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NEWS OF THE DAT.

of bored

those

Chinese philanthrop captionally big donations towards the fand. But now come rumours,, more

On Christmas Day a special dinner

or less, authentic, that Faking is find-- will be given at the Oriental Hotel ing the greatest difficulty in collecting these promised subscriptions. One satand rap after another in seeking a way to avaid implementing his promise, while the private donations are said to be held bock natil such time as Peking gives positive assurance that the money will be actually spent upon the Navy and not frittered away on extraneous objects.

"The tenth of December saw the Liķo

Falu zivers completely frosen over.

About 10 o'clock this morning the body of a child wrapped up in Chinese clother was found at Blake Pioz.

A ameking concert will be given in the Meas Room of the staff of the Victoria Gaol, Wyndham Street, on the 7th inst

The English, American and German Admirals now in Hongkong harbour

Experience. Meanwhile Prince Tsat Hsus con- changed rate on Sunday and the custom-

tinues in the course of his pleasantry salutes were fired. junketting, to garnerimpressions abroad]

Satisfaction

DDING AN UNION: CHU

BRITISH POLITICS.

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Happy lathe beide which the sun. JOHN BURNS DENOUNCES THE shines on." runs the old adage." There was plenty of unnshine yesterday...à perfectly glorious December day such an is known only in these favoured latitudes-when the (Router's Service to the China Masty | wedding took place at Union Church bafors

LONDON, Becember 18. a numerous congregation of Mian May Right members of the Cabinsk and Pearce, older daughter of Mrs Rogers and alaven Fears were participating in the the Inbe. Mr T. Pearce, of Roskear, Camelection campaigu last night. borne, Cornwall, and Me Alfred Hicks, M-John Burns delivered & ferce third son of Mr and Mrs B. Hicks, of Truro attack" at Batterson on the House of Vean, Truro, Comwall. The offoisting clergyman, was the Bay, C. H. Hickling, Lords. He was borne homewards after while Mr Ges. P. Lammert presided at the the meeting on the shoulders of some

organ,

away.

The bride, who created a charmingly radious impression, entered the Church on the arm of Mr A. Ramsay, who gave her She was attired in a custume of crème Oriental satin, braided with silver, trimming, kad wore a tulle veil embroider On Tuesday evening there will be sed at the cornare in true-lovers knots and in the interests of China's prospective special dining atilia Oriental Hotel when flowers, bar abundant dark hair being crown- Navy. Already he has imbibed some the hand of SMS. Scharnhost will played with the conventional wreath of orange blossoms, while she carried a handsome rudimentary knowledge' which he is during and after dinner.

shower bouquet of white chrysanthemums and maidenhair fernt. One little brides-

Bellamy Brows, who wore maid 'was' in attendance, Miss" Marjorie a white

daintily embroidered. She carried a basket of white fowers and forms, tied, like the brido's banquet, with white satin ribbon; while she wore, as the gift of There were 478 European and 21the bridegroom, a demier golden chain, to Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, which was attached a jade and gold pendant. and 70 European and 2,841. Chinese Me H. Murray Bain was beat-man. visitor to the Museum during the week ending the 19th Dea......

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meet with approval in Peking. Not. was found at Yaumet on Sunday evening. Chinese silk frock with satin zouare

withstanding all the tales of China's fest being now resolutely set-in the path of modern progress, the rese ticnaries in the capital have a stronger distaste for foreign advice than ever, so when Prince Tsar Hets wired out advising thai competent foreigners be engaged to help China in her preliminary steps at naval rehabilitation, the Grand

Council preemptarily wired that on no account. could such a proposal be enter

Free delivery to si: address accesathletained. Chinese statesmen have long by msaenger, including all Peak, Kowloon memories as well as convenient lapses and Quarry Bay residonona.

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Code, A. B. O., Afth edition.

TESTBONE No. 3.

- CHINA MAIL, LIMITED,

~~~~~MARRIAGE. HICKS PEARCE-At Union Church, Hongkong, on December 19th, by the Bay, G. E. Hickling, MAT PEARCE, Elder T. Pearce, of Rostear, Camborne, Cornwall, to ALFRED HICKS, third son of Mr and Miss Hinks, of Truro Vean, Truro, Com- Wall.

„daughter of Mes Rogers and the late Mr.

MEMOS. YOM TOMORROW. Anctions.

11 .m.-Auction of Embroideries `at Mr Geo, P. Lammert's Sales Rooms. 11. a.m. Auction of 8 Pointer Paps at

Mr Geo, P.-Lammort's Sales. Kooms:

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Japanese Curios

Rooms.

It is believed that a fight took place during which the injured man was stabbed. He

has since died.

The N.D.L. steamer Pring Ludwig, which had been on are in Hongkong har-

bour, resumed her homeward voyage on Batarday afternoon, her speedy restoration reflecting great credit on the Dock Com. pany.

The bridal party entered the sacred edifico to the strains of the Bridal March |from Lohengrin, and after the ceremony and the register had been signed, left mid the stirring appeal of Mendelssohn's Wed ding. March.

After the marriage-service a reception, largely attended, was held at the residence of Me and Mrs A. Ramsay, No. 3 Ummsby Villas, Kowloon, where the happy couple received the hearty felicitations of their

honoured.

The directors of the Peninsular and friends, and the usual toasts were all duly

The bride's-going-way dress was off brown tweed, and she wore a large halfotroper hat with mole-coloured wings,

of that faculty and perhaps the fiasco of Oriental Steam Navigation Company an the LAY-OSBORNE flotilla is still rankling-nounce-a-dividend on the deferred stock of after all these years, while the good per cant. for the six months, and a services of the English officers who interim dividend, a total distribution of bonus of 3 per cent, making, with the

trained the squadron which succumbed 13 per cent. for the your. to Im's guns at the battle of the Yaln are completely forgotten.

The honeymoon will be spent at Canton and Massot

and

The presents, which were numero

The name-day of the Taxe was daly handsome included a mosgive silver zosn honoured on Sunday when dir Tiedemann, I Dowl, beating emblematical panels - and the Russian Casal General in Hongkong, quotations from the Chinese Clamica, en a a "at home." The congratulations of carred black-wood stand, the gift of the His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard wars Editor and European Staff of the China convoyed by Captain Mitchell Taylor, Mas, of which Mr Hicks is Sub-editor. A.D,0.

For ourselves we fail to see where China is going to find the money to build a Navy if she continues along her present path. Her favore is already insufficient to meet the needs of the

On Sunday evening the Manila time, and yet she is making no serious Observatory reported that the cyclone or typhoon located E. of the Visayas Inlanda attempt to recast her system of taxations W.N.W. This morning the telegram Memorials by the score have been written on this subject by many of the ablest

minds, foreign and Chinese, which our

at Mosur Hughes & Hough's Bsc generation has seen. But the fate of all has been the same oblivion in the dusty recesses of a Feking pigeon-hole, It is the same with the reform of her currency, which has been solemnly pro-

General Memoranda, WEDEMDAT, Desember 22:-

Boog

8.30 p.m.Auction Amas Toys, Jewel. lery at Mr Goo. F. Lammer's Asim 4p.m-Distribution of prizes by Emised by international treaty and talked the Governor at St. Joseph's English about for the last ten years. It seems, Collage.

for all the optimistic rumours emanat ing from Peking, to be as far off as

9 p.m.-Grad Minstrel Performance.st

City Hall.

THURSDAY, December 29:-

8 pm-Auction of Crown Land at the ever. Yet on the reform of taxation and

Public Works Departmelt'a Cflosa.

FzIDAY, December 24 100.

from the Manila Observatory regarding this typhoon road-Manila, December 20th 10. a.m., Cyclone" or typhoon E of the Vissyan Islands, Todlining northward.

The "Jolly Tare" Minstrel perform- anes which will be given on Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the Theatre Hogai promises to be of a high order. This will be the seventy-second performance which has been given by this company in Seattle, San Diego, Vallejo, Callao, Val three years. They have shown at Portland, paraiso, Honolulu, and Kobe and as many

na twenty-five times in San Francisco.

VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

COMPANY.

The eighth and fuel shoot for a cup pro--| santed by the Commanding Officer of the Company, Captain Wood, for the beat aggregate of four shoots at 900, 500 and 000 yards, took place at Tai Hang Range on Sunday afternoon.

Three of the five competiter present- possessed about equal chances of winning, their respective aggregates for the three previous bast shoots and their final hand- icaps, being as under

- Private W. F. Taylor,"

3. Backhouse, G. Elliott,

--983 and 71.

79. and 91 280 and 20 At the first distance, 200 yards, Privata Taylor scored 29 and gained a lead of 4 and 11 over Elliott and Packhouse T. MORT Speeches have been made by Bir. Ed- At 500 yards Taylor, with a score of 29, ward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign gained 2 more points on Ballott but his lead Affairs, Mr C. E., H. Hobhouse, Underores Backhouse was reduced to 8, tha Secretary of State for India, and by Mr O. Iatter's 25 at this range being the best. F. G. Masterman, Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, in which each speaker emphasized the claim that second Chamber to replace the House of see some practical stempts made along Lords must be established on an slegtive these lines we shall continue to believe | basis. that the rebirth of the Chinese Navy has

9 p.m.-Gread Minstrel Performance at the stimulating results which should

City Hall.

follow the reforms of her currency China must greatly depend for the money with which to build her now navy. Until we

9 p.m.-Boxing sú City Hail. SATURDAY, Decembar 25 :-

Pabllo Holiday...

Exchange Banks Uloss..

Monday, December 27;—

Public Holiday

Tuesday, December 28 :---

Stores ab EM. Naval Extablishments.

10 am-Auction of Naval & Viotnalling been relegated by the unseen Fates to the indeterminate date of the Greek Kalends.

The China Mail.

Hoxoxoxo, Monday, December 30, 1909.

THE FUTURE CHINESE NAVY,

THE WEST POINT ARMED

ROBBERY,

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

The L. & O. Express says that Mr Geo. B. But, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, has had to undergo an operation for cancer of the tongue.

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Miss Dorothy Wamen, younger daughter. of Bir Patham Warren, British Consul- General, was married to Dr. Hanwell b Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai,on

December 14.

It now seemed a certain. win for Taylor but 500 yards at Tai Hang is usually such a "lottery" that the other two above men- tioned competitors were considered to still possess a sporting chance.

WORK

(Render's Service to the China Mai.

Lorder," December Rentar's correspondent at mys that the Southern and. stalkers restine work to-days

JAPANE NEW BUDGET.

INCREASES OF EXPENDITURE.

to the China Mail)

of his stalwartenpporters, acoom- (" Independent News Agency's”: Servici panied by crowds of his constituante chearing wildly.

Lord Cromer, speaking at Sheffold, urged Free Traders to support the Unionist Party and save the Empire from disruption.

Torro, December 20. Next year's budget has been submit ted to the leaders of the political parties. The estimate of remmes and expenditure sunouate to Yêu 534,172, 706. This shows an increase of about Ten 15,000,000

SERIOUS COLLISION AT compared with the present yest

TILBURY.

increases include Tem 1,500,000 for Imperial Household; 9,000,000 increases in official", salaries y and

P. & 0. STEAMER DAWAGĦD“ 7,500,000 for the redemption of Stats

A readjustment of taxation is one Raider's Service to the China Mail)

main features of the Budget, and tags London, December 19.

with administrative reform eventus The F.&O. steamer Chine, with

any passengers on board, when lea ing Tilbury Docks, bound für Aus- tralia, yesterday collided with the pier head, extensively damaging her stern and radder. The ship had to be dry- docked.

The Company arranged for passen

gers and mails for ports beyond

Marseilles, to go by special train to Marseillos, and proceed thence by the steamship Persia, the Company paying for any necessary hotel accommodation.

KING LEOPOLD'S SECRET “MARRIAGE.

POPE CONFIRMS THE STORY,

(Reuter & Service to the China Mail)

Lamor, December 19- The Pope himself has telegraphed that the late King Leopold and Baroness Vaughan were married.

brings about a curtailment of about 18,000,000.

MOURNING FOR KING

LEOPOLD.

TOKYO OBSERVES 21 DATS.

("Independent Nacs Agency's" Service

to the China Mail)

Torro Lécember 20. The Esperor of Japan bas despatched a telegram of condolence to the Belgi Court and has announced that Court mourning will be observed for twenty. one days, cominenting on the 18th inst-

THE DREAD OF FOREIGN LOANS

(Was Taz Yak. Po'z Service).

PEKING, December 19. The gentry of Hankow have tela- graphed to Chin Kwer Lung, the new Viceroy of Chili, requesting him to submit a memorial opposing the mising PRINCE TSAI HSUN IN of foreign cans wherewith to build.

railways FRANCE.

"RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).

Lostos, December 18.

inspected St.-Nazaire,

The Chinese Naval Commission have

LONDON, December 19. President Fallieries has entertained the Chinese Naval Commission at luncheon.

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Loston, December 20. Mr. Briand and the Chinese Naval Commissioners have exchanged visits.

NEW KING OF THE "BELGIANS.

ALBERT THE. FIRST,

(Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail.) LONDON, December 20. From Brussels comes the news that the new King will take the title of

However, Taylor commenced with two balls at this range and finished with 27 out of the 35 possible; Elliott and Backhonas each made 16 only and thus gave Taylor an Albert the First. essy win at the final stage, Elliott gaining w second place by two points

The totals for the day; and the aggregates for the lour best shoots of these three competitors are as follows:

89. Private Taylor.

Elliott Backhouse, 78,

REVIEW,

gregate

The Caravaners, by the Author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden." London,

`PORTUGUESE CABINET

RESIGNS

PROGRESSISTS TO THE FORL.

(Besiter's Service to the Chins Mall)

TSENTAO ISLAND."-3

for (Wah Tan Tas Po's Service).

Primo, Decembar 19. It is said that a Custom House will be opened in Tentao Island and the staff will consist entirely of Japanese

“WEATHER-RIPORT=

The following notios is issued from the Hongkong Oharratory :--

On the 20th star has fallen moderately in the Philip at 12.03 p.m.-The baro

pinos, the depression having approached the Archipelago to the 8.E. of Law

Pressure bas given way) wodazately at the northern stations, a depression, which is moving Eastwards, having appeared over: Manchura.

The barometer has risen over W. China and Tongking.

Areas of high pressung are lying over the Upper Yangtze valloy, and over the Patiño- to the H. of Japan, maka Ang

Heary monsoon may be expected over the N.E. part of the China Ben, onda ka

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ands: ing at 10 am, to-day; 9.00 inches, S

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at room SO-MORTOW

Neighbourhood.

Hongkang nd No winds, fresh ; fins..

L-Formoen - Channel; N.K.- vinde,. strong.

& South coast of China between Hongu kong and Tamrocks: Fame sa No L

-South coast of China betareen Hong, kong and Hainan : Samo sa Na.L

WATCH FÜR SYMPTOME OF CROUP

10. not allow croup to develop. - Cha

Lowbox December 20D bere Cough Remedy i -Reater's correspondent at Lisbon want the truck. Watak for the first symp tôm, which is usually hoarseness; and gira telegraphs that the Portuguese Cabinet this remedy freely. It should always be has resigned. Their successors will kept in the home where there are young probably be exclusively progressista. @bfidien.". For sels by all cřemísta and?

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home in England, Italy Acting Commis. It concerns a short caravan trip takan million taels will be needed, but it is B. L. Korten, J. Elliot, J. been greabed on the recommendation of the English, half German, daring the month of The following were sworn in se jurors ganer at Switow.The decorations have through Kent and Summer by a party half proposed to spand only two millions Millar, foreman, J. Forbes, J. A. Young, Viceroy of Canton for services render August, and the book is written in the POPULAR A 8. WATSON & CO., within the next two years, and thess Arcalli, 0, Stockhausen:

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robbers came in arnded and a number of • bazaar was belil in aid of the fands for loan yet-over bearing attitude of the one to destroyer Im when it will be put employees and the master of the shop were Christmas comforts for the poor and dus balog set of against the free-and-ey yet No 999 in hand or where the ships will be built gagged and sled up and money to thing the afternoon and evening business was desto hables of the other. The story Quo Vadie PREMIEN HALL OF HONGKONG. nobody seems to know. It is an interest extent of about 81,000 and's large quantity very brisk: Under Bandmaster Coke the

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