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CHILERS-On August 14, 1910, at Wart Road Shanghai. to Mr and Mrs LA CHALMERS, & ADDI

DEATH.

ULAR JOURNALISM.

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Flutter in the Cmdial Dovecote.

There has been pone considerable dia webanco in Canton hong the officials, because a foreigner named Ray has started

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A severe storm was sparienced at Kabe on August 7, doring which four thunder bolta fell in the city and several lighters was sunk in the Barbour.

Sir HESTY MAY. Our former Governor imagined that in the course of time! (all the jung men in the Colony | would serve in the Volunteers, and that

According to a report of the British the reserve which he wished to create nazive newspaperin in attico fa. Shaki Commissioner, at Weihniwe, 10 per couti would therefore increase all the time Street. The office is sad to be on the of cre of suicide in China are those of second door of Messrs Watson's dispensary, and become a real reserve of man who and the paper is published ones a week. It affair has been observed in Europe.

women. Precisely "the opposite stato of had already been trained in the Vol-is bilingusi, that, in to my, it in printed i both in Chinese and in English, and appar! unteer free. Pending that happy

antly is intended both for Chinese and

The Marchioness of Winchester, wife

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1910,

(Carrsions.)

ANOTHER AVTATION

TRIUMPH

CHANNEL OROSIND IN HALF. AN HOUR.

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(From the Own Corraondent, )

Losos, August 18. A Spaniard named Joesaut has aviated across the English Channel in half an hour, carrying a mechanic.

result he concaived the idea of forming | English readers, or for Chitose familief the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, wille Inailed it West Deal.

perform the ceremony of insinching and

(Ruiter's Service to the China Hall)

LONDON, August 18:

[CONTRIGHT]

BIG SHOW IN SINGA-

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PROBABLE RUBBER PRODUC=" TION OF THE FUTURE. *(From Our Gen Correspondent.)

SINGAPORE, August 18." The Straits Settlements and Malaya). Agri-Horticultural Show was opened by

E. the Governor yesterday.

Sir John Anderson stated that enough; land had now been alienated to produce 70,000 tons of rubber if all came to

in well.

The Show is a great advance on any CORDIAL TOASTS EXCHANGED.previons ones. It was visited by six

"thousand. people on the first day.

The exhibits come from Cochin-Chins.. Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sarawak, the Philippines and Malaya.

RESTRICTED FLOOD AREA

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this Association in order that the men with the English language. The Chief of naming the new Dreadnought bettleship THE IKO MA AT BREST. bering stage. Labour was coming who haul already, served in the Volunteer Police brought the matter to the notice of

the Viceroy, who proantly wrote to therion, now bai'ding at Portsmouth, next

Saturday, forges or in the regular army wight British Consul-General. The Consul st have an opportunity of keeping up once replied that, provided the man in The new Government Fire Blunt which the most important point of their train-English w there as nothing to be said capacity at Blackhead Point this morning, question was not guilty of any brouch of arrived some time ago was tasted to its full ing, that is, their rifle shooting. And against his publishing newspaper, is a when the huge volume of water ejectal he also hopes to get hold of a cumber Trenity port. The, Viceroy, however, ap-through the hose reached a height of over of men too old to join the Volunteers, Pears not to have been satisfied with this 150 feet. and to get them to learn to ahoot and soply, and telegraphed to Peking, asking thereby prove themselves efficient metti-reply from Paking has not helped him. He bers of the Association. His first ideal was informed that Canton was an open has not been attained." Neither as port, and therefore Englishmen wore quite antitled to open business therein, and the the secoul to any very considerable starting of a newspaper was a business.

artani,

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for advies as to what should be done. The

There are nearly half a million horse' and motor vehicles of all Finds in Paris today, with 20,000 hand-carts and 1,000 wheelbarrows. In 1909, 85:670 accidents were caused in the Faris streets by 81,608 rehicles.

by the Far Admiralty in honour of the At Brest an official dinner was given

officers of the Japanese cruiser Ikoma.

Toasts were exchanged between the Navies of France and Japan,

NAVAL DISASTER IN

GERMANY.

TORPEDO BOATS IN COLLISION. (Reuters Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, August 13. At Kiel torpedo boat destroyer A-39 rammed A-16. Both soak but be crews were saved.

RAILWAY LOANS.

CROPS OʻLY SLIGHTLY AFFECTED.

Rallway Bestored. fudegendent News Agency's Service

to the China. Aloil.)

TORTO, August 18.

The recent floods were fortunately rather restricted in area, hence the

inltural products of the constry, taken as a whole, are affected to only a small extent.

The Tokaido railway line bus now been restored to working order"

Thore seemed to be no reason therefore for

The Chinesa Government intends to The Association has done some little the whole

inturiering. It was hope, however, that

matter might be amicably abolish" the posts of Mancha General-in good however during its brief existence. arranged by consultation with the British Chief and Mancha Brigade-Generala in all It has been the meline of bringing Consul-Gamoral, and that nothing would be the provinces, and to entrust their duties huurber of mon together who had already Further than this, the despatch went on to

done that was not agreeable to all parties. to the Viceroys. or "Governors in order to

remove the discrimination between Chiness. passed through the ranks of the Volunay that the Viceroy must give strict atton-and Manchus.

published in all the native teara or the regular Army and so kept tion to what

papors, and they must be compelled to up their shooting, while it has also conform to the laws framed to meet the taught very large number who need in regard to the publication of news 39

have not had that privilege the art of papers. handling a rifle. But ride shooting is not sufficient in itself and the Military authorities are unable to accept the Associatica as it stands as any part of as in Japan, a sum of money must be disastrous foods in Japan was ushered in Houa Wai has stated that it is quite the defence scheme of the Colony. The lodged with the officials by any person by a typhoon which swept over the necessary to conclude foreign loans fered by the Waiwa-pu as the Chinese

who desires to start a paper, and this sumi knowledge of a little drill is essential, is held a security for the good behaviour Principal island on the 8th July, coming the construction of railways, but that representative to the Elagus Opium and this the present Association does of the paper and its staff, just as in from the direction of the Loochoos. The China's sovereignty as well as economy Conference.

Tru August 13, 1910, is the Victor Nursing Home, Shanghai, ALICE EDITE TYE the beloved daughter of Thos, Wm. Tye, aged 15 years.

MEMOS FÖR TO-MORROW.

Rooma.

Anction.

11 s.m.--Auction of Miscellaneous Arti-act provide for. The object of Weddes clos at Mesars Hughes & Hough's Sales day's meeting was therefore to reorganize the Association, so that the members shall pledge themselves to take an cath to place their services at the disposal of the Crown under military law if the

General Memoranda.

Sırunday, August 20;--

Noon. Mooting of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation at the Oity Hall.

p.m.-Aquatic Fête at V.R.C.

SUNDAY, August £1

3.14 .m.-Fall Mom.

occasion should arise, and make them-

selves efficient in muskotry by going

am.-Excursion to Macao by ... through the same course that the

Sud-an.

Monday, August 22:—

Obsolete Stores at Central Police Station's Compound.

Incidentally, one leams two or three things from this discussion. All Chinese compositors apparently must be twenty

A Korean attempted to commit sul- cide by outting his throat with a penknife in a room in a Queen's Road hotel between devon and twelve o'clock on wednesday night. He was immediately coureyed to hospital.

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(Wah Trz Yat Po's Service.)

Losbox, August 17.

In reply to an enquiry made by the

traco. This seems a struge rule. Then bad weather which has seenlted in suck years of age before they can persue their " Fram Kobe papers we gather that the Prince Regent His Excellency Sing

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newspapers have to enter into bonds and The railway line was breached in many Hongkong all editors and publishers of town of Hamamatsu on the Tokaido line was inundstad, great damage being done and suretics. There is little doubt places and trains were held up on ucarly the Canton officials eye sekance all all sections. The telegraph lines came

papers having any connection whatever

with foreigners, and would like to suppress them entirely.

SUICIDE OF A FRENCH OFFICER.

10th inst. The foods are the worse known down, but were partially restored by the

for over a century.

must be assured.

AMERICAN POLITICS.

'REBUFT TO MR ROOSEVELT.

(Reuter's Sin vize to the China Mai.) LONDON, August 17.

NEW MINISTER TO ST JAMES'.

(Wah Tez Fat Po's Service.)

PERING," August 17. H.E. Liu Yu Lin has been appoint-

After the conclusion of the Conference he will proceed to Londo in the capacity of Chinese Minister.

TANG SHAO-YI

AGAIN IN OFFICE.

(Wal To Yat Po's Service.)

"PERING, August 17.

His Excellency Tang Shao-yi has

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From The Timer:-Some of the inns of modern Chios are badly built. A corres- pondent, traveling sense the equat the Republican State Committee has been appointed Acting President of the

A New York telegram states that recently, had a strange difficulty.' 44 We were Our Wuchow correspondent writes -

marching lato in the dark, and I had sent unanimously appointed. Hr Sherman, Board of Communications. I. regret to announce the death of Hongkong Volunteers shoot every year, Captain D'Estienne, of the French riverly groom on ahead to find me an inn, se temporary Chairman of the State [Note--It will be remembered that 11 s..-Auction of Condemned and which is the sarne course as the Torri ganbont Argus, It seems that while on the village, and finding the large inn door the 24th September.

he had often done before. En ontored the Convention to be held at Saratoga on Tang Shao vi has been out of office over since the down-fall of Yu Shit- torials shoot at Home. It is also way up to Nanning he was takery closed, he called out to the people to open

kai, whose right-hand man be WALA, A maction to appoint Mr Reneevelt and har resided in his natire

try, a village about ten passed through last evening eq route for understood in Kanu, and no one answered,

was rejected.

miles from Ld. Meeting at Company's Offices, which sail embody the new scheme Canton where we understand the interment him. Then be locked, and, to his diamsy,

Maeno. A telegram was yesterday des Queen's Buildinga..

patched, to him informing him of bis 9.30 p.m.-Artion of Household Furni should make "provision for a slight to uke place. Captain D'Eations's the crazy door fell down. Immediately

appointment. It is thought that the ⚫ture at 3, Knotsford Terrace, Kowloos.amount of drill, efficient to enable a who knew him.

death will be deeply regretted by those

services of this enlightened staterman have been called for at this juncture by TUESDAY, August 23:—

reason "of the new situation created in 3.30 p.m.Auction of Household Ferat. body of mer in be inoved from one

Manchurinn afhim by the conclusion of the Russo Japanare „Agreement. ---E». 0.1.1

Noon-Hongkeng & Whampoa Dock Co., suggested that the proposed Ordinance/after an attack of instroke. The gunboat Bat his Peking speech is not easily

Board.

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Tacnada, August 25:-

2.30 p.m.-Laction of Household Farsi

turo, etc. at Meaare Hughes & Hough's Sales Room!.

tore at Glenthorne,' Kimberley place to another. In return for this the Road, Kowloon.

members of the Association will be WEDNESDAY, August 24:-

2.16 p.m.-Meeting of the Licensing afforded the use of a rifle per man, which at present they do not get, free ammunition for firing the annual rasketry course for those who qualified"; and other ammunition on as favourable termos as the Volunteera. It seems a very practical and feasible scheme and we see no reason why it should not prove a decided success and provide an efficient body of sharpshooters tho roughly capable of taking a share

The China Stail.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGTez 18, 1910

THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE ASSOCIATION.

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I am informed that in the interior of the province adsense bas shown itself which scoms vory suspicious by like cholera.

FLOODS IN THE FA YUEN DISTRICT.

Heavy Loss of Life: Grest Des-

truction of Property.

DEATH OF CHILIAN PRESIDENT.

(Reuter's Service to the 'China Adail.} LONDON, August 17,

there w row. The innkeeper and his vociferous spouse shouted out their wrongs, Every one came into the strest to hear; the whole village was roused. When I arrived, in sestned like a demonstratim in my honour. As is the custom, a dozen persons together: The President of Chile, M. Pedro told me what had happened. I soon satis Montt, has died suddenly at Bremen Aed everyque by first examining the

damage and then paying compensation in from heart failure.

SUGGESTED PIER.

fuli. I paid 100 cash (rather more than two- [Note The deceased President pence), and my generosity was applauded." appointed in September, 190, for a term The structura this damaged reminded one

of five years.-ES, Q.M.1. of the jerry built houses familiar to students in Edinburgh, where it is on record that a lodger once complained to his landlord that very severe floods swept through the Fathe landlord. Somebody in the next fat On the fifth night of the present month the ceiling in his room had fallen down. But how to you account for that?" asked Yuan district, situated to the north west of, Canton. They began about three o'clockezed" replied the lodger.

in the morning and continued throughout

the following day. The water came rushing

the defence sebeme of the down from the hills to huge torrents, and

Colony, True, the Volunteering spirit

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The old Scol adage that "the best laid is very low in Hongkong at the present schemes of mice and men gang aftagley"] moment. Men's minds are distacled inevitably recurs to mind when reading by the worries of business more than the report of the meeting of the they used to be, while the multiplicity houses and shops have either fallen or been be difficult for the Railway to find a more

kung Volunteer Association held at the

Adm. Antichior very sad'aide of the catas

Consul General Konrad von Wiser bald

For Sailors at West Point

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HOUSE COLLAPSES IN SHELLY STREET.

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Just before 34. this morning part of

the roof of No. 6 Shelly Strech, a three storey building, collapsed and some two hours later the remainder as well as large- parts of the walls came crsabing down.. Fortunately no cor was injured. It appears that some time on Wednesday some of the inmates.reported that the house was în ate At the meeting of the Legislative Council the police to lease about midnight. This unsafe condition and they were all told by this afternoon the Hon Mr M. Stewart they did but four of the occupanta bo asked-In view of the numerous steamers resided on the top floor returned in order” now anchoring off West Point, and the fact to get some articles. Apparently they came that officers sad man of tis meronate for they retired to bed to be rudely to the conclusion that the house was zalo marine find difficulty in engaging sampara awakened exely, this morning by falling.. Luckily they were only partly

A GOOD INVESTMENT...

Great rents and tracks were made in the

condition.

IF

A PRICELESS POSSESSION.

torekeepers.

TANSAN

span filled all the plains and valleys. In The Shanghai-Nanking Railway, says in that neighbourhood, will the Government debrics. the flood was more than ten Chinese fest with the loss of its General Manager, Mr Sailor's Homes light baiakoo piar, to serve managed to reach the street.. some places, according to the latest report. the North China Daily New, is threatened consider theadvisability of erecting near the buried and after extricating themselves doop. Ten big villages and small town. W. U. Pope, C.LE., who is expecting as a recognized landing place under police walls which are in very dangerɔus severely. Bore than fteen hundred ara mentioned as having suffered very

to be recalled shortly to India. It would control?

Hon. Colonid Secretary said that Govern- washed away, and more than a handred pable or more energetic incumbent of the ment we couldering the erection of VERY DURABLE

of sports and pastimes which clamour City Hall on Wednesday evening. Most for support these days also make very of domestic animals such as cows and

temporary pist lives, young and old, have been sacrificed post.

F the supply of Chamberlain's Colic, of us remember the higli hopes enter-

Cholers and Diarrhoes Romedy shonli "AND CONVENIENT. tuber by that very enthusiastic and large demands upon the none too liberal buffaloes the number destroyed at prosent

suddenly become limited, many homes is unknown. In many places the banks of a zoooptios at the Imperial and Boy I contain Colic, Cholet and Dis less possession. It is add in almost every T coste-but small amount to koop would consider a bottle of it to be a prico- pereunaive gentleman, Sie MATTHEW allowance of leisure time which the the rivers tave burst, and the water flows Austro-Hungarian Consulate, Prince's rhoes Romedy always on hand, and it is civilized country, and never bil. to give Naman, when he originated the idea community has enllectively at ita dis-through, swamping the plain and the paddy the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor chemists and storekeepers.

Buildings, this morning is honour of economy in the end. For sale by all satisfaction. For sale by all chemists and of the Volunteer Reserve Association, Pol. 3ill we sincerely hope that Sir trophe is that much of tbarice just gathered of Austria Bungary, who is eighty year in the somewhat late harvest had not yet of age to-day. There a large number and most of us recall without making HENRY Mat will be abundantly justified

been borne, into the grannties, The wo great demands upon the memory in his belief that on Wednesday he and farmers were so anxiche to get the second of callors to extend their flicitations.

crop planted that they allowed the zica how keen the members were at the out-hia fellow members of the Volunteer to remain in less secure places till they had Httle more leisure. The harvest set of its career. As Sir BENAY MA Reserve Association had done a good of cut grain has all been swept away.

Notice is born given by the Coast In reminds us, in the first year of the afternoon's work when they voted to Then tive writer, viewing the destruc

tion, in vary sad at the prospect for spector of the I.M.C. of uncharted rocks Association's life the attendance at the reforme the basis of their constitution. many of the people, as far Le can be sein the following positions-A rock, covered rife-range was so great that ons had to With such a man in charge of afsirs even the becasunzy, food for daily nerds the approach to Boddam Cove, Ladrone certained, have lost their all, and have not 8 feet ab low water of spring tides, lies in wait a long time before getting a chance surely we may see something in the The local officials in a usual been out falands, with North Rook bearing N. 77

look into matters, but, up to the present of making a shot. Alas, that such ex- future more substantial than the mers have not done anything in the way of ralist The native report, therefore, has been thusiasm could not be kept running expression of a pious hope. Given written in the hope that readers in Canton at a consistently high level. The tale enthusiasm, which is contagious, peraje and the dire distress of those who have lost and Hongkong, susing what has happened, of the past two years is a very mateney on the part of those responsible everything, may be induced to subscribe at

once to assist those who are starving. ancholy one. In the year before last for the policy of the new Reserve, and out of 230 members resident in the whole-hearted co-operation on the part Colony 127 never shot at all, and last of all the members it should do more year out of 103 members 83 never than command success, it should deserve faced the but. As the President of it,

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J. CLIFFORD-WILKINSON.

London schools hare 083,255- school sittings and New York's have 688,069, no: "HAMBERLAINE COLIĆ, CHOLERA 5,038 men teachers and 12,431 women, to all occupied, is either se. London has AND DIARRHOEA REMEDY,

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TELEPHONE NO. 125,

Hongkong July 25, 1930,