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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1913.
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The Bathing Places.
We note with pleasure that the Hon. Mr. Shollim intends asking
DAY BY DAY
at tomorrow's mesting of the "When in doubt, memorize a Legislative Council what steps a few extract from the Essay On are being taken hy the Govern-Silence, and then rocils them to ment to put into effect its promise, yourself."
made so long ago as May last
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for itself in explanation of what looks very like unpardonable dilatoriness. All that was zeeded, and promised, was that the fore... abores should be cleared of rocks
and a couple of sheds erected
more than a year has gone and still the scheme is not carried into effect. By the time the P.D.W. gets a move on, another bathing Hon will have come round, we fear.
Yorck at 5 p.m. to-day. American Mail.-Closes per
Seattle Mara, at noon morrow.
German Mail-Close per Derfilinger at 4 p.m.
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H.M.S. Otter.
Plague.
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DISSPPEARING
LANDMARKS.
At Home and out Hero.
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where the harbour is shown HONGKONG'S PROGRESS, crowded with strangely rigged,
ships and old fashioned
steuners; there in the midst of Shanrhai Paper's Remarks. them, like a guardian angel,
is
floats the Tamar, And when the In a recent editorial on tlie The Mails.
Gaert products of modern ship prosperity of this Colony, the year, to provide public bathing German Mail-Arrived per 8,9. The latest report on the founda-construction arrive here on their "North places at the eastern and western
Yorok last night,
China Daily Naws" tion of St. Paul's Cathedral leaves maiden trips and invite ue to remarks:- extremities of the town. The French Mail of June 3-De-An impresion of alarm as to the admire them with launches and, A visitor to Hongkong after an "Telegraph haa concerned livered in London on July 8. foture of this great national luncheons; do they really com- absence of a few years cannot itself
- very mugh
with American Mail.-Despatched per quiris, circumspice" is the prond ship?
edifice. Si monumentum re-pare in beauty with this fine old but be struck with the progress this question, and we are con- sequently quite eager to know
6.5. Bellerophon at 4 pm. t inscription on Sir Christopher guard-ship will doubtless be far tion works have beeen extensively H. M. S Triumph as that has been made. Reclame. day. what the Government has to say Siberian Mail.-Closes per 8.8. but it looks as if, a ter s lapse of Imperial point of view; bnt, even each as the new Law Courla and Wren's tomb in the north door, ore useful from a Naval and carried out, handsome buildings, little more than two centuries, painted white how much less pic the Post Office, erected, the se, this lordly monument is going turesque than our dearold Tamar. Admiralty and Taikoo Docks the same way as St. Mark's Cam-Not until she has been towed have been completed, the British reason, a foundation not strong realise her loss and how much support, and a handsome itation panile at Venice, and for the same way to her doom at the hands of section of the Kowloon-Canton Chinese ship-breakers, shall we Railway is earning increasing enough for the immense weight our basutiful barbour owed to the will shortly be erected at Kow- put upon it. Will the necessary placid contours of this spotless loon. Progress is the keypote developement of the City of La- B.M.S. Otter has arrived here don be held up in this quarter!
vessel.
to the work in the new territories. from Cantos.
in order that the Cathedral may i
Everywhere development be permitted with expenditure
visible and with the advent of Two farther cares of plague on repairs, to accomplish its LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. larger ships, the question of were notified yesterday, bringing already numbered years? We
deepening the harbour has como The Troubles of a New Republic.
the year's total up to 200.
The orders of the day for true that the port has lost some prominently to the fore. It is. The impeachment of the Chin-
St. Paul's and St. Peter's.
to-morrow's meeting of the Legis trade by ships proceeding direst Leave of absence on private eso Government which the new affairs to the neighbouring cous-
It is hard to say why English-
lative Council are:- parliament has entered upon ser tries has hosn granted to 2nd-men have, such an affection for an ordinance to amend the New liners of the Canadian Pacific First reading of a bill entitled creased trade to Manila, the new to northern porte, but with in- ves to show that the conversion Lieut. W. J. Gilpin, RG.A, from St. Paul's. It is very un-English Territories Regulation ordinance, Railway, the Peninsular and The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will of a despotic monarchy into an 14th July to 16th August.
enlightened republic is less easy
in style and it is suggestive of 1910. Roman rather than Protestant than it appeared two years ago to
First reading of a bill entitled time and the Norddantaoher Oriental, the Messageries Mari worship, being obviously initiat an ordinance to amend the Lloyd companies, besides in- the promoters of the Révo Surgeon Benjamin W. Brown, ed from St. Peter's at me, Tramway ordinance, 1902. after lution. In their enthusiasm U.S. Public Health Servies, has within, which its smaller bulk
been ordered to Yokohama for could be easily accomodated, an ordinance to extend the protiunea to grow, and in due numerable fast cargo vessels,* customs and
First roading of a bill entitled calling at the port, its trade con ideas, the leaders forgot that duty: Dr. and Mrs Brown will farther, it lacks altogether the visions of the Steam Launch course, no doubt, will com direct The daily issue in delivered free when the address is accessible to
the establishment of good leave on the S. Shioyo Marushief requirements of a church (Protection against Piracy) or rail communication with Europe messanger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered at of overthrowing a bad oue, nor
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cash only).
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the Official Signatures Fees hands of the Home Government. editors imprisoned without trial, Later she was brought before Mr.
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1913.
H. M. S. TAMAR.
The Western World's View.
THE WUCHANG CONSPIRACY.
Execution of Plotters,
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A New St. Paul's?
not very horetical to suggest
BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.
Excellent Presentation of "The Girl in the Train”. -
to time, and with the undoubted
sympathetic treatment from the
that the time has come to build of certain Foreign Coins.
Foreign Office in the matter of a fourth, before the tombe of
the opium farm; while tha Wellington, Nelson and many others of our national heroes have
military contribution swallows been lost to us in some fatal
up funds that could be utilizad The indictment is a fairly heavy
collapse. And let us hope the
in necessary works. Formerly one on the whole, and the Govern.
new St. Paul's will be modelled
1855, and Hongkong became an Imperial grant was made to ment's defence should prove in of the collapse of the recent con- say Salisbury. At any rate, if the
Wuchang, July 1. The result on some familiar English style
the Colony, but this cased in teresting and instructive. The spiracy is a total of fifty-five present Cathedral were demolish-
dependent upon its own resources. charges which we have roughly executions (writes the "Northed, it would enable the County attendance last night at the its revenue. But, thanks to a summarised above would fit any Chins Daily News" correspond- Council to open up the streets Theatre Royal to witness the pre succession of able Governors There was not a very large tion which increases in ratio to Now it pays a military contrion- recognised absolute monaroby ex-ent). Contrary to report, how-hereabouts and give the new sentation of "The Girl in the Hongkong has forged ahead, and cellently; but, if only half of ever, no women were among those church a chance of being properly Train"; and that is to be regretted, the future of the British head- them prove true, how do they executed, assort with the doctrinee of re- rumour that some of the victims the dignity of London and the and so full of good music that quarters in the Far East may be
the further seen, at the same time enhancing for the piece is so charming publicanism? The Western world had been handed over by the convenience of the city com- from an artistic point of view it} will continue to watch develop-foreign Consular Body is also munications. menta with something not far re-incorrect.
contemplated with optimism,
while
moved from weariod amasement, The plot was anti-Yuan in 'A London Landmark.
Ita aim was to upset
has much to cornmond. itself. for it knows by experience how character.
Miss Violet Frampton, in the title St. Pauls is a landmark and formance-in fact we bave never
MISS MAUD FANË. very, very great in the amount the local Government and to put as such we treasure it. Its dome seen her appear to greater advan role, gave a most excellent far- In the course of a special article published in another column, that the new republicans have to Chi-Yu-lin in the place of Vice- and golden cross ere inseparably reference is made to the great loss the Port of Hongkong will sustain learn. It knows what happened President Li Yuan-bung. A large connected with the idea of Londage. Miss May Glena sang as
False Report as toʻher Death. when H. M. S. Tamar is sold out of the service. The present and England after the Great Re- quantity of revolutionary badges on and it is for this sentimental played the part of the wife who Fans, of the Court Card-Company, very sensible policy of the Admiralty is not to waste the tax payers First Revolution; and, from such together with $10,000,000 worth it retained. Every city has with rare grace. Her efforts were charmingly as she knows how and
The rumour that Miss Mand bellin, and in France after. the and registers of revolutionaries, reason that people will wish to wishes to divorece her husband, had died at sea between Penang money more than gau be avoided on ornamental ships of no fighting precedents, has learned to accept of silver,were captured by the Gov-is landmarks, the distinctive fon-ably ecconded by Mr McGrath, in she endeared herself by her value; so when H. M. S. Triumph comes out here as guard-ship with the boasted single mindedness of ernment. Chi Ya-lin escaped to tures which give it individuality his usually polished manner;
and Colombo caused no little a nucleus crew, she will take the place of the Tamar 28 receiving demagogues of the Cromwell Shanghai ou beard a gunboat of and which we do no not wish while Mr Victor Gourist as the charming acting, and we are distress among those to whom ship" or "Naval Hotel " and the latter will presumably be handed more than a little a certain Power, Wachang is removed because we rely on them judge of the Divorce Court oyer to be broken up, We fear that there is no likelihood of her own battles and buy her own
suspicion. But China must fight quist and troops are trustworthy. to give us familiar greeting when
therefore only too pleased to give H. M. S. Triumph, a modern battleship, being painted white to experience; those older in the
The Shuffling of Troops.
we come again.
publicity to information which was most vivacious. Mankind is enhance the beauty of Hongkong harbour, nor are we sure that even ways of representativo govern- are proceeding to their homes im-
Old disbanded Hupeh troops to the old things.
conservative and holds
Special mention must be made
belies the rumour. The "Straits fsat Painting her white could make her beautiful in any but the grim ment can no more help her than mediately. They will be replaced
of Mr Frith, as the car conductar Warwick, writing from Simla on Times" sys that Mr. Edgar an elder brother can impart his by Maxim, cavalry artillery and
who gave incriminating evidence to a younger one.
Alas, Our Poor Clocktower against the wrongly accused bus-Jane 20 to a friend in the F.M.B., In Hongkong, this year is see- band, in a most laughable man- mentioned that his wife (Miss army, who arrived to-day, some landmarke which some of us sot, when he is endeavouring writing had quite recovered and from Wasueh and others from regret. The old Clock Tower is to have things settled up to savo
in Rangoon but at the time of places along the railway line, dwindling daily before our eyes. good. The whole piece was enteric but was expected to be. Whose are the Pavements?
Disbanded troepe who do not It is true that for a very long admirably dressed,
his own situation, was decidedly however, was soffering from was well. Miss Marsden Owen, to be impressed with our Goven-treated as rebels.Reuter. "
Visitors to Hongkong continue return to their homes will be time, owing to the advance of the ment's beneficent practice of
city towards the sea, it has ceased generally enjoyable. Northern Troops on Hand. to be in the proper sense a land- Tansion has ended with the mark. But for just over fifty
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utilitarian sense which makes every warship good to look upon, own knowledge of the world infantry companies of the nothern ing the disappearance of ancient ner. His work in the second Fans) had had a touch of dengue
whatever her complexion. Moreover, being a sea-going ship, she will not be always with us like the Tamar, so cannot by any stretch of language be considered as a prospective "landmark."
DE PAUL.
and was
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working again in a month's time, The letter seems to be conclusive of the fact that Misa Fane is still
in the flesh and, we hope, able to bear up against the unpleasant rumour associated with her
11&me.
DISCHARGED.
We think that the writer of the article is quito correct in his estimate of the aesthetic value of 11. M. S. Tamar to the harbour Every day, from hundreds of yachts and launches, from hundrede of verandahs, and windows of business offices, the eye surveying our allowing all cooliedom to make beautiful roadsisad is arrested and comforted by this stately white whatever use it cheases of the arrival of northern troops who re- years it has performed, a useful SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT ship, so cool and restful in appearance. Although built of iron and city pavements. The average lieved the pity guards last night service to us citizens, who now, originally a steam" trooper," she has the air of an old time two-coolio's notion is that these were It appears that the recently dis. for lack of its benign old face, docker-one of England's woodon walle. We have grown so used designed for him to loaf and covered conspiracy was well fin- have to get hot hurrying to the to her that she seems aa mach part of the Colony as the very with refuse, and, to ait down on said, having been collected for yet ten minutes before the mail lounge upon, to spit on, to litter anced, two million dollars, It is post office, unaware that there are mountains that surround us and only by an effort of the imagination whensoever it seemeth him good. the purpose. Alleged conspira- closes,
Jubilee Year 1863—1913- can we realize what a loss her familiar presence will be to the har-And if there be any other use fora captured within the foreign action will be taken with regard its golden jubilee on Sunday next,
We hope that some
The above Society is celebrating bour prospect.
for s pavement, in his eyes, it is concessions at Hankow have been to our suggestion for electric the 13th instant, in conjunction Cannot the Government acquire this ship? She is presumably may saunter at leisure, carrying authorities. Some have been the election of a Europeas con- the founder of St. Vincent de Melbourne, at the Police Court, as a parade-ground whereon he treated differently by the various clooks in the town and also for with the centenary anniversary of tor was charged before Mr A Chinese washerman's collec sound below the water-line and capable of weathering out many an umbrella or a bamboo at handed over to the Chinese, while venience and lavatory on the Paul's Conferences." Another typhoon. There must be uses to which she could be put. whatever angle may bé most others have not been handed over, site She would make a splendid hospital, harbour or cuatom's office. dangerous or inconvenient to being political prisoners, but with
this morning, with stealing a One can picture her as a Home for Seamen or the headquarters of a Europeans, or in default there have been shipped to Shanghai, his existence so that he may be o'clock in the Cathedral of the Peak.
of our old friend, On Sunday morning a Solenm pair of cuff-links from the re- yacht olub. Some expense would doubtless be incurred in keeping of a couple of buckets of water Certain sections of the Chinese honoured in his fall.
tablet recording
Low Mass will be said at 9.30 sidence of Dr Fitzwillaims, at the her as white as the Royal Navy do and, of course, if she is still or a bale of merchandise. When press accuse General Huang Hsing enhance the splendour of the scene, a conspicious anchorage wuld is the Government going to pluck of being the author of the con-
Immaculate Conception; followed | On the grounds of insufficient have to be found for her. It seems a pity she should be taken from up its courage and tackle a prob- spiracy and assert that inorimin-But there is another landmark o'clock an
by To Deum and Benediction. The St. Paul's of Hongkong.
evidence upon which to convict, us to be ignominiquely broken up.
In the evening from 9 to 11 the defendant was discharged. But that we fear will be her fate. Beauty and tradition in grievance to the European popu- Those eccusations have been off-which we are almost to lose, our Danenborg, will take place in the
lem that is a constant source of sting telegrams have been seized, (if the term may be forgiven) organised by the Professor Emil covered.
Alles Concert, One of the cufflinks 08 TO these commercial days are weighed in Mammon's scales and found lation and that continually bolde cially contradicted, there being good old "receiving ship" HMS compound of the Cathedral, in wanting they do not pay. Better a live battleship than a decaying us up to ridicule in the eyes of no evidence whatever against Tamar. We are so used to this whichrome local ladies and gent. The Eastern Extension Aus transport and we must make up our minds to do without FI. M. Strangers from properly managed General Huang.
Communication Restored, Tamar. 'Let us feast our eyes on her with renewed interest whilst colonies? Of course coolies must
fine spotless-white vessel always lemen amateurs will take part, tralasia and China Telegraph she is yet with us, "sweet as the last taste of sweets is sweatest sit down sometimes, but why ed 18,000 troops yesterday, part do not realise that she is the "St. mitte of the Society to invite the communication with Singapore
General Li Yuan-hung review-at anchor in the stream, that we We are requested by the Com-Company announce that dirent. Last," remembering that her days are numbered. When the summer allow them to choose the pare of them being northern soldiers, Paul's" of Hongkong, the familiar public in general to attend. No has been restored, and the trafiq comes round sgain her very rains will be with Troy's.
ment for that purpose? and part Hapeb levies.-Realer, spirit of our Colony. In old viewe-charge will be made for admission, 19 again passing normally,
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