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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The King of States about to make a handsome present
seinated Siamese poules ta- H.
Prines Aely wrong to death by hornats Wilhelin of Sweden, who was in Bangkok at Raals: Lumpur the other day.
HM ships Welland; Uak, "Virago Whiting and Otter walled for Swatow yesterday:
Two Chiness have been arrested at Shan-Tau-Eck upon a sharge of aming sling spirits into the country.
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It will be good news for many in Hongkong to learn that a telegram bas been received from Plymouth announcing that Lady Lugand has arrived there safely and has considerably benefitted in health by the sea voyage.
Five dead bodies were picked up in the Colony yesterday, and in two in stances death in attributed to sunail pokas
Enfield Education Committee has forbilden beschters to cuff the children, strike them on the knuckles, or box their
DETE.
The Sourabaya Handelsh'nd winter that there were 37 divorce cases board before Much the Saurabaya enurt during the mouth of
ed in 1900-10, only one the Colossus was completed up to time. The commissioning of the Monarch, which finished her triala four months
the ago, is still delayed. She BRAND ought to be at sea by now. The Conqueror will not be ready till August, or about five months Ime, owing to the delay in delivering her gun-mountings, The Thunderer has been "delayed three months, and has only just completed her trials; the Princess Royal ought to have been remly on March 31, and has not yet begun her trinla-She will not be commissioned till August. The Oriou was a month late, and the Lion three months, owing to failure to deliver her turbines in time, a common com plaint just now; while, na to the Australia and New Zealand, they are still awaiting their armour, concerning which there is, we understand, an medifying tale yet to be told. If we Mare Samual Montagu and Co. stato tin to the abips of the next year's that it inported that a five-rupee gold Programme, although in May of Insting may be issued in India exper-
imentally. year Mr McKENNA informed, Mr BURGOYNE, in reply to a question, in rickshaw to hospital on Thursday While a Chinese was being conveyed that the Ajax and Audacious would he swcombed. It is believed to be be completed on January 10, 1913, pingue. we find that a sum of £123,000 will be required to complete the former after the close of the coming financial year, while no less than £178,000 will be required to complete the latter. The former is included in the list of ships expected to be completed before March 31, 1913, though, if so large a Yoon-Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. difficult to see how she can be; while, sum remains to be expended, it is Extraordinary Meeting. pn.-Sale of (rown, Lands at P.W.Dns regards the Audacious, the Ad- 7.30 p.m.- Last two games in firel of
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↑ THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Election To-daySK
At a special meating of the members of the Hongkong Generat Chamber of Commeres helf this afternoon, E.
DAY APRIL 25, 1913.
tur në fust the Home Raler
ment they raly bu
batch of his
to help the anti
A- Hewett was ra-elected the Chamber members to throw out the Conciliation Bill, representative on the Legislative Council.so that the Cabinet might not be reat in A full report will appear to-morrow.
NEWS FROM HOME.
(From Our Dun. Correspondent)
Losdos, April S
twain over dhe, women's demands," "ze War" threatened about that time. I do not mosa to disguire the fact that the Bill was also defeated by remain of the window washing indulged in by the hooligan element among the vote saakers, but the majority of fours Does against the bill would not have bee obtained but for the throwing of the Trishniou into the souls. Surely now. we
The Japan Mail understands that ia order to mark His Majesty's appreciation of Sir Valentine Chirol's aminent service journalist, especially in making known the East to the Woet, the Emperor of Japa Ai lat, when we were driven to the ought to see an invasion of a corps vť“ has presented to Sir Valentine a magni extreme of awing wood off our orgacarons into the Emerald Isle, pledged tot cent larger box. The occasion of this trees to provide fires in the cold evenings give paddy-whack to the natives of that well deserved recognition in Sir Valentine of March, the minem have condescended to
troublesome country. Chiral retirement from the editorship of go book to work. Some are talking of im
Then over in, "Dear dirty Dablin John the foreign department of The Times, Sr mediately proposing drastio legislation to Redmond has agreed to subsiding the Valentine is succorded at The Teules by Bfr prevent such a crisis recurring, but the reman's Journal and make it the offcial D. D. Braham.
Araraga man is too satiated to get things Fationalist paper. Last year the Freeman's guing again to feel very spiteful, either way. Journal lost about a thousand pounds, Among the passengers on the Huicho I am told that the General Federation of though there were no directora fror, paid. were Mr H. E. Fulford, British Consul Trade Unions has spent so much that if nothing was not down for de General at Tientsin, who, along with his will not be able to do any active strike prediction. The fore them siest subsidy wife and daughter, la'en route to Australia. campaigning for a considerable time, in of £3,000 year mentioned as ther After a brief residence in Melbourne they spite of the tatterings of discontent in Redmond pledge will be useful to the intand proceeding to England, later re-quarters where the men beliave they should management, while the dedzite officialising the voyage Mr and Mrs Falford's daughter. The miners themselves, after the fight, are commercial department ton, though it will turning to Tientain via Siberia. During gain benefits as readily as the miners of the paper ought to be an aid to the who is only some five years old, was ex by no means sure that Premier Asquith nvt man nach of a change of policy. tremely ill. so much so that grave fears was their enemy when he refused to insert
Tere
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But I hear that the real reason that
The officers of the Walton Hall on arriving in barbour this morning re ported witnessing a very curious pheno way of corona. 2. menon around the sun yesterday in the University Boatrace both boats were Federation, but almost all the iron and Nationalinta to aid them in securing good
Th
While a Chinese was walking along from a verandah on to his head and he Queen's Road yesterday a mirror fell
sustained injuries which necessitated bis removal to hospital.
THE EX-BAH If the reposts are true, we are soon to
entertained as to her recovery, the minimum wage of five shillings formes John Redmond had done this and has put by a motor car near Jardine's Wharf,
A man was knocked down yesterday Happily, these fears proved groundless and and two shillings for boys in the bill. three nuinces of his own on the director- West Point, and his injuries had to reafter her trying experience, arrived in the that already and some believe they Sexton, fainous in the days of the Gilad the little girl though naturally very weak,It seems many places have na mach at is that the present chairman, Thomas dive treatment in hospital.
Colony in satisfactory health. During will do even better independently than if stone Home Rale prej sa may be set their residence hers, Mr and Mrs Fulford the Bill has 6xed the amount by law.
free for participation-in--the fight for the will be the guests of Lt. Col. Irwin.
One of the restive branches of thecoming assure. Bo was warmly praised xbour world is that of the railway men. by Gladstone for his oratory and as aik For the first time in the history of the They are not attached to the General expert with Sgures is looked to by the stroked by some of old" blues." "Mr R. C. abipbuilding trades contribute to it. These financial terms in the Bil
three victorise, is the son of Dr G. C."terms of agreement" imposed by the Bourne, Oxford, who had already stroked trades are now under some form of the
Anatomy at Oxford, whe rowed for the the close of this grent lock-out of 1896-7. of Persis, who apparently has given op Burne, Linacra Professor of Comparative employers upon the Engineers Society at have with us in this country the ex-Shah- Dark Blues in 1883 and 1883 Mr S. E.There has been a demand for a readjust the idea of winning back to Teheran. Susan, Cambridge," in the son of the Rex.ment of those agrooments for a long time Perlmpe he has come to the conclusion Sidney Swann, vicar of Crashy, Westmore, for they have been a soures of that that capital is by no means a restfal land, a famous heavy-weight, who repre- ritation and unrest, but lately they have place in these days, when the Rasian sented Cambridge in 1883, 1884, and 1885. been interpreted by the owners in Aber in ever prowling further southwani.
way the mou think very unjust. In all The fathers rowed against each other in sections of the men there is discontent cuming with his wife and two younger sonst
Anyway, according to this story, he 1883; the sons first met in the 1911 cace with the nation. Some are for abolish and a small suite. At present he is living The Rev. Sydney Swann was at one time ing the agreements altogether some for rather uncomfortably in a mhurb of resident of Kobe, where his rowing prowers reconstruction. But the return of the Oderen under treatment for diabetes, an is still a theme of conversation among miners to their work on the minimun uage old ailment of his. His half brother. regulation has damped the ardoar of the Salar-ed-Dowleh, also wants to settle on militanta among the boller makars, ship those shores. Ought we not to be a proud wrights and engineers and they recognise
people?
th
that_as a result_of_the_continued--dry-
A telegram from Median dated the prospect of a speedier delivery instant to the Batavia Nieuwsblad states seems rather dubious, and Dir
weather in Deli the priest output of FINNES is undoubtedly justified of rubber has diminished to about one half
of the normal production.
9.18 p.m.-Cubeert at Volunteer Bead- his tears that our margin of safety in 1914-15 is really wiped off the alate. SATURDAY, May 4:-
Noon-H.K. Electric Co., Ld's Meeting. Things of course may improve during the next four years, but it would be as well not to trust too much to chance.
The China Mail
Hoscose, TFURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1912.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL PRO-
"GRAMME.
GRAND DISPLAY cruisers and twenty destroyers, to be
OF
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TRIMMED Hats UNTRIMMED
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MUSLIN LINEN
etc., etc.,
11 ALSO A
CHARMING SELECTION
OF FLOWERS.
PRE-JENTATIONS,
In the offices of the China Mail this moming at interesting ceremony took place when Me A. Bellamy Brow who is shortly leaving to take up the posi tion of Editor of the Malay Mal, at
Court, the magistrate remarked that all In a case at the Lambeth Police
men who pawned seemed to be named John and all women who pawned ** Amm.** In one pawnbroker's book
every one of 124 women was so named.
Caramel.
Y
that the attack on the foderated employers
great event is expected in the house of It is reported from Brussels that a Prince Louise Napoleon. The Prince
PLENTY OF OPIUM STILLS. must be indefinitely postponed, would have wished that it should take
A correspondent of ming who is now As to the transport and railway men, in the Shiraz region of Persia writem piano in France, but as so many dificulties there are threats of a tie-up, but the calmer that the Pian merchants are very There is at prosent quite an imposing would have to be surmounted, it has been spirite song them deprecate exposing the merry array of British saferaft in Hongkong, decided that his Princess shall remain in country to further commercial losses at this in China. For their crop has extended so the opium prohibition the following cruisers riding at sachor in Belgium. The Prince, however, has de- juncture; mainly on the ground that if and is in na wder this your, as they look the harbour-Minotaur, Defence, Kent,cided by a kind of fiction, which the such step were taken on the advice of the fora hanner time of probr. They find the militants retaliatory legislation would be market ample both East and Wurt, besides would hesitate to apply it. Their funds are have taken to the drug with a persistency lower than they were and so are their that is alarming the authorities. As the out they will hardly do more than bring officials are in many cases themselves membership books so that even if they come central govemment is lacking, and the local about sporadic dislocation of traffic. It is addicted to the vice, all the tale" not anticipated that there will be anything of restrictions, goes for nothing. Every like the upheaval of last year.
centre of population has its oplam dens
Keah Lumpur, was presented by the these, there are numerous smaller vessels of the Embassies, for instance, that the nenumaged and hardly any government the home market, for the native Persians
Chiness and Portuguese members of the staff with a beautifully embroidered Chinese scroll bearing complimentary characters and enclosed in a frame. Accompanying the gift was a fountain pen.
The presentation was made by the com- positors foreman, who has been in the service of the China Afail for over 40 years, He expressed on behalf of this staff pro- found regret that the recipient was severing
Monmouth, Flora and Astres. Besidesetimes engine, the ex-territoriality avent-referred to shall take place on French Boil, so we learn from the Independence Balge, that a sick of earth has been brought from France and taken to Prince Louis's residence, where it will be sprink led on the floor of Princess Clementine's chamber.
The German steamer Chiengmoi, which arrived from Bangkok today, was accompanied by the ND.L. tug. Vulcan on her run up from Kohsichang. Bad weather was experienced during the first five days of the trip, but the Vulein proved to be a very good sea-going vessel.
FATHER ANDREAS LEONG'S
GOLDEN JUBILEE.
The railway men hare, in fact, been and from the tea shops also rises the heavy doubly hit. They had their own strikes odour of the drag. Evidently the “a curse todeplete their strike-pay treasury and then of Chins" has now fallen on the afflicted they had the partial lockout occasioned by land of the Lion and the Lamb. the cool strike and the decreased trafit.
A GEEMAN, Py.. That was a double drain such as no other body of won in the country fist experienced and it has left them ill-prepared to contest differences with the companies,
Not every German spy in this country is
after railitary sospots it seems. Apparently there are trade secreta every bit as much
MR GERARD FIENNES, the well known aval expert, writing in the | Pall Mall Gazette, is rather dubious regarding the margin of safety" which Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL has provided in his newly announced
When some one once asked King naval programme. He thinks that voiced the kindness and consideration which himself on the capper coin of the realm, his connection with the Chind Mai and Edward's opinion as to the likeness of despite the addition of eight armoured had always beers extended to the staff by his late Majesty confessed that he had Mr Brown in his managatis) empasity. They seen his features un gold and silver, but laid down at once, and the big ships sincerely hoped that in his new sphere of had never actually held a penny in his of the super-Dreadnought class which activity he would be blessed with all that hand. Monarche do bot, a rulo, doal in went to make life happy and that he would such samli coins. A peony was then pro are building, or about to be laid down, be spared for many year to successfully duced for his inspection, when his Majesty Fumarons. Amongst those present were we shall in 1914-15 come to a time continue the career which he had so far destly remarked that he thought the of dangerous weakness: As he points pursued with such distinction. out, in August of the former year, after which the staff presented bir F. Hick Mr Bellamy Brown suitably replied, supposing the German increase is de- with a fountain pen is a mark of thei termined upon, that Power will esteem, the recipient briefly thanking the possess 21 Dreadnought ships, while donors of the gift. Mr Hicks is joining Italy and Austria-Hungary will the staff of the Hongkong Telegraph. possess eight between them, making | Mr W, A. D. Donaldson, late of the silenced Mrs Beeman endeavoured to have the venerable priest, sainted by the Rov.university correspondent of the Pall Mallbriber their employers, and the
likeness was finttering.
ORIENTAL RADICALS.
This morning the Rev. Fr. Andreas, Leong completed the 60th anniversary at his ordination as priest. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was especially decorated for the occasion and the can- gregation which assembled was very
ministering the Government, with his side. Bule at the Union Society and there was Cambridge has bad, a debate on Home HE. Mr Chaud Severn, the Officer Ad--
de-camp, apt. Sisson, Chevalier Fans vote in favour of the Irishman's ambition
co. Tee Yat and others.
showing a majority of fifty nine. There 7.30am. from the main door, accompanied sensations, screamed about the universities Rev. Fr. Andress entered the Church at upon certain writers, ever on the watch for in procession by the Rt. Rev. Bishop becoming inoculated with dangerous doc Pozzoni and clergy of all denominations, the trines...
worth ferreting out. Bat one of the for- r.tets now fads that the operation is costly, for he has had to pay a fias of £50 and the prosecutors, Messts 8. H. Sharp and costs and to contribute £100 to the costs of
Spot Loeds
This 6cm are textile printers and velvet that the spy, Frand Winzen, wanted, los his embossers, and they use a secret process father's works in Germany. Is came over.
Bined his wife for contempt of court. Ha Judge Beeman of Stirling, Illinois, hud protsed to escort her on a shopping expedition and while waiting for him in the court slte declared that a sentence just choir singing the Benedictus Dominus, High To that have come various replies, but to bribe the workmen at the Sharp factory psed ma s outrage. Refusing to be Solemn Mass started at once, officiated by none abre ingenious than that of the wara loyal
the last word Wait till you get home"
a total of 29. Our own total, will be 32, unless the programme of this gear
Peking and Tientsin Timer, arrived in Hongkong this morning. He relieves Mr
she said. In desperation the judge order
is pressed to an early completion. In Bellamy Brown, as editor of the China
od
her to her fee pounds and was prompt
Maik.
..
the following January, subject to the By the P. 0. Syria will arrive in same condition, Germany will have Hongkong Mr Babcock, who is joining the Prices Moderate.23, making a total of 31 for the staff of the China Mail after an interesting
Inspection Invited.
Mm. Powell, Id.
Triple Alliance, while our total still stand at 32. In April, the Ger- mans will have 24, and the other
journalistic career in England, relieving
Mr Hiska...
ly dated to collect it. The lady ultimately became very penitent and paid the Ine.g
with this delibente ides and set to work
to give away the firm's secrets Bat they
Rector of the Cathedral and by the Deacon Gazette who pu's a good deal of it down to him for a bottle of the
First he tried engraver and asked and Sub-desco, His Lordship the Bishop the Oriental student. Bo saya.
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"ink used, and as much information as possible About the presiding. At the gospel a special sermon was preached by a Chinese priest from gards its bulk, both graduste and under the man and a mate to see the German **Cambridge is still Conservative as re-machinery. He winked and promptly, went off to tell bis boss, lo atranged for Canton, who delivarad s most eloquent and
touching sermon, eulogising the excellent aduate, but its Conservation is of the agit Varius su passed and then the missionary work done by the Rer. Frinder and winning kind. It is not spy agreed to sign n form of agreement
dress during the long and uninterrupted
explayel in the German works feg, firs period of his priesthood as a true model of reactionary, but democratic, and ardently with the second man whereby he was to be desires the institution of social legislation your A-they came out from that inters The Bishop administered the last blessing which shall bring peace and satentmen arte ted. He ow up and the prosecu
view in Manchaser hotel the Germso bad at Mass, followed by a solemn Te Deum and not stir up rife and class hatred. intoned by the officiating calebrant, con
fio, declaring they merely wanted to give clading with the Benediction of the Holy How, then, are the ravalatina varning in the prisoner and similar spine Sarament. place at the R. O. Mission Ease.
A
retm at the Union Debates in be socnanted chiefly from the growing "mumber of "Orientals who sto being admitted into the Laiversity membership of the Union Sciety Line Attending 4 dziki dabate
two Powers very possibly 10, for the north report having experienced sery Creek, Sheerness Harbour, Lieutenant A grand reception subsequently took for Undnabtedly
Sleansers recently arriving from the Chio Duilio and Andren Doria, the fog wether in the Yellow Sns and south Italian ships recently laid down, willards.
The s.s. Huichow, which left probably be completed by then. So Testain on the 16th inst. for Hongkong, that, if our new programms is not by passed at least forty-eight hours in thick then in "tomimssion, we shall actually
CORRESPONDENCE,
Flying, for the Navy aviation prize of £600, offered by Mr. A. Mortimer
as Apostle Singer, the course, being between the Royal Aera Club's aerodrome, East church, and His Majesty's ship Actmon, birthed at the entrance to Stangata A. f. Longmore, R.N., all a short Trac for biplane recently made a flight of 200 miles, beating Captain Eugene Gerrard's performance of 129 miles on August. 1 lasti Ideutenant Longtubre had them to descend for an engine adjustment. Cap- tain Gerrard ML.I., also went up in
1. aatomiebed, at the mumber of Orienta At the Marine Cunit in day, before the short-iriple twin-engine to,best bis
To the Editor of the CHINA MAIL) faces rising above the packed benches on Commander Peckwith, Ho Moon, master wn" performance, and after flying 198 Sz-The majority of your readers will the foor of the debating hall, and Almost of junk, was fined $50 for failing to miles within ten miles of Lieutenant doubtless endurse Fair Deal's remarks to a man these will be found on the failing to report arrival in the waters of account of a mist. The fights had been and while not in any way seeking to under- license his junk, and an additional 850 for Longtoro's fight, had to descend on with regard to the sentence in this case Badical side in the Royal Dockyards cannot be this. Calmy on reveal ocasions at the hide, with pass
The The competirate the gravity of the offence committed commissioned till curly in 1016, while Harhar Master's Office or at the nearest tion will einsoon
barlar mastor's station, and for leaving
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FLOWER STELET.
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Dreadnought ships"
It seems, bowever, that the two
new armoured ships to be laid down
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KEWS OF THE WORLD,
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saying that, la socord"-
fambridge Union Society for the first time.Nicht NG
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