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gitive rehols now in axile At the Magistracy yesterday John TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

and living in ease and comfort on Adams, a well-known local character, was there ill gotten gains. The Shanghai | lined so by Mr. J. R. Wol for being Mercury, discussing this question, thinks drunk and incapable. the actual cash expenses of the late civile wer can be safely set down at $40,000,000. which does not seen an extravagant estimate. And this, it points out, in but the beginning of the account. To this dead

Joss we must add the imicores amount of property damaged, stolea and destroyed during the campaign. This it is impossible to calculate just as it is impossible to calcu- late the loss to trade that has been inflicted by the campaign. The moment the rebellion broke out trade was suspended. Thousands and thousands of dollars worth of merchan dise as countormanded, still more was held up by the occurrence of actual hostilities, and still more was nover ordered at all. Nearly all this representa both a loss to tho indi- vidual trador concerned and also a loss to the Government in the shape of transit CARRERAS CRAVEN MIXTURE,

duties, likin and other charges collectable by BLACK CAT MIXTURE,

the representatives of Peking. Those same GARRICH. MIXTURE,

again ure incalculablo." That is true, but it ARDATH AND STATE EXPRESS does not necessarily follow that this suspen-

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sion of trade means permanent loss. What the individual trader lost in ordere in the months of July and August he may more than recover in the succeeding months of the year, and so also is it not improbable that the Government may recover its losses. in the shape of increased receipts from

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THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,

SIR JOHN JORDAN

LONDON, October 29th. Sir John Jordan, the British Minister

A Chinese who was arresfait on the Sut u hyn Chinese detective was Gned 20 or three months' imprisiment for being in unlawful possession of a rifle, which was found concealed in the botton at Peking, departs for Peking on the

of a box.

10th November.

THE HOME RULE QUESTION,

MET BY VIOLENCE."

The Emperor of Japan will hold a review of the army on the Auyena parade. SIR FOWARD GREY SAYA VIOLENCE WILL BE ground on October 31st, in celebration of his birthday. The troops taking part will include 10,000 of the Imperial Guard and 1,00 of the 1st Division. The Emperor will attend the autumn manœuvres in Sngoya and district.

LONDON, October 98th. Sir Edward Grey, Bark, M.P., the Foreign Secretary, speaking at Berwick, said thay if Home Rule were resisted by violence t must be met by violence The whole business community of Coercion was utterly hateful, but if there Singapore, irrespective of nationalities, was to be a settlement it must be on the says the Straits Times, will receive the nows of Mr. Hans Becker's death with conditions laid down by Mr. Asquith desp and sincere Borrow. The cause of If Ulster were excluded from the Bill, It the position of the Unionists in the rest death is stated to be heart failure. was only in July last that Fr. Becker, to of Ireland would bo much moro

great regre of all who knew him, left precarions. Singapore for Europe ander medical

advice.

Considerable progress is reported by the Chinese Military Aviation School in Peking Flights are being made daily. under the direction of Mr. Obre, manager of the aviation workshope, who has been appointed chief pilot. Col. Ching director of aviation, and Mr. Obre have capital, and another trip to Tientsin is

CIGARS transit duties, lakin and other churges

MANILA-LOLITAS MAN- year. This is hypothetical, of course, and fight in a biplane over the

upon trade, during the latter quarter of the

DARENS,

the suggestion scarcely seems warranted by EL TAMARINDOS, the trade roparts of China firms that have EXCELLENTES, INFUMABLES, come under our notice, but an American PERFECTOS, ESTRELLAS, &C.

pieco goods report for September describes DUTCH, HAVANAS, GERMAN CIGARS, MARTIN'S TWEENIES.

CIGARETTES

VIRGINIAN, EGYPTIAN, TUR

ALL WELL-KNOWN

KISH

BRANDS KEPT IN STOCK.

PRICES MODERATE.

contemplated.

At the Magistracy yesterday, before the orders from China as "legion" and says | Mr. F.A. Hazeland, a Chine was that the business reported represents “only charged by Acting-Inspector Terrott with the fraction of the orders that were placed, being in possession of a number of the remainder being turned down by the counterfeit ten cent, pieces, and with mille which raised their prices." Our hope uttering a false dollar. The officer told that the losses incurred by the trade of the his Worship that on the 9th inst

Chinese constable, in accordance with country may not prove permanently certain instructions, followed the defen- disadvantageous to the individual trader dant into a shop. The latter purchased Dr to the pational revenue. is based, four coats worth of tea, and paid the However, not upon an isola

isolated report Recontent at the counter with a Hong regarding one line of trade but rather kong dollar. The lukong immediately upon the experience of wint actually took hold of the man, and warned the accountant to test carefully the coin he

Se Edward added that the exclusion of Ulaist was not a very hopeful or practical solution. The root difficulty was the fear of religious intolerance. This could be met by the modification of the Bill, giving Ulster Homs Rule within Honie Rule, as regards education, police,

etc. In such a case it seemed absolutely incredible that Ulster had anything to fear, but such a modification of the Bill was conditional on its neceptasce by both sides.

The Ulster newspapers say that now it is straight, fight, Mr. Asquith cannot intimidate the Loyalists by force.

The Daily Chronicle says there have been negotiations between the members of the Front Bonch of both parties during the past three weeks in regard to Ireland, a Memorandum was drawn up by Mr Asquith and his colleagues at the sugges tion of an exalted personage, and the sante course was taken by Lord

[ROUGH BELTER'S AGENCY.]

P&O. OFFICERS STRIKE.

LONDON, October 28.

affected.

CORRESPONDENCE.

A CHAIR STAND WANTED.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE,]

DEAR SIR,-Now that so many re- sidences, (both private houses and such.

Thirty. O, Oficer, left their ships Hostels, etc., as are necessary adjuncts to the University) are springing up on the at noon yesterday upon receiving no

higher level at the west end of the city reply to their manifesto.

would it not be possible for a Chair, The silings of the Arquia, Malwa, Stand to be arranged for and a telephone Egyp and Borneo may consequently he attached This would be a great boon both to residents and their guests; at present it is almost impossible to get a chair unless by good luck one be found on its return joviney. Perhaps some of your numerous renders will give their opinion as to the best site før such convenience,Yours truly,

TIRED TROTTER.

NEW MOTOR BOATS FOR CANTON DELTA

TRADES UNIONISM.

London, October 28th. Delegates representing one hundred thousand members of fifteen Post Office Trades Unions have decided in favour of amalgamation

LINER AMONG ICEBERGS,

UNITED STATES POLICY.

ONE FOOT THRIE INCHES MRAN DRAFT:

LONDON, October 28th..

Messrs, W, S. Bailey & Co., Ltd. of On the arrival of the Trafonic at Kowloon, have handled over to the Liverpool it was reported that the liner Standard Oil Co. of New York, the had encountered icebergs east of Bolleseend of two ight-draft Isle. The engines were reserved and the designed for service as inspection beats.

motor boals

chip escaped by a few yards,

for the Company's inerensing business abovo Cantoti, The vessels, named respectively Wal Lee and Cheung Me, are of the houseboat type and each 12 NEW Yonk. October 28th. feet in length. There is a short, deck Speaking at Mobiles, President Wilson space forward for handling the anchors. said that while the United States would and similar decs room aft for accom

modation of water tanks and crew's mover again seek to secure an additional galley, etc., the space between being foot of territory by conquest, it was its occupied by the housing with ample duty to assist hos States which were head room and comprising motor room. obliged to grant concessions to emancipate galley. The steering gear and oil tanks large saloon, bath room and European themselves from inevitable subordination

are fitted upon t30 upper deck to foreign intercats.

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT IN

CANADA,

Ortawa, October 29th. H.R.H the Duke of Connaught was

entertained to luncheon at the Canadian Club Mr. McBride, the Promier of British Columbia, urged the immediate carrying out of the Borden policy of con-

The motors are of the 30-horse-power- Kelvin type, starting on petrol and work-" ing with borosing, pad driving the vessels at 7 knots per hour on four continumas measured mile trials. The vessels have a mean draft of 1ft. Bins, only,

built forty motor yachts, house boat, and Messrs. Bailer & Co. have already

sabin cruisers, both twin and singlo screw of length from 10ft, to 70ft, and from 3 h.p. to 100 h.p., many of the beats

Varicouver. Java and elsewhere.

JUSTAMAISON & CO..occurred after the revolution which over had received from bim stating that he Lansdowne andr. Boner Law, The tribution to the Navy, and Mr. Scott being shipped on steamers deck to

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threw the monarchy. The whole value of the trado of China last year (excepting only re-exports abroad of foreign imports)

believed it to be had. Upon examina. tion, the dollar was found to be counter feit. The defendant was taken to the

where "Police Station: ere he was searched, and a number of bed cars were found em him. A false bank note was also found in his possession, but he was not charged in connection with this. Eviilence was then called..

· THE RECENT DUBLIN RIOTS, LABOUR LEAVER IMPRISONED FOR SEDITIOUS

SPEECH.

showed an increase of 12.6 million taols over the retures for 1911, and the Unsious revenue surpassed the record collection of 1911 by Hk. Tis 3,770,786. The first six months of the year," says the Customs Report, "elosed with a deficiency as com pared with the same period of 1911, of HK Tis. 1,840,000, which was almost recovered by the end of September, and was THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT AS edition and reiting to riot.

converted into a large surplus in the re- maining three months. We can only hope that a similar experience will have to be recorded in the Customs Report for 1913.

OPLUM MONOPOLIST...

A LOSS OF YIFTY THOUSAND RUPEES IN FINTY DAYS

We understand that the Hongkong Government commenced to buy opin at

LONDON, October 28th. Great crowds assembled in Dublin on

In reply, the Duke of Connaught said he was glad to learn that Canadian

Memoranda were exchanged through an Premier of Sascatchewan. soid that The motors itted in these vessels intermediary.

although many people in Sasca chewan include the Kevin, Pay & Bowen, were foreigners, all were warmly attached Djinn, Forth, Gardner, Gray, Atlan to British institutions. None lagged Speedway, Lowe Victor; Fairbanks behind in the question of sharing the Morse, Standard, Thomeyeroft, Otto; coramon burden of defence.

Martini and Daimler, and the Company are steadily improving their designs for such vcaseis in regard to specd and draft, quality of work and quickness of sutturu,

The vessels noy building in the Com pany's yard include a 45-feet motor-beat, a 79-feet stemin mig, two 90-feet, steel oil barges of 150 tons capacity and a steel cargo steamer for the Manila lumber trade Tho intter vessel is 101 foet in length by 30ft Gias. beam and 15ft, hins At the instance of Prussin, the Federal deep. She will carry 1,000 tons dead woiglit, be built to Lloyd's highest class, Council have unanimously approved of and have four derricks with winches each the marriage of Prince Ernst August to capable of lifting six tons. The engines

the ocension of the trial of the Labour pride in the Britial connection was leader Larkin, who is charged with universal.

The Attorney-General said that Larkin was not tried because he was

a strike leader, but because he had broken the law. was wicked, dangerous, and criminal. Larkin was convicted only of uttering

THE GUELPH-HOHENZOLLERN CONTROVERSY,

BERLIN, October 29th,

A wireless message was received last the Indian auctions nearly two months seditious words and was sentenced to the Kaiser's daughter. The former's oath are triple expansion of 700 horsepower,

night from the German Mail steamer Prine Eifel Frederich stating that she would arrive here to-morrow, the 30th inst, at 7a, instead of to-day as previously announced.

SHARP-TURNER. On 24th October, at Mr. Justico Sercombe Smith is retaro- Shanghai, ARCHIE SHAR, Chief ing to the Straits Settlements by the P. Engineer, C. M. S. N. Co. 10 Miss&O. Malte, connecting with the Delta at JEANNIE Tensen, of Dumbarton, Colombo, due on November 29th. Seotland.

Hososose OPERE: HA, DEs Vex Road 0.

Among the passengers brought by the

ago, since when there has been a very heavy drop in prices, involving a loss of approximately 50,000 Rupees on the 50 chests purchased for the Government.

seven months imprisonment.

THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY,

On September 2nd the Hongkong Govern- FBLIC APATHY WILL PROBABLY INVALIDATE mont bought 25 chests of Patau at 2,008) Rs, per, chest, and 25 cheats of Benares at 3,000 Rs. per chest. At the auctions: on October 21st, the price realised was 1,800 Rs per chest of both kinds.

ELECTIONS.

MEXICO CITY, October 28th. Reuter learns that Sir Lionel Carden, the British Ambassador to Mexico, did in fact sen some journalists, but that he

We understand that the opium pur- chased

lions or polity of the United States. on behalf of the Hongkong referred in nows whatever to the inten The Mexican elections are proceeding

LONDON OFFICE: 131, FIMET STREET, E.C. Empress of Russia yesterday were Government is now stored in Hongkong, and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, Dr. and

The Daily Press.

HONOONG OCronen 29т8, 1913.

THE negotiations for a further foreign loan to China by tlio Quintuple Group apfer to bays commenced, and the announcement cas decasion little surprise, when it is

Mrs. Forspili, Mr. D. Jaffe, and Mr. Colbourne Little.

Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club ard reminded of the half-yearly meeting advertised for to-day at noon, at the offres on the ground floor of the. Hongkong Club Annexe, Chatar Road.

Our Tokyo correspondent reports the

and that the charges for storage and fire

insurance amount to about $2.50 per chest per month.

At

TWELFTH NIGHT

SECOND PERFORMANCE.

last night's presentation of Twelfth Night by the Hongkong

quietly. The general population in apathetic, and it is believed that the

votes recorded are so few as to invalidate

the elections."

LATER. President Huerta has obtained 1,500,

out of 2,000 writes in the Presidential

borne in mind that only some geven millions engagement of Norah, the youngest Muraniers practically every seat in the election, and ex-President Diaz has

were available out of the former loan for daughter of Sir Conyngham Greene, the the purposes of reorganisation. In the British Minister to Japan, to Captain meantime the Government has at the task Brand, Naval Attache to the Egation. suid the expense of suppressing a revelation According to the official reckoning, this has

Ansording to the latest statistics, the cost the Oeutral Government nineteen Japanese leaned territory, Kwantung

millions of dollars. We take this to man.

Peninsula, entzirs 114,850 inhabitants, consisting of 78,870 Chinese and 36,070 expenditure in Lard cash from the Govern Japanese, the remainder being Europeans ment treasury out of the gagre seven millions of pounds sterling left of the loan aftar tho atisfaction of the price chains. The

and AjmericanN.

The Belbight Association at Kobe held a made upon it insteen millions of Trafalgar Day dinner on October 211t. dollars about two milliou pounds stor. There was a record gathering. Sir and Vice-Admiral ling cannot represent the full cost of the Conyngham Grean

vil warfare which endured in parts of ferram delivered patriotic speeches. The

greatest enthusiasti was

manifested the country for upwards of two months.

throughout the proceedings. It takes no count of the expenditure on the rebel side out of the taxation of the pro- vinces they for a tine controlled or of the large contributions to the rebel campaign funds which wraithy people living within the area of distruance, made, voluntarily or under the influence of fear; nor dres it take account of the very large sum tukkn from Provincial treasuries by

The annual report of the insular auditor of the Philippines goes to show, according to a Manila contemporary, that the Ceveratient was on the verge of a big failure in 1913. It is stated that only the ice of the Gold Standard Fund and the issue of Public Works Bonds saved the talands from bankruptcy

theatre was occupied, and the audience was thoroughly delighted with the pre sentation of the play which went very smoothly and even more successfully than on the first night

A matinee performance of the play will he given this afternoon, and further evening performances will be given to

morrow night and on Saturday.

AMATEUR PRODUCTIONS OF

secured 300.

President Huerta issues a decree to-day increasing the Army from 55,000 to 150,000.

MEXICO'S NEW EMISSARY TO JAPAN.

Senhor Delabarra has been appointed

in lieu of Senhor Diaz to thank Japan

for her participation in the Mexican centenary

THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS.

SHAKESPERIAN PLAYS.

LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITIUM OF PARTIES.

Referring to a recent not by our con

LONDON, October 28th. tributor "Roderick Randou question- The Italian elections are now nearly ing the accuracy of the announcement that complete." There is little change in the Twelfth Night by the Hongkong Mum partics, but the Conservatives will be merg is the first amateur Shakespearian production in the Far East, the Tokyo probably rather stronger. The Radicals journal Far East says: The Tokyo and Republicans received a sharp set-back A.LLC produced As You Like It in 1906, at Rome, where not one-third of the Anidenier Nile's Preim in 1912. voters polled.

Midsummer Night's The two latter were given for several successive nights before large mixed

Four persons were killed, and many majority Japanese, at the Imperial theatre, in Tokyo, the injured in election riots in various parts finest theatre cast of Euez.

Fof Italy.

TATAL ELECTION, RIDTS.

of fealty as a Prussian officer and his supplied with steam from a boiler 14ft. declaration in reference thereto have so

sins. diameter working pressure of changed the situation that there could be

180 lbs per square inch,

The Company have also in hand steel no longer any objection

to

Prince Ernst wharves in Canton for the Chinese August assuming the Government of Imperial Maritime Customs and for the Brunswick.

Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. and in Amoy for the Standard Oil Co., besides general repair and sundry work,

THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN SPAIN.

LONDON, October 28th... Serbox Dato (Conservative), formed a Spanish cabinet,

THE BEETROOT CROP.

LONDON, October 28th.

bas

The factories estimate that the beetroot crop will amount to 7,968,000 tons.

THE CORFIELD MEMORIAL

LONDON, October 28th. The Cerfield Memorial fund has now

Secretary, does renched £646. Mr. Harcourt, the Colonial not object to the crection of the monument in Berbera.

BANTAM WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

LONDON, October 28th,

THE NEW N.L.L. FREIGHT LINE TO EAST ASIA-

Messrs. Melchers & Co., inform us that they have, rasaived information from the North German Lloyd, Bremen, that the first steamer of the new Norddeutscher Lloyd freight line to East Asíu, 58: Muck, will sail from Bremen on the 17th of Dreember

NEW RAILWAY FROM TSINANFU

MONEY PROM GERMAN SOURCES.

The Peking Daily News learns that Germans have arranged to provide money for the construction by the Chinese of a ailway from Tsinanfu to Shuntebfu en the Peking-Hankow Railway.

BOVRIL'S DOUBLE HONOURS.

Messra. Bovril Limited have been At the National Sporting Club, Digger awarded the Grand Prix at the Ghent Stanley beat Bill Benyon on points for Exhibition, and also a Diploma for excellence at the Congo Belge Exhibition. the bantamweight championship of | Elizabethville. This doublo distinction, England. The fight consisted of twenty awards, is certainly a high tribute to the which heads a long list of previous excellence of the world-famous beef- beverage

rounds,

ARISTOCRATIC FINANCE IN

At Kohe, on October 18th, judgment - was given in the appeal of Mr. D. J.

· GERMANY.

Evans, Acting Editor of the Jagun Chronicle, against the imposition by the The prospectus has now been published lower Court of a fine of Y200 for an of an issue of £750,000 out of an alleged infringement of the Press Law. authorized issue of £1100,000-of Four The appeal was dismissed. The offence and-a-Halt per cent. Debentures at for which the newspaper was fined was secured on the Fürstenberg estates in the publication of a report of the suicide Barlen Würtenborg, Hohenzollern, and

Austria The estates comprise 6,070 in Tokyo of a man who confessed himself hectares of agricultural and 25,000 to be the assassin of Mr. Abe. The case hectares of forest land. The total value will be carried to the Osaka Court of being estimated at £4,715,000.

Appeal.