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PARIS LETTER
THE HO GRONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 118, 1911.
made herself conspicuous in Morocco, hus no intention of seeing Merocoo awallowed up by
TIENTSIN-PUKOW RAILWAY.
In the course of Els report on the Trade of
WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE "HONGKONG ? Fruco and Spain-hence her audacious Baking for the past year Mr. F. B. Wilkinsos,
DAILY PREMY."]
Paris, June 15th, THE WINE TROUBLES,
The bellicose attitude of the Aubovine growers is beginning to rrilect on the stability of the Government, api a crisis is now looked upon an inevitable. The French Cabinet by
uvanimons vote le requried to have decided to
gostion that Morocco
RUBBER COMPANIES
SCOTISH MALAY RUEDE
RISING PRICES.
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
MOLEWORTH BROTHERS' RUBBER.
ba divided between R. B. . Cenal, mys
In a speech delivered in the House of Repre- There is war in the outp of the Molesworth
sentatives on May 5th, Timothy T. Araterry Germany and France, So fur, France has mo During the year under ravian the construe- Brothers' Rubber Estate, and the quarrel seins ioteulion of definitely selling dows in tion of the southern or British section of tho all what the flotation of the antsidiary, the of Ohio, Longworth's talented colleague, de
duced the entire doctrine of prices from "the Morocco, or of peramently copying Fez. Tieutia Pukar Ralway, which was commenced Lowlands Rubber Estates. So bitter is the
in January, 1907, made stendly progress, and it fond that at the forthcoming eating a resola-h interests of employers, and cited Henry It would perhaps be as well in futuro if she was found possible in February, 1911 to attach tion is to be proprsed with the object of roGoerges in support of the doctrinu. This may did; the country, like the Soudan and Egypt, passenger as to the construction trains using moving the chairman, Lerd Molesworth, and be the way it works in Deflanco county, but in itwaon Pakow and Lin Huai Kwan, a disteneo MB Molesworth from offfee, and app int the rest of the world, if dopendlonce may be will never be fit for any thing until France or
of 94 miles. Rails have setally be laid asing cornin other directors, Both rides have placed upon the offioisl reports of our Consule, the prices of intellect and labour and of the some other European Power takes it over and far as suchown, which is not much more than issue circolars to the proprietors.. converts it into a land flowing with milk and 30 miles from the 19tion, and there is every |
things that they produce appear to have some int at which the linn joing withdraw the whole of its scheme for marking honey as a Great Britain with regard to up with the German
A Beat dividend of 6 parent, for the your is connection with taxes, the east of living and the hope that the whole of the Bri ist section, which paid by the Sesiti Malay Rabber Company supply of money in which prices are exprassed. sit the different districts reserved for chart | Egypt and the Volley of the Nife,
Some incontestible evidenco was adduced in is 236 miles in length will be available for profits for 1910 working out at £5,366. A traffe “pagne and other products. Mesures which
by about slm middle of 1912. The can-
curriol forward. Tapping or issue of March 9th which showed that dar last doenda the cost of living han will provent frandaloni adalteration and securo
struction of the railway app are to be press of £2.770
lest year, and a crop of g by th
advanced from 33 pe agal at an estimate of United-Latex, and more or less in ather coun
par cont. to 50 per cent, in Che the protection of old established brande will take
ning ra her raore difficultis the writ
nd. For tony: miles the fine travels through 25.00018. The average prie realised was Es
tries. The consular reports from England, the place of the de limitation decrces while the
plain lying several feet below the level of the 3210, per pound. During the current your e
France, Doninurk, Genning, Italy, Turkey and Law Courts will be left to decide in individa!
adjacent rivers. Thrs are guarded by high rabber crop of 90.00 to 100,00016, is estimated. casis whers fraud or misappellation is allge
flood banks which are liable to baret in fode dour, argarety, has bo suficient and the Australia exhibited thogaus planomena, though while This somewhat undignified retreat,
ad inundate the cantry, so that, to ca namber of trem being tuppet is 48,997. Those in most cares live mered then in the United
embakar 20ft, year. it will not satisfy anybody, has left trucos of
afty of the rainas, it has lara ford will be largely augmented during the current promary to support it on
MALAY RUBBER EXFORTS, serious discon ont among the members of
high. Owing, however, to the murahy matnie of
The fallowing comparativy tabla shows the the Cabinet, whose position has, in consequence
the soil on which it rests, this enla kmet is! continually subsiding and has to be constantly"exports of rubber to the Federated Malay become voy shaky. The Auter bu kosea eneo ;
AIMINTHE
be
What a different people the French will when they cant get any more. a'sinthe drink. Thongroinsyed raruster" is responsibl. for having brought. Franco dowa to its prosent in cabul state. There was laid before the Senators last Wednesday the Report of the Parliam'ary Contaitien appointed to study the proposals of M. de Launarsell, which aim at prohibititer the sun of absinths in this
mi
sucre krempied by trous in consequeron at the cotry. Tan Senatorial Commission has revised avain. In other places the train pascut Sista, Thỏ advance since the beginning of asses of +ammalities, from 190 to 1910 inclu- reged onest in the wino-district. So rerions Portel favourably on the Bill which prohibita, through rock distric's who a cuttings up to 1909 has been phenagoon]:
has the situation heronu that it wm confidently, predigted lust night that within a few hours th Monis Cabinet would have ceased to exist Though the Government officially contradicts this. the stabborn fact remains, that the mbers of the Cabinet, as already olgersed, are divided on the wino qustion. M. Monis, who is still confined to his buri, necessitating Ministers holding their meetings in his bed room, is committed to the question of delimita tion by his past, for as Senator of 11
ironde is led the movement to deliwit the Bordeaux region. The French Premier's' position is seriously threatened: Spanish inter ferents in Morocco-now amicably settled-and- the fact that the Eudget for this year has not yet-boon voled, make this the more unpleasant for the injured Premier The revolted Aubo vine-growers are corbin fo tuks the fullest advantage of the helling policy of the Monis Cabinet.
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under a penalty of from 100 to 2,000 frames, the manufactori, sato, transport, and keeping for sale and inportation of all alcobelised liquors containing essence of absinthe. The Bill is to become law two years after promulgation, except as regards importation, which will Official statistics be immediatly prohibited.
flELT Commission enmmunicated to
show
is
THE BUDGET.
JRUARY...
1900
1910
its. 345,593 361,425) 441.251
11:5.
399 573
191
1bx,
States and Canada. We may now add some further reports from similar official sources, all testifying to a rise in the east of hring, which seems world wide.
Per G eat Brithin, Sourbook's indox numbers, Renoting t
average enzual prions, of forty-tive
sive, exhibit the following bars and rela Home: 63, 69, 70, 72, 77, 80, 73. 74 and 78. In 1911 these prices em: For Janaury, 785: 768,743 1.329 17 February, 28.6; March, 189, and April, 80.1 728.459 1.420.849 But as they do a tombram rent or services, they 899.83 1.916.219 fail to show the full xtent of the unhanced cost. 229 036 1,123,007 23 917 of living. Typical amon, the causes assigned
: 877.4 5 1.147.488, in England a the olden ro pensions granted by Ulas Liberal Government, adding our pan- sion list, many inillions to hoe graoral budget, swelling the far laurden and onleansing rorts and the prices of commodities,
Our Coment Vara Cras says of Fuculun: The cost of living is exces
that icely high, notwithstanding
all necesition enter tres of dur and re- Two important pieces of work are now in parts skilled labour at $3 gold wed. progress at Southampton Docks, both of which men labour at $1.25 gold per day. The Consul was be said to have been necessitated by the Valparaiso en that the cost of living building of the hugs White Stez linoru Olymp.cn inoras y 1905 from 30 to 50 por curth that have crept ap to the same lerol. laval,This is trne of the country generally. and Fitanic.
In Valparaiso the cost of liver las mariy doubled.
At Porta, Plata Duminican Repub lic, the cost of living for has risen atil it is higher than in the Unite States. The Consul atributos it to taxation.
DOCK WOKS AT SOU¡ HAMPTON,
DEEP-WATER DOCK
401 in depth alternate with high rabonkarais į
bridges nåd entreris, with
So far no arrangements have been wale fer the opening do forvire, trade of Pusow, the Yungtes terminus of thuline, which is situated March on the northern bank of the river, opposite to Auril Nanking. The idea the Chinese, May if they open Pakow to, trado at sil, which, in their sphcitude, on the one bed, fox cx Total (5 months)1,976,898 4.397.116 7.119.545 sovereign rights, and, on the other, for theig
The de line in April and May of this year is fekin revans, key seem very ratacit to do.
due to drought. that the now consumption of absinthe int which, if thrailway is to be a raging assut, France increased from 6713 hectolitres fono an absolute sessity, is to make the place a
4 4 ak of the frealy port Nanking so as to include hectolitre equals 22 gallous) în 1873 to 238,467 rate treaty port rather than extend the nee Pakow within its limits. The latter cone wok! hectolitres in 1900: since that year the cen sumption as varied from 160,000 to 207,000 cm, however, the more practical of the two al would art inly save a good deal of rolusion; Tho sits of the fat hasarter of Pulse pectulitres.
will be along the for shore of the river on Discussing the Budget in the Sonate a for either side of the railway termin, which is days ago, M. Gauthier, the Reporter-Cencial, situated immediately posite the pre
The first of theva is the now deep-water dock. rounked that the growing increase in expni-foreignunt of Nanking. At this point
the Yangtz is only som 1.200 yards in with the conract for which was let in October, 1-07, fure was dan to social legislation and the larger so that the two places mest in my exeshur to Mog. Tophames & Riton. and requirements of the Army and Navy. The the same sorge, sich make it almost which is now so far fiarded that the Olympe Reportor prodicted a deficit of 71,000,000 aboard that they should be separato tre ty ports, was able to use it on bar arrival from Belfast The delay of the authorities in eang to a ten days 20. It lies to the west of the Empress francs, but he opposed the idea of contracting in on the point in lively to promo Dorial paes into the eivur Tost. Its lough The Aubo vignerons who sell that is not a John to cater it. The Minister of Finance, prejudicial to the interests of the rat way, 19 1,700 t, and its bradh 400% and at Lw.ust invariaby "champagne," but is something like M. Caillaux, estimated the deficit at less, namely, for the whole of the forest ro at Puzom it has a depth of water of 40ft. ineras
At hichide, In constructing il, and comes from a neighbouring 2900, rofase only 51,000,000 francs, at the same time
abore flood level, will have to to b to submit to its being described by any word pointing to un increase of 180,000,000 franes raised ou
and 40ft. high, was built out Over an average about 12ft. which distinguishes it from the real article, and, in revenue. The Minister emphasised the ne. Alling in of the land will, as the experience of Test; to facilitate the despatch to sea of as we have seen, wil sa no secourt allow any "sessity of kuoping "expenditure within bounds, the railway has proved, be a slow and costly the excavated material. This stage formed the qualifying phrase, such as suggested by the of strengthening control, and reforming tass. nndertaking, far beyond the means of its present puuveit of a long incline leading up from the owners, so that it is quite in that, unless het of the dock, where the wegens were filled Council of State and the Government. What Lion,
Pukos is opened to trade promptly, and the by the steam avvis, When a depth of 30ft. sale of land permitted to fornicu and Chinese had been excavated timbered trencherabert 43ft sense is there in, bringing temporary ruin upon the industry by which they live? Instead of the Government persisting in its firmness, it
endeavoured to sopeilints them, and offered a ompromise. The offer us Ieu taken to la the merely sign of weakness, and
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wine war has broken out afresh. The ineptra tion ul the Council of State in creating a second-sono elampagne teils to bring plants the downfall of the Cabins, for which overgono here is fully proparol. The idea of doing away with delimitation ultegather has many support ors in the Chamber. The principle of deli mitution is now recognised to be a bad one by the Goversrest: had it down this before, it might have saved its life..
:
ENCOURAGINA THE WRTH 'BATE,
From Now Caledonia comes the nows that the Government of that Colony has decided to pay
a premium of 10 frenes on every child of austive parent horn in the Colony in consequotes of the alarming decrease of births..
ANTI-HOAX BILL
is periodically invaded by the river and, to 531
the docka, enormous stage. 375ft. long
Ta
INTIMATIONS
SKIN DRIED, CRACKED AND PEELED OFF
In Scales, Leaving Face Raw, Vory Painful. Made Her Low in Health. Used Cuticura Ointment. In Less than a Week Trouble Gone. Other Things Soothed for the Moment, but Cuticura Ointment Cured.
**My child for sorna Hyvee or four years had bean suffering from sa wiltaont of the skchi on
tas face, both in ex
my old weather and We Mut was hot, Chi sisin would dry and Clark, the pert úlf ka Hades, Cavini: her peor five as raw. When Pay skla, used to peel off, cule and to ask me, etlil I was tired. NiOh what is the matter
with her face? Noma even went za far en to saj Ehrglected it, wiege- awan continually, applying some claiment
or
Bone of these
The thuc, but
it would get ny had as ever, and who happened to ey, te tears th apan raw places were very painful. 11 mole r very law in her general health, and her hair commenced to come out. It spread on to her forchend and all arout her mouth,
"It was about this time that I sent far the Cutters Matmeal. After apply t constat ur thren days it showed signs of mending nei Ex leg thrun a week it had comes one, and what le dust importuak, has not returned with the cold weather. ruburi som. Cuticura Ointment on her alp, and her safe stoppel falling out, and I am than:1 1. ln to lus, had so ressonable"In price, L4 spent a fat on other t witted only sent ned for the manent, but Cutiera Distant cured," (ed) Mes B. J. Roberts, 17, Cranworth St., Baotle, Liverpool. England, Jan. 17, 1910.
Sold throughout the world. · Londen ilepot, 17. Cartochowa Spr§. 8. A. Pulter Fing Chem Coro, Sole Propr., Bosina, Send for free booklet on skin and scalp discages,
wol-to-do classes" GOLD
In the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha the cost of living daring the inst, five years bas doubled. while in Germany generally it has aterially inercised." The consuls at Erfurt and hem alludo to the increased cat of
and shortenin WATAN the rise of
of working hours, bat give un détails. Simdar repots come from Austrin, and especially fr Bohemia. Tus Consal at Milan reports the mao of Italy. Aersis in ments prevails in Lubardy, and pork is critically high." The oonens et Valencia and Barceloun report the same of Spain, where the cost of living and
AND
SILVER
WATCHES
labour in twelve years has rises about 50 per FNGLISH, vont. The former Consulttribales it to high taxes,
Similar roports coma from Mosen, where the Coral assigns the incrense of repts 10, taxes ad the enhanced cost of aving to rents. The Consai at. Olearn allates to the rise in prees in immorable" "property.” bat giros no dotails. Evos distant Adulinist reports a rise of prices in the bezen, while in all the rts of India. Burmah, Sian and China the inerad ecat of living is compelling every-sti clase, to rolicit an incr-ol stipend in order that he may live in t accustomed way
basent then and now as the inorit be wide aid dirt diep were bank, and in the develop their land ut, ecibe line, ill be were bid the foundation of the quay walls, pital before any f clitics for trade other which of Portind cement conere e. From than those provided by the raw y enn be made the fostom of a trenches to the quay level the available. That the Chinese director of the depth is about 75ft Two of the outs de walls line are alive to the necessity of facilitating and part of the westine, trance were built in the transport of passengers and cargo to and water with the aid of bolmot divers. Abora from Pukow would som evident from the dretzing loved the walls consist of 8-ton can- fact that they er neroliating at Poking grote block on the face and back with a heart. for the construction of Hailey ferrying of mass concrete. This construction is con
aross the Yenglezo convectig tin Insor and up to shove low water level, nitur which stain with the terminus at this thrt of the rails are bait wholls of mass concrate in the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. Whether this through truffles will for some years justify the hoary cost which ferry will entail is a matter of pinion. The expenilitoa of a of mont of akow would in all probability as of eugrefe and the n-e42,0 0 ton of ducts at rahuneed priees there appears to be no
considerably aller amount on the derslop
SWISS
AND,
ELGIN
usual way. Thus work, though stall incomplete, podi ry, from the clie up to the professionPERKR
has already involed 873,000 cabic yards of open excaration, 318.00 onbie yards of trench ex estution, and 807.000 cabin wards of dredging, together with the laying of 272 000 onhis sad crm-nt. For leg drivers and a feat with their attendant craft have born ut!
as varied from 80 to 1.200, including 20 divers in dress and helmet, and 85 machines of various kinds have been at wor
With employers who cauvot sell their pro
future but ruin: Some of the writers sign QUALITY the rise of priest to taxtion, and some to the title of gold but uons hau an yet cantared to the sells interests of employers."-Wall Street Journal.
"Whoarer s'allohy masauvres or by dsor, greater proît to tamilway, It may be,, of 13 hop The umber of men employd surmise with Mr. Ansberty, that it is due to
Wore it not for pathoy oun would feel more inclined to laugh at the singularly curious ing falso identity or by lying denunciation or notion of the Aula ving-grears opponline to by a simulation of nrime or offence or otherwise; the German Emperor for assistance and evine have procured or at tempust to procure the set- ing such pro-German proclivities. Considering ting in motion of sulturity and public force, themselves betrayed by Gownmental and this without judication and with a view to aphy,” tho ziguerons of the Aude would rather be Penssians than French ontcusts, Prussian colours predominate throughout the Aube de partment, while the red flag-the simtitule of the tri-clear-has in turn heet pulled down, and The German flag hoisted up in its plaos Of ...course, the Kaiser cannot interfere,
personal interest or mystification shall be pun ished by prisomest of three to six months, du finn of 15 is 1.000 fraues, or to one of these two penalties only." Nor is this all, for the offender will also be mails to rofund to the State the expense In hins caused.
+ AVIATION.
It has tool
A CENSUS PLOBLEM.
WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE "STRONGEE
SEX?
There are now in England and Wales, ac- cording to the cemas re er, a million mor women than mev, scd tho ove -representation of the militant or furanle sex is increasing
Here are the ital figures of the sexes rés vealed by the crnens
Women
The new French anti-hoax Bill is warmly welowand. En supplying a long felt want Far 150 many pastical jokes, involving con siderable expense to the State, buvo been played of late. M. Charles Delonels and M. Emmanel Brousse, two well-known Deputés, with the view of suppressing such a nuisance, have put her JAROS 10 the following amendment Article, 222 of the Cod Pinal more immediately beneficial to trade and bring
kowever,
ths the ferry is regarded as a possible alternative to the opening to foreign trade of Pakow.
To Ninking the completion of the Tiantsin
The dork quys are being provided with four Pukow Hailway will be of rial importanés, Ier
sin depend her prospress of füriker courge steel cage sheds. One on the eastern mercial prosperity. As a distributing contre side is already finished, and is 70 ft. long by this post, owing to inferior communications 10ft wide, with two spaus of 60ft, as a central with the interior, has brea unable in the post, raw of stel elamus 20ft. apart. in spite of a more favourable geographical Frated sides, covered with galvanized iron, aul a roof of patout felt. The other sheds will situation. to compete with its neighbours, Ch a king and Wain, so that it fra has hitherto reable it in construct en and accommodation, Th new At the outhern endure waiting roo »s and larat been almost entirely a local que, railway should bring dowa te Pukow for export orirs, with offices for the molical offers, fur-neu, the produce of the whole of the weantry and cleks Annexe 69ft, squ re containing of the river, for which the lone must also become starehouses for h zgace and duc gear has also a suburb of Eastern Paris, the tons of supply. Assuring, therefore, that Leen provided. Owing to the great height of Royal Chantilly-the Aset of France is a promises to
offrial-obste les are placed in the way of the the Clyngiic and I itanic, the passenger gndiri-s' bo thronged next
Sunday
Jevdepment of the railway it seems at are of the two-d-cked type, so that they may bo haring le place mostly chabited by with spectators canser to so the 60 aviators, certain that Nanking nst weme, nxt to available at different states of the til. They eel by timber English und French jookey's and members of who compita in the Earapan eircuit' rasa; Haakcow, the mest important examercial centre; are fo mel of steel frames co
shelter, and a 40ft, high by 20ft. wifle the racing frateruily. Lart Sanday, being start on their big flight. The course takes in on the Yangisze.
Between the dock ant the ad there is a French Derby Day, thousands of Parisiens and Feaner, Belgrâuin, Hound, and England. It is
space 35 t, wide, covered with timber decking others gladly left the weltering city and nothing else but a raca between Paris' and
and finished with taro lines of railway us well as a set of rails for the passenger pantries and entrained for Chantilly. The weather buing, Loudoun tiề theo munird countries. It will be
the large electric cranes try which the carro will delightful, the ladies were alde to display their emembered that it was decided some weeks agu
be handled. Four of these oranes are being Jailettes, hats, and parasols to the fullest to leave Germany out. The competitors are
provfied for this borth, two of fire tons and two of 35cwt capacity. advanta r. Smo went down for the mere due to arrive at Calais on 26 June. On the change of seeingutas bent on busines, to son following day they will fly across the Channel the twing, and others agein to be admired and to Dover, thence to the Shorebam aviation special interest. The result of this arrangement talked about. Never has Chantilly, which is a ground at Brighton, and finally to the London fow miles from Paris, been known to be spackel nerodrome at Hendon, arriving there the same with visitors; the little historical town with its day. The route will be marked with huge Population of 3,000 odd innbitants we gaily signals in the form of arrows. The prizes will decorate for the occasion. Restaurants were be distributed in Paris at the end of the circuit, crowded both inside and out, and it seemed as Keen excitement prevails. Aviators seem more -much aù extörers could do to feed the multitme, allusiastic than over to conquer or lie in France. Next Bunday's rate is an interuations! This year's Frouch Derby was won by Baronne, in which England in represented by two de Rothschild's colt Alcantare II., who was picked flying men who will use French machines, premium for forward do ivery it bas had to end its width at the lowest alter from 90ft, to we do with our womend girl?" has beconte
THE FRENCH DERBY
londly applauded on his brilliant success.
MOROCCO.
Vincons..
aud there will also be two Bristol machines,
HEAD-HUNTERS IN FORMOSA.
HO
THE MONEY MARKET.
The following extracts are taken from Messrs. Sanel Montage & Co.'s latest circular:
THE TRABALOAR GRAVING DOCK.
Meu
18,636,793 17.448,476
Majority of women 1,178.317** Thus, if everybody had vote for every thing, and all the women
Fotel ose the women would rule the roost, or the roast, and perhaps both, and the domination of Burloaded Wales by man would come to an end.
There is at first glance a grain of comfort for the men in the comparison with 1901, for tho figures show that in that year, as in this, the proportion of somen to men svo at 1.068 women to every 1,000 men. This looks like a
since 1851. women to men, which has marked every census
MOVEMENTS
Chas. J. Gaupp & Co.,
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
(255
~ A Fabian Socidist.-All the bard and dirty work which is not done by machinery will be done by inon, when the predominance of women is finally established,
It is deplorable that women should have to clean doorsteps and work mangics, and all such
The other important work which the Lon 'on atandstill in the growing disproportion of9bjectionablo labour will in future ko done by
anva
103it.
ti
mon.
All women will, of course, bo rranted Slato incornes, and we this will take all the money, men will saturally have to go without, excepl or such ponizat money as their wives or sisters
This will comines to stricter economy, as they will be able to concentrate all their energy on their work, insiond of having to waste time in considering mer matters of expoditure.
The predominance of women is one of the saferiards of Socialistu.
An Ordinary Man. The best thing for the surpin women to do will reto engrave. If they don't go, the best thing for the men will bote migrate. But in that case the women would follow them."
A Single Gentleman from Salt Lake City. Trust the Monnous, and send your wives and sisters to Urb.
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The cows that Canada is about to strike gold coinage identical in weight and assay with that of the United States of Americn is of
ew-ors of the Southampton Dooks, have in hand will be that the gold coins of these two and Sath-Western Railway Company, the
But tis Registrar-General crushes that grain countries will be freely interchangeable, and the is the enlargement of the Tesfaig dry, donk.
13.600,000 of United States gold coins now When this dask was opened in 1907 its dimen- of hope at our blow. He recalls that in 901 held as reserves by the Canadian bots will
snehomens number of men were ou service in allow theo. thought to be large enough to Biods were doubtless in the course of time return to this mest the requirements of the largest ships the South Africau war, aud that therofera tho conntry of ori in.
The Silver Market, seems a little off calone, likely to be built for many years, but esents a proportion of women to me most hare
Thas it is
is shown that the excus of women operatious now being carried out are for though the prica has remained practically quickly falsified this expectation. The been lower in 1901 than it is in 1911. stationary. At the slightly reduced range of increasing its overall length from 8571t, to over men has again in the lat ten years undule prices forward sales are fallen off; therefore 397f, its widthat entrance from 9 ft. to 100ft, increased, and that the problem. What shall as China has not been disposed to pr
After the alterations are completed it a trifle more aute the it ever was before. content itself with buying cash silver. and hold.
will have a depth overwill of 35ft. ut h.w.o.s.t. The question is: What is to be done? If ing it. Recent purchases by Russin of between lasteail of 33ft., sada drph over block of 35ft. the disproportion of women to men goes on. £50,000 and £60,000 a week lave to some extent
or more instead of 33t. The widenin is what is to become of the most Who is to do helped to sustain prices, bat at the morient China appears more as a seller than as a boyer. being effected by cutting away the faces of both all the hard work? How will men be able to
walls and so ting back the altars, counterfart face the competition? walls being built at the back of theexisting walls Stocks in Shaophui show a substantial reduo- tios of about £200,00 and stand lower than at
pense for the weight thus est. The any period sincs April. This, however, does existing gates are to be replaced by siding not represent the true position as a very la caisou, which will be double-faced and capillo quantity of actual cash silver is being held of holding up the water level inside the stock London on Chins acorunt.
while the tide is falling, now pump is to be provided for filling the dock, the present pumps taing designed
ably for emptring it. The London and South-Western Railway's papers describe Spain's action se nothing moro person has Bunt of information of these out. Londen on that date and perhaps was the cause Decks Department, under
have been res; onsible for supper. Algeciras, and of the Franco-Spunish trestics | ragis, a force was sont out. ahich succeeded in of the slight flaen-tion, though the effect of this Mr. T. M. Withame the management of shall have no excuse for not going home to given to those smaller Native. Stos whose
works, and Smoking in all public places will be prohibit of 1904 and 1905 Spain acted without the calling off the retreat of the aborigines. In
news on the innket could ha odly sentimental, & de-ign aud supe vision of the)ting · rd, ozept by special permission of the local curtailment of the opium trol. the night sighs] rookters were frequently sent
it being too early to jadge the course the men Mr. W. U. Galbraith has acted as
It is interesting to nota The male franhise will eventually be abolish consent of Frazer, so was in the wrong up from the tribal villages, and the Japanese soon is likely to take. The demand for Chius engineer, Mr. F. E. Wentworth Sheilds being authority on public holidays. Some maintain that Spain was “pushed into it" bartories, throw shida by way of demonstration, bas been rather less promizent and the fons of the resident enda and South-Western Rail-ed, as unasce-surf.
An Anti-Suffragist.-It must be made au Tuesday urning, some thirty tribesmen at the market not quite so good as of late, bat pre-
sent rates are pot tempting for bear sale, or was bought the Southampton Dooku 19 years he gassed, just to force the band of France / bicked the defenea lines drawn up by the 52 indeed for speculation either way, and we do not ago the length of the quays has increased from offon co punishable by transportation for avy 1913 has heau fixed at an average amount,
jugation troops of Suinckike, Bat they were
12,0548 to 23,250Ft, the cargo and passenger one to mention Votos for Women. In the It is w the incident ended as quickly es it did. repalled after the exchange of a hot fire eating antisipate any important movement.
tocks in Shanghai show a decrease on the shed area from 551,718 sq. ft. to 1,064,946 sq. ft. ovent of the Government introducing a women The Frinch troops under General Meinier for about half-n-huar, In this brush there week, but this is as the counter, balo asil by the floor area of the vault accommodation from Buffrage Bil, the men aust orca arm and have experienced very severe fighting of late was caskilled and three wounded on the Japanese increase the London and Bombes, and the 52,122 sq. ft to 109,234 sq. ft., the grai ware attack Clemont's Inn at the point of the they, however, mucceeded in capturing Me. side. About the same time, six aborigines a total amount held by the China banks, and bouso ara from 12,974 sq. ft. to 76.394 sq. ft., bayonet.
tempted a night a-sault in the neighbourhood of quinez and taking the Sultan's brother prisoper. Tenguns-hams, Nithonmatsu, but they were specalstors tends to prevent any material the timbr storage ares from 84,600 sq. ft. to 180,400 sq. ft., and the length of railway sidings improvement.
within the dook estate from 15 to 37 miles. Germany, which for several years past has repulsed.
The French Governmont is sincerely grato- ful to Spain for withdrawing her troops from Morocco; there was no need for the step taken by Spain, which was only destined to complicate matt rund cause friction between France and Spain. As soon as it became known that Spanish troops had been landed at Lareohe, and a foren had been dispatched to Alcazar, the French Press was up in arms. Frepali news, where in the upper renches of the river Taitoksi. Messrs. Mocatta & Goldamid's cironlar:-
A Formosan dispatch reports the appearance on Sunday, Anne 25, of a considerable nntaber o a'origines in the valley of ti e river Tokusho in Mt Niuria. A detachment of cousishies and nath "bravo" was at our dispatched against them.
According to a const this who returned from the front Monday morning, uns constable,wag beheided by the tribesMEN BORD
Again on the afternoon of the same day fre
were deaspitated in Tvinchyu
or loss than a flagrant violation of 1lw Act of Upoz
by an interested Power, whose name can easily
The following extraria are taken from News of the monsoon having barst reached
that since the
UGGESTED SOLUTION. Here are a few selations of the problem which we suggested to an Express representa" tire by various experts in sociogy-
4 Women uffragist. When women have a majority in national and oral government, a they naturally will have, they will, of course make laws for the better regulation of men, and all clubs. will be closed at B pau., rò that men
NATIVE STATES AND THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
Mr. Llord (Staffordshire, W. Ocp.) asked the Under-Secretary of Suto for India in the Hons of Commons roosatly whether he would consider the necessity of pocial a stance being
revenues were being seriously crippled by the Mr. Montaga-The reduction in the annual. export in accordance with the 1968 agreement has beea urade almost wholly in respect of Bazel gine, The permissible export of Malwa opium for the three years 1911, 1912.
which is within 60 chests of the average expert in the three years immediately preceding the agreement, while the higher prices prevailing in China base oumbled the native hiofa to onbance the dues levied by them on experted The women's suffrage movement must
oping. There is, therefore, no uncessity to stamped out at any cost even if all the women coiler e condition of affairs which does not have to be sent to the South Sea Islands.
erist.
be