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Fat Mr JR. Clynes (Tab); East Me Work The only new-comer is Mu Miminergiku, who takes the place of Bår Huckles who, 16 will be remembered, de fabede A. J. Balfour at the General Election. E

Salford still sticka to Liberalism, the They are North, Mr.W. P. Bylos; Wool, thres sitting membera retaining their seats. is 6, W. Agnew; South, Mr E. Bellow.

BENEWS OF THE DATU

the contmets the Unionists will not only F.M.S. Monmouth was dying a magni- greatly strengthen their ranks, but will font homeward bound ponnant this claim a preponderation of seats over auf -mutning.

In so far as the results of the elections introduction of reforms which in the 92 Borough constituencies which polled on Saturday go to show that there hitherto been without recognition.

The Secretary next invites this in wave of reaction being foll against the "Asquith" Administration they - aru, most aspation of Congress to the argentatistictory to the bulk of residents in the need for legislation to improve the Far East. 1 the same ratio of progress in conditions which have existed for some maintained throughout the remainder of years, and still exist, in the higher grades in the line of the American Nary. The senior offers of the Navy are PER MONTH. too old, he anys, for the responsibilitica and ardnous duty required in the modern battleship. They are much older than similar officers in the other principal navies of the world. sverige age of the rear-admirals who were in the battleship feet on the famous praise round the world was

Tuning and Regular

The

other one party, Tal" however, would hardly be sufficient for working par possa cabination of the other the only ease of communicable disease three parties on any voto would in all during last wook was one of diphtheria probability see them but voted. Of course (ng-fatal), the subject being a Britisher. it may be that the county constitueixy votes will tall quite a different story At any rate, the situation is at present most engrossing.

There are some interesting facts to La gained from a detailed investigation of the gains secured on the first polling. It is strange, for instance, that with the Unionists

A money is very tight in Tientsin the Market Relief Association formed by foreign merchants has requested the

Viceroy of Chihli to bake steps to ralisve

the situation.

memorial recently presented in Pak-

THE GENERAL-ELEC

TION:

BFIRST POLLINGS FAVOUR- "UNIONINTE

18 Seats Captured from Opponents

Liberais Gain Three.

(Reuter's Service to the China Holy LONDON, January 16. The results of yesterday's elections ia borough constituencies were

Unionista Liberals Labourites.

-- Nationalists Unionist Gains

Liberal Gains

18

3

The Unionist gains were in South.. West Manchester, Stalybridge, North

TAXES IN JAPAN.

to the

eur Agency & Service

Taxy, January 17. To-day the Japanese Government presented in the Lower: House a bill for the readjustment of the tex system. The bill comprises 24 items, its main features being the readjust. ment of the lucome tax, the business. tar, the tax on legal accession, the tax on sugar, the max on salt fields, etc.

ANOTHER RAILWAY

AGREEMENT.

AMERICA TO LOAN FIFTY

"MILLIONS EN

(Wah Tu Yặt Pa's Service. Į

PEXING, January 18. A-Ican.comvation has been concluded

Attention Inclusive.about 60 years of the captains, about doing so well as to wrest 18 seats from ing prays that the beat our of Lambeth, Salisbury, Rochester, Burnley, with America for a lot of fifty million

The average age of the opposing partion, the Liberals should amp Carpeen" be substituted for undertaker Cambridge, Brixton, Penryn, Gloucester sterling for the construction of a railway

57 years.

S. MOUTRIE & Co., mandars, 40 years and 3 months,

IMITED).

Hongkong. April 16, 1907,

MEMOS YOK TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous 10.-Military Gun Practies.

Mooting. 6.a.Anoual Meeting of Sastholders and Subscribers of St. Andrew's, Kowloon.

"

Amusements. 9p.m.-The Toreador" by H. K.. A.D.C. at Theatre Royal, City Hall.

General Memoranda. WCONEIDAY, January 19:—

3 p.m.--Confirmation at St. Peter's

Uhurch, West Point

THESDAY, January 20

9.30 p.m.-Auction of High-e'sse Goods, eto, ab: Mr Goo. P. Lammert's Sales

BATUEDAT, January 22:—

“Rooma. —

2.30 p.m. Auction of Housebold For

niture at No. 2. Caine Road.

Packs Parade Ground.

On this occasion Darlington was given

and that an official title be granted.

We bave received from the Pacific Mail S. S. Co. magnificent coloured map of the world, showing the San Francisco Overland route, which is said to be the best for spoed, comfort and enfoty.

captains of the Japanese fleet is 41ture three, two of which withstood the avalanche of 1906, namely Darlington and

There were 197 European and 248 years and 9 months; of the com- Grimsby. At that time the former borough Chinees visitors to the City Hall Library. garo Mr H. Piko Passo a majority of 283 and 260 European and 9,548 Chinese -It will be observed with interest, in over Alderman Mitchell (Labour), the visitors to the Masoom during the week

Liberals not contesting the seat while attending the 16th January, view of President Tarr's great desire to Grimsby Sir George Doughty, in a three- resuscitate the American Mercantile cornered fight, got 3,309 more votes than his nearest opponent, a Liberal, and Marine, that the Naval Department af mine than the combined Liberal and Washington now favour building Labour vote. practically all the new resacks by contract at private shipbuilding con cerns, principally because, as Mr Merin urges, these industries should be encouraged, and the Government can thus proft by their experience and resources, and also because ordinarily the work is done more economically than at Navy yarda. In order to keep the appropriations for the Navy Department this year within the economical limita sat for the Government the report recom mends only the following new con- struction-two battleshipä, one repair

choice of a Unionist or a Radical-Mr Pike Posse or Mr Lincoln-and the voters A small fire broke out at 88; Cains unwisely rejected the former, who had Road, about 4.50 this morning owing, it is presented the division, from 1839 on-understood, to the flues being overheated, wards and who had rendered yeoman's The fire brigade were quickly on the scene service to his party as Whip sincs 1906. -

and little damage was dose..

5 p.m.-Balloon Ascent at Murray Barahip. The battleships asked for are recommended to be of the all-big-gun

MONDAY, January 24 :--

Wolverhampton West, Wolverhampton from Kam Chow (Mukden) in a northers- South, Wednesbury, Fulham, Devonport ly direction to Tio Van Fu (9), and Bath (2). -

The Liberal gains were in North-West Manchester, Darlington and Grimahy...

BIRMINGHAM SOLID FOR

UNIONIBEL

Manchester and Salford Otherwise.

MACAO DELIMITATION.

BRITISH ADVICE - TAK NG

(Wah Ter Yot Pa's Service.)

Pizmu, January 16. The British Minister (Sir John Jorden) has advised the Board of Foreign Affairs to refer the Macar Delimitation question to the Hague

(Beater Servies to the China Mail)

Losnos, January 17. The Unioniste. carried the whole of Tribunal for settlement.

The Board hesitated, but, after re- the sents at Birmingham, while the Liberals secured all at Manchester and ceiving talagmama from Chinese residing Salford, with the exception of Soath abroad, finally agreed to the suggestion. West Manchester, na

CHINA'S NATIONAL-

Unionista are disappointed at the

do not know with certainty what happened at Grimsby, except that a Libera! has been returned, hat there seems every

Captain Hilton-Johnson, Assistant reason for thinking that the Liberals and Superintendent of the Shanghai Municipal Labourites came to some understanding Police was married to Miss May Merriman, London results, but ars gratified at to prevent a splitting of the vote. If the eldest daughter of Mr WL Merriman, of the successes in the Midlande and the previously sitting member, Sir George the American Trading Company, at Shang-West of England. Doughty, again contested and was rejected, hai, on January 10. the party have suffered a heavy loes, for he is one of their most sturdy and eloquant henchmen, He represented Grimaty as a Liberal from 1895 to 1888, when He became

H.M.8. King Alfred and H.M.S WHAT TARIFF REFORM Monmonth loftler Bangkok this mornfeg! The Monmonth will proceed from thence

a Liberal-Unimist, and went to his to Colombo, where she takes on board a constituents, who re-elected him by a new crow; the King Alized returns to majority of some 1,800. Since then he Hongkong ere bidding final farewell to the bas held the constituency in the interests station. of the Unionist party.

The other scat secured by the Liberats.

First performance of La Mascotte by type. They will complete the squadron

the Portugudro Children....

of eight vessels of this general class. TUESDAY, Jabuary 25:-

11.30a.m.-Meeting of the Hongkong The repair ship, we read, is extremely is the bistoric one of North-West Man

Land Reclamation Co., La. st Co.

desirable in order that the fest may be chester, where at a by-election in 1508 Office

Mr Winston Churchill failed to secure in 11.45, a meeting of the West Point

made self-sustaining, the repair ship election on his appointment to the Board Buliding Co., Id., at Co.'s Office. Noon Meeting of Hongkong Land Ia

vestment & Agency Co., La,, so which accompanied the Atlantic Fleet of Trade, being ultimately received with open arms by Dundee: Hla viebar on that on its world cruise, with limited facilities, occssion, Mr Joynton-Hinke, has this time having proved the necessity of a well-suffered defeat by Sir George Harp equipped repair ship with the fleet.

Mr. Meren enters into emborate explanation of the

9 pm. Sonich Cacourt in Theatre Royal. WMDAY, JANUARY 26:

5.16 p.m.-Y.M.U.A. Annual Merting. FRIDAY, Jandry 28 :---........

9 p.m.-Volunteer Dance...

Noon-Prize Distribution by E.E the why he advocates the building

big-gun" alipa. He writes:

Governor, at Saiyingpun School.

TUZIDAT, February 8:

of

MEANS.

IMPORTAND UNIONIST

MANIFESTO.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) Loxton, January 15,

The Chinese Enginearing and Mining Company, Limited, report that the total Ur Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain have output of the Company's three mines for issued a joint: Manifesto on Tariff Re the week ending lat January was 25,699.45 form in which it is declared that there tons and the mire during the paid will be no increase in the cost of living to the workers; that it will reduce the amounted to 20,938-40 to

present tres en articles consumed by the working classes

·SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr Katayama, Consuls for Japan at employment and develop trade with the Shaal, died suddenly from heart-falues on British dominions. the 2nd instant.

(Radical), who alone opposed him a

hamarkaduilling cascus Past 426 as Devonport and Bath, whore in each reason instance both seats have been taken from the Libernis.At the former place, all-ie He Keasley (fcruely Mr J. F. Younge, advance agent of Mr CHINESE NAVAL COM

MISSION IN RUSSIA "The mentary Secretary to the Board of Bandman's Companies, returned to the Noon-Mesting of Hongkong, Carten & battleship continues to be the type been deposed by Sir John Jackson and Sir

Trade) and Sir J. Williams Bent have Colony yesterday by the ss. Hain Ming- Macao Steamboat Co.. Ld. at Co'si

Mr W. M. Stowart, formerly of Hong Ufca.

which is now being built by all the 10. Kinlock Cooke, while the sitting memo- | leading naval Fowers. Spain, Brazilbers at Bath have been replaced by Lord koos, has left Yokohama to enter theservice A. Thynne and Sir C. Hanter. In each of Maxers Samuel, Samuel and Co., at Kobe. and the Argentine Republic are also

case big adverse majorities have been jus building battleships of that type, and wiped out. Chile is reported an about to commence

The China Mail

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUART 17, 1910.

THE AMERICAN NAVY.

a similar programma. The displacement

DEBTS.

(Walt Tra Yat Po's Service.)

PERING, January 16. Censor Chad Ping Lan has suggested that the Government should reveni the public the extent of China's national debts.

RESIGNATION OF GEN

ERAL OSHIMA,

Independent News Agency's Servien,

to the Chinn Mail.”)

Penisu," January 1 General Oshima, Governor of Latring Feninsula, has sent in his

resignation

DEATH OF PROMINEMEN. „C, P. R. OFFICIAL.

Mr.D. W. Oraddock, Goooral. Trafis Agent of the C. F. R. in Hongkong, in in receipt of a telegram from Sir Thomas- Shaughnessy, President of the Ca

Pacific Railway Company, to the affect that Mr Arohor Bakery for many years European Manager of the Company (London) has passed away, doubtedly be

This information will uu- received with extreme regret by, everyone acquainted with Mr. Archer- Baker. The flags call C. P. K. buildings and ships are being half-masted as a mark

of respect to the decessed LONDON, January 17.

SANITARY BOARD.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail. LONDON, January 16. The Chinese Naval Commissioners were welcomed at St. Petersburg by Mr Maurice Bandmann. proprietor of the Grand Duke Boris. They were

Penryn and Falmouth Borough by Mr proceeded north yesterday by the as

The defeat of Sir John Barker in the the Bandmann Theatrical Companise, accorded an audience by the Czar Co. Goldman is extremely interesting Nya From the fact that this

`brusks through the continues to increase with each new wall of solid Liberalism which stood in

A St. Petersburg merenge states that * Cornwall, all seren divisions having return- Mr Lo Sing Lau, of Hongkong, has been MR MEYER, the Secretary for the Nary aimed at. Developments now seem to

design laid down, and higher speed ised Liberals at the isst General Election appointed editor of the Peking Daly Kn when the Commias para were received

The Liberal majority in the drision samed in President Tarr's Cabinet, evidently is point to the adoption of a large gun for

was only $7.

He is Queen's College boy, passing in audience by the Tar, Prince Baun Among the Order of the Day for nors In the last Parliament South-West Man through in the early sighties, and has much conveyed to His Majesty the greetings Tuesday's meeting are-Report by the one of those men who are not sfmal to the fastest battleships, which may, member, who in 1906 substantially over

chester was represented by Labour journalistic sperienza.

of the Frince Regent. The Tsar declar Select Committee appointed to consider break with old traditions if thereby the perhaps, be a way of distinguishing came the Conservative. This time there On December-31 the marriage of Mr D.ed that the visit would consolidate the and deal with the question of the removal service of the State can be bettered the modern battleship from the modern four mixed "fight, no les tis He appears to be not at all satisfied with armoured cruisers. The called 'arm- Labourite and a Socialist.

Unionist (Mr H. A. Collfax), Liberal, the organisation of the American Navy oured cruiser' of the Invincible type, now Radical member who sat with a majority Etalybridge Mr J. F. Cheetham, the

HOW COUGES AND COLDS ARE which, he contende, at present leads to

* CURED IN BURMA. Be being built by some of the principal of 454 has begs doposed by Sir T. Brooks unnecessary, extravagance, and wint of

Reports from the Government Annīpa Hitching

THE following letter from the Superin Powers, is in reality a fast battleship, The Liberal majority at Ballsbury in

Mme. Jules Gonin, wife of the late regent

mident of the Maniayak ofed at and Bacteriologist on a sample of water 1000 was only $1, and this bas now been of the Bank of Franco, was found dead on | Mandalay, Mr B. G. Stevens, shows that from a bay at the Pekfalam Police Station.

'a very

C. Gould, Vico-Consul General of the friendship which had been existing for United States at Seoul, and Mian Evelyn centuries between the two countries.. Sarah, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles the American Consulate General, Seoul Bamunt Carmelins of Chicago took place at

efficiency. In his first report presented the increase of speed baing accompanied alped out by ke Os T. Lampsgo, who has the mined lids near Bruney on Jamtiniy the mechod of curing could jiny forms fe not

thrown out

Correspondence relative to the discharge

of ceilings and stain limings.

of dirty water from the nullaly at Mount Austin into the Pokfulam Reservoir.

Arrangement of duties of Sanitary In spectors during 1910.

by fewer guns in the main battery and a Tent be, Eu E. Pand Palios Investigations permit one to | unlike that used is almost part of the chalk Shrink

to Congress he calls special attention to what he considers a very serious defect, decrease in armour protection. The the lack of a branch dealing directly former protected craiser is being dis with the military use of the fleet while placed by the scout type of cruiser,

equally serious, in his opinion, is the

Mr. Ernest H. Lamb, C.M.Gt for infer that the victim was murdered in alized world. He saga 45 DAYS CURE THAT COLD WHILE YOU CAN.

Chamberlain' Cough Remedy for several DEFTEE Spend the small amount. votes to spares but this time Mr B. F. and Paris The suspected crime is creating always keep bottle of this remedy in Remedy would cost you sight now that to Rochester in the last Parliament with 503 railway carriage between Fontainebleau year and have found it most offc cour bottle of Chamberlain ** Ridley has replond him.

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the house."

• 9- This medicina in as-good for mam the risk of a cold developing" icto the child ssfor the adult and un family call pneumcnis, which may mean a big's doctor afford to be without it. For sale by a bill for sis by all chemists and ubemists and etorokospers.

storakospers

There is another Labour Ines at Burzles having high speed hut lightly armed" where Mr M. Maddison, the sitting me lock of responsible expert advisers to aid Torpedo craft and submarines, says Arbuthact, ca Bodalist candidate also

bor, has been defeated by Mr G* the Secretary in reaching conclusions Mr. MEYER, in conclusion, are being at the second time of trying

built in large numbers. England and

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co-ordinato branches of the Department Germany have appropriated large sume Owing to these deficiencies in organisa Purveyers to the Government on the direction of the fest is of money for the construction of, and

Civil Hospital, etc, etc.

experimenta with, submarines. As re: operation and its preparedness for war have, he contende, been carried out gards the latter type, the French naval willout adequate method. Mr KETE Programme this year is exceptional in infonds at once to intoduce, a remedy that it does not provide for additional and he has decided that the Department submarines Germany is now second

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