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TELEGRAMS.

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JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC

APPOINTMENT.

TOKYO, May 12th.

Baron lehi has been appointed Am

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

COMPANY MEETING,

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LOCAL SPORT,

LAWN TENNIS.

to lecture in the bigger cities. Just now they are in Switzerland, from there they plan to go to Greece, Asia Minor, India, China, Japan, and home by way of Mexico and the United States. They plan to do

"LE.C, P. R.K.C.C. it all in six years, Then there in Cecil M. Hargreaves, who left London sight Some very interesting play was wit- years ago to tour the world and show that nessed in this match, which took place it was possible for him to earn his living on the Club ground on Saturday. The anywhore So far he has done it in thirty-d easy disposal of the Club by the LR.C. two countries and has covered 180,000 players was duo, in a great measure, to miles. China and Japan still remain to the hollow victory of Messrs. H. A. Nisbet there than in some of the lands where he has been

The merry month of May is not over THE INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM taxing us with a high thermometer-touch

CO., LTD wood-and though we expect to be, warm

The ordinary general meeting of the wo are perhaps not having such an up-

International Petroleum Co., Ltd., was comfortable timo as most anticipated."

beld on Saturday, at the offices Bathing may be said to be almost in of the Company. Mr.. Francisco full swing. Numerous parties have been so Yat (Chairman of the Company) organised, and the mid-summer scenes of presided. The other shareholders present bassador, to Paris vice Baron Karachi, gay crowds at Blake Fior and Jubilee were:-F. D. Barretto, Ching King Sin, waa to catch when one got to a railway him, but he will surely have a better time and H. R.. Phelips over Capt. Bowen ~..

Fior are beginning to be enacted. The Kwok Shut Ting, Bo Te Ka Wong water, of course, is still a trifle cool, not Chung Hang, Tse Taan Tai, Simon Tse Yan, J. A, Barretto J. He Botello, so warm as it will be later, but, the more refreshing. Jelly fish are rather. M. Soares, J. H. Seth, E. Theo. Bunje, common, and the bottle of ammonia is and Lok Chan Sz. The notice convening carried by all launches which are run by having been read,

the meeting and the auditor's report thoughtful persons.

who becomes a vice-Minister.

HYDRO-ÆROPLANE FLIGHTS AT

Mr

YOKOHAMA.

TOKYO, May 12th." Atwater, an American nirman, made successful displays with his hydro- aeroplane at Yokohama yesterday.

a hundred The Naval Minister and Naval Officers were spectators of the

displays.

THE HON. MR. CLAUD SEVERN.

AN APPRECIATION.

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The Straits Times commenting on Louston Timer criticising the appointment of Mr. Claud Severn to the Colonial Secretaryship of Hongkong says:—

Movern had been a personal nominee of Sir John Anderson in the Straits service we might have looked upon the distinguished promotion with dis- favour. But Mr. Severn came out as Private Secretary to the Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1804 after doing He some service in the Foreign Office. had served in a variety of positions up and down, the peninsula before Bir John Anderson came here, and came back to

MONDAY, MAY 13th, 1918.

HOME AND CUINA AFFAIRS,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT-]

LONDON, April 17. THE RAILWAY BERVICE. Gradually the great railroads are bobbling back to their regular schedules of traim after a record suspension of the usual arrangements. The uncertainty of the past week or two as to the train one station has been an experience that in spite of its humoura few of us wish to repeat. There has been one notable excep tion to this rule the Great Eastern Rail- way. It has been the only concera to come out of the trying time with flying colours. Hitherto its position in the Anancial market has not been too rosy, It helps to reconcile us to our fot out The Company, he said, was formed in but the shareholders will surely see better here when we read that the fog was go

November, 1910, to exploit oil-fields in things in 1912, for no cutting had to be bad in the South of England that it inter Timor. The Company acquired three hold-done in the services, not even in the fered with the naval manœuvres. We ings each comprising an area of about 1,250 excursion programme, The consequence had expected better things in May at acres or 2 square miles, which is rufficient was that this line had a remarkable rush home. It aduust makes us feel that the for the boring of 240 wells, of a total of of passengers at Easter time. spring and the summer in the old coun- 120 wells. At Reineco, oil was struck at was due to the foresight of its chairman, try are not all that they are cracked up a very shallow depth. The oil is of a family that Irishmen are wont to call Lord Claud Hamilton. He is one of the to be.

brown colour very fuorescent without the hungry Hamiltons." He is noted any disagreenble odour and yields a high;

representatives

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it

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While speaking of Home Rule, I may be allowed to refer to the assertion of

The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting.

the

All this

red up coal well in advance wherever company has a spare bit of siding. Near London alone he had over a mile of these big banks of reserve fuel, so it did not really worry him how long the strike lasted. It must have brought the line a

the Eastern counties must have been very valuable indeed.

and Mr. A. B. Sutherland, who were beaten by 1 games to 1. The brothers Hancock carried all before them, both being in excellent form, and had the other Club members given them: fair support

KONE RULE ALL ROUND. After Ireland come Wales and Scotland demanding Home Rule. If the indica tions In the Prime Minister's speech mean

the issue might have been far different, for anything at all they will get it too, to re-the Club players were leading by four he Parliament of local affairs, if the games half way through the match. The Liberals can hold on. As to that a cynical Clubs were represented by the following reply was given to a query, I hear, at one players →→ of the clubs the other night. Two Liberal members wore discussing the likelihood of an election over the Heine Rule Bill. Both agreed there would be no election this year. Why I asked a member of the

remark" "Each of us in the House," way group. "What reason have you for that

hus exactly four hundred

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the answer,

pay to M.Ps. may have some truth in it, hundred golden' sovereigns of the offcial Anyway I am told there is some heart- who shall be left to represent the Emerald burning among the Irish members as to Isle at Westminster when the representa- tion at Westminster is materially reduced ander the Home Rule Bill. They like the four hundred a year: they like the House of Cormons the finest club in the world" and they know that neither of these advantages will be great in the

in Dublin.

H.B.C.C-Messrs. K. and H. Hancock,

Mr. R. II. Stewart and Capt. C. A. James, Capt. F. J. Bowen and Mr. A. R. Sutherland,

L.R. C.-Messrs. H. A. Nisbet and H..

and Mr. C. Willson. G. T. Brierley, Capt. R. D. Crawford R. Phelips, Capt. M. F. Day and Capt...

At the conclusion of the match, the

ners by Miss Enid Hinton Potts.

The winners were as follow !--- Championship Singles--Mr.

H.

A..

in 1911. Nisbet, who beat Capt. Day, the champion

Singles Handicap, 'A'' class-Capt. F. J. Bowen (owe 4/6).

Henderson (rec, 3/6)..

Singles Handicap, "B" class--Mr. R..

H. A. Nisbet and II, R. Phelips (we ).

Doubles Handicap, "A" class-Messrs.

Doubles Handicap, "B" class-Capt. F..

What the Rev. F. T. Johnson said grade petroleum. Tested by the Hone for his wternness in conflicts with the reasons for not seeking an appeal to the urizes conipeted for in the recent Club letter which has recently appeared in the somewhat silent race must be true of the flashing point (Abel close test) of fidesratis notion of superiority that really

the other day about Irishmen being akong Government Analyst, it showed a workmen, whom he does not love; and I country." This reference to the four Government were presented to the win arm not sure that it was not this aristo in this part of the P. Boring down to s a depth of 210 feet,“

gave him the cue to provide against the Empire. I have not heard of a single celebration of the second reading of the experienced, strong enough to raise water the Juiners' pit payment quarrels should a very strong flow of petroleum gas wascoal strike, for he was determined that Home Rule Bill, which is, after all, in

which is used for drilling in the pipe, to not interfere with him or his line. So he event of some importance in their history.

a height of 200 feet. One of the Com- We should like to hear some of them sing pany's American expert drillers remarked

A nation once again."

in his report that there is an immense body of oil underlying the land in which the gas has its origin, and the air is of a very high gravity. The gas is merely

oil, and it is only the high grade oil that contains the lighter properties in suficient quantities, to throw off a flow of petroleum gas. A complete zotary outfit," suitable for drilling in soft ground Was therefore decided upon and was being landed at the oil-fields, when unfortunately

* rising of the natives occurred and work had to beuspended. The machinery had to be returned to Dilly" and was landed and stored in a godown. There is no

successful results would have been achieved in a very short time by the working of this plant. Concerning We two miles distant from Foe, about

Government House in 1907. From that the Secretary of State for Scotland which the escape of the lighter properties of the lot of money, and the advertisement to Parliament that it is proposed to revive J. Agg wil Capt. M. C. 8. Simson (rec

date until Sir John Anderson's departure from the Colony Mr. Severn was probably his most constant and most valuable helper in the onerous duties which a Governor and High Commissioner has to discharge.

Our ex-Governor, naturally, had the faults of his virtues, but we should not be prepared to admit that he was ever slow in gauging the qualities of men with whom he was brought into frequent con- tact. He was one of the hardest and fastest workers it has ever been our pleasure to meet, and he demanded a good deal more from his subordinates than the average-man. He was impatient of weak- In Mr. Severn he found a judgment. man who could obey implicitly yet, who never hesitated to give his chief a per- fectly candid opinion if he thought he was wrong. He found in him also a exceptionally fine linguist, with a gift

he made in Edinburgh on Saturday. He said that Scotsmen did not wish for Home Rule on the same lines as Ireland; they wanted to have their full representa tion at Westminster, not from selfish motives but because they were afraid it would be a loss to the Empire."

Ob Lord, gie us a guid conceit o corsels. Nothing like letting the Einuire know the worth of its Scottish leavón.

EFFECT OF THE STRIKE ON TRADE.

tess, and appreciative of tact and sound in the Japanese paper printed in English doubt, the Chairman said, that very known, for many contracts have gone Europe contains only 3 million square!

of

One of the most graceful compliments paid to the brave men who lost their lives when the Titanic went down is contained which is published in Dairen. It stated that the tragic shipwreck of the huge liner again demonstrated the chivalry of the White Rice. We take off our hats to our Japanese friend. If we could only B world wide scale all our tremendous armaments would disappear and the

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INTIMATIONS

Chs. J. Gaupp

& Co.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

CHATER ROAD.

But to return to Scotland. Henry Professional Pairs-Capt. R. D. Craw Anderson Watt, one of the Scottish | ford and Capt. M. F. Day, March trade returns did not show much Liberal M.P.'s, puts it this way-The injury from the strike, but when the Imperial Parlistment deals not only with April and May returns are out the story matters of the highest Imperial moment, may be different. March got along with but also with these of quite parochial reserve stocks of coal and materials, but interest. It grants & Charter of Union as April came there were extensive shut to four great South African Colonies 16 ́ tings-down of mills and factories and it passes a sewage schome for the town of will really be months before the full ex- Sligo.. The British Empire consists of terit of the damage to commerce will be 12 milliont of aquare miles,, whereas abroad and they are mostly for long miles. Having too much to do, the Im- periods. Some estimators place. the loss perial Parliament does nothing well. as Everything is done in a hasty and slovenly to trade altogether at as much £58,000,000, but there is very little to manner, and much that ought to be done What is not done at all. The House loses con- statistics are available at this moment trol of the measures for which it is WATCHMAKERS; are all to the demonstration that the responsible. The power passes into the workers are the sufferers and will continue hands of a bureaucracy of permanent to be for a long time to come. Competent officials.

It is their decisions that are men fix the loss in wages to miners and given legal effect to; for that alone Parlia industries directly associated with the ment seems now to exist. Scotland having collieries at £2,000,000, so any advantage fewest representatives in the Commons, the men may have gained through the and her members being of an extra-docile minimum wage regulations is mortgaged disposition, she gets last place in the FINEST QUALITY in advance for years. Railroad receipts struggle for precedence. It is no answer have shrunk thirty per cent. for the past to say, "Look at the Front Bench; it is month and their restricted services and entirely people by Scottish members.” the consequent shutting down of other!

geniality that made him quite invaluable institute a mutual admiration society on Rainoco, reports showed the ground to support such figures 80

pace of the world would be assured.

in negotiation or in making things go pleasantly when there was a chance that they might do the reverse, and a man, too, who in presence of a big and complex

An amusing incident which has not question could throw off his airy persi flage and become a clear-headed, strong been reported took place at R. G. Who Knowles ontertainment on Friday night. willed sound-thinking colleague. can wonder that Sir John Anderson He had just concluded his parson's thought such a man would sait Hong address when looking round he noticed kong! If the Government of Hongkong that one of the audience had dropped off to sleep, which led him to remark. I observe thaten mener of the congregation has gone to sleep. I suppose this is the beneficial result of cock-tails at the Hong- kong Hotel. The roar of laughter, which followed roused the soporife individual ment when he realised that he had suddenly became the cynosure of all eyes.. He was heard to explain that he had only been asleep two seconds, but the ears that heard it were the ears of unbelievers."

had a man of its own there would have been no need to send Mr. Barnes, As it had asked for that gentleman, it decided against the local men, and whe ther it did so justly or the reverse is a matter about which we express no opinion.

be similar to that at Rainoco, and the oil clay tested by the Hongkong Govern ment Analyst yielded a high grade petroleum. This holding and also the Bemanas fields, have not been worked so far, but a thorough investigation of all surface indications has been made and reported upon by the Company's Super intendent. In Bemanas, he found large pools of viscid black oil with a flash point (Abel close test) of 168deg. F. This oil is very suitable for fuel purposes. Other surface indications in

Bemanas are,

far.

At all events in the position he had taken from his slumber, and be gazed in wonder immense quantities of lime-stone coated industries inflicted a further loss on the That fact does nothing for the Scottish

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with bitumen and ozokerite, samples of

wage earners of another £2,000,000 in the people or for Scotland. Indeed, it dock the harm, for the influence of these men five weeks of the strike. And even now

there are thousands of them hovering on the borderline of actual want because conditions have not yet recovered their complete equilibrium.

A THREATENED SALT FAMINE IN ENGLAND. ̈ ̈ One curious result of the strike is that we are within a short distance of a salt famine. It may be that the resumption of work in the mises may enable us to escape, but it will be by the merest margin. Cheshire of course is the great salt producing county, but the refining

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is withdrawn from the already too small ENGLISH, AMERICAN power of the representatives of north Britain. One result of this pushing aside of Scotland, making her the Cinderella of the family, is that she is given only one day per session to discuss the sixteen which the different departments for Secretary for Scotland is responsible. One day of seven hours each year Forty CLOCKS two hours in the last six years!

As to Wales, a compact party in the.

at the Colonial Office Sir John Anderson wonld feel that he was under a very

which, tested by the Hongkong Govern- serious obligation to select some one in whom absolute confidente could be placed.

ment Analyst, yielded from 100 parts by Mr. Claud Bevorn wont to China at a

weight the large amount of 24 parts of time when there was need of the best man possible, because no one could be quite

It has been the custom for several news crude heavy petroleum oil, having a sure what backwash of the revolutionary

specific gravity of 9547 at 15.5deg. C. movement might affect the British Colony. papers which could boast of sonte anti- It was a moment at which the Permanent quity to give in their columns a résumé All these indications showed that the Secretary to the Colonial Office would of some of the important events which development of the Company's oil-fields have been a maduran to risk a failure out happened, say, one hundred years ago or of a mere good natured desire to path for hfty years ago. The Duty Press Would yield, results which may far exceed ward an old fellow worker and personal used to indulge in the practice for some the expectations of these interested in friend. Frankly, we do not think that time after it attained its jubilee. This this Company. When the native rising Sir John Anderson has bowels of com custom has led to an amusing incident occurred, arrangements were made to passion, or personal weaknesses where the in Glasgow. The Glasgow Herald, in fact, something of a martinst the Kind under the title of "Fifty Years Ago ru of the Company's "staff, the American works had to be closed because of the lack plain that they have been still worge! public service is concerned. He was, in publishing extracts from its old files cancel the contracts with all the members

House, headed by Mr. E. T. John, com- of fuel. At the same time the demand treated than Scotland, especially in re- of man who being able to do two men's produced an advertisement which set forth drillers returning to the States. It has work himself expected each of his sub that coals were to be obtained at St not yet been possible to ascertain the rose unaccountably and the price mounted gard to agrarian reforms. Mr. John ordinates to be equal to at least a man Enoch's-square at prices varying from and a half. Then, he was one of the com 58. to 12% per ton, and the consequenes exact amount of damage done to the pro- rapidly from twenty-five shillings to says "Wales is really & democracy, fet petitive examination wallahs himself, and was that people flocked to the address perty of the Company, but an amount forty-five shillings a ton. Even then the tered and muzzled by involuntary associa we believe he was much attached to the mentioned under the misapprehension sufficient to cover any possible loss has only trade that could be done was with tion with England in domestic affairs; system. In all probability his greatest that the prices quoted were those current. been claimed, from the Timor Govern- old customers: new business could not be in Imperial and international affairs, we fault to Mr. Bevern was that he came in A case very like this occurred recently in at a kind of side door, and it was not regard to the Independence Belge, which ment latest advices point to the undertaken. Since then the explanation desire to co-operate cordially and effec pacification of the disturbed area being has come out. There is a prevalent idea tually in securing alike Imperial unity until years of hard and sound work had published in its "Fifty Years Ago" boon got out of him that Sir John half column an extract giving an account of an accomplished fact in the near future that coal lasts longer if sprinkled with and cohesion, and international amity. when the Company would have to con- grudgingly admitted that he was a good some action against a religious order as if he had marched through the front sen by the Government of the day. By sider the question of starting again. This salt, so many households were prolong So it is clear that after all the House porch. Clearly the Government should be strict in avoiding admissions to the public an unexplained cause, someone read the rising of the natives has been un- ing the life of the fire" in that way. In Rule-for-Ireland water jumps and obsta service by side doors when Parliament has extract as a current event, and sent a fortunate, the Chairman added, as it some other cases the grate was occupied clea have been cleared, this or some other

expressly established a main entrance, but it seems to us that to raise the ques tion.of how a man came in when he has been doing good service for nearly twenty years is straining a principle at the wrong point. He is entitled then to be

taken purely and simply upon his merits, and that, we believe, was what was done in the case of Mr. Claud Severn.

LAWN BOWLS.

A friendly match between the civil Service and the Police was played on the former's green, resulting in a win for the Police by six points.

lengthy letter of protest to one of the Clerical organs, which did not realise the situation until it was too late and the letter was in print.

The report and accounts were adopted, and the election of Mr. Kwok U Shun as a director and of Messra Percy Smithi, Fleming and Seth as auditors was agreed to.

THE LOVE OF TRAVEL.

Cabinet have lots of other troubles in

front of them.

them have gone to gaol for a while. There

too.

throws us back so much in our work. We by big blocks of salt saturated with have had inquiries from various quarters paraffin, which I understand gave a good to take over any lands which might

CHINESE QUARREL IS LIMEROUSE. prove prolific in oil, and we were looking and very attractive flame.... forward to making satisfactory arrange-

There was quite a set-to among the The rolling stone idea has apparently Chiness of Limehouse quarter the other ments. However, we should take heart, A correspondent who prefors to be

and begin under perhaps better auspices. anonymous sends me the following cut Now more than ever oil is coming to the ripped a good many people of late. A ting from the Singapore Free Press front. In fact this is already described good many Society people besides Lord ight and as a consequence a number of

The Straits Rikisha Company are putting as the "The Age of Petrokamo Somers are making for Canade for a ou the streets to day the first batch of

change, and a good many besides Lady are two rival societies there among the their modern high class rikishas, similar

Grosvenor are becoming caravan dwellers Chinese and partisans of both got quarel- to those in use at Saigon and Shanghai,

in the approaching summer. But two ling on Saturday night. It ended in an special sets of travellers are bound to appeal to armu-and queer arms low well-built vehicles designed for com

strike your corner of the earth sooner or Chang Hop and Ah Hou were charged fort, with pneumatic tyres, either Dunlop or Michelin. The wheels are ball bearing

later if their plans proceed as laid out. with knocking Chang Sing off a bicycle and the rikishas well fitted. It is intend ed eventually to put several hundred on

To begin with, six vegetarians of Leipzig, with an iron bar and then striking him Chai Chai Wong the street. The pullers have a special

to prove the excellence of their theories with a hammer khaki baju, with red braid. Most im

Mr. William Keswick, of Eastwick as regards endurance, have undertaken to Kweng and Dong Tong were charged with. portant to the public, the fares are no more than other rikishas. His or her Park, Leather-head, Surey, and of Cow-walk round the world, aided by moderate threatening other Chiness with choppers. In the billiard competition at the comments are very brief Hongkong hill Town, Holywood, Dumfries, Con- subsidies from vegetarian societies. There and hammers, and Ah Chong used a

Echo Answers." With all due

servative M.P. for the Epsom Division of Seamen's Institute, the first round is to When ?

are three women, three men, a donkey and spiked bar of iron sunilar, it is said, to be played off as follows:Brown v. Best; respect, I am afraid the ocho does no Surrey since 1899, head of the firm of

a dog in the party. Whether the canine those used in Chins during the Boxer Howell v. Lee; Barnard 2. Silva; answer. If the fares are to be no higher Stewart a Gannon; Turner Gate; there is not much inducement for a com- Mere Jardine, Matheson & Co., China Marques v. Chamberlain Ryan v. Gor pany to take up the project, and if the merchants, who died on March 9th, aged has worn to pass by any fleshy bones on rebellion. One of the defendants, Ming man; Xavier 2. Field; Down Moor; tariff is raised we shall bear numerous 16, left estate sworn for probate as of the the road is not stated, but the humans will You, said he ran about with a chopper Reynolds. p. Burr; Gosanne Smith complaints arent the increased cost of value of £600,000 so far as at present adhere strictly to fruits, vegetabiles, grains simply because he saw the others doing can be ascertained. The total death

the blood of the rival tongs. Giddy. Loukes; Kirby. Allen; Mann living in Hongkong.

duties on the property at this valuation and nuts. The donkey carries all their the same. Sreen days in gaol may calm RODERICK RANDON.

"will amount to about £65,000.

laggage, which is little, though they are 7. Speiglehalter; and Williams Martin.

BILLIARDS,

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM KESWICK'S ESTATE.

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