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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1014.

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(Reuter's Servibe to the China Maïl.) | (Deuter's Service to the China Mail.)] (Benter's Service to the China Mail.)

P. & O. COMP `NY'S. ENTERPRISE. '

NEW SHIPS BEING

CONSTRUCTED.

Lorvos, Jan. 28.

SENSATIONAL SEQUEL TO THE ZABERN AFFAIR.

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LONDON, Jan. 29. Router's correspondant at Strass-

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam-burg states that the resignation of the ship Company announce steamers Borneo, Sunda, Palawar

that

Government of Alsace Lorraine, in- ad eluding that of the Governer, Secret- Sumatra were lately sold; two r de-ary of State and the Under-Seerstaries, the result of the livery in Japan and the

is impending. at Zábers air. buyers in Bombay,

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Six vessels of the Ka' a" type will take their place and wi'. be of double their tonange and of greater spaad,

The Company ho now under con struction some 30,000 tons, including the Kaiser-i-hidl of 14,000 tons.

BRITISH DOMINIONS

COMMISSION.

Report on Emigration and

Shipping.

Lospos, Jan. 28.

The second interim report of the British Dominions Commission deals with Australasia.

It says that the yatam under which the emigrants are recruited from the United Kingdom is antiquated and defective. More emigrants are needed

BRITISE POLITICS. -

Meetings of the Cabinet

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LONDON, Jan. 28. There was a prolonged meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, and it is believed that Ministers discussed the increase in taxation necessitated by the Navy

limates.

LATER.

Another long Cabinet meeting was held to-day, and there will be another this week.

THE SHOFFIELD SHULD.

LONDON. Jan, 20.

A telegram from Sydney states that

to fill the tropical and subtropical | New South Wales made 675 (Kellewag

AMERICAN COASTERS AND THE PANAMA OANAL

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PRESIDENT WILSON'S RECOM TENDATION.

LONDON, Jan. 29.

A telegram from Washington states that President Wilson, conferring with the Senate's Foreign Relations' Com- mittee yesterday, strongly advocated the cancelling of Preferential treat. mant to American coasting vernola using the Panama Canal He also urgently recommended the adoption of general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and Japan.

WEST BIRMINGHAM.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGRATION.

The Assistant Chaplain Question.

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Several matters of interest wete dis chased at the annud mooting of sub

eribers nod svalolders of St. John's Cathedral which took pines at the City Hall inst evening; mong them being the question of the assistants chaplaincy.

MUCH MARRIED

WOMAN,

SOLD TØRES TIMES.

Curious Matrimonial Story.

A curious matrimonisl entangʻiment was navelled in the Magistracy this week, and suthe strange light was thrown upea the marriage customs of the lower class Chiness. The facts which come to light re briefly these. A short time ago and asked the assistance of the police in men came to Hongkong from Kwaicheong anding his Wife, who had run

Fun way. her 1048 was considerably Griet enhanced by the fact that ho pai! for the woMAN, The WOOD WAN found and much to everybody's surprise another man claimed horse his spone,

paid $25 for Fe

The corn plication was made ware by the up- pearance ou the scene of a third man, who bonds of matrimony to the woman and had also chimed that he was united in

in tho paid a similar sum for her, The go-between

and the

The Bishop of Victoria (R. Rev. Dr. Sanders presided al among others pre- sons were ET. E the Governor (S MIL. May, R.M.G), Hon, M., Chad Severn, | Ven. Archilendon Barnets, Rev. H. V. Copley Movie (chuplain), Dr. Cinsk (ca, treasury, Mr. W. L. Patterlen thon.

eretan), and Mr. M. J. Stabb. Dr. Clark, presenting the atatement of ecounts, said that during the past year the excess of inva over expenditure ankantel to $714. This satisfacles was found state affairs had only been brought fore the Scrotary were taken be

that he had

Chirone Affairs, who

nbaut rigid cutting down al expenses: | found that the third man, the rghtful hus the actual expenditure during 1913 was band, had twice sold his wife for the su

tions that she was to stated, with instructions 3913 fes than in 191 Collections

Tit away and retura to him. arananted to $535 lus thare in 1912, but. special" enflections showed an increase

$523 los.

The unscrupulous husband was charged with the go-between by Dat. Sgt. Brown at the Magistmcy this morning with obtaining money by false protances, but the gharga fell through and defendants were reléssed,

coived 'ne notice of that resolution or, indeed, of any of the business which was

LONDON, Jan. 29.

$470. It was the custom" of the Austen Chamberlain has decided church body to make a percentngo dedic. to coatnut West Birmingham at the tion from eclections for the ordinary expenses of the Cathedral, but in several next General Election, which con-

cases during the past year-that- deduc. stituency invited him to be their cation had been omitted for, the benefit of didate on the resignation of Mr. Joseph funds such as the British and Freign Chamberlain.

Bible Society, the nett result being that kiba transacted thină aferom until he the ballerslons so far as the general funds | wrote specially and miked for ib.. of the Cathedral were concerned were I venturo te: suggest," he proceeded, That donations were $670 **that is not a businesslika way of doing less than in 1919 must be regarded, as | business. The smallest elib in the mere or less the natural outcome of the Colony has an agerula, I think that 'spperial offers made to raise an endowment notices of resclutions of any importanco This fun, which was started twelve | should be givre, and that should have

the balance sheet, the resulå of the col- to be discussed. A copy of tho resolu Iretions of Sir Paul Chater and corlain | tic ought to be forwarded to each sent- of his grdengues being the raising of bedder, to let the seathouder see what the proposal is. Alsolche other business that has been transacted ought to be notiled in a like manner, **

REVOLUTION IN HATTI

President and Wife Refugees.

·Dund.

parts of Austenis, and Malta appears 138 and Macartney 201) against Vic-BLUEJACKETS AND MACHINE months ago, appeared as a new item in been done if this matten was coming up

to be a suitable recruiting ground.

The report further saya it is urgently Scary to deepen the Australian In regard in the mail service porta. the Coumission considers it is unjusti Aable 10 bind the State to a subsidized sorrico via Suez for more than a brief period, a new routes to Australia ara opening up. The approaching termina-

toria's 329-311. New South Wales thus wing the Sheffield Shield,

THE LONDON COALMEN'S

STRIKE.

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Majority Favour Resumption.

LONDON, Jan. 29. The majority of the couimen on

GUNS LANDED.·.

LONDON, Jan. 19.

A telegram from New York-futas | roughly $15,000. Thiq sum was not of that owing to the outbreak of revolu-ecurso sufficient to bring in an adequate tion and fighting at Hayti, the German income to enable the Church Body to engage an assistant chaplain, but it was cruiser "Vincts" Isaded eighty blue bringing in a sun of about 25 sterling jackets and two machine guss at Port-

a year. The reserve fund, which had au-Prince.

dwindled down in recent years, now stood President Oraste and his wife took at $1,000, and was regarded na a resorve to cover typhoon damagó er nay special American bluejackets have also land. expenditure which might be necessary

there.

ia any one year.

The acounts having been passed, the Cape Haition is in the hands of the Bishop, innounced that the agreement of rebels.

the organist and choirmaster, Mr. Dem- man Fler, F.R.CO., L.R.A.M., had been extended for theo yeu

This action was confirmed.

"tion of the contract with the Peninsular į strike are in favour of a gaters] ra- roluge on board the "Vineta."

and Oriental Steamship Company randers the present time. prculiarly opportune for the re-examination of the whole problen on bread Imperial linne,

TRANCE HONOURS COM-" MANDER EVANS.

LONDON, Jan. 28. Commander Evans, one of the survi

sumption of work on the old terms without the sanction of the Trades

Union.

LABOUR M.P.'S ''DEFECTS."

Lostos, Jan. 28. The proceedings of the Labour Conference ab’Glasgow, which con- sidered the work of the Labatır

aninurled character.

vors of the late Captain Sectt's AnMoabers of Parliament, were of an tarctic Expedition, was given a very hearty reception upon his arrival at! Paris, where a luncheon was held to bis honour, and he received a medal

from the Municipal body.

Ha lectured before the Geographical -Society, where M. Poincaré, the French

Mr. Ramsay Mantonall affirmed that they land done all that was humarly possible.

The delegates, however, indulged in some enustio criticism, and

President, bestowed upon him the in-charged the Babour MPs with doing the grand, and peing the signia of an Officer of the Legion of

Dukes, instead of doing corunge Honour.

box work outside." They also se med the Labour anchobers of making

A SENSATIONAL CONFESSION.secret bargains with the Liberals.

Serious Allegations Against Now York Landlords.

LONDON, Jun. 2.

This Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Henderson vehemently denied, and intually their report was adopted.

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A Member on the African Labour Trouble.

A telogram from New York states that during the trial of a gang of men for placing a bomb in a tenement, one of the gang canfossed that he had Mr. Brownlie, Chairman of the placed eighty bombe in different houros Amalgamated Engineers, announced in the city in consideration of money that all the officials in South Africa paid by proparty owners who were had been arrested, and the books and hoping to benefit as a result of the funds confiscated. They had been insurance money. He had also partiable to cable funds to them for fear of confiscation. Mr. Harcourt, cipated in two marders by the gang for the Colonial Secretary, had refused to receive a deputation saying that the inatter was solely within the competence of the South African Union Government. He, however, had promised to obtain particulars from Lord Gladstone.

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MÜRDERER COMMITS S JICIDE.

LONDON, Jan. 28.

The murderer of M.. Valdrome, the

French Agent at Tangier, has been found dead in his cell, be having hang ed himself with his bracea.

Mr. Brownlie déclared that he was not satisfied with that answer and intended to get satisfaction.

MILLIONAIRE'S YACHT ON THE ROCKS.

LONDON, Jan. 28.

that Mr. F. W. Vanderbilt's yacht. A telegram from New York states

**Warrior,” struck on the rocks arCape Aguatra off the coast of Columbia. A steamer came to the rescue and took off Mr. Vanderbilt, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, and Lord Falconer who are procceding to New York. The crew remained on board the yacht which is hard aground but fairly safe.

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PROMOTION FOR C.P.R. COM-

MANDER.

Capt. Bootham Appointed Marina Superintendent at Vancouver.

The Bishop announced that two mm. hers of the Church Body who served last year, Colonel St. John and Mr. Arin strong, would not be able to act again.

Mr. Listen, manager of the Mercantile le proposed that their places be taken by Deputy Sturgeon-General Hoskyn and

Bank.

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H. Excellency considered it desirable to have on the Church Body residenta of standing and prominent position as for n possible. The names suggested were no doubp xedient, but he thought he could suggest better. The Surgeon Garai was now comer a worthy off. cer but he would only be here a short Timo. Ho suggested that in place of those pad Hon. Mr. Claud Sover and Hon. Mr. David Tandale, the head of Mesurs, Jarine, Matheson and Co., met gentemes donors to the church, be asked 10 serve

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lency, was a very important one, especi

That resciution, went on his Exec. 8.S

ally coming after the resolution of kat yone creating a fund witch had already been established for the purpose of engag ing an assistant chaplain. The beat way to pressed, he ventured to suggest, via to print that resolution with a short re- sum of the whole matter and circulate

it amongst the scatholders to be consider.

ed at a futura meeting. (Applause.)

- Mr. Soren intimated be was entirely in aged with his Excellency's sugges tion.

Dr. Clarke, the resander, raised, na chjection and the suggestion of bia Exel hancy was approved.

The Rev. H. V. Copley Moyle moved

the services of the Cathedral.

comprehensive vote of thanks to the Bishop and elergy for their assistance

At pre- sent he (the speaker) was in the peculiar position of being required in two places at the same time and had it not beent

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for the help of the Bishop and clergy he Regular Service of Steamers between Japan, Hongkong, Singapurs would not have been able to do so: c to the lay members of the Church Body, Dr. Clarke, their excellent treasurer, Mr. B.S. W. L. l'attenden, who superintended the B.S. work of the sidesmen, Mr. Sandfærd, 8.8 auditor, the sickessmen, organist (Mr. Denman Fuller), the shair, Sunday School 5.8. teachers, Mest. Kidd, the lato superiti. wondent at St. Paul's School, to the ladies who bad decorated the Church, and the secretaries and treasurer of the various organisations.

· The motion was put from the chair and curried unimously the Bishop observing that he regarded his life servioce as his

The Bishop fead the rule governing the appointment of members at the Church Exly which stipulated that candidates should be Churchmen, British-subjects over 21. and senthoklors and frequenters duty. of the Cathedral.

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MAUD ALLAN AND THE

CHERNIAYSKYS.

These world famous artists are giving Recitals on 18th 17th and 18th Feb, at tho Theatre Royal. The enthusiasm over the visit of the grout artists is at lever hout and that their Recitals would be

crowded is a foregone conclusion" Is may be many years befize such a strong com- bination visite us again. Just now there. some to be a wave of air pussing over the world, especially the Far East is now feeling its influcitce. It seems to bong awakening of the spirit of Orpheus and Saraswati.

Commander P. Beetham, R.N.R.. who recently left here fe Vancouver on the

Mr. F.. L. Bowley, ase of the mean- CP.1. steamer Empress of Russia, isbers wise re-election was proposed, with beaving the main take up the new shere drew his name in favour of Mr. Lotion, wrth of Marine Superintendent of the and the miners appointed were Hon. Curation Pacific ocean steamship service, Mr. Chad Sever, Mr. S. 3. Stabb, Dr. with lundgyurtera at Vancouver, The Clark, Hon. Mr. Landale, wid Mr. her ler the direct control of Captain Fenton Mr. H. C. Sandford was op. Betbarn will be the Empresa of Russia, pointed auditor, Empress of Asia, Empress of India, Em Ho, Mr. Claud Severn, speaking on press of Japan, anal Monteagle. The now the question of an assistant chaplain, and oflies, was the Victoria Colonist, was the endowment fund, said he liked the created following the recent visit of Mr.dotment fund very much but the Maitlanel Kersey, head of the C.P.I. actual result had been although they had steamship lines, and although for a time got this fund, they had not got the saint many speculativo rumours were abroad at chain. The bed for an asistant as to who would be selosted to the chaplain was greater than it was 18 important shore heeth, the official an months ago when I made tho sugges-

ouncement has been made

that the tion. The naval and military chaplaine

Selente minds are absorbed in this popular commander of the Empress of had had more way to do and a great peculiar-phenomena presented by the Russia will preside over the destinies dod of extra work had to be performed wave now flowing over this country. South African Polley Donoanred. of the trans-Pacific floet.

|by the chaplain of the Catlusrad. There Philosophers and theologists and all those Was a sum of £75 year coming from who have the well-being of mankind at LATER,

that endowment fund and he believed heart, are imbued with the desire to draw FIRST CIVIL GOVERNOR OF The sudden deportation of tan South

the salary had been fixed ut £300 = your. from the phenomenal at the good they

PANAMA CANAL ZONE. African Labour leaders has created a

great stir at the Labour Conference. tively young man, and his long years chaplain here at the earliest posible subtle wave in uplifting, no LONDON, Jan. 28.

They adopted na amendment demand- experience in the navigation of the moment, and the question was how the hesitate to assert. Even materialista are President Wilson has appointeding the recall of Lord Gladstone.

Pacific will prove of great value to him balance was going to be raised.. Ho had feeling its influónce, and with the subtle in the important post which he is about | been informed at the mentors of the ethereal something bussing round their Colonel Goethal as the first Čívil Gov-

Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, in an im-Al.

St. John's Cathedral Branch the faculties, they already feel uncertain of arnonof the Panama, Canal Zone.

passioned speech, moved a resolution

It is understood that lie command of C.E.LS. were quite heady to collect the théis ground, and seem unable to resist This discounts the talk of another protesting against the suppression of the Empress of Russia will ho giroa to money by monthly subscriptions and the magnetic influence that is sadly, trade unioniam in South Africa and Captain W. Davision, R.N.R., who is they had formulated a scheme which he wrecking their nic.. It is evident that insisted upon a searching enquiry into now with the Empress of India. -Cap- had been asked to put before them, many materialists are on the verge of Lord Gladstone's conduct so that future an A. Hailey, R.N.B., now with the Briefly it was that all subscriptions be striking their bannars mi capitulating Governors of the Dominion would not

utilised for the balance cd the ausistant before this powerful cosmic force that follow his example. He declared that Monteagle, will go back to his old com the deportations were the most cynical, the Empress of India, and Cap chaplains stiperid; that subsoribers be is rushing along, indrowsing with hi Main F. L. Davison, who hits been on a ut dirty to promise such subscriptions transit until its volume woche to bo conclusion of the South African War,

Mr. Keir Hardie pointed out that the vacation, will resume command-of-the-for-cartisor chrom-year as they acwiring unlimited dimentious. It is a Indemnity Act required the Kings intermediary steamship Monteagle. signature and that Lord Gladstone had power to refuse to sign until it had been gent home for consideration. The motion was adopted,

appointment.

ANOTHER STRIKE IMPENDING.

Farine Engineers. Unsettled...

LONDON, Jan. 28.. A ballot is being taken by the marine -engineers of the United Kingdom. oa the question of a strike for an increase in pay, remuneratión for overtime, and An extension of home leave.

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SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.

TN buying a cough medicine in

bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best for colla, croup and whooping cough, and that it contains no harmful drag, For sale by all Chemists and Store koopera

Captain Bootham has been with the C.P.R. for many years, and has worked his way up from scond officer of the Empress of Japan. He is a comporn. It was absolutely essential to have sen for their fellow-creatures. That this

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might think fit. The details would he matter for warn congratulations that thie eft with tho members and they would artistic wave should be proving so effec endeavour to raise $180 a month. He tive and ro-awakening within us all that month towards the $160 and guaranteed is good and holy, the whole amount. He moved a rosołu. he whole amount. He moved "a resolu. tiem embodying the new suggestim and CURE THAT COUCH.

TIVERY young child in susceptible to in order to give the congregation some croup." Don't wait until this dreadful times in which to myistdor, the eclrme, WHEN YOU theme coas disso attacks your little one before you -nal voented that acting be held a month prepare for it. It onmea in the gight: wanp it has it does mean that your langs are alone should be a warning Cat and loop consumption of that you are going to have chemists' shops are usually closed, and this once to arrive at a decision.

Dr. Clarke soemaded, remarking thero threatened, and it in just us well to he on Chamberlain's Couah Romedy on hand. It was no necessity in postpone the con- the safe side and take Chamberlain's Cough never fails, nota quickly and in absolutely kideration of the motion Remedy before it is too late. For sale by harmloss. For sale by all Chemists and His Excellency he was a sost

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It is to be regretted that the world fatnom Dancer and the talented-Chor niaveky Trio will be unable to give any further recitals in Hongkong as they go direct tram Shanghat lo-Manila on iube to Australia to fulfil their engageanont..

The booking will open at cutricion Friday the 20th it at 9.30, and those wishing to obtain good seata should make a point to be there early. The Far Faster tour is under the direction of Mr. 1). E. D: Cohen-Contributed.

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