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POWELL'S BABY GRANDS

Gentlemen's

Depi rtment.

FOR

Smart.

Neckwear.

28, QUEEN'S ROAD.

A S. WATSON

& Co., Ltd.

ESTABLISHED AD 1941

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

WATSON'S

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VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

and

members of the former body were reduced to the linumtions of a shadow,

the Government has looked around for other means of strengthening the grip of the beaureaucrats. This time, their

UPRIGHT GRANDS glance has fallen upon the Justices of

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RACHELS, RUD, BACH,

ROSENKRANZ,

BLUTHNER, STECK, PLEYEL, KEMMLER, CHAPPELL & HOPKINSON etc., etc., atċ.

NEW PIANOS

OF THE ABOVE

MANUFACTURES ONLY

TO BE HAD AT

MOUTRIE & Co., Ld.,

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SOLE AGENTS,

Hongkoos. Apel 16, 1907.

(c)

2, PEDDER

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STREET,

No.

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the Pence, and it has been sapiently resolved that the scanty yet responsible powers which these eminent and most

THE CHINA MAIL

„SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr Schoniky, Russian Consular Foo- show, has died in the train en route for home via Siberi

The Rev. M. Longridge, B.N., who was very popular during his stay in Hongkang. has been appointed Chaplain and Naval Instructor to H.M.S. Superb.

The death is announced of Mr Ensile Levita, for 37 years on the board of directors. of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. Mr Levita was gifted with an exceptionally pleasant and kindly parson ality, and made a wide circle of friends. He was 8 years of age and had never a day's illness uenil he had a slight stroke į fow weeks before his death.

ITEMS AT THE COURTS.

Fines of $25 each were indicted upon two Batives for importing letters into Colony

For having a quantity of drvan opium la her passion, a native woman was, at the Magistracy to-day, Aped $198, in default, shees atonthe hard labour.

THE ANTUNG-MURDEN

· RAILWAY.

The Antung Trade Raport, by Mr Lewis S. Palen, Acting Commissioner of Customs of Antung, contains the following refercuca to the Antung-Minkivo Railway

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1908.

[Corramar.]

CRETE AND THE GREEK

FLAG.

KOREAN MILITARY

INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON | C2 Independant,

ARRIVES AT CANA..

forro, Aug, 13. The Korean Military School having been abolished, the Karen Government has selected 47 of its best students to and to the central Toren Military Academy in Japan next September.

(Router's Service to the China Mail) Jasoos August 19 An international squadron, consisting of two battleships and six cruisers anchored yesterday off Canea. At the request of the British commander, who beads the squadron, the British Consul JAPAN AND AMERICÀ. has notified the Government that the Creek tag must be hauled down to-day } { » Independent. Nervi Agency's" Servici to

the China Mail.)

Tory, August 18 Forty-eight suprosentive men pro minent in the business world of Japan embark at Yokohama on the 10th inst. on board the Minnesota, for America.

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worthy gentlemen now possess should if possible be curtailed. One of the very few public duties falling to the lot of a Justice of the Peace in Hongkong has Foen that of attendance at the Brewster Sessions or at a meeting of the

Without "question' that” feature' of Aa-] tung's commercial horoscop which reads

Loxboy, August 19: Bench when a licensing application

truest is the prediction of growing im• Reuter's correspondant at Canea came up for decision or review. As our

A great deal of sympathy, we feel sure, portance to follow upon the conversien telegraphs that the Greek flag was qu correspondent J. P." pointed out in

will go out to Mr and Mrs Bryson, who of the light milway to Mukden inte ly lowered yesterday morning, a letter which appeared in our columna have just lost their eldest son. The little standard gauge road and the construc the other evening, the Justices of the ad was taken ill with dysentery on Satar.tion of the bridge across the Talu, which day and though devotedly nursed by his will link up the Korean ayatom with the Peace value their privileges, few though mother, succumbed to the fell disease on iron rods of Asis and Europe. The they be, andare quite ready to discharge Wednesday evening. Only four and a half Japanese officials of the South Manchuria the duties of the office, but what is years old, Jimmie Bryson has answered Railway Company state that the loan of the calf of the grim Reaper in the rosy 9,000,000 recently floated in London, will averybody's business is nobody's busi-day-dawn of life. To his sorrowing parents be immediately devoted to this reconstruc- ness" and so it has come about that we extend out, heart-felt condolences | tion work and that the Anal survoys for when a meeting of licensing magistrates sincerely trusting that Titio, the cor the broadbed are already being made. has been convened each Justice of the them of their grievous hurt. &

passionate consoler, will gradually. hent

Pence expecting his fellows would turn up, his absented himself, with the Beach "has to be result that

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THE CITY OF PARIS, scratched together at the last moment. We are not defending the action of the J. Pa in this particular matter, neither i are we disputing the dictum of theed worthy official who wrote down, more in sorrow than in anger, we hope, that!

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PHONE

NEWS OF THE DAY.

IMPERIAL DEFENCE

SCHEMES.

WHAT CANADA PROPOSTA

TO DO.

JAPANESE FLAG ON

PRATAS

(Wak To Yat Fo's Service:}

-(Reuler's Service to the China Maik)

་་ FERING, August 18.. LONDON, August 18. The geném pins sanctioned "provide The Canadian scheme of military

The Board of Foreign Affairs has for a

northern, terminal at Sukintun, defence, as agreed upon by the Imperial communiented with the Japanese Minis the station on the main ling of the Defence Conference, comprises acquiester with a view to having the Japanese South Manchuria Railway. 10 milescence in the uniformity of the organi-fag now flying at the Pratas shoal

south of Mukden, which also

SETYON

Forty deportees from Saigon arrived as the junction with the line to the sation, etcetam, like other oversen hauled down at once. the .. Bourbon to-day.

CHEAP SALE auch procedure was nothing better than has had stolen from his house jewellery, to

20%

OFF EVERYTHING.

BUSINESS NOTICE

+

Rares or SUBCEIPTION (Payable in advance),

CHLTA Men (daily) $3.00 par mouth; including postage, $3.60 per mouth

ÖVERLAND CHINa Mait" (weekly) $15.00

per year: including postage, 317.00

per year.

Free delivery to all addresses accessible by mesterger, including all Peak, Kowloon and Quarry Bay residences.

Single coplus, Daily, ten crots: Weekly, thirty canta for cash.

WHISKY Talouraphic Address,

A Blend of the Finest Fure

Malt Whiskies distilled in

Bestland

.OF

Hongkour. Code, A. B. G., Sith edition.

TELEPHONE NO. 27.

·CHINA MAIL, LIMITED,

BIRTH.

a farce, but we do protest against the action of the Government in making it a pretext for instituting a most retrograde piece of legislation. At the last meeting

the value of 881..

Fushun mines. This will give the road total length of 170 instead of its

A case of pingue (nou fatal) was report present 188 miles and will also are the from Mong Kok on Tuesday.

expense of another bridge across the Han River. It is likewise proposed, in order to cater to passenger traffic, to retain ga 'much Mrs. Ritchie, of Shanghai Street, of the scenic beauty of the prevent line as enginearing considerations will permit. The railway dicials my that active work will be started in the early spring and that the remodelled line should be coul pleted in three years, that in during the spring of 1910. From the Korean Railway officials emanates a simultaneous report with reference to the proposed

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dominions, and that the uncleus of the Canadian Navy be commenced forthwith on both the Atlantio and Pacific coats.

TO STIR UP BAD BLOOD.

SETTING NATION AGAINST NATION.

(Reuter's Service to the China. Mant.)" LONDON, August 19. The Times correspondent at New York telegraphs that a section of the New York press is utilising incidents. connected with the Hankow milway.

The Shanghai Mercury says that all the officers, engineers and quartermasters on the C.N. Co. steamers have donned uni- forma of a semi-daval description, the gold of the Tagislative Council it was prostripes being similar to those of the Bri posed, along with other amendments to tish navy.

bridge, to the affect that operations therson the Liquor Ordinance, that the sole

will be begun after the summer rainy sex loan for the purpose of emphasising the The committee of the Y.M.C.A. Tennis son has passed, and that the bridge should supposed discomfiture of Great Britain power of the licensing authority shall in

stand complete by the time the new

These by American policy in China, represent future be vested in the Captain Superia-Club has arranged a tournament to com- Antung-Mukdes rails are laid.

mence on Sept. 1st. There will be com-constructive Works will probably moaning that Great Britain and Japan are much to the business life of the Japanese tendent of Police. No doubt this official petitions for mixed doubles, gents' singles, Settlement, which has been so markedly standing together against China and her bus the best means of ascertaining the and gent deables. The Club is in a satisfactory during the past two years friend America.

Capital has been very light, this se900 among the smaller merchants, while many facts upon which the granting or refusal flourishing condition. of a license depends, but that is all the

Touses hare fallen upon the larger dealers through unprofitable transactions in ex- more reason why be should not have the

porta. absolute authority given him which the amended Ordinance" seeks to confer. The power of granting or refusing li- copses should not be vested in one man,

It is an action bordering upon arbitrary despotism and is quite contrary to all. precedents in English constitutional practice. We emphatically protest against it. The tendency in England

The Wesleyan Conference has again declared that dancing, card playing games of chance, entertainments which legally require a dramatic licence, and amuse ments of a frivolons and vulgar type are contraty to their rules and can not be allowed.

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With reference to the struggle between The Chinese Preys in Peking and the Ministry of the Interior, the Prince Regent has given orders that too much oppression should not be exercised in regard

to

WINE GROWING AT CHEFOO.

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CHINESE RAILWAY

AFFAIRS.

A DEFENCE OF SIR JOHN JORDAN.

THE CHINESE NAVY.

"CRUN TH Yat Po'z Sardica.)

PERING, August 18.

The Ministers appointed to superin- tend the reorganisation of the Navy have suggested to the Prince Regent that Taotai Wei Han, Director of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Cantón

railway, should be attached to the Naval Department.

THE NEW MINISTERS,

Fath Tax Tat Po's Service.)

Ferne, August, 18.

HE. Chang Yin-tong, the newly appointed Minister to Washington, and H.E. Ng Ching-lem, Minister to Italy, have both left Peking on their way to.... their respective appointments.

SPORTING.

Water Polo.

3、,,,

In the fret game the Boys Own Club

Toxas.-At 26 Leighton Hill Road, for many decades has been to widen the freedom of speech, and the matter has. Chang Yu Pioneer Wine Company. The no reason to believe that Article 18drow with the 88th Co. R.G.A. the score

on the 19th August, to Capt, and Mrs R. D..THOMAS, & CO.

DEATH. BRYSON.At 6, Parkview, on the 18th

therefore, been amicably settled.

popular basis of the reviewing authority

In the Cheloo Trade Report, Mr F. 8.

(Renter's Sernică to the, China Monty Unwin, Commissioner of Costomy, " gives

LONDON, August 19. the following intaresting account" of a

Replying in the House of Commons notable local enterprise :-

The first two gumes of the seventh round. Space may be found here for a brief ac-to a series of questions put by the Earl of the Water Polo Shield Ties, were played count of the wine-growing enterprise start of Winterton concerning the Tientsin-off yesterday evening in the V.R.C. - ed in Chofoo in the year 1901 and pro- secuted in the face of many difficulties Pukau railway, Sir Edward Grey, the closure. with extraordinary patience and persever Foreign Secretary, stated that he had ance, at a vant outlay, of capital by the

At the end of the game bring two all. One Company, a private one, owned mainly by the Agreement had not been fairly of the soldiers' goals was obtained by a the wellknows Awandtung capitalist Mr Chang Chen-hsun and under the local carried out. The irregularity regarding foul in the penalty ares, i.e. with in four The Committee in charge of the direction of his nephew Me Chang Ying the issue of tenders had formed the yards of the goal. trade, and Hongkong should follow suchy M.G.A. Bathing Party-are-arranging tung, commenced operations in 1996 under.

a Government charter, issued at the in-subject of representations. procedure rather than adopt the conse Moonlight Picnic on Monday, 30th August, stance of the Grand Secretaries

B. O. C. 2 goals. 88th, Co. 2 goals. LA Bunk

Sir Edward Grey said he had no

The following played for the B. 0:0: leaving Elke Pier at 8 p.m.sharp. Mem- chang and Wang Wen-ahao, primarily with now hinted at by officialdom. The sug-bers may invite their friends (ladies or the intention of making wine from the

reason to suppose that the British and a White (gul). A. R. Ellis, A. S. Ellis, gestion of "J.P." that a rota should be gentlemen.) Light refreshments will be excellent native grape grown in are Chinese Corporation considers that Sir Muskett, I. Chunyat and Laito.

qanotities in the Laichow district, as drawn up of all the Jasticas, of the provided, and facilities will be afforded for as aliewhere in the Chibli, Shantung, and John Jordan had in any way neglected In the other game the V.R.C. defeat Fergtien provinces. It was very soon their interests and he knew of no case led the 83rd Co. R.G'A. by 12 goals to nil Goods per Spezia undelivered' after this Peace and their presence requisitioned

found, however; that the supply was where the British Minister in Pering The home teams had things all their ow "data cabject to rent.

only irregular, insuficient, and costly, sugar and produced wine of poor

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GENUINE AGE pan., JA MEK POLLOCK BRYSO, the beloved son of Mr and Mrs A. Brynon. aged 4 years.

AND

FINE MELLOW

FLAVOUR.

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW."

Miscellaneous. -

General Memoranda,

in all matters dealing with the licensed

to His Excellency the Goveason and the Legislative. Comcil, for it has the

gent men to hathe.

".

&

well

and

DOZEN $16.50. SATURDAY, August 21:

Noon-Meeting of The Hongkong and situation. We commend the suggestion centra ut. the city. The fact that most ofIn 1896 under Baron von Babo, the than Sir John Jordan and he book

Shanghai Banking Corporation at the

the operations have, hitherto been carried. City Hall

on in a southerly direction enhances the SUNDAY, August 22 :-

Goods per Palma not cleared at a p.m. unanimous approval of every Justice importance of discovery.

on this date subject to rant.

of the Pence in Hongkong with whom Monday, August 23 :-- *

Robert Porter & Co.'s

BULL DOG

BRAND

Guinness Stout

.4

IN PINTS AND SPLITS...

8, WATSON & CO.

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BÜYLDENGA.

VICTORIA

CINEMATOGRAPH

FREM ER HALL OF HONGKONG

The Calebistad Australian Artintou

PHILLIPS SISTERS.

Noon-Mesting of Hongkong & Wham

pos Dock Co., Ld., at Co.'s Office, Goods per Nippon undelivered after this

date subject to rent

WEDNESDAY, August 15

date al noon will be subject to ren

and landing charges.

onthis date subject to rent

put up a very poor fight.

Result:-

Y.R.C. 12 gosts, 83rd Co. mil.

The following played for the V.RO Barros (goal), A. H. Carroll, A, E. Alves, . E. Lammert, A. A. Alves, 4. A. Claxton and J. M. R. Pareizs.

whenever a licensing sessions is con-The discovery of rish gold bearing but that the grape itself was deficient in had failed in zealous watchfulness of sy, scoring as they liked. The 83rd. Co vened, is an excellent one, and would stand at Ballarat has been officially report thin goality. Some vines wero then im British interests. He knew of no more mostfissuredly meet the fall needs of the ed to the Government. The strikes rune ported from America and plaated in the strenuous or more loyal public servant in a northerly direction almost under the company's own vineyard near Chelon.

Large quantities of different varieties of Austrian expers who manages the business, fulf responsibility for his action.-

vines, case by the Austrian Government, pared to fully support well-founded Sir Edward Grey said he was pre- guaranteed free--but not immune from nurseries, were imported and planted British claims if required. These flourished at first but after some time became infected with phyliozem, the source of which was found to be the first vines imported from America. The nam pany had then to face the prospect of the costly alternative of gradually replacing complete ruin of its enterprise or the

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we have discussed the question The The Bolton Corporation has boon cendemned at the Manchester assise to amount of influence which the public can pay £500 damages for injury to a little exert in the administration of Hongkong girl of two and a half who was knocked

scheme which the Government has just Goods per Kanagatta Maru not disarad propounded to cut away the principal Goods per U. Ferd, Loris andelivered poyers of the Justices of the Pence

after this date subject to runt.

reduces even that feebleness to a THURSDAY, August 26:---

condition bordering an absolute nullity. Goods per Benlawers undelivered after

this date subject to rent.

SOLD THE WORLD ́OVER.

PROPER TREATMENT FOR DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA. THE great mortality from dysentery and have stock many collend diarchoen is due to a lack of proper

Bayon, Tax., U.S...but sell more of Remedy is a reliable and effective mediains, White, a prominent merchant of Torile Chamberlain's Cole, Colors and Diarrhoes

Remedy than of all others put together. prevent any dangerous consequences. For

For sale by all chòmnists and storekeepers, sale by all chemists and storekeepers

Whats in medicine, art B. M. treatment the first stages of the dinozoo.

VICHY WATERS.

Goods per Australien 'unclaimed after the 13 very feebla even at its best; the dowu by a train and had to have her loft every plant by graftings on imported Chamberlain's folla, Cholera and Diarchons and when given in reasonable time will

plants of the disassurualating varieties, arm amputated. It was alleged that sheThe first batch of these was imported had strayed on to the line through a level from Austrin and planted in 1902, crossing gate which a corporation carter since when the procces of substitution has gods on steadily, with the result had negligently leit opru.

that the bulk of the plants covering tho 700 mon (roughly, 120 acres) now under cultivation are immaue to the pest. Dur- The Bishops who have been saying accumplating and maturing in hoge caske ing "all these years the vintage has been ankind things about the Athanasian ersed in the cellars of the company--the actual in Convocation at Canterbury, are merely stook, consisting of over 20 varieties of red echoing the sentiments of many Bishops and white still wines, being about 2.000 wines are pronummeed by all who BATE

The China Inil

THE POLICY OF WHITTLING.

gous Complaints, Mixes well with Wine and Spirits. May be drunk freely by the healthy on the principle that Prevention is better than cure,' HOPITAL-Particularly useful in cases of difficult diges- tion, dyspepsia and gastralgia, and also for delicate Constituents,

Mr Albert Goldie, the well-known theatrical manager, who recently, toured the E with the Hugh Ward and Grace doad and gone. The accounts given hectolitres red and 1,500 white The CELESTINS. For Gout and Diabetes, Vesical and Analo-

of Athanasius's erced," said Archbishop tanted them, including not a few connois Palotta combination of comedians, has now Tillotson, in Lambeth letter, no long ago sun, to be excellent, and much pressure arranged a tour for Ludia and Chins for theas. 1694, "seems to mo in no wise satis has been brought on the company from **Merry Maker,” an English combination factory I wish we were well rid of iterious quarters to induce it to sell. HONGKONG, THOREDAT, Acqua 19, 1909 of comedians, sketch artists, musicians and But the Old war song of the Church" ton of casks and bottles, which presents Before this is possible, however, the ques- dancers, who, he promises, will provides its staat admirers, in spite of the fact that considerable difficulties, has to be solved. thoroughly enjoyable entertainment for two modern leaping has finally disposed of the So far no wood suitable for craka has hours, in which fun, music and navelties theory that Athanasius was its author. We heen obtainable in eastern marketa are acceptably mixed. The company, which must look to Hilary, Bishop of Arles, of There Is a glass factory at Foshan on the Ir. would seem as if the present has been formed in Australia by Mr latar centory, so the true parent. This railway line between Tinanfu and Wei-

Leonard Davis, one of the leading theatrical much-discus creed was unknown in description of gisas, but up to the present GRANDE GRILLE-Renowned Specifio for Liver Com Colonial administration were delar managers there, includes picked artists from England until the ninth century, although has not been willing or able to undertake

plaints. mined on eliminating altogether from the the vaudeville, operatic and, mosical world Gaul had adopted it several centuries the murpply of wine bottles. The Chang public life of Hongkong the fow faint there. This company numbers 12 ladies enter. Now, eta ze that cool comanies mog of land, on the Chefoo hills, but ex-NOTE

gentlemen. and 6

of its warning clansen, the ecclesmatical periances many obstacles in adding to it. vestiges of popular contral which the

battleflags that have waved around it may Though practically worthless for farming owners of adjacent land ask prohibitive ratepayers possess in regard to one or

pdone." The results of many, years, BTA perience, show that the climate tbouga

INFANTILE CHOLERA.

well be furled.

two matters of purely parochial concern. ANY unusual looseness of child's Abowel during the hot weather abould Encouraged, we suppose, by the ap be a warning to mothers, Infantils cholera DONE IGNORE BLIGHT INJURIES SISTERS LEE. SISTERS COLEMAN, athetic plaisance which followed the wood hould be taken to acid the Chan Dor landet procapt attention Blood

may develop few hours, and

neglect giring every ant, wound

berlain's Colic, Undlers and Diarrhoes poison tisy appear and an ugly war or armn gradpal supers asion of the Sanitary Remedy, followed by a dose of crabor of Bus lock of lima menit, Ulam berlaina Board by the Building Authority, will check the disease in its locipleney, and Pain Balm is an antiseptin, heals the wind all danger may be avoided. For Bala by all. rapidly and all dangu la svolded by its new whereby the powers of the wiglicini: chemists and storskrapers,

1.7be mis by all shamists and storsknopera:

NEW FILMS. kong, March 6, 1909.

kaion, which turns out a vary, superior

Eu Wine Company now possesses 1.000

alertally injuriously damp during July

and August and the soul of the distalet and than a vast amount of his hand other are on the whole suitable to wine growing,

wise niprofitable, could be made productive rohambles a connable prostil the enterprising pioneers of this new industry are entitled to all the encouragement, Kod support the Governosand can virs it.

Supplied in Cases or Single Bottles in Quarts, Pinte and Splits.

H. Price & Co., Ltd.

WINE MERCHANTS,

No. 12, Queen's Road Central