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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBRE 26r¤, 1912.

CHRISTMAS IN HONGKONG,

Not for many years has there beon auch extensive shopping in Hongkong as was witnessed during the past few days. Most of the shops appealed to young and

of presents this year from the people in the Motherland to their kindred in- the Overseas Dominions, for Christmas is essentially a Home festival, and with the growth of emigration, the cheapening of A. S. WATSON travel and of postal communication, the elderly by the displays made in the win- sending of Christmas greetings and dows, and the weather being favourable presents grows to impressive dimensions. large numbers of people crowded the main The marvellous ingenuity and productive business thoroughfares during the day. capacity of manufacturers of greeting card. All yesterday there seemed to be an end: are equalled by the makers of the infinite less procession of coolies carrying parcels, variety of toys for children and "quitable and, judging from that alone, the bust presents" for adults, which crowd the shop cas done seemed to be more extensive

than at previous Christmastides. windows at this season of the year. The

The postmen, too, were kept busy character of the Christmas observance has delivering greetings and gifts, and the undergone some changes with the changing number of these would suggest that the times, but its essential features, as they are past year has been fairly satisfactory onsbrined in our imperishable literature are from a business point of view. established in the hearts of men and will endure as long as the race."At Christmas play cod make good cheer, for Christmas Silver Mounted Hair Brushes in comes but once a year," counselled one of

Cases.

FANCY

TOILET

ARTICLES

VERY SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS.

Silver Mounted Manicure Sets.

Handsome Toilet Sets, Silver Mounted in fancy leather cases.

Handsome Puff Boxes.

Cut Glass Bottles in Great Variety.

Hair Brushes in Leather Cases.

Perfume Sprays, Manicure Sets.

RAZORS IN CASES-

By the Best Makers:

Gillette, Kropp, Rodgers, Wilkin-

son, Golden Fiocco, Keen. PATENT RAZOR STROPS, SHAVING

MIRRORS, HAND MIRRORS,

ETC.,

ETC.

The mails from Home and from America brought timely greetings from the home- land, and the Postal authorities had no easy task to get them distributed before nightfall,

our old English poots, and the Christian world ananimously agrees to accept the SERVICES AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, Last night the Christmas services com- advice. It is a time when the memory of menced at 10 o'clock with Matins in the many of us is apt to be tinged with sadness. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, as when the swift glance of the mind his Lordship Bishop Pozzoni officiating, reveals to us the family circle from which with the assistance of the full clergy and Seminarists. The Te Deum laudamas we are divided by many thousands of miles; or again when memory conjures up sorrow-way intoned and sung previous to the High Pontiacal Mass, which started ful changes that these annual festivals

before midnight. At the Gloria in excelsis serve to emphasise. These, however, are hea, the cradle representing the grotto of but fleeting thoughts: the spirit of Bethlehem (which was located in one of Christmas quickly asserts itself and the altars at the Epistle side) was either "drown sorrow in a cup of wine" or, unveiled amidst the ringing of all the as recommended in the lines quoted above, Church bells and the -Campanario. The we contrive to bury it in a Christmas popular anthem Adeste fidelis was sweetly pie," persuading ourselves that we live in sung by a clear suprano voice and the best of all possible worlds where "every" responded by the congregation. body's happy." In all sincerity we wish Cathedral was decorated with white and our readers A MERRY CHRISTMA

Was

The

red cloth and the main altar was richly dressed and lighted with a profusion of candles surrounded by flowers and paims. To-day being Christmas Day and a There

ณ good congregation. customary holiday in the European newe- The music was provided by the Bt. paper offices of the East, there will be no Joseph's College Choir, assisted by: ex- issue of the Hongkong Daily Press to-pupils of the College.

A Low Mass was celebrated at 1 o'clock

morrow.

Yesterday the American gunboat Patito enable those who desired to receive finder arrived here from Manila and the Holy Communion at the altar of

the Sacred Heart of Jesus, saluted the port.

This morning a High Solemn Mass at & o'clock will be said, at which the Rector of the Cathedral will officiate.

The Philippine legislature bas voted half a million pesos to cover the typhoon A... WATSON & CO. relief expenditure made by the Central

Government.

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The body of a newly-born female child was found at the back of Arthur Street, Yaumeti, appearances suggesting that the

child died from natural causes.

The Ferris Hartmann Opera Company make a welcome return to Hongkong, opening to-morrow. night with that very amusing piece, "One Night Of.”

HONGKONG CATHOLICS' GIFT. The Catholic Community of Hongkong will be glad to learn that their gifts (in gold, jewellery and precious stones) made to the Hongkong Cathedral on the occa sion of the Rev. Fr. Lynch's Missions, have now been transformed in Italy into

a beautiful Monstrance for the Blessed Sacrament,

THE SEIZURE OF BANK NOTES TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

SIX JAPANESE REMANDED AT THE MAGISTRACY,

At the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. Melbourne, six Japanese, named Buicha Furukawa,

[THROUGH KRUTER'S AGWOT.]

THE DELHI OUTRAGE.

VICEROY ONLY SLIGHTLY!' INJURED.

Shikukishi Itotanyanagi, Kotaro Kadoishi, Keiko Nagao, Kiyoto Nishiyama,, and Fukugo Bano were charged with "feloniously and without. lawful authority having in their posses- sien papers upon each of which said

LONDON, December 24th. papers part of an order for payment of

Router's correspondent at Delhi telc- money was made, to wit, the sum of $5; each of the papers purporting to be part of an order of Chan Kwing Ming, the graphs that Lord Hardinge sent a mes. said person then being a person resident sage to Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, Fin- in a country not in His Majesty's Dominions, to wit, in China."

Mr. F. B. L. Bowley (of Messrs. Donnys & Bowley) appeared to prosecute, and Mr. C. Farebrother Mason (of Messrs.

Wilkinson & Grist) defended all the men, and pleaded not guilty.

On being charged, the fifth defendant pleaded guilty.

His Worshin-Mr. Mason, I must take that plea.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.} THE BALKAN WAR.

· TURKS SURRENDER. Reuter's correspondent at Belgrade tele- graphs that 18 Turkish officers and 247 men, whose retreat was cut off by the Greeks, surrendered to the Servians near Ochrida,

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, The Peace Conference -snt for half an hour on Monday. The Turkish Dolegates

ance Member of the Viceroy's Council did not insist upon the revictundling of saying that he is "only slightly" injured. Adrianople.

The Servian Delegate who

Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson read the presided set forth the conditions which message to the Durbar, and the audience the Turkish Delegates said they required time to consider. The conference was rose and cheered for several mibutes, the

adjourned until Saturday. applause of the native chiefs being must A later message states that the Tarke noticeable." ~~

finally withdrew their objections to nego tiating with the Greeks.

An extended account of the outrage Mr. Bowley-I ask your Worship to

states that the Viceroy's splendid elephant grant a formal remand for a week and

procession left the railway station, pass then a further remand.

His Worship-What day will suit youing through the famous street named Mr. Bowley-Has your Worship Mon- Chandnichowk. His assailant was on the day afternoon free.?

top of a house. The attendant holding His Excellency's umbrella was killed, and another was wounded in eight places, The bomb was of a most powerful nature. Lady Hardinge, who was in the howdah, was untouched, but was terribly upset and shaken. The elephant quickly halted, as

His Worship I did ùx a case for that time, but luckily the solicitors thought! they would like a holiday. (Laughter.)

I will give you 2.15 p.m.

Mr. Bowley-We will attend before your Worship, and if it should transpire in the meantime that we cannot go on

with the case then we will let your Wor- ship know.

the driver was uninjured. Mesdames Holloway and Battye, of St. John's Am Mr. Mason applied for bail. Mr. Bowley-I must object to any bail.bulance Society, and others assisted the Although it is not shown in the charge, wounded, a chair stretcher being im the face value of the documents seized is provised. Lord Hardinge was placed in over $600,000. So 1 must object to bail a motor car and conveyed to hospital. in this case.

Lady Hardinge motored to the Vice-regal Lodge.

Mr. Mason-The sixth defendant is a

resident in Hongkong, and can probably find substantial bail.

His Worship (reading from the charge sheet)-This says he is a resident in Japan. Oh! I see, he is described as of, Queen's Road, photographer.

Mr. Bowley-He may be resident here, but he is not a native of the Colony, and I think the same objection applies to him as well. At this stage I don't think your Worship ought to grant bail.

His Worship-I think, Mr. Mason, you had better make another application,

RECOVERED FROM THE BOTTOM

OF THE HARBOUR.

The procession was resumed, Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson replacing the Viceroy and conducting the Durbar.

The greatest indignation was expressed on all sides,

The police immediately surrounded the house, and several arrests were made. All the outlets from the city are carefully guarded.

forth by the Allies include the cession of Router learns that the conditions set all territory west of a lirio from a point east of Rodesto on the Sea of Marmora to the Bay of Malatra on the Black Sea, excluding the peninsula of Gallipoli, 150 cession of the islands in the Aegean Sea, and the abandonment of all Turkish rights in Crete. The question of Albania

is left to the Powers,

MODERN ALADDIN'S CAVE.

GORGEOUS RICHES OF A WAREHOUSE. Besides the millions of ostrich feathers which are on view for sala at t'a Port of London Authority's Cutler-street wate house in the City, there is an impron store of other precious merchandise froin evory quarter of the globe, says a writer in the Daily Mail. To this warehouse are brought all the more valuable goods entering the Port of London ca

carpe's from Persia and India and Turkey, tea from China and India, bright plumed birds and feathers from South America and the Pacific, silk from Japan, Turkey, and the Balkans, and china face, po lain, inlaid work, and metal work from China and Japan,

Between £7,000,000 and £8,000,000 worth of merchandise passes through Cutler street in a year, and its stock at any time is worth about £3,000,000.

One room dazzles the eyes with a blan of brilliantly coloured feathers. There are boxes full of yellow birds of paradise, worth from £5 to £8 cach. Another box. is full of bright blue birds which turn to The Viceroy received three slugs in his emerald green as they are taken out of the box and the light strikes them differently. hack, which were afterwards extracted in One table, divided neatly into compart- the hospital. He was wounded in the hipments, where the feathers are classified, is stocked with little bundles of plumes and the neck, and his helmet was full of worth nearly four times their weight in After telling his wife that he gold, from £12 to £15 an ounce.

Another room is piled high with bales

We are informed that the police pro-screws.

Mr. Hazeland has fixed Tuesday after this magnificent masterpiece of art from secuting their inquiries into the importa-† was all right and ordering the procession of creamy white silk; another has stacks noon for his decision in the case in which

The Rt. Rev. Bishop Fozzoni brought Milan on his arrival here early this a Chinese was charged with heing in month. The Monstrance unlawful possession of 1,000 ounces of

cocaine.

A Chinese youth jumped off a tram-car whilst it was in motion in Des Voeux Road Central, and sustained an injury to his head which necessitated his removal to the hospital.

will

be

inaugurated for public exposition of Forty Hours" during the days of 30th,

alat inat., and 1st January, 1913, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

THE HONGKONG TRAMS.

The offer of free rides on the Hongkong The over-heating of firewood caused acara for three days expired on Monday small fire to break out in a cook-house at night, and yesterday the service was con- HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, Das Vœux ROAD C. 183, Queen's Road West. The inmates ducted under normal conditions. It LONDON Option: 181, FLEET Star, E.C.quickly extinguished the flames, and very patronage hestowed on the trams by the could hardly be said, however, that the

little damage was done.

Chinese was equal to that prior to the in-

· Messra Moutrie & Co. ask us to stata siitution of the boycott, and in the cir- that, for the convenience of the public, cumstances it is difficult to say that the the box office at the City Hall will be boycott has actually ended.

The Daily Press.

Hongzone, Decamere 25TH, 1912.

THE "joyfullest feast" of Christendom has come round once more when the old poets

bid.es:

"Without the door let sorrow lie Aud if for cold it hap to die Then bury it in a Christmas pie And ever more be merry. Christmas is at least a time when we practice the art of smiling more assiduously than ever; when we revive neglected friend- ships, forgive and forget enmities, endeavour to practice impracticablo goodness of heart and behaviour; affect to recognise that **all with in the seven seas are brethren"

and that every living creature within the scheme of things has its claim upon the kindest consideration of the reet. the pulpits of many times ten thousand

From

There were

tion of alleged forged Hongkong bank to go on he reeled and fainted. His staff notes into the Celony conducted diving had to take off their coats in order to operations yesterday in the northern lift him from the huge elephant howdah, fairway in the vicinite of the spot where

which was completely shattered, Sabse quently the Viceroy was removed to the Viceregal Lodge from hospital. He is doing well. The inch is four inches deep,

the Japanese steamer Aue Maru anchor ed. Success attended their efforts, forged bank notes to the face value of something like $200,000 being recovered from the bottom of the harbour. Some of these exposing the shoulder. wern found loose, but the majority were

The thrower of the bomb has not been found in a Japanese travelling basket, which had apparently been thrown over-caught, and rewards of 12,000 rupees are

offered for his detection, board.

value of $1,000,000 have been sent to It is believed that notes to the face

Hongkong.

THE MAGISTRACY,

!.

BRITISH INSURANCE ACT.

LONDON, December 24th. The Medical Council's decision of the

of red and blue and green Turkey carpets, decliate hued, silky praying mats, and the gem of the collection, which is a 230-year- old Persian carpet worth £1,000,

The warehouse itself is an historic in the heart of London, it is the old ware- building. Covering five acres of ground house of the East India Company, and parts of it are 120 years old. On the sta# there is still a member whose father used India Company's soldiere, for the build- to drill in the courtyard with the East ing was used partly as a barracks.

LIBEL ACTIONS IN MANILA.

An action for libel has been commenced by Mr. Jose Robles Lahesa, an attorney at law, against the Cablencws-American, Manila Plaintiff claime damages to the extent of 100,000 peace.

Charges of criminal libel have also been filed in Manila against the West Coast Life Insurance Company.

The charge

open till 1 p.m. to-day to enable seats certainly a fair number of Chinese pas-house at Kowloon City, occupied by af 22nd inst. has widened the split in the was made and the warrant issued by the.

to be booked for the Ferris-Hartmann sengers seen on most trams, but the num- performances.

ber was not so great as was expected. It may be, of course, that the boycott is The Bishop of Victoria's engagements ended, but that it will take a day or two for Christmas Day are as follows:-7.45 before the conditions become normal. a.m., Celebrate the Holy Communion at the Cathedral; at noon, preach and Celebrate at St. Stephen's Chinese Church in the afternoon, preside over a meeting of St. Paul's Chinese congrega tion, and in the evening, visit the Christ- mas Party for Sailors at the Seamen's

Institute

THE BOYCOTT.

A Chinese constable was walking along the road in Hunghom when a Chinese, who was in company with a number of others, called after him, "This constable is slave enough to serve a foreign Power Mr. T. H. Reid, who is the joint-author during the boycott." The lukong arrest- of "The Malay Peninsula" (reviewed ined him, and a fine of $60, or in default another columa), will be remembered in two months' hard labour, was imposed on Hongkong as editor and part-proprietor him by Mr. Hazeland. of our senior evening contemporary. After a brief spell of journalism in Lon-

churches is proclaimed to-day the message don, during which time he was news of The Standard, Mr. Reid

of "peace: goodwill to men." The Post editor

homes throughout the wide world.

in

While executing a search warrant in a Chinese, Inspector McDonald discovered ranks of the doctors.

Six prominent

a sword and a bayonet. The man was members of the Council have resigned, arrested, and, appearing before Mr. refusing to share the responsibility of Hazeland yesterday, was fined $150. the rejection of Mr. Lloyd George's

amended terms.

Judgment was delivered by Mr. Haze land yesterday in the ease in which a Chiness was charged with being in un- lawful possession of ten bags of rice, valued at $80. Inspector Dymond brought the charge some time since, and his Worship said the defendant would be fined $100 or two months' hard labour.

Mr. Lloyd George in an official state mant refuses to accept the alternative proposals and adds that if by the 15th January when the medical benefits are due the medical panel in any district is inadequate they will be provided in other

waye.

THE STRANDED DESTROYER.

Boor Rickarts was charged with sending a letter demanding money by monaces from Clio Hales; secondly with living wholly or partly on the proceeds of prostitution between the 19th August and

LONDON, December 24th. 17th December; and thirdly with assault- The British torpedo boat destroyer ing the complainant, Clio Hales, on the Beaver, which went ashore at Haisure A sensation was created on one of the 17th December. At the last bearing de

A HARBOUR SENSATION.

Sergeant Terrett said he had conferred aged at the bow. with the Captain Superintendent and the complainant, and he now asked that the first and third charges be withdrawn. small penalty and then a banishment. order would satisfy the authorities. His

A

THE "CLEVELAND."

This big Hamburg-Amerika liner with

prosecuting attorney, after statements had been filed with him by officials of the Insular Life Insurance Company.

John Northcott and Miguel C. Grey are mentioned in the complaint as general agent and manager, and agent respec tively, and are charged with being responsible for a circular which is the basis of the suit. Both companies are represented in Manila, the West Coast by an agent, while the corporation of the Insular Company was founded here.

The direct charge against the insurance

Company and its officials is that they were hution of a circular, sonic time ago, copies responsible for the publication and distri- of which it is claimed were mailed or otherwise sont to the policy holders of the Ingular Life Company, The circular, it is claimed, stated and represented to. those to whom it was sent that the Insular Company was in a dangerous financial condition, and on the point of going into insolvency.

The circular went on to give that as one of the reasons, or at least to imply, that the West Coast was the more stable.

ing a change, it might be unwise to have' further connection with the Company re- ferred to. All of these insinuations the Insular Company denies, and so stated to the prosecuting attorney, whereupon the present complaint was filed. Luis Fery, F. A. Shaiter and West G. Smith are named as witnesses.

Office organisation is utilised for the trans- became editor of The Straits Times. Star Ferry launches yesterday afternoon, fendant pleaded not guilty to all the Norfolk) returned to Portsmouth under of the two Companies and that if the mission of a similar message to millions of where he doubtless laid the foundation of when a well dressed Chinese woman, who charges, but now admitted the second, her own steam. She is only slightly dan policy holders had any intention of mak-

A his knowledge of Malayan affairs. Ho is was accompanied by a well dressed London telegram informed as a few days now connected with the Malay States In Chinese male, presumably her husband, ago that the number of Yuletide. letters formation Agency in London, but, we jumped overboard into the harbour. The sent to the Colonies this year is esti. understand, still makes excursions into

journalism, his knowledge of Far Easternery of "save life" was quickly raised, mated to have bom a million excass of the number sent last year. It affaire having proved of service to more and the lauch was turned round in fairly than one of the London dailies. It is good time. It reached the woman, who would be both instructive and interesting to be hoped the success which has attended was struggling in the water and keeping Worship sentenced defendant to 14 days hundreds of American tourists on board! to know what is the annual product of his first essay as an author will encourage/herself afloat, and by means of the flag Christmas and New Year greeting cards. him to publish something from his rich pale carried by one of Messrs. Hughes The output must be enormous, and the agree-store of experience as journalist, war cor and Hugh's coolies she was lifted into the able practice of sending cards to friends at respondent and traveller in the Far East, launch, two Chinese jumping into the water to help her on board. It was at rather than a diminishing one. Present of gratitude for his steady advocacy of

hard labour.

AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER MURDERED.

enjoying a trip round the world reached Hongkong yesterday, and will remain here until Friday. Side trips to Canton Captain John Watson, of the ath and Alacao have been arranged, and the Cavalry, was murdered and Lieut. Kinzie Moro who sneaked throug the lines of by the visitors.

the camp at Lake Beit and fell upon them At night the Cleveland presented a while they slept. There was quick retri

and killed by Captain Rush S. Wells, who midstream outlined with electric lights.

this time of the year seems to be a growing Chinese Reformors owe Mr. Reid a debt first suggested that she had been pushed Captain McGinty, well known as masterights of the Colony will not be neglected B. Edmunds seriously waded by a giring also showe similar signs of growth. their cause when it was despised and overboard by her husband, but this story he was employed on one of the Douglasriking preture as she lay at anchor bution for the murderer, for he was shot

The telegram we have alluded to told us derided by some who now occupy seate that there had been a record shipment amongst the mighty.

is not confirmed by those who were eye- witnesses of the occurrence,

DEATH OF CAPTAIN MCGINTY.

The funeral took place yesterday of

of the 5.3. San Cheung, though recently

steamers: Deceased succumbed to 10 attack of dysentery.

in

Iran to the aid of his comrades.