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Mongols, Hups, Visigoths, Vandale unorganized peasants, with their SOCIAL AND PERSONAL it is as if some of these shadowy nobility and landownges and natural.E the Governor has appointed Mr hordes had suddenly come into life." leaders crushed out of existence, and Justice Gomperta to act as Chief Justice Indeed, to most Englishmen the with colonies of Tartars and Mussul during the absence of Sir Francis Piggoth Bulgars were no more than a name man renegades set in their midst. In leave.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1911.

HONGKONG EDUCATION,

Chinese Vernacular Primary. Education Board Formed.

COMMERCIAL.

FREIGHT.

Mesars Lauke and Rogge in their circular dated Sept. 16th state The Gazette contains an Ortier in Councit Again mily's limited volume of busines

Cigar Merchants and Tobacconists. that emerged rather frequently in the process of nation-building which In the unavoidable sbsence of Mr G. Buds by the Governor constituting & Board, was done in chartering during the fortnight

HIGH-CLASS CIGARS.

LOLITAS

H.E. the Governor of the Straits Suttles

which were disastrous enough even monto his appointed: Mr Claud Sevarn

and Lieutenant Rogur Crofton, R. (1.A., tổ

from Japan, and suitably posse's offering (1.) To promote afficiont Chineva sparingly, owiters have been able to uhtain Vernacular Education in the Colony.

belter terms. In all other pudes the re- (2.) To collect funds to supplement the quirements of charterers continue bght, but ownin; to prevent scarcity of tonnage, Government Subsidy."

in-eater inaveral instances, „adrinces Jis provided that the funds at the woru

the

of Chinese Vernacular Primary Education under review, the bulk of the presailing certain chapters of the Decline marked the nineteenth century few Lentigo, the morning-service abras duties of the Board are so cut as demand boing for coat tonnage, expesially and Fall, But otherwise, they were people had a harder task set them Church to-morrow will be taken by the follow

Rev. H. R. Walls of the London Mission- forgotten, or merged vaguely with than the Bulgarinus-interrupted as itary Society that general body of forlora "Eastern was from time to time by massacres. Christians" whom the haughty Mou Specially made from the finest Manila leaf obtainable. lem despised. So penetrating Mild in flavour and of exquisite aroma."

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Bir Wong Kwong Tim, second intor That the task has at length reached the crowd called broadly "Creeks,"

preter of the Supreme Court, passed his Gladstonian times there were many a determined and purposeful people the Sth inst. This is the third dialect Mr Impulsive English Liberals who have every right to congratulate Wong has mastered during the last three Per box of 50 $4.50 hardly recognised the distinction.

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The erection of the various Balkan kingdome has been held by some writers to mean a strengthening of the possibilities of peace, but we are afraid that these who hold that idea are rather too optimistic and have not made sufficient allowance for the frailty of human nature.

years. Mr Lo King Ki, interpreter at the Contral Police Station, has been appointed to act as third interpreter at the Supreme A. J. Mackie,

Court during the absence, on leave of Mr

THE STRANDED EMPRESS.

Further Attempts to Move Her.

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unfaveurs his reports come. and Supervisor of the Schools. of teaching to act as Inspector, Examiner, and from all rice producing, parts the sainte Saigon/Hongkong-Owing to the ab (3) In such other ways as the Board normal shortage of rice ist Elangkong some

liners may think adviable for the object to frosh purchases were made, and regular have been getting full cargoca. 'pios..."

the rate of freight of 8 cents per pioul. The Board is to keep records of its pro-We hear that a cargo of 2,000 tons rios ceedings, signed-by-the-Chairman;""keep being loaded by the ss, Cam, Jebsen for regular accounts, and submit to the kong, prosent time chartarers abtaining Java destination was reported to Hong Governor an annual statement of income the same rate as to Jays, .. 21 cents poz and expenditure, and of! assets and picul. ⠀

abilities; submit to the Governor as soon after the let of January in each year as Vernacular papers in Japan report that may be possible, a report of its oporations on Sunday the Japanese salvage company, during the preceding year, with a list of Yamanouchi and Co., had drawn the Em-the schools under its supervision and con- press of China sixty feet from where she trol, and such details regarding them as Brat grounded, but the following day being the Governor may require. stormy further attempts had to be aban- doned for a time. On enquiry at the offices

There was some excuse for them, The Bulgars themselves had almost forgotten who they were; they had to be roused by a vigorous literary campaign, by the efforts of their poets, historians, and antiqueries, to a remembrance of their own past Five centuries of Turkish rule had almost obliterated their traditions. Greek had become the polite ang

NEWS OF THE DAY. BIRTH.

uage of Bulgarian society, the Bul- Etzia.-On the 16th September, at 3 Mountain View, The Peak, to Mr and Misgarian language was written in Greek The Franch Mail of the 15th August ELLIS, a daughter....

characters, and it took a good dent was delivered in London on the 14th Sept.of the Q.P.R., however, a Japan Advertiser of patriotic endeavour to bring

representatfre leamed this was not the This morning the well-known case; the vessel had been moved twenty home gradually to the Bulgars them-pony Seawood was bought at auction by fast some time ago and on the 5th and 8th Variety Entertainment at Mount Austin selves, as well as to the reading world Lieut. . A. Law for 800. We understand inst, the salvage company were to make

further attempt to dislodge her from her of Europe, that this down-trodden

present altastion on the racks. Turkish province was in fact the vestige of an Empire that had once been mighty, had played no mean part on the world's stage, "nad was a Great Power before the Turks had

MEMO FOR TO-DAY.

MEMO FOR TO-MORROW. Harvest Thanksgiving Services at St.

Joha's Cathedral.

M

MEMOS FOR MONDAY. 3p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at Public

"Works Department.

he will be used for polo,

The Registrar of Companies (Me H. A Nisbet) has notified that the name of the

American Cinematogmph and Viudavilla Co. has been struck off the Register.

A STRANGE COMMOTION.

a

Local prices have risen considerably, and quotation for best quality rice is given as quoted a fortnight ago. $11 per picul, nearly double the tgure

Old Crop.-Stocks at Saigon are almost exhausted and quality of grain now, con- ing on the unrket is very poor.

New Crop-It is to utrly as yet to give any reliable opinion.

Saign/Philippines-Charterer's require- wenta have been filled by the boate man aged in the FT.

Saigon/Jaca.No fresh charters' are reported.

Bangkok

overaly falt in Siam, as is shown by the :-The shortage of rice in being. foot that the value of the sports last month August 1910 or 1000,It is said that the seven million ticals less than in was nearly Siamese Government have sunt inspectors to the interior to investigate the prevailing conditions as to the new comp.

Newchwang Canton-Nothing has been

direction during the interval.

The Board is to roast of the Registrar General and Director of Education (en officia) and of dra os more Chinese gentlemen to be nominated by the Governor. Every member so nominated shall hold office for three years, but may be re-dominated. All questions shall be decided by a majority of votes the Chairman having a caating vote in case of an equality. The Chairman will be nominated by the Governor. Any man ber who may be reported to the Governor by the Board as having, without good cause. boon, sheens from throa consecutive meet- We hear the Hongkong Ico Co. will Cafe, nor printing press was being have ceased to be a member.. Three private The following story is reported from ings, may be declared by the Gerarzer to

Polat to their town depåt in steam-driven bure Admiral Lawas hurt. From the for any purpose. reached the Black Sea. Such, how-motors instead of as at present by hand. report it appears that the machinery was

dues for steamer's ever, was the case. The modern drawn waggons

· Such sum of money sa the Governor with | account, } of a type that would consume its own the consent of the Legislative Council may Courbot/Canton 82.20 per ton. Bulgarians are ardent vindicators

smoke or rather the smoke from the annually assign from the revenues of the The body of a Chinaman, aged about furnace that works it. A foreigner was Colony, shall be placed at the disposal of of the Slavonic iden but the original 37 years, was found in Des Your Road employed to set the machinery sp, and the Board, and this subsidy may be in Balgars were, of course, no more Central, and sent to the mortuary. The somehow there was an explosion, which crossed in any year if the income rafeed

Queon's Road East.

or the firing off of revolvers. At least to crossed, but if the Governor be not satisfied Phompenh/Philippines, 8. Selstad at

Cool

kong 32.-(Chartarars paying barbour dues and fights from Japan have advanced

market clowes very firm, Fixtures |--Wakamatzu/Hong-

reported

[kong (

83.20.

5.30 p.m.-Hongkong Cricket League qutted Asia or the Russians had shortly be convoying their ice from Eastrected near Sheung Mun Tai, the street and one official members shall form aquarum | 10 son at Watai), Wakamatz/ong-

Meeting in HK. C.C. Pavilion.

General Memoranda, TamsDay, Septembar 21:-

V.R.C. Aquatin Sports. FRIDAY, September 22:-

V.R.C. Aquatia Sporta

SATURDAY, September 23:--`

V.R.C. Aquatic Sports -Noon-Dorghe Steamship Co. Ordinary

General Meeting.

MONDAY, September

Hongy/Amoy $2,25, and Port

found employment on timecharter bnals TimechartersFurther few vessels have intended for the following trades... Germania 8 months 87,000 per month for cattle trade Australia/Philippines, 6.8. Spir's

charter was extended for a further

Slavs than the Turks themselves. They body of a coal coolie was also found in seemed to resemble the explosion of bombe from other sources has considerably in-period at 80-250 per month for eattle trade

were one among those Turasinin tribes who swept down upon. Europe from Central Asia during the centuries Entries for Chiria Mail' Harbour Race after the break-up of the Roman

close TUESDAY, September 26-

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Extensive frauds have been brought to light in the German Imperial. Bank. and Baman have been arrested on a charge Two officials of the bank named Wegener

of embezzling £12,500 of its funds.

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large battleship for the Japanese Navy.

The vessel will be named the Fasolj

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On Friday night Lancu Sergeant Wills and a party of detectives went in sampans, ou seven street gamblers. They were taken to Ma Wan Islami, Capsimun, and arrest-

to the Kowloon police station in a launch.

appoint the Hon. Mr A. W. Brawin, In connection with the above, His Ex. The people calledby the Governor has been pleased to. CM.G., to be Chairman, and the following Chines gentlemen as members of the Board: Hor. Dr He Kai, C.M.G., Hou, Mr. Chan Kai Ming and Mr Ha Fook. Mr Wei Yak, OM.G., Mr Lau Cho Pak,

then laatilla great dread, ameuget the

inbabitants that there will be further trouble.

SPORTING.

V. R. G.

TYPHOON WARNING."

The telegram quoted below was received from the Manila Observatory no 11.30a.m.

to-day-

chata trade, and 8.3. Dagny has again been taken up for anal trade Hongay! Canton at 85,000 per month,

has been further reduced by the well-known Homeward bound-Outside tonnage constar Norw. s.. Brand being fixed with sugar from Java to France. The Norw, sa. these waters being fixed on 12 months Prometheus taraiso bson taken away from timecharter Australian/Ocean Island trade..

EIGHT GRANDS PRLI IN THREE YEARS.

This is a magnificent achievement of which the Lemes and Uxo-Company hive

reason to be proud. Eight Grande Prix in Manila, September 16, 10.40m-three years! And these high honours have Cyclone or typhoon E. of Northern Lazon, been awarded to their famous products less than 300 miles distant, moving W.N.W.Oxo" and "Lemco solely on their or N.W.

the frightened minds of the Chinese in the that the grant for the previous year was £600 per month for Windivostok/Kam district, the sounda suggested these things.wisely expended it may be reduced. commotion in the stront. The consequence was there was a gread feared that it was a repetition of what Empire... Like

other conquering

went on a month ago, and they died in all armies, the invaders became mergod

directions. Whistles were blown, and the with their subjects. The Bulgarian

polies rushed towards the spot; inded language disappeared. The Bulgarian

were oven lared to the spot, only to find before the scare was over, some officials 5.15 p.m. Kowloon Cricket Club's type. did not--as any tourist can see

Meeting.

that them was ng danger, and that the for himself in the streets of Sofia or

nerves of the people were responsible for The koel will be laid at Kare Naral all the fuss. This is the second time that Salonika, when he contrasts the Station towards the end of this year or an episode of this kind has been reported, awarthy taciturn, thick-set, bullet-early next year for the construction of and if the account is at all correct, then headed Bulgarian with the long firabed, lightly built, voluble Serb HONGKONG, SATURUAT, SEPT. 16, 1911. But the Tartar blood give an energy to the Slavs of the Rhodope vallers and the Danubian plain, which soon made them masters of their neighbours The Byzantine Emperors in the ninth

The policy of the new Saionji Cabinet AMONG the most significant pheno- and tenth centuries had a very bad

still remains unknown, but it is under mena of the last quarter of a century

time at their hands. Under the Czar stood-that-the-period-fixed by the late has been the revival of the sense SIMEON, whom GIBBON reganda with Katezro Ministry for the conversion of the of nationality among the smaller respect, Bulgaria held a highly re-hate railways into a broad-gauge standard Millinery Department. nations of Europe. From the point spectable place among the nations of will have to be extended.

of view of a follower of the COBDEN the world; and SIMEON got his title M. Schnecgann, a member of the school of thought it is inexplicable of autocrat of the Bulgars and Greeks Legislative Assembly in Saigon, committed

suicide on the 9th inst. by shooting him from 2nd October to hold clanca an

A gynnaixm instructor has been engaged Maw Fang, managing partner of Messrs and...disheartening; these amiable recognised not only in Constantinople, self through the hourt with a revolver. M. Mendays and Thursday, conmancing at Dady Barjor and Co., was continued before of the grass to the bottling up of the ex- gentlemen were fully convinced that but" in Rome. Unfortunately the Schnecguns was found by housshoy re- p.m. It is the intention of the sub- Mr. D. Melbourne, Deputy Registrae, at back. They have always owned their own before the nineteenth century closed Eastern Christians six hundred years beside him.....

clining un his bed and a pool of blood committee to give several displays during the Supreme Court this morning. Debtor farms they are always roared their own the winter. At the end of the gave a lengthy explanation of the afairs of cattle; they have always, by exercising the we should see the last of racial ago were as fond of quarrelling with

acason an areault-at-arms may be bald divisions and that the whole world ech other as they have shown them-1offee to-day we learn that the opening of

when prizes will be given to the best par- the firm and the examination was closed. On enquiry at the Colonial Secretary'sformers on the various apparatus., would laugh the restrictions and selves to be more recently. The the Chinese section of the Canton-Kowloon

A Filipino bas.boen arrested on a charge It is hoped to hold an amateur boxing of obtaining food and lodgings by false pre- aspirations of distinct nationality to Illyrian kingdom was growing up as Railway has been officially Sxod for contest on 4th November, if ruficient tencos. Is is nileged that he engaged a roun scorn Alas for the vanity of human a rival to the Bulgarian, and eventual Monday, October 2nd. The arrangements entries admit. There are five weights in a tonsment house, No 42 Bridges Stroh contly arrived at Malta with. No: 4 hold on

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AQUATIC SPORTS.

We have been asked to mention that en" tries for the Aquatic, Sports to be held next. Thursday, Friday and Saturday elcse tonight

marits in open competition in such world- ronovned exhibitions as the International Exhibitions in Londen Brussels and Bueno ITEMS AT THE COURTS.

Aires, and the Franco-British and Japan British Exhibitions in London. Having The Indian constable who in alleged to ourselves bad experience of the purity. hare struck a coolie on the Li Keo wharf, strength, and intrinsic goodness of the the latter having subsequently died, was products themselves we can well understand It is intended to hold smoking charged with manslaughter before Mr J, the motive of the fudges in awarding them concert ta the gymnasium on Saturday R Wood at the Magistracy this morning. such high insignia of marit. Since their night next, the last day of the sports, The case was rumanded.

foundation, as far back as 1868, the policy commencing at airs o'clock.

of the Liebig Company has never changed. The pablle examination of Mr F. They exercise complete control over the making of their products from the growing

AKORING CONCERA,

GYENLERICE.

BOXING

سوال

under which 'members can compete.

TIS HARBOUR RACE, Member are reminded of the annual swimming race across the harbour. En trica cloes on 20th inst...

Polo Club Gymichana.

The programme of the race meeting-to to held at Happy Valley by the Hongkong Polo Oaks on Saturday, 7th October, is as follows: 1. Pop th

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The Liverpool steamor, Manolase re

"and having' obtained two meals and some

drink he went to sloop. About 8 o'clock fire The nart hold contained Lyddite in the evening when he awoke he said boshells and other explosives. The vessel would go over to the ship to get the money was ordered to the out of the harbour, to pay for his board and lodgings. He did where Rear Admiral Simons and a Naval not return; however, he was watched and party boarded her, extinguished the fames, Babesquently arrested.

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fide Polo Ponies which have beog regularly played since litir July, 1911. Catch weights 152. Ib 3.-4.10 r. SWEEPSTAKE ABOU

predictions! To-day is an age when ly the Bulgare, had to acknowledge by the officials in Canton. the divisions of race and nationality the supremaey of the Servian Czar are more sharply defined than even DUSHAN. Memwhile the Turks

A very elaborate programme is now before. In South-Eastern Europe were gradually subjugating all being arranged of Oriental pageantry in particularly is this to be observed, branches of the South Slavonic race Calcutta for the cecasion of the King's In the strange congeries of races Even before they had occupied long. Severa ruling chiefs have test old visit. The procession, will be four miles which there find a local habitat we Stambul the the Ottoman Sultans world armour armis, ad ecetumes, art see at the present moment a revival had carried fire and sword over being specially designed from old pictures. of different nationalities for centuries Rumelia, barped the flourishing Bul absorbed and hield down by strong garian towns, and reduced the princes conquering powers, which promise and people to subjection. The last to provide some of the most difficult of the old Bulgarian Czara perished Department knocking up 501 runs fr problems of the next few decades on some forgotten battlefield at the The little groups of nations which are to be found in the Balkans are close of the fourteenth century. Then partment made 91 in the first innings and perhaps the most important of any for the people of the conquered wickets for 6 runs in the End, innings of began five hundred years of thraldom 24 in the second. Though D.A. Wijogar

dene filled to score for his wide, he took 6 of these revived nationalities, and perhaps the most important of Provinces, during which little was left the Registine Gonera's Department, The 6.15 to 11.15 .. all is Bulgaria, the latest to be to them but their language and their Post and Telegraph Department won by

erected into Kingdom. AB A religion. So completely was the writer in one of the Loudon journals national cohesion lost, that hardly day Harvest Thanksgiving Services will be 6.4.50 p.m-Handicap-Ons AND HALF recently remarked, there is something attempt at insurrection was made, nor hold in St. John's Cathedra), to-morrow, MIL-For all China Ionies.

Septembar 17th-The Bishop of Vito10-5.10.0-Muzz Forell-China strangely romantic about this revival did the Bulgarians enter into any such his actioned the use of special Paine,

Ponies that have never was a Race or [FOR any sort up to time of starting (Ladies of a nationality buried so long under struggle to release themselves from Lessons, Prayers and Thanksgivings. There minati a Races at this sansons Gyn alien dominion that its very existence the Turkish yoke as the Albanians, will celaxations of the Holy Commun khands excopted). had been forgotten. "It is na. Grecks or the Serbs. Yet they are

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ion at 8.15 am, and at mid-day the lat tortill be fully chumal and the preacher According to a telegram from Harbin will be the Rev. A. O. Moroton, M.A., the British G, tuul has stored into com RN. At evensong, the Bishop of the munication with the Russian, Consul: with

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