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WHITE AUSTRALIA:
Another Side of the Policy.
Sydney, Nov. 10.
Not every
stralian holds by the "White Australia" shibboleth (writes a correspondent of the "N. China Daily News"). Many business men, who have visited the East, and seen something of its overcrowded state, bave come back deeply impressed with the idea that the Commonwealth is making a blunder in adopting a policy of unrelenting exclusion.
The latest of thiess is Mr. F. A. Palmer, a member of a leading Sydooy firm. He declares that there is trouble ahead. "Coming through China and Japan," he
told an interviewer, "I saw a population which was choking for an outlet. They teamed in millions. On the little islands of
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Japan, it seemed to me as if they would soon slop over into those. And then, when I came down the coast of our, great con- tinent, where there is scarcely a fly, let alone a man, to the square mite, Isaw the difference. These people won't stand this sort of iming fo, hung. If Britain gets. her masy
in the North up Son, where will web's with our little squibe of warships? The
... Mr. Palmer also had something to say about the business mora
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, ~SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912.
SHORT SERMON.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.. Palms, çili, 2,
POST OFFICE.
NEW YEARS HOLIDAY.
On Wednesday last, in accor The Post Office will be open' on dance with our national custom, Wednesday, the 1st January 1913 people stopped in their rognlar-from 8 till 9 am. only. There weekday round of work to give will be one delivery of ordinary thanks to God for the blessings correspondence and one collection and bounty of the year past.
The Money Order office will be entirely closed.
Millions knelt in prayer to thank ever-kind heavenly Father for a multitude of benefits far beyond counting-for to each perron among those millions the twelve-month now ending has brenght individual blessings, in addition to the more easily seen nationwide gifts, such as peace, plenty and prosperity.
of latters.
HAILS ARRIVED TO-DAY. Coastporte, 5.8. Kaijo-maru.
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MAILS VIA SIBERIA.
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London
Dec. 5 Dec. G
De Shanghai
Doc. 21 Dec. 23
MAILS CLOSE.
Swatow-Per Haimun, 29th Dec,
98.m.
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa via Tamaui-Per Daigi-maru,
29th Dec., a.m.
1.15.
Macao Per Sui Tah 29th Dec, Straits, Indin via Calcutta-Per Thongwa, 30th
World that every knee might be bent and every head might be bowed in acknowledgment of the may things for which all of as should be thankful. May the day be not far distant when this ob- servance shall be general in a literal sense; when its pleasures and pastimes shall be secondary considerations, the first thought being the showing of gratitude for the great goodness that comes to Japan via Kuchintu. Victoria
from One who must love us AN perfect mother loves her child
a
ren.
For Ho does for us all we can conceive a perfect mother could do, and often His mercies surpass. the bounds of our farthest dreama and highest hopes,
noon,
Dec.,
Macao-Per Sui Taï, 30th Pọc.-|
1.30 p.m.
{;
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVED.
WEATHER REPORT,
On the 28th at 11.50.-Pres- aure has given way sharply Cyclops, Br. 6.6., 9,032, D. Arthur, throughout Japan and the Loo
87th Dec-Manila 25th chaos, and has increased mode- Dec., Gen.-B. & 8.
Anghin,
Mail Steamers
THE PENINSULAR
The anticyclone has passed in- AND ORIENTAL S. N. COI
Ger, B.s., 1,005, O. Kum-rately over 8. China and Annam pel, 27th. Dec.-Swatow to the Pacific and depressions are 26th Dec., Rice.-B. &shown this morning to the East Waldemar, Ger. 8.8 1,736 of Japan to the East of Formoss. WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on or abone
H. Bremer, 27th Dec.- Pressure shows a tendency to Yokohama 20th Dea, increase over China Gen.-M. & Co. Siam, Br. s.s., 992, Payne, 37th
Prinz
the DATES named-
Strong monacion may expected over Formosa Channel and mode. SHANGHAI Deo. Bongay 24th Dec, rate to fresh monsoon over N
LONDON, Ooal. Order. D
China Sea.
VIA USUAL PORTS OF Seangohoon, Br. s.s., 3,722, W. T. Hongkong Rainfall for..the 24
CALL Larkins, 28th Dec-hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day Singapore 23rd Dec. 10.00 inches, .......
LONDON & ANT- Gen. Seang Taik Hong
WERPv.S'roak, Kalgan, Br. 8.5., 1,143, Davies,
PENANG, C'x30,. PORT BAD AND Marseilles..., SHANGHAI,
HOI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA...
28th Dec.-Canton 27th Dec, Ballast-B. & S. Linan, Br. B., 1,354. Williams,
28th Dec.-Canton 27th Leo, Gen.-B. & S. Tientsin, Br. e.s., Robertson, 27th Decongay 23rd Des., Coal B&B
Mexican Prince, Br. 8.8., 1,953, J.
C. Young, 28th Tec.- Shangbaf 24th - 1 ec.. Ballast P. Co. Kaijo Maru, Jap. 6 s., Y. Yama-
Tacoma Vancouver and Feattle-Fer Cyclops, Baltan. 30th Dec, 2 p.m. Formosa via Takao-Per Fukui- swatow, Amoy and Foochow maru, 30th Doc., 3 pm.
Por Haitan, 30th Dec., 5 p.m.
Manzanillo and Gusymas (Mexi-
Aroong the readers of this may he some who do not feel they have much for which to be thank-Saigon, fal; some who, while bowed in grief, have had the light of joy
Japanese bisterly resent our ex-hut out by clouds of loss; some clusion pilicy.
who have failed in what they tried to do; many who bare forod-for this, indeed; is the "atar of suffering" an Fra Ugo Bassi called it in his woderful
Sermon in the Hospital."
hty of the Japanese. It used to bo considered" he said that the Japanese was" a somewha slippery, enstomer in business Things, however, have change since then. When Japan was struggling for recognition
first-class Power,
да
it
To all such just one question, as the sorrow, the lack, the burden. been overpowering, and has no ray of blessing broken throngh the clouded sky ? Who can say it has! Where the life that for's whole was only the lower-class man who wont in for business and bis ear has been barren of blessings; where the life that has not felt moral standard, it must be conthe touch of a Father's hand or coded, was not high. But now shared in Ilis generous goodnessl the educated Japanese has sup
'Of course, it is human to plantod him, and Eis, one sim seems to be to remove the old magnify misforinno and take blessings as more or less a matter Main, and his greatest ambition
of course, but we have within us is to indice the European to trust the power to rise above mere him. In all my own relations
humanity and to approach the with them, I received nothing stature of the divine. We have "but the best of troetinent.
aver before us the possibility, re mote though it seem, of being perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect.
Coloured Competition.
The great bugbear by which the "White Australia" policy is buttresel (after the drond of the
And if we had kept strict ac-
co)-Per Kathe, 30th Dec., 5 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, Adelaide, West Australia. In dia, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles "Por Ernest Simons, 30th-
Dec., 5 p.m.-
Shanghai and North China-Per Choysang, 30th Dec.. 5 Courbet-Per Tientsin, 31st
Fort
Batavia,
pm.
Doo, 9, n.m.
Semarang. Sourabaya and Macassar Par Tjimanoek, 31st Dec., 10
a.mi,
28th
moto, 28th frecSwatow 27th Dec, Gen.-0.8 K Br. B.s., 1,182, J. S. Roach. lec-Foochow, Amoy Swatow 27th Dec, Gon. & Co..!
OLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE. Rec. 27, Denbighshire, for Antwerp. Prinz Waldemar; for Sydney. Kachidate-maru, for Karatsu. Neleus, for Yokohama.
J. B. Ang Kesslor, for Shanghai. Hongkong, for Haiphong.
Dec. 28. Petchaburi, for Kwong Yuen. Keongwat, for Haiphong. Carl Diederichsen, for Haiphong. Loongsang, for Manila. Haimun, for Swatow. Anping, for Bhanghai, Wingsang, for Shanghai, Sabine Rickmers, for Swatow. Suieang, for Weihaiwei. Zafiro, for Manila.
DEPARTED.
Dec. 28.
.
Tsingtau, Weihaiwei, Chefoo and Dalny Per Changchow, 31at Dec., 10 an Shanghai, North China, Japan, Wuhu, for Hongay.
vis Haji, Victoria, B.C. Halvard, for Bangkok. and Seattle-Per Awa Eiger, for Kwong Yuen, Mar, 31st Dec., 10.a.m. Prin Waldemar, for New Zealand. Shanghai, North Chinia Zafiro, for Philippine Islanda. Japan
Siberiaa
now
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
District.
Forecast. N. and 1 Hongkong and N.E. winds,
Neighbourhood.
Formosa Channel
moderate, fine.
N.strong.
The same 38 No. 1.
3 South coast of China between H.K. and Lamocks 48outh coast of) China betwoon H.K. and Hainan.
China Coast Meteorological
Register.
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Philippine Islands-Per Kaifong, Saigon,
Australian working man of colour-eniat of the blessings and bene- ed competition) is the dread of its that came during the pat intermarriage. But the present rear, we should find them for Fort policy seons directly calculat-greater a number than we now ed to lead to
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31st 3 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, Adelaide,
West Australia, India, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles-Per Ca ledonien, 31st Dec.. 5 p.m. Bayard. Haiphong, Pakhoi and Saigon-Fer Sikiang, 1st Jan., 8 am
Per Haimun. 1st Jan., 9. a.m.
Amoy and Foochow Per Kaijo Maru, 1st Jan 9 am.
Swatow,
who have been here before because they leave no scars. Yet Swatow, Amoy and Foochow are allowed to return. But how often the scars of past con- they are not allowed to bring ficta encourage and help us! their wives with them. The in- And how much of blessing evit.ble, and very conspicuous armes to nk through the common- consequence it that they take up places of life; the daily succes.Kudat with white women, who, some-sion of three small benefits so times, by the way, find their pro-long ours that we have come to Swatow, Amoy and Foochow taction a very welcome refuge think of them as part and parcel from the brutality of men of their of our own works, almost a own race and bring up large matters of our creation,-instead Japan families of half-casts. Thus it of gifts from without!" will be till the end of the chapter.
Think upon these things and Philippine Islands,
Thou art bettor to the worst of
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English
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and Sandakan-Fer Bor-
neo, 2nd Jan., 9.a.m. Per Haiyang 2nd Jan.. 5 p.m. via Yokohama Per A
Apear, 3rd Jan., noon.
Tasmania and New Zea land via Darwin-Por St. Albans. 4th Jan, 10
a.m,
Hongkong, for Haiphong. Neleus, for Shanghai. Kansu, for Swatow. Wingsang, for Shanghai.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Parse. Prinz Waldemar,arrived 27th inst., from Yokohama Campbell, Mr. & Mrs.
Per s.s. Kaijo Maru, arrived 28th inst., from Swatow- Brown, F. Q.Trimble, F. H.
7a---Bawɔ̃ — KUPAT & SANDAKAN.
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All the stormers of the European Line are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy. New Bystem, el Tollunkon.
T. F. Claxton, Director.. Hongkong, Observatory, Des: 28.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
MELCHERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGEETS, HONGKONG and CHINA:
Hongkong, 27th December, 1912.
1 Barometer, reduced to 32 DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
degrees Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths..
2 Temperature, in the shade, in Edegrees Fahrenheit.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED. Per 8.s. Lutzow, salled on 25th inst., for Singapore, &c.— Bunce, Mrs GG. Ngau ́ ́ Yuen- Chlynowsky, B ping Chu Koh-pau Petsche, B. Choo Hang Poon Ink-fook Chah Leung-eee Ross, Mr. and Chung Sang, Mr. Mrs. Geo H.
and Mrs. Rocque, La Read, Miss Carr, J. B. Chow Seok-yoon J. Frye, Mrs. Mary Swee Chee
G.
To Juan Jones Heidemann, J. Wood, Mr. and Koenig Libby, A. S... Li Ah Tye Liang M. A. Merrill, Mr. and
Mre, Moore, Miss J. Ng Shum, Miss Nahagawa
Mrs. H.
Whiting Australia
Wheatlor Wong, Kam-
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FOR SWATOW, "AMOY AND: FOOCHOW RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 daga.)
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation, the Humidity of air Cuisine. saturated with moisture being 100. 4 Direction of Wind, to two points.
5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Scale.
6 State of Weather, b blue sky, c detached cloud, d drizzling rain,
fog, g gloomy, h hail, 1 light-
ning, o overcast, .p passing Chau-showers, q squally, r rain, a snow, t, thunder, v visibility, w dew (wet),
via Kobe-Par Fook
Wong, sang, 4th Jan., 10 a m›
ting Straits, Burmah, Ceylon.
Wong Jun-shi Adelaide, Western Aus-
PASSENGERS EXPECTED. tralia, India, Aden, Egypt, and Europe via. Per 8.8. Kage Muru; from Lond Brindisi. (Late Letters don to Hongkong, etc-Messrs 11 a.m. to noon, Extra Hempthill, G. Barker, GR. Postage 10 cents.) (Sup-Baywood, Houyet, H, V. Jones, plementary mail on board. and Mrs. E. Wohlfarth, Mr.
"0 Rain in inches, tenths and hundredths.
METEOROLOGICAL,
Previous
Day On Date On Date
atsp.m.
Pillar Boxes in time for
up to the time fixed for. Minagawa, Mrs G. A. Forrest, Barometer 30.20 30.12 departure of the mall Messrs. U. W. Gorton, E. D Colla-Temperature: 66 (Extra Postage 10 cents) mer, WE, Sharp, Yang and Z. Humidity 62
Wind (Lettere posted in all the Hayashi.
Direction
30.02
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59
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be included in this con-
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the first clearance will 8 IPS PASSED THE CANAL Forcé
Moonwhile the Minister for this beautiful prayer :- External Affairs, Mr. Thomas, is determined to keep cut Chinese than the best of us deserve. women, and to turn out, if he Help us to realize how good afhanghai, North China and Japan qin those who, on one, protext or thing it is to bear pain and another, have already sncceeded weariness for Thee-like a keen in gaining admission. This is knife sharpened down to the not always in easy matter, handle. Teach na to be fair, Chinese wives, like Mrs. Pood fair in the distribution of what Goory, are allowed to visit their is, after all, not our own. May husbands for periods which are to our faith get into our hands and be strictly limited. But when feat, into our tongues and tem they are once here, they make pers, so that the world may sen | such moving appeals that their how warn is our Folicitude for time is extended; and when the Thy good name. May the man command to go at last bocames who is deliberately doing wrong peremptors, a damaging cry of have our pity and rebuke and, if abranzity" is raised against it may be, our sympathy and We thank to Minister. One woman he help. alloned in for three months At Thien for past mercies and present
tract mail.) The Parcel London, 10th December. the end of the period he wun in-blessings and future hopes, so
Mail will be closed on Arrivals from China:--C. Ferd duced to extend it three months bright, so insome, to dazzling.
Friday, the 3rd Jan., at Taesiz, Catchas, Hector, Glenfarg, more. But just before the second And they are sure to anme true.
5 p.m.-Per. Delta, 4th & agellan, Sachsen. three months expired; he got Rice Duty in the Philippines.
Jan,, 11 a.m.
The following vessels have pas- communication enclosing a
By the grace of an oxcoutive Philippine Islande Per Tuensed the Canal:-Carmarthen- medical certificate, stating that order signed on the 21st inst, by sang, 4th Jan, 1 p.m. hire, Kaga Mara, Kerber, Nyanza the Indy was quite unfit to travel, the aoting Governor General at Straits and India via Calcutta-Dunedin, Titan, Euphates ning
London, 13th December,T3 What can the mest Spartan of Manila the duty on rice will con-
Per Kutsang, 10th Jan
Arrivals from China Kitano Ministers do in a case of that tigue for one year at the rate new
1.p.m.
Maru, Prinz Eitel Friedrich Tues kind? The cases are numerous, being imposed. The present duty
The following vessels have wed.. Mr. Thomas has made up his is P2 per 100 kilos but if the Japan via Nagasaki, passed the Canal: Bohemia, Ther mind as to what he will not do oxecutive order continuing the
South Laertes, Poleus, Sardinia, Paul FIL He will not grant any more per rate had not been signed it would mits to Chinese ladies on any automatically have gone to P2.40 consideration whatever, though per 100 kiloa. Under the law the their request is backed up by all Governor General is given the the notors and lawyers in the authority which he exercised in Japan via Yokohama Per Ful-the strictest European Buper-
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