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opinion in non-essential matters," that we have allowed this spirit to invade the region of the essential. So much so that we plus ourselves on our ability to see and admit the virtues. founded on a civilization and agatem

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NEWS OF THE DAY,

At the end of March a large number of men in the service of the Nippon Yuson Kaisha wore dismissed or placed on reserve including some eighteen foreigners..

The Fon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to

NEWS OF THE DAY,

On the morning of the 19th instant, a severe earthquake was experienced in the northern part of Fame. Io the Tsipch district over a dezén. houses collapsed, but no serious damago was caused: cinewbero.

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RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY.

A STRANGE TRANSFER

(Reuter's Servier to the China Mail)

Logos, April 32. The transfer of the Fifth Russian Artsy Corpa from Poland to Perm,

A BITCH' LETTED,

(From Our Chien Correspondent.) At the Empire Cinematograph Theatre

Scaron, April 95. we then proceeded too long away on donation to the funds of the Hospitals-violinist, Fekete, will make his debut.

The bitch in the taking over of the road towards that state of opinion Loung Ski Chion ...

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Some splendid Almus are now being shown Tringgara has been settled, and the which existed in Ancient Rome when, i

and the several artistes enhance their highSultan, to-day signed a Treaty with The British steamer Kirkdeld has been Las Ginoor describes it, all religions were wrocked off the west coast of Palawan. Her putation by their graceful singing and Britain at Singapore. The text of this Eastern Russia, is evoking much con-

has not been published but it is under-jecture because it is unexplained. beld by the people as equally true, by otheory and crew have reached Kudat,

Proceedings have been taken against“ Narth Borneo. The Kickfield was a vessel'

Recently two men have been visiting stood that it provides for the mutual the powerful and popular Novoye the philosophers as equally false, and of 3,002 teas, owned by Messrs. Bartram, jeweller's shops in Hongkong and also surrendering of fugitive oriminals, the Fremge for publishing the news. by the magistrate as equally useful?) of Sunderland.

where on the Chins coast buying up all the acceptance of the British Agent and Perhaps it would be so well if that is,

slighly discoloured pearls they could snd. restricticus on the alienation of land Because of their defect in colour these for mining and agricultural purposes. usually fetch about one-third of the valus of a pure unblemished peach Bluch speculation was falt at the time as to M. CUSTOMS ADMINI- MARK TWAIN PASSES AWAY-

Japanese papers prist London tele. a to re-consider our position vis-a-viagrams to the affect that H.M.S.Tumph the heathen world. For it is just as And B.MS. Swiftsure are to leave the Mediterranean Squadron and proceed to much our duty to study the faults of the Far East, where they will be attached other systems as their merits.

fto-the-Chius-etation. These ships were buils is 1903-4: are of 11,800 tonnage with a spood of 19.8 knots, ·

It were fully Bot to give the fullest meed of admiration to the wisdom of Correios, but it would be still greater folly "to become so enamoured of his

10,000 Records philosophy as to ascribe to it a virility eign Office and the Navy Department with

meat, a Tokyo dispatch states that nego On the authority of the Navy Depart

cisticos are progressing between the For

which it does not possess, and rever! There are still many points to be consider regard to the opening of Port Arthur. did possess. The only true test of aed, but the date of the opening will be S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ld. stain of philosophy is that it has not announced early dext month.

TO SELECT FROM.

· Hongkong, April 16, 1507.

General Memoranda.

MONDAY, April 15:- "

only entered into the lives of all cissees' of society but has produced beautiful sculs in the poor as well as in the rich, in the ignorant as well as in the leamed. Judged in this way Com

9 p.m.-The Arcadiana by Bandmannfucianism has been a miserable failure

Opera Co. at Theaten Royal, City Hall.

Mr Ke Heso Mise, who professes to be „TezaDay, April 26.–––

the sole survivor of school of regenerated Confucianism, believes that it has done

I a.m.-Auction of Miscellaneon

Articles at Mieaars Hughes & Hough'e Sales Rooms.

A through freight train-sorrice between Moscow and Harbin has beca started, and has proved so successful that a bi-weekly service is shortly to to commenced. At present traine lear Mocow every Saturday, but the demand for freight space is so great that trains will shortly be despatched for Harbie Favory Wednesday and Saturday.

The French newspapers announce the

9 p..Our Miss Gibba' at Theatre this for the literati of China-though luck at Mouto Cario of Miss Eleanor

Royal.

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the object of this wholesale buying, but it now appears that one of the buyers is a man who has discovered a process by which he can quite transform these discoloured

in, pearls so that they appear just like the very

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

passengers homeward by the German mail Sir Chiton and Lady Robinson wore

yesterday.

STRATION.

* TIMÈS " INSISTS ON IN-

DEPENDENCE,

Suspicions of China.

(Reuters Service to the China Mail.). LONDON, April 22.

A GREAT HUMOURIST'S

DEATH.

(Reuters Service to the China Mail.).

TONDON, April

Mark Twain is dead,

(Note-As everybody know, Mark Twain in the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the famous American- humorist whore witty writings have Kivun, and still will give delight to thousands the world over. The deceased

discussing the whole question of the be the poorer, was 74 years of age, har A leading article in the Times,itar, for whose demise the world will Chinese Imperial Maritime Custome in ing been born at Florida on November 30th, 1836. Ee had a wonderfully varied White House is enough for him. Es does resignation from the membership of the village school in Hannibal (Mo.) he

President Taft anys that ens torm at the connection with Sir Robert Bredon carcer. After being educated at

not seek renomination.

Shuiwuchu, strongly insist that Britain was at the age or 13 years apprenticed should not tolerate China's violation of 4 printer. He absequently became &" pilot of Mimisaipi river boats and then Mrs E. J. Dain has been appointed Head loan agreemanta by acquiring control of engaged in goli mining in Nevada and i of the Kowloon: British School. Mr B. the Custome. The article regards the California. He then drifted into journal James goca to Tasmati."

transfer of Sir Robert Bredon to the front which place he went to New York

iam, becoming reporter in San Francisco,

by the sis. Prina Ludwig pesterday was Mr T. E. Griffith, of Canton.

Annual Varsity Dinner at Bongsong CaANG CH-TTYG, bardly satisfies him accompanied by her father, visited the Swatow, arrived in the Colony from of the Inspector General, particularly published in 1867, and among his 'most:

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9 p.m. A Dollar Frincess at Thestre but he frankly admits that it has bad

Royal. TheDay, April 98-

no effect whatever on the habits or 9.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Farmi-modes of thought of the common people,

tare, ete, at No. 23, Conduit Road, 9 pm.-The Belle of New York' atner in the case of the opposite extreme,

Theatre Royal,

the Manchu governors. He confesses FRIDAY, April 29:-

p.m. the Governor's 'At Home' in fact, though not in words, that it is a at Government Boure. SATURDAY, April 30 :—

B.E. the Governor gees Home for six NOOR- Hongkong Electric Co's Meeting

montbs.

at Co.'s Office.

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9.16 p.m.-Annual Concert of Y.MC.A.

at City Ball. 9.15 pm. Volazteer Smoking Concert.

The China Mluil

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, ¿PEN 24, 1910.

Aleznader, the fanedo of Mr Theodore Roosevelt, junior.

The young lady

Casino and requested him to put upon the number representing her birthday a considerable sum. Several notes of 1,000

fraacs were so deposited. Fortuno favoured Miss Alexander, with the result that she rose from the table the possessor of 500,000

franca, a nice little fortune of £20,000.

The centenary occurred the other day of James Fistan. Lalor, the Irish rev lutionist of 1848, who as az economist, like Thomas Spence, fairly anticipated all the conclusions of Henry Georgo. It was to Later the leaders of the Land League ored

Mr and Mrs James McGregor Forbes, of Messrs Jardine, Matheson And Co

Swatow this morning per s.a. Haimun.

"Among the passenger Hundward bou Shuiwushu as a cova in a long sam. Is the editor of the Buffalo Fayres. Eis-

paign to undermine the administrative writings woon won for him great notoristy and leaving newspaperwork he spent independence of the Maritime Customa many years as a lecturer in the States and urges the Government to require inant in England. the interests of every nation trading popolar wherever he west. His first sud- A great traveller, he was extremely China the complete independence coseful book was "The Jumping Frog"

woll-known works may be montioned the following, which ars but a few of his tota output, for he was & most prolific writer: Innocent Abroad", Roughing The Gilded Age" (with C. D. Warner), Adventures of Tom Sawyer, & Tramp Abroad.", A Yankee at the Court of King: Arthur","Pudi' nhead Wilson

"JOBN of Arg" etc.

One of

his latest offorts' was Christian Science, prbished in 1970. At one time he wrote with Bret Harte on tho Californian, Deceased, who predeceased by his wife some air years ago. Iesver one daughter.-ED C.M.]

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recited some Indian poetry at the reception The correct name of tha gestioman who

tandered to E. E. the Gaekwar of Baroda on Wednesday was Mr. Mahomed Akbar.

A number of Hongkongites loft for the north by s.a. Buelow yesterday, among them being Col. Bayard, the Hon. Mrand Me W. 3. Gresion and Mr G. B. Dodwell.

Tho Italian Convent was honoured this

as rogards promotions.

The article adds that anti-foreign

gain succes feeling will certainly grow if permitted

breaking definite pledges.”

after success

THE PALACE PLOT.

REPORTED CONFESSION BY- A CANTONESE,

by

(Wah Tas Fat Pop Service)

PREIRO, April 32. The Civi Board has given strict orders to the Police Court officials not

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UNIONISTS' POINTED CONTEN- TION.

system of philosophy of academic interest only and that to all others except the learned it is a dead thing, beautiful in", itself but exerting no intence outside an exceeding narrow

their inspiration. As editor of the Irish morning by a visit from Hor Highness the circle, a Proftation statue with no ho arged in 1848 the importance of Maharani of Baroda, who was interested Goddess of Lore and Beauty to vivify uniting the demand for land nationalization in all she saw. After riniting the class to allow the aridence of those who (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)- it Christianity, on the other hand, has his death his land scheme was revived by inspected the ledastrini aortion and then have been arrosted in connection with | and self-government, and thirty years after 100s of the day school, Her Highnese

wont oppr the Chinese orphanages.

stood this test for nearly two thousand Fears; and the two systems from this point of view do not alot of ---- “perescu, only of contrast.

HONGKONG'S NEW COMI-

MODORE.

Kowing Khamu '', AL

the bomb outrage to be betrayed.

There is still mour that the Arjant, who left the Colony in 1904, after he twice attempted to approach the a long service of nearly 50 years in the well- Prince Regentor the read, but with known firm of N. Mody and Co., is now out success. married to Miss M. Mody, daughter of the late MA N. Mody, of Bombay. Mr

Michael Davitt in 1370. Lalor was regarded as the most gifted of the Young Leebinders gton College which gets the con in-law of John Addington Symonds and A MORAL FOR. TEIKT

biographer of Napoleon for its new master, was erected about Bfty years ago as a THE ought to be in tlie Colory still

national memorial to the victor of Waterloo In the library and cloisters are numerous Arjani, who was well liked in Hongkong, THE CHANGSHA RIOTS. few residents who recall to mind

mementoes of the Tron Duke and of his where he held the Secretaryship of the occasionally the classic studies of their

We have been informed from the Corn-most eminent.contemporaries. The sits Parsee Charity Funds for several years, was BRITAIN AND JAPAN DEMAND youth. To such as these the story modore's office that Capt. J. Cresswell selected aroused of fist some hostile presented with a set of silver ** Afargania," of PYGMALION and GALATEA will doubt-Eyras has been appointed to sccssed Com-criticista, but the blink, inhospitable on the occasion of his leaving in recognition lass be among the readiest to be modore Lyon in charge of the Naval or as now been transformed into a of the long servies he rendered to the recalled to memory. "It is one of the establishmente in Hongkong on the latter's delightful pleassurce of akes and planta- Charity Funds, He is 5 J.P. of Bons

tions, largely through the ingenuity of thẻ | kong, promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral.

lata Mr John Walter, of The Timer. A GENUINE AGE earliest of the fairy tales which we •Capt. Cresswell Eyres has for the past peculiarity about Wellingto College is that

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The late Mr C. H. Flores, whose

owe to Greek phantasy, and certainly one twelve months been in command of the the ruling pedagogue is not called "head. obituary notice we published yesterday

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COMPENSATION.

Governor Suspended.

(Wah Tea Yat Po's Service)

PEKISO, April 22.

Lostos, April 21.

Mr Lloyd George bag formally in- Iroduced the Finance Bill

given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Literature stated as the gares:

which are regarded as a vindication of Free Trade finance and a rebuff to the Conservatives.

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The latter point out that the final is really a surplus of about a quarter of result of Mr Lloyd George's calculations

& million pounde, sa his surplus of £2,962,000 was attained by the in- clusion of £2,700,000 taken from the Sinking Fand for current dipenses, the addition of £3,000,000 from the same- source forming part of the original

HE. Bana Chun Min, Governor of estimates.

of the prettiest. The story runs that à 1st class battleship Irresistible in the eater," but merely the master," jtet as was an old resident of Kobe, having been Chargaha, has been suspended from!

FINE MELLOW sculptor çf Cypras turning in distaste Home Fleet. His acniority dates from at St. Paul's School he be always been living there since 1890. He was very much office by so Imperial Edict and the

FLAVOUR.

June 30th, 1903, and he has seon service.

from the love of a human woman

NEWS OF THE DAY,

entitled the high master.

liked by all those who knew.bim. For the last Provincial Treasurer (H.E. Yang Man

A SMART THIEF. Richmond Castle which may shortly and the death of his son last year, together Ting is appointed as Acting Governor.is admirably illustrated by an incident

fow gear he has not enjoyed good health, became enamoured of the beauty of

The resourcefulness of the Chinese thief become the property the ritish nation, with other troubles, helped to further a marble figure which be had himself

The Ministers for Britain and Japan which occurred a few nights ago at Yatimati." Mr Fester Fraser, the well-known was originally one of the argest of Nor depross him. Since the end of Janusry) have asked the Waiwupa for com-The depredator had stolen same cloth- carved from the insensate stone. Pray-journalist, in an article published in the man keeps. It was babe founded by last he has been confined to his bed with pensation for the loss of properties being and ing to the Goddess of Beauty that London Standard, accuses young Austra Alan Rufus, one of then the Duke of heart disease to which, after long and

WAS en the second Boor langing to their peoples in Changsha and of a building when he heard the police coming. Having a big umbrella languorous climate. Mr T. A. Coghlan suppression of the Saxo Als later age. He leates a widow and a 13 yearold (Agent-General for N.8.W.) has joined the castle passed into so pescasion of daughter to whom sincere sympathy will be the officers who failed to assure due the verandah, in this way easily alighting issue with Mr Freser in, a rigorous Edmund Tudor, who rrie Margaret extended. Mr Flores was 50 years of age. protection thereof...

in the street below. Then, leaving the reply. Ha pointe to the proficiency of Beaufort, and became thistler of Henry

umbrella and clothing behind, ha dived into the harbour and was soon lost sight of Australians in athlstica, and denies that VII. Honry was born Ed of Richmond;

among the numerous junks riding at the energy and enterprise of Australian and be bestowed the titlepon the magri-

archor. workmen are inferior to the qualifications ficent palken which, when ng England, of Englishmen. Capping his argument, be built upon the banks, the Thaises.

KABATI PATTER & to his glorious work of art might be en-ios of slackness and accidity, due to the Brittany, who took a prpineat part in the painful suffering, he has just succumbed.have also demanded the punishment of with him he opened it out and jumped of

dowed with life, bey unlike the ordin jary; run of mortals, had his petition

as a living being endowed with intelli- gence as well as beauty.

BULL DOG med and Golisted, suteren his life

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CONCERT AT LYEEMUN,

PLAGUE.

A splendid concert organized by Ltred in the Colony for many months has The first caso of plague which luas occur- My Coghlan emphasises the fact that Aus-Thus the Richmond below of Cockneys Cameron and Q.M.S. Tomkins was held at bees notifed from Satwanho, a Chinese

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Stout fairy tales their true significance but tralian linotypers, compositora, coopera," has a comparatively' moduj origin. The Lyeman on Thursday avoning. Every item having died there today from the dread lug and healing in skect! For sale by all

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in this instance it lies sufficiently and bricklayers are quicker workers than tear the surface. We are all prope

to fall in love with the offspring of

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An interesting discovery is reported from Rome. Cardinal Rampolla, in his searchos among the historical MSS. in the Vatican Library, is said to bare come

curfew, by the way, is still ng from the was received with applause and it must di tower of Richmond Castle d'a.m. and have been graifying to the promoters to 8 p.m., a custom "that continued have arep their efforts so well appreciated. ever since the time of Win the Con- The comic element was excellently austalo- ed by Lt. Cameron, Q.M.S. Tomkins and Maater Gunner Day and they were re- The surnames of M.Pa be found in peatedly escored. Mrs Tomkins sud Mrs

queror,"

gross but that there are in the twentieth Across a Latin hymn written by CharleDebrett's "House of Com" ao, to Kelly were..in splendid voice and ang

DRAUGHT ASAHI BEER

megne, King of France, on the death of to say the least, suggestive forse sovezal songs displaying great cultors. ESPECIALLY BREWED TO BE SERVED IN SYPHONS century those who do not hesitate bis son. No one at the Vatican had any fow Colour is represented Black Be. Burgeat gave an excellent display

to embrace with something like rapture idea of the existence of the manuscript Groene, & Grey, a Reddy, adix Whiten of Sword Swinging which delighted

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cold, lifeless phantom of the im. which was found in two pieces, If the or Whytes. The animal kingdo extreme the numerous audience present Two agination and in fancy endue it with report bo trus, it paght to impel they numerous with ita Berd, 9, Date excellant recitations were given by Vatican authorities to fresh vigour Baddock, Foz, Lunch," Mart roiger, Sorgt Palmer and Br. Crate. The sonti-

a life which it can not possibly possees. Possibly slumbering in the dust of ages Roches, Roe, and Wolff, not akif a mental songs were in the capable hands There is something akin to this in may be the lost decades of Liry. It is Bull and two Home (u). Geogricallyreof Moears Hogg, Piggott, Summerscalex oply within the past 90 years that the are reminded of the Clyde Holl, and Tato and were well received. Mr PREMIER HALL OF THE COLONY. one of the minor changes of opinion Institutes of Gaius were brought to light France, Holt, Jordan, Lincoln Gibson, R.N., completely mystified, the Opposite Central Market, which has recently come over modern after having been considered Irretrievably and Showden. Horticulture les Praudiendo with his splendid card manipula

thought as regarda Confucianism, lost. By accident Niobahr lighted upon rose and two Thornes. Sport inreso them in the chapter, houm at Verona

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ed by a Falconer, a Fisher, Bow Huron and conjuring tricks and several were two Hugters, and two Wall Tard to say they would like to take him Church a suggested by a Bel Poca a chum as he kept producing dollars. Chaplin, Chappie, and Churchill.t the The Concert closed with the singing of of high renown there are two nga, God save the King." Gunnar Eckford Chancellor, a Duke, Barranand provod en efficient accompanist.

3.16 to 11.30 r. It is usual to speak now-a-days much GRAND SUCOESS

more respectfully of it as a system of

CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM A philosophy than was common, twenty

HOUSEHOLD LINIMEN years ago. We have become so broad of neuralgia, whatever the trouble Knight.

TOUCH of rheumatism, or a twinge minded and so "exceedingly tolerant is, Chamberlain's Pain Bain drives away

the palu at open and cares the complaint.

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