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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1813.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

ALLEGED THREAT TO NEWS. PAPER.

(Rauter's Service to the China Mail.) | (Router's Service"to the China Muil.) At the Magistracy today beforn Mr.

TERRIBLE NAVAL DISASTER

BRITISH POLITICS. CHESTERFIELD BY-ELECTION Vice-Admiral's Legs Ampatated.

RESULT.

Lopes, Aug. 23. The Chesterfield By-Election result it as follows:-

Kenyon (Liberal and Labour) 7723 Christio (Conservative)0539 Scarr (Socialist)

583

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THREE PETTY OFFICERS KILLED.

Lupos, Ag. 22. A telegrami from Fola, Austrin, states that during trials the breech of twelve inch gun was blown Three petty officers

The cloation, was caused by the death out

wire

of the huta Mr, James Haslam, Labour killed and five others are seriously! M.P., who was returned, for the con-injured. Vice Almiral Count ron Well- stituency at the lass General Election enburg has had to have both legs

are putated. by 7234.

DRAUGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN.

A SERIOUS OUTLOOK."

LONDON, Aug. 22

The drought in England and Scot- land is assuming a serious agricultural aspect. A rise in the price of milk is contemplated. Glasgow's total water supply now amounts to 77 days, and Loch Katring only sixty days. In other parts of Scotland the same story is told. "The River Tay was never so low in the memory of anyone living.

AFRICAN NEWSPAPER OFFICES GUTTED.

Loxtos, Aug. 29.

A telegram-from Nairobi states that the buildings of the "East African Standard" have been gutted, the loss caused by the fire, being estimated at £5.000. The property was insured.

THE BALKANS. TURKEY AND THE FRONTIER.

LONDON, Aug. 21.

A message from Constantinople states that saveral Embassies have drawn the attention of the Porte to the reports of Turkish advance beyond the Maritza

liae.

AUSTRALIA'S DEFENDERS. CADETS TO PARADE AT MELBOURNE."

LONDON, Aug. 22. Twenty thousand senior Cadets are This date has to pumde the streets of Melbourne on September 20. been selected as affording the visit

British politicians un opportunity, of judging the results of the com- pulsory military defence scherne.

GOOD RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. CROP PROSPECTS IMPROVED.

Losnos, Aug. 22. Cioed ruins which have fallen in Victoria and Southern Australia have greatly improved the season's crop prospects.

BRITISH IMPERIAL NATUR,

ALISATION.

LONDON, Aug. 22. Reuter's Ottons correspondent tele- has agreed to the latest draft of the graphs that the Canadian Government proposed Bill to make uniform Imperial naturalisation, and if it is introduced in the Dominions the Canadian House of Parliament will pass concurrent legis-

The Russian Ambassador interviewed the Grand Vizier, on the question this afternoon, and the Grand Vizier while lation. denying Turkey's intention to occupy territory beyond Maritza issued orders in

the presence of the Ambassador imme NOTABLE AIRSHIP FEAT

recall any troops happening to diately to have croceed the frontier.

PANIC AT DEDEAĠATCH,

Loxas. Aug. 2 Home papers give prominence to the unprecedented feat of the new Army sirahip Eta towing, with 630 foot of The report that the Bulgarians intendeable, a smaller disabled airship a ed toʻreocupy Dedesgutch on Friday has distance of fourteen miles from Odiham caused a panic among the inhabitants to Farnborough. many of whom are abandoning the town. The Foreign Consuls have applied to their Embassies to despatch warships for the protection of foreign interests.

The reoccupation is actually expected] = to take place on the 28th instant in the presence of the Foreign Military At- daches whom Balgaria bas invited with the object of forestalling atrocity stories.

BULGARIAN REJOICINGS,

"

LATER.

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S

PROPOSALS,

THE CHINA MAIL.

FILLIS CIRCUS.

Mr. Milthorp, advance agent, advises Hongkong after having lakh a scossfal tour in the worth. Many Lew alia. that this circum will shortly "visit

tere king items ary, precutisod,, thens being to less than twenty star turlis culled from the world's greatest shows. The tim to kill the eliterial staff, 'Mr. Meirs will be locatul a Causeway Bay

Melbourne Chin Kin 'iu was charged with sending a throating letter to the **** Chinese Mail" amonging bis into

T. Stephens appeared for the defendant, add a rouand on $1,000-buil was ordered, Inspecke With prosecuted.

SERIOUS. RAID NEAR MACAO.

Fight Between Robbers sad Troops.

Information was received by the With affray near Macro in which 100 rebbers T Tab Po" on Thursday of a serions word drowned and 2 captured by the

troops,

A band of several, Eundreds of armed

in n spevidi wuturponof jent.

WHY SCOTSMEN SUCCEED. Inferior Education in England. (By Hari Sekiler in the Daily

·Newa")

Tho vivid pen, pictures of Eglish pri vate school given to the House of Com mons by the Minister of Education havo rome as a shook. Dotoboys Hall, It som still Hourishes in our ast, and

| robbers, believed to bo deserted member 8th work of Diekem requires to be done

of Chan Kwing-ining's body-guard, on fover again. Wadursány.leated the town of Sisehung,

A commercial entre between the Sinhala

|

Matthew Arnold pointed this out with

is power a ghneration age, and the

enses parante prefer to send thei

and Sinning districts, north-west of story" he been since repeated by many Mac Two. streets of shops wore a brilliant writvirslund critics. Det the tally humed down, while two aber English peoplá úro debt; and fa' hydroda launches and several junks were com The raid' was mosh succosatul booty. mandeered by the gang to convey the until, prasing before the fort situated at the mouth of the river, the robbers were was most effectively blocked, while a big defceted arst fired upon. The hody of trongs, who were following then from the raided district, arrived in time to cut off their retron,

A terrific melee ensued as a result of which nearly all the junks were 'sunk, with the casualties above stated. It is hoped some of the stolen property may be recovered.

SPORTING.

Croquet.

Now that the weather has become more settled progress is being made with the Hongkong Cricket Club's croquet tourns. meat

The following games have been played: OPER CHAMPIONSHIP.-P. M. Hodgson boat G. E. Beyer, +28, +93.

SINGLEA HANDICAP.-R. Banker (ore 1) best J. F. Claxton (owe 1) by 23 pts.

DOUBLES HANDICAP-A. G. M. Fletchel and R. Baker (owe 2), host T. G. Weall and E. A. G. May (wo 3) by 10 pita..

Byes are received by R. Baker and T. G. Weall in the Open Championship, A. G. M. Flotchs and Dr. Evan-Tones in the Singles, and A. Deunison and W. L. Shen ton in the Doables...

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Hongkong Cricket League.

A meeting of the Hongkong Cricket Layne will be held in the Hongkong C. C. parilion at 5.30p.m. on the 29th inst. to arrengs fixtures and discuse matters rolating to the competition.

PATTERLOGUES.

are the very best free public schools round children to these schools even when there the corner. Bad education seems some he always to corset with gentility." appearing. The beya from the Council schools, profiting by a thorough_tzaising at the most impressionable years, are in- vading our secoli schools and univer. sities, and compelling the middle classes to look the forms in the face. The othe day ton Coumeit school boys appeared sa

But now certain remarkable alga see

glers at Cambridge. I am informed that in many of the secondary schools of the T.0.0. winners of scholarships often rapidly take the load of the middle-claes children.

THE SCOTCH Dors' Thre. At the universities who public schools still keep an iron bald over io sports, but in matus of clucation they are often beaten by boys from the grammar schools and the Council schools. It is clear that great crisis in education is approaching. The middle-class parent will have to waka up if he and his offspring are to avoid defens in the struggle. A national com- Parison reveals the same lasta. socondary education Englanul is for bo find both Bootland and Wales. The higher education of Scotland, stirnulated by the great boon of the Carnegie Trust, is moving steadily forward both in the

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Tao result issten by the fact that the phappy English hors though bore of a stock certainly not less gifted, is too after boute by the Scots boy in the competition för all the higher offices suxl posts, both of learning and business. But the most thrilling langods taking plea in Wales. Lol Haldane, in his greasivation on the Wale Billy made a praiseshy affort PATENT MEDICINES IN JAPAN. to make this change visible, aven through the felt darkness that environs the House of Lons. He told the surried ranks of Anglican bishops to their faces that the Nonconformist minister was now a better And man than the gliça person. why? Simply hoone he is better

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For prospectus and full particulars apply to In this, as in all other mais, medicine dealers and allow them to sell to meet varying circumstances. There is a little book just published land, undone by its own well-complacency, certato classes of drugs which have hitherto cutitled "Patturlegus. It is by Gorge is falling behind those dopised Celliu been exclusively supplied by doctors and triigos Duing the last-twenty yours Acensed dispensing chemists. They also Arthur, an uilce who has written popuales has created and now second fand to put a stop to advertismente auch

believing that this will assist the lae verse for Mr. Wilkie Bard and for Mr. George Edwards's productions,ary schools under the Interstediats Educts are calculated to deceive the public, tion Act. In the suno period England LONDON, Aug. 22. A New York telegram says that it isSome of Mr. Arthurs witticisms :-*-*-*

"Adam.-The first man, who was born has done very little, and when in 1902 on the longest day-it had na Ever Balfour gave new-powers to the local authorities over, soydadury éducation reported from Maxico City that Fresi

Author of Only One Gist in the allowed them, to raise only a petuny World for Me,*. Aung, Queen-An early English rate. The results that the local author ties are in some diaxicts in a difficult Queen, principally rated for being position, to find, pducational facilitic fox the $1,000 54ship children who are at any moment roquiring to be promoted from the Nenuntary woods

dent Wilson's propole, which Pre- dent Huerta rejected in Loto, were for the cassation of hostilitice President

Presidency.

Two further brigades of Bulgarian Huerta "was to resign, and elections to -troops from Macedonia and Adrianoply take place at an early date; President -returned to Sofia yesterday afternoon. Huerta to rossunce candidacy for the They were rapturously welcomed by the populace, and reviewed by the King and Princes. The people shower ed flowers at the Royalties and the troops. The King and Princes received an ovation.

JACK JOHNSON AND LONDON MUSIC HALLS.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

AN UNWORKÁÜLE MAJORITY,

LONDON, Aug. 92,

A Melbourne message states that Mr. Cook, the Federal Premior, in a sprech Loxtos, Aug. 21. There is a swelling choras of protest at Toorak, said it was impossible for against the announced appearance of Parliament to be carried on with a the pugilist Jack Johnson at the Euston majority of one, and the people would and South London variety, theatres on shortly be naked to lect Monday, after his white slave conviction Parliament.

in America.

The Daily Mail has loquired the

views of a number of prominent music

nother

Indy.Now, would one of you like

to say grade 1"(Pause of misunderstand-

hall proprietors, most of whom dising.) Well, what does your father say

approse his appearance.

MUSIO HALL PERFORMERS'

OPPOSITION. ⠀

LATZE.

just before you begin to eat?" Little Girl:"Uh, e soze, Nah thon, got on wiitPunch,"

Father," said a boy of twelve, whe was Shylock 1"What oxclaimed his father, "here I sent you to Sunday school for the past alk or seven years, only to

A meeting of Music Hall performers deprecated the appearance of Jobsson, have you ask me who Shylock was! Shame but concluded that it was a matter for on you! Get your Bible and find out this the public and the Licensing Authori-| minuta." ties to decida.

dead. Andersen, Hank-Tu inventor of fairy tale, and allur excuses for being cut late ni 'night..

In my own experience I have-seen Lou Burns, Bobbie. The only Scotch on elitären low in oducational training writer who stayed in Setland in by passing from the present elementary: stead of migrating ▷ Fiset-stroit, schools to what are low as scoood- Columbus-The discoverer of Ameri

ca. He died of a broken heart beary schools, for the staple reason that,

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FAMILY OF SENIOR CLASSICS...

Mr. Gordon Kerr Montagu Butler, we among the senior, classics in the Cam bridge Tripos lists, ie son of the Master

Trinity, who was senior classics in 1855, and brother of Mr. J. B. M. Butler, who was senior classic in 1909. Hi mother was also senior olosain..

FEER IN THE STREET.

FIGHT WITH A PELICAN. in my amator

Lord Bashery was soon among the taken as a whole, the actual teaching crowd watching the later MP.e return cause he couldn't understand, the ear elementary schools is more efficient ing to their headquarters in Edinburgh thin the teaching in our secondary after a recent demonetention He was slang Darwin.-Tho man who discovered schools. The Goverances propionals cor

ingly replied: "No, thank you. I prefer that his family tres was a coconut tainly do not come too soon. The attt. asked to go inside the hotel, but laugh-

tude of the middle class is, indeed, one to be a man in the street." palin. Godiva, Luzly-The first bare-backed that oxconn wonder. They pay the rider, who played to an audience of education te, but in nine cases out of ten they refuse to avail themad vee of it. Mendelssohn.The married man's They actually pay in wiler that their onomy. Composer of the Welding children, should more a fee was Maren

education than the king classes re- Raleigh, Sir Walter-The man who ceive without paying mother penny. fatroduced tobacco to England. The

Exhausted wine the expense of poying around its hook, showed in gold to The first collestor of cigarette pictures. "Sheppard, Jack-A famous highway

rabber. His dossendante y sup- for bad sahooling they often find thord is not at Whitstabio, alive. * pond to bo City solicitor Tell, William, man who shot at an apple, and being asked whether he, would have a cigar pe nuts, tank both!

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Bandy Maclvor was no foolin just they have once their working-class con-woll," so he went to the doctor, petitor Monawhile, thess parente are What do you drink?" demanded the too often unnecessarily obscend with hemodico. nidalselaas habit of sanding their child: rea away from home-i habis produced by the lack of good secondary schools evenly distributed throughout the county. By munding their children away they lone oented over their lives and they sacrifice all face over their characters.

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their children they have lost all parentalAh no takin' it" snapped Sandy, sa control, and have not even obtained any he shat the dobr bobind him." London superior educational valuo, Unless the Opluton."

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