HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS—
[FROM OUR OWN COMERSTOEDIET,}
Lunden, January 136
projects are Dankz financiers in the mining developmenta.
In connecálon with this test between Japan Knit
anggested by the loan market jast now Japan is floating a lean
TER ÉLEGZION CAMPSION. As I write the electors of the United King don are getting ready for polling, when not faralting daken of panching the heads of on. didatos. The free and independent oltimens are "making history," and the order of things in either being more firmly set or re-arranged. on an entirely different baals. But though the dukes and peers are not enjoying themselves altogether on the platform, it is not always that the Voice" in the audience gets the best of it. Lord Denbigh went down to Somersefaliire to year the national reten
hud of
pay one off twenty-fire yan The stockholders of the Canadian four per cent. loan of £4,000,0
oated in 1885, have ban kotised by
Offi Minister of Finan to the improved market, he has of the option London nut
devided
Canada
nil, and
the Club by
on this cosasion
matab,
distance of each of
xpenditure1909. - General
rinsipal Hama neo na föllinn --- Cort of dag
as (part of which was reoSVATBA MZE
ander "Dog Licenone"), $125.72; Cost, Portage, petty cash and rampan hirt $106.14*Cost of burying known dem Bodies found on 168 shore, $29.64)
$125,00
ROBINSON PIANO
CO. LTD.
SPECIALISTS IN
A capable secret-slohmoem for tennis laveh payllion rains, 32 HIGH CLASS
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Salsaription to Amon Gourits, #24, tube tar the Hongkong hosting dogs, #21.20 branding from for eattle, Folruary 12th 1729 telegrams $16.72) amanuntion for shooting dogs, $14.73; leaving a balános of The room, the $115.80 made up of numerous small summ. Polos one mila, are an Charges $462,94. The principal items maked follows:--Junior fours; Naval gigsand whalers, for are sa follows:-01, $1441 Browood, 8116 1
do 141; leaving a balance made up
of sundry The match between Kest and Bedford was a Senior pairs; the Nathan Challenge Cup, four melloiues, $106; repairs to barrack farniture, rory one-sided anair, the score tour-hilar, limited to dents of Hongkong, while mill payment amounting to 355.94
BARTON Expenditure 1909. Itam
and that soured in
very
sposk, and a shook-hended vokal kept bawling have just about trebled, whilst the rate of indientes, Kent were never in it from thefach crew is to be drawn from a single mit ; the caretariat, 37.176.74. In the Budget for 1909, No tax on food," but the peor, with delcattation has decreased. In spite of the large stars, and Bedford, prosting from the experience Brown Challenge Cup, open to the Earthe sum of $7,053 ww voted, including $2,000:
socents, replied, "Don't worry about your food There will be no tax on thistles." It is rough road that Mr. Asquith hat in front of thin, for the extremists have him by the throat and the rival factions are all elamouring for attention. Mr. Winston Churchill is ambitious to frame a Home Rule Bill-regardless of the fact that so many bigger men have buried their reputation in the Trish Office. “Fools rush in, ato," per- Hapa covam the situation.
"A" QUERE STORY,
issues of Japanese stock, however, in the of the previous matches, took full sdratage of Garrison; Oneers' gigs and whale last for years, expert financial opinion in all opportunities, Threaducadle Street is to the effect that invest tors are ready and anxions to take up all the stook that Japan has nead of,
COTTON AND « SKALLFOX,
Lancashire has a new scare, for an outbreak of smallpor las cocurred in Heywood and the doniors believe the infection has come from Egyptian cotton. Every meana hare been taken to isolate the disease, but the suspicion of the ontbreak is such as to cause grave disquietude to cotton workers in the north, especially now that all somcoss of cotton supply are so valusble, owing to American cotton being made so much the sport and plaything of the speculator on the other aide of the Atlantic,
DUMPING SHOPS."
A quear story has just been related to as by an American from Union City, Indians. He says just so he was leaving the bones of two Chicons, Bow Hong and Chung Lung, after resting in the local cometary for some twenty six years, were dug up and sent to Cleveland, Ohio, in suit cures. There they are awaiting the arrival of the hopes of twenty-five other One of the most affective election features on Chinone who diot in the United States, when the the Tariff Befarm side this time have been the whole collection of relies will be shipped to Hong-Dumping shops" exhibited by the Con- kong, and thence be sent to various places in servatives in their constituencies to bring home Chins, for interment in the native places of the to the electors the extent to which we import dead men, according to their wish. The two foreign goods. The displays occupy a whole
Kowloon were decidedly unfortunata in only drawing with Bedford in their Shield mstoḥ, Frratis shooting had a lot to do with it, but it struck me that the home team sazzred, more from the mallness of the pitch than did tha visitors. This fast was most noticeable when the halves tried to give their forwards long passos, as the ball Javariably want to toneh. The replay is likely to find the civilians come out on top and so quality to most the Yardoze in the second round.
I am pleased to notice that the notion of the Shield and Soldiers Club Committees in insist ing on ropes being provided to keep the sports tors off the tonch line on the Naval Ground has had the desired effect. Spectators do not seem to appreciate the alteration, the referee had to stop the game on two occasions on Saturday
Favourites were having a day off on Saturday.
to clear the line,
.
Hong
anta
kong Challenge Cup, open to tire of any amateur rowing club; 1-war outters, and Junior fours. Entries for the various races loss with the hon, secretary the VHC.on February 26th.
RATEPAYERS MEETING AT. KULANGSU, AMOY,
for an assistant secretary As we only had an as secretary for six months, how was the difference, my, $1,100, erpended
Mr.WAMACK-The salary of the nest. attecietary was frod of 1200 per month, and in seting aside in the Badget for 1909 the sum of $2,000 for this purpose the Connell realized that it would take from four to six months to obtain an assistant, so only, roughly, six months' falry and expenses were allowed for. The Ambunt the next secretary actually cost, roughly
Be follows:Salary $1,774, was monde
The annual meeting of the ratepayers of PABER 650, 1551 ; Coat of advertising,
secretary's engagement expired on
for & farther term of three years at a salary of the 31st May, and your Council re-engaged him 8350 per month, and that accounts for the balance of $350.
M. ARNOLD then proposed, and Mr. BABION seconded, than the accounts for 1905 be passed. Carried unanimously
pro-
PIANOS
BY THE
LEADING MAKERS,
JUST UNPACKED
BRINSMEAD
WERNER
RACHALS
KRAUSS.
INSPECTION INVITED,
Kalangan was held at the Board Boom, on the 28th January, there being present:-Mesra J. H. Arnold, G. W. Barton, E. H. Bruce (G. F. Halam, prozy.) Et. Roy. Mgr. Clemente (Rev Father C. Arraus, proxy.), G. Carlson, W. Davies, S. J. Dooks, J.
It was proposed by Mr. ARNOLD, and second. D. Edwards F. H. Edwards, J. Sed by Mr. Lee, that the Council's proposal to Fenwick, F. W. Fowler, H. Gottwaldt, G. Fengage & visiting nurse, on six months
Mr. BARTON desired, before
A MUSICAL BED. Haslam, Mr. Jenson, W. Kruse, C. Lee, Dr. balion, he approved. Carried unanimously.
A furniture dealer in Paris is showing a (Chairman), J. P. Morley, N. D. Mudis, M. Bred a minute of a former Annual Meet J. Moorhood, J, Menarini, Dr. C. Mere for 1910 was put to the moldget Nilsen, J. Noble, J. N. Ollis, P. Foletti (J. ing of Estepayers at which it was decided novelty in the form of a bed, which is an im Memoarini, proxy), Dr. A. Rasing, G. H. M. that the cost of the secretariat should not provement on o similar one which attracted at-
exceed a certain sumi Robertson, I A. Bellevold, E. Stevens, L. 1.
The CHALAMAN, after examining the Coation at the last Paris world attracted at- the Minuto all appearances an ordinary bed, but the weight
onded, that the Budget for 1910 be passed, soothing melodies. The lullabies which it plays Carried unanimously.
are supposed to induce sleep. By means The CHAIRMAN proposed, and Mr. THOMAS and this operatai a music box, which gives forth
dial at the head of the bed, the person who couples it fixas an alarm for the next morning This produces, when the hour arrives, discordant sounds, to which the person in the bed must pay heed, because failure to rise within five minutes after the noise has began will cause the bottom of the bed to fall out a syst
Chinese who were buried in Union City died window in many busy thoroughfares, and each the Butts mot thoir first defeat of the homes, B. G. Tours, K. Trudenrabará, Miss Book, wad mo suoh minute could be found, of the body upon it asta a clockwork in motion,
Telegraphs doing the needful. The defeat may not have been altogether unexpected, but that the Butts should all havs buen disposed of for of free imports. One exhibit I have a total of 37 was not at all in koeping with part 100 19 sapocially instructive. It estatal
in gruesomó tragedy. They operated little article shown is labelled with the country of laundry for their brother Sam Hong, Bow origin to point out to the phaser by what Hong, efter vainly trying to persuade Chung British factorios are missing by the policy Lang to desert Sam’e-laundry and start en op petite dort
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with an sze. Then he scmmitted suicide, in a mont determined fashion, with sortoked, Chinese dagger,
The Sappers leat nil chance of winning the championship by losing to Civil Corries. The C. 8. C. C. on the other hand, improved their position in the League table,
Usher, J. O. Vier, Bor, G. M. Wales, W. H.
Dr. C. Mers, Consal for Germany and Senior Wallace, C. Whitfield and others.
Contal, was in the Chair,
CHRONIC GERM JARRIEES," The Director-General of the Army Medical Service has just supplied the War Office with a second report of a highly interesting nature on from stem to stern. To the right is a medallion Friday, and now loads, the other player to make for sozie days and gire you practically all the
the transmission of typhold and enteric germe by chronic gerti carriers." For some time investigations have been carried on with the object of discovering some effective remedy for a very curious and diffent phase of these
box of slate pencils with a plotorial cover of olaborate design. To the left is a medallion of Nelson, together with a Union Jack and picture of the Battle of Trafalgat, under which are the words, England expects that every man this day will do his duty.” On one of the ships depicted the word "Vistory is printed of Wellington, with what parports to be a "opy of the British Royal Standard, and a picture of the Battle of Waterloo, beneath which is the phrase attributed to the Iron Duke, “Up Guards and at 'em?” BeLeath
this, in very small letters indeed, are the words,
Made in Germany."
Mr. R. E. Bellios, Conservative candidate for Walworth, has, made great use of thess exhibits. He figures, by the way, on the man of the week in the character sketch and caries TULO ZA THE GURron 15sts or “TRASE!;
SIE GEORGE WIN
dinceros. For it has bours established that these fevers can be conveyed andcommunicated by mon who, either by sttendance upon patients or by having themselves suffered from this military sopurge, bare, qualified as “carriers,”” alhongh *fit fery other 19E hey may be in perfectly Papug came to list of a
teris in 1904, Dorporal who, Having turned home, and it is been discovera, don
A great figure has disappeared from the Tayed the disease to varieus patches of mon up
Friers," it is re- legal world with the retirement of Sir George to October, 19%
Lewis. The foremost, or at least the most cognised, constitute a gare danger, and every
famous, of living solicitors, he was sedated effort is now being
in bospi and
with most of the "cazees delsbrée" of his tims, laboratorion to find some affective means of expoiling the objectionable bacteria from the sed probably knew more of the secret history of criminals and society singers than anyone aliye,
Hi diary, if he had not cossed writing it twenty-five years ago, would have been a sens tions record of the scandals of time day but when he found his business becoming so confidential ha determined he would sever ebronicle anything, so that, as he himsel pasit, The confidences of London Society will dis with him. Among the more recent suits with which, he was concerned were the Parnell Coramission, where he acted for the Irish party with spinpons ability, the fatrons baccarat sesadal of Tranby Craft, the defence of Whittaker Wright and the defence of the prisoner, Adolf Back
system of formerly stocked man. Convalasoente Holsted In India for four months, Kre now bai
at leaky after recovery, and the necessity of such eiriä merkures is evident from the fact thatmen have been founil conveying bacilli dghteen months and two years after recovery.
ATLATION.
Aviation for war purposes throatens to loom much more in the public eye than erst before Candidates in the elections here have been ap. pealed to by the Aerial Longue of Great Britain to pledge themselves to maintain an adequate fleet of airships against Germany, where great attention is being paid to this branch of military equipment. Now Bunia is taking an interest in the same line of goods, and German makere, who are most up to iste in thaso nattery, are finding a good deal of demand for apparatus used in seroplanes and airships When the existing tariffs were fired between the countries airships were not thought of, so no provision is made that covers thom, but negotiations are now on foot to facilitate the Import of such manufactures into Russis, that Russian army authorities may undertake erpari. meats on their own socount.
GUN-RUMMING IN AFGHANISTAN,
8.-Sergt. Power made his fourth quitury for the season in the match against the Buffs on
centuries being Capt Baird (two), A.C. Elborough (two), and Lt. Green and W. N. Edwards one
esch.
The draws for the Hockey Cap have been
against each other ju the first and oond of $125 per month
Lairly are rounds are fairly evenly matched. The Chin principal game will be that between R. G. A exciso a super and Baffe, and I should not be surprised if the times winning team in this game proves to being du
SALVETEE NEW COUNCIL The following gentlemen offered themselves Councillors for 1910-Messrs. J. 8. Fen- wok, W. Kruse, G. Lee, J. Mencarini, E. I. Thomas, E. Tendenrabaro, and W. H. Wallace, and on a ballot being taken, the following were aloted Momise, WH, Wallace W. Kruse,
According to the Stamboul, a Constantinople journal, Bir William Willcooks, the British adviser to the Turkish Ministry of Pablis Works, elsime to have determined the exact site of the Garden of Eden. Sir William places it at Hirlah, & flourishing osais some 250 kilometres north-west of Baghdad, in the centre of a dosolate Mesopotamian plain Throngh this sta the river Duphrates runs, divided here into four dems representing the four rivers of Eden Bir William advances the suggestion ing of the entire plain lying between the that the deluge was, in reality, morly the co puplintes and Tigress, owing to those rivers breaking down the irrigation dykes built by the pastori dwellers in the plain..
Thats being no objection to the Chairman's proposal that M. Berkeley Mitchell be asked to sot Baretary to the meeting, he was request ad to road the notion orvering the meeting.
NGOW.H> WALLaon, Chairman of the 1909encarini: TR Parvin C. Lee, and Kim THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Commeil, addressed the meeting ss follows:beauty vote of thanks to the Chairman, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The proposed by Mr, WALLACE, and ecoonded by Mr. Report and Accounts have been in your hands HESCABINI, was earled unanimously,
information you require. There are, however, &
NOTES AND NEWS. the Comell engaging & visiting Narso MGWHAT TO DO WITH OUR BOTA, low points on which I should like to touch. First,
The Health Oflcer propores" A well-known Brooklyn millionaires, the thould reside at the worth £40,000, has surt appointed a stalwart published, and I notes that all the teams drawn that the visiting surse should be paid a salary who has loquired a pearl necklace salt to be young men of expollent family to act as her Hospital at Amor (where she would dyguard, and to accompany her to all the re over the hospital at these options where she wears, this splendid orna
Gocupied with har nars-rant, -(New Tork sorrespondent. of Daily
by), and than all gi
MARK TWAIN'S BULLBTIR. Mark Twain, who recently complained of poor under- þalth, has apparently completely recovered hit Toe doneclient aged his home at Reading, sampanillant, exhilarating weather, and water the other hand, great m
names of the past' invo rate-sued the following bulletin sa to his conditioni “I hear the nawspapers say I am dying. The charge is not frue, I would not do anch's thing stmy time of life. I am behaving as good as and others an A merre Christmes to everybody e and live on UNING BONNE OF CHANGE
per day. It is well known that fan and frolie often Kalangen
love the monotony of business routins on the but this to imply that the parse... - 12ms
Block, Brohauge: But this spirit of mirthful nose has seldom been put to better assount than when recently an enthusiastic admirer of the patalotio work of the Arethusa training-ship dressed himself up in sailor's attire, and rear ing a cap bearing the word Arethusa in bu will
gold lettore, made a very successful collection the On Change" smid the encouraging cheerS visiting and laughter of his fellow members, who re- sponded liberally to this novel appeal
mitimate wine prk.
are the cost of the
on that for
There can be no doubt about the popularity stood that baring has acquired in Hongkong, Batur Cons day night's matok at the City Hall for the welterweight supremacy of the Orient is proof of this assertion, for the gather! common was probably the largest that has attended a similar function in the Colony for many years. Since the resuscitation by Mr. B. H. Whittaker there has number of excellent competitions
itales continus, lecs while those ganaine)
likely to remain a promi
Much has book sulu, atidi
bout the fouling
Fellow, but.
bety
here, it will be found that this is compared with others that
ifter all
had either
local referees been in the udged have been
The extent to which gun running is prevalent in the haghbanhood of Afghanistan may be guessed from the returns of captures daring November The Fos captured & they in the Persian Gulf with dive hundred Manser zile and 200,000 rounds of ammunition, the Philomel maptured a craft with 750 riffon Amka bias, and And 60,000 rounde
the Lapwing caught another trading ship with-1,500-magazine ailes and 200 000 wounds of ammunities As we may sarame that far more of the illicit cargoen get through than are
• INDIAN COOLIS EMIGRÁTIÓ ME The report of the Departmental Committes osptured, it will be seen that the trade of dangers ous wares for restless natives is a matter of under the chairmanship of Lord Sanderson, on the question of Indlar coolie emigrim to the grave concern for the authorities responsible for Crewn colonies, may be looked for athenext law and order in those regions and on the month or six weeks.The roport will indicate Indian frontier particularly. the lines on which the emigration of sush may be regulated, and the particular clonies to eat, which mol enigration may be most dirooted It will be remembered haw zear or two ago Hongkong was at times swarmed with
ahlo arrivals from India on tasr way to
ambis, where their
sauce created ons sa arose
Gesired
objec
Canada's weste
In addi
CULORIAN, SEBOURCES.
The colonies are establishing more as more ir policy of asking their resourom known
2Tha. to the pablio here in the Mother coumby. tion two years ago did much, bat the varion" -Polonjos
Rhod then
Boofland,
erested and
itted with@shop
Commercial
have been
inda and "Ckins,
The novel feature
months imports has been the
diam and Americans of muoa hig
buy Becton pig iron batars the
year, in now getting both Irsa Andacks from - Bastern produsta hers one of
Aron from HGE
har lan
nissións
be
ide
day for
her
to only that our case; all fear to be red by the Council; the nurse to be first attend at the servios of ratepayers, that she
ratepayees, and that she be not allowed
up cases outside of
We have
$700 to moot
are recovered"
von to Lewis on 800 ponent's infringement of the rales, Sa
on, although strictly rafaros's duty, would not hare booz pleasing to of the spectators, alther would it have been so Год о satisfactory to the winner. The continuance of the scoo the Aght gare Lewis the opportunity to display
undoubted superiority, and the twelys hav rounds Light finally settled the question as to tha boltar man.
The tournament which BJI Lovis, has se. ranged to take place at the Belle View on Chinese New Tour's day giros excellent sportz The main SRET round "mil"best week Bond Kent, and Stoker Garlic, of HMS, A better match could not hay and it is one
larg
Tery good
will zad
earned
in the right d
forward the PRA lows of 2265
during the
novelist.
STORY BY ME," WELIB,
FAMOUS SAMES IN- *DIRMOTORY.. The Graphic, sfter rummaging among the strange surnames to be found in the Post-oflos Directory, sakuga. What could be better for the naine of a waddler than Whippy Williaza Sykes is the name of a sporta manufactsivor:
desloc), Robert Brace (a grosagróðar), Make Milton (chandior), and Jamon Boswell willain Bhakespeare is the name of barrister, a taller and a vanhuilder. There is a Crusos and Aso a Galiver, Juit deur is a chemist, Livy keeps apartments, Homer is a lighterman, Pinar an electrical engineer. Mars retaila boar and Yanus in not Inappropriately, a confectioner, Francis Bacon is an architect, and Bayard, a dau yman. 27.
ISSAKITT OF ONE OF HALLET'S
DESCENDANT
While on the subject of comets it will be learned with melancholy interest that Mr. 3. J. Falloy, member of a wealthy Chionga Family, a descendent from ancestors of Halley, the astronomes, of Halley Comet fame, and who for slaven years has lived as a hermit m the Black Tail district in northern Lisho, has been adjudged nisano and sout to the Oriluo Asylum, Mr. Halley has been greatly interested in astronomy and studied inoesaantly along that Tue. He mounted a lens ho ground himself and to his fimiste trends he azhibited his handiwork. Mr. Halleyle believed to hava become insane from poring over his books.— When brought before Judge Ragdelin, Mr. Halley said that he was receiving wireless messages from God
WISDOM OF A COOK.
Mr. Wolls talle story of a gentlemen next to whom he once sat at a public dinner. Mic Varsation, SATI "MAP had turned upon one of his own books, and Mr. Wells kad mid thing to the ezeet that were there no sekers the world would be a vary Utopia
abour promptly observed: "I maintain water used for drinking and ul should be beiled at least an hour. ain physician, presumanggested was the unexpected am in the coal line.
TERS AND PARLLÁMENÍ tldings, so that me
* The prejudios against political, lawyers is no taken sa satisfae- me thing. Ati prinade, patted in 1372 measure to the provided that, no man of the law, preening
work of business in the King's court
returned or socepted Knight of the white and, I do dose," roeponded the Mitchell $2,000 of this that this was, perhaps, the unkindest cut **** And cars you wait on the table-I mean, will to *** no such man of leave that zebdrned you and sawer the doorbell Mr. Honey.
All bare whe
ma faltared My wife le quite determined on thom points
redemption of our
knows that it was the anhappy Parliament from which lawyers wars staf booome known as the "lack learning ounciller, mort Now the complaint is that there are Me departure for too many layers in Parliament
and the Annual Meeting being so near,
an
so we did not fill doubt
Buks, and. Connoillər, while there are seven
wad that we bure to hold an ele
istions,
TO МАТОН tired more quickly of men, dogu,
Iman they were wont to do EA MA
Mr. Honeyman locked hopefully at the pleas ant roty-food Norwegian girl with whom the manger of the employment, bureau bad necorded him in Interview of Can you wash and iron!”
cheerful
*Yes, I do does, and Minns continued to beam benevolently.
And you can cook, of course," said Mr.
T
20 Yaan," said Minna for the third time da da, ime ren you keep her busy so ale do not help me,Youth's Companion,
¿QUÄINT MEERING AFTER TEX
YEARS
for is the said ad ineleenth cage Fan told (writes Mr. James Douglar in London Uninion)
Trafalgar Square the teens of
pene of a quaint they hire dogs to madan Husir dresses, just sa they buy hair to suit their lust Before a romion on the lat inst the outcome of a ran
girl : jahon formed can roars ago... On January as it good out for unit in the park she sende har 190, olevan man, Government workers, were demonstrates that there exels & houlthy and maid round to the nearest dog pugreyer with employed in an isolated aftuation at Plumstead glow of a stocking, Marabo de un there wirk caused one with dairgerous explosives. Spurveyor matches they procurious nature of
spar with ons d
A lively
mised genuine
ation for
Beton
heir between Bky Korrison and
diam baa:
Aictorin
regard to the rOLSI
the attractive progzame
DREERVER;
(log: this
posters of her goWE * suede shoes forward for coleur of the ow whethers
$2.565
Fast an a skopman metobe to szclaim: “I wonder where we shall oll be in ~ a rotmens with the set on years time. Dead, perher maid a pee
Gritonsinist.
The man worked on in silence for zome kud than one, in whose brain the sides lusting, proposed that they abeuld all moot on Ja uzy lit. 1910, in Trafal divad on perd Square and harn an
The list of lojuries don of the less, 19
Loluar, maiming
ned ka "Imost forgot the
the agờ be received letter reminding him
onve entered into:
bent of the old Plumstead gang. dands, three were unable to fulfill the ognecmand, but the remaining seven, mut tar Trefslgar - Brusro In the shadow of Nelson's Columnakkey each wore buttonholes (fiber-of- the valley, orokids, etc.), and si teren o'clock * out upon their programms :- Vait the dimmer, Coliseum, tos, Holborn Empire.