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salernes in lower positions-in the public service were doing something to remedy, the evil. Mr F. B. HAVELY who twenty-four years ago was sent opt fmru London to instruct the natives of Hindustan in art, was among the first who realised the false ness of his position. It was not
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A New Consignment long before he discovered ibat instead Tionisin, contributed $7,500 towards the duties parahlo on the estate amount to
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In consequence of the representations- of the Persian Arabasaadór at Constan-
Major A. D. Godder, East Kent Retinople, the Grand Vizier has promised Offices, second grade, in the office of the on alte frontier which are incontestably güent, has been appointed a General Staff to withdraw the troops from the positions
Director of Military Operations at Aroxy Persian, and to effect an equitable Headquarters, to fill the vacancy that will settlement with regard to the disputed occur on Qotober 1,
The tales of the personal estató left by the late Mr W. T. Lithgow, shipbuilder, Last year the British Municipality of of Glasgow, is £1,020,925. The death | of India possessing no indigeneous art dofot in the working of the British Postal £120,000.
agency at that port. This year the Mani- and therefore having nothing to teach cipal Council declines to put up the money the West, the West had more to learn and the agency will be closed on October from India in art than India had to 10. learn from Europe. It took Ur Haven A goed many years, however, to drive this home to the understandings of his superiors, while he also had to contend
aguiost the
conservative prejudices of the Bengali, among whom his work principally lay. Of course
It is reported that the Midland, the this was before the days of the North-Western, and the gcashire and Swadeshi, or national, movement. Yorkshire Railways have concluded as
A jugglor's resistant appeared before Mr J. D. Kemp at the Police Court this orning charged with steading a quantity of clothing from a friend' with whom he Miss Violet, with her little daughter resided in Ui Hing Lane. He was found i Theme, both popular artists at the Alex? andra Cinema theatre, will conclude their guilty and sentenced to fix weeks' Im-
present engagement on Saturday evening, prissament with hand labour,
prior to their departure, for Shanghai, at which phaco both artists hare scented frst class gignents.
It has been officially intimated that the
points on the Ottoman frontier.
CORRESPONDENCE,
OUR AMELIORATED SANITARY LAWS.
(To the Militor of the “China Mait.') Sin, The Magistracy was this morning
HARVEY'S 'FICIAL' $14 por Case. When Mr HaveLabolished the "autique" agreement with rafatenen to competitive following oflicers have passed for promotion the theatre of a song which was nothing
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111 class at the Calcutta Art Gallery and School of Art and revised the whole
Noon-Meeting of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, at the City Hall.
General Memoranda, "
course of instruction in that institution,
making Indian art the basis of the teaching, the students rose en masse, and held meetings of protest on the Maidan, while the "advanced" section of the Bengali press raged furiously, Goods per Verwaestr undelivered after for they saw in the innovation a sinister
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attempt to discourage high, et in Dengal." But Mr Have persevered and
SUNDAY, August 28:--
MONDAY, August 24
Noon-Meeting of Hongkong & Wham poa Dock Co., Ld., at Co.'s Offers. 2.50 p.m. Auchon of Household Tarubaving the luck to pick up for a mar
ture, de, at Mr Gen. P. Lammert's song a bundle of old Mogul paintings, Sales Room.
Goods per Australe anclaimed after this the production of the best period of date at Necu will be subject to rent Mogul at the era of JABANGER--he and landing chargen.
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this date subject to rent. Goods per Gitmorganshire, undelivered ·
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trafic, which, it is estimated, will save a
minimum of two hundred thousand pounds per annum. It has always been a source of wonder that such an amalgamation was Bot brought about years ago.
D. Lister and Lieutenant M. W. Graha,uilding Authority or Sanitary sznuradese to the next superior rank-Captain short of disgraceful. No less than 140 Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment; figured in the list and practically every Lieutenant C. Kitchie, Lieutenant F. H. Since the new aliertal Ordinanco-came landlord in the Colony was arraigned. Gould, and Lieutenant A. Ferguson, Miinto force giving autocratic powers to the Alesex Regiment; and Captain S. Hay and Ballding Authority the number of sum Liontennat N. D. Shus, Queen's Ownonses has largely increased and from an Cameron Highlanders,
average of 17 tas jumped to 70 and now to 140.
It is stated from Melbourne that thou ends of pounds have beer, subsoribed by Chinese merchants in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide towards the newly-formed
At the recent oxamination in musketry This is the Government's reply apparent- Chinese Navy Association, which has been at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Lieu-ly to the Commission appointed by Sir founded to promote voluntary contribu- teuant F. J. Hearle, 1st Battalion Royal Matthew Nathan and another mail in the tions from Chinese throughout the world, West Kent Regiment; and Lieutenant Scottin of the landlord (und incidentally increase in China's feet. Chinese women niet, passed successfully und qualified as 1680 summonses over ninety per cent were with the object of securing an enormous Freston, 4th Battalion Middlesex Regi-
the revenue of the Colony). Of the
are conducting a vigorous campaign in sup-instructors. At the same ex minatio either withdrawn or dismissed. Many port of the movement.
Second-Lieutenant F. F. Meiklejohn. Ist of the summonses were for work that Battalion Cameron Highlanders, and Lion.had "sctually already beca: done. Sonne tenant G. B. Legard of the West Kents, were served after office has yester passed with honous, asing distinday and on the wrong persons; others guished" pertificates,
again wore of such a trivial natima as to be ludicrous to in created parties. Some
the notices represented typhoon damage bat uo allowance seems to have been made for difficulty which always arisea in securing. skilled labour after typhoon.
Writing in La Geraphie on a journey made recently in the mountainous region Goods per Macduff undelivered after started the new school under encouraging of Weszem Brechuan, Dr. A. F. Legendre points out the interest which the calley of Goods per Bentacers undelivered after auspices. In a very interesting article Kion-chang, the geography and people of Colonel Geargo Robert Stewart Black, which appears in the Studio. Mr HAVELL which he describes, has for Ton-king. of Stmumillis, Harrow-on-the-Hill, who tells the story of his life-work in ludia The railway under construction in Tunnan recently died suddenly. in his 72nd year. and of the revival at Calcutta of a genume cannot stop balf-way at the capital of the paased through Sandhurst and was gazetted Busy res are taken from their offices province-itu mata:ral objective is the valley to the 99th Regiment, which in 1858 was and pat to the expenso of taking a solicitor Indian School of painting Be reminder the Yangtze and Szechuan, and the sent to Calcutta towards the end of the to the Court only to find when they got us that the Bongalis bave hitherto had writer suggests that Easton Szechuan, the stutiny. The regiment afterwards was there that the sun is withdrawn be the reputation among Europcine of fertile Best basin, should be reached by sext to China and took part in the scenpause the wok bad already been done or way of Kien-chang, which presents no lion at Chusan and Talico-van. His because the notice was incorrect or wrongly Goods per Glenlochy not cleared on this being the least artistic of the Indian serious difficulty except in the case of one progress in the Army had been rapid, for served But we have eviilently been or two narrow mountain chains. By the
djutant and captain he was in the doing the Bengali an injustice. Inbuilding of such a line, Ton-king would adrance nu feking and was present at its Mr Havm's opinion "the Bengali has the valley of Kien chung and the Red basin. China war medal with clasp int Poking dominate, from an economic point of view, surrender, and received for his services the heap grievously misled by the unsound The former alene has immense resources. In 1861 he exchanged into the 60th Rifles,
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upon him, and schools of art, through the gross errors of one departmental system, have been only regarded as ro fuges for the failures of the University;
particularly of copper.
TYPHOON WARNING.
The following typhoon warning was
but the best ter gali students have that received at the Ameriono Consulate General
rarest of artistic gifts, imagination". 12.67 p from the Manila. Ohear vatory-"Cyclone or typhona East of The illustrations which accompany Mr Balingsarig, moving N:N.W. on N.** HELL's article in the Studio fully bear
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THE PIRATES.
the 2nd Battalion in 1862. He retired in 1806 on his superinucation, after in active service of nonzy 4 years.
I write this on the off-chance of it outch-
ing the eys of His Excellency is Frederick garl who possesses both moderation
and tact, and will not, I am sure, allow any
such slipshed methods to harus the com munity again. Yours truly,
P1st August, 106,
“DISGUSTED,
NEW BUILDINGS ORDINANCE PROSECUTIONS.
by the Public Works Department, such as
Comuvre Colin Keppel, who has twen knighted by His Majesty conferring ou
One hundred and sixty auonses have him the K. C. V. O., is the sen of that veteran Admiral of the Fleet, the late Siz Harry Koppel, whom so many aid ro,bden served during the past few weeks on sidents of Hongkong and Japan fondly property owners for failing to comply with remeinbun-is-Gelin-Koppel-has-seen-nutices-served by the Public Works De.. good dead of service since he cutered the partment to effect certain repairs in houses Navy, thirty-three years ago, wid in 1809. The prosecutions were taken under the Orders for extra copies of the 'Caixa Manamples given, demonstrate that these
Further Investigations by the police intr whon ouly thirty-seven, he was promoted amended Public Health and Buildings should be sent before 11 am on the day after young painters are in possession of great the piracy of Saikung have resulted in the captain and thanked by Parliament for hisOrdinance, and Bir Edwards, of the Public publication. After that hour the apply is limited. Coah 20 ete, Credit 20 elo, per imaginative gifts and their works evince arrest of another four meu at Tytauntuk, services up the Nile during the previous Works Department, appeared to prosecute, Mr A Shelton Hooper, who was first gratifying signs. of distinct originality, Detective-Sergeant Wilden found them in two years. He had previously served in giving promise of belter things yet to sssion of goods stolen off the pirated the Egyptian War, as a midshipman on the called pleaded not guilty and asked for
junk, and on Friday placed thoni before "Inconstant, and in the Sudan during a month's adjournment.
1884-35. When the Duke of Edinburgh The endemic methods of the Mr. R. Wood at the Police Coort on a
His. Worship said he would allow one sur Office at 3, Queen's Road Central fore new school of Indian art are we learn, charge of armed robbery. The hearing of was in comment in the Mediterranean, sie week,
the case was adjourned.
was Hin Royal Highnose's cquerry and Mr Hooper said workmen were now very I p.m.
really a return to the artistic principles
flag-Heutenant. But it was during the scave, owing to the recent typhoon. Be time he was lent to the Egyptiss Govern-considered it a crying shame for the Public on which all true Oriental art practice
A SMART CAPTURE.
ment for service on the Mile, and com- Warka Depattraent to bring the public up is based principles which were first
manded the gunboat Botilla in £877-98, in sach numbers as they bad done that day formulated by the art academies at- Inspecter Robertson charged a native that he really came to the front. He and through no fault of the public. Ho tached to the ancient universities of before Mr JH. Kamp at the Magistracy married Miss Henrietta Blundell, daughter considered it much more important that this afteranos with entering a house with of General Richard Hollinshead-Elimdell, the damage done by the typhoon should be northern India, which, in the first seven intent to commit a felony. No. 66. Second and a formor lady-in-waiting to the Duchess repaired before the pullar work reqüüred centuries of the Christian em, apread Street, which is occupied by a Chinese of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Duchess of Edin Indian art and religion throughout the clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, burgh)..
was entered on Wednesday night and greater park of Asia. We therefore cor- certain property stolen. This naturally In the event, says the faired Service show an instance at the Supreme Court dially hope that the prophecies of the put the occupants on the quiz vzw, and Gazette, of Sir John Fisher retiring from where pipes and other suitry defects when the defendant entered on Thursday his present position as First Ses Lord of the wanted attending to as long as six months retiring Director of the Calcutta Art night they were not taken by surpris. Gallery and School of Art will come to a police whistle blow and the thigt at Admiralty, as the outcome of the friction algo, and had not yet heen touched, ÚT full fruition and that the appearance of tempted to escape, but a dog caught him out obtaining in the Navy, he will, it is polled to do Government work, but it, by the leg and held him. He was haadat almost certain, be succeeded by Adn fral Sir could compel the public to carry out re this new school of painters is an indica-ayer to the police, and His Worship se
Arthur Kyorot Wilson, K.C.B., K.C.V... pairs. He only brought this before the tu revive interest in the indigeneous utstion that India sill retains some of her venced him to six weeks imprisonment V.C., he is more popularly known as notice of the public to show that what was Tug" Wilson to all rauks in the British sauce for the gons was sancs for the gan and crafts of Hindustin. Ia so doing old creative instinete instincts which,
Navy, and who retired from the command det. He would certainly bring this mat he trod on several pet come, for the if judiciously developed, will enable her
is red of war sorylon is far from being treatment could not be tolerated." of the Channel. Flest in February last year.tor to the nation of the Governor. Such
Departmental tradition ran that before long to recover her place as the
an insignificant out, and ho has always been Just as Mr Hooper concluded, Mr M... 4. grand reception and dinner was given troked upon sen fender upon whom the D. Strubens extored the Court and good things, including art and education, artistic leader of Asia.
on Thursday evening in horour of the demost supreme reliance could be placed in wanted to luxww the reason why he had come solely from the West. That tradi
Certain medical experts in dietetics Darbare.of Mr A. M. Jaffer, chief clerk of the hour of action. After returning from been euromaned. He was the owner of tion dates from the days of CLIVE, have found in inordinate tea-drinking mercant in the colony. Mr Julfer las Urimean and Torkish roddals, with the owner of the particular house for which E. Pabaney, the largest opium and yarn his maiden commission to receive the hiany houses in Hongkong, bus not the. though perhaps Trous HABECTON Cause of the ingresse in lunacy which is
just completed his term of service with the Sebastopol clasp, he went asa midis
was summoned. Could the Public MADACLAY, When be levised his famous taking place lite med Door Hongkong heach of his firm and left of the Calcuta, upon the China Station Works Department do things like this! one of the visiting medical officers to the this morning for Bombay where he He landed at the mouth of the Poiho, and To bring him to the Magistracy on such a - educational soliemo for the whole board, in the coure of his report, states will rejoin the hord ofice. Over one fock part in the capture of the forts of that
perpetuating insanity are heredity, in
HONDROSO, Friday, Açouẹt 21, 1908.
REVIVAL OF INDIAN ART.
LORD Curzon during his second term as Viceroy of India inade many efforts
with hd labour.
DEPARTURE OF MR JAFFER
the rendering of comment wally, putting iron grating in drains, ets. He could
coures the Government, could not be com
here,” he continued, "Your Worship had-
English, American, German, kept in stock, in fine condition. the official mind. LoD CURZON intemperance, vice, stress, and payorty, chants of the Colony sat down to dinner, seguinary attack upon Cautón; As capta better lock me up in one of the cully tố” All brands of Manila Cigars peninsula, riyated it the more firmly cr that the cuin factors contributing to and hundred and fiity of the chief Indian mer name, subsequently being present at the very wet day was a shame. Now I am
peregrinations through India was struck, these panses is added the probable Dun of which was sarvoil in kral chas Indian style of the "Hecl," he took a prominent par secure me as Tam tot ensily to be found...
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