TELEGRAMS.
SHIPPING DISASTER..
.868 SAVED.
these 075 are passangers.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912.
wee the samo all round. Ho CONVICT'S STORY thought that where thoro were grant differences of opinion com-
promise was not a thing to bo Licence Washed Away on Board lightly disregarded,
Ship.
Au extraordinary story was told at Bow-street by a young carponer named Walter Stewart, who was brought up, for recon nittal to prison as a convict whose licence luid been revoked..
por
THE SALVAGE OF BULLION,
Some Notable Cases.
BUTTER.
BUTTER.
We are pleased to announce that the selling prices of our different BRANDS BUTTER at
present are as follows:-
11 REDUCTIONS I I
"DAISY"
"DAIRYMAID "
**BUTTERCUP".
PASTRY
BRAND 80 cents per lb.
75
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70
65
THE DAIRY FARM CO., LD.
Mr. Stead. There are 1508 at supply of educatod man in whose wherous he was suffering fully of a vossol brought profits and the vessel had been scuttled. GARNER QUELCH & CO.
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from a blow on the hoad.
Another fastance.
WINE MERCHANTS.
DES VŒUX ROAD.
TELEPHONE ·636.
In November, 1854, insurances wore effected in London by a highly respectable. firm for £40,385, theequivalent of 152,500. Carolus Mexican dollars, in 61 They must make up their winds
In view of the attempt now boxes, for £4,222 on 11,473oz. whether they would profor to gat
being made to salve the guid and Sycee silvor, and for £2,400 on something now for certain, or risk
silver, worth nearly £750,000 in flour and bran, by the W. T.. [Service to the "Telegraph."] the future and have the satis
the Ocouun, a good deal of foSayward, from San Francisco toʻ Bombay, April 17, 7.30 a.m. faction of maintaining soothing
forest attaches to sono notos on Shanghai. The vessel was subse- Router's New York Corres through thick and thin which
remarkabio bullion salvago cases quently reported to have been pondent states that the Olympic thoy believed to be right.
made by the late secretary of a lost at the Loo Choo islands, and has sent a wireless message to the We were face to face once more,
well-known Loudon marino in total losa was claimed. Some of the Incis stated being of a effect that the Carpathia is making said Mr. Birroll, with the groat
The accuse was sentenced to jsurance company. for New York with 868 survivors, und gravo question of Din three years' penal sorvitude at The poriod from 1880 to 1870, curious nature, inquiries were mostly women and children. Of establishment. How did we find the West Kent Quarter Sessions writes this authority, was the promptly instituted, and it was
the disposition to argue this ques SOME OF THE RESCUED.tion? Pious nad good man bei October, 1909, and was recont halcyon time of underwriting, found, in the first place, that the ly released on special licence, oue when premiuins wore plentiful Carolus dollar was a rarity, and A partial list of the rescuori has longing to the Church of England of the conditions being that ho and high and competition was that to procure the quantity said beon sont by wirelos from the were found approaching the ques should not visit Kent or tio light, while the discovery of to have boon shipped would have Carpathia. Thoy includo Mes-tion in an easy-going fashion and County of London. He was found gold in Australia was enriching boon an impossibility. This con- damon Astor, Didoner, Hays, Tus-whispering into the tos-facile ears in London, however, and was ar- the community. The modern firmed suspicions, and after much underwriter must often regret labour and patient inquiry it was roll-Cavendish, Sir Cosmo and of somo Nonconformists-hear, rested. Indy Dull-Gordon, the Countess hear)-arguments of this kind of Rothes, Cefonel Sinonius,
Stowart told the magistrate the passing of the good old times, found that one Martin Ronlok, a "Surely, surely, they say President of the Swiss Dank, Mr. are we not a Christian nation? that on his rolense ho obtained when the rate on gold from the cross between Greek, and a Behr, Mr. Tsony, chairman of the Isn't it a pre-eminently desir employment on board ship, but Colony ranged from 1.1-2 to 2 Frenchman, had been the leader! cent, and during in a conspiracy to dofraud the White Star Line, and Mr. Hays.able thing that there should alwas discharged because the cup. Up till now there is now news of ways be a stondy and constant tain thought he was seasick, Crimean War from 3 to 4 por underwritora. The boxes had cent., and the safe arrival been filled with shot and cut nails
prosoul missing.
'b's you enn always have com-
rivalling those of the Spanish The whole facts were elicited in a The Carpathia is expected at plete public confidene-(loud He was determined to turn over galleons from the Western Main. vòry masterly way, and the under- Now York on Tharaday afternoon, laughter) who are ablo and ready now leaf, and, living at Swansea The loss of the Royal Charter, writers, were saved from the She is hampered by large ice-lo put crowns on the hands of (where he reported himself to the on the night of October 25, consequences of un audacione bergs. There are twenty miles of our Kings and Queens, to read police) he finally hid himself on 1859, on Moelfra, showed not only fraud.
stately and moving prayers by a ship which was going to South how promptly a heavy loss could fold ice,
HOPE ABANDONED. the gravesides of our illustrious America., He was discovered, be paid but how rapidly it could In 1859 another carefully- Itoutor's St. John's correspondead, and, what is still more im- and while he was on deck a heavy be recouped. Mr. Lodge (famous planned fraud was detected and dent slates that all hope is ortant in our national life, to be sea which broke over the vessel settlar of claims) undertook the defeated. Insurances Ind been abandoned of any of the Titanic's ready always to invoke the god "knocked him out.'
"Oa coming salvage, and with his brother effected in London on 9,500 rusrongers; other than those on of battle when, with our hearts round he found his licence Captain Francis W. Lodgo, as his doubloons, in six onsos, valued and Cigarettes obtaina.le, consistent with price.. All
Supply the ulghost quality Wines, Spirits, Cigars · tho Carpathia, boing alive. Allalae, we go out to war, and been washed out of his pocket.
lieutenant, soon had the satisfacat £28,800, and on flour, etc., tho steamers which were searching then to sing parans to the Prince
To his surprise the vessel was tion of distributing salvage of valued at £7,600, by the. Matias Wines and Spirits bottled in Europe by Shippers of in the vicinity of the disaster have of Peace when sick and sorry, we taken to London, an here he was £322,103 at a cost of 5 1-3. por Cousino, from Valparaiso to Rio world wide reputation. continued their voyages.
are only to glad to come out of ordered ashore, so that he could cent. POSITIVE NEWS.. [it?" (Loud laughter.}. not avoid returning. louter's New York correspond- If we were a Christian nation,:
The magistrate said he was oat states that the White Siri could only be, he thought, bound to order the prisoner to of Company announces that it has because wo wore a nation, preserve the remainder of his son-1 All who have visited this received positive news from the ponderatingly composed of Chris-tence, but he hoped his story quarry of Naturo have left it with Olympic that the survivors nam-tians who had foun such a would be reported to the Home changed ideas as to the power of Payment of the loss was deferred bor 801. A wireless message from thing as common Christianity. Secretary. If it proved to be true water and rock, and the weakness pending inquiry into the cironm
stances. It was eventually die- Capo Iace states that neither tho But common Christianity was the Home Secretary night grant of iron and wood. Wagous could covered that the apocis had never Virginian nor the Parisian las after all, nothing more than their him another licene.
ho filled with chips for firewood, boon put on board and that the old Iriond Cowper-Templeism,
and iron seems to have required vessel had been assisted to a passengers from the Titanic on board. Earlier messages gave a
Board-school Christianity, which
the property of floating, Picces of peaceable end in fine weather. glimmer of hope and a wireless was denounced as an imposture
the latter wore strowed wherever message from tho Virginion by the most activo-minded of the
you looked in the hollow of the stated that she had turned for St. dominant-party in the Church of
small bay. Isaw a beam about 25ft. John with such passengers as sho England.
long, weighing auny tone, high might rescue. Every thing, how-
Overwhelmed by the disgrace and dry two hundred yards from evor, remained uncertain and, ment they were told that there of being detected in smoggling the stern of the ship; and at a
"The Arcadings," Bandmann while the only news was inter- was such a thing as common jowels, through the New York short distance from each side mitient, the transmission of it was Christianity,
the Customs House, Mrs. Blanche large pieces of iron plate contain-Opera Co. Theatre Royal, 0.15 hampered by amateur interceptors Church of England boldly and Carson, a wealthy widow and a ing three or four square yards, P... along the const--Reutor.
broadly ropresontod a common Christian Scientist, of San lilo smaller pieces, with rods religious faith; but when they Francisco, where she was a society and angle irons, ware rent and wore dealing with religious edu- lendor, committed suicide re-twisted into all forme,” TRIPOLI WAR.
cation, then common Christianity cently at the Broxali Hute). Another writer described the became "a dream"
On a table in her room was work thus:- POWERS AND THE PORTE.
found a pack of cards arranged The divers word hard at work, TO OUST OPIUM. in order just as she had left them reporting, however, that the Service to the "Telegraph."}
aftor failing to work out a gumu wreck lay in à very intricate and Bombay, April 7.30 a.m. Shay Ying Speaks of His Plans, of solituire. To fheory is nd-dangerous hoap, as they had to
vanced that she played solitaire walk beneath some of the m A message from Constantinople
Mr. Shay Ying, the Commis with life or death as the stakes, linery of the heavy ship and to statos that the am bassadors have presented to the Porto a communior of Opium prohibition, ap- and lost. ller body, suspended grops their way amidst iron work. joation with reference to meilia-pointed by President Sun Won in by a rope, was seen by a passor-Tlie boxes in which the ingots, tion. It states that the Powers Nanking, camo to Shanghai the by on Fifth Avenue as it swung specie, and gold dust, consigned
Whon discussing Disostablish-
anl that
WOMAN SMUGgler. ·
The Work Described An observer at that time wrote the wreck :-
Hongkong, 15th January, 1912.
Jo Janeiro and Pernambuco. In due course the vessel was reported to be lost, but there were such! snapigious circumstances about GREEN ISLAND CEMENT the whole transaction that the
DON'T FORGET.
To-day..
Thursday, April 18. Criminal Sessions. St. Stephen's Collogo Sports. Annual Meeting Hongkong Tennis League, 5.15. p.m.
Saturday, April 20.
COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Caaks of 875 lbe. net. In Bags of 250 lbs. net. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Manage Hodgson, 18th Ang., 1918
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E. C. Wilks.M.I.Mech., E.,AM NA., Consulting Engineer and Surveyor for construction, Valuer and Assessor for the purchase, or-sale, of Steamships or Launches.
Alutandrá Buildings, 2nd Floon.
Tsupkeup, Het Way 1011
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THE FAMINE IN CHINA,
*IGHT Famine Districts with an
res of 80,000 square miles.
ASAHI BEER SAPPORO BEER
TO BE OBTAINEU
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EROM ALL WINE DEALERU Bota our Price $12.00 par case pon- taining 4 doson quería' or 6 dorad platni
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Two People FOR SALE
facing Aravation, PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI-
BUTION TO-DAY.
V. R. O. Sports. Volunteor Reserves Dinnor. Hongkong Football Club, An- nual Dinner, Hongkong Hotel,
IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIFE. 7.45 p.m.
Treasurer, H. O, GULLAND, Eıq, Tuesday, April 23.
Manager, International Banking Cor- Ordinary Annual Meeting.poration, Shanghai.
(111 ton, Ltd., noon.
having obtains the Italian con- other day with Tang Shao-yi and | backward just below an open to parties in England, had been Union Insurance Society of Can-Honour. 24th Jan., 1912. ditions now desire to know those his party. He has outlined for the window on the eighth floor.
of Turkey.
Assym Bay has asked for time to front a reply which, it is almost certain, will be in the negativo, Turkey refusing to negotiate for pance on the basin
of the Italian claim-Reuter,
ASSIZES POSTPONED.
"China Pross" the opium pro- hibition work to be done this your He said:
ا بالأم
loposited wore ascertained not to Fxumination showed that the have remained intact; fugments woman had been dead three of some of them having subse- hours. She had tied the rope to quently been found scattered There are two things to bear the steam radiator in the room, along the beach." in mind. First to stop opium, thrust her head through tho wo must cut at the root, the nose, and then jumped from soarce of the poison. It is not the window..! enough to have regulations and
Mrs. Carson arrived by the
No Child's Play, It is clear that the salvage on the specie was no child's play, and in proof of how thoroughly the work was done it may be
were saved.
Annual General meeting China Traders' Insurance Company, Ltd., 12.30 p.m.
Saturday, April 27, Theatro Royal, 9 p.m.
The Great Raymond at the SHIPUHANDLERS,.
Tuesday April 30. Extraordinary General Moot
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urge mon to give up the habit. The government must stop the George Washington, after com mentioned that tous of aand were ing Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Baricar Mav., 1911. cultivation and the sole, then the pleting a world tour. She had dug up at the spot and washed in Weaving and Dying Co., Ltd., Il The Criminal Sessions have poor victing will have to stop trunk, and she valued these at lian diggers, in order to separate a number of lonso pearls in her the mode adopted by the Austra heen postponed until Monday the smoking Second we must The court will be occupied to-do it yigorously, and it once. If $800. The appraisers accused the gold dust which was scattered inorrow, by a labeas Corpus pit is not done in this first year of hor of understating their value about. This terrible shipwreck plication in connection with the the republic it will be more and confiscated the gems, declar-resulted in a great loss of life; of
g that they were worth $7,500 148 persons on board only 30THE HONGKONG FLECUTRIO extradition proceedings taken difficult to do it later on.
CO., LTD. "The Government Bureau hos She was not arrested, but was against the Filipino journalist Vicente Sotto, who is wanted in made its plans as follows:-1. told to appear at the Customs
Anollier romurkable salvagoOTICE 18 HERRBY GIVEN
N the Philippines to undergo a term Cultivation. The cultivation is House and explain. She did so,
that the TWENTY-THIRD of imprisonment for ablaction. to be totally prohibited this year, accompanied by hor lawyer, and successfully carried through was We are informed that some very The poppy now growing must be to the surprise of the officials not that of the specie from the Haille ORDINARY GENERAL MEET- interesting points are to bз raised destroyed. 2. Trade, Itetail sale only confessed that she had under Mitchell, which was wrecked on ING of the SHAREHOLDERS will for the defenco,
and trade in opium must come to valued the pearls, but that she August 11, 1869, at Lenconnu bo Leld at the Company's Offices, Sk an end this year. Opium shops had also smuggled in jewels to Rocks, about 120 miles south-east George's Building, on SATURDAY, GIBES AT THE CLERGY.must be closed. Only by rigor the value of $20,000 concealed of Shanghai. The vessel lay in the 4th May, 1912, at 12 o'clock,
onely carrying out this monsure
in the lining of her lat and about 18 fathoms of water, and oon, for the purpose of presenting the a Statement of Accounts to 29th Fo can the cultivation be successful-drese, which the Customs ex- the neighbourhood was infested Report of the Directors, together with by piratical Chinese fishermen, br.ary, 1919, and clearing Directors Minister's Speech on the Question ly prohibited, as it makes the aminers had not suspected,
sale of any native grown opium Mrs. Carson surrendered all the which made the operation ex-nd Auditore.
tremely hazardous. By the aid The Transfer Books of the Company difficult. It is hoped to gain the jowols, saying she had purchased of a subsequent expedition the ill be closed from the 20th April to In view of the Prime minister's co-operation of Great Britain in most of them in Amsterdam and treasure was nearly all recovered. the th May, 1912, both days inelasire. announcement that the Disestab-this matter, so that the now agree- Paris, and that, having discover Other notable onces were the galy-Be Order of the Board of Directors. lishment Bill is to be introduced ment may be changed, and the ed that she had been cheated, she ing of the gold in the Schil- GIBB LIVINGSTON & CO. oa April 24, a roport of speech wholesale trade in foreign opium had hoped to reduce her loss by ler," aahore on the terrible Scilly on the quest on by Mr. Augustine can also be prohibited-3-Smok-evading the payment of duty lodges, and the recovery of spools Birrell reads interestingly Ling Habit. All opium dens are She was immediately released in from the King Ring just in
Mr. Birrell attended a luncheon to be ordered closed and after $5,000 bail, which she furnished the nick of time. given to members of Parliament this year opium smoking will be in cash.
of Disestablishment.
Two notes were found in her
Instances of Fraud,
Agupie.* Heokong, 17th Apríl 1912..............[ 011
·HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
NOTICE.
at the Westminster Palaco Hotel considered a crime and liable to by the Protestant Dissenting Do- punishment. Any one having room, one addressed to her lawyern the days before the era of puties and the Committee of the opium in his possession may have and the other to her brother, a steam and of depan tolography and after May 1st, 1919 the Liberation Society.
it soized and destroyed. prominent San Francisco banker. opportunities for fraud were charge for lighting fana, etc., will Responding to the toast of hie
"This plan has already been Her husband died fifteen years greater than they are now, and bersinoed toernts TWENTY-SEVEN health, he said: In regard to the presented to the National Dale- ago, leaving her a large fortune certain misguided persons did for UNIT, and the chargefor Badiatoss education question it was neces
gates at Nanking, and it is ox- She had intended to lecture before not hesitate to use them, Two and Motors to cen's TEN per: UNIT sary for Nonconformiste to make pected that they will approve the the well-known Century Olab of well-known casos gro cited by SCOUSTS WILL REMAIN AS up their minds what it was they most vigorous measures to stamp San Francisco on her arrival this authority, in which it was AT PRESENT What They must take care out this ruinous vios speedily home from her four round the alleged that vessels containing GIEB, LIVINGSTON & CO., that their solution of the question and thoroughly.
specie had boon leat by socident.
world,
Agenta,
*7th April, 1012. - [411]
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