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THE

CHINA MAIL.

very interesting reading it wakes. The NEWS OF THE DAY.

A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd.lowing are the items

ESTABLISHED AD, 1841.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

BRANDY:

¡-SUPERIOR PALE, Red Capsala

B÷SUPERIOR ULD COGNAC, 'Red Capsule

*

WATSON'S *** COGNAC, "Gold Copaulo Q-SUPERIOR OLD LIQUEUR COGNAC, Gold Capsule

***

A REVENUES

1 Land Tax...

Native Customs dues.....

3 Lekiu

4 Salt Tax

5 Fees from Grain, Houses, Slaughter-houses, etc...

The Royal Arthur, cruiser, laft Gibral TALS

tar on August 10, with relief crows for 1,300,000 China. 6,000,000

Tho Tunnag arived this morning *3,000,000 | with a large number of gana, boats, launches 2,000,000 and general elrage from the ill-fated Bedford, and wont alraight into the navel camber.

600,000

Bir Gev. P. Lanmort's action of 4,000,000

miscellaneous goods, which was to have 400,000 beon hald to-morrow, has been postponed 600,000 till Saturday morning at eleven o'clock.

COPYRIGHE

DEATH OF VISCOUNT SONE,

(Independent News Agency's Service

to the China Nail.)

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 1910.

BIG FIRE ON S.S. KUM. HONGKONG'S FIRST DIOCESAN

CONFERENCE..

CHOW.

REPORTED LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED LIVES.

Fire Float's Long Delay.

Bishop Landor's Survey of Church Activities,

A now departure in Hongkong church lifa was initiated to-day when the first Church Conference for the Diocese of Victor.. Toxro, September 14...

is was held at St. Paul's College. The idea Viscount Sonic, formerly Resident- On Tuesday evening the China Mail of inaugurating such a gathoring impres- General in Koren, who has been suffer pointed out the serious consequences to lifesed itself upon the Bishop of Vioteria (Dr. ing from cancer for a long time, passed and property which were liable touristowing Landor), who realized the great usefulness to the delay of more than half an hour in the of such an institution, aspecially in matters away last night.

was departare of the fire float after receipt of a ol organising the Church's work sind in [Noto-Vicovunt Sone Arisuke born in 1849, a member of the Choshu call oning to its position in the barbour enlisting therein the practical sympathies clan. He spent many years in France and having been mered from opposite the on an extended scale of prominent by was a great admirer of French institutions Kobe was doiuged with rain on Sept. and ways of thought. He Blled many posts Harbour Office, where it was in almost a workers. At 10 am, there was a colobre- 400,000, the severity of the gale being the great- under Goverement being at one time direct line with the Fire Station, to opposite tion of Holy Communion in St. John's

Minister of Finance, Ambassador to Franco, Status Wharf, and most unhappily that 100,000ost known of recent years. Much damago Minister of Justice, Minister of Agricul warning bas very soon been brought to the Cathedral, and the Conference sit from "11"

was done and inndeslips occurred at many 300,000 places. 160,000 100,000

0 Gambling Monopoly

Por case of I doz

7 Miscellaneous

$20

8 Registration of title deeds

25

9 Fines collected by Police

Burgau.......

10 Opium Donskom

29

**

1. Pawn Shops

D-VERY FINE PALE OLD LIQUEUR COGNAC, Gold and White Capsule 36

FINEST OLD BROWN BRANDY, Gold and White Capsola

12 Taiping Custome.....

40

13 Excise Duos, etc........

14 Excess collections to

HENNESSY ...

20

་་་་་་

40

cover loss on debased" silver...........

300,000-

Per Doz

(MARIE BRIZARD & Ron's) 320.80

do

8. 9. F. 7. 0....

64.90

15 Contributions by officials expecting promotion: curtailment of Army expenditure, otc,

"VARY FINE LIQUEUR COGNAC, 50 Years Old

do

100,00

Nork For Hongkong the above Prices will be increased by the amount of duty' ole-37.20 par Dusen.

10 Prolity of Mint and Provincial Government Bark

500,000

1,000,000

BOUTELLEAC'S CHAMPAGNE LIQUÉER-

FINE PALE COGNAC

BARGAIN

C

FOR

ASH!!

AND

12 RECORDS

FOR

$45.

MEMOS FÖR TO-MORROW.

Amusements.

1

17 Various sources of in-

come...

A now Dutch armoured cruiser-the Zeren Provinsion-will teave Holland for

ture,

ture, etc. Ilis. last post was that of Ministor Residant of Koren, following untice of the authorities by a very big fire to 1 and from 2 to 4.There was luncheon The Lord Bishop of the Diocese presides, Prince Ite in that position. Ho pursued which broke out du the 8. Kum Chow at St. Paul's College, at I o'clock,

and amongst the delegatos presont warn 100 the Ito policy in Korea, which was opposed about 2 o'clock this morning..

The fire had got considerable hold of the Tha Ven. Archdeacon Barnott, Rors. to annoring the peninsula, and there is of the arduous post considerably aggravated the malady which has finally carried him off-E, Ü. M.]

Cape Town in November, to arrive there in little doubt that tho' worries and auxiation vessel when the alarm was raised and the H. O. Spink, A. B. Thornhill, W. E.

timo for the uponing of the first South She will African Union Parliament, afterwards prpened to Java to reinforce the squadron there.

|HONGKONG UNIVERSITY

boat being laden with coolic. emigrants a Hipwell. C. E. Thompson, N. Mackenzio, panic ensued.. A large majority of them. D. Stowart, Rogers, Hon. Dr J. jumped into the water to escape the fire, Atkinson, Del. C. W. R. St. John, Mierers.

A. H. Harris, R. S. Piorcy, E. Cornewall- only to meet with a watery death, while Lawie, and a number of Chinesa delegates.

others were rescued by the efforts of the fremen. No limo was lest in calling the fire

THE BIRKOR'S ADDRESS,

In opening the Conforenes, the Bishop

The Times anys underwriters are much impressed by the large amount of war ITS APPEAL TO THE BRITISH Roat but, as has been pointed out, owing said: My Royerond and Lay Brothers, 600,000 aterial which is now boing shipped from

It' will not do to add these figuras

together for a note attached to the p.m.-Performance of Warwick Majors table says tho Provincial Treasurer Comedy Co. at City Hall.

---Goneral Memoranda.

FRIDAY, Yeptember 16-

II a.m.-Auction of Jewellery at Mesata

Baghea & Bough's Salos Rooms.

accounts for only between Taala 21,000,000 er 22,000,000-80 the amount is not exact. This is due to the fact that the Chinese prefer to

Groat Britain and the Continent to the Norr East, and instances a big consignment of explosives sent by a Grook steamer from the Tyne to the Pincus, and the loading of a full cargo of inmunition at Fasen for shipment to Constantinople,

According to

White Paper just issued, there were last year 2002 masters and seamen employed in British merchant steam vessels, of whom 003 last their lives, while of 21,470 masters and semen of sailing vessels. 167 lost their lives by drowning or wreck. On the total figures, there was a decrease of 39 in the

2.16 p.m.-Meeting of the Licensing render an approximate total rather number of lives lost compared with 1009.

Board.

SATURDAY. September 17:-

11 a.m.-Auction of Jewellery, Bait' Lengths, Limon, etc, at Bir Goo. P. Lammert's Sales Rooma. Noon-Meeting of Chion Light & Power

Co., Ld., at Co.'s, OBcce

3.30

p.mymkhana at Happy Valley. 915 pin.--Bongkong Cricket Club Cca-

Kart.

SUNDAY, Euptember 18-

9 a.m.-Excursion to Macse by so.

Sai An.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14, 190

CANTON PROVINCIAL BUDGET.

It has always been a stumbling block in the path of all who wish to gather some working idea of the wealth of China that no statistics of government

S. MOUTRIE & Co., revenue and expenditure, such as are

LIMITED;

mektne, April 16, 1907.

WM. POWELL

that disclose the whole." Now for the EXPENDITURE.

1 Various contributious fo

the Peking Govern- ment

2 Contributions towards

3,900,000

Indemnity Funds...... 3,300,000

.3 Ditto

4 H. and S. Bank loan

Grants towards expenses

2,500,000

·2,300,000

of Embassies.......

280,000

7. Customis

papers

6 Grants towards armies -

in Yunnan, Szechuan, Kweichow and Kansu

and ships

200,000

8 Post Office".

9 Allowances

.

By request of the Canton Club Com mitice, Mr Warwick Major hans' arranged for the production there of Oscar Wilde's famous play, "The Importance of being, Earnest," on Tuesday, the 20th instant.

The farcical comedy Jane," so greatly appreciated in Hongkong, will be staged in Canton on the evening of the 18th instant, the first night of the company's visit to the City of Rams.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Lady Mody, wife of Sir Hormusjeo Mody, arrived in the Colony by the English Mail to-day from Bombay.

.....

The death is announced of Colonel Martell, leto Rd., who took a prominent 660,000 part in the march to Kandahar." 240,000 Major F. J. Buster, D. O. M., 1st Class, is posted to Hongkong in relief of Major O. Brown, D. 0. M., 1st Class,

to

Civil

Officiala...

170,000

►

10 Allowances to Military

|

+3

and Naval Officers......

11 Expenditure on Old Army 12 Expenditure on Banner-

200,000 200,000

mon

200,000

watchmen

drawn up in every civilized country, are available. Of course some rough and ready balance sheet has usually been drawn up in the various provincial yamen which is submitted from time 13 Polico and old stylo ...... to time to Peking, but as a rule only the Provincial Treasurer knew what the incomings and outgoings of his | particular province amounted to. and it ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. was generally to his interests and the interests of the "Great bfan" just above bim to keep this information to himself

LIMITED,

END OF

SEASON SALE

NOW PROCEEDING

Great

Reductions

Powell, Ld.

Wm.

ALEXANDE A

"BOILDINGS.

'EMPIRE'.

CİNEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,

So it has bitherto been a matter of sheer gureswork to calculate the public revenge of Chins, and naturally the

..........

14 New Army............... 15 Navy

16 Now Police System.. 17 Office expenses. 18.Customa and Telegraphs

19 Arsenal

20 Educational (including

Military and Naval, colleges)

23 Coal......

Leave of absence has been granted to Capt. J. A. S. Murray, A.O.D., from 10th Septenther to 26th October 1910.

+

NATION.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, September. 14.

The Times in publishing an account fireman who, in the meantime, badhnstoned moved on Farglish Chaplaincies have

of the proposed Hongkong University refers to the German guarantee of ton thousand pounds sterling annually to the High School at Kinochow and trusts that the Hongkong University's appeal to the British public will not be made in vain.

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ROOSEVELT AND THE REPUBLICANS.

4

A GIGANTIC TASK.

{Renter's Service to the China Mail)

"Losbox, September 14.

Mr Roosevelt having concluded a fortnight's stump campaign has started in upon the gigantic task of organising new Republican party in a fortnight in an endeavour to secure victory in the State Convention of Maine. The results will be of the utmost significance, for Maine has hitherto been a Republican stronghold.

LABOUR TROUBLES IN FRANCE.

the

S. have

to ita being so far from the mass of the ship Is is my great pri ilege to welcome you to ping in the harbour, as well as being some this Diocese Conference. In my opening distance out of the way of the Fire address I propose to deal with some aspects Station, & considerable timo clapsed before of our Diocese and its work and to touch upon the subjects down for discussion the float reached the burning vessel. The to-day. Hitherto our organization has lincs. This Cathedral to the scene in the shortest possible space and our few of time, ware met with an exasperating appealing community, and the Chinese state of affairs in that they were poweries Church Bodies (for the Colony nad for True to the tnditions of the brigade and South China Conference of the C.31

do anything until the fire float arrived. Kwang Tung Province) together with the with commendable courage many of the organized the Chinese and Missionary work. not marely as a Colonial branch of the Pro-

DE framen took kampans and succeeded in Now we are called upon to act as a Diocese. barding the ship and in this way did a vince of Canterbury nor as a group Jarge amount of work which was of the Missionary Savions, but one diocese utmost value under the circumstances. comprising the British Colony of Hongkong When the font did arrive the fire was got and a considerable missionary jurisdiction in the Empire of China. It is for this reason under but not beforo considerable damage that I have called you together to-day. It had been done to the ship.

is now more than 3 years since 1, as an Commander C. W. Beckwith, Captain entire stranger, was called to be your Bishop Lyon, Chief Inspector Baker and Inspector and I look back epen them with thank fulness for God's dever failing goodness, Langley, together with the Superintendent with gratitude for your much consideration of the Fire Brigade, were present directing and many kindpessos, and humiliation for operations,

my awn numerous shortcomings and privilege of visit- It is reported that over ono hundred lives mistakes. I have had the p

ensee two newly opened offshoots that I were lost. Binny persons, including chiling all the Churches in the Diegoso, except dren, were picked up and convoyed to West hope to fisit this autumn, I have confirmed Point police station where they received 876 candidates, 600 of them being Chinese every attentica.

The Kum Chow, of which Mr 3. D. Enith, Martin is Captain, is a British steamier of 1,480 tona and was due to sail at 5 a.m. for Saigon this morning.

need, by our method of spending His day

converts of mature age and established

The statistical returns that the

kindly sending in clergy are catly indicate considerable progress. have noticed with pleasure the dignity, orderliones: and reverence of the English The officer on watch gave the alarm and services, and I have observed with thank- fulness the consistent lives and generous also did good service with the ship's hono

literality of many individuals amongst the The fire originated, it is stated, owing to the coal coolica commercing work at 1 p.m. the European residents in this Discose. I instand of at daylight as was stranged and land to say the attendances at the means of grace leaves much to be desired. in consequence one of them apart a

torch lamp which immediately blazed up. Ap-It may be that the proportion of regular

worshippers is not than STRIKERS COMMIT MURDER.parently they appear to have left hurriedly her we have to consember this at home after the incident without informing anyone, surrounded by thenmands of nou-Christians for before it was noticed all the wood who judge of Christianity by our conduct (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.ş work in the centre of the ship and bridge and it would indeed dsplomble if they wax burnt, the damage being considerable were hindered in finding the Christ they Loypos, September 13.

The belongings of the passagers were loft Strikers at Havre have murdered a scattered about and it looks as if there bad

or by our apparent disregard of His dock hand who went to work, batter-been a regular stampede amongst the pas ordinances. This is a real poril that European Christians should never forget. ing his head with stones.

The number of lives lost is estimated at As regards the missionery enterprise, I.. The murder is said to have been one hundred but up to the present it in have been much impressed with the deliberately planned by the Union, impossible to tall the exact number as some manifest results of the splendid work of of those who jumped overboard must have the C.M.S. In this Colony the Church whose Secretary and two other per- undoubtedly been a very rough time in: Minority Socisty the Tory, tation had The fireman had a sons have been arrested.

and evangelistic Institutions, and deed combatting the flames which had all of them are instinct with life. In the reached the paint lockor, the fumes from Carton delta is bas done a real work and which were stifling, and very obnoxious. at Pakboi the large Leper and Gen. The tins ono after another burst like the ori

oral Hospitals staffed by self-sacrific sound of cannon.

ing doctors and nurses, are

doing The officers quartors were all burnt eat uble work, the influence of which is and only a few of their belongings ware spreading

A number of sheap were also on board bat fortunately they were saved.

Several bodies have beon recovered.

THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS.

sengers,

Major J. A. Stewart, A. O. D. is posted to Hongkong in 'relief of Captain J. A. S. Murray, Suffolk Regimant, D.G., 3rd Class

Captain and Deputy Commissary of Ord- 2,000,000

nance A. J. Brown is posted to Hong. 700,000 kong in relief of Captain and Deputy

Commissary of Ordnance A. Baker. 800,000

500,000

(Reuter's Service to the China fail.) LONDUS, September 13.. 200,000

The following question is to be asked at

"Mr Plaisted, a-Democrat, has been 200,000 the Legislative Council Eo-morrow by Hen.

Mr Murray Stewart:-Will the Govern elected Governor of the State of ment inform the Council on what principle Maine. The Democrats are carrying

DEMOCRATS TO THE FRONT.ved.

100,000

DUTTABLE BEVERAGES.

some beverages containing as little as 3 per cent of alcohol, may be held to be dutiable. the elections to the Legislature. while others containing as much are treated

1,000,000 as exempt?.

600,000

"THE FINEST SITE" AGAIN.

At to-morrow's meeting of the Legisla tive Council Hon. Mr Marray Stewart-will- ask:-Will the Government inform the Council what stope, if any, have been taken to redeem the promise, made last year, to clear the site to the north of the saw Law Courts *as soon as possible."

www.m

FRUSTRATING A

MONOPOLY,

"COMPANY-OFFICIALS

INDICTED.

1

figures arrived at have variet in pro1 Patrol ships, guna, etc... 1,000,000 portion to the imagination, or the want

22 Ammunition of imagination, of the compiler. But a

170,000 change has recently been instituted,

24 Miscellaneous

2,300,000 and the rough nad ready methods of

Roughly speaking the expenditure the old regime abolished in favour of a

shown here amounts to between system looking forward to something like

-23,000,000 or 24,000,000 tacis, thus proper accounting.. It arcse of course through the exigencies of Peking. The disclosing a deficiency of between two central government of late years has or three million tasis-and so bear. begun to find ite income totally inadoing out the stories of the "hard quate to meet the ever-increasing de times experienced in the official manda made upon it and accordingly it yainens of Canton. It will be noticed bas called upon the Provinces for inthis balance abeat that 13,000,000 larger aupplies The Provinces replied taels are sent outside the province, months imprisonment with Hard labour, that they were already sending more only 10,000,000 tacle, approximately at the Magistracy to-day, for obtaining QUEUE TO BE CUT NEXT

money by fana protcocen.

being spent in Kwantung itself. I all the other" Provincial Treasurers in Chico make out a similar balance sheet

money to Peking than they could afford --apart altogether from such addition imposta as the Neval Fund, the Boxer Indemnity and other benevolences let for presentation to Peking it looks as them in for and declared their inability if the Central Government will have to

ITEMS AT THE COURTS.

WIRELESS AT THE PRATAS.

Hon. Mr Murray Stewart at to-morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council will

in

ATCT

educa-

ridoning circles. I have observed the great sense of respon siblity possessed by the Chinesa Church together with considerable organising

Tt in power.

43 inspiration to see indics. tions of its genuina devotion to our Lord. It is a sign of progress that I have dedicated thusa now Churches in the Tend Taing district. One of these at Sheung Ling is a substantial and spacious new structure built entirely by the Christians and enquirers in the place. The other two are converted ancient ancestral halls. I have las oponed a fourth now Church, another ancestral hall, which is lont, rout free, by the village to the Christian Church. Where the ancestral tableta stood for generations, the Lord's Table now stands, and abov

text indicating that the true Light now. whineth. In these remote villages newly evangelized by the Chiness themselves, wo Ind an entire Christian community attoading their Church, not only Sunday but

However, liberality. relied upon to take the place of the family with self-denying and supporting doctor, who cannot always be found at the neither in Hongkong bor in the coun moment. Then it is that Chamberlain's try have the Chinese Church members

Has Government any information as to whether the Chinees Authorities are 17 ing in the matter of the proposal to erect wireless telegraphy station on the Pratos Reef?

CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN-BALM A

HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. Tis in time of sudden mishap or accident I tha: Chamberlain'e Pain Balm can be

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, September 13. A. Chicago telegram states that the Pain Balm is never found wanting. Inyot learnt that scrupulsas regard for the cases of sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises cleanliness and good order of the fabrics. Federal Grand Jasy has indicted to it takes out the soreness, drives away the of the Home of God that in so daar to I appeal to the For abling gypsum a native was given high officials of the Swift, Armour pain and heals the injured parts. For sale Western Christians.

Pastors and Church Councils to remember and Morris Heat-packing Companies by all choniste and storokoopars. sentence of six strokea and forty-eight charging them with combination and hours' detention at the Magistracy today.

conspiracy to create an illegal mano- poly.r Two natives were sentenced to threa

Oco gambler was fined $15 by Mr J. R. Wood, while fifteen others from Fit Hong Lane, prosecuted by Detective Bargcant T. Murphy, were fined $4 each..

YEAR.

(Wah Tin Yat Po's Service).

CLUB WHISKY.

Our own Special Blend. Blended from the fineat Scotch Whiskies under expert supervision,

Recognised for the past SIXTEEN YEARS as The WHISKY to suit local conditions.. PERING, September 13.MILD,

Prince Ching's opinion on the queue cutting question is that the queue

Four boatmen charged with conveying should be cut next year and the

to increase their contributions. Peking seriously curtail its present expeudi 220 lbs of dynamits and 4,000 detonatore national dress be changed after seven

MELLOW.

MATURE.

FRIMER HALL OF THE COLONY, replied that this was nonsense; sorce of tures, for clearly no help can be ex-without having them properly labelled had years. The Grand Councillors are Unlike some Whiskies, Club never varies in quality. Our

the Provinces, judging by the amount of pected from the Provinces.

VIETE ROAD CENTRAL,

TONIGHT

* TONIGHT I

FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY.

GRAND ATTRACTION.

BAG PIPE SELECTIONS!

PIX MAJOR. WBURNSIDE,

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

'

Le addition to a number of second read ing the Legislative Council will be naked to-morrow to pass the fit reading of Bill entitled An Ordinance to apply a sun not exceeding Six million and forty-two thousand five hundred and forty thros Dollars to the Public Service of the year

them confiscated at the Magiatenoy this morning.

agreed as to tho queue cutting but owing to the Kow-tow ceremoniea they A nativo was sentenced to throɔ months' urge that the question of the national imprisonment with hard labour and six ohsaging of dress should not be de- hours stocks, by Mr E. R. Hallifex, at the tided in hastear Magistracy to-riny, for stealing eix dozen razara, value 882, from the Wing On Co.

RIOT IN ANHUL

Opposite Central Market, trade carried on, must be very wealthy

at any rate the Provincial Treasurers must henceforth furnish statistical re- ports of all the moneys passing through their hands, and thus enable Peking to come by a true idea of the state of the national rescurces. It is owing to this alict, we imagine that the Canton Viceroy has had drawn up a statement of the revenue, and expenditure of him, wound when Chism- reputation of our shirty-five yours behind Tai district of Anhui province. H.E. province. This document has found borlain's Pato Balm is applied. I lean it and is everywhere recognized ne the Chung Yan Ching has dispatched a

Mantiseptia liniment. For sale by almost rollable remedy in use for diarrhoea. its way into the Chinese papers and chemists and atorekeepers."

For sale by all chemists and storekeepers body of soldiers to suppress the rotors.

Lale piper to. LORD STEWART VANE TEMPEST.

Selection of Scotch and Irish Competition Tanes.

1911,

SURE CURE FOR DIARRHOEA

"Nordinary attack of diarrhoes may be Aenred by a single dose of Chamber. Jain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoen Romody. Only in the most severe cases is a second THERE is no danger from blood poison or third dose required. Try it. It has a

A DANGER AVOIDED.

(Wali Te Yat Po's Service)

PEKING, September 13.

A riot has taken place in the Fung

customers have never had to return us & bottle on account of its quality.

CLUB WHISKY.

Price $16.00 Per Case.

H. Price & Co., Ltd.

12, Queen's Rond Central, Hongkong,

TELEPHONE No. 135.

dongkong, Sept 19, 1910.