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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1913.

THE FINEST LONDON`GIN

DISTILLED BY

Sir Robert Burnett &

OLD TOM

The End of the World,

We read in one of the exchanges that an American religious weekly

'DAY BY DAY.

Life is just doa doan thing

has settled upon the date on after another. which the world is to come to an end. The year fixed is 1915."" It

Co. is a pity that the prophets cannot

GIN.

DRY GIN.

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Land Sale.

Crown land 3.50 acres in extent, keep more in accord with one situata at Lung-Yuk Ten, is to another over a subject which is of be sold at Taipo on the 17th inst. no little importance. We seem The upset price is $1,525. to remember that, during the last twenty years or so, at least a score

of different dates have been

Exempted.

Obstruction.

For causing an obstruction on Queen's Road West, a man was fined $5 or fourteen days by Mr. Hazeland, at the Police Court this morning.

Y.M.CA. Conference. A conference will be held this Of these many prophets, some evening at the Y.MO.A. in con- are, on

the face of it, vulgar nection with the work of the cheats who are out for are-grind- association. This will be pre- ing but probably the greater ceded by a dinner, number are harmless soule who

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Rates Due.

Land Surveyors' Office.

HONGKONG THIRTY.

YEARS AGO.

(Compiled from the "Hongkong "Telegraph" files for the Week Ending January 11, 1883.)

Freemasonry.

Fatal Fire, On January 5th a rather ser ious fire broke out in Queen's Road West, resulting in several Chinese losing their lives.

At

THE PEAK BURGLAR,

Punished for Attempting to Escape.

The Peak Burglar is still up to his old tricks. He has made two attempts to escape from two incarcerated. different cells since he was last

THE BOYCOTT.

A Hopeful Outlook.

"MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION.”.

Mr. Shaw's Banned Play Staged. Last Night.

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for any period less than one month will be charged as for a difficult to see what bearing (other noon of Monday, the 20th Janu- that time Queen's Road was on still very active in their efforts. vited to wade in it for three solid

full month.

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1915.

Struck Off,

Boy Charged.

Rice Possession.

*1

thes

"

are

to-morrow.

THE OPIUM QUESTION.

Sheridan's comedy,

"The

will be

Mrs. Warren's Profession" will.. be repeated, instead of " The Car- dinal," on Thursday.

THE FULL COURT.

There was a much larger bo

given a list of the officers of the In the issue of January 6th, is

present, at the Theatre Royal last might, than had been the case on Eothen Mark Lodge of Hong-

His punishment, in the first any previous evening. The oan- Bor had said that the public at The Hongkong Islamic Union 5, No. 264, for that year. instance, was merely a dietary Home should not see "irs War: The names are as follow:-W. one, bat the second attempt ran's Profession"; therefore the appointed for the final dissolution has been exempted by the Gover M., L. Mallory; S. W., W. Ker- brought more severe punishment. public of Hongkong were anxious of this quaint old planet of ours. por-in-Council front registration foot Hughes; J. W., T. J. Rose; He received, on that occasion, Mary Britishers in the Colony will under the Societies Ordinance, Master Overseer, E. Georg: twelve strokes of the cat, in addi- to see it. The audience last night recolleat, that, in '92, the notorious 1911.

Senior, Paul Jordan; Junior, L. tion to the usual punishment diet. seem to enjoy the play and was most unstinted in its applause. Mr. Baxter decided upon the year

C. Balfour; Treasurer, H. N. This, for the time being, is stated For our own part we were disap 1900 for the end of all things.

Mody; Secretary, W, W. Gaskell; to have damped his ardour some pointed. As a play, "Mrs War- Then rose up "Dr." Dawio and

Registrar of Marks, B. B. Dalton what, othera like-minded, all of whom

Sayle; S. Deacon, G. W. Ballis

ren's Profession" does not come within a thousand miles of “You had exclusive information on the

ton; J. Denson, S. W. Wright; point; their precise tip being, if

Director of Ceremonies, A. S

never on Tell" or "Arma and the Man." Here and there it has we remember aright, for 1910.

Coben; Steward, W. Boffey:

the real Shaw sparkle, at times it The Prophets.

Tyler, J. R. Grimble.

is dall; and in places it reminds On January 8th Bro. S. Com- ben was installed W. M. of the As we reported last night, an one of a particularly coarse and United Service Lodge, and the increase in the number of persons well-known smoking room story. following officers were invested:- using the cars was distinctly It is a Shaw failure and not even S. W., G. Orley; J. W., J. Robert visible yesterday. Mr. Stodart a good failure." The are artists. informs that who can fail magnificently (George have lived too long in the clouds Owners and occupiers of tenson; 8. D., J. J. Gleeson Treas, Kennedy of cheap mysticism and have, in- menta are reminded by the Gov-W. Goulbourn; Seo., H. L. there was "just an appreciable Eliot did in Romola," for in- cidentally, dwelt too much on the ernment Gazette that rates for Stringer; I. G., B. Currie; D. C. difference" in the takings. We stance) and there are others Book of Daniel. At a rough the first quarter of 1913 are pay-F. Blanchard; Steward, E. Rose also learn from him that another who cannot. Evidently Shaw 5,000 trickets have boon sold, cannot. He may argue and, write guess we should have said that able in advance on or before the Tyler, J. R. Grimble.

Both the Tramways Company and apologies and say cleverly abusive The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will this particular book was by far 31st January, 1913.

the Registrar-General exprese things of his critics until he is be as follows:**

the most difficult of the Scrip

themselves as hopeful that to black in the face, but Mr. Redford tures to interpret. It is a book which may be read and re-read Tenders will be received at the

morrow may see the end of the was right when he banned it. trouble.

There is quite enough of pitch in with infinite pleasure, but it is Colonial Secretary's Office until

Meanwhile leading Chinese are the world without one being in- than a general moral one) it enn ary. for erecting a temporary the sen front, or rather the sea after peace. It is believed that hours in the theatre.

wall came up to what is now have on the rents of the 20th office for Land Surveyors,

Queen's Road, and consequently

a large number of people will Of the players, we can speak Century. We are not enamoured of the idea that any individual It is notified in the Government the harbour fire float was able to use the ours to-morrow. A meet- only in terma of praise. As "Mrs. person should lay himself out to Gazette that the name of Danning lend its aid in suppressing the ing is to take place to-night at Warren," Miss Nors Origie was the Chinese Y. M. O. A excellent and Misa Ver: Crichton say when the end of the world is and Company, Limited, registered outbreak. The following par- for the purpose of making ar- was not behind as "Vivie," her to come; but if we must listen to on the 19th day of July, 1912, agraph is worthy of reproduc- prophets, we would rather give has been struck off the Register, tion: Mr. Wei Yuk's private rangements as to the use of the daughter. What one especially ear to the scientific ones, whó

fire engine and brigado were Association's band on the cars noticed was how admirably their voices suited their parts. The have allowed the world at least A boy from the Empress of amongst the first to arrive another five thousand years before India" was remanded by Mr. Con

There will also be a meeting male members of the cast were and spot, it barges into another planet, free-D. Melbourne, at the Police Court, certainly entitled to the highest cial Union, and another to-morrow were none the less clever. Mr. to-night at the Chinese Commer- inferior to the female, but they zos, or is consumed by fire. Their this morning in connection with praise for their efforts, as they idea at least gives us longer time a charge referring to nine tons of took the most important part in morning at the Tung Wah Wilkie himself, as "Sir George in which to set our affairs in order.opiam.

quelling the fiery element." The Hospital, when some prominent Crofts"-a man whom one would The Globe-trotting Habit.

account of the conflagration ende Chinese business men will make dearly like to kick down some "Globe-trotting" seems to be At the Police Court; this morn-up as follows:-"We again repeat further efforts to bring about a stair was the best. rapidly gaining in favour. Daringing, a man was fined $10, or in the warning we gave only two satisfactory state of matters.

An enlarged copy of the bill of School for Scandal, the past four months romptwenty default ore month, by Mr. Haze- weeks ago. The China New

rewards offered for information | staged tonight. five parties bave passed through land, for being in unlawful pos- Year is fast approaching-look leading to the conviction of boy- In response to numerous TO- Hongkong on their way round session of a quantity of rice at out for fires."

cott offenders, which was pub-quests, The Bells" will“ be: the World. We have observod West Point.

The Water Supply,

lished on. Thursday, has now played on Tuesday, instead of that they have this in common, Dynamite Accident.

Apropos of the water supply been posted outside the Regis-The Taming of the Shrew," and that they are all in a hurry.

Two Aurmese have been re-question-always to the fore trar General's Office. Shortness of parse accounts for moved to the hospital suffering in Hongkong the following ex- this in some cases, and shortness from injuries said to have been tract from the leading article of of time explains others, but, as caused whilst doing something January 8th will be read one traveller said, it is a pity that with dynamite, in a house is with interest: The Tytam the possibilities of Jules Verne's Suiter Street Tai-kok-tsui.

Waterworks will be for all time Round the World in Eighty Old Law Court Letting.

Judgment Reserved Daya" have been cut almost It is notified that tenders will indomitable energy, and will only The outlook in the opium dead-

In Deed Appeal, › Whether the Full Court, now sitting for the first time, is to be of modern, travel.

in half by the rapid methods be received at the Colonial Se cost the Colony a trifle over a lock still continues very grave, Of course cretary's Office until noon of 24th million dollars. Fortunes will no the only drop of comfort left to

Yesterday the third day of the entirely successful is for the future to decide; per hape, also, for the Americans head the list January, for the lease of certain doubt be made and lost in this the merchants being the fact appeal of Hang Kwai Ching members of the legal profession rather than laymen to say. But for their knack of getting rooms on the ground floor and in great work, we shall obtain the that at least their stock against the judgment of the Chief. at least it is possible for the outsider, with no expert knowledge of about and seeing things worth the basement of the Old Supreme most elaborate water system on is not growing bigger, as would Justice, Sir W. Bees Davies, K.O.,

while in the minimum of time, Court Building,

the face of the globe; and years have been the case had the sup-in the original aotion relating to law, to observe that the work of the New Court is having a con- and the seasoned traveller of that Kailan Mining Administration. bance say ten thousand years, plies from India continued. In the alleged wrongful detention of siderable effect upon the work of the ordinary courte, This may country can usually tell natives

when Victoris has eclipsed Canton the newspapers have a deed-Hung Kwai Ching v." have been anticipated, of course, but we take leave to doubt whether of any land more about their Mining Administration's mines descendants will begin to enjoy concerning opium: Canton dos- before the Full Court, coh- the "Modern Babylon-our published the new Penal Code Lo Sut Porsaw the conclusion the extent to which it has retarded the work of the other courts was business conditions, than they ber, last amounted to 39,546.73

government and their social and for the week ending 28th Decem- the fruits of our boarded lers are being warned against the sisting of Sir Havilland de quite foreseen. At the end of list wook Mr. Justice Gompertz, know themselves! Verb, sap! sitting in the Summary Court, was forced to adjourn quite a big When it is considered that a life tons and the Sales during the treasures, and the results of our transportation of the drug inland, Sausmarez, President, the Chief

period, to 33,809.77 tons.

Surveyor General's patriotism and the Code is being rigidly Justice, Sir W. Rees Davies, K.O., and unselfish enterprise." lot of cases for a fortnight, because be had no chance of getting time is necessary to study and to

enforced, not only against smokere and the Puiane Judge, Mr. Justice Y.R.C. Rowing. appreciate the beauty and the rear them.. Nor does it seem likely that he will be able to take historical objects d'art in Rome; ing race is to be rowed between

St. Joseph's College. but against all persons found in Gompertz. On January 6th, 1883, the in-possession of opium.

Mr. M. W. Slade, K.Ç., instruct- more than a portion of them even in a fortnight.

The auguration of St. Joseph's Col- We are informed by Hongkong ed by Mr. Needham of Messrs. There are, at present, over fifty cases on the Summary Court done little more than

the average." globe trotter has course lies between the Sugar lege took place, the foundation merchants that their Canton Ewena and Needham, appeared list, waiting to be heard. Assuming that the Full Court sits for money in crossing oceans and Refinery at Causeway Bay, and stones having been laid in No-agents have wired to them, ask for the appellant, and Mr. Eldon to stop sanding Potter, instructed by Mr. David- another three weeks, and that the number of casos added to the list covoring thousands of miles of the Club house, and the race is vember 1882 by the then Gover-ing them

nor, Sir John Pope Hennessy. The any more supplies from here till son, of Messra. Hastings and during each of these three weeks is fifteen (and these are both quite but a kaleidoscopic memory of railways, reaching hoine with

inauguration ceremony was lar- further notice is received. The Hastings, for the respondent. Missionary's Death. reasonable assumptions) there, will be between ninety and one the things that he has seen, and

The death occurred yesterday..

gely attended, and the pro-story (which awaits final confirm- Judgment was reserved. bundred cases awaiting the attention of the Puisne Judge when he a regret for the things that he has at the London Mission of Isabella ceedings were formally opened ation) is that a quantity of by the Roman Catholic Bishop of certified opium which was is freed. The total, indeed, may amount to much more, for last missed.

RIFLES AND Alexander, of Yaumati, at the Acantho (Rev. Father Raimondi), on its way into the country age of seventy years. The funeral who made reference to the liber- from Canton has been seized by year the Puiene Judge dealt with, or had mentioned before him, Colonial Officials and

will take place this afternoon at ality of the British Government the Republican Officials.

With something just over 2,000 casas-or forty a week. It does not follow

Government Officials in Hong-

the Happy Valley, the cortege in encouraging education without Canton barred against the im- that all the cases on the list mast be heard, bat, at anyrate, all of kong and in all other British pos- passing the Monument at 4.30 interfering with individual reportation of the drug, the various them must be mentioned; and the point is that delay of this sessions, will read with interest

ligions aspirations. His Ex-sacrifices made by the Indian Go- description may infiict a sorious hardship on plaintiffs and, at best Mr. Harcourt's remarks in the

cellency the Aministrator (Hon.vernment the withdrawing of is clearly unfair to them. It may and most probably will, take the use yesterday on the bolding additions now being made to the open, saying it was the Govern- etc. would appear to have been We learn that the repairs and Mr Marsh) declared the building the Bombay sale on the 8th inst. of retired Governors' etc. holding Puisne Judge, five or six weeks from now before the arrears are directorships of Companies that Hongkong Electric Co's system ment's duty to encourage by made in vain. aleared off, so that some plaintiffs are doubtless being rather hardly carry on business in the Colonice will probably be completed in dealt with. Delay in Original Jurisdiction is also being occasioned, wherein they have served. Ap-

about three weeks time. The every means in its power education though here it matters less perhaps, to either plaintiff or defendant,parently such officials will have great increase in building and amongst all classes and creeds.

little difficulty in getting per- than in the Summary Court,

During the week subscription mission to sorve as directors offumber, of houses and business performances were given in the amount of bank notes in circala-dalawful possession of a rifle and make some slight amendment on the ordinance which was passed been on the retired list for three sitated the new cables and a Verdi's" Ernani" and Donizetti's entle, 31st December, 1912, as man before Mr Melbourne, with

It seems to an outsider that it may yet be found necessary to such companies after they have premises asing the electric light Theatre Royal by "The Royaltion and of specie in reserve in fammunition.

during the past year has neces Italian Opera Company," of Hongkong, during the month in May last to reconstitute the Fall Court. There are two possible years! But why the three years? thorough overhauling of the sys-Lucrezia Borgia".

Inspector Fenton charged a waye of removing the pressure of work. The first is to make the What is this reservation meant Court of appeal consist of only two judges-the judge whose to imply? Mr. Harcourt mast

tom generally.

certified by the Managers of the being in unlawful possession of The Dollar. decision is appealed against being excluded. The drawback of surely have grave reasons for

respective Banks, are:-Charter a rifle and 1,400 rounds of am- The rate of the dollar, on dom-ed Bank of India, Australia monition. He was fined $250 that arrangement is that the presence of the judge who has already | making it, for, to all appearances, This morning at the Marine from the Ordinance itself. In the event of the services of the judge would be far more useful on a Hoi Kong was charged with un- heard the case is very useful. A better plan would be to take a hint a newly retired Colonial Official Court, before Commander Basil and, on January 11th, 1883, and China-Notes, $5,320,419; on in default two months

Taylor, R.N., the master of the s.).

was 3/71.

specie, $4,000,000. Hongkong For being in unlawful posses- of His Brittanic Majesty's Supreme Court of Chine not being obtain- Board than one who had severed

and Shanghai Banking: Coropra-sion of a revolver and ammunition, Food and Drugs.

tion.-Notes, $19,784,409; a man was fined $50, at the able, it makes provision for the temporary appointment of someone connection with the colony in lawfully carrying 29 passengers

During last year the following specic, $16,000,000. Mercantile Police Court, this morning. in the Colony, who, although not a permanent judge, is qualified which his Company was doing in excess of the number allowed

A Chinese, in order to evade for judicial appointment. The person appointed may either be a business, three years earlier. The by his license outside the local samples were examined under the Bank of India, Limited.-Notes, barrister in the service of the Crown or a member of the local bar, Straits immediately suggests it trade limits, in the waters of the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordin- $498,323; specie, $80,000. To the police, put his revolver and as circumstances may dictate. Why not make the same provision self as an example. What is the Colony on January 8. A similar anos in HongkongBeer, 6; tal-Notes, $25,010,211; specie ammunition in the pocket of a In addition, the small boy who was along with him." operative, even though the services of the third judge are obtainable, mystery attaching to the three charge in respect of 31 passengers brandy 4; coffee, 5; gin, 2 $20,080,000. when the pressure of business in the lower Jourts domanda the years? The reason, though not was brought against the master milk, 18; port, 2; rum, 2. All Mercantile Bank has securities He was brought before Mr. O D immediate attention of a judge? That seems a commonsense way apparent to the outsider, most of the s.l. Willing. Both cases were genuine save three of coffee with Crown Agenta totalling Melbourne, at the Police Court out of a difficulty

nevertheless he a good one, wole dimissed.

| £58,000 and Ra 200,000; this morning, and fined $50, -

SUMMARY COURT CONGESTION.

it is not to be wondered at that

spend

Directorships,

The total output of the Kailan

This afternoon. a scratoh row-

members of the V.R.C.

timed for 4.30 o'clock:

o'clock.

Electric Lighting.

the continuous addition to the

Cases Dismissed.

a monument of Mr. J. M. Price's

Italian Opera.

and one of rúm,

甫

!!

An Unpleasant Rumour,

NOTES AND SPECIE.

The returns of the average

AMMUNITION.

· Batch of Cases Tried This Morning.

Mr O. D. Melbourne, at the

posed a fine of $100 on a man Police Court, this morning in- who was charged by L.S. Willa with being in unlawful possession of a rifle and ammunition. ⠀

Another man, charged by Sor geant Grant, was fined $50, by Mr C. D. Melbourne, for being in