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THE HOXARONG, TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY

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FRENCH ADMIRAL' ARRIVES:

Arrived in the Colony To-day.

Rear Admiral Huguet, Com-

HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE Annual Meeting Hold Last Night.

YEARS AGO.

In the absence of His Ex- Sir cellency the Governor, European Young Men's Christian Division arrived in the Colony Association, Major S.H. Wenborn

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January, 30.

expresses himself as doubtiul about the motor sledges, but, it must be remembered that Cap- tain Scott believed the prin ciple of the sledge to have been vindicated, though he extracted English Mail of January 3.

London on comparatively little service from it. The new expedition, of course, stands out as quite American Mail-Arrived per s.8. different from that of Admiral

Hongkong Maru this morn ing. Peary or Captain Ammundeen: These were dashes for the Pole. Captain Ecart's expedition was American Mail-Due, par

Perein to-day that, too, but far from entirely that; and Sir Ernest Shackleton, English Mail-Laft per in greater degree than any of the

Devanhe at ngon tu day othors, has for purpose the en. richment of human knowledge. Siberian Mail-Closes por And that is the bigher ideal of Tingobon at 5 pm. the two.

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fle daily issue is delivered free whot the tires in accessible to mesuger Peak subscribers can havo their iopien delivered at

Those who have had occasion to cross the harbour after dusk of la'e must have noticed that the erniser Yarmouth carries a very the form of a big letter "Y" picked out in electric lights at the bend of the gongway. This is a feature which we have not observed on any other vessel, and in the dark of night it serves a very useful purpose, as indicating where the cruiser lie. The idea might be followed by merchant people have occasion to use sampane to get to steamers at night auch an identifying mark would be of the greatest help.

Jurors List.

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to

The jurora list for 1914 has been placed on the door of the Supreme Court.

Left To-day.

Telegraph" files for the Week

Ending January 31, 1889.)

A Little Plaint.

presided over the eleventh annu- from the Montcalm, this morning. al meeting last night. There was s was accompanied by the a good attendance present. Captain of the Montcalm, and the The annual report stated that Captain of the tiro cocompanying

French gunboats,

boan I

January 25:- The cry is the past year had still they come." The editor successful one. There had been

The august visitors were re- proceeds to refer to the recent a general improvement in all de- formation of certain companies, partments, more successful acceived at Blake Pier by Captain and adds ", and now we have activities and an increase in mam-Allison A.D.C., on behalf of "other and not the least of these bership of 20, the numbers now His Excellency the Governor, enterprises brought to a con- standing at 122 resident members | Captain Edye, A.D.O. to the 8.8. summation-the Hongkong Eleo- and 33 non-resident members. In Officer Commanding the Forces, trio Company, Limited. We every branch of the Association's Major General Kelly, Major used hardly say that no better many aolivities, progress of a Stewart, and the French Consul. The customary salute was fired guage of the wealth, the spirit of satisfactory nature was reported. enterpries, and the progress of the subsoriptions and donations and a guard of honour attended this distant outport of British amounted to $1,733, and the

After inspecting the guard of trade could be found thin in the balance sheet showed a final short-

honour, the party proceeded to extraordinarily vast number of age, of $55.

Government House and wore re- The Secretary, Mr. Fceived by His Excellency the commercial undertakings which bave recently taken ried in our White, said that whilst they Governor. midet. If any one would take had an increased membe ship the trouble of aggregating the and had been able to meet paid-up capital of all our local expenses, they were not by au Baroness la Cage was amongst public companies, and tack on to means in a flourishing and pro- the passengers that left for the sum total the probable realis perous condition. No dividends Singapore, to-day by the Dovanha.able capital of all the private were being paid, bat he thought Left by the Devanha, firma, native, British, and foreign, the Association was providing Commander A. H. Smyth R.N.also the value of the fonting and dividends of usefulness in the and Surgeon R.A. Rankine, R.N., he landed property, he would be lives of the young men of the left by the Devanha to-day for able to form a fairly approximate colony. Home.

idea of the real value of, a Colony The Chairman observed that it which appears on the charts as an was rather a healthy sign that imperceptible dot on the ocean the income from membership fees and which, moreover, has been showed an increase and did not of a "coaling station. It would be Mr. O. O. Hickling moved the demonstrate to the world, and to the omaisoient Lords of the Ad- A man who snatched $2.11|miralty in particular, what this from another in a crowd daring cooling station possesses besides the Chinese New Year was sent cols.". to prison for three months with four hours stocks by Mr. J. R. Wood at the Police Court this morning.

Police Changes,

their residences without any extra clarge. On copies sont bg occur to me that-this-plan transferred to the Water Police, saddled with the anomalous name rely so much on donations.

post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.

Iuspector Gordon has been and Inspector Murison to the de late Inspector O'Sullivan.

The postage on the weekly issue to suy part of the world is $1.00 steamers using the port, for when tective staff in the 'place of the an easy and an interesting task to adoption, of the report and, ac-

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1914.

LOCAL STUDENTS AND HISTORY.

BOY SCOUTS.

The Snatcher..

counts, as presented.

Mr. T. Faller seconded and the motion was carried unaimously.

Masare, F. B... Bowley, W. [The Colony has since then Kennedy, and Professor O. A. G. Humphries, J. J. Stoddart been acknowledged me a great Middleton Smith were re-elected British trading emporium and as Directors. a pioneer of social progress in Dangerous Weapons, South Chips, and the little The St. Joseph's troops of Boy For being in possession of grumble no longer holds.} Foouts, in conjunction with the dangerous weapons with felonous membera of St. Joseph's Body intent the Chinese who appeared Guard, are attending the monthly yesterday was sent to prison for early mass at St. Joseph's Church three months with four hours Garden Road, at 7 a.m. to-mor-stocks at the Police Court this row, It is their first church morning.. parade. Routine is as follows:-

30 s.m, Parade, Cathedral Compound.

7 a.m., Mass, St. Joseph's fChurob.

8am, Breakfast, St. Patrick's Ball.

The Patrole belonging to Kow. loon will proceed to St. Joseph's Church direct from the

Star Ferry.

In the course of a leading article in our columns on the teach. ing of English in Hongkong, a day or two ago, the subjects o' history and geography were mentioned in passing. This reminds us of an observation made by a local schoolmaster in our besting some little time ago. He is a man of more than a few years experience at Home and in this Colony, and he offered the assertion that the method of teaching history in Hongkong was a wrong one. But we venture to doubt whether the method of teaching history| anywhere is as good as it might, and should, be. It is true that young people do not wander now, as in our younger days, amid dreary desert of dates and monarchial records; but they are still asked to make their way, if they can, through a maze of what Emer son called "shallow village tales."

JAPANESE RELIEF FUND

Derby Entry,

The Chairman reiterated th› regret of the Association at the departure from the colony of Col. St. John, who had taken the "keonest interest in all work that газ

January 25:-There is a the gond slight falling-off in the Derby being done in the colony. (Hear, entry se compared with last year, hear.) Colonel St. John Leaves. 28 against. 30, but in all pro. It was agreed to express by Colonel St. John, the Chief bability there will be more starters letter the Association's indebted- Engineer of the South China than the nine who faced the music ress to Col. St. John, who had Command, accompanied by Mrs when Leap Year galloped his field done so much to farther the I can say noth-objects of the Ansuojati in, and to. St. John and Miss St. John, left to a standstill. to-day by the Devanha for Home: ing about the form or prospects wish him every prosperity,

On the motion of the Chairman Numerous friends wished the of any of the competitors; they

are a good-looking lot all round asconder by Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. party bon voyage.

en i the race promises to be a very Percy H. Holyoak was appointed open one."

fill the vaoanny which was thereby occasioned on "the directorate."

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Gamblers.

An alteration was made in the bye-laws, empowering members appoint the Committee of Management.

A vote of thanks to those mem-

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THE TELEGRAPH'S" ACROSTIC.

PILLARS.

Ding dong, ding dong, ding

dong,

Here a Frenchman tells Of a Norman hamlet

Famed for ghostly balls:

BARS.

L-Where Valmond came: 2-A children's game. 3. An "uncle" scheming. 4.-Dropped fruit set dreaming. 5.-Looks interwove,

6. Half of a dove, 7-Feel a bit bored? 8.-Then go abroad. 9. He did but shoot¬ 10. She ate the fruit.

Answer on Monday.]

MISS MAUD ALLA”.

Great Artists and Hard Work.

The world's greatest classical Jan and Mischel Cherniavsky, the dancer in conjunction with Leo,

reknowned Russian Musicians, will be with us on February 18, 17, aud 18. Their recitale take place at the Theatre Royal and seats may be booked at Montries.

Fame comes to some people- almost ansought, but those who attain pre-eminence in the world of Art, be they over so endowed by nature, only reach their po

Bergt. Adlington executed raid on No 1 Ta Soon Street and

Burns's Analversary. arrested twelve men for gambling. The keeper was fined $50 and the January 26:-"The usual reat three dollars each at the Po- Baros's Annivereary under the lice Court.

The West Point auspices of the Hongkong S: Police also brought ten gamblers Andrew's Society, was held at the The Japanese Relief Fund before the Police Magistrate this Hongkong Hotel last night. The Committee noknowledge

with morning as the result of a raid on Hon. P. Ryrie, President of the bers who had given their assis- thanks the following contribu-26, Queen's Street. The keeper Society, occupied the chair, the tance in various ways during the There is too much detail in history as it is still taught. The tions which they received - of the house was fined $100 and croupiers being the Hon. J. H year brought the meeting to a sition by sheer hard work and

and Mr. olose, scale is too large with the result that the ground covered is not wide Previously snuounced......$375 the others five dollars each, Stewart Lockhart

Anonymoney animacyjen

Legge." onough. In his "Unity of History," Freeman remarked that Mesars, S. J. David and Co,... 50 95

Armed Robbery. Two men were brought 9 [Burns is no longer honoured "European history, from its first glimmering to our own day, is one Meaars. David Sassoon & Co. this morning at the Police Court in Hongkong, but considering unbroken drams, no part of which can be rightly understood with

100 before Mr. J. E, Wood on that they quoted a line then out reference to the other parts which come before and after it." A.-H. Mnemyjennome

10 charge of committing an armed here's

hand, my a

trusty 25 rabbory at No. 2, Bowrington freen" which Burns did not But that reference is seldom made. English history, for instance,

It appears that write, some one in charge knew. too often is held as beginning at 1086, Scottish history at 1314, and Messrs. J R Nichael & Co.... 100 Canal Road.

two men went to the house on very little about Burns after all. Bo on; what went before is summarised in the rocappiest possible

$685 the evening before at and it will do Scotoma in the colony fashion. Nothing could be more fatal to the proper understanding

threatened the inmates. Finding no harm to look up the immortal of history than this unfortunate overlooking of all the elements

no valuables they decamped with" Auld Lang Syne and see what a bicycle. One of the prisoners, Barns did write.] which, prior to those important dates, went to the making of the men and their causes of those days. Freeman's title."Unity of History" expresses the whole thing. One age is built up on the ages which went before it, and, except these are traced, the issues of that age cannot be properly understood,

Ld.

T.P.H.

Total on the 30th

Indian Reliefs.

who were remanded, was caught scon afterwards, but the other was not arrested until some time-

It is notified for informationer. that on relief of the 8th..Rajputs

morrow,

Early Communion.

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Sanitary Board

January 29: -

1889.

North China Insurance Tle. 200 per

shore, buyers, Canton Insurance Company, Ltd.,-$120 per share, nellere, 1longkong Fire Insurance Com- pany $365 per share buyers.

China Fire Insurance Company

$81 per share, buyers, Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company. 36 per cent." pre- "Sanitary mium, sellers.

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devotion to work. When artista like Maud " Allan and the make Cherniaveky. Brothers. their

appearance people

that are apt to think

they were born with intuitive know ledge which requires only the slightest effect to thoroughly develop. Whilst admitting that there is a great deal in this con tention, for it is by nature's laws that all life adopte itself to dir... · cumstances, and consequently the children of musicians, should be better fitted for a musical career than then the children of unmusical parents, it cannot be

and, 12th Baluchistha Lafratry, Latest Advertisements. Board Extraordinary meeting to Hongkong. Canton and Macso denied that unless they have an the 25th and 26th Panjabis will Consignees notice concerning day Not very extraordinary, Steamboat Company-$226, por infaite capacity for sheer hard

ahare, sellers.

Fun work; coupled with a devotion to This brings us back to the point that, the scale is too large. Too be stationed in Kowloon and the the se. Persis is isened. Page 5 Mr. Francia once more conspica-

China and Macila Steamship work, even the children of genera- much ground is covered between one point and another, with the re- incoming regiments at the out. An advertiser wanted well-bran (usly absent."

puppy dog Page 6 sults that the points are not wide enough. The issues should stations,"

Company $178 per share, tiona of musicians would never Toaders are asked for the letting rather more than at the average

[Nothing mach doing, but bayers

rise to the heights of genius. be made larger, the outlines bolder, the chain of really great events

We have been requested, to call Tau Kok Page 5.

of a granite quarry at Ngan meeting of to-day.]

Hongkong Gas Company Maud Allan and Cherniavakys are made fonger. That could well be done without sacrificing either attention to the change of times

$135 per share, sollers.

devoted to their art and are never or truth, and it would have the great advantage of being of the early celebrations of Holy Hang is to be sold on February clearnede

A lot of Crown land at Tai

Hongkong Hotel. Company satisfied with what they, have $170 per share, nominal.' attained. Each one of them is immonsly more attractive, and thus permanently advantageous, to Communion at the Cathedral and 2-Page 6,

Indo-China B.N. Company-124 continuously endeavouring to young people. More than that, the history of one country should at the Pook Church on Sunday A lot of Crown land at am

per cent, die., buyers.

improve on his work of the past mornings. Commencing not be taught without showing clearly its interdependence upon the

the service at the Page 5

Tsiu is to be sold on February 2.

Donglae Steamship Company and it is this capacity for work which has made them absolute 866 per share, buyers. history of the world at large. It is good, for instance, for youne Cathedral will be at 8.5 a m., and

China Sugar Refining Com- masters at a very early age. Ons Britishers to follow intelligently the history of the people to which

SHARE REPORT.

sany, Ltd.-8207 per share, has only to watch Maud Allan they belong, but they will be all the better for learning also how

rehearsing and creating her sellers. much the civilisation of to-day owes to Greece and to Rome to name The following appointments on February 2.-Page 5,

Luzon Sugar Refining Com- dannes or to listen to the com The quotations which follow no others of those who helped to lay the foundations of the wonder are notified by the Admiralty: The Thongwa sails for Straite are from the Hongkong Tele-pany, Ltd. $86 per share, positions of the Chernievskys to

Lieut. H. D. Colville to H.M.S. and India on February 3.-Page graph for January 31, 1889.

cellors. ful framework whichlhas become so solid and enduring. Especial Bramble, additional, and in com- 5.

grasp the fact that they all hava Hongkong Ice Company-$101 ture artist's conception, of what

beautiful ... melodious The Dilwara leaves for Japau-169

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, ly for young Chinese, it seems to us, this is an excellent plan to mind on recommissioning Lieut

And per share, sellers. follow. The history of past centuries is of little use to them except G.F.LL. Page to H.M.S. Thistle, on February 3.-Page 5.

per cent. prémium,

Hongkong Rope Manufactur harmonious, but had thor been buyers, Ashowing where the thoughts and movements and laws of to-day additional, and in command on Consignees' notice concerning

ing Company, Ltd. 897 per inclined to shirk the hard work Dilwara is issued. Page

Union Insurance Society of share, buyers..

necessary for they fall develops originally took root. Is they are not being taught that they had a recommissioning: Lieut. A. J. tho a..

Canton.880 per share, buyers. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf ment of their artistio conceptions, well not learn history at all. If they are being taught along there Langdon to I. Widgeon in 5.

Command (to take passage in

Altadena, the Peak, is for China Traders Insurance Com- and Godown Company-90 per they would never have been what linos they are laying up a store of the best kind of higher knowledge, Doria.)

they are to-day. ale-Page 5.

pany-880 per share, buyers, cent, premium, buyers.

Garden Lot No. 2080 is to be at the Peak Church at 8.15 0.m. be sold on February 9.-Pige 5.

Admiralty Appolutments. Garden Lot No. 44 is to be sold

is