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The Hongkong Telegraph.
March 6th, 1913, Temperature a.m. 58, p.m. 62; Humidity...85, 69.
晚九月正年丑癸
No. 9036
TELEGRAMS.
`FOREIGN AIRCRAFT.
STRINGENT BRITISH RULES.
Router's
[Servisa to the "Telegraph."] London, March 5.
In virtue of the powers confer- red by the Aerial Navigation Ast, Mr. McKenna, the Home Secretary, has issued lengthy orders and re- gulations for the control of as craft from abroad; defurog pro hibited areas, prescribing areas for landing, and giving permis sion for officers to fire on foreign aircraft contravening these regu- lations.
Important Restrictions. Aeroplanes and airships from abroad cannot enter Ireland and they can only enter Scotland be- tween Fraserburgh and the Ythan River. They can only enter England at three places on the east coast and four on the south coast. The areas over which
(ESTABLISHED Copyright, 1912 by the
THURSDAY,
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
MONEY FOR CHINA.
AN AUSTRAIN LOAN,"
Reater's
THE SYDNEY STRIKE.
DISORDERLY SCENES.
Reutor's
[Service to the "Telegraph."] [Service to the Telegraph."]"
London, March 5.
Renter's correspondent at Vien- na states that the Neiderceaterr eichische Eskomple Gesellschaft bas granted to China & Loan of £300,000, Chind undertaking to give the Poldihusits Cast Steel Works, within the next decade, orders for tool steel, rifle. barrels and gun parts to the same amount." The Poldihuette Works will establish a branch in Peking.
NAVAL OFFICERS.
MEETING A DEFICIENCY,
Lönden, March 5. Reuter's Sydney correspondent says the Lord Mayor's meeting, calling for volunteers to help the Gas Companies out of the suriko difficulty, was the scene of con siderable disorder and the police used their batons,
Eventually sight hundred volunteers were enrolled, miny! of them being engineers and students. The gas was eventually turned on in North Sydney,
WEATHER FORECAST
FINE.
Barometer 30.18
March 6th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 69, pan. 72; Humidity... 73, 77.
四拜禮
MARCH
1913.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
THE BALKAN CRISIS.
-STUBBORN TURKEY.
THE RAILWAY DISPUTE,
HOPES OF A SOLUTION.
Reuters (Service to the "Telegraph.");
London, baroh 5.
Reuter's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, March 5.
A message from Constantinople The statement made by Richardson on the 3rd inst to states that the. Grand Vizier, in gather with aminterview pablish an interview denied that peace ed in the pross that hold was imminent. Turkey had ac
mediation of the known that retreat cepted the emanated from headquarters, he Powers, but was not negotiating would have obeyed, promises to with Bulgaria direct, Turkey relieve the tension. T would refuse to pay a war in-
domnity.
The Chairman of the Company in letter to the press state that they have no objection to reinstate "Richardson if he repeats the above statement to the Board and undertakes in future jo obey his superior officers.
Men's Demands,
Trade Unionists Outwitted.. According to Reuter's corres- pondent at Sydney, the Executive Labour Council has asked Trade Unionists to refrain from joining
Later, the gas strikers, the prospects.
The Railwayman's Executive of a sufficiency of free labour are, has passed a resolution insisting promising and a general gas on the reinstatement of Richard- supply is expeoled to-morrow.son, as well as an undertaking The country policore strengthen- from the Company that when men are ordered to-depart from the Government's Policy. printed instructions henceforth To Premier explains that the they shall receive written au- Government intervened on behalf shority. The resolution has been of the public and stands for the sent to the Company and an in principle of arbitration. mediate reply is naked for.
London, March 5. As, despite the promotions aircraft are prohibited from flying for the lower dook and the number fifty and include "deck-absorption of a number of maring the City police. yards, wireless stations, arsenals cantile officers, as announced on and railway stations used for the February 28th., there will still be transportation of troops, land-deficiency of Naval officers from markenar fortresses, and military 1916 onwards, the Admiralty in works. Aircraft entering are not tends to admit thirty cadets aged permitted to carry cameras, hom- 18 years, annually, direct from ing pigeons, firearms or wireless the Public Schools. apparatua.
[The message of February 28th Further Regulations. stated:The Admiralty has de- Foreign airmon must obtain acided, quite exceptionally, to "olearance" from a British Con- enter a limited number of Royal sulate and most" not enter the Naval Reserve officers in the mor- United Kingdom till 48 hours cantile marine, between the ages after it has been granted. They of 22 and 32, on the supplemen- must state the intended landing tary list of the Royal Navy.] place and the object of the
voyage. When they land they
must report to an authorised
officer and pay £3 -in-muse
of an airship and, £1 in the
BIG YAGHT RAGEMAS
case of an aeroplane for a permit. SIR T. LIPTON'S CHALLENGE. The subsequent journey must be
effected at the time and along the
London, March 5.
route specified on the permit. The Daily Express" states Airships must carry a British re- that Sir Thomas Lipton yesterday presentative and before quitting sent a challenge for the America' the Kingdom they must descend Cup Yacht race. and report. Foreign Army aircraft
Under Old Rules. Sir Thomas Lipton has challon- will not be allowed to entor without invitation or permission.ged to race for the America Cup Transgression of the regula-under the old rules, and the rac tions is punishable with imprison-will take place in the Autumn of meat for six months and a fine 1914 Mr. Nicholson of South- of £200. Conviction on a charge ampton will design the new Sham- of espionage will entail saved rock; and Sir Thomas Lipton is confident that the craft will be year's penal servitude.
It is understood that the regu-able to cross the Atlantic in per- lations have been drawn up by feat safety. He says if he le going the Committeo of Imperial De- to win he would like it to be under
the old rules, fence.
Comparisons.
In view of tho Air Regals- tions, the comparative T strength of the Powers is being published. Of large airships
America has received the dowe with the greatest interest.
Britain has two, Germany 13, FRENCH ARMY SYSTEM.
France ten and Russia six. Of aeroplanes, Britain has 30, Ger- many 250, France 400 and Rue- sia 250,
Pointed Criticism. 1
TO BE RETROACTIVE.
Rotuler's
TOLL OF THE AIR.
ENGLISH AVIATOR KILLED.
London, March 5. Mr. Geoffrey, the English monoplanist, was killed at Salis- bury Plain after having been to an altiinde of five thousand feet.
LADY SCOTT. ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY,
London, March 5. Reater's correspondent at Syd- ney states that Lady Scott has arrived and is staying with the Governor,
HONGKONG
DOG SHOW.
THE FIRST IN THE COLONY,
TO BE HELD AT ".
HAPPY VALLEY
ON
SATURDAY,
MARCH 15,
1913.
ENTRIES CLOSE
ON
i.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8,
1913.
APPLICATION AND ENTRY FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ALL CLUBS, SEAMENS' INSTITUTE. SOLDIERS' CLUB, MOUTRIE & Co., KELLY & WALSH, BREWER&Co., AND THE" HONGKONG TELEGRAPH ̧”
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骏六月三英浩香 ·
TELEGRAMS.
MAWSON EXPEDITION.
A TERRIBLE STORY.
$86÷YEK AMTUM
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· NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
A Gorman topedo-boat has been rammed and sunk by the araiber Yorok, 61 lives being lost.
Sir Thomas Lipton has chal-
Yacht Cup in the autumn of next lenged to race for the Americs
year.
Realer's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, March 5.. Router'a correspondent at Syd- ney says Professor David has received the following wireless mesrige from Dr. Mawson :-
"Whilst exploring new coast line three hundred miles south- west of our winter quarters on Mr. Geoffrey the December 4th, Lieutenant Nin- monoplaniet, has been Tiled nis, with a dog tearn and almost while flying over Salisbury. all our food, disappeared in an Plains. anfathomable crevasse.
"Dr. Mertz and myself, with Comparisons of the relative air inadequate provisions and six strength of the Powers show starving dogs, started over the Britain to be far behind other Platenn for the but, Bad weather nations.
retarded progress. We subsisted:
chiefly on doge. Dr. Mertz died There has been another skir- on January 17th, from caures mish between Mexican Federal arising from malnutrition.
troops and American cavalry on "I alone arrived at the but, the frontier. having travelled through anow
and foge, being miraculously The British liner" Turakina, guided by Providence through from Wellington to London, is heavily crevassod areas. The
Aurora waited until no longer reported from Rio de Janeiro to
be burning fiercely along"
safe and left a few hours before my arrival at the hut. Six mon were left here to prosecute the search.
GERMÁN NAVAL DISASTER.
CRUISER RAMS TORPEDO- BOAT.
at
London, March 5. Router' correspondent Heligoland states.The German torpedo boat No. 2178 was rem
A telegram gives the text of a message from Dr. Mawson telling of the terrible privations of mem- bers of his Expedition..
The gaswork strikers in Sydney have been outwitted, 800 volun- teers coming forward; light fa restored in some quarters..
The Premier of N.S.W. states that the Government stands for the principle of arbitration in the Sydney geaworks dispute.
One of Mr. Taft's. Inst acte na
med and sunk by the cruiser President was to sign the Navy Yorck, last night, off here. It is Bill, providing for the construe stated that fifty men were drown-tion of one battleship this year. ed and fifteen myed.
Parliamentary Sympathy.
In view of impending shortage
In the Reichstag, Admiral von of naval officers, the Admiralty, Tirpitz for Minister for the Navy will admit annually 30 cadets attributol and great loss of life direct from the Public Schools. to the stormy weather. He added that the Navy mourned for their comrades, but the disaster would only spur them on to fulfil their duty for the Emperor and the Empire.
The President expressed the deep grief of the House at the disaster.
Further Detalls.
Later.
Lengthy regulations imposed under the Aerial Navigation Act, imposing restrictions ca foreign aircraft, are given in a telegram.
A statement by Richardson. that he would have obeyed the... orders had. be known they came from Headquarters, improves the the railway outlook.
Reater'a correspondent at Heli- goland states that 61 officers, and men perished in the disaster. It
An Austrian banking firm has was torpedo beat S178, not 2178, arranged a loan of £300,000 to which met with disaster. Those China, who gives an undertaking who perished inclu led Lieuten-to buy armaments, etc., from ant Pies, who was in command, certain works to that amount;" and the navigating officer, while the engineer, surgeon and 15 of the crew were saved.
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LOCAL:
pahtsi
The Fleet had been manuvr The character sketch of Presi-
.
The record of rainfall at the Botanical Gardens during Febr
the now regulations, which are be retroactive and shall apply to special session of the Full Court not in a any way impeached in to explain his conclusion that the to join the maneuvres on Tues-uary appears to-day,
LINER AFIRE.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.
R. A. Hurding, for the respondent. always ready to say anything The President's Judgment. which might serve his ced, re- Judgment in the Li Family Case.
In a written judgment, Sir, gardless of its truth. He, the ing between Heligoland and Wildent Woodrow Wilson is conclad- London, March 5.
Judgment in the appeal aris- Havilland De Sausmaroz review president, did not pretend to have helmshaven under the eye of the od to-day- correspondeat "at Paris states that the Cabinet has ing out of litigation concerning ed the evidence and said it was dealt fully with the whole of the Emperor, who only left the Fleet The flotilla to which the S178 argament by counsel, but he had cism and considerable ridicule of three year syston of service shall family and the Yik Loong Bank that the evidence of Li Po Lung, dealt with the case fully enough belonged was suddenly ordered
There is much adverse criti-approved of the proposal that the the financial affairs of the. Li clear, as far as it could be judged, points raised in the long and able on Tuesday evening.
was given his morning at a Li Hoi Tang and Li Po Nam was
day.
The Dallas Comedy Company stated as likely to frighten friend-all men now serving.
The disaster is the worst ex- concluded its season last night ly visitors and discourage The proposal will be submitted composed of Sir W. Reos Davies the court below; and further, that appeal should be dismissed with
K. C. Chief Justice, and Mr. the appellants would have to get t
The Chief Justice concurred perienced in German navol annals with Charley's Aunt." aeronautics, while airships cant) Parliament tomorrow.
Justice Gempertz, Paisne Judge. rid of the ovidence of Li Po Lang, in a very short judgment in which since 1896. remain, high enough to escape
The Judgment of the President their own witness, in order to
Official Account
The charge against a German harm from being fired at.
of the Court, Sir Havilland de succeed in some parts of their he stated that he considered it
Renter'a correspondent at Berlin of taking photographs of fortific Sausmarez was read by the Chief case. He had analysed the evid-annecessary for him to recapitulate MEXICAN UNREST.
Justice.
ence which would upset Lo Tan the reasons which guided him, as wires that it has been officially cations was beard to-day at the The action was brought by the Mo's evidence and right to credit, they were fully stated in the court, anounced that the topedo-boat Police Court,
Mr. Justice Gompertz said that the manoeuvres when she came 8178 was returning at night from SKIRMISH WITH U. S. TROOPS, widow and executrix of pao Li and, with the exception of one
A prisoner who escaped from Ohuk Chi for the return of incident, he could not sea that a jury would have been told that into collision five miles to the the custody of the Hongkong monies alleged to have been paid he took them very far. Lo Tang fif, on the oase as a whole, and north-east of Heligoland. She police, six months ago, has beau London, March 5, A message from New York re- by Li Chuk Chi under a family Mo's evidence was substantially even if they absolutely disbelieved ank most rapidly and of the crew arrested in Micio. ports another skirmish between agreement mads between the sons in accord with the circumstances; the story of Chan Fang Yeuk, of 83 only a small part was saved. American cavalry and Mexican of Li Sing deceased, whereby the seven years elapsed between the they found there had been Federals on the frontier. The two defendants, it is alleged, event to which he testified, and hona file payment made by Li The oraiser Yorck is not damaged. Jatter opened firo but retreated requested. Li Obuk Chi to pay the trial, and the learned judge Chuk Chi at the request on behalf of, the when confronted with a machine certain debts and gave him a docu- told them that he gave his evid, of, and
ment in writing acknowledging once intelligently and with an defendants, they would be justi their indebtedness to the amount evidently intimate acquaintance fied in giving judgment for the
The first annual meeting of the named in the borrowing note. with the books. He was no mere plaintiff. That was the way the
members of the Association of Me F. C. Jonkin, instructed by illiterate as the appellants sug-learned Chief Justice, after a very
Exporters and Dealers of Hong- Mr Needham, of Mecars Ewens and gested. Under these circum- careful hearing, bad put the case
London, March 5: kong was held yesterday. Needham, and Mr O. G. Alabas- stances it would be wrong to in to himself, and on the material
A Washington message states? was built in 1902 by Messrs Owing to the recent gale, when ter, instructed by Mr J. Scott terfere with the judgment of the before them it was not for the Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. New the White Star liner Baltic called Hareton of Alesare Deacon, Looker, court below on the ground that Court to say that the judgment that one of Mr. Taft's last acts as Two men charge
President was the signature of Criminal Sessions castle for the New Zealand at Queenstown, a local pilot, John Deacon and Barston, appeated Lo Tun Mo was discredited. Shipping Co. Her dimensions are: Cotter, was unable to get back to for the appellants, and Mr M. W. As to the defence Li Ya Nang He also agreed that the appeal the Navy Bill, which provides with being concerned Length, 473 feet breadth, 596 his boat and was carried off to Slade K. U with whom was Mr was clearly a discredited person, would have to be dismissed with for the construction of one battle were sentenced
ship in 1918.
Hard labour cashi feet depth, 31 feet]
Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr He contradicted himself and was dosid,
VESSEL BURNINO FIERCELY.
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London, March 5. It is reported from Rio de Janerio that the British liner Turakina, bound from Wellington to London, is burning fiercely.
[The Turakins is a steal twin screw steamer of 8,349 tone. She
gun.
Pilot's Voyage
Augu New Yorkide
was erronéone...!!
MR. TAFT.
LAST OFFICIAL ACT.
The judgment of the Falf Court in the Li Family appeal case was given to-day. The appeal was dismissed with costs, # 4
the