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of etiquette and conduct is an honest administration, or whether it betrays the characteristics of a prissterait. Being curious on this point, we obtained a copy of Dr. SHAW's explanation, a 246-puge book

It is reported that the British Minister in TELEGRAMS.

The English Mail of the 15th Jane was delivered in London on the 15th inet.

Peking has proped to the Waiwapo that the The plague total at dete is 179 case; there 1905, shall be left to arbitration, the arbitrators settlement of the Mixed Court size, of Deoomber were two yesterday,

to be selected from any nationality other than A Chinese boy, who was in the habit of those concerned, tamsiy, British and Chinose,

Tientsin toa cative paper at Shanghai. “The The following tologram was seat from delegates from the Customs Tactai here discovered some buúdrade of rifles in the funnel a charge of a steamer." One would like to know how the engineers and stokors fated on the voyage, with the faau-l choked with guna.

A Japanoso undesirah'e was brought before Mr. F. A. Hazelsod yesterday on of returning from baniabment. He WILE zonterged to twelve months' imprisonment.

A. S. WATSON & CO., titled "Medical Priest craft, a National annoying shopkeepers by throwing stones Peril." Full of his grievances, we find ikeat them, was ordered by Mr. Hazoland to be author somewhat prolix, but at the same

whipped yesterday. time there is no obscuring of his allegation that the British Medical Association bas already become a meusce to professional liberty" and "inimical to the pubic went." Truth has committed itself to the statemenƐ that the gravamen of Dr. SHAW's offence les in the fact that he rejects the current opinion of the profession in a matter of pro- found importance, and that, being silenced by a sort of professional boycott, he appeal directly to the public by showing them what he believes to be the truth, and to panish this the professional machinery has been set in motion. If that be 80, the public has a direct interest in the matter. But we do not think this book

We beg to notify our customers and thu ublio generally that from this date, with a

is to preventing fraudulent îmitation,

A NEW

Lala Lajpat Rai the deported Indian sedi- tiesist, is being treated at Mandalay with all has consideration due to a State prisoner, Ile resides in a specially fitted bungalow, attended by servants, has a carriage and a pair at his officers always keep bim company and chat with arrios, and is supplied with books, Two

him.

The value of claret as a health-giving daily beverage las often been insisted upon by the medical profession. Dr. Robert. Hatolinson, the well-known authority on diet, has declared clarst to be belter. far a sadoptsry population

Chambers has pronounced the verdict that

"DAILY PRESE" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE) EXPLOSION ON A BATTLESHIP.

LONDON, July 16th.

Au explosion has occurred on thei American battleship Georgia, whereby eight of the crew have been killed, and twelve injured.

(REUTER'S SERVICE.]

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In Committee on the Army Estimates in the. oours of the discussion at the vote for THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. ammunition, engineer stores, &o, Mr. Bellsirs said the explosion on the Japanese battleship "Mikasa" had been attributed by a commission of the Japan as Diet to cordita supplied by a British firm. He happened to know that, the cordite which exploded ou the "Miksa" WB supplied by Kynoch's. Shortly before that cordite containing chloride of mercary and

explosion the heat test bud been tried, and the cordito rasponded perfectly. That was inevit- able, because the chloride of mercury effectually

masked the beat tests, That was an accident

LABEL will help the public much, for the sample than either koor or spirits, and Dr. King which might happen at any moment with the

Frison that the public will not read so

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untested cordite, which was now in our own

much to decido a comparatively apple 10zular beverage for a heal: by person there is no magazines. That mport was a great reflection

bearing our TRADE MARK and for simile anue. With regard to the professional

igatture hai bron a lopted for our

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BLEND.

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

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wine on the English market equal to claret.”

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features of the large against Dr. SHAW,

At the Wolverhampton County-court the we feel justified in saying at once that he other day, a widow uamod Brovali sed a man damned Wallace Imlin is a victim of hypocrisy. The non-adverti- young married

for money lent. Hales sabl: "She told me sing policy or principle of the modical I could have as much money as I liked. She profession is glaringly evaded by the whale siwaya had me up at her house. Sho used te squad, high and low, but with perhaps give me whisky and kisssa," Judge Smith: the worst examples imong those whose If that is true you ought to be shamed to

When ladies kiss me I generally eminence would argue they need advertise-motion it

hold my tongue. ment last. There is certainly as much Jetter of the ad captandum vulque in to the Lancet aa in a book on fibroid Famour dedicated to the laity, and the Laucet letter is likely to be read by a greater proportion of the laity than such a

WHISKY. Book would be. Medicine is a trale or

A tas simile of thị N3W-LABEL appear

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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY communications relating to the news coloc unld be addressed to Tus Entror.

Correspondents must forward there nomen wat dit- decases with communications addressed to the Felitur, mot för publication but as evidence of powd

puth.

A orcious newspaper trouble has arissa in the province of Kiangsi, in Chins. The Gover nor of the Province refused stubbornly to sauction the publication of a Chinese journal

The Bishop of Kiangsi, took the latter's part and wrote to the Governor that it was against

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, July 16th.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, BRORE SIR FRANCIS POTT (CHES JUSTICE).

FITENDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY'S DUSINESS.

In the matter of the Man On Insurance Co., Ld, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollook, K.C., who waN Juairnoted by Mr. R. F. C. Maater (of Meurs. Jolnzon, Stokes and Mastor), renewed the

of oertain solutions which had been passed application for the confirmation by the Ceart

with x, siew to extending the Company's business.

LONDON, July 14th, A report that Japanese has been

Mr. Pollock stated that since the matter was sketching a furt, has created mucli stir in arreated in San Diego, California, for last before the Court they had complied with his Lordship's desire that certain additional America, but the Government at Washing information should be put on the record with tan arms that if has no official information reference to the funncial position of the Man of the occurrence. A remarkable feature in On Insurance Company, and setting forth ita the situation is that Eastern America is piled by the manager of the Company, M. R. assets and liabilities. Certain adavits, com- constantly uninformed of what is happen.F. C. Master and Mr. Kwong Tong-kwok a big in the Wost until the San Francisco director, bad hoon fled. If those afl invits

newspapers reach New York.

KOREA AND THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.

FRANCE.

satisfied his Lordship he would ask him to make an order approving of them. A formal order would be submitted for the approval of the Court, Mr. Pollock further asked his Lord- ship to make an crder that costs should be taxed Rolisitor and aliset, and paid by the Insurance Company as bolgen

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on British cordite firms, and, therefore, it conki not be too soon known that the Government repudiated the action of those firms which had

Losnes, July 14th. been adding morenric chloride and thereby The Korean deputation at the Hague, endangering all our battleships. (Hear, hear.)

yesterday presented Mr. Cheate with a

His Lordship-I grant this application now There wust be a great deal of native Korean protest. Mr. Choate while dwell that the further information has been supplied how the Dafferia Fund originated. sording Korea said if it wished to make representa- up therefore, I will give my Lamour in the Anglo Bengali papura. This is ing n the goodwill of the United States for me. It is a matter which concerns the public, to a landing article in the "Amrita Bertions it should address Washington.

Feasons for Patrik": A number of English ladies studied

grauting il In the Best place when the application was made, I medicine in England and took their degrees.

under the impression that the share, capital was not But as their country men had no faith in their

sufficiat, but information has now been sap- medical skill and would not, therefore, avail

LONDON, July 14th.plied to me that a great number of Chinese themselves of it, so they begau to starre. Just President Fallières, while returning from marise insurance companies, which are also in thare, which is owned by a Catholic graduate.ladies who, they alleged, wou'd rathy die than be insane.

the same English philanthropists stopped the review at Longchampe on the 14th the fire business have a forth and shed tears over the miseries of Hinda inst. was fired at by a man who proved to

enital practically the same as this, namely, $1,090,000 half paid Two shots wore fired but no

up. It is a mattor which the Court must in- be treated by unla doctors. Upon this lie was)

one was hurt.

quire into carefully because experience has founded thoan huge shams-the Dufferin Fand

shown that, in the event of the winding up of hospitals, and a large anbor of the starving OPENING OF THE CARDIFF DOCK, medical women of England were put in charge dinary human needs. There are undoubtedly newspaper required the permission of the local of them though equally, and perhaps ba tar

LONDON, July 14th. men clever at their work, and there are mandarins. No such permission had been given ualled persons were available in this country

The King and Queen opened the new others who are-well, not clever. Noue of in this case. To cut short further aggam sat

for the purpose. No agency in India has dock at Cardiff, and the King knighted the them is infallible, and in such a study a the Governor forbade the publication of tho

dore batter and nobler work than the Dufferin Lord Mayor of Cardiff. Fund and thousands of Hindu women haro certain caution and deliberation in accepting newspaper.

cause to bless it. Acd this is the resguass, now theories is desirable. On this ground

Could anything be more heart-breaking? wo con excuse, if we cannot defend, the general attitude of orthodoxy to heterodoxy, Dr. SHAW las the misfortune to be hetero. dos nt present. Some day, perhaps, when he is no longer above ground to derive satisfaction from the fit, bis views will be orthodox.

business like most other things, and it is conducted by human beings with or

that way.

Medical science bas progressed In 1778 Dr. JoAN BROWN of

For

Edinburgh was formally ostracised attneking the indiscriminate practice of blood-lelting, but nowadays the nickname of "leech "

as applied to the profession would hardly he understood-unless (my we hit f) by those who have had to pay big fees to specialis:s! It seems rather mcau of Dr. SHAW to tell stories against his own ent before !! mm, anday of publication, After that profession, but the provocation be bas

Aletters for publication skänkt be written on me side of the pajer valy.

No anungmously signed communications that hong elvety appeared in other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra copina of DALY PRRss should be

Haur the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash.

Telegraphic Actress P Opdes A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber. 1,0. Buz, 34.

Telephone No.

received has made him lavish of anecdotes which, we confess, we have read with some relish. We may close our reference with one specimen :

THENGKONGⱭrenci: lua, Alas VŒUX GOLD U',,

"A well-known doctor, now retired from LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.active practice, told the writer the following inolent. A patient of his, thinking to get an independent opinion, went to a cortain throat specialist on bis own Louequt. ho Specialist took a very serious view of the case.

What would it

The Day Press.

HONGEONG, JULY 17, 1907.

We had expectation of a rather pretty falling out, when Trail some weeks ago venlífuted the untters of contesition between

operation 88 necessary

cut the patient? He could Lot at est say, hushed-pressed, the sam-f sixty gumens named. The patient went back to Lie zadical

friend in great distress, and the doctor there-

s

apon wrote to the specialist, asking what treatment he could carry out for the patient af home. The sprotaliat auswered:-"Print his throat twice a day with silosile af zine, and he is not well in a fortnight, let me see him again."

the law to prevent a Chinaman from pablish ing a Chiness newspaper. The doversor

replied that the law directed that to publish a

Ta spite of the fact that everybody seems to be drinking China tan now, Mincing-lane entire- ly fails to corroborate the idea that it is coming into vague again. The truth is that “overy- body" is too often taken to mean those who can consider it a vagary rather than neces aity. The former class my trills with this delicats haverage in delicate cups, but the latter class likes something that the uncultivat- d palate wasily recognizes. The stronger vour, the cheaper price, and the smaller quantity required to produce the same strength

have popularised Indian tes, and "aterybody “ holds a very small plase compared with the remaining millions to whom tea, hot or cold, ia brown tea-pot or tin oan, has become a daily necessity.

So advises China the Shanghai Marcurg "Treat dishonesty in the civil service as opium is being treated (as paper) in the army. Go to the root of the matter. Make it a capital offence to be guilty of corruption in any form, and in ten years there would be a new Leaven and a new arth in Chiua. In- possible! our readers will say. But we are face to face with an administration which threatens death for a far more venial offence than dishonesty, and in carrying out the procedure we recommend it would have the country with it to a man, always excepting the peccant officials. If that can be done, if there are honest men in Peking and the pro- vincial capitals thoro is hope If not, the Governor of Auhwei has died in vain.'

Two eminent French experimenters, says the Grand Magazine, assure us that sea water will cure or at least alleviate many cases of laupey. The orplanation is" Man, lik,sil other animals, 'descends from a marine ancestor. human organism modified by disepsy in le Ta placa the original surrounding should, therefore, prove advantageous to it," Starting from these promises. the French doctors have given subcutaneous injections of Res water to a number of insane persona, with, they declare, the moat boneficial results. A great zumber of olber diseases, consumption, diabetes and storach disorders have alas born treated successfully by interual doses of yea water not only in France, but also in Sweden. Bread bas oton been made with a water and is strongly remanded by those who have benefited by it, not for its

effects.

A FOT

bat for its

the medical hierarchy and one Dr. SHAW, Dr. FAW is or was a medical man of some eminence. Ar M.D. of Londen, M.R.CS.,

There is one very common operation, by M.K.C.P., Fellow and Vice President of the

the way, which tempts us to use a little British Gynecological Society, and Fellow of the British Klectro Therapeutic Society, more space to join Dr. SHAW in bis he was also a specialist entrusted with denunciation of the furor operativus. We panticular cases at the North-West London refer to the fashion or fid of appendi- Hospital. Cancer was apparently a hobbycitis. How many persons have had their lives risked or lost by appendicectomy, as of his, and he entertains, strong opinions as to the danger of surgical operations in such the doctor-folk call this trigk of the carver, cases. The recognized medical journals } where a dane of salts might have done, we having published some statements which he hardly dare to calculate. Why should it erroneous and dangerously have been reserved for the last decade 10 considered wislending, he wrote to those journals-discover the wickedness of the appendix correct professional proceeding but was We hold the opinion, and got it before we not granted publicity. Whereupon, in tho ever heard of Dr. SHAW, that professional

The Central Neus Paris correspondent falls interests, as he thinks, of countless suffering interest in that trick of the trade accounts the story of a wealthy Frough financier who women, he wrote a book on fibroid tumour for the apparent inerenge in appendicitis, recently took a tiekot at a Paria terminus for a and ith treatment without the knife. The and we hope thu Sir FREDERICK TRxYes, long railway journey. He missed bis train, and Royal College of Physicians taxed him with whose much advertised attendance on Kit while waiting for the next, which left two hours unprofessional conduit, and the upshot was EDWARD was partly responsible for the later, he studied the company's tariff to pass that he resigned his degrees, and requested furore, will get as good a hearing for the been charged 14 francs 45 contim-s, whereas away the time. He then found that he had that his mone be taken off the medical warning he has sace felt it necessary to the proper fate was only 14 frames 42 centimos. issue, against the abuse of this surgical He asked for his money back at the booking. operation. It is suggested by Dr. SHAW, office, but without resalt. An interview with and we have little hesitation in accepting the stationmaster was also unsuccessful. Ho the suggestion, that the 60 per cent, in the afterwards wrote a nurzb r of letters to the company, but received no answer. Ho then deatha "from appendicit «" are really

commenced su notion to recover the three con. largely due to appendicectomy-that is, to times (brea-tenths of a penny). Ho won the the operator's knife. Soino German statis action in the lower court, but the company took ties (from the University Hospital at it to the Appeal Court, and afterwards to the Heidelberg) are given to show that nou- Court of Cassation. Both Courts dismissed the surgical treatment is possible, and indeed appeat, sad the company were ordered to pay the plaints the ibre cutimes. The costs of better, in the averago case,

the company amounted to 8,000 francs.

register. The latter request was refused. The question of the perils of the operation called hysterectomy is to technical for publication, and in a world where there is common saying that "surgeons are too fond of using the knife," there seems little need to quote statistics to show that the mortality of the operating table is heavy. The larger, question, speaking publicly as well as professionally, is opened up of whether the hierarchy that rules the profession in matters

Thu

Passougers arriving on the Carmania at Nos York on

Jane 12th told of the marvellous rosone by one of the crew named Bress of a man found motionless on bis set in a tiny boat holding an oar al ft between his knees. rescuer swam with a life-line to the boat, as tho sons following a hurricane and snowstorm, made launch impossible, Louis Vallot, the rescued men, cae of the crew of St. Malo fishing vessel, was in a dory on the Grand Banks when a blizzard swept his companion overboard. Vallet drifted hundreds of miles, ekeing out his scanty provisions. On the fifth day he ate his last orumb, and after that oherat tarred rope and bin bo

For nine days he kept a record of the time by notches on the gunwale, then he lost consciousness of everything save the ap- pearance of a ship far in the distance. Though he grippad the car in his knees to attract atten tion, the vessel failed to see him. He was still in the same position, like a petrified Imago frozen to his seat, when rescued. Taken to Yow York Hospital in a state of extreme exhaustion, his chances f recovery are slender.

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF

.CLUB.

The monthly competitions for the Kobertson Farewell Cup was held at Happy Valley from the 13th to 14th July, 19 7. The following

cards were handed in

ROBERTSON FALEWR'S CUP, Mr. R. O. Hutchison ...

78 ser.

= 78 MP V.

A M

Murray

83 -.. 3 80 Mr. H. W. Slade...

93 1280 Lt. C. J. Sallerthwaite... 90.... 8 = 82 Mr. F. W. War.... 68. Mr. E. J. Grist Mr. E. V. D. Parr Mr. U. W. May Mr. H. Pinckney Mr. E. F. Mackay

@l entries.)

scr. 84 帖 84

90.- 385

94

886

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3 89

rool.

78

2 = 76 10

80

81

93

1881

81

282

90

Mr. R.-O. Hutchison Lt. C.J. Satterthwaite.. Mr. F. W. Warre... Mr. A. Morfey Mr. E., Grist Mr. E. V. D. Parr... Mr. G. Moxon ... Mr. GW May Mr. D. B. Murray..

882

1001882 90783 961284

(23 entries). * Winner of Cup and Pool.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong. Observatory yesterday issued the following report -

RUSSIA.

LONDON, July 14. A donment published in St. Petersburg indicte, un capital charges; Generals Stossel, Fock, Smirnoff, and Reuss, for conecting false reports of battles, and for recommand- ing defeated Generals for decorations.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

a company, there is always very graat dit alty with regard to absent shareholders. Therefore, I required spesial information with rogor to resident ebereholders in this Company, and I find that out of 5,000 shares, all with the exception of 325, are beid by shareholders in Hongkong. That appears to me, so far as the Court on investigate it, sufficient guarantee that, in the svent of the The Company has supplied the information the capital being called up, there will be no diffimity. Court required, therefore I grauat the applies- tion.

Mr. Pollock-I take it your Lordship will not require any farther advertisements?

His Lordship-I think not. MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

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MARINE MAGISTRATE).

A sickening discovery was made yesterday at No. 1, Sowkeewan Road. An Indian polios-

Tuesday, July 16th.. 3 was attracted by a suspicious edour, and BEFORE COMMANDES BASIL TAYLOR, R.M. oventually, after the house was broken into, a corpse in an advanced stage of decomposition was found, with a wound in the throat sugges ting suicide. It has by identified as that of an Italia: male, about fifty years old, name at prasent unknown, who was often seen in the city following his occupation as a hawker.

BANDMANN-DALLAS

HOW THE AKTITS FELL.OUT.

At the High Court Calcutta on June 1918 Mr. Jastics Chitty took up the case of Muncies Edward Baumann vs., Henry Dallas.

Mr. Knight and Mr. Hagram, instructed by Mesra Sanderson and Co, sppeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Steken and Mr Orr, instrusted the defendant. by Messrs. Orr, Dignam and Co., represented

DUMPING BUBBISH.

summoned for throwing, or allowing rubbish Captain J. Jenkins of the s.8. Derwent was

to be thrown in the hathour from his ship the 14th instant.

Defendant admitted that soms old matting was thrown overboard, but said he did not understand the Ordinance referred to such things.

A fins of $25 was imposed.

AN UNLIGHTED WERE The owner of the Hau Tak wharf was proceeded sgainst by Constable Montague for failing to exhibit a green light within six fsal of the end of his wharf.

A native named Lo Lim Sang appeared as defendant, stating that he was in charge of, and responsible for the cars of, the wharf. The owbar was at Macao.

His Worship adored defendant to pay a libe $50, the alternative being two months' imprisonment.

TREVENTING FREE ACCESS.

Four boatwomen charged with lying along side Whitty Street steps in their boats, and preventing the free acca-s of other vessels therete, were fined $10 spises, or failing the payment of the fine, one month's imprisonment.

This is a suit for the winding up of the part- nership which was agreed to be carried on be tween the parties under an agromant, dated tha th April, 1904, and for a direction that the defe dant 'should rder sceaunie of his performances at Colombo, Calcutta, Raugcoo, Singapore, Penang, Hongkong, and Shanghai,of By the agreement in question they agreed to rap for a period of three years theatrical performances in the following places --- The Mediterranean, the West Indies, South A murics, Mexico, Sandwich Island, Jars, China, Ja an, Caylon, Egypt, and India. It was farther agreed that the name of the company should be the Band marn and Dallas Company is the Mediterranian, Egypt, "the West Indies, Bouth America and Mexico, and the Dallas Bandana Osm

any in Company ibe remaining places. The plaintiff performed in varicne places in the West Indies and the Mediteranea, and in May. 1005, arrived in Bombay, wheuds he came to Caloutta in June, 1905

The defendant played at Colombo, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Penang, Hung kong and shangbal, subsequently proceeding to England.

HUMOURS OF A FRENCH COLONY.

The Libre Parole states that proceedings are to be taken against the Governor of the Point Pitre Prison, in Guadeloupe, M. Legitimas, the deputy for the island, and several other persone ou charges of parraption.

A mischievously disposed convict in the prison, defendant write a letter, defod the 11th ponduce of all the prisoners, wrote a letter knowing that the Governor saw the corres- 1965 to the plaintiff, and addressed to addressed to his mother, earnestly exhorting hec But in Calcutta,

from Nagonski, which the plaintiff

never to reveal the

where he had buried *p***t The lotter, amongst other things, stated, "There appears to be some

treasure of suormous value,

His ruse succeeded. The Governor told M. mistake on your part as to our original intention Logitimus of the baried treasuru, and, from When entering into partnership, the sole object that time forward, the couriet began to have of which in and the S. coast of China.

control the whole world Now the East, which life. He was reli-ved from all labour, was your own words, being to what he has since described as the time of his quote baby depaned, appears to be still situated

The depression in the North which has pro-I claim to have exploited with modern up-to- between the 16. coast of Chins ust W. Jo date musical comedies, has always proved quite The Japanese returns are, however not yet to hand.

On the 16th at 32.10 r.m.-Tho barometer

has fallen generally, particully over Formosa

developed over Formugas and the Chaarel.

A second wares, apparently show, has

Forces Channel, and along the S. coast of Unsettled, squally weather is indio-ted in the

at 10 am. to-day, 0,00 inches.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending

Chips.

from

sallicient for me to work without a partner,

indaod to join you perely or tho nader spieres of action. On the first istiantion of standing that we were each to do our suparate your suzgesting to come out to Eas', I called interion I should consider the partnership rom Calentta that if you continued in your

annulled."

On the 1st July, 1906, the plaintiff, in reply, statal,

amo:g olher matters: "I confirm the cancellation of my connection with yeu as parizor," The plaintif submitted that the the partnership was dissolvegg. The continuange those letters. From time to time during N.E. or varia- ***ble winds, fresb.

of the partnership, the plaintiff duly rendered accounts of his perfo mano 9, and now called Sara as No. 1. upon the defendant to render accounts of his The plaintiff asked that the partnership he wound up, and that the de- fendant b directed to render a fuitful soconut of his performances. Case proceeding.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at nonn to-day is as follows:- Hongkong & Neighbourhood(*) Formon Chaznel.. South coast of China botween

Hongkong and Lamocks

South coast of China between

Hongkong and Hainan

Bamoas No. 1. Performances, () W. and variable winds, moderate or fresh, squally thunder showers.

of champagne ware bresciand for us, and hotties

some

for his delectation, hinted to him that they knew all about his Then the Govaruor and the deputy gently

it was buried. They suggested, as among hidden troseure, all that is to say, except where friends, that be might relive their curiosity on after keeping his dupes in suspense for that polat. The convict at first was any, but

the tree beneath which the treasure lay. Ascord- days, offered to go with the and -how thern

fur, when darkness fall, the trio sal out, accum- panied by several friends of M. Loritings. The last-named held a Isatorn, ad his friends ner- spet indicated by the convict, needless to say spiced frusty for some bears as they dug at a without dis overing anything.

and the convict marobed back to prison, where At lengh the search was angrily abandone he threw his fellow prisoners into convulsions of delight by his narration of the affair. Un fortunately for those concerned, the story got

into the newspapers.

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