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IMPERIAL DRPENOH.

HOGKONG & FART IN INDIA'S SAFELY.

The Civil and Melilary Gestifs, Lahore, bay recanity published some very able articles dani

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1910

BADFORD RELIER FUND

Owing to the large, numbers, wishing to allend the entertalement la aid of the wives and families of those who lost their lives in the Bedford disaster, the entertainment will Monday, October 17th. We fear that two geagious donations from well-known residents have already been received by the honorary

treasurer,

THE GRANT CASE.

fey with the defence of the eastern Festassicbse face is sade Oceans, and of the Crowd, ite object of the er er blog to show that ad c, Colon bo, Singapore, and cwen Hongkong might be la' en within the scope of au ladias defence system,

1 is bootd b by many that the Government of India may oro ist way to formulating prʻporal which may lead to the part'cipation of India lo ›n co-operativa schema"ef Impor'a' D‚fance...

the foundatlin for which was fald fast year, In raw of the coming Corfe aacz-13" which especial importat co is carvin to attach owing to its surrounding circumstancia-le may not be out of plice to discurs measures which apieat practicable towards this? (NYS

The primary step which would em useful in this daection, is the closes association, for purposes of defence of India with the Crown

·A, PECULIAR":THREATS

Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy this afterco'n, the case was resumed in which Jobs Greet, formerly a Land Surveyor in the 1ublic Works Department, is charged with obtaining the sum of $1 from various villagers by means of false pretences with intent to defraud. Inspector Sullivan prosecuted, while Ms. J. H. Gudiner sppeared for the defendent

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.

SIRAMUS OPENING CEREMONYV

Ciliency the Offer

Railway will ba fermally opened by His Ex- The British section of hs Kowloon Canton

Admit ittering the Govern ctober at Trim, abatisni on the plot of ground between the Kowloon Fest once and Hankow Road at 245 5

kas pm. The community is cordially invited to by prosent,

A WITNESS' ABSENCE.

ÄRMED ROBBERY TRIAL ADJOURNED TO NEXT SEKS ONE.

» Beforn the business of the day commenced at the Criminal Sessions this morning, the Astorey General informed the Chief Jastice that in the case of Li Y alwai Li Yau, who had been committed for tial for alleged armed robbery, the woman who was prosecuting ha the cass was very ill and could, Bet silaud Court. He asked that the cise be allowed to

Caluates, "cylop and the Straits Settlements--- and la, a secondary degree with 1 oogkong1 that is so say, speaking generally, the extension of the lod'a mary system, and the confundant demanded the sum of Si, which the solidatlan of all our territory in the North Indian Ccean as one defzosive ucit.

September last he was handed a slip of paper

A native of Kowloon stated that on the thatand over till the bex; sessions, by the defendant, la rrisin for which the des

B'A CU POSTS OF INDIA.

Looking at this proposition from a purely strategic point of view-and for the moment. from military standprint' i n'y-ibers are many arguments in its favour. Aden, Ceylon, and logarore nṛa'natural' sgn Guidotis, of Indie. Aden and 5 ngapore are le gateways of the No th Indian Ocain, and belaster must, as time goes on, become a fortress more and moja essential for Indian deferce in the direc

tion of the Iacific, Colombo, on the othe hard affade a def rsive ses base flanking any attack en ei her of india's sesbeards, Rod may patibly nome day be the main b'se of'au Eastern naval system. Colombo and Siopapore mast necessuily be essential parsoftka ludian dsfo ca spatem if ile futers Their security under all circumstances will, therefore, be al so less interest to Ledia than in themselves, Thills to say, India bax a very direct and pur- -gonui sutrient is chi sufficiency and efficiency

of their garrisoDY.

As things stand it present these isclated Imperial Courpasta mastain little military systems of their own, and are in the min de pend et on their own financial resources for the ength of their garises. Their defences, have lately been brought up-to-date with assist ança from flome-the Colonies paying f riha works and the Imperial Government provið og the simaments. Botilo Imperial Government is not likely to add to already eso:m:05 re- corr.n/ expicdi ure on war establishments by allowing nav luciamo in the matter of their garrisons, which would fell on her, except under Itress of dire necessity.

IF INDIA UNDERTOOK DEFENCE.

If I dia undertook responsibility for defence of the lenitery of the Crown Colonies their gas risons could be increased to any extent the todian Gova ameat thought desirable, for all the strategic purposes which would come within Its extended purview. It wo.id simply mean 'slight red sʻribation of forces

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fatter szid was the naus payable by witpass for the painting of the number on his door. Da fondant spoke in Cblanse and raid If the money was not forthcoming he would be mrakted.

In answer to his Worship witness stand that he thought the defendant had been sint by the Government. He showed defendant kis rato receipt, whereupon defendant said they were required.

His Lodship baving been wathified with quit orities cited, consented to the adjpuraK.BDt.

SHANGHAI'S RETURNING

PROSPERITY,

Apart from these who are hopelessly involved in share transacilons, the fine'crops throughout. almost all parts of China are most "excooit ging: at a sign of the probability of increased basioase during the forthcoming winter in oaths. Notwithstanding the tightness'ti moosy in the A Chiness #emad spoke to the defendant local market; there is a fair amount of new coming to ber dwelling red saying that the orders being placed and of clearance of gurds Governmost bad enacted new laws. He de previously contracted for. The instability of manded the sam of Si for the purpose of having reveral Chinase banks, which gave a feeling of Berhuse re-numbered. ; Defendant spoke in uneasiness in the money markei, bas been tided a · dialect which was - nesther“ Haiki, zor over with the exception of one or two binks Cantonete, be paid him three ao-cent pieces which have not yet laken steps to pay their and four te-aral pieces. She could identify petstanding orders. The demand at the week- the mae, and remembered identifying him ldly suctions of piece goods has been fairly brisk, side thojil. At the time he defendant told and this is always considered a good criterion

her she should have' her heuso re-numbered, by which the market may be judged. There the pristed out she already had a sumber, ko: hep the defendant the sum demanded.

Another Chiasts with ass stated that defend- aut sald in case he filled to find the money, ho would have his house pulled down (Laughter).

Further evidence having been called, the Case was remanded.

REAR-ADMIRAL HUBBAND.

OFFICIAL LANDING.

Rear Admiral Hubbard, Commander-in Chief of the American Fleet which arrived here yesterday, landed officially at Blake Pier at to, jo am. to-day and was received by a guard of boar of the Reffs Regiment, under the command of Cap, Gʻove-Rainer, iba colours Nor w uld this extenson of responsibility being borne by Lieut. Wedd. On landing the bing in its train any strategical advantage to

Admiral was met at the pier by the American Jodh. A redistribation which would provide for soms increase of the garrison of Ceylon, Consul General, Mr. H. E. Arders, and the and a coosi te table lecrease in the garmon of A.D.C. to His Excellency the Officer Adminis. Singapore, would indeed songthen the milittering the Government, Sir F. H. May, KCC. sty position al locis as aff c'ed by nofern The patty was iben conveyed in chairs to strategic i fluences, without any real weaken Govetomeal Hotis. Later in the afternoon ing of her 1scal military establishmeɛt Tre marcoss of the Crawa Úntonius to 'ndia woud Sir Esary May returned the official visit on ensure the possibility of extra forces there board the A-gship New York, "stationed belog Immežlaiel; available in case of emergenty in ludia i salf, to fict, many will think that draaidering the litter-day concedira. tice on the north-west and west, and the dearth of temps in the mistero and southern prav nces, e.g. Lawer Bengal, some redistribution towards the south-east would not be disadvantageous. With the certain.yaod,lseedomíromioʻorrupilen ́of sea transport, trones atstioned at Colombo or Singapore could þ more rapidy moved to ety of one thief, prris, in the event of inter rop lon • loland communication, shau.frm most of the prasadt military cautres. if a Bri tish batalion was added to the Ceylon geni- sos, and as fedian irfantry brigade added to Singapore, the allotting of extra cost ought not to present mu hd fficulty.

The question of taking Hongkang into the Indian delenco atea diffris con ¡derably from that of the Straits Senlements and Leylon. Fisancial and strategical conditions are not the sim. Hougtong cannot support ter present garrison.

ITALIAN LOITERIES,

In Italy they havo work y State lotteries, for which drawings take place in all the pilocipal lowes. The profissiące their foundation am. ount to tió co`assal sum of £120,120,000 în a 1, Rach year the loutery has, on the average, bro ght in '£1,671,707 to the Italien Tro sury, and the tendency has been that.etch twelve months shows a higher profit than in the for meryear. The profits of last year were about £3400,000. Iut it is not all gold that glitters, and among thoughtful men in Italy the op blon ret that this method of raising revenue is not Calculated to ios'il the spis of thilfe among the people, so there is considerable talk ef viving in the Chamber an old Bill for the aboli tion of latteries.

BIS BEST CLOTHES,

MN AFRAID TO SPOIL THEM WHEN

∙CHE LD WAS, I ROWNIKO..

THE SECURITY OF HONGKOʻ D. Bol the #carily of Foogkeng is of exceed- ing consiquecca to lodis, both strategically, And in respect of her present, and future trade Interests in the Wavers Pac fla. tfshe cannot undertake respons bility f lis defence, either at considerable cost or by sekening her milj

will be to her advantage tary establishment, -to mula sɔme allowance is the disposition of "Afan iequest held at Tottenham on 17.k alt. her forces in peace to meet any sudden crisis in- on Frank James Blomm, aged f.ar, who evolving immedia's selforcement of the Pong was droward in the River Les on Monday "kong garrison. "le view of their cent mi'ilary

Activity of China, of the constriction of the bio ber of the deceased, aged nice, said that Canton Railway ord of the fact that the harbour be and his brother and other children went to and much of the docking accommodation the river to paddle His brother atempted (p would beat the marer of a hostile force in posses reach a piece of cork and fell into the water sion of the Kowlogs mainland, the quis lon.of

Wancas spɔka to a min clore by but the the rapid reinforcement of Hongkong becomes daily of grasse impuria co. This is an adde man piely. "I have got my bat clothes on tional argument, in: faroor of substantial and I can't get him out," The man then went increase to the Incas leca ed at Bingapore, off, Two you'ha named Alligan and White which would bring h↑ Indian system into closer afterward dived it, but it was not until the touch with' orgkong, want dan ZONE

The extrusion of the Indian defensive system: drags were act for that the body was tecovered The coroner said the conduct if the man was in the gariton al Si'gapore with the a main disgusting.. The jury could only conceive utter Idass in view (1) 1 he creation of an Imperial contempt for anybody who talked about h's fortran with commensurate ganitor tonsura, est élöthen", when a person was drowning. under all conditions," the safety of a "páthral }‹ ›

"A verdict of. "Accidental death " was 18- outpost of fodia, an indi pausable link in car. Imperial communication with the Far Eistä soped, and ike youths Alligan and White ware and a pre emtornity Important strateric prior commer ded for their eff its

would therefore involva a substa -tial incrasso.

with regard to the infiie ca in the Pacific of the futura; (9) The rapid reinforcement of Hoogkong in the event of borities with Chissora poyibly;; in. the case of unthi sclpited disturbance in Pacific waters,(3) Th i poss b'ity of recall of the extra garrisdato

fedis in the event of emergency there, withost. Complications 1 › the Pacifico

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21st September 1 pm. The following quotations, for rubber shares

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Aliagar

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· Rubber Titsis........................12)6 prem.

·Saggas, poem wanieun - son-270)- Sandycrofts......................$31

Sapongs!

| is a general looking forward to the introduction of the rew currency, and the consequent recall of the fiat bank notes which have been issued in large quantities by banks whose responsibili. 17 may be more or less esantioned. The Is. suance of these nɔtes has been an utqualified avil, but fortunately there has been no lailure of asy of the banki which issued them Buch failure would have been disastrous to all of the note-issuing banks, for there would hɩva bien- no immediato run upan them for the payment in silver of thele obli ations. As soon as the, difficulties alten last upon the insolvency of the threeʻlarge banks can be cleared up, we may look forward to a retumplios of scimil business on the part of the other Chinnie bankr. Fortunately they have not been. Involved in abara speculation to agy large extent. Shangbai has had such a severa lanzon

Seafields bræðið¶Ð° as to the evils of speculation, not only in rubber but in other shares, that it is not likely to for

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Sange! Choks in share speculation will now be devoted to

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tara 34/3 legitimate business, which has overy preapect

Tandjong jezi of being prosperous on account of the unusually good crops,Shangħal Times:

Tangkaha......tatik » amibeacon. 37,6 Toeringle voice. af prem." Ulu Rantu 0 sorreocity, United Serdange Liar mo5105'- Dalled Singapore ................................31.75 United Sumatran ..................................................8,6 United Langkats............................... 80f- Tronohs.SIM, SELABEMERINT, Para Rubber'..............714 per lb.

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Events Coming.

Surprise I as bsan expressed in many quarters; says the Pão maceutical, Journal,, that no 1'ile commercial mention is made nowadays of. cocalse, an article. which two decades ago was. a daily topic of conversation with those in any way interested in the sale of fine chemicals, Although a comical convention still existí beween soms of the manufacturers of the

Thursday, ased September, arilcie, there is kena competitiTM for the comHongkong Football League Annas! Meat- peratively few orders which come on in the ing at V.M.C.*, Rooms, 1.30 p.m. msiket, and it is difficult to say what the lowes, VR.C. Aquatic Sports. price rally is. The consumption of cocaine is the Uited Kingdom appears to bava fallen off to incorsiderably ¡æbils for export to the. Far Fat, owing to prohibitive governmental enact mer ir, the demand (except, 'lndeed, far illicit introduction into Tadia, Iurmab, China, &c.) is almost non-existent.

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Vari or subritates for cocaine have also coma inia mare or less general use during the past few years. Some twenty year ago cocaine was practically only, of scientific in- terest. When is proporiles became known. makers were unable to keep pace with the de mand, with the result that value was rapidly forced up 10, 109, until the actual selling price reached even to 351 per gramme (ike egoja valent to 35 per hazce), at which faure the article was readily sold in 10, 75, §o, and even ico gramma loss. Then after a time a"pply began to overtake the demand, with the result that the price fall Erst to fox, per ounce, then 10 155, 16, then to 128, unili swo or three

reactal, in that makersĝin active and excited years ago very bottom appears to have been

compaililon one with the other booked Irga contracts for the article at és par oUSTO,,

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The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says that most important development in the ocean passenger trade takes akupa today, when, at Belfast, the steamer & was will be launched.

A Chinaman, who belongs to the steamer Aldanham, sow lýleg at Circular Quay, was surprised thịt m raing by a Customs wäich SIPO BARRISON OF SINGAPORE - man, and, as a result, handed over a hard lamp ||

The second and third of these conditions of opium, valued at about 65, says the Fylasy ✨ This vessel; of £9,000 tons grass, is evidently require that the extra garrison of Evising News of 1gth ultimo,. The man was of three similar steamers, and she has bros Singapore should to scmpact mobilised walking ashore from the steamer, and attired bail to the order of Messrs, Alfred Hoit aud war unit? While:normally considered: part of the Singapore garrison, insomuch as this latter in the usuil Colestial costume, "slopped" bis | Ca, of Liverpool (known the world over ni tho would be angabligatory, and irredec ble forceTM | clogs along the wharf His rocks were also | "Bine: Funnel-Line" and will inaugura axcast in great emergency with consent of the

de very zoomy, and the Customs man called upon new pissinger SAY. CH Torna inom / Government. The extra garrig 23) MUR'ERİCKİİT Dt the dispossi, bim to halt. A ssirch of the loose clothes rue di A distinctive MINDORET F

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Ga. P. Lammert, Anction siled of foraltüre at`14,Qusten's Road (iep fur).2.3. p.m.).

Hongkorg Cricket Clab open Air Cancer, at Club Grounds, 9 p.m.

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