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POWELL'S

HEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous, Emperor of Austria-Hungay's Birthday

(1890),

Meoting. 2.50 p.m.-Legislative Council Meeting.

Auction.

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Farmi- tare, &e. at Mr. Geo. P. Lammert's Sales Rooms.

General Memoranda. SATURDAY, August :-

Noon-Meeting of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation at the City Hall

p.m.-Aquatic Fête at V.R.C.

STEPAT, August 21

3.14.Full Moon,

who

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THE CHINA MAIL.

good many more.

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

A Dearse has been published in Lisbon comsaring the Archbishop of Brags for up. prossing religious periodical at the Papel command without the consorrence of the Portuguese Crown:

powers for the construction of the proposed new bridge between Southwark and St.. Paul's Cathedral will be deposited in time for the next Sessions of Parliament.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1910.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Bishop of Victoria will preach st. St. Andrew's, Kowloon, on Sunday evening next.

Mr J. F. Raid joined the Engineer. Company of the H.KVO on 18th inst...

Gunner R. L. Bridger, No. Co. Lieut. &. I. H. Kinloch and Sec.-Lieut. rosigned from the HK.V.C. on tho 14th- H.G. Parow, R.G. A., hava hoen ordered to jinak. Hongkong.s

The violiniai, Miss Mario Hall, har miled: To-morrow is the anniversary of the for South Africa, starting a world's tour..

Hungary,

The Lord Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak Sub-Liantonant F.P. 0. Bridgoman basin now staying in Hongkong. He will dean promoted to the mnk of lioutaona preach at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday morning baxt at 11 o'clock," and at St. and reappointed to the Bedford.

Petar's Seaton's Church at 6.30. p. m.)

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Very great regret will be Felt, anys the

One has heard fairly often of a train being snowed up, but an earthed up train

Lieuta. G. W. W. Tresidder. M. D must be a comparating novelty, obseries the Malay Mail. When the landslips Wall, and T. Cunningham-Cunninghani occurred on the Johore State Railway Kme K.G.A., have been appointed for duty at Lending Light, at the news of the sudden death of Captain F. M. Vipan of the Indo- months ago, however, a train was actually Hongkong.

A cutting fell in front of it

Ching pontoon at "Hankow. Captain. earthed up.

Vipan, who had been in poor health for and a bank gave way behind, with the roult that where it www, there is stayed until released, many weeks later.

Queen Alexandra has sent £50 to Dr

Peperdons, one of the earliest victims of the application of the "X""mys. hand was recontly amputated.

and relation to malaria could be round. One of the first to be killed was the venerable als lendar, whose lifa for so many years had been a model of upright. throng the Hongkongness. The so-called rebellions was suppress schoola? Could not the very progresiva ed Talegrams were sent off to this official and that, and rewards. were allotted to the and energetic young men who belong to "brave soldiers" who had scattered the the Chinese section of the YMCA. be volters, and brought peace to the neigh- bourhood. About three hundred soldiers'

A hitchharing occurred in the urged to take a band in the p propagation

wors want to the spot. They killed, negotiations between the London County. of the idens formulated by the according the report, not low than a Council and the City Corporation, it is

thousand people, and also took prisoporsextremely unlikely that the Bill seeking birthday of the Emperor of Austria-She travels to India, China and Japan, Sanitary Department? There are other chandels also which could be

Suoh is a layman's report of the Kwangsi reached through the Registrar-General's "rebullion," and the way it was suppressed. Department as Fell as the Public Dis. Gu roading the plain, unvarnished tale, one wondars sometimes what all those pensaries, now so well patronised and doing will lead to, and when, China will understood by the poorer sections of theseach a period when deeds of blood such as these will not be monthly currences, Chinese community.

Were they to take place once in ten yöars And once this educative campaign in a civilized country thers would be a great is startel it must be pursued with arching of hesta and avalanches of critic anas would be let loan. Ou the other steady, persistent vigour. The ex-hand, according to newspaper reports, some perience in India and other tropical thing of the kind is going on in China orary countries has been that this keen interest path. Now it be in Shangtung; later in developed few years ago in the vaga hverage foreigner, unless cause of malaria-prevention has been replaced by a deady apathy both on the part of the sanitary authorities and the

new laws which come in force on the 1st ardly phase of the production of a journal, September, the Jockey Club and other

New York State on the 31st August. general public. A certain amount of

from the felling of the trees preparatory organisations have decided to end racing in good was achieved during the first fine

to their conversion pulp at the great milk, Grand Falls, Newfoundland, to the despatch, distribution. sad selling of the fury of the new propaganda and then

finished newspaper to the publis. those in charge of operation grew

The returns of atuam and sailing weary of well-doing and rested on their

vessels & tally lost, condemned, etc., from cars. It is a most regrettable, tevelop

Uctober 1st to December 31st, 1909 ** ment and one that we fear may be seen

published by Lloyd'a xbow that 93 were later in Hongkong unless great care is Little Perry and Miss Maggie Frazer abandoned at sea; 8 broken up, condemned taken to sustain and maintain populer are proving a great attraction at the Em-ete.: 9 nrrat; 17 lost in collision; 2 lost: 11 missing; and 119 wrocked. This makes interest. To dilate upon the necessity pire Cinematograph nightly.

a total of 210, with tonnage of 180,967 toor, of the measures advocated by the

The United Kingdom suffered most, losing Sanitary Board in the matter of mosquito

41 vessels, Norway coming next with 32. extermination is unnecessary at this time of day. We hare had such practical object lessons in Hongkong both east and west of the city of Victorin very dense in that it would be a dividual indeed who would fail to Colowan Island. recognise that malarin in a preventible; discase and that it could be entirely

9 s.m.-Excursion to Macao by a. stamped out did everybody realise his

Sufian.

Monday, August 29:-

11 am. Anotion of Condemned and Obalete Stores at Central Police Station's Compound.

1.30 p.m.-Anction of Household Farmi- ture at 3, Ensteford Terrace, Kowloos. Noon-Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co.. Id. Meeting at Company's Offices, Queen's Buildings.

The China Mail.

Horazono, Wadstaday, Auuuit 17, 1910

THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST

MALARIA.

or her responsibility in the matter. We trust that all householders who receive the pamphlet which our medical experts have composed will study it with care and to the best of their ability make an honest attempt to cooperate with the Sanitary Board in the campaign against the mosquito. It is a'case where eact can help and we hope that there will be no slackness on the part of any individual in discharging a perfectly obvious public duty.

some time, unwisely exposed himself to the His son-and-was soixed with an illness that made it imperative to send him down to the health resort of Kaling. In spite of every cars, however, he expired there August 2. We tender our sincera sympathy to Mira and Miss Vipan who were in Japar

Williams who had boon for some time in when the sad svest occurred. Mr E.

charge of the godowns sè Swatow and latterly was acting second officer of the In the half mile swinning championship Sunco, has taken over Captain Vipan's

ho can read the native papers, knows The Daily Mail has just had taken by aching about, those terrible afairs sad is the staff cinematographer, a remarkable apt to think that things in Chins are fairly die illustrating a rowspaper in the mak-The Times states that on the result of the paceable, and to wonder why there shoulding This series of moving pictures shows bosa many revolutionists," and why so many of the editors of native papers are customed to aritu in such bitter language when discussing the Manchu rulers..

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The next Siberian Mail from Europe arriro here, on Friday by the Devanha.

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The English newspapers ab homo aro commenting sped the extraordinary wave of crime that has been sweeping over the world fately.

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We have recived copies of () Economista published in Domingo, which contain long accounts of the recent hostilities between the Portuguese troops and the pirates at

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Misfortune overtook the grent Pigeon Derby from Nantes (France) to Lancashire. Of the 6,595 Lancashire birds liberated at Nantes for the 435 miles flight home, it is estimated that over 5,000 bave gone astray.

Orders have been given at Aldershot for the 1st Battalion Bus to prepare à reinforcing anft of 170 men for the Sad Battalion, shortly to move from Hongkong to India. The draft will leave Southamp

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It is proposed to vote the sum of $40,000 in connection with the forthcoming | visit of the Duke of Connaught to South Africa to open the new Parliament. The Union-Castle liner Balmoral Castle will sail as an Admiralty ship, and will be escorted by two cruisers. The Royal party arcive at Cape Town on Nov. 1, and will go to Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, and Pietermaritzburg. A visit will also be paid to Rhodelin and to Matoppos.

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Mr Havelock Wilson, addressing a meeting of seamen at the West India Dock gates, Poplar, said he had supported the Liberal Government for many years, but he must tell the Government that it was "damned hypocrisy" on its part to make such a how shout the Chinese to South Africa, and yet to allow the Chinese to be dumped down right there in England. According to the Liberal and Socialist The Shipping Federation treated white Press of Gemany-a val agreement with men like slaves, but the Chinese were Great Briton would not only be hailed placed on a pedestal and were never medi- with delight by the whole German people,ally examined by bullies." but a large majority of the preseut Reichstag would be found to rote Tor it.

tan about September 10.

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at Leicester on August 3 Beaurepaire won | duties.". easily in 11 minutes 30 4,5 seconds Ho continued, and created a record for a It is no piece of conventional loyalty, - thousand yards in 13 minutes 18 seconds. say's a Home paper, to say that every day

of the new reign, sćems to reveal with now Mr Asquith has written a letter to the force the genius for modern kingship of All of his words have struck Lord Mayor font the Government is of George V. opinion that the most suitable method of with rare and open sincerity we just and commemorating King Edward will be by exact note. Each of bis acts baro shown local, instead of national, memorials, each the high sense of duty which he has city'amal county deciding according to local inherited from his great father. The King conditions.

On the occasion of the King's visit to the London Hospital His Majesty doubled his early subscription to the King Edward's Hospital Fund, making it £1,000 annually. The King has also giren £100 to a food which is being raised for the widow of bit Cox, the pioneer martyr to the X rays.

becomes every day.. more. familar to his subjects, and their affectionate respect for the Throne is, if possible, enhanced. The latest exercise of royal consideration is of When King the highest importance. Goore opens the raw session of Parliament next spring the representatives of the oversea dominions of the Empirs 1000- longer to scramble for seats in the- Strangers' Gallery, in sharp contrast with Mrs Tutcher, the wife of the popular the foreign ambassadors, who have their Superintendent of the Botanical and Affores due pises on the floor of the House. By tation Department, and her nieco,, Missiso innovation, due to the personal Bird, were passengers yesterday by the sa initiative of the King, our own dominione Monteagle. A gathering of friends as- are at length to be recognised in seemly sembled at Blake Pier to say good-bys.and fashion, and in the seat of Imperial Govara- the many floral tributes presented testified ment the Empire is to hold some pride of to the asteem in which Mrs Tutcher is held. place.

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A DISPUTED ACCOUNT. The Salsburger Katholische Kirchenzeitung, the official organ of the German Romso

Before Mr Justice Hazeland in the Court Catholic hierarchy, intimates that "the Princess Agutha of Ratibor, who

of Summary Jurisdiction this morning the married to Prince Frederick William of Hip Tak Lung Fine rued a Chinese woman. Prussia, the Eier's cousin, at the palace named Tan Leung Shi for $389,47 for

The Leading Light, of Shanghai, views | Protestant,

tonnage

708

calendod.

at Potsdam on June 8 last, has been ex- goods sold and delivered. Mr F."C. Barlow communicated for her marriage to awaa for plaintiff and Mr M. Reader Harris-

Mr Barlow said the chim was įractically all in respect of drow stuft.

A wirs dated the Hague, July 28, with some alarm the increase in Japanes

revealed in the Harbour The resignation from the ministry of the POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE anounces further rubber company devoler masters reports of Singapore and Hong-Rev. Joseph Hocking, the well-known

ments at Antwerp. A syndicate there has kong. At Singapore Lat year Japanese novelist, was received st

now rubber-growing concern

RISING IN KWANGSI.

floated

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the United

which is capitalised at one million guilders, tanage increased by 234,471 tons, at Methodist Church Conference held at The public have hitherto been made ac The field of work will be the Netherlands Hongkong the increase was 453,292 tons. Nottingham recently. Mr Hocking, after quainted with what happened in Kwangs India through the triafest possible official tale. gram. We now have before us a state

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Mir, Baris remarked that defendant denied liability totally.

His Lordship-The goods were never supplied?

Mr Harris-The goods were supplied to somebody sise.

Evidence was given by the mannaging

We are glad to see that the Sanitary authorities of the Colony are taking.

Our contemporary speaks of these intresses energetic steps to push forward their

being all at the expense of British tea years' pastorate at Woodford, campaign against the alarm-infecting

The Berlin correspondent of the Dit; shipping. We imagine, however, if the devoted himself to his literary work, but maquito. As Sir Jose FAYRES pointed ment of the affair written by one en the Courant rensrits that the rabber fever real figures of cargo carried out to the continued to remain in the Church as out in bis minite read at Tuesday's spot, a business maz, cot prejudiced sither not marked in Germany" the public Far East by the big Japanese steamera minister without charge. At last year's partner of the plaintiff firm, who said he

now maning to London and Seattle wore Conforonce it was decided to alter the meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary where the "riting" took place is called serviceable rubber aubstitute will be published it would be found that the real phrase to Minister taking a rest," and inardase of freights has been very much feeling that he could not conscientiously

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one way or the other. The place generally believe that sooner or later, a

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Gentlemen's Untutters-} Bard, the members of the body, "know Sham Kai. The official report man that discovered. Inventora are leaving no stone smaller than the apparent tonnage of the describe himself as such, "Mr Hocking Tau's eleventh family her eleventh ..

THE

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what malaria le, and that it is a a "revolution broke out there which turned for the discovery of some such

article..

hnd known defendant about three years. She frequently bought goods at the shop.

Mr Harris said the whole bill was against

ships would indieste.

reluctantly regarded it's his duty to so, who was getting married and Lought had to be suppressed with all posa preventible disease; further, they know ble speed and energy, let the results be

Is the course of a recent speech, Lord resign. The purport of his communication the goods.

Mr Barlow-All witness knows is that Ha van telegrams, dated July £6, in the Curzon rather, deprecated the changes came as a surprise to many members of the bow to prevent it. On the other band, what they might. There was not say tima how many thousands of people, educated to cosider minor matter, or whether the Saigon papers report a signal defest of the which the increasing interest of the Im-Conference for it had been felt that Mr the goods were supplied to this women.

harsh or not. It 30 Teactionary parties at the General Councils perial Parliament in Indian affair has Hocking might possibly consent to take Mr Harris Why were the goods entered soldiers were and uneducated, do not know? It is

Out of 1,442 seats brought about. of the local elections in France.

With the electric tele-charge of a church again, and the resigna.gainst "Ten's slovchth family"? appears that the centra the duty therefore of the Sunitary Boardstorm

Witness-At her request... then filled at the first ballat, thay heki only 358. graph at work, with the civilian constantly tion was received with regret. His brother, vid min more

Have you not been up to Canton fairly ok Thie Republicans and Socialists added to referring to his superior for orders, and his Mr Silas K. Hocking, also well known recently to see this eleventh son and ty of age. He wa to do all in their power to impart oighty years

enough to have lived during the reigns their already enormous majority by winning pera sivilian, the old world of a novelist, voluntarily quitted the ministry to get payment from him 7-At her request superior still more constantly wiring down knowledge. to one and all. The only of Ham Fung and Tong Chi. Those were seats.

independent initiative had inevitably to some years agʊ, way to rid this Colony of malaria is the days of the Tai Ping rebellion, and during those years there were stormy daya

The ar injpatice of the Singapore some extent passed away. In the old days outside his tent dispensing patriarchal

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to exterminate the mesquito,, and it is in Kwange, because here the rebellion opium ordinanca has again been exempli- Jou, used to best of the civilian sitting

SOMETHING RELIABLE.

Tropical Weights imposible to nitain this end by collective took it rise to dovada is the entire sets fed in the Buing of Captain Bainbridge, on justice (laughter) to those who sought him; Clas be depende down", sad when it in

VERY DURABLE,

is went forth to devastate south.

my foki went.

In Auguer, 1300, you made out the bill for those goods to the son ?-She asked me to make the bill ont in his name, Other evidence was called.

Plaintiff was non-waited with o:sts.

upon is an expression work only. Individual responsibility and centre of China. This man was then the Bong Moh, $200 and costs besowadays he is more likely to be inside the

epiam was found in the coal benken. The tent writing up his reports. I shodder to Colis, Cholora and Diarrhoes Remedy it used in connection with Chamberlain's rust play a large part in the matter, young and he managed to raise regimest ship was searched twice and it was only think of the gallons of ink (laughter)-means that it never fails to cure diarrhoes, and the only way to obtain individual of militia to guard his own neighbourhood after the crow had been paid off and farther futile and unnecessary ink (laughter) that dysentery or bowel complaints WOLFE'S AROMATIC SCHNAPPS

from being overrun by the rebels. The internation was, laid before the Exciso AND CON VENIENT.asaistance is by teaching the individual { man's name, by the way, is Chan Wing On.officers that they were able to find the coa. ere poured forth in India every year. I pleasant to take and equally valuable for

Wm. Powell, .d.reclaimed, paddy holds in close pro.

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'EMPIRE'

CIMEWATIGRAPH THEATRE,

PERMIER HALL OF THE COLONY,

Das Vory Road Chinzual,'

FARÍDEMARKS01-7.15 to, 8 arid.

Such was the man, and such were his

achievements in those far away days.

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tried to cope with it in my day. (cheers), sled chand. This is certainly & Case but I am sure f left enough ink still being where the informer was the man who pilt there to flost a dozen Dreadnoughts should have boen puntebed not the ino-into the sex. Another cause which to day. cent captain.

affected the position of the civilian was tho The Lower Rhine Airship Company fear of enterio tad never deterred the greater risk of sesassination, bat se thế has been formed at Grafrath with a capital British. hoidier from going to India, still of £209,000 to build explosive dropping less, he was convinced, would fear of the dirigibles. Each ship will be 300ft long knife or the bomb keep away the young and have a gas-carrying capacity of 14,300 cubic metros. The vessel will consist of throe balloons, inked together and capable of being sparated in mid-air, thus forming

what malaris is and how it may be This achievement gave him great infun prevented. As soon as all nullahs are among his fellow, clanssion, which is aan:

be bas retained over since seeing that all swampy, foul pieces of land has been an unselfish and virtuous end.

ximity to inhabited parts resumed, and Thon what happened in the pressut yer individuals made responsible for their of grace? As usual the officials wors look own environments, then, and net tilling about for methods of raising money,

and they decided to increase taxes then, may we hope to get rid of certain things which were regarded as the necessities of life. In that inland district life is hard at all times, and just now the That is the whole case in a nutshell.pressure is very seven. The writer three independent balloons. The German The circalation of the pamphlet which in his figurative language,Each grain of Dr. FRANCIS CLARK, the Medical Officer rice in like a pearl, and euch stick of fire of Health, and Sir JOSE FAREGod is nothing loss than a stick of camin

malaria."

There was resentment, and then marmit

Minister for War has promised to patronía,

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to pieces and if othergraphs can be safely imposed on a native, at the Magistracy this morning for standing two gold watches value are composed bearing open the ings, and at last opes opposition. Then in connection with then.

8378. It appears that prisoner broke into centre of the opposition was the vid ma. subject of malaria and its prevention He stood with the people and for the of Commerce the secretary reported that and after anboxing the watches while the At mealing of the Sunderland Cimmber No. 2 Chancery Lano, by means of a window Opposites Central Market should prove of a highly educative people, and was unwis enough to erst he bad replied to the request of the Board husband and wife worn in bed he proceeded alue in bringing home to every ose earthworks of a crudo kind so defend those of Trade for comments and particulars as to look for further booty but on opening a 3.16 11.80 .. the responsibility which devolves upon who acted with him. Behind these they to the effect of the aw Japanese tarif wardrobe door it croaked and awake the

defied for's time the attempta of the tax proposals on the trades in that district. In wife who screamed out. each individual is-a-vis the continued gatherers to seize their property. DE these commeate it was stated that the pro and having put on his long cost

Prisoner calmly proceeded downstairs breeding in our midst of the pestilential course this state of things could not be posed tarif against sliphulding and en-decamping hat the husband had meanwhile allowed to continue for køg and telegrams gingering would be prohibitivos The chair, been aroused and he gave chase which anopheles mosquito. But could not aware sent in the Prefect at Wuchow asking an said the development in shipbuilding resulted in the arrest of defendant, little. zaore be done along these lines? for sesistance. Military aid was seat, and business in Japan had been very rapid, Could not, for instance, the help of the with it an order that the crude rampart They would soon be able to give quotations

Was to be shelled. This was done. Na- for ships in Britain in competition with sop Chamberlain's Pafn Baim or hand. Educational Departipent be inrcked turally the simple villagers were not able British shipbuilders. He understood ago It is an antiseptic liniment and to stand against artillery, and soon that in Japan were much less than in Kogenases wounds to heal in less time than by artworks were destroyed. The soldiers land and It-boked in If the Japanese any other treatment. For asin by sl hes marched io, filling and butchering were going to be formidable competitors. chemists and stovekospora.

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