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Great Britain and Franos have signed definitivaly a convention which was concluded next letters addressed to the Straits Eattle-
It is notified that on and aftor let Fecember TELEGRAMS. in February in respect of the Anglo-Frenchment's may be insured auder to regulations protectorate of the New Hebrides Island,
in connection with the Tutoraational Agree ment for the Exchange of Insured Articles.
a great mass of what is called "news". Mr. R. Coughtria has joined the Volunteer What good purpose does this large residuum Corps.. honestly serve? Is it only to satisfy wint the correspondent referred to calls "¡dle ¦ curiosity" From the point of view of the
A. S. WATSON & CO., newspaper, the question presents scarcely
any difficulty. The newspaper supplies i news to satisfy a demand, uind if that demand lacks the most roble of justifications-if it be created by an ille'curiosity "...it is for the public which makes it to offer excuses, not for the journalist. Of course it is easy to
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The bandit Raisali has been made Pasha of Arrils, an Atlaŭtie port south of Tangier.
There is another royal birthday to-morrow,
that of the King of Finly.
Chinese troops are formally taking charge of Nowe hwang to-day (Saturday) from the fapanOAA.
The limit of valus up to which parcels for the Straits Settlements way be insured will be raieed to $1,200 on 1st January set.
The Assocation of Lancastrians in Chion
(unching near 10 members) held its suunal dinner at the Shanghai Club on Nov. 2nd.
public who may suddenly and expretelly Gnd himself or his friends the cynosure of this idle curiosity", but has be any
here seems to to a dozut of the authenticity reasonable right to expect that a business of the manage that the America-Japan trouble undertaking, which a newspaper is, should in San Francisco has been amicably settled, RECOMMEND OUR CUSTOMER make an exception to a rule of business TO TRY OUR TWO LATEST which he or they had not previously found Rids Club for the Rifle Association Trophy Shooting in connection with the Volunteer unpalatable? Jous Dos roads an interest-and Handicap Caps will take place at Tal ing newspaper report of a murder, gay, in Hang Rango next Saturday, 17th inst the fataily of RiCHARD ROE, and enjoys it.
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The following telegram from Manila was
cuived at the American Consaninto yesterday
11 a.m3 The cycloud reported from Yap ou the 6th lies at present east of North Lazer moving north wet."
Hame period.
“Opazia.
His Excellency this Governor has given his resent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:-Ordinanca 6. 15 of 1906.-An Ordinance to amend the 'repared Upium Ordinanca, 13831.
Describing the raceat heat-wave, one of the London papere reported that "in London over a dozen cason of mosquito bite bare bou treated at the hospitals, and dozens more have been dealt with by local doctors. The Jopan Chronicle rsmarke that in the cast faith bealing is usually adopted in sach esana.
The Marquardt concert party have returned from Catton, where they pure a wall attended farewell concert in the drawing room of the performance at the Club. They will give their Hongkong Hotel on Monday rext with complete change of prograune and a few requesta. Tickets at $lare on sals in the hotel
and by the Robinson Piano Co.
On the 21st of Septembar the funeral took
is not atated.
[DAILY PRESY" EXOLUZIVE SERVICE]. LORD CURZON PLACED.
Colonel Charlos Ellison Bates, on the retired list of, the Bangal Staff Corps, who died at
LONDON, November 9th. Carltos, Beds, on September 24th, in his #81k year, served throughout the campaign of Durand,
The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Mortimer (86) in China, including the netten of Sine, Washington, resings pring (resigns in British Ambassador. at the taking of Tangin, the spiare of the the spring? It is expected that
Lord Curzon will succeed him.
BIRTHDAY HONOURS,
Taku Farts, and the ereader of Peking
medal with two clase).
It is notified in the Gazette that His Ex- cellsner the Governor has been pleased to establish under Section 12 (d) of the Prepared
LONDON, November 9th, Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1983, (Ordinance Baron Sandhurst, formerly Govern- No. 15 of 1906), tho gedowon of the Hongkong or of Bombay, Sir Arthur Kekewich, and Kowloon Wharf and Gadows Company Chancery Judge, and Mr. Samuel Limited, sitaste at Kowloon, as a banded ware. compounds of opiuma imported for exportation inade Privy Councillors. house for the ues of dualers in morphine and Smith, M.P. for Flintshire, have beca and not for use or sale in the colony.
Jones [Major-General, commanding hase troops?!
Norman, anthor and traveller, have Singapore, and Henry
Voreols coming from the marth encountered strong gales and benvy seas during tho put week. The steamer Indranelti, which
been knighted,
PRESIDENT AT PANAMA.
LONDON, November 9th, President Roosevelt is visiting
simply is keenly interested in such a story of real life, because it ads to his knowledge of
place at Nantos of Captain Bougouin, the late between China and Son h Afcies, but has now
has been employed as an emigrant ship running unfamiliar aspects of human nature. His
Military Attaké to the French Logation at we understand, been released from charter, was FRUIT curiosity is an instinct strongly and universal- During the mouth of October there were Tokyo, who, it will be remembered was sentenced expected to reach hors last Sunday or Monday
ly implanted by mittir; he can nɔinore help 213.4 hours of sunshine. The nien tem.
to imprisonment during the recent war for from Chingwastao. Some anxiety was begin- it thun the inquisitive antelope can perature was 81, which is above the mean of divalging military secrete. According to Lening to be felt concerning her, but now has forbear making n nearer inspection of the the last 20 years for Oetober, while the rainfall, Petit Phare the remains were takou to Nantes now been received that she reached Manila on Panama. sportswan's duttering rug. It way he anly 1.329 inches, was below the mesa for the for burial from Annecy, but the enge of death ile curiosity: may things in Nature appe to be idle; but we would have more respect for Jons Don's scorn of it if it had been anuifested before he suddenly found himself in the position of being its object. We took the trouble to explain to our such aggrieved party that the publication or suppression of news was not a matter of editorial whim, but rather a question of
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fulfilling a contract, Aa editor, being human, may be full of human sympathy for
the friearls of RICHARD Ros, in their distress at the tragic event, bat with the best will in the world to oblige, and if
A Labour Member, in introducing into the Natal Paliataval a Bill which has for its object ending the issuing of trade licenses to persons the competition alions and coolies. He promised the nsambly that a favourable recaption of the Bill would revolutionirs sxisting commercial conditions in South Africa.
on the roll of alectors, said that the Hill simol at
A tele ram to the N.-C. Deity Norse says:-
A Service paper states that the War Office intends to i-uch ofBoers to cook. Whereon the Singapore Free Prove has the folowing jeu
d'esprit.
There was once a cavalry colons! Who cooked in a way so infolonel
That thbardiest private Could barely survive it,
So great wa. the anguish int lone),
Alegram has been received in Singapore
Cable Corapatry
[RECTER'S SERVICE] THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
Thursday night.
The steamship "Manchuria" was put in charge of United States Marshal Hendry under ab attachment placed by the Pacific Commercia; fort $300,000 far 1be
LONDOX, November 7th. sorrices of the cable company's steamer The Duke of Coruaught will start i "Restorer" in falving the Menharia, December on an unofficial visit to Iulia It
WAN alleged that the
" "Restorar sad on an official tour to Ceylon and constantly towed the "Manchuria" at great risk to the "Restorer" from August 20th, the
Hongkong. day the Manchuria ".
went oground, nutil
The Duchess will accompany the Duke of
THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.
from London giving the information that the Sep ember 16th, the day she was floated. Pay Connaught on his visit to the Far Eust.
was also demanded for the servious of the Court of Arbitration aftting re the lisbility of the government to pay over. $991,000), being the
Restorer" ja
Manchuria towing the
ending 30th June, 1989, to the company, bas balance of Revenna Acount for the half gear bibel alleged, that the
to Honolulu, after ske was outed. The "Manchuria" is completed its sittings. (It has been remarked worth 5,000,000 and that she had a cargo Mr. Ganley, preskling, suit ho was conving
LONDON, November 7th. At the dinner of the China Association;
On October 21st, when four days out from Bingapore, fir broke out on the sa Boron Ardrossan (1,825 tous not) which is under charter to the Nippon Yuasa Ksichs, The sost of the outbreak was discovered to bɔ co the fourth lower deck in the hold, and after two daye possible to "spare the feelings of the family", | arduous exertion on the part of the crow the Fer Bos, allowed for all bottles returned he must not forget that Jons De wants to fames were extinguished. The ship arrived at
in good condition.
know all about it, that JOHN DOE has paid Yokoham i at full speed and the 'valuable eargo | in October, 190)*, sharokolders would doubtless bas recently memorialised the Throne on there, until they gained full control of the A Peking dispatch states that a ensor drive a wedge here, and loosen a brick him to get the information for him, am in the fore part of the hold is totally undamaged, like to see the government forced to pay the sabject of the proposed raforms and
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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ÜHLTCommunications relating to the news solumn should be addressed to Tuɔ EDITOR.
that Jors Dos will complain it one when he finds that his dues are being withheld. It is true that Jous Dog's curiosity. is sometimes too ex'ensire to be gratifie 1, that his neighbours' collective good taste have decided shall not be published. That is
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, reports that the crew of the j“ Toyoi-m iru,” who were reointly arrested at Alaska by the US authorities; have been sequitted from a charge of poaching preferred Ruable to produce evidence to refute the statement of the muter of the samel that the 35 sexl skins canceled on board were obtaine
he yearns to know things that the law or against them. The ".0.
by one who is actively interested that con sidering that this money if dus at all, was due
intere i on the unpaid balance)
A siugular action was heard at the Bow County Court, in which a baby sued, through her father, as next friend, to recover 125 damages from a parabroker for falling on her whilst totoxicated anɑ ɑamsgrüg net miši, baby's 20 se was put cut of joint, and had to be medically attended. Concil (to doctar)
valued at 2700ÓDO.
el that the policy of the Chinese was to
amongst his muggestions is one in which he Customs, hence the Association's activo strongly recommends the employmout of protest. Japan had given proof of her good qualified foreigners experts in their respective intentions by the opening of Dalay to trade. Professions. Home as advisers to the Imperial Sir Ernest Satow emphasised the extreme Government and othere as instructors and difficulty of the position of the British herself possesses ausget her suns, af present tribute to the admirable assistance he had only a for nion having the necessary qualifiez-
t th sta Șmuius ring Aking
the limit of editorial discretion; the law o ddə U.8. territorial waters, and £.3 judicial Aaltes' nores change in the course of time, don't tious and what is of more importance, theived from the loyal and zealous servanta
and the canons of decency the, news-authorities ordered the inpanese to be released.
Paper must observe and willingly endeavours
to observe. But weither of these has sộ
they ?-Oh, yes. His Honour Judge Emyly said he was satisfied that d fodaut did cause the injury, and it was a serious matter for a. young baby girl." Thore would be judgment
Correspondente must foreard their novuss and ad far declared such news as murders, Japanese sfior, a captain in the engineer for £17, with conts.
dresses with communications addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith,
All letters for publication should be written on ons side of the paper only.
Na anonymously signed communications that how already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Deders for extra covies of Daily Pass should be sent before 11 am, on day of publication. After that hour the supply is litsited, "Only supplied for Qar
Telegraphic Address: Fasse, Code: 4.8.0.
Love bor
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experience requisito. for such work. The of the British Government. memorialist cites as procedents Russia, Swadon
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF NEW YORK. and other countries daring the period between the 15th and 19th centuries when Englishmen, Sootahmen, Germans and others wore engaged as advisers and instructors of officials and people.
Considerable excitement was caused in Mouils co November 2nd when it was reported that a provide to be taboo, the public has decided corps, was caught in the net of making sketches in favour of its publication; and BrCHARD and plans of the government fortifications in Ror, until his friend either murdered or these islands and when searched was found to was murdered. acquiesced. No question he in pasussion of several drawings and outlines was until then raised by him as to its good showing the positions of the forts in Cavite and administrationist, and that the Koreans London at the age of 80 years. Entering the
Manila and also desigonting the possible laud. Bd purpose, and he was mate na to the idlenessings for vessels, throughout the archipelago.
The Japan Chrowicht remarks; — Further discussion of Japan's supremacy in Korea is futile; but foreigners--on behalf of the Koresus
should see that the Japano methods of
Major General William Spencer Cooper, Yorkshire Regiment), died on fotober. Ist in
colonel of the 19th Princess of Wales's Own
Gre profesbert', by deed as well as by name.
army in June, 1843, he became lieutenant in We have repeatedly reproduced in our go'umas reports of incidents happening in Keres 15, and served with the 18th Royal Irish throughout the Burmass campaign of 1852-3, which reflect no credit upon the Japuose taking past in the capture of Rangoon authorities and it is not until such incidents are Prome and other minor affairs. He obtained
of the appetite for it. Is it fair that he should demand of a newspaper to make an exception to a rate with which he was On November 9th, at Sarith's Villas Wet formerly content, or that he should reproach new root provided by the reo-nt, structural made impossible that Jupau's protectorate-or the medal with clasp for Pegu. Hewas gazetted Magazine Cup, the wife of P. E. HEMANN, of
$00.
BIRTH.
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HenGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES Vaux ROAD C
yesterday from elarea to noou, in their new The Hongkong Hotel Co, Ld. were "at home" private bar in Pedler Street, This is a cosy
its conductors as if the idle curiosity alterations, and is intended swe so additional were theirs ? Such news, to draw a simple convenience for residents only".
A large illustration, may be said to be equivalent to crowd-of-patrone and friend-calioil,” and LONDON OFFICE. 131, FLEET STREET, PC the supply of pork hanging in a provisionnager Hayes and staff were very bag for an hour recsiring congratulations and store on the sea front. There is a demand off-ring hospitality. The occasion was seized for pork; the storekeeper undertakes the to drink the loyal toasts appropriate to the supply, and no one dreams of regarding him day, with cheers and the inevitable "tiger", as anything but a business man engaged in The khaki uniform was very conspicuous. honest trade. But comes suddenly a very Before the crowd dispersed the popular hotel seasick passenger, and beholds the pork. mauagar and the establishment were also well It has a new and personal meaning for him. In slurt, it turns his stomach, the 'mera An apparently neces»,
sight of it.
“Put that horrid stuff away," sary excursion into the region of the he cries to the storekeeper, and explains his obvious, these few notes may yet be of
Sorry plight.
The storekeeper is sy service. There are evilcatly enough people
The
Daily Press.
HONGEONG, NOVEMBER 10TH, 1906.
WHAT is "news"?
tansted..
on the Eusufzai frontier under Sir S. - otton,
auneration-can be approved of. Bat its actual existence must now badwilted, though the captain in January, 1955. He afterwards served methods employed may not be all that could be in the Indian tiny campaign, for which jbe desired, and the hopes of our Seoul contemporary hold the medal. In 1858 he served as assistant that intervention by, the Poora is inevitable quartermaster-general to the expeditionary force are, we think, doomed to disappointment.
Captain Harry Smith, of the ✪, and O. liner Duric," left San Francisco about a fortnight ngo for Liverp vol, having been ordered by the White Star Company to return to the Atlantie service. I ranks third or fourth in the list
of White Star comminders, and is, therefore expected to be placed in command of one of the
On October 3th at Singapore, Captain | best finors of that big company.. For the part Hainsworth of the ss. “Hong Boo" and Dr. eleven years Captain Smith has commanded the van Dort, medical officer of the ratne steamer. Deric, plying between San Francisco sed
were charged with having failed to make a true | Hongkong. He came out from Liverpool in declaration to the Port Health Offer as to the command of the "Deric," in fact, and has been
in Hongkong who require to instructor Euctie, and would gladly consider the death of a passenger on board the steamor, and emtinuously in charge of the steamship ever; on the relations-ofpress and public. Requests passenger's feelings, but there is a run on that they disobeyed the rules of the prevention eiace. He was formerly on the White Star 1
pork, and he is compelled to be constantly exposing it to view, We may say that these remarks are prompted by the fact that we have been put in the position of that storokeeper, and have had to suffer a
and in the same capacity with the expeditionary force in the Waziri country under Brigadier- General Chamberkiu in December, 1650 (medal with cluep). He was gazetted major in May, 1865, Hontenant-colonel May, 1867, culonal April, 1873, and major-general October, 1882.
From 1885 to 1889 he commanded the frat infantry brigade at Aldershot. He was appointed colonel of the Yorkshire Regiment in September 1902.
APPOINTMENTS,
the Gurelle published yesterday:
LONDON, November 7th. Mr. Hugher was elected Governor of New York by jority of 55,000. [P]
THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
LONDON, November 7th. Letters Patent incluiling Labunu in the
Straits Settlements have been gazettel.
| HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.
YESTERDAY BULLETIN.
The following bulletin was issued yesterday orning
"Government House,
10.40 am. His Excellency the Governor is slowly improving. Complate rest will be required for
at Iwurt a week to acme.
"No further bulletin wilt be issued for the present.
J. M. ATKINSON, M.D."
RIBE IN DOLLA RS,
The inconvenience and hardship experienced at Hongkong in consequence of the progressive rise in the official valuation of the dollar are the subject of a comment by Me, Labouobere in a recent issue of Truth." He say
A nou-commissioned officer derring in tha colony
talle me
me that he is now receiving in the rank of sergeant about the same number of dellars by way
out a few
years age in the rank of eurperal, and
spparently it will not be long before he receives loas, for it hus
of Disease Ordinance. The passenger was a steamers "Cufic," "Georgic" and "Brittauio," to keep things out of the paper" are.
coolin who died of cholera. The captain was in the Atlantic. He has made his home in San familiar in all newspaper offices, and they,
discharged. The doctor, who, admitted a Franciscu ever since being in the Pacific servios, have been perhaps more frequent here of
magistrate remarking that he believed the safe commander, and bis record is a good one. mistaken diagnosis, was fined $10, the Captain Smith has been regarded as a good and late than usual; with, wo fear, mord of
accused know all the time that it was cholera. disappointment and Surencau thau most extraordinary upbraiding from the The Free Press comments strongly on the desirable. Qae recent correspondent makes sick passenger. It is the honest opinion of lightness of the penalty, romirking, for the notifies that Colonel Hannett has been struck of Cyril Francis Wogac Bowou-Rowlands, on given, it secas clear that the
A communiqns issued by the war
It is a most serious gaze.",
ollico
the remark that cerlain news *could
such a one that not one of our subscribers basest of mofira-avoidance of the payment bonestly serve no good purpose, and only would clamour for details of events of money-the health of the community is en. satisfy idle curiosity". This is an excelles tragic in their nature and distressing
dangered.
Tead for a discussion of our opening" to the concerned. In passing, i The following programme of music. will be question. Police news, the pablication of should be stated that we are not elarged played at to-morrow's Fête in the compound of which interested parties often object to and with giving details, but with mentioning
the Roman Catholic Cathedral by the rescut, is obviously to serve a good purpose. that a morder took place in the house of Machado's String Band :- The public gets therefrom its knowledge of RICHARD BOR, who would apparently and selection what is lawful and anlawful, of the poalties solace in his trouble if we deceived the for crimes it might commit, and it learns who aforesaid subscribers into believing that the Cake Walks ......... are wrong-doers and who are therefore to murder was a case of measles. Riculo Bara Dance................... Happy Darkies“ be avoided or at least watched. Political ROm persists that the unpleasant truth
By the Band of the Royal West Kent Regi, been sutitled for good service. The decisions intelligence may not serve, out here, any immediately practical purpose, except as
March.......
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been
The following appointments are actified. in Bret went to pay as he rec ived when he His Escolinacy the Governor-in-Council Lan offcially nut fled that the rate of exchange for been pleased to appoint Arthur Chipman to be the current quarter will be raised from Secretary to the Commission instituted for the to 2 25. The official theory, presumably, is purpose of conducting sa enquiry into certain that the purchasing power of the dollar romains
fized, while ite matters set forth in Government Notification money rises;
exchange valus in English but tbis is emphatically denied. No. 390 of the J0th May, 1996, in saccession to by the parties concerned, and, from instancea rise in the leave, with effect from the let instant.
exchinage value of the dollar is accompanied by rize in the local e coreesponding With reference to Government Notification the authorities can disprove this, they ought to Unless pricos. No. 837 of the 5th October, 1906, His Excellency be paying more dollars instead of fewer, for the the Governor has been pleased to appoint the coin is really depreciating in the local market, undermentioned to be members of the Com- whatever may be the ass in the relation to,
English currency." mittee for the Wong-nei-sheng and Queen's
Bacreation Grounds;--
CUSTOMS HOUSES IN NORTH MANCHURIA.
RUSSIA'S CONDITIONAL AGLEEMENT,
the army list. Those apon whom a rote of cen- gure has been passed are:-Colonel Hewar Colone, Swire, Major Amery, Major Long Major Raynolds, Captain Hunter, Lieutenant Morgan Those who are to lose seniority in rank in the aersy are: Captain Hanteman, Captain Jackson, Captain King, Lisat-Col. Morgan "Semper Fidelis Major Walton Lieut. Douglas-Jones, Linaten- "Catch of the Season" aute Forsyth, Grant and Lamond are cou. ........ “Il ilarbiere di Siviglia" pulsorily retired. Colonel Hipwell is aslo "Florodura" retired, and his enforced retirement involves a loss to him of the pay to which he would bave
of the army council above referred to were. might have been easily avoided." We March......... Die Kaiser kigade,"
Müller duly carried out at Aldershot, where all mes huve tried, for the benefit of future appli Overture ...Poot and Feasant," Suppe stationed there were duly paraded and Mr.
"Tasti's Song,"
Pougher Haldane's decision was read out Selection adding to the educational advantages of the cauts, to explain how such matters are not Eong (Cornet Solo) "Sing me to dicen"... Greene Those thus disgraced also forfeit all decors rations, affirmations; and attestations of honour marked out, and that Customs Houses should
Hapincantions with which they had formerly been in the Court, so long as he shall hold the said established on the frontier besween Chius and af the Grand Maret "Pomp and Circumstance," Elgar services on the field.
Bizet honoured whether for good conduct or for Office of Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Kores. The decision as to the sites
proposed Customs Houses and the date of opening will require further negotiations.
people. Commercial information has, ai
ment:
Yalso Gold and Silver,"
so easy as they may appear to the outsider, Capricho Españ"Meraima," course, its own patent value. Eliminate and why such favours should not be Selection..... "Carmen," these items, and the papers would still give solicited.
Labar
to them
Military Ropresentative: Major II. J. Kotaall., R.G.A., vice Capt. I. R. & Shiekwin. A9.C Golf Club representative: Mr. D. B. Murray, vice Mr. C. M. G. Burnis.
It ia beroby notified that His Honour Sir Japanese Government on Oct. 30th statel that An off a dispatch which reached the Francis Taylor Piggott, Kaight. Chief Justice, Pokotiloff, the Russian Minister at Peking, has by Commission signed by him, appointed bad replied to the Chinese Government stating Robert Henry Arthur Craig, Esquire, Assistant that Bursia-would-agree to the establishment of Superintendent, Victoria Gaol, to be a Com. Customs Houses in North Manchuria on cou- dition that free trade zone of 100 Chinesa missioner to administer oaths and take decis-miles on Russo-Chinese frontier should be
Gaol as aforesaid,