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Powell's

'SAXONE' FOOT-JOY

MEMO FOR TO-DAY.

THE CHINA MAIL.

199,240 tons uro in progress at tim Royal Dockyamls, the remainder being in private yards. As regards merchant ships, the principal foreign clients are frain Holland, for whom 11 ships, of 110,800 tons, are in progress, while Norway takes second place with 15 vessels," of 35,293 tons; Germany, third place, with 11 vessels, of 50,344 tons: Spain, fourth place, with four vessels, of 30,705 tons"; Greece, fifth place, with seven vessels, of 27,930

TYPHOON WARNING.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The American Consul General has Mr W. A. Rundell, writar in the courteously sent as the following re- Electrical department of the Naval Yard called by big this morning from Menllah beron transferred to Chatham, and

Cyclons or Typhoon E. of Balingtang leaves for home on September 13, Channel moving Worth

Cyclone or Typhoon naar of over the Northern. Ladiono" or Mariana Islanda Direction unknown.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

H. M. 8. Nawatle, arrives this after- } boon noon from the North.

Training began to-day for the Autumn Meeting of the Tientsin Race Clab; -

tons; `Austria-Hungary being next with six vessels, of 26,137 tons; and the other important clients are Sweden, Brazil, Japan, Belgium,

We are informed by the Calonial Italy, and Russia. It in noteworthy Secretary this Wei-hal-wei has released that there are building twenty-seven | Hongkong from quarantine restrictions. vessels of over 10,000 tons, two of |them being over 40,000 tons, and one

between. 30,000 and 10,000 tops regards warships, there are building four battleships and five battle-cruisers for the British Navy, and three battle- ships and one battle-cruiser for foreign navies, all of large tonnage.

In the absence of Mr E. A. Irving, the first polico magistrate; who is suffering from terer, Mr J. R. Wood sat in the first court to-day,

The R. 1. M. steamers Dufferin Hardinge and Northbrooke are being fitted at Benthay with wireless installations and ench with extra life boots capable of hold-

The improvement in trade, as coming fifty persous. pared with a year ago, extenila to all

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to Lieutenant-Colonel

4. Begbie, 8th Rajputa, for period of one year from 1st September, 1012.

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1912.

THE NEW TERRITORIES..

S THE SINGAPORE HURDER.

|| Prisoner is Identifled, and Flandad Gulity, Soma interesting particulare" relative to the New Territories are contained in a lengthy report made to the Legislativu Kam was brought up in custody before This afternoon at the Magistracy Char Council by the District Officer, Mr. G.Mr. Wood, and charged, with the murde 3. Orme. From is my take the follow one Grow Boon Chan, a very wealthy Chinese "merchant" of Singapore. The ease had been remanded ponding the arrival of a representative of the Singa pore police for the purpose of identifying prisoner. It will be remembered the $10,000 was offered by the deceased man's relatives for the arrest of the mur lerer, who was caught in Hongkong.

TOPULATION,

- Dr Morrison's miary sa Pulitical Adriser 140 * to the President of the Chinese Republic, according tô à voenacular paper published.

The total area of the New Territories st Paking, will be £3,000 a year.

is 355 senare miles, of which about une quarter consists of islands. The territory Is of a ragged description, at its out. Furlough to the United Kingdon has standing feature is a chain of mountaine

granted

running along the coast line from east to west--one large spur of which rùna down to tho south-west from the centre, and forms the larger island of Lintse with the smaller ones surrounding it. On the east side the range breaks into several spurs, the chief being the Kowloon Bango-running north and south from Ma On Shan to Nowloon Prak. North of these hills there run several valleys East and West. "On the extreme North West is swampy ground adjoining Deep Bay and the Sham, Chen River on the borders of the Territory and low barren hills run along the borders more to tho

Station leato is granted to the under mentioned Officers for the periods stated :-- Llout, H. R. Thomas, R.G.A.," from 20th to 31st August, 1913; Lieut. F. W. Thick nesse, R.G... from 28th August to las September, 1919.

Mr Jamm Samuel Bacmughes, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., chairman and managing director of Mouses Burroughes and Watts (Limited), billiard table-makers, who died on January. 29, aged 71, left state of the gross value of £90,000, with net personalty £85,725.

enst."

ceedings on behalf of interested parties a Mr. Crow, solicitor, watched the pro

Singapore..

Prisoner, who did not appear to be quite unaffected by the gravity of -his position, pleaded guilty to the charge.

& Chinese witness from Singapore who described himself an a gardener, said be had known the pelsoner for two or three years. On the 24th lush he went with Inspector Collet and picked prisogor, cuf frun a number of other men.

Prisoner was also identified by, a Chi nese musician from Singapore, who said he had not seen the man for over a year. available for cultivation is small; in fact prisoner was paraded at the gaol in his

In a country of this kind, the area

Chief Detective Inspector Collet maid only 67 square miles out of 355 were presence, and lined up with nine other elained by private owners when the ternien. Both witnesses picked out prisoner ritory was taken over. The propertion without any hesitation. of cultivated to uncultivated areas" re- mains still approximately the same: cer-

chiefly for pineapple-growing, and much land difficult of access has sitive been abandoned, as it has become cheaper to buy food in Hongkong, or as Tabour has been diverted by the prospect of higher కాదు...

p.m.-Bandmann Opera Co. at the / districts, although the Tees and Eart-which takes place on September 13, will be/anted to Lieut. AP. W. Wedd, R. Etain portions have since been taken up the arrest of prisoner ; and a letter intro

Theatre Royal, City Hall.

MEMO. FOR TO-MORROW. 3.4 p. Sunitary Board Meeting.

General Memoranda. WEDNESDAY, August 22- 3.59-Full Moon. THURSDAY, August 99 --

Non-Pr party Rule by Mr Geo. P.

Lammert.

SATURDAY, August 31

Queen of Netherlands Birthday (1880) *p.m.-Aquatic Fête nt V.R.C.

Sexday, Sept. 1 —

9a.m.-Excursion to Macro.

MONDAY, September 2 :—

—Lahoor-Day—U†ÑÁ¬¬

Leave of absence, on private affairs, to the United Kingdom,” (with permission to The funeral of the Emperor Blutsuhite, travel in France and Switzerland) has been lepool builders have not been quite so from 8 p.m. to midnight, Six white exen from 8th September, 1912, until date of fortunate in booking orders lately as will draw the carriage, and the new Em- arrival of troopship at Southampton. the firms in some of the other districts.peror will walk in the procession. With, the exception of Belfast, how- ever, the figures are higher in all cases than three months ago; but what is more important is the advance as compared with a year ago. There ure building at Glasgow 105 vessels,

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The Bandmann Opera Company arrived | HONG KONG'S BILL OF HEALTH. this morning all well by the Kumano Maru from Manila, after a most successful season there. They open to night at the Theater Royal with “The Monsme."

A Promenade Concert in the public of 111,875 tons, au increase as com-gardens by the Band of the K.O.Y.L.I. is par-d with a year ago of 78,983 tons, equal to about 24 per cent; and at Greenock 62 vcasels, of 261,670 tons, or 19.000 tons, or about 8 per cent., more than in July last year. As

being arranged for Thursday, September 5th, at 9.15 p.ú. The Concert is under the patronage of His Excellency the Garemor, and, we understand, that if suc- cessful, it will be followed by others. Further particulars will appear later in our adrer-

3 p.m.-Sale of a rown and at P.W.D.regards the North East coast listricts, columns. Tickets of admission may

TCEPAY, Sept. 3:-

4.30 p.m.-Lady May's At Home' at

Mountain Lodge.

The China Mail

HONULONG, MONDay, Apgust 26, 1912.

SHIPBUILDING TRADE IN

GREAT BRITAIN.

be had from Mewn Moutrie & fà, or at

the gate.

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Last night, while Lo-Opl. Whitings Sappers Palmer, Portenus and Wardmen

Only Two Flague Cases.

The report issued by the Medical Officer of Health, Dr Chrk, for the week soded August 24, is of a very satisfactory nature. The only cases of notifiable disease reported were two cases of bubonic plague, both fatal. During the year 1842 pingue cases have occurred, and the 1792 persons who died from the disease were all Asiatics.

POLICE COURT.

BURGLARY,

Au estimate of the" population of the Now Territories in 1901 gave the number 48 102354. The Sgures given in the res for III areLand population, 94246; floating population, 9.854; totul. 104,101.

ADMINISTRATION.

The administration of the New, Terri- tories is now, wholly in the lands of the District Officer, and the Assistant Dis- trict Officer (south), subject only to the higher authority of the Captains Superin tendent of Police_in_police matters, and of the Supreme Court in eivil cases with over $200 at stake: but very few cases find their way to the Supreme Court. The survey of the Territories is in the hands of the Public Works Department.

Reference should also be made to the

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A Singapore Chinese detective produced. a warrant from the Singapore police for during this officer stamped by the Singa pers authoritica was handed to the Magis trate by Inspector Collett.

Tnspector Collet said this was all the evidence. He asked for an order for the prisoner to be taken back to Singn- pope in the custody of the Chinese defce». five.

Prisoner was asked if he had.anything" to say, and replit, in the negative.

The order for prisoner's deportation was

made.

EYINGELISM IN THE NEW

· TERRITORIES.

and Chinese journeyed to Taipa Market, On Saturday a ingge party of Europeans. the railway rangements being excellent An hour's walk through the most ple-

Hartlepool shows the greatest rate of increase on the figures of twelve | months ago-46 per cent. The work now. 21 vessels, of 101,582 tons, being 12.076 tous greater. On the turning from Causeway Bay, we

near the Naval Institute, Sapper Palmer, Tyne, where 69 vessels, of 310,529 in trying to get cleat of a ricks and tons, are in progress, the ang tram car, fell into the nea. Sapper mentation is 04,025 tons, equalsim, immediately plunged into the water Port.ous, knowing that Palmer could not

to 26 per cent; while on the sad pluckily brought the unfortunate man Wear the addition only equals to the scaps. per cent, there being on hand 57 vessels, of 214,062 tons, and on the Tecs only 3 per cent, with 36 vessels, of 88,849 tons, in the works. The nierchant work in Mersey ranls in / was not aware was, loaded; it seems that birch and forty-eight hours' detention for authority to leal elders, and especially commencement, mostly by friends com

PETTY THEFTN.

Fourteen days imprisonment was the sentence passed on a man for the theft of a quantity of cigarettes from 8, Sai Wong For sealing clothing from a man at Wanchai, a Chinese was sent to gol for

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buresque ralley in the New Territories brought the party to the centre of the A Chinese who committed a burglary at

Lain Taun district. There East met West 169. Queen's Road Central was sentenced

apon the site of a Chapel.school, now in to six months' hard labour and four hours waning influence of the village elders course of speedy erection, to accommo detention in the sfocks. Prisoner gained throughout the Territorion. It was the valley. Refreshments were served by date the many hamlets dotted about the access to the premises by enlarging a hole in intention of Sir Henry Blake that exist Mrs. Hickling and Mrs. Bonner, al fresco, the shutters of the shop, and took awaying village organisations should be main in brilliant weather which favoured the tained and utilised," and that the village sume clothing.

tribunals should continue to decide local party all afternoon. The devotional pro- cases.

But it soon became clear that the ceedings were conducted by Rev. H. B. Wells, maisted by Chinese Evangelists. authority of the village esters was of no

Ther four coracestones were laid by Mr. account, with the stronger authority of

Au, Mr. W. G. Humphropa, Dr. A. D. the Magistrates so easily accessible, and Sibree, and Mr. Wong. Mr. Au gave a the idea of local tribunals had perforce short and most appropriate address. to be dropped. Under Chinese zale, the Rey, C. H. Hickling spoke briefly to the remoteness, the danger and the expense Europeans. The Arcount required for of the central courts had left much

this building was all promised, before to those entrusted with powers of colnected with the Union and To Tal lecting taxes: under British rule this Churches, & spirit of thankful, deter authority naturally decayed, though they mined hopefulness characterised the whole have continued sometimes to be the medium of dealings with the villagers were some of the youngest and oldest proceedings. Amongst thora present But their moral influence has often been natives of the district. The residents in of rent assistance to the officials in the the valley are full of enthusiasm concern The report upon the New Territories maintenance of the publie pesce, anding the now centre of enlightenment. compiled by the District Officer, Mr G. Ntions concerning local customs, disputed New Territories Society has been a their knowledge in the decision of ques-For over eight years the Hongkong and Orme, contains an interesting reference to sessions, fungshui and such like. the visite of tigers to the district.

Early yesterday morning, says theFah, a Chinese house, Haukow Daily News" of the 16th instant, Mr A. Cugnes, brother of Dr. Dugan, was cleaning a revolver, which he

he let it full, and a ho was picking it up it we toff. The bullet enterai his side near the stomach. He was taken at ores to he Roman Catholic Hospital, and on inquiry being made last night, it was stated

that the wound is minst serious.

Some Sinologues contend that Jimmu

fourteen days.

A boy was ordered twelve strokes of the stealing a pair of shoes from an Indian.

TIGERS IN THE NEW.

TERRITORY.

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REVENCE AND EXPENDITURE.

THE advance of the quotations for new shipbuilding, due to the higher cost of material and increase in wages, has had a tendency to check the double that of a year ago, but yet number of orders placed at Home includes only 16 vessels, of 27,003 tons. At Belfast there is slightly less recently. There is, nevertheless, greater volume of tonnage actually in work than three months ago; but the progress than at any previous period total now-24 vessels, of 292,330 ever recorded by Lloyd's Registry intonais 50,000 tons higher than in their quarterly returns. In view of July last year. These figures take no Tanan, the founder of the Japanese this high degree of activity, it is cognisance of wathip work. The guasty.. was a Malay chieftain, says the Malay Mail It certainly is a curious fact

work: the results are now showing with gratifying to note that a more reason-Clyde occupies a prominent position, that much stress is placed in Japan.upon

}inereasing acceleration. Lam Taun has able spirit is beginning to prevail as there are building on that river the proper banding over of the sacred The commonest of the wild animals in

The collection of revenue from the been regularly visited by the Colporteurs among the trade-auionists, as evidenc-two battleships, three battle-cruisers, just as in Malayn the possession of the is the deer, which abounds in all the the early days of cur administration. are new many enfessed Christians and treasures" on the demise of an Emperor, the New Territories, the report alates. New Territories was no easy matter in and often by Biblewomen. Thus there ed by the settlement of the demaren-three protected cruisers, ten torpedo-regalia is the one (sential for the due

hilly districte. All are of the amall The Chinese Government had not be others awaiting Baptism after long and tion.question. It is true that there boat destroyers, and a submarine boat recognition of sucression in Tulio rajah-species known as hog-deer, and do queathed to us any setheme of collection careful instruction. The coming of Mr. are clouds ahend, since the shipbuild--all for the British Navy. A be traced through these ceremonies?

ships. Can the connection of the two races not possess horns. As they are rely

at all commistent with our principles, and Wong, a returned omigrant, a convert ing agreement automatically expires Burrow there are in

destructive to the crops, and as their Beshit was necessary to proceed very slowly of Dr. Eitel's, has pushed forward the soon, and there is always "the pos- battleships, two battle-cruisers, and Navigation Co., Ltd., arrived this morn-both with dogs and with traps: they are

progress two

is much esteemed and fetches a good price, with the collection of land taxes until gospel work and hastened the erection of The s.s. Changsha, late of the China they are bunted vigorously by the villagers, the rent roli was made out. It was not, the building. He is superintending the until 1905 that this was done, and cal. building operations, according to the sibility of trouble in connection with nine submarine bonts. The warship ing from Australian ports. We under- not shot, as it is important to keep them lection began in carnest. The villagers, plans gratuitously prepared by Mr. A. P. the renewal of such agreements. It work on the Tyne includes two stands has been transferred to Mesars. alive to send into market.

with the Chinese horror of new methods, Samy. This is the first of several such is to be hoped, however, that the battleships, one battlecruiser, two crew on board. We understand she will Yuilt and Co. of Sidney and has a new.

"were reluctant to pay their rents at first, structures which are betig subscribed for. Foxes also abound in the hilly parts of but in 1906 a whole year's rent was pol- Any would-be contributors should com- threatened difficulties will be satis-protected craisers, and six torpedo- maintain the run between Hongkong and the Now Territories, and they too are-tery tected with some arrears, and after that municate with the Ronaraty Treasurer factorily overcome, and that the bout destruyers, At Birkenhead Australia under Mears. Yail- and Co.'s destructivo not only to the crops, but alas collection became, more easy and rapid Dr. Alice D. Bibre, 18. Bank Buildings, present wave of activity will not be there are in progress a battleship and ed, nee building an 8,000 tona tramp desired as an article of diet. Wild cats on throughout the whole. Territory, exopt

House Flag. This company, it is report to game and poultry. They are not easily in each successive year. Now it is paid Queen's Road.-Contributed.

ought by the villagers, unr are they much disturbed in its flow by a short-sightela protected cruiser. The other work teamer which may also at times be pub the other band fatch a good prics in the in New Kewloon, whose more enlightened A fast as the money can be taken in $10.00. policy with regard to the terms of is nine torpedo-boat destroyers

market, and are often caught in traps: inhabitants are apt to put off the evil day eniployment,

building. in the South of England. : The number of merchant ships now Thus the warship work, as well as

Among the successful candidates who they do much damage to stocks of poultry, as long as they can. have accured the B.Sc. degree of Lon and ducks. A few small wolves still pur

The year 1910 was the first year of the building is 529, nid these make up the merchant shipbuilding, is widely pour the name of Mr. Albert Ahwee, ang to commit depredations in the farm fores in the New Territories on January

don University this summer, there ap-vive among the bills, occasionally descend Fiquors Ordinance, which came in

former student of Queen's College, Hong-yards.

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The Rs. Korea, Pacific Mail S.S. Coexaminations, Before returning to China.amberi especially in Lantao, where some as $255,470.95 in which the chief items

in large

CHINA MERCHANTS' COMPANY:

A Claim at Henkow.

The troubles arising of the reported- proponat to all the Chins Merchant" steaners and property to a Japanese firm are not confined to Shanghai: says the "Central China Post,”?in, which is sprint- ed an advertisment showing that Han how merchants who have claims against the company intend to have a say in the patter

good

gross tonnage of 1,774,040 tons, which

1st and on account both of the amount is 87,000 tons more than three months

kong, wie has graduated in the Faculty Thors are well authenticated cases in realised and of the readiness with which ugo, and about 255,000 tons more,

of Engineering, Mr. Ahwee has been an which tigers have visited portions of the it was paid, the liquor tax must be cou NEWS OF THE DAY. than six months ago, while, as com

unlergraduate of King's College, London. New Territorion and even the island of widered to have bren a great success, pared with a year ago, the increase.is;

for the past three years, and he obtained Hongkos, Two tigers were killed by The total revenue actually obtained The German Mail of the 24 h July first-class in civil engineering, bydrau-Chinos in cave in the hills near was deli ered in London on the 24th Augies, heat engines, railways, docks, struc- shui. Po. Cattle have been killed in

from the New Territories for 1000 wom 208,000 tons. At this time last year

$17,630.75; for 1110 the direct revenue

Three or four days after the outbresk there was a check in the upward

tores and municipal work, in the Ans

Vere:-Crown rent, 8115,448.06; liquor the Revolution, last year sover Har movement, and there is anticipation which: arrived at noon to day, reports Mfr. Ahwcs intends to isko un post. 00 02 70 were killed, apparently by acus duties, 450, barbour dues and merciants, went to the

being signalled by the five-masted sailing graduate work in Europe and America, beast with claws and tracks similar to crado feos, 127 (08.30. Te la not pouchante godowns and demanded that there may be another check now ship Maria Rickmers at 8.10 am on the and will probably specialise in economies tiger or a panther, during 1011. It wasible to calculate accurately what propor given delivery of goods consigned t bat how long it will continue, and morning of the 20th August in Lat: 17.7

of railway engineering.

reported by one zalive living in a hat on tion of the revene derived from the They were unable to get the GREAT REDUCTIONS IN- how great it may be, remains yet to Long 118.18 E. She was steering

PRICES.

Lantin that tigos was seen by him Opium Faro is attributable to consumpate, Hankow was destroyed, towards the N.E, when sighted, and re- be seen. In addition to this merchant ported all well.

Mount Asamos has become very active dragging a chain, and it is not impossible ton in the New Tarritories. It was godowns, with their work, there are in progress, for the

lately, and in the neighbourhood of the that the best in question might be a tiger probably no less than $50,000 fm the up in smoke. When the trouble There arrived in Hongkong this land earthquakes are falt between escaped from a local menagerie. It would your 1910. The expenditure (recurrent) was over those who had lost ships, of 503,003 tons displacement, steamer, the Omi Mizu, built on the reage Bince the sih instant, the cratere on isolated herds of cattle, por is there any about $200,000, of which some $90,000 from the company, They wero granted.

have been emitting volumes of smoke and reason to

to doubt that it could swim over is spent on police, 850,000 on the general, Tis. 100,000 and this was accepted on and here again a record total jayde to the order of the Nipper, Yusoph. On the 7th instant aches fell in die from one land to another. In one case irninistration and landwork, and account and deposited with the Chinese

Kuisha. She is to be placed on the Yoko reached, the previous highest amount hame-Shanghai ruu, is of 2,155 et triots agine distance from the volcano. The in Mar. 1911, number of cattle bed $60,000 on public works. of, warship tonnage being in March, tored tons, with beautifully feed Up Nagano Kencho has established an obeer been killed in the south of Lautao, and 1900, when the collective displace. Passenger accommodatim and every way on the summit of the mountain since

PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY

DISPENSED,

ods afored

Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines, &e. British and foreign navies 67 wat morning to London & new Japanese foloses and twenty-four times daily on an' live mostīgon deer, but occasionally pounce on the Territories may be reckoned at in the godown claimed compensation

621, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.

Hongkong, July 20, 1912.

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THE

CHINA MAIL Typhoon

under ocuires the heart.pl's passenger ment of the ships built was 454,110 could desire. On her trial she storaged tona. Of the merchant tonnage over 15, klots, which

Guide.

1,291,347 tone, equal to 73 per cont

rents

and of the warship tonnage, 300,864 tous, equal to 78 per cent, are for the British nation Of the warup w

tha: 201

the remainder of the hard thirty in sumber Form for misty to a small kind away, but within 2 days, 16 of Bastilled badi wounded three days later

FORTY SUCCESSFUL YEARS. TOR Almost forty or Comberis Colle, Cholers and Darlines has been outing crampe in the stomach Toowak, dysentery and diarrhoed and never been known to fail to gira co In the most bevory and slangsrouz You one viska no better

Chamber of Commerce,” But the remain- der of the cisim l. 1,100,000, is stil outstanding, studiile merebanta intend tơi

The Company