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The Rev. C. Bane in due in Hongkong again TELEGRAMS. on May 12th, and will resume charge of the Wesleyan Churali,

We are informed that booking for "Mios and Men" is proceeding very satisfactorily and large audiences are assured for all the performances.

At the British Mixed Court at Hankow a shroff, lately in the employ of Mesara, Melchors & Co., was sentenced to ons menth's imprison- ment for embezzling the sum of five hundred dollars from that firm.

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TOKYO, April 10th. The appeal by Mr. Robert Young, Editor of the Japan Chronicle, against the judgment in the Preston- Young libel case has been dismissed.

The action by Mr. Preston, Commissioner for Canada, against the proprietor of the "Tapan Chronicle was the drat in which damages for libel was awarded in Japan.]

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at present in force, a proposal was made by the Japanese Government to place the nationals of both countries on an equality in the matter of land-owning rights, but this proposal was withdrawn lator on the plea that the introduction into CO., Japan of cheep foreign capital would

An Indian cock, who was arrested by Datalo encourage small landowners, wiiom : the Government desired to increase, to part tire-Sergeant Grant on Friday, was brought with their holdings. From that time the up at the Magistracy on Saturday, and remanded subject has been untouched by the Governan charge of stealing goods to the value of

8644. ment, although continually discussed in the Press, more especially in connection with His Excellency the Governor has beer pleased the introduction of foreign capital. Econ- to accept, with effect from the 4th Instant, the omists held that the failure of Japan to resignation by Sobadar Major Abined Din, H.KS.B.B.GA, ofhis appointment as honorary attract foreign capital arose from the in-AD.C. to the Governor. Ability to offer a sound security, and that if foreigners were granted land-owning rights such security would be forthcoming in the land. The opposition to the proposal was on the side of the Government thus mainly authorities, and it may be interesting to P. S. Wills on Friday in a police pinnaca consider why that opposition has now been gave chase to a fishing junk, and when he came

LONDON, April Sth. withdrawn. Some statements of Coukranaith it found it to contain a quantity of cest KOMA, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which had been stolen. At the Magistracy next

A Hamburg wire states that a throw light on this question, and indicate day the owner was sent to prison fors mouth.

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We understand that the Customs stalls in the powerful than the "Invincible" was Treaties had a great deal to do with the various porta have now been officially informed launched to-day and christened change of front. The object of the Japau- that Mr. Aglen has been selected for the prat ese Government is, in fact, according to Court KOMUNA, to prevent any stipulations being made in the new Treaties regarding the foreign ownership of land, by revising the Japanese Law beforehand. The Japan-

of March shows that the average maximum tem- eso Government would thus appear to bareperature for that month was 67, the mean 63.3 chosen what it seemingly regards as the and the minimum 63.1 degrees. The rainfall leaser of two evils. It was certain that the was 580 of an inch, and there were 91.1 hoars question of the ownership of lad would be of sunshine. ruined in the new Treaties, and that the demand would be for equality of treatment in the matter. Such a demand could best be avoided by granting the right before hand, but granting it in a partial way, so as to surround it with safeguards. Another point influencing the Japanese Government in the matter was probably the perpetual: leases granted to foreigners in the former Foreign Settlements when the country was de l'Indo-Chine has been very considerably Lord Kitchener briefly thanked his first opened. Thess leases, which, by the over-subscribed. Those ented to preference hosts. terme under which they were granted, fureenbsoribed for 23,067 of theso, and regarding

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the Hongkong Observatory during the raonth

On the subject of dress for church in Singapore a correspondont writes to the Straite Times:-I always attend the Cathedral in white suit, at least on Sunday mornings, and se do many others. If I go to the evening service, don a suit of tweed, just as we all do when paying a duty call. It is not necessary, huf customary.

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The issss of 24,000 new shares of the Banque

the allotment of the balance the directors exempt from ordinary taration except decided that subscribers of 10 to 50 shares chall a so-called ground rent-really a mutat: receive one; enbscribers of 50 to 142, two elares; ed municipal tax-have long been Ewinile subsoribers of over 142 receive 12 per cent. thorn in the side of the Japanese of the amount of their subscription. Government, and presumably in granting.

to foreigners the right to own land it is hoped the porpetual leaseholders will be persuaded to convert their present tenure into one fee simple. From a statement made by COUNT Komus, apparently some negotiations are in progress to this ond, but it remains to be seen whether the leaseholders will feel inclined to exchange their present perfectly secure tenure for the rather satisfactory tenure provided in the new Law. Another point influencing the Japanese Government was the question arising out of the ownership of land by Japanese in the United States. As long as Japan denied foreigners the right to own

The report of the Union Church for 1909-19 states that the debit balance of $756.60 of last year has been converted into a credit balance of 280.08. Reference is made to the loss com. aloned by the departare of Dr. J. C. Thomson, Mezera. J. Dyer Ball, W. Wilson, R. Mitchell, and J. M. Bamssy, and to the insertion of a mural tabled in the northern wall of the charch to commemorate the long and faithful connection”, with the church of the late Mr. and Mr. D. B. Crawford.

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Eeturns of thearerage amounts of bank notes

circulation and of specis in reserve in Hong kong, during the month ended 3 ist March, 1910, s certified by the managers of the respective

banks, are as follows:-

No any ouily signed communications that tes already appeared in other papers will be Orders for extra copies of DAILY PERE should be sent before 11 am. on day of publication. After that hour the supply island in Japan it was felt that land-owning Chartered Bank of India,

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The Daily Press:

HONGKONG, AFGIL 11T, 1910.

THE Japanese Diet has passed a Bill in troduced by the Government relating to the ownership of land in Japan by foreigners. Under the provisions of this measure foreigners are permitted to own land any where in the Japanese Empire except the Hokkaido, Formosa, Sagbalien and certain listricts vaguely referred to as "necessary

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rights in America were insecure, and as the Australia and China, 3,321,495 4,000,000 United States is the only foreign country

Hongkong and Shanghai-

Banking Corporation, 12,467,791 13,000,000 where Japanese own any considerable National Bank of China,

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42,190 ML. quantity of land it was thought necessary to

16,331,476 17,000,000 make some concession in the matter. With regard to the effect the Law will have on

The order of the services on the occasion of foreign enterprise in Japan, it may be the Golden Jubilee of the Italian Convent is as confidently stated that such effect will be follows: 1, on April 9th, 10th and 11th, practically nil. The provision requiring Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will take maintenance of a residence or lodging in Japan will effectually prevent the introduc. tion of cheap foreign capital on the security of land, more especially as the parts where foreign capital are most required and would yield the largest return the Hokkaido, Saghalien and Formussare excluded from the measure. Furthermore the perpetual leaseholders, as already stated, are not

RAJAH OF SARAWAK.

LONDON, April 8th. The Rajah of Sarawak (Sir Charles Brooke) has left for Sarawak.

LORD KITCHENER IN AMERICA.

LONDON, April 9th. Lord Kitchener was entertained to a The banquet at San Francisco. Governor of California said their guest the greatest general of the greatest army in the world,

TREASURY BILLS,

LONDON, April 9th.

A further issue of four millions three months Treasury Bills raises the total outstanding to £35,200,000, which is unprecedented in time of peace.

COAL TRADE DISPUTE SETTLED.

LONDON, April 9th. The South Wales coalowners and

KULANGSU (AMOY) MUNICIPALS COUNCIL..

Minutes of a meeting of the Council, held at the Board Boom, on the 22nd March, 1910.

Proseat Masaga: W. H. Wallace (Chair man), J. 9. Fenwick, W. Kruse, C. Lee, Lim Nee Kar, J. Honcarini, K. Tandzarabara, and C. Berkeley Mitchell (Soorotary),

THE IRREPRESSIBLE DHOBIE.

HIA TORTUOUS WAYS,

Mra Stone, who prosecuted her dhobl in the Calcutta Police Court recently, is says the and it is to be hoped that the exemplary Empire, to be congratulated on her publio spirit, sentence inflicted on him by Mr. Koay, the Magistrate, will have the effect of indusing dhobies generally to ponder over the iniquity In Mrs. Stono's case, the of their ways. washerman simply sold the goods entrusted to him for closasing purposes, and pocketed 2. A letter is road from Mr. M. B. Nilson the proceeds, but it is notorious that the artfal dhobi has many other little ways of turning a concerning the qualification of voters, and re-

dishonest penny.

1. The minutes of the last mesting are rend

and confirmed.

questing the Council to refer kis partionlar asse to the Diplomatie Corps at Faking. The during the cold wasther) of Secretary is dieseted to inform Mr. Milan that "chapkan

the Council regret that they cannot comply with his request, as they are of opinion that the question has been definitely settled by the despatch from the Diplomaatio Corps at Peking, a copy of which was recently published in the Amoy Gazetto.

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For instance, we heard the other day (it was dhobi, whose came undone at the breast, und to the searching gazs of the man sahib

finest and most costly material. The question who was checking lls washing a banian of the arose whether he was, at all likely to have invested two months' proft in the purchase of ruch a garment, and the lady having debated it and resolve it in che negativo, promptly taxed the dhobi with unlawful possession. He was too startled to deny the impeachment, and it then appeared that the banian was the property of a well-to-do baalelor who had more of those things than he could wear at least so the dhobi said. But this confession did not save him from & 4. Mr. Kruge desired to express his thanks severo reprimand, and before he left the house to the Connell for the prompt and successful he became the unwilling possessor of three leaflets issued by the Religious Tract Society manner in which the Capt. Supt. and the Police all bearing apon the lurid future of dhobies who recovered a large quantity of property stolen broke the eighth and texth commandmente, from his house that morning, and arrested one respectively. The lady hopes that she has con of the thieves. On the motion of Mr. Wallace, verted and so do wel the Secretary is directed to enter Mr. Krase's appreciation on the minutes.

3. A letter is read from the Americas Consul, together with the Secretary's reply to same, concerning certain scribbling on the walls of compounds, &c., on the Ieland,

The favourite dodge of dhabies, at aaurse, is to hire out the newest and glossiest shirts en- trusted to them by owners in Elysium Bow, 5. The Capt, Supt. of Police reports that the for the benefit of the Lotharing of. Bow Bazar. following asos have been dealt with at the Mixed These, says the Empire, garments doubtless Court since the last meeting-Summonses which they were never intended. It isn't a nios figure at mang dances and evening partios for Magally selling land, 2; Debt, 3; Throwing subject, and we won't purras it. Another trick rabbish, &c., into the public drains, 3; Gambling, is to hire arpensive white dresses to fashionable 2; Failing to carry out an order of the Court, beauties of Murghihatta or other exclusive residential quarters, and these ladies employ 2; Allowing pigs and cattle to stay, their durais to copy from them. For ways that Summary Acrests-Assalt, Z; Gambling. 4; are dark and words that are vain Ah Sin was a Breach of the Opinn Regulations, 3; Being plaster saint compared to many an innocent found on enclosed premises, 1; Trespassing, 1; looking dhobi or durzy in this City of Palaeos.

Thoft, 3.

SIR HORMUSJEE MODY.

A BOMBAY APPRECIATION.

Information has basu received in Bombay that the honour of knighthood has been con-

farted on Mr. H. N. Mody, the Hongkong philanthropist and partner of Sir Paul Chater It is a somewhat unusual time of the year, but this is easily explained by the meetings which are being held in England this month for the purpose of promoting a University for Chinus Sir Harmusjee Mody has already contributed very handsome sums towards the Chius [Hong kong] University, having given the buildings which were needed, and his name is known in Hongkong in connection with many other generous gifts. It is only a few weeks since we recorded the unveiling of a status which he had given to the Colony, so making it the only place to have a statue of the Princess of Wales, Sir H. N. Mody went to Hongkong from Cal. calte, but has close ties with Bombay, where most of his family reside. It is only recently that he suffered the loss of his eldest son, Mr. Merwanji H. Mody, of Camballa Hill. Bombay

Clarette.

THE SANITARY BOARD.

MR. KIPLING'S "STRICKLAND?

·RETIRES.

We (Times of Ceylon)`ses from the Indica papers that Mr. J. P. Warburton has retired from his post as Inspector-General of Police in Patiala State, Mr. Warburton was the man from whom Rudyard Kipling took his character Strickland, and, although the likeness did not

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in some respects please Mr. Warburton's admirers, there is no doubt that some of his accomplishments in the detection of crime had a distant touch of the bizarre and the best known man in the Panjab, whore for romantic about them. "Balbatton Schib" was years he was the servant of the Government, and as the hood of the railway police was connected.

à many causes celebres in the land of five rivers. with Mr. Warburton's service with Government had been extended over and over again, but, when he finally retired ten years ago at the age of sixty the Patiala Durbar seized upon the opportunity and he went there in supreme charge of the affianoy. When he retired from Government. police, and has done a great deal to increase its service in 1900 fazowell addresses from Hinds and Mahomedan communities in various districts of the province bow sloinent testimony to his Even popularity with all classes of the people." among the children, said one of these addresses, only in every city and town in the Punjab, butin every village and hamlet, the beloved name Warburton has became a household word and

long may it remain suck." "The famous. Rupaly Murder case," said another, which you unearthed after an investigation of two years, is a theme for the ballads of the Jain of this district." The last great case of his life was Colonel Bedford, pursuant to notios, will sak at the famous Patiala sadition case, the true history of which, the Pioneer says, has still to be

that he should have gone out of the play in a less equivocal manner,

men have signed a new agreement the meeting of the Sanitary Board on Tuesday-written; and his friends, would have preferred.

settling their differences.

JAPANESE ROYALTY IN RUSSIA.

LONDON April 9th. Prince and Princess Pushimi have arrived at St. Petersburg on a visit to the Russian Court,

Whether any steps have yet boon taken to resums the paddy fields on the road leading up to Devil's Peak Barracks, as recommended by the committee appointed by the Board on 9th of November Inst?"

"Can it be stated when the new laughter. house for Shaakiwan will be provided?"

Whether any of the Sanitary Inspectors mentioned in paragraphs 19 of the Public Health Ordinance are specially detailed to search for the brooding places of mosquitoes in the vicinity of inhabited dwellings or pablic roads ? "

A MONKEY HERO.

A correspondent of the Madras Halt tells a

THE "THUNDERER. The battleship, which is to be built by the Thames Ironworks at Blackwall is to recive the name Thunderer. A vassal of this name Glorious First of June, and it has a special was represauted at Trafalgas and also in the

interest for the river of the Metropolis because the last Thunderer was engined by Messrs. Maudslay, Bons, & Field of Greenwich, and because the ship was for many years port guardship at Sheerness. The details of the new ship have, of course, no, been officially announced, but accepting the figures which have been published as substantially correcti we get an interesting summary of the pro- delightful monkey story. While travelling from

gress which aaval shipbuilding has made in the last thirty years. The previous Thunderer, Bila to Umballa the writer stayed at the Solon which was launched at Pembroke, in 1872, wor Best House, and not there a railway official of 9,330 tons-little more than one-third of named Higgins, who made the Fak Bungalow his temporary headquarters. Higgins had a new ship, that is, assuming she will have

displacement of 26,000 tons. The speed of the pet monkey called Baloo, which took a great old vessel was 13,5 knots, with engines of 5,600- fancy to a friend who was travelling with him named Martin. Martin had great humming powers, which the monkey seemed to appreciate have angines of 45,000-horse power and a She would sit on his lap while he hummed, poot of 22 knots The old Thunderer, which

was described bya placing one hand on each side of his face and

ya contemporary Committee on the first clas

ship of the immediate looking into his eyes with a most comical Designs as reprepresenting in its broad features

fighting "Bed time arrived, " expression.

proceeds the narrator of the story, and Martin and I future," was armed originally with four 12-inch tions to-day. These are the first of the light burning. I soon dropped off to sleep, bem, giving a broadelde fire of 2,00015. If the

OBITUARY.

LONDON, April 9th. Lieutenant T. James, late manager place at 5.30 pm. each day; 2, on the Jubilee in Europe of the Nippon Yusen day, April 12th, three Masses will be celebrated Kaisha, is dead.

Low Mass at 6 am by the Rev. Fr. Andres Leong, Low Maas and General Communka at

7 a.m. by his Lordship the Right Rev. Monsignor 1. Pozzoni, and Soleton High Mass at 9.30 am. sung by the Very Bor. Fr. P. de Maris, with the Pontifical Assistance of his Lordship the Bishop. The Convent cheir, consisting of 70 children, will render the chara! by Benediction will take place immediately after and present pupils of the Convent on the same day, commanding at 4.30 pm, at which his Excellener Sir Frederick Lugard has kindly consented to preside..

THE GERMAN FRANCHISE.

GER DEMONSTRATIONS ALLOWED."

LONDON, April 9th.

The Prefect of Police in Berlin has

tha

horse power. The new on, sccording to report,

for national defence," which are to be defined likely to relinquish their present tenuro for Part of the service. The Te Deum" followed sanctioned three open-sir demonstra-hared a room. We left the window open and ghe, but 10inch were later substitated for by an Imperial Ordinance. The right is, one which requires residence in Japan to Mass. An entertainment will be giren ly past the kind over held in. Berlin, and the but after some time I was roused by the sound new ship has a fall broadside of ten 13.5-inc

however, restricted to those foreigners who secure continuity, or a forced sale within maintain a household or lodging in Japan five years from the time of their quitting the or foreiga juridical persons registered in country. A few foreigners holding land in Japan, and the foreigners must be nationals the names of Japanese may take advantage of count as where similar rights are granted. of the Law to make their holding more Foreigners who loss their right to hold land secure, and that is all. The concession is," are to be allowed one year in which to in fact, one in name and name only. Its transfer it, or five years if their incapacity morit lios in the fact that it is an advance arises from ceasing to maintain a household in the direction of complete reciprocity in or lodging in Japan. It will thus be seen the matter of land-owning rights, but it that the Law does not exactly place would be incorrect to confuse it with such foreignors on equality with Japanese in reciprocity iteslf, regard to land-owning rights und cannot thus be compared with similar messures in other countries. At the same time it must be admitted that it is a step in advance, as indicating that the timidity and mistrust with which Japan formerly regarded all foreigners coming to her shores are now being dissipated under the light of experience. The question of granting to oreigners the right to own land in an old subject of discussion in Japan. In the original draft of the Anglo-Japanese treaty

After a prolonged drenght the rain of yester day was most welcome,

ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN OPTU,

Chief Excise Oficer Hoggarth prosecuted two Chinese before Mr. E. R. Ballifax at the Magistrasy on Saturday for breaches of the Oplum Ordinance,

Conservative newspapers are wrathful and express the belief that the Prefect acted on a hint from a high quarter.

ANOTHER DREadnought.

LONDON, April 9th. The ninth Dreadnought battleship, Colossus,was launched at Greenock,

On her weight of metal would be 125001, ar 8,500lb. if tan 12-inch were mounted. As the trials of the 13.5-inch gun have not yet bee completed, it is quite possible that the Thun

of humming coming from Martin's corner. met my ore which made me pause There, near attempting to throw a slipper at him an object the bed, stood the light, burning dimly as we laft

it, and on Martin chest, its head raised and derer will carry the 12-inch weapon. The orew of the old ship numbered 410; that for the new will be about 850. Freeboard will have in

swaying from side to side with its hood expanded, large cobra. It had evidently crawled

lay

into his bed for warmth and aroused him, and creased from 11 feet to about 27.

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CHANCELLOR TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

he knowing that snakes are influenced by certain kinds of music, had, with extraordinary presence of mind, thought of this expedient to keep

c, laumming a low plaintive tane, a weird air resolution introduced on behalf of the Social from attacking him. There he lay unable to

The Belohating on March 15th adopted a

in the major key, while the snake kept time to it. Democrats demanding the presentation of a and I lay there fascinated.

One man, who was arrested in Upper Losoramid great enthusiasm and in the A stranger spectacle it would be hard to conosive, Bill providing!--

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to

Row, was charged with selling prepared opium

"How long I sat like this, not daring to presence of

a crowd numbering move for four of disturbing the reptile, I cannot without a licence. It was the Farmer'sopiam

say, but at last the suspense came to an oud but put up in different pot, and it wasprovod | 200,000.

A small figure jumped on to the window sill HMS. Minotaur left on Saturday for target that the defendant had allowed it to be smoked.

Baloo attracted by the humming, had come THE SHAUKIWAN MURDER.

listen. She paused a moment, peeping into the on his promises. AT

the sound came. She who from which t MOTNOT practice at Mics Bay,

His Worship imposed a fine of 50, the The woman who was found murdered in's and behind the snake, so that the latter could not

lah at Alankiwan has at last been identified. She see her. The little creature seemed to alternative being one month's imprisonment.

take Another defendant was charged with selling in mid to have been the paramour of a man living in the situation instinctively, and with two opium dross, and keeping s. divan at 8 Tangat West Point, and this man has just satacast ost-like bounds and a guitars, moet sie hat Street, which was formerly a licensed adablish to the Colony from Canton, and has identified grasped the cobra from behind, close to the beat, mont. The excise officers found thirty thiness the photo taken by the police. From his stato smoking on the premises, and two of these admitted that they had paid ton cents appce for the use of a bed, a pipe and a lamp,

His Worship imposed a fine of 350 each charge, or two months' imprisonment.

Mr. A. E. Wood has hoon sppointed an official Justies of the Pesos for the Colony.

Boron Road, opposite the filter bods, has bean declared a stand for public chairs.

At the Magistracy on Saturday the owner of af bing junk was fiusa one dollar for using his junk to carry passengers.

ment it is assumed that robbery was, after all, the motive of the murderer fox, while jowls were left on the body after the crime had been committed, the man from Canton has discovered that 3500 worth of jewellery and $400 in a

has been taken from his residence.

That the Imperial Chancellor should be

tion of office P

responsible to the Reichstag for his administra

That this responsibility should extend to all political ants and omissions of the Emperor; and

That the Chancellor's responsibility should ba, regulated by a Stata tribunal.

Hare Ledebour, in his speech intendoring the resolution, reminded the House that the

akrmy Novumber days of 1908 during the egotiations on the subject wers begun in the agitations caused by the famous interview with the Kaiser. Unfortunately no settlement hel

been reached, and the matter had been allowed.

They must therefore now seize the oppor

and make rolled over on the floor. The drop." did not last long. The cobra, weakened by repeated bites, and unable to get at Baloo, relax edits coils and soon lay on the floor dead, while Baloo slipped on to the bed where Martin lay and perched itself on his pillow and thus ended what might have been a dreadful tragedy."

tanity not only to propel the Reichstag forward, but to awaken public attention to the importance of this constitutional development. Herr Ledo- tour added The power of sutocratia decision must be taken from the Monarch's hand.