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TELEGRAMS TELI

["DEB OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD"

SERVICE]

CHINA SERVICE.

FAMILIES OF POLICE OFFICERS.

PEEINO, July 4th.

Presidential Edict describes the measures to be taken for the care of the families of police officers who are killed in action or die of diseases while on duty,

MONGOL TIBETAN PETITIONS.

PERING, July 4th.

The Mongol-Tibetan office at Peking- proposes that the Mongols and Tibetans should only hand in their petitions through their Prince or high priests as hitherto

A POLITICIAN'S LEAVE.

PEKING, July 4th. Liang Tan Yen has twice boen granted three days leave.

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

THE QUINTUPLE GROUP AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT-

LONDON, July 8rd. With reference to reports from Paking to the effect that the bankers of the Quintuple Syndicate bad refused to grant a loan of

DER

DELIMITAL

The controyer Portuguess, in

their respective decided by a court of Holland.

ATORIES

July 4th. in the Dutch and of delimitating. - nt Timor were ration în favour

THE GERMAN IMPERIALS FINANCES.

BERLIN, July 4th The German Reichsanzeigen states that

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 6rm, 1914.

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

paragraph in the DP. a few days ago announcing that President Yuan Shib Kai had conferred upon a ̈*

being. If the owners cannot be found the _dogs_____simply—'' pass away.' Thone people who are out to render such assist- ance to muzzled dogs have incidentally, been making quite a lot of money by re

Yot there is another dog question which calls for comment. I reports are true, and I am always willing to admit that sometimes they are given under a mis- apprehension, then some irresponsible constables have been enjoying very ques tionable revolver practice at the expense of the lives of quite a lot of dogs; some being valuable. The Police regulation apart, is it really necessary to slaughter a dumb animal merely because, through

"FRIVOLITY FREEAR'S?

PERFORMANCE.

HILARIOUS LAUGHTER AT THE THEATRE-DOYAL.

SUPREME COURT,

Saturday, July 4th.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND, POISNE JUDGE.

TROUBLES OF A MESO..

Dress.A

Although the weather was everything known member of the Customs Barviccelling them to be placed on other dogs; that was undesirable and unsuitable, u the "Order of the Tiger Stripes has and they are removed and sold again, and very large number of people want thus the game is played. The schome is to the Theatre Royal on Saturday night suggested to a reader that before all the ach mixture of good and evil, and for a couple of hours merriment, His Lordship gave judgment for the interest in Tiger Episodes in Hongkong the evil and good, that to parue it and what they sought they found in defendant with costs in the action of the dies away the Government here might

Pun Store Mr. Knight, of the Naval would mean a horrible tangle of morals, ample measure. From the very commence Yard Police. The claim was for $1,000 orante a new Order to be known as The

ment of Frivolity Freear's" programme for goods sold and delivered to the Naval Hongkong Tiger." Those who saw the

to the last line of his concluding Police mess, a sum of 886.71 having been tiger thought they saw it-told stories

piace, he played with the risibilities of waived for purposes of jurisdiction. about it, etc., to be commanded to wear

his audience in a truly remarkable Defendant was sued as president of the the Order of the First-Class at all future

manner, and it can safely be said that In the course of his judgment his official functions; those who took plaster

not for a very long time has tho Theatre | Lordship said he was satisfied that there casts of¬pugs-and-similar offences to

Royal contained such a thoroughly happy

was a separate and distinct contract between the Royal Naval Yard Polica wear the Order of the Second Class If

gathering. The first part of Freear's mess and the steward, and also a separate this is done the Colony would probably he

programme consisted of a series of in and distinct contract between the steward protected from future. Tiger scares. As

personations, which were life-like and and the Fan Store. At his interview on a reward to those who took out guns to

decidedly clover. In rapid sequence, he tiff's brother that he could not be August 13th the defendant told the plain- the Imperial finances for 1913 show & exterminate the tiger, they should be

was seen as Pat Rafferty in The Mick," troubled any more with his corning and no fault of its own, it has lost its way surplus of £1,030,000.

ng the late Mr. Pelissier in "The Deuts getting money from the steward. For home? There are some human beings cherman," who confessed to a love for the the months of September and October the steward only signed the book. The mess even who have been known to wander on English beer, the English maidens, and steward always signed for the exact and on in search of their particular home his adopted Island home, as Dave amount collected from the members of the mess. It was clear therefore that the stead, and, who unconcernedly have given Samuels in The Yiddisher Man," and

was extremely good in all, parti ber, October and November on the up the chase, and sat down amid a sea of s Flen in "A Coster Song, and plaintiff supplied goods during Septem

the role of a Jow, still steward's credits. Having regard to the moving houses. Surely their offence is cularly in

better as a Custer, His dialogue evidence, which had been adduced he was as a Coster parent on the delin of opinion that there was no contract quencies of his precocious son, whom of any sort or description between the he fed wiy unyons so's to find 'im in plaintiff and the defendant. As he had the dawk,"

made his hearers veritably already said, there was a soparate and shrick with laughter, and not infrequently distinct, contract between the defendant the performer was compelled to delay while some of his audience strove to recover some semblance of equanimity Maid," who dolefully dilated on her impersonation of a Poor Old unsuccessful attempts to invoigle the heart and hand of unsusceptible members of the sterner acx,” seriously rivalled that of the Coster in the favour of the audience and in its side-splitting effects. The make-up was so near perfect that one

N.D.L. NEW AUSTRALIAN RUN.

BERLIN. July 4th. The North German Lloyd puts four

granted exemption from having this Honour thrust upon them for the rest of their natural lives. Ipass on the suggestion.

Owing to some inexplicable sympathy steamers of 14h knots speed on the with the G.P.O-for it always seems to be in the wars--I give the following postal Australian run, as a result of the new

peculiarity without comment

Government contract,

KAISER RETURNING TO KIEL

BERLIN, July 4th H.M. the Kaiser goes to Kiel on the 6th and embarks immediately on his northern voyage.

THE CRISIS IN ALBANIA

BERLIN, July 3rd. M. Turkhan has informed Rome and

packet arrived at the Post Office this address -- Officers' Reading Room, Battleship Triumph, en route Hongkong, China. The postman must have had a very poor idea of an English battleship, for with "Try c/o Jebsen & Co," written across the envelope in vivid red ink, the packet was delivered to a small German tramp steamer bravely named Triumph That vessel was just leaving and the package did not reach Hongkong

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than a dumb aninial's, and no-one shooting in that case. It humane, in my

sad im opinion, to secure t pound it. Then, if the owner was at all keen about his dog he would quickly hunt for it. If no-one came forward, then I am sure the poor orphan dog would be pleased to pass away from a world where no-one had need of him.

Unless one has a hobby or two-never mind how fantastic they might be to

£8,000,000, as there had been no promise Vienna that the maintenance of the again until the tramp Triumph also wile away the monotolly of a Hongkong could scarce believe it was

for reforms of the currency, Chen Chen Tao. Chinese Financial Commissioner, denies, through the medium of the Press, that he bad reported in that sense to Poking. PEACE BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND MEXICO..

BERLIN, July 3rd.

Peace has been proclaimed between the United States and Mexico through the good. offices of Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The Peace Protocol was ratified on the 1st July

This brings the exilexvours of the three South American States to a successful end. The terius of the Peace are the formation of o new Provisional Government in Mexico

mont in Mex

consisting of representatives of all parties, to be acknowledged forthwith by the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. There will be no payment of an

indemnity nor any other obligation towards the United States. The Protocols mention the retirement of Huerta and the remaining of American troops at Vera Cruz for the

present.

Mexico has welcomed the news of peace with the greatest joy, and even Carranza is now willing to negotiate.

THE BOSNIAN TRAGEDY.

CHIEF OF THE SERVIAN GENERAL STARS

IMPLICATKE.

BERLIN, July 3rd. The assassin Gabrinovitch made a com- prehensive confession and inculpated the assistant chief of the Servian General Staff, Cribicevic, as head of the conspiracy. The thir assassin is a student named Grabes, of Belgrade. She other pupils of the Middle School, who were also hired to assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, have been arrested. Austria reserves to herself the making of certain requests at Belgrade, if the implication of Cribicevic should

"be

proved.

FURTHER OUTRAGES PLANNED.

The Austrian and Servian authorities are collaborating in proceedings against 12 Servian suspects, who are said to have. 'planned outrages during the obsequies of the Archduke.

COWARDLY BACKERS OF THE ASSASSINS."

BELLIN, July 4th,

A Corps order by the Commanding General at Sarajevo refer to the "cowardly backers of the assassins," Servion journalists and students, whe

Sarajevo. had been deported from

status que in Albania would be impossible without intervention by the Powers, since at Durazzo the troops were not reliable.

oven

ALBANIAN RULER'S APPEAL FOR AID.

BERLIN, July 4th." Prince William of Albania has sent

urgent letters to the Kaiser, the Emperor Franz Josef, and King Victor Emmanuel, asking for immediate help in Albania.

ESSAD PASHA AND ALBANIA.

BERLIN, July 4th.

It is said that the Albanian Minister, Tuturlis, is at Rome negotiating with Essad Pasha for the latter's return.

EPIROTES INVADE SOUTHERN

ALBANIA.

BERLIN, July 4th. Greece has prevented the participation of Greek troops in an invasion of South Albania by the Epirotes,

NORWAY'S COASTAL DEFENCES.

BERLIN, July 4th.

The Norwegian Storthing held a secret meeting and voted 11 million Kroners for defence, 53 million of which will be applied to the fortification at Christiania and the Fjords,

GREECE OBTAINS AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS.

BERLIN, July 3rd., The American battleships Iduko and Mississip have now been handed over

to Greece,

GERMAN PRESS AND THE LATE MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

BERLIN, July 4th. All the German papers publish leaders in honour of Mr. Chamberlain's memory,

returned, When the itinerant reading matter once more appeared at the P.O., someone had facetiously called attentio, with some more red ink, to the fact that battleship" does not necessarily mean a tramp steamer, and subsequently the much marked package found its way to the Officers reading room. It was hard lines on E.M.S. Triumph, to say the least ⠀⠀⠀⠀

summer, then that person is going to become really lonely and at times utterly

man Freear.

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"little

He is a master at the art

as representing the mess, and the steward, and another separate and dis- tinct contract between the steward and judgment for the defendant with costs. the plaintiff. There would therefore be

A stay of fourteen days was granted: on the application of Mr. Norrington

Mr. Norrington (from Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton's office) was for plaintiff, and Mr. Crowther Smith defended.

INTIMATIONS CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.,

·AND

JEWELLERS.

of disguise, and would make his name se a quick-change artist alone. Barely u minute. elapsed between the doiting. of one disguise and the assumption of another, and his appearance every time was plainly and unmis takably that of the character his was supposed for the nonce to represent. A number of intensely diverting Comical WATCHMAKERS itics, during which he assumed many different characters, a clever representa tion of “A Bashful Girl " and " An Irish Policeman" were succeeding items whic more than sustained the merriment of the audience. All through the entertainment Fresar drew upon a wonderful fund of anccdotes and funny stories, to which the necessary touch of realism was given by the artist's masterly mimicry and acting. He not only tells a story-be acts it. He SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL possesses, too, a wonderful control over his voice, which was mors especially': noticeable in his personation of an old,

to explain how the family became bent moan, querulously endeavouring mixed up," and he became "his own ZEISS PRISM BINOCULARS. grandfather."

INSTRUMENTS.

SUN GLASSES.

miserable. Let it be a light old fad of any kind I would not recommend the collecting of rocks and granite, for instance, or the chasing of butterflies but a hobby which will maintain interest and at the same time not become burden some and wearying. I have in mind someone who has set himself the task of To those whom it inny concern! The discovering the different varieties of ferns family of coolice and medicine men whom the island, and these are so numerous formerly resided at the base of the various that the hobby will be continued for quite Royal figures in Statue Square have now a long time. And what a charming fad transferred their abode (on account of the Searching out all the cool corners where surprising and unlooked-for vigilance of ferns congregate, usually on the banks of

n stream, taking the police) to a more sheltered and

a leaf of each away comfortable abode; free from wind and specimen, and then upon arrival home rain, and from the prying eyes of the the excitement of arranging them in their arms of the law (excuse the mixed proper category and giving them a name metaphor, which is really quite correct).

Of course not all of us would see For something over two and a Anyone requiring their services are asked

little come to glide surreptitiously on to the verandah anything really exciting in this that is half hours this great

good for the ferns-but there are heaps remarkable achievement for one man, and

dian entertained his audience, at the City Hall, on the first floor nearest of other pastimes besides sea-bathing, still more remarkable in view of the fact the museum, where they may be found which has the effect of making you that a bad cold had somewhat disabled reclining and attending to their toilet extremely restive when compelled to glue his voice, which would probably have SILVERAND PRINCE'S PLATE.

down but broken as usual, but, owing to the shelter yourself to the offes chair, Another dear manner in which it was conserved afforded, with less regard to the supply old faddist of my acquaintance is out to in of garments which should be worn in a public place. They are all as dirty and gather sea shells and name them, not grimy as ever; their toilet not extending large ugly things, but all the dainty pink beyond the airing of well-ventilated gar- and white and pearl specimens which have ments, and they have not yet been able to managed to roll clear of tho see. That is break themselves of the picturesque habitque inore cool and delightful emmer

and-deligh of expectoration. They make themselves hobby, which calls for just sufficient very comfortable there in the evenings, application to claim real interest. There and in the heat of the day, and do not look is no need to hunt for mosquitoes; they Frivolity Frecar" is leaving for forward to the time when they will be are, like the poor, always with us. But Shanghai and the North of China, to give forced to pay for a roof to cover their each mind must have a weakness for some further performances at Shanghai, Han- heads. And (this in a whisper!) they are sort of intellectual fad unless it is of the kow, Peking, and other places.

very murky and unimaginative kind and fad. all particularly anxious that the police content to slumber when not forced to HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK should know nothing of their change of perform its hum-drum routine. Never residence. Unless the police are informed, mind being termed a faddist by those whose mental limitations bar them from becoming faddists; if you have an iden they know they are safe from detection.

work upon it, and a lot of that unsettled and lonely feeling will be banished.

RODERICK RANDOM.

"ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF - CLUB.

FANLING COMPETITION—JUNE, 1814.

RUNNING POOL. 10 or under :-No Cards, 29 Entries. 11 or over

Out of an assumed good, evil has come, yet the perpetration of the evil, peculiar to relate, brings joy to many That sounds epigrammatical enough without a doubt, but the explanation is really very simple. * The dogs are a most unhappy body of animals now that they are forced to indulge in a fashion of headgear quite THE FLOOD RELIEF. FUND. at variance with all ideas of comfort, and which prevents proper relations by The Tung Wa Hospital begs to acknow the clumsy and ugly old bull-dog when a ledge with thanks the following further perky pom jerks out an insult about his donations to the Flood Relief Fund:-

face. Yet these dogs, the lucky ones, have Already acknowledged

850,867,80 numerous friends who remove the muzzles The Staff and Students of St.

and sometimes the decorative collars as Stephen's College

1,301.00 Telegram from New York

1,000.00 well, and subsequently take themselves Mr. Fung Ping Shan

500.00 scarce. The dogs then enjoy their

The Gazette announces the following Tang On She

400.00 freedom to their heart's content; but if appointments: Mr. A. R. Cavalier to bo 240.85 the owners can be found another and a Inspector of Vernacular Schools, Mr. W 200.00 more formidable muzzle is brought into lot to be a 2nd Class Sanitary

Inspector.

The Staff and Students of Bolitios

Public School for Girls Messrs. Tai Yuen.

Miss Wong Ying Shi Messrs. Sui Yuen

Alessrs. Fulk Woo Messrs. Wing Shun Woo Mr. Chra Mow Hin Messrs. Yen Choong Lung Lan Messrs. Lung Lung Lan Messre. Yuot Lung Lan Messrs. Hing Ling Lan Messrs. "Hang Fat Lan Messrs. Wai Lung Lan Messrs. Som Lung Lan Mr. Ho Chun Kwai .....

200.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100,00

100.00

100:00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100,00

100,00

Messrs. Yee Lung Hing Lan.

100.00

Moists, Wang Lang Lan.

$100.00

Messrs. Shun Lung Lan

100.00

Messrs. Shia Foong. Hope

300.00

Messrs. How Tak Tseun BERLIN, July 3rd.

Magne Kwang Shun Thu The police atenua has prevented Messrs. Kwong Cheong... demonstratione zainst the Russian Messrs. Wing Tang Fuk Embassy

100.00

100.00

$100.00

100.00

$56,514.95

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The Servian Government denies in general terms the guilt of the Assistant Chief of Staff Cribicovic.

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the early part of the per- formance. A retentive memory, B power of graphic portrayal, and an ideal stage presence are among Freear's quali ties. He dances cleverly, too. That his performance on Saturday night was. a complete success both from his own and MAPPIN & WEBB. his audience's points of view, none will deny If and when he returns to the Colony, he may be sure of a warm welcome and a crowded house.

SPORTS IN LONDON,

MER, STAKO PRESENTS THE PRIZES.

The annual athletic sports of the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank were held at New Beckenham on June 6th, and al- though the weather was dull and threaten- ing the event was an unqualified success, says the Lordon and China Express, The

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president of the sports was Sir Thomas MACGREGOR&C.

Jackson, Bart., and the vice-presidente were Sir Charles Addis, Bir Carl Meyer, Bart, Mr. G. H. Burnett, Mr. H. D. C. Jones, Mr. H Keswick, M.P., Mr. J. Mac. Lennan, Mr W. Gair Rathbone and Mr. AM. Townsend, The Sports Committee comprised care. W. N. Hansell, H. B. Stone, P Knappett, M. B. Matthews. and G. B. Walker. The other officials were:-Starter, Mr. J. G. Davies; judges, Messrs. W. G. Bayne and P. R. Dow stewards, Messrs. W. Fraser, P. G. Knappett, A. M. D. Wallace, W. Carrow, J.-J. Todd'; hơn, treasurer and secretary, Mr. P. R. Dow we

In asking Mrs. N. J. Stabb to distribute the prizes, Sir Charles Addis observed

that if anything could add to the pleasure of receiving them it would be receiving them from the hand of Mrs. Stabb, the daughter of Mr. Townsend, who had the happy knack while in the London office of compelling the affection of all who came in contact with him, and the wife of the chief manager, who had become the friend of all his staff.

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Mrs. Stabb was handed a bouquet by little Miss Joan Dew, and before present- ing the awards to the successful competi tors remarked how glad she was to see the splendid material that was preparing to come out to them in the East. Hearty, cheers were given for Mrs. Stabb on the proposal of Mr. W. S. Edwardson, who, in thanking her for gracing the proceed- ings and so kindly distributing the prizes, observed how sorry they all were that Mr. Stabb was not able to be with them, for they owed their presence on that extended ground to his icfuence in the Lordon playing club.

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