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To-day' Paper. A report in connection with the University of Hongkong, held" over from yesterday, appears on page 3; also the Book World An interesting article on the real leaders of fashion will be found on page 10.
Entries for the Kowloon Cricket Club tennis tournament close on April 10,
The sixth, athletic meeting of the Lusitano Recreation "Člub. will be held on Easter Monday.
It is notified that only fully prepaid letters and post cards are transmissible by the Siberian route to Europe.
THE CATHEDRAL CHAPLAINCY.
Appointment Announced.
LAWN TENNIS.
Hongkong Club Tournament.
NOTES AND
COMMENTS.
Rule of Three..
Among superstitions that per-
The results to date 'in the With the help of Mr. H. W. annual lawn tennis tournament Slade at home, the church body held on the Hongkong Cricket siet is the belief that remarkable of St. Jolin's Cathedral_hare apare as follows:
Club's ground, now in progress, events, especially those of a pointed a successor to the Rev. F. T. Johnson, for the chaplaincy of
CHAMPIONSHIP-SINGLES.—
First Round.
tragio character, occur in 60- quences of three. In both the
R. D. Stewart bent F. Boving-East and West this belief ob
By permission of Capt. Dixon the Cathedral. Mr. Slade, with the band of the ss. Siberia will the help of Bishop Montgomery ton, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0, Thros dead bodies have play at the Bello View Hotel on
H. A. Nisbet boat A. O. Shorey,tains. The fact that three sui- been found in the city. In Thursday, April 4, boginning at of the S.P.G. and the Bishop of
Liverpool, after having various 6-1, 6-0, 0-0,
cides, all inore or less sensational, 9.30 p.m. ono instance doath was duo to
candidates before them at last Maj. F.J. Hunter, A. O.D.,recently occurred in Hongkong small-poz.
Attention is directed to the selected the Rov. Vyvyan Hoary beat Capt. R. D. Crawford, R. A.,
0-3, 0-1, 7-5,
was pointed to as a buttress for At the Magistracy this morning postal arrangements for the Copeley Moyle, and the reverend
A Second Round.
the popular belief. Now the a Chiueso was sentenced to three Easter Holidays, which aro an- months' hard labour for stealing nounced in the mail notices on gentleman will loave England por 8.8. Hirano Maru on April 13, ar-
Capt. F. J. Bowen, R. A, beat superstitious can claim that an- clothing valued at $7 from a
Page 10,
Naj. Hunter, 6-2, 6-3, 0-3. A Heavy Fine,
riving here on May 22. house in Slinukiwan.
A man was charged before Mr. Irving at the Magistracy this morning with, the larceny of ton pairs of boots. Owing to lack of ovidence the case was dismissed:
The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Tolograph" will tory Quarry Bay, has reported that be as follows :——
Daily issue-$35 per annum. Weekly issue-$13 per annum.
The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subsoriptions for any period less than one month will be charged as for a full month.
The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible to messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by post an additional $1,80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the wookly issue to any part of the world is $1.00
per quarter..
cash only):
(Payable in` Advance.)
An official at the Sugar Fao
arma valued at about $150, his property, have been stolen from his residence. A servant is suspected.
A fine of $200 or three months' The now chaplain has had a hard labour was passed than a good scholastic career, boing Chinese this morning, when ho Leducated at Lincoln: College, was charged at the Magirtracy
arms.
Surgoon, A. R. Fisher, R.N., other coincidence supports their secured his tio with Lieut. E.-C. theory. A third misfortune has Annaheim, R.N.
There are many matches still overtaken our premier nail line. to be played. The winner will Fortunately, the mishap is only a
SINGLES HANDICAP-A
CLASS.
minor one, and if it acts as a ro- aesurance to any whose supersti tion made them cortain that a
First Round. R. E. O. Bird (receives 15-3) third accident was according to beat. N. J. Williams, A.S.O: (owes schedule, it is the lean to be you. 2-6), 6-2, 6-0. -
with being in unlawful posseo Oxford, where in. 1801 he took have to meet Capt. Day, chain- sion of four Winchester rifles and the B, A. degree, with third class pion in 1010-11 400 rounds of ammunition. honours in modern history. Mr. Irving said that people In 1895 ho∙ was. ordained with honourable intentions could always get a permit to carry
dancon by the Bishop of Chester reaching full priesthood in the The arms and ammunition succeeding year. In 1898 he were confiscated.
gained the M.A. degree. His first clerical appointment was at Subject to audit the Directors All Saints, Runcorn, where he ing columns that all Fire and will recommend that a final occupied the ourney from 1805 to Marine Insurance oflices will be dividend of $4 per share be paid 1808, leaving that parish in tho closed on Friday, Saturday and for account 1910, making $8 for latter year and becoming curate Monday, April 5, 6 and 8 the year, an interim dividend of respectively.
$4, per share for 1911 and a Bonus at St. Mark's, Horsham, until of 20 per cent.on contributory pre- 1002.
1
It is announced in our advertis-
China Traders Insurance
Co, Ltd...
Capt. G. T. Brierlos, R.A. gretted. Still coincidencos are a (owes 15-3) beat L. Sandercock doubtful basis on which to build
beliefs. owes 15 ), 6-4, 6-4,
SINGLES HANDICAP-B
CLASS.
A New Record.
Mr. G. Hamel's light from
First Round, Comdr. A. T. Darley, R.N. (re- coives 1-6.) bent Lisat. H. F. B. Hendon to Cape Gris-noz and Handley, R.N. (receives 1-6), thence to Paris carrying a pas- 6-2, 6-0.
O. Bakor (receives 3-6) bent eenger must be an easy record. Eng.-Comdr. H. J. Little, R.N. Gerrard in August of last year
receives 3-0), 6-1, 6-2.
Second Round.
The wodding of Mr. F. B. L.mium. They will further recom- In 1902 he was inductod vicar Bowley and Miss Ethol Bronwen mend that £10,000 be passed to of Iping-cum-Chithuret, a living Edwards will take place at St. Sterling Reserve Fund, leaving Single Copies, Daily, ten oents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (for John's Cathedral on Tuesday, $225,000 to be carried forward under the patronage of Lord
flew for 4 hours and 15 minutes April 9, at 3 o'clock. A reception to Underwriting Suspense Ao-Loconfield, which he held until will be held later at Belvedore, count, thus closing the Account his decision to come to Hongkong
with a passenger, but no record 120 the Ponk.
for 1910.
was arrived at. Mr. Moyle is
M. M. Mass (receives 3-6) beat Union Insurance Society of spoken'of very highly in clerical Comdr. B. V. Brooke, R. N. (re-exists of the distance covered. ·
ceives 1-8), 9-7, 2-6, 6-3, An additional train will leave
Canton, Ltd.
On the first of October last Hirth Bubject to audit the Directors
circles as a very good churchman, H. C. Sayer (owes 2-0) secured Kowloon at 10.15 a.m. for Taipo, will recommend that a final divi- not given to extreme ritual and this tie with C. C. Stark (owes 2-6 Fanling and Shan Chun during dend of $20 per share be paid at one time occupied an import- who scratched. the Easter Holidays, April 5 to
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1912.
THE REPUBLIC.
8, inclusive. The express train for account 1010, making $50 ant post under the Junior Clergy 0, Brawn (owos 2-0), 8-6, 6-4, from Canton which arrives at per share for the your, an interim Missionar, Association, in which Kowloon at 6.50 p.m. will also dividend of $30 pershare for 1911
songors,
Wife Declares Husband is Insane.
Marino Coultha
POSITION AT SWATOW.
The Canton Troops.
a boat woman resulted in hier being fined $5.
A Question of Account. The case was continued this The case wherein an Indian morning before Mr. Justico Swatow on April 2, says:
A correspondent writing from with a breach of prison regulations jurisdiction, in which Sin Bin-chi; guard at the gaol, was charged Gompertz sitting in original
Referring to the rumour report
J. Hooper (owes 2-0) bont A.
G. Miskin (owes 2-0 beat Lieut. P. 8. Wiltshire R. A, (owes 15). |8-2, 1-6, 6-3,
DOUBLES HANDICAP-A
CLASS
First Round.
Second Round.
at Berlin flow 2,475 metres with a
50
The troops at Socchow, have. revolted as the result of a thea trical performance which they witnessed, saysa Chinese telegram J. Hooper and R. P. Thin a recent issue. Judged as newa. field (owe 15) secured their this is terribly lacking in details, tie with C. O. Stark and B. F.
ed.
First Round.
Second Round.
paesonger. This is roughly milo and a half and has up till now boon regarded as the dis- call at Fanling at 6.10 p.m. on, and a Bonus of 20 per cent, on Le had the supervision of some
Lance record. If Hamel flow from these dates to pick up pas-will further recommend that The church body has arranged
contributory premium. They 5,000 young clergymen.
Hendon to Cape Gris-nez with £10,000 be passed to Sterling to lense a house on the Peak for
out descending, as would appear His Excellency the Officer Reserve Fund, leaving 8518,000
from the telegram, the now re- Administering the Government; to be carried forward to Under the new comer who will be the Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, and writing Suspense Account, thus accompanied by his wife, whom R.F.C. Master and Burg. A.Rcord is well shoad of the old, others, on Saturday morning closing the Account for 1010. he married in January last. Fisher, R. N. (owe 15) scoured inspected the Kowloon Water Works. The party then proceeded
Ho Lin at the Marine Court for Home on May 7.
The Rev. F. T. Johnson, leaves their tie against G. A. Cooke, and even if he did not accom»* R. N., and A. P. H. Ranquette, plish that journey without rest- on the Government tender Stanley this morning had to answer three
R. N. (owe 4-6).
Com. A. T. Darley, R.N., and ing ho at least crossed the Chan- to Castle Peak, through Rambler charges, of failing to license his During the interval between channel. After anchoring for boat, refusing to stop when Mr. Johnson's departure and the Com. B. V. Brooke, RN, (receive nel without a break that he tiffen at Castle Peak the party called upon, and with failing to arrival of Mr. Moyle the Caths 15-1) beat R. Hancock and H. went to Ma Wan and His Ex-exhibit the regulation lights at dral will be in the charge of the Hancock (owo 40), 0-4, 0-2. has set others n fairly big tank if" Tang Shao-yi, the Premier of China, is, according to a telegram cellency, inspected the now Cap-night on his boat. He was sen: Lov. A. Bunbury, M.A., Principal
they essay to break his new re- tenced to 13 days' hard labour. of the C. M. B. Training College Lieut. Col. H. D. Staple. from our Shanghai correspondent, to ask the Powers formally to sing Island light.
Six boatpeople were charged at Canton. Mr. Bunbury is no A.P.D., and Capt. F. J. Bowen, cord. recognise the Republic. It is difficult to see how recognition can
with mooring their craft within stranger to the Cathedral con-R A. (owe 1-0) beat R. F. Stone be longer withhold. So long as there was no Government sufficiently
100 yards of low water mark in agregation as on at least two and E, A. 8. Fowler (owe 15-3), One Reason for Revolt, strong to enforce recognition upon its own nationals it was, of course, a pair of field glasses, was re-hibited hours. Two were fined acting chaplain.
A man charged with stealing prohibited place and during pro- previous occasions he has been 9-7, 6-0. too much to expect that the Powers would enter into relations with manded at the Magistracy this 810 each and the rost dismissed
DOUBLES HANDICAP, B sither of the two parties, neither of which could claim that it repres- morning, so that he might be
CLASS. ented China as a whole. With the abdication of the Emperor and having stated that at times there. A similar charge against medically examined, his wife as they had instructions to be the selection of Yuan Shib-kai as the first President matters began was not responsible for his no- to shape themselves so that recognition was merely a question of tions. time. The appointment of Tang Shuso-yi'as Promior advanced them, The Mysterious Cigarette. another stage, and the final resignation of Sun Yat-sen and his
Chapman (res. 1-6) who scratch-but there is an air of vague mys
teriousness about it which is most Cabinet and the Nanking Assembly has left Yuan Shih-kai as the
attractive. We have never quite soknowledged head of a united state. It is true that the troops by supplying a cigarette to a merchant of 44 Des Vaux Road ed on March 30, it has since
Onpt. F. J. G. Agg, K.OY.I.Trevolted as the result of a then- have been giving trouble, both in the North and the South, but prisoner, adjourned from yester claimed sums of 82,115.74 and developed that there is no truth and Capt. N. O. 8. Simion. Atrical performance, but our soul
day, came before Mr. Irving, at $2,287.40 money which he alleged in it, and again nocording to (rec. 5.0) bent Liant. J. N. Steel they part of men 2-6) 8-6, 6-1. these outbreaks are not primarily directed against the Government; the Magistracy, this morning.he paid out on behalf of Shi Min rumour, no troops have as vet and Rev. G. E. Hewitson (rec. has, more than onos.
know all about it. And if wo have not been paid and will pass as soon as the necessary money for fined $50 or six weeks,
This morning a letter was
did not go dut and shoot anyone the Tung On and Tak Wo com the settlement of their claims is forthcoming.
panies.
received stating that the Re- H. R. Phelipe and H. A. Nisbet on these occasions we have felt It is difficult, therefore, to see on what ground the Powers can Denman Fuller at his organ by Mr. P. W. Goldring, appeared ed through Mr. E. H. Ray, ship Crook. 6-1, 6-3.
The performance given by Mr. Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed publican Governmont had charter-heat R. J. Birbeck, and A. II. like it. Besides, we did not decline to recognise the Republic of China. But it is probable that recital at the Cathedral last even for the plaintiff and Mr. M W. broker, the se. Telemachus to 0:0. Hickling and A. N. Jose there is no saying. Of course it,
possess a gun. If we had well the opportunity will be seized to compet China to readjust anomalies ing was one of the best we have Blade, K.C., instructed by Mr. carry 1,800 soldiers from Canton and heat Capt. G. Harrison and and to carry out past promises. Our Shanghai correspondent re-heard him give for some time, the Shenton, appeared for the toSwatow, leaving Canton on April Capt. J. W. Stopp, B.M.LI, 6-1, may be that the sentiment of the "ports that the foreign Ministers will be asked to secure an extension feature of the programme being defence.
play fired the martial, ardour of of the International Settlement. Though this is a matter of con- composition of the new school that the accounts, submitted by diers, and both ships will be Karg-Elort's Ciacono e Finale, a The case for the defence was will at the same time take 900 sol-
J. R. Wood and R. O. Hutchi- these soldiers, but we doubt it.
questions which affect larger interests. Perhaps the most important al Home. Mr. Fuller handed the
His Lordship referred the case warship. Upon arrival hore the T. T. H, King, 3-6, 8-0.0~0; of all is currency reform. A promise was given by the Chinese organ in a masterly fashion; to the Registrar for en scoound warship will enter port, while R. Hancock and B. D. Stewarting that the sheer badness of it Government after the Boxer troubles that immediate steps would taking full advantage of the to be taken.
the transports will wait outside secured their tie with Lieut. J. N. roused murderous feelings. That grandeur of some passages and
for the time to ascertain whether Steel, R.N.. and the Rev. G. H. is a very reasonable ground for be taken to resons the currency of the Empire from the state of adding a touch of interest in CHINESE OCCUPATIONS. any opposition is going to be Hewitson, R.N., who scratched,
having it not with someone su chaos into which it had fallen. Ten years have elapsed, but nothing places where the picoe seemed to
offered by Lim Keh-toohin. In
most of us know from experience, has been done. The Powers should certainly insist that the Central be rather tedious. Mrs. R. O. Any Excuse better than None. the latter case the warship is sup Government should have sole control over the mints, and that the Edwards played in that excellent
posed to overcome opposition the The team to represent Hong-Newspaper, Bloomers, style which has secured for her
The occupations which Chinese bofore the transports enter. kong in the Shanghai Golf Cup The Adelaide Express, she provincial authorities should be stripped of the power of issuing a foremost place among the state that they follow when before In connection with the above left for Shanghai yesterday. Mr. debased money whenever their financial difficulties compelled them violinists of the Colony. The the Magistrate are numerous and it is also reported that 400 to 500 Cumming, the champion of Hong other day, made one of thos to think of this dangerous expedient. Probably it will be some programme was as follows: novel, but this morning a man Lim's Hakka soldiers are leaving kong, lands the team and the bloomern," that go down time before. China is prepared to adopt a gold standard, for obvious incons & Finale, 8. Karg-Elert; charged with obstructing the foot for Hongkong per Haimun, seil- other players are Mesare. Walkin-paper history. The
Solo, "Adoration," F. Borowski, path had the honour of adding ing from here this afternoon. shaw. T. 8. Forrest, W. D. Kraft the vint of the King reasons, but there is no tangible obetsole to the immediate establish- Mrs. B. O. Edwards; Requiem another to the long list. He said The City generally is quiet, and Jesper Clark. They play on ment of uniformity in her silver lane. The importance of this Aeternam, B: Harwood; Verspiel he taught coollee how to play though a few small robberies Sunday and, with the exception of European State. reform both to China and to those countries which have commercial (Parsifal) Wagner; Solo, An- Chinese obess and received a con- fade under pretence of a search Mr. Forrest whoremains in Shang, the Ces relations with her cannot be over estimated and it is to be hoped dante (Violin Concerto, Men-sideration for his labouret for arms are reported daily. The bai, they are expected back on that, if the Fowers make recognition of the Republic conditional, geral March and Hymn of fessional chess teacher (Laughter), receive native bank notes and all as having strong change of delssohn, Mrs. R. O. Edwards; Mr. Irving You are a pro- Bank of Taiwan still declines to April 12. Hongkong is regarded the first condition will be the establishment of a sound currency,"
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siderable importance to residents of Shanghai, there are other which has created quite a furore the plaintiff were wrong. conveyed to Swatow by a Chinese son bent P. P. J. Wodehouse and Ons has less difficulty in beller,
The case was dismissed.
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