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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

while it is human to chafa under administration, wo would impress restraint, it is commonsenso to upon them, as well as upon the ask without heat or haste the community in general that, since why and the wherefore Tuxe-the tax is necessary, the Govern tion is over populag, but with-mont's coup d'etat was made out it civilisation would be solely to retain for it its full impossible. On the other hand, value and is worthy of admira- freedom of speecli, criticism, and |tion. judgmont ousures that such taxes

FRIDAY

General Sir Louis Dening died in India on February 10th.

To-day our Irish friends. uro. celebrating St. Patrick's day.

The semi-final of the football

morrow afternoon.

Mr. Aloe. Taylor, the billiard player, left for Shanghai bý tho Devane last night.

An honourable mombor stated [ is the stato may imposo nro equit--that “ho could not bring himself [able. The community of Hong- to believe that there is any other kong are asking to-day: Is the excuse for the enormous difference now liquor tax equitable? With between the estimated and the out "wishing to juggle with words, actual amount than that thoro

The anmial meeting of tho wo say it is not equitable, but it must be wholesale smuggling. Hongkong General Ohainber of is justified. The tax has been im How it is carried on, he does not Commerce is to bo field on Mon- posed in a somewhat sensational know, and doos net attempt to ox-day. mantior. It has come as a sur,

plain." After all that was said, prise, and like most surprisos, with roference to the impossibility except those of a pleasant nature, of smuggling, who the original it is apt to ongonilor irritation. bill WAS up for discussion, The Government is, acensed of wo venturo to think that there engineering something in theis no." snuggling worthy' of nature of a "comp do theatre," but consideration. We do think,

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The presentation of prizes the successful members of morrow at King's-Park,"

MARCH

17.

1911

THE PLAGUE. The special, correspondent of the "Shanghai Times" at Puo- tingfu, writing on March 8, Bays:-

many.

H. AND S. BANK THEFT: LATEST MAIL NEWS.

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GREAT EXCITEMENT CAUSED AT SHANGHAL.

we earnestly deprecate any busty however, that, the first year during C.U.S.RA. will take place to ing of the 12th of the 12th moon capture followed in duo. course.

judgment on this point. From chuses, to which we will refer later, this Colony, bearing as it does vital individual and Imperial interests, finds itsolf short of funds. It is the duty of the Government to provide these and GENUINE AGE the duty of the citizon to assist

in the provision, The Govern ment and tho eitizion can only fulfil their duty, the ane by imposing taxation, the othór by, paying the lovy. The resultant

AND,

FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

Robert Porter & Co.'sploring is neither greater nor

BULL DOG

BRAND

GUINNESS'

STOUT

in PNTS and SPLITH

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 7th July, 1910, [ 24

NOTICE, -

All comunicatione folenfed for publication in

less then that endured by the man who pays rash for what he wishes to purchase. The new ax, in the first place, will add n restriction to individual life, and,"

which the Ordinance has beon in force is no criterion, not a fair

London, March 3.-Furthor dotails of tho Russian" "Houndas

March 4-Teheran dospatelies state that a party of Afghans aro Persian Gulf. It is supposed on their way to the coast of the that they have been sont to take delivery of the smuggled afme and ammunition which the En glish cruisers seized last wook.

Royalist plot has boon discovered Lisbon telograms state that a at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil- "Osaka Asali." ·

An attempt to rob the oflices of diteli" affair show that it occurred Having just returned from a Bank on the night of the 13th Tver. A Russian policeman tried the Hongkong and Shanghaint Bioshotsk in the province of challenge shield takes place to-trip to a plague infected region instant caused a great deal of ex- to arrest two suspects whereupon somo 50 miles south of this city, citement in Shanghai, resulted in the latter fired at and killed two somo observations made upon the the shooting of the would-kepolicemen, wounding another. conditions in the country districtsthof, the collection of a huge The murderors then took refugo will be interesting, no doubt, to crowd of poople, and the calling in a bathhouse. The bailding out of a big force of armed police. was besiogod all night; another The way in which the villagers The alarin was given by the policoman, a sergeant, being doal with this opidemic is cortain-watelinan, who saw the light in wounded in the oporations. In ly encouraging. Instead of doing the bank suddenly switched on the morning the two despertdocs as they commonly do at finorals He called the armed Sikh, always wore found dead."Osaka Maini- in China, as soon as it is known to on duty on the promises, and thor clii." be a contagious disease no one entered to building. A robber goo to a funeral, no one goes to was at work on the anfo. Io fled tiring Chief Justice of Ceylon, infected, dios out, as it generally to the roof, whence, it being flat, Sir Thos. Hutchinson, tho re-seo-the sick, and when the family at their approach, but was chased and Lady Hutchinson arrived in does, the disease stops for lack of ho took a lying leap of 18 feet to Penang on the 9t

inaterial to infect.

an adjoining house The Sikh In the district af l'o Yio one at once fired on him, striking toman, Wung Shiao-tia, roturned him in the upper part of the from Harbin to his home in Linng thigh, but without breaking the Fe-ch'ang, arriving on the oven-bone or severing an artery. The in an unconscious condition. and In the meanwhile an officious, spitting blood, and died on the though well-meaning, person lad

The Marquess of Lansdowno There will bon raca, for all morning of the 13th. one on which to baso our calon-claseos of the C.Y...boats on

alarmed the polico headquartors, is ill and it is feared that his Jutions as to what the revenue Sunday, the prize being a hand-the disease being Plague, as they huge crowd that had gathered, a ponement of the introduction of No one had any suspicions of and to the intense delight of the illuess will involve the post- will be in the future. Much of no ne put up by Messrs. had never heard of such a disonso heavily armed force of European the Lords Iteform Bill for at the liquor consumed during this

Lane, Crawford and 66.

and of courso knew nothing of the and Sikh police shortly after areast a work. The Marquess of period was liquor which paid no

infectious nature of it. And as rived on the scone. They carried Lansdowne is being criticized in tax, having been in the Colonytary of the O). B. Brewery, left on man, who had become rich in been informed that large band tempt to soli the famous paint- Mr. C. G. Bartlett, the secre-usual a big time was made for this rifles with fixed bayonots, having connoxign with his alleged at. before the bill was introduct or the Nippon Marn to-day for fur country, and roturnad, of marauders had attheked the ing by Rembrandt entitled "Tho iniported to evade the tax befielapan. He embarks on the s..if only to dio. the bill became law,

All of the bank furiously and were killing Windmill," which is now in his Siboria from Yokohama for San | Wang, connection must be all who opposed them.

possession. Francisco.

represented, and this brought The wounded man was remov Wings from many villages about. of to the Hospital where he was Bit of old China near Hong-ple were infected from this one paralysis of the legs, owing, it is And probally thirty or more peo-found to bo suffering from partial long" is the title of an illustrat-

article in the "Cablenown, and these returning to their thought, to the jar his spino sus American," dealing with tlie

homes infected others who atten-tained following the leap from British section of the Kowloon until they discavored the infec one.

ded them in their own homes, the Bank roof to the ndjoining Canton Railway.

tious nature of the disease... Then no one would cyon wait upon the members of their own family, and the disease stopped because no one came near enough to the sick ones to contract the disease; but this was not until.53 persons had died of plague.

HONGKONG DAY BY DAY.

The French hail of the 14the Fob. has boen delivered in London

:

The 8.8. Daiji Maru-arrived this morning from Tamsuitwo days overdue. She land beon delayed by heavy foga,

North-China

quished the editorship of the Mr. H. Montagie Bellum relin

which he has held for nearly five

Daily News, years.

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The Rev. 11. O.Spink,Chaplain in the sazond place, will provide in charge at Kowloon, will preach fa Is for the amelioration of that at the Cathedral on Sunday next

fe. It is not equitable, for tho945 am. eng which have lod to its ini. portion were not unavoidable, but it is necessary. It will increase the prics of liquor, but it will not work hardship upon the vested interest of the liquor irade; that powerful body may be trusted lo look alteriell. The individual will pay, but, since wo have not you reached that height of human dovelopment where the individual in 50 communistically perfect that las does not seed government, ittance beyond the Central Market cannot be regarded as either u Des Voeux Rond. fair or unjust that he should pay

A golf competition between for the control which ensures the JIM.S. Astros and Trindle and general good,

Wondlark, played at Shanghai, To refer directly to the pro-resulted in a win for the latter Subscriptions any period der ha os a ineedlings at the Council meeting The Astren won only a foursome, by soven to one and a quarter, The dally hath filivered fres when the aft is it is said that the Governmont (Falford and Bakor), being beaten

were wholly unjustified in “rush- ¦ in every one of the singles. ing" so string a measure, into law, and the rate on the Colonial

Wo learn from command orders that Major James B. C. Tulloch, KO.Y.L., has been appointed

"The HONGKONG TELLGRA "H" should he (addressed to The Rilitar, qy, Des Voeux Road, wod

should be accom, ante 1hr Weiser's None and

Address

Oleary tube commanications should be

ndrersed The Manager

The Blitar will not undertake to be re-sale for any bejectd lè la noc to retusa any Canutbialım,

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN AL VANCE) DAILY-6 peratejush.

WEEKLY-83 get somura.

The rates per gaiter mal per meinem proporiksual,

will be charged as fer a full meh,

Rccessible emersenge. J'e' unscribers can have - their copies delivered at their veillencza without Any causa charge On copies sent le post an

additional set quis chirged for po

The postaze on the weekly a ue to any part of the

world is cents quarter.

Bingis & ples, Pally, are cents Wet Secretary's motion shows that the

five cents (for cal only)

I he object of thin paper in to publish correct information, to serra the wrath and print the newes without fear or Jurour

THE

Hongkong

Telegraph

A tiger cub, about the size of at a naturalist's slop a short dis- a full-grown cat, is now on salo

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same opinion is held in prominent circles of the community. For jutt at Dover, to succeed Major ur part, since we need money in Harl-Synott, D.$,0, as General | Hongkong ayl since that money Staff Officer Major Tulloch, Mrs, can only be obtained from the re-alloch and their two children Sidents of Hongkong, we contrived on the eis, Devanla, . gratulate the Government heartily Troops numbering 500 have upon so completing the new law stuted from Szechuan for Batang that, it should lose none of its for the protection of Chines

interests in Tibet. Imperial Commissioner Chas Erlifeng will take the chief command of the force operating against aboriginal tribes in Tibet. He will establish his headquarters at Kiangtaze.

force. At this juncture to hape a restriction of this nature in such manner that Kokokosa, Pridie, Minex 17, 1911 it would lose by dolny half

THE COLONY'S

DIFFICULTIES.

its value would be the essence" of bad administration, By postponement this loss would

have been sustained, as the provions liquor bill proved, and we

the

While the Polics werę sxecut-

ing a gambling warrant last night at 11 p.m., in No. 8 Posses

It is estimated thatlarge crowds of Chinese will proceed to Shatin to-morrow, to witness the fights by Mr. Van den Bon Sunday no doubt, will be great day for the European business men of this colony.

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In a number of instances the peoplo having no other place) Mr. W. T. Edwards, overseer of to live returned to the room the English wall, after a trip only a few days before, there the PW.D., returned yesterday by where their relative had died

misfortune to fracture linder on home. Some time age he had the two occasions, and decided to spend romo months in the old

country.

BOXING.

March 5.-Mr. Charlos Edward Hobhouse, Financial Secretary to Ago Pensions Bill hus saved the the Treasury, slatos that the Ul country £1,500,000 in rates. "Osaka Mainichi.”

Marela 8-Buonos Ayres tole- grams state that Paraguay has given in to the demand of thie Government of the Argentine made for a rotten boxing match rear the vessel which sha kad Arrangements have finally been Republic and has undertakon to between Roy Kenny and S. R. Me.

seized some time ago. Ilvain, lth of whom ctnth Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in the cours

—— According to Ottawa tolograms,. middleweight championshipofthe of a spoochon Tuesday, announced before the Olympic club in Manila,United states had not taken any oriont. The men will box April 8, that although the Senate of the

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A NEW STEAMER..

China Japan Lijn, arrived on her The s.8. Tjitaiorni, of the Java as the incubation poried for the niiden trip t2logkong this to live and sleep as usual; and disonso, which is from 3 to 7 days, orning. This vessel, which is had long past, and all were well of 3,067 tons burden, with a speed as usual, we deemed it unnecese of twelve knots, will run between ary to hurn houses where plague Java, Hongkong, Shanghai and by the Chicago association of till 6 per cent. Carbolic out, having twelve- first class

The four of the Orient planned patients had died, confined Japan,

She is admirably fitted through our work to thorough disinfec commerce on which about 200

Acid spray on all exposed sureabins, luxuriously arranged. prominent business men in the vicinity of Chicago wiro to make faces, and fumigation with "sal- The Captain and officers will a tour of the far east, has besar pot." The bodies had all entertain their friends at dinner abandoned according to a cable-hen buried, but not deep, so-morrow evening on board, and gram received by the merchants trenches were flug, despar the Pacific Mail Company has graves, around them and filled kindly consented to allow the with lime, and the gravo top string band of the 88. Siberia to Tho Cablenews American,"

plastered over with lime mortar, play during the evening. Manila, on March 14th published Ting Cho, and here the same Another district was visited in no oditorial, but in the centre of measures were carried out. lo luge blank, double column this region over 60. Tad died and space, are the words:The com- there were new cases occurring.

association, Manila.

THE STANLEY TIGER.

HOME POLITICS. London, March 11-The Lab by correspondent of "Tito Daily Chronicle says that he has never

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osure in connexion with the

Canadian Government had detor- troaty of reciprocity botwoen Canada and the United States thio mined to have the treaty ratified.

Osaka Asalii."

Tangiors Lolegrams state that acts of violonce, which are taking. place among the rebel tribes in and near Fez, in Morocco, are. Government force has been des causing an unonsy feeling. A-

patched to restore order.-"Osako

Arki."

New York, March 4.-It is re-

ported that Argentina line for warded an ultimatum to Paraguay in commoxion with prevailing die- putés. A war may not impco- sibly broak out, but Paraguay has no prospect of gaining victory.→ "Tokio Asahi.'

AMERICAN NEWS.

[VIA MANILA Washington, Marel 11-Role-

a declaration of war. The Moxi-

to Hongkong from (arrison Adents written for this deportmont One man who helped to fumigate known more intonse irritation last night were too warm for the his house (all of the family who among the Radicals, than that linotypes and a breakdown re- salted, hence this blanke

were grown but him had died which has been caused by the tio between the United States with plague) on Thursday, was Navy Estimates. Only the con-anMexico continue to grow Ispitting blood on Friday morn-stitutional crisis prevents serions acuto. The goueral opinion in On Sunday text, at the City ing and lo died on Saturday defections; even the moderato Washington now is that war will Hall, a public meeting will be morning. I saw hisi on Friday. Liberals me profoundly disquiet cortainly result from the situa hold at which Mr. Sherwood He had prepared himself to dibel at the growth in naval expon- tion. The Mexican officials bit. Eddy MA., will give an ad- and no one was allowed to go diture, which they consider is torly resent the attitude of the Mr. Eddy is associated with Dr. and cough, and each time he . D. News. dress on A. M's Religion."

into his room. Ho had headache dictated by the Admirala.“N. United States and declaro the

mobilizing of troops J. R. Mott in the World-wide coughed spat up quantities of

on the Student Movement." The Bishop frothy

London, March 6-Tho illness frontier as almost tantamount tó of Victoria will presido.

red blood. I took of the Earl of Crewe is giving rivo, R speciman of this and to much commont in the Press, can government takes special it showed numberless post bacilli. and stress is laid on the excessive umbrage at the declaration of The patient said he was not suf-| strain to which the statesmen of President Taft that unless botter fering, but was quite comfortable. ['the country have been subjected protection be given foreign, A villager in Lamma Island. There were five children left in by recent political developments, interests by the Diaz government 1 osito Aberdeen, his reported the family, but three of them at Mr. Balfour, Mr. Lloyd George, the United States will intervene at a tiger ontered the village on bation at that time, as they died court and Viscount Morley have servo order,

least were in the period of incu- Mr. McKenna, Mr. Vernon Har and occupy the country and pre- The Dolony of Hongkong is think that the Government has sion Street, a man tried to escape his cow. This tiger must have have heard of no deaths since and and Viscount Morley are still in Saturday night and killed five of within the next three days. We been ill; and Mr. Lloyd George face to face to-day with thomast dono all in its power to niako the back yard. The unfortunate by means of jumping into the

worked its way from Stanley. soriona difficulty that can confront new law absolutely equitable by vietim landed on his head, and making a journey from Wong Malaid up all to keep clear of that, Viscount Morley, who now takes has been aground between lehang

LOG BOOK. Two lays hgo, a woman was

it is hoped that thero will bo no fooble health. Cravo apprehien- more, as strict injunctions were sions are entertained regarding The steamer Kweilee, which any state, public body or indivi-giving an opportunity for the fractured his skull.

How Kok villago to Stanley. The dual, namely, the lack of money.nting forward of amendments: immediately removed to the (ie, villago is a little way from Stan- the only infected houses then in the place of the Earl of Crowe as and Hankow for some time, re- It is the duty of every member of Ps critics of the measure do not unconscious condition, and a few loy. On her way slio sighted a new caess develop in Pe Yic, House of Lords, inasmuch as it is kow on the 6th inst.

vornment Civil Hospital in an!

the village. There have been no leader of the Government in the floated horself and reached Hon the community to do what he can declare it unnecessary, and it is hours later he expired.

beant on the hillside, and sus and it is quite reasonable to lis only a little time ago that he was to remove this obstacle from the profore a wrong judgment which

pected it to be a tiger. She pre-lieve that there will be no more. compollod to resign the Indianrived at Hankow from down path of our progress. Apart from declares its hasty completion Alice Memorial at Affiliated

The American gunboat, Samar, The Hon. Treasurer of the ceeded no further. the observance of good behaviour, justified, since, as is only natural, Hospitals bags to acknowledge

Only one case line been found in Ofico through ill-health. More river on the 10th inst. this city, and that was buried at over, his state of health provented' the individul can only assist overy effort would have hoonmade with thanks the following douce

FOOTBALL. once in lime, and the houss him from taking part in the Gen- the Government by the pay by tlioso concerned to avoid the full tions to the funds of the Hos

isolated under guard, and after oral Election."Osaka Mainic ment without demur of the pressure of its impositions were pitale. Skott, Esy, $100; A, to-morrow in the football shield fumigated and thero have beon Crewe's illness will probably in- Only one match will be played eight days the premises weto London, March 7.-Lord taxes iragosed for the general time given them to do so. We Ress and C, 30; Bratton and competition, the Naval Yard and now cases develop. woal, oven theng hea ro

Hett, 25; Dedcon, Looker and the Royal Engineers, on the Hong-

volvo clanges in the Cabinet. —trist—his' personal liberty. The ablo members of the Council who Bank Co., 25; Cawasjes Pallonjoe Happy Valley.

my safely love to the honom Deacon, 25; China Export Import; kong Football Club ground at

State for War, and Mr. R. Me. Mr. R. B. Halduno, Socretary of

The following will furnisht economic from of a state gin opposed the now tax the task of aud Co., 25; S. G. David and Co, It will baremembered that these

Konna, First Lord of tho Ad- Hongkong toani against the R.E. erally results in resten nng themoothing off its rough edges, if 25; Bitial American Tobeco teams met last Saturday, and a

miralty, are likely to receive peer- and Departmentals:-Messrs. R. individual frm freely following such there be, but, in the in-Co, 23; Bredley and Co., 25; F. had fought gaine resulted in a

Government in the House of pin, T. E. Pearce, B., S. Moore, ages in order to strengthen the Hancock, H. Hancock, H. D. Shar- every impulee: no sing'o men terests of unirritated discusion, W, Brewin, 10; W. G. Tatcher, publio will have the same opportn

will probably becomin Scoretary of Hastings. A. If. Claxton, Hon. Dre Blackhead and Co., 25; Hon. A. dray-all, Tomorrow the

Lords, while Col. J. E. D/Seely Rev. 8. W. Payne, A. R. Lowe, G." can be a law unto himself; and which is so helpful to good Esq., 10,

nity of seeing just as good play,

State for War,

JM. Atkinson and P. Jacks,

taken, and a good number have Evory precaution has beo

but wo remain clear to-day. been dotained in the pest house,

quarter is that the disease is The general report from every

the nonr future this Provinco can abating, and it looks now that in declare itsolt Plagne fro

H.M.S. Thistle loft Shanghai errived there that day, and the on the 13th, H.M.S. Britomart U.S. gunboat Villalobos arrived

on the 11th instant,