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CANTON NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 1913,

CANTON November 27th.

46 PAPER CURRENCY.

which case, Civil Administrator Li, Sal Commissioner Au and Mr. Sung will be giver suitable posts in Peking.

ABOLITION OF COMMISSIONERS OF FOREIGN APEALIS

With a view to reducing administrative been Owing to the depreciation in the value exponditare, instructions have of the paper currency, which has been received from Peking to abolish the offices caused by the contemplated non-accept of the various Commissioners of Foreign ance of the aute in payment of the Salt Affairs in Ewingtung Diplomatic Tax, bath the authorities and the mermatters will be conducted in Canton by

the Civil Administration Office, where a special department is created, and in the other parts the duties will be discharged by the respective Comptrollers of Customs in addition to their duties as such.

November 20th.

The Civil and Military Governors have received a telegram from the President's Private Secretariat, which rends follows

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THE BANK NOTE CASE.

VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY,”

PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT.

REPLACING THE EXPELLED MENDERS,

PERING November ne.

4 Presidential Mandate names first the members of Parliament who have been deprived of their seats, nine members from Hupch, who have been illegally from the Province of Luangst and one elected and one Kuomintang member

eight members of the Upper House, and who had previously resigned. Election certificates have been taken from ninety 252 members of the Lower House, while and fifty-four numbers of the Lower thirty four members of the uper House, have fled from Peking. Altogether 440 House, members of the Knomingteng, certificates have been cancelled.

Local authorities have been instructed to take the certificates of those members who have fled. The election bureaux in the various provinces are instructed to are filled by other candidates legally see that the Parliament seats now vacant elected.

INTIMATIONS

XMAS GOODS

The honour which Scotsinen-those exiled

In the case in which Ma Yuk Fri and in the East, at least-annually pay to the

Me Kwan were arraiged before His memory of the patronal saint of Beob-

Honour Mr. Justice Compertz (Puisne land excites a feeling akin to envy in the breast of the Sassenach and makee

Judge) in the Supreme Court on two

him look into his gencological record to

counts of being in anlawful possession of see if he cannot claim kinship through

12,500 Kwangtung bank notes of a face the accident of one of his remote fore-

value of $6 each, or a total value of bears having been associated with acantile community have wired to the

$62,600, His Honour, on taking his seat Scottish slan, and thus become eligible for Central Government to have the proposal

on Saturday said that, having carefully membership of St. Andrew's Society It is either cancelled or considerably modified

considered the facts of the case, he had surprising how many who pass in a crowd It is now stated that the President, in

come to the conclusion that there was no legal evidence on which a conviction could as Englishmen lay claim to Scottish

be based. The gaps could not be got descent, and though one who has ears to order to prevent any possible agitation,

over; they were not bridged. It would bear cannot but know that wherever he has sent a telegram to the local Govern-

be impossible for him to direct the jury goua in the East, Scotia's sons abound, it rent directing that paper currency shall now be accepted as hitherto in payment of is only on such an occasion at the Salt Tax and notifying that Li Sum

that there existed available legal evidence on which they would convict. That being Andrew's Ball that we adequately realise

TEKING, November 24th." 50, it was his duty to direct the how many Scotsmen have followed the Ling is being dispatched to Kwangtung

It is reported in quarters in close touch With reference to a telegram through return a verdict of not guilty to

with Yuan Shih-kai that the President. OUR CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED. road which Dr. Johnson said was the to adjust the currency troubles. From

The jury returned a verdict of not is now in favour of maintaining the best road in Scotland-the road leading official sources, I learn that Mr. Li will

be leaving Peking in a few days' time and Reuter's Agency to the effect that the that he will bring with him a quantity of Canton Pre in commenting upon the guilty accordingly, and the accused Parliament and that he is at presentWe undertake to refund the Cost of any

negotiating with the speakers of both Central Government bank-notes for Central Government's proposal to grant were discharged.

Addressing the jury, his Lordship con-Houses with a view to forming a Parlia Article if any of our Custoniers are not satisfied,

ment with a majority friendly to the

48 we know how excellent our Goods are. I have observed several paragraphs in redeeming the current issue. At the same permission for the exportation of lime Home papers recently about the influence of Scotland upon India. They have all time, he will make arrangements to re-stone and the order debarring any official cluded: "I am sorry to have kept you Gurerament, The Tutus bare telestath-

As the majority of the representatives Such an offer could not be made if there was been inspired probably by a recent establish the Exchanging Bureau, and, from taking up an official post in his native here so long, gentlemen, when there wased their agreement with the proposals. address by Lord Crewe delivered before a with these two schemes operating, be is province, has expressed very violent not any need to call in your counsel on

Scotsmen and determined to work the value of the paper. condemnation of these intentions and the ease. You have been here for a week, from the Provinces have not yet, arrived convene provisionally the Administrative Scottish audience on India," in which be gave a list of famous

declared that the contemplated abolition and I have much pleasure in excusing in Peking the Government intends to the slightest doubt shout our Goods. All wo Scottish names associated with British

of the provinces in order to divide them you from further jury service for twelve Council. Ostarichischer Lloyd. into prefects could never be carried out, months."

The Sessions were then adjourned. rule in India and extolled their gravity

It is also reported that the Civil We find that the rebels Woo and Chan, 1 of purpose, patience, sanity and the

weapons to kindly sympathy by which they won the Administrator and the Commissioner of when advocating their rebel canso, made confidence and love of the Indian people. Finance propose to negotiate with the use of the newspapers as It was perhaps this address which wealthy merchants of Canton for a loan oppose the Central Government and to $10,000,000. As incite the people's feelings, resulting in Frompted the following-reflections by the of frou $8,000,000 10

security certain public properties of the recent revolt taking place. At pre-- Look-out Man? in Fairplay:- Apart from the fact that Calcutta is only Kwangtung and the shares which the sent, the minds of the people are not yet a suburb of Dundee (Mr. Winston Churchill, Government hold in the Waterworks Co, tranquillized nno it is quite possible that who is himself only a suburb of the Tory the Electric Light Co., the Tannery Co., the rebels, whose wild instincts have not Party, should note this), the Scotch them- selves have thrust permanent roots into that the Cement Works, etc. (which are valued died, may utilize the newspapers to What is one of the bravest races of at about $10,000,000 in all) will be accomplish their intrigues. Kwangtung,

Want India? The Goorkhas,

is tho

The money derived from this it must be remembered, is still a territory national wonpon of the Scotch? The bag pledged.

What is the favourite musical loan will be wholly utilised for the pur- under martial law. Such violent and

therefore, utterances, instrument of the Goorkhas? The bagpipes. pose of maintaining the value of the absurd

the Therefore

Goorkhas Are Scotch.

land.

pipes.

currency up to its face denomination, when the redeemed notes (e, the current issue) will be destroyed.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL HONGKONG CLUB B.M.SMINOTAUR

Quite a large number of spectators watched the game between these sides on the Club ground at Happy Valley on Saturday, but it cannot be said that the exhibition was productive of much excite ment, The Chub gained a lead early in the game through I. L. Goldenberg, and maintained their headway until some

· are considerable way into the second half,

ask is your inspection."

TORTURE IN A CHINESE PRISON H.

The following Mandate was recently issued by the President:---

November 20th.

14 Shun, Tutah of Kiangsi, reported that Wei Hsuan clans, a e citizen of the when the Citizen's Contribution move- Nanchang district, was so enthusiastic ment was on during the last year that he contributed $6,000, which act caused Li Lich-chin, the rebel leader, to suspect

accusation: that Wei-Shih-sin was de that he had hidden stores of wealth and to arrest his son Wei-Shih-siu, on false tained in prison for some time, and was ransom of badly tortured that he was only set free apon the payment of a he left the prison.

(Incidentally, why bagpipes, seeing that the paper currency. Messrs. Chan Lim Pak, dangerous to public peace, and we request when after a scramble in the goal mouth, 3140,000; and that he died one day after)

negotiations.

the Com

Scotch don't wear trousers why not kilt. Lau Che Pak and other reputable mor- pipes?) Again, what is the national bever-chants have been requested to commence age of Scotland? Whisky (and water as the waiters say north of the Tweed). What' is the derivation of the word punch? The Hindustani for fire. What is the meaning of Punjab? The five rivers. What is the chief. ingredient of whisky punch? Whisky. Therefore the Panjah is Scotch...

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In a conversation with missioner of Finance yesterday, Civil Administrator Li remarked that it was gratifying to see that the value of the Government notes had gone up from 70 recall a story per cent. on the previous day to 73 per Apropos I

He stated that he proposed to told a little while ago by Lord Crewe cent which illustrates in a remarkable way transfer the $5,100,000 worth of silver the hold Scotland has-upon the imaging-ons put out by the mint to the Govern A young subalternment Specie Depot to chablo- the people tion of the Indian.

to exchange their notes. was attacked by fever and succumbed, in a. jangle on the Malabar Coast a hundred miles away from any rantonment. The On the night of the 23rd inst., a Chinese natives who were with him deeming it by the name of Chan Chi Ting met a necessary to mark, his grave by placing friend of his, a Menchu, surnamed To, on it samething distinctively British, in at a tea house in Ma On Street, and they order to pacify his spirit so that it took their seats at the same table should not baunt them, tramped the long Instantly To put a parcel on the table and distance to the nearest cantonment and asked his friend to take care of it, as he purchased a bottle of Scotch whisky wanted to go out for a short while, to

of seda and Kome in bottles

Presently, four soldiers warched up to Chan Chi chercots which they brought back which the latter consented.

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the

grave,

and

his

ROBBERY BY SOLDIERS.

you

to take the matter up and issue stringent restrictions.'* ̈

THE PAPER CURRENCY,

in which the ball bobbed about from here to there in extraordinary fashion, the sailors equalised, one of the home team A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION. Mr. Wong Wang Po yesterday intimused having the misfortune to knock the at the Confucian Association of Kwang-leather over his own line. From thence tung that Mr. So Sing Ku has generously onward the Club, for whom A. Hamilton promised to donate the sum of $10,000 to re-appeared and played a sterling game, never looked like regaining their lead, the funds of the Association,

and the men from the flagship secured the winning point as the result of a lo s chance shot from the right wing, the sphere entering the not just under the cross-bar. It was hard lines on Cope, the civilians' custodiau, who had practically nothing to do throughout the match. The game ended in a win for the finotaur by the odd goal in three. PORTUGUESE INTER-PORT GAME

The contemplated loan for the purpose of maintaining the value of the paper currency is meeting with the unanimous support of the mercantile community, The leading merchants have proposed to petition the authorities requesting that it be expressly made known that the whole of the loau is to be utilized for upholding the value of the paper currency, and for no other purpose whatsoever, and that a number of reputable and responsible merchants be appointed to manage sil matters in connection therewith.

AT MACAO..

HONGKONG'S EASY VICTORY.

lordship added that he had been told Tung and pointed their Browning pistols stating that as most of the provinces, a challenge issued from the latter port.

to put that this is done every year. What more striking illustration can we have than this of the way in which Scotland had

at him, saying that he was a forger of Government, notes, and that the parcel on the table was suficient proof.

Chan

At Macan yesterday afternoon, an eleven THE PROVINCES AND FOREIGN LOANS,

selected from the Portuguese footballers The Kao Wu Yuan (State Council) has in this Colony opposed a team chosen telegraphed to the local Government from the talent at Macao, in response to owing to shortage of funds, have of late A fairly good number journeyed from locally contracted foreign loans in crder Hongkong with the local team, and there to meet their present requirements, it was a very large number of spectators at urgently in need of funds, they might the visitors by 4 goals to il

RUTTONJEE

& SON,

WINE AND PROVISION MELCHITTS:

131

MAPPIN&WEBB,

LIMITED.

NEW CONSIGNMENTS

We are horror-stricken at such atroci ties. Wei Hsun-Chang is patriotic and virtuous, but unfortunately his son died We have as a result of evil designs. search Li Lieb-chan, and as soon as ordered the provincial authorities to sees for the will be dealt with in STERLING SILVER WARE. strict accordance with law. It is a great pity that Wei Shiff-siu died because of his father's generous act. The Ministry of Interior shall ive pensions to his family. so as to comfort the deceased's spirit.

THE IMPERIAL OBSEQUIES.

By a Mandate issued on the 21st ult. President Yuan appointed Ex-Premier Chao Ping-chun, Secretary Liang Shih-vi. of the Interior Generals Tuan Chi-kuo Luk Chien-chang, Ying Chang, and Mab Minister Liang of Justic Minister Chu

late Emperor Kuang Hsu Langping to offer sacrifices hefore the

The interment of the coffin of the late. Emperor will take place at Liankachwang. on December 13th.

left its impress upon India, even in its explained that he was not a forger and fears that, in consequenes of their being the game, which resulted in a victory for list. Mr. Wu, the City Magistrate, ai

remotest parts?:

hat

allegation and said that the parcel was It is somewhat sorange that among neither his wor To's, but that of a man people like the Chinese with whom named Chow living at No. 2, Kee Kong religion, the Street, to which place they then forcibly ancestor worship is practice of changing one's name should dragged Chan along. On arrival, one of have become so common that the author them guarded the door, whilst the others ties have come to deem it necessary to turn every article over and took what-

Members of take measures to check it.

ever they pleased. The occupant, Chow Parliament are among the chief offenders. Pong, inmediately took out a whistle, They are charged indeed with setting the but before he could raise an alarm he example, and according to a Chinees received three kicks from the soldiers, who

been obtained.

DR SUN'S RAILWAY OFFICE AT

SHANGHAI.

The Chinotangpu has received a tele grain from Mr. Chung Wen-yao, Director of the Shanghai-Nanking Bailway, to the

Macao

PRINCE'S PLATE

(GUARANTEED FOR 30 YEARS):

CUTLERY

From the

SOLE AGENTS:

CHS. J. GAUPP

& CO.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

CHATER ROAD ̈·

CALDBECK,

SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT SUP: PRESSED IN CHINA. Following the suppression of the Kuomintang party the authorities in with other parties. The Chinese Women's Peking are taking further steps to deal Suffrage Society is said to be amongst the Shanghai, is in receipt of instructions from the Minister of Education, trans- Nanking, to suppress women suffrage,

It is pointed out that as education of

The Women's Suffrage Society had an is no room for demands for suffrage. wonen in China is just developing, there unique record for militancy at Nanking. whon Dr. Sun was at the head of the Provisional Government there. Thirty militants demanded of him that two of their party should be added to the list of MACGREGOR&Co. deputies sitting in the Assembly. Failing tchtain sanction to their proposal they made several attacks on the Asscrubly, suspend business for two days.... with the result that the Assembly had to When the seat of the Provisional Govern ment was removed to the North, the in They failed to induce the Peking. Government to listen to their demands.THE OLDEST FIRM OF WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS IN THE although the Society still exists no time. China Ireen.. interest has been taken in it for a long EAST.

that the parcel was left behind by To At this point the soldiers altered. their pledge valuable and important properties; footbaliers have yet a great deal to learn mitted through the Civil Governor at as security, In future no such pledge of the great game of Soccer, but they are will be considered effective unless the ivory enthusiastic, and they infused much, in fact, on occasions. Early in the sanction of the Central Government has plenty of energy into their play too game they were penalised for fouling Braga, and from the ensuing penalty Carvalho beat the goalie with a beautiful low shot. Braga made his way clear through the home defence soon after wards, and addeil the second, Bongkoug leading by two goals to nothing at the every department, and showing ranch interval. Playing a superior, game in combination, the Hongkong re- in Paper the practice has spread like urdered him to hold his tongue. At last effect that, previous to the departure of greater ves pzed their opponents

their own half. the rest of the game, influenza," especially among the student class. A curious reason for the practice a police sergeant arrived on those and Sun Wen for Japan, he had pledged all is-suggested so far as members of Parliaenquired of the soldiers why they did not the buildings and lands of the National and their goalkeeper ilid not touch militants established headquarters

and notify the police before making a search Railway corporation at Shanghai for the ball once. The houe backs, however,

transportation kicked and tackled spiritedly, mentre concerned: is in that they had in a dwelling house. After vehemently security to a fore K. Kungsi for a-managed to keep the score down. Carvalho The movement was finally quelled and

company named Tungyun dcerned their old names to be not in shouting that they were making the search certain, large sum of money; thus he obtained his side's third geal after a keeping with the dignity of their new order and that it was hone of his cannot get them back without payment. praiseworthy effort, and towards the end position; and the Chinese journalist business to interfere, they drew out their On receipt of this telegram, the Govern Cruz scored the fourth and last, from a

ment finds that there is one clause in Sun free-kick taken by Cordeiro. The mate naively adds: We recollect that one pistals to scare the sergeant, who was Wen's letter of authority given by the excited rauch interest in facao, and the watched the game very of the name-changers stated that he

therefore compelled to stand outside the President that he is not permitted to spectators

The following was the Heng- desired to bid 'good-bye to the old life he door. Nevertheless, he took a note of the negotiate any foreign loans without the keenly. was leading and to start his life afresh,

meat. The Director has been ordered by and A. H. Hyndman: N. M. Maher, B. the Government to communicate with the Marcal, and J. F. Castro: C. V Ribeiro, above-mentioned foreign transportation E. M. Cruz. E. L. Braga, R. Hyndman, company about the matter and report and R. A. Carvalho (Captain). Mr, W.

V. Pennell was the referee. details.-Peking Gastte.

so he effected an epoch-marking change Proceedings and, when the soldiers. had previous sanction of the Central Govern kong team: G. C. Jorge; 1 G. Gordeiro Chaucer, somewhat rocky in their spelling

in his appellation." The idea is not new

-even in China.

records in. all numberless

have effected this

his

gone, reported the matter to his superiors, The Police Court who, in turn, passed the report on to the It is stated that the contain proper quarters. countries

who soldiers afterwards brought Chow Fong, instances of men

Chan Chi Ting and another man to the epoch-marking change many times in the course of a Tutub's Yamen to be dealt with, and up lifetime; but abat, perhaps, is not quite till yesterday they had not been liberated. what the writer means when he is discus- The Colonel of the regiment to which the sing the practice among Members of four soldiers belonged, however, owing to the numerous indignant criticisms, had Parliament. As we all know, in monar chical countries a distinguished politiciar the latter put under arrest, "several tens

is enabled to change his name by getting of dollars" being stil! found on their

clevated to the Peerage. China being persons, now a Republic, no longer confers titles,

FUMOURED OFFICIAL CHANGES.

It is reported in officiul circles that

and so the new dignity of election tor. In Ka Chee will be appointed Civil Parliament has come te be regarded as a satisfactory, excuse for dispensing with Administrator of Kwangtang; a cousin piebleian cognomen. It is perhaps another of Mr. Kang Yew Wei to the post of Sult illustration of the saying that the Repub- Commissioner of the Two Kwangs, and Yang King Nam, Head of the Bureau for lican loves a lord.

the collection of the National Tax In RODERICE RANDOM.

1247)

PERTUSSIN.

Is a harmkes and efficient remedy against all diseases of the respiratory organs, especially WHOOPING COUGII, CATARRH OF BRONCHIAL ACUTE AND CHRONIC LARYNX, GATARRH ASTHMA, &c, which has been recognised Also the AFFECTIONS unequalled by the highest authorities.

OF THE LUNGS will be greatly relieval by the use of it.

TO BE HAD AT-

THE MEDICAL HALL.

HONGKONG.

THE GENIUS, FOIL SPELLING. People who are, as Mark Twain said of will get much relief and comfort from a discussion of the British Association on the subject. Sir Oliver Lodge frankly confessed that his own spelling would not come right at times, and that he regarded the ability to spell as a gift of Providence in much the same way as a genius for. music or poetry. He thought we gave too much attention to spelling, and that language was a spoken rather than a written art. Such sentiments will be rapturously received no doubt throughout the schools, and masters will have con- siderable difficulty with the dictation exercises until Sir Oliver's revolutionary But until ideas have been forgotten.

we are able to invent a typewriter which must will also spell for us we are afraid we

That

till wrestle with the eccentric phonese of the English lagu, sort of sympathy say that we have any

spelling for the nu" or "nhu

may appeal to the reason, but it offends the eye. But we suspect that the diffi culties of spelling are much exaggerated. Same people will never be able to spell any more than they will be able to sing but that is no reason why we should start.

reform" Wagner and Verdi,

(ESTABLISHED 1861),

CHAMPAGNES,

SHERRIES.

MADEIRAS.

MARSALAS,

PORTS,

CLARETS,

BURGUNDIES,

HOCKS,

MOSELLES,

WHITE WINES,