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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mildewed Measures
Legislative bodies overy now By the installation of a tele- and again live a sort of, apring
at its best. A most happy exam-necessary that some British troops phone in each of their care the ple of the diplomatic statement should be despatched to the north.
nicely calculated to give the Arrangements wore quietly unde Hongkong High Level Tramway cleaning. They overtinal their Mr. Murray Stowart has been ap maximum of gratification to both yesterday, in fact the local forcos Co. has introduced a new and stock of legislation; discard
have been in readiness for emor-useful feature. This will enable consigo to the dust-heap that of gencies at any moment for some the brakemen and conductors, in the stock that has become mil One of the smallest of theGor-limo past, and to-morrow morn
unserviceable; solert
pointed a member of the Mestion Hoard for a further term of three
cars.
sides,
a
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portions of somo__ legislative
man Principalities is undertaking ing a company of the K.O.Y.LI. case of necessity, to communicate, dowed, Lieutenant B. Dryer, Inspector of very big experiment in financia under the conanand of Major at my time desirel with the Army Schools, South China Com legislation, The Diet of the elder Withycombe, will be ombarked Power Station at the "top-sido mand, will carry out the half-yearly of the two Principalities of Reuss, on one of the boats of Messrs. terminus as well as with the other wares that may be incorporatell inspection of the following schools which lie in Control Germany, urdine, Mathioson & Co. Their car, wherever it may be. This in the newer stook, and general- 4th to 6th December; Lyemun, 8t the southeast of the Thuringian immediate destination, is Shang will greatly facilitate matters fly dress up their shop-wiadowa,
States, have carred a resolution hi
during the current week: Kowloon,
and 9th December.
A
held
".
A PREVALENT COM- PLAINT.
With a fine contempt for the |seasons, the Legislative Council of Hongkong lust wook took off ta 0931, 'turuel- up it whic slcoves and disturbed the dust upon venerable onlinoos, dut- In the Summary Court this ing back as far as 1841. The morning before Mr. Justice Gous work, though not spectacular, is pertz, S. A. Marican by his at- torney A. L. Mohideon, sued Ng absolutely necessary and the Le- Li-hing to recover $307, being gislative Council has undoubted- money for goods supplied.
in favour of inoreasing the Stato Garrison orders to-day contain anything out of the swd should incometax by 5 percent of the tax the following: The following occur, as word on immediate The concert arranged by Mr. Jon incomes between £300, and troops will embark on the se.ly be sent to the Power station. W. White and party will take place by 10 per cent, of the tax on in- Kwongsang to-morrow morning? at the Seamen's Institute tonight.comes exceeding £300 a year in General Staff, 1 officer; 1st Bn. A splendid programme has been the case of unmarried persons of K.O.Y.LL, 4 officere and 100 ranged, and the concert should prove either sex who invo reached their mon; R.G.A., 2 officers and 25 one of the most successful yot
30th year. The Diet consists of men, with ivo mountain guns; at the Institute.
12-members, and the resolution R.E.,-1-officer and 20 men; A.S.C., was carried by seven votes ngainst 1 officer, and 2 mon; 4.0.0.,1 five. The super-tsxation of bach-inan; R.A.M.C., L officer and clors has often been proposed in men. Total, 10-officers and 152 They will embark at the other German States, and was mon. jocularly referred to as a possible A... Pier at 8.30am. All bag form of Imperial taxation by gage, supplies, otc, accompany the Emperor Williamin aspeooling the troops will Lo slipped this afternoon. The lighter will ship at Hamburg-in-1908.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1914.
COMMERCIAL DREADNOUGHTS,
Bijou Scenic Theatre. An attractive foature of this Mr. Charles Keeler, the well- known and much-travelled American West's programme at the Bijou is paet and philosopher, who is at pro a screamingly funny sketch in sent lecturing in Manila, expects to which Miss Kitty Dolavale and reach Hongkong towards the end of Mr. Bob Stephonson are seen in the week. During his stay in the their element. Some fine films Colony this writer of characteristic are being shown, among which Rooms of the coa and lyrics of nature are Max Lindor's latest and "Old will give a series of recitals at one of and Mndern Versailles," which, in point of spectacular effects, is the big-hotels
oue of Pathe Frere's best pro- ductions.
There are some who think that the present craze for big mon- of-war will run its course and that the nations will revert to vossels of smaller tonnage and fewer guns. The fricts upon which sacho
their
very
in death,
V
A Special Mission.
THE STRUGGLE FOR NANKING.
News from Shanghai.
Mr. Gardner appeared for they performed useful work in re- plaintiff and Mr. Otto Kong Sing vising the ordinances. The Law defended.
Mr. Gardner said he would np. Revision Ordinance, 1911, in ply for an adjournment. The that it makes for "the simplifi- action was brought by the attorney
cation of language and groater
for the plaintiff, and he know nothing about the case, Thoy clearness," deserves a warm wet- hart been unable to get the chie' come, and this is applicable to witness there to-day.
Strays.
The following "nows in refer- ence to Nanking is from tho. "Nan adjournment as he had a diferal Revision Ordinance, 1911. Mr. Kong Sing was opposed to to its brother measure, the Gen- C. Daily News" of Nov. 27 foulty in getting to Court. He
According to information which
was an invalid and suffered from |renched Shanghai'on. Saturday,
gout. the advance of the rovolutionary
His Lordship: A great many forces upon Nanking is meeting
Finally His Lordship adjourn with little serious resistance. In people do that. the absence of all communication
ing to pay the coats of the day. with Nanking oxcept by wirelessed the case sine-die, plaintiff bay-Excellency's assent on Friday.
DEMAND FOR ABDIC- ATION.
Dr. Wu Ting-Fang to the Prince Regent.
Hill, part of which is actually appears in the local Chinese Press Your Highness, the
....
A usoful little Ordinance was passed by the Legislative Council on Nov. 30 and received His
That was the Pounds Ordinancs, 1011.This ineasure is calculatod to make owners of dogs and other Jomestic animals take care that they do not go astray. If any. such suimals, in the opinion of any police officer appear to have been lost or to be doing: damage
=
they may be impounded. One
might remark in passing that "doing damage" is scarcely a
appearence," In what conceivable oiroumstances
appear
Much wasu pod from Sir Ed- is that he has already retreated ion of the public is unanimous and across the river, there being no foreigners who possess common wurd Grey's speech in the direc gunboats to bar his way, and iu sense express no different views. tion of improved relation be LITIGA-this case the city may well fall Thina, the monarchical form of tween Great Britain and Ger
constitutional government cannot. without a blow being stuck.
The Government of India has sanctioned,, as a tentative measure for five years with affect from the
We are requested by Bishop current year, the attendance of not more than three officers of the Indian Pozzoni to state that a special Army annually at the army class at Mission, which will probably last the Landon School of Economics. The a week, will shortly be given at officers selected for the course. will the Cathedral of the Immaculate full details are necessarily not be granted eight months' combined Conception, Glenealy, by the Rev forthcoming. It sooms, however, loave to England, and will receive Father Lynch, of the fedemptorist to be established that Tiger Hili A.B.C.. '5th edition
In addition to their leave pay, lodg-Order in the Far East, The Rethe most important fort outside m allowance according to rank demptorist Fathers are now hold- the city, has been taken by the BILETI.
They will not be entitled to travelling ing a similar Mission in the Phi- rebels without much attempt be- CRAWFORD), On the 4th inst., at "Tusculum "Barker Road, allowance nor to frea passage.
lippines, where the services held ing made at defence: -
The importance of this capture the wife of P. M. Crawford, of a son.
Typhoon Warning have been very largely attended
by the Catholic congregation, in- is shown by the fact that the big The following Telegram was
Tiger Hill not received by the American Concluding many distinguished visit guns mounted on sulate Genstal from the Manila. The Rev. Father Lynch is only render the approach of a
well known in the Catholic world fleet hazardous in the extreme, but The following mys the "Pek. Observatory at 12.30 p.m. to-
as an orator of considerable ela command, the lower part of the ing Daily News of Nov. 21, is a day:Cyclone or Typhoon S. of
quence and high attainments, city together with thefort on Lion translation of a telegram which matter of " Guam, direction unknown;
Bis sermons will, therefore, be The Colony's Health,
very greatly appreciated in the within the city. During the week ended Dec, 2 Colony. Bishop Pozzoni extends Purple Hill, the other strong Prince Regent, Peking. Since the could a stray animal " there were nine cases of small- a cordial invitation to all to attend point in General Chang's line of risings of Szechuan and Hupelt, to be doing damage" and not be pox and eight deaths. All were the Mission. The Order of exor-defence, is also invested accord the issue of the self-accusation doing it! The period in which Chinose, and one case was im-cises cannot be announced until ing to later information, and with beerce was in motormy fall are impounded, animals may be re- ported. There were three cases after the arrival of Father Lynch, 10,000 troops in a position to by excesses in the form of si atro- of diphtherin (two Chinese and who is expected from Manila by bombard the oily, if the positioncious marder of human beings, coverod is seven days after notice exercise position must be regard-out a straggle of more than ten Gazette. This should be sulli
provinces within ten days, The ndian) all of which result-ranged that the evening or e Chang penarie; General out a nating in the savore us with of the impounding is given in the cient to enable anyone who has may commence at 6.30 p.m. eached as desperate. opinions are based aro sufficiently obvious, and it would be idle to
The "Carpet Bagger." day, and it is expected to last an While it must be remembered general condition of circumstances deny that they doserving of respectful consideration. The kuge
Yesterday a young Chinose hour. Through the courtesy of that his best troops have been points to the inevitable conclusion lost a valuable animal to take nan-of-war costs an enormous sum of money; the cost does not arrived in Hongkong on the s.s.sentholders there will be no spe- kept within the walls, the force that apart from republicanism," steps to prevent its sale of des- increase pro rate will the tonnage, it is in something like arithmetical On Loo from Kongmoon. Hecial allocation of seats, all the at his command is entirely inado- there is no way to avoid sacrifice truction. progression. If a 'catastrophe overtook a super-Dreadnought--and onrried with him a bag, and pews, excepting two, being avail-quate to defend the twenty two of human lives or to preserve peace
bulk renders this type of vessol at all times the more chancing to see P.8. Koadall, he able to all without reservation miles of walls. The probability between Man and Han. The opin The Pity of it
took it into his head to bolt. On during the Mission. liable to an accident than smaller craft-it would mean the loss of being captured his bag was millions and the grave weakening of the fleet. To paraphrase the searched and found to contain homely old saying the construction of these monster means "putting two carbines in sections and nine OPIUM BOILERS
revolvers. To-day ho appeared too many eggs into one basket." On the other hand, theoretically before Mr. Frying, who inflicted a
On November 23, of the Con- possibly meet with toleration in many. The clouds of doubt and the super-Dreadnought shuuld be superior to any number of moderate-fine of $200 or six montlist in
sular staffs, only the British and the future of China. In the interest suspicion and jealousy were to In the Supreme Court this Japanese Consuls remained in of the Emperor and Your High-ave been dispersed and the ten- sizod vessels in actual conflict by reason of its ability, with itsprisonment and twelve strokes of
morning before the Chief Justice Nanking. Of these wo under-es, you should just now regard sion that has lasted for so long heavier guns, to sink them before they could got within range. Tho the birch.
Sir Francis Figgot, an action was stand that the British Consul got yourserons listed the throne was to: lave boon
boen relaxed — if controversy is still proceeding, and it would be presumptuous for
Orcan Recital- commenced in which several firms out of the city with some difficul- Emperora abies to thoirt Ones Sir Edward found it possible to the layman to express any decided opinion one way or another.
The following is the programme
of opium boilers were concerned. y on Saturday night. There in favour of the best men they With the advent of these, enormous battleships has been of the organ recital to be given in The plaintiffs were the Fook Lang ware also in the city about fifteen chose,) by obtaining the best extend the olive branch. That is man for the world (Empire), If what was sild before the spooft associated the building of commercial Dreadnoughts still larger. St. John's Cathedral at 5.30 pan. firm, and the defendants were the American missionaries,
We are asked officially to con- you will hat wake up and change was delivered. Afterwards, the Prelude and Fugue in G minor You Wo firm and Chan Kit-shari. The Olympic aud the now German vessels are larger than anyt(Bach) Tone Picture "The for off. G. Alabaster appeared for the p'oyees of tho Imperial Post" republicanizing. Chins," treat-general impression seemed to ba
Mr. H. EPollook, KC. and Mr.tradict the rumour that some.cm your attitude, and cooperate in that has yet floated on the bosom of the sea. For the commercial
past" (Pitt); Prelude (Rachman-! Dreadnoughts it may be claimed that they are justified in that in their inoff): The Answer (Wolsten plaintiffs and Mr. M. W. Slade, Office at Nanking have been killing the citizona with justice and that, if there were any gonu
od in that City. The report has consideration, as the civilization anxioty on the part of the two case it is certainly true that one larger vessel is much more profitably holub); Preinde in D Ast "Rain K. C. for the defendants.
It appears that several firms of no foundation in fact. The staff of the world demands, the citizens
countries for punable relation worked than two of half the tonnage. The cost of the large ship's drop" (Chopin); Marche de Foto
(Buser), and two trios for violin, opium boilers established another foreign and Chinese, have been will doubtless, be able to show you company for example is consideraby less than would be that of the cello and organ by Mendelssohn firm in which they were all part housed in three large houseboats every courtesy, in return, with due ship the way had been success" two smaller vessels, and in regard to the working charges generally and Massenet. The collectionners and the plaintiffs had four- and delivery of letters is proceed-regard to ensuring your living in Tully paved. But what hus been wealth and honoures becomes the the immediate outcome? The an- this is true. There can be go doubt that botter financial results will be in aid of the general funds thirteenth of the total number of ing whenever possible:
shares. However since the new A letter from Nenking dated Imperial Household, the peace and nouncement has been made that accrue from the running of vessels of the Mauretania and Olympic of the Cathedral,
firm had been in existence the Nov. 22 says: The troops of safety of the Manchu clans being The Zoroastrian Club type than were obtained in the past. On land also the tendency is
plaintiffs had only received $72, General Chang have fortified the not excluded from our aim. Other Great Britain is going to build similar. In September a railway engine, 120 feet long, was sent for On Saturday evening a large 000 and they now asked that an ac vicinity. More than one half of wise, the curse of war will be five super-Dreadnoughts of un- gathering of the members of the count should be taken of the the Nanking garrison are slaying prolonged and extended, the precedente: power, and hird on its maiden trip along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system. Zoroastrian Club and their wives, amount due to the Fook Lang firm outside the city walls. Two the intred accumulated and inten the lwels of that ognjuncement This monster weighs -850,000 pounds and can draw a weight of was held to bid farewell to one of from the defendants in respect of sand of them stoopposing the rebel sified. Since the atrocity indulged comes one that Corming is to ex- -10,000 tons on a level. In other words it can'd do more than the their most enthusiastic members the shares in the defendant firm'e troops advancing from Chinking in by the Northern Army has been
Mr. C. Nazir, who is proceed belonging to the plaintiff's Plaint Violent fighting has been going so inhuman, how can it be poss-pend £18,000,000 on bor Navy The question that naturally arises is Where will it end? Are to Caloutta. A flash light photo iffs also claimed that an account on between here an 1 Wubu Allible for the Gront Seat to exint presumibly in add we yet in might of the maximum? Naturally it is easier to ask such of the party having been taken by should be taken of all the moules picked troops are being kept alone? We Wu Ting-fang und inary building prozra Mee Choong they sat to dinner, had or received by the defendant within the city, but their number others, cannot, sil by and view first fruits of the spooch questions tant to answer them. The limit in regard to ocean-going during the course of which the in respect of the use of plaintiff's seems to be by far too small to (the content on) ne re therefore
We presun
to ten o yon this, steamers would seem to be regulated by the depth of the harbours Band of the K.O.Y.I..L. played so trade mark or in the alternative a defend the city walls, which pre
hfuladv.co; our voice, have to enter. But he would be a very far-seeing or a very leotions through the kindness of sum of $10,000, the appointment more than forty-five kilometres our final
'ree and ouri imhrudent man who would declare that the limit has yet boon reached Lt. Col. L'A. H. Hamilton and of a regelver, and an injonction to long. The main positle
offoors of the regiment. A very restraintle defendants from dise the city in Poobiko either for naval or commercial vessele The tendency of this centar.
onjoyable evening was spent and posing of the lowards big things, and no man oan safely say. Thus far shall the loyal and other loughs were The case gomand no farther,
work of two ordinary ongines,
TION.
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