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For the past ten days the Hongkong Volantear smart work accomplished during tha, lust few Corps has been under oaayan, on the same. days.

ground as they occupied last your in the New Mrs. E. M. Hureland, residing at. 2, Park Territory. The first three days of camp were Viaw, did not discover until Saturday that a devoted & › the training of ofleers and specialists. silver kattle, valued at $60, and a silver milk. That all members of the Corps manifested the jog, valued at $20, had been stolen some two greatest enthusiasm, was well evidenced in the days before. She promptly informed the police, sxcellent practice made by the various gut and was agreeably surprised to find that the detachments. Wednesday was the day set zuids articles had boou recorored and that the thieves for the first gan practice, when 24 ronads wore had been arrested"

fred by the howitzer battery, and although the

ngagencies without agreement with. China. the Colony can, at the present time, entirely TELEGRAMS. The police are entitied to profit for some A semi-official nowspaper published in support itself without recoured to sources of Poking, discusses again the historical, revenue which are morally indefensible. social, political and legal aspects" of the The local authorities doubtless fully appro Portuguese possessions at Macao in order to clate the advisability of keeping the Colony in line with the progress of coral develop. advance reasons why Macaoshoald be return- ed to China by the Fortuguese Government. monts in the neighbouring province of So far as the historical and legal aspects of China,and the gift of autonomy may be ex- administration of the Colony, and load the case go, Portugal has the clearest title to pestod to have a tone effect upon the invalid hold the peninsula of Macao and its depon to improvements which will bring back to dencies, because China by the Treaty of 1887 the old port some of its pristine glory. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS confirmed the perpetual occupation of the

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torritory by Portugal. Only in case Portugal desires to part with the Colony have the Chinese any right to ask for its retrocession to China. It is irrelevant to the question

The return of communicable disease in the Colmay last wook was a blank..

Wireless telegraph apparatus has been install.

LONDON, November 14th. A Teheran telegram states that it has been decided to appoint Nizame Sultaneh, ex-Governor of Kermanshab, as Governor of Fars.

It is intended to employ his tribal in attempting to pawn the articles with the Sargonuts Cartaan and Moore for the state of road result that he was arrested, and his captare efficiency to which they had brought the men led to the arrest of two others, all Portuguese previous to going to camp. We learn that youths.

Equally satisfactory is the report concerning weather conditions were very mach against both the robbery from the residence of Mrs, Wheolor, the batary commander and the gna crews, Sunnysids, Meodonaell Re d. She bad stolen good praction was mado, as was quite apparent from the house a silver band mirror, a silver from the way the ground was plongbed up in the backed hair brust and other articles, the total vicinity of the targets. The mountain battery value of which was 850, The thief lost no time also did good work, and great credit is due to

how to say, as the semi-official journal does, by the Korean customs authorities on Sochong followers in the locality as

that as thore are now to many ports in China set aside for the purpose of interna- tional trade, the original object of the lease of Macao to the Portuguese is no longer in eraistence." Our contemporary, however, admits, as it must do, the fact that the Treaty of 1887 "ralfirmed to lease." What is more, it confirmed we have just observed in Portugal as the perpetual occupation sud govern nont of Macao and its dependencies."> Portugal's legal tits to the territory cannot therefore be questioned. The next. point, considered is the social, atmosphere of

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At the Magistracy Fosterdays Chinese was und 355 for being in possession of a revolver and 100 rounds of ammunition which ho bad conosaled in a baskot containing fish

We learn from the native Press that "the

Kuangtung province in at prasant minting copper coins of fire and two cents in order to relieve the stringent money market." the copper coinage is quoted at a discount of about 20 per cent.!

Yet,

The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museam for the wok ending the 13th Nosumber shows that of non-Chines there worn 377 to the Library and 200 to the Museums,

and of Chinese 165 to the former and 2,370 to

the latter. The Library was, therefore, used by 542 persons and the Museum by 2,570

Nowe has reached Fooohor of the death at Home of Mr. M. W. Greig, for many years the senior partner in the firm bearing his name. brother to Mr. Ronald Greig of Foochow and father to Mr. George L. Greig. Mr. Greig came to China originally in 1861 and only overed his connection with the firm some few years since.

Mr. Schwerin, Vice-President of the Pacifo Mail Steamship Company, gave a banquet before his departars from Manila last week. It was attendol by the Governor-Genstul," many high government ofloials, and some of the members of the Pacific const commercial deloga- tion. Speeches were made by Mr. Schwerin, the Governor-General, and the Hon. Manusi Quezon. Mr. Bohwerin expressed himself as being agreeably surprised at the progress shown in the Philippines by the American Edministra- tium,“

Mr. Harold E. Young, city electrician of Manila, met with an naaldent last wook which nearly cost him his life. While turning the corner withdis automobile at Cales Arcocozos

guards.

A Special Committee has recom- mended the dispatch to Fars of two European Officers:

UNFORTUNATE PARIS.

CITY AGAIN FLOODED.

these nou-commissioned officers are to bo trans- ferred to Singapore early next year, and it is hoped that the gna companion will be as fortunate in obtaining the sarriers of a good instructors as they have had for the past two

yours.

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JOHN GRANT AGAIN. The District Officer at Taipo has reported to the police that John Grant has crossed the border into Chinese territory and has seon Mr. The Infantry and Engineer companies were K. Roberts, engineer, on the Chinese Tection of kept equally as busy as their comrades on the the Kowloon-Canton Railway, with whom gaus the former on outpost and observation he stayed two or three days us. Mr. Donald F. duties, and the latter receiving instruction in Smith, executivo engineer of the Siamese Rail the laying of hold telephose+. After sanset LONDON, November 14th.

On learning that Mr. Roberts would they marched to Belcher's fort and The river Seine is rising and re-shortly be leaving his present position, Grant instructed in the working of the searchlights. from £540 to £1,00) a year, and on that under flooding Paris. Engineers are en.said that he would get him a position worth gaged heightening the riverside quays,

The electric light failed in several quarters of the city last night owing

station. power to the flooding of the

LATER.' The rise of the Seine has apparently ceased.

GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.

LONDON, November 14th. The German Crown Prince has arrived at Aden.

ways.

standing Mr. Roberts gave him private sepies of his testimonials signed in ink which, he is afraid, might be used by Grout.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

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Saturday was a regal fld-duy for all units, and H. E. Sir Frederick Lugard, along with

Colauet Chismaior, tiers on the ground and witnessed the splendid praction male by the bowitzer and mountain batteries. Very little was left of the targets after the first few rous.da wore fired. Captain Mowbray Northcote was battery commander for the first series of 19 rounds, and Lieutenant Androw estaraunded the battery for the second series. The results attest the efficiency of thes officers in range- finding. It was said in camp the following day by a well-known staff sergeant that had it been actual warfare" the enemy would have bad a rough time."

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Saturday night was devoted to a uigh, attack - on the camp by the Scouts Company under Captain C. H. Ross. The sohome was that the Scout, should land at Junk Bay and endeavour to capturo the camp from the notonly.

the place, and on this our contemporary, quito justly, remarks that "Macao may be termed the worst managed foreign settle mont in the Far East. The vast number of gambling shops, immoral houses and

An Indian youth named Cassim Gofor Marku the opium dens that are, we understand, at

appeared before E. R. Hallifax present licoused by the Macao government

Magistracy yesterday charged with disorderly behaviour at the Happy Valley on Saturday, and operated to the ruin of the financial

The evidence of Mr. Wilkinson, the caretaker, and moral well-being of the community

was that during the progress of a football game there, are not what would constitute good examples of western civilization."

he came upon defendant inside the rope and asked him to go back. The latter refused, used bad It complains, moreover, of Macao being the

language and challenged complainant to fight hiding place of all sorts of malefactors, and

This statement was confirmed by a soldier, also of the smuggling of fire arms and

who added that defendant tried to trip the ** (ABLANEWS. [FROM THE MANILA

caretaker with the rope, trying to got it Active operations were to commence after ammunition into the interior of China which

midnight. At 9 p.m. the whale Volunteer between his legs and throw him,

02 the parado ground is said to be practised there. Though, we

THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS.

Defendant avorrod that while be was standing Corpa paraded

marobed of uador their own believe, the Chinese Government has from

WASHINGTON, Nov 9th. entside the ropa complainant came along and and were time to time complainol to the Macao

The election returns to date show the strak bim twice on the knee with his stick, at officem, who took up commanding positions the direction from which the enemy Government of this alleged smuggling of

The Senate will the same time telling defendant to "get out." in

Some of the outposts were in House Democratic by 45. fire arms, we are not aware that way com

probably be Republicar by a small margin. Defendant said, "Will you please stop knocking was to cozis, plaint has officially been made in regard to

Speaker Cantion, Congressman McKinley," adding that if he did not he should deprive blockhouses, others on ridges, but the defend- the other matters, though it is represented by our feking contemporary that the mis-

of Illinois, Victor Mardock, Kaasas Insur bim of his stick. Complainant went away and ing was complete. The night was exceptionally attackers. About 3 sim. the rst indication of to No. 2 Police Station, government of Macao, owing to ite prox-

goat, and Nicholas Longworth are re-elected. returned with two soldiers, who took defendant dark, which gave any advantage there was to the

In Western States, whore the progressives

Complainant was recalled and questioned by the advancing enemy was the rolling of stones essed by the Scents falling over thom, thus A.S. WATSON & CO., imity to the provincial capital of Kwang-

controlled the party, the Republican ticket his Worship. tung "offers great hindrance to the reform and Cocoon, nearly opposite the Y. M. C. A

How were you driving these people back patting the defenders on the qui vive. The defenders reserved their fire till the Scouts were With a stick. movement and constitutes a menace to the building machine came in contact with a

heavy truck and Mr. Young was thrown heavily ran strong. In the east, where the regulars

With a stick 7-Yes, but not touching them. I almost on the top of them. Many of the Scouts internal peace of that part of the Chinese to the ground. He was picked up conscious and controlled, the party made a weak fight.

"Senator La Follette has broken his own

were captured, some gave in willingly, Empire." Unformtunately for the force of taken to the division hospital, where an examina.

The State of Wisconsin is Re. That's against the law.

not. While the attack You never touched anybody to your know. others did

of the lientoasnt at its height, a ledge P-No. this agreement the moral atmosphere of tion was made of his condition. It was found

Later returns from Pennsylvania cut

Scouts along with a few of his company Correspondents must forward their names and Canton is scarcely at present ono whit purar that while his wounds were sorore, especially publican by 50,000.

Still it has to about the heat and shoulders, they were not

No. 2 Company, who remained perfectly quiet aktrasts with communications addreased to the than that of Macao. Editor, not for publication but as evidence of be recognised that since the inaugura. series. Mr. Young was later taken to his home,

stumbled on a large entpost comprised of

till the Soonts were about 30 yards off, when good faith.

they were challenged for the countersiga by All letters for publication should be written on tion of the Provincial Council, organised and it is thought he will be able to be aluat

condemned gam- public opinion has * side of paper only.

the captain of No. 2 Company, The reply right ordered to fire, which they did being unsatisfactory, the defenders shoot at Stonecutters on Saturday last, the

willingly. The liontonant, however, per- Dookyard winning by two pointe,

sisted in believing he was yet alive, and deman- Toams were of thn aside, best oight to count. ded that the captain of the defenders should allow Sights, under Binley rules, and it is due to Minotaur to mention that they declined to accept the handicap offered by the Dockyard for the aportare sights and by the latter.

The teams will meet again shortly in the Rifle League Competition, in which open sights are compulsory at present. The scores are as under-

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bling monopolies, and these are short ly to be abandoned, the evil suppressed presumably, just as the optum divans have been suppressed, and every effort made to ex terminate the habit of opium smoking. Our Peking contemporary is clearly of opinion that there is no hope of Macao, following this "Portugal," it says, "is good example.

again in the course of a few days.

Shanghai papira record the death, which occurred at the Shanghai General Hospital, of Mr. C. F. Greenwood, s poper membor of the American community. Mr. Greenwood returned recently from a business trip in the north of Chien, and immediately on his return. was taken to the General Hospital, where he was operated on for appendicitis, but the digasss was in such an advanced stage that little hope The deceased wise hold out for his recovery.

record.

down Tenor's load. It now looks as though his majority any not exceed 25,000

The Democrats claim Indian, though the returns show the State still in the doubtful column.

Caleb Powers is the only Republican elected in Kentucky.

Captain Hooper, Republican, is elected

Dix carries Roosarolt's home town by a governor of Tenucasse,

majority of 40.

Johnson, Progressivo Republican, leads

On the 14th November, 1910, at the Matilda Poor at Home, and is weak in her Navy arrived here from America in the latter part of in California

Hospital, The Teak, Hongkong, at 10.45 a.m., and Army. Quite the opposite conditions the 'bineties to join the firm of Laze, Crawford EDUARDO ROS-Funer will take place this in the mother country, however, are necos & Co. Ltd., and on learing that employment morning at 9 am, starting from the Roman

He was one of the original Catrol Cathedral. Friends are cordially in-sary in order to do justice to herself some years ago, started in business for himself

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as a colonizing power, and to main as a tailor.. vited to attend.

tain peace and order in the colonies, members of the American Company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, and remained a Moreover, Macao, es a commercial mari, ia member of this unit an.il the time of his death. entirely eclipsed by Hongkong and other He leaves a widow and two children to mourn ports in its neighborhood, and, as a self- his loss. supporting colony, it has no sufficient

On October 13, at Woking, England, LAURA, the wifs of J. W. HODGs, late of Seoul, LONGKONG OFFER: 10A, DES VEUT ROAD O LONDON OFFICS, 131, FLEXT STREET. EC

The Daily

Edward Birch, an noemployed engineer, was

Dress. legitimate income to relieve the heary brought before Mr. E. E. Halifax at the

HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 15TH, 1910.

clook was bis. The evidence of the complainant,

a Frenchman, was that defendant sold him the

Later returns show Congressman Payne defeated by Wuburn by a majority of 417.

The returns are coming in very slowly,

President Taft refuses to discuss results. particularly in the west.

FIFTY MILITARY AIRSHIPS FOR AMERICA.

clock for two dollars. Complainant paid a doi-THE NEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINES,

MN. BOHWERIN ADVOCATES. LIMITED CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

His Worship hoard evidence for the defence, but decided to cenrict and ordered defendant to

pay a fine of $10.

RIFLE SHOOTING. After tvo postponements teams from H.M.S. Minotata and H. M. Dockyard met in a friendly

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him to pass, which order, naturally, was as quickly refused. By this time it was apparent that noither of the commanders was in the best

of hamour, and a sonfile is said to have ensued

between the two oficers. The captured Scants gare in willingly, but the officer in charge insisted on being allowed to pass, and, ultimate- ly, through the courtesy of the captain of No. 2 Company, he was allowed to pass on. His trials were not ovor, however, for a few yards further along the path he was aquin challenged by two contries of No 2 Company. Again an us. satisfactory reply was received, and much to his disgust he found two rifles levelled against him. He, however, proceeded on his way, and a second The lator had two more ballets in him. verdict of the Umpires was that the attack on the Camp had failed, with the exception of one point, where one offer and three men were captured.

Only one accident was reported during the whole of the proceedings. One man of the Scouts. Company slipped from a ledge of rook and injured both ankles severely. He was Like carried back to sampon Buu day morning by raambers of No. 2 Company, where his. Injuries were attended to. Campwas strack on Sunday afternoon and offiours and men returned to Hongkong by launchies from the Customs Jetty. WEATHER REPORT,

WASHINGTON, Nor, 8th. Secretary of War Dickinson reports that financial burden of the mother country. Magistracy yesterday charged with the theft the War Department has purchased a fleet The government in Macao has to resort to of a small clock, the property of Mauricef fifty aeroplanes for use by the Army, the licensing of acts otherwise illegal in Deschamps, from the Seamen's Institute. The machines will be employed in experi- The possibility of the disposal of Mucao order to obtain the heavy fees thus exacted. Asked to plead, defendant declared that the ments and in training corps of aoroplanists. by the Government at Lisbon is still being And, as we have remarked in our last discussed by the Chinese Press. notwith- article, the Chinese community in that standing that the Government of the new colony have a strong desire to sec Chinese lar before he took it away, mid fifty cents on Ropublic has given a doclsive reply to the sovereignty re-established, and it would be behalf of defendant for a meal which he had in

"One thing which these islands need," said suggestions in the German press for

better for the peace and well-being of the the Instituto, and afterwards gave him the other partitioning of the Portuguese Colonies neighborhood if it were so. Taking all fifty cents. A day or two ngo defendant asked Mr. Schwerin, vice-president of the Pacific between Great Britain and Germany. On these phases of the political conditions of him for the loan of fifty cents to pay for a Mail S. B. Company, talking to a representative he had got a job. Complainant wont to get the Manchuria, is a United Chinese immigration

After a stay of nearly three weeks Harinston's October 20th the Minister of Foreign Macao into consideration, it would be wise sampau to take him to the 80 mp re, on which of the "ableznice just prior to leaving ou the Chinere in without proper restrictions. From the islands, Affairs at Lisbon telegraphed to a London were the Portuguese Government to see money and on returning found that defendant law. Of course, it would not do to lot the

had gone, taking with him the look. Defen what I have seen and beard about paper that the Republican Government has its way to recade the colony to China."

Iling-block to material progress here,

solve it, attendances whose approciation is made no intention whatever of alienating the least The article studiously igores the declaration dant was traced to the Bailor's Home, where it the labour problem seems to bo the great stum Cirous is still un attruction, and the excellent part of the Portuguese colonial possessions made by the new Government at Portugal took a policeman five minutes to take him up, Chinese immigration law wont and a performances giron nightly continue to draw which it regards as an integral part of the that the Colonies are to become autonomicus, and then he rose laughing, kicked complainant Under propar restrictions such a law would abundantly clear. Last night's performance

would stimulate him to well. directed and ante country. Nothing could be more plain and change which should be to the great and then kicked the poliseman, laughing not tend to exterminate the Filipino; on delighted many, and tonight there should be a mphatic than this statements The Chinese advantage of Mamo. No longer, we take all the time. Evidence was beard at the contrary it matained physical effort. record attendance in the tent at Causeway Bay and lies now over the B. part of the Bea of Government is probablarhassured that it, will she be subject to the squeezing of considerable length, after which his Worship With the Chinaman pushing him for his breed Twenty-five per cent, of the gross takings of the Japan.

there is not the least intenon on the part the Lisbon Treasury, from which she has of the Government at Inson to part with suffered so severely in the past. It can the Colony of flacao, but the irresponsible hardly be denied that the reproaches suggestion of a German newspaper seems levelled against Blacno have in recent years to 1 ave been widely accepted by the Chinese been amply justified by the conditions public as a probable policy, and so public existing there, and it will be hoped that the granting of autonomy to opmon has bem formulated to resist a

the Colony will be apodily followed transfer of the territory to any other Power by the improvements which its leading as being contrary to the provisions of a citizens have long desired, but have been Treaty concluded in 1887 whereby Fortugal powerless to effect. Macao as a commercia

discharged the defendant.

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

Yesterday's typhoon warnings from Manila, forwarded to us by the courtesy of the United Manila, 9:15 am Cyclans or Typhoon States Consul General, were as follows:

B.E.

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246

227

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THE CIRCUS.

On the 14th at 11.45 am.The barometer has fallen considerably in W, and N. Luzon, waile it is inclined to rise as the stations in the The typhoon is situated the coast of Luzon to the south of Man is, and apparently it is moving towards W.N.W.

Presauro is giring way over China, and in- Ben b part of the Archipelag

crossing i in Japan.

The high pressure area has shifted Eastwards

Rough weather may be expected over the and batter, the Filipino would be compelled to Fork, and it

would be a matter of only a fan tereding are tojke ontributed to the Bedjur China Sea to the Sonthward of the 20th parallel.

habit, Relief Fund Excellency the Governor during the upit two days JORTS

before daily labour would become a

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending with

nt 10 am. today, 9.00 inches. bim. We are supposed to be running onraad Lady Lugadas expected to attend, colonies on strictly abrasistio principles and for are leasing the benefit of the native; yet we are leasi

to be found untouched

by the plough while has presented asmemorial reporting that, in millions of Rares of the richest lead anywhere The Viceroy of Yun-Kuei, Li Ching-hai, thousands of pesos worth of rice is being in cordones with provedents, he has contrected ported every year. 4 limited

Chinataan-to & kan for defraying the expenses. connected of Manila, over or near Southern which wont allow the thin

with the opening of a commercial port is the southern part of the provincial expital of Yan- nan (sic).

come in nader certain conditions, such as proper Luzon, moving W. or WN.W.

Manils, 11:03 am Cyclone or Typhoon registrations, limited duration of stay, and proper segregation, would work wonders with aconomic conditions over hero. near or over Mindoro moying W.

[strong; fine..

Same as No. 1.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows - Hongkong & Neighbourhood N.E. & E. winds, Formosa Channel South coast of China betwess game as No. 1. Bouth coast of China between game as No. 1.

Hongkong and Lamooks.) Hongkong and Hainen...)

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