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SATUR AY, DICEMBER 15TM3, 1906.
The 'Sultan of Turkey has approved of plans submitted to him by Herr Schreidor for the
rcction of a bridge noroas the Bosphoras.
A balloon bas crossed the Alps from Milan, in the north of Italy, to Air-es Baius, in France,
(19,500 ft)
I futuro all communications batween the
Car's palace at Tsarskoye Sele and the Kaiser's palace at Potedam are to be made by means of wireless telegraphy.
Ry.
The Daily Express atuten ikat Dfaria Sulzer,,
Menges. E. S. Kadoorie anil Co. receipt of telegraphic alvices informing them that the Oriental Consolidated Mining Co. have declared a dividend of fifty canis gold per share for the year 1905.
From Chabarovsk, Rusia, Mr. G. 8. Condutti aoads no intinention of the death, on Oct, 2nd, of his wife, Mme. Veen Candulti, a charming woman and skilled pianiste aud singer who greatly delighte! Hongkong andisers song thas aga.
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The Union Times, a Singapore Chinese paper, on the 3rd instant published a long letter sigued by twelve Chiedo in Panama. The letter alleged that Chinese coolies employed at the Panana ranal were ill-treated, and explained that the climate was dangerous.
The x-mjor non-commissiouod cflcom in the
attractious
TELEGRAMS.
["DALLT FRASE" MICLUSIVE SERVICE.]
AUTONOMY IN THE
TRANSVAAL.
LONDON, December 14th. The Transvaal is dissatisfied with the proposed constitution. Objection is taken to interference with the Chinese,
CHURCH AND STATE IN
FRANCE.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
fairly considerable trade, the main difficult, inys the author, to understand the Indian elements of which will, of course, freedom of these last from Tibetan influence. be cotton cloths, and above all tea, in A sufficient reason is, however, to be found universal uw amongst the Tibolans, sad a few linos lower down; the religion of the hitherto supplied, of very inferior descrip- | Bhotias is in fact far older than that of A. S. WATSON & CO., tion too, by China. To residents in China Buddha amongst the Tibet us, the earliest The highest altitude reached was 400 metros who are not likely to have any direct con- introduction of Buddhists into Tibet dating munication with Western Tibet the chief from the year 641 A.D. To find the nearest interests of the work will be its physio-anak gye to the Bhutia religion we have to graphical and ethnological descriptions of go to the heel waters of the Yalong River, the land and its people, and their traditions | whano wa nicol it in the primitive practices and religións, for in western. Tibet will be of the so-call Bon worshippers. Here Mr. Two boatmen who throw a quantity of real ford to linger many of the oldest traditions SHERRING has been misled by some of his into the harbour while a police launch was
Here in the still holy Mt.pretended Chinese authorities, who have runuing alongside thoir craft, were each flus & CO.'S Kaikes was the original Mern, sarred to told him a cock-audi-bull story of the ima$50 and sentenced to four hours' stocks by Me. Hindu-and Buddhist alike; here are found ginary sage Tacts" having foruded this T..Sorcombe Smith at the Pulice Court poster
LONDON, December 14th. the sacred lakes Rakas Tal and Mansarowar, sect in China, “which spænd rapidly into
The disestablishing of the churches. BULL DOG BRAND and from the flanks of the holy mountain Tibet.". As a fact the tenets put forward in
flow the three great rivers of India-the the apocryphal Trotch King, attributed to the German actress, who, it was reported, was to draft of Royal Engineers leaving for England is proceeding quietly in Paris. Sixty-
on the 21st instant, held their farewell dance nine priests are being prosecuted. Indus, the Ganges and the great Brahma-the imaginary sage, are early Buddhisti, marry Prince Joschim Albrecht of Prussia,
at Wellington Barracks Inst night. It putra. When Brahma formed the desire and certainly never penetrated to Tibet.son of the late Regent of Brunswick, has beau that the universe should be created, (so the Except that the inhabitants of Badi and order to gait Germany. Prince Albrecht unfortunate that counter
was recently ordered by the Kaiser to join should have lessened the attendance, but those tale goes) he assumed the visible form of Bawang, where the Bon development most the Germans Beld fores in South-West Africa.)
who were there spent a tcost enjoyable Vishuu. The whok aniverse was covered prevails, are true nature-worshippers, they
evening. Music
provided by Shut Priman Eberwyn, eldest son and heir of Sergeant Harris, vinalin, and Corporal Roberts,
It is expected that Count de Witte with water on which floated Vishnu. Prom
have never experienced the more gentle in- fluences of the Indinus cnits, and the native Prince Aloxis of Routheim and Steinfurt, hes piaus, while Staff Sergeant Westera made will be Russian Ambassador to Japan,
surrendered his Royal privileges and an income an efflcist M.C. cultura is of an even rougher and more of 250,00 in order to marry the daughter of
RIECHSTAG DISSOLVED. degrading type than in Bhot. But there the Mayor of a small German town. (Prince are other interesting topics discussed in Mr. Flerwyn was born at Poladum on April 19th, SHERRINg's work. Qunting again from 1882. He in a Lieutenant of the Prassion white, on the south yellow, on the north red,
ATKINSON's "Himalayan Districts,". he Bodyguard Regiment at Potsdam.] and on the west dark. Four mountains proscrils, [p. 38) "It is not difficult to form buttresses to Mern, and there are also picture the Aryan immigrants arriving at four lakes, one being Mansurowar, and the the Ganges and sending adventurous spirits After traversing gods drink their waters. “There are the to explore its suurees. regions of Paradise (Swarga), the seats of
the difficult passes across the snowy range I the inclement tableland of Tibet, they the righteous, and there the wicked do not arrive even after a hundred births. Thereike, and the likes from which flowed the discovered the group of wountains called
fa no sorrow nor weariness, nor anxiety, nor hunger, nor apprehension; the inhabitants are exempt from all infirmity, and live in minterruptal çajoyment for twelve thot sanil years." There Mr. SHERRING aptly | quotes TENNYSON's description of Avilion
in the "Passing of Arthur ".
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Mr. Arelihold, a son of Mr. Juku Dustin Archbold, vice-president of the Standard Oil Co., has succeeded Mr. Pierpont Morgan's representativa on the board of directors of the Alleutic Shipping Trust. Mr. John Rocke. follor, prasident of the Stsudard Oil Co. has also increased his holdings in the Shipping Trust, foreshadowing the building of edditional ships.
great rivers to water and give life to the whole art. The ragged grandeur of the The Edinburgh Court has gmnted a divorce: scene, the awful sulitnde and the trials and to Lady Angela Selina Blonclu Farlas, younger dangers of the way itself, naturally aux desertion by her husband, Colonel Jarzen sixler of the Earl of Rosslyn, on the ground of gested to an imaginative and simple Steuart Forbes, who was a ficatonaut in the 9th people that they had at length redis Laneer, and afterwards served with the covered the golden land, true home Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. Taoy The island valley of Avilion, Where falls und hatt nor rain, or nay now,
of their gods whom they had wor. wore married in 1896. Nur over wins blow haudly ; but it lies
shipped, when appearing under milder forms Doquendadown 1, lupy, fair with orchard haweng And howery hollows crowi'd will summer. ne storm and fire and rain in the plains The Buddhism of Tibet was derived from low. In the course of time, Brahminical Ludin, and therefore it is but natural to find intorations caused the worship of the Vedic that this country of Kailas and Mansarewarpods of natural forces to give place to a WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. should be also regarded as most snered by ystem where the intervention of a sacerdotal the Tibetans, so that to both peoples it has caste between the worshipper and his creator ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
become a place of devout pilgriLiage in
was cesential. Bralia in the Vedas gave ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. spite of the dificulties of the road. Replace to Brahms, Vishnu and Siva, the
ferring to this Mr. SURRRING, quoting trio of the new revelation, whe AZRINHOR's "Himlagic Districts". falls, passion of slip Hinzelay, and Wo however, into a characteristic blunder. Meru been the Olympus of the Indian Adjoining Western Tibet is the British
Here again Mr. SHERRING gods" district of Charwal and Almora, the been misled by bis anthorities. There is dress with communications addressed to the Beifer, northern flanks of which constitute the nothing painer from both Indian and
Hongkong, 13th December, 1903,
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Correspondents must forward their names and ad-
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A Vladivostock leftor published in the Asahi states that in the ten months ending October test 599 steamers arrived at Vladivo look. The amount of goods imported smonated to 22,614,360 pood and those exported to 1,056,259 pood.
During October alone, 68 aleamers arrived at the port. Of this sumber, 24 were Japanese; 11 Russian, 1 Chinese: 1 Amati cau; 11 German, 3 British; 3 Korean: Norwegian, and 3 Danish,
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In 1990, during the-Boxer - uprising, the Russians took possession of a gold mine in Kirin province, known as the Hsitala River mine, that was being workad by the Chinese Government. Since the withdrawal of the Russian army of occupation from Kirin, the Chiness authorities in that provinco have repeatedly asked, without much success, (tho Russians still working thegold mine in question) for its restoration. It is now reported that tho Isitulu It ver gold mine is about to be handed back to China, and that the Russian military guard and miners there are to be withdrawu early next month.
The
LONION, December 14th.
LONDON, December 14th. Kaiser has dissolveal the Ricchstag as a result of the rejection by 17 to 105 of the Colonial Vote- with reference to South-West African war estimates.
ROYAL VISITORS.
LONDON, December 14th. King Oscar of Sweden and the By kind permission of Lieut. Col. W. Scott Queen of Norway have prosceded on Moncrieff and Officers the band of the third a State visit to Berlin.
Middlesex Regiment) will play the following Battalion The Daka of Cambridge's Owa "↑
programme of music during dinner at the Hongkong Hotel, this (Saturday) oveni ug :-- March. Fairy Glen," Vales
**Tres Jolie," Selection ..."The Geita," Bourne......" Simple 4 von,". Overture. Vielka," Kominicanes of Toati Interwean... Forgot me not" Cap... Light as a Weather
Payan Waltfel Jamen
Mayerbeer
REUTER'S BERVICE,]
THE EDUCATION BILL.
LONDON, Ikember 12th. The House of Commons, by 317 to 83, has Machth adopted Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Arv. Paugher resolution to deal with the House of Lorda
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DINNER MEAU-Hors D'Oeuvres--Eggs en Aspic Soup--Mock Turtle. Fish-hile Fish Toast, Calf's Head en Tortue, Monglas Faltice and Parsley Sauce. Entrees-Grilled Quilt on Curry-Dry. Joints, &c.-Ronst Sirloin of Beef Baked Potatoes, Roast Turkey and Cranberry Sunce, Hoiled Cornid Ox Tongue and Carrots,
Cold Gaino Pio and Phin Salad. Sweets-Corn.
and Wingor Calos, Cheese Straw ---Desert —Coffee
meal Fulding, Tipsy Cake, Strawberry ice ram
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amendments en bloc in a conciliatory tone. The rerout speeches of Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman, and Mr. Asquith, it is believed, indicate the possibility of à compromise. The Premier conferred with the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace yesterday.
URURUN AS D
LONDON, December 12th. 31. Clemenceau explained in the Chamber
All letters for publication should be written än / unbry of Bhot ishibited by the Bhotins, Chinese legend that there were se distincti Captain. of the steamer, which was laden with more than a year ago it was reduced from from the country because. be handed to
nside of the paper only,
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a people closely allied with the Tibetans immigrations into India, one of the Aryaus themselves. With the catrange infatuation proper, the Solar Race, who, coming from for the teria "Mongol" supposed to include, the western slopes of the Pamir highlands, like Turanian, everything of which the entered modern Afghanistan hy the Hindu narrator knows, nothing. Mr. SURING Kush and the Kabul river. The second follows the vulgar error of calling these the Lunar Race, had according to arcient people Mongolians. Now The Chinese trudition their homes in Eastern Turkestan, bistorians, especially the author of the Wei | where we ɓnd them in the Yadavas and the Shu, explains at some laugh the origin of the term Mogul, which does not appear till it was given in the latter part of the fourth century to a leader of a body of outlaws, who puder the name of Mukula or "Bald- Head” terrorisol Western Mongolia. The ethaic name of Eat, under the form Batae or Beine, occurs in Ptolemy and Ammianus, as well as in old Sanscrit Bhotta. The fact is of course that the Bots are the real aboriginal inhabitants of the Tibetan plateau, their name appearing in the very word Tuböt, as well as in Ebot, Bhutan, and in the Chinese T'afan, for Tuput. As
Kerus, the latter the King of Chinese story, the Otterekurz of Ptolemy. Their affinities wore Turanian, (using that much abused title in its only true sense at indicating the Ensteru Branch of the so-called Aryan family), rather than Aryan proper; they were, however, equally fair, It was these Lunar races who crossed from the heal waters of the Yarkand river through Western Tibet, and settled at Hastinapur, not Eiphant Town, but really Guestburgh, and who brought into Indian Mythology the stories of the fabled Mount Meru, modern Mt. Kailus, a picture of
The Russian Government states that the have been fired upon and seized by a Russian German steamer Wittein Mintos alleged to
seraiser in circumstances recalling the Dogger Gaa cosenmora will welcome the Hongkong Baak cutrage, was not fired at, though properly and Chine (se Company's announcement of a detained near Roval, a Russian Baitic port. The further reduction in the price of gas. Little that Monsignor Montagnini was expelled explosives ordered by the Hossiau Gorerament, $10 to 81.00 Commencing with the new was unable to state definitely his deatiustion, year the charge will be $275. It is obrious certain French priesta instructions from a but when instructions bad besta veneived from to the most casual observer that there is a foreigner, viz. the Pupe, to disoloy the lawa St. Petersburg the ressal' wes allowed to wide field in the Colony loft yet for develop of France. If the Church wanted war it provved to Kronstadt.
could have it, but it would be avoided by confirming to the law. Several Archbishops and Bishops have already received notice to quit residence.
Some time ago, says the Straits Times, it was reported that the tender of Messrs. Khou Siew Jin and Khoo Sian Tian of $30,000 per mentem for the coming lesse of the Johore Opium and Spirit Farms had been accepted. This would now appear to be incorrect, as correspondence has passed between the Officials and parties interested, which tends to show that the Singapore Farmure, Mesars. Khaw Joo Choa and J. W. Cashin with a tendar of $87,500, are the successful tentorara. We must congratulate the Calosis and Johore Govern. meats on the happy turn of oventa, as toattore will proceed far more easily in respect to opinm, with the same Farmors in charge of both Farms then would have been the case had the teulers of different Farmers been scompted.
It appears that a native of China may enter the Philippines if he can show that he has been "adopted" by a fellow countryman, and if
THE GERMAN BUDGET.
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meat by the gas and electric lighting com- panies. The kerosene lamp is still in in handreds of Chinese shope, uot to mention Chinese residengen; bat, with gas at $2.75 per 1,000 cubic feet, the Gas Company may expect to add to their books during the coming year a number of now consumers far above the average of recent years. While the con
LONDON, December 12th. tinued high rehango was doubtless the main factor which influensed the decision of the The German Budget provides for a loan Directorate, we would fais believe that recent | of £18,000,000 to cover extraordinary anny experience has shown the company that E
(and navy requirements, reduction in price up ile expansion of business. If so, consumers, while deroutly thankful for what they are about to receive, will bepe that the Company may be still farther encouraged in this direction.
[N.-C. Daily News' Service.]
EDUCATION IN JAPAN.
A MUNIFICENT CONTRIBUTION.
TOKYO, December 7th. The Furukawa Ceppor Mining Company has contributed over Yen 1,00,000 for the constraction of colleges at Fukuoka, Sendai anð
ANOTHER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
The suicidal microbe appears to be still at Sapporo,
NoT any works of modern go graphic an ethnic title, of course Mongol never which forms the subject of the frontispiece under age. In January of last year a Chiness work in the Chinese community, for a third | exploration are more interesting tht existed out of the imagination of some two of Mr. SHERRING's book. There are stil. boy arrived in Cebu on a ship, direct from China attempt to commit suicide this wook has CRUISE OF A JAPANESE SQUADRON.
Western Tibet and the British Border Lunit, by CHARLES A SHERRING MA, FRG Indian C. 5. Dep. Com. of Almora, Mr. SunRRING's are pleasing descriptions of a
BuMiner
Almora into the comparatively un- traversed month-west corner of Tibet,
THE KIANOSI RIOTS.
The Native Notes' writer of the N.-C.
The collector of customs at that port would not Leen reported to the police. To escape a soa of or three upinformed ethnographic writers of traces of the internecine wars of the two allow the Chinese to land. Bat this Chiness troubles a married Chinese woman residing at
Tokro, December 7tb. the beginning of the last century. Of
A Japanese squadron is to participate in the Faces in the wholesale destruction of the had friends aahore and ono of them appealed to Wanchai on Thursday attempted to end her James' own festivities during May next and will closely allied race are the Ghork of Kshatriyas by Paragu-Rama, the great haro the Insular collector of customs, who allowed the life by jumping into the harbon. She was vixit England on the outward and homeward Nepaul and the people of Bhutan, all of the Ramayana, Mr. ShenING is, of boy to remain on there ponding an appeal that deterred by a lukung who took her to No. 2 passages, The squadron will probably be under tour from British Garhwal and belonging to the same Böt race; and it is course, not answerable for these errors. had been made to higher authorities, and to Polico Station, and yesterday Inspector Gourlar the command of Vice-Admiral Ijuin. curious in connection with Mr. SHERRING'S they pervade the whole story of the deposit a cash bend of $1,000. After mach charged her before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith. argument the court of first inatapos of Cebu She told the Bonch that her husband had been where rise the three great rivers of India, sark [p. 56]. We are amongst women. Immigration as told by the Sauseritists; and decided that as this Chinaman bad been adoptell for sometime and was unable to work, conse who like the little Japanese, laugh it is only by a diligent study of these sunt: by a resident of Cebu, that residant had a right quently debts accumulated and areditors were the Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahms at everything and everybody, and do legends as told in Chinese sources, and a to his lawful ooo. The supreme court affirmed clamouring fox payment. To escape such Duity News has the following about the troubles dominates the ancient lands of Meru, sacred over their faces as the southerners," any approach to the true history of these far
not rush away to hide, or draw their veils careful comparison of the two versions, that the decision of the lower court, and the Chinese worries she intended to drown herself. The reported in our telograms: to Buddhists and Hiedos alike. As Deputy that this racial resemblance to the Japanese off events can be arrived at. Commissioner of Almora, M. SHERRING Bad social facilities for visiting these
The French Mail of the 13th November districts, and spete in the highest terms of occupation of North China in 1900. The way delivered in London on the 13th inst. the kindness shown to him by the Tibetans, But race must, in fact, have at one period officials and people alike. This is one of been even more widely spread thin at pre the most agrecable, issues of the expedition sent. The coufident statement then P. Gyesterday by the salvage steamer Protector,
putra; and where the modern Mt. Kailas
was everywhere noticed amongst the Ghorka regiments during the wilitary
The 8.8. Petrarch was successfully refloated
and towed to the Costpopolitan Docks,
A Kinkiung dispatch reports a rising of secret Lustand verified his wife's story, and his society meg at Pingxiang (whero Sheng is now a recognized citizen of Cabu.
Worship recommended him to return to his Kung-pao's coal mines are) and that this city The old proverb "be laughs best who laughs native village, Shnntak. The defuntant was desperulous of the latter provice have also being close on the Kiangai Hunan borders the
last,"
was verified at the Police Court bound over in the sum of $50 to coms up for joined their Kiangsi bratheon. The sseret yesterday when Inspector Dymond charged judgment when called upon. a citizen of Aberdoon before Mr. F. A. take out a Hazulaod with neglecting, to licence for bia dog. The Inspector informed his Worship that on many occasions he had
SUPREME COURT.
Friday, December 14th.
Bocieties concerned are said to be the “Kolao Hui," or Brothers Society, and the "Fatao Hui al "Bisotan Hui," or
or Great and Small Sword, societies. As there are Noods
Sword
Freat
vor failure of the cropa in the two provinces above noted, famire could not have been the cause of the
It is further rising.
that the rising will increase to the dimersions of a rabe.hon,
advised the defendant to take out a licence, but the latter treated the affair as a huge joks, sud on each succeeding visit of the policeman he and his fokie gathered together and laughed as though they were at a BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (BIE FRANCIE azmod with breechloading rides. Toliko cheasant
Mr. Winston Churchill statel in the House of Commons that the profit acerning from the working of the Uganda Railway for the air year ending September 30th is estimated at bu tenrous
£40,000,
of 1904, and indicates that, the restraints that The Bhotias are of Tibetan origin" put upon the expedition, and the entire must be exactly transposed, and made to alecuce of plunder, have had the result of read "The Tibetans are then of undoubtedly establishing confidence between the two But origin, even though they themselves peoples. Much trade is not to be expected, have current among them the belief that in the west future at all events; still it is they were originally Hindus," the reason well to remember that in skins, as well as in for which statement becomes self-evident on
While sweeping up rabbish between two borar, which occurs plentifully in Western further perusing the book. One of the large stacks of peas in one of the Po Yan Co.'s Tibet, as well main gold which is widely most interesting chapters is the fifth, where godowns at West Point on Thursday, a coolis
the is made a comparison of the religions of was crushed to death by the said stacks colla pa- distributed and with more settled govern.
ing and fall on top of him. ment will be largely mined, there is room
Tibetans, Hindus and Bhotias. It.. ia
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entertainment. His Worship imposed a fine of $25 and ordered defendant to lake out a licence within 24 hours. Failing this, the Inspector was instructed to issue
second summons, and defendant was reminded that if he again appeared before the Court maximam penalty. 8100, would be imposed.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
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PIGGOTT).
THE PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE,
if troops be not speedily cant la quell it is computed that there are something like 4,000 wen ous-balf of whom ars
After a three days' hearing the trial of the issue to determine whether Lee Chun Pei was a member of the Yes Fat firm was concluded. The jury found that he was not a partner.
custom of rebels who bind their heads with oither red or yellow tarbars the Pinghsiang insurgents wear white turbans, while each band or company flaunts a banner bearing on it the legend Kehring, or Anti-Monarchy (also translated "Republic"). This gives rise to the rumour that the " Kod Repablican" leader, the notorious “Dr." San Yst son, is also in Pinghgiang heading the movement.