The Hongkong Telegraph.
July 9th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 82, p.m. 89; Humidity...82, 58,
No. 8884
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Barometer 20.78
July 8th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 84, p.m., 83; Humidity...76, 78.
TELEGRAMS.
WEDNESDAY,
JULY
10,
1912.
三拜禮
酖十月七英游
TELEGRAMS.
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TELEGRAMS.
THE COPPER MARKET.
COLLIERY DISASTER.
TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.
SCHUMACHER CUP.
PORTUGUESE ROYALISTS
SIX EXPLOSIONS:
STATESMEN'S INSPECTION.
A DESPERATE BATTLE.
RESULT OF THE SHOOT.
A SLUMP.
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph.”]
London, July 9, 2.50 p.m. Received, 10, 1.2 a.m.
Copper has Benantionally slumped £4, falling to £711 cash. This was due to "bear raids and rumours of cutting by independents in America..
The pries now stands at £723. Copper shares are comparativo- ly but little affected.
Lator
The loading copper shares had by ooning practically regained their initial doulines.
THE CHAMBERLAIN FUND.
London, July 9, 4.50 a.m. Received, & p.in.
The first day's contributions to Mr. Wyndliam's Chamberlain fund amount to £300, including donations from Mr. Bonar Law (who was the first contributor of a shilling), Lord Selborne and Sir Starr Jamoson.
FEARED 80 KILLED.
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."}
London, July. D.. Roceived, 10, 10.48 a.m. Two explosions have occurred at the Denaby Colliery, nour Conisbrough Castle, which was bring visitor by His Majesty the
King yesterday.
There were 30 men at the corner where the explosions oc curred, and all have perished. Thoro wore over 200 working at the time.
scenes
were
OUR FLEET.
Router's [Service to the " Telegraph."]
London, July 9, 6.50 p.m.
Received, 10, 0.45 a.m.
The inspection of the Fleet by members of both Houses of
Parliament took place at Spithead in sunshine. There were 30,000 civilians allont and massos aghoro, The Armadale Castle, with members of the Houses of Parlia ment nboard, steamed for thirty miles down six lines of 223 war- ships, including 44 battleships and 61 cruisers. Afterwards the legislators boarded the vessols and watched the working of the guns, and attacks by submarinos and destroyers. The work of the
fleart-rending witnessed at the pithend.
The second explosion was aviators, especially on the hydro- heard for miles,
aeroplane, was greatly admired.
In the evening the Fleet put
Some of the bodies have been recovered, and the dead include 40 or 50 rostulers,
Despite the disaster, the King descended Elsecar Mino for a die- tapco of a thousand foot, •
FURTHER EXPLOSIONĖ.
Lator.
Four further explosions have
THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. pourred.
FALLEN ROYALTY.
(From Chinese Sources.]
THE DEATH-ROLL.
So far, the doad altogother number 65, but it is foured that: the denth-roll will not to BD. ANXIETY FOR RESCUERS.
Shanghai, July 01. It is foared that a resou The Ex-Empress Dowager hus party is overwhelmed. Further ordered the ex-Emperor to dis- rescuers who have beon making
the searchos found oard his queue, while the mem- bors of the Royal household are actually decorated in honour of At the same time ordered to the King's visit to the district.
abolish buttons and feathers' and to adopt Chinese enstume.
TO THE POINT.
The new Promior lus bogged the Govorumont to spocifs wlunt ate the powers possoused by the Prosilont and the Vice-President.
REPUBLICAN NOTES. In commemoration of the establishinent of the Central Bank in Poking, notes are to be iesued bearing the likeness of Provident Yuan.
colliors
ROYAL SYMPATHY,
Their Majesties have telegraphi od their sympathy with the borenved.
OFFICIALS KILLED, The dead include Mr. W. H. Pickering, F.G.S., Government Inspector of Mines, and Mr.. Howitt and Mr. Pickle, inspectors for Sheffield and Doncaster ro- spectively.
£1,000 FOR NEW GUINEA BUTTERFLY.
out to sea for the manceuvres.
Reuter's [Service to the “Talegraph.4"]
London, July 0. Received, 10, 11.34 a.m.
Reuter's Rome correspondent wires that the Italians have occupied Misrata after desperate fighting
Router's
[Service to the Telegraph."]
London, July 9, 4.35 p.m. Received, 10, 8.36 an.
The result of the shoot for tho
Sohumacher Empire Day Cup is as provisionally wired on May
A series of bayonet charges 25th, by which the 2nd Battalion were made against a stubborn Royal Fusiliers at Jubbulporo, resistance, and the Turks sub-headed the list with a score of sequently fled to the interior
caving hundreds of dead. The 3,791, but the following ad- Italian casualtics wore 9 killed ditional scoros are returned :—1st and 121 wounded.
SHIRTMAKERS STRIKE.
Loudon, July 9, 4.50 p.m.
Received, 6 p.m.. Hundreds of girl shirtmakers
the employers. are charging for
WARSHIPS DESPATCHED.
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph.""}
London, July 9, 4.50 a.m. Received, 5 p.m.
$86 ras "AmxUM
SINGLE Corr 10 Oxir."
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN,
Telegrams.
The 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers have won the Sohumacher Empire Day Cup.
The first day's contributions to the Chamberlain Shilling Fund totalled £300.
There has boon a slump in the The Lisbon correspondent of copper market, but sharos are not including one from the Azores, Reutor states that three warships, much affeclod.. are proceeding to Northern Portu- gal with troops and machino
It is reported that the Lisbon gung. The cruiser Vasco de Government has got the upper Gama was stranded in forcing and in the Itayalist invasion. the bar of Villadocondo.
After a dosporate fight in which
A FOUR HOURS BATTLE.
Later. The aquabble between the General Couceiro's forces were | Libéral and Labour factions over Battalion Fourth Australian Ijoined by another band, the total the Hanley bye-election still con- fantry 3,179 10th Hussars, strongth being 500, with guna tinues. Rawal Pindi, 3,120; Hazara and bombs. They fought a battle Pioneers, 2,075.
lasting for four hours with 140 Republican troops at Chavos, the The 2nd
Royalists retreating with loss. Among the prisoners is Joam the Turks were routed by bayonet Almeida, an ex-officor, who charges, the Italians have oo- distinguished himself in fighting cupied Misrata. in Africa. It is officially declared that the attempts to interrupt the tolographs and railways have boon checked and order generally Is boing restored....
GOVERNMENT ON TOP. Later.
Battalion Royal at Taunton have struck because Fusiliers win the Cup, silver the cotton used in manufacture medals and £100 sterling; on the ground of the Insurance and the 1st Lincolus (Adon) aro impost.
second with a score of 3,219, and secure bronze medals and £50..
POLICE RAID ON
NEWSBOYS.
Owing to the arrest of one of our news- boys by the POLICE yesterday afternoon, many of the boys became frightened and returned to this office with their papers unsold.
As a consequence of this arrest and fright, we NOW OFFER to all bona fide NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the "HONGKong tele- GRAPH," whose names are enrolled during the month of JULY, the SPECIAL RATE of $1.50 (half price) PËR MONTH.
If the action of the police prevents the paper from being sold on the streets by news- boys we will sell it direct from this office as well as deliver it to all our subscribers, old. and new alike.
Hongkong, July 2, 1912.
CAMORRA TRIAL ENDS.
HEAVY SENTENCES.
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, July 9th. Received, 6.5 p.m.
OLYMPIC SPORT,
TUG-OF-WAR.
Router's [Service to me "Telegraph."]
A PRESS WAR, At present a Pross war is raging in Peking on necount of the friction that oxists between
A jot black butterfly, valued at the various political parties. The manager of the "Nan Kwok Po" nhout £1,000, as big almost as a bas, with others, destroyed the robin, with wings measuring 11. furniture of the "Independent 1-2 inches from tip to tip, hna been Nowe," Hea Fat-so, the pub-brought to London from New lisher of the "Man Kwok Po," Gaines by Mr. A. L. Mock, an has summoned Tin Tang and explorer in the service of the Walter Rothschild, mil- other journalists, all members of Hon. the Jointly Sworn Society, for lionaire owner of the famous pri- assault and rowdyism, while, invate museum in Tring Park,
Several new varieties of butter- turn he is cross-summoned for sedition and slander.--"Shat flios, by far the largest in the world, were discovered in New Po,'
Gainsa-by Mr. Mock. "I had to. take up from the const," he say that the Camorra trial, begun on "cases of pearl shell, tomahawks and bonds of all kinds before I March 11th 1911, has concluded. could get the assistance of the Eight of the accused were con- natives in capturing the batter-victed of the murder of Cuocolo flies. The natives shoot them and his wife, and were sentenced with four-prong arrows, which to thirty years' solitary confine- relay race Britain was first, the they use for killing birds. ment and ten years' supervision. time being 42 4-10 seconds, and "The female giant butterflies Threoaccomplices received twenty Sweden second at 42 6-10 seconds. are all blook or brown, or white, years' and nine received six years' Germany was disqualified. but the males are splendidly solitary confinement respectively. marked in green and gold. I All the others were gonvicted of brought back also with me a criminal association as members butterfly which has a hairy body of the Camorra and received five on account of the intense coldness or four years' solitary confine- ment saol according to the of the Bnow Mountains.
circumstances.
BETTER PAY.
Shanghai, July 0. Dr. Sun Yat-son has tolegraph- ed to President Yuan naking that all the officials should be well paid as compensation for their heavy responsibilities.
BANK MANAGER. Tang Sin-tung has been ap pointed manager of the Central Bank,
MARTIAL LAW.
Martial law has been proclaim- ed in Hupeh.
A message-from-Viterbo-states
.one
Mombara of both Houses of Parliament have inspected the Fleet at Spithead. There wors 223 warships drawn up.
H.M.S. Pembroke, who osme next with a score, of 3,100, are judged ineligible in the open priza list, as & training establish- All tho news of the Portuguese
At Stockholm England won the mont,
and consequently the invasion omanates from Lisbon, Garrison Artillery, Capetown, are but it certainly appears that the 400 metres relay race, while third with a score of 3,183, Government has got the upper Police in the tug-of-war.
Sweden beat the London City winning bronze medals and £25. hand, though skirmishing con- Thereafter, competing teams from tinues. Martial law has been the 4th to the 18th positions proclaimed in the disturbod receive from £20 to £10,
The 10th Hussara are aworded a special prize of £25 as the bost mounted body, and the Australian Infantry £26 as the bost Irregu-
lars.
SINGAPORE FORGED NOTE CASE.
ared.
A CORRECTION.
A series of explosions have occurred in Denaby Colliery, and it ie foared that 80 lives are lost.
It was the Almirantoreis, and The doad include 'Mr. W. H. not the Vasco de Gama, which Pickering, Government Inspector stranded; she has now been re- of Mines. floated.
The great Comorra trial, opened over a year ago, has now been concluded, and eight of the acous The D. P. P. objected to the ed convicted of murder have been whole of this amount being hand-given thirty years' solitary con fed over. It was a very serious facmont. Other heavy sentences
offence and the penalty was very were passed.
Bovero.
LOCAL
In the Summary Court to-day judgment was given in four cases "gainst the Chinese firm who figured as plaintiffs in the recent big insurance case.
Accused Remanded without Ball. G. Sabatier, n French barber,
Some discussion botwoon coun- Jules Muller, his senior assistant, sal followed, and the D. P. P. said | and Mrs. Ohio Sabatier, wife of he had no objection to money and the first accused, came before the shares to "the value of $2,000 Singapore Court on July 2 for a being handed over.
The Coronation Garage case preliminary enquiry into charges
was continued in the Suprone Mr. Lucie Smith applied for a Court to-day, of forgery of currency notes and possession of forged notes and sufficient amount of money to be instruments for forging.
paid to the employes, between Mr. G. G. Seth, the Deputy $400 and $500.* Public Prosecutor, applied for a Mr. Battenborg said to simplify postponement. He said a lot of matters he would ask that money exhibits had been sent to the not exceeding $2,500 and the Government Analyst and be pass book be handed over. would take some time still to go His worship concurred and the
Mr. Melbourno Was into the chemical analysis of all case was fixed for hearing at
again the things found. In one week, 11.30 am. on June 9..
engaged to-day in hearing the he (the D. P. P.) would be ready Mr. Lucie Smith applied for case against the stowaways on the to proceed with the case.
bail for Sabatier and enbmitted. Empire. One was dismissed His Worship asid he would that the accused were entitled to and the others remanded.. grant a postponement if neces- bail under the Criminal Pro-
cedure, Ordinance.
A Chinese was summoned at ' The D. P. P. said it was not a the Police Court to-day for allow bailable offence. He intended to ing mosquito larvae to accumulate add an alternate charge.
in his garden and thereby pro note the breeding of the insects,
sary.
Mr. Battenborg also applied for bail for Muller, but he would note was fined $5. press the application. -
The Dopaty Public Proseoutor said it was absolutely necessary, London, July, 9, 2.10 p.m. Received, 4.52 p.in.
as direct evidence would be given on the exhibits in the hands of Sweden won the tug-of-war the Government Analyst,
Mr. Lucie Smith appeared on Police in the first pull, and the behalf of Mr. L. E. Gaunt, for final. They beat London City
Mr. Samy said a certain amount
Burglars have relieved the re- latter were disqualified for sitting Sabatier. Mr. W. A. N. Batten- of leniency might be shown to
borg was for Muller and Mr. number three, a woman. Being sidence of Mr. E. Ormiston of in the second pull.
Samy for Mrs. Sabatier,
in prison would injuro her health. 250 worth of articles while he. Mr. Battenberg said he had Her husband was here and he was asleep, and have also made no objection to postponement, but (counsel) was sure she would not an unsuccessful attempt at Mr. D. would make an application re-leave the Colony. She was not Bhellim's residence. garding some of the belongings used to confinement,
VICTORY FOR BRITAIN." In the final of the 400 metres
LIBERAL-LABOUR QUARREL.
London, July 9.. Received, 6.18 p.m.
of the Booused, which were in The D. F. P. said he believed
An interesting case came be- possession of the police, and Mrs. Pankhurst had been refused which had nothing to do with this bail for a considerable period. It fore Mr. Melbourne, to-day, when case. He asked that that property was unfortunate that the third an owner and a tenant wOTO house be handed over to the accused accused should be charged in charged for occupying Money would be necessary for connection with this case but the which had been ordered to be their defence. Muller wanted his law was no respecter of persons The case against the latter was closed by a magistrate's 'order. bank pass book.
unless it could be shown that her The D. P. P. said, the Crown health was endangered. He withdrawn and the former was had not got the pass book. They thought the evidence he would bound over on promising to allow had the key of Muller's box. call at the next hearing would no-one to sleep on the premises.
Mr. Battenberg said the pase show charges against all three
ENOUGH CRITICISM. The Governor General of "I had a couple of my native
Ten Labourite Members of Yunnan has been attacked by the boy hunters killed and eaten by
TRAGIO INCIDENT. Parliament and Mr. Martin Press for having recommended Now Guinea cannibala, who kindly
Liberal member, supported Mr. the appointment of Leung Kai-sent me back the bones."
When the accused were recall-Finey at Hanley yesterday. Mr. The hairy butterfly described ed into the cage to hear the Ramsay Macdonald said that book and mousy were in the safe, under the principal count of chin, h follower of Heung Yan-
of fifty Liberal members bad wal, the reformer. He has now by Mr. Mook, now in the Roths verdiot, Demarinis,
The D. P. P. had no objection forgery requested the President, to stop child collection, is almost furry, the men convicted of murder, petitioned the Master of Elibank
His Worship said any applios the Press from commenting so thick is its covering, and it drew from his pocket a piece of to give the seat to the Labour to a reasonable amount to pay
The Ministry of Navy has a wonderful appearance. The glass or a sharpened coin. With Party The Labour members expenses, but he objected to the tion would have to be supported explorer, who has bron: twenty this he cut his throat and collaps were ready to take up the war whole property being handed by medical evidence. He was decided that on the let of Aulus
Psathified that in this case bail next the new Naval flag shall three years in New Guine, brings od in a pool of blood, in- challenge and give the Govern over.
Mr. Bot enborg said the safe should be refused, and he would hoisted by all the warshipper back with him also specimens of describable confusion ensued, ment a General Election within a
many of the epsolators shrieking" year.
contained $5,000, 25
Hof dekat balle
blic famous birds of pheno
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Chinese Naval Flag?: