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WATSON'S

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MARCH 26 1912

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Small-pox is spreading in THE FRENCH ADMIRAL Mukden. Dr. Abe, of the South Manchuria Railway Hospital, is Power.dwolls with cheerful-ainong the sullorer.

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To-day's Paper.

Official Landing.

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THE WATER SUPPLY.

Question of Contamination. At the meeting of the Sanitary A Guard of Honour, consisting B ard, held this afternoon, a The obsoleto Japanese mon-of-af 2.Oflicers, and 50 rank and letter was real concerning the On page 3 are Woman's World war Chainyon, Takas and Yayeya-Glo, with Rogimental Colour and Pokfulium water from the Hon. Mr. Mubarly Phillips, F.S.A., ma have been sold at auction for Band, was furnished by the 25th Mr. Claud Severn, enclosing a in the coures of a paper on the and articles on Singing Sands Y. 152,384, Y. 65,675 and Y. Punjabis, on the occasion of the copy of a minute by the Assistant subject of the South Sea bubble and the "Father" of the House 61,000 respectively,

official landing of His Excellency Director of Public Works. In

at a meeting of the Institute of of Commons. Home Sport ap-

Rear Admiral Colloch de Koril- this it was stated that, owing to pears on page 8.

It is semi-officially announced lis of the French Cruiser the favourable conditions pro- Bankers, said that to his thinking that the armament of the new bat-Dupleix" today The Guard railing during the presont dry some of the early seeds of specu- At the Marine Court to-day atleship Friedrich der Grosse, was drawn up at Black Pier. A season the water supply from lation might be traced to the Pinewood Nullatories, both privato and State, boatman and two women were which is being built at Hamburg, saluto of 13 gune was fired from the

discontinued, as fined $5 each for unlawfully will be similar to that of II. M. S. the Shore Battery on His Excel-been

Neptune. The displacement of loney landed.

would not be possible to die which for so many years wero dredging in the Harbour.

the new vessel will be 24,000 tone. Captain Taylor and the French

penso with this source of supply encouraged. in England Tho Consul (Mr. Paillard) received For stealing a pair of trousers

which are intended to remove all Queen Elizabeth's time-pro- Forty millions is the amount the Admiral on landing. The during most dry seasons. Works first English lottery was in from a ship in Taikoo Dock a

possible risk of contamination, Chinese was sentenced to three doomed necessary for properly band of the Punjabis played the weeks' hard labour at the Magis improving New York harbour, French National Anthem, and owing to the prosence of Pino jested in 1566, but not drawn til tracy this morning.

and this city is planning to spend after inspecting the regiment wood Battery, nro at present in 1500. There were 4,000 lots of 10s eaoli. Some years later the Governor's-Island the party proceeded to Govern course of construction.

No washing was allowed by State discovered what a power the military authorities, nor was for raising money lay in lottery, Mr. Justice ( unportz, at the will be taken into the commercial ment House.

washing done in the streum Supreme Court to Counsel district of Manhattan by the con-

and what a power for exelting After the war is over in Swatow templated improvements.

The deposited building. rub the spirit o speculation, and and your man has not been killed

bish was tidied and turfed by gambling. In 1694 a lonn of or held a prisoner for ransom, you will be able to produce him

the military Bathorities und only £1,000,000 was raised by lottery. olean building rubbiah is de-So well did the mattor estol on (laughter).

the Magistracy this posited occasionally, which can-that nearly every year saw the morning, before Mr. Irving, to not be said to contaminate the issue of one or more of them. It case was mentioned in which supply. The Military Authorities was said that from 1710 to 1785 chai sued her husband who hold such material.' Mrs. Allen who resities in Wan-nust have somewhere to deposit the State grined £11,000,000 by

Four bontunen was fined $9 ach at the Marine Court this morning for mooring their craft in the prohibited area and for not carrying lights, and, in two instancos, for not taking out licences,

The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible to

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launch Taikoo Choong, was finod their residences without any extra charge. On copies sont by post an additional $1.80 per quartor is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00$5 at the Marine Court to-day for contravening Article 10 of the per quarter.

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Those who are to be examined this year in Japan for consorip- tion number about 450,000 men," an increase of over 10,000 coin- pared with lust year. It is ex- rected that active conccripts and conscript resorves to be recruited this year will be of batter phy- aique thon in the previous year.

A Filipino appealed against a fine imposed upon him by the municipal court at Menila for driving a

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A MAINTENANCE CASE.

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Wife Sues Husband.

course.

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ting and a gato erected across the

a position jatho Kowloon A six foot fence was considered unsightly, and the existing mil- Godowns, for maintenance.

Mr. Walker appeared for Mr. ings on the path lane to Craig Shenton, who is instructed by Ryrie from Poak Road have been horso death, the complainsat, but the defend-filled'in with ono inoh wire net The result of the appeal was ant was unrepresented. that instead of the defendant's being released and the fine im- posed by the municipal court remitted, the penalty was changed to a sentence of imprisonment for two months.

Mr. Walker mentioned the case, path. and said he was there to ask for an adjournment.

wire

There is barbed

11 fence on the west side of the path The defendant pointed out that leading to the parade ground he was only served with tho from Peak Roud, but there is no summons last evening and had gate on this path.

its lotteries.

It was possible, remarked Mr. Phillips, that the seeds sown then might somewhat adcount for the pint of bolting and gambling that proved one of ourses of pre- sent-day life. The first West- minster Bridgo, the libraries of Sir Dans Sloan, Sir Robert Cot ton, and the "Harloinn" (which

mod the nucleus of the British Museum) were all obtained by lotterica, and the place where housed was procured in the same

BILLIARDS.

not yet had time to take the A railing nour the unbrella those valuable libraries were first advice of his solicitór on the seat has been erected. The Chinese Engineering and

Two host waves have been 03 matter. He would be going to The stream on the north-east | WHY, ~~. Mining Co., Ltd., inform us that the total output of the Company's perienced ja Southern Australia. Canton to-morrow he said, and side of the parade ground hand HASTINGS.---On March 4th, at the residence of her brother three mines for the week ending In Brewarring, New South Walesa, would not return until Monday been trained into the stream run ning between the parade ground Mr. Walker said that either and Craig Ryrie. Leslie Macke, Lower Garth, Welshpool, ELEANOR FRANCES, the March 9, 1912, amounted to the temperature rose to 118 do-

Mr. Bowley minuted that rub- wife of George Hastings, Esq., of this Colony. Funeral from 24,742.84 tons and the sales grees in the shade on January

1203 during the period to 26,102,5423, while at Bourke on the same Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday Wincombo Park, Shaftesbury, on March 7th.

day the thermometer indicated of next week would suit the bish was still being deposited 115 degrees. During the fire complainant, and the Magistrate woek of February 113 degrees

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At the Police Court morning Chinoso was charged with stealing a spado belonging

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were registered at Wentworth agreed to adjourn the case for

and 110 at Euston and Balronald.

wook.

to the Electric Tramway Company. Makdon reports, published in OUr new goverNOR. Asked what he had got to say he remarked that he stole the implement because his master was not looking. He was sent to prison for three weeks with hard Jabour.

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that was somewhat unsavoury in appearance, and the space above

Soldiers' Club Billiard Tournament.

The R. A. Staff and the Bong- kong

Volunteers commonood play.

the path from Peak Road to the in the second round of the parade ground is apparently used Soldiers, Club Billiard Tourna-

us a store for broken stone.

SALVATION AMRY ENTERPRISE.

Major Kirke had very hard luck, his best efforts being 18 and two 10's. The Volunteers on the night's play have a lead of 77

Scores:

The wire petting and barbedent on Monday evening. The the Japanese press, state that a

wire fouce as now fixed and the first game was won by the Stalf Japanese named Yamane Kyozo

gespipe railway by the umbrella by 47 points, Master Gunnor The following paragraph ap seat do not comply with the Muir being the viotor. His and his wife were killed by un-

Select Committee's recommenda- apponent, was Pte. Hamilton. Muir known persons on the night of the pointed in "Truth" on Feb. 21:- 12th instant at Hlu coal mine, The appointment of Sir Francis tions, and did not, in his opinion, unde breaks of 14, 11, 12, 16, 20 ind 18, while Hamilton compiled about fifteen li from Shintaitzu May to be Governor of Hongkong sorve any useful purpose. 15, 10 (twice), 11 and 16: station, botween Mukden and is being much, criticised in the

He suggested that the Select Com-

The second game, between A telegram received in "a Tiobling. His house was razed, Colonial Service, for he was only mittse night invite the Board and Major Kirke, I.A., and Mr. certain quarter" in Tokyo on and the coal mine was destroyed. promoted from Colonial Secretary the Military Medical Officers to Barlow, ended in a win for the March 8 states that since the The man was engaged in the to be Governor of the Fiji Islands make a joint inspection and relatter, who boat his rival by 124. proclamation of Mongolian inde-working of the mine with Chinese in January, 1911, and it is con- port to the Board whether in Barlow was in great form and pendence at Kulun, some sigue coolies.

trary to all precedent to transfer their opinion the recommends scored very rapidly, making 16 of disturbances have shown them-

so juniora Governor to a first-class tions of the Committee have been (twice), 20, 20, 21, 14 and 13. selves in Tibet. The troops in

Rear-Admiral Joseph Murdock, governorship like that of Hong-carried out. Lhasa began rioting and the

Commander-in-chief of the U.Skong, which is worth £6,000 a Government officials asked the Asiatic Flest, was expected in year, until he has carved his ap- British troops for protection.

Yokohama on the 21st instant prenticeship in loss imp rtant The Colony's Health, on board his flagship Saratoga.posts. There is nothing to be

points of plague On his arrival he was to be said against Sir Francis May, but Extensive Colonisation Scheme Twenty occurred in the Colony during the relieved by Rear-Admiral Nichol- there are inany Governors in the week onded March 23 and son, who is due to arrive at West Indies, and on the Weat oightoon deaths. The sufferers Yokolems on the 22nd instant, coasts of Africa, who have much were all Chinese. One British, After formally transferring the longer service than he has, and

steamer, says a Bombay despatch one American and twenty-eight command to his successor, Rear-who on their public form ought arrived by yesterday's mail Chinese were attacked by small-Admiral Murdock will proceed to to have had the offer of Hong of March 2. Interviewed re- kong before him. It is surprising garding the Indian colonisation por, and of theas twenty-five the United States.

fohemo he would say but very died.

little, but the interviewer gathered it would be on a scale that would eclipse all previous Indian efforts, that land some

William Nicholson attended 20,000 acres in extent had been

Ban funeral at own offered to the Salvation Army to his work by a philanthropio gentle-Francisco recently, It was Wil man who wanted to put it to good lian Nicholson who accompanied, uso and saw that it would be good the casket to the ormetery, slood by the side of the grave as clubf business to colonise the land.

that Mr. Harcourt should have sanctioned the appointment.

STAMPING RECEIPTS.

An Informer's 'Trick.

The U. S. Sonate hus decided In his anxiety to get a ease, that the question of the admission a police informer obtained two of alien children into American taels and one mace of opium, and schools cannot be submitted to after secreting it on a junk, ae-arbitration, and has intimated its cused the junk master of having intention of adding to the Anglo-

Magistrate's Decision. the drug on board. Fortunately Ameriosu sad Franco-American the ruse was discovered and the Arbitration Treaties a olauso to Senator George

At the Police Court this morn was sentenced to three this effect. months' hard labour at the Chamberlain, of Oregon, states in

this connection that this stipulang Mr. D. Melbourne delivered Magistracy to-day.

America's relations with Japan.

man

ed. It is to be hoped that the

this..

his decision in a caso in which a tion will be useful with regard to rent collector was summoned for

for India.

Commissioner Booth Tucker

B. A. Swil: Master Gunner Muir 250 120 Major Kirko..............................

II. K. Volunteers. Pte, Hamilton .................. Mr. Barlow........................

203 250

A RICH MAN'S WHIM.

"I can only tell you that there mourner, und William Nicholson are likely to be big developments, is the name which the memorial The Gondollers.

While it was indeed Niobiol There was a fairly large at- tendance at the fourth perform. The friends and partisans of Mr. failing to stamp a receipt for said the Commissioner. I hope tablet will bear, ance of the opera last night. Roosevelt are elated at the monies paid. The facts of the to get men to work on the land

received an instalment for rent meantime I can say nothing about Nicholson was at his desk the There is a material improvement emasculation of the Arbitration case were that the collector had within a few weeks, but in the son sown funeral and nooneelse all round now and the audience Treaties, which they regard ne

already duo, and he gave a re-it, for there's many a slip twixt next day, asthe president of a large, an accident recently which re- last night was very onthusiastic. constituting a victory for the ex-oeipt for the money, which was cup and lip and the matter is by carriage company. He suffered Encores were frequently demand-President,

unstamped, but which bore a no means settled yet."

The Commissioner feels very Bulted in the loss of a leg. The statement to the effect that a two remaining performances will There are now established in stamped receipt would be given strongly that India is not doing covered member was placed in a..

dustry. ba given before packed houses. Korea wireless telegraph stations when the whole of the money due what she ought in the silk in-small white casket and carried "We have more natural to the cemetery in a hearse, fol The work of the players deserves at Mokpo and on the three islands had been paid.

of Soanto and Bichonglo, near Mr. Hodgson, the assistant resources for production of silk lowed by two carriages, filed: Notice to Mariners,

Mokpo, and Wolmito, at the Crown Solicitor, appeared for the than probably any other country in with mourners. Nicholson paid the world" he exclaimed. "Yet the 81 road tax exacted by Sail. Mr. W. Ferd Tyler, Coast In- entrance to Chemulpo., Wireless prosecution.

Mr. Steavenson, who appeared India allows China and Japan to Matco county from every funeral spector, has issued the following telegrams are exchanged with

"Stop by Step" will be ou ved notice to mariners:-Notice is Sasebo and Chinese ports, and for the defence, urged that as the get far away ahead of her and is procession crossing the county hereby given that the Wangmeon the result has been very good, document was only an acknow-content to come in at the tail end lino, Beacon Light is now exhibited It is stated in the "Seoul Press", ledgment for money paid on as of the procession. I believe India silk industry, but the silk worm from a pole above a while but that the authorties have a scheme, count it was not necessary for it has a great future before it in its or the momorial tablet. orseted on screw piles. The pole under consideration to instal a to be stamperl.

A number of Paking ladies havS is surmounted by a black spheri- wireless telegraph, apparatus on The Magistrato beld, however; will not grow unless it is fostered. cal shape. The light, which is the islands of Chyukto and that the document was a receipt For the Inat three years the Salva elevated 34 feet above high Chongto, next fiscal year, as the for money paid, and as such ra- tion Army Jins boen trying to organized a society for the relief rater, is dioptrio, of the Seventh seas in the neighbourhood are quired to be stamped. He con expand the silk industry and have of the local poor people. They Order, showing a fixed red light, crowded with small islands and victed the defondant, but let him a number of silk contres, but the wrote to the President for a subsc

Yuna Shih-kai sony is 3,000. which should be visible in clear navigators experience great dif- off with a caution and agreed to Government should take the mstscription nud, in reply Fresidenti

stato u usne if zecondary, cat a distance of 4 miles," floalting around there,