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ESTABLISHED AD. 1841..

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

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VERY OLD LIQUEUR

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAT..

those whose interest it was to enj courage the continuance of the habit.

Early to-niorrow, mording the two Our readers will remember that the chinese sentenced to death in the New plan hut on why one by which Territory and Rowicon murders, will be Chinese restaurant keepers hold outage at Victoria Gaulikus hunger tho inducenicut of "free" smokes to

Morsia- Maleliari and Co. inform WA, patruus on payment of a slightly that they have restival a wireless messago enhanced tariff for tea and comestibles, maying tho 8.8. Yuck inty bu, orpected to- In this way it was sought to cir-murrow morning, at 7 o'clock. cumvent the Ordinance which defined an opium divan as a pince in which "a fee or its equivalent" was charged to smokers of the narcotic. A test ease to deal with the new aspect

THE DISASTER NEAR MANILA.

The news concerning the volcanio erip- tion which occurred last week doar Manila grown wote with each incoming mail. The following telegrams ara, takon from the Callenewa American S

Tanawan, Februnty 2. Corpural Guevara, of the Constabulary, tars just returned from Bugaan, reporting 419 dand between the barrios of Bayuyung- The cargo of silk shipped on board then and Bugnan. All houses were burned Mr. 31. 8.s. Villo de la Ciutat, which left down. this port on the 3rd January, was delivered in Lyons on the 6th instant

The whist drive which was to have of the problem was taken before Mrsaken place in the Stat Mess, but which

to death of ER. HALLIFAX at the Magistracy, was postponed on account of the but it was held that the "practice the late Sergt. Trotman, B.E., will tako

SCOTCH WHISKY did not come within the scope of places the evening at pin

A Blend of the Finest Pure Malt Scotch Whiskies.

the phrase concerning the charging of "n fee or its equivalent".

So far as those on the outside are aware the orders of the Honie Government would have been quito

over 30 Years WATSON'S 'E has maintained the fulfilled if the mintter had even been reputation of the FINEST SCOTCH

in the FAR EAST.-

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MARRIAGE.

GODFREY-OWEN SMYTH-On January 26, 1911, before IL.B.M. Consul-General Shanghai, and afterwards at Holy Trinity Cathedral, EDWARD WALTER GOUTREY of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, to MARGARET LAIDLAW OWEN SAY, daughter of Charles Edward Owen Smyth, Esquire, of the Government Servico of South Australia."

DEATHS.

CATION-On February 2, 1911, at OVERSTRUNG Shanghai, CARLISA FRANCESCA COLLACO

CARION, aged 43.

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WINTER SALE.

MYBE Ou February 3, 1911, at tire

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Empress Dowager of China's Birthday

A young Chinamin aged 21 years co

nitted suicide at 30, Wing On-Street, yestering by hanging himself ton beam in the kitchen. He was believed to bo in

financial troubles.

Owing to the E. and A. sicaiser Eastern having gone ashore at Moreton Bay, Queensland, on Jan. 20th, whilst in charge of a pilot, her places on the regular monthly service will be taken by the Allenhum.

-SOCIAL-AND PERSONAL

allowed to rest here, but without, we believe, any further commands from Downing Street, the Hongkong Government has followed up the I question lix taking very definite action in dealing with the fatest-planse of the problem. The notice revealing the Government's intention was brief but significant. It was summed up!

Another delightful at bonia" was given in an amendment to the conditions of eating-house licences and reads, by Laly Lugard at Government House on "No opium smoking shall be per-Schuraharet expplied a charming pro. Mouday eroning. The band of S. M. 5. mitted on the premises. At the gramme of music." time of the springing into notice

Rear Admiral Sperry, U.S.N., who commanded the battleship flect at 3lania in 1907, in-dönd,-from-pneumonia.......

The friends of Chintander Basil Taylor, of these hybrid establishments weR. N., will be pleased to hear that a tele

means of dealing gram has been received in Hongrong to the suggested as with the difficulties, that the condi- ffect that on reaching Singapore the con- tions be amended by making it dition of his health had much improved. unlawful for more than a given number of persons to assemble" for the public enjoyment of the soothing

"

It is expected that Mr Martin Egan, editor of the Manila Times and a brilliant journalist who won his spurs for the Associated Press during the Russo-Japan War, will shortly be appointed Secretary to President Tait.

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16 is reported that 18 died in the barrios of Talisay,

Six hundred are reported dand on Vulcan Island, making a total of 1,039 liros lost as the result of the Taal eruption.

Fourteen wounded have been taken to Mence Nunes, Cavite, for treatment..

Colonel FD. Hodgson, chief quarter- master of the Philippines division, received the following telegram from Captain W. O Metcalf at 5.30 p.m. yesterday from San Nicolaa vía Thal

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1911.

THE BLACK DEATH.

[Carian] PARLIAMENT

OPENED.

THE KING'S SPEECH.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: LORDS RE- FORM: SOCIAL LEGISLATION,"

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

Losos, February 7. Parliament was opened in stato yester. day by His Majesty the King, who was accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Mary.

The King's Speech opened with reference to the lamented death of the late King Edward, and expressed gratification at the Duke of Connaught's mission to South Africa,

NEW JAPANESE TREATY

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The Speech proceeded to state that the relations with other Powers continge

Just returned from Sabig. No dead there, Biliberuang totally destroyed. Found 57 dead and evidences of many more. Conditions ars horrible.

**Many more are dead in the vicinity of friendly, and the Japanese Government had intimated its intention to terminate Capo Manalo.

the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of 1991 Negotiations were proceeding for the conclusion of a new Treaty, which it was hoped would be satisfactory in character.

"We were within' two miles of the Vol- cano, which is still agitated, and looks bail today.

There sennins about ten miles more of east line to inspect. We need trans- portation on the Inke and more 'inen." "

APPALLING NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

THOUSANDS OF CORPSES AWAITING CREMATION.

(Center's Service to the China Alail)

LONDON, February 6.

A message from St. Petersburg states at the cases of plague at Kwang- changtso in Manchuria numbor a hundred daily.

Four thousanil corpses are still awaiting cremation at Fudziadian, and the situation in other towns is equally terrible

Mountains of carpses are besped up on the ice at Hulan in order that when the ice breaks up the river may carry them of into the sea.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

The Ninety-First report.of the Court of General Meeting of Shareholders to ba Directors to the Ordinary Hall-Yearly

held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday, the 25th Föbruary, 1911, at noc reads p

To the Proprietors of the HorasONG AND. SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Gentlemen,-The Directors have now.

San Nicolas ria Taal, February 3

THE PERSIAN SITUATION. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MANILA."

With Metcalf and Shapiro searched bar- Referring to the position in South rios west shore of lake to-day for dead and Parsis, His Majesty said that some Manalo, barrio of Bilibilang to bury dead the condition of the trade routes, and the stairs of the Bank, and Balance Shoe& wounded. First left burial corps at site of improvement had lately been shown in to submit to you a General Statement of reported yesterday, then proceed to Bili-added, "My Ministers propeso to await for the half-year ending 31st December

| 1910. biluang proper...

The not proâts for that period, including“ In Boseboso all inhabitants numbering further developments before pressing about one hundred killei. Twenty-five the adoption of their proposals, which 22,028,300.83, Lalance brought forward bodies found protruding from ashes. All in any case, will have no other object from last account, after paying all charges, others probably covered by eighteen inches than to see the authority of the Persian deducting interest mid and dus, and mak of ashor. Burial corps by hard work clean Government restored and trade pro- ing provision for bad and doubtful accounta et up sitio Menalo-to-day, Thirty-eight tected." copacs buried, all identified but two. Ten children still missing but no traces. Many animale alee intermed. Conditions im- proving, sick are nearly all-in. Some still In the vicinity of Bayayunga bat being cared for and will be brought in to-morrow.

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM..

amcunt to 85,240,000.40,

The Directors recommend the transfer of 6250,000 from the Profit and Loss Account "After references to the Imperial Con- to credit of the Silver Reserve Fand, which

Furd will then stand at 816,250,000,

ution:

Nursing Home, Shanghai, JANE MARION, pipe. We were then under the

farence and the projected Royal vizit to India, His Majesty, said proposals wife of II. G. Myhere, Harbour Depart.impression that such action might

would be submitted for the purpose of ment, J. M. Castonis, aged 20 years.

come into conflict with the spirit o

It is intaresting to learn that Major A. J. In this barrio tidal wave washed back settling the relations of the two Houses the Opium Farmer's agreement, but

Woodroffe, n.z., and Capt HeToppin; 5th about fifteen hundred feet and in receding of Parliament, with the object of secur apparently it does not, for a much Fusiliers, along witli Lisut M. R, O. Nanaon,arried houses and people away in lake.ing a more effective working Constit. more drastic and more effective plan.a., and Licut G. G. Moore, have been Not a trace found. People were probably has now been resolved upon.

Although the latest resolve of the Liter-Government is. an carnest of their desire and intention to grapple with each difficulty us it arises, it must not

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-General Memoranda. TrenaDay, February 9:-

9pm-Lecture at Union Church

ary Club. 9.15 p.m.-Lady Lugard At Home,

February 10- College,

Munic. FRIDAY,

fiscated Imperty at Central Police Station

.9 p..Volunteer Dance. SATURDAY, February 11

"Emperor of China's Birthday.

lent to Peru for three years to demarcate the frontier between Peru and Bolivia, They left London for Lins on Jan 4th. Major Woodrofe was for a time Captain of the Singapore Cricket Club,

killed by gas first. An intelligout nativo who lived in that harria bat was absent on Sunday night reported that two hundred

in fifty people lived and

the tidal wave In Banyag swept lack twenty-five hundred feet

barrio,

SOCIAL LEGISLATION.

Measures would also be presented for the removal of the pauper disqual ification in the case of recipients of Old industrial population against sickness Age Pensions, for providing for the unemployment in trades specially liable

The election expenses of Chamber- Twenty-six dead found in vine and invalidity and for insurance against

more, who were retumed unopposed in

swept away, Lost about three hundred.

THE. YUNNAN AFFAIR.

Laying of Foundation Stone at St Paul's be assumed, that we have yet finished in, Bir Jesss Collings, and Me Middle-back of barrio and two in estero in centre 11a.m.-Auction of Unclaimed and Con- with the problem. Nor must it be Birminglun, amounted to £, £32 and barrio. Many doad anininis. All others thereto.

imagined that the habit has been £30 respectively. Land Marpathi's expos Many dead fish found on shore. Several extinguished save so far as private in South Birmingham, where he was Panimals found floating in lake but no human posed, were £701, In Central Birmingham; beings as yet. Rarines back of a barrios -1.-Meeting of Hongkong Rope Shoking is concerned. We think we Mr E. Farkas's expenditury amounted to should be searched by Constabulary. --

are right in stating that absolutely £472, and that of his unsuccessful op nothing in the Ordinance or regulation ponent, Mr Manton, to £581,

H.K. Yacht Clab's

Euperor of Japan's Accession Day (1807), Noon-Property Sale by Mi Gr. P.

Lammert .. TUESDAY, February 14%-

Race Meeting

The China Mail.

SMOKING.

EUROPEAN (LADY ROBBED.

At about five o'clock yesterday afternoon

Muni,

THE PLAGUE IN THE NORTH

According to the Chinese vernacular papers the very north of Manchuria is

After making this Transfer and deducting Remuneration to Directors there remains for appropriation $4,931,600,46, out of which the Directors recommend the pay-

ment of a Dividend of Two Pounds Sterling per Share, viz.: £240,000 and a Bonus off Five Shillings Sterling por Sharo, viz: £30,000 amounting in all to £270,000 which at 1/10, the tale of the day, will absorb $2,045, 55,

The Balance $3,030,151 to be carried to

£1,200,000 par cant. Censels has been New Profit and Loss Account

Sterling reserve fund. The holding of written down to 79. This was affected by the purchase at about par of £15,000 other Starling Securities, making our holding under this heading £340,000 written down to £287,400. The cost of this adjustment was met out of the on- ings of the halfycar.

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Shollim

PERINO, February 0. Directors.-The Honourable Mr Henry Keswick has been elected Chairman for the (Wah To Yai Po's Service) The Wai-u-pu has wired to the year 1011, and Mr G. H. Medhurst Deputy

Chairman Viceroy of Yunnan iästracting him to * Mr J. W. Bandow and Me try his best to calm public opinion on having resigned their seats, Mr G. Fries- the matter of the reported encroachment land and Mr W. Logan have been invited

into the province, by British troops. De

CURBING THE EN THUSIASTS.

CHINESE IMPERIAL

to fill the macancies; these appointments require confirmation at the Meeting.

Mr H. A. Siebs, Mr R. Shawan and Mir G. Balloob retire in rotation, but being eligible for re election, offer themselves accordingly.

Auditore The accourts have been audited by Mr. W. Hatton Potta and Br J, W. C. Bonnar, who offer themselves for 10- election..

The Tukohaau Offce of the O.P.Ris

Monday, when the vessel was 1400 miles distant from Japan, advising all woll" and that the Commander expects to reneli Yokohama at 7.00 a.m. on Saturday, the 11th instant..

DIPHTHERIA-HOW IT MAY HE

9 p.m.-Royal I.K. Yacht Club's Stack-prohibits the Chinese from purchasing

ing Conceit.

their own little pantities of opin MONDAY, February 13-

and clubbing together to rent premises Miss Skipton, Head Mistrus of the surfering quite as fuch as the more south- and procure the needed paraphernalia Diocesan Girls' School, was walking along rn parts. In the town of Tai-tsi- for the satisfying of their cravings. Bouluun Road when a Chimman came up har which is a biggish place and surrounded (Wah Tiz. Yat Po's_Service.) Of course, here again further action behind her and snatched from her a hand-by a fertile plain of considerable size, the

PEKING, February Ge could Be taken by Government as bag which she was carrying and which plague is said to be very bad indoed. The Prince Regent has been consider deemed advisable; buf we speak of contained 838 in money and a number of People are reported to be dying in ordinary ing the draft Parliamentary regulations things merely as they are. The fear

other articles, the total value being over Chinese inns in large numbers, and no and has come to the conclusion that the 850. So dalenained was the robbery that one seams to know quite what to do and members are too liberal, and has ac in receipt of a wireless message from the

powers proposed to be conferred or is that in the attempts which are both strips of the bag were broken in this how to prevent the scourge from spreading, cordingly ordered that they be reEmpress of Japan," sent at 6.30 p... KOSORONO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1011. being male to wipe out the opium pur. The thief then belted down the em- Soma of the native doctors who have gone stricted.

smoking habit little notice is being bankment but was seen by an anah, who at up to attempt to stay ita progress have SUPPRESSING OPIUM taken by the Home authorities of the tempted to stop him. The man knocked the thaumselves contructed the disease and died, possible encouragement, as a result, of amah down and continued to run, sad out and there is great difficulty in gotting.

PRECAUTIONS. reaching the bottom of Eastern Street be infinitely more harinful indulgences, dropped the bag. All this while the amah was medical men to go into the district. The

(Wah Tea Yat Po's Service.) THE Hongkong Government bag Since the divans were closed down the following up the thief, shouting "Snatched officials and others who are responsible

things."

She picked up the bag and con throughout Manchuris have sent to Shang-

PEKING, February 8. tinued the chase. A Chinese constable given strong proof of the fact that i habit of eating opium has largely in happened to be near at hand and seeing medical and other institutions for aid in that both Chinese and European doctors hai for assistance, and appealed to soveral The Empresa Dowager bas ordered intends to enforce the spirit as well creased in the Colony, while the drink latter and brought him to the Police fighting the discass. These appeals have shall be engaged to Providents la the D when the child has a cold. The ecla

the amah chasing the man he arrested the us the mere letter of the Imperialing of cheap opium wines has also Station. Goverment's prohibitive commands

He was charged at the Magistricy to day been published in several papers in Shang from infecting the residents in the

Imperial Palace.

prepares the child's system for the recep rapidly spread among the lower classes and Mr E. R. Hallifar sentenced him to a hai but the response does not appear to

tion and development of the diphther germs. When there are cases of diphther. that a doctor nanted Ng Lit Tak, well the weekly concert held under the suspicius colds should he kapt at home and off flo There was again a large attendance at Es in the neighbourhood children that haver smoking of opium in the Colony inferiur Western liquors has, too,

studied medicine in England, and was well of the Seamen's Institute on Munday abreet rntil recovered. Give them Cham The narrow-minded short-sighted advanced; so we are yet only on

qualised in his prudcasion, went in anti-ophum faddists at Home imagined the very fringe of the question

response to these appeals, contracted the night, which was arranged by Mr and Ms berlin's Cough Remiody and they will not THE OPIUM PROBLEM

This

All the items were beartily have to remain at Home long. It also disone and succumbed. that all was done when, in accordance One day, perhaps, the people at

to have damped the ardour of some appreciated and the artistes included Mr cleats ent the culture beds, which form in aud. Mra E. Watta, Mrs Ough, Mrs. S. R. child's throat when it has a cold, and with their desires, the Colony was Home will realise the grave error

Police Prosecution Fails. others, and so the doctors available, to

grapple with the scourage are by no means Schaleld. Mrs Barrington. Mr. P. Jache, minimize the risk of contracting infectioun onlored to close down its public divthey made in extinguishing divans

Recently the Government decided to as many as are needed. It is said, more Mrs Perkins, and others besides a glee diseaser. For sale by all Chemists and

party.

Storekeepers. Amend the conditions, attaching to licensed throughout Manchuria are all soll out, aut over, thng the solicines in the shops But we who are on the spot were quick to realise that this was which, whatever else may be said eating houses by making it an offence to appeals have been sent to Shanghai, for only the beginning of the car-

of them, were at any rate con-permit, the smoking of oplam therein, and drugs of various kinds to be forwarded post ducteil above-board and were always to-day the first case since the amendruout haste to the centre of the trouble.

Among Europeans, Dr. Mesny and Dr paign. Knowing the wily way of Wm. Powell, Lid, Oriental, we resilily foresaw that open to Government sitpervision and of the conditions came on at the Magistracy Jackson hara bola sterlined, they and Dr before Mr E. P. Halifax. The defendants an attempt to combat the epidemic, and ways and means of evading the spection. Until that time comes we were the musters of restaurants at B6 grant is the sorrow occasioned thereby.

can only console ourselves with the Temple Street, Yaumati. Detective Sergt. Another colange which we print in Reclamation Street, Taumati, and at 164,

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respecting the suppression, of public of the populace. The consumption of

yere imprisonment; and ordered that he have been very estisfactory. It is stated be exposed in the stocks for six hours and

be given twelve strokes with the birch,

Watt".

BCCHIA

reports a most serious stato restrictive fiat would soon suggest themselves to the vendor and the fact that Hongkong is loyally discharg-Appleton precuted and Me F. Xof things right up to the Siberian frontier

D'Alminin defended.

and it would seem that far from being Mr D'Almada stated the defendant had checked the plague is even worse than it consumer of the drug. Looking back in unpleasant orders though it

received no official notification of the was a fortnight nga.

the Times c over the year that has passed since the knows that the policy being pursed meat of the conditions of the licence, It is reported by tho of "Mulaya last batch of divnus was supprende, is an utterly mistaken und short-sight-only receiving verbal intimation from the that Dr Lim Boon Keng han bust called sergeant. In the Hongkong side the for by the Chinese Government to return licencees had not received any intination to Poking immediately, to direct mar up to the present moment.

there to cope with the plague outbronk. - Detective Sergt. Appleton stated that

Many doctors in Manchuria auert that. he had warned the defendants iveral infected rats have not been found, but times and they persisted in defiance of the Dr. Ritanto of Tokio declares that the palico ANA

plague in Manchuria is similar to thu His Worship aid Wut no the Hongking Black Death in Europe in the Fourteenth contury, which caused the death of millions in a few months

Jelll in been'swept by an incendiary fire which destroyed two hundred houses. The Inns is estimated at 70,000, but many Americans lost everything.

That susila may play s

We recall how at first the policeed one. were called upon to exercise the greatest vigilance in ferretting out illicit deas. Some of these places, 9.15 to 11.20 .. we believe, were revived on the SPLENDID PROGRAMMES- old promises by the self-enme people dissemination of typhoid fever, by taking merely bind the defendants to come up for the germa into their digestive organs and judgment if called upon, met in a personal who had received compensation at the depositing them on the varetables on bond of 840. the hands of the Goverment. The which they food, le balieved by Dr. Bar

abaschii, an Italian physician, alertness of the police in making

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