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Noon-Meeting of Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Lday Mesara Showan, Tomes & Co.'s Offiles. BUNDAT, Harch 24,
WEDNESDAY, MARUB 20, 1907.
LOCAL AND COAST NEW?,
It is reported that Esperanto in meeting with an encouraging reception in Japan, especially amongst the Japances, who have agazine printed in the new language;"
It is stated that the man Collins, accu- set of possessing hombs at Tientsin, is, to' be escorted to his home where he will be imprisoned for five or ten years, the matter of course is the explanation of the pre-ing concluded without further interfer
ence from China.
vailing unrest in Japan which has been demonstated to different parts of the Empire lately. It may be expected to become much more aggravated in the
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Goods por Persia undelivered after this people find it difficult to support them
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Large and Assorted Consignment of - FRENCH PERFUMERY Sole Agents for the 'RADIO THERM,' the marvel of the age for applying 'RA-MONDAY, March, 25:---
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Co.'s Office. be used in honses where
11,15 am-Meeting of Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Id., at Co.' Ofices. Electric Lights are avail-
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TELEGRAPH.
OBITUARY,
A TRAGIC ENDING.:
(Exclusive Service, supplid by. Reuter, tia Bombay)
London, March 19.
M. Marcelin Berthelot, Ex-minister of France and chemist, has died sud-
The American Ministor has requested from, the Waiwupa a pussport for a min ing engineer who intends to enter Tibet denly under tragic circumstances.
He was mourning by his wife's with a view to prospecting, but the Wai- wapu has replied that any protootion to be given in Tibet is so dificult that it is deathbed when he expired. desirable that he should defer his journey..
Socialism in Japan.
Japan has its own metlaid of dealing with the Socialist terror. Witnow this extract from the Yorndza Chaho:--Thự |
celves. It will be a long time before Japan Socialist Party has been ordered by the Government to dissolve itself on the Cores and Manchuris become produc-grund that the existence of the party in tiva mesela. In the meantime Japan | harmful to public endor. will be well advised to go slow, fann
cially, for a while. However creditably Band at King Edward Hotel-
she might raffe it with America on the "tented field" she is certainly not yet
n.-Auation of Household Furni p.m.- ture at No. 5, Wong Net Cheong Road. 2.80 p.m.-Auction of Household Forni. qualified to keep the ficiencial pace with
ture, at No. 10, Mountain View, the her. Peak.
TUESDAY, March 28-
вод
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a
Lied.........
'Gute Nacht'..
Schubert
SHIPPING DISASTERS.
"FOGS IN THE CHANNE!
Heavy Losses Reported.
(Exclusive Service, supplied by Reuter,
via Bombay),
LONDON, March 1, Vessels are reported to be ashore all along the Channel.
By kind permission of Lt. Col. Prico P. 5. O., and Officers, the Baul of the 129th Dake of Connaught's Own-Baluchis will play the following Programme of music, at the above.Hotel, during uner, The losses reported at Lloyd's yes- on Thursday, 21st March, 1907 (weather
terday aggregate £1,500,000, of which permitieg.):- The Canadian Fustmaster General, Match Meeane Cox the White Star liner "Suevic" along Noon-Auction of Lossehhold Property
at Mr Gec.-P. Lammert's Sale Rooma. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, seems to be Overture... Romantine.....Keler Boles very bold and aggressive person. Not Runt. of Offenbach..........Winterbottoni
..... La Svengali
Rooder accounts for £500,000, WEDNESDAY, March 27:---
Noon-Auction of Triple Expansion Me- content with popularising the phrase un Serenats... Love in Idleness..... Macbeth The "Jabba's" cargo consisted rine Engine, st Kwong Bang Loong intellectual preference for rent Mill in the Black. Forest.....Eilenberg largely of gold and rubber and is Boiler Yard, Tal Kok Tasi. 11.50 A.. Biesting Chios Sugar Refin Britain "in connection with the proposed Selection... The Belle of New Yk, Kerker valued at £200,000.
Co., Ld., at Mesurs Jardine, Mathe reduction of postage on British periodi son & Co.'s Office of Luzon Sugerah mailed to Canada; he has given us Claim Against Long Blea
[The "Sueric" is a steal twin screw 13.18 p.m.Meeting
Boticing Oo, Ld., at Mezure Jardine, another. This time it is ahilling
four-masted steamer of 12,500 Lous gross, In the Sammary Jurisdiction of the and was built in 1900 by Harland and" Matheson & Co. Office.
cables to all parts of the Empire." In Supreme Court this afternoon before His Woolf, at Belfast. She is 550.2 foot long, other words, he desirea to see a cheaper Honour Mr A. G. Wise (Paiste Judge) Mr68.8 feet in breadth and 39.9 feet in depth. cable service throughout the King's Frederick Blanck sued Messrs Long Hing. The Jebba" is a small vessel of 3,812 Dominions, in the interests of imperial photographers, for 8070. Mr.Otto Kong tons gress; was built in 1996 by Sir Raylton The Sing appeared for the plaintif, but defen Dixon and Company, at Middlesborough. solidarity and imperial trade. subject of aIKBritish cables and cheaperdants were not represented and did not for the Africau s., Co. (Elder Dempster service has long been a pet theory with appear., Mr Blunck stated that defendants and Co). She is 359 feet long, 44.2 ft. Sir Sandford Fleming to whom belongs took over his premises for 84000 to be paid in breadth and 23,4 feet in depth,
of the Pacific cable from Canada to mach of the credit for the construction for in montlily instalments of 8114. From January to October, 1906, the instalments were paid but from November to date Australia. Ho sent the first message nothing had been paid. Judgment was that ever went around the world, using given for plaintiff with costs. the Pacific cable in part. That was in
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FINANCIAL CRISES.
October, 1902. Since then Jio has steadily The Student " Again.
ED., C.M.]*
[REUTER'S HERTICE.]-
LONDON; March 18. The White Star liner "Suavic" from Sydney is on shore on the rocks off the
Lizard. She ran ashore in a fog at 10.30
at
night. The sea is rough and a moderate le is blowing.
breaking of a steam pipe
There are 400 people on board, of whom
two have been killed and one injured by
the
Passengers Saved...
LONDON, March 18,
pursue the ides of an all-Government- There are signs of un attempt to or owned, world-encircling cablo. To this ganise opposition to the Pekin Syndicato be added reccutly, the idea of n cheap in the region of Hsiu wu Haien. Placards imperial service. That Mr Ladieux has have been posted in in the city enlling taken up the subject enthusiastically ass necting to be held in the West Suburl to consider what can be done to marks him in the opinion of the are the precious ores of the Taihang The people HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907. Canadian Courier (Toronto) as a states-monthine frme foreigners.
man of imagination who may yet play are reminded that the Shansi student, Mr.
Li, orificed his life to try and save the All the passengers of the Sevic an important part in imperial affairs.
micuntains, and that they are therefore have been saved. There is some hope of called on to do something. The placard refloating the vessel Here are a few of Mr Dooley's lateat
says. Don't be deceived into thinking- Tas two countries whose names have aphorisma man has more fun that it is only a question of coll mices lately been most on people's lips, Ame wishin' f'r th' things, he hasn't got thin being taken out of the hands of Chinese rica and Japan, are both experiencing injisin' th' things hỡ bas." "I don't and ran by foreigners, all the precious ares, Afost gold, silver, eto,, will be asized by thorn in
A collision has occurred between two Enancial crises. In Japan there has know how.meen propose..
been a student in Japan for some months, French torpedoers off Ajaccio, while man- been & craze for company promotion, marrid men give ye th' impressy on that the same way." A young man who has and concerns have been floated which their wives stole this.frm their goals who returned to Haiu-wu recently, is oeuvring with lights out,
ed parents." Concerning strikers: believed to be the moving epirit in the would have had no chance at normalHogan injoaced th' hens to jine thallair.-P. and T. Times. time. The country is passing through union. But wah iv thim laid an egg
$
...$ 60
20
FRENCH TORPEDOERS IN COLLISION.
LONDON, March 18.
GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA.
Losnos, March 18.
At the launch of H, M. S. Indomitable,
he hoped that in the near future China"
would have an efficient navy. He trusted
25 that the friendship between Great Britain
25 and China would become still more clos.
an experience similar to that which two days in succcasion an' th' others Alice Memorial Hospital.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alico obtained after the Chino-Japanees war. struck, th' rule iv th union bein' to Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to the Chinese Minister in a speech and that Themas now the cessation of hostilities benahall lay more eggs, then the west acknowledge with thanks the following he was much impressed with the importance was followed by great commercial acti- reluctant hen in the bunch." Of Capi-donations to the funds of the Hospitals of uavy to the stability of a nation, and
tal and Labour "They're so close Canadian Pacific Railway Co. vity which eventually becnie almost
together now that those that are be G. Murray Bain
Dairy Farm Co. Li frantie. Inevitably in a national move-tween them are crushed to death." The Chin Export Import and Bank Co:
Linstead and Davis ment of this kind the speculators seized
automobile, described as a circus-Wag F. Baremaan their opportunity and promoted enter-gon attached to a cookstove" comes in Li Wai Lam prises which brought profit to no-one for hanter. A judge, addressing a D. Dorabjee
A. Becker Haymond C. Abdools and Co. save the promoters. The same thing is captured motorist; · Kays:
I have no prejudics Hon. A, W. Browin occurring now but on a larger scale and monster! symptoms are already apparent that the again se, roptile, I believe the automo F. H. D'Almeda Castro Mons E. de Chapeaux hile has come to stay, in the barn." In Mo
L. F. Conke pendulum is swinging back. One minor The Comforts of Travel," he satirises Dernbjco and Son...
H. Hurthous bank has already failed and there has the pretensions of Pullman Car trains; H. E. Calthrop been a remarkable drop in values on a negro on, one of them told him he Hughes and Hough.
A. G. Gordon...
in Pints
and Splits.
the stock exchanges at Tokyo, Osaka
cooked with a can opener" Dooley's ex-
and other cities. It is singular that at
perience on board decided him to travel West River Trip.
the very moment that Japan is in the
at
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THE SANITARY: BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board, was
hold yesterday at the Board Room. The
Hon. Mr W Chatham (Vice-President)
home:Wbinever I feel th' deeire The Easter trip up the West River in to fly through space, I throw. four the.. "Lintan," should prove to be a
of
presided, and there were also present Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Hon.
throes of a financial crisis, the country dollars out iv th' window, pata cinderery interesting and delightful way. MrA. W. Browin (Registrar General,) Hon. which has recently been spoken of as in me eye, an' go to bed on a shelf in spending the Easter holidays. We lentu Capt. F. J. Badeloy (Captain-Superuten- her only rival in the Pacific should be the closet." having a similar experience. But Amo- rica is not likely to suffer to anything
The Entente.
that the "Lintan" will love Hongkong dent of Polica). De H MacFarlanu (Assis, on Sunday morning, and the should enter tant Medical Officer of Health) Hon. Mr the delta of the Canton and West E. A Howatt, Mr R. Humphreys, Mr
It is reported that a herce fight took Rivers in the afternoon and will stesia Shelton. Hooper, Mr Lau Chu-pak, Mr like the extent that Japan will. In place late on the uight of the 4th inst. in through the narrow dunnels of the Fang Wa-chun and Mr G, A. Woodcock
a refreshment house in tho Russian Con Delta in daylight affording passengers a (secretary),
The suggested ine of $10 was imposed the first place America is in a highly cession at Tientsin, between three British splendid opportunity of seeing this most prosperous condition and moreover the soldiers and six or eight. French soldiers, interesting part of the country. On the on the scavenging contmetor for Kowloon
following morning the ship should arrive City. has no rational debt. The fall of one The Frenchmen land been assisting their at Sambhui, and stay there most of the The application for a grave site near the hundred million sterling in the value of brigadu at the fire and while wolving case day, and her passengers will be able to Man Chow cemetery wng refused.
of liquor bronclied some of them, it is visit the city of Sanshui; and see the an
stocks in one day sounds sensational but
legod. After the fire the French soldiers cient temples and joss houses for which the ONLY six persons in 100-live to be 70. in view of the fabulously high prices at who were all wearing side arms, went to place is noted. Tho "Lanian" should arriv
at Wuchow about midday on Tuesday ni Sz. Paul's Cathedral was built from a lax which stooks have stood of late months an eating house. Hord they created a
disturbance and a fight unsued. The three remain there until Wednesday evening on Ben-col it may reasonably be supposed that a British Trimmies" had no nemu and all Wushow, is full of interesting and his
SUDDEN ATTACK OF DYSENTERY
CURED, S A. 8. WATSON & 00, grent deal of this fall is to be accounted wounded more or less seriously before torical places, aut during the steamer's theight was stopped by the French patrol stay there her passengers will have their for by the fact that the "water" has The throse men, as well as two Fronte fuly occupied in sacing the sights. A York, 0.8.4 wton to inquiro Prominent lady of Brooklyn, Now beon squeezed out of some of the securi-soldiem, are in hospital. -
The Lintania due to return to Hong where abe can obtain Chamberlain's Colin. ties. The reapproes of America are ORAMBERLAIN'S COLIC CHOLERA not have to go ashore to then when tho While stoppin
kong as chylight on Friday. Passenger Chotors and Diarrhoes Remedy She says. ranch in South Dakota ovust that she could come practically AND DIARRHŒA" REMEDY.S
I was taken ill of what memed to be #BUILDINNCAA unscathed through the worsterivio temedy has been in use for over steamer is in port, and as the "Lántan is abolers. They gave me ame of this medi- thirty yours and has proved itself to by far the finest and best fitted vessel going eine and it oured to, brought bottle she be the most successful remedy got die the West River, a nust enjoyable try home and have just led the last of i
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With Japan it is different. basjast succeeded in piling up faile. Seld by all chemists morekeepers, may be anticipated.