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LOCAL SPORT.

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REVIEWS.

My Lady of the North, by RANDALL PARRISH,

Loudon G. P. Putnam's Sone. Ga. Hey is a charming love story of the old fashioned kind, telling of the coming together

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 25rn, 1905.

CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN.

-- ནི་ཡཾ ཡཾ

The following references to the art cermin

LAST NIGHTS MUSIC.

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Rain, nad vat more rain, had its infuonco with regard to the size of the audienos, buť nothing marred the onjoyment of the select

Owing to the continued wet weather the match beranged for to-day (Saturday) between the A.K.C.C. and the Garrison will not take of a most gellant. Captaia of Virginian Leo's | ten some feurs ugo, hy an expert, who was company which had braved the weather last

place.

The following will play for II.K.C.C. “ à ** against the R.G.A. on

the craigengover Ground 10-day Muskenzio, Falloon, Gibson, Hooper. Butcher, Olver, Wolff, afackay, Walls, Parker, and Rodgers.

The following is the League table up to

date:-

Club

Pinyol. Wou. Lost. Drawa. Pts.

35

A.0.0. Craigengower. 15

Kowloon

16

H.K.C.C.

A 14

ม

24

R. F.

*

H.K. Polica

15

* +

EGA, 83rd Co. 16

8

Civil Service 17

5

#

*

...... E

4 11

- withdrawn

RAM.C. Parseas

N. B. 3 pts. for a win auf 1 for a dras.

The following League matches will take place to-day (Saturday), H.K.C.C. "A" v. 83rd Cn. 4. A. on Craigongewer ground. Pelico v.

R.A.M.C. on Police ground.

FOOTBALL.

The H.M.S. Albion auf, West Kents will play off their semi-fuel tie to-day. ou the Hongkong Clabis Ground. Kick off 4.15 p.m

Ruteres. Mr. J. W. C. Bonnar.

The winner of to-day's Shichi match, HM.S. Aikinu v. Royal West Kout Rogiment, will play H.M.S. Cory in the final.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

The II.K.C.C. surual Tennis Tournament will be hold on Saturday 8th April and following week days instead of on the 1st prosimo ax originally arranged. Play haring been to sermely interfarel with by the recent bad westhor, the entrance lista in the Pavilion will. be kept open till Saturday week. lat. April.

The following orantsare open to members

B.

12.

1).

Championship

Eingle Handicap "A" Cins

da

"B"

Double Handicap Professional Paira

go towards cust of prizes.

:

Entrance fee $2 each player for sack orout to For events B and B the Tenis Committee reserve the right to place competitors in either

class.

The special rules governing the tournament

will be found in the Club rulon.

·HONOKONG ganools" SP0278.

The Hongkong Schools' Sports will be beld at the Race Course on Monday, the Jockey Club enclosure being used for spootators. Great enthusiasm is being displayed by the boys of the various schools, training for the bicycle races oven having been carried on during the wet

went her.

V. K. C. SPORTS,

The gatries for the V. R. C. Athletic Sports

close on the 1st April,

CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB, The fith Club race for Corinthian one-des. igners will be suiled to-morrow. The course is

and a very attractive "lady of the North." The story is brightly told in the first person, by the captain himself, in true American style, and takes us through a lot of thrilling fighting during the last stages of the Civil war. Only one improbability occurs, the micape of the hors from a Homeris fight with guerilias on the staircase oi e untry in use, but after the wendorful exploits of the here, it is all in keep ing. It is a story to bo as warmly recommended as is the attractive shape in which the publishers have issued it. nently bound in strong cloth. with full page coloured pictures excellently

drawn.

night, and for reward had the excellent

of China and Japan, extructed from a private letter published in the Peking and Ticatsin 7imes, will int rest collectora, They were writ

visiting Japan after twenty woven years of life in a Chinese community. "Most of the porcelain to be soen hare is modern, Sateuma barmony discoursed by Mr. Edward Brous- sateral colors and with much gilding. Ivory white; crackle under glaze painted with combe's Westminster Gloo and Concert Party aost prominent reatures being its yellowish (by Beale 1784-1854) entitled This persunt At 9.25 four gentlemen sang an old rondrigu z colour, like old ivory, and abundance of but faience, id has not the car ring of rol deure, chiefly remarkable because it intro-

of gilt oru mont. The paste is not trus poronlain, month of Maio, It was a nylodious here Caines. This trou-o of gold in decoratu duced to Hongkong the extraordinarily awrot

specially for flowers-is rarely seen on Chinese porcelain, and I for one do not like it. The round, almost womanly tenor of Mr. Bauhof. Japanes

in ground with ornament Spaces which the artist appears to delight in crowding

Chiun would leave blank to show the pure leerand tine texture of the parte and brilliancy of glaze, the Japanese fill in with elaborate, laboured de igne chiefly of diaper pattern, wearisome to the eyo, like the

pal terus on wall paper or idle h. It looks as though this wre done hide inferior Taste and glaze; bat whatever the [10] tive, this is a resait. The work of other potteries, in quality of paste, design and colour, This is my opinion of what I have seen here, I contemptible in

in comparison with Chiucke but I reserve final judgment until I have seen butter collections in Tokyo and discussed them with

an expert.

per! I not wonder now Brinkley's rupture when examining my collee

Checkmate, by ETTA COURTNEY. London: on

Edwin Arnold,

Tuis number of Mr. Arnald's Colonial Library is a well-written and invensely interesting story of a lost King of England, the aurocorded son of Charles II and the supposedly barren Portuguese Catherine. It is so convincingly told that many readers will find it hard to

believe they have not be reading a thrilling page of real history. The deformed Prince, whose birth was concealed for a reason that femining reader will fail to appreciate, seems to have shared the huge capacity for noble end unswerving love that is attributed to his an- happy mother. He renounces his kingdom for the sake of a sweet and good maid whom he foil to be out of place at his fathur's licentious const. It is a tuls to be recommended, being quite up to tho Stauley Weymaz pitch.

Long's Colouis! Library. A batch of three from this series, The Ambassador's tilove, by Robert Macbray, The Mask, by William Le Qnoux, and In spite of the Carr, by the into Guy Boothby, London: John Long,

The last named romance is probably the hist written by that popular favourite, Gay Booth by, as it in certainly the last published since his desih. It is quite typical example of his power of weaving thrilling mystory round an attractive love interest. Hidden treasure in in St. Petersburg to reb the rightful owners of for Siberia, and the machinations of villains

it, make a yarn that most people will be glad to devour at a sitting.-Mr. Te Quer also is as strong en plot us ever, giving us in this example a thrilling time until the web of unjust suspicion and crime that surrounds the charming "Maisie Guyane" is swept away by the unceasing care and affort of her lover, who proves himself quite a Sherlock Holmes.--For

Fion tears ago, and can

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Then the four boys joined the four men, and wo had that old favourite gled "Hail. smilte mern." The young voices did not seem to blend truly at first, but before the crescendo and finale

were reached, it was us one inalruzaent. Benati. ful bilanes, admirablo restraint, charact-rised the encore piece that was asked for, "Come and watch the daylight dawning," in which one boy at the and cf a line had an opening for show. ing how bell-like and sweet was his soprano.

Masters Ludlow and Travis followed with

another old and familiar acquaintance-pity that good music should ever seem hackneyed this, and the audience broke into irrepressible understand why"I know a bank." It was very sweet singing

applauso. (encore).

American buyers and so much time and money Calna. Jodging from what I havo seer, Japan has not equaled and has certainly not surpassed China from whom she learned thi this art. The drawing on modern Japan poredna

laa particularly of trees, flowers and lande capes, is perhaps as a rule mere artistic and graceful than the work Chinese poterlain, but I fear that the merit of Japanese work begin and ends hore

We know that

Boa decoration is but one of the essentials of good porcelain, graceful form, pare paste, righ colour and brilliant glaze bang equally im portant in the eyes of the old Chinese masters, and these combined merita are now understood and prized by collectors in the US.“

Later, in a second letter, the writer said "As to porcelains, I've seen much that in good, but none to eqnal the best Chinese. The

bo.

Japanese wares that mai foreign tosto are the most modern. The old wares, being nearly all made for actual use in the singular “Cha- utensils, are thick, heory, rengh and sparsely no-yu" tea ceremony, to hold ten, water, or decorated and are mostly of stoneware and pot tery instead of porcelsin; glazes often good, bat leaving some part of the surface uncovered

not approach the best Chinese single colours to show the paste, which was considered a merit howaver course the paste might

They can

such blus, caindon, sang de boeuf, turquoise bite, imperisi yellow, peach bloom, apple Jargo green. &o.. nor show anything liksho proportion the Chinese made of purely orunm ental pieces, flower vases do, nor have their ass such graceful forms ne the Chinese. Sark as they are, old Japanese porcelaine ar NOW FATO, very difficult to obtain, and it thought that the supply of old good pieces je nesrly ozbausted. This country has never most excitement and thrill in this tric, lot ug had but a small fraction of the

to draw upon that China hae, and it in sfo to the foreign drain for time to come. Fino porcelain was made in China long before Jans learned the art from her, and has always been made in larger quantities for an immensely larger demand than could have existed in the smallor population of best powers to imitate the Chinese blues, and

leng

pick out Mr. Machray's wonderful count of the mafla in Soho, which we suspect was writ-say that China will stand ten with half an bye to the agitation against alien immigration. The picture presentel of Great Britain's secrat service is surely too flat

store

from. Police Pior. Kowloon. to Meyer's East. tering, but if it had not been, we could and Japan Japanese potters have devoted their

A line bass singer (name not eaugat) sang Balfe "Arrow and Song", because Mr. Llewellyn was not well enough to sing "Will. o-the-wisp." No matter; this was quite good enough, and

We

WGA encored-althongh thought him happier in the encere (Irish, hum. orons, sentimental) song that required less complexity of expression.

Madam Marie Hooton rang a Russiau love song (von Stutzmona) with great expression, ample tone, but the sweetness of her voice dil not endure through all her rosiater. The audi. ence was quite delighted, and insisted on an ancore-" Loca Lomond,”

But then, the andience went and over the

next, an old catch was you, sir." which wo maintain was tedious, and not particularly musical, sava in the opening. Old Thomas

and the deida similar thing-was given for encore, comment of a lady in front, very amusing," fits it.

Moab pimusanter was Lane Wilson's two-part song, Gisle Spring." by the four bers, in which the poet's "piping treble" was fully apparent. The boys had to sing again, and did, a little breathlessly, a similar thing about silver moonbeams.

After a long interval (what are they for, theso long waits, when there is no sonary shifting to do?) Gounod's anthem Sezd out Thy light" was sung, by the four men and four boys. A beautiful thing, beautifully treated, the balans being admirable all through; and the basson splendid.

Mr. Edward Branscombo's easy, enforced,

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CEMENT.

The Manila Citblenews says:-The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha unde the lowest bid for the fura eling of 30,000, barrels of cement for uso by the Philippine governmeal on various public buildings. Boder the forms of the contrect to

be fut 5,000 harrols are to be delivered in Manila each month. The contract has not yet been awarded and will not be until the Onein” coment, offered by the Mitani Busson Kaists has passed the severe tests required by the office of tho insular purchasing ngeut.

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TELEPHONE No. 135.

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Bids submitted were as follows:-Oneila, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha P390, Green Island, Anderson and Company, 13.898; Hemmor,

Castle Brothers, Wolf and Sons, F4.40; Ger- PER CASE or 48 PINTS... Bohu, Meyer and Company, P4.20; Horcales,

mania, Castle Brothers, Wolf and Sons, P4.46;

P448: Alson, Findlay and Company, P4.72; PR Case of 100 SPLIT Cannon, Castle Brothers, Wolf and Sons,

Saturn, Holliday, Wise and Company P483;

Holliday, Wise and Company, P5.70; Giant, Atlas, Peabody and Company, P5.42; Hemmor,

Castle Brothers, Wolf and Sone, Pă-94 ; Stam- dard, Californis, Manila Lumber" Company, PA 00.

JAPANESE WARSHIPS AT

SINGAPORE.

DELIEVED TO BE TOGO'S EQUADRON. The Strait Times of March 15 reported:- About 7-30 this morning the Signal Sergeant ships near Raffles Lighthouse. They were at Fort Conning sighted four Japanese war coming into the port. Es 3-30 three of the vessels had nachored in the roads about four and a half miles out. Ona of the vessel was flying a Vice Admiral's flag and she way salated by the British Cruiser Thetis which is also in port. The sante was returned. The warships and Fort Conning also exchanged salutos, The uws of arrival of Japanese war vessels created

A

eat excitement in town and bumorong glasses crowd of natives asseabed at Johnston's were levelled at the advancing ships. Pier in a few minutes. Abont nine o'clock a

Buoy futarboard), thence to Trocas Rook Buay. Prime Minister, the clorer attaché, the shrewd have failed, and to my eyea they have also failed | para tenor was heard to great advantage in that | Junior offier carried a chronometer wrappe

tport, on to the North Fairway By (part)

and back to the Polico Pier. The point score for the Championship of the season «tands at prosentas foltores-Ninx, 28; Gael, 19: Waratah, 19; Authore, 2: Cam, 1; Hikernia, 1; and Arie i

1. The Hibernia and Ariel ako now busts, and have only started in oue Club næs.

A eruitor race will be held to-morrow, the course ling round Kanichan (starbeard) and bvak, about 12 miles.

THE MARINE INSURANCE MARKET.

The Times correspoalent, writing on 22ad February, said:---

Surrey

have enjoyed so much the duel between the chef of the Servios" and the powerful and unscrupulous conspirators. There are 316 pages, but each one has a pulpitation for the soader.

launch from one of the Japanese men-of-war Jasked

alongside the pier and three officers steppe lashere. They were clad in spotions white aniterms with arat caps and dirks at their sides. appearance. A Kling conducted them to White kid gloves added to their spick and spen the Master Attendent's Office, where they were followed by a large crowd of curious and admir ing natives. They were young looking, clean chasen men and locked short alongside, the stalwart kling guide. All thures of the officers spoke English, though not very well. The

in every other field of their imitations; judged folly old son song "The Lowland Sen," or

ag in a clean silk handkerchief. They asked permission to compare their chronometer with by a high Chinese standard they have nothing original of remarkable excellence. There is no "The Golden Vanity." Towards the end of the one in the Mastor Attendant's offer. The Senior Boarding QBeer requested them jade in this country; the people have sither

a pianissimo to wait until permission

had been never cared for it or never mastered the art of this somewhat long itera, in

officers thon wont working in it. So this art is confined to Ubins passage, the singer developed a huskinces; and tuined. Two of the Playing the Game, by Douglas Starten. alone, and this with the superiority and greater never quite orarcanso it afterwards. For his away with some Japanes ro-identa and one of

thom took scut in the office, A abundance of her porcelains are comforts for

'r+presenta- London: George Fell & Sons.

encore, he engaged his three colleagues to help tive of the Straits Times offered him a him in a plore with shumming fuale, in which the paper containing the latest telegrams.

the officer was very ploused to receive and said they produced a wonderful effect. It

he would show the news to his comrades when diffoult to believe that there was no pianoforte he returned to his ship. He was seedingly accompaniment being played.

polite and salut d our representative before Madame Hooton, in an old Scotch song "Doan shaking hands with him. The Japanese officer red the telegrams with great interest. When tho born," was much happier than before, and his attention was drawn to the great losa the gave a delightful rendering of Mr. Brons. Rassians suffered a Mukden-300 guns and combo's rather difficult arrangement, especially the tek gran is true."

orer 200,000 mea-he smilingly said I hope He was in fact all.

ils.

Tiis uumber of the familiar red-backet Colonial Library must be counted as a publish.

'n "ooop", if publishers ever

uso that American technicality of journalism. It is the sequel to the same nether's A Japanese Marriage, and is in all respects equal to that popular tale. Some of us who know notes:- Japan, find Mr. Staden tripping often, but not

NAVY NOTES.

The Standard on Feb. 20th had the following

RETIREMENT OF BIR NOWELL BALMON.

1895

August

2.

голя

ob-

of

To-day Admiral of the Fleet Sir Nowell so as to detract from the intrinski murit of his Salmon, V.C., who heads the list of officers on It is possible now to take a somprehensive

in the cone'uding couple's. The radiones op.miles and courtesy, When the wire coutain- of the business in war risks on steamers story. Mr. Sufle seams to have slightly the active list of the Royal Navy, rotiros by for Vladivostok, and to form an approximate modified his opinion of the Japanese, although reason of age, having been her on February planded more than ever before, and the ladying the information that the Baltic Fleet had

Navy as a cadet on May 10th 1847, nearly 50 she was still better, and her splendid training 2th 1835.

Sir Nowell entered the Royal ang What do summer fairies do ?" In this be ordered home, was pointed oat to him he

smiled a poculiar smile.

It was understood that these wors navigating years ago. He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant

ofleers. One of them, asked if he could give Merch 1, 1851, Lieutenant January 5, 1855; was patent. Commander March 1558;

Captain December A must enjoyable item was "O' a' the airta", any information about the ships. hesitated and 12, 1863; Rear Admira

1979; Vice by the four men, in the seiting by Wilion then smilingly replied: We have orders not Jaly Admiral 1.

to speak about ear skips or our movements.” September 10 1991; and Admiral of the Fleet, January 1, Shore. Again that wonde-fri wood-pipa tone

"Can you say anything at all about your 1899. Sir Newell Salmon took part in the of Mr. Bauhof. When the party returns to

vessels, that would be of interest to the public P“

I can only say that they are Japanese ships." operations in the Baltic during the Russian Hongkong, as really must insist on a solo war, 1834-56, and sorred with the Naral

other subject the officers were only Brigade during the Indian Mutiny, boing present at the relief of Lucknow. It was for his distinguished conduct at Lucknow In Master Willison Edgley's song, “The Swal- lows" (F. H. Cowen) his upper tones were that he received the Victoria Cross, which, according to the offici! announcement in beautiful, and not at all forowl. It was a well-

Londen Guselte of December 24, 1858, was awarded him "for conspicuous trained rendering, but performed like a task gallantry at Lucknow, November to. 1857, in climbing tree touching the angle of the from the same boy faultless music and dramatic Shah Najjiff, to reply to the fire of thus enemy,

"the

from bim. There was eacore, a "Rose" sung. Capital!

ideo as to how the commitments of underwriters he still praises them without stint for the pores in London will work out. During 1904 a large-sion of almost every quality worth having. He number of risks were nocepted at

at big premiums, and there were no captures. Since the opening coloure many of their latest achievemouth as a of 1905 there liave bour altogether. 15 captures, groundwork for the conversion of his diplomatis including the doubtful caso of the Nigretis. Ibero from an anti- to a pro-Japanese. There is have endeavoured to form an estimate of the total net amount of premium taken on these ¦ groat deal of it, to make room for descriptions Vladivostok risks daring 1904 and sibes the and explanations that the author feels himself beginning of 1905, and there seems good ground entitled to make of the strength of his short to leiove that those premiums excood Clikatneo, i

Now the ascertained foraes on the 14 esptured lay in Japan years ago, and his evidently in atomers-exclusive of the Nigretic-on tho sdustrious reading ever since. He should not

that there will be no recoveries an sun.ptiou

100 000. The poal, wr

premiumsan therefore have pped to tell the reader that chade is theesh of Japan," for it is nothing of not yet exhausted, though the general experience

the port; and his description of the possibilities nearing of underwriters is that they are

At present there are about of jujiten in chapter II is dreadfully exaggerat exhanytion more steamers in which the war risk market is L Surely he is also wrong in placing the intarested. Two of theas, and possibly more, scone of the murder of Mr. Richard and captures, and the rest are either cancellet or in

Feel, K.C.B., had called for volun. Encore Cuckoo"-same sweetness of tone of cancellation. These cancellations says it was done by samurai of the Prince of tain process uro a eastly business, but not, of course Satsuma" for not getting out of the way of his tears." He was also promoted, and thus held throughout.

rank of tho expensive as captures. If we assume that the

of Commander when only a few weeks Mr. Dudley Causton afforded ermic relief procession." Writing open to correction, refor air steamers mentioned above are capturat.

the GYET age of 23 years. Sir Nowell Salmon

with the inevitable Village Concert" sketch. 1873, received the honour of C.B. on March 20 K.C.B in June, 1887, on the occasion of Queen He was one of the best at that sort of thing, Victoria's Jubies, and G.OB. in June, 1897, and got bis encera-twice over. in commemoration of tus Diamond Jubiles of

The concluding gles, "The Bells of St.

really excellent concert to a fitting close

the

before his musio master.

O speak. They appeared to baj

too pleased suger for the latest news from the seat of war, and they regretted that their orders prevented them from obliging. The Wapas Consul,

the per Mr. Tanaka, met them at

The vessels anchored in the roule are the cruiser Kauge under the command of Vies

It is difficult to got | Admiral Yanays. The Kasagt is a vessel of 4,900. tame and hiss a crew of 130. She carries

are believed to be icebound, sir are probal the other three English" near Kanagawa? He for which most dangerous service the late Cap-expression, and this pretty song newis bath,

that the

and

negotiations for cancehnout go through taco books being out of the way at present, dors successfully, I estimate that the market he not mean the assassination of Mr. E. and will have to fad auollet £800,00. That one other, our Kamakura, not Kanagawa il to say, against premiums of approx. However, as we have said, these things don't £1,700,000, or a net loss over and above premiem of £600,000. Unless peace aldonly comes.

nf

imately £1,100,000 there will be losses malter much in a mere tale, and the claras her late Majesty's reign. After attaining flag Michaels", by the oight ma'e voiers, brought a

sketches of real people make up for them. This

the not loss can hardly be less than 2000, is a book that the public at Home will gladly Against this as there will be the profits made on the war risk business in steamers and cargous

bay. for Japan, and there is little doubt that those

when

to stop

will even now make a profit on the total war risk account. Those, on the other hand, who went on writing Vladivostok riska to the oud mus

must loss considerably. One cannot give exact deures as to how the Kabilities on

or Vladivostok war risks are divided morals has peculiar interest because it professes between marine companies and members of to give a true description of the German

private underwriters and cunpanies who knew Life in a crack regiment, by the Count von Baudissin. London: T. Fisher Unwin. ત.તુ.

THIS novel of German military masters and

and

rank, Sir Nowell Salmen held thres commands-fret as Rear Admiral Commander- West Coast of Africs Station, then as in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hops

Vice Admiral Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, and, from June 32. 1894, to August. 3. 1807, as Commander-in-Chief at Fertsmouth, the latter appoint neat giving him the command of the fet which assembled at Portsmouth for the Dimond Jubilee Naval Rerios.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

WEATHER REPORT.

28 gans and is of 1,500 borso power. Another raspol is the cruiser Chitose. She is commanded by Capt. Takagi oud is of 4,500 tons. She also carries 3 guns and is of 1,500 borze power. The two other vessels are the America Maru, Lapt. Ishibashi, and the Fatale Maru, Capt. Kawai. The America Maru steamed up and down for a long time before she anchored near

ber consorts he has a crew of 40) goen and carries 10 guns Her horse power is 8,000. The Yamato Haru is of 7,000 tons and has ів crew of 300. She is armed wtih 8 gang Har horas power is also 800. The Squadron left Basebo on 15th February ander sealed orders.

Wo learn that Capt. Šlker of the 2.8. Hong Wan I came across a Japanese fleet cooristing of twenty-two vessels off the Horsburgh Light

The vessels which came! house at 1 a m. todose in while the rest of the The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issner into Singapore were the following report:--

float was far out. The long Was I

I came right! through the fleat. The searchlights were all On the 24th at 12.5 p.m. Tho barometer hos

under to be tarted on. This feet is believed to

It will be fallen over E. Japan and the &, const of China the command of Admiral Tego.

Pressure continues high over N.E. Japon, remembered that Admiral Togo was reported and the shallow are of low pressure lies now to by wire to have latt Sasebo on February 15th under sealed orders. The vessels in' port

Their destinu expect to leave this afternoon tion is, of course, kept a profound secret.

The Captain of each vessel was served with fficial proclamuntion" by the barbour authorities calling upon him to "depart and put to sea within 24 hours of your arrival atj this Port. Rule 2, Notification 140.”

Lloyd's, owing to reinsurance complications. liontsuaut, by one who knows him intimatoly, remain at his Beaumont will reliera bine. the South of Central Japan.

the

But. il one judges by the lines written on re-

of risks. presentative groups of

proportions would appear to be approximately as follows: --Members of Lloyd's, 50 per cent. marine companies, 4 per cent. It is now beloved by those in a position to know that no "name" at Lloyd's will to required to meet a larger net loss than £2,000 after the exhaustion of all war premiums.

and one who happened to be punished for publishing it, in the original Gorman edition. Apart altogether from all that, it is a story that no one will regret buying, because of its intrin sie interest. It is a really fascinating story, that convinces as, at least, that it was drawn

from life.

Gradients are slight and moderate E. winds will prevail over the N. part of the China Sea.

Forecast:-Moderate E. winda; cloudy; some

Admiral Sir Edward Beymour hoists his dag ta day as an Admiral of the Fleet. Hill at Devonport until March 20, when Sir Lewis

The other promotions already announced in The Standard take effect from today. These include Sir Arthur Wilson, commanding the Channel fleet, to be an Admiral; Rear Admiral H.T. Greufall to be Vice admiral, and Captain introducing a now practice target for use in tirely lacking. Percy Scott to bo Rear Admiral. The latter is

the Navy.

rein.

Returns from the Chinn coast are almost en-

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This is probably the Squadron that was recently sighted 100 miles south of Hongkong.

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