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phice among those great captains of
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A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. bur questions, and that he is
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...$2.30
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..$270
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9.-Excursion to facao.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY. 1a.m. - Sale of Manila Cigars at Mesnes
Thughes & Hongh.
No Sale by Apetion of As, Quinta, 12.28 p.m.-Full Moon,
General Memoranda.
Weonesday, July 31:-
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Tuning and Regular The China Mail
Attention Inclusive.
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TYPHOON WARNING.
We are courteously informed by the American-Consal that he is in receipt of the following telegram-
Manila, July 7th, 1012, 12,43 p.m. Cyclone or Typhoon E. of the northare Visayas or utheastern Luzon; direction unknown.
genuinely interested in the welfare of } the working man has been shown for over and over again in the course of a long and successful career.
His experiments in the direction of co- partnery and his admirable schemes to minimise friction between the
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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RAMBLING NOTES.
Yuan Shih Kai, the much embarrassed
news for the benefit of the country.
All will sincerely hope that the result It is proposed to erect a memorial in London to the late Sir W. S. Gilbert, off the "tea party will have beneficial
effects, and that Tuan's proposition (not Comic opera famtu.
withstanding the prepositioni will be at. tended to anul gol results be attained.
it
Intereste
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1912.
A NURSE'S DISMISSAL.
Action Mutually Settled.
$750 for the Plaintiff,
The action in which Misa 6. Hamilton,
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mud the plaintif had still less intention of asking for anything of the sort.
Mr. Harris käid bis friend had gui »- |great many things to the witnesses, and throughout the case had been giving evidence from the tablo. The fact that Ten Lurship was addressing him gave him the impression that his Lordship thought he wanted the case to go up.
His Lordship: Not at all. I am stating why the jury, myself and orerybody would like an bonourable wettlement to
arrived at. Perhaps I had better sco the solicitors separately, with their clients of cours
Mr. Harris said he was agreeable. Mr. Looker: So am I. There is only one features If after you have seen us together no settlement is arrived at there wil be liable to be inferences drawn to the attitude of either party.
President of an even moro embarrassed. „Republic, gare a tea party" the other dag. So xuya & untive paper, and <“ at the which," it elegantly added, he ex horted his friends and followers to be of good sheer and look forward to a bright trail use, sued Mr. H. W. Looker, temerate, which would be sure to come solicitor, of 41. The Fenk, to rugover i-ant this is homewhat important $1,000), pages for alleged wrongful -they would work together with disinissal, terminated unexpectedly this The German craiser Ultis luft Cantonanimity and whole-hearted disinterested: ring, the parties, on the suggest Macao to day.
of the jury, grving to ฟ settlement which was afterwards arranged as a ver liet for the plaintif for $75, each side to pay their own costs. The plaintiff's original claim was for 81,520, but #320 of it was waived in order to bring within the summary jurisdiation of the Court. The ease was heard before the Puise Judge. Mr. Justice Gompertz. Reference to China-the latest of all
Mr. Render Harris, solicitor, of Messrs.into court and say nothing has been done.' Hi Lordship: No; I shall come back Republic-calls to mind another that has
Wilkinson and Grist, appened for plain- long sites passed its infantile stage, even
Mr. Looker: That is the point. The as time affects nations, and is now really tiff, Mr. Looker conducting his own case, jury will not know.
Th The following jurynion served on the allusion is to Peru, mud that the twe case Messrs. Francis Maitland (fore Republies should be mentioned together), 4. P. Lowe, and L... Berialogue is not inappropriate, for who does not remainder werthy Dr. Johnston's frequenting there were many European spectators figure of speech from China to Pernt Court, a large proportion of them being when the worthy Doctor wished to con- vey vastuless of distance, Well, Peru in- tends to celebrate, the 91st anniversary of having become a Republic, and in han- Herr Huntze, the German resident of our of the interesting nevasion the Peru. Haukow who dred his revolver one night ytan Corti at Hongkong has issued un nationals, British recently upon a number of Chinese, has invitation ta
ocials, colleagues and others to honous ment for inflicting serious bodily injury, one tomorrow. been sentenced to six months' imprison-him with their proserer at Bix ** At curtain extenuating circunstances being taken into consideration by the court.
:
Some asafal Home Hints," which Danagement and the workers are is hoped will be of special interest to cur Furness is a Liberal leer, but it was convincing proofs of that fact. Tardy randers, will be found on page . in no sense as a politician or a critic of the Government that presented his views to Mr Asquith. He spoke simply as a man of larg einterests and great experience, patting forward sensorable remedies for what is uni- versally recognised as a great evil, namely, the unchecked power and unbridled licence of militant trade- unionisan
Taipeo Market when he found that it did getting into the venerable stage.
A Chinese who jumped from a train at
not pull up there," has been taken to hospital suffering from a broken head.
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We are asked to remind our raiders of the V.R.C's Aquatic Fête, which takes place to-night, ennmencing at nine sharp, R.O.Y.L.I. will be in attendance. Entrance fee fifty cents. The band of the
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When the case was restuned this morn
ladies.
A COMPROMISE MEGGENTED,
Ilis Lordship then saw the solicitors and their clients separately in chambers and afterwards the solicitors together, and when his Lordship took his ses again he announced, that acting upon the sugation of the jury and his owa Toy strong feelings, a settlement had been
$730, no coats on either side. arrived at-judgment for the plaintif for
Mr. Looker had risen to address the Court when the Foreman of the Jury, addressing his Lordship. said the jury would like to know if there was ung HYGIENE. COMPETITION. 1912. change of compromise between the two!
The following in the result of the annual parties. <<
Hygiene Competition -
His Lotship hay suggested that myself and have taken a great deal of trouble in the matter."
Lord Funes, it will be remember. eil, dwelt on the danger of allowing complete liberty to the organisers of national sympathetic, or Syndicalist strikes. He suggested that the law
The bursting of an oil pipe connected should take cognisance of attempts to with a tank caused a fire at Messrs A. 5, paralyse any particular industry us a Watson and Co's factory near Bay View whole thoughout the country. Anyun Thursday. The oil was ignited, it is thought, by some cinders from the fanuel movement, on the part of employers of a bunch at the adjacent wharf. Thinly the tire would come when both China friend persists in the attitude that he
erstes of minerals valued at 8700 were damaged: the property was insured.
or employed, to organiec a national hock-out or strike should be punish-
known.
A paragraph in the Hongkong Govern- ment Garatia states: The Order made
It would indeed be interesting to know what the famous lexiengrapher-who was, as will he remembered a Tory of the Tories (like Yuan Stah Kat he believed in the "T" Party)-would have thought of the prediction (it would have been a long shot" in the worthy Doctor's day) that und Peru would throw aside his beloved
monarchical institutions and be full.
Mr. Lo said he was quite willing and desirous of settling as he stated to his Lordship when he mentioned it if he thought he should, properly do so,
His Lordship: Would it be the slightest.
my seeing you in Chambers now? Mr. Harris: Not the slightest if my
would make ne offer at all of settlement. but was willing if plaintiff was prepared
Samuel would have given expression to fledged republics. Probably the worthy erpt a ticket to Lonine and sho (withdrew any suggestion that she had no his feelings by flinging a volume of his grounds for bring dismissed--practically massive dictionary at poor "Bozzy's"
to say he was right in dismissing her head.
he would give it:
Mr. Harris: My friend's opinion was that if the case was settied people would believe my client was justified in hring
No, I do not intend to refer to the in the action, and it was that point my day of October, 1902, and published in the I do not intend to repent that the many by the Governor-in-Council on the lath typhoon or the warnings on this occasion.friend wished withdrawn. I still
sider my client justified in bringing the Garerament fusefte of the 17th October, warnings did not bring many typhoons.ction, and she does, therefore on this 1902, and on page 108 of the Regulations It was quits an interesting topic at the basis a settlement cannot be arrived at of Hongkong, 1010, is hereby altered by beginning of the averk, and the near and rain and whatever other elements proximity of the dreaded whirl of wind
typhoons may comprise, certainly justi.
Never I Meeting ni Meuders of able; in his view, as a conspiracy in the clothing found on the beach at
Geo. Fynwick & Co. Id. THERSDAY, Angort -
restraint of trade. Lord Furness was West Point on Wednesday has been identi- Miles Day Froping a Calours by treated, in the Law Courts' manner,fied as belonging to two Chinese students as a hostile witness, with questions of who lived in Des Voeux Road and Peel the "Now, sir, I put it to you" des Street, respectively. That both were
His Lordship I don't think that was drowned while batbing now seems certain, i cription; and the result is that Liberal for Tast evening the body of one dressed in this little literary digression, but to ticket to Landon, a modification of the !
Perhaps I should offer an apology for quite right. What I understood was, a paper represent him as advocating a bathing costume, wis regerered by a many. I feel sure that the eulebratietestinal to be agreed upon. general locking up of everybody who bather who noticed it floating near the of the anniversary of Peru's Republic in,
Mr. Looker: That is substantially what I saiti. resists compulsory arbitration in tradere. How the accident occurred is not or near, the Chinese Republie cannot fail HostKOSO, SATURDay, July 17, 1912. disputes. Of course Lord Furness
to recall the worthy Dr. Johnston's fami liar phrase "From China'to Peru." advised nothing of the sort. lle THE RECURRING STRIKE. simply suggested what has been more than once argued in these columns, SCARCELY a day passes, as all mast and is held by a very large number of 3. MOUTRIE & CO., have observed, without some reference, business men to be the only efficicht
more or less important, being tele remedy for periodical about con graphed us from the Homeland regard. vulsions such as the country has ing the continuation of sous strike suffered during the last twelve months, in one or other of the branches of Lori Furness made it quite clear that industrialism. From a Reuter's tele, he does not wish to apply drastic "gram which we printed the other day, measures for the evercion either of we, had, however, the gratifying capital or of labour in ordinary cases, Assurance that at last the Government
Neither he nor any reasonable person
we have been asked to state that not only rather unpleasant storm the old gentle the action, when the plaintiff's evt. Leontests the right of workmen to com-did-Messrs J. W. Kew and to who are in w caught in. Perhaps, in ancient Who knows? Perhaps the Divine Wil lium." One of these days' we'll scrutinize
see of typhicons, and perhaps we may get wrinkle that might not be derined unworthy of the, consideration of our
unteur. meteorologists-even thinse who are purr-
LIMITED.
Forgione. April 18, 1907
Powell's
MILLINERY
DEPARTMENT
NEW STOCK OF
the omission of the work
before the words "Money Changer" in the "Chinese" second bust line of the Schedule to Regula tion No. 1 thereof,"
With reference to the paragraph which appeared in yesterday's issue of the China Mail" regarding the two motor boats for the Main Government, hailt by Ab King,
fed all the "talkee-talled" that was being Indulged in on the subject.
The mention of typhoons, a friend re- marked te nu tin other day, always made him think of King Lous" at the
you will consent to judgment for a
willing to settle the case. reasonable amount, and costs, I am quite
His Lonship asked what would be the cast of a ticket to London: about 10?
Mr. Harris: Yes. The costs would be rather heavy at this stage, as the case lias gone on so lure
Mr. Looker: What I said in Chambers
of marks. Tenin.
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Class 4 B
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7. Italian
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Class 4 A
9. Queen'a Col. Class 4 A 585 11. Tumne District School 53.7 10. St. Mary's Convent ... 50.7 12. French Convent ... 53.4 13. Queen's Col, Class 4 C 14..
Q 62.8 Diocesan Girls' School) 16. Kowloon British School 44.2 489 Queen's Col., C. 4 B
17. St. Francis Convent
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HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
2-2002 68-coot
The Ordinary HaE-Yearly Meeting of Macna Steamboat Company, Limited, will shareholders in the Hongkong. Cantou, and
be held at the office of the Company on Tuesday, August 6th., when the following
report will be submitted 2---
holders the report and statement of The directors beg to submit to the share acenames for the half-year ending 30th Jane last.
After paying Janking expenses, salarios, premia of i-urance, repairs and all other charges there remains, incluíing $22,031.44 of $149,820.03 at credit of Profit and Loss brought forward from last secount, the sum
Accoun! From this amount the directors recommend that a dividend for the ball.
of one dollar por share or 880,000 be paid to shareholders) $25,COhe written off book valaa of steamers, 820,000 be
intended-to take the matter-seriousy bine in defence of their legitimate sole agents for ardiders, supply the Albion the typhoon was not unknown, fed by any evidence of mine, I could written of wharves, properties and lighters,
in hand, and introduce legislation to
Fund, leaving a balance of 824,820.03 to
Was that I did not see how at this stage drie had been givan, and not untradict properly make any offer of settlement $10,000 be transferred to Special Repairs until I had had an opportunity of putting Lordship thought it was proper that any fair settlement should be made, I woult Is not that car seriously consider it. reet?
that effect. in this connection con difference between the strike as it was B. H. P. Gardner engine and the other a his immortal tragedy to see what we cauy witnesses in the box, but if, your cried forward to new account.
There were remarkable scenes wit Dessed recently, says the Sina Observer,
interests But there is the widest engines hut they secured the contract for the two pinances, one of which has a 30 "ments, which recently appeared in understood twenty years ago and the 20 B. H. P. London contemporary, on the "Na modern Syndicalist upheaval. It is tional" strike are especially interesting clearly against public interest that a es giving a clear view of what is trumpery dispute in, say, Southampton when Sang Sung Lee faft for his native ing thought on the subject at home, should paralyse trade at Glasgow, heath, giving a hearty welcome and a free The Prime Minister, we are told, has Liverpool, Bristol, and Hail, or that pass to all who wished to proceed on His full share of the weaknesses con- the employment of a non-union docker the vessel he had chartered for his journey mon to lawyers. He loves to cross-in Canning Town should stop trains home. This feat of philanthropy is about when he is parasitically touting för tips. examine. He spanks great questions from running all over England and leaving for Chics in a couple of months to be eclined, for Yes Koh Hong will be and small, with his eye 201 an Wales. The public bas no great
I notice that Dr, Morrison, the well.
When" is a "runner" (hotel species) a "climber " (ship's side variety). An swer(ccording to correspondent)
His Lordship observed thas it was not
for him to make an offer of settlement.
DEFENDANT'S CREDIT ATTACKED.
There is nothing at special interest to report in connection with the working of the steamers. The usual overhaul and repairs have been effected during the half- year and the steamers are all in good rus- ning order.
elec
ict.
In accordance with the Articles of As- sociation Mesars A. A. Siebe and F. Lieb retire from the Roard by rotation, but, his wife and himself had been attacked.
Mr. Looker added that the credit of being eligible, ofer themnoires for re
but if his Lordship thought on offer of Gourdia and W. Hotton Potts offer them- The retiring auditors, Mesars A. O'D, wettlement should be made he was quité selves for re-election. Prepared to carefully consider it.
His Lorbip pointed out that the proj
Mr. Locker said that was D. He was merely dealing with what was said in Mi Hailton did not wish to return Chambers. He was quite prepared if
home, to give her the equivalent of the ticket in money.
SEMI TRIMMED inisgimury- jury-box: he is satisfied west ter kein hard a cat and ho will charter two steamers to convey known Peking correspondent of The praal for settlement came-from-the-juryTHE LATE REV. GRIFFITH
and
UNTRIMMED HATS
$250 $15.00
A LARGE SELECTION
The Latest Styles.
Tam. Dowell,
in a less arrow and contentious
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Captain Tentham, who was in command
Gluurester,
SANITARY BOARD.
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viser to China. An excellent cholen, s what this versatile journalist does not know of China and her requirements is not worth taking much notice of.
The erratic irregülarites of the Siberiut
Mr. Harris agreed to this course if his
JOHN.
ruere prejudicial to him for the case to aud around Shanghai, doing evangeliais Hu' was quite sure Mr. work and establishing charches, travelling Looker would not agree to a settlement. widely in all the region round about ad his client was ant prepared to make Shanghai. He went to Hankow in
An offer.
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with presenting a good case" neatly strike. It is in the main a test of of their birth back to Chins. and compactly to the national jurye durance between masters and mea: Mr Asquith is unquestionably a very and it usually ends, after a compara-
Reuter sapounced yesterday, was conned- The Rev. Griffith John, whose death considerable kind of advocate, and tively short struggle, in a lasting his abilities in that direction are no acconmelation. Widely different is of the fan on the China Station, basil are still, I note from the new ter not to go on with the session in
ed with the London Missionary Society. Be was born in 1831, began to preach in doubt an asset to his party. But is the national or "sympathetic" strike, been appointed to the command of the papers, the subject of much heart-burning Court, but to continue it in Chambers.
His Lordship thought it would be bet-
Welsh at the age of 14 and, in 1859, when a brawler sense he would often dir where the belligerents aim at stary-
hu ww2 Jents of age, be offered his better if he forgot forensic arts, aid
among · Buruprans in China and Japan.
services to the London Missionary Society ing the public, as a means of com- addressed himself to public questionspelling the Government to "mediato," Garrim Artillery, has been granted the the authorities at St. Petersburger Man throughout had been, it would surely be year. He spent more than five years at The trouble seems to be in Russia, and Lordship sidered it would be my god, and they were noted. He was ordained Lieutenant C. V. S. Skrimshire, Roy.pressure might be brought to bear on
Considering what his friend's attitude in 1850 and sailed for Shanghai the same lool rank of Captain; while employed as spirit. A case in point was his atti- fin other words, to bring pressure Staff Officer of the Bongkong Volunteer,dition of affairs is certainly very unsatishe settled now.
cow with some affect. The present con- tle to the deputation on labour an
to bear on the masters. We have Curps, with effect from the 13th April, factory, rest recently. Representatives of these this policy pursued with cokl-1912. Chambers of Commerce of the United blooded calculation half a dozen timës
The YM.CA. I notice with plenstre, intend organising holiday camp at | Kingdom consulted him on question during the last year or two. It is a
Dumbbell Island. The idea is a very night take of the question of a settle-
Mr. lker id whatever is he 1801, and was the first Protestant Mis
ionary in Contral China, A meeting of the Sanitary Board will good one, and would the very much
He travel vastly more vital to the true interests process which cannot be repeated
ment at this stage, he was quite prepared Szechuan, Kinng and several other pro It axtensively "in Hupeh, Hunan, of this country than any item on the indefinitely without shattering the dan Tunday, next at 3.40 p.m., when joyed by all participating. In these hot
to give plaintiff a ticket mag or the vinces as a pioneer mi-sionary, and during Goverment's plethoric programine.
industrial fabric, and to deny the right folowing: Letters from the Government the exercise that such an outing is likel,quivalent in money and to put anything his long service stablished, in mesocía-
the orders" of the day will include the days, the fresh air, change of scene and Mr Asquith had an opportunity of
of the nation-to-protect-itself against relative to the recommendations for the to afford, should be very beurficial, and
-in-ber-testimonini-book which he thought with his collague, more than hearing the views of some of the acut
an evil of such magnitude is tanta mining of nullahs during 1915, convertirg I have no doubt that the 2.3.C.; will he could truthfully and properly say or puder
sations in the and Aunan, And of churches He translated he truthially and properly could. He and publisher in hiue-s
the whole Bible thought it would be improper for him to in both the blandarin dialect and ut anything the book which he did Chiness. Since his arrival in
57 years ago, un The want of real service to a Prime Midister prevent the starvation of the public ly the President of the Sanitary Board
about a year ago in bid bowlth, he irid "Rīs Loudelīp : Oh, yes; of Caipike, been home in furlough only twice, who has hail, Inrgely through the and the wanton destruction of the relative to the proposed Departmental
Mr. Lusker expressed his willingness only' about four yours find bean erent out indiscretions of subordinates, very livelil.ood of hundreds of thousands of Scavenging Scheme of the City of Victoria
The Ingkong Gorernment Gazelle innes that what had already been written in the China. De frittich John was Chairatan at the Central Ching Religionsract painful experience of the new labour people. In chuiming that Lord Fur to be invaguinted 16 January, 1914 by statenent of this sanitary measures adeptok should be taken out if plaintifasisty surt Editus of all its publicatums He won a Principal, of the London question. Bir Asquith, however, was ess's very reasonable suggestions to the removal of ceilings in top fora. at Bangkok cholera and all-pox, that the testimonial was written by Mr.
the Medical Omeer of Health relative ed locally. This statement shows that
His Lordship said it seemed to him Mission Theological College at Hankow... not content to listen and learn.
should have been received with more Proposed new bycinws for the reinoval and the restrictions in force constitute a lawyer instinct conquered. He inter-pect we avoid the obvious com fod ceilings etc.
medical examination, and quarantino at Texter unwillingly and under a inienppres rupted and cross-examined, attempted that a great Liberal employer
the discretion of the Health Officer. to shake" evidence hostile to his
and Sentow, in respect to choler.
The quic restrictions appy Hollow brief, and wound up with a mode speech to a jury, almost adding a
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THE CHINA MAIL est minds engaged in commerce al mount to questioning the morality of the passage ruining from No. 40 Centre elust the camp admirably. to put in my new form of words which plented
any restrictive legislation whatever. Street to No. 26 Yuen Lane into two idustry in Great Britain. A freeThe law which protects a tradesman's; and the drain under the Hongkong, interchange of ideas would have been | window should not be powerless to wharf at Wing Ink Street. Minutes SANITARY MEASURES. ADOPT-unt truihlally and conscientiously believe.
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The question, we think, should be removed beyond the frontiers of party
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