1911-05-18 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY MAY 18 1911

A LITTLE CHINESE HERO. On his breast was a placard THE VICTORIA MEMO-YEAR OF MILLIONAIRES.

bouring these words in. Chineso.

RIAL

SOME GREAT. FORTUNES THAT HAVE PAID DEATH

DUTIES. ⠀

Intimations.

(F THE MULTITUDES To one whose acquaintance"To your foreign friends." with the Chinose people is con- Tho money which had been Mr. Horace Smith calls atton-

who have used it, or are now using it, we have never heard of nhy one who fino: to laundrymen, heroism in raised for Chang's education was tion in "Truth" ten letter which devoted to the erection of a great wroto six years ago, predicting.

No them might not seem, at offhand, pile of granite stones. It over-

Last financial year was almost inve toon disappointed it. to be an essential characteristic. looks the town and rivor, and on the dire effect produced by plant record one in the deaths of claims are malo for it except those But nine pindrod iniles up the one block is the inscriptioning the Victoria Memorialin front millionaires, a round dozon of which aro amply justified by oxporionco. Yangtze River, ond of the great tho Amorionn sailore, to Chiang, prosent condition.

"Raised by his grateful friends, of Buckingham Palace in its those fortunato porssons having in commanding it to the afflicted we

passed away within the 12 streams of China, there is the mascot of the Asintin flest of Now Unt the completion of the months. Four estates have been simply point to its mood. It hay done moment erected by grateful the American Navy and the memorial has more than verified put down for a nominal great thing, and it is certain t con- Bailors of the American Navy friend of the bluejackets." this prediction, Mr. Smith again million those of Lord Winter-tinue the excellent work. There is to a Chinese boy who sacrificed his life to save two of Uncle Sun's John Kingdon, wher han just returned from Chimne, where he was assistant to Nir

Koxmen.

LOG BOOK.

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and when the full amount of duty

Intimations

MANCHURIA

SOUTH

BETWEEN

RAILWAY

THE FAR EAST & EUROPE,

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via DAIREN."

asks if nothing fitting can be done stoko, Lord Swnything, Lord to may honestly ane medicine SHORTEST & QUICKEST ROUTE will the Palace. As this question Airedale, and Mr. John Foster which can be used with greater and must be uppermost in the minds has been paid on these four more reasonably faith and confidenos The British str. Queen Aloxan memorial, I suggest, in default of fortunes, which are many times It nourisho1 and keejls up the strongili greater than the provisional dating those periods when the appetite! estimate, it is believed that the fails and food cannot be digested. To total of the duties paid to the girl against imitations and substita- exchequer last your will prove the tions, our trade mark is pat, on

of everybody who looks at the anything better, that the facade of the Palace should be cleaned.

Miracles are now being wrought every day in the streets of London by cloning old bricks and stone with high-pressure steam. Why not try this process on Bucking [ham Palace?

Itobort Hart, head of the Chinese dra from Portland, Oregon, for custones service, tells the story in Shanghai arrived at San Francisco the New York “Tribune":- recently for survey and reported In 1902 I went up the Yangte that on leaving Portland she Kinng on an American gunboat ut the invitation of its captain. It struck the Columbia river bar 15 was going to lelung to process the times causing considerable de me missionaries in that region. When age, und led 20 feet of water in we got there we found an epidemic the foropeak, and the same amount i The worst effect in produced at of cliolern, and the captain in the No. 1 and No. 2 holds. On present, not so much by the ar- unce out off all shore liberty boing sirvoyed it was found that

chitectural poverty of the Incado as by its downright dirtiness. It The men bogan to chafo under con- finement to the vessel after a few ten plates had to be removed, fair- always looked dingy, but, in con- weaks, and the spirit among themed and replaced, oight plates to be trast with the white marble and was sullen, not to say mutinous, faired in place, thirty-frames bent, gilding in front of it, it now looks when an incident occurred which thirty margin brackets to be re- positively black. I suppose the changed their tompor entirely,

One night, about midnight, moved, faired and replaced, port be cleaned by an up-to-date pro- there was a noise at the gang-side bilge kool dunaged and bent cess, it could be painted white.

Mr. Lloyd George bus quito way which investigation show entire length but must defer be of to have been made by a ing repaired owing to cargo.onough money up his slegye to Chinese boy of ton years. He Rudder damaged, many rivets pay for this small improvement. hnd slipped up in the Black-brokon, twenty dock plates bent and there is plenty of time to ness of the night in his sumpan--to be removed, faired and re-carry out the work before the a kind of dugout and got on the placad, ten to be faired in place, memorial is unveiled. It is humi- gangway. He was found to be four main deck beans buckled or finting to think of people coming. in a fainting condition and by bent to be removed, faired, and from all parts of the world to see signs made it known that he replaced, two lower hold boms this spot as it is now. nooded food. While he was buckled or bont, stanchions oating ho continued to make twisted. -signs-which-indicated-tnt-other-

porsons were starving ashore. First of the transpacific liners Two inen, with a large bag of to be equipped with the sub; food, were sent ashore with him.marine bell signal system, the

children dond from starvation.

material is stucco. If this cannot

MUSIC AND THE BIRTH-RATE.

Dr. J. F. Butler Hogan, modical

He led them to a hit on the elge Japanese steamer Tenyo Maru will officer of health for Tottenham, of the town, about a mile and try the new device, which was in his report on the health of the half from the duck. There the installed while in San Francisco district, has expressed a strong sailors found his mother and four recently. Arrangements were opinion on the declining birth- mindo with the lighthouse depart-rate. One of his observations The boy was brought back toment so that the ball on the Sun roads as follows" "It is, unfor the ship and adopted by the Francisco lightship was to be tunately, only on true that a He was regarded as a oporating as the Tenyo pokes her gramophone has become more nose out of the Golden Gate, and necessary in many homos than a the line was to notify the store cradle, and that the inhabitants of by wireless us to the fistance she ir populous centres have many of could pick up the signals flashed themlioarts so sterile of child love out under the waves, A-mubor or racial need that they rofuse of vessels in the coastwise trade to be burdened with lifo's roul

crew. muscol..

Soon, however, the captain recallol that the regulations for Lade # China's sleeping aboard-und-ordered Chang off the ship.

greatest on record.

year:

SUMMER SCHEDULE.

(Effective from May 1, 19113)

TURICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, compared of

and with Balcon-Shanghai Direct Steamer Service by the 8.5. Kobe Mara? excellently equipped Sleeping, Dining and 1st Class Cam, is oporated between Dairan and Changchun fu connection with the Trans Siberian Express Traine, and "Saikio Mintu (eads 2,877 tons) as lo llows:

and estates of the millionaires whetion," and without it nona is genuing The following are tho nahiosovory holtla of "Wampold's Propam paid toll to the Chancellor last It is palatable na hay nad contains tho natritive and curativo proportios of Sir Edward P. Wills,

Pura Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us | 1st Class Imporial Tobacco

Farus Company

42,580,003 from fresh cod liver, combined with Baron Schroeder,

the Compound Syrup of Hypophos- merchant banker 2,079,611 phites and the Extracts of Malt and Anton Dunkels, dia-

Wild Cherry Taken before meals it mond merchant... 1,588,593 creatos an appotito, nids digestion, re- Sir Walter Scott,rail. contractor. way and publisher Sir William Agnew, dealor in works of ort

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Henry Silver, for-

naws vital power, drives out disoenvo 1,421,130 gorms, makes the blod ricks, fed and full of constructive clements, and gives back to the pleasures and labours of the world many, who had abandonep hope. Dr. S. McCoy, of Canada,.

1,353,008

merly of the "Punch" staff. 1,187,887 Lord Swaything,

banker, as far as at present can be ascertained

...4 1,150,000 Charles Butler,

collector Οξ

works of art. Sir John Aird, con-

tractor....

John Foster, worst-

od spinner, as far

as at present can

"I tastily with plesnure to its unlimited usefulness as a tissuo builler." Its curative powers can always be relied upon. It makes a now era in medio.no is beneficial from the first duse and m- presents offoctiva nodical treatmont of 1,148,358′′ the twantieth coaturgYou can trast it a the Lvy does the Oak." One 1,101,189 bottle evinces. Watch carefully against imitations. At all elronists { here and throughout the world.

ho ascertained... 1,000,000 Lord Winterstoke,

Imperial To

bacco Company, so far as at pro- sent can be a- certained. 1,000,000 Ford Airedale, en- gineer, so far as at present can be. ascertained...

Tho, catatos have

of

1,000,000 also boen

£10,930,000

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HONGKONG GYMKHANA

THE

CLUB.

• Russian Train Time is 23 minute fator than 8.M. R. Tis. For instanco

6 p. by the format is 6.37 pm, by the hitter. Suppianontary Changes on DAIREN-CHANGCHUN Barrio SECOND MEETING of the EXPRESS EXTRA FRE......Y5.00 SLEEPINO CAL Surreement...... Y5.00 Soison will be held at Happy TICKET AGENCIES-The Company's railway and ateamor tickets are Valley on SATURDAY, the 20thbaluable at all the Agensies of the International Sloping Car & Exprosy Train Co., o Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Shanghai, Mosers. Thos. Cook & Son, and Reisebureau der Hamburg-Amerika Linie,

May, 1911, commonving at 3.30 p.mn.

To Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for ntliora than Mumbars of the Longkong Jockey Clab or Gymkhana Olub

Buldiors and Bails in form Hall-price.

The Committee invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present

REGINALD F. D/MASTER, Hon. Soc. and Treasurer. Hongkong. 17th May, 1911. 1132 A LING & CO. FURNITURE AND PHOTO SUPPLIES.

DEVELOPING, PRINTING AND ENLARGING.

RAILWAY HOTELS-YAHATO HOTEL (Tel. Add.: "Yamalo") at Dairen. Port Arthur, Mukden, Fushun and Changohun, all under the Com- pany's management.

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY,

·DAIREN,

Tel Add. * Mantetsu" Codei: A.B.O. 5th. Eil, A. I. & Lieber's

FUSHUN

AL

THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE FAR EAST.

Output 3,500 tons per day

Fresh stocks always on band at Dairen, Nowokwang and Tientsin Depois and also at Chefon, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapato and Penang.

MINING-DI PARTMENT,

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY,

DAIREN.

19. Queen's Rond. [803 | fel. Add. " Mantetsu.” Codes: -A. B. O, 5th. Ed., A. 1. & Lieber's

Agenta: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. NETHERLANDS LLOYD

Hongkong. 99th April. 1911.

About a week after Chang nd of California are equipped withrichea." Interviewed by a " Morn-re-sworn left the ship and after the cholers, the system and have boou using it ing Leader" representative, Dr.

Charles Morrison, quarantine ha boon life, to good advantago during thick Hogan championed his statement formerly a habor- soutry heard a bump against the weather. The warning from the that the decline in the district

lashor gangway ono night, and fomed lightship can be heard at a dis birth-rate pointed to race suicido Alfred Boit, din- Chang in his sampai and greatly tanco of five miles and more. The rather than to physical degenera- mond merchant 3,049,016 excitat. By frantie gestures he receiving apparatus is attached to tion. "But understand this," he

Tho charitable bequests of the mada it known that some suikersport and starboard sides of the said, "the question is one of nation-quarter just ended liave been who were ashore on liborty were interior hull, from which run tele-al importance. Asa matter of fact, about £650,000, but there in dangor. The captain, on be-phono wires to the bridge dack, there are numbers of intelligent has not been any one bequest of ing awakened and told of the whore the officer can catch the men and women here and clse- more than £100,000 as yet during mattor, sent ton mon armed with sound waves by applying the where whose offspring would pro- the prosent year. cutlassosand revolvers toascertain receivers to his ears. A switch vide just the class that would be of ✓ the frouble.

rogulatos the instrument so that use to the State, yet these are the When the party landed Ching the sound can be traced to any vory people who shirk their re ran ahead, all the while urging point of the compass.

sponsibilities as parents and Sunday in Scotland is a dour the men to grouter spool. A

citizens." The multiplication of institution oven to-day. Doan quarter of a mile from the bank of

Worms & Co.'s of Port Said the unit went on. "Evon in this Ramsey, who writes feelingly on the river they came to a Chinese

report of the traffic through the district, with its population of the subject, tells a story illustrat- river, house, which is n roun i | Sioz, Canal for the year just pass 150,000," added Dr. Hogan, "iting the rigour with which Sub- structure of brick connecto.l with od shows that the total number of is noticeable that the birth-rate bath observance is still maintain- the river by a pipe and provides vessels that navigated the water amongst the very poor is nearly fed north of the Tweed. "An water-power for native industries: In the centre of the room were two way wero 3,533, having a gross five times as high as amongst that English artist travelling profes sailors from the gunboat, lashed age of 23,054,001, as against class which is usually dosignated sionally through Scotland had | 4,230 vessels of 21,500,847 ton:* comfortably off.""" Yot even occasion to remain over Sunday

The Undersigned having been to a stake and gagged. The

1900, The earnings of the among the poorer classes, the in a small town in the north. To wator, flowing in from the pipe Suez Canal Company for the year cradle is being ousted in favour while away the time, he walked appointed AGENTS for tho was up to their necks. After they

were 130,430,547 franes, which of the gramophone. That people out a short way in the environs, total includes the canal dues and should prefer the whoozy gramo where the picturosque rain of a

Above Company ure prepared to receipts from other enterprises of phone to the joys and comforts of castle mot his oyc. He uskod u ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE inen, who had tried to take revenge the company. This total compares a child in its midst is a social con- countryman who was passing by for the boating which some of with 120,042,677 franes in 1900 undrum that i'r llogan himself to be so good as to tell him the at CURRENT RATES. them had receivet. While they and 108,425,235 francs in 1908.

cannot solve, were boing taken back to the |

had been rescued they said they had been in a fight with Chin

in

shipChang slipped off in the dark- The proposed North-Chia VOICE OF CONSCIENCE. no the day to be speering sic

JLC 8.

Hearing the story of the boy's or service under joint pro- Kervice, the mon aboard ship do jet by, the local Japanese ship cided to take up a collection for ping firms in Dairen is expected him, and the neat sum of five to come into maturity in the near

futuro. hundred dollars was quickly) rai-od. It was proposed to pluco this money with the American Consul for the support and educa- tion of their young friend.

Tho voise of conscience does

not seem to trouble taxpayers in other countries to the saine extent as in this. For many years past

| the Chancellor of the Exchequor's

naine of the castle, Tho reply was somewhat startling. "It's

things!""Daily Chronicle."

THE WOMAN AND THE BIRD.

of

AMSTERDAM AND

BATAVIA.

WENDT & CO.,

Higkong, Canton & Swatow. JOHN THOMAS COTTON.

The plumage-loving woman comes in for a heavy knockout VETERINARIAN & FARRIER A good many people lave of receipts under the head of con-blow from a writer defending the late being trying to find a short science monoy have averaged over Plumago Bill, designed to stay the

(Qualified). distinctive name for the liner with £2,000, and in 1846 notes to the inexcusable slaughter of beautiful

----HONGKONG, 29th April, 1911.

COMPANY.

(1005

That morning every eye on the interual combustion engines. value of £14,000 were left at the birds. What are these ogret No. 1, Queen's Road East, vessel was watching the mouth of "Oiler"-following the method Troueury by a smuggler who had pluines, these Birds of Paradise, the crook for Cting sampan, but of nomenclature whose classic repented of lus ways. The United rare kingfaliors, lyre birds, argite drill time came and he did not up-expression is "stomer"-obvious- Stutes. Government has had a pheasant quills, and other trophies pour. An hour afterwards the

sly would not do, and "gasser" for least one disappointment in this required for, he asks. Essential little boat shot into sight, and an vessel with gas ongines would respect. Fiftoon years ago a man operations in chemistry? ITSANO KWONG involuntary cheer went up. Then to the reverse of quphemistic. wrote to the Finance Department medicine, in preparation of food- it was seen the sampan was not flowever, our friends need not at Washington stating that he stuffs, and other procossos vital coining downstream with its usual worry. They can call the bout a owed the Government 05 dollars, to the wolfare of humanity? No, speed and directness. It was "alcamer.” They havo the As he had had many twingos of ho declares, in answer to his own drifting. The captain sent the authority of the staid, sober and conscience over the debt, he ex-fusillade of questions, nothing but steam launch to pick it up. When highly respectable organ "Engi- closed 10 dols, on account. A the satisfaction of a Palwolithio it reached the sampun it began the noering" for the nimo. Recent postscript announced that if Jie instinct in women of little educa- mournful tooting which denotes ly, a contemporary reproduc- had any more twinges he would tion and possibly depraved minds, calamity. It towed the sampan et photographs of tho hydroplane sond a further iustalment, Ap who with motives no better than 230, Des Voeux Road Contral. to the ship, and there in the bot Maple Leaf III." "stoaming at parently, however, the first pay the baboon or the magpie seok tom of the bout, staked out with a moderate speed" and "steaming ment effectively soothed him, fox to clutch at strange and gaudy kalfe in hisabdomen and through at 58 miles per hour." So that he never wrote again—" Daily objects to stick them about their ough hawl and foot, was Chung, knotty question is settled i

Chronole."

Pall Mall Gazette.".

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