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LONNON 'DOCKEES AGAIN THREATENING. The situation at London Docks is again menacing, the men refusing yesterday's offer. Meanwhile thousands of tons of foodstuffa have gone bad and have been destroyed by

STRIKE MOVEMENT. order of the Board, of Health.

BIOTING AT LIVERPOOL.

with rebellion it cannot be considered the soquirs and take over as a going conserate TELEGRAMS. safest place to which successful emigrants basiness hitherto carried on by Mr. A. Calty as can bring their fortunes. It is common the Calty Dairy Farm. The Dairy is situate knowledge that the wealthy people of the Avenue Paul Brunat, in a favourite ro City have been busily transferring their sidential district, and has been in existence-for fortunes from the city during the last few A. Calty. The capital has been fixed at The.

over seven years under the management of Mr. THE Fmonths. Our Canton correspondent men 100,000 divided into 10,000 shares at Tls, 10

tions in one of the notes we publish in an each. other column that, according to a recently. issued police report, at least six thousand families, numbering perhaps one-hundred persona, bave left Carton in fear of a rising. He aaye, moreover, that the bulk of these people, and many thousands besides, have withdrawn their money from the native banks, and have either deposited it in foreign banks or sent it out of the country. A vory considerable amount of this capital has been invested in

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past few months, and the continuance of the unguish this printing by the marginal control unsettled conditions in Canton is unques. A. 11." (, with a period after the latter tionably tending to the permanente advant-"A") instead of the "A. 11" (without period), age of the Colony, For the timid refugee used by the contrastors. from Canton Goda hero under the British Ang the security for life and pro- perty that he seeks, and as a consequence There was an official dinner at Gozerament we may expect to see a more rapid develop Honse last night, to which the following were ment of the waste spaces" of the Colony Invited:-Mr. C. Blakor, Mr: C. Browse, Mr. than we could have expected under ordinary and Mrs. Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. Sondercock, conditions. There is plenty of roog for ex- Mr. and Mrs. H. Hansook, Dr. and Mrs, East- pansion on the other side of the harbour, andings. Colonel Evans, Mr. and Mrs. van Roes. possibly it was not without some thought of Mr. Gordon Mackie, Mr. and Mrs. Gedge, Mr. prosent opportunities for this development Fig. Mr. and Mrs: Stephony, Captain and Mrs. that our correspondent "Taxpayer" urged the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Chatham, Mr. W. M. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Pr. Aubrey immediate opening up of the New Territory Chatham, and His Excelfonny's house party, Per case Per by good roads as being urgently necessary including General and Mrs. Anderson and Hon.

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LONDON, August 16th.

Grathomer Street, which is the dividing Yesterday morning a. riot occurred at

line between the Nationalist and Orange quarters. It commenced by two policemen attempting to arrest a man, quarelling with a woman. The neighbours sided with the man and seriously injured the police, who

upon the Yorkshires were called out. They were driven back upon the reserves, where-

fired seven volleys over the heads of the mob before they were driven to their homes. Six soldiers and pine civilians have been sent to hospital.

-GATER:

A crowd of three thousand people at Tiverpool attacked a prison van convoyed by Hussars, who fired at and sabred the crowd. Twenty were wounded and one was killed.

LATER. since died.

Auother rioter shot by the Hussars has

LATER.

Liners are held up at Liverpool which are full of Americans unable to get home. Troops are guarding the landing stages owing to rumours that the rioters contem. plate burning them.

Food is becoming scarce both Liver. pool and Manchester.

THE STRIKE AT SLABGOW.; The strike at Glasgow has collapsed and full tramway service is now running.

"DRUNKEN GRANDFATHER.”

On Tuesday the mother of a small and years of age, reposted at the Central Police bright-looking Chintan boy, some six or weren

Station that he was hissing, and the same message was conveyed to the police at West Point by other members of the family, Detectives were sent out to search for him, and were accompanied by the relativos of the youth. In the House of Commons-to-day-Mr-

GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE.- A watch was sat on the Macao steamers, and ou the Chungchau, Aberdeen and other launches. Churchill, Home Secretary, announced that At about 2.45 pm, while the grandfather the situation in London had improved. of the boy was the Government to go ahead more rapidly gangway of the Chungshou launch it is All sections at the docks were returning to

standing -sar A. S. WATSON & CO.. the harbour side of the Kowloon range with a baby at her breast, and carrying another

with their road making plans, especially on stated that he observed a woman approaching work. Though not in full numbers, it was hills, we should see very important child strapped to lee back. The greater part LIMITED,

development of the territory within of the bead of the latter infant was concealed, a very short time. There appears to be no so that while the child could peep out from its confidence among the Chinese that the covering, those who were near the woman could revolutionary movement in Canton has been not see its face. As the woman walked up the gangway the boy caught aglimpse of his grand completely overwed and will die out.

father and shouted dranken grandfather." long, therefore, as this feeling prevails we The old man, to whom, by the way, the term la shall see the man who have something to only applied as a youthful endearment, pricked

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believed that all transport workers realised the advantages already, secured and the folly of jeopardizing thom. It is pointed out that the soldiers at Liverpool did not fire at the people, but at individual houses from which missiles were being thrown --

LATER:

There is a rumour in the lobby of the

THE HARBOUR EXPLOSION.

·LIGHTER MASTER FINED..

the master of a lighter of having a fire aboard The hearing of the large brought against

his boat while carrying dangerous goods, to wit,” kerosene oil, was continued before Mr. Wood st The manevres in the South-Eastern the Magistracy yesterday afternoon. district have been stopped owing to several E. L. Shenton (of Messrs. Deacon, Looker & Inspector Langley prosecuted, and Mr. W regiments being held in readiness to proceeDeacon) represented the defendant.

MILITARY MANGUTBES_STOPPED,

to Lonton and other strike contres.

BIOTS AT CARDIFF.

P. C. Eatlay deposed to being on duty on the 3.5. Satsuma on August 9th, and the pre-

A crowd of starring negro sailors at Car-vious day. On the 9th ho left the ship about diff collided with the police who used their 1.30 pm, and returned at 6.30 on the following batons. Twelve negroos were taken to the morning Witness went on board and was walking hospital in an unconscious condition.

aft haen the explosion occurred. He could act say whether there was any fire on the lighter before the, explosion.

THE MOROCCO PROBLEM.

LONDON, August 16th.

M. Cambon, French Ambassador, and Herr It is officially, announced in Paris that

Kiderlin-Waechter, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, conferred at Berlin yes- terday. They are still seking a basis of negotiation.

THE DURBAK AT DELHI.

His Worship (to Inspector Langles)--What nro this man's duties?

Inspector Langley-To see that there is no

worked. fire on board while dangerous goods are being

Mr. Shenton-The Wharf Company provide a separato sampan on which the "choe" of the men is cooked They are supposed to..

Inspector Langley stated that police guarda were placed on. board all slips working naphtha.

Examined by Mr. Shenton, witness' said the " Godown Co. provided an extra boat on which the LONDON, August 16th.chow" of the men working naphtha was cook- Router is authorised to state that the ed. There was no objection to the man having a ider of cancelling the Durbar at Delhi has stroke at the stern of a naphtho jugk, unless not been considered för a moment.

margo was being worked from the after, bold.

TEST CRICKET.

LONDON, August 16th. "Guan has accepted the invitation to pro- ceed to Australia with the English team.

DEATH OF CARDINAL MORAN.

LONDON, August 16th. His Eminence Can dinal Moran, the first Australian Cardinal, has died.

Deceased was Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory in Ireland from 1872 to 1884, when be went to Australia as third archbishop of Sydney, becoming cardinal in the following year.]

GENERAL NOGI

LONDON, August 16th. General Nogi left Berlin for Japan via St. Petersburg.

UNITED ACTION FOR DEFENCE.

ANONYMOUS PONCE'S GENEROUS

GIFT.

Captain Unsworth, borthing master of the Wharf Co., said the defendant was in sharge of one of the Company's lighters. This was not new business to him. He had badany amount of experience.

His Worship-Are you inclined to attributes the explosion to anything elsYes. Spoo taneous combustion may have caused it. And if a man was smoking ton fast away, the ether srising from the naphthia would "cansa" an explosion.

Proceeding, witness said that such a thing had occurred in the godowns. There was a galley on the lighter with three wooden walls was-not near the lighter at the time of the and an open front, bat no chimney.. Witness

explosion.

Examined by Mr. Shenton:

You baro a man whose special duty it is to go. round these ships and see that the regulations are proparly carried out?-Yes, a Me. Beltin.

Your Company also provides a lighter for the cooking to be done for the man?-Yes. It is moored some little distance away.

From your experience of naphtha is it possible to ignite at a distance of 10 or 12 feat Trom the sotial substance F-Tos, from the other given off.

This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Shouton submitted that he had no case to most. His Worship had hoard about sparks dying from a chimney which did not exist.

lose in a great revolutionary explosion up his ears when he beard the wall remembered House of Commons that should the troubles gift to the nation for the purchase of a rifle this fire caused the explosion, bat whether there

ready and eager to establish homes where volte, and followed the woman on board,

life and property are more safe and secure -and their first thoughts in this connec. tion will certainly be centred on Hongkong.

Yesterday's plague retura was a blank.

informed hor that she was on the Changchan

His Worship The question is not whether

was or was not a fre. He desired to hear the evidence for the defence,

Defendant stated that the mon on the lighter

LONDON, August 15th. Au uuonymous donor, 'signing himself “Englishman from beyond the seas" has offered Mr. Haldane £10,000 sterling as a

range near one of the thickly populated | He was by her side just as the ticket be aggravated Parliament instead of districts in England. collector approached, and hard the woman adjourning on the 18th of September will The donor emphasises the growing in- us for a tickat ta abarleen. The collector continue sitting in order that it may logis-pu'se of the Empire towards united action launch, and then, observing that the child on her late with reference to the situation. It is for defence, and states that Woolley or Mead There has recently arrived at Saigon a Voisin back did not look comfortable, removed the known that the Government is considering approval of the Hampshire Authorities.

would be accepted, the latter subject to the bi-plans presented by the Due de Montpensieroth from his face. There was a cry of delight proposala to secure the settlement of labour to the Ligue Aorienne Cockin-Chinoise,

from the boy, and another shot of dranken grandisther." The womun, Bading that she disputes without strikes, but the task is had been trasid by a relative of the child, drop necessarily long and arduous. It has been VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN JAPAN. frequently worked kerosene, Da the morning ped it and attempted to escape, but was arrested widely suggested that the unrest is due to on the wharf by an Indian police sergeant. The the stationariness of wages during the past ONE FOREIGNER DEAD: SEVERAL During the squall, which oqcurred in the child wes dressed in new and faucy garments decade while the cost of living has in-f

At St. Paul's Cathedral on the 25th uit, three new Prelates, including the Rev. Dr. M. N. Trollope, Bishop of Koren, were consecrated.

Colony yesterday morning two conservancy junks were capsized, one-in-the- maa-of-war anchorage, and the other near Telmchatsol.

Five members of the Hongkong Volunteer coronation contingent, Captain G. P. Lammert, Captain J. H. W. Armstrong, Sergeants Molver, Wright and Day, returned by the

selected to take out relief crews for ships on the China Station. The Crescent and Gibraltar were to leave England about the 10th August, and arrive back at Devonport about 22ad. Ootober.

LATER.

his hair was neatly trimmed, and he was amply provided with apples-to-kep him quiet. The creased. woman was charged before Mr. J. B. Wood it the Magistracy with kidnapping, and the hearing House of Commone to the suggested Mr. Cooper, M.F., draw attention in the of the case was adjourned.

SUCCESSFUL CHASE AFTER

- A ROBBER.

appointment of a Royal Commission.

Mr. Lloyd George replied that the Government were carefully considering the matter in all aspects.

CABINET CONFEZENCE,

LATER.

The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants have decided to go on strike throughout the country in twenty-four- hours unless certain demands are granted. The Amalgamated Society of Railway

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INJURED.

TOKTO, August. 16tb. daybreak on Tuesday with disastrous re- There was an eruption of Mt. Asama at

Bults.

A party of fifty foreigners was at the summit at the time.

breakfasted about half an hour after the explo sion. There was no fire in the galley of the lighter, mud there was a tarpaulio covering over the naphths.

In reply to Mr. Shenton defendant said the tarpaulin was covered by boarde. Ho had boom in charge of lighters for eight years, and had

of the oxplosion witness had a amok in the storn of the Satsuma. Ha also saw an officer with a big nose smoking. He was in charge of the loading and unloading of the goods.

Other witnesses, deposed that thors was no fies in the galley of the lighter at the time of the explosion, and that when it occurred the naphtha was covered by tarpaulins.

His Worship imposed a fine of $100, remark. ing that he saw no reason for disbelieving, the evidence of the ship's officer, given on a former occasion.

Several Japanese and about a dozen" foreigners were injured. The sv. J. E. Mr. Shenton applied for leave to appeal, stationed at Tsu, had his legs broken by stayed for a month. Hail, au American Presbyterian missionary which was granted, and payment of the fine was

falling rocks and bled to death.

THE EMPRESS OF CHINA."

Toxvo, August 16th. The typhoon weather which is prevailing reduces the prospects of floating the Empress of Chine.

CHINESE_OFFICIAL APPOINT-

MENTS.

POLICEMAN COVERED WITH-

DUMMY REVOLVER

When a Chinese pointed an excellent injita tion of a Browsing revolver at Sorgeant Wills at Kowloon on Tuesday evening, the sergeant doubtless thought he was gazing down the grim muzzle of a genuine article. With great pre- sence of mind and agility he stepped aside, and before the Chinese realised what had happened. he was stretched his lengthen the ground by a

tion revolver, and two others, were discovered well-directed blow from a stick which P.S. Wills was carrying. The man with the imita

by the sergeant loitering at the rear of the Prince Su has been transferred to the Kowloon Post Office at about 9:30 in the even- Presidency of the Board of Dependencies ing. The policeman arrested two of the men, and H.E. Kuan-chun, succeeds the Prince as and it was at this stage that their companion President of the Ministry of the Interior,

Dependencies, has been appointed to Ching-

PEKING, August 16th. H.E. Shou-chi, President of the Board of chow as Tartar General.

Is the British Consular, Report on these. Arcadia yesterday. Trade of Cauton for the year 1910 reference

A notorious character named Ip Yeung Fak, A marriage has been arranged, and will take who has been convicted on fire previous osca s made to the proposal to create near place in the antumu, between Captain II. Maraton's, was charged before Me. Hassland at the Mr. Asquith presided at a conference. in TAI-SKA-Tou, the terminus of the Cantou- rian Porry, Royal Army Medical Corps, Houg Magistracy yesterday with committing a rob. Downing Street, at which Mr. Lloyd Kowloon railway, a model settlement kong, and Eleanor, second daughter of the late bery at Kowloon City. He broke into the Georgo, Mr. Sydney Burton and others intended for the accommodation of returned Edward Grißlth Brewer, of Strawberry-bill house of a villager and stole a quantity of were present. They considered the whole Chinese emigruts. The site chosen, the Vice-

The cruisers Crescent and Gibraltar have been after his departure that the goods were misted striks situation and heard the views of re- clothing and other articles, and it was not natil Consul states, is approximately of the same

The polles were then notified, and detectives presentatives of employers and men. size as Shomrean, the general design of

were sont out by Inspector McHardy. Chinees GENERAL RAILWAY STRIKE THREATENED which is to be imitated as far as possible.

Constable 295, observing a man carrying a "The intention is to encourage the return to their native country of those Chinese

bundle, approached him, but as soon as the who have made förfuues abroad and who

bearer saw the policeman he dropped the goods The engegoment of Mr. Willard D.Straight, and ran. The policeman started in pursuit, brve assimilated foreign ways"; and the

the agent in China of the Americau Financial and for spurs three-quarter of an hour the race Vice-Consul, who wrote the Report, adda Group, to Miss Dorothy Whitney, daughter of contiuned over soft paddy fields. By this time that it is to be hoped that this will prove a New York millionaire, is announced, Thea village was noored, and the exhausted co-Sarrants bas given the companies twenty- the first stop in the general rebuilding of welding is to take place shortly and the honey stable blew his whistler 4 rage word fours notice, ending on Thursday morning. the picturesque but insanitary native city.mcon will be spent in Peking,

the autimans and captored the robber, who was Within the past few years we have seen in Nows has been received by Mr. W: Quincey, sentenced by his Worship to six months' im in which to decide whether they will meet the Press many references to similar of Shanghai (formerly of Hongkong), that his prisonment and four hours' stocks.

the Society's representatives and negotiate a intentions on the part of Chinese officials son John, who has been pursuing his studies at

basis of settlement of the matters in dispute in various parts of the country to set up London University for the past five years, at

otherwise a-national-strike will be ordered. "model settlements," but very few of these the Jane examination for the Intermediate

Mr. Sydney Buxton has requested the rail intentions seem to have materialised. A BA degree took first class honours in English,

Fay managers and the representatives of model settlement at Canton for returned det-class honours in Greak history, second

the A.S.R.S. to meet him to-day. class honours in Franch, second class honours

THE NEW CIRCUS. —— emigrants aho have grown accustomed abroad to conditions of life superior to

Bysack's new Circus oponed at Causeway Bay those which commonly prevail in a Chineset the Supreme Conft yesterday when dar. Francisco office that the steamers of the Port and common sense will avort or render ment as the advertisements prophesied. It was ns that he is in receipt of advices from the San is trusted that the Board of Trade action last night, and proved as excellent an entertain

city is

a very excellent, idea; but in Chinese astion Mr. Shenton, for the plaintiff, arrive at Portland and discharge their cargo,

Justice Gompertz took his seat to try a small land and Asiatic Steamship Company, as they nartial such a catastrophe. Meanwhile it really remarkable borse show. Splendid up- LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. view of the fact that returned.

said his client had not arrived. His Lordship will be turned over to Messrs. Frank Waterhouse listed that the companies, foreseeing emigrants have been SO largely con. remarked that if he had been informed he should corned in the recent revolutionary dis not have robed. Just then the plaintiff appeared, & Co. Inc., and that thereafter the steamers will trouble months ago, made elaborate precau turbances the model settlement" idea is and was told by his Lordship that he was just be operated by that company in whatever trade tions for a skeleton service should a strike not likely, we should think, to mature very about to strike out the muse with costs, adding they may elect. The Portland & Asistio Steam take place. In any event a portion of the quickly. Canton is at present a city which that plaintiff had had the narrowest escape of hip Company has found it expedient to abandon mex employed on the milways, do not the whole combined in presenting an up-to-date the 15th instauf, and is dus here to-morrow st.

their Portland-Oriental'business,

belong to the A.S.ES.---

possesses no attractions for men who have t

in Greek and ordinary pass in Latin.

bis life.

THE PORTLAND AND ASIATIC" STEAMSHIP vo.

الد

ABANDONMENT OF THE FORTLAND-ORIENTAL

BUSINESS,

Mr. Fred J. Halton, as agent of the Portland

There is a tendency to believe that a

and Asiatic Steamship Co. in Hongkong,mforms national catastrophe is not inevitable, and it

sought to frighten him, being unsware of the | meille-of-the Hongkong police.___Tha_threa men were arrested, and appeared before Mr. Wood at the Magistrapy yesterday, when their employer appeared and gave each of them a good charter. They were discharged.

novel-performances by dering male and female standing Hungariaú horses were pat through jockeys. But the Cirens was not confined to the equestrian display. There were agile accolata, trick cyclists, now clowns and others, and at noon.

programme to an enthusiastic audienco,

The P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s str. Ceylon arrived at London on the 13th instant morning. pected to arrive at Colombo on the 24th instant, The P. & O. 6. N. Co.'s str. Palma in ex-

The Philippines Co. str. Bubs left Manila on

daylight.