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A memorial obelisk is to be erected on
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1908.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Sir William Folliti, general `manageTM | Fodden Field to mark the spot where of the Grant Eastern Railway, has died at
Southport. King James IV. of Scotland fell.
Muala is being rendered throughout the day in many of the Chicago factories, as it is said to induce steady work.
Mr Henniker Heaton, M.P., is to ask the Postmaster Conceal to grant Halfpenny postcard postage throughout the Empire.
PARIS,onomie indiscretions of "that and STREET. Previous ages, and our wesker (diges
tions make impemtively necessary the $36,
prédigested concoctions so muet in favour nowadaya: Bet this notwithstand ing we still undoubtedly take more than a passing interest in what we eat and are perhaps more particular in regard. to the cooking and dressing of our meals than were the good folks who subscribed to the monthly issues of the Pickwick Papore. Which reminda da that a post who flourished about that same time wrote a couplet whiel de
In order to meet the evil of the falling served to win for him the crown of
birth-rate in Amaralin, a Sydney doctor immortality for the sertiment he ex-has suggested that the Government for a pressed applies not only to his own but bonus un babies. to all times, whatever may be the fad of i the moment. This discerning warbler. sang:-
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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Auction. 2.30 p. i. - Auction of Japanese Curios, &., at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Salon Rome,
Miscellaneous Goode por Sakk undelivered after this
date #object to rent.
General Memoranda.
SATURDAY, November 14:
We may live without petry, music and
booku.
But civilized the errnot live without
crooks.
At present Mr Ever.cz Miss and the Vegetarians-arg greatly to the fore, but
The Queensland postal authorities etate with pardonable pride that a later
addressed Mrs Smith, the bush, Queens. land," has been correctly delivered.
A great engineering feat was accom- plished successfully at Sunderland when the heaviest independent span for a bridge over the River Wear was recently com- pleted
Moe Choung, the photographer of Ice House Lane, sendo us soms espítal photographs taken in Amoy during the
**While Ching has been dwelling apart from the rest of the world, internally it in leading as busy a life as other civilised countries,' said Sir Robert Hart at
Belfast.
We have been asked to state that the Elocutionary Contest which is to be held
at St. Joseph's Colego on Saturday, the 14th lisa bean fixed for 7 p.m. instead of
8 p.m.
Mme, Clara Butt and her husband, Mr Kennerley Ramford, have fulfilled a long- standing premise in singing solos and a dust at the afternoon service in the chapel of Brixton Gaol before 700 convicte.
A remarkable procession, in which were 7,000 of the empleyós of the South Metropolitan Gas Company and the South Suburban Gas Company, followed the body of the lato Sir George Livesey, chairman of the former company,...to_the_gravo in Nunhead Cemetery.
MELBOURNE GOVERN- MENT DEFEATED.
(Exclusive Service supplied by Bouter, ck Bombay.)
LONDON, November 11.
At Melbourne, Australia, in the House of Representatives, the Government have been defeated by 40 to 13 votes.
LONDON, November 12. Mr. Fisher, a Labour member of the Government at Melbourne, is forming a
Cabinet.
J
H. M. S. BELLEROPHON.
MAINTAINS A SPEED OF 22 KNOTS.
(Exclusive Service, supplied by Beuter,
via Bombay.)
Lovios, November 11. The new battleship H. M. S. Bellery- The 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment hon has maintained a speed of 22 know embarked st Durban on 17th October on
Marine service en voyage for Bongkong, which she should reach by November 20.
11 am-Auction of Choice Selection of † they are still a small minority in a nation visit at the American feat. They make the troopship Duferin, of the Royal Indling an hour during her trials.
Jowellery, st. Mr Geo. P. Lammert’N Bales Roome.
9 p.m.-Smoking Concert at Engineers
Institute Roomi.
First Athiotic Meeting of H.K.A.3.A. Gooda por Outherire Aprar undelivered after 4 p.. this date will bus landed.
which believes fairly steadicatly in the prime qualities and superb orcellencies stored up in British beef and matron, and
capital souvenir.
miles,
Six msstan of atom launches were The transpost has a voyage of close on 7.000 fined $10 each, at the Marine Court to of the absolute necessity for mankind to day by Lisut C. W. Barkwith, R.N., for indulge in them in moderation. Yes, preventing free Acces to Observation p.c-Al Fresco Fate at the Roman moderation in eating is the keynote of
Street Wharf.
SUNDAY, November 15-
Catholic Cathedral,
MONDAY, November 16-
..
2.16 p.m.--Meeting of His Majesty's Justices of Penoo at the Magistrsey, Goods per Armand Behic undated after bla date at Noon will be subject to rent and landing charges.
Gods per Palermo not cleared at 4 pm
on this date anbject to rent.
TURSDAY, November 17 :--
on this date subject to rent.
SATURDAY, November 21 :-
9p. Grand Concert at City Hall.
the present generation. Of course there are still gluttons among us but
In a letter to Mr B. Payton, president of the West Birmingham Liberal Unionist
Association, Mr Chamberlain donies that there is any truth in the rumour that he intends to resign his seat.
Speaking at the opening of the third
annual exhibition of the G.P.O. Art Club, at Mount Pleasant, Mr Sydney Buxton, Foatmaster-General, said he proposed to offer a prize next year for a design for tho most artistic telegraph-pole.
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they are few compared with the num bors which Bourished in a ruder age. Gluttony in its grosser forms of course, is but the survival of primeval habits Goods por Oceana not clonred at 4 pm. and instincts coming down from the time when flesh food was hard to come by, and when a feast invariably followed a "killing." Most of the heroes of
In connection with St. Andrew's Ball, antiquity seem to have been great which is to be held on November 30, the cators, so were the leading characters of first of three practice dancos was hold at the City Hall on Wednesday evening. the Middle Ages. They indulged their There was a very large attendance and appetites to the full, and lease on the dance was greatly enjoyed, the floor being in excellent condition and the music ad to THE MANAGER,
record stories of baked meats and hor
good. Correnpandmes mans forward their namesrific stems which modern dyspaption and addresses with any ammunicatione ad- dressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith,
NOTION.
Communicatima relating to meam should be addressed to Toe Enter.
Letters relating to business should be address
All lettera for publication should be written on one side of the paper only.
No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Orders for extra copies of the "Cuina Mail should be sent before 11a.m. on the day after publication. After that lurer the supply is aited. Cash 10 cle., Oralit 20 de per
copy.
an Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should bé ama to the
ran
One of the wildest acones of a day
y shudder-at. Hower (if there more turbulent than any London as wit-
Two natives were charged before Mr D. Melbourne, at the Magistracy, this afternoon, with boing concerned in the robbery of Miss Storr of the Victoria Home, Kowloon, a week or two ago. Ons defendant was discharged and the other was sentenced to six months" im- prisonment and to receive 24 strokes of the birch.
"I found the fooling of the leading
CHICAGO COURT OF APPEAL
REFUSES NEW TRIAL IN STANDARD OIL CASE.
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LONDON, November 12.
A: Chicago, owing to the squashing Canadian people who have thought upon of the fine of twenty-nine million dollars the question of Imperial co-operation more imposed on the Standard Dil Co., thư“ in favour of the establishment of ships than Government petitioned for a re-trial of of cash contributions to the Admimity sti
Homs. The universal feeling was that any the case but the Court of Appeal has ships provided by Canada should, in time refused the application. of war, bo under the entire control of the Admiralty and form part of the Imperial
Fleet." This, in effect, is the conclusion CANTON-HANKOW RAIL- Arrived at by Mr Howard d'Egville, hon. secretary of
WAY AFFAIRS. the Imperial Federation (Defones) Cominifte, who has just retorn- ed to England from a tour in Canada,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr E. H. Kinds arrived back in the
was over such 2 person) probably wrote need for many years, raarked the openia Colony to-day by the .8. Sado Maxu..
meeting of the. Londor County Council.
his epics after indulging in a gorge Unemploymeat and the unemployed were
ViRoll and
The memorial to the officers sud men
in command of the China Squadron,
bout to leave London on a visit to New
Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, recently!
Zasland..
TO BE DISCUSSED BY BOARD- OF COMMUNICATIONS.
(Wah Ir. Yul f'o'a Sergion)
PERING November 11.
will meet the staff of the Board of His Excellency Ching Chih Tung
Communications to-morrow, bo discu
of the Middleux Regiment who fell in and Queen of Sweden will pay a state visit
It is officially sanounced that the King Canton-Hankow railway affairs. South Africa will be unveiled in Hornsey Great Britain during the second fart EXPORT DUTY. ON TEA Parish Church by Sir G. S. White, V. C.,night in November. on the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 21.11 will be re- testtalions of the Dichards
-
of imperfectly grilled pork, the favourite the chuses, and eventually police interven tion was accessary and the Council had to diel of his own heroes: Honare, we know, ate a very consider.
be adjourned.
able amount of nitrogenous food, diluted with fiery Italian wine. DANTE and PETRARCH, MICHELANDET and RAPHAEL, Alterations and additions to Advertisements wrote poems and pointed pictures after WHISKY No. 5, Wywham Street, not later than 1 studing themselves on the borribly am. New Advertisements alonică be sent in greasy and excessively epiced and anlted before $ fam.
Advertisements and Subscriptions which are viands of the later Middle Ages. Dried wat ordered for a fixed period will be continued fish, salt meat, and remarkably strong beer seem to have had no particularly ill-effects on the good looke of Mary, Queen of Scots, and, if CATTERINE DE rides and ammunition kindly supplied to: Medic was not beautiful, she was, at any rate, a lady of considerable mental vigour, and she ate enough solid food, according to modern theories, to have killed her in twelve months. But we
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8-4, UBANG ALERT, SINGAPORE.
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CARMIOHARL. SINGAPORE. Caden Used Boot's Uh Edition AB.O. 4th and 4th Editions Haber's Standwed ; › Watkina) and AI Tagsenons No: 932,
we take as mich interest in the pleasures of the table as did our great- grandfathers? The question is rather
with, a very great change has come over the eating habits of the British people daring the past fifty yours. We have abated to a very considerable extent the gross heaviness which characterised th moals of early Victorian daye, but then we have become more faday"; we mey-not-wat-so much red meat, but we
It is understool that, although the date presented at the ceremony.
of the state visit of the King and Queen to Berlin next year may not yet be officially Entries for the Afinity Competition in announced, their Majesties are likely to held at King's Park Range on Nov. 10th absent from Great Britain for nine days. onnets with the C. N. S. R. A. to be arrive at Berlin on February 22, and to be should be sent direct to the Hou Secreinry -Entrance Fou $ per pair, Ladies 95
Lieutenant E. H. Thirkell-White. 1st yards rango-Gentlemen 200 yards-303 Batiation Middierea Begiment, at All
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could extend the list indefinitely and still statement stated the rororiue for the year secunded whilst employed with the Inuinn
leave unanswered the question which stands at the head of this article.
(Wah The Yot For Sevice.)
PEXING, November 11. Tho question of reducing the export duty on tea is being discussed by the
Board of Financo aud. the Board of Communications.
FOREIGN TROOPS AT PEKING.
TO BE REDUCED,"
(Wah Te Yat Po's Service)
PELING, November 11.
gentlemen. Mombers of the Ladies abab, Intiŝa, has just, resigned his com- Rifle Association are provided with the mission. This officer originally was ap- Club Ridos. Upon to pairs of Ladies and painted to the Royal Garrison Regimont-
from the embodied Militia in 1902, and was Gentlemen, Members Non Members.
sorred to the "Viehards" three years Sir William Lync, the Commonwealth ngo. Lieutenant W. F. E. Whostleg, lat Treasurer, when he delivered his Budget Battalion of the "Di-hards," has been
1907-8 £15,015,000. The unpreced-opply and Transport Corps eatedly large Customs revenue £11,845,000, was.attributed to the new tariff and the higher prics of products. The expenditure
STREET. for 1907 & amouned to £6,158,000. Com- paring Australian and Canadian trado Sír
Surie little excitement was caused about porta were valued at £1,000,000 and her through a fire breaking out at No. 35. experts at £72,000,000, while the cor-Wellington Street. The lower portion of responding figures for Canada were the house is occupied by a curio dealer: Mr. Harry Lauder bød « nsguifisend. £60,000,000 and £52,000,000.
FIRE IN WELLINGTON
It is believed that all foreign countries concerned have agreed, to reduce the number of their tropps
Speaking on the opium commission at
Singapore, Mr E. 6. Ellis said he viewed with a certain amount of dread what had been done by the Secretary of State in the case of Hongkong. Crown Colony govern
the upper part is empty. The outbreak, reception at the Lincoln-aquars Theatre, out was, he admitted, the only suitable
which was soon fuested, was found to be New York, where, before a crowded and form for the Colony at the present titis,
confined to the chimney and it was quickly Writing on the eve of the reassem- but he thought they should take care that bling of Parliament The World says the crowds which soon gathered.
put out, to the great disappointment of enthusiastic andionov, the Scotch comedias the Crown Colonios were not exploited for Though it would be too soon te disease the
occupied the stage for sixty-five minutes. party political purposes in England; and effect of the Autumn Seesion upon mes. that he submitted, had happened in the sures, there is a distinctly changed situa Loase of Hongkong
tion with regard to men.-- At the moment.
make up for it by doroaring a larger of tho Pesce will be held at the Magistracy estimata more clearly the result upon por A meeting of His Majesty's Justicon of the reassembling of Telinmont we can quantity of fish. game and poultry, at 9:15 pm. on Monday next to consider Bonal-reputations of events singe the death while undoubtedly we consume mure the following applications:-1. From one of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannertian, The I. Gruzman for a publican's licence to sell antagonism between the two groups in the vegetables to-day than was the care half by retail intoxicating liquora on premises Cabinet the "Liber Imperi list section, a contury ago. So if we do not stuff on numbered 242 wid 244, Queen's Roadan it to meaninglean called, and the rd- one or two "plain, solid dishes," wa Contral, under the sign of The Central anced Radical wing-bas become obrious, Hotel" 3. From one L. Gruzman for and will presently become bitter. Mr spread ourselves over a greater rmission to remove the business now Asquith cannot be said to have asserted variety and take much pains about carried on by him onder & publicen's his personal predominance. The Prime licence on premises numbered 242 and 244, Minister'e omstorical campaign last week the matter; far inore Sin BOMO Queen's Bond Central, under the sign of passed with little notice, and gave the respects than our fathers did The The Central Hotel" to premises country in one single phrase. Mr Lloyd average Englishman's breakfast is bored 78, Queen's Road Central, 3. From
Die G. Hartelone for an adjunct licence to George, whose position was no brilliant siz supposed to consist of rashore of bacon well by retail intoxicating liquors on the months ago, his cutered more and more LIGHT, wholesome, and and a couple of fried egge got the long premier No. 47. Queen's Bead Central deeply into the shadow of colipse:-- Mi
Rainier Beer
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Churofall stands ont at present as the one strong candidata for the reversion of the Premicstip, and he will not be happy till he gets it.
And ever-increasing list of patent break under the sign of "G. Bertolone." fast foods which the papers are so busily Undoubtedly the best Bear advertising in rennnder that tradition
AN INQUIRY ANSWERED, Gentle at Bombes Rhodesia, brewed in Amerzen.”
"writes to inquire whare Chamber in this respect is also passing the
Walain's Cough Remedy can be procured. Ro pursued by others of its kind. Went is may be as learned of the good effecia CHILDREN IN THE HOME.
resulting from ibo use, and as children in CYMALL ohildren are siways. 5 BOLLITE of the explanation? Is it that we cannot say that locality are often subject to coughs, D▷ anziɛty to parents, Couglia, colds,
· bo desired to give it a trial. This remody, vroup and whooping cough attack the little
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