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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1906.
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The inhabitants of a section of Alliaga TELEGRAM S [Philippines Ive had an object lesson in dealing with ebolera. First one man died there. About 50 of the 150 residents of the barris went to the fameral finis at the house of the dead manD, dead.
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In a low days 36 of thont were 'THE REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.
Mr. Irvin Whiteley Kew, who left the Colony in 1904 to study destintry at the -Harvard University, U.S:A.. bas necesfully passe a his second term requirements We understand that after he obtains the degree of Doctor of Dmtal Medicine, he will join his brothers, whe are already practising bera.
Our Canton contemporary the Daily News in afraid that our phragmph, referring to their apparent receipt of a spucial telegram from 'Caulon," may be taken sa sakgesting that the memega itself was logus. The "Couton" was, of course, one of those unfortunate slips which happen in the best regulated offlors: tis tel. gram, as a maltor of fact, was from Hongkong
to make the new constitution work well. I At the beginning of the war, the Japanese constitution
goreewhat roughly
izad Diet really banded much to complain of as the Russian Duma is said to bare, int the situation anted by the very real loyalty to the Throne. The Japanese did not ge their representative government. us | the English got theirs at Runnymede. They accepted it as a voluntary offering from their wisest of Eusperors, and they probably valued it more for its giver than for its qualities, us yet unrecognised. In Russia, while there are thousands unprepared for representative government, there is a large and growing section quite prepared to enlighten them by precept and example, so soon as the bureaucrats will let them. thing, it is difficult to imagine just but will happen, in the by ná means certain
The Registrar General. Ju the raport on the vital statistics of Ceylon for the 1st quarter of event of a constitution being granted at an
this year, mys: Of the 30,549 deaths registered Party date. To login with, the Empass- Duwanza will be worse time the Taxit; in the Island during quarter as will pull the news of the parliamentaring 6,761 were due to diurcinea) dimason and 4,094 we reported as das to various kinds of fever, from sheer force of habit, whereas it is, fever and diarrhaal Liseases were respon- hari ably suggested the Thar is autocratic wible for more than 42 per cont. of the total only when some reactionary courtier pulls umber of dentin, his leg. There is in China also a karcaneragy which will expect the same chancer ouder a constitution that it profits by now, aut as Young Chime" would inevitably be strongly represented in the Chinese Diet, -all kinds of surprises may be counted Lerdship ordered the paper to be taken back to The chief drawback. however, to the the safer with the instruction that he ought a pro medical aoth working of really representative | to have procured and government in China for a long time cartifioate. will be the ignorance and indifference of the proletariat. They will early discover probably with ample rutson j that there is something to pay for the privilege of the suffrage," and they will have to be painstakingly taught but the free and independent elector is the master of his officials. After they have had the Europent's experience, they will know, without explicit tuition, that this proud boast is not vall long after the ballet
to come
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Yesterday, in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, when the name of a Europeon defendant was called there was a response, but soon banded up a scrap of paper on which was poncillo? a statement that
the defendant We ill be appear. His
LONDON, August 17th.
A reign of terror prevails in Russia, The police and the Government are
absolutely helpless.
Warsaw has been the stone of
another
massacre, which includes
250 Jews.
CHURCH AND SPATE IN FRANCE.
Lospos, August 1706, The French Government is deter mined to apply the separation law.
THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR.
LONDON, August 17th. Baron Komura arrived here today,
KING AND KAISER.
Loxpox, August !ith. The meeting of King Edward and
Germany Kaiser William in [extremely cordial.
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KING AND KAISER
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The army transport Sheridan, Captair
Losbus, Augu■t 15th. Peabody, which sailed in the beginning of July
The papers are making the meeting of for Mauilo, was carrying a great fortune in silver currency for the Philippines. Guarded by the King and the Kaiser an occasion for a Lienteanut Tarlos a thirty pinked men of
periow of the European political situation, the First Infantry, is a bank rod valued at $17.903009, and all paper money. In specially in the near fast, where the addition to the currency there is on board abgitimacy of Germany's influence and shipment of solver valued at $30,00. The gold nbitions are united; they, however raluation of the Goverment money on the ceny that she has any towns stands in Egypt las claimed by recent articles in the German
Jess.
Sheridan is 38,515,000.
Mrs. R. BattLacy auf J. W. Osborne,
proprietors of the two Kowloon Hotels, are The Kaiser niet King Edward at Cron-
I appears they pay the maximum liquor licence
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POLICE COURT.
Friday, August 17th.
Bayona MR. . . J. GONTERIZ FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE).
DIRSAT:SFIED SEAMEN.
The captain of the ss. Firgrum charged 200 of the dock bands of that vessel, Malays, with
refusing duty.
Mr. E. J. Grist (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist), who appeared for the defondants, amid it was utterly ourassonable to suppose that the captain could prociel to sea and expect faurious men to do the work of twenty, the vessel was shorthanded.
His Worship That is no reason for the defendants refusing to work. If they bare any claim against the ship they can go before the Shipping Master. This is a capa I not very luctant to deal with; it is the captain's word against the defendante'. If the captain ages to bring the crew up to the full complement, the defendants have no grievance, lad from what he says it is very difllcall to get moo. 1
Mr. Grial con quite understand the diffenlly, but surely he should have discharged this crew and engaged another, or have brought (the number up to the full by wagaging ruan other than Malays. For right or nine months there mon have been doing tho duży of a man and a talf, and they have a very just complaint.
They have had no cook.
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His Worship If the cook ahose to doveri, I don't see how the explain can help that, men are fusing duty.
Mr Grist-No doubt they are refusing, but the question is whether they are not justilled in so doing at the présent time. The ship in short of men, and when ous has to go without a mook for sight months and de double duty he would natar:lly get a little bit tired of that partiente employment, and would not be at all anxious to contibus in it. What security is there that this will at ocour sala? I would ask your Worship to grand a remand and Bix tail.
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required by the shipping population. Traus run until 11 pm. They are not stopped, and that is a business. The complainant's remody is entirely in his own hands. If he does not like the noise he can move away.
His Worship adjourned the one to onable defondant to considor the advisability of stop- ping work at 10 p.m.
ALLEGED PAISE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS,
The case was concluded in which Kwan Kai, compradore to the Pacific Mail v.a. Co., and master of the Kwan Yee Ying Grm, was minstoned for applying « falso tracle description. to four.
Mr. E. Morroll (of the Crown solicitor's office) promcuted, and Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. 1.6 Harsion (of Messrs. Ewens, Harston and Harding) appeared for the defence.
The uffonce alleged was that the defendant transferred flow of the Mowtan Peony" head into bags of the "Owl" brand, sod selling them bags an Australian Bour...
His Warship found the defensant guilty, aud tined him $100, He also bound him over in the sum of $1, personal bond, und tro muraties of 1200 seah to be of good behaviour for Nix months. The
defendant WAS further erdero tu pay the cost of the proscention, $250. The police were justructed to destroy the stencil platos, elc., which wars used for applying the false trade description, and to return the flour in their possession, to defendant after obliterating the objectionable part of the mark on the different
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OUR MEAT SUPPLY.
huspactor. Catton, of the Keualy Town Cattle Depot, charged two coolies with removing, a davl pig into the xhunghter house for the,
poses of dressing it for brian food. Inspector Colton raid that ut A quarter past four yesterday afternoon he saw the two defendants attempting to smuggle the careaso Fof a dead pig into the slangbtor-house,
Dati and on He stopped the
xamining the animal be found that it bad boen lead for about two or three hours. Death
Atu 10 inat apoplexy.
This has 13 the continual practice oť coolies,
His Worship-1 shall hava to lix bail which will present the men deserting. I understand the current rages in this port wo higher than they get on boned, which is an incentive for them to desert.
The Captain informed his Worship that he but they were soldom caught as inen were on-
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had 214 or £15 wages due to the crew, which played simply for that purpose, although it www dialt to prove. At the depot tha would be forfeited to the strip if they deserted.
His Worship adjourned the case nefil Thairs- custom is that pigs to be killed must be eon- day and fixed the bail of the defendants at $35 find in the sine depot for forty-eight bours
A mag.
Twenty Makomadau firemen trom the same
so that they can be thoroughly examined.
tes have been opened; but that is only ritaling for a modification of their assggaments.brg. From thence Their Majesties motored vessel were uext arraigned on a similar ebarge Pigs often died in the waige døpot before they
artlection by the way, The glaring fact in that to call the gift of a constitution
A constitution is merely
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Hongkong, 11th August, 1906.
There are, however, serious points of difference which do not require pointing out. We are requested to emphasise this question, but do not quite BA how public sympathy can help. What is needed is to submit the evidence and argoments to the Aspessore, who are bound to consider them at the proper time.
of $2,400 per 44, in common with the two to Friedrichsoff, and after luncheon drove leading hotels of Hongkong, the only reason to fie statue of the Emperor Frederick, | a post-reformi symptom, not a reform for making the four slike being apparently that receiing ovations everywhere.. Sir Charles Hardh accompanied the King, and Foreign they are all over a certain ranial value. its. if.
Whether the EXPRESS-DOW AGER
Minister Tsebirschky 140 Kaiser. Trally beatin what she Mays,
whether oficialiom be sympathetic or antipathetic, any constitution for him unust be a hollow mockery so long as the great mass of the people an unready for it. It is a very proper start to make, but being unde, it does not inaugurate the millenni. It is like giving a child that knows nothing sie a violin. The ball-way be able So to play very nicely, but before fliat thaire must be lots of disqird and nerve Arouble for other people. It will be a more rasonable time to introduce a constitution
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLTCommunications relating to the mass column Should he midressed to Tas EnrON.
Correspondents mull forward their names and adjust
esca with communications addressed is the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith,
All leitars for publication should be written on ne side of the paper only.
I communications that have No anonymously signed e streaty appeared in other papers will be inspriad.
th der for entra couse of DAILY Paren should be int before 11 .. on day of publication. 4fter that
of
A charming little story illustrating the late feary Irving's kindness of hoart is told by Mr. Mortimer Meap in a "portrait biography 5 the motor just published. A doar of ly who was in pecuniary distress came to him asking occupa iou. Elo telephoned to fin business mausger inquiring if there was any employment at the theatre that could be found The business manager answered,
for her.
RUSHAN RAILWAY FRA UDS.
LONDON, August 15th: An officiaenquiry at Task has disclosed the disappeaques of 1,500 wagous of the Siberian railway, and fraude to the extent of 700,090 styling, at oue station alone.
CONFERENCE OF HONGKONG COTON DEALERS.
ALL OPERATIO'S SUSPENDED FOR ONE
MON TH
la view of the grrible depression
now
their 10
The spokesman of the defendants told big could be examined, and the coufies made attempts to smuggle their caracave into the Worship they could not gör ouough to eat.
them to return
and served, instead of suffering the loss, which They had been before the Harbour Master, and sughter-houses and have the animal frezsod
ship. told
do under ordinary and his woubl Bea that
they got food. they would have They ubayed, bat did ᏓᏝᏅᏓ
circumstancos. food. The ChineSA board *fil-
Defendants were each fined 25. isad the nookhouse, wherefore they, bosing
Baron MR. F. A. HAZELand (Segun➜ Mabomodane, WATA ana bie Lo. Their
POLICE MAGISTRATE}. cook and foreman left the ship six' munitus
go, and since then they had not a work.
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His Worship What đỡ you want, a Maha. tondan cook
Defendant
weat to leave Chorship.
The Captain told his Worship he wuated the men hack on beard.
His Worship (to defendunt; -The emptuli does not what to discharge you. You have been before the Harbour Mastor and he does not think your grievance sufficiently serious te terminate your agreemsuts. You will hat
Ar the supply is limited, Only supplied for Coah. ↑ into China' when the empire has Absolutely nothing-nothing at all.. Irving prevailing in the Istian cotton yarn trade; to go back. That is all.
Palegraphic Address: Pass, dodaci A,B,C. th Xả
Lisber P.G. Bax, 88. Telephone No. 12
HeNORUNG OFFICE DA, DES VOUT ROAD C LONDOS OFFICE 131. FLENT Sramer, E.C
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, AUGnar 19TH, 1906.
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jeverum with railways and telegraphs.
The Criminal Sessions open to-day.
There have been no plague cases · for the laal thras days.
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The P.M. 8.3. Chine, pansing through on her way to San Francisco, has on board a shipment of natural history specimens, consigned by the Philippines Bureau of Education.
It is vntuenred among the Russians at Naga saki that semolbing serious has happened to the Tsar. There is so definite report as to the nature of the occurrence, however..
suggested that she might look after the cale. The manager intephoned back that there were already three women looking after the cats. 'Well,' said Irving, you must find her zODUS. thing. Let her look after the three women that are looking after the cats. That was henceforth her position at the theatra-handsomely paid, no doubt,"
We are again hearing much Constitutional goverment for Chim. The Commissioners who made the grand tour 10 wearch out what might appear to be the better features of foreign systemis of givera- ment have undoubtedly reported that some alterations upper to them alvisubtle. Je paid by Viceroy Sham to the Governor of section from Tlue Gotdaliani,
we had to wait for their detailed report, with recommendations un enfectic lives, the
The story which the Canton Daily News published with all reservations, of a secret visit
Hongkong, had no fonudation in fact,
Mess. E. S. Kadoorie & Co. are advised from Singapore that the crushing of the Raub
fast woks was 909 oas, amelted gold from 5,687 tons of store.
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ANOTHER ARMS PROSECUTION.
Mare dumy rifles were exhibited before his Worship yesterday afteracun wham Tam Yui- tung, makter of the Kwong Sing vms shop, of 29, (puren's Road Central, was prosecaled by Detective Sergeant Graut for furnishing a false veture of arms to the Captain Superintendont
Felin,
M. A. Harding, who appeared for the defendust, pleaded not guilty.
Dataglive Sergeant Grant, sworn, said the return wie by the defendant gave hin stock of Defendants" spikesman - We refuge began. On inspecting the shop withcasi aboard. We would rather die.
found that there were only 40 rifles and
His Worship-If you refum to go back now. you will have, in the ordinary course when you go baed to pay the wages of your substitutes.
Defendant We would rather de that than return to the ship.
carbines, and 56 duing rifles, Slace this return was made, tur rifles had been sold. The dummy rilles could not have been fired or used us firearms.
and the accumulation of heavy stocks in
meeting of the Hongkong and Shungei, a Chinese dealers in cotto yarn and the limet importers of catlen yart from India was held on the evening of the 1th fast, at the Bes of Mews E. D. Sassoon & Company in concert such measures as would avert & panic that is imminent in view of the steuly rise in ludian rupes exchange and esaut drop in the price of American rotion. The local Chinese dealers alleged that they are unable to move their stocks purchased some three or four months ago at a price for higher than the now raling, and that the bayers from the consuming centres are holding back in the hope of aeeing a still further dry in the pries. 1130 p. defendant's machines were always in a gasutity of old stock on different dates,
The case was rentanded for a week. INDUSTRIAL NOISE DINTURES SELGHWOR
M. Kaalskopulos precenlet agaiunt. Ab Sing. izilor, of 2B, Postinger Brest, for unlawfully between set and sunrise making a muse callated to disturb the quiet of complainant, who resides on the Boor below the defendnut -
Complainant toll-his Worship that til
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Cross-examined-Witness krew that de- fendant had bought second-hand rifles from Massre. Hughes and Hough, but was wware that he had parshaved oileru from the Water Police Station. Some of the barrels ou the dummy rifles produced might have been taken from genuine rifles,
Mr Barding said the defendant had parchas-
Sobra It was unanimously resolved afer a long andmation, and other noises were made by stamine and this he had broken up and adopted such
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careful discussion at the rating that the and the patting down of heavy weights. local Chiasse dealers will cease asking any
that
ncise,
parts as were good to the making of duramy rides for which there was a sale..
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His Worship adjourned the case in order that the dusamy rides might be examined.
A SURPRISED DEFENDANT.
un per should between suuend regard token of good order and the hour of 6 a.. make or cause to be made any raise calculated to interfere with
A Chibanan who appeared as defendant in or disturb the public tranquillity. H» did
two cases yesterday before the Paisma Judge not think the carrying on of a tailor's busi- hem would come within the meaning of that had judgment given against him in both. It Ordinance provided they did not make any Itonspired that defendant had absconded some It served atward to four years ago when judgment in another enppose the defendant should have to sop action wae given against him in his absence, Basizess before 10 or 11pm. One might argue and apparently he trusted that the Court had The chief bailiff asked in another way that newspapers and every other in the interval forgotten his existence. But
such was not the case. kind of business should he stopped That way not, Lowever, the meaning of the section. It is Hancur to grant him an immediate ex-en- mout that people should not go' round beatington as he wished to make sure of his man. Bis Joueur expressed his willingness to do so, but indicated that he must not be arrested in Court, as he was privileged Defendant left the
uonecesary
By kind permission of Lieu. Col. 3. Fitton, D.S.O. sad Offers, the Band of the Second Battalion "The Queen's Own (Raya) West Kent Regiment) will play the following programme of music during dinner at the Hongkong Hotel, on Saturday, 18th August,
March **El Cupilan...
**Rosemunde." Overtu
Tree Jolie......... Valoe
Mr. Grist, who appeared for defrudani, naž Song (Carnet Sako) “Killarney,
now purchaws of cotton yarn for this section 13 of the yjest Ordinaum with Highland Patrol The Van Muotina gor,” katers Grand Merch "Pomp and Circumstanes Elgar commencing from the 17th inst., the
DISSER MINE-Hors D'envies-Carian in importers from Ludia having promised the It is believ sulject would not be worth discussing for Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., for the past. Soup-Mock Tat. Fish Fish Cullels their cordis support by agreeing not to so
and Piquante Saucus, Eutros Filt at Beef If they had been
Tomatoes, Pricas-ee of Rabbiť“ and Musk-
ay.new goods for one month. that this step will stop the prices going do many years lu come.
rooms, Monge Patti, Carey Calentts. Joints, foreign Comunissioners, it would have been
Roast Australian lamb and Mint Sauc
any further, and enable the Chinese deaton quite Bkely that some of them would have
A Times of Legion telogram dated July 27th Roast Capon and Hond hat, kiled aroud get quit of their targe, holdings, or at in Baum of Bestand Carrots, Cold 2ents Ux Tongue
some extent t foll justified in submitting within a few days says the Java Rabbar & Produce Co., Ltd, basal Migud Salud, sweets- Macaroni Puddin reducing their stocks to
to allotment of their return a cut-and-dried scheme o
bs also the Castlefield Mavaschino Ice Cream sol Fing to estimated stock of sold and usald
Hongkong is about 150,000 bales in Words in of referm. The Oriental moves more Klang) Rubber Estate, Ltd., for the home Cake. Desert-Luffe-Fruit."
and as many more at Shanghai, and the king, putluck deliberately It has beel: suggested that to applications.
THE DECLINE OF INTEMPERANCE. said to be extremely gloomy. ready summarise in Chinese the constitutions of
several dealers have failed; and a larg American labour leaders are organizing total the warki, and to prepare for comparative
abatiLevee sarieties, which measbark of labour of English and Indian yarn sold to stock purposes an account of the customs and
organizations are piuing in large untabozz, a very high price but I of cleared in th62 at practices of the Chinese empire, would take
Seine of the anions have inseof clauses in the mackest, the loss in the price runcin their agreements with their employers that $35 to $20 per bale. drunkenness, or inking or smoking, while on at least a decule. This appals the enger
We have been asked to state. that the "mem-duty, skill lead to expulsion from the union. reformers, and they have hit upon the expedient of asking for predigested food. bar of the Hongkong Volunteer Troops are The movement is in fire with the domand of
The Hongkong Obairvatory yesterd which requires of all classes of labour That is to say, they propose to take the bolding a Gymkhana at 4 p.m. this afternoon, the age for sober men. The advent of the new
On the 17th at 11.25 a.m.-The Constitution in Japan evolved after at the football ground, Happy Valley, and that technical skill unknown before the era of modern the following report :----
invention, is not one in which a san mentally weakened by drink can make good beside his has fallen considerably over E. barometer assimilating what send the more suitable they will beat boms" to their friends.
slightly over S. Chins, and Formosse, and sober follows.
The depression is lying over E features of foreign administrative methods.
The San Francisco Ciraniale, in slaborating its argument that this is a soborage, emphasis and the b, part of the Sas of Ja Manchuria Japan's constitution, after all, would
The highest pressure is over an
China Sea nerd probably fil Chua just as well, "to be
seber man than it is in defect 9.2 inches and doing with", as it fits Japan. It is not the
the for steady men in all callings, and printers are to be found, host have a Gulf of Pretili und W. E. Jafards over thie org different type of men in America, as our about 0.01 inch over 8. can, in excess by
were construed in that way. Evou lifts could from the centre, and is other respects the iden rest of Ets for Japan, but that is because
Members of the Right' Hai? No. Company, recollection of the mon in that calling leads to Formosa, and slightly above tof China and or anything of the kind if the Ordinance twelve-storey pagoda-liko tower rising. not run. I should say at once, if this business of tens Chinese architecture has been closely the Japanese had "not quite succeeded in
H.R.V.C. are reminded that the last shoots for quite a different coactusinu. There is no doubt, the Philippines.
Gradients continuu slight ov adapting, thourselves to their foreign ideas the Nichelsan and Maitland Cups take place on however, that the tendency of the times in to-
Sea, and light 6.W. and vari the Chian
was continued all night, that the master night followed. The tower will be visible from all wards greater sobrioty and that every inven-
indicated over the Northers padle winds aro
be called upon to cease to some extent; butter the city and will attract tourists to the Old instinols and habits ruled strong. The Sunday, 26th inst., at Tel Hang Range. At tion requiring toolinical skill, every advause
Chinese section. As soon as the property-owners Chines as a people are still further removed the July sust spoons were won by Gunnar over the methode of the old-time days, makes
at 19.m. to-day, 0.00) inches, hears ending work is stopped at il o'clock. Work must be fare assured that they cau erect the building
Hongkong rainfall for the
esrried on until that hour to complete things work of constructfon will be began. for temperance." from the conditions which will be necessary Warrack (52) and Corporal Darby (78).
It is rumoured in Shanghai, says the leaka M. Pokotiloff, Russian Mainichi, that Minister in Peking, will resign and that Major- General Woyark, formerly an attache of the Russian Legatiou in Tokye, will sneveod him?
The promenade concert given to-night by the Volunteers promises well. Among the pro mised contributors of songs are Mrs. F. I, Badeley, Mr. A. E. Paine, Mr. B. Moutris, Mr.
B. Sutherland and Bir. Hagh Dowbiggin.
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WEATHER REPORT.
תס מקרי:
Irom
pay issued
normal over
on doors, and so on.
His Worship-You sag, in effect, it would stop all basiness frora going on.
M. Gris-It woul, to constens it literally it has been bold in this Court that a boiler. miker's business can be stopped. That is quite a different thing. It is a business which in itself must be noisy. This is only the working of ranchinos
Court, but outside he was tapped on the shoulder by two detectives.
CHINATOWN TO BE REBUILT,
The Chinatown property-owners of San Francisco have decided to rebuild the quarter His Worship-And if held to an offence in trus Oriental fashion. To this end they
have plans already made for the erection would apply to newspapers?
neroral large Orisutal buildings. One hage Mr. Grist-It would apply newspaperstructure is to cover an entire blook. It is to
bure