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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY FEBRUARY 26 1912

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There was no sitting of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Summary Court to-day, Mr.

| Justice Gomporiz being unwell,

Thare is hule of publio im- portance in the orders for the day for to-morrow.coting of the Sanitars, Beard

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A Bishop Landor leaves this wook on the str. Kumomara for six months' holiday at-home. He will return in November.

To-day's Paper. Home Football resulta and loon! aport will be found on page

A spesial address German 8. On page 1 ato, several tale- grams of especial interest, and on was delivered to the German pago 3 is an article on the parti Roman Catholic chapel ou Sun bluojackets in St. Joseph's tion of China which, though written before the end of the day. revolution is still well worth roading.

About two hundred guests on joyet the music discoursed by the The band of the 8.8. Mongolin orchestra of the German flagship! will play at the Belle View Hotel Scharnhorst at the Grand Hotel on on Tuesday night, beginning at Saturday.

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Lau Chouk was soatoncod at the Marine Court, to-day, to two months' hard labour for baing on board the s.s. Liisang without permission.

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TRIPOLI WAR

GUNBOAT BURNED,

About 50-rank and file turned work on Thursday afternoon after Church Parade at St. John's The Legislative Councilresumos out yesterday for the Volunteer u recess of some weeks, and quite Cathedral. Col. Chapman was in lengthy list of Bills, is to be command and the other officers cases bills will be put forward to Capt. Armstrong, Capt. Scolt, Servics to the "Telegraph."] road for the first time. In thres attending were:-Major Higby, amend ordinances passed last Cups, Northcote, Liout. Kennett

Bombay Fob. 25, 8 am yoor including an ordinanes to and Lieut. Recs. amond the Liquors Consolidation The service (matins) was in Reuter's correspondent at Cou Ordinance 1911. Among other toned by the Rev. F. T. Johnson, stantinople states that the forts subjects with which the Bills the preacher being tho Bishop of amendment, registration of births Matthew 4, 1, made an earnest and a torpedo boat replied to the deal, aro law, rovision and Victoris, who pronching from at Beirut, the warship Availlali, and deaths, bank holidays, gam-appeal for clean, straight living, fire of the Italians, bling, rndosirable oliens and Afterwards the corps formed The Avnillal was búrnod and "certain persons,

dangeroue up outside the wost door of the goods and arms and ammunition. Cathedral and wore inspected by the torpedo boni was sunk. A report of the Public Works H. E. the Governor, who present-Thero wore fifteen killed and a Committee will be submitted by ed long servics medals to Lieut.

hundred wounded. Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, while the Kennett (No. 1. Co.) and Sergt. flon. Colonial Secretary will Melvor (No. 4. Co.)

to the amendment of the comic- LONDON THEATRICALS.

At the Magistracy, to-day, a lay on the table papers relating man, was found guilty of petty larceny at the Naval Yard and tories bye-laws. sentenced to three months' bard labour and four hours' stocks.

A lip's engineor named On Sunday, a Chinos fanalo Thomas Nesbitt was knocked was found in Kowloon City Road down by the last tram leaving sufforing from smallpox. Sho the Racecourse on Saturday, and was removed to the hospital... received inju les- which

cossitated his romoval to the hospital.

A.Chinose, who went to sleep on the Praya at Wanohai on Saturday night, was found dead on Sunday morning. Death was due to interal causes.

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HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1912.

THE LIFTING CLOUD.

These are few people in Hongkong who are not interested

Mr. J. B. Suttor, the commer the Government of the state of N.S.W., has arrived from Manila and will make a short stay in the Colony.

TROUBLE IN CANTON.

Revolution Leader Executed:

Operatic Attractions.

(Our Owa Correspondent.) London, Feb. 8.

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CALM AT BEIRUT, Rontor's correspondent Beirut states that the situation is antisetory this morning. Tho population is calm. Martial law has been proclaimed.

Reuter's correspondent

The London Opera House is Malta says that H. M. S. Lancaster certainly one of the biggest at-hasp rovceded to the Aegoan Soa." nc("Talograph" Correspondont.)||tractions to all music lovers. The French warship Grote, has

Besides being a beautiful buikling Leon ordered to Beirut.

Canton, Fob, 26.

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REPORT

On the night of the 24th inst., Mr. Hammerstein secures the

The Porto las protosted to the Shok Kam-chuen, one of the com- very best artists from all over When the Allan liner Oatarian anders of the revolutionary sol- the world and ho is certainly Powers, declaring that the raid is was opposite Einistero, bound for diers and Chan Han-hing, bis ad-giving London a great real. contrary to international law. South Amorien, it was discovered visor, were shot outside the rosi-The seats are the same price as

ITALIAN ADMIRAL'S thint seven stowawaya were on doncs of the Governor General. It loco of any ordinary theatre, so board.. In answor to signals, a appears that they had ondoavout this gives everyone a chance. party of gendarmes came out from ed to snuggle a large quantity of

Mr. flammerston makes a specin- toscoff in a boat and arrested the arms and ammunition into Can-lity of his Sunday evening Itentor's correspondentat Romo neu.

ton, but the goods were captured oncerts. Miss Felice Lyne, the states that Admirel Faravelli, by the soldiers at Bocca Tigris, how Patti, is wonderful.

emmanding the: Italian fleet, re- A number of French 25-con-|Shok Kum-chuan went to Docca

Charpentier munt certainly time "freak" stamps are exciting Tigris in person, to claim these make a great name for himself ports that he surprised the gun- Excavators working on the the curiosity of stamp-collectors, smuggled arms. The cominate by his opera Louian." I heard boat Avnillah, and a torpedo bost, second floor of the burned Equit in the process of perforating they der there at once tolographied to it the second time it was por-at Port Beirut at dawn. Both wero able building some days after the were out in such a way that the the Governor Gonerül for Cormod and was thrilled from given a respite until ning and Mercantile Trust Company a time halvos of the same stamps. Abont was Gra, found in the offices of the perforations foll between two instructions. Shok Kam-chuen beginning to ond.. The story of elock, uninjured, and ticking 175 have been circulated. away meily.

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so during as to throa- Louisa is a sad one-it is one8 by that time they had not ton that unless the Governor-ypical of Bolomian to in Paris, surrondered the Italians openod Goudral surrendered to him written and set to music by one fire. The gunboat vigorously At the Marine Court, to day, Governor M. C. Clementi has to Canton and crente trouble with Bohemians of those lattor days.

At the request of H. E. the these goods, ho would return of the most typical Parisian responded, but was silenced in Leung Pun was lind $10 or out month for mooring his bont with composed a Latin ode for the his mon. The Governor General Of the music one could not say twenty minutes and caught fire. opening of the University on was greatly onraged and dospat enough; it is beautiful qud Mallo. The torpedo boot was then in a prohibited area, for failing March 11. This is being gat toohed several thousand men to Aliso Vallendri, who takes the shallod and sunk. to stop his boat whon called upon music by Mr. Doninaa Follet, the Bocca Tigris to capturo Shok part of Louise, besides being e Tho Admiral' denios that the and for not having a licence.

He was also ordered to obtain that the Cathedral Choir and the on the 24th inst. Chang Han-hing,

Cathedral organist, and it is hoped lo was brought back to Capton bontiful, singer is a wonderful

towa was bombarded. liconce before gaining possession Philharmonic Society will combine his adviser was also arrested on

Router's correspondent at Con- of the bont.

to rondor it on that occasion.

During the week end quits, a large number of dead bodies have tution's boats 687 lives were By the National Lifeboat Insti-

various parts of the Colony and saved during last year, and singo in every instance death was duo January 19, seventy others have been saved. Since its establish to-small-pox. Two bodies were Found in Shaukiwan, one in Sai-ment in 1824 the institution has wan, two at lunglion and two in granted rewards for the saving of the contral district.

apwards of 50,000 lives from shipwrecks on the United King- dom coasts,

been found in the streets in

London Notes. Our London correspondent writing on Feb. 3 says:-Eng- land has enjoyed nearly a wesk's good skating and it certainly looks if it would continue.

One of the mon was found to be

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the samo day, in a hotel on the Mrs. Mury. Cartor, of Should stantinoplo statos that an official bund. They were tried and shot. ham Thorpe, Norfolk, has died statement places the casualtios at

where. For the whole day and joining village of Fincham, and The news of their death was in her one hundred and second. 30 killed and 98 wounded, 'ull received with rejoicings overy- year. She was a native of the ad-

among lio Turkish orein. Tho WAN strongly was married in 1833. During spectators thronging the quays. night Canton guarded,

all her long life she never travel and tho foreign educational os- led in a railway train.

tablishments woro untouched. Router.

KULANGSU (AMOY) MU-

NICIPAL COUNCIL.

The following are the minutes Consul Dr. W. Rossler, Con- of a meeting of the Council, held sul for Cormany at. Canton, has at the Board Room, on February roturned to Canton from a pro-6, 1912. longed homo leave and rearmed

all Chiness 1

NEWS OF THE WORLD..

(From Various Sources.)

A Narrow Escape.

The monibers of the Diplomatic Boby in Peking have offered their congratulations to Yann Shih-kai on his election to the Provisional Presidency of the Republic of China. They have requested him to negotiato with Sun Yat-sen und Dr. Wu Ting-fang: to retain the directly or indirectly, in the limited liability companies which carry

Alleged Boat Robbers,

Prosont: Messrs. W.II. Wallace city of Peking as capital. his post thoro. When at home (Chairman), Capt... N. Bathurst,

A telegam froin Redmond (Or.). on their operations, or lava their headquarters, locally. Such có m-

Three men have been arrested he was delegated to the Opium J.S. Foawick, W. R. M'D. Parr,

| dated Jan. 24, cays:-Realizing panies present an attractive fiold for investment as the shareholders in connection with an attempt to Conference at the llague by his 11. F. Rankin, the Health Officer Hankowy Daily News," died at over the Doschutes rivor, late last

Mr. Ross-Reid, editor of the as his engine struck the bridge. rob a boat in Yaunati Bay on Government, having also bean for the greater part can sed for themselves how things are Sunday night. The cries of the Commissioner to the Upitm Cm and the Secretary, Mr C. Bar-Hankow on the 18th inst. He was night, that the high water had takon ill on the 10th with anthrar. ouried away some of the supports going. The fact that they aro-local causes shareholders to take women occupants brought the mission held at Simnghai in 1909. koley Mitchell.

assistance of neighbouring junk

1. The minutosof the last meet. He was operated on the following for one span, and hit there a kooner personal prido in the success of the undertakings. A people and the men were captured The Colony's Healtit.

lay; on the 10th it was thought was grave danger of tlio number of local companies have find their mootings lately and it is and handed over to the police reported in the Colony during

The raventy casos of small-poxing are road and confirmed.

2. A letter is read from Miss but on the 18th a change for the with sixty

ho was progressing favourably, entiro Oregon Trunk train, persons aboard chooring to soo that, although results have in some instancos not a Chinese soldier and was sitt the week ende 1 Feb. 24 included Macgreor concerning the taxation

and he expired at 8.30 p.m. torrent, Engineor W. 13. Dixon' been so good as in formnor years, a note of optimisin is to be observed, foring from a wound in the back. 02 Chinese, six British, one Ja of the "Children's Home." The worse took place early in the day being plunged into the swollen

and He was taken to the hospital and puneso ono Portuguese, Secretary is directed to inform Tho uphoaval in China camo at a most inopportune time. The Far in the course of the week will There wore fity deaths. Four her that the Council greatly re- It is reported that on the 15th raced with death over the remain,

opone the throttle wido. and i East was just beginning to recover from the depression that followed stand for trial with the others, uses of plague and thro deaths gret, that for the reasons stated instant, the s.8. Kumchow aring spans. As the rear cach was were reported. The sufferers were in their letter to Miss Symington, rived at Swatow with 2,000 Can-half-way to safety the Inst span tho Russo-Japanose War; and there seemed a probability that the

the Magistracy.

No, 288.11, dated November tonese troops on broad, whose in- let down, throwing the one care A Street Nulsance, year 1911 would prove, while not a conspicuously good year, an ac-

2, 1011, that they are not in a tention it was to levy taxes in from the track. Han and Mongol Association. Cannot something bo done by ceptable change from the loan years that had boon experienced the authorities to put an end to Association" has been formed in

A "Han and Mongel Union position to exempt the property Swatow. Four thousand Swatow The train was then stopped

in question.

troops were called out to line the and the passengera hurried out of since 1005, But, ag Me, Modhurst pointed out in his oxlisuntivo

the nuisanco caused by a parti Poking by Prince Ching, Na Tung

3. An application from Wong harbour and opposed the landing danger to the end of the bridgo address at the mosting of the ilongkong and Shanghai Banking syrou that continuously makes Chang Hai-liu (High Commis be informed that before the Coun- went out and gave orders to the prevented a loss of life among the cular motor car fitted with (ox-Minister of the Wai Wu-pu), long-aui for a permit to build of the Cantonese soldiers, and H. Had the span given away len

certain house is read. He is to M. torpedo-boat-destroyer Janus secondssooner, nothing could have... Corporation, the political developments in China upast calculations. the most weird of stresioner for Frontier Affairs in oil can consider his application Kumchow (which flies the British passengers and train crow.

owner of the car is not particular-Manchuria), Yuan Ka-ting (con of To the cloud there is, however, a brand silver lining. The por-ly anxious as to the time he goes in Shit-kai) and others. The ho must submit plans in more flag) to anchor at Double Island. Merely an Incident. sons best qualified to judge think that we are on the eve of a great to rest and cannot see why other sole aim of the Association is the detail.

In handing down an opinion industrial revival in China. Notwithstanding the ravages of civil people should. Long after mid-preservation of the territory of 4. The question of the strost According to a cablogram from rofusing a divorce to William war and of fomine China is, still a land of almost infinite commer-morning the screech of the syren ing encroachment by foreigners.cussed, and the Secretary is city are anticipating a general wife Mary, Judge Fuller said:

night and in the young hours of the Mongolia with a view to prevent lighting of the Settlement is dis- Now York, business mon in that Griffith, of Wilkes-Barre from his oial possibilities. It is more than likely that new ports will be aan ba heard. In the hotele it is

directed to obtain further partieloction in the United Kingdom "Any man who, at the age of 38 a common. topic and it is only a opened up to foreign trade and it is certain that a great impetus few days ago that a complaint Angeles dynamiting onse Judge ing before the next meeting. In this forecast, says the "Globe," it hour's ncquaintance might well Arising out of the famous Los clars concerning electris fight this your. In connection with years, marries a woman after one will be given to railway construction. Whatever may be the case was made in the Prose by a gen Anderson, of Indianapolis has the meantime five extra oil lamps is noteworthy that before the last come into court with bad graceo ip the future, for many years to come China will be compelled to rost whilst on board a ship in the the effect that when the doteative

tleman who was disturbed from given an interesting decision to aro authorized.

Session of Parliament came to an asking for a dissolution of bonda rely largely upon foreign capital and many kinds of foreign manu-harbour through this noise. He W. J. Burns arrested J. Me the following cases have bean ing tondenoios were freely offer

5. The Capt. Supt. reports that ond, Radioal MPs with sport so wrecklessly contracted.!".

Griffiths had forgotten the name factures. In meating this demand llongkong is certain to benefit thought it was an alarm or omer-Namara and took him to Califor- dealt with since the lasting bets that the Government of the town in which he was mar

gency signal. If a captain of-ania, the latter was not guilty of meeting both directly and indirectly. A period of general progress and vessel abuses the use of the syron kidnapping.

would not see through another ried, the name of the clergyman year, Some of them wore pre- who married him, the data pi his. prosperity in Chinp will be reflected in the Colony and, while bear in the harbour at night he is Judge Anderson described Debt, 2; Illegalsale of land, 1pared to give olds. It was com- marriage, and was not sure that ing in mind the fact that it is generally unwing i

ito propliesy hoforo considerale motorist is allowed signal service for his country

lable to a penalty. Yet an in- Burns as a man who has done Assault, 1; Contempt of Court, mon talk in the Lobby before Parle knew what his wife looked

linment rosa flint so many were like.. Ilo said ho had receixat we have little hesitation in expressing the holief that to run under the verandals of and said that it was improper fant Summary Arrests.

tho rocks aliead for the Asquith two letters from his wife Damaging property, L; Thoft, Hongkong shareholders may look forward with confidence to brightor Hongkong's slooping populace in indiotment and a threat of 2; Assault, &; Ilegally detaining Cabinet that nothing but a thoir marriage, more dire lifte

and disturb their peace and having to go to the penitentiary a child, 2,

mimole could save the Radical years ago, but was unable to conditions and better roturas on invested capitali

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