THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3 1012
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1912.
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ROMANCE THE ROYAL.
DAY BY DAY.
The English Mail of Jan. 6 wag delivered in London on Feb. 2.
THEATRE ROYAL.
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the twentieth century. Higher NOTES AND COMMENTS praise cannot. be."
Space, and not lack of apprecia- tion of genuine merit, prevents
The Weather..
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To-day's Paper, N
The appointment of Mr. Claud and probably does not consciously. Miss Dorothy Ripley, Mr. Hugh self. We wore enabled to publish The series of articles on Sovera A Colonial Secretary, to bias the view of those who write Owen, Mr. F. Parcival Stevens, on Tuesday last some interesting Directors, their liabilities, duties date from Fob, 2, is Ennounced in theatrical notices. To invite the Mr. Russell Thorndike, Miss Facts courteously given to us by and powers is continued to-day the Gazette. on page 3, whore also appears the
Press to exercise its function of Loy Beaumont, Mr. Charles the Observatry, from which it Vane, Mr. Donald Young, Mr. short sofmon. The result of the His Excellonoy the Governor adviser to the public on the merits l'erence O'Brien, Miss Margaret was to be seen that we received Photographic Competition for will distributo the prizes of the or demerits of the theatrical fare Stuart, and Mr. F. N. Dalton, who January is announced on page 8. Belilios Public School at Quoon's provided as the guests of the filled the other parts with distinc-
College, on-Lüb, Al, at noon. management, has been a practice ion-and-success- The police report that two inore doad bodies have been found, one in Aberdeen and one in the Harbour.
Lang-Britton Company.' The extension of the customary more than the briefest referance
The only excuse for, reverting amenities to the Press should not, Tyror, Mr. Randell Hollway,
to Mr. Douglas Vigors, Mr. A. W. to the weather is the weather it
Tonders are invited for repairs to No. 1 police launch.
A man, charged at the Magis tracy to-day with being a rogue and a vagabond, was sentenced to
one month's imprisonment.
It is announced in the Gazette that the name of the Rev. F. T.
Johnston, was inadvertenlly omit ted from, the list of Justices of the Peace recently issued, and has
been added.
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for many years. We mention
An order by the Governor-in-this fact merely because the Council extends the unvisions of the Probate Ordinance, 1897, to the state of Victoria, Australia.
A Chinaman in European attire, was charged at the Magis- tracy, this morning, with being in unlawful possession of a re- munition. He was fined $100 or six weeks' imprisonment,
volver and 150 rounds of ... ani-
Hongkong Telegraph " repre- sentative attended the presonta-
CORRESPONDENCE.
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tion of "The Taming of the (The opinions expressed by our cories- Skrow" at the Theatre Royal lustudents are not necessarily those of
The Hangkong Telegraph."),
Imperial Maritime League., The Editor of the Hongkong
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very niggardly allowance of sunshine during last month. Feb ruary; however, has inde a much better beginning. It is of interest to note that the Martians, if there
be inhabitants of Mare, have also
been having unwonted weather, Professor Lowell says that the Martians are having an early winter. He has noticed what he
A man who was charged at the night, having paid his $4 for his Magistracy, this morning, without. Whatever value, therefore, returning from banishment, told that this notice may possess or lack the bonch he had returned with is due to the fact that it is written
assumed to be frost on the planet. the intentions of leading n good from the standpoint of a paying
Telegraph."
He says:It (the frost) was segui life. He was sentenced to twelve. patron, not of a guest under a
Sir,--Ever since its incep- months' imprisonment.
sense of obligation.
tion in January, 1908, the Im-asa bright spot on the planet'ssun- There was a most inexcusable perial Maritime League has con-rine edge and only there, not con- delay in beginning the piece, stantly advocated the formation tinuing on the disc an the planet The Theatre Royal has more of a war staff at the Admiralty, turned. It was evident that this other buildings of its nature; it is strategieal. Various statements bright ares was hear frost from elements of discomfort than most having authority in mattere bleak nad draughty, and consens to the intentions of the present the fact that is gradually disap- quently if the management of a First Sea Lord which recently poured as it was brought into company announce that the play appeared in the Press have led sunlight by the planet's daily ro- is to begin "at 0 o'clock sharp, the British public to hope that volution. Its whiteness rivalled they should keep their word-this aim of the League's endea- His Majesty the King has not however difficult they find that vour is approaching attainment, the planet's south polar oag, and amounted to 33,108.58 togs and boon advised to exercise his feat. Their word is not their and we earnestly trust that this must have lasted for an hour and sho sales during the period to disallowance with respect bond in this and in other things. expectation may be fulfilled early a-half to two hours after the sun
to the following Ordinan" :—.
The curtain did not go up until in the new year. Ordinance No 31 of 1911, almost 9.20 p.m. and this iu- But to render a strategical war had risen on that part of the We are informed that the Indo- and codify the law as to the persons who find that their taining victory in war, the observ-The repetition of the pheno ontitled-An Ordinance to amend excusable delay robbed the many staff an effectivé moans for ab-planet to be thus viajhi China S. N. Co.'s river steamer Interpretation of Terms and as only method of attracting ance of one condition at least in menon night after night, com Kutwo, which has been aground Common Forms used in Or attention to themselves is to ar- imperative: It is that, assuming bined with its restriction to cer in the Yangtze for some con-dinances.... siderable time past was succoss-
rivo latè at affairs of this sort, of always the competence of the fully floated yesterday and has
The Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd. inform us that the total output of the Company's threo mines for the week ending Jan.
20
24,775.43 tons.
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the dubious distinction to which members, of that staff, some tain Martian hours, shows that, it apparently suffere d no damage. PIRACY AT MIRS BAY. they aspire. There is some ex-guarantee should be supplied was a diurnal matter, and the, cuse, indeed, for them, but none that their advice will be first steps of what is soon to be for the management. If the followed, Such a guarantee the snow covering throughout
months' hord labour,
Land Sales..
Major B. A. Craig, R.G.A., pro-
instant..
Organ Recitat.
Police Fired On.
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management cannot be trusted would be given, if, o.g., the chief
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Old Question Revived.
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Yesterday we publishod in this column a paragraphs about, an interesting point being discussed
Australia in regard to 'smok
The conclusion of the case in which a Chinose was charged at the last Crimiual Assizes with
to keep faith in regard to the of the staff each year definitely the day of those latitudes. This attempting to obtain, by false Though the authorities are not time of opening it is the obvious plodged himself, in a papar laid is the Grst time this particular pretences, 1,200 banknotes of the inclined to be communicative, it right of patrons to discount any before Parliament, that his phenomenon has been observed." Kwong Tik-choing Bank, Swatow, has come to our knowledge that announcement about beginning recommendations had been fol- from the Hongkong Printing a junk or launch was pirated at "at 0 o'clock sharp."
lowed and that, in his opinion Press was reached yesterday Hira Bay yesterday. The police
Seats in the dress eircle and the and the opinion of his colleagues,
Smoke and Hyglene. when after hearing argument bost, it is stated, gave chase, and stalls cost $4. In view of this the nation and the Empire were from Mr. Pattor on the prisoner's the pirates opened fire on their comparatively high charge it is in a state of reasonable security, behalf, devided against him and pursuers. The police returned an imposition to charge another having regard to the state of sentenced the prisoner to twelve the attack with the maxim gua ten cents for a programme. The international relationships as and eventually succeeded in sum is trifling and this fact these had boon oxplained to them reaching the craft. It is not should render it unnecessary for by the Government or by the g. The point was whether Particulars of land sales by stated whether any of the pirates the management to make any Foreign Office.
was consistent with the dignity public auction at the Taipo Dis- were captured, but it is believed charge.
But unless some suoli provision of a Minister of the Crown to trict Land Office on Feb, 10, and they got away before the police
The Lang-Britton Company as, this be made, the war staff smoke a cigarette while receiving. at the offices of the Public Works launch could get close enough to brought with it the highest com- may, and probably will become a deputation. Leaving that point Department on Feb. 5 and 21, make any arrests,,
mondation from Africa, from In-merely another instrument in the are motifed in the Gazette,
dia and thoStraits Settlements and hands of politicians for deluding to the residents of the Common the principals have an excellent the people of these islands into wealth to decide for themselves, MUitary Movements.
London reputation. The novelist in soucek of asbig situation, as the literary critica ceeded from Fauling Camp to
The abolief in a non-existent asfoty. it is interesting to recall that dience looked forward to a
We are, etc..
there was one period in British
· have it, will find it to hand in the secret mesting of sz-King Manos! | Stonecutters On January 20, A ratton shop at 416, Queen's delightfulinterpretation of Shake-
Harold Wyatt,
history when children were 'com- and the Pretender, Dom Miguel. Even the severe condensation Indian Officers, and 171 rank and fire early this morning. The fire not disappointed. The suggest
L. Graham, 1912. Captain H, C. Cutler, 3 Road West, was the scene of appare's comedy--and they wore
H. Horton Smith, pollad to smoke, under penalty, necessary in a Reuter'a telegram cannot rob the story of its fine air file, 8th Rajputs, proceeded from which broke out in a workshop at ion has been made that the Joint Honorary Secretaries of a Rogging if they disobeyed,
'stars" in companies of this.
Dec. 20, 1911.
That was during the Great of romance. The masting of the little party at Dover, the adjourn-Kowloon to Hongkong, on lat the rear of the premises occurred
just after midnight and thanks to character by their brilliance.pre-
Imperial Maritime League, Plague "Even children were ment to the hotel, the gay spirita-one can see it all. Old diffør-
the prompt work of the fire rent the lack of illumination is
Westminster Palace obliged to smoak," writes Hearne,
Gardens, S. W. ences are laid aside. New friendships aro comented; undying, too; that Mr. Denman Fuller, who ance of Mr. Wodehouss, the marked, Rather is it the other The following is the programme bridage, under the superintend the leaser lights from being re-
referring to this time. And, he adds I remember that I we may be sure they are sworn to be. The man who was driven has lately returned from Shang-outbreak was confined to the out-way if the question be locked at.
heard formerly Tom Rogers, who REGISTRATION OF
was yooman beadle, say that when from a Throne which he has left vacant and the man who had hai, will play at the monthly buildings. These were gutted, from the proper angle. The very the principals organ recital in the St. John' and the stock they contained excellence of
SERVANTS.
he was a schoolboy at Eton that hoped to drive him from it, not to render it vacant but to occupy it Cathedral on Tuesday evening destroyed whilst other parts of the would tend rather to bring into pro-
year when the Plague raged all himself, set down on paper their new comradeship. Henceforth Prelude and Fugue in Uminor," building were damaged by water. minence the inadequacy of their
the boys of the school were Bach; Pisco Heroiquo," C
After working for about three support. We are aware that there they are to be at variance no more.
It really appears as if Ipoh obliged to smoak in the sohool Franck; "Meditation", Batiate; quarters of an hour the brigade have been and are companies in Dom Miguel abdicates, we are told; bat the expression seems Elert; "The Tempter", German, cannot be fixed as yet, neither practically the company, the the rest of the F. M. S. and life as he was one morning for "Harmonies du Soir", Karg- retired. The amount of damage which one or two stors are may have the honour of showing very morning, and that he was never whipped so much in his rather an unhappy one. He could not well abdicate from a Throne Mra. Hunter is the soloist, and has it been a certained whether other members being, ao to speak, the Colony, the way la re not smoaking." upon which he has never eat. What is meant is that he has laid
props." But this is certainly gard to that very vexed question aside his claim. There was no immediato likelihood of its being
not the case with the Lang-Britton of registration of servants, A made good anyhow, so that he has given up little except hopes and
combination; the high standard petition in favour of something Mysterious Reuter.t pretensions. Yet these counted for a deal with him, no doubt,
Router's Agency is not infre of excellence is maintained prao-being done there has been very New Green Staff Market,
tically throughout and by evory-largely signed, the names includ-quently the target of criticism. and he has actually sacrificed something. Hopes are less tangible
The Government proposes to
ing those of the District Officer Recently the Hon. Mr. Pullook than actualities but may be quite as painful to lose.
make an order under the High- At the Magistracy, to-day, Mr. Mr. Matheson Lang made a Mr. Jelf and Mr. Justice Wood questioned whether n particular ways Ordinance, 1910, for nur E. A. Irving.com neted an in- convincing Petruchio. The part ward, besides the leading merilem of news sent by: Reason Wag Miguel signs a document, then, to assist Manoel in his efforts rowing Staunton Street by quiry into the circumstances is one that tempts to rant and chants and businessmen.. A of much importance or in g od to secure a reoccupation of the Throne. And here romance steps erecting in it a lean-to shed to surrounding the death of Chu overacting. That temptation Mr. meeting was held in this conness taste
On that occasion we ade in. Some shrewd and enterprising journalist who guessed that be used as a vegetable and fruit Shun, of Canton, who died on the Lang has succeded in resisting tion to take some definite step, vanced reasons which we thought Miguel was not taking the little trip for his health's anke, and who market. The shed is to be erect- 2nd inet, in Victoria Gaol. and his presentation of the part, and it is satisfactory to note that might be held to justify Router's od against the South boundary Dr. P. J. Kelly, medical officer while in no way lacking the the view was officially expressed action, but he has just been put two and two together with correst result, tracks the Pretender wall enclosing Queen's College of Victoria Gaol, said that decoas-awank that is properly associated that the Government would view guilty of an anachronism which and manages to lay hands upon the blotter which was employed to and to extend over the full width ed was admitted to the hospital on with the character, was full of sympathetically any measures distinctly calls for comment. dry the fateful dvoumont. The story hers seems badly connected. of the footpath and from Aber- Jan. 20 suffering from ascitas, light and shade. The evasion of suggested. One speaker stated Readers will have remarked that If the whole business was secrét, as we asked to believe, why was s} Any person objecting to the pro-the 2nd during his usual visit.speaks the true artist, and that vanta were registered and had to reference to rioting at Brisbane. deen Street to Shing Wong Street. He saw him on the morning of over-emphasis in such a part that in South Africa domestic ser. yesterday a telegram appeared in flashlight photograph of the interacting sosne taken and why were posed order must forward his At ten o'clock the same evening he thoroughly deserves that title attend at the registry office ence There was nothing to show why copies of the picture supplied to the newspapers? A day light objection in writing to the he received a message stating Mr. Lang has once again proved. each month. It was decided as a there should be rioting at Bris snapshot can be taken outside the victim's knowledge, but a flash-Colonial Secretary not later than that deceased's condition was Of Miss Hutin Britton's part as result of discussion that it would bane more than at Birmingham; light photograph is a deliberately posad affair. It might almost February 24,
grave. At 10,50 the man died, the shrew a very similar com- be more satisfactory to make do- Reuter simply flung the informa- appear as though the leaving of that blosting-pad was not altoge
in his presence. He made ment might be writen, Tomestic servants take out a licence, tion at his subscribers and let ther accidental,
In the Summary Court this post-mortem examination and depict accurately in the first in- in the same way as chauffeurs, them guess, There has been no morning before the Puisno Judge, found that the cause death was stance a woman whose beauty of etc., and Committee was, ap-hint of industrial or other troubla The significance of the meeting is apparent. The outcome of Leung, a sand dealer, sued Lang liver. The latter complaint was ugliness of her disposition, and to take further steps. Singa- diss has not worried Renter, To Mr. Justice. Gompertz... Texng ascites, due to cirrhosis of the person was only equalled by the pointed to proceed immediately at Brisbane to afford a clue, but it remains to be disclosed; that rests on the lap of the gods. But Wing to recover $30, being due to parisites found on the her gradual transition to a Wo-pore Free Press...
day, it is true, a little more light that such a meeting should take place at a time when Portugal is months' rent for a piece of ground liver. His instructions for de- manly woman with all the virtues
is saed upon the position by an suffering from internal unrest, said to be inspired and fomented by in Connaught Road.
ceased's treatment were well that womanhood suffragista An Independent News Agency allusion to "strikers," whence by Monarobical gold, is a coincidence most remarkable. Portugal as a the plaintiff and Mr. Otto Kong-
Mr. W. B. Hind appeared for carried out. Bla
denounce, was notonly a difficult telegram from Tokyo states that induction it may be promuned whole has not taken, the Republic to its heart and it is evident that sing for the defendant. The de- deceased was admitted to the emphasis, in the first part, must Consul-General to Hongkong olam of labour is striki
A prison oficial stated that task, but the temptation to over- Mr. Imai, the newly appointed that there is a strike. But what there are likely to be stirring happenings there in the near future. fonce was that the money had gool on Dec. 14, 1911, to serve a have been difficult to overcome, leaves Tokyo for his post on Feb. what the strike is If she ex-King's supportare and the Pretender sisation join hands been paid when focounts for sentence of three months' hard Miss Britton made the character 5. The telogram cleo state that the imaginatio
uprising may take place which, if not actually successful, should deals in sand had been settled labour passed ppon him for theft live, and the audience varily saw the rumour that Mr. Ijuin, the 36: auxillary the seas gire si dasl of trouble to subdue,
A verdict death from nat Katharine, the daughter of panese Minister to Poking, is to be no news agency over until Friday neat
ransferred, in unfounded
will sing Barnby's "The Soft or not the place was insured. Southern Breeze" and Stainer's. "My Hope is in the Everlasting".
Claim for Rent,
The case was allowed to stand
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