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THE CHINA MAIL.

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NEWS' OF THE DAY.

ELS MUS... Prometheus, 'aired here.

"It is notiffed" "in" the “Government Garotta" that the name of Noul Ramsay the registar of companies, and Company, Lad, has been struck of

ple are shaken by the fear of civil from Shanghai this morning" dissension it is judicious from the Italian point of view to disturb then further by the roar of hostile guns at the entrance of the Straits. It is probable that the Italians are counting in the main on the moral effect of their proceedings. They are doing something to add to the general sense of uncertainty and instability which prevails at the capital, and perhaps helping to bring home to its more influential citizens the conviction that they will have no security at home or abroad till their Government sues for peace. What is more, they may pro- duce extremely inconvenient foreign complications for their unfortunate adversary. The Turkish Government has responded by ordering the Straits to be closed. This is a measure of self-defence which they have every right to adopt But it will inflict considerable damage upon others be- side the belligerents Neutral and friendly States who have no concern in the quarrel will find their com- merce seriously delayed and injured The highway between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean is one of the

The police are looking for the owner of a gold, mounted cigar holder which was found on a burglas, who entered a house on the Peak one night this week, the house holder having failed to identify it..

First Drawing of Macao Lattery undergrent avenues of international trans-

New Conditions.

School,

Find Day of Term, Victoria British 5.30 p.m.--Annual General Meeting of

the Hongkong Cricket League.

port. The trade of the mercantile nations will suffer severely. We shall be heavy losers, and so will Russin; and from the latter quarter at any rate there, will be argent remoustrances It will not add to the comfort of the TUESDAY, Sept. 10:

p.n.Special Meeting of Hongkong Turks to be nesailed at this hour of

Chaniber of Commerce.

General Memoranda"

THunsnay, Sept. 12:-

9p.m.-Allan Wilkie Co's first perform

ance at Theatre Royal, City HaL SATURDAY, Sept. "14:--

343 pm.-Lawn Bowls Championship

at Taikoo

TERDAY, Sept. 17 --

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

Mountain Lodge.

TRERADAY, Sept. 19:-

RAMBLING NOTES.

Something drastic quick, sharĝi and effectual--will have to be done towards. riding the -West River and the "gur rounding ding of the piratical pests that are at present, have been for a long time, and ap

apparently intend to contimes infesting the place. They are a perpetual source of alarm and, quite obviously, have had matters much too easy for a long

-time.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1912.

COMPANY MEETING.

Hongkong Hotal Company, Limited.

SOME NOTES ON-THE CHENE 'AND JAPANESE LANGUAGES.

(From a Corruspona

A visitor from the China. Comes to Japan"

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Hongkong Hotel Con pany Limited, was held this morning at will fint, if he possese bus & amatdering of the hotel. Mr. W. Hutton Potte, chain Comme, considerable interest in compare essential man of the bear of diretors, presided, the two languages: Chines and there were slap present Dr. J. W. momorillable language. Japanese, ex- Noble, Messrs. J. Sects Harston, Eluding the adopted Chinese words, is s Kadoorie (directoral, J. Walker, very mach polysyllabic language. Take's Waill, Lai Chan, Fung Tat Hang. Low examples. and C. Mooney (secratary), Cheung Shui, J. H. Taggart (mapper),

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Net

Waih

Hang

- JAPANESE Watakustil Anaba Araku

Sit

Bawartz

Centre

Chung

Good

Turoshit

North

Pak

Kit

South

Kam

Minnaki

East

West

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Higashi

Nishi

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Bob the Japanese use most of the Chinee

Mim Wilkinson, 83 Peak, has taken over from Mira Addison the duties of Hon. Secretary of Ladion" Recreation Club All communications should, therefore, be sent legaly lax is, especially at the present That the Chinese authorities are hope to her in futura.

time, when they have, so many other «The Chairman, in moving the sdoptinuo matters to attend to, is not surprising, of the report, said Gentlemen,—The but that is all the more reason why roport and statement of accounts with 'foreign action should not lack certainty auditor's repors attached having been in and rapidity. It is the foreigners lives your hands for some days, we will, with that are in jeopardy and whose pro-your permission, take them as read. You perty is in that makes the "rich spoil for will have poted from the accounts that the murderom villaina, If concerted we have some 8,032 more dollars to deal action cannot be arrived at speedily with with than at the corresponding period af the authorities at Macao, the Hongkong lash your; $5,138.78 of this is accounted Government should set on their own for by a new departure in the manner characters, and generally apply to them the initiative and make real and sustained of valuing the stock, your directors consume meanings as are applied in China, aldering that although various articles thus, the same character may spall a effort towards wiping out the pests..

were issued from the main stock during Chinese word of one, or a Japanese word Something more than the ceremonious the six months, they were still practically of many syllables. Each of these Chinees visit the Governor, made the other day as good as new, and that only a proper characters as is well known, in a word, in accident which occurred at the Naval Doubtless the visit will have good re- Two Chinesa workmen were injured to Choang Chow, will have to be done.tion of the coa: should fall on the car itself, but besides these Chinese characterm rent six months: the-balance of $4,790 the Japaneva fave a written language of and yesterday morning. A cut stoolsults, and probably be the means of pre-old is made up by a small improvement their own, with forty gaven characters, exch compresset air bottle which was being venting a recurrence of the recent ter-is working account, fewer bad debts and of which represents a syllable of their nealed in a workshop, burst, and part of it rible tragedy that occurred at the island increase in shop rents, etc. Tho knocked a hole in the rail. The two min Good results will be expected of it, and Board consider the result of the half year each of these forty seren characters may be spokan language-sort of semi alphabes ; who received injurias were sent to hospital. better results will be attained if a cruiser very satisfactors. being nearly 10 rewritten in two ways, these two ways are with a machine gun or two were to hover eetis on the working capital of the Com-called the Katakana and the Hiragana About the vicinity for some time.

A Chinese resident in Arbuthnot Read has reported to the police the loss of two vanes worth $1000. Their loss from his house was coincident with the disep pentanos of a servant, who is naturally suspected

LICENSING BOARD APPOINT-

VMENTS.

His Excellency the Governor has beau pleased to apprint Me Dougins William Craddock and Mr Herbert Willian Bird to be Un-official Members of the Licensing Board, rice the Hon. Mr Murray Stewart and the Hon. Mr Edward. Osborne resigned, with efect from the 19th August and the 22nd August, 1912, respectively.

AUGUST WEATHER.

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The pirates are pretty thorough when they go about their nefarious calling (which of late has been much too fre quent), and why should the anthorities not be as thorough and as much in earnest in their efforts to capture the villains It is about time the authorities bestirred

themselves.

—

The local police are crowing over the capture they made the other day of real live burglar. The news came to the A surprise and a community both as shock, for it was beginning to be com- monly believed that burglarious escapades were somewhat beyond the scope of our

Guardians of the tow."--

pany: this is the more encouraging A

the return for the first three months was syllabaries and are either of them need söme $10,000 behind the normal, mainly indescriminately on their notice i cards, of t

which there are many, and in the columns - owing to the falling off in tourist travel due to the trouble on the mainland. The of their newspapers, with the Chinese grill room seems to have caught on,ideographs. By way appatently, of in- and was quite a factor in maintaining the troducing a sporting element into the earnings for the period under review. dry work of translation, veral of the The new lounge is a great improvement Kutalana, which, ha ben said, re- to the hotel and, to judge from appear: present syllables only are identical or ances is much appreciated, and, we hope, almost identical with Chinese characters will be still more popular now that the rapresenting words. A further means of afternoon tea service in that room has confusion is that, besides their own been installed.

polysyllabic Words the Japanese hara No depreciation has been written of the value of the buildings, the Board not adopted much of the Chinese colloquist, thinking it necessary, as besides the cost The character English-mountain, ís of a valuation, they consider they stand in Japanese either Tama or San, the latter in the books at s-much-inter-âgura than obviously derized from the Chinese Shan would be required to replace them; the Doubtless they are doing their best, eet of all repairs such as in bass, English door, in either kado or mout the latter no duabe equivalent to the but the many successful burglaries seers concrete floors, etc., has been borne by Chinese moon. Englishwest. Chinese to indiente that their methods are in working account, the only item debited as, Japanese pishi or sai. The adoption

the lounge. On August 8th adequate. This little success, it is to be to capital being the cost

has no doubt been made from North China, lopod, will cause the police to continue which we consider quito legitimate. to exercise proper vigilance and justify. the trust that is reposed in them. It seems beyond doubt that a large number of burglars are about, and if continued success attends their efforts who know but that they might find little difficulty in clearing off the Police Office property ↑

internal and external embarrassment by threatening representations from complainants too important to be treated lightly. That," no doubt, is The mean minimum temperature hat part of the plan of the Italians; they month was 783 degrees and the mean wish to wid to the difficulties of the famimu8.7. August 1st was the Tutto-t day, with 91.2 highest and 85,0 Turka by setting up friction between at temperature readings. Sunshine was them and other Powers. And it rouded every day, the aggregata hours

Taning and Regular portati riport at V.R.C. I would seem that the only escap registered being 181..

Attention Inclusive.

S. MOUTRIE & Co..

LIMITER.

„Kongkaus, ápril 18, 1907

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Day.

for the Porte lies in putting their Taterport Aquatic Sports at V.R.C. 2nd house in order at home, and to gain the opportunity for doing so by soune kind of accommodation with its assailant.

FRDAY, Sept. Ak—

Dy SATURDAY, Sept. 21:-

Noon-Douglas Samahip Co. Meeting Interport Aquatic Sports at V.R.C., Srd

Day.

9 p.m.-Variety Concert at Me. Abstin -Eurzaska

Widyzaday, Sept. 25 ---

7p.co.Entries close for last Gymkhana,

TRUESDAY, Sept. 26:—

1.34 p ni.-Full Moon,

DEATH OF CAPT. SWANNIE..

We regret to record the death of Captain Swannie, master of the Hoogkon?, Canton

1.44 p.m. - Partial helipsa of the Moon and Macao Steamboat Company's sa. Hoi-

SATURDAY, Supt. 28:-

Performante at Theatre Royal in aid of

Cathedral Organ Fund. Opening Night Bijou Scenic Theatre,

The China Mail.

Hongkong, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER”, 1912.

TURKEY'S TROUBLES.

REUTER's telegram, which we print | in another part of this issue, to the effect that Greece, Bulgaria and Servia intend to combine to throw

the sun was visible for 11.2 hours and on the 4th for only 0.1 hour.

Rain fall on nineteen days, but poly on five days were there heavy falls. The 16th was the wettast day, 6.125 in. falling in the wenty-four hours. The aggregate for the mooth was 15.715 in. The average degree Tof-humidity was 33; on the 22nd 91-degrees was roastded, this being the record for the month

OPIUM WORTH $3,000 LOST.

Man Charged With Its Theft.

Seces on the part of the police, how ever, followed by a severe penalty would soon have a salutary effect.

Then the police may relapse into a soporfic state again until smartly probed on to perform the duties for which they

paid to do..

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There being no questions, the motion for the adoption of the report and secounts, which was seconded by Mr. Walker, was carried unanimously.

and it is therefore only in those few words, pronounced similarly throughout. Chins that one can expect to find a resemblancs between Cantonese and Japanes. Of the

The appointment of Mr. 3. Senft Hars- moral, only one English three, ton, who joined the Board of Directors Chinese sam, Japanese sun shows any close in June at their invitation, was confirmed resemblance in sound." The" Japanese "on tha" proposition of Mr. Weill, somondet | dowever, find one set of womens boo by Mr. Lau Cheung Shid

simple and have provided a second-

On the proposition of Mr. Kalorie. soconded by Mr. Lai Chan, the Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, who retired by rotation, was re-elected a director.

On the motion of 3fr. Fung Tat Hang. seconded by Mr. Taggart. Mesars. H. U. Teltrion and A. R. Lowe dere re-appoints ed auditors.

song, which occurred yesterday afternoon. Captain Swansie had been in the service of the company five or six fears, and was

At the Magistracy this morning bolore appointed to the Hoisang, on the Can- Mr Melbourne a urn was charged with the con-blacie run, as recently as March la ceny of two chests of Persian opium, Insti A fortnight ago he was taken alued at the large sum of 83,358, of which i with typhoid fever, and passed away he was the balles. yesterday afternoon at the Government

Mr G. G. Alabaster, barrister, instructed in told is invariably is on burglarions on Monday. Civil Hospital. Captain Svannie was 46

by Mr L. D'Alinada, prosecuted, Mrxensions-cared with some fatty, sub- years of age and was unmarried. The Lewis defended; and Mr Hodgson, As- stance: and he is by no means out to funeral cortege will pass the Monument staistant Crown Solicitor, watched the case. be caught; still, smart as he is, our polier 5.30 this evenine.

The Chinese burglar is undoubtedly a This concluded the business of the slippery individual to deal with, especi-meeting, and the Chairman announced ally if his practically nude body is that dividend warrants would be ready

NEWS OF THE DAY,

Mr Alshaster said on August 22. Mrare surely not going to allow themselves Razack contracted to purchase two cheats to be outdone time and time again?

of Persian opium, and on that day paid Having apparently exhausted all their $2000 on account of the purchase money red tape on the question, the Post Office The Victoria British School re-opens The balance of the amount, 81389, was authorities at last announce that lotters ca Monday.

paid next day, and on the 24ths delivery for home will be despatebed by Siberia order, was made out; delivery was not taken till the 20th. On the 24th, Saturday, unless otherwise directed. Better Iste Mr Razack applied personally at the Harbour Office for a permit to export the drug, as he required it to send to Siog-

The German Mail of the 7th August of the yoke of Turkey, indicates was delivered in London on the 6th Sep that Turkey, what with her big and

costly war with Italy, her Balkan

tember.

than never!

troubles, and, above all, her interna! 24th August amounted to 27,006 tons and permit was sent from the office next day decidedly timely. Not only did the warn-

at the centre.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

CHINESE

JAPANESE-PARA

1

Yat

Itchi

Hitatau

2. Yo

Ni

Futated

3. Sam

Mita

4 Sz

Shi

Tottais

3 Ng

· Go'

Itstat

8 Lok

Boku

Mutsu

7 Thab

Shichi

Natatan

B

Pat

Hachi

Yatiat

→ Kan

Ku

10 Shap

Ju

Kokonotas To

The names given in the first column of Japanese are those more generally used...! Bath Chinese and Japanese, numerate have an advantage over Englah in making In the "Government Gazetta "appears clear distinction between the teens and notice warning mariners that in pawing the fy. It is very easy to confuse autrem into the Mong Kok Tsui Typhoon Shelter, and sirty when spoken by one and sor traces at Yau-ma-ti and Tai Kok Trui are there is no mistaking the difference between now in everse of construction, only the en tomed from birth to our languwe, bab

be used, as the rubble mound is the Chinese, shop lot and tot-shap or be above the surface and forme a danger to

tween the Japan sa juruku sad rolere ju Guide posts, mostly of wood in Japan and navigation,

stone in South China are, in the former country, almost invariably headed English-ripht-left and seldom E "English - up-down as in often done in South China, the ups and downs are certainly quite as conspicuous in the Leland Empire in its continental neighbour." - The character Chinese-it, their meas of distance, about one-third of an Eas mile is used almoy the Japanese for thei mesure of distance the ri about 25 miles

The two entrances named are marked by two red and white discs by day and by two white and zed lights at night.

́BANK NOTE RETURNS.

The returns of the average amount of brak antes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st August, 1912, as certified by the managers of the respective hanks a follows:Chartered Fank of Tudi,

There have, ct course, been several. The total output of the Kailan Miningapore, and it was intended to dispatch it typhoon warnings of late, and certainly Administration's mines for the week ending by the Jardine steamier Chungsang. The the warnings received on Thursday were upheavals, is in a parlous candi- the les during the period, tu 22,824 tons. and Mr. Razack handed it to the prisoner nearly put in an appearance too. Hap idge arrive, but the dreaded typhoon tion. Commenting on Turkish affairs

with instructions to him to get it counter-pily for us, however, by some cause the recently a London contemporary said

It is rumoured in Japaness official signed by the Opium Farmer. On Monday, typhoon was diverted and did not strike that Turkey is suffering from paralysis that. Admiral Count Togo will August 25, the day the steamer should our tight little island as at first seemed

hortly be promoted to the rank of Ad-bava sailed, the prisoner arrived at Mt only too probable.. In the present miel of the Fleet, and that Vice Admire! Razack's house at 8 o'clock with the desperate situation of the Otto-Buron Uria, Commander-in-Chief of countersigued permit, and the shipping The law courts seem to have best, trália and China, hank notes 80,184,070 or 2 since the Chinese standard PERFECT FITTING.

man Empire it seems obivous that Yokosuka Naval Yard, and Vice Admiral order. He said he had arranged for the particularly busy of late, and all sorts specie is rarve $4,000,000. How China that the only hope lies in a modernto Baron Taito, Minister of the Nary, will be shipment of the opium, and as he forward for the consideration of His Lori-noton $19,090,882; specia in reserve been adopted, but in its place a mon

and conditions of esses have been brought and Shanghai Banking Corporation, bank mountain pars, does not appear and conciliatory policy, and a genuine promoted to the rank of Admiral.

said he was qui'e accustomed to doing ship or His Worship an the case might $14,000,000 Mercantile Bank of India, interesting character 14 Japa REASONABLE PRICES. (effort should be made to conclude the

Auch work Mr Razack sent him to take be: Some of them are well worthy of Limited, bank notes $275,498: specis in has been invented, its The booking for the Dramatis Enter delivery of the opium and make the being described as genuine Chinese reserve $130,000. Totals, #25,550,30 and acter meaning-mount conflict with Italy by ascertaining,tainment in aid of the Organ Fund, St.necessary arrangements. On the same pazzles. There was one the other day $18,130,000,

has the Chinees. through the medium of the nentral John's Cathedral, in the Theatre Royal on day prisoner returned and informed fully reported in the China Mail *-—-—--- Powers, terms on which peace can be Saturday, September 28th, opens on Mou Mr Razack that: he had shipped the about the ownership of a junk. It was obtained. The logic of facts must be day near. The pieces to be produced ore chests all right, and next day he called referred to us being of a complicated Penelope," a comic Operetta by Hawtroy again and said everything had been done, usture and what with the names of the accepted. The Italians cannot be --Sul-nnon, Sutro's Comedy A. Mar- and he had forwarded the document to partion, the claimants, the dead and the compelled relax their bold on Tripoli, rage has bean Arranget," and a novelty the consignees at Singapore:: He was the living involved, it certainly required a who married, the wrong man, bet after establishment, THE EDWARD DISPENSARY; which the Turks have no meats, of booking is at-Maners Moutrien

and nothing short of superior force, Impressions in Tight and Sound The

paid his commission.

fairly stealy equilibrium to be able towards met her affinity," was unfolded to lish-door.

Mr Melbourne in the sound court of the Ching for a Mr. Alabaster said. bs would be able to cope with it satisfactorily.

Biagistracy this morning. The characters repla In Japan prove that these twn foliests were not.

in the story were a tall, hot, certainly not Gaine Fandome, man who war placed in the Railway stations | dock, a woman whơm be wan charged with harbouring and a tig looking hot veryplable, shop

Um. Powell, Id.

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applying, will induce them to abandon

The Turks cannot recover Trioli, and

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RAMBLER.

ROMANCE IN COURT.

which might be appealed to the place, tried to

Hotal

Katakana?

A Chinese love story, á story of a woman | word yadoya

The burglar who was caught the other shipped on the Chungking. What had the enterprise, costly though it be.day by Me McEwen by now at liberty. He happened to them he did not know: per

was sent to hospital an account of the haps the prisoner would be able to tell STREETS TO BE STOPPED their wisest, course is to submit and muling he received in his eptera,

ra, and by them. Frienner was certainly obtrusted

Tho Government, · Gazette *: notifis Yammat receive what their opponents can be der of the doctor the handcuffs were with the cheats for the purpose of induced to grant by way of cupen.ed from bis wrists. Queried by a shipping them, and he aid he had that the Governor-in-Courtell purposes, to both men as sation Otherwise they stand to loser Pomaining outside The Inking fact he had not, and therefore it was for manse No. 21 of 1910, for entirely stop shopkeeper,

a lukong ha went to the lavatory, the shipped them, whereas in point of make an order under the Highways Ordis that she ran away from not the African provinco along, but wait was a long-one, And when the door him to show that he had unt converted ping up the following streets or portions went to the country. the entire gean Archipelago; and was opened an epipty room and an open them to his own t

of streets or projected streets(1) Can met the defendant, fl window with a conventumt water pipe After several witnesses had been called ton Road, south of Salisbury Road (2.) ad married him,

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they may have to endure other injuries Beneath it were revealed. It is exted that for the prosecution the case was adjourned Tin projected, "troet, between the "areas of mutual Joze at first

and inconveniences,

The Italians cannot be blamed for choosing the present moment fur PRESENTED BY THE bringing the operations on nenr: ns. CHINA MAIL

Eptales: Close September 30

INDURANCE PEE FIFTY CENTS.

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you are waging war at all it is soutie

strategy.and

the lukong in "under arrout and rumour has

it that he and the ex prisoner arm bruthers,

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made

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