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DURING THE STRIKE.

INTERVIEW WITH OFFICIAL.

"EMPRESS OF CANADA."

TO-DAY'S NEW ARRIVAL

A PALATIAL VESSEL.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 192

LUCAL LABOUR.

RICE COOLIES STRIKE.

BOARDING HOUSE EMPLOYEES

DISSATISFTET),

JAPAN AND CHỈNA.

TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN- FROM HANKOW.

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PERING, May 30.

Under instructions from Tokyo Mr. Yakich Obata (Japanese EarOF Extraordinary) to day communicated the following message to Government: The Japanese Gor- erament, fally in sympathy with the Government and people of Chima for the withdrawal of foreign troops stationed in that country, has decided speedily to withdraw their troops from Hankow.-Kenter.

The "Empress of Canada" the A China Mail representative bas ar esi bant new on the Pacific run, It is reported that the Chinese

Hongkong is not yet through with Legation in Tokyo is deserted. Mr. just bed a ebort chat with Mis lying at the Hongkong and Kow- Ms, the Chargé d'affaires, is said to Crai neli, Serretary of the Star Fears loen barf and Godown Company's its labour troubles. Yesterday after be in Mukden, and the two secretaries Gumpent with reference to the Wharf. She arrived this morning noon the rice coolies ceased work bave disappeared.

strike. Thoughts, in view of the jer at crowding of these launches ring up at about 10.50. She brought a strike having been called. They wishes so frequently expressed by the

no passengers or cargo. The new The Douglas S.. Co.sss. Ha during this unpleassat episodes Empress liner is much the same in demand a 40 per cent. increase on loong" which has been emplored on ustarally turned to the question of appearance as the "Empress of Asia" wages from $1 to $10; 35 per cent the Sustow run has been sold to larger and more up-to-date ferries, and Russia. There was a big crowd, increase on $10 and upwards; that Australian interests. The purchase especially reniem bering the speech both fertigters and Chinese, on the the working day should be fired from made about a couple of years wharves to watch the big vessel tita.m. to 4 p.m. though they would price has not been dissiosed."

br Mr. AZJ

Jobc Johnstone.

up. Almost alongside there is the when this necessity was poi ted" Pinetree State," so that at the agree to carry on to 6 p.m. without

Unfortunatels 1:0 out.

wharves to day representative ships remuneration under certain circumst mediate hope can be held out in of the largest Trans Pacific liners are ances. If called upon to work siter this direction, as the farthest Mr. Crapnell would go was that it would probably be meationed again in the cest fature.

M. de Fay, Rumanian Ministe: to Japan, is s through passenger by the French mail steamer" Angios for Marseilles, M. Cerny, Czecho Slovak Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo, is also a passenger.

Coronet patrons bave their last chance to-day of seeing "The Riddle: Womsn the remarkable fim (with Miss Geraldine Farrar in the title recle) which has been drawing big houses daring the early part of the week.

The trip of 14 major league baseband the Philippines, is the players to Japan. Chipa first step of a plan for commencing sporting friendship between America Ltd. and the Far East, says & Kokusai

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Among the departures by the "Shinys Maru," Festerday, were Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Braga and child, Mr.

As to the general running of the service during the strike Me Crapoell dwelt on the difficulties the Naval men hdt contend with in coming straight from a modern battleship to the ferry boats. He thought they had done very- well under the circumstances.

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BTGE LINER DESCRIBED.

6 p.m. they desire that employment should be found up to 10 pm. a full day's par being paid for the extra four hours worked.

Employers are unwilling to ducoes aay limitation of hours: They declare that the conditions of the trade make The "Empress of Canada" is a itimpracticable. They have made a twinscrew geared turbine passenger offer in the matter of wiges as liner of 22,000 tons, and was built for follows:-Under $10, 221 per cent the Pacific mail and passenger service increase; over $10. 17 per cent between Vancouver Japan, China and increase. These increases apply only

DRAGON BOAT RACES.

TO-DAY'S PICTURESQUE FESTIVAL

Today the Chinese celebrate the Drs on Boat Festival with the usual bart rams which every year attract a lace crowd. Last year, the regatta was he'd in the Tsumati- typhoon shelter, but this year the sport has been transferred back to its old venu: at North Point Soon

siter non special trams Manila, by the Fairfield Shipbuilding to "permanent" men. In the past it to North Point, fed every uip

were run

Enreptans are harder to control than Chinese" said Mr. Crapnell when and Engineering Co., Ltd, at Govan, has been the practice to pay a full with large crowds of Chinese Loli- day-makers. The crowd en the the matter of overcrowding was

retch of beach opposite the mentioned. People who paid their Glasgow. She is the largest steam day's wages to men working us fare were entitled to travel and we ship set but by the Fairfield Comp, but the men complain that they had to take them." Mr. Crapnell siso Pany and will also be the largest wall have been kept working tatil Spice Yon Garl-ne was thronged

And passenger stramship on the with no extra remuneration.

with * gay crowd. Very few drew attention to the complaints that racine ere, with the well known The casual labourers have always Europeans were noticed-excepting would ads have arisen i pople and popular liners. "Empress of worked from 7 am. 1a 4 p.m. Their the fax who arc co-operating had been left behind. Yea must

Russia azd "Empress of Asia" demand for a minimum rate of $0 as racing officiale. This was always keep in mind the man who

will retain for the Canadian Pacific, ing a settlement of the "permanent's" ba: because it was the business hear wharf" he concluded.

the quickest and faest service on the demands.

and no one could get away. Pacifi

The partics yesterday conferred be- Doubtless the crowd wili The Riprese of Canada, has an free Mr. Hallifax and will continue considerably swetted by large numbers over-all length of 653 feet, is 7 feet discussions to day.

of Europeans sud Chinese 9 inches in breadth and 531 feet in

BOARDING HOTSZ EMPLOYEES. members of business hontes soon after The employees of Chinese boardingi o'chek. The principal events have depth to the bridge deck, with a straight stem and cruiser stern, three houses have presented their en been timed to take place after that funnel and two pole masts. Spacious ployers with a long series of demands hour.

The interest in the and well fitted accommodation is pro-

D. M. Larkins, Mr. and Mrs. O. D.ight have been left standing es the and the rew "Empress of Australia," cents a day has been postponed pend! probably due not to lack of interest

Canseco and family, Pay-Lieut. R. H A. Capel, and Dr. and Mrs A. R Wellington.

Chinese employes of the Shang- bai Hotels Company, Ltd., were re cently given a dinner at the Orizatal Haid by their Managing Direct Mr. J. H. Taggart. There were six hundred and forty Chinese present for the dinner, which was also stiended by foreign officials of the company.

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A Kokusai message says that the American Department of Commerce for the promotion of foreign trade include the opening of news offices in Calcutta ad Hongkong, and the placing of a trade romissioner in charge of the office at Shanghai for the purpose of making a special study of the firaccial situation in China.

by the French mail steamer "Angkor"

and will leave by the "Eastern" to- morrow for Australia.

LAWLESS YAUMATI

Remanded on Monday

on a charge of unlawful possenton of a dagger the junction of Ningpo and Reclams- tion Streets on Sunday night. a Chi- Level was arrested by Sergt Nest of Yeumati, received 9 months' ja this morning.

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$3.40 month for those whores of encouragement went up as vided throughout and special attention Ther include the fixing of a rate of op aing ereats was very keen and is everywhere given to the fact that the Empress of Canada," is to serve

receive st present

wage; the icng barrow boats manned by that coolies receive a minimum crews from Wancbai, Shaukiwan, and Aberdeen, with wage of $7 monthly; those Yaumati The same sergeant arrested another in a semi-tropical climate; public

rooms and private apartments are caring above that figure to receive a drums beating We hear. (cars Shipping and Chinese at the same place

up for the starting gun. Engineering) that the China Mail s. Monday nigh. When he was search- therefore, large and airy and the re- 40 per cent increase; the minimum line "Nile is likely to be tied up at Saned a fully loaded 5-chambered tilation amply and sufficiently arrang wage for runners is to be $12, with a Numerous crackers were fired and it 30 per cent increase: chief and second was altogether a very animated sight. Francisco for a considerable time revolver was found stuck in his

room attendsat $16 and $14 Her place on the Hongkong-Java run girdle. He was produced before has been taken by the s. "Gorristan." Magistrate Lindsell this morning, In one rund voyage, the "Empress respectively, with 30 per cent increase. We understand that the Company Inspector Will said the CS.P. would of Canada" with full capacity, will re- For chief, second and third secoun- will charter acther vessel to run like the prisoner triel by two Magis-quire vast quantities of food supplies, tants the minimum fired is $18, 314 schedule with the "Gorgistan." trates, and the case was remst ded; including 80 steers. 100 lambs, 150 and $8. For third accountants new

adtil to morrow morning.

sheep, 400 hams 210 hogs, 27 calves, earning $8 the Guild asks for a 49 per 81,000 lbs, of fish, 2,800, assorted cent increase. The minimum wage game. 2,000 broilers, 1.000 fowls, for secretaries is put at $40. 1,900 dacks and capons, 700 gerse A number of other demands in Some interating experiments are and turkeys. 7,200 dozen eggs, 900 dependent of increase in wages have being carried out on the cause and lbs. chcere, 4,000 lbs. batter, 700 lbs. also been made. Included in these prevention of sea-sickness by M. Goli competitions wil be held at tea, 1.200 lbs. coffer. 1.200 gallons are the following: That men be Pozeraki, of the Pasteur Institute, Deep water Bay cn Whit Monday milk 1,003 lbs. cf oatmeal, 5,000s, engaged through the Guild; that the (Jaze 5).

of salt, 1,000 bags of rice, 2,000 lbs. beds of runners be not requisitioned

Dogs rabbits, guinea-pigs, fowls, of biscuits 1,500 lbs. of sugar, for guests; that coolies and waiters and pigeons are being given artificial The ex barge banks will close 24.000 The, of flour, 3,000 pails of be allotted permanent beds; that a Senator Bakbay, chamat of down all day next Saturday (King's jam, 1,200 lbs. of raisins, 250 cases of decent meal be provided for employees sta trips in the surgery in a special- producing all the various motions of committers in the Australian Federal Bir bday) and next Monday (Whit oranges, 220 cases of apples, 130 bags morning and evening instead of Pparatus which has been made for Parliament who has been investigat Monday) The Imports and Exports of potatoes, 860 bags of vegetables, mortels left by guests."

The position of the rice coolies' a ship sailing on troubled waters. Two ing trade conditions in China Soffice wit be open till noon each day and other units, vegetables, etc., in

sart of sea-saw four feet in length, and *** beball of the Commonwealth Govern but ceased warehouses will close rain. On & round voyage, with full strike has not progressed. To-day cages are fixed, one at each end, of meat arrived in Hongkong yesterday sitogether.

capacity, 282,423 meals can be served, discussions were supposed to continue the up-and-down and to-and-fro or a possible total of 1,976,951 in ast the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs“

but no one tarted up during the motions of a vessel are imparted to ir by mechanism operated by a half- Last night's stormy weather did year.

The "Empress of Canada" is an course of the morning.

hores power motor not prevent a very big crowd of

Rabbits, guinea-pigs, and birds dancers from turning up at the Kow-silburner, built to all requirements of

appear to enjoy a sea trip of six The Hongkong and Canton Sea-Hoon Theatre where a special dance the highest class of Lloyd's Register,

bours, and disembark from the get by them. We advised stiffer men's Union is reported to be project took place, to music provided by the and will consume an average of 8,000

apparatus-none the worse for their coming a large shipping company in Pine Tree State's" jazz band. To tons of fuel oil for round voyage, or

experience, but highly bred dogs, IKUTE, "JUSTICE, PUBLIC "ESTI="!penalties in arms cases; he

Wachow with at least six mers tonight the usual weekly négligé dance about 53,000 barrels.

like certain human beings, are so plained of very small fines

IGIVET ON BOARD, run on the Wochow-Hongkong line will be held,

ely affected that they are seized out of all proportion to the seriousness and two on the Wechow Canton

The "Empress of Canada" is

with sea-sickness before the apparatus Hoxarang, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 12

The first prize in the non-relling ventilated and Leated by thermotank

GREAT DRESS CONTROVERSY. of the offence." He referred to route. Shares of this projected com

has started to move?

The interesting fact has been dis Germaya chief source of these pany will be taken up only by eea- champion's sweep of the Tientaic Race system and by means of steam and All supply and men at $5 per share, and as scon 83 Cicb amounted to $29 615.60; the electric radiators.

Everywhere in London, according covered that animals subject to sea illicit weapons; we did not, and do the company's steamers arrive sad second to 88,461.00; sud the third to exhaust fans are capable of changing to the Daily Mail, the Battle of the sicknes get their sen legs after three not yet know that it is, zo far as start business, all the crews of the $4.230.60. The total amount sub-the air in the compartments to which Skirts short versus long is being voyages of six boars each, which the expeiskes was they are connected a sufficient mamascussed, and nowhere with more suggests a similar course of treat Hongkong is concerned. He wrote: exeting shipping firms in Wachow scnbed to

employed by this new concern.

Mr. Henderson, chemist.

tizuons supply of pure air. A large make dresses and dress materials. trip, and wishing to get their sea-legs swimming pool, about 30 feet long, 18 Here is one of the greatest trades in, before embarkation. be obliged to submit their weapons could certain docketted information

Among the passengers, The Shanghai Race Clab is distri

M. Pozemski hopes in the course of who feet wide, and with a maximam the country involved in a discussion month for insection in the possession of the authorities,

the patent with reference to the smuggling of bating $106,000 among local charties, arrived at Rangoon on May 1, by the depth d 8 ieet is on B Deck on a matter of vital importance. If time to determine the exact cause of to guard nysinet risk of careless or Luscrupulous firearms into Chinese ports, be from the profits and daring the Here orehire" from England were forward of the reception room-skirts are longer the whole of York-sea-sicknese, and needless to say--

half year.

What an example for Prosessor G. W. Gregory, Professor of On one side there are Banged shire and some parts of Lancashire to propounds preventive for human

The swimming and Leicestershire will be affected pass out published, it would constitute a most Hongkong! The chief amounts are Geology, Univerzity of Glasgow, the dressing rains. perors letting the se

Memorial

well-known explorer and traveller, poal space has a marble dado with tite Tremors are running through. Re- of their possession to the Baade of damning indictment agailet this gun- Baanghai War

(already paid) 16.000.00 who was accompanied by his son, Mr. filling above, subdivided by marble

the side streets where the fashionable Thirteen cases of plague were- others. We called attention to the running "business." Unfortunately, very visible fact tint our criminals the information mentioned is not The Union Jack Club...... 10.000.00 way to Western China.

The Shanghai Charity Trust 45-000.000. J. Gregory. They are on their rilators. A large gymnasium, fitted gentstreet and Bond street and all

with the most modern gymnastic arworld dresses in the fashionable notified yesterday. There were ten pliance, is arranged Lext to, and commander. The short skirt came in with deaths. are too well armed It is too early available for publication; and we Mission to Beamen, Contribu

tion towards zew Launch 4,000 00 One hundred and eighty-ight municating with the swimming pool the war and flourished exceedingly,

Six Kowloon residents weZS- yet to know whether our suggestion have to deduce more or less from

CareSend twenty sacks of empt bullet There is a telej bone syst-in with growing shorter and shorter, until will be loftily disregarder-as a news the Press reports of the occasional Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial

5,500.00 hella ready for shipment to China on central exchange a complete system some feared it would vanish Mean summoned before Magistrate Lindsell gaper imperin nce-or seriously cases where the culprits have beca United Services Association 3,000.00 board the British steamer "Loong of winches telegraphy submarine while the world learned that, after all, this morning for keeping dogs without sang" were Leid on Friday by the signalling and electric apparatus also women bad shapely ankles, and that licences. They were fined $4-each taken up by the responsible officials Apprehended, and from private in-

Our part With the commissioning of the customs secret service at the gyro compaes. In addition, the there was nothing very terrible about and ordered to take out licences as it should be, no matter how or hinted at the "sentation and scandal" whence it reaches them. Something that would be caused if we printed.larone Maru" and "Yoshit instance of the chief of the marine shija fally equipped wib laundry,

all the current gosip of the Colony Maru" and the impending completion division cays the Philippine Herald of dispensary, hospitals

bureau, barber shop, and the can an allusion the man in the street will of third ship of the type, the Nippon May 21.

veniences of a modern hotel. Tusen Kaits has again made the handentand, if our officiais da noƐ

European mail cerride the crack route

The Erin Mail that much more must continue to

STOP PISTOL TRADE

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BATTLE OF THE SKIETS.,

volvers, magazine pistols, etc, sho:'d "We are given to understand that, i will leave their old masters and be $54,480. The first prize was won by ber of times per hour to insure & con-energy than among the people who ment for people about to take a sea

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Mystery surrounds the disap Meanwhile, it is a noteworthy We did not, as oor Shanghai

of the company. The "Fashima pearance in Fingapore of. Mr. Hugh cincidence that almost to the very coincider did, explain why so many Marn." "Sawa Mara Kashime Kennedy, the wireless operator of the day a contributor to Shipping and lethal weapons in the wrong handa Matu" and "Katori barn have Clan Matheson." which strived these

are undesirable. That, unfortunately,

Enginering was writing similarly of

the firearm problem. at Shanghai.

He began in the same way, mention ing how the polies court cases provd, logal importation of fireanos on large scale, and he suggested, as we -

did thst though the Preventive Offoci were doing their utmost much was getting by them and

information

travellers.

noming the fact. Young active forthwith. The defendants were men too long rucumbered with Mesara. On Lee, Cheung Sing, E. C. towing draperies or hobbled by skirts Wong Wheeler and N. Tambitzsky. drawn in below the koos, were do and Mrs. Filly. lighted when the sort skirt camë in and are now very loath to lose the "An attempt to revive old-fashionet freedom and shapelinees of the short -The World Conference of Faith skirt in obedience, to the dictates of dances is being made, with the full approval of the clergy, in some of the Paris fashion.

more conservative sections of Paris. was not necessary down here, almost now all been taken off the Yokohama on May 15. According to information and Order having call upon all

“Last year nearly 2,700 companies everybody being painfully sware of Seattle service and put on the Bur given to the police Kennedy spent the branches of the Chrisian Church to opean sarvios in replacement of the evening of the 18th at the Europe Hotel pray for unity this work the Bay, "Yokohama Márn," "Iyo barn" and and the Masonic Hall, leaving for G. R. Lindsay, of St Andrew's Bow "Kaga Mart." The seven shije no ship, which was in the Empire Dock, toon, has ranged for special A GOOD RULE FOR THE HOME Wound up voluntarity, while 1,200 companies were dissolved by on the European run will be peselí | shortly after midnight. He has not service to be held next Thursday at For thewatiam you will find nothing Cally homogeneous for there is little bee teen since, although the police, 6 pm when members of other keep on hand & opde of Chutering the Registrer as defanct companies," ther the chamber hory Pain Bale diference between the ~Katoris and acting to information supplied by denominations are invited ostiend. Cole and Diarrhoea Bemedy ara saletid Mr. II. W. Jordan, sääressing Now is the time to jei ddal itdry this the reser Hakones except in the the puller of the thin which te This Bev, J. Birk Meccaackie and the guid, against bowel complaints the Secretaries Association at Wia- iniment and see how quickly it wil meter of machinery and toimur mode was ridig, have found the zicabs in Rey Clouston. Forri bave promised this without it. For all ecester Hesse, Uld-Broad-street, E.C Taleve the pain and sorotors Forefcations in the accommoda ion. the Lagoon Bock

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