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General Memoranda.

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

We have a letter in our office adërgontu to H. R. H.

limit for the completion the line, which, with the aid of foreign capital, should now be rapidly pushed forward. That this scheme of nationalisation has aroused keen opposition, everyone knows; but having once put its hand to the plough the Government cannot turn back, and though we have not yot heard the last of the protests: raised in Kwangtung over this question, there is only one line of action to be pursued," and that is a

The Commonwealth Government has firm resolve on the part of the Imperia applied to the Admiralty for 1,683 offices Government to see the scheme and men to man the Commonwealth naval through whatever the, steps which unit. Eight hundred men will be supplied will be necessary to carry it into locally.

A list of the evening classes to be re-opened at the Hongkong Techincal Institute on Monday next will be found on pago. 10.

CANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY.

OPENING OF CHINESE SECTION.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1911.

-The equipment of the Railway, while Bob extravagant, is much as will annuan » good degree of comfort to passengers, and the railway has already been oomplimented on the smooth running of its traits over the particna recently opened to traffic.

LANDING OF REAR ADMIRAL

***MURDOCK.

Considerable interest was mamifend in the official landing of Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdock, of the U. B. S. Saratogat, and The type of locomotive adopted in 2-8-0, Commander-in-Chief of the United State? outside cylinders 1924 stroke, double Asiatia Squadron, which took place a bogio tonder for 3500 gallons of water Bake Fier this morning in the presence of and of tons of coal, weight of engine and a large concourse of people. On reaching ander loaded 101 tons, maximum axle the piar the distinguished visitor was toad 18 tons, diameter af driving wheels & received by Captain P. M. Taylor, A.DX

manufacturers, the North British to His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard Locomotive Company Limited Glasgow. and Mr G. E. Anderson, Consul-Generat The Birst carriages in use were supplied for the United States of America in Hong- as to frames and bogles by the Metropolitan song. At the same time a soluta of thirteen. Carriage Wagon Company, Birmingham, guns being fired from the shore battery a6 the bodies being manufactured and erected. Kowloon.

Two lar-boys at the Land We Live In Hotol are reported to have stolen $141 from the till by means of a duplicate kesän Outline of the Undertaking

To-day an important epoch in the development of South China has been marked. With fitting ceremony, and in the presence of prominent British and Chinese officials, the complots Chinesa section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway has been opened- Connecting as it does with the British section, a completa line of rails now runs from Kowloon Forry to Canton, covering a distance of over 110 miles, publis trafic on by the Hongkong & Whampoa Book Co., After Inspecting the guard of honour, which opens to-morrow (Thursday) Ltd., of Hongkong, who sent up the car consisting of two officers and fifty rank and The ceremonics to-day, full report of ringes to Canton ready for running by ale of the 1st Bn. K. Q. Y. I., with re which will appear in to-morrow's China Rightos towed by a launch. Others have gimantal aleurs, the band having played

commenced with reception been built by the Tong Shau Works of the fow bars of The Star Spangled Banner, this morning at Tai Sha. Tou (the big Imperial Railways of North China. The the party got into chairs and proceeded to terminal station at Cantony, after which type of carriage adopted is as follows: Government House where an official call the gaily-decked opening train steamed cat Length over platforms-01 fect, wheel was made on His Excellency, the Governor. at 9 o'clock for Som Chun, the frontier bogies, body of toak with varnished teak The personal staff of the Admini is a station, arriving there at about 19.20 lagging outside sad light wood inside, high follows: Commander Joseph L. Jayne, o'clock. A special train conveying guests dog roof with torpedo ventilators. The Chief of Staff; Lient Commander. Henry from Hongkong arrived just after, and at trains are continuous with standard E. Lackey, AD O., Fleet Engineer ; Lient- enant Sinclair Ganson, A.D.C., Flag Secre (one o'clock a luncheon was hald, when the central couplers and

section was declared officially opened and brakes throughout. The 1st class carriages tary; Lieutenant David W. Bagloy, A.D.0.," a number of speeches wara delivered. Both have side corrider with coupés, Flag Lieutenant and Fleet Ordinance the British and Chinese trains departed and a card" saloon, rattan seats and Officer, Ensign Rielmed Hill, A.D.C... from Sum Chan at 9,15 in the afternoon.. cushions and electric" light equipment. In a recently-published supplement the For sound design and workmanship com. China Mau described the British section, bined with reasonable economy, the type of catflages adopted, which has also been particulars of the larger Chinese project.

introduced on the British Section of the The total length of the Chinese Section railway, is considered ominently satis- of the Canton Kowloon Railway is 89 factory.

The terminal station at Tai Sha Tou, While watching Hoybridge (Essex) miles; the Loan Agreement for its con. British and Chinese Corporation and the scratch on the cheek from a woman's

Imperial Chinese Authorities; the detailed hatpin. Inflammation set in, and his survey was commenced in August of that death has occurred from erysipelas resulting year, while construction was commenced in certain sections where land had been purchased, in June of 1908.

effect. Far, looked at in a broads advertised in another colunan and general senso, the Chinese rail Reception will be held at the residence of way system is still in its infancy. Conal. J. J. Leiris ab noon to-morra, in The railway system of India, for calebration of the first anniversary of the example, only partially developed, Republic of Portugal. but with a population of about |240,000,000 India can at least boast of about 30,000 miles of railway, whilst China, with a population greater by, perhaps, nearly 100,000,000, can at present show, about 5,000 or 6,000 miles of railway only. Before Chin- ese railway development can compare

The usual annual ceremony of haisting the penant, which takes place on the day the troopship leaves England, was carried out this morning by the Royal Engineers at Wellington Barracks,

The Open-air Concert which was to have boom given by the Hoogkung Cricket Club on Saturday night last has

with that of India gnother 30,000 boss postponed to Saturday, 14th, instand now we furnish our readers with some miles or so will have to be built at a and will not take place to-night as mention cast of say over £200,000,000 stered in last night's China Mail, ling. These figures show at a glance the magnitude of China's task ahead,

Westinghouse

CLAIM FOR GOODS.

The case of Watkins Linuted, against G. : Wellborn for $26.20 for goods, supplied came before Mr Justice Gompertz, at the Supreme Court the morning..

C.MES, BABYr School Sator of Work at a task which she cannot think of cycle sports a. foundryman received a slight struction was signed in March 1907 by the Canton, is a Ene structure and is used as Mr Crowther Smith, appeared for plain-

THURSDAY, October 5

City Hall. FRIDAY, October 0

5.30 p.m.-Hongkong Football Club's

Annual General Meeting. SATURDAY, October 7:-

Noon: Jockey Club's Half-yearly meet 19.30 p.m. Dairy Farm Co's. Ordinary

Yearly menting

PER MONTH. | 3.30 p.m. Polo Club's Qyakhana.

Tuning and Regular

Attention Inclusive.

5. MOUTRIE & Co.,

LIMITED.

Hongkong, April 16, 1907.

Powell's

Limited.

NEW CONSIGNMENT OF

SENDAY, Octobor 8 :--

12.11 p.m.-Full Moon.

MONDAY, October 9-

Works Department, ana

Un Deals Stamship Cor's Extraer

accomplishing without foreign aid in the way of capital and engineering

skill...

from the scratch.

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The local administration of the railway is placed by the Loan Agreement in the hands cLa Chinese Managing Director as

a general head office, as well as providing. tif, and Me R. A. Harding for defendant. station accommodation:

Plaintiff gave evidence as to the amount said to be due.!"

The smaller stations on the line are simple structures sufficient to serve local demands, while permitting extension, and development with the growth of traffic."

With the exception of Sheklung on the

Harding said that the dealings we

with a Mr Duncan who was a runner.

His Lordship He dealt with the num

East River, which is a distributing centre through Duncan, sociated with a British Engineer-in-Chief of some considerable importance, though

countrt.

__The_executive_officers recently engaged. on the line were Mr B. T. B. Boothby, Assoc. M. Inat. C.B., District Engineer, No. 3 District; Me W. G. Moors, District Engineer, No. 3 District; M W. M. Stratton, Maintenance Engineer, Tai Sha Tou; Mr. J. Thompson, Locomotive of the railway. Superintendent, and Mr O. T. Liu, Traffic Manager.

Mr Harding said they had always given

and $3 costs.

To revert to the undertaking whose

It is stated in official circles at Rome fruition is to-day being celebrated, that the King of Italy will go to meet the though it is not been one of abnormal bing of England when the latter crosses magnitude, the difficulties have been the Mediterranean on his way to India,

The interview will take place between and a Chief Accountant, and these positions not a large city, there are no towns of the orders to Dancan and had received the not a few. From an engineering point Naples and Messina, and the whole Italian are at the present time filled by Mr Chao importance contiguous to the mailway. goods from him. Payments had also born of view there have been many Navy will sail under its King's command Ching Hua, Acting Managing Director, Mr There are however many villages and a made to Duncan who was not now in the adverse conditions to face-rivers to to do honour to King George of England. Frank Grove, M. Inst. C. E., Engineer-in-large population, and the rapid and cheap Colony. Plaintiffs, had gone round to all Chief, and Mr Ernest Hall, Chief Ac mears of transport afforded by the open the steamer apparently and when plainti 3p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at Fublic be bridged and huge cuttings to be

section of the line is already hailed with bad called at the s.a. Tiuntain his client was engaged in the hold with cargo. rauch gratification by the inhabitants. 4 p.m.-Opening of the Kwong Wa Hos-carried through. Then, too, the A party of the Chinese Commercial

In order, therefore, to develop a uni Defendant admitted 880 and said he pital, Yaumati, by H.E. the Governor

Afission who are to visit Japan in accordance,

muni amount of local traffic, besides 3rd would call at the shop and go into the mysterious factors fengshui and

with the invitation issued by the United

class stations, semi-permanenthalts" accounts. Werds to that effect were written TURDAY, October 10:-

interference with graves bad to Chambers of Commerce, will leave Shanghai

have been established at all liarly pinces, on the accounts. Four dags afterwards to dinary General Meeting.

be seriously rockoned with, but, on October 20th for Nagasaki direct, where

which, with a small station staf, should his astonishment be get a writ and he had 3.45 p.m.-Sanitary Board Meeting.

thanks to the skill and tact of they are expected on the 20th. The party

materially assist in building up the traffic paid $8.60 into Court which was admitted WEDNESDAY, October 11-

Noon-Chins Light and Power Co.'s the officials these difficulties have will arrive in Tokyo on or about November

20th and spend fifty days in Japan. Ordinary Annual Meeting. *

been successfully overcome. A

Now that the railway is complete, the His Lordship gave judgment for plaintif traveling public will find an interesting for 11.20, being the amount paid into THURSDAY, October 19:-

chief engineer, Mr FRANK GROVE

There will shortly be sold in London

Construction work proceeded steadily journey awaiting them, the British and court and $2.60 the difference found to he Noon-Canton Insurance Ordinary Meet has had a most overous and difficult an antique jewelled pendant, consisting of throughout, though many troubles caused Chinese Sections combined affording un ying.

post to fil, but as well in the large emerald in a circle formed of by native opposition in the country districts untal and very beautiful scenic attractions practical work as in the handling brilliants an emeralds set in beautifully occurred in the early days of land purchase apart from any engineering inforest. It is of delicate matters touching native enamelled gold, from which suspends and of the commencement of actual works no exaggeration to state that the short sient was given for defendant. susceptibilities he has won through diamond-shaped drop. This pendant is Eventually, however, with moro vigorous railway journey from Hongkong to Chatou belfered to have been the property of measures on the part of the Chinese will mok very high in point of interest, and in a manner which is a lasting tribute Queen Elizabeth, and is inscribed with her authorities, and much patience and care on the developicant of the line into one of the HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1911. to British integrity and conciliation. name and the royal crown.

the part of the foreign engineers, a better most important and financially successful time came and more rapid progress was railwaya is merely a question of time. It is particularly gratifying to feel

altained, especially in the past year. THE RAILWAY OPENING. that the difficult question of a work- ing agreement between the two THE day when residents in the sections has been come to after lengthy British Colony of Hongkong will be negotiation. What is now needed able to take a railway ticket at to abstract the best results froni the Kowloon for Calais ria Canton, joint enterprises is whole-hearted. Floot-Paymaster Petch joined the financial scheme, a length of 100 railes, mere orntered, Mr Grove has apheld. the entertainment ever presented here, so say

The China Mail

Hankow, Berlin and Paris inay still co-operation for the general good of bo far distant, but it is brought both. Given this, the future takes appreciably bearer to-day by the on a bright and hopeful outlook. official opening of the Chinese-section,

of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, This Important line, as is well-known,

BABY CARRIAGES traversing nearly 100 miles of fertile

WICKER

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AND

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SINGLE AND, DOUBLE STYLES.

VERY

REASONABLE PRICES.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Huskara Trio are making a great starts at Canton, the grout commercial hit every night at the Victoria Theatre; centre of South China, and after especially in their topical songs.

The sale of work in connection with country linka. up with the British the Oburch Mission Baxter Schools is to section at the frontier of our leased open at the City Hall on Thursday, the territory, thus providing a continuous 5th inst., at three o'clock. track of steel from Kowloon ferry" to

The old George Inn at. Hammersmith Broadway, London, which dates from the

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Flect Paymaster C. F. Petch, of the retired list. has been appointed Naval got a Shanghai, and will be borne on

the books of the Tamar nt Hongkong.

department of the Royal Navy in July. 18, as assistant clark, was promoted jay master in 1903, and fleet paymaster in 1007. He recently retired from the

the

dns in the accounta

Another case by the same plaintiff against AG. Hawkes also came before his Lord- ship and after hearing the evidence judg

THE GREAT JÄNSEN SHOW,

To-night in the opening performance

Mr Frank Grove, M. Inst. C.E, Eazi neer-in-Chief of the Chinese section of the the Theatre Royal of the Great Jansen While this Railway does not rank as Canton Kowloon Railway, deserves great Company. This fine attraction had jus China's most difficult engineering work up credit for the progress made in the con- closed a very succesful engagement of to the presont, there are works of struction of this important line. Notwith four weeks in Shanghai and arrived here

discouragements magnitudo and some considerable engineer- adued and prejudices to overcome, to yesterday Janson brings to Hongkong

gother

the largest, beat and most sensational with engineering difficultiesen- ing interest connected with it.

In the early days of promotion of the

prestige of British engineering cor- the management. His illusions are his. Iess, was anticipated and that this could be struction standards in the enterprise own invention. Among the most in-

not He was

dis дож completed. reduced to 80 miles is satisfactory coursed the many trying delays portant in to-night's programme are "Asis Tunnels have been avoided though there due to friction between the officiate the Mystery of the Air The Invisable. are heavy carthworks from Mile 58 to Mile and the Chipeso in their endeavour Flight A Matter of Choice; "--*The 85 through hilly and mountainous country, to full their obligations to the way, American Beauty", and fifty other important and in the lowlying portions there are and the inhabitants along the sight of tricks. Among the vaudeville Features way. By the exercise of great patiento The marriage of Mr Willard D: Straight, some 10 miles of high embankment secs and tact, be carried on the work under are De Hallie and Valora, the Famous these trying conditions and to-day it might Comedy Jugglers Mr Nalan Story, representative of the Morgan finanelal sitated by the very bigh flood levels. interests in China, and Mins Dorothy Fayno billy portions, already indicated, the feature unpopular, it appeals generally to the ty player; Miss Edus Herr the illusionist Besides an interesting route through the be said that instead of the railway being musical comedian and champion Xylophoną Whitney, a daughter of the late Mr William of this railway which calls for special com habitants who formerly lost no opportunity

to obstruct the work.

and many others. The bookings at C. Whitney, at one time a prominent ment is a series of large bridges in the

Mr Grove was formerly connected, with Moutrie's indicates a very large attendance. American Cabinet Minister, took place at East River Valley which is crossed between the Bengal-Amam Railway previous to to-night. Genova on 7th ult. Only some twenty Mila 49 and Mila 41. In those nine miles undertaking the position ho has for years occupied Indeed the Hongkong-Canton guests were present at the ceremony. are the following bridges

line is also indebted to the Assan-Bengal After a brief bonoyuroën the couple will Sice Taun River Bridge 5 spans 50 feet for Mr E. 8. Lindsey, M.I.C.E., the Chief

Skew. proceed to Chins, where they first met

Beniciant Engineer of the British section.

service.

Canton itself. The benefits. which time of the Stuarts, is now being de. when Miss. Whitney was travelling. MrShek Ha

3 spars 60 feet 3 spans 100 fest,

3,60 feet.

3 spans 100 feet.

4 spans 60 feet.

3 spans 224 feet, 2, 60 feet.

"China Mail's" Dinstrated.

Supplement.

There is to be a serious reduction, owing to the state of the finances, in the. namber of missionaries to be sent out this year by the Church Missionary Society. They will number ifty-eight loss than lait

With the issue of the China Mad of year-124 against 182. The society's mid- to-morrow night, containing the fall accountsionaries total 1,300, and, with the halp of the opening ceremony, will be given of 440 native clergy, native teachers, away a large illustrated supplement con- catechists, and Bible women, they are to 4 spaus 244 fost,taining portraits, views of the railway be found throughout the world." The

·2.00 feet.** etc. It will be printed on special papor

time in the Shok Tan Straight was at' one Imperial Chinese Customs, but he was bottor known, as United States Consul-Pek Kong

do. General at Makdon. After alling this post Han Bai

Sheklung, East do. with distinction Mr Straight returned to

Tung Kundo. Washington to become head of the Asiatic bureau of the State Department Ba resigned this position to join the financial syndicate of which Mr J. Pierpont Morgan of the 224 foct spas girders is unusual in is the head, and was sent back to China to this part of the world and indeed has born a represcut its interests. Misa Dorothy elsewhere seldom attempted on so large

Payne Whitney is considered to be one of scale. The weight of ench span when the wealthiest young women in Amenes. fosted out 330 tons and the erection and and riveting has taken place on shore near launching fett on. The final floating out

will accrue to South China in general | molished to enable the thoroughfare to from the completion of these two be widened. sections are obvious. Quick transport- The Yoradzu in Japan has the follow. ation of marketable commodities,ing: The Toyo Kisen Kaisha line under rapid means of communication and consideration a plan to build a ship-repair- ing yard at Koyasu acar Kanagawa, to be the bringing of Canton into closer large enough to accommodate ships of the touch with the great distributing Tonye type. They propose to realise the centre of Hongkong are among the scheme by filling. up the foreshore, and

petition has been led with the Kenche in more patent advantages which will

the name of M Soichira Azano. henceforth be enjoyed But though

A statement has been published in Har brother, Mr Payne Whitney, is marri much is justifiably anticipated, Tokyo pepers describing as hopeless bed to a daughter of the late John Hay, the

Wm. Powell, Id. especially by Hongkong, from the position of the s.a. Empress of China, but

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REPORTED LOSS OF A GERMAN: STEAMER.

The mathod adopted for the erection and will form a capital moments of the society's schools and colleges, have as many

ng 180,000 scholars

and seating of each span only occupies a few hours. The piers of the larger bridges are founded upon caisats encased as to the

occasion,

PORT WINES.

From the Oldest and Most

Messrs

lower portion in steel, sunk to a suflelent Reliable Oporto House:

depth by open dredging 'kud finally plugged with concrete.

new situation which has to-day been the Japan Advertiser of September 18th says it is totally incorrect. A representative of inaugurated, oven greater hopes are the Advertiser has been officially informed centred in the days ahead when the that the salvage company has by no means Canton-Hankow section will have given up its operations; on the contrary

The ruling grade of the lies is 1 in 180 been completed and the north and the work is progressing slowly but surely

This 6a Haitao, which arrived this and this grade is almost entirely coninsd toward a successful issu A canal hos south trunk line" from Peking to been blasted through by which the vessel morning from Swalow, brought the news to the hill section, which remark also ap Canton and Hongkong finally con can be refonted, and as she lies in of the ipse of a steamer on Breaker Point plios to the sharpest curvature, cik: 3 no reliable news was to hand and on her Tangents are long throughout the more ected up. The outlook in this position fairly well-protected from the on Sunday. When the Haitan aft Swatow degrees,

it was twelve months ago, when the

Considerable damage was done at Swalow clary through train perd should be British section of the Kowloon on closing up some leaks and making the by the typhoon and at prosons telegraphic maintained without difficulty.

sommunication with that port is interrupt ed no that little will be learned for a few days regarding the vessel and crow which

frespect is much brighter to-day than railing-northerly winda no present way down she saw nothing of the wreckleral portions of line and thereforo a malis“ |

Cunton Railway was opened. The Peking Guvernment has at length been impressed by the alow rate of

apprehension is felt that the work will have hem dine in vain. Tho salvage mon here

most careful properations for the next at tempt at rofoating,

SUFFERERS TAKE NOTICE. constantly annoyed by

Steel Rails 85 los por yard have bben supplied by the Hanyang Trog, and Flo Works, Hanyang, near Hackow, almo

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Ursat anxiety is tilt in shipping and the quality, as proved by malysis and

progress made in the construction of THERE is na necessity of your being eireles fo-day regarding the non-arrival of Ahysical tosta; is up to a high standard. S

Lickling in

the line from-Canton to Hankow the throat, which keeps you coughing and the German steamer Das bound from

Sieppers are of New South Wales hard- disturbs your sleep and roat. A dose or Karniauto Hongkong with a cargo of coal woods mostly encalyptus, hawn, fact by under local management and under two of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will

V meros by o lactica, auch the supaakir bisher ita declared policy of nationalisation out the phlegm which is the cause of the and which is a day or two

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