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(Continued from prge 3).. Of course, it was very easy to understand why it was a failure. In the first place it had no legal sanction behind it; it had no.] power to enter into any school, nor had it any staff to inspect the number of schools given them. And they would readily under aland that a body of Chinese gen tlemen, however energetic, and however public-spirited, could not possibly afford the time to go round the Colony and inspect. 650 schools, more than half of which were monitered over the New Territory, a place ex tremely difont of access. It hadisken months, absolutely months, by the Government (by its own officers) to inspect these schools and find out where they were located and what they were doing. He might sa well take opportunity of telling them it had already been submitted to the Director of Education for the Colony and had his sanction. If
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913,
POST OFFICE.
18th ulto.
MAILS DUE. Siberian, Chiyuen, 19th inst.
inexact terminology; in no sense was it a grant. The facts were briefly as follow: The Golf The London Malls (via Siberis) Club, wishing to extend its were received per P & O... course and to create a new golf China. course for the use of ladies; ap- The Ohiyuen is due to arrive proached the Government for the here to-morrowTM with the lease of certain Crown lands. Maila from London (via S1 Between these Crown lande was beria), of Wednesday 28th-and situated aertain private land
Saturday, which the Club was not strong. enough financially to buy. There fore the Government proposed to resume these private lands and lease them, together with the Crown Jands Club, charging them rent at the rate of four and a half per cent. on the capital cost of the land to the Government. That in itself seemed to be a justifiable transso-Tsingtau, Cheloo and tion, but when he added that on a very low estimate it was 'cal- onlated that when the new golf course shall have been added to the existing course, the railway
AgT6S
that
to
sba
(which was a Government rail- war) would gain at the lowest estimate $1,500 A year net in actual receipts over and it was passed, it would not be by above what it received now any means a unique measure,
ho thought they would The subject of education
the transact- was one upon which men's ideas differed radically, so radical- tion became so extremely good ly that it was almost hopeless to get any unenimons agreement amongst them as to what lines education abould proceed upon. The Attorney General bad re- ferred to the disɛnsion in the United Kingdom, a subject that was familiar to them all, and they had had their experience them salves. The last grant vote put through, was only put through after an ·enormous amount of discussion and trouble. Perhaps in the dim bye-and-bye, when things had advanced very mach father than they were at present, the Government might listen to those who wished for an Education Board, but he could say at once, that tile Government
after moat serious consideration,
considered that it could best deal with this matter with its own strong land. When it made that statement it was, of course, alive to the assistanes it could get by consulting shots of the
* MAILS VIA SIBERIA.
London June 28 July 4
Shanghai
July 14 July 19
·MAILS CLOSE.
New. obwang-Per Kansu, 18th July, 3 pm" Straits and Burmah-Per Itola,
18th July, 3 pm.
Straits and Burmah-Per Bearg
Bea 18th July, 5 p.m. Hothow-Fer Helene, 19th July,
Australian
Mall.
8 a.m.
Philippine Islands Aus tralia, Tasmania & New
·Zealand via Port Darwin -Per Eastern, 19th July, 10 a.m.
one. - Fifteen hundred dollars Macao-Per Sui Tal, 19th July, on an expenditure of 810,000 four and a half per cent, added. was 15 per cent, and with the they got a net rotora of nineteen and a half per cent. The estimate of this new earning power of the railway-15 per cent.wAB, as he atid, pat at a very low estimate; he r›nsidered it would be at least 20 per cent., and in fature years, if they allowed their imagination to EOBT a little, one could quite imagine the re- ceipts being increased 50 per cent, or even 100 per cent. It the gentlemen who criticised them outside the Council could do as well in their private business, or for their clients, as the Gove:n-
ment was doing with, this $10,000, all he could say was, bearty congratulations to them. His Eve'lenoy went on to refer to the action taken by railway companies at Home to attract
one in this costs."
The New Territories.
"This
being
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Hongkong Rainfall for the 34 45
Linan, Bra... 1,853, Canton, han, 17th July-Canton, Gen.-B. & B... .... Bengloo, Br. s., A. Guz, 17th July-Singapore 12th July. Order. Kirin Maru, "Jap. s. 3,356, M.
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hours ending at 10 am, to-day, WILL despatah VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS of dr
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►
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►moderate;
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about the DATES named For SHANGHAI,
MOJI, KOBE NANKIN AND YOKO-Capt. Owen Jones; HAMA MIKLIRBEDS,
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fair. SHANGHAL...
Christiansen, 18th July & Formosa Channel W. to W. LONDON, CHINA
-Moji, Matches, Onion, Yarn, Fish, eto, N. Y. E. Chinhua, Bras. 1,349, Finlayson, 18th July-Manila, Gen.. -Order. Irene, Chi. . 876, Froggát. 18th
July 16th July, Gu. 0. M. 8. N. Co. China, Br. s. 4,161, C. H. 8. Toc- que, 18th July-Bhanghai 15th July. Gen.-P. & 0. Co. Kueichow, Br. s.s. 1,220, Forsyth,
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winds, strong,
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Kyodo
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Station.
Register.
18th July, am.
Porta
Capt.Q.H.8. Tooque B.N.R
of Call LONDON & ANT-
WERP v. Singa-
pore,
To Sail On Remarks,
about 16th July
Fr
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Penang, SARDINIA.
Ombo, Port Said, Capt. G. Manley,
Noon 19th July & Page
about Freight 23rd July / &P'sago
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Taiyuen for Melbouras. Kirin Maru for Yokohama,
China for Bombay.
Teintau for Bangkok.
Kyodo Maru No 13 for Canton.
Itola for Rangoon...
Taizan Maru for Probolingo.
Kjeld for Bangkok
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
traffe by building hotel and Japan via Kobe-Per Kirin Maru, Laying out golf courses, community who were interest-
concluded:- and ed in education, and as this matter" would affect largely poor Government is Chinese esht sle-but by no means constantly requested to take a altogether Chinese schools the leaf out of the book of privats Government would proceed in Companies, and we have taken that matter, has it did in all other matters, by consalting, and taking the advice of the Chiness community. But as he had said before the Govelament stead firm on that particular item on the Bill-that it shall by its own officзrs, who were after all teoboical meu, control the subjects of education, and put its educa-
Shanghai, North China Harurasan Maru for Milke. and (Europe via Siberia) -Per Linan,
19th July, 5p.m. Holhow, Haiphong, Fakhoi and
tional hovro in some sort of .order.
The second reading was then passed.
•!
The Fanilag Golf Links, His Excellency the Governor, referring to the vote for the xe sumption of Crown lands in congestion with the golf linke at Fanling, said there seemed to be some misapprehension outside the Council as to this voto. Hoa- ourable members appeared to understand it; perhaps their intelligence was superior to that of those who criticiead the vota. So he thought it well to add a few words to the explanation" made by the Colonial Bedratary
at the Finance Committee meet-
ing which he thought would
In moving the second reading Swatow, of the Bill eutiled An Ordinsaco to amend the New Territories Re-Shanghai gulation Ordinance, 1910, the Hon. Attorney General sɛid' that
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W'NESDAY,
23rd July
9 8.m
about
W'NESDAY
23rd July.
[SATURDAY, 9th August
9.a.m.
about
SHANGHAI, THING-1
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TAU, KOBE AND PRINZESS ALICE YOKOHAMA....
Cap. J. Bortfeldt 20,300
MANILA, TAP, MA-Y
2
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TUESDAY, 22nd July.
Capt. J. Koehler
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Pakhoi 11
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Baigon-Per Kalfong, Per. 8. China, arrived 18th 19th July, 5 p.m.
July, from Shanghai." Wel-hai-wei, Chefco and Anderson. Tientsin-Per Cheong-Berzi, C- shing, 18th July, 5 p.m.
Boliague, W. and North China-- Burjerjee. Per Choysang 19th July, Campbell, A. Amoy and Formosa via Gace, F. A 5. p.m.
Gabe, G
Gerstoff, Von. Daijin Maru, 20th July, 9 a.m. Swatow-Per Signal, 21st July, 9 July, from Tientsin.
Per s.s. Kueichow, arrived 18th
Cogan.
Spencer.
in the development of the New Swatow, Territory, of course, trade, and the sale and purobase, of produce, constituted a very important element. The natural tendency of direct personal
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a.m.
10 a.m.
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Battelle, Miss Bartelle. Mrs. Bartelle. Mine RM.
Mannel.
29.83 85 29.9085
sw. 2 c
T. F. Claxton, Director. Hongrong, Observatory, July, 18. 1 Barometer, reduced to 32 of the ses in inches, tenths and degrees Fahrenheit on the level
hundredths.
2 Temperature, in the shado, in degrees Fahrenheit.
dealings Swatow, Amoy and Foochow- in general goods, srid
Per Haiyang, 22nd July, espacially ju loos! and marine products, was to Swatow, Wel-hai-wei, Chefoo and warde centralisation; and
Tientsin-PerKueichow, fow markete
22nd July, 11.p.m. already some
3 Humidity, in percentage of had sprung up in the New Ter Batavia, Cheribon, Samarung and
saturation, the Humidity of air Bourabaya Per Timahi,-PASSENGERS DEPARTED.saturated with moisture being 100, ritory. Few affairs were more (Continued on page 11.
22nd July, 11 am.
4 Direction of Wind, to two Straits and Sourabaya-PerChun- Pers. Miyazaki, Maru, sailed points.
sang, 22nd July, 11 am from Hongkong on 16th July, for-5 Force of Wind, according to Shanghai, North China and Japan Japan.
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な
BUNKERS
can be supplied at cheap rates."
at
SANDAKAN & SEBATTIK, (British North Borneo).
At the so ports steamers oall-
bave been suficient, for mosting for bunker coal exclusively
people. He had seen this vote dues and charges. termed a grant; that was very
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are exempt from all shippin
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