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board of vast demensions furnishica between the trades unionlsta and the DV occasion for anxiety and affords ground labourers who deeling to put themselves BY for alarm. Shung when Viceroy of uuder the union yoke will probably, as these Southern provinces, was persist- anticipated, have a great effect on the ent in representing that the Kwong, elections of the future in Great Britain, gastline should be more efficient. Which makes the outlook for the y guarded. He would have bia Empire much more cheerful? Government seek the aid of Japan in naval construction, building in the sister kingdom cruisers for provincial
LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.
H.M.S. Clio has arrived fron Wei-
data as Noon will be subject to rent coast defense in the first instance, and hai-wei for overl.ul and refit.
and landing charges.
this dato subject to rent.
then proceeding to build ships of war,'
Work on the repairs to H.M.S.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1907.
TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.
CRICKET.
The County Competition.
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Lowbox, August 31. In the County Competition Easox
Goods per Benvenute undelivered after which, in duo time, should form a lost Flora is proceeding satisfactorily and she beat Northampton, at Northampton,
is expected to be out of dock in about by eight wickets. three weeks.
Goods per Manila not cleared at 4 p.m. of fighting capacity not unworthy a
on this date subject to rent.
nation whose corsis, 6022, and har- THURDAY, September 19:-
11a.m.-Auction of Scrow Steam Tag bours are destined to figure more and
Solent, at II. M. Naval Yard,
more prominently in the history of tho
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CHINA TEA TRADE.
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world.
In connection with the centenary of Dr Robert Morrison, the Missionary
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The American Court at Shanghai charges Attorney Andrews will professional conduct involving ̈ moral turpitude,"
The Board of Finance has paid out 60,000 taels for the salaries and travel- ing expenses of the foreign staffs of the Foochow Docks whose temas of agreement have expired and been discontinued.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Sixty-one Workmen Killed.
(Factive Service, supplied by Reuter via Bombay.)
HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1907. pioneer in China, Sir Robert Hert has furnishod a very readable historical sketch of the man whose life and work have had such a dietinet bearing upon Most of our readers, even those who are Western intercourse with China. As chard has suggested to the Puking Govern a serious accident has occurred on the
It is reported that Dr. Timothy Ri-
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LONDON, August 31.
A telegram-from Quobeo states that
S. Moutrie & Co., not directly interested in tea, will be Sir Robert Hart points out Morrison incat the advisability of spedily carrying railway construction works.
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glad to know that a revivel is taking reached China in 1807, almost four out the reform of the Government and place in connection with the China tea decades before the country was opened
the engagement of well-known A section of a centro span bridge, statesmen of various powers as advisers. trado. Connoisszum have always held by treaty, and it was amidst all that,
1800 feet long, collapsed while a large that the tea grown in China was-infinite-tended to kill effort. that Morrison
Mr J. D. Morrison failed to answer to number of workmen were on duty, "began, endurod end triumphed." summons as juror at the Magistracy sixty-one of whom were killed. ly superior to that produced by the plantations of India and Ceylon. The
His Dictionary and Translation of the this afternoon. He came in 45 minutes tate but had to remain in Court until the
The collapse was due to the con- Intter became popular because the taste Scriptures were at the time monumen-| death enquiry was concluded, when he was struction train working on the uncom-
told in attend ai 2.15 pm, on Wednesday.pleted section.
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A telegrain has been received at Tokyo Oriental S. S. Company opened its Far to the effect that on Aug. 20 the Swedish Eastern service with the steamer Canton.
atgural ceremony. She left Copenhagen for Jagun aftor a great
[REUTERS SERVICE,] COTTON GROWING.
A Columbian Commission.
THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.
JAPANESE AGGRESSION.
Disputed Territory Occupied.
(From Our Oosterpondent. }
Torro, September 2.
The Japanese bave occupied Kantao (1) which they claim belongs to Koren.
The Viceroy of Manchuria has protested on the ground that Kantao la Chinese territory,
THE KOREAN ARMY,
Officers Lose Commissions.
(From Our Correspondent.)
TOKYO, September-2. The officers of the Korean Army, to
of their commissione, the number of 680, have been relieved
OBITUARY,
(From Our Correspondent.) -
SHANGHAL, Soptember 2.
The death is announced of Mr. Sam
H. Shorrock, head of the firm, Mesara Sam H. Shorrock and Co., Mechanical and Electrical Engineers and Machinery Importers, of Kiangse Road.
THE DIVING FATALITY,
An enquiry was held at the Magistracy this afternoon into the death of Lani Shack in Hanglion Bay on August 26. Kong, a Chinese diver, who met his death
Mr F. A. Hazeland residod and the
Jury ho: Messrs H. S. Wynne, J.T. d'Almada e Castro, and W. G. Clarke,
Dr Hennley certified that death was due to asphyxia.
Lum Shek, a, direr, stated that on Aug.: 25 Lam Shek Kong went flown in a diving- dress at about one o'clock to send up coal from a submerged junk in Hunghom Bay, and he (witness) held the air-pipe. At one: thirty the sir-pipe patted and Wong Ye Lordos, August 30. Fat, who was holding the life-lice, tried to The Archbishop of Canterbury has 10-pall Lam Shek Tong up, but found the commended the Clergy not to celebrate line was cut. There was no other diving marriages with a deresend wife's äíátor. dress on board but one was secured from Yaumati and Lam Ping went down and ORIENTALS ABROAD. recovered the deceased's body."
tal works, and his energy in compiling is stronger and the more it was used the more insipid became the taste of the performed in other directions stamped these, combined with the labours h dalicately Bavoured China tea. Little
him as the possessor of " the soul of a things have a great effect in war-hero." From "his first neeault on the ing predilection in these The appearance of a cup of good come forth what we seo in the Middle matters.elvaod gates of the unknown land has Ceylon tea is much richer and more Kingdom to-day-international rela- attractive than
LONDON, August 30, The committee to inquire and report special Commission will presently the best of tions recognised, innumerable helps to upon the subsidiary coin question will leave the Hopublic of Columbia for Great the product of the Chinese Empire. the study of the language and litera-probably hold their first meeting this week. Britain, to study, among other things, Another thing which has had a great ture, students increasing on all sides." The Olmirineu of the amittee is arrang-cotton growing in the British Empire, with effect, as Mr T. Horder painted cut in The advancement of the reform move subject, and it is expected that the inquiry Columbia.
ng details to expeditiously deal with the view of developing cottou growing in our columns or Baturday, is the propara-mont, the spread of commerce, and the will not by any means be a protracted one.
The Commission will visit Ceylon and tion of the tea for the retail market. expansion of general progress are due
the Straits Settlements, and afterwards, Ceylon tea is procurable in attractive to the seeds sown by Morrison, and the The typhoon which was signalled on
Japan. and daintily got up rackets, whereas suggestion of the Canton Committee afternoon, having gone to the South-West. Saturday was out of range by Sunday China tea has to be purchased in bulk. to connect the proposed memorial A cooling of the air has been the result It seems, by the way, strange to those with the Y. M. C. A. is a happy one of the proximity of the storm, and to day who are not connected with the trade that as it placee the tribute to a great for the anchorage on Saturday and re- cautious junk and sampan people who fled it should have taken so reany years for man's memory on what is at once ained thers yesterday, were out for dealers in China tea to realise this cause neutral ground that can offend none, business. of their displacement. Commercial men
and an areas of suck Christian and
After some five weeks' holiday the are as a rule quick to adopt any methods philanthropic activity as must enlist Diocesan School, under the control of Mr of their rivals which promise or show all sympathies, and as such, it claims Piercy, was opened for the winter term good results. However speculation over
and merits the support and assistance to-day. Mr Piercy's school is one of the the mistakes of the past is a futile waste
of every class, every creed,
most successful-educational alitutions in the Colony, and all classes of boy's get their charel, and every country." of time. Now that the realisation has come it may be expected that it will soon be possible to obtain good China tea in paskots as tasty and convenient as those in which Ceylon tea is now sold, Mr Horde: states that medical opinion is at present disposed to recognise the claim of China tea to be considered tho when a number of estimable gentlemen purer and more healthful article. This who are inflamed with a desire for view was held throughout by a number of peace, mect and talk about war, One of the French delegatos declared that, individual zeedical men. They said that WHISKY. the consumption of muck Caylon or and that patriotism was a foolish soldiers were merely licensed butchers Indian tea played havoc with the phantasy. He did not get much further. system and this opinion is said to Tho German Sociallats showed namis have been borne out by special obser- takeably that he was taking his goods tion. This, however, is a matter for to the wrong market. They would have none of the principles which would the experts. We are chiefly interested
CELEBRATED
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Socialists in their hatred of the "bave gots" still have enough rancour left, apparently to expend upon one another At the conference of these gentry held in Stuttgart there was almost as much difference of opinion shown as there
is
An Exclusion Convention.
Witness had held tho air-pips for divers. for about three years,
Wong Yi Fat, who held the life line, gave similar evidents. He had looked after life-lines for four yeark
Lum Ping said that after the second-
LONDON, August 30. Oriental Exclusion Longues of the Pacific education there, coming from almost all coast, the United States and Canada, are diving dress was procured he went down- the treaty ports of China and from the planning a convention at which the dale and found decensed in the hold of the junk.
South.
THE SANITARY BOARD.
Sanitary Board Inspectors will havo
We are informed that from to-day the
different system to work on. One inspector instead of two; threo mon will be told off will be allotted to each of the ten districts for scavenging work; two for linewashing; and the market inspectors will be abolished.
THE TRUNK TRAGEDY.
Says the "Chefoo Daily News" of the 291d iust.-M. John Fowler, Arorican Consul General, lasted on the 16th inst. British and Danish Courts, upon the Joint a judicial order, which was endorsed by the
Telegraph Service, demanding all telegrams
gates of orory Langie will be present.
THE PRICE OF COAL
Lossos, August 20. announced simultaneously with a 5% in- The rise in the price of coal generally, crease of wnges, is due to the extraordinary and the shortage of miners. ·· demand, especially by foreign countries,
H. M. S. COMMONWEALTH
LosDON, August 91.
The repairs to the Commonwealth will occupy three months.
THE STATE OF IRELAND.
LONDON, August 1 Armed Moonlighters attacked a house
The police patrol returned the fire.. No arrests were made.
A PURE MALT in the fact that there is strong justifies the best instincts of man. Te the with relation to the Adults caso. They t-Athenry firing at the windows.
tion for the belief that Chinn tea is it should be remembered that they also ough Mr Fowler states that he has credit of certain of the French delegates however, refused to comply with this, ouce again, coming into favour and that disarowed any belief in the principles through in rolation thereto and is of the proof of important wires having passoð a drooping industry bids fair to be of their colleague. All this is in-opinion that their action is consequently revived. Should these anticipations be strpetiro, Because it shows that the bumpering justice. Adrotts still remains borac out it will obviously assist this Socialists do not present to the rest of the rented house known as the Kentucky Colony out of the slough of depression the world, a solid trout. They are Consul-General is working up a gorem
Cafe, a prisoner not yet un trial; while the GENUINE AGE into which it has fallen and also already a house divided against itself, ment case.
OF
VERY FINE
AND
MELLOW.
PER CASE
DANGERS OF LIFTS.
the door was open, and as the Doctor lind
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The Hon. F. D. Choshiro, United States morrow for Indo-China Consul General at Largo, sails hence to
The death is announced from Tientsin of Mr Carl Poulsen, one of the most respected of the foreign community there.
tied to the side; be released, the body and brought it to the surface..
Mr E F. Gibson, submarine engineer, stated that the coal junk was sank on When laying the Government cable witness' the cable are in 13 fatheme of water-
men found this junk and deceased and hie
brother entered into a contract to remore
it
Witness bail a contract with the Government to remove all obstructions from the cable aros. Docensed had work- ed with witness for about seven years, but during the past twelve months he find not doro much diving, having become addicted to opiva smoking. The proper diyer being ill, ai Shok Kong went to take his place. Witness was a professional diver of soren years' standing. When informed of the occurronco Mir Gibeon went to the junk from which the divers descouded and on the arrival of the diving dress saw the. body brought to the surface ant banded it ever to the police. On examining the diving gear Mr Gibson saw what had happened, the e-line was cut and the Air-pipe carried away.
The junk was lying north-east by south- weet and owing to the position of the sub- merged junk (lying across an obb tida) » diver on going down would make fast his air-pipe and life-line to the stringers of the junk to prevent himself being washed out of the junk by the tide, which runs very strong, especially at spring tides. By thus kocuring his sir-pipe and life-line the direr on the air-pipe. In this case Mr Gibson thought the sit-pipo had jammed between relieves himself of the pressure of the tide
the side of the junk and a wire that was used to keep one junk over the other. On the Bar attention to the danger previous Mr Gibson hnd
thom to work
it dropp
reanimato those of the treaty ports know already what is the fate of an if the grammar be excused, and wo which, in the past, owed their prosperity edifice so bisected. Passing from the to the trade in tea. Our prosperity is Continental. Socialiefs it may
be
A Visitor Falls Into a Well, beyond qucation largely wrapped up in remarked that in Great Britain the
M. Bapst, the French Ministar in Those who am responsible for lifts and ing, we understand, will shortly be itaus that of the Chinese Empire and the Labour-Socialist party is by no means their working would do well to occasionally formed to nupthor past in the diplomatic revival or initiation of industries, cs
harmonious body. Those with keen admonish the Chinese in charge to be service of his country. pocially in the Sonth of China, should political insight declare that they can careful and carry out their duties properly. be regarded by us with a friendly.
and
already que signs of disintegration. Tho The other day Dr Kelly, of Hoihow, was Mr J. W. White, U.S. Vice-Consul called the final burst up, they think, will come about to use a lift in one of the prominent General at Bangkok, and formerly of the from the wire and fold encouraging eye. Enlightened self from the arrogance of the trades unions, loen buildings and met with what might Standard Ol Company, Hongkong, is at further away from it. In his opinion, interest constrains us to hope that the Unionists in every part of the world easily hare proved & primis nocident.
when-tho air-pipe carried prosent in the Colony on his way to the into the junk and the
carried away it
Binding great tex industry, by which China was consider thereeltes the aristocracy of Chinaman was standing by the lift, States. $15.00.originally chielly made known to the labour. This claim cannot be sustained not regained his sight after coming from
air was cut off, got furrine
cut the Tied and life-line instead of the Tho Italian Minister to Peking is leaving There was enough air in a dress to
life-line and air-pips to the stringers. rape fastening the xivilized world, will once more give em- for a moment as one of the fundamental the glare of the roadway he did not notico Peking for home and the Waisapu has life for two and a half minutes alter the to sustain ployment to tens of thousands in the principles of trades-unionism is that the that the lift was not where it should have asked the Throne to present him with the air-pipe parted and a diver could be interior of China and bring back pros the same wage as the highly competent doorway and fell to the bottom of the Double Dragon,
incompetent workman should receive been. He stepped through the open third grade decoration of the 1st classed up out of 13 fathoms it less than
minato. Had the diver in this caso kept A. 8. WATSON & CO perity to those who have linguished In an endeavour to level up they level lift well, receiving painful abrasions on
cool and had not cut the life-line be nood not bare lost his life. He should under adverse fortune for so many down and it may safely be asserted that 8. Had the lift descended at the moment It is reported that Ms von Zeppelin, the have closed his valvo and put his finger its
Netherlands Consulat Tientsin, now cathe holo at the end of the pipo. the result might havo been sorious,
Some lift boys are very careless about leave in Japan, will not return, but will go. The question of a navy for China is the latter would be the better men, trouble and possible loss of life it would, going to Tientsia from Shanghai.
free labourers were selected at random the clesing of the lift grills, and to aroid to Shanghai, Mr M. von Zandt Backhuys one that properly engages attention Where unionism does not prevail the bo well to give them occasions) warning, from leading Chinese officials. When better man gets his better wage. But the extent of coost line is considered whero unionista holds sway and the possibilitice offered thereby to minimum wage" is established sooner strength of mind of a curtain Trish grande cough or cold and you are certain to be fact has been clearly demonstrated in many the foes of the nation who, unlike or later and, as everyone, but the trades are house by petentious Hus in pleased with the quick relist which if the pan and takes sleep and entreliores her own a supercilious Husar aforde. It is pleasant to take and call, which is alone worth many times its Chian, have fests at their disposal, it unionist knows, it immediately becomes that the Tenth don't darbe," she promptly always be depended upon For sale by cost. is no marvel that an improtected on the maximum wage. The antagonism locked the upper room door, remarking, hill therists and storekeapers.
Then the Tenth don'tsup,
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