The Hongkong Telegraph.
October 24th, 1912, Temperaturo a.m. 72, p.m. 70; Humidity...87, 71
No. 8926
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(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1912 by the Proprietor.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25′′ 4012,
TELEGRAMS.
OBITUARY.
THE WAR.
THE CHINESE REPUBLIC.
BİG TURKISH REVERSE.
DR. SUN AT WUHU.
VISCOUNT PEEL.
Router'a [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, October 24, . Reuter's correspondent at Sofia reports that it is officially an- nounced that the Bulgarians have 000upied Kirk Kiliseoh, tho Turkish garrison of 50,000 and two Pashas being captured,
A SANGUINARY BATTLE.
Reater's correspondent at Con- stantinoplo states that it is offi- cially announced that the Turkish Western Army, near Kumanovo, attacked four Servian divisions, and a sanguinary battle ensued. There were enormous Serving losses and the onomy were routail, the Turks pursuing them.
ANOTHER VERSION.
A Bolgrado telegram says the Servian version is that the Ser vians captured part of a fortress aftor dosporate fighting, which is will proceeding round the town.
FURTHER TURKISH LOSSES
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Router's correspondent at Sofia says it is officially announced that in Moulay's fighting at Kadikeui, near Mustafa Pasha, the Turka lost 73 killed, 04 prisoners, and 5 maohine guns,
PERSISTENT BULGARIANS.
(From Chinese Mourcon.)
Shanghai, Octobor 24. Dr. Sun Yat-sen arrivod zat Wu-hu to-day.
A RECOMMENDED APPOINT.
MENT.
Vice President Li Yuan-hong bas telegrapha to President Yuan recommending the appointment
Koutor's
(Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, October 24...
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[The deceased Poor was the first
TELEGRAMS.
H.K. & S. BANK.
GERMAN INFLUENCE DENIED
Reuter's
(Service to ihu." Telegraph."]
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London, October 24.
WEATHER FORECAST:
FAIR Barometer 29.07
October 24th, 1911, Temperature am, 76, p.m., 75; Humidity.....72, 12,
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TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
DREADNOUGHT MISHAP.
A COMMANDER INJURED.
Reuter's
(Service to the "Telegraph."},"
London, Octobor 24.
An accident occurred during
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HOME RULE.
THIRD CLAUSE passed.
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."}
London, October 24. Clause 3 of the Home Rule
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The death in announced of Vis- In the House of Commons, Sir count Peel, P.C., D., at the Edward Gray, replying to Mr. the launch of the twentieth Bill, providing religious safe- ugo of 83 years,
Ginnell, said he believed to be Dreadnought, the Marlborough, guarde, has been adopted, with
at Devonport.
the aid of the "guillotine." holder of the title, which was treated in erroneous the sugesting that the hawser broke, injuring Com 1895, and mean of a grant Bir longkong and Shanghui Bank is mander Winthrop and several Robert Peel. He was a Liteal of the largely controlled by German men. Commander Winthrop was old school and hold various Ministerial influence.
admitted to hospital. ports, Low Speaker of the House Tof Comitons from 1884 to 1895. After
of Tang Fa-leung as Communis elavation to the Peeragebedid much, sioner of Interior in lupeh.
PEKING FOREIGN CONCESg Commission. The heir 10
SION.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is disousing with the Diplomatic Body the question of the exten- sion of the foreign concossion in. Peking,
AVIATION.
A Russian airman has arrived nt Poking, and will give a series
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CHINESE FINANCE.
of flights with his acroplane.-nance, "Slint Po."
MILITARY INQUIRY.
Poking, October 24.
CANNON FACTORY.
and tho loan
for
Scavenging Byelaws.
LOCAL SPORT.
CRICKET NEWś.
$86 PER AI Sixeta Corr 10 Cmỳ,
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
By the aid of the "guillotine", Clause 3 of the Home Ruls Bill has passed the House of Commons. It provides religious safeguards.
During the launbl of the Dread- nought Marlborough at DovoN“. port a hawser broke and injured s Commander Winthrop and severab
men.
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LOCAL.
Owing to the Fronch Govern- ment refusing to grant a quota- tion on tho Paris Bourse, the rati- work on Commissions and drew up the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Sanitary Board from the Pokfu- monotable Minity hepar of the
lum reservoir. The crusade for
A match has been arranged to fication of the Belgian Loan of (Continued from page 9.)
attacking the purity of that sup take place on the Hongkong ten millions to China is rendered 1 title is the Hon. William R.
ply and even going so far as to Cricket Club ground to-morrow, impossible. Wellesley Pol, Unionist MP then the number of police por recommend that it should be between Mr. Turner's XI. and Taunton, who is 46 years of age.] houd was very large indeed. The shut up altogether was useless. Mr. H. Elancock's XI. Play is to In the House of Commons, Sir Hon. Captain Superintendent, the Tho water was good and the commence at 2 p.m. Teams :- Edward Grey, replying to Mr. flon. Colonial Secretary and him- necessity for it apparent. Even Mr. Turnor's XI-—W. C. D. Ginuoll, said he believed it to be self had gone into the matter and with the new reservoir they could Turner, A. C. E. Elborough, A. A. orroneous that the Hongkong and wore of opinion that the increase not hope to do without it." Claxton, E. A. S. Fowler, A. H. Shanghai Bankis largely control- was sufficient. Turning to the
Gillingham, G. B. Sayor, J. W. led by German influanco.ma A Home Paper's Remarks.
nileged burglaries His Excellency, Dealing with the proposal of Stephenson Jellie, R. O. Hutchi- afterenggesting means for keeping the Colonial Secretary to adopt son, Lt. H. G. Bagnall, Capt. H. According to Turkish reports, The week ending, September out the burglar, said he had gono Scavenging and Conservancy K. Hughes, Corpl. Taverner the Western Turkish Army has H. Hancock's XLt. A. G. hud sanguinary battle with 27, says the London and Chinn carefully into the so-called burg- Brolaws, the Hon. Mr. H. E Express," has boon distinctly in laries at the Peak. There was no Pollock K.O, said that there was White, Capt. R. D. Crawford, Lt. four divisions of Servisns, inflict- teresting in the matter of Chinoer burglary among them, technically one point which he thought ought F. W. Christian, R. E. O. Birding severe losses ou the enemy, for known as a burglary. Access was to be brought to the notice of the Lance Corp. Dempsey, Lt. N. J. who were routed. The Borvian £10,000,000 contracted for by either gained threughanopon door Council, and that was Bye Law No Willams, II. H. Taylor, A. Ni version is totally different. Messrs. J. Birch, Crisp and Co. or through an open window. If or-8. The clauso, among others, to Josoland, J, S. Lloyd, E. B. Road, with the Chinese Government has dinary precautions had been taken which be referred was subsection The Kowloon À, team are to
The Diplomatic Body in Peking bren issued as to ono moiety. Wo in those five onses they would pro-1 of section 1,and referring to the play the Civil Service eleven on are not so much concerned with lably not have ocourred. The Hill District. The procedure sot the Civil Service ground at Happy is drawing up a protest against the blasts and countor-blasts by Chinose were already taking out in clause & seemed to him to Valley tomorrow, at half past two, the proposal of the Minister of the rival institutions. What we procautions and if the Europeans be altogether inapplicable to the The game will be well worth Finance to pay the revenue from Tuan Ki-sui, Minister of War, desire to look at is China herself would follow their example and practice which had prevailed on witnessing, as the rivalry between the Tientsin salt gabolle to the
In the Hill the two is great.
| Chartered Bank for the service of has arrived at Pao-ting-fu to and the ultimate effect that her if the Chinese would push their the Hill district.
The Kowloon Cricket Club B. the Orisp Loan, on the ground conduct an enquiry into the present clion may entail upon precautions a little further, the district the householders provided
her. The promoters of the Captain Superintendent would themselves with bins for the team will meet the Royal En-that this is already mortgaged. The Bulgarian artillery are now trouble orented by the cadets of and the representatives have a very much better record purpose of containing ashes and gineers' eleven on the Kowloon heavily bombarding Adrianople.
the Six Powere group to show. Then, as to the rumours domestic refuse, which was cleared grounds at half past two. Already two outer forts have the Military College and also to of
0. C. O. and Police mest on boon captured.
roorganize the management of have issued statornants and coun- of bribery and oorroption in the sway-in his own case at about the college.
tor-statements explaining their police force, it was a very serious 2.30 s.m. He thought that some the Police ground, at 2 p.m. in a respective positions; the Foreign matter, of course, and the first that smeadinont should be inade sa Lengue fixture. The following
The gold ring reported to have Office has intimated that the he had heard of it and be would that the byblaw should be will represent the C.0.0.R.A been missing from the Zafiro on British financiera responsible for make what investigations he could in conformity with the pro-Carvalho, J. V. Braga, E.L, Braga, this loan have been noting in into the mattar. The question vailing practice; and prevent the R. Pestonji G. A. Enuoook, W. H. the 28th ult., has been found. direct opposition to the wishes of bringing the Indian watchmen bye law from being open to Viveash. L. A. Rose, W. A. Rose, and policy of His Majesty's Go- undor polico supervision and misconstruction. He moved that J. D. Noria, C. Johnstone, R verniment, and Sir John Jordan control came up some time ago the byelaws should he referred Bass.
were given back to the Sanitary Board and as outered at Peking a very for and instructions cible protest against the tran. which have been carried out that he was quite sure it would bo
The effect on action.
the the police should report to their possible to amend them in some The first round of the Distillers' to employers any watchman that way to fit in with the practice Company Ltd., compotition was British publio has boon wall advertise any issue, and this they found sleeping on duty. The actually prevailing.
finished on Thursday night on His Excellency said that the the Civil Service Ground." was shown by the way the under-Honourable mombor had referred writing was handled, thaugh in in the escaping of convicts from matter could stand over until the
Sergeant T. Pitt won by two some quarters it was refused the the gaol. He would like to say next meeting, and the mntier points, and he is said to be fav
ourite for the finals, The East Asiatic Company's loan will doubtless be taken that the enquiries slowed that if closed.
The games yesterday, were Daily Report for October 18 saya. by the publis. No one is denied the staff had carried out their
The Hon Attorney General very exciting, and the finals will The market in Londen, vester-ho right of invealing his, money written. instructions, the escape day, was woak and declining. if he chooses though practically would not have occurred. There- moved the second reading of the be more so,
"An Ordinance to The closing prices were :--- the value of the security for the fore it seemed to him hardly bill entitled
Hard One Para.......
loan is small. But the fact is reasonable that on on account consolidate and amend the law vehicles and forward... 4151 that for Chius a situation has of this one escape there should with respect to first latex crepo; doli- been created that must be viewed bo commission appointed traffic." In doing so he pointed NEWS FOR BUSY MEN. returned from leave to-day by
onquiro into with serious anxiety. The British to
the out that the bill oarefully very next three months 4/24
Government has recorded its adequacy of the staff and the or-defined the different olasse8 of
and.
power gave opinion at Peking against the loan,ganisation. The latter was in vehicles, Singapore Produce.
and the corollary of this is the hands of Mr. Craig who was to the Governor-in-Council to demand by the Powers for the at present on leave and he was make regulations as necessary, ronumption next year of the in-about as a capable an officer na for the licensing of these vehicles, buyers $9.00 demnity payments, which have was possible to find. He spent and for the regulating of their and were greeted by oheering Copra, Sundried...
(Cube No. 1) unpicked 14.50 been suspended since the revolu fifteen years in prisons at Home conduct,
11.15 tion, and the settlement of ar- before he came to the colony and The second reading was passed. Browde.
Merchant Shipping, rears, which by the end of Decem- he could not think that there was
On the motion of the Hon. At 20.20 her will practically amount to much wrong with the staff or its 34.00 84,000,000.
ndequacy for the same reason. torney General, the bill, entitled of 4.00 Further Foreign Liabilities. After dealing with the question "an ordinance to amend the mer Farther foreign liabilities of of salaries His Excellency turned chant shipping ordinance 1899" 5.00 China up to June, 1913, inelude to the matter of prison accom- passed its second and third rend- 33.00 the Belgian loan of £1,250,000, the modation. He admitted that it inge. advances of the Six-powera group was deplorable that at the pres
At Constantinoplo it is an nounced that there was heavy fighting all Wednesday between Adrianoplo and Kirk Kiliaseh. Both sides were showing the ut most bravery and determination. .No decisive result was expected
before Thursday evening.
al
GREEK SUCCESS.
Router's correspondent Athens says that it is officially announced that the Grooks have captured Serlidjo and occupied the bridge over the River Aljak- mon, thus cutting off the Turks' retreat. They captured 22 field guns and a largo number of prisoners.
A SERVIAN VICTORY.
Router's Belgrade correspond- ent wires that the Sorviane lave' captured the town of Novibazar, preceded by three days' desperats! fighting, the Turks holding strongly fortified positions. One
The Government intends to devate a capital of $2,000,000 to build a gun and cannon factory in the Thren Eastern Provinces,
"Sai Kai Kung Yik Po,"
London Rubber Market.
hundred and eighty more wound-Gambier ad arrived at Belgrade Hospital,
DUTIES RAISED.
The Porto has decided to raiso the import duties from 11 per cont. to 14 por cont. in Adriano-
ple.
A CONTINUOUS RAID.
IT
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October 18, 1912.
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Mixed Pepper Black ...
White 6 per cent. Sago Flour, Sarawak ...
Brunei No. 1
Pearl Sago Coffee Bali
11
Palembang 10 por
cent. basis Tapioca, small flinke
small pearl med. pearl Opium, Ohina
Straits
Telegrams sponk of a con. linuous raid throughout the sant Tin of war.
The Turks claim two sucoessen.
Important Legislation at
Singapore.
At a mesting of the Singapore
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Rice, Rangoon White Rice, fiam No. 1
..do. - No. 2
Petroleum.
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10.80
nom.
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Vehicles and Traffic,
LAWN BOWLS..
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
Visopunt Peel, a former Speaker the House of Commons, is dead.
After three days' desperate fighting, the Servians have cap tured the town of Novibazar.
The Bulgarians have occupied
32.00 of £1,750,000, the indemnity in-out time the gaol was crowde 1 but The New Japanese Embassy.
860 stalments of $1,500,000, besides he would remind them that in the The new home of the Japanese
several Japanese and German year 1910 an additional wing Embassy is at No. is 10, Gros. Kierk Kilisach and captured the 7.80 loans, aggregating £1,000,000, was put up and in 1011 the pri vonor-aquars, whore Canning and Turkish garrison of 50,000 and 113.30 recently contracted in anticipat son accommodation was adequate. Granville kept house together two Pasts, "
3,400 ion of a comprehensive loan-There had been a very large in three generations ago. It is noti
FER
220
320
200
Devon's Imp. Brilliant
Oil (2 tina)
,
A. quarrel in the market in Shaukiwan has been the masnu Í.
a man being sont to the hospital.
The box, marked Cook, said to have been missed by a passenger on the s.8. Eastern, has bʊan found.
Two coolies who ran over a man's foot with a dust cart were fined $10, at the Police Conrt, this morning.
Commander Basil Taylor R.N., Harbour Master of Hongkong,
the s.8. Delta.
A draft of £17.15, represent- ing 355 wubscribers, has been Bent to London, to the Joseph Chamberlain Birthday Shilling Fund.
To-night the Hongkong A.D.O. give their opening performanos of " A Pair of Spectacles." There will be a repost performance to-morrow night. ⠀⠀
One man was fined $26, an- other 55 and thirteen others $2, at the Police Court, this morning for being concerned in a gembi- ing house at Yaumati.
Celebrations are to be held at Macao during the next day, on a 1,250 roughly a total of 49,500,000. oresee in the daily population of coable how many Embassies and Telograme relative to the Bal-somewhat extensive scale, in Should China fail to pay the the gaol but they hoped it was Legations have found homes on kan conflagration speak of a con connection with the establishment arrears and to meet the instal-only temporary. There were the Grosvenor estates, Italy is tinuous raid throughout the seat of the Chinese Republic. The French line from Hongkong is ments of the idemanity as they fall several causes which entributed already in Grosvenor square, of war.
running special excursions from due, the Powers may insist on to it. One was the extreme act Spain and the Netherlands are in
The Bulgarian artillery is Saturday to Tuesday in connec taking over the administration of ivity of the commissioner of police Grosvenor-gardens, Chile in Com 3.42 the salt gabaile, part of the seat Canton who had made it so hot venor-strest, Austria-Hungary in heavily bombarding Adrianopletion with the festivities. Legislative Council held recently Sylvan Arrow Oil (2
curity stipulated by the Peace for the undesirables that they had Belgrave-square, Belgium Je near and has already onptured two the Orders of the Day included tina)
3.11 Protocol.
preferred to come here. Another by, and Denmark is in Upper outer foria, some important measures. Fish Brand (2 tins in oase at 3.15! The revenues are already pled factor was the obespness of the Belgrave-strost. Time was, anys Among them were the Wireless Oil 12 tins at 3.15 ged against six obligations=|fore.
the Westminster Gazsite," when The Gresks have captured Ser Telegraph Bill," to provide for LampGlass 12 tinalacase at 3.15 namely, the Anglo-German loan After dealing with the points the Japanese Ambassador would fuje.and occupied a bridge over the regulation of wireless telo superfine) 12 tins, at 3.05 of 1893, the Boxer indemnity, the made by the Hon Members in their not easily have get servants for the river Alinkmon, thus cutting graphy," first reading; the Bat- Langkate 2tinsin oase at 3.05 Peking-lankow Railway loan of various speeches, His Excellency, Grosvenor square. Some 80 years off the Turkish rotros, ing Bill, "for the suppression of Dragon 12 tins
at 2.08 1908, the Hakuang Railway loan referring to the question of ago a member of Parliament who of 1191, advances on account of the water supply, gave reasons moved thither from Marylebone public places," first reading; and Bulk Oil per drum of
the Currency Loan, and advances why it was necessary to be told Maosalsy that all his servants at 2.55 by the Six-Powers Group, and cautious and urged on unofficial had given him notion, deolining et 2.70 dos little more than mest these members to une
faff to be taken to quch in outlandish Turpene persin e gallons as: 9.60 pharges/
Chou to divers she attendons of the place.
belling houses, and batting in
Brand
gella
The second reading of the Supply Bill with the estimaton for next] Cross Oil (2 tins)
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Turks last. 73 killed, while
In the fighting at Kadikeui
were taken prisoners and machine gune ospturede
The quick rise," last. week,, in Hongkong and Whampoa Dook shares has given rise to much curiosity locally. We are autho rised to state that a movement is under discussion for bringing
g. about a working agreement-he- treon this firm and the Taikoo
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the Dookyard, whereby the present. keen and regrettable, competition between the two may be done away with