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alt. coffee." Matches, says the car respondent, are to be replaced by the tinder and flint apparatus of bygone and all kinds of dorices are being ages resorted to in order to avoid a great increase in household expenses. White bear, one of the most popular drinks in the east of Berlin, was formerly purchased at the ordinary restaurants
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BIRTH Brad. On the 4th Sept.. at No. 6, The Peak, the wife of H.-W. Bra, of Son:
MEMOS FOR TO-MOKHOW. Austion.
11 sm.Anction of Old & Condemned Store, at the Central Police Station.
-Amusements.
9 p.m.-Performance at the City Hall.
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·NEWS OF THE DAYA
...Again, photo, ware no cases of plague
·SOCIAL AND PERSÖNAL.
notified in the Coloriy during the week aspected to learn Tukin on September 15. 3. Miribel, the Resident Superior, in ending September 4th
Commander Buchanan, of the U.S.S.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8-1909-
[COFTAMET THE NORTH POLE
DR. COOK SPEAKS OUT.
The Imperial Government, will' con- tribute £250,000 annually tawarch the Holon, now in harbour, garo a ton to a Significates of the Discoveries. maintenance si the Australian Rest
To-day Labour Day with the Americans. This holiday was initiated by the Labour Unings of the United States and in observed throughout the whole
euntry?
M. Latium and M. Blériot have signed articles for an aeroplane, watch in which the winner will receirs £4,000 and the lower £1,000. The race will take place at Wembley Park.
member of members of the & maričan come manity this afternoon.
(Renter's Serves to the Okinen Muik).
LONDON, September 5.
[LOPYRIGHT. THE CANTON RAILWAY BENSATION
ME. BUTLER WRIGHT ON
MARU
Arrested at
Morning.
(From Our Own Correspondant
Shasta, September
engineer of the Chinese section of the Me William Murray Stratton, assistans
Dr. Cook ba been interviewed re- Chiton-Kowloon Railway, and son of the garding his expedition. He stated that Isle Mr George Stratton, cuntmeter, of he is prepared to submit his observations Edinburgh, is on Saturday, at the Estion to any scientific authorities. The most morning at Woosung by the Municipal Mr. Butler Wright was arrested this Church, married to Mins Go Euntar, important result of the expedition, he Folice on a warrant issued by the British who recently arrived in the Calooy to said, was not the reaching of the Foler Consul countersigned by the Japanese Edinburgh, The Ror. T. W. Parve of but the travelling round thirty thousand Consul
faddock, while Mr Frank Grove, engineer? square miles of new kind. cisted.bo.only bridesmaid was: Miss
The arrested man is to be brought up in Court this afternoon.
n-chief of the Canton-Kowloon railway, gave the bride away. Mr J.J. Thompson, gineering sud Mining Company's three at the Hongkong Hotel, and later Mr and The total output of the Chinese Euwer, "best man" A reception was held minos for the week ending 21st August Me Stratton left for Macao,
mounted 30168.18 tons and the antes during the period to 20,102.87 ton
....
LONDON, September 6.
He was received by H. M. King Frede reception on his arrival at Copenhagen. Dr. Cook met with a moet enthusiastic
rick VIL
DENIES ACCUSATION:-"
SHANGHAI, September 5, 32 p.m. Mr Wright was brought up at the British Chart this afternoon and, wis ramanded for seven daya, pending in- structions from Canton.
He denied the accusation allege against him.
IN
SEARCH OF NAVAL
STATIONS.
(Way To Yut Po's Service)
The Bacaria Nieuwe Fan dis Dag, notes the death of a Chinese millionnico, Tan PRESIDENT TAFT SENDS Mosars Vieira & Co. kindly send ue a Tran Hing by name, at Sourabaya. He CONGRATULATIONS. and beerhouses for Id. per glass, and half gallon tin of Whalley's disinfectant bequeathed fire millions of guilders to his for which, they have been "appointed ouly son. This is a great fortune, but will now cost nearly half as much again. sole agents-together with a packet of ather Chinaman in Java, named Wes (Beuter's Service to the China Mail.) Thus the much despised copper plen pamphlets de cribing its officacy and cheap-Trong Ham, possesses much more. His
LONDON, September 6. nig which has lately played, no rule in ness.
·property is valued at twenty-seven millions. President Taft has telegraphed his of guilders! Ifo"resides at Samarang congratulations to Dr. Cook, whare, according to our contemporary, the Chinese fool highly displeased at his daugh- Dr Cock, the Antia vxplorar, whe is said to [Note-From Manila papers we learn that have discovered the North Pole, before his American Consul in that quarter, last reappearance within the pala of civiliza Caulfield Stoker. The marriage is arranged tias, had previously boen board from on For nott month. The local Chinese would March 15, 1908, when he sent a letter back by an Esquimo messenger. Cook was then have preferred Miss Angels marrying one on the polar ice north of Cape Hubbard and 500 miles from the pale. He was well oquipped with supplies, sledges and dogs, Rudolph Francko, whom Cook left at Anbotol, received the letter on March 17 jand ranched civŝiration with it...
Dr. Frederick Albert Coole made two NEW COMBINATION OF polar trips before leading his own ex- pedition. How was surgeon of the Peary expedition of 1801-9; and accompanied the Belgian axpedition of 1897 9 to the antaro the regions in the same capacity. Ha led the expedition to explore and climb Mount McKinley in 1903-6.
Tha, Jare Times understands that the It has been customary in the larger towns Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has bought of northern Germany" to charge prices the promises now occupied by Messrster, Angela by name, being engaged to the Rowley, Daries and Co., in Kali Besar rounded of according to the decimal Batavia, and intends to rebuild the same figure of ten, fiftcon, twenty, etc. for banks purpless. Owing, however, to the fresh taxes, miny articles of daily "consumption have increased in price, with the result that odd sums of twelve, thirteen, seventeen, sad twenty-three pfennige are charged, and in view of the increased requirements for copper mon- ey, the German Government, are earp
estly considering the advisability of increasing the copper coinage of the Empire Matches bare been purchased by hundreds of thousands of boxes from Sweden and Norway, and it is safe to say that, so far as Berlin is concerned, households are stocked for months to come.
has
Much disappointment, we read, been evinced in official circles at the devices which have been resorted to by the hard-hit taxpayer to evade fresh im positions. Scrupulous care has been exercised by Excise clicials that no one in the whole of the epire should avoid
- the fresh taxes. Those house
General Memoranda, Webzanay, September 8:-
2.30p.m.-Anction of Household Farmin
taro, &e, at Messrs Hughes & Hough's holders who prudently laid in a large Sales Rooms. 2.15 p.m.-Auction of Household Farní stock of goods which they anticipated
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tare at No. 13, Morrison Hill Road, SATURDAY, September 11 :--
Noon Masting of China Light & Power
Co., Ld., at Co.'s Office." 3 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong Hotel Oo.,
Ld., at Co.'s Hotel. Mornay, September13-
2.15 p.m.-Moeting of His Majestys Jasticos of the Pesce at the Magistracy, Transfer Books of Green Island Cemeth Co., L., close from this date to 25th inst,, Inclusive.
MONDAY, September 14:~
9 a.m.Military Gun Practice, 5.30 p.m.Meeting of Hongkong Oricket League at Hongkong Oricket Club. Tax, September 25:
5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong.St.
Andrew's Society at City Hall.
THURSDAY, September 30-
ITĖMS AT THE COURTS.
Three cuas of enteric fever were roof hat countrymen. ported in the Colony dining the past week. one was a British patient, au imported case, and the other two wore rospectively a Japanese and a Chinese. The only other communicable disense notified was a fatal
of puerperal fever.
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Tho. British Government has issued important amendments to the licensing ductions are allowed to claby, putals and prupeals under the Budget Large' ro- restaurants, but the publicans are unt satisfied, and declare, that the reductions do not mitigate the grievances of the Eon-
don trade,
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At the Magistracy to-day-Arthur Ruther- ford and Alex Bagdanoti, of the Sailors'
·Home, were charged with refusing to pay rickshaw hire. After hearing the evidence defendants. Mr F. A. Hazeland discharged both
-
Last night an American bluejacket as saulted an Indian condtab's on the water Front' at Wanchal and then jumped into the water. The Indian went after him and on the silor coming out he was arrated by a European policeman. At the Magistracy to-day the orring bluejacket was fined $5.
Shortly after passing Waglan on arst vayage to Mexico, signalled to an in- Thursday the x.s. Persis, which is on her
coming steamer that the second engineer, At the Magistracy to day Inspector Mr Scott, had diod suddenly after leaving Gourlay prosecuted a Chinese shop-keepor Hongkong and had been buried at sos, for storing 283 case of spirits of wine and the third engineer was also ill and was sont ack. sahure.
Mr P. W. Goldring defended. Two engineers were quickly sent After hearing the evidence Mr.F. A. Haze to take their place and the vessel then land imposed a nominal fine of $5, nad proceeded on her voyage."
ordered the spirits, valued at $1,700, to be coolicated.
:
Further reports from the scene of the great hurricans in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, indieste that an extellded
tracy today.
Through the First Antarctic Night," and "To the Top of the Contineat are books from his per
Prince Shun and Admiral Sah, have
PENG, September 5.
reported to the Throne that they have visited Chekiang and are on their way to Fokien Province.
POWERS.
GERMANY, AMERICA AND CHINA.
(Wah Ta Yat Po's Service)
PEEING, September 5.
that Germany and America be saked to His Excellency Na Tung suggests
join China in the formation of a new
June 10, 1866. His-decucati us include
Dr Cock was born in Now York State Order of Leopold, Belgium; gold medal of Royal Society Belgium per diplo Alliance. Royal Geographical Society, Ealgiam.
GREAT BRITAIN AND "AUSTRIA
KING EDWARD'S GOOD OFFICES,
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KING EDWARD'S
HEALTH.
(Reuters Serries to the China Mil). Losos, September 5. The Times correspondent at Marien had An instance of the entenses" of Chi states that as a result of the King's was swept by the storm and that Camo.bofore Mr J. R. Wood at the Magis Austro-Hungarians, Anglo-Austrian re- nose thieves was furnished by s csee which informal conversations with prominent Monterey, we pot the only centre of population that suffered upveraly from the appeared that the defendant proceed their former cordiality.
From the evidence it lations are in fair way of regaining would be subject to taxation de notre bear more or less badly damaged by this morning and sat about an endeavour disaster. Thirty towns are reported to ed to a house during the early hours of escape. House-to-house visitations take the wind and to have been fooded by the to steal some clothing which he saw hang- place, and every one possessing more accompanying deluge. Hundreds have ing on the wall inside. He first tied up than a stipulated amount of taxable added to the death list first reported. the door, so that if he should arouse the goods is bound to pay a certain duty district from all over the two continents,
Relief continges to pour into the stricken innates they would be unable to get out SOUND AS A MAN TEN YEAKS according to the new scale. Cigarettes and cigars are tied round with so-called fribbinde, or paper bande, denoting the amount of duty to be paid. Travellers entering Germany who have hitherto been able to avoid Castoms duties on dutiable articles will in the future hate
and then with a bamboo into the and of which he had driven a nail tried to book
work at Yaumati mortuary has been the iron bars, which protected the window. A Chinaman who assists in pat mortem the clothing by inserting it through the means of causing trouble between rival Ho Bowever did not reckon on the posti- undertakers. It seems that this ma has bility of being caught in the act from out. good d'al of indusnce in placing business side, for a lukong appeared as the scene ju the way of coffin-makers, and it is said and soon arrested him. He was sentenced that he has shown's distinct partiality to six weeks' imprisonment.. towards a certain firm. The result has
to reader tribute. All the Excise re-been that some men employed by another firm, feeling aggrieved, sought out the
2.30 p.m.-Auction of Valuable Lease-gulations are to be exforced with greater employees of the mors fortunate tradesman
hold Land at Shameen, Canton..
care than has hitherto been the case. and followed up heated discussions with forceful blows. A regular fight comed The German Empire is a magnificent and several of the men were more or less affair, perhaps the best politimi creation injured, of the last century, but it is becoming more and more costly to run, and we cannot help wondering how much longer
The China Mail
HOKUTONG, MONDAY, SEPT. 6. 1908,
GERMANY'S DEFICIT.
GERMANY has bakired her books for 1908 and finds that she is £6,000,000
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to the bad. This not such a large
The Birni sham Pust learns that arrangements have been made which make it practically certain that an important British expedition will be organised before
HAND MAN'S" MERRY LITTLE
MAIDS IN “HAVANA,”
was provided at the Theatre Royal on Another delightfully enjoyable evening
Saturday by Bandmann's, Merry Little Maids, They gave an exceedingly bright and sparkling production of Havana," & piece with which thef and on a previous pecagon charmed a Hongkong audience.
YOUNGER.
JAPANESE CONSULATE- FOR CHIENTAO.
"(Wah Ter Yat Po's Service.)
PERING, September 5. China has agreed that Japan may establish a Consulate in Chiento.
JAPANESE BAILWAY GUARDS WITHDRAWN.
(Wak In Tát Fa's Service.): -
PELING, September 5. Japan has withdrawn her railway guards from the Mukden-Antung line.
HONGKONG TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE.
A course of lectures, en Sanitation, with spodial reference to the requirements for the Sanitary Inspectors", certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute, will be given by Dr Fancis Clark, M.O.H., at the Sanitary Board Offices, Beaconsfield," every Monday fortnight from October 1st p His January 24th, commencing punctually st 8.
45 p
5 p...
(Reuter's Servics to the Chinn Maữ)
LONDON, September 5. E. M. the King has left Marienbad: An "official statement says that His Majesty is in perfect health.. strength is in way way similar to that of a man ten years younger.
GERMAN LEGISLATORS
AS AVIATORS.
TRIPS IN THE ZEPPELIK AIRSHIP.
(Reiter & Service to the China Mah.)
EMBIZZLED TO GET MARRIED,
A charge of embezzling various my abointing to over $100 was to-day praferred at the Magistrkey, against the shroff of Watson's Kowloon Dispensary. Prisoner was brought before. Mr J. R.. Wood, and was formally remanded, until Thursday
When arrested andcharged the shroff told from him, but he thought he would be able the police that he know the money was dus to repay it in a little time. Asked what he had done with the money he said he had lost some of it, and got married on the reminder!
next: LONDON, September 6. the great taxpaying public will patiently long having for its object the further All the participants entered thoroughly bear the excessive burden, of taxation exploration of the South Polar regions, and into the spirit of the play, and the patrons members of the Reichstag and the Count Zeppelin invited two hundred especially to reach the South Pole itself, wors always kept interested and often which its rulers seem so desperately it is felt think, as Mr Shackletou got so highly amused. The comic, Hement was Federal Council to Freidrichshafen and anxious to fasten upon its broad near to the southernmost point of the earth, adriably sustained by Mr Frank Danby took them in batches of fifteen in shoulders. There is a certain limit the British should complete the task, and and Mr Frith, who took the respective airship trips across Lake Constance. Guinness' Stout deficit as was at first anticipated, or
to human endurance: when that is end. This offer is now virtually certain "Sitey Sally" They were amply, irro Mapa very strong effort has been made to this parts of Raggie and Nix, of the yachts at least hinte ut, by the officials during crossed we reach breaking point. How of meeting with succese ne regards thesistable. The other parts wara aléa in most the recent parliamentary debates which
Dear the Fatherland may be to this Prospects of an expedition being despatele
ed, and it would naturally go under the preceded the downfall of. Prince Vox breaking-point is one of the secrets leadership of one, who has already had
which the future Bow, but it is still bud enough. And
disclose. So experience, of Antarctic exploration, Capt. yet we read in home papers that despite fur Germany's steadily increasing
The Aztes and executions of the
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capable hands, the work of Mas Maksi Gregory and Miss Florence Besch being tinue to increase their reputations at each partialarly meritarians; these ladies con">
successive appearance. The music was prettily rendered, the solos boing entrusted to efficient vocalists, and, the choruses
going with plenty of gusto. Some pretty dances were also introduced. approval. At the request of King Alfonso, that the Company has decided to proloom dutive, This step meets with popular It will be bourd with distinct pleksure Inspector Arrow, who has great experienced by Tonight The Chain of Got- of the anarchist movement was lent, by tenburg will be put on tomorrow, take over the control of the detective work Gaz Gordons will cooppy, the hoards Scotland Yard two or three yours go to instead of the variety performance The
at Barcelona is connexion with the non-with specially requested repent perform. while the visit will conciade on Woslonclay. sant occurrence of dynamite outragos in no of The Milkada, which is NO that city, The appointment of a foreigner charmingly staged by the Company on
00 die nes taxes now enforced the new fiscal wealth has enabled her to keep pace sinulandora of the recent disturbances at programme opted by Germany will not with the demands of the Imperial and Barcalond continue. Inapoeter Arrow, of help tiers very much. Indeed, there is focal treasuries, but the question in how Scotland Yard, has been relieved of his a general feeling abroad among the rang will, this condition of things tion that it will be absolutely necessary, continue? Some writers contend that before many cats have elapsed, and Germany has already reached the limit after the Reichstag moets again, to find of her taxpaying powers, while others farther ways and mans of filling what as eagerly argue that there are most appears to be a bottomless pit, That limiticas new sources of revenue yet seems anything but a pleasant prospect. to be drawn upon. Ce thing, however, to sacz a position gave great place to their last visit. It was not till the 1st of August that the is perfectly certain, Germany in and during his term of duty he had to thos some sections of the Barcsions population, taxpayers of Germany fully realised what tends to keep up the greatest standing continuous aboss and opposition. Several the new taxes meant to them individual army in Europe and expand her Navy attempts have been made on
The Berlin correspondent of the at the rate she has done during the last CHRUNIO DIARRHOEA Standard says that up to that moment the few years, her taxes will have to still ANY suffers from chroote diamboes man in the street and regarded the further increase to pay the inevitable M have obrabed prompt rallel by the We got int it day long until it be
use of Chamberlain's Colle. Cholers and question of freal, taxes more sa-a theo-bills, unless Providence steps in with Diarrhoes Hamidy. Some of the worst, retical idea, and it was not uni
cuses of this dissser have been PEPILED Fanother solution But that would be cured by it afte pocket was sailed, that he realised that quite a different story.
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