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The Hamburg-Amerika liner Soandlag which recently ran on the rooks at Lincin island, was taken into dock this morning by the tag David Gillies..
PARIS, host of sheikhs, sherifs, and potables But this was not all. During the mouth STREET.
of Ramazan poor people collected in thousands towards sunset and could count on obtaining "Iftar "the even ing meal, when good Mahometans.break Lord Wemyss, who was born in 1818 the fast for the day, making their first Gwydyr, the oldest member of the House is now, owing to the death of Lord food, water, and cigarette since dawn of Lords. The waste, extravagance, and peculation The Y.M.C.A., acknowledges with prevailing, we can easily understand.thanks the reeipt of 884.5 part of the were beyond description. A French proceeds from the performance of "The Silver King, by the Kowloon Dock cook at the palace is said to bave asked for a little beaf to prepare some dish for the SULTAN. He was brought an ox. On his protesting, that he only wanted a little, heina answered, with a grin, that what he did not requirs could easily be given away!
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6.30 p.m.-Anction of Race and Polo Ponies at Kannody's. Caurowy Bay Repository.
Amusements..
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Dramatic Co. at City Hall. 9.m.-Performance of Hippodrome
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245 p.m.-Auction of Household Fuzul ture, &c., at No. 2, Lysamoon Villas, Kowloon,
6 p.m.Auction of Valuable Postage Stamps, at Me Geo. F. Lammert's Sales Room Goods per Pathan undelivered after
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The China flail.
HONGKONA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1900.
THE EXTRAVAGANCES OF
ABDUL HAMID.
THURSDAY'S telegram regarding the dis- coveries made in the treasury of Yildiz Kiosque, is scarcely surprising in its
A.DC.
41 0.30-to-morrow afternoon Mosate Hughes and Hough will sull by action the following ponies at Kennedy's. Stables, Mavournean, Killaloe, Shaunsboo and Minnow; also a Waler mars, lady's',hack,
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pany The doxth lies of the terrible tornado that swept over Mississippi, Tennesses and Arkansas on May 1, has been swelled by attor raports t 300. The property lese the regions visited by the disaster it
inulonimblu to date.'
THE PRATAS,
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1909.
A Canton correspondent writes ho
question of the Japanese settlement on Prata Island is now engaging the attention of the Viceroy of Canton. In view of the fact that the Japanese have been working the quano deposits for some years and have verament asks that they either be protected invested much enpital, the Japanese Go-
P.
THE AGE OF THE AEROPLANE.
REGULAR SERVICE
ARRANGED.
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Depýright, protected under Ordinance 3 of 1395.)
LONDON, May 6
or compensation paid if China insists on the settlers leaving the island. I under-
The Zeppelin Company has arranged stand that at Best Japan maintained that tie Prstan wax No Man's Land, but regular service of airships between Chink has furnished sufficient proofs'ok het | Lucerne" and Fredrichshafen and also rights of sovereignty and the only question two trips daily round Lucerne. is therefore one of "compensation for ejectment or protection of the industry which the Japanese have created.
LOSS OF PRIVATE PARERS
Share Sarip Goes Astray.
む
THE BUDGET VOTE,
CLOSURE APPLIED EARLY,
(Beuter's Service to ine China àfaŭa
Copyright protused under 7
Ordinance of 1994)
LONDON, May 6.
A report has bead made to the police by Mr G. B. Sayer, civil engineer and archit- est, of 19 Queen's Road, Central, that The House of Commons bas voted the yesterday afternoon he gave to the coolie te resciation by 392 to 179 after the in the next office a paper parcel containing closure Lad been applied, on the motion a number of private papers and documents of Mr Lloyd George, by 308 Totes to and ordered them to be delivered at his 201
Mr E. V. Bauckham, the representative present in Hongkong in the interests of this In China of Rownstock's Directory, is at house.
well-known and almost indispensible publication. He is preparing the lista for
A new edition.
Lord Kitchener is now the senior active general in the combined armies. Fritish and Indian the field-marshals' lish, mand in the East Indies, these being Sir three out of sight have hold supreme com-
Frederick Bainee (now in his ninetieth year), Lord Roberts, and Sir George White.
taining birds collected from all parts of the world, entailed an, expenditure sufficient to maintain a small Navy, Yet the spending powers of these departments of the Palace"were as nothing compared with the harem." By "harem," says the Constantinople correspondent of the Standard, must be understued not only the SULTAN'S wives, but all sisters, daughters, and relatives, with an odd thousand or so of women attendants and servants who, by one pretext or another, have succeeded 2073 paid Secretaries, 1,161 buildings in attaching themselves to the palace." owned and occupied by the Association, The ladies of the palace kept very highlued at £8,879,885. This short an in- state. Besides their negro attendants, paid Fecre aries, and £1,120,000 in build- they kept up a Court, with their ladiesings.
of this and mistresses of that, as full
The statistics of the World's Allinhen
YMCA's to January 15th, 1009, show
7,923 Associations, with 891,200 members,.
crense, over 1008, of 20,708 mambers, 110-
Bu has, however not "Toceived
them, and they must either have been lost ist cheers at the amainen of the There were Opposition and National- or stolen. In the parcel waze documenta
majority for the closure. for 68 shares in the Central Stores, Shang-
hai, 40 shares in the Stam Laundry Co.,
shares in the Hongkong Civil Service Co-operativa Society, a promissory note from G. P. Sayer to H. W. Sayor for $1,000, & Hongkong Savings Bank book, a
cheque on London, an origizal cortificatot character for H. W. Sayer, and a Zetland Lodge Masonic certificate.
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Lomox, "May 6.
The Sign of the Cross by Wilson Barrette is a powerful and pathetic play. It teems The Right Hon. Mr B. E. Asquith, with thrilling touches and brings heute Prime Minister, atsted in the House of Next year three important Interna most effectively the strange potentialities Commone that a committee of the highest and complicated as their lord the tinual Congresses will be held in Brussel of the religion founded by the once serial experts had been appointed to viz. the Congruns of Agricultural Associ dispised Nazirane. The story of martyr advise the Government, and that * Stars's. In dress and jewellery the tions; the Congress of Hone Education; dom, horns with patient fartitude amid ladies of the harem were allowed to the Congress of Administrative Scienden terrible suffering, is a sad one, fall of special Department was being establish ratify extravagant tastes, to which no These Congresson take place during the pathos. The part of the dissolute and ed at Chiswick. Further, the Admiralty International Exhibition, and the Consul maniscal tyrant Nero," Emperor of and War Office were building a number curb was placed so long as money could for Belgium in Hoogkong will be pleased Rome, as well supported by Mr Alee of dirigible balloons. be obtained by hook or by crook. to furnish all interested with information Alves, while oppoea." his wife, Minn Their indocr dress of late years has been concerning them.
Florence Welton, together with Tigelliua, generally European, and Paris supplied
Me-Sydney Passe, ably assisted him in his ghastly work. Mr Haory Dallas is an old many a smart gown for them. In
favourite with Hongkong theatre goers and jewellery their taste man rather towards
Prefect of Rome, was magnificent, his impersonation of Marcus Superbas, the gaudy ande ornate; rings with
have never seen Mr Dallas to batter sdrant- go. From beginning to ond be held bis large diamonds, and rabies," emeralds,
unbounded appreciation by continuous sudíonce enthralled they showed their and sapphires; earrings of weight and
applanse, the arrtain having to be value, but little artistic beauty little
gain and again after each act. Mira Berrysident Fallieres st Brest in Juns whils apa for the head, thickly covered with
all as Barrios, a wealthy patrician, the Kaiser will meet King Emminuel distinctly good, while other parts were ably at Brindisi on May 12th. filled by Mr Edward Granby, Liceanus gema. Their native dresses, too, were
Mr H. Raberts and Mr W. R. Riley, frequently stiff with embroidery of
Patricians. Mr Stephenson And Mr Wingate did the disreputable work of spies precious stones. Cigarette cases and
admirably. Miss Lloyd as "Mercia" "Tha holders, jewel boxes, sweet boxes, hand
sweetly unaffected. The Salome dancer. Miss Lee, gave a curious twist to a serious glasses, brushes and comba, all in mas-
and lent enchantment to the piece. The subject yet her dancing, was most graceful sive gold or silver, roughly finished and
difficult character of Staphanus, the boy was in the capable hands of "Miss Edun poorly chased, but set with stones of
Earle and ber characterization of the part great beauty and value, were also
was superb. Ta fact the several roles t deemed necessary. No wonder Turkey groaned under the weight of the Palace
"The Stamoso Gorempient has taken vi nrous measures against the brigands who, the other day, creased the frontier Lato Cambodia nad murdered a French officer, Licatenant Thimonier. General Schau, an officer in the Slamesa service, hastened to the spot, and captured the brigand chief slong with his hand. 28 strong. They will be taken to Bangkok. The Siameso authorities procesded further by anesting two moro noted brigands and handing them orer to the frontier French officials,
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ITEMS AT THE COURTS. The master of a boat was âned 35, at the Mario Court to-day, for failing to license bis bant.
The master of a fishlug junk was fined 10, at the Marine Court to-day, for failing to exhibit the regulation light..
it
The Czar of Russia fa to meet Pre-
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The telegraphic news which has For anlawfully lying within 100 yarda beats his fatalistic creed, but even his reached the Far East gives colour to the from low water mark during prohibited capacity for complaisance and happy-idea that a military despotism has hours austive was charged at the Marine go-lucky inertia had its limits replaced the autocracy of ABDUL HAMID, bail being allowed in the sum of $90.
Coust to-day. The case was remanded. AND. HAMIT, an wholly uneducated for it was undoubtedly the Army which but remarkably astute man, knew the brought about the change of Sultans. quantity of newspapers, et.. from the
For stealing a number of log books, A. 8. WATSON & 00, foibles and the good points of his But the Turkish parliament is a Sailom Home, West Point, a native was
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countrymen better than most people.negligible thing for all that. We read sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and we imagine, but it appears that he "It is a curious, businesslike assembly,
sir hours' stocks, at the Magistracy to-day. had about squeezed them to the fullest consisting of some two hundred and
A washerman was brought before Mr J extent within his power. A day of twenty deputies, who attend in picture-charge of stealing 850 note from R. C. H. Komp, at the Magistracy, to-day, on a reckoning must come even for the sque, brightly coloured national dreas Housen, of Chatham Road, Kowloon. Com- most autocratic ruler and be therefore The debates run on lines very similar to which to pay defondent's bill and while his could not have been surprised when those in our House of Commons. Strict back was turned defendant substitutest the Budget Committee of the new obedience is rendered to the President single-dollar bill for a 850 one. The dis Parliament began to probe into of the Chamber, and the deputien gone. Sentence of two months hard" the affairs of the Privy Purac. And appland and interject very much as in labour was passed.
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This morning the Head Master of the pale of the marvellous. They rather incoherent." This was written the late Second Mistress, on behalf of the found, for instance, that the SULTAN before the deposition of the late SULTAN, staff and pupils with a silver rose-bowl as Kitchens employed 240 cooks and 500 of course, but it clearly shows that Turkey memento of the estimation in which abe scullions. Twice a day this small ammay
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provided herself with a thoroughly Mre Drammond leaves for Soetland on prepared soppe 3,000 tablas, or trays, efficient constitutional machine, and if Monday. each carrying a dozen courses, Three the precedent of England is followed, the hundred attendants distributed these Army will by gradual steps be brought
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