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- which ought not to be centemplated-it is evident that there will be great tempta. tion to do without a Foreign staff, which nuat necessarily be well paid. It has been stated by no less an authority than Mr. H. B. Mouse that it is probabile that a completo severance of Customs and Patal expenditure would add to the latter "some lakhs of taels a year," for the salaries of the Inspector General, the Deputy Postal Scerotary, the District. Postmasters, ez oficio,, the District Accountants and many subordinate employ. ces are not, at the present time, a charge on postal funds. Mr. Moner also states that the mass of printed forms required, about thirty millions in a year, are provided with- out special accounting; office accommodation is provided on Customs premises at many of are paid from Customs funds. The Stall of the Imperial Post Office at the present time appears to cousist of sb.ut 150 foreigners

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The house of Mr. O. H. Eutherford at Shang-

has been burglariously entered and about TELEGRAMS. 400 worth of silver, including shooting and owing oaps, was stolen,

A publatscription at Shanghai inaugar" stel by the NC. Daily News for the benefit of the widow of M. Vallon, the unfortunate aviator who met his death thera recently mounted at date of latest mail news to nearly $3,600.

The death is announced of Father Perrin, from typhus, while engaged in succouring the intressed in the Central Chins Famine district. This is the fifth caso of typhus among theCatholic and Protestant missionaries who have been dis- tribating relief, but fortunately all the others have survived.

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STANDARD OIL CO. AND ANTI-TRUST LAW.

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LONDON, May 16th. The Supreme Court of the United States at Washington has confirmed a decision of the Lower Court in the

CANTON,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}

Canton, May 14th. DYNAMISH IN A COFFIN.

} I do not know how much truth there may be in this statement, but if he word to land hors it in highly probable that his presence would be the signal for a much more serious revolt than that which has just been suppressed.

DISCREDITING A EUMOUR.

Yesterday a big find of dynamite was made

I have reported on former occasions the ex- under the most remarkable circumstances. Some citoment that has been caused bore by the days ago a man hired a toase in San Kwai ramour that China was to be divided up among Streat in the old City and brought a family certain Foreign Powers, The Viceroy her just there. The day before yesterday bitter cries received a telegram from Peking to this effect were heard coming from the house, and it was that such a rumour is entirely false and has in asid that one of the inmates had saddouly died. all probability been inronted by the revolution- Before long a colla was delivarod at the door, ists for their own purposes. H.E. has been com- hat it was noticed that, contrary to custom, the manded to convoy this news to the people undertaker went away at oase. The suspicions without delay in order that all excitement on of the neighbours wore aroused and the matter this account may be allayed. The Viceroy has scotly reported to the polica. Yesterday u number of police went to the house to search it, but having found nothing they turned their attention to the colla, which when opened was of dynamite bombs. The whole household was at ence placed under arrest and the premises sealed ap. The amount of ammunition and arms lately seized by the Government has been very

ordered the Taotai of Constabulary to report the same to the Cauton Press Association in order that full publicity may be given of the fact that no partition of China is intended. Even when will be believed, for the inhabitants of this City som never to be happy unless they are "up against the formiguer for some "aggression" real or imagined.

the smalior ports; and steamer mail subsidies Farthest North" was postponed to this wok Standard Oil case, holding that the found to contain not a body bat a large number the people see this in print it is doubtful if it

The lecture which was announced last week to be given by Bar, W. H. Fortor Pagg at the Chinese Y. M. C. A. on the subject "Nanson's Thursday, 18th May, at 8 p.m. This is one of the r galar lectures which is given in the hall of the above institution onch Thursday evening

Company has violated two sections of the Anti-Trust law, and orders the Trust to be dissolved within six months,

Next week Dr. J. C, McCracken, of the Univer 'sity Medical School in Custon, will lecture on the "University of Pennsylvanis." Both of these lectura will be illustrated by the use of Lantern HISPANO-JAPANESE TREATY.

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and between 6,000 and 7,000 Chinese, but the service is continually being extended in all directions, and a larger staff and larger means are required. yearly. The present Chinose clerical staff consists of linguists and non-linguists. Chinese linguist clerks possess a practical knowledge of English and do duty at the head offices of act in charge of branch offices at places where accident. Trasuil ng rapidly down the Strand signed a Trenty of commerce and

which,

The Governor of British North Boraso and Mrs. Gueritz, who are now a Home, recently mot with what might have been a most serons

LONDON, May 16th. The Spanish Foreign Minister and the Japanese Minister at Madrid. have

THE VETO BILL.

LONDON, May 16th. The House of Commons has passed the third reading of the Veto Bill by 362 votes to 241.

in a taxi, the traie was suddenly shocked by a foreign communities are found Non-

policeman. A motor bus, just behind the taxi friendship. linguists are not required to know a foreign failed to answer to the brakes, and the taxi was language and work at head offices under the sandwiched between the bus and a larger van is linguists, or in charge of various establish front. His Excellency and Mrs. Guerita were ments inland. Grades and rates of pay ar, both severely abakon, though fortunately fixed, and all employees advance by promo.esca, od without injury. The taxi was wzroked. tion Chinese clerks aro guaranteed, The death is announced, on April 29, in Lon- dou, of Mrs. Lewis (Sarah) Moore, wife of the

· su the whole Bystemi. it is stated, in the main rests on honesty late Mr. Lawis Heore, of Shanghai, after a long and efficiency, works satisfactorily, cases illness. Mrs. Moore was an old resident, and of loss, misbehaviour or peculation being of Settlement, where she had a large circle of one of the best known of the International WINES extremely rare occurrence. The part which

friends. Her husband, the late Lewis Moore, was the founder of the firm which still exists in Shanghai, Mr. Moore held a leading position among Freemasons, and was at one time head

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degres essential that this supervising should in no way be, weakened. An imperial postal service in China is a vast under- taking, and we can quite understand that it is growing beyond the capacity of the Customs Service to control, and that the time has therefore arrived when n severance is necessary. It can only be hoped that the Yu-Chuan-pu. which was created in 1900 to take the supreme, though nominal, control of the Service, will see to it that the fine organisation built up by Sir ROBERT HARE and his condjutors will be retained unimpaired by any false economies and will be farther developed until the postal service extends to the remotest corners of the vast Empire and becomes in

fact as well as in name imperial.

Two more dames of plagna in the Colony wer notified yesterday, bringing up the total to 3'.

of the Shanghai Fire Brigade, besides taking a leading part in other public institutions. It is now some years sines Mrs. Moore retired to England to devote herself to her daughter's education, and her death will be much regretted by friends, bath at Home and in the Far East.

THE EARTHQUAKE, NEWS FROM CANTON AND MACAO.

Our Canton Correspondent writes :—" This morning (15th inst) about 1245 a.m. a distinot earthynike shook was falt all over Canton,

THE YUET KON BALLWAY. The vexed subject of this railway is agai copying the attention of the Government. Tan authorities in Poking have stated that the present management of the concern is very bad

great and of the value of several thousands of taale. Every day the anthorities are becoming. more cognisant of the fact that the rebels must be backed by plenty of money, for all the arms are expensive modern weapons. The informier who gave information regarding the arma seized yesterday in Honam has been rewarded and should be taken out of the hands of the with a sum squal to half the value of the weapon discovered.....

RÍOT AT A THEATER,

There was a serious distarhanes outside the Sai Kwan Theatre last night... A man had a quarrel with a gats-ke-per regarding the prica of a ticket, and an allicious policeman arrested them both. This caused the bystanders to basome excited, and they made a rash on the policeman. In the souifle the gatekeeper was woanded on the head, and one of the crowd was stabbed in the back with a knife. The polios warn quite nuable to stop the row, and then tho crowd bags to pelt the theatre with stones, aking many windows and lamps. By this time a member of the Self-Government Society had arrived on the scope, and began to make a spooch, asking, the people to desist from their LONDON, May 10th: riotous conduck. It was of no avail, however, Seldom has there been such in-and it was not till a force of soldiers had arrived and cleared the street that order was restored.

BRITISH BUDGET ANTICIPA TIONS.

difference shown in the City on the eve of the Budget as at present, and it is confidently expected that there will be few changes, though · the removal of the protective duty o cocoa is considered certain.

THE KAISER IN LONDON.

LONDON, May 16th.

At

10.30 p.m. the sutionse, which all this time had been in a state of terror, was escorted out of the boilding.

COLLATER OF A HOUSEL

Near the North Gata there is a bridge known as Chong Yoon K'in, zid it ws near this strusturs thet a fiores fight took place with the rebels and after the trouble aoveral persons were executed there. A may be imagined, all these occurrences have filed the neighbourhood with fear and the people are too terried to come out after dark

merchants, who at pressut control it,and he placed under the Imperial Government. It is saið that the following three points have been agreed upon : (1) The Board of Communications will buy baok all the shores in the milway which are at present held by merchants and others of the general publio; (2) Morchants will be allowed to, build branch lines to not as feeders to, the main lius; (3) A large portion of the profita of the line after it has boon taken over by the Government

to be used in the opening up of minos in vari- ous places through which the line purses, Viceroy Cháng has been told to appoint a special deputy to examine into the financial position of the railway and to repart as soon as possible. Publio opinion họre sooms to be against the scheme, ag the people think the Board will have recourse to a foreign loan to rodeom the line from the merchants.

CORONATION CELEBRATION

FUND.

ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS,

Dr. J. W. Noble Netherlands Trading Society Russo.Asiatio Bank Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co W. S. Brown.. J. Hooper C, H. W. Kew

T. W. Robertson

P. R. Wolff

R. Packham

E. 8. Ford

J.

Hyde

E. II. Nouve

S. R. Ismail

A. H. Harou Unsworth

The Kaiser und Kaiserin, accom-for fear of meeting with the "Kwais," or spirita There was a dovere tremor, but not sufficiently panied by their daughter, arrived in watch a house at the north end of the bridgn of the departed. Last night at about the 4th strong to any damage. The shock only lanted a few seconde, but many of the natives London yesterday and were welcomed collapsed with a great nois, and the neighbour- were severely startled by it. Earthquakes are by King George, Queen Mary, and hood was throughly alarmed. Even when day. said to be of very rare occurrence here, and it is other Royal personages. Subsequent-light came the people isfused to open their B. In on

doors, and it was not until a strong body of A. H. Sephor 0. B. Mooney police arrived on the seas that anyone ventured

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thought that the shock ladiestos that there was

a

severe earthquake either in Japan or Java."ly they drove to Buckingham Palace,

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out.

Our Macau Correspondent writes: "A rather The royal visitors were greeted by strong earthquske shock was experienced here large crowds who cheered loudly en at 12.45, but no damage was done. The Govern meat in 1905 purchased 'n seismograph, but I nu-

A Model Yacht Club has been formed at Shanghai with Mr. J. C. Macdougall as com-derstand it still remains in the packing case, as modoro

At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. Hazıland imposed a fine of $250 co a Chinese who was found selling opinio.

For returning from basikmont a Chinese was yesterday sentenced by Mr. Hazeland to ziz months' imprisonment sad four hours in the stocks."

The marriage of Misa Jacks and Captain C. H. Douglas St. Clair is announced to take place on Wednesday, June 7th, at St. John's Cathedral.

The man who was stabbed last week during a quarzel in a restaurant has since died in the Ova Peking Correspondent has telegraphed hospital. His agasikant, who is believed to be an the news that the Imperial Fostal adminis-ex-lukong, has not been arrested yet, tration in China is to be taken over by the Board of Puats and Communications on the

A highway robbery on the Stanley Road was reported to the police on Monday. Two men

-uobody-bus-been-found competent to set it up. Now that the Government is desirous of creating a Public Improvements Fund, may I suggest that this Instrument be sold and, the proceeds devoted to the aforesaid fand? Swatow also felt the shook.

MACAO NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN COLLESFONDENT.]

Macao, May 15th.

THE CENSUS.

It is angounced that the Census returns take" last year are in course of publication, but th® reports are said to be aureliable, and it is doubt- ful if the exact number of the population.can

be stated. It looks as if we shall to have adhere to the consus of 1896. It is a crying shame that the Government having spent a consider. able some of money on the work (87,000), should

blame.

route.

"THE TIMES

SUICIDE.

Laung Kam Luu Juma Khan...

Lan Yung Fak C. H. Tean

Yesterday a young man aged 20 living in Sin Yueng Street committed suicide by hanging Fong Chow Ling himself from a boom. Some time ago this

Also a cheque for 815,000 has been received young fellow out off his quono, and because of from Mr. Chan Kai Ming on behalf of the this someone denounced him to the authorities Chinese Community, a list of whose names will

as a rebel Although there is reason to believe he published at a later date.

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that he was entirely innocent the young follow preferred to dis rather than submit la HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL aterrogation.

PROTECTING THE MANUHUBIAN SETTLEMENT.

[FROM THE "H-C. DAILY NEWṛ, ”] THE OPIUM AGREEMENT.

COMMENT.

London, May 10th. In a leading article The Times says that it still remains to be considered what the

Hitherto many of the strasts in the Eight precise effect of the opium agreement will

Banner Settlement here boon without gutes, be upon Indian finances. The prospect of white evon these gates that do exist are old the almost immediate termination of the and ratten and useless for purposes of defence, trade will inevitably cause serious, dislocation Orders have now been given that strong fron of the Indian Budget and will probably | gates are to be placed at the entrance to every entail fresh taxation.

FROM THE "CABLENEWS-AMERICAN."

THE SITUATION IN MEXICO.

Washington, May 12th. Beports from Mexico indicate that, the are gaining daily in strength.

robols

28th inst. That the announcement is/are slated to have held up a villager at the top have nothing to show for it. Somebody is to Francisco Madero, leader of the revolt, is

of the gap and robbed him of the few dollars of which he was possessed.

street in the Settlement. To still further protect the Manchus, machine guns buve

been posted at certain comamanding points and the guards in the Settlement have been augmented. Of a people in Canton 'the Manchus have most to fear in

of D

cale

rebellion, for it is more than probable should the robals get the upper hand the Eight Raoner Settlement would be the scene of a

2118898CLE.

TO INCREASE THE TROPB.

ABORTIVE PETITIONS.

now in Juarez, personally organizing Some three months ago the principsi owners government.

In spite of the arrival of four regiments from It is expected that the interport niatch at of property in the City petitioned the Govern At the same time he is reorganizing his Kwong Sai the Peking Government considers hunghai will be started on Wednesday, the mont against the colour washing regulation, military forces and preparing for an expedi- that Canton is still insuficiently garrisoned. 31st inst., or Thursday, the lat June, and it is but it soons that no attention has been paid to tion against the city of Mexico. Supplies Orders have been given to the Viceroy of the probable that au interport tennis contest will this. It is stated thato second petition is being are now being brought into Jusrez for the Hupels Province to send a detachment of men also be arranged while the Hongkong mon are prepared to be sent direct to the Home Govern provisioning and equipping of the rebel to this city and i large amount of ammunition in Shanghai.

ment under the care of Dr. Mansilla, ex-Col-forces. No opposition to this is being is to be sent with them.

Mr. M. S. Myers, American Vios-Consul Gen. eral at Tientsin, has been granted leave of absence and will take a trip out to West China, His office at Tientsin has been taken over by Mr. H. G. Baugh, who was recently transferred from Mukden, where he was Vice-Consul,

onial Secretary. It is hoped that this gentle man will do something in the interests of the Colony in Lisbon.

LOCAL SPORT.

received at Feking with grave miegiving by forsign residents is not surprising, for the condition of the telegraph service of China under purely Chinese control is an object lesson which it is impossible to ignore. Dr. Monnisos has quite recently described it as the worst in the world. There is no uniform rate, no secrecy, and the offices are overburdened with officiala iguorant of telegraphy." It would be extremely deplorable if the very fine Postal Service inaugurated by Sir ROBERT HART should share this fate: Unhappily there is only too much reason for fear on this score. Apparently there is to be a foreign hief of the administration, but doubts seem to be entertained in Peking as to whether he will of the Hospitals ---- de given that independent control of the staff which alone can ensure the mainten ance of the high state of efficiency which Ims won for the Imperial Chinese Postal been enriched by the gift of a paimber of ex- (reas. 3/6) heat Beirman (ver) 6/4, 3/6, 6/4.: Service while controlled by the Inspectorate.rade ponies who in the past have won many General of Castos a reputation of which races for their owners and they will now end 6/1. all concerned in the administration may be their daye in peace in the polico sorrico. Um. justly proud. It is felt that in the present Plus was presented by Mr. Goo. Dallas, Chiza by Mr. Ellis Kadoorie, Dians Ken by Mr. J. A- condition of China direct control by qualified Brand, and Heraldie, who has won many races foreigners is essential for considerable in Tientsin, Shanghai, Haukow and Hongkong, time to come, but unless expenditure on the by Mr. Reynell.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Afiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thinks the following donations to the fands

Wilkinson & Grist Radoaker & Co. Kerblinger & Co.

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The Municipal Police of Shanghai have just

The tennis team of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. will play Queen's College team on their own grounds at Causeway Bay on Wednesday after noon at 4.30 o'clock. This is one of the fixtures in the Hongkong Tennis League.

K.C.. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

FURTHER BESULTS.

"B" class Singles, Second Round-Kynock Choe (owes 15/1) bant Brett (ores 15/1) 6/3,

**THE FOLLIES.”.

Mr. Henry Dallas Company returned

from the North by the P. & O. steamer sicilia yesterday. The Company give their first return performance at the Theatre this eveningiti

FUETHNI ALARMS.

offered in view of the fact that the army of the insurrection is the de facto government have just heard from a man who has just of Juarez and its civilian population. come in from the City that the revolutionists Ambasador Wilson has summoned the have posted notices on the city gates warning other foreign diplomats in Mexico and plans people to take their women and children away for the defence of the foreign legations and without delay as a great rising will take place lives and property in the Mexicon Capital have been formed. These bave been sub natted to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Buner de la Barra, and have been approved by him.

NORTH BORNEO AND THE CORONATION.

A meeting is called for Thursday,

Hon. Mr. C. M. Ede will ask the question of which he gave notice at the last meeting relating to the Military Contribution.

The orders of the day are:--

First, reading of a Bill entitied An Ordin anca to amend the Foreign Offenders' Deten- tion Ordinance, 1872..

Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to authorise the publication of s Nowly Borised Edition of the Revised Edi tion of the Statute Laws of the Colony pre- pared in virtue of Ordinance No. 12 of 1900. Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Law with respect to Persons carrying on business as Money. " lenders.

Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the University Ordinance, 1911,

Bacond reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Balo of Food and Drags Ordinance, 1896.

Third reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance for regulating the supply of- Elootricity for Lighting and other purposes within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies,

Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Tramway Ordinace, 1902. *

* Will not be proceeded with at this mesting,

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THE WRECK OF THE "ASIA.”

ring the present night. The sams rush tells me that some of the Goserument Schools The wreck of the steamer Asia as it lies on have closed again to-day for the safety of the Finger Book is to be sold by public sustion. papils. It is doubtful, however, if the rebale An announcement to this effect appears on will rise, as the authorities have in no wise page 4,

The tugboat which has been standing by since rekxed their vigilance and all things are ready shortly alter the wreck is due at Shanghai in a to suppress any further rising. Of course, few days, says the Shanghai Times of the 10th and the wreck will be guarded from farth The proposal to establish a North Borneo the success of the Government depends on-

er pillion will be held by Messrs. Hopkins, by two or three war janke, Cot in some London Hospital as a tremorial to tirely on the loyalty of the troops, and from the late King has fallen through, from took of support, says the B. N. B. Gerald, u sam of what I gather from various sources this is not 83365 only having been collected or promised, to be too greatly depended on, It is now proposed to offer the return of subs already paid. Some of the suggestions now made are:-A museum at Bandakan, botanical or public gardens at Sandakan, public reading rooms Bandakan and Jesselton, a sanatorium

contation sinking fountains, and i provements to recreation grounds in Sandakan

and Jesselton.

Canton, May 15th, DE. BUN YAT BEN.

The

auction

Dunn & Co, at their offices, on Tuesday, May 23. None of the loot taken by the fishermen from the steamer has yet been recovered, the officers of the Chinese gunboat declining to go into a searchi without special permits from the Taotsi and soldiers. As soldiers are on the war janke the It is reported here that the revolutionists have authorities may be induced to use them, but it had word that Dr. Sun Yat Sen left Sumatra, is quite probable that the thieves have taken en route for Chins, where he intends to personally good care to get their plauder out of reach by

This time. load the rebels in an attack on the Government.

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