ENQUIRIES INTO COLLAPSES OF BUILDINGS.
TINH TẠI LI Đ The exquiry was resured yesterday afternoon before Mr. F. A. Hezelend and a common furg into the circumstances attending the Intel collsyne of two houses in, Tung Loi Lars (near the Harbour Office) on 12th November last Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Holictor, appeared on half of the Crown, and Mr. H. W. Looker on behalf of the controofers (the Wing Blog firm), the shorers, and the architects, Mesars, Leigh and Orange.
The jurors were Messrs. W. Boldenberg C. H. Blason, and E. W. Torrey.
Evidence by Chinese witnesses constituted the afternoon's proceedings, Yik Fon Man, the last witness examined on the previous day, being recalled by Mr. Looker and questioned as to the weight, 8 tone, on the first floor of No. 12, Tabg Lot Lane at the time of the collas He admitted that be bad not visited the floor referred to on the day of the collapse, and had no personal knowledge of the weight of the goods stored there. He was quite sure, Lowever, that there was nothing whatever on the ground and first floors of No. 14, Tang Loi Lana at the time of the accident not even a quantity of old copper,
THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 103
NEWS FROM CHILE The recent bome newspapers published some very infereating news concerning the Republic British Minister, Mr. of Chile, stating that Lowther, had forwarded long report to the British Foreign Office on the situation of this Republic. He says that is the dispute between Chile and Argentine has been settled, the Chilian Government has devoted all spare funds to the materials for the construction of rail ways, barbour, and other useful works. Can fidence has again bess established. The foreign capital will be sufficient, and the work hitherto suspended lisa sincs been given a new impulse, The new laws promulgated, especially those referring to alcohol, demonstrate an earnest Tendency on the part of the Government, which is determined to repress insobriety with all severity, by imposing severe punishment on the offenders. In short, the Minister. Mr, Lowther, declares that Chile has started a new era of peace, progress, and labour, which will bo immensely favourable to the whole of the whole of the Suth American continent.
HONGKONG IN 1889.
waste. He is exactly the kind of men who has helped to make the Empire what it is, and there More than thirteen years ago-to bo precise, fore he is the kind of man who knows in kin. own sphors what it may become and how it on the 2nd Beptember, 1889 we published front be guided. As be mught when he wis these wolumns an interview by Mr. Heavy last in England several yearlinga and put them Norman entitled "A Colonial Career the in training for the Derby, we shall hear of him.
beer of him.
EASTMAN'S
in more ways than one. But we shall certainly FILMS, KODAKS AND ACCESSORIES
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
GOOD WORK, PROMPT RETURN.
pereon intorsioned being Mr. C. P. Chater (now Sir Paul Chetes, C.M.G.) and the subject of the discussion being Hongkong and its future. Though” the whole of the article entertaining to read, we confine ourselves tooting the part The following communication to the London DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN. dosling with the actual Interview, omitting the introductory description of the then Mr. G. P. Standard refers to the question of a gold Bir-In my opinion, the problem of a gold Chater. What follows will be of interest to standard for the Straits Settlements :- our readers for purposes of omparison between
almost, if not quits, divested of scientific dif the state of affairs in 1889 and now standard for the Straits is very simple and "I cornered him one day (physically, rot Bouities or considerations of political economy. financially)," says Mr. Normes, and put to him when it was a question whether Germany, for a few of the questions people are always asking tastazes, should adopt the gold standard, the about the colony. Nobody can answer so well problem may have been an intricate one, and and nobody's answers would command so much the same may be said es regards this closing of respect from everybody who knows where the Indian Mints to the free coinage of the rupee. As things have developed, however, the Hongkong ja and what it is.
whole question, as far as the Straits are co- cruel, motives itself now into what is gonerly ACHEE & CO.,
What do you consider the cases," I began, of the present remarkable commercial and financial prosperity of Hongkong P
"The same causes that spell prosperity any where else," was the reply. All the local companies are doing remarkably well, and this is at once the fact and the explanation of our enviable position. We have a very large stock market, and except in one or two instances of are all justified. Take a few examples. The conspicuous and undue inflation, the quotations Hunghong and Shanghai Bank pays its share holders 18 per cent,; the local Marine Insurance Companies pay from 15 to 20 per cent.; the 30; the Hougkong, Canton, and Macau Steam- local Fire Insurance Companies pay from 25 to boat Company pays 15 per cent.; the China and Mavila Steam caring Lompanys, pays
Company paya 30 per cent.; per cent,; the Sugar Refinery pays 15, and the
the Rope
Les Company
called "awimming with the tide." It is no more the Eation whether the discarding of silver is right or wrong, but the question now is, whether, after nine-tenths of the divilised world has adopted the gold standard, it is advisable for the Straits Settlements to follow discussed the ratter, said. "The question is suit or not. A friend of mine, with whom I not so simple as you appear to make it. Boppose the gold production decreases, und wa had to face again a scarcity of gold, the prices My answer was, "This point might have had of all commodities would declius tremendously." a bearing on the large question of the gold the small question of a gold standard for the standard all the world over, but does not affect Straits. Looking at the question from a local
difficulty.
Chile is one of the most prosperone and best organised countries of South-America. Its population amounts, according to the last Photographs of the collapsed houses were census, to 3,05 000 inhabitants. There are put in by Mr. Bowley, who explained that they notnally 15,000 Encopoons, of whom 6,240 are had been taken by Mr. Crisp, Inspector of British. This infit of foreigners is due to the Buildings. Public Works Departments. No portleiar point hinged on the photographs, good order which prevails in the public adminis the Crown Solicitor said in reply to Mr. tration, guaranteeing welfaro and perenna Looker, they simply might be useful in helping safely;ged to thechtural richness of the country, the jury to follow the idence.
Leung Yai Tai. the master of the Wo Hop which fully repays all honest labour by its bene. #enffolding shop, Wauchal Road, which put Up foial climate, suitable for any conditions. It is the shorings to the houses, said he had been in situated between parallels 19. 6, South latitude, business for himself for ten odd years, and know and presents a great variety of climates all about scaffolding. He had beer to the Colonial Exhibition in London in 1886, and pat. Its boundaries, from N to S., embrace an up some scaffoldings there He detailed the extent of 4,230 kilometres of longitude and its work ba had done in connection with the ten i width from the Pacifle Ocean to the highest can you ask aye 19 per cent, What more point of view, I do not see that it offers say houses in Wing Lok Street and Taug Loi Lane which were being pulled down and rebuilt. Vortical props were first put up, and these were succeeded by sloping props as the work of demoli tion progresso. Five groups of shores, at intervals of ten feet, were put up against No. 14, Tung Li Lane (one of the two collapsel houses of which the other was No, 12). The work on less, props was finished about three weeks before the accident. Hermined the party wall botwans Nos. 12 and 14, and worked out in figures the weight the prepa bad to support.. In answer to Mr. Looker, witness said he had been in the scaffolding business ever since he was tou years old, and, as before stated, bad been a master for about ten years during which time he had put up a great quantity of sboring in the Colony. Not once had a wall which he had shored up collapsel, and in those cases be carried out the work in the same way as in the present instance.
Bowley, he said Further examined by Mr. Bowles, the props against the wall of No. 14, because of the godown there, were 50 per cent. stronger than those now standing against No. 196.
Tu Po, master of the Wing Sing shop, was the next witness. Last year, he said, he made a contract for the palling down and rebuilding of the ten houses in Wing Lok Street and Turg Loi Lane. The plans were prepared by Mr. Moliau, architect, who left the Colony about ihres months after the work started, and were afterwards amended by Mr. Orange. No new contract was entered into with da onder in wartet et is simply to be charged sa extra. Mr. Orange frequently visited the work during its progress, and the English foremas engaged by him went down to the job sometimes once and sometimes twice a day. Witness went over details connected with the shoring, and said he had no idea is to what osaved the collapse.
The enquiry was adjourned sutil the after Doon at 2.15.
any additional work under it was
POLICE COURT.
Thursday, 8th January. BEFORE ML. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE MAGISTRATE}."
T.
ABUSIVE RICKSHA COOLIE. Lam Cheong Tak, rickaba corlie, was charged by Mra. Flors raasion, residing in Morrison Hill Road, with demanding more than his legal fare, assault, and behaving in a disorderly man ner on the 7th inste
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The complainant said she gave the defendant 10 cents, but ho demanded 20. cents, and pulled ber cape when she turned awaywithout landing over the desired oumaha." He pulled her cape a second time, and finally struck ber on the aboulder.
The defendant stated that the complainant engaged his rioksha for two hours, and that it was she who struck him, afterwards calling constable and giving him in custody.
A fine altogether of was imposed, with the option of 21 days imprisonment,
ABSAULT.
range of mountains in the Sonth varies between 170 and 400 kil, Ita total extent is 724,712.09 kil, much larger than any European country with the exception of Rassin.
For transportation of silver and copper, which abonad on the north of the Republie, and the vations agricultural and industrial
products from the centre and the scuth, means of communication have been greatly increased. The railroade e far extend to 4,042 kil, of which 2,186 belong to the Government and the rest to private companies. The majority of the latter are ormposed of English capitalists. It is proposed to construct shortly more than double the lines already stated.
One of the pricipal businesses of the country is in selipetro, which is used as a manure on the exhausted European fields. In 1900 the production reached 32,778,247 Spanish quintales (owb) of which 31,741,292 were exported. From the 15th of May, 1901, up to the same date in 1902 the following amount of saltpatro was sent to different partsGreat Bestsiz, 102,000 tona; Hamburg, 155,00; United States, 200,000, Belgium, 150,000, Dunkirk, 100,00; Rotterdam, 83,000; various ports, 100,000 which gives a grand total of 1,235,000 tous.
THE EVACUATION OF SHANGHAI.
In
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
17A,
PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORE
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. FEW DOORS EAST OF HONGKONG HOTEL. Hongkong. 15th November, 1902. INDO-CHINA AND THE CUR-
RENCY QUESTION. The rapidity with which the French Ministers of Finance and the Colonies formed the promised Commission to report on the probable consequences to Indo-Chinese trade and fasace is an indication of the importance attached to the question. According to the Eclair, the of the Bank of France, chairman; MM. Benso Commission will consist of M. Paliain, Governor and Laurent, directors-geveral of the Ministry of Finance; M. Bloch, Vasselle, and Dabard, directors of the Ministry of the Colonies: M. Simon, director of the Banque de l'Indo-Ching; and M. Frézouls, formerly director-general of the Indo-thiness Customs. The Commission
began work on the 9th ult. of
I think it is generally admitted that, ss "But is this prosperity or is it boom" "Prosperity, certainly. Take the confidence regstas imports into the Straits, fixity of and espital of the public, as a proof. Re-exchange would be an undoubted Liessing,
the cently formed limited liability companies have the recent inquiry at Singapore into the effects boon started here, for coal in Tonkin, for tin of the Straits Homeward Conference, it was. and gold in the Strails, for tobacco and timber with one solitary exception, admitted by all in Borneo, representing a paid up capital of witnesses, even by these who felt aggrieved in four million dollars and a market value of other 16spools, that stability of freights was nearly ten millions. And remember specially desirable. It is obvious that this must apply
M. Deloucle has written as follows to the in this connection that the banks do not advance with greater force to the paramount question
the currency of the country. It is, therefore." dollar against theo shares,” jela
ment of a gold standard in Siam is a ***But perple talk of a big collapse some day only necessary to consider the effect of a gold Minister for the Colonies-The establish "I do not belleve it. Nothing is so easy and standard on the export trade of the Straite, and veritable ecopothic coup d'état, fraught with the gravest consequences for Indu so cheap as to prophesy disaster. I know there on the relatious of the Straits with neighbour-
Chineas finance, and particularly for the Saigon are Jeremiahs, but all we ask of them is to take ing countries. As regards the former, no harm. their money and themselves away. There are surely, can arise, for the, simple reason that rice market. Of the three great rice-producing countries-Burma, Siam, and Cochin-China want: the pessimists may sit site at a distancs either of articles of which the Straits have the the last alone remains under the silver enough optimists among as to accomplish all we with snail exceptions, all our Exports consist and look on. Car prosperity is based upon monopoly, or where they have to compete only standard. On the other hand, the Indo-hinese estimates involve numerous payments in gold, facts that take no denying, We have a free with Gold countries" Even if this wore not port, the third finest harbour in the world the case, the academic question as to whether and the inevitable fall in the piastre consequent will seriously coxipromise the financial situation (Sydney and Rio de Janeiro being the other depreciated currency leads to greater prosperity
of our Empire. In these circumstances I have and Indo-China and the Philippines, our expert a higher price in dollars does not mean two), we stand at the door of China and Japan, is open to argument, To get for an article of the adoption of a gold standard by diam tennis run to all parts of the world, and we that we get a higher value, for all depends on the honour to ask you kindly to appoint im have any smonnt of enterprise backed by the purchasing power of the dollar and nobody mediately a commission in France to sady this before Jan. 1-that is to say, soon enough for capital Hy and by, 100, every steamer that will dispute the truism that in the same ratio in
Jarge sum in Silver for our produce, in the same the definite settlement of the approaching comes will coal in our harbone. In fact, which exchange falls, and in which we receive urgent question and to propose a solution
"Is it true that the grouter part of the capital ratio the purchasing power of the depreciated Budget of Indo-Chinese estimates. Hongkong is in its infaney.”
dollar will decline, and everything will therefore
M.Doumergne Las replied that the importance be as broud as it is long"
of the question had not escaped him, and that in circulation here and the business done is in
he had conferred with M. Rouvier at the leaf to institute a Ministerial Commission to study Council, and had decided in sceurd with him,
You may rest assured that immediately the the subject. The Colonial Minister added: Commission has formulated its opinion the Finance Minister and I will take the necessary
the hands of the Chinese?
a
America on the Chinese markets without some strong artificial support such as would be given hy export bounties. The railway reprosenta- tires, on the other hand, were far from taking so gloomy a view of the situation.. There '01- ister, they argued, a great demand for European gods in the Far East, and the considerable number of Russians living along the Manchu rian Railway would constitute a natural market railway rates so low that the Russian exporter for Russian wares: All that was to make the could send his goods more cheaply overland thau bis foreign competitors by son. The Marchurian Railway could, moreover, Essist Hussian trade by providing warehouses," By granting loans, and by other means, Amid all these contradictory view's the members were, however, agreed that, it was time for Russia to exert herself if she intended to compete for the Far Eastern trade with the Western countries.
NAVAL GUNNERY,"
Captain A. Dako Crofton, E.N., writes in the National Review on Gunnery versus Paint. As Captain Crofton possesses gunnery certificate his arguments might be misleading unless checked. We are surprised that he hugs the old delusions as to variations of weather and so on. It is no argument to say that what would on the ship; the guns crews do not aim at probabilities, but at targets which are tangit le be a miss at the target would probably be a lit
and visible, and a miss is as good as a mile when you are scoring for the prira. For pur with the 6-inch guu the feet in 1889 made 2,300 bits for 240 misses two misses out of every three shots. Ta 1909 the Ocean, which is nota- poses of randy comparison we may point out that
flagship, fired 165 rounds from her twelve 6-inch guns and inade 117 hits the Empress of India, which is a flagship, fired from her ten 6-inch gaus 1902 the Ocean, firing twice as rapidly as the 69 rounds and made 11 bits. Tint in to say, in
font ruumis, while the Empress of India made Bryress of india, made three hits for every less than one hit in six rounds. Let us pat aside for the moment att such questions as hon- Dour if the Empresá Indin with her present According to an account of an interview on indifferent gunners went into action, and let possessions in the Far East are threatened." the establishment of a gold standard in Siamus descend to the sordid grovelling question. Beaulieu, the well-known economist, points out country per annum? A marine artillerymen that it is not an unforeseen occurrence, but in the Ocean fired nine rounds a minute with publiebed by the Eclair, M. Paul Leroy What does the Empress of India cost the that steps should have been taken a long time the 6-inch gun, and hit the target each time. age to obviate its disadvantages so for as Inde à 6-inch gun is allowed a two minutes ron. It hine was concerned. At present the remedy is therefore lumanly possible for a gray of this seemed to him to be te prohibit the minting of calibre in liur two minutes' ran to fire 18 rounds. to ensure the stability of the arrency of the instead of firing 180 rounds, fired only 69, and made 11 hits! Even the Admiralty appear to cola in lado-China and to make arrangements And the ten guns of the Empress of Indur, piastre.
M Deloncle, Deputy for Indo-China, afirm be disgusted, and have ordered a second-class on the other hand that no one foresaw the step cruiser to relieve the Empress of India as flag- taken by Sham, and dwells on the serious disad.ship on the Irish station.-Outlook. standard in Siam would entail for French Indo- vantages which this establishment of the gold
China,
"No, as a general rale foreigners own Foreign property and Chinese own Chiness property. And myst of the Chinese property is mortesged to the Fire and Marine Insurance Commies. The Times of the 5th ult. writes with con- Of course the Celestial is much too sharp not to siderable vigour on the above question: We see the advoutages of investment under the quote the concluding paragraph of the artiole British flag. In Penang for instance, a million
The German Government had laid their pro and a half of dollars is inrested by one wealthy and 10 respectively. The former dropped ensures to avert the crisis with which the Frenck our, reputation, and the holocaust that would
Chinuman."
"How are the Chiness as co-workers in business and Snance?"
in
TRADE
TELEPHONE No. 135.
MARK
“CLUB”
"As regards the possible effect on the retation- ship of the Straits with neigbouring countries. I submit that it will be practically nit. We hud, and have a large trade with India and Barmah and also with Java. Exchange to the at the time about 235 former countri rupees for 100 dollars, and to the latter 260 guilders for 100 dollars. It is now about 125 posals before the Imperial Government in that city, bud the Chinese had accepted them. Hav-
alruptly overnight, when the Indian Mint was losed. The fact that such a sudden tremendous las taken this step they lied about it with charanteristio persistence and affrontery to Sir
Very reliable, very prompt, and vary busie obange had no appreciable effect on our trade immediately detected, and equally, of course, money value of good credit. Complainte are proof the inherent strength of our position Ernest Sutow. Of course, they were almost ness-like. They understand as well as we do the with these countries in, in my opinion, sufficient Lord Lansdowne informed them through our being made that the Chinese are very dilatory if woman get the neighbouring countries to Minister that we deeply resented their conduct. in taking up their contracts for piece goods and come into line with the Straits, all the bottor It is entisisetory that Prince Ching should such like from home. Bot they consider that but if not, there is no reason why the Straits have been brought to book not only with they are noting according to "olo custom," and alone (with the Federated Malay States) should promptitude, but in language which left no this can be stopped, at orce by an agreement not take action. Even the state of transition room for denbt that we are not going to allow among the foreign merchants. But the foreign will be very simple and easy and inexpensive.
All other dollars having been demonetised China to igu away our interests and our merchants prefer to compete rather than to
few years ago, we have only to deal with the freedom of action on the Yangtzo behind combine, and to the Chinaman gets his own way
Britian dolar Let the Balay Mint be our back. It is equally satisfactory that In opiumolo custom" is the other direction, an lucident which the Chinese have been and the Chinese clear their opium inside of four closed to the free coinage of the same, and it can easily be withdrawn by the Straits watching with deep attention, and can days."
Are there many bankruptcies among the Government, and an exclusively Straits dollar for rather half-dollar, ou the lines of Japan. s0 hardly horo failed to interpret as a challenge to a te uphold our position in the Far East. Chinase?"
ns t guard against a possible rize in the price should have been closed at the end of October Up to the present time there have been very by Germany's announesment that she abandoned faw. Now they seem to be becoming more fre- of silver) substituted. The small difficulty that Count Metternich quent. Ret the foreigner does not often lose the British dollar cirentates also la Hongkong her third condition." explained to Lord Lansdowne that bis Govern by Chinese failures, as he is guaranteed by his can easily be overcome. The Mint can be re meat was content, as it bad obtained from the compradere, This personage either furnishes opened for the use of Hongkong after the new Chinese a general declaration which completed bonds or deposits money as his own guarantee, coin is introduced into the Straits, and, and confirmed the existing arrangements of an all business with the Chinese is done through order to adjust matters, it can, no doubt, easily earlier date, particularly the Anglo-German bim, and even every Chinaman employed about be ascertained what approximate amount treaty of Gotober, 1989. Lord Lansdowne was, the place, down to the punkah.coulis, is hired circulates in Hongkong, and on that basis the unfortunately, uuabio to see the precise terms. by him. And from every employes and on every Straite Government could arrange to hand over of this arrangement, bat, as he told the Gez transaction be takes his percentage, and this is to the longkong Government any amount which man Ambassador, it cannot to any way restrict his profit and income. So that practically so may, ou expiry of the time for withdrawal, have our liberty of action, inasmuch as it has been Chinese merchant has the entree to a foreign teen tendered to the former in excess of its made without our concurrence. So this inci merchant's officu except such as are guaranteed propertion.
but in whichever way this point is dealt with, dent ends. The garrisons are to be withdrawn, by the compradora Ifa Chinamas faila he does. Charles Kelly, Da It'sh seama, whilst drank and Germany has failed to obtain the re not often get back to his original position as it will not involve the Straits Governmen in the other day, kicked A Lamble, an unemployed
not menti inflation, and if the rate is fred at ship's mate, on the eye, and was given into nunciation sho sought renunciation which, with as, but goerally becomes a runner for any appreciable loss. Fixity of tzchange does
in spite of Count Metternich's suavo assurances some other firm." Custody. He told his Worship that he remem to the contrary, most Englishmen will agroo What effect would a war in which England about the gare now current, say le. 8d. to the bered nothing about it, and was fined $5, which with Lord Lansdowne ju rei, arding as devoid was engaged with a Power represented in the doline (which is exactly twelve dollars to the come to France, will only safer in a slight
pound), the measure can be introduced without of any new meaning at all, unless it was Pacific bare opon Hongkong?"
cost to the Government, Such a rate would Financially, it would be fearful business"? specially directed sgainst Great Britain.
"ilave you any other local schemes on band also at once dispose of the usual outery that the THE DEVELOPMENT OF RHODESIA, Her effort to obtain it, by inducing as to siga
a document in which it was inserted amongst «Yes. I have various others, one of which I adoption of the gold standard would benefit The British, South Africa Company bas other proposals of a harmless character, was a hope to be able to place before the public im either debtor or creditor. By taking the decided to expend £2,000,000 on railways in rather clumsy attempt to get us to sauctionsmediately. It is a Patent Slip Company. Our ourient rate, neither will be injured and either Rhodesis. This is one of the results of the holly inadmissible contention which Lord local Dock Company, su immense concern in its benefited. To effect the chan, at about tour recently undertaken by the directors of Salisbury met with a rig rous repudiation what way, hee hitherto bad the menopoly for years existing rates will also be a complete auswer to the Chartered Company, wao recoguise that the German Ambassador tentatively advanced part of the docking, &c., of steamers and has the assertion that the measure might disturb our it in 1893. Count Hatzfeld, it will be remom- had at times emeli a pressure of work that vessels relations with neighbouring countries. In can- cheap and rapid transport is urgently necessered, then ondeavoured to maintain that while have been obliged to avail themsefres of the clusion, it will be interesting to look alec at the M. Deloncle continued, has a very large note: for the further development of the country. Of the above-mentioned sum, £1,000,000 will be Germany possesses a privileged position in docks at Shanghai and Singapore. The wish other side of the picture, and couteinplate the expended immalistely, and it is expected that Shantung she has the same rights as we have to keep all the work here has suggested to me consequences of a continuance of the present the work to be done for that amount will be in the British sphere of interest on the Yang the floating of the above, for the site of which state. Silver being no more a metal for our
I have obtained a fine property. I will not renos purposes, it becomes an article of rate Prophis Will mean a heavy lees, not only KING EDWARD VII completed by the end of next year. It will 1aze, whereupon Lord Salisbury at once recură-
detail other Companies forming in prospectivo. commerce, and as sach is subject to the lans for the bank, but also for the French colony and
22.00 the Chinese traders under French protection. Include the construction of the Capo-to Cairo, ed his tire inability to assent to that view.
although there is one other sobie trought of supply and demand. The supply exceeding railway up to the Victoria Falls and the cost
the steal bridge which will span the Zambesi A good story is told of Trott, the MCC before me by my Chinose friends, viz, a rail the den and largely, the price must go lower at that point. The first million pounds will bowler. When he was touring with the club way between Canton and Kowloon, Phave and lower, and the present rate of 18. also pay for the relaying of the Vryburg. team lost spason a local professional gave vent been consulted in this matter: needless to say 3d for the doller will soon boloing to the RUSSIAN TRADE IN THE FAR EAST. The committee of reprosentatives of the Mafeking line with rails nuiform with the to the opinion that Trott was one of the worst should at come to a head, it will mean the history of the past, and we will think
which old Straits people like myself remember Enian railway companies and Bourse com rest of the Khodecim railways, the constraction bowlers that ever won o reputation. Presently making of British Kowloon, and thereby farther of this rato in about the same way i
the time when this much-abused voin stood at mittees which has been entrusted with the tank of a branch line from Guelo to Selukwe, a the local professional had to go in to face the gr the benefitting Hongkong.
to the wicket be. Are you a bi-metallist-P distance of 25 miles, a branch from Bulawayo Australian bat as he came
"Certainly I am, and I thoroughly believe in 48. 6d. But this, it, the almost certain con- of drawing up the tariff of rates for the direct to Gwondo (100 miles), a branch from Falisbury was handed a small piece of paper folded, and ta Gwelo (30 miles), and extensive improve. asked not to read it till after his innings. His it. I believe, moreover, bi-metallian will be an tighed depreciation of our currency, is not the carriage of goods between Russia and China Fold ants on the Beira-Umtali section near curiosity was not kept waiting long. The first accomplished fact at no very distant date wat aspect Silver, like any other article, its Bret sitting on the 26th November be Intus. Consider the tremendous coueequences. based were laid down, and the duty of working Fontesville in order to strengthen that line all hit him on the body, to the unconcealed Even now you see the European Governments mi sooner or later Le takes in band by specu- general principles on which the tariff should be against the annual fooda which have in the amusement of the field; the second he hit at are hotering around it,AENN
And finally if it is not indiscreet, is it tree The article may be cornered, and our exchange out those principles in detail was handed over to with vigour, but missed, and again the field! Tast greatly interrupted traile
collapses, we should as rapidly go down again of the meeting, however, was the preliminary showed its ill mouners the third bowled olson that after a while you are coming home with a my jump to 4 or 5. When the corners sub-committee. The most interesting feature and every one borst into rours of laughter view to such political work sama present ito, say, le. 34. Let those who maintain that debate on the position and possibilities of When in the privacy of the pavilion he read self p the slip of paper, the horrible reason of the "I am going home, was all the reply I could the adoption of the gold standard might dis Russian trade in the Far East. The most get, wrote Mr. Norman in conclusion. But I tub our trade contemplate the consequences divergent views were expressed by members fires of the Bourse gave it as their opinion will venture to add that when Mr. Chater does. I have depicted-I remain, Sir, your obedient of the committee. Several of the representa
STRAITS, that it was hopeless for Russia to attempt to compete with England, Germany, and got home his unrivalled knowledge of the servant, practical needs and opportunities of this part of the Empire will not be long allowed to run to
Le paid.
By the end of 1903 the second sum, probably of £1,000,000, will be sanctioned for the purpose of carrying the Cape-to-Cre line north of the Zambwi to 1he bend of the Kafue, a distance of 300 miles, in which region very extensive discoveries of copper, lend, and sing have been made. When the work in contemplation has been carried out, Rhodesia will have a total of over 2,500 miles of railway:
cachinnation was made clear. On it were these words Truth wins £5 if he hits you with the first ball, makes you miss the second, and bowls you in the first over. Is he a good bowler P India Scotia.
London, November 25,
"M. Delcassé," the Deputy is reported to have added, has protested by telegraph, and of having violated every economic law and at it will not be long before ciam repents the same time the rights of our countrymen and protegis, She bad issued at random paper money which the British banks are now buying up and for which they will ask her one of fless days for payment in gold. As Sian bas tot the gold necessary for her to withdraw her STILL LEADING Britain will make her a loon on such security potes-she will be obliged to borrow, and Great ss, Bay, the Customs, whence Great Britain will have made more progress towards the mixing of Siam. But from the point of view of finance got in a calamity. The general Budget of and of the Budget of Indo-China, Siame Indo-Chins, the principal receipts of which degree from the Siamese coup dat, but the me is not the case with the lomi Badgets of Cambodia and Indo-Chins, the disorder of which the piastre debt will complete. The telegrams we are recaising show that the sites- tion is becoming more serions every day, and that people are Tesy angry out there at the
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