1910-06-06 — Page 6

'KING GEORGE.

THE KING AND THE NAVY AND'ARMY,

MESSAGE TO THE NAVY,

The following" Message from the Klug to - the Nary ? war issued from the Admiralty on

May 10-

THE

TAB TEERIBLE ACCIDENT, AT

YOKOHAMA,

·FURTHER DETAILS,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JUNE 6 1910

The Japan Ganells of the syrd ulimo con- tains the following further particulars of the and accident at Yokohama already reported in

our columni: "

· Marlborough Houro, Pati-mall, S.W, "Quite a gloom was cast over the foreign It is my satest wish, on succeeding to the Throne, to manke known to the Navy how community of Yokobama this morning by the deeply grateful I am for its faithful and distins of the death, untler, peculiarly sad and

guished services rendered to the late King my beloved Father, who aver showed the greatest solicitude in its welfare and efficiency,

Educated and waipid in that Profession

which I love so dearly retirement from active doly has in no sense diminished my feelings of affaction for it. For thirty-three years I have had the honour of serving to, the Navy and such intimate participation in its life and werk enables me to know how thoroughly I can depend upon that spirit of loyalty and zaileas devotion to duty of which the glorious history of our Navy is the outcome.

That you will ever continue to be, as in the pait, the foremost definder of your 'Country's bonour, I know full well, and your fortune will always be followed by me with deep feel ings of pride and affectionate interest,

GEORGE, R. 1.

'MESSAGE TO THE ARMY,

The following la promulgated to the Army "by his Majesty's command '--

Marlborough Hanse, 9th May, "1910. My beloved Father was always closely asso- clated with the Army by ties of strong personal attachment, and from the first day that he entered the Service he identifivt himself with everything conducive to its welfare.

Os my Accession to the Throne I take this the earliest opportunity of expressing to Bil recks my gratitude for their gallant and devot ed services to bim,

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("Vera') Irwine, 'member of a well-known and tragic clrcumstances, of Miss Guicevere highly respected family of the port, and hassell one of the most popular of the young ladies af circulated many could col believe it to be true, the community. When the report was at fitst so suddenly had the blow falian.

Miss Irwine, it appairs, had, band, out yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, and returned to her home at No. 72c Bluff, early in the evening she went to her room to dress for dinner, nad, in the best of upitits. At about seven o'clock as far as could be consized from the state-

hospital, went to raise the wick of a keroO0 lamp-the only one used in the home-which

ment made by herself, after removal to the

was standing on the dressing table.

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THE CHINCHOU-LIGUN

RAILWAY

DEFENCE OF JAPAN'S ATTITUDE,

London, and June. Professor Bantaro Okomaten, a Director of the South Manchurian Rallway Company, re- plying to a letter from Messrs. Pauling, and does not exist the slightest fact to counten Company in 24 Times,"declares that there ace the assertion that Japan opposed the construction of the Chinchou-Aigun- in its financing and the supply of materials Railway. Japan only wishes to participate and engineers and also wishes to constract a

line, by which the economic development of Junction line between a point on the proposed railway and a point on the male Manchurian

Manchuria would be stimulated.

Japan ever attempted to interfere with the right of Chian to develop the restu ces withlu her own territory.-N. C, D. News......

Finally Professor Okomaisa, denies that

THE GARDENS OF JAPAN..

They will ba at Shepherd's Bush.. ' But will" the magic of Tapan be on them?-the Gardens of Japan. It was November in Tokyo, ́Aj quiet grey day, a sombro green garden. A tract of sloping lawa disappeared in the deep shadow of a belt of picas. The grass bad turned to moss of a dead valvet green. Here. and there a solitary pina broke the expanse of lawo; in the deep green of its 'shadow stood a gres, stone lantern.

*By an accident the lamp, fell to the floor, and immediately the carpet was ablaze." Miss liwice endeavoured to extinguish the flames by trampling upon them; but while so engaged her skirt caught fire, and she was immediately suvoloped in flames, Terrified, she rushed through the adjoining room, where the was met by her brother, Mr. Ene Irwinr; „who, So cunningly placed were these nofitary pine, seizing her in his arms, attempted to extinguish that the acre of garden appeared of iklimitabla the flames and to pacify his "ainter, Miss space. The subdued colour scheme heighton. crwine was 16 frightened that she freed hured the illusion.. A vivid flims of maples good- self from her brother's graip and rushed down out from the sombre background, the one splash. the stairs into the street, sweeping aside, in of colour. Flowers there were none. Not wore her progress, ber aunt, Miss Burdett Leach, they required. A japanese does not make a who, attracted by the cries, bad come te ber garden for the purpose of planting flowers. assistance. By the time Miss Irwion reached, Flowers may or may not appear-they are sub the street her clothes were practically all barnt, servient to the idea. That idea may bo mystical Dr. Street and Mesis, F. E, Colchester, Mac or philosophical, Naughton, and Hawkins, who were near by, beaid the cries, and rushed to render assist. auce, taking off their cysts and wrapping them round the young lady, who was finally carried into the house by Di. Street and Mr. U. H. Thurn. Dr. Street at once sent for additional medical aid, and Miss irwine, who was suffer. ing great pain, was removed as soon as posy sible on a maitress to the Yokohama General Hospital. By the time she arrived there, Dis, In reply to the Viceroy of India's message | Davics, Mucro, and.Keldbear were in attend.

Although i have always been interested to the Army, recent years have afforded me spe cil opportunities of becoming more intimate. 3cquainted with our Forces both at Home and in India, as well as in alber parts of the Empire.

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I shall watch over your interests and effi- ciency with continuous and keen solicitude, and shall rely upon that spirit of loyalty and devotion, which has in all times animated and been the proud tradition of the British Army.

GEORGE, R. 1.

THE KING AND INDIA.

There was something of the mystical in this garden. Something suggestive in the depth of repose in the shadowed greens, undisturbed, only accentuated, by the passion of colour in the maples.

With curious littis steps and a flip-flip of the loose edge of the kimono three girls came down the green slopa,

of sympathy King George has communicated,ance, and later Dr. Wheeler, the fantily ductor,grays, scarier and white edges in the long

brough Lord Morley, the following address to the Government, the Prisces, and peoples of

Indis:-

was summoned. The wounds were immediato. ly dressed and everything possible was done to allay the sufferings of the young lady, who was I have received with profound appreciation badly 'burned about the body. Morphine was the expression of sympathy and loyalty convey-infected, but this seemed to afford title relici, ed to your Excellency's message from the four injections being administered during the Princes and People of all races (and creeds in evening. At two o'clock Miss. Irwino became "my Indian Empire on the occasion of the unconscious, but rogained consciousness at four death of my dearly loved father, the King o'clock, when a fifth dose al morphine was ad- Emperor

ministered. Shortly after four o'clock sha sank I ani deeply touched by this expicasion of into a comatose condition, in which abo-rc- thole universal Barow for his death. He always mained until seven o'clock, ben there were remembered with affection bis visit to India, sus of rapid a lure of the hears and pulse, and' its wolfato was ever ln his 'thoughts.

and at 7.15 the paient passed away. From my own experince I know the pro- "Miss Irwine, who was twenty five years of found loyalty folt for my Throne by the Princes | age, hus for several yexin.auccessfully condoct- and People of Iodis, to whom I desire that my | ed a kindergarien' and a sçaval for girls, in acknowledgments of the homage they have co-operation with her mother, nad later with tendered me on my Accession may be made | Miss Leach. Her gezile and wintoms manner koown.

and her kindly interest in har papile had gained for her not only the confidence of the patents, hut the affection of the pupils, who will sadly miss her cheery smile and kind interest and

The prosperity and happiness of my Indian Empire will always be to me of the highest Interest and concern, as they were to the late

King-Emperor and the Queen Empress before

him.

"By her death, at the early age of twenty; five, Yokohama bat been robbed of one of its best known foreign residents and one whose memary will be cherished by many both old and young for very many yearK,

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This was the note peeded to finish the pic-Tuefangi... 7/6 prem nom. ture. Here were the flowers. Light,lauching, and dainty they were, iu, soft dove-coloured

sleeves and the khmann ( p i sliver of gold and scarlet in the large bow of the obs. They mada a gleaming trip under the old pine, grouped ruuad the grey stone lasters, and their b'us-black hair losing itself in the shadow."!

The picturs was full of suggestion—the work of consumerito artist.

Siuce the middle of the fifteenth century, landscape gardening has bee a fine art, China in this, 'as in so much elsa, led the way? Masy, of the beautiful old, gardens in Japan" were designed by celebrated Chinese artists, They suggest not only ide is, but illustrate bis- tories of great events, or the life of a celebrated man, as in the Arsenal Garden in Tokyo,

To illustrate the wonderful perspective: 1 was in Count Iwasakis garden, where from the house is a view of lakes and islands and a dis- tant mountain of some beight: A small 'object that might at that distance and height be mis- takes for a sheep or a horse stood out against the sky-line. It was a shock to see it suddenly

My across an'a crow, and the msualäin reduced

a hillock which a dorin strides would take you to the top of

From landscape gardening have bien evolved gardens in the small saucers a few inches in diameter. In this small space will be a forest, or a lonely seashorn with a wind-swept tree that comes into feat in the spring, and in the au tomo turos colour, fades, and falls.

Miniatore lanteros, bridges, tea-houses, etc, are used in the making of these toy garderes, Bowell as animals,' stalke,' birds,“mon, and

Women,

Another development which has become fashionable of late years is the rock garden, Place a single small stone, a piece of rock, in a saucer. It must not be touched or chiselled in

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SENAWANG CO.

The Secretary of the Senawang Rubber Es tates Co., Ld, endonaces that the output of Dry Para Rubber from the Senawang Estates for the month of May was 6,009 lb.

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THE DRY DOCK " DEWEP."

EMBEDDED IN MUDI,

While one side of the drydock. Deway' is Practically afloat or lightly resting on the in the mud and how to get her out of it is a bottom of Subig Biy the other side it 14 fent

proposition the naval authorities cannot solve

easily...

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A Steam Lauben téavo · BLAKE PIER at 10.30 A.M. to convey intending Buyers.

·TERMI:—» usual, pajakanga

HUGHES & HOUGH,

- Auctioneers. Hongkong, 6th June, 1910/200

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA....

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE Company's Steamship

"TACOMA MARU,"

FROM TACOMA, JAPAN & MANILA.

The above mentioned Steamer having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified to send in their Bill of Lading for Countersignature, and take immediata delivery of Oargo from alongside.

Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed at once at Consignees' risk and expense. A

Entimations.

THE

DAIRY FARM Uo.,

BEEF,

LIMITED.

Choloo Australian

LAMB, MUTTON,

and RABBITS.

The "ASAHI" Brewery is situated near the "SUITA SPRINGS."

These Celebrated waters are used in the manufacture of

Cargo remaining on board after SATUR. our bones, DAY, Jone urth, 1910, at Novo, will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and ex- pense,

Cargo remaining undelivered after the 14th instant, will be subject to rest

All broken, chafed and damaged goods are, to be left in the godown, where they will be examined on 13th instant.

No fire insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. Hamakang. 6th June, 1on

1434 EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, (Calling at Timor, Port Darwin, and Queens- ∙land Ports, and taking through Cargo to Adolalde, New Zealand, Tasmania, & )

T

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HE Steamship

"EASTERN,"

Captain McArthur, will be despatched as above

on

Purity ruanateed, Note Price List -

ASAHI"

& "SAPPORO

Beer,

per case 4 don the' $12.00

per case & dos pin

$13.50..

To be obtained at all Retailers,

OTICE is

NOTICE.

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MONDAY, the 37th last at. Nolly fitted N PERCY SMITH Five Bath Fires of for Passengers, and has a Refrigerating Cham-time carrying on business as Pablic Account. ber which ensures the supply of Fraih Provints at 5. Queen's Road Castral, Victoria, în sions, Ice, &c., throughout the voyago.

the Colony of Hongkong, and elsewhere, is this The Steamer is installed throughout with tka | day dissolved by mutual consent. Electric Light.

Mr. H. PERCY SMITH will continus.to A Stewardess and a duly qualified Surgeon carry on Basians at the above named pre-" are carried.

misas and. Mr. J. L. SETH at No. 4, Ice

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Dated 31st May, 1910.

N.B. To assure' the additional comfort of House Street, passengers the steamurn of the Company have electricians dited in staterooms.

For Freight or Passsgo, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,

Agents, Hongkong, 6th June, 1gio,

[426 Witness:

\ FROM EUROPE.

THE H.A. L. Steamship

Con.

"WESPTHALIA," Captain Buch, having arrived, signees of Cargo-am bereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the hazardous and/or extra- hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained against Bills-of-Lading countersigned by the Undersigned.

tice to the contrary be given before: TO DAY. Optional Cargo will be carried on unless no-

days of the steamer's arrival bene, after which

All Claims must be presented within ton

date they cannot be recognised:

"We can get her out,” said a'naval man to a No Claims will be admitted after the Goods Cablonews-American topresentative on 31st ult, have lost the Godowns, and all Goods remain. "but it will be a long and tedious job. Oasing undelivered after the 12th instant, will be side of her could be easily floated now, but subject to rent. that would do so good while the other side is in the mud.

It is undertool that the divers who have bies hard at work on the dock during the post two or three days hare sitempted to dig away some of the mud in order to get at the valves on the sankes side of the dock, without success. The compressed air pampa, of which there are now three at Olongapo; will be relied upon entirely to get the water out of the tanks. Two shafts in each bulkhead or tank will be sunk, one to allow the compressed air to enter and the other to will have to be made tight so t paimit the water to Row out. These shafts that no watar will leak is during the process of the work, Were it not for the Daway being stack so

H. LERGY SMITE.

J. HENNESSEY SETH,

O.'E. H. BEAVIS,

Solicitor, Hongkong.. Hongkong. and June, 2gia.

HUNG ON & CO.,

SHOW ROOM AND STORE at the Premises formerly occupied, by. A CHEE & Co.

174, QUEEN's Road CentraL.

GENERAL UPHOLSTERERS AND

FURNITURE

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS,

Plated, Glass and Iron Wares of all

to be laft in the Godowns, where they will be descriptions, always on hand, for sale or on

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are

CROOKERY, Cátory, Electro and Silver

examined on the’sith instant, at 3 P.M. *

No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in | Hongkong, sal Jane, igro, 22 any case whatever.

This steamer brings on cargo- exas. Norge, from Goeteborg

ex us. Alima Blumark, from ifalmstad.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office." Hongkong, 6th Juan, lyraj.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

FOR SHANGHAI, kobe and --YOKOHAMA,

HE

hire at moderate raios..

NOTICE.

[423 Mtried in literature, has been a teacher R. LI HON FAN, a Chlanse graduate

officials and merchants. Ini· ́thela to European Colony for over ten years.

Company's Steamship

ARMAND BEHIC," Captain Gulonnet, will be despatched for the

For Freight or Passage, apply to

He has a good method of training Euro- perns to pass in the 'Chinese examination, and' is possessed of m‚ first rate certificate as a Chloesa teacher. He has also a good know. ledge of Mandarin

Those who intend learning the Chinese

"Mr. Eric irwine was bidly burned abone any way. The choice is everything. When deeply in the mud the work of raising. har Above Ports TO-DAY, the 6th inst,, at 4 B.M.: language are requested to write cars" of".

carefully placed and surrounded with sand or pebbles it will express a whole scens, firent is the ingenuity in the selection and arrange; ment of one small piece of stone that can cou

sympathy. Among the elder members of the community Miss.Irwine was also very highly The above message from his Majesty was in esteemed. She was ever ready to assist in any The trees are carefully praaed leaf by leaf, answer to the following telegram, dated Mayworthy cause undertaken in the community, and needle by needle in the case of pines, and to 8, from the Viceroy in the Secretary of State up to the time news was received of the death planted as to lead the eye cowerd, out into the "Government of ludia have heard with the of King Edward was engaged in training her distance. The stones used for the stepping deeper sorrow of the sudden death of his tule pupils for the proposed celebration of Em-alones from inland to inland are carefully Majeny the King. Emperor of India. The pine Day' (which under ordinary circumstances, selected and brought great-distances, some. expiration of grief is universal. Messages of would have taken place yesterday). In past times bunditda uf mijos... sympathy are pouring in from all quarters. years the bas rendered assistance to the Yoka. The Princes and people of all races and creads buma Literary and Musical Society, and only a maite with the Government in lamenting the couple of months ago assisted in the presenta death of a beloved and revered Sovereign, of ion of "jedbury Junior' by the local Amateur whose abiding affection for fodia, bey have Dramatic Club at the Grisly. Interested in received many tokeos, and whoss visit to them every pablic movement, she was a sympathetic ito years gone by has not been forgotten. On participant in the scivice held in memory of ›bahalf of all classes, we beg of you to convey King Edward at the Public Hall on Friday to his Majesty the King, Emperor of ladis, this morning last. expression of heartfelt sorrow, and to offer him our'respectful bonage on his accession to the Throne of the British Empire"

IMITATION OF TRADE MARKS.

REMONSTRANCE BY JAPANESE CONSUL

the arms and legs in bravely trying to save his The Kobe Chamber of Commerce is in receipt sister, His injuries were so serious that be of a communication from the Japanese Coop was removed to the Yokohama General Hor at Hongkong drawing attention to the fact that pital, where morphine was also administered Ceriaia Japanese merchants in the Olaka and We understand that he is progressing favour Koba district and imitating foreign trade-markably, but will be confised to Hospital for two ́ ́and exporting Japanese goods thus labriled or three weeks :i

abroad. This práctico, says the Consul, is damaging the reputation of Japanese goods, and foreign dealers are beginning to hesitate to ban dle such goods in consequence. The Consul askethe Chamber of Commera to warn the merchants against such pracices. He gives "Immediately the slain was given of the as instance of the discovery of a trade-merk Accident the attention of the occupants of the Imitation, A few months ago, the label bouse was directed to rendering help to Miss of one case of perfume produced in Japan and Arwice in her distress, no attention being paid to sent by a Chinese Simla Hongkong to Toeg. the fire in the bedroom, which by this time had king were found to be an imitation of a French mide considerable bedway. Securing Eride-mark, even the word "Paris" being print. Minimax fire extinguisher from his father's ed on them. Thi Tongking Customs immered. ace, next door, Mr.C. H. Thora want to diately seized the goods. The configures the room, but was beaten back by the fames proteated against the action of the Customs and overpowered. Mr. J. F. Drummond and Authoritier, on the ground that they had been several others came to his rescue, and with the dealing in such goods for about two years, and apparatus soon extinguished the flames, To thesa genilemen, as well as to the others who they are now taking steps to bring an action agalast the Castoms, Bus she imitation is too rendered assistance, considerable praise is due, News of the occurrence has been telegraph obriens to admit of any question. It lu be.

(Erwind) (mother) and Miss: Irwina llared that the cops uses themselves will be ad 10 I

and they are

deil question are

way the impression of a range of mountains, at the foot of at a village, and forests that rise from the shores of a desolzin saa, jh

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A piece of quartz in the stope will make cascade. A flauih stone, embedded in sand,

sent at the time of the accident, and when be wide-sweeping, undulating plains.

Mr. Harold Irwine, another brother, was ab. reached home his sister had been removed to the Hospital,

(sister), now in London, 10" Biiss Letch and the brothe

The value of the "garden" is diminished should it be necessary to use a chisel, if only to make it lis flat and steady. The stones are brought from the incred country round Kioto, They are not generally shown to Europeans, wandated into a little shop in Tokyo Attract od by the stones in the window, and I learnt how this was the latest development of the art, the last to thetic cali.

The Japanese Artists must have a very con- fiding trust in the imaginative powers of their public In this instance, however, they appeal to the select few.

would not be particularly difficult.

la speaking of the possible cause of the ac- cident a high official of the wavy said:

*There is no one up to the present time who

Hongkong Telegraph ofice or direct to 37, Hollywood Road, and floor, [412]). Hongkong, sed January, foto,

P. THOMAS,..

„Agent.. Hongkong, 6th June, 1910-

H. PRICE AND CO., LIMITED,

CLARETS.

actually knows just how the drydock Deway ank. There la considerable conjecture but the most likely explanation is that one of the pipes concied with the dock may hava broken or the water may have leaked to through faulty valves. The theory of corrosion does not seem possible because n, your ago it is understood the valves were overhauled completely and befann that they had been in perfect condition for two years without belog cleaned. The only way the dock can be floated will be by means of the compressed air pumps. One is beleg prepared"now at Cavite and will pro- bably be installed in a day or two... It will taku many days to get the water out, but the method PORTS. les sure one and will probably accomplish the work in time to save a large part of the mike chinery. However, it will take several weeks

of hard work before the Deway can be lifted

I confair I had to be told that the scrap of out of the mud” sock on the table was a celebrated ranga, of mountains, and the streak of known fall, and that there were

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