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NAWS OF THE DAY.

Thursday is Ascension day.

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

The talagranis quoted below" were 'ra- | coïved at the American Consulato-Geurial The English Majl” of the Sud April Hongkong, from the Manila Obborta- was delivered in London on the 2nd May, `tary s

Manila, May 2, 6 p.m. Cyclone or Typhoon East of the Feler Islands mesing W, or W N.W

of getting an ice between the acts. Tet such is the fact, and the Trustees of the building evidently think that the pre...... vision of such things is a superfluous pandering to the Sybaritish weaknesses! of their patrons. The Theatre Royal is part and parcel of the City Hall and is, we know, a quasi-public building. Nevertheless it is beld,

CHILDREN'S PERFECTION OF TOUCH we believe, for the benefit

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The cargo of silk shipped on beard the M. M. Tonkin, which left this port on the 99th March, was delivered in Lyons on the 30th April,

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The Association Football Cup Final played between Newcastle, and Barnsley, offended in a draw, one goal each. In the replay Newcastle won by $ guale to mil....

There have now, bản fire CASOS

pingue in Hongkong during the year. The intent occurred in a house at New Praya, Kennedy Town, the victim, who marumbed being a Chinese.

the public and we therefore fuil to see why something should not be done by the Trustees to meet the very reasonable wishes of the public. Sure ly it would pay Hongkong in the long ran to have a thoroughly modern and

During hat week there were three comfortable playhouse with all the cases of entorie fover in the Colony and one necessary adjuncts and amenities, in- of diphtharin. From the former disease stead of the Mid-Victorian anechro-tre of the cases were fatal.

jects were Orientals. [nism now ngaquerading as a Theatre

Royal. Cannot some one having: authority awake from their drowsing

“Manila.....May“ 3. D.A.1. Cyclone or Typhoon Bunz or over the Palew lalands, moving W.N, W.

ACCIDENT TO DESTROYER

OFF HONGKONG.

Engine Smashes on the "Fame"

TUESDAY, MAY 3. 1910,

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SAD OCCURRENCE ON THE”

MINOTAUR.

Chier Stoker Hangs Himself.

The flagship Minotaur was to have left | barbour-inch night for the North, but a case of suicide on board up at the arrangements made to that end.

THE ALBANIAN SITUA- TION.

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SEVERE FIGHTING.

(Renter's Service to the Chino Mail).

Lassos, Mey

After thirteen houre"fighting the

The discovers, was made by, one of the Bluejackets at about '0:30 pm. Going to Turkish troops have cleared the Al- No. 8 stokehold he found the body of binians from Kachanik PAER.

Lerior Chief Stoker Sparrow hanging by the It is unofficially stated that the nack from the grating overband. The body losses of the Turks were one hundred, was immediately cut down but 'life wan

LONDON, May 3.

found to be extinet, beraupon the body while the Albanian losses totalled fire: was removed to the dockyard and later hundred men conveyed to the Naval capital. Thore It is believed that the back of the While on steam trinks just outside the was nothing in deceased's manzer during insurrection is broken, for the Al- harbour yesterday afternoon the British the day to suggest that he was in trouble,banians are dispersing and returning torpedo bont destroyer Fame had the unis-bilu an examination of his correspondanice homewards. fortune to smash one of her engines. At failed to reveal any reason for the com- the time the mishap occurred the destroyer mittal of the deed. Decossed had had a was on full power ran, and, without any rather long day's work and in the evening Vienna telegume state that Marshal warzing, the engine came to utter grief.went to soo the doctor on board, complain. Shefket's troops are moving c A stoker who happened to be close at handing that he did not feel at all well. The Kachanik Pass to surround the A The Chinese Engineering and Minings scalded about the feet and legs, but indisposition however did not appear banians at Krabul Jenatz, that he bis." Company, Limited, report that the total beyond this no ona was hurt.

It was a fortanto circumstance that the was seen of the man alive. Deceased been engaged with a strong force of output of the Company's three wines for defect in the engine made itself evident the somnolent Trustees of the City the week ending 16th April amounted to hile the destroyer was doing trials at full leaves a wife and two children, all of whom Albanians and has reported considemble.

258.75 tons and the sales during the power, for then all is cleared on the boat

and the danger to stokers is not nearly

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"MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.;

Anctions. 11a.m.-Auction of Houssheld Furni- rora, eta. at Mesars Hughes & Hough'a Sales Rooms.

9.30 p.m. Auction of Household Furni- ture, etc. at Mr Geo, P. Lammert's Salus Rooms.

General Memoranda.

SATURDAY, May 7:-

.30 p.m.-Anction of Japanoss Curlos, utc, at Messrs Buches & Heagh's Sales

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9 p.m.-Bxing at the Stadium of Belle-

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TUESDAY, May 20:-

p.m.-31eeting of Yangtze Jnsurance

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losses.

A Court of Enquiry was hold on board Note The Albanians are very loyal to - the dagship this morning, and the funeral the depoeed Sultan, who in the days of his

At Choica, a suburb of Saigon, a large end as it would be in ordinary circ took place in the afternoon at Happy Power showored gifta "and olees, upon

rico mill with surrounding rice and paddy godowns and contents, was totally destroyed by se on the 18th ult. The insurances total 8830,000, and several English and Colonial Companies are interested...

********X Eneriew of Hailey's comat was obtained for a few fecting moments this During the last voyage from Sanering, just at sunrise. It presented a Francisco to Honolulu the finer Korea was brighter appearance than

some people

"NEWS OF THE DAY.

in touch with Los Angelos by wireless expected. Unfortunately the early mists talograph.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice

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Valley, docoased being given full naval hom. Ever since his deposition they An enquiry will be held into the mishap. honours. The wreaths included tributes bare intrigued on his behalf, finally from the ship's company, the officers, the rising in insurrection. The new regime is stokers and decoased'a. mz88-piates.

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CLÀIM FOR FIR TWIGS. ' ́„

Before Me Justice Hazeland at the Supreme Court this morning, the Wing Man Co, sued the Fo Wing firm to recover $0.93, for goods sold and delivered. There was a counter claim for $100, for the rotare of money paid to defendants as a deposit

S.S. "SCVERIO'S" ROUGH PASSAGE.

To be Docked for Repairs.

With many of her davits and foue ships' Mr C. Willson appeared for the plaintiffs. beata, carried away by the tempestuous elements and part of har cargo damaged by and Mr Bhenton defended.

water entering the holds through battered |

F.

Mr Willson said plaintiffs made an at-

In connection with the landing of the French Admiral yesterday it is interesting to note that the guard of honour from the 13th Rajputs consisted of a number of rangement with defendants for the supply-hatches, the Bank Line freighter Suvaric picked men, each wearing Tirab or Afghaning of some fir twigs. That arrangement The flagship Minotaur will love for medals, and averaging six feet in height completely failed. the North to-night. After picking up The colours were borne by a medalled

His Lordship You actually paid 8100 Admiral Winelee at Saddle Island the fixg-native offices and another wors & Frontier in bard cash. ship will proceed to Yokobema. She will medal and bus. Licut Liepinann not probably be wean bura again until was in commandThe fall band, many of November, when she will go into dock for whose members also wore medale, we in the purpose of being overhauled.

attendance and played the march "Entente Cordiale."

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The Indy reported, caissing from the P. and 0. Macedonia when nearing | Plymouth, is said to be the wife of the Rov. Loans B. Harper, "of the Methodist

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Police Constable T, Edge, of the Hong- kong fores, is proceeding Home under most pathetic circumstances. In the course of his duty some nine years ago be came into contact with a leprons subject and caught the disease. Sinen then he has been under more or less constant treatment but has not been sured, and now as a last resort be is going Home to sea if anything-can be done for him by specialists in this disease.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Rev. Thomas Law, secretary to the Free Church Council, has been found dead in the sea at Brighton, "He was suffering from neuzzsthenis,

Mrs Rubled and her two small daughters left for the United States buday by the G. N. steamer Minnesota. The sympathy Hongkong accompanies her in this and

journey.

Ta hot weather bae now fairly set in Church, Manila Sho left the Philippines and for the next seven months Hong-in March with her husband and baby girl, kang will seek its pleasures mostly in the open-air, the Theatre Royal therefore being left to the tender mercies of its caretakers. But looking back over the past, cold season, with its many theatrical and other hiertainments we are filled with amazement at the easy, complaisant mood with which Hongkong puts up. with its one and only theatre. It is growing so rapidly that it has now become laughable to read of this particu- necessary to enlarge the shipping facilities Cannibalism is still practised in the lar Briúsh Colony being described as Senate has just decided to borrow the sum where, early Inst month, a chief having of the port once again. The Hamburg inland of Ambrym, in the New Hebrides,

cooked, and ate them.

The shipping trade of Hamburg is

AMERICAN INFLUENCE

IN CHINA.

| DIPLOMACY AND TRADE HAND IN HAND.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mai). :

LONDON, May 3.

Mr Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State, speaking at a banquet of the arrived in port yesterday, 29th utt., Chamber of Commerce at Buffalo, said the Manila Cablenews, from Puget Sound ports via Japan. Captain Shotten, master diplomacy and trade must go hand of the Suveric, reports that the trip across in hard. He referred to American.. the Pacific was one of the worst he ex. participation in Chinese railway loans, parienced in his long career as a sea-faring and said, "This is political in it man. Nasty weather was encountered soon bearing on our Treaty rights and asaan- after leaving Seattle and kept op for tial to the prosperity of our commerce,” the biggest part of the trip across to with the Chinese Empire.". His Lordship gare judgment for de- | Japan.. After discharging her Manila fendiat in anch case, each party to pay | cargo, the Suverie will procoad to Hong. their own costa.

kong to be docked and it is believed that the necessary repairs captiot be completed in less than a month.

Mr Willson-Yes. His Lordsbip-You admit the claim 1 Mr Shenton I admit that it was paid bat on account of a previous existing dobe

Evidence as called.

A NEW WAY TO PREDICT

THE WEATHER.

Five years ago a prize was offered by the Belgian Astronomical and Meteorologival Society for the most successful abort-period

forecasts of weather. This prize was won by Gabriel Guilbert, who now publishes in (Rear-Admiral Hugh Pigo! Willisma, who | book-form a detailed exposition of the pain- has been appointed. Naval Adviser to ciples underlying his method. We quote Turkey in succession to Rear-Admiral from a review in Nature whose writer as Gamble, wie. Commodore at Hongkong | sorts that Guilbert has introduced two par from 1900 to 1907.

principles into the art of weather forecast which have not been stated explicity by any other writer on this subject. We First, ho invites us to compare the

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It has been reported in town that the Suvetio will go to the Taikoo Dockyard át Quarry Bay,

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL..

CHINA'S MINISTER TO GERMANY.

CENSURED ON RAILWAY

AFFAIRS.

(Wal Tos Yat Pa's Service.)

PEKIO, May 2 A meeting of the Legislative Coundl Sir Ching Tung Leung Ching, the will be held on Thursday afternoon when new Chinese Minister to Germany, has the orders of the day are tw

been censured for his conduct. in the First reading of a bill entitled An matter regarding the Cinton-Hankow Ordinance to amend the Squatters Or Railway, and it has been anggested dinance, 1800.

that his departure for Berlin should be delayed pending the conclusion of the matter.

Second reading of the bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Pharmacy Or dinance, 1999.

Second reading of the bill entitled An Ordinance further to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.

Second randing of the bill entitled An

THE OPIUM HABIT.

an up-to date place when it is con- of £2,255,000, which will be laid out at 1-diad, the people seized his wires, butzhored, force of the wind at the surfico se observed Ordinance to amend the Malicious Darg® SUPPRESSIVE MEASURES AT-

Nelson A. Miles, in bis day the handsomest That Soc old veteran, Liaut General

man in the United States Army, has been thrown from his horse in, Washington and sustained fractures of several ribs.

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tent with such an apology for a once in extending the part by building eight new docks with the usual accommoda- playbouse, early every other settle on, one of the new docks being set spart ment of importance in the Far East exclusively for petroleam tanks. The pro where foreigners are living in any rum-jected work will be finished in five years.

A. Russian semi-official telegram has bars, bas remodelled ita theatre of late years, and naturally a good deal of sur-that the situation in the province of Ururdis been received in St. Petersburg stating

Four Yorkshire visitors were-forgotten prise is occasioned to the newcomer on is of the most serious kind. Neither then the Big Whost. at Blackpool, when it finished its day'e revolutions on Easter accing the barn-like structure Hongkong Persian authorities nor the Turkish com-

Monday. They called attention to their manders are doing anything to maintain complacently tolerates. It seems in order, or for the security of the Christians plight by striking matches and bolding

them against the windows. credible that a playbouse of to-day who are being oppressed." The Kurds are in a city which boasts of its progressive raiding Christian villages hightly, carrying off women and forcing them to adopt the enterprise, should be entirely without crned of Islam. The message concludes by refreshment bar, without ladies' demanding ener.etic measures on the part retiring rooms, without even the or dinary amenities now inseperable from the most modest house of entertain-

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for ment. More incredible still that the fashionable seats are only to be approached by a steep and narrow spiral dozen, and credited in fill staircase; that the acoustic properties on being returned in good of the theatre are so indifferent that it

condition.

HONGKONG,

30th April 1910.

EMPIRE' CINEMATOGRAPH

THEATRE, PREMIER HALL OF THE COLONY, Dis Vaux Road Oxstral

Opposito Central Market.

2 Performancos;—7,16 to $ and

0.101 to 11.30 r.x.

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The celebrated Austrian Arbístei MISH ADDIE LEIGH. MIES WINNIE RYAN.

The Eminén: Sethrotia ¡MISS · MAGGIE FRASER

·AND LİTTLE PEROY. will ̈remain op#ll MAX 4.

"COMING::--Two'eminent Artistes

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of the British And Russian Governments.

It is rather interesting to observe that the Japanese papers are devoting same sttention to the question of the Formosa sugar-industry, remarks the Japan Chren

le The Hechi protests against the protection afforded by the Government to this industry, and likens the situation between the Japanese Government and the Formosan sugar companies to a generous

"The Girl Who Want Astray" is being staged at the Nottingham Grand Theatre, but, the Watch Committee censored the title. On all the hoardings the word was, therefore, pasted over, the title reading, "The Girl Who West-."

at the various stations contributing to our Ordinance, 1885. gradient at eca-level. If in any region the Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance, daily weather reports with the barometric

Second reading of the bill entitled "An observed wind forces are markedly in 1909. excess of the normal for the prevailing

Second reading of the bill entitled 'An gradient, a surge of high pressurs in the Ordinance to amend the Magistratos,O-

dinance, 1890. direction of the gradient may be looked for, mooting of the Finance Committee ... It follows from will be held immediately after the Council. and vics cerat.

ITEMS AT THE COURTS.

this general principle that a depression which is surrounded on all sides by winda in excess of the normal will fill up, wherea

PEWING.

(Wah To Fat Po's Service,"

Put, May 2 Prince Kung has made a request: that endeavoare should be made to appress the opium habit within the city of Peking by next year.

depression surrounded by winds in defect

Decrees nisi have been granted by Mr. will grow deeper. If the defect is great,

A young Chinaman was fined $4 by MrJustice Bargrare Deane in two cases in. depression of small intensity will develop J. R. Wood at the Magistracy to-day for which the parties were formerly residents into a violent storm centro. A depression round which the distribution of wind force placking the feathers from living sparrows of Hongkong. Colonel Arlington Augustus

pompared with the prevailing gradient in Hollywood Road yesterday.

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is unsymmetrical will more toward region of 'lunst resistance.' .., the region

Two Indian watchmen employed on the where the winds are meat conspicuously in railway near Yaumati wore at the Magia.

dafect.

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Chichester, of the Dorset Regiment, won

his case against his wife, who had com mitted adultery with Captain Caryl Richard

M. Guilbert proceeds to elaborate, no tracy to day fined $3.oach for sleeping while Molynes ur, of the 10th Hussar suď Major William Wandby Grifin, RA, was fewer than twenty-five raise for forecasting on duty. which for the most part follow more or less

granted a divoros by mason of kin: wife, directly from the two fundamental princi A gambling raid was carried out by the deserting him to live with Irvine Malcolm ples. Thejs application is illustrated by a police last night in premises at Second Smith. In both cases the Ladies left their large number of examples, taken mostly from cases when the forecasts issued by the Street and 17 arrests were made. At the husbanda after several years of happy Bureau at Paris proved incorrect" Magistracy the keeper was fined $50 and married life together, because they thought Guilbert's principles, the forower 824 found per him was confiscated, while they had found their affinities in the other: thinka, so simply a resalt of the study the others were onch ordered to pay $4. man. Each pair had a chüd, and to attempt is made to justify them weather maps; they are entirely empirical from general dynamical considerations. Attempts to verify them by additional study apparently do not always succeed.

took there are many instances of surpriz The writer goes on:

Among the examples quoted in the ingly daring and coauful predictions,

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Not knowing the name of a witness defendant at Tottenham Police Court said she was outside the court, and was a ginger porson. The usher shouted Ginger! and girl with auburn hair immediately answer ed the summons and went fute the box.

The King has been pleased to give and father giving his ann money to put away as grant unto Sir Robert Edward Breden, is only in certain places that one can savings. The mors the son's savings K.C.M.G., Acting Inspector-General of hear with anything like approaching incrense the mors his father's funds the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs, comfort the words uttered or gung says the Horbi, is not a healthy one. The authority to accept and wear the Insignis decrease. Such a method of protection, Peking, His Majesty's Royal licence and

upon the stage, while the arrangements Mainichi points out that too much protes of Commander of the First Class of the of the seats in the grand fircle presentation may exhaust the revenue of the Royal Order of the Polar Star, conferred apparently en post facto, other King Edward VII V.O. Liqueur (Gold Label)

Government. Now that the sugar refinery upon him by his Majesty the King of securing companies in Formoss caya maku Sweden, in recognition of valuable services

dividends of 20 or 30 per cent, there is rendered by kiu. surely no necessity for further protection of the industry.

the side positions from

an adequate view of the stage. Yet these are only a few of its more glaring delecta and deficiencies.

Some months ago: Mr Masnice BAND- Mans offered, we believe, to practically reconstruct the Theatre Royal and bring

it thoroughly up to date if he were

given a lease of the place for a certain

number of years. Evidently such a plan

A London wire, dated the 15th April, announces that Sir Charles Allen, Obief Secretary of the Bengal Prosidongy, is

In the whole world there is almost as much rics eaten as wheat. Istot dead. It appears that during the journey estimates place the work's wheat crop of Sir Edward Baker's party from Calcutta,

attested by stamped, post cards as being King George IV V.O. Liqueur (Gold Label) We are, however, entitled to 'n-k whether

the rules might not lead to equally daring King Edward VII Special (White Label) but unsoccomful forecasts. Nearly 10 examples are quoted; the number is large King George IV Special (White Label) but so is the number of charts from which

the Holoction is made, and it is to be Perfection (D. & J. McCalum's) often sugguain counsel's address to the Club Whisky, Special suppoand that M. Guilbert, whose style jury rather than the judge's summing up.

at about 180,000,000,000 Tha; rice at Sir Charles Allen was taken anddenly has picked on the cx-on which hent 176,000,000,000 lbs. Rico-growing and and was in considerable pain. An invalid illustrate his points. No doubt he sould produse many more instancos if exiled

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rice consumption have increased rapidly carriage was secured half way up the line ppos to do so, but the multiplication of NOTE-Any one of the above Whiskies is superior to many in the United States. The rice production into which he was carried and on arriving selected examples does not carry con

in that country in the last decade equalled at Darjeeling the Civil Surgeon, Major Fiction. that of the half-century immediately pre Maddox, met him and placed him, in 盛 was not considered feeble by the coding. In 1908 over 600,000,000 lbs were dooly and conveyed him to the asnjtariam Trustees for we have heard nothing fur-raise. Texas and Louisians together where he was subsequently operated on for has been lying up the Inter-island trade

The shipping strike at Manila, which ther about the scheme. It is a thousand total. As the amount exported has not

produced more than 90 per cent of the perity philitic abscess. pilise that Mr DasDwANN's plan did not intressed, one may gain an idea of the I growing home consumption of rico In the come to fruition, for Hongkong ia badly United States. Perhaps, saya su American

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