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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1911,

His Britannio Majesty's Ships on the China Station

Intimations.

Diss Bros

TAILORS

1, Wyndham Street,

Hongkong, October 20, 1911..

(FLOWER ST.)

ESTABLISHED 1900.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BEWÄRE OF AVw

ASK THE MODERN MILKMAN,

YOUR GROCER FOR

CARNATION'

BRAND

STERILIZED EVAPORATED

CREAM

Nand

Alnority

Satran

Abios

Class

despatch-vessel. cruiser, 2nd class Admiralty tug

Tons. Gune. IEP.

1700 13 2000

Commander:

Last report at

Comdr. Lowndes

Woihalwei

4380 10

7000

Captain E. B. Kiddle

Hongkong

Master W, West

Hongkong

Bramble

rivor gunboat

710

2

900

Lt. Comdr. B. G. Washington

Weihaiwal

་

'Britomart

river gunboat

710

200

Liput Comdr. J. M. Barker

Shanghai...

Cadmina

Loop

1070

B

1400

Comdr. H. Lynes

Hongkong

Chorub

water tank and big

300

300

Master H. Smith

Hongkong

Clio

sloop

LOTO

1409

Comdr. E. R. Veale

Hongkong

Faino

torpedo bost destroyeı

360

6

$700

Lisat-Condr, H. S. Monro

Weihaiwai-

Flor

cruiser, and class

£360

10

7000

Capt. J. Nicholna

Hongkong

Handy

torpedo boat, destruyer

275

8. 4000

Et-Coudr. Hon. Guy Stopford

Hart

torpedo boat destroyer

Janus

torpedo bost destroyer

275 & 4000 280

Hongkong.

Kent

cruber, lat clara

6000

6 9000 14 22,000

Ja. Comdr. M. B. R Blackwood

Weihaiwei

Capt. S. St. John Farquhar

>Flangkong

Kinsha

river gunbeat

816

1200

-Comdr., T. J. 8. Lyne

"Yangtze

Matlin

sloop

1040

* Minotaur

craiser. Ist class.

14,600

$7,000

Commr. B. 9. M. Davy Capt. Cayley

Hongkong

Hongkong

AN UNSWEETENED CONDENSED MILK.

craper, 1st class

$800

Capt. I. E Power, H. V,C.

Hongkong

river gunboat

180

800

cruiser, 2nd class.

$800

IT'S; SAFE.

Nightingale......

river ganbant

B5

9 -940

torpedo boat destroyer

950

6

1300

craísor

215%

depot ship, submarinos

080

1400

·Robin

river gunboat

.83

2

240

Sandpiper

zivar ganbus

80 9

240

Shipe

river gunbons

BC

3 210

Taku-

torpedo bant destroyer"

350

B 6600

The Robert Pollar Çö

Tamar

receiving ship"

*1650.

8

It, Comdr. G. P. Leith Capt.. G. E. P. Hunt, 'D,9,0,.

· Lianh-Com. C. H. Woodward' Comdr. C. L Lambe Capt. F. EL. Mitchell "Lt-Coudr. N. E. Archdale Lt-Com. O. A. O. Douglas

Lt. Com. E.. J.J. Southby Lt.-Comdr. Maurice B. Leslie Gunner E. J. Trino Commodore C. J. Byron

Yingtaze

West River

Canton.

Woilaivel

Weihaiwe

Shanghai

Hongkong

Chaton

Yangtze

Hongkong

Hongkong

HOTEL MANSIK“,

Teal

river gunboat

180

2

800

Lt.-Comdr, B. J. Buchanan

Yangtze

river gunboat

710 ཐ

1825

Hongkong. September 7. 1911.

torpedo boat destroyer ||

SEB

900 6300

L-Comdr. M. B. 'Hamilton

Shanghai

surveying ship

820

450

Lieut.Com., H. D. Adair-Hall LA.-Comdr. Hancock

Woibaiwei

Singapore

torpedo boat destroy or

360 A. 5000

Lat. Comdr. G. B, Hartford

Weihaiwri

4

river gunboat

106 2

$00.

“Lieut.-Còm. B, R, Brooka

Tangfaza

וו

150

3

500

Upper Tangleze

150

R

.300

Upper Yangtate

EXHIBITION | EXHIBITION!

OF

TRANSFORMING AND DISTORTING

MIRRORS...

At PEDDER'S STREET-Opposite the Hongkong Hotel

HF most wonderful, mysterious nad fascinating delusions ever'men in the Colony. GENTS FOR CHINA. TFF not wonderful mysterious and fa

Come had see yourself and your friends transformed, distorted and distended into

all sorts of extmordinary shapes before these fraous Mirrors, an de riot forget to bring your cameras with you so that you may socure caricaturas of your own portrait.

PRICES OF ADMISSION-Adult-50 cents. Hongkong, December 19, 1911.

Weismann,

Children 30 conta,

Limited.

Bakers, Confectioners, Caterers,

Restauranteurs.

14, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, July 20.1910.

THE

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SAVE HALF YOUR MILK BILL."

SCOTTISH LETTER.

(From Our Own Correspondent.).

EDINBURGH, Novombor 2$. ROMANCE OF THE AILLARNOCK BURNS, A Glasgow gentleman háa bought a copy of the Kilmarnock Burns at the Huth Library sale for £730. This is not the,, highest figure at which a copy of this now rare edition of the poet's works has changed bandd. Eight years ago, £1,000 was cbtained for the famous Veitch copy, which was acquired for the Burns namest and Cottage Trustees. But it is £30 above bat was given for the "volame owned by the late Mr William C. Van Antwerp, the New York stockbroker. The bi-gest jump which took place in the price of a Kilmarnock Edition occurred in 1898, when

Monmouth

Moorhen Nowenstle

Ottor Pagasus Rosari

Thistle

Vinge Waterwitch" by Lord Dalborste, was appointed Dopaty Whiting Commissioner of Simla and Superinten. Widgeon dent of the Hill Stapes. He held those Woodcock appointments during the Mating, and soon | Woodlark afterwards, along with his three brothers, 36 made a journey in Tibot. In 1882 be ro- | 37 turned to this country and sat in 38" Parliainent as Liberal member for Tauntone until, on the death of his brother, he atte ceeded to the Marquisate. When in Ear- liament he devoted his attention chiefly to Indian questions, his speeches on the Orissa famine and on systems of government in India attracting considerable attention. Ple might have hold high position under Mr Chadstone, but he could not follow his lender an Home Rule, and joined the make of the Unionist party

There after his principal interest was in in- of not a few dustrial undur. was director liability companiae, specially especially telegraph cable companies; is one of these, the Eastern zubwa-

a copy balonging to the late Mr A. C.rine Telegraph Co., he was for a while

Lamb, Dundee, was put on the book market in Edicburgh. This voluno, in the early part of last century, was in the possessive of Glasgow family named Drummond. About 1850, it was purchased among a lot of odd books by Dr. Burns, & tencher of a private school at Rochester; and Dr. Burts who was a native of Fo far, ofered the

vico-chairman; and ho took an active part

river gunboat river gunboat

submarins

submarino

submarine-

Com. M. F. Wilding Lo Comdr. G. F. A. Hulock

Lt. C. Godfrey Herbert

Lt. Comdr. A. &. L. Fenner Lt. Cmdr. J. R A. Cedrington

Flagship of Visa-Admirsi Alfred L. Winslos, E.C.B, O.V.O., C.MG., Commander-in-Chief-

Name.

24

Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station

Eng and description.

in promoting cable communication with Kaiser Franz Josaph I Austro-Hungarian cruiser our Eastern priscasions; For twelve reas he was chairman of the North British Radway Coy and was fra times Lord Dupleix † High Commissioner to the General As- Kleber sembly of the Church of Scotland.

Lord Ardwall (Androw Jameson, Q. C) Dreidée Judge in the Scottish Court of Session: previous to his elevation, he was in great Argus request as an arbiter or oversman. The Undersigned have been appointed Sole Agents in Hongkong and China. book for mile, so that the proceeds might Thomas Watson, ex-Magistrate and pro-Vigilante

bo given to the Free Library of that town,minent citizen of Glasgow...

$1

The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Only two bidders appeared, and the volume

Co. of Hongkong, Ld.,

Hongkong. October 3, 1911.

BEST

AGENTS, BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

..

WILLS.

4

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Hongkong

Hongkong

-Hongkong

Tuna. Guna, I.P.

Captains,

Lak repert

4000

Cant, Alfred Cice

French 1st class cruiser

French armoured cruiser 10,014-

0700

30 10,000

Saigo

12-19,600

Saigon

French gunboat

*645

10 1000

Lieut. de LizarOS

Baigor

French river guabost

180

6 570

Tout d'Estiune

Canton

French gunboat

123

7

600

Lieut. Biscall

Canton

Frich ganboat

Lieut. Puech

Tongine

+ Flagship of Rons Admiral Colloch de Eerillia, Commander-in-Chief, the French China Station,

Esturgeon

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was secured by thu lat · Mr G. B. Simpson, John Croall, Broughton Street, Edin- Broughty Forry, for £6, 6s. In 1879, Mrburgh, has left his whole estate, extimated Simpson sold it to Mr Lamb for £100, and at £100,000, to Scottish charities, es- pecially "charities connected with Edin- on the latter's death nineteen years later burgh.". 128t fetched what was then regarded as the

HARVEST HOME. extraordinary high price of £572. Those The Adder-on-the feedin' kist-atrikes up igures are all the more striking when it in wi a' his micht. recalled that the volume was originally The lads are loed up the the laft, the

Styx * published at 3s., and that the poet had the Wall Mackintosh an' Maggie Orr face up. Frodde modest profit of £20. Another Buras,

the fun's begun A relic, the original patent on vallum appoint ing Hobert Burns, gentleman," to the office of exciseman, was bought at the Hath sale by Mr Quaritch for £500.

HOUSEHOLD

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CAUSTIC LEO AL HUMOUR.

Iussies tae the richt.

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Lieut. Combot

Saigon

French sub-marine

Lieut. Marry

Saigon

Fronch sub-maxine

Saigon

French sub-marine

Lieut. Morris

French armoured gunboat 1798

10

1700

Lieut. Serios

Saigon

French destroyer

:360

303

Salgon

French destroyer

Tako

French destroyer

250

Saigon (Rosarre

The

Triumph," Flowers of Edinbro'," The Nas," But the rest.

Pistolet

French destroyer

300

Comde, Mortenol

Hongay

บ

(We didnn fash wi' city figs, the Auld tunes

are the bust);

Mousquet

Vauban

French destroyer French torpedo-depot

307

300

Lieut. de La Roche Korandreon

Saigon

Hangay

French torpedo-depot

Lious, Bike!

Cap St. JacquaË

Comdr. Regot de Touche

A London barrister has published a book on "Silk and Stuff," and in oto of the chap ters there are given several specimens of

We've started wit the hairrest mune, d'Iberville

we'll feenish wi' the sun.

ince up an doon, then swing a whis,

advance au' then retire.

Tak tanto' yon pair slinkin' roon the

corner of the byro!)

$10.50 per Ton. Lard Young's caustic. legal humour: At That's feanished. Fech, I'm out o' breith!

dianer in the Middio Tample, a distinguisb.) ed law Peer said to Young that he envied him the Advocates' Library “at Edinburgh, and added, "We have no books in the

Veteran

Marche--

Emden

French surveying-ship 1625 100000

+ Waghip of Capt. (Commodore Boucienut. Commanding «ha Inca] dafarice Tudo China

It's waer than cairtin' draff. Watch Cairns's griovo an' Boll Colquhoun,

his legs wid gir ye laugh He dances like a three-days' auf, an' Bell Greisentu

is angered anir,

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doon at Conusl Fair. some of your decialons,"" was Lord Young's roply. In the same vein, when There's "Drops of Brandy" strikio' up.

The guidman's on his foot congratulated Young on having a judgment uphold by the Houso he dryly remarked, it may be right for all that." But what many people regard

Iltis

The guidwife wins twino, abo's Ent air' Nürnburg It's your turn noo. There, swing your Otter

ower inclined tas sweity th

In an' bun" her ower tie Tra..

Guid sakes, yo nearly cowped me! Ye

cam' at me like a mi.

(as Lord Young's wittiest mot is not in this collection that was his definition of a “damnum fatale" or Act of God as "some. The fiddler's tired. Well has a sang, Tiger thing that no reasonable man would ex-The Tekin, of the White Meer." anaingiau

Elore Jock, you gid us yon. pect to happen."Thoso. stories remind wo'll krop the chorus gaun; one_of_Professor John Nichol's remark An' them, that canna ning wo'll let them

trampit wi' their baits." | about a book of poetry by a rather shallow writer, "Ab," he said, "An excellent title,

De Profundis,out of his depth."

MISCELLANEA.

A marriage has been arranged, and will

take place shortly, between Jessie Serice.

only daughter of the lato E. J. Maczna

and Mrs-Blacrae of Tioptain, North China,

and Captain' P. J. M. Gordon, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, second son of the

| late Colonel Gordon of Auchiudelly, Royal

Inniskilling Fusiliers,

(Jook made it up himself. The words

send ye intao 8).

Your health an' asug, Noo "Petroualla," Patrin

paistaers for this dutca,

*

Italian cruiser

Portuguess gunbost Portuguese gunboab

097.

Captain v. Uslar Comtr./Mer LTD

Capt. Tasselow Capt. Schroeder

Garman cruiser German armoured cruiser 11,800

3000-22 13,500

Capt' Vollerthun

German gunboat

900

Jaguar

German gunboat

900

12

36 28,000 12: 1300

..1300

Tringtes Tsingta

Shanghai

Fongke

Leipzig Luchs

German cruiser

24 11,000

Tsingtau

German gunboat

German cruiser

900

3400

10 1350 22. 13,200

Scharnhorst

8:00 Taku

German river gunboat German Aagship German torpedo-beat

Capt. Lt. Bendumsan Capt. Ligert (Karl) Capt Lisut fantzin

Shanghat

Taingiau

Yangtze River

11,600-38 20,000

400

Capt. Kraft

Tsingtan

6500

Capt. Licut, Heyden

Tsinglan

German torpedo-boat

280

6000

Lisu Kolbo (Hans

Tsingtaa

German guaboat............

900

10 1350

Comdr. Luppe

Shanghai

German river gunboat

903

1300

Capt. Lett. Graf Dolina-Schlodies Canton

Vaterland

Jerman river gumbont

223

500

Capt. Iicut. Kaatter

Shanghal

Calabria

Comdr. Sommi Picardi

Shangh

Масво

Capt Martins

Macao

Captain J. Milheiro

Macao

Manila

3430

17

Com. Clarence S5. Williams

Yokohama

Bainbridg

Callao

"U.B. orpodo-boat destroyer $20 U.B.torpedo boat destroyer 420 -213 U.S. gunboat A

7

· 8000 · Ensign E. 8. Roet 8000

Manila

Ensign Rob W; Cabanies.

Minila

Chauncy

0.8 torpedo-boatdestroyer - 420

8 260 78000

Ensign Stuart W. CakoTM

Canton

Ensign L. N. McNair

Manila

Chattanooga

U. 8. protected cruiser

Cleveland

U. 6. protected orniser

3100 10 8100

4700

Comdr. John D. McDonag

Amoy

10

4700

Comir. Hugh Rodinan

Cavite

Dale Docatur El Cand Helena

0000

Ensign F. J. Fletcher

Manila

Emyn C. A. GratOS.

Manila

U, B. günbicat

LA Comdr William D. Brit

U. 8. gunbost

1387

1800

Comdr. R. O. Biller

Yangters River Yangtas Bir

U. 8, gunboat

U. 8 gunboat

Macomain

U. 8. submarine

Manila

U. S. station ship

U monitor U. §. eritmer

Gero, fiddler, gio, us a quicker litt, The Adder

Chevalier of Franco

never saw as guid a nicht since "ever Albany,

I

Σ

was born.

Bet

the morn's morn.

C. J. R. in Glasgow Herald.

few of us will ask an early jako Barry

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WITH WHICH AN INCORPORATED THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO.

Mr Thomas Lugton, curator of Glasgow NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE People's Palace, says that psalm-singing in Scotland was at its beet in the sixties then come the quick staccato rendering by sol-la procentors; and this gave place. ip recent years to almost the exclusive use of Church of England hymns. In his opinion the sad of metrical psalms in Scotland may soon be given up wholly, owing to an ever- fuerassing taste for namby-pamby music.

Masar's Schweppes, Ltd., bare acquired the leasehold rights of the mineral walls of ikeathly, Bridge of Earn The Arm will continue the sale of Fitkeathly water, and probably other water, at a factory in the

William Montaguo Hay, tentis Marquis

of Twooddalo, 88. A younger son, he wan

TOTAL FUNDS AT SINE DECEMBER, 1910, Juro

£31,252,693.

Mindoro

[Audiosisad Capital £6,000,000 --

Subscribed Capital 3,814,845 Paid-up Capital£1,667,997 8 0 Mohican II—Fire Funds,,ining 3,842,216. 4 2 | Monadnock

Life& Annuity Funda 16,840,1257 Monterey Sinking Fund Account 97,955 18.6.

Bavenue Fire brach

Lite'& Anfmity

Branches. Other Receipts

Now Orleans £21,202,093 17 3 Pampangs":

Porpoiss 8,573,260 17: 7

Quiros 1.954.431 D

Rainbow 843,314,70 A

Esmar 24,971,215 176 Saratogs 1 The Accumulatod Funds of the Fire and Shark

educated as Haileybury College, entered Life Departments are free from kalduty to Valok the Indian Oivil Service, and after ring respect of each other,

diatricb offi cor in the Punjab, immodi wony Alper bhuannezaion of the Province:

CHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

id gheistal

Wilmington

U. B, abmurine

UJ. B. protected cruiser

UB.torpedo bout destroyer 4207 UB.torpedo-boatdostroyer 420

U S. gunboat

U.6. submarine

U. 8. gun bost

U. B. cruiser

U. B. ganbaat

U.S. protected camisas

US gunbost

7900

594%

Ensign J. M. Murray

Loit. 1. W. Schoenfeld Ident. O. A. Woodruff Ensign E. D. Whorter Ensign Rabt. V. Lows

Manila

Commander.H. A. Bisplay Coradr. William G. Miller Lieut. George C. Pegram

Tokol

17.078

Ensign, Van de Barr Idout, J.-W. Schoenfeld T. Conde. AN. Mitchell. Easiga H. Goes Comdr. Joseph Is Jayne.

Manila

Cavite

Tangtze Rive

Yokohama

Eneage Heáry M. Jensen

500

Lout W. L. Friedell

Tangtens Rites

1391

Comdr, WA. Edgar Unibel Suda Aitta Pimá