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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

February 25th, 1013, Temperature a.m. 53, p.m. 56, Humidity.....80, 78

No. 9028

TELEGRAMS.

晚十二月正年丑癸

THE BALKAN WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

MEXICAN UPHEAVAL.

THE POWERS AND TURKEY. THE MURDER OF MADERO.

Reuter's

[Service to the Telegraph.”]

London, Februáry,,24.

Replying to Turkey's last demarcha, saking for the good

Reutor's

[Service to the Telegraph."]

WBATH

SHOW

Barometer

February 25th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 60, p.m. 72; Humidity: 57, 01.

(ESTABLISHED 1981.) Copyright, 1912 by Proprietor.

TUESDAY,

1913.

二拜禮

·號五十月二英准香、

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

RAILWAY DISPUTE.

STRIKE THREATENED.

26

Reuter's

[Service to the "Telegraph."] London, February 24. .

London, February 24. A great According to the newspapers

one man strike" of and telegrams there is some bo- railway servants is threatened, offices of the Powers, the latter lief in America that the "rescue "owing to the dismissal of a guard intimated that the acceptance of of Madero was a." put up" job,nomed Richardson, belonging to their collective Note had not yet as none of the escort were killed. the Midland Railway, for dis

obeying the orders of bis fore: men.

baen received. "Until it was received it seems that action by the Powers is not to be expected, Tarkey's latest reply being re- garded as useless in producing

cessation of hostilities.

No Intervention. Prosident Taft, on receiving

Richardson's story is that the the announcement of the death of ex-President Madero, express- orders were contrary to regula a od regret, but intimated that the tions, and when he appealed to United States saw no cante for the Chairman of the Company the intervention, as it was simply the latter declared that he should killing of a citizon of a country have obeyed the ordere as the foreman was the responsible by fellow citizens.

official..

The Albinlan Boundaries. Router's agecoy learns that the Governments at Vienna and St, Petersburg are

A Mystery. now directly

Lator. negotiating upon the question of the boundaries of Albania. It is

A mossige frem Reuter's cor- hoped that the Austro-Russian respondent at lexion City saya

Roumania and Bulgaria.

dotermination to avoid hostilities that the circumstances of the will result in some form of com- shooting of Ex-President Madoro promise.

are obscure, and even the official accounts are conflicting. The má. jority of the public are sceptical. Roumania bas accepted the The official versions, say that mediation of the Powers, and Madoro's body only had one Bulgarian acceptance is practi-wound, at the back of the head,

cally assured,

Bulgaria Accepts.

Later..

Attitude of Diplomats.

The United States Ambassador Bulgaria has accepted the at Mexico City has ielegraphed to mediation of the Powers in re- Washington to the off. et that the gard to the Roumano-Bulgarian Dipionatie Corps bas been invit- ed to an official lanch on March difficulty.

3rd, but that nono will attend unless, the shooting mystery is

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

MRS. PANKHURST ARRESTED

cleared up.

NAVY ESTIMATES.

DREADNOUGHTS.

FIVE London, Feb. 24..

Mrs. Pankharat has been. ar- zested and will be charged at Epsom with inciting to blow up Mr. Lloyd George's house.

Uproarious Meeting.

At a great suffragiat meeting held in the London Pavilion the announcement of the arrest of}'. Mrs. Pankhurst led to uproarious sgenes, due to the strong hostile element present.

Woman Released. It was also announced at the meeting that Miss Lenton, one of the women arrested after the burning of the Tea Pavilion in Kew Gardens, has been released in a stage of collapse, owing to hunger-strike.

LATEST SCARE."

GERMAN AIRSHIPS.

Lendon, January 24.

The National Union of Rail. men are negotiating with the Bard of Trade on the mister.

Loud Talk.

Mr. Bellamy, the President of the new Railwaymen's Union, în

FEBRUARY

TELEGRAMS.

OBITUARIES

MAJOR GENERAL ROCKE.

Reuters

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, February 24. The death is nagouuvad of Major General JH. Rocke, CB, at the age of 83 yos

HUNTING ACCIDENT.

MR. F., E. SMITH INJURED.

Router's

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Landon, February 24. Mr. F. E. Smith, K.O., M.P., while hunting with the Bicester Hounds, was tossed at the fonts of some rails and sustained a broken rib.

[The deceased was on the re- tired list. Ele fined the gud Quecu's Regiment in 1848 and aaw service throa year later is the Kalfie War: He also took part in the New Zealand War of Jardine, Matheson & 1883 08 and to: ved will tharank

Co., Limited, of Brig. Genl. in the Egypan Profit and Lose Campaign of 1882. He

pector General of reoruljeg from 1887 to 1801]

Marquis of Sligo.

London, February 24, The death is reported of the Marquin of Sligo, at the age of 81

ycara..

Deceased was the fifth holder of the title, which was created in 1800. Ho succeeded his brother

speech at Worcester, said if icbardeon, who objected to brake-power his train below the regulation standard, had gone on, the title in 1903, From 1851 he might have been arraigned for to 1886, he served in the Bengal Civil Sorrico, Deceded was a manslaughter. The Companies thought they could play with the member of the Church of Ireland, railwayman, but the lost strike and a Conservative, Ho owned would be a fool compare with about 114.900 acres of land. The what might happen: The men Earl of Altamont.] were peuceable, but even peace- able men could not longer stand continuance of these things.

·

A NEW THOROUGHFARE,

Wyndham Street to be Connected with Zetland Street,

heir so the title and estates is the

COMPANY REPO

REPORT.

The Hongkong Ice Company, Limited

Account,

Assets. Land, Buildings,

Plant

and Machinery CS per last Aja $135,895.64 Since expended on Plant,...163 00

*130,058.64 Transferred

from Ex tension Ac.

08

count,

110,202.74 last Als Since ex- pended on Buildinga

and Ma- chinery, including

TELEGRAMS.

EARTHQUAKES.

DAMAGE IN NEW ZEALAND.

Reuter's

[Service to the Telegraph."

Router's

256 FIR ÁRSUR

SINGLE Curr.1070)xth,

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN,

TELEGRAMS.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

The deaths are announced of Major General Rocke and the Marquis of Sligo.

M

Matt Wells has beaten Hughie Mohegan on points in a 20-round contest for £1,000.

-London, February 24.

correspondent at Wellington states at earth- quakes, have been reported from Westport during the past 48 hours. There were several shocks and the noiso resembled can- Mr. F. E. Smith was thrown while hunting with the Bicester nonading.

flounds and sustained a broken

"

The miners had terrifying ex-rib. periences, but fortunately the 60,000.00 mines were not injured,

Roumania has accepted the Considerable damage to pro- mediation of the Pavers, and Bul 63,335.88 perty is reported, but there are garian acceptance is practically

$430,376.08

no deaths recorded.

"WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS,"

Another Success by the Dallas Comedy Co.

A very large house, at the Then-

assured,

Furthquakes are reported from Westport, New Zealand; property has been damaged but no deaths are reported.

President Taft has stated that the United States soes no cause for interventiin at the death of Ex-President Madero of Mexico,

tro Royal last night, had its palate threatened because of the dis- Another railway strike is

greatly tickled by the exquisito

flavour of "What Every Woman missal of a Midland Railway Knows." To most members of guard for disobeying a: foreman's the audience the play must have orders.. been new in, itself and now in

The Powers have reminded mauner. It proved as elusive in places as most of Barric's plays, received to their collective Nots, Turkey that no reply has yet been Light and lighting one might and until a reply is mado no text it. It threw a deal of light action is likely.

on the Scots character and there

interest

during

was lightning quality in many of the flashes of wit. And yet, one

Construc- tion

In the Telegraph", of October

Elio thirlying cornnual te. $10.466.18 23, 1912, andor the heading port of the above Company for the

The Daily Telegraph" states "Rumoured Changes in Wynd-year ending December 31, 1912, $112,943.33 that the Navy Estimates provide ham Street," we stated that the is as follows

for fivo Dreadnoughts exclusive Nippon Club and the buildings The Gozeral Managers submit

of

HHS. Malaysia

Navy League and F.M.S.

-308,204.71

-232,146.07

nt the back of it, in Zetlana slatement of the Company'a ne Launoh & Lightor, Street, had been seld by Messrs counts for the year 1912.

08 per last Alo. $8,000.00 Including $23,82286 brought The Navy Langue has passed a David Sassoon and Co, Ld. to resolution congratulating the Chinese buyers, and that the forward from the previous year, Less written off as Sultans and people of Malaysia premises were to be pulled down and after deduoling $10,000 paid

por last Report 2,000 00 on their public spirited devotion and Chinese buildings crected in as an interim dividend of $2 per share, the balance at oredit of to the Empire.

place of them.

Profit and Loss Account is $63,335 88 which it is recon- mended should be appropriated

follows:-

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES,

The return showing the num- ker of cases of cominunicable dig

These altorations are now be ginoing, with the pulling down of the Nippon Club. A now streat ie to be cut through from Wynd- ham Street to Zetland Street, and the new buildings will consist cf} $8.00 per share, $40,000.00 no less than twenty-eight houses To write off Property for Chinese. Eight of these will

(Continued from Page 5) John Peel's Ben Trovato,

10at 121b. (Johnstone) 1 Henry May'n Greying,

A Final Dividend of

13,500,02

1,500.00, *8,335.88 $63,335 88

ADISE, MATHKNOT ASD CO., LTD.

Aleg cases which have been notified as Street and the remaining twenty

be shops, fronting to Wyndham To write off. Launch and Lighter Ale, occurring in Hongkong during will be in the new street.

To carry forward, the week ended Eebruary 22 con thins one case of bubonic

JOCKEY CLUB RACES, Chinese): five of diphthoria (two London, February 25. British, two Chinese and ope There are persistent reports, Indian) two of enteric, both of based on the testimony of reliable which were Chinese (one import. Mr witnesses, of mysterious airships ed) and four of small-pox-one from the North Sen, cruising British (Imported) and thrce Sir nightly over the North and South Chinese. One death occurred of England It transpires that from bubonic, one from diphtheria Sir these coincide with the official and three from small pox. announcement of two long-dis tence fights of Zeppelins, in- cluding a wonderful voyage of 1,085 miles in thirty-one hours. Great prominence is given to Germany's airship filcot of thirty-

OPIUM POSSESSION.

Novel Method of Secreting the Drug.

eix dirigibles twenty of which are. At the Magistracy this morning capable of re-crossing the North before Mr. O. D. Melbourne, a Sea without renewing their fael. Chinese was charged with bay-

MRS. SCOTT.

HONOURED BY THE KING.

10 t 12lbs. (Brand)" 2 Paul's Primrose, 10st 12lb.

General Manager. Hongkong, 10th Feb, 1913: Profit And Lost Account. To General

Managers' $ Commission 2,000.00

Auditor's

(Burkill) 3 To Mr Apcar's Quickstep, 10st.

Fre 91b. (Seth) 0:"

Ub. (Vida). O Mr. Bratton's Misterton, 10st.

A

·150.00 $

2,150.00

Mr Button's Silverton, 11st...To Interim dividend of

8

paid on "per: cent 16th August, 1912, 10,000,00 63,326.88 4lb. (Lewes) 0 To Balance Mr Christiani's Dreizehn, 10st. 101h. (Stewari)

Mr G. Friesland's Lump, 10st.

1

0

Mr. Ellis Kadooris's Basuto

121b. (Moller) 0 By Balance brought

1lb.

ing 35 tins of opium on board, the e.e. Minnesota, the drug not

... Chief, Llet. 4 lb. (Dalgarno)~(0 being on the ship's manifest.

Mests Raymond and Logan's Mr. P. W. Goldring defended,

Edgehill, 10at 121b. John Nicholson, chief officer

(Hickman) 0 of the a.a. Minnesota, said that at Mr. Stabb's Singular, list, 8.45 p.m. on February 20, a London, February 24.

(Gresson) 0 watchman came to his room, with Mr. Trinity's Maley Halid, His Majesty the King has a Chinese, the defendant. They

10st. 81b. granted to Mrs Scott, the same searched defendant and found

(Michael). 0 "The winner fed from start to rank in precedence as if her hun eleven tins of opium concealed band had been nominated a Com about his person.. The opium mander of the Bath, as he would was not entered on the ship's have been if he had survived.

manifest, nor was the defendant a passenger; or a member of the orow: Witness had not given defendant permission to be on board the steamer. The defen- dant had a belt,round his body, with a pocket for each tin

The case was adjourned.

BOXING

MATT WELLS' VICTORY.

London, February 24, At the National Sporting Club, Matt Wells defeated Hughie Mehegan on points in a twenty- round-contest" purse of

Hongkong Volunteers

It is announce that the Bange Taking Class for Thursday

hug next is cancell

finish, and won easily by two lengths from Gray Lag, Primrose, half a length behind, being third, Time 1 min. 57.4-5 secs. Divid- ends -

80 60 5.69. 12.30.

Winner Places

Places

Plices

Cash Sweep:

75,485.88

forward frontisat

year

Ica Sales and Cold

"!

Storages Charges,

less Working

penses

39,271.48

Rants received (pa

Crown Rent and

Investments:

Mortgage on Pro- perty $21,000.00 Hongkong

Club Debentures, at par ...20,000.00 Shares in Public Companies, AB. par last Account,

430.00

Sundry Debtore, Accounts Receiv-

able, Stocks of Ice, Coal

and Ammonia,... Unexpired In- surance Premia, Cash at Bank and

in hand:

At. Hongkong and S'hai Bank on Deposit, 700.00 At Hongkong, and S'hai Bank on Current Ac- count, 7,752.70 At Hongkong and S'hai Bank on Dividend .Ac- count, 2,370.00 In hand, ...680,51.

LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL

has an impression that Barrie was not all, the time depicting Scots character when ho wrote his United Services League Matches. play, Thore were momcuts, we

In the United Services League should wager, when he chuckled the H.M.S. Minotaur toum were at to think that this and that and lome on the Naval Ground the other phrase would quite Happy Valley to the Cornwalls, nicely pull the log of a Landon the latter winning by four goals audience. At times, last night, to two. The soldiers winners points were almost wholly lost on were the marksmen, Moseley, the those present notably John outside right, notching three of Shand's sober comment on the points and Smith, at outside the surgical operation joke. It left, the fourth. For the "Minnica" -6,020.00 was an illuminating example Burbridge scored both goals,

of the state of mind of a Soot

without humour (a terribly de pressing follow), but somehow

it fell flat.

Throughout the game the sol- diers had very much the better of the exchanges and Moseloy in par- ticular did some excellent work On the whole, the play was an both individually and in com outstanding success. It is saying bination, For the winners Holly nothing against six of the eight the custodian brought off some members of the cast to remark very good savee and generally that the remaining two members gave a good account of himself.

The teams were as follow :— were largely responsible for that

D.O.LI.Holly, goal, Gill 41,430.00 success. Mr. Dillas and Miss Nell

Compton did more than morely and Fife, bicks; List, Holmes and 6,977.70

Moseley, They Dunsford, halves; speak careful Scots." 805.55 interpreted, with rare skill and Eardley, Beddowes, Smith and

insight, the Scots character; that Smith forwards.

Minotaur: Quinnell, goal; was a great achievement. For

Waltersan Lang back; Freeman Miss Compton's "Maggio" Wo have nothing but the highest Carpenter and Lumley, halves. praise. It was one of the most Burbridge, Fennimore, Smith, careful studies we have ever seen,

Stevens and Brent, forwards.

4,320.00

134.85

and her interpretation will long

R. E's Win Again.

be remembered. Mr. Dallas made. The Royal Engineers pursued the most of his part. Flis "John their unbeaten course yesterday Shand," the Scotsman whose one evening on the Military Ground idea in life is to get on, who has at the Happy Valley when they brains but no sense of humour, won their match against the 83rd and who fails to see that his wife Co. R.G.A. by one goal to hil

The teams were; 83rd Co. R.G. has made him, was beyond praise.

Of the others, we liked best Rossiter goal; Daugherty Mr. J. W. Austin as David and Colmer backs, Franks, White Wylie" whose Scots was the real and Weatherall, balf backs; thing. Miss May Hallatt as the Wooldridge Mardle, Mullins, Comtesse de la Briere made the Crane and Poole forwards. 11,503 27

utmost of a part of minor import- Royal Engineers: - Rogers, ance and was exceedingly finished goal; Morriel and Coxon, backe, $439,376.08

Collyer, Scott and Ferrigan, half in all sho did.

backs Sutherland, Kelly, Pear But Maggie, the managing little woman, was the central son, Heatly and Brown forwards. figure of the play. She was Scots

The only goal of the match

..

Hongkong, 27th January, 1913.

** JARDIxe; M.Suxum & Co., Lo

Uma al Managers. -" to the backbone; with the excep-came when the Engineers bad Auditor's Report.-Ireport that tion of one "Dupty" she is the done a long spall of attacking. I have audited the above Balance best Scottish female character Heatley received the ball and

put itaoross arose to Kelly, who was ∙10,583 30 Sheet with the Booke, Vouchers ever drawn.

Taxes paid). 1,778.17 Interest And Divid-

ende,

13

Transfer Fees,

30.00 and Securities of the Company To-night Baby Mine" will be in front of goal, and that player and that in my opinion such staged. This play was produced headed it through. Later on 75,485,88 Balance Sheet is properly drawn at the Criterion Theatre, London, Heatley tried a shot on bis own

op so as to exhibit a true and is 1011, and transferred to the account but failed to score,

On the restart. the R.G.A set Balance Sheet at 31st December, correct view of the state of the Vaudeville. Its success was na-

Company's affairs at 31st Decem-sured from the first. Next to about things in a rare style and Liabilities

ber 1912, according to the best The Glad Eye" it proved one managed to inake some fine going of my information and the ex- of the most successful farces until the attok was broken up 125,000.03 planations given me and as shown played in London during the past by Ferrigan. The Engineers soon 10,080.74 by the Books of the Company. fifty years filled matiere and had tho Feat. 2,875.40 I have obtained all the informa. Since it finished its long run of the hall very much in their tion and explanations required in London it has been played by hands. No score, however, was $175,000.00

* A. R Lown, CA two London companies in the made in this half and the game

Anditor British provinces continuously ended in a victory for the En 3,076.00 Honglong, 10 Tobruary 1813. for over a year?

rineers.

9.40 Capital:5,000@nres

of $25 Ticket No. 07 1st $1,543.10, Accounts,

14f2ad 44170. Ammoni. 263 3rd 220.10 Provision Commission, 245 CO

Total, 82,450.00