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at first at least, this will be the plan resor led to. At all events it may be taken as toler ably certain that only men who were well conversant with the Kwan Hua would be
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Copy of an Order of the King In Concil
embodying regulations as to the removal and turn of prisoners and oriminal lanation under the provisions of the Colonial Princper
the water, but happily sosped with no worse consequenes than a wetting,
↑ The Oasis publishes a copy of a report by Į
Sir Henry Bergus, K.C.B., K.O.M.G., of the TELEGRAMS. proceedings of the Permanent Interantional Sugar Commission at its recent mooting, which
ENTHRONEMENT OF BISHOP LANDER.
The ceremonial for the enthronement of the Right Reveroad Gerard Heath Landers Lord Bishop of Victoria took place at St. John's Cathedral on satarday afternoon in the presence of a large congregation. The order of the ceremonial was as published in our issue of
Saturday, and among those present to witness it ware Commodore Stokes, Hon. Mr. H. E Pollock, K.C., Engineer Captain. Fielder.
["DAILY PRESS" EXOLUSIVE SERVICE.] likely to be selected as members of the Removal Aot, 1884, is published in the Gacalie. was held to consider the proposals of Hi
Majesty's Government with regard to the CRISIS IN PORTUGAL. Council or Assembly, and thus the choice
On October 20, while King Alfonso, ascom-Brussels Bugar Conrention."
LONDON, November 24th. would be restricted to a comparatively paled by Benor Maurs, the Premier, was moter-
1ng through the flooded districts in the province The Canadian Pacifis Railway Company's & CO., limited class in many places, while in others of Lorida, a temporary bridge which had been steamer Tattar was reported from Vancouver
The King of Portugal has banished such as Tientsin and the northern cities and throws across river near Pons, collapsed as the on Oot. 19th to have been badly damaged by the Crown Prince. Affairs have now districts generally a much larger Geld would | royal car was oròssing it. The King fell into: | collision of the Fraser River. She was beached arrived at a grave crisis, and inoy the Rova, T. W. Peares, J. Gonsher, J. H, be open for the selection of representatives,
with the fore compartment full of water and The Nanking dialect, which differs from the
the No. 2 bokt partly full, A salvage steamer people favour a republican form of Vommel, Mears. R. Paakham, R. T. D. Sayle, went to assist her.. The" Tarter," of 4,425 lon, Government. official mainly in consonant, and compara- tively little in vowel sounds might be acceptable but the larger number of Chinese from other than the two parts indicated could not hope to hold their own, unless they were among those who are well acquainted CONFECTIONERY. with the official tougue. Something, there
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fore, will have to be done to solve this difficulty, if there is to be anything in the form of a Parliament after the foreign model, No doubt it may be assumed that every educated Chinaman speaks the official language, and therefore no difficulty need arise. This is true from the Chiness point of view. In other words, the officials and fiteroti consider that no one who cannot speak the official dialect can be regarded as a mau of finished education or worth listen. ing to upon any matters of state importance, But unfortunately this is just one of the old standing prejudices in China which it would I be the object of représentative institutions to do away with, by providing the mang of the views of the mercantile and other classes, who, in a broader sense, ara beiter educated than those too strongly imbued with official tradition, being duly heard. It would therefore be an unfortunate thing, if the choice of representatives were restricted in any such manner, and it is to be hoped that some solution of the difficulty may be
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The following tologram from Peking was published at Berlin on October 18 - The Chinese Foreign Olles has instructed the Chinese Minister in Berlin' to inform the German Government that this roserver to herself the right to onstruct the proposed railway from Taington to Chafu (Chaufu?) in Southern Shan-tung, which was intended to
be a branch of the projaated lins from Tientsin to Chinklang on the Yangtze river. A con. cassion for the building of the branch lite was granted to Germany someʻyairs ago."
was built in 1833.
A regulation pablished in the Gorette sintes- that not more than two obairs, whether public or privat, may go abreast in Vistoria or in the Peak distr of. When two chairs are abroad, the chair on the right hand side must give
on meeting another chair, vehicle.or.pedestrian. The fiap at the bick of a hood of a public risaba mast be rolled up or securely fastened down.
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It in notified in the Gazette that His Excellency the Governor kas, under instruction Mr. James Bradford, J.P., of Buckingham from the earetary of State for the Colonies, place, Brighton, who was formerly a reliway rescinded Proclamation No. 1 of 1906, dated porter at Helpstone, near Peterborough, bas the 10th March, 1906, declaring the voyage of just presented his native place with a black of soy Chinese passenger slip (steamer) from Hong- almshouse, which he has endowed. He was kong or any port of China to Ocean Island long identified with Spiers and Pond's, and to be, for the purposes of the Chinese Passer- the London, Brightes, and South Conat Rail-gers Act, 1855; a voyage of not more than way, and is now reputed to bo a millionaire. thirty days' duration. Helpstone, the birthplace of John Clare, the Northamptonshire passant poet, owes many benginctions to Mr. Bradford's generosity and love of his native place.
A medisins bawker by name Chan Yung appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court on Saturday obarged with admis- istering poison. It appeare that a client called The great Bosnian scandal of last year is at his shop to get some medicine for a stomach about to enter opon a new phase._It_will_ba... | aohe, Chan sold her a plaster which she ngxi remembered that the wife of Gen. Osteḥakoff | according to dimatione. Two days Inter sha ran away with Capt. Easipoff. The world broke out in sores and reported the matter to the followed with interest the outraged, husband's police. On Saturday Mr. F. A, Hazeland: Anıd the defendant 32), and ordered bim to pay £5 movements when he crossed the Atlantic twice in pursuit of the runsky lovers, The Bourse compensation.
By proclamation published in the Govern mont Gazette His Excelioncy the Governor hes, with the advice of the Executive Council
from and including November 28th, the ex-
A-ROYAL MARRIAGE.
J. Graham and A. Sheffield. The Bishop, sttended by his chaplain and the Rev. J. A. Banbary, left St Paul's College at three o'clock arriving at the Cathedral ten minutes after the hour. On his arrival at the Cathedral the procession, which was in waiting, moved slowly mar-up the nave, singing as a processional bymn
LONDON, November 24th, Prince George of Greece has ried Marie Bonaparte.
THE COTTON OPERATIVES'
DISPUTE.
LONDON, November 24th, Mr. Lloyd George is endeavouring to arrange the Cotton trade dispute.
OBITUARY,
LONDON, November 24th. Sir Arthur Kekewich is dead, aged 75 years.
Sir Arthur Kekswich was Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice since 1886. and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1877.]
He was called to the bar in 1858,
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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, November 21st. New York wires that owing to widespread demands the premium in currency suddenly rose from 1 to 3%, resulting in disorder of
"The Church's one Foundation,"
Then the Bishop took the fald stool and pre- sented to the Archdeacon of Hongkong and the Chaplain of the Cathedral the lettera common da tory of the Archbishop of Canterbury The Pro-Chancellor read the latters, and then Archdeacon Baleter received them and
aakeowledged the Rt. Rev. Gerard Heath
Lauder as the Church's lawful bishop.
The Bishop was next conducted to the Epig- copal Throne by the Rer. F. T. Johnson and requested the prayers of the congregation. After this evensong was continued, and the choir sang the anthem "I will warb my hands in innocency."
His Lordship then exhorted his flock to prayer as follows:-"Ye shall pray for Christ's holy Catholic Church, that is for the whole congregation of Christian people dispersed throughout the whole world; and herein I require you most eapscially to pray for His Most Excellent Majesty, uur Bovereign "Lord King Edward, Defender of the Faith, and upreme Governor, in all his dominions, over all persons in all causes; also for our graciaus Queen Alexandra, George, Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal the Governor of this Colony. Ye shall also pray Family. Yo shall also pray for His Excellency for the Ministers of God's holy word and sacraments, ms well arebbishops, bishops
Gazette" announces that Mime. Dotobakoff, who has been living quietly in Melbourne, has decided to leave Australia and to retoca to Russia. She eye that her life has found. This would not, of course, be im- been made unbearable by the detectives prohibited for a further period of six months the exchange market and causing renewed especially the bishop of this diocess-and other possible by providing interpreters where he have been put on her track by Geportation from the Colony, or the carrying.
necessary, and, in the earlier stages, this should be the course adopted. As time went on, and it became known that a knowledge of the official dialect, or at least something approaching it, was a necessary qualification to being elected, no doubt a much larger A. S. WATSON & CO.. number of Chinese would perfect themselves
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Signora Toselli has filaslly resigned herself after protracted negotiations with King Fre derick's agent to deliver over the infant Princess Monics to the Saxoz Court on November 30. The conditions agreed apou are said to be that Princess Mozics will pass a month.every year with her mother, wie will also he conceded an annual interview with her other children. The #z-Crown Prino-15's sotual money allowance will be continued as heretofors. By one who visited ber, Signers Toselli is reported to be heartbroken and in a condition of collapse Signor Enrico Teselli explains the King's determination over the restitution of the child
countwise in the Colony of arms, ammunition,
gunpowder, military and naval stores, and any artiole which he might judge capable of being. converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military and naval stores, unless the Proclamation shall have been revoked or unless permission shall have been obtained under the Military Stores Ordinance 188).
Profamor Major Ronald Ross, who left
research in tropical medicine, and Mr. W. M.
in it, and, with an object of this kind before them, would find little difficulty in doing so. There are a large namber of Chinese, outside the official classes, who have some knowledge of the Kum Hao, but it is not very accurate, and they have no incentive to keep it up. Ons effect of by alleging that his wife's escapade with Firon school. Hafkine paid an eloquent tribute to
representative institutions would be to make a common spoken language more general and thus is some measure to da away with the localism which has always been one of the chief difficulties in govern- ing the Chinese na a whole. If this effect be produced, it will be one of the most salutary changes that can take place in China, where the great trouble has always been to- get the nation to act as a whole, nad with a truly national spirit. The fact that the written langunge is the same all over China has been a strongly combining force; but
was purely platonis, so that there is no doubt respecting the regal parentage of Princess Monica.
There has been brought out a new gulf olab with a revolving face, which, for at least that rast majority of players who rejoice in the denotiption of moderats, la likely to prove a great acquisition. Sir R Payne Gallway, Bart, its inventor, claims for it that, beides being sovurate and easy to play with, seldom marking the turf, and never outting the ball, which can be used for 1,000 holes, it has the further advantage that striking the ground, does aot spoil the stroke, owing to the revolving fan making "following through action automatic,
Liverpool for Mauritius for the purpose of Haffkins, C.L.B., ware entertained at dinner by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Sir Alfred Jouss presided, and presented Mr. Haftking with the Mary Kingsley medal of the
Miss Mary Kingsley's work in West Africa, It would seam, he said, that s co-operation between the white man and the Aborigins
uneasiness.
FATAL ACCIDENT. AT POLO.
LONDON, November 21st.. Captain Roberts, of the Egyptian army, has been killed playing poto.
PORTUGAL
LONDON, November 21st. It is noticeable that the Portuguese Minister for War is making numerous inspections of the garrisons, while the King Is participating in various military functions. It is believed that the army heartily supports the King.
FAILURE IN HAMBURG:
LONDON, November 21st. Hamburg reports that the big firm of Moller & Co., WAX bleachers, has
suspended payment, and several local firme and Banks, also some English firms, are affected.
EMIGRATION FROM THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, November 21st Owing to the depression in trade, crowds of aliens are leaving America to return to
ought to be everywhere possible, leading to the elevation and prosperity of both, but it was only by patient and sympathetic study of native thought and croad, azob as was one of the principal objects of Miss Kingsley's labous, that we could hope to fad cut the innumeratis points of contact which all human beings must have, and andoubtedly had, with each other. Major Roma said he was very much indebted to Mr. Cavendish Boyle, of Mauritius, and Lord Elgin for allowing him to go out there in order to try and bring his tents intended to go on until antimalarial messam were carried out in all British possesions. alaris ought to be reduced to a minimum by proper management, but that proper manage- ment was wanting in many towns. A telegram was sent to Prinomas Christian expressing the Colton market, prices advancing 53 gratifloation at the asteption of Professor Boss recognizing what he had done for tropical medicine and hoping he might live many years
pastors and curates. Ye shall also pray for the King's most honourable Council, and for all the nobility and magistratas, that all these in their several callinga may serve truly to the glory of his people, remembering the account that they God, and the edifying and well governing of
must make and for the whole commons of the realu, that they may live in the true faith and fear of God. Finsily let us praiso God for all these which are departed out of this life in the faith of Christ, and pray unto God that we may
agrade to direct our lives after their good partakers with them of the glorious resurec- example; that this life ended, we may be made tion in the life everlasting."
This prayer was followed by a bymu, and then The Lord Bishop preached his first sormon In Hongkong. Taking his text from the first book of Corinthiais, the third chapter and the second verse, the prescher said that all along the centuries the church was attacked, sometime, by learned les 'ers sometimes by the ignorant populace. Yet how came it that it always stood so firmly? The secret was disclosed in the words of the hyma they had been singing The Church's, ose foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord.". The speaker then refer- red to the Eastern pioneers who had gone before. He recalled Francis Xavier's heroio attempt to lay the Christian foundation in this land. The sentenary reminded him of Robert Morrison”TM fruitfal toils and the oksin of noble lives linking forget the four previous occupants of the bie time with our own. Neither would he
this force is by no means so great as that of It serves equally for right or left-hand play, for preventing malaria to perfection. He Europe, where they are able to live cheaper. Cathedral chair. George Smith was one of the
A
dolamon spoken language, which one of of 78 for 18 holes has been done with it by
bas carried a bunker at 200 yards, and a round
the strangest bonds of sympathy in all partsmatour. The club is only sold for charitable of the world; and would, no doubt, prove
to be as much so in Caine as in other places.
purposes, not for proât.
THE AMERICAN CULTON MARKET.
LONDON, November 22nd. New York reports a wild excitement on
Mr. F. J. Melville bas written, and Mare & revision of the mining regulations, with a rian for Mauritius, and one to Mr. Chamberlain, points, on Bullish erop estimates. At the Early in this present year there passed to his
Nissan and Co. have published, an interesting account of the postage stamps of Sarawak, the brochure being snriched with excellent plates.
Under the Mackay Treaty of September, 1902, China undertook within a year to conclude
to the development of the country's resources with the assistance of foreign capital. The
Chinese Government has now communicated to the Foreign Minis era the text of revised regulations which have been prepared under the direction of the Viceroy Chang Chih-tang, ubmitted to the Throne by the Wairnga end
-the-Board of Commerce, and sanotioned. The
Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji's medical attendant telegraphed from Marseilles that his patient arrived there in improved health. Mr. Naoroj; was to embark for Bombay in the steamship | soming. "Ville Ciotat."
The order of the mayor of Fort Dodge, Is., sued some months ago, that sil bachelors in the city must marry within a year or pay a fine, has turned out a boomerang. His daughter has just eloped with a chauffur.
Some German newspapers expressed great Lervousness with regard to the visit
to do ca much more. Sir Alfred Jones received the following reply from Mr. Chamberlain thanks for it. I sure you of continued interest Telegram only received this morning. Many
close prices drop el 10 to 20 points "da profit taking.
RUSSIA AND INDIA.
LONDON, November 22nd. The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
in all that concerns the spread of tropical in St. Petersburg wires that the Government medicine. Congmintate Profemor especially on knowledge gained of these diseases, and him and Mr. Haftkine on part they have had in practical results.-J. Chamberlain."
THE CABLE GROUND.
It is notifed in the Gazelle that the western
Point of Hong kong and the South-East point of limit of the cable ground between the North Kowloon Fesionala has been shifted eastward to an average distance of about 400 yards from marked as follows:- its former position The cable ground is now
HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 26TH, 1907.
Regalations made by the Board of Trade, in SHOULL the Chinese, as they promise, conjunction with the Commissioners of Castoms establish a system of representative Govern.der section 50 of the Marchant Shipping
Act, 196, are published in the current Vazelto. ment, there is one point of detail which has hitherto not been referred to, but which will
His Majesty the King has not been advisedTimes" Peking correspondent considers it is a maiter for regret in a question so sari asly probably be found to tax even Chinese to exorcise his power of disallowance with re-
spect to Ordinance Na.. 11 of 1907, entitled affecting the industrial and financial prosperity ingenuity to adjust quite satisfactorily, Au Ordiusuce relating to Life Insurause
of the Empire that the Throne should be guided If an Imperial general assembly with elective Compadies.
by an aged Viceroy whose views on industrial members be established, it is a curious
and financial matters are notoriously daequad, speculation how they will arrange as to the
The regulations number 147, and are printed în dialect in which the discussions are to be
the prospect that foreign capital will be forth two volumes. Their nature is said to preclude carried on. The Chinese dialects, as our readers are well aware, differ so much that Chinese from one Province are often quito unable to understand those from another; and even where they do so to some extent, they have frequently to resort to a pan- tomimic writing of a character with the
Sir Alexander Wilson, chairman of the Mar- finger of one hand on the palm of the other to make themselves understood. If there-antile Bank of India, and formerly a member of the arm of Messrs. Jadine, Skinner, and fore, there is a bona fide elective system, ito, of Calcutta, who died on September 6 last, is difficult to understand how the hon. aged sixty-four, left £9950. member for, say, Shanghai with broad and
General Sir Bindon Blood, until recently completely local · pronunciation is to imke bimself understood by, say, the member for retired at his own requsat on November 7, Commanding the Northern Command in India, Canton with the well known snappy pro sftar i7 years Army service, during which he nunciation of that distriot, or how either fook a distinguished part in seven campaigns. of them will be understood by member, from Peking speaking the official dialect For the International Bronze Medal for compliments bestowed on the Emperor are the Line) left Shanghai for this port on the 22nd and entertaining a hearty contempt for delicacy of expression, the Globe!' commends a thobe of any other part of the Empire. The Utica, U.S.A., clergyman, who had occasion to praise from an enemy indicates that Germany Line) left Nagasaki for this port on the 22nd
worst testimonials to his foreign polley: This fust, and is expected here to-day,
The N.T.K. str. Kumano Moru (Australian sddress a mixed congregation on-the adventure solution which will naturally scour to the of the prophet Jonah,
i-following s—wrong course. Dr. Limsir inst, and is expected here-to-morrow, "Jonah," he said, concludes by recalling Prince Bistumrok's saying Chinese is that all discussions must be con-
The H.A.I str. Briegavia left Meji on 24th passed three days and three nights in the that "eren Bowers may conceal dangers.”
inst, at am., and may be expected here os ducted in the official dialect, and no doubt 1
whale's-er-society.".
29th inst. a.m.
very Best ahurehmen to minister in Chins, and for upwards of 20 years the pioneer bishop of a diocese which comprised the whole of Chins and Japan. The wider oallook bf his ncesser, Dr. Alford, had come to be more and more appreciated by missionary societies.
rest-in s'good old age-John Show Burdon, whom 23 years' opiscopate was marked by case- less activity. Even after his resignation of the Bishopric, he returned to China to work for the cause so dear to his heart. But most fresh in
wisdom, faithful testimony and earnest labour the reverent memory of all present was his immediato predecessor, whose manly piety, ripe had indeed laid a foundation that would make the upbuilding of the Church of Christ in this important Colony and vast dioosse possible as never before. His tragic death, together THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN INDIA with his students and thousands of the Chinese race for whom he had spent 30 years LONDON November 22nd. of his noble life, had spoken with trumpet voice Calcutta reports that the strike situation to the whole Church of God throughout the European strikers threatening, Simla is is getting worse and the attitude of the world-and those present needed no reminder isolated. A battalion of the Leinsters and a body of armed police are going to Aseanaal, where the stranded passengers are collected.
GERMANY'S OCEAN CHAMPION.
"LUSITANIA's" BIYAL TO BE. CALLED "EUROPA.”
is about to appoint a committed to study the question of joining up the Russian and Indian ruilways.
of it. While it was true that the permanent memorisis of Dishop Hoare'consisted of many inspired lives and saved souls, it only fitting that a lesser memorial such as the proposed atained-glass window for youdor transept should bear witness to, posterity of our reverent love for lia memory. He was encouraged by the knowledge that many prayed that the right and subsequently they had prayed that he man would be appointed to succeed him
of prayerful intercession that he might wisely might be ended with the right spirit They craved, above all things, a eminuso
The Western limit by a white post end, while of the Kaiser to Bugland. They ase in obelisk on the Hongkong shore in line with o the szpressions of welcome published in Eng-white pest and white obalisk on the Kowloop and outward indications of pleasure to con
sbore. ceal on astute inward hostility. The Emperor obelisk on the Hong kong shore in line with ■ The Eastera limit by a white post and while and Prince Buelow, the Imperial Chancellor, white post and white obelisk on the Kowloon Messrs. Harland and Wolff for the Hamburg
The new Transatlantic liner to be built by are warned to be on their guard against their shore.
By day the four while poste may be di-Lusitania" is to be called the Europa."
American Steamship Company as a rival to the hosts, who wish to exploit them under the guiso of amiability, and to cause them to forget, the shape. By night a red light is displayed on last grest German liner constructed in
tinguished by their carrying a red diamond It is probable that the "Europa" will by the whole trend of Britian forsiga policy, which is and will be, anti-Germaan. The English sre
The lights are so soresned that the easter. Britlah yard, The large German shipbuilding enter into the labours of those that had described as past masters in the art of conceal-
most lights do not show to the eastward per The Kaiser and Frizos Buelow are, therefore, Ing their intentions by diplomatic blandishments, the westernmost lights to the westward.
exhorted not to walk into the English trep Dr. Paal Liman, writing in the "Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten," says the English
each of them.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS
The NY.K. str. Kamakura Maru (European
companies are extending their yards as rapidly. as possible, in order to be able
tion's patient forbearance. He was likely to make The "Baropa" will not be completed for two mistakes. But they would reflect that the Tears Bue le to be 190 feet long, 88 feet hean, and of 49,0.0 tone. She will be fitted with thing else. He could not long please everybody
man who made no mieiskes seldom made any- turbines and reciprocating engines,
contracts for sela of the largest 20 Bocapt gone before. He also seked for his ovagrega-
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Her cabines will be fisted in the most but they would remember that his business was laxarious manner, and include the latest to try to please the great head of the Church. improvements. Every effort will, be made by After all, the real duty of every one was not the blue ribbon the Hamburg-American Company to recover
of the Atlantic.
to do what he preferred, or what others thought The contract for a sister ship to the "Europa- his ought to do; hat what be honestly will ultimately be given to the Valoa Bhip" believal was God's will. Unless the builders bailding Company, which is constructing worked according to the architect's plan gigantic shipbuilding yarda,