, as being Mr. Colbourne Little, on behalf of
The House of Commons has adopted the compared with £3 11s. 10d. per head and Ho Kum Tong, Lau Chu Pak; and Chan as Dr. Paul, that the medical authorities tea and income-tax resolutions of the
£17 19s. 20. per family in 1912- These Kai Ming.
at Singapore had given the ship pratique and that it was only after a post-mortem Budget. figures included both children Al
A concert is to be given by the Y.W.CA. examination that cholers was detected.
THE ENGLISH TURF. abstainers, and do not therefore indicate
Everything connected with shipping will be represented, including a historical what is speut by the adult population which turrow at 9 pm, and on Saturday, Dr. N. Black said he was called to the Gregory Apear, where he examined about
LONDON, April 30th
collection, navigation both on the high consumes intoxicants. The total of May 3rd, at 3 p.m., by kind permission twelve sick people. He could not bell.
The probable starters for the Two Thau of the Commandant, at the Volunteer from what they were suffering. Dr.
seds and on canals, shipbuilding and £161,553,230 is a stupendous figure. It is Headquarters. The first half of the pro- Fowlie came later and he too had great and Guineas at Newmarket are
naval engineering generally, construction
by no
Roseworthy (Stern), Kingsborough (H.
of locks and bridges, huoys and light- means easy to comprehend the
gramme will be a miscellaneous one and difficulty in diagnosing the sickness, the
nature of the illness being most obscure. Jones), Halos (F. Templeman), Fairy
houses, lifesaving appliances, fisheries, magnitude of it, The sum a nation of the second part will be "Cinderella, He knew cholera sicca by name only. It King (F. Wootton), Shogan (W. Huxley),
and aquatic sports. 45,652,741 spends during a year on alcoholic given by the members of the Association. was a most difficult sickness to diagnose.
Although the main object of the Exhibi- liquors exceeds the total national expendi At the matince on Saturday tea will be Certainly if in the course of a few days Craganour (Saxby), Radiant (Martin).
side will not bo neglected. A portion of time of the country that is to say, it served, for which a nominal sum will be he had a number of deaths in which the Bachelor's Wedding (Donoghue), Louvois the House of Representatives has voted tion is industrial, the more entertaining exceeds not tuly the amount expended charged. Tickets for the consert any helps were the same, he would con- (Reiff), Sanquhar (Maher), Day Comet Schedule A of the Tariff Bill, covering the area will be devoted to a reproduction sider a post mortem examination desir | (Clark), Meeting House (O'Neil), chemicals, paints. and oila. All the of Old Amsterdam, and there will be on the Army and Navy, and on this had at the door or from members of the able.
The case was proceeding when the last Mouthpiece (Figgs), Massan (Earl), amendments proposed by the minority plenty of the usual side shows Daily
were rejected by overwhelming majorities Yraphic. Civil Services, which embrace Education, Association,
Ramsgate (Herbert).
mail left.
AMERICAN TARIFF BILL.
LONDON, April 30th.
A message from Washington states that