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Copyright, 1914 by the Proprietor.
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London. Received February 10.
London. Received February 13...
in During the debate the
Mr Keir Hardie, (Labour), House of Commons, in tha Lahowover, vigorously denounced bour amendment, Mr. Lowis the adoption of martial law and Harcourt, Secretary of State for the deportations, and asserted the Colonies, dwelt on the ftand that the British Constitution was disturbances, and said a general mashed to Pmithereens. fl unrest and attempts to stir up the insisted on the right to strike, and natives and Indiane had been emphatically protested against the followed by a railway strike, sad theory that the House of Com- all industries and public services mons had no responsibility in the had been theratened with stop-matter.
page, and the population facefi“ Fate of an Amendment.
with starvation. He emphasised that there had been 24 dynamite outrages between January, 7 and
Union
SATURDAY,
BELEGRAMS.
THE CHURCH ARMY.
HIS MAJESTY'S INTEREST,
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London, Resiived February 14. The Rev. Prebendary Carlile, the founder of the Church Army,
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北大拜五號四十月弍英沿街
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
RUSSIAN CHANGES.
THE BYE-ELECTIONS,
POLLING NEXT WEEK.
NEW FOREIGN MINISTER.
TELEGRAMS:
CANADIAN RAILWAYS.
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
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London, Received February 18 Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg says it is stated that has been received in audience M. Sazonof, Minister of Foreign with His Majesty the King, who Affairs, is reaiguing. He will expressed the keenest interest in probably be succeeded by M. the work of the Church Army Shobeko. the Ambassador at and his sympathy with those who Vienna.
London, Received February 13 paign" is in progress, at Poplar A "whirlwind bye-elections cam- and Bethnal Green (S.W)polling taking place next week.
Mr. Clark is Unionist candidate at Poplar, and the Labour oan. didate is Mr. Jones, a gas-worker. had made a slip but who were The Czar has created M. Ko- now working their way back to kovise a Count upon his retire the Liberal candidate is Mr, A. It was stated yesterday that good citizenship.
W, Yoo.
Prebendary Carlile showed His Majesty the savings book of a converted thief, who the King The amendment of Mr. Mc. remembered as stealing 32 wat- Callum Scott (L), calling atten.ches on King Edward's Corona. 30, The
tion to the condition of Governmont,
Hiation Day and saying he wished knowing all the facts as they Majesty's Indian subjects in South the King was orowned every day. could not be known in Great Africa, has not been rosebed and it Britain, regarded the condition is now possible that it may not be of the country as being one of
discussed: anarchy and revolution, which with the danger of a native cou- fisgration, necessitated martial law. They accordingly inform- DEFENCE OF FRANCE, "ed Lord Gladstone of this, and he properly assented to sign, on the advice of Ministers, an assurance that ratification. and indemnity would be obtained from the. Union Parliament.
MARINE MINISTER'S VIEWS.
London. Received February 13.
Reuter's Paris correspondent says during the debate in the Chamber on the Naval Estimates, The Deportations.
the Minister of Marines expres Turning to the deportations, ed the opinion that the defence Mr. Harcourt pointed out that of the Atlantic coast should be left to submarines and aircraft, -Lord-Gladstone-was-in-no-way-
as the concentration of the forces responsible. His aesent ពុទ neither sought nor obtained. It on the Mediterranean was was paraly the act of the Ex-strategical necessity.
ecutive and Military authorities.
It was admittedly within the com- petones of the Union Parliament
to legislate as to the class of
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.
immigrants to be admitted to the country, and ench powers had long been operative in other! Dominions, The position of the AMERICAN GENERAL Governor-General
. South
MANAGER.
London. Ressivad February 14,
MISSING STOCKBROKER.
ARRESTED IN PARIS.
London. Received February 15. The missing stock broker, Mr. Charles Edward Fenner, who wes frequently mentioned in the Mar coni enquiry" in connection with the investment of funds belonging to the Liberal, Perly, has been arrested in Paris on an extradi-
tion warrant.
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mited s
ment,
The New Premier. London. Received February 14.
Renier's correspondent at St. Petersburg states that M. Gormey kine, who was the Premier at the opening of the first Duma, bas been appointed Premier. He belonge to the right wing of the Council of Empire and is reputed to be an opponent of legislative institutions.
The appointment is regarded as a reactionary triumph, but in view of the now Premier's age-- 75 reqra-it is unlikely that the appointment implies, any draatio changes of policy.
RECRUITS
OVERCROWDED.
-SERIOUS SITUATION: IN FRANCE.
Landon. Received February 13.
News for BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
CONDENSED.
Capt. W. Heston Armstrong, London. Roselred February 14. of the British Army, has been Ottawa sistes that the Royal Prince of Wied.
Reuter's correspondent at appointed Private Secretary to the Commission which is investigat ing the construction of the Trans- The Czar, in a Rescript to the continental Railway from Monc. now Minister of Finance, deplores. ton, New Brunswick, to Winnipeg, the poverty of the people, and has reported that economy has charges him to elevate the masses. raged and that 40 million dollars, The Mexican neither been practised nor encon
rebels have atleast, have been needlessly spent dynamited a train near Cardenas, upon the construction of the killing a Federal escort of fifty Grand Trank Pacifio, while other and a number of passengers. superfluous outlays have been
Sun Peo-chi has been appointed addition will fill the post of Foreign Minister.
It is expected that the National Insursace question will be a strong feature of the campaign, as casual labourers, who are sup-made on the railway, which is posed to have insurance griev designed without any knowledge Acting Chinese Premier, and in
are numerous in both of the country.
auces,
constituencies.
RUSSIAN POVERTY,
THE CZAR'S CONCERN..
Mr. Harcourt delivered a not-
PRINCE OF WALES' TJUR. able speech on the African de- the House of
A REPORT DENIED.
London. Received February 13.
portations in Commons.
It is is denied that the Colonial
Reuter's Agency Las been autho-Office has been requested to draw rised to deny the report that the up plans for a Colonial tour of Colonial Office has been requested H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. London. Received February 14.
to draw up plans for a Colonial Thr Ozar bas issued a Rescript tour by HR.H, the Prince, of to M. Bark, the new Minister of Wales. No such stop has been Finance, in which Eie Majesty taken of is contemplated. emphasises that during his recent
HOME FOOTB ALL.
tour he remarked, with deep grief, 24 among the people sad facts of weakness, poverty and económic the inevitable. desolation, as resulta of ~ drunkenness. It Latest Results at a Glance,, was inadmisgable to permit financial the favourable
Following are the results of position of the State to depend on the league and other matches the destruction of the moral and played on January 24-
First Division. economic strength of the great multitude of Russian citizens. Manchester City 2, Tottenham
Cheleos.0, Burnley 0. The Czar saya the recont de
Hotspur 1.
Brownwich Liverpool 1.
North End 3.
Albiɔn ́·0,
Oldham Athletic %, Manchester
United 2.
les "Edword Fouuer, mentioned The missing, stockbroker Obar
during the Marconi inquiry, has been arrested in Paris on an ex- tradition warrant,
The Royal Commision inves- tigating-the-construction-of-the- Canadian Trans-continental Rail- way, says economy has not been practised,
The overcrowding of recruits. epidemies of scarlet fever, pren in France has caused serious.
monia and cerebro spinal men- ingitis.
It is stated that the Russian Foreign Minister is resigning and will probably be succeeded by M.
Vienna.
Blackburn Rovers 3, Sheffield Shobeko, the Ambassador to
United 2.
Router's Paris correspondent A DYNAMITE OUTRAGE,
at Paris says the overorowding of recruits as a result of the Tiennium Service Act, and the London, Received February 14.delay in the construction of bar- The Mexican rebele have dyna- racks, has caused serious epide bates in the Dama sud the Cour-West train near Cardenas, mics of scarlet fever, pneumonia cil of State, in which protest, killing & Federal escort of fifty and cerebro-spinal meningitis were raised against the immense Bolton Wanderers 0, Preston and a number of passengers.
About 800 are in hospital, and increase in the revenue from the Africa, he added, was largely an-
Trouble is feared in Mexico 40 have died at Toulon slone alcohol monopoly, found a strong City, where rifles and machine since January Lat.
echo in his mind. He charges alogous to the position of the Sovereign of Great Britain. If Lord Claud Kamilton made a guna have been conveyed into Many other garrisons are aimi- the new Minister to elevate the Lord Gladstone had refused to striking announcement as the the British Legation. It is stat-larly affected. follow the advice of the Ministera mooting of the Great Easterned that a request bas been made it must have inevitably resulted Railway Company, in which he that British bluejackets handle
the in the resignation of the Botha bewailed the death of young men gobe. Government, leaving Lord Glad-in the railway world competent stone a powerless figure in the to be General Managers. He face of the tumult. He desired said the Company had been com- to state, on behalf of the Govern. pelled to secure an American, ment, that Lord Gladstone's Mr. Henry Thornton. action was entisely correct, and that he possesed the Imperial Government's full confidence
throughout. Concluding, the Colonial Secretary, in an eloquent peroration, said:" Wo created
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condition of the masses,
Great Nothern Telegraph Company.
Hongkow Creek Estate No. 8. -Purchase of additional land. owing to interest having been Complete development with, Jhi-
Yangtezeepoo Estate No. 9UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, paid on an increased number of peas houras. Debentures and a considerable! Paoshan Estate No. 13.-Con. outlay having been made ontinuation af Obinese development, developments. These have not now foreign houses on Dixwell yet become fully productive. Road and interest on undeveloped Mortgage interest is also slightly part of Estate. deoroaned.
Yangisapoo Estate No. 14.- Reserve Fund for Equalization Commencement of development
Chuashing, Wisdiwostook. Fukagawa Nikkwayoko, Saga. Tounke, Koba. Millard Kremlin, Shanghai, Mohl hoge Steamer Prinz
these great free Parliaments, wide- A BRITISH PRIVATE SECRE of Dividend is reduced by the with two terrace of Foreign Ladwig, Sancarlos Negros,
flong throughout the world. They are our constant pride, and only our occasional embarrass- ment. Treat them with a broad mind and a wide confidence."
Mr. Harcourt's speech created a deep impression.
The subsequent debate was almost featureless, and in a thinned House the speeches were mostly very moderate.
Diverse Views
TARY.
London. Received February 14,
Captain William Heaton Arm- strong, of the British Army, has been appointed Private Secretary to the Prince of Wied, the new Albanian ruler,
COMPANY REPORT.
Shanghal Land Invistment Company, Limited.
Tis. 50,000.00 authorised at the houses to be completed early in laat General Meeting. No further 1914. withdrawal from this account is! Shantung Road Estate No. 15. noticipated.
-Reduced by payment for Road surrender,
Jessfeld Etate No. 21.-Com- mencement of development with Foreign houses and interest on undeveloped land.
Other differences are due to interest on undeveloped land.
Menasche, Kobe, Nisseimara, Koba. Otani C/o Matsubararyokan, Dairen.
Peixotto Amconsul, Peking. Quanonlung, Shanghai. Shingehoong, Shanghai.
A. B. SORENSEN. Actg. Superintendent.
Eastern Extension.
Chunyek, Manila.
Carling. Posk Hotel, Ipoh,.
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Eabhos, Bangkok.
Elmore, Shanghai...
Gewkee Teeckhootowayo, Sing
poro.
Quansoseng, Singapore. Honghampoh, Singapore.
Kwongmanyuen, Sanfrancisco, Mazacon, Calcutta. Leeohongkoo, San Francisco. Nyadmo, Penang.' Senghing, Semarang. Shuilun, San Francisco. Werwhite, Bradford,
Everton 1, Aston Villa. 4.
Bradford City 0. Derby Country 0. Sheffield Wednesday 0, Now-
castle United 0. Sunderland 4, Middlesbrough 2. Second Division. Lincoln City 0, Fulham 1. Woolwich Arsenal 1. Barnsley 0. Clapton Orient 1, Bradford 0. Birmingham Wolverhampton
Wanderers 1.
Notte Forest 1, Bury 1. Blackpool 0, Huddersfield1. Glossop 1. Stockport County 1: Bristol City 1. Leicester Fosse 0. Leeds City 2, Notts County 4. Grimsby Town 1, Hull City 2.
Southern League, Crystal Palace 4, Cardiff City 0. West Ham United 4, Queen's
Park Rangers 1: Southampton 2. Bristol Rovers 0. Plymouth Argyle 1, Merthyr
Town 0.
Reading 2, Swindon Town 0. Norwich City 0, Portsmouth 0. Coventry City 1, Exeter City 2. Northampton 2: Southend United
0..
Watford 2, Millwall 0
Gillingham 5, Brighton and Hove 0.
The home team is mentioned first in each instance.
Rugby. Lancashire 11pts, Northumber land 3.
Swansea 17pts, Newport 0. Leicester 9pts, Devonport Albion 3.
Cumberland, 11pts, Yorkshire 8,
Improvements and Renewals Account is credited with Tla. 69,201,92 transferred from Profit & Loss Account as authorised last year and debited with Tls 12,104.55 apent on improvements Zang Pang Estate No. 26.---` during the year. It is proposed Continuation of development with to credit this account with Tls. Foreign houses, 56,384.00 being interest on un- developed land bringing the "Lord Robert Cecil (U.) express-
credit balance up to Tls. 228,- Baildings. Daring the year 753.15 ed his profound misgiving at the
74 foraign houses and 353 The Report of the Directra of Profit and Loss Account.-The Chinese houses and shops have deportations, which were те
the Shanghai Land Investment amount at the credit of this been commenced and/or finished. pugnant to British ideas of liberty. Company Ltd., for prezantation at account after deducting the
Mr. J. Wedgwood (L) said the the twenty-fith annual general interim dividend paid in July amount to
Mortgages Mortgage loans Union Government had acted meeting of shareholdere to be held last and the amount credited to advanced against real estate and Tis. 2,183,157.91 contrary to the spirit of justice on Thursday, the 19th day of Improvements and Renewals are fully covered. for every Englishman.
February, states:-
Account is Tls. 299,771.54 which, Directors. It is with deep Mr. R. L. Oathwaite (L.) sup- The Directors, have much the Directors recommend for regret that the Directors have to ported the amendment."
pleasure in presenting their appropriation as follows:- record the death of Mr. Young, Sir J. D. Racs (U.) denied that twenty-fifth Annual Raport to- Final Divider.d of 0%, (making who, from 1899 until his resigna- the Union Government had gane gether with " Statement of 11% for the year) Tls. 234,000.00 tion a short time before his death, beyond the requirements of the Accounts and Bilance Sheet for Transfer to Improvement and had been an active and valued occasion, and deprecated the the year ending 31et Dacomber, Renewals Accuant 56,384.00 member of the Board. Ou Mr. discussion.
1913.
Carry forward to New Account Young's resignation Mr. H. A. J. 9,387.54 Macray was invited to join the
Board and his olotion Tie. 209,771.54 requires confirmation. During Mr. Kinnear's temporary absence Capital Account. The princi-Mr. O. G. 8. Mackie took his
The King has expressed his Mr. Barnes (Laboury dwelt on Running expenses rhew an in-pal differences in Capital Account place. Mr. Wrightson retires by A Chinese shopkeeper from 82, keenest interest in the work of the indignation of the Labourites crease of Tls. 8,087 02 leaving an are accounted for as follows: rotation, and offers himself for First Strest reports that between the Church Army. in Great Britain, which, he declar-increase in net rentals. of Tls. Will'a: Estate No. 1-Cost of re-election.
the 11th. and the 12th, inst, some! ed, would grow in intensity in 29,824.53 Interest Account is now buildings.
Auditor Mr. Wingrove retires the coming weeks...
reduced by Tis. 40,778.58 (Tls, Jinkee Estate No. 6.-Oost of and offers himself for re-election. The Labour amendment was 12,817.02 of which is decrease on reinstating and improvements E JENNER HOGG, defeated by 210 votes to 50, Interest on undeveloped land) misde after fire.
Chairman.
Mr. McCallum Scott (L) urged Working Account for 1913 bas that there. should be no inter-a Credit balance of Tls. 440,444.54) ference, contending that Colonial as compared with Tis. 461,366 48 self-government included the for 1912. The gross reninis are right to do wrong.
increased by Tle. 37,891.55.
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J. M. BECK.,
Saperintendent
A Shopkeeper's Suspicions.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
CONDENSED. '.
The Labour amendment to the address was.rejected by a vote of 210 to 50:-
person atole from a drawer of his An American, Mr. Henry Thorn- counter, which he opened with a ton, has been appointed General duplicate key, a sum of $453 in Manager of the Great Eastern money. He anspeots the fokia, Railway,
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NEWS.
appeara to-day
A short story appears in this- issue on an extra,
The annual general meeting of Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ltd., was held to-day.
Log book appears on page 6 to-day. Mesars Wright
and Hornby's share report appears on" page 9.
WELLANE
The half yearly meeting of Shareholders in the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation took place to-day at noon at the City Hall.
DON'T FORGET,
TO-DAY.
Victoria Theatre-9.15 pm.. Bijou Theatre-9.15 p..
TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9.15, p.m.
Monday February 16, Jockey Club Race Meeting Happy Valley.
Mand Allan at Theatre Royal -2.15 pm,
Tuesday, February 17. Mand Allan at Theatre Royal -9.15 p.m.
Concert Seamen's Institute. Wednesday, February 18, Maud Allan at Theatre Royal -9.15 p.m.
Thursday, February 19, Bali at Government, House. Saturday February 21;
A. D. C. Performance Theatre Royal-9.15 p.m.
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Thursday, February 28. Annual meeting Kowloon Land and Building Co., Ltd. noon.
A. D. C. Performance, Theatre Royal 9.15 p.;