SUPREME COURT:
Wednesday, 22nd October
“Is OniginaN JURISDICTION.
Barone His HONOGE W. MergH GOODMAN (CHIEF JUSTICE).
ARMED ROBBERY,
Man Chan, Chung Yau and Yeung, Shan ware charged with having on 5th September, while armed with choppers, stolen over 3200
and some other properly from cargo-boat 10.
They pleaded not guilty.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 1902-
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB
QUARTERLY KERTING. The following scores were returned --
MAGEWEN COP, Mr. W. J. Fannders 95
Bir. E. A, Ham
Mr. W. D. Kraft
35
15801
SU
Sur. W. L. Mards, R.N. 7--- 14
Mr. C. W. May
Mr. C. P. Chater....
M. E. J. Griat Mr. G. Stewart
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r. A. B. Lowson Mr. H. £. R. fhunter Sue. J.K. Hoyosund, R.N. 14 lub 27 entries.
DI 01
688
9 = $ 15 94
BOGET AND LICHAADHON CUPS,
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33
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3
3
The following jury was empanelled :-Masera H. A., Sieben, E. J. Figueiredo, C. M. Mr. W. D. KAIL Ahrendt, R. G. Heckford, A. G. I. Somerville, B. H. Summera und A. H. Abbass.
The Attorney General Hou, Bir Henry S. Berkeley, who appeared for the Crown, instructed by Mr. H. L. Dennys, Acting Crown Solicitor, said in bis opening statement that on 5th September last, while cargo-bout No. 1,608 was lying off the Prayn at Wanchai. a man came and engaged the host to go. Lo Tokwowan, neue Kowloon Chy, for the purpose, as he said, of moving some farei tars. 1orms were agresd upon, and the man went away waying he would wond his cooliea, Shortly afterneros fire olies care and stated that they had been sent by the toan who ongaged the bat. They got on the boat, which thereupon lel to go arose to Tokwowa. When noar that place the woolises asked the Owner of the cargo-bout to go below. He refused to do so and they attempted to force him. It appeared that he was a man of courage and re- sibled strednously, with the result that he was violently set, opou, wounded in the face with a chopper, and finally overpoward. So no were his wife and his foki. The coolies, of whom the prisoners were three, then vansacked the boat. and stole over $200 in money and some other proporly with which they made off on shore The prisoners were afterwards identified, and arrested by the police.
Mr. F. s. Forrest
Mr. W. J. Baanders... Mr. A. Kam... Mr. U. W. May.... Bur. W. L. Martin, R.N... C. Mr. G. Stewart.
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Mr. W.. Sanders Mr. E. A. Ham Mr. W. D. Kraft Mr. T. S. Forrest... Mr. C. W. May Mr. C. P. Chater
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Dep. Ine. Gen. Drow, E.N. 39 Mr. T. C. Guy Mr. B. J. irist
Mr. G. Stewart
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AN OPIUM CONTRACT CAS} } |_ THE FUTURE OF WIRELESS
CIN JAPAN-AM
TELEGRAPHY
Mr. P. T. M'Grath, writing in the North
analogies of the Atlantic cable and the phonograph, will be able to make his invention invaluable for the purpose of -commercial com- muzication. At the same time he admits that there are certain mechanical difficulties the surmounting of which will involve considerable time and ingenuity.
The Marconi 'electric
EASTMAN'S
AND ACCESSORIES
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN. GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.
Antlug on behalf of Mr. Robert Hughes, of American Borion for August on this subject, KODAKS, FILMS. Kube, Bir, Hirata, a Japanese barriele has malatains that Marconi, judging from previous reinstituted un action which has been several times Before the Courta, arising out of a claim | made by Mr. Hughes for a share of the profits of the opina business in Formosa carried on by Mesara. Semnel Samuri & Co., of Yokohama and Kobe. The action was originally instituted ugainst Mr F..J. Bardens, as representative of Messrs. Samuel Samuel & Co. in Kote, but it was decided by the Court that Mr. Bardoos was
liable in the suit, and the case was conse quently dismissed. Attempts have since been plant at Poldha is now developing a fores equs! mads to compromise the case, but they have to thirty-eight horsepower, and is capable of failed. In the prosent action fir farons utilising the store of energy to the fullest van Bazel, Mr. Samuel Samuel, and Mr. Wilia tuge; but one diandrautuge of this is that when Foote Mitchell, partners in the firm of Messrs. once it is started the operators cabuut appronch Samuel Samuel & Co., ar maids defendants. within several feet of it without "danger The petition of plaintiff reeds as follows: of injury. The wosk point in the stem Robert Hagues, the plaintiff in this action, appears to be the inability to provide pro-
that the defendants jointly and separately perly tuned instruments, or absalato be ordered to pay to the plaintiff the sums of in the transmission of messages; but Marecoix 15,566,60 yen, and 3,113.30 yao, together with chief practical difficulty ia interest thereon at the legal rate from July lat,sion of messages lies 1887, to the execution of the judgment in this case.
the Anglo-American Cable Courpany and
the transmis- in the fact that
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES. FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY
the Western Union of Pontal Telegraph ACHEE &
A
the
CO.,
PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORF, 17a, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
FEW DOORS EAST OF HONGKONG HOTEL. Hongkong. 22nd October, 1902
The reasons given for the claim are:- 1.In May 1896 the plaintiff was engaged by the defendants, and took charge of the import department of the firm on the under standing that he should receive one-fourth of the get prolits made out of the business under Lis control, in addition to a fixed monthly salary. 2.-About July, 1896, the plaintiff was in formed that the Japanese Government intended to entrust the purchase of opium for use in Formoss to a trustworthy foreign firm, and desiring to secure this business for the tient of thus defendanta, plaintiff visited Tokyo and approached Marquis Its, with whom he was well Bented. Upon the introduction of Marquis Its, plaistiff applied to the Ministers of State then in office and other officials, and exceeded in securing the contract for supplying the A correspondent writes to a contemporary-Japanese Ceterument with opium for its opium Japan gives frequent instance nowadays of ter monopoly in Forms.
3Prior to his departure for Tokyo the The jury found the prisoners guilty us libelled, desire to ascertain the truth in all things. Ono pisiutiff had proposed to the defendants. Cut in His Lordship sentenced Man China to seven of the most interesting of those is the archæo-
suzcoded in securing the contract, one- years hard labour and to receives whipping of logical expedition which has just left for 20 strokes and also to other three years hard Central Asia ander the management of Cunt. labour for receiving stolen goods of which offence he had been a raidy convisted. The Otani Kozni and Mr. Watanabe Totsushin second prisoner, Chang Yau, was sentenced to Count Olani ka a member of the Royal Geogra saven years hard labour with strokes,phical Society. The purpose of the expedition Yeang Shan, the third prisoner, got seven years' Baril·labone with 20 atrokes; also other tires is to search for Baidbistio remains in Coutral / the arrangements for the new contract, and such a formidable combination of invested Awistant Commissioner,
Evidence was afterwards laken.
Fears hard fabour for an nemed robbery of which he had been convisted Darlier in the ses sions. Man Cheung, who on Monday had been found guilty of robbery with violenon fu con nection with the same gang, was sentenced fồ Ove year hard labour and to receive 20 stroke.
The Court adjourned until to-day. ̈
THE CHARGE OF KANALAUGHTER AGAINST
CONTRACTUS, *
. The cans in which a sofrioter is charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal. collapse of a wall in First Street, and which was fized to be tried before a special jury to-day (Thursday) has been adjourced unul Monday
Dort..
POLICE COURT.
Wednesday, 22nd October,
BEFORE ME. TUA, HAZGLAND POLICH. REAGISTRATE),
JAPANESE EXPLORATION IN CENTRAL ASIA.
CANO
the firm,
fourth of the net profits made should be pd him as long as the contract was hell by 3 he defendants agreed to those conditions.
In November, 1996, the plaintiff proceeded to Formosa and Hongkong in ecun-ction with returned to Kobe in March 187, when he dis- covered that during his absence the defendants had infringed a trade-mark. bis properly. I firm in Novembor, 1997, and re-entered busines on his own aseoaní.
control of the American continent. If they Companies have
practically a monopoly of the combine, as they are more than likely to do. they will be able to prevent his obtaining any access to the United States. Marconi bos Bo laut connections on the American side, except Canadian station at Cape Bretou, and nutit ho secures these his ocenu signals will serve comercial purpose. His orolation into business enterprise in the Western hemis phere depends upon Domision companies, which, if stile to grace of the bin. will erect a barrier which will necessi tabs his establishing land stationa ia every hamlet in the United states Atlantic Ocean are now foartent submarine Across the bles, with a total length of 1000 miles: elsewher thero are 1,755 distinct cables, with total mileage of 140, 60 autical miles. Of the total length of 189,000 miles of cables, all but 2000 miles un owned and controlled by com- panies ant corporations in which British in The repair of these cabies keep constantly vestors hold stock to the amount of £20,000,000. at work forty ocean-ging stuurships. Europe there at 45.000 miles of telegraph the United Stater there are 20000 miles of Enes carrying 1,585,876, miles of wire line carrying 1,118,036 milos of wire. Against capital Mr. Marconi will bave his work set if he is to achieve access. Mr. M'Grath, there fore, thinks that the immediate utility of the
Ia
$208
VICTORIA LITHOGRAPHIC WORKS.
33, WYNDHAM STREET. CENTRAL AGENCY:-J. LANDHOLT, THE PHARMACY, 14, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
HE ONLY LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS IN HONGKONG UNDER ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP AND EMPLOYING A TRAINED EUROPEAN LITHO- GRAPHIC PRINTER.
THE BEST WORK GUARANTEED. ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
... CALENDARS. CARDS LABELS MAPS. PLANS. (2:37
WEIHAIWEI,
place is wiwly at fimos. There is no excellent beach for sea bathing on the island and mainland, The summer heat is not great, and the raighall
other treaty ports in Chica, there is every very small, averaging about 20 inches per aboto, As the settlement is healthier then the prospect of Weihaiei becoming popular health resort in future. Apart from amongst the Chinese, the Settlement itself offers its almost perfect olimate, its freedom from melaria, and the absenes of ali epidemies effectual secarity to foreign residents, with freedom to travel abont at piefaure in the lessed area without fear of being molested by the
have to put up with in China inland). unpleasantuesses and inconveniences to eigners Chinese, ou being subjected to any of the usual
A general report by Mr. O, T. Hara, Acting April, 1902, was issued last mouth amongst the dated Weihaiwoi,
micellamons serien of Colonial Reports. In
members of the party, seven in number, are ulicousequence, the plaintif left the defendants rboke will be in sea-siguniting. It will the course of this Mr. Hare statos;
is an enthusiastle student of Sauskrit and
all the tasks now performed by the the danger-sigul, and will accomplish the look-out, the fog-whistle, the lighthouse, and with far greater reliability than toy to ba attainable at present."
But the above
Kung and all the islands in the bay of The territory leased comprises the island of
Weihaiwei and a belt of land, 10 English miles wide, along the entire ogast line of the bay. It is an easy place for shipping to make, and
any wind. There is no other harbour in China stepmera cais load and discharge cargo here in
veyed in 1999 by a reconnaissance party of where Iattleships and ocean steuners can lie so close to the shore. The leased territory was sur-
Rosni Engineers and mapped on a scale of two inches to one inila, "The total area was fixed at about 285 square miles, including the island of Liu Kung. The sphere of influence comprising that part of the province lying east of the meridian 121.42, along the sou shore, over which the British Government bolds certain military rights, was surveyed on a scale of one and a half inches to a mile, and its area fired at about 1,505 square miles.
is
&
Very
several commodious Europeaa bangalows and a An European school has already been ostabli shed at Weihaiwo, and a land and building socialy, formed in Shanhai, has already ersetod large hotel on the mainland. Both on the mainland and no the island good reads have been for the convenience of foreigners, and there are tomle round the coast by the local Government recreation and parade grounds unkept by the Admiralty and War Oflice in both places,
Asia, India, and China, and to trace as far as is posmole the course of Buddhism from its source northwards and eastwards to Japan The Japanese. Count lent's father, Utani Kozos How living in Kyoto, is Lord Abbot of Nishi
The defendants continued to hold the tom-gan-ji, the monastery of the Original
and a direct descendant of the Shin Shinpium contract, making thereby a net profit of Best, who lived in the 18th century. Countyes every half year, and the share
the prolits due to the plaintif for the period Otani Kozni has been an extensive traveller, and was elected a member of the Royal Geographical from the establishment of the business to Junu the future of wireless telegraphy. Holders of le a very optimistic view of His father seat him to Jernalen to study plaintiff repeatedly applied to the defendants in the least slated for their securities if all Society because of his explorations in China. 30th, 1890, amounted to the sam claimed. The shares in telegraph cable companies need not be own initiative he visited Ireland, und spent the the business had proved a lust instesil of a gain telegraphy, says Mr. Bright, cannot at presaut Christianity and Mahomedsuism, and on his
for the payment of his share of the profits, but that Mr. Charles Eright says in the Monthly the firm failed to satisfy him, on the grond that Review for zeptember is true. best part of a year in the Arctic circle. He
Wireless In conclusion, defendants, having secured the
be regarded as a serious competitor with cable ancient Chinese, nad has done much original contract from the Japanese Government as a work in the Oriental room of the British result of the laboor of the plaintiff, and having teleplay. Firstly, Mr. Bright does ant Minsan, All the members of the xpedition not profits of this business, which agresentment in actual and acesrate messages betwear agreed to pay to the plaintiff one-fourth of the cross, the Atianile. Mr. Marconi's best attain- believe in the alleged transmission of signals have boop preparing for this work for acrecal years. Mr. Watanabe Tutensuin has been study. they had failed to full, the plaintiff had been
ship and ship has been at a distance of 250 miles ing Church Distory with a priest of the Uburoa obliged to bring the present aetion. of England, and has paid particular attentioninst None of the thres defendants in the The one is down for hearing on the 28th
under favourable conditions; and this is a very different thing from surmounting the curve of to the Nestorians, who wendered from Lon BUILDING CONTRACTOZ HEAVILY FINED.
action is at present in Japan.
the earth across the Atlantic, which corresponds Yuan Un, balding contractor, 102, Holly He lived in St. Petersburg one yest und spents stantinople off iate Asis in the fifth century.
to a mountain over 100 miles high. There is a wood Road, was charged, on the complaint of Eurian fuently. Mr. Hori Masuo, who will
certain irony attached to Mr. Marconi's sole P1. Urisp, inspeator of buildings, Public look after the surveye and the mapmaking, has
tion of the latter for 3 ransatlantic signalling. Works Department, with (1) deviating from been studying topography in Oxford. Dr.
for three S's, flat spl sureness, speed, and plans by not putting new foundations at 15, Inonye, a veteran of the Chino-Japanese war,
secrecy, at present prevent theric telegraphy Elgin Koid, Kowloon, and (2) nsing brukon in which it will be remembered the Japanese
The Parseus are the descendants of the auction of messages by interracing induences ft high, dividing the plains up into valleys and jeo ardising cable enterprise. The mutila rugged mountains and rocky hills up to 1,500 The leased territory consists of ranges of brick and bad mortar in the building of one of showed wonderful ability in matters of trans
out Persians and the uage has been derived rakes wireless telegraphy in its present stage river beds. the walls of the house. He pleaded not guilty port, will have charge of the impedimenta, Mr. From Phara, a rich province of Persiu, whence commercially impracticable. There is no cer-
In his evidence the compla anut said that on Fajil Sensho, Ph.D., is well forsed in Chinese they emigrated. They are the followers of tain means of preventing a third party, or trurless. The hillsides on the mainland are 28th August last plans were submitted to the and Japanese Buddhistic literature. He has Zoroaster who flourished about 3, yours be- climatic conditions, effective interruption.
The island of Lin Kung is burren and nearly. Public Works Department for the rebuilding
Wireless telegraphy is worester exceedlineither barren rock or planted with dwarf pine the Prefect of Teng Chou Fu. of the front and side walls on new foundations, been study lag Bauekri in Berlin and Paris, fore the Christian Era, and believe in one God.
slow. Skilled operators cannot send more than nodulating country full of gallies and mountain and on the 14th inst when the complainant and he already been several times to Ludin. The religion is based upon the simple but visited the job, he found that the side wall had Thongh the amount of money that Nishi Hoo. sublime tenets of "gend thoughts, good words, | twelve words a minute whereas with a cable the river beds; the streams are all torrential and The valleys are mostly
been pulled down and was being rebuilt on thewan-ji can put at their disposal is practical and good deeds." They believe in a future and speed is only limited by the size of the co-choke up the valleve with sand and debris from old footings and foundations. On the following unlimited, Mr. Waterabe does not expect the higher state of existence. Every true Zoroa ductor. Attempts to increase the speed of the hills. During three-quarters of the year Weiliwei for its float, Eo far as is
day the complainant again inspected the work, nad discovered that broken bricks had been used. in the bulding of the well is question, which was hollow in places. In addition to this, the mortar was of bad quality, please
Some of the broken bricks and mortar were in Court, and the oomplainant, to sow the quality of the latter, picked up a pus and crumbled it into powder between his fingers.
He further stated that he told the defondant twice, through an interpreter from Tsimshatsni Police Station, to stop the work until a notice was merred to pull down the bad wall and rebulid it on how fonudations as required by the plass. In spite of these warnings, however,
cost to be excessive."
A POSSIBLE SEQUEL OF THE
MARTINIQUE ERUPTIONS.
The present abzorgal weather is naturally a topic of conversation, particularly among soa- faring men, says the Singapore Free Preas of the 18th inst. For a German mail steamer to stopped in the Straits of Malicea for six hours on account of unist or fog is something extraordinary. Vessels coming up from Aus- tralia report the sans curiosas atmosphere, dif. forent from anything within the resolution of His Worship Did you order in t
to pull the last ten years. The haze is hanging about down this want-No, I told him to wait until a today, and no mater what the and hugginee when direction of the notion was sout. I have no power to give such of the air are another obaracteristic, white the an order and
fliw Worship He did not wait until theories and sunsets are also poeuliar for. this part of the world. It is but seldom
look at the
the defendant went on with the work.
wall?
Complainant No, he would insist in build- ing, notwithstanding what I told him.
The defendant who stated that the owner told Llix to go on with the work, that he would be responsible, was fined $100 on each charge.”
DA BUABY LESION, A little drontics which befell a Chinese shopkeeper at 128, Wellington Strest two days by teach me two days ago will probably
that
cab
san
A SKETCH OF THE PARSEES,
strain is responsible to God for his deeds in this world. Thoy abhor fasting and sucrifices, sincero repentance being in their belief the only atoreragat seseptable to the Almighty.
About the middle of the 7th century of the Christian Era, the ancient kingdom of Iran or Parsia was overthrown by the Arabs ander Khelf Omer and most of the iubabitants con- sword. A few brave and choice spirits still vertel to Makemedanisar at the point of the adhered to the pucinut faith and migrated to then aul to Urmiz at the south stor Persia tormoz of the Per sian Gulf, where for nearly a century thiar defies the protsention of their rulors. They had at lust, however, to leave the country to escape the incessant und merciless intolerance of their In the early years of the 8th century a feat of weather-beaten, clumsy, and untidy dhows of a typo peculiar to the waters of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean from time immemorial,
tyranta.
cuore in the roadstend or harbour of Sanjan, an unknown and unimportant ma-port town of an hour of causat er sunrise, yet now it appears thea ruled by a Hindu Prines by nams of
within Western Gujarat in the Bombay residency- night and morning like a red ball shining Jadoo Rana through the heze. The appearance is altoge refugees of Khorasan and Dreau, the sucusters These dhows contained' the ther different trom the sun sining throngh clouds. The theory mooted is the volcanic of the present Parsas. Permission to land disturbances in alartinique are responsible for and suttis in the country was asked 10r and It A gentleman who keeps teen lock-ont on granted by the Prince su sendition of the such phenomena says he believes it to be the strangers relinquisting their sits arms for over, eschewing the fest, of cows and larger maimais.
pany in Western India, however, completely cauged tho aspect of affairs. The Parsses and snowledge of shipbuilding stond them in Bottled in and around Bombay where their skill very good stead. One of their headmen, Mr. talli, was commissioned by the Company to build a dockyard, and the site of the Bonusy Dockyard was fixed and the dock built by Mr. Laoji, who was on its completion appointed the first master-builder. The dignity was enjoyed by his during his life time and by his heira for
muet bo
And grab oak trees.
The native city of Weihaiwoi (which lies on the mainland opposite the island of Liu Kang) the provisions of the Wethaiwei Convention is a walled town of about 2.000 inhabitants Ey of 1808 this town still remains under the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. The
times a month is the largest in the Settlerneut. enclosul area is not built on, but cultivated for town is a poor one, and greater portion of the regetables. The market, or fair held thres
tailitary sergeant reside in the town of Weibni A Chinese sub-district dopaty magistrate and s wei. Those two officers are subordinates of
The Settlement of Weihaiwei is declared a free port. No custom duties of any kind ape collected. By agreement, the Chinese Govern ment is permitted to make use of the bay of patible with British interests.
com-
ajesty's Government to rufortify the station, It is not the present intention of His but to retain it as a flying naval base, and as a depot, drill-ground and sanatorium for the China squadron in North China.
wireless telegraphy hasn poly had the affect these river beds ars dry. All the billa are of rendering the apparatus more prone to terraced for cultivation as far as possible. The atmospheric and other surrounding influences strats of the mountains are metamorphic, Celesis reliable means is discovered of containg consisting of beds of quartzite, gneis, crystal the paths of Hertzian waves, a definite limit farand limestone cut across by dykes of velustic
put on the multiplicity of wireless stations in order to avoid a perfect Babel rockand grauite. Gold is found in the territory The superiority of the cable lies in the fact that tin, lead and iren are said to exist.
and has been worked by the Chinese, and silver,
All official communications with the Pro- it does thus confine the electrical impulse. present stage will not be in trans-oceanic com. There are four small market-twas where fairs The real aso of wireless telegraphy in its the population is estimated to be 123,7.0.
The territory coutains some 3.30 villages, and visional Government of Shantung are conducted by the Commissioner dirset without referenco munication, but is communication between are held overy five days. Tuore is no local enter than revenue derived from the to the Consular authorities of the Foreign Feeders to n trank line. It will also be useful fine-making and stone-cutting is done. The junk registrations and sharfage dass, wine and islands and the mainland, and as offelicots or industry, but a little rope-zaaking, boat-building, lensed territory on the mainland is collected for lightship communication with the shore, to Chinese inhabitants are either fishermen or
froin the following sources) Land tax; (2) assiet narigstion in avoiding collisions due to farmers.. The chief erops grown are size, lies; and (3) fines of Court and darkness nud for, and for venesle in distress; in millet, wheat, sweet potatoes, back-wheat, other miscellaneous sources. In 1900 the total thau bigh-shred commercial messages is requis Chinese is cereals, dish, vegetables, or eggs. skort, in any case where mece signalling rather turnips, beans, and peanuts. The food of the
revonne collected amounted to $4,077, out of ed. Bat it is certainly not at present in any Very little fruit is enttivated. The arab ouk
which the land tax accounted for $1,824, sense a rival to the Celegraph cable.
is grown to some extent for the maintenance of the sikworms. The raw silk produced is sold to the Chinese silk latures at Clefoo.
"YEBISU.”
THE FAMOUS
CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT.
Thea is no export teade except in salt fish. THE "TERLIBLE" AT HONGKONG.
wbiel is carried in Chinese junks to Sonthorn. Express writes-Considerable discussion has also carried on in Chinese jucks. It consiste A nural correspondeat of the London Theily Chins. The import trade is not largo, aud is been caused in naval circles by the neglect of of tuber, firewood, and maize from Manchuria the Admiralty to reward Captain Perey Scott and paper, crockery, sugar, and tobacon from of the Terrible more substantially than by the Bastern Chiat. The average yearly import JAPANESE grant of the Companionship of the Bath, of maize is about 50,000 pients, valued at Lieutenant Oglivie, with
of tho Diana, about $50,000 per nanum. Most Joreign 'goods, one of the crack crnisers of the Mediterrano re brought from Chefoo by juuk to Weihaiwsi,
BEER
OF
TOKYO.
LIGHT.
PALATABLE.
cunisport in futuro in his methods of carrying tolesnic dust and vapour, carried from West and changing their national dress for that of seniority, was made Commandively small | 8251,000. The valne of the salt ish axported is · om boainees. A week ago there came Low Indies soross the Pacific and now brought the Hindus, to which many still adhere to-up Pent. Two of the sub-lieut nunts were pro-consisting of piece goodé, yarns, oils, zanteles, from Canton a youth who huf been given a sorose to us. When it is remembered that situation in the shop ou the recommendation the outburst of gas rose four miles in the sittled, and spread themasives into the country; ptet, but Captain Scott, I am saformed, is to audi sigur
The refugees accept the conditions, of a friend of the proprietar. He was in this air, sad that the amount of dret und und amidst unsympathetic nations and uncon be given the command of a battleship in the umployment for about & week only when his volcanic matter thrown out is estimated at genial surroundings the Paress had not the Channel Squadron. The real truth of the through their beadmen in accordance with The village communities are administered master cut la to a money changer with thousands of tons, it does not seems unlikely slightest scope for their ganins and aptitude, matter is that Captain Percy Brott's ouergetic Chines. laws and usages, and the people have 8275 in silver cunt he wished consorted into that it is this suspended alter that is causing paper. The Joki was anth long time in the pecalier weather we are now having and for the period of nearly ten couturies man- devotion to gunnery ban made him unpopular now entirely segnissced in the newly-established returning that the shopkeeper becs, slamed Agotser cathority believes the peculiar atmos: aged to eke out a humdrum czistence nudesiu baral circles, where the spit-and-poll h regime. All purely civil matters are left as PLEASANT.
Hindu and Mahomedan raters of the land. and went to the Central Poles Station, where pherin condition to ketoken an earthquake, and
schoot of thought still reigns supreme.uch as possible to the village chiefs. Diñenity he reported the matter. As the yoki had bean in this connection be says a similar atase of
The advent of the British East India Con During the late bot weather in Chins the is experienced in getting the village beadmen to away for a matter of half an hour only, the things cecurred in 1891-2, being referred to in
Terrible although at that time the crack take any active stage in criminal matters, and complainant was told to go back to the shop the antevor General's report for 1-92, which
shooting ship of the squadron, was told off to very few persons will give evidence against and sportain If te had yet come back. 1 he in mentioning the trigonometrical stres in
have been performed equally well by a smaller natives of the territory are low-abiding and well distil water at Hongkong. This daty might their own village people. As a class, the and not, the complament, was to go muk to the Slugapore, it is stated that the vertical angles
vessel, and the assignment of H.M.. Terrible behaved, are illiterate and very indigent. Tas Station and any so, when the ecmary stops takan at Kampong Batak the evening before would be taken. He did not do as he bad bean thu nurthquake were (in consequence of the
for the purpose was the subject of comment territory is over-populated, and too poor to directed, however, and next morning went baze) absolutely useless.
wherever naval men were gathered together support its population, and thousands of villagers down himself to the Canton steamer wharf,
Captain Hodworth Lam ton of the Fourful, emigrate yearly to Manchuria and Core. PER CASE OF 8 DOZEN Pins815 where be told Sergeant Walt the facts of the
sister ship to the Terible, les a commodore Thore is, perhaps, no place in Chins occupied by geant commande the King's gucht, and is on foreigners where labour is so cheap. se. The complainant thou went on board the beat to have a look amongst the passengers for the monumental masen, but the following, from over half a century. In fact, the Parsees were
the road to bigh promotiou. Captain Peray.
Weihaiwei is now a fairly regalar port of the missing for whom he praently apled Folkestone churchyard, will be difficult to equal the firet to appreciate the benign rule of the Navy and has devoted it exclusively to the northwards from Shanghai during the somer Sent has one of the greatest intellects in the call for many Chins coasting stemmers soi juz coming along the
od to the complainant or beat. It runs virtuous woman is 59. to English, whose first dubushes, first navy and Service of which he is an ornament. Hi4 con- months, and there is a small steamier subsídive!
and pointed out thọ har husband... man they were in search of The latter virtuous woman is It should have been, Aarmy contractors, first railway contractors and tributions to the probleme of straight shunting by Government to run all the year carrying PE CARE OF 8 DOZEN PIRTS 816 immediately turned on his bools and took to the stonscatter, not having room, substituted and the pioneers of cotton all industry in at the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty.baiwel. This enables the publie to reach Wei- crown to her husband," but builders, first brokers to the English merchant In the Aritish Navy entitle bim to say rewards mails and passengers between Chefoo and Wei light, hotly pursued by Bergeant Watt, who 58" for a crown" to
on the Presa altor smart ran. line Another stand of an unfortainto one Tudia were Fates. They number about 90,000
an unfortunate want scattered all over the globe. person $242 and some odd of space was when the mason was commissioned Such is the brief history of a small and
year. conft was towa
by the widowed husband to inoribe on the tomb numerically insigidesut remuant of sunce Ho pleaded guilty when brought before his the words "Lord, she was thine," and started in powerful untion, which ia remote ages success Worship, and was sentenced to six months
too generous s style, so that all he was shle to telly disputed the mastery of Asia with the get in was * Lord, she was thin.”
might and power of ancient Greece and Rome.
Narrow headstones and lengthy lines of inscription have ever been a source of trouble to
It is not generally known that the first half at haiwel by water i Shanghai and Chefoo at the Terrible's low was privately printed of Bey time of the Hongkong Daily Freas Ofoe] Mr. Crowe,
The climate of Woibaiwei is exceptionally titled From Portsmouth to Peking via Lodge bracing. The maximum temperature is about the master-at-arms, is the writer. It is eas good, and the winter, though cold, is "dry and smiths, I have reason to believe that the second degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, and the half will shortly be published,
minimum about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. The
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