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at the Magistracy and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.

The body of a white woman whose face was much disfigured and who is not at prosent ideu- tified has been found doating in the water in the vicinity of the recent volonte eruption in the Philippinos.

Mr. D. Todow, manager of the Hongkong branch of the Bank of Taiwan, has boen transferred to Shanghai, where a branch of the bank is being opened. Mr. To low, who bas been in the Colony more than ten years, will bo

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"DAILY PRESS" AXOLUSIVE #ERVIČE,) THE PLAGUE IN THE NORTH.

SPREADING GENERALLY

PEKING, February 10th, The Plague is spreading generally succeeded by Mr. Tsudauralars, who has throughout Manchuria, and there is arrived here from Amoy.

slight increase in North China.

'The mastora of four steam launches were

At Kuang-cheng-tze it is worse, charged before Commander Bockwith, R.N., at the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday with but at Harbin, where the bacilli carrying passengers in excess of the numbers allowed by their licences, and each defendant are becoming attenuated, the returns was convicted. The coxswain of the Ho fong show a decline. was ordered to pay a fine of 825, and the masters of the Kum Kai, the Che Loy and the Hoihow were each ordered to pay a fine of 350.

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THE VOLUNTEER DALL

Notwithstanding the modest invitation of the

hosts to dancing, the general public, or rather to many gusta, prefer to regard last night's event as the Volunteer Ball. Such a descrip. tion is scrtainly not a misnomer. In attendance

There are further slight increases nt Tientsin and Chefoo, but at other centres the position is unaltered.

The Government has allotted for plague prevention the balance of a million tacks, the intended expenditure in connection with the visit of the

The

LOCAL SPORT.

FIXTURES AT A GLANCE.

LEAGUE CRICKET. R.G.A. v Kowloon,

Happy Valley. H.K.C.C."A" v. Polico,

Club Ground, 1.45 p.m. Reunanis u. Civil Service,

Happy Valley, 2 p.m.

T'cants.

Civil Service:~H. T. Jackman (Captain). II.

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, February 10th

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,

BEVORS HIS HONOUR Mr. F. A. HAZELAND (ACTING POISKE JUDAE).

CLAIM FOR MONEY LENA. Action was brought by Wong Kwong against the Kwong Sang Lee to recover the sum of 3237.50 due for money lent,

Mr. H. K. Holmias apposted for the plaintiff and the manager of the defendant firm appeszed,

R. Tholops, R. E. O. Bird, A. F. Churchill, A. | and was called bofore the Court. H. Cox, J. McEwen, I. Tollman, A. G. Fils, W.

MoKny, H. Ellis and F. Bocon. Reservos —

E. W. Dawson, P. Heathcote and A. M.

Thornhill.

H. K. C. C. "A"-H. R. Makin, A, R. Lowe, A. F. Dashwood, J. Hal, 8. W. Payne, P. Jacks, A. O. Ling, D. Bernard, A. Mackenzie,

G. Hastings and Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson.

OTHER CRICKET,

Craigengewer p. Army Ordnance Corps, C.CC. Ground, 2 p.m. Kowlson "A" v. Craigangower “ A‚‚”

Team:

Craigongower—H. H. Taylor, R. A. Carvalho, L. A. Koso, J. D. Noria, P. Carrie. S. 1. Battliwara, A. R. Elis. W: H. Warrener H. Rapp, R., Phillips and A. M. Suffiod.

E.HE.T.C. REGATTA. Sailing and rowing scents..

BILLIARDS.

BOLDIERS' CLUB TOURNAMENT.

flis Lordship isked defendant if he was a partner in the firm..

Defendant-I am the manager, the master in in Canton.

His Lordship thought Mr. Holmes had better have judgment, as the shop was going to be osigued.

Plaintiff proved the debt, which was for money lent and interest.

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His Lordship entered judgment for plaintiff with costs, and immediato execution.

A JAPANESE DRAWING-LESSON,

THE TRICK OF THE TLTING WING. In the November and December issues of the Art Journal Sir Francis F. Piggott describes a Japanese drawing-lesson.

PORTRAYING MOTION.

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Being in the service of the Japaneso Gorern- ment some twenty years ago, the writer wOH fascinated by the allurements of his new environ- mont, and his desire was to learn some of the secrets of its beauty and fascination. particular quest was the trick of the flying wing the opinion having become generally ac Two more games in the abovo tournament ceptat that the Japanese alone possessed the sopret were decided on Thursday evening, 0.8.M. of portraying motion. That it was learnt by rote Rodger, H. K. Vols, ani Gannor Hemmings. by means of a formala applicable to everything 83 Coy. B.G.A., played the first game, Rodger which needs proficiency as the Japanese under. staud ten hours a day for ten years-ho winning by 73 points The latter player playode. With a small handle of materials almost

very favourable position to get it taken away from them by someone elso. The same conditions, in fact, obtain in Korea now as obtained in Japan when the feudal systom was abolished. Thienas in Korest almost rivala St. Andrew's Ball; in, enjoyment Crown Prince of Germany. now-large sums of money were placed in cortainly does not fall far behind. It is always the hands of men who had never been called anticipated with pleasure, and no more popular amount is approximately three-quar- upon to earn money, in the modern mean-engagement has a place on the social programme of Hongkong. "Nalli Secundus in Orienta" is ing of the term, and who had no idea:

true of the Corps in respect of enthusiasm, and of the value of money. The result was that efficiency, but it is also applicable in respect of many of them wore reduced to ruin, simply hospitality. The large number of guests last because of their lack of business knowledge, night showed no limited conception of hospit The Japanese Government evidently fearsality, and the strong that deres or anoth THE COMMONS AND FISCAL Volunteers, by 66 points. Short took the land attitude was possible. The master brought no that something similar miny take place attention of the hosts themselves loft nothing

to be desired. In a word, last night's ball was an unqualified succes:

Korea, and thinks it is necessary to guard the Korean robles against unscrupulous

The decorations were simple but effective. The speculators, even if somewhat arbitrary entrance showed maxims peaping from a wealth measures have to be used for the purpose of greenery, the pillars wore satistically foliated, 1ho Act is thus chiefly directed against Ja- while the stairway, was covered with pleasing panese promoters of bubble companies form-floral embellishments. On the landing maxim industries, and guns flanked a ten-pound moautale gun, and at ed to exploit Korean

the right and left a khaki bivouac tout added it may be objected that to ask the Governor to the martial aspect,

Besides these wore

ters of a million.

HEUTER'S SERVICE TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESI."},

QUESTION.

a very consistent gate, making breaks of 28, primitive in their simplicity, mastor and pupil 27 and 24 (twice). Sorgt. Short, R.G.A., won squatted themselves in front of two pieces of the next game, beating Gunner Willeon, of the paper, side by side, the pupil, ill at ease, doubt- ing whether painting in such an uncomfortable from the commencement and should have won modele, no stuffed birds, to copy. The models by a greater margin, but slackened somewhat were in his head. The Brat subject was to bo:

flying sparrow. The process of instruction towards the finish, allowing Willson to wipe of differs very little from our own system of a few arrears. Sooros-

teaching writing-page after page of strokes and pot-hooks. 83 COT. B.G.4

H. K. VOLUNTEERS.

Gr. Hommings 177 0.5.W. Rodger Set. Short

250 194

HOW IT IS DONE,

LONDON, February 10th After a two days' debate a Fiscal amendment moved in the House of

To paint the sparrow the papil first loans Commons by Mr. Austen Chamberlain

the use of the large brush with the very fine Foint. Sheets upon shoots of paper must be cover The first game played in the 3rd round tooked by each part of the bird, repeated and repeated. regretting the persistent refusal of the Government to modify the fiscal sys-place on Thursday night, when Mr. Kodward till its production becomes almost mochinuient. First the open book with the tiny line for the (owes

Pile (owes 150).tongue; then the oys, and than the eyelid,

250 Gr. Willson..... GRAND HOTEL BILLIARD COMPETITION.

General, to distinguish between bond-fide two Solano targets, ons representing Brothertem of the country was rejected byr. Kodward started. off rapidly, rúnning afterwards. boak and eye in combination. All

and bogus concerns is to ask him to under-Boor and the other Brother Burgher. Above, in take a rather onerous duty. No doubt, conspicuous position, was the orest and motte

324 votes to 222,

breaks were 1861-1911. These indicated that the corps,

however, he will have the services of able of the Corps, beneath which shone the figures officials to help him, but even then there is likely to be some complaints by the company promoters who are turned down. It is claimed that honest promoters have nothing to fear from the provisions of the Act, as

notwithstanding its chequered career, is still in healthy life, and that it has entored the fiftieth year of its existence. Combinations of bayonets

and

skone 샷프 the walla aga lent additional brilliancy to the scene. St George's Hall was festooued with Angs, and

A. S. WATSON & CO., it is only directed against dishonest pro-was male interesting by the presence of the dh të an nonest prontower wishes framed photographs of former commandants. to form a company to carry out a scheme Store of bayonets placed on the walls flashed in which the Governor-General regarde as certain to fail, then the honest promoter will be placed in exactly the same position as the dishonest promoter. The Act just be considered as an experiment, the prob. abilities of the failure or success of which

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HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 11TH, 1911.

zre about equal. The intention of the law.

makers is excellent.

Mr. T. Funaten, the Japanese Consul General leaves Hongkong to-morrow on a visit to the Industrial exhibition in Formosa.

A large number of Chinese appeared at the Magis'raay yesterday charged with firing orack ers and throwing bombs and were fined various small sums.

A Rajput soldier was killed in the New Territory on Thursday by being crushed under a fall of earth in the course of the construction of a shooting rango,

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese who had been arrested by Revenue Officer Wildon on the But in having 4,000 battles of cocaine in his possession was fined the taarimam posity of $2,000,

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals bogs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitale :---

Standard Oil Co.....

$50

the light In St Andrew's Hall the treatment as mostly Boral. Those who laboured in the work of decoration and who deserve orodit for their efforte" were Lieut. Kennelt, Armouror Sergt. Arenell, Sergt. Hayward, Corp. Garrett and Gunner Long.

The reception room was comfortably furnish ed. aud aftution was bestowed on those who preferred lesaustive pleasures then dancing. The zupper was served in the Theatro.

Dancing commenced at nine o'clock, and both halls were taxed to the atmest. The band of the KOY.L.I. provided the music, and, the floor being in good condition and the M.C's having a fine conception of their duties, the programme was gone through with manifest zest and pleasure. HE. the Governor, H.E. General Anderson and Commodore Eyres were present. The event W16

brilliant is it wee

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The Labourites and Nationalists voted with the Government, but the O'Brienites abstained. Hitherto the Nationalists have abstained from voting on fiscal questions.

DEFAULTING BANK CASHIER SENTENCED.

LONDON, February 10th. Wider, the cashier of the New York branch of the Russo-Chinese Bank, who absconded but was arrested on charges of embezzlement, has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment and ordered to be re-arrested on the expiry of his sentence and tried on other indictments.

PERSIAN POLITICS.

LONDON, February 10th. It is reported from Teheran that onjoyable. The uniforma of the Volunteers sud the Regent Nasral Mulk has returned. Seonts, with those of representatives from the

Navy and Army, introduced a fiue array of KAISER INDISPOSED, colour to the ball-room; and the scene way strikingly picturesque.

The arrangements were carried out by the following committees:--

Supper and Wines,Lieut. Wolfe, Sergt. MoKirdy, Private Monk, Sergt. Major Rodger, Sergt.-Major Mosk, Sergt. Major Higby, Sergt. Lonfosty and Sergt. Day,

Cloak and Cards-Lient. Plummer, Liont

Blade, Capt. Wood and Sapper Suthedand.

Music and Dancing-Capt. Arinatrong, Pri vate Shenton, Capt. Lammert, and Guoner Elphinstone.

SOME Commotion has been caused in bust- ness circles in Japan by the issue of new regulations for the control of companies in Korea. The Korean Company Act, as it is called, is promulguted as an Imperial Or- dinance, and refers chiefly to the establish-

Lady Lugard held her usual weekly "At! ment of new companies in the peninsula, Home" at Government House yesterday after the companies already existing being re-

ngon. The very fue orchestra of S.M.S.sistant secretary. garded as having been formed in conformity Scharnhorst was present and played a short with the Act. Briefly the Act provides programme of music, which delighted everyono, that the approval of the Governor-General

Captain A. J. Thompson asted as hon. secre. tury, and Staff Armourer G. W. Avenell as

THE DEMAND FOR THE TELE.

PHONE IN JAPAN.

LONDON, February 10th.

The Kaiser has been confined to his room for several days by a cold unaccompanied by fever.

DECLARATION OF LONDON.

H. B. THE GOVERNOR.

Mr. 50) THet

up break after break, while his opponent these lines are drawn with the tapering pointed practically સંÈ atill Mr. Kedward's brash and. Chincso ink. The brush is first held sideways on the water. so that the thick 25 (twice), 23, 20, 15 (twice), part ar the hinge absorba - a certain 14 and 13, while Mr. Pils scored one 13 quantity, and then the ink is taken from the and thres twelves. Mr. Kedward took just 80 palette by the tapering end. The slightest minutes to make his 300 The score at the finish pressure makos tho brush bond, and in the due amount of pressure lies one of the secrets of was Kedward; 250; Pile, 51.

the uct. You cannot catch the trick unless you holl the brash in the Japaness way. Equally essential appears to be the Japanese att tude, For the head and body of the bird another brush is nast, long and pliant, somewhat thinver and without the tapering point. This contains the colour throughout. Its flat bewi onobles it to produce broad strokes such as are required for the head and body, the body and wings haing faintly outlined. The ways and tail-feathers come next, put in with the same brush; and the tucked-in law follows with the first brush.

The scorela of Japanese art, then, the Japanese brush hold ud used in the Japanese manner,

So much of the arm or hand must be kept rigil, so many of the finger-joints kept moving from

MOTOR CARS ON KENNEDY ROAD.

An interesting ones was heard at the Magis trney yesterday when S, A. Marican was charged with taking a wheeled vehicle on to Kennedy Fead in contravoation of the regulations. Asked to pload, Mariean kaid that he was the owner of the car, but he was not in charge: it was his driver. The driver was called in, and admitted that he drove the car on Kennedy Rond.

His Worship-There is a notice at either end

are

of the road that these things are not allowed on right to left, or up and down, with a slight ex- that road.

Police Sorgt. Burchill produced a copy the notice.

of

ita

His Worship-Does the notios quote authority

Sorgt Burchill No.

His Worship-Tho notice states that bioyoles ars allowed on the road. Do you allow motor bicycles on the road!

Bergt. Burchill I think so.

His Worship Where do you draw the line? You allow motor hisyales, but not motor cars ?

Bergt. Bardill replied that the only wheeled vehicles allowed wore rieshas, bioyoles, trioyoles and perambulators.

His Worship-What would the police exclude

from the rond?

Bergt. Barchill-I can't say.

pansion or contraction of the museles between each stroke, which is constant and equal. The wing-studies are dashed off with great rapidity; rapid execution is the important element of success. It is practically impossible to "copy" a Japanese line, it can only be reproduced by adopting the process by which it is drawn, and tho trick of the flying wing has been the inevit able product of the Japanese process of drawing. BURIED ALIVE AS AN EXPERIMENT.

SMOTHERED IN SAND FOR NINE MINUTES.-

WEIRD LONDON. › SAT.

How does it feel to be buried alive? Nordini can tell us, for he was buris, with a foot of and over his head, at the Hotel Cecil recently for nine minutes and twenty seconds.

Nordini is an Austrian Pola with an extra

ordinary muscular development. He has always lived the simple life, and has never tonebel slcohol or smoked. He has devoted his life to

His Worship-They have excluded this motor the study of physical calture until he is a model ear. Would you exclude a truck P

Sergt. Burchill-I don't think so. His Worship-The polica must be consistent. You admit a truck. You don't charges motor bicycle, but you charge a motor car.

His Worship-I should say mysalt that by the regulations a motor car has no buxinesa on the road, but in the conditions I will bind over the driver in $10 to come up for judgment if called upon.

SECRETS OF POMPEIT.

BARE JEWELS DISCOVERED ON PETRIFIED BODY.

of well-knit strength.

The most interesting part of his achievements lies in the way in which ho can relax and tighten his muscles at will. He even claims that by museular setion he can stop his heart from beating for a period of twenty seconds. To test him, a number of doctors were invited to meet yesterday at the Hotel Cecil, and examine him. He tried to stop his heart, but according to Dr. Ewart and Dr. Smith, of Bart's," the action of the heart, although lessened, was not It is only fair to say that Dr. stopped. Quinton Chalmers, who was prosent, told the audienco that he had neon Nordini in company with Dr. F. W. Price and that on that occasium his heart bad stopped.

Bat the ericórdinary atrength of Nordini's chest-muscles enables hini to do something which is almost as wonderful. A wooden chest was brought in, and in it Nordini lay, wearing a leather dress and hood. His ear, nose, and mouth were stopped with cotter-wrol. Then he was covered with dry sand to the depth of over a foot, and so he remained for nearly ten minutes, which were counted off by Mr. Ewait.

LONDON, February 10th: Mr. Asquith has intimated that the Declaration of London and the Naval Prize Bill will not be debated until they have been considered by the Im perial Conference. The Crown will It is mentioned in a Singapore paper that From the Yokohama (Japanese) Chambor of of Korea must be obtained, not only for the

during his illness Rear Admiral Quebler wrote Commerce Journal we learn that the mom of not be advised to ratify the Declara-

In the cone of the excavations which are formation of all new companies in Korea to a friend in Singapore mentioning that he of applications for telephone connection is far in tion if the House of Commons vote being onto at Poupels it is stated by the itself, but also for the formation of com was treated with the greatest kinduces by every.excess over the number of installations which

Tribuna (Rome) that the body of a petrified the authorities can undertake with the fand against it.

woman has been discovered. On the body were panics established outside Korea the object one, the British Nayal officers being particularly at their disposst. Thus as computed at the end

jewels of great value, including bracelets, of March, 1909, the outstanding applications

When he got up he showed no signs of sat- necklaces, and chatelaines, and it is assumed of which is to carry on business in Korea. attentive.

throughout the country numbered 72,300, of

from this that their wearer belonged to the focation, and his pulsa and breathing were All such companies must have either head

The Government lays itself open to the charge which Tokyo and Osaka supplied 30,000, Kyoto

Patrician class. Especially remarkable among quite normal. He claims to be able to do this feat by means of his ability to expand his chest or branch offices in Korea. As regards of loconsistency in its opium suppression policy. Nagoya, Kobe and Yokohama 12,000 and other

places 30,000. With each application, Y15 His Exodlency the Governor, accompanied the jewels are two clasps, each composed of 21 foreign companies the provisions of the Divers have been closed, and smoking in eating must be deposited, so that the sum held in trust by the Honourable the Director of Pontic pearls in a cluster. These clasps hare both an in spite of the weight resting upon it; and it is artistic and an archeological value, for nothing said that he has remained buried in this way for Commerical Code are to be applied in the houses is prohibited, yet yesterday the Govern- by the authorities on this neconst reaches over Works and Private Secretary visited the village comparable with them has been found before nearly twenty minutes. To any one watching the operation the minutes seem like hours,and towards same way as they are applied to foreignment sold by austion in number of pipes and 1.000.000. The Government's project is to of Sheskiwan on Thursday and inspestod the among the ruins of Pompeű.

Pompali, on the Neapolitan Biviers, was the close the tension becomes almost painful; but other paraphernalie which had been seized in instal 61,230 within 1909-1912, at the estimated

outlay of 118,200,000. The excess demand over nullahs in the vicinity and also the Police Standed about 600. B.O., and down to the time it seems that Nordini can always get up when he companies having branch offices in Japan opium raids, and confiscated by the Court. supply has given rise to the telephone broker tion. The improvements in the villages of Toi of its destruction, A.D. 79, it was a sort of finds that be has exhausted the supply of sir proper, but foreign companies which bava

business. At que time the transfers of the Hang and projected works in the Wongneichong Rome-super-Mare, frequented by the aristonracy, which he has taken into his lungs.

He is also able to do some curious things with head or branch offices in Korea at the time the The Orchestra of 8.M.8. Scharnhorst gives a privilege of installation commanded a price an

When his erected triumphal archos. Fed from the capital the muscles of his neck and arms, Act comes into force are to continue under concert to-night at the City Hall Everyone high ne 1800 or more. In the summer of 1909 Valley and other public works were also inspected. if not by Caligula and Nore, in whose honour it

the authorities undertook in Tokyo the installa By the courtesy of Mr. Percy Smith, manag

more than in its normal state. He can shift his temples the former regulations for the time being in the East is aware of the high reputation thon of 300 connections for those who offered ing director, the party visited the new Hair with every luxury and distinction, it included chest is fully expanded it measures eight inhee diaphragm in a most singular way, so that bis It will thus be seen that the Act places very enjoyed by the orchestras of the German the cost of Y200 and this had the effect of push-Factory in Shaukiwan Road, and the various aged to make sostly sacrifices,ad

stomach seems at one time to have disappeared, about that figure. The yearly charge for processes worn described by the manager, to

and at another to protrude. And he can do this large powers in the hands of the Governor cruisers, but it can confidently be said that ing down the "market price of the transfer to

has there been in the Far Esei an nover

between the whom the Governor expressed his cordial thanks

against the pressure of the fist of a strong men. Heneral, who is absolutely the final auth orchestra equaling that which Herr Richter telephone connection varies

Y40, and interest

Altogether he offers some curious and interesting sccording to places.

problems to the students of physiology. erity, from whom there is no appeal, as directa on the Scharnhorst.

in which the inhabitants were encour.

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