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CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY,

Loid, Charles Beresford, has been

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr and Mrs Griffin and Mr Macdonald

adopted as Unionist candidato for the tumed by 64. Haitan from up the Count Restorship of Glasgow University.

yesterday.

The Pinang Gazette understands that the Government of the State of Kedah

contemplates the early immo uff new

His Excellency Sir John Anderson, the Governor of Singapore, sedle for home by the P. and O. Davantia laving Singapore on Friday, April 7.

Captain Friele, after forty years of actier service, has rotired from the Pacific Mait

S. S. Co. His successor on the steainer. China is Captain Emory Rice.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1911.

[COPYRIGHT.

NEW TURKISH LOAN.

QUICK ISSUE IN GERMANY:: (Reuters Service to the China Mail),

LONDON, March 2

A telegram from Berlin states that a now Turkish Cualoms loan of 160 million francs has been issued there. The lists were closed immediately.

BAGDAD RAILWAY:

AGREEMENT.

[COPYRIGHT} CLOSE OF THE JAPAN- ESE DIET.

OPPOSITION MOTIONS

DEFEATED), (Independent News Agency's Service to the China Mail)

TORTO, March 22,

The present aasaion of the Diet cano to a cloes yesterday,

Before the Lower Bouss roes a re Bolution denouncing the Government for its action in regard to tho sottled

time we find then striking out the proper path amid the tangled diffient- ties which, beset our intercourse and trude with the Chinese Empire, and time and time again have we seen

Router understand that a Royal that their best endeavours wer

clamation concerning the Didhi Durr brought to ought through the in- may be expected na soon as the actual date difference or frauk opposition of the a docisod: The proclamation will be issu- officials which n benevolent Governad siruultaneously in England and India. ment sent out to rule oyer them, Yet despite it all the Colony pro- spered, and if to-lny" we are passing through a period of stress and muxietyion of postage stamps, and is at prosent The Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hrdinan we think that in the end we shall considering suggestions for an appropriate James and Lady Hyndman-Joties lente! win through, for the principles which design. animated our forerunners still persist Wer the War Offco to purchase a and animate the lenders of tlie com- liniited number of aeroplanos specially ́mercial commninity to-day, while fur- | suitable for military work, England could

LONDON, March 29,

moved by the Nationalist party

· The Japan Gazette understands thint. Mr ther we hold that we are competent to bons practically at once, the nucleus of å

A message received from Con- (Kokuminto) adjust ourselves to altered cireuma- thoroughly efficient air corps for despatch. V. Henson, of Messrs Jardine, Mathe-stantinople states that the agreement

son and Co's branch in Tokohamaa, will between the Porto, and the Bagdad house rejecting both proposals,

An animated debate resulted in the stances and take advantage of different carrying and reconnoitring work,

shortly return to Japan as successor Railway Company has been signed. F opportunities as they present them-

There were no cases of public interest Lieut Boyle, R.N., as representative of at the Magistracy- to-day beyond one, in Messrs. Armstrong's and British interests selves.

which two Chinese boys were ordered to be in the Murovan Steel Foundry, whipped for being in unlawful possowion of sono rieg and offering a District Watch man a bribe of 32 cents to let them go free.

stauer Marinom, Sir A, Law, will be

MENT.

Singapore for home on the P. and O. TERMS OF THE SIGNID DOCU-accounts of the forty-first' fiscal year, noting Chief Justice during his Lordship's (Reuter's Service to the China Mail) political denings with America were absence."

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and another resolution impeaching the authorities for miscarriages in their

is expected that the railway will reach TO CONTROL THE RAIL- Bagdad within five seara.

It is strange looking back these fifty years to see that many of the problems which the curly committees of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce hail to tackle reamin

is in receipt of a wireless, message from the still unsplved. Like them we have R. M. 8. Montangle, sent at 10 pan., on our currency troubles; like them Sunday, 19th March, when the vessel was we have to deplore the tendency 11,195 ment from Japan, advising all of the Treasury to treat the ship-wall and that the Corominder capects to ping that frequcuts our harbour reach Yokohama at 5.00 p.in., on Thursday

The Rajah and Ranee of Sarawak gave a 1911.s a milch-cow whose produce can

dinner party on February 14, at the Hyde (By supply the necessary mutriment for

The Bisley meeting this year com Park Hotel, to moet of his Highness's. mences on July 10, a wook Inter than last public works whenever called upon, Notification has been received this Sarawak ficials who are now in England regardless of the very patent fact a term from Rhodesia and one representing to some of the representatives of thei 2.30 p.m.-Legislative Council meeting that such-treatment really bring the Naxal Palidi, figy de present, and in Borneo Company, Limited, in celobation disaster and ruin in its train. Like Fiew of it being Coronation pear-iis eV, Brooke, Rajah Mudah of Sarawak, pected that the over-soss dominions will be them too, we have to face the persist- largely represented. cut hampering of trade by the Chin-

Singapore's new dog detective did not Fese-officials in the Mainland Thego out on duty Inst night, as was intended."

present extra tax and opium monopoly.

The Company by the agreement, also Mr H. G. W. Woodhand, who has been renounces its right to the construction chief reporter on the N.-C. Daily News for of a port at Basms Port and of the the past sight years, goes to Mukden ta terminus on the Persian Gulf in favour The Yokohama Office of the C. P. R.net na oficial reporter for the Chinese of an Ottomag Company, in which the Government at the International Plague Bagdad Company consenta to lesser Conference, after which he proceeds to participation than will be enjoyed by Faking to take up the duties of Reater's Ottoman capital, but inserts a condition coffespondent, daring the absence of Me that its capital must equal that of any G. E. Weare.

non-Ottoman nation..

HARSH DEALING WITH FINLAND.

Buana-On the 2nd March, at Shanghai, VICESTE EN BRA telegram.Y

MEMUS FÖR TO-MORROW.

0p.m. Lecture al Unim Church Litemry

Club..

9.15 p.m.-Concert in R. E. Theatre in aid of the Irporated Soldiers and Sailors Telp Society.

General Memoranda.

SATURDAY, March 25-

11. B. de Governor and Luty Engard in Canton, for instance, is a scandalous

love for Canton.

11.30 km-Greca Island Cement Co. "Afeeling.

Naval Doult Varl,

3.30p.m.--.M.S. Mintar Sports Inspection of 11. K. V. C. by Generi

the 23rd instant.

of the engagement of his cident you, Bla

C.

to the Hou. Sylvia Brett, youngest daugh. ter of Viscount Esker

A. Charles Hardouin, Consul-General He was of colour. The reason secrited for France at Gibraltar, who is a brother to-this-in-hat he was tested-too-much of Mr Arthur Hardouin, of Bukit Tambun the voyage out, but nevertheless, it is over-riding of treaty rights by local significant we mention the fact without Province Wellesley, arrived at Penang on officials, in defiance of the wishes, prejudic-that he spent yesterday in the March 2. M. Hardouin, who will have coni- may commands, of Peking. Yet so vicinity, if not within the very portals of plated thirty youre servies in the diplomatic amorphous is the hold of the Central the etern at Pearl's Hill-Straits Times and colonial service of Peace in June Government upon the Provinces that. Sir Joseph Ward, the New Zealand Devoninn-Dianer-at-Hongkong-espite negotiations-extending over Premier-interviewed regarding the rù

ten months we have the mortificationoured operations of the American mens trust in New Zealand, said that Govern of seeing legitimate trade muzzled by ment was perfectly alive to the position. unlawful imposts and the Colony If necessary, it would opposa, the trust sustaining enormous losses which there even to the extent of nationalising the 12.13 p.m.Meeting of China-Borneo seems very slight prospects of our refrigetting works in the Dominion.

Officer Commanding." 4.30 11.-Football. Shield Final,

Hotel.

MONDAY, March 27-

3pm-Auction of Crown Land at Publis

Works Department,

D. Concert at Seamen's Institute, TUESDAY, March 28

Co.. Lol.

3.45 puni.---Sanitary Board Meeting.

E-Entries close for V.R.C. Sports,

THURSDAY, March 30:-

Stockbroker' Bettling Day.

-Union Church Literary Club, Business Menting.

FRIDAY, March 31-

House."

Government Hard At Hooo, 9p.n.-Performance of Bandmaan Co.

at Theatre Royal. SATURDAY, April 1:-

3.30 p.-Reginental Gymkhana, MONDAY, April 3-

Hongkong Chamber of Commerce. Jubilee

Dinner

WEDNESDAY, April 3.-

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ever being able to make good." It is a Lord Swaything left £5,000 to various strange and esasperating position to Jewish charities and the remainder to his occupy, but the end is not yet, for family. The bequests to his children are

| contingunt on their profession of the

anys the Zinang Gazelle, at one time Colonial Secretary of Tonquin. Bo was Chard' Faire-in-Bangkok-in-1893–1804- when there was trouble between France and Siam.

Mr Heineken, "general director. of the North German Lloyd Co., has been travel- ling through the Far East inspecting the conditions of the various Lloyd agencies and investigating the conditions of the transport business and the possibilities of increasing the facilities of the cumpruy,

M. STOLYPIN RESIGNS.

Router's Service in the Chind Mail)

LexDoN, March 21.

WAYS.

FOREIGN POWER'S DESIGNS.

(Woh Taz Fat Po's Service)

PERINO, March 21.

A certain Power bas endeavoured to force the Imperial Gosecament to no- otiate a hâr loan in order to secura supreme power over China's milways.

The matter is engaging the attentida. of the Board of Communications and

the Board of Foreign Affairs.

RUSSIA AND CHINA

PRESS EXAGGERATIONS.

(Wah. Te Tat Po's Service.) A St. Petersburg telegram states that

PERING, March 21. M. Stolypin, President of the Council of

The Wai-wu-pu denies that there has Ministers and alo-Minister of the been any actual-armed conflict between Interior, has resigned as a result of the Russia and Chine and declares that the Council defeating u Bill introducing stories to this effect are merely news- local government in Finland.

It is expected that M. Kokoytzoff Minister of Finance, will succeed M. Stolypin..

STRENGTH OF THE NAVY

3,000 MORE MEN.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, March 21 The House of Commons has passed a yote approving of the personnel of the Navy being increased to 134,000 officers

and mer

though the Chinese Government ins Jewish religion and marrying few. A which is making great progress in the train total ser forces of the British Navy were

given the British Minister assurances that the illegal lory will be abolished, the Kwantung officials totally ignore Poking and gleefully continue to exact the unwarranted impost upon every chest of opiumi that reaches Cantou, just as if Imperial assurances were nothing worth Fifty years ago Great Britain would have dealt with

Ladies Rifle Association Meeting such a situation very differently to what she is doing to-day and though TuvaSDAY, April 6-

Day.

[Note-By last year Estimate the increased to 131,000, this being an advance of 3,000 over the previous year. Ex

edicil directs that the two daughters centres of Malaysin, Chins, Japan, and shall lense thane-fourths of their interests if Siam. It is understood, anys the Rangoon C they assist the movement known as Liberal Gazette, that great improvement in the facilities of the company is contemplated, and it is believed that the Philippine Jelanda will be among the burefciaries.

Judinians.

Messrs L. J. Healing and Co., of Yokolumn, Juve placed in England a

Lige engineering contract for the Imperial Japanese Railways. The order includes

Gaa-driven Central Power Station, con-

THE LIQUOR REBATE..

Plan.

sisting of nine Mond producers, equal to General Anderson's Alternative 10,000 B.H.P.. and fur four 1,500-kilowatt alternators direct coupled to gas engines

of 2,500B.H.P.; also the recessary appar.

At to-morrow's Meeting of the Legislative move that.

DUTIES ON CHINESE LIQUORS.!

Raduction to be Moved,

paper exaggerations.

TREATY FAULTS.

(Wah Tos Fat Po's Service.)

PERING, March 21, Prince Ching and Grand Councillor Na Tong have instructed the Wai-wu-pu- to investigate the references in tho Russo Chinese treaties to boundary questions and to pablish their dadinga. in the Official Gazette in order to indicate the faults committed by those who drew ap the Treaties.

ILTS NEW TARTAR GENERAL

(Wah Tez Yat Po'a Service.)

TEKINO, March 21. H.E. Chi Yue, the newly-appointed General of Di, is remaining in Feking ponding the settlement of the Bassin demands:

Ladies Rifle Association Meeting. We do not advocate a show of force atus for recovering sulphate of ammonia. Council Major General Anderson will Council at its last mecting hold on the for the year, an interim dividend of $4

Day: FRIDAY, April 7

the meeting of the Legislative Coril called for to-morrow (Thday CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE Hon. Dr Ho Kai will moved the following"

COMPANY, LIMITED. resolution :- Resolved that the Rewolu tion proposed by the Honourable the commend that a final dividend of 81, perr Subject to audit the Directors will re- Colonial Secretary and passed by this share be paid for account 1909 making 87 16th day of March, 1911, relating to the per share for 1910, and a bonus of 20%, on Wheress for purely financial reasons duty leviable upon intoxicating liquors be contributory pretium. They will farther we do wish our Government would

this Council is unable to approve the amended by substituting 20 cents for 30 rescued that £10,000, bo paced to back bone into its Steckton-on-Tees, 'represented in Japan tinunes of a rebate to the Military and cents in paragraph. (a) and 30 cents for 40, Reinsurance Fund, leaving 3200,358.20 put more diplomacy,

Naval Authorities on Intoxicating Liquors centa in paragraph() thereof. as contemplated by Ordinance 27 of 1900,

to be carriol forward to Daderwriting Military Contribution which is paid by the and a number of specified sweetened, pre And Whereas it is estimated that the liquore known as La Pur, Sheung Ching for 1909.

The intoxicants referred to (a) native Suspense Account, thus closing the Account Hongkong Government to the War Office

to bring the Canton officials to reason

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The total iniount of the contract is about Y.1,500,000. The order has been secured for The Power Gas Corporation, Ltd.,

by 'Mr H. J. Ibbotson.

Ladies Rite Association "Meeting, 3rd

Day. SATURDAY. April 3:-

Ladies Rifle Association Mesting, 4th

Day..

The Chan Mail.

HONGKONG'S PROBLEMS.

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AN EXCELLENT LINIMENT. LIVERY family add especially those who

collect rotan, with two companions. The Jatter disposed of him--and the chief dis-

posed of the wife,

-THE SAME OLD STORY.

The remarks made by Mr. G., Ba- The petition of Sir Charles J. Dudgeon V. R. C. Athletic Sports.

LocHon Monday afternoon in the course and others for the compulsory winding up MONDAY, April 10 --

Entries Close for B.K. V. C. of the Chamber of Commerce meeting of the London and China Syndicate, will be increased by the imposition of liquor known as Saa Ching. Previous to reminiscent of Biblical, history, has been pared and medicated wines; and (b) native !. This, from Borneo. A report, vividly Rifle Meeting

will, we feel sure, meet with cordial Limited, came before Bir Justice Swinden fagunt duties by a auf approximately the inposition of the new tarif the duties made to the effect that a native chief, approval throughout the Colony. Eady, in the Chancery Division, on Feb. 8154,600 in 1911, And Whereas it is anti on these liquors were 15 cents and 20 cents having coreted his neighbour's wife, sent 14, when Mr. Gore-Browne, K.C, atated cipated that approximately 30 per cent. osta gallon, rispectively, and last week they the said neighbour into a far country to The pioneers of Hongkong were tint all the parties interested had arranged, of the gross revenue collected in respect wera doubled. plendid type of the merchants who with his Lordship's consent, that the of duties on European liques will be HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1911. and they deserve to be held in affec-Certain shareholders, who had supported Secretary of State for The Colonies be re- reside in the country should be TIRE old, old story, told times without

have built pp the trade of the Empire petition should be diamused, without costs.aid by the Military and Naval Authorities, Bo it resolved that the permission of tho tionate remembrance by the generation the petition were separately represented, which is gathering some of the liarvest and they assented to these terms. His quested to deduct from the said Military provided at all times with a bottle of number, and repeated over and over.

Contribution accruing from Liquor duties Chamberlain's Pain Balu. There is no It is only when one is an oppor have made possible. But their mantle

their work, enterprise and foresight ship dismissed the petition, without in each year sum equal to the ascertained telling when it may be wanted in case of again for the last 37 pears, but it is always an accident or emergency. It is most welcome story to those in search of health tunity of reviewing the result of has fallen on worthy.shoulders and so

amount of these dutien paid by the Military excellent in all cases of thegmatism sprains There is nothing in the world that curta The masters of the steam launches Sui and Naval Authorities, and that such sun and braises For sale by all Chemists and ghs, and colds as quickly as Chamber half century of active industry ich

Storekeepers,

lain's Cough Remedy. For sale by all as that disclosed in the admirably long as the destinies of the Chamber and Hang On were charged before Com-be paid as heretofore to the Military and mander C.. W. Beckwith, R.N., at the Naval Authorities in order that the officers

Chemists and Storekeepers. edited and well digested brochure

of Commerce remain in the safe and Marine Court this coming, with blowing the and men of His Majesty's Naval and Land in which the Hon Mr R A. Hewar statesmanlike hands of its present whistles of the launches other that, for the Forças may not: suffer financially from the HIGHLAND

Chairman we see no reason to despair Wm. Powell, Lid,gress of the Hongkong General

details the fifty years' work aus pro or to fear that it will fall from its that the practise of giving local sound signals in this Colony, And Be it further resolvad Chamber of Commerce that one present high and well-wou position renlises how well and truly laid were as the unimpeachable exponent of the the foundations on which the trade foreign mercantile community in the and commerce of this port were built South of China.

IN

Various

Textures.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

EMPIRE'

up. The forerunners of the present | CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,rice of merchants were keen business

men but they were also far-seeing

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

In addition to the resolutions referred to

costs,

purposes of navigation. His Worship found imposition of the mid duties while serving

was becoming too common and sa no pry that His Excellency the Governor be vious convicting had been recorded be requested to transmit a copy of this re- therefore ordered defendant of the Suf On solution to the Secretary of State for the to be re-examined in his knowledge of the Colonies." rale of the road and sound signals before ho took clinrge of the launch again. The other defendant was ordered to undergo an examination of the rule of the road.

The War Office Has decided to accept

THE PIONEER HALL OF A CULONY and public-spirited politicians and elsewhere, the following matters will come the nervices of civilian ainneo, for duty in

DES VOLUX ROAD CENTRAL,

Opposite Contral Market.

we enu. well perceive new that if many of their proposals had been taken up by Government and per 9.16 to 11.39 r.sistently pursued until the point

Performancen (7,10 to 5 and

FONIGHT!

TO-NIGHT

The Grand Dramatic Fil

HONOUR.

THE DONNELLYS › Come and admire the Marvellous Dancers The Queen of the Infantile Artisten, KITTY DONNELLY.

THE BANDMANN OPERA CO.

Hongkong will have to wait a little while for the appearance of Bandızann's No. 1

here on the 3let iust Opera Company, whigh was to have opendi

en secured in Singapore that in zemponet Bach a phenomenal run ci succelin han

to universal demeeds the Company has bad

before the Legislative Council to-morrow-time of war. A list of English airmen is First reading of a Bill entitled An Or- being prepared, and an Air Reserve will dinnngs further to amend the Widows and be formed. This menn the nien who can

hans Pension Ordinanco, 1108... y will place themselves and their machines that the season will not open here until First runding of a Bill entitled An Or at the dispral of the War Off They Wednesday, April 5th, and bookings wil

to stay for a further weck. The result is

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dinanes for regulating the supply of will agres to take part in military upera commence on Monday neat instead of to- PROPRIETORS THE DISTILLERS Co., LTD, Lanton and Edinburgh Electricity for Lighting and other purposes or whenever they may he lied upon dəy

was curried a good few of our present difficulties would not be in existence. It rarely speaks well for the inherent within the Colony of Hongkong sad its to do . They will be given some kind of capacity of the race that from the Dependencies.

uniform, for if they were not regularly.

REMEDY WRICH NEVER FAILS. very beginning of his career (zinnaea to further quend the Pawn in the event of capture, to be shot aslike Chamberlain's Colic, Choler and Second reading of the Hilf exiled Anatched in the Army they would be liable, Loss of time and by a modicino which IARRHOEA should be cured without Colony of the Britisk Crown Hong brokers Ordinance, 1960 and 1962, civilian spice. They willning be invited to Diarrhoea Remedy notely cures promptly kong should have hund at its disposal Committee on the ill entitled An Or take part in idaneusres. It fact, there is it never fails anul is pleasant and wife to but produces no unpleasant after effect. the willing and unpaid services and dinner to ensolidate and amend the law some bien of holding portal maneuvres to take For sale by all Chemists and advice of such men. Time after raluting to Intoxicating Liquors,

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