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THE LATE VISCOUNT BRYCE,

A Full Life.

THE⠀⠀ HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH.

ANOTHER SHIP LAUNCHED.

Ceremony at Taikoo.

Another ship was launched in Hongkong yesterday afternoon, when the Karing, a two-and-a- half thousand ton vessel built for the China Navigation Company, alid down the lips at. Taikoo The ceremony was performed by | Mrs. Severn, who was afterwards |-

presented witha beautifulbouquet. Amongst those present were the Hon. Mr. Chand Severn and

| Mra. Savars, Mr. R.M. Dyer, Mr.

and Mrs. K.E. Graig, Mr. G. T.

Edkins, Mr. and Mrs. J.

TUESDAY. – JANUARY

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

BUTTER

OWING TO FALL IN PRICES.

IN AUSTRALIA

+

we have reduced our

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Capt. Innes (Marine Supt CNDAISY" BUITER to

"DAISY" BUTTER to $1.10. per lb.

¡Co.), Mr. J. W. Paton, Mr. R. M.

Johnson (US. Shipping Board),

Mr. G.G. Harman (Chinese mari-"DIARYMAID

time Customs) and Mr. `F.W. James

During tas there were the usual speeches and toasts.

Mr. Edkins thanked Afra Severn for coming to the Dock- yard and performing the launch- ling ceremony. They were especially glad that Mrs. Severn sent the ship down the slips for TWO PERSONS. She wasa personal friend of many present and in the early days her father (Mr. Bullock, British Consul Genera}}} assisted the British trade on thei coast for many years. The Kaying, Mr. Edkins explained, was named after one of the Swatow districts and was to carry i Cargo and passengers from Swatow to Bangkok. Vessels of this class, the speaker continued, were very popular with pas sengers and with the personel and she was a great credit to the |Dockyard which had turned her

out.

The speaker proposed the toast of Mrs. Severn and after that had been drunk ha presented her with a souvenir of the launching in the shape of a diamond pendant.

The Hon. Mr. Severn offered; thanks on behalf of his wife. Mrs. Severn had been looking forward to launching the ship and the occasion was ode of gratiĒcation to her. The speaker thought it must be great satisfac-

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FURTHER REDUCTION, ARE A TICIPATED

The above tyd" brau is have us rivals on the marke'.

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The Reaper has been busy as Chairman of the Royal Commis-tion to Mr. Reid, Mr. Greiz, Mr. HONGKONG HOTEL COLD STORES.

trusted that after 150 successful launch the vessel

amid the ranks of the distic-sion on Secondary Education Paton and 10 the Dockyard guished political, diplomatic, and His interests in this sphere were that the vessel went down the judicial veteran Peere. Lords farther shown by his being elect-slips o well The speaker Halsbury and Lindley passed led a member of the Senate of away a few weeks ago; now London University. He also Viscount Bryce is numbered enjoyed membership of the would have a crow to man her. among the great Apparently his must have

or

occurred

majority. Institute of France, and, in fact, He wished her the A FURTHER REDUCTION

greatest

in the price

of

OUR

BUTTER

iš

unlikely in the near future

IF

quality is to be maintained WE SELL

ONE BRAND

decease was associated with academic possible success and might the rath institutions in most of the lead-Taikoo Dock continue to prosper suddenly: although ining countries of Europe and to and produce ships. Mr. Severn his sighty-fourth year, Viscount America. Besides holding the concluded by calling a toast for Bryce was almost as active as degrees of D.C.L. (from several the Taikoo Dock, coupled with ever, and only a few weeks ago Universities), LL.D. and F.RS the name of Mr. Reid, to which delivered a lengthy address upon he was a G.C.V.O, & Pay the visitors heartily responded. the Far Eastern question.

Councillor, and, most distinguish-

Mr. Reid told a humorous story It can be said with confidence ed mark of all, a member of the of a launch in the old days. Now that the late Feer lived a full life. select few composing the Order launch was a common event a distinction which in Honkong, but years ago such of Merit, James first Viscount Bryce was

по special title OF bora on May 10, 1838 at Glas carries

a thing was looked forward to for gow, and attended the High Precedence, but is recognised as sometime previously.

He ze token of axceptional intellectual membered one at which the lady school and University of the Second City, subsequently and moral qualities. The deceased who performed the ceremony proceeding to Trinity College, as also an ex-President of the broke the bottle over the vessels British Academy, a trustee of the bow and the ship refused to go Uxtord, where he graduated B. A. in 1862, receiving the National Portrait Gallery, and a down the ships. They did not Ноп. Fellow of the Royal know what to do, but eventually degree of D.C.L. from this Alma Mater in 1870. He was also a Gergraphical Society.

they thought of an idea. Putting When the Liberals returned to their backs against supports, they Fellow of Uriel Coll, and a little power in 1905 Mr. Bryce, ali gare tremendous push and Jater altended the famous German university of Heidelberg, member for South Aberdeen, be the ship slid into the water so that his training was conduct He held that post for two years,

carne Chief Secretary for Ireland. (laughter). ed upon comprehensive fines.

THE NEW VESSEL and then entered upon the office Returning to England, James which Liberals speak of sa bis The Kaying, finely modelled Bryce was entered_at_Lincola & greatest success, being appointed steel-screw steamer, has luo, his call to the Ambassador to Washington. I gross tonnage of about 2,500) Bar following in 1867. He was, to some extent, a break with tons, and her chief dimensions practised law for some fifteen tradition, previous Ambassadors are: length 321 fest, depth mould- years, and for a lengthy period having been of Courtly families: ed 23 feet. She was built to the was Regios Professor of Civil Mr. Bryce was spoken of as order of the Chins Navigation Law at Oxford. In 1880 he en-inaugurating democratic dip Co., Ltd. for their Bangkok trade. tered Parliament as Liberal mem- lomacy. He retired from this The vessel has two decks, a long ber for the Tower Hamlets divi- office in 1913, and the following combined poop and top gallant sion, and in 1286 became Under

year was created a Viscount. forecastle. Accommodation is

from one large multitubular Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Bryce, who was one of provided on bridge dock amid-marine boiler at a working pres- When Gladstone returned to the British representatives at the ships for the officers, engineers power in 1892 Mr., Bryce was The Hagus Tribunal, published a/ and first class passengers. Cabin sure of 200 lbs. per square inch. appointed Chancellor of the Duchy number of varied works, ranging accommodation is also provided The boiler is fitted so soat either! of Lancaster, with a seat in the from such subjects as "The Fiere at the after-end of the upper deck. coal or fuel oil can be used for Cabinet while in 1894 he was of the Isle of Arran to The The tween decks have also generating steam under force appointed President of the Board

Roman Empire" of frade.

~The

American Common-rying passengers. The cargo gear system. The vessel is also fitted The fall of the Rosebery Cabinet wealth", the last-named being consists of eight steam winches with a Cochran donkey boiler Istest auxiliary (Lord Rosebery having succeeded generally referred to 45 bis and derricks capable of dealing Gladstone in the leadership of the magnus opum. Only last year he with weights up to 30 tons. The machinery, and is lighted by

electricity throughou...__ Liberal Party on the latter's re-wrote. Modern Democracies," steam steering gear is of the tirement from public life) saw an which a section of the Radical Wilson Pirrie" type, fitted in and to Mr. Bryce's Ministerial Press described as reactionary, a house aft and controlled from activities for the time, but not beview not shared by critics ia amidships by telemator gear. fore he had performed good service} general.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLNAY.

Holy

made and been

suitable for car-

The cellular double bottom is constructed for the carriage of oil fuel, if required, sad the fore |and after pëaks can be used sa fthan when the sun has moved trimming tanks. The propelling away from their neighbourhood, machinery consists of a set of and if the displacement is of the "Brown-Ourtis" type of turbines, raagnitude predicted by Einstein, built by Taikoo Dookyard, com The invitation from South his Relativity theory of gravitation prising of H.P. and L.P. turbines, Australia for a party of British will emerge triumphant. For that combined with astera turbines, astronomers to journey out to reason astronomers from many driving single propeller that colony to observe the total parts of the world are preparing through double reduction gear, eclipse of the sun this year is a to make the necessary observa capable maintaining

combined shaft horee reminder that the phenomenon of tions, and as Australia is almost total

A

'of

na solipsed sun offers one of the the only part of the globe from power of 1,600 on ordinary, sas few opportunities available on the which this year's eclipse can be service, with the turbines running earth to put Einstein's theory to conveniently observed, there is at 3,500 revolutions per minute the supreme test. If the stars likely to be quite a big gathering and propeller at 102 revolutions close to the sun appear in differ- of astronomers in the big island per minute. This machinery is

af positions during an solipse September,

supplied with superheated steam

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