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THE AMERICAN FLEET
AT MANILA.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 1908.
would be in abasiately clown city to receive the f feet. The Secretary stated that he would com municate his views to Admiral Sperry and to Governor General Smith and that they, being
on the
ground, would give the decision, but he said, he hardly thought it politie to hold the reception until after the target practice.
The fleet departs from Ranife on the 10th Inst. for Tokobama.
A CHINESE JUNK'S VOYAGE.
tha
has
MONUMENTS IN CHINA.
THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS AT
TIENTSIN,
THE CHANNEL SWIM.
BURGESS ON ¡MIS DIPHRINKORA, The authorities in the Italian Conousion, Tientsin, are having some trouble with the Mr. TW, Burgess who, on Aug. 23rd, made pative residents. They have levied a tax on the record swim, covering sixty miles in 223 hours Chinese in the Concession, and this in resented, in an attempt to swim the English Channel, The Italian Contal in Tientsin wants the taxes wrote for a London paper just before his best to be the same as other countries rates. At attempt the following interesting account of the
dimoultios of the problem present the Italian rates are the lowest. He has notified the Castems Total to this effect. The Tantai says the progomi is right and can be extried out, bat recommends that it be not enforodd till later on when trade reviven.
passed and greoted the waiting vessels, Straight arther on exhibition at Coney Island Anthan the lion and tiger sculptures commonly trian Municipal Council is established thore beaten 80 many swimmers, To a man who is fit
Am
A correspondent writing to the Shanghai Two handsome gilt bronse lions ornament the The American Fleet arrived in Manila Fay
Mercury saya pa on Friday last. Dancribing their arrival, the
plaza in front of the Ta-low, in the Zoological gardens ontside the Bhi Chinmen at Peking. Cablencios says:--With the great "Connection!"
A curious story is connected with them. in the load and the fifteen other battleships,
According to oficial reports these lions, the property of temple in the western hili, were followed by the "Calgso," strung ont að regular.
baried in 1900 on the approach of the Allied
Why have we been waiting all these years intervals in the rear, the line steadily grew
troops
to the Summer Palace. Some time after
it is thirty-throo yaaze sings Captain Webb's noster and larger. It was just before one
operations of the Allled troope in 1900
emocess) to beat the sea, that narrow stretch of water between Dorer and Calsin? It is usually o'clock that the vessels turned into the passage
NEWS OF THE "WHANG-HO."
foreigners learned of the existence of these
spoken of as eighteen miles from shore to shore, to the Bay and steamed east by north past
them. About six months ago the people of Papeete semiptares and through the connivance of
Chinese endeavoured to get
possession of
The Austrian Concession will shortly be put but this must mean marine miles, a my working Corregidor. Waiting inside was the good ship
were startled by the arrival off that South Sea The matter was brought to the attention of an
somewhat
more than at present on a level with at the chart shows that the distance in a direct Inani" with the Governor General and a party Island port of an id war junk named the
other foreign Concessions in Tientsin in that Roe in about twenty-one laud milsa.
As a matter of fact, a man in orcasing the of distinguished ofloials, the "Polillo" with Whang-Ho. This queer example of Chinese offici lof the foreign office who resoned them,
noorly disappeared but they are splendid the China Times anys. Hat unfortunately a Channel might swin and drift sixty miles; but the members of the reception committee and luo naval architecture was then on a passage from After mors than forty years of buried the gilt it will have a representative Municipal Council, "Allatio" with a gay party from the Un- San Francisco to New York, where the syndicate objects and are of a more realistic sculpture bad start is being made and before the Aus- it is not the distance which has bulled and
haul in the dollars' by
with
Tho and who is a stayer, the bodily exertion is not sees in Chins. They are mid to be Indian in dissatisfaction iversity Club. The big battleships never who own her hoped to
its.constitution. slackened speed or changed formation as they
dealing with this "freak voyage was
this, we believe, rests with the so great as is generally supposed, because the responsibility At a small village on the Yellow River near Austro-Hungarian Minister in Peking, In flow of the water does much to carry one slong. for Malabon the line seemed headed to these published in the Shipping Carette some few They remain to be accurately identifled, watching from the shore. Then when it reached into as received which clearly showed the In-han rallway orossing are being deg by other Concessions foreigners may become After I had covered forty-two miles in just over
information
from time to time large hollow bricks mossur-manicipal fathers. The most liberal of the eighteen hours I was not exhausted when I left point near the city, the leading ship swerved to that all had not gone well with the Whanging three and one-half or four feet in length by foreign municipalities is the Frenob, where fear the water. Without aid I alsabored aboard the south, turning almost at a right angle to
Ho" during her page
from the tollon Gate 18 inches or 20 inches wide and 5 inches think out of nine members of the Council may be noting, and I gave up the attemps en that cocasion its former sourse. Down toward Cavite it
to Papeete. Her original master was reported to steamed, ship after ship following in regular have left her justat the moment of her sailingard, When struck they give out a mellow ringing French foreigners. It had been understood becsace the outcoming tida made my position all my attempts I say that I was beaten order will the precision of a single machine, like the
_tail of a massivo kite-whipping in the according to all 'abcounts, she was found to have sound and are called by the lives masinal that in the Austro-Hungarian Concession there practfoally hopeless.
begun the voyage with an insuflcianoy of Staud bricks. They are believed by them to i would be a liberal provision for the represent
tion of foreigners posarsing special interests la by inexperiance.of this most difoult of a ses. When opposita the braskwater wall the big whern end
leader turned
however, as prepared by the Minister in Peking, again and this time stared straight for the north in a course parallel to the breakwater
provides for Chinese sad Austrian representation There are to be four Austrians exclusively. Eight ships followed the leader, the other eight
But now comes the news that the "Whang
As no official person, such as the Consal or turned before they reached the point of pivot put to Bes again on June 20, under the
Administrator, osu be a Councillor there are for t the first ship and followed another course
command of a skipper named Wilme, and with
very few Austrians of substance left who may parallel to. but eight hundred yarda from
Galveston as her destination, Whether or not
be considered suitable persons for election or the line marked by the remaining vessels.
Wilme is the mate who brought her down from
nomination in comparison with several foreigners When opposite the south end of the brask- San Francison, or a 20 captain who has joined
who are left out in the cold. water entrance every ship is the second linette. junk at the island porty we
the eight snabors of the one line stopped
told. Anyway, if all has since gone well splashed as one and soon the eight anobers of
The respect existing amongst the Chinese the other line dashed d spray from in front of the with this century old Chinaman she should bows of the ships to which they belonged. Bach by this time be somewhere down by Cape for "ancient and holy, things explains the Horn, and as the month of August is about as ship sang to meet the wind and lide.
The bay was covered with launches of all bad a month as there is from weather point remarkable preservation of many monumente descriptions and in every degree of decoration, of view, for rounding this point, the hope mayin China. Much however finds its billet in As soon as the fleet had come to anchor all of be expressed that the Whang. Ho will have the some common altility and monuments of rare the waiting craft swarmed about the huge good fortune to get round into the South Yalan often disappear into walls and foundations
into which the vessels had thrown Atlantis without meeting with disaster. We dan well believe that if the Whang Ho" is
of
the
SPECIAL
BARGAINS
HIGH CLASS
PIANOS
BROADWOOD. COLLARD, RACHALS.
WERNER.
HAAKE.
KRAUSS
AND OTHER
MAKERS or LÉPUTE
WEAR GUARANTEED!
ballast. It was on Feb. 22 that she was towed have two boles aboul-21 or 3 inches joining the Concession. The zobema of the Connoil, and by a lsök of luck, Though I bave lived WILL BE STORED UNTIL REQUIRED
them to
to
in diameter into Papeete, and there she has remained, in each and which might have been
them together. They are
are ornamented with a geometrical pattern on the faos and months, quietly swinging.at her anchor, for over, fear
have been naud as a froize. Chinese iniquaries who have interested themselves in there bricks resign no date to thoni bat suppose Ho"
relion of same ancient palace. They are very flue and specimens sent to Peking are in perfect preservation. Some are larger than those described. A metropolitan official has two of these smaller ones in his house in Paking and two larger ones at Tientsin."
are not
Cedrangle Up sad down the line of vessel spoken by any merchant ship when in the for
AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE
THE NAVAL ASPECT.
CASH OR CREDIT.
long in Paris. I have not forgotten my native Yorkshire, and in the language of the North I would say that nearly always I failed because I was not "alewed round the corners, which means that I had not the good fortune to be able to turn to alter my course at spots best calculated to carry me forward to the Franch Goat. Had time- and tide served me a little ROBINSON PIANO better I should youre age bare accomplished. the great ambition of. lite.
my Beyond All
question, the element of luck enters largely into a Channel swim, because the most careful calpulations cannot estimate the movement of the sea to a niesty. For hours I bave pored over the chart, and have had the ad- vice of men who live on the English Channel, yet. we have had to admit that for a animmer we we could not fix the tiden to within the hour.
TAN WHESIS OF CHANCE.
with scuthern latitudes the captain will rub his eyePaoting Trench soldiers in 1991 was a Mediterranea fleet, which, if it be removed, I knew that under favourable circumstances the
AN INVENTION WITH GREAT
POSSIBILITIES. --
the road surface air and water tight. This it will
are broken up. The Chinese have therefore found it necessary to rescue their monuments. The ancient Beats of learning in Chius cod tributed to the preservation of antiquities. At
in the
celebrated provincial college destroyed by collection of ancient stone monuments. It the trope had Anished the 19 10 1 camp firas.
In the Confucian temple in Peking are preserved the famous stone drums of hallowed
age.
EVIDENCE THAT THE CHI¬ESH TERASURE ANTIQUITIES.
villa.
a eunuch.
Co., LTD.
Hongkong, 13th July, 1908,
INDIAN ITEMS.
www.
JIN CLỚP REPORT,
The Istest crop report shows that while excessivo rain has interfered with: agricultural same provinces, prospects operations in continue remarkably good on the whole. The rice crop in Lower Sind has been damagod by foods during August.
DALCUTTA MILLS, The Calent'a mills have now practically soheme-in order to restriot their output and thus cope with the present lack of demand. It is suggested that when the present short-time arrangement expires an agreement decided upon
will be entered into, to ba in force till the end a week, but will refrain from using any arti of December, whereby mills will work six days Boisl light, thus materially reducing the number of hours available for work. It is hoped that this will have a stimulating eff-set on the market.
Man speak lightly of having a pop," but the chief difficultie. to be faced by the new hand they suber down after the first failure. One of in the almost overwhelming sense of his own weakness, his own smallaves. This feeling
MESSAGE FROM MO, DADABĦAL comes upon a swimmer when he is well clear of tumbling waste of waters. He cannot cheer
The following message of tbanke and advice the land and when he soos before him the himself with a view of bis goal, and, though his
I take this occasion to thank my countrymen to fear in his heart. It le the power of mighty
and all my friends both in India and England boat be near him, there is somsthing very akin has been issued by Mr. Dadabhai Naoreji :---
The first three or four hours have always with all my heart for their many proofs of kind- nature or more mar
Виррове
I had neas and regard which have deeply touched me been the most trying to me. I not asitled thoroughly down to my stroke, but throughout the year, sed, for their recent at all events I know I grow utterly weary of numerous referenars and messages" of good the whole business, and I am free to confess wishes co my S4th birthday. I take this op hat, had not each good frisade as Mr. Wazebops-portunity to entreat that all resort to violence Watson urged me on, I should have come out to should be avoided. Our grievances are many admit of inglorious failure, instead of plodding and they are just Malatain the struggle for on to make a good fight. People who have essential reforms with tusensing endeavour and
"It seems awful for you to
the conscience and righteousness of the British- companied mes as passengere on the tug have aslf-sacrifice, peacefully, patiently and persever-
BURMA-CHOP REPORT, The long pickling in as nothing scopared with Nation. the battle one has to wage with oneself when, soon after the start, one really, realises the taak According to the summary of the orop report to be secomplished. The thought of the effort of Burma daring the week ending Angust, 2011 to be put forward not only grips the heart, but the rainfs has been general throughout the province, being hoary in Lower Barms and moderate in the upper part of the province. Districts which had hitherto been suffering moat seems to encourage a feeling of laziness.
transplanting of winter rice is nearly completed, In Upper Barma reaping of early seaman and from drought get fair rain. In Lower Barma
other autumn orope is progressing and cultiva tion for jowar is getting on satisfactorily. The condition of the standing crops in Lower Burma is good. In Upper Burma standing crops are fair and prospects are much improved by recent rain. The price of unhusked rice has risen slightly in Hangoon, but elsewhere it is pracil- cally stationary.
"The Call," the organ of the Australian portant contribution from the Military cor National Defence League, publishes an im
We were compelled to leave. something to respondent of "The Times" on the defence of Australia Tho writer says:
Our main battle Asets-exolasive, of the chaos, and the wee bit of luck required was denied to us. That 迪 why I continued to try. the gaily decorated launches passed, the wind and wave playing bavos
with surprise at the appearance of this quaint
must be replaced are 11257 miles from Sydneyhanzel could be bester, and that if I did not of the landlubber passengers, Until many
old packet, pounding ber way through the darkness fell the anchorage of the fleet was alive with small sinft, people who came to see heavy seas Har dead-and-gone builders pover in one of the few strautaren left steading after by the Burs route, 12,500 miles by the ap¦ do it, someone else would, possibly sOME GOTICE
route, and 19,250 miles by Panama when the and be seen. Greetings were shouted from intended her for so adventurons a voyage as
canal in opened. allowing an average and at the game who caught his tides and, with no that upon which she is now engaged, and it sho
of snov.ce I do not mean a mañ making his lauzol to ship sad from ship to launch.
fleet traversing such distauces an average Brat attempt, though, to be sure, my initial try As soon as the anchors had caught signal aches or destination is safety it may be
which would roarooly be maintained in practice
gave me much confidence. was run up on the flagship for the admirals and considered a tribute to the sea-going qualities
continuous see-speed of 19 knots for a battle great fight, was carried soroes. When I speak
our battle fleste, provided all preparatione for the ships' captains to report aboard the flagship of the queer old oraft-Shipping Gazerte. From each vessel of the feet the busy launches
Edkins, says Part of the atonse of the coaling and apply were made beforehand, steamed to obey the summons. Commissioner
whito Pagoda were brought from mountain would take 30 days to stem to Sydney from Worcester and Lieutenant Greenwell, re
A Plymouth by the quickest route, and 47 days by in Honan province by the Kin Tartars. presenting the insular government and Cap-
large ora of earthenware for Baba relia of the the two other rantes. But Sydsay is 22 days tain Barnum, representing the commanding
A HOAD BERVICE COMPOSITION.
Mongol period 2 ft. 5 in.-in the I-ho-yuns was steaming at the same speed from San Francisco. general of the army in the Philippines sped pay their respects. Lienten- flagship to
In connection with roads it is interesting to lost, but later recovered from a paleon templo 15 days from Yokohares, and 16 days from ant Greenwell and Ceptala Harnum bore the notice that Mr. W. B. Gregson, District Engi- in the west city where its value was unknown Shanghai. Supposing an attack from one of and where it was used as a vegetable receptacle. these porte upon Sydnay, and allow that our greetings of the Governor General and General bear, Trincomalie, who received sanotion to
It was bought by the Emperor for 1,000 taels! Reatand theen of the enemy start simultaneoue Weston. While both of these officers were in experiment with a new preparation of bis own vessels in the bay, they notified Admiral Sperry to assist in the preservation of roads, is still at At another building in the Hsi-yuan aro elevenly, Sydney would have the enemy at its doors
Navy Cam that they did not wish any official notice taken work. The composition, known as Gregsonite, bells of the Chow dynasty found tried in the andan its hands for 17, 14, and 23 days of the frot as they intend to pay their official has five ingredients, and thig preparation, after earth in Kiangst province in the middle of the respectively before the British
The idea that in an empire of 400 millions of call next morning, in consequence there were the road has been repaired, is applied in three 1th century and consequently about 2,000 in ne salate as the flings of these two officials or mote coatings. The composition fille all the years old,”
people, occupying 1 million square miles of CHINESH VANDALISM, ware passed. Several people, not understand crevices between the stones and in addition makes
One of the metropolitan oficials who resides territory, the cradle of sea-power resta exolu- ing the circumstances, thought the naval efficere had heas discourteous, but that had been be readily recognised will tend to stop atmo near the Summer Palace during the sojournsively in certain islands containing 44 million arranged beforehand, so that no real oficial spheric wastage because it is a recognised fact of the Court at Wan-Shot-Saan diepovered pople and measuring 122,000. iquare miles is taken of Admiral Sperry's that the quantity of instal put down each year this summer a large tomb just behind his not a proposition that ena ossily ba demonstra nolics tas yet been
It was one of the Ming dynasty and led. I should rather any that 50 years heuce presence in the bay.
is not mainly to replace metal worn by traffle,
As it the predominance of the British Flag in distant Admiral Harber called on the Commander bnt to replace wastage used by existing was the burial place of in Chief of the visiting Best as soon as possible climatic conditions. In this respect it is gene. hind a good deal of fine soulptured marble seas is not vonceivable unless the self-governing after the vessels, had come to aucher. Helly conceded that 30 per cent, of the rebuilding/about it was believed to be the tomb at a head colonien begin at once to lay the foundations of so many dreary hours in the peokleingly and appeal withcat- fear or faltering to
If Austrails holda sho wame opinion, then remained aboard the Connecticut during the ie for wear and the remainder for wastage eaunch. The marble such as is dug out of the their future navies.
Western hills was curiously obipped and broken
her
proper course is to take long views and to in a wholesale manner. Upon inquiry it was -conference betwesa Admiral Sperry and his After the son of Gregsoite the wear
to continue more strenuondly officers, and when he finally departed a salute
on this preparation which of thirteen gune was fired in bis honor, the first
may require to be applied half-yearly or yearly found that peasants came very serly in the work for faturity;
morning gathered chips from these marbles and then ever to train officers and men for the ses salata to be fired. by the battleships in Manila according to the trafo, and should the road go pulverized them to adulterate flour. Asked why in the British Navy; to buy and then build Boy.
into holes the usual course of repairing in Last evening many of the officers of the feet married out and the mixture applied afterwards, they did not use lime stone or some other stone, such varsels as, and no more than she can will afford the best training rather than at first, were ashore calling on friends and renewing We understand that one mile of the Kandy and not spoil fine monuments, they answered efficiently man with Australian crews; which acquaintances. But so far nothing has been road was treated by this-composition in 1907. that other stone was not the right colour-only
bined, so much the better; to create slowly done to grant liberty to the wou and it is The Anuradhapurs road has two miles ander the gravestone marble could be used without the best defence, though if the two cati be pom with an eye to future developments, the mari- understood that no such liberty will bo
treatment and this year sanction has been being detected.
establishments of her needs; and to remem- granted while here. It is stated that granted to ost sine miks of the North-Road to their which carries heavy salt trafle. In each of the Japanese are partially strict us quarantine lawa and that it is not desirable
tha cases fried the results bave been bitch in the arrangement infuotory. The Gregsonite composition is to have any for the visit to Japan because of the health estimated to cost in the Bret instance conditions here. Before the ships came 10 the same sa metal upkeep, hat from the anchor. Admiral Sperry sent in order through second year onwards it is possible there will be the fleet announcing that officers might be saving of R250 to R500 per mile. The Island granted leave to visit Manila bot should not be has a system of 2,500 miles of metailed reads, permitted to remain overnight, except upon
and if this composition continues to realise written request approved by the commituding what is expected of it and is adapted, there will offloor of the ship to which they were attached, Many ofloors took advantage of this permission them remained overnight. Soven of the ships bo- gan coaling as soon so they could after dropping sacbor and none of the officers from these vessels were able to get away.
As soon as the work connected with the anchoring of the ships was finished yesterday the men were set to work getting rid of the soars of the last stage of the voyage, Paint was being applied where needed and everything was being made epick and span for the review this morning.
on the roads
'it
Fo
.fa
*time
for
THE MEROT OF THE WATER,
water."
This mastered, the next and lasting ciffioalty with a lack of knowledge, has been the swimmer's downfall. The more I got to know of the tides is the struggle for position. That, coupled in the Channel the less I trusted them, and I
called "bang-pai-yu, an excellent atone for her now and always that the fable of the bundle realised on more than one occasion that an
Edkine says of this white marble that architectural purposes and for the rough-alp turing of the Chinese masons, but not fiue and hard enough for Europeau soulpture. CHINESE DOMINATION OF TIBET.
of sticks was written for the British Empire: I think that Mr. Deskin's proposals follow theas lines, and therefore I hope they will prove It will be by means of the gradual creation of acceptabia. an Australian Navy, closely linked to that of the Motherland in sympathy tradition, and training, that, in my opinion, Australia will best serve herself and the Empire; and it will
A
unexpected swoop of water had taken me out of my course and bad added vastly to the task,
bile
it also made me so downosat as to despair thus early in the day. That nothing succeeds like success la vory true of Channel swimming, because if
a man realises that he is in a fair way to catch the next helpful tide he will go forward well and comfortably with
good heart; but to the man who thinks for bimself when in the water, it seems useless to cor'in se On two osions when I did get into hope- me to retire; indeed az autom ga'o in 1905 ful positions stoerne have sprung up, compelling came upon us so suddenly and with such foxas that it was only with the greatest difficulty I was rescued from a perilous position. That misfortune dogged my strokes will be believed when I state that only once did the ses remain calm all the time that I was in the water, and then I had to swim in a fog.
to visit the oily last evening and a namber of rednotion in the labour force. This will also of Szeskuen, one of the ablast officials in Chias, only be when this navy exists that Australia the contest when fate is against him.
THE FORMAL WELCOME.
The Chinees Government are apparently very much in earnest in their policy of dominating Tibet and reducing it to the level of an ardinery be a huge saying in money to the Colony besides optlying provinos of the Empira The Viceroy admit of the construction of considerable was Bant to Lhases one time ago and he is can pass to the attack in war without help from additional mileage and solve the dust problem saping the administration on lives laid down in home. But to ensure liberty of action to a regarding which we make mention of masther Peking, Chinese control over the Tibetans being attack, and to render the bome territory secure, thus slowly but surely extended. Tibet has lost whether now or eventually, the Australian tentative experiment in Colombo, Mr. Gregains in: shred of Independence, and the people people mast be armed. It will be fifty years has applied for a patent, sad should the new departure prove the " and " it is quite possible in the gentral and western districts have before an Australian Navy will seriously edunt. it will, it will be entitled to special recognition, submitted themselves quietly to the new in world-politics, and during that time Austre The Lhassa Council hailia most lay herself out to create such defensive and will make his fortune into the bargain we order of things. should think. Br. Gregson, who has been in not the strength, if it had the inollaation, ie for herself that she will be aninviting to the Public Works Department since 1859, has offer soy opposition to the Chinese officials who attack. It is not until the defensive armour of have taken the management of affairs into their people at home is torged and riveted on-that- been working at his discovery for four years,—~
own hands. In the eastern districts, which they can pass to the attack and safely transfer Ceylon Times.
produce the best fighting mon in Tibet, the the operation of war, and cous-quently its Chiness have taken the precaution of having on terrora and its evils, to an enemy's waters and the spot a considerable number of troops, ad territory.
einforcements are still being sent up. By the end of the year the garrison should be suficient to deal with say local revolt, though it is un- likely that there will be serious troubla. In course of time Lhases and other strategical
that there will be no anxiety in Peking es to the fature suministration of this new Province. content themselves with ruling Tibet and will forbear from trying to exercise political in- Bluence over the States to the south,Paneer
WEATHER REPORT,
the following raport?—
A MILLION POUND WALL.
This roughness of the surface is one of the chief factors in defeating swimmers. The wares continually flopping into the face are very trying. The water gets into one's oyee, dose, and mouth, and the general buffeting bas a wearing effect. But to me the roughness was even more serious, inasmuch as it
pre. vanted ma maing my beat and quickest stroke→→ I was usually forced to the single overarm/"
A wall which it is estimated will cost nearly use the underwater stroke, which is both slower
30,000 STARVING HOPPERS.
Latest mail news from Eagland says:---- K-nt in face to face with one of the greatest disasters in its history. Following the rain which led to the bekruptcy of several growers wrought in the hop industry by foreign imports, and the grabbing of no fewer than 5,000 nores, have come severe storms of wind and rain which thresten to complete Its destruction.
ba
Hundreds of serán
seras of the finast hop gardens have been laid waste by the storm. In thousande
completely ruined. It was estimated that on more, if the wet weather scntinues, the orop will nocount of the damage caused by wind and rain at least six thousand sores of this year's orop would be left unpioked.
The plight of the hop-piokers is desperate, Some 30,000 are unemployed, shelterless, and starving, while their sosked clothing is rotting on their backe,
On Saturday the programme arranged for the reception of the feet at Manila was carried out. There was a water parade starting at 9
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued am. The Clovernor-General officially welcomed Admiral Sperry, the ofere and men of the
On the 5th at 5.15 p.m-Block South Cone Beet and in the afterscop the Admiral and Drum hoisted (indicatis a typhoon B.E. of returned the Governor General's sall s well as those of Generals Western and Mills Colony, within 300 miles. The typhoon is At night the city was to be laminated situated about 30 miles to the 8,9.E. of Poials will doubtless be held in such strength a million sterling is in course of construction and more tiring. With a fat men I could travel great that the officials have been opelled to and a Constabulary Band Concert on the Luneta Hongkong. It apparently continues to move was arranged.
On the 6th at 6.00a.m.-Black Soath Cone beisted.
At 11.00 am-Black South Cone and Black Ball hoisted,
OTHÉE CEREMONIES POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBE
A Washington cable dated September 30, to the Cableness says:-Secretary Metcalf told the Cablenews-American correspondent to-day that he did not consider it politie for the target practice of the Beet to be postponed, and therefore the ceremonies incident to the reception plaaned by the people be put off until should
of
to-arda .N.W.
At 11,50 a.m.-The barometer has risen mo. derately in Formes and Luzon, and fallen alightly over Tongking. Ia Hongkong it is now rising slowly.
The typhoon, which is now to the S.W. of Hongkong in about 17 Lat will probably move into the Gulf of Tongling by way of Hainan Straits,
We have yet to see whether the' Chiasse will that it is possible for, these insidious vessels of chance of catching the tides in the best places.nickers. They are paying a great deal more
THIRST.
DRIFTING.
Growers are doing their utmost to help the for the work, in fact, than the present price of hops fairly allows,
The workhouses at Maidstone and Tonbridge are overflowing with snemployed pickers and their families. At Maidstone the pressure is so by the Admiralty at Spithead, Night attacks one-third faster, and thus have a much better erect tests. on the harbour by torpedo craft have shown war to creep unobserved along the shore, aud the object of the wall is to divert all navigs ion through one recognised channel, which can easily be covered by the searchlights. The wall will consist of great oabor of concrete, each weighing sixty tone, which are being placed at intervala of a few yards along the shallows to the fort and from the second fort to the Tale of Wight shore, thus concentrating all trafle between the two forte..
PROSPECTS OF TRADE.
It will have been noticed bat a number of attempts have taken the men to within quite short distances of the desired shore. Tunt is where the Channel has won, because the weter was against the man instead of with him, and
From its own independent statistical investi- he begins to drift back, despite his greatest strength, or he is swept along the shore. This tion the Economist arrives at the conclusion of The horrible soonention of drinking to excess
means that to have any hope of success he all the other terde experie--that prospects of may now fairly be laid against many atrio ly
must remain in the water possibly for another trade have not improved during the past month, nine hours, though the time may be loss; se and that we are no nearer a recovery now than virtuous and temperate persone. In an instruo Manila
little as three hours. The last two or three we seemed to be two or three months ago. It tive note on the subject of thirst the "Lancet shows that when mare of a palatable beverage after that time, is said he thought the
milear the French coast will always present recalls that, ever since the spring, when dificulties on account of the strong ear America began to cable oror good report of the practico would be finished by December 1 ard
Fressure has given way moderately over Nis drunk than is actually required to relieve ba dons to the
EARLY GREEK PRINTING,
rents due to varying depths of the young crops; hopes of a revival of trade bave suggested that December 5 would be a good
the probability of bumper harvests China owing to the passage fa depression thirst, considerable harm may think it He said he did not date.
zen. Here a man is tossed about like a been based on from the continent to the Yellow Sea. High stem. In fact, to put this statement mors Biren
Breseding fore
reception to be
probably the
The Italian Arabaological Committee which brightly, the drinker "is possible
The Secretary atated pressure again covers E, Japan.
the before that time.
is at work in Crotë his just meda a highly cork, even though he has the tide with him, in the United States and Canada, and at least liqnid requirements of the physiological that be appreciated the difficulties into which
machine, and the normal course of metabolism importent discovery during its excavations in and we swimmers prefer a neap tide, because, satisfactory bargests in Europe. The price of stocks rase, and there was a general Lexpectation this long postponement would throw the mana-
may be interfered with by the superfluous fluid the Royal Palace of Festos, in the shape of as there is less water about, the currents are not wheat declined, the price of american rail-road.
te purchas gers of the affair, but that he had not taken the
absorbed." There is little doubt that the most large slab of terra cotta with loscriptions in trong.
Thanks to an ampla covering of flesh, well that, as good crops were harvested, the responsibility of
the decision himself
temperate of uneven the teetotalers habitual bieroglyphics on both sides. These inscriptions coated with lard, and to soientific feeding while ing power of canenmers all over the world would Armed with the various cable dispatches he has
nators demands, and hence consist a two bandred and fort v sigus, and seem received from Governor General Smith and
more than osh be good for ne. On average to refer to a greaza in the water, I bave not soffered from cold; but be restored, and every trade aad industry would has a pleasant favour, whether it be fes, any rate, it represents the most important others have, and directly a splits of a benefit Hut now The orop reports from the alochol, or ginger beer, and re drink it, not discovery made so far with regard to the falling temperature you may be sure that he will United States are less satisfactory, and whe because we need it, but because we like it. If Mycezean epoeb. The most interesting polat not last long. Other troubles, especially with ther they represent the true judgment of that the inscription was the inexperiensed, have been sea-sickness and experts or the interesed opinions of dealers in water were as it should be one only drink, about the discovery
the market, they suggest that the wheat especially the latter. we should drink it not because we liked it, but made upon the terra cotta by means of movable Bickness of the old like to sot down my harvest is to be far less abundant than the
In conclusion, I
<arlier statements had promised. If the latter because we needed it, and we should be the letters before the slab of earth was burned, healthier. Happily it is not our only drisk; and Thus the island of Crote can claim the earliest belief in the genuineness of Capt. Webb's dress happily there are moments when we are willing in stance of printing from movable type, and the Channel swim on 24 and 25 Aug. 1975, when salonlations prove to be correct there is little common with almost every European and to enjoy our particular beverage and to let the date of the slab of terra ortis is question is bo covered some Afty miles in 214 hours. The prospect of a revival in the autumn, and in American country, we shall probably experience metabolism go rip. Life is short; drinks may seesibed to the third century of the Christian bearings on his course prove to my mind that
this giant-hearted man succeeded. just as well be long.
a winter of depremiɔn and inactivity.
the
Moderate N.E, winds may be expected in the. Formosa Channel and strong cyclonic winds and geles over the a. part of the China Bes
Hongkong rainfall for the 4 hours ending al 108, to-day, 0.37 inchen
to-day is as folicore
The forecast for the 24 hours ending Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*) e-of-Formon Channel...
South coast of Chins between
reports of the medical offiners now in thousand pines, he consulted with President Roosevelt, Secretary Wright, Burgeon General Hixey, Surgeon General O'Reilly and the officers- the public health service. While he felt assur- ed that the government was doing every Thing it could to eradioste the obolem, and Este dispatches announce its gradual decrease, st the same time he thought it best to take no chanees and that with the extra two months that would be givon the health authorities there
N.B. widde, moderate. Ewinds, strong Hongkong and Lapooks to moderate. Sonth coast of Chins between Cyclonic gales
Hongkong and Hainau.........
(E. Lo 8.E. wins, gesdually decrossing; squally and showery at first, improving later.