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TO THE

CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1915.

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE WAR

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).

EFFECT OF BALKAN CRISIS IN GREECE.

LUNDON, Sept 22.

Beuter's correspondent at Athens states that the Balkan crisis is causing considerable emotion in Greece. The King of Greece conferred sinvitam sly with M. Venizelos and some other members of the General Stati. Venizelos subsequently called a meeting of the Cabinet, There is also great activity in Entente Diplomutic circles. British, French, and Russian Ministers simultaneously conferred with M. Venizelos yesterday evening.

LATER.

The

The Bulgarian Minister says nobilisation means that Bulgari will maintain armed noutrality.

A message from Amsterdami suys Berlin telegram states that the Bulgarian Enibussy announces that all Bulgarians must immediately leave for Bulgaria via Vieni and Rumanin.

AN INVITATION TO THE DOMINION PREMIERS.

LONDOS, Sept. 22.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonice, said that he was continually communicating with Dominion Govern- If the Premiers of the Dominions were able to visit Great Britain as Sir Robert Borden had done, the Government would warmly welcome the opportunity of similar discussions with thein

ments on war matters.

HONGKONG LEGISLA-

TIVE COUNCIL. SHORTAGE OF WATER.

..

New Portraits of Their Majesties.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held to-day H. E. the Governor, Sir Boory May, K.C.M.G.. presiding. Thero were also present:

H. E. the General Officer Commanding the Troops. Major-General F. VENTRIES.

The Colonial Secretary, Hou, Mr. CLAVD

SZTERN.

Attorney-General, Hou. Mr. J. H.

KEMP.

Secretary for Chipose Affairs, Hon. S: B. C. Ross, -

The Colonial Treasurer, Hon.

Mr.

Mr.

A. M. HoмSON.

Director of Public Works, Hon. Mr.

W.

CHATHAM, C.M.G.

Capt. Supt. of Police, Hon. Mr.

C.

Mel. MzsBER.

1.

Hon. Mr. Wxz Yux. C.MU.

Hon. Mr. DAVID LANDALY.

HOD. Mr. Lau CHU Pix.

Mr. A. G. M. FLETCHER (Clerk of Councila)

(Amendment) Bill. Details of the now proposals have already appeared in the "China Mail."

One of the features of the first pro- posal, suid the Attorney-General, would be to secure a deposition from a person who may be seriously injured and whom a medical practioner would be umblé to say whether he would recover.

The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Dill was considered aluúse by clause

Regarding and read a third time.

the Land Registration

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Beuter's Service to the China Mail.)

THE NUNEATON MINING DISASTER.

+ LONDON, Sept. 22. Fourteen perished at Nuusbon.

AFTERNOON SHARE PRICES.

Messrs Vernon and Smyth report the following afternoon fluctuations:-

S'bai Cottons China Sugars Luzons....

Douglises Indo China, Electrics Ropes Cements

$103 sellers 132 buyers

40% buyers 80.ollers 155...allery

45 sales 31 buyers 9.80 buyers

THE MOTOR CAR FATALITY.

The inquiry into the motor car fatality acar the Bolle Yue Hotel on September 10th was coulinded at the Magistracy this afternoon, and adjourned singdie after Mr · Lauritsen, and Mr Swift, of the Vacuum Oil Company, had given ovidence as to the speed of the car.

UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG.

Prizes of $100 each have been awarded to the following successful candidatos at the recent Matriculation Examination :- Cheah Toon Siew, Phoon Seck Weng, Chan Chun Him, Sin Ping Fun (alias, Sin Cheuk Man) and Lo Man Hin.

A. O. FRANKLIN,

Registrar.

THE DAMAGE TO THE

ALBANS."

(Continued from pujė 4-),

ST.

Captain Going said the wind was fresh to strong. He went the way he did be

central fairway. cause it was a straight course and perfectly clear. He could have gone down the

| (endment) Bill the Attorney General said a memorial of registration must in the case of a judgment have the signa- tare of the plaintiff and as an unsuccess- ful plaintif was not very favourably dis-

Mr. Halsterson, chief officer of the posed towards the defendant 15 frequently

master's happened that defendant had difficulty Uncas, said he had held a

The President.-Much more safely Captain Crump said he left the ship in confidenco.⠀ the pilot's hands because he had perfect

in securing the signature of the plain-certificata since 1884. After they had the passed the jack, they were about.380 ft. tif and the Bill provided that

and going ahead at four to five knots. She and memorial should contain the amount from the St. Albans swinging to starboard

stopped swinging, went ahead, recovered or secured.

struck the St. Albans. At that time sho was too close to avoid a collision.

The Bill was read a second time agreed to clause by clause, and rend a third time.

FINANCES.

The Colonial Secretary said the tele. as expenditure did not include the expenses of a couple of days ago when one telegram æst $700.

The following recommendations by the Governor were referred to the Finance PROSPECTS OF A WATER FAMINI,

Committee for approval:-$14,000 in aid pro- The Governor referring to the posal to vote the sum of 317,000 for the of telegraph services and telegrams sent construction of catchwaters said there and received by Government; 37.750 in aid was sufficient water in the reservoirs of the now Magistracy; 8245,000 in aid of to maintain a full supply only up to the the extsa-ion of the Central Police Station; middle of January and if they wore to and $17,000 in aid of the construction of adopt the curtailment which could on catchwaters; B4500 in'aid of meters, Public octed by the ridor main system they Works Department; $186,141 in aid of the might maintain it "until the middle of construction of the British section of the February. The season was a very ab. railway. normal one owing to the arly north-enst monsoon and as there was little probability of a large rainfall before the dry seasca is was desirable to take immediate step! to further economise, the supply-let they should be faced with a water taming in the spring. He had decided to adopt the system of distribution of water from street ipunsales which would enable the supply they had at prpent, if it was put very materially augmented, to las only until the middle of May. Hp know it would be some hardship on the poorer classes in carrying water to their homes but it was better for them to do so than hereafter to suffer touch more severely from a water famine and the greater in convenience that would result therein The money proposed to be expended was for the purpose of leading water by means of two catch-waters from steams which they could tap into the already formed basin behind the Ty Tam Tak reservoir, By those manns they would obtain 14 or million gallons which would ba most acceptable.

SECOND." READING OF NEW BILALA. The Attorney General moved the second reading of new Bill-he Evidence Amentiment Bill and the Layed Randstralian

Mr HJ. Gedge-You put this collision dowa to porting to avoid the junks? When I awit cwinging to starboard I knew there would be a collision.

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If you hadn't ported you wouldn't have collided with the St. Albans -We might. Mr A. E. Ryall, Chief Engineer of the have done with the junks. Uncis, said the steering gear was running. splendidly.

Mr. Wilkinson said it was the master's under certain special circumstances... duty not to interfere with the pilot except

Mr Gedge said on behalf of the

owners of the St. Albans that the chief heard was the master of the Unexs going cause of the collision from what they had into the wrong channel. It was hia doty the pilot. There was ample room in the to have pointed out the right channel to posting to avoid the two`janks central fairway. The next cause was the

Mr Crow said that on the facts there win a grave divergence as to The amount required on accoust ef moters was a view of the croction of a what happened just before the collision. considerable number of sex house They could only say on the evidence that erected in the western part of the City.there was some temporary hitob. The pilot was a man of many years' experience The work was roUTTOES.

What really happened was that the stearing The finding will be announced at noon gear, he thought, went temporarily wrong. to-morrow.

THEIR MAJESTIES FORTRÄITS.

Respecting tho voto for the New Magis. trucy the Colonjal Secretary said the rovised estimato was $111,000. Last year the sum of $96,072 was expanded which would of course leave nously.

At the conclusion of the meeting the had had $15,000 to be paid on the original esti rate but $12,000 was provided in this your's estimato which mount a supple Govenor announced that mentary vow on account of $8,715. the honour of receiving from their most Since the building had been brought into gracious Majesties portraits of the King so it had shown that curtain additional and Queen. They were of course givan expenditure was required. New dock to the Coinny but as was usual' suce gifts arrangements were contemplated invol- should have a resting place in Govern hung but were in the dining room and sing $500 and $960 would be spout mert House. The portraits were not yet during the coming week, exclusive of this afternoon, any member of the enti munity who desiret fo see these portraits could do so..

allo alterationse

All the votes were approved.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS REPORT.

report by the Superintendent of Im porta and Exports for the year 1914 was land upon the table.

vinbad at the Ghirta Maz Office, Hongketing.