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YACHTING.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT OLUB.

The last of a serios of five races for cruisors was sailed on Sunday, the 12th instant, over the follow ing course: From the Club House, round Tatlong Rock (port), and thence round the north fairway buoy and back to the Club House. The competing boats woro:-Dalvoon, Hon. Mr. Henry Koswick, scratch; La Cigalo, Mr. Bune, scratch; Miranda, Mr. Bratton, Rec. min. por milo; Snipo, Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, Rec. 1 min. per mile; Tavy, Liout. Rosoman, R.N., Roc. 1 min. per mile; Dorothy, Capt. Lyddon, A.Q.D., Rec, 2 min. por niilo.

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GOVERNMENT ENERGY.

Mukden, March 6;

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

are anxious to do all they can, but they are constantly chockmated by the poople and their own sub- ordinates, and they are not, one

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DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE.

MARCH 20 191r

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

The Government is determined fours, whole-heartedly supported MR. H. SYKES has been op- THE TWENTY-SECOND OR

to spare neither trouble nor ex- rise to make the coming Plague Conference the success which all concorned hope it will be.

A few days ago notices wore posted round this city by the authorities, urging the people to be guided by the regulation, and giving many instances of the results of foolish disobedience. Of the many examples I will quote three.

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enjoying life, with the plague gorms developing in thom, and then in a few hours bo dond Thus it is fairly easy to doceive the inspectors on their daily rounds.

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F. T. JOHNSON, Hon. Secretary, severe and can obtain suflicient mon to control overy contro, Man-Hongkong, 17th Max. 1911.

number of its people. Every churia bid fair to lose a great tow and village should be pr ganized as regards proventive measures, before the plague can get a hold.

The death rate for Mukdencity is about twenty to thirty por day.

The Government realized tho

temptation which the snow offered for liding bodies. The authorities hired about a thousand largo carts from farms. These, after over three weeks' work, had cleared out almost all the snow from the main city, and then there camo another tremendous fall and they are still clearing it.

A great thay has now set in and the bodies buried in snow outside the city are becoming exposed.

The Government is urging tho people to destroy the rats.

The steamers, which.add'con- siderably to their returns by carrying boxes of Chinese hunen remains, will probably have many consignments that lave died of plague for conveyance to southern ports."N. C. I. Nows."

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Owing to the troniendous heaps of drifted snow in the compounds of this city, it has heen onsy for the people to hide their dead and arrange with the Sanitation The start was made at 10 a.m. Bureau's (hired farm) carters to in a squally, easterly wind and take away the bodies with the threatening rain. After crossing now and then just bury thoni in thie fino all the boats made for the the same outside the city, One northorn shore, the La Cigale carter and several mombers of taking the load, and, sailing well, his family had died of plagus negotiated Lyonun Pass with-thua contracted, and it out any difficulty, followed by proved that he had earned tons Dalveon, Miranda, Dorothy, Tavy of dollars at this work, systom- and Snipe. Off Sai Wan Bay, atically defeating the efforts of however, a calm was oncountered the house-to-house inspectors when Snipe crept up and passed The trouble is that persons may Dalydon, Tavy and Dorothy, Laboapparently, woll, eating and Cigalo and Miranda, picking up a nice breeze, again soon es- tablished a considerable lead, and the former rounded the rock a few minutos ahead of the lattor. Saipa was the next, to got clear of the calm, then Dalveen, but-Tavy

Another instance given was that and Dorothy were hopelessly left. at Linoyang, which city has re- On the retroach, light winds mamod free of pinguo, except for were again entonatered, but one single caso up to within Cigale kept her way, and, getting few days ago, owing to the through Lyon, mol . nice splendid plins adoptail there to breeze inside the harbour, and keep it out. A short time ago, gested that much might be done HONGKONG was soon so far ahead as to make however, some large carts, loaded gromont, particularly with her chance of winning almost a with great bales of dried tobacco Germanyporhups an agreemont certainty. The Miranda mean- loaves put up at an ine in one of to insure that no addition would be while was standing still off Sai the subaris, and during the oven-made to the present German pro- Wan, and Snipo, keeping more to ing, owing to some troublo, pos-gramme. All that could be a sub- the southward, hnd the luck to get sibly the stealing of some tobaccoject of discussion between the two a little wind off the shore which by mon at the inn, the innkeeper. Governments; but it was a small carried herinto the harbour aloud wont and inspected the carts and matter compared with the rise or of Miranda, Dalveen.coming along found at least two, dead bodies fall of world expenditure, which fourth, and Dorothy and Tavy wrapped within the bales of was the real thing we wished to bringing up the rear. A smart tobacco. He was afraid to report of the Opposition, said that the resel Mr. A. J. Bilfour, Leader run was made to the north fair- the matter, and the carts went way bay. The boat home was away with their freight. They had defonce made by Mr. McKenna, done by In Cigale in good travelled from the far north and First Lord of the Admiralty, was time. The other boats found were carrying those plague bodies good. He would abstain, at pre- the flood tide somewhat trying. to the ancestral burying-grounds,t, from criticizing the Suipo lud another stroke of luck or to be embarked on a coast in gotting round Blackhond's junk for Shantung. This will be Point, and into a fresh breeze in another story, which one cannot Hunghom Bay, which socured now follow." her the second place. Miranda The innkeeper received infec and Dorothy, again encountering tion and gave it to his wife and Exchange, Shanghai, on the 14th light winds off Kowloon, had con- overal members of his establish were Lentral Storos, Ld. 8 por siderable difliculty in stemming mont, all of whom were duly cent debentures at Tls. 104 for the tide. Tavy and Dalveen gave buried in the snow, in adjoining cash Shanghai Land Investment 12 HP. REO CAR up. Eventually Miranda crossed

fields and ditches. In a few days Co., Ld. 1909, 0 per cent deben the line; but Dorothy, soping that it was hopeless, retired to her upwards of twenty deaths occurred turas at Tls. 104, and shares at amongst the neighbours, and the is. 09.1-2 for cash; Maatschappij, moorings.

truth then came out. If the oto., in Langkat shares at "Tis. locality is not severely dealt with, 116 for March, and 115 for cash; even worse trouble may be ex- Shanghai Klebangs. Rubber -pected to follow. A third instance Estate Ld. shares at Tls. 2.60 for was given of the town of Shuang-cash; Anglo-Java Estate, Ld. chengfu, containing some forty or shares at Tls. 7 for cash; Bakit filty thousand people and situated Toh Alang Rubber Estates, Ld. only about fifty miles south of shares at Tls. 4 for cash; Ayor Harbin on the Harbin-Chang- Tawah Rubber.Co., Ld. fully paid chun Railway. This city, al shares at Tis. 12 for cash; and though so noar Harbin, had Shangliai Electric Construction so- Co., Ld. boaror shares at 20 for escaped fairly well, but victims had been buried in the voral cases had occurred and the cash.

snow or packed into vegetablo storage pitsin the market gardens.

La Cigale finished at Suipo finishod

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The La Cigale therefore wins the 1st prize. Saipe and Miranda tio for the 2nd-prizo.

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FINANCIAL NEWS.

The quotations from the Stock

OPIUM SMUGGLING."

THE KOREA,

Finally, the authorities realized LARGE SEIZURE MADE ON that plague was in theirmidst,and, ui instituting a search, found up- wards of one hundred doud, all probably victims of plague, thus

The arrest of a watolunan, put away. Last wook the doath Boventy years of age, in the rate from plague in that city was employ of the Pacific Mail steam upwards of one thousand.

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EIGHTH ORDINARY. YEARLY" MEETING"or" SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Company's Offos, St. George's Building, at 12.15 F.M., on TUESDAY, the 28th March, 1911, to receive a Blatoment of Ac- count to the 81st Docomber, 1910, and the Report of the General Manager and Consulting Committes and to elect a Consulting Committee and Auditor.

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STERN FACTS, Inture in the connection with a new bill which will take away Fuchiation trouble had stopped We had hoped that, as the from thousands of Chinese in and the worries of Kuanchengtze dollars worth of the drug on his America their rights of citizen-

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plague virus in the north had big plot was on foot. The dis- The lobbyists are two young just its power, but it only seems covery lod to the seizure of nearly Chinese, Walter U. Lam and to need a good start in a new fifty thousand dollars worth of Wong Bock Yus, and they are opposing the bill of Senator locality, where there are no opium on the 8. Korea on hor Caminetti, which provides that no for it to rage as furiously as it did

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