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:: Engles; "(Yee, Tal Hong) from Wei Hai Wei--C21.
Kueichow, (B. & S.) from Tien- tsin, Swatow-C34
Torilla, (B.1.S. N.) from Kobe, Amby Kowloon Wharf.
Telemachus,
(Wo Fat Sing) from Saigon-B31"
Kweilin, (B. & S.) from Canton.
IN BANGKOK. ·
The progress made in connection
Siam ought to call itself with the scheme for establishing Bludantia, writes Bassett Digby, an up-to-dateY.M.C.A. at Kowloon, G.S. in the Manchester Guar was outlined at yesterday's meet-an. Elephants there are not ing of Legislative Council by the merely the troublesome, carcases Hon. Mr. H. E.. Pollock KC.; in
attached to promptly safeable moving the first reading of a Billusks coveted by manufacturers of providing for the incorporation of piano keys, or the hapless prey of Y.M.C.A. directors.
the wealthy jilted, as they are in8.. "British East," for instance,
They are in the very air. Little models of, them top every temple and public building. Set in a field of red hunting, write clephants flatter, on the national flag, from every mast.
"Who are those fellows?" I asked my friend the merchant, one day, as we passed a group of Siamese
in blue uniform.
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The Hon. Mr. Pollock said: This Bill, Sir, follows the ordinary lines for incorporation of similar in stitutions, and I think it requires no explanation on my part beyond that which is contained in the Objects and Reason: attached to the Bill which have been circulated to hon. members. It may however perhaps, interest the public to learn that a site has been granted by the Government for the
"R.E.D." he answered. erection of a building pro-"What, Bolshies in an Eastern STRAITS PAPER'S INTEREST-perly equipped and up-to-date
for this Association at Kowloon in autocracy like this!" Texclaimed. ING COMMENT.
It can't be particularly healthy the vicinity of the Star Ferry
for them." Wharf. I may also add that plans "Mislike me not for my com-
been We thank the China Mail for this have
prepared by the plexion, The shadowed livery of the headline, says the Straits Echo, to architects and sent in to the
burnished sun."
comment upon the unpatriotic Government, and, we have every The Malays are coffee-coloured, conduct of young men who shirk hope that those plans will very with abundant black hair, brown their duty to the State, by failing shortly be passed and that it will eyes, nose rather flat and wide, to volunteer for the trifling service be possible in a few weeks' time to square chin, good teeth. They are of that they are asked to render for commence work on the foundation medium stature, and wear a Sarong the common weal: for, after all, of this building, Mr. J. L. McPher a long cloth, usually with check there is no hardship in learning to son, who is Secretary of the Chinese pattern-below the waist, and are handle a gun and shoot straight,Y.M.C.A., who has been of very either naked above or wear a and the little marching and drill-great assistance to the Directors of cotton jacket. The velveteen oring that are involved in the training this Association, is now at Home on cloth cap on the head shows they are excellent for keeping them fit. leave and he is going to be good are Mohammedians. The feet are What made England great in the enough to inform the authorities at
Not the whites, surely," I-de- Lare, and they practise circum middle ages, was the fact that her Home of the kind of Secretary who cision. They are excellent swim-young men and youths turned will be required for the work of the murred. "I thought the whole mers. They are by no means what little compulsory practice Y.M.C.A. in this Colony. In con- point about white elephants was obsequious and like to be treated by they had to serve, at the buttsnection with this measure, Sir, the that you had to keep 'em, rating the British as equals. Some of the into a sport, and competed in usual advertisements have been enormous quantities of hay and with the greatest inserted in the Government Gazette oats and things, without benefiting That's why at ger, but are polite enagh when enthusiasm. The reants were seen and the local press to accord with you in the least. younger men are inclined to swag archery treated with civility. Young chil-at Crecy, Poictiers and Agincourt. the Royal instructions and also home, one calls a gift that is merely dren wear no clothing, are hardly On Saturdays and Sundays, the with the standing rules of this ever chastised, and eat and sleep village greens were alive with Council. I will now call upon my when they please. The boys have happy young people of both sexes; hon. friead, the representative of Chamber of Conimerce, to to learn the Koran: it is unneces- for, in those days, the girls turned the sary in the case of girls, as is my out to encourage the competitors. second the motion for the first read-
The Archery competitions were held, ing of this Bill. kind of book-learning.
The Hon. Mr. Holyoak seconded, Malayans' only sports appear to be prizes awarded and, it may be
Guess again! he said 'R.E.D.'s' not 'Reds. Officials of the Royal Elephant Department: No, I'm not rotting. It is a fact. It is more im- portant than the War Office or the Admiralty or the F. O. There'll never be any wars, you see, but elephants, plain and coloured, will always be with us. It's just the thing to get your impecunious sister's son into. Every elephant in the land, wild or tame belong to the King, you see to the King him- self not the mere tax-payer."
Sinklang, (B. & S.) from Shang- hai, Swatow. A29.
Liangchow, (B. & S.) from Shang- lui, AmoyB12
Werra, (Dollar Co.) from Shang- hai-Holt's Wharf.
Haiyang, (Fok Tai Cheong) from Canton-C18.
Osaka Maru, (N.Y.K) from Ran-
Reims, (Tai Woo) from Fakhoi, goon. Kowloon Wharf. Hoihow.--C16,
Amherst, (On Fat) from Hoihow. -C17.1
Yangtszklang, (Cheong Fat) from Hoihow.-C20.
Mogami Maru, (M.B.K.) from Cantor.—Wanchai.
Sun Li, (Po Oa) from Kwong Chow-wan, Macao.--Co's Wharf.
Taishan, (C.M.S.N.) from Canton.
is wy, (C.M
Lieut. St. Bie, (M, M. Cic) from Shanghai.-A29.
DEPARTURES.
Liangchow (B. & S.) for Canton. -May II.
Sardinia (P&O) for Yokohama, Shanghai-May 11.
Osaka Maru (N. Y. K) for Yoko Phoumpenh (Wo Fat Sing) for hama, Kobc.—May 11. Saigon.May II.
Dashtestan (Fok Tai Cheong) for Saigon. May, 11.
Chung Hing (Hong On) for Canton-May ft.
for
an incubus a white elephant."
"I soe," the merchant remarked,
Chip Shing . M. & Co.) wearily, "that we've got to educate you.
Well, I was told some things Tientsin.-May II. about white elephants. These, as
Nishiyama Maru (Sato & Co.) for became a wide-eyed, open-cared, Hongkong-May II. astonished at nothing but trusting Saigon.-May 11. no man, I carefully verified. And I found out more strange things on
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After wandering about Amèrica for nine years seeking his ever
post on a Frenet sailing vessel leav ing Sydney for America. He had been, erployed at a well-known Auburn (N.S.W.) coach-building works, and had obtained as light knowledge of machinery there."
His first position in U.S.A. was at a railway coach-building yard. He tried unsuccessfully for some time to cater the moving picture world. There are hundreds ap- plying
at studios for work," he anid, 'and' my cince: being a
cock fighting and gambling. Since added, à good deal of small beer, and the first reading was agreed to, but innately suspicious wanderer: Lieut St:. Bie (M.. M. Cic) for "My grandson Willy', her letter fast going out of date. It won't be
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the past."
Many Royal visitors from abroad clusive fortune, a young Sydney have been impressed or even surman has returned convinced that
"there's no place like home.”: Sinkiang (B. & S) for Cantonprised by this simplicity. The At the age of 15 he obtained a
Kaiser, while on a visit to this country when our present Princes were in childhood, wrote to his wife to the effect that They are not being brought up in a manner suitable to those of Royal Blood. They are sometimes even to be seen barefoot in Richmond Park, and have picnics there like ordinary children! Which is just what we would expect him to say. Picnics at Potsdam and barefooted War-Lords were unthinkable!
The unhappy Empress Frederick must have realised the position foreigner, was very small, so I when she wrote to her nephew went into the prairie and obtained
a job cowboying. Edward; then Prince of Wales,
"This form of employment is runs. is being taught everything long before cowboys are a thing of the 13th century they have been
that makes for pomp and war, and Mohammedans, but not very strict.
with the idea that he is far above His travels, he said, took him Every man carries a Kris, ie, a
ordinary mortals. How forcibly through the stifling heat of the Far from white elephants being
am reminded of the sweet simpli- desert to the large vicious-looking knife, which
freezing cold. an incubus, they are the most he uses for a variety of purposes-England." That rifle shooting can
city of our own home life.
of Candida sometimes on the man who offends be made equally attractive is seen
sought-after royal asset (between
No better example of this sweet
"If any Australian contemplates him-but he does not like it to be on the South African veld, particu
Rangoon and Saigon. Wars have
simplicity' could be found than the larly in the Karoo where the Dutch handled by a stranger.
Amongst the votes recommend- been waged, treasure squandered, elephants on which to feed its nursery, now empty, at Bucking-go America to gain a for- tune," said the traveller; "he will dress, Janners, their wives, sons and
There, too, are bands of ham Palace. No longer does the be quickly disillusioned. There thinks white and some of his customs, such as daughters, meet every Sunday at ed by H.E, the Governor and con- and lives tossed away like chaff to dancing, very indelicate. His own different rendezvous, and shoot for 'sidered at yesterday's meeting of gain neighbouring countries' white hunters who kill elephants for their room resound, with the merry are thousands of Americans umem-
ivory.
chatter of children's voices: theployed, and if the advice of a They are sacred, and always women are supposed to hold no prizes, oxen, pigs, goats, ect., and the Legislative Council Finance elephants.
"Brave and Noble Elephant, we children are now grown-ups, one fellow-countryman is of any con- conversation with men before marankers of brandy. The women and Committee, was one for a sum of
They were highly beseech thee to banish from thy of them a mother. But here are sequence the intending migrant to ed afterwards... They matry at meet with copious supplies of pro-Service, Transport and Subsistence venerated in the dim and 'distant soul every desire to abide in the stored all the precious relics of the States will stay, at home. My riage and are pretty strictly guard-girls, who also shoot, travel to the $3,200 in aid of the vote Charitable have been.
Brahman days before the dawn of forest. Look on this delightful childhood, many of them gifts from from seventeen to twenty. After vender, by ox waggon, the men on of Lunatics.
The Colonial Secretary, who pre- Buddhism. Burmese kings used to place, this celestial city abounding foreign royalties: dolls, woollyine years away from home taught
me a great lesson." puberty, the Malay girl must cover horseback. The shooting is taken her face if she leaves the house, very seriously, but is accompanied sided explained: This vote was be just as keen on them as the in riches and in all that thy heart hears, rocking horses, toy soldiers, and must go out very little. Most by feasting, and junketing, and is only $500 and there is a man named monarchs of Siam. In Siam to-day could wish. Be thou consecrated railway trains, in fact, all the
WHEN YQUE CHILD IS Malay's live on the land, either as usually followed by an impromptu Pereira, of Portuguese race, who they are held to be reincarnations as thou hast come to admire this battered treasures of a happy owners or cultivators, but many dance at the nearest farmhouse, proved birth in Hongkong. Hess of Gautama and legendary beautiful city, to enjoy its wealth, English home.
and to be the honoured guest of
FEVERISH NURSERY STORMS. The rifle most in favour before the now in Shanghai, where they have ancestor of the King
There is a Royal White Elephant his Most Exalted Majesty the All nurseries have their funny
Baby's Own Tablets Are s arc employed as
the Was
After Mauser; but no asylum.
First Need, drivers, clerks, police, any light war,
Englishmen were allowed to respondence we agreed to receive Stable-no, stable is top crude a King!" Thus runs a part of the inside The Royal one has been no word!-adjoining the Palace at vocation of the ponderous albino exception. Even our own Prince hard
Bimple fover may be the begining of " employment. Heavy work they will not do. Pract compete, with the Lec-Metford. him here and pay the charges.
-Metford him here and Mr. Pollock: How Bangkok, where, there are usually babe. The third evening the King of Wales has been sent, to bed in more serious trouble therefors procopt The Сарс Dutch:
| confers a title on him.
disgrace by an irate parent! The mesures argomential. Keep the child ically all the manual labour of the country is done by Chinese became such wonderful shots, many immates are there in the four or five in residence.
A white elephant is not a High priests doctor them, hold occasion was a violent argument quiet in bed. Foed lightly, and giro or Indians mostly by the former, of sheer necessity, when they Asylum just now? who form 60 per cent of the depended upon game for their The Chairman: I am afraid 1 separate species. He is merely an religious services for them and with the Duke of York as to plenty of bailed or filtered water to population, and who by their in- daily food. The result of their cannot answer that without notice. albino of the ordinary Asiatic cremate their massive remains whether the Prince should be drink, Administer Baby'n Own Tableta sot on fover as direct anti-fabrile dustry and vices-furnish 74 per making a pastime of it was their There are very few Europeans--elephant. Sometimes he is inclined when their souls. go marching on to obeyed in everything, because he cording to the directions. The Tablets the two or three. The Chinese are to be blotchy. In the best type he the celestial jungles Countrymen was one day going to be a king specific. They y reduce the infazo unalom magnificent resistance to cent of the revenue. They are British, in the South African war: collected and from time to time is the colour of a pale grey suede come hundreds of miles, on Natural opposition to this view re-whhh causes the foxer and calm the miners, market gardeners, artizans, It must he admitted that the social sent to Dr. John Kerr's Hospital at glove; his toenails are creamy pilgrimages, to prostrate them sulted in blows, with the aforesaid circulatory disturbance,
white, and at the tip of his trunk selves hefort them.
Mra MD. Mathebon, of 42 consequences. shopkeepers,contractors,financiers. The Malay on the other hand can conditions of Malaya are not pre-Canton.
Fifty years ago Ministers even On a previous occasion, King St., Montreal, states: My little boy The Hon. Mr. Pollock: Itake it and around his ears he is pinky
five used to consult them on State pro Edward, then a youngster, was fever, I gave him Baby's Own Tablets
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old, was threatened with live with very little labour and cisely those of England in days of
Although white elephants, even blems, until one slippery customer, buked for his table manners, prefers to sit and watch others old, nor those of the veld to-day; the Government is still maintain white.
at night and in the morning he was work. I sometimes feel a little but we could certainly make our ing its policy of repatriating Eur
in Siam, are very rare and the advised by the Sir William When told he was behaving like a batter. 1. always mo Baby's Own, that way myself! It may-sur-shooting more attractive. It is up opean inmates?
The Chairman: Certainly, I may property of the king, the king Sutherland of the period, excused dog and had better go under the Tabints for my little ones.
Baby's Own Tablets are guarantood prise some of my readers to learn to the young men to do it. By mak that there are few fropical counting a pastime of a duty the unsay we have selected a site for a "speeds us," the supply by ex-so many Cabinet blunders by table, he promptly did so, but, to
near empting the captor from taxation declaring that.." anyway, that was everyone's constemation, he was absolutely safe and harmloss; even to the Asylum, probably trics of any commercial importance worthy poodlefaker will then new
intandilo indigestion, constipation, colic, which the work is not being done become a noble patriot without Laichikok. It is the intention to and from liability to capital pun- the course recommended by the later found to have removed all his youngest child, and are a ramedy
move to the New Territories as ishment, confers a title on him, White Elephants when I laid the clothes. When remonstrated with disrrhoea, aman, toothing troubles and knowing it! by imported labour. If you try to
Land gives him as much silver natter before them," that the King he calmly replied, But, mamma, worms. Of doalari, or post vo 80 cante soon as possible. get the work done by a native he
The Hon. Mr. Pollock: In con- money in a pile, as he can push forbade them to be used as secular little doggias do not wear clothes, per vial, from Dr. Willions Medicine
do they ?"
Da, 60 Kiangsa fload, Shaugliai. simply reduces his output of labour,
nection with the new asylum, along a smooth surface with his for his needs are few and easily Malacca, every boy is required would like to express the hope that little finger. A wily Chinese, who met. He plants a little rice and a to go to school, and there is a certain amount of ground will be corralled one in, practised assidu- few fruit trees, docs a little fishing a Malay college where tea-
and what more does he need? chers are trained. Being Mohara provided for exercising purposes. ously at shoving iron weights for Up to the point where he wished to medans, the Malayan men are growing vegetables. We are told capture. When he had got both gratify some acquired taste in food privileged (?) to have four wives, that is an industry on which the little fingers into perfect training, or clothing, the native of the tropics but most of them-like some finds himself furnished by Nature Australians-find it sufficiently inmates may be advantageously he came in with his elephant to
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with all he needs at a very small difficult to support and manage one. expenditure of energy-and this! usually his wife's!
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THE MALAY HOME.
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claim the reward and astounded the treasury with the great mass of silver which he successfully shifted
and acquired A White Elephant's, Fly Switch
along with the crown, sceptre, and so forth. (Another itein, paique among royal regalias of the world, is the Golden Spittoon of the Lotus Flower, which is employed as the goal of expectorated balelnut dur- ing the long, and often, tedious State ceremonies.)
The Hon. Mr. Holyoak: Is it really intended to have a consi- Like all primitive people, the derable area of ground yound the Malayans are superstitious. They building? believe in witchcraft: make wax The Chairman: Yes. The situais among the royal regalia of Siam, of the Philippines and of Burma. It figures to represent an enemy and tion earmarked is immediately is built of bamboo with roughly- then stick pins into it in the belief above the oil tanks at Laichikok.. made supports, and entrance is that their enemy will get sick in gained by means of a short ladder. that part of the body. A Kapal The roof is thatched with the leaves Hantu, or Boat of Spirits, about 5 of the Nipa Palm, a species of Plam feet long and fully rigged, 'is built grown solely for this purpose. This and launched with great ceremony roof lasts for four of five years. and believed to carry away all
Great are the festivities on the There is a rough floor where wash-sickness from the village. They
arrival of a young white elephant, ing and cooking are done, with also have great faith in charms.
All Bangkok makes holiday and apertures between the boards Sir Frank Swettenham says that
The Courtneidge-Holloway Com- flocks out, with the King, to see it cholera opidemic canes through which the during water drops to the ground beneath he found there had been a pany who were here a little while ferriod across the river. in its state house good many deaths, but re- ago, will be returning here next barge, over which is built a there is a cooking and dining room marked the absence of the usual week and will play a short season canopied temple... On landing it is containing a few cooking utensils, panic. On inquiry ho found that of five nights only; commencing offered water by high priests. Then, but hardly any other furniture, and a Medicine Man had appeared and Tuesday May 15. Since they were escorted by cavalry and gyrating bedroom, the latter having a door, sold a cholera specific at a dollar. Here they have been very success dancing boys.clad in red, the poor according to Mohammedan ideas Sir Frank asked to see it. All held ful in the North and are now play scared baby elephant in his coat of of female seclusion The Malays out their hands and showed a small ing their return visit in Shanghai, silver clath goes trotting up the are not a city people, their civilisa- piece of string tied mund the Their repertoire here will be as road to the Palace.
O Most Royal Elepant, chants tion being adapted to country wrist. Is that all? Yes, that follows Tuesday (May 15.)
a priest, before the King and ac rather than a city life. The Kamis all." Where is the Medicine Four Walls Told," pong, or village, is their unit of Man?" He has left the district. Wednesday Bulldog Drum-sembled notabilities, we pray thee BANGUN not to think too much of thy father, society and contains from 200 How many people bought the mond.” to 100 inhabitants, and in cath the specific About Soo" Well, Thursday Ambrose Apple thy mother, thy relatives, and thy friends. We beseech thee not to Kampong there is a Penghulu or the man has robbed you" "Why | john's Adventure
Friday - The Man From regret that thou hast left thy native headman, whose office is here- Because the thing he sold you is
mountains andthyforests, for ditary and who is the political and useless-only a bit of string ""We Toronto
Bat". --This - therein dwell evil spirits which are social head of the community, a told him so, but he promised that if Saturday-The sort of perpetual mayor. Then anyone who bought a charm was will be their last appearance here most perilous, and there are fierce there is the Imam, who conducts attacked by cholers and died he as they are on their way. Home beasts which howl embly, ind religious ceremonies and teaches would refund the dollar-Booking at Mouthie's opens there is also the great bird that filen hither" and "thither: carrying of Korar Dr some places-Stubbs in Rangsan Gana stärka morrow
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