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capital. These how Savings Debentures, we understand, are not really a Japanese invention, something very like them being in vogue on the European Continent. They are issued to foreigners as well as to Japiese. The Japness have this year adopted another foreign financial scheme, a Succession Tax, known in England by the sombre name of Death duly." In referring to the Japanese national dosk, the goutloisan compiling these returns remark that a large proportion of the loans was radeened before maturity, "to the great satisfaction of the bondholders." Those. who were receiving nine per cent wool! scarcely be greatly satisfied by, the prema ture redemption.
The International Bank (Philippinga) has opened a Savings Department,
The German mail stoûter Prins Heurich will have for Shanghai, Nagasaki. Hiogo and Yokohama at tena.mu, to-day,
A soldier of the R G. A. was found by the Police on Sunday night in Battery Path in an
He was removed to hospital, where he died fast neonscious condition. His skull was fractured aight.
It is announced by the Japaneso Finance Department that the bonds already issued in
accordance with the Tebates Monopoly Law in part payment of the comparation due to tobacco manufacturers amounta to X271,650.
admitted that taxation and the cost of | living. is greater, things might have been worse. It is pointed out that on account
- Vifteyn minutes after auch of Sandow's pur- of the restriction/pet by the extraordinary special tax law upon local taxation, redue-formances ends a special: tram will start to tion of local taxes in consequence of the tuko Peak vosidents houm. | curtailment. of local expenditures, and also of untional thrift, the country is in a position to bear the increased taxation without the slightest inconvenience." Happy country! One of the most significant passages in the Financial Annual is
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which says, "As look back upon the economic condition of the country since the outbreak at the war, we find that the nation lias not in any way suffered from these evil effects which usually appear in time of war, but that it was throughout the past year under favourable economie couditives. The specie reserve of the Central Bunk continues to be" on a tim basis; although there has been "an increased issue of convertible banknotes, still, if we deduct the notes circulated in China and Cores, the circulation at home does not exceed its normal ainoumt. Our "foreign trade attained last year unpre. cedented prosperity; and the most recent statistics show that the nation at large has CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT TO ample funds at its commaul, and deposits made in banks and in the post office savings HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.
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Return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 17th July, 1905
Library Musaum Non-Chinese... 31 Chinese
Total
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The weakly plagus return (to July 15th noon) reports 15 cases and 16 deaths, or altogether 239-226. Adding four since, the totals to noon yesterday are 243 cases and 229. fatalities. With the exception of one French case of cholers (in the city) the Colony is free of any other communicable diseanó,
The ton-natives from Weaf Point who took a Chingman to a gambling ponse in Third Street with the avowed intention of entertaining him for the evening, and then assulted and robbed the Police Court yesterday. Mr. C, E. H. Beuvis (of Mesara. Wilkinson apil Griať's office) appeared for the defendants, who were escl Gned $6.
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TWO ATTEMPTED SUICIDES.
A PASTEUR INSTITUTE FOR.
MALAYĄ. TA
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SINGAPORE, 17th July. Mr. Leong Fee, the well known Two cases of attempted suicide came up for Tambun mine-owner, has offered to hearing before-Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police build and equip á Pasteur Institute Court yesterday. In the first, the accondary
wife of a Chinamon living at Kennedy Street, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Yaunati, quarrelled with the first, and left for the Federated Malay States, and Hongkong. She, however, soon grew tired of
the city, and decided to return to her home. neighbouring conmunities. On the way back on the leapol she jumped overboard but when a rope was thrown to her she clutched it, and was hanted on board again. On appearing before His Worship, she was discharged. Her sister promised to take care
of her,
Another case occurred at Second "Street, West Point, on Sunday. For some mis- demeanour, a Cliness woman had thrashed her little daughter, and was chastised by her husband for se doing. When the husband left homo, he told his wife that if she beat her dorghter again, to would beat bar. The woman did, hat was gridently afraid to most her husband. The little girl weat and brought the neighbour |from the next floor, just in time to catch the woma 'with a rope round her neck. She was first taken to hospital, and afterwards removed to the Police Station, and on appearing before His Worship yesterday was cautioned | and. dismissed.
A CARELESS RICSHA COOLIE.
As Mr. Till, bailiff of the Supreme Court, was riding along Queen's Road in his riosho on Saturday, another riesha costio, who was on his wrong side of the road, attempted to rush on to: the other side in front of Mr. Hill's riosha,
The result was a collision in which several | spokea were knocked out of the bailiff'a rieska, the damage done being estimated at $1.70. The drawer of the public ricaba was churgel before. Mr. G. N. Orms at the Poloo Court yesterday with negligent "driving" aud causing damage to the said amount. He was fined and ordered to pay 81.75 componiation. STEALING THE SOLDIERS BREATH
For sometime past the soldiers stationed at Murray Barracke have been missing stores from
I attained. We have in fact evidence in in, again appeared before Mr. G N. Orme at their larder, but it is only once 'la a while they!
every direction that the heary burden in posed by the war bus not in the least degree impaired the economic development of the nation,
are ablo té pounce upon the culprits-barracks ecolles. Of late. broad has boon disappearing in a remarkable manner, and if a "Tommy" chanced to go to breakfast a little late, be generally found that his share. had vanished. On Sunday, the sentry on duty at the barracks was surprised to see a couple of loaves of brend
secluded spot in the yard. Getting into hiding, he decided to await roanite, and had not been watching long when he saw a coolie go and pick
MISSIONARY'S EXTRA- ORDINARY DEATH.
The
SHANGHAI, 17th July, Rev. A. G. Jones, of the English Baptist Mission, has been spending the summer at Taishan, and has thore died under extraordinary circumstances. He was killed by n
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cloud-burst," which at the same time caused the collapse of a temple. near by...
CAPTAIN BOUGOUIN PARDONED.
SUPREME COURT.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
Monday, 17th July..
BEFORE MR. A, G. WIFE (PüraxE JUDAE)
CHEONG FOOÏ Y. DENNIS O'KEEFE, The hearing of this case, in which the plain claimed from the defendant the sam of $200 for alleged illegal arrest, was con- tiunod. +
Mr. H. W. Looker fol Messrs. Deacon Looker and Deason) appearad for the plaintiff,
and Mr. F. P. Hott (of Messrs. Bratton, Hett and Goldring), represented the defendant, ofandant paid the conductor 45 cents; anl declined to pay the remaining thirty, declaring that he had done so, and that ho would get. him (the plaintiff) six months imprisonment and six hours in the stocks for trying to steal the 30 cents. When the tramcar reached No Police Station defendant gare the plaintif in charge, but the sergeant refused to take the charge, advising the defendant to see tha tramway muxagor,
The cuse for the prosecntion was that the
The case for the defence was practically d complete.denial.
His Honour awarded the plaintiff $25 damages and costs.
EUGEN SANDOW·
INTERVIEWED.
Since the arrival of Bandow at Singapore, general gossip locally has been of the modern Hercules anù of his enigerly antisipated visit to Hongkong. Sailors, soldiers and civilisus have stopped to gaze at his advertising posters, and all have soxiously waited the arrival of the an of the hour and his Greco-Roman band. KOBE, 17th July.
Bandow landed yesterday from the German Captain Bougonin received his stormer Prinz Heinrick, and will opji in the City Hall to-night. Last night a Dally Press pardon yesterday --
reporter-visited him at the King Edward His Japanese servant, Maki, was Hotel, to ask a few questions, which the also pardoned.
It is understood that Captain Bougouin is to leave Japon.
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perfect man auswered amiably.
Asked whether be considered his mode of oxercising could further develop the well- developed Chinese coolie, Sandow replied,- I am sure it would. Tho coolle ecrtalály has arduous work, but his mind is on his work, and hot on the development of his muscles. He will run with a ricsha for eight or ten hours, but is he really strong ? I say "no." The
develop- mont of muscle has got ahead of the doralopment of the heart, which must always develop LONDON, 15th July.
proportion to the muscles of the body." Mr. Sandow then made the unexpected remark The M. M. steamer Caledonien from ChinsIt is not the quantity of mascle, but the to Marseilles greunded badly gear Zaila. The quality that tells." British cruiser Perseus pulled her off, and is- now towing kor to Jibatil.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
LONDON, 15th July.
M. Takahira yesterday visited President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, in connection with details of the peaco conference. Ho expressed satisfaction of the appointment of M. de Witts, as an able man, and ene who will load cendence
FIRE IN KOBE HARBOUR. :
The British steamer Volga, chartered by the
A shopkeeper of No. 115 Reclamation Street, Yaumati, was charged before Mr. F. A. Haze land at the Police Court yesterday at the in-shooting through the air and landing in and weight to the conclusions of the conference. stance of Dotactive Sergeant Grant with selling arms without a licence. Some two years ago licence entitling the defendant to sell arms was cancelled, and it is alleged that ho bus since been disposing of them in a small way. The case was remanded, all being allowed in the mum of $1.000.
Remanded from last week, the case against the two sailors who were charged with desert-
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The
ter hearing before Mr. F. A. Hasoland at the Police Court yesterday. His Worship sentenced the defendants to three weeks' imprisonment with bard labour, and in timerant of their vessel returning before the expiration of their sontenots they are to be reshipped on board of her."
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"Look at me now. I look nothing out of tho ordinary, do IP asked Sandon Our reporter replied that he did not look extraordinary. "But you should see moin the buff," said Sandow. “And it is gradual practice and exercise that. has brought me up to my present state."
Yes. Exorcise is more necessary in the hot weather than the gold, because the liver gets sluggish if one lies about doing nothing. merely recreation. Exercise is only exercise Football oricket when done for a purpose, and the mere you the more you make, whereas in recreation you spond in exercising the mescles of the body make nothing. We have a certain amount of steam in our bodies which in physical culture we let off, but we are laying a reserve fund by which will assist us in sickness or old age.
and tennis are not exercise
"Yes, I will show exercises which will
up the bread, with which he was marching off. & O. Steamship Company, brought to Kobe strengthen the Chinese splosa, and the
a cargo of American cotton and iron. The lower part of the abdominal muscles, enj when the sentry detained him and banded him work of discharging was commenced on July 4th that Chinese or Japanese cannot be hurt over to the Police. Charged before Mr. G. N.
and was continued on the following day. On by a slight tap it that part of them, bold Orme at the Police Court yesterday with steal. Thursday morning everything on board was as I have experimented on many of them, ing 2 lbs. of bread the cells was convictel and usual, but at 10 o'clock a dense vehime of smoke they have followed a course of my instruc burst from the after hold and it was apparent tion, and you can hit them in the stannach a sentenced to three weeks' hard labour.
that a somewhat serious fire which had no doubt hard as you like. Even with the food on which been smouldering for some time, had broken out. the coolie lives, he would not bo weak in this The Master, Captain J. Pattie, was ashers at part if he practised my exercises according the time, but on being informed of the onbreak to the chart. meantime the officers and crew did everything returned to the vessel with all speed. In the portable to quell the Bames, and the fire signal was hoisted."
GAMBLING RAIDS.
M
The graduated income tax, for which English socialists have long agitated, is adopted by Japan in its most complicated foru. Incoines of not less than 100,000 yen have the privilege of paying 55 per Celt, or more than half their income! A five-hundred-dollar-a-month resident must pay a quarter of his income; and out of a salary of a hundred a month, the Japanese employee is not asked to pay more than 180 yen a year. No tax is levied upon the
the Government for war purposes, nor
On Saturday night Constable Hynes pra
I had prepared him by postal instruction No, I bare not a Chinaman in my groups upon "interest of the Savings Debentures to be issued in accordance with the Savings
ceeded to a house in Moon Stroot, Wanchai, to
before I came East, and bad him inely search for illicit opium. Thero was no one at
developed, but I could not bring him along Debentures Law of 1904.”
In a very short space of time boats were put with me as his mother would not let him come. body is the house until be reached the top-floor off from the Austrian er is Kneeringuishing he thought I would well him to the
erniser Elizabeth, | My -Thcec Savings Debentures are now being
the boor to usker kim in, neither did he see any.
heard he was afraid to come because
issued, and so far as we know, have not yet
There he heard sufitotent to make him believe appliances, hand pumps and dising apparatus. Datoh, but I think the trouble was with his Before Mr. G. N. Orme at the Police Court la pona spon a school of gamblers hard at The ship's doctor accompanied the volunteers, mother. My Japanese, too, was commandeered In our notes on the Japanese financial been described in the Press. The Spesie
invaluable assistance. When the fizzes had again shortly." statement for 1905-6, published on July Bank has received 2 quantity within yesterday afternoon, the case against El Kwai, it. He attempted to open the door, but fraud and this was fortatute, as he was alfe to render to go to the war, but I hope to have him backc The idea of a foki in the emptor of the Kwong Hing firm it was locked. He threw himself against it bech got ander, the Chief Boatswain of the With regard to jiujitsu, Mr. Sandow softs 10th, the reader must have been struck by the last week for issue.
at Sai Yuen Laus, who was charged with the and, at the second time, it yielded. He entered Kaisorin Elizabeth descended into the hold, but "I will not commit myself, as I have not made a embezzlement of a snm of $150, was continued. the room just in time to see a stepladder was soon overcome by the fumes and was in stady of the art, but hope to do so when I reach the very noticeable disproportion of them seems to be as follows:
*JEPAD. to the Mr. G. E. Morrell (of the Crown Solicitor's vanishing through the skylight, and one cover such a serious condition that he had to be
sittrue that your ozercises, whilederaloping revenue, and expenditure, the former being depositor lends (say) five yea
learn, subsequently recovered.
Several of the muscles, affect the heart"-It is impossiblo considerably over 120 lions more than Hypothec Bank on fixed deposit for twenty office) prosecuted, and Mr. G. E. H. Beavis ing Chinese gaping at it as it disappeared. conveyed to the craiser, bat, we are glad to
otherx were temporarily overcome, for the heart to be affected. My exercises are the latter. That revenue was, however, years at the per cent. Each five yen of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) appeared With the 6. seption of this one man, all kod classed as ordinary or normal, the explana-bond bears nineteen coupons, one of which for the defendants. After hezring further scaped, and had eat off the means of pursuit even the diver being somewhat affected. done so gradually and carefully that the is de may be exchanged each year for the interest witnesses on behalf of the prosecution, His In the room the constable found a quantity of Captain Pattis and some of his officers were heart grows in proportion to the rest of the
also partially asphyxiated when the smoke was body. If pu
pupils did exercises of their own tion being that the increase... i to the natural increase of the receipts of the twentieth year, the bond itself is
(on five you, fifteen sen) and at the end of Worship hold that the evidence was very illicit opium, and took it, together with the stita worst, Mr. Jones, the First Mate, being with my developers or dumb-balls the only
unsitisfactory, anâ discharged the defendant. romeining gemblor, to the Police Station: The rare seriously affected. Indeed, had it not been result would be that they would derive poj Clicaman was charged before Mr. G. N. Orme for the prompt assistance of the Kaiserin benefit from them. To develop the muscles. the whole as a result of the general-
aurrendered for Yo.15. To the meantime, Several complaints have been made to the the Police Court yesterday, und fined $30 for Elizabeth's doctor, who worked at artificial they must follow the directions on the charts.
Is there any trickery in your weight lifting economic development and inurasse of
regained consciousness, it is doubtful whether exhibitions What do you mean national wealth; to the fact that the the depositor has to be compensated for alice of late of noises created on flower sam- being in possession of illicit opium and 815 for respiration for some while before Mr. Jones extraordinary special taxes and the tobacco the difference between three per cent. and pans plying in the harbour at midnight, or the gambling.
arty hours of morning, and, as a result, the 1: Another raid was made on a house in Taia weak state yesterday and unable to take any This is very mistress of one of these boats was yesterday. Hang village on Saturday night by Sergeant monopoly having been brought into the actual market rate. operation in the spring of 1904, the full lively done by means of drawings. charged before Mir. F. A. fazeland at the Police Lee. This house had been specially erected year's receipts could not be obtained from the first five years, there are three Court, at the instance of Tusciar Longley with loopholes of escape, and as sentries were them last year, whereas in the current fiscal drawings a year, at each of which the The constable who arrested the woman stated posted, it was with the greatest oro that the unceasingly during the whole of Thursday, not to me whorever I catch hold of a bar. It may
ware, however, successful in securing eight men
The Water Police also rendered valuable weight lifting, but I am showing how by careful depositor of Y. 5 has a chance of winning that there were tires women on the hout, and Police had to make their descent upon it. They leaving the Tontil late in the evening, make a difference to others who are not used to
assistance in combating the fire, ne, did the and
training I am now enabled to lift one of numerous cash prizes, the highest they were singing Cantonese love songs. San- being five hundred yen. After the fifth any night was still and calm, sad their shouting who were playing Nagupai These men Kangaski Dockyard Company & men. Indeed: the bessiest weights ever raised.
wore charged before Mr. F. A. Haroland at the Captain Pattio speaks most highly of the kind.. The Hon. Joseph Chamberlain is supposed awoke many sleepers on board ships. His year, there is one drawing a year. In the worship inflicted a fine of $10, the alternative Polico Court yesterday, and two of them, who ness and promptitude shown by all who came never to take any bodily szaraise he cau avoid. were the keepers of the house, were finet 350 or to his assistance, and it is evident that his own How do you account for his hale and healthy Orient, where so much money is squandered being one month's imprisonment.
TCH worked admirably
age?" I say Mr. Chamberlain does take. How the fire originated it is impossible to exercise. There are three sorts of exercise. seond lotteries, this form of investment is
spontaneous combustion. There were some 3,000 is that
able to contract the you are bates of cotton, together with a quantity of muscles, and again, you can exorcice without iron work, in the holds, all of which was knowing it by setting the muscles, which last consigned to Kobe, and the greater part of the Mr. Clunberlain probably does while waving Yesterday afternoon, on the block of ground tunately the vessel itself, which is only some of Mr. Chamberlain since he made
fornier is damaged by fire and water. For his arms about in the House. We only know before she City Hall, Messrs. Hughes and eighteen months old, sustained or little for himself. Before then ho may have Hongh, auctioneers, sold by public nuction, a damage, but yesterday morning the cotton was exercised and reached a certain degree of
still smouldering, number of Chios ponies. The only Pay It was decided to avoid further danger by a certain point in the development of the the hatches remaining sealed. physical perfection, and it is possible to get to withdrawn from the sale was Highland Laddio, Elling up the lower hold with water. At no muscles of the body when it is unnecessary to the highest prios bid being $100. Tuscan time during the fire was the other shipping in exercise them any more, and they can be set King was bought by Mr. S. A. Sath for $75, the barbour threatened, the Volga lying far unconsalously.
out.-Japan Chronicle. Saxon King by Mr. Carlowitz for $75; Jungle King by Mr. Smith for $175; a polo pouy from Shanghai by Mr. Knotswall for $75; and Two Step (a griffin) by Mr. Gogg for $10,
I
he would have recovered Although he was in Wall, some strong mom have bars madə sə- part in the further work of extinguishing the
To fire, he was prograssing favourably, and will body coald lift them. That is not trickery,
know how to take hold is the knowledge of -probably soon be himself again.
All the uren from the Austrian cruiser-worked weight lifting; but it makes no difference
year they will be collected in full; and to the increase in the receipts from the same phor monopoly and profit from the
The' "Government railways"
extraordinary was swollen by carrying over an amount from the Chinese indenmity, General economies, in administration costs caloulated to be very popular; and the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE! the gamblers were ordered to pay a fine of say, but i hay be surmised that it was dag to The first is the durab-bella; the effected by all departments, accounts Japanese Government, which, frowns on
revenue
for the fact that the ordinary expenditure, gambling, seems to have hit upon a shrewd in spite of increased pensions, camphor compromise. The fascination of the scheme monopoly, and education outlays, is only lies in the fact that for five dollars the There is a special gambler now has thirty chances of winning triflingly increased. Budget for the War, which treats as one five hundred, and numerous chances for the period the time since war began. The other prizes, while supposing him to be expenses are put at seven hundred millions uniformly unsuccessful, he gets his money.
with.. an
back plus three dollars interest; whereas extraordinary (£71,699,273),
the speculator in a Chinese or other lottery reserve fund of eighty million yen.
The money is thus obtained: First there has only on chones at a higger prize, the surplus in ordinary revenue of and in any event must lose his original
.
on
ASSOCIATION,
17th July 1905,- |
The principal scores in the pool competition
Saturday were as follows: J. H. Pidgeon (winner) 61 - BOI. --- 61' L. G. Bird...
57 4 50 - ser. - 59 59 - sor. = 59
W. Goodfellow
A. Mackenzie P. L. Miller J. C. Peter
--W. B. Boyes....
J. Whittall... W. G. Winterburn
O. Marriott ...
C. Cottier
G. H. Harslon
-TH
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50
49--8
Hon. L.A. M. Johnstone 39
six weeks' imprisonment, while the remainder of
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SALE OF PONIES.
[When Mr. Sandow goes to Japau, he will probably be told that jiujitsu athletes begin to The municipal authorities of Wiesbaden are affer when they cease their regular exercise. said to have provided a vulcanite leg for a pet The theory was that there was some sort of stork which is kept in the park, and which had re-action-]
I one of its limbs amputated.