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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1902.
HONGKONG PUBLICANS
APPLICATIONS.
A Special Meeting of Justices of the Peace was held this afternoon at the Magistracy for the purpose of considering the following ap plications
(1) From one Robert Walpole for the transfer of his Publican's Licence to sell and situate at Nos. 40 and 41; Pmya East Street, retail intoxicating Liquors on the premises under the sign of the "Praya East Hotel" to one James Christie.
Publican's Licence to sell and retail intoxicat
(2.) From one Sheik Abdool Ramjaha for a
ing Liquors on the premises situate at No. 2 Queen's Road Central, under the sign of
Thomas Hotel."
There were present Mr. F. J. Badeley (Acting Capt.Superintendent of Police) Mr. F. A. liaze land (Magistrate) Mr. J. H. Kemp (Acting Police Magistrate), and Mr. C. A. Melboume (first Clerk of the Magistracy).
A TARDY ACCEPTANCE The "Chinese art objects which were brought by Prince Chun to Germany as presents to the Emperor and Empress were not accepted at the time. Prince Chun, however, has now asked the Emperor to add them to the Chinese collection in the Royal Berlin: Muscum, and his Majesty bas acceded to this wish, on condition that the In the matter ofthe first applicant, Mr. Robert articles in question are distributed among GerWalpole, it was unanimously granted, while man museums and similar institutions.
the application of Sheik Abdool Ramjahn, was THE ALIEN QUESTION—A Royal Com. refused, owing to police objections. mission, with Lord James of Hereford as chair- man, has been appointed to inquire and report as to the character and extent of the evils which are attributed to the unrestricted immigration of alicns, especially in the metropolis; the mea sures which have been adopted for the restric tion and control of alien immigration in foreign countries and in British colonies; and to advise what remedial or precautionary measures, it is desirable to adopt in this country.
THE LOWTHER ARCADE passed out of existence on 25th ulto, in a litter of brown paper, shavings, and packing boxes, in the 68th year of its age. It died of a mysterious malady called West Strand improvements, and there was hardly a thrill in any suburban nursery at its decease. There was a time when the Lowther Arcade was one of importance. As trade slackened the toating became more and more strenuous, Annual sales at tremendous sacrifices went on for years at a time. From being a pleasant lounge and a convenient resting place the arcade was looked upon as a short cut where one had to run the gauntlet of shop assistants pleading for custom. FAREWELL TO OLD DRURYA pathetic interest attached to the performance of "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" at the Globe Theatre on Saturday evening, the 22nd ulto, when the famous play-house closed its doors for ever The last words spoken (by Miss Julia Neilson) night, my liege, good-night," addressed to King Charlese by Sweet Nell, whose picturesque old gabled house, which stood hard by where the Globe Theatre now stands, was pulled down only a few years ago. A thrill passed through the crowded audience as the final words fell on their cars, and in response to calls from pit and gallery the orchestra played out the life of the house of many happy memories to the strains of "Auld Lang Syne. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY-In connec- tion with the refusal of the Marconi station at Nantucket to enter into communication with the Deutschland, as soon as it was discovered that the German vessel was signalling with a Slaby-Arco apparatus, the Berliner Neueste Nachrichten observes that the incident is more
THE NAVY LEAGUE,
HONGKONG BRANCH..
kong branch of the Navy League held in the At the annual general meeting of the Hong
City Hall last evening there were present Mr. M. W. Slade, Acting President, Capt. Cocker, Capt. G. C. Anderson (hon, secretary), Messrs. G. Stewart, R. C. Wilcox. B. Laylon, N. Mumford, A. Sinclair, G. J. W. King, and others..
The report and statements of accounts which have already been published in these columns were submitted by the Secretary.
LOSSES
The Chairman-Gentlemen, It becomes iny duty, as Acting President,, to propose the adoption of the repot, and accounts for the year 1901, I should like first of all to draw the attention of the meeting to the heavy loss which the League has sustained in the death of its President, Captain Fastings. In Captain Hastings we have lost one of the most energetic Presidents that the League could have: Only we members of the Committee know more of the extent and amount of work which he did for the League, and of the whole-hearted devotedness who was present at any annual meeting must which he threw into that work; but everybody
word, influences the Press to a certain, extent; Then to the Home Office go all the reports and the information that have been collected by the various branches of the League throughout the world, and it is the Home Office which selecta and makes use of that information.
Intimations.
NOTICE.
CELEBRATION OF THE CORONATION. OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
been drawn up by the General Committee THE following Programme for the Celebra tion of the Coronation of Their Majesties appointed by H.E the Office; Administering the Government for this purpose.
That THURSDAY, 26th JUNE nnd FRI
DAY, 27th JUNE, be kept as PUBLIC HOLIDAYS in the Colony. -
THE OBJECT OF THE LEAGUE is the maintenance of the one power which can in time of stress hold this vast Empire of ours
sole object of the Navy League-the mainten-has together, and this is the Navy. That is the
ance of an efficient Nayy-and it is chiefly to be obtained by assisting the Government for the
Department which has the direct government time being, by assisting the Admiralty--the
of the Navy-assisting these two bodies by the formation of a strong basis of public opinion as to the necessity, the absolute necessity, for a strong Navy. (Applause.) To as out here the
At 10.30 AM. a Meeting be held of the necessity for a great preponderance in-Noval-vited guests will be present, at the Council Executive and Legislative Councils, at which force must be clear. We depend for our com
Chamber, when a telegram to H.M. the King manication with the other nations of the world.
will be voted..
upon the sea; everything we draw from outside China is necessarily borne over-sea, and if our Navy were to fail, if our communications were to be cut off on account of the failure of our
Navy, Hongkong in time must necessarily fall. Anybody-any residerit out here who thinks-must realise the absolute necessity to us out here of an overpoweringly strong Navy,
artid i hope that residents in this Colony will come forward in future in larger numbers than
position, of their existence, out here. The which has at heart the maintenance of their they have recently to support this. League,
Navy League cannot do its work efficiently unless it has the support of the community, and I hope every member of the League will do his or her best to bring in new members during the course of the year. At present we
have
gentlemen, these numbers ought to be doubled 235 MEMBERS AND 34 ASSOCIATES.
in the course of the year. If only people would think of the objects, the intentions, of the Navy League, and the work it has done in the past, I think pur every wish would be fulfilled, Complaints have been from time to time levell ed at the Navy League on account of criticism
and that in season and out of season. Gentle of the Government and for doing this thing
men, it is only by criticising, by striving after the ideal, that our object can be attained Unless the League goes on in the course in which it has begun, unless it, struggles to strengthen the hands of the Government by criticism-stimulating, strengthening, whole and consistently, the object of the League will some criticism-unless it does that continuously
as far as can be judged froin the information contained in the home newspapers, as much in
THURSDAY, 26TH JUNE.
At tt A.M. a Service to be held at the Catchedral. The Catholics to be invited to hoid A Service at their Cathedral on the same day. T.M.; to be followed by a musical performance.
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A Chinese Flower Show to be held on the New Stock.-Tennis Rackets. days.
FRIDAY, 27TH JUNE.
At A.M. an Address or Addresses to be
Tennis Balls.
Tenuis Nets.
presented in His Excellency the Officer Admin- New Stock.-Gentlemen's Black istering the Government at the Council Cham- ber or Government House to be presented to His Majesty the King.
the Government will turn the first sod of "The At 5 PM. H. E. The Officer Administering King's Park, Kowloon Launches will run from Blake Pier to convey the Public to the ground.
Private individuals and the Slipping Com- At 9 p.m. the town will be illuminated.
panies are invited to join in the illuminations. Fireworks will be exhibited on the Cricket andfor Parade Grounds. Fish Procession will pass through the streets, the route of which will be notified hereafter. Fireworks will also be displayed in the harbour and/or on Blackhead's hill.
them to have a special dinner in honour of the A donation to be given to the British Sailors, Soldiers and Police in the Colony to enable occasion, or in place of this a memento of the Coronation (in the form of a medal) will be given to them as may bereafter be decided by
the Committee.
SATURDAY, 28TH JUNE.
the City Hall to the wives and families of the At 4.30 P1. a Ten with music to be given at Sailors, Soldiers and Police; also to the children of the Diocesan School, the French and Italian Convents and the Baxter School.
On leaving, each child will be presented by Government with a Coronation Medal. His Excellency the Officer Administering the
were, by a singular appropriateness, "Good.have noticed the vigour and the cheeriness never be attained. To-day we have an Admiralty, the above celebrations, the public are invited
important than is at first sight apparent. The Marconi apparatus is supplied to all the Lloyd's stations throughout the world, and all these stations have undertaken to communicate only with vessels which use the same apparatus. As, however, the ships of the the German navy are now by Imperial order to be supplied with the Slady Arco apparatus, serious complications are to be apprehended. Either the German warships will be obliged to carry two sets of apparatus or some international agreement must be affected in accordance with which the Marconi stations will have to make concessions to other systems.
THE KWANG-SI REBELLION.
and the sound good sense which he displayed in his address to the meetings, which were held under his presidency here year by year. Be sides our late President, we have lost our Vice-President, Mr. Francis. Mr. Francis was the vast stores of information and the brilliant always ready to give the League the benefit of
intellect with which he was endowed, and in almost irreparable loss. Our Committee of the these two men the League have suffered an
League have lost we hope only temporarily the services of Mr. Pollock, who left the Colony to enter the Colonial service in Fiji. We have hopes though they are by no means certainties
that he will return here before the end of the the year, and it is proposed at this meeting to elect him President of the League.: (Applause.) We have also lost the services on the Com
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earnest to do its best as has been ever known in the history of England. The
NECESSITY. FOR A STRONG NAVY delivered by Lord Charles Beresford before the has, I think, been emphasised by the speech London Chamber of Commerce. He pointed out in the clearest way, with all the authority of a
distinguished officer who had-only a few days quitted the command ofa fec!-he pointed out several most glaring defects in our Naval organisation, and I think news has been recently received in this Colony-how I do not quite know; Reuters, I think-news has been received that Lord Charles Beresford has heen actually elected to the House of Commons. (Applause.) Gentlemen; Lord Charles Peres-
mittee of Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Richardson, and Cap. ford's speech, the speech of an officer of such tain Tillett, all there gentlemen having left the high rank as he,, is the justification for the Colony, and I cannot imagine how I have criticism of the Navy League. Those points omitted it-we have also lost Mr. Robert Cooke, which he raised, and which he brought forward Mr. Cooke, like Captain Hastings and Mr. with all the vigour of which he is capable, with Francis, has been removed from us by death. illustrations down from his own experience, are Mr. Cooke was a most unobtrusive and at the points which the Navy League has for some same time most useful member of the Com-considerable time past been pressing on the mittet. He had at his command 'sources of information which were of the greatest possible value to the League, and the information he had he was always ready to devote to the ser- vices of the League. Gentlemen, with these changes in the Committee-with the
LOSS OF NO LESS THAN SEVEN MEMBERS
authorities at home-pressing without any ap- parent result. But I do not think that the efforts of the Navy League,
THE CRITICISMS OF THE NAVY LEAGUE, are to be judged by immediate results. People may be of opinion that the Navy League is not doing good work; that it is not being
criticisms are left unanswered and the defects pointed out for a considerable number of years are unremedied by the authorities, the official inaction was not due to the falsity then it must, become apparent to people that
or the unjustifiableness of the criticisms, and it is just by the keeping up of a continual pressure
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it was Inot intended to accumulate, enormous quantities of coal at one point, and there, were several reasons for that. One was that the coal deteriorates, another that it might catch fire, and a third that it might be captured by the enemy. The idea now was to supply the Fleet from colliers which would be stationed at convénient places, and would go out and meet the ships:
for the very energetic and vigorous way in sufficient aforcements arrive. The inhabit which they have worked to put all things on the Mediterranean Station. In
of inefficiency, he referred to the lack of coal ants are waiting for the eventful day, Business straight. (Applause.) I may be permitted to as I stated in my last, is still at a standstill, no say-though it may sound invidious to do so- goods of any description having been sent that the thanks of the League are especially from here to the disturbed districts due to Mr. Layton for the way in which he has Cargo boats are lying idle in the stream, whilst tackled our accounts and placed our finances farge consignments of foreign goods chiefly on a spund and proper footing; and from what yam, piece-goods, and haberdashery and textile I know of the accounts I think matters will go fabrics are snugly packed in, the godowns, THE on perfectly smoothly in the future. That is hion has bad one good effect. It has the result of putting a trained business man the local military officials here to a into the position of hon, treasurer, and our garrison has been increased, thanks are due to Mr. Layton for the trouble and instead of the usual flint lock muskets, the be has taken (Applause.) As to the work of braves are now armed with Minter rifles, the Committes during the past year, reference goes on every day on the patch of has been made in the report to some of the flat ground behind the Consulate, and mu matters which have engaged its attention say that these braves have learned
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