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ANOTHER UNIVERSITY
FOR CHINA
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A RUSSIAN SCHEME. [By courtesy of the "Sheung Po"]
·Peking, 23rd April. It is proposed by the Russian authorities to establish a University in the Three Eastern Provinces.
The Waiwupu has induced the abandonment of the scheme on the ground that a university will be founded by China herself.
CONSULAR OFFICIALS.
CHINESE GRADING.
[By courtesy of the "Shine Po.")
Peking, 23rd April. The Waiwupu has decided upon the following grading of consular officials:-
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Consuls-general to be of the fourth ranks. Full consals of the fifth rank; and a Vice-consul of the sixth rank.
CONVEYANCE OF TROOFS.
RAILWAY REGULATIONS.
[By courtesy of the "Slieung Po."]
Peking, 23rd April.
The Ministries of War and of Posta and Communications" have agreed upon twenty-one regulations for the conveyanco of troops by railways.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY APRIL, 24′′ ICCO
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
STANDARD OIL CO: THREATENED
[From Our On Correspondent,]
Canton, 23rd April.
PHEASANT SHOOTING IN CHINA.
THE USE OF THE HAWK.,
To-day's Advertisements.
SPECIAL SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION
Saturday,
the tit MAY, 1939, commencing at: 2 P.M. Sharp.
Four hours by train south-west of Poking lle the Bai Ling, or West Tombs, the mausoles of the reigning dynasty. The tombs lie in a large park-like enclosure “containing come sixty. square miles of broken billy country, in which the Chinese are not allowed to settle, and which"
this it is a refuge for all kinds of game, and. may not be ploughed up. In consequence of
about the only sure find for pheasants wilbib easy reach of Peking. A kind of chamois (the Indian goral) and spotted deer are found on Messis. HUGHES & HOUGH have received lustractions to sell on the above date at their the higher hills, and are preyed, on by the pandang
Salus „Rooms,, Ice House STREET Adther and the wolfs d
1 be office of the Standard Oil Co. of New York lo Shameen is in receipt of a blackmailing letter from rebbers in which they demand large sum of money. The robbers threaten to bura the Company's oil tanks, shopid the mogey demanded be not · forthcoming. The matter has been reported to the local authorities through the United States Consul at Canton,
'VICEROY'S RETURN, Lata yesterday afternoon, at about half-past seven o'clock, H.E. Chang Jen Chun, miral Ld Chan and the Total for the Develop meat of Native Industries and party, who had the founding of the city of Heungchow on taken part in the ceremony in connection with Wednesday, returned to Canton by the cruisers Kiang Kee and Klong Ching.
On the roth instant the steamer Kurang Wai,
HIGH CLASS IRISH GOODS,
Public Companies.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTIDE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE bereby given that an EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Society will be held at its Head Office, No. 1 Queen's Bulidings, Victoris, Hongkong, os FRIDAY, the 7th May, 1909, at 12:30 PM for the purpose of confirming the following Special Resolution, which was duly, passed a an Extraordinary Meeting of the Society held on the stat April, 1909
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"That the Memorandum and Articles of "Association of the Society be respectively "extended, altered and amended to as to road as shown in the print algued for the purpose of identification by the Chair- "man of this Masting and that such ex "tended, altered and amanded. Memoran- dun. Med articles of Association be henceforth adopted as the Memorandom "and Articles of association of the Society; to the exclusion of those heretofore:
Pripte of the proposed Memorandum and
Society's Office, or obtained on application there. We p
the Chinese begin shooting the pheasants, says Roller Towels, Kitchen and Pantry Cloths, White Satin Quilts (single and As soon as the frost, sets in for the winter Fine Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Sheets, Best Linen Towels,
a writer in the Field, and although they seem double bed size), White and Cream Lace Curtains (8 yds., 3 and 4 yds.), to do thair best to exterminate them, a good many apparently escape and provide the stock Hemstitched Sheets, Puro Irish Hand-embroidered Pillow Cases, Supper for the following year. The birds are shot Cloths, Tray Cloths, Bedspreads, Assortment of Skirts and Underskirts, over dogs, some of which have really good Pure Irish Linen Double Damask Table Cloths with Serviettes to match, nose, though in appearance they differ in no Moirette Underskirts, Embroidered Ladies Robes, Camisoles, Night" prevailing." of the Hongkong-Wuchow lins, when on her | way from the scavengers of the village streets, dresses, Blouse and "Dress Lengths, Ladies' and "Gent.'s Irish Linen iclas of Association' can be ́snen" at the return jaunty to Hongkong with a number of mark down birds that are missed or not fired
Il possible, a tame hawk is also taken out to Handkerchiefs, Table Covers, Carpets and Axminster Rugs, &c., &c. passengers, bad a very exciting experience..
per 8.S. "Oopack" on the 25th instant). Some thirty pirates managed to board theat. The man with the hawk takes his stand on a commanding hill, and the hunter with his steamer under the innocent guise of passengers on her way down river. At about 8 o'clock in
dog proceeds to draw round him. If the dog
ATTEMPTED PIRACY.
the evening the robbers prepared to put their plan inte effect, when approaching a place called Nam Kong Poo, below Tak Hing. The captain of the vessel was quick to perceive the
clarious design and at once raised an alarm. which was answered by a guard boat in the vicinity.. "Fortunately, a patrolling launch was
near at hand, with phone saistance also the daring plot was sipped in the bud. The soldiers of the guard boat, together with the crew of the 'wong Wai, bid a vigorous hand-to-hand fight with the pirates with the result that the pilot of the &wong Wai was killed and several others wounded. Ultimately the oldiers were able to secure the arrest of some twenty of the robbers, who have now been brought to Canton to be dealt with.
COMMERCIAL.
WEEKLY, SHARE REPORT. Reviewing the share business for the week, Meurs. E. S. Kadoorie, & Co. write on the
"PENANG'S-COMMERCIAL YEAR23rdigstoot:——
Banks --Hoogkong and Shanghai Banks have been in further demand and have been dealt in to some extent at the improved rate of $147, closing with more inquiries. The London rate has also risen to £89.to/ Nationals are quiet and without business in report at $§1..
The market has shown a little more activity Extracte from the Penang Chamber of Com-during the week and, with fow exceptions, all merce report for 1958 show that the average stocks show a hardening tendency. price of house' property in Penang business Jatters, as compared with that of a year ago, is about to per cent. lower, but few properties have been put up to auction and a say im- portant sales have taken place. The slackos in the land, and house property, market is said to be due in a great measure lo scarcity of capital, general stringency of money, losses or reduced profits in business, and to some extent to the frequent and increasing. Municipal do mands in connection with alterations, repairs,
and laxes:
**JOINT "STOCK COMPANIES,"
Five new companies were registered during 19c8, viz:-
The Elpbil Syndicate,Limited. Capital $35,000.
The Penang, Motor Works, Limited, Capital $:0,000
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The Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Limited.
Capital: 5150,000.
The Semanggol Rubber Company, Limited,
*Capital $100,000.
Teik Chin and Company, Limited. Capital $200,000.
No Company went into, liquidation during
the year,
The report of the Sub Commitice on Sunday Labour was subsequently published, and it was recommended that while it was not necessary to repeal the main provision of the Ordinance, á casa had been made out for amending it, in Buck a way as to limit the restrictions on Sunday Labour to the hours between 6 am. and 9 p.m. on that day, and in order to prevent applications for permits to work other than in exceptional cases, that fees be charged for such permits on a scale proportionate to the tonnage of the vessel up to a maximum of $60. The fees so, to he collected in each
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Settlement to be locally applied to the rellef of destitute scamen. An Ordinance was subat. queally passed giving effect to the recommend.
ations above sat forth
Monny has been very tight in the Bazaar. throughout the past year, and to a very large extent the same reasons advanced a year ago are largely accountable for the«bad, times we have just passed through.
Owing to the unsatisfactory state of busineis the Banks have not been inclined to advance money freely and their policy has undoubtedly tended to check undue speculation.
TRADE OF THE POST.
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puts up a pheasant which is missed by the Chisaman, or a brace, only one of which can pheasant bed bawk disappear together. be fired at, the hawk is at once loosed, and,
The bunter reloads and, follows · and findi the hawk by means of a small bell attached toʻ its back, probably sitting on a rock or tree
stump. He then sends his dog in to put op the pheasant, which is invariably hiding in a thick bit of Cover within a few yards of the hawk bird will neither ruq nor fly, and thus falls an As long as the hawk is sitting there, the poor
easy victim to the bunter.
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In this way a couple of Chinamen with a gun, a dog, and a hawk maka comparatively large big in places where the foreigner, vainly at tempting to walk up his game with a straggling line of axeless Chidera beaters, will probably only get a few shots in a day, and certainly never find a pheasant again which he has once missed.
On the stopier hills, where there is less cover, chikor are found in considerato quantities, and give very fair sport, except for their
the Chinese keep them, still by using a bawk, indefatigable powers of running uphill Bat much as a kite is flown at home, and, of course, would not hesitate to slay them on the run, Along the streams, fighting hard to keep open in spite of the severe frost, a few duck and snipe may be picked up, the latter' heavier and plumper birds than the regular spring and autume visitors.
OUTLAW'S DEATH:
FIGHT IN A BORNEO JUNGLE.
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Goods will be og visw on FRIDAY A.M. Catalogues will be isded.
Hongkong, zash April, 1909. -
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE P. & O. S. N. Cot Steamer
SOMALI," FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, '. PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS.
Consignees of Cargo by the above-named versel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed of their risk in the Hengkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark; and delivery can be obtained as soon as the
Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before
hours,
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Goods got cleared by the 30th inst, B 4 PM, will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me'ln any case whatever.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers:'
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TUESDAY, April 27th, 9.15 p.m.
PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.
City Hall.
Hongkong, 24th April, 1909.
WANTED.
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and the Company's representative at an Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consigneo's appointed hour.
SPECIALIST, just proclaims must be presented within ten A breaking up his general collection, a days of the steamer's arrival bere after which tending to confine himself to the Far Eastern date they cannot be recognized.
countries, would be glad to kuar · from -any No claims will be admitted after the goods and French Surcharged Offices in South collectors, who have Hongkong, Siam, Japan, have left the Godowas.
Chitia, &c., &c, to exchange or sell. Baok References Apply to
Lt-Colonel NEWMAN,
c/o " China Critic," Tíonisio,
EA. HEWETT,
Superintendent. Hongkongi 24th April, 1900.
LIVING LINES WITH OLD
· SHANGHAI,
By Order of the Board of Director,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary. Hongkong, arst April, 1909.
THE CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-
NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
of the Company will be held at its Head Office," No. 3 Queca's Buildings, Victoria, Hoogkong, on FRIDAY, the 7th May, 1939, at 12:45 P.MS for the purpose of conteming, the following Special Resolution, which was duly passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the Company, held on the 21st April, 1909 --
"That the Memorandum and Articles of
"Association of the Company: ba respect:"| "ively extended, altered and amboded so, "as to read as shown in the print signed "for the purpose of identification by tha "Chairman of this Meeting and that such "extended, altered and amended Memor“, "asdam and Articles of Association” ba "beaceforth adopted as the Mamotandum: "and Articles of Association of the Com- “pany to the exclusion of thesa karatuförs: "prevailing. By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, Secretary.
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Hongkong, 2131 April, 1909.
Intimations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CHARGEURS REUNIS. FRENCH STEAMbhip CompanÝ. -
THE French Steamship Company, CHAR: THE
GEURS REUNIS, beg to inform, the public that their steamers of the Round the World Line will henceforth suppress calling at Vancouver and Paget Sound Ports.. They will SAN FRANCISCO without making any port
Masine Insurances-Cautoas-bave found buyers at $1871, and more can probably be had at the rate. North Chings remain steady at 115, 105. Unions have "weakened to $785 ex the final dividend of $17 for 1907 and interim | of $30 for 1908, paid on the zzad inst..
·Fire-loanrances.-Sales of China Fires have been causing trouble in the Rundum district, INTERE TINO NEWS OF FORMER RESIDENTS. "I was the last one he ever cut," remacked proceed from YOKOHAMA DIRECT to
been effected at $104 and 5:04h, and now bayer offer Sto5. Hongkong Fires have also strong- thened to $335.
Shipping, China and Manilis bave risen'to-
Stg at which rate sales have taken place, but mare shares are obtainable. Douglases bave been dealt in at $35 and $16. Indo-China west back a little and sales took place at $67. and $68, but the market has since strengthened considerably and class with Buyers at $72. Shell Transports hardened during the early part of the week to 56/6 but bave receded to
death of Melayak, who has for some years The following interesting account of the
Harald, of 1st instant of British North Borneo, is printed in the local
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During the past few years repeated efforts have been made to capture Melayak, who, having-been-arrested-for-homicide, escaped from gaol and has since barried the villages and has resisted the Government on every into supplying himself and followers with food occasion. The following account of his death made by L. C. 254 Jugorg to the District Off cer, Tamani, is of interest :—
I left Coganit in charge of a force to capture Melayak, bad with me P.C.'s Langit, Meri 56 with buyers Star Ferries, old, are wantedjkal and Pengubat; also chief Sayong, Sem at $24 while the new shares are unaltered. aadu, Antangan, Meylin and others. Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboats have been a firmer market, and have been sold wards the Telocosan; we passed some villages Meylin suided us along a beaten track to
at Szof.
and men joined our party till we numbered Refineries, China Sugars continue steady about 20-many others would have come. On at 81371. Luzons are slightly easier at 516 the third day, we reached the Suall stream, Perak Sugars are quiet at Tia, 133, according which flows into the Sigulu, a tributary of the to mail advices from the North,
Telocosan. We were far from any village and, a Murut told us Melayak'a sulap was a little further on, so we slept the night by the stream,
Mining. Chinese Engineerings are again in favour and have been placed in the North at T. 18. A firmer feeling in Raubs prevails, and after numerous sales at advancing rates. from $7.76 there are buyers at $5.
Docke, Wharves, and Godowns.-Kowloon Wharfe have inquiries at the improved rate of $52. Whampoa Docks are out of favour and offering at $79. In the North, Shangbai Docks have weakened to Tls. Bo, at which rate they are inquired for, while Hongkew Wharfs are obtainable at Ts. 166,
Lands, Hotels and Buildings-Central Stores are reported sold in the North at $181. Hong- kong Hotels are in request at $85, and Hong kong Lands at 5.7. Humphreys Estates are neglected at St Shanghai Lands have buyers at Tis., 117..
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Cotton Mill-Hongkong Cottons remain quiet at $9. Ewos have advanced to Tis, var; at which price they are wanted From latest- mail advices to hand changes in other Northern mills are as follows:-Internationals Tis, 02, Lau Kung Mows Tis, 111, sellers, and Say
1908 has been a year of depression, such ́as probably has never before been experienced in Penang. Fallores were rife, more especially is the first half of the year, and a general feeling of distrust prevailed, which tended to further | Chess Tis. 410, cortail business. It is hoped that the worst is Aiscellaneous--China Providents are still to now over, but while the prices of tin and pro- | bé hnd a: $14. Dairy Farms have risen to 516 duce generally, the vital factors of the tride, ['Green Island Cements have found bayers at remalo at their present level, no great improve. $80, Chics Borneos have been sold at $11.30 -meal can be looked for.
RIFLE SHOT EXCHANGED. Before dawn took the police with Sayang and others and went on slowly. We four police bad rifius. muzzle-loader; the rest bad spears. After day Antagan look Sayang's break we came out ca a clearing; in front of on was a sulap of sticks and leaves about zo yards away. I saw a few men in and around the sulap,-" } think about, six men were there, They saw at the same time and gathered in the sulap 1 dropped on one knee, the others did the same, just as two shots were fired at us, tha bullets passing over our heads, I ordered our party to fire. Melayak's people replied firing about three times. Next time I fired I bit my man. He was aiming with a gun and my bullet took him in the shoulder-be dropped. The slip was full of smoke and I could see nothing. We fired again and again but no answer came and we approached. Three men Jumped out of the sulap and made off into the jungle.
I took away.
who still held to his weapon, Capt, Faraham forced him to the side of the ship and over the rait,"
The Semile Post-Intelligencer published re- the captain, as he stroked his chin after telling cently along and interesting account of the the story...... celebration of the 69th anniversary of the wed--
With a brother, who died in San Francisco ding of Captain John and Mrs. Farnham of nineteen years ago, Capt. Famham-founded Seattle, and we have no doubt our readers will the dry dock and machine shop business at be pleased to learn a few particulars regarding Shanghai, China, now known as the S. C. links with the early days of Shanghai, Captain in the millions, while the captain is at the obb these two aged people, who are veritable living Farnham Boyd & Co., whose property is put Farnham big none other than the brother of of his fortunes and nearing his last days, the late Sylvanus Cobb Farnham, and joint
DROPPED' FORTUNE IN SILK,
founder with that gentleman of the great en- terprise which is now known as the Shanghai $140,000 out of the business set out for Cali
The two Farnhams made a lot of money in China, the brother taking something like Dock and Engineering Co., nays the Shanghai fornia. The captain's experience with his share Tim Perhaps there are still one or two is best told id his own words.
of call en roate.
MEXICO and SOUTH AMERICA no doubt ap Shippers of cargo to: SAN FRANCISCO, preciate this new facility afforded to them of a fast cargo-boat service from Chine and Japan to above-mentioned destinations. For full information, apply to
.... MESSAGERIES MARITIMES;
Agents at Hoogkong. · Hongkong, 15th April, 1909,
PEAK
₤345
TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
WERK DAYS,
2.15 pm to 3.00 p.m. ...Every 15 mlantes,, 1.30 p.m. to Coc p.m. ...Every 15 minutes, 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. ...Every to mluntas,
NIGHT GARD
of our older residents who will remember" I saw a chance to make a sum of money in
is still to the fore, and, considering his great draw out $150,000 from the bank, say, at no00 10.00 am, 10-15.00 am. Every 15 minutes,.... this veteran and rejoice to learn that he the silk business in Japan," he said, "I had a 7.00 4.00
scheme to use the raw silk, in the skeins, and 17.30 am to 10:00 am. ...Every to minutes age, going strong, although, unhappily, not so to-day. By o'clock to-night I did not have a 41.30 am to 12.45 pm.... Every timlentes... well provided apparently with this world's cent and 6 o'clock was on-board a sailing 1245 to 1.15 p. Every to micutes goods as his antecedents would seem to indicate Puget Sound, feeling pretty sick at heart. If.4 p.m. to 2.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. that he ought to be.
packet and 'to-morrow morning. I was bound for 1.75 p.m. In°:1.45 p.m. ...Every 15 mlentes
they had given me ten minutes more'l would Capt. Farobam, though now aproaching bis have made at least $1,800,000, and I was not nicely-second birthday, looks much younger. smuggling, as the Japanese officials declared i His mind is clear and he recalls the names of was. The American Consul,was a Mason, and I people and places he has not seen for half a was a Mason, and he said to me. Cap., in view 8.45 pm and 9 pm, 945 pm, 15,inij dur. century, His smooth face sets in a frame of Japan, I am in duty bound to send a marshall of the treaty between the United States and slivery hair and snow-white galways. Except out to that ship to search for you ; but if you are and forced him to wear cloth shoes he is hale door, he won't break it down. I was there for rheumatism, which has crippled bis bands locked in a stateroom and he can't open the and hearty, and the vigour of his lungs is best when the marsball knocked, but I didn't hear attested by his own statement that "when I holler they can hear me for four blocks,”
"I landed in Seattle forty-nine years ago, tbe 3rd of April, at half-past 3: I looked at my Mrs. Farnham does all the reading, as the 'ch, and I didn't have one cent to rab against, captain's eye-sight is bad, due, he says, to $7,000 I had sent her from China. I went up another. My wife was in Bostor, and had attack of small-pox in Chinx years ago. Each Mil Streat to the Occidental Hotel, and I saw morning she cap'sio goes down to the barber John Collins there. I asked if a man without shop" and borrows the Foal Intelligencer, and money could stop there, and after he looked me then returns it by 8 o'clock after Mrs. Fatsbam over be said "yes" and I stopped. : I borrowed has read it to him. She is a very plesant little $75 and spent $13.50 for ten word telegram to my wife to come out bera. She came to woman. Because she is very deaf, the captain this place by a aalling vessel to the Isthmus, says " She is the eyes and I am the ears of the which she crossed on a donkey, and then took Farnham family, and we need each other,"
a lumber schooner bound for Yester's mill.. ¦ RECOUNT YEARS OF WEDDED BL:89. What memories the Farabama recounted as
HIS KOME DREAKING DOWN. "We built our house out here ninetend
every half hoon SUNDAYS.
3.00 am to 9.00 mm....Every 15 minutes. 9.00 8.1, 10: 9.30 min. ...Every jó minutes. 9:30 am, 10 10.30 4.2, .....Every 15 minutes. 10go nụmi tó 11,00 am. .....Every to minutes. 11,45 KUL TO 1200 noon...Every 15 mlentes. 11.00 Nose to 1.00 pm...Every to minutes. 1.00 p.m. t. 5.00 pim, ... Every 15 minutes. -pad pumi, to -6.00 pm. ......Kvery 10 minutos, 6.00 p.m. to 7.00p.m....Every 15 minutes. 17.00 pm: to: 8.00 p.m. i.Zvary; to minutes.
NIGHT CARS as on Weck Dayr.
BATURDAY
Beira cars at 3:15 pm, IX:30 14:00, SERÀ
PANDA 11:45 1.00. SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement at the
Company's Office,, ALzxandra® Buildingr Des Voeux Rond Contral, pro!
JOHN HUMPHREYS & SON,
General ManagerE Hanekoma, sit April, 1909,
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS,
FROM and after 1st January, 1909, the rates of Subscription to the Honghang Telegraph (daily and woskly issues) will be kn follows
DAILY-36 per manum. WEEKLY-S13 per annum, j
Within the sulap we found two men lying as dead. They were recognized by Sayong and Semandu as Melayak and Longak, Melaya they sat together that evening in their little years ago, and it is now just as dilapidated as we are. It was at the end of the car line then was shot through the forehead and was dead, kitchen! Sixty-nine years of wedded bliss, and and a long way out too. This summer, if I Longkab was shot in the body and in the thigh meny of them spent in the cabin of a ship, live, I'm going to cut up that old fence that and was about dead also. Both bad rifles which The captain pailed between Boston and blew down for firewood." I haven't been in Liverpool for a number of years before be be town for four years now, as I can't see well! A TERRIBLE GUARANTER
came master of the square-rigged ship tone just walk down to the grocery store or up to the fo the sulap there were a few cooking pots Station, built by and named after a man whose weeks ago from some people in Maine who
barber shop and that's all I got a letter two | and more shares are wanted. Hongkong Icas | and loads of ubi’kayu. The splap was a tem-
two sora kavu been connected with shipping saw my name in the Post-Entelligencer. They returned to the aulap.. there for Malayak's men to take when they
made seven complete trips around the globe, adopted son-we never had any children, and None of my party suffered in any way. We his wife with him on these long voyages, which he's 35 now, ke auswered the latter, and 1 ex.. we adopted blas when he was one day old, and returned by the way we had come,
covered seven years and one day, with three pect we'll get another in a week.or so. la forwarding the report, the District Officer months lay-up time, required by the charter, adds: Melayak's death comes at an opportune moment for Linggame the other powerful out on each voyage, obey all have law of the telacoran and he had agreed to. Kxperiences, that would fill a book have fein hands after their long rivalry, Linggem fallen to the captain and his wife, and net out here, and the doctor said that I wouldn't was driven to seek assistance, for the, police the least of these is shown by a scar, now live many minutes after 6 o'clock in the even back, his uncle Lantagong who came in to the roots of his hair to the tip of his chin. doctor has been dead these years, and here 1 patro! lately sent out to meet Linggam brought but a thin, unbroken line, running from ing. Well, that was a long time ago, and the Togani and surrendered on behalf.pf/Lingy
Pam. I haven't got any tenth, except two sets gam's following of fifteen men. Negotiations This was received oun night about, midway that don't fit have the rheumatiim, and so my and will proceeding and 1 will report on this across the Atlantic, when bound for Bosigu, bands are twisted/op and I can't far leather later. Melayak for his part was entered to The ship was a lourdefker, and trouble had shost ; can't sos to read, and 1: tim rundy to go. provide Linggam with two slavas add a freshly been brewing in the forecastle, The captain any time. If I should go my wife would not taken hoad as a guaranten of good faith,betert
Under the circumstances I laink L. Gwent forward after dark, and a sailor, mistake more than two weeks 3 and if she should: Ingong did well, but I regret the biondshed ing him for the much bated aste, struck him go, I'd follow mighty soon. She's pretty old and she's pretty deal, but, soney, 'she's a brick caused by Biclayak's determination to resist to with a carving kolle as he descended a comand I've had har for sixty nine years, Tought
spallag, with his assailant, to know *
At the close of the year, two or three Euro- have declined to $155, with sellers. There has porary halting place, I left the bodies lying interesta on Puget Sound. In this ship be badn't heard of me' for forty-Eva years. My The fates per quarter' and per mensem, prov
peng firms announced their intention of limit been another big rise in Langkats during the ing the bitherp réckļoss credit granted to the week, from Tis. 900 to Tl. 1075, but they have dealers in the barar, and it remains to be seen since reacted to a slight extent and are in de whether they will be successful in their efforts mand at Tis. 1940 Sumatras are wanted at to put trading on a sounder basis in this.res-the reduced rate of Tik, 1974. pect,
Exchange The Bank's selling rate on Lon. During the year 1908 the volume of import den is 1/9-5/16, on demand, The T/T rate on and export trade decliced enormously, and Shanghai in 747- the loss in hosiness must have bad a bad effect
Os many of the local firms, but it is gratifying to find that most of them have been able to hold their own, as only one European firm of
muy importance has falled during the period under review. Clasila It is generally reported that export business
has not been profitable, owing to prices of mlmost every article of Rignita produce having falleni v Bosingss-conditions still remain very Engilbyt a night Impeyament has to be rel Corded in the price of a few articles of produce.
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Dividends Payable.-Hongkong Electrics- dividend of $1.00 and bonus of o cents per share for 1908 payable to-morrow.
Forward Satilements The following dates have been fixed by the Stockbrokers Associa tion of Hongkong for forward Seulements
April Settlement 29th April May
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30th August,
agth September.
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