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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 1814.

generally given up. Some official corrobora An old Shanghai resident has passed

tion of this would seem to be furnished by the away in the person of Mr. Barr TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

following paragraph which we take from a Shanghai contemporary: The Central Government has received reports that, excepting in Kwangtung, the merchante propoff the south-East Provinces are still holding to their habit of using the old Calendar. Consequently, the new year in accordance with the solar system was viewed with apparent apathy and indiffer. ence." The PRESIDENT, approbending that WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. interfere with the people for their observance the district officials may be overzealous and

of the usual celebrations during the lauar new year, has telegraphed instructions to the Provincial Governors that the people

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

SCOTCH

what they like a connection with tho

After a

Rebertson, whose death took place in London on December 20th residence of. somo years in Shanghai he rotired and lived for a time in San Francisco, where his brother was also in residence. He was an ardent bimetallist, that took place over many years he did and in the long-drawn-ent discussiong

much active work as secretary of the Bimotallic League. For the last ten years he had been acting as a director of a

and number of South American companies; moro recently of some rubber ventures.

The First-Year Students in the Faculty of Engineering ht the Hongkong

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

THE LONDON COAL WORKERS' DISPUTE.

STRIKERS REFUSE, NOSPITALS COAL.

LONDON, January 24th. There are now 15,000 coal workers on strike in London, and the question of general strike will be decided to-night (Friday).

The men, while sympathising with the aick and suffering, have refused at pro sent to give permits to supply the

THROUGH BEUTET'S AGENCY.]

(THROUGH · DEUTER'S 'AGENCY. ]

THE ARMY CANTEENS SCANDAL,

FORMER COLONEL OF 'THE 2ND YORKSHINES

SUMMONED

FRENCH TRAIN WRECK.

NARROW ESCAPE OF A SECOND EXPRESS. PARIS, January 24th. The frost preventing a signal from working caused a collision between the Engadine express and a gonds train near Calais, the dising-car being telescoped. are charged with corrupt practices, was

LONDON, January 28th. The Army Canteeris Case, in which a number of quartermasters and civilians

resumed yesterday.

Counsel for the prosecution announced that two further summons had been issued

are to be allowed full freedom in doing University gave & dinner on the 23rd hospitals with coal, and have advised the Later, was brought to a standstill 200 Colonel Waittaker, formerly in command. WHISKY celebration of the lunar new year." It will M.A., D.Sc., M.R.1.A. who has been merchants.

Per Case Per of 1 Dez. Bot, $1.80 $1.50

A-TEORNE'S BLEND... B-WATSON'S GLENORCHY, Choice Mellow Blend, C.-WATSON'S ABERLOUR...

GLENLIVET Whisky)

18.25 1.55

(Pout

19.50

THORNE'S OLD VAT, No. 4, as supplied to the House of Commons E-WATSON'S VERY OLD

21.00 1.60

be noticed that the reference is to "alt the South-East Provinces." That Kwangtung should savingled out us a notable exception | to the general rule will strike most readers as curious when they see the Cantonese people universally observing the New Year according to the lunar reckoning, as of 165ld During the past week thousands of emigrants from the Boutaorn Seas" Lave

·been reaching this Colony en route to their native homes la Kwangtung. This fact. 22.50 1.90 alone eloquently shows that even among the "KILTY" LIQUEUR WHISKY,

38,00 3.25 section of the Chinese people regarded we Great Age, Very Fine:

22 00 1.65 the most revolutionary there is extreme V.RO. WHISKY THORNE'S BLACK SQUARE 23.50 2.00

23.50 200 convervatism in the matter of observing WATSON'S OB.G.

customs hallowed by centuries of time. OTHER WELL-KNOWN BRANDS SUPPLIED TO OBDEL

Change in the use of the Calendar can only come very gradually indeed in --Chinu, where the festivals are so much bound up

LIQUEUL

WHISKY

SCOTCK

Our Celebrated E very old Liqueur Scotch Whisky is

with ancestor worship. There are two tele- grams appearing in our columns to-day which

a blend of the best Pot show how strongly the nation is bound by.

Distilled Scotch Whiskies, It is of great age, very fine, and mellow. Its superior quality has established its reputation as THE LEAD- ING SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE EAST.

to

the in tones or the mouse the Suorites DENT to-day will make Sacrifice Heaven which it has been the custom of the EMPERORS to perform on the first day of the year according to the old reckoning, though as slight concession to modern thought the sacrifice by the PAEBIDENT Will be performed at the Palace instead of at the Temple of Heaven, where it was invariably performed by the long succes A. S. WATSON & CO., sior of EMPERORS. Moreover, the Prest

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, January 2Ếth, 1914.

Tuoron China has oficially adopted the Western Calendar, the broad effect has been but to decree an additional public holiday. Officially as well as unofficially the beginning of the lunar new year continues to:

inst in honour of Mr. Thos. Stuart hospital authorities to go to the coal

recently appointed Professor of Mathe- matics in the University. Mr. P. K. Kwok, 7 Arbuthnot Road, kindly placed his residence at their disposal for the occasion, and after justice had been done to the good things provided and the toasts of King George and the President of the Chinese Republic had been duly honoured. speeches were delivered by the Chairman (Mr. Woon Chow Foon), Prof: Stuart. Messrs. Ho Wing Yuen, Lo Cheuk Shing So Wei Ki, P. K. Kwok and Tay Gan Pin Recitations by the Chairman, musical items by Mr. Pen In-tat, and a humorous story by Mr. Tay Gen Yin, all of which were loudly applauded, brought the entertainment to a close..

THE CALAMITIES IN JAPAN.

A HONGKONG. RELIEF FUND,

To collect a relief fund for sufferers in

A BLOW TO THE 'MASTERS,

Au important development has taken place, a big firm of coal merchants hav ing resigned from the Masters' Society and granted the men's demands.

The Coal Exchange has considered the whole position and has decided not te increase the price of coal.

A train attendant was killed and sa

injured. passenger

Many English Another passengers had narrow escapes. express, which left Paris five minutes to a soldier and civilian. The soldier is

of the 2nd Yorkshire Light Infantry. yards from the wreck.

Counsel for the prosecution read a letter indicating that payment had been made by Liptons, Ltd., to Colonel Whit- taker, and said evidence would be called showing that Colonel Whittaker, when the regiment went to Sheffield, concluded a contract abnormally favourable to Liploos.

The fact that the other carriages, beside the dining-car, were not damaged is attributed to the fact that the carriages of the French Expresses de Luxe are built

of steel.

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BITTER WEATHER IN FRANCE.

PARIS, January 24th. Counsel condomned particularly the Through the severe cold in France the civilian defendants Minto and Cans- There is some possibility that the price of vegetables has inercised 500 per field, who, as masters, compelled their subordinates to do the acts with which London County Council setools will be

of detachment cent. A

Dragoons

they are now charged, and tempted brave compelled to close.

encountered 14 wild boars at Nancy,

to sell their and distinguished men driven from the forest in quest of food,

honour for money. and charged them, killing Ave,

SUFFRAGETTE OUTRAGE IN THE GERMAN SHIPPING DISPUTE.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA TO PARTICIPATE IN EASTERN MAIL TRAFFIC.

COLD. INCREASES HARDSHI

The intense cold, which has already lasted for a fortnight, is increasing the hardships of the coal strike among the poor. Strange scenes are being witnessed, Grenadier Guards and medical students carting coal from the depots for the barracks and hospitals.

LONDON, January 24th.. The Conference of North Atlantic ship ping lines, held in Paris during the week, The Carmen's Union bave decided to as accentuated the friction between the and the Hamburg-

Feileration

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GLASGOW.

LONDON, January 25th.

A watchman extinguished the fuse of "bomb in the Botanic Gardens at

Glasgow, and went to summon the police, Meanwhile a second bomb exploded, extensively daminging a huge conservatory, containing most valuable plants. outrage is attributed to Suffragettes.

Thò

Amerika Linic.

The latter, who did not attend the Con- ference demanded an increased share of AMERICA AND ORIENTAL

IMMIGRATION. the traffic, in view of the building of the Imperator and her sister ships, but the

ARRANGEMENTS WITH JAPAN TO REMAIN GOOD, Conference unanimously agreed that the Coinpany's demands were not justified.

WASHINGTON, January 24th. It is now stated that the Hamburg- Fresident Woodrow Wilson, in a state- Amerika Linia is building ships to meat explaining his recommendations in participate in the Eastern mail traffic,

a Consistere, has been formed in Hong: recommend their fellow,workers, not, to Norddeutscher Lloyd kong consisting of Messrs. S. Imai cart coal. The whole dispute has been (Consul General), T. Hayashi (M.B.K.), submitted to the Transport Workers' E. Ono (Specie Book), K. Tsuzurabara (Bank of Taiwan), K. Kato (M.B.G.K.), S. Morimoto (T.K.K.), Z. Kamiya (0.8.K), and U. Yoshikawa (N.Y.K.) --- Contributions should be sent either to Yokohama Specie Bank or Bank of Taiwan. The fund will be closed at the end of February. All contributions made by non-Japanese will be announced in the English papers, and all money collected will be sent through the local Consul- General to the Central Government to be distributed among the sufferers.

WINDOW DISPLAYS IN- HONGKONG,

DENT has decreed that all the old festivals which were observed under the Monarchy shall henceforth be official holidays under the Republic, and, more specifically, he has directed that all Governcient departments shall be closed for three days in observade of the New Year, according to the old rees- oning, so that it would appear that in the North as in the South the sentiment against the change is overwhelining,

Mr. George E. Anderson, U.S. Consul This official recognition of the old General of Hongkong, states that there is calendar, as well as the new, cannot but

a well-defined movement among the larger serve to check, though it may not entirely Hongkong retailers toward the bettor put a stop to the tendencies towards the display of goods in windows and other- change that exist. But if the Government-wise, and it seems probable there will be adheres to the Gregorian calendar in its own budgetting, the probability is that in course of time the tendency to adopt the new calendar in the ordinary business affaire of life will become stronger and stronger until the change becomes general in China as it is to-day in Japan. Dr. SUN YAT-SEN and his friends were in

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too great a hurry to make the change. President YUAN SHIH-KAI's motto, in all projects of reform affecting the time- Lonoured and deeply-ingrained habits and customs of four hundred millions of people, is festina leute. Old customs cannot be suddenly changed by legislation, and no more forceful illustration of this can be furnished than the unanimity with which of the Legislature for the abandonment of the Chinese people have ignored the decree

the old talender.

To-day, being China New Year's Day,

an opportunity for the successful intro- duction of window display appliances in the near future. From the beginning of the trade of the port and of the trade of other ports in this part of the Far East stocks have been carried by even the most Progressive frms under circumstances which admitted of practically nothing in

THE BUILDING TRADE STRIKE, The industrial outlook is gloomy, builders' lock-out began in the afternoon, but the numbers idle are unknown till Monday. Probably 150,000 will be out on strike in the course of the week,

LONDON, January 25th. Thirty thousand men were locked out in the building trade in London yesterday.

They present themselves for re-employ-. ment on Monday (if they are prepared to accept the Masters' conditions);

Subsequently the leaders will hold a council of war and an appeal will be made to the transport workers to boy

Colt builders' materials.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A NON-UNIONIST AT DUBLIN.

LONDON, January 24th.

A crowd of trade unionists attacked a non-unionist at Dublin, fracturing bis skull with a shovel. The man's condition is precarious,

upon a poundage basis, upon the expiry regard to immigration, says that he does of the Norddeutscher Lloyd contracts, no contemplate disturbing the arrange and it is also stated that the Cocupany ments with Japan in any way, hut the

will indus will withdraw from the China cargo trade recommendations pool..

an

bo designed

He

primarily to excinde the Hindus. said that in view of the restrictions British against Hindus in various Colonies, a protest by Great Britain against the proposed discrimination was

NEW YORK'S NEW POLICE

COMMISSIONER.

THE ZABERN AFFAIR.

VEHEMENT DISCUSSION IN THE REICHSTAQ,

BERLIN, January 24th. Intense interest was centred in the fullnet anticipated. dress debate on the Zabera affair in the Reichstag, The debata became instantly heated,

а Dr. Frank, Socialist.

FAMOUS ENGINEER'S APPOINTMENT, vehemently denounced the Crown Prince, and said that his telegrams were

NEW YORK, January 24th. with the insupportable interference

The Mayor of New York intimates that people. If the Crown Prince lived in arrangements have been completed to intimate friendship with посп who

enable Major. Goethals, the Chief despised the constitution they must take Engineer on the Panama Canal, to their destinies in their own hands..

become the Chief Commissioner of Police Further remarks led to a great uproar,

in New York. the President twice rebuking Dr. Frank.

The Chancellor afterwards intervened Recert buildings constructed in Hong even the rucst elementary counter display.

LONDON January 24th.

and emphasised that the language about kong for some of the larger retail dry

Mr, Cresswell, the leader of the Labour the Crown Prince revealed Dr. Frank's goods and deparment stores, however, Party in South Africa, has been sentenced hatred against all that made the soldier's have made provision for more or less to a month's imprisonment and a fine of

He energetically repudiated the elaborate show windows, and the advan£20 for publishing a pamphlet likely to attack upon the Crown Prince. tage, net to say the necessity, of such excite ill-feeling. He has also been windows in retail trade is becoming more ordered to pay a fine of £10 or go to said the Cabinet Order of 1890, which had The Chancellor, replying to criticisms, appreciated, and for the first time in the prison for a fortnight for attempting to the world window displays are becoming history of such business in this part of induce the men to refrain from working Zabern incident, was still valid in never been applied since then till the

ULSTER AND HOME RULEN. an important feature of the local retail. trade situation. The large dry goods and "general" stores Bow generally equipped with display windows, and the

the way of window display, and often not

are

THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE.

LABOUR LEADER SENT TO TRISON,

LONDON, January 25th. Captain White drilled a contingent of

spirit,

empowering the military to intervene if the Civil Authority were unable to main

RAILWAY FOR ALASKA.

WASHINGTON, January 25th. The Senate has passed the Alaska

Railway Bill authorising the President to purchase or construct a thousand miles of railway in Alaska at a cost not exceeding $40,000,000,

THE THRONE" OF FRANCE.

AN INTERESTING EVENT.

Lopos, January 24th.

A son has been born to the Princess

tain order. He denounced the Socialists, Victor Napoleon, the first direct heir to

bo celebrated as it always has been in China there will be no issue of the Hongkong tendency is even more marked among the the Irish Citizen Army at Croydon Park, whose real object, he said, was to destroy the Bonapartist claims to the Throne of

as the most important of all the festivals. It. | Daily Preas to-morrow.

The Commissioner of the Chinese the Shanghai Dock & Engineering Co., Maritime Customs at Shanghai, is suing Ltd., for Hk. Tis. 26,675. being the duties payable on goods imported into China by the defendant company during the period 1906-13, and not paid by thein.

The drill

THE LAND CAMPAIGN..

FURTHER POSTPONEMENT OF GLASGOW MEETING CAUSES CONSTERNATION.

LONDON, January 24th. Mr. Lloyd George has again postponed

the National Ariny.

The Centre and. National Liberal. speakers supported the Chancellor

M. Ledebour, a Socialist, wound up the debate. In a fiery speech, he said that the Crown Prince's sentimental farewell of the Danzig Hussars was reminiscent of a girls' schecl, "

France since the birth of the Prince Imperial.

FRENCH AGENT AT TANGIER MURDERED.

TANGIER, January 24th. B. Valdrome, the French agent at Tangier, has been murdered by a French- man who was dismissed for being drunk

Chinese stores, where, although nothing Dublir, yesterday. There were many is true, we believe, that all official documents have been marked according to the Gre-

elaborate or unusual in conception in Reservists in the ranks. gorian Calendar since it was adopted by the

many cases considerable skill, and judz- window trimming has been attempted, in included storming tactics. Provisional Government at Nanking on

inent are uften shown. This is specially November 20th, 1911. Dr. SUN TAT-BEN, it

true of the four Chinese department stores may be recalled, took the oath as PEESIDENT

in Hongkong, where some pains are taken of the Nanking Provisional Government cn

to make this feature of advertising more January 1st, 1912-the first day of the

attractive and more valuable. Window. trimming has not, of course, been reduced

The Vice-President remonstrated with first year of the Republic of China," and President Year SHI-XAI was inaugurated

to an art, as in the United States, and the opening of the Scottish land cam-the Teanbers, whereupon M. Ledebour and refusing to work.

This has caused consternation retorted that he would not discuss the on the 10th October last, the anniversary of whose efforts the murderer of Mr. Ho from a inspection of the various shops|paign. the outbreak of the Revolution, reckoned as was captured, the directors of the Com-

in Hongkong, both Chinese and Euro- among the Liberals at Glasgow, as there Crown Princo if the latter stuck to his, the tenth day of the tenth month mercial Press, according to the Chinese poan, there is evidently a great lack of had been 50,000 applications for tickets trade of making cuff-buttons, which he of the second year of the Republic." But newspapers, have passed a resolution that the proper paraphernalia, and necessary of admission to the meeting, the date of had learned. outside official circles the people through he be paid 860 per month by the Company display. There is reason to anticipate with the Cabinet meeting to be resumed Interior, protested against the introdue Great-Eastern Railway stock, at 41 per

In addition to the reward of 2930 given the mafoo named Hu Yu-ching, through by the Shanghai Municipal Council to

out the vast territory of Clins continue for life. to reckon and regulate their business affairs.

equipment for a successful and attractive which the 29th January-has clashed

that many of the local European mer-

on the naval question. It has now been according to "olo custom." Quite recently, Mr. E. J. Muller against the Shanghai special fittings for various goods, while at Glasgow on the 4th February

In the action brought at Shanghai by chants could be induced to a free use of arranged that the meeting shall take place when a question arose in our Law Courts Dock & Engineering Co., Ltd., claiming the Chinese are now ready to adopt concerning the observance of the New Year Tls. 14,500 for work done and services almost any innovation promising sucess by the Chinese, Sir FRANCIS PIGGOTT rendered by him as civil engineer during ful results, and undoubtedly Hongkong rather confidently expressed the opinion the time of the raising of the U.. trans will prove a good market in time for that "in the North" the use of the old port Liscam, his lordship the Chief Calendar so far at least as the observance Judge has given judgment for the many mechanical window-dressing fea of the New Year is concerned--has been very plaintiff for $4,000 and costs,

tures.

THE SUNKEN SUBMARINE.

LONDON, January 24th. Divers have placed a hawier round the sunken submarine and it is hoped that the vessel will be brought into the harbour on Sunday.

Minister Dr. Delbrueck,

for the

tion in the debate of the person of the heir to the Throne, whose farewell of the Hussars, he declared, had proved that the tight Army spirit dwelt in the breast of the future Emperor.

BOXING.

LONDON, January 25th,

At Cardiff Bombardier Wella defeated the Frenchmes Pigot in the first round.

HAILWAY LOAN OVER- SUBSCRIBED.

Loxnos, January 25th. The ieaus of 1,500,000 worth of Pacific

cerit., at a pries of 95, has been over- subscribed.

LORD STRATHCONA'S PALL BEARERS

LONDON, January 25th. The pall-bearers at Lord Strathcona's funeral will include Mr. Lewis Harcourt, and the Earl of Lord Lansdowne, Aberdeen.