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it is doomed, to go and that the near future will see the vanguards of the future "steamers" without steam, Great Britain, in the vanguard au cisual, has been axperi- menting with gu-engines--the motive
MONDAY SEPTEMBER
MR. CLEMENTI'S MEMORANDUM.
FOR the luxury of washing himself in the Stier The Opium Question. beds of the Bbau-ki-wao reservoir on Saturday allemoon, a carpenter named Ho Mui had to fortelt Ss in the Police Court, to-day. It ́should be mentioned that the carpenter was not sup. piled with soap,which makes, the bath more costly.
'CRITICISMS BY THE SECRETARY OF THE
"SOCIETY-FOR-THE-
DE SUPPRESSION-OF-
THE OFIUM TRÄDS,
THE Portuguese Chamber has passed the Con- vention between Portugal and Helland for the To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph."
SIR,-A Correspondeúl has kindly sent me delimitation, of the Dutch and Portuguese faritory in the Island of Timor, and the Cop-your issue of 9th July, containing the reprint vention under which disputes between the two of an article from the Singapore Free Pre on countries are to be submilled to The Hague Nr. Clementi's statistics of Opium Consump tion. Will you kindly reproduce the following, tribunal.
farming the substance of a 'reply, which I am sinding to that paper.
as to what he thought was a club or not. In
The Free Prass speaks of Mr. Clementi's conclusions as based upon "indisputable data
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'MARITIME" GAMBLING.
TO THE EBITOR OF THE HONGKONG, TELORAPIL —Sta;➡t-fool-that-io-justice-to-shu-fair-name-
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
PROPOSED FISHING COMPANY.
[From Our Own Correspondent],
Canton, rath September of én bonoumble profession, I should officially The Canton Self-Government Society has "protest against the thinly veiled insinuations | again called a meeting for, to-morrow for the
which have been cast by certain shipowners | purpose of discussing the floating of a fishing- upon the "P.P.L." policies. I de dot coulder company in Canton. The Society hopes to that Shipowners should shuffle out of this raise a capital of Sico,50 for the enterprise matter at the expense of Shipmasters, who are from subscriptions by shares, not prone to casting ships away as some would allege.
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As everybody knows, the present controversy hat sprung from the recent Board of Trade Inquiry into the wreck of the . Albion where, from the procedure, which was follow. of populatico, oplum production nud, import,ed, there was an obvious inference that she and average individual consumption." The had been cast away. But there was not a shred fact is that, of these four items, all but one, the of evidence in support of the theory, and import of eplum, are not merely disputable, but Captains and Officers were., completely ex have long been the subject of controversy. (1) onerated from any blame in the matter.. The question as to the real figures of China's Within my very, long personal experience population was keenly controverted when of Board of Trade inquiries there has never Medhurst published his work on China in 1838, been a single case of a ship being cast away. and Dr. Arthur Smith's Uplifs of China," Barratry amongst Shipmasters of the present published last year, calls it "one of the insalu generation is a thing unknown, and it is high- able riddles of contemporary history," Mr. Cle.ly improper to suggest that there is even a
menti quotes some anthorities which maintain the substantial correctness of the Chinese offi cial estimates; ho amits the weighty authori ties which bold them to be unreliable and xaggerated. (2) As regards opium produc
DURING the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court, this morning, a witness gave his opinion reply to a question. io cross-examination, he said: "I cannot say whether the club was proper club, because i have never heard of any gambling being carried on the promises,”
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PIRATES CAPTURED.
Six of the pirates who had plundered the steam launch Foochow on the East River, in Weichow, a short time ago, were captured the other day and were brought to Canton yester day to be dealt wiki, t
A ́ DISTURBANCE AT TAI WONG KONG,S
A letter from Kwings states that, though; the mutiny in Tal Wong Kong had been sup- pressed, the rioters have occasionally returned to the locality and resorted to acts of violence:
A. S. WATSON & CO., power, and Mr. Louis Nixon, an eminent American constructor, has been giving his views on the subject. He offers his coun- trymen some home-truths which are all to the credit of Great Britain. For instance, he says:
"Undoubtedly Great Britain can build such battleships, and, of course, she will. She will do it for the rea son that her experts now know that the gas- engine battleship is a better battleship than one driven by steam. America is ahead of. In in stated that owing to the continued ill. the world in the art of gas engine construc-health of H.I.M. Kwang Hau à joint memorial tion. But we do not seem to be willing to signed by the members of the Grand Council benefit by such superiority, but seem to pre- and other Great Departments of State was fer to copy the work of others. Why in presented recently to the Throne praying his engineering development we must wait till Majesty to leave Eho Park Palace and to take Engiand has approved a thing to realize its up his residence in Peking instead. advantages ourselves. I cannot imagine. It is very easy to take a superior stand and oppose progress, but in all round efficiency the gas-ngine has proved itself." That is one of those complinicots to the energy and foresight of the United Kingdom which cannot be despised. Here is a foreign constructor of naval machines who admires and actually endorses the action of our "own people, who are always be-ther conflagration broke out at Niigata youter-tion in Chiou, the last report by the Stash Mercantile Marine. It has been shown to comply with the request of the local gestry, lieved to be slow to move and behind day and 3,500 betises were burnt down. The tistical Secretary of the I. M. Curigms tells un the times. Captain Mahan, the distinguish fire wiped out almost all pants of the city that that "obscurity surrounds the production had escaped the recent fire. The latal and movements of the native drug," and his ed expert, has said something similar in
damage wrought by the conflagration at Niiga-predecessor Mr: 'Morse has stated that the more technical language, and" if these two
la amounts to over Y 2,500,000, of which meo who know their business and the V.100,000 anly is covered by insurance, necessities of the Navy agree on this point it cannot surely be said that the Empire is without men who have the ingenuity to in- vent or the will to execute what should ultimately prove to the advantage of the world. There is no carping spirit in these $16.50 remarks by Mr. Nixon Great Britain will undoubtedly bring out her gas engine Dreadnought, and for several reasons other RAINIER BEER than the undoubted efficiency of the engine
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The following appointments have beco made at the Admirally-Captain B. Lyon, to the Tomar, as commodore, second class, and naval officer at Hongkong; Lieutenant N.L.R. Bell, to the Alacrity (N), temporary, on recommiss ioning, undated; and Engineer Commander J. Mountifield, to the Tamar, additional, 41 first assistant to the chief enginoce, Hongkong, to date (ith inst..
returns given cappot be said to be even mea- surably correct. The figures are supplied by Chipare officials who have a strong interest
possibility of their collusion with people who wish to insure a ship with felonious intent.
and created disturbances. On the 3rd instant the returned mutiaerri collected ingethor to the sumber of some six hundred at a village called Chum Sin The gentry of the village carn estly begged them to retire peacefully and pro- mised to forgive them and enlist them again as Government soldiers, should they surrender. In actuality these "P.P.I." policies are a
their arms and ammunition and give themselves menace to, not the reputation, but to the liveli-up at the Kwei-Ping magistracy. After con- hood of the Caplains and Officers of the Brit-siderable discussion the mutinens consented
that when an accident occurs to a ship, and it but when they were about to hand over their is discovered that claims are at once, lodged on weapons, Total Wong suddenly appeared account of "P.P.1." pálícies, suspicion inevit on the scene with about a thousand trapps-to ably falls on the Captain and possibly on his surround them. At that time the rioters werd Officers also. The position then is, not so much still in possession of their weapons which are all the defence of their certificater, an to save. of modern type and with which they vigorously themselves from gaol, and the lasting humilia. resisted the troops and took to fight. During
tion and degradation of themselves and their friends.
hours, from the morning of the 4th instant to nightfall, when all of a sudden there was a downpour of heavy rain, the weather being miserable, the josargents availed themselves of the opportunity to flee and so escaped capture with the result that there were heavy losses on
the engagement, which lasted over sixteen
both sides.
to understate them. (3), As. to the average consumption of opium, this has beco a question
There is another important point which must in dispute ever sace Sir Robert Hart's report of 1881, which estimated it at 3 mace daily, not be missed. I see R statement of a Ship and on that basis concluded that there were at owner that, bearing that P.P.I," policies had that time about a million smokers in China, been effected an uns of bis ships, he summarily or 3 of one per cent, of the population, which discharged the whole of the Officers and crew. were treated, as greatly under-estimated by certain British Shipowners. It is one of the
CANTON HANK W RAILWAY; be placed at 300 millions. These figures This is a sample of justice as meted out by the North China Daily News, and by the Anglo- charms of modern sea-going, and accounts for
With reference to the telegrami fróm Peking itself. When metal vessels were seen to be
Chinese Press generally. It was pointed out that anyone with a späšk of pride or anıbition turn-two days ago, that H.E. Chang Chib sung, the Dr. Lockhart and Sir Rutherford Alcock bading to anything but the sea for employment. superintendent of the Canton-Hankow Rail commercially better than wooden vessels, A SHOPKEEPER, who wis charged in the Police
Court, to-day, with being in unlawful posser-based previous calculations on a daily average Il Caplaios and Officers are summarily way on receipt of a report about the unsatisface England linked them with the compoundson of a quantity of Army telegraph forms, consumption of only one mace, Consul General thrown out of positions they have taken long tory, state of the working of the Railway Com- engine, and, by giving orders for men-of-war, which were stolen from the R.E. store mom, Hosie, in his report on Szechuan, places the years to attain simply becaùié some quile-un- | piñy hare, decided to personally make a tour enabled shipbuilders to put in metal plants was fined Sro. A money-changer was also figure at two mace, which agrees with Mr. known outsiders choose, for reasons best known of inspection of the road, it is now fearnt that and learh the art of metal ship construction charged with purchasing some of the stolen Clementi's estimate; but it must be remem.| to themselves, tā take out "P.P.I." policies, H.E. Chang will probably' leave the Capital puting her in the front rank as shipbuilder goods, but he was discharged; likewise two bered that this applies only to the Chinese then the time is quite ripe to invogue a drastic about the end of the 9th moon by way of Hur eb for the world. When water-tube boilers Chinese storekeepers of the R.E. department, drug, less polent than the fodian. And as remedy. were thought to be in line for all sorts of who were charged with the larceny of the regard the proportion of opium-smokers, Mr.
farms.
Hosie places it for that province, at "59 per cent of the males and to, per cent of the females obviously menningadulis, in cities, and 15 and 5 per cent, respectively we will thy mark, and my own inquiries, when travelling through the province last year, laduce me to
A. S. WATSON & 00., steam service England gave out orders for
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· British Shipmysters have far more to com- plain about than British Shipowners in the matter of P. P. I." policies. They will gladly co-operate with Shipswaere in abolishing peraitious form of gambling, but in doing so mit any suggestion that they might be guilty of participating in nefarious transactions which
THE action brought by Lou Man Cho against the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to recover counter-claim to recover St,020,000 odd, was coctioned before the Chief Justice in the Sup. reme Court, today, Evidence was heard. believe that they are understated. Io one possibly would end in the sacrifice of human petitions to the Chinese authorities were read, and the case further adjourned until to-morrow. It is not expected that the case will conclude, before Friday,
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T. W. MOORE, Secretary,
Poppy growing district, as I was assured by a missionary who knows it well, the whole pc- almost all sodden with opium. In Chibli, Pulation-men, women, and even bys-me on the other hand, 14 years ago I found opium-smoking to be quite exceptional in the The Imperial Merchant Service Guild, districts, I believe that it is helpless to attempt, with any approach to accuracy, to estimate the number or proportion of opium-smakera jo China
The Arcade, Lord Street, Liverpool,
and Hunan to Capton to investigate maiteur in this connection.
MK. FUN YUEN YIU, '.
- Mr. Pùn Yuen Yiu, of Canton, is...in receipt ?
of a telegram from the Ministry of Civil Affairs ordering him to proceed to the Capital where
AN APPRECIATED OFFICIAL
The present Kwangchow Profečt, Chan, Mong Tang, has been promoted. Taotsi for the Development of Native Industries in Cany ton and he is about to band over chargs of his. present office. The commities of the Cheap Rice Distribution Bureau will, to-morrow, in «« body pracsed to his yamen to present him with cortain gifts in the shape of embroidered scrolls, etc., as a token of his kind services towards the Canton people, especially ́bis successful efforts in keeping the distribution of cheap rice. for the supply of the poor classes of the com musity. It is reported that Chan' will proceed. to the capital for an Imperial audience about the end of next moon before taking over charga of bis new appointment.
destroyers all over the kingdom, letting the builders put in their own, boilers. That is not only why the prestige of English build ing is dear to the heart of her far-seeing 32 title deeds, or their value, $527,007, and the These figures, he says, are well within the they are not going to sit down and tacitly ad- he will be given a post in that Ministry." statesmen, but the art must keep in advance under any and all conditions. These are statements by one who knows, what he is talking about and apparently by one who is a cosmopolitan in his readiness to receive ideas. Another representative of the US Navy, Mr. A, T. Chester, says that under the new conditions England's Navy, ship for ship, will be superior to any in the world, and those vessels whose keels are to be laid for the American Navy having steam plans for motive power, will be out of date before they are launched. The simple fact that steam vessels will consume from two and a The rates por quarter and per mensem, proportions, hall to three and a half times as much coal The daily imaë in deliverad free when the address as those having gas engines, under ordinary nocemible to memanger. On copies want by post a cruising conditions, la 'in itself sufficient to additonal $1.80 per quarter fe charged for postage mark the doom of the steam engine, and, The postage on the weekly imive to any part of the
world in 80 cents per quarter
when all the other advantages are taken into Bingle Cople, Daily, con canta: Weekly, twenty-consideration, there is no comparison be tween the two systems, All this should be good news for those who doubt the efficiency
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A HOST unfortunate accident occurred early this morning in a Chinese, Sugar Refinery in Great Gerrge Street, East Point.. A workman wis sent to the top of a shaft to receive what sugar was being sent up in lifts. While stand- ing in that position the man lost his balance and fell down the shaft, sixty feet to the bottom Death was instantaneous. The workman's mangled corpse was sent by the police to the moquary.
August 24th, 1998.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
TO TUX EDITOR or the "Honawand Teldokari." " DEAR SIR-We beg to subjoin herewith, for
That the evil is felt by the Chinese, especially the most enlightened and high-principled amongst them, to be one affecting the very life e their country, is clear from the efforts they are the information of your readers, a statement of making to put a stop to it. British colonists the times occupied in transit, from Yokohams will surely desire to assist the British Homato New York of Silk which moved over the Government, even at some sacrifice to them. Great Northern Railway during April, May and ACTING on information received from the Chiselves, in helping China to rid herself of this June, 19:8- dese authorities at Canton, the police, yester day, placed under arrest a Chinaman, who, it is alleged, took part in an armed robbery which war" committed on the 13th September-last, in. the interior of China. The suspect is Chan Yuk,
great cursa,-Yours truly,
JOSEPH G. ALEXANDER, Hon. Séc.
"Bociety for the Suppression~ of the Opium Trade,
Da September 5, 1908, at Shanghai, to Mr. of Great Britain's Navy, or who question the alias Chan Sac.Cheung, the rucner of a board. 181, Queen Victoria Streal,
and Mrs. A. MATHER PRYCE, a son,'
Da September, 1908, at Shanghai, to Mr. and MŰ. E. G. ZELLERMAYER, A SOD,..
On September 7, 198, at Shanghal, to Mr and Mrs: W. T. WATTS-EVANS; a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On September 5, 1908, at Shanghai, GEORGE SYDNEY BURTON, 5 h ion of T. J. Sayer, of Grange Couri, Newnham, Gloucestershire, to JENNIE, only surviving daughter of the late Isaac Hall of Cavan, Co. Monaghan, faland,
DEATHS!
On September 1, 1908, at Haokow, WILLIAM, BERTRAM HICKS, of the I. M. Customs, Shasi, second son of Captain W. Hicks, Weston- super-Mare, Somersetshire, England.
On September 9, 1908, at Kiangnan. Dock OLAF, ROSENKILDE PETERSEN, infint ran of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Peterson, aged 5 months.
The Houghang Celegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER. 14, 1908,
THE ADVANCE OF OUR NAVY.
Nearly all Europeans take a deep and abid. ing interest in all that concerns naval affairs. Probably no vessel has been so much discussed
modernity of those at the wheel. The ing house in Wing Lok Street, Accused was opinions we have quoted are unhiassed charged in the Police Court, this morning, and because they are intended to awaken the remanded for a week, pending the arrival of people of the States; our kinsmen and friends, witnesses from the interior. to a lively idea of their sluggishness. At the same time they indicate that the motherland is not so behindhand as many would suggest
LOCAL AND GENERAL.”
CAPTAIN Herbert Lyon, from command of the battleship Formidable in the Chapel Fleet, has been appointed Commodore at Hoogkong, and will fly bie broad peonant on the Tamur, receiving ship at that base, in succession to Commodore Robert H. Stokes The new
Wx are officially informed that clean bills of Commodore has served afloat' since January health were inded yesterday,
1816, was promoted lieutasant in 1880, com- mander in 1894, and captain in December, 1900, He was a middy of the cruiser Charyblie during The German Mail of the gh August was de- the operations in the Linggi and Lukat rivers, -livered in London on the Tith inst.
against the Malays, in the Straits of Malacca, 1874-75 (Perak medal with clasp); was sub Bentcount of the cruiser Boadicea during the Zufs War, and was with the naval force landed from the Cape Squadron to take part in it. He was with the Naval Brigade in the march to the relief of Ekowe, shared in the battle of Ghing, alore and other actions with the enemy (medal).
We'regret to hear that the Tientsin Cricket Club is unable to send a team to visit Shangbai
'his' season.
Tick navigating officer of the despatch ship Alacrity attached to the Ching, Squadron, Lieutenant Bell, bas been re-appointed to her
for her new commission,
officially and unofficially as the Dreadnought day evening, that the Cricket Match played at Mr. S. D. Setna received a telegram, on Shiur
DURING the early part of March-last "a "cook,
coolis of the Kowloon-Cantos Railway. (South who was then in the employ of the foreman
London, 13th Abigust, 1998.
A LAD'S-NAKROW ESCAPE.
HOW HE ESCAPED A STAR IN THE HEAD
IN THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE. West Point's second stabbing affray wat perpetrated in the Kennedy Town Slaughter house at an early hour this morning,
"A lad, who it employed by a shopkeeper at 93, First Street, in the ordinary cours of his duty, called at the slaughter-house to make his usual purchase of entails. He told the butcher a man named Ly Shui Pul—what be wanted, "Don't bother me now," the butcher i reponed to have said. "Go and pick them up for yourself."
Taking the man at his word the lad went to the counter lower down- and was
Ex Aki Maru arrived Seattle and April: 1 days 271 bouis,
Ex Iyo Maru arrived Stattio 16b ápril 20 dayi,zoj-br-z cara, 21 daya 211 br-1 cari.
Ex Kegs Maru arrived Seattle-1st May 21 days in hours.
Ex Minneola attived cattle 13th May 18 days 2:1 hours.
BLAZE IN QUHEN'S ROår.
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO FOREIGN GOODS FIRM.
Queen's Road Central was the sceDE OF A fire at about balt past pics o'clock on Saturday night. The outbreak started in the basement of the building (No. 16 )occupied by the Wing Ying Cheong Company-a foreign goods shop, The alarm was given by one of the shop's assist-' Ex Tora Muru arrived Seattle 1th May 20ants, who, it is alleged, was responsible for the days 214 hours.
outbreak. The assistant, it would "appear,"waï"\ Ex Shin ino Afarų arrived Seattle 28 b May: descending to the basement with a lighted 20 days 1. hours:
lamp in his hand when be slipped on the stair- Ex Tango Muru mirived Seattle 11th June | case and fall. The lamp struck the basement
and exploded, setting ablazan quantity of straw"
21 days 20 hr.2 cars, 22 dayɩ 6 br- cars,
Ex Aki Maru arrived Seattle 25th June 21. which had been stored there. for packing pur
days r bra cars, a3 days 161-br-t cars.
Transferred into j'car en route. Average time per car. 21 days, 7 hours.
We are, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
TIRED OF THE WORLD.
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CHINESE WOMAN ATTEMPTS "SUICIDE,
Because, as she alleged, she was poor and friend's and tired of this unfriendly sphere, a Chinese woman camed Au Ho allar Sau Ying, made an attempt on her life yesterday after noon. Au Ho is about thirty years of age, a woman of the underworld, residing at 184, Queen's Road East. At about half-past two
proceeding to fill-bis basket, whep, it was asserted, he was suddenly pushed away from the counter. Of course, the lad wanted to know why he was assaulted in that manner. TMTMTM
"Empty what you have in your basket," ordered the butcher, who hinted that there was something other than entraits there,
The lad replied that he had paid for what he o'clock yesterday afterdoon, a policeman, on "bis bail along the Praya East, saw a woman, bad, and was going to keep them.
This seemed to have angered the butcher, who who seemed to be very excited, appear on the
and yet from all appearances the Excelsior Pooaa between the Pareces and the Presidency, facé sunnel) disappeared. Immediately after picked up a knife from the costater and struck waterfront and move in the direction of the
of Great Britain's naval genius is likely resulted in the victory of the Parness by 142 wards the foreman-Teang Sang-discovered in the near future to be an antiquated ups pleca of steel.” „For several years, we are
told by those who have devoted a life- A GAMBLING house conducted by women was time study to the subject, serious attention raided at Cheangchau, by Sergeant Gordon, has been given to the development of some yesterday. Twelve women were captured, They other power than that of steam, and it wai ware charged at the Police Court, to-day, and only recently that bog of thear made the the anal fines imposed.
posao. Is an instant the assistant had picked himself up and, rushing to the street, notified the first policeman, who telephoned the news. to headquarters
When the fire brigade arrived on the spot the flames had made great beadway and had ate' its way to the back of the shop, destmying most of the valuables en route. Like Trejan the firemen worked for about half an hour, and finally they succended in confining the flames to the basement which was quited. ́.
The damage done by fire and water is esti- mated at $3,000. The premises were insured for $30,000 in two firms Messrs. W. Hum. phreys and Company and Harry Wicking and Company.
THE MANCHURIAN VICEROY,
A VISIT TO PORt arthus,
Tokio, September gå Viceroy Hay Shin-chang leaves Makden to morrow on a visit to Port Arthur, where he will arrive on Friday, to return the visit of Baron Oshima, Governor-General of the Kwangtung Peninsula, and to convey she decoration which the Chinese Emperor has conferred on General Oshima.jpg
out at the youth. The blow would surely praya wall, The officer suspected nothing- have touched the lad's head-had-be not there was no hing in the woman's actions to be that one of bis boxes containing Stry worth of rained his hand and ducked; and so warded suspicious of-but somehow or other he kept money, clothing, and jewellery had gone, too, what would have been a serious stab on the watching her. For a few seconds he kept his A report was made to the police at Sam-shui head. Instead of that he received the full force eyes on the figure on the praya, wall, and be. po, but the search for the cook ended fruitless of the blow on his hand, two of his fingers being was about to proceed farther down the road, when he saw the woman jump into the water, ly. Yesterday afternoon, however, wille Teang.cat. Sang wat put walking at Yan-ma-ti be met the
Luckily the water at that part was only-knes
... Viceroy Hsu Shih-chang will spend two days cook walling food in the street. Unassisted
deep and the woman was able to be got be took his man to Sam-shui.po, and handed
out by the aid of some sampan people. She at Font Arthur and one at Taires. The South was charged at the Police Court, this morning, Manchuria Railway contributes 100,000 to with attempting to put an end to her life-awards the expeases of the welcome to barács charge she admitted. Mr. Wood, the presid corded to His Excellency ing magistrate, ordered the police to hand ber over to the Registrar General to be sent to her relativet la Canton d
prediction that the knell of the steam-driven, The Chinese, Engineering and Mining Co. him over to the police. When asked what he Yotel will soon be. struck—that even with | Ld, announces that the total outpat of the had to say, the cook, who gave the name of furbines steam installation adcat has reach Company, three Minus for the week ending Mok Kam, pleaded guilty, I stole the box," ed the utmost limits of its efficiency, and August 1958, amounted to 24.487.67 as he said, and took it to: Canton and sold the that while the passing of the marine steam and the sales during the period to 15.304.80 stuff there. At the Police Court, this morning, enidine may be no quidden.
be was sentenced to three months' hard labour,.
The butcher was placed under arrest, and appeared in the Police Court, to-day, charged with "assault". He pleaded not guilty to the charge, but was fined Si
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THE Charybdie, cruiser, Captain the Hon, S. Hawks, left Gibraltar on zob ult, with new crews for the Clio and Cadmus, stoop, and the Alsorily, despatch vessel, on the China Stationis
On his return journey the Manchurian Vice roy will proceed by stato Newchwang, C.