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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1012

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THE COAL ORISIS.

"AN ATMOSPHERE OF

PESSIMISM.,

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, Feb. 28,"

Latest reports from the coalfields, resolutione passed at miners' meetings and interviews with the owners and the miners leaders,pre almost wholly per almistic, but it is anderstood that Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George will be allowed to address the Miners Federation to-morrow.

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NEW CHINA:

THE NANKING VISIT

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(Wah Tea Tai Po Service)

MAN SHANGATAL, FOÐ. 28. Yann Shil-kai has promised that on his visit to Nanking to take over the Presidency he will not bring his troop with him.

Sun Yat-pen will go to Pukow to meet

YURD

ICOP

TOKYO

UNICIPAL

LOANT

(Reuter's Bervice to the Ching: fast)

LONDON, Feb. 275

The portion of the Toryn loan frosted in London kas been closed. The under writers take half. The loan closed today at par.

THE SUGAR QUESTION

TENTSIN THE NEW CAPITAL? (Router's Service to the Chand Mail)

LONDON, Feb. 28.

It is reported that Yuan Shib-si A Brussels telegram aaye the Sugur proposes after be has been installed as Commission did not meet to day dwing President to go to Tiantain to establish a to the absence of Russo-German Cabinet there.

agreement. The commission will probab ly meet next week

TANG SHAOYL

The Daily News mys it is believed that they will announce important con- cessions is the result of the conferences with the owners, in connection with the minimum wage question, which it is hopad will induce the men' to suspend the notices, pending negotiation as to the details of the agreement.

Mr. Asquith hus appealed to the dominant personalities aroong the Welsh CHINESE COMPLAINT AGAINST (Reuter's Service to the China Maily

so owners, on patriotic grounds, to accept any decision arrived at by the English cool owners. The former agteed

to do so.

Do the other hand, preparations are being made in practically all the garrison towns for the despatch of troops to the soal doids, and arrangements are being made at, Aldershot to seed 16,000 men the moment they are required

HOPE YET.

LATER. The miners in some districts have agreed to keep a sufficient staff in the mides to pump out the water.

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Tuan Shih-kai and Sun Yat-sen are

said to have agreed that Tang Shao-yi AUSTRALIAN ORICKET shall be the Prime Minister.

DUTCH.

PERING, Feb. 25. The Chinese in the Dutch Indies have telegraphed to the Board of Foreign Affairs complaining of ill-treatment by the Dutch.

The Board has approached the Dutch Minister on the matter and telegraphed the complaint to the Chinese Minister in

Holland.

HELP FROM YUAN SHIE-KAI

You Shih-gai bas sent a sum of soven million taals to the tiovernment at Nanking

Yuan has promised to go to Nanking to Se installed as President.

THE MINIMUM WAGE. -

A NEW DEVELOPMENT. Telegrama have been received from (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON. Feb. 27:

Chinese in foreign countrias refusing Coal-cwners in Englood and Scoiland to recognise Yuan Shih-kai as Fre. have not only agreed to the minimum aident and disagreeing with the deci wage for abnormal places but as a gener-sions of the Passe Conference, al principle, excepting for old men and boys, to which the miners are agreeable consequently the owners have informed Mr Asquith that considerable progress has been made towards peace.

It la nasumed that the Government will make a special effort to bring in the recalcitrants in Wales.

NO SYMPATHY, IN WEST- PHALIA.

A large body of Rhenish and Wrest phalian miners have resolved emphatical ly against an Anglo-sympathetic strike declaring that as during the German strikes England flooded Germany with coal, they won't pull the chestnuts out of the fire for Englishmen.

STRIKE BEGINS AT

CHESTERFIELD.

At Chesterfield the miners have struck work, their notices expiring. They are perfectly orderly. Negotiations at be Just moment failed.

BYMPATHETIC STRIKE IMPROBABLE.

The Amalgamated Society of Railway-

Yuan has sent telegrams in reply explaining the reasons underlying the decisions of the Conference and beg ging the objectors to recognise him as

President.

NOTED JUDGE'S DEATH

(Reuter's Servies so the China Mail)

IssDON, Feb. 26, The death is announced of Sir Gains ford Bruce, F.C.

Note-The deceased, who has been ä Judge under the Benefices Act since 1899, was 78 years of ago. Educated at Glaegow university, he was called to the Bar in 1859,

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appointed Recorder of Bradford 1877 and made a QC in 1823. Hə was succes voly Bolicitor-general, Atterusy General and Chancellor of the County Pa- lantine, and laser became M.P. for Finsbury. From 1899 to 1904 he was a Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.ED. 2. M.].

THE TURCO-ITALIAN WAR

EXPULSION OF ITALIANS.

(Beuter's Service to the China Muil.) "London, Feb. 20.

A telegrams from Reutor's correspon.

smen advises its members to do nothing dent at Constantinople states that the

to precipitate a general sympathetic strike until further notice.

ANOTHER OWNERS

·CONFERENCE.

Cabinet has decided to expel all Itali ans, with the exception of ecclesiastics from the villagets of Beyrout, Damascus, | Jerusalem, and Aleppo, allowing them

fifteen days in which to leave. Coal-owners tonight reconferred with A telegram from Beuter's Beyrout Mr. Asquith in Downing Street,

sgent states that over two hundred

pectators killed

A FIREBRAND ARRESTED.

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the quays were

by the Itanan .fire on.

A man has been charged at Aldershot Saturday, and that some of the

MORISIS.

LONDO Feb.

Reuters correspondent at Sydney wires that Mayne, Kelley. Emery Matthews, Jennings, and Whitty bare been selected for inclusion in the Australian team for the Triangular Tests

The South Australian Cricket Associa

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The Chairman read the sequal report follows::The ladies of the committee beg to submit, the following report and statem

ment of accounts for 1911 During the recently discovered and past your the work of the society has proste, pedag

ly increased and chore application, hars] the Supervision of a bean received than in y previous year.

OHHIMYST

In all 66 cases ware brought before the committee and after cura'al, investigation, PHARMACHITTIVAL 57 wore helped. Of these 40 were, men Some received bowl and, lodging, for others employment was found in the

wate awon to Dulony, or pages.

to places where they had a new

alatire or better

who gives his personal attention of work.” The majority of theer prospects mert

waro – zak, mere ruling stolen or konfum, but had a definite calling, and ware to every

iption received. 18 Timo ponte distrage, thengh haing për në work for various essons which, ware pot dite

in, however

to be to their own finite regnitted that in some fast more intem paraneo Ind been the cause of the trouble, barb in all such cases where there. WAR * | recuine desire to do better assistance was

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the greatest service we can do for

given

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Price

Delivery

Our Dispensing Charges are gs on tourd them a frash chance of

smarand of etting stoptoymant their self respect. On the principle that lower than any other European another in- to

is to help hiar to

him to help himself.

for a Dispensary in Hongkong. money has special purpose or to und

going to another pt ca Board and lodging have been given in most instances while the facts of the we were being in- vestigated or while Exiting

for work. tion has cabled to the Board of Contrata. this Colony thers thing as i workbaum. Only two contending that the Chairman exceeded under relist or his powers in cancelling the invitations cases, of a ablutely hopeless chamoter, Detention, the to Armstrong, Hansford, Carter, Cotter were sent to the House of

entering into which is regarded, an a and Trumper, and urging 3 special disgrace and as a last resoures, even by the the quick despatch of medicines, meeting of the Board in Melbourne, with utterly destita. Bisteen applications the view to securing the best team, where it was neered substantial help

CAM from women And very Case Our Messengers deliver Free in fairness to their prospective opponents was given, and let and in the interests of Australian cricket

TEST CRICKET IN S. AMERICA.

Special attention is given to

report that our assistance has in trust of the Peak District and Kowloon

led to very withfactory rowuide,

those casos led to

And that letters expressing great gratitude several times daily.

have been reca red. Five women with

young children wele halpod to get to their nativa places. Two young girl in undesir. able surroundings were sent back to their parenta A family received an allowance (Reuter's Service to the China Mail) during Unues For saveral others useful Mork was found. The education of one has been pud for during the year. bog

Regarding the helped the rules of the ociat

-prevent mach from being said 'In addition" 27 other cases

LONDES, Feb. 2 Reuter's Buenos Aires correspondent telegraphs that in the second Test Match the M.C.C. team has scored 260 and 250, and Argentine 200 and 18 for three

wickets."

RAIN STOPS TEST MATCH.

(Benter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, Feb. 201

A Sydney telegram states that owing to a downpour of min, there was no play in the ffth Test watch to-day,

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

The Civil Service estimates show surplus of £1.484,863.

publicly rea ived relief through the Rae C. E Thompson, Chaplain to the Missions to

Senaser, who bas ℗ grace of 18 dollar's month from the fands of the society to cusest: Our thanks are

again pondered to him.

Tho thanks of the Corzmittee are due to tha St Andrew's Sn isty for a genersua dən- xtion in xtion in a special case, the managera suveral steamship companies for

of.

kindly assisting us with reduced progos,

End to Mr G. H. Medhorst for, kindly audiz og the recountą, OUT thanks pare also due to

to all the subscribers and donors to the society during the past year for their support. During tha course of the kind

piat vaar the following ladies have served on the committee: Lady May, Me A kinson, Mis Alabaster, Mrs Badeley, Mrs Recker, Mrs Harris, Miss Innes, Men Jurdan, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Koswick, Mr Pollock, Bon, Secretary; Mr Robertson, Mis Roeg, Mrs Staub, Mrs Tooker, Mas Voretzsch

the honomy secretary repost for "The Chairman, following procedunt, read

to Bthia Colono

1911. LONION, Feb. 28.

It said that the underlying principle of the society in to. fnd, em- Father than applicants ployment for

monetary aid, but neverthe- mure Erequently then not amployment mnnot be found

wever deserving the case, and it

it be comer necesary that passages to England, Australia and elsewhere should be Were it

the greater proportion of tho not for the Ladies Benet

who were helped office to a have had to either beg.from

ROYAL BEREAVEMENT.

(Beuter's Service to the China Mail.)

-Lornox, Feb. 28.

The death has occurred of the Grand Dake William Alexander of Luxemburg He will be succeeded by his eldest

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·1911. would

or have been sent to the House of Detration, in which is a tramantis boo severe being quasi-peal in its character, for thos whom distress is dus to mielortum). We

daughter, aged seventeen years must regretfully admit that ther

there arena.

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of age. He married Princess Maria Anna in-bed is no permanent ady to society. [Note The Grand Duke was 50 years few abandoned creatures to whism help These of Braganza in 1895 and succeeded to the The Chairman having moved; the a

prople are not: Grand Dukedom on November 17th, 1905.he report --Eb. O, M.}.

report and

NEW ZEALAND'S CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

SATISFACTORY SIGNS.

with inciting soldiers to umitorous prac business premises were dans (Reuters Service to the China Mail) tices. It is alleged that he distributed The Vali of Beyrout, telegraphing on pamphlets calling upon the soldiers to Sunday, saya the total casualties

LONDON, Feb. 26.

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Mr. Winston Churchill says that measures were adopted two months ago Tendering the British Fleet independent of the consequences of a coal strike for considerable time. At present it was unnecessary to interfere with bea tmining if reasonable economy was

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