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Macao, May 13, 1808.
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Teams wishing to enter are requested to forward their names to the Manager of the above Hotel on or before th September,
508.
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Manager. Hongkong, August 11, 1908.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE CITY OF PARIS, out two of the lase by which token money is governed, and it is necessary STREET that wonow' indicate a third, the authority for which will be found in the sump exhaustive work referred to in our previous article. It is that whenever two competing systems of token money exist side by side, the more worthless, or that which departe farthest from the nominal value, will always prevail over the other. If therefore we could excludo the least valuable (it would bo a terrible, probably impossible, task with so large a population of Chinese in our midat) we should have returned to us the whole of the Hoogkeng subsidiary cur- rency at present in use in China. We JOHN & ROBERT HARVEY & should he swamped by our own money
CO., LIMITED.
OF
PARIS MODES
and GOWNS,
$70
and to maintain this at its nominal value we should have to redeem a large portion of it. We have already said that this would be too expensive in the
finances. present state of our
To do otherwise would be to observe 111 one law (the necessity for the
BETAN LISEBL 1770. HE Undoraigned bare been appointed Und Auto 18 in Hongkong and South Ohaus for the above Company's
WHISKIES, HARVEY'S SPECIAL $11 per Caso.
DODWELL & CO. Hongkong, August 11, 1908,
BIRTH,
On 5th September, at Victoria Hospital, the wife of JAMES BOYLE, 6.3. Mouang, of a son.
DEATHS.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
-To-day in Labour Day in Amórica..........
The English Mail of the 8th August was delivered in London on the 5th inst,
Fever and dysentery are very prevalent among the European community at Bang kok, at present, and many are laid up.
A goid chain value $50 and a half sovereign with a horse choo appendage has been lost by Mr A. C. Hagen of Kingsclere,
For assaulting a rickshaw coelie an American sailor was fined 83 at the Magistracy to-day, and ordered to pay compensation.
An amah has been arrested in can nection with the loss of a leather ng containing 83,270, the property of a Chinese shopkeeper at 49 Peel Strest.
The Star Electricity Co., Ltd. and the Siamese Teamway Co., Ltd. have osused a
notlee to be inserted in all their cars in Siamese and English, which reads. "Do exclusion of foreign money) at the ex-net stretch your head outside the car." pense of the second (the necessity of restricting the issue as soon as the oxigencies of commerce are met). Let it
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1808,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL..
We are requested in stata that, owing to the bonvy min this morning the Tennis Party arranged for to-morrow afternoon at | Mountain Tädge has had to be canosited.
It is understood that Major-Genaral Sið John Maxwell, Staff Oflect to the Duke of Connaught, and who accompanied Bis Boyal Highness to the Far East last year, is about to be appointed to the command of the troops in Egypt.
CRIMINAL ARRESTED ON BRITISH STEAMER.
· PROTEST BY CONSUL
(Wah To Yai Po's Service)
PERING, September 6, The officials at, Foochow arrested a criminal on a British ship. The Consol has sans a protest.
VICEROY RECALLED.
(Wah Tas Yat Pa's Service)
At the offices of the Kowloon, Branch of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Custous this afternoon, a very pleasing little ceremony took place before a large number ALLEGED NEGLECT OF DUTY, of the staff, both European and Chinose. Mr W. R. McD Parr, who has heon Acting Commissioner bure for some time is about to leave the Colony on holiday, and to mark their appreciation of his sejurn anongst them the staff made him the recipient of a loving cup, at the same time expressing regret at his departare, ba wisking him a good holiday in the old country.
PRETTY WEDDING AT THE
R. C. CATHEDRAL
Avery pretty wedding was solemnised at the Roman Catholte Cathedral, at half. The recent decision of the Frouch past four yesterday afternoon, the ecn- Government to send 8,000 relief troops to tracting parties being Mr J. N. Bernarde, Indo-China was treated as a normal of Messra. Jeho ... and Miss,
SVRINGTON.-Oa August 19, 1908, at be remarked that the only fault we leave strangement, but the Temps draws atten-J. M. Gatierrez, second daughter of Stane House, Newchwang, after a short illaess, GEORDE, infant son of John and charged the Hongkong Governtuonttien to the facts that it is unusual to send Hr R. F. Getierrez of Biosque Strost. troope through the Red Sea in full summer The Misses Garcie and Maria Emilia Mary Symington, of Shanghai, with, is that of having practically intro-heat, and 8,000 far exceeds the neual Gutiorres, nieces of the bride, were seven months.
the bridesmaids, while Mr. Raul Gutiorroz number of reliefs.
officiated as best man. The bride wore a dress of Chinese silk brocade omamented with white chiffon ribbons and love-knots. She carried a bouquet of white tiewers,
Woop Routs-On August 26, 1968, at Kiukiang, HARRY WOOD-Bone, Cereta- ble to H. K. M. Consulate, aged 25.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous Transfer Books of Douglas SteamshipCo., Id., close from this date to 19thiast., inclusiva. Goods par Devonho not cleared at 4 p.m.
on is date subject to rent,
duced the system of token coinags into
Regarding the passport question in Clima, Chinese Publi's Opinion says
maidenhair ferns and orange blossoms. The brida also wore a guid star studded with diamonds, the gift of her father.
A reception was afterwards held at the i
PERISO, September G. Viceroy Chi Shi Chuong, of Man churia, is reported to have been recalled to Peking on account of hie not placing proper oficials in certain positions.
FOKIEN FLOODED.
CFTY-INUNDATED.
(Wuh To Yot Po's Service)
PERING, September 6.
The Cheong Chau Prefect, in the Province of Fokion, is Blooded.
The southern part of the city is
inundated.
APPLICATION FOR NEW
TRIAL
The Reuter, Brooklemann Cases
China before that country was sufficient- ly advanced in civilization and in the knowledge of economic laws to be able to use it intelligently. This, and this only is the error which we likened to travelling on a wrong mad, and the course taken which it was necessary to retrace. It may be our duty to demone, General Maraoranda.
trate now, without less of time, how to THURSDAY. September 10 s
Goods for Bencenue undelivered after retrieve an unintentional error as soon
this date subject to rept.
as it ia brought home to us. We have SATURUST, September 12:-
Noon-Meeting of Hongkong Hotel Co.,said that it would be absolutely neces
Id., at Co.'s Rozel 9.15 p.m.-Volunteer Concert at the Bary to prohibit the further introduc- A French captain of engineers luns in Queen's Road. The wedding presents Mr M. Slade dealt with question of tion of Chinese subsidiary cuius into promoted & ommpany in France for the were very numerous and included valuable irregular process and said that the person Hongkong; but that this could or establishment of glassworks in Indo-China silver vases, salt cellor, cultory and an who originally caused the prosses to iseus
Glassware of the common kird is in such
was liable in trespassi should be done by establishing a system demand thero that works of this character
If a irty went to n magistrate and of universal espionage, and of rewards will always find a ready sale for their pro. In accordance with the Portugueso outou requested him to issue & warran: for the ducts. Finor wares, such as wateli-glass, ouers were showered on the poly-wed approlension of so and so, and it saber- to that most despicable of all creatures, dectric lamps crystal articles, and so forth.ded couple as they entered the house whoquently turned out that no warrant conla are at resent fard to mauufacture on the the reception was held to the accompaniegally issue, then both magistrate and
"The Waiwapa having continually received reports to the effect that foreigners are constantly smuggling cargoes into the interior, and opening shops, hotels, and other business places contrary to treaty residence of the bride's parents. About Before the Chief Justice. Sir Francin stipulations, the Japanese in particular two hundred and forty invitations were Piggott, aud Mr Justice Gompertz, sitting: being offenders in this respect, - notice issued and a very large number of guests as a Fall Court, at the Supreme Court, this.. has been issued that henceforth a local attended. A beautiful wedding cake, morning, the appliestin by Leung La Nam oficials and magistratos may, on their own weighing upwards of forty-four pounds, which Leung Lai Nam others mod Massty and others for a new trial in the case in
reponsibility, drive out of their jurisdican artistic production of the pastry Reuter, Brocklemmin nd Co., for the tion all sich fareigners as luve not proper cook's art, wat conspicuous on the dining alleged illegal stizers of certain property permits."
table, and reflects the greatest credit belonging to the plaintiffs at Caulou was on Messrs G. Bertelone's establishment continued.
Volunteer Parade Ground. MONDAY, September 14
Goods per Siberia undelivered at noon
this date subject to rent.'
SATORDAY, September 18-
Noon-Meeting of Douglas Steamship
Co., Id., at Co.'s Offices.
FRIDAY, September
5.30 ..-Meeting of Hongkong St.
Andrew's Society at City Hall.
Genuine Eau De Condents must forinerd their names and addressce with ey communications ad dreased to the Editor, not for publication but no evidence of good faith.
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the informer, we distinctly deny. We
exquisitely Chinese-embroidered bedspivad.
are not prepared to sow distrust between spot, but the common kinds can be turned ment of apopriata male.
The bappy
Mr Justine Gomperts: - You say ICHI. would be liable in tresspass then?
out easily in the Colony. The raw materials coupli katers tomorrow morning for the party could be liable. for glassworks abound there in many places, West River, where the honey will ho and the works, ones in operation, may spent. drive a brisk trade with the neighbouring
countries.
·S. S. SMERIA STOFS IN MID-OCEA -
To Take Off Stowaways from the Mongolia.
==
Mr M. Slade -I think so, hocause the mistake was his.
The Chief Justice :-It is a mistake to suppose a magistrate issues a warmaat. It is the magistrate's clerk in most casos,
Sir Henry Berkeley: But by muthority of the magistrate.
The Chief Justine said that they would On Sunday morning, the Pacifis Mail Teserve their decision until after the Co's liner Sibin, which telt San Francisco Vacation and directed that the paragraphs in the verbatim report of the judgment in on August 11th with Captain Adring the caso, referring to the registrable
All letters for publication should be Hongkong are prepared to face such an earried a shaap pointed pencil in his coat Zoeder in command, arrived in harbour inculent between the Chiof Justice and
en ere side of the paper only,
Gop
Limited, Canh - eta. Credit 20 cia, per there is that of plunging at once into the wood and driving over all cbstacles till Alteratiors and additions to Advertisements on Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to our our end is attained; but we did not Office at 5 Wyndham Street not later than 11 think that anyone would have the a.m. New Advertisements should be sent to
Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed period will be emtimæó.
TRYING TO SMUGGLE ABTUNITION.
HONGKONG PROMOTERS OF
man and man, between man and his NOTICE.
wife, between brother and brother, Moralists tell is that one evil cannot be Letters relating to buaireas should be address-
fought by another; S..PAUL jells us that ed to THE MANAGER,
Communications relating to news should be Christian communities do not do evil
A strange fatal accident occurred at addressed to THE EDITOR,
that good may come of it; therefore, to the Anglo Chinese School, Penang, tlwough follow such advice we must relinquish state pencil piercing the heart of a
Chinese lad, mamed Claes Hug Ban, tha our title to that designation. We do not
son of Chew Sao Chuan. Like most school think that the majority of the people of children, the boy, who was eight years old,
pocket, During recreation time, he fell after w exceptionally fine run, bmken learned Counsel, the Hos. Mr II. E. Pollock, KC, be struck out as being No anonymously signed communications that
emergency. When we employed the nave already appeared in other papers will be
forward, the pencil being in suçla position by the stoppage of a few raizules.reva aut to the issue and containing on metaphor of a traveller taking by acthat the pointed end entered his hods. It is happened in mid-ocean when about unwarrantable interpretation of the Court. inserted.
two days out from Yokohama, under Orders for extra copies of the CHINA Max.cident a wrong road, we were quite pierced his heart to the depth of over two
the following circumstances: On the should be sent before I am, on the day after aware that there was a third alternative inches and strapped. The broken and wis publication. After that hour the supply is
extracted, says the Finang Beule, but night of August 24th at ten forty- owing to the vital place of the sound, the fire, gal was received from the JAPANESE BOYCOTT ANGRY. Company's are Mongolia requesting the poor led sugenmbed.
Siberia to stand by. As the engiuas off. According to the vernacular press in both vessels slowed down.d.cato to Canton and Hongkong severn! instances. ded stop within hailing distance of each have come to fight of Chinese firms in this other, the passcigars hürried on deck to Colony breaking the agreement made early ascertain the cause. In fear and trembling in the year to boycott Japanese goode- our Office at 8, Queen's Road Central before tenurity to suggest it, and modestly $1.7.
confined ourselves, to indicating the
they listened to the Officer's explanation. It appears that these firms have booz safer course of two fairly reasonable
The water police successfully arrested Their alarm was soon dispelled, bowever induced, among other things, to purchass yesterday morning two Chinese who were as they gathered that the stop page haù giusong, the sum of the import amounting policies. Of course we do not wish to tempting to smuggle animuuition inte been made so as to allow the ship to take to nearly twenty picul What other imply that the advocates of such drastic the Colony. They had in their possession from the Mongolia two- Japanese who articles may have been prirchased does not what appeared to be four boxes of soap, had successfully cluded the vigilance of the appon. This led one of the Guild to foresaw the logical con-but on examination these unsuspicious harbour and police officials before the issue a sting protest, which was published sequences of their reasoning, or how looking receptacles were found to contain departure of the ship from Yokobanks; it in Canton and in Hongkong. It is Interest- Vas not antil about thirty hours out that ing to note that, among other reasons as near to a precipice they had been riding, considerable number of rounds of am-
signed why untive shopkeepers should muottica. This 'long soap. I talkeo the stowaways were discovered on lower. and we have no desire to exaggerate the proper," said the Chineas but the police
The Eltle boat as she put off from the be true to their plige, is the hot that danger to which we might have been were not to be fooled this time, Soep Siberia to bring back the tive men presented Foreign nations will laugh at the Chinese, pretty sight to the eyes of the pas if they yield, thus acknowledging that they exposed, that must be palpable to all. there was, true enough, but only one or
two bars. The smugglers were taken over sengers as they gazed on the hautifal have no more "enhesion than a plate of Foreigners will laugh at No doubt it in humiliating to have to Kowloon in the police launch and scene with the lifeboat dancing on the shifting sand.” SUBSIDIARY COINAGE AGAIN.
moon-lit waves With xil safely aboard and ridicule us, saying that whilst we have. to repudiate our own comage, even detained in custody to anaît trial.
again nod amid the theoring of passengers muutis and threats of tigers, we have only from both steamers, the engines were sat tails like serpenta. As a consequence TRE question of Hongkong's subsidiary though the necessity of doing so arises coinage, it would appear, lins not been from no fault of our own commisión,
in motion end the Siberia continued her they will think that we are very change voyage one more in the direction of able, and will rogard us as monials aral sufficiently discussedintie local presand but it is she penalty we shall have to
Yokohama, which port she safely cinched slaves, and proceed to trest is às 20h." We have referred to this matter not The British steamer Yochow from Shang-after a sharp and uneventful un. very crade opinions on the matter are pay for having been hitherto top laxa arrived in the harbour at six o'clock.
On ber sarital there she not drly landed so much because of the intrinsic im more or less current in the colour at the enforcing the laws of the realm. Sunday morning wish mails, four tant bor two stowaways but also another persen portapes of the action, but to give our present time.
class aud forty-one steerage: passenger of great prominence. This gentlemgo was readers some idea of the feelings at present. WATSON'S
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measures
HAPPENINGS IN THE
HARBOUR.
It would not be, per-On the other hand we have not propo. She reports having met with gloss cabin passenger in the person of the animaling, the minds of the better class.
ביה מדם
Maharajah Kuner of Sikkim, who is re: Chinese. They seem to shrinks from any It was suggested that it should be
turning to his native land after having paid situation where they feel that they hate Thrgo of the Indian passengers on the
a visit to the Court of His Majesty King justly laid themselves opon to thó ridienta'of allowed to follow the fortunes of the Arratoon Apar succumbed to shelors Edward. Accompanying the Mahanjab is foreigners 1fde is really Chinese coins, ie, that it would be while the vessel was at the quarantine Major W. T. O'Connor, of the British for though the Chinrso af developing one or two points that treated as a commercial product which/station near Yokohama. Dr Hesley, of Army whó was detailed by the British in regard to the attitude
Hongkong, still remains at the quarantine Government to act des aide do-camp them by their o were only slightly alluded to in our only partially serves its purpose, and station with his wife, but the vosbol has
The bibere lot San Francisco with class, in the past they about four thousand tons of freight, for to be indi furent, tos previous article. There are some who be allowed to sink to its intrinsic value been released. ⠀⠀
Hastorn ports and nearly two Lundrel what foreign cabin passengers, with an exceedingly. They are now app
ure of opinion that the over-production at which eventually it could be bought
FROM MEXICO.
of subsidiary coins by the Canton mint up without loss. It requires to great max following paragraph was elipped large number in the Asiatic steerage nude, and the oha
from the El Sn. a newrpsper at Forty-one passengers landed at Hengkbag ut att benedik is the sole cause the discount to foresight to add that this must be the germosillo, Mexion, it being a part of a yesterday, twenty-six of whom are guests Mai) which our own coinage has fallen. No end of the mistakon policy of the Canletter to the publisher from a trend at the Connaught Hotel.
the boy PARA TER ray last trip to my properties on the fou doubt it is the immediate cause bat it ton Viceroy, though at a still more tur, ny b fell with the to the ground
wounding me badly, but by chance provision
A BALM INDEED.
was unle to conduto y journey the muscles of trolldu jako Unumbermine Pain Balm, and after, uding No external applicator la
Chamberlain Päin Film following day ok if wothing, bad-hispaned.
angedre of prunes de kopane that may be the crim, dis
is only because our own minor currenty ruinous post to the Chinese community. I had brought in my valise a link of wes of an intrindie value less than the That or rebellion is the only alternative nominal, that it became involved in the
and the barly history of Bagland at fall in value of the product of the
teats it. Canton enint. We have alreatly pointed pre