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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Owing to the mutiny in Cantoo, Vooroy Tuam Shushan has himself arkad for a penalty to be inflicted on him for his

inability to prevent the mutiny,

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1910.

**[COFTRICHT.]" THE DALAI LAMĂ.

THE

[Cortinar] POLITICAL CRISIS.

WHY HE VISITS INDIA.

NATIONALISTS STILL

DISSATISFIED.

♫

(Beuter's Service to the China Mail.) Lostos, February 27.

· (Renter's Service to the China Kail Losos, February 28.

Tappears that the Dalai Lama's motive.

ment Waterway Board, the State should be amalgamated under a single acquisition of existing canals, and four control, and abould mudergo such im.

The silk-x R.3.9. Empress of China, improved main routes from the Midlands, provement as will make them efficient which left bers on the 29th January, the sen, at a cost altogether. of 17 metne of transporting a volume of long.rrived in New York on the 28th February, millions. As the Manchester Guardian distance traffic far larger than that which points out, the remarkable features of they at present attract. If these steps the Report are--"The heldness with bataken, and if the amalgamation under which the Commissioners affirm their the same control, as well as the im

There is a general expectation that for coming to India is that it is the best balief in the utility of an improved and provement of certain shorter waterways selfools commenced to-day under the direc- day when Mr. Asquith, outlines his lay hie grievances Lefore the Throne.

The new term of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. [the crisis will come to a head on. Mon. route to Peking, where be is going to co-ordinated system of canals, and the which would feed the main routes with tion of Mr F. BI. Mohler. Most of the near approach to unanimity in their traffic, be included in the scheme, many other schools in the Colony To-open opinions the Report being signed by of the great manufacturing and consum-- sixteen out of the nineteen Commising centres of England will be linked We understand that the committee of eloners, four only of whom make con with each other and with the great sen- perts. The total cost of the improvement of evidence was taken as to the attitude of these four main roates (without their of railway companies towards caral branchos), and apart from the cost of traffic, and the Report says:-"On this acquisition, is estimated at £35,238,000, whole question it is, we think, true to or £28,546 per mile, and the total an-

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to-morrum.

the Union Church is willing that the School Hall, in Kennedy Road, should be pen on Tuesday afternoon at 5.30, for the unemployed in Hongkong.

those who wish to consider the esso of

Dr H. MeKonna, First Lord of the Admiralty, in reply to Lord Charles

trials of H.M.S. Invincible were delayed

NEW MODELS say that the rivalry of the railway asal charge for interest or sinking fund Beresford: MI.P., has stated that the gun companies, taking the form of low como the cast, and annual cost of pumping to small defects in the experimental petitive rates against carriers on canals, fing, mangement, and maintenance turrets with which she had been fitted. has done much to drive trade off canals, is estimated at £767,399. Including The trials were begun oc February 23rd. to destroy the revenue of canal com-the branches, the total cost is panies, and, consequently, to prevent £17,533,010 and the manual charges are improvement and investment of new 1,000,181,"

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MEMOS FOR TO-MORKOW,

Miscellaneous

most

Altogether the report is a is open to question whether canal com valuable one, and we sincerely hope panies have done all in their power to that the time and labour which its adapt themselves to modern conditions.peparation has involved will in days. to If not, then there need be no surprise come be thoroughly justified" by at least that they have been ouster by the sou attempt being male to once more milway. But while it is so that mail- bring life and activity upon those high way rates are much below those which ways of water whose sukces are now so canal companies under old conditions pathetically smooth and undisturbed. can hope to quote, yetgsbere can be to disguising the fact that these are not even now suficiently low for the British farmer, who find it almost impossible to compete with foreign produce, especially in eggs and batter, Non-Meeting of the Hongkong Fire if he is at all far removed from the

Insurance Co., Ltd. at Measts Jaidine, Matheson Co.'s Office.

great industrial centres daily requiring THUMDAY. March 10-

6.90 p.m.-Organ Recital in St. John's

Cathedral.

General Memoranda, Mornay, Marsh :-

4 p.m.-Meeting of Licoring Board at

Colonial Secretary's Office.

WEDNESDAY, March 9:-

Masting of Ching Fire Iranan big supplies, of these commodities Again and again the aumerous Farmers

Co., Id., at Co.'s Officer, SATURDAY, March 19:

of China. Id. at Bank Ofco

12.10 p.m.-Meeting of National Rank Unions throughout the country have sought to secure extensive reductions is the rats bat the railway companies. being in the position of monopolists' have certainly not satisfed demands. There CHAL be Do- question, as HONGKONG, MONDAY, "FEAUARY 28, 1910 the Report anys, but that trade

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ENGLAND'S IDLE CANALS.

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

the business agenda in connection with the Sanitary Board meeting tomorrow. Amongst them is a letter from Colorel Bedford relative to malaria Amongst the troops and a grant of leave to Dr Clark, Medical Officer of Health, to attend the medical congress at Manila.

No less than nineteen items are on

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policy,

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

(Renter's Service to the China Mail)

The consensus of opinion was that MORE NAVAL RIVALRY. the Government bad yesterday chang ad its policy, having decided to post- pour the scheme for the reform of the House of Lord's and concentrate on the voto of the Lords, thus appeasing Endieal extremista. The Nationalists, however, are dissatisfed.

KING AND PREMIER IN

AUDIENCE.

Prolonged Cabinet Mesting.

"(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

Losnes, February 28. Mr. Asquith bas had an audience with His Majesty the King, after which a prolonged meeting of the Cabinet was held.

THE FRENCH FLOODS.

MILLIONS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LANDO, February 27

The Victoria Motor Car Co., aru about | DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT FIVE to open in Hongkong, when motorcars can week. In addition to the facilities for be hired very cheaply by the boar, day or

motoring in Hongkong, n specially con stracted lighter is being built to convoy the cars to Kowloon from whonen a plunsaub journey can be made to Taipo. A mag- nifcent car of about 40 horse pewer cap.

Today is the anniversary of the relief bio of nscending to the higher levels in at present on hire by this company and this

of Ladysmith.

The Cyclop repairing expected to be completed in about 11 days time. She Hengkong about the first week of April.

y therefore be expected to arrive, in

There, wera four cases (two fatal) of

small-gox notified during the past week. Three were Chinese cases and one British imported. These were the only communis- nhle diseases cotified.

Kobe papers announce the death, on February 17, of Mr W. F. K. Fours, one His family have been connected with the of the oldest foreign residents in that port.

Far East for several gerentions.

The river Seine is expected to reach a maximum height in Paris to-morrew. The loss and damage in the thirty departments is provisionally estimated

will be supplemented in a few days by twost three millions, while the losses of others of similar capacity. Mr Ramos and real and personal property in Paris

Gonzales, of the Victoria Cinemato&e estimated at two millions sterling. graph, are actively associated with this new company and to them applications for the As should be sent.

THE EUROPEAN OUT-

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Lord Curzon, has resigned the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University.

This German Emperor presented the Em- petor of China with three hores of boys on the occasion of his fourth birthday,

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Mr W. Quincy, formerly superintendent

LOOK,

A CALM VIEW. (Reuter's Servico to the China Mai.)

Loxbox, February 27.

Lasos. February 28.

that the American Naval Secretary is A message from Washington states

asking for authority to construct a re- cord-breaking battleship of 32,000 tons.. It is stated that the American Govern mert has been unofficially informed that Japan is laying down two battleships- approaching 32,000 tons each.

AFFAIRS IN TIBETS

(Wah Tin Fat Po's Service)

PERING, February. 27.

Chao Erb Fung, the Senior Amban. in Tibet, headed the Chinese troope which pursued the Dalai Lama to the Indian boundary.

The Grand Council has received

many telegrams from various sources, 1), relating to Tibet, but their contents are kept secret.

POLITICAL MEETINGS IN PEKING.

(Wah Tu Yat Po's Service.)

PEKING, February 27. The Board of the Interior had sanc ibned political meetings in Peking, providing that not more than 300 people attend,

THE GRAND COUNCIL.

(Wah Tre Tax Fo's Service.)

PEXING, January 27,

The post of Grand Councillor and Grand Secretary, rendered vacant by A semi-oficial statement regarding the recent death of H.E. Ta Hung-chi, the visit of Baron von Achrenthal, the have been filled by the appointment Austrian Minister for Foregn Affairs, of Wu Yu-shang, Acting Vice President to Dr. Bethmann-Hellweg, the Gerof the Board of Law, and of Shu Shi-

Communications.

ef the Viceroy's Police at Tientsin, naman Chancellor, at Berlin, has been chang, President of the Board of

would be largely increased upon water-Yang, who was admited to the Kennedy Men-yew, managing director of the Shan. published. It says that both states.

Air Kirk, mucoral enginear of the ah Town Hospital about a week ago, suffering

community this year. from small-pex, died on Sunday morning This is the first fatal case in the European

to an English winter.

been appointed by His Excellency Chung

hai-Nanking Railway, with the approval of the Viceroy of Liangklang, offices of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Police. It is expected thas the forthcoming Nanking Industrial Exhibition will bring a great

yaya, or at least certain main routes To those who have traversed the length uniform administration; if they were of waterway, if they were placed under

and breadth of Englandit bas been caly so far improved as to enable horse a toe familias experience to come across traction, to be more largely replaced

It is stated that after next trooping affluence of traffic to the Railway, with the marya disused weedgrown waterway by stean ur by electric traction,.. to out during the spring so as to overcome service, and Mr Quincy's "experience in Fason reliefs for the Far East will be sent consequent neccanity for an efficient police on whose surface in days gone by allon of conomies in time and labour the disadvantage caused tamen who, after the Hongkong, Shanghai and Tientsin heavily laden canal boats bore the in the transport of goods; if arrange-serving in a hot climate, are transferred Police services will no doubt prove invalu- produce of the country districts to the ments existery for the running of regular Larger trading centres. And the sight services and for the supply of ordinary

The Apest steamer Lightning, new in of these idie inland waterways has often facilities for leading, unloading, and on boar, reported in fira in her a speedy and efficacious remedy. prompted the query

as to whether

No. 1 hold early on Sanday morning. protecting goods, and for collection Capt Gentles, and his officers quickly got to something could not be accomplished and delivery; and if transit upon them work and extinguished the flames before so as to again bring them into active were cheaper to a substantial degree much damago hati bocu ime. usc. As is known, the coming of "the than transport by railway. iron torse", dealt the canals their most Beven biow. so that with the notable

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With regard to the possibilities of increasing the public aulits of existing canals, the Commissioners point out that the connected system of English waterways bas for ite centre the Midland district around Bindingham and rests upon the four estuaries-- the Thames, the Mersey, the Severn.

able in the present circumstances.

S.S. SHUI ON AGROUND.

Refeated at High Tide.

men adhere to the calm view they HONGKONG COLLEGE OF have hitherto taken of the situation in Europe and the Near East.

ORGAN RECITAL

MEDICINE.

The spring session of the Hongkong College of Medicine commonces on Tues- day evening. A very large number of subjects specially relating to trupical clím-. Orgia Recital to be given in the Cathedral lecturers include Dr G. D. R. Black, Dr Ho The following is the programme of the stes are included in the syllabus and the- to-morrow at 6.30 p.m. by Mr Denman Ko Tsus, Demonstrator; Dr F. Clark, Dr

Fuller, F.R.CO., LRAM. 1 Excerpt ("The Dres

of Gerontius ")...... *a. Prelude

b. Totorlude

c. Chorus of Angelicals

d. The angel's farewell

Hyman 34.

W. W. Ponrse, Mr A. C. Franklin, F.I.C., Dr R. M. Gibeon, Dr C. Forsyth, Dr H.

E. Egar. G. Hobson, Dr G. H. L. Fitzwilliams, Dr C. . Heanley, Dr G. P Jordan, Dr W. B. A. Moory, Dr R. A. Baliling, Mr A. R. Sutherland, LA, Dr F. T. Keyt, Dr 0. Marriott, and Dr Jeu Hawk.

2 Prelude and Fague in E minor Bach) 3 Recitand Aria "Pahold Igo" Mendelssohn Mr R. E. White.

4 Andante Cantabile.....

On her return trip frora Kungman ca Saturday the s.s. Shui Oh went aground at The Sze Yap Stamboat Company hours later at high tide, no damage being 3 Scherzo ..........

Capsinsun and oftented herself sono five amor in Lee (Capt Cameron) had the sustained, Several of the passengers became misfortune, when gong alongsite the" wharf disorderly and demanded that they should be at Macao on Sunday, to upset a campan, takeri

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-ITEMS AT THE COURTS,

A fine of $10 was imposed on a chair- polia at the Magistracy this morning for containing six persons. Only one of these launches, boats or anything available unde

to Hongkong immediately, in THE CLEANSING OF VILLAGES, Dbstracting P. G. Hadge in the exsentian

of his duty. reached the surince and was rescued, the this request was not complied with they others, fatir women and a child. ware aasalted the compradore with the result day afternoon the Bead of the Sanitary foro Mr E. B. Halifax, at the Magistracy

. At the Sanitary Board meeting on Tues

Treaty-one gamblers wore summoned be- drowned. The bodies were subsequently that five were arrested on the arrival of the Department pursuant to notice will move-o-day, when two keepers were fined $1,000 recovered.

vessel and at the Blagistracy they were "That the Board define the whole of each and fourteen 34 each. Five did not remanded until Thursday.

Aberdeen, Quarry Bay, and Shankiwan,sppoar and their bail of $5 each was Sai Wan Ho and the adjoining, villages as estreated. districts within which officers of the Sani.

Observatory, is giving an astronomical Mr John 1. Phununer, of the Kowloon

excersion of the blanchester Ship Canal the construction of new waterways and the extension, enlargement or modern isition of existing ones has been practly in abeyance since the open- ing of the milway period some seventy rears ago. Enterprise or means have. been waating very offen both. On the lumber. The Midland system lecture before the Enios Church Literary course there are other canses to be ns and that of Lanchshire and Yorkshire signed for the want of faith in the are connected at several points, but the smaller type of canais asian economical in lines of the northern navigations and pmfitable system of transport, but ran on the whole from east to west, broadly speaking, the chief reasons why whilst those on the Midland system existing canale have failed are:---

rua on the whole from south-east and (1) The haphazard systems by which

south-west to north-west and north-east. A. S. WATSON & CO., canals were originally constructed, with These latter lines, from the fact that

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY

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Club on Thursday evening next. Those whu remember Mr Plummer's striking

address before the Y... last year are enguly looking forward to this lecture. It is to be hoped that there will be a good

attendance.

CORRESPONDENCE.

RETURNING THANKS,

(To the Editor of the Chuva Maxx') Sir,-Permit me through the mo dium of your paper to put on record the kind hospitality extended to the Mom bers of the Fusitano "Mascotte" Troupe the British sortion of the Kowloon-Canton at Shameen on Friday and Saturday last-

Having completed his contract with railway, which involved the cutting of the Beacon Rill tunnel, Mr A. Ghella left th Colony on Saturday by the Nippon Maru on toute for Italy. During his stay here

Ohor. Volpicelli, the Italiau Consul.

thon who wished Mr Ghella good-bye was

Grateful acknowledgement is due to Mr

tary Department shall make a home to

how visitation for the purpose of cleansing

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Momes, the Portuguese Consul General, MARTELL'S BRANDY.

and their ownership by so many differ England. form an irregular cross or Be las made many friends and his send eat authorities and companies; and the letter N, and it is proposed first too was conuently very cordial. Among arrest of development and amalgamation amalgamate and bring into working in consequence of the advent of railways; order as main. through lines the canals

(2) The situation which has been forming the cross. caused by the transfer of many import VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH.ant sections of the waterways to railway ham and South Staffordshire districtions to the funds of the capitals: the kindness shown on board; to Mr nad

and the Misses Mames for the handsome myself; to Mr and Mrs F. de Barros souvenirs presented to the children and to for the excellent and antiring manner in which they have carried out the arrange ments for our reception; to Mr &nold, of The Hon. Treasure of

the H. C. & M. Steamboat Co., Captain: the Alice 3femorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to Valenting of the Kinahau, and their Thoone of the .. Heungulian, Captain The achenis would take the Birming- acknowledge with thanks the following

Puracrs, Mr Sours and Mr Figueiredo for A.'Eors & Co. as a centre, and by "improvements of A. Marty Esq.

...8303 Haynon of the Victoris Hotel, Sta- (3) The hind of paralysis or arrest of the existing waterways form four main T. Barnemann Es

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