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Dr
Chang Chung-yuan, Chinese TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
Finacial Commissioner in London, has tendered his resignation.
A student at St. Stephen's College lost a double-cased gold watch valued at $70 whilst playing in the School quad.
The final of the Opon Lawn Bowls Championship is fixed to take place on Baturday on the Police Club Green, Happy Valley
["DAILY PRESS” EXCLUSIVE BERVICE,]=' GREAT FIRE AT SHANGHAI,
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
SHANGRAL, October. 10th.
{THROUGH, BEUTEE'S AGENOT.]
THE CARDIFF MINE EXPLOSION.
HERDIC RESCUE WORK:
LONDON, October 18th
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday October 10th.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR KE. J. H. K
(PLUSNE JUDOF).
AN OBSCURE FINE.
An action was brought by the Wing On
The rescue parties worked most beroi cally at the Cardiff pit throughout the evening. It was announced at midnight | Lung firm against the Tung Koe firm to that they were mastering the fire. At one 'clock in the morning 20 mon were found
Foreign Embassies in Washingtoo, and that orders will be given to call a halt for the time being." Any such action by the Foreign Embassies is so highly improbable that we may dismiss the report as untrue at once. Nothing has happened so far to give the Foreign Powers any excuse what- ever to intervene. No intelligent person needs to be told that the Americau Govern ment is free to make whatever changes at wishes in the Administration of the Islanda as well as in the personnel of the Civil CIGAR MERCHANTS Service. The new Governor-General, acting in accordance with the wishes of the PEESIDENT of the United States, in evidently resolved to take a long step toward the "ultimate independence of the Islanda
The fire also took hold of dwellings rescue parties have renewed their All the old Commismozers but one-a
inside the Settlement. ||Filipino-buve resigned. The now appoint-
At the time of desperate efforts to rescue the entombed menta rest with President Wilson, but the
St. Andrew's Ball Practice Dances will wiring the brigade seems capable of men. Huge falls, however, further bar GOVERNOR GENERAL, in reply to a direct be held in the City Hall on Mondays, chocking the spread of the conflagration, the way. The present position is --- question on the subject, bas stated that he i. 10th, 17th, and 24th November. The Ball but it is estimated that from 15,000 to will be hold on Friday, 28th November.
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Entries for the forthcoming Autumn Race Meeting at Shanghai show slight increase over those of the ponding meeting of last year.
corres-
We observe that the Society of Military Science In Peking has written a letter to the Premier, requesting that Confucianism be made the See religion of China.
*
The Report of the Director of Public Works shows that plans were deposited for 135 European houers and 281 Chians houses in 1912. The corresponding figures for 1911 are 39 and 151,
At the Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese who was charged with being in unlawful. possession of 595 taels of opium was fined $2,000, or six months imprisonment.
A devastating fire brok out at the Nanking refugee carip in Chapei, the northera suburb of Shanghai, this after noon. The flames were unfortunately fanned by & high wind and it is estimated that a square mile of dwellings have been demolishod.
20,000 people will be rendered homeless
THROUGH REUTER'S AGEPOY.]
BRITISH ROYAL WEDDING.
“IMPOSINO SPECTACLE AT. PRINCE ARTHUR'S NUPTIALS.
LONDON, October 16th.
The wedding of Prines Arthur” of Connaught and the Duchess of Fife took
alive behind a fallen roof.
The fire has been extinguished and the
Dead
Missing
20
391
No less than thirty-eight bodies ware discovered during a twenty-four hours search, forty-nine have passed through the mortuary and 368 miners are still entombed
DORR BODIES RECOVERED, It is estimated that the dopendente of the victims total one thousand, and the
recover $1,000 balance due for pigs told and delivered. Similar efaims for $900 were also made by the Kwong: Cheang irm and on the Wing Tai Tung ferm
Mr. Jackson (of More Johnson, Stokes & Master), appeared for the Plaintiff firms and explained that difficulty bad arisen on amount, of the handing in of a document, the purport
to the contrary, Tho drug was concealed in earthenware place yesterday. There was an imposing lons to the colliery company a given as the several plaintiffs in that case
uo wholesale change is immediately con templated in the chiefs of bureaux. One important change han beða mado, x. Filipino being appointed head of the Bureau of Lands, in place of an American, and this change the GOVERNOR GEFURAL describes as "a substantial advance toward Filipiniza. tion," and one which will give the Filipinos direct control over the conservation of the public lands." Colonel McCoy, Chief of the Customs Service, has resigned, but the GOVERNOL-GENERAL, while not prepared
-to
say who will be appointed in his place, thinks it probable that, in view of the technical nature of the position, a technical export will be selected in the United States. Since Civil Government was established in the Philippines, twelve years ago, the whole policy has been one aiming at the ultimate independence of the Islands. The only difference between the Republican aul Democratic Administra- tions is one of time. The Republicans gave to the Filipinos a measure of autonomy in the Municipalities and Provinces and by setting up the Philippine Assembly six years ago they gave the native citizens a A. S. WATSON & CO., voice in the Central Government. Undaz
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the Democratie régime the Filipinos are to have the predominating voice in the Legislature. A Constitutional point of some interest has been raised in this connection. The following excerpt from the speech delivered by Mr. TAFT THOMPSON--On October 11th, at hang at the inauguration of the Assembly has
hai, to Mr. and Mre
a daughter.
BIRTH.
MPEON
MARRIAGE "MoRn18 "DAFFAYy-Boptstober: 16th, at Fastbourne, HAYLEY MORRISS, son of Henry Morriss, of Shanghai, to DAPHNE DAPTARS.
DEATHS. Hood-September 14th, at London, Jous SMITH HOOG, late of the Chie Muturi SN Co., aged 86, KEZMER-On October 10th, at Wuchow
(West River), Mrs. J. B. KREMER, wife of the Inte Captain Kremer, chief de la Garde Municipale de la Conces sion Francaise de Shanghai.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10, DES VOUX ROAD C.
pots and a tin containing cooked food stuff,
The Ministry of Justice is reported to be making an investigation regarding the authenticity of a petition alleged to be submitted by the merchants of Canton and Hongkong, in which they urged that the guilt of Sun Yat-sen be exposed
A small fire broke out in the cook-house, at No: 315, Queen's Road West, on Wednesday, through some shavings becoming ignited by sparks from the cook-house fire. The cutbreak W extinguished by the police before any damage had been done,
spectacle at the ceremony at the Chapel Royal, St. James', at which there was a brilliant congregation of members of the Cabinet Royal Family, Ambassadors, Ministers, and representatives of all classes. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the ceremony, and His Majesty the king gave away the bride. The Prince of Wales supported the bride groot asbest man, and Princes Mary was among the bridesmaids-
ANOTHER RAILWAY SMASH IN
ENGLAND.
SIN PEOPLE KILLED AND TWENTY-FIVE INJURED
LONDON, October 16th,
The Hongkong Church Missionary Asscelatjun advertise a meeting at St.. Paul's College on Monday evening next to which everybody interested in Mission- ary work is cordially invited. Among express at
Bishop of South Tokyo, the speakers will be Th. ToutBower, A couch, carrying passengers for Hull,
A train crashed into the rear of an James's Station, Liverpool.
was shattered.
Five bodies have been recovered and 25 people have been injured, some very
Beriously.
LATES
The
of which was by no means obvious." This document had been drawn up by defola dont's widow and nephew, the busines having been carried on by the widow since her husband's donth. This dosament con- tained the estimated amount of defec dant's liabilities $4,000 and al clause which went to show that the defendant firm was prepared to pay creditors at the rate of 48 per cent. This document, Mr. Jackson, explained, had been issued by the widow and nephew to all the creditore and had been signed by
question thus arose as to what the offech of the agreement or document was. Mr. Jackson contended that the document The Lord Mayer of Curlift has opened a could have no bearing upon any setion which would be taken, Though defen- relief fund:
dant was now dead, it would appear that he was sole partner in the Tang: Hos firm, and ho hold that plaintiffs wore entitled to suo the present firm-which was composed of defendant's widow u dant's death, it was the clear duty of the defendants. Notwithstanding
representatives of the deceased to come to the Court and apply for letters of administration, or probate, as the case might be.
nearly £100,000.
ROYAL BYMPATHY,
By command of the King, and the wish of Prince Arthur and his bride, the general public are being permitted to view the wedding presents at a charge of one shilling, the proceeds to be given to the Lord Mayor's fund The Prince and his brids have telegraphed the widows and fatherless children as follows:-"At the moment of our groat happiness our thoughts turn to you. We feel deeply. with you in your sorrow."}
THE
VOLTURNO " DISASTER.
CAPTAIN'S ́STIBBINO NARRATIVE,
of the
NEW YORK, October 16th. Captain Inch, the master Polturan, gives by wireless his story of the The following despairing paragraph is
disaster. He says that the watch below taken from a Japan paper-Huang Hsing, Lich-chun and more than twenty
was burned to death after a series of
others had a conferentin Tokyo on
explosions in the forecastle. He swang Monday last and decided that in view of
out the bony and two were maasbol the present condition of the Government Six persons were killed in the collision. The third was lowered to the water filled of China they would not raise any Most of the injured passengers are
with cabin passengers, and this capsized. opposition, but they will engago them-foreigners who were returning from and then righted itself. The fourth, full selves in educational pursuits awaiting America to the Continent. Both trains of steerage passengers, was got off safely
more favourable time.
were electrically illuminated and, as a The fifth was caught under the steru, and consequence, there was no firo. The train wrecked. He consed getting out the boats was brought to a standstill at the mouth of the tunnel, a passenger having pulled the communication cord
Sergt. Pincott and a party of police boarded the Emprem of India yesterday and arrested two men for being in un lawful possession of arms. A Winchester rifle, an automatic pistol, 300 rounds of ammunition, and 400 caps were seized,
The arms and ammunition were found concealed in a box which possessed a false bottom, and the ammunition was covered" over with raisins. The men were fined $250 each, or three months' hard labour, at the Magistracy yesterday.
been quoted "The Philippine Islands are territory belonging to the United States, and by the constitution, the branch of the government rested with the power and charged with the duty of making rules and regulations for their government is Con- gress. The policy to be pursued with. respect to them is, therefore, ultimately for Congress to determine
Not only is trausfer of sovereignty to an independent government of the Filipino people wholly A Chinese-owned and Chinese-managed within the jurisdiction of Congress, but sa
Fire and Marine Insurance Office, called also is the extension of any popular political Tho Eastern United Assurance Corpora- control in the present government beyondtion, Ltd., with a capital of $5,000,000,
LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. E.C. that conferred in the organic act." Such
The Daily Press.
Hoxorova, VCTOBRE 17TH; 1913;---
AFFAIRS IN, THE BALKANS.
SANGUINARY FIGHT BETWEEN CREEKS AND
TURKS
Vixy, October 16th.
after communicating with the Carmania, and the flare had apparently become subdued. Subsequently, however, the are got worse, and spread aft, but this was kopt from the passengers, who were quiet, all the night, while the Captain and the crew worked the night long to make rafts
defen
So far as we are acarned," added Mr. Jackson. this document is absolute- ly worthless, We cannot take any stops, as the document provides no-machinery whatever for collecting the debts. It is a miere empty promisé. There are cons siderations en one side but not on the other." A step which could be taken, the solicitor suggested, was that the assets should be placed in the protection of the Court by taking proceedings in bank- ruptcy.
His Honour enquired of Mr. Jackson whether he was not entitled t
sue the form carrying on business.
Mr. Jackson-We are not supposed to know who the defendants ara. All we can business in the name of the firm. Until Bay is that some persona are carrying on
we issued the writs we did not know the
defendant was dead, and we do not know tu-day it be wan the sola purine.. 5 per cent, we have no machinery, for Although this document agrace to pay us getting the money in. Bome of the debtors of the firm have refaced to pay, giving as their excuse the discovery that it is only a ore man firm Mr. Jackson concluded by remarking it was within hia Tardship's province to elaborate tho document, and to appoint a trustee who could collect the debts incurred by the defendant, and who would also be in a position to sue various debtors. He per- sonally could take out letters of admin- istration, but then that document UNITED STATES AND PRESIDENT would be thrown in his teeth.
The Subslavischt Korrespondent pub-in case the fire broke out aft. When the Fishes a telegram from Salonika reporting passengers disembarked in the morning a sanguinary fight between Greke and they were most orderly, and there was no Turkish troops near Xanthi.
TURKS TO CLOSE THE DARDANELLES,
CONSTANTINOPLE, October 16th.
The Turkish Government, fearing &
panic
HUERTA.
WASHINGTON, October 16th.
His Honour said he experienced Gift- culty in giving judgment in the case,
registered under the Straits Ordinances Las hem announced. Its head office is at Singapore, und branches are to be opened in all the principal trade-centres of the Near and Far East. Dr. Lim Boonegudden raid by the Greeks, has decided | President Huerta of Mexico, America hes Jackson said he appreciated these In view of the practical Dictatorship offer it concerned a man who was dead, and
a firm which presumably did not exist. Tan Jink-kim, Lee Choon-guan, Cheong
to close the Dardanelle, except for two formally notified Mexico that she will not views and suggested that the proper Quee-tiam and many other leading Chinese in the Straits are on the board of hours daily. It is believed that the recognize the elections which are to take
course was for the creditors to take out directors
exclusion of Greek subjects from Conplace on the 28th inst, as constitutional. letters of administration. stantinople is contemplated in the stent
FRENCH LINER'S MISHAP.
of further provocation from the Greek Government or the Press
HOME TURF.
RESULT OF THE CESARETKICE:
Shanghai and Japan, and has been moored off Kowloon Docks for repairs. Her passengers, 16 in number, were trans- fored to the German mail steamer Kleist, and it is expected that the Atlantique witch-
will remain in port until the scheduled
being the case, Mr. TAYT found it “em- barrassing” tɔ be sked to deal in any way with the ultimate disposition" of the islands for the reason that he had no authority to speak for Congress in respect Is the expressive phrase of the Mamla to the ultimate disposition of the islands," journals, there has been a typhoon in local Air, HARRISON, on the other hand, promings politics since the arrival of the new everything in the name of the President. Governor-General of the Philippines. It has been contended that in making new policy has been defined, the old order what the Filipinos will naturally consider a changed, and those who stood for it removed, definite declaration, President WILSON IS
is Through a leakage in the starboard Men who had given the best years of their oncroaching upon the prerogative of Con-condenser, the M.M. liner atlantique bas lives to the policy that has made this insular greas. He is personally promising what been unable to continue ber journey to Government known the world over for its he, personally, is unable to deliver, and efficiency and accomplishments were given to should Congress for any reason fail to understand that the old policy was wrong and coincide with his views much harm may that they themselves were no longer wanted. result. But, so far as we are able to Some quit, some were invited to gut, and judge, President WILSON can justifiably une, unable to see the Governor-General, claim that he is acting within the found but one meaning in the portentous limits of the Organic Act of 1902 whereby omen PETRONIUS, denied an audience by Congress, accepted the avowed policy of. Omaak, knew that his day was past and the RooBEVELT Administration which was promptly committed suicide. These bo leas to establish popular government as rapidly heroid times; the hapless Commissioner as possible. Mr. Tarr, while in the Philip moraly resigned." This is "One Week of pines, admitted that as this policy of HARISON summarised by the Coblenews extending control continues, it must The latest news from the Philippines is that logically reduce and finally and the sover the political typhoon has done its worst, eignty of the United States in the Islands and a disposition is shown by the American Congress would seem to have left it to the residents to make the best of it, on the PEERIDENT to decide the rate at which that principle that what cannot be helped must policy should be extended, and time must he endured. Not much consolation can be left to prove whether President WILSON 6. have been derived from a New York tele- measures are as busty and ill-considered ram saying, “It is understood that repress they are now considered to be by almost sentations on the subject have been made very American having saperience of the diplomatically to the President through the coalitions existing in the islands.
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time for her departure from Hongkong on the homeward journey,
THE CHINESE YMCA “LAND CAMPAIGN,"
"A FINE ACHIEVEMENT,
The Chinese Y.M.C.A. Land Fund Campaign closed last night amid great excitment. Throughout the evening the various workers made their returns and at 9 o'clock the campaign was declared closed, when it was found that the day's work resulted in subscriptions amounting to $8,713, and the total for the two weeks reached $44,455 It is hoped that the balance of the $50,000 needed will be subscribed shortly."
LONDON, October 16th. Following is the result of the Cesare
Fiz Yama
Gravo Greek
Lavaine
PENNY BECGAR'S £400 A YEAR.
His Honour again emphasised the difficulty of auch à course in view of the fact that
the firm was of such doubt ful significance, and it was eventually decided to adjourn the caso vine die. Meanwhile an endeavour will be made to arrive at some definite arrangement.
THE PANNIER SKIRT B.C
MODERN DRESS OF WOMEN OF ANCIENT EGYPT,
A Daily Mail correspondent, writing from the City, warns readers against an affluent-looking individual in a morning coat, well-pressed trousers, top-hat, and patent leather boots, who, he believes, ia musking a comfortable living by borrow ing pennies. "When he came up to me outside the Bank, the writer states, I took him for a stockbroker with a flourishing business, and when, with a charming smile, he asked if I would lend him a penny, the request took me com- pletely by surprise. The sum was so trivial if it had been greater I should - Some modern fashions are thousands of Twenty-four ran. Won by a head, a have been suspicious-and the man who length and a half dividing second and demanded it was apparently so prosper-years old. That was one of the curious. third, Saxby rode Rivoli, Wing rodes and respectable that I immediately facts brought to light by a scientist in granted his request, presuming that he the later stage of the proceedings of the Auctioneering, and McKenna Farakabad, had accidentally left his money at home British Association at Birmingham,
Wagstaff, Fiz Yama, Dalmatian, Rivolt, and required an omnibus fare. The man
showed the manners of a gentlemar, sod Mr. Q. A. Wainwright, in reconsŭrucf- Lavaíne, Charlton, King Midas, and he thanked me so courteously and in such ing from the Egyptian monumente tho Fantasio were led by Grave Greek At a dignified manner that I felt quite history of the people of Keftiu and the the distance, Fiz Yama drew away from pleased I had been of service to him, I Lales, mentioned a halt which he Brened the bunch, and, resisting a desperate have discovered, however, that other to the ultra-modern slashed skirt The City friends of mine have also leat this wearer had a remarkably narrow waist, challenge from Grave Greek, won a gentleman pennies, and there seems but that was not the habit of the time exciting race by a head. The favourite little room for doubt that the man is an it was due to the scratching away of
impostor, and a clever one too. We have some pain in the crude representation. (Wagstaff) was fourth.-
computed that two or three hours' work in the City and other places for no doubt he goes on tour would bring him in a comfortable income in pennies of from £350 to £400 a year.
Betting-50 to 1 against Fiz Yama, 100 to 9 against Grave Greek, 100 to 8 against Lavine, and 7 to 1 against Wagstaff
Professor J. L. Myres, an eminent authority upon the archeology of Cyprus, who is about to start upon extended explorations in that land, said that in the seventh century B.C, the ladies wore pannier skirts."