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on the Chins Station, H. M. S. "Monmouth" left for Colombo yesterday. There she will be recommissioned preparatory to her return to this station.''
By the .. Empress of India" yesterday: Mr. R. T. D. Sayle, the energetic secretary of the Philharmonic Society, left the Colony. In ing his term of offer a number of members
him with a handsome silver rose bowl sa s tokon
of their atom and regard.
Arlosha coolie yesterday told his Worship, Mr. F. A. Hazslaud, that he had been driving.
a
seilor about for a long time, and not knowing where he wanted to go, asked a Cantomse what to do with him. As a Sikh policeman saw him helping another man to rill, the sailor'sponkets,
The German Mail of the 18th December was however, His Worship sontenged the coolie to three months' imprisonment and four hours delivered in London on the Lath inst.
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PERSIA.
LONDON, January 16th. Serious fighting has occurred in
COTTON,
LONDON, January 16th The Board of Trade is intervening in the Lancashire cotton dispute.
THE BOXER INDEMNITY.
LONDON, January 16th. The United States Government has
I'place is regarded as Inexpedient, not conscious loyalty needs a bette⚫ word-it necessarily immoral, in another. But we is, in fact, undistracted devotia, So much have "not quoted our contemporary in & for words and phrases. The world reads manner to do it full justfoe. It says "this too much and thinks too little,Worse still, aspect of morality (as qualified by geo- it writes and talks more than it thinks. When it begins to digest ideas more, and &CO.graphical limitations] appeals to us as
uses words more carefully, only texpress. something new, since morality is properly a
ideas, it will be less open to swallow question of individual belief." Properly, or ideally, morality ought to be a matter of absurdities. A gifted confrère, the 1st a Mr.regnition of his labours for the Basisty dur Persia. immutable law, as many good people fondly { QUILTER, Once complained that there is an foregathered to bid hím farewell, and presented unfair proportion of the Un-Idea'd, who WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. but vainly endeavour to have it regarde.make rules for all the world and punish Their thesis is that such and such conduct their infraction. He meant idest, bien is everywhere and always wrong; this and extends, not mystical dreams, so it will be that conduct universally and eternally
seer that our little oxouraus is less academic right. If our contemporary bad sided with that it seems; that it has, in short, some the universalists, it might fittingly have
practical bearing, higgled over the geographical limitations of morality, but its nive claim that morality is a question of individual belief, and consequently (individuals, and beliefs being $9.00 scattered over wide geographical areas) not territorially limited, "appoils to us na something new "in philosophical argutivut 14.0 If morality be not, as we supposed, largely a inatter of mutable social convention, with 20,00 both geographical an historical limitations.
and modification, but (as our contemporary "a question of in žividual cheerfully asserts) | belief". (uvery man a law to himself, if words me anything) how.can this new professor of oties go ou consistently to elain that it must be apparent that er me committel by an individual, or a Govore. ment, is criminal wherever committed"? It is quite wrong, of course. The point of view affects morality like most other things., Possibly a definition offband may lead us
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This immoral that causes eterioration of OUR CLARE TS, INCLUDING
LOWEST FAICED, ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL character. We could, for instance, pass a a mon man. Ob- VALUE, AND GUARANTEED TO BE sincere anarchist as
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A letter about the Sikh Gurn in withhald, in socordance with the terms of our notice to correspondente, which are not to be ignored.
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Mr. G. Friesland, of Messrs, Melaus:s & Co., has joined the board of directorale of the Hoogkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation In place of Mr. Armin Haupt.
At the Police Cart yesterday Mr. F. A azeland discharged Bikan Mahomed, Sanitary foremus to sued of asopting bb, on the groud that there was insufi eritanos.
A Cuiness youth, thirteen year of age, appeared before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Pics Cofert yesterday on a charge of matching
two bangles from an infant. The shearg was proved, and His Worship Bestouced the defend- aut to receive ten strokes of the birou,
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Volunteer information is that the following members passed as `ganiayors at the recent examination held by the Instructor in tenberg and Range Finding, Tie-m Bombe. Loureira Corp, Crawford Cuepl. rapnel, Bombe, Jackman, Ganner Watling, anner Piscos, Gunor Jacke, Guanor Hama phrays, Gunner Wacrack, Gunter Chap ma
THE LIMEWASHING CASE,
At the Police Court yesterday afterncon Mr. F.A. Hageland delivered his decision in the oss in whlel Chao Hin-ship, contres or of 24, Staunton Street, was charged on several counts with fcand, Tho defondent, it will be reman- bored, after having savored his contact with the firm which did nariain limewashing før Mesara, Linstead and Davis, was alleged to hapo?” presentedsiz bills on account of this limewashing and demanded payment, Mr. M. W.. Slade, lustracted by Mr. A. Holborow (of Messrs. Deacon, Locker and Deacon) appezred for the prosecation, Mr. C. K. Hall Bratton (of Mesars, Bratton and Hett) representing the defendant.
stocks and ordored thit 'be' do his tem in the decided to remit half its claim in the Fong, the accountant of the new firm. The
stock opposite the Naval Contesu.
When the condamned old battleship" Hero" was used as a target recently of Kent, the excellence of British naval shooting, was ex- amplifted by a performance done by the armourol cruiser "Dake of Edinburgh," one of the vessels in Sir Percy Scott's squadron. With bor gän directed from the fire-control positions, be made his at 13, 00 yards or maven and a half miles. The battleships Hibernia" and Dominion 'i fred armour-piercing projectiles from their big geas, but they failed to ergo the armoured pertion of the "Hao," The experiments have thus conlemed the results observe! in the
Rasso-Japiness war, and shown that at the present time a battleship's armour inapable of
resisting projectiles at all practicable ranges,
ANOTHER COLLAPSE.
At about 1150 yesterday morning these employed in the large building in Fedder's Street feeing the Hongkong Hotel were startled by a loud noise which was suberquently dis overed to be caned by tão falling in of the
THE GENUINE PRODUCT OF THE JUICE OF Viusly, ita tality must be conscious. Corp. Biden, Corp. Sager, Gunnor Mount roof above Messm, Latgone, Einstmann and
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wilfula deliberats violation of an accepted code of conduct.Matricide in Hongkong CELEBRATED is immoral, even more among the ARE Chinese than among Europeans. In the
Very little interest is taken in Germany in the Abu Mun incident. One or two violently CONROISSEURS use of the Inoits of the Arctic circle, it i
CAN a social obligation at certain seons, Angloptobe hevips pars have been arging the recognised moral duty to the community. immediate application of the "ma iled fist," but A womit no longer capable of bearing the few other papers which rofer to the matter no longer capable of support the Government in the attitude that no hunting merely embers the ground,«piuion cancersing the incident ona be formed mutil fall and trustworthy information respect and they are onenes of the race at everying it has been ressived. The Magdeburg Zty. A. S. WATSON & CO.. mouthful of food they eat. So much for this insiste, nevertheless, that the claire sirall be
uphold that Gang has equal rights with England to tad in the Persian Gulf, to establish a col telo there, and to dig for
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Co's offices. A crowds on gathered in Pedder Strost, all having board the crash, hit as they could see nothing wrong with the mills of the surrounding buildinga, many proceded to inv stigats, and than it was found that the collapse had com red in the souparatively new building mentioned. Fortunately there was no one in the room, the roof of which fall in, but in the adjoining room at the time two of Messrs. Lagens Einstmann's employees were engaged. It appears that there was a crack in that portion of the roof which, gave way, and the ran getting in meath the eutside roofing percolated the faner part, has increasing its weight and giving the beams supporting it too heavy a weight, "to ry. Just before the collapss the contractor was rung up and asked to attend. immediately and repair the f; but he came too late. Yesterday afternion Leaffolding was run a
the south side of the building and repairs. proceeded with,
SCOTCH CONCERT.
"new" geographical aspect of morality The King (for which nowadays read Goverment") can d› no wrong, though be or it may change its policy if the uews papers and people make a sufficiently
George Stills, a colliery workmat, who, in alarming fuss. We are not concerned with dranken fra zy, murdered his mother at Ponty the Japanese and Formona Governments' emmer, was banged last month at Cardiff. He walked without a tremor to the scaffold. apparently opposite views and merely
In a letter to his father, signed "A. Pardoned refer to our contemporary's extraordinary Sinner," he said, "I am very glad to tell you philosophical divagations to illustrate the God is keeping me up wonderfully well, and I
The anniversary of the birth of Robert Barns amazing indifference, obtrusively appar hope and trust that you will meet me in Heaven. out during recent days, to the value am very sorry that I have brought this, as all Bootsme know, on 25th January, and and meaning of words and phrases, disgrace upon you, but you must try and bear although Hongkong Scots and their friends Our English language has grown up the best you on. Dear old Dat, I know it have seldom falled to mark the date with
is very hart, but remember God giveth and concert, the anniversary of 1908 likely to ba
specially rememtired, wieldy through the constantly recurring God taketh away.' I can't write any more now. necessity of additions required to express This is my last letter upon earth, but God be fine shades of meaning. It is a pitifal with you till we meet again."" commentary ou the value of so many years of free, compulsory, and popular education that we should find so "educated" people mouthing phrases in apparently complete disregard of the
many
In the course of the proceedings in the German Budget Committee the Secretary of
tate for the Imperial Navy gave some con- ddential information with regard to the new battleships, their guns and their armoar, and he
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Lieut. Colonel M. S. Risch and his already popular officers are to load their aid by kindly permitting the Band of 2nd Queen's Own” Cameron Highlanders to appear at a Concert to be held on Saturday, 25th January, in the Theatre, the preceda of which will go towards the "Building" Fond of the Union Church, a very worthy objest.
Boxer indemnity.
A WIN FOR AUSTRALIA,
LONDON, January 16th. The Australians have won the third test match by 245 runs,
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THE PORTE AND THE POWERS.
LONDON, January 14b. The Powers have presented a note to the Porte insisting on a prompt assent to n renewal of the mandates of the foreign reform agents in Macedonia.
The Porte has called out. Redif for strengthening the Salonika army corps to a full war footing apparently in preparation for anticipated events in the spring, or as demonstration to the Powers of what Turkey is able to do in Masedonia.
MOROCCO.
LONDON, January 4th. The proclamation of Mali Hafil as Sultan, at Fez, is recognbed as a grave event and is causing perturbation în Paris. It is thought in some quartors that it has disposal of a question of importance in view of the constant see-saw of Morsec mi pelities ORIENTALS IN THE TRANSVAAL,
LONDON, January 14th. Eight Indians and Chinese have been ordered to be expelled from the Transvaal for "picketing."
LATER.
The lenders of the Chuese Asmodation have been arrested in Johannesburg. THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN,
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LONDON, January 14th..
It is anticipated in Washington that it may be necessary to wait the arnval of Mr. Takahira, before completing the immigration negotiations with Japan
RUSSIA.
LONDON, January 14th.
The Tsar has appointed General Stolypin Secretary of State...
DISASTROUS FIRE AT A SHOW.
LONDON, January 14th.
One hundred and fifty, mostly women and children have been burned or trampled to
His Worship, having regard to the leaning of the witnesses in the case, said he was of Opinion that the story told by the defendant and his witnesses was the true one, The evidence of the defendant was given in a very clear and convincing manner, also that of Chau
latter's evidente created a very favourable impression on bis Worship's mind. With re- forence to the three documents, the tender, the list and the Sanitary Board notice, he also beller- ed the eridence of the defendant with regard to those. With reformnos to the question as to whether the defendant was told to make out the bills in the now firm's name, bis Worship had a . little doubt about the point, but he thought the probabiliting were that he was not. Defendant saw at a glance that there was, an excellent opportunity on bis part to advertise to Mr. Maitland this now firm. Regarding the question as to whether the defendant used the word settle" or "attled," his Worship was of opinion that he used the formar, sad that bith Mr. Maitland and Mr. Silra misunderstood
what he said. Then there was the question of presenting the billa Bad falsely pretending that Ho Hok-abuen had done the work. His Worship. was of opinion that the defendant presented tho bills lely for the purpose of advertising biz firm. Although bis Worship's deolaion was in favour of the defendact he did not wish him to learn the Court under the impression that the Court approval of his conduct, bimass his Worship did not. Again, the patting up of the signboard might have bean within his |legal rights, but his Worship sertainly thoaght be bohaved very badly. He showed all through by bis conduct in the matter, that ho desired to harass, sandy and want only affect the complainant, His Worship then discharged the defendant.
CHINESE SCHOOLBOYS.
Dr. Bateson-Wright tell some amusing and suggestive stories in this mouth's Yellow Dr, on of experiences with his pupilsat Queen's College, The following verbatim account of an interview
with the H-master äts our elitorial to-day, as showing that while a language miy ba **exaat" (as Chinose is said provminently to be)
it does not always get fairly treated The conversation was entirely la Chinese, and the translation is guaranteed to be faithfal,
A boy with no basks in band eaters the office
Want leave. What fo:?
Pothing.
You are talking nodususe, came baợt when
the Chinese Master comes,
He accordingly does 8), and a less the Chinese Master,
Want: leave. What for?
Nothing.
Don't be a fool, you are talking nonsense. After considerable trouble the boy advances another stage.
Want leave, come back,
He wants to report return to duty and that is the mysterious manner in which he does it. This has happened a dosan times at least this
year,
Is interview No. 4, it was quite possible that wors innecently
The first publis appearance of the Camerons, death, and seventy-five injured, at a fire at HONGKONG OFFICE : 10a ̧DRa Vaux KoADC meaning, the limited significance, those also dealt with the employment of turbines bolug as it is on a Burn's night, is most appro a Cinematograph performance at Boyer the aged man's relatives Loxton Oppler: 181. ELART STREET EC, words are capable of conveying. «Real» Among other things, he stated that the average priate, and as theconcert is under the patronage town, Pensylvania. For five minutes the
cost of a warabip in Germany was not higher of the President (Mr. Robert Shewan), Vine auditorium was a furnace. meatis "real;" and "unreal" means "un-than in England. He discussed the English President (Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, C.M.G.)
The Day Press. rel." No picado-metaphysical jargon onn and the French sabenorico boatz, and explained Past Frosident (fr. F. F. Hough) and Committee
Sea Canal in the interests of the navy, and he
farther stated that efforts were bang mada te induce Prussia to widen the locks at the mouth of another oanal at Emden.
any part of the Theatre being made.
IMMIGRANTS FOR CANADA.
LATEK
New York announess the suspension on.
of Robert Maslay & Co., with liabilities of. £300,000.
PERSIA
anticipating the event. Leave was requested
My father wants me to go to Maoso, Bring your father here.
Ar Isaac was suspicions of the speed with which the pseudo-Esau returned with the vention, doubts were excited at the promptaves with which the desired father appeared.
Are you this boy's father?
for a papil on the sore of his grandfather's death. It was discovered that the boy had UNITED STATES FINANCE. already been about six weeks, or a month prior. alter that. We are prepared now, however, that Germany had profited by the experience of of St. Andrew's Society, incoes should be.
to the death, and the explanation was that he. LONDON, January 14th. to admit that sometimes people are more her neighbours and was prosseding with caution assured. The concert will be a variety ong
had been trying assessssfully to find a lucky HONGKONG, JANUARY 17TH, 1908
and economy to construat vessels of this ohar-and in addition to selections by the Band of 45
The Washington Government has pur-site for his grand sire's gravo. misled 'than criminally careless. There are
The seventh interview is typical of the We dealt long ago with the patent anomaly words in daily use that do not mean what seter. Some £350,000 are asked for experiments! members, there will be Pipe Selections, Sword chased 200,000 ounces of silver at 50.747
sonstructions. In view of the nature of the Dance, Reel, and sange both grave and gay cents.
Chiness disregard for vomaity in the matter of Japanese anti-gambling laws and the they are understood to mean, mainly because North Ses constonly a special type of submarine Several of our lading local singenare to assist
of excuses. official lotterier in Formosa, and except that they cannot. Some meanings are impos was at present contemplated. Admiral von in addition to the Cameron Highlanders. Book in Japan there now seems to be an enhanced sible. A word like "eternity," for instance, Tirpitz also gave information with regard to ing has already commenced at Mosses. 5. the Stock Exchange of the important firm activity against gambling, nothing has signifier only an immeasurable time; the the plans for broadening the Baltic and North Moutrie & Co, Ltd, an even charge of $3 to occurred to necessitate a return to the subject. One of our contemporaries yeater day undertook to discuss the suggestion of heading used by a Kobe paper, "Morality limited by geography," and unfortunately at the very outset betrayed its own neglect of the study of ethical philosophy by the remark that this aspect of morality
Commercs and Industry of the Department of Canadian Government have ordered during appeals to us as something new." Apart altogether from the fact that there is nothing - A chance heard conversation on the Kow- Agriculture, and Commerce, who has goun to continuance of present conditions of Canadian new under the sun, not even the newest of loon Ferry the other night suggested to us india on a tour of inspection, is reported as labour markets lumigratite shall be prohibited or citizenship by continuous journey and on new culte or fads, we may mention that the sample that is not obscured by too much stating that although the bulk of Japan's trade landing unless they come from contry of birth
with India consiste in the export of silk textiles, geographical aspect of morality has been subtlety. Take the word "loyalty," on matelas, kuit work, and camphor, against the through tickets purchased before starting. which many people pride themselves. One import of raw cotton and rice in large quantities, Please give publicity to this order, informing a'repeated favourite illustration of our own. in this celain, and has done duty on any would think to bear people talk that loyalty business is steadily growing ompared with steamship companies and newspapers. occasions in our discussions of Far Eastern is a virtue, whereas, under analysis, it former yo matters. The question of the use of the
IMPORTANT ORDRA.
human brain won't hold a concept of my more, unless it resorts to the figure of circle (as the Buddhists do) and then we cannot possibly conceive of a circle without
Although the trade between Japan and India an outer environment. When the finite
We are reqselad to publish the following mind talks of infinity, it must abandon all is still in a state of infancy the demand for
Japaness marchandise, the Japan Tizes" telegram from the Governor-General of Canads pretensions to logic. It becomes as lucid as remarks, seems to be remarkably increasing of to the Governer of Hongkong, dated 14th the idiomatic "what d'ye callem" of Lon-late. Mr. Morite, Director of the Bureau of January;---. don or the "je ne sais quoi" of Paris.
Last year the exports, which
betrays itself as a sheer insult. The person were over one and a half million you in value, were silk textiles (5,918,787 rupses) rastobas
stocks at Hongkong may be instanced, se a who claims to be loyal, either to country (1,192,300 rupese), knit work (1,982,829 rupees);
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'LOCAL SPORT.
RUGBY FOOTBALL.
LONDON, January 14th. Russian and German despatches from Teheran state that the Prime. Firmanfirm reports that he was surrounded by Tarkish Kurds near Sybulak, and that the treasury of £30,000, and a large number of rifles were captured.
BOER TEA.
PLANT THAT GROWS WILD ON THE VELDT.
Specimens of "Boar tea" wore exhibited at the show of Colonial produce at the Royal Horticultural Hall. The plant grows wild on Bouth African veldt.
Yes, he is my SÚL Why does he want leave? To go to Macao.
What for P
Why you ses, his father wrote.... Hullo Then you are we? the boy's father. No!
Love refused, man and boy both go away highly amused at being discovered in an attempt at fraud.
THE LONDONER ́AT PLAY,
The Parks and Open Spaces Committee of the London County Council have issueds report showing the extent to which advantage has beer taken during the ending September 1907 of tag-fenilitios afforded for the playing of games in the parks and open spaces under the Connell's control -
Game. Dowls. Cricket.
1900, 1805,
1907.
17,683
24,74
21,927
22,379
28,904
29,010
Croquet Football ....16,525
1,460
1,535
1,376
16,228
Hockey... 1,755
2,241
15,057
2,830
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Lacrosse
251
120
Until recently it had only been cultivated by Boers, but it has now attracted the station of the English, and it is likely that before long ruler, faith, or spouse, implies effort. Imag camphor (825,510 rupees), and garments (659,558
of concrete example of something the employine a mau tactless enough to assure the rapoos); whereas the imports from India above
tea will be sent to quantities
the "t The Club, playing in colours, will oppose & England. Meanwhile, any one can gather it, ment of which is deemed politically moral
The leaves are unlike the ordinary t leaves, bere and immoral in Britain; and it may queen of his heart that he was loyal to her. the same amount of valdo were raw, cotton Naval team this afternoon at 4.45 p.m. sharf her look more like tobaco or the twigs of a She could fairly claim, prima facio, that (109,605 662 rupecs) and ríos (27,936,661 rupeos), when a very good game is expected. Tho well be that the Japanete (who are diligent conscious loyalty indicated disloyal inclina. It may be noted in passing that whereas the following is the Cab XV: B. Fobuson, fail tras. No one would think of putting them in a
114 teapot.
97,489 students of ethics) ses some distincion tions overcome, that is to say, inadequate N. Y. K. plaod only three liners on its service back; P. C. Carroll, A. O. a gå. A. Claxton
Iwn tentia... 70,096 102,649. Yot any one who teate the tea will have a Nothing extraordinary
Quoite experience.
1,323 2,062 3,703 between gambling in Japan and the same affection to begin with. To be loyal to a Batobay before the war, it his voy doubled and L. J. Wisset, three quarters L. J. Black pleasant
The applications for risket and football. thing in their colony of Formosa. British ruler one has no respect for, or to a fattroported to be prizes, taken in the late war MoTiraith, F, C. Hall, H. W. Besler, R. O. brown liquid which is very much the same as the number of pitches available. For the 451 the member. Some of these steamers are burne sud F. J. Mauregor; alves. G. De twigs swell, and in a few minutes produss a rich pitches, however, were considerably in stoess of rule in India differs somewhat with British one begins to doubt, is to be untrue to which have been leat by the Jaganess Govern- Hatubison, D. B. Stantan, P. Linton, Lis entinary Indian or China es, except that there cricket pitches available there were applies rule in Canada, Australia, and South one's self, disloyal to truth. Conscious ment to the company without charge in the Warbroke and W. J. Daniel (Capi), forwards.
is a strong aromatio smell sad a rather sweeter tion, while 335 applications were made for tha Africa, and what is morally right in one loyalty implies dubious devotion;
224 Lootball spaces.
un-interests of low Freights.
happens when the water is poured da. – Llé
favour.