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BIRTES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

On February , the Wife of J. R.

POWELL'S S. MOUTRIE & Co., for.

CASH

SALE

LIMITED.

NEW PIANOS

ON HIRE FROM

10.00 Per Month.

Tuning and Regular

Attention Inclusive,

SPECIAL TERMS FOR

CONTRACT TUNINGS.

REPAIRING A SPE-

CIALITY.

NOW ON. Estimates Free.

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in all

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ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS

AND

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Hotels.

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Two in a Room, 850 extra.

Hongkong, November 2, 1967.

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Hongkang. Avril 16, 1907.

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THE

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1703

SCOTCH

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Plopsant Drive along he Sea Fort,

either by Train or Ricksha

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Ezna.--On February 3, at No. 26 North Soochow Road, Shanghai, tho Wifo of EDWARD I. Eta, of a Son,

STRUCKMEYER.-On February Sud, at Yates Road No. 4, Shanghai, the Wife of OTTO STRUCKNEYER, of a Son,

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous.

11.46 n.m.-Kxchange Banks Closed. 11.46 a.in.Insurance Offices Closed. Races at Race Course,

:

Goods per Nubia not-cleared at 4pm

ob this date subject to rest. Goods per Princ Sigismund undelivered

after this date subject to runk.

well as to the lower grade servants of the deportment. Ono of the chief cases

18 IT MURDER ?

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908.

› THE WRECKED WINDSOR. ·DISASTROUS FIRE.

Broken Upe

ago wo reported wrecked off the Australian The stonmor Windsor, which some days tours have been circulating about the fortunate skippor mot his death as the re- Abrolhos Reef, off Geraldton, and the sens city, some of which allego that the un-

coust, has broken up.

The steamer got firmly sized on the suit of foul play. It is alleged by gentle-havo new pounded her to pieces. Mackenzie on the day previous La his indly that thora is a possibility of some salvage, men who were in the escapady of Caitsin i Private ulvices received locally indicato

two very

The Windsor was Indon with sundel woad for Hongkong.

THE SEIZED STEAMER.

A JAPANESE VIEW.

The Scizuro Irregular,

Record Blaze in New Zealand.

(Exclusive Service, supplied by Reuter, via Bombay.)

LONDON, February 8.

of the Dorinion of New Zealand broke The most disastrous fire in the history.

out on the 7th instant at Christchurch,

A large block of business premises, was destroyed, the loss amounting to half a million pounds sterling,

BRITISH POLITICS.

for complaint against the Sanitary De-Captain Mackenzie's, Death. partment in the past was that it did not show in its operations the "saving grace Captain Mackenzie was published varions Since the first repent of the death of of commonsense." The attitude assumed was: "the law says this or that must be done or left undone, therefore it must We done on left undone although the Heavens fall." Against the adoption of being fount in the harbour that he such an attitude we have again and had a considerable sum of money on again in the past directed strong that when the body was

his person, and it is further asserted fornel tlust monstrances. We sought to show money las disappeared. Furthermore it that there was nothing so sacred about is alleged that ther

suspicious wounds on the body, such as the letter of any law that it, lund to hey reasonably have been expected in tho adbered to oven when directly contrary to the spirit. We claimed that it was impossible in laws expressed in and limited by words to provide for special cases and that it was the clear duty of those who mitininistered the laws to smp ply the elasticity which was impossible heal and that the Captain was syndered eves on inquiry at the Consulate this in the written word. Now His Excellency

morning it was leavesed that a Japanene The police do not credit these emours, gonflesana whs of just avived from As for They have been able to distorer, o lo a stay which differed in thig Governor says the same thing in there are an suspicions tiremstances in ruspeels from those proviniusly set, was held till recently by Mr G. H. date subject to rent.

a different way“. SATURDAY, February 15:

The ideals to which not throw much highl on the subject. The publi-bud. Hu sintel that the ship's Williamson, a Conservative. was con- Noon, Mesting of The Hongkong and he referred are the parents of all age and, use a single, it is ptothem

matter is in the hide of the Water Police. I papers were in perfect order and that the Shanghai Banking Corporation, at the Legislators generally there are of to elucidate the mystery.

munitions which formed part of the cargo

tested by Mr Coulding, a Tarif City Hall,

were properly recorded in the manifest. Relorner, and Mr Elverston, a Liberal. course cases when compromises are

The vessel was not yogaged in discharging: EXPLOSION ON A SHIP. at the time of her seizure but was

The seat was won handsomely by Mr Goulding.

Goneral Memoranda, THURSDAY, February 19:--

Goods per Glamorganshirë undelivered

after this date subject to reat. FRIDAY, February 14-

11 .. Auction of Goods and Chatols

Nos. 127 & 129, 2nd Street.

2,30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furni-

ture at No. 2, Chancery Lane.

3 p.m.-Meoting of Unions Waterbrat Co., Ld., at Mesra Dodwell & Co. Goods por Glenlochy not cleared on this

Ullice.

TEUBIDAY, February 20:--

یا

pao Dock Co., Lel., at Cis's Othces.

WEDNESDAY, February 13:--

p.m. Performancy by Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club in City Hall.cessary endeavour when framing a Jaw to make it fit the ideal aimed at. MONDAY, February 24:--

Noon-Meeting of Hongkong & Wham But legislators with the knowledge that is born of experience know full well that the low is not only far from the ideal hes that on the nature of things Goods per Delta undelivered after 4p.uccesites will arise when its enforce ment will lead to actual evil. But the legislators trust to the commersense. tact, and disposition to give and take of

Goods per Manchuria undelivered after

noon this date subject to rent.

this date will be landed.

NOTHE

Testene topatung to Pumularea should be achtreia- the administrators of the law to make it work smoothly and operate fairly.

Tur MANAGER, Communications velutivo to veses, skond be #hicensed to "Thu: Enna,

K

card of one who land Jaen struck down by assassins, tine wound was a large bruise on the fans and the other scalp wound on the head. It is suggested that! As already reported the local Japanese The Worcester Bye-election. trying to ward off a blows maisud his mini - Captain Mackenzie was attefel and in consulatu is taking no official part in

(Exclusive Fervice, supplied by Reuter,

rin Bowboy.)

Losos, February 8, The Worcester bye-election, which

and was struck on the foreman, while at connection with the negotiation in

boney stick-abu made the wound on the the same time the weapon useil, prosanusbly reference to the Tatsu Maru 11, Bow-

theconseinus thureby.

Enquiries made at the Central Station o

TWO MEN KILLI D.

Considerable excitement prevailed at Kowloon Dock yesterday when, at about 10.30 .. an explosion was beard, follow.

ed by a dense cloud of smoke issuin: from the forehold of the oil stenter Novite. The vessel was lying alongside the steamer Shantung at the Dock Wharf having been towed over from Aberdeen Dock on Satur day afternoon for completing of repairs.

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waiting for the pilot to take for into Alsea, to which port the munitions were enied. It is suggested that had the

the manifest the seizure world not have Captain of the Chinese warship examined

been inde

proceeding between the Viceroy of the Two Kwang and the Japanese Consul at Negotiations, we are informed, are now

Canton.

Action of the Viceroy.

(From Our Cure=p-adent.)

CASTOS, February

As it was loown by the Boek authorities that workaten were engaged at repairs ou In the past those who administered the the vessel in a very short time Mr Graham,

The seizure of the Tatsu Baru II by the the manager of the Dock, w

Imperial Chinese Customs for arms ruazing Currespondente must formed their sanitary laws of this Colony did not exer-hard with several of the staff assisting the has been reported by wire to the Chinese vise those virtues. Neither did they seek Captain and officers of the Nevite in Foreign Office by the Viceroy, who, on the enduavowing to recover such of the work-arrival of the vesselat Whampoa, despatched to secure the co-operation of the Chinese mes ns might be in danger of asphyxiation. Admiral Li Chun, Tuotai Wai Han, and All letters jos publication stondd be writes which, as Sir Frederick Lugard sug-Une was speedily rescued by the Captain. Trotni Wen Tsung Yao, aa repruuntatives on our site of the paper only.

gests, is a matter of the first importance. but he was in a very bad way. Every of the Chinese Government, to deal with The tendency in the past has been of H. M. Robin, but little hope was

effort on his behalf was tandle by the Doctor the affair.

and murene with any vonmusicutione ad- dvenser to the Editor, you for publication Ind na eridance of yard faith.

Flyders for eatur copies of the Cuisa àfarr,

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The totale polled were:--- Goulding Elverston ...

Majority for Goulding

4361.

3069,

1902.

(REUTER'S SERVICE.] ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION,

Criticised by Lord Curzon.

LONDON, February 7. During a debate in the House of LordsTM on the Angle Russian Conven- tion, Lord Curson said the fairness of the bargain was doubtful in respect to Afghanistan, bad in respect to Tibet, and worse in respect to Persis; the allocation of the Russian sphere was unjustifiable, economically and geogra phically,

No anonymately siquod ego surations that | Jeter already approved in ather papers will be

It is stated in Chinese circles that one | rather to recklessly antagonise the entertained of his recovery when he was Tan, who is the finaneer, was implicated

In regard to Chumi, the treaty was Chinese by disregard of their feelings

litted to the hospital.

and that a returned Chinese student from an absolute surrender und almacet &

munition on board the vessel. Reports: America was in charge of the arms and

humiliation, and British preponderance in Tibet which was assured, is now from Chinese quarters relating to this

sacrificed. affair vary. Until the utter is brought before the Court it will be inpossible to get

should be sent before 114.m in the day after quedication. After that hear the muggy

limited th for ma 1

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and prejudices. But it may be anti- percipated now that His Excellency the

Governor has given such a clear ex

Aitoralians quel aditions to Advertisements i

Lan Inges 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. shoatil be sent to or pression of opinion in favour of wiser Offer at 5 Wyolkrant Street not inter has methods that the administration of the a. New Advertisements should be sent to,

#pan.

sażer" toffies at 8. Queen's Road Central before new Sanitary rdinance, when it be comes law, will be guided by the saving grace of coinmonsense”

Advertisemente ned Sulzeryciowa which are not ordered for a fired period wait he continand until cootermnwled

Telegraphic Ahires: Mail, Hongkang. Telephone No. 12,

The China Mail,

very hard fight to reenver the bulius of Mr Graham and the dock staff and a

two men, litters, who had been killed, Denso volumes of suffocating fures rose from the hold, and it was only by playing volumes of water into the hold that they further definito information. air became sufficiently clear to permit of than the. 'tween deeks. an attempt to be made to descend farther

Placky descents were made by various members of the ship's company and Dock stat and eventually the hodies were dis covered. When they were down up to

WEST RIVER PIRACY.

ANOTHER CARGO BOAT ROBBED

مصري

the deck they presented a terrible sight. Assistance From British Cruiser. One was alive and strenuas efforts were made under the divvetion of the Doctor of H. M. S. Robin to restore animation but ultimately life was pronounced to le

Penang Chinese are rapidly adopting the Occidental style of hair-dressing, thenes are at a great discount and the heart of the burler rejoiccs execedingly. extinct.

(From Our Correspondent.)

CANTON. Felruary 7.

Lord- Fitzmaurice said that, frankly,

the Government was in favour of reduc- ing their engagements in Tibet to a minimum, and withdrawing from the policy of adventure,

PRIVATE PROPERTY AT SEA.

LONDON, February 7.

Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Commons, aid that our assent to the immunity of private property at SEQ would encourage the Powers to make

Latest reports from Takking Profectern war on us, with but little risk to them- A recent number of the "Straits Echo" Nothing is known as to the cause of the

states that another pirney was committed selves. records: "We hear that the four sons of explosion. The unalmenns adopted for on the West River just before the Chinese HOSGEONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908. Mr O. Kim Klieng, of Messre. Taik seam to have been taken and it is strangeing British gunboat has been selicited. driving explosives out of the vessel New Yera and the assistance of a remain-

SANITATION AND COMMONSENSE.

that an explosion should have occurred in the prot of the vesel where oil is not An inquest is to be held in the

THE CASTLE PEAK TIGER.

Takes Another Cow.

Cheang & Co., in accordance with the father's wishes, have just discarded their carried. touchany, and that Mr Kim Kheng morning. himself will doff his to-morrow. Among COMON-ESSE has been waggishly des-other rect accessions to the ranks of cribed asthe kind of sense which is tho queueless brigade among the Chinese distinguished by its uncommonness. is old Mr Kce Saw, the respected pro- Without troubling to discuss the ex-prietor of the firm of RecSaw and Sons,

Once again the tiger has sin up at the rectness of this definition we desire to his grandson, a son of Mr Lim Lee Castle Peak farm. Already it has stolen tivert particular attention to an ulter-

Tat. We hear also that many more several pigs and a cow, a last week it BLEND OF THE FINEST nerf His Excellentry the Governor quenes will be doffed within the next again sized one of the farm core, amit, we

w days." "When will this reform spreal to Peking"

IT IS A

PURE MALT

at the presentation of certificates awarded by the Hongkong Branch of the Royal Sanitary Institute on Wednes. day. After paying a well deserved WHISKIES tribute to the members of the Sanitary

OF

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AND

WM. FARMER ProFINE MELLOW

CARMICHAEL AND

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understand, killed it.

The tiger was seen by n grass-cutter in the vicinity and that individual promptly

fled with husty screams of fright.

A hunt was at once organised, and

If bye-elections are to be taken as a though tracks of the rate were found no criterion the drift of feeling in Great trace of its bido were seen. It is con- Britain is against the Liberal Govern-sidered that the tiger is a larga can, and Commission Flis Excellency said:

ment. Three byoclection victories perhaps some local sports might have the There is only one point which I will within the past month or two have been

fuck to seo it if they visited the vicinity. allurie to before I sit down, and it is captured by supporters of the Opposi that I will say to these gentlemen I have tion, the Liberal candidates being badly just had the honour and pleasure presenting with these certificates, that

defeated. The latest result to band is

regarding the Worcester seat, and the

in their greater wealth of sanitary know- [a Tariff Reformer deleated the Liberl

nominee handsomely. Previously the seat was held by a conservative

go they should not lose sight of the saving grace of commonsense topplause).

G. H. Williamson) and the fact that the ideals are good, but not always easy to Liberal scored some-693 less than his realise. By tho exercise of comunen brother party, antu, at the last election, sense, tact, a little give and take and the Tarif Reformer scored 480

on the Rugby-game and Profession alisem by F. H.-D. Sewell, tho well known athlete and Sporting writer.

To-sorrow we publish a special letter

ASIATIC EXCLUSION

LEAGUES.

The Seattle Convention.

It appears they's junk with a general cauge was bound from Fatshan for Tai Wong Kong when her captain reported to a British ganhat, which was then lying in the vicinity, that ou her voyage down tive pirates hoarded her in a small sanclusion Leagura at Seattle is ended. pan and sixty cases of kerosene and four The Convertion adopted a memorial to bales of clothing were removed.

On receiving the information the British

bout mediately set locality, but no trace of the pistes was

found:

out to the

This afterwards became known to the

Chinese River Police, who dennuded an explmation from the captain why the

LONDON, February 7. The Convention of the Asiatic Ex-

Congress demanding the absolate ex-

clusion of Asiatics,

GERMAN POLITICS.

Minister of Finance Resigns. piracy was not reported to them. No

LONDON, February 7. but since the occurrence Admiral. Li Chur Minister of Fulance, has resigned,

atisfactory explanation was however given,

s roproved tho captains of the various owing to the difficulties in obtaining Baron von Stengel, the German

revenue to get the increased expenditure- for the army and pavy.

police pinnnees.

CANTON RECLAMATION

WORK.

Big Contract · Announced.

(From Our Correspondent.)

CANTON, February 7. There is a great deal of contract, work

The English Mail of the 11th, Jamily now open for contactors at Canton. The

was delivered in Lomb on the 8th ints.

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to a certain Chinese Metropolitan, siliciul for coal at Traisle, Bount.

Cantra Public Works Department has

tenders are invited to carry out the scheme. resumed the Reclamation scheine and in A mining concession has heen granted notice issued to the public yesterday

At the Supreino Court to-day Mr Henry

"WHEW!

en many often aeliose results that more than the previous occupant of the Laniner Donays was, on the motion of the are more valuable than all the rules of seat, is a striking indication of the Hen. Mr H. E. Pollosh, admitted and This is from the "Sinwanpo" It is the text books. You may obtain these reversal of feeling regarding the policy enrolled as an attorney, solicitor and ropted that a certain European poster, results without wounding the prejudices of the present Ministry. Worcester is proctor. of the Enpreme Court of Hong, which is well known for its wavy, has pro keng.. In admitting Mt Donny's His Lord- parel tight million tnels and is trying to get that his career in the Colly be a spending thesid sursismongst the Chinese ship the Chief Justice said that he hoped an order to build warships for Chins, vary aneessful on

Light of cialis

A. 3. WATSON & 00, of others. It is your business here to a constituency of some 8412 votes, and endleasour to impress upon the Chinese at the last election 70 Jutes were LIMITED

community the "valve of sanitation, and rolled, whilst at this breektion only to try to get them to work with us, and 70 less were pulled. Usually the pro- portion of the votes not polled is not to work against us. We wish to

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

ALEXANDRA.

BUILDINGS, Hongkong, November 30, 1907.

make the Chinese gentlemen of intelligter at a bye-election than ten generatto amante from Vancouver Elit Japanese Cough Remedy receive letters from

election, and the results at Worcester ence and standing co-operate with us in

Keem to

indicate that consirable in our work of sanitation." - We comment trest was taken in the election. The this advice to the particular attention of swing of the political pendulus certain those who adminster our local sanitary ly seems to be now coming back in aws to the highly placed officials as favour of the Opposition.

THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYDS.

LONDON, February 8. The North German Lloyds bare decided to raise a loan of £1,250,000.

PORTUGAL'S SORROW. Funeral of the Late King,

Queen Amelia will be absent from the

Lobos, February 8. It is expected that King Manuel and

funeral of the late King and Crown Prince to-day "The most stringent

outrage. precautions are being taken to provent"

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Magistancy for having a Mauser fillo and 60 rounds of ammunition without permit

Adonial is given at the New York

PRAISE FROM EVERYWHERE. Japancso Kinbassy to the rumeur allegedl

THE manufacturers of Chamberlain's military roservists in Canada and the the most remote corners of the worldHAMBERLAIN'S Cough Remedy will

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