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THE L10,000,000 LOAN.

The Pokin correspondout of "The North Ching Daily News" of 5th just sayi :--

LADIES' FIRE BRIGADE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JULY 17,1911

CHANGE OF CALENDAR.

LONDON HORSE SHOW. THE BIRKBECK BANK,

Olympia Decorated for Corona-

A large crowd greeted the first public appearance of the Burton

tion Season-American The members of the Military Ladies' Fire Brigade at a foto held Council have had some discus

Exhibitors. recently on the largest football sions amongst themselves as lo

London, June 12. The inter- ground in the town. Tho ladies

the possibility of China authorizational horse show, the fifth numberod 18, the captain being Miss Mund Gooch, the daughtering a change in hor calendar by anual event, opqued at Olympia of the superintendent of the the adoption of the solar instead to-day in a blaze of colour and at- tractiveness which easily eclipsed: borough brigade. They presented of the lunar system which has

anything previously attempted striking appearance in uniforms been in vogue in China for many here. The fact that the Corona- regulation into and red, set of centuries. They know that astion season is in full swing, com- with smart caps. The captain's tronomy forins one of the most Chinoso Government, the basis of accontroinents were silverlaced. useful scientific studiesamong for- bined with the excellence of the

As muy be remembered, the signaturo of the £10,000,000 loan for currency roform and Man churian enterprises was but preliminary step to the issue of funde for these purposes. The Banks interested were given six months for the consideration of

the currency programme of the

which, it was understood, was to

a

of

exhibits, constituting a record both in numbers and quality, the international character of the enterprise, and the immense ad-

vanco bookings asauro success.

The whole interior of the grout

A short turn out was effected eigners and that it is the one sub- be the memorials of the Ministry on the manual engine, and the jeet which sooms to be inexhaust of Finance, and the odicts sancrow galloped round the enclosureble and vast enough to occupy amidst hearty cheers. A realistic tioning them, which were publie display followed, the hose being

investigators for generations to ed last year.". In the case of the run it and water played on a come. It will always baffle human money required for use in Man-high canvas tower, Capt. Gooch research fully to comprohend it. building was a fino pight, close- churia, the Chinese Government manipulating the jet in workman-Perlaps, human knowledgo in

like style. Numorous rescues other sciences is but in its infancy The Rows at Chester, the Old ly resembling in appearance had to submit a satisfactory state-

were made, girls ascending to the also. At the request of the Milit-World spot with Witch so many ment of the enterprises to which

upper storiesand lowering victims it was to be devoted.

by means of lifelines. Scaling-ry Council the Board of As-visiting Amoricans are acquaint- In finally deciding upon the luidors wore used with agility,tronomers gave permission to od. White Tudor buildings, with currency scheme many important and the firewomen jumped from allow some students from a sur-thoir onk beams and red-tiled and intricate questions have to the top of the tower into the net voying school under the control roofs, landscape of mountain, and

without any hesitatión,

of the Council to examine the ivy-clad walls, and a wealth of heathor trees in the buckground, be considered, and in order to The ladies worked their engine instruments, etc., kept by the flowers everywhere, carried out arrivo at some basis of settlement with a will, and betrayed no sign satisfactory to the banks, Dr.of nervousness. They further Board. The result was that the admirably the idea of the old- Chon Chin-tao, Vice-President of proved themselves skilled in first-students reported that, although time Elizabethan village. the Taching Governmont Bank, aid ambulance work, and treated the Board of Astronomers has not is to proceed to Europe shortly to several victims of the fire. After boon discreditably regarded by meot representatives of the Inter other exhibitions had been given, national group. It is understood the girls mounted the engine the outside world in the past for that the place of meeting is Paris, again and drove off amidst its accomplishments, yet it is very and that among those present will tremendous applause. bo Mr. W. D. Straight, Mr. E. G. Hillier, and Mr. Cordes, repre- claim to be the first and only senting American, British and female fire brigade in existence. German interests, respectively. The training was carried out by The meeting was to have taken the borough firemes, and the place on July 15, but as Dr. Chon initial display was the outcome of has been unable to get a passage many drills carried out away from by the Siberian Railway until the publie nyo. July 11 it cannot now possibly take place until the end of the month.

follows:-

much bohind the times now, The Burton Ladies' Brigado especially with regard to the

MELVILLE STONE BREAKS LONG SILENCE.

exhibitors, and their stables, as Judge W.H. Moore and Walter Winans wore among the largest usml, were decorated in lavish style with flowers and flags. The American officers who will con-

of the Store and Stripes. The pete in the jumping competitions had stalls marked with the shield' total of their horses was small in comparison with the entries of the Russians and Germans, who had brought over great numbers.

Dfficial Statements. Late on Saturday, June 10, the following statomont was issued at the bank

Wo bog to minounce that by the loave of the Court, arrange mouts have boon made with tho Bank of England to advance the necessary funds for the pur- pose of ouabling'an immediato paymont to be made of 10s. in the £ to customers who linye de-

Intimations

MANCHURIA

SOUTH

BETWEEN

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THE FAR EAST & EUROPE,

via DAIREN.

posit and current account ba- SHORTEST & QUICKEST ROUTE fances, Clioquos drawn on cur- rent accounts or deposit forms duly filled up (both of which | can be obtained on application nt tho Birkbeck Bank) for nu amount not exceeding 108. in tho will be mot in cash, or the drafts will be honoured if prosented through a back,

SUMMER SCHEDULE.

(Effective from May 1, 1911)

THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of excolloutly oquipped Sleeping, Diuing and 1st Class Care, is oporated botwoen Great care must bo oxorcised | Dairen and Changebun iu, connection with the Trans Siberian Express Traina in drawing a cheque or filling and with Dairen-Shanghai Direct Steamer Service by the 8.8. "Kobo Maru" up a deposit withdrawal form), ad “Saikio Mara” (unch 2,877 tone) as follows :--- so that the amount thereof does

NORTH BOUND.

not exceed 10s. in the £, other-In Class wise delay must ariso in casking

the same.

It would be a convenionco if as many customers as possiblo would avail themselves of the assistauco of banks in clearing the choques.

Fares

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This notice does not extend to fully-paid or purtly-paid shares, H. Brougham, Senior Olli-

cial Receiver.

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William Plonder, Special Managerappointed by the Court.

June 10, 1911. Subsequently the following was issued:

Notice to depositors and cus tomers who are indebted for nd- vaucos on mortgages or other securities:-

Depositors and customers who are indebted for advancos: on mortgages or other securities must apply in writing to the Special Manager in reference to the payment of 10s, in thỏ & on their deposit or current account balances. They cannot be dealt withover the counter or through other banks,

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6 pan. by the formor is 6.37 p.n. by the latter. ExFAES EXTRA FEE....Y3.00

Supplementary Charges on DAIREN-CHANGCHUN Service.

SussTINO Can SUPPLEMENT...... Y5.00 TICKET AGENCIES—The Company's railway and stommor tickets are Now that the Bank of Eng-obtainable at all the Agencies of the International Sleeping Car & Expresa and has arranged to advance Trains Co., the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Shanghai, Mossrs. Thos. Cook & Son, the money to enable payment of and Reisebureau der Hamburg-Amerika Linie. 10s. in thot to depositors, the RAILWAY HOTELS-YAMATO Horz (Tel. Add.: Yamato ") at intorvention of the sixtoon joint Dairen, Port Arthur, Mukden, Fushun and Changchun, all under the Com- stock banks, of course, is ren- pauy'e mxargoment. dorod unnecessary.

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY An official of the Bank stated

DAIKEN.

scientific apparatus used in the bservatory, which should be the most important department of such Bourd. These instru- ments, together with the tolo- scopes, are all of an obsolete put

The programme of events is so torn upon which, as the Board extended that it will be necessary itself has admitted, it does not to hold three sessions daily. The depend to compile the annual preliminary jumping round for edition of the Chinese calendar, the course and chargers classes The Manchurian Side. Meanwhile it seems certain that|

They have been simply lying opened this morning. The com complications have arisen in re-

Mr. Melville Stone, the Manager cillors are said to prefer a reform out the day. In the chargers event thero as ornaments! The Coun- petition will continue through- gard to the Manchurian portion! of the lot. Though no proof the Associated Press in Ameof the Chinese system of referring the Gorman cavalry chargers test has been made by pither rica, who some three months ago to the moon by adopting the solar practically swept the board. They the Japanese or Itussian Govern- was called to task by the Ameri-ystem of computation for a year. took first, third, and fourth places, mouts in Peking, it is undorstood }

can Pence Society and the Ameri- was brought forward by the horse. Quandary, the first of the They find that a similar proposal leaving the second to an English that the Inttor has made reproson- tations to the affect that it consi-can Asiatic Association for a num-National Assembly during its last American horses to appear, made ders Article in violation of the bor of unwarranted reflections on session; and Prince Tai Tapa poor showing, exhibiting several open door policy, in Europe and foreign rosidents in Japan, made is still more enthusiastic about faults. Amorien. Article 16 reads as on the strength of a cursory visit lowever, as the matter affects the the, necessity of the ohange. If the Jmperial Chinese to the country, has at last replied. whole empire, it would be too MYSTERIOUS SCIENCE. Govormont should dostre to The purport of this reply is not indiscroot for a single person to obtain from other than Chinese mundo public as yet, the letter how take the initial stop. His High

The Maidstone coroner recently" and "B" shareholders that

with regard to the position of the TeL Add. Montatsu." Codes: A.B.C. 8th, Ed. A. I. & Lieber's 'sources, fiunde in addition to the ing to come before the committees |ness will first consult this Cabinot,

proceeds derived from this loan, of the two organizations. It is whose consent is absolutely inquired into the death of Mise their claims will be dealt with to continue or complete the opera- reported, however, that Mr. Stonessential to bring it to a successful May Frost,, aged 23, daughter of later. "Ordinary depositors will tions contemplated under this withdraws his statement that issue; and then the Prince Regent a resident of Eccles, who died be first dealt with," he said, "and agreement, the huporial Chinese Japaneso were not allowed on the will be asked to give his sanction. suddenly at Sheal's Court, Maid-issued by the Official Receiver and also at Chefoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Penang.

a further notice will no doubt be Government shall first invite, the race-track at Negishi; but on other The fate of the old Astronomical Banks to undertake a loan to matters his replies are said to be Board scoins sealed; but what one, the establishment of the telling the 'A' and 'B' holders provide the funds required, but unsatisfactory. It is to be hoped could it expect if it refused to Brutliers Grant, who describe how they may get should the Imperial Chinese that after the matter is considered advanos with the times? The themselves as lumian X-Ray Government fail to agree with in committee the reply will be pub- unfit must go to give place to the Scientists." the Banks as to the terms of such lished, seeing that the question fit, this is the rule of nature. supplementary loan, then other concerns the whole foreign com- financial groups may be invited to munity, who are anxious to know undertake the same; and should the kind of defence that hus been the Imperial Chinese Govornmont made by Mr. Stone. decide to invite foreign capitalists to participate with Chinese in: forests in Manchurian husiness contemplated under this loan, or to bo undertaken in connection therewith, the Banks shall first be invited to so participato,

Employment of the Money.

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A TRIBUTE TO OUR VOLUNTEERS.

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A correspondent of a home

DREAM OF EMPIRE

Mrs. Annie Besant, in an ad- dress ut Queen's Hall last month, made some interesting references to the relations between Britain and her colonies.

They could not (continued Mrs. papor recalls an incident at Besant) leave India out of the Of the £1,000,000 which it Hongkong in the following let-Empire which they were building up, and that was where the co- "I notice that a contingent of lonies were making a great mis

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The deceased's mother stated that her daughter was suffering from consumption, and she took her to Shoal's Court hooause the medical man who had been at- tonding her had given up hope.

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WM. POWELL,

LIMITED.

GENTS OUTFITTERS.

Dr. Travers, who mado a post- mortem examination, certified THE that death was due to tuberpulosis of the lungs,

Albert Ürrant, in evidenco, said Je was a scientist. We practice," ho stated, "a science only known to me and my brother."

The coroner: What is your science?-Witness: It is a science the public, and I shall not dis- which has never been put before close it.

was stipulated might be advanced tor:- forthwith for the Manchurian enterprises, a sum of £400,000

ton officers and non-commissioned take. By their treatment of has already boon lunded over to the Chinese Government, £300,- officers of the Hongkong Volun- Indians they were undermining 000 has been earmarked for teer Corps will attend the the Empire in India, for every The coroner: What were you plague expenditure, while the Coronation celebrations in June. Indian rosented being an outcast balance of £300,000 has been It may interest your readers to under the flag which he had been allonated to various industrial, mining and agricultural enter- know that this is one of few taught to respect and for which prises. It is understood that volunteer commands that have many of his countrymen had

The coroner: You are only a

before you became a scientist?- Witness: A sanitary inspector and insurance superintendent, scientist so far as the human body before leaving for home the been called out for active service, fought and died,

is concerned ?-Witness: Ani- French Minister, M. de Margerie, This was in 1808, when the There were twomen in England mals, trees, or any living things strongly urged the Manchurian Chinose at Kowloon City; object who stood out above others in fact under my treatment, Viceroy not, for the present, toing to the establishment of British dealing with this question. One The coroner: How do you ap apply for any further portion of rule in the New Territory, threat was the Prince of Wales, now ply this wonderful science the Manchurian loan.. The French ened trouble. Lieutenant-Colonel King George V., who in his speech Witnoss: In this way (making a contribution to the first instal-Chapman, the commandant of the at the Guildfull declared that pass with his hand). ment is said to have been advan- corps, who is of course, to be one India must be ruled by sympathy, The coroner: Ifa troo were de- cod under protest, and the French of the Coronation contingent, is and the other wasthe late Viceroy, cayed could you stop the decay? Minister informed the Viceroy probably the only officer who overlord Minto, who in the midst of Witness: I could if I wished, that in view of Russia's protest took the field in evening dress. danger Mond calm and firmn Roplying to other questione, it would be batter to await the On that occasion the call for and trusted tha Indians, the witness assorted that he could result of his visit to Paris before volunteers canio lato in the oven And now for the first time in eo through one. He could, applying for furthor funds.

ing, and the commendaut, win India a monarch of the West was in fact, look right through a steel "Of course, it is by no means happened to be dining out was to payed in the East. door, Ilo kept the deceased alive eortain yet that even the currency informed, by means of the tele: Novor hotove had such an honor until the valves of her heart gave portion of the loan will be sottled phone, of the serious, develop been paid to a part of the Empire, out to the satisfeoton of all concernments at Kowloon City. Realis- and then when England and ed, and the Chinese Government, ing that there was no time for India were linked together in the after conferring Double Dragons veremony, he slipped an overpoat pagination and emotion could upon the bankers concerned has over his boiled shirt and swallow they not see in that ilio promise realized that its action has been tails, and hurried off to join his of a mighty Empire in' which somewhat lasty, and has request mau in their night march to the East and West should be joined ed the recipients not to wear or scene of the disturbance, some together, and in which each show the Order for the present. milon diatones from Hongkong," should help the other.

There was no person living who could escape hila power,

The jury returned a verdiet of Deatli from natural causes,"

The coroner told Mr. Grant that he was troading on very thorny ground, and advised him to be careful how he acted.

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