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LONDON, May 5th.
The British Embassy at Constantinople | has applied to the Porte for the refund of Mr. Abbott's ransom.
TENNIS
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In the Champion Tenuis match, Jay Qould beat Miles by 42.
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SUPREME COURT.
Monday May G.
[IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.) (BEPORK THEIR HONOUR SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT, CHIEF JUSTICE, AND ME. JUHIYOR A. G. WISE, PUISKY JUDGY.)
THE MURIATE OF MORPHÍA CAST,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8rx, 1907.
THE MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.
something which one sorely missed in the so- aalled Christian Wost. So with ancestral worship they sometimes saw things they could admire. Conrciences must be educated, and each man must decide what was lawful for himself, in communion with Chriat,"
The following resolution was struck out, though not for the right reason,
May 1st was the day of women missionaries, They discussed woman's work in China.
During a fruitless argument about Ideagra phie . Romanized criptares, Miss Laureno» (Hangchow) stated that twenty years ago suis- sionaries in (Hangobow and mesons in Ningpo
"That some effort he made by memorial or found the romanized easier to correspond with. At present she employed an old woman of sixty. otherwise to induce the Chinese Government to soren, who was a heathen until she was sixty, follow in the steps of Japan by declaring that and then learnt the romaniz d in two months. the bobage paid to the tablets of the Emperor She also woulioned the case of a woman of forty and of Confucius, shall not be regarded as an Judginent was given in this appeal. vir Henry who learnst romanied with practically no teach-zet of religious worship, but of State ceremmy without riolating Christian Berkeley, K.C., instructed by Mr. J. Scotting Shu said that God had taught her. Mies only, so that Christians may performs the requir
Laurence said she did not desire to say that Goded nets of hounge could not have taught this old woman mandariu principio or Christian conscience, whils at the characters (laughter) but she did not thirl. same time escaping the brand of disloyalty" He would have done
The Rev. Arnold Foster (L. M. 8. Wuchoug) (The sentencH WAS Resolution 11 be omitted. mosed an amendment that the last Mutenen in "That secondary wires may be admitted to membershipif obviously true Christians."The Rev. Watson (U..M) scanded Uus-kerud
Harsten (of Mosura. Ewers and Harston, appeared for the owner of the morphin, Mr. Hoffmann; and the Hon. Mr. H. E. Potlook, K.C. and Mr. M. W. Blade, instructed by Mr. R. D. Atkinson (of Mosers, Daan, Looker And Dendos), 'represented the Opiam Farmer.
His Honour Mr. Justion Wige said :—In this Case an order pisi was granted on January 28th, 1997, and the winlo question, so far as Einent.
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s, rolates to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate. On July 23rd, 1906, an ipfor muation was laid before the Magistrate by one G. Hoggarth, stating that certain opium liables to forfeiture was conceled or deposited in the godowns of the Kowloon Wharf and Godawn Co., Ltd., and to prayed for a warrant to seizure. The information mentions a complainant who is the applicant the oplus to point out to I suppose the complainant and the applicant are the same, A warrant is made out in the
80.
This was the argument. The Rev. Arnald Foster (Wuchung) said it was irrelevant.
By not a
one viku.
They asked the Emperor, who Christien, to give an aurace that they could worship him or Confucius or any
body of a sinaries Wer they to expect their Christians to submit to tell a convert who had courcientious scruplea to this? Were they as that he might worship Confucius been the For ssidant
true point would seem to bm, what in the value of the Christianity or other religion of a persou unintelligent enough to require such instruction †
Qaw carbs sanonneement was made, that literature from Japan. This lonks lika China is being fonded with materialistic commentary on the progress of the missionaria Hein Japan.
The Rev. Arnold Foster said there was a great danger in passing rosolutions in a Cat. feronse of this sort. They should not Jegislatu on a subject on which there was a great division of option in the Christian Church. Thoy could cut pass this resolutions with the words he wished to delete as a binding resolution on He thought, however, that it was people, some of whom could and some could not desirable to discuss this question. There were no such people in China as secondary wives Bigamy was a criule against the law in China.
vula as it was in England, but a men might have
wife A
a number of concubines. a
Chines forms of the inforations and the applicant The question they were dealing with was
couchicage, a thing which
revolt against returns that he has seized five cases of muriate themselves bud begun to
be received into the Church Would they allow a girl from Fenehow Road to be baptized and and still live in Foochow Road? Hadid ve as the Conference to exclads these "secondary Miss Hotell (Nauchaug) spoke of the feeling wives," but to leave the utter alous. which was gaining ground against concubinage. The Rer. W. W. Clapson (1.E.M., Croco) proposed that the resolution dealing with this 5t is difioult to understand why the return to Subject he referred to the Committee on wo the warrant (that is the polica of seizure and men's Work, General-The Rec. A. II. application for forfeiture) should not agree with-Bridge (L.M. S. Weichen) esconded
being put the amendment was declared lost. the information and warrant. Therefore, up
A sensible resolution was passed that foreign pon by some misguided missionaries, should be dress for Chinese women convoris, as insisted discouraged,
A Swedish-Asiatic mynny, with a capital of £337,00, subsidised by the morphia under the warrant, and asks for their Government, has been formed, to run a fort-iture. On July 26th, 1956, the Magistrate stasumer service to the Far East, and makes the following disler- That, the five Up to subsequently to pursue commercial andes of muriate of morghia herein be forfeited that date, so far as I can see, there is no industrial undertakings. The Company and delivered to the Opiru Farmer." will act in connection with the Danish East Asiatic Company
PRINCE FUSHIMI'S VISIT.
LONDON, May 5th. The battleshipa Hindustan and - Britannia hage arrived at. Dover to await the arrival of Prince Fushimi,
THE OPIUM QUESTION.
evidence that tauriate of morphis is opium, and
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to to that state, I do not think the Magistrate on
evidence had any jurisdiction.
On May 2nd the sixth session was devoted to apparent possession I think that the Magistrate was wrong in thinking that the stuff was not literature. The foundation of a Christian Daily Newspaper was proposed. The Rev. J. in the apparent possession of anybody.
His Honour the Chief Justice said in part) Darice said Matthew fucci, the first Jesuit to is clear that the Magistrate has no juris-enter China, with his as goites and their -no · leas thing 340 treatise. In a single diction to iaus the uotics in respi et of any thing ere, had within thirty years pablished but opium: aor has he jurisdiction to order its generation this practically established Christ a
theless, ho thought it was already evident fortiture under section 39 (2) even in the casa aity throughout the ampire," but of opium, unless it is uol in the possession of that the future of China ia to be moulded by the Protestant, and not by the Roman Catholic Church."
Home person.
LONDON, May 5th. Dr. Archibald Little, now at home from China, interviewed by a representative of Beater's, snid, that for China to request India to reduce opium shipments is a farce.
Now in this case first the notice, and then The Inding oprum is but a drop in a bucket the seizure and the forfeiture were of " mariate of the consumption, which is almost confined of morphia." The Court efficially knows no to the coast towas. Dr. Little thinks that chemistry and counot hold in the absence of the Imperial Government will be very evidence, and there was none given before the foolish if it interferes with the Indian profagistrate, that "mariate of morphin" is duetion before it is convinced that the Chinesy Government is able and willing to abolish the cultivation in Chini.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE
ASSOCIATION.
epium." It does not know whether it is ronstituent or alkalaid of opium, and even if it die, section 39 does not apply to constituents or
alkaloids.
facondly, the muriats of morphia (even if it were legally opiom) was in the apparent porsien of the Godown Co. It was in their posession, though under the ucinition and for The following is the result of the competition purposes of the Ordinance, it was aler in the daring the month of April for the cups pre-possession of Hoffmann and Co. sented by His Excellency Sir M. Nathan and Sir Past Chater.
Mr. P. J. Woodhouse
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4: 68
ti 68
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Mr. E. S. Carruthers
6L
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D: 70
Mr. A. Blowey
61
9 70
Mr. J. C. Peter
3 -+-
669
Mr. R. Baker...
Mr. B. E. Green
Fi-1
Mr. A. Mackenzio...
JP +
52 16
61 +
667
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66 er.
66
EST.
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61
Mr. G. S. Gubbuy... Sir Francis Pizgatt
Mr. J. l. Pidgeon Mr. A. Jenkins Mr. J. C. Gow Mr. H. W. Bird Mr. A. W. J. Watt
Mr. F. W. Torrey... Mr. C. Bond
Mr. D. Willis...
Mr. A. S. Gubbay
Dr. Evan Jones
Mr. W. J. Saunders
58
1261 474 142 GE 50+ 1969
+ 69
+ 859 -19 + 857
The Hou, Mr. H. H. May 51 Mr. A. S. Tuxford.
There were 59 extries for this competition. The rat moathly shoot for the Cup presented by Sir II. 8. Berkeley, K.C., Chairman of the Association at 60 yards runge resulted as follors: -
Mr. E. S. Carruthers
Mr. R Baker ...
Mr. J. C. Gow
Mr. J. H. Pidgeon.
Mr. A. Mackenzie...
Dr. Eran Jones
Mr. S. E. Greed Mr. P. J, Wodelanse
Mr. J.!
Cast...
Mr. A. Jenkins
Mr. W. H. T. Davis The Hon. Mr. F. H. May Mr. A. S. Tuxford Mr. D. Willia...
58+ 11 56+047
for 1,66
65
57
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524 8 - hu 48 + 14 - 61
There wure 75 enixios for this competition which bids fair to be a mest popular one.
The new 60 yards 6ging point at King's Park has now been set cut, and it is hoped that
it will be ready for the next monthly shot for
Sir H. S. Berkeley's cup on the 20th inst.
It will not be possible to shoot for the cup presented by Mr. H. P. White until the 800 yards firing point at the Peak Range is made. The site has been printed out to the P. W. D. Officials who have the matter in band.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The M.M. str. Orianten with the outward- French Mail eft. Singapore Monday the Git May at 10 p.m.
The O. & 0. str. China arrived at San Francisco on the 6th May.
Convenience is mother to connivance. That there are so many failures in life is largely due to our stupid habit of regarding genius as a fairy gift, instead of knowing it for what it actually is possibility latent in most
of us.
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muriate of
drift of the section bas becu miavaderstoel I Lase doant that it applies onty te the case of "nachimed opium," that is of "derelict opium." On both the grounds of the motion therefore I am of opinion that the Magistrate had so jurisdlotion to make the erder he bas done. I agree that this is one of those casos in which the question of jurisdiction is dicsely allied to the question of construction. But, if I were compelled to decide which is the proper way of dealing with this case, I should nobesitatingly say that the questions raised are entirely concerned with jurisdiction. for, us to the first point, bo tanz no exilence to show 1nt muriate of morphis is opium: and on the second point, the notice itself shows that the fact on which the Magistrate's jurisdiction is based was non-existent in the case.
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DOYOT
The seventh session on May 3rd dealt with medical missions.
The Rev. L. Lloyd (C.M.S, Fonchow) cansed zuuch amusement by quoting the passage from "If ang man sin Ecclesiasticus which snys.
gaiss the Lord let him be delivered into the He considered that this was flu worst fats (buy could wish their bands of the physician. enemes of the present day if it met into the hands of Chinese physiciaus Medial mission work was rangeliest, philathropic; and as i ucer work. Het it was necessary that only deal of what he Christian men should carry on this work.
Dr. Helge said while a a great might call Good Samaritan" work was done
by noskilled bauds it could not be properly permitied at Home, and at the present time recognized es medical work. It would not be legislation was being introduced on this point in India. At Rome fature date the same prod was done by missionaria who were not doctors a great deal of harm was also done.. would be done in China. While a great deal of The work due by those who were not doctors would not be stopped, but he hoped it would be enough to learn alone things they did not understand.
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The Japanese ate. Tatyana Maru (1346 ROBINSON PIANO island Assistance bas bero sent her from to me) from Chefou, is ground off Askold Viadivostok.
A later message says the Taliyana Maru was refoutait. She had on board 1,104 Chinese The Russian str. Brilica is also sirnadof in labourer bound for Vladivostok. the ramoneighbourhood owing in fog,
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A serion strike has taken phrey mong the TALKING Russim sailors on the steamers plying between! Caspion seaports.
THE DEVANIA" COLLISION A telegram to the A.-C. Darty Neuti, datoi Tokyo, May Isl, suys. At Osaka, jugement! was given last evening in the inquiry inte thu Maru and the P. & O. 8. Devanha, It wa collision between the Japanese str. Chinah
and the certificato of her master was suspended held that the Shinshu Maru was responsible The pilot of the Devanhu for four months.
DISAPPEARANOR OF THE "DAKÓTA" A Japanes paper, quoted by the Japan Advertiser says that a purt of the storn of the Dakola was still visible above water up to April 21st, but owing to the heavy wind on that day, the steamer has now entirely disappeared,
was exonerated from blare.
MACHINES
AND
RECORDS.
NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED,
LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT
dentinned as long as these who did it had sepse the other over 3:1) tons. The survey of the MUSIC:
Dr. Christie moved, and the Rev. T. W. Pearce (Hongkong) seconded a resolution of appreciation of the support given medical Lissions by canmersial men. Mr. Pearce said i that the first operation performed by a missionary in Chira was as a result of the effort of a commercial mau, and the commercial community and well supported medical missions aver since. It was only fitting that they should express their appreciation of what the emmer cial community in the Far East was doing for Medical Missions.
SHANGHAI RIPARIAN OWNERS.
The following correspondence was considered by the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce:
HANGRA GENERAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
Shanghai, April 9th 1907, Dear Sir,--. sm instructed by my Cum- mittee to inquire us to the method under which iparian owners may be permitted to extent their property out to the "Normel Lise recently drawn by the Huangpe Conservarty Board, and so as to what procedure will be follored by which, such and as there may be inside the Normal Line" is to bo acquired
and don't with.
I am, Dear Sir,
Yonra faithfully, L. E. CANNING,
Secretary.
The Secretary,
Huangpu Conservancy Board.
Office of the Huangpu Conservancy Board.
DEEVGING A” YOKOHAMA, Dredging work within the harbour limits of Yokohama is now in progress. Two dredgers are being employed, one of over 500 tons and
work has been going on with a view to affording all possible facilities to future shipping. It is bottom was finished in 1904 aid since then the
expected that on completion of the work the area of the present anchorage will be trohled.
THE YOKOHAMA RECLAMATION WORK. Mr. Tsamaki, Chief of the Temporary Con- struction Office of the Finance Department, on April 2nd, invited a number of members of both Houses of the Imperial Diet and the Committee of the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of showing them the reclamation work compoand. The visitors were shown over the new in progress of the Yokohama Customs works. The work was started in May 1892, and is expected to be completed in 1010, st an outlay of yen 16,520,00 altogether. Some 1,800 work. men are being employed daily. Ou completion, 13 steamers representing 54,300 toan will be able to come alongside the reclaimed wharves which will be connected by rail with the Yokohama railway at tion.
SHIPBUILDING IN JAPAN,
LATEST COMIG OPERA SCORES
AND
DANCE MUSIC
ARRIVED.
JUST
Hongkong, 29th Novorabo, 1906,
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added to the salary for Decomber and the advanced to the crew in cash, and when this is amount new offerel, it tatala an auraunt equal to a salary for six months. Mr. Hiromi, depile has been the loss of his steamer and cargo, pleased to pay six monthe salary. In the opinion of the Association lo has acted liberally, cannot be said to be indifferent to the bereaved families. The treatrast accorded the families of the crew of the Takue-mara is far more liberal that that given under similar circum- stance to those concerned in the Korgg-CLJ 28 Sekai mare and Nanobiki-naru.
THE HSINMINTON-AUKDEN
RAILWAY.
and
The Peking Correspondent, of the N-C
Daily News says:-An agreement concerning the purchase of the Japanese light military railway from Hsinmintaa to Mokden in South Manchuria has been sized between the Wai-
Six steamers and how being built at the Mitsu Bishi yard at Nagasaki, Two of them are
Hohuge respec. tively. They are each of 13,500 tons displace- the order of the Tago Rison Kaisha, to be name the Tenshen and meat, and are to be completed in February and and May next. One is a volunteer staimer lica is to be Lawed the Sakura-mara (2,945 tons), to be completed in Angust next, is of the greamers, of 8,600 tons each are being built to the order of the Nippon Yasen Kaisha, these to be completed in Jaunary sad October next, and one is a ispatel-bost for the Navy. Her wupa and Mr. Hayashi, Japanese Minister asme is the Mogami. The yard has orders here. The price is 31,6699, and the line will the binese authorities ia for two mere steamers of 8,60 tons eneb, and be restored to three more, each 6,000 tons, for the Nippon Feugtion within one month after the payment ten conditions the Yasen Kaisha. Work on the five has not yet of the money. There been commuced but it will be sea from the important points of which are as follows
I.-The Chin se Government should bɔrros above that the yard is likely to be pretty fally
one-half of the capital required for the cou occupied for some time get to come.
atruction of railways in Kirin Provincm from the South Manchuria Railway Company in future.
JAPANS BE MARITIME LAW.
The Rev. Jones Jackson of Wachang, who read a paper to prove that ancestor worship is the greatest single obstacle to Christianity, said We may print out, any discession of it should be calm, judicial, sympathetic, and ironic." celmy, judicially, sympathetically, and iconi- call, that a Christian missionary at the ostet the Cenforence drew a picture of Robert Morrison looking down on it with pleasure and approval. Still, Mr. Jackson's remarks generally were not, far out of place. We queue a few. "Ancestral [sic] worship canbodies Chine ideas of the solidarity of the family. Many of
psychology the practices are due to a false
ia exant belief being diffent of winterunt.
enmed that the departed spirit is dependent on the living descendants, and even that is continued existence is contingent on due per formance of the rites. Ancestral worship most The Excise Officer has in the first place uso be held to belong to a low type of religion, or to ນ very imperfect developmen of it. Whether morphia" as idolatrans
of the "opiam " mod
or not, it is a rival
God. Its view of convertible fermis:- and secondly be ben made a worship of the
relation to of our life and confusion between possession and property, for the future
the dead is far short of the Christian he said in his evidence that he was unable to
Its indaenca has been both for view.. The of the morphia. owper ascertain the
aud for eril. It has fostereil ideas good of law and order, mutual responsibility, respect for authority and for social customs. It bas strengthened the Chinese charactor by in- culcating reverence for the living and the dead, In the great changes in hins can Aurostral
Shangbai, April, 17th 1967. Sir, I hog to acknowlege receipt of your Worship be maintained? If so, it consistent
As was reported some time age, the steamer
2-The Chinese Government should guarantee with the raising of the position of women by
what coulitions Riparian owners may be per- Fatao-mart, owned by Mr. Hiromi, of Osaka, education? Such education must be a powerful letter, dated the 9th instaut inquiring (1) Under disint grating force. The best way to push out
proposed the evil is by substituting something better. In mitted to extond their properly cut to the left Ocean Island, Polynesia, on October 27th ita reaction from the errors of R. me, Protest Normal Line," and (2) what procedure is to last with a cargo of phosphorus are consigned the capital and interest of the loans for the
he followed in acquiring such land as may be to the Mitsui Busan Kaisba, and disappeared. Heinminton Mukden and the
In reply I am directed by the Nothing has been heard of the steamer, and she Changchan-Kirie bass, The time limit of antism leacher too little about the stats of the
steamer has been reported missing seventy-five years. Chian cannot re-icom the departed. But we bare little to learn from Rom, chained. with its worship of the snrestors of others, when Wasugpoo Conservancy Board to state that is now posted as lost. According to Japanese former is eighteen years and the latter nor can who pledge them as guarantee for any Larger ass should be made of after de consideration by the Engineer-in-law, after a | styled saintn." memorial days in churches for members, and Chief to the Board and the Harbour Master, it for six months, she is declared Inst, uni the prowlines before the termination of the periods fired
the present case expired on the 27th April. other foreign lean.
3-The Chief Engineers and Ace-ansuts in schools for founders with special forms of has been decided to lay down the following is formally discharged. The promaribed time in
Кови Seamen's 1st. For Conservancy purposes the banks of On the 22nd, Mr. Hiromi, owner of the steamer,
Ausocia of theen two lines are to be Japanese subje service. The chief perplexity is in regard to general conditions and procedure -- the commemoration of beat ben ancestors, but we
notice of discharge to the and their themes are to be deposited in must not tell the Chinees that Christianity has the river are divided into "Sections," for inst-through
crew, in incind Juanese banks from time to time. Japanes 10 message, no hope for hoes when ansestore nuce, ou the right or Tooling side of the river, tion,
to pay two subjects are also to be employed for other died without seeing the Goepel's light. More on section is between the Cosmopoliten Dok families of the
months salary and feueral expenses, equal services when. Chinese are not availabb,
4-The Chinese Government shall le attention should be paid by school and church to and another between the letter point and ing the captain, offering
a month's salary. The families of the
with the South positive teaching of reverance to parents. Wo Pootung Point.
TheNormal Live" is one out to which to
seamen are dissatisfied with this offer, and a specia! arrangements
Railway Company are not justified in asking Chinass to give up or lestroy their ancestral tablets, which is indeed a Riparian owoes may constract wharves, say of breach of Chinese law. Cbristian memorial fala uniform width of ifty fest, provided that such disputs is in progress bulsion them which is Manchurie
explained above. The shore side of such men's survivors complain that Mr. Hiromi is lines so that they my co-operate in case of mesi. 5-The pries for the parchase of the 1,669,900 and the lets to replace have been reqummondo. The ques work he carried out in sectious simultonscnely expected to develop into a law suit. The sea- to the future administration of the tien of offerings and prostrations must be left to
the line the enlightened conscience suljet tothatoaching wharves will have to be sheet piled or construct quite indifferent to their hareavement. When of the Word end the Spirit of God. Without this, ed in such a manner that it will not only form the news of the disappearance of the steamer Hsiaminfa-Maiden iine is 31.0
a line of bonding but also an efficient training was received, they assert that they were so much Tokyo Government will restore it to chiua formal prohibitions are useless, with them annecessary. More enre should be bestowed on wall to the stream. Shoreward of such bundling atarroad and shocked that they were unable to withio eue mouth after the restoration, Chrisín Coteries, visifa to thom encouraged, or training wall may be filed in with sppitales. They only received a cool intimation of should be surveyed by experienced Japanse with services at Easter, ele. Ancestral Worship dredged from such parte of the tiver s the the fact that the vessel was missing by post-and Chinese sugleers and the funds aired Engineer-in-Chief to the Conservancy Board cared from Mr. Hirowi. When they asked for its reconstruction are to be bottom from searab, he sent out the the South Manchurie Railway Company murder Should it be desired to make bira te institute
which, they l'age. proper arrangements which are to be made bas disappeared in the West, bal ont easily or Our grea suddenly. Superstition is havi to get rid of. may decide upon.
atest straggle will be with materialism, use of pontoons, such may be placed between Ch shima-marn godlessness, practical atheism. Au agape ie, the hunding and the "Normal Line," but in entirely sufitted for ocean navigation, and Mr. between Chine sat Japan later. educated class is far barder to deal with than any case, a banding or training wall must be Hiromi informed them of the result
coustynered at a distance of fifty feet shoreward search again simply by post-card. He sont not the Chishime it is asserted, merely to make a suparatitions multitude.
of the "Normal Line."
& pretence of searching, ad expressed nu Naturally
End.As a preliminary step to any work or The discussion following was very warm, Mr. Watson (Chongsha, proposing an amend works Riparisa owners will have to submit to sympathy whatever with the relatives of the In December ment, could not be kravd. It was almost ke the Conservancy Board a plan showing their arow in their bereavement. Since the departare
The export of raw silk from Japan in 1906 the House of Commons for a while property as defined by their title deeds which of the ship from Maji in September, thos were for no compromiss at all. "But Short wil also have to be produced. This dose and family have not recsivel a sen
man who asked provided that all Riparian owners within a when the families of the o cera became destitute reached a phenomenal figare, exceeding one with be done
table indicates the approximate value of the ex- whether he could enter the Church and stain gives section of the river agree to simultane they applied for relief, when they were said one, bande à million yen in value. The following
extend their property to the Band or mouth's salary. The notice of discharge was part
the survivors card merely stating that
the Associa War-- it, who asked whether he could abandon one permission will be given them to do so on part and keep the other?" Quets to bic condition that they pay to the Conservancy receive the money from the Kobe Bearson's 103-the year preceding the Russo-Japanese
told that they would be paid hy the story of Nauman the leper, if that b Board such prion for lan realaimed as way he Association. On visiting the co wat suppressed. Many things are ignored, determined by the Commission described in tion, it by mares the families vors not legally en if not suppressed. Mr. Jackson condemned "the Article VIII of the Huangpu Conservancy special lavouras
titled to be paid. They now refuse to accept w but they consider a pittance, and claim the salary for degradation cast on all women by ragon of Coarention.
The families of the Captain and six months. their ineligibility to make the filial offerings."
other officera loft the office of the sociation, and no comparison was made with Paula's
41,662 instructions for the proper repression of Chris-
without even looking at the money offered.
Seamen's Association
451,0 -0 $34,394 the other hand, the Dr. Gibson was a marked exceptlen the intolerants of idolatry or demonology.
maintain that the demand of the families is
Besides the above a quantity was exported to In these strange times he found himself at
anreasonable. Mr. Hiromi bas lost a steamer Hawaii, Egypt, China, Spain, etc. The note- of 8,400 tons, together with the cargo. times almost an apologist for soms forme idolatry. If the Chinese cast away their idola, and showed their atter disrespect for them, as
CORRECTION.
In our report of the Evilding Authority's casa (appoal) yesterday, we erroneously stated that the Faise Judge concurred with the Chief Justics on the res judicata point. The fourth paragraph should read: "The Puisac Jadge held the contrary opinion."
THE ROYAL, HONGKONG GOLF CLUE. The monthly competitions for the Captain's Cap and May Cup were held at Happy Valley wards were handed it :- from the lib to Gil May, 1987. The following
CAPTAIN'S COP *Dr. G. M. Harton... *Mr. J. R. Boyes Mr. A. Gittics Hon. Mr. W. J. GresSOD Mr. E. H. Hinds Lt. Col. B. Down
(26 entries)
MAY CUP
Mr. S. G. Newall Capt. E Eutham... Mr. F. C. Hall
(4 entries.) FOOL,
88-10-78 1778
95
20
81
89
18-2088 113-20-93 119-25 M
24
Mr. J. B. Boyes Major W. A.F. Willerson 88- Hou. Mr. W. J. Gressou.
94 17
+
95
Mr. E. H. Hinds
.81
113
127 entrise.)
Capt. E, Beotham
Tie for Captain's Cap. +Winner of May Cap.
Winner of Pool.
Flattery whon practised as a fine art is called tact.
An optimist is a man who is glad when be suffers from indigestion, becanes it is such a delightful feeling when it has passed away.
FAR to
8
thy
gave
the
This strangement was signed in Pking between the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affaire and the Japauesa Minister on the 3rd instant
JAPANESE EXPORT OF RAW SILK IN 1906.
of his ancestral worship, who asked ng wall in a manner already described, also given in a very matter-of-fact way by pratort as compared with the figures recorded for
whether he could be a dutiful son and abardın
tian to the
of
Secretary,
I am, Sir,
Your obalient servant,
A. G. H. Carruthers, Huangpu Conservancy Board. L. E. Canning, Esq..
Secretary, Shanghai General Chamber
of Commerce.
1903.
1906.
Destination. United State
Yen.
Yen.
£7,018,558 74,534,000
21
Eussis...
France... Italy... Great Britain Germany Canada
16,691,055 20,826,000
9,676,009 3,449,100
8,592,000 8,592,000
52.480
118,000
The
W
cause of the loss of the steamer is unknown, worthy feature is that wLorens there was no hat the crew was responsible for the safety expert to Germany before the war, the new market was opened last year, when Y52,000 At the time of the ves- sal's departure from Japan, Y3,000 was worth of silk wereexport to Russia was probably
ue to the effect of the late wor
After some discussion it is decided to invite they sourətimes did, they would be still further the Riparian owners to meet the Committee on from God. For bis part some road side skrine Monday, May 13, at 5 p.m., to discuss the of the vessel. sometimes touched him as an expression of Conservancy Board's reply.