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THE CHINA MAJI,

allowed her husband to think that his mistress of the hour was the more desirable woman while she really, through WALPOLE, governed bis, king- dom for him. We can hardly realise to-day the wonderful inftence which Royal or Grind ducal mistresses wield ed in Hanoverian data, following the precedent set by the Court of the Grande Monarque, and the sordid tale ruus with scarcely any variation from the days of the Grand Electress Sorg down to the reign of WILLIAM IV. With the coming of Queen VicTORIA all this was changed. "Her court was pure." sang TaxvYson, and his courtly verse records very truly the startling change which had been silently effected

FACE TO FACE WITH TIGERS.

∙AS Kowloon City Ride Range.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Bishop of Victoris will pronalì at [St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon,, to-marrow

From time to time tigers are heard of invening. the New Territory, where they apparently. The King has approved that the which is perfectly credible, is that two Juns 20 to July 6. Icoma in search of food, and the latest story military tournament shall be held from

tigoza wars can on Wednesday morning close to the ride range at Kowloon City, On Monday next Madamu Gains will About half-past five o'clock an Army open a splendid show of hats, etc, at Officer was out riding in that vicinity when Kathan Road, Kowloon.

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of a sudden his stad pricked up its ears, indicating to its rider that there was danger head, for anyone who knows sagthing about animals knows full well that

detect horse in the Grst actual to anything wrong.

The horse absoluts in Queen's Road Wost.

On the

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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1910.-

STRAITS SHIPPING

"RING."

GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.

(From One Own Correspaniška) y

SEXTAPORE, June 18.

The Government Gazette publishes

[Corror. REPRESENTATIVES OF JAPAN

"("Independent News Agency's” Service. to the Chisa Mail.)

Tokyo, June 18...

Ambassador Inouye will be sent for

the draft of an Ordinance to deal with the Chilian centenary celebrations and the Shipping Conference steamers.

Ambassador Tehila to the Merican

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The Government proposes to srost two This provides that bills of lading anniversary, public latrines-cas on Crown land in flare to bear the total freight paid or Lua Lans, sad the other on Crown land parable, and a copy has to be supplied A JAPANESE COLONIAL under the Goverment Civil Hospital Ramp to the Treasury. The owner pays in... DEPARTMENT.

a specified time 20 per cent of this Shanghai is eagerly anticipating theilue, which is never to be less than (Independent News Agency's" Servies interport pole match with Hongkong, and $100. The books are hable to in- from the comments in the local press it spection. The Governor may exempt. would appear as if the northern players non-Conference owners from the above hope to win tha Keswick Cup ensily. "20 per cent. The penalty of contraver- in the highest circles in the land. Women nerve any man, however he retained his

tion of this penal duty' is 82,500. It is a pity that some misunderstand. were about

prosence of sund, and moving quietly away ang has arisen over the Water Polo lesgae. ferocious boasts, yet at the same time keep, otherwise Hougkong will be deprived to cater into a brenders if taking no notice whatever of the hope that matters will soon bu fire:

field of influence and endeavour by

y refused to proceed and offices looking round he was greatly alarmed tigars stating at him with glowering sycs, to and himself face to face with two huge Bo had no arms of any description and such a prediciment would be "orough to

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the mere coming to the Throne of a ing a vigilent eye on them, he managed to of one of its most popular and beneficia

girl Queen and the transformation was for the moral sweetening of the nation.

reach the rifle mange close by where a num

ber of soldiers were practising shooting,

summer amusements."

NEW MEXICAN STATE.

(Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail)

LONDON, June 18,

A Washington message says that the

S. MOUTRIE & Co., For the new arbiters of political fortium. To them the offer tald bis experience and Little Satie is delighting large nu. Senate has admitted Arizona as a rew

LIMITED.

Hongkong. April 18, 1907.

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW, Miscellaneous. a.m.-Excursion to Macao,

and wore last seen on the hill-ide, too fare banats ameit danger for they had moved off off for any damage to be done by the soldiers' riðlar.

singing and no less graceful dancing. Cinematograpli Theatro with her charming. Misa Myria James and Br Sam Gales also meet with a good recopilen while Miss

were to be the wives, daughters, or sists of the politicians themselves. Very early in the new reign began to opea those political salons which make it is supposed that they had been attracted Winnie Ryan is as popular as ever,

The tigers were very fine specimens and

the gossip of Victorian annals such by some goata kept by an Indian in that avighbourhood, for recently he has

Two scantily clothed gentlemen who

10a.m.Shooting at Peak Range; interesting reading for people of to-day missed several of his dock without being ecüte with which the coolies purchase the

NOTVOR,

MEMOS FOR MONDAY,

Meeting.

3.30 p.m.-Quarterly Meeting of the Mothers' Union at St. Paul's College.

General Mömoranda.

TURDAY, June 1:--

It, was the era of the political hostess. Tade HOLLAND, Lady Jenses, Lady MotesWORTH, Lady MALERY, Lady WALDEGBAVE, Lady CowPER, Lady Fat MaRSTON, more than one Lady SALS- ANY, the Countess of BEACONSFIELD --so the brilliant galaxy runs down

3.45 p.m.-Meeting of the Sonitary almost to the present day. But the

Board.

WEDNESDAY, Jane -

place of these Gread Danes has now

provide the packets of Hongkong copper sbio to find any trace of them and it is receipt stamps at the Post Office these days, thought they have been devoured by these had a very wordy altercation at the Clock hungry animals.

pursuit of the tigers hat no trace of themf it night develope into blows, a policeman

Next morning a search party set out in Tower this morning. Just as it looked as i

could be found.

azrived and silence fell upon this scene.

THE TAIKOO ASSAULT CASE.

Defendant Discharged.

The Gazette publishes for general.in. formation the regulations issued by the Director of the Bureau of Agriculture, anila, with reference to, the importation of cattle into the Phillipine Lalands; and also a notice from the same source declaring

State of Mexico.

TRE BIG FIGHT,

(Reuter's Service to the China: ·Mail:jum

LONDON, June 18. The Jefferies-Johnson fight is now to take place at Goldfeld, Nevada. -

THE CONSTITUTION CONFERENCE

FIRST MEETING HELD. ·

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, June 18. What is described as the first meeting of the Constitution Conference was held yesterday afternoon in Mr Asquith's

2.15 p.m.Meeting of the Licensing been taken by a different 'type of this morning, beforo Mr E. R. Halifax, in Hongkong, Amry and Shanghai, and other room at the House of Commons.

Board.

THURSDAY, June 23-

4.10.m.-Fall Moon.

11.30 a.m.-Lecture by His Lordship the

Bishop in Park Church.

FRIDAY, June 24

Midsummer Day. SATURDAY, June 25:--

kong, st Kowloon,

Annual Tennia Matel, Kowloon v. But Opening of the Corinthiau Yacht Club's

new premises.

The China Mail

HONGEONO, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 11910.

political female. The ladies of a past generation generally took a hand in

game

to the China Mail.)

Toxto, June 18. For centralizing and dealing solely with Colonial affairs,

Colanist Bureau will be established.

GERMAN ROYALTY IN JAPAN.

("Independent News Agency's” Servies

to the China Mail) -

Toro, June 18. --The Prince and Princess of Meck lenburg have been recieved in audience. by the Euperor to-day.

JAPAN'S AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE,

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A WISE INVESTIGATION.

("Independent Nasza Agency'e”? Servies to the China Moil.)

TOKYO, June 18. The caquiries to be made by the Department for Agriculture and Com me to the Conference for the in- Testigation of productions, on the 20th inet, will involve the following items:

1. Progress and development of sericultural production, its means and; method,

2. Means to encourage foreign trade Accesary measures.

There were present: Mr Asquith, Mr Ealicar, Land Crewe, Lord Lane downe, Earl Cawdor, Mr Lloyd-Geroge, Mr Birrell and Mfr Austen Chamberlain.

It is understood that the deliberations 3. Prevention of unlawful competition.

on trade and industries.

The case was concluded at the Magistracy which a Chinese fitter charged J. Tully, a ports along the Chinese coast, to be fufected the foreman at the Taikos Dockyard, with with a dangerous communicable animal

Assault. Mr. Willson was for complain-disease. ant, while defendant had now engaged Bir F. P. Bett to sea to his interests.

At the Sanitary Board meeting ou Evidence was given by Dr Fitzwilliams, Tuesday afternoon a minute by the Eesd of the Conference will not be trammell. who spoke to examining the complainant, of the Sanitary Department will be sub-ed with any limitation or conditions, who 'tomplained of pain just under the mitted relative to converting the Des Voeur and that they will be regarded as shoulder blade. There was alight red-Read market into a store for dust and confidential throughout. tropical countries was a dangerous one, for eeedings taken by the Department against Beri and some awelling. The region is water carts; as well as a fist of legal pro- it was within the area of an enlarged spleen. persons for breaches of the Public Health In this case the injury was not that of a and Buildings Ordinan 1903-1909 for casporte blow, still it would bare boea May quite suficient to 'here caused, danger if the man had enlarged spleen.

A notification in the Gazette says that the attention of the Army Council has been cross-draws to the circulation of forgeries of the

A Chinese foreman then gave evidence for complainant, and was later skamised by Mr Bett as follows:--

Are you a member of the Fitters

Guild No.

parchment Certificates of character of soldiers on discharge from the army and a the Reserve. The suthorized forma are, it

THE KAISER.

SPEEDY RECOVERY EX. PECTED.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mait.) LONDON, June 17.

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The Knieer's illness is the result of

a

strain, and "be is expected to recover

4. Adjustment and development of forestry."

5. Means to the productiveness of the main cereals in quantity and quality.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

We are sorry to hear that Dr-Hagor, of the American Board Mission, has been Fory i California, recuperating. A poem from his

He is now in Los Angeles, m pan appears elsewhere in this issue of the China Mluv

of politics for the sake of 2.30 p.m.--Anction of Household Farmi-husband or brother, seldom for the

turo at Maasre Hughes & Hough's Sale Rooms,

pleasure of their individual caprice, and therefore the question as to how much they influenced politics or clouded political wisdom is said to be very much open to argument. Some writers will have it that their influence was nil, get that is difficult to believe 19 we read the memoir of their times. Perhaps these good ladies had a too exalted opinion of the position they filled: that would be only natural, but they certainly carried some weight with them, and influenced many For the mument the militant suffragette a piece of statecraft and assisted has retired from the immediate centre materially in much of the party man- of the English political wage and incurvering.

The Hongkong Government Gazette busying herself with some minor tri-

To-day the political anlon presided

notice that any British. subject rosiding vialities within the shelter of the wings. over by such a grand dame as the late

passport to be issued to him in England in the Colonies, who may expect to require Mr H. H. Asqer end, Mr WINSTON Lady SALINURY for inetatice, is quite

must furnish himself with avidence such Chunreu must be glad of the respite extinct. In its place we have. Habit

Office to recommend him to the Foreign Hungary. Whole lages have been character a will enable the Colonial in the county of Erassos. Zocrcnyer, in afforded by this voluntary self-effaceations of the Primrose League and before that he worked at the Hongkong Office. As a fit and proper person to be annihilated. As many as 250 bodies ment especially at a moment when the similar organizations among

and Whaaipos Docks for five years. He entrusted with a passport, in the case of magic phrase, political compromise'

Radiana. The day of the aristocrats vither to his employera or at the Police ment is in addition to the evidence of many places from which there haveed until Monday at 10 ... Notwith- find never had a complaint laid against him a naturalized British subject this require have been recovered, but there are Station. Sometimes he had as many as 600 identity and nationality contained in the been no news owing to communication men under him. On the date in question applicant's naturalization papers. work which had been done ou a ship while he had to complain because of the little

boing cut of

WOMEN AND POLITICS.

the

the women of the middle classes have come to the front in their stond.

Will

is in the air again. English politics has for the moment passed way and are a record of compromises and party arrangements, just as much as they are a reflex of the history of our national they attain to the possession of the struggles in developing a constitution.infiuence supposed by some to have been So too the feminine roté has always wielded by their sisters in days gone been struck more or less insistently by, or will their very multitude tend per 100 amid the clash of political opinions-ever to dissipate the very power which they since the task of governing the nation seek to bring within their grasp? excellent condition 4.00 $8.00 took defuite form and shape. We need They will have secter moral influence concern ourselves with pre-Tudor than that diffused by a King's mistress, times for the purpose of this short that goes without saying, but will they review of women's connection with play the game as disinterestedly and as

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Martin's Tweenies politics. To start with Stuart days it altruistically as did the group of noble must now be accepted as an undoubted dames who fill such as important page fact that CHARLES II was greatly gov in Mid-Victorian annals?" erned by his mistresses, and the in- fluence which those fair but frail votarite of his pleasure-with the ex ception of poor NELL Grwix, who had not the knowledge aptitude, or "ability necessary for the game-had upon the

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Our King is dead, the strong and brave, He wore his own within his hand, And loved his people far too well, To join them in a solid hand;

To fair Australia's southern glados; From India's sunny burning wilde;"

And Africa's dark and sombro shade. From north to South, from Fast to West, His scoptxo swayed our loving hearts, Beneath the sun of every clima, " That best with his in rythmic time He lived for those who made him King,

And sacrificed his life for them, That they might crown him cue and all,

politics of his time was very strik-From Canada's far northern home, ing. WILLIAM of Orange, one of the loneliest figures in our history, rose superior to the feminist influence, but with the coming over of the Hanoverian Kings, the position of the Sovereign's Mistress was once more definitely 9.10 z 11.30 r..cepted as quite within the proper order of things and grave Ministers of State oude court to them instead of to the Queen consort if they wished

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With lore's bright glorious, holy gem. And hers they come from far and near, The Briton, Celt and Norsoronn all, The Indias, Bour and loyal Black, Let team upon his coaket fall.

for power or ready access to their reign was pence, his might was love,

He walked amid his subjecta trus,

King's car. WALPOLE Mas porbags Aa friend and brother of them all, the brilliant exception, for, be certainly and Mr SAM GALE.owed his long tenure of power to his ascendancy over the Queen of GEORGE II, but then she was a 9750 woman, who stooped is conquer and

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You are not a member of any Guild. Is complainant a member of any Guild I do not know. Is there a Fitters' Guild I have heard there is.

But you are not,a member?—No. For the defence evidenco was given by the head Chinese foremna, who aid cora working with his tools beside him. Witness plainant was just before the quarrel aw him later leaving, sad be then had the Trikco Docks for nine months and Defendant anid he had been employed at

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H. W. V with the date and numbers TERRIBLE CLOUDBURST. priated. This work is abeant on those forgeries which have come under notice.

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(Reuter' Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, June 17,-

A terrible cloudburst has occurred

EDINBURGH WORLD MIS- SIONARY CONFERENCE.

siastic crowds lined the route from the

Princess Juliana paid her first visit to- Amsterdam on May 98. Dense and enthu

Palace. Queen Wilhelmina stepped on to the balcony sal beid up the baby Princess- to the cheering multitude,

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS..

Another Heavy Calander-

The June criminal sessions were formally

this

opened by Mr Justice Hazeland at the

standing the severe sentences imposed by Supreme Court this morning and adjourn-

the judges in presions sessions far there seems to be little falling off in the number of offendera" and it is remark- able that of the nine cases down for hear ing no less than four are "for armed

result. One pleasing feature is the fact Esc of the cat would have a beneficial that the charges for kidnapping hare. bear reduced to ons and this is in a large messure dus to the morgetic campaig's in this direction by the police, combined with the deterrant sentences imposed by the judges.

she was in harbour for four days. He spoke South Formous arrived fiero this morning strongly to the complainant, who was stand- ing alongside a check sale pretending to by the OS.K.'s steamer Soshi Maru frum with him, and when witness spoke to him pleasure and health and is in no way work but doing nothing. He had his tools Anping. Their visit is one purely for

plainant began to mutter to himself in take their annual vacation together this Paul's College on Monday next at 5.30 the others began to laugh, whereupon com- official, it having been decided by them to A prayer meeting will be held at St. robbery. No doubt the continuance of the year and visit Hongkong and southern p.m. The Bishop of Victoria will conduct Mr Bett-And you struck him 7-Yes. China. To-day was spent in sight-seeing in was going to strike ma Why did you do it ?--Because I thought the city while to-morrow the party leaves for meeting and special reference will be Macao. On Monday a visit will be paid to made to the above conference. All inter Is it not a fact that at the Taikoo Docks Canton and on Tuesday evening a private asted are cordially invited to attend. the first thing they do is to grab hold of fow of their nationals in Hongkong.. On if the men are in trouble among themselves reception is to be held in their honour by the tool backet-Not only there, but Wodnesday they will return to Tormess everywhere. They uso it se a weapon, of offence the first thing.

rosehed towards his tool bucket and I then Did he threaten you in any way! Ho

struck him.

Do you believe that he was going to

strike or stab you --Undoubtedly he would

A SINGING FAMILY.

!

At the Magistracy this morning blind Chinaman, was, charged before Mr E. E. He Raid he was on Bingingular Street. have struck me had he got to his hammer. was only

Cross-examined by Mr Willson defendant night I sing.

Hin Worship-How do you live?—Ab maid there never was a strike at the Kow- loon Dock while he was there.

Was there at the Taikoo Dock 7-Yos. What was the cause of that, ware you in sy way emasetad with it ---I was

in what

t-Because I found pat that there was thiering and squeezing going on and stopped it.

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Is that enough to keep your family? I've only one family."

Only husbend and wife.

How many members in the family 1—

What does your wife do -She also sings,

In she blind-Yes,

Inspector Cameron said there were fro- quot complaints about these people.

Did they say that you had ill-treated them and that was why they struck 1--No.

Questioned as to the alleged provocation if they keep to their Chinose quarter.

His Worship-There are no complainta

in this case defendant, said complainant shall caution the defendant and discharge Teached out for his tools but did not get at him, but he must keep strictly to the them in time.

Do you not think you, made up your mind too quickly when you came to the conclusion that he was going to striks you No. I have been hit before by workmen

I don't take any more chances

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Chinese portion of the town.

ITEMS AT THE COURTS. The bar boy of the Kowloon Bowling Club recently decampod with a considerable

Did he adopt a threatening attitude sum of money belonging to the Club Undoubtedly. If you adopted the same Last night he was arrested by Sergt. attitude I should strike you just the same. Gerrard at Stanley,, and charged at the That is how convinced I am of it,

Magistracy this morning. He was ro Supposing that, he did strike you, you manded. I would have had other remedies -None

7 nearly a quick or so effective.

Without calling on Mr Helt to address bima, Bis Worship discharged the defendant,

"TEETHING CHILDREN. BETHING ch Mren have more or Par

Alex Fisher, late chief officer of the .. Hine Leo, was charged at the Magistracy this morning with bebaring & disorderly manner at the Shipping Ofice. It appears that he had a dispute with his lato master over the question of a day's pay. A fine of 83 was imposed. 1

by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and

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