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PARIS, homo in certain kinds of shell-fish and talla us how pearls are made by oysters STREET.
and mussels in the endeavour of those shell-fish to imprison certain parasitic larvm by which they are infeated. In the fresh-water mussel and the edible Ready made Day and Even-mussel the site is the larva of s ing Gowns, Paris Models duke related to the liver-Suke that in Hats and Toques, attacks sheep. In the pearl-oyster of Laces, Trimmings, Under-Ceylon, which is only u distant relation of our silible oyster, Professor HELDMAN clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hosiery and Gloves, etc., etc.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY,
Amusements.
2 p.m.--Bazaar at City Hall. 9 p.m.-Performance at City Hall.
MiscellandOVA
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Goods per Munchuria undelivered noon on this date subject to rent. Goods per Itria undelivered after this
dato subjest to pont. Goods per Erneal Simon, unclaimed after this date at Noon will be subject to rent and handing charges.
General Memoranda. TURUDAX, December 15:
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Japanese Carios, at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Sales Rooms. WEDNESDAY, December 16-
2.39 pm.-Auction of Japanese Silk Embroideries, &c., at Mosers Hughes & Hoogh's Skies Rooma.
9 p.m.-Concert at St. Androw's Hali. THURSDAY, Desember 17-
NEWS OF THE DAY.
There will be no holiday at the Magistracy on Saturday, December 26, aud Saturday, January 2.
Friday and Saturday, December 95 and 28, and, January 1 and 2 have been declared public holidays.
For being drunk and incapable on the Peak Road, August Metheusson, sailor on the 5.8. Aragonit, was aned 22 at Magistracy to-day.
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Victoria will preach at St. Peter's Sea-
men's Church, West Point, on Sunday at morning servico at 11 o'clock,
The cass in which a native was charged with larceny of account booke again came on at the Magistracy to-day, when the de- fendant was discharged by MrJ. R. Wood.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1VC8.
THE KING'S HEALTH.
NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY
(Emclusive Service supplied by Reuter, sir Bombay.)
LONDON, December 11. The Lancet, on the best authority, says that the health of His Majesty King Edward gives no Cause for
anxiety.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The King of Siam has given £200 to Lord Cutzon's Oxford University Fund £133,000 has hitherto been raised.
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CONFERENCE FAVOURS
STATE-OWNED CABLES.
WITH A VIEW TO REDUCTION OF RATES.
(From Our Dum Correspondant,)
LONDON, December 12,
A conference held at the Mansion. House, regarding the penny-a-word cables proposed by Mr J. Henniker Heaten, M.P. for Canterbury, expressed itself in favour of the cables being owned by the State, with a view to the reduction of the rates for mossages.
The conference was addressed by
and representatives of Canada anë
has recently shown that the parasite is the larva of a tape-worm. Now a curicus fact about parasites of this kind is that, while the larval stages, are passed through in one animal, the creature can only grow to maturity and reproduce
The Hon. Cecil Scott Napier, son of the Lord Strathconn, High Commissioner its kind in another animal. In the case
| lato Field-Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala, for Canada since 1890, the Duke of of the muszels the host that harbours
We hear that the Chinese troops whose tragic death occurred recently in Argyll, Lord Milner, the Earl of Jersey, the adults is the sea-hird called the specially colléd up to Poking at the time of | Shanghai, loft estate worth £2,650. scoter, which els great quantities of the Emperor's death have returned to their the sbell-sh. The oyster-beds of respective barrels. This looks as though the new akainistration are spitohonding Ceylon are attacked by a largo my, and
re trouble. in this Mr Suriey has found the adult tape-worn whose larvae invade the mollas. It is possible that yet other intervening hosts are involved; but at all everfe in both these cases it appeare that, if paaris are to be cultivated, we
must encourage, not merely an irritating
Japanese telegrams from Mukden state that Viceroy Heu Shihchang las countermanded the local prefect's order for the exclusion of Koreans in the Macerbeban district on the Upper Yalu, unless they
become naturalized Chinese.
The late Mr Edmund H. Sharp of Hong-Australia. kong, left estate worth £11,406. He left residuo of his estate to the Boys and Girls' Refuges Strangways, Manchester.
Sir Alexander Hewis, the Commercial Attache to the British Legation in Peking, is at present a guest at Governmuo: Huust. Sir Alexander is one of the British delegates to tha Opium Conkurenco at Shanghai.
At the Registry Offen, to-day, a very pretty wedding was solemnized, the con- tracting parties being Miss Wilheminə
Late Mr Christian E. Wel Paterson, and | Mr Paul A. A. Kunja,
2.45 p.4uction of Honeshold Furni- the opinion of the oyster on the subject?onday for giving fales isformation ro/Augusto Peterson, eldest daghter of the
turo, at No. 55, Eigin Terrace. Goods per Argenia andollvered after this
date subject FO rent.
Goods per Deils not cleared at 4 p.m. on
the date subject to rent.
FRIDAY. Baceuber 18
MONDAY, Drowber 21 -
10a.m. Anction of Victualling Stores,
at H.M. Naval Establishments. 4 p.m. Prae Distribution at St Joseph's
College.
NOTICE.
Only discharged yesterday for attempt- parasite, but an animal that in othering house-breaking, a nativo was brought respecta is an active enemy. What is before Mr J. R. Wood at the Magistracy specting pawned clothing. He was oom- Of course it must by now have ac-mitted to six weeks' imprisonment. capted its parasite as in the ordinary
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It was resolved to petition the Right Hon Mr Asquith, Premier, to convene an Imperial Conference on the subject.
COALFIELDS IN CHINA.
IMPROVEMENT OF PRADE
INVISABLE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
LONDON, Decembor 1. Sir Thomas Sutherland, Chairman f the Plan 1 0. C., addressing a meeting of the shareholders, said that the com- pany had emerged from the depression A sequal to the armed robbery report
in trade as well as could be expected scheme of things and perhaps no longer ed some bins ago at Cheong Sha Wan pleased to re-appoint, provisionally and occurred at the Magistracy to-day when subject to His Majesty's pleasure, the Hon. four natives who had been arrested as Mr Wei Yuk, C.M.G., to be an unofficial and looked to the opening of coalfields in having been concerned in the affair were member of the Legislative Council for a China for better times, as the improve ment in trade at prescat was invisible, charged before Mr J, H. Kemp. The case further period of six zoaru.
2,46 p.m.-Aaction of Household Farnfregards the intrider with malignant tare, &c., at Holyrood,' Des Voeux enmity. Indeed, biologists have long Road, Kowloon.
since shown that many of the creatures once regarded as mere parasites are at the wores only mess-mates, while others are actually paying guests. An instance of the latter, recently invcaligated by Messrs Koi and GAMALE, is quoted Coramunications relating to news should be by Mr Joasroxx in his book entitled, addressed to THE EDITOR.
"Conditions of Life at Sea." A little Letters relating to businessskarād be address
green warm found at Roscoll owes its el to THE MANICER,
colour to innumerable calls of an alga embedded in its tisanes. These, like other green plant-cells, build up starch from
Correspondente must forward their names and addresses with any communications ad dranked to the Bditor, not for publication bul as evidence of good faith.
MONDALE PIMPERNELA FRENCH PERFUMES in Riganten ena side of the paper only.
TUESDAY, Dec. 22Du
JACK STRAW.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 93rd,
DIANA OF DOBSON'S.
THURSDAY, Dec. 24th,
THE GAY LORD QUEX. Plan of Seats Now reads at dérer de JP.M.
Congkong, December 2, 1998.
LET WATERS, HATE WASHES, from
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was remanded.
Prince Ito, t▾ Resident-General, liss been interviewed Scoul. He states that the rioters are graduly subsiding, but that the remour of the withdrawal of the Japanese garrison headquarters from Korsa is without foundation, se also is the report. of a Ministerial change.
to Canada, Mr Preston has sued both
His Excellency the Governor has boon
His Excellenvy the Goronor has been diag that opium was as needful
act as Depoty Rugistrar and acconatuity at Englishman. pleased to appoint Mr G. A. Woodcock to the Chinaman as bear was to the Supreme Court, daring the absence on leave of Mr W. Los Jones. Mr Lee Jones left for Home to-day by the S. S. China.
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AUSTRIA AND THE NEAR CAST.
LONDON, December 10. It is stated in Vienna that the termi of Austria's reply to the Russian hote regarding the conference, transmitted on the 8th inst. promise a favourable continuance of negotiations.
Pin D
RUSSIA
In accordance with instructions from the Becretary of State for the Colonies. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased The Cureito contains the special re-
to mouinate Mr Cecil Clotoenti, as repro- gulations relating to the examinations of sentative of Hongkong, to assist the British masters and mates to apply only where the Imperial delegates at the forthcoming In candidate has served an apprenticeship internationa; Conference on Opium at Shang an approved sea-going training ship with a hat. All lettore for publication should be written carbonic acid and water; this is then view to promotion in the service of the com-
Mr T. D. McKay, general passenger charged into sugar, and forms food for pany to which tho training ship is attached.
agent of the San Francisco ororland route No anonymously signed communications that
LONDON, December 10 Fancy Boxer, Cukets and Out Glass
The Japan Chronicle and the Jupan wax passongor, to-day, by the S.S. China,
passed a Government Bottles: also ELEGANT SOAPS, TOI have already appeared in other papers will be the worm Further, the alga obtains
thenitmanen products of the worm; The Vadiysi zany vinentiam muticis fatahere he will remain for s
alleged that Mr Preston, the Canadian to Hongkang, and in the meantime all Bill for closing the free purts on the the following Celebrated Houses Akin-padiation. After that hour the supply is
in the day after and the noteworthy fact is that, if the Commissioner of Trade in Japan, was work-information as to routes, ate., will be cheer Amur and in Transbailalia ( Trank- baikalia). The supporters of the measure Inom Pirer Lo
Spécially selected for our
limited. Oath 10 cls, Credit 23 cts, per orm is prevented from being infecteding in the interest of Japanese emigration fully given by the Pacific Mail S.S. Cc.
declared that closing was necessary bo by the alga, it is killed by the accumula-
papers for libel, claiming yen 20.000 from Royal medal to Professor John Milne-tories by foreigners."
The Royal Society has awarded end the peaceful conquest of the terri Christmas Sale by our London
Alterations and additions to Advertisements tion of its own excretory products. So each. on Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to the
"Earthquake Johnnie," as he is familiarly House.
Gffice, No. 5, Wyndham Street, not later than 11 increasingly numerous are these in- The following are highly recommended. 1. New Advertisements Fould be sent instances of mutual bensft that one is which thefts of opium are committed was
An illustration of the persistaney with called in Japan-on the ground of his pre- THE UNITED STATES BUDGET.
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LONDON, December 10.. tempted to speculate whether any crea-afforded at the Magistracy today. Ament of Faistological science. For twenty
The yearly report of Mr Cortelyo Idea: Perfume, Flours D'Amour, Bouquet
ture is so utterly a parasite as not matice was arrested yesterday at 3 o'clock years he was in the employment of the TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT de amours, Indian Hay, 4711 Ean deuil countermander.
ultimately to pay its way in the scheme with a quantity of opium in his possession important task of establishing the seismic cover which extensive taxation will be Japanese Government, and to him fell the anticipates a deficit of £29,000,000, kə Cologne, Farina's Original Genuine Esa do
and was afterwards bailed out. Two hours survey of Japan embracing nearly one necessary. Cologne. Peau d'Espagne, Trete Incar-
of all things.
later he was again arrested on a like charge thousand stations. Eate, Azures, Cania, elv., etc.
Mr J. H. Kamp imposed a fine of $15,
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PARASITES.
Ir has long been a fallacy stubbornly held by a certain class of men that, the workers in the field of pure science are!
CANTON.
Now surely these facts are worth know-
' ~THE TURKISH NAVY. ing, but if the dour, matter-of-fact men had his way we should still be without
We have received a copy of “ World
LONDON, December 10. Book of Temperance." It is published in The condition of Canton in respoet to Great Britain has agreed to lend an knowledge of them, owing to the eup America, and is described by its authors robbars seems to he very unsatisfactory. Admiral to Turkey, to re-organise the pression of the man of pure science. Dr and Mrs Wilbur F. Crafts) as consist- They abound everywhere. People are Turkish Navy. Most decidedly the scientific inves-ing of temperance lessons, Biblical, his afraid to ge to rest in some distriota, while It is written in a others have to remain up all night to keep tigator is ne parasite: he justifies him-torical, scientific."
watch. Special reasons are given in the self in many ways and makes adequate
newspapers why things are so bad. The return in the long run, in most cases
rigid application of the rules of etiqueta
LONDON, December 10. in respect to Imperial mourning had some The Vienna Neue Frei Prene reports giving ample measure, running over.
thing to do with the slate of unrest. There and the Ottoman Ambassador to Berli The Rev. S.B. Rossiter, D.D., formerly is an iveral outery as bo stagnation in has wired to Constantinople, that Prinos
free American style, is copiously and sen. sationally illustrated, and should appeal at lost to ardent advocates of total abstinence
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THE SITUATION IN TAR NEAR EAST.-
The English Mail of the 14th Novem-of New York and latterly of Manila, has business, and many a man who usually Buslow strongly advises Count Achres- been on furlongh Returning via Hongages to find a precarious living by thal to come to terms with Tarker, kong he is expected to conduct the Services doing odd jobs, now tam robber being
often little mere thun para: iles upon theber was delivered in London on the 11th body politic: that is, the outcome of inst. their patient and often long-continued |
in Union Church to-morrow (Sunday) at 11 perfectly indiferent whether they run their because perilous developments may arise The Romance of Lowland Scotland, a.. and 6 p.m. The evening Sermon will heads into danger or not. It is reported at any moment, labours is no adequate return for the as illustrated by pen, pencil and photograph have young people specially in view. As China New Year close their shops, inasmuch further that many business houses will at Containing :-Sosy, Perfume, Powder and means of life placed at their disposal by provided a fascinating evening's entertain on previous occasions, doubtless largo con- they have lost their capital, and there ment for the members of the Y.M.C.A. the rest of the community. The on Friday. There was a fairly large at-gregations will assemblato hear the reverendis little or no hope of any improvement, average man indulges in little abstract tendants and Dr J. U. Thomson's vivid Doctor who retains bis "go" remarkably. reasoning, especially if beis an English-loctors met with the warmest approval.
At about 3 o'clock yesterday morning Mews Butterheid, and Seira, was 'pre-
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of any issue, so he tells you, and at 20 Macgregor Street and stolo clothing at the Magistracy today. Apparently ➡ condemns ny mattons of little worth and money to the value of 860. Before defondant, with two others, was carrying Mr J. R. Word at the Magistracy to-day the stolen cablo to a slip near the docks in anything which does not bring in an he was charged with burglary by Inspector order to ship it on to a ramma when they immediate return in solid ponads, shil-Fauton, and was sentenced to six months lings, and peace, ar increased material hard labour.
Handsome Toilet Sets, Silver' mounted'
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comfort. To such an one the laboura.
of the men who are devoting all thair the Indies who sbly assisted as stall
holders at the charity bazaar, held at
were detected. Two ran away, but defon- dant was caught. He now asserted that he was asked by the others to assist in
carrying the cable and was promised 20 cents if he did se; he knew nothing about
Out Glass Bottles in Great Variety, Hairwea to unravelling the secrets of nature Collogo Gerdone on Friday afternoon, were the theft. Mr J. H. Keng sentenced him Brushes in Leather Cases, Pertamo Spray", in what may be called the backwaters Mrs May, Mra Banbury, Miss Chatham, to three months' hned labour.
of scientific investigation seem very Mrs Athinace, Miss Clarke, M-a Berk,
The deepest test of a man's pharector Mew Edkine, Mra Pierpont, Mrs Froin,
futile. Yet even the most unimaginative (2), Miss Denison, Mrs Eves and Mrs Tom facea painful lingering and unromantic The heroism which some great crisis, man must feel an unusual thrill of in-kins. His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard death, ascompanied by the best of the
drum, the note of the bogle and the inspir terest when one of those workers in was present during the afternoon, actendedation of the battlefield, is one of the ligh
by Mr A. J. Brackenbury, Private Secretary, ost that is given to mankind to display. and Captain Simons, A.D.C.
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