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THE LILLIPUTIANS.

{IN' TOWN.”)

The inclement weather of the past few days is-held responsible for a number of vacant sonte, in the Theatre Royal, where the "* Young Uns," as they are called, are performing With the lifting of the custaju last evening on "la Town "—a two-set musical comedy-little

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 27, 1907.

CANTON DAY BY DAY

KAIWAY DIRECTOR'S RESIGNATION, [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Captor, 26th December. The vice-president of the Cinton-Hankow Railway Company, Mr. Wong Shiu-ping, has tendered his resignation to, the directors of the

THE PASSING OF BABBL.

Superficially, It may seem a far cry from the Scriptural deluge to the commercial conditions in modero Chion-but, nu a critic dace sapi.. ently observed, Whatever is as obvious about Chinamed as the nose of his face you may confidently affium now off" (absence of literal nose was not, however, intended)". Thuswise

or no change was viiible,. During the entire company,"ard his resignation has now been then the connection. After the Flood, it will

accepted,

evening a miserable drizzle fell on the muddy

Four foreign engineers engaged by the Con and deserted streets. Despite the weatherton Hankow Railway, Company have arrived there was a good attendance. The production here and will be sent to the district of Vingiak kept the attention of the audience rivetted

and its vicinity to de coms survey work. Bix on the stage from beginning to end and

more engineers will be appointed to push on As the "plot" developed and became more

the work of this road to as to bring it to an and more interesting the frequent outbursts early completion. of applevne told of the appreciation in which the folls were held. Master Teddy McNamara, As "Captain Arthur Coddington — man about town, who had a babit of getting into hat corners at times but always able to extricate himself with butle or no difficulty, a played that role to success. As the Duke of Duffshire" Master Harold Fraser Caused some amusement, while Miss Lilliè Bu í held the part of "Lord Classide," his son-a noble. man--who wanted tv led the world, ller acting was such that it could not fail to enchant the audience: Miss Olive Moore played the part of the "Daches of Duffshire" with strength

YUNCHOW: RIGTERS, Recently the bandits to the prefecture of Yumchow again threatened to attack the dis in chief Chun. applied to the authorities by trict of Lingshan, sa Admiral and Commander.

wire for quo rifles and 100,000 rounds of ame munition to be forwarded to him at once lo meet requirements in case of emergency,

BLACK MAIL

The other day, a blackmail letter signed by a notorious robber, Luk Lau-ching, and two other brigands, was received by Mr. T. E. Grifith of Shameen, from Hongkong, demanding a sum of Siros to be handed to them through a

The British Consul-General here, on behalf of Mr. Griffith, has communicated' with H.E. the Viceroy on the ma ter.

...and passion, The fan was supplied by the certain gambling house named.in Canton.

Helnia brothers, "whore funutosties brought forth hearty applause. Mister Freddie took the part of the Rev. Samuel Hopkins, B.A.," and ably pourtrayed the caustic wit ïùd dip- lomatic astuteness of a wily minister to a fine point. Master johnaic, as ofmann (hall porter of the Caravanserai Hotel) and later as *Shrimp" (call-boy of the Ambigunty Theatre) -ganent chucker autept the house in roats of laughter as long as he was about and doing. "Kuty Hethertos "(prima donna of the Ambiguity Teatre) Miss Eva,l'olland, and "Flo Fanshawe (a dancer) Miss Ivy o'lard, acted with distinction, while their dancing, in which they were assisted by the Misses Daisy Wilson, Merle Pollard, Eva. Moore, Edtech Perkins, Ruby Ford, Eva Huxham, Gladie Hind, Alice Connolly, Ethel Naylor and May Martyr, was indeed cl. ver.

"a Town" will be repeated lo-night and to morrow night On Saturday there will be an alternoon pformance, children being admitted at half price.

FIRES AT SHANGYAL

Bupplen énting nur exclusive telegram of the 201h inst., the following report tikên from, the N. C. 1: Nem of the following day gives a full account of the ombresks of fire on the Bund it Shanghai last werk, "he report says:—A poon yesterday an outbreak of fire sccuned in the centre of the city and bus for the prompt way in which it was dealt with a heavy loss in property would have resulted; for at one-time the rools of the Palace Hotel, the Chartered | Bank and the North Chins Dojly Neira godown were ablaze. The fire wiginated at the Palace Hotel, where at noon smoke was found to be issuing from the roof at the far corner near the Chartered Bank. The outbreak was located be- tween the ceiling and the corrig ted iron of the roof over the baggage lift, which is im edutely above the kitchen. Mr. M. 1. Nathan, the mapa- ger, at once ordered the Hotel engine to be setto work and the buses were run from the reels on each floor. The engine pumped goed hurong streams on the top for. and the Hotel a began to play on the fire with their hoses after

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CHINESE NERVOUSNESS.

be remembered, certain building construction" sé was taken in hand, the ill success of which en- terprise is attributed to incompatibility of lan guage among the workmen. So in China, ex

tensive foreign commerce has been for some

considerable period in process of creation, with a minimum of success, when all the possibili ties are borne in miad. To this, result many factors have contributed, but chiafest among them | stands→Babel.

"The fact that the written langdinga of "Chlan be studied as a separate speech, is now a com is entirely distinct from the spoken, and has to

monplace of knowledge, though perhaps fewer Europeans understand that there are three written languages-classical, modern literary, and business, differing from aich, other and from all spoken media of communication. But what never does seem realised by the untravel.

led Western observar is the existence of seven. (soma scholars say nine) separate colloquials, cach as entirely unlike the other as, for exam ple, English, German, and Dutch. The use of the term "dialects" for Cantonese, Hakka, Shanghai, Ningpo, and Mandarin Chinese, to mention the leading languages, is as mislead- ing. as to describe French, and Italian as dialects of Latin.

A.correspondent writing from the district of Sun-on states that a British gunboat is seen surveying along the coast of that district and By reason of this diversity of speech the that the natives of that locality are greatly dis-native of one province is frequently unable to turbed at the presence of the survey vessel.

CUSTOMS STATION,

Some time ago, a customs station was establishei in Nam Tau, in the district of Sun an, under the control of the Commissioner of Customs of. Kowloon to collect duty on junks passing through that locality, but the junk owners refused to consent to pay at this station and joined in a strike. The magistrate of that district and Weiyuan Fit Wing-nien had a con- ference with the Kowloon Commissioner with the result that the latter has consented to the removal of this station, and the duty is to be collected as formerly...

speak with his klöw-onuntryman of the next; God the internal commercial situation thus created is hardly conceivable to a world-spread yet single-long ed race like the British.

To-day's Advertisements.

HONGKONG HOTEL:

KETU

SATURDAY, December 28th, 1907,

DINNER.

HORS D'ŒUVRES. Macater Fish on Toast,

BOUP. Princess.

FISH

Stewed Fish and Oyster Sauce,

ENTREES. Braised Leg of Mutton and Haricot Beans. Duckling Farcie and Green Posa, Mongias Pattles.

CURRY..

Malay

JOINTS, &C. Roast Sirloin of Beef and Horseradish, Roart Capon and Dread Fance, Boiled Bacon and Spinach, Cold Corped Ox Tongue and Mixed Baloð,

SWERTE

Baked Rice Pudding. Plum Fudding and Hard Sauce. Strawberry Ice Cream and Finger Cakes. Cheese Straws

DESSERT.

Coffee

Fruits.

THE CATHOLIC UNION.

ANNUAL

Line

CHRISTMAS NIERTAINMENT A Burlesque in Two Acts, "LOVE IN LOTUS LAND." Dates of Performances: SATURDAY, 28th Dec, 9 P.M. MONDAY, goth SATURDAY, 4th Jan.,

MATINEE: THURSDAY, and January, 5.30 F.M.. Plaos of Seats now on View at above address.

Admission......io ... $1.

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For Children to cents at Matiped only. Hongkong, 27th Decembar, 1907. « (1123 THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD, OF COPENHAGEN,

NOTICE.

Since the arrival of the European, pidgin hos became the commonest means of communica tion between entives of different provinces, but obviously a language of such limited vocabu fary is liable to frequent misinterpretation. To the average foreigner engaged in trade pidgin is, however, the only possibility, since, time, will not admit of the study of half a dozen col." loquials, and it seems useless to acquire one which could only be of occasional service respect of the language.bandicap, therefore, the native and the foreigner are in the same host, and trade expansion, internal and exter-Telegrams are bereby advised that from the nal, moves at a foot pace instead of with ex- press speed,

In

CURRENCY CHARGES ON TELEGRAMS

Refoth September last, the Sender of

EFERRING to the Company's notice of

11 January, 1909, the Charge for Telegrams will, subject to revision after three months, be collected at the Kate of Io.38 equal to Frc. 1.00.

DOUGLAS STE SHIP COMPANY,

··LAMITED:

FOR SWATOW.

THE Company's Steamship

HAIMUN

Captain Robson, will be despatchod for the above l'ont, on SUNDAY; the'zpih instant, at

to o'clock A.M. MERKENA

For Freight of Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO. General Managers.

· Hongkong, 27th December, 1907.SUL

LOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

[\ LIMITED,

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.

THE Company's Steamship

HAICHING,”.

Captain Hedgins, will be despatched for the abova Ports, on TUESDAY, the 31st inst, at to o'clock A.MS/

For Freight or, Passage, apply to"

DOUGLAS LAPKAIK & Co.,

General Managërk. - | Hongkong, 27th December, 1997. [1120

· HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.

THE H. A. L. Steamship

"C. FERD. LARISZ," Captain Wagner, baving arrived. Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their goods from alongside.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unles notice to the contrary be given before 70-DAY.

Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed into the hazardous and/or extra hazard nus Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, and stored at Consignees risk and

expense.

All Claims must be presented within ten days of the seamer's arrival here after which date, they cannot be recognised, p

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods "have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 3rd prox, will be subject to rant.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 3rd pios.. at 3 P.M. ¿No Fire Insurance has been affected,

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office. Hongkong, 26th December, 1907.

BÉN LINE OF STEAMERS.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

S.S. "BENVORLICH," :- FROM LEITH, LONDON AND STRAITS.

C II. BÜLOW FRIKKE,

Acting Superintendent. Hongkong, 27th December, 1907.

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THE LAGEND OF SANTA CLAUS

Nicholas, the son of Epiphanius and Joanos, was boro about the year 30 at Patara, a city in the province of Lycia, in. Asia Minor. Whai St. Georga is to knighthood Salet „Nicholas is" to the poor. He is called in Russi, of which ed in China-in bs accurate, short, before the

Quite a little time back, ps dates are reckon country he is patron, the Little Father Nicholas Christian erima monarch of post-millennium In Italy, where his remains are supposed to mind, but pre-historic method, thought to lie at Bari, he is called San Niccolo, or Sanremedy this langunge question. His Majesty

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Nicola; he is patron of the coast, le England, Tsen Shih "wang Ti ordered the in France, and in Germany he is held a prest

P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer saint, and from the last country comes the

"ARCADIA,” name we know him by most, familiarly anta❘ throughout the Empire in o der'that s pow uoi-

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND Claus. · As Santa Claus he has been recularised |·lingual literature might come into being, and

STRAITS. by us in Father Christmas; and Father Christ- this as a first step, presumably, to the establish. Consignees of Cargo by the above named mas, with his white beard and venerable ment of a single spoken language also. The vessel are hereby informed that their Goods garments, is one and the same person with violent means, especially among a script-are being landed and placed at their risk in the Saint Nicholas, the young, brows, and beard reverencing people like the Chinese, was fore. less Bishop of Myra,'

doomed to failu e., and the Empire merely inaugurated a new dynasty; while the menaced languages, Blaried on a renewed and revivified lease of life.

THE P.&O. DESTRUCTION OF ALL 1100KS

His patronship is more excasive than that of any other sajut, for he is the protector of children, young poor girls, merchants, scholars, and particularly of sailors. His emblems are three golden ba.is, which are seen on many

During the last twenty years the ideal of shields by him in old stained, glass, three Teen Shih Hoang Ti in respect of the spoken

Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where encl consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon a the Gonds are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo's

From London, &c., ex S.S. Victoria, From Persian Gulf, ez B1.5.N. and B. &

P. 5. N. Co.'s Steamers. Optional Goods will be tanded here unless

hours.

a second leng.h had been added The high purses on a book, no anchor, a ship, and a lab tongue has found warm acceptarco, and fre-instructions are given to the contrary belor

containing three children.

wind fanted the flames, and just after the Fire Brigade arrived the corner of the rool of the Now when icholas was still a youth he Chartered Bank became ignited. The firemes, father and mother died, and he was left in po who had turned out very promptly with the session of great riches. I'e heard that a certain Deuge and Victoria en ines, the motor chemickoight had come upon evil days, and, having al engine, ladders and reels, set to work with a no money, was debating sending his three will. One man got on to the roof of the daughters to beg along the highway that Palace Hotel to play on the fire, but he began they might get food for themselves and for him. to slip down towards the flames; and after this. Nicholas started out one pight with a purse of narrow escape'meo were lowered by rope and gold in his hand, coming privily to the knight's Pluckily fought the fumes from this dizzy house, he looked through the window. There height, while others assisted by breaking down at the knight, weeping bitterly at the side of the burning wandwork. One fireman slipped his daughters' bed; and they were asleep, all and, fell into one of the water tanks which are unconscious of their miserable, fate. Nicholas

dropped his purse in through the window.

close under the rouf at this spot,

The Chartered, Birk had meanwhile taken fire and a hase was brought up to the verandab of the premises at the tear. The manager of the Bolet, sering the danger of the bank, or

dered the base from the fourth floor to be

Again be cance another pight (hearing th:1 the knight had dowried. his eldest child), and put in a second purse. And he did it a third time; but this time the lather was on the look out for his benefactor, and called upon him to.

cha'as did this, and many other works of chiar ity in his city and in other places, and his fame grew and has lived after him.

Goods not cleared by the and proximo,ar 4 M., will be subject to rent.

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'quent expression among all fareigners, and not a few progressive Chinese. Two or three schemes whereby it might be realised have been propounded by these concerned with the No Fire Insurance will be effected by me :

any case whatever. » fallen to the ground almost before they were Godawas for examination by the Consignec's introduction of modern education, but have

Damaged. Packages must be left in the elaborated, as all such suggestions must do, so and the Company's representative at an movement is n't longer wholly from without days of the steamer's arrival here after whic)

But the appointed bour." long as they come from withoui,

All Claims must be presented within ter Very early in the present century the Reform date they cannot be recognised. leaders, and the native educationalis 15, began to discuss, not the principle of one language, for the nation, that was fully accepted, but the practical means by which the end might be gained. Interesi in the subject has of course Alucinated, but now it is once more prominently in evidence, with the defini è proposition that Mandarin shall be accepted as the standard, mutual currency of China Mandarin is the most modern of the

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, .

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent. Hongkong, 2716 December, 1907,

·

THEATRE ROYAL

ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf, and Godown Co, Lida, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have.left the Godowns, and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the grð' prox, will be | subject to rent,

All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sath prox., or they will not be recognized. sented to the Undersigned on or before the

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 3rd prox, at 11 AM.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by <

́GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Čo....

Agents.. Hongkong, 27)h December, 1907.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; LIMITED.

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE

THE Company's Steamship

having arrived from the above Forts, Consignees "FOOKSANG"

Goods will be delivered from alongside.

Intimations

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Cargo impeding the discharge or remaining

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No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LD.,

General Managers, Hongkong, 27th December, 1907,

CITY HALL.

To-night and Every Evening, at 9.15.

HAMPERS

CONTAINING „12' BOTTLES.

OF THE

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To this way the safety of the Bank premises was assured in a short time. A third fire was then, observed by the crowds which occupied the roofs of all the buildings in the

In memory of this there grew-up a custom jo vicinity; the apex of therfof the North China Christian countries of giving presents in secret Dally Noon godowns was well alight. The on the Vigil of Saint Nicholas, in Italy it was firm's own appliances wrie, bought into recalled the Zapata, which means, in Spanish, a quisition and the Urikude ran a hose shoe, because the g fis were put into shoes, to through the paintingfices, bu: the chemical

hose from outside sufficed to extinguish the flames. A fair-sized hole had been burned in the roof and a low bales of paper were damaged. The Brigade were at work about an hour before all the property was out of danger, and the members deserve great credit for the thoroughly smart and efficient - manner in which they did their work, The hole in the roof of the 1 alace Hotel show how serious was

the outbreak and with such a gale blowing is indeed fortunate that it was possible by strenuous effort to subdus the flames,

surprise people when they should put them on in the morning. In many French convents the boarders used to place each ber silk stocking at the door of the room of the Mother Abbess, re- commending themselves at the, me time to Saint Nicholas, And in Germany a boy dressed as a bishop would go round in vestments and mitre and fill the stacking's búng.op

This solemnity of the Bay Bishop came to be kept here with much care and carem coy on As to the cause of the fire it may be stated the feast of Saint Nicholas, to commemorate that in the morning there was trouble with the his youth and his patronage of children. In lifts at the Palace Hotel and it was thought the Salisbury Cathedral there is, or was, a monu.. the fasion of an electiic wire might have caused 'the woodwork to'smoulder' and this the wind ment to out of those Bay Bishops who died fanned into flame. After a careful examing during his term of office. The same custom Lion, however, it was ascertained that a defec. was observed in Spain, and in Switzerland until tive flue was thie briglo of the trouble, There the end of the eighteenth century, At one ir an doubt that sparks were caruid by the place in England, the convent of Godstone, in wind to the other buildings and that they were blown between the tiles and woodwork and the Oxfordshire, public prayer were said by a litle corrugated fion and felting of the Chartered girl dressed na nn abtessi !! Bank and "Daily News" godowo respectively. Large crowds gathered in the adjacent streets, - but the police, under the personal superviíior- of LiCol, Huce, why with the Deputy-Sopei. Intendent, Mr. K. J. M.Euen, were the firstte arrive on the scene, Lept the temple back; so that the firemen were not himpered in their fork Streams of water wais obained from Wanking Road The Bund and Kiukiang Rold and the pressure from the engines was adequate for you the roof of the Palace Hotel

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spread. Being the standard in Peking it is necessary for all senior officials, at any rate, to learn it for the purpose of communication with their chiefs at the capital; so that already the governing classes, though speaking, naturally, various oolloquials, have all acquired Man- daring also, as a stepping stone to advance- ment. For this and other causes,

MANDARIN IS THE GREATLY PREDOMIN-

ATING LANGUAGE, and understood probably by three-fourths of the people, evan when not their common speech. It ix, therefore, difficult to Imagino any of the older speaches will take its place, should one language he finally adopted as the school medium, which forms the crux of the present proposal. This method is, of course, the surest and safest, and will ensure that in the Parliament of twenty years hance legislative deliberations will be carried on in a commod tongue; and if; as the reformers purpose, the collequial and written languages are to be identical, it will become possible for the great body of the people to follow, in the Press, the debates of their representatives. From the point of view of creations of a Chinese people, and the welding of the cumbrous Chiness Empire, no single factor is anything ko so important single language. Thoeffer ontlade-direct by vitae of facility of communication, and indirect in the advent of Chinese homogeneity-can hardly be forecasted, an far-reaching must it prove, but the potentialities must appeal to the imagination of even the inexpert critic, Pall

The custom, stopped here first by Henry VII and afterwards by Queen Elizabeth, was, in as the defeat of Babel and the establishment of different for, panied na by the Dutch in America, and became in the end the secularised ceremony we still us: here of Santa Claus, a person dressed in Dutch or German winter clother of the sixteenth century,Dion Clayton Caltrop in the Christmas Double Number of the Pall Mall Moganima,

Mall Gomite,

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Mr C. A. POLLARD and Mr. N. CHESTER, SOLE OWNERS, TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY) and TOMORROW (SATURDAY), 37th and 28th December: "IN TOWN."

STO-MORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON, Dec. 28th,

GRAND MATINEE at 3.30 P.M.

“IN TOWN.”

(Children half-price to Matioce only). :-

NEXT MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30th, 31sts and fan, tátó

"LA" POUPEE.”

NEXT THURSDAY, Jan, and, GRAND NEW YEAR'S PANTOMIME,

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MAILS: DUR, Indian (Latiang) 29th inst. American (Hongkong Afaru) 30th inst. German (Ziries) 3rd prox, a.m. Australian (Chingiu) zeď prox,

The GPR Co's 11. Empress of China Yokohama p.m., on 25th lost, for Victoria and Vancouver

The Java-Cblos-Japan Lijn as. Tilbordsslett Maksugar for this port on 24th lost, podcas be expected here on or about the and prox

&c., &C., &o.

We invite you to call

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our extensive stock in all

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Lines of Winos, Spirits,

| By kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel W. Scott

Moncrieff and Officers, the Band of the Thirdiqueurs, Cigars, &o,

Battalion "The Duke of Cambridgo's Own" (Middiasıx Regiment) will play, the following programme of music, during dinner, at the Hongkong Hotel, to-morrow, the 28th inat. 7----

Much Aue Plznibakue "... Vals." Dream Alemmorlén” Selection

„"La Poupes 5- ‚*! Heluhu şad Stay:

Three Dances from Robin Hood žaidi

(a)–Michan|cans Dabongng Ter (5)y-Muld Marlanijya (c)-The Millar's

Dance

Palmroll Be me Dança ? samaran Bolomán

| Reminiscences of Ireland Kamasasaratoniererli Godfrey

Two Biepimai" Mosquitos Parade "!

Regimental Marokan

Cód Binná she Frlince of Wales,

© Ged Save the King

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