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There must be a tle awkwardness attending the visit of the Russian aquadron to England. Since the un- Įfortunate Dogger Bank incident un warship Bring the lag of St. Andrew 2.45 p.m.--Auction of Household For has visited any of the Home parts.
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Miscellaneous,
Even if there had ban a desire to pay Goods per Wiched undelivered after this courtory visite the men of the Russian
date subject to rent.
float have, negarding to all reports, bead in gueb a condition of disaffection that it would have been tempting fate to send them far afield. It may be taken
General Memoranda.
TURDAY, October 30-
2.16 p.m.-Austion of Household Faroi ture, at Col. Kent's residence No. % Mountain View, Peak, 9p.m.--Meeting of Euthen Mark Ledge. Doods per Ren undelivered after his
date subject to rent.
WEDNESDAY, October 31:-
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906.
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS. BY TELEGARPH.
'A large firo necurred at Osaka on this! 14th inar,
The Yokohams Autumn Regatta was held on the 13th inst, -
According to the latest cenege jrks population of Formusa is 3,038,765.
The Special Jurora, summoned for Monday next, will not be required to. send.
Taires wires states that the daily Income of the death Manchuria Railway bow amount to You 23,000,
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
VISIT OF RUSSIAN FLEET,
(Exclusive Service, mupplied by Router, via Bombay),
Losos, October 26.
A Russian squadron, under oam- mand of Admiral Bostrom is due to arrive at Barrow to-day.
The squadron includes the Brst-clase battleships "Slava' (13,516 tone) and
Mr R. P. Sanderson of Tinatata as "Taarevitch" (13,110 tons) and the won outright the trophy presented by Major first-class protected cruiser “Bogatyr' Nathan to the Northern Gun (lub.
(6675 tons.)
The visitors of the German Reicht g
as a sign that the Russian Povernment visited Yokosuka on the 13th inst. and
For shown some of the expurel vessela. considers that the loyalty of the per- sonnel of the squadron is resʊ zuß- ciently well established to warrant
The new bildge of the Tientsin Elemis Light and Trainwry Company in front of 915 p.m. Anotion of Household Forni-aking the changes which are involvads Central Station of the City Poling has
in letting then getelem of the adequant la « haus, complated.
ture, at No. 3, Century Proscey' Ken- nedy Road.
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THURSDAY, November 1: -
| persuasion to walty that the com
mending anno, of alam] Fortrays are able Upwania of $1,100 has seen exifoiled to offer.
Apart for the awkwardnost Tleatsin to start the new Sports lsh: introedig 'he insuitable recollection of Majer Nathan and Mr J. M. Diskbran
(kavo been elected joint presiden be the logger Bank fair the fort that Steatonis a few months ago Great Britain
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The officere of the squadron are to pay a visit to Mesara Vickers, Sons and Maxim's establishment and will visit London and other places in
parties.
[REUTER'S SERVICE.] AMERICA AND JAPAN,
LONDON, October 20.
In connection with anti-Americaniam im Japan, the American papers are comment-
The new Imperial Hotel at Tirisining on the rosignation of Cani Kitagaki, extended a particularly warm welcome which is to superle the Hotel Des the only midshipman training at the
Annapolis Naval Academy, to a detachment of Toge a triumphant Colonies, to be opened last wook, cil rowler embarrassing though the formsi paromany is to come later,
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the option to proramentaties of the Davi which who not only defeated
tat
However, it
It is alleged that the resignation was ut the request of the Japanese Legation.
LATER.
It is declared in Washington that the Government has no information of any anti-Japanese feeling, heyond newspaper cuttings from the Ambassador at Tokyo, which show resentment at the California Labour agitation.
The Government does not conceal its
desire to retain the special fricadah of
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
LONDON, October 25. Baron Achrenthal, the Ambassador at
owski.
In the return cricket match between
diegraced.
bag the Professions! men and the Tintain Pasg breu me grisad that the sg. Cricket Club, the lattor revored the verdict of the earlier encounter after cleaply |tablishment of a better understand.
ongrested gama, by two rasa. BANDEDNO, MATErday, besorer 27, 1906. ing hatzuen Great Britain and Rus
in in eminently desirable in the
A notorious gang of burglare, for hom interest of both countries and it the polios have been searching for four may be taken for grantor that the years, was arrested at Azabu by the local Japan. British Government will leave no stone police. They are said to have stalen pro- unturned in the effort to show the perty amounting to You 100, 00. visiting squaricon every courtesy which | The Typhoon Commission. should be tendend to the represents- The Commission appointed to inquire governing Colonies, and some of the tires of country with which we are into the recent disastrous typhoon have, St. Peterburg, succeeds Count Goluch- Crown Colonies and protected states at peace. It is quite possible that the we are informed, completed their delibers- there are laws restricting the amount of Russian Government is glad of an tions, but the result of their labours is as intorest which can be legally charged opportunity to show the rest of the yot kept secret. It is probable that the world that the ensational reports that raport will be publisꞌ od within the next for money lost. There are also provi
low days. both the Army and Navy are permeat-- aiona in regard to lending money to Liesfissat The policy of the Hongkong Clovernment has probably been to inter fere as little p possible with the ens tome of the Chinese in connection with their financial methods. Thus it is
have a rudder fitted, after which she ill American to the Cabinet. be in excellent order. Only three plates well known that the rate of interest
were taken off her ball and thess, after charged by Chinese banks and annoy
being rolled, were found to be strong lenders is enormously greater than that It is reported that Chios has consented enough to be rophced. The "Fatahan " dewanded by the foreign banks. Inter-to all the Japaness proposals relative to the is still in dock.
ad with the revolutionary spirit are The Macao Steamers. pot based upon fact. On the other
conceivable that
We understand that both the "Kin. hand it may be "bluff but it is hard. shan" and the "Fatshen" will manne Russia would their sailinge to Mano during next week. ly "bluff" to the extent of jeopardising As far as can be gleaned at present the her principal remaining warships.
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.
"Kinahan" bas left dock, but still has to
Tramway Care.
M. Petreich, thu Austro-Hungarian War Minister, has resigned, and is succeeded by M. Schoenaich, the Austrian Minister for National Defence.
THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, October 20. Mr Oscar Straus has been designated by President Roosevelt for the Secretaryship of the Navy.
This is the first appointment of a Jew
RUSSO-JAPANESE COM- MERCIAL TREATY.
LONDON, October 25. The Japanese draft of the now Com mercial Treaty with Russia is being con- sidered by the Foreign Offico in St. Petersburg.
RACING.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes.
Lokoos, October 23. 1--Polymelus. 2-Kafir Chisi, 3-Malus.
est instead of being calculated balf year-banding back of Newchwang, except the date, which has been changed to December
The Electric Tramway Company have fly be annually is charged by the moon
31.
decided to make some alterations in some or month. A witness in a recent case
The Government at St. Petersburg of the cars now in use, in order to make sisted that he had monies out on loan have instructed the Russian authorities in the section out apart for first class withdrew the passengers more exclusive, and at the same for which be received interest at the Northern Manchuria to rate of three per cent per month. This hitherto existing prohibition of Japanse timo give greater accommodation for third officeta in unifrom from entering that clag panoogas. The care that have the
eable in the middle and seating accomm means thirty six per cent per annum. territory.
dation at each end, are to be altered so that At the moment we are unable to state Hongkong and Companies.
the first-class nexts will be at one end, and ; what rate is fixed by the lfoms
the remainder of the car will be devoted to Government as being a fair return on
the third clam, the cabin being extended. Yesterday afternoon Mr J. Gray Scott, the the capital·lent but we are isis to
Gonersi Manager, took a party fors run lo believe that thirty six per cent would be
Shaukiwan on one of the converted cars," and it was grourally agreed that the change considered usurions. Of course a great
will be an improvement. deal depends upon the nature of the security. A higher rate must necessari. ly be charged when the security is doubt ful but it would seem to be in the inter-the woany Uralted companies doing business Members Must not do Anything Company) and the Volunteers. The rate
Sage the N-0. Daily News:-Com panies that are registered in Hongkong but carry on their business elsewhere, and great deal of difficulty in complying with the provision of the Ordinance which pro Acribes that the register of shareholders must be kept in the Colony. Compliance with this regulation is attended with so mach difficulty and is fraught with so mucřa inconvenience to the companies concerned that it would be well to consider whether
in Shanghat could not with justice ask for
ests of the people at large that some the passing of a short Ordinapos allowing limit should be fixed other than the the keeping of a local register. necessity of the borrower. Apparantly Typhoon Bellef Fund.
at present money lent at the most exor bitant interest is recoverable in our
This should not be. Courts, maximum rate should
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THE "NEVER CLUB"
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THE VOLUNTEER CAMP.
Annual Sports,
The annual sports of the Volunteer Corps which are held on Stonecutters' Island will take place to-morrow, cominencing at 2.15 p.m, with a Challenge five-oared gig race, between the Royal Garrison Artillery (th
will be over a distance which is approxims. tely 1000 yards, and a keen contest is an -
"It has a bigger membership than any ticipated. The Artillery or are the most other club in London; its members are fancied for the race on acount of their
A meeting of the General Committee thoroughbreds, in that they are in no way familiarity with rowing in giga, but the
of the Typhoon Relief Fund was held at the associated with trade, commerce, or in-Volunteers have the better boat, the Artil Office of Sir Pat Chater, the Chairman,dustry; indeed, any such contamination lary crow heving given them the choice of on the 24th instant, at which the report of that may take place immediately disquali-craft. fixed the sub-committeo was received and on-fies a member, exposes him to farísiture of
The remainder of the programme com-
and lenders who charge more should sidored. The sub-committee have been all rights and privileges, and summary ex-prises Boot and Puities race, in which com
constantly engiged in considering claims pulsion from the club." Lo so at their own risk. A Out,
when he is pressed for money, is apt
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patitors start in stockinged feet, ran te for relief and assistance and in all have up Thus spoke a London detective the other where their boots and putties are in a besp, to date received information that 1776 bosta evening in describing the organisation, all mixed up, find their own boots and to agree to pay anything in order to have been reported as lost or damaged, which has ramifications in every part of putties, put them on correctly and race escape from the immediate danger, involving a sum of 81,104,342.. Clos London-the "Never Club," which has back; Victoria Creau race; Tug-of-war; for 1623 boats have been investigated and been brought into notice this week by the Potatos Race; Tusm race (four men a alde); without pausing to consitler that ho is rallef already granted to the extent of conviction of one of its members at the Cadets Race ; Camp Staff mce; and Maxim WHISKY. placing a financial incubus on his $39,636.00; to licansces of 398 boats and to Clerkenwell Sessions.
Competition (no more than two gune from "How did it get its name? Because each half company), shoulders which might never be shaken widows and orphans $616,00. The Tong
This morning the Voluntoera had practice off. Such man should be protected] Wa Hospital havo incurred an expenditure the members never did work, sover do
of 818,500.00 for recovering and burying work, and never will work; also, they with the 15 pounders, firing blank amphi against themselves. The subject is so bodies and feoding 1100 destitutes. never as they never pay they never tion, and this afternoon, as we go to grew,
ent unless the food is begged or stolen; undoubtedly an awkward and difficult The sub-committee are still engaged in they never sleep, unless in prohibited pro- there are firing at the moving target for inspection by His Excellency Colonel Darke prevent the Legislative Council taking report on which will be submitted at the who don't want to do anything unt skulking (Ollicor commanding the Troopa in
and of next week, which will be co-through life. They are the cause of more South China). the necessary steps to bring the law inmunicated in due course to the local pres. trouble to the police of Londos than all other causes combined. We wil them the novery"—it is a clang torm that fits Hongkong in line with that in other --Communicated.
them well. 00 parts of the British dominions. Usury
"That's the Never Club, and it is gain. ing alarmingly in membership."
$15.00...Per Case. one to grapple with but that should not investigating and relieving farther cases, a mixes or outside.
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