Telegrams.
** HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH?
SERVICE
GARRISON RECRUITING.
WANT OF FUNDS NÓ EXCUSE.
[By courtesy of The " Bheung Po,”]:
Peking, Lat March. The Grand Councillors have put a stop to the officials in Poking and the Provinces from delaying the recruit ing of soldiers for the army with the exouse that difficulty is met with in the raising of the required funds.
CHINESE IN SUMATRA.
NATURALIZATION QUESTION,
[Bỳ counteny ›f the "Sheung Po."]'
Peking, 1st March
A memorial has been submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Com merce and Industry pointing out that the Chinese residents in the Dutch colonial possessions are compelled become Dutch subjects.
CANTONE O
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MARCH 1909.
UND.
Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 1st March,
At the request of the Viceroy of Fokies, the Central Relief Committee has remitted a som of $5,00n towards the funds for the relief of the flood qufferers in the district ef- Lung Nam in the Fukion province, a
DRIGADIER-GENERAL OF SWATOW,
The newly-appointed Brigadier-General of Swatow left here yesterday for that locality to take up his new appointment, fl
UGHTBR
JOUSE
APPLICATION TOK NEW BUILDING,
The following minute by Mfr. Adam Gibson, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, was submitted to the Head of the Sanitary Department, at the medling of the Sanitary Board this afternoon
The Board recommended that the Govern ment erect a slaughter house in Shau-ki-wan in 1895 and again in roor.
Since then,, Shan-ki-wan bas grown" sod is'; growing rapidly.
The average number of pigs has risen from ras per day lo 19:6 to 19.4 in 1908. The total numbers are 4,547 for 1936 and 7,094 for 1908. These figures are from the contractor's
HARMED ROBBERS NEUEADED. SER On the 25th ultimo, three, prisoners were taken our of the Namho prison to the execu-annual return, ion ground and beheaded by order of the
Viceroy for armed robbery,
CANTON (ANTI-OPIUM BUREAUG“. The Salt Commissioner Ting Na Yeung has been appointed by the Viceroy to be Director of the Canton Official Auti-Opium Bureau,
ARMED ROBBERS' ARREST. Early yesterday morning, on information received, the officer attached to the sith Camp. accompanied by thinly of his men, proceeded to raid a house in Wing Lung Lame in the Weilera suburb, where "seven robbers were arrested. These men were reported to have committed armed robbery la Samshui and later fled to Cinton for refuge..
ADMIRAL LI CHUN,- » Admiral Li chen, who went to Hongkong a few days ago, returned to Canton yesterday.
THE OPIUM CAMPAIGN,
The Canton Anti-Opium Association has re
toquested the Total of Constabulary to issue
The Ministry urges that a set of rules should be drawn up regarding naturalized subjects:
"orders in arrest any persons found buying opium without the necessary wooden licences.
RAILWAY, DEVELOPMENT.
We may reasonably expect in 1959 a further increase, as the new houses for the the Docks are being completed and occupied.
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NOTICE
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The following application, above the signn- permission in aract water closets at the ImprTHE THIRTY-FIRST ORDINARY AN HOLDERS in the Company will be ture of Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs, for maria de Nazareth, Pokfulam, was considered at the meating of the Sagitary Board this after noon 1-ROGRAMANklquale,
Hongkong, 12th February, 1909. Dear Sir, I reference to your letter No, 1093/og and attached form, we should be obliged if you would inform us if the Sanitary Board, in granting permits to erect, water closete, make it a sine gud now that the water supply should be entirely independent of the public service. If this is so, it is useless for un to go to the expense of making a survey of the premises to provide the necessary plan, as the "Miisloa Etrangeres would prefer to put up. When the Kowloon Slaughter Hours was st with the
present arrangements rather abar go' Honghom, park used to be sent across from there to the expanse of digging a well and installing to Shau-kiwan by the Hunghom Shau-ki-wana pump. The proposal is stated in our ferry, but there is no facility of the kind from previous letter to obtain the supply from a the new slaughter-house at Sha T2a Kuk. tank on the roof, which also supplies water for I beg therefore to recommend that a slaugh- photographic but not for domestic purposes, ter house be erected in Shau-kiwan. I think supplemented by pamping, from the l'okfulam that a small building for the slaughter of pigs Reservair Supply.Yours faithfully, only is all that is needed.
11.2,09
The Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewalt minuted think the Government should erect a slaughter house..
Mr. A. Shelton looper-What would now slaughter-house cost and what charge would Government make for its use?
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Mr. Lau Chu Pak: The place is growing and a slaughter-house in necessary.
Denison, Ram, and Gibbs, Colonel W. G. A. Bedford; CM.G... R.A.M.C., minsted:-am strongly in favour of W. C. wherever possible.
The Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett :-Refusa. Ar independent water supply should be insisted upon if granted.
A VISIT TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND, The H.S.D. (1) The Hoo, Director of Public Works estimated the cost in 1901, atantia the Geological Department of the Natural|
Dr. Charles William Andrews, F.R.S., assiste
NUAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, King's. Buildings, on 'FRIDAY, the 19th March, at Neon, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1908.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company both days inclarive. will be CLOSED from the 6th to 19th March,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LD.
General Agents, alta mag Dongkong, and March, 1909. *.[216
LUZON SUGAR REFINING CO., LD.
NOTICE..
held at the Company's Offices, No. 3, Queen' Road Central, Victoria, or THURSDAY, the 4th March, 1009, at 13 o'clock: Noon, for the purpose of Receiving a Statement of Accounti and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1908.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from roth February to 4th. March, both days inclusive.
By Order,
O. PEMBERTON, Secretary, Hongkong, 13th February, 1009.
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE
HETWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY HOLDERS of the above Company will he 'ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE- bald at the Offices of the General Agents, be held at the Company's Hotel, on SATUR
TH ORDINARY- HALF-YEARLY: MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will King's Buildings, on FRIDAY, the 19th March, at 12.30 PM. for the purpose of receiv
DAY, the 6th March, 1909, at 12 o'clock, 'noon, ing the Report and Statement of Açcóupts frir
for the purpose of receiving a Statement of the year ending 31st December, 1938. ber, 1908, with the report of the Directors, and Accounts of the Company to the 31st Decem The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company to discuss any matter that may be competently will be CLOSED from the 6th to 19th March brought before the Meeting. both days inclusive:
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Agenta.. Hnngkang, zed March, 1929,
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A CHINESE RRFORMER IN
ENGLAND.
- TANÓ SHAOI'S WORK,
The proceeds of the Seaning Railway $10,000). As we do not now wish to sisughter History Museum at South Kensington, has just that England now giving her hospitality to
said to be greatly increased of late since the whole line from Kung Yick Fau to the Chung Lau Market has been put in working order at the end of last year. The amount now daily. collected from passengers is about $poo lo $1,000, whilst it was only some $400 when the railway was first opeñed up...
PARTIALITY Für crackers.
AN EXPENSIVE PASTINE,
would probably be sufficient. (1) The charges cattle there, a smaller building costing less would be as in other slaughter-houses-so cents for a small pig and 40 cents for a large
one.
A TIGERS JUMP.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE IN À TRÉB,
There used to by a theory among big game
Ocean, where he has been making scientificre returned from Christmas Island, in the Indian searches, reports the Singapore Free Press. Dr. Andrews visited this island in 1897, and his re- cent visit has enabled him to compare the ob servations then made by him with the existing coadnions. Up till 1897 the island”liad been practically uninhabited. Since that time its resquices have been developed, and there is
It would not be very wide of the mark to say
cellency Tang Shao-yf, the Chinese Envoy who one of the world's greatest reformers-bis Ex set out some four months ago on a world wide mission to study financial and economic methods in some Western countries, and at the same time to discuss various matters of great importance in some of these same countries.
Tang, who arrived in London on Wednesday, has just come from Washington, where bemust
days, for to America belongs the honour of his young and earnest student in his colleginta
reformer, Yuan Shih-kai, is ike credit dan of Western education. To that other great picking out Tang for appointments of in creasing importance and responsibility. Yuan's own schemes of progress were admirably car ried out by his able lieutenant, and even if a for the remainder of his life, yet his poble mistaken Government is able to suppress Yuas
endeavours to raise Chion cut of the mite of stagnation and corruption will in all reasonable many adhereals,
hunters that a tiger was usable to jump off the now a population of about 1,500 people, bave come across many who kasw him as a mostly Chinese, in the employment of the ground with all fours to any bright. But Christmas Island Phosphate Company. Quar being very successfully carried on for export. believe the idea has long since been dispell.ying for phosphates, for artificial mature, is The result of the presence of a considerable population has been the introduction of many are gradually spreading, the former very rapid some intentionally and others by accident. ty. A few animals have also been introduced, Peraaps the most curious result of the new stats of things due to the trading of
island, being found oowhere else in the world, which there were two species peculiar to the
have been entirely exterminated. These rats formerly flourished, and indeed swarmed in great number, aver-the whole island, food be,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th February to the 26th March, both days inclusivo. By Order of the Board,
C. MOONEY,
Secretary, Hoogkoog, azad Fębruary, 1909.)
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE
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COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE FORTIETH ORDINARY MEET 1ING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned at 3.30 P.M. OD TUESDAY, the 9th March..
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company. gih proximo, both days inclusive. will be CLOSED from the 33rd inst. to the
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD,
General Managers, Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited. Hongkong, 19th February, 1909,
Notices of Firms,
THE
NOTICE:
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Undersigned will CLOSE their Hong- appointed Messrs, A. B. MOULDER & COM- kong Branch on 28th inst, and hava
With reference to the proposal of the Netherlands Government to enforce compul mory, naturalization of Chinese residents in Sumaira and Java, which was reported in our columns o
the 1st instal, it is stated that the local Chamber of Commerce bas telegraph ed to the Waiwupu and the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce pointing out that there are many thousands of Chinese-i
With most Chinese, the ring of crackers is. A recent incident, at all events, would "residents in those colonies, and that if once",
the Netherlands adept compulsory natural synonymous with meiry-making. They are
satisfied with the special legislation once a year clearly prove the idea to be erroneous. tlon, other Governments will follow the examplò la their colonies, and many people other pyrotechnic display by a considerate
for the indiscriminate letting off of crackers and ·wounded tiger sprang into the tree in which one of a shooting party was stationed, fully with their properly will be lost to China. The Government, which at other times will not be / eleven festfrom the ground,and all but tore him plants, such as chillies and the papaya, which Chamber urged the Government to take steps tolerated. But Ng Chun Shan, a 25-year-old from his perch. The officer received the tiger to oppose the proposal. The merchant body Chinaman, does not hold this same view with his tight barrel full on the head, but with in Java held a meeting of delegates from the of the question, and const quenity, he thought out immediate effect, then pushed lis weapon different scalities in that colony and passed it no offence to give vent to an exuber into the tiger's mouth and tried to give him "resolutions for joint action: It also addressed
ant spirit by a plentiful capply of fire the left, but unfortunately the trigger was sleepers round about Jervois Street in the early Inoked like ending disastrously. At last hours of this morning. Ng did not give a however, a buliet from one of the other thought to the law of cause and effect be was ton much overcome with 13pure to do that.
shooters brought the tiger down, carrying the wounded sportsmao's «rifle, through, the Instead, he proceeded ip suit the action to his thoughts, and at once iguited this fireworks. The result can betterbeimagined than described. Ng was just beginning to dance with Joy at the soise which rent the air, and the neighbours were wondering what was happening, when the inevitable occurred. Before the victims of In fondy nature had time to think whether the roof above their heads was giving way or an early typhoon was visiting the Colony, & policeman was rude enough to put a stop. Negotiations regarding the Chi-
to Ng's revels. This morning, Ng was charged entao Island dispute are now conclud-with leting off fire-crackers without permission and that at an unearthly hour of the morn- ed.
ing--and be was surprised to learn that the luxury cust him $4.
a petition, to the Ministry of Agriculture, I works with which he ought to greet the only on half cock. The struggle in the tree ships to, the island is that the native rate, of probability be continued by Mr. Tang and his PANY their agents in Hongkong as from rat
dustry and Commerce painting out the harsh
treatment and disabilities to which they were already subjected, and urging the Ministry to move the Waiwupu to oppose the proposal when it is app ached on the question.-N. C.
D. Neru
CHIENTA O ISLAND.
NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDED,
[By courtesy of the “Sheung Fo"]
Peking. 1st March,
Japan recognises the sovereignty of China over the territory, while China agrees to recognise Jupanese and. Korean residents in Chientao as com- ing under the jurisdiction of Japan, This settlement has met with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affaire.
VICEROY YEUNG DENOUNCED.
CHARGES NOT SUBSTANTIATED.
[By courtery of the Sheung Po"]
Peking, 1st March. Viceroy Yeung Hei-chang has been denounced by To Pui-luk and Censor
HORSE DREEDING IN JAPAN,
At a recept meeting of the Petition Com, mittre in the House of Representatives, General Viscount Terauchi, Minister for War, ia reply to questions regarding the encourage ment of borse-breeding and the prohibition of the pari mufas, said that with a view to improv. ing horses in Japan a Bill had been introduced to the Lower House appropriating Y,285,000, bu to his great regret and disappointment the Bill was rejected. As an urgent measure, be would therefore take steps to apportion the sum of Y.100,000 as supplementary expense to the Horse Administration Bureau in order to encourage horse-breeding. Viscount Terauchi stated that the authorities were formerly under the impression that the site of fort 'mutuel tickets night be allowed as a step to wards the accouragement of borse-brerding.
but the laws of the country obliged them to prohibit the practice, the pari-mulnil being re garded as gambling. Without the sale of the Chur, and officials have been despu-i-mutuel tickets, however, horse-breeding patched to Tientsin to conduct secret might be encouraged, as was the care in
Germany. inquirica
The Commissioners have failed to substantiate the charges against Yeung.
ing abundant and enemies entirely wanting The presence of ship rats has apparently in troduced an epidemic disease which the pative rats have not been able to resist, and which have proved fatal to the latter to such an ex tent that Dr. Andrews was not able to discover a single specimen.
Straits Settlements, which is represented by The island is under the government of the
a diurict officer and a small detachment of
barrels of which the hule bad nearly made his teeth meet, besides smashing the stock. It is humbug, therefore, to say that tigers cannot jump all fours off the ground to any real height. The one in question went up with a bound as one of the party put it, "like an india-rubber ball"—a good seven feet clear, and crambled on to the branch close to where the bunter was stationed. The latter was only slightly mauled, and but for bis pre- sance of mind in first letting go with his right Sikh police. The Chinese coolies live in and then ramming the barrels of his gun down well-built houses and are tended by two doctors, the tiger's mouth, would have had a very Their position is therefore an extremely favour bad time of it: it would be as well, there-able are compared with that of the coolies em fore, if big game hunters, who do sat want played in many other places. This island is to take unnecessary risks, were daly warned singularly free from crime, by this incident. They are not absolutely safe in a muckin or ties under sixteen feet from the ground. If you want to shoot a tiger on foot, and are conflent in your ability and your weapon, by all means do so, as you know what to expect. Lut if doubtful of your waive of skill, then get up into a tree, and be not lower than sixieen feet from the ground, as it is quite possible for the liver to reach you at a feas height.-Indian. Field.
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SHIPPING AND MAILS
MAILS DUE. -
German (Print Waldemar) 3rd inst. English (Macedonia) 4th inst., § a.m. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 17th inst. The Imperial German Mail s.8. Kleiri, which left here on 27th ult, at a p.m.,, arrived at Shang, hai to-day, at 8 a.m.
IN
The Ben Line 18: Bentawers, from Middles-
tardar, fur this porondon, left Singapore yes
FIRING OF THE FLEET.
IMPROVED RECORDS OF NAVAL GUNNERY FOR 19.8.
i'
Three interesting, gratifying returns were istued by the Admiralty on 28th Jan., showing the results of gunnery tests in the fleet during
the year, 1908.
Each of the returns is prefaced with an in- timation that the Lords of the Admiralty note with much satisfaction the improvement in the results as compared with previous years,
The result of the test of gunlayers with Geavy guns shows that in 1968 The points scored per man worked out at 45.775, com- pared with 36884: in the previous year, 1,2:7 men firing from 117 ships, compared with 1,365 men from:12 ships in 1907
The Good Hops headed the score for single ships with 81.33 points and of squadrons, the
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England is so enormously interested in Chi- nese finance, trade, and industrial expansion (one has heard something, about 200,000,000) importance which Tang's visit may have on our that it would be difficult to over-estimate the fature commercial relations with China, and it bahoves every one with whom his Excellency
comes into contact to remember what a'" Pro gressivo." Chias mesas to ao industrial and commercial nation like ouḥ, and how great will be our loss should the present state of
financial affairs, muddle and chaos continue to rule China's
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open floancial methods, and picking out such Besides this enormous task of studying Eur. points as may be now urilised in China, Tang's other work is worthy of mention, When he leit Peking he first went to Tokyo, where he badmany questions referring to Japan's position of Man.
March, 1909.
CASTLE BROS. WOLF & SONS,
Per Wm. W. Wilson.
[air
Hongkong, 24th February, 1909,
INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING JAR
and
EXPRESS TRAINS Co
(TAL:
GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE
TO EUROPE.)
[AVING, been appointed AGENTS for
HAVING
the above Company, we shall be
churia to deal with. His work in Japan seems to have been partially successful, if we can pleased to give any information is to rates of judge from news which has reached us from
SHEWAN, TOMES A Đá,
Agents.
Hongkong, ret Inlv, 1000,
Time to time. The Fakumen Railway project | passage, dc, in connection with above. which Japap vetoed was thère discussed, but it involved questions of China's sovereign rights in Manchuria, as wèil as the interpretation of specific clauses in the three High Treaties. controlling Japan's right to be in that ferritory, and though negotiations reached such a stogo that Japan instructed Mr. Ijuin to arrive at a settlement in Peking of this and several other questions, nothing definite noems yet to have
been settled...
JAPANESE CLAIMS IN MANCHURIA
Intimations.
NOTICE.
MR. LI HON FAN, a Chinese graduate versed in literature, has been a teacher to Europeas officials and merchants in this Colony for over ten years
Chinese teacher,
He has a good method of training Euro- peans to pass in the Chinese examination, and is possessed of a first rate certificate as
Those who intend learning the Chinese flangkong Telegraph office or direct to: $7, Hollywood Road, and floor..
Hongkong, 17th February, 1909. [319
The C. P. R. Cols 1.5. Empress of Chino Chipa Flest made the hightest number of dog-in-the-manger policy which will embitter languago ara requested to write "cara of
left Yokohama ou Est inst, at 6am, for Vice toria and Vancouver.
points per man-namely, 63,617.
To a certain extent, England sponsored Japan's inclusion among the Great Power, and many clauses of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1905 undoubtedly gave this country the right 10 take a leading part in matters concerning Japan in Maschuria. Quite apart from the merits of the case, Japan's vote has a tinge of a China against hey, Morecver, the vetoing of the construction of this particular railway is incompatible with Japan's solemn pledger in the three above referred to Treaties, and an irrefutable evidence has now bron produced disproving Japan's contention that this line. Railway, it is hoped that the matter, will be brought up by Tang in his official Interviews In this county, and that, as a result,' our Government may see is way to appeal. 19 to Japan to show her friendlines by with frawing the opposition to a scheme which would open up transport facilities to a country larger than Ireland, and penily an important in agricultural industry, nd especially as by so doing it has now been shown
In the test for twelve-pounder guns, the The Imperial German Mail s., Peine Regent average number of hits per minute were 5,319, Luitpold, which left here on 4th ult, at noco, compared with 4,471 lo the previous year, the arrived at Singapore on 28th ult, at 5 p.m. average hits per minute with six and three, A application for permission to erect four left Makassar for, this port on 26th wit, and the preceding year. In both classes the China would be iplarious to the South Manchgripp
The Tava-China-Japan-Lijn-1.6.7illiwong pounder guas-being-41507, es against 3,640 in may be expected here on 6th inst,, and will Squadron comes first in order of merit. leave for Japan ports on rith init.
water closets at 9, Ice House Street, was con
sidered at the meeting of the Sanitary Board this ifternoon, when the Hon, Mr. R, A. Hewitt minuted :—What is this house }, "No" W, C. should be permitted which depends upon the
The Java-China-Japan Lijn'ss. Quartz leh Soeralija for this port on 24th ult, and may be expected here on 5th inst, and will leave for Batavia, Cheriban, Samurang, Socraloja and
The Manila Time of zuhul, sayı:-Fifteen main for their water supply.
|·Makassar on 13th inst. tims of opium valued at P34.00 per tio were found on the deck of the Taming on the morn. The stocks were resorted to a second time -VICE-ADMIRAL the Hon, Sir Hedworth Lambe ing of Fahmary 12 between four and five 10-day, when Taog Lol, a 17-year-old youth, ten proceeded on a visit to Canton on Satur o'clock. At that hour some casco men swarmed was sentenced to four hours' stocks for steal day on board H.M.S. Acrity. We under on board the vessel over the stern and the ing from the sa, Paul Bleu a bundle of clothesland Rear-Admiral Perrin was a guest on secret service patrol in the motor launch wearing belonging in a widow. A further three board the despatch vessel on the trip to Can klongside and on deck to drive them off A months and twelve strokes of the birch were ton, The Alscrity returned late last night, ....... the guard started aft along the deck he stumb. also meted out to the erring one. led over a package which upon examination THE marriage arranged between Chaloner was found to contain 15 tits of opium. It is Grenville Alabaster, of the finer Temple, supposed that the opium was to have been barrister-at-law, second son of the late Sit selvan to some one in the cusco by Chinese on Chaloner Alabaster, K.C.MO., sometime, Hef board the vassal but that; the unexpected age. Britannic Majesty's Coniul General at Canton, peirace of the customs agent at sa loop. Chins, and of Lady Alabaster, of Dilaram, moment disarranged the plans and Boscombe, and Mabel Winnifred Mary, founb o one having the opium to drop it and daughter of Colonel. I. P. Mainwaring, into Safety Several Chinese ware seen by Indian Army, and of Mrs. Mainwarieg, of
scurrying forward in the darkness as - Bournemouth, and Milford-on-Sea, Hants, was,
to take place at the end of FebruarY
The return showing the result of battle prac tice from torpedo-bost destroyers in 1950 states that the percentage of bits to rounds fired was 58 11, as compared with 35,81 in the previous year. First in order of merit is again, the Chius flotilla.
Tie China Crifle understands that Messrs. Jardins, Matheson & Co., Ltd., have purchased
that no possible harm could come to Japan. the whole of the valuable Bund property, at
Taog is jetimately connected' with Man- Tientsin, in the estate of E. Meyer & Co. fromchuria, of a portion of which territory ho is the liquidators, for Tis. 250,000. This includes the offices, godowns, land and machinery as it Governor, and the initiation of the proposal to stands in going order, and must be considered build this railway came directly from his. as a great bargaine
Now that Yuan-Shlb-kai no longer leads the Reform party is Chios, it is to Tang Shao-y! and others like kim that the Celestial Empire must look to prevent a 'relapse into somnole scence pla
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News has just come to band that at the band competition held in the Manila Caccival Grounds, on the 18th alt, the prize went to the Iloilo band, for harmony, solo corset, and exsemble. There were eleven bands paraded, TAK following is a minute by Mr. A. Sholtpo The Committee nominated Chief Maricel Hopper in connection wilk ap application for Director Tyrell and Bandmuster Coko, 13th a pork licence at No. 44, Aberdeen: Streets-l Rajpats, as Judges; consequently the famous know from personal observation that the The " Awakeolog of China" become almost roth Cavalry Band, and the Rajputs were not nuisance which obstracts the strent is intoler- | a plarase a shori jimo ago in any maiter refor lacinded in the competition, duil compliable. A market would be best to this locality, ring to that cons
country,” It is to be hoped that wa mest to our Hongkong regiment, which, we but if the public funds do not admit of this, shall not have to substitute “ The Rolapse into fist sure is appreciated in the proper quarter, then licence a abop.
Somaolescence of Chios“ –Pall Mall Guastie,
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