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CANTON.

[FROM OUR Own CornESPONDENT.]

August 97th.

PUKVIOUS DISHONEST OFFICIALS,

After the Revolution many man in public positions who knew that they would have to quit on the advent of the new`régime made off with public money and in some cases sold furniture and other things belonging to the Government and ran off to what they considered a these fugitives has come to hand and steps are being taken to bring them back to Canton to stand trial for embezzlement of public funds and property.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

How-

with a view to taking possession of the arms and ammunition, but they were driven back and messages were sent to headquarters for reinforcements. Soldiers wore sont froia Canton at once to help the garrison to defeat and scatter these robbers, but the robbers tore up a part of the railway line to cause their delay in the hope that another attempt on the station would prove successful. ever, the line was rapidly put in working order and the soldiers arrived at their destination to find the robbers had dis- This sort of thing has been expected in this district for some time. Robberies have been very common and crowds of bad characters have found their way here, so that a large number of soldiers will be necessary to keep order for some time now.

secure retreat. Latoly news of several of appeared.

A man

named Chu has just been discovered in Shanghai, who with several atliers made off with all the funds and rust of the valuable instruments belonging to the Government Medical College. These people are being brought back here for trial. Also the officer in charge of the

CHINESE MINISTER ON A SEED FARM.

THE HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.

We take the following from United Empire, the Royal Colonial Institute Journal:

THURSDAY AUGUST 291¤,

THE ALLAN WILKIE COMPANY.

Mr. Allan Wilkie, the aminent, actor- manager, assisted by the talented actress, Min Frediswyde Hunter Watts, and a The decision of the senate of Hongkong powerful London Company, will open at University to develop the applied science Hongkong for a short season commencing side will meet with general approval. on September 12th. We are informed that professor of engineering, and in Pro-hastily collected together to make a tour The first step taken was to cable for a the Company is not one which has been

obtained the appointment, the University with certain exceptions, been playing in fessor C. A. M. Smith, B.Sc., who has of the East, but a Company which bas, have secured one specially qualified for London and all the larger provincial tho particular work he is taking up. For towns for quite a number of years. Mr. the last five years he has been working at Wilkie, who has the distinction of bring the East Loudon College of the using this fully equipped Shakespearean guished both from an educational and Repertoirs Company to India, and the versity of London, and he is distin- research point of view. In research work East, has been associated with all the he has contributed many scientific and elasticity of materials, and it was Sir Herbert Tree, Miss Julia Neilson, in connection with tests on the strength principal London managers, including

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14,

SUMATRA CONSOLIDATED RUR BER ESTATES (LIMITED.)

PROAPROTUÐ KЯTIMATES EXCEEDED.

he who first named and definitely proved | Mr. Fred. Terry, etc., and has appeared thu h.-nearly 28. per lb. above)

what is now known as

greatest

Guest's law"

recently to the large Ensex seed farms ness for the new sibility for useful-1

The Chinese Minister Low Yuk Lin, likin station at Kongmoon at the begin- accompanied by his two daughters and ning of the Revolution, who cleared out. and the Misses Lew, paid a visit with all the public funds ho could lay of Messrs. John K. King & Sous, of hands on, has been found and is to come Coggeshall. The object of the visit was hefore the Government at an early date.to inspeet the series of experiments and This mow on the part of the present the process of pedigree election. Details fficials is drawing the attention of the of the systein were minutely described, and the experimental trial plots, num- populace to the ourrent stories of mistering upwards of 700 various kinds of management and extravagance; but the seeds, were inspected. The visitors were present officials aro eu much better und enthusiastic in

their expressions of more honest than those who have just been Proval of the thoroughly practical manner in which there experiments and brought back for trial that these incidents general details of seed-growing work are are likely to have a good effect.

carried out. His Excellency her were entertained to lunch by Mr. Herbert T. King at his residence, Orchard House,

House Farm.

EAILWAY NATIONALIZATION.....

for the failure of mild steel under in all the leading West End theatres. combined stress. His published works He had the honour of appearing on include several engineering handbooks of several occasions before the late King considerable importance, and altogether Hongkong must be congratulated on Edward, two of these performances being science of engineering. There is no doubt be became his own manager, and over securing such a brilliant exponent of the by special command. In October, 1904, that the direction of the development of applied the greatest successes both in London and lies in the since he and his associates have met with science, The Chinese are specially at the provinces. During his season at the tracted by courses of instruction which have a definite end. There are three Galety Theatre, Dublin, he was command. Chinese universities which give a trained to give a performance of "Othello" ing in engineering: at. Tiantain, where before His Excellency the Earl of Aber- the graduate course covers much the same ground as that of an English or American deen and the Viceregal Court, which was college at Tangabat, and at Shansi, pronounced "an unqualified success, while different courses can be followed The Pall Mall Gazetie writing some time at the Peking Polytechnic. But the student of Chinese educational methods 20 on Mr. Wilkie's presentation of which is still in embryo, and the difficulty and unaffected, and he speaks the nuet's is aware that a great deal exists on paper "Hamlet" says:-Mr. Wilkie is earnest of providing first-class teachers is ong

verse very well. Last night his delivery Under Professor Smith the engineering faculty at Hongkong should take a high acting in the crisis of the play scone was place, and the more so that, not content ing out to his new eplere via the United beautiful performance in the part of with his present experience, he is travell much and deservedly cheered. A quite States and Canada, under the auspices Ophelia by Miss Hunter Watts added to of the International Exchange of Sta- IC is the universal desire of the dente, in order to get fresh idens on the the pleasure of the audience. Indeed the Japanese, says the nchi, that the birth-educational side of his work from the whole rendering of the tragedy was one day of the late Emperor should be found univered as of those countries. It of the best we have seen, being sineoro, observed in perpetuity, and the Court is is to be hoped that a medical faculty, intelligent, and unmarred by that strain- that His Majesty's achievements are taking up the question in view of the fact also be organised shortly, for the advance under equally favourable auspices, will recognized not only in his own country thoroughness with which the student of of China very largely depends on the but throughout the world.

Both the to-day absorbs the scientific knowledge of Government and the people are united in the West. recognising the desirability of immortalis- ing his memory. An idea is gaining currency that the Teacho-setsu of the late Emperor should be termed the Chuke- Sets (Festival of Modern Reorganization) and should be observer us a public holiday.

Meetings, are still being held protesting and subsequently took tea at the Old of the first to be met and overcome of the Peasant Slavo' soliloquy and his

BIRTHDAY.

against the scheme for nationalising the Yuct-Han Railway and it is now almost certain that this will not be attempted, or, if it is, it is certain that the merchants THE LATE JAPANESE EMPEROR'S here who own and manage the railway will not be allowed to lose anything The charitable societies have held several mestings and talegrama have been sent to the Central Government At

Peking strongly protesting. These societies prate tically represent all the merchants in the city and their advice or protest is not to be sneered at or ignored.

PLAQUE AT LUICHOW,

Some time ago wo reported an outbreak of plague in the Luichow prefecture. This has not abated despite precautions taken and is still pretty bad, quite a number of people having succumbed. Now further stepi are to be taken, the sufferers are to be completely isolated and two foreign-trained doctors are bring sent by the Government to the plague-stricken If necessary other factors will be despatched also, aa the authorities are determined not to allow this epidemic to spread.

LOCAL BANK-NOTES,

LOCUSTS IN MALAYA.

FINANCING CHINA.

ing after effect so depressingly familiar in these days."

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The third annual ordinary general meeting of this company was held recent ly at the London Chamber of Commerce, fr. Philip Eustace Hervey presiding in the unavoidable absence of the chairman

holders might be congratulated on tho of the

Mr. K. F. Arbuthnot, the Chairnos observed that the share-

company was formed in 1909, but, at that early development of the estate, on which

time there was no expectation of paying planting was only begun in 1907. The

directors, however, were able to recom a dividend for the first four

years mend a substantial dividend out of the that guaranteed on certain shares. The

earnings of the third year. (Cheera). The yield of 40,78216, of rubber was ob

vorage selling price for the reason wan tapping from about 250 neres. tained practically during Donths' The net 53d. per

and though the cost products basis,

was higher than that given prospectus, the directors. quite would be well within their self-imposed hoped that for the current senson it limit of te. S. per lb. Last August their

actre clean weeded, but the clean weeding of 1,972 acres planted there were 1,150 chairman mentioned that out of the total

therized new planting during the pre- of the whole planted area had now been Bccomplished. The directors had au- sent season to the extent of 500 acros; the new planting would not involve any in- crease in the labour fores. The amount spent on development during the finan cial year was £19,016, so that they had spent on capital to the closing date of the accounts :E69,700. The estate thus stood in the books at rather more than 135 ed area was brought up to 2,500 acres by per cultivated acre. When the plant-

duced to £33 per accu 4 Price the end of the season the average cost per

-acre would probably be re estates in the East could

very few Their Busets also included the 10,000 shares of the Sumatra Proprietary Rubber Planta- tions (Limited), on which dividends had regard to the shares now se, paid, the bean recived by them as usual. With directors proposed calling up 155, per share by instalments of 5s. per share at intervals of about three months, so that by the middle of next year all shares alike. The proposed dividend of 10 k would be fully paid and would rank cent. would absorb £5,938, including £1,645 paid undor guaranteo by the von- dors and now to be refunded to them, leaving £812 to carry forward subiect to commission dae to the manager.

The re- sults for the season just closed gave the promise of still better things for the eur the adoption of the report and accounts rent season. He concluded by proposing

cultivated

DIRGES FOR THE FUNERAL OF JAPANESE EMPEROR.

Encouraged by the marvellous suc- sesses achieved in the United King dom, Mr. Wilkie entered upon bold plan of bringing out a Company to Calcutta, where he opened in October last at the Opera House, for a season of four weeks, playing "The Merchant of the motion, which was unanimously Mr. H. de Courey Hamilton seconded A NEW SCHEME REJECTED

Venice," "Othello,' "Hamlet." and Juliet" and other standard plays afterwards approved.

Romeo adopted, and the dividend mentioned was The independent group of bankore to erowded houses. In fact, it was then have evolved a definite scheme for said that the Opera House hitd never seen financing China through a bank en lines unch packed houses before. The successer similar to those of the Imperial Ottoman the Company achieved on their first visit Bank and have proposed that all ret The British Resident in Perak has venues of China shall be paid into this Empire were quite phenomenal.

Calcutta and subsequently at issued a circular to the district and other bank. Their proposals have been officers, carnestly requesting them to re-sidered at a meeting of the Cabinet and, would be difficult to imagine a more port to the Director of Agriculture the it is understood, have been rojected Mr. Wilkic as "The Jew" in "The masterly performance than that given by presence of locusts. It is said that these unanimously. constituto a new danger to agriculture in Malaya. Several big swarms have fre-published a decree, that the subscriptions interpretation of "Mathias" in "The The Ministry of Finance at Peking has Merchant of Venice." Ilis powerful quently been encountered by motorists, at to the patriotic funds have to be aban-Bella" showed him to be a dramatic actor the sides of roads. reports of rubber in Perak being at scriptions will be procured for Govern-

So far there are no doned, and that instead of them sub-of rare talent. His other performances tacked,

as "Petruchio" in "The Taming of the ment bonds all over China,

Shrew"; "Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor " ; the Cardinal Giovanni di Medici in "The Cardinal"; Marcus Superbus in "The Sign of the Cross and many others, wore also of equal value.

the

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On Limbs. Spots Size of Six-Penny Plece. Very Scurfy and Swollen Itched Badly. Scratching Made Them Bleed. Used Cuticura Oint- ment and is Now Quite Well.

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lege had a yellow look until lately which come in small yellow heada and io a fów days used to itch very badly. Beratching them, they used to run with a kind of fuld and bleed. There were spota the size of a six-penny place and very scurly. By waing Calico Olatment twice dally, 'caused them to scale over and dry off, then I uod -to wash the parts with Boap and wateF, then dress them the hat thing at night, Also my legs were swollen very much, but now I am quito well and will recommend the Cuticura Oliment; eto, to all my frands" (Signed) William Devey, Wassed Orvo, nr. Stourbridge, Worcester, Eng., June 16, 1011.

For more than a generation Cuticura Scap and Ointment have afforded the most eco- nomical treatment for affections of the skin and scalp of infants, children and adults. A single cake of Cuticum Song pan) box of Cull- cura Ointment are often sufficienst. A samploof each whi 32-p, beok free from nearest depot: F. Newbery & Sons, 27, Charterhouse Éq... London; R. Towns & Co., Bydney, N. S. Wai. Lennon, Ltd., Capo‘fown; Mujler. Maclean & 'Co., Calcutta and Bombar: Pottor Drug &

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Always have on hand's very larga complete

stock of

music at the State funer ceremony to SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

Four dirges have been solccted from old Japoness classics to be sung with new

SCIENTIFIC AND

been made from the account of the death be held at Aoyama. The selections have

$180

mikoto. The dirges in the original an- of the heroe Prince Yamatotake-no-Transits, Levels, Plane Tables, Prismatic and cient words are given below each with Bight Compasser, Hand Lovels, do, do,)

liberal translation:→→

Nazukino Tano Inagarani Inagerani

·Hai-motohorou Tokoro zura."

The Company, notwithstanding Like the pliant ivy that creeps and em- tropical climate of an Indian summer,braces the Imperial Tomb, we, overcome have toured ever since in India and by grief and sorrow, fall prostrate about wherever they appeared they had most the much-wept-over grave. enthusiastic receptions.

"Asaakinu hara

Koshi wazumu Sore wa Yakuzu

Arhi yo Yukuna."

DRAWING

INSTRUMENTS

AND MATERIAL

( Squares, Set Squares. Streight Edgeo

Sales, Inko, do, do,)

The present value of the paper currency and the discontent existing over the ques- tion of discount does not seem to deter the Govorniment from issuing more bank-notes. COST OF THE PHILIPPINES. The notes in currency before this were $10; 25, and 1-bills, but now it is intend-N-U. Daily News writing on the Presi

The Washington correspondent of the ed to issue also 82 notes and 50 cent notes. dential campaign says:

The Bueskoe Slovo, of Moscon, anakes the striking statement that an agreement What the effect of launching more notes The Democrats declare the annexation on the market will be one can fairly well of the Philippines to have been an in- has just been concluded between the foresee. It is almost bound to have the excusable blunder, which has involved the Russian Government and the Khatakhtu effect of causing people to demand silver nation in enormous expense, brought it Lame of Mongolia containing the follow-

weakness instead of strength, and laiding provisions:-

In the person of Miss Frediswyde more and more, and aause the discount on

it oper the charge of abandonment of

Hunter Watts, Mr. Wilkie has been parti. the paper currency to increage.

Unless the fundamental doctrine of self-govern- golis against all claims by third Powers of the most beautiful and talented of (1.)-Russia undertakes to protect Mun-cularly fortunate in securing the services the Government can get a loan and that ment. They favour an immediate de-

We have followed our beloved ruler as AGENT FOR quickly here, there is going to be trouble claration of the nation's purpose to which Mongolia regards us unjustified.

leading ladies. Her appearance in Cal- far as this wilderness where the wild recognize the independence of the Philip

(2.)-Mongolia pledges herself to obtain cutte created quite a furore, where she growth of reeds and bamboo hides the over the money question and all the pro- pine Islands as soon as a stable govern all her loans in Russia.

was admitted, by those who had the good path; or, lost in this pathless field and clamations that ever existed will not pre-ment can be established, such indepen-

fortune of witnessing the presentation of unable to fly like white birds overhead, vent it. The Mint Buraza, where people deuce to be guaranteed by the United

"Romeo and Juliet" in London, to be we hopelessly roam about in the bushes States until the neutralization of the

the most charming "Juliet" of the pre- and woods to follow you. can change one dollar at a time into

sent generation, and owing to her wonder- silver, is still open and crands are found and can be by treaty with other Powers. The Republicans do not

ful versatility she is able to give equally there day, so much so that the Red commit themselves, one way or the other

similar parts as "Katherine" in "The fino impersonations of such widely dis- Gross Bociety has been lately attending to but merely declare that

Taming of the Shrew"; "Portia " in the more than 20 people daily hart in the toward the Filipino people is a national

Merchant of Venice"; "Lady Mac obligation which should remain entirely rush. But even this is not doing much free from partisan politics."

both; and "Mercia" in "The Sign of good, and only serves to emphasise the

the Croas." fact that the paper money is not worth its face value.

EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.

our duty

SAYINGS OF A WEEK.

The outstanding fact in contemporary a result of the late Conference politics is the indifference of the public to Parliament. Mr. greater attention is being paid to educate proceedings of

Harold Gua

Chesterton.

tional matters in the country districts,

Almost every one of us knows that he and several appeals have come from these still is on some point startlingly below districts for financial assistance. Moury the mental average, as if there were a has been paid out of the Exchequer for blind spot on his brain. Mr. G. K. this purpose, but now the authorities have notified all educational centres in the outlying districts that they must make their school solf-supporting or raise funds to carry them on in their respective districts, and the Government here cannot afford to carry their sharo at this time.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY ON RAILWAY.

Gilbert Parker.

(2.)-Russia obtains preferential rights for the exploitation of Mongolian mines. (4)-Mongolia pledges herself to grant no concession to any other Power except Russia for the construction of railways. affairs of independent Mongolia is pro- (5.)-The interference of China in the claimed to be inadmisible.

Umi ta yukeba

Koshi nazumTE Obu Kawarao Geguso

Umi quwa Isu-20."

We have waded into the sea, not to lose you from our sight: the water is waist deep. We cannot move as we wish; and now seem as helpless as seaweed int drilt

It may be observed so far as the third and fourth clauses are concerned that Russia has enjoyed the exclusive privilege of constructing railways and exploiting mines in Mongolia since the Russo-ing actor, has been associated with the with the tide.

Chine

treaties of 1900-1.

LOOKING DOWN ON THE SOVEREIGN.

The Japan Times makes a mild protest against a regulation which orders all the windows of upper stories to be closed when the Emperor passes so that no one

Mr. Arthur Robert Goodsal, the lead.

"Humatsu chidori Hamayo ayu karazu Izo tsüto,"

Shakespearean stage since 1902. He was especially engaged during the last Shakespearean Festival to take the lead- ing part with F. B. Benson in all the

The white birds which fly not in the performances. He also toured with great water, but over the beach, can follow success in the United States with Mr. you, but we who can neither fly like them nor move in the water, cannot follow you Henry Milard for three years.

Mr. Stafford Dawson, Mr: Wilkie's and in tears envy the fortunate birds, stage manager, has made a great reputa- tion for himself in managing and staging

Mr. James Ewing Mathieson, of Lad- broke-grove, Notting Hill, W., who died on June 30th, aged 88, left cstate valued at £23,551 gress, with net personalty £24,053 Mr. Mathieson left £1,000 to the China Ieland Mission.

.:

The problems of the democracies of the shall look down on the Sovereign, and all the Shakespearean and other standard ancient world were simplicity itself com- pared with those which the modern world which it is proposed to enforce during plays for Mr. Wilkie's Company.

Mr. Phil. Gordon, who takes the comic democracies have to solve-Lord Belborne. the passage of the Imperial cortège. The

Rid yourselves of that kind of pro- Tokyo journal says that such a regula-parts, started his career as an actor forty He was a contemporary vincialism which can only sea one thing tion ta an anachronism in these days. two years ago. in the world worth worshipping.-STo give an instance, the footmen at the of the late Mr. Mathews. He is and has rear of the Imperial carriage are constant-always been a great favourite wherever There never was a time when a capable is looking down or their august master, he appeared His acting has to be seen to

Again, whereas even the highest be thoroughly appreciated.

Under the heading of "What's the Mr. Pittar, who generally takes the As a passenger train on the Ynet-Ha. I follow had sucli a chunes as to-day. The officers of the army had formerly to be

Lord Chancellor, Railway was passing Kwan Tin a large The ball mark of a good scholar is not on their knees in the Imperial presence, part of" the villain," is an actor of great little game?" a Bangkok paper announces He has been on the dramatic that a Chinaman recently retired from Siam has presented to the Chincze band of armed robbers opened fire on necessarily a big library, but a book read today the rule is that they should stand repute.

over and over again.-Professor Gilbert at attention thus to look down on his stage for over fifteen years. the carriages and tried to stop the train. Murray.

Mears. Weir, Barrington, and Hicks Government 75,000 shares in the China- Sovereign should the latter happen to be

Siam Navigation Co. and has asked for are also able actors of great talent. sitting." The engine-driver, however, was not hit I beg everybody to spend the petty num

Miss Kathleen Chanchy, one of the lead a Chinese official to come down to look ing ladies, is an actress of great bistrionic after the Government's interests. Prees and putting on more spaid managed to of 18. öd, in obtaining the Putumayo Blue Book and learning something of

Miss G. Littlewood, portrays dent Yuan Shih-kai has accepted the gift get out of the danger zone safely. Two the posibilities of commercial greed in DEATH OF A SHIP'S COMMANDER | Dome of people on

some of the leading roles to great ad. and detailed an official. the train were wounded the twentieth century-Canon Hensda

vantage. Miss Vera Crighton and Miss

The Hamburg correspondent of a and not much damage done, so that altogether it was a lucky escape. Baulked reached such a point that even the August 11tb, at the Colcrubo General Hos- tions in both the dramatic as well as in

Both ladies have the Japanes Government recently ordered a of their purpose here, the band of robbers, ordinary men in the street feel disguised. pital, of Captain Licht, of the steamer the comedy lines.

Tranquebar, belonging to the Danish knack of winning the hearts of their quantity of weapons from several fac- East Asiatic Company,

Captain Licht audiences whenever and wherever they, tories in the neighbourhood of Halle. As one of the main conditions imposed was was landed in Colombo a fortnight pre- | appear.

"repairing viously suffering from dysentery, the Mr. Wilkie is announced to present in the delivery of so-called Tranquebar putting in at that port on Hongkong "The Liars," "The School for machines, the manufacturera suspected her voyage from Blazez to Singapore owing Scandal, "Candida,"

"Sweet "Laren economic espionage, and have, therefore, according to the Berlin newspapers, re- to the serious condition of the captain. der," and "Salome."

fusd to execute the orders."

The extravagance of woman's dress has The death occurred on the morning of Gabrielle Peul possess high qualifen- London contemporary says:

-Cardinad Cavallari,

who numbered about a hundred, marched This country is full of wise peuple to the two nearest villages, Shi Ling and most of them only wite after the event Ng Woo, where they looted and robbed Mr. Justice Darling. to their hearts' content. Not satisfied If there is one person I trust less than

bureaucrat it 1

is an expert-lard they tried to capture a military station Robert Cecil.

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