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ATTACK ON A TRAIN.
GERMAN FOREIGN LEGION. ARIES HEAVILY SENTENCED,
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Lax, March 10, Four of the ringleaders of the Gorman
the train containing General Vigny, who
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THE CITY OF PARIS, alterations devel, therefore, belong to action, when wint is now the spacions the land, arare due to slow movements harbour of Hongkong was the trough of of the cart crust. The sea remains a fiery crate. Then after a time the over the s-impresive and unalterland hereabouts began to crumple and ing. Thesing of land is, of course, sink until the sea at last found balanced hits subsidence in winking. entrance and brought about conditions Ready made Day and Even-This lattection is much less cany to such as we are accustomed to gaze upon
ing Gowns, Paris Models trace in a pasure, for the out-of-sight, today. Very excasionally in Hats and Toques, out-of-pin principle applies here, tremors still pass though Hongkong legionaries who on December 16 held up pay no dividend for the past year.
and Lad besides, may be actually sherving that the particular portion Laces, Trimmings, Under-destroydy the sun, on action which of the envelope of earth on which we clothing,Boots and Shoes, has to be refully distinguished from rest is yet sensitive to change, hat Hosiery and Gloves, etc., the sixing any ares or coast. There whether we are tilting one way or the are may teresting evidences of land-other as is Japan we have no means yet etc.
679 rising be noted even by the casual of knowing. When Hougkong gets her
observ. The case of raised beaches is University this will be a cue inport.. We find these on the research that can be profitably entered
links parto the heart of golfors, mathematicians. coast-lies & Britain, ranging from the upon by her budding scientiste and
MARRIAGE OVEN-SET-At St. John's Cathedral, by the Rav. F. T. Johnson, MA. Hongkong, on Tuesday, 9th March, 1909. PRYLLIS IRENE, younger daughter of Ar thoon Seth, Laquire, 1.8.0., Hegistrar, o represeling a gradual rise of the of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, to
MACKERTION CYRIL, youngest son of the coast giving us the sand of lata Res. Cyril Greu. Clergyman of the the old aches, often for inland, Armenian Church at Rangeon.
field of
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Ice can now be bought from the Hong-
(English and Indian Papers please copy) terred risings which tell us of Kong Ice Co. at half a cent per ponud.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW,
Miscellaneous
9 a.m.-Military Gun Practice.
periodic elevations and reats. More than the and beds of sea-shells high upa mountains in different parts Goods per Beniorers undelivered after of the rld. The older philosophers explain the presence of such marine
this date subject to rent,
Auction p.m-Anetion of Household Furai- bura, &c., at Mz J.Y.V. Veron's resid-relics byhe theory that they were left unce, Newlande, 37, Conduit Road. by the lod, a view of matters which certainlyloes not explain their local character a sense, and the absence of universal remnants of the Deluge. There is tery apt illustration of land
General Memeranda,
SATURDAY, March 19:-
Noon-Meeting of Gen. Fenwick & Co.,
Ld., a Hongkong Hotel.
The German Mail of the 10th February was delivered in London on the 10th inat. Invitations are out for a dance at Go- vermunt House on the 16th inat is
honour of the officers of the American flect.
The Oriental Brewery Limited is now sailing ice at half a cent per pound. This company's plant manufactures ice from distilled water.
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Owing to the inclemoney of the weather the band of the 13th Rajputs will
The directors attribute this partly to
was proceeding to Southern Algeria, the disastrous effects of the record- have been given sentences of from 10 to breaking voyages of the Lusitar ‘a and. 20 years' penal servitude, and of the rest two have been committed for five years,
[Note-It will be reniscabered that the message conveying nows of the attack on legionarice and a number of Gerraan the train stated that there were 50 foreign
and 49 of the men were captured-Eo., reornita concerned. No violence was done, 0. M.)
CONGO ATROCITIES,
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Lane, March 11.
A Belgian lieutenant named Arnold has been sentenced to twelve years' penal earvitude for ateities committed ra the Congo.
THE BALKANS.
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LONDON, March 11. Questioned in the House of Commous
the Mauretania.
INCOME TAX IN FRANCE.
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London, March 10, The French Chambor has adopted a Bill introducing an Income Tax.
| TORNADO IN. AMERICA,
TOWN PRACTICALLY DESTROYED.
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LONDON, March 11.
A tornade has occurred at Arkanssa,-
U.S.A.
Thirty persons were killed and 60- injured.
The town of Brinkley is practically.
Goode par Prinx Waidemur undelivered rise, cone in its terms, to be found in be unable to play at the King Edward concerning the Balkans, Sir Edward destroyed.
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3 p.m.-Auetion of Crown Land at the Pablic Works Department's Offices. 9 p.m.-Military Band Concert at City
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11.A.m-Fifteenth Half-Yearly Drawing
connection with the Forza Islands, which lie the coast of Italy. Here, the large island of the group Palmarola It is divided by a kind of
basin, op on the west side and
Hotel this evening,
THE EXTRADITION CASE.
The man C. J. Merchant, who has been arrested on a charge of embezzling within the jurisdiction of the United States,
where he will be tried.
of Sixty-five Debentures of Hongkong ghelving on to the basch. At it will be taken back to Maxils on Saturday,
Club at Club Hotas. Noon-Meeting of Chips Sugar Refining Co., L., at Mesra Jarding Matheson Oo.'s Olice,
12.30 p.m.-Mosting of Luzon Sugar Be fining Co., Id., at Mesars Jardine, Mathieson Co.'s Office
The China Mail
HONGKONG, TRURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1903.
THE STABLE SEA AND THE FLUID EARTH,
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BCR-Woven bes constructed of lime, YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK. Ltd. and other ideneer of sea-life, these, however, the all above the level of the ses. N intervenes a significant piece of gogical history. In 1786 the islands are visited by DoLDU. Ho writes that Palmarcla Was Barry forward the sum of Yen 1,140,000. divided in o by a canal capable to the next account. of admitting barge. Hia-reroarks are duly illustrat by a man, in which the canal is depid. It now occupies the place of the esent basin, above the
At the half-yearly meeting of share- holders of the Yokolama Specie Bank, held at the Head Office, Yokohama, on the 10th. inst., it was resolved to pay a dividend of 12 per cent pa for the half- year ending the 31st Dec 1948, to add to the Reserve Fand Yen 400,000, and to
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said that communications were con- TO WELD THE CHINESE atantly passing between the Powers with the object of promoting a frisadly settlement, but the negotiations were insufficiently advanced for him to state when the Conference would be likely to
meet.
PRINCE KUNT'S MOVE- MENTS.
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Loupor, Mareli 11. Prince Kani, haring visited the military establishments in Bulgaria, has arrived at Constantinople.
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LONDON, March 11. Replying to the Mikado's con- gratulations, Fresident Tafi says he will earnestly endeavour to maintain Mr G. H. Wakeman (Official Receiver) in every way the satisfactory bond attributed it to the fact of people ging existing between Japan and America.
sy without paying for the goods, and he said that the relatives were the heaviest losers se debtor had borrowed large suma
of money from them.
bere a rise of feet would be required] Francis Piggott, expressed astonish:out FUMES in Elegant Bottles, in favour of the earth has been found
to bring abouthe change. We have that out of $40,000 liabilities and 220,000 assots there should be batwaen 23,000 and at Cagliari, one auth of Sardinia 94,000 bad debts. from the following Celebrated in the length of the movements of
the earth corresponding to the flow deposits of mage shells and also of Houses-Atkinson, Piver, Roger
of the ocean tides hardly comes as a ancient pottery pisting at a height of and Gallet Rigaud, Houbigant,
surprise. Twenty years ago Professor between $260 and 0 feet above sea-level Jous Mits, of the Tokyo University, This rise must thefore have taken place by his invention of the seismograph within the hum period. Now all was able to demonstrate the truth of the these movementslincinding those of paradox that the sea, a fluid, was more subsidence as welle undoubtedly due re-stable than the supposedly calid earth. to the fact that live on a globo the He showed how the great plain of Musa-interior of which mains in a state of shi on which Tokyo stands was for ever fervent heat. A led-down orb, like moving from day to day, now expanding the moon,suffers frcno such exigeneica" how contracting, as regularly as the We relate these slocand movements in
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Mr Almada & Castro, for the debtor, mentioned that lately there had been a good deal of competition in the furniture
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His Lordship thought that the goods must such methods as "rotten business." have been sold at a loss and characterised
The examination was closed.
THE OPIUM QUESTION.
WAR OFFICE AND AEROPLANES,
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LONDON, March 11. The Daily Mail states that the War Office has already, decided to offer to purchase one of Mr Wright's Bero planon
FLIGHT
At the Legistative Council meeting his KING TO SEN AIRSHIP afternoon His Excellency the Governor made an important statement on the opium
question.
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His Excellency the Governor speaking on the question said that he rose to make a statement on the paper which had, bean laid on the table. Dealing with the Friday to tolegram from the Secretary of State which attempt his airship flight,
Ideal Perfume, Fleurs D'Amour, Bouquet des Amours, Indian Hay, 4711 Eau de Cologne, breathing of a healthy child, and how turn to other, but bicker, upturnings Farina's Original Genuine Eau seismic shocks were always sending of the earth's crust. Earthquakes illus de Cologne. Peau d'Espagne, ripples of varying magnitude through trate land movemen whith differ not Trefle Incarnate, Azurea, Camia the earth's crust in one direction or in kind, but only integree, from those Safrano, Vera Violetta, Coevr another. Mr. Andary WILSON recently wo have been discug. Some ourth de Jeannette, Mes Delices, Vio-discussed this subject in an interesting quakes suddenly elite land, others let. Merville, Floramyl, &c., &e article in which he reminds us that cause it to subsido. 1889 the whole research serves entirely to reverse the coast-line of Chilo wasddenly elevated popular opinion concerning the by an earthquake shoto an extent of stability of land and the instability of at least four feet. Be of shells were the sea. The coean really obeys the left to rot and derome, being per- same lowe whica regalate the behaviour manently raised from the ees. of water in a bowl. That water, we CHARLES LIELL compute that a mass of know, maintains its level. To alter land was thus added thile equal in bulk ta 100,000 Great Pymids, taking the level, we should have to enlarge the bowl or to contract it, or we might the mass of the Pyramidt 6,000,000 raise the level by pouring additions tons. If, therefore, land ks, and the water in or lower it by taking so much seh destroys it, we find a mpanaating water out. The sea's level may be action in the gain our ech exhibits regarded se practically unalterable from the rise of the crust."
The east coast of Japa has beentary of Blake urging some delay andč Changes in land, therefore, which neem
1 corapromito salid that balf of the divans remaining half in 1910 whon the contract with the opium farmar expired. He had also pointed out that such a procedure. would involve a heavy cost on the revenue
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(Wah Tm Xut Po's Service.):
FERING, March 10. Wang Tai Ching, who is to proceed: to the Straits, Australia, etc., in order to bring the Chinese residents in these parts into alaser relations with the home Government, is to embark on the 11th inst. The cruisera Hai Ki and Hai Yung will be placed at his disposal.
CHU SHIH-CHANG STILL BELUCTANT.
(Wuh To Fui Po's Servis.)
Pane, March 10. Chn Shih-ching has again, declined to accept the position of President of the Board of Communications, but the Prince Regent has directed Chang Chi Ting and Na Tung to request him to- take the office and not to be suspicious.
NO FOREIGN LOAN.
(Wah Ta Yas Fo's Service.)
PEKING, March 10.
The Prince Regent in directing Prince Su to raise funds for the- roorganisation of the Navy, said that by no means should a foreign loan be negotiated for the purpose.
TRAINING OF CHINESE TROOPS.
{Woh To Yai Pe's Serviet.)
PEKIKO, March 10. The Board of War urges upon all the Provincial authorities to train their kroops within the prescribed period.
NA TUNG'S BEREAVE MENT
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Frota, March 10. Na Tang's mother has diod. H own illness is passing awayi
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he had received, His Excellency said that an
NE TRIAL CORVINO,People who by the Hongkong Government into the don't know how pleasant Stearns investigation had been immediately taken matter and the work had busu undertaken Wine of Cod Liver Oil is to take are easily by Mr Clemonti, whom, His Excellency convinced by taking a dose, And one bos-liarly effective in valiering pain peculiar be thought, was the most capable person in the shows what a good tonic it is, too. the Colony to do the work. The opium farmer, too, bad given the Government every assistance by allowing all his private books to be inspected and theas re- veslod the fact that the charges against the gum farmer of smuggling eriam A farbhor investigation into the statistics into China had no foundation in fact.
of the divan kaspars by Mr Hutcheson
was also conducted. Dealing with the
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question of the immediate closing of SPECIALLY PASTEURIZED FOR USE IN TROPICAL the opium divas His Excellency id that he immediately wrote to the Secre
to be due to the rise of the sea are to be steadily rising within historal times, should be closed in March 1909 and the
laid on the shoul ters of the solid earth. the rate of movement being bout one Take the case of the south of Swedan, inch per century, while the est coast where there has been sinking of land of the Empire is se steadil-binking for centurica. If the swamping of Parts of the China coast to also villages and harbours were due to the showing a similar inclination, though rise of the Baltic, one would naturally the greatest factor of course in the expect to find a similar result scruing change of coastline in this Emin is to the opposite coast. This latter land the enormous quantities of silt bought margin is zot affected at all Some down by the great rers. Copies ▲ 8. WATSON 00% geologista, indeed, aver that it is ago Shanghai was on the coast
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He could not also cancel the lisences contact and by special logislation. As Per Case 4 Dozen Quarts... except by a branch of the conditions of the
6. that couros but he had been limited to doing matter of fact he had not intended to advice
Dozen Quarts that instead of having to close the upfum Rivas. In conclusion, His Excellency, refer rington deepath from the Secrsary of State, Baid the Home Government were prepared
Parlament to grant a substantial to the Hongkong Govarnment for the
loss its revone after such loss had been scertained when the divans were closed m 1910 (Applause,hd, become.com- statulate the Council on that their int cipations, in that nothing hasty would bə
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