The Hongkong Telegraph.
May 12, 1913, Temperature a.m. 76, p.m. 81; Ìlumidity...94, 88.
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晚八初月四年丑癸
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
(ESTABLISHED Copyright, 1912 by the
TUESDAY,
TELEGRAMS.
MANILA TYPHOON.
CALIFORNIA & ALIENS
THE ADAMASTOR,
LIVES LOST; MANY WRECKS.
SITUATION SERIOUS.
REUTER'S ACCOUNT.
Router's [Service to the "Telograph."]
London, May 12.",
A message from Router's New York correspondent states that Manila has been visited by the most disastrous typhoon for many yesri.
Many wrecks are reported, and 58 lives are known to have been
lost,
THE BALKAN CRISIS.
GRÆCO-BULGARIAN FIGHTING.
Troop Tralis Collide.
· and Bak. Aboạt 100 men were
killed and 300 injorod.
A Inter message states that 150
the result of the collision betwend Bulgarian troop trains near Drama.
Reuter's
[Service to the." Télegraph "]
Loadoo, May 12.
Reuter's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 12: Reuters Washington corres The Portuguese cruiser Ad- pondent states that Mr. Bryan mastor struck arcok near Damb- bas despatched a long massage bell Island, Hongkong, and de-a to the Governor of California 10-spatched a wireless message qucating him to withhold his urgently asking for assistance,
rietor
MÁY 13, 1913.
TELEGRAMS.
THE TRIPLE ENTENTE.
POSITION OF SPAIN.
Reuter's [Service to the "Tolegraph.”]"
London, May 12,
King Alfonso has returned to Madrid and has been given a
notable ovation. The Paris and Madrid presa tends to take up the naggestion |that Spain shou'd enter the Triple
Entents.
Reported Decision.
WEATHER FORECAST
...VARIABLE.
Barometer 29.75
May 12, 1912, Temperature am..74, p.m. 84. Humidity...95, 7,
二拜禮
號三十月五英港香
TELEGRAMS.
THE SUFFRAGISTS.
TELEGRAMS.
FRENCHMAN'S FLIGHT.
MEETING BROKEN UP..
BRITISH RULES BROKEN.
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph.”]
London, May 12
Renter's
[Service to the "Telegraph." London, May 11.
The French aviator M. Brinde-"
$36 +2K ̃ă¥UX
Bizela Corr 10 Onati,
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED,
Singapore has scored 931 in the Interport Shooting compeli-
tion.
A meeting held in Hyde Park,
The Duchess of Connaught organized by male suffragista, jone has arrived at Hendon from continues to make atisfactory was broken up by a mob, who, Bremen. He infringed without progress. thraaling the police aside, over-molestation, and apparently un- turned the cart which served as a wittingly, almost all the new platform. It was only with the British aerial regulations. greatest difficulty that the police ressued the speakers from rough. handling.
Revenge.
The Allies have agreed to censo hostilities and read pesce daleg ates to London.
signature from the Land Owner- The British destroyer Otter and ship Bill, adding, "If you do so, two tugs, together with the Por- the President is willing to cotuguese gunboat Patris, have operate with you ia a systematic
The Peking Chamber:of: Cam- effort to discover and correct any
gone to her assistance.
The jnal "Gaulois" quotes
The A later message states that the its Madronrespondent he say-
mu io, too, 18 evils existing in connection with
very merce suggests" inoreasing the Quter has returned to Hongkong ing that King Alfonso marle & that suffragiste surrounded Mr. Feymour have several dueta that
A message from Dublin says serviceable. Mr. Maude and Miss Quintuple-Loan to’£60,000,000; land-owaorship by Aliens,"
and reports that the Adamastor definite offer to President Poin- John Dillon, M.P., in a street on caught on at once, and their waltz The London "Morning Post's"
As the result of two Bulgarian is extensively damaged, and that care and adds that it is decided Saturday, and he told them he diet in the last not rivals the troop trains, colliding. 100 men correspondent at Washington the crow and stores have been that Spain will enter the Triple would vote against them every" Merry Widow" waltz for the have been killed and 300 injured. states that as a result of the con- transferred to the Patris. Entento. ference between Air Bryan and
time. Early the next morning ease with which the melody is The Commodore Anstruther has left Viscount Chindo yesterday, the
Imparcial," however, the windows of his hours were picked up and the persistency A disisirous typhoon at Government resolved to make a for the Adamastor to render fut while admitting that public feal-bombarded with stones. No with which it stays in the head. Mauila has resulted in many final oppsal to Governor Johnson ther assistance. There are hot asing is favourable to an Alliance, arrests were made.
Misa Gwendoline Brogden, as wrecks and the loss of at least not to sign the Bill, though there that the cruiser will be success says the Alance belongs to the
the volcanio Italian has some 58 lives. is little hope of his receding to fully salved.
future, which is still not clear
ehowy pieces of recitation and the request.
[Further details of the disaster The Government has during will be found on another page] the last 24 hours realised the strain put upon the relatous with Japan by the Bill in consequence
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The New Piece at the Galety
variety.
!
The members of the Kuoming- tang Party in Shanghai are an- deavouring to bring about a compromise with President Yuan.
London, May 12.
fine opportunities for Vcoal The Paris and Madrid press A message from Salonika atea.
"THE GIRL ON THE FILM" fireworks, of which she took are taking up the suggestion that.... that the lighting between the Greeks and the Bulgariaus on
brilliant advantage; Miss Em- Spain ehou'd enter the Triple consumed only a comparatively
my Wehlen's pretty voice was Entente. the line from Aaghera to Leftra
small proportion of the whole
beard at its best in music that has cerad for a few hours by of Viscount China's protest, and were estimated to yield about crop, yet rubber was carried to
It is realised that the Californ mutual causat The G-k
If there were a few "boos" exactly suited her. Under the
conductorsbip of Mr. George W.ian question has strained relations Icat sixty Folders killed anden promiscat in the Administr 2b, por tres, or 32,000lb., but more distant markets at about
Alion have filmited to the since the estimate was compiled the same rate of freight. The from upstairs on the fall of the Byag, who has just left the between America and Japan, and wounded: It latlieved that the
had decided board's policy in selling bad laen curtain on the the first night that Alhambra for the Gaisty, the that the situation is serious. Morning Pat" correspondent the manager Bulgarians love. are even
that the situation is serious, to "rest" theas trees for six to call forward both for near and does not mean that the new music went with vigour and greater, besides prisonere,
though there is no' danger of dip-months from March 1 last. distant positions when favourable Gaiety piece is not going to be a
A mob broke up a male lomatic negotiations being broken He considered, however, opportunities occurred during the great success and is not already
Of the acting we need esy suffragist mosting in Hyde Park, Forward sales for this very good fun. The sounds of little. Everyone knows how and the speakers were rescued The Times" corep ndent off, at least for the present. How his total estimate sufficiently con-year, at Salonika rays that two Bul-ever, the Govet atment finds itself eervative to be safe in spite of year's account compared favour-disapproval began during graceful and inished a player of with difficulty by the police.
McGee," one of those rattling this kind of thing is Mr George garian rep trains eslided on in an extremely embarrassing this change, These old trees were ably with current prices.
interesting na an indication of Production and Consumption.
pieces of nonsense (like "Tip-Grossmith, and if there were The fighting between the Saturday night twca Drama posision.
what they might expect from the
Bulgarians has While it was probable that the adde") which Mr. George Gros- groat bulk of their estate in the general trend of prices would be smith always gives us in the last moments when he did not seem Greeks and
to be entirely at his ease, they ceased by mutual consent, there distant future. The question of towards a lower level/he thought sot of a Galety piroo. The song will soon disappear,
were bigilosses on both sides. were killed and 200 injured a GULA KALUMPONG CO. thinning out the weaker trees was it was open to queefton whether is the work of Mr. Melville Gideon, now under consideration, bat the rapid fall they had experient and what the offence in it was we experience elsewhere had showned lately had been caused by the could not make out. But if the The bird annual meeting of that there were difficulties to be normal operation of supply and booers on the fall of the curtain The couplings broke and 25 the Gula Kelompong Rubber encountered in dealing with a demand alone. Judging by meant that they did not like the waggons rushed down a steep Estates, Limited, was held in alosely planted area in this way. All statistics the shrinkage in prices play as a whole, we do not share incline and collided with 26 full London on April 15, Mr. Fred subsequent planting was much hardly seemed to be justified. theiropinion (says the 'Observer') Waggons which were standing in erick Anderson, chairman of the wider, being about 140 trees to Total stocks in England were less
the acre against 300, Their than they were two years ago this should have made more than company, presiding. Allies' Reply.
The Chairman, said he hoped average yield for the whole area when the spot price was in the casual attempts to use the cinema-
A letter addressed by the According to a mecenge from the shareholders would crasidor tapped during the year was 2021b. neighbourhood of 8a. per lb. tograph mania. The cinematogr.
the balanes of profit and loss por acre, while the average yield while the visible supplies of Fare sph is the basis of "The girl on Premier. Chao Ping-chua, to a Athens, the Allies reply to the
A French aviator flow from. Powers' latest Note will k: pre-account, £62,700, satisfactory, and for the total area planted was only were fully 3,000 tons less than the Film, and the crowning certain Tatuh has appeared in the sented on Tuesday. They agres approve the cautious policy of the 1081b. per acre, which was a factor then. Consumption was material-moment of the play is the end of Peking Press. It refers to the
bord in placing something to for the present when calculating ly greater, so that there was some the second act, when Mr George morder of the Inte Mr. Sang Bremen to Hendon and was not to.csage hostilities and to cond
British serial price delegates to London, but reserve in view of the uncertain-cost per pound of London man- question whether outside in- Grossmith, as the author-actor. Obiao-jen," but it contains some molested, though he infringed regret that the Powers have not ties of the future. They were em-agement and other charges, which fluences had not to a certain ex manager, and all his troupe are private matters in addition to most of the new ploying the reserve in developing were all debited to working ac tent affected the market. It performing before the camera in what has appeared in Mr. navigation rules. taken into consideration the re a further area under ceconnats, F3 count. Their average sale price might reasonably be supposed a country village a story of Chao's circular telegram al- the Miller's ready published. The Premier servations of the Allies, which
that they might have second of about 43. 6-1/4d. per lb, had that the low prices now prevail-"Napoleon and
that his refusal to Detailed descriptions of the touch questions of vital interest
string to their bow. A sum of been helped by forward sales, and ing would have the effect of far- Daughter." Clatterback, & Gor-affirms
the virulent attend the National Council Derby and the Champions Stałow, £7,500 would enable them to sometimes by private rales of ther stimulating consumption, manophobe of Bulgarian Losses, bring into beating another 250 cargo close at hand. but the great and so in the long run be bene type, finds them at it in his npon bis assumption of office was ran at Shanghai last week, appest A later message states that 300 acres. The final dividend bulk of their rubber had hitherto ficial to the industry. In con- garden. "The Germans!" he proof enough of his determina in this issue. Bulgarian casualties were sus-of ls. 6d. made a total of been sold at the public auctions, olasion be raid that the company shouts, and rushes at them with tion to retire into private life. ained in the fighting at Leftura 125 per cent. for the year, as com- There had been a satisfactory had a fine property, and when it his umbrella, entirely altering When he was made Premier con- in the fighting there.
the station.
to them.
London, May 12 The Duchess of Connaught continues to show satisfactory
progress,
for the Colonies, has been pleased
to appoint Mr. Gerald Aubrey
+
elected.
in
It seems odd that no one before
THE PREMIER'S DEFENCE.
Friendship With Mr. Sung.
bat
Mr. Bryan has despatched a long message to the Governor of California requesting him to with- hold his signature from the Alien. Land Bill.
LOCAL.
The interport tennis contest
The plan to provido publis
pared with 6 per cent. in 1910 reduction as compared with 1911, was fully developed they hoped the climax of the "Alm" and currently with being Minister of between Haiphong and Hongkong and 81 per cent. in 1911. The and as their yield par acre to be in a position to produce bringing the curtain down amid Home Affairs, he also desired to resulted in an easy victory, for the
The home playera. expenditure on development of increased they hoped to see a toth rubber and copra on as shouts of laughter and applauso. decline the honour firmly. estates represented the upkeep of further material reduction this favourable terms as any of their The earlier part of Act II. wants late Mr. Sung strenuously per-
The programme of events for DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT immature rabber and cocoanute year.
competitors. (Cheers,)
pulling together a little; but its euaded him to make an effort to
the difficult situ- the Boys' Own Club Sports to be and cost of clearing and planting
Mr. Edward L. Hamilton se- close is the funniest piece of overcome The Export Duty on Rubber
farcical 549 acres of coconuts last year.
conded the motion, which was
uproar that musical ation caused by the instability held at the race-course on "Erika- The manager bad iu hand a Among estate expeness it would unanimously agreed to.
comedy, has given us for a long of the nation at its inception, and pire Day," is published in this
to maintain the then position of issue. further 500 acres of cocoanate for be noticed that export duty had
The rotting directors, (Mr. time...
It would take too long to tell the Government. Sung also 1913, and the board would con- opat them 13d. per lb. He believed Edward L. Hamilton and Mr. O, tinue additional gradual develop that among all the rubber pro-B. Oldfield) were afterwards re- the whole plot. Suffice it that went to the National Council,
Miss Emmy Weblen playe a removed all objection to Chao's bathing places within easy reach ment as opportunity offered and duoing countries the Federated
charming and wilful little lady appointment and obtained the of the city is developing rapidly funds were available. The pres- Malay States was the only one
who, in order to get at close quar- consent of the majority of memand is discussed in a specia ent development provided for which shared with Brazil the
tore with the irresistibly fascinat-bera to sanction it. He had, article to-day. bringing all their rubber into distinction of having an export
ing May Daly, dresses up as a therefore. no alternative Straits Attorney General. bearing at a book cost to the com-duty on rubber. It was a some-
An interesting story is told to- Canadian Mail Subsidy.boy, is engaged to play the to remain and do bis beat The Straits Govenment Gazette pany of £80 per acre, and cocos what striking commentary on our
Mr. Pelletier, the Dominion drummer in the "film," and thas, until the present time. Prior to day by a local gentlemen who says that the Governor, with the nuts at £40 per acre, fully political economy that, while
professing the principles of Postmaster-General, the on the defection of the lady cast Sung's departure for Hanan to witnessed the the accident to the approval of the Secretary of State equipred.
Free Trade, our Goverment Canadian Honee of Commons has for the miller's daughter, pre- see bis mother, Sung told him Adamastor. The vessel is expected Expenditure.
should encourage the levy announced that the Government tends to be a boy pretending, to that he was still short of money to be floated by Thursday. Nearly £90,000 altogether bad of an export duty. a bad entered into a contract with be a girl, and takes the part her to the extent of $5,000 and he been spent on the development of raw material like rubber. It was the Canadian Pacifio, Canadian self-ultimately, of course, to be bad no means of raising it. Chao, Straits Settlements, with effect the estate since June, 1910. understood that the question of Northern, Allan, and White Star come the bride of the fascinating thereupon, borrowed that amount from April 25.
Dealing with the report, he said making a change in the present steamship lines udder which in Max. The lady who was to have for him from one of the banke, The Governorship of the . that the output was 475,000lb, aystem of weighing was under future all maile to and from played the miller's daughter was and the debt is still not paid.
Philippines.
Lalut 4 per cent. mors that the dircassion. Under the system Britain will be carried in La Gesticulata, a volcame Italian, Later on, he asked Chao to (or Winifred) suggest to the President that Washington, May 6-The estimate aide the years ago, which now prevailed the importer Canadian ships from Canadian and "Frady
he was willing to go to Japan Governor Generalship of the which was good avideues that the suffered ja loes in weight more ports. The practice of eending a quickly disposed of her by
cultivate the friendship Philippine Island apparently production of an eslat could be that the actual loss. Freight, in- portion of the mails via New York naughty but clever zure. And t wavers between Mr. W. Morgan foretold with a considerable surance and wharfage accounted will be discontinued. The four then there are Miss Comie of that country, his object being Shuster, former asoretary of pal amount of acorrany by compoft for another penny of the 3.78d, companies, will supply twelve Edise as the manageress of the to get himself appointed Ambas lic instruction and Mr. Benton exports. They brought about and it was disappointing to find ships. In the summer there will cinema business, and Mr. Nainby sador to Japan upon the establis McMillan, ex-Governor of Ten 100,000 new fresa into tap that the great Shipping Trust, be a tri-weekly service of eight as her prompter and admirer; hment of the permanent Govern- nestea. Mr. Shuster is receiving ping doring the year and only in whose hands they were, should ships and in winter bi-weekly and Miss Madeleine Seymour as ment. The President most the support of the resident com-lightly tapped the area of 61 sores have chosen a time of falling sailings. The summer sailings the secretary; and Mr. Charles heartily endorsed Sung's view, mitaioners, both of whom are and of the oldest trees in order to give prices to add to the very high rate will be from Montreal and Quebec, Mande as her admirer; and we and' requested me to pay him have been, for many years, par more time for the recond renewal of freight they had already been and the winter from St. John may be sure that the adapter, 820,000 to cover his expenses in The policy of the (New Brunswick or Halifax (Nova Mr. James T. Tanner, an old making this trip.". The letter sontlly acquainted with him of bark. Under these conditions paying. For one of the commissionerships those old trees yielded 2.0lb. por Shipping Conference seemed cal Scotia). A subsidy of 2200,000 hand at this sort of work, has concludes," since we were so in- the name of Mr. Louis Van tres, or about 5621b. per sore.calsted to divers trade in rubber a year, compared with 8120,000 strong them all together, timate and friendly how could Bohatok, former governor of In the estimate for 1913 of 735, from this country, London was a for the present weekly service, will fato a more or less compre there be any ill-feeling!
hensible and cohesive plot, China Daily News." Mindoro is mentioned.
300lb these 13,000 old trees large selling market but England be
Goodman to be Attorney-General.
on
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DON'T FORGET..
TO-DAY.
The Cherniavaky Trio, Old Chamber of Commerce Hall 9p.m.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatra 9.15'p m.
TO-MORROW.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9 pm. Gun Club Opening Day 4
"Saturday May 17, Bankruptcy Court, Concert H.K.0,0. -
Wednesday, May 21. Canton. Insurance Office Lad.
Meeting 11.45 a.m
Star Ferry Co. Meeting 12.80.
Friday May 23 Concert, U.S.R.0. ground, 9.15