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COLONIAL OPINION AND THE JAPANESE ALLIANCE. RADICTING, UNFOUNDED

dormant balances and securities bad remained in his possession for a period of six years, and had not been operated on in any way by the customers in whossfidence if the measure proposed, by Mir| names they stood, and, further, what BOTTOMLEY was carried into effect." A bank notes had been issued for a period similar practice prevails in Canada and CO

RUMOURA: exceeding six years.

the United States and the law works

(Renter's Service to the China Mail) without friction in both countries

LONDON, August 18. Besides, as we pointed out in the begiú- Reuter learns that there is no truth ning, what an exceedingly cosy her-in the reports that Australia and Crnado roost it would prove for our present combined their forces on all questions predatory Chancellor of the Exchequer discussed by the Defence Conference dealing with naval schemes with re to exploit

ference to Japan. The latter being the ally of Great Britain there can be no question of the British dominions having The will of the Into Sir W. Carzon-to defend themselves against the Wyllis has been proved at £8,441. w Japanese peril." Such a suggestioni

is unfounded and mischievous.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Through deaths, removals abroad, extinction of families, carelessness of testators, and in various other ways, on enormous quantity of wealths au ounting to many millions of pounds, has accumulated in the binds of the bank ing institutions of Great Britain. For the most part this undisclosed wealth Donsists of unclaimed bank balances, but there is also a very considerable valuables. quantity of securities and Mr BOTTOSLEY contends that all these valuable assets should, after due and sufficient notice has been given, be placed at the disposal of the Chancellor of the NEW RECORDS by EVERY Exchequer. In introducing a similar

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emmine her account. Then she ski denly disappeared an the back heard nothing of her for years. In conse quency of the case being mentioned in Parliament inquiries were set on foot and the old lady was discovered in a lunatic asylum. The probabilities are that the bank would never have known of this through shy of the ordinary

The English Mail of the 10th July was delivered in London on the 9th inst.

The Criminal Sessions, fixed for to- day, have been adjourned until to-morrow, The only case to be dealt with is one of murder.

The rest incoming Siberian Mail is.

The London dates are 28th and Sikh July,

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Engineer Lient. G. J. Sisley has been posted to .M.SKing Alfred for service

on H.M.S. Virago,

All lovers of clean, healthy English novels will regret to hear of the death at Putney recently of Miss Ross. Nouchette

Caruy.

It is now anid that Mr Seth Low. fermer ly mayor of New York, may replace Mr Whitelaw Reid is American Ambassador

London.

A concert will be given to-night in the Sailor and Soldiers Home, Amenal Streat, under the auspices of the Hongkong Tem- parance Taina. Mrs Kew, Mrs Joughin,

Mr Claude King, who was Mr. Band- and Ms White, of H. M. 3. Tamar, Are amongst those who have promised to sing, mann's lending man in his comedy company Rev. C. A. Goff will preside, and a wal-the season before Inst, is now on tour in come is extended to all.

Mr Lloyd George, speaking at Lime- house the other day, said the ownership of land did not resa enjoyment, but stoward-

If landlords did not do their duty

Qeorge's sentiments do not harmonize with Hongkong landlords views, we imagine.

Australia, playing the lead in Mias Nellie Stewart's Company. He is a most expable actor and is scoring all along the line in the cities of the Commonwealth.

Ex-Governor Samuel B. Van Sant of

in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. which is in annual convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Samuel R. Van Sant fought three years in the Civil War se private and a corporal of Co. 4. 9th Thino's Cavalry.

Minnesota, has been elected commander

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1909.

[QDFYRMINT.]

GRETE:

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO

KING GEORGE:

EXECUTION OF THE INDIAN ASSASSIN,

(Reuter'e Service to the China Mat) Loston, August 18 (Reuters Service to the China Mail)

Dhingra Lai, the Indian student who LONDON, August 17. shot Sir Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Lalcaca Ar Canen, the new Administrative at the Imperial Tostitute, London, on Committee yesterday took the oath of the rd of July, has been executed at

Pentonville Frizon. allegiance to King George of Greece,

BERESFORD AND THE

ADMIRALTY.

A REPLY THROUGH TEE PRESS.

(Renter'a Service

to the China Mail.) LONDON, August 17. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in a letter to the Press, states that it is hardly possible for a committee of the Cabinet to produce a report more in. accordance with his statements. He attributes the introduction of eight important reforms, including a homo geneous feet under a single command, and the formation of a mail war staff, to his suggestions.

He further maintains that thers la a shortage of modern cruisers and des troyers, which means danger.

The Admiral repudiates any sug gestions of disloyalty or what of dis-1 cipline on his part.

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S

POSITION.

A SIGNIFICANT. OMISSION.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

Losos, August 17. There is no official announcement of the Duke of Connaught's, resignation of the presidency of the Army Board of Selection, but the absence of the none of His Royal Highness from the list of the Board in the latest Army List confirms the report.

CHEAP SALE channels and the old Indy's wealth ship.

the time would come to recourider the would have becouse dornant. The conditions of land tenure. Mr Lloyd principal custodians of family jewels, phatte. securities, etc., are now, as they always have been, the private backs and their vaulta and strong

Reuter wires from Nairobi that Mr

Animber of appointments to H.M.S. rgoma are in many cases filled with Roosevelt, in replying to the toast of his

henith, eulogised the Protectorate Uganda. Flors on recommissioning are aanosuced." boxes deposited years and

rears ago

he said, was a real white man's country, They include:--Rev. P. Rowlands, Chap. by people who have never enquired it was the most attractive playground, islain; Capt. J..Nickola, Lieurs E. V. Groy for them since the day they bantled the world. while it oftered excellent op-and à. J. Lamlon, Engineer-Lieut. C. E the boxes over for safe-keeping," Now portunities to investors. The whites, he Sutton, Staß-Payninster T. W, F. Vining, adited, must do justice to the black popu- Assistant Paymaster C. H. A. Crouch, this is not the fault of the banks,lation without brutality or sentiment Staff-Surgeon A. F. Fraser, and Sub-Licut - bus of the depositors, at least in the

1.T. M. Palmer."

$ great majority of cases. It is singular.

Upwards of 300 firms in London, It is reported from Constantinople to read also that many willions of seca.

empinging over 100,000 men, have issued that the Powers have informed the matices to their employees that they are Forte of their decision to suppress their willing to grant twenty-one days' holiday every year on full pay to those who, with financial control of Macedonia as a mark their sanction, belong to the Territorial of sympathy with the new regime. Force, and who put in at least fourtcon days thereof in camp, while in the country

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After a debate lasting over three hours the City Corporation rejected the propel to construct a new bridge aeres the Thares fra Se Paul's Church-yard, he French families at the time of the Between Southwark and Blackfriars Bridges, Single copice, Daily, Lon cents; Weekly,volution still remain in the custody of thirty cents; for cash.

the sucessors of the Georgian bankers. In many of these cases the entire wiping out of an old noble family in the trou-

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1909.

and, instructed the Bridge House Estates Committen, co bring up a fresh achome. Part of the scheme was the improvement of the gradients of Southwark Bridge.

A special correspondent of the Düy

...

400 arms have made the-sania, offer:

The death is arounced at Paris of the

FINANCIAL CONTROL OF MACEDONIA.

SYMPATHY, WITH TURKEY,

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail).

LONDON, August 17.

SIR MATTHEW NATHAN, APPOINTED SECRETARY TO

THE G. P. O. (Reuter's Service to the China Mat) LONDON. Angust. 18.

(Note-The condemned hans fortnight go petitioned the Home Secretary that his

body might be cremated instead of being" buried in quicklime like ordinary male | fotore. We do not know what auswer?.

· was returned.—Ex. 0. M.||

NEW GOVERNOR OF NETHERLANDS INDIA

MINISTER FOR THE

· COLONIES"APPOINTED.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mai.)

LONDON, August 19. Reuter's correspondent at The Hague" reports that Ferr Idenburg, Minister for the Colonies in the Dutch Cabinet,

pointed Governor of the Netherlands: has resigned and will shortly be ap

East Indies.

The

bew

minister is De Waal Malpfjt.-

AFTER THE EARTH- QUAKE.

FEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THIRST

("Independent News Agency's "-Service : to the China Maily

Tokyo, August 17. The investigation into the dange done by the earthquake is still in- completa.

Frequent small shocks still continne. The people are suffering from the want of drinkable water, all the welle having been turned muddy.

JAPAN'S TARIFF REVISION.

NO EXCESSIVE DUTIES PROPOSED.

(Independent Nets Agency's""Service" ta the China Mus.)

Tos10, August 18. high official of the Finance De partment in the course of an interview declared that no excessively heavy in port duties will be imposed either for tariff or protection purposes alter treaty revision has been accomplished.

THE ANHWEI COPPER MINES.

(Wah Ta Yui Pu's Service.)

Paxso, August 17. The Board of Foreign Affairs, in

blous times of the Terror must be held | Telegraph at Barcelona draws a gruesome wife of Sir Edward Sassoon; Unionist accountable. Mr BOTTOMLEY also speaks picture of the recent riots in that city. He M.P. for Bythe. Indy Sassoon was the of enormous, balances, of old Mansion says tha: 10,000 Revolutionäries marched daughter of Baron Gustavs de Rothschild,

Sir Matthew Nathan. Governor of through the streets with charred bodies, and he was married in 1897. She enjoyed House funds accumulated in private heads, and legs fixed to poles. The the friendship in the Royal Family, and en Natal, formerly Governor of Hongkong, banks which have since been absorbed by Captain-General of the troops witnessed several pensions entertained King Edward has been appointed Secretary of the memorial to the Throne, suggests that this display, but dared not fire. Dozens at Brighton, their residence at Hove being General Post Office, succeeding Siz themt at choaltar. Many were incinerat front. Lady Sisseon's bengrolency was Presidend or the new National Bank of priests and nuns were slaughtered. some one of the best-known. Land-marks on the H. Babington Smith, who has become

joint slock bunks, not a penny of which

have since been accounted for." A gel-

of

of

Admiral Fitzgerald, having previously

noteworthy. The funeral took place at Pere la Chaise.cemetery.

tleman who said that he was for some ed a'the burning Convents. years the panager of a well know private bank once wrote to the member issued a challenge to the Folkestone Bey Invergowrie, Foriazshire, and Halyards, Capt. G. D. Clayhills-Henders a, of for South Hackney stating that it was Scouts that he would make an attempt to Perthshire, has died at Invergowrie in his discovered one day that damp had enter thair camp, accompanied by his son,

one bight did so recently. Only the or-saventy-seventh year. He took part in the penetrated to the strong-room, and had diary pickets were posted, hut they wore operations in China, in 1857-60, being om rusted many of the security boxes to sufficient. A wean seen in the vicinity of ployed for months surveying the ap such an extent that the lids of some of the tents was challenged and brought proaches to Canton and the whole of the them had come off. One box, which in, notwithstanding a plausible statemoat Canton River. "He landed with the Naval which he made that a policeman had Brigade ander Capt. Cooper-Key. Later, fell to pieces on being handlet, display-suspected him of loitering and followed him as first lieutenant of the Adventure, he was Fed an enormous assortment of Indian into the camp. The man proved to be the in command of a division of rocket pools in

admiral, and the boy scouts' "theory is that the attack on the Peiho forta. jewellery, bangles, and many packets of the constable was Liert, Fitzgerald, the priceless precious stones. A list of sdmiral's son. At any rate, ho vanished "The death in announced of General Sir these was made, and they were replaced into the darkness. In recognition of the Hugh Rowlands, E.G.B. In the Crimean boyscoutal smartness, Admiral Fitzgerald Campaign of 1854 and 1855 Sir Hugh Row in a new box. Shortly afterwards, the will give a subscription to the funds. On lands was in the battles of Alma and bank was amalgamated with a joint a provious occasion he was successful in Inkermann, in the siege and fall of

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eluding the boy scouts in a tracking game

A DISOBEDIENT MATE.

the new Minister to the United States,

Ceeds to Washington, should visit

E. Chang Xin-tang, before he pro-

MANCHURIA.

(Wu Te Fat Po'a Service)

PEG, August. 17.

London and open negotiations with the Turkey.

British Government regarding the Nota-Sir Matthew Nathan's various Anbwei copper mine concession. emoluments have diminished with mach posts all mark upward staps in the ladder of official rank, but singularly enough their promotion. As Hongkong his inlary was £6,000 a year; in Natal he drow £4,500 and rises to £2,000.---ED. Q. M.], at the G.F.O. his salary begins at £1,760

CRITICAL SITUATION IN THE LEVANT.

TURKISH FLEET SAILS.

Anti-Greek Boycott Begun.” .

(Baxter's Bervice to the China Maß.) LONDON, August 18. -Reuter learns from Smyrna that the Turkish foot, consisting of traive units, has left its anchorage, and it is reported that it has sailed for Karpathos.

An anti-Greek boycott has begun.

The Ching-wa-cha (Political Council) has called a special general mesting to discuss the Manchurian situation.

SUGGESTED POST FOR TANG SHAO-YL

(Wah T Tat Pu's Service.)

Pexiro, August 17. HE. Na Tung has suggested to the Throne that HE. Tang Shao-yi be sent to Manchuria as a special Imperial Commissioner for International Affairs.

VICHY WATERS.

stock bank, and all the partners retired,

Sebastopol, the assault on the Redan and the attack on the Quarries. He was bet they did not hand over either the

severely wounded at Inkermann, and unclaimed balances in their hands or the

wounded again in the seasult on the BANNERS DORMANT BALANCES.security. boxes, and the former alone

At the Marine Court this morning bedian. He was mentioned in despatches amounted, to the knowledge of his cor-fore Lieut. O. W. Beckwith, RN, Harbour and received the Victoria Croan, and was SCRELY MY LLOYD Gwar would be respondent, to apwards of a million Master, George Harding, Master of unde a C.B. He afterwards saw, service the British Steamer Ashtabula, and in the Kaffir War of 1877-79, and as late helped over some rather rough places sterling. Another interesting case as Charles Stanclife, the second mater for as 1883-6 he commanded the Scottish his friend Mr HORATIO BOTTOMLET that, Scottish earl, who, having decontinued wilful disobedience to lawful district.". He has been Colonel of the Duke succeeds in getting a little private bili posited two boxes of securities with a commands of the Master on the Lith, and of Wallington's (West Riding Regiment) CELESTINS—For Gout and Diabetes, Vesical and Analo- and 12th August while at Shanghai," since 1897. The inte General was 80 which he has just obtained permission well known private bank, went one day

In his evidence the Captain stated that year of age. to" again introduce into the House of to check them, and, to his great Cournons, passed into law.

astonishment, was shown three boxes while the steamer was at Yokohama and Iacid-

It turned out that his great grandfather, whose name was similar, hod deposited

box there 150 years before,

the second officer was hopelessy drunk

Dispatches received at the State De again at Shanghai while on duty, on which artment in Washington from Vanezuels

occasion he considerably annoyed a lady bring the information that, the new govern- passanger by entering her cabin during the ment of that stato is difposed to settin all night and Bashing a light through the outstanding claims against the country. President Gomez and bia adherents haya

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