Essential Requisites during the Hot Summer Months, and to preports by fourteen millions.
WATSON'S
PRICKLY HEAT LOTION
GIVES INSTANTANEOUS RELIEF FROM THE IRRITATION,
It has long held the reputation AND EFFECTS A SPEEDY CURE being the most efficacious remedy obtainable. Our customers inchide many residents throughout India, Ceylon and Straits Settlements; besides the Far
Fast.
Price 50 Cents and $1.00 per Bottle.
The value of the solerade of the
THE CHINA
country (excepting only re-exports To-day's quotation abroad of foreign importa) husmarked per Means another
stal 186
Some one has entered the quarters Ab
Value 81401
For the first time, for some months the plague return sheep was inscribedt "nil" to-day,
Mia M. Eyros left
has
Second Lieut. G. F. H. Faithfull, 126th
"great advance and stands for the year at 1,008 million taels day made the your ?
further case of plaguet
Turning to revenue, it is a gratifying sign to observe that the total callec- tion-35,571,879 taels-exceeded that the Garrison School and stolen jewellery the aa. Kumano Maru on a visih... of 1909 by about 32,000 taels,
Lieut. 0 RS, Bromley, R.G.4, and has been surpassed only by that
been promoted to the rank of Captain. of 1906. In view of the decline of 1,591,373 tela. in opium duty and likin, this result is acclaimed as proof of the expansion of general trade China continues
be a better customer to foreign countries every year. The report informs us that the valne of the direct foreign trade was Tie. 843,798,292, exceeding the total This excellent preparation keeps the feet and armpits cool and sweet in of 1907, the highest hitherto recorded, the warmest weather, and removes the malodour of perspiration. It pre- by 88.65 million taela. Foreign vents and cures sore and blistered toes.
WATSON'S
PULVÖSMIDROSIS
15
Price 25 Cents per Tin.
A S. Watson & Co., Ltd, CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, PERFUMERS.
ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841.
BABY GRANDS
BY
Gors Kallmann.
Price $900.
CASH
OR..
Easy Payments."
General Memoranda.
SATURDAY, July 8-
Noon-Extraordinary General Meeting
of Goo. Funwick & Co., Ltd.
3.30 p.m.-Third Gymkhana Meeting.
MONDAY, July 10
at To-kwa-wan.
TUESDAY, July 11
7
8.53 p.m.-Fall moon.
Saturday, July 15:-
12.30 p.m.Extraordinary General Meeting of National Bank of China,
Ltd.
to
WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 1911.
NCE AT OBSERVA-
FION PLACE PIER.
matter of urgeey Hr., Shelton Hooper, at the meeting of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday afternoon, asked by whose authority Observation. Place pier waa,used as a dumping ground for the 'lap-mp' and refuse of the eastern district.
BUCHEBATOM
~(Banter'e Services to the Chick Mar.)
"LONDON "July 5% In the House of Lorde, during, điề It was so bad and no offensiya that tenants cussion of the Parliament Hill, Lord in that neighbourhood had been complain-Tansdowne introduced, in the committee ing to him and he had sent down an stage, his amendment providing for the overseer who found half a cart load of submission to the electorate of any men. rabbish dumped down on the pier. Meres affecting the existence of the
Baluchistan Infantry, has been unds te knowledge whether it was done with Crowd;, the Protestant bucoration, the
of the Sanitary Board or Department and whether it was a fact that establishing of National Parliaments, or
Peak Tram stablen a similar thing had occurred at the bottom ther measures not approved by a Joint
Committee.
From the Colonial Secretary's Office we learn that Amoy has been declared by Lieutenant. Hongkong ta ba, an infected part; while Pakhoi has been ralesand from quarantine. Lieut. G. F. Abraham, Assistant Naval
Kumano Mara today.
From MrT. Fanatsu Consul-Genera) / Jatelligence Officers, left for Japan by the The President said thầh in the case of
eleventh Financial and Economie Annual for Japan, we have rechived a copy of the of Japan. It contains a mass of well- marshaled information.
Mr 8. B. C. Rom, District Offer for the New Territories, left by the French Mail Armand Buhic for Home. He tavels is
Siberia.
יי
The many friends of the Ray. F. T. Jobuson, Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, will learn with regret that under urgent medical advice he is obliged to suspend work and go away for a time to recuperate his health. It is hoped that he will speedily recover and be able to resume his dution
here.
The British Postmater-General an- imports amounted to Tls 462,964,894,nounces that rural decines will be allowed giving an increase of 44.81 million to participate in the new schews of cheap Eari Roberts and about forty-five tuels, and exports to Tha 360,833,328, scribers unite a service can be had for £da Kandahar in 1880 attended the annual telephones, for farmers. Where Eve sub-survivor of the march from Eabul to giving an increase of 41,84 million year.
commemorative dinner at the Hotel Cecil, taels. Commenting on these figures, Adeel is to be lought between a Mr CHALMERS says: That the Russian general and a St. Petersburg nema. value of imports should have increas por editor about an article the latter wrote referring to the trial of a company ed by nearly, 45 milion taels must promoter who was accused of forgory scem surprising to anyone who is Singularly enough, part of the promoter's familiar with the conditions prevail-name is Liar-liar-ski. = ing in certain branches of the import The amount of money staked at the trade. The increase is, in fact, Pari-Mutuel in France during last year matter of values, and mainly of reached the high total of 374,514,985 frauss. The wedding was quietly celebrated at opium values, the increase in which of this spt seven million frous went to the Registrar's Office yesterday of Mr slone has added nearly 30 million sharitable institutions and thres million Donald Fraser, of the Chinese Imperial taels to the total The higher values and a-half francs were devoted to horse-Maritime Customs, and Miss Margaret (Daisy) Phyllis Myrtle Bullock, daughter The value of the city, of New York of Mr E, Bullock, of the Colonial Secretary's has recently been estimated at nearly Department. Mr and Mrs Frasor left for 10,000 million dollars. In 1896 the land Japan to-day.. en which it is built was bought from the Indians for some rum and beads worth about twenty dollars. These twenty dollars would now marcely buy the twentieth part of a square foot.
3 p.m.Auction of Leasehold Property of cotton goods will go far to account for the remaining 15 million taels. The flourishing condition of the |general export trade is the best and most hopeful feature of the statistics, and here the augmentation in value represents for the most part a quantit- ative increase. Turning to the table which shows the value of the direct trade with each country, it is found that the trade through Hongkong has increased by 33 million taels; that with Japan direct, by 27 million taels; that with Germany direct, by 12 million taele; and that with Russin direct, by 6 million taels. Increase is the rule, with the somewhat conspicuous exception of the United States, whose total is smaller by
The China Mail ̈
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, July 5, 1911
1)
CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
THE yearly report on the foreign trade of China, written by Mr J. L.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LD, CHALMERS, Statistical Secretary to
SOLE AGENTS,
Eongkong, April 18, 1907.
WM. POWELL
the Inspectorate General of Customs, has now been issued, and a most:
interesting document it is. In his
general comments Mr CHALMERS
million taela-
8
Space forbids further detailed extracts from this highly valuable report, though it is worth noticing that native cotton doubled its export, as also did vegetable oil The infant
breeding purposes...
AONE MAN" FIRM.
An action with respect to-balanes of salary, money lent and advanced, furniture applied, money paid on behalf of and for the use of defendants, and price of shoes supplied, came before Mr Justice Gompertz
He urged that under Clause 2, as it stood, neither the Crown, the Church or our political Ebertion were sate
Observation Place pier it was done with the full knowledge and on the authority of the Sanitary Department with the consent Lord Morley replied that he could. of the Government. It was curious that not imagine the House of Commons the tenants of houses in the vicinity had passing a Bill impairing the Crown o only just complained when the work the Protestant succession. had unfortunately had to be carried on Observation Plaos pier for the last
pier was very long one and the carts month. As they would have noticed the
were only takes on it when the boats were there and the rubbish was forthwith loaded into the boste so that there would be no accumulation on the pior. If the tenanta
FLOODS IN BULGARIA.
-TERRIFIC D'AMAGN. (Reiter's Service to the China Mail.)`
LONDON, July 5.
Lok Lane Ivand it so had he devastating foods in South Bulgaria, A deluge hating 56 hours bas capsed ondered how it was that the tenants at resulting in wholesals destruction of the refuse where so long. The refuse hind crops and villages The damage is Ship Street had been able to put up with
estimated at £4,000,000 sterling preper place was Ship Street, but since the to be shipped from some place, and the
WATER FAMINE IN ROUMELIA, department had acquired its now boat the pior share was found to be too shallow. "A
Lardos July 5. larger piar had therefore to be built at The reservoirs at Philippopolis which these boats could lie. In consequenos (Roumelia) were damaged and a water the boats had temporarily to remove to famine is imminent. Observation Place, but they would be back Many people are fleeing to the moon- again at this pier in a little over three weeks. txins.
If any member could guest any less offer.
LINE.
sivo way of getting rid of the rubbish he THE SHRE STEAMSHIP would be very glad to take the hint. As far as he could see there was nothing else to be done. Els only surprise was that the papers and those connected with them had taken so long to find this out.
Mr Shelton, Hooper-It is a long suffer. ing public.
The President said that was possibly so.
FAR EASTERN RUNS TO CEASE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, July 5. The Royal Mail Steamship Company
The Coxswains of the bowls had strict in-has acquired control the Shire line of and everything was being done to mitigate It is stated that the Shire steamers structions to use one side of the pier only steamera. the sta
A telegram has been received in Kobe stating that among the honours distributed in connection with the Coronation at the Supreme Court this morning when baronetes has been conferred on Mr W. H. NgShan Chi and another sued the China Lever, Chairman of the well-known firm of Inland Traders Co., and another to recover Lever Brothers Limited, which is erecting! #773,76,
will be diverted to other trades works for the manufacture of soap in
Bir Lewis appeared for plaintiffs and Msident, was satisfied that the staff was only East will be carried on by the Glen
Mr, Shelton Hooper asked if the Pre-and that their trade in the A Japan.
dumped down when a boat was alongside feet, in which both have been hitherto
day at Bo'clock. and that it was removed immediately. "
The President I was down there rester.gaged.
Reader Harris for defondante. Daar
Mr Lewis said that plaintiffs acted as
with regard to the shoes was the compradores to defendants. The items
Tientsin shortly. The Blériot monoplane, A start is to be made in aviation at the property of the Tiantain Aviation Syndicate, is to be put in commission, only business defendants had doas Motor trials have been made, and a few while plaintiffs had been with them, finishing touches are to be given to the It was really a apparates. A well known French resident is to fly the machine.
Is is reported from Havata, Cuba, that American engluers have succeeded in which has been constructed around the pumping out the water from the cofferdam Maine, the American warship which was suck at Havana. They can now eramine
one man business and he hoped to prove that they did no
In respect to the furniture, when his clients business Dafendanta had counterclaimed became compradores to defendants they
the wharf just befory time. About what
My Hooper-The staff was strewn about
time would that be delivered
Tas President I never saw any about is cract the coolise are hot carrying ont the wharf, but possibly if your Information. their instruations. I can assure the Board
took over from the old compradores the that every precaution is being taken to furniture for which 8240 was paid, which prevent rubbish from accumulating on the
The discussion then ended.
I makes reference to the speculation made in pig iron and steel from the the hall of the Maine, where the explosion was more-than the amount which they were pier, in
in rubber companies which began to take hold of the public in the last months of 1909 and ended so
L
disastrously with the June settle ment of 1010. This he regards as perhaps the most important fact in the commercial history of the year Gentlemen's Outfitters. By diverting a large capital from
LIMITED,
ordinary uses and, in the end, by the injury to credit caused by its collapse, the "rubber boom," says EVERYTHING the writer, seem to have deprived
FOR
Gent.'s Wear
NEW NECKWEAR
NEW SOCKS
NAW SHIRTS, etc.
EXCLUSIVE GOODS.
MODERATE
PRICES.
28, Queen's Road
VICTORIA THEATRE.
-DES, VŒŒUX ROAD CENTRATE
15 r.. to 8.40 г.M. AND
9.16 FM to 11:15 2.3
THE FINEST and COOLEST
HALL in the COLONY.
A
UNPARALELLED SUOCESSES OF
BAG THEM FAR "FAMED.
legitimate trade of any chance it may have had of recovering from a long fit of depression. The extent of this dislocation of normal conditions may by gauged from the fact that during
Hangang ironworks also continues to grow, some 63,700 tons being exported aa against 37,600 tons in 1909, while
Hankow iron ore and coal were also sent out of the country to greater extent than before. Slowly but surely China is beginning to open up, and if a wiself progressive policy in fearlessly followed out, the days abundant proeperity.
ahould be blessed come
this
to
with
NEWS OF THE DAY.
afternoon to carry out practice. ELM.S. Handy leaves for Miss Bay
H.M.S. Newcastle leaven for Wei-hai-
the six or seven months of the boom's wel on Saturday. duration some 35 local rubber com panies, absorbing a capital of 20 million taels, were added to the lists morning and her place was taken by
H.M.S., Monmouth came out of dock
H.M.S. Thistle which beat is to undergo
took place, and determine the causes of the
disaster:
·
and neighbourhood, namber of fences
Early in the morning of June 19 severe windstorm swept over Yokohama, doing In the harbour air persone ware being destroyed, while other damage, was drowned by the capsizing of a launch, and one boy was killed on shore by the collapse of a wall.
..
Vol
claiming. When plaintiff's salary bocame
das plaintifs pressed for payment and de- fendant constantly said he had no money wished to make other arrangements. He and could not pay. He also said that he
would furnish cash and in fact finance the wished to get another compradoza who
firm. Defendant asked, plsinsite to allow him to keep the furniture and said he would
HONGKONG SHORTHAND
SUCCESSES.
A pleasant function. Book place at the Diocesan Boys School yesterday afternoon,
when certificates for proficiency in short hand were presented. Those are the results
THE BALKAN PROBLEM,
PRACE-MAKING AGREEMENT.
CONCLUDED
(Beuteri Bervice to the China Math} LowDox,-July 5.
The Viens newspaper, Neue Fris Presse, states that as a result of recent conferees Austria, Italy and Russia have arrived at Bgreement regarding the Balkan situation, which should be most valuable in preserving peace.
IN THE COURTS. Three cocks were charged with stooling
give $200 for it. The whole idea of de of an examination held in April last under lip's stores from the Eat Bimens.
Phonetia Instituto, Eat The successes other two were sentenced to three weeks
There is a movement on foot to organine fendant was to get some money from some an Examining Committee approved by the one defendant was discharged and the Volunteer Corpe in Bangkok, similar to those which are maintained in other places one and somehow. Subsequently trouble of the East. This, it is proposed, would arose and plaintiffs gave notice to leave. include not only Sinnere but also members -Evidence was called
of all ether nationalities, born in Siam His Lordship said there was a joint would be eligible. Only persons of the action which could not possibly succeed in Buddhist creed can become members of the its present form. He would non-suit the if started, will be open to members of all second defendant to bring a fresh action Wild Tiger Corps, but the Volunteer Corpe plaintifs with costs with liberty for the sects, provided they have the other quali and no order on the counter-cisim. fications necesMTE.
Twenty-four 12-wheeled locomotives, ordered from Americs by the Japanese Railway Barein were expected to anive last month. The new engines are to be n on the Tokaido and Banyo lince. These locomotives will be the largest in Japan, and their speed and Inuling power Very great. When these engines are put uto morrice, the train journey between Tokyo, and Shimonoseki will be lessened by an hour.
Bis Loadship added that he thought it was a matter which could possibly be settled.
US. IN FAR ZASTERN WATERS.
Probable Naval Increase/
this year were particularly satisfactory se imprisonment with hard labour. The
candidates obtained first class or spoed, value of the stolen goods was $49.50 certificates.
A rickshaw cookie was fined $4 for dis The certificates were presented by the orderly conduct. Defendant was enge and congratulatory, words, to the follow- Crown Bolicitor's Office the Rev. FT. Johnson, after a few appropriate by Inspector Coyah and
—
First Class or Speed-William Hall, hold of som
Pater Aboner, Mok Bing-cheong J to create's nolas which attracted Andamon and T. Rowan,
Second Class or Theory. Hall
0. Breitenfeldt, Mok Cheuk Bang and M. Rumjahn
Fifteen persons, WATE Shelley Street in connection
Third Class or Elementary J. Year, divan and at the Magistracy; thin A-Abwec, 0. Ahwse, F. Wang, Cheong Mr F. A Hazeland Eined the Sik, Lok Sing-lal, Lamng Kwai-lam, Kong and the remainder #3 each Ho-cheung, Pak Shu-bong. Pak Shu-burn, the polles in suppressing: i G. Owens, A. Alaralda, Mok Hing, 17. becoming increasingly difficult Brockett, G. Mattock, W. Gittins, A. the middle class Chinese seem to be
on their premikes.
of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and overhaul a further large amount was paid locally for shares in London com The Canadian Government has entered
Tas Cublenews American states that panies. Another circumstance which to new contract with the Union Stem-
Funt Lieutenant-Maurice Edwin Shearer, tied up capital was the continuedip Cu, of New Zealand, for a monthly hats the rage. Since the King was first the evening of June 27 in command of a King George" has already made gray - U.SMU. was to leave Cavite stations on service between Vancouver and Auckland. soon wanting a grey derby month or so speculation in opium which grew in The contractors are free to call at an Ang" ago, the demand for bats of this icind were detachment of enlisted men of the Marine / Gifford, Wong Pak-tong and F. Whitseld ing coolies and such-like to smoke omum,
strength with the progressive diminualian port if time permits. ution of supplies of the drug.
. Then when the Kaiser and Prince Corps who are under order to proceed to Christian appeared in grey, higli hata - the Chins coast. These men wit, it is A great deal of space is given to The famous firm of Swan, Hanter end up this fashion. The grey derby has
glishrnen felt themselves obliged to take understood, be assigned to
assigned to duty aboard the a recital of the trade, conditions in whose latest and greatest fests was the promises to oust the straw hat from favour, respectively. They were to embark on the Wighara Richardson of Newcastle, one of already routed its black brother, and its U.S. gunboats Helms and Wilmington, the various commercial centres. These malding of the Mauretanin kave, it is stated, a
be naval aumliary Nanahan. completed arrangements for manufacturing was satisfactory, and it was found pobla
The survey recently made at Unen Advices from the China opasty says the aimoer, plafe. It is expected that this will to lay out good nina-hole golf course jours), state that for some mortke past lead ultimately to the bugding of warsisys 2,560 garda with very little trouble. The United States consular offisiale have coza- at their Nowinstle yard.
work has already been commenced, and it plained of the inadequate naval force which I believed that the course will be ready The non-magnate yacht Carnegie was suffejezt interest is taken by visto, aby the Washington Government. And it before the end of the mumer. Later, it is at present, maintained in the Far Enat recently expected to arrive in Colombo full sozise of 18 hales, may be made. The is understood that quite a few incidente The Carnegie is the only non-magratie inhabitants of Unzen, are quite entsaiastic Invs occurred within the past few months Nagasaki Fractural officials and the not. She is owned by the Car concerning the project and their cheerful that have more fany disclosed the fact to aegio Institution of Washington, and her co-operation, has made possible what will to two Although the complaints of the mission, which is an interafioun oge, is to certainly prove of immense best to consulne oficials have no hearing upon the inapout the magnetic forces so they prevail wilditions Peraction for viators from Chinas present transfer of Marines to the Americaní foreign residents of Nagasaki ze wall's an over the ocean, with the object of miving
gunboats on the Clilas cast it is expected the mariner correct information
thap withm the near future a more respect-
we cannot follow in detail. So far as Kwangtung is concerned, we gather that there were during the year farge importations of foreign rice, while here, us elsewhere, the enhanced value of opium swells the figures materially, notwithstanding a large decrease in the quantity im- ported. Among exports from the Province, silk shows an important increase. Taking the eleven
ports of Kwangtong and Kwongst we find a distinct forward movement in the volume of trade, the total for them
Australian Huxham Trio year being 280 million tarla, com
CLEVEE OPERATIŲ, & BURLESQUE,
BENCHELLINERS:
pared with 257 million in 1909 and and 256 million for the year prio
EA to that
nets forei have advez THE COLLIER SISTER million tacka
the expo
According to
contrast bot Hongkong hitherto Pecife Rain
Tatort the
WWOMAN OPEN BECRETA
se the reason for the increasing demand for
Cholers Had Diari
middle aged
The
Secret
unvarying consistency of quality
The secret of the r
Club Whisky, has been
Is
Out.
of Chib
representation in Chicos wat has maintained its high quality all the time
978 and.
H. Price &Co., Ltd.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.