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The financial statement for April, published in the Gazette, shows that the revenue for the month totalled $810,883.51, the expenditure being $982,078.41.
Mr. W. T. Harbord will speak at the meeting of the Hongkong Christian Union at St. Paul's College at 5.30 p.m. This will be the last meeting of the Union until autumn.
Whilst some coulies were removing refuse from the Clock Tower, one of the mit and struck a woman. She was taken beans supporting the structure slippeil to the hospital suffering from shock.
A Chinese was charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland with cutting down eleven pieces of pine, on the Tai Po Road Government plantation, to which ants' nests were attached. The defendant was fined $15 or one month in default.
Before Mr. Melbourne, two men were charged with keeping a gambling-house at No. 60, Bridge Street, and also with being in unlawful possession of a plant The first for printing lottery tickets. defendant pleaded guilty, but said he was a workian engaged to print the tickets. The defendants were fined $100. each on the first charge, and $100 each on the second.
LAWN BOWLS.
KOWLOON P. CIVIL SERVICE.
This kague match was played at Kow. loon on Saturday, and resulted in an easy win for the home team.
KOWLOON. R. Hall,
W. Alexander. W. J. Crawford. D. S. Cooper.
(Skip)
L. Guy.
ve
tables of Messrя. KATO and READ, and Mr. Russell. Read's notes on China's iron supply, will G. R. Edwards.
(Skip) bo found of high utility, as will also Messrs. A. A. H. Miroy
A. R. Whibley, ODAGIRI and MIDZUNO's memorandum on the salt system, though here it is unforlenate M. Melvor. A. Rounsay.
(Skip) that no mention was made of CHANG CHINK's work on the subject. The "Who's Who"
Total is a very compendious biographical list of KALS-On June 29th, at Shanghai, to Mr. China's notables, though there are, is is and Mrs. E. Katz, a daughter. luevitable, some important omissions, the SLEAP.-On June 22nd, at Shanghai, the most striking of which is that of La Tear-at
wife of 8. A. SLEAF, a son.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, Des Vœux Road (.
BIRTHS.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JONE OTH, 1913.
Scores :-
CIVIL SERVICE.
A. Foster,
W. Highy.
J. McLeod:
C. W. Fincher.
10
F. Fisher.
(Skip)... 11
25
Skip)....
S. Kelly.
C. Brott.
T. Wheal.
38:
J. Mackoy.
W. Wooley.
R. Duncan.
220
(Skip)
17
36
8. F. Gibson.
24
Total
TAIKOOP, POLICE.
The Police sustained a crushing defeat Saturday afternoon.
Taikov on
Scores --
POLICE,
(Skip)
Tota!
Taikoo
12
TAIKOD.
T. Bateman..
J. Dickie,
A. Hamilton.
'T'. Scott.
(Skipj
46
T. Dinnen.
A. Weir.
W. Wotherspoon. S. Dorrington.
(Skip)........ 34
T. Grinshow.
N. Drummond.
T. Worth,
16
J. Ferguson, (Skip)
28
35
Total
105
LEAGUE TABLE.
.F. 1:15. L. D. 3.3 0 0 231
A. PTS.
128 0
4
3 2 10. 200 141
Kowloon Police
3 1 2 0154 $21 2 Civil Service ... 3 0 3 0 136 225 0
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP,
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ENGLAND.
LANDS, June 28th. President Poincaré had a grent, send-off from Victoria Station. Crowds gathered
in the meets from St. James Palace to
the Station and warmly cheered the His Majesty the distinguished visitor. King, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, other members of the Royal Family, members of the Cabinet, the Lord Mayor and other distinguished porsonages
at the Station. cordially bade farewell to the President
THE PRESIDENT'S THANKS.
(THROUGH REGTER'S AGENCY.] THE BALKAN SITUATION.
BELGRADE, June 29th. Contrary to expectations, the Skupstina has not yut accepted arbitration, and opinion is still pessimistic.
MOUMANIAN ANXIETY.
BUCHAREST, June 28th, The King intended to go to Siania on Saturday, but the visit was postponed owing to the grave development of events.
BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE.
The send-officiat Weiner Allgemeine
renounce the condominium with regard Zeitung states that Bulguria is willing to
to disputable territory but not-to demobilise, Consequently neither Ser. ria nor Gæerce vill demobilise,
war
CALAIS, June 28th. President Poincaré has telegraphed to
ROUMANIA'S THREAT TO BULGARIA. King George as follows:-I am anxious
It is reported in Vienna that Roumania to renew my expression of gratitude for
is declared between Servia and your Majesty's friendly welcome. I take has threatened Bulgaria with invasion if away a memory Alled with emotion at the magnificent reception given me every-Bulgaria. where by the British people, and I beg your Majesty to transmit my respectful thanks to the Queen and to believe in my constant friendship.
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LONDON, June 25th. His Majesty the King telegraphed to follows: The President Poincaré as
BULQARS AND SERBS.
SALONIKA, June 29th: Despatches state that fighting continues at Zletovo, and that the casualties are heavy on both sides.
AUSTRIAN OPTIMISM.
VIENNA, June 29th. Speaking in the Reichsrath, the Pre- Queen and I thank you for your kinder, Dr. Stuerck, said that the tension
perceptible recently message. We are anxious to repeat what
between
the
a great pleasure it has been to us and Balkanites had happily lost its acuteness, to the British people that you have been as they had deemed they had discovered a able to visit us. These feelings are way to a pacife agreement. This develop increased by the knowledge that you carry ment was welcomed everywhere, and away pleasant impressions of your stay." especially in Austria.
THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN.
PARIA, June 29th. President Poincaré has arrived back in
TURKISH POLITICAL UNREST. CONSTANTINOPLE. June 28th. The recent wholesale executions of con-
.Paris. The French Ministers, with spirators have created a deep impression. Embasey, It is considered that if the actual per officials from the British received him at the station, and he was petrators were executed and the remain giver a most enthusiastic reception by the der imprisoned, there would not be any crowds in the streets,
GERMANY'S NEW TAXATION.
BERLIN, June 28th, The Reichstag has adopted the Pro perty Taxation Bill for taxing the inheritance by children and oxempting inheritance by widowers and widows.
A Socialist amendment, favouring the taxation of the Federal Princes, wae
passed by a narrow majority, despite the opposition of the Government.
The
amendment will probably be dropped on
the third reading.
GERMAN DEFENCE BILL.
STORMY DEBATE IN THE REICHSTAG.
BERLIN, June 29th.
In the debate in the Reichstag on the third reading of the Defence Bille, Dr. Bethmann von Hollweg was sternly. interrupted by the Socialists. The Chancellor. strongly repudiated the
w(5
criticism. It is felt, however, that the soverity of the authorities is a grave blunder and that the executions will not go unrevenged, with possible fresh plots. Consequently there are misgivings for the future, and, moreover, there is a great shortage of money.
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BRITISH TRADE DECLINE.
LONDON, June 28th. Mr. Wickes, Trade Commissioner for
Canada, in his report to the Board of
(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.] THE LEICESTER BYE-ELECTION.
LIBERAL CANDIDATE RETURNED.
LONDON, June 28th.
The bye-election at Leicester, rendered necessary by the retirement of Captain E. Crawshay-Williamus owing to a pending divorce snit, resulted as follows:--
Hewart (L.)
10,803
Wilshere (U.)
9,279
Hartley (Socialist)
1,594
Liberal majority The Liberal majority at the last election was 5,601,
All the papers are pleased at the result, the Conservatives describing it as the most significant blow that the Government has yet received in view of the strength of this Radical stronghold, while the Liberal
the Conservatives are chagrined at their section of the Press are professing that
failure to capture the seat, and sow dis- cord among the Labour Party.
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, speaking at Coalville, said it was contrary to common sense to imagine that the Labour party could have ousted the Liberals from the second sent at Leicester, but he denied that the threat to resign, which was read
or the party executive. It was the work at a Liberal meeting, emanated from him
of a certain M.F. acting upon tittle tattle. Ho WA confident that the Labour party at Leicester would act unitedly in the future.
U. S. CURRENCY,
GOVERNMENT PLANS.
WASHINGTON, June 28th. The Government Currency Bill has been introduced. It provides for the graduat withdrawal of National bank-notes and their replacement within-twenty years by Federal Reserve notes, and the with- drawal of $700,000,000 two per cent. Government Bonds, on which the note issue rests. The Federal Reservo nutes. will be secured by a gold reserve of 33.1-3 per cent., provided by regional federal· reserve banks and will be a first lien on the assets of all these banles. These notes will be issued at the Federal Reserve Board solely as advances to the Reservo Banks.
The bankers are already strongly oppo ing the Federal Reserve Board and the Regional Reserve Banks, on the ground Trade utters a serious warning with that the Board would be politically con- reference to the dceline of the proportion trolled and thus open the door to of British imports into Canada, the manoeuvring of the funds for political United States almost entirely absorbing the lost trade. He instances various Canadian criticisms of British trade
methods.
BRITISH BIRTH RATE.
LONDON, June 28th.
The birth-rate for Great Britain for 1912 is 23.8 per thousand, which is 0.6 per
Cen-
purposes, They advocato instemi tral Reserve Association subject to Government control.
PRINCE OF WALES TO RE-VISIT
GERMANY.
PARIS, June 28th. The Prince of Wales leaves on the 1st
suggestion that the Government pent, below that for 1911, which was the July on another visit to Germany. acting as an agent provocateur in the lowest previous year on record.
armament competition. Germany sought
They were
no enemies, he declared. living, and wished to live, in peace and friendship with all their neighbours. Nevertheless, they could not ignore the historic truth that strength was the best protection against attack.
ausn, the Vice-President of the Republic. This chapter forms a very useful comple-
A. Clark.. ment to the lists of metropolitan and
G. Watt. LONDON OFFICE: 131, Fixer Sruter, E.C provincial officials in duo cours, weK. McLennan.
presume, lists of the members of the House W. Cameron.
(Skip) of Representatives and of the Senate will
E. Booker, be added. The chapter entitled "The Year
R. McDonald. in China" is perhaps the most interesting 3. Grant. part of the book, and when read in con.R. Watt.
(Skip) Tibetan and
|T, Glendinning. In spite of the difficulties amid which it junction with those on was produced owing to the occurrence of Mongolian affairs and the very full one on 1 J-Watt the Revolution, the first issue in 1912 of the the Finance of the Republic leaves nothing R. Tenton. Chinu Year Book was one of the most to be desired as a record of the vicisitudes | D. McMardy, valuable and most comprehensive works of of China in 1912 and of the now regime.. reference dealing with China that have I is probably with an eye to this latter appeared, and the publication, a few weeks question that the book will in many cases ago, of the issue for 1913, shows that when be studied, and it would be well to apply not so handicapped the work will soon generally the warning prefixed to the chap surpass the hope of its compilers, and be ter on Education: "In education, as in found not only "a full, concise, and reliable many other fields, the Republican Gov- record of the early phases of China usaforament has to start completely anew, It is quite impossible to cure Republic," but an inexhaustible mine of information and compendium of knowledge any statistics for 1912, and, wen they in things Chinese. A comparison of this available, they would only reveal what year's issue with that for 1912 reveals a has been accomplished in the matter of remarkable growth in the fullness of the reorganization during the transition stage.” information contained. 1912's volume con- With this proviso the 1913 Year Book sisted of 488 pages, while this year's uns discloses a hopeful prospect in almost every to over 700, the additional material including field. The figures given for the Army show chapters on Public Health, China in 1912, the success that is attending the lisarma 4 Who's Who,” and Greater China, while ment measures; progress is shown towards other new headings in the inflex comprise, replacing the Tutahs of the Provinces by inter alia, Personnel of the Central Govern CivilGovemers and generally re-establishing of interest centres about Malini is evident tavern, and demanded the reform of the It was finally mont, Provincial Officials, Republican the provincial civil administration; judicial from the fact that the advance booking military criminal code. Finance, Loan Negotiations, Newspapers, refortes are seen to be advancing (of 1,315 for the performance at the Peak Hotel on agreed to discuss on Monday a draft low admitting mitigating circumstances in Political Parties, Fauna, and the Customs Courts of Justice to be established, 689 Tuesday has been enormous. It is vertsin.
certain military offences- Tariff, while we are glad to see it has been are already operating); while the consolida that the limited capacity of the hall will found possible to include the Production tion of the various political groupe with not be sufficient to hold the crowd that Map of China compiled by Mr. NORMAN sectional aims into parties with definite will want to gain admission. There will SHAW, of the Customs Service. The policies and creeds shows the laven of probably be many turned away so it would be well for those who have not yet. fullness of the work is beyond question-it patriotism at work in the parliamentary hooked to do so at once. would be difficult to suggest any matter struggles-the danger, it may be pointed
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Other results to band in the Open Championship Competition are:~~ 8. Dorrington (T) 21 F. Fisher (C.B.) 19 T. Warth (T). 21 A. Clark (T)....... P. Farrel (T) 21 H. Harrin (T)... 16
THE GREAT MALINI.
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On Tuesday night the public, will have their first opportunity to sea perform the most discussed man in the Colony, Max Malini, king of magic. That a great deal
ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET.
LONDON, June 29th. Kent beat Hampshire at Portsmouth by
innings and 6 runs. Lancashire drew with Surrey at the Oral, and claimed the points on the first innings.
Sussex gained the points as a result of their drawn game with Notts at Brighton. At Northampton, the home county drow
The debate throughout was extraordi- Borily heated and bitter. Dr. Rethmann and his Socialist assailants were howled down repeatedly by their opposing sides. The Socialists denounced the recent with Yorkshire, the latter gaining the sentences on workmen reservists at the points. Erfurt court-martial of five years' penal servitude for a dranken affray in a
Worcestershire defeated Somerset at Worcester by eight wickets,
SCIENCE AND IGNORANCE.
PROFESSOR SCHAFER AND PEATERS, FOR PARLIAMENT.
Professor E. A. Schafer, president of the British Association, presided at the annual dinner of the Rationalist Preak Association at the Trocadero Restaurant on the 1st inst.
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Speaking on Ignorance, "be said ho had that morning torn from the calendar which provided him with shaving paper the motto, "The fact that a man does not know what ho is talking about is no sigit (Laughter.) that he is going to stop." Ignorance was at the bottom of supersti tion, and the sun of science was dissipat ing the mists of ignorance and superati- tion.
He would not say that there was no efficacy in prayer-Cromwell's soldiers found great help in prayer-but there was something more than prayer. At tho Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI. beat battle of Dunbar both sides, prayed, but the prayers of Cromwell's soldiers proved Oxford University by 206 runs.
the stronger.
NEW GERMAN AIRSHIP.
BERLIN, June 28th,
There had been much talk in the. Presa about China having asked the prayers of Christians for its Parliament, He could imagine the Celestial smiling in his sleeve. Negotiations are pending for the For hundreds of years we had been pray- purchase of the newly-invented Ungering for our high court of Parliament,
but he thought they would admit that airship by Britain.
those prayers had not been very effective.
THE RISING IN MOROCCO.
MADHID, June 20th. The crew of the Spanish gunboat The Thursday performance at the City General Concha, who were taken prisoners relating to China that does not receive | cut, is lest these creeds bocome too fixed! Hall also promises to draw a record by the Moore on the 13th inst.. have than any airshin yet rande. It has seven notice-but the doubt must arise sooner or and narrow and incompatible with that house, for in the half day that Moutrie's. later whether such encyclopædiac fullness spirit of compromise that is essential to was open on Saturday a large block of escaped by the aid of friendly natives is necessary or even desirable in an amual parliamentary government. work of reference, and whether it would contains many other noteworthy features, smile and laughable stories has captured not be wise to separate the permanent but enough bas bien said to demonstrate if information, that does not vary by a single value as a handbook of Chinese affairs in word from year to year, from that which general, revised up to the later possible refers solely to the year under notice and has date.
to be revised annually. About one-half of the
The work seats was booked. Malini with bis-genial
the Colony and everyone who has met him
APPLEGARTH'S RECORD.
LONDON, June 24th. At a Cardiff sports meeting, Apple is bent on seeing one or other of his public performances. They are given garth, the famous athlete, did the 150 under the patronage of His Excellency the yards in 14 2/secs, creating a world's
record.
Governor.
The airship is of the rigid type, and
A Chinese was charged before Mr. it is claimed that it is stronger and faster
Melbourne with embezzling $8, the pro- motors, developing 800 h.p.
perty of the Robinson Piano Company, PRIEST MURDERED IN SHENSI,
where defendant was employed so a clerk, Mr Reader Harris (of Meseta. Wilkinson 3,000 CHINESE IN REBELLION.
& Grist) defended. Inepector Watt FERING, June 28th.
said the complainants had made a mis A Spanish priest, has been murdered at take in laying information and they had Kiaochow, Shensi, where 3,000 people are got the wrong man. The charge was
in rebellion,
therefore withdrawo. “ “--
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