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The Bosson Hill Tumpel, which, as our renders know, was pierced så half-gnal fire Monday evening lush and diy christened
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reading, public he had at last Mr William Moore Mason, a member "arrived. Yet be used mainly an of St. John's Lodge, South China, died unfamilar speech and conjured up Kowloon, at the age of 40. The funeral to-day, at his rasidence 'in, Robinson Road, unfamilar ideas. If he caricatured will take place this evening and will pass FORBES.-On the 18th April. at Folkehumanity it was not as esta car the Monument at 3.30 pm. stone, the wife of ANDREW FORTES, of a Diaghter.
catured it, tickling ue to inexting.. DEATH.
uishable langhter; nor yet as TRACKERAY Holy Communion will be Celebrated did who lashed sin mordant morning, the day being Ascension Day, at the Cathedral at 8 a.m. tomorrow
satire. He called upon us to rewith Matins and Holy Communion at 11 a. Bishop Lander will preach at the cognise that life is often a sod blunder, and to pity the blunderers; bat in so doing he was neither sentist have no cause to complain of the Rear-Admiral Lambton and the British Gooda per Benlond undelivered after mental nor consciously pathetic, declin-reception accorded them in Japan during Goods per Bingo Maru dot cleared.oning to stoop to the 'mawkish sentiment their present visit. Entertainments bare
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of "Boz," and refusing to indulge been freely provided. The American in the sentimental tenderness of quadron has also been fittingly enter
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At a dinner given to the German Labour members in London Mr Barne denounced journalists for provoking the Anglo-German war scare. The latter, he asid, would be shortlived. People were aware that the scaremongers were some who had lured them into the infamous
Committee on the bill entitled An Or dinance for authorising the Construction of a Tramway within the Colony of Hong- Long.
PLAGUE AT YAUMATI
fats, were reported to-day from Yaumati
Five cases of plague, of which three were,
GERMAN STEAMER AGROUND.
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The steamer Hop kong on arriving in learing Haiphong on the 16th she passed harbour this morning reported that after
the German steamer Triumph ground in the river. She was discharging cargo and sdsmed to be dry at low water. Capt. Carneluzeen expects that the Triumph will not be floated till the next springtide.
TTEES AT THE COURTS.
The master of a licensed passenger boat was fined 88 at the Marine Court, this morning, for being in Causeway Bay with ont permission. A similar charge wa dismissed against a boatwoman,
ITALY'S NAVAL PROGRAMME
PROVISION FOR FOUR- DREADNOUGHTS.
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LONDON, May 18.
Details of Italy's naval programure published. in Rome show that thirtesa millions sterling is to be expended, this amount to be spread over six years." Provision is made for the laying down of four Dreadnoughts.
THE CZAR'S TOUR.
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It is stated in Fame that the Car is to visit, King Victor Emmanuel and subsequently to go on to Constantinopla returning to Russia via the Black Ses.
DEATH OF MR GEORGE MEREDITH
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LONDON, May 18.
The death has occurred, at the age of 81 years, of Mr. George Meredith, the well-known novelistų
JAPANESH NOBILITY.
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LONDON, May 19: Prince and Princess Nashimoto have arrived at St. Petersburg.
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Lobor, May 19. The Kaiser has conferred the Order
A Chinaman living at No. 12. Sudder Street, Yumati, was fined $200, or two months' imprisonment, at the Magistracy to-day, for having dross opium in his of the Crown upon H. E. Tang Shao-ri possession. There had been previoni fine of $100 imposed on the defendant.
and Frince Taxi Fu.
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London, May 19. without the permission of the master and arests represented at the Berlin com Rauter learns that the British in
Gocda per Chiyo Maru undelivered at
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data subject to rent SATURDAY, MAY 22:-
circle remained always very exclusive 12.30 p.m.-Meeting of The Paris Toilet He was a great stylist, but his style was
Ld at Co.'s Offies.
very difficult to assimilate. Discussing this point Miss HASSAN LINCH ODCE Boer war. wrote: quality is at the same time rugged and elusive, obscure and product of modern Japan, and in Fukai Eabataye ilk is a very important dazzlingly brilliant, witty and profound, prefecture alone 20,000,000 yen a year is the Supreme Court this morning, ZAVO Mr. Justice Gompertz, in Chambers, at harali and most musically tender, light as the value of the output. In order to put judgment for Wandras, plaintif, who sued the article on the market in such a condi-Tam The Leung and another to recover $140 For the Bath, Toilet and
a summer cloud, majestic as a storm. But in as to quality and weight as shall satisfy due under two contracts whereby defen his great defect is artificial This the demands of consumers, the Prefectoral dants undertook to repay to the plaintiff Household.
iä MEREDITH's supreme fault, when Government from the fist of April this is a sortain ereat which has sincs happen. Promotes a healthy action of the skin.
all is weighed and considered in article and henceforth overy piece of Fukui
year took over the work of lospecting tho | ed, two sums of #70 each.” counteracts all effects of perapis
summing up his work we must habutags will be properly gralod and tion, and is as refreshing and invi-
sgree that "to French wit he officially stamped. This should have an excellent affect on the development of the gorating to the system is a Turkish Hoxazons, WEDENDAT, May 19, 1909, brings German profundity of thought, industy.
the whole wrought into a thoroughly
also with selling intoxicants without a THE LAST OF THE VICTORIANS.Saxon setting. Vividness of conception, Java papers describe at great length license. On the first charge's fine of farance on Chinese central railways arm
intensity of vision, and strength of dic-the festivities in honour of the newly born $25, or one month's hard labour, was in- satisfied with the result of the negotia
Datch Princess. They lasted several days, pesed, and on the second count defendant tions. On the other day all the literary world ion-combine these qualities, and you, and the rejoicings were heartily shared in was ordered to pay $100 or undergo two Carbolic Soaps was congratulating Mr GEORGE MEREDITH
have English such as no other writer by Europeans and nativos alike. Many months' impriment. has given us." He ransacked our
prisoners will be pardoned in honour of the happy event. In Holland thirty-eight language until he wrought it, through criminals received a free pardon, and four letters were brought down from Kong Yesterday a large number of unatamped a process of bewildering originality, teen cthers under heavy, achtances were Moon by the runner of a ship and given to into a flexibility, a forcible simplicity, a
granted remissiona. Nine journaliste, whoa coolie to deliver in the Colony. The had waited anxiously in the palace at the coalie was caught distributing the notes by majesty and rhythm that in his prose, Hague for days for the first news of the Inspector Gourlay. He was brought before surpasses poetrygad above all he read birth have had to place themselves under Mr J. H. Komp at the Magistracy to-day. the souls of waren as though they were medical treatment for nervous breakdown and charged with infringing the exclusive rights of the Post Master General. A fine an open book and translated them into living words.
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The publication date of one of Mr Hall Caine's new novels has come to be In taking leave of the last of the looked upon by many thousands of people
new hard at work revising his new story
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press, though some four years before ho bad courted the bubble reputation of literary renown with a modest volume of poems. In those early works be sounded the note which he sustained clearly and distinctly to the end
Our life is but a little bolding, lent. To do a mighty labour. We are one With Heaven and the stars when it is
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And voiceless Intex the world beside his Our words are acbe, our cry of praiso »
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We understand that the story will also farm the subject of a new play by Mr Hall Caine in collaboration with Mr L N. Parker
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Mr.T. E Griffith left for Home to-day
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The death is announced of Major-General Sir William Meiklejohn.
On dit, romarice the ftraits Bow murderer hanged to-day at Taiping, was The death is announced of. Mr Hapok: the tophew of the executioner.
Voules, former editor of Truk
Looking back scross the years
and reading the long list of novale, poema, essays and criticisms which have come
The attendance at the spring meeting from his pen who shall dare to say of the Nippon Tacs Club, Yokoham that GECECE MEREDIt did not cultivate though an improvement on the sutumn gathering, was still vary meagre and the
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