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electors Both parties recognise the value. of the moral affect on the mass of the electors likely to be created by victory st the first day's

and if any such fears as Bautzs reported prevailed to any extent among the Unionists, the results on Saturday must consequently be all this more inspiriting True, we were told in a telegram a few days ago of Unionists who rare predicting fifty gains on Saturday's elections, but the total number of con stitciencies in which polling took place did.

Justices of the Peace are

RESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 1910,

Elientam sportame Lieutenants Wise and Crofton hats just hed most inccessful hunting top in the Six hundred and Afty head of game fell to their gun, the bag including eleven deer anil fire bokra,

Mz Roger & Green, Americ Conal at bin, who went to America on furlough returned to his post on December 22 - Mr- Paddo

who was in charge of the caniate during Mr. Groen's absence, has been trans- ferrod to Makdon to succeed Mr. D. Cload, recalled

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vernor-in-Council

Ligner Li dinance appoints the feed of the Colonial be distillery, Loss wits and arant and dealer's

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KJUTER SERTION TO THE HONGKONG

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS.

LONDON, January 16th. The results of yesterday's elections

were

UNIONISTS

LIBERALS

ABOURITES

NATIONALISTS

UNIONIST GAINE

LIBERAL GATES

18

with

43

87

the

The Elections Legan unopposed return of three Unionists,

UNCPPOSED.

At the last contested election at West Birmingham, the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain was returned by a majority of 5,073, his opponent, Mr. F. I. Onthwaite (L), obtaining only 2,094 votes.

not number a hundred, a gain of fifty seata Last week at Shanghai Mas May, Lans | VİZ. —— must be set down ne most unduly optimistic. Merriman, eldest daughter of Mr. W. L. With a gain of eighteen against a Liberal Merriman, local manager of the Ambriona gain of only three the discouragement is Trading Company, was married to Captain W, Birmingham... Mr. J. Chamberlain wholly on the side of the party which has Alan Hilton Hiltom-Johnson, Assistant Durham City. Mr. J. W. Hills Baperintendent of the Shanghai Municipal Bury St. Edmunds Hon. W. Guinness been most cocksure of a sweeping victory Police a victory which the chief Liberal organ only a few days ago anticipated would put the figures of 1993 in the shade. The further under returns will be awaited with interest geces

Colonia throughout the wide world, for this

Bocr election is one of not merely na

tem tional, not merely imperial importance; | spirit shop, the whole of the commercial nations of the world will be eager to learn the daily returns: from the polling booths, for the main issue before the electors is not, as the Liberals urge, The Commons versus The Lords, but Bocialism versus Tariff Reform The anti-Lords outery is, as Lord LaNanowan has described it, all bunkum," GUINNESS STOUT and for our part, we have never believed

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Durham City has only 2,510 electors, and at the last election the contest was between two Conservatives Mr. Hills defeating the Hon A R. Dongles Elliott, who stood for colection an Independent Centervalve, by 423 votes

Bury St. Edmundsalað has a amali slectorate, 2,740. There was a bye-election in this von stitasnoy in 1907, when the Hon. Walter Gainnem defeated Mr. W. B. Yates by 890

Hongkong deportes som to consider the Straite Betlemes proper field for settle. ment, remarks & Bingapore contemporary, alludes

and It The Liberal papers and speakers ing to a recent case st. the Magist

ally: Wo take it for on Friday and Saturday delivered adds rather scen

tematis arohange of most urgent final reminders to the granted that there' finger prints, and, photo

aiament between the Police authorities of electors that the issue is The Commons Hongkong and Singapore.

His Majesty the King has not been advised. to exercise his power of disallowance with ros- poot to Ordinance No. 1 of 1909, entitled An Ordinou farther to amend the Magistates' po Ordinance 1890 and to

A

that the great body of thoughtful electors would be infected by the rabid antagoniam shown towards the Upper HousƏ the leaders of the Liberal party, we mentioned a little while ago, one of the most level-headed members of the late Cabinet soon perceived that the cry of “Down with the Lords!" had miserably

certain ther

andmente a the Criminal Law and to Onincs No. 26 of 1909, entitiel-An Ordin was to amend the Magistrate sad Criminal

failed to evoke a responsive echo of such Law Amendment Ordinance, 1909, thunderous sound as they had anticipated, and so the rudection came that there was far more general interest as"The kale What the thoughtful elector has been pondering is not the Houss question, but the alternative to Mr GEORGE's proposal to raise the revenue that ity he mada sway with the State requires. ariff Reform in the accepted alternative, and the

the election News 1910 which imparts to

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A shocking tragedy occurred at Hankow in

the early hours of the 6th inst himself. It appears that the ronth, whe only arrived three days previously the firm of MBRETE.

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The Peking eoKEN ndent of the 17. C. Daily mys the Chinese Government now Ita premature sement to the proposal

of the

Versus The Lords.

The Unionists, on the other hand, were whole-heartedly booming Tariff Reform.

The rep

of a meeting bet rean the and the Prendent the German Fresshion alleged

formation on good authority. The latest statemen of this kind added that the Prince. of Monaco was strongly in favour of such meeting, and that he would probably

date of the opening of the institute so as to coincide, with the Emperor a proposed cruise in the Mediterranean.

GOVERNOR OF HACAO VISITS HONGKONG,

CANTON

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DIG FIRE.

January 14th

The residents of Honam were match scared Barly this

big, re, whi brake out in an all not fer from the theatre. The Byron, which note as fire alarm brought the fire

igade togather, and some brigades from the other side also – came to the resque. The flames, however, were not subdued Just before noon on Saturday His Broellency until seventeen houses were destroyed. No Senhor Marques, Governor of Masso, and mate, lives were lost. On Tuesday night a fire broke arrived in port on the Portuguese gunboat out in an eating-house in the City but by tho Patria, Senhor Margues was met by Captain Prompt in arrention of the Kaifong the blase Mitchell-Taylor, A.D.C. to His Excellency the soon at out. It was found that the place Governor of Hongkong, and landed at Blake bad been insured for $3,000, This, coupled Pier at about 12.33 p.m. A guard of honor with the poor trade of the shop, made the neigh- from the 105th Mahrattas was drawn up at the hours aspect arson, and the proprietor and pier, and as the disiloguished visitor stepped four fokis were taken to No. 3 polics station, salore the band played a state of the Nothing could be proved, however, and the fokis were set at liberty, but the proprietar Portuguese National Anthers. Aftar inspect

was detained pending further enquiry Ing the guard H. E. Senhor Marques and suite were escorted to Government Honte, by Captain Mitchell-Taylor and Mr. J. J. Leiria, Consul General for Portugal After tiffling with Sir Frederick Lugard at Government House the Governor of Macão paid a rist to Conmul- General and Mrs. Lelris at “Duart

Later in the afternoon, Senhor Marques and speedily washed away by the current and drowned his site returned to facao,

The women working the sampan was arrested, as it is mid she made no effort to remous the unfortunate man.

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER 00. ID.

* BIVER FÅTALTEX

This morning a fowl soilor laden with two. crates of hous went down to the Kam Fa temple whart in Honam to cross to Canton, While stepping into a sampan he became entangled with the crates and fell into the river and was

NEW, BARRACKS.

The newly-trained troops quartered in the An extraordinary general meeting of share holders in this Company was held at the offices Yum Chow Fi Lecture are to have new barracks of the Company Messrs. Shower, Tomes & built on modern principles. The tender of a Co., on Saturday morning for the purpose of prominent architect and contracter, Fang Kun comidaring and, if thought fit, omneming as a Ke, has been accepted and the cost of the special resolution a resolution which was passed erection will be 90,000 teal. The Director of by a requisite mejority at an extraordinary the Military Bureau Intants to sand a com general meeting of the Company held on petent officer to the Prefecture to see that the December 30th, Mr. E. Bhawan presided, and work is thoroughly carried out. Speaking of there were also present Messrs H. P. White the Tans Chow Prefecture calls to mind that member of Consulting Committee), D. H. the Total of the place is in hot water owing to Young (Secretary), J. A. Young, A., G. Gordon, the fact that he has been denounced to the → Viceroy for ornelty and injustice, as socording EW. Torry and H. F. Campbell,

The SKoRETARY read the notion cenrening to those making the charge he has cut off the the meeting

dekaan honda of several persons without adequate reason, The CHAIRMAN proposed that the Articles Report says that a secret inquiry is being made of Association of the Company be altered as into the facts of the case. The native Fross

advertated.

Mr. E. P. WHITE neocnded, and the motion was carried unanimously

the OaThat is all the business,

gentlemen.

THE SHANGHAKNANKING

RAILWAY LOGO

reports the case of another oficer alleged to have been unfit for his post. The magistrate of Tenng Kong only held his position for three weeks, yet in that short time it is said thuc họ

emberled 7,000 taels of pukile money. He did not enjoy it, however, for he was taken sick and died in the Tamien. His successor reported the state of the fiusness to the Viceroy who has ordered the family of the deceased to refund the money

¿ID RE-INSTATE AN OFFICIALMA

The Uniomst gains were in South- West Manchester, Stalybridge, North Lambeth, Salisbury, Rochester, Burn-

HALF TRABLY; BUDGET. ley, Cambridge, Brixton, Penrhyn,

The Budget of this Hallway for the first m Gloucester, Wolverhampton West, months of this year, says the N. Of Daily New Wolverhampton South, Wednesbury,tol receipts, allowing for fluctuations in Thang an official named Chin Chi Ynen was During the regime of the former Vloeroy total earnings estimated at $990,000, or par Changman Anton 42,000, or 64,85 of

Sean 200ebdsprived of his post and degraded in rank. Now The Liberal gains were in North- things 02 the estimated receipt petition signed by moet of the prominent West Manchester, Darlington

and

MANIFESTO ON TARIF REFORM

LONDON, January 15th. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain have sued a joint Manifesto on Tariff Reform, in which it is declared

expenditure is set down at

the pro bal, 304,760, in to come from duncle provincií nfäciale has been presented to the ing trafio parnings, while $145,000 only are ant Vistroy making for the re-instatement Wallpated from the

Food

traffo. Both of the offer. The petitiomers state that the Alone Agures indicate slight rises on uzorious degraded man was falsely scoused. The Viceroy revenue. 544,000 the case of passenger traffic, owing 14 hoped, freddo that has stated that the matter is already being may be attacted by the Neaking Exhibition, condidered by the Feking Government and that and $29,400 in the case of the goods tranzo, view of the steady improvement shown in recent

martha. If expectations are resileed, the thief nooctant points out, and a normal quantity of tributo rios is the onerad for transport, the

mum of one million dolles. This should

publication. After that hour the supply devote cast for the Unionist candidate is 8 vota made by the United States in reference to the that there will be no increase in the total earnings for the hal-year may reach the

limited. Only supply for Cuad

Telegraphis "Address : Panas.

·Code : A.B.0, 5th Ed. Lieber.

P. O. Bom, 84 Telephone No. 13.

DEATH

On January 9th, 1910, at the Shanghai Hospital, VINCENT CARLISLE, late of the 19th Enstars, Chiness Imperial Maritime Customs (Amoy), son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel FRED HENDERSON.

HONGKONG OPpich: 106, Das Vœux BOLD C LONDON OFFION: 131, FLEET STREET. EC

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JANUARY 17TH, 1910.

ONE of the members

ara of the láté British Cabinet, less than a month very confidently predicting

Bgo,

in favour of Tarif Eeform, and incidentally in favour not only of the preservation but the consolidation of the Empire.

The German Mail of the 18th December was delivered in London on the 34th fast,

We read that a farther mpply at electric lamps has been ordered for use in the Palaces at

Peking

ar Katayame Japanes Conank it shi died suddenly from heart-failure on the 2nd inist

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys returned to the Colony on Saturday after a holiday at Home

The Annual Meeting of the Hongkong Christian Union will be held in the YMCA rooms, Alexander Buildings to-day (Monday).

The annual show of towers and retabler held under the auspices of the Hongkong Horticultural Society is advertised to take place on March 8th and 9th

The Government realises that the involves

eitustion, insam Interested in

there

debt involved, and the GovernI that, the present condition finances, she would not be able

Viceroy Chang himself has petitioned for the mim's re-instate Laving found that the evidence against lum was falso,,

PIRATES. Hon cost of living to the workers; that it mit in a further redaction in the percentage so intalarabia in the Lin Chow Prefecture, that Pirates are so numerous, and their outrages will reduce the present taxes on articles of working expenses to gross earnings, although the omicials of that port have petitioned the Lids shows slight decrease on the figure for the consumed by the working classes; similar period in 1999. It hardly requires to be Viceroy to send a ganhat thats without delay. will lessen unemployment and developing the sum helpstod from the goods Admiral La Chan has been very sotive in seein

out, however, that in the estimate of On the West River things are much better ecognises trade with the British dominious.

that the river in properly patrolled, consequence, pinoy has almost cosad, und

of two

Commenting on the decision to building the Hongk University, Daily News (ʼn Chinese newspaper printed ́ ́în English) oys We hope that whoever forin the Board agement, Chinono repr tion will be fully recognised. When we ust not be faksu to menu that

itual co-operation" "Lor Fation. The number will be naturally great. There foreigners to Joarn from Ulus Chinese to learn from foreigners. So that "close-co-operation is most essential for future

Bocess. Buch close co-operată demands the full recognition of Chi muniation on the Board

8 record "defeat for the Tories the General Election. The results of the borough elections in the United Kingdom on Saturday may have served to remind him of the old adage that it is never safe to prophecy unless you know."! Including, wo presume, the unopposed seats, the results in ninety-one constituencies are now known and these results, RECTE informs us, ahow that the Unionista have gained eighteen A notification in the Gazette states that the seate while the Liberals have gained only three. Mr. Baroux's statement at Glasgow last week that the tide was rising in favour of the Umonista is confirmed by these results, and the Times experts who predicted a Unionist, gain of 134, may possible nut be far out in their reckoning when the ballots are complete. What makes sent licences for new ones under the conditiona the result of Saturday's elections all the of the Liquor Licences Amendment more encouraging to the Unionists is that 1909.

Alterations in the seals of fees payable to: various schools in the Colony come inte föres affor Chinese New Year. An advertisement setting forth particulary will be found on Imperial Mariame

Government Civil Hospital and the Victor Hospital have beam recognised by the Midwires Board of England as training schools

for their certäneste.

Vincent

nbora the

Station on

when there was considerable dis wubject of fronder daimitation.

during

The holders of public house and najunob Hoences under the Liquor Lapenos Ordinance, - 1898, may, says a notification in the current a valuable vocabulary of tae Goseifs, 12, they so desire, exchange their pre-

gains were apparently least expected on

It is met often that the King's essent la re- by many, Saturday, for when the issue of the write fused to an Ordinance, but the Gazette sampan was postponed to January 10th, RETTEY that His Majesty the King has bươn informed us that the Unionista denounced the Secretary of State for the Colon the postponement as a trick in order to his power of disallowance, with renatot

enable the first pollings to take place on a Saturday, which will be favourable to the

inance to relieve the

of certain duties favoured

dimllowed sooordingly

nad šinsily fol

Le went en

dved

in dialect.

IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

is wholly out of proportion to the P penger krafie returns, which in normal cond tions, it should exmed. On the Shanghal Napking Rang.

Hittle more team 80oda- trails: amounts to river craft are sus to make their journey

percent of the

HERCTRIC LIGHT

passenger retural, sad, the sole res

reason for thi pesce The Admiral started a day or two ago ute of Main L abdland by the General to make a thorough tour of Inspection Manager in his introduction to the Budget to water ways of the West Hver LONDON, January 15th.

be the question of likit. If this diffenity could President Taft has sent a message the line within one year would pay more than be dealt with efisiently and properly, he adde,

Some time ago the director of the Electric to Congress proposing theexpenditure Its guaranteed interset. Already the “small

motion taken in this matter hins achieved Tight Company requested the Total of Police of a hundred million dollars on irrigarela, bab still more remains to be done to direct the officers in charge of tion and waterways.

The explanation given by Mr. A. W. U branch stations to persuade the Pope of this manner in which likia proses light their streets with electricity Man unfairly on the railway in that merchants wing

END OF A STRIKE AT SYDNEY

LORDON, January 15th.

The wharf labourers at Sydney have returned to work on the P. & O steamers

THE CHINESE COMMISSIONERS IN RUSSIA

LONDON, January 16th. The Chinese Naval Commissioners

the line have to pay the legitimate libiny by the

of the eastern and

sending their goods by the rival route, by water, suburbs have agreed to have this done

they pay only thirty per cent of the

figura, and contaquently trafic stilly boats again it a stated by the Gone Manager that the likin arrangemania in vogue in Chinking which have contribut to the

is

noement of the goods traffic are to be disca ned, becase there is no opportunity forlegitimate Equoeza » un goods making use of the railway.

- BARTHQUAKE AT SHANGHAI,

The N. C. Daily Weica of Monday lask

At 10,51 o'clock on Saturday night Shanghai underwent the unpleasant and, it may be added, men experience of Barongly perceptible earthquake. The shock was preceded by considerable rumbling, which ended it

nounced framar.

were welcomed at St. Petersburg by the Grand Duke Boris, and they were to and fro, doors accorded an audience by the Czar

rattled. ozowded

E. PEKING DALLI NEWB SERVICE.

MTALLIERES AND THE KAISERS

swaying

He emergency, doors

"albed.

The Company to lista everything in readiness to begin the installs Hous

a soda na possible.

CPL EARNINGS:

Duong the first three months of the last fiscal yeary July-Sept. 1909, the earnings of the Canadian Pasific Hallway C. amounted to Gold $22.890,192 153; the expensas wars Golll $14,014,- 374.81 and the Let ile Gold 38.875,817.77 These results show for these three months a net indrino in profits of Gold 81,977-788.04, 68 compared with the same period of the previous

The spor

Gold 4,000.00, BL for the two nding Nov.14th, 1909, Gold84.243,000,00 nst Gold $8,758,000.00 and Gold $3,364, ows 000,00 for the meme periods in 1908,

Hon

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