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LOCAL AND GENERAL

EMPIRE DAY:

MONDAY, MAY 26, 1908.

“RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

PABIS, character must have felt the humiliation)

of this capitulation deeply. In effect, he

Soma desperadoes in King Chong, a -To-day is-being celebrated as Empire STREET.

anid: "I am convinced that to give plate about 12 li from Chicntao bave Icon Day Shipping in the harbour is in holi- Б36. rotes to women is inherently wrong and inciting the natives of the district to day dress, and business on-shere, so far as rioting, and they wont so far as to burn the Europeans are concernod, has bean would be disastrous to the country down some of the Japanese official build-upended. A bright "day afords ample My conscience tells me to oppose the pro-ings, and attempt the lives of some Japan opportunity for pleasurable picnios, posal as strenuously as in me hea. The ridents. Government as a whole is animated by

Rear-Admiral Sir Hodworth lambten. similar sentiments. But the Governan band H.M.S. King Alfred, with four ment has seen that it has lost its other mon-of-war, and four torpedo-boat hold upon the electore and that destroyers, arrived at Yokohams on May 15. The Squadron is to stay in Japan, for dismissal from office looms up ahead forthight, and then proceeds northwards, Consequently the Government is prepar-practising manœuvres. ed to jettison its principles in the hope

ANOTHER LOT OF NEW

SUMMER GOODS

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

Hosiery

and Gloves.

THE FRONTIER TROUBLE....

(Ezchisice Service, supplied by Reister, của thảm bay.. Yesterday aftermoon the Bello View

LONDON, May 23. Butel was patronised by many people.

The Persian Charge d'Affaires at St. | The band of the Rajputs played there and

these who sipped refreshments and musio Petersburg yesterday asked M. Įsvolsky,- in the shade of the trees apparently enjoy Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to ed themselves, especially as a rafreshing breeze came from the sea.

extend by a fortnight the time limit set Yesterday evening, a delightful dinner by the authorities in the Caucasans for was given at the Kowloon Hotel, and many

guests thoroughly appreciated the array of the punishment of the frontier raiders A few days ago there were fire Blue-good things and the music of the Light and the payment of an indeninity by

Infartry Band. After dinner the inajority pod h

that gratitude for giving you what you found agathare wore, are Band- 679 ask will induce you to save us from our ing 39,270 tons gross register, with a impending fare." That would be a currying capacity of 53,504 tons. From all appearances this will be a record year but political Died at No. 8 Police Station at 2.05 truthful explanation

for Hongkong's shipping. on the 20th instant, Police Interstatements and truth, as everyone knows, DAVID DOTOLAS CUTHBERT, aged 47 years, dearly beloved husband of Barbara Cath have long been divorced. That apart it bert: Deeply mourned,

DEATH.

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.

Auction./

p.-Auction of Household Furnt tare, de., at the late Mr Reddie's Re. sidence Magazine Gap Road.

Miscellaneona.

Goods per Prins Heinrich andelivered

After this date suhject to rent.

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of the guests repaired to the laws, where The Persian representative assured

the hand played further selections. The arebing proved a great success and the manager is to be congratulated.

THE AMENDING ORDINANCE.

A Misleading Inference.

M. Isvolaky that Persin was determined to take all necessary measures to punish the offenders and to prevent the repeti- tion of Ixontier ruiding.

M. Isvolsky reminded the Charge·

SOCIAL AND PERSONALL is evident at Mr Asquith and his colleagues are terribly ormed. They Major-General Broadwood returned to

It has been overal times stated that the d'Affaires that Russia had repeatedly have signally failed in domestic the Colony to-day by the F.M.S. Yarrs.

The General, after inspecting the Volun- proposal incorporsted in the Public Health urged Persia to exercise better control" and Colonial policy, and in Foreign

teers at Shanghai, visited Wai-hai-vai, and Buikling Amending Ordinance to pult policy what successes they have gained Port Arthur, Dalby and subsequently stay-down overy third house in certain districts over the tribes who inhabited the region

was recommended by the Cubicle Com-adjacent to the Russian frontier. have been largely due to the personaled for a short period in Japan.

mittée. It may have been concluded that

He continued that in the event of the efforts of His Majesty the King and to Sir Edward Grey loyally carrying out the policy of his Unionist predecessor. The recent re-arrangement of portfolios 11.30 am-Meeting of The Star' was in itself on admission of failure. If

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the Cabinet Ministera had been qualified for the positions they held when Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

General Memoranda.

WEDNESDAY, May.27-

THURSDAY, May 28:-

Gooda per Namur sot cleared at 4 puta,

on this date subject to rent. Goods per Palermo not cleared at 4 pm,

on this date subject to rent. FRIDAY, MAY 29-

The my hiends of Mr F. W. Edwards this was a unanimous recommendation. will be pleased to learn that he is enjoying This is not so. Mr L. A. Ram, a menu raids continuing measures against the his holiday immensoly. He is now on his ber of the Committee expressed his das offerers from the Russian side were

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way through Japan; beand for America, sent in the following terms: and theuse, (in company with. Mr Skott regard to paragmph 9, I am unable to inevitable, which measures, as was the the land of the midnight sun. Whilst at age with the report. My personal case in regard to the present demands, Poking "Pa" did 50 miles on donkey back experiezoo in executing works upon old to the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall Quite a feat!

Chiness buildings leads me to believe that would be determined upon by the Bus- it will be in a great number of cases, for sian authorities on the spot. structural reasons, impracticable, or only

However, in view of the assurances · There was a very large attendance of practicables: the expense of what would was Prime Minister it would not have members and friends at the Y. M. C. A. amount to rebuilding. These costly works, given, he would transmit Persia's re- 5p.m.-Auction of Yacht Mary & Joas been necessary to make an extensiva re-un Saturday evening, when the last Sorial however provided for, must lead to a

at Ab King's Slipway.

of the season took place. An excellent pro eunsiderable increase of reaf, to be paid quest to the Viceroy of the Caucasaos. gramme was presented at the performers for out of the meagre earning of the clie SATURDAY, May 30:--

Noon-Tenders will be received at the

included Messrs Agris, Kempthorne 23 artisan classes, and I am not satisfied Uzton, Pierey, F. Gonzales Ciapple, that the community and especially the Roon-Meeting of A. S. Watson & Co.,

genig White, Miss Baker, Atrs Goldsmith, prorer Chinose section of it--will profit and Mr. A. E. Paine. Messrs White and proportionately by this further increase of Forbes the able accompanists. the cost of living here." Captai Baker presided, and-- daraig, a Geeds pet Hieniomond andallverd after Colonies. The ptural presumption is break in the proceedings, called a MEDAILY MAIL EMPIRE CUP.

that the Liberal party, notwithstanding Kingsbury to present the prizes to the

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MONDAY, June 1.--

strangement merely because the inte Prime Minister was replaced by Mr Asquith. Another sign of weakness is the appointment of a second ex-Unionist to the position of Under Secretary for the

were

its immense majority, is so deficient in wingers and ranner up in the recent billiard handicap. Later in the evening

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Japanese Silkmen of ability that it has to utilise the tea and coffee was dispensed amongst those

Embroideries &c., at No. 29, Queen's services of men who seceded from their present.

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own party. Altogether the Liberal party is in a bad way. Its sina have already found it out and its punishment is inevitable. The foundering efforts

of Mr Asquith and his colleagues to avert their doom excite pity. It is a regrettable thing to see any great parts

eating the husks of humiliation.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rear-Admiral Sperry has replaced Rew-Admiral C. M. Thomas in the com mand of the United States fleet.

The Peking Board of Education bas decided to love uniform language throughout the empire and to teach the

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Telymphic Addresu: Mail, Hongkong. Telephone No. 25.

The China Mail.

JUNGEONG, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1909.

HOME POLITICS,

STIRENTLY the Liberal Government has realised the imminent danger of dis- astrous defeat when they go before the

eleviors. There could be no more striking illustration of the magnitude of

The fire brigade station gave an alarm of hire at about 9 o'clock on Saturday evening. It was afterwards discovered that a small outbreak occurred in Stanley street brought about by Chin Chin Jess No damage was done and the services of the firemen were not required.

A BANKING SCHEME.

{From Our Correspondent, }

Canos. May 92.

I.

Hongkong's Score.

THE YUNNAN RIOT.

REBELLEÄDER KILLED.-

(Chineon Bar Service.)

PENG, May 24.

Bik Liang, the Governor of Yunnan, wires that a severs conflict ith the

thi Satufday the Hongkong Volauter rebels took place on the 20th. The Reserve Association shat, in the "Daily

Mail" Fampire Cup competition, at King's rebels were completely routed. Wong Park Range, List-Colonel Ulapizan Tung Shing, the rebel fender, was killed Y. D. and Captain Thompson acting as tage officers.

Readers will remember that our enter

during the conflict..

From Nankai, Skunkai and Tanshan

Several rebels were executed acar Chinese Merchants at Shanghai have a prising London contemporary the "Daily Sha Ka. The latter place may be re- big scheme for the formation of a comMail," with a view to strengthening the microial bank. They sent a deputation to bonds of Empire, donated a one hundred esptured at any moment Canton with a view to obtain the co-opera-guines cup to be shot for by tears repre tion of the Cantonese merchants. The senting all parts of the British Empire. deputation consists of three Chinese gen- The local weather conditions on Saturday soldiers are proceeding towards Hokow tlemen who arrived here yesterday. They were unfortunately unfavoumble. Not It is not expected that the rebels will will call on the prominent untchanta he only was there a strong glare but it in.

hold out long. and after finishing matters in Canton will tervals smoke swept across the range. It resume their journey to the Straits and is not to be wondered at therefore that the other places.

Ecoring was comparatively low.

THE RAILWAY, COMMIS.

STONER.

Inspects the Hongkong-Canton

Live.

(From Our Correspondent.}

Carros, May 22, Lung The Ghi, who has been appointed to inspect the Railays in South China. and particularly-the Chinese Section of the Hongkong-Canton Line, has arrived at Cantan.

Linng has been with the Board of Posts and -Communications- for some time and his mission is of a special character. He is to enquire into the working of the line and report the result of his inspection

In accordance with the conditions of the competition the best eight stores counted. They were:

200 500

J. C. Goeke. 28 32 W. L. Leask

A. Jenkins.....

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844

ANOTHER RIOT.

RISING IN CHILI.

Ttl

20 32 31 30 AL *

(Chinese Mai's Service.)

88

PEKING, May

W. G. Stackwood

29 28 20

R. Baker..

26

33

81

C. Bord

24. ཧྨ

78

A rising has occurred in Chingti, gfu,

A. W. J. Watt

96

28 21

74 Chili Provinces.

16

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A detachment of cavalry has beezin

658

despatched to restore order. Malcon-

E. S. Carruthers... 28 99

216 241

THE HANKOW RIOT.

Order Restored.

HANKOW, May 16. The disturbance in the city on Thursday morning was caused by a proclamation

was driven off by the police. Theroupon

tants are responsible for the rising.

TROUBLE IN FOEKIN.

EDUCATIONALISTS STRIKE.

(Chinese Mad's Service.)

Auay, May 24.

On May 5, official news reached to the Board by which railways through issued by the Tautai, forbidding hawkers Batavis of a terrible Iruricae haring out the Chinese Empire are contenust stalls in the public streets. A body raged in the Babber and South Tenir ber Liang has also instructions to investigate of hawkere marched upon the yamên, but islands, in the Molucens, last month. matters in connection with the Canton-

In Changchow, Foekin Province, the Almost all the houses there were destroy. Hankow Railway, he called on the latter they smashed the police boxes in the streets ed and time standing crops were damaged company and presented his official des and haried stones at the windows of the educationalists have struck. It is not considerably Aa immense number of patch. He will audit the accounts and

palice station...

known what was responsible for the coconut palms were blown down 75.000 co-operate with the President in order to

The rioters then marched through the action taken by the educationalists. ou Babber island alone. On that island, minimise trouble which has risen in "con-

streols compelling shopkeepers to close forty-one persons perished. No news had nection with the further call of capital. been received from the other islands. Relief measures are heen taken by the Resident of Amboy

It has been computed that the temperature of the sun would be expressed by 16,000 degrees of Fahrenheit's

Coal has been reached at the New Bentley Pit, near Doucester, where sinkin operations have been proceeding-for-two years. When the workings are fully de reloped it is expected that the output will be from 4,000 to 5,000 tons per day.

their doors. The proprietor of a Japanese It is, however, suchaised that they shop-refused and fired on the cob, killing protested against the Government in one man and wounding two others. Hi shop was promptly destroyed and lie him- certain matters. The Inspector of

self was wounded

Soldiers from Washang arrived in the Education Is been instructed to arrest afternoon and order was restored.

the ringleaders of the strike.

The Trotai bus issued a further proclama- tion withdrawing the previous ons, mud everything is now quiet. "N.-C.. Daily News."

TRAIN TRAVELLING IN INDIA.

An Unesmfortable. Experience.

THE OPIUM CRUŠADE.

·AMERICA: ASSISTI.

The North Eastern Railway Company times the temperature of boiling water. having sequired for goods yard extension This is about five times. the highest purposes the ground on which stood the temperature that man is able to produce famuns ironworks of Meuere. Hawkes, Crawalay, and Co., at Gateshead, two of by artificial means. The light given off the tall chimneys which wore ouce familiar from the surface of the sun is reckoned laudmarks have been demolished. Each the molten metal in a Besserer ecnverter, 600 tons of bricks. It was as Hawkes," being 5,300 times more intense than that of wna 150ft, in height atul editaired about

A corralpondent of an Indian paper, brilliancy. If we compare it with oxphy: the high level bridge stress the Tyne and who left Calcutta recently, travelling vis though that is of an almost blindings the worke vero commonly called, that drogen flames, the son sheds light equal to many well-known bridges in India and Nagpur, in giving an account at Bombaying with Great Britain, Francs and 140 times the intensity of the limelight,

of the great heat he felt on his journey Germany to assist Chind to carry out across India says "The sides of the

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afsewhere were built.

(Chinese Mail's Service.)

FERING; May 24.

The United States proposes co-operat

The fear that has seized upon the Ministry thermometer, or Letween oighty and ninety than is given in cur special cable, published on Saturday, dealing with Mr Asquith and the Suffragettes. Time was, and not so very long ago, when Mr Mixed with Aerated or Asquith would have scornfully refused to plain water make

receive a doputation of women agitators. That haughty attitude is shown no more The Pritse linister of Great Britain obsequiously receives persons whose existence he previously ignored that is to say as far as their noisy and tumn thong methods permitted anyone to

paseonger was removed from the train AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER MANS dead." The correspondent himself beca ignore them. Not only does be great the

munohemia for two or three hours and

EXPERIENCE WITH DIARRHOEA. Interview but he seeks to placate them

LINGERING COUGHS.

CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM was restored by the other scopants of the R8, G. Mathore, publisher of Chro-

nicle, Normantown, Quočzaland, with honeyed words and alluring through the spring and cummer

DERSISTENT coughs that continuo VOU will hunt a good while before you carriage, who at one time gave him up for

aya Chamberlain's Colin Cholers and finds liniment that is equal to dead.

Diarrhoea Bemedy completely cared me. promises. The Government will not usually indicate some theat or lung tron Chamberlain's Pain Dalm. In cases of

of chronic dysentory from which I had ble, and it is a escione mistake neglect houmstlers and scistics it relieves the in HAVE TOU RHEUMATISM affered for years, I fost confident that thir oppose any attempt to incorporate them, Uhamberlain Cough Remedy intense pala and maken aloep and rest AS, To be had in pamphlet form at the

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