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YELLOW PERIL" ON
BRITISH SHIPS:
THE DANCE OF CHINESE ASCENDENCY. "A Nautical Correspondent," in the Pall Mall
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 28ud, 1908,
A SEAFARER'S STORY.
INDIAN ITEMS.
In future years the King, Emperor's Birth- day will be celebrated in India on the sime date in June as may be annonnoed for its observance year's glebration.
STATE EXPRESS-
Gazette taken gloomy vlow of the gradual sont there are foreignore who have lived here deserted from his ship:-"My maur, at least in Engi nd. 8th Jubs is the day fixed for this CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO.
ingrense, in the employment of Chinese sailors
writen
It has been said again and again, and that by politicianact all parties, that wo islanders would be starved but if our merchant service were stopped to any considerable extent for a period of three months. This is a fact we know, from the scmpulation of actual figures, and, while not being in any present danger of such ea lamity, it serves woll to us what there is before ns in a probable serious derangement in our mercantile marine. This probability arises from the very rapid growth of the custem of employ ing Cainess sormen aboard home coming Bri. tish craft.
writers. The Bremen were Liverpool Irishnen, and you can guess what that means, and the Old Man a Scottie from Aberdeen ara. On the fourth day but the fo'osle hands took up the benetly grub in their paznikins, and asked him to look at it as the mortified refuse of the slaughter house, but he cursed us up bill and down date for the isziest soum, declaring the food
HISTORY OF FORMOSA RAILWAYS.
A writer in the Singapore Free Press profete s There are three stages in the development of
to have found a trathful benchcomber. Here is railways in Formose..
(1) Chinese Railways.-In, Formosa at pro the interesting story of the marvel, who had just from thirty to forty years. It sometimes amused always one of them, is Bill Kent, and under that such to see magasine or newspaper articles I shipped from Liverpool as an A. B. in one of on beard home-going British vessels. He high refer to the Japanese as civilising the the rottenest tubs. as ever cheated the under-
When that remark inhabitants of Formora refers to the civilising of the bead-banters on the high hills, all may, perhape, more or Less agree (though the present matbed of "civilis ing" the savages seems to be that of extermina tion); but when it is interpreted to mean that the Japanese are civilising the Chinese inhabitants, there are not many foreigners but will at once demur.As an exemple of what I meso, few ontside of the island have any idea that for years before Formosa belonged to Japan at all she had a comparatively good railway, As far back as 1887 the enlightened Chinese Viceroy Lis Micg-chas, did nobly in this matter. Work on the railway was of course, to begin with, very slow; but in 1891 the twenty-mile station from Keelung to Dai
When we arrived at Aden, Nad Penter totei was opened for traffic, and by 4893 other forty miks Daitote to Shinchiku on the south) brought out a copy of the Merchant Bhipping were also opened. In the meantime Governor Act and with his thumb on the rule we went Liu Ming-shuan was removed to China, satt demanding to see the shipping master, that railway constraction in Formoss did not pressed farther south than Shinobiku. But while willingly croditing Japan with great re. forms in Formosa, one point to remember is that for some years before Formosa was ceded sixty-three miles of a most useful railway already existed in the island,
The time was when he of the childlike smile And bland". Bret Harte grote of him, with an irony that was almost equal to Autony's "Brutoa is an nourable man" was held on all waters, wherever Lie name was known, to be the incarnation of all the ovils that could gab out of the sight of laid; or even gain an offlag.
(2) Japanese Private Railway-The second slage consisted in the formation of the Japanese. Formoss Railway Company: The island besame Japanese property early in 1898. In October 1996 the railway compony was formed. Tre capital to be invested was estimated at Y15,000,009. As the compny, was thought to ho not quite safe, it was dissolved a year later, in October 1897.
This repitation came chiefly from the almond eyed one's downright dorilishness as a pirals and a matineer on the coast of his own Flowery Land. Hardly has that disrepute dropped into quiétude than, lo!" Ching Ching" emerges as the embodiment of all that a seaman should bo. even in the eyes of a shipowner. He who caine, over the horizon of British shipping to be oursed, and was cursed incontinently, has stayed to be blessed and blessed, indeed, by thess who cursed the most, the British ship's offler and his employer. Ten years ago, to the writer's knowledge, there was hardly A Chinese asilor whipping under the Red "Ensign out of Cardi; now there are some three or four hundred, with their regular
3 Japanese Goverment Railways. Then began boarding-houses of Bute road, kept by their own compatriots, and the men are shipped the third stage in the development of Formon continually by British offlers in proference not railways-that is when the Railway Barnan was only to the bad named and long since eught-to-formed, and the authorities resolved to fake it hare-been-banged sad dog of a British merchant Goverment line. The road from Keelung to seaman, but even to the exclusion of that one-
Taiboku was greatly improved, sharp curva tims entire perfection of antiest virtues, the being made easier. and one or twohills which the Scandinavian sailor,
old line climbed were now piorced by tunnels. The March 1899. At the same time they begin the work under the Japanese Government began in line southward, from Shinebika, and also from Tahow to come northwards. The main line was completed and opened for through traffic on 20th April of the present your. Thus the work of improving the old line and the sonstruction of the sew has taken about ten years to complete and during tast time about thirty million yan have been spent.
be that Ching-Ching" has indeed and truly Where is the inwardness of all this! Can it put "off the evilness of his make, as the serpont slough its skic, and emerged with ont so much as one bereditary blur of all that former blackness If such a miracle and this phenomenal increase in the be, employment of Chinamen seems to prove it, then, in spite of our materialistin want of faith, the days of miracles are hot gone yet. In Glasgow, in Liverpool, sad in London--as wo saw the other day this employing of the beathon Chinee is going ahead like a racing clipper; so much eo, fest, that there is every probability of ugly work being done, should any serions breach of the pesor occur in the matter, by the foreign element of our mercantile marine Unlike the British seaminas the writer has several timice experienced-neither the "Dago," nor the "Datebman," will be satisfied with tho ne of his fiets, or a few chance missiles of no formidable nature. With them it will be, quickly and not limitelly, the knife. The British epilor detests the Chinaman, bu bie foreign shipmates hate and absolutely despise thewallow alien.
Shipowners, especially those at Cardiff and Glasgow,
who are persisting in the employing *of Chinese failers, denjars that the latter are the whole, than while neamen on nd cheaper, are. This we-who ale know something of the item in the mater-are privileged to doubt. And, at the eme time, it may be. moked sa fair question: If the affair be one purely of the conduct of, the men, why put aside the exemplary Scandinavia for one wheese conversion to respectability at sea is as raab, as vondriced, and as sudden as Juliet mid her love ccntract war-and may be, in a way, tragical? No, we know that it is not entirely a question of behaviour aboard that is bringing to mang Chinese Bad Ensigo. Today Eailors under the mutiny by native seamen on British oralt in the Chins Sea is not re, neither is piruog. And nearer home, at Dartmouth, only a month
The following are the data when the varion stages of the railway ware opened:--
"EXTENSIONS OF OLD LINE.
Opened,
·Dec. 1900 Fab. 1902 Mar. 19021
Keelung to Taihoku Taiboku to Tobaireki Yobairoki te Shinshika
NEW LINES,
North
to South- Tamsui to Taikoka Blinchika to Chuto Chuko to Byoritas... Bjorila to Sansako Sansado to Bakeku. Banssho-to-Arish... Arisha to Koroton....
South to North-
Takow to Taidan... Tajnou to Wanri... Wanri to Skinvalsho Shingeisho to Kegi Kagi to Latina
Tarimu to Toroks..... Toreka to Rinnai Rinnai to Nibachisni
Nihackisai to Bhoka Bhoks to Koroton
ALL
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Opaved. Aug. 901 Aug. 1902 May 1993 Oct. 1903 May 1904 Feb. 1908 Apr. 1908
Nov, 1900 May 1901 Dac,
1901 Apr. 1902 Dec. 1908
Feb. 1904.
Nov. 1904
Jan. 1905 Mar, 1905 May 1905
en
In the south a small line was opened from Takow to Kyukyskade in October 1907. Ils expected that another small line will be opened from Kynkyokudo to Ake some time in Jane of this year.-Japan Chronicle.
was according to the Board of Trade regulations, and winding up with "You'll get your whack and you'll get ase mair." The tostawain, a monkey faced old ves dog, asked if we bad brought, our footmen aboard, and why we had left behind our French ebel, Be getting no Batisfaction more than soalding the cook'a fase in throwing the muck at him, we all wore to desert the first opportunity.
I never heard of such a thing before" said the chief mate, "that's the worst of manning a ship with English hooligans instead of honest Datshmen or well behaved Chinese, but the Skipper knew better than refuse. though he awore all round and abused us and our families back to the first generation as a scab eaten dirty lot with a soa lawyer at our head, and we marched rahere next day. A mild looring Hindoo gentleman spoke gaita nicely toa saying animal food should be used sparingly and dhail, rice, ghee and each like was more suitable in, warm weather, and then we were told to return to the ship an official would be sent to examine into our complaints.
In the afternoon a stout. European comes aboard, and was met by the Old Man nearly shaking his hand off at the elbow just for all the world as if he were a long lost brother, and down they goes to the cabin. Then we hears the steward called and a popping of scrks, After a little he comes up and as we wore all standing in order tells me that from-sil bo caa hear the food is of excellent quality and tasted
Penter, "We holds ont a piece of newspaper quite nice. "Oh it did, did it "ries out Ned here's some more of it for you under the gent's nose into which the earsps over from the dinner had been gathered. The emell was terrific, and the stout party fall back against the rail and began to eat over the side, then he makes a bolt down the ladder into his boat, getting skobbered over with, the contents of the paper thrown after him by Nod. The Skipper swore we had disgraced his ship and committed an assault on a Government officer for which there were all sorts of dreadfol poualties, but we hears no more about it and things were better for some days, a lot of stuff being, ohuoked over the side, Dat there were other bits of unpleasantness such as the mate's habit of calling out the watch at old times, and all hands on dick when there weren't no necessity, and so. I made up my mind to bolt first opportunity.
to try"
We all expected a spell on shorent Singapore, which is one of the beat places in the world to do a long snooze and sponge in though I hear it's not nearly so good as it used to Here you oan feed with a Chow on less than twopence a day and have a real live fabricant for a Then the roads, round the hotels popuy.
say anything of after- are a gold mine, not noon trips to see the Indies at Tanglin, where a starving wife and family at home is always a good obow
There were 1,351000 persons in India in receipt, of relief in the third week of May or 30,000 less than to the prevailing week. This was chiefly due to a decrease of 52,000 in the United Provinces, where the numbers in receipt of assistance are now 1,117,000. Slight increaser are reported from Bengal, the Central Province and Central India States.
The Pondicherry Government has refused to grant famine allowance, to its employees in Mahe, a French persor ion in Malabar, in spite of the strong representations made to it. Famine allowance according to the scale of pay, is now being given to all the British employees
in Malabar.
From September the duties on Indian and Ceylon tees ertering Russia are to be reduced, Ons wonders when the same thing will come to pass with regard to Indian and Coylon teas entering England. It is of course satisfactory to see that the Liberal Cabinet have decided to relievo German and other forsign sugar makers of duties imposed on their artificial sweetness, The average Britishers would, however, not object to Bri ish dealers in masural produce
calving similar relief,
Reuter's intelligence as to the revolation sobool in Caneda is not altogether unexpected. Despite the efforts. says the "Englishman" of certain ill-informed or ill-actuated persons to minimise the evil it has for some time been apparent to all who had taken pains to investi- gata malters that there was somewhere a definite organisation, defficient neitherin brains nor money, which was directed towards the raition of some nebalons project of subvorting British rule in India. The recent occuronses this organisation. are probably the cutcome of only one branch of
The pontifical dismissal of the story in the
who know nothing of what is going on in Times, that sedition is being taught and financed amongst Indians in British Columbia, by those British Columbia, is rather painful reading. It will probably be news to them to know that spontaneous and unregulated as Indian omi- gration to the Paolds Blope has spareatly been, directing and guilding force has lain bobind it, Emigrants on arriving at Vancouver have been very carefully coached in local conditions, and they have bene primed as to how to make the beat bargain for themselves. This bas very materially added to the anxieties of the Colonial Government. We do not say Luis of scurse by way of criticism; it is an excellent thing that the Indian immigrants should know where their value Kea; but to state the simple foot that such an organisation does exist for a consider able period. It is a very short step from this organisation to the school for sedition which is said to exist at New Westminster, though the scope of that school has probably been greatly exaggerated. We have no desire to smell wedi- tion everywhere; but it in myopic to ignore the ramifications of the revolutionary propaganda. Times of Indi
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TELEPHONE No. 135.
Hongkong, 18th June, 1908.
MARRIAGE UNPOPULAR
STRIKING PIAUBES,
London's bachelors and spinatars are every year, showing less eagerness to accompany each. other to the altar. This le puo of the many interesting facts which are brought to light in the annual summary of the vital statistics for
Registrar-General. England and Wales for 1907, issued by the
This refusal to marry is apparently limited to London, for the statistics for the whole of England and Wales show that the marriage Tale last year was slightly above that of 1906, In London, however, it was almost below while compared with the average rate for the past ten years it was 0.5 per 1,000 dewb.
London is, indeed, threatened with becoming adity of bachelors and spinstera. Here are some startling figures taken from the report:- In 1871 there were. 368 bachelors to every 1,000 males over Bfteen years of age. Now In 1871 there were 389 spiriters to every there ars 421 to every 1,000. 1,000 women over ifteen years of age. Now there are 422.
is even more strikingly shown in The change the following table, giving the proportions of married and unmarried in over 1000 at varions
ages:-
MENO 20 to bara.....
Marriages 1871.
228
8524 Unmarried 772
621 25 to 35 years... Married... 681.
Unmarried 319 370 869 229 Married -35 to 45 years...
Unmarried 131...... 171 WOM: N
Now
176
260
622
978
20 to 25 years... Married 331
Unmarried 669 1-731 Married ... 672 Unmarried 828
25 to 35 your... 35 to 45 years... Married.
818 787 213 Camarried 182
The Registrar makes no effort to explain the ressen for this extraordinary increase of those who prefer bachelorhood and spinsterhood to marriage.
The birth and deaths of the year ako provide much interesting reading. Here are the main Bgares as they relate to the whole country
The children born nambers 17,636. This total represented a birth-mals of 26.3 per 1,000 of the population--the lowest on record. The desthezambered 524,311,-representing a death-rate of 15 per 1000 of the population -the lowest on record.
The Times of India referred recently to the tendency of the younger school of Tarif Reformere to ignore India in their Imperial
The exact population of the country cannot sahomes, Lord Milner conferred his own peglect be given. At the date of the last census
March 1901-it: was -32,527 843. From that However the orders were "no leave shore," in the debate in the House of Lords, when he and
we discharged in the roads, from which said that the os of India hd not bean to until the middle of 1907 the births 01. we hangrily oyed the town blazing with lights anciently studied. It was against this ten-seded the number of deaths by 2,521,141, and thonght of all the goody goodies behind it, deasy that Lord Caison made his vigorous bringing the total np to 35,043,984.
It is estimated, however, that there has We had about finished discharging when Proteat at the Empire Day dinner. It is we heard that the ship was bound for Ra refreshing to find the claims of India to the been a net loss on immigration and emigra... | fallest consideration authoritatively proclaim. tion, for which the exnot figures are not goon to load rice for Naples, no welcomed. India, boldly declared Lord Caraon, is available, of 103,384, thus learing the popu
essential to united Empire. The news us there the beaks bares down on sailernen, so many having run up county problems of Empire, be added, are not jou of the middle of last your 34.914.600, and became the husbands of Eurmese ladies, blood problems, bat problasts of charac-follow
the having a real good time.
tor and work. This is a direct rebuff to men-many of them of great ability-who
One of the most striking features of the an amparial problems only in those questions which directly affect is colonies descent. The support of Lord Curzon is essential peupled by those of direct Anglo-Saxon report is the fact that the infantile, bitbrats fell factor can only be ascribed to a blood obses. sien, sud now we may be assured that the case of this country will not lack dequate consideration. Carzon's speech. He anticipates that a reform- ed House of Lords will offer the means of There is another significant point in Lord
greater Imperial representation. This clearly means that the virile brains of the Unionist Party will take up the reform of the House of
The 524/311 deaths last year were divided as
Under one year__ Between one and sixty years... Over sixty
18,214
236,646 179.451
VICAR COMMENDS CUTICURA
Which Brought Him Relief from Affection of Face and Forehead -Tried Several Other Remedies. and Consulted Two Physicians.
IN MIDST OF BUSY LIFE
SENDS LETTER OF PRAISE
DUNKIRK-YJCARIAGE, FAVEISITAM,
July 10, 1907-\, "Dear Sir:I am very busily on- gaged in. poparation for the reopening of our parish church which has delayed my reply to your etht-jotter. I may tell you that I have been vicar of this parish sinos January 1854, and am now In my oighty-fifth year. My ailment affected my face and forehead. It conimenned five or six years ago and I bad recourse to several remedies and consulted two physicians. After D while I happened to read an advers tisement about Cuticura and deter mined to give it a trial. So I began with the Cuticura Soap, the purchased Catiora Dintment, then added the Rosolvent, for which I have substituted the Pills. Now I consider myself virtu ally cured and neither trouble doctor,"
· now myself, nor any one elso about skin affections, I have much pleasu in recommending Cuticura Remedies. I use no other soap but Cutjeera for my Taco and hands,
"Yours very truly, W. J. Epringeit."
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THE ORIENTÄL COLONISATION COMPANY:
THE DIAMOND MAKER. In view of the Daily Prese lelogram repert ago, a whole "for'ard crowd" of this sort wezing the disappowance of M. Lemoine, the sent to gaol for a month for refusing duty and
diamond maker, it is odd to read the prophecy threatening the officers with knives. A few months back a similar occurrence happened in the following, published in Paris a month kioking at the Chow who began to holler out to this school, whose neglect of the Indian bio 18 per 1,000 birthe-14 below the average of ted as members of the promoting committee of
in the 80
Fortunately I sighted a sampan tied astern. with a Chinese asleep in it, and getting my bandle together, I slid down the rope. One of the stokers saw me and in a trice also got ou board. Seizing the vars we made for land, It was some time before we saw a boat put off from the ship in pursnit, our mates having t great desire to Larry.
Well we reached the point, and struck island, when I woke up 1 found the dirty swab of a hiding in a coconut plantation all night, and fireman bad made off with my clothes, whisk were worth a lot, as knowing I would get pa to the slop obest on board. wages if I deserted I had been a good customer
And now Miator I'm lying quiet for a day two, but I've such a thirst that unless I get drink F'll have to risk town.
Lords when the time comes. This is good bearing The House of Lords is essential to the stability of the Brits constitalion. As st present constitutet, it is the easy larget for cheap and misleading orit aism. Only the Uniqnist Party au reform it. Thit they have. hitherto-eglected to tle so is a great blot on the Salisbury and Balfour leadership. Are formed, House of Lords, something on Lord Newton plan, wherein hhglish peers would be selected ag ar zow the fish and Sootor, pour
Some ninety peruans have now been nomina
1906, and lower than the average of any other the Oriental Colonisation Compary, and year on record. Compared with the average of the ten years, 1897-1906, the saving of child life others will shortly be added in the list. The reduction last year alone meant the saving of over 14,150 Jiron. hos ameand to 27 per 1,010 births. This
One more fact. Of the total number of 72,127 deaths registered in London last year, 28.723 took place in workhouser, bospitals, or public lanatic asylums.
STRANGE, MURDER TRIAĻ
INBISTE UPON JURY HEARING.
EVIDENCE.
the prominent business men of Tokyo, Yoko- hawa, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, and Negaya, It still remains undecided whether any of the Kyushn business we will be chosen. The ority of the nominees are said to be among
gentlemen siready nominated include members of the two Aruses of ibe Dietani officia's of the Tinang and the Agriculture and Oom- meras Departments. Of the nuety, thirty are said to be Koreant, The number of harm to be taken up by the Japanese is expected to be 170,000, while the Koreos are oxproted to take up 70,00 What proportion of the will be taken up by the Imperial gases of Ispan aud Korea has not yet been decided. The Koreas law relating to the formation of the return to Seol of Visarust Sone, Vice company will be published as 1 statute on the Besident-General, now in Tokyo, sad the moving committesfor Japan and Korea will affltaneously, jenonnced. It is expaited that the prospectia of the company will be
sued By about Arguit next
M. Lu Poitevin, the examining magistrata aboard a big packet, cutward bound, in Bonth Atlantic, but happily, a stand of old who has the case of Lemoine, the diamond rifies put matters into their proper order. Hamaker, in hand, has come to the conclusion Bach a thing been done by a British, or even a
crew during the past twenty years that there are fearinily tragis possibilities in
the business, We stabt it
He stated in an interview that on or before At any rate, the outlook, even to the quiet mind that examines things, is decidedly dis-Jane 2 the public would know whether Lemoine quisting and that, teo, in spite of the fact would make diamonds or not, unless a tragedy
Occurred. that the forward prrionnel of the British.
What tragedy" asked the interviewer. mercantile marine-owing mainly to its com-
"In the laboratory, which we have arranged posite shments—is anything but a komogeneos for Lemoine at St. Denis," said the magistrate, body that will hold together in a given cause.he will employ as er emotis current of 2,100 In former struggles between employer and
in this vital branch of the nation's Ampares With such a turrect the whole plocs employed into the master won solely by the might be a bus bueness could there be blown up and what more mysterious means of neck cf homogeneity in the strikers that the disappeazúce of Limbing” with his
In the trial af-William Johnstone, heard The foreign element were enough to break the latier's camp! But in a 2nch & ons as this crot and his laboratory destroyed by au bae an interesting and opportune article on a
befors Mr. Justice Ormond and a jacy, on April subject of the greatest possibla interest to the
301, in the Chief Court Sessions, Rangoon on plosion P" than wow it would be all the white against And what about the experts and yourself "" | garvios A8 a whole and to al-offoers in theened by life piers and representativen from the charge of the murder of J. Jacoba aprontment of the members of the pro whereof we now see a beginning and hear more
India and the Colonise would bab pillar of February let, a unique and unprocedented. the interviewer asted..
Army fudividually and electively-the sa
was adopted by the jury fo which the edure to BRIN the yellow. And the resni? A practically We should be blown up, foo," was the preme command of the British Army Th strength to the Empleo and impregnable against
nagistrate a reply, "It is of course, only service has suffered much in recent years attack..
Jacobe had been living with Johnstone's hypotesis, but I tre recommended the experts from the want of an officer who can be gaid to
mother for a long time, tid she ownld not get to insure their lives, and hare heavily insuredbe in supreme command of the Army. Since
Arid of
him, she seeded for kave wife hold over my own."
the year when his late Royal Highnear-the
THE CROWN COLONIES, forced to retire from
her, Jacobs left the house at about six gin, the Duke of Cambridge der in Chief the domina
question returning ebont nine very the office of
The annenncement if the name of the Com- night an jofiganos in the Army has ceased to be mmittee who are to inquiry, jdto the organisation drunk and abusive, and fading the dodr
it has become politics The Army.
complete stoppage of our merchant survios,
THE SITUATION IN KOREA. INTREVIEW OF PRINCE TO WIN LOCAL -GOVERNORS,
THE ORIGINAL TAXI-CAB
THE SUPREME COMMAND.
Our contemporary-the Broad. Arrow
THE BUST BISHOP
was, of course, Lot-unexpected; it is permissible and obscena language and to try to kick th
to
The Chinese are frehorndy Caredited with the gabetitale, fod a Command of the Office of Crown Agenta for the Colonies fentered from inside, be began to pra fensive
having invented the compous and eten with
they made of these 201 other
It
and-the Governor of Seoul, end der having anticipated Powder, though the userChief, has not been a fence
alom of a kind to stake it a supreme ootearance nor the reality they will be able to reform the working of the be lost his temper and securing a large olsap nericusly if le dilleult to decide whether the
were fipitber the
La
A Beogl-message to Japanese pspere elates- that on the afternoon of the 1st instant, Prince Ile, Resident-General, called a heeling of the Ministers and Vice-Ministers of State, the
that when the Committee get to work door in. This ration as excited Johnstone that! When, soude people take themselves much too hong governors of the thirteen provinos of
over the Ality, nor the can Trown Agents Ofoe, gey the Globe The knife read the door. A-Jacobs entered humour or the pathos of the case comes out on, speech on the administrative reforme,
In compliance with the command of his laimed by the "Ostanistische Lloyd" that the Adobes of the Army-or the public. The supione Intion have control of very many Colonies which, Jabostons stabbed him onoomin. tha..oboat, and top: "One of the most remarkabin matsince it St Michael andit. George at St. Paul's Imperis Japanens Majesty, said the Resident also utilized a four of taxione. In the eleventh command of the Army is is the hande på, a General, he had aco plod the office of directing contory, according to some of their illuminated, civilian Minister The Army sigha for thungh Dot of governing, are very great on his turning to go stubbed him twice in the this was at the axial service of the Order of After the Assistant Government Adrooste Catheral of St. Georie's Day, the Prince of to mention Ceylon and the West Indies and. the office
dch as it was and supervising the administration of the home manuscripts, a "giligulioba," or "counting mile the restoration of Commander-in-Chief, impbytance to the Empire-it is only necessary back.
aware pealed by the Princess of Waise, and supported Court they that of the Colonial Office over, the informed the and foreign affairs of Kores, and war working drum par which possessed some of the features but the much been of their control over the Coloniet is actually had opened the case, the foreman of the jury Wales being present a Grand Mastor, aco
greater of the modern apparatus was running in the hard day and night for the interests of the stresis of their sities. Judging from the in- with no divided sethority Every, change self-governing States. It is pot seggested that of the circumstances of the care and did by many members of the order, roeplendent in country. The prosperity of a salien mast
bould Hay y that it has seldom blundered so were agreed that what accused bad done wee Bishop Montgomery, the Preiste of the Order, dey end of the development of its resources, und strations of the giligulious" contained in the sizes 1895, in the name of referal,
"Since we last met bare for worship one step it was to hope that sit the loost governors fanrous Trantinhas colletion of pictures, the power of the Becretary of State for War the Crown Agets Office is altogether inefficient rot wish to bear the evidence, as they full uniform and glittering with decorations.
at the expense of that, first, of the Com mander-in-Obief antil the endden extinction badly as has the Colorist Office itself but mary justifiable homicide, and they wanted to acquit in the o ures of his sermon, said would discharge their duties successfully, work the vehicle bad a single pole or shaft, aut rou
complaints haw, nevertheless, been made from Lim. The jodge told the foremss they must ing energetically. He desired to arail fimself on two wheels, and souaised of two storeys.. of this opportunity to learn of the condition of affairs in the interior, and requested all the efficials present to express their respective
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reforms.
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Upon tho conclusion of the peacha gong in the upper one. When the vehicle all his ability, and of Lord Roberts was an out various large contmote and some, evidence and to sequit nocused right away." after frat reading the record of his work aæð:
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Resident-Genaral listened the of each remarks the "Resident-General gave adries on
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In each of these compariments or divisions of the offer, and, secondly, of his degenerate different places, and especially in regards the bear evidence befors giving, verdict. After at least has been ison in such a diretion: 1 Fattered, 88 commercial abilify of the Crown Agents. I hearing a part of the evidence of accused's Lave been able, krieling here is your chapel, to there was a worden figure holding a mallet in successor, the Army Council, the right hand; these mullas were arranged to they were, by the Order in Cennail of that year, mait be remembered that the latter are mother ihreman-again impressed upon the brizg before ud the name of every member of strike apon a drem in the lower story, and upon the tenure of office both of Lord Wolseley, with charged with the duty of plooing and carry. Court, the ry's desire not to bear furiber this order; 1126 it all; enot taken separately The judge, insisted upon the law being printed in our hocke. By an hour.at a tino for. had traversed a sertaia predetermined distance affolate failure. Even Lord Kitchener, with very cefpite remplaints have been made st all his administrative ability, his strength of the lower figure strack the drum with its i
Colonel Seely stated yesterday that he would Advocats, ploceeded to examine witnesson possib svetomatic communication to the Resident General Inted contagion of their whereupon, a cog-wheel matle favdations mind, and jedependence, would be powered in to their failure on curtain occasions. As followed, and the Assistant Coverruchi mapy Rays, this plengeng tubes
When a distance of 10 miles had been covered, facs of the Order in Counel of 1895. important points raised by them. The meeting the upper figure strook the gong with its mallet. Lecuntry and the service are tired of the Army Domsider the propriety of adding to the Com. briefly, at the close of which accused was isinity of the records of the order, et
In some cases this Chinese taximeter car was Council; they long for a return to the period mittes. gentleman with special commercial acquitted...
before 185, when the Commander-in-Chief was s of supreme in the Army. The office can be held As our contemporary by no one more sppropriately than by a member the Mediterranean is wasted; st the War Ofice, truly remarks The Duke of Connaught in with supreme command over the Army, he would Bes power for good.”.
governors
occupied seven houra.
The despatch adds that, the local referred to questions relating to the organisa tion of police, imposition of the taxes, and the administration of justice, also to industrial matters. Some of their statements furnished valuable 1 formation, corta order of things is i certain of them passing the interior.
also fited with a compass, which, owing to the total nok of land marks and signposts, was great value to the Celestial "chaaffeur" of that time. A magnet was also provided; it was lo of the Royal Family. cated in a amali box, and influenced a blook wooden figare, the ontatreiched arms of which upon which there was slened a small jade or always pointed due south.
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forth against theme of each individual men. ber, coupsing an hour at a time for many days, paints have not gone without recognition.
was well meant beyoud all question; · But it HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com knowledge, it may be acospted that the com- It is a hopeful sign: the Crowi, Colonies are less able to make themselves. heard in their plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait sannot be said that it was quite respectful, as own defence than the great overseas Do Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Foudrait argued the axistence of a latus valds minions, but their interests ara 38 im Charmant will enable you to do it. Her defendue in the range and bad the ludferons portant to themselves. We trust that the Specialities for the Skin are the study of a efect of putting documentary record aborò, 022 only have been a sort of vagus Celestial hearsay- Committes will investigate the Crown Colony lifetime, A. S, Watso& Co., Ltd., Sole Agents what, we suppose, in the Bishop's mind togid system to the bottom.