Page
AUCTION
PUBLIC AUCTION.
GEO. P. LAMMEET has received
Mstructions from the Mortgages to Sell
by Public Auction,
TO-MORROW (THURSDAY),
the 16th March, 1911, at 12 o'clock (NOON), at
his Sales Roome, Duddell Street, - The VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PRO- PEETY registered as SECTION "E" OF INLAND LOT No. 398, with House No. 8, Ladder Street Tarraco (Upper Terrace), Victoria, Hongkong, thereon.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sals apply
The Auctioneer,
or to
MR. H. K. HOLMES,
Solicitor,
54, Queen's Road Central,
[414
Hongkong, 6th March, 1911.
A LING & CO.. 19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
FURNITURE AND PHOTO GOODS
STORE,
Photographic Goods of every Description in Stock.
Developing and Printing Undertaken. Hongkong, 31st July, 1907
SINGON & Co.
GL18
TRON, Steel, Metal and Hardware Merchants,
Ideale and Retail Ironmongers, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importere. General Storekeepers and Shipchandlers: Noa. 35 & 37, HING LONG STREET, (2nd St.. west of Contral Market), Telephone No. 515
士逼力汽水盤
*
(39
BEWARE OF IMPURE WATER.
"PRANA" Sparklet Syphors enable you to produces the purest, freshest Soda Water obtainable.
SAFER AND CHEAPER
SOLD BY ALL STORES.
BYPRONS
BULBS
...at $2.00 each.
...at 0.90 por tox.
WHOLESALE BUYERS:
Can obtain at London price from
KWANG SANG HONG, LTD.,
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
246 & 249, Des Voeux Rd. Cent., HONGKONG,
行發耲
司公限有行生廣港香
[386
AS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF
LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS
THORNE'S
OLD VAT
Times wat waS MASIES DE VED LATE BEREM KROERO
'DE BİRŞENAÇU RAU GAS SEEN SIE AS ME SIDES (EDI
SCOTCH WHISKY
BOLS AGENTS SIN HONG KONG, CHINA & MANILLA. A. S. WATSON & Coura
117
WITH DOG AND GUN IN THE NEW TERRITORY,"
+
EING the Series of Articles recently
Bributed to the "HONGKONG DAILY
Paess" by "Sortsman," reproduced in book form
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
Hongkong, 29th October, 1910.
新婚
HƯNG NGOI
湝辔
SAN P t Chinese Daily Press), PUBLISHED DAILY,
Is the oldoet and still immeasurably the bes
Advertising medium among the Native Community.
Established for over FIFTY YEARS Cirenlates largely throughout Southern Chin Indo-China, etc.
Terms for Advertising (Translation free) cas be obtained at the Office, 104, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong 131, Fleet Street, London, er from the different; Agents.
Documents translated from or into Classical or Colloquial Chinese.
Cutler Famer e
East
The Wine Merchany of the Es
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15т 1911.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
(FROM SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS.]
London, February 25th. The International Rugby match at Edinburgh between Scotland and Ireland was played in bright weather. The ground was in good con- dition, and there was a largo attendance
Ireland made a sensational start, scoring oight points in ten minutes. The Scottish tackling was weak. The two teams ran oven
RICH MAN'S DOUBLE LIFE,
STRANGE CAREER OF AN
· ECCENTRIC SQUIRE. -
Daily Chronicle writes from Welwyn (Herts), A Spacial Correspondent of the London
as follows:--
Even Robert Louis Stevenson never pictured & more amazing character than the wealthy old gentleman with a double personality, Mr. George Edward Doring, F.R.S., who died in this village.
NAPIER JOHNSTONES' men seorolo try, making the reomily at his magnificent mansion, "Lockley,"
SQUARE BOTTLE"
WHISKY.
UNVARIED FOR OVER
150 YEARS.
THE SAME TO-DAY AS IN
1745.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG,
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.,
and from ALL WINE MERCHANTS.
156
APENTA
Natural Aperient Water
For use by
THE BILIOUS, THE GOUTY, THE CONSTIPATED,
and
THE OBESE.
DOSE:-A Wineglassful bafara Breakfast.
STOMALIX
Saiz de Carlos. Cures Dyappa and 98 per cent. of Diseases of the Stoitzekandi Exteülens, painful and otherwise.
Blairibwéing Agente s FRANCIS KAWALRY & SONS; Lid, London, Kag-
The Unrivalled Killart. Fatal to insect life- harinless to everything else. Sold in tins and bottles only,but
be sure you
gat-
PREPOWDER
KEATING'S
Floss, Ties, Bags, Bection, nic.
Big G Berized Golden a
Compoun
Aand simpleremedy for
in achitin, Calarık, Hay Fever Zubatomallina, irritatione, ulcer lutions of ALL, musowa mom brazos
or Vnings of the nose, throat,
stomach or urinary organik.
AT CHEMISTO
Why not corriów self
Treatise with barb hotil
ogled on FOCUSES.
The Frass Chandal Co,
你
APIOLINE
score at half-fina-Ireland, eight; Scotland three.
On resuming, the game was most exciting. Ireland scored a try, which was converted. Then Scotland began to press, Munro scoring a great drop goal and Angus a try.
The Scottish chances began to look rosy, but Quiau furnished with a try for Ireland.
The final score was-Ireland, 16; Scotland, 10. THE UNITED STATES AND IMMIGRATION.
London, February 26th: Reater wires from New York that, on the arrival of the Greek liner Athinai, at Brooklyn, twenty-nine offers and crew and the agent of the line were arrested on the charge of mugging in alions for a year past, sometimes in the guise of seamen, and sometimes conceal ing them in the coal-bunkers and elsewhere. Altogether 195,000 dollars bail was fixed.
Counsel for the Company rays that they are not guilty and merely suffered largely from desertions,
TURKISH DATTLESHIPS.
Constantinoplo, February 26th. An agreement has been concinded between Turkay and the Armstrong group for the con- struction of two first-class battleships,
THE FIRST AUSTRIAN "DEEADNOUGHT.”. Vionba, February 26th.
At the time of his donth he was in bis 80th For, a venerable figure with a long white beard, and to all the countryside he was known as lonely scholor of very ecooutrió ways,
Since May, 1907, he had heod regalarly at Lockley, but before that he came there only for a fow days in each year.
Nobody suspected the real explanation of his mysterious absences. To the astonishment of all the villagers it has now been discovered that Mr. Dering was married, and formerly lived with his wifo in another large hopes at Brighton. There be passad always ander the name of Mr. Dalo. His wife died in 1994, and she was buried in Aldrington Churchyard, where he now lies, Oror or grave he had placed an imposing tombstone, which bore this simple inscripton-
To the dear memory of M. D. Whether, she know his secret ja matter merely for speculation, but it is possible that ale did Certainly his married daughter who, it is stated, may come to reside shortly at Lockley with her husband and their little boy-had Het aan, it is announced, will now take his known her father only by the name of Dale. grandfather's unme.
WARRIOR ANCESTRY,
It is an historis name, for Mr. Dering was able to trace his descont is unbroken line to Saxon themes.. The family had long been in Lookley. There Mr. Dering was The first Austrian Dreadnought will be laun-possession ched at Trieste on May 27th, and the second. There his father died in 1859, and thore probably in November. Both will join the also his mother passed away a few years later.
Left to himself Mr. Dering began to develop foot in the spring of 1913.
sccentric, ways. For one thing, he took a greit fancy to tight-rope walking, sud one of his closest frionda was the famous Blondin.
LONGWORTH'S FRESH SWIMMING RECOLD, Sydney, February 26th. Longworth has swum 110 metres in 65 seconds, thus creating a world's record.
MEASLES ON THE ROYAL YACHT AND A CRUISER.
ง
London, February 27th. Measles bus broken out at Portsmouth on board the oruiser Essex and the Royal yacht Osborne.
PROTECTION OF AUSTRALIAN ABURĶĪNALS.
Melbourne, February 27th.
An Anglican depatation has urged the Goy. ernment to remove certain prevalent abuses in connection with the aboriginals of the north west of Australia, making senaational ailega. tions as to the treatment of women by the Asiatic pearl fishers and others.
The Government, in a sympathetic reply, an- nounces that officials are being appointed to protect the natives.
RESIGNATION OF THE FRENCH CABINET. London, February 27th. Banter wires from Paris that the French Cabinet has resigned. --
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH PHILIPPIC.
Malbourne, February 27th. The Commonwealth Government have issued a memorandum saying that for several months it had been an open secret that representatives of the American Most Trust have boon visiting Australia with the ostausible object of extend. ing its operations. The Government are deter minod to take immediate drastic action to dis courage and, if necessary, prohibit its operations in Australia.
The Minister for Customs is consulting the Attorney-General with the view of bringing the full forgo of the present law into operation and, if necessary, obtaining further legislation
The action of the Goverment will extend to Trust operations in Australia whether conduct ed directly or indirectly, Government will not permit a repetition in Australia of the scandals and merciless methods characterizing monopolies in other parts of the world.
THE CONSTITUTION CONFERENCE.
Londen, February 27th: The question of the publication of the points on which the Constitutional Conference failed or agreed was brought up in the House of Com mone to-day.
Mr. Asquith informed the Hou. Harry Lawson that all the members of the Conference agreed that there should be no public disclosure of the proceedings. He did not possess the power, even if he had the di position, which he bad not, to reconsider the matter.
THE PARLIAMENT BILL-SECOND) READING
DEBATE.
|
well remembers the two performing in front of I have had a chat to-day with a villager who
the mansion,
Through the estate-which is, over a thousand nores in extent and thickly, wooded-Bows' a narrow stream, called the Mimram. It passOS within a few yards of the mansion. The tight- rope used by Mr. Doring and Blondin was fixed over this stream, and was about 100 yards in. length.
"I often saw Blondin wheeling Mr. Doring in a barrow on this tight-repo, and also carrying him on his back," said my informant. Mr. Dexing-dressed, of course, in tights-was also very proficient on the rope.".
To-day I saw the long balancing poles-now resting under the caves of an outhouse at tho back of the mansion-which the couple actually used.
PIONETE AND INVENTOR.
But, as the distinction of F.R.8. fully testi- fies, tight-rope walking was only a small part of Mr. Doring's life. Ho was, in fact, an invent- tor of great attainments, Probably hia goniya for discovery explained his eccentricity.
Mr. Dering was one of the pioneers of tole- graphy. It is recorded that in the early days be conducted extensive experiments between Welwyn and Hatfield, which, are five miles apt, and he is credited with some important discovery in coauection with insulators.
Railways also pecupied his attention, and hers gain he did notable work. Behind his mansion be erected a large foundry, where he employed steel rails, and ho is said to have been the some 30 men. He was specially interested in discoverer of an appliance which is in use to-day.
But thero came a time when he might justly be considered more as a theorist than the 30 mon, and they walked out of the a practical man of science. He discharged foundry leaving their implements on the benches as though they were soon to return. Today the place is almost as it was when they left it; the tools are still on the benches, kat, in common with the rest of the establishment, the building abows signs of dilapidation.
About 30 years have passed since Mr. Dering frat forsook Loakley. Nobody knew where he had made his new home; nobody cared to inquire. But be still maintained in the mansion the same staff of servants as before.
coachmen There was a batler, a footman, with Mid Victorian carriages, but no horses to look after-a parloar maid, housemaid, a laundry-maid, and a hallboy,
YULETIDE VISTS.
Except for a few days before Christmas they novor saw their master. But regularly as the Tulebile sesso drew near he re- appeared at Loakley. He did not come for purposes of enjoyment. He came merely to London, February 27th. pay the wages of his staff and settle the annual In the House of Commons, on the motion for accounts. Busy all the time, he would stay the second reading of the Parliament Bill, Me,natil Christmas morning; then away he would Ausion Chamberlain wored an amendment go, nobody know whitbar, urging the reconstruction of the House of Frequently letters came for him, but there Lord, He said that if the Bill was the last was nobody to open them. The servants could work of the Government, it could not pass, and not forward them because they did not know (CHAPOTEAUT) be appealed for a compromise in the spirit of their master's address. So the correspondence the Conference. All the Ministerial arguments would gradually acoumalate, until by the time only proved that the House of Lords ought to the old gentleman came again stacks of letters bo reformed, so as to be more fitted for its task. would be awaiting him. The two years' delay provided by the Bill was Naturally the fine old mansion deteriorated useless, Morcover, when once the Bill was by his constans neglect of it. The small staff passed there was nothing to prevent the House empleyed could not keep such a vast estate in of Commons abandoning the system established, good repair, and it is by no means certata that because the House of Comnina would then be Mr. Dering would have appreciated their supremo. They could jerrymander the electoral efforts, even if it had been possible. law in order to perpeluate the present majority.
Mr. Haldane said that Mr. Austen Chamber lain had spoken as if the Bill were the Govern ments whole policy, whereas the Bill was only a means of making any step forward. He strongly favoured referin of the House of Lords, and as seoarity against the repeal of the fill the Government w s pledged not to treat this as the final settlement, but as a stepping stone for reforms connected with Ireland, the elections, redistribution, and the establishment of a Second Chamber more in accordance with poppar views, The only alternative which the Opposition offered was the referendum which would break up the system of representative Government and would be a far more momentous charge The Government would be false to its mission and daty unloss it enlisted, if necessary, the whole of its forces for passing the Bill into law,
LADIES SAFE
PENEDY
For functional troubles, delay, pain and those irregularities peculiar to the sex.
Prescribed by the highest French Medical authorities and superior to Tansey, steet Drops and Penay royal. CHAFOTEAUT, 8, rue Vivienne, Paris. Bold by a Chemists.
105-3
• SELF CURE NO FICTION: @ NO SUFFERER NEED NOW DESPAIR. THE NEW FRENCH. REMEDY.
THERAPION NË,
In a remarkably short tinis, often a few days only, Cores dischargits(either sex)supresoding lafocsioka
THERAPIÓN NË,2
Cures blogā pvízt, bad legs, vicers, sizes, painfur wweled joints, &c. when mercurial treatment falla.
THERAPION NⱭ.3
Cures chronic weakness, lost vigor and vital fonce
Either Nameer Thempion & all self treatment directions enclosed, of chemists orpost free 31. from The Le Clex Medicine Co. Baveritack Rd, Hamp steal, London, Eng. Try New Dungeo(Taiteisti) Yorm of Therapion,easy to make salé, lasting cure. Trade Marked word "THERAPION! is on BritishGoyt, Stang affixed tai very genuine packet.
X THERAPION X 17
OURES TO STAY OURED.
.:
THE HOUSE LISTLESS.
Last week's disinssion ra her exhausted in terest in the debate, The House was lotless and by no means full.
ON SALE.
OUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG BOUND FOLDERS Jeory to fune
1910. With INDEX. Price $7.50.
BIG BETURN TO LOCKLEY,
For your own comfort in Tropical Countries use
CALVERT'S Carbolic Soaps.
Seld by Local Chemists and Stores. Alade by F. C. Calvari & Co., Manchester, England.
Guarded against Infection.
82
Perfect Personal Cleanliness.
38.3
Freedom from Skin Irritation.
GYƏ GYǝGYƏ Sydaypara
GYD GYD GYD GYD
Calvert's 20% Carbolic Soap. Among the special purposes for which this power- ful antiseptic soap i useful, it has secured a wide popularity as a' safeguard against infection, as a protection against mosquitoes and other insects, or for antiseptically cleansing their bites.
Calvert's Carbolic Toilet Soap. You will appreciate the feeling of thorough purifica- tion ensured by the antiseptic properties of this delicately perfumed soap, while its pure quality meets the requirements of even a sensitive skin.
Calvert's Carbolic Prickly-heat Soap is most serviceable in warm climates as a preventive of prickly-heat or other skin irritation. Well adapted for regular bath and toilet use by its purity, antiseptic properties and pleasant perfume.
Which meets your special need? Each suits the climate.
BOVRIL
COLEMAN'S
Tickles the Palate
93.2
WINCARNIS,
THE GREATEST TONIC IN THE WORLD.
WHAT IT bas done for OTHERS it will DO FOR YOU Its refreshing and exhilarating effects are a revelation to those who have never tried it before; WINCARNIB" has a charm all its own, which you
› cannot fall to appreciate.
The combination of all that is most nourishing in Beef and Malt is prepared in Wincornis gives a TWO-POWER STANDARD that cannot be equalled for giving Strength and Stamine, Vitality and Force to Men, Women and Children. BUY IT TODAY
From
any leading Chemist.
MUSTARD & COMPANY
"Wholesome Distributors for Ubina_and_Hengkong.
No. 22, -Museum Road, Corner of Sonchow Road, Shanghai (402
Victorian travelling coaches, swung on leather. The two coaches-ous painted bright yellow, the other a light green, and each bearing the Dering coat of arms-are well preserved, though it is more than 50 years since they were in use. One of the few things in working order is a MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA. large old-fashioned clock over the stables,
(MITSUBISHI CO.)
The mansion itself is a veritable treasure- house. Precions oil-paintings, covered with the COAL DEPARTMENT. deat of years, are stacked along each side of the hall. In many of the rooms there are marble statnes, all-in a similar state of neglects Dur ing the last few days representatives from Christie's have visited the house, and it is likely that many of these treasures-some of them old masters-way in due course be submitted to public auction.
Though Mr. Dering's estate has not yet been completely valued, it is already certain that it will amount to wall over $250,000. He owned
large portion of Welwyr, and three houses at Brighton, and it is said that he also had mining
interests in Durham.
When, in 1907, he took up his residence again at Lockley, he certainly did not encourage the
How well he kept the secret of his marriage activities of his servante. He lived almost
hotenmaid who bad been in the service of the entirely in one roam-his bedroom and he may be gathered from the fact that even a would never allow it to be cleaned. Dust settled family for 6 years was unaware of it. Mr. neverything, but he seemad only to rovel in it. Dering passed away rather muddenly without By his orders at least one room in the house making any statement. It was only when bis had not been interfered with for very many private docaments came to be oxamined that the years. That was the apartment in which his mother died. It was his desire that it should be story of his double life was revealed, left in exactly the same state as when she passed away, and consequeath the door was kept locked. Not the least remarkable of Mr. Dering's wh was bis fancy for late dinners. His Ingourite time was 2 o'clock in the morning, when, of course, the household stuff wanted to be in bed But even though he had his dinner in the early morning, he always insisted on having his break fast punctually at 7 o'clock.
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From March 15th to 21st, 1911,
HIGH WATER.
1.OW WATER.
H'kong
H'kong
Mean
Мелп
Timo.
Jime.
b. a.
Days of Week
With such a short rest one can quite under- stand that he did not like to have it broken. Consequently he would never allow any animate in the park for four they might disturb him. Wed. His most elaborata plan to avoid noise, however; was to divert the main road which ran close to Thura his home by constructing a new one a Little further away at a cost of £20,000.
Fri
It seems a pity that he did not spend some of his wealth on the preservation of Lockley. Sat. Who I visited the mission to-day it was clearly in a state of decay. It is built entirely.Ben. of red brick, and parts of it are covered with
On sale at the "HONGKUNG DALLY Pukss" creeper. Over the high front door appears the Mon. Ofice.
Hongkong, 10th June, 1910,
Dering coat-of-arms in stone.
Height.
Height,
ft. in. h. m. ft. in, 15m 10 11 5 2m 345 1
9 59 u 67 ·3:26 a 2 4 16m 10 32 5 4 m 4 131 4
10 38 a
4 5 2 2 m 4 40 17 56 17m 10 54
11.15 a
4. 45 a 2.2 1811 18
7m 5 5 2 1 11.51 a 5 2 23u 2
26. 19m 11. 39
20 m 0 28
0 4
58
In the coach house at the back there are Toes fre vehicles-three brougliams and two early
21
112
0:33
SOLE PROPRIETORS of TAKASIMA OCHI, MUTABE, HOJO, KANADA, NAMAZUTA SAYO. SHINNEW pad KAMITAMADA, Collieries.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
KISHIDAKE Coals,
HEAD OFFICE:-MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.
BRANCH OFFICES-NAGASAKI, MOJI, KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, KOBD, OSAKA, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HANKOW. Cable addresses for above," IWASAKI -- Codes, AI, ABC 5th Ed., Western Union
AGENCIES:- TOKOHAMA: M. ASADA, Esq. OHINKLANG; Messin. GEARING & Co. MANILA: Massas. MacoNDRAY Á fo SINGAPORE: Messra BoиNIO & Co., Erp.
For Particular, apply to
H. OISHI, Manager, No. 2, Podder Street, Hongkong. Hongkong. 14th February, 1911 · 1874
HONGKONG
METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER. Hongkong Observatory, March 14th.
Previous On Date On Date
Day at
at
| at 4 p.m. | 10 a.m,
4 BM.
Barometer
29.89
29.95
29.83
Temperature Huzaidity
69
72
76
94
85
Wind Erection
SE
BSW
17
Force.. Weather
Kain
001
Ba2 7
56
33
8 28 a 2 9.
Highest open air Temperature on 13th...70 Lowest open air Temperature on 13th.66
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.