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sources, too, are utterly unstable. They depend on the ecosons and this rainfall to such an extent that the Hon; Finance Member himself described, the Indian Budget as a gamble in rain. We cannot

WATSON forage this revenue altogether, and India is a country not yet fully developed, and we require all our resources for our growing & CO., LTD.,

needs, if for no other purpose. The only

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An association of old pupils of St. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. Joseph's College, Hongkong, has been formed in Shanghai.

Mr. W. Dickson, manager of the Chartered Bank, left for Home on

REUTBU'S AGENCY.]*

THE BALKAN WAR."

AUSTRIA AND MONTENEGRO. The Government of Montenegro has asked for an explanation of the action of the Austrian aborities at Cattaro in holding up a consignment of goods for Montenegra.

holiday yesterday. Mr. A. B. Hewett,

THE NAVAL DEMONSTRATION, who recently returned from Home,

A message from Malta reports that the becomes acting manager of the Bank. one course open, namely, fresh taxation, has The Bandmann Opera Company left for British cruisers, Duke of Edinburghi and ite limits, and a wise government will only Shanghai by the Deanha yesterday, Mr.de, have been ordered castward, and impose frosh taxes with great caution and Bandmann has good reason to be satisfied other warships have been ordered to be in a manoor as little burdensome to the with financial resulte of the Company's in readiness. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. people as possible, Nore the legs, fresh twelve days' stay in Hongkong, for they

taxation will soon be inevitable, and have had full houses nearly every night, in my view it is advisable to face tho. The water return issued yesterday shows fact and consider the remedy at once."that there were 189.07 millions of gallons Bir G. M. CHITNAVIS Considered that the in the storage reservoirs on the island on best way out of the difficulty was by the April 1st as compared with 315.91 millions adoption of a protective tariff, and, failing of gallons on the same date last year. that, of a system

of preferential tariffs with At Kowloon the figures were 201.02 the rest of the Espire. He advocated the millions this year and 258:48 last year. Per Casa Perlatter ne being alike practical, beneficial and of 1 Doz. Bot. expedient. Other Indian members of the A-THORNEJ BLEND....817.80 $1.50 Council strougly supported the resolution, but it was opposed by the European B-WATSON'S GLENORCHY,

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industries at the cost of the enormous num- ber of very poor consumers. Considering 23.50 2.00 India as part of the Empire, be described the object of the preferential policy as the linking together and strengthening of the

23.50 2.00

The master of the French steamer Hanoi

KING NICHOLAS' THREAT. King Nicholas hus resolved to abdicate if the Powers employ force against Montenegro, which will then be united

to

Bervia.

was charged at the Marine Court yester day with having a greater number of

THE PAN-SLAVIST DEMONSTRA. passengers on board than allowed by his

ertificate. Mr. 4. E. Davey, boarding TIONS IN RUSSIA, officer, said that there wore 06 passengers

A message from St. Petersburg states on board, but the deck was covered with

pigs in baskets, which in some places were that in view of the Pan-Blavist demor- piled on top of each other two deep. De.strations, the police have issued an order which recalls the regulations of 1911, fendant was fined $50. v

demonstrations, otherwise most decisive measures would be taken. It is eleclared that it is binding on the whole people.

In the paper laid before the Legislative prohibiting public meetings and warning Council yesterday containing the recom-the inhabitants not to participate in the mendations for increasing the salaries of Government servants it is stated that ù careful calculation showed that since 1919 the increase in cost of living, including rent, amounted for Portuguese and Indians to 23 per cent, and to 20 per cent,

case of the latter being due to the high

THE ALLIES' REPLY, Reuter understands that the reply of

[TUNOUGH REUTER'S AGENOV.]

AND SIR RUFES ISAACS

MARCONI CONTRACT,

THE

LONDON, April 10th, Sir Rufus Jaacs, speeking in London,

said he did not complain of legitimate criticism in connection with the Alarconi Enquiry, and claimed that nothing he had done should lead to the forfeiture of esteem and confidence. He would wol come the day when he would be ablo' to speak freely in the House of Commons.

A recent telegram to the Indian papers stated that Sir Rufos Isaacs in the Marconi Enquiry deposed that on April 17th he hought 10,000 shares in the American Marconi Company, which had no interest in the profity of the English Company, and sold 1.000 each to Mr. Lloyd George and Loid Elibank. Several papers suggest Sir R. Isanes would have one better to men-

share transaction, during the House of Com tinn this when denying that he had had any mors discussion on October 11th, ia which Mr. Lloyd George participated.]

SUPREME COURT,

Thursday, April 10th.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE TRE ACTING PUISSE JUDGE (Mr. J. H. KEMP).

ALLEGED, BREACH OF CONTRACT. Messrs. W. T. Loxley & Co., general-

orchants and exporters of wood wil, sued the Nam Mow firms, of 184, Con- naught Road Central, for $1,000 as dan ages for breach of contract, dated 4th July, 1912, whereby the defendants: agreed to sell to the plaintiffs 825 piculs of wood oil, to be filled by the defendants into drums provided by the plaintiffs and shipped by the defendants free on board in Hongkong Harbour within the months of August and Septeinher, 1912. The time for delivery was subsequently extended to the 1st of November, but the defendants

thereof.. failed to deliver such oil or any part

Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. Dennys, of Messrs. Dennys & Rowley) represented the plaintiffs, and Mr. Eldon Peltor (instructed by Mr. Davidson, pt Messrs. Hastings & Hastings) appeared for the defendants.

HONGKONG TENNIS LEAGUE.

The annual meeting of this League was held at Hongkong Cricket Club Pavilion

Mr. Jenkin said the plaintiffs, us the last night, Mr. E. A. G. May presiding. The following Clubs were represented defendants well know at the time of en- Kowloon, European Y.M.C.A.. Chinese tering into the contract, required the oil Y.M.C.A., Civil Servies, Wigwam, Club for shipment and resale to customers in de Recreio, Recreation Club, and Olympic. New York at a profit. The wood oil was The report and accounts, which showed not in accordancs with the contract, and a balance in hand of $24,84, having been was adulterated to tho extent of about passed, the Hon. Secretary (Mr. A. O. 10 per cent, with vegetable oil and was Brawn) announced that he had received useless to the plaintifs. The plaintiffs: were unable to purchase in Hongkong. communications from the President and the Vice-President tendering their rewood oil similar to that contracted for;

OTHER WELL-KNOWN BRANDS SUPPLIED TO Empire as a whole, while leaving the units for Chinese, the higher percentage in the the Powers to the Balkan States accepts signations. He added that he intended they were consequently unable

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covements, he said, the interests and price of rice and local vegetables, to the wishes of ludia could not be ignored. The larger comparative increase in rentals of wishes of life to d not be is policy was chinese mats an compared with rentals uncertain owing to the abstention of the of houses occupied by Portuguese and United Kingdom and to its being particu. Indians and to the adoption by Chinese

of European wearing apparel larly undecisive regarding India.

Mr. G. Rose, was for the last twelve apparently preference would give freer entry to Indian tea, coffee, sugar, etc., while years has represented the firm of Messrs. the Indian import duty on many British Butterfield & Swice at Wuhu, has been manufactures would be abolished or feduce d. transferred to Chinkiang. Mr. and Mrs. He went on to indicate the importance of Ross were entertained to a farewell tea these aspects of the case, and he asked at the Customs Library prior to their whether India could respond. The loss of re-departure, when Mr. E. Alabaster, Com- A. S. WATSON & CO. venue in certain directions would necessitate missioner of Cussons, in a graceful little

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the raising of the custome rates in others. There was also the risk of retaliation by other countries, but this risk was diminished by the fact that Indian exports were largely raw materials and food stuffs. Sir or FLEETWOOD WILSON, while adultting that Indian opinion favoured protection, content- ed himself with begging for further dispas sionate consideration of the intricate and

speech referred to Mr. Rose is one w had been largely responsible for a good deal of progress at the port. Both he and Mrs. Rose had endeared themselves to a large circle of friends who now realized that their own loss was a distinct gain to Chinking. On board the C. N. 8. Poyang, the British Consul, Mr. H. A. Ottewill, on behalf of their Wuhu friends, presented Mr. and Mrs. Rose with a

the Bulgarian modification with regard to the Enos-Midia frontier line, reserves the question of the Aegean Islands, the majority of which will go to Greece, says the indemnity and other financial questions will be referred to a Financial commission sitting at Paris, and recom- niends the Allies to cease hostilities.

IMPROVED OUTLOOK.

A message from Vienna reports that there is a more hopeful feeling in conse quenes of the news that the Servions have ceased sending reinforcements to Albania. The crisis regarding Skutari is now con- sidered as taking a more peaceful tone.

BRITAIN AND AERIAL DEFENCE.

"LORD MAYOR TARES ACTION.

LONDON, April 10th, The Lord Mayor has called a meeting at the Mansion House for the 5th of May

delicate issues of a question so vital to suitably engraved silver bowl. A number with the object of calling attention to

to resign also. It was decided to up proach Mr. H. A. Neshit with a view to his accepting the position of President. Mr. Brawn was appointed Vice-President, and Mr. C. C. Hickling Hon, Secretary and Treasurer.

their customers, and lost the profit would have made on the resale. The drums were landed at the Hongkong godowns, and the plaintiffs - sent their godown man to examine the drums on the 7th October. He turned thom upside All the previously mentioned Clubs re-down and saw that nothing came out, and- entered the League, and Kowloon were as they were dry he reported to the plain- allowed to enter a second team,

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Hearty thanke wore accorded to the ofheers of the past year for their efforts on behalf of the League.

tiffs that they were clean. On, the 9th October the defendants were asked if the drums were empty and they replied that they were full, On the following day two of the plaintiffs' employees took AFFAIRS AT ST. JOHN'S ISLAND, samples from these drums, 100 battles full,

SINGAPORE.

and on a subsequent dato 175 bottles word

A little oil was taken from each of these taken, making a bottle from each drum,

275 bottles, put into one bottle, and sent to Watson's dispensary for the purposes of analysis. On the 11th of October the plaintiffs wrote a letter to the defendants concerning the result of the analysis by Watson's, in which they said they had to advise them that the wood oil had been found to be seriously adulterated. The

at Singapore last Friday, the Hon. At the Legislative Council meeting D. T. Boyd was to submit the following question:Are the Government aware of the dislocation of the trade and shipping of Singapore which has recently been caused by the insufficiency of the quaran tine accommodation at St. John's Island for contacts, and, as an instance, the case of the steamer Fat Shing, which arrived from Hongkong on the morning of March 21, 1913, with 1,100 contacts, but on account of the congested state of samas day a partner of the defendant firm the accommodation at the island had to called upon plaintiffs and desired to hava retain these contacts on board, and was an analysis of this oil made by the Gov- released from quarantine only on March ernment Analyst, Mr. Browne This 20, thus suffering detention of over five daya' duration; and under the circum partner and Mr. Drude, of the plaintiffs' stances do not the Government consider firm, took further samples on the follow- that it is not only advisable but necessary ing day. On the 16th October the samples that something should be done to extend taken were sent to Mr. Browne by the the accommodation for contacts at St. In the House of Commons at Ottawa John's Island, and thus fulfil the Partner in the defendant firm and by the Mr. Borden, the Canadian Premier, in assurance, given by the Government on representative of the plaintiffs to make a Angust 0 last, that the matter was report upon it, which was supplied ou troduced proposals for the closure of the | receiving attention!

the 18th October. Apparently, subsequent Navy debate, and declared that they were

to that the defendants' partner and Mr. OLDEST BRITISH SETTLEMENT IN Drude took still further samples, and the less drastic than those of the British House of Commons.

of leading Chinese merchants together the vital and immediate necessity of a with the locul Chinese staff of the Butter vigorous Aerial Defence policy. field & Swire Co. also showed their appreciation of departing friends by presenting them with a handsome silver tea service.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LTD.

India's prosperity, and the motion was eventually withdrawn. The debate sheds on interesting light on Indian opion on the question, and even Sir Gur FLEETWOOD WILSON could not disguise that the development of Japan on Western economic lines had deeply affected India, and that if China at some futuro time should follow the example of Japan, the effect on the balance and adjustment of India's trade might be incalculable. There is suficient uncertainty about the financial future of India to make the question one of vital interest to the Dependency, but the advocates of protection will find much food for reflection in what is 1. the year ending 31st December, 1912, now-happening in the United States where drastic reductions in the American tariff are now proposed as being more advantageous to the well-being of the nation than a tariff

wall of exclusion."

delivered in London on the 8th April,

The French mail of the 11th March was

At the Magistracy yesterday ten men from Amoy Lane were charged with gambling and were fined $5 or seven days

The twentieth annual report states:- The directors submit to the shareholders of the Bank the gencrat balance sheet and statement of profit and logs account for

THE CLOSURE IN THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, April 10th.

THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.

ANOTHER OPERATION NECESSARY. The net profits for the year, after pro- viding for bad and doubtful debis, and

LONDON, April 10th. including £20,139 178. id. brought for

According to a message from Ottawa, ward from last account, amount to the Duchess of Connaught has been ad- £128,105 08. dd. From this sum has to beed to undergo another operation to deducted £19,697 109, od.... being the in terim dividend of 31 per cent., free of obviate a recurrence of the abdominal at- income tax, on the "A" and "B" shares tacks Her Royal Highness suffered from paid for the half-year ending 30th June, in Canada.

1012.**

THE Indian Legislative Council has recent ly discussed a resolution brought forward by Sir G. M. CHITNATIS urging in view of the loss of opium revenue the consideration of financial measures for strengthening the resources of the Government with special

The directors have added £50,000 to the reference to the possibility of increasing

reserve fund (raising it to £415,000) and the revenue under a system of preferential each in default.

£3,000 to the officers' pension fund. They tariffe with the United Kingdom and the It is reported from Taipo that a woman now recommend a further dividend on the Colonies. His speech, which was a long one, was found wandering on the railway" and "H" shares of 4 per cent,

THE PACIFIC ISLANDS This is Pitcairn. In a paper read at the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Everard Im Thum, K.C.M.G, C.B, on Some Less Known Islands in the Pacific" the following reference was mado to Fitcaim

latter would give evidence of something the partner said to him On the 23rd October defendants asked the plaintiffs' representative to have another look at the drums, and on that occasion he said, the drums were dirty. Mr. Drude found

I believe, the official term)-Ocao, gelatine, and he took away a sample of Pitcairn and its "dependencies" (that around the neck of the drum a coating of Elizabeth for Henderson), and Ducie that, and that had also been submitted all lie fairly close together, just below to the Government Analyst for analysis. the southern tropic line, ., they are

TELEPHONE POLITENESS.

was on the usual tariff reform lines. He near Fanling apparently insane. She } free of income tax, for the second half of Rome. A doctor is constantly in the room the children of the Bounty men by Tahi-out by a statement made by the Control-

the year (making & per cent. for the year);" leaving a balance of £30,105 08. 6d. to be carried forward

next

quite the easternmost of the Pacific A long correspondent than ensued bo Islands properly so called. Of the settle-tween the solicitors of the partice up to ment of Pitcairn Island in 1789 by some the present date, of the mutineers of H.M.8. Bounty, with

The case was adjourced provisionally THE POPE'S ILLNESS, -

some Tahitian women, I need not here tall. The existence of this nest of British to Monday. mutineers was not discovered till 1808, LONDON, April 10th.

and then by an American sealing ship. A message from Rom says that the The island was visited, in 1814 by H.M.S. Briton Captain Sir Thomas Staines. By sisters of the Pope have telegraphed ad- that time only one of the mutineers

The charge that users of the telephone rising their brother Angelo to come to survived the famous Jack Adams (his

real name seems to have been Smith); but are gradually becoming less civil is borne to that occupied by the Pope. Histian mothers had developed, chiefly under er of the London Telephone Exchange.

Quickening London business activity, Adams' influence, into a very remarkable he said, has undoubtedly caused - 2 Holiness' temperature rose this morn-

and very low-abiding little British com- diminution in those forms of politeness The history and unparalleled which used to be so characteristic a fea- He is, however, getting a fair | munity.

circumstances of this community attracted ture of City life. Even the little word amount of sleep.

to the Pitcairn islanders extraordinary please" in many cases 110 longer sympathy and interest, and in 1856, the punctuates the rapid fire calls for num- people having become too numerous for hers on the part of busy subscribers. Nor the island, the whole were removed, with could one altogether condemn the curt their own consent, to Norfolk Island, language now heard at City telephones; which had just then become vacant by it is a matter of saving time, an inevitable the final abandonment of the convict product of modern conditions Feanomy station there. But some of these exiles in time has clashed with business civility found their way back to Pitcairn in 1859 and the latter has had to give way. The and 1854; so that continuity of settlement mattor of the amount of formality to be by British subjects has been unbroken, demanded of the operators has always save for a period of three years, since en a serious problem. The proposal to 1789. Pitcairn is thus the oldest British have the operator's 'number, please, settlement in the Pacific Islands, and it shortened to number, was considered for dates from but a year later than the some tune. It was finally decided that 'please' could well be added to the opera~ settlement of Port Jackson on the Austrator's query with no appreciable loss of

A sub-branch of the bank has beening.. opened at Delhi. V

A Chinese was sent to the Tung Wa

The following directors retire by rota Hospital suffering from injuries caused tion; but, being eligible, offer themselves either by falling or jumping from the for fe-election-Messrs. B. J. Black second floor of 105, Wing Lok Street. He and J. M. Ryrie." died soon after, admission.

It will be necessary to appoint auditors. Mr. A. H. Tait, of the Chartered Bank, Messrs. Cooper Brothers & Co., and Kuala Lumpur, was married at Christ Messrs. W. A. Browne & Co., the retiring Church, Malacca, recently to Miss Eauditors, offer themselves for re-election. Hilaré Moss, youngest daughter of the late Mr. C. D. Moss, 'H.B.M.'s Con snlar Court for Japan. -

OBITUARY.

LONDON, April 10th, The death is announced of Sir Clement Hill, K.C.M.G., who, after distinguished service in the Foreign Office in various capacitica, entered Parliament in 1908 as Unionist seniber for Shrewsbury,

dwelt at length upon the benefits of pro-was removed to Hongkong.⠀ tection and emphasised the need of financial A hue of $250 or two months' imprison autonomy for India. Itwillstrike the reader ment in default was imposed by Mr who has noticed recent official statements Hazeland upon a Chinese for being in concerning the “abounding prosperity" of unlawful possession of opium. India as strange that such a resolution should have been brought forward in the Council at the present time. But the improvement of over six milions sterling in India's revenue last year, it must be noted, was principally contributed by the opium revenue and railway receipts, and the argument of the mover of the resolution was that though the Indian Government had managed to maintain equilibrium between incrina aux

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese expenditure since the opinion of Great

A young girl from a country town went brought before Mr. Hazeland charged Britain drove a huge breach into India's

A Chinese schoolboy reports that while to a city boarding school, much against with throwing a bottle of hydrochloric lian continent. finances," they could not expect to maintain standing at the door of his residence in the wishes of her father, who thought she acid at a woman at Wanchai was

would be spoiled by city ways. that equilibrium för long. Not even our Lower Lascar Road on Wednesday night, Soon she wrote in one of her letters bound over in the sum of $100 to keep largest sources of revenue, land reverte

one man entered the house, the door, of I am in love with Ping-pong. and excise," he said, “could be expanded which was open, and threatened him with

They mother read the letter aloud to her the peace for a year. It was stated that father, who turned angrily upon her, say the man threw a small bottle containing sufficiently to make up a deficit of 5 crores, a revolver, while two men stood guard atine. Well, you see, I was right. I knew the acid at the prosecutrix through a bro which may be taken as our normal opium the entrance. He blow a police whistle, no good would come of her going to the ken window. The cork did not come out of revenue in the days before the commence and the robbers disappeared without city. Now, you see she has got in with

one of these danged Chinos - Ladies the bottle, fortunately, and the contents ment of the policy of suppression. These taking anything.

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were not spilt.

HARD BLOW FOR FATHER.

I cannot now go into the subsequent time, and so the ruling stands." history of the Piteaira community; but I cannot help saying that, in my opinion,

There is a new thild story in it. there must be few places in the British

"Mama ** Eraping the inhabitants of which have Manchester Guardian, suffered more from ill-judged sympathy Robbed Willio, do my ears belong to my and injudicious kindaess combined with neck or my face?" Why, what is the real neglect and perfunctory control than matter was the temporising reply. has this tiny little historic island, which "Well, you told Mary to wash my face, was definitely annexed on August 18, 1808, and she's washing my cars, too!"