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THE SEAL FISHERIES.
COMPENSATION TO GREAT
BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, Aug, 16. Router's Washington correspondent telegraphe that President Tals, in a Massage to Congress, recommends an
to Great Britain and Japan equally as
The Dundes Advertiser states that the Government is watching, most Appropriation of £80,000 to be paid closely, the sayings and doings of Mr Bonar Law, Mr F. E. Smith, and other prominent Unionist leaders.
COMMERCIAL.
COTTON AND FIRY.
THE CHINA MAIL.
ANOTHER ROBBERY,
$500 Worth Stolen.
YOU
ARE INVITED
HONGKONG NEW
YORK
REGULAR SAILINGS VIA POETS and SUSE QAMÃES,
Mosers Polishwalls and Kotwall, Cotton | " Late this afternoon wo learnt thab some and Yarn Brokers, in their Report just | time last pight a robber or robbers anter. issued state:-Since the issue of our fed the premises of "Craigieburn," the last ciruar, per Delta" on 2nd instant, Penk, and stole from Mr. Gen. Caldwell' TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR S.S. ATHOLL our market remained quist.
isen
rom a quantity of valuables, etc., esti The total business reported during the mated to be worth from $500 to $800. fortnight is about 4,800 hales, tha hulk of The articles stelen comprised chiefly which consists of No. 50. This count, watches, silver cups, silver mounted toi- which has, cooperatively spanking, let sot, gold-rimmed spectacles, etc. In neglected, spring into favour during the above period, at Talvos somewhat higher fact, the thieves seem to have made a than hing we last quoted. On the other clean sweep of everything worth taking hand, "Tons" were relegated to a back sunt, while the business transscted in them away. was done at reduced rates.
Latterly, owing to the steady rise in the Rupee exchange and the apparent collapse of the American Cotton market, deniers have virtually withdrawn from the local
*** buyers. Advice
THE OPIUM HABIT.
Before Mr Melbourne this afternoon at
Sir Edward Carson, compensation for the restriction of market Bombay indicato a steady the Magistracy eight men were charged
LAWLESS ACTS BEING PREPARED.
There are grounds for believing that -acts of a lawless character are being
their privileges as set forth by the Fur
Seal Convention.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA,
FRENCH PRESS JUBILANT,
prepared, of which persons in high (Router's Bervice to the China Mall.)
-position are cognisant. In the event
of disturbances, the Government will act with the utmost rigour and with etern judicial indifference to the posi-
tion of the offenders,
SITUATION VERY SERIOUS.
It is noteworthy that Mr Churchill, In a long letter to his constituents Attacking Mr Bonar Law, gave the altuation is most serious. Sir Edward Carson is the moving spirit of an organisation seeking to establish provisional government, and thers has besna_large_importation of arms. There is general drilling in Ulster.
- INDICTMENT FOR TREASON AND FELONY."
-
In a letter to the pross Sir William
Byles. M.P. for North Salford, predicta
marker, but in view of the abundant Cotton crops reported both from India and American, it cannot be long before the mill owners give way and offer substantial
concessions in prices."
Total Salos 4,800 hales. Unfold Stocks 11,800 balen. Sald but un delivered in the Godown to arrive 55,000 balas.
Arrivals.The Mail Str." Assaye" and
extra Strs. Ischin," and "Colombo Maru"
Japanese Yare.Business done as fal- lows. 150 bales Set No. 10 m 8135, 350 bales No. 208162.60, 450 bales, Yellow Chons No. 20 @ $153.
from Bombay, and Str. Delware from Lonnox, August 15. Calcatta have brought in 14,880 bales for Though nothing has yet been die Hoogkong and 7,873 balos for Shanghai, from Hongkong to coast ports Shipments to the nature of the &c, amount to about 2,000 bales. closed as
Local Mill-Sales reported as follows. conversations at St. Petersburg, the 50 bees, No. 12 @ 8131 od 15 bales No French press is jubilant. They suppose 16 6 8146. that a great success has been achieved.indicate a quiet feeling with small business Shanghai-Reports from this market They say that M. Poincare bas tele, doing. graphed to M. Fallieres expressing complets astisfaction. The Fress singles out the fact that the British Ambassador was the only foreign diplomat invited to dine at the Foreign Ministry and the French Embassy na more than a mere ceremonial, and declares that Gambetta's prediction will be fulfilled that when France is supported by Russia, England will be unassailable.
INTERNATIONAL AMENETIES,
LATER.
A telegram from Moscow states that
that Mr Bonar Law will draw in his the Russian Premier and Foreign hores after the next demonstration in | Minister are going to Paris in Septem Belfast because probably he knows ber to return M. Poincare's visit.
that indictments for treason and Felony The Grand Duke Nicholas will are being prepared at the Attorney. attend the French manoeuvres." General's Office.
LATER.
The Belfast Evening | Pelegraphis | statement as to, the prohibition of
MRS ASTOR.
minature riñe clube unless the list of | (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) members be first submitted to Dublin Csatle is officially donjed.
THE LOAN TO CHINA
LONDON, Aug, 15.
with smoking epium at 14, Wing Shing Street, and there was an additional charge against the first defondant of being the keeper of tie diraa. Oply six of the da fendanta appeared.
Mr Les D'Almada, solicitor who defond
ed the first defendant said he could
prove that the men was not the keeper
of the divan, but stoker on the as Yuan Garg. He admitted that he was smoking. These men had the opium habit and nothing would over bake it out of them.
Defendants were each fined $2 or 5 days
he first defendant was dismissed. imprisonment. The second charge against
■
THE OWNERSHIP OF A JUNE.
A recent dispute in the Court regarding the ownership of a junk, which had boen norecized by a debtor had its sequel in the
Summary Court this morning.
Raw Cotton.No Steck for Bengal Chinese 2 to 87 per picul. Chinase. Quotation Bengal @ $29 to 834
HOME CRICKET.
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Mr Jackson, of Mesars Johnson, Stokes and Master," solicitors, said there would hare to be an action to decide the owner
ship of the junk. His friend. Mr Christo- The following tables have been compiled pher alleged that his client was the owner. up to July 13th.
He appeared for the widow of the former County Championship. owner of the junk, and his contention was that she had some righte. She had not taken out letters of administration yet, but
Yorkshi
Completed First
Matches Innings Points
Pons, Per- Plyd. W. L. W. Lord centage he had not had time to do this.
Northamptonshire li
Nottinghamshire....
Stielleme Murty
Warwickshire
Harpshire
Leicemarshire
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Worcestershir
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MrSmith said that at the present time his client was paying a bailiff 83'a day to hold the junk. If the issue would not be heard practically at once he must ask for an order
of kale.
Mr Jackson asked leave so mentiva the 3-case in Chambera to-morrow with the view to a day being faod for the hearing of the
15:25
A win ontright, munka dva points. In drawn the case, and his Lordship consented to this wide lening in the firal, imings scores three pulau | arrangement.
ajú irs opponenķone pojat,
B. Fry
Cricket Averages.
A. C. JohnstaSTI
B. H. Sponsor
Mrs Autor, the young widow of lead (P.)
Colonel Autor who was drowned on
Hayes
Denton
C. G. Macartney Sharp
the Titanic, gave birch to a son yester W. Burdainy day. All New York in rejuicing.
MULAI HAFID IN FRANCE.
BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA AND JAPAN IN AGREEMENT.
Bouter's Service to the China Mail.)
Router's Paris correspondent tele. (Router's Beroics to the Ohino Mall.;
LONDON, August 18.
graphs that 11. Poincare, the French
Premier, in an interview with the
LONDON, August 18. Mulai Hafid, the ex-Sultan
1 Japanese Ambassador, informed him Morocco, arrived at Marseilles, and
of the perfect agreement which existed was received with military honours. between France and Russia regarding the loan to Chica, and that as England completely agreed with Japan the Four Powers' wero at one for the defence of
the Busso-Japaness interests.
THE MIKADO'S FUNERAL.
TEE KING'S REPRE- SENTATIVE.
(Bouter's Service to the China Mall.)
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Express, on the cupola of New York's
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LONDOS, August 15,
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FIGHTING MALARIA
18.33
24.75
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at Farnborough recently proved entirely
nuccessful. This is another stap in the
advance of the scruplane and waterplans as
a means of land and sea defence.
A
A journal in close touch with the Wil- helmstrasse pablishes the interesting announcement that King Georgs and Queen Mary will visit the Prussian Court next.
The King has appointed the Right New Suggestion for Destroying year, and the English Crown Prince,” a Hon. Louis Botha an honorary General
of the British Army'
THE QUEEN ON THE CONTINENT.
An Admiral or probally a Field (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) Marshal will accompany Prince Arthur:
LONDON, August 15. The Queen and Princess Mary have
of Connaught to Tokyo to attend the Mikado's funeral. They will leave
Mosquitoes.
the Prince of Wales is styled, is also go
The amount of the estate of the late Sir
There is a man in Texas who has founding to Germany next your with the object out a new way to fight the mosquito. His of spending some time at a German univer- name is Dr Charles R. Campbell. He is sity and perfecting himself in bis knowledge official bacteriologist of the city of Fan of the German language. Antonio. His idea, says a writer in the Technical World Magazine. is to employ bats as mosquito fighters. The neighbour hond of San Antonio is especially plagued Edward Sassoon, who was head of the with mosquitoes--malaria it more or less Landon firm of Mewers David Sassoon and rife in that vicinity and for a long time. past the "mhabitants of the municipality Sons, L'oited, merchants and bankers, And a solution of the problem. Much benefit Division of Kent, has been sworn at its suburbs have eagerly sought to find and for many years M P. for the Hythe
cisterns and ponds-thess small fishes
lean
London on August 26 for the East vind leit London for Neustrelitz on a ten has been obtained by keeping minnows ing1013,090, the net malue of the personalty
Siberia,
FRANCE'S REPRESENTATIVE.
General Leban France.
will
represent
BRITISH POLITICS.
AN INTERESTING BYE- ELECTION.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mall.}}
LONDON, August 15. There are 4,300 miners on the sagister at Midlothian, the majority of hom have up till now been claimed ar-Liberale
days' visit.
ARRIVED SAFELY.
LATER,
being greedy devourers of moqui amounting to £910,794 19. 1. Sub- have not stantial legacies are left to relatives friends,
| larvæ=lut such measures
altogether met requirements.
Bats, as is well known, are insect enters, and domestic servants, and large sums for azd arb particularly f
arly fund of mosquito charity. The residue is to be held in trust In the twilight, when they rove abroad, for his sit, Sir Philip Sasson, and hig Reater's correspondent at Neustre-they devour immense numbers of pesti daughter. The estate duty amounts to litz telegraphs that the Qasen and theous insects their manner being to dash 130,277 18.
back and forth through HWATIN and
in and
:
Princoss arrived, and were welcomed gubble the within fact it occurred to Dr Lloyd's register shows that never was
victims up by wholesale. view of by the Grand Ducal Family and other Campbel that it might be a good idea to the English shipbuilding industry em
extablish and about
Ban distinguished persons.
Actonio sum- bera of "bat roosts, as he calls themployed at such high pressure. "At the close that is to say, structures so contrived is to of Junes gros tonnage of over 1,770,000 Invite bats for sleeping purposes. He has tons we under construction. That was already put up two of them, and proposes 80,000 tons more than in the March quar- | to erect "others, those already in
operation having proved highly successful.
PANAMA CANAL BILL,
AGREEMENT REACHED.
A
tar, and nearly 300,000-more than in the Jane quarter of last year. Germany bad hardly a fifth of the English tonnage on the
At an International Congress of Spiri- stocks, Amories less than one eighth, Hal- Router's Service to the China Mail.tuslista, at Liverpool, the hon. secretary; land ons-eighteenth. Owing to a variety
LONDON, August 15. reading the obituary list for the past year,
expressed the opinion that Mr W. T. Etead of causes English ship, building had a bad A message from Washington states and Mr Theo. Brailoy, of London, who time after the passing of the last Merchant
word Jos
in the" Titanic disaster, would do that after an all-night sitting there for spiritualista in the spirit then in Shipping Act. It has more than recovered Conference of the two Houses has the flesh. Therefore, no far from bemoan any lest ground, and its supremacy in the reached un agreement in the Panamang thuit loss, if it could be called a low, it world in as signul as it is gratifying. Canal Bill. It has struck out the provision with regard to the free Mr Shaw, the Liberal candidate, passage of American ships engaged in
The Times correspondent admits that the Labour candidate, Provost Brown, is already meeting with op position from the miners
should make then smile,
THIS MEANS YOU.
CHRONIO DIABRĦOBA
imve obtained prompt relief by the family should be provided with and Diarrhoes Remedy Bome of the worst Chamberlain's Oolic, Cholers and Diarrhoes use of Chamberlein Colic, Cholera and especially during the summer months; viz., casss of this disease have been permanently Romedy. It is almidst certain to be needed. ourod by it after other treatment and akili- ed physicians had failed. For sale by all be without it? For sale by all Chamista It costs but a quarter. Can you afford to
nd: Storekeeper.
opened his campaign at Loanhead, a | foreign trade and has retained the MANY Sufferers from chronic diarrhoea THERE is one medicine that every mining district. He defended the in provision with regard to the free, pass urance Bill and the Home Bule Bill, age of American coasters. It has end received a unanimous vote of con- agreed to prohibit ships controlled by
frosts from using the Canal.
Adence.
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