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THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA.
BY ARNOT BEID.]
INITIAL DIFFICULTIES.
The easy way to get to South Africa is by a grest mall steamer from Plymouth to Capetown Unluppily for me I found it advisable to go from Singapore, a town sweltering at the point of the Malay Peninsula, midway between India and China, and adjacent to the Netherlands Indies and British Borneo and not far from the Sonthorn Philippines. The way was fifficult, slow and obstructed by for more than the usual delays of travel. I have found less obstacles in going from Peking in China to Ourga in Hangelo, and from Kinkhta in Siberia to Lake Baikal in Biboria, than in going from Singapore to Aince. Firat I had to get by P. and O. to Colombia. Then to wait some days and pick up the first BL steamer for Mauritius. That steemar, comfortable enough, had rough weather most of the way, and wasted two days at the port of Maho in the Seychelles (a dependener of Mauritius) chiefly over quarantine troubles
THE HONGKONG DAILY PROS, FRIDAY OCTOBER 19th, 1900
BEFORE
SUPREME COURT.
18th October,
CEIMINAL SESSIÓNS..
HIS HONOUR SIR JOHN CARRINGTON,
OMG (CHIEF JUSTICE.)
THE FATAL FIGHT AT EAST POINT.
John Pepe Hennessey should arrive as Governor. My knowledge of the political happiness of Mau ritius arose chiefly from conversation with cover- al civil servants of the Colony of the Struita Settlementa (headquarters in Singapore) who had served in Mauritius and two of whom hal been born there. On my visit. I found the political apathy of which I had been toll amply confirmed by the facts, Barring little points of quarantine and mail subsidy Mauritius has no politics, and these are discussed chiefly from a
There was only one case for the sessions, and huriness point of view, which is probably in that arese out of the quarrels which took place tended to be, bát is not, unprejudiced. If the among the coolies employed at Jardine's Sagur Colonial Ofice at Downing Street were as free Refinery at East Point on the 19th September, from troubles as Mauritius leaves it, the life of Tan being charged with the manslaughter of tre men aamed U Tai Ngin aut Ú Ching a Secretary for the Colonies would be an easy
The jurors were Messrs. J. A. Tarrant one. In the steenco of political strife journal-Clung Ngan Hong. They pleaded not guilty, ism in Mauritius is conducted much more foreman), A. Tillet. A. Van Nierop. H. E. mildly, and with less zeal, than in Ceylon and Craddock, A. A. E. Milroy, A. Forbes, and the Farther East. When I was at Port Loais C. L Gorham. people had begun not to be interested in the South African war and were little concerned with the Sighting that was then proceeding in China.
MAURITIUS GENELALLY CONSIDERED.
My time in Seychelles and Mauritius, by the
seems their cooler Benson;
On
akhough we liad, no illners; and delay for themy, was from the 1st of July onwards, which did not think there was any actual fighting. At
mails of the outlying Islands (two little bags in
The hotel accommodation of the chief towns all). Then getting to Mantibus, after beings in Seychelles and Mauritius is very inferior to 24 days out from Singapore, I found myself that of almost any other towns of the same size confronted with another halt of twelve day anywhere eles in the world. It seems to bo The customary Castle Line service from Port Louis of Mauritius to Port Darban of Natalt on the theory that only persone travelling ca garcon, will ever need to use a hotel; and as
had been wholly disorganised by the war. Ser traveliel 10, I was well enough suited U'a to take the part of any member of the clan
LATE TELEGRAMS.
NEWS VIA CEYLON,
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA".
London, 27th September. "LORD, ROBERTS NOT RETURNING YET.
Lord Roberts has telegraphed to the Lord Mayor that the City. Imperial Volunteers will return before the 5th November. He fears, however, that he himself cannot return so soon. The Guards under General Polo Curew marched 19 miles without water, cutting overy step through dense bash.
London, 28th Septeraber.
NO FORMAL DECLARATION OF PEACE. Mr. Chamberlain, replying to an enquiry, says that, in view of the annexation of the Bour declaration of peacs by Bogland. Ropailies, he does not anticipate any formal
London, 30th September.
SIE K. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN · AND THA
LETTERS,
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannarisan, speaking at St. James's Hall, denied that be approved af the Bloemfontein lotters; he only criticised their « a breach of honour, lowering the publication Government in the eyes of the world. He re- pudiated the Clark and Labouchora correspon
once.
Loudon, 3rd Cetoler. THE COURSE OF EVENTS.
A convoy of Natal Volunteers have been cap. tured on the Natal Frontier.
The town of Erasmus has obtained an ermis- tico for the purpose of driving cattle north of Pietersburg (efe). It is estimated that the Boers have 50,000 cattle along the Olifants River.
THE ELECTIONS.
September 28th.
LIBERAL IMPERIALISM.
Tho Times says there is ample evidence of a steady progress of Liberal Imperialism, which The Conservative papers warn the electors is likely to honeft the. Perty in elections. against the Liberals professing Imperialism, They consider their conversion to be sudden and insincere.
LORD ROBERTA' ARDUOUS TASE.
London, 1st Octabor, The pewspapers are unanimous in the ap- proval of Lord Roberts as Commander-in-Chief. “The Timer, commenting on his arduous task, says that, as former Commander-in-Chief of India, he will know how to draw upon that grast school of soldiers, as well as on the Home Army
The Stunder suggests that Lord Roberts, having been appointed Commander-in-Chief, should also have a seat in the Calinet, in order to give him more power to carry out the drastio Arny Reforms he is known to have at heart. The suggestion is regarded as a fesler to test the minds of the electors na to the advisability of the Corazaniter-in-Chief being made a Party Minister.
LORD KITCHENER AND THE WAR OFFICE,
London, 2nd October. The Daily News says that, if Lord Kitchener come to the War Offico, he will be the head of the Intelligence Branch, which Major General Sir J. C. Ardagh vacates in April,
MARINE AND NAVAL PENSIONS.
The Lords of the Admiralty have decided to allow previous service in the Army to reckon. for pension in the Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the following conditions
In the case of mon enlisted on or before Sep- tember 1, 1988, timo sarved in the Army with good or fair character is to reckon for pension with subsequent service in the Marines or in the Navy, and vice versa, provided a break of one year did not take place between the two services. With rogard to men discharged to pension after December 31, 1999, who entered sines September 1, 1898, so much of the time they have served in the Army is to count as would have reckoned towards pension had they continued to serve therein, provided that the total period of a man's service in the Army did not exceed four years, that he acknowledged his former service on entering, that ho was when discharged from the Army, in possession of na many good conduct badges as wore obtaint abla by a soldier of his arvion, and that he an tered within one your of his discharge from the Army.
In the case ef a mau transferred from the
Army
EXPORT CARGOS.
vice to Delagon Bay, to which I desired to go had been wholly stopped. The drat steamer for Port Durban was a cargo boat, the Carelaeli, hired on charter by the Castle Line, Sho had no recommodation for passengers; but she had already been "squeezed" into a promise to take three and put them somewhere," - I tried to get taken, at full rates, on the same terms; but neither Captain nor Agent could be persuaded. In brief-and for lack of any enterprise on the part of steamer Agents and They make & little money in the cold season. sent to the Hospital This man charged Lence of the Boers in order to secure pests and from the brass (as nsed in France), lead, 338 bales rattancora, 1,451 cases fans, 9,650
ollcore--I was held prisoner in Mauritius for eighteen days. No Clunamou nor sny Arab trader would have turned away good manay sa readily. But in Mauritius the best and laziness
Port Louis has an excellent theatre, tenanted while I was there by a travelling French Opera, troupe. These companies do well in Mauritius, as in Saigon. They make ends meet in Ceylon.
The Attorney-General (the Hon. W. Meigh Goodman, Q..) said he took it that most of the jury knew that Messrs. Jardine had a sugar ruinery down by East Point. About a month ago that was, at about half-past six the morning of the 19th September fast umber of coolies ware engaged A equib. there piling and carrying sugar. blo arose over some trifling master, but he half past eight the coolies stopped work for breakfast. The prisoners belonged to the same ela. It appears that there were a good man chalins belonging to the U clar employed at the Sugar Werke. There were also a number of Chengs, and the jury would notion that the decassod man was called Cheng Shui Hong, Ho had no doubt that clau feeling would inclino the
de kad lnd trouble with the Chengs or any Otherwins I might have felt that when bed other clan. The coolies of the U chin lived at rocms are confi vneted by thin wooden parti- 27, Jardine's Bazaar, and the Cheugs at 30. On tiens eight feet high it might be more decorous gle and then to fight. The deceased wan
the way
their quarters the clans began to to carry the partitions a few fact higher to the was more or less injured in the quarrel. This roof. But, as I have described it, so is the fight, however, was not a serious affair. The habit of the placo.
result of the fight was that two men-one from each clanwere left on the ground after the others and cleared away. Their names were Cheng Ki and U Shui Hing. They were found by the polios, who took them to the Police. Station. U Shui Cheng being afterwards the other with assault. The case came before November to February) of British India. the Magistrate, who adjourned it. In the They struggle onwards by Saigon to Heng meantime the prisoners had been arrested for kong and Shanghai. In Singapore they near-being concerned in the attack on the deceased. Shui Hing went away and the charge against the other man was dismissed. It appeared that the deceased was soon to enter his quir ters by three men, who would say that he was followed by six members of the U clan, who caught hold of him and began to kick and knock him skont, no one interfering with them. When they thought they had given him enough they left him on the floor, the three men who had witnessed the assault following shortly afterwards. As the result of the attack upon him the deceased's skull was fractured and his speen ruptured. The jury world be nyare that for some reason or other very little injury would injure the spleen of any one belonging to the coolic class Hearing of the row the police went to Jardins's Bazaar between nine and ten clock. They found the deceased there and sent him to the Hospital, where he died two days afterwards. The post mortem examination disclosed the fact that the small fracture of the skull brought on hemorrlings on the rain. There was a small clot of blood which pressed apon the Train near the base, and thie was the cause of death. The question then aross uS to the part the prisoners took in the transac tion. After the deceased had been taken to the Hospital the police were taken to No. 27, Jar- dine's Bazaar, and the prisoners were pointed on to them as being two of the ds mon who attacked the deceased. The others had cleared
war.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, speaking at Rochdale to-day, says the Opposition re- cognized the annexation of the Boor Republics as the inevitable result of the war. The Op- position had no scheme for a modified indopen goodwill in South Africa. Each party, he declared, was bound to suspect the other in the electoral content.
The Hon. William Smith, Conservativo
Conservative member for Lewisham, have been co-elected unopposed.
London, 29th September.
Per ateamer Indus, miled on the 8th October. For Marseilles :—200 boles raw dik, 100 bales waste silk, 30 bales pierced cocoons, 7 cases. silks. 3,011 pkgs, tea, 2 pkgs. rattan. S cases blackwoodware. For Milan 10 balos raw silk. For Lyons:-100 balos ruw sik. For London 10 bales rat sill,
Per American steamer Manuel Llaguno. For Now Yerkcases Chinaware, & pkgs: rattun chairs, 31 cases blackwoodware, 100 čaşka soy,
A NEW MACHINE GUN, The Times Newcastle-on-Tyno correspondon Arty for continuation of service in the Royal states that a machine gun of a novel olaraetor Marines, or of a trained musician discharged has bean inventos by Mr. James Judge, a well. with good character from the Army, who en known engineer, Newcastle, who thus de listed within one year of discharge to fill a sexibus ith us is a patent contrifugal vacancy in a Marine baud, all time served in utok-firing machine gun; it is ft. high, and the Army towards pension is, notwithstanding weigh about best. It is intended for a battle. the above Erprises, to be counted towards bla ship, earthworks, and garrison purposes. The naval pension. With man who joined the biotive power is olectricty, transinitted to a mo- Navy before March 31, 1885, time serrad in the tor attached to the aile of the gun. The motor Army with gal or fair charactor is to reckon causes n diso to resolve at n vory high rate of for pansion with subsequent service in the spood. The bullets, which are introduced into Navy, and vice versa, provided a break of one the interior of the disc at the axle, travel along years did not take place between the two ser- curves in the interior to the cironmference, vices; in exceptional cason, however, when such and are there impelled through a barrel. Its break luas occurred, the former service may be is claimed that this diso will rotato, under reckoned if it would have been allowed in the the influence of the motor, at the rate of 12,000 revolutions a minute, und will eject shots from the muzzle of the gun with an initial velocity of 2,000ft. per second. One of the chief phaetoristics of the gun is that it will maintain a continuous fire. If no coasny, u shat may be discharged at ovary half revolation, but in practice one shot every fourth revolution will be found pulloient. The bullete aro sphorical, and measure 9/16 in. in diameter The following are the results of the tests alwady made with the gan:-18,000 rounds of shot at the rate of 3,000 a minute have been discharged These slots consisted of nickel steel, some of and chilled metal. It was tested seven times privately; no mofor was need, nor is one yet attached to tho gran, although the gun is con made by means of a belt driven by a steam - gine. Under these conditions the velocity re- quired, and which it is maintained an slectric mo
will produce, was not, of course, attained, bat the practical working of the gun was fully demon- strated. A long range could not be had, because of the necessity of secrees, and the teating was done in a covered shed at Blylli Dry Docks A stool target. 3/52in. thick, was chuttored, the disc of the gun revolving at a speed of 2,500 revolutions per minuta. From the penetration of the target it is calculated that at a distance of 100 yards a penetration of a similar character will be effected of a plate 7/16in. thick under the influence of an electric motor. There is no heating of the barrel of the gun because of the continuous stream of cold air which is impelle
The through it by the turning of the disc. dlso itself is also free from boating on account of the special bearings on which it is construct ed. These bearings are highly complicated mechanical contrivance, and are similar to those used in Parsons's turbizce, which can revoire at the rate of 22,000 revolutions a minute, sud Levall's motor, which revolves at the rate of 30,000 revolations a minute. To tast the gun thoroughly it will be necessary to affix a motor, which will ba n äva horse-power motor coupled direct on to the shaft.""
bales cassin. 13,236 rolls matting.
of the tropics, and the unfortunate habits boy always bronk ap. Mauritius, Saigon, and and fearing lest he too might be implicated, member for the Strand, and Mr. John Penn, struoted for an electric motor. The tests were THE CHINA ANINE JARAN
of a life of ease, have eaten into the marrow of the bones. Nobody will do] anything that he can avoid, or do to-day what he can put off till to-morrow. I watched Mauritius-plantera, merchants, and bankers--for eighteen days, and the amount of delay they can put on everything struck nie asjunequalled in Asia, which is famous
for its delays.
MAVEITIDE.
Yet withal the people prosper fairly. Wagan are high and local food is cheap. Fisk, wat ton, pig, poultry, coffee, sugar, and chocolate they have of local production, as also rum (from their sugar). They have an abundant supply, from the, mouutam, of good waters and they breed ponies, asses, and, oxen in abundance Mules they import from South America. The workleg of a ship at night las is regularly doneret the ports of China and of Malays) is practically unknown at the ports of Mauritias, At Port Louis people of any means, or pre- tensions to means, live on the lille surrounding the town, the period of transit being from half an-hour for short journeys to one hour for longer journeys to more desirable places. Of these the chief is, perhaps Curepine, one hour distant by rail. This about two hours a day are occupied in railway transit, & fatigue that is lessened or increased by card-playing and the like en route. The railway fares, especially menson tickets, are very low.
THE LOCAL SPEECK.
the big towns of British India are their sue
fal places; and nowhere do they draw so much money per head of the population as in Port Louis, Mauritius.
There is algo in Port Louis an enthusiastic French Ecciely or Association for the relief of French subjects or descendants; and for the en- courage of French literature to Mauritius Co leny. In the latter matter the Association, with the financial aid of the local Government, is about to engage in a most useful histories publication of Mauritian records.
SHIPPING. AND SHIFPERS.
In shipping matters-if I may believe what brokers and such others tell me Port Louis was for countless years a den of thieres, dishonest and unashamed. To ever-insure and lose the skip was reckoned apparently the only sound method of business, and, aver food and alcohol, regrets for the happy crimes of the past seem the staple gossip with which old shipping people regalo the younger slipping men. But the crimes of shipping robbers seem now to be reduced to overcharging. Docking at Port Louis is said to be so ruineus that when the owner of a tramp hears she is docked there, he usually retrenches lus domestic expenditure and sorrows that he did not settle more money on his wife. One old rattan (I know nothing against him except his own stories told gleefully of one plate broken in a 500 geilen water tank, and a slight need to dean the bottom, and a dock bill for 70,000 rupees. After an evening with such persons
The evidence for the prosacation was then given.
The jary found the prisoners guilty, and Bey were each sentenced to four years hard labour.
THE TRADE OF SINGAPORE.
Sir Alex. Swettenham, the officer administer at Port Louis I need to look very carefullying the Government at Singapore, in the annual
SETTING THE BATTLE IN ABDAY.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, in a letter to a candidate, says things are looking, bright, und that the thaki dissolution will not prova the successful mauauvre its authors fancied.
Mr. Chamborkin, speaking at Bilston; said be
was moased at Six H. Cumpbak-Bannerman's approval of the incriminating letters found at Bloemfontein, which were unworthy of an English Party.
Sir M. Hicks Boach, speaking at Bristol, said it would be madness to attempt to adminis ter a part of China.
Sir Wm. Harcourt, and Mr. Asquith made speeches last evening, which were devoted to social reform.
London, 30th September.
· LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATISATION OF THE ARNY. The Liberals warialy approve of Sir Henry Carpbell-Bannermann's plea for democratisation of the Army.
London, 1st October.
THE ISSUES BROADENING.
tor
BARMAIDS IN BURMA.
The Conservatives are giving increased at- tention to social questions, doubtless owing to the prominence that the Liberals have given to them. Attacks on the Governm-ut's mea- sure and Bociul legislation continue in tha Liberal papers, and speakers are making the The appeal to the Local Government of utmost of Army Reform as an electoral issue, Burma against the order of the Financial Com declaring that the democratic changes uegnired missioner prohibiting the employment of females cannot be entrusted to a Conservative Governas harmaids in the hotels at Rangoon, was heard ment which would fear to touch aristocratic before the-Liont Governor list month, audi interests, and so offend the class from which after a somewhat longthened enquiry was dis- the bulk of the officers are now frawn,
missed, no order being made on the petition of appeal. In a recent issue of the Allahabad | Pioneer, “One of the Fivo" writes on the sub-
ject us follows:-
THE LIDELAL REVIVAL.
The Standard says that the so-called Laboral revival is only boasting and bluster.
Chiefly in Mauritius and the Seychelles they speak French, and also a peonlar native patois It seems to be admitted that the natives are of to the loading of my revolver, regretfully at my address to the Legislative Council reviewing Malayan or Southera Facile race, which means foot high walls, and dolefully wonder if the financial prospects of the Colony, thus that they, like the people of the Netherland 1 could retain my travelling stock of refers to the trade of the Settlements:
As in 1898, Exchange with the Mother Country was comparatively steady during 1899, Indies, the Malay Peninsula, und the Philip.henk notes and letters of credit over the pices, ars of South American stock, Many right. Eat nothing happened. It may be the difference between the highest and lowest Malsy words can be used with them, Eat the that hotel robberies for a few hundred rates for demand during the year being only pronunciation is materially different. There are founds are regarded as undiguified by persons. The commercial world also enjoyed more stituencies, that they will have a majority of at good schools, both Roman Catholic and Prosconstomed to sinking ships and drowning festant. There is in their French talk in whcle crews, almost universal accent of che che (but they do not
call it ao) meaning partly us, în India the undue accentuation of the last syllable save
DÃO.
THE ABUSE OF MILITARY CLOTHING.
It is a bit stupid to see so mony Mauritian écolies in the cloth tunics of the British Army with regimental bettone, and in the tunics of * BAGING, AND RACES,
the local ferees, also duly Irass-buttoned. I The racing of horses is much in fashion, as ewhere in the East. There are armed volau think we passed in Britain a law on that subject teur corps, in which the Eurasia to the chief and I am sinost sure we adopted it in the far element, although I believe that Indian exper.eastern colonies and in India. The law in my ence is against that element, for which and
other regions we have sought to avoid it in Singapore where, on the withdrawal of the European infantry regiment in 1899, I was in strumental in raising a rifle volunteer cerus consisting only of British subjects of unmixed Enropean race
memory provided that onlform of Her Majesty's trees pry not to so used, and, presumably, it exforces peralties on buyers of cast-off uniforms who shall retell these in the condition that they are worn by tho forces. The proper use for such clothing is to go back to the cloth or cotton factories to be re-made, and the regimental buttons should be melted and sold as lump brask,
London, 3rd October.
I am informed that several ministers have denounced the system of barmaids as being evil.
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aquaintance with the evil side of human A BANGUINE ESTIMATE,
nature in general and the barmaid sido Conservative election agents at headquar-in portionlar than is warranted by their Loly tars affirm. from retaurus received from the cox calling. I do not propose to do more than dis sible individuals that a barmaid's life is a de miss as idle twaddle the assertions of irrespon than usual prosperity and the trade of the Co-least 170. lony reflected the general condition of mercan-
gradation and leads to perdition, etc. But I ask the public of Rangoon and the government tils program. Our imports of goods from other
to insist on facts before condensing a system countries, showed an increase in sterling values of considerably over 18 per cent. while the in-
which, undertaken from choice, allows of a Beliore woman earning a respectable living. creases in exports was approximately 20 per cent. Beth Singapore and Penang participated in
me, no amount of legislation will maske a wicked- there increases. The high prices which were
ly inclined women vivinous. Lsta return he obtainable for tin contributed largely to the
called for, showing the number of barmaids who enhanced percentage in exports.
have visited Rangoon and the number who have married and married well. I have in my mind's eye several who are in Rangoon well and happy, and surely this in itself is suficient answer to Mr. Labouchere's majority was 800.
those opposed to the system. I will go further fit up Lustallations if required. The Right Hon, James Bryce retains his and love your readers to say which of the two, a jority
of 408:
bus, to stray from virtuous paths. Look on the pic. seat in Aberdeen Bouth, with the reduced mashep girl or a harmaid, is more likely, ceteris pari. tare sottances she is expected to be at girl earns (average) re.50 a month. For this small
“A comparison of the trade figures for the first- half of the present year with thoss for the same period of 1899 show's an increase of 233 million dollars or over 19 per cent, in imports and un increase of over 16 million dollars or more than 15 per cent. in exports. In imparts the chief increases come under the heads of Foodstuffs In exports, Tin and Frodage show the largest Raw Materials, und Manufactured Articles increases. The comparative returns for the second quarters of both years, however, are less favourablo.
The retail traders of Mauritius ore Ludipas Since the principle is recognized elsewhere, I or Chinese, the Malay and half-carte population.ggest that the patriotic and very chivalrous not showing the skrewdness and economy of life Colony of Mauritius should also adept it. A red that are necessary for the erection of capital tuxio with a sergeants stripes and the buttons and the assurance of credit. That condition of of an old regiment, should not be allowed affairs, however, has its parallel in nearly all to not off a ducky figure whcks dress otherwise in the value of the securities held by the Car
Anim
BANKING AND TRADE.
in a larga breech cloth or short pair of bathing drawers. I discursed the point when at dinner, The local Ranking Houses seem to be numer with the scling Governor and the Offer Cou on in Mauritius, neither the Banks of Africa, mending the troops, but while both agree with ur of India, uoy of Farther Anis having inter- the impolior of such use of uniforms, they did fered in Mauritian banking. The banking not see a clear remedy. I hope the matter may seems to be cautiously conducted. There is no he considered and put right. The point is that mining to lead to excited speculation and pro- the soldier has at present a right to sell his old bably thero has been recognised in local tank-uniform when he gets a new one; but the bayer Ing circles the great prinople that à plentation need not necessarily have an unlimited right to is not a security and may easly become practi- | use it in its service state. cally & Bability, and that pre
great cantion aluuld be used in advancing on agricultural prednota ven when parked for shipment. The chief products for sport ere sugar, vanilla, and copra (or compressed coco-aut) Sugar is now very
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To be continued)
Wogi sends the Globe a delightfal shop sign which he come acroba in his wanderings through India Haji Moogn, Mumber I. Europe Tai Lar Clothes cut of you while you wait ITUS →→TO POLITICUS.
It is even better than the facetious London har no troubles, nor barber wht announcer, Shaving while you
Cumplications in the Far East are temporari ly restricting our trade with China, but it is not too much to expect that a peaceful settle ment of the country will result in a large in- crease in car trade and prosperity. Meanwhile the daround for coal has been extraordinary, Reforting to a depreciation of nearly 825.000 rency Commissioners, and the steps taken to cover the depreciation, Sir Alexander saya:— There are many cause which at the present moment favour depreciation. The South Afri
BOME INTEK KETING FIGURES. The unexpected heavy khaki wave" which has awept over London Manchester district has had rathor a disheartening effect on the Liberals. who fear the sympathetic influence it may have on elections in other quarters.
In Manchester North Mr. C. B. Schwann (L.) captured, his old eat by the narrow margin or 26 votes.
Mr. Winston Churchill's majority at Gldham
Was 222.
The coal strikes and labour difficulties are stituencies. Mr. Keir Hardie's majority at overshadowing other issues in Ute Welsh con- Merthyr Tydvil was 1,741.
A feature of the present election is the sur prisingly heavy polis
The Conservative papers claim that the re salts so far show that Little Englandism is almost extinguished us a Parliamentary force.
There is a great increase in the Unionist ma- jorities in London, Manchester, and Salford, and in nearly all the great centras.
GENERAL NEWS.
ADMIRALTY PURCHASING FORTH AMERICAN COAL.
September.
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her feat all day, has an hour off for breakfast, and once she leaves the shop in the evening may go to the devil for all her employer cares. She pays, say, rs. 80 a month for her beard and lading, rs. 4 for her dhobi, rs. 10 for a boy to carry her breakfast to the shop, leaving a balines of rs. 6 to shos und clothe herself with. Turn to this pictare:-A barmaid earns (average) 1. 30 & mouth. CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY
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to
She is boarded and fed and has her washing free. Her duties commence at 10 am, and she is relieved at 2 pan. Another barmaid comes on at 5 pm. and is ralioved by the first at § p.m. coming on again at 9 p.m. Both remain in the London, 27th September. bar till closing time (midnight). The bar is cs] War bas lowered the value of British Seenrities all round, and the cost of the expedi- the British North American Squadron.
The Admiralty is buying American coal for closed, and the girls go off to bed. If there is a third girl, the work is lighter still, Without tion to China has prevented velnes from rising.
NEW ZEALAND'S DEFENCES.
the permission of the proprietors (seldom The troubles of the Government of Indis have
granted) the barmaids cannot love the hotel The New Zealand Secret Defence Commit- premises between the hours of
7:30 depreciated the value of Indian Securities, and
(the investments, both in Europe and Indiau, worth the defences of the porta, the establishment of ing the hours of daty, all a the rise of Silvor in terms of Gold hus rendered too's report recommends the strengthening of dinner hour) and dayli
ylight the next day.
barreald Ins fower dollars than were originally paid for Cool Depots, Eide Clubs, Cadet Corps, and an do is to write chits of the wine consumed. them further advances amounting to shout Imperial Reserve
supervise the bar, and talk to castomers.. 2126,000 are being, made to balance the depre
I am a barmaid from cholvo-there are those ciation account.
who cannot otherwise cara a living—barmaids from mecessity. Ze it fair to deprive the one or the other of a chance of earning a living whero and how she likes? The masculine mind is tron bled because a few barmaids have come to grief. It argues, therefore, and in its paremptory manner ordains, that all barmaids should be done away with Shop girls have also come to grief. Why not abolishi shop girls, and in like manner any other clam of person, because a few bave come to grief P
THE PLAGUE AT GLASGOW,
* London, 28th September, "Owing to the demonetisation of the Japanese The Pigus ie better in Glasgow. Thirteen Yen there are and has bean a very considerable persons who were under medical observation inoresse in the number of the British dollars have been missed to their homes. imported by the Bank in 1899, the value being AUSTRALIA AND TRE 1, 6. 8. 829 349,726 against $19,492,188 imported in 1998. The introduction of the British dollar, for which we owe a debt of gratitude to the Chartered and Hongkong and Shanghai Banks, has been extraordinarily sucessful and appor-
London, Beptember 28th
A Times telegram states that Lord Tennyson, in a speech at Adelaide, said he and his brother Governors would use their influenca to ban to the Australians the Indian Civil Service, the noblest career in the world.
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