MEMOS, FOR TOMORROW. Shipping. Daylight.-Thaler loaves for Swatow.
MEMOS. FOR MONDAY.
Auctions.
RIRTHS.
At Swatos, ou the 21st May, the Wife of the Rov. P. J. MAOLZOAN, DE & Daughter
THE CHINA MAIL.
CHURCH SERVICES.
HUER OF CHORAL BERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL BUNDAY AFTER AMIENSHUN.
Notes from the Philippines.
The first white man to fall a victim to the bubonic plague at Mauin was William Hannoy, a beanster in the Government
will accur to balance the advantago Russia possesses in the Siberian Railway. But unless Bore unforeseen event happens to At No. 1. Albany Road, on the 26th inst, change again the political outlook, it is MAY 21. the Wife of Capt. Hopmiss, of twin Son highly prabable that Russia.æillaugment her! Matitis,-11. Responses, Tallis; | Corrals who died at the Llague Hospital or two hence
(Proustarely).M
DEATH
At the Government Civil Hospital on 25th May, FREDERIC SO Staff Cap 2.30 p.m.--Auction of Household Furn-ain, Salvation Army, in the doth year of
tur, at No. 3, Belilios Terrace, the his age Residence of T. Warros. Brith, Esq.,
by Mr.Gea, P. Lammert.
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territorial and strategical advantages in intern Asia. Vladimir would have us lieve otherwise. Ho say, in a paragraph of great subtlety, China is the country toost directly affected, in account of the long common frontier with Russia, and bei
3 p.--Auction of Crown Land situated a The publication of this issue commenced cause the eastern part of the Siberian call-
at Mong Kok Tsui..
and Meeting.
Op.r.-Mooting Victoria Preceptory and
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General Memoranda,
TUESDAY, May 29
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way runs through the northern ravines of Mancharis. If the experience of the past is the surest foundation on which to base provision for the future, China has Intia | w fear from her northern-neighbour j the
two ampires have been in contact-for-over- three centuries, and notwithstanding fro quent frontier trouble there has never been war. It is difficult to find alsowhere mach a poaceful record. This land statement
Afrius. it would be idle to dony tust the the presence of Russia's greatest strategical minds of European statesmen are occupied factor in Chineno territory-the-Rossinn far more than the man in the street believes railway in Manchuria--but ignores Russian with the coming changes in the politics of pressure at Peking, nood not mislead y the Far East. Great Britñi does not, as, one who has watched Russia's pehocful"
In spite of thy present concentration of
Vuite, Hing Peeling Beethoven, Turic, Garrett and Troutback; Ten May 21. Antlier toaster is confined Doum, Garrett in F Bonedictunto hospital with the disease. Goss in E; Lyraus, 147, 208 and 148. Evensory-5.45 pm Responses, Tallis;
A culnured miusician of the 9th US Psalma, Turie, Gross and Parcull Magnificat dintiliows in fat: Nuno Infsatry line hoon sentenced by a goudral Dimittis, Foster in Eat Ryan, courtiertial to be dishonorably discharged 100, 300 and 284 Vor Hymn, Stage Voluntaries March (on a from the service of the United States abil thume of Handel), Gaiman Sereto condbed at hud labor for the roamin- nide Schubert.
der of his natural life. The man was tried. for the bristal uurder of a virtuous married; native woman leaving a nursing infant mochorless,
2.40 p.m.-Aurtion of Huusehold Furni- public attention on the settlement of South of the case, which incidentally mentions | 6 pin. --Voluntsey, Melody in Fuiz There has been no increase in the 1
ture, at No. 6, Victoria View Kowloon, Goods per Kamakur Mars not cleared
after this dato subject to rent, 5.39 p.--Meeting of Eothen Mark
Loriga.
THURSDAY, May 31 :--:
Goode por Clyde not cleared at 4 of yor, guide the foreign policy of Buraniquest in Asia. Etusin netire and Re-
subject to rent.
FRIDAY, JWID 1:~
pu-Meeting of Zetlaud Lodge."
WEENESDAY, June 6:--
pean
Powers in this region. With hersin-inactive are two totally different politi large and tried aring, which is hoing sup-cal entities. Japan revealed the weakne plemented rapidly by a navy second to of China; Rossis profited by the revela tion Two ironclada may lio side by side 2:15 p.m.-Meating of 11. M's Justices
nono in Fastern waters, Japan is. 10 of the Peace at the Magistracy.
permalicut and inerousing factor. Grant for thrice too hamdred years and nover MONDAY, June 11-
12:30 p.r.-Meeting of Shareholders of Britain, Russia, Germany, and France hard meraco each other; but let the controlling the Star Forry Co., Ltd.. at the Cem-permanent political, turritorial and cun power set one of these mighty engines in pany's Odies No. 2, Connaught Road,usereis interests, interests that gain in in motion and direct it against the other, and wo know what will be the result. Slowly but surely Rusan has shifted the frontior of these two great Empires. If thero has been no war, that is due not so much to Russia's magnanimity as to China's help. Jeseness. Japan having unexpectedly ex-
Tamperature.
Taken at Mesra Falconer & Co.'s Premises, Queen's Road.} HONGKONG, May 26, 1900.
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benstein; Hymus, Nos. 128, 118, 180, 103, 109 Voluntary, Postlade Smart
ION CL-SUNDAY, MAY 27. 11 am-Voluntary, Andante from the Violin Concerto Mendelssohn, Hyma No. 6 (St, Sariour); Psalm, No. 24 (Langdon); Hyno, No. 194 (Dinde No use Throwing Stones. main); Anthon, No. 28 ↑ Lift up your At the meeting of the Sanitary Board. hords, O yo gates Hopkins; Hymn, No. 3 (St. Patrick): Volumiray. Of yesterday afternoon, the following letter. fortaire from the Messe do Mariage," cinted 20th Aptil, was/sabeuitted from the Duteur,
President of the Buod of Healili at Manila,
number of cases of pingus. In fact there has been a digiration. There are very few eases in the city now. The death rate of the city is smaller than at any time sice we began keeping records, De Lawson observed that the least and shoat this the better. It was bo vac. pouple who lived-in glass Houses throwing stones, It was agreed that the letter lie on the table.
Tricking the Police.
LEVAN SETUINT CHURCH-DAY
MAY 27. Mursing:-10:30 Evening 6.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Notes by the Way.
A gipulic telescope at Paris, reveals ene prominences on the sun's surface. Hatherto unly the alge was pemeptible.
Six Clubeso for failing to comply with the liste-washing ordinarice were, at the Magistracy to-day, fined $10 each.
The returns of phigag esses up to anon on the 26th May showed that thirty fresh and weblyubie nths occurred during the preceding 24 hours.
The enue in which & Chinniund was charged with being in illegal possession of thirteen hagy of sugar has, at lagt, been' do- cided, and defendant has been ordered by portance with the lovelopment of China and the necessity for external, uackets for
Mr Halifax, to pay a fine of $100. Mr Reces appeared for prisoner. The can home products. The United States. hitherto insuflar in her political life,
cnob fore the Court Eth inat. and it will be remembered with it, that efforts has acquired permanent interests in thy Pacifi undreamt of ly the founders
faise labels to the bags as they lay in Nor of the New World Power; and notwith-posed the rottonuose of China as a fight
were urade to trics the pefce by attaching
7 Police Station. Inspector Baker's lynx. standing the parochisis of the jority ing power, Russin moved with more than of her political leaders and the hostangy of her wanted speed. Her line of railway
The Sanitary Board agreed to refer Dreye detected the dodges however, and it is men in power, the will be compelled, by was brought south till it tevored Man- free of circonstances, to hiden hochuria, the home of China's ruling race; Clark's report on overcrowding in this City gifying to think that the Magistrate, Port Arthur was occupied by Russian of Victoria (publicted in our state last recognising the difficulties with which the Insprutor had had to contend in this case foreign interexts want juia in the, not im
inposed a heavy penalty, such as might probable struggle which may be brought troups; and Cossacks protect the connight) to a special mooting of the Board, about by the aggressiveness of curtainstruction of a connecting railway from the
prevent a repetition of such low tactics. European Powers in Easter Asis. Obber Liaolong Peninsula to the great Siberian line in the north. Russia was propared to
The Boxere Powers, Italy, for instance, linye shown a
dominate Corea but for the interference of
desire to interfere in the economy of China; As a matter of fact, China has but these need not na yet be considered Japan. Geriausly. The approaching completion of orory reason to fear Russia. So long as it the Siberian Railway and the increasing suits her poles, Russia will make no 13 growth of Itassian influence in East Asia formal atto opt to sines Manchuria; but, should a revolution in China give reason. ...1/1
aro coincident. Whatever Tony be the
able pretext for interfering, the abeorp ......../future of Chius, Japau and Cores, it is
1/u
safe at least to prodiet that Russia willtion of Manchuria, which has already been have the greatest influence in shaping the Prepared, will inevitably follow, and so mach more of China as Russia imagines the other. Powers will allow,
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Lieutenant General Sir Charles Warren, who was reported in var special telegram yesterday us having cuplaced a Bere langer at Douglas, was appointed Military. Govornaz, of Grignaland West at the special request of Sir Alfred Milner, High Commisioner for South Africa.
Shipbuilding Returns.
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1900.
TELEGRAMS.
FRAGRANT WATERS MURMUR That the Land Court for settling questions. arising out of the transfer of the New Territory will be formed, I hear, a week, That Mr Gomperty, why hissected no Polico Magistrate for me time past with great Buccose, will be the Chairman of the Court, and I hear Me Soth, whomeof our cliest and best officials, will be thọ Registrar.”
That Mr Frank Hazeland, who will set a Police Magistrato so sotal as Me Gom. pertz vacatea that post line considerable experience of Chinese ways, and should -prove to be a good Magistrate. That tipe is Tinney, a large mount of tangled skoins waiting to be sot right by
this new Land Court.
That the reguery which we all know is it
separable from land-owning in China, luas
REUTER'S SERVJUD.
Lonnos, 24th May, THE WARLORD ROBERTS" ADVANCE.
Lord Roberts has arrived at the South Buk of the Rhenoster and hund the enemy fled;
General Kelly Kenny reports that the Yemanry have cleared the country be
ween Blowinstein and Bishor.
It is reported that the Boors are trek. king straight to the Val River, what they declare they will fight to the death.
· General Fruuch ́is now at Prospect on
the railway; five miles north of Bhenoster. Genaral Hamilton is co-oporating with bi
It is the general opinion that the British
been, if possible, ineren, owing to they will arrive at Fretoriaus fast as they
out-of-the-way situation of the new ter ritory.
That the persistent way in which land titles are doctoral, the profits being divided between the landholder, the othcial and the yaden underlings, is quite a tradition ia Oltine.
ANTI-PLAGUE INOCULATION.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.
At the fortnightly meeting of Hongkong Sanitary Board, yesterday afternoon, Chapter IV, of the Indian Plague Commis
ion, which deals with anti-plague inneula.
on, was submitted.
Lieut. Col. Ryan apolle against inocula-
11
That all this dichonesty must now sense, and tho New Territory any son begin to pay for its administration. That another tangle is caused by the as-
tensive purchases made by lurid speculation,
-Dr Lawson"Baid that last year: they tors, and thorough examination into tlas rigste and
and titles of parties must got out a large supply of Hafkving
miph, but beyond the Indians at the. That it has been whispered this survey of Bock and
of the Board's w those districts about which so much has acrvants who were incculated they conlil been said, will not, after all, be carrie list got any to undergo the process. out upon sa satisfactory a seal as Was The report was simply an amplification of what he told the Iulian people whon hu Burely this mistake can be remedied was cut there. As to the valno. of the They even now,
lympho had no doubt whatever, that it That, speaking of land, and boaring in cartainly reduced the mortality of plague mind the pressing subject of overcrowd. when the plague was cutimeter, and it
and arcessive ruotais, a curious reduced the percentage of peopl town where janela ramar reaches me to lie effect that a attacked in
the Bis large native syndicate has buen formed tion, was oneri ont t
ing
in Cantor to endeavour to buy up every chief ofit "was that people who had available houze in Hongkong, foreign or been through the inoculation process swo
that they would never lave it, done again.
nativo.
already been purchased by Chinese, perated, had told their people Now, don't would never haps the report is only abrader, but as it done again. They wou that as a large number of such houses have The Chinese hers, who had been con
the outbreak of a scrous rebellion in get the Chiese to undergo the process f 'It was' or near Canton provinco would undoubt inocula by Takamo lymph, rully cause a rush to Hongkong sad to use deferring the in thee any linger create a boun in houses in this Colony." They should thank the Goverment for the That the possibility of further inroads of report. They had still a certain amount f it. well-to-do Chinese into the Enropean the lymphs left but nobody would uso quarters of our dot on the ocean' should and not only that, he had private advices stipulate some of Dispatches received by the N.-C. Daily·
of our land companies to fron a Japanese doctor that he had now get News from reliaide quarters at Poking states Executive might assist in this same thenrics, ut proput not by
Finora roum.
very different idea about plagun and he h that any scione of the Manetu.nobility
Jaudable object, in a mild form for we certain amount of proof, that
Vern are joined the Boser Association and that don't esport to get land or Brearling-supposed to be was not at the bottom of roon for nothing otherwiso it seems to the mischief at all. From what he (t me many of us will be compelled to build Lowson) had tearned, on good authority. floating houses, and get moored to ani thay might have to change their ideas about excessively marine lot in the harbour, plague very soon. As far as this lymph That all the friends of Mr Ewen Canicron was concerned the less said the better
(who was better known in the North than in Hoogkong) will be pleased to hear of the honour which has been on ferred upon him.
several Prisices and Dukas have given their consent to act, an Patrons of that Society,
though the walls of Peking have recently been placardel with Imperial proclamations denouncing the Boxera as outlaws, and therefore liable to be executed according to the laws.
Proights to Port Arthur-
The steamers of the Volunteer Fleet
shine
It was decided to scknowledge receipt of - the report with thanks.
DR HARSTON'S LUKAS RÉVIEWED BY THE SANCTARY BOARD),-
From the Return compiled by Lloyd's Register, it appears that, excluding war ship there were 554 veseals of 1,200,42 tons gross under construction in the United Russia's presence in Aaistie polities has
Were Russia & beselicont Powar in the Kingdom at the dose of the quarter ended become more pronouneed with the Rúvanco
seuse, that Great Britain is, opening up 31st March. There was a rednction in the leasing Odessa fog Russima porls in the Far of her railway across Siberin. The strate gical importance of this milway line may be now markets for the benefit of all countries tonnage under construction of about 46,000 on an equal footing, there would be lessons, as compared with the figures for last 146quinions prejudice there against the Russian reason to caril at the prospect of Russian quarter, and of about 1-10,000. toma, 4s Government freights, largely for Port That H. E. General Guigne, who is acs was held yesterday afternoon. The pro
We compared with the inprecedentedly high know that the new railway will open up total which was reached in Deoarber, 1808 new folds of enterprise, and we suppose
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the railway, even if not immediate, crónut to gaiumid, and it would be foolish allow political prejudice to lead us to be little it and its probable effect on the deve lopment of Siberia and North Chips. Vladimir,' in his recent book, Russis in
annexation of Chinesa territory,
British merchants and capitaliste will share The Position at Peking.
in the benefits thereof; but as soon as
The Peking correspondent of
the
trict as well as its political destinies we various Foreign Ministers have held a con-
Russia is able to control the trade of a dis-China Gazelle telegraphs on May 22: The
East have of late, says a Mosepy, corren- pulent, been exceptionally taken up with.
Arthur. The last stounge to leave, a boat of some 4,000 tons register, had a cargo almost entirely destined for Port Aribut, where the commercial interests of Rusia at present are of the sightest. Merchants an cumplaining that goods which hitherto have found non on the ships of the Volunteer Fleet without Enreasonable delay are now loft lying for a misch as two months in the
That the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank THE LIMEWASHING CRITICISMS:
now claims amongst her managing staff. two doughly knights, and I have not the slightest doubt the Govartment has bestowed these honours in return for very valuable services rendorod.
jug
A meeting of Hungkong Sanitary Boar
in place of our absent Governor, hassident (the Hon. R. D. Ormsby, Director quitted himself well as joint military and of Tublic Works) occupied the chair, and civil head of the Celung
That he has fully maininined the dignity there were also present the Vice-president and reputation of the double position, dur- (Dr Lawson, Acting Principal Civil Medical ing the Terrible reception and the Queen's Officer), Lieut. Gul Ryan, Mr Mckie, De birthday functions, and the residents of
the Colony feel the places of Sir Henry Hartigan, Mr E. Osborne, Dr F. Clark and Lady Blake have been Adly filled by (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. Fang Wa General and Mrs Gascoigne.
the Pacific and the Siberian Railway,' says know frour past experience what policy she sultation uy to, whether, in view of the warehouses before the steamers, owing to Thát much disappointment was felt at the Chuen, Mr Chan A Fook, and Mr G. A.
is likely to pamus. Great Britain, the Un-present situation in Peking and the increas the Government's rat claims, an id 34% pt. The principal object of the Siberian Rail ...$54.75
10.15 way, and from which it will derive it. States, Germany and Jupan, as the ing pawlers of the Boxers around the space to ship them. ...27ad.
its largest profits, will be the deveTeat commercial nations principally capital, Legation Guards should not be The Ancient Name of Smith
affected by wintever changes may no. ordered up by cach Foreign Representative lopment of the country it traverses: a country possessing auch natural wealth, car in the Far East, cannot regard as during the Chiu-Japan War. The
Under the heading, The Ancient Name of Smith, Professor Mahady lus a
hitherto little available owing to the with equaninrity territorial acquisitions by Frenek Minister. favoured the proposition rief contribution to the Atheniem, point- |
want of easy communication. Not only will
it supply this want, but it will contribute powerfully to incrase the steamer traße on
Russia or any other Power in China. It is while Mr Conger, the American Minister, only fair to say that we believe Chinese oppoped it. The conference therefore has territory would be better governed by Kus.arrived at no practical result.'.
sia than under ibu present zoandarin sya..
the Siboring rivers. This under for so long as there is hope that Eulanta Dezrer Than Chickens.
united pressure any be brought to bear.
The Sanitary Board met. yesterday
cariosition of the Petrie pap771 is a list of ing out that among the yet unpublished
imes connected with the manufacture al beer. These names are oddly unlike sitter Greek or
1.games, amlary suspect
edwigyptis→TELES I VITO
ys Professor Mabuffy, which appears we can give no further explanation. It is
this in
absence of raluto of twenty-one-gung Woodcock. (Scere:ary).
de joie at the review of the -The correspondence from Dr Harston re-
troops and usual tret du the occasion of lacive to Iue washing as a preventation of
That
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IrthdayNNER
plague and the reply of De Clark, Medical known, Officer of Health thereto, which is perisaps not when the garrison casty out the effective already appeared in our columns wer movement called the trooping of the submitted. oclears no salute cu fra de joie is given. Dr Lowson said the line washing they
to puzzle our medices in connection with year was ineant entirely as a cleansing pro the bubonis fever trouble, nud. Ist told cass. He did not say that their present That it is curious how facts. cute formed earried on during regular periods of the the apposcameo of plague in the hoc methods of disinfection were perfcctor ward Tail steamer Gerunudd has provanything nor it, because it was su very duced a problem which seems at prese dificult to get efficiant supervision. Pos Very diluult of solution.
sible their disinfecting
inrusting arrangements might That in steainora
org like the P. & O. uailers be inproved, but he drought the "winte perhaps as great caution is observed in of this correspondence had arisen from a the routing which Wa's any other vessels in the world, and yot mistaken idea of the trouble has conie,
carried out. He thought the best thing ence to the public may resul, but it will matter before them," but after thinking be interesting to shipowners and medical over the matter he did not see how they students of the phirac to solve the pro- were going to improve matters unless by blatü furnished;
A few rave zain to look after the B] 17 Steyn & Co. purpose fighting to the But if they were going to have to stop That it is interesting to know that Kruger, mividual disinfection of inferice, forsen death at the Vaul, when we remonter line washing simply because they would the synchronised fact that the British not afford to pay for the disinfection by forces have been under orders to fight this xtisoption it would be a case of God lichi
the bitter end from the beginning the colony.
War
justified by the statistics of trade on the rivers already contiguous to the completed ling of railway. Want of communication cessfully upon Chitis by the commercial afternoon when a report on the success of regularly in the same form, and of which A. S. WATSON & CO., has opened prejudicially against the trans. Powers with a prospect of reform in the the rat-killing experiments (pablished last
zu. We have never found anything like it for of population. It is, fact that the administration similar to that accomplished night) was laid on the table. The Presid- the name Shifth unmistakably written Thut fortunately but very little moonreni was to thank Dr. Haraton for bringing th LIMITED.
frand of Russian enigration is eastward, in Egypt, Great Britain, oither alene or cut (Hon. K. D. Ormsby) seid, the report before, and it is curely, worth telling the that there was a man known as Smith in and easy and cheap transit, it is safe to supported by the other three Powers showed very good work. He entirely ap many distinguished bearers af the name infer, will bring the agricultural and have named, should be prepared to op- Praved of the proposal maile in the report the 20th year of the third Ptolemy, 227 THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS mineral regions of East Asia the active pose any proposal to allow farther Kus-that they apply to the Government for son, and that he is convied movies.
English name comparable to enterprising men and women 30 xossary gian aggression in China. At present, further funds to carry on the work. Mr E. beer or in selling it. Is there any other
antiquity!! for its profitable development. Just a Japan seems to be the only Power inde Osborne The price of mat soup has gone AERATED WATERS Great Britais found it contrary to public pendent enough to menace Russis, and up. (Laughter.) The President-It was
policy to send her criminal population to Japan's sprent chief concern. of remarked to wo the other day that live 4 Now Explosive. Australasia, Russia is begining to recognise course, is Russ's dosigue in Corea. ate were sold in Hongkong as fol. 1 There seems to be an idea in the mind that the time is fast approaching-if it has Russin should do anything in don't know whether the Medical members of at least one scientist that water may not already arrived when the deportation Cures that could be regarded as of the Board would omsider then danger supplant lyddito as a charge for cartridges we Lalioro Japanous or not. Dr Hartigan Who is the in the early future. The Dusty Mnd cor- of criminals to Siberia must case for ever reasonshie canis belli, There will soon be every inducement to would not hesitate to declare war, in the close season for res? (aughter) Mrrespondent at Rome states that an Italian the surplus respectable agricutural popula- hope of regaining the advantages in the Osborne- understand they are held rats, oficer, Col. Comars, has discovered that then decomposed by means of an electrio, tion of Russia proper to onilgente to Siberia Totung Peninsula of which she was so hot house mate. They fetch more than water, if subjected to great compression and freer mode of living, cheaper taxation, unfairly deprived by Russis after the Chin chicks I believe. I buvo gaen the current into its elements, oxygen and larger holdings, and a resdy means for the Japan war. As we have said, there is for sale myself. De Lowson, in re hydrogen, explodes with tremendous fores these moana in produeing in water en e- ENGLISH EXPERTS man-disposal of produce. Reces, no one much in the Far Eastern situation to cause ply to the President's remark said-It la the process. Cal Commars succeeded by knows with absolute certainty the possibili-European statesmen anxiety for the futute, don't matter whether they are Geld rats plosive fores do rimés greater than that of age our factories, and their practics of Siberis. Its mineral resources are and it may be that the crisis may be pre- or town rate that are aaten. If they are ordinary ganpowder, and 33 times greater to which ho how given the amo ef ag yet unknown, but are believed to be cipitated earlier than most of the imagine. perfectly dried, then I should think there than that of dynamite. This now explo tical knowledge produces an
onormous. With the excellent water uma Future modifications of Easian policy may is no danger the discuss in the closed, Cosmos, entails so danger, upon the person article that is unrivalled for its munication of Northam Asis supplemented produce a ralical change in British public being decided to ask the Government for using it. A company has been formed at
by a grand trunk railway, concuting the epicion, but with the knowledge of her past forther funds to carry in the exteriostat. Marcel, cice & Lunit, for the mushu Words of sig to live in the historios para ik would lie better to re conside
facture of the explosive water cartridges, excellence.
interior souveniently with Russia and the policy strung upon, as it is impossible trg pri A hiting question to put to which, if the experiments are to be trusted, centres of Europese commerce en the one take any other view of the political situa the Board would be--What has been done will play an important part in war and and snd with the T'ecific and to millions tions in North China than that here set with the 13,831 rus received, and paid for commerce
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future of China 1: Who can hay phụ Melpomene, 18; Sydney coulit kave dresvit in the early art of 1891 that Japan, was to bring about a revolutiom in Far Easteru politics to disturb the balance of power in the East Similarly, 1607 we little know what eskuter development
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scrappy information frame the front be best dealt with by asking Dr Harston only satisfactory mode of keeping the his misunderstanding cleared up, because und, as I bate before said, ils is the to come to their next meeting and have in the dark in theen telegraphic from what he understond in conversation
with Dr Harstow he did not object to the.
point to a careful, combined laute to times of plague, the cleansing proters dis- That eu far as the scraps of news ge, they lima washing in any shape, except that in Pretoria, with our flanks well proceted, turbed the dust, and that coolics who and que communications ecured plus walked shout the room tare-footed were apt to become inoculated by plaguo gerne repaired palunya
the news of the relief of Mafoking in the process of cleaning. If that was so thrilled throngh the heart of the British people it every corner of our Empire, and the name of Baden-Powell was blest all the world cond
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and in this matter they had to be goided entirely by professional opinion-there was a great deal in what Dr Harston said, and he thought it would be better if they acked under Groecal Carrigton must be looked exphin exactly what he did nie. U there That the forced misrotica of those Bustan him to attend their text messing and to
into, ne it seemed to those who know to was any truch Dr Barsum a theory have been the of things warlike incidents the disturbance of dus spread the plague,
parhaps it which are likely
That there cum bune doubt of two things naineis, that the existence of the Anglo Saron-Colonial grit has been conclusively shown in this war, and that the British Empire has hirish knit together as it núve was before
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN."
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on ho asked to attend the meeting of the Foard that day fortnight,
Dr Lawson-I would second that motion. air, but I think it would be preferable if De farston attended the meeting we bave in Committee. It is stura matter for public Lieut. Col. Rain.It is & technical sub- ject, and I think it would be better to dis ess it in Committee.
It was the agreed to adopt De Towson's suggestion, and the matter will come before. the Board in Committee on Thursday.
WEATHER REPORT.
the following police, in issued from theN Ob ervatory KN Ve
On the 20th at 11.56a. Tab barometer hau falen on the E. coast of China, and Tersity steady sawhere. Fresurs is highost over the Pacific to the S, Japan, sud lowest in N. Oline. Gradients night. for Sapi S wind in S, Chins precast -moderate SW hide fee,