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HISTORY OF UNION OHURCH
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NOTES ON WILD LIFE. IN,
HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA (by Rer. G, A. Banbury, MA) an
Part I-Mammals and Birds Part II-Reptiles, Amralbir ad
THE MISSIONS ETRANGERES
(Hatory of the Eastern
Oharphes)
OHINESE BOHOOL
INTIMATIONS
MITSUBISHI SHOJI
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THE SUEZ CANAL.
BRITISH EPIC-OF THE WAR,
THE CHINA MAHT
WHAT IS TRUTH:
Sir F. A Swettenham reproduced the following forensic gam tu hi the Real Malay." Sir Frank is himself doubtful of its authenticity and says only that it was stated in his time to have been recently delivered by an Indian pleader
man infleure, Egypt wasafall of Turks, hali-Turks und Turkish admirers. There were these this openly declared that they [preferred. Turkish · misrule to Eresh tule, and would heartily welcome back the Turks, Thot, was because onder she Turks they could go fill thin, pockets The British generally seems to fish with tie gains by bribery, by corempat Baris." It runs as follows Less when things look at their wotion, and by extortion, as in the good old leurned friend with mere wind
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So the thin line of bayonets on the song froid très remar: Canal had not only an Army
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They themselves, perhaps, literwards look back on these grants with something approaching mild, woa
TAKASHIMA, OCHI, MUTARE, der. It is like going back in cold blood KISHIDARE, YOSHINOTANI, over the country the huntsman crossed HOJO,NAMAZUTA, SAYO, KANADA, with fox hounds during the run of the SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI and to use his own words, he
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logy were at QUEE dispatched to "Egypt to India. It was" enleulated that with
from a teapot thinks to browbest me from my legs But this is more gorila warfare stands under the shoes of my client, and only seek to place my bone of contention clearly in your Honour's amuck upon the sheet anchors of my My kurped friend vainly runa
eye.
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Your honour will be pleased enough to observe that my client is a widaws poor chap with one post mortem son. A widow of this country a not able to eat more than one weal day, or to wear clean clothes, or to look after a man So my poor client bas acts the lusty, complainant. Let the as to be alle to or main has been deprived of some of her more assault the
valuable leather-the leather of her nose. My learned friend has thrown only an argument and homily upon my teeth that my client's witresses are all her own relations. But they are not neag relations. Their relationship is misty only home opathie So the arguments at my learned friend will
it but a potential army of misioatent behind; Adilel to these two, main lacuse. bors was the mince bist equally serious problem of keeping trifle open on the Canit. A single mine laid anywhere along the 2 miles of its course might sink, vessel and hold up the traße East and West for weeks, and this, perhaps at a ericial moment. Nor was the de- fence helped by anmerous and power ful gums. There were indeed only two batteries of Territorial Artillery armed with, scient, guns, and two batteries of diminutive is carried on mules and intended for mountrin warfur.
However, uchus it was, the littis
In the earlier years of the war many such episodes occurred; and one that ims perhaps beệnh kase heard of was the Representatives:arding of the chtel highway to the
not hold water. At least they will not hold good water. Then my lear ed Nagasaki, Karatst. Wakamatsu, Moji, Hast the Suez Canal. This was, and
friend has said that there is on the sido Kure, Kobe, Osaka, Tauraga, Nagora, a essential astery
of his client a respectable witness- Tokohama, Tokyo. Hakodate. Muroran, with a European or, interfere setled down to its justus pamely, a pleades, aut since this witness World War in progress, it is of vital redoubts were built, every two or three is independent so he should be believe). But your Hannur, with your Flonour's imponee. When this was broke out, miles on the eastern bank, and covering experience, is please enough to bserve there, pay strong alivisions complete the interrals. lines of trenches were dog that truthfulness is net so plentiful as blackberries in this country. And I am the western bank. Sight and day sorry to say, though this witness in a patrols covered every yard of the bunks man of my own feathers, than here are and at night as frequently, as every hit in my profession black sarep of every mplexion, and some of them do not what has become of her. The plan for discovering whether always speak
my client's n leather li cannot be be you had approached the bunk, either witness, esse truth. Until the carrying mines, or nerdy bent on scout-lieved. Hennot be allowed to raise
castle in the air by beating on a hush Ling, was particularly ingenions. Every So, trusting in that administration of The small but gallant ritening between each post throughout British justice on which the sun over Any had been wen to a thin thread when i had to fate the Kaiser's first for Calais at the Channel In his path lay the still out. heurtel, but sadly depleted remimits of | the mould contemptibles," whilst "iniles of entry were holl by little strings of dismounted cavalry,, and cooks, unders les, telegraphist,, dispatch-rüfers, vach | with a ride, dashed in to save a breska.
The mible line of heroes held, but
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light sand that, borders the eata!, so that OPERA THAT HAS TAKEN 40 YEARS even a dog,oo a jackal erossing is left big track The right patrols, followed | the edge of this track and the moment they came acriss footprints or other sus. plešus signs followed them up at once.
BOITO'S
NEMOFISMISHED.
Arrigo Boito, one of the greatest of In this way, several mines which would his friends just before his death, which modern Italian composers: confided to
have cratal great damage, the sinking occurred in June, that he leaves the four- of ships and the "stopping of traffic were act opers, Nero," which he intended to dovered and rendered innotions At be his masterpiece, a practically finisher
rine time reluable information was re-work-"A couple of hours more for re forted and trained brady of troop Lerived that a considerable number of touching and orchestration would satisfy interdätely available
were the two large eggshaped mines had been, sunt
my. aspirations." Indian Dvisions guaching the
The fine libretto for this opera pub- down by the Germans, and" were being lished years ago was like those that in Canal. With this audiovisuale, prompted shed across to the Suez Canal as opspired Verdi's Othello" and "Falstaf which discerns" the ergeist paint and ion offer. The nithe employed was has been continually promised and is from Boita's own pen, but "Yero" itself Secures all atliers, these to divisons to seal the mines on camels, which on often withheld over a period of forty wess shipped to France and Egypt, and a dark night could approach on the soft
The initial ill-access which greeted the Huez Fazal hal to fend for iteli, sand fairly close the Car The his "Mefistofele since recognised every. where as one of the grandest erentidha Happily for the Bribi-b, exactly the mines were then taken off and carried of contemporary operatic art, caused right man be an emergency of this set by me will further. in: then a scout Boito infinite hesitation, and once, after at this happened to be in cons was at creeping forward, who would "Nero" had already been announced for public performance, Boito called Ricordi, and in Egypt. Sir John Maxwell' is watch till the patrol has passed and when and said to him:Whether this work be produced in my lifetime matters ast ‘a Stuï" College, grudate, nor per all was clear he would signal up the little, but I am dissatisfied with: the hajs is he greatly learned in the highest, carrying party. Having launched the instrumental part, and I have awakened
to the fact that I don't know “harmony. strategy, but he is a man of reserver, mine, the mine-layers' would labor.onsty From that time Boito gave himself up to qquick con decide, quick to act, and has tow it sometimes several hundred yards profound studies in musical technique;
ao leur taking responsibly. To one way or the other, so thut their pack his time the veteran divisions be" trucks might "nat indicate where the procured from,, fudia three bustly mine lay, Simantinies they land a con- tiebilisud brizules of Indians command, federate on the western bank who wouki
inly by British Offers. The swim nerows with's Pipe and it would be placed along the 92 miles of the Sorg - Tinalah chus into midstream.
LORD JELLICOE'S RESIGNATION.
Lord Jellicoe, writing to a friend in Sydney, gives the reason fer bis depar ture from the Admiralty. In the course of the letter he says, "I did not leave the Admiralty of my own wish. The powers that be have never yet male public, the reasona; 1 imagine because they knew that the real reason was the agitation which was raised against me by the Northcliffe Prem. Sir Edward Carson, in a speech in the House of Commots, made it pretty clear and 1
sand and bude cheia hoội tu Facing But the "evasis vigilance of the this slender band of Indians was the Indian troops defeated all the projects whole Turkish "Syrian Army numbering The moment the tracks whowed that the 121,000 then, Sanffed by Germans, and cordon had been slided, and something commanded by the most celebrated of draggul nero, the tell-tale track, tele the Turkish Generald. Not only, hour, phous dispatches were sent up and down ever, had an open and straight fight to the Canal to suspend traffic. Then dows he faced, but many other larking, dabi pust-bante "would Com the dredging knew all along that this was the real reason and that whatever other reasons gers had to be guarded against. Egypt launches and searching strally would raight be put forward it was obviously was not- British Berritory,, nor wad it discover the mine, "haul it. uleur, and impossible to give this reasons: The peoplot by those of British race) Until render it harmless. No less than sixteen subaequent action taken with regard to the ontbreak of war it had been a Tur large mines destined for the destruction Sir William Robertson-sud Major kish provide, alministered (under agrees of the shipping on the Canal, and its ap ment by Englishmen under a Bam proaches were successfully disposed of. prun euncert. For ans,reusch or ather Dating a whole year this small body a Faglish had never established a com, of Indian soldiers kept-ep this ceaseless plets, syeumby with the people of Ept, vigilance. In all the months only on though every Egyptian acknowledged the accident to shipping occurred, and that
nemens benefit to the country which of "misor a mature as to real and resulted from a stable and bouest neither the laws of the ship por te stop rule. The Germans had for years been page of the traffic. At the end of the sowing the ayed of distrust and dislike
year, with the new Arntes daily increas on the cosy lines available to those who ing in strength and efficiency, it was had no responsibilities. They represent possible to send entsiderable forces to ed the Englishman 'as haughty, mid and
Egypt, and eventually to drive the Turks unapproachable and apart from the Geons and across the desert and to capture
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