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The Tokobama, Cricket and Athletik.| Club buat H. M. Fleet at cricket on May 13 knocking up 24 runs to the visitors

M: Horace Rumbold, the nawly ap polated First Secretary" of "the British Embassy in Japan, will not as. „Charge

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through which we were passing would STREET, render an Appeal for subscriptions proportionate to the need next to abortive. But His Excellency, a pona accustomed to taking long views and who has never yet been daunted in Ready made day and evening any pursuit likely to tend to the 178. "Gowns, Paris Models in betterment of his fellow-man, wart Hats and Toques, Laces,straight to work Mr. Moor's offer Trimmings, Undercloth was conditional ing, Boots and Shoes, and being within sight in six months, d'Affaires during the absence of Sir Claude

and no time was to be lost. Within MacDonald Hosiery and Gloves,

less than a month a strong Chinese There were 445 European and 242 etc.,

sub-committee was at work and very Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, quickly it was apparent that the and 211 European and 2,303 Chinese Visitors to the Museum during the wook scheme was creating something like a

ending rd May. furore of enthusiasm among our fellow residents, for firm after firm, private individual after private individual put down their names for substantial amounts Before May runs out we expect to see that the Chinese subscrip- Mr R. D. Watt, egitearing minnager tica list has reached $150,000. As Taikoo Docks, and his daughter. Miss Watt, have been laid aside by serious we know from recent London cables the sickness. A bellatin issued to-day states China Association in London has issued that Mr Watt is holding his own and that an appeal on behalf of the proposed Min Watt is a little better.. Hongkong University. The Timea has most generously advocated the scheme, and it has been followed by all the journals of weight and responsibility in the metropolis and by the most import- ant organs of the provincial cities. The interests "of the Viceroy of Canton

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2.30 p.m.-Auction of Boushold Furni- tare, &c., at Mr Goo. P. Dammert's

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His Excellency the Chinese Minister"} has kindly consented to preside at the seventieth anniversary festival in aid of the funds of the Nesvendors Institution to be held in London next November.

The Mulay Max announces, the sudden death of Mr C. E. Speener, C.M.G., general manager of the Foderated "Malay States Railwayn. Originally in the P.W.D. in Ceylon, the deceased speat thirty years in the tropics, and has passed away at of, walletill in the full rigour of a strenuous life.

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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1909-

EMPIRE DAY IN

SHANGHAI

¿From Our Own Correspondant).

SHANGHAI, 31By-95.

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HONGKONG ORICKETERS.

.THE SHANGHAI MATOEL.

(From Guy Own Correspondent).

Suomi, May 24 The Hongking Garrison cricketers

In celebration of Empire Day a-BUC- - cessful fête organised by the St. George's Society was held in the British Con-arrived, this morning, and the match sulate grounda last night...

against the Shanghai. Club commenced....” during the forenoon. The weather was EMPIRE DAY SHOOT AT beautiful, but rather warm.

SHANGHAI.

(Prom Our Oren Correspondent.): ` SHANGHAI, May 25. The score obtained in the Empire

Day shoot

was

727.

THM HATE MRS PEARCE.

Funeral at Happy Valley,

The tiffin score was si

SHANGHAL. Andersoni, e Baird, b. Anderson Barrett, Lbow, b Baird... Houle, Green, b Anderson... Lanning, not out, ........

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77

Total,, for three wickets At 3 p.m. A Länning has been caught by Innes off Garnett's bowling for 36, Humphreys had been stumped by Gream

In the presence of a very large attendance off the ace bowler for 87, Walker was- the remains of the late Mrs Pearce were not out for 3, and V. Lanning had been laid to rest at Happy Valley on Monday bowled by Garnett without having evening.

scored. There were £ byes registered and on the fall of the sixth wicket the score was 192.

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The burial matrice was conducted by the Rer H. R. Walla, susisted by three native preschers of the London Mission, and amongst those present wero Bishop Lander, Rev F. T. Johnson, M.A., Rov CB. Hickling, and many of the Chinese: belong. ing to the Mission.

A HONGKONG APPEAL.

The Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott) and Mr Justice Gomperts (Paiste Judge), sitting as a Full Court, to-day, heart, an appeal from a judgment of the Chief Justice in the case of the Imperial Bank of China

. Loung Shui Kong,

At the close of the innings the follow ing additional scores, had been made :- Walker, b Carnett....

65

McEwen, c Brierley, b Garnett Dear, st. Green, b Gürnett Billings, not out Carruthers, Greenway, b Garnett - 6

Total, ..

Ld., close from this data to 2nd Jape) | we have still to hear something definite are well-known throughout the Far East, appeared for the appellant,, Leng Shui Capt Beasley, c A. Lanning, b'Ham- Goods per Luetor andelivered after from the big treaty port.of Shanghai died suddenly from heart failure on the velor: while Hon Mr H. E Pollock, Lieut Green; b Carruthers

phreys ****

294

SHANGHAI, May 95. The bowling malysis shows that Garuett took seven wickets for 82 runs, Baird one for 81, Anderson: "two for 16, Mr M. W. Slarle sad Mr H. G. Calthrop and Bagnall and Innes none. (instructed by Messrs Bratton and Hott)

HONGLONG.

Kong, who was the defendant in the Court |

Altogether the prospects-are very-bright

12th May, at Runnymede, Northam road,K.C. (instructed by Mr HJ Godge, of Poontig. Her early death will be greatly Mesars Johnson, Stokes and Master), repre. indeed now that Messrs JY SWIRE deplored in musical circles from Penang to santed the Imperial Bank of China, the and Sons have spoken and we anticipate Hongkong."

respondenta. 2.3 p.m.-Auction of Household Farm that the example so nobly shown by tare, at No. 11, Conduit Road, Ranthem will, as Sir FREDERICE LED facly." Goods per Kame Maru not cleared on aptly puts it, stimulate emulation.

It was a happy coincidence that the

this date subject to rent.

General Memoranda,

THURSDAY. May 27:-

this anto subject to rant.

SATURDAY, May 29 :—-

that the British Blinistar in Peking has It is reported in Chinese papers

agreed to have the wireless telegraphy apparatas on the top of the Palace Hotel,

has received instructions to request Sir Pelham Warten to instruct the Palace Hotel proprietors accordingly..

have to

Lient Anderson, binning Capt. Gamett, not eat, ... Capt. Baird, b Lanning... Lient Bagnall, not out, "..! Total, for 4 wickets

BS

46 10

155-

LATER

At tiffin-time to-day the score was 1---- Capt. Garnett, e Humphreys, bv.

Lanning ...

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11.30 am.Meeting of Peak Tramway Taikoo gilt was made known on Empire Shanghai, removed and that the Tsota to decide was one of law,and helTigat. Bagnall, e V. Lanning,

Co. Id., at Registered Officos.

Noon-Menting of A. S. Watson & Co.,

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Mr Blade said this was an appeal on the the Chief Justice's judgment sa decreed part of Leung Shui Kong from so múch of

that he was able as guarantor of hir deceased brother on an overdraft of his deceased brother's with the plaintiff Bank, The

main question their Lordships would begged to submit that, taking avery single finding the Coast below, the right con- Lieut. Byrne, e Dew, b Billings

of fact in the very learned judg-

Billings

clusion on law would be that the defendan: Lieut. Indes, c Barrett, b Humphreys 28 was Bot liable. Then be submitted also Capt. Brierley, a Walker, b Ham- The directors of the Eastern Ex-that on certain comparatively small MONDAY, May 31-

points phreys Goods per Ana undelivered at Noon scholars of the Victoris, and Kowloon tension, Australasia, and China Telegraph the learned judge in the court below did not Lieut. Crockander, o Walker, b

on this date subject to reno.

Billings... British schools upon the responsibilities Co., Ltd. have declared a dividend for the before him, which, if his (Mr Slade's) Capt. Greenway, not out Goods per Braemar undelivered after this

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devolving upon the citizens of our Em-quarter ended December 31 init of s. 6d. submission was correct on these points, per share, toquther with a bonus of 48. per Goods per China undelivered after this pize. He spoke of the basic principles share (or 2 per cent.), making a total

Ed., at Co.'s Office. Noon-Meeting of Watkics, Ld., at Co.'s

Office.

date object to reat. TELADAT, Jane I:-

Uoods por Sydney anclaimed after this date at Noon will be subject to rent and landing charges,

Wednesday, June 2:-

12.10 p.m.-Meeting of Star' Ferry Co., L., at Sir Paul Chater's Office.

The China Mail

HONGONG, Tesday, May 20, 1803.

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY: A MUNIFICENT DONATION.

Day; truly a case of "better the day, better the deed." Only that morning His Excellency had addressed the

and T. Times.

ment

draw the correct inferences from the facts

question not so much of disputing the affected the liability of defendant. 'It was positive finding of fact in the evidence be- fore the Court below, but a question of the which were accepted sa beirar correct. Mr inferences to be drawn from Facts

Since then proceeded to take the judgment as it stood, and argued that the law on the facta as found and on the inferences ag found was that there was no liability by defendant as guarantor of his brother, who was manager of the Tientsin branch of the plaintiff Bank.

small one, then?

The Chief Justice-The point is's very

self is quite a soxall one...

"Mr Slade-Tes; my lord; the point it-

Further argument ensued.

The proceedings were adjourned.

SHOOTING FATALITY AT SINGAPORE.

Total,

**!! 200: Lamming took three wickets for 57,. Humphreys three for 59, Carruthers one for 21, and Billings three for 45.

Shanghai. in their second innings have- secured 13 runs for two wickets.

GEOGRAPHICAL EX- PLORATION.

upon which it was founded, and urged distribution of 7 per cont. For the year his hearers to bear in mind that to he 1909. The dividend and bonus were pay worthy of our great trust we must be able on May 12. prepared to make sacrifices for the The Secretaries of his Excellency Tang Empire. What Bocrifices his Ex-Shao-yi's mission returned to Peking on cellency had in mind he clearly May 11 by train. coming via Siberia. Among them is Prince Ching's son, who intimated. Personal service could be was First Secretary of the mission. His given by some, to others was afforded with the Tsar, returns via Suez. He will Excellency Tang Shao-yi, alter the audience

opportunity to make contributions to not come to Peking at once, but will first such institutions as shall mitigate the go to his native place near Canton.-P. distress so prevalent on every hand or to provide means for education; while to check the evils arising from drink and other forms of self-indulgence M. N. Kony's dream of seeing it was given 10, some to provide Hongkong equipped with a modern avenues for healthy recreation." It was iversity within his life-time bids a stirring "address made by a man who fair to be realised. On Monday after has played no inconsiderable a partire and water in the 'Raja Vizianagmam received a bullet in his right lung which Tibet while Rai Sahib "Lol Singh the Medical Profession noon, soon after we had gone to presa, himself in building up the British She is soon to be married to a Bengali another Chinamso, also asleep, was shot of his surveying expéditions from Yemen Courtyard and took the name of Sita Devi, caused his death within two hours, while receives the Fick grant in recognition barrister.

through the loft knee by the same bullet. to Eastern Chits. The soldiers' story is that they passed golden-wedding day quietly at Ascot. o'clock at night and a crowd followed them

Lord and Lady Roberts spent their through the coole quarter about eleven SIR DONALD CURRIE'S They were much touched by the world-wide with sticks, whereupon the rifle was fired cluded messages from the King and Queen frighten tho men. The Chinese story is congratulations they received. These in- by Miller over the coolie quarters to and from other royalties." The house party that the solliers interfered with their at Aseat included Sir Ian Hamilton, Lord women folk. The case has been remanded.

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LONDON, May 25. DORIed at Lucknow on 3rd inst,, when a young and good looking Europese Lady, Privates Miller and Dunkley, of the The Royal Geographical Society has Miss Thompson, was admitted to the Middlesex Regiment, are under arrest at presented the Founder's Medal for 1908 privileges of Elindaian as practised by Arys Singapore charged with calpable homicideth Dr. Stein for his researches in Turk purposely to renounce Christianity and that a Chinsman sleeping in the coplisto Capt Rawlings for his explorations in Samjists. #She had come up from Calcutta not amounting to murder. It seems estan; the Murchison Grant modal gone embrace Hinduism. She was purified with quarters at Pulo Brani, on May luth

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the following communication reached Empire and it will appeal, we have little doubt, to a much wider circle To the Editor of the China Mail.than the girls and boys who had Sir--By the courtesy of Mr. Law I am the privilege of hearing it That able to inform you that Messrs. John Swire and Sons have promised £30,000 so quickly following on his speech to the Endowment Fund for the Univers- should come Mr D. R. Law's intimation ity, to be invested by them in mortgage debentures which will be handed over of the generous gifts proposed by the to the Trustees of the Fund. The Taikre Sugar Refining Company, Etd Taikoo long must have been extremely have promised £5,000 and the Ocean gratifying. May 24th, 1909, will Steamship Company, Ltd., a similar sum, making £10,000 in all, or at the rate of Lenceforth be a red-latter day in the exchange of the day, $450,410. These history of Sir FREDERICK LUGAD and of subscriptions are subject to the whole

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY AND KOWLOON DISPENSART,

and will no doubt stimulate emulation.much at heart. The patriotic generosity cf this great Firm is appropriately announced on: Empire Day, and is a splendid reply to: the words I used in my address this morning at Kowloon School..

Yours faithfully

Lost, and Lord Milner. A detchment

of the Irish Guards paid a surprise visit to the veteran Field Marshal, and presented

cap.

If the whole of India is being impover. lahed by British rule, as a lending citizen of Bombay has for years preached, says the' Indian Spectater, the city of Bombay itself does not seem to have been overtaken by thia nilogod general misfortune The in Flag-Commander D. T. Norris of the come of the corporation for the last official King Alfred has been awarded the bronzo year was R1,02,67,000,- being more than medal for life-saving by the Royal Humana four-and-a-half lakhs in excess of the ori Socisty. This officer rescued a scanon of ginal estimate. Taking the population at Governor. the flagship from drowning by jumping about 978,000, the incidence por load of The princely munificence of the great into the water whilst she was going 12 population works out at nearly It10-8-0, commercial honses interested in the knots un hour of Hongkong on Fol. 3rd. There is no general complaint of oxcessive The man, a stoker named Williams, sipped taxation, and as building operations are Chinn trade has long been proverbial: gangway and would have been progressing overy where throughout the FOR HOME. {the Governor's announcement set out inevitably drowned bad it not been for the city, the commissioner looks forward to a above shows that the glorious old tradi- gallantry of Fing Commander Natria. The still further increase in the revenues of the

Municipality, in future years.

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24-5-09.

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