POLICE COURT.
Wodoosday, May 9th.
DEFORE Ma. F. A. HAZELand (Fiest
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
A COOKS' QUARREL. A senior cook was charged with assaulting a junior member of the profesion at a house in Third Street, West Point, on Tuesday,
THE FIGHTING IN NATAL.
The following early April despatches to tho Times give some idea of what is going on now. Colonel Lonohara reported: "I proceeded at balf-past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon with 1
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 10г¤, 1906.
JAPANESE SHIPPING COMBINE.`.
PROPOSID WIDEITBEAD OPSBATIONS,
wards to the Washington Department of Com "Consul General Miller, of Yokohama,, for
of the Umvoti Rifes down the Impauta
meros details of the Japanese shipping combing's Valley, mooting the oblef Sibindi with about plane for covering some of the most profitable 1,000 of his followers. It was then too late to trade router. He states that the vessels of over 2 aggregating penetrate the fastnesses of Bambaata's strong-1,000 tons in the union number 132 hold. The country traversal was exceedingly 383,747 tons, and the capital stock is fixed at rough, stony, and precipitous. Many deserted reach 750,000 tons, and the insurance on the £4,000,000. The annual cool consumption will Kraala have boon burned. A few cattle were seen and taken. Sibiudi captured two prisoners, vessels amouata to nearly as much as the capital and the Umvoti Rifles shot one armed
spy who was trying to escape. With the above excep quarrel arose, and the old cook attacked the tious the omy were invisibln all day.
It is officially announced (Apl. 8th) that young one with a hatchet, inflicting overe Bautista crossed the Turels into Zululand at wounds about the head and face. The yonego eleck last evening, and is presumed to be man retaliated with a log of wood, with which making for the Nkandla forest,
The whols weapon he did considerable damage. Theight force of Mansel's police is in pursuit, assisted was stopped by the polise, who removed the by 50 Krantskop Militia Leserson,
Eshowe Mountof Rifles and the Nkandbla couka to hospital.
From the evidemen it appears that the young
mon had been telling the old one that he was not skilful in the art of self-defence. Later, a-
The case against the older cook was called before his Worship and adjourned until the
11th instant.
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A REHEARING GRANTED,
On the 7th instant a lukoog charged a Chines woman with hawking goods without a licence at West Polut. She denied the charge and hor grandson, who accompanied her to Court in the long robo which batokous geutility, also denied it, saying that he supported his grand. mother His Worship dismissed the cass, and recommended the police to consider what action they would take against the constable.
Yesterday Sergeant Gordon arrested the grandren, who was howking goods in Second Street without a licence.
At first he daniel the charge, saying he was only making parcluses, but later he admitted that he was employed by a bawker. The police then questioned the hawker, who stated that he was employed by the woman and her grandson His Worship fined the defendant $3 and, on the application of the polies, grautel a re- hearing in the women's case.
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ABOUT QUEEN AMELIA OF PORTUGAL.
FOR LADY READERS,
Queen Amelia of Portugal, thomast beautiful queen in the world and one of the most talented of women, he made a dress. for horgolt for spring wear a dress which, while they are Patterning after it, the dressmakera of Europe. that the queen adapted from a pattern in a pecially of Paris and London, jealously duolare Parisian fashion journal. This statement is denied vigorously by the queen's ladies, who It is proposed to distribute the ships as declare the designed, out, and draped it herself. follows: on the Kobe Otaru-Saghalin
Whether or at the quern oraived the entire line: 12 on Yokohama Maji lino, three on gown or adapted it from some paltorn, no one Yokobama-Muroras Kushiro lies in Chion charge her with plagiarism of the gown ars
has dared ask her
and even those who line; six on Yokohama North Chins line; three copying it for the spring and early sumbrer on Kobe-Vladivostock line; four on Kobe rear, specially in Great Britain, where the Tairen (Delay) line; six ou Kobe-Formosa Spring
mada the gown with her own hands, line; four on Kobo-Shanghai line; four on
cutting
basting, and sawing it herself, without Bouth Chins line; eight on Chefoo-Vladivos- line; ond eight oa Japan China-India line. took lino; sight on Yokohama Philippines American sewing machine to do part of the work.
The
gown when Suished she wore immediately, On the Yokohama Philippines tire ships of and her first appearance in it was while driving
with
a speed of 10 knots or
in Lisbon. Ou that oce ssion the gown provokod about 3,500 tons, muore, will employed, while on the Japan but little attention, because hur subjeols are India servics those of 3,500 to 5,000 tons, with oustomed to see the queen wall dressed, but a speed of above 11 knotą, are to be used.
It in later when she wore the gowa during a morning expooled that the Government will graat sabi- stroll in the grounds that surround the Noces
sidades place one of her ledias-in-waiting aurked to a courtier that the gown worn by
queen was made by her own hands. Then the gown became one of the most famous in the world; for perhaps never befors
Roservos, with all the avaliable police in the Shanghai-North China line; four on Shanghai-the aid of any of der women, and she used an
Nkandhin district, under Snb-Lospector Father- will, are co-operating from the Fataland wide. The agistrato of Nkandila has been in- structed to arm all the natives in the districl to assist in Bambasta's capture,
Tho patires are responding to the call.
The captured regent oscaped from Hambanto yesterday at noon and is now in the Krantzkop magistracy. He shows marks of rough treat ment.
The magistrato at Wooner reports that two of Hanbanta's tribe were dorpatched at noon yesterday to solicit aid from the chiof Silwane, who, however, arrested the men and forwarded them to the magistrate.
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dies on thoss two lines.
It is farther reported that the Nippon Yusen Kwaisha bas obtained permission from the Government for its steamers to call at Shinudza Harbour, Shizuoka Ken, twice a month for five months a year to take shipments of tea for The previous report of the recovery of Ser-direct export to America. fustoad of through goant Brown's body was premature, but the Yokohama. The minimum quantity of tea
guaranteed is 35,000 boxes per year. body has now been found and has been buried.
Bomeone with Lanekars' fores wired:-- Bambasta on his flight into Zululand stopped at a loyal krul nine miles from Greytown and sompelled the chiefs and their sons to follow him, with tim rebel chief, but this statement must According to natives, sue of Diuizula's headdon
be accepted with reserve. Bambaata is accom panied in his fight into Zululand by a bodyguard of 70 warriers. The bulk of Bambaata's followers remain in their stronghold, but over 100 krals have already been reduced to ruins, If the rebels do not surrender Sibindi will be sent in with his impi to fight thom.
Large quantities of cattle and goats have been M. Sebabart, a passanger by the s.. Sanoin, captured. Many isolated parties of rebels have was charged at the instaton of Inspector been encountered and shot by the patrols operat. Gourlag with being in possession of a revolvering in the Impouza Valley, while many and ammunition without a perait from the prisoners have been made. Several of Bambsa. ta's chief indunnsare among those killed during Captain Superintendent of Police.
the past 48 hours.
Sergeant Cooper, who was on duty in Ship Street on Tuned y night, said a girl told him a Europos was in her house with a revolver. Ifa accompanied her to the house, where he saw the defendant, who douled having the weapon. The Sargeant searched th, found a loaded five chaps.
THE GERMAN HOTEL DISASTER.
A ORIM COINCIDENCE.
CHINESE LABOUR.
In the Nineteenth Century Sir William des the outcome of his experience in indentared Vens, the famous Colonial administrator, gives coolie labour, which is probably unrivalled, aa he has been intimately concerned with the system in British Guiana, St. Lucis, Trinidad, and Fiji, and has, moreover, seen much of Chiness coolies, not only in those colonies, but in Houg Long and China. After reviewing the whole case from many points of view, Sir William comes to the following conclusion: :-
Chinese introduction when the idea of it was Thus, though by no means favourable to firat mooted, I, on full consideration of the circumstances, hare somewhat regretfully acquired complete conviolion that, if retained under strict Imperial control, the system of Chinese indentured labour should be allowed to continue and that, the more fear of its threatened ending has paralysed trade and enterprise in South Africa, the realisation of that fear would prove disastrous; in fact, 1 foresee from this measure of oxclusion, if such
should
any green made a dress for herself, and we that the queen bad aated us her own dressmaker added to her grent popularity with tas pouple of Portugal.
Dressmaking is bat au added accomplishment for Amelie. She is a physician and surgeon, a graduate in anatomy, a trained, nurse, and medicine sad nursing are hor hobbies. Besides this she is a skilled musician and paints well, anonymously in Fortugal and Spain. For several of her paintings having been exbibited yeare, also, it has been known that she made her own bonnets and hats, showing wonderful taste and artistic sense in making headwear and re-trimming Parision hats. But never before, ao far as was known, has she ever attempted to make her ovn gowns.
Despite the claims of Parisian orparts that the ideas in the making of the gown were filohed declare that Amelia designed the gown herself, from fashion journals, the lies-in-waiting using an old gown to eat by, and requiring only the useistation of one of the wok of the royal act as a ty figure upon which the gown was shaped finally.
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TELEPHONE No. 135.
THE PEKING SYNDICATE.
Referring to the continued opposition to the Peking Syndicate's operations, moptional ju u paragraph yesterday, the following is published tion of the concession:The question of the asa free transistion of s petition fortbe cancella. gisce mines has been under discusion now for some sir mouths and several petitions against the iniquities of the Peking Syndioste have bon sent up which are probably known to you, bus we montion the principal points again for your information. It is stated in their agree- munt that the Shang Wa Cha or Commercial Bureau bas the sole right to work the mins of such and such places, and the Peking Syndicate is requested to nudertake the working act in consultation with the Durcan as it is this ouits behalf. The Syndicate should, therefore, with the right to mine, sad in the only party win the Syndicate has no solle privileges at all, If the Syndicate fails to carry out its obliga are forfeited. Now the Syndicate presumes to tious it is clear its relations with the Barosu
as if it possessed exclusive rights and it dose not cousult the Bureau at all. By ignoring the agreement in this way surely the Syadical
ber revolver in one of his pockats.. and arrested of the hotel collapse telegraphed by our London / Plete happily be carried into effect a com- ars fa the field a great portion of the time, so laysiteslf open for the concession to be amended
him. He was taken to No. 2 Police Station and allowed out for the night on bail of $25.
On appearing before his Worship ho said he was ignorant of the laws of the Colony as he had just arrived by the s.a. Saxo ia.
His Worship in listed a fine of $10, and ordered that the revolver and ammunition be confiscated,
REMOVING THE DEAD.
Inspector Gourlay charged coolie woman with removing a dent body without a permit from the Medical Ofteer of Health,
P.C. 156 suid that while on duty at Queen's Road East in the early hours of Tuesday morn- ing besaw a woman carrying a bundle on her back On approading she dropped it and
The Lokalanzeiger publichal additional details correspondent. The proprietor of the Doet inn, Herr Klein, bad entrusted a buildor with the task of raising the sutire building four feet, in the American style.
The work was commenced at seven o'clock in
the meraing, and fivished at no u, when the house seemed to be firmly established on its new supports. The innkeeper arranged a ban. quet to celebrate the escasins, and 300 people asaerobled. Dinner was served at one o'clock, and a few minutes after two o'clock the sollapse occurred, and 200 were buried beneath the ruins. Up to April 5th 75 dand bodies had been recovered.
predominance of the Boor in the Transyua! ported by the pro-Boer sympathisers, soon about as wolf as in the Orango Colony, which, sop to obtain the upper hand, t the Cups Colony, would undo the effect of the late war and prove a serious monoce to the British Empire."
In other words, that British supremacy in South Africs depends on our position in the Transvaal, and that our position in the Trans vast depends on the supply of labour to the mines.
THE JAPANESE REVIEW.
A COSTLY PAGEANT.
Chronicle of April 29th said:-
Allading to next day's review, the Japan
The sum of Y60,000 has been set aside out of the special rar fund to cover the cost of the
of the court, during a visit of the royal family The gown was made, according to the ladies to Pena castle, the country palasa of the king and queen, late in February King Carlos is au ardent hanter and sportsmen, and during the stays at Fers he and the gentlemen of his court the queen devoted the days to making the gown. would call it is a fine lined medium weight The material of the suit"as Americans cloth of Frenol manufastore, and the colour is a shade darker than champagne colour, the trim braid of a dark brown colour. The suit is ming effects being accomplished by the nus of bolero one, and the bolero really is the main feature of the entiro extremely simple yet effective one.
gown, as the skirt is an The skirt, as described by dressmakers, is out iu Sve parts, the cloth being out identical to the linings, which are of silk. The top of the skirt is fitted to the perfect figure of the queen by the A of two bip darts on oh side and the sloping of the gorea for eight or nine inches below the waist line, this being possibly two inches more perfect figure, than would be roquired by a woman of love Evidently, the dressmakers say, the quman out
mises are very sattered The mines which Moreover, the mineral fields of Sheast are quite dferat from those in other provinces, as the are being worked are small holdings which: woed by virtue of the industry of the people, not with large capital, and they barely the people's livelihood are so small why should cover working exposed. When the means of the foreign-rs be allowed to come in and inter- fer? If they are confined strictly to a given area it is not so difficult.
The Chong Tai milway is now bring completion and who fashed the prodaets of Pingting and its neighbourhood wil be easily transported to Chibli and Honos, and Fingtingfa is the centre of the produsing district, and should con. sequently be struggled for. Even co-operation ahould not be tderated, much less shoul the sole rights of the Syndicate be considered. The agreement does not bear the seals of th
nor the chop of any single Chiasso official hor
Another account of the disaster stated that the number of persons killed by the collaps of the boul Zuo Hirsch was stated to be forty. nine. Muuy of the seriously injured, stated to About two hundred guests had responded to the transport and accommodation of the troops, at the seamless front, the seams being imper- on retuming to the Landle and examining it landlord's insitation, and the work of raising representative detachments from various army soptible in the folds, which are fol, and every found that it contained a body. The defendant the building was still in progress when the divisions in the provincos. There have also gore is cut the right way of the material. then offored the constable a bribe of $1 with company sat down to table. That workmen been invited to Tokyo a large number of officers Whether the queen made her skirt that way which to drink tea, if he would let her go. Shootiped a large crack, and operatious ware and civil oficisle, and also officers of the naval or not, that is the way to dressmakers are mak-
immediately stopped but the building without squadrons in the Far East was taken to the Police Station, where the warning culte pawd with a deafening grash amid Trealy For Thar pat representing the ing it, and, according to then, they got the admitted that the body was that of her 32 your clouds of dust. By a grim coincidence the this manner and the expenses of the prepara opsuing is made at the side grad, with a false same effect and perfect hang. The placket uld ear.
laudlerd was at the moment of the disaster tions in Tokse will probably exceed the amount lap, and than silk to bem down the overlay proposing the health of the architect.
About twauty persons succeeded in escaping under the sum that will actually be spent by medallions of the bruid that make it extremely appropriated, which is considered to be rather Wide braid is used on the skirt, with little throu 1 the rubbish and dust out of the the Government on this great cocasion. The oatohy in appearance.
The dead include the local pastor, whose wife from Imperial etiquette that is commented and can be worn either open or as waistcoa
day of the review will be marked by a departure ho bolero is made quite loose at the waist, was seriously injured, and the landlord's wife,
Firenon worked all night by torchlight and Empress vill ride from the Palace to the fasten again. When worn open the vest le upon in the Japanese Free. Both the Emperor over which the coat fronts lap lightly and extricating the victims. The work was most Ayam Parade Ground in the same carriage, left still fastened down the front. dangerous, as beams and blocks of stone were instead of, as hitherto, his Majesty riding The braid strappings across the holero wild to weeping and shaking women surrounded the worth remarking. ennstantly toppling over. A great crowd of alons, a concesion to Western custom that is its firmness, and these struppings continus
attempted to run away. He overtook her, and number üfly, were also in a critical condition, review, and half of this will be spent apon the the skirt from the folded material, commencing Shanxi Governor or of the Commercial Baresu.
The case was remanded in order that the body might be examined, and the woman was admitted to bail in the sum of tho,
ARMED BOBBERY,
Chief Detective Inspector Hanson applied on behalf of the thinese Government for the extradition of Wong Tong, who is alleged to have committed the crime of armed robb015 within the jurisdiction of China.
Mr. Hanson said the witnesses who appeared in sapport of the application were from the
windo W
scene of the catastrophie.
sympathy.
The King of Wurtomborg telegraphed his profectoral city of Kwong Ning, a district to arrived at Nagold soon afterwards.
Dr. von Pischek, Minister of the Interior, the north-west of Canton, The robbery was į said to have taken place on the morning of ¦ September 28th, 194 It appeared that a large number of robbers losieged the city, the min darin in charge of whion sbut the gatee and';
OPENING OF TWO MORE JAPANESE PORTS.
In alition to the six large open ports thers
FRENCH INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN
CHINA.
H. E. Liu Shao-nieu, Governor of Kuangai province, has sent a dispatch to the Waisupa charging the French from Tongking with promi-enously invading non-treaty towns in Kunagi and establishing hongs and godowns in them,
from private ladividuals without
BTC
The dressmaker-destor-nurse-queen is the daughter of the Count of Paris, and it was her early life in England, before who
believed that she fearned something of the dressmaking set from one of her survants in England.-San Francisco Chronicle.
now, and no such agreement could be regarded Even the original man who aigued the agre». valid in any other country, East or West.
talk of the Syndicate's exclasies rights. Co- meat (Luzatti) is not here, and it is absurd to
Syndicate into contract, and there is no such operation masne to bring the people and the
tako seme steps to relieve the situation," participation, so how can friction by avoided? We therefore petition you, the lover or, to
SHOCKING SCENES AT SAN FRANCISCO.
rome
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FROM
SEDIMENT,
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Baby's Awful Suffering from Eczema -Could Not Hold Her Tore Face and Arms Almost to Pieces-Grate- ful Mother Says:
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I used to kept getting worse.
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could, scream, and when she would kick and she would tear her face and arme almost to pleces. I used four boxes of Cuticura Ointment, two cakes of Cuticura Soap, and gave her the Cuticura Resolvent, and she was cured, au! I see no traces of the humour left. I can truthfully say that they have saved her life, and I should advise any one suffering as she did, to give Cuticura a fair trial, Mrs. G. A. Conrad, Lisbon, N. H., Feb. 7, 1398,"
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PURE FRESH WATER.
Oakland, April 26th. There is a terrible situation in San Francisco around, coucealing the soaps. Tas mader-which threatens to grow worse. Thousands of slavas worn by the queen were of white silk. white men and boys are looting Chluatown, A little poffed piece runs down the centre of and the guards are so far powerless to shack the sleeve, adding to the charm of the garment, then. Untal to-day this dis riel lnd been and aiding in relieving it of severity. The guarded by the militin, but they were withdrawn bulere is faced inside to rank the revers, the this morning, and inmediately the o pillage bagan. facing evidently being ifone aeparately and then
The houses of the merchants, stores, gambling felled inside the fronts.
dons, etc., were in veled and everything of value takeo. In most of these houses, hitherto occn- pied by Chinese, money was found, and cases many thousands of dollars, the Chinese prevented thair entering. The brigands, how were only one or two ports opened to foreign i secretly land og so far us to pureham ducing the bride of the prince,, who three years having the habit of keeping large sums at home. 94, Queen's Road Central (Second Fiber). ever, set to work in the outside districts and trade in Japan until 1899, when Shimizu, the authorisation of the local inicial, all of Aressmaking. It is known that she interested it looks us if bloody riots were evrtnío. Tho{
out later, became King Charles I, that she learned Extr ordinary masares are being taken but looted numerous shops, one of which the two Suruga, sag 21 other poris were additionally which are in violation of the Chinose troaties kerself in homely arts as a young girl, and it is looters in most cases drank the vile liquors they ;
opened. Afterwards, liczaki, Bingo pracince, with France. The Governor asks the Waiwupu and Wakumats, Chikuzen provines, were alto lodge a strong protest with the Frouch opened, exceeding the original number by 30 in Government and states that he, himself, intends all. The continued improvements in trafie and to address the French Consul in Knailly, the Progress of foreiga trade have now necessitated provincial capital; at the same time to suggeste The opening of two more ports. Gazette, Imperial Ordinano No. 3
In the Official to the Waiwupa that some arrangement should was be come to with the French Government by proclaimed, under date of March 28 declaring Frouch troops quartered at present in the treaty Commission, presided over by General Baron which a limit must be set to the number of It is stated that the Manchuris Exploitation the ports of Sumineye. Hizen province, and Aomori. Mu su province, open to foreign trade, port of Langskow, near the Kungsi-Tengking Kodarus, has met several times, but the questions The former is opened to export trade only and borders. These troops, by the way, were intro-discussed did not extend beyond matters solating the latter to import trade. As in the case of duced into Kungai when the recent insurrection to the railways in Manchuria. A matter of Muroran, gouds to be imported at Aomori in that province was at its height, two years course, the railway between Chongetua and are limited to sugar, ermestibles, rails, go, ou the plan that they were Cecessary for Port Arthur, formerly belonging to the Chinese or bree articles besides articles free from duty, troops from Hapel had been sent to Langehow whether the gauge shall be the orduary wide agricultural and Industrial instruments and two the protection of French trade in that port of Eastern Railway Company, will be forthw.tu Kuangsi, although a brigade of disciplined reconstructed. But it is not yet decided According to the Imperial Ordinance, auy of the existing of ports may be closed, if ita for that very purpose.-N.-C. Daily No. opening is recognized to be unecessary in the future when any other port has beos newly poured in the neighbourhood upon farther improvement of traffic.
witnesses kapt. The robbers, who were armed, did what anybody, but took everything valuable out of the shop.
After horring the evidence his Worship committed the defendant to goal pending the
Governor's order
BEFORE MR. C. D. MELUèurns (Second POLICE MAGISTRATE).
ALLEGED ABEZZLEMENT.
H. F. Hammer, who was arrested on warrant by Detective-Surgeat Watt. appeared before his Worship on a charge of embezzlement alleged to have been committed by him at Tang Tse in Teinanfu.
Dr. Krüger, German Consal, said he would
withdraw the charge if the defendant pronded to return to Shanghai.
The defendant intimated his willinguos fo return, and the case was dismissed.
WEATHER REPORT,
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The NY.K. str. Wakana Maru (Bombay Line) left Kobe via Moji and Keelung for this port on the 4th inat, and is expected to arrive
bere on the 13th inst.
RAILWAYS IN MANCHURIA.
found in the deserted Chinatown sloons and many of them hase armed themselves with guar, the zilids are being mastered out and replaced by regulers. The militia were u total failure, their shooting of Red Cross doctors and reckless killing of innocent people having caned a strong feeling against them.
The paper which publishes the foregoing) Tertious that the Chinese at Hongkong are subscribing $20,000 to help their computriota.
MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
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J. W. KEW Manager, Hotel Mansions, 3rd Floor, Hongkong, 8th August, 1945.
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JUST PUBLISHED,
CHILDREN OF FAR CATHAY
By
gauge or the peculiar Russian sue, though
In a report of on interview with the Japanese
▲ 8001AL AND POLITICAL NOVEL OF there are indiestions that the ordinary widaono Pranier, which the Loudan Daily Telegraph CHINESE IN COURT,
ADSORBING INTEREST, will be adopted. The cost of reconstruction | giver, the following passago occurs :--
Hл, J. HALCOMBS In respect to the missionaries in China, bis has been alreadyroughly estimated. The section COMMISSIONERS STUDY A TRIAL BY JURY, of the railway north of Changtu was so com Excellency told me frankly that in his opíui n
(Formerly of the Imperial Chinese Customs
Servics, Author of pletely destroyed by the Russian on their there is some warrest for the charges made
The Mystic Mr. Justice Grantham brought into bis court withdrawal, that it is more proper way that against them. He unbesitatingly acknowledged
Flowery Land," etc.). in the King's Beach Division last mouth four Japan has to construct a new way than the purity of motive of many of them, and paid THE VOLUME which consists of 461 members of the Chinese Commission at present reconstruct an old.
a high tribute to their real and self-denying Pago and includes a Sketch Plan of in this country,
During the war, Japan laid ght railway lobars, but he thought it undeniable that historical interest showing the disposition f His Lordship announced to the jury who wars on the Buatan road between tumintus and mary missionaries go beyond their true and the Furces at the belle of Kwolin, is dedicated empannelled to try the casas on the List That Mukden after their army hand captured that lawful prorivos, indirectly meddling in political to Sir ROBERT HAT, G.C.M.G., and Dr. A. the commissioners had come to this country section of country; and at l'ortsmouth, the line matters, sometimes affording an asylam to RENAIS to learn some thing of our customs,
and
Its description of Chinese Secial Customs thus reconstructed was given to Japan as a spoil refugees, and interfering with the conres of The NY.K. str. Faitala Maru (European particularly our law. They had, therefore, of War. The trae on the line was suspended instics and the authority of the mandarins over and Superstitions, combined with the insight it Line) left Kobe via Moji and Nagasaki for this come into the court to see the jury, the February. The railway will be sold to their own peop then turned to his que volume for presentation to friends at Home. On the 9th at 11.50 a.m.-The barometer port on the 8th inst.. and is expected to arrite barristers, and how the work was done.
gives into political conditions in China makes has risen generally except over Western
Chins, and then reconstructed with jolut expital The Marquess
CHILDREN OF FAB CATHAY" an excellent hore on the 15th inst. Japan, where the shallow depession is now
The H. A. str. Cambodia left. Singapore on lordship contaued, found our climate too try-on in the name of the Chinese Gorerament, but in
Unfortunately, the Chief Commissioner, biset China and Japan. The traffic will be carried us was compensurate with the expendi-| lying.
Well bound in Yellow Cloth with Chinese Prossure remains high over E. Japan, and the 9th inst., and may be expicted here on oring, and had been upest by the unwholesome. the working staff will mainly consist of Japan tari in men and money, reminding mo that Emblem in Gold.
about Wednesday, the 16th inst slightly in excess of the normal over China.
$3.30. Moderats N.E. and E. winds, are indicated in her on the 11th alt., arrived at Genos on
The 1.9.M. str. P. R. Fastpold, which left heas of our atmosphere, especially the smoke, ese. On the expiration of 18 years, the Chinese missionarias from the West had been labouring
and was obliged to lie-up.
The judge then carefully explained to the the cost of reconstruction and acquiro complete in a desultory way for upwards of the Co., Meners. W. BREWER & Co., or from the
Government is to rapay the Japanese portion of in Chies the Formosa Channel, and over the N, part of Tu sdag, the 8th inat., at 3 pm.
years and strenuously during the last the Obina.
Chiness gonfleman, who were accommodated on petiol over the railway. Meanwhile Japan sixty years. I admitted that the result was Printers and Publishers, the HonosoNÉ Forest-Modents E. winds; cloudy, Vanoontes at 1.30 pm, on Tuesday, the 8th going to try, and in the proceedings which fol-Yokohama (Japanese) Chamber of Commerce that the procedur adopted was inconsistent
The U.P.R. sit. Empress of India strived at the Bench, the case which he and the jury wire will hold the railway and its receipts us security proportionately unmtisfactory. and asserted DAILY PEESS" Ofee. misty.
Hongkong. 3rd April, 190¢. lowed the Commissioners erinced great interest. Report.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday ismod · the following report: --
inst.
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