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MACAO'S DELIMITATION.

H.A. KO`YU HIM RECEIVES A TELEGRAM. FROM CHINESE ÎN MANILA.

[From Our Own Correspondent.}

Canton, 21st July. Two days ago, the Imperial Special Com- misaloner, H.E. Ko Yu Hím, appointed to con duct negotiations with the Portuguese Govern. ment on the delimitation of Macao, received a telegram from the Chinese residing in Manila. The telegram`reads as follows ?-----

To H.E. Ko Yo Him. The Portuguese bave sacroached on our territory to a great extent. Pray strenuously maintain our claims and not give way to the Portuguese, so as to afford geater protection to our boundary rights. (Sd), The Kwangtung Merchants' Guild."!

SECRET SOCIETIES.

LEGISLATION IN SINGAPORE.

At the meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council on 16th instant, the linn'ble Mr. W. D. Barnes moved the first reading of a Bill to amend the law relating to Societies. objects and toasons attached to the Bill are as follows.-

The

The Societies Ordinance 1889 needs amerd exempt from registration barmless societies which it is now found necessary to register and partly to meet the alteration in the nature of dangerous societies since it was passed.

ment partly to enable the Government to

A society, once exempted from registration under the present Ordinsoce cangol be suli sequently dealt with under it, and as experience has shown that several societies, which were harmless and even useful when first exempted, became later abjectionable and dangerous, it has been necessary to refuse exemption in all bal exceptional cases. The revolt has been to give needlest trouble to the managers of a large number of societies with which the Government has no wish” të interfera. · It in proposed to alter the law by requiring exempted societies to give information concerning them selves when called upon to do so, and by busi thorizing the Governor in Council to order lis dissolution of an exempted society, which is be- ing used for unlawful purposes or for purposes incompatible with the peace or good order of the Colony, and to order the reduction of na exempted society to the status of a registered society. This alterations will enable the Gov erament to limit registration to those societies whose conduct aeads supervision.

In 1889 the anual dangerous society was a

·large organization with many members and an elaborate ritual; its modern successor is a knot of bad characters with little bond between them except the recognition of certain man' að leaders. To deal with these altered condition. it is proposed to enable the Registrar to record the photographs and finger prints of persons who give false information concerning unlawful societies or refuse to give information in their. possession concerning them; to increase the powers of search and to make the offence of managing an ustawial society triable by a District Court.

Alterations of minor importacce have also been made and it has been thought better to repeal and re-csact the Ordinance rather than to amend it.

In moving the first reading he said that the bill was intended to replace that passed twenty years ago for the purpose of abolishing the old dangerous societies. That Bill had been the subject of a very keen debate and was intro- daced on the personal initiative of the then- Governor, Sir Cecil, Smith. It evoked much Unofficial opposition and many doubts were expressed of the probable success. It had been a brilliant success, and was now to be re-enact- ed with some changes dictated by the experience of twenty years. It was natural that some alter- ation and amendment would be required, from the alteration in the condition of things. A large number of applications was made for exemp tion, but the Government had to refuse these and direct registration. The reason is that the present law gives na power to control the society, once exempted Literary societies, de- bating societies, recreation societies had been exempted, and then been changed into nothing more or less than gambling clubs. In one case a Club bad been bought by a Chiraman and carried on afterwards by him. The Govern- ment therefore had had to refuse extrap tlons to many cases. The present bill pro- posed to give the Government power to order an exempted socialy to register, but aball not do so unless it shall appear that it is likely to be used for an unlawful purpose to the Cology. The old Societies were mainly. Triad Societies, large organisations, como- times spreading beyond

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JULY 23 1909,

CANTON HARBOUR FATALITY":

CHINESE LAD MEETS DEATH UNDER ·

· STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES,

[From Our Oum, Correspondant;}"

Canton, azod July.

PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN- AND MRS F, A. BROWNS

CHINA LIGHTS,

BALE COMPLETED.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 19th July.

could easily have added a few more bad they islands for the development of the land and to played their usual game instead of a loose one. | assess the compensation to be paid by China. The Buis played a uplandid defensive game post- LIKIN COLLECTION. ⠀ throughout and by marking their opponents

The collection of Likin dues la Canton dur "closely kept them from"

A large and representative number of the Wanchal Wesleyan Church congregation and friends gathered in the Sailors and Soldiers' Home on Wednesday evening to do honour to Captain and Mrs.-F. A. Brown, Rev. R. Ellison' A sad harbour' accident took place on the presiding. During the ovaning Rey, W. J. W. parties and business of the Canton -Electric J. M. Roxa Pereira and P.. M. Remedios. 20,000 taels, in excess of the amount collected: 16th instant in the vicinity of the Canton Anderson, M.D., of Fatahan presented Capt Shun, when about to leave her wharf, collided Medical College. The steam-launch Kong Brown with a silver kattle, stand, and lamp effected yesterday (the 18th inst.), when the the commencement and Carroll attempted the 1. Li, Mung Yut has taken over the ssal of office: stern. As a result of the collision, a line of of

rope was snapped in two with great force and in rapidly swinging round caught a boy of thirteen, who was at the time standing on the deck. The unfortunate youth was seriously injured in the neck with the result that he was killed instantaneously. The master of the launch was arrested by the Water. Folice and at the Nambol Magistracy yesterday he was made to pay a sum of ano tacla to the parente of the deceased as compensation.

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THE CHINESE MEDICAL PROFESSION..

e case of spoons for bla wife, a set of gold" but tous for himself and a silver-mounted hair- brush for his son Max. The inscription read

souted to Capt and Mrs Brown by the con as follows: patting loken of affection pre- gregation and friends of Wanchai Wesleyan Church, Hongkong, and by the members of the Wesleyan Mission; Canton, July at, 1909. Dr. Anderson also presented Mr. Brown with a pair of beautiful drawn thread work cahion covers in the name of the Sowing meeting Later in the evening the Chairmas argounced that some friends who had not been 'aware of the presentatlon bauded to him several su to be conveyed to Capt. Brown for the purchase of books Dr. Anderson in a speech full of feeling and sparkling with humourdwell on the invaluable services rendered by Capt. and Mrs Le Comte, in, bis memoirs and observations Brown to the Wesleyan Church," He recalled published in the latter part of the seventeenth the fact that in the early days before the century, wrote: "There is another disorder in present Chapel was erected, a weekly follow, Chics, a great deal more dangerous than that thip-meeting used to meet in the house of they lay to our charge, and that is that there Capt. Brown, Dr. Anderson also eulogized the everybody is permitted to practise physic, like unbounded hospitality which had been extend other mechanical nits, without examination, ored, not only to lonely civilians in Hongkong taking degrees." This is as true at the present but also to numerous members of the Army day as woon it was fist committed to paper, and Navy. Reference was also made to the For centuries medical knowledge in Chian has prominent part taken by our friends in the been at a standstill, and the population bas Coffee Bar opened in 1895, which now. had beep at the mercy of the ignorant charlatans developed into the recent Sailors and Soldiers who pass themselves off as doctors. In spite Home in Arsenal Street. In the inception of over half a century of close contact with and development of the Home Capt. Brows Europeans the Chinese doctor of to-day ra:

had given ungrudgingly of his substance, time males ignorant of the rudiments of anatomy

and feducate, while Mrs. Brown had endeared and physiology, and has the most ludicrous herself to all by her willing service rendered cotions of the functions of the internal organs,

week by work in the Temperance meeting and the causes of disease. He pretends to de..and the Sunday Evening Gospel menting 15 sermine the treatment and prognosis of erary closing Dr. Anderson wished them God. ailment by feeling the palie alone, and ascribes speed and assured them that in their life in several pulses to each arm, and`infinite varia-

Canada they would be followed by the prayers tions to each pulse. Bach pulse is supposed to

of the congregation and. the blessing of the show the condition of some particular organ of

Triune God. the body, and all the pulses may vary at the same time. Diseases are attributed to occult influences of the most absurd kind, and reliance is usually placed upon the quantity rather than the quality of the medicion swallowed. Thus doses may vary from thirty to forty pills and gusting astute of many of the medicinca a pint, to even a quart of liquid. The dis employed is a matter of general knowled Surgery, as the word is understood in Western lands, in unkhowa, and boils, ned similar afflictions, instead of being opened and drained, are closed by the unsightly pitch plas.. ters, which are such a common sight in the streets of native cities.

Overcome

Such being the present state of medical science în Chins it is hardly to be wondered at that even those who may profess little sympathy for ordin- ers af mission bospitals. The amount of good ury missionary work are whole-hearted support-

done by these institutions. can hardly be ax. aggerated. That their work is beginning to be. appreciated is shown by the fact that there is scarcely a mission hospital in China where the foreiga doctors are not grievously overworked. Nevenkeless, many thoroughly qualified na tive students pass out of these · hospitals, and though their numbers hardly count as yet amongst the teeming millions of China, their influence most help to Some of the Chinese prejudices against foreign, doctors: How deep rooted these prejudices are is apparent to everyone who has lived in China for a few years. In spite of the excellent work done by the hospitals in Shanghai there are too many who can only be persuaded with the utmost difficulty to enter their doors, and prefer the crude methods of their. awo doctors to the en- lightened methods of Western science. Treat- ment in a foreign hospital-after an accident may relarn to his old adviser when his injuries have remove some fears but the patient is likely healed. Bo great is the antipathy of Chinese public opinion to the surgeon's craff that post- inartem examinations are banned, and unless there are external marks of violence there is frequently no possibility of discovering how suspected victim,,of a crime is usually the death has been caused. An inquest open the

titioners seldom revealing the real cause of merest farce, the tests used by the native prac› death.

It is clear that in vo profession is reform medical practitioners, but how that reform is to more urgently 'needed iban in that of Chines be carried out is a very different question. A competent medical profession cannot be creat ed in a few years for a country of such vast dimensions as Chice, and though the mission

Capt. Brown warmly thanked the friends on bebalf of himself and his wife, but could not bring himself to think he deserved it all. He sald he had been greatly encouraged by letters which he and his wife had received at times. from many corners of the globe. These told how the writers had been cheered and streng thaned amidst the temptations and bomexick Dess incidental to life in the East. To know that he helped his fellows was to him a suffi cient reward, but be would treasure all his days their words of appreciation and love.

During the evening, a fine musical pro gramine was rendered by Mrs.. Joughin, the Misses Baker, Mr. White and the Rev. R. Ellison, Mr. Peel acting as accompanist. After "Auld Lang Syne" had been sung the meeting closed with the Benediction. Contributed.

TROUBLE IN A BARBER SHOP

ALLEGED EXCESSIVE BILL BRINGS

BAD BLOOD.

A certain barber shop in the Colony was the scene of a disturbance the other day. The story was told to Mr. F. A. Hazeland (first polica magistrate) in the Police Court, lo-day, when A. Landau, the manager of a cinemato graph show in the Colony, summoned J. O. Speiss, the manager of the Paris Toilet Co., Ld, for using abusive and insulting language and assauli. - A cross-summoon was isaned for the use of indecent innguage.

When the case was called, the magistrate inquired whether the parties could not come to

sone settlement,

Prosecutor stated that he was willing to with- draw the summons if defendant apologised.

- Defendant" will not apologies.

The Coun-I will adjourn the case for a

rived.at. week to see if some settlement cannot be ar-

Defendant-I dont't want to settle the matter. The proseculor stated that on Tuesday last, in the forenoon, he called at the barber shop and complained to defendant of being over charged in the bill for his wife's hair-dressing. "I told him that his charge was excessivo, the prosecutor weal on, "and told him that if those were his charges he should have a notten put up in the ladies room, Charging 58 and $9 for arranging a. lady's hair is ridiculous, The defendant is a countryman of mine, and

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I called him a robber,

His Worship remarked that prosecutor bed no right to use those words..

d. They! were very strong words indeed.

Prosecutor said that those very words "bad" been used to him when he was engaged as clerk by a certain hotel In tawn) ***

Defendant-Did you not call me arobber? Prosecutor-I called you a robber, not

robber.

Defendant-No man in Hongkong catis po

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The complation of the purchass of the pro-

Light Works by local Chinese officials from the China Light and Power Company, Limited, was

Blues:-VR. C.-L. E. Lammert, A. H. Carroll, A. E. Alens, A. V. Barros, F. K. Tata,

Whiles: Buff, The Clab obtained possession of the ball at 1000 after Lammart made up for it and scored.

teams ware Coring oftener, keing the 'and ten' 'days of the 5th moon, as tes ported by the Liklo officials to the Viceroys mated to 20.18.1.0.8 taels, being nearly in the preceding ten dayangkok ⠀ KWANGCHOW BRIGADIER GENERAL,

es Brigadier-General of Kwangchow to-day in succession to Wa Ling Shan, who will proceed to Neokļng with H.E, Chang Jea Chumme RE. CHANG JEN CHUN'S NEW APPOINTMENT,

balance of the total sum of St,360,000 was paid by the parchasers and the

and

Fareira netted the second goal from a free

•nosu of the well-known frm taken over by them on the same day. The required capital throw from Carroll and before' lang the latter Limited, is reported to have already been fully the posts for the third time. Wild play follow- of the Kwangtong Blectric Light Company little difficulty in placing the leather between player awam away from his opponent and bad

subscribed. The whole staff of engineers, ed and the Blues after many unsuccessfal workmen, ale have been retained in the sorries secured their last goal before the call of

ice of the new concero,

half time, the score then standing at.

V.R.C. 4 goals, Buffs o

HONGKONG, WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION.

SECOND ROUND.

BUYTB VS, 83RD ́COV. R.GIA)","

Last Saturday's Water Polo Match between the Bard Coy, Royal Garrison Artillery and the Buffs, proved an easy thing for the latter from start to fiolah. The Artillerymen never seemed inclined to mark their men and allowed them to score 13 goals to their one. Private Cloke

of the Buffs played a capital game for the winners, and most of the goals recorded were scored by him.

The following represented the 83rd and

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Buff:-

Buffs -Cloke, Smith, Stiff, McMahon, Burke, Viacer and Barrand,

83rd Cop-Nash, Ripley, Robinson, Greep, Sile, Tarrington and Baldwin.

LEAGUE TABLE. Played. Won. Lost. Drawn, Points.

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C. Y. C. V. R. C. Buffs.........n 2 2 L, R. C.................. 2.

R. EI $8.0. C.

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83rd Co., R,G,A. 2 871b.Co., R.G.A. 2 Q 88th Co., R.G.A. 2

THIRD, ROUND.

LUSITANO RECREATION ČLUB 7. ROYAL

ENGINEERS,

In a scramble in front of the Club's goal in the second spell, the Buffs netted their first, bat Lammert soon materialised with a splan. did backbander from a pass by' Carroll, the latter placing the ball before Pereira'ogain, who scored the remaining 2 goals. Just before time the Kentishmen obtalocd possession of the leather and with a long swift shot beat the V.R.C. goalkeeper entirely, registering their second goal. The final score standing at V.R.C. 7 goals, 'Buffsi a goals. 12

C. Y. C. c. 83RD. COY,. R. G. A. This match was very bio-sided and resulled in favour of the Corinthians, who had no dif-

Artillerymer,

ficulty in scoring 11 goals to bil against the

The teams were as follows:-

Blues:-C Y.O:-R. O. Witchell, O. R. H.E. Scriven and Wilson, Chunyul, J. Forbas, C. J. Cooka, C. Summers,

Whites-83rd Co. R.G.A:-Ripley, Sile, Nush, Robinson, Brown, Baldwin and Fielder,

FOURTH ROUND.

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V.R.C. Buffe

C.Y.C.

83rd Coy, R.G.A.

R.E.' B.O.C.

L.R.C.

68th Coy. R.G.A. 87th Co, R.G.A. Bye.

To be completed by 31st July.

LEAGUE TABLE. Played. Won. Lost Drawa. Points.

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The first 'match in the third round of the

R. E........... Hongkong Water Polo Shield Competition played last Monday afternoon at the Victoria 88th Co., R.G:A. 2 Recreation Clob's cacipare between the Lesi-87th Co, R.G.A. 3 tano Recreation Club and the Royal Engineers 83rd Co., R.G.A. 3 was by far the most interesting match seen this season, both teams being very evenly matched

A friendly Water Polo match took place be- and the play fast. Macy chances to score were thrown away by the Lusitanor owing to selfish.tween the Lusitano Recreation Club and Royal ness on the part of one or two of their players Eugiocers at the R.E's Camber, on Thursday, and considerable wild aiming at the goal re-it was a very fast and exciting game. The sulting in no score being recorded at halftime. Lusitanos proved themselves superior to the

soldiers and defeated them by 4 ́goals to mil,' The teams were :—

Whites. Lusitano Recreation Club :—A. J. V. Riborio (Capt.) E. M. O. Remedies, F. L. da Reza, 3. M. C. Lopes, R. A. Carvalho, U. A. Rodrigues and C. M. S. Alves.

Blues, Royal Engineers:-Morrish (Capt.) McCrory, Coxon, Holmes, Marshali, Barton, and Goodyear,

Rora secured the ball at the opening of the game and soon tried to score, the ball going high. Ribeiro and Lopes also made repeated attempts to score, without success, and matters looked grave for the Engineers when Lopes got away and swam up the bath by himself, taking a well directed shot which, however, was well stopped by Morrish, the En gineers' half back. Goodyear then got posses- sion of the ball, but shot wide of his mark, the same player making another unsuccessful at- tempt a minute later. The play wES HOW Df a" give-and-take nature, both sides trying hard to score, the result at half time standing at

Lusitanos o, Engineers o.

The soldiers marked thair opponents well and at half time there was no score. The 4 goals. were in the second half and were scored by Roza and Lopes-2 each.

Both team asem to have improved consi. derably.

The teams were!

R. E■ :—Morrish, Goodyear, McCrory, Bar- ton, Coxon, Holmes, and Marshall. GST **

LR. C.-A. J. V. Ribeiro, J. M. C. Lopes, F. La da Rosa, C. A. C. Rolignes, C. M. S. Alves, R. A. Carvelbo, nod R. C. da Silva. --

ANOTHER PRISON EMBU18.

NINE PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM SUNNING

CAOL

[From Our Own Correspondent.].

Canton, 19th July. Roza again obtained possession of the leather, Sbonly after, mid-night on the night of the at the commencement of the second spell and 13th instant, a mutiny broke out in the gaol of soon after registered the first goal for his tokm, the Suezing district, when a number of pri from a splendid pass by Lopes, the ball being

soners attempted to effect their escape by placed a couple of yards in front of the bribing the warders, Nine prisoners and one of the warders successfully put through their Engineers' goal which made it impossible for

plan. The Magistrate of the district has ra the goalkeeper to stop the stinging shot sent at this short distance by Roza The Whitesported the matter to Canton, and has is coase, again praised after their success and Rodrigues,quence been removed from office by order of the Viceroy. He has been allowed a period after a couple of unsuccessful tries, added the second goal for the Lusitanos. The Engineers, of fifteen days in which to re-capture the however, were not discharaged and played runaways, with the same vigour, the result being that At this stage Goodyear scored soon after. many anticipated a draw, as the Civilian team now showed signs of fatigue, but still the latter played well to the finish and at the call of time were seen pressing their opponents', back, the boat score standing at Lusitanos a goals, RE's 1 goal. ___

LEAGUE TABLE.

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CANION ĐÁY BY DAY

MACAO'S DELIMITATION. » [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 16th July, The Society for the Protection of Boundary Played. Won. Lost. Drawo. Total. residing at Hankow, in which they protested Rights has received a letter from the Cattonese against the conference on the Macao Dalimi tation question between the Chinese and 4 Portuguese Delimitation Commissioners being held in the British Colony of Hongkong, and suggested that it should take place elsewhere.

BIR CHEN Tung......

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one settlement. hospitals are training as many native assis Thay had very full boards of manage ment and elaborate ritual. The secret society touch the fringe of the problem. Govera tants as possible they can at yet but of the present day was a loosa.collection of bad

ment action on a liberal scale is necessary if characters, with no particolar bond and oftes dying away in eighteen months or so. The anything is to be accomplished in the present organisation was of the loosest, books and docueration, and even that will not suffice unless

aid is forthcoming from native communities A robber, Did you not call me bad names and mente scanty, and it was very hard to get throughout the land. Hospitals, ander expert avidence against the leaders. Powar is DOW to be taken to order exempted societies to any site in the Empire, and this cannot be done

supervision, should be formed in every city of | —No..

The defendant stated that at about half-pastFR. C. give information to the Registrar. And to take photographs of persons suspected of Chinese community. At the present moment a

without the philanthropic support of every large eleven o'clock on the morning in question' belonging to unlawful societies for future re-

Landau want to his shop with certain cinomato Royal Engineers

B. O, C @ ferenca

bitter fight is being waged against the

graph papers, and be giked him why he had At present the powers of search were confined to a time when a meeting was actually the drug have now been opened all over the was not a heavy one, he west on to 88th Co., R.G,A. 2

opium babit, and refuges for curing victims of struck out certain items on the bill.

The bill 83rd Co, R.G.A

87th Co., R.G.A. 2. golog on. This was to be enlarged into the power of search when there was reasonable

empire. Might not these form the nucleus of as a matter of fact 54 more should have been ground-for-suspecting the presence of persons and the training of students, in every district? a system of hospitals for the care of the sick

added to it.. Landau replied that his wife, wax, not an American lady, and became very angry, or documents connected with societies. Au. Years of hard work would be necessary to saying that he could pay the bill. other change was that cases might be tried by make such a system succeed, but not until the District Courts. Still another provided for something of the kind is done will it be pos the making and regular poblication of lists of sible to arganize a body of competent docto's societies. He moved the first reading of the Bill.

safficient in number forthe needs of the people, At present China is at the mercy of every wave The Attorney General seconded and the mo- of infectious disease. Each epidemic of cholera, tion was carried.

plague, small-pox and other disease smites down thousands who might escape by observing the simplest sanitary precautions, or by receiving proper medical attention.. In spite of this fact, no effort is being made by Chins herself to face the problem, Europe and America have of ready demonstrated their interest in the problem by founding hospitals and Unigerslises, but they cannot undertake the entire fioaucial responsibility of creating a medical profession sufficient for the needs of China; and it must be felt that nothing short of concerted action throughout the nation itself will put an end to the disorder pointed out by Le Comte so many years ago.—N, C. D. News,

N. SS. "MINNESOTA"

THE NRW CAPTAIN.

Mr. H. W. Ravens, chief afficer of the G. N. 13. Minnesota, has been duly appointed master of the vessel in succession to Captain E. V. Roberts, deceased.

Captain Ravens, to whom we extend our congratulations, is one of the company's most experienced servants, having served on the Minesota for the past five years-practically during the whole of her commission, and al- though a young man, just 38, enjoys the confi. dence of his employers and their patrons, and the esteem of his confreres in Pacific and Asiatic maritime circles, whem ha is well known and by whom, wo may confidently say, be will be voind an

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successor to his lato lamented chief,

"The remains of the fate Captain Robens were cremated at the Karagashira crematorium on Wedursday evening, in the presence of those of the ship's officers and crew able to attend and the master and staff of the local office of the Nippon Yasen Kaisbe, who are the Nagasaki. agents for the Great Northern Steamship Company. The athes, as previously stated, will be convoyed to the United States - qu' (he resist's return;

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1,0,C. 7, 87TH CO. RG.A. * I got angry, too, and said that if he did not.

Last Tuesday afternoon at the Victoria Re- 'want to pay, I would arrange it.”

creation Club's enclosure the 1.0.C. met the Landan then proceeded to leave the pre-87th Co. Royal Garrison Artillery to play off mises. When he got as far as the counter, he their match in the above round; which resulted turned around and said:-" Look here, you are in a Victory for the Boys by a goals to one.. ́.

xobber." Defendant took him back again into the shop, and asked him to retract the state-

thent.

The Court-Did you hold bim by the chest? Defendant-Yes. When he want out he called me bad names in French,

Landau-What language did I use when'I, called you bad namej?

Speise-English)

What language did I use when I called you arobber?-French,

Landau-There is no word in French for Speiss If you did not say it in French my wife could not understand.

Landau Was your wifs present ?--Yes. When I spoke to you did you pot crush up the bill in your hand?--I did."

And did you not way that you would put me is Court if I did not pay -Yas,

Tin Wal-w-pu lotends to make the following proposals to the Diplomatic Corps for the bet His Worship said that both parties were ter regulation of the acquisition of land by the equally to blame.. It was unjustifiable for missionaries in the interior; 1, that they shail | Lhodao to have used the word rubber, and be not purchase land from the people by force, but bound both parties over in the sum of, 5100 with their consent; 3, that they shall submit | each to keep the peace for a year, all intended purchases in the local authorities

so that the latter may make loquisies as to | THE general balance sheet and profit and lose. whether the land in question is Government account of the Netherlands Trading Society to property or net:3, that after the completion of 31st December, 1998, ahow that after deducting the said they shall apply to the local authorities coment expossessed writing off bad debts, and for title deeds; ds that all land purchased by with the addition of the balance brought for bem shail for ever tamain missionary proporward from 1902 they not profits amount: to 15, that in the event of abair being desirens 413125395 6344,360) out of which, after to resell the land, it must be sold to the Chi- providing for the statutory reserve to the extent pass 1 and 6, that the local authorities anal 7373,856, (16,072) dividend of 2% kas kara power to veto all colourable purchangejua bean sinclared

The teams were as follows

8.0.0.A. R. Ellis, A. 8. Ellis, L. G. Cor. deiro, E. Chunyat, H. J. White, B. Muilkett and Leiten. '

Byth Co. R.G.A.S. H. Harrie, Old, Birch, Cooper, Connelly, Rickwood and Bancroft,

The Boys did not have matters all their own way as many expected, as the artillerymen showed up well and have improved wonder fully, The B.O.C, managed to wet the ball twice in the first half, ibo gnale being scored by A. 8. Ellis and Leitão, but in the second spell the 87th Co, netted the leather gece, the B.O.C. failing to add any more to their credit, by a goals to one. the game thus resulting in a win for the Boys

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Again selfish play on the part of one or two of the Boys handicapped their score which no deobt would have been bigger had they played with more combination and passed the ball. oftener instead of trying shots from all sorts of positions.

THIRD ROUND.

ANY. 2. C. 28, BUFFL,

The Victorin Recreation Club's enclosure was well filled yesterday afternoon, especially with the Military, supporters of the Buffs, who had come down to see their friends play the repre sentatives of the Victoria Recreation Club in the third round of the Water Pain Shield Com petition gabe later team and little dificulty la racuring their victory of 7 gosis to 8, and',

Sir Chen Tang Liang Cheng, president of the Canton-Hankow Railway_Company at Canton, bas again wired to H.E. Chang Cbib Turg, Director-General of the Railway, per, sisting on his resignation from the service of the Company to take effect as soon as the audit and examination of the accounts of the Com- pany by the shareholders bave been completed,

THE NEW VICEROY.,

It is learnt that the newly-appointed Vicemy of the Liang Kwang Provinces, H.E, Yuan Shu Fun, will leave Shantang op 26th instant for Shanghai, where H.E. Yuan will stay for a few days before proceeding to the Southern capital to take up his new appointment.

FOREIGN SECRETARIES. '/ The Acting Viceroy, H.E. Wu Seung Lum, has retained the services of Tagtai Wei Hau and Mr. Sit Wing Nio as secretaries of Foreign Affairs in the Viceroy's Yamon

"DELIBERATIVE {COUNCIL, "

Total Laú Liu Sulj a director of the Canton Government Cement and Brick. Factory," la about to relinquish his position-to enable him to go with H. Chang Jen Chun to Nanking. for abrvicu.

GOOD RICE CROP,

--In spite of “the disastrous floods, during the to last month in the surrounding districts of Can-" ton, the first rice crop of this year baï now tomed out somewhat satisfactory and the price of the staple commodity is about $1.40 a picol at the Chun Taun Rice Market.

THE NEW CANTON VICEROY, Astha Viceroy-designate of the Liang Kwang provinces, H. E. Yuan Shon, is about to come in the Southern Capital, to tako up his new ape pointment the Canson officials have arranged à reception delegation to be despatched"" to, Shanghai to meet H. E. Yoan, who is expected. -to arrive here in the course of thran weeks 'ur

19th July.

D

- H‚E, 'CHANG JEN CHUN'S IMPENDING

DEPARTURE, AN The steamer Sui Ming, of the China Mer- chanta' Steara Navigation Company, has beco specially chartered to convoy H.E. Chang Jen Chun to Shanghai. This vessel is expected to arrive here on the 26th instant.: H.E. Chang, who will be accompanied by his family and suite, will leave here on board her on the 29th insant for Nanking to take up his new appolati ment as Viceroy of the Liang Kiang provinces, PRATAS ISLANDS

The Acting Viceroy H.E. Wu Seong Luci „has deputed Captain, Ng King Wing and Mr. Wong Yau Tong to proceed forthwith to tha Pratas Islands to assist „i solai Wei Han in him: "Jaint" investigation with the Japanesa Consul tor the purpose of ascertaining the amount of money to be paid as compensation to the Ja- panese settlers on the islands,

PETITION TO THE VICEROY, :

The local gentry, have submitted"a joler. petition to the Viceroy calling his attention to and asking him to consider the following thres suggestions it 'A certaiu sum of money oboold be appropriated from the Guvernment funds for the purpose of sending another batch of students to be educated in Karope and America. 2. A mumber of industrial institutions should be established in Canton for the purposs of pia- moting native industries and at the same time 3. The stood wall which surrounds the city of affording a means of employment to the peopis. Canton should be demolished and a road be built in its place to relieva the present conges». tion of traffic."."

RAILWAY EARNINGS, The return of railway passogers and the ametint of the daily collection in fares by the Canton-Mankow Railway during the second ten days of the ith moon are follows::--

Number of passengers. Amount collected i inth day. 3,780

$ 60420

+

ath

PU

769:40

13th

H

3,008

14th

21

3,033

51285

2,939

490.00

Tota

42.68

074.85

17th

***** 3,167.

$250

18th

59

3,030

$16.95

19th

a,886

503.95

20th

********* 3,078

546.00

Taial......

$5,655.99

H

35,758

The total amount of collection including freight on goods carried by the Railway during : the same parlad was $6,546,54+0000

20th July.

H. E. CHAND JEN CRUN'S NEW APPOINTMENT: in the course of the last two days, Taoiai Li Chit Toun, Li Kab Chak and Fong Ching left here for Hongkong on souls to. Nanking whern they will make all necessary arrangements pro- paratory to the arrival of H.E. Chang jen Ohun to take up his duties as Viceroy of the Liang Kiang provinces.

PRESENTATION BY SOCIETIES. Yesterday, the committees of the Seventy-two Guí'da, the Chamber of Commerce and repre- sentatives of other institutions called: on "the ourgoing Viceroy H.E. Chang Jen Chun; and presented him an address and other gifs in the shape of silk embroidered hangings, umbrellas, etc, in honour of HB. Chang's recent promo tion.

་་ PREPARATIONS FOR A SEND OFF.. This morning, work was commenced in con-

action with the erection of a large matabed in the vicinity of the Government Tien Ter What, where the local gentry and the members of the various institutions and loading merchantm will see H.E. Chang Joo Chan off on the 29th instant, the date fixed for H.K. Chang's depar ture to his new sphere of iöfluence.

GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE", Dr. Louia Hugh, who was educated in Ams- rica and obtained the Chu Jen degren at an ex- Lamination held last yearin Peking, arrived bers the other day. Dr. Hugh has now been appoint- ad weadmaster of the Canton Government Medi-, cal College in succession to Dr. Cheung Ho," who bus proceeded to Norway to take part. In the Leprosy Conference, to be held in that cous. try, as a representative of China. A reception committee bas bien appointed to welcome Dr. Hugh on the 21st instant at the Kwong: Wah Medical College, ning

CRIMINALS EXECUTED. Yesterday the two prisoners Pan Long Ying and Lok Tsai Tang, who were extradited to Canton from Hongkong: sóma tíma ago, on charges of armed robbery and murder wenn taken out from the Namboi prison to the ex- ecution ground and bobeaded, wwwUAAA

- H.R, WO› BRUNO LUM'S: INDUSTRY. As a Deliberative Conseil is golog to be as- tablished in Canton, preparatory to the institu: Viceroy of the Two Kwang provinces H.E. Having assumed charge of office na Acting tion of Constitutional Gorerament, arrange Wu Seung Lùm two days ago pročoeded on a ments have been made for the nomination of a round of visits to the different Goveromaît ́de- people from the various districts to be submit: | partments to check the official accounts, ied to Canton for election 'as meisbers of the moon has been fixed for the slection at Canton. proposed assembly. The first day of the 6th

ZIFECT OF RAINA

The officials of Kwai Lin, Kwangel, have reported to the Canton officials by telegraph that the river is gradually rising there owing to the excessive rainfall during the last few days,

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CANZON-HANKOW, RAILWAY. ANA

Owing to increased expenditure on accoust of the purchase of two steam-launches solely for, Febo convenience of passengers from Gantontaž Shsk Wai Tong last year the Canton-Haskow. Railway Company Increased the rate of fares by 5 cents for passengers travelling by the Cau- ton-Samshui. Railway, Bunce theisst day of the 6th moon (the 17th instant), tha;Company/

·reverted to their former rate, JEIVAME LON

ENCOUNTER WITH PIRATER// UN ~ Tantai Wel' Han, by order of the Viceroy, proceeded on the 16th iontent on board the The Commgodervin-Chief Chán Pig Chic French steamer Past Beau for Hongkong, has reported to Canton by wire where he will embark on the following day on day his troope had an encount board the guabout Hot Chce, for the Praias 18 of pirates for several höfn lands with xylow to ascertaining the amount of red of the Koplo 'esplai apent by the Japanese settlers in the amour in cherr, Tam Boy'

THE PRATAN·IELAND.'