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· INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30m, 1913.

S. WATSON hundred thousand taels upon machinery

& CO., LTD.,

the 3rd October. We understand that he is highly disgusted with the way in which the railway is being managed, especially- the way money is Loing squandered by the Chinese Directors, who spent seven

and materials which are quite useless.

o engineer with reputation to lose can afford to remain in a position of respons bility where his advice is ignored. More is heard from the Westem Provmess than from, tuy of the otho e at the present time regarding the squandering of money raised for railway purposes. A large amount of the money subscribed for the Yun- Tengyush railway is missing, and then SPECIAL": Jony Corrox's are reports that the late Commissioner of

CIGAR

AND

TOBACCOS

MIXTURE.

Min Misium und Full S1 per 416. tân,

CARRERAS CRAVEN MIXTURE, BLACK CAT MISTURE, GARRICK MIXTURE,

TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY!] THE P&O OFFICERS STRIKE.

LONDON, October 29th.

The P.&O. Steam Navigation Com pany love invited the officers to ment the Board at noon to-day to discuss the situation. It is intimated that the officers might select speakers from among themselves, but there is no objection to a person apconnected with the service assisting them in stating their case.

LATER

At a meeling of P, &. O. officers this afternoon it was resolved not to meet the Company except through their Guid.

Commerce and ludastries will be impeached for the misappropriation of the funds. It is alleged that the money was lent to the Mutual Tin Trading Company and his

The Company announce that they are not been repaid! If this is really the mase, the dance of repayment is considered to be

prepared to consider representations remote. In the matter of railways theme by the officers themselves. Province of Yunnan has seemed to be more The sailing of the ferodne for Indin progressive than most Provinces in China. { has been postponed until Friday.

ARDATH AND STATE EXPRESS Several foreiga engineers Lave been employ

MIXTURE,

Ke..

Ke...

HIGH-CLASS

ed there on survey work on short hues. during the last few years, and the cost of these surveys would seem to have swallowed up the bulk of the capital is some cases. It is cxletlated that Yuonan must bare over a hundred thousand dollars in Tailway surveys during the past few yearı,

THE KRUPP TRIAL

SENSATIONAL DEVELOPHENTE

LONDON, October 28th, Sensational developments has taken place in the Krupp trial. The case w initiated last month when the State

CIGARS and there is no sign of construction yet on presented Herr Brandt, head of Krupp's

either of these lines, for the suficient MANILA:—LOLITAS, MAN reason that there not sufficient

DABINS, E6 TAMARINDOS, EXCELLENTUS, INFUMABLES, PERPEUTOS, ESTRELLAS, &C. Durcu, HAVANAS, GERMAN CIGARS, MARTIN'S. TWEENIES. CIGARETTES

VIRGINIAN, EGYPTIAN, TER- KISIT ALL WELL-KNOWN BRANDS KEPT IN STOUK.

PRICES MODERATE.

בינון

Berlin office, and two former directors of Krupp's, for alleged bribery of an official: to betray military secres. M

formerly Krupp's representative in Berlin and who is himself prosecuting the firm in connection with his dismissal, is assert- ing that he is possessed of correspondence of the Krupp directors showing that all. or at least many, were aware of the system whieli cutained for procuring confidential

named von © Metzen,

at

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ULSTER AND HOME RULE.

LORD LONDONDERRY, AND THE PREMIER:

LONDON, October 29th. Lord

Londonderry, speaking Ducha, said Mr. Asquith bad declared in his speech that he would employ the English Army to shoot the Ulsterme

Will be there with them asked his Lordship (apparently – answering an (interjection.) I Home Bule is passed 100,000 will be ready to resist by armed forec

THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

REBELS BLOW UP TROOP TRÀLK.

MEXICO CITY, October 20th.. Mexican rebels blew up a troop train by dynamite yesterday ear San Salvador, killing 115, and injucing many Fother

"DISZ MEKKS AMERICAN; PROTECTION,

Senior Diaz on Monday night applied in the United States Consulate at Vern Cruz for protection, and he was taken abonni United States gunboat,

THE POWERS AND MEXICO.

In response to requests from Mr. Bryan, Great Britain, France and Germany have notified that they will defer formulating

Mexien polley till they have exchanged views with the United States.

THE VENEREAL DISEASE COMMISSION:

available funds. One short line from Ko-chiu to Pe-che-chai-a distance of thirty miles has been surveyed thres times, and half the capital provide for the project is said to have been swallowed up. The Chinese investor's experience of railway construction under purely Chinese auspices bas given him us confidence in the sufety of capital subscribed for such purposes Hence Yuran must look to foreign syndi cater to supply her railway neede, and, as when they under take the work, they will make their own surveys and appoint their own engineers, the money which the Chineas have been spending and are still spealing ia Yanan on railway surveys by Americas-trial, of documents which were withhold | De. Scott Ladgett, Mr. Philip Snowden,

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evidence,

Counsel for the prosecution and for the defence alike vehemently protested against the production, midway in the

LONDON, October 29th.

Diseases in Great Britain is composed of The Royal Commission on Venereal the following ladies and gentlemen:

Lord Sydenham (Chairman), Sir David Brynmcr-Jones, Sir Kenelm Digby, Sir Almeric Fitzroy, Sir Malcolm Morris, Sir John Collic, Canon Horsley, the Rev.

A. S. WATSON & CO., and French ag neare some money thrown during the preliminary proceedings, but. M.P., Mesdames Creighton and Burgw, the Court ordered their production, and and Drs. Newshotne, Walker Mott, LIMITED,

in the neantime have adjourned

Ernest Lane, and Mrs. Scharlieb.

ANOTHER BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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Correspondents must fóricard their names and addresses with communica-: tions addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith. All letters for publication should be written on one side of paper only.

No anonymously signed communiaz tions that have already appeared other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra copies of ... ¿œr Prese should be sent before 11 a.m. on day of publication. After that hour the supply. is limited. Only supply for Cash.

Telegraphic Address PRES. Codi: A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber, P.O. Boz., 94

eating of the Legislative Council is called for today. The main business

Committed on the Budget..

Dr. Paul S. Heirsch, the new American Minister to Chica, sailed from San Francisco oir the 7th instant.

MR LLOYD GEORGE'S LAND CAMPAIGN.

A DUKE OFFERS HAS DEBR FORESTS CHEAP,

Loxpoy, October 20th. The struther Jade, built to the order of Arising out of Mr. Lloyd George's M. P. Roque, is to be launched at theatreck on deer forests in connection with Hongkong and Whampoa Decks at 10 o'clock this aneraing.)

his land campaign, the Duke of Suther- Jard has written to the papers offering to sell 200,000 acres of deer forost at £2 per acre. I is stated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer b

· bas requested the Duke

Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Crown Solicitor, left by the German Mail steamer yester day for Penang, where he will meet Mrs. Hodgson, who is returning from a visit to England.

to repeat his offer to the Treasury with a Though it is nearly two years since the view to the consideration of the question Manchu dynasty was overthrown.f purchase. great number of people in the North still wear the badge of servitude," The Minister of the Interior has suggested a quene tax, with a view to accelerating HONGKONG OFFICE: 10, Des Værs ROAD Cthe disappearance of the queles LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STOSHI, E...

Telephone No. 12.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG. OCTORER 30TH 1913.

Ir would be very instructive to know approximately how much money has been spent to no good purpose by Chinese directors on railway projects in China during the past few years since the wave of patriotic feeling awept over the country in favour of the cor- struction of Hways without the aid of

sochas sonje

Several cases in which Chinese were

NEW ZEALAND AND IMPERIAL":

DEFENCE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

INTERESTING AMERICAN

WEDDING,

ROYAL ROMANCË DSGALLADI

CORRESPONDENCE.

HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO, LTD.,

AND

HONG KONG LAND RECLAMATION CO., LTD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG BAILY PRESS."]

The Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd.

NEW YORK, October 29th.

the Duke of the Abruzzi's romantic suit, Miss Katherine Elkins, the heroine of

was married yesterday at her mother's home to Mr. William R. Hitt, the lawyer. who had persisted in his courtship for seven years.

RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE IN AUSTRIA-Yours faithfully,

VIENNA, October 29th.

The Milagrische Zundschdy says that & Russian namer Keet has been sentenced to death for espionage at Agram, while the town was under martial law. In vestigation proved that a regular network of Russian espionage existed in Austria,

UNPRECEDENTED GUNNERY

TESTS AT PORTLAND,

LONDON, October 29th.

Hongkong, October 28th.

Board to ask you to by good enough to Dear Sir, I am requested by the

insert the following reply which has been sent to Mr. Gershom Stewart to the letter which appeared in your issue of 11th inst

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary. [Copy.

GERSHON STEWART, Esq., M.P.,,

Whiteholme Hoylake, Cheshire.

a printed and undated copy of letter DEAR SM-On the 9th inst.. I received.

bearing the names of some of the share- holders on the subject of the management. &c., of this Company and that of the Hongkong Land Reclamation Company.

This letter appears to have been pub ished in each of the local papers as an open letter addressed to the Scoretary of this Company ha

Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord, and other Lords of the Admiralty will take it into consideration and will It has been laid before the Board, who -attended at Portland yesterday to witness rofer to it at the next Ordinary-General unprecedented gunnery tests. the Meeting of Shareholders.Yours faith- battleship Empress of Tuin which fully, bombarded with all her guns, from the four inchers to the 13 inchers.

BALCONY COLLAPSES AT

TORONTO.

LONDON, October 29th.

One person was killed and three injured

(Sd.) A. SHELTON HOOPTE,

Secretary.

PORTUGUESE STEAMER PIRATED.

SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF LOOT

Information has been received in tha

at Toronto through the collapse of Colony to the effect that the American bulcony during a demonstration.

(Capt Braga), a small steamer plying between Kwongchanwan, Macao, and Hongkong, und flying the Portu guese fag, was looted very thoroughly by Firates whilst between Kwongenau- wan and Macao on Friday night. The pirates embarked as passengers, and

ALLEGED THEFT BY A CHINESE.

A STORY OF ARMED ROBBERS.**

Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese was viously concealed about their persons, Before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the at a given signal held up the officers and crew with revolvers, which they had pre- charged with stealing a camera, clothing, They demanded the key of the safe from and other property, to the value of $48.00 the Chinese compradore, but he refused, from a dwelling-house on the Shaukiwan Roud.

and throw it into the sea. The incensed robbers then promptly shot him in the

Mr. T H King (Assistant Superinleg. They foread the engineer to break tendant of Police) prosecuted, and Mr. C. LONDON, October 29th.

upen the safe, a revolver being held, close F Mason (from the office of Mr. F. to his head. The safe contained a valu Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous D'Almada) defended.

able consignment of silver coin, mostly 10. explorer, speaking in London, said he Mr. King said that on Saturday, and 20 cent pieces, and this the pirates hoped to stars for the Antarctie in 1914, Octuber 11th, a party of Portuguese appropriated. A large number of farmers with the same companions as off the last Villa, a bouse on the Shankiwan Road, Mucho for sale, had their pockets and ladies and gentlemen went to Budreen hourd, who were conveying stock to expedition.

for the week-end. The party went on possessions rifled. In fact the robbers Saturday night, and on Sunday mom-voted the whole ship, and took away, ing, when they left for Hongkong to go besides various ornaments, a quantity. to Church, the defendant was the only of valuable silk cloth. That the piracy person in the hon. The party returned had been carefully planned beforehand about 10.30 a.m. and they found the was obvions, for soon after the robbers defendant locked inside one of the had obtained everything that they could servante rooms at the back of the house, lay their hands e on, they stopped the The door was locked with an ordinary steamer, and got into two stear launchca European lock, which would be fucked which were waiting for them in Macao From either inside or outside, and they waters. The total value of the loot is tet him out. The keys were found in the estimated at between $50,000 und $60,000. court yard. between the servants' quartes and the back of the house. The key of the door was in one place and the defendant's own key, which was attached to a police whistic, in another spot, about

THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS.

FATAL BOMB THROWING AT CATANIA,

ROME, Octüber 20th. After the declaration of the poll at Catania, bombs wore thrown among the crowd, Fout persons were injured, one fatally. Forty-one members. of the Labour Exchange were arrested, and one

THE BAVARIAN THRONE.

KINGSHIP TO BE CONFERRED ON THE REGEXT

MUNICH, October 20th,

"ight yards distant from the window of

PEKING OFFICIALS NOW WORK-

ING EFFICIENTLY.

EFFECT OF RECOGNITION

recent message, says"-

Reuter's correspondent at Peking, in a

The effect of recognition of the Repub

lic influenced to some extent perhaps

foreign capital and without foreign superri-charged with possession of arms and the Pacific, he said, aimed at naval Drospect of the King re-assuming the went into the house and found that a departinents, This is a feature which

infirmity.

RACING,

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARTERS.

WELLINGTON (N. 2.). October 29th. The Premer has announced that theirson was killed at Naples. It is reported that some Cantonese are Government intends to disccutiune the trying very hard for the post of Minister df Navy.

They are now using a large Naval subsidy and take up a greater Font of murry, amouating to about "one,

responsibility. They had ace pled the million dollars; to hribe the M.Ps, and Imperial Government's offer of a light the high officials of the Government.

With the view to conferring & Kingship Their idea is that as

eru's'r as a training ship, and desired the on the present Regent the Government locked. The defendant reported that the room in which the defendant was Cantones can secure the post of Minister cruser to be of British type, which, if has submitted to the Diet an addition thres armed robbers cams to the place: of the Navy, all the Cantonese settlers in the Imperial Government are unable to to the Constitution. terminating the after the party had gone, tied him up, the Southern Islands wil), be well protected through the efforts of the Provide, he would recommend that it be Regency and declaring the Throne threatened him with a revolver, locked by the appointment of a formal President,

constructed in England at Cantones Minister--Pekiny Gazette,

a cost of vacant, when, if ten years after the him in the room, went into the house and is plainly discernible interper committed a robbery. The party then application to duties on the part of £400,000 British people on that side of institution of the Regency, there is no

othicials in the various ministries and Government wing to physical or mental various other things had been taken from the attention of most officials to the quantity of clothing, a camera and was noticeably lacking during the rebellious outbreaks when politics engaged tha house. The house was in disorder, exclusion of everything else All depast- drawers opon, and the things named ments are now working more eficiently, missing. The complainant then went to graphs, which are demoralised temporarily with perhaps the exception of the tele- Tsat Tsz Mui police station. Inspector by numerous unpractical innovations LONDON, October 29th. Cameron and some police went back and which the authorities are attempting to hurl into operation without regarding the defendant was the officiency of the service. Firstly, the The probable starters in the Cambridge investigated and

brought to the station, where 140 cents Chiaotungpu (Board of Communications) shire Stakes to-lay

are Maiden

and a piece of jade, gold mounted, were has cancelled RT.P... the right to Erleigh

(Walter Griggs); Florist found on him. This would be proved to pays) without advertising the fact, send telegrams for which the receiver ~(31nher)}" Light Brigade (Rickaby); belong to one of the ladies at the house, thereby they have created much unnecess Lorenzo (Whalley);: Mercutio (For); who lost it the night before, and had sary inconvenience, Now the Chiao- tungpu has ordered the registration of Fairy King (W. Huxley); Bonbon Rose offered the defendant a reward if he telegraph addresses, nut confining the (Sharp); Drimore (Cheshire); Santair found it The defendant volunteered a measure to regalar business addresses, Martin); Absolute (Jellings); Bluestone statement at the police station. He said For instance, if a telegrain reachas Peking addressed, Jones, Peking." he saw, tre rubbers go up, the hillaide and Jones won't obtain the message without (Fox); Orelle (Donoghue); Wisense he saw where they put the property. He baying twelve dollars for registration. Robbins); Moscato (Herbert); Jameson was taken back to the house by Sergeant although Jones ray be a tourist and has (R. Stokes): Equanimity (Ledson) Edge and two detectives at nine o clock question of this innovation, therefore, given his home friends his address. The

Bagler (Marsh); Cheerful (Cooper) it then being pitch dark, and he took the amoulite to an annual tax of twelve dollara Desborough had not been found a jockey police 190 yards up the hillside, which all foreigners in China who are expect ing telegramas, and also upon touren 15 was thickly wooded and very steep, and is only fair to state that Mr at the time of wiring. -

pointed out the camera in one place and not connected with this measure, which Betting is as follows :-D to 1 Santair;

basket containing the clothes, etc., and apparently originated with a technical

Florist, and Maiden Erleigh, 100 to 7 yards away.

advisor, whose duties should not include 10 to 1 Drinmore; 100 to 9 Oselle'; 100 to 8

an empty basket, in another, about two practical matters, Letters from various out stations say th the utmost confusion and inconvenience are arising in connec Fairy King Bugler, and Winemac; 100 Severa witnesses were called, and the tion with the innovation, It is und to o Lorenzo and Bluestone;

case was adjourned.

stood that the Diplomatic Corps has the matter under, consideration.

TWELFTH NIGHT.”

THE MATINEE PERFORMANCE.

VICTORIA (B.C.). October 29th. The uriners who were on strikó are now resuming, and the soldiers are being gradually withdrawn. It is believed that the United Mine Workers Association of America declared the strike ended owing to the drain on its funds, and the inability to win recognition from the

sion of any kind. A fairly large sum of ammunition came before Mr. J. R. Wood supremacy in those waters, the enme as money in the aggregate was subscribed by the Magistracy yesterday. One stan, they did in Europe Meanwhile, the traid the Chinesepublic for railway construction in who was defended by Mr. B. C. Faithfull, ing of New Zealanders had begun. The

any Proviuces about five years ago when was fed $100, woman was skuilurly. the cry of China for the Chine " was fined, and two Chinese who were arrested naval administration would be under the raised from Széckuza to Cauton, and a

en board the Empress of Hussin were re. Deniinion in prace time, and under the halt was called to the granting of 'railway led. Mr. Faithfull also defended in control of the Admiralty in time of war. concessivas to foreign sradicates. The the latter case, and contended that the

trudna vaic, to arms and annnuni→ VANCOUVER MINERS STRIKE experience of five short years has proved tion were stored was not the property of

ENDS. the unwisdom of the policy and there the defendants, saying that nobone of the has been a swing of the pendulum. erched would open the boxes.

Keys which were found on the toga va

But the last has not yet been heard of the mismanagement by inexperienced and incompetent Chinese directors of the funds subscribed by the merchanta and

Children made inerry at the matings Pentry for railway construction. There is performanes of Twelfth Night by the more then one railway scandal engaging Hongkong Mummers yesterday aft pablic attention in China, at the present noon. A was natural, the young clean it employers, tice. A few weeks ago REUTER's Agency was partups in the majority, and none circulated the report that Mr. FRANK enjoyed more than they the fun and.

frolic of Sir Toby, wok Bir Andrew. Becrwin, the Engineer-in-chief of the

LONDON, October 29th: These two appeared to be in their most Icbang-Szechuan Railway, ad terminated lively mood, and their successes, from the

The death is announced of Viscount his agreement and was leasing Ichmug, at, children's point of view, were unbounded. | Sidmouth, in his 90th year. - onco for Peking. The following paragraph for a matinee, quite good. The acting in the Royal Navy, and represented Devizes The attendance of the general public was, [The duroased Peor was, for eleven-years appearing in a Hankow paper throwe was again skillfid, and the general effect in Parliament as a Conservative in 1663-64, Some light ou the subjot My, quits in harmony with the spirit of the when he sacceded his father in the title

medy and the introduction of the The near BECKWITH passed through Hankow on

peer is the Hom ·Gerald new way in scenie arrangements.

Addington.]

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