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covered. The first plan was that "strangers withdraw in order that the minutes of a confidential meeting be considered. It will he seen that we are not behind the mother of Parliaments when it comes to official language. Mr. Shelton Hooper then A. S. WATSON & CO., boldly up and spoke and demanded to know what it was that they wished to consider in private, but it turned out af terwards that Mr. Shelton Hooper was | only following the example of the famous racing judge who calmly asked what Counsel, meant by "the field" in a betting transaction. Without replying directly to the suggestion that the subject should be considered in public, the President said "there was a paper put down on the confidential agenda which from the minutes on the subject showed that there seemed some divergence of opinion as to whether strangers should withdraw or DOL
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conceive. So it will be seen that the subject war catitled to a special plot in the Colonial Cemetery if necessary, having bees la the 'Colony over the statutory seven years. In the end it was agreed that the question should be discussed in public and, now, what is it that was so wropt in mystery"; accord
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
·FLOOD'SUFFERERS,
[From Our Own "Correspondent.]*
Big Canton, 4th, January, 1910.): telegram from the Grand Councillor, H. Yesterday Viceroy Yung Sha Hsun received ing to Mr. Hooper it was "correspondence | E. Lok Yún Cheung, and other officials of relative to the discharge of dirty water from the Kiangsu province, informing him that a the nullah at Mount Austin into the Pok-Kiang Ning, Chang Chuo, Yang Hai and the large number of people in the prefecturas of fulum reservoir.”
neighbouring places in Kianga are still in state of destitution as a result of the floods last summer. H.E..Ydan was requested in the com babalf from the people of Kwangtung and to munication to solicit subscriptions on their
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LOCAL AND GENERALE
WE are in receipt of a dainty desk blotter from Messrs. Weissmann, Ld.
DIVINE service will be held, at St. Joseph's Church to-morrow (Feast of the Epiphany) at 8 and 9 a.m.
ANOTHER counterfelt coln case was concluded
in the Police Court this morning, when a Chin ese married woman was committed for trial t the next Criminal Sessions för uttering counter- leit coin.
remit it to the flood stricken districts to raliovs the sufferers.
GANG ROBBERY,
On the 2nd instant a robbery took place in broad daylight in the western saburb in this treat under the pretence of being visitor city
Elx rabbers entered a house jo Chung and confined the inmates in one room. The robbers ransacked the whole premises and car ried away with them valuables to the extent of
over'six bundred dollars. «
THE BALT MONOPOLY.
The Canton people residing in Sydney, Australia, have sent a telegram to the Canton
KULANGSU (AMOY) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
at
Minutes of a meeting of the Council held the Board Room on the 14th December, 1909. * Present: Messrs. W. II. Wallace (chairman), Tsudaurabara, and the Assistant Secretary, w. Kruse, J. Mencatial, Lim Nee Kar, K. The minutes of the last meeting were read
ble seat on the Council in consequence of his and confirmed.go
A latter was read from Mr. Wilson resignleg departure from the port. The Assistant Secret- ary wan directed, in acknowledging receipt of this, to convey to Mr. Wilson the Council aim for the assistance rendered during his office regret at the loss of his services, and to shank
as Councillor.
a.
RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
SPEECH BY RAILWAYĘMANAGER,
At a complimentary dispar at Shanghai last wosk, towards the close of the dioner, Mr. Pope, general manager of the Shanghal-Nan Shan Yila-pai, vice-president of the Ministry of king Railway, proposed the bealth of H.E.
words-up Posts and Communications,, in the following
Your Excellency and Gentlemen:-
dress yan on an occasion which is unique, to I have the pleasure and good fortuiu to ad- ank you to drink with all the usual honours to Vice-President of the Board of Posts and Come the bealth of His Excellency Shao Yuu-pelj
a souDIER named Cesar Exposto committed-- suicide at the Flora Barracks, at Macas, on the 31st ult. The unfortunate man shot himself with a rifle. The ballet pengirated the mouth officials, in which they strongly oppose the rescinded on 11th December, 1909, the Health 'tion, health, amusement, trada and travel la' a"
from under the chin, splitting the tongue in two. It is reported that deceased was driven to the desperate act by his loss of $15 at fanion A PLACE called Tai-shok-ku, at Yau-ma-t), was the scene of a daring outrago shonly after 8 o'clock on Christmas Eve, when an Indian named Tatoo Singh was assaulted and robbed of eighteen sovereigns by another Indian. The victim of the outrage was ister sexit to hospital where his injuries were attended to. The Pol ice are investigating.
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RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the and January, 1910 (excluding New Year's day):— Library. Muscam. Non-Chinese... 3:1
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proposal of the Viceroy in letting but the Salt Monopoly, to merchants at the largely increased annuairental.
YOKOHAMA CLUB HOTEL.
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE BY FIRE.
The Japan Mail gives the following account
It was unscimously decided to ask Mrsion is unique because this is the first-time munications of Peking. I bave said the occas Marshall to 6ll the vacancy on his arrival at the the Government in Poking has iean ét: to. port
sand so high an official on so important a bern. mite by the Fukien Drug Co., in conther they are performing thais daly. The duty, A verbal complaint was reported to have mission as to inspect railways and report whe pection with a building which war being erected Gentleman, of a Railway to my estimation is alongside their stores. They objected to its summed up in making itself a Public Conve close proximity, apprehending danger from miance and not a Public Nuisance, dod in fire. The Works Committee decided to inspect this lies lts whole duty. All paths load up to thesame before the complaint was disposed of this Arallway that makes travel too difficult, The order regarding the messling, of degs too daar, too slow, and does not exploit all its which came into force on 28th Sept, 1909, was opportunities of facilitating the spread of aduce officer having declared it to be no longer public auisance that cumbers the ground. necessary.
Do "all these things thoroughly, follow all The following cases were reported to have the so-called indirect venues of public been dealt with at the Mixed Court since last duty and national development and this meeting :-Arrests Loitering after 12 m... I shall be added to, you, that so surely. Disorderly conduct 1. Committing a nulinace 1.
as the night follows day, the direct re Obstructing the police 1. Breach of regula salt of a satisfactory return on the capital tions 1. Wilfully disobeying the contents of expanded must follow. For in just anch proclamation regarding prostitutes 1. Sum measure as a railway unselfishly lays itself out for the indirect development of the country. that it goes through, in such measure will be the increase in the number of the population that has of uncessity to travel, and of the trade that wants to move. To see whether we are moving on these lines His Excellency bas come, and by the direct and indirece quasi tions be has asked and the searching inspection be bas, and is still making into
of the fire at the Club Hotel at Yokohama:moases-Allowing pigs to stray on the public At about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, 36th ult, roads 1. Dabt 1. Non-payment of sampan license fees. t. Amalt... Refusing to hire bis sampan r
(Signed), W. H. WALLACE,
Chairman.
·E, A. HARTLEY,
Aust. Secretary.
CHINESH PROTECTION AT IPOH, | all the departments of work, I feel certain
before the maiter was considered. In order to ascertain the views of members he thought it would be best to take a vote. Personally Ire thought the matter should be considered in private and proposed that strangere should withdraw during its consideration.". Mean while we cau fancy' the newspaper men on the tiptoe of expectation thinking of the dread fut scandal they were to present to an CHAM-amiazed public next morning.. But still they were to be thwarted, for the conspirators had not half exhausted their hidden battery of hiate. Mr. Hooper in fact became so my sterious that he could scarcely understand himself, for he said he would like to know what the matter was they proposed to dis cuss and then proceeded: "He was not going to give away what the matter was, but
fire broke out in an upstairs room-the number he thought it was not in the public interest
of which was 13 (absit omen)—in the front part or in the interest of the Government that it
of the Club Hotel, No. 5.Yamashita-coo. The should be discussed in confidence, and he
Kagacho and the Satsuma che fra bilgader thought the end would be better attained
were soon on the spot, and an officer belong. By order, if there was, a public discussion on it."
Ing to the U.S. cgiser Califorala came to At last the President, goaded to des-
the rescue with twenty marines. 195
In the peration, said he was referring to a letter
- 2,13:
course of little more than an hour, however, dated 16th September, 1909, from Colonel.
the greater part of the main building was 2,306 destroyed, including the dining room and office of the Hotel, while much damage war "Ah" quite convinced that the point THE case was continued in the Summary done to the billiard room, which was flood. had been gained and that the general Court this morning in which W. H. W. Loo-ed with water. Though the flames rpraad with public had been taken into the confidence Cameron to recover the sum of $1,000 as dam-guests, to the number of 35, were able to save reiro ipsitated a stander'nction against J. G. great rapidity before a northerly wind, the of the Board and knew all there was to know ages for alleged slander. Mr. M. R. Harris, of their personal effects. The fire is believed to about this hideous nightmare. At all events Mart. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the have originated in an over-heated stove. Mr. Hoopt was satisfied for he is reported plaintiff and Mr. R. F. C. Master was for the de- occupant of the room where the outbreak as having said that now he knew what it was fendant, while the jury consisted of the following occurred was cut at the time, and it is he might say that the subject was a matter
gentlemen Messrs. P. Wolff (foreman), A. fortunate that the incident took place dur- which should be thoroughly and publicly Hamilton and J. H. Mead. The case was ing the day. In spite of this unfortunate ventilated, and he appealed to the other
conflagration, the inmates of the Hotal members of the Board who had read the We would draw the attention of our readers to building in the compound, which is generally feel no great inconvenience, as a separate paper for their support in defeating this mo the announcement appearing in our.advertise- closed in the winter season, is being utilized jon that it should be treated confidentially.ment columes of the exhibition at the Salon for their accommodation. A tumour was cur. If members carefully, looked through the Cinema Theatre at the foot of Wyndham Street rent that two Japaneso amaha had been suffo paper they would see that there was not a of the magnificent 2,000-fest, film "Macbeth" thing there that every man in the street
cated in the upstairs part of the burning build. for three sights commencing from to-aighting, and that their bodies had fallen in the should not know. Why, therefore, should The film was produced in London and takes fully an hour to traverse the screen. The other the Board, as the representatives of the public, attractions are comic and emotional pictures treat the matter confidentially, as though they sad the appearance in sorgs and dances of the had something hidden up their sleeve that talented anities, Misses Doris McAuley and A. S. WATSON & CO., thought it was against public policy, public
they were afraid should be divulged He Ruby Chrystal.
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NOTICE,
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Addrom.
again adjourned.
Total
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THE TAIL OF A COME7.
FAMOUS SCIENTIST'S VIEWS.
M. Camille Flammarion, the eminent as Ironomer, declares that the tail of the Halley
The
débris. Fortunately, tbisturned out to be no more than a tumour. It was, however, the case that there were savoral narrow escapes. One of the firemen, Nabesaima Mosaburo by name, was on duty on the roof when it fall in, and his thigh was broken by contact with a beavy beam. Neighbours in houses near by began to pack their valuables, but after a while it could be seen the fire was not likely to spread much, owing to the existence of an opto space behind the main building, in the direction of the wind The entire damage is estimated af about Y150,000. The hotel building is insured with a foreign fire insurance company, the agents of which are Mesars. Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS ON THE
ALLEGED INSULT.
that he has a very foll appreciation o the needs of tallway, and knows how to look for the signs which indicate whether, they On November, 26, Mr. Gicaall, in the will not be a perfunctory or cursory one; and ate being met. This inspection bas nol and
for the Colonies whether he had received an the future; an will always be the case when a House of Commons, asked the Under-Secretary will be productive I hope of much benefit in official report of the case of alleged insult to direct interchange of views on the spot has", Ipob, in the Malay Peninsula, on October anxious to hear the results of the inspection Mr. Ridges, British Protector of Chinese at
cleared the ground. We are naturally most 9 last, in which a young Chioman named and the impressions made. If I may at the An Chuk Fang was arrested while engaged and offer ibe advice of an officer who has at bis abop work, exposed among his grown old in the work of one of the most quaintances as a prisoner, with gyves upan banishment by the Banishment Court for his wrists, and sentenced to five years' indian system of over 30,000
efficient railway systems of the world-the miles-1 the offence of asking the Protector, whether came, for the Imperial Chiness Government would say that the time bas come, may fully be could read An Chuk Fang's name when
to take heed most closely of the Imperial side
of the question, and guide with a strong band the inter-railway relations of the very many separate local systems that are
growing up. If
written in Chinese characters; under what few days earlier at Ipoh, a European Britiab law that sentence was imposed; whether
ubject was fined only $75 for, having killed the local lings are left to run local interests aa- a Chinaman; whether he is aware that all der certain limitations and the Board of PostS the Chiasse inhabitants of Ipoh are in and Communications takes up the Imperial Protecter; whether the Colonial Office had vastly important questions of through rates, terros of the official who is called their duty of controlling them in reference to the any control over this British Protector of Chip through traffic, through interchangeability of eae, the Banishment Court, the British public rolling stock, standard dimensions, the stock be, officials and magistrates at Ipoh, of the lawsing fitted for the military and civil paɛds of the they administer; and whether soy effort would Empire, it will confèr a lástlog möd focalenjibla be made by the Colonial Office to require in benefit on the country, On the other band if future equal treatment of different races there? these. Imperial duties are neglected and not Colonel Seely: No, sir, we have received taken up before they becoms too divarsified. un report on the subject.
and irreconcilable, it will soon be confronted witha problem, which physically and fiozicially will be impossibin It is very easy to'guide' a stream at its source, but impossible whan It is broken up into mighty and far divið. ed tributaries? 1 must excusa there ro
RUSSIA AND JAPAN,
MISCHIEVOUS KUMOURS,
In view of the constant repetition of alarmist
interests and the interests of the Government that the matter should be considered con- fidentially. Although as yet we are still in the darkasto whatitis all about we can thoroughly endorse the remarks of Mr. Shelton Hooper oo the subject of secret conferences. It come may strike the earth next May. Writ
ing to the New York Herald (Paris Edition), there is anything to be discussed let it be. Flammarion discusses the possibility as a done in the light of day. We have had far world-wide cvastrophe as the consequence of 100 many hole-and-corner affairs already this collision. without seeking for more. is it that we are becoming too squeamish nowadays that we cannot open our mouths in public without shocking somebody? However, the subject,
an individual, should be debated in the open, and even in the latter event it is a fact that in many cases the interests of the in- dividual would best be served if his alleged The rates per quarter and per maniem, proportional backslidings were questioned in public. It
was here that Mr. Hewett came forward to f persisting in its course toward the sun, it will tions whereby admission was gained to the orders' for war material in Germany and Eng loyalty and duty of myesif and the foreign staff”, -
Ordinary bazinow comunications should be address The Raitor will not andertake to be responsible for unless it concerns the private character of 316,000,000 miles distant; bút now it is only type of a conservative country par excellence, dated December ro' is of interest :-
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1910.
BOARD.
This comes, says M. Flammarion, whose ar- rival last Septembar I was permitted to witness from the Heidelberg obsérvatory, la approach- ing the earth with great speed. At first it was 400,000 miles away, having unveiled the intervening distance in seventy-six days. advances towards the sun. At pressat it is rush This speed will be accelerated as the comet
ing simultaneously toward the sun and the earth, but from the middle of December, while move away from our planet, only to return to wards it later.
26,000,000 miles of the sun. Votil this time it By April za the comet should be within will appear as a morning atar visible in the east at suorise; after this date it will become an evening star, visible after sunset.
I
EDUCATION IN CHINA,
LEAVEMINÓ Influence of europeanS,
pert for Foachow) to look on China as the from Tas Times St. Petersburg correspondant,
We are accustomed (says the Consular ro
| rumours with regard to alleged differences be-marks on the score of the extreme and
tween Russia and Japan, the following telegram Some of her institutions have existed from time immemorial, and to most of us, who cop- plications between Rassja and Japan, the sovereign duties of the Imperial Government unchanging features might continue without bider the matter at all, it seemed as if these alteration to the end of time. stance, was her system of competitive examina Such, for in-
hierarchy of officialdom.
to the unbounded satisfaction of Bourse mani.
Mischievous sumours of impending com.
the Novos Vremys, continue to circulate bere absurdity of which has been demonstrated by
palators, Reports that Japan is placing large
land are adduced by sensation-mongers as
nation, she has abandoned, sot the system it. So, the Goles and the Bouras Gazette, which the turning point of China's existence as a
Yet since 1900, which appears to have been positive evidence of impending hostilities,
self, but the curriculum of study on which it unhappily bestow spasmodic attention upon Prominent organs like the Reich, the Rutos
was based, The science of the West has, now
foreign affairs, regala their readers with alarmist
are prompted by the desire to acquit myself imminent argency of them and because they
of negligence lo not putting them forward whenever possible, as the real and weighty
perial Chinese Government, our pleasure at Before sitting down, your Excellency, I beg 10, tender to you as the Representative of the Im- meeting you, and the most sincere and armast
under my immediate control, and their constant
of His Gracious Majesty their King Edward, devotion to their duties as servants of the
and the Government of Great Britain, Chion's Chinese Empire, knowing that thereby they are fulfilling the oft expressed wish and "orders
to be included in their purview, and theif tales of Japan's war preparations, supplement. most consistent friends, l'should be neglect-`
horizon has been very considerably widened.
in Progressive organs, however anxious they
round the world, an officer so sympathetic in all his dealings, as our able Managing Director: tend to consolidate the good feeling, and has Tactai Chang-Man-yow, whose acis, always
and who besides belog Managing Director, is a monicus work between Chineur and foreigners, warm personal friend.
support the views of Mr. Hooper, and he also added to the general eagerness of the outsider to discover what the affair was about. He remarked that the question which would shortly be tiefore them was a very important sanitary question, dealing With a certain section of the town in which It is probable that the appearance of the there was a very large white population.com will then be very striking, as it was in Be could not conceive any reason whatso, the spring of 1066 and again in 1456, but this pervaden the land; he has done that, it is tras, Kokovisaff, and M.Sakbomlinoff.
Doe consequence is that the schoolmastering them with gossip about differences on Faring my duty if I did not add our gratitude to Eastern policy between M. Isowsky, M. put over us and to reines to 6s, afist his visit the Government that it has been possible to ever why this particular question should be time there may be a surprise in store for us for centuries, but now he is of another type treated confidentially. He did not know what
According to the calculation of several and needs much more extensive acquirements Doma is engaged upon the war estimates Chauvinistic tendencies at a time when the astronomers, it is possible that the comet will Schools have sprung op everywhere, at least rules governed the working of the depart-pass before the sun on May 18, when its head in the fringe of land bordering the sex and the would not be surprising on the part of the ment as to certain papers being treated con- will be 16,146 000 miles from us. Inasmuch as Great River, which has been leavened by the are personally desirous of larger local dis military authorities in Eastern Siberia, who fidentially and others publicly, but he knew the tails of comets frequently extend from presence of Europeans. that this was an old. question that had been twenty to thirty-five millions of miles and. Here the new knowledge is inculcated, and bursements, but they appear incomprehensible MYBIERIES AT THE SANITAKY before the Board before. He brought it up more, this saormous appendix could thus save to these schools the youth of China is flocking may be to display patriotic sentiments. The
at one of the first meetings he had the top us in a few hours.
pagerly and in their myriads. There have long honour of attending some seven or eight not foretell the result of such a situation. If by Europeans, chiefly missionaries of various sign of once more diverting Russia's attention M. Flammarion frankly declares that he can been schools of Western knowledge managed campaign now in progress has farther the do- Those who read the report of the Sanitary yealfago: The question was as to the inthe oxygen in the atmosphere were to combine sects and nationalities, but what is noteworthy from Europe and of preventing closer relations Board meeting held yesterday must have sanitary condition which obtained in a par with the hydrogen of the comst's tall the in the present revival of learning is the number with Japas, which saber opinion in both coun- wondered what the object of the President ticular part of the town. He brought it inhabitants of the earth would die from sofo- of schools established by the Government... was in declaring that a certain portion of the forward in what he believed to be the true cation business should be held in camera. Not a interests of the health of a considerable
Thé officials are clever enough, when ustab If, on the contrary, there were a diminution thing their schools, to make them attrac few must have fancied that the minute in section of His Majesty's garrison of the of nitrogen, an daexpected sensation of physic- tive by granting them certain privileges denied question had to do with some grievous Colony, but he regretted to say that al activity would be experienced by everyone, to outside educational establishments. For Offence on the part-of-the-officials, or that the PM. U. of those days did not support of joy had delirium, probably delighted at its tutional Government in Cties; this implies the and the human race would perish in a paroxysm instance, it is proposed to establish const some malingering coolie had been caught in him, but denied altogether that there the act. For the speeches were so guarded was any danger and backed up his
election of representatives by the people to Asyat, continges M. Flammarion, it is im- forms a national assembly or provincial councils, that it was impossible without the key to statement by argument which seemed to possible to ascertain the dominant elements of It has already been decided that the franchise make head of tall of what the member the speaker extremely foolish. He told him the comer's tail. Although the tails of comets - shalt be extended to the pupils of Government were driving at. Indeed the mysterious, so afterwards... The question was an importare immense, they are so light and rarefied that element was maintained with such skillant one, and not only related to His our terrestrial atmosphere is like lead in com that one might have been reading a de Majesty's forces but also to a considerable Parison. They could be likened to a fog tra- Foua, sampan-people worn Band 51 spiace in tective yaro in which all sorts of possibili section of the white civil population of the varised by an engine at full speed,
the Polics Court this morning los alleg to ties are hinted at only to be cast away in the Colony; and why such a question should be comats tall in 1819 and in 1865 without being a sumbaz of giber cases from the Water Police The sarth has, already passed through a have lights while under way. There were also and and a solution totally unexpected die- - trented coufidentinily he could not possibly any the worse for the experien
fate.
schools, but to no other students
ald Stralis dollars into any portion of the Pro- Tex importation of all Mexican, British and vinces of Chumpon, Sri Thamarat and Patani, whether by land or sex, is prohibited from and after Jaduaty 5, 1910, -
tries undoubtedly desires.
--Misleading reports concerning Princa Ilo's mission probably helped to prepam the ground' vassed here. Everybody imagined that Prince Ningpo for Shanghal on Tuesday evening, 18th for the sensational stories now so freely can- THE China Navigation us. Pakin, which laft Ito came to negotiate, and naturally expected alt, and was doe here on Wednesday morning. bis untimely death, that see te did not during the log on Tuesday night; reports that the negotiations would-be resumed after went ashore on the rocks at the Regged falands on the highest anibority that Prince Ito come on a diplomatic mission. His visit to Shanghat fereury, So much anxiety was lels, Harbin was an act of courtesy to the Russian for her safety that yesterday the ma. Minister and was essentially a demonstration of the friendly feelings of Japan towards Rusela noon talagraphed from Guislá
sent out in search of the vessel,
this During the quarter of an four spant by Prizes {to and M. Kokoytself in a railway carriage the
is rather badły; ashore
the object this Journey and larited M Japanese statesman clearly explained thịt to be
her bold.. Kokoned the Japan The insoleg Haradawilight upeat ang plans for a Rusian
han:lad 30 na changa whaleyAr of span and Russia towards ons
crew
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