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THE CHINA MAIL

POWELL'S

FOR

SMART

BOWLER

HATS.

28, QUEEN'S ROAD,

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

FANCY

TOILET

ARTICLES -

BARGAIN

FOR

CASH!!

12 RECORDS

FOR

$45.

S. MOUTRIE & Co.,

JAMIITED:

Honzkope. April 16, 1997.

DEATH.

PRUGEBA UN Docamber 28ch, at Foochow, Diana J. Por, aged 45. Bombay, Shangbai and Japan papers plonso copy.

MEMOS FOR TOMORROW, Miscellaneous

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Last day of Exhibition of Chinese Liters

tare a: Y.M.C.A. Rooma, Queen's Rd. 11.15 p.m.-Watch Night Service in St

John's Cathedral.Į.

General Memorands. SATURDAY, January 1 --

Public Huldaya

Banks and Lasurance Offices Close. Supreme Court Xmas Vacation ends, E18 p..Childrens' Sports at Kowloon

Cricket Clah AUSTRA

Monday, January 3:--

Public Holiday,

Banks and Insurance Offices Closs. TUESDAY, Janary, 4:---

6:30 pmOrgan Recital in St-Joba's-

Cathedral.

HANDSOME TOILET SETS | THumbly, January 6

Silver-mounted,

in fancy leather cases.

MANICURE SETS

Silver-mounted,

CUT GLASS PERFUME

BOTTLES

CUT GLASS TOILET

BOTTLES

Silver mounted.

GILLETTE RAZORS

(Focket)

Gold and Silver-mounted.

THERMOS FLASKS

Perfume Sprays,

Hand Mirrors,

Shaving Mirrors.

Entries close for H.K. Football Coal

leage Shield Competition. 11 a.m.-Auction of Sundry Old and

Condemned Stores at P.W.D.. Stores, Praya East, Wanchai. FRIDAY, JANUAry * ---

9p.in.-Philharmonic Concert.

p.m. Srotch Cozcert in Theatre Royal,

-The Chinn Mail.

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Blabor of Fiatorin will addrum“: and Russia is kino #hopeh “Buguy Now" Four, meeting at the castre Boral of better things to come. Now that on Sunday, January 2nd, at 9 pm

| thin-albernoon« for thei

at Tokohanma: four sister Englishmen are losing their dread of

highly ornate card bearing the a Russian descent on Indis, they are | sonson'a greetings comes from Mr S. Asano, allowing their minds to perceive that President of the Tora Kisen Kaishs. there is plenty of space within Central

Vary strennons work is now being put Asia and Siberia for Russia to carry in by the A. D. C. in order to produces domed out the moet grandiose schemes of "The Toreador" successfully next month!

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H. M. S. Kent left Singapore on

Tuesday for Hongkong. She received her now crew from the Niobe at Colombo.

Mer WR Loxley and Co. send us useful wall calendar, with space for notes on each date, advertising the Netherlands Fire Insurance Co.

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The circulation of mon

Tary active at the clone of the £36,000,000 starling for the Interest on loans, rules high than

Dent the City the weak previously.

out, of.

itary holidays will bring this spart

The cotton spinning companies of Japan. have agreed to pay Y1.50 per baie sa ancutragement money on all yarna szpors carrying

The lottery soheme has been abanimprovements.

TION.

The politicians of Japan are urging the THE POLITICAL SITUA Government to reduce expenditure są na to justify the lowering of the rate of taxation, now weighing so heavily on the

nation.

At an inques held on Mrs Battridge.

whilst at a concert the woman laughed so at Birmingham, the evidenes showed that heartily at a comedian that she collapsed

'from heart failure.

LIBERALS EVADE TRIANGU.

LAR CONTESTS.

(Reuter's Service to the China ath).

Lokson December 30. In the coming General Election 15 Unionists, and to Liberals will be unopposed, while the Liberals have withdrawn from 37 constituencies which are being contested by Labour candi- dates.

colonization without encroaching upon the spheres of other people, while the increasing efficiency of our Indian defences is also in this regard a factor of moment. We know that there are mmy people who will not share the cheerful optimism of M. Proan I not so many months since Lord Boss Hongkong has started a Fife League

The Kent County Council have ratased described as ominous the terrible, por with Me M. Stafford Northcote to protect droves of sheep, cattle, and tentous calm which hung over Europe;rotary. A good field of macfuluoes lies be-

horsee from the danger of being run into fore the new asociation. while Lord CHARLES BERESFORD, eating

by motor cars at night by pairing a by-law

a sailor's eye to windward, saw the

that the drover should displays lighted lantern visible to drivers of motor cars. heavens streaked with red and the nations prepared to spring at one another's throats. The breezy Admiral however, has rather discounted his prophetical gifts in the eyes of old China hands by the singular failure of his forecasts concerning the immediate breaking-up of the Middle Kingdom, while Lord Rosey is a past master of telling phrases chiefly remarkable defence of the Protestant character of the couver on the 19th instant) advising that 1 improvement of the canals so as to link!

afterwards for their inept futility, for he is always letting "I dare not wait upon I would" whether in home politics or in the wider sphere of European activities. On the whole then we are rather isclined to agree with M. PICHON and to comfort ourselves as we close the record of the year that despite some disquieting symptoms

“all's well with the world."

-90CIAL-AND-PERSONAL.--

Admiral. Lambton and the officers of H.M.S. King Alfred are giving a farewell ball at the City Hall on Monday, February

14th.

Mrs W. J. Greason will open the new Club House of the Boy's Own Club at East Point on Monday, the 3rd January, at

3 p.m.

At Pretoria, an athlete named Donald son ran. 130 yards in 11 son, which is a world's record. The previous record,

stablished in 1882, was 11) 807.

The Rev. J. Bateson has been granted special pension of £100 a year by the Government of India in recognition of his labours in this cause of temperance in the

Army.

An appeal for £5000 is being made by the Church Association for the furtheranco its special objects, which are mainly the

Church,

The P. and O. Company sand us neat little pocket, dairy and alaanes for

1910. It contains a great deal of la formative matter, including the year's sailings.

A big theft of blankets has taken place from the military stores at the RG.A Victoria Barracks. No less than 80 are massing, their value being £15. The theft was committed sometime between the 24th

and the 37th inst.

A bridegroom of 60 has just led his bride to the altar at the old parish church -of-Lindaghi, near Carnarvon There service is only held once a year. Not for seventy-two years has a marriage been solomaised at this church. | |--

The practices for the Philharmonic Society's concert, which takes place on the 7th January, give promise of the Society again achieving a procubed succes We hope music-lovers in the Colony will Patronize the concert in large numbers...

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The Korean Crown Prince, who is being

When the Kumsang arrived from educated in Tokyo, will be allowed to pay Singapore sesterday Captain Baller re- visit to his parents in March, accomported having passed the s.. Imizamaye panied by his guarding Prizes Lawakura. towing a lighter she had picked up. The He returns to Tokyo sitar a few months Indramayo, was 30 North of Humburgh, bound from Hongkong to Singapore, when the Kumang sighted her.

HONOKONG, THURSDAY, DEC. 30, 1909. stay in Seoul.

ALL'S WELL.

Frincess Fumi, daughter of the Emperor of Japan, will be married to Prince Asaka A series of exhibitions is to be held in April. The young couple have had the next year at Buanas Ayres in celebration Takanawa Falaca assigned them for a of the centenary of the independence of residence. Princo Asaka is at present a the Argentine Bepublic. The most im- student in the Military College.

portant, so far as British traders are con- corned, are the exhibitions of railways and Iand transport, and of agriculture.

We are sorry to hear that Mr Frank Smyth, who is on holiday at home, while skating scar Brighton last week fell and broke one of his legs. Ent for this anfor- tunate accident ho would have left England or his return to Hongkong the day before Christmas.

The Harkow Chronicle says that the Germen Vice-Consul Baron von Muffing

SALON-CINEMA THEATRE.

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The lato Portuguese ganbont Rio Lama, lying off the Hongkong and Wham pos. Dock Co.'s dooks at Hunghom, was offered for sale by public auction this after noon by Messrs. Hughes and Hough. The reserve price was not, however, reached.

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· ENGLAND'S CANALS.

SUGGESTED REVIVAL OF USE.

(Router's Service to the China Mail.)

Lorton, December 30.

The Royal Commission on Canals and Inland Navigation has reported in The Yokohama Office of the C. P. Rfavour of the establishment of a is in receipt of a Maroonigram from the RM S. Empress of China (which left Van-Waterway Board to be possessed of large powers extending to general

she is due at Tokohamas on the 31st. instant at 2 p.m. When the message was despatched the steamer was 1,400 miles from Japan.

The mayoral procession at Oswestry!

the Midlands with the principal ports.

The estimated cost is £17,500,000, part of which, it is recommended, should be defrived by the State,

to a close and business will again. dull.

GERMAN SHIPPING

ENTERPRISE.

(Independent News Agency's Berme to the China Mail)

The

LORD KITCE

Independent News Agency »¦ Service

to the China Mail)

mber: 30. Lord Kitchener has consented to become a Vice-President of the ferts. coming Anglo-Japanese Exhibition.

› CHINESE OFFICIAL

COSTUME.

(Wah Te Fat Po's Service)

Pro, December 29.

The Board of Foreign Affairs has submitted to the Throne for approval certain regulations with regard to the costume which Chinese Ministers "Res

was shom of all its accustomed glitter by A PRINCE'S EXPEDITIONT credited to Foreign Courte should wear.

resson of a telephone mesango which was received by the deputy-mayor from some person at present unknown, threatening posmble proceedings under an Act of George IV., which forbids State proccasions to other than the Established Church under severe pains and penalties.

(Beuler's Service to the China Mail.)

Lesbos, December 30. Prince Maurice of Schaumburg Lippa has started for a three months' stay in Uganda. He is accompanied by the explorer Count Pfal.

ITEMS AT THE COURTS.

Two batives failed to appear at the Magistracy to-day on charges of cutting turf og Grown land, and their bail of $15

The Belgiso Chamber has passed the first section of Claus 1 of the Government Military Bill, making military service com pulsory for one son out of each family, Since 1902 the Belgian army has been re- craited by voluntary enlistment, bat the parliamentary commission which was peach was estreated. pointed to inquire into the results achieved reported last May that the army lacknd 4806 men ou peace footing and ous war footing 18,800 men,...

NEW PENANG STEAMER,

Launched at Hunghom,

At 9p.m. last evening. at the yard of Mess Kwong Tuck Choong the second Shipping Co., Penang was successfully launched and as the vessel glided down to the water she was christened "Fangkor." The cromony was gracefully performed by Misa Minnie Lambert, daughter of Loyd's Surveyor.

steamer built to the order of the Fastern.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

(Wah. Ter Yet Po's Service. ).

PREISG, December 29, The Peking Government has resolved that the Th Li Yuan shall be a Court at Justice Initapendent Board of Law

"LA MASCOTTE"

A wian decision has certainly been misdə- by Mr A. 1. da Silva in selecting ** Es inscotte" which is to be performed early it Twelve godown" coclius streated while | January by the children of the membe playing a gambling game, named pochee the Club Laitano. - It is an old mi were before MxJ. R. Wood at the Magis comndy but the muste is ar delightful as tracy this morning. Dau was fined $100, present day pisce and as staged at the C one discharged, and the remainder-fised Lzalting wil be an undoubted - mosess Beach.""

Several of these children, it will be re- membered, had the honour of perforant

The Geists” before Admiral the Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambbon. He Excellen General Sir J. J. Mashada, Commodore,

Three natives, one of who was an ex- ciso oficer and a policeman, were arrested on the 8.5. “Euverio for being in possession of 50 tasis of prepared opium. They had perently gone on board with the object of selling the drug to members of the crew,

Mrs and Ms Lyon, besides a number of other distinguished personages, who, all expressed themselves thoroughly delighted Wappend with the charming manner in which the play was performed Owing to the ilnem A youth named Gutterier was, att of Lady Lagard His Excellency the Gover- Magistracy to-day, ordered to pay 350, or nor deeply regreted being inable undergo one month's imprisonment, for attend

named Betting: The impecunions monarch

of

Piombino, Laurent 3.911, out' habeg

Bring a rifle shot aťa:

t'a coolie from a window. In “La Mascota" Rocco, an infortunat The vessel is a duplicate of the Kedah at 75, Caine Road. The shot entered the farmer, has a Mascotto sent him by his brother, in the shape of a Turkey herd Our enterprising sentemporary the recently launched from the same yard coolie's thigh and inflicted a sevars wound Hongkong Nippo is issuing as a New Year's number of visitors were present and suc Defondent was also ordered to pay $25 supplement a packet of eight postearises to the vessel and the health of the compensation. Mr Otto Kong Sing pro bearing views of Hongkong, the work of wishes being expressed all round.

builder was enthusiastically drunk, good secutoi.. members, of the Japanese Amatear Photograph Socisty. The pictures" are capitally reproduced and should be heartily welcomed for their beauty.

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The American Consul at Valparaiso

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REVIEWS.

comes upon Rocco and his Mascotia, and quietly annuzon the Intber, to the Extenso dia- gust of her lovac, à pesmat camed Eppo who, in atter to be near her, joins a troupe of Bohemians on their way to dance and A curious accident occurred basing at the Court. Betting mean while is rummage sale at the Parish Room, Wirks created a countean and is serioniddy watched worth. One of the stallholders, & lady wall by Rocco who has also been made Fiam- The King's Mimon, by J. BLONDELL known in the neighbourhood, took off her marries the maz abe love. Circumstances, berlain. He magie power departs i aks BURTON, London, George Bell and valuable box and laid it down for a few rise and Bettina accepta. the hand of Bona.

moments. On her return she found that it Laurent but at the last moment she and had been sold by mistako na pazt of the Pippo makes it up and eventually they are

rangs "{

expensed

was severely injured. - attendante, etc.-

"Art's well with the world" is evident. ly the soothing message which M. PICHON, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, is able to give to Europe as the last days of 1009 hurry to their close. He is in an exceptional position for making a true forecast of th political weather immediately ahead, and bis remarks will carry the weight. they deserve. Good understandings, he says, exist between France and will be transferred shortly to the Bureau Germany, and also between Busais and of Foreign Affairs at Berlin. It is not Great Britain, thus strengthening decided yet who is to succeed him. Consul roports that the estimated total of English

and Mrs Maller are expected to arrive capital invested in the trade of South This is a story of the cloak and dagger the Abylo Franco entente cordiale, and

varly in January.

America is £658,004,660. This immense order which takes us back to the days of although the "Balkan and" "Cretan"

sam is divided into the four comprehensive Horri III, last of the House of Valois,

Hit has cant is az.

Laurent XVII...... 10 Dick D'Alizada. groups-Government and municipal bonds immediately before the ghastly mezder questions are yet unsettled, still they

The accident to the torpedo destroyer Prince

Fritolini £280,188,534 Railroads £267,621,540; of the Duke of Guise in the blood Inadzama, which was cut down by a small Pippo... are pot so painfully strained as they

Commercial Interests £83,602,462 Banks stained Chatean of Biois. The heroine eating requel some five miles at Hakodate Rocco... £99,812,124

bathnot reg were this time last year. ́Perhaps with

The Salon-Cinema Theatre in Wyndham

Grscinane, Marquise de Saint Malines, an the 17th inst, took place during a A Bergeant and Europe an armed camp and with all Street, which has just recently opened, is

is married-sold like a mere chattel blinding snowstorm. The destroyer hmotta By kind permission of Major H. OB.

by her father-toona of the rent in very deep water, and two of her Bettion the leading natione steadily augmenting being largely patronized. Excellent outar Dann and Officers, the Band of the 105th- AND OTHER ARTICLES IN the size and potentialition of their Navies tainment is provided for patrons, the Mahratts Light Infantry will play the detestable mignone, whom the last and the blusjackota went down with her. Lien Pagen

pictures being up-to-date, while matinees following programme of music at the King worst of the Valels gathered around him Hotta, la comma it sounds rather hypocritical to speak of for children are held every Saturday and Edward Hotel during dinner on Friday. in the closing years of his deplorable reign. GREAT VARIETY.

condition of affairs as one of pro-] Sunday, besides tlie two performances daily j Pricats War: March from Athalie com Im sny breathless chapter wo follow the YANNA Mendelsson Court intrigues which led up to the cutting found peace. It reminds the cynic of the at 6.30pm and 2.15 p.m. Miss Ruby Caprics... Febo des Bastions... Kling down of Himri of Guise and his brother Chrystal, a variety star and Miss Doris Two Step Arts Wanda Morse eneer of the great German thinker of the MoAuley, terpsichorean artisté, appear Selection King of Carlenia Jores the Cardinal, and then the magbinations of S. WATSON & CO., eighteenth century who, discussing the nightly and giva delight to those present, Valed The Barcarolie Fatras the League, all of which came to swight POPULAR

while Mr H. Maniva, the famous equilibrist. Selection... The Earl and the GirlCaryl Paris was well worth a

*merican SketchDown South' Mydleton because Henry of Navarra thought. devaataikius of WALLENSTEIN, said that

is extremely good in his numerous fexts, Manier found a city and left it a desert

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But long before that time arrived. and called it peace. In the general

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