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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3 1911

EFFERVESCING LIVER

SALT

DAY BY DAY.

No subject oan support a long- continued conversation, excepting 'love.'

mand H.M.S. Teals.

Engineer Commander Rundle, of the Naval Yard, sailed for Eng land in the a.a. Shinyo Maru yesterday.

SOENGEI RAMPAH RUB-tions which any mombor prosent NOTES AND COMMENTS.

desires to put to me.

BER CO., LTD..

There being no questions, the Chairman proposed the adoption birtir of His Majesty the Emperor To-day is the anniversary of the of the Report and Accounts."

Carried unanimously.

of Japan, the, sovoroign of the Mr. Grist proposed and Mr. country to which Great Britain in Beavis seconded that the Directors', fees be fixed at $250 per annum. ship, but by the bonds of alliance..

bound not only by ties of friend Agreed..

First Annual Meeting- Telegrams from Shanghai to- day stated that the shores of the The first annual general meet- Lieut. H. G. Stopford of H.M.S. Shanghal Land Investment. Coming of shareholders in the Scengoi Handy has been appointed to company had fallen to Tis,.97. Rampah Rubber Co., Ltd., was held in the Company's office at The Moksagorios Maritimos 8A Des Voeux Road at 4.30 p.m.

On the motion of Mr. Grist, To Mr. Funatsu, as the represontu- Au opon air conoort on the steamer Ernest Simone will arrive Roof Garden of the Hongkong in Hongkong on Sunday, Oct. 5, yesterday. Mt. A. Denison took seconded by Mr. Beavis, the relive of His Majesty in Hongkong, Hotel will be held to-morrow and will leave for Europe on the the chair and others present were tiring Directors were re-elected. we extend our heartiest felicità- This valuable preparation speedily relieves night, beginning at 0 p.m.. following Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Messrs. H. Pinckney and W. Grist seconded that Mossre. Lowe, Under the rule of the present Mr. Pinckney proposed and Mr. tions on this auspicions ocension. 0. Pattenden (Directors), E. J.Bingham and Matthews, be re- Biliousness, Sick-headache and all Derangements f At the Eolico Court this morn- the Stomach. It purifies the Blood by impartinging, ton gamblers were finod, by sary of the birth of the Emperor Crist, C. E. H. Beavis and C. N.

G. Walker (Secretary), Mr. Hazelund, the sum of ireol

The Secretary having road the the natural Saline Elements necessary to a healthy dollars ouch for gambling in a

netice convening the meeting, hou o in First Street. condition.

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1911.

CRIME AND INSANITY,

the outlook is much moro satisfactory.

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month,

Inspector McHardy has been transferred to Wanchai, Inspector Kerr to Yanali, and Inspector Cordon to Kowloon City. Sorgia,

In honour of the 50th anniver-

of Japan, Consul and Mrs. Funateu "At-Home" this afternoon at 19 Macdonnell Road.

wero

Leave of absence, in extension, White and G. F. H. Faithfull, has boon granted to Liouts. A. G. 120th Baluchistan Infantry, from November 8 to 10; 1911, inclu- Bivo

100%

electal anditors and that their fook

be fixed at $150 for the first your and $200 for the forthcoming

year,

Carried unanimously, This was all the business.

The Chairman said: Gentle- men, The Report of your Direc been before you for some time RISING AT SHUMTAK. tors, and the Balance Sheet, have now, and I therefore propose, with your permission, to take these ne road. I have not much to say to you this tho first Annual General

Revolutionary. Flag Raised.

This morning, a gentleman coting of our Company. Every.THE "THEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT.)

Canton, Nov. 2. whose name sat present unknown,ing necessary to give you full but who is said to be an engineer information as to the position, and Yesterday, news reached Can down the stairs of the Grand Hotel and fractured his skull. He was conveyed to the Governmont Civil Hospital in an ambulanco,

ouri

Emperor Japan lana dmorged frem

soi-barbaric obscurity into a position beneath, the limelight No brighter reign has adorned the annals of the Island Empire, and it is fitting that the day of the Em- peror's birth should be honoured not only by his own subjects, but alsoby those of a friendly and al- liod nation. The official courtesies→

which have passed to-day betwee the representative of King Geargo: and the Consul for Japar, aro

to-day the case in which a coolie was charged with being in unlaw ful possession of a quantity of east irou. He was ordered to pay a ou one of the Singapore boats, fell the management of the business ton of a rising at Simaling and warmer and sincerer than night

te Company, is set out in the Tanguling in the Sluitak Report and Accounts now sub-district, created by the local bad sometimes be the case and it is mitted to you, which I vonture to characters. It is reported that with genuine pride that tho state cannot be considered to be these rullinus wero under the Japanese banking, shipping and otherwise than satisfactory. The leadership of the notorious robber commercial, concerns liavo to-day The President and the Commitcres of properly possessed by said to be composed of averal

Report shows that, of the 2,000 Tuk Lam-ching. The gang is dressell their offices with flugs. teo of the Ministering Children's the Company, 1,100 have been thousand men and their flag is timely article in the South le Donald and M. 9. Sullivan Longue desire through

planted in rubber, and 400 similar to the revolutionary flag China Morning Post" calls atten have taken up the duties of acting columus, to convey their most will in a few months time ein lupolt. The movement is n inspectors at the Central Police hearty thanks to all the helpers planted up with cocoanuts; the re-anti-dynastie, but their sole object tion to the dangers attending the Station.

and stall-holders at the League's maining 500 acres being loft for is to loot for arms and ammuni-water borne trade between Hong- Annual Bizaar for their ungrudgus to deal with hereafter as aption, but not for money and valu-keng and the West River poris. The management of the Tram-ing-co-operation and assistance ways Co., Ltd., with a view of con- for the cardial zoal which were planted about two of rubber ablos. This afternoon Mr. Kong At a time such as this, when lo wore about two years ago; Hung-yun, a local gentleman, left hands of the Provincial Govern- nocting their service with that of undo this yearly function so suc and having regard to the fact that for the scene of the disturbance. tho Canton railway lave decided to cessful. They would also tonder the soil in which they are planted run an extra tram at 7.30 am. on the following firms their grateful is of excellent quality and the Sundays, which will enablo Peak thanks for their most generous troes have grown very rapily, we' rosidonis to catch the first train aid-The Eastern Printing may expect to have a number of to Canton and intermediate sta Ollice, The Proprietors of Peter's trees ready for tapping in 1913. tions on Sundays as well as weak Chocolate, Messrs. Lane, Crawford Although some of them may be top- daya.

&Co., Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Mesars. A. S. Watson & Co., The Robinson Piano Co., and Mesars, Naming Loong.

A Penang tologram dated Oct. 10 saye The wedding took place 'to-day at St. Mark's Church, Butterworth,.of.Dr. John Sutton

Webster, medical oflicor, General Hospital, Penang, to Miss Mary Ashworth Walmsley, only daugh ter of the late Mr. James Walme loy, of Oldham, England. The Rov. J. L. Smith officiated.

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of Samahui.

Gun Practice.

Įdonds in no long time afterwards. You will obaorve that the 700 acros planted about two years ago

monta.

ER'S CLAIM:

ment are rather ovorfall with.

at Canton and know that it is

impossible for the Government

to take effective measures to

fentant consented to judgment. As our contemporary suggests it Mr. Gardiner stated that the de- rondór safe the river port trade. was only a question of instal- might be useful in more ways

than one if British gunboats could... His Lordship-What do you he spared for patrol work. There, Mr. Gardiner $10 a month;

may be diplomatic difficulties, but

Plaintiff No. The money has Government to which the Two His Lordship (To the plaintiff) in the absence of any definite-

ben owing for a long, long time. Kwang at present profess allegi- -Are you willing to take that?. knowledge in regard to the

His Lordship (To Mr. Cardiner) What is your client?

inco, thero should be less need Mr, Gardiner He is employed for punctilio than wopld be the Watson's water factory. Ho is unse were conditions normal, already paying $30 in respect of Should an opportunity present another judgment.

His Lardship-Has hoa faniily? Brooke did around Sarawak sở itself to do in these waters what Mr. Gardinor-Yes,

ROARDING HOUSE KEEP-troubles in the capitul city, the outerprising pirates see a fine op- portunity. It is, duo to them to Before the Acting Chief Justice, say that when they do not see n pable in the spring, we do not in- Mr. Justice Comports, in the ready-made opportunity they aro tend to tap heavily until about the Court of Summary Jurisdiction generally ready to provide one. middle of that year when we shall this morning, Mr. Ross White They are probably fully cou- have about 700 acres averaging sued D. Durward to recover the vorsant with the state of affairs Typhoon Warning

three and a half year old. Having sum of $40. The following telegram was re- such a large area to start on wo Mr. J. If. Gardiner appeared for ceived by the Americna Consulate trust we shall not luvo to com- the defendant, while the plaintiff (eneral from the Manila Obsor- plain as is the case with many appeared in person. valory at noon, to-day-Cyclone companies which have 100 acres or or Typhoon E. of Yap inclining so-at-a-time coming-into-bearing northward.

of the high cost of thojnitial stages of production. From thenceforth In the British Consular Report orders that sub-calibre and aim- pay its own way and should be- It is announced-in Garrison the Company should be able to n. the trade and resources of the Coago, by Mr. Consul H. Ging rifle praction will be carried gin to earn aufliciont to pay divi-offer? Mickie, it is noted that scientific Stoscutters in a N.W. to S.W. out as follows-7th inat, from Is crime increasing or decreasing? The question is raised quite missions are to be sent to Malaysia direction, from 0a.m. to 12 noon. stand in our books at a little over naturally by a perusal of the annual report of the Commissioners of and British fudit for studying 9th inst., from Pak-Sha-Wan in a $20 per nere; that plantod a Prisonat homes, which was issued only the other day. The answer is tropical agriculturo, irrigation, N. to E. direction, from 9 a.m. to notso easy to give that a mere yes or no fits the case. It varies accord- and the prevention of diseases in pat. 10th inst., from Pak-She-year ago at a little over £17 por ing to the scope of the retrospective glance, and the fire fine plants. Until it becomes possible Wan in a to E. direction, from are, and that planted this year prime considered: It is easy, of course, to discover that including to acquire experts vorsed in rural aan, to 1 p.m. persons sentenced by Courts Martial and imprisoned as debtors, or economies in Belgium itself, the

at about £15 percre. The first on civil process, or in default of sureties, the total number of pri-stiff will be drawn from other

700 acros planted should still be A Persistent Gambler. hought into bearing at about £25 soners received under sentence during the year was 180,395, a-de- countries.

At the Marino Court, this por acre, but the later planting crease as compared with the previous year of 13,870; and that the

morning, A Ridout, assistant being origival jungle and requir number convicted on indictment and summarily was 107,695, or

engineer on the 8.9. Siberia, ing heavy drainage will cost 404.8 per 100,000 of the population of England and Wales, which A West River stomer, the sunnnoned a hawker named Chan rather more. It is the initial By mutual consent, it was much the better. Piracy is ún is the lowest point reached, except for one year (1900-1) during the hugg, was carrying a cargo Yu for being on, board the vessel expense of cloaring, preparing, agree that the plaintiff should anomaly in the twentieth century. last 30 yonra. But that does not quite covor the whole ground.

of firewos a few days ago when If we glance backward over only ten years crime, appears to sho caught fire and was burned without the permission of the and planting whigh is so grantses Mr. Gardiner in his office with Mastor or the Chief Officer on that of keeping a planted area a view to arrivingatsome arrange- be on the increase. If the survay includes a couple of decades to the water's edge in the harbour Nov. 2.

Those who have occasion, to It appears that

clear is exceedingly small in cun-mont,

transinit money to Shanghai are Prosecutor had occasion to go parison. With regard to the 500 The Conyhissioners themselves take a hopeful view. Instend formerly the craft was used for on deck to find his staff and acres of reserve lani, the value of

learning that the rebellion in ›. of bewailing an increase we should be congratulating ourselves on arrying goon of oil and the discovered thein gambling with five pounds per acre inight at

FOOTBALL LEAGUE upeh is having far-reaching Yet, i places, the report is gloomy and word had become saturated the defendant. He sent them to first sight be considered ratlier very notable decrease,"

consequences. The premium that soddening. Especially is this the case where youthful offending is that who she was well alight their work, but twenty minutes high, but it must not be lost sight

has to be paid is to-day six per H. K. F. C. v. R. B. dealt with. Young and habitual offenders return again and again to there was no hope of saving the later he found them back again of that the principal drains are

cent, but it has beon as high as prison without any sense of shame whatever. "A brief sojourn in

vessel. The whole cargo was

ten per cent. The cause is that already made and our land being prison," says the Lady Juspector of Prisons, with reference to girls of ost, but as far as is known there gambling with Chan.

The defendant was fined $50 ina central district we have merely ball Club meet the Royal En which has led to the Chinese with To-morrow the Hongkong Foot Singhai is in a state of panic this stamp, "is not unpleasant te l'om; they take the lightest view

were no fatalities.

or in default 2 months hard to cut down the jungla at a cost of gincers in a Longue game, com- drawing deposits from the native of the offence for which they payso fightly. Many appear to have Unclaimed Telegrams. no moral sense whatever, and are genuinely unable to see that they The following is a list of un-

about ten shillings an aero and mencing at 4 p.m. The Hongkong banks and converting foreign: have done wrong, or that their sentence is due to anything except claimed telegrams lying in The

hind it over to the natives to Club'a' team is as follows: bunk notes into silver. This luck, or the 'spite' or zoal of the police."

An interesting seizure was plant a crop of paddy nad, we Clarke, goal; A. Hamilton, Jatter, action was kon brc.uso Yet, even where it touches on crimes by the young the report and China Telegraph Company's the port yesterday when Sargt. almost ready for planting at un- Barlow, C. Wilkes, half backs: money would be useless if tho

Eastern Extension, Australasia) made on one of the boats leaving shall have a lot of cleared land | Maclean, backs; H. P. Jones; R. the Chiucas, feared that pa tells of improvement, Thus, the prisoners committed to Office at Hongkong:-Bromfield Murplis and, a party of Chinese der six pounds an aere, which is K. R. Forde, W. Hedley, H. W rebels look Shanghii. Although prison between the ages of 10 and 21 were reduced by nearly 40 por Hongkong Hotel from Shanghai; polico executed a search warrant cheap. cent. The Borstal system, again, yields capital resul's. It is a Chinjuoonsau No. 96 Tanshin on board the Chan Po. from the genoral remarks in the berts, forwards..

As you will perceive con, W. Wilson and J. C.-Rothe Banks had smple resources striking testimony to its valio that only about 20 per cent, who have Lodging House from Singapore; Amongst a quantity of luggago, report, a considerable advantage

in various forms to meet, thesgo. been under it return to prison.. One interesting feature of the report Chujolm Nampakhong from Afan-claimed by queueless Chinese, is considered to be pos eword by

notes they ware not all held in is that the Commissioners, selected ono fairly typical prison for tin; Doonau from Melbourne; was found a box which on a us over the majority of other

the shape of Moxicat dollará examination and found that the results did not support the popular Couhuathung from Bangkok; cursory examination apparently plantations, in that our estate is published a reasoned argument in Mexican dollars t'une ran up The "London Magazine" has and as the notes call for paymont belief that imprisonment was valueless, or nearly so, na'n deterrout.flaphong from Singapore; Hup contained only a cooking outfit. in immediate proximity to a rail-against the practice of excessive to a premium of ten per cent. It appears that one out of every three received into prison for the first songlong from Bangkok, Tuada The box was handled none too way and the main road, nid (ap. salt eating. The article alleges Thin, naturally, was a source of time returns a second time and that one out of every four becomes Tsuruyn Hotel from Tuipel; gently till one of the officers made ping will be rendered easy and that the practice of eating much profit to one or two of thestronger a habitual petty offender. On the other hand, "it is equally true," Komatsu Ataks from Tainan a further examination and found cheap having regard to the special salt upsets the composition of the banks and accounts for to say the Commissioners, "that two out of overy three find one torm of Kwonghonghunt from Bangkok; that the box was fitted with a false circumstances mentioned in there blood and produces a tendency to shipments of dollars from Bong imprisonment sufficiently deterrent to keep them out of prison for Langdon Captain care American bottom. This was prized open general remarks. You will also bleeding, and that the "crude kong to which we refarel a the fatura."

Consul from New York; Loo- and then it was discovered that notice from the report that it is mineral" salt in habitual use arti-coiple of weeks ago. Lon But, if on the whole the world of crime is a diminishing world, niingles passenger steamer Song- the box contained no fewer than proposed to make a further call ficilly preserves wasto tissues advices of thero alunonte being the unyielding corpus of habitual orime" does not diminial in any choon from Singapore; Loong- eleven articles that were at once of 2s. per share on Decem-instond of allowing them to decay seat the premium dropped to this, degree. The conviot population increases, and no feasible plan for eum 11 Jobre Street from Sin, recognised as bombs. The owner her 1 next, and probably a further and vanish naturally, an thus neighbourhood of six per cent., improving this class of offendor has been devised. Perhaps the reason gapore; Luason 71 Street Tehno of the box had lande of during call of 2s. 6d. a year honco. This the body becomes overloade the full being aided by the better for this failure to redeem or control the rooidiviats is revealed in the way from Saigon; Massey from the search, but when the police latter call, it is thought, will The digestive system cannot act nows, from the frost. Business report of the Modical Inspector, who notes the fact that a large per- Shanglui; Mecquenon Astor from wont to miske further searches on be sufficient to provide the opon it, and it is suggested that in Shanghai is more or less at a centage of prisoners are, if not insane, at least mentally defective. In Hanoi Moore gore. American other river atonmore they found means whorewith- to erect the skin and even more serious in- still and the state of affairs. many cases they are so far below the normal standard of intelligence Consul from Manila; Peck from the man toy wanted on the necessary, factory, and to cover ternal disorders can be traced to has not been improved by the at- ng to be unfit for prison discipline. Is not that the whole thing? Is Oakland, Cal.; Sohmidt Hubert Prays. He was arrested and such other expanses as may the abuse of salt. The moral is titule of the Chinese banks to tuotoften the moreвLnocident that some of these people are found in a Hongkong Hotel from London; conveyed to the Central Police have to be incurred before wo driven home in a novel fashion. wards: thoir own ordera, Tla prison and not in an asylum. Should they not often be treated as mental Seawokinainng passenger steamer Station, where the bomba had begin to reap the benefit of our The Apollo Belvadere is shown Chinese in Shanghai are retition fy (or morally) diseased rather than as criminals? No decrease in re- Seangcheon from Singaporo; been lodged in the Magazine. undertaking, which, se I have as he would have appeared hading the Peking Government to go cidivism can be hoped for until the whole question of the close Smith Pompey from Manila: Els will be detained pending the said, we hope to do the year after he been aviatim to the deadly to their aid, but as things look at connection between orime and insanity or feeble-mindedness is Stockwell from Sydney: Swire result of an examination of the next. Before proposing the adop-lisbit, He is represented as bald, present Peking line too many tudied and determined. Until that is done the picture of the hard- from Singapore: Wortlein from bombs. They come from one of tion of the Report and Accounts I his eyes are puffy, and he is dis troubles of its own to afford the ened, habitual criminal mast-remsin gloomy and ugly and sombre Singapore.

the Northern porte,

* Enkall bo glad to answer any ques- figured by a double olía, I assists dos required,

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Seizure of Bombs.

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